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CITY ORDINANCES.
paid each year two hundred and forty dollars, in semi-annual pay- ments of one half said sum in the month of April, and of one half in the month of October, of each year.
SEC. 2. So much of the ordinance to which this is an addition, passed sixth September, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, and of all other ordinances which is inconsistent herewith, is hereby re- pealed.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, November 8, 1875. Passed to be ordained.
S. B. CARTER, President.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, November 8, 1875. Passed to be ordained in concurrence.
B. F. ATKINSON, Mayor.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
AN ORDINANCE establishing the office of City Solicitor.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the city council of the city of Newburyport, as follows :
SECTION 1. There shall be appointed annually in the month of January, and as often as a vacancy in the office may occur, by the mayor and board of aldermen, a solicitor for the city of Newbury- port, who shall be a resident citizen thereof, and an attorney and counsellor at law of the courts of the commonwealth, and who shall not hold any other office under the city government, or be a mem- ber of the city council, during the period for which he is elected, and shall be removable at the pleasure of the mayor and board of aldermen.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said city solicitor to draft all legal instruments, of whatever nature, which may be required of him by the mayor and aldermen, or by the city council, or by either branch thereof, or by any person authorized to represent the city, in all cases where by usage or agreement the expense of drawing should be paid by the city.
SEC. 3 It shall be the duty of said city solicitor, when requested
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CITY ORDINANCES.
by the proper authority, to commence and prosecute all actions in law or equity, in which the city may be a party, or in which the city may be interested, where the rights of its officers or the police interests of the city, in any criminal proceeding in the police court in Newburyport, may be involved; and in all matters of a profes- sional nature, relating to advice or othewise, to do everything which may be properly required of him by either branch of the city coun- cil, or by any board of the city government, or by any committee thereof, or by any order or ordinance now or hereafter in force.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said solicitor annually in the month of December, to make a report to the city council, of all cases in court involving the interests of the city, which are in his care, with such information relating thereto as it may be important for the city to have, and of all moneys that have been received and disbursed by him in the execution of his office.
SEC. 5. The salary of the city solicitor, which shall be a full compensation for all his services, shall be fixed from time to time, by the city council ; but where his attendance may be required out of the city he shall be allowed his reasonable travelling expenses, and in all actions where he is employed as counsel, he shall be al- lowed to retain the legal costs which the city may be entitled to re- ceive.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, December 30, 1875. Passed to be ordained.
S. B. CARTER, President. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, December 30, 1875. Passed to be ordained in concurrence.
B. F. ATKINSON, Mayor, as Chairman. Approved.
B. F. ATKINSON, Mayor of the city of Newburyport.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
DETAILED STATEMENT A
OF THE
EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDING FEB. 28, 1875.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
TERRMARIQUE MOCCCLI
Published by order of the City Council.
NEWBURYPORT : WILLIAM H. HUSE & COMPANY, PRINTERS, 42 STATE STREET. 1875,
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 18, 1875.
Ordered, the mayor and aldermen concurring, that the city treasurer, under the direction of the committee on printing, cause to be published quarterly a detailed statement of the expenditures of the city, and that the four state- ments so published form a part of the annual book of expenditures. Accepted _ in concurrence. | Approved by the Mayor, January 23, 1874.
EXPENDITURES.
Poor department. $3,522 52
School
7,215 03
Fire
758 45
, Highways .
439 44
Lighting streets and public buildings I,541 51
Police 1,993 17
Interest.
6,927 58
Incidentals, (including contagious diseases)
1,375 28
Public property
1,200 20
Salaries
844 17
Fuel.
975 70
Public library .
423 00
Sidewalks and edgestones
13 50
State of Massachusetts
150 00
Newburyport bridge 168 10
Bromfield fund 27 41
Total.
$27,575 06 Sinking fund. Paid to commissioners excess of last year, 6,000 00
$33,575 06
FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
House of correction, Lawrence, board of E. O'Brien, $ 4 28
E. P. Hurd, professional services, 87 00
F. A. Howe, and medicines, 68 40
Eben Sumner, flour and groceries,
182 09
Harris Pearson, crackers,
8 00
J. Fuller, fish and clams,
7 25
J. S. Pike, “ ¥
4 60
S. H. Safford & Co., coffins, and interring bodies, 48 50
William H. Huse & Co., Newburyport Herald, 12 00
Town of Rowley, board and supplies,
19 00
W. D. Tucker, drugs and medicines,
2 40
J. N. Jaques, 4 barrels soap,
16 00
G. W. Bartlett & Co., shoes,
28 50
S. March Jr. groceries,
65 75
John A. L. Odd'e, tea and beans,
27 95
Town of Salisbury, wood,
21 52
T. Mackinney, seeds and plow point,
2 33
J. Q. Adams, 100 pounds of pork,
14 00
B. F. Poor, pork, 113 25
F. W. Smith, suit of oiled clothing,
4 00
P. H. Blumpey, oil and groceries, 64 81
Elizabeth Gerrish, tailoring,
42 00
5
CITY EXPENSES.
W. H. Noyes, provisions, 30 96
A. Pray, dressing hogs, 4 00
Estate of S. A. Smith, medicines,
4 75
A. F. Ross & Co., 1 barrel of coffee, 23 25
A. Stanwood & Co., soap, 26 32
G. W. Young, keeper of almshouse and store and sundries, 153 05
John Teel, 3 months' services as clerk of overseers of poor, 125 00
John Teel, clerk, sash supplies outside of almshouse, 368 05
Paul Titcomb, meal and shoats, 86 35
Worcester lunatic hospital, board of sundry persons.
96 00
Taunton lunatic hospital, board of L. E. H. Tucker, 54 95
135 60
City of Haverhill, supplies furnished sundry persons, City of Chelsea, 66
26 75
City of Salem 66
60 35
Town of Peabody, supplies furnished John A. Leighton, 86 20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of Anna M. Powers, 13 00 David Foss, professional services,
50 00
W. W. Caldwell, medicines,
6 10
John Pearson Jr., crackers,
4 47
Charles Copp, interring, 5 00
M. M. Ross, sugar, tea, etc., 85 89
Joseph Akerman, provisions,
172 82
Reform School, Westboro, board of sundry persons,
70 64
George W. Clark, stationery,
11 17
Plumer & Balch, matches, etc.,
8 74
George N. Young, conveying persons to insane asylum,
5 30
B. Johnson, dry goods,
22 25
C. E. Plumer, dry goods,
80 68
E. J. Currier, dressmaking,
2 50
City of Boston, relief furnished sundry persons,
455 71
Town of Ipswich, board of Sarah Wyatt,
65 00
Town of Weymouth, supplies furnished,
43 90
Town of Andover, supplies furnished Emily Pearl,
43 25
John G. Plumer, 700 lbs codfish,
40 25
W. J. Creasey, tobacco,
13 86
Sumner, Swasey & Currier, flour and groceries,
142 29
I. C. Clement, tea and flour,
18 70
S. Coker, hardware,
9 61
Albert J. Atkinson, drugs and medicines,
26 18.
$3,522 52
6
CITY EXPENSES.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amos H. Thompson, three months' salary as teacher,
$499 98
O. B. Merrill,
375 00
Luther Dame,
66
66
375 00
Phebe H. Plumer,
66
66
174 99
Annette A. Senter,
16
66
150 00
Fannie C. Sparhawk,
6.
66
150 00
N. A. Moulton,
66
16
324 99
Janette N. Balch,
66
112 50
Ella W. Peabody,
66
66
99 99
Abbie Short,
66
66
106 22
Martha J. Bradley.
66
93 75
Mary C. Thurston,
66
6.
93 75
Sarah E. Forsyth,
6'
66
66
93 75
P. D. Adams,
‹.
66
249 99
W, P. Lunt,
66
6.
112 50
Sarah B. Chute,
66
150 00
Ellen Frothingham,
66
66
66
99 99
Anna L. Coffin,
66
124 98
Emma H. Lander,
"
66
99 99
Elizabeth A. Appleton,
66
124 98
Helen M. Currier,
66
99 99
Serena D. Toppan,
66
66
·
99 99
Susie B. Lowell,
66
66
66
93 75
Georgie Thurlow,
66
66
99 99
Ella H. Adams,
66
93 75
Priscilla G. Craig.
66
66
99 99
Mary A. Estes,
66
66
87 48
Lucy A. Perkins,
66
66
99 99
Hannah H. Page,
66
6
66
93 75
E. H. S. Pike,
66
66
93 75
Lois E. Lunt,
66
66
66
93 75
E. A. W. Pearson,
99 99
Mary A. Moulton,
66
66
66
89 16
Mary E. Cogswell,
16
99 99
M. Louise Bartlett,
66
66
87 48
66
99 99
Sarah F. Badger,
"
124 98
Rhoda Tilton,
66
324 99
Virginia A. Clarkson,
99 99
Mary E. Jaques,
7
CITY EXPENSES.
Mary E. Hayes, three mos. services as teacher,
93 75
Sarah H. Hinkley,
66
89 16
Sarah C. Currier, 66 66 99 99
99 99
Lottie E. Forsyth, 66 66
93 75
George W. Clark, books and stationery, 100 69
Isaac P. Noyes, 6 mos. services as secretary, 50 00
5 00
Thomas Pearson, 3 mos, services janitor Kelley schoolhouse, 90 00 M. A. Pearson, 1 mo. services as teacher, 29 16
30 54
Moses Pettingell, 6 mos. services as agent.
50 00
F. C. Hastings & Co., drawing material,
24 00
D. D. Greenleaf, pails, brooms and brushes,
40 35
Fanny E. Pettingell, two mos. services as teacher,
66 66
Ireland & Trefethen, 9 chairs and 1 cushion,
12 76
Nathaniel Perkins, jr., building fires,
8 33
W. H. Huse & Co., advertising and printing,
126 50
Edward E. 'Taylor, 3 mos. services as truant officer,
12 50
Thomas Makinney, hardware,
13 84
Jonathan K. Wells, building fires,
57 85
George W. Haskell, stock and labor at drawing school,
13 25
John B. Porter, 3 mos. services as truant officer, 12 50
Charles H. Allen, services as janitor,
78 25
Dell S. Atkinson, 5 days' teaching,
5 00
Amos Noyes, writing school report,
50 00
Benjamin W. Putnam, 11 lessons in drawing,
132 80
L. W. Story, mats and brushes,
8 30
Paul A. Garey, models for drawing,
25 00
$7,215 03
HIGHWAYS.
Daniel C. Batchelder, 2 mos. services as superintendent, 116 66
Joseph C. Batchelder, 5 days' labor at $1.75 per day, 8 75
Jeremiah Haley, 8 1-2 days' labor at $1.75 per day, 14 87
A. Cogger, 8 days' labor at $1.75, and 7 6-10 days at $1.50, 25 40
Frances Pettigrew, 66 66 60
Sarah C. Moody, two days' services as teacher,
David C. Ash, building fires, etc.,
8
CITY EXPENSES,
C. Murphy, 7 1-2 days' labor at $1.75, and 1 day at $1.50, 14 62 John Hale, 8 1-2 days' at 1,75,, and 6 4-10 at 1.50, 24 47
Patrick Niland, 9 days' labor at 1.85. 15 75
T. Makinney, hardware.
5 65
Benjamin Ordway, 1 1-4 days' work,
5 00
George W. Manning, ironing snow plow,
5 00
M, L. Chase, breaking paths, 9 40
John A. L. Odd'e, coal baskets and salt,
6 75
S. H. Rundlett, teaming,
2 50
Cornelius O'Connell, 1 days' labor,
1 75
Jeremiah Bartlett, labor,
3 86
J. C. Stanley, iron wedges,
78
Edmund Murphy, 26 hours' labor,
4 33
N. W. Hurd, stock and labor,
20 09
Parsons Ordway, 1 mos. salary, 58.33, 1 crow bar, 1.25,
59 58
John Buckley, 6 1-10 days' labor at 1.50 per day,
9 15
Thomas Coffee, 5 8-10
8 70
M. Bennett, 7-10
66
66
1 05
William Casey, 6 7-10
"
66
10 05
Frank Buckley, 4 5-10
66
66
6 75
George Harris, 7 4-10
66
66
11 10
Daniel Buckley, 6 3-10
66
66
9 45
John Kallaher, 3 3-10
66
4 80
M. Haley, 4 2-10
66
6 30
Wm. E. Soule, 2 5-10
66
66
3 75
C. Lynch, 1 5-10
66
66
2 2
James Barrett, 1 7-10
66
66
2 55
James Keiley, 1
66
66
1 50
Davis & Littlefield, repairing roller, etc.,
2 25
E. H. & G. J. George, stock and labor,
12 33
$439 44
F. Buckley, jr., 1 5-10
66
2 25
9
CITY EXPENSES.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
George P. Bishop, work on harnesses, etc.,
21 62
Edwin A. Littlefield, hauling engines to fires, 47 00
T. Talbot, services as engineer, 26 12
E. S. Sweetser, mats, 3 60
W. B. Porter, hauling engines to fires,
19 40
Wm. Porter, jr., hauling engines to fires,
77 40
Allen Fire Department S. Co., 2 rubber pipes and suc. hose,
52 20
Charles E. Ash, cleaning tank, 2 00
A. J. Leighton, hauling engine to fires, 39 60
3 00
Estate of S. A. Smith, rotten stone, powders, etc.,
8 48
Charles S. Blake, labor on hydrants, 3 75
75 25
William Groves, labor, 38 00
T. Mackinney, hardware, 7 24
N. C. Moody, repairs on engines,
14 90
W. H. P. Howard, labor on Eon,
1 50
H. P. Macintosh, cash paid for sundries,
65 26
Whitmore & Blake, watching at fire,
6 00
Warren Currier Fire Association, watching at fire,
5 00
C. S. Hurd, watching at fire,
3 00
H. P. Macintosh, steamer filling reservoir,
15 00
J. W, Fennimore, matches, oil, etc.
8 20
Putney's express, expressing,
2 65
Patrick Cashman, teaming at, fires,
24 50
Peabody Mills, labor on gong,
14 80
H. G. Johnson, jr., 3 feather dusters,
10 00
Charles E. Ash, 4 mos. services fireman and steward,
30 22
P. H. Blumpey, 2 1-2 gallons sperm oil, etc,
5 55
A. B. Watson, services as fireman and steward,
48 34
Gerrish & Goodwin, stock, 7 00
T. Hartnett, teaming. 27 50
James M. Woods, stock and labor,
5 75
Blake and Buzzell, watching at fire,
6 00
Amoskeag Manuf'g Co., 5 brass lanterns and engraving,
17 92
John Sumner, lanterns, washers, &c., 6 70
Melvin O'Connell, et als, services at fires,
8.00
W. H. Butler watching at Westcott's barn,
Joseph W. Landford, teaming,
Total, $758 45
2
10
CITY EXPENSES.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
George Peavey, 3 months' services as teamster and rent,
$162 98
J. A. Couilliard,
I15 00
John T. Porter,
150 00
Alfred Lowell, 66 150 00
Henry Morse, 2 1-2 days' labor,
7 50
Edward Donahue, stock and labor,
65 10
George P. Bishop, blankets, &c.,
9 00
George Collins, labor,
25
N. C. Moody, work on pump,
50
Geo. N. Young, 6 months' services as janitor Market Hall,
20 00
Amos Coffin, freight,
1 70
Wm. H. Whitemore, stock and labor,
23 00
J. W. Noyes, cleaning paint,
1 50
Thomas G. Dodge, labor,
1 25
Paul Titcomb, corn and oats,
75 20
John C. Kimball, lumber,
55 83
T. Mackinney, hardware,
18 34
Blake & Noyes, glass, paint and labor,
7 16
N. W. Hurd, stock and labor,
7 28
Frank Snow, labor,
3 00
Evans & Lamprey,
37 34
C. Moore, hay,
15 19
James M. Woods, labor,
1 90
Gerrish & Goodwin, stock and labor,
10 05
Albert L. Woodman, labor on Jackman schoolhouse,
1 37
P. C. Stevens, 2 1-2 days' labor,
5 00
Charles C. Stockman, spikes,
6 96
E. B. Robbins, shoveling snow,
5 78
John A. Cooper, stock and labor,
9 20
Davis & Littlefield, labor,
75
Stephen Bartlett, labor on schoolhouse,
1 64
William Holker & Co., stock and labor,
20 78
Alcander B. Watson, labor on city marshal's room,
8 03
George B. Hicken, stock and labor on engine house,
5 00
John Sumner, stock and labor
35 97
C. E. Plumer, horse blankets,
7 00
Josiah R. Dyer, hardware,
1 80
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CITY EXPENSES,
C. L. Huse, cleaning and painting,
29 55
J. D, Frost, stock and labor, 59 30
$1,200 20
BROMFIELD FUND.
John A. Greeley, 26 2-3 feet edgestones and 12 tons chip edgestones, $27 41
LIGHTING.
Charles R. Sargent, stock and labor, 53 81
T. B. Robbins, labor on lamp posts, 2 00
New England Gas Light Co., on account of contract, 792 48
Newburyport Gas Co., on account of contract,
693 22
$1,541 51
SALARIES.
Albert W. Greenleaf, on account of serv. as treas. and col. $331 67 George H. Stevens, on account of services as city clerk, 249 99
Joseph M. Tappan, on acc. serv. as messenger, 237 51
Thomas E. Cutter, 3 mos. serv. as clerk of com. council, 25 00
$844 17
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12
CITY EXPENSES.
FUEL.
Luke R. Jones, cording wood, $11 82
George W. Woodman, 641 bushels charcoal, 83 33
Enoch T. Northend, 101 cords wood,
862 15
Hervey Kimball, measuring wood,
15 20
Benjamin Newman, measuring charcoal,
1 87
George Harris, labor on coal,
1 33
Total,
$975 70
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Colby, Coombs & Co., printing,
1 50
W. H. Huse & Co., 66
103 50
George E. Donnells, 1 year's services as janitor,
50 00
Hiram A. Tenney, 3 mos. serv. as librarian and extra,
251 99
Gillett & Co., expressing,
11 30
A. Cogger, labor,
4 11
Putney's express, expressing,
60
Total, :
$423 00
INCIDENTALS.
George N. Young, attending caucuses,
$25 00
Colby, Coombs & Co., advertising and printing, 26 00
Wm. H. Huse & Co., 66
180 25
S. H. Rundlett, labor with teams,
45 25
Nathaniel Greeley, expenses to Boston,
16 25
Waldo Brothers, piping,
69 45
George J. L. Colby, advertising,
97 03
Charles J. Cutter, services as inspector,
4 00
Charles W. Page. warden, 6 00
13
CITY EXPENSES.
Geo. E. Donnells, services as clerk and ringing bells,
7 50
George E. Tuttle,
inspector, 6 00
Thomas Pearson,
warden, 6 00
Charles M. Crofoot,
inspector and clerk, 6 00
Albert D. Hale, 66 inspector,
2 00
H. T. Crofoot,
inspector.
6 00
Wm. H. Bayley,
clerk,
6 00
S. K. Gilman,
66 inspector,
6 00
Chas. H. Allen, jr.
inspector, 6 00
John G. Gove,
66 inspector,
6 00
John J. Putnam,
inspector,
6 00
Moses E. Cook,
66 warden,
4 00
John W. Sargent,
clerk,
6 00
Wm. Collins,
66
inspector,
2 00
Geo. M. Page,
inspector,
8 00
W. H. P. Howard,
inspector,
2 00
Chas. D. Pettigrew,
clerk,
6 00
W. Otis Coffin,
inspector,
6 00
John J. Hicken,
inspector,
6 00
Nehemiah Flanders,
warden,
6 00
N. Flanders, jr., «
inspector,
6 00
Joseph N. Jaques,
warden,
6 00
T. Talbot, 6.
clerk,
2 00
Wm. H. Noyes, inspector,
6 00
Richard Plumer, P. M., stamps and box rent, 10 32
A. W. Greenleaf, collecting non-resident bank tax, 30 00
John N. Pike, services at fire inquest, 25 00
Augustus Safford, returning 128 deaths,
32 00
John B. Porter, services as policeman at ward room,
12 00
David C. Ash, services at caucuses,
11 00
H. P. Sargent, horse hire, 10 00
14 50
Joseph M. Tappan, ringing bell and services as constables,
10 50
J. H. Walton, services as warden,
6 00
W. H. Safford, services as inspector,
6 00
Edward W. Bartlett, services as ward officer,
4 00
Geo. A. Pearson, services as inspector and clerk,
6 00
George W. Clark, stationery,
26 96
Gillett & Co., expressing,
9 70
Putney's express, expressing,
3 90
William E. Currier, services at fire inquest,
33 70
Charies H. Allen, services at ward rooms,
14
CITY EXPENSES.
Enoch G. Currier, services at fire inquest,
9 45
Edw. F. Bartlett,
9 45
Charles Tuttle,
66
9 45
David J. Adams,
9 45
Samson Levy, 66
66
8 10
Greenleaf Dodge,
" "
60
John Brown, 66 66
1 20
Joseph W. Curtis,
66
60
Daniel Blaisdell,
60
John J. Bryan,
"
66
60
Humphrey Coffey,
66
60
Jere Coffey,
"
60
John L. Pender,
60 .
Henry C. Pender,
66 60
60
Margaret J. Hodson,
66
60
John F. Spencer,
60
John W. Dole,
66
60
John G. Butts,
66
66
60
James Stanton,
60
Alcander B. Watson, " 66
60
Greenleaf Boardman, ..
60
Alice F. Blaisdell,
16
60
J. M. Tappan, cash paid for firing fifty guns, and services at fire inquest, 67 60
Wesley Merritt, services as inspector,
2 00
S. H. Fowle, lead pencils, 6 00
George Montgomery, professional services, 27 00
Enoch Goodwin, cleaning ward room and ringing bell, 13 00
Stephen R. Fox, ringing bells, 3 00
George H. Stevens, recording births, marriages and deaths, 211 65
$1,246 71
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Mrs. E. Garland, allowance on case of small pox, - $128 57
9 45
Leonard W. Lane,
15
CITY EXPENSES.
INTEREST.
L. M. Brookings, 6 months' interest on $1600, 6 1-2 per ct. $52 00 H. A. Tenney, Sawyer Fund, 150 00
John M. Carter, 4 months and 8 days on $3000, 69 33
B. H. Smith, 6 months' interest on $3000, 97 50
John Teel, clerk, 1 year's interest on Dexter Fund, 120 00
Coupons,
J. A. Balch, 6 mos. on $1500,
48 75
Total, $6927 58
POLICE.
W. H. Fitts, services as marshal, assistant, and extra, $270 89
Chas. Noyes, services as policeman, 193 26
Geo. N. Young, 104 95
Alex. Griffin, 42 evenings and 1 day's service of policeman, 86 00
Theophilus Bradbury, 42 evenings and 1 day's services, 86 00
Jas. Stanton, 87 1. 178 00
E. E. Taylor, 89
1 180 00
J. G. Gove, 67
1 136 00
John W. Sargent, services as policeman,
192 46
John B. Porter, 38 evenings as policeman,
57 00
A. B. Watson, 20
40 00
Albert D. Hale, 44 and 1 day's services, 90 00
J. E. Kimball, 19 as policeman, 38 00
Wooster Smith, 48 and 1 1-2 day's services, 97 00
Scoville Manufacturing Co., buttons for coat and vest, 11 25
18 75
John P. Lovell & Sons, 5 pairs hand cuffs,
R. C. Hale, services as watchman, 38 75
S. H. Fowle, blank books and diaries,
3 95
George W. Snow, professional services, 4 00
H. G. Johnson Jr., cash paid for blankets, 25 25
S. W. Tuck, for services as City Marshal and extra,
141 70
Total,
$1993 17
6390 00
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CITY EXPENSES.
NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
Chas. R. Sargent, stock and labor, $ 3 84
T. Makinney, hardware, 1 75
John W. Dole, 3 months' services as draw tender, 125 01
Jordan D. Frost, lantern rims, 3 00
Wm. Porter Jr., teaming,
34 50
Total,
$168 10
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Est. of S. W. Marston, 3 months' rent of hall, $75 00
Owners of Phenix building, 3 months' rent of hall, 75 00
Total, $150 00
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
John A. Greeley, setting edgestones and labor, $13 50
SINKING FUND.
A. W. Greenleaf, treasurer of Sinking Fund, $6000 00
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
A
DETAILED STATEMENT
OF THE
EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDING MAY 31, 1875.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
TERRA
MARIQUE
MDCCCLI
Published by order of the City Council.
NEWBURYPORT : WILLIAM H. HUSE & COMPANY, PRINTERS, 42 STATE STREET, 1875,
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 18, 1875.
Ordered, the mayor and aldermen concurring, that the city treasurer, under the direction of the committee on printing, cause to be published quarterly a detailed statement of the expenditures of the city, and that the four state- ments so published form a part of the annual book of expenditures. Accepted in concurrence. [Approved by the Mayor, January 23, 1874.
EXPENDITURES.
Poor department
1st quarter. $3,522 52
2d quarter. $3,617 16
School
،.
7,215 03
7,337 86
Fire
758 45
5,938 52
Highways.
439 44
1,121 50
Lighting streets and public buildings
1,541 51
1,733 08
Police.
1,993 17
2,062 73
Interest.
6,927 58
4,415 18
Incidentals, (including contagious diseases)
1,375 28
1,290 70
Public Property
1,200 20
1,146 43
Salaries
844 17
884 98
Fuel
975 70
240 40
Public library
423 00
341 24
Sidewalks and edgestones
13 50
Stete of Massachusetts.
150 00
150 00
Newburyport Bridge
168 10
137 76
Bromfield fund.
27 41
219 00
Total .
$27,575 06
Sinking fund. Paid to Commissioners excess of last year,
6,000 00
$33,575 06
Essex Merrimac Bridge . .
39 30
Repairs of Newburyport Bridge
166 75
$30,842 59
FIRST QUARTERLY STATEMENT.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Charles Copp, burying paupers, $30 00
W. J. Creasey, tobacco, 55 11
J. N. Jaques, 2 barrels soap, 12 00
A. H. Rowe, pepper and saleratus, 13 02
J. T. Dickens, medicines,
4 43
Harris Pearson, 4 barrels crackers,
16 00
George W. Clark, stationery,
4 75
Insane Hospital, Ipswich, board of insane,
643 92
S. March, jr., groceries,
47 69
M. M. Ross, groceries,
135 63
P. H. Blumpey, groceries,
107 62
Wm. H. Noyes, jr., provisions,
7 68
I. C. Clement, tea, &c.
32 80
John A. L. Odd'e, groceries,
175 04
B. F. Poor, pork,
113 40
John G. Plummer, 1000 pounds codfish,
57 50
Paul Titcomb, grain, 85 89
John Sumner, hardware,
14 36
J. W. & T. Butler, 150 pounds coffee,
22 50
George W. Young, 3 months' salary of keeper of Alms House and city store, 150 00
A. Stanwood & Co., soap, 14 91
4 00
C. E. Plummer, 2 pairs drawers,
2 70
Sumner, Swasey & Currier, groceries,
293 42
Abram Pray, 3 months' services as teamster, 135 00
Abram Pray, 3 months' salary as Clerk of Overseers,
125 00
J. E. Piper & Co., hats and caps,
5
John Teel, clerk, cash supplies outside of Alms House, 382 90
E. J. Currier, dress making, 7 00
J. H. Walton, paper and twine, 2 75
Henry Lunt & Co., pants and shirts, 9 00
Insane at Taunton, board of L. H. Tucker, 45 50
Insane at Worcester, board of sundry persons, 94 65
Insane at Northampton, board of M. S. Williams, 49 25
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of paupers, 24 00
W. W. Caldwell, medicines, 9 64
Reform School, Westborough, board of sundry persons, 78 00
F. E. Pillsbury, 5 pigs, 51 98
Elizabeth Gerrish, tailoring,
14 00
B. F. Pettingell, shoes,
8 97
John Fuller, fish, 6 92
Joseph Akerman, butter and beef, 71 02
Town of Amesbury, supplies to paupers,
57 62
A. S. Brown, 8 months' services as cook,
34 00
M. P. Perley, dry goods, 91 92
38 16
C. P. Stevens, 64 pounds butter,
15 36
E. P. Hurd, professional services,
70 00
Samuel D. G. Willenett, board of Mrs. Lovett,
85 00
T. Mackinney, hardware,
16 76
G. W. Bartlett & Co., boots and shoes,
13 60
J. Pearson, jr., crackers,
9 01
D. H. Cook, services of bull,
2 00
John Caldwell, 3 gallons rum,
5 10
Charles Noyes, curing 12 hams,
4 68
Horace W. Bartlett, jr., 14 days' labor,
14 00
Total, $3,617 16
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
A. H. Thompson, three months' salary as teacher, $499 98
O. B. Merrill, 66 66 375 00
Luther Dame,
375 00
Geo. H. Cook & Co., 159 pounds butter,
6
Phebe H. Plumer, three months' salary as teacer,
174 99
Annette A Senter, «
150 00
Fannie C. Sparhawk,
66
66
150 00
N. A. Moulton, ..
" 66
66
324 99
Janette N. Balch, 66 60 66
66
112 50
Ella W. Peabody,
66
66
99 99
Abbie Short, 66
66
66
66
106 23
Martha J. Bradley:
66
66
93 75
Mary C. Thurston,
66
66
66
99 99
Mary E. Jaques,
66
66
66
66
93 75
Sarah E. Forsyth,
66
66
66
66
93 75
P. D. Adams,
66
66
66
249 99
W. P. Lunt,
66
66
66
66
324 99
Lucy Lowe,
"6
66
66
99 99
Sarah B. Chute,
66
66
66
66
150 00
Ellen Frothingham, “
66
66
124 98
Emma M. Lander, "
66
66
66
99 99
Elizabeth A. Appleton,
66
66
124 98
Helen E. Currier, "
66
6!
99 99
Serena D. Toppan, 66
66
66
66
66
99 99
Susie B. Lowell,
66
66
66
93 75
Georgie Thurlow,
66
66
99 99
Ella H. Adams,
66
66
66
66
93 75
Priscilla G. Craig,
66
66
66
66
99 99
Mary E. Estes,
66
66
87 48
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