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We are happy to see, for the last four years, that the aver- age attendance has been steadily though slowly increasing. In 1859-60 the average for the year was 75 per cent. ; in 1860-61 it was 76 per cent. ; in 1861-62 it was 78 per cent. ; in 1862-63 it was 79 per cent.
There is still, as appears by the records, a loss of more than 20 per cent. of the money raised for the support of the schools ; far too much at any time, and especially in times like the present. Among the means adopted by the Committee for the benefit of the schools, are monthly reports or cards, and we think they have answered a useful purpose, as they afford the parents or guardian a reliable record of attendance, deportment, and stand- ing, which every parent is or should be anxious to know ; and they serve as incentives to punctuality, good behavior, and in- dustry. A few parents have declined signing these reports, for what reason does not appear, as their signature would be only an acknowledgment that the card had been presented to them.
We would call attention to one fact, which the reports reveal ; and that is, the great number who are dismissed by request during school hours. We are sure parents are not aware of the
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annoyance and trouble this occasions the teacher ; nor do we think many are aware how often this occurs in the case of their own children. Some allow it as a matter of course, and do not seem to consider how much time they allow their children to lose. Some we know, do it reluctantly, and only when it seems to them really necessary. We earnestly hope this evil may be abated ; for it is a fruitful source of idleness and disorder.
Greater attention to distinct articulation is needed in nearly all our schools. Pupils should be frequently exercised in the ele- mentary sounds, until they can give them clearly and accurately. Until they can do this, they can never become good readers. If early accustomed to analyze syllables and words, and give them their true sounds, they will not be apt to fall into the habit of clipping letters and mispronouncing words. Too low a tone in reading and recitation prevails in some of the schools, and is a habit difficult to overcome. In one or two schools, however, much improvement has been made during the past year ; and we hope that this fault may soon disappear from all, for it tends very greatly to diminish the effect of an otherwise good recitation, and sometimes to mar it entirely.
The conduct of scholars out of school, and while still under the care of the teacher, is a matter of great importance. What it is as regards all the schools, we cannot tell, but circumstances have forced upon our observation instances of profanity, incivility, and reckless mischief, painful and humiliating. This matter should receive the careful attention of teachers, and that provision of the law should be carefully carried out ; which provides that all teachers " shall take diligent care and exert their best en- deavors to impress on the minds of children and youth, com- mitted to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth; love to their country, humanity, and universal benevolence ; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chastity, moderation, and temperance ; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which the republican constitution is founded." We
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would earnestly press upon teachers the importance of being faithful to the spirit of the statute. This is all the more need- ful from the fact that for much the greater part of the time the pupil is under other, and sometimes opposing influences. Edu- cation is not all acquired in the school-room. With too many it is in great part picked up in the street, at the evening gather- ings, in the store, and similar places of resort, where profanity and obscenity are too often the staple of conversation, and where habits of idleness and vice are readily formed. We can hardly wonder that such associations should bear their proper fruit. The responsibility must rest upon those parents who, knowing these things, allow their children to be exposed to an influence so contaminating. In conclusion, we would earnestly call upon all the friends of our public schools to manifest in every available way their interest and sympathy, by visiting the schools, encouraging and co-operating with the teacher, and doing all in their power to elevate the tone of public opinion on the subject. We may rest assured that our schools will be just about what that public sentiment requires. No community, where a correct view of this subject prevails, will tolerate poor schools ; they cannot exist in such an atmosphere, nor can any permanent improvement be expected where a penurious policy' is adopted, and a low estimate of the value of our schools is entertained.
In a retired and quiet community like this the readiest way in which we can improve our condition, and elevate the character of. the town, is to improve and elevate the character of our schools. In those schools are those who, in coming years, are to direct the concerns and determine the character of the community, and it rests very much with us what that character shall be. Let us not have it said that our negligence or indiffer- ence has been the means of its degeneracy.
DAVID B. FORD, . JAMES SOUTHWORTH, Committee. ELISHA JACOBS,
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SUMMER SCHOOLS.
1 2 1 |No. of Dist.
Names of Teachers.
Length of
school in
months.
Wages per
Whole No.
of scholars
registered.
Average
attendance.
Per cent. of
attendance.
Not absent
during term
Not tardy
during term
Whole No.
tardinesses.
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$24 00
57
45.2
.79
2
18
208
Mary A. Ford. ..
53
20 00
42
35.7
.85
2
11
191
Tryphena Whiting.
34
30 00
51
43
.84
9
26
35
3
R. Augusta Damon. . . ..
2 8
22 00
41
31.7
.75
2
18
54.5
4
Harriet Ellms .
54
12 00
27
19.8
.74
2
13
30
5
Carrie Ford.
5
16 00
30
21.2
.70
0
11
78
6
Emily James.
43
20 00
28
24.6
. 86
2
15
21
7 Julia A. Sears.
5
20 00
42
31
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19
55
7
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10 00
30
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WINTER SCHOOLS.
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42.9
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35
81
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S. Fannie Wood ..
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24 00
43
37.3
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REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
ALSO,
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK,
ALSO,
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1864.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY ALFRED MUDGE & SON, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1864.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
ALSO,
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK,
ALSO,
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1864.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY ALFRED MUDGE & SON, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1864.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION TO TOWN OFFICERS FROM FEB. 1, 1863, TO FEB. 1, 1864.
Elisha Jacobs, services as School Committee, $ 26 25
James Southworth, 66 66 34 50
David. B. Ford, 66 31 50
E. T. Fogg, estimated salary as Treasurer, 50 00
Charles A. Litchfield, town meeting warrant, 1 50
William Jacobs, warning town meetings, 12 00
William Torrey, killing three dogs and warning town officers, 3 00
William Hatch, services as Selectman in Feb., 1863, 10 80
James J. Farrar, “ 66 66 4 50
Sam'l Tolman, Jr., "
3 75
E. T. Fogg, recording births, marriages and deaths, 14 65
Samuel Tolman, Jr, for services 78 days as Selectman,
Assessor, and Road Committee to Feb. 1, 1864, 117 00
John Clapp, for services 54 days as Selectman, Asses- sor, and Road Committee, 81 00
Liba Litchfield, for services 58 days as Selectman, Assessor, and Road Committee, 87 00
Samuel Tolman, Jr., for fares to and from Boston 5 times on town business,- 8 75
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1 $486 20
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT.
A. J. Waterman, stove pipe, $ 50
Kerosene oil, wicks, broom and chimneys, 4 09
1} cords of wood, 7 50
$12 09
By cash for use of hall,
$ 2 00
Due from State recruiting fund for use of hall, 10 00-12 00
Balance against the town, 09
ROADS AND . BRIDGES.
Cash paid for labor on Union Bridge, and drawing
lumber from the harbor, $ 12 50
for lumber on Union Bridge, 44 48
Ensign Crooker, building road past Daniel Damon's, 168 34 ·
Richard P. Briggs, building bridge near Jones' Corner, 65 50
Piam Jacobs, labor on road near Mrs. Man- nings, 76 00
Elisha Jacobs, railing bridge, 1 50
$368 32
Of the above amount, one half of the expense of re- paring. Union Bridge, $28.49, has been refunded by the town of Marshfield, 28 49
Amount expended by the town, $339 83
The County Commissioners have granted the petition of Joseph Clapp and others, and laid out the widening of the road from the residence of Charles H. Lapham to that of Elnathan
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Cushing. The expense of doing the same will probably be assumed by the town the current year. Other than this, we know of no extensive repairs to be made.
HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS.
No. of District.
.
Removing Snow.
Highway Arrears.
Gravel.
Removing Obstructions.
1
2
1862,
2 04
1863,
80
3
4 00
4
1862,
50
1862,
9 57
5 52
1863, 15 16
5
1862,
2 78
66 4 32
4 50
7
1862,
3 90
1862,
5 75
3 84
8 50
.
1863, 10 87
9
1862,
1 67
1862,
1 67
1863,
1 92
1863, 15 34
66
16 25
11
30 00
12
3 00
13
4 00
14
S
66
12 59
8 34
15
1862,
1 00
5 00
17
2 08
6 50
18
19
1862,
4 02
20
1862,
8 57
10 00
21
1 92
1862,
5 77
22
1 00
6 49
$19 25
$188 16
$35 20
$53 00
13 41
6
8 71
8
64
10
8 07
1 64
16
1863, 34 96
1
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TAXES ABATED AND GIVEN UP.
Geo. H. Curtis, tax of 1859, given up, $1 50
Wm. F. Turner,
66
1 50
Owen Clapp,
2 07
John H. Spencer, “ 1862, 6
4 06
Thomas Stoddard, “
3 95
Perez Turner, 1863, abated, 1 00
Nathaniel Cushing's Estate, taxes of 1863, abated, 16 75
Seth Curtis' Estate,
2 24
Richmond Farrar, 66 66
3 36
Charles A. Litchfield, error in tax,
1 21
* Daniel Otis, error in tax of 1863,
16 99
Horace P. Stevens, tax on U. S. Script in 1862, 5 60 highway tax of 1862, 1 50
1 66
W. H. Merrett, tax of 1860, given up,
Patrick J. Shaw, . .
1 83
John Gorman,
1 72
Parsons Bowker, 66 66
9 94
John McCarty, 66
1 50
Lydia Litchfield's Estate, worked, but not checked by surveyor, 53
$78 91
. * Daniel Otis, Trustee, and Daniel Otis, Executor, caused much annoyance, both appearing on returns, whereas Daniel Otis, Trustee, alone should be taxed, as the property of Daniel Otis, Executor, has been disposed of, it being the property of the late Primus Otis.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
RECRUITING ACCOUNT.
Expenses of recruiting soldiers, including cost of music, speakers, transportation to Hingham and
Bridgewater, and incidental expenses, $226 00
Due from the State as premiums for recruiting soldiers, as follows : .
D. P. Robinson, $25
George B. Hayden, $25
J. W. Damon,
25 C. H. Vosc, 25
Lemuel Freeman,
25
Ensign B. Damon, 25
Addison N. Nichols, 25 David Basford, jr. 25
E. F. Coleman, 25
B. W. Drake, 15
C. M. Leavitt, jr. 15
W. H. Freeman,
15
Richard S. Winslow,
15
Henry T. Winslow,
15
Warren F. Freeman,
15
Benj. F. Lee, 15
N. Bonaparte Powell,
15
Sewell Goodrich,
15
James Thompson,
15
James Patterson,
15
Jacob Talbot,
15
John Talbot,
15
Lloyd G. Henderson,
15
David Robinson,
15
Albert Winslow,
25
Premiums due,
$475
Balance of recruiting fund, 249
Three of the above named soldiers were induced to enlist in other towns, yet as residents of South Scituate at the time of enlistment, can be held by no other town, according to regula- tions established by the Governor of the Commonwealth.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
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ACCOUNT WITH THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
APPORTIONMENT.
AMOUNT PAID.
AMOUNT DUE, Feb. 1, 1864.
No. 1. Tuition of Abington
scholars, $14 49
Due from 1862, 2 92
Apportioned for 1863, 212 12
Miss A. J. Gardner, . $126 50
$103 03
$229 53
No. 2.
Due from 1862, $9 36 Apportioned for 1863, 204 99
Wood and fitting, $18 08
Miss S. Fannie Wood for teaching, 102 00
$120 08
$94 27
No. 3. Tuition of Hingham
scholars, $5 00
Miss J. Sylvester for
Due from 1862, . 3 88
teaching, 120 00
Apportioned for 1863, 212 12
Mr. Byron Grace, 81 67
$221 00
$220 00
$1 00
No. 4. Apportioned for 1863, $174 09
Miss H. Ellnes for
teaching,
$55 25
$118 84
No. 5. Apportioned for 1863, $190 73
Overdrawn in 1862, 5 81
Wood and fitting, 24 07
Miss Carrie Ford for teaching, 84 00
$190 73
$113 88
$76 85
No. 6. Due from 1862, . . $10 44
Wood,
$13 12
Miss A. C. Litchfield
for teaching, 93 50
$175 03
$106 62
$68 41
No. 7. Due from 1862, $8 34
Apportioned for 1863, 254 91
Miss F. L. Howland for teaching, 82 50
Miss E. Stoddard for
teaching, 40 33
$263 25
$146 33
$116 92
No. 8. Due from 1862, .
02 Apportioned for 1863, $155 07
Wood and fitting, $8 35
Miss M. T. Howland for
teaching,
84 00
$155 09
$92 35
$62 74
Total paid, $881 01 Due, $642 06
$214 35
Wood and fitting, . $18 33
Apportioned for 1863, 164 59
Wood and fitting, . $23 50
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
LIST OF SOLDIERS
Who have gone from South Scituate to the war, from its commence- ment to January 1, 1864. Also State Aid furnished to each from February 1, 1863, to February 1, 1864.
NAMES. NO, OF REG. James N. Sparrell, 18 Discharged.
REMARKS. STATE. AID.
Stephen Clapp, 18
for Disability.
66 $48 00
Joseph H. Harvey, 18
W. T. Sylvester, 18
Died at Pt. Lookout Hosp., Aug. '62 64 00
J. E. Stoddard, 18
36 00
John Lewis, 18 Disch'd ; wounded at Fredericksburg, 36 60
Gustavus Jacobs, 18 Died.
Edward Dover, 18
George B. Hayden, 18
Discharged for Disability.
1st Cav. Re-enlisted Dec. 1963, 24 00
Oliver B. Prouty.
Discharged for Disability. 66
D. P. Robinson, 7
D. P. Robinson,
D. Basford, Jr.,
D. Basford, Jr.,
1st Cav. Re-enlisted Dec .. 1863.
P. Monahan, 28 96 00
Chas. L. Stoddard, 18 Discharged for Disability. .
E. F. Coleman, 32 Discharged. 16 00
E. F. Coleman, 1st Reg. H. A. Re-enlisted Dec., 1863. 8 00
Albert Sawyer, 3d Reg. R. I. H. A. 104 00
Edw. Southworth, 18 Promoted 2d Lieut. 1st Reg. U. S. col-
ored troops. 64 00
N. W. Winslow, 1& Killed at Sheppardstown, Oct. '62. 16 00
Charles Leroy, 39
144 00
T. Chapman, 39
104 00
John Prouty, 39
52 00
W. Prouty, Jr., 39
144 00
Isaac Prouty, 39
144 00
.
J. Simmons, 39
144 00
1st Reg. H. A. Re-enlisted Dec., 1883, 28 00 32 Discharged for Disability.
G. B. Hayden,
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
NAMES.
NO. OF REG.
REMARKS.
STATE AID.
Charles Young, 39
$144 00
Henry A. Farran, 18
52 00
Alpheus Thomas, 39
104 00
J. M. Pennman, 39
104 00
John Corthell, 39
104 00
Wm. O. Thomas, 39
144 00
Benj. French, 39
Discharged for disability.
104 00
H. T. Jenkins, 43
Term of service, 9 mos. expired,
26 00
Henry A. Groce, 43
72 00
T. R. Lawrence, 43
72 00
Elias E. Pratt,
43
66
66
72 00
George Stearns, 45
46 00
Chas. Groce, 43
66
72 00
C. H. Farrier, 45 66
63 00
Seth H. Vinal,
43
66
66
72 00
Amos Vinal, 43
66
52 00
E. B. Damon, 45
66
60
66
46 00
E. B. Damon,
2d H. A. re-enlisted Dec. 1863.
14 00
Freeman Damon, 45 Term of service expired,
63 00
Lemuel Freeman, 45
66
23 00
Lemuel Freeman, 58
Re-enlisted Dec. 1863,
7 00
H. A. Turner, 43
Term of 9 mos. service expired.
C. F. Sherman, 39
Lorenzo Bates, 39
B. W. Prouty, 39
A. F. Nichols, 45
Term of 9 mos. service expired.
A. B. Litchfield, 45
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· F. H. Kilbourn, 45
R. C. Waterman, 44 Wm. F. Brown, 45
H. P. Stevens, 2d, 44 Term of 9 months expired.
C. H. Vose,
44
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E. A. Jacobs, 44
A. Jacobs, 44
66
2
66
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66
72 00
C. N. Sharrell, 43
66
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F. K. Hanson, 39
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
NAMES. NO. OF REG.
STATE AID.
G. W. Curtis, 43
J. H. Curtis, 43
L. W. Litchfield, 43
J. W. Lewis, 43
T. R. Raymond, 43
66
J. H. Spencer, 43
G. H. Clapp, 18
Abner L. Stetson, 18 Discharged wounded at Fredericksburg.
H. H. Gardner, 18 Killed at Fredericksburg.
E. P. Tolman, 18 Discharged for disability.
C. N. Gardner, 18
Charles Tolman, 18
Disch'd wounded at Fredericksburg.
G. F. Stetson, 18
H. R. Farrar,
3d R. I. H. A.
Orlando Prouty, 18 George Studley, 7 Elisha Lapham, 18 Discharged for disability.
John W. Damon, 18 Disch'd wounded at Fredericksburg, 2d Reg. H. A. Re-enlisted, Dec. 1863,
24 00
John W. Damon, James L. Hunt, 35
144 00
S. A. Henderson, ·18 ·
144 00
H. A. Torrey, 18
Discharged for disability.
52 00
J. B. Bowker, 18
144 00
Geo. O. Torrey, 18 Discharged for disability.
.
Albert Winslow, 45 Disch'd term of 9 mos. expired, 23 00
Albert Winslow, 58 Re-enlisted, Dec. 1863, 7 00
46 00
E. M. Litchfield, 45
8 00
R. H. Paine, 45
4 00
Caleb N. Clapp, 39
104 00
D. R. Ewell, 39
8 00
L. T. Gardner,
3d R. I. H. A. 8 00
G. B. Tolman,
43 Term of service expired, 8 00
R. E. Jenkins,
14 Mass. H. A. 81 00
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REMARKS.
Term of 9 months expired.
66
$36 00
J. H. Goodrich, 18
J. T. Totman, 45 Term of service expired, .
66
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
NAMES. NO. OF REG.
REMARKS.
STATE AID.
A. N. Nichols, 58 Re-enlisted, Dec. 1863. $16 00
B. W. Drake, 2d H. A.
8 00
C. M. Leavitt, Jr. 2d Cavalry, 16 00
J. Thompson, 5th “
4 00
R. S. Winslow,
54
21 00
W. F. Freeman, 54
14 00
Benj. F. Lee, 54
14 00
H. T. Winslow, 54
8 00
N. B. Powell,
58
Jacob Talbot,
5th Cavalry.
L. G. Henderson.
C. H. Vose, 58
Wm. H. Freeman, 54
Sewall Goodrich, 58
James Patterson,
5th Cavalry.
John Talbot, 5th
John D. Groce, 20
James W. Kirk, 15th Battery. Term of service expired.
Elbridge Sawyer, R. I. H. A.
Henry C. Gardner, 18
John D. Gardner, 18 Disch'd wounded at Fredericksburg.
Jason Prince, 54
Geo. W. Whiting, 39
David Robinson, 1 H. A.
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$3,742 60
Town aid furnished to Volunteers' Families for the year ending February 1, 1864.
William T. Sylaster,
$ 32 00.
John Lewis, 32 00
N. W. Winslow,
4 00
Henry A. Farrar,
92 00
Ensign B. Damon,
31 00
$191 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The following named were recruited in December, 1862, as aliens, to fill an additional quota of eighteen, to whom was paid a bounty of $140 each.
Michael Barns,
John Kingsley,
Henry N. Poole,
Antipas Newton,
George Poole,
John Amot,
John Philips,
Thomas Ward,
Francis T. Dodge,
Edmund W. Leach,
John Greene,
Edw. S. Coffin,
James Benson, Jeremiah Ryan,
Francis M. Coleman,
John Brackton,
John Williams,
Thomas Price.
The foregoing does not contain the names of any of those who served the three months term.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Josiah Cushing, selling town flats in 1862, $2 00
Caleb W. Prouty, selling fish rights, 1 00
E. T. Fogg, military record book, 7 67
W. H. Hill, school books, 10 57
C. W. Prouty, auction and revenue fees for selling town flats, 2 18
E. T. Fogg, legal advice of E. Ames, 5 00
E. T. Fogg, expenses to Canton to see Mr. Ames, 2 50
E. T. Fogg, paper, pens, and postage, 3 30
Taggard & Thompson, school books, 46 62
. W. H. Hill, school books,
31 91
Elisha Jacobs, school books,
32 58
Perez Simmons, legal advice, 8 41
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing town report of 1862-3, 16 00
Walter Foster, for standing wood, 38 00
Damon & Wetherbee, lumber for wagon, 70
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
William Studley, coffin and shroud for Mrs. Lam- bert, 1862,
7 50
David W. Turner, repairing wagon, 1862, 1 00
Seth Foster, printing posters and expressage, 9 70
$226 64
MARRIAGES REGISTERED, 1863.
Walter Simmons and Ellen M. Studley, both of So. Scituate.
Rufus L. Winslow, of South Scituate, and Eliza A. Simpson, of Hingham.
George C. Cowing, of Weymouth, and Lydia H. French, of South Scituate.
Joshua Crosby, jr. and Lucy M. Farrar, of South Scituate.
Edward W. Brooks, of South Scituate, and Hclen J. Gard- ner, of Marshfield.
Marcellus Lane, of Hingham, and Ellen J. Glover, of South Scituate.
Patrick Leslie and Mary Raddin, both of South Scituate.
Benjamin Litchfield and Catherine A. Welch, both of South Scituate. .
. Edward Harding, of Abington, and Cordelia Ridcout, of Pembroke.
Andrew Clapp and Susan E. Ewell, both of South Scituate.
Amos T. Litchfield, of Roxbury, and Harrict C. Hatch, of South Scituate.
Charles Roberson and Ann Eliza Jacobs, both of Hanover.
Henry A. Turner, of South Scituate, and Mary J. Oakman, of Marshfield.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
DEATHS REGISTERED.
Years. Mos. Days.
Abigail Ellis,
82
9
4
Martin Palmer,
75
2
3
Isaac Burrill,
80
9 2
Ruth Barrell,
73
1
4
Albert Barstow,
23
Sarah T. Jones,
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65
9
George O. Knapp,
33
James Stockbridge,
50
Chauncey O. Jacobs,
6
Deborah B. Sampson,
65
Joseph Barrell,
69
4
Charles L. Stoddard,
23
Infant of James and Fanny Merritt,
1 7
Daniel Foster,
76
Freeman Foster,
86
Peter Cudworth,
73
Lydia Turner,
70
Hannah Totman,
85
Willie E. Smith,
1
10
13
Rufus Litchfield,
2
2
Moses Talbot,
22
Clarence H. Jacobs,
1
1 13
Galen Damon,
69
Howard J. Ellms,
2
6
Frances A. Torrey,
2
Elizabeth F. Potter,
57
Huldah Briggs,
84
Everett Baker,
5 7
Abigail Damon,
69
E. T. FOGG,
Town Clerk.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
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LIQUOR AGENCY.
By report of the Selectmen for 1862-3, there were Liquors on hand March 1, 1862, $ 45 87
Cash in hand of agent,
28 44
$ 74 31
The agent shows by his account of sales and amount of liquors, as by inventory thercof April 1, 1863, a loss to the town by leakage or underselling of 36 43
Actually due the town from agent,
37 88
Feb. 1, 1864.
Received of agent April 1, 1863, liquors, $14 76
“. " cash, 3 12
Receipted bill of coffin for Mrs. Stoddard,
8 00
Everett Baker, 4 00
66
“ one sled, 8 00-37 88
Liquor Agency, 1863-4.
Dr.
April 1, 1863, cash,
$ 13 16
Liquor on hand, 14 76
Record Book, 2 50
Revenue license,
13 33
Liquors purchased to Feb. 1, 1864,
79 79
$123 54
Cr.
Cash received for liquors,
$102 29
Liquors on hand Feb. 1, 1864, 23 24-125 53
Balance in favor of agency, - $ 1 99
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
Expenses of Town Officers,
$486 20
Roads and Bridges, 339 83
Removing Snow,
19 25
Highway arrears,
188 16
Gravel,
35 20
Removing obstructions,
53 00
Taxes abated and given up,
78 91
Paid several School Districts,
881 01
State Tax,
2664 00
County Tax, .
921 67
Scituate Tax,
8 40
Discount for prompt payment of taxes,
270 25
Miscellaneous expenses of the town,
226 64
State Aid paid to soldiers' families,
3742 60
Expenses of poor in almshouse,
842 63
Expenses of poor out of almshouse,
372 36
Town Aid to soldiers' families,
191 00
Recruiting expenses,
226 00
$11,547 11
FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE TOWN. Town of South Scituate,
Dr.
Note in favor of Lucy Turner,
$516 00
66
Daniel Otis,
1,000 00
66
Lusanna Turner,
200 00
66 Joseph T. Litchfield, 225 00
Methodist Episcopal Church,
200 00
South Scituate Savings Bank,
3,200 00
66
William Hatch,
500 00
Robert V. C. Turner,
200 00
6
Sally Wise,
625 00
Richard P. Briggs,
300 00
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66
W. Foster, Ex.
850 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Note in favor of Nathaniel Turner,
$150 00
Charles W. Sylvester, . 300 00
66
Michael Ford, 750 00
Harvey T. Sylvester,
200 00
Interest on the above Notes to Feb. 1, 1864,
244 90
Amount due Alms-House Keeper,
100 67
66 " several School Districts,
642 06
Estimated amount due Treasurer and Collector,
50 00
$10,253 63
Cr.
Amount due as premiums of recruits,
249 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer,
306 22
Outstanding taxes of 1862,
17 98
1863,
600 64
Due from Commonwealth for State Aid,
3,742 60
Highway arrears due the town,
188 16
Balance against the town,
5,149 03
$10,253 63
ESTIMATED EXPENSES OF THE TOWN FOR 1864.
Schools,
$1,500 00
Poor,
1,500 00
Town Officers,
500 00
Interest on notes,
360 00
Incidental expenses,
400 00
Roads,
400 00
Removing snow,
300 00
$4,960 00
SAMUEL TOLMAN, JR., Selectmen JOHN CLAPP, of
LIBA LITCHFIELD, South Scituate.
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TREASURER'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 1, 1864.
DR. E. T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE. CR.
Balance due the town, March 1, 1863,
$29 20
Paid on selectmen's orders and allowances,
$8,048 05
Cash on notes given by Treasurer,
3,975 00
notes and interest,
9,020 64
received of Benj. Jacobs, note and interest,
271. 70
Scituate tax,
8 40
sale of fiish rights,
28 00
State tax,
2,664 00
sale of school books,
39 36
bounty tax,
3,794 69
towns of Abington and Hingham, for schooling,
19 49
County tax,
921 67
for use of scraper,
50
discount prompt payment of taxes,
270 25
Marshfield for repairs of Union Bridge,
31 05
Outstanding taxes of 1862,
17 89
sale of town flats,
43 00
1863, .
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dog licenses,
55 80
306 22
reimbursement of State aid;
2,992 75
reimbursement of bounty tax,
7,400 00
use of hearse,
4 00
Town Hall,
2 00
State School Fund,
69 49
of S. A. Turner, for pork,
4 77
of S. Foster, for oats,
9 03
19 63
of George Beasley, of C. W. Sparrell,
20 00
Assessment of 1863,
10,444 99
Outstanding taxes of 1859-60, and '62,
192 69
$25,652 45
EBENEZER T. FOGG, Treasurer.
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TREASURERS' REPORT.
600 64
Cash on hand,
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