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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON,
FROM MARCH 1, 1876, TO MARCH 1, 1877,
SALEM, MASS. SALEM PRESS, CORNER OF LIBERTY AND DERBY STREETS. 1877.
REPORT. .
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury March 1, 1876 .
· $4,043 15
Received of D. D. Stone, Collector, 1876 from school fund
220 72
State aid reimbursed
203 20
66
bank tax
472 72
liquor license fee
100 00
dog tax
82 54
corporation tax
97 41
66
sale of school books
82 34
66
hay scales
20 18
66
66 sale of burial lots
15 00
$11,123 99
EXPENDITURES.
Paid
County tax
$446 20
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Paid
State tax
$540 00
State aid
207 00
Notes
790 00
Interest on notes
1,181 22
State share of license fee
25 00
Orders paid the present year
4,634 80
$7,378 02
5,786 73
4
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOLS.
NORTH.
Paid
Chas. H. Cooper, teaching winter term
$165 00
Lucy A. Tuttle, teaching summer term
118 75
John H. Knowlton, wood
17 50
Washington A. Patch, building fire
5 00
$306 25
SOUTH.
Paid
Sophia F. Lovering, teaching winter term, 1875
$156 00
Sophia F. Lovering, teaching summer term, 1876 123 50
J. C. Winslow, teaching winter term, 1876 .
151 25
J. P. Lovering, wood
20 00
Alden Chandler, building fire, 1875
5 50
Luke Dodge, building fire, 1876
5 00
$461 25
EAST.
Paid
W. E. Noxon, teaching winter term
$165 00
Laura S. Woodbury, teaching summer term
111 80
J. H. Knowlton, wood
24 50
Walter W. Ingalls, building fire, 1876
5 00
$306 30.
WEST.
Paid
Geo. R. Dodge, teaching winter term . $165 00
Sarah R. Safford, teaching summer term
123 50
Geo. B. Dodge, wood
16 47
James E. Gwinn, building fire .
5 00
$309 97
5
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
EXPENSES AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid
J. Choate, setting glass in South School House
$2 25
1 25
Elias Towle, repairs on North School House 66 66 " South 66
75
66 building wood-house for East School 70 00
D. E. Safford, cash paid for cleaning South School House 1 42
John T. Ropes, stove for East School House 9 50
Ira A. Dunnels, repairs on School Houses 9 00
Estate of J. Newell, materials for East School House, 1875 5 45 .
W. C. Packard, chair for North School. 2 00
Mrs. Wm. Haskell, cleaning North School House 1 43 George Norris, setting glass in East School House 1 00
George Norris, journey to Salem and freight on stove for East School House 1 45
George Norris, cleaning East School House
95
Niram Neal, cleaning stove pipe South School 1 50
William A. Brown, labor on North School House
1 00
$108 95
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid
Geo. N. Andrews
1 00
Edward Stone
1 60
John H. Whipple
13 10
Frank Bridges
1 75
Sylvester Dane
19 30
J. B. Stone
1 60
Isaac Kimball
75
Ira A. Dunnels
6 80
John Murphy
40
Edgar Andrews
70
Amount carried forward
- $47 00
6
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
.
Amount brought forward
$47 00
Geo. F. Barker
.
75
A. L. Whipple
90
Benj. Smith
1 70
John Dane, jr.
9 55
Geo. B. Knowlton
70
Samuel Ayers
8 90
Josiah Woodbury
6 10
Charles E. Woodbury
6 70
John Tibbetts
70
George C. Foster
14 00
William Cannon
5 50
Edward Tibbetts
35
Ira P. Knowlton
12 50
Patrick Kiley
5 10
Niram Neal
9 00
Luke Dodge, jr.
1 75
D. D. Stone
8 70
O. L. Ingalls
1 80
John W. Morgan
1 20
Frank Knowlton
9 40
James W. Morgan
1 10
John H. Knowlton
2 30
S. A. Ingalls
4 40
Isaac Knowlton
10 62
F. W. Brown
16 00
Nelson Butler
2 70
A. Rowe
80
William K. Patch
2 60
William Morgan
2 30
P. A. Andrews
2 25
F. R. Allen
3 50
George Norris
5 00
Elam Burnham
6 05
C. A. Appleton
2 25
George B. Dodge
6 30
Amount carried forward
$220 47
7
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward
$220 47
Jarvis Lamson
24 40
J. F. Dodge
6 60
Alber W. Dodge
2 00
William A. Smith
8 30
Luke Dodge
9 40
Alvin Smith
8 00
W. L. Dodge
24 90
James A. Woodman
2 00
M. J. Channel
7 30
Joseph Knowlton
3 10
J. C. Low
28 00
George Dane
90
Leverett Dane
5 00
G. W. Winslow
3 50
F. Nutting
2 47
J. W. Dane
3 30
Winthrop Appleton
7 10
D. B. Tucker
5 90
C. F. Hawkins
8 50
J. A. Whipple
2 00
J. C. Conant
2 20
O. F. Brown
5 10
C. W. Foster
6 50
S. Blatchford
7 80
Joshua Appleton
3 80
O. F. Whipple
4 30
W. McKey
4 20
D. H. Porter
4 60
C. W. Appleton
7 40
O. E. Appleton
3 60
Lewis W. Dane
5 00
William A. Brown
3 10
I. D. Patch
1 20
Willis Kent
2 00
J. A. Trout
2 80
Amount carried forward
. $446 74
.
.
8
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Amount brought forward
$446 74
A. W. Trout
6 30
William M. Ballard
6 65
John T. Folsom
4 90
Herbert T. Dodge
2 10
Edward Wright
60
Andrew Woodbury
60
George W. Channel
70
George M. Adams
20 60
James McLaughlin
6 40
Frank Newton
2 80
Charles S. Teel
2 00
Charles Patch
20 40
George Dodge
6 80
Thomas Watson
5 80
Henry Dodge, 2d
4 00
Brainard Milligan
5 40
Augustus Adams
3 30
Sylvester Day
2 40
John Whipple
2 00
Samuel Doty
4 60
B. W. Patch
2 80
William Call
3 00
Albert F. Allen
6 40
I. F. Knowlton
21 50
Daniel Roberts
4 00
A. A. Whipple
5 60
Emerson A. Whipple
4 40
George Brown
8 40
Alden Chandler
4 20
Mrs. B. Whipple
3 80
Edwin A. Whipple
24 60
William D. Chandler
4 20
C. P. Roberts
1 00
John S. Webber
1 95
Amount carried forward
$657 34
Francis Doliber
8 40
9
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward
$657 34
Levi Hobbs
2 20
R. P. Tuck
1 20
Horace Dane
1 30
A. W. Chandler
2 60
George T. Haynes
6 20
J. D. Abbott
90
J. S. Whiden
1 80
Caleb W. Dodge
9 20
E. Dodge
2 00
George R. Dodge
1 40
$686 14
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Paid.
Wm. E. Manning, board and nursing of Thomas Manning
$73 15
Drs. Hurd & Tucker, medical attendance of Thos. Manning .
15 00
J. A. Blake, medicine furnished Thos. Manning 8 45
Daniel Clark, funeral expenses of Thos. Manning
21 50
Betsey Roberts, board of Perley Jowder 43 00
Betsey Roberts, clothing for Perley Jowder 10 00
Nancy Annable, board of Alvin Jowder 80 00
Town of Ipswich, supplies furnished George W. Barker ·
4 00
Wm. A. Brown, journeys to Lynn and Boston on account of paupers 4 00
Mrs. R. F. Dodge, partial assistance 100 00
$359 10
10
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid.
John H. Cogswell lumber for Factory Bridge $26 28
Wm. Morgan, rebuilding bridge near J. Patch 39 00
Jarvis Lamson, labor on Riggs' Causeway 2 00
George B. Dodge, labor on Riggs' Causeway 2 00
Henry Dodge, 2d " 2 00
Wm. A. Brown, plank for culvert Moulton road
1 92
Wm. A. Brown, labor on bridge near J. Patch 2 00
Wm. A. Brown, drawing lumber for and labor on Factory Bridge 7 00
Wm. A. Brown, labor railing
2 00
George C. Foster, railing
1 50
O. F. Brown, stone furnished and drawing stone for bridge near J. Patch's 1 70
James F. Gwinn, labor on Factory Bridge ·
2 00
John L. Woodbury, labor on Factory Bridge
2 00
John L. Woodbury, labor railing
2 00
Emerson A. Whipple, drawing gravel on main road Henry P. Lovering, gravel for main road O. F. Brown, 66
248 52
31 35
. John T. Dodge, labor on main road
2 80
P. A. Andrews,
8 33
Geo. C. Foster, 66 6 66 66
10 83
E. Ingalls,
2 67
O. Ingalls,
66
1 50
Alden Chandler, 66
2 50
Niram Neal, 66
66
2 25
O. F. Whipple,
66
21 50
James F. Gwinn, 66 66
34 00
Wm. A. Brown,
32 00
John L. Woodbury, labor on main road
43 00
Edwin A. Whipple, plowing on main road
8 10
George Brown, 66
9 10
$573 10
21 25
11
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
Paid.
C. E. Woodbury
$11 60
A. W. Trout
24 40
Josiah Woodbury
19 50
Wm. H. Ballard
15 00
Charles Hawkins,
6 00
Willis Kent
6 00
Herbert T. Dodge
1 60
Samuel Ayers
11 20
Grover Dodge, gravel
6 00
$101 30.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
Paid.
F. W. Brown
28 60
William Morgan
9 20
John W. Morgan
5 20
James W. Morgan
4 00
Otis Ingalls
4 00
George Ingalls
2 00
Samuel Ingalls
2 00
John Ingalls
2 00
Nelson Andrews
2 00
Nelson Butler
2 00
Andrew Woodbury
6 00
M. J. Channel
6 00
Jno. K. Patch
4 00
J. H. Knowlton
4 00
Isaac Knowlton
8 00
Joseph Knowlton
8 00
Frank Knowlton
4 00
$101 00
12
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
·
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.
Paid
Ira P. Knowlton
$30 50
John Foster
8 00
O. F. Whipple
2 00
D. H. Porter
4 00
Geo. Porter
8 00
Niram Neal
6 00
O. F. Brown
22 00
Wm. Cannon
10 00
John Tibbetts
9 50
$100 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.
Paid
Sylvester Dane
35 60
Wm. A. Brown
10 75
Richard Bridges
10 00
Frank Bridges
13 60
Geo. F. Barker
1 00
John Dane, jr.
1 80
P. A. Andrews
8 80
Wm. Haskell
8 00
John Murphy
4 00
Joseph Wilson
3 00
Geo. Dane
2 40
$98 95
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
Paid
W. L. Dodge
53 31
Henry Dodge, 2nd.
5 40
Geo. Dodge
9 45
Silsbee Adams
7 73
Amount carried forward ·
$75 89
13
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward
$75 89
E. F. Dodge
2 80
Geo. M. Adams
5 73
John Goodhue
5 60
Samuel Goodhue
5 93
J. Mclaughlin
5 33
James F. Gwinn
4 73
Richard Foss
2 40
$108 41
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
Paid
Jarvis Lamson
60 00
Wm. A. Smith
11 00
George B. Dodge
4 00
George R. Dodge
4 00
J. F. Dodge
3 00
Luke Dodge
4 20
E. Dodge
8 00
Alvin Smith
11 40
$105 60
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
Paid
Edwin A. Whipple
26 40
George Brown
12 00
Daniel Roberts
14 80
C. P. Roberts
5 40
George Roberts
4 00
Wm. D. Chandler
7 40
O. F. Whipple
7 40
George T. Haynes
6 60
P. A. Andrews
3 00
Mrs. O. Whipple
5 80
A. A. Whipple
8 00
$100 80
14
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT.
Paid
J. F. Knowlton
$37 00
John Whipple
9 00
F. R. Allen
9 80
Elam Burnham
9 60
Newell Burnham
5 00
B. W. Patch
5 00
George Norris
4 00
W. H. Call
4 00
Sylvester Day
5 40
Samuel Doty
4 00
Albert F. Allen
7 20
$100 00
SALARIES AND FEES.
Paid
James F. Gwinn, services as assessor 22 50
66 66 " selectman 25 00
66 66 66 overseer of poor
5 00
66
66 66 making and distributing annual
report
6 00
Wm. A. Brown, services as assessor
22 50
" selectman
25 00
66
" overseer of poor
5 00
66
66 66 making and distributing annual
report
6 00
John L. Woodbury, services as assessor
22 50
66 . 66 selectman 25 00
66 66 66 " overseer of poor 5 00
66
66 66 " making and dis-
tributing annual report 6 00
Amount carried forward
$175 50
15
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward
$175 50
D. D. Stone, services as collector
62 32
66 66 " constable 6 00
66 66 notifying town officer D. E. Safford, services as treasurer
3 00
30 00
66 66 school committee
15 00
George Norris, " 66
15 00
O. F. Brown, town clerk
10 00
Austin A. Whipple, auditor
5 00
$321 82
CEMETERY.
Paid
F. W. Brown, drawing gravel
121 65
Daniel Roberts, gravel
20 00
John Tibbetts, labor
12 00
Wm. A. Brown, “
7 00
J. L. Woodbury, labor
4 00
$164 65
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid
Salem Press, printing Annual Report, 1875 - 28 00
H. P. Ives, collector's book and stationery 2 18 -
Congregational Parish, rent of selectmen's office Salem Press, printing tax bills -
3 75
Wm. A. Brown, perambulating town lines -
4 00
John L. Woodbury, 66 -
4 00
F. R. Allen, committee on crooked lane hill road, 1875 - - 5 00
Geo. Dane, committee on crooked lane hill road, 1875 - - - 3 50
- J. F. Gwinn, committee on crooked lane hill road,
1875 -
3 50
-
Amount carried forward
$103 93
-
50 00
16
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Amount brought forward
.
$103 93
J. F. Gwinn, perambulating town lines -
- 2 00
John Tibbetts, return of deaths - 2 00 -
Daniel D. Stone, on account of dog tax -
3 00
Otis F. Brown, return of representative vote to Essex -
- 1 50
Otis F. Brown, recording births, marriages and deaths - -
- -
6 55
Daniel E. Safford, postage - - -
66
Daniel P. Dodge, expressing, 1875 and 1876 -
6 10
Foote & Horton, printing school reports, 1875
12 87
George Norris, crayons for schools
-
-
75
Joshua Appleton, repairing hearse
-
-
2 00
John L. Woodbury, postage
-
-
38
Wallis & Young, school books
30 06
Brewer & Tileston
-
-
12 26
John P. Tilton,
-
-
21 31
Norton & Patch,
66 brooms, etc. - 11 34
$216 71
ABATEMENTS.
Allowed D. D. Stone, collector :
William A. Haskell, poll tax
-
-
2 00
George Rowe 66 66
-
-
. 2 00
Jarvis Lamson 66 66
-
-
-
2 00
$6 00
RECAPITULATION.
Paid County tax
-
-
$446 20
Notes
790 00
Interest on notes
1,181 22
State aid
-
-
-
-
207 00
State tax
-
-
-
-
540 00
State share of license fee
-
-
25 00
Amount carried forward
· $2,743 22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward
. $2,743 22
Paid Schools - -
-
-
1,383 77
Expense and repairs of school houses
- 108 95
Removing snow
-
-
-
686 14
Poor department
-
-
-
359 10
Roads and bridges
-
-
-
1,389 16
Salaries and fees
-
-
321 82
Cemetery
-
-
-
-
164 65
Miscellaneous -
-
-
-
216 71
Abatements -
-
-
6 00
$7,379 52
Total amount of orders drawn during the year - $4,636 30
Total amount of orders paid during the year - 4,634 80
Outstanding order -
1 50
Treasurer's receipts for the year -
11,123 99
Expenses of Treasurer -
- 7,378 02
Balance in cash March 1, 1877 -
- $3,745 97
TOWN DEBT.
Note due State of Mass., -
$3,000 00 Interest 7 per ct.
Note due State of Mass.,
- 5,000 00 66
6
66
6 John Smith
-
1,200 00 66
66
6
66 66 M. A. Neal & M. A.
Neal Trustees -
617 00
66m 6 66
Note due Mary A. Dane
350 00
66
6
66
66
Martha Dane - -
200 00
66
6
66
66
66 Anna Brown -
200 00
66
6
66
66
Samuel Day -
500 00
6
66
-
-
-
6
" J. B. Dodge - -
1,000 00
·
Amount carried forward $12,067 00
18
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON.
Amount brought forward $12,067 00 Note due Nathan Jewett - 150 00 Interest 6 per ct.
" Five cent Savings Bank, Salem - -
5,000 00
6 66
$17,217 00
Deduct balance in favor of town 3,745 97
Town debt . - - $13,471 03
Town debt, March 1, 1876,
- $13,728 85
Town debt, March 1, 1877, - 13,475 97
Decrease since last year
$252 88
The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer have this day been examined, and the accounts all satisfactorily vouched for.
AUSTIN A. WHIPPLE, Auditor.
HAMILTON, Feb. 28, 1877.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES F. GWINN, WILLIAM A. BROWN,
Hamilton. Selectmen of JOHN L. WOODBURY,
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