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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,
-OF THE-
TOWN OF HAMILTON
FROM MARCH 1, 1884, TO MARCH 1, 1885.
SALEM:
T J. HUTCHINSON & SON, - - STEAM PRINTERS. 1885.
REPORT.
Receipts.
Cash in Treasury, March 1, 1884, 4041 58
Received from John T. Dodge, Collector for 1884, 5412 OI
National Bank tax, 746 57
Mass. School fund, 207 02
Corporation tax,
99 27
State aid reimbursed,
231 00
Indigent Soldiers aid, 36 00
Dog tax,
84 84
Burial lots,
30 00
Hay scales,
12 53
Pedler's license,
6 00
$10906 82
Expenditures.
Paid County tax,
751 66
Treasurer's Account.
Paid Corporation tax to State, 1 15
State tax,
740 00
Interest on notes,
605 00
State aid,
216 00
Indigent Soldiers' aid
72 00
Orders for present year,
4720 81
$6354 96
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Schools,
WEST.
Paid Hattie P. Burbank, teaching summer term, 130 00
Alice A. Smith, teaching winter term, 108 00
Charles Patch, wood,
19 00
James Dodge, building fires, 1883
6 00
James Dodge, « 1884 7 00
270 00
NORTH.
Paid Jennie A. Brown, teaching summer term
130 00
Jennie A. Brown, winter term 108 00
Charles Patch, wood,
22 00
$260 00
SOUTH.
Paid Sarah R. Safford, teaching summer term, 130 00
Sarah R. Safford,
108 00
James H. Woodman, wood 20 00
Wayne Abbott, building fires
6 00
$264 00
EAST.
Paid Carrie L. Lakeman, teaching summer term 130 00
Carrie L Lakeman, 108 00
James H. Woodman, wood 20 00
Willie F. Colesworthy, building fires
5 00
$263 00
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EXPENSES AND REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid Otis F. Brown, material and labor North school, 2 00 Otis F. Brown, furnishing and cleaning stove pipe, 2 25
F. C. Norton, school supplies, 2 86
Joseph P. Lovering, material and labor
3 40
Mrs. Crowell, cleaning South school house
1 00
$II 51
Poor Department.
Paid Austin A. Whipple, on account of board of A. Jowder, 1883 70 45
A. A. Whipple, care of tramps, 1883 and 1884 20 00
Sarah B. Dodge, assistance, 120 00
Mary A. Dodge, assistance 130 00
John Dame jr., board of Alvin Jowder, 1884
65 00
Town of Ipswich, supplies to Edward Ingalls and family 58 98
Samuel E. Thayer, attendance Alvin Jowder 2.00 K
466 43
Removing Snow.
Paid
John H. Knowlton 15 80
Wilmot E. Butler 3 00
John W. Morgan 1 40
Joseph Knowlton 2d 5 40 George B. Knowlton I 00
John F. Rowe 80
Frank Knowlton 1 50
Henry Carey 2 00
Herbert T. Dodge
1 00
F. W. Brown I 40
Silvester Day
I 40
George W. Carey 3 30
James H Woodman J. C. Butler
70
Forest L. Knowlton I 80
George W. Ingalls
2 75
Wm. F. Winslow 2 00
Arthur Rowe
1 50
Andrew J. Dunn
4 50
Charles E. Woodbury 4 50
10 00
James W. Morgan I 30
Ira F. Trask 2 50
6
Emery Lawrence J2 00
George D. Babcock I 40
Oscar F. Whipple 1 00
Albert F. Allen 2 50
Jarvis Lamson 7 80
Geo. A. Dodge 7 30
Luke Dodge
3 40
Samuel Doty I 60
Wm. A. Smith
5 80
George C. Rankins 7 80
Joseph C. Conant
3 00
Philip E. Haskell
2 30
Jno. Lamson
8 80
Israel Norwood 3 00
Wm. H. Dodge
3 40
Geo. B. Dodge
40
Chas. S. Gwinn
6 60
Chas. Harvey
2 40
Caleb W. Dodge
I 20
Otis F. Brown 50
Lawrence L. McKay
25 90
Emerson A. Whipple 3 00
David Goss
I 60
Samuel A. Wait
20
E. Mooney
I 60
James Barrett 1 00
Aaron Winslow
3 80
Chas. W. Appleton
I 80
John Dane jr.
13 50
John T. Dodge
I 00
F. C. Appleton
5 20
Daniel C. Smith
3 00
Otis E. Appleton
I 60
Henry P. Lovering
40
Geo. E. F. Dane
I 60
Charles Hobbs
80
Albert J. Bixby
I 20
Elam Burnham
I 20
Ed. Winslow
60
Samuel Ayers
4 85
Winfield Winslow
3 00
Frank Dane
I 90
Wm. Morgan
60
Chas. A. Appleton
6 10
Otis L. Ingalls 2 30
Clarence P. Roberts
5 00
Lewis H. Bradstreet II 50
F. G. Wentworth
3 60
Wm. Cannon jr. I 20
Oliver Whipple
I CO
Ira P. Knowlton 60
Edgar Andrews
60)
Daniel Safford 40
Wm. D. Chandler
2 80
John Robinson
3 70
Austin A. Whipple
2 60
Luke Dodge 2d 60
Daniel Roberts 3 80
Wm. Cannon 65
80
Charles McGregor
60
Isaac D. Patch
60
William P. Dickinson
40
Geo. E Roberts
I 00
George Brown
6 10
W. A. Patch
I 30
Edwin A. Whipple
6 80
James Giddings
2 10
Winthrop Appleton
2 50
Wm. A. Brown
4 80
Charles Patch
E Patch
[ 20
Rufus E. Perkins
4 80
Wallis McKay
I 80
Geo. M. Adams
19 20
John R. Sargent
3 00
Benj. F. Tappan
4 00
Benj. W. Patch
3 00
$379 75
Thomas Robinson
60
Quinn McGregor
15 20
Alvin Smith 12 20
Wm. Harvey I 60
George Porter 2 80
Edward W. Dodge 3 80
Richard D. Knowlton I 00
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Roads and Bridges.
Paid Fmerson & Whipple, labor on road near Towles 79 00
J. M. Parsons, drain pipe 19 85
George C. Rankins, labor on main road 44 82
Lewis H. Bradstreet,
75 00
Oscar F. Whipple,
3 75
Wm. D. Chandler, 16 66
3 00
E. P. Robinson, gravel 27 45 66
Daniel C. Smith, lumber and nails for railing 28 13
Otis F. Brown, gravel for road near Towles 20 00
C. S. Gwinn, trimming willows near Camp ground 4 00 Chas. E. Woodbury, labor on railing I 75
J. P. Langmaid & Sons, lumber for railing 2 10
Wm. A. Brown, labor on
7 25
Charles A. Appleton, labor on
6 00
James F. Gwinn,
2 00
James F. Gwinn,
highways 10 00
John L Woodbury 7 00
John L. Woodbury, staples and nails for railing 52
Elias M. Towle, labor and lighting on highway 6 00
John H. Knowlton, labor on bridges 8 15
Ira P. Knowlton, labor on highway and railing
19 30
375 07
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. ONE.
Paid Charles E. Woodbury
15 50
Andrew J. Dunn 16 60
Joseph Knowlton 2d 15 80
Henry Carey 16 20
George Sanborn 15 00
George A. Dodge
I 20
Francis W. Brown
60
$80 90
8
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. TWO.
Paid John H. Knowlton
59 93
James H. Woodman
4 95
George W. Ingalls 8 40
Frank Knowlton
I 50
Moses J. Channell
I 50
John W. Morgan
I 65
Nelson Andrews
2 17
David B. Tucker
90
James W. Morgan
75
Herbert T. Dodge
8 25
90 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. THREE.
Paid Lewis H. Bradstreet
29 00
John Bradstreet
12 00
Oscar F. Whipple
3 00
Oscar Bridges
6 00
Luke Dodge 2d
6 00
William Cannon
9 00
Edward C. Tibbetts
2 60
John A. Robinson
15 50
Otis F. Brown
18 50
William Cannon 2d
I 50
Frank Bridges
3 00
Daniel D. Stone
75
Thomas Robinson
7 00
Ira P. Knowlton
6 00
Gravel 10 00
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- 129 85
9
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. FOUR.
Paid Lawrence L. McKay
85 50
F. C. Appleton
9 00
C. A. Apppleton
IO 50
R. Andrews
4 50
Gravel
9 90
119 40
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. FIVE.
Paid Charles Patch
90 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. SIX.
Paid Alvin Smith
46 95
John T. Dodge [I 25
Edward W. Dodge
4 50
James F. Gwinn
5 40
James Barrett
3 75
71 85
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. SEVEN.
Paid Clarence P. Roberts
17 00
George Brown
27 50
Edwin A. Whipple
22 50
W. A. Patch
14 25
Daniel Roberts
27 00
William D. Chandler
6 75
Ira A. Dunnells
5 00
120 00
IO
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO EIGHT.
Paid George A. Dodge
45 70
Alonzo L. Whipple 12 60
Albert F. Allen
10 05
Newell Burnham
3 00
David B. Tucker
5 25
Samuel Doty
7 65
Benjamin W. Patch
75
Gravel
5 00
90 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. NINE.
Paid Jno. Lamson 12 50
E. F. Dodge 3 50
William A. Smith
4 00
Caleb W. Dodge
8 00
P. E. Haskell
6 00
Jarvis Lamson
37 50
George B. Dodge
13 50
Luke Dodge
5 00
90 00
Salaries and Fees.
Paid Daniel E. Safford, Services as Treasurer, 30 00
James F. Gwinn. ‘. Assesor, 25 00
«
" Selectman & Overseer Poor 30 00
John L. Woodbury, “ ..
Assessor,
25 00
" " Selectman & Overseer Poor 30 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, “ Assessor 25 00
" Selectman & Overseer Poor 30 00 ...
Otis F. Brown,
" Town Clerk 10 00
" School Committee 15 00
Jos. P. Lovering 66 66 15 00
II
Samuel E Thayer, School Committee 1883, 1884 25 00 John T. Dodge, " Collector of Taxes 1884, 123 27
." Auditor 5 00
" Constable 3 00
$391 27
Miscellaneous.
Paid T. J. Hutchinson & Son., Printing Annual Report 1883.
18 00
Emery Lawrence, Constable 1883,
2 00
James F. Gwinn, Collector's book for 1883,
I 25
Cash on acc't annual Report 83 .75
Merrill & Mackintire, Stationery ,40
Boston School Supply Co., for Books 107 34
Sarah R. Safford, Book Furnished
.25
Foot & Horton, Printing School Report, 9 00
Congregational Society Rent of Office & Vestery 50 00 Edward C. Tibbetts, Labor in Cemetery, 32 70
Returning Deaths,
3 50
Otis F. Brown, Express and Postage,
3 41
16 " Book for Registration of voters,
1 00
66
" Registering,
2 00
" Journey to Salem for Ballot Box, I 50
" Essex on acc't Represenative vote I 50
$6 " Salem on acc't Dog Tax, I 50
.. " Recording Births, Marriages & Deaths 10 70
Patterson & Stone on acc't of suit, 775 00
Dr. Wm Tucker, 6 00
Dr. Samuel E. Thayer, 10 00
Daniel E Safford, Professional Services, 30 00
Cash paid Witnesses, 7 50
Chas. P. Thompson, Legal Advice, 25 00
Blanks and Tax Bills 4 75
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Daniel E. Safford, Postage, .72
James F. Gwinn, Register of Voters, 4 00
" Journey to Ipswich, I 50
66
" Boston, 2 50
John L. Woodbury, Register of Voters, 4 00
" Journey to Salem on acc't Suit, 2 00
" ¿ day at Dr. Cilley's on acc't of Suicide 1 00 " Postage, .46
Isaac F. Knowlton, Journey to Salem on acc't Suit 2 00
" 66 " Registration of Voters, 4 00
" Collector's Book 1884, I 25
" Stationery, 3 00
John T. Dodge, Serving Dog Warrant,
5 00
Joshua Appleton, Hay Scale Book,
5 00
$1141 48
Abatements.
Allowed J. T. Dodge, Collector, 1884.
Collins I. Andrews. Poll Tax for 1883, 1884 4 00
Chas P. Creamer,
2 00
Samuel A. Ingalls,
2 00
David Roberts, ",
2 00
Edward C. Smith,
2 00
Samuel B. Gregory,
2 00
John Trefry,
Real Estate, 2 30
$16 30
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid County tax
751 66
Corporation tax,
I 15
State tax
740 00
Interest on notes
605 00
State aid
216 00
Soldiers aid
.72 00
Schools
1057 00
Expenses and repairs on school houses
II 5I
Poor department
466 43
Removing snow
379 75
Roads and bridges
1257 07
Salaries and fees
391 27
Miscellaneous
1141 48
Abatements
16 30
6354 96
Orders drawn during the year
4720 81
paid
4720 81
Treasurer's receipts for the year
10906 82
expenses “
6354 96
Balance in treasury March Ist, 1885
4551 86
Town Debt.
Note due State of Mass. 8000 00
interest 4 per ct.
A. L. Smith 5000 00
42 “
" Mary Smith I200 00
66
5
·! 4,200 00
Deduct bal. in favor of town 4551 86
7 own debt
9648 14
I4
Town debt March Ist 1884, 10, 158 42 Town debt 1885, 9648 14
Decrease since last year 510 28
The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treusurer have this day been examined, and the accounts all satisfac- torily vouched for.
JOHN T. DODGE, Auditor.
Hamilton, Feb. 26, 1884.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES F. GWINN, JOHN L. WOODBURY, of ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Hamilton
Selectmen
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, qualified to vote in Elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Vestry in said Town, on TUESDAY, the tenth day of March, 1885, at ten o'clock in the forenocn, then and there to act on the following ar- ticles, viz :
ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To hear the Annual Report of the Selectmen and act thereon.
ART. 4. Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxi- cating Liquors in this Town the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to dfray the Town Charges for the year ensuing, and appro- priations for the same
ART. 6. To determine the manner of reparing the High- ways, town ways, and bridges the year ensuing, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize their Collec. tor to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed a Collector may use, agreeably to Chap. 18, Sect. 73 of the General Statutes.
ART 8. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurre. to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen in antici- pation of Taxes
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to renew Notes already due or to hire money to replace or pay the samc.
ART. IO To see if the Town will accept the List of Ju- rors as proposed by the Selectmen
ART. II' To see at what time Tax Bills shall be issued and Taxes due, and what rate of interest shall be collected
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on taxes not paid when due, and also what discount shall be allowed on all taxes paid within a specified time.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of a proper observance of Decoration Day, by the Soldiers of the late Rebellion.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in re gard to the suit of Joseph Horton against the Town.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will build a set of Hay scales in the west part of the town and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to enlarging of the Cemetery, the year ensuing.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to settlement of Miss Watts' demand on account of ac- cident.
ART. 17. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof. one at the meeting-house, and one at some other public place in said town, seven days at least be- fore the time for the holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
JAMES F. GWINN, Selectmen
JOHN L. WOODBURY, of ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Hamilton.
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