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Gorham Clapp, for painting,
23 25
L. Briggs, for plan,
38 00
F. A. Davis, for stove pipe &c.,
33 86
H. E. Bryant, for painting sign,
8 00
M. Brett, for mason work,
8 50
R. W. Killam, for zinc, 1 72
A. W. Hastings, for doors and windows,
7 20
Parmenas Pierce, for labor on out-buildings, 5 25
F. H. Curtis, for expense to Boston, labor and material, 20 22
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Paid F. H. Curtis, for lumber and labor on out- buildings, $185 08
A. G. Whitcomb, for school furniture, 144 99
Simeon Damon. for cash paid for paint stock. expressing and for labor. 132 42
Ira B. Sanborn, for labor, 7 25
F. H. Curtis, services as committee. 6 00
Parmenas Pierce, services as committee. 6 00
Ira B. Sanborn. for services as committee. 8 00
Simeon Damon, for services as committee. 15 00
R. P. Briggs, for labor on foundation of out- buildings. 5 00
$1.254 21
SUPPLIES FURNISHED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN THIS TOWN.
Paid City of Taunton for allowance to A. T. Clapp and family. $104 59
William Smith for board of John McCurdy. 37 50
Town of Duxbury. allowance to C. D. Mann and family, 68 75
Taunton Hospital for board of George Gardner, 170 66 Dr. Brownell for medical attendance on family of Thomas Mec. 26 00
M. Little, supplies to Mary McCurdy. 38 00
E. T. Fogg, supplies to Mrs. S. H. Goodrich. 1 70
Supplies to Mrs. Monohon and family. 88 64
Town of Plymouth for allowance to Joseph Harvey, 10 00
Town of Scituate for allowance to Hannah L. Stoddard, 46 50
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Paid Dr. Brownell, medical attendance on family of B. Lee, $6 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance, on family of E. Gunderway, 7 00
City of Boston for allowance to S. A. P Leavitt, 2 00
Supplies to Mrs. Thompson and family, 67 18
Dr. Brownell for medical attendance on family of Mrs. Monohon, 16 00
E. T. Fogg for allowance to Mary Stoddard, 4 00
Supplies to Noah J. Stoddard and family, 26 56
Supplies to J. E. Stoddard, 5 00
Alpheus Damon for supplies to Benj. Sprague, 97 50
Town of Pembroke for supplies to E. B. How- land and wife, 123 71
$947 29
ALLOWANCE TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLE- MENT OUT OF TOWN.
SUPPLIES.
Geo. Studley & family,
settlement Taunton, $241 75
Clark De Witt. “
66 Hubbardston, 87 25
Hewitt Baker,
Pembroke, 84 00
Daniel W. Ford,
Boston, 15 00
Clarissa Winslow, ·
Hingham, 26 37
Mrs. I. N. Fitts and family,
Pembroke, 46 20
E. M. Magoun,
66
Duxbury,
4 75
H. Franks' family,
Hingham,
49 00
Alice Brooker,
State,
52 00
Albert Smith and family,
66
Hanover, 2 50
Harriet Beach,
Hingham, 54 73
Calvin Cromwell, «
State,
21 95
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Phebe Simpson and family, settlement Hingham,
$53 00
Miss Willis. Rockland, 12 50
$761 00
SUPPLIES TO ALMSHOUSE.
Paid J. E. Smith and others for crackers, $69 76
Curtis Bros., for cow, 50 00
Nathaniel B. Clapp, for standing wood, 22 50 .
John Weatherbee, for coal,
32 14
C. H. Litchfield, for fish &c.,
11 71
South Parish, for carpeting,
1 96
J. C. Frye & Co .. for butter,
26 03
E. T. Fogg, for groceries and dry goods,
276 20
J. H. Corthell, for meat,
77 85
Israel W. Munroe & Co., for groceries,
49 63
Thomas Tolman, for groceries &c.,
170 79
S. W. Eastman, for tin ware,
11 80
E. T. Fogg, for grain,
117 37
W. S. & R. P. Briggs, for ice,
7 00
Winslow & Myrick, for tea,
14 50
Seth Foster, for supplies,
19 48
E. T. Fogg, for flour,
89 64
Articles furnished by Superintendent,
32 50
Joseph Merritt, pasturing cow,
4 00
Jarius M. Healey, as Superintendent,
275 00
E. A. Turner, for furniture and clothing,
20 64
$1,380 50
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
By cash received: from Abington, for board of George Penniman, $195 00
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By cash for hide and tallow, $6 52
By articles sold, and meals and lodgings, 34 68 Meals and lodgings of 478 tramps, at 25 cents each, 119 50 Board of 8 -4 inmates at $2.44 per week, 1,024 80
$1,380 50
No inmate has been discharged during the year, and but one admitted, namely, (Henry Corlew.)
NAMES OF JURORS,
FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REVISION BY THE TOWN AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING.
William Capell,
Israel Hatch,
Sylvanus Clapp,
Walter Simmons,
George E. Jacobs, John Clapp,
E. T. Fogg,
William B. Brate,
Alpheus Thomas,
William C. Litchfield,
Richard P. Briggs,
C. A. Litchfield,
Albert S. Greene, Samuel Waters,
George H. Torrey,
Nathaniel Ellms,
William Prouty, Jr.,
Benjamin P. Foster,
Horatio N. Gardner,
Melvin Little,
Thomas J. Studley. Ansel G. Grose,
F. H. Curtis,
Charles H. Merritt,
Alfred Paine,
John G. Briggs, John Turner, 2d, Andrew Clapp, Edwin H. Studley.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1877.
Andrew J. Litchfield, Richmond Farrar,
Franklin Jacobs, James W. Sampson, Samuel Turner.
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ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Paid Town of Marshfield for one-half repairs and care of Union Bridge to Aug. 1877. $30 42
Willard Torrey for services in case of Com- monwealth vs. Stoddard, (vote of town) 125 00
H. B. Peirce for register of voters, 85
Morse & Whyte for 7 road screens. 49 00
J. S. Smith for printing town reports, 89 25
Perez Simmons for legal advice, 21 78
Rand, Avery & Co. for printing town orders. 3 75
Dyer's Express for expressing, 1 80
S. & D. W. Turner for labor on prison house. 14 00
T. R. Lawrence for painting blinds, District No. 7. 1876. 2 50
J. S. Smith, for printing (Amendment votes) . 50
E. T. Fogg, hardware for tramp house. 2 60
Seth Foster, printing. stationery & expressing. 12 72
D. & C. Railroad for freight. 25
Harris & Tucker for legal advice from Jan. 1. 1875 to Jan. 1, 1878. 85 00
E. T. Fogg for postage and stationery. 5 14
W. W. Collamore for services as committee Districts 3 and 5. 1 00
William Hayden for services as committee. 1 00
J. Merritt for smith work. 20 44
Sylvanus Clapp as committee on Elm street. 1 50
Charles Stevens. wood work on wagon. 12 00
C. W. Tilden, iron work on wagon, 6 00
James J. Farrar for services as committee. 1 50
R. P. & W. S. Briggs for ice 1876. 7 00
Town of Needham for aid to McCurdy family.
medical attendance and burial of two mem- bers, 1876, 107 05
Henry Barnes, fitting wood for Stephen Clapp, '73. 95
F. H. Curtis for services as committee on roads, 2 00
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Paid W. C. Litchfield for services as committee with commissioners, 2 days and expenses to Bos- ton, $5 70
C, A. Litchfield for expense to Boston as com- mittee on Jacobs' mill dam & Stoddard case, 6 00
$626 70
SCHOOL BOOKS AND FIXTURES FOR MAPS.
Paid Daniel Pratt for blocks, $25 00
David Torrey, Jr. for map boxes, 15 75
J. L. Hammell for school books,
184 02
H. M. Cable
13 32
Frothingham & Co.
32 50
Nichols & Hall, 2 88
$273 47
TAXES ABATED AND GIVEN UP,
IN FAVOR OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS, WHO HAVE LEFT TOWN OR HAVE PAID THIER TAXES IN OTHER TOWNS.
David H. Stoddard, fr. W. F. Talbot, 1875, $2 00
1871 to 1877, $15 84 Oscar F. Litchfield, tax
Fielder Batting, for '75 and '76, 4 00 Henry O. Torrey, '75 '76, 4 00
1875, 2 00
Heman Damon, 1876, 2 00 E. H. Ford, tax 1876, 2 00
George F. Lucas, " 2 00 Abner Curtis, tax 1876, 2 00 A. H. Shaw, 1875, 2 00|
James L. Loring, « 2 00
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Sewall H. Goodrich'76 $2 00|F. L. Bowker, '75 & '76, 4 00 Jotham H. Rogers, " 2 80 Herbert M. Otis, 2 00
J. W. Bowker, 1875 tax, 2 00 G. F. Tisdale, 2 00 $54 64
TAXES GIVEN UP IN FAVOR OF PERSONS
WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR SHARE OF THE PUBLIC CHARGES.
Edward D. Munroe, $8 30
and '76, $6 00
S. Cazneau, '75 & '76 6 62 A. N. Greene, 1876, 2 00
Albert Winslow, 1874. 2 00 Rufus L. Winslow, '74,
Ambrose M. Beach, '76, 2 00 '75 and '76, 17 89
M. Gammon, 1875, 2 00
Alonzo Sylvester. 1876, 2 00
H. W. Cobbett, 2 00 E. L. Brown, Poll tax
William Griffin, (cause death ), 2 00 Luther Ewell. 2 00
(cause death), 2 00
William Hunt, 1876, 2 00
Daniel T. Hunt, '73, '74
$58 81
R. & J. Ellms, tax of 1874 and '75, (taxed to other parties,) $1 55
Elisha Jacobs, for discount on tax, 1 00
Davis Cushing, for abatement for 1872 and '73, 1 92
George Totman, under age, tax of 1876,
2 00
A. S. Richardson, for abatement, 1 77
Jonathan Hatch, poll and personal (in liquidation, ) 6 89
Harvey Bates, for abatement, (property taxed to other parties, ) 2 10
W. C. Haskins. error in tax of 1876, 11 36
$28 59
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DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AID.
Frank Alger, $28 00 Elisha Colman, 72 00
W. T. Sylvester, 48 00 J. E. Stoddard, 96 00
Harriet Jacobs.
48 00 Daniel W. Ford, 104 00
J. B. Goodrich,
36 00 George Studley, 84 00
C. D. Barnard.
72 00 Seth O. Fitts, 36 00
C. N. Clapp,
24 00 Hannah W. Hayden, 44 00
Thomas Mee,
84 00 David H. Stoddard, 6 00
R. H. Thompson,
96 00 Sewall H. Goodrich, 3 00
Mary Stoddard,
40 00 Hannah Dover, 48 00
George B. Hayden,
49 50
John Lewis,
72 00
Mary Spencer,
48 00
Thomas Stoddard.
48 00 Total,
$1,186 50
REPAIRS ON TOWN HALL.
Paid Loud & Pratt 26 M. shingles at 32, $97 50
for boards, 2 50
F. H. Curtis for laying 23} M. shingle at 1.00, Bogman & Vinal for nails, 8 70
23 50
F. H. Curtis, expenses to Weymouth and use of staging, 3 00
S. & D. W. Turner for labor and material for swinging doors outward, (by order of State officers ) 18 89
Cr. by 2} M. shingle on hand,
$154 09
9 37
Total cost, $144 72
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid C. A. Litchfield for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, to March 1, 1877, $26 00
F. H. Curtis for same service to March 1, 1877, 18 00
T. B. Waterman for « 6 00
C. W. Sparrell for warning town meetings and officers, 23 00
Emily T. Jacobs, services as School Committee, 16 00
Lucy Turner for services as School Committee to Jan. 1, 1878, 28 00
Helen L. Fogg for same service to Jan. 1, 1878, 45 00 C. A. Litchfield for services as Selectman,
Assessor and Overseer of the Poor from March to Jan. 1, 1878, 122 00
F. H. Curtis for same service to Jan. 1, 1878, 90 00
W. C. Litchfield, “ 78 00 66
C. W. Sparrell for returning deaths, 6 50
E. T. Fogg for registering marriages, births & deaths, 23 40
George K. Cushing, sealer of weights & measures, 10 00
$493 60
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Received of,-
Ladies' sewing society, $12.50; Steadfast lodge,
34.88, $47 38
Allen Comedy Co., 3.00; So. Scituate band, 6.00 ; 9 00
P. N. Club, 2.00 ; minstrel troupe. 4.00; 6 00
Boston club, 4.00 ; Keith, 4.00 ; Yankee Glunn, 2.00; 10 00
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Prof. Harrington, 4.00; G. S. Buckley, 6.00 ; $10 00 Nash & Co., 8.00; Corner Stone Temple, 14.26 : 22 26
$104 64
Paid for wood and coal $18.72 ; stove pipe, brooms &c., 1.80; $20 52
Oil, chimneys, wicks, wax and cleaning hall, 28 54
J. M. Healey, care of hall, 4.50 ; lumber and labor for stage, 20.22; 24 72
$73 78
Paid to treasurer, cash to balance,
30 86
$104 64
A. J. LITCHFIELD, Agent.
RECAPITULATION.
Removing snow,
$266 53
Repairs of Highways,
1,967 84
Gravel,
117 24
Drain pipe,
76 50
Expenditures New School District No. 2,
1,254 21
School House, No. 3, (out-buildings,)
103 35
Assistance out of Almshouse,
1,708 29
Almshouse expenses,
1,380 50
Taxes abated and given up,
142 04
State Aid,
1,186 50
Repairs on Town Hall,
144 72
Incidentals,
626 70
Town Officers,
491 90
Repairs on Main and Dover streets,
1,019 22
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Repairs on Central street,
$995 20
· Extra repairs on Roads and Bridges,
149 06
Expenditures to the several School Districts,
315 24
State Tax,
930 00
County Tax,
1,227 45
Repairs on Grove street, vote of 1876,
200 00
School Books and fixtures,
248 47
S. N. Turner, damage on contract,
200 00
$14,750 96
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN, JANUARY 1, 1878.
Notes in favor of,-
Harvey T. Sylvester, at 6 per cent.,
$200 00
C. W. Sylvester,
470 00
J. C. Tolman,
300 00
Nathaniel Turner,
300 00
R. V. C. Turner,
575 00
Michael Ford, ..
1,025 00
Joseph T. Litchfield.
1,325 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, at 6 per cent.,
5,027 00
Nathan Cushing, at 4 per cent.,
1,000 00
Interest due on above notes to January 1, 1878, 170 55
Estimated amount of outstanding orders, 400 00
Estimated amount due schools to January 1, 1878,
320 00
$11,112 55
ASSETS OF THE TOWN JANUARY 1, 1878.
Outstanding taxes and cash in hands of Treasurer, $3,652 75 Due from State, for State Aid, 1,200 90
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Due from Towns, and State, for aid to paupers, $680 80
Due from State, for Corporation Tax, (estimated), 50 00
Due from State, for School Fund, 238 28
Due from County, for Dog Fund, (estimated), 170 00
Due from County, for allowance on Road, 35 00
Am't of school books in hands of Agents, (estimated), 75 00
$6,102 73
Balance against the Town,
5,009 82
$11,112 55
Town Debt January 1, 1877,
$1,421 33
Increase of debt the past year, 3,588 49
$5,009 82
The following bills have been paid the past year, for which no assessments have been made :
Repairs of Main, Central, Dover and Elm streets, amount- ing to $2,122.23. New School House and out-buildings in Districts No. 2 and 3, $1,357.56, and to S. N. Turner for damage sustained by surrender of Town Hall Contract, $200.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN MAY 1, 1877.
Valuation of Real estate,
$666,618
Personal estate,
214,921
$881,539
Rate of Taxation on $1,000, $10.50.
Number of Polls, 492 ; Houses, 398 ; Cows, 250 ; Horses, 273; Sheep, 35; Acres of land taxed, 12, 285.
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Total tax including polls. $10,074 00 School books, 19 52
Amount placed in hands of Collector, $10.093 52
Respectfully submitted,
C. A. LITCHFIELD, Selectmen, Assess-' F. H. CURTIS, ors and
W. C. LITCHFIELD, S Overseers of Poor.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
E. T. Fogg, Treasurer, in account with the town of South Scituate, January 1, 1878. DR.
To outstanding taxes January 1, 1877. $3,476 83
To cash on hand, January 1, 1877, 1,026 75
Rec'd from Hingham for schooling, 24 00
City of Taunton for support of poor. 117 75
Town of Duxbury 7 50
Town of Hingham
158 32
Town of Pembroke,
147 20
Town of Scituate 66 66
20 50
Balance of Corporation tax from State.
11 76
" State Aid, 25 07
for sale of School House, No. 2, 167 50
for sale of out-buildings, No. 2, 10 25
for stove, pipe and stone, No. 2, 2 50
of South Scituate Savings Bank, on note, 3,170 00
for sale of grass on town flats, 106 49
for pedlers' licenses, 24 00
Corporation tax, refunded by the State, 599 22
Bank tax refunded by the State, 1,424 88
State Aid refunded by the State, 1,089 10
Interest on taxes of 1875 and 1876. 73 66
from Town of Rockland for support of poor.
12 50
from Town of Abington for board of George Penniman, 195 00
from A. J. Litchfield, agent of Town Hall, 30 86
from E. T. Fogg for sale of school books, 113 70
from R. H. Killam, sale of school books, 44 98
for N. M. Brooks, balance due for board at Hospital, 12 65
Assessment of May 1, 1877,
10,093 52
$22,435 59
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January 1, 1878. CR.
By cash paid on Selectmen's orders and Town al-
lowances,
Interest on notes,
$15,870 11 423 03 1,227 45
Paid County tax,
State tax,
930 00
Scituate tax.
14 16
Treasurer's salary,
100 00
Discount for prompt payment of taxes,
218 09
Taxes outstanding,
2,801 73
$21,584 57
Cash to balance, in Treasury,
851 02
$22,435 59
E. T. FOGG, Treasurer.
The undersigned, a committee chosen to settle with the Treasurer, have examined the foregoing account and find it correct and properly vouched.
C. A. LITCHFIELD. F. H. CURTIS. W. C. LITCHFIELD.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Registered in So. Scituate for the year 1877.
Feb. 4. Joseph E. Stoddard of Hanover and Emma D. Simmons of South Scituate, by Rev. Jacob Baker. Feb. 16. Lemuel Nash of Scituate and Bassina Henderson of Boston. By Samuel A. Turner, Esq. Feb. 16. Benjamin F. Lee of South Scituate and Ann E. Crand of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish. Feb. 21. John W. Hatch of Pembroke and Flora E. Smith of South Scituate, By Rev. Richard Porey. April 11. Charles E. Rose of Hanover and Carrie F. Root of South Scituate. By Rev. C. D. R. Meacham. April 26. Herbert Leonard Morse of Sherborn and Sarah A. Jones of So. Scituate. By Rev. Henry C. Vose. June 19. Thomas H. Gunderway and Ada R. Cazneau, both of South Scituate. Rev. Henry B. Kilber.
Aug. 5. Elmer H. Shaw of Rockland and Caroline Jacobs of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
Oct. 15. Edward A. French of South Scituate and Maria J. Batting of Hingham. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
Nov. 13. Abner C. Hill and Delia T. Huggins, both of Pembroke. Rev. D. B. Ford. Nov. 20. Robert W. Reed and Anna C. Tilden, both of So. Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
Dec. 11. Lyman B. Fitts and Martha E. Miller, both of So. Scituate. By Aaron Pratt, Esq.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1877.
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DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
1876. February
18,
Frank I. Parkinson,
August
Frederic Lloyd Henderson,
1877.
February
23
Helen James Sparrell,
March
7
Edith Bessie Spooner,
March
11
Archie Vinal
March
14
Henry Francis Damon, .
April
21
Sarah Jeanette Stoddard,
April
25
Martin Prince,
May
9
Charlotte Rebecca Brooks,
May
30
Lydia Ella Gunderway,
May
31
Irving Everett Harrub, .
„June
2
Everett Ellms Jacobs,
June
10
Charlie Rupert Chamberlain,
June
27
Mary Curtis, -
June
27
Hosea Linclon Stetson,
June
30
Warren Lincoln Foster,
July
8
Henry F. Vining,
July
16
Mary Elizabeth Barstow,
July
31
Nellie Elizabeth Huskington,
August
12
Genevra Alice Young,
August
23
Nellie Lynch, 2
September 11
Andrew J. Litehfield, Jr., -
September 14
William Wallace Fitts, .
September 18
Harriet Jane Hyland,
September
21
Wilson Lee Litchfield,
September 23
Amelia Allen Wilder,
October
5
Grace II. Cushing,
October 6
Henry Phillips Tilden,
October
14
Mary Josephine Hatch, -
November 10
Osborne,
November 11
Herbert Francis Litchfield,
November 12
Elizabeth Cushing Thompson.
November
17
Arodi Whitman Vinal,
November
29
- - Curtis,
Thomas and Ella O. John P. and Fannie. Charles W, and Susan N. Frank T. and Amy I. William and Mary E. Charles H. and Maria B. Josephı E. and Sarah F. Augustus and Eliza. Edward W. and Helen .J. Ezekiel and Lucy.
William and Mary F. Joseph W. and Clara J. Arthur B. and Mary A. Joseph HI. and Henrietta. Benjamin E. and Mary F. Seth and Evelina B. Henry F. and Eliza A. Charles R. and Mary. William and Annie M. Charles F. and Alice J. Michael and Bridget. Andrew J. and Lizzie J. Seth O. and Mary A. Edmund L. and Eliz. H. James and Martha W. George A. and Pamelia. Webster A. & Amanda F. D. Philip and Lottie R. Cushing and Abby L. Levi N. and Julia M. Caleb D. and Susanna. Rebecca Thompson. Abel A. and Lucy A. Seth A. and Harriet S.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
CAUSE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan 21,
Lucia Franks,
Y. M. D. 89
Old age.
Scituate. South Scituate.
Mar. 12,
Archie Vinal,
1
Mar. 22,
Lorenzo T. Gardner,
32
Consumption.
South Scituate.
Apr. 3,
Flora I. Leavitt,
11 8
Scarlet Fever.
South Scituate.
Apr. 28,
James Waterman,
79
General Debility.
Maine.
May 12,
Mary E. Barker (Crocker),
38
Chronic Inflamation.
Norwich, Ct.
May 22,
Agnes Talbot (Salmon),
80 7
Old age.
Hanover.
May 26,
Avis W. Lapham (Turner),
81 11 14
Dropsy.
Townsend.
July 9,
Clarisa Winslow (Humph'y), 77
Old age.
Hingham.
Aug. 23,
Nellie Lynch,
South Scituate.
Aug. 29,
Henry F. Morris,
1
3
Cholera Infantum.
Cohasset.
Sep. 9, Sep. 14,
Ebenezer Brown,
67 2
Heart Disease.
Raymond, N. II.
Sep. 24, Sep. 25,
John I .. Loring,
13 8 20
Diphtheria.
South Scituate.
Oct. 6,
Delia Florence Witt,
6 11
Diphtheria.
Rockland.
Oct. 10,
David Torrey,
90
8
Old age.
South Scituate.
Oct. 12,
Rowena Sampson,
24 6
Consumption.
Medford.
Oct. 14,
Charles F. Alger,
4 8
Diphtheria.
Hingham.
Oct. 16,
George W. Alger,
3 8
Diphtheria.
Weymouth.
Oct. 22,
Ruth T. Cushing,
80
Heart Disease.
South Scituate.
Oct. 27,
Hannah T. Merritt,
18 2 6
Acute Mania.
South Scituate.
Nov. 7,
Emma B. Poole,
13 4 8
Diphtheria.
Hanover.
Nov. 24,
Enoch H. Snelling,
61 2
Chronic Abscess.
Boston.
Nov. 29,
Henry Nash,
71 3
Liver Complaint.
South Scituate.
Dec. 29,
Martha S. Torrey (Frost),
56 1
Pneumonia.
Saco, Maine.
Chloe French (Lincoln),
79
Dysentery.
Hingham.
Horace M. Doane,
61 4
Paralysis.
Scituate.
1907 1877 30
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By vote of the town the Selectmen were instructed to publish in their financial report the By-Laws of the town, and the following are all that is found on the Records of the Town Clerk.
On March 14, 1849, the town voted that town meetings be warned by posting copies of the Warrant seven days, includ- ing two public days, and that all meetings be open at the time specified in the warrant, and by vote of the town copies of the warrant are now posted in the following places ; namely, one at the store of E. T. Fogg, one at the First Parish Church, one at the store of Melvin Little, one at Litchfield's corner, one at the store of John H. Prouty, and one at the store under Assinippi Hall.
The following list of By-laws were published in the re- port of 1868,
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN CONCERNING TRUANT CHILDREN.
1. Any minor convicted of being an habitual truant, or any child convicted of wandering about the streets or public places of the town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or, at the discretion of the trial justice having jurisdiction of the case, may be commit- ted to a house of reformation or other suitable situation pro- vided by the Selectmen for the purpose, for such a length of time not exceeding two years, as such justice may determine. General Laws, 1862, ch. 207.
2. Any scholar absenting himself from school without the knowledge and consent of the teacher, parent or guardian, and any scholar who shall, without sufficient excuse, absent
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himself from school three or more days, in either half-term of summer, or term in winter, or who shall, without valid excuse, absent himself from examination, and any child be- tween the ages of eight and fourteen (see General Statutes, ch. 41), who shall not attend school at least twelve weeks in a year, six weeks of which time shall be consecutive, shall, unless there be sufficient excuse for non-attendance, be deemed a truant.
3. To prevent any child from being unjustly deemed a truant, the parent or guardian of each child, in all cases of necessary absence, shall previously, if possible, or at the earliest opportunity afterward, inform the teacher, orally or in writing, of such necessary absence.
4. It shall be the teacher's duty to require a written or oral excuse from the parent or guardian in every case of ab- sence, and, on becoming cognizant of any case of truancy, to visit the truant child, or the parent or guardian of such tru- ant, and, by inducement, cause the child, if possible, to be- come a regular attendant of school ; but if such persuasion be unavailing, the teacher shall record the name of such truant on the lower margin of the School Register, and shall also inform the Town Committee. And if said Committee shall be unable to persuade such truant regularly to attend school, they shall at once report the case to the truant officers, who shall thereupon enter a complaint according to the statute.
5. It shall be the duty of the Assessors to return to the School Committee each year, as early as may be in the month of May, the number, names, and ages of all the children in the several school districts, between the ages of five and fifteen years, together with the names of the parents or guardians of such children. The Assessors also shall, upon ascertaining that the parents or guardians in any case are unable through poverty, suitably to clothe their children to attend school,
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provide said children with suitable clothing at the expense of the town.
6. The almshouse of the town is hereby assigned and pro- vided as a suitable situation for the commitment of truants.
7. Three truant officers shall be annually chosen in the town at its annual meeting in March or April, to serve one year, who shall be authorized, in case of violation of these by-laws, to make the complaint and carry into execution the judgments thereon, and for their services shall be paid from the treasury of the town. They shall also, upon the com- mitment of truant children to the almshouse, cause such chil- dren regularly to attend school during the time of their com- mitment. Said officers shall also keep a record of the com- plaints, convictions, and the punishments awarded therefor, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the School Committee, and a copy of which shall be furnished to the Chairman of said Committee, in such season that it may be embodied in the School Report.
8. This ordinance shall take effect when it shall have been approved by the Superior Court, sitting in any county of the Commonwealth, and been duly published.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SUFFOLK, SS.
SUPERIOR COURT, April Term, A. D. 1867.
And now, the By-Laws of the Town of South Scituate concerning truant children having been submitted to the Court, are hereby approved.
LINCOLN F. BRIGHAM, Justice of Superior Court. Copy. Attest :
EDWIN A. WADLEIGH,
Ass't Clerk of said Superior Court.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
SOUTH SCITUATE,
1877.
REPORT.
The School Committee of South Scituate respectfully pre- sent for the consideration of the town the following annual report :-
EXPENDITURE OF THE MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
District No. 1,-
Paid R. C. Brooks for teaching,
$309 60
Alice M. Simmons, 175 00
12 00
A. Thomas for wood, fitting &c .. 66 for making fires,
5 00
R. A. Griggs for wood and fitting, Merritt for wood,
25 00
5 00
$531 60
District No. 2,-
Paid Maria Jacobs for teaching,
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