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C. H. Merritt, wood and fitting. 3 75
E. S. Chamberlain, fires and sweeping 13 00
$523 75
Total expenditure. $3,069 94
Available Funds.
Balance, as per report, January 1, 1879 $1,495 80
Received from the State fund. 237 63
66
" Dog fund 129 68
66 66
" Town of Hingham 23 34
·
H. Wright 6 00
Annual town appropriation 2,500 00
Total available for schools.
$4,392 45
Expended for schools in 1879 3,069 94
Unexpended balance. $1,322 51
Which is available for the support of schools for the present term. Estimated salaries of teachers for the pres- ent term $864 00
Estimated amount for care of rooms, sweep-
ing and fires 75 00
$939 00
Probable amount due at close of the present
term.
939 00
Probable balance at close of present term .. $383 51
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School Book Account.
Books on hand, January, 1879 $215 29
Books delivered agents. 248 09
-- $463 38
Books on hand, January, 1880 $196 40
Books returned . 9 09
Agent's commission 25 78
Books charged. 38 80
Cash to balance, paid treasurer
193 31
- $463 38
Your Committee would recommend an appropriation of two thousand eight hundred dollars, for the support of schools for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANKLIN JACOBS,
CAROLINE C. TURNER,
Committee.
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ABSTRACT OF REGISTERS, January Ist, 1880.
WINTER TERM.
SUMMER TERM.
FALL TERM.
SCHOOLS.
Number Registered.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance-
Number Registered.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number Registered.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
District No. 1, Primary,
32
25X
.79
33
26
.79
31
233
.76
District No. 1, Grammar,
23
20
.85
31
26
.84
28
24₺
.88
District No. 2, Primary,
27
21
.78
24
19}
.81
27
23}
.87
District No. 2, Grammar,
26
22
.83
34
28
.83
34
27
.80
District No. 3,
33
24
.71
34
30
.88
35
28
.80
District No. 4,
24
16
.68
22
16
.71
25
16
.65
District No. 5,
32
25
.78
37
31
.84
35
29
.84
District No. 6,
31
25
.80
26
21
.80
29
24
.81
District No. 7, Primary,
14
10
.76
24
17
.69
24
18
.75
District No. 7, Grammar,
33
27
.82
Total,
275
215
.78
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THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
TOWN OFFICERS
- OF-
SOUTH SCITUATE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1881,
-EMBRACING THOSE OF THE-
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS, TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HINGHAM: FRED H. MILLER, Printer. 1881.
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THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF-
SOUTH SCITUATE
-FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1881,
- -EMBRACING THOSE OF THE-
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS, TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HINGHAM: FRED H. MILLER, Printer. 1881.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen submit for your consideration the thirty-first annual report of the financial condition of the town for the year ending January 1, 1881.
The business connected with the several departments of town affairs have been conducted, as we trust, to the acceptance of its citizens.
There has been expended the past year, by orders of the county commissioners and by vote of the town, for special repairs of our roads, a large amount of money, for which no appropriation was made.
The town appropriated $1,950 for ordinary repairs of roads, $450 of the same to be expended by the Selectmen for repairs of Main and Central streets and Norwell avenue, and for such other repairs as to them seemed necessary.
By a vote of the town we were instructed to let out the special repairs at auction, which was done to the extent that it seemed possible to do, and the work has been generally well performed ; yet we believe that the same amount of work could have been done at a less cost had it been done by the day, under the supervision of some suitable person ; at any rate we think that a town ought to be willing to pay for whatever labor has actually been performed, and for no more. The condition of our roads at the present time are, we think, as good as can be reasonably expected under our present system, and compare favorably with those of our neighboring towns, and we believe that for the ensuing year our ordinary appropriation will be sufficient for the repairs of our highways.
By vote of the town we were authorized to purchase a new hearse, which has been done at a cost of $570. It is of beautiful design and with all modern improvements, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. It was manufactured by George L. Brownell, Esq., of New Bedford, whose reputation for fine carriages is second to none.
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
There has been paid for support of poor at the almshouse the past year $1,301.08. The average number of inmates was 1112. There has been more sickness than for many previous years and death has removed two, each having needed almost constant care, which we believe they received. Others are also in a helpless con- dition, yet we think that they have been well cared for by the efficient industry of the wife of the superintendent.
There has been paid for aid to out-door poor, $761.84 ; many of these cases are those of worthy poor. There is, however, another class which has called upon us for assistance that should have been provided for by members of their own families. Their earn- ings have been sufficient but they are not well taken care of. They are already indebted to the grocer, the doctor, or the butcher, and their credit is among the things of the past. Sickness finally over- takes them or some member of their family, they are suffering for medical attendance or the necessaries of life to make them com- fortable, and they are obliged to call upon the town to do what they should have been able to do themselves.
Distribution of State Aid.
PAID UNDER CHAPTER 301 OF THE ACTS OF THE YEAR 1879.
Mary Monahon
$48 00
Charles D. Barnard
72 00
Hannah Dover
48 00
John Lewis .
72 00
George B. Hayden
54 00
Harriet Jacobs
48 00
Hannah W. Hayden
48 00
Joseph E. Stoddard
48 00
Thomas Mee
36 00
Mary A. Studley
24 00
Seth O. Fitts
.
36 00
Mary Stoddard
48 00
Louisa J. Hayden .
48 00
Mary Spencer
48 00
Joseph B. Goodrich
36 00
.
.
5
Sarah F. Stoddard
$21 00
Betsey W. Sylvester
48 00
Total .
· $783 00
The above is to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth.
PAID UNDER CHAPTER 252 OF THE ACTS OF 1879, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS."
For board, nursing and medical attendance for Napoleon
B. Powell
$49 00
One-half to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth.
Expenses of the Several School Districts.
DISTRICT NO. I.
Paid Charles H. Totman for cleaning school rooms $10 75
Charles H. Totman, for repairs and supplies 9 91 ·
F. H. Curtis, for stock and labor . 4 27 ·
Total .
$24 93
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Paid Alpheus Damon, for supplies
$2 05
Ira B. Sanborn, for supplies . 5 21 ·
Ira B. Sanborn, for cleaning school rooms
·
II OO
Total .
.
. $18 26
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Paid F. H. Curtis, for stock and repairs $9 42
Levi N. Osborne, for stock and labor 17 50
Snow Bryant, for painting blinds .
5 00
F. W. Prouty, for mason work
2 35
Henry W. Damon, for repairs
2 25
Daniel D. Sprague, for repairs and supplies .
5 16
David Stoddard, for cleaning house and repairs
10 80
Total .
$52 48
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DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid Samuel Turner, for stock and labor $1 50
C. A. Litchfield, for supplies and repairs 3 90
C. A. Litchfield, for cash paid for cleaning house 3 00
Total .
$8 40
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid Samuel Turner, for labor $0 75
Andrew J. Litchfield, for supplies and repairs
7 20
Andrew J. Litchfield, for cash paid for cleaning house
·
3 50
Total .
. $II 45
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid Samuel Turner, for stock and labor
$6 23
John Turner, for repairs
3 96
Total .
$10 19
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Paid H. M. Stetson, cash paid for cleaning house
· $7 00
Parker Cushing, for painting
3 00
Abner Stetson, for grading school-house yard
6 40
B. P. Stetson, for repairs
5 25
Gilbert Currill, for labor
75
H. M. Stetson, for labor and cash paid for same .
9 00
H. W. Barstow, mason work and stock
21 25
Total .
$52 65
Paid E. T. Fogg, for supplies to the several districts $27 74
PAID FOR SCHOOL BOOKS.
Knight, Adams & Co.
$29 95
Nichols & Hall
42 50
D. Appleton & Co.
8 21
J. L. Hammett ·
2 40
Thompson, Brown & Co.
.
6 95
7
William Ware & Co. A. C. Stockin
7 83
New England School Furnishing Company
215 15
Total .
. $367 II
Repairs of Highways.
Town appropriation · $1,500 00
DISTRICT NO. I.
Appropriation
$164 25
Paid Israel L. Vining
$47 58+
George Allen
16 55
C. Ford
3 99
H. Penniman
2 00
D. Robinson
I 33
A. Vining
3 28
W. W. Collamore
14 20
T. B. Chapman
3º 40
Charles Lincoln
13 33
H. Curtis
3 13
F. Vining
6 65
C. V. Chapman
2 66
C. Wilder
5 64
E. Magoun .
6 67
for sharpening tools
.
85
Total .
.
· $158 26
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Appropriation
$245 07
Paid R. P. Briggs .
$15 00
W. Hayden .
20 41
L. Damon .
5 55
Miles S. Turner
7 50
T. Stoddard .
3 33
A. Sanborn . .
3 00
$54 12
8
Paid R. Farrar
$12 91
J. G. Briggs .
2 67
H. Sears
2 67
W. Jones
8 00
Morris Gammon
7 50
W. T. Stoddard
3 00
E. Gammon .
87
S. Damon .
2 50
P. Nichols
3 00
R. P. & W. S. Briggs, team work .
24 00
Edward Gammon .
6 47
P. Curtis
6 50
Andrew Clapp
15 58
W. S. Briggs
12 00
J. E. Gammon
4 67
J. Bailey
18 67
B. Jacobs
I7 94
J. E. Groce
2 67
A. Damon
2 67
Seth Curtis .
8 00
J. Gammon .
1 00
J. Warner
3 33
Dennis Gammon
I 00
for drain pipe
3 96
Total .
$226 57
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Appropriation
. $247 53
Paid Isaac Prouty
$76 25
A. D. Vinal .
8 00
Walter Simmons
21 28
C. E. Damon
2 62
W. H. Morse
8 50
O. C. Prouty
3 33
David W. Studley
15 33
W. Lincoln .
5 17
R. Winslow .
.
2 67
9
Paid A. W. Sprague
$6 67
S. Cazneau .
4 00
E. Litchfield
2 67
W. R. Vinal
21 16
F. W. Prouty
8 00
Thomas Kilborn
5 33
E. L. Tower
8 50
L. Richardson
I 87
Henry Stoddard
13 34
C. Studley
5 17
L. Lincoln
2 67
A. Winslow .
2 67
J. Damon
3 33
Liba Litchfield
5 67
W. Cutler
5 17
Total .
$239 37
DISTRICT No. 4.
Appropriation
.
. $191 13
Paid Henry L. Studley .
$57 26
John Cushing
18 75
Antoine Joseph
15 96
W. Merritt
5 32
John Freeman
9 3I
Charles Leavitt
2 32
E. Cushing .
75
Martin Cushing
36 12
Manuel Joseph
3 99
Arthur Studley
14 99
Elijah Litchfield
7 98
Joseph Hatch
15 44
George B. Hayden
I 99
R. Ellms
I 33
W. Briggs
4 55
John Hatch
I5
B. Brown
.
I 33
10
Paid Nathaniel Ellms ·
$1 33
Eugene Turner
90
Albert Litchfield .
.
33
Total .
· $200 10
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Appropriation
. $230 39
Paid Edward'M. Sexton
$82 63
David Griffiths
19 50
Nathan Sylvester
10 17
B. P. Foster .
2 58
William Sylvester .
4 96
G. Sylvester .
8 16
C. Berrey
I 29
John Keheo .
13 33
George W. Stetson
16 00
C. W. Sparrell
19 12
Lewis Raymond
14 84
S. Clapp
15 75
Arthur Merritt
83
Calvin Cromwell
2 66
George Barrell
2 67
N. B. Clapp .
6 45
for use of plow
75
Total .
$221 69
DISTRICT No. 6.
Appropriation
$174 06
Paid A. Totman .
$38 87
Jerome Smith
7 98
J. T. Hatch .
I 65
Colman Ford
22 98
John Monahon
7 20
Thomas Monahon
7 98
Frank Turner
13 96
.
.
11
Paid C. W. Pincin
$14 94
W. Monahon
2 25
Frank Dana .
16 10
W. Fitts
3 15
C. H. Litchfield
21 42
Bertie Litchfield
5 00
Francis Merritt
5 16
Elias Carr
12 34
G. Litchfield
90
Total .
. $181 92
DISTRICT No. 7.
Appropriation
·
$247 55
Paid Matthew Stetson .
$54 88
Josiah Stoddard
24 67
John S. Barker
16 67
Rogers Stetson
11 00
Henry A. Turner .
9 08
William Freeman .
1 00
Luther Howland .
8 50
Thomas C. Sampson
6 67
Peter Hartt .
4 33
Howard Packard .
2 67
John Knapp
4 67
George P. Clapp ·
7 80
Abner Stetson
20 55
Waters B. Barker .
17 34
Charles Pratt
9 17
Charles Simmons .
8 75
William Tolman
I 50
Charles H. Merritt
8 33
W. K. Sylvester
6 33
John Beal
2 00
Cummings Litchfield
6 48
Gilbert Currill
6 00
Joel Monroe
I 33
Elijah Barstow
7 80
Total .
$247 52
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Extra Repairs of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation · · $450 00 For repairs near the house of James Merritt : -
Paid E. M. Sexton
$12 03
Sylvanus Clapp
I2 39
William Sylvester .
12 39
David Griffith
5 83
George Sylvester .
5 83
Lewis Raymond
5 83
Thomas Mee
I 33
Nathan Sylvester .
5 83
Arthur Merritt
5 17
Use of plow and for gravel
6 34
Total .
$72 97
For repairs on Main street near the house of N. P. Brownell : - Paid Alexander Totman
$26 87
Thomas Monahon
7 95
John Burns .
4 00
W. Monahon
2 IO
Reuben Griggs
7 98
R. Tilden
4 66
John Monahon
3 60
John Cook
6 40
Frank Dana .
II OO
Benjamin Nichols
9 55
Francis Monahon .
I 50
Horace Griggs
8 64
Frank Tilden
12 32
Frank Turner
I 42
C. W. Pincin
2 58
Total .
.
.
· ȘIIO 57
For repairs of Norwell avenue : - Paid B. P. Foster
· $17 25
John Freeman .
19 87
Amos T. Litchfield .
.
·
5 75
.
·
13
Paid David W. Studley
$14 25
W. T. Sylvester . 25 50
Henry Stoddard .
7 50
Freeman & Williamson, for removing wall to widen road . II 62
Howlett & Sampson, for blasting material ·
3 29
William S. Hatch, for gravel
·
3 66
Total .
$108 69
For building section of new road on River street, and for gravel- ing new road on River and Mill streets : -
Paid Matthew Stetson .
$57 14
Josiah Stoddard . ·
60 15
Waters B. Barker
38 13
William Freeman .
2 00
W. C. Tolman
17 42
Elijah Barstow
17 08
David Bassford
8 33
W. K. Sylvester
5 33
Rogers Stetson
29 33
Charles C. Pratt
18 25
Wilber Gardner
12 00
Gilbert Currill
12 00
Thomas C. Sampson
6 67
Howard Packard .
5 33
F. A. Davis, for lanterns
2 00
Abner Stetson
54 58
Henry A. Turner .
14 22
John S. Barker
15 08
Chester S. Barker
14 66
Peter Hartt .
23 34
Wales Briggs
14 67
Joel Monroe
16 33
George Gardner
8 00
Luther Howland .
16 50
Jack Enolds
2 00
George Chamberlain
12 00
Melvin Little
3 10
14
Paid Richard Wallace .
$2 67
William Rose
.
4 00
Total .
$492 31
For extra labor on River street near the house of John Corthell :- Paid Matthew Stetson .
$5 50
Henry A. Turner .
I 33
W. Freeman
1 50
Josiah Stoddard
5 67
Charles Merritt
2 67
for gravel
72
Total .
$17 39
For repairs of bridge on Main street, and for railing bridges on Cross and Parker streets, and for repairs of the same : - Paid A. Totman and others . $22 II
For widening highway at corner of River and Elm streets : - Paid William C. Tolman $10 03
For stock and labor for railing bridges over Jacobs' mill-dam and Third Herring brook : --
Paid Damon & Mann, for labor $20 00
Frank Alger, for iron work . 3º 75
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., for iron 46 52
David Cushing, 2d, for lumber
54 79
Snow Bryant, for painting
20 83
Dexter Brothers, for paint stock
20 94
J. D. Grose, for iron and expressing
16 08
F. H. Curtis, for railing bridges . 31 85
F. H. Curtis, services as committee
3 50
$245 26 Less $102.06 paid by the town of Hanover 102 06
Total .
$143 20
15
For repairs at corner of Mill and Common streets : -
Paid Josiah Stoddard
$10 50
Peter Hartt .
4 00
Abner Stetson .
4 25
Thomas Sampson
2 67
Matthew Stetson .
4 00
Elijah Barstow
67
Charles Gardner
3 33
Total .
$29 42
Repairs of Mill street : -
Paid Josiah Stoddard, for building 90 rods of new road at $3.95 per rod
$355 50
Repairs of Mill and River streets : -
Paid John S. Barker, for building section of road 73 rods at $2.45 per rod $178 85
A. Totman, for building section of road near the Unitarian Church (part pay) 175 00
R. P. Briggs, on account of building section of road on River Street, near the house of George H. Torrey (part pay) 250 00
Cost of building bridge over Third Herring brook : - Paid R. P. Briggs
$17 50
H. Barstow
7 50
D. Sprague .
12 25
E. Sprague .
9 00
Morris Gammon
7 50
E. Barstow
I 50
B. Barrell
12 25
J. Enolds
2 50
J. Bowker
I 62
blacksmith bill
1 00
team work
7 00
derrick .
.
5 50
Total .
$85 12
To which add cost of railing the same .
55 00
Total cost .
$140 12
·
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Cost of widening Jacobs' mill-dam : -
Paid R. P. Briggs
$68 00
Morris Gammon
61 50
W. Hayden .
42 67
J. Bowker
5 75
L. Damon ·
2 00
Benjamin Jacobs
24 00
W. S. Briggs
39 00
E. Gammon .
34 67
J. E. Gammon
13 33
S. Bowker
12 00
Herbert Sprague .
12 00
Andrew Clapp
25 2I
H. N. Gardner
8 60
R. P. & W. S. Briggs, team work .
107 74
Benjamin Barrell .
54 25
Daniel D. Sprague
59 50
S. Damon
12 00
Seth Curtis .
29 33
E. Sprague .
47 75
Barton R. Jacobs .
46 27
Curtis Brothers
47 44
E. Damon
6 00
Edwin Jacobs
7 50
Waldo Jones
42 58
J. Bailey
3 00
S. Clapp
9 00
Frank Alger .
5 65
for use of derrick
12 00
Total .
$838 74
To which add cost of railing, 420 feet at 21 cents ·
88 20
Total cost . .
$926 94
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Removing Snow.
Paid Walter Simmons, District No. 3
$8 12
Josiah Stoddard, District No. 7 · 8 88
William W. Colamore, District No. I
I 25
Total .
$18 25
Paid for gravel for the several districts
$86 58
for drain pipe for the several districts
48 93
Total .
. $135 51
Supplies to Almshouse.
Paid Joseph Merritt and others, for standing wood $25 62
Martin L. Hall, for groceries 3 88
Thomas Tolman, groceries and dry goods 280 22
Skinner & Arnold, for butter and meat
54 07
A. L. Damon, for bread
42 68
E. A. Turner, for dry goods and groceries
I12 OI
J. Torrey & Co., for soap 5 10
Sylvanus Clapp, for swine
6 00
George O. Torrey, for killing hogs 3 00
C. A. Cole, for grain
50 20
J. Hatch, for meat
32 15
E. T. Fogg, for dry goods and groceries
275 04
H. Callender & Co., for groceries
18 55
F. M. Litchfield, for coal 18 37
J. Merritt, for pasturing cows 8 00
Seth Foster, for supplies and expressing 15 00
H. B. Wilmot, for clothing
4 00
Jarius M. Healey, as superintendent, and for sup- plies . 259 63
S. W. Eastman, for tin-warc . 13 12
C. W. Sparrell, for coffin for Hannah Ells 15 00
C. H. Litchfield, for fresh fish, &c.
II 73
J. H. Corthell, for meat 68 56
N. P. Brownell, medical attendance
17 00
Total . .
. $1,338 93
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ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received for meals and lodgings . $10 63
Received from sale of calf . 5 22 ·
Due from Commonwealth for board of J. T. Prince · 22 00
Board, medical attendance, &c., of inmates . · 1,301 08
Total .
$1,338 93 .
SUPPLIES FURNISHED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN THIS TOWN.
Paid town of Scituate, for allowance to Mr. Birch- more
$10 00
Dr. Brownell, for medical attendance to Hannah E. Sylvester 28 00
E. T. Fogg, for groceries to Hannah E. Sylvester 7 50 C. W. Sparrell, for coffin, Hannah E. Sylvester 12 00
for medical attendance and supplies to Sarah
Harris 35 63
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to Hannah
Enolds 10 00
C. W. Sparrell, for coffin, Hannah Enolds 15 00
T. Mee, for opening grave, Hannah Enolds . 3 00
Mrs. Freeman, for nursing Hannah Enolds . · Dr. Howes, for medical attendance to family of N. J. Stoddard . ·
6 00
27 50
Dr. Howes, for medical attendance to Mary Pal- mer . 15 50
supplies to Hannah L. Stoddard, wood, medical attendance and groceries . 60 31 14 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to L. G. Fitts
town of Kingston, for aid to E. B. Howland I 70
town of Duxbury, for aid to C. D. Mann and family 48 00
E. T. Fogg, for allowance to Rebecca Thompson 3 00
town of Weymouth, for aid to Mrs. Mee 45 25
city of Taunton, for aid to A. T. Clapp and wife . 113 45
Alpheus Damon, supplies to Benjamin Sprague 104 00
E. T. Fogg, for allowance to Patrick Spellman .
39 00
supplies to Mary Monahon and family . · 117 00
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Paid Dr. Brownell, medical attendance family of E. Gunderway $6 00 M. G. Hunt, for 20 nights' services, care of George N. Wilder 40 00
Total . $761 84
ALLOWANCE TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS OR THE STATE.
Paid supplies to Joshua F. Prince and family $197 88
allowance to Mary A. Studley and family 39 75
supplies to Bethuel W. Thomas and family 58 44 .
allowance to Hewitt Baker . 6 50
allowance to wife of I. N. Fitts
3 00
allowance to Lucy A. Smith, medical attendance and coffin . 22 00
supplies to Mary F. Stetson and family 200 80
allowance to Henry Carter . 18 50
supplies to Clarissa Morris, coffin, etc. .
22 00
supplies to Josiah Caldwell and family .
22 65
supplies to Cornelius Curtis .
4 00
supplies to Harriet Beach
96 25
supplies to Pheba Simpson .
84 25
Dr. French, medical attendance to family of Ambrose Beach ·
5 50
Total .
$781 52
Town Officers and Committees.
Charles H. Merritt, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor to March, 1880 $7 50
F. H. Curtis, for same services ·
13 50
C. A. Litchfield, for same services and writing report 25 50
Franklin Jacobs, services as School Committee and writing school report 19 30
Samuel S. Knapp, for services as School Committee 46 00
Emily T. Jacobs, for same services ·
43 00
20
C. A. Litchfield, for services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor from March to January 1, 1881, 35 days at $1.50 per day $52 50
F. H. Curtis, for same services 24 days at $1.50 per day 36 00
H. A. Turner, for same services 20 days at $1.50 per day 30 00 .
C. A. Litchfield, for services as Assessor 50 00
F. H. Curtis, for same services 25 days 50 00
H. A. Turner, for same services 121/2 days 25 00
C. A. Litchfield, for extra services as Assessor 5 days .
10 00
Cash paid for railroad fares on account e tira services 13 20
F. H. Curtis, for expenses to New Berlord .
4 68
H. A. Turner, for expenses to New Bedford 4 68
George K, Cushing, as sealer of weights and measures
10 00
Anse G. Groce, as Committee on Mill-dam . 3 00
Horatio N. Gardner, for same services . 3 00
Samvel 'Tolma , for same ser ices 3 co
Benjamin Jacobs, for same services
3 00
C. A. Litchfield. for copying valuation books for the use of the Commonwealth 10 00
F. H. Curtis, same services . 10 00
H. A. Turner, same services 5 00 ·
Samuel Tolman, Committee District No. 2, 1877 . 6 00
Liba Litchfield, Committee District No. 3 . 1 00
H. M. Ste son, for enumeration of children, District No. 7 3 00
C. W. Sparrell, for returning deaths 10 00
H. A. Turner, for expenses to Weymouth I 67
E. T. Fogg, for registering marriages, births, and deaths 27 05
Total .
$526 58
Statistics from the United States Census of 1880 : -
Number of inhabitants in town, June 1 : Males, 925 ; females, 895 ; total population, 1,820. Number of families, 458. Persons over 80 years of age, 26. Population by Census of 1870, 1,661. Increase in the past ten years, 159.
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Ordinary Expenses of the Town.
Charles H. Merritt, for ballot box $2 50
Samuel Waters, for surveying wood I 25
David Bassford and others, for watching fires 8 00
Avery & Doten, for printing town report.
88 55
Perez Simmons, for legal advice to January 1, 1880 23 00
Rand, Avery & Co., and others, for stationery and printing 13 IO
Cash paid for Assessors' books
3 00
George L. Brownell, for hearse
570 00
F. H. Curtis, for labor on hearse-house
7 50
Samuel Turner, for lumber and labor 8 50
W. Torrey, for cash paid on account of liquor nui- sances 53 75
Samuel Turner, for labor on wharf at town landing 8 50
Avery & Doten, for printing voting lists
II 00
Joseph Merritt, for smith work
16 76
M. Day & Co., for well pipe 48 90
Dennis Cashman, and others, for labor on wells 122 00
Whittemore Brothers, for pump
14 70
James T. Cashman, carting well pipe
30 00
E. T. Fogg, for postage and stationery .
9 07
C. W. Sparrell, for labor and cash paid for well
15 89
Seth Foster, for expressing, &c. 19 84
E. A. Turner, supplies to almshouse, 1879
21 14
Total . $1,096 95 .
Taxes Abated or Given Up.
W. Henderson, estate 1876 .
$0'52
Isaac Loring, 1876
92
Horace J. Stevens, 1877
2 00
J. J. Damon estate, 1878-79
I 17
George Sturdevant, 1878-79
4 66
Albert Winslow, 1878-79
3 00
Peter Smith, 1878
3 30
George Russel, 1878-79
3 00
Andrew N. Green, 1878-79 ·
3 50
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J. W. Foster, 1878
$2 00
Josiah Caldwell, 1878-79
3 68
George A. Curtis, 1878
2 65
Louisa Rogers, 1878-79
2 14
Jotham Rogers, 1878
2 00
Albert B. Loring, 1878
7 20
J. C. Brown, 1878
I 88
E. J. Ford, 1879
I 68
Charles Le Roy, 1878-79
3 68
Frank H. Jackson, 1878
2 00
John H. Holmes, 1878
2 42
Hosea Gardner, 1878
2 00
Harrison Wilder, 1878-79
3 68
Delmont O. Cushing, 1878-79
3 68
Cushing O. Studley, 1878
2 00
William B. Damon, 1878
2 00
Luke G. Fitts, 1878-79
6 39
Frank L. Lincoln, 1878-79
3 68
Herbert Turner, 1879
I 68
Rufus Winslow, 1879
2 93
George A. Wilder, 1879
I 68
Patrick Leslie, 1879
5 27
A. N. Beach, 1879
1 00
J. F. Ford, 1878
2 00
Total .
$91 39
Town Hall Account.
Received of Pinafore Club $4 00
Reading Club
4 00
Post 112, G. A. R.
28 00
South Scituate Brass Band
6 00
Steadfast Lodge, I. O. of G. T.
4 96
Minstrel Troupe
5 50
John Corthell
12 00
Ladies' Sewing Society
6 00
Total .
$70 46
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Total Receipts brought forward
$70 46
Paid J. M. Healy, care of hall
$7 50
F. M. Litchfield, for coal 4 02
Levi M. Osburn, for mason work . 12 35
C. W. Sparrell, for labor and material .
4 00
for wax, chimneys, cleaning house, etc. 5 47
33 34
Balance in favor of Hall paid to Treasurer $37 12
A. J. LITCHFIELD, Agent.
Recapitulation.
I Incidental expenses . $1,096 95
· 2 Almshouse expenses 1,301 08
3 School books 367 II
4 Extra repairs on roads and bridges 2,889 90
5 Town officers and committees 526 58
6 Taxes abated and given up
91 29
7 Assistance out of almshouse .
1,543 36
.
8 Gravel and drain pipe I35 51
9 Repairs of highways
1,475 43
IO State aid 832 00
II Removing snow 18 25
I2 Incidental expenses for schools 206 10
I3 State tax 930 00
I4 County tax
1,227 45
Total .
. $12,641 01
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LIST OF JURORS.
Names of jurors for acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting.
Nathaniel B. Clapp.
Andrew J. Litchfield.
George W. Curtis. Henry F. Vining.
W. S. Briggs. Henry T. Jenkins. Edward W. Brooks. Edward Stowell.
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