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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON,
FROM MARCH, 1859, TO MARCH, 1860.
SALEM : PRINTED AT THE OBSERVER OFFICE. 1860.
REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance in Treasury, at settlement, Feb'y, 1850 1,661 60
Amount rec'd from Mass. School Fund 29 11
Town of Gloucester 29 00
66 66 " Dog licenses
36 00
of Collector's list 3,039 44
$4,795 15
Expenditures.
TAXES.
Paid State Tax, $231-County Tax, 704 19 $935 19
NOTES.
Paid John Smith's Note and interest, $255 78
" James B. Dodge's Notes -
422 66
" Jonathan S. Dodge's Notes
425 28
1,103 72
Dog Tax repaid
43 00
Schools.
West District, paid H. A. Webber, for teaching 7 weeks - 25 00
66 N. W. Withington, 12 85 25
66 Geo.B.Dodge, for wood 15 75; cutting, &c. $3 18 75
Aretas Wallis, for building fire 3 00
North District, " L. M. Soule, for teaching 10 weeks 50 00
66 66 H. A. Webber 6 66
30 00
66 Benj. Porter for wood furnished in 1858 6 00
66 66 Wm A. Brown for wood $9; build'g fire 1 50
10 50
66
66 John Tibbets for building fire 1858-9 1 75
South District, " M. A. Richards for teaching - 112 50
66 Samuel Dodge for wood 14 00
66 Charles S. Peabody for building fires 3 75
Amount carried over
. $360 50
4
Amount brought over? - 360 50
East District,
Lois Whittier, for teaching 33 00
N. B. Butler 22 50
-
62 50
66
Isaac Knowlton for wood 11 00
66
66 Reuben Patch for building fire 3 00
Support of Poor. $492 50
PAID
D. S. Allen for medical attendance to P. Haskell in 1858 $5 00
Town of Ipswich for assistance rendered to E. D. Lovering 6 00
66 66 for coffin and burial of her child 4 50
Mary Rowe for board of Asa Brown in 1858-9 72 50
Henry Batchelder for 9 mos house rent for R. F. Dodge 45 00
David Giddings for board of Edward Whipple 16 00
Jacob Kinsman for supplies furnished to A. Caswell 16 25
Town of Ipswich for expense of medical attendance on A. Brown 5 00
Sheldon & Lord for supplies furnished to R. F. Dodge 76 50
Benj W. Patch for supplies furnished to A. Caswell 12 10 R. & J. Pickett for fuel furnished to R. F. Dodge 45 77
N. B. Butler for 4 mos house rent for A. Caswell in 1858-9 5 00
$309 62
Salaries and Fees.
PAID
N. B. Butler for services as Collector 1858-59 35 00
George B. Dodge " Special Constable 13 50
William C. Patch 66 66 66 66
13 50
Alvin Smith 66 66 66 6 75
John Foster for taking care of Selectmen's room 3 years
4 00
Joseph P. Lovering for services as Town Clerk -
10 00
66 for registering births, marriages and deaths 7 45
66 for registering and licensing dogs 3 60
D. M. Hoyt for returning deaths - 2 52
William A. Brown for services as School Committee 8 00
D. S. Allen 66 66
9 00
Geo. Appleton !! יי " Treasurer 10 00
Benj W. Patch 66
" Selectman 20 00
for taking census of children & mak'g report 2 50
John Whittredge for same services 22 50
Daniel E. Safford for same services 22 50
66
66
for services as School Committee 9 00
$199 82
.
Z. A. Appleton 66
5
Interest Money.
S. Proctor for 2 yrs
$120 00 S. Adams, Adm'r
6 00
126 00
S. Adams
12 00 Jona. S. Dodge
72 00
84 00
Isaac B. Dodge
18 00 James B. Dodge
48 00
66 00
J. Alvin Dodge
48 00
Geo. B. Dodge
45 00 93 00
Wm A. Dane
21 00
Mary A. Dane
6 00
27 00
John Dane
6 00
Ruth Tuttle
1 80
7 80
N. B. Butler
3 60
John Butler
3 60
7 20
Elizabeth Whipple
6 00 Lydia A. Patch 18 00 24 00
Mary Lamson 9 00; Jona. S. Dodge, on principal of note 64 00 John Smith
73 00
48 00
$556 00
Abatements allowed t Collector.
Estate of F. Lamson
$7 21 Temple Cutler
1 50
8 71
Chas T. Dodge
1 50
James P. Dodge
1 50
3 00
Francis Patch
1 50
Isaac Patch
1 50
3 00
Henry Tibbets
4 60
John Whipple 2d
1 82
6 42
John T. Woodbury 5 53
John Harris
38
5 91
Heirs of David Preston
45 John Brown
31
76
George D. Choate
1 50 Benj. Greenleaf
1 50
3 00
William Haskell
1 50
Jonathan Foss
2 00
3 50
Heirs of Nath'l Appleton
1 24
$35 54
Roads.
PAID
N. A. Lovering for gravel and for damage sustained by repair of road 15 00
Joseph Patch, surveyor, for working non-resident and other taxes 9 10
Isaac Knowlton, “ for working non-resident tax & in snow 6 35
Elam Burnham for clearing snow from road - 3 00 ʻ
George B. Dodge, surveyor, for labor on road near H. Dodge's 2 50
7 10
George Appleton,
66 66 for working out non-resident taxes 66 balance of $200 app'n 10 00
7 10
" iron work on Moulton's Lane Bridge 3 12
7 10
Winthrop L. Dodge, " working non-resident taxes -
" for other taxes and work on Fac- tory Bridge -
2 76
Amount carried over - $73 13
6
Amount brought over $73 13
Snow Bills, as follows :-
To G. Appleton (as Treasurer) $22 88; W. L. Dodge $29 25 52 13 Jos. Patch 5 02; G. B. Dodge 11 55: Oliver Whipple jr 16 70 33 27 Joseph Knowlton 2d, surveyor, for non-resident and other taxes 6 20 George Dane, surveyor, railing Moulton's Lane Bridge 2 90
snow bills $6 75 ; non-resident taxes 7 10 13 85
Israel D. Brown for gravel 1 50
Andrew Woodbury, snow bills 1 12
Isaac Knowlton, 3 00
John Whittredge, for labor on guide board and bridges 1 00
Samuel Dane, for gravel and snow bills - 6 50 -
$194 60
Incidental.
PAID
Ives & Smith for six Assessors books 8 00
Ives & Co. for printing and binding Selectmen's report 9 00
66 66 School report 12 00
66 66 450.tax bills 2 50
J. P. Lovering for express and for blank books - 1 80
66 for journey to town clerk's office, Ipswich - 1 50
D. M. Hoyt for goods furnished to firemen at E. Ellsworth's fire 2 29
John G. Felt for guide boards -
11 50
George Appleton for journey to Boston to pay State Tax for postage, &c. 97
3 00
Cong. Parish for use of Selectmen's room 20 00.
103 32
N. B. Butler for discount on taxes collected before Nov. 30 66 " express 50
Benj. W. Patch for putting up guide boards 3 00
Dan'l E. Safford for postage and express 1 35
help to poor travellers - 78
stationery, blank orders, printing, &c. 1 92
$183 43
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Recapitulation.
Receipts.
Balance in Treasury, Feb'y 26, 1859
$1661 60
Amount received from Massachusetts School fund
29 11
66 66 Dog Licenses 36 00
66 66
Town of Gloucester
29 00
of Collector's list for 1859
3039 44
$4795 15
Expenditures.
Schools
$492 50
Support of Poor
309 62
Salaries and Fees
199 82
Interest Money
556 00
Abatements allowed to Collector
35 54
Roads
194 60
Incidentals
183 43
Outstanding order of last year
18 00
State and County Taxes -
-
935 19
Notes paid
1103 72
Dog Tax repaid
43 00
$4071 42
4071 42
Balance in the Treasury
$723 73
The amount of notes held against the town, March, 1859, $7285 00 66 taken up by the Treasurer 1167 00
Present amount of notes -
$6118 00
Amount due from Collector
-
200 00
Balance in Treasury, cash -
523 73
723 73
Balance due from Town
$5394 27
DANIEL E. SAFFORD, BENJ. W. PATCH, JOHN WHITTREDGE,
Selectmen
of Hamilton.
HAMILTON, March, 1860.
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