Town of Hamilton Annual Report 1896, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF


THE TOWN OFFICERS


OF


HAMILTON, MASS. (INCORPORATED 1793)


WITH THE


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEB. 24, 1896.


BEING THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD YEAR OF THE TOWN'S INCORPORATION.


SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1896.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF


THE TOWN OFFICERS


OF


HAMILTON, MASS. (INCORPORATED 1793)


WITH THE


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEB. 24, 1896.


BEING THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD YEAR OF THE TOWN'S INCORPORATION.


SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1896.


List of Officers.


TOWN CLERK, OTIS F. BROWN.


SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,


ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, DANIEL D. STONE, JONATHAN LAMSON.


TREASURER, DANIEL E. SAFFORD.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE,


GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, ARTHUR W. CHANDLER, ALBERT L. WHIPPLE.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES, OSCAR F. WHIPPLE.


CONSTABLES,


SYLVESTER DANE, GEORGE E. ROBERTS,


CHARLES E. WHIPPLE,


GEORE M. ADAMS.


AUDITOR, ANDREW HARADEN.


ANNUAL REPORT.


Treasurer's Report.


RECEIPTS.


Cash in Treasury March 1, 1895, $3,012 83


" from Apothecary license, 1 00


" First District Court fees, 9 08


" Loan in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00


Interest for prepayment of County taxes, 7 17


" from State of Massachusetts for corporation tax, 1,219 29


" National Bank tax, 536 55


State reimbursed, 218 50


" Income of Mass. school fund, 235 35


" From dog licenses, 148 00


Sale of burial lots, 50 00


" Center hay scales, 6 00


" West district hay scales, 3 85


" O. F. Whipple, Collector of taxes, 8,610 62


" reimbursed by Frank P. Trussell, 10 64


$19,068 88


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


EXPENSES.


School warrants,


$3.595.05


Library 66


82 17


Paid State of Mass., overpayment on cor-


poration tax, 07


State { apothecary's license,


25


State tax,


645 00


County tax,


1,076 81


Discount on town note,


87 02


Town note,


5,000 00


State aid.


187 00


Town orders,


5,591 63


Officers fees District court,


2 61


Back returns,


30 00


$1,6297 61


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


EXPENSE AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL HOUSES.


School warrant, No. 1,


258 04


672 50


66


66


" 3,


372 90


66


66


6 4,


291 18


66


4. 5.


18 65


..


* 6,


241 17


66 66


7,


258 01


.. 8,


442 89


66


" 9,


380 55


" 10,


350 30


66


66


" 11,


308 86


66


66 " 12,


104 54


$3,699 59


5


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


CLARENCE P. ROBERTS, ROAD COMMISSIONER.


Paid Clarence P. Roberts,


$436 40


John A. Robinson, 80


A. B. Richardson,


11 40


Charles O. Putanm,


37 60


William Tuttle, 107 30


William Cannon,


54 40


Otis F. Brown,


52 18


A. E. Whipple,


42 80


Alvin C. Tuttle,


40 46


Jarvis Lamson,


40 00


Joseph Pitnam,


12 00


George Brown,


37 70


Alvin Smith,


35 80


George R. Dodge,


40 80


Israel Norwood,


16 16


Charles S. Gwinn,


44 40


Joseph Jeddrer,


83 30


Albert Dodge,


28 00


William H. Dodge,


11 84


William A. Smith,


4 32


James H. Woodman,


30 00


John H. Knowlton,


19 00


Nelson Butler,


12 00


John L. Woodbury,


14 00


Samuel C. Smith,


18 00


A. D. Wallace,


27 20


Charles Rogers,


6 80


Oscar F. Whipple,


20 40


Joseph Knowlton,


25 76


Henry Cary, 16 20


Fred Berry,


26 20


Amount carried forward, $1,353 22


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POOR DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $1,353 22


Paid Enoch F. Knowlton,


8 80


Isaac F. Knowlton,


31 80


E. A. Whipple,


33 60


George M. Adams,


37 30


Sylvester Dane,


35 00


Charles Perkins,


4 00


J. F. Porter,


2 48


George T. Haynes,


7 60


George E. Wright,


16 20


George H. Gibney,


56 00


Charles E. Whipple.


18 00


C. J. Norwood,


2 40


Leary S. Dodge


1 00


Isaac A. Lamson,


80


George M. Adams,


3 00


$1611 20


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Paid John R. Sargent, board of Alvin Jowder, $ 45 00


Emerson A. Whipple, care of tramps, 35 00


A. D. Wallace, rent and wood for Eaton Family, 56 25


Danvers Lunatic Hospital. board of Everett W. Dodge. 80 00


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board of David H. Jowder. 212 51


Jona Lamson, supplies for Eaton family, 8 00


E. C. Tibbetts, funeral expenses of James Barrett, 21 00


Amount carried forward, $457 76


7


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $457 76


Paid A. B. Richardson, care of tramps, 2 00


Horace E. Andrews, telephone ac- count of James Barrett, 1 20


C. A. Hobbs, for board of James Barrett, 52 00


C. A. Hobbs, for board of Edward Trussell, 169 00


Mrs. Joseph N. Walker, care Mrs. Joseph W. Cole, 95 63


Charles E. Whipple, ice, Mrs. Jos- eph W. Cole, 1 30


George Lang & Son, groceries, Mrs. Joseph W. Cole, 1 09


E. C. Tibbetts, funeral expenses, Mrs. Joseph W. Cole, 14 00


S. E. Thayer, medical attendance, Mrs. Joseph W. Cole, 24 00


Frank E. Miller, supplies for Edw. Trussell, 6 40


City of Newburyport supplies for Walter Porter family, 44 00


City of Beverly, supplies for Sarah A. Ingalls family, 158 75


City of Haverhill, supplies for Joseph Bridges family, 6 35


S. E. Thayer, medical attendance to Jowder, Eaton and Trus- sell families, 21 00


Frank C. Norton, supplies for Eaton family, 69 02


Frank E. Miller, boots for Alvin Jowder, 2 50


Amount carried forward, $1,126 00


8


REMOVING SNOW.


Amount brought forward,


$1,126 00


Frank E. Miller, boots for Edward Trussell, 4 25


Mrs. Joseph N. Walker, tobacco for James Barrett, 1 50


Mrs. John Dane, part payment of board of Alvin Jowder, 14 91


Daniel D. Stone, supplies for Eaton family, 25 94


Daniel D. Stone, boots for Eaton boy, 1 50


Daniel D. Stone, boots and cloth-


ing, Edward Trussell, 22 00


Supplies for Sarah B. Dodge, 110 00


$1,306 10


REMOVING SNOW.


Paid Sylvester Dane. $2 40


Charles Rogers.


80


E. A. Wright, 7 40


Joseph Tucker, 2 00


F. G. Durkey, 2 60


James H. Woodman, 9 70


Clarence P. Roberts,


4 00


J. F. Hawkins,


90


Joseph Knowlton,


2 40


George B. Knowlton,


1 70


Henry Cary, 4 20


George M. Adams,


2 00


Charles E. Whipple,


10 80


Ephraim Patch,


1 60


Amount carried forward, $52 50


9


MISCELLANEOUS.


Amount brought forward, $52 50


George E. F. Dane,


60


Isaac F. Knowlton,


8 00


Charles H. Smith,


2 20


$63 30


MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid Daniel E. Safford, Postage, $1 50


Edward C. Tibbetts, return of


deaths, 6 00


Daniel C. Smith, journey to Boston,


on Willow and Union St., 3 00


William D. Chandler, care of se- lectmen's room, 3 00


Otis F. Brown, returning dog li- cense,


2 00


Otis F. Brown, returning rep. vote,


2 00


dog posters, 50


66 " expressing, 1 75


Otis F. Brown, stationery and pos-


tage, 1 75


Otis F. Brown, administering oaths 1 25


66 recording marriages 3 75


66 66 births, 12 50


.. .. 66 deaths, 5 20


Daniel D. Stone, cash paid county


commissioner hearing, 3 00


Daniel D. Stone, postage, express- ing and stationery, 12 00


Lewis H. Bradstreet, fighting fire, 3 00


Emerson P. Dodge,


75


Charles E. Dodge, .6 1 50


Amount carried forward,


$64 45


10


MISCELLANEOUS.


Amount brought forward, $64 45


Charles A. Peterson, fighting fire, 4 00


Frank P. Trussell, labor on clock. $ 9 09


" hearse


house. 10 67


Frank P. Trussell, making guide boards, 19 67


Geo. A. Alyward, printing Town reports. 26 45


John A. Morehouse, watching fire, 4 00


Sylvester Dane. posting warrants, 2 00


Alden Chandler, watching fire, 2 00


Charles W. Appleton, labor and material. 3 70


Robert Clark Co., stationery. 8 00


Fairbanks Co., repairing hay scales, 7 34


John L. Woodbury, memorial ap- propriation, 20 00


Jarvis Lamson, labor and material on hay scales, 5 00


Newcomb & Gauss, printing school reports. 17 75


M. R. Warren, stationery. 8 70


L. E. Libby. supplies at Poor's fire, 6 83


L. R. Barker, team for C. A. Peterson. 2 00


George T. Litchfield, care of block, 20 00


F. C. Shaller, printing tax bills, 3 00


Mercury Pub. Co., printing notices, 1 00


George K. Knowlton, Centennial memorial, 20 00


George K. Knowlton. travelling expenses, 3 25


Amount carried forward, $268 90


11


MISCELLANEOUS.


Amount brought forward, $268 90 Paid George K. Knowlton, postage, ex-


pressing, 1 95


George K. Knowlton, services as committee distributing me- morials, 5 00


Otis F. Brown, services distribu- ting memorials, 5 00


William A. Brown, services dis- tributing memorials, 5 00


W. A. Brown, collecting statistics, 5 00


Barry & Lufkin, printing 500 memorials, 86 00


Barry & Lufkin, 2 electrotypes, 12 50


Congregational parish for rent Selectmens room, 50 00


Charles A. Hill, services election officer, 2 50


Sylvester Dane,


officer, 2 50


Sylvester Dane, collecting dog taxes, 15 00


George E. Porter, services election officer, 2 50


Charles W. Appleton, services


election officer, 2 50


George E. Safford, services elec- tion officer, 2 50


Batchelder & Gould, pails at


Poor's fire. 1 65


John L. Frost, team for C. A. Peterson, 2 00


L. E. Libby, sundries, 6 80


E. C. Tibbetts, care of cemetery, 26 30


Amount carried forward, $503 60


12


SALARIES AND FEES.


Amount brought forward, $503 60 Elmer E. Clark, horse and car- riage. 1 50


Charles A. Hills, watching fire. 2 00


William A. Brown, journey to Boston, committee on Pleas- ant pond, 3 00


William A. Brown, copying plans of streets, 1 50


William A. Brown, making new plan, 1 50


William A. Brown, hearing before


county commissioners, 1 50


$514 60


SALARIES AND FEES.


Paid George E. F. Dane, services as


cattle inspector for 1894. $32 50


George E. F. Dane, services as cattle inspector for 1895, 22 00


Charles A. Peterson, services as constable, 3 25


George E. Roberts, services as con- stable, 7 50


Daniel E. Safford, services as treasurer, 50 00


George K. Knowlton, services as chairman of school committee, 50 00 Arthur W. Chandler, services as school committee, 35 00


Albert L. Whipple, services as school committee, 35 00


Amount carried forward, $235 25


13


SALARIES AND FEES.


Amount brought forward, $235 25


Paid Daniel C. Smith, services as fire warden, 3 25


Otis F. Brown, services town clerk, 25 00


Otis F. Brown, services, registrar, 8 00


George M. Adams, services as con- stable, 7 00


Charles E. Whipple, services as constable, 18 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as se- lectman, 50 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as as- sessor, 50 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as


overseer of poor, 15 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as reg- istrar of voters, 8 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as board of health, 5 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services as committee on roads, 5 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, services for perambulating town lines, 7 50


Isaac F. Knowlton, two journeys to Salem, 4 00


Isaac F. Knowlton, one journey to Boston, 3 00


Daniel D. Stone, services as select- man, 50 00


Daniel D. Stone, services as as- sessor, 50 00


Daniel D. Stone, services as over- seer of poor, 15 00


Amount carried forward, $559 00


14


SALARIES AND FEES.


Amount brought forward, $559 00


Paid Daniel D. Stone, services as regis- trar of voters, 8 00


Daniel D. Stone, services as board of health, 5 00


Daniel D. Stone, services as com- mittee on roads, 5 00


Daniel D. Stone, services for per- ambulating town lines, 7 50


Daniel D. Stone, two journeys to Salenı, 4 00


Daniel D. Stone, one journey to Boston, 3 00


Daniel D. Stone, writing and mak- ing returns of fires, 5 00


Jonathan Lamson, services as se- lectman, 50 00


Jonathan Lamson, services as as- sessor, 50 00


Jonathan Lamson, services as overseer of poor, 15 00


Jonathan Lamson, services as reg- istrar of voters, 8 00


Jonathan Lamson, services as board of health, 5 00


Jonathan Lamson, perambulating town lines, 5 00


Jonathan Lamson, committee on roads, 5 00


Jonathan Lamson, one journey to Salem, 2 00


Jonathan Lamson, one journey to Boston, 3 00


Amount carried forward, $739 50


15


EXTRA APPROPRIATION.


Amount brought forward, $739 50 Paid Oscar F. Whipple, services as tax collector, 129 15


Lewis H. Bradstreet, services as constable, 8 00


Andrew Haraden, services as au- ditor, 5 00


$881 65


EXTRA APPROPRIATION.


BACK SIDE ROAD.


Paid William H. Dodge, labor, 205 58


H. A. Appleton, surveying, 5 00


Jarvis Lamson, labor. 3 20


C. A. Hobbs, 66


175 92


George M. Adams,


198 25


William C. Rogers, 66


41 25


Putnam & Pope, railing, 26 08


lumber for


A. B. Chadwick, 31 50


Jonathan Lamson, posts and rails,


25 00


W. F. Redlon, drain pipe.


24 08


E. D. Lovett, labor, 14 31


Isaac A. Lamson, labor, lumber and posts, 16 50


Barten & Williams, stone posts,


5 00


Leary S. Dodge, labor, 2 00


Charles S. Gwinn, labor and gravel on road near Center school house,


30 00


A. B. Richardson, labor and material on sidewalk in Asbury street, 30 80


R. G. Sauer, labor on sidewalk, Asbury street, 9 00


Amount carried forward, $843 47


16


ABATEMENTS.


Amount brought forward, $843 47


John H. Pitman, labor on sidewalk in Asbury street, 9 00


C. O. Putnam, labor on sidwalk in Asbury street. 3 50


George R. Dodge, labor on side-


walk, Asbury street, 36 75


Daniel C. Smith, labor on side- walk, Asbury street. 44 30


$937 02


ABATEMENTS.


Allowed Oscar F. Whipple, Collector,


Arthur E. Choate, on poll, $2 00


John Crosby, on poll, 2 00


Harry Davis, on poll. 2 00


Edmond E. Foster, on poll. 2 00


Charles W. Greenlaw. on poll,


2 00


David Hinkley, on poll,


2 00


Lewis Low, on poll,


2 00


Daniel A. Nason, on poll,


2 00


Harry Rust, on poll,


2 00


George F. Blake, on poll, 2 00


Thomas Robinson, on poll,


2 00


Roland Smith, on poll, 2 00


James C. Daniels, on poll and per- sonal.


3 40


Jesse Putnam, on poll and personal, 2 35


Thomas Appleton, on real. 1 40


Charles Creasy, real,


70


Asbury Grove, real,


15 01


Est. John Dane, personal,


52


M. E. Gray, real, 2 00


Mary E. Goodwin, real, 80


$50 18


17


ROADS AND BRIDGES, ETC.


ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Paid A. B. Chadwick, labor and ma- terial,


$12 67


Charles Rogers, labor, 6 00


James Hart, labor, 1 50


E. D. Lovett, labor,


1 00


Putnam & Pope, lumber, 9 62


Albert D. Potter, posts and bolts, 1 50


Whitcomb & Carter, Material. 9 55


$41 84


TRIMMING TREES.


Paid Joseph Knowlton,


$7 20


George B. Dodge. 4 00


Charles Rogers,


5 40


Clarence P. Roberts,


24 60


$41 20


SOLDIERS' AID.


Paid F. C. Norton, Supplies for Rich-


ard Bridges. $40 00


RECAPITULATION.


Paid School Warrants,


3,595 05


Library Warrant, 82 17


State of Massachusetts.


07


State 1-4 Apothecary's license.


25


State Tax,


645 00


Discount on State Tax,


30 00


County Tax.


1,076 81


Discount on Town Note,


87 02


Amount carried forward, $5,516 37


18


RECAPITULATION.


Amount brought forward.


$5,516 37


Town Note.


5000 00


State Aid.


187 00


Officers' fees-District Court,


2 61


Expense and repairs of school.


104 54


Highway department,


1,611 20


Poor department,


1,306 10


Removing snow.


63 30


Miscellaneous,


514 60


Salaries and fees,


881 65


Extra appropriations.


937 02


Roads and bridges,


41 84


Trimming trees,


41 20


Soldiers' Aid.


40 00


Abatements.


50 18


$16,297 61


Orders drawn and paid during year,


$5,591 63


Treasurer's receipts,


$19.068 88


Treasurer's expenses


16,297 61


Balance in favor of town.


$2,771 27


Balance in favor of town, 1895,


3,012 83


Decrease in 1896. 241 56


The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer have this day been examined by me and all accounts found correct and vouched for.


ANDREW HARADEN, Auditor.


ISAAC F. KNOWLTON. / Selectmen DANIEL D. STONE, of®


JONATHAN LAMSON, Hamilton.


Hamilton, Feb. 24, 1896.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.


Town Clerk's Report.


Received and paid to County Treasurer


for dog licenses, $177 60


Recorded 25 births.


.. 17 marriages.


.. 26 deaths.


Received and paid town treasurer for sale of burial lots. 50 00


OTIS F. BROWN. Toun Clerk.


Hamilton, Feb. 24. 1896.


List of Jurors,


AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 24, 1896.


Fred Berry George E. Roberts


Caleb W. Dodge


Austin A. Whipple


Alvin Smith George H. Gibney


Fred A. Nason Charles E. Whipple


Albert W. Dodge


Frank E. Miller


C. Jerome Norwood


Isaac F. Knowlton


Wm. A. Brown.


ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen DANIEL D. STONE, of


JONATHAN LAMSON. Hamilton.


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CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.


Report of Centennial Memorial Committee.


Amount appropriated by the town for Memorial, $175 00


Geo. K. Knowlton, compiling me- morial,


20 00


Geo. K. Knowlton, travelling expenses. 3 25


66 66 express and postage, 1 95


services as committe, and distributing memorials, 5 00


Otis F. Brown; services as committee and distributing memorials, 5 00


W. A. Brown, services as committee and distributing memorials, 5 00


W. A. Brown, collecting statistics, 5 00


Barry & Lufkin. printing 500 copies memorials, 86 00


Barry & Lufkin, 2 cuts, 12 50


The Robert Clark Co., 500 copies steel cut M. Cutler. 8 00


$151 70


Balance unexpended,


$23 30


Number of copies distributed, 310


placed in town library for sale, 190


Price per copy 30 cents,


GEO. K. KNOWLTON, Centennial WILLIAM A. BROWN, Memorial


OTIS F. BROWN, Committee.


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.


Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton. 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 af- fairs to meet in the Vestry in said Town on Tuesday the tenth day of March 1896, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the forenoon then and there to act on the following articles :-


Art. 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.


Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town officers for the year ensuing.


Art. 3. To hear the report of the Selectmen and act thereon.


Art. 4. Shall licenses be granted in the Town of Hamil- ton for the sale of intoxicating liquors the year ensuing.


Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifty-Dollars ($50.) for the proper ob- servance of Decoration Day by the soldiers of the late Re- bellion.


Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take for pro- viding accommodations for the scholars attending the South School and make necessary appropriation therefor, as petitioned for by George H. Gibney and others.


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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.


Art. 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to placing the names of the streets in suitable places for the convenience of the public and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Otis F. Brown and others.


Art. 8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the grading and graveling the following streets viz :- Arlington street running from Maple street to Park street so called. and Park street running from Asbury street to house of Tinkham as laid out by the selectmen, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by John Holmes and others.


Art. 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to furnishing fire protection in the thickly settled portions of the town, and to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed One Thousand Dollars to provide for the same. as petitioned for by F. E. Miller and others.


Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize their Treas- urer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen in anticipation of taxes.


Art. 11. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges the year ensuing.


Art. 12. To appropriate money for the repairs of high- ways, townways and bridges and determine the manner of expending the same.


Art. 13. 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 agreeable to Chapter 18, Sec. 73 of the Public Statutes.


Art. 14. To see what time Tax bills shall be issued and taxes become due.


Art. 15. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as proposed and posed by the Selectmen.


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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.


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 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 holding said meeting.


Given under our hands this Twenty-fourth day of Feb- ruary, 1896, A. D.


ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen DANIEL D. STONE.


JONATHAN LAMSON. 1 of Hamilton.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


1895=6.


SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1896.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Geo. K. Knowlton, Chairman, .


term expires 1898


Albert L. Whipple, Secretary,


1896


Arthur W. Chandler,


66


1896


Purchasing Agent, A. L. Whipple.


TRUANT OFFICERS.


Louis H. Bradstreet, Charles E. Whipple.


To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton :


In compliance with the laws of the state, your com- mittee present the following report.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT. (Closed Feb. 28, 1896.)


Amount appropriated by the town for


schools, $2,500 00


Dog licenses,


148 00


$2,648 00


Paid for teachers,


2,062 10


66 " Care houses,


100 68


" " Fuel,


139 98


Amount unexpended,


$2,302 76


$345 24


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


Amount of Mass. school fund. $235 35


Balance from 1894-5 « .6 180 07


$415 42


Paid teachers from Mass. school fund.


256 00


Amount unexpended and carried over to 1896-7, $159 42


Amount of appropriation for High school scholars, $540 00


Amount paid for tuition of High school scholars, 485 88


Amount unexpended,


$54 12


TEACHERS.


Miss Lucy A. Gray,


$ 36 00


Miss Nellie A. Kinsman,


166 00


Mr. Everett A. Smith,


153 00


Miss Grace A. Knowlton,


247 10


Miss S. Nellie Henderson.


153 00


Miss Cora P. Harwood,


54 00


Miss Jessie M. Doty,


360 00


Miss Grace M. Chadbourne,


324 00


Miss Adelaide A. Keith.


253 00


Miss Edith M. Arnold,


207 00


Miss Carrie G. Hill,


153 00


Miss Hattie S. Tarr,


104 00


Miss Maidee P. Polleys,


108.00


. .


$2,318 10


FUEL.


W. F. Redlon, coal, South school, $27 88


J. C. Sauer, coal, South school, 8 00


J. P. Lovering, wood, South school. 16 10


Alvin Smith, wood, Center school. 22 00


Amounts carried forward, $73 98 $2,318 10.


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $73 98 $2,318 10


Wm. A. Brown. wood. North school. 22 00


Jona. Lamson, wood, West school, 22 00


I. F. Knowlton, wood. East school. 22 00


$139 98


CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.


B. W. Adams, South school. $27 88


T. B. Riddle, 27 50 ..


F. E. Jones, .. .. 4 00


Emerson Dodge, "


..


50


Arthur Ramsdell, “


65


Jona. Lamson, West school;


4 50


H. S. Gwinn, . ..


3 00


L. Dodge, East school, 3 00


E. A. Day, 66


4 50


Roy W. Whipple, Center school, 5 75


Frank Woodbury, ..


4 50


Winnie Wright, North school, 6 90


A. A. Dunnels.


66


3 00


Eddie McGregor,


5 00


$100 68


Full amount,


$2,558 76


HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT.


Paid city of Boston, tuition, Marion S. Brown, Sept. 1, 1894 to July 1, 1895. $80 88


CITY OF SALEM.


Bertha M. Dodge, Sept. '94 to June 30, 1895, $50 00


Ethel L. Dane, Sept, '94 to June 30, '95, 50 00


· Amount carried forward, $100 00


30


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Amount brought forward, $100 00


M. B. Hobbs. Sept. '94 to June 30, '95. 50 00


Martha Robinson. Sept. '94 to June 30. '95. 50 00


Roy W. Whipple. one term to Feb. '95, 25 00 8225 00


CITY OF BEVERLY.


Cordelia E. Wallace, Sept. 1. '94 to


July 1, '95, 830 00


Florence E. Dodge, Sept. 1, '94 to July 1, '95, 30 00


Mollie Smith, Sept. 1, '94, to July 1, '95, 30 00


Florence M. Blake, Sept. 1, '94 to July 1, '95. 30 00


Bessie Brown. Sept. 1. '94 to July 1, '95,


30 00


Fred Haskell, to Feb. '95,


15 00


Grace R. Ayers, to Feb. '95, 15 00


$180 00


8485 88


SCHOOL SUPPLIES.


Boston School Supply Co.,


$244 05


J. L. Hammett,


29 84


The American Book Co.,


7 20


Ginn & Co ...


3 33


George F. King & Merrill,


26 63


Greenough, Adams & Cushing,


5 75


Almy, Bigelow & Washburn.


6 35


Thorp & Martin, 2 89


$326 04 TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN, 1894-5.


Elmer E. Clark. $56 00


31


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MISCELLANEOUS.


BILLS OF 1894-5.


Hardy Brothers, 1 door and express, $6 35


Lester E. Libby, school furnishings. 1 69


Edward P. Perley, binding dictionary, 1 75


Ephraim Patch, cleaning funnel, North school, 1 50


Eddie W. McGregor, cleaning funnel, North school, 2 00


J. P. Lovering, express, 15


H. M. Bixby, curtains, North school, 5 55


$18 99


BILLS OF 1895-6.


Irving W. Wheeler, 2 flags, $5 50


Irving W. Wheeler, repairing flags, 2 30


Everett A. Smith, repairs, West school, 97


G. C. Ryerson, glass and setting, 11 25


G. C. Ryerson, painting black boards, South school, 5 00


J. F. Porter, repairs, North school, 75


Gideon Marshman, keys for school houses,


3 00


George H. Gibney, setting flag pole, South school, 3 50


George R. Dodge, grading yard and other labor, South school, 2 25


Sylvester Day, transportation teacher, North school, 4 50


William Tuttle, cleaning North school house, 3 20


B. & M. railroad, freight on desks, 92


Amount carried forward, $43 14


32


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Amount brought forward, $235 25


J. Augustus Smith, cleaning 2 clocks. South school, 1 20


Fred A. Nason, putting in desks and repairs, South school, 26 83


Lester E. Libby, oil and lamp. South school, 1.75


Lucy Channel, cleaning Center school. 3 00


Crosby & Carr, mason work and stock. Center 'school. 8 45


Batchelder & Gould, school furnishings, 2 28


Lunt, Rogers & Chase, oil stove and · chairs, South school. 17 00


Ivory Quimby, water supply, South school, 30 00


Arthur E. Whipple, sanitary and other labor. 8 00


A. A. Dunnels. sanitary and other la- bor, North school. 5 75


Elmer E. Clark, carriage and express. 3 10


Henry Hale & Co., hardware, 82


James Hart. cleaning West school


house. 2 50


F. C. Norton, school furnishings. 6 00


Almy, Bigelow & Washburn. mat. South school, .50


E. C. Tibbetts, moving school books. 2 75


Frank Trussel. repairs, 1 60


D. C. Smith, removing ashes, South school, 1 50


B. W. Adams. sanitary labor. South school, 75


American Express Co .. books. 4 15


Proctor's express, books. 90


Amount carried forward, 8364 08


33


SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $364 08


Alden J. Chandler, repairs. 1 50




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