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this cannot be run for much less than it is now costing. The danger is in large expenditures for roads which are perhaps desirable, but which are not absolutely needed now, and should not be pushed forward; and if large outlays are omitted our Town debt (although not large) will soon diminish, taxation will decrease, and in a few years the Town will be, financially, in an improved condition. By that time business may be in a healthier state, and the Town could then enter upon additional improvements ; and, finally, if you wish to pay small taxes and not increase the Town debt, you must attend Town meetings, and vote for no appropriation unless absolutely necessary.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
As it is now nearly twenty years since a thorough valuation of the real estate liable to taxation was made, there can be no doubt but what the valuation at the present time is unequal, and the question of a new valuation, at no distant day, is worthy of your consideration.
ROADS.
There has been expended the past year for ordinary repairs of highways, $1,935.26; and for extra repairs on Main street, $878.50; and for other extra repairs, drain pipe, and gravel, $214.03 ; making the total amount expended for roads, $3,027.79.
The County Commissioners will probably order repairs on the street and bridge near the house of Elijah Barstow the ensuing year. The expense, however, will not be large.
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
The cost for support of Poor in the Almshouse the past year has been $1,196.62. The number of tramps provided for has been two hundred and thirty-four, about one half as many as in the previous year. The decrease is probably caused by the law of last year, as now very many of them are furnished free lodgings by the officers of the law.
The cost for support of Poor out of the Almshouse has been $1,669.59. There has been received and is due from the State and towns, $771.50, leaving the total cost to the Town, $898.09.
REMOVING SNOW. DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid-
W. W. Collamore,
$5 00 D. Bailey,
$2 25
L. C. Bailey,
8 00
E. Stowell,
2 25
A. Griggs,
2 25
A. Loring, 2 10
R. Griggs,
4 80 S. Bowker,
2 40
F. H. Curtis,
2 55
F. Farrar,
1 00
F. Jacobs,
3 90
J. Penniman,
4 80
C. F. Jacobs,
2 25
J. Vining,
3 15
J. Leavitt,
3 00
A. Thomas,
4 20
J. H. Prouty,
2 25
B. Prouty,
2 70
E. Loring,
4 65
E. Poole,
1. 50
J. Wilder,
60
E. Stoddard,
2 25
V. Chapman,
1 50
C. F. Young,
1 95
A. Grose,
1 50
A. Lewis,
4 05
J. Grose,
1 50
A. Gardner,
1 50
W. Wilder,
90 W. Davis,
1 20
W. Cushing,
2 70
George Jones,
60
John Lewis,
60
H. Curtis,
3 60
Daniel Barnes,
2 40
Total,
$92 15
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DISTRICT No. 2.
Paid-
R. P. Briggs,
$3 60 Frank Jones,
$2 55
E. Brown,
2 55
W. Jones, 1 50
E. Gammon,
2 40
D. Shay, 1 00
J. E. Gammon,
2 00
H. Studley, 2 40
J. Studley,
2 25
Studley, 2 25
John Gammon,
3 75
W. Robbins,
1 20
L. Damon,
2 33
T. Brooks,
2 70
Charles Wilder,
2 25
N. Brooks,
1 60
A. Baker,
2 10
S. Brooks,
2 70
A. Loring,
2 10
Miles Turner,
1 00
G. Bailey,
1 65
Albion Damon,
2 25
Morris Gammon,
3 75
Piam Jacobs, 5 40
W. Damon,
1 65
P. Pierce,
45
Morris Gammon, Jr.,
2 50
D. Damon, 2 70
P. Curtis,
2 25 E. Gammon,
2 25
A. Sanborn,
1 50
H. Maine,
30
E. Jacobs,
1 50
J. E. Grose,
2 33
J. Jones,
2 00
W. J. Hayden,
2 70
H. Stevens,
90
A. Clapp,
3 00
B. Jacobs,
2 10
Seth Curtis,
2 70
E. T. Vinal,
3 00
E. Brooks,
6 90
Alden Damon,
90
Ira Sanborn,
3 60
J. Warner,
2 00
J. Clapp,
2 40
A. F. Jacobs,
1 05
Barton Jacobs,
4 50
J. G. Briggs,
3 60
J. Litchfield, 75
R. Farrar,
60 W. S. Briggs,
3 60
Total,
$121 01
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DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid -
Walter Simmons,
$8 60 W. Lincoln,
$2 70
Willis Morris,
3 60
W. Farrar,
3 75
Elmer Cazneau,
2 00
H. W. Damon, 3 15
Rufus Winslow,
2 35
G. H. Damon,
3 00
Alfred Winslow,
2 35
H. F. Ford,
2 70
E. Studley,
3 00
B. P. Nichols,
2 10
A. S. Richardson,
3 15
George Reed,
2 70
W. T. Richardson,
2 50
O. C. Prouty,
1 05
L. A. Richardson,
60
J. Reed,
2 85
Jesse Damon,
2 50
A. Reed,
2 70
Alvin D. Vinal,
3 30
F. Lincoln,
3 15
F. Prouty,
2 70
O. B. Prouty,
2 40
E. Litchfield,
1 87
George Richardson,
2 70
D. Litchfield,
1 87
A. Stoddard,
2 70
I. Prouty,
2 70
Levi Osborne,
2 70
David Stockbridge,
2 10
Liba Litchfield,
7 50
Lyman Lincoln,
2 70
W. Richardson,
2 70
Edwin Litchfield,
1 58
Charles E. Damon,
1 35
Carlton Litchfield,
1 10
E. Damon,
2 70
Zimri Richardson,
1 50
W. A. Sprague,
4 50
Owen A. Sprague,
4 20
D. D. Sprague,
4 95
Herbert Sprague,
3 30 Edward Munroe,
2 70
Abel A. Vinal,
5 40
L. C. Tower,
1 60
Total,
$135 32
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DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid-
Joseph W. Hatch,
$5 10 M. S. Curtis,
$1 50
H. Studley,
2 10
William H. Merritt, 75
John Cushing,
1 35
W. S. Hatch,
1 50
Martin Cushing,
1 80
George H. Briggs,
1 50
H. T. Jenkins,
1 50
E. Litchfield,
1 20
John F. Turner,
2 10
H. Leavitt,
1 35
Charles F. Studley,
1 65
B. Briggs,
1 65
W. Harrub,
2 25
G. A. Briggs,
1 50
John W. Hatch,
2 10
W. B. Briggs,
1 30
A. Joseph,
2 10
Alfred B. Briggs,
1 95
Manuel Joseph,
1 40
N. Ellms,
2 10
Howard Freeman,
1 65
Walter Ellms,
1 40
George H. Clapp,
1 50
F. Litchfield,
2 70
Willie Clapp,
80 Caleb Litchfield,
2 70
Lincoln Ellms,
2 70 James Litchfield,
90
Lewis Ellms,
2 70
R. Ellms,
2 70
Job Ellms,
60 Bela Brown,
1 95
Total,
$61 95
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid-
George O. Torrey,
$4 80
S. C. Cudworth,
$2 40
P. Leslie,
4 80
Joseph Packard, 3 30
John Kehoe,
2 40
Henry Collins, 1 80
M. Lynch,
3 30
J. Enolds,
1 20
Willard Torrey,
1 20
E. Beach,
2 40
U. H. Percival,
3 30
N. Cushing,
7 20
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Paid-
W. Sylvester,
$7 20
F. Talbot, $1 20
T. A. Lawrence,
1 20
T. O. Hayden, 1 20
B. P. Foster,
2 40
I. Nash, 1 20
C. D. Barnard,
1 50
D. R. Ewell, 2 40
T. Mee,
2 40
Parsons Bowker, 2 10
D). Griffith,
2 10
James Merritt,
2 70
A. Merritt,
2 70 N. B. Clapp,
2 10
B. Barrell,
2 40
W. Halin,
2 40
G. W. Barrell,
2 40
C. Cromwell,
1 20
Sylvanus Clapp,
9 00
Total,
$87 90
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid-
Alexander Totman,
$4 05 C. H. Litchfield, $2 10
Elias Carr,
2 40
James Greene, 2 40
B. Litchfield,
1 40
John Greene, 2 55
Frank Turner,
2 40 A. C. Pincin, 3 45
I. Fitts,
2 10
T. A. Pincin,
2 70
C. W. Pincin, 2 70
Joseph Jacobs, 1 20
A. Barstow,
2 10
B. W. Jacobs,
1 95
W. Danforth,
1 95
Cushing Hatch,
2 10
P. Spellman,
2 25
John Cambell,
1 80
R. Tilden,
2 10
Frank Tilden,
2 10
Philip Tilden,
2 10
Robert Reed,
2 10
Wilber Nichols,
2 10
James W. Sampson, 2 10
Gamaliel Sampson,
2 10
John Brown, 2 10
William Brown,
2 10
Francis Merritt,
2 10
Frank Dana,
2 40
Horace Griggs,
1 88
Frank Higgins,
1 00
J. Conner, 2 10
F. Sproul,
2 40 Thomas Turner, 2 10
Total,
$74 48
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DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid-
Joseph W. Briggs,
$3 60
S. H. Vinal,
$3 45
H. A. Turner,
2 10
Frank Stetson,
2 70
Philip Foster,
60
W. Hunt,
2 70
W. H. Briggs,
75
T. Sampson,
2 10
Roswell Curtis,
3 30
William Smith,
1 35
Abner Stetson,
6 90
William Smith, Jr.,
1 35
Wilber Gardner,
2 55
John McCurdy,
1 80
F. Wyman,
1 65
R. Barstow,
1 05
James Smith,
2 40
T. B. Waterman,
2 05
W. Smith,
2 40
John Knapp,
1 20
James Țolman,
2 10
F. Stetson,
1 80
Charles Hunt,
2 40
Israel Hatch,
1 80
Calvin Talbot,
60
Charles C. Pratt,
3 00
David Bassford,
2 55
W. Sylvester,
2 40
Charles Gardner,
1 20
R. Stetson,
2 70
George Gardner,
2 55
M. Stetson,
2 70
B. P. Stetson,
3 30
W. B. Barker,
2 70
Amos Vinal,
3 60
W. S. Barker,
2 70
J. S. Barker,
2 70
T. W. Briggs,
1 80
E. Barstow,
4 20
Josiah Stoddard,
3 00
Joel Munroe,
2 25
Total,
$97 73
Total amount paid for removing snow, $670.54.
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation : $2,000.00.
By a vote of the Town, the Surveyors were instructed to pay for labor at the rate of one shilling per hour for a man's labor, one shilling per hour for a horse and cart, and one dollar and seventy-five cents per day for oxen and cart; and the several sums have been paid, as named below, at the above price, excepting, perhaps, a few not considered as able to perform a full day's work.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Appropriation : $219.01.
Paid-
W. W. Collamore,
$58 50
Stephen Bowker, $6 00
L. C. Bailey,
38 37
E. Magoun,
1 50
Henry Curtis,
25 50 E. Loring, 14 25
H. Penniman,
18 00 D. T. Stoddard, 16 50
D. Barnes,
18 75 D. Bailey,
5 66
B. Prouty,
1 00 J. Penniman,
75
W. Davis,
2 25
I. Vining,
8 67
Irving Farrar,
25
J. R. Collamore,
25
Use of plough and
sharpening tools,
1 00
Total, $217 20
W. W. COLLAMORE, Surveyor.
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DISTRICT No. 2.
Appropriation : $326.77.
Paid-
R. P. Briggs,
$13 12 S. Damon,
$16 75
Albion Damon,
15 75
J. Bailey,
6 00
W. S. Briggs,
12 00
Alden Damon,
7 67
E. Gammon,
4 50
Ira Sanborn,
3 75
Loring Jacobs,
11 17
Seth Curtis,
11 25
E. Brown,
9 75
Peleg Curtis,
12 75
Daniel L'amon,
5 17
W. Brooks,
3 00
P. Pierce,
2 25
E. Damon,
3 67
H. Studley,
5 67
Morris Gammon,
9 00
W. S. and R. P. Briggs,
Piam Jacobs, *
22 17
team,
22 25
E. T. Vinal,
4 50
E. Brooks,
14 25
J. . Warner,
12 75
Andrew Clapp,
7 50
Waldo Jones,
8 25
J. G. Briggs,
14 25
Edwin Jacobs,
16 25
Barton Jacobs,
19 25
M. Gammon, Jr.,
4 50
John Clapp,
16 25
A. Sanborn,
3 00
Everett Jacobs,
50
J. Prince,
50
Total,
$319 49
R. P. BRIGGS, Surreyor.
DISTRICT No. 3.
Appropriation : $330.04.
Paid-
Henry W. Damon,
$56 87 Liba Litchfield, $7 00
F. S. Lincoln,
20 25 D. W. Studley, 10 50
Henry Stoddard,
18 75
Lyman Lincoln, 41 25
A. Stoddard,
10 50
Orlando C. Prouty, 12 75
Willis Morris,
5 25
S. Cazneau, 5 32
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Paid-
Frank Spooner,
$13 50
Jesse Damon, $3 00
Owen Sprague,
5 25
David Stoddard, 11 25
J. R. Litchfield,
5 25
Isaac Prouty, 7 50
A. A. Vinal,
39 00
John Osborne,
75
C. McGuire,
1 25
G. F. Farrar,
3 00
J. F. Damon,
8 00
A. Vinal,
10 50
W. Simmons,
8 75
A. W. Sprague,
4 50
D. D. Sprague,
3 75
W. J. Stoddard,
1 50
Blasting rock,
50
Total,
$315 69
HENRY W. DAMON, Surveyor.
DISTRICT No. 4.
Appropriation : $254.84.
Paid-
Martin Cushing,
$60 83 John H. Turner, $22 25
H. T. Jenkins,
24 16 Amos T. Litchfield, 3 00
John F. Turner, 3 78 John Freeman, 27 00
W. Harrub, 15 00
H. L. Studley, 27 00
John Burns,
9 72 Freeman Litchfield,
2-4 00
J. S. Litchfield,
12 00
N. Ellms,
3 00
John W. Hatch,
18 00
A. Joseph, 3 00
A. B. Briggs,
. 1 50
Use of plough, 50
Total, $254 74
MARTIN CUSHING, Surveyor.
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DISTRICT NO. 5.
Appropriation : $307.19.
Paid-
B. P. Foster,
$82 SS N. H. Bowker,
$13 50
W. Sylvester,
33 87
George Sylvester, 21 75
Nathan Sylvester,
36 75
A. Merritt, 13 50
John Kehoe, 14 25
S. Benson,
9 75
F. Sylvester,
1 50
D. R. Ewell,
21 75
J. Merritt,
9 75 S. C. Cudworth,
10 50
S. Clapp,
11 25
F. Talbot
75
Total,
$281 75
B. P. FOSTER, Surveyor.
DISTRICT No. 6.
Appropriation : $232.09.
Paid-
James W. Sampson,
$40 67
W. Jacobs, $18 00
F. Dana,
30 67
Joseph Jacobs,
15 00
Horace Griggs,
27 83
Thomas Turner, 2 25
P. Spellman,
18 67
B. Nichols,
75
F. Sproul,
5 17
Cushing Hatch,
4 50
Elias Carr,
24 75
Frank Turner,
10 00
F. Humphrey,
1 00
Liba Litchfield,
16 50
Martin Burke,
67
W. Hobart,
67
Total, $217 10
JAMES W. SAMPSON, Surveyor.
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DISTRICT No. 7.
Appropriation : $330.06.
Paid-
Josiah Stoddard,
$50 37
Matthew Stetson,
$13 50
Rogers Stetson,
5 25
Chester Barker,
2 50
John S. Barker,
13 50
W. B. Barker,
13 50
Charles Pratt,
18 00
T. C. Sampson,
12 00
C. H. Baker,
12 00
E. Barstow,
22 75
Howard Packard,
3 00
W. C. Tolman,
26 00
Abner Stetson,
19 50
John Beale,
6 00
Joel Munroe,
3 00
D. B. Ford,
6 50
W. Sylvester,
3 00
W. S. Barker,
4 50
H. A. Turner,
14 25
C. Litchfield,
16 50
John Gardner,
3 00
C. H. Merritt,
9 00
Charles Gardner,
3 00
John Knapp,
3 00
Luther Howland,
3 00
Peter Hart,
6 67
David Bassford,
4 50
M. Little,
6 00
G. P. Clapp,
9 00
Wilber Gardner,
3 00
J. W. Briggs,
4 50
E. Stetson,
6 00
Gustavus Tolman,
2 00
Philip Foster,
1 00
Total,
$329 29
JOSIAH STODDARD, Surveyor.
Total amount expended of the appropriations, $1,935.26.
Balance unexpended, $64.74.
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EXTRA REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
By a vote of the Town the repairs of Main street, as ordered by the County Commissioners under petition of John Turner, 2nd, and others, were put out at auction. The first section was taken by B. P. Foster ; the second section by R. P. Briggs and the Wilson Hill section by J W. Sampson. We have also expended $239.50 for repairs of other portions of the street, which could not well be let at auction, and the following will show the amount of the appropriation expended :
Appropriation for repairs of Main street, $1,000 00
Paid-
B. P. Foster, as per contract . $60 00
R. P. Briggs for building forty-eight rods of road, at $3.75 per rod, . 180 00
J. W. Sampson for building one hundred and four rods of road, at $4.123 per rod 429 00
R. P. Briggs, fifteen days. 22 50
J. W. Sampson, fourteen days 21 00
Morris Gammon 15 00
Benjamin Barrell 15 00
B. N. Fernald 12 00
Andrew Clapp. 14 00
Martin Burke 13 00 Patrick Spellman 14 00
David Griffin 14 00
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Paid-
A. Totman with team $5 50
Elias Carr with team 2 25
Horace Griggs 1 50
J. W. Sampson for horse and cart, eighteen days ... 22 50
R. P. Briggs for horse, oxen and carts 37 25
Total . $878 50 Amount of appropriation unexpended, $121.50.
The Town appropriated, at their annual meeting, $300.00 to be used under the direction of the Select- men for any special repairs of highways and we have paid from this appropriation, as follows :
Paid-
Josiah Stoddard for repairs of damage in Highway District No. 7 $9 01 1 14
For gravel
$10 15
Amount of appropriation unexpended, $289.85.
During the winter of 1877 and 1878 it seemed necessary to have certain portions of some of our streets repaired, and as the appropriations for the 2
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year 1877 were all used up, by consent of the Select- men there was expended the following sums :
Paid-
J. W. Briggs for repairs of River Street $38 00
Harriet Tolman for gravel 4 62
George O. Torrey for labor 8 37
A. C. Pincin, repairs of Parker Street 3 10
Total
$54 09
Paid-
Marcellus Day & Co. for drain pipe $32 40
J. D. Grose for freight, 1877 3 45
R. P. Briggs for freight. 7 25
Total $43 10
PAID FOR GRAVEL :-
District No. 1, W. W. Collamore $5 48
" 2, R. P. Briggs . 15 89
66
" 3, Henry W. Damon 15 15
4, Martin Cushing
15 12
66
" 5, B. P. Foster. 23 19
7, Josiah Stoddard 31 86
Total $106 69
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ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid-
R. A. Griggs for supplies $5 20
C. H. Totman for cleaning house and repairs 12 41
C. H. Totman for supplies and labor 4 98
Mersena Brett for mason work 3 00
F. H. Curtis for building wood house 16 50
David Cushing, 2d, for lumber 20 87
Monument Committee for lumber 7 00
Snow Bryant for painting wood house 7 31
$77 27
CR. By lumber sold
4 70
Total
$72 57
DISTRICT No. 2.
Paid-
Simeon Damon for cleaning bouse and well $5 95
Simeon Damon for supplies .
4 75
Total
$10 70
DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid-
Franklin Jacobs for supplies and repairs
$5 55
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DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid-
George H. Clapp for cleaning house and repairs .... $6 00
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid-
Elias Carr for cleaning house and repairs $19 15
Levi N. Osborne for mason work. 11 60
Total $30 75
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid-
C. H. Merritt for repairs $23 70
Snow Bryant for painting 8 03
Lucy Turner, cash paid for cleaning house 5 00
H. W. Barstow for mason work 9 50
E. W. Lapham for lumber 2 56
Lot Soule for pump
19 00
Total $67 79
Paid- E. T. Fogg for supplies to the several districts ..... $19 86
Snow Bryant for painting blackboards in Districts Nos. 4, 5 and 6, . 3 50
Total $23 36
Amount paid for repairs, cleaning houses, supplies, &c., to the several Districts, $216.72.
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GRADING SCHOOL HOUSE YARD, DISTRICT NO. 3, AS BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.
Appropriation : $100.00.
Paid-
Abel A. Vinal,
$30 12 Alvin Vinal, $13 50
William Cutler, 20 25
Charles McGuire, 4 50
A. W. Sprague, 14 25 Walter Simmons, 3 50
Henry W. Damon, 14 25 David 一, 62
H. N. Gardner, gratings, 1 40 For brimstone, 12
Total, $102 51
BUILDING FENCE FOR SCHOOL HOUSE YARD, DISTRICT NO. 3, AS BY FOTE OF THE TOWN.
No appropriation.
Paid-
J. G. Whitney, lumber, &c., $23 41
Abel A. Vinal, labor, $6 12
H. W. Damon labor, 4 50
A. W. Sprague, labor, 3 00
S. Clapp, cedar posts, 5 00
Alvin Vinal, labor, 3 00 Horse and cart, 3 00
$48 03
CR. By lumber, 3 47
Total, $44 56
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DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AID.
Paid-
John Lewis, $72 00 Hannah Dover,
$48 00
Mary Stoddard,
48 00
George Studley, 49 00
Seth O. Fitts,
36 00
C. D. Barnard, 72 00
R. H. Thompson, 48 00
Thomas Mee, 36 00
C. N. Clapp, 24 00
C. G. Mee, 48 00
J. B. Goodrich,
36 00
Elisha Colman, 72 00
J. E. Stoddard,
84 00
Betsey B. Sylvester, 48 00
Harriet Jacobs,
48 00
Daniel W. Ford, 21 00
Thomas Stoddard, 8 00
Mary Spencer, 48 00
Hannah W. Hayden,
48 00
E. G. Babcock, 70 00
Total,
$964 00
There has been paid on account of the law of 1878, under the " Act to provide additional pay to Poor and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors who served on the quota of Massachusetts," the following named sums :
Paid-
William M. Halin,
$6 00
Albert Winslow, $4 00
David Bassford,
6 00
James L. Hunt, 6 00
Isaac Prouty, 6 00
Charles Leroy, 10 00
B. E. Stetson,
18 00
A. B. Litchfield, 6 00
Jacob Talbot, 16 00
John T. Talbot, 2 00
James H. Patterson, 2 00
Edward M. Magoun, 3 00
Lyman B. Fitts,
14 00
D. P. Robinson, 8 00
Josiah Caldwell,
6 00
Amos Vinal, 6 00
C. B. Jones, 20 00
I. N. Fitts, 20 00
E. L. Hyland,
6 00
W. T. Slason, 2 00
B. F. Lee,
2 00
Austin Richardson, 34 00
Total,
$203 00
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TAXES ABATED
OR GIVEN UP, IN FAVOR OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS :
Lorenzo Bates, 1876-77, *4 29 Cushing O. Studley,
William Allison, 1875, 2 20
E. L. Brown, estate, 2 00
Sam'l Tolman, (discount), 88
J. J. Damon, estate, 1874-6-7, 1 91
1876-77, $4 00
Frank Stetson, 1875, 2 00
Morris Gammon, 1876, 2 00 F. L. Lincoln, 1876-77, 4 00
F. Dyer, 1876, 2 80
W. R. Vinal, 1876, 13 88. J. F. Ford, 1876-77, 5 32
Daniel T. Hunt, 1876, 2 00 George French, 1876-77, 4 00
John McCurdy, 1876, 2 00
E. D. Munroe, 1876, 4 10
Marcus M. Gardner, '77, 2 00
H. O. Torrey, 1877, 2 00
F. H. Torrey, 1877, 2 00
Augustus Prince, 1877, 2 32
Charles Spooner, 1877, 2 00
Henry Nash, 1877, 2 00
L. Cromwell, 1877, 2 00
W. Hunt, 1877, 2 00
S. Tolman, Jr., 1877, 2 00
Peter Smith, 1878, 65
Samuel Loring, 1878, 52
David Bailey, 1878, 30
Ansel G. Grose, 1878, 1 05
Total, $105 29
E. L. Hyland, 1877, 2 00
John F. Welsh, 1876, 2 00
John Troy, 1877, 2 00
H. W. Corbett, 1877, 2 00
A. N. Greene, 1877, 2 00
E. H. Snelling, 1877, 2 00
Freeman French, 1878, 6 50
T. C. Totman, estate, '78, 2 00 James J. Farrar, . 58
W. B. Damon, 1876, 2 00
Jonathan H. Rogers, '76, 2 00 N. Cushing, 1877, 2 00
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SCHOOL BOOKS.
Paid-
J. L. Hammett $37 38
Knight, Adams & Co. 46 38
Thompson, Brown & Co 20 36
W. Ware & Co 7 20
A. C. Stocking
13 07
Nichols & Hall
90 41
Total $214 80
We would recommend that the Town adopt the same method to procure wood for the school houses as in the past years.
SUPPLIES FURNISHED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE
To Persons having a Settlement in this Town.
Paid-
Dr. French for medical attendance on George Lee, $3 75
W. Smith for board of John McCurdy . 16 50 E. T. Fogg, supplies to Mary Monahon and family, 124 21 Dr. French, medical attendance on child of T. Mee, 18 50 Town of Duxbury, allowance to C. D. Mann and family . 179 50
E. T. Fogg and others, supplies to Mrs. Thompson and family 57 15 Town of Cohasset, allowance to Hannah L. Stoddard, 44 43 C. W. Sparrell, coffin for child of T. Gunderway .... $5 00
A. Damon and others, supplies to N. J. Stoddard and family 55 95
25
Paid-
Towns of Pembroke and Duxbury, allowance to E.
B. Howland
$72 11
A. Damon, allowance to J. E. Stoddard and family, 28 21
C. W. Sparrell, coffin tor Thomas Stoddard 10 00
Town of Carver, allowance to Mary L. Harvey . City of Taunton, allowance to A. T. Clapp and wife,
4 00
104 28
City of Taunton, allowance to E. Colman
16 00
Alpheus Damon, supplies to Benjamin Sprague. .. . 119 50
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for child of L. Cromwell. 5 00
E. T. Fogg, supplies to Hannah L. Stoddard. 10 00
Allowance to Mary Bowditch for board of Hannnah
Ells . 24 00
$898 09
ALLOWANCE TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLE- MENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
Paid-
Groceries and house rent for H. Baker $82.00
Supplies to Mary F. Stetson and child 16 96
Allowance to George Studley and family 248 37
Allowance to Daniel W. Ford and family 25 55
Supplies and medical attendance to family of Augus- tus Prince 47 64
Allowance to E. M. Magoun and family 21 64
Supplies to Alice Brooker 41 00
Groceries and house rent for Harriet Beach 64 00
Allowance to child of Isaac N. Fitts . 14 00
Allowance, medical attendance, &c., to G. A. Hall. . 12 50
Supplies to Wilbert Robbins and family . 23 61
26
Paid-
Supplies to C. D. Witt and family $3 52
Groceries, house rent, &c., for Phebe Simpson 69 00
Medical attendance and supplies to Joshua F. Prince, 26 93
Allowance to Calvin Cromwell and family 74 78
$771 50
SUPPLIES TO ALMSHOUSE.
Paid-
J. M. Healey, as superintendent $236 00
Thomas Tolman, groceries. 218 81
Henry Calender & Co., groceries 66 19
J. S. Smith, crackers 38 56
J. H. Corthell and others, meat 112 20
N. B. Clapp, standing wood. 30 00
Skinner & Arnold, butter 6 90
C. H. Litchfield, fish and lobsters
19 28
E. H. Bonney, coal
34 94
J. C. Frye & Co., butter
13 50
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance
27 00
429 86
E. T. Fogg, flour, grain, dry goods and groceries. .. Winslow, Rand & Co., groceries
73 32
Howard, Clark & Co , furniture
14 25
Supplies furnished by Superintendent. 20 00
Cash paid straw, fertilizers, lumber, &c 12 90
S. Foster, supplies, medicine, &c. 40 25
R. P. & W. S Briggs, ice. 7 00
L. C. Bailey and others, swine 16 98
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for Nancy Damon 15 00
Total $1,432 94
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ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
By cash received for board of George Penniman . . . $113 97
Due from the State for board of A. Richardson 34 00
Received for articles sold, and meals and lodgings. . 27 60 Received for meals and lodgings of 234 tramps. .. 60 75 Board, medical attendance, &c., of 11 inmates, at about $2.09 per week, each 1,196 62
Total
$1,432 94
Sarah Totman, Henry Corlew, Mary L. Harvey and Julietta Harvey have been discharged during the year, and one has died, namely : Nancy Damon.
Mr. Jarius M. Healey and wife have continued in charge of the Almshouse the past year, and the management of the farm and care of the inmates has been very satisfactory.
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Received of-
Paid for --
Steadfast Lodge,
$29 14 Wood and coal, $21 75.
Temple of Honor,
3 72
Wax, reflectors and
Centennial Singers, 10 00
repairs, 5 47
J. C. Nash & Co.,
8 00
Chimnies, oil, &c., 21 43
Americus Club, 5 00
J. M. Healey, care
South Scituate Band, 47 00
of hall, 18 00
$102 86
$66 65
Paid Treasurer, cash to balance,
36 21
$102 86
A. J. LITCHFIELD, Agent.
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Paid-
J. S. Smith, printing town reports $109 25
E T. Fogg, postage and stationery 13 96
George K. Cushing, sealer of weights and measures, 10 00
F. H. Curtis, water troughs Districts Nos. 1 and 2. . 8 00
J. Easterbrook, printing notices 5 00
C. W. Tilden, iron work 3 50
F. Damon, lumber for repairs on tramp house 31 55
Everett Torrey & Co., on account of soldiers' mon- ument 1,000 00
F. Higgins, new wheelbarrow and repairs on pump, 9 75
Elias Carr, repairs on pump on Main street 4 00
J. Merritt, smith work. 19 63
J. S. Smith, printing school orders 1 50
Treasurer of Hanover, damage sustained by said town, as by the award of Commissioners 275 00
F. H. Curtis, building scraper and repairs on same, 13 50
Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad, freight 1 14
P. Simmons, legal services. 22 64
W. W. Collamore, repairs of scraper 1 62
City of Taunton, allowance to A. T. Clapp, 1877 60 58
F. H. Curtis, new out-building and repairs at alms- house 22 95
Seth Foster, printing, stationery and expressing . 11 39 Frank Alger, iron work on scrapers & water troughs, 4 60
Total $1,627 56
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TOWN COMMITTEES.
Paid-
Ansel G. Grose, services as Committee for District No. 3 school house yard. ... $2 00
J. T. Hartt, services with County Commissioners, 1877 3 00
J. H. Curtis, as Treasurer of Fish Committee on account of stocking Accord Pond with fish 54 28
F. H. Curtis, as Committee on Roads. 6 00
C. E. Fogg, surveys, plans, and estimates on account of proposed widening of Jacobs' mill dam. .... 15 00
C. A. Litchfield, as Committee on Roads, and ex- penses to Boston before the Fish Commissioners, 7 50
. . F. H. Curtis, as Fish Committee, and expenses. 4 00
Samnel Tolman, services and expense in case of Town rs. Stoddard and others, 1876 7 64
Willard Torrey, services on Committee on petition of John Turner, 2d, and others, 1877. 3 00
Willard Torrey, three days' services on Committee on petition of H. J. Curtis and others. 7 0
Willard Torrey, cash for expenses on petition of H. J. Curtis. 6 78
E. T. Fogg, services as Committee on Roads and as Auctioneer 5 00
Total $121 20
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid- :
C. A. Litchfield, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, from January 1, 1878, to March 4, 1878 $24 00
F. H. Curtis, same services to March 4, 1878. 22 00
W. C. Litchfield, same services to March 4, 1878. .. 17 00
C. W. Sparrell, warning Town Meeting 4 00
John C. Nash, warning Town Meetings and officers, 13 00
Helen L. Fogg, services as School Committee 42 00
Lucy Turner, services as School Committee. 38 00
Franklin Jacobs, services as School Committee 39 00
C. W. Sparrell, returning deaths. 11 50
F. Jacobs, services as School Committee, 1877 25 00
C. A. Litchfield, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, from March 4, 1878, to January 1, 1879, and for expenses on corpo- ration and State pauper accounts. 121 50
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