Town of Hamilton Annual Report 1878-1879, Part 1

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Publication date: 1878
Publisher: The Town
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Part 1


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND, EXPENDITUI


OF THE


TOWN OF HAMILTON,


FROM MARCH 1, 1878, TO MARCH 1, 1879.


4


SALEM :


PRINTED AT THE OBSERVER OFFICE, 1879.


REPORT.


RECEIPTS.


Cash in Treasury March 1, 1878,


$4,356 09


Received from Mass. School Fund,


216 26


66 State aid reimbursed,


191 67


66


from bank tax,


391 82


66


corporation tax,


104 99


66


66


dog tax, 1877,


79 47


66


66


1878,


78 55


66


liquor license fee,


100 00


66


school committee of '77, sale of books, 8 00


53 87


66


66 sale of burial lots,


+


25 00


66


66 income of hay scales,


15 58


66


66 sale of bridge plank,


2 75


66 town of Blackstone, 6 00


66


66 Daniel D. Stone, Collector for 1878, 5,041 13


$10,671 18


EXPENDITURES.


Paid


County tax, .


$541 80


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


Paid


State tax,


$300 00


State aid,


198 00


Soldiers' aid,


53 00


Notes, .


921 00


Interest on notes, .


1,031 05


State share of liquor license, .


25 00


Outstanding orders of 1877, .


48 50


Orders of the present year,


4,263 73


66


66


66 " '78, "


$6,840 28


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SCHOOLS.


NORTH.


Paid


Jennie A. Brown, teaching summer term, . · $131 25


Edson W. White,


winter 66 135 00


Washington A. Patch, building fire, . · 5 00


Lucy A. Foster, balance due for teaching, 1877


2 25


$273 50


SOUTH.


Paid


Sophia F. Lovering, teaching summer term,


. $136 50


C. A. Kibling,


winter


135 00


Oliver Porter, for wood, . 15 00


Alden J. Chandler, building fire,


5 00


$291 50


EAST.


Paid


Laura S. Woodbury, teaching summer term, $136 50


F. H. Pease, teaching winter term,


135 00


I. F. Knowlton, wood,


16 50


Forrest L. Knowlton, building fire,


.


5 00


$293 00


WEST.


Paid


Addie Dodge, teaching summer term,


. $131 25


G. R. Stone, יי winter 66


135 00


Oliver Porter, wood,


14 00


G. R. Stone, building fire, .


.


3 00


$283 25


5


EXPENSES AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.


Paid


R. P. Spiller, repairs on West School House, $13 85


Sarah Hollinshead, cleaning South School House, 2 50


Mrs. P. A. Andrews, “ North 2 50


Geo. C. Foster, labor, &c., on South " 3 75


J. Choate, labor on South School House, 3 12


Elias M. Towle, labor on South School House, 5 95


J. A. Newman, locks for 66 1 20


O. F. Whipple, painting blackboards, 2 10


Chas W. Appleton, repairs on North School House, 4 40


W. A. Patch, clearing stove pipe, 50


C. F. Nutting, 50


Joshua Appleton, iron work for South School House, 1 50


$41 87


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Paid


William E. Manning, board of Sarah Manning, . $77 00


Dr. Hull, medical attendance on pauper, 1877, 6 25


Betsy Roberts, board of Perley Jowder, 22 00


The Worcester Lunatic. Hospital, board of John H. Ingalls, 200 65


The Worcester Lunatic Hospital, for broken glass, &c., by John H. Ingalls, 6 66


Nancy Annable, board of Alvin Jowder, 112 00


Austin A. Whipple, care of tramps, 1877, 87 00 Austin A. Whipple, extra care of sick tramp, ·


2 00


Philip E. Clark, burial expenses of Sarah Manning, 24 00


Wm. E. Manning, cash paid for medicine for S. Manning. 7 40


Wm. A. Brown, cash paid for medicine for Melissa Wilson, 6 00


Dr. J. L. Robinson, medical services for Melissa Wilson, 10 00


Amount carried forward,


$560 96


6


Amount brought forward, $560 96


Overseers Poor, Essex, assistance to Edward Ingalls and family, 12 55


J. A. Blake, medicine for Sarah Manning, . 4 45


Jarvis Lamson, journey to Ipswich on account of pauper, 1 00


Wm. A. Brown, journey to Lynn on account of pau- per, 3 00


Wm. A. Brown, three journeys to Ipswich on ac- count of paupers, 3 00


Assistance to Sarah B. Dodge, pauper,


120 00


" Mary A. Dodge, pauper,


35 00


$739 96


ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Paid


Daniel Hodgkins, stuff for railing. $8 86


J. A. Newman, nails for railing, 70


George Roundy, plank for factory bridge, 31 75


George Roundy, teaming from Beverly, 5 00


Benj. W. Patch, extra repairs on highway, 8 00


Elbridge Dodge, labor on railing on Mingo road, ·


1 00


Elbridge F. Dodge, locust posts for railing, Mingo road, 1 32


Jarvis Lamson, locust posts for railing, 13 80 .


Jarvis Lamson, labor on railing, . 7 00


Jarvis Lamson, labor on factory bridge, 4 00


George Norris, labor on railing, Pond road, . 1 00


Wm. A. Brown, teaming railing stuff from Ipswich, 2 50


Wm. A. Brown, labor on railing, 6 00


Daniel D. Stone, extra labor on highways, 1 00


Samuel Dane, gravel for highway, 1876, 2 00 ·


Amount carried forward, . $93 93


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Amount brought forward, . . $93 93


Isaac F. Knowlton, posts for railing, . 1 00


$94 93


EXTRA APPROPRIATION.


Paid


Wm. Morgan, labor on Pond road, $27 12


Emery Lawrence, drawing gravel on Pond road, . 136 40


George W. Ingalls, labor on Pond road, 15 00


Charles E. Woodbury, labor, ·


18 90


Albert F. Allen, labor,


2 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, gravel, 25 15


66 ploughing on Pond road, 1 00


William A. Brown, labor on Pond road, 16 00


George Norris, labor on Pond road, . 40 00


Emerson A. Whipple, drawing gravel on Pond road, 81 20


ploughing on Pond road, 7 00


Benj. Porter, gravel on Pond road, 25 00


$394 77


HIGHWAY DISTRICT, NO. ONE.


Paid


John F. Folsom, labor on highway,


$17 00


Asa W. Trowt, labor, 12 00


Josiah Woodbury, labor, 8 00


William Ballard, labor, 8 00


Charles E. Woodbury, labor,


4 00


John H. Folsom, labor,


4 00


)


A. L. Trowt,


4 00


C. F. Hawking,


4 00


Joseph Knowlton, 2d .


4 00


R. D. Whidden,


4 00


John H. Folsom, gravel,


6 00


$75 00


8


HIGHWAY DISTRICT, NO. TWO.


Paid


F. W. Brown, labor,


$19 00


H. W. Byors, labor,


7 00


Benj. Greenleaf, labor,


7 00


Isaac Knowlton, labor,


3 00


John H. Knowlton, labor,


6 00


Joseph Knowlton,


4 00


Frank Knowlton,


2 00


James W. Morgan,


2 00


John W. Morgan,


2 00


William Morgan,


4 00


Thomas Watson,


4 00


Nelson Butler, .


2 00


William K. Patch,


4 00


N. Andrews,


2 00


A. Ingalls,


2 00


George Ingalls, .


2 00


Isaac Knowlton, gravel,


4 00


Mrs. Watson gravel,


3 00


$79 00


Paid


HIGHWAY DISTRICT, NO. THREE.


Daniel D. Stone,


$7 75


Emery Lawrence,


24 00


Otis F. Brown, .


9 00


Chas. W. Foster,


2 00


John Foster,


3 00


Luke Dodge,


2 00


George C. Foster,


5 50


Ira P. Knowlton,


2 00


George Porter,


2 00


Oscar F. Whipple,


2 00


Emerson P. Dodge,


12 00


Otis F. Brown, gravel,


3 50


Oliver Porter, gravel,


25


.


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.


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$75 00


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