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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND, EXPENDITUI
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON,
FROM MARCH 1, 1878, TO MARCH 1, 1879.
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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
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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
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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
7
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
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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
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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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$75 00
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