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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF FRANKLIN,
FROM MARCH 1, 1864 TO MARCH 1,
1865.
BOSTON : PRINTED BY J. B. CHISHOLM, 50 SCHOOL STREET. 1865.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
OF THE
*
TOWN OF FRANKLIN,
FROM MARCH 1, 1864 TO MARCH 1,
1865.
BOSTON : PRINTED BY J. B. CHISHOLM, 50 SCHOOL STREET. 1865.
REPORT.
Expense of Town Officers.
Selectmen.
Paid J. G. Ray,
-
$20 00
.J. M Freeman, 25 days' services, - 30 00
6 66 66 Horse bire, fuel and stamps, 5 00
66 Horatio Kingsbury, 20 days' services, 30 00
$92 50
Assessors.
Paid S. W. Richardson,
47 days' services,
$70 50
N. C. Newell,
35
66 66
52 50
Jos. H. Wadsworth, 25
37 50
160 50
Overseers of the Poor.
Paid W. H. Fisher,
-
-
- $25 00
G. W. Nason,
-
-
-
-
20 00
" Jason Tower,
-
-
-
-
20 00
65 00
School Committee.
Paid A. D. Sargeant,
31} days, 1863-4,
$47 25
1864-5,
9 00
66
Revenue stamps,
35
66 Samuel Hunt,
38₺ days,
57 75
S. W. Squire,
9 6.4
13 50
128 85
Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Paid A. A. Russegue for services as Treasurer, - $25 00
66 66 for extra services to Mch 1, '65, 50 00
for Recording and indexing 45 Births, 1864, 6 50
66
for 60 66 52 Deaths, 7 20
66 for
23 Marriages, 66 2 30
66
for 16 66
49 Soldiers, 7 35
66 for making report of Enrolled Militia to Adj. Gen. 2 00
66 for sundry Records and cash paid on same, -
4 75
- 66 for Revenue and Postage Stamps, 13 63
66 for certified copy of Voters to Assessors, -
1 00
·
110 ₦0
4
Constable.
Paid G. W. Nason for warning 6 Town Meetings, - $25 00 66 66 for 2 days enforcing Dog Law, - 4 50
29 50
Auditor. .
Paid H. Stockbridge for services,
·
$5 00
5 00
Total amount, -
- $601 08
Printing and Stationery.
Paid John D. Flagg for Note Book, $3 00
J. B. Chisholm for 450 Anditor's Reports, 1863-4, 22 00
66 for 50 Notices to enrolled men, 1 25
William Bense for 500 School Reports,
42 15
for 200 Certificates for Teachers, 3 37
.6 Stationery and Printing for Assessors, 15 32
$87 09
Account of Borrowed Money.
Paid as Principal on Notes for Borrowed Money, - $15,143 18
6€ as Interest 66 66 16 - 1,000 11
Liquor Agent's Account ending March 1st, 1865.
Stock on hand Mch 1, 1865, $261 03 - 570 16 Received for Sales. 776 71 66
Stock on hand Mch 1, 1864, $305 13 Paid for Liquors,
Freight, . 4 04
.
66
6 License, 24 17 Agent's salary, due '64, 2 23 of 66 66 1865, 71 59 ·· expense to Boston, 3 00 Gain, 57 42
$1037 74
$1037 74
5
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Town appropriated for Public Schools,
$1,900 00 Received from State School Fund, - 94 99
Total,
-
- $1,994 99
Paid for Schools from March 1st, 1864, to March Ist, 1865.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid Abbie Guild, teaching 12 weeks, - $84 00
Gertrude J. Squire, (Grammar dept't) 84 00
Marietta B. Hawes, teaching 12 weeks, -
84 00
" H. B. Richardson, 12 66 - 120 00
66 S. W. Squire, for Wood, - - 23 85
66 Jos. Partridge, for making fires, -
.
3 00
398 85
DISTRICT No. 2.
Martha M. Davis, teaching 12 weeks,
$75 00
66 Sarah A. Cook, 66 12 -
- 96 00
66 Town of Wrentham, -
-
3 45
F. A. Ware, for Wood, -
-
-
16 50
Making fires, 2 75 -
193 70
DISTRICT No. 3.
.
66 E. A. Gerould, teaching 24 weeks, - - $180 00
A. A. Noble, 66 12 -
60 00
240 00
DISTRICT No. 4.
66 Etta Hussey, teaching 12 weeks, -
- $60 00
66 Alice Barber, 12 66
-
- 84 00
66 A. E. Howard, for Wood, .
-
10 50
66 Town of Wrentham, - 13 20 -
Francis Foster, for cutting wood, .
4 00
171 70
DISTRICT No. 5.
Annie A. Daniels, teaching 24 weeks, - $132 00
J. H. Kingsbury, for Wood, -
. 15 00
G. D. Metcalf, for making fires - 3 00 -
150 00
6
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid Emily J. Bacon, teaching 12 weeks, - $66 00
Mary F. Park, 66 .6
12 - -
84 00
66 J. T. Bacon, for Wood, -
-
10 50
A. W. Pond, for cutting wood, 2 63
66 J. T. Bacon, for making fires, taking care of school room, 11 days, . 10
66 Sewall Fisher, for making fires, taking care of . school room, 92 weeks, 4 80
169 03
DISTRICT No. 7.
Martha E. Grant, teaching 24 weeks,. . - $150 00
66 P. H. Penniman, for Wood and cutting same, - 10 75
160 75
DISTRICT No. 8.
Marietta B. Hawes, teaching 12 weeks, - $75 00
A. A. Noble, 66 12 - 84 00
66 D. P. Whiting, for Wood,
. 11 50
66 L. W. Daniels, “ 66
-
2 50
66 Jason Tower, 66 .
6 63
66 Thomas Russell, cutting wood, -
6 50
66
making fires, -
3 00
189 13
DISTRICT No. 9.
66 Adella E. Dodge, teaching 24 weeks, - $158 00
Jos. H. Wadsworth, for wood, . 21 37 -
S. W. Richardson, making fires, 3 00 .
182 37
DISTRICT No. 10.
Frances E. Hancock, teaching 24 weeks, - $138 00
66 H. E. Briggs, for Wood, 4 50
Elias Blake, for cutting wood, - -
-
1 39
66 Willie Miller, making fires, -
-
2 00
145 89
Total,
$2,001 42
.
-
Expense of Poor out of Almshouse.
Paid State Reform School for Dennis Shehan, from Jan. 1st,
1864, to Jan 1st, 1865, $26 00
66
66 " William H. Scott, from Oct. 4th, 1864, to Jan. 1st, 1865, 6 21
66 66 66 " W. W. Canny, from Oct. 4th, 1864, to Jan. 1st, 1865, 2 57
6.6 State Lunatic Hospital, for Abby Blake, from Jan. 1st, 1864, to Jan. 1st, 1865, 173 99
66 Town of Wrentham, for support of Carly Ware from Jan. 1st, 1864, to Feb. 25th, 1865, -
25 01
66 Otis Wales, Jr., for support of Zilpah Howard, -
50 00
66
66 Eliza Frost, - 6 00
66 C. W. Stewart, for Robe for Mr. Perkins, 4
2 50 66
66 66 66
. " Mrs. Lyman Adams, 3 25
66 S. Atwood, for Medical Attendance, P. McGee, 10 25
$305 78 The item of $50 00 for support of Zilpah Howard was paid into the treasury by the Town of Mendon. See Recapitulation.
Poor at Almshouse.
Paid Store Bills, $495 53
66 S. Atwood, for medical services,
.
.
22 75
66 Lucy A. Claflin, for 3180 cwt. hay,
.
-
31 80
Sabin Hubbard, for repairs on house,
-
-
151 88
66 Henry Bemis, for repair of wagon,
12 00
66 Jas. Hood, for blacksmith bill, 4
12 47
Frederic Fisher, for soap,
6 21
66 R. B. Stewart, for sundry repairs,
3 34
66 S. B. Scott, for digging grave for A. Bullard,
-
1 50
66 D. C. Cotton, for goods and labor,
-
2 15
E. & W. Rockwood, for sawing boards,
78
16
J. P. Conant, for cash paid for sundry articles, 66 ' Salary, in part,
225 00
66 Dennis Sullivan, for labor,
12 30
Daniel Collins, 66
11 55
Silas Bullard, 66
-
75.
D. B. Haskell, for bal. of salary, 1863,
300 00
-
-
12 84
-
$1,301 85
8
Items Paid by Keeper of Almshouse.
Paid Bills of D. B Haskell $5 56
Paid for 1 Fowl 50
Repairs on Buildings 5 12
'· of Harness
50
" Money D. B. Haskell
..
for Turkey
2 00
Borrowed , 00
for Mackerel
8 00
Use of Wagon&Potatoes 2 00
·· 4 Ducks
2 25
· Beef of Darling 33 97
" Slaughtering Cow 1 25
" Repair Boots & Shoes
8 69
" Use of Oxen
9 30
" Potatoes
1 62
· Repair of Farm Tools 3 67
Blacksmith's Bill : 27
" Soap
2 45
·· Labor
6 00
" Crackers 7 59
·4 Sundry Small Bills 6 96
" N. F. Metcalf 50
Total $115 30
CREDITS AND RECEIPTS,
For Cash of D. B. Haskell $27 00
For Old Iron $ 2 80
3 1-2 Bushells Oats
3 37
Ashes 2 45
Use of Horse
25
Calves Sold 32 85
Eggs 25
110 lbs. Beef
Board of Wm. H. Cass 4 00
18 Fowls
9 00
Mending Boots & Shoes 2 94
Cash left by A. Bullard 2 32
* Hides and Tallow
) 07
Total
$115 30
Appraisal of Property at Almshouse.
Appraisal for 1864.
Appraisal for 1865.
Live Stock $192 00
Live Stock $224 50
Farm tools & implements221 15
Farm tools & implements 275 65
Hay and Grain 104 50
Hay and Grain 164 00
Household Goods 296 05
Household Goods 356 64
Groceries and Provisions 160 00
Groceries and Provisions 263 25
Miscellaneous articles 12 56
Miscellaneous articles 31 75
Lumber 20 00
Lumber 2 00
$1006 26
$1317 79
Debits at Almshouse,
Interest on Farm, $180 00
Receipts from Farm, $115 30
Expenses as pr items $1417 15
Appraisal 1865 1317 79
Less paid D. B. Has- kell's salary
300.00
-1117 15
$2303 41
Appraisal 1864
1006 26
$2303 41
" Repair of Pipes 1 10
Balance against House 870 42
3 00
Labor 11 00
9
Names ofInmates at the Almshouse for the year ending March 1st, 1864.
Abigal B. Hall, Aged 94
Francis Williams,
Aged 60
Amos Ballard, (Dead)
86
Lorinda Gui'd,
36
Ezra Daniels 66
78
" Joel Guild 58
Rufus Gay "
76
Geo. W. Daniels "
19
Rebecca Whiting "
76 James W. Walker
8
Caroline Ware
"
71
Minnie J. Wilson (Left) "
6
Hannah Rockwood "
63
Average No. during the year, 10 3-4 Strangers " " "
" 8 Nights
Average cost to support cach person at Almshouse pr annum $80 96 4% 66 66
pr week $1 55359
The above average is drawn from the balance against the Almshouse, - If to that balance, the salary of Overseers ($65 00) one month's pay of D. B. Haskell (29 00) and two months' salary of J. P Conant, unpaid ($50 00) be added the sum total will be $1014 42. .
The Average cost for the year to support each person with that sum as a basis, is $94 36 20
Cost per week
$1 81393
Roads and Bridges.
The town voted the sum of $1,200 00 for repair of Roads · and Bridges, and also voted, that the town be divided into Four Districts, and that the Selectmen appoint a Surveyor for each one of them. The town was districted and surveyors appointed as per vote; but it does not appear from the checks, presented to the treasurer for payment, that a sep- arate account was kept, of the money expended in the sev- eral districts.
The whole amount expended for repair of Highways the past year was $1,439 97, of which sum upwards of $400 00 was expended upon Village Hill, so called.
There was also paid out of the treasury $782 44 for expense of building (including a deed of the Land 60 feet wide ) the new road near the residence of Joel Daniels,-making the sum of $2,222 41 expended the past year for the building and repair of Roads. This sum was paid upon the presentation of 112 bills, varying in their amounts from 67 cts. to $325, and it is thought best to omit the publication of them in detail.
The sum total above named, was reduced an amount of $200 00, by the generous gift to the town of that sum, by Mr. F. B. Ray, in aid of the new road.
10
Aid to Soldiers' Families,
Paid Mrs. H. B. Manly $ 52 00
GeoW.Thompson 144 00
" Erastus Adams 71 44
66 66 Wm. E. Nason 72 00
" Seth Blake 144 00
66 Alvin B. Adams 96 00
·' Alfred Clark 52 00
" Thomas Coffield 38 28
66 66 Wm A. Bartlett 144 00
" John E. Ogden 54 00
66
Granville Morse 58 70
"' William H. Baldwin 52 00
66 :6 Patrick McGuire 104 00
"' Alfred Jordan 96 00
6.6 66 Marcus Gilmore 144 00
William Sullivan 84 00
66
66 Isaac Hill 24 85
" G. M. Farrington 12 00
" C. M. Nason 144 00
A. L. Jordan 56 00
66
J. M. Ryan
144 60
" Andrew Ferguson 52 00
66 Lewis F. Williams 144 00
" Norman Hastings 17 42
Daniel F. Taft 144 00
" Thomas Russell 104 00
66 M. A. Pickering 16 00
William H. Thomas 52 00
66
66 Almira Pierce 52 28
104 00
" J. L. Fitzpatrick 104 00
66 S. H. Wilson 104 00
" Wm. F. King. 104 00
" H. A. Bliss
52 00
66 William Laird 25 00
" William Remick
78 00
66 Mary A. Taylor 28 42
" Hannah Barnes 28 34
66 DanielW. Whiting 52 00
" Hannah D. Adams 49 28
William Wood 52 00
" Ellen Boyle 27 56
" Ellen Ryan 27 56
66 Mary A. Dean 78 00
·· S. H. Keyes
80 00
66
Adam H. White
92 72
" Caroline Stemler 26 70
John Barron 28 42
66
Mary McNorton 8 00
" Ann R. Ross 24 00
66
66 Weston Fisher 52 00
Total amount
$4,221 07
.
66 John O'Brien 47 40
66
66 Jos. Day 116 28
66 Ferdinand Jencks 72 00
" H. A. Jordan 144 00
G. L. Rixford
6: Mary A. Holbrook 144 00
" Nancy Mason 28 42
.66 Rebecca Clark 52 00
Paid Ransom Tift $ 27 00
11
Recruiting Expenses.
Paid to Anthony Conner
$100 00 Paid to George Clark
$100 00
66 Seth Blake
100 00
Nathan Clark
100 00
66 Samuel H. Jordan 100 00
Thomas Coffield 100 00
66 Daniel W. Whiting 100 00 66 Wm Laird
100 00
GeorgeW. Thompson 100 00
Granville Morse
100 00
Thomas Curran
100 00
Wm. G. White
100 00
66
Barnard McGuire
100 00
٤٠ Lowell W. Adams
100 00
66 B. Q. Cass
100 00
John G. Gilmore
125 00
66 Michael Sheedy
125 00
Richerd Colby
I25 00
66 Nathan Logan
125 00
Nace Commell
125 00
66 Daniel Stevens
125 00
George Garston
125 00
66 John H. Watson
125 00
Wm Burmison
125 CO
Daniel Weeden
125 00
.. John C. Baker
125 00
66
Samuel Lewis
125 00
60
D. H. Andrews
125 00
Simon Kehoe
125 00
Charles H. Ross
125 00
66
R. H. Peacock
125 00
..
Samuel F. Thurber
125 00
..
John O. Brien
125 00
Henry F, Boyle
125 00
John A. Ryan
125 00
6.
Wm Remick
125 00
66 John Barrcn
125 00
H. A. D'ean
125 00
. .
C. A. Marten
125 00
J. P, Newell
125 00
66
A. F. Thing
125 00
..
P. F. Stemler
125 00
66
J. Stemler
125 00
J. Riley
125 00
66 S. H. Keyes
125 00
66
C. H. Mason
125 00
66 G. A. Taylor
5 00
Abner Greenwood
125 00
C. Wood
125 00
C. J. McNaughton
125 00
66 R. Cotterell
125 00
J. F. Barnes
125 00
66 A. E. Proctor
125 00
.. T. A. Cranston
125 00
.6 Samuel C. Brown
125 00
.. Geo. G. Nichols
125 00
$7,050 00
AMOUNT of sums refunded to individuals by Vote of the Town and Paid by them into the Citizens' Fund.
To F. B. Ray 550 00.
To Horace S. Morse $25 00
J. P. Ray
100 00
Charles Gowen 25 00
A. H. Morse
100 00
M. C. Darling 25 00
H. M, Greene
100 00
A. A. Russegue 25 00
Davis Thayer Jr.
100 00
C, W. Stewart 25 00
J. G, Ray
100 00
S. T Capron
25 CO
Wm Thayer 50 00
Albert Adams 25 00
A. E. Daniels
50 00
J. H. Daniels 25 00
J. M. Freeman
50 00
H. C. Fisher 22 00
S. W. Richardson
50 00
Fisher Daniels 25 00
Edward Hartson
25 00
E.L.& O.F Metcalf22 00
- $1,547 00
Deposited in State Treasury
$1,000 00
Total,
$9,597 00
RECAPITULATION.
44 Enlisted Men paid $125 00 each,
$5500 00
15 66 66 100 00 «
1500 00
1
66 in part
50 0
Refunded to individuals
1547 00
Deposited in State Treasury. -
$1000 00
-
No. of Men, Enlisted 60.
$9,597 00
Henry Cook part payt 50 00
Charles Mellen
125 00
125 00
Benjamin Edwards
125 00
.. Charles Belomis
66
66
12
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid Jesse Darling, for deed of water course, $15 00 -
66 Ames Plow Company, for plow,
15 08
Barton Ballou, for lumber and labor on Town House, 8 78
6 J. W. & B. Bird & Co., paint and oil,
146 98
66 Geo. W. Scott, for mowing City Mills Cemetery,
4 00
66 Geo D Heaton, for injury to horse, 50 00
John A. Davis, for paint and labor on Town House, 51 00
66 C. W. Stewart, for school books ordered by Committee,
14 44
Waldo Colburn, for counsel fees,
2 00
66 Ellis Holbrook, for sweeping Town House,
50
66 Reuben Crossly, for horse and carriage,
4 00
Waldo Daniels, for survey and plan of road,
6 50
66 W. H. Wynn. for glass and setting same at Town House,
1 50
T. H. Hall, for work on highway, 1862-63, 15 29
8 00
S. B. Scott, for returning 13 deaths, 1864,
1 30
Henry Bemis, 66 29
2 90
E. L. Metcalf, for snow plow, 30 76
6 75
J. M. Freeman, for services and expenses in case, Fiske vs. Town,
10 50
Horatio Kingsbury, 66 60
4 00
66 for 1 day as witness at Probate Court,
3 50
E. L. & O. F. Metcalf, for building bridge, 29 09
A. A. Russegue, for glass and putty for Town House, 2 38
State Tax,
2,496 00
County Tax, -
657 69
66 66 66 School Tax, District No. 3, -
1 49
- 66 Express bills, 5 45
$3,594 88
R. B. Stewart, for repairing settees,
for survey and plan of road and culvert,
66
13
Recapitulation.
DEBITS.
Cash in Treasury March, 1864,
$2,030 60
Received of E. S. Moses, highway surveyor, 1863,
7 12
66
66 E. L. Metcalf, 66
34 88
66
State Aid from Mrs. Snow, not paid,
4 00
Rec'd from Town of Mendon on pauper account,
· 50 00
66
66 Massachusetts School Fund,
94 99
65 Adams Daniels, $14 90, interest 92c,
15 82
66
F. B. Ray, on old and new Road,
200 00
66 State, for State aid,
. 3,737 89
66
Rec'd for Poll Taxes not assessed,
11 28
16 Interest on Taxes. 1863-4,
4 62
417 81
66
Use of Town House,
17 00
776 71
Amount of Tax Bills on hand March, 1864,
113 52
of Taxes committed, 1864, 17,442 20
66 received from 28 Promisory Notes,
18,832 00
Two Notes on hand March, 1864,
25 90
CREDITS.
By cash paid as Principal on Borrowed Money, 60 66 Interest
$15,143 18
paid for Liquors and incidental expenses,
. 675 19
60 paid on Pauper account at House,
1,301 85
66
out of House,
305 78
paid Town Officers,
601 08
66 Repair of Roads, part of said sum expended on Vill. Hill, 1,120 94 66 on Village Hill, near Medway, 319 03 ·
782 44
Miscellaneous Bills,
3,594 88
60 Stationery and Printing,
87 09
Discount, Collection, and Abatement of Taxes,
1,277 88
66 State Aid paid families,
4.221 07
for Recruiting Expenses,
9,597 00
60 for Schools,
2,001 42
The balance in and due the Treasury consists of-
Tax Bills uncollected, 1863, $8 55
1864,
96 22
Uncollected Notes,
25 90 ·
Cash due from Treasurer,
-
1,672 73
·
.
1,803 40
$43,832 34
66
on Account of Sales of Liquor,
16 00
66 2 Pedlars' licenses,
66 State as Corporation Tax,
$43,832 34
1,000 11
Building new Road near Joel Daniels,
14
Liabilities of the Town.
The Town is now indebted the amount of the several items following, viz :
For 9 Notes at 5 per ct. int. semi-annually, due Jan. 1, 1866, $1,507 00
. 6
3
66 66
16
66
66
5 6
1 66
66 1 1 66 1
66
66
66
66 66 66
66
66 66 66 66
60
66
6. on demand, Apr 9,1876, 66 1,000 00 6,100 00 May 10, 1877, 1,000 00 6. Aug. 27,1878, 1,000 00
66 Sept. 2, 1880, 1.000 00
-
28 Notes.
Total amount of principal, $16,632 00
HORATIO STOCKBRIDGE, AUDITOR.
FRANKLIN, March, 1865.
Jan. 1, 1867, Jan. 1, 1868, 2,000 00
1,525 00
1 66
Jan. 1, 1869, 1.500 00 66
66
.
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The following is an account of Recruiting Expenses paid by the Citizens of Franklin in the year 1864, in addition to the large payments paid by the Town for the same purposes.
CITIZENS' TREASURER'S REPORT.
Jan. 1864. The following sums of money rec'd.
F. B. Ray $550 00
James P. Ray 100 00
Joseph G. Ray 100 00
H. M. Green 100 00
A. H. Morse 100 00
Adams Daniels 100 00
Wm. M. Thayer
50 00
J. M. Freman
50 00
A. E. Daniels
50 00
S. W. Richardson
50 00
From various persons in Sums of $2 to $25,recei-
ved from Committee 847 00
$2197 00
$10,001 11
July, August, and September,
Ray Brothers
$1000 00
Davis Thayer Jr.
325 00
Adams Daniels
300 00
H. M. Green
125 00
A. H. Morse
150 00
J. H. Daniels 100 00
A. E. Daniels 75 00
S. W. Richardson
50 00
J. M. Freeman 50 00
Wm. M. Thayer 50 00
E. L. & O. F. Metcalf
50 00
H. E. Pond 50 00
A. A. Russegue 50 00
A. A. Fletcher
50 00
H. M. Gowen
50 00
Mrs. Susan B. Ray 50 00
Refunded by the Town 1547 00 to individuals and re-
invested by them in Citizen's Fund.
FromCommittee in sums of $5 to $40 4232 11
1864. Jan. Paid [for 14 Three Years Men inclu- ding all expenses $1548 66 August. Paid for Twenty one One Years Men in- eluding expenses $5255 70 August. Paid for four
Three Years Men, $1030 00
Dec. Paid for 19 Three Years Men including all
Expenses $ 2037 40
$9,871 76
1865. March 1 .. Good in
Treasury
$129 35
A, A. RUSSEGUE,
Citizens' Treas.
$10,001 11
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