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ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
- OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
FROM MARCH 1, 1887 TO MARCH 1, 1888.
SALEM :
T. J. HUTCHINSON & SON,
STEAM PRINTERS.
1888.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE -
Receipts and Expenditures
- OF TIIE
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
FROM MARCH 1, 1887 TO MARCH 1, 1888.
SALEM : T. J. HUTCHINSON & SON. STEAM PRINTERS.
1888.
REPORT.
Receipts.
Cash in Treasury, March Ist, 1887, 4075 86
Received from James F. Gwinn, Collector 1887, 5987 82
Corporation Tax, 1905 33
National Bank tax,
656 43
Mass. School fund,
207 [[
State Aid reimbursed,
264 00
Military Aid,
36 00
Dog Tax,
173 25
Hay scales,
15 18
Burial lots
55 00
Sale of old School books,
8 00
Pedlars' license,
3 00
City of Lynn,
12 57
Town of Ipswich,
I 50
$13401 05
Expenditures.
Paid County Tax, 698 46
Treasurer's Report.
Paid Military aid,
72 00
State aid,
200 00
Interest on Notes,
545 00
State tax,
787 50
On Note,
3000 00
Orders present year,
5316 96
$9921 46
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Scheels.
NORTH.
Paid Miss Grace C. Dane, teaching summer term, 180 00
winter term, 126 00
D. D. Stonewood. wood furnished, 22 00
building fire, 6 00
$234 00
SOUTH
Paid Miss Belle Dodge, teaching summer term,
180 00
winter term, 126 00
Alvin Smith, wood furnished, 22 00
J. A. Haraden, building fire, 6 00
$334 00
EAST.
Paid Miss Lucy S. Carver, teaching summer term,
180 00
winter term, 126 00
J. H. Knowlton, wood furnished, 22 00
Sylvester Day, building fire, 6 00
$334 00
WEST.
Paid Miss H. J. Pearson, teaching summer term 97 50
Miss Mattie B. Smith teaching summer term, 82 50
winter term, 126 00
Jarvis Lamson, wood furnished,
22 00
James Dodge, building fire,
2 00
Walter Tuck, building fire,
4 00
$334 00
Expenses and Repairs on School Houses.
Paid J. P. Lovering, labor on S. & E. school houses 1886, 12 90
J. A. Haraden, labor on South school house I 00
5
A. Haraden, labor and material on South school house, 191
John W. Ramsdell, building fence W. school house, 6 00
Warren B. Foster, building fence W. school house, 1 50
Daniel C. Smith, lumber for school house, 32 27
Jarvis Lamson, lumber & posts W. school house, 3 75 James Giddings, labor & material N. School house, I 50 Theo Cogswell. paint & oil for W. school house, 14 27 O. F. Brown, repairing stove pipe school house, [ 50 bricks, lime and paint, 2 00
painting blackboards E. & N. school
90
houses 66 labor and material furnished, 70
Jona Lamson, labor on W. school house, I 60
F. C. Norton, supplies furnished school, 3 66
Laura E. Ingalls, cleaning E. school room, 7 05
Geo. E. Roberts, labor on W. school house, 5 00
Chas. W Foster, painting W. school house, 20 88
Geo. G. Creamer, stove pipe and labor E.
school house, 15 00
Geo. G. Creamer, stove pipe and labor N. school house, 4 65
Geo. G. Creamer, stove pipe and labor S. school house, 4 35
J. A. Haraden, repairing lock and blind,
2 50
G. R. Melcher, glass and putty,
42
D. L. Dodge, keys,
45
J. E Kimball, blind stops, 40
B. F. Hill, hardware, 70
James W. Morgan, whitewashing E. school house, 3 75
John W. Morgan, repairing chimney E. school house, 3 00
J. A. Haraden, setting glass, 50
$154 II
School Books furnished.
Paid J. M. Ambross, 5 52
Copperthwait & Co., 10 80
6
Lee & Shepard, Chas. W. Whiting, Leach, Shuell & Sanborn, O. F. Brown, B. A. Fowler,
24 00
5 48
7 24
38 35
35 00
$126 39
Liquor Committee.
Paid F. L. Evans, legal advice, 40 00
G. K. Knowlton, services, 50 00 Emery Lawrence, 125 00
$215 00
Poor Department.
Paid John Dane Jr., board of A. Jowder 1886, 10 00
1887, 33 50
S N. Baker, clothing furnished H. Dodge, I 00
Chas. Hobbs, board of H. Dodge,
208 00
W. H Quiner, fuel for Ingalls family 1886,
24 85
Geo. Roundy, house rent to July 16th 1887, Ingalls family, 120 00
Town of Beverly supplies furnished Ingalls family 141 84 Commonwealth of Mass, board of Wm. Hubbard 62 68 F. C. Norton, supplies furnished Symonds family 4 05
Thompson "
4 83
D. C. Smith, fuel furnished Symonds family 8 00
66 66
Thompson 9 25
Mary A. Dodge, assistance, 130 00
Sarah B. Dodge, assistance, 120 00
I. F. Knowlton, expenses on acc't paupers, 10 00
J. L. Woodbury, expenses on acc't paupers, I 50
James F. Gwinn, expenses on acc't paupers. 6 00
John R. Sargent, care of tramps 10 00
$905 50
?
Removing Snow.
Paid
Paid
Wm. A. Brown,
3 60
M. J. Channell, 60
Winthrop Appleton,
2 80 J. H. Woodman, 2 40
F. C. Appleton,
70 W. F. Colesworthy, W. Morgan,
70
C. W. Appleton,
1 50
60
I. A Dunnells,
I 80 James W. Morgan,
50
O. E. Appleton,
I 80
John W. Morgan,
2 15
C. H. Smith,
4 90
A. Adams,
I 70
F. A. Andrews,
70 E. A. Whipple,
4 20
C. A. Appleton,
I 80 F. Knowlton,
1 40
T. Lane,
I 80 J. C. Butler,
I 10
F. M. Whipple,
I 60 W. J. Channel).
80
Snow Bills.
Paid
Paid
Geo. S. Whipple,
I
55
G. W. Ingalls,
I 20
John Dane, jr., I 80
John T. Dodge, 8 60
J. A. Tucker, 2 30
S. A. Waite,
5 00
Sam'l Doty, 5 20
B. W. Adams,
2 60
A. L. Whipple, 2 00
J. Barrett, 2 00
Joseph Knowlton 2nd, 2 00
I. Norwood, 2 50
E. Stillman, 5 60
I. F. Day,
I 20
A. F. Allen, I 00
Geo. Porter,
20
G. N. Babcock, 3 40
E. W. Dodge,
2 20
Newell Burnham, 3 60
G. A. Lovering,
40
F.L. Knowlton, 2 00
D, C. Smith,
3 60
G. W. Carey, I
IO
E. R. Stone,
50
N. P. Sanborn,
3 20
S. Dane,
I
80
I 00
A. C. Dane,
6
30
3 80
Edwin A. Whipple,
I
IO
F. W. Brown, 1 60
L. F. Dane,
I
15
H. A. Carey, I IO
James Smith,
I
IO
G. S. Swasey, Henry Carey,
A. J. Dunn, 3 40
I. D. Patch, I IO
8
Snow Bills.
C. A. Hobbs,
I 80
Chas. Rogers, 1 40
C. W. Dodge,
I 40
C. S. Knowlton, 60
J. F. Miles,
60
Chas. Patch, 8 .40
W. B. Foster,
I
25
B. F. Tappan,
I 40
E. J. Foss,
I
25
Nath'l Foss,
I 80
J. W. Ramsdell,
I
25
G. D. Babcock.
8 00
J. F. Tucker,
I
00
Elam Burnham,
3 00
Jona Lamson,
1 25
J. F. Hawkins,
2 40
Jarvis Lamson,
2
50
G. A. Dodge, 9 00
I. A. Lamson,
I
25
W. Cannon,
2 00
W. Foster,
1
25
W. Bradstreet,
2 00
E. Foster,
25
O Kinsman,
2 00
E. F. Dodge,
I
25
T. Robinson, 2 00
C. S. Gwinn,
3 75
O. F. Brown, .
2 00
G. B. Dodge,
30
Luke Dodge,
I
25
I. H. Bradstreet,
5 00
A. Haraden,
I 20
W. Cannon,
2 00
I. P. Knowlton, I 20
J. A. Robinson,
5 00
O. L. Ingalls,
2
IO
W. M. Adams,
8 40
$220 65
Roads and Bridges.
Paid
John Dane, jr., labor on highway, 2 40
Adams & Gwinn, grading new road, 344 40
John Ramsdell, labor on new road,
22 50
C. S. Gwinn, labor on highway and bridge, 25 0C
G. M. Adams, labor on highway, 15 00
Wm. A. Brown, labor on J. B. Stone's road, 27 12
Elias Haskell, labor on J. B Stone's road, 14 00
Frank Lord, labor on J. B Stone's road, 10 00
Chas. A. Appleton, labor on J B. Stone's road,
1 00
10 00
Geo. T. Haynes, gravel on J. B. Stone's road, Emery Lawrence, hauling gravel, James W. Morgan, labor on bridge, Wm. Haskell, labor on bridge,
227 20
4 68
2 00
9
Paid Edward R. Stone, labor on bridge, 2 00
Wm. A. Brown,
2 00
John T. Dodge, highway, 13 95
Luther F. Dane, lighting,
75
Alvin Smith, labor on 66
6 40
Geo. M. Adams, teaming pipes from Salen,
3 00
Jona Lamson, labor on highway, 1 50
D. C. Smith, lumber, posts and pipes, 17 54
J. D. Parsons, drain pipe, 4 80
Isaac F. Knowlton, committee on new road, 3 00
John L Woodbury, making and painting 24 guide boards, 20 00
John L. Woodbury, committee on new road. 3 00
James F Gwinn, 60
9 00
$792 24
Highway Lists.
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
Paid Henry Carey,
44 40
Chas. E Woodbury,
II 50
Geo. Swasey, 6 15
Chas T. Brown,
4 05
Jacob Brown,
2 70
Gravel, 6 00
$74 80
DISTRICT NUMBER TWO
Paid Frank M. Whipple,
8 25
John C. Butler,
3 25
Geo. S. Whipple, 8 25
J. Tucker,
8 25
James Grant,
8 25
O. L. Ingalls,
8 25
Emerson A. Whipple,
24 75
Gravel, 5 00
$79 25
IO
DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.
Paid L. H. Bradstreet,
45 25
O. F. Brown,
14 50
J. A. Robinson,
21 00
Wm. Cannon,
5 50
Luke Dodge,
7 35
O. Kinsman,
I 50
I. P. Knowlton,
4 50
J. A. Haraden,
3 15
Wm. Cannon,
6 50
D, D. Stone,
75
Gravel,
10 00
$120 00
DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.
Paid Wm. A. Brown,
30 65
J. R. Sargent,
21 00
John Dame jr.,
25 00
Luther F. Dame,
4 70
Chas. A. Appleton,
8 15
F. C. Appleton,
3 00
W. M. Deloff,
3 00
Thomas Lane.
3 75
Otis Appleton,
5 25
I. A. Dunnells,
5 00
A. P. Gardener,
5 00
$115 60
DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
Paid Chas. Patch, 80 00
II
DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
Paid JohnT Dodge,
19 00
D. C. Smith,
21 00
Alvin Smith,
15 00
J. F. Miles,
3 00
George Porter,
5 00
C. O. Putnam,
5 25
J. Barrett,
3 00
George A. Lovering,
4 50
J P. Lovering,
3 75
79 50
DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
Paid A. G. Dame,
60 20
Geo. Brown,
13 80
Wm. D. Chandler,
3 30
G. G. Creamer,
10 30
E. A. Whipple,
5 IO
I. D. Patch,
12 15
O. F. Whipple,
3 00
L. F. Dame,
8 20
I. A. Dunnells,
4 26
A. A Whipple,
4 50
124 81
DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT.
Geo. J). Babcock,
IO 50
E. Stillman,
10 50
Sam'l Doty,
4 50
Geo. A. Dodge,
20 00
A. L. Whipple,
14 50
Elam Burnham,
10 50
Sylvester Day,
3 00
John W. Morgan,
3 CO
James W. Morgan,
3 00
Gravel,
4. 00
84 00
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DISTRICT NUMBER NINE.
Paid Jona Lamson, 9 75
Jarvis Lamson,
39 75
E. F. Dodge, 7 50
E. H. Dodge,
4 50
W. B. Foster,
6 00
W. H. Dodge,
6 00
G. B. Dodge,
3 00
C. W. Dodge,
3 00
Gravel,
2 35
81 85
Salaries and Fees.
Paid Dan'l E. Safford, services as Treasurer, 30 00
James F. Gwinn, 66 " Collector of Taxes, 100 12
66
" Selectman and
Overseer of Poor, 30 00
James F Gwinn, services as Assessor, 25 00
James F. Gwinn, services as Registrator of Voters 5 00
John L. Woodbury, services as Selectman and Overseer of Poor, 30 00
John L. Woodbury, services as Assessor, 25 00
John L. Woodbury, services as Registrator of Voters, 5 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as Selectman and Overseer of Poor, 30 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as Assessor,
25 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as Registrator of Voters, 5 00
Otis F. Brown, services as Town Clerk, 10 00
66
" Registrator of Voters, [ 00
" School Committee, 15 00
Andrew Haraden,
" School Committee, 15 00
John T. Dodge, 16
" Constable, 4 00
" Dog Warrant, 5 00
J P. Lovering, " School Committee, '87, 15 00
A. L. Whipple, 66
" Auditor, 5 00
Jona Lamson, 66.
' School Committee, 15 00
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Abatements.
Frank L. Whipple, Poll tax, 1886, 2 00
J. B. Stone, personal 1887, 3 95
B. P. Hodgson, personal, I 26
C. Warren, poll and personal, 2 42
B. Blatchford, poll, 2 00
B. B. Hartford, poll, 2 00
Miscellaneous.
Paid T. J. Hutchinson, Printing Town Report 22 25
J. L. Woodbury, Trea. Hamilton Veteran Asso. 25 00
Ipswich Savings Bank, safe, 100 00
C. R. Darling, Collector's Books,
5 50
T. J. Hutchinson, printing tax bills,
2 75
E. C. Tibbetts, labor in cemetery, 27 00
James Giddings. labor and material on safe, 3 00
Cong'l Parish, rent of vestry, 50 :00
Wm A. Brown, surveying cemetery, 9 25
Wm. D. Chandler, care of Selectmen's room, 2 00
P. F. Knowlton, stationary,
75
O. F. Brown, expressing and book labels, 3 60
returning representative vote, 2 00
qualifying Drs. Doble and Thayer, 50
66 making return of fire, 25
66 66
$6 returning births, marriages and deaths, II 20
D D. Stone, Notifying representatives to Gen'l Court, 2 00
D. C. Smith, lumber, lime and moving safe. 17 64
E. C. Tibbetis, return of deaths, I 80
Foote and Horton, printing school reports, 8 42
John I .. Woodbury, labor and material on cemetery, 9 50
66 6 safe, I1 00
66 postage, 78
66 66 repairings on hearse, 1 00
60
J. F. Gwinn, postage,
D. E. Safford, postage, 72
318 51
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Recapitulation.
Paid County Tax,
698 46
State tax,
787 50
Interest,
545 00
State Aid,
200 00
Military Aid,
72 00
Schools,
1336 00
Expenses and repairs on school houses,
154 II
School books,
126 29
Liquor Committee,
215 00
Poor department,
905 50
Snow,
220 65
Roads and bridges,
1632 05
Salaries and fees,
395 12
Abatements,
13 63
Miscellaneous,
318 5I
Note,
3000 00
9921 46
Orders drawn during the year
5316 96
" paid during the year
5316 96
Treasurer's receipts,
13401 05
Treasurer's expenses,
992[ 46
Balance in treasury, March Ist, 1888,
$3479 59
15
Town Debt.
Notes due State of Mass. 8000 00 interest 4 per cent. " Salem Savings Bank 2000 00 5
10,000 00
Deduct bal. in favor of town, 3479 59
Town debt, 6520 41
Town debt March Ist, 1887, 8924 14
Town debt March Ist, 1888 .. 6520 4I
Decrease since last year, 2403 73
The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer have this day been examined, and the accounts all satisfac- torily vouched for.
A. L. WHIPPLE, Auditor.
Hamilton, March 2, 1888.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES F. GWINN, JOHN L. WOODBURY,
Selectmen of
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Hamilton.
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 TUES- DAY, the thirteenth day of March, 1888, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, 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. To hear the report of the Committee and act thereon.
ART. 5. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxica - ting liquors in this town the year ensuing.
ART. 6. To see if the town will purchase a Road Machine for the repairing of the highways.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to repair the road known as the Wenham Neck road, and build a sidewalk by said road from the main road down as far as houses are already built.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to build and main- ยท tain a School house in the vicinity of Wenham Depot, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will lower the grade of the hill in front of Hamilton Park.
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ART. IO. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, for the purpose of repairing the road from Asbury Grove to the Topsfield line, also for some repairs on the road from Asbury Grove to Wenham line.
ART. II. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, to repair the road from the main road to Caleb Dodge's house.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of repairing and building the sidewalk on both sides of the street, from D. D. Stone's corner to the house of J. F. Danes
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to purchase a town clock, to be placed on the Congregational Church.
ART. 14 To see if the Town will take any action in regard to truant children.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to setting out trees around the new Cemetery.
ART: 16. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the year ensuing and make approprations for the same.
ART. 17. To determine the manner of repairing the high- wavs, town ways, and bridges, for the year ensuing and make appropriation for the same.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will authorized the Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen, in an- ticipation of taxes.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will authorize their Col lector, to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer, when, appointed a Collector, may use agreeably to Chap. 18 Sec. 73 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to renew Notes already due, or may become due, or to hire money to replace or pay the same.
ART. 21. To see at what time tax bills shall be issued, and taxes become due and what rate of interest shall be charged on taxes not paid when due, and also what discount shall be allowed on all taxes paid within a specified time.
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ART. 22. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as proposed by the Selectmen.
ART. 23. 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 24. To act on any other matters that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are now directed to serve this warrant by posting attested 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 of 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 second day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.
JAMES F. GWINN, JOHN L. WOODBURY, of
Selectmen
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Hamilton.
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