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ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Auditing Committee for the Town of Hamilton, From March 12, 1839, to March 10, 1840.
Receipts.
Received of State Treasurer, on account of School Fund, $22 89
Received amount of Town Tax, assessed in 1839, - $1479 01
Less for abatements 13 62
1465 39
Received for sundry articles sold at auction, being ef- fects of Mary Coal, deceased, 12 65
Received of James Brown, on account of Lydia Brown, one of the poor of the town, 20 00
Received of John 'T'uttle seventy-five dollars, being a
part of his debt due the town, 1838, 75 00 .
$1595 93
Disbursements.
Paid the County Tax Paid for schooling
$215 52
422 89
$638 41
Support of the Poor.
Paid Livermore Dodge for Martha White
$80 00 9
Jacob L. Patch for Huldah Stephens 58 50
William Nutting for Lydia Nutting
46 50
Levi Riggs for Amos Bolles 5 00
Fanny Wallis for making a suit of clothes -
2 00
John Trow for Amos Bolles
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80 50
David Starrett's bill for sundries
14 23
Wm Brown for relief afforded John Watts
75
Poor at Malden, not paid, $52 00
Dr Cressy do.
5 00
$57 00
Amount poor bill
$287 48
Interest on Notes.
Paid Samuel Patch jr. 11 25
Neh. Woodberry 6 50
Mary Lamson
7 50
Zach. Stanley
30 00
Anna Stacy
6 00
Sarah Lamson
14 00
Nath'l A. Lovering
13 80
$89 05
Salaries, Fees, &c.
Paid Wm. Brown for services as selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, and perambulating lines
$10 00
Paid Wm. Whipple for do. do.
10 00
Jacob L. Patch do. do.
10 00
George Appleton as Collector in 1839
36 98
do. do. as Treasurer do. -
2 00
Carried up
$68 98
Paid Eldridge Dodge for notifying l'own Meetings and officers $2 00
Joseph Knowlton as Inspector 3 00
4 00 Nathaniel A . Lovering as Clerk do do Recording Births and Deaths 2 24
1 50
Arza Brown for Auditing Town Accounts Benjamin Moore for do do
1 50
John Smith, Jr. for do
do
1 50
Miscellaneous Accounts.
Paid David Roberts for services on Fishways $57 00
E. F. W. Gray, for an advertising notice for the Fishery, in Ipswich River 2 00
Benjamin Woodberry as Committee on said Fish Ways 47 35
George Norris for painting Guide Boards
1 50
John Chapman for Blank Orders
1 50
Jerome Brown for taking care Town Clock
6 00
Jacob L. Patch one journey to Salem to settle with David Roberts, for services
1 50
J. W. Ward for Advice
3 00
Joshua Porter for the use of his Room Stationary for the use of Town
8 00
Wm. Brown for Blank Book for the use of School Committee 75
John Tuttle for services as Committee in new districting the town 5 00
Joseph Patch, Jr. do
do
5 75
John Whittredge do do
.
5 00
George Woodberry for an order drawn 1838 25 00
$170 22
Amount of Notes.
Due to Epps Porter $50 00 at 6 per cent.
James B. Dodge 100 00 G do
Mary Lamson 150 00 5 do
Sarah Lamson 280 00 5
do
Samuel Patch, Jr. 225 00 5
do
Nehemiah Woodberry 130 00 5
do
Ruth Tuttle
30 00 6 do
Anne Stacy
100 00 6 do
Zechariah Stanley 500 00 6 do
Nathaniel A. Lovering 230 00 6
do
Amount
$1795 00
Whole amount received in 1839 $1595 93
do paid do
1269 88
Remaining in the Treasury
$326 05
Due from John Tuttle to the Town 81 16
ARZA BROWN, BENJ. MOORE, JOHN SMITH, JR.
AUDITORS.
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ANNUAL REPORT Of the Auditing Committee for the Town of Hamilton, From March 1840, to March 1841.
Receipts.
Interest paid on Notes.
Paid Samuel Patch $11 25
Zachariah Stanley 41 91
James B. Dodge 18 00
Nchemiah Woodbury 6 50
Nathaniel A. Lovering - 22 00
Anna Stacy
22 50
Ruth Tuttle -
10 50
Mary Lamson
7 50
Bounty Money.
Paid for nine military soldiers for services $45 00
Salaries, Fees, &c.
Paid William Brown as Selectman, &c. $11 00
Repairing Bridges, and materials 5 00
66 Census 1 00
State Valuation 10 1-2 days at $125 per day
13 12
Ephraim Annable for working non-resident Taxes,
2 57
Benjamin Moore for working non-resident Taxes,
3 09
Joshua Porter for the use of his room,
8 00
Also, funeral charges of Robert Case,
5 00
Joseph Lovering as Selectman. &c.
66 Taking Census of the Town
1 00
Levi Riggs for working non-resident Taxes,
3 70
State Valuation, 6 1-2 days at $1 25 per day
8 12
George Dane for working non-resident Taxes, Repairing Bridges, &c.
3 00
Abel Baker working non-resident Taxes,
4 37
W. & S. B. Ives for Stationery,
2 00
Nehemiah Woodbury for repairing Bridge, 1 25
Wm. Ives & Co. printing Auditors Report 4 00
$51 08
Support of the Poor.
Paid Doct. Kittredge's bill $4 00
" O. S. Cressy's bill 5 00
Wm Otis for Tabathe Bowles 52 00
Livermore Dodge for Martha White
72 94
Fanny Wallis for work 2 00
Jacob L. Patch for Huldah Stevens 56 17
68 20
David Starrett for sundry articles
10 62
A. Edgerton for sundries 2 37
John Trow for Amos Bowles 75 80
Dr. O. S. Cressy 1 95
$351 05
Amount of Notes.
Due to James B. Dodge $100 00
Mary Lamson 150 00
Anna Stacy 380 00
Samuel Patch, jr. 225 00
Nehemiah Woodbury
130 00
Ruth Tuttle 30 00
Zachariah Stanley 350 00
Nathaniel A. Lovering
230 00
$1595 00
JOHN SMITH, jun.
1 50
John Smith,
1 50
Ephraim Annable as Inspector of Roads
3 00
$140 52
Interest due on all Town Notes, to March 1st, 1841, amounts to 23 dollars and 49 cents.
The past year Zachariah Stanley received $150 as a part of his demand against the town.
A Note of Epps Porter has also been taken up amounting with interest to $53 and 55 cents.
Notes paid, &c. $203 55
Whole amount received in 1840 $1839 08
do paid do 1411 43
Remaining in the Treasury $427 65
In the above sum is included $49 96 cents, it being the balance due to the town from John Tuttle.
ARZA BROWN, BENJ, MOORE, Auditors.
Received from Town Treasurer, $408 22
from Taxes asscsscd, 1403 27
66
from School Fund, 25 00
For State Pauper, 2 59
$1839 08
Disbursements.
Paid County Tax,
$258 62
$6 Schooling,
425 00
$ 683 62
Miscellaneous Accounts.
Paid Asa Brown for clearing bushes out of Burying Ground, $1 00
Joseph Poland for cutting bushes and laying up Burying Ground Wall, 1 50
John Butler for working non-resident Taxes, 3 08
Oliver Poland as Selectman, &c.
Repairing a Bridge
50
State Valuation, 10 1-2 days at $1 25 per day
13 12
Taking Town Census
1 00
Arza Brown for attendance to Robert Case during his sickness, 3 50
5 02
Making out State Valuation
3 1-2 days $1 per day
3 50
66
Journey to Topsfield and other places for valuation non-resi- dents, 2 days .
2 50
Conant for lodging papers in Secretary's office George Appleton as Collector
35 07
Services as Town Treasurer
2 00
Nathaniel A. Lovering, as Clerk 4 00
Recording Births and Deaths
. 2 97
James Patch, for notifying Town Meetings
2 00
Taking care of Town Clock
6 00
Arza Brown, Auditing Town Accounts
1 50
Benj. Moore,
Eunice Whittredge for Lydia Brown
11 00
11 00
00 12
$140 16
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Annual Report
Of the Auditing Committee for the Town of Hamilton, From March, 1841; to March, 1842.
Receipts.
Received from Town Treasurer $427 57
from Commonwealth-nine soldiers
45 00
from Haverhill on account of B. Case
9 50
from School Fund
38 36
County Tax 251 95
Town Tax 1000 00
Overlays 41 77
Deficiences of highway tax
38 36
$1852 54
Disbursements.
Paid County Tax $251 95-Paid for schooling $438 36
$690 31
Support of the Poor.
Paid Eunice Whittredge for Lydia Brown $61 90
Jacob L. Patch for Huldah Stephens 53 48
Levi Riggs for Martha White 59 00.
Livermore Dodge for Amos Bowles 74 55
David Starrett for sundries 6 24
Dr (). Cressy, medical attendance 9 95
Jobn Trow, making and mending shoes
2 65
Fanny Wallis, tailoring
50
$268 27
Salaries and Fees.
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Paid Wm. Brown for services, as selectman, assessor ? and overseer of the poor
$9 00
Paid Joseph Lovering
9 00
Oliver Poland
9 00
George Appleton as Treasurer and Collector
35 30
Nath' A. Lovering as Town Clerk 4 CO
recording births and deaths 2 88
postage
19
Auditors' Services
4 50
George Patch notifying town officers and town meetings 2 00
$75 87
Miscellaneous.
Paid W. & S. B. Ives-Blank Book, Stationary and printing Auditors' Report 1841 $9 75
Paid Win Kinsman working non-resident taxes 2 92
Edmon I Knowlton $2 69-Paul D. Patch 8 73 11 42
Jervis L'amson $6 55-John Tuttle 5 95-Benj. Moore 4 53 17 03
Jeremialı Lord for lumber for Warner's Bridge 17 47
Joslina Dodge for guide post 1 00
Asa Brown for laying up the burying ground wall 50
Joshua Porter for Selectmen's Office 8 00
Paul D. Patch, labor on Warner bridge 3 75
Wm Brown $2 00-Joseph Lovering 2 00 4 00
Wni Brown. perambulating lines $1 00 1 00
Joseph Lovering do. $2 00-Oliver Poland do. 2 00 4 00
Sam'l Story jr. postage 50
Sending papers to Boston 25
Abatements.
1837. Oliver Underhill $00 28-Amos Gould 00 65 $00 93
Neh. Witham 00 35-Ira Wyatt 1 85 2 20
1840. Eben. Knowlton 1 17-Edmond Roberts 1 17 2 34
Oscar Symonds 1 17
1841. lvers Knowlton 2 87-Jon. Dodge 1 15
4 02
2 30
Antipas Dodge 1 15-David Giddings 1 15 John Adams 1 15-Thomas Perkins 00 21
1 36
Notes taken up and Int. paid.
Neb. Woodbury-Note and interest $134 42
Sam'l Patch jr 11 25-Anna Stacy 19 00 30 25
Zachariah Stanley 17 50-Nath'l A Lovering 11 50 29 00
Mary Lamson 7 50-Ruth Tuttle 10 50 18 00
$211 67
Amount of Notes.
James B. Dodge $100 00-Mary Lamson 150 00 250 00
Anna Stacy 380 00-Sain'l Patch jr 225 00 605 00
Nath'l A. Lovering 230 00-Eliza Stanley 175 00 405 00
Adeline Stanley 175 00-Ruth Tuttle 30 00 205 00
1465 00
Recapitulation.
Disbursements 690 31-Support of Poor 268 27 958 58
Salaries, Fees 75 87-Miscellaneous 81 59 157 46
Notes paid and int. 211 67-1841 Abatements 7 68 219 35
Military Soldiers
30 00
Town Expenses for 1841 $1365 39
Paid outstanding Orders for 1840 209 25
John Tuttle for services as Treasurer 5 years at $1 pr yr - 5 00
1837 Abatements 3 13-1840 Abatements 3 51 6 64 -
$1586 28
Whole amount received 1841
$1852 54
paid 1586 28
Remaining in the Treasury
$266 26
Remains due to Win. Otis of Malden for support of ? Tabitha Bowles
104 00
Due from Commonwealth 30 00
Remaining in Treasury
$266 26
Due from Commonwealth 30 00
$296 26
Due to Otis of Malden $104 00
James B. Dodge int. 5 00
Ruth Tuttle · 1 50
110 50
Balance in Treasury
185 76
ARZA BROWN, JOHN SMITH, jr. BENJ. MOORE,
AUDITORS.
Salem Observer Press.
$81 59
$14 32
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the AUDITOR of the Town of Hamilton. FROM MARCH, 1842, TO MARCH, 1843.
Receipts.
Received from Town Treasurer $266 23
from Commonwealth for six soldiers,
30 00
from School Fund
29 63
County Tax
251 95
Town Tax
1000 00
Overlays 40 01
for the School district libraries 60 00
Deficiences of highway tax
22 92
$1700 74
Disbursements.
Paid County Tax $251 95
for schooling $429 63-for school district libraries 860 00, 489 63
$741 58
Support of the Poor.
Paid Eunice Whittredge for Lydia Brown
$6S 81
Andrew Dodge for Huldah Stephens
14 50
Levi Riggs for Mrs. White and Amos Bowles 77 16
Livermore Dodge for Huldah Stephens 8 00
Jacob L. Patch for Huldah Stephens 53 66
Joshua Porter tor funeral charges for Mrs. White and } Mrs. Stephens
10 66
David Om for enndries for the Poor
14 55
Kener Merrill for making clothes for A. Bowles
15.24
$264 58
Salaries and Fees.
Paid Joseph Lovering for services as selectman, assessor } and overseer of the poor,
$9 00
Paid Oliver Poland =
9 00
George Patch
9 00
George Appleton as Treasurer
2 00
Samuel Dodge as Collector
20 62
Nathaniel A. Lovering as Town Clerk
4 00
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recording births and deatha 2 64
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postage
0 37
Auditors services
1 50
Joshua Dodge, notifying town officers and town meetings
2 00
$60 13
Miscellaneous.
Faid W. Ives and Co. printing auditors report 1842 $4 00
W. and S. B. Ives for stationary 1 54
Joseph Lovering for his services advertising Letting out }
1 25
for one day's work on Warner's Bridge 1 00
75
for cash paid for sending papers to Boston
37
for cash paid George Dodge for repairing Warner's Bridge
50
Oliver Poland for services on Depot Road
SC
for one days work on Warner's Bridge
1 00
George Patch for services on Depot Road 1 00
for one days work on Warner's Bridge 1 00
Paul D. Patch for making Depot Road
85 50
Amount carried up $97 91
Amount brought up 937 91
Paid Jacob L. Patch for labor done on the road by Paul Paich 30 00
Andrew Woodberry for working non-resident taxes 2 73 David Giddings $4 96-Isaac Knowlton jr 1 99 6 95 Tyler Porter $2 70-Enoch F. Dodge 4 91 7 61
Joshua Porter for Selectmen's Office 8 00
1 50 Samuel Adams jr for hauling plank for Warner's Bridge Farnum and Co for lumber 7 17
Asa Brown for work done in and around the grave yard 1 00
David Giddings jr for straps for the Hearse 50
Joseph Poland for straps for the Hearse 25
Samuel Story jr for postage -
21
John Foster for taking care of Town Clock 6 00
Stephen Dodge and Amos Gould for setting and making } stones on the line between Hamilton and Wenbam - 1
2 00
Abatements.
1841. Edmund Roberts $1 15-Caleb Lamson 1 52 82 67
1842. William Foster jr 0 42-Daniel Appleton 1 25 1 67
Jolın Whittredge 1 00 John Harding 6 32 7 32 Samuel Day 0 08-Benjamin Moore 0 24 0 32
William Meady 1 16-Caleb Lainson 1 52 2 63
Joseph Day 1 16
$15 82
Notes taken up and Interest paid.
D. vouge- Note and Interest
Ehza Burnham 8 75-Adeline Stanley 8 75
Anna Stacy 19 00 -- Samuel Patch, jr. 11 25 30 25
Nathaniel A. Lovering 11 60-Mary Lamson 7 50 19 00
$172 07
Amount of Notes.
Mary Lamson 150 00 -- Anna Stacy 380 00 $530 0:)
Samuel Patch, jr. 225 00-Nathaniel A. Lovering 230 00 455 00
Eliza Burnham 175 00-Adeline Stanley 175 00 300 50
Ruth Tuttle 30 00
· $1365 00
Recapitulation.
Disbursements 741. 58-Support of Poor 254 53 $1006 16
Salaries and Fees 60 13-Miscellaneous 172 36 232 49
Notes paid and interest 172 07-Abatements 15 82 187 82
Military Soldiers 15 00
Town Expenses for 1842
$1411 51
Whole amount received 1912 $1700 74
paid
1441 51
Remaining in the Treasury
$259 20
Due from Commonwealth
15 00
$274 20
Due to Ruth Tuttle
3 00
Balance in Treasury
$271 20
JOHN TUTTLE, AUDITOR.
Salem Observer Press.
and superintending the making of the Depot Road 1
for 3-4 days work to purchase plank for Warner's Bridge
Dr. Oliver S. Cresy for Luet
$105 32
8172 36
ANNUAL REPORT Of the AUDITOR of the TOWN of HAMILTON.
FROM MARCH, 1843, TO MARCH, 1844.
Receipts.
Received from Town Treasurer
$259 20
From Stephen Podge and Amos Gould-overpaid an order
75
From School Fund
23 62
County Tax $251 95-Town Tax $800
1051 95
Overlays $29 59-Deficiences of highway taxes $25 57
55 16
For postage on letters 22
Samuel Story for six guide boards
50
Tyler Porter for working highway taxes 4 93
John Whipple working highway tax 4 83
Samuel Adanis jr for working highway tax 4 46
$51 55
Abatements-1843.
Israel D. Brown 67 ets-Edward Porter $1 41 $2 08
Wm. Potter 54 ets-Asa Brown 29 ets-Sam'l Porter 36 ets 1 19
Jonathan Lamson, jr. 40 ets-Samuel Day 7 ets-Daniel Ap- pleton $1 64 2 11
William Gardner $1 02-Benjamin Perkins 40 cts
1 42
George Dane 81 ets-Manassah Dodge $1 02
1 83
George W. Kimball $1 02-Michael Annable 39 cts
1 41
Oliver Whipple, jr. 40 ets-Oliver Appleton 39 ets-David Starrett 11 cts 90
$10 94
Notes taken up and Interest Paid.
Nathaniel A. Lovering, principal and interest
$232 03
Abraham Patch, interest 11 25
Abraham Patch, a part of principal and interest 25 65
Mary Lamson $7 50-Anna Stacy $19 00 .
26 50
Adeline A. Standley $8 75-Eliza M. Burnham $8 75 17 50
$312 93
Paid-
Oliver Poland for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer $9 00
Joseph Lovering $9 00-George Patch $9 00 18 00
George Appleton, Treasurer 2 00
Samuel Dodge, Collector 22 14
Nath'l A. Lovering, Town Clerk 4 00
Auditor's Service 2 00
Joshua Dodge for notifying Town Officers and Town Meetings 2 00
59 14
Miscellaneous.
Paid ---
Wm. & Co. for printing Auditor's Report-1843
$4 00
W. & S. B. Ives for Stationary 38
Support of the Poor $241 57-Salaries and Fees $59 14 300 71
Henry Dodge for laying up wall around Town Pound
75
Sam'l Story jr for postage on letters
1 70
Allen W. Dodge for work done near crooked lane hill
5 83
Wm Brown for repairing Town Pound
8 65
Outstanding Orders
4 96
Joshua Porter for Selectmen's office
8 00
Benjamin Porter for grave yard gate
2 50
John Foster for taking down Town Clock
75
Joseph Lovering for service as Committee one day to meet County Commissioners on the road in the East part of the town
1 00
Town Expenses for 1843 $1361 64
Whole amount received for 1843 1395 68
Balance in the Treasury after all orders & school money paid $34 04
Bounty Trendy from State 14:00
1- viens
Amount brought up $33 56
'Joseph Lovering for one guide post and setting the same 1 00
George Patch for service as Committee to meet County 1
Commissioners 1 00
George Appleton for eight lbs. of dogs for Town Pound 89
Far getting School funds 25
$1395 68
Disbursements.
Paid County Tax $251 95-For Schools $374 70
$626 65
Support of the Poor.
Paid --
Eunice Whittredge for Lydia Brown
$79 50
Levi Riggs for Amos Bowles
71 96
Levi Riggs for shoes for Aaron Riggs
2 00
George Dane for Aaron Riggs 10 00
Andrew Dodge for Aaron Riggs -
6 00
Joseph Whittredge for Walter Osborne
3 00
John Trow for Jerusha Dodge -
6 00
Elizabeth Fellows for Jerusha Dodge
29 00
Town of Ipswich for Jerusha Dodge
18 00
Dr O. S. Cressy for medical attendance on town poor
3 75
Daniel Henderson frocking for Bowles
2 85
Samuel Welsh for shaving Bowles
2 00
Martha M. Stevens for making clothes for Bowles 1 67
David Starrett for clothing for the Poor
5 84
$241 57
Salaries and Fees.
Amount of Notes.
Mary Lamson $150-Anna Stacy $380 $530 00
Ruth Tuttle $30-Abraham Patch $200 230 00
Eliza M. Burnham $175 -- Adeline A. Standley $175 350 00
$1110 00
Recapitulation. Disbursements.
County Tax $251 95-For Schools $374 70 $626 65
Abatements $10 94-Miscellaneous $51 55 62 49
Notes taken up and interest paid 312 93
Paid out of the Treasury $1302 78
Due from the Treasurer to School District No. 1 36 56
Due School District No. 2 17 34
Amount carried up
$33 56
DENNISON WALLIS, Audito ??
HAMILTON, March, 1844.
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ANNUAL
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OF THE AUDITOR OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING, FEB. 28, 1846.
Receipts.
Dr .- To
Balance on hand last year $88 80
36 87
Moncy allowed by the Commissioners, and received from the County Treasurer
650 00
Money hired in behalf of the Town
1630 00
Tax list committed to the Collector for collection, viz:
1200 00
County Tax
State Tax 61 50
32 34
Deficiencies of Highway Taxes
44 15
$3995 61
Disbursements.
State Tax $61 50-County Tax $251 95 - $313 45
For Support of Schools.
Paid
Oliver Whipple 2d School Committee for District No. 1 109 21
Jervis Lamson do. District No. 2
109 21
Oliver Patch do. do. No. 3 109 21
Isaac Knowlton do. do. No. 4 109 21
$436 84
For the Support of the Poor.
Andrew Dodge for boarding Aaron Briggs $18 50
Jeremiah Barker, jr., for boarding Jeremiah Barker 13 12
5.83
Dr. Charles H. Brown, for medical attendance on Mary E. Dodge
John Whittredge for boarding Lydia Brown
80 00
For attendance in her sickness, and clothing -
24 18
Simon Fellows for boarding John Barker
13 75
John B. Lamson for a coffin for Lydia Brown
4 00
Joshua Porter for funeral services for Lydia Brown
2 33
Francis Andrews for boarding Aaron Briggs, 52 weeks, $52-clothing and medicine, $7 75
59 75
Elizabeth Fellows for nursing Mary E Dodge in her last sickness 10 00
$243 21
Allowances to Surveyors of Highways.
Elliot Woodberry for working Non-resident Taxes $1 69
George Patch, do. $7 66-Herbert Dodge, do. 2 45 -
10 11
Luke Dodge, do. 6 58-Wm. C. Patch, do. 4 47 11 05
Winthrop L. Dodge, do. 13 81-George Appleton, do. 7 49 21 30
$44 15
For Roads and Bridges.
Paid
Levi Patch for making 85 1-2 rods of road - $171 00
Alfred M. Farley making 356 1-2 rods at $1 07 per r. 381 46
For extra work done by Dawson - 5 00
Samuel Dodge making 95 1-2 rods at $1 10 per rod 105 05
94 3-5 rods at 33 ets per rod -
31 19
John Woodberry, 69 2-5 rods at 1 67 per rod 115 56
Calvin Putnam, 203 feet of Joist 2 23
Wm Austin for building Sluiceway 15 00
1 50
Lot Edwards and Thomas Raddin for building stone work near said factory 750 00
George Appleton for iron work and setting posts on the bridge near said faetory 36 39
Nehemiah Woodberry for railing bridges near Nicholas and Andrew Woodberry's 2 83 Joshua Porter for making railing for the bridge near said Factory ₴ 66 Joseph Whittredge for work done on said bridge 6 75
For work done on Warner's bridge 75 .
Jervis Lamson for drawing lumber and work on the bridge near Manning's factory 15 12
Philbrook & Baker for timber and plank for said bridge 143 26
John Whittredge for work done on said bridge 3 00
Dennison Wallis for drawing plank and work done on said bridge and road 23 00 Ammi Smith, work done on Warner's bridge 40
John Butler for drawing Joist and work done on the bridges near N. & A. Woodberry 2 62
For work done on the bridge near Manning's factory 5 00
For services as committee on said road and bridge 9 00
Wm. A. Brown for surveying the road from Paul D. Patch's to the river 1 25
$25 00
One outstanding Order
2 50
$27 50
Amount of Notes
2740 00
Amount of Town Debt
$1908 93
HAMILTON, March, 1846.
Amount brought up $1855 21 For journey to Lynn after Purinton to survey said road and cash paid hin 5 62
John Patch jr. for 23 Juniper Posts 11 00
Elbridge Ellsworth for services as committee on the road petitioned for by Alfred M. Farley and others 14 69)
For work done on said road and bridge 5 00
Jacob L, Patch for services as committee on said road and bridge 17 09 For work done on do. do. and drawing timber for same 19 00
George Appleton for meeting the eom'rs on the road pet. for by John Patch & others 1 00
$1927 83
Salaries and Fees.
Paid-
Jaeob L. Patel for services as one of the Selectmen, O. of the Poor & Assessor $9 00 Jolın Butler do. do. $9 00-Elbridge Ellsworth do, do. $9 90
Geo. Appleton as Treas'r $2 00-Jos. Lovering as T. Clerk $4 00 6 00 For recording births and deaths 1 20 .
Joseph Patch jr as Collector $31 82-Nath'l A. Lovering as Auditor $2 00 33 52
Aaron Dodge for notifying town officers 1 00
$69 02
Abatements.
Mary L. Faulkner for an abatement of tax $5 33-Jos. Knowlton 2d do. do. $1 00 $6 33 Tristram Appleton do. 00 38-Fanny Dane do $2 85-Wm Warner do. 00 85 4 08
Israel D. Brown, Nath'l Whipple, John Annable, John Carrol, Patrick O. Riley and Peter Riley for an abatement of one poll tax each 7 44
Robert F. Dodge for an abatement on his tax $2 00-Asa Brown do. 00 33 2 38
Heirs of Jolin Dane do. 1 52
$21 75
Interest Paid on Notes.
Anna Stacy $19 00-Mary Lamson $7 50-Epes and Oliver Patch $9 00 $35 50
Miscellaneous.
Wm. Ives & Co, for printing Auditor's Reports for 1845 $4 00
Allen W. Dodge, chairman of the school committee 8 00
John Butler for two guide posts $2 00-for perambulating town lines $2 00 4 00
Elbridge Ellsworth for perambulating town lines $2 00-Jacob L. Pateh do. $2 00 4 00
George Appleton for one set of wooden measures 87
Postage on letters 82-Nails for guide boards 00 25 1 07
Henry Whipple one blank book $2 62-for stationary $1 12 3 74
Nath'l A. Lovering for recording births and deaths, from Jan 1, 1844, to Mar. 10, 1845, 3 76 Jos. Lovering for sending returns to Boston 25
Joshua Porter for making returns of deaths to the Town Clerk 1 60
First Cong. Parish for use of room in the Vestry for Seleetmen one year 8 00
Use of the Vestry for town meetings and wood to warm the house 6 00
$45 29
Amount of Notes.
Mary Lamson $150 00-Anna Staey $380 00-Ruth Tuttle $30 00 $560 00
Heirs Eliza M. Burnham $175 00-Adeline A. Standley $175 00 350 00
560 00 Sarah Standly $200 00-Do. do. $300 00-Nath'l B. Butler $60 00 John Butler $60 00-Lucy Burnham $60 00-John Smith jr $950 00 1070 00 James B. Dodge $200 00 - 200 00
$2740 00
Money, &c., found in the Treasurer's hands
$3995 61
Recapitulation.
Disbursements, State and County Taxes $313 45
For schooling $436 84-Support of the Poor 243 21 630 05
Allowance to Surveyors of Highways 44 15
Expenses of Roads and Bridges 1927 83
Salaries $69 02-Abatements 21 75 90 77
Interest on Notes 35 50
Miscellaneous 45 29
Whole amount paid out of the Treasury
$3137 04
Remaining in the Treasury $519 63
Due from the Collector 338 94
$$5S 57
Interest due Ruth Tuttle $7 50
" due Adeline A. Standley 8 75
due Heirs of Eliza M. Burnham 8 75
George Haskell for advertising notices to bridge builders and advice of Woodman 4 19
Benj, Woodberry for services as committee on the road petitioned for by John Woodberry and others 5 00
Levi Patch for services as com. on said road
S 00
Paul D. Pateh for do. do.
do.
8 00
Amount carried up
$1855 21
$27 50
831 07
NATHANIEL A. LOVERING, Auditor.
IVES & PEASE ---- Printers, Salem.
Town proportion of Mass. School Fund
Town Tnx
251 95
Overlays
For drawing lumber near Manning's Factory
Joshua Porter, funeral charges for Mary E. Dodge 11 75
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