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9 25
" N. F. Roel, services before County Commis- sioners, - 12 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,567 02
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Amount brought forward,
$1,567 02
Paid George Talbot, services before County Com- missioners, 12 00
Luther Briggs, surveying Union Street, -
12 00
66 Eleazer Beal, Howard Street, - 5 00
Hiram C. Alden, copying tax and stock, -
10 00
services on military record, 5
years, - -
100 00
Wm. H. Warren, expenses and time selling engine houses, -
20 00
Jacob Whitcomb, expenses to New Bedford, 8 25
For special police duty, July 3, 4, and 5, -
44 00
Selectmen, expenses and cash paid on town business to Boston and other places, on roads, suits, pauper cases, exam- ining records, etc., - -
96 59
John Long, teams, etc., .
28 50
J. N. Foster, cutting wood, . -
2 50
.' For copies, counsel and expenses in Bagley case, F -
13 50
For recording Deeds, copies, etc., - -
4 50
William H. Warren, services as Constable, -
25 00
~ For distributing town reports, -
-
4 25
G. A. Burrell, labor and material, -
2 75
Sundry bills for expenses, repairs, printing, etc.,
117 15
$2,073 03
The undersigned, Auditors of Accounts for the financial year ending March 1st, 1870, hereby report that they have ex- amined the books and accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correct and properly vouched.
ROYAL W. TURNER,
NATHAN A. TOLMAN, Auditors. THOMAS WEST.
RANDOLPH, March 10, 1870.
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ALMSHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
Appraisal of Stock, Furniture, Provisions, etc., March 1,
1870.
1 horse, -
-
$250 00
1 Jersey calf, -
-
-
-
25 00
19 hens, -
.
.
-
19 00
1 1-2 tons hay,
.
1
45 00
1 horse cart,
105 00
1 farm wagon,
-
125 00
Harnesses,
.
-
50 00
1 wheelbarrow, -
.
-
-
6 00
1 grindstone, -
-
-
-
15 00
4 scythes and snaths,
-
6 00
5 rakes,
1 25
7 hay and manure forks,
5 50
6 shovels, -
7 00
1 plow, - -
-
-
7 00
1 cultivator,
-
-
10 00
1 iron bar and 1 pick,
-
-
3 50
1 sawhorse, -
87
5 hoes,
-
2 25
2 axes, 2 hatchets and bill hook,
-
5 62
1 bbl. soap, -
5 00
125 bush. potatoes, -
-
100 00
9 lbs. tea, - -
-
-
-
8 10
4 " saleratus, -
-
-
.
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10 " cream tartar,
3 60
10 gals. molasses, -
.
.
5 08
17 iron bedsteads, -
127 50
4 army blankets, -
4 00
16 navy
-
-
-
38 00
18 blue mixed blankets, .. . - -
31 50
Amount carried forward,
$1,012 09
-
-
-
.
-
-
-
.
.
-
.
-
-
26
Amount brought forward,
$1,012 09
7 colored bed spreads, -
10 50
7 feather beds,
70 00
16 under
·
32 00
26 single sheets,
18 20
29 double “
23 20
44 pillow cases,
24 20
20 feather pillows,
23 00
14 towels, -
2 00
Table cloths,
14 87
6 wooden trunks,
6 00
3 dining tables,
16 00
2
.
10 50
6 light stands,
8 25
62 chairs, ·
49 75
1 ash bbl., sifter, hod and shovel, -
.
8 00
1 cooking stove and furniture,
84 75
6 flat-irons,
3 25
1 hammer, -
·
-
1 25
1 wood saw,
1 30
Steelyards,
1 50
Crockery ware,
75 14
Wooden
36 20
Tin
20 29
3 cords wood,
15 00
5} tons coal,
60 75
300 lbs. pork,
66 00
40 " beef, .
4 80
40 " lard,
.
.
.
.
8 00
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.
.
.
-
$1,807 51
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NAMES OF PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMS- HOUSE DURING THE YEAR, ENDING MARCH 1, 1870.
Ebenezer Holbrook,
Fannie W. Veazie, *
Jonathan Mann,
Alletta B. Veazie,
Ebenezer Thayer,
Benjamin G. Veazie,
Susan Thayer, *
Clarence B. Veazie,
Polly Copeland,
Nellie Veazie, *
Eunice Delano,
Kate A. Veazie,
Sarah Crane,
William E. Brown, *
Betsy M. Eddy,
Susan Pratt, *
Sarah M. Jones,
Jane Weathee, ±
Sarah Etta Jones Law,
John A. Sylvester, *
Charles Jones,
Celia Sylvester, *
Mary Ella Jones,
Willie B. Sylvester, *
Mary Mullins,
William Stetson, *
Timothy Mullins,
Patrick Kiley, *
Julia Mullins,
Keilah H. Kennedy,
Lydia Smith,
Peter Rierdon,
Adeline G. Kennedy, +
Gideon Howard, 3d,
Mary F. Veazie,
Lorenzo D. Eddy.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1870.
In closing the report of the Selectmen, the following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consideration of the Town :
For Schools (estimate of School Committee), $10,300 00 Repairs, Furniture and Incidental expenses, 1,200 00
Highways, 3,000 00 -
66 General Town expenses, - - 17,000 00
Reducing Town Debt, -
. 5,000 00
6. Fire Department, -
. 2,450 00
$38,950 00
* Discharged.
t Deceased.
# Expense refunded.
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ALMSHOUSE.
As was anticipated, the expenses for the relief of the poor under the present system have been largely diminished ; and while the cost has been three thousand dollars less than the previous year (under a different management), yet in no instance has charity been refused. It is the belief, from last year's experience, that the poor are better cared and pro- vided for in a family by themselves, than as supported for- merly. As improvements are made on the farm, and its productiveness thereby increased, the expenses will be still further reduced.
TOWN DEBT.
The debt of the town, as will be seen by the Report of the Treasurer on March 1st, 1869, was $88,718.50 ; March 1st, 1870, was $78,626.26 ; making a reduction of $10,092.24 the past year, while in addition thereto, the new engine- house and land at South Randolph have been paid for, the town making no appropriation for the same. It is earnestly recommended that an appropriation for the annual payment on the State Loan ($5,000) be made by the town at the annual meeting, which, with the other usual appropriations, and the same economy, will make a similar, or even greater reduction in the town debt the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. WHITE BELCHER, Selectmen H. B. ALDEN, of
JOHN UNDERHAY, Randolph.
RANDOLPH, March 1, 1870.
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COPY OF BY-LAWS,
Adopted by the town of Randolph, at their annual meeting holden on the 6th day of April, 1868.
1st. Any minor in the town of Randolph, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, who shall be convicted of being an habitual truant from school, or who shall be con- victed of wandering about in the streets or public places of said town, having no lawful occupation or business, not at- tending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be punished for each offence, by fine not exceeding twenty dollars to be recovered to the use of the town, or by confinement in any such institution of instruction, house of reformation, or suitable situation, provided by the town for the purpose, for such time, not exceeding two years, as the Court or Justice having jurisdiction of the case may determine.
2d. The compensation of the Court or Justice before whom warrants issued under this by-law are returned, and the Truant Officer making service thereon, shall be the same as now taxed and allowed in criminal prosecutions.
A true copy : attest, HIRAM C. ALDEN, Town Clerk. Approved May 8, 1868.
HENRY VOSE, J. S. C.
A true copy of By-laws and of the Approval.
Attest, ERASTUS WORTHINGTON, Clerk.
STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
Since the last annual report, there has been no change in the investments of " The Stetson School Fund," which now consists of the following stocks, viz. :
Io shares Elliot National Bank,
Boston, 66
(par) $1,000
IO
Webster, “ 66
1,000 .
IO
66 Hide & Leather National Bank,
"
1,000
IO
66 Shoe & Leather
66
66
66
66
1,000
IO
66 Boylston
66
1,000
IO
66 Tremont
66
66
1,000
20
Old Boston
66
1,000
I3
Shawmut "
66
66
1,300
13
66
Randolph
66
Randolph,
1,300
1,000
IO
Exchange
$10,600
A total of ten thousand and six hundred dollars. The ac- count current presented herewith shows a cash balance of one hundred eighteen dollars fifty-seven cts. ($118.57) with no out- standing bills. The Trustees have heretofore been annoyed, by the fact that while the school year, so far as the teachers' salary is concerned, closes with the summer term, the regu- lar "financial" year of the term is continued to March ; hence they have it this time embraced in their account payments for one year and three fourths (13); or, to the conclusion of the present term (March 31st). The salary of Mr. Deane was raised in September last to fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The Trustees have but little to add to the tenor of their previous reports with regard to the school the past year. The attendance has averaged about forty-five (45) scholars, and commendable progress made by the pupils who have availed themselves continuously of the opportunities offered ; of this however the public will be better enabled to
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judge by attending the annual examination, on Thursday, 31st inst., to which all are cordially invited by the Trustees and Mr. Deane. The Trustees would renewedly urge upon parents and friends more frequent visits to the school, at their convenience, during term seasons.
This report should not be closed without an allusion to the pleasing character of the re-union of past and present mem- bers of the school in December last when so many were en- abled to renew old associations, greet respected teachers, and cheer companions on in life's continued journey.
DANIEL HOWARD, - Trustees of JOHN L. FRENCH, Stetson School
JOHN F. PORTOR, Fund.
SETH TURNER, Secretary.
RANDOLPH, March 10, 1870.
The subscribers certify that they have, as required by the terms of Hon. Amasa Stetson's donation, examined the account of the " Trustees of the Stetson School Fund," and find the same correct, with proper certificates for the investments in bank stock, all of which are in the hands of the Secretary. The cash balance on hand is $118.57.
J. WHITE BELCHER Selectmen H. B. ALDEN, of
JOHN UNDERHAY, Randolph.
RANDOLPH, March 10, 1870.
DR.
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
CR.
Notes to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note No. 98, to Beulah Hunt, I
$65,000 00 1,000 00
Value of Eight Shares R. N. Bank Stock, Balance due on Tax, 1869,
$1,200 00
" Nos. 121, 154, 224, 236, 244, Patrick McMahon, -
134, to Joshua Hunt,
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-
202 35
due from other towns,
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-
83 01
179, 256, to Lemuel Wentworth,
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-
500 00
217, 242, to Esther J. Thayer,
800 00
221, to George H. Nichols,
200
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-
500 00
66
240, to John Fitzgerald,
1,000 00
241, to Bradford Thayer,
400 00
66 243, to Esther Thayer,
500 00
to Angeline Thayer, -
700 00
to Samuel S. Mann,
1,800 00
to Randolph National Bank,
15,000 00
Estimated amount of Interest due,
1,000 00
1
353 25
in hands of Treasurer,
4,680 13
State Aid due from State,
-
8,583 00
228 00
167, to Ebenezer Moulton,
900 00
1,600 00
66 due on R. Adams Note, Balance,
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-
600 00
184, to Elizabeth Pendergrass,
100 00
78,626 26
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-
225, to Anna Thayer,
300 00
230, to Washington Thayer,
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.
-
$94,328 00
$94,328 00
Liabilities reduced during the year,
$10,092 24
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2,800 00
State Pauper account,
210, to Prescott E. Wilbur,
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DR. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, IN ACCU. JNT WITH HIRAM C. ALDEN, TREASURER. CR.
Paid Town Orders, Nos. I to 448 inclusive, $36,379 57
Balance. .
$2,454 37 .
Received for Treasury Notes issued,
. 19,700 00
Interest on do., · ·
6297 29
Tax Bill, 1869,
·
48,910 65
State Tax, 1869, . . 7900 00
43 00
Non-resident Bank Tax,
458 08
29 50
State Treasurer, Liquor Sales, ·
93 97
6 · H. C. Alden, Treasurer, .
100 00
Sextons returning deaths, and Town Clerk recording births, marriages and deaths,
74 25
Stamps, paper, etc., Clerk and Treasurer, Balance, ·
$6,533 38
-
of Liquor Sellers, per cent on Sales,
36 61
66
of Pedlar for License,
11 00
for Rent of Engine Houses, Relief, $18.40 ; Independence, $4; Fear- less, $39.25 ; Aquarius, $60,
121 65
for Bills refunded,
232 47
of S. S. Committee, refunded,
29 00
E. M. Roel, Extra Poll Taxes, 1868, 6 00
66
Error in Tax, 1868, ·
58 08
of Town of Middleboro,
·
15 00
" City of Boston,
38 50
Town of Stoughton, .
26 00
66
" Abington,
46 26
" North Bridgewater,
122 50
for Engine Houses Sold, Aquarius, $300 ; Relief, 210,
510 00
ROYAL W. TURNER, THOMAS WEST, Auditors.
Crayons and Lumber,
2 95
Town of Dorchester,
50 50
N. A. TOLMAN,
" Scituate,
38 00
of Town Farm,
340 94
of County Treasurer, for Dog Licenses,
402 40
.
353 25
Cash and Bills,
.
4,680 13
Notes Receivable, ·
700 00
$6,533 38 *
The subscribers, Auditors of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Randolph, for the year ending February 28th, 1870, have ex- amined the accounts of Hiram C. Alden, Treas- urer, with care, and have found the same correctly cast, and properly vouched with suitable entries.
$83,548 04
$83,548 40
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·
RANDOLPH, March 11, 1870.
Rent of Schoolhouses, 4, $12 ; 9, $17.50, of State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
66 State Aid,
5,900 00
State Paupers,
264 42
66
State School Fund,
329 80
Randolph National Bank Dividends, of R. Adams, on act. of Note,
96 00
66
100 00
of E. M. Roel, interest on Taxes, 1868,
233 12
Bank Stock, 800 00 ·
E. M. Roel, Tax,
II 50
Treasury Notes,
·
25,700 00
·
Salt Grass, sold,
3,399 68
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·
.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE STETSON HIGH-SCHOOL FUND.
1869.
DR.
1869.
CR.
March. To Bilance of last year's account, Six mos. Div'd. Shawmut Bank, { $50
$827 0S
January 9. By paying M. M. Alden, bill material and labor,
April.
Webster Bank, 40
22.
" V. H. Deane, six months' salary, · $10 19
600 00
April 3. three months' salary,
300 00
Shoe & Leather Bank, 60
2. Ralph Houghton, speakers' stand, 8 00
27 20
Old Boston Bank,
50
July
May 24. V. H. Deane, bill sundrie's, three months' salary, 8.
300 00
Boylston Bank, 70
Randolph Bank, 78
-508 00 75 00
Sept. 29. " Randolph National Bank, rent, ·
Oct. 1. " Six mos. Div'd Randolph Nat'l Bank,
78
Tremont Bank,
50
75 00
Sept. 16.
" Bill setting glass, cleaning room and labor, 7 50
Exchange Bank,
60
24.
" One ton coal,
12 50
Oct. 2. John B. Thayer, repair chimnies,
37 00
. .
Eliot Bank.
50
7. R. W. Turner & Co. 4 245-2000 tons* coal, 47 41
Wilder & Co. paper for school, 4 00
Smith 8 baskets charcoal .
2 56
300 00
John Loring, repair settees, V. H. Deane, on account of salary 5.
4 50
March.
Six months' rent of Randolph National 75 00 Bank, to April 1st, . Cash of sundry persons for use of the Hall during the year, 435 80
Nov. 1870. January 21. and to carry payments to April 1st, to meet the Financial year 10. March 10. of the town, " Trustees and Secretary for one year's services,
1,125 00
20 00
2,640 86
Balance to new account,
118 57
$2,759 43
$2,759 43
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50- 523 00
Interest Item,
15 55
·
Annual appropriation of the town,
Dec. 16. 1870.
Shawmut Bank, Webster Bank,
65
40
Boylston Bank,
70
Old Boston Bank,
Additional in consideration of time given to make the school term conform to termination of other schools in town.
60 00
Exchange Bank,
care of room one year,
Eliot Bank, 50
Tremont Bank, 50
Shoe & Leather, Bank, 60
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SELECTMEN OF RANDOLPH, GENTLEMEN : -
The Engineers of the Fire Department of Randolph, would respectfully submit the following Report. The expenses of the Department have been as follows : -
AQUARIUS, No. 1.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid S. A. Vining, 3 gallons neats-foot oil,
- $6 00
D. Brosnehan, Steward, - - 13 25
43 men, for services, - 301 00
$320 25
For the year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid A. H. Stark, varnishing engine, - $12 50
D. Brosnehan, Steward, - 12 00 -
Repairing hose, - - -
75
W. Cartwright, belts, etc., -
7 75
Southworth & Haydon, supplies, - 2 63
D. Thayer, drawing engine, -
3 00
J. King, Steward, -
11 87
S. G. Cheever, repairs, - -
3 25
$374, 00
INDEPENDENCE, No. 2.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid T. N. French, supplies,
- $4 59
Steward, - 29 50
50 men, for services, - 350 00
$384 09
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For the Year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid A. H. Stark, varnishing engine, - $12 00
James Meaney, Steward, -
4 23
Wm. Campbell, repairs, - -
3 00
Preston Abbott, Steward, -
6 12
W. Cartwright, belts, -
.
3 00
S. Willard, oil, -
-
6 00
F. Porter, supplies, -
-
6 50
R. W. Turner & Co., supplies, - 15 30
$440 24
FEARLESS, No. 3. For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid S. Howard, Steward,
$17 00
" 50 men, for services, 350 00
$367 00
For the Year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid Wm. Campbell, repairs, -
- $6 00
Drag rope, -
8 50
Repairing hose, - -
8 75
W. Cartwright, belts, -
5,60
G. H. & C. Prescott, supplies, 3 01
Varnishing and repairs, -
15 00
W. H. Willis, repairs, -
75
66 H. N. Stone, -
-
3 50
R. T. Mann, wood, -
-
4 00
J. A. Littlefield, repairs, -
-
75
C. Estabrook, expressing, -
1 75
G. M. & C. Prescott, supplies, - 80
$425 41
RELIEF, No. 4.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid E. Whitcomb, Steward, - $8 00 -
42 men, for services, 294 00 -
$302 00
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For the Year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid E. Whitcomb, Steward, - $6 75
" Joseph Belcher, varnishing en- gine, - 10 50
" Repairing hose, - -
3 25
" E. Whitcomb, Steward, -
8 00
Baker & Thayer, - 3 98 .
$334 48
FIRE KING, No. 5.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid G. A. Burrell, Steward, - - $5 50
50 men for services, - 350 00
$355 50
For the Year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid L. White, Steward, -
-
$12 25
Repairing hose, - -
-
11 63
Repairs on engine, -
-
4 00
" J. Loring, repairs, -
1 50
A. H. Stark, varnishing engine, -
12 00
16 R. W. Turner & Co., coal for house and lock-up, -
11 50
L. White, Steward, - -
8 50
Wm. Campbell, repairs, - -
5 00
W. Cartwright, belts, etc.,
10 55
S. G. Cheever, repairs, -
11 50
L. White, Steward, -
.
5 75
" J. Loring, repairs, -
-
4 00
T. Fardy, repairs, -
7 50
R. W. Turner & Co., supplies, - 8 76
-
$469 94
PIONEER HOOK AND LADDER, NO. 1.
For the Year to March 1st, 1870. Paid L. White, Steward, $3 25
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1869.
Paid Board of Engineers, supplies $14 00
" E. E. Lothrop, seats for Fire King Hall, - 15 00
For the Year to March 1st, 1870.
Paid Mrs. Abby A. Mann, rent of
land for the Fearless House, - $10 00
Repairs on reservoir at South Randolph, 12 87
F. A. Stanley, springs on doors Fire King House, 5 00
E. G. French, rent of land Aquarius, 10 00
C. McCarty, services as Fire Police, 7 00
66 G. Wild, " 7 00
F. W. Dyer,
7 00
F. Riley, 7 00
S. Mann, 2d, rent of land Inde- pendence House, 8 00
R. Houghton, services as Engineer, 4 00
Repairs on the Independence House, 1 99 S. G. Cheever, 102 feet leading hose, 185 64 C. Estabrooks, expressing, 9 60
Patrick Bohan, damages to well, - J. B. Thayer, repairs on cistern, 5 00
3 00
C. Estabrooks, expressing, -
1 50
H. R. Bishop & Co., ladders, -
45 00
G. A. Burrell, painting, “ 1 50
John Loring, building Hook and Ladder carriage, 55 00
C. McCarty, axes for do, - -
8 00
Wm. Campbell, iron work do, 55 00
A. H. Stark, painting do,- - 45 00
$523 10
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EXPENSE OF BUILDING HOUSE FOR THE AQUA- RIUS ENGINE, BY VOTE OF TOWN.
Paid M. M. Alden, building house, - $1,688 43
T. E. Wood, for land for engine house, - 250 00
" J. L. Brown, painting, 78 00
J. D. F. Lyons, cistern building, 37 60
" Hiram Belcher, grading and labor, 189 76
Furnishing house with settees, etc., 122 23
-
-
$2,366 02
Deduct for hearse house,
650 00
Total,
$1,716 02
EXPENSES BUILDING RELIEF ENGINE HOUSE, BY VOTE OF TOWN.
Paid M. M. Alden, building engine house, - $1,307 63
J. L. Brown, painting, -
78 00
D. Faxon, for land, 32 50
" Labor and grading land - - 140 60
" Furniture for house,
215 21
$1,773 94
Received from sale of Aquarius House, $210 00
Relief
300 00
" rent of Aquarius Hall, 70 00
Independence " 4 00
Fearless Hall, - 40 00
Relief Hall, 16 85
" sale of brass and copper, 16 32
$657 17
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40
RECAPITULATION.
Aquarius, -
-
- $374 00
Independence, -
440 24
Fearless,
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.
425 41
Relief, -
.
-
334 48
Fire King,
469 94
Pioneer Hook and Ladder,
-
3 25
Miscellaneous, - - . 523 10
Build.ng Aquarius House,
- 1,716 02
Relief
- 1,773 94
Deduct amount of sales,
657 17
Whole amount,
$5,403 21
During the past year the Department has been called out to the following fires : -
March 24, 1869. - Shop of Bracken & Barrows, on Cottage Street. Cause, accidental. Insured, $500. Engines present, Fire King, Independence, and Fearless.
April 8. - Billiard-hall of S. B. Shaw. Extinguished with- out an alarm. Cause, incendiary.
April 23. - House and barn of Mr. Miller, on Weymouth Street. Engine present, Aquarius.
May 23. - Small house on Cottage Street, belonging to Mr. Joshua Thayer. Cause, incendiary. Insured, $100 Engines present, Fire King and Independence.
June 1. - Store of P. Gifford's, on Main Street. Damage slight ; insured. Cause, incendiary. Engines present, Fire King, Independence, and Fearless.
July 20. - House and barn, on Orchard Street, belonging to Mr. Henry Jones. Insured for $450. Cause, incendiary. Engines present, Fearless and Independence.
September 3. - Small house in the rear of G. H. & C. Pres- cott's store, belonging to Mr. Abial Howard. Damage, slight- Caught from chimney. Engines present, Fearless, Fire King, and Independence.
-
$6,060 38
41
September 5. - Shop adjoining house of B. O. Sullivan's, on Warren Street. Insured; damage, slight. Cause, not known. Engines present, Fire King, Independence, and Fearless.
November 26. - House on North Street, known as the Stephen Haydon Place, belonging to Seth Mann, 2d. In- cendiary. Insured, $400. Engines present, Fire King, In- dependence, and Fearless.
November 28. - Alarm of fire, house on Warren Street. . Engine present, Fire King.
February 7. - House on Vine Street, belonging to Widow Smith. Insured. Caught from chimney. Engines present, Independence and Fire King.
The several engines are located the same as last year, and have companies attached, which have responded promptly to all calls of fires and alarms, a number of which might have proved more serious, but for their presence.
The Engineers, seeing the great need of ladders and hooks at fires, have, after consulting the Selectmen, caused a Hook and Ladder Carriage to be built, to which a company has been attached, and is located in the Fire King House.
The Fearless Engine being owned by individuals (with the town constantly making repairs on it), the Engineers would recommend buying the same at a fair price, and that a committee be chosen for that purpose.
The Department labor at a disadvantage on account of a scarcity of water, and in many localities would be powerless in the dryest seasons ; and we earnestly recommend that the town renew their previous vote on reservoirs ; and also that citizens in the different parts of the town exert themselves to secure a supply sufficient to protect their property, as reser. voirs can be built that will answer all purposes at a much smaller expense than is anticipated.
We also recommend, that the town provide for an efficient Fire Police, the need of which the Engineers see at all fires, and which would be a great protection to property in case of a large fire in the most thickly-settled parts of the town.
We have expended the money appropriated by the town for hose for the Aquarius. The Department being well pro-
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vided, we will not recommend the purchase of hose the ensuing year.
During the past year, the town has appropriated money for building a new house for the Aquarius, which has been built. The town has also appropriated money for a new house for the Relief, the old one being badly damaged by the gale last September.
The town will observe that the several Houses are paying quite an income from rent of the halls, and paying in part the . extra outlay in money by the town.
In our estimation, it will be necessary to raise for the Fire Department, the ensuing year, the following sums :
Repairs, and incidental expenses, - -
$500 00 -
For pay of engine men, .
- 1,900 00
$2,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. WARREN, Chief Engineer.
CHAS. MCCARTY, )
L. WILBUR, Assistant
J. W. WHITE, Engineers.
S. D. CHASE,
E. E. LOTHROP, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The journeying of the year has reminded us of the statute requiring the School Committee to report " the condition of the several public schools, which report shall contain such statements and suggestions in rela- tion thereto, as they may deem necessary to promote the interests thereof."
Our financial ability to perform the duties devolving upon us, consisted of appropriations by the Town, and income from other sources as follows, viz. :
Appropriated by town for support of schools, $10,000 00
Arising from error in bill of 1868, 24 00
66 1869, 5 00
60 " S. H. S. Fund for Crayons, 2 70
$31 70
Arising from other sources, viz :
Income from State school fund, $329 80
from Coddington donation, 139 00
66 from North Bridgewater for schooling, 10 00
$10,510 50
Paid salaries to teachers, $8,691 31
for fuel, 813 03
The selectmen will report bills for fuel which should have been paid in 1868, 89 50
Paid for care of schoolrooms, 577 50
" to Trustees of Stetson School Fund, 300 00
-- $10,471 34
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The town also appropriated for the repairs of schoolhouses, and inci- dental expenses, $1,000 00
To which we think might be added Rent for High School House,
12 00
Rent for School House No. 4,
17 50
$1,029, 50
Paid for painting schoolhouse No. 4, $87 42 $ 66 66 No. 6, 85 21
No. 8, 253 78
Leaving for other repairs and ex-
penses, 603 09
-- $1,029 50
This sum, as has been usual for the past four or five years, has proved too small, as will be seen in Select- men's report.
The exact amount of expenditures above the appro- priation we are, at the time of writing, unable to state. The reason for this is, that charges for incidental school expenses, are entered upon bills in connection with other town expenses, and presented to the Select- men for payment, of which we had no account.
By recurring to town reports, it will be seen, that for the year 1866, with an appropriation of $500, the Com- mittee expended, $1,227 79
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