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Miss Hunt became teacher of this school in the Winter term. Under her government the order has been good, and the scholars have been thorough in their studies.
SOUTH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Teacher, Mrs. Lucy H. Davis.
Mrs. Davis still retains her position as teacher of this school ; also her popularity, which she has earned and so well deserves. The school has been in a very prosperous condition through each term of the year.
SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Teacher, Miss Anna A. Merrill.
This school is under good discipline and has been in excel- lent condition through the year. The teacher has succeeded well in governing, and in interesting so many small children in their studies.
This school grew so rapidly that in the Fall term it was found impossible for one teacher to do justice to so many, or indeed, more than keep order. The Committee decided to divide the school. One of the ante-rooms was fitted up, and Miss
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Inez Perry was secured as teacher for this new school, and for two terms she has labored faithfully in the performance of her duties.
CENTRE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Teachers,
Miss E. A, Francis, Sarah E. Pratt.
On account of the illness of Miss Pratt, who had taught this school one term the previous year, Miss Francis was secured as substitute for the Spring term.
Miss Pratt resumed the charge of the school at the begin- ning of the Autumn term.
The improvement in the school both in studies and deport- ment is very marked. The teachers have labored faithfully and successfully.
LOKERVILLE SCHOOL.
Teacher, Miss N. R. Rice,
This school has been in good working order through the year. The teacher has succeeded in the government of the school, and the progress made in the studies has been very good.
RUTTER SCHOOL.
Teacher, Miss C. M. Lee.
In this school the teacher has more than sustained the good reputation she had previously earned, and the school is in a prosperous condition.
THOMAS SCHOOL.
Teacher, Miss A. F. Gage.
From among numerous applicants for schools last Spring, the Committee selected Miss A. F. Gage to take charge of this
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school. She has interested the scholars in her methods of in- struction, and the year has been one of very commendable prog- ress, particularly so in the reading of the smaller classes.
NORTH SCHOOL. Teacher, Miss E. C. Clapp.
Miss Clapp has had charge of this school through the year. She is a faithful and efficient teacher, and the Committee have perfect confidence in her ability to govern and instruct.
But we feel that she has not been sustained by the parents as teachers should be. The scholars that have been punctual in at- tendance have made good progress in their studies ; but little can be expected when children are allowed to remain at home half of the time.
It is unnecessary to say to an intelligent people, that the Public schools are of the greatest importance to the State and to the Nation ; that they touch our National life at every point, and aeffet the character of our civilization ; and that no moncy is expended by the town for any purpose that can produce greater results, than that which is yearly expended for the education of the mind, the development of the character, and a thorough preparation of the young for the active duties of life.
The appropriation ought to be increased, so that the school year may be lengthened. Thirty-three weeks-the length of the present school year-is not sufficient to produce the best results. Long vacations do not help the children in their studies, and should be shortened as much as possible.
We know that it is an old story, but some parents have not heard it, or have forgotten, that it does not educate children to send them to school simply to answerto the call of their names, and then ask to be excused. It is not just to the children, to the teach :- er, or to the town. But children to get the full benefit of the schools must be present and remain through each and every ses- sion, and nothing but sickness should keep children from school.
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Number of schools in town,
10
Grammar schools,
2
Intermediate 1
66 Primary
3
66 Ungraded 66
4
66 teachers employed through the year, 14
66 for each term, 10
66 of weeks for each school, 33
COST OF SCHOOLS FROM APRIL 1ST, 1876, TO APRIL 1ST, 1877.
Teachers' salaries,
$2,942 50
Fuel, 296 13
Care of houses,
200 00
Total,
$3,438 63
ELIAS HODGE,
School EDW. A. PIERCE,
T. A. MERRILL, Committee.
WAYLAND, FEB. 1ST, 1877.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS 98TH MUNICIPAL YEAR,
FROM
FEBRUARY 1, 1877, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1878.
ORATED
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1635
EAST SUDBURY
FOUNDED
17
8
1835
WALTHAM: WEEKLY RECORD PRINTING OFFICE. 1878.
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OFFICERS OF THE TOWN,
CHOSEN MARCH 5, 1877.
Selectmen.
CHARLES H. BOODEY, GEORGE F. KEEP, WILLIAM HAMMOND.
Assessors. HORACE HEARD, HORATIO G. HAMMOND, SAMUEL M. THOMAS.
Overseers of the Poor. JOHN C. BUTTERFIELD, EDWARD CARTER, THEODORE S. SHERMAN.
Town Clerk. HENRY WIGHT.
Town Treasurer. HORACE HEARD.
Auditor. SYLVESTER REEVES.
Highway Surveyors.
JOHN D. MOULTON, JOSIAH W. PARMENTER,
CHARLES FAIRBANKS,
CHRIS. H. BRYDEN,
ANDREW S. MORSE, ROYAL M. FLINT,
ISAAC DAMON, GEORGE W. PHILBRICK,
JOHN C. BUTTERFIELD.
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Fence Viewers.
THROOP B. HAWES, CHARLES A. ROBERTS, DANIEL W. RICKER.
Field Drivers. THEODORE S. SHERMAN, FREDERICK WESTON, EDWARD CARTER.
Measurers of Wood.
EDWARD CARTER,
LORENZO K. LOVELL,
GILBERT BENT, DANIEL HURLEY,
WILLIAM R. DUDLEY, COLIN C. WARD.
Surveyors of Lumber.
LORENZO K. LOVELL, WILLIAM M. FULLICK.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. EDWARD A. ATWOOD.
School Committee. CHARLES H. BOODEY, for three years.
Superintendents of Cemeteries.
JOHN C. BUTTERFIELD, JAMES A. DRAPER.
Trustees of the "Allen Fund." JAMES N. COCHRAN, CHARLES B. BUTTERFIELD, HENRY G. DUDLEY.
Truant Officer. CHARLES W. WHITNEY.
Committee to enforce the Sunday Law. CHARLES W. WHITNEY, MERRILL FRENCH, EDWARD CARTER.
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Agent to Enforce the Liquor Law .! WILLIAM LOVEJOY.
Constables.
CHARLES C. ATWOOD,
THOMAS H. SIMPSON,
CHARLES W. WHITNEY, MERRILL FRENCH.
OFFICERS CHOSEN APRIL 2, 1877.
Collector of Taxes. EDWARD POUSLAND.
Treasurer of Library. JAMES S. DRAPER.
Library Committee.
T. A. MERRILL,
L. H. SHERMAN,
E. A. PEIRCE, C. R. DAMON.
J. N. COCHRAN.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
SAMUEL M. THOMAS,
Term expires 1880.
1879.
ABEL GLEZEN, LAFAYETTE DUDLEY,
1878.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen's records relative to the finances of the Town for the year ending Feb. 1, 1878, are as follows :
The aggregate of the appropriations, as certified by the Clerk, with the receipts outside of the regular appropriations, as obtained from the Treasurer, and the unexpended balances brought forward from preceding years, standing upon the Se- lectmen's ledger, is twenty-seven thousand five hundred eleven dollars and thirteen cents, upon which we have issued during the year, one hundred and twenty-six orders, covering the amounts as classified in the following table, with the sums reserved for future expenditure :
Total available for Schools, including transfer,
$5,255 70*
66
Sinking Fund,
3,000 00
Interest,
3,483 05
Temporary Loans,
2,905 88
66
Unappropriated, less transfers, 2,145
66*
66
Highways,
1,552 66
66
Road in Cochituate,
1,500 00
Credit Bills, including transfer,
1,427 78*
Poor
826 27*
Library,
702 44
Hall in Cochituate,
700 00
Schoolhouse cellar in Cochituate, less transfer, 350 00*
Collector's fees, 520 00
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Counsel fees,
500 00
* For details see Treasurer's Report.
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Total available for Incidentals,
$432 58
314 30
Lakeview Cemetery, Miscellaneous,
1,894 81
$27,511 13
ORDERS ISSUED AND AMOUNTS RESERVED.
For Schools,
$3,760 68
$1,495 02
66 Sinking Fund,
3,000 00
" Interest,
2,439 66
1,043 39
" Temporary Loans,
2,905 88
" Unappro.,
746 98
1,398 68
" Highways,
1,387 00
165 66
" Road in Cochituate,
1,500 00
" Credit Bills,
1,427 78
" Poor,
643 73
182 54
" Library,
230 82
471 62
" School-House Hall,
673 34
26 66
School-house Cellar,
185 00
165 00
" Counsel Fees,
500 00
" Incidentals,
74 27
358 31
" L. V. Cemetery,
314 30
" Collectors Fees,
150 00
370 00
" Miscellaneous,
1,512 92
381 89
$21,452 36
$6,058 77
Total available for expenditures,
. $27,511 13
Amount of orders,
$21,452 36
reserved,
6,058 77
Total, $27,511 13
We trust that the above tabular statements will be satisfac- tory to the taxpayers, who are responsible for the appropria- tions made, and, therefore, for the high or low rate of tax resulting therefrom, while in drawing upon such appropriations, it is the right and duty of the Selectmen to consider the cor- rectness of the bills presented, and, as coming within the province of municipal obligation, to pay, or otherwise, as the case may be. This rule we have followed.
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There is a large balance of unappropriated and incidental money left for future contingencies.
While we would not advise increased taxation in any direc- tion, unless advancing the Town's interest therein, - in defer- ence to the judgment of those upon whom we can rely for their practical knowledge and experience in the matter,-we rec- ommend a larger appropriation for more thorough and extended repairs of our highways, or else special appropriations, to be expended under special agents, in different localities of the Town, or petitions to the County Commissioners for improve- ments in such localities will be called for.
Which is preferable we leave to the decision of the legal voters. We incline to the opinion, however, that an increase of the regular appropriation in a series of years, would be found to be less burdensome. We make this statement on account of the frequent complaints by residents, as well as non- residents, of the bad condition of our roads, and comparisons made with the roads in surrounding towns.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. H. BOODEY, GEO. F. KEEP, Selectmen. WM. HAMMOND,
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WAYLAND, Fcb'y 1, 1878.
The above financial statement is correct.
S. REEVES, Auditor. FEB. 1, 1878.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
REGISTRATION.
Number of Births for the year 1877 :
Whole number recorded,
45
Males,
24
Females,
21
Of Native parentage,
21
" Foreign
12
Number of Marriages,
16
Natives,
28
Foreign,
4
Number of Deaths,
32
Males,
17
Females,
15
Native born,
24
Foreign,
7
Unknown,
1
Number under 7 years,
17
over 70 “
4
Oldest person, 93 years.
Some of the causes of death returned are as follows :
Consumption and diseases of the lungs,
8
Infantile,
7
Diphtheria,
3
Accidental,
3
HENRY WIGHT, Town Clerk.
WAYLAND, Feb. 1, 1878.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors respectfully submit the following report :
APPROPRIATIONS ASSESSED FOR 1877.
For Credit Bills, $1,405 88
Sinking Fund,
3,000 00
" Interest on Town Debt,
2,700 00
" Schools, Fuel and Janitors' Services,
3,600 00
" Hall in Cochituate,
700 00
" Support of Poor,
500 00
" Highways and Bridges,
1,200 00
" Suit, Adams vs. Wayland,
500 00
" Filling, draining and cementing School-house cellar in Cochituate,
500 00
" Town Library, all expenses,
390 00
" Lakeview Cemetery in Cochituate,
300 00
" Incidental expenses,
300 00
" Collector's Fee,
270 00
" Violation of Liquor Law,
200 00
" Bridge near R. Hammonds, 150 00
" Water expense in Cochituate,
100 00
Total Town Appropriations,
$15,815 88
State Tax,
930 00
County Tax,
545 29
Total to be assessed,
$17,291 17
Overlayings,
63 50
Additional assessments, &c.,
42 34
Total assessed,
$17,397 01
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The total valuation of estates on the first day of May, 1877, was one million one hundred forty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-three dollars, recorded as follows :
(1.)
Valuation of Real Estate,
$903,629 00
Personal Estate
240 644 00
Total Valuation of Estates,
$1,144,273 00
(2.)
Valuation of Resident Real Estate,
$845,857 00
Non " 66 57,772 00
66 Resident Personal Estate,
240,059 00
66 Non " 66 66
585 00
Total Valuation of Estates,
$1,144,273 00
(3.)
VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATES.
Resident,
$1,085,916 00
Non Resident,
58,357 00
Total Valuation of Estates,
$1,144,273 00
AMOUNTS ASSESSED.
State Tax,
$930 00
County Tax,
545 29
Town Appropriations,
15,815 88
Amount Ordered to be Assessed,
$17,291 17
Overlayings,
63 50
Additional Assessments,
42 34
Total Assessed, $17,397 01
The amount assessed on the above valuation, at the rate of 1.42 per cent., or $14 20 per $1,000, gives recorded as follows :
(A.)
Tax on Real Estate,
$12,831 73
Personal Estate,
3,416 94
Total Tax on Estates,
$16,248 67
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(B.)
Tax on Resident Real Estate,
Non “ 66
$12,011 33 820 40
Resident Personal Estate,
3,408 63
Non "
8 31
Total Tax on Estates,
$16,248 67
(C.)
Tax on Real and Personal Estates Resident, $15,419 96
Non Resident, 828 71
Total Tax on Estates, $16,248 67
Tax on 553 Polls at $2 each, 1,106 00
Additional Tax,
42 34
Total Tax,
$17,397 01
The rate per cent. of tax gives as overlayings ($63 50), an amount equal to nearly eight per cent. only of the addition allowed by law, viz., $809 25.
Increase in Real Estate Valuation, $27,995 00
Decrease in Personal Estate Valuation,
348 00
Increase, as per Record, $27,647 00
Number of Poll Tax Payers,
553
who pay only a Poll Tax, 294
66 66 " Taxes upon Estates, besides Polls, 259
553
Total, Excess of the First Class,
35
Number of Houses,
314
" Horses,
331
" Cows,
646
" Oxen,
32
" Swine,
338
" Dogs,
145
١١ " Acres Taxed,
9,3075
Enrolled as Soldiers, 260
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We deem it proper to make the following statements :
First, - There are quite a number of house-lots, varying in area from an eighth to an acre or more, also parcels of wood- land, pastures, &c., of several acres cach, standing upon the Valuation Book, twice taxed,-from no fault of the Assessors, but from neglect of the previous owner to notify in time of the transfer. In almost all cases these lots are detached from one of several pieces of different quantity and value, so that it is impossible to make a correct record of the reduction in acres and price to the former owner, without a seasonable notice.
Second, - The law requires each tax-payer to give in to the Assessors, within the time specified in the posted notices, a written list of polls and taxable estates, subscribed and sworn to, containing a description of the kind of personal and classes of real estate, and not the estimated value by the owner. The Assessors have no right to waive the bringing in of such list. It will be seen that the trouble and inconvenience arising from not giving in the list until after the time has expired, and the work of assessing commenced, is in altering the valuation as recorded, computing another rate of tax, with a new tax-table, erasing every record made, with new entries in place thereof.
Third, - It is often said that, as there is no penalty attaching in not presenting the list, the Assessors must pursue the next best course, and, if the tax-payer is assessed more than his proportionate part, he has a right to demand an abatement.
The reply is, first, The Assessors are not authorized to act as guardians, either by special appointment or by election, of the private interests of any tax-payer whatever, and, therefore, are not responsible for any neglect on the part of the person assessed. Second, The penalty is indirect and remote, the non-compliance with the law operating to prevent the taxpayer from legally making a demand for abatement.
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We also recommend that a new valuation be taken the pres- ent year, for the reason of the great depreciation of property and dissatisfaction among the taxpayers.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
HORACE HEARD, Assessors SAMUEL M. THOMAS, of
HORATIO G. HAMMOND,
Wayland.
WAYLAND, Feb. 1, 1878.
The items of tax, and valuation, &c., contained in the above report are correct.
S. REEVES, Auditor. WAYLAND, Feb. 1, 1878.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
The Assessors' warrant to the Collector contains the following- items of tax, the total of which is the sum assessed and to be collected.
State Tax,
$930 00
County Tax,
545 29
Town "
15,815 88
Overlayings,
63 50
Additional Assessment,
42 34
Total Assessed, $17,397 01
By a vote of the Town, after deducting the County Tax, one half of the remainder is to be paid on or before the first Mon- day in October ; the balance on or before the last Monday in December.
Paid County Treasurer, County Tax, $545 29
$16,851 72
Amount due Town Treasury,
First Monday in October,
8,425 86
Paid to Town Treasury as follows :
$537 67
Aug. 14, Sept. 17, Oct. 1,
700 00
4,692 49
66
800 00
Amount paid on amount due, $6,730 16
Amount due and unpaid on first payment, 1,695 70
Total amount due,
$10,121 56
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Oct. 3,
$825 35
" 11, 402 93
“ 20, 500 00
Nov. 7,
325 00
" 20,
700 25
" 27, 701 02
Total paid on second payment, $3,454 55 Amount due and unpaid on second payment,
Jan. 8, $657 00
" 26,
1,597 89
Total, $2,254 89
Amount paid during Financial Year, $12,439 60
due end of 66 $4,412 12
Interest charged, by order of the Town, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, upon all unpaid taxes after first Monday in October.
Amount of Interest collected and paid to Treas. to date, $74 20
Respectfully presented.
EDWARD POUSLAND, Collector.
WAYLAND, Feb. 1, 1878.
An examination of the Collector's tax book, and receipts for payments made, with the interest account, shows the above statements to be correct.
S. REEVES, Auditor.
WAYLAND, Feb. 1, 1878.
$6,667 01
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts from all Sources for the Year Ending Feb. 1st, 1878.
Balance in Treasurer's hands, Feb. 1st, 1877, $636 02
CASH FROM THE COLLECTION OF 1876, AS FOLLOWS : Feb. 3, 1877, received,
$255 75
Mar. 3, "
359 51
“ 17, " 142 50
‘ 21, 666
516 25
“ 28, “
483 67
6 31, "
380 49
April 2, “
235 00
14, "
187 00
May 7, "
170 00
" 31, "
194 96
June 20, " 66
319 42
July 21, “
209 62
Aug. 4, “ 66
162 75
" 14, "
200 00
66 14,
169 82
"' 25, "
82 83
Sept. 18, " 66
205 30
Oct. 1, “
90 00
5, “
53 10
CASH FROM THE COLLECTOR OF 1877.
Aug. 14, 537 67
700 00
Sept. 17, Oct. 1,
4,692 49
800 00
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Oct. 3,
$825 35
" 11, 402 93
" 20,
500 00
Nov. 7,
325 00
" 20,
700 25
66 27,,
701 02
Jan. 8,
657 00
" 26,
1,597 89
April, 6, Cash from Selectmen, Aucts. License,
4 00
13, 66 Centre Hay Scales,
14 75
( 4,
W. G. Roby,
1,905 88
June 19,
1,000 00
Dec. 1,
Corporation Tax,
182 50
66 66 66 National Bank Tax,
1,008 82
State Aid,
343 32
Jan. 26,
Interest on Taxes,
74 20
" 25, 66 Income Mass. School Fund,
184 65
279 30
Jan. 29, Hay Scales at Cochituate, for the years 1875-6, 53 65
Jan 7, 1878, Donation Fund, Dea. Baldwin, Treas., 12 00
Total,
$22,556 66
Amount paid out,
18,310 55
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1878, $4,246 11
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT WITH TREASURER.
The Collector's account of 1876 stands as follows :
Balance due and unpaid first Monday in Feb., 1877, $4,960 32
Paid Feb. 3, 1877,
255 75
“ Mar. 3, "
359 51
66 " 17,
142 50
" 25,
516 25
" 28,
483 67
" 31,
380 49
Apr. 2,
235 00
"6 14, 187 00
May 7, 170 00
4.6 " 31,
194 96
Dog Licenses for 1876,
19
Paid June 20, 1877,
319 42
" July 21, 66 209 62
" Aug. 4, 66
162 75
" 14,
200 00
66
169 82
" 25, 66
82 83
" Sept. 18,
205 30
" Oct. 1,
90 00
66
5,
53 10
Total, $4,417 97
Balance due and unpaid at the end of the Financial
Year, Feb. 1, 1878, $542 35
Edward Pousland, Collector, in account with Horace Heard, Treasurer.
By vote of the Town, after deducting the County Tax from the whole amount ordered to be collected, one half of the re- mainder shall be paid to the Treasurer on or before the first Monday in October, the balance on or before the last Monday in December.
Amount Assessed,
$17,397 01
Deduct County Tax,
545 29
Amount due Town Treasurer,
$16,851 72
Amount due first Monday in Oct.,
8,425 86
Paid Aug. 14,
$537 67
" Sept. 17,
700 00
" Oct. 1,
4,692 49
66.
800 00
Amt. paid on Amt. due,
$6,730 16
Amt. due and unpaid on first payment,
$1,695 70
Total Amt. due,
$10,121 56
Paid Oct. 3,
$825 35
6 11,
402 93
6 20,
500 00
Nov. 7,
325 00
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20
Paid “ 20,
700 25
66 66 27,
701 02
Amt. paid on Amt. due,
$3,454 55
Amt. due and unpaid, Dec. 31, 1877.
$6,667 01
Jan. 8, 1878, " 26, "
1,597 89
Total, $2,254 89
Amount paid during the Financial Year, 12,439 60
due end 66 66
4,412 12
Expenditures from the Treasury from Mar. 1, 1877, to Feb. 1, 1878.
CREDIT BILLS.
Appropriation April 2,
$1,405 88
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66
21 90
Total, $1,427 78
Stationery, &c.,
72 92
Paid, T. A. Merrill, keys for School Buildings, Ink, Fountains, Blackboard Pointers, &c., 4 40
" J. S. Draper, services as Engineer on South Cem- etery, and Stationery, 13 53
" O. W. Harris, labor and cash paid labor on School Building and Hay Scales in Cochituate, 30 73
Geo. A. Rice, labor on Highway, 10 60
66 J. N. Cochran, care of Library at Cochituate, 50 00
H. Wight, services as Town Clerk, recording births, deaths and marriages. Cash paid post-, age, expressing, &c., 66 97
" Elias Hodge, services as School Committee, 50 00
66 Cash for care of School-rooms, 88 00
66 " washing " 9 00
66 66 Crayons, 50
$147 50
Cash received for rent of Hall,
94 50
$53 00
55 20
Paid H. F. Lee, labor on Highway,
$657 00
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Paid L. H. Sherman, services as Selectman,! 25 00
" Wm. C. Grout, services as Sealer of Weights and Measures, 4 00
" T. H. Simpson, to procuring and posting War- rants, and notifying Town Officers, 11 50
" E. A. Peirce, to care of Town Hall, $20 00
Cash paid for labor on same, 2 50
$22 50
16 50
Cash received for use of Hall, $6 00
Paid T. A. Merrill, services as School Committee, 50 00
" C. H. Bryden, labor on Highways,
9 20
" C. W. Dascomb, labor on School building, 5 50
66 A. Bryant, goods furnished lock-up in Cochituate, 3 50
66 J. A. Bent, services as Assessor, 14 00
66 C. Bridges, to making Guide-boards, 3 00
French & Dakin, stove for School building at Cochituate, 1 75
" E. P. Butler, Books, Crayons, Oils, &c., 53 18
" C. Bridges, labor and lumber on High School building in centre of Wayland, 145 32
" Parker & Co., expressing on books for Library, &c., 3 30
" Parker & Co., expressing on books for Library to and from Wayland and Cochituate, 50 00
" M. E. Society, rent of land for Lockup, 25 00
$6 J. C. Butterfield, services as Overseer, cash paid expenses, Supt. Cemetery at Cochituate, return 50 00 of deaths, 60 25
T. A. Dean, stone for Cemetery at Cochituate, 14 00
" Cyrus Lee, labor on School building, 1 00
T. J. Damon, services as Selectman, 25 00
" Stickney & Son, stove fixtures for School building, 7 91
L. K. Lovell, care of Town Clock, and cash paid repairing same, 20 75
" C. & J. A. Underwood, labor and lumber on School building in Cochituate, 48 37
" Edward Carter, services as Overseer of the Poor, 20 00
" J. S. Draper, services as Librarian, with an assis- for one year, 125 00
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Paid Horace Heard, services as Assessor, and cash paid assistant, 60 00
Horace Heard, services as Town Treasurer, 25 00
G. W. Dixon, labor and lumber on School building, 2 76
T. S. Sherman, labor on Highway,
36 40
Abel Glezen, services as Selectman,
25 00
E. A. Pierce, services as Auditor,
E. A. Pierce, services as School Committee, 50 00
Cash received for stove pipe,
1 00
66 " apples, 75
$1 75 $48 25
Geo. Phinney, printing of Town Warrants, 7 00
Supplimental Catalogues, 10 00
66 C. M. Pierce, gravel for Highway, 12 00
J. A. Draper, services as Assessor, 15 00
" T. S. Sherman, services as Overseers of Poor, Cash paid postage and stationery, 20 66
Joseph Bullard, returning deaths and repairs on hearse, 4 25
" Sterling School Manuf'g Co., furniture for School building in Cochituate, 39 83
" J. M. Cochrane, crayons for South School, 6 75
Total, $1,427 78
, INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Unexp. Balance, Feb. 1, $132 58
300 00
Appro.,
Total, $432 58
Mar. 3, paid, Wm. Videon, plastering Grammar School house, 2 00
" 17, " Edward Carter, making, painting and let- tering guide boards,
12 50
Oct. 3, George Phinney, printing, 9 00
" 4, Chas. H. Boodey, copying, expressing, recording and postage, 19 27
Dec. 6, " George Phinney, printing, 23 00
25 00
23
Jan. 8, 1878, paid Chas. H. Boodey, printing, copying, postage, 8 50
Total,
$74 27
Unexp. Balance,
358 31
UNAPPROPRIATED MONEY.
Unexp. Balance, Feb 1,
$867 19
Cash from Centre Hay Scales,
14 75
Selectmen, Auct. license,
4 00
Overlayings on Taxes,
63 50
Corporation Tax,
182 50
National Bank Tax,
1,008 82
State Aid,
343 32
Additional Ass'mts.,
42 34
66
Interest on Taxes,
74 20
Hay Scales, Cochituate, for 1875-76,
53 65
Total, $2,654 27
Paid George Phinney, printing Town Reports, $64 00
J. S. Draper, binding books, making book-boxes, &c., 13 85
Chas. H. Boodey, medical attendance,
9 00
Wm. Hapgood, care poor,
89 84
Orrin Loker, damage to wagon,
21 50
J. Hastings' estate, printing,
47 82
T. W. Frost, painting guide-boards,
15 00
S. M. Thomas, abatement of Taxes,
94 35
B. & A. Railroad, transportation,
7 60
W. C. Johnson, repairs on Town Clock,
30 00
Jas. W. Forbush, insuring Grammar School house in Cochituate, 160 00
Charles Bridges, repairs of School-building, Transfers to Credit Bills,
21 90
Paid to S. D. Bryden, repairing bridge, 23 70
" T. W. Frost, work at Town Library,
34 30
Fisher & Son, pump for School building,
15 00
66 John F. Elliott, abatement of Taxes,
4 26
66 Sterling School Fur. Co., furniture for School building at Cochituate, 200 00
2 80
24
Paid French & Dakin, stove and pipe for School build- ing at Cochituate, 51 46
Sylvester Reeves, services as Auditor, from '77 to '78, 30 00 5 95
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