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Frank S. Johnson,
1,000 00
Danl. L. Viles,
66
2,500 00
Wm. Baldwin,
1,050 00
J. G. Sherman,
200 00
Richard Heard, Treasurer,
293 18
C. W. Hodges,
83 00
S. D. Reeves,
100 00
Sumner Moore,
600 00
Wm. Ward,
200 00
H. A. Bemis,
100 00
Allen Fund,
€ 6
-
1,000 00
-
12
Wm. C. Grout,
6 per cent.,
718 21
Nathan S. Johnson,
1,100 00
Mrs. Dickey,
100 00
E. Mellen, Jr.,
5
100 00
Total, $23,836 26
Being an increase of $4,327 21 over last year.
Creditor.
By Charles Coolidge's Note, $50 00
A few words in closing. First, let me congratulate the Selectmen on the acquisition of a new set of Books, by which the Town Records can be kept in a more business-like form than it was possible to do in the one just closed. To one item in particular I would call their attention: I find among the receipts for orders the past year, that some persons sign only their initials. The name should be written in full. Others, drawing money for another person, neglect to put that person's name to the receipt. This is not business-like, and trouble might arise from such neglect.
LEWIS BUONCORE, Auditor.
Ordered to be Printed.
WAYLAND, April 1, 1867.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE TOWN OF
WAYLAND,
From April 1st, 1867, to March 2d, 1868.
WALTHAM: HASTINGS' SENTINEL OFFICE. 1868.
REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance of Cash in Treasury, April 1, 1867, $1,987 03
Cash borrowed of Wm. Baldwin for Credit Bills, 200 00
" Albert T. Parmenter, for Credit Bills, 200 00
" Middlesex Inst. for Savings for Credit Bills and "State Aid,"
2,000 00
" received of Collector of 1866,
381 94
" Amount of Chas. Coolidge's Note,
66 30
" for use of Town Hall,
2 00
" from D. C. Atwood, Town Scales,
18 68
" State Aid for 1866, allowed,
4,000 00
" State Tax on Stocks,
395 46
" State School Fund,
140 19
" Money overdrawn on Bridge,
10 00
" State, County, and Town Taxes for 1867,
11,476 51
" Donation Fund for Schools,
12 00
$20,890 11
Amount drawn out by orders from the Selectmen for the same, 16,175 58
Leaving a balance in the Treasury March 2, 1868, $4,714 53
DISBURSEMENTS
From the Treasury for the Credit Bills allowed and paid April 1, 1867, viz :
S. E. Baldwin,
repairs in Dist. No. 3, $13 51
.
fuel 3 00
opening roads, 95 60
4
S. M. Thomas,
opening roads, work on highway,
34 00
1 00
6
56 61
railings and labor,
5 66
labor on highways,
21 80
cleaning clock in Dist. No. 4, 1 00
care of Town Clock, and repairs,
15 75
care of library, and repairs, 50 75
Geo. A. Rice,
opening highways,
74 20
pump and labor in Dist. No. 1,
17 50
S. H. M. Heard,
opening roads,
63 60
posting warrants,
10 75
J. M. Seaward,
Stationery,
8 47
W. C. Grout,
Services as Selectman and Over-
seer of the Poor, 97 63
repairs on schoolhouse, Dist. 4,
18 58
George E. Sherman, Henry Bullard,
pump and services on School Committee,
49 65
H. G. Hammond,
opening roads,
18 00
W. H. Bemis,
5 40
Gibson Millard,
work on highways,
222 25
Peter Cain,
shoveling snow,
5 40
E. Parker,
medical attendance,
13 75
J. B. Frost,
stove,
22 11
J. Ulman,
work on highway,
26 00
C. H. Campbell,
20 80
E. W. Giles,
43 10
H. D. Parmenter,
services on School Committee,
25 50
Thomas Groom & Co., blank books,
8 35
H. P. Heard,
making fires in School No. 4,
1 50
J. A. Loker,
services as Selectman and Over-
seer of the Poor,
39 00
T. J. Damon,
wood, Dist. No. 1,
9 00
L. Jones,
repairs in Schoolhouse No. 2,
22 12
John Jennison,
making fires in School No. 5, timber and freight,
5 00
J. Hastings,
blank Town Meeting warrants,
3 75
J. M. Parmenter,
wood in Dist. No. 4,
12 66
Wm. Heard, Superintendent Burial Grounds, 10 00
J. Bullard,
oiling harness, 2 45
3 50
Otis Loker,
66
$92 20
M. Roan, Asahel Sherman, 66
David Heard, J. S. Draper,
5
J. N. Sherman,
services on School Committee, $36 47
E. Loker,
repairs on Schoolhouse No. 1, 15 21
H. Wight,
services as Town Clerk as Treas., 73 60
L. Buoncore,
auditing accounts of Town, 10 00
School Committee,
blackboards and painting, 60 00
J. Hastings,
printing School Report, 21 76
J. C. Butterfield,
repairs on Schoolhouse and services,
51 02
Total,
$1,518 96
SCHOOLS.
Town Grant for Schools,
$1,650 00
Money received from State School Fund,
140 19
Donation
12 00
$1,802 19
School Dist. No. 1.
Share of Grant,
$471 50
" " State School Fund,
52 50
" Donation Fund,
3 42
$527 42
Paid Miss J. E. Marble for teaching,
$77 00
S. E. Damon,
110 00
J. E. Marble,
70 00
E. A. Goodnow,
80 00
$337 00
Leaving a surplus, $190 42
School Dist. No. 2.
Share of Grant and surplus of 1866,
$246 12
" " Donation Fund,
1 71
$247 83
Paid Miss L. E. Noyes for teaching,
$77 00
77 00
E. F. Thompson,
84 00
$238 00
Surplus,
$9 83
6
School Dist. No. 3.
Share of Grant and surplus of 1866,
$239 25
" " Donation Fund, 1 71
$240 96
Paid Miss M. B. Wellington for teaching,
$77 00
66 66
77 00
66
84 00
$238 00
Surplus,
$2 96
School Dist. No. 4.
Share of Grant and surplus of 1866,
$486 02
" State School Fund,
52 50
u " Donation
3 42
$541 94
Paid Miss L. E. Bemis for teaching,
$66 00
E. Gibbs,
104 50
L. A. Sherman,
77 00
K. H. Tilden,
120 00
367 50
Surplus,
$174 44
School Dist. No. 5.
Share of Grant and Surplus of 1866,
$243 23
" Donation Fund,
1 71
$244 94
Paid Miss A. H. Allen, for teaching,
$77 00
M. A. Fisk,
74 20
86 80
238 00
Surplus,
$6 94
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FUEL.
Town Grant for fuel for schools,
Paid G. A. Rice, Dist. No. 1,
$29 25
" S. M. Thomas, 66 2,
28 50
" G. A. Rice, 3,
29 25
' S. H. M. Heard, “ 66 4,
38 82
" Peter Underwood, 5,
23 75
159 19
Surplus,
$40 81
$200 00
7
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Town Grant for support of poor,
$500 00
Surplus of 1866,
15 02
$515 02
Paid S. H. M. Heard,
$225 00
275 00
500 00
Surplus,
$15 02
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Town Grant for Highways and Bridges,
$800 00
Surplus of last year,
2 62
Paid S. E. Baldwin, Surveyor,
$200 00
" Asahel Sherman, “
58 40
" G. E. Sherman,
132 25
" W. H. Bemis,
34 00
" J. Ulman,
63 30
" H. G. Hammond,
160 00
647 95
Surplus,
$154 67
TOWN LIBRARY.
Town Grant for Library,
$50 00
Surplus of last year,
8 82
$58 82
Paid J. S. Draper,
$8 82
" Library Committee,
49 30
58 12
Surplus,
$0 70
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Town Grant for painting public buildings,
$250 00
Surplus of last year,
30 00
$280 00
Paid W. C. Grout for painting,
$30 00
" Cyrus Lee, " "
249 65
279 65
Surplus,
$0 35
$802 62
8
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Town Grant for incidental expenses,
$300 00
Surplus of last year, 129 05
Paid F. Buttrick for lumber,
$69 90
" A. Glezen, interest,
7 00
" Wm. Heard, expenses to Northampton,
14 35
" H. Wight, services and paying interest,
23 71
114 96
Surplus,
$315 09
LAWSUIT.
Town Grant for expenses of lawsuit with Wellington,
$1,502 84
Paid Abel Glezen, Agent, 1,502 84
INTEREST ON TOWN'S DEBT.
Interest on Town's debt paid out of unappropriated money in the Treasury, $1,124 23
REPAIRS ON SHERMAN'S BRIDGE.
Cash paid Selectmen's agents for lumber and labor,
$119 92
REPAIRS ON BRIDLE POINT BRIDGE.
Town Grants for repairs on Bridle Point Bridge,
$209 38
Paid C. H. Campbell, lumber,
$81 42
" W. Hemenway, lumber and labor,
79 53
160 95
Surplus,
$48 53
Old plank sold,
3 10
Total,
$51 58
REPAIRS ON SCHOOLHOUSE NO. 5.
Town Grant for repairs on Schoolhouse in Dist. No. 5,
$100 00
Paid for shingles and labor, 88 00
Surplus, $12 00
$429 05
9
Expenses of laying out and making a New Road at the south part of the Town :
Cash paid G. A. Rice for labor,
$150 00
" " Gibson Millard & Son for land and fencing road, 310 00
$415 00
Money in the Treasury as Surplus of the several Grants remaining Mar. 2, 1868.
School Grant,
$384 59
Poor
15 02
Fuel 66
40 81
Highways,
54 67
Library,
70
Painting,
35
Incidental and overlayings,
615 54
Bridle Point Bridge,
51 63
Repairs on Schoolhouse No. 5,
12 00
$1,175 31
TOWN DEBT.
Paid Waltham Savings Bank, Note,
1,850 00
" H. A. Bemis,
100 00
" C. W. Hodges,
83 00
'. E. Mellen, Jr.,
100 00
$2,133 00
State Aid paid from April 1, 1867, to Mar. 1, 1868.
Louisa M. Smith,
$4 00
Susan Mellen,
88 00
Elizabeth A. Farmer,
44 00
Hosea F. Travis,
18 00
Rebecca J. Dickey,
88 00
Julia A. Harlow,
88 00
Albert F. King,
18 00
Evinson Stone,
18 00
Marshall Garfield,
18 00
10
Oscar Balcom,
$18 00
William A. Jessop,
48 00
Charles H. May,
66 00
Jas. W. Dudley, (Guardian),
88 00
Charles W. Garland,
18 00
W. H. Butterfield,
18 00
Warren Carter,
18 00
Edson C. Davis,
18 00
Ferdinand Covman,
18 00
W. H. Garfield,
18 00
W. H. Jameson,
18 00
Warren A. Hersey,
18 00
S. B. H. Whitney,
18 00
Joseph M. Moore,
18 00
John C. Butterfield,
18 00
Charles B. Butterfield,
18 00
Jason M. Pierce,
18 00
John M. Brummett,
18 00
John F. Elliott,
18 00
George A. Spofford,
18 00
John B. Brigham,
18 00
Anna W. Draper,
88 00
George W. Risley,
18 00
Curtis W. Draper,
18 00
James A. Draper,
18 00
Frank W. Draper,
18 00
Marshall Garfield, (Guardian),
88 00
Keziah Wellington,
4 00
Samuel Moore,
18 00
Patrick Flanagan,
18 00
Charles E. Brummett,
18 00
Henry B. Fisher,
18 00
Chas. F. Hammond,
18 00
George W. Fairbank,
18 00
Charles Trumble,
18 00
Bernard Mathias,
18 00
Henry F. Brummett,
18 00
Hazen C. Tyrrell,
12 00
Adeline Adams,
40 00
Mary McDonald,
6 00
$1,382 00
11 Town's Debt, March 1, 1868.
David Lincoln Estate,
$1,800 00
Concord Savings Bank,
6,628 00
Jerusha Cutting,
1,100 00
Jesse Moore,
435 21
Donation Fund,
411 66
Treasurer of Library,
500 00
Newton Savings Bank,
2,125 00
Frank S. Johnson,
1,000 00
Daniel L. Giles,
2,500 00
-
Wm. Baldwin,
1,250 00
J. G. Sherman,
200 00
S. D. Reeves,
100 00
Sumner Moore,
600 00
William Ward,
200 00
Allen Fund,
1,000 00
W. C. Grout,
718 21
Nathan S. Johnson,
1,100 00
Mrs. Dickey,
100 00
Albert W. Parmenter,
200 00
Eunice Bridge,
400 00
Richard Heard, Treas.,
293 18
*Horace Heard,
120 00
*Horace Heard,
310 00
*J. M. Parmenter,
105 00
$24,096 26
*The amount of these notes assessed this year.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Valuation of the Town, 1867,
$631,189 00
Real Estate,
439,833 00
Personal Estate,
191,356 00
State Tax for 1867,
3,500 00
County Tax
623 37
Town Grants, overlyings and collection fee,
$7,350 14
Total Tax assessed, $11,476 50
Abatement of Tax by Assessors, R. F. Fuller, 8 50
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12 , TOWN GRANTS FOR 1868.
For support of poor, $500 00
schools,
1,700 00
" fuel for schools,
250 00
" highways and bridges, 800 00
." library, 50 00
" money borrowed for bridges and road at south part of the Town, 535 00
" interest on Town's debt,
1,100 00
" new schoolhouse in Dist. No. 2, 2,000 00
" widening bridge in centre of the Town, 200 00
" Overseer's bills, expense of lawsuit, and inter- est to Sept. 1, 376 83
$7,511 83
State Tax for 1858,
$1,400 00
All of which is respectfully submitted :
WILLIAM HEARD, Selectmen JONAS N. MORSE, of
THOMAS BRYANT, Wayland.
WAYLAND, March 2, 1868.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
From March 1, 1867, to March 1, 1868.
THE Overseers of the Poor herewith present to the inhabitants of the Town their Annual Report of the value and condition of the Almshouse establishment, and the cost of supporting the poor from March 1, 1867. to March 1, 1868.
INVOICE OF PROPERTY ON THE TOWN FARM,
As APPRAISED BY THE OVERSEERS, FEB. 24, 1868.
Live Stock.
1 horse,
$175 00
6 cows,
400 00
3 hogs,
65 00
58 fowls,
58 00
$698 00
Hay and Grain.
4 1-2 tons English hay,
$112 50
2 tons meadow hay,
30 00
1 ton rye straw,
18 00
1 bushel corn,
1 35
6 bushels rye,
10 80
$172 65
14
Amount brought up,
$172 65
Provisions,
167 37
Farming tools,
278 27
215 59
Household furniture, Wood and lumber,
120 00
Total value of personal property,
$1,651 88
Value of real estate, (70 acres) with buildings thereon,
3,000 00
Total value of Town Farm property,
$4,651 88
Expense of Supporting Poor at Almshouse.
Interest on Real Estate,
$180 00
Paid Warden's salary,
300 00
" L. B. White for groceries, &c.,
148 85
" M. S. Foster & Son for grain, groceries, &c.,
315 83
" Dr. Cowles,
25 50
" N. Barker, Jr., for meat,
67 43
" Nathan Barker for pasturing,
12 00
" for four cows,
285 00
" for lumber,
12 16
" S. H. M. Heard for grain,
39 94
" firkin of butter,
17 86
66
Asahel Sherman for pasturing,
5 50
" S. H. M. Heard for potatoes,
4 25
" Mullen for blacksmithing,
7 43
sundry bills as per Warden's book,
643 60
" " of last year,
33 27
$2,098 62
TOWN FARM, CR.
By increase in value of personal property, 98 07
" cash received for produce of farm,
947 59
" stock, (4 cows and 2 calves), 265 00
66 of Wm. Bemis, 20 00
1,330 66
Which deduct from expenses, leaves as cost of supporting poor,
$767 96
15
RECAPITULATION.
ACCOUNT OF MONEY PAID OUT.
Sundry bills as previously reported, $1,918 62
To which add increase on personal property,
98 07
$2,016 69
ACCOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED.
Cash from Treasury,
500 00
stock, produce, &c.,
1,330 66
1,830 66
Leaving a balance due Overseers of
$186 03
Whole number assisted at Almshouse the past year,
62
of weeks' board, 312
Average cost per week,
2.35 1-2
NAMES AND AGES OF RESIDENT PAUPERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED IN ALMSHOUSE THE PAST YEAR.
Wm. Allen, 67, (died June 30, 1867).
Chas. Goodnow, 48.
Chas. Travis, 51.
Jas. Davis, 78.
Mrs. Anna Davis, 76.
Julius F. Davis, 19.
Wm. Coffee, 8.
B. A. DUDLEY,
WM. H. BEMIS,
Overseers S. H. M. HEARD, of the Poor.
Expense of suit between Wayland and Ware, exclusive of counsel's fees, $355.33, for which S. H. M. Heard has given his notes personally to Horace Heard.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FROM
March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870.
WALTHAM: PRESS OF JOSIAH HASTINGS, 1871.
4
REPORT.
Balance in the Treasurer's hands March 1, 1869, - $458.68
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES For the Year ending March 1, 1870.
Cash from Collector of 1868, -
.
- $2,629.11
66 1869, -
- - 8,822.03
1,020.00
66
66
. 66 Corporation Tax,
373.55
66
66
State School Fund,
124.82
66 66 D. C. Atwood, Hay Scales,
13.37
Money overdrawn on Poor Grant,
11.70
Grass sold in 1868,
3.50
66
Use of Town Hall,
10.00
Total, $13,466.76
Amount paid out, - -
-
11,325.83
Balance on hand March 1, 1870,
2,140.93
DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE TREASURY, From March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870.
Paid J. H. Loud, State Treasurer, the State Tax, - $1,750.00
A. Stone, County Treasurer, the County Tax, - 712.42
State Treasurer, State Aid, -
4
Cash paid the Credit Bills,
ITEMS. $960.00
C. L. Howard,
Books, &c., $26.67
G. A. Rice,
Services as School Committee, and
repairs on Schoolhouse, Dist. No 1, 72.93
W. H. Bemis,
Services as Overseer of the Poor, 15.00
20.00
J. F. Shorey,
Repairs on Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 2, 45.33 Services as School Committee, &c., 39.45
S. D. Robbins,
C. H. Campbell,
Repairs on Farm Bridge, 13.94
E. A. Ellmes,
" Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 5, 3.27
E. Carter,
Labor on Highway, 8.00
H. Wight,
Services as Treasurer and Clerk, 78.44
J. Bullard,
Sexton, 22.90
S. H. M. Heard,
Overseer, &c., 88.08
L. E. Sherman,
Making Fires, Dist. No. 5, 6.00
M. Roan,
Labor on Highway, 5.00
E. A. Pierce,
Services as School Committee, and repairs in Dist. No. 3, 26.90
J. D. Walker,
Services as Selectman and Assessor, 77.97 66 Assessor, 44.37
E. W. Giles,
Labor on Highway, 9.50
W. Mowan,
Care of Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 2, 4.00
J. Hastings,
Printing School Report, 21.20
J. A. Draper,
Services as School Committee, and repairs, Dist. No. 4, 66.22
W. Heard,
Superintendent of Burial Grounds,
29.46
J. M. Seaward,
Books, Postage, &c.,
20.39
W. Hammond,
Services as Assessor,
30.50
J. S. Draper,
Catalogues for Library,
5.00
66
Services as Librarian, &c.,
73.70
J. N. Morse,
Selectman,
46.60
C. W. Moore,
Constable, 10.00
T. Bryant,
Selectman, 31.53
S. Langmaid,
Blinds on Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 3,
17.65
Total, $960.00
W. C. Grout,
L. Dudley,
5
FOR SCHOOLS.
Town Grant,
$1,800.00
State Fund, -
-
.
- 124.82
Donation Fund, -
-
12.00
Amount Paid for Maps,
Total, $1,936.82 - 16.00
$1,920.82
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Share of Grant,
$548.00 -
Surplus of Last Year,
- 203.42
Total, $752.22
*To Miss A. M. Barlow, Teacher, -
$104.00
E. A. Cooper,
66
-
98.00
66
F. J. Wheeler,
66
70.00
Ida Loker,
66
91.00
E. A. Cooper,
117.00
66
66
66
80.00
66
F. J. Wheeler,
66
70.00
66
E. A. Cooper,
66
88.00
Total, $718.00
Surplus, 34.22
*Grant of 1868.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Share of Grant,
- $274.40
Surplus of Last Year,
117.32
*To Miss M. E. Rhoades, Teacher,
$98.00
66
66 . 66
-
77.00
66
66
-
-
70.00
-
96.00
Total, $341.00
Surplus, 50.72
*Grant of 1868.
.
-
-
Total, $391.72
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DISTRICT NO. 3.
Share of Grant,
$274.00
-
- 110.35
Total, $384.35
To Miss A. E. Monroe, Teacher, -
98.00
66 M. A. Gill,
70.00
66 66
-
77.00
Total, $245.00 Surplus, 133.35
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DISTRICT NO. 4.
Share of Grant,
- $548.80
Surplus of Last Year,
- 183.99
Total, $732.79
*To Miss E. J. Gibbs, Teacher,
- $110.00
A. E. Bill,
112.00
66 A. B. Chandler, "
120.00
60
- 100.00
G. Campbell, -
60.20
66
E. Cutler, -
56.00
66 E. J. Gibbs,
130.00
Total, $688.20 Surplus, 44.59
*Grant of 1868.
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DISTRICT NO. 5.
- $274.40
Surplus of Last Year,
- 114.42
Total, $388.82
*To Miss E. A. Ellmes, Teacher, -
$91.00
66
77.00
66
-
Total, $238.00
Surplus, 150.82
*Grant of 1868.
-
66
70.00
Surplus of Last Year,
-
Share of Grant,
7
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Town Grant,
- $250.00
Surplus of Last Year,
-
-
Total, $260.08 .
A. Sherman,
Fuel, Dist. No. 5,
$21.25
G. A. Rice, 66
" 1,
63.00
10.08
W. H. Bemis,
66
3,
33.00
J. A. Roby,
66
66
4,
8.00
J. Moulton,
15.00
W. Baldwin,
35.00
Total, $185.33 Surplus, 74.75
For the Poor.
Town Grant, -
- - $500.00
W. Bemis, Warden,
$162.50
S. H. M. Heard,
150.00
C. L. Howard,
23.12
Total, $335.62
Surplus, 164.38
This is the amount of orders issued on the Poor Grant to March 1, 1870.
THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Present the following Statement in their Report :-
Town Grant, -
-
$500.00
Cash Received from Farm, -
- 739.31
Total, $1,239.31
EXPENDITURES.
Warden's Salary,
$325.00
Sundry Bills, as per Warden's Book,
692.17
Paid for Cattle,
65.00
J. Mullen's Bill,
33.00
G. W. Rand's Bill, -
-
-
-
-
40.25
Money Overdrawn, - -
11.70
C. L. Howard's Bill,
23.12
Total, $1,190.29
Surplus,
49.02
66
-
66
-
10.08
8
Interest on Town Debt.
Town Grant, -
$1,400.00
H. Wright, Treasurer, Paid Interest, -
$141.11
66
197.59
219.75
66
218.46
66
165.60
.
180.09
66
-
143.70
66
132.90
Total, $1,399.20 Surplus, .80
UNAPPROPRIATED MONEY.
Treasurer Ordered to Pay Town Debts, $213.30 -
Highways and Bridges.
Town Grant, -
- $800.00
Surplus of 1868,
132.10
Total, $932.10
Paid E. W. Giles, Surveyor,
$102.50
" J. N. Hammond,
66
101.00
" H. D. Parmenter, 66
83.50
" H. F. Lee,
· 50.00
" T. H. Simpson,
127.20
" S. M. Thomas,
-
120.00
" J. M. Parmenter,
65.40
" C. H. Campbell,
67.38
" J. N. Hammond,
98.80
" T. H. Simpson,
91.80
" E. W. Giles,
23.22
-
-
Total, $930.80 Surplus, 1.30
Paid H. G. Hammond, Grant of 1868,
- $131.05
-
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Highways and Bridges-Special Grants.
Town Grant, Dry Bridge, Paid A. M. Durrell, Agent, -
- $100.00
-
- 69.78
Surplus, $30.22
Town Grant, near H. R. Newton's, - - - - $100.00
Paid S. M. Thomas, Agent, -0-
- 100.00
Town Grant, Road and Sluice in Cochituate,
$200.00
Paid J. N. Hammond, Agent,
- 129.20
Surplus, $70.80
Town Grant, Bridge near A. D. Loker's, - $75.00
Paid T. J. Damon, Agent, -
- 75.00
Miscellaneous Grants.
Town Grant, Water Closet at Town Hall, - $25.00
Paid A. Gleason, Agent, -
25.00
-0-
Town Grant, Repairs Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 3, - $100.00
Paid J. D. Walker,
96.60
Surplus, $4.40
-0-
Town Grant, Hearse and Harness, -
- $500.00
Paid C. R. Damon, .
454.00
Surplus, $46.00
-0-
Town Grant, Burial Ground,
-
-
40.00
Not Expended.
Town Library Grant,
$50.00
Paid J. B. Wight, for Books, - - " H. Wight, - -
$19.61
18.56
Total, $38.17 Surplus, 11.83
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Incidental Expenses.
Town Grant, - $300.00 - $70.00
Paid S. H. M. Heard, Cash Due Overseers of Poor,
" A. M. Durrell, For Gravel, 10.00
' W. Rogers, Posts and Rails, 29.10
A. Starbuck, Repairing Town Clock, 25.00
" G. W. Rand, Repairing Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 3, 2.75
' C. H. Campbell, Repairing Farm Bridge, 47.95
" A. Gleason, Labor on Highway, 6.00
" H. Wight, Expenses Paid as Treasurer, 13.54
Total, $214.34 Surplus, 85.66
Abatement of Tazes.
To L. Buoncore, -
- $27.52
66 66
-
-
40.03
66
-
- 22.32
Total, $89.87
ORDERS ISSUED TO L. BUONCORE, COLLECTOR.
In 1868, for Fees,
- $125.00
66 Books,
- 5.05
Total, $130.05
Town Grant in 1868 to Repair Bridge in Centre of the Town, $200.00
Paid E. Pousland, Agent, - 160.00
Surplus, $40.00
Paid for Maps, from State School Fund,
-
$16.00
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Surplus of Different Grants in the Treasury . MARCH 1, 1870.
School Grant, - -
- - $419.70
Fuel for Schools, - -
74.75
* Poor Grant, -
164.38
Interest Grant,
.80
Highway Grant, I . -
1.30
Highway Special Grants, -
141.02
Repairs on Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 3,
4.40
Grant for Hearse and Harness,
46.00
Grant for Burial Grounds,
40.00
Grant for Town Library, -
- 11.83
Grant for Incidental Expenses,
85.66
Grant in 1867 for Repairs on Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 2, - 7.75
Grant in 1868 for Money Borrowed for New Highway, and not Expended, - - - 535.00
Grant in 1868 for Repairs on Poor Farm Buildings, - - 84.51
Total, $1,637.10
*To March 1, 1870, three orders issued, amounting to $335.62. Grant, $500. The Overseers' Report shows a balance in favor of the Town of $49.02 between the receipts and expenditures.
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Amount in Treasurer's Hands March 1, 1870,
$2,140.93 Surplus of Grants at Same Date, 1,637.10
Balance of " Unappropriated Money, - - $523.83
-
-
- -
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Town's Debt, March 1, 1870.
Middlesex Institution for Savings, 7 per cent.,
$7,528.00
David Lincoln's Estate,
1,800.00
Jerutha Cutting,
6
66
1,100.00
Jesse Moore,
66 ·
435.21
Donation Fund,
411.66
Treasurer of Town Library,
66
500.00
Newton Savings Bank,
7
2,125.00
Frank S. Johnson,
6
66
1,000.00
D. S. Giles,
66
2,500.00
William Baldwin, 66
1,250.00
J. E. Sherman,
66
200.00
S. D. Reeves,
66
100.00
S. Moore,
600.00
W. Ward,
66
200.00
Allen Fund,
1,000.00
W. C. Grout,
568.21
N. S. Johnson's Heirs,
1,000.00
Mrs. Dickey,
66
100.00
A. W. Parmenter,
66
200.00
R. Heard,
293.18
H. Heard,
7 66
430.00
Total, $23,341.26
State Aid, FROM MARCH 1, 1869, TO MARCH 1, 1870.
Elizabeth A. Farmer,
$48.00
Julia A. Harlow,
- 60.00
Susan Mellen,
96.00
Rebecca J. Dickey,
48.00
Charles H. May,
72.00
Anna W. Draper,
96.00
James W. Dudley, Guardian for the Thurston Children,
48.00
Marshal Garfield,
Schleiker ¥
96.00
Adeline Adams,
96.00
W. A. Jessop,
72.00
Louisa M. Smith,
48.00
Stephen Jameson, Guardian,
48.00
H. B. Fischer,
54.00
Total, $882.00
TABULAR STATEMENT Of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Wayland for the Year ending MARCH 1, 1870.
Dr. Town of Wayland in Account with Henry Wight, Treasurer. Cr.
March 1, 1869.
1869.
To Cash on hand,
$458.68 By Cash paid State Tax,
$1,750.00
2,629.11
County Tax,
712.42
66
1869,
8,822.03
Credit Bill,
960.00
66
State Treasurer, State Aid,
1,020.00
for Schools,
2,230.20
66
66
66
Corporation Tax,
373.75
" Fuel,
185.33
School Fund,
124.82
" Poor,
335.62
66
Received from Hay Scales,
13.37
" Interest,
1,399.20
66
from Money overdrawn,
11.70
" Town Debts,
213.30
3.50
" Highways,
930.80
66
Use of Town Hall,
10.00
" Hearse,
454.00
" State Aid,
882.00
$13,466.76
" Incidental Expenses,
214.34
" *Highways-Special,
663.03
" Miscellaneous,
395.59
Balance on hand March 1, 1870,
2,140.93
*1868-9.
. $13,466.76
from Collector of 1868,
13
66
Grass sold,
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The Treasurer's accounts are correctly cast, accompanied with satisfac- tory vouchers.
The Auditor would recommend for the consideration of the Town the expediency of adopting the following regulations in the management of its affairs :
First-That the financial year, in all cases in the future, shall be from the first of March to the same month and day in the year succeeding, thus avoiding the difficulty in separating the Town's account, arising from the officers acting at their discretion, in changing from March to April, or the reverse, making, as has been the case some years, the financial year eleven or thirteen months, instead of twelve. So far as the money mat- ters of the Town are concerned, uniformity in this respect. is desirable.
Second-That the several officers of the Town be ordered to make up their Reports to the first of March, and present them at the April meet- ing. That the Auditor be ordered to report in print one copy, at least, for each legal voter assembled, so that before action is taken in raising money, it may be known how much was in the Treasurer's hands the first of March preceding, the "Surplus of the several Grants " and the amount of the " Unappropriated Money."
Third-That the Treasurer be ordered to keep a set of books cor- responding in system with that adopted by the Selectmen ; that is to say, under appropriate heads and separate pages in the ledger, all moneys re- ceived and from what source derived ; all moneys paid out ; all grants of the Town, ordinary and special; the division of the School Fund, as ordered by the Town, in the several districts ; the bringing forward of the surplus of each grant at the beginning of the year; and, generally, the ledgerizing of the accounts in such a manner that any third party, between the Selectmen and Treasurer, without making enquiries of either, can determine for himself the financial condition of the Town. As it is con- ceded the responsibility rests ultimately with the Treasurer, and not with the Selectmen, in answering an order for a purpose not legitimate, or overdrawing upon a grant, or diverting a surplus or other moneys from the purpose originally voted, it is his and his bondsmen's interest, as well as the Town's, to have the accounts kept in such a manner as to avoid all probability of mistake.
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