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Scott Osborn, labor
I 33
Liba Litchfield, labor
50
A. D. Vinal, labor
I 33
H. Litchfield, labor
9 25
Charles Stockbridge, labor
I 33
H. W. Damon, labor
13 00
William Morse, labor
19 89
A. H. Stoddard, labor
II 83
Rufus Winslow, labor
8 67
Walter Simmons, labor .
19 33
A. L. Richardson, labor
14 66
E. Litchfield, labor
5 34
· W. W. Stoddard, labor
67
D. Litchfield, labor
I 33
Andrew Morse, labor
4 17
A. Winslow, labor .
6 00
John Stockbridge, labor
14 00
Total .
$323 15
DISTRICT No. 4.
Appropriation . $254 84.
Amos T. Litchfield, Surveyor.
Paid A. T. Litchfield, labor
$91 25
W. Sylvester, labor
28 00
John Freeman, labor
39 51
E. Williamson, labor
12 00
W. H. Merritt, labor
16 77
Frank Baker, labor
14 63
Elijah Litchfield, labor .
24 61
W. Briggs, labor
I 33
Labor on Mount Blue street .
10 00
C. Williamson, labor
IO 64
B. Hayden, labor .
2 22
19
Paid W. Dorr, labor
$1 33
C. Hatch, labor
2 00
Total .
$254 29
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Appropriation . $307 06.
Willard Torrey, Surveyor.
Paid Willard Torrey, labor . $54 00
Andrew Clapp, labor
2 67
Sylvanus Clapp, labor
7 00
George H. Lee, labor
12 67
A. Freeman, labor .
19 33
J. B. Goodrich, labor
2 67
Arthur Merritt, labor
22 17
Henry Stoddard, labor .
12 67
J. Prince, labor
2 67
Albert Sparrell, labor N. B. Clapp, labor
3 33
B. Barrell, labor
2 17
A. Gardner, labor .
26 25
B. Mann, labor
50 00
G. M. Lee, labor .
17 34
George O. Torrey, labor
37 17
Henry White, labor
2 00
J. E. Goodrich, labor
3 33
Lewis Raymond, labor .
8 00
S. C. Cudworth, labor
7 75
C. W. Sparrell, labor
3 13
E. M. Sexton, labor
7 17
George Stetson, labor
2 67
Total .
$311 33
5 17
20
DISTRICT No. 6.
Appropriation . $232 08.
Alexander Totman, Surveyor.
Paid Alexander Totman, labor $56 62
T. Monahon, labor
28 38
F. Monahon, labor
2 00
W. Fitts, labor
3 00
John Hatch, labor
6 00
L. Fitts, labor
2 00
C. Litchfield, labor
5 32
Samuel Mann, labor
2 80
Samuel Gardner, labor .
IO 64
John Turner, labor
.
6 75
B. Pincin, labor
1 00
A. C. Pincin, labor
2 50
John Marks, labor
24 61
Frank Dana, labor
12 90
John Monahon, labor
5 00
George Hatch, labor
16 42
Colman Ford, labor
16 25
I. N. Fitts, labor .
I 33
George Mann, labor
10 00
S. O. Fitts, labor .
14 63
Frank Turner, labor
IO 64
B. Litchfield, labor
10 00
Joseph Jacobs, labor
2 00
Total .
$250 79
DISTRICT No. 7.
Appropriation . $330 30.
Charles Simmons, Surveyor.
Paid Charles Simmons, labor . .
$60 00
W. C. Tolman, labor
21 94
21
Paid W. B. Barker, labor
$10 00
Josiah Stoddard, labor .
28 37
F. A. Simmons, labor
12 00
Walter Briggs, labor
2 00
C. R. Curtis, labor
10 00
Roger Stetson, labor
14 00
Gilbert Currell, labor
67
H. Packard, labor .
IO 67
W. Simmons, labor
I 33
Philip Foster, labor
5 95
Thomas C. Sampson, labor
5 17
C. Pratt, labor
II 67
Charles Hunt, labor
6 67
George Gardner, labor .
I OO
C. H. Merritt, labor
9 25
Henry A. Turner, labor
5 33
George Curtis, labor
5 33
Luther Howland, labor .
67
James Patterson, labor .
2 50
E. C. Corthell, labor
I 67
John Barker, labor
8 67
Scott Barker, labor
6 00
Mathew Stetson, labor .
17 76
George Chamberlin, labor
4 00
Dexter Thomas, labor
8 67
Andrew Turner, labor
7 09
Abner Stetson, labor
I 00
M. Little, labor
50
W. Barnard, labor .
I 74
James Smith, labor
2 67
David Bassford, labor
5 42
W. C. Tolman, Jr., labor
14 63
George P. Clapp, labor .
5 48
Elijah Barstow, labor
5 67
W. S. Simmons, labor
7 13
Total .
$317 62
Total amount expended by Surveyors · ·
. $1,998 19
.
22
Extra Repairs of Roads.
Paid for rebuilding Pond street : -
R. P. Briggs, labor
$123 00
Morris Gammon, labor .
39 37
W. Collamore, labor
82 00
William Hayden, labor . 40 50
A. L. Richardson, labor 18 00
S. Loring. labor
3 25
T. B. Chapman, labor
35 25
John Prouty, labor
I 50
Ira Sanborn, labor
35 00
T. Shean, labor .
53 50
Lumber for railing
12 61
James Gammon, labor .
33 12
Walter Simmons, labor .
98 00
J. E. Gammon, labor
41 25
Charles Baker, labor
41 00
H. Franks, labor .
36 50
I. Vining. labor
18 00
C. E. Brewster, labor
14 37
Rufus Delano, labor
I 50
Calvin Wilder, labor
34 50
Curtis Brothers, labor .
64 00
H. N. Gardner, repairs of tools
22 52
Total .
· $848 74
Paid for rebuilding Winter and Parker streets : - -
B. P. Foster, labor $50 28
B. W. Jacobs, labor
32 00
N. Sylvester, labor
27 50
W. Sylvester, labor
19 25
John Turner, labor
17 25
John Freeman, labor
29 60
Frank Turner, labor
20 00
A. Totman, labor .
74 31
Joseph Jacobs, labor
6 00
23
R. P. Briggs, labor
$15 00
J. W. Sampson, labor
84 00
F. Baker, labor 17 25
B. Litchfield, labor
21 75
Use of tools .
2 00
George Mann, labor
13 50
Cash for gravel
4 00
Total .
$433 69
Paid Henry A. Turner, mowing bushes, South Ward $27 58
C. A. Litchfield, extra repairs, East Ward 6 99
$34 57
Paid for gravel and drain pipe : --
District No. 1, gravel
$3 45
District No. 2, gravel . 17 16
District No. 2, gravel, 1881 .
13 48
District No. 3, gravel, 1882 .
8 60
District No. 4, gravel, 1882 .
15 56
District No. 5, gravel, 1882 .
7 12
District No. 6, gravel, 1882 .
6 98
F. A. Davis, drain pipe
I 20
Fiske & Colman, drain pipe .
26 78
Total .
$100 33
Some of the guide-boards and street signs should be painted the present year.
Supplies Furnished out of Almshouse.
Supplies furnished out of Almshouse for the year 1881, the bills not having been received in season to publish in report of 1882 :-
Paid Town of Scituate, aid to Bridget Murphey . $77 00
Town of Hanover, aid to N. J. Stoddard · 43 00
24
Paid Town of Weymouth, aid to C. G. Mee. $66 75
Town of Cohasset, aid to Stoddard family
113 42
Total .
$290 17
Supplies furnished for the year 1882 :
Henry Franks and family $128 86
Celia Freeman, supplies, medical attendance and burial 72 00
Mary F. Stetson and family . 182 59
Family of Ambrose M. Beach, wood, groceries and . medical attendance 188 21
Mary Monahon and family
94 00
Patrick Spellman and family
42 00
Susan W. Cromwell, groceries
22 43
Emory Franks, board and medical attendance
24 50
Andrew Green and wife, groceries 42 00
Ann Barstow and family, groceries
130 00
Harriet Beach, wood and groceries 89 02
Benjamin Sprague, groceries 104 00
89 02
Henry L. Bates and family, groceries
27 II
John Whitten, medical attendance
9 75
Eliza Prince. burial of child .
15 15
Emily De Bangs. medical attendance 7 00 Rufus Winslow and family 11 00
Town of Scituate, aid to Bridget Murphey 34 09
C. W. Sparrell, burial of Bridget Murphy 19 00
Town of Pembroke, aid to E. B. Howland
23 53
Town of Weymouth, aid to C. G. Mee .
75 09
Julia Brown, medical attendance .
6 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital : -
Board of Bridget Shea . 79 55
Board of Joseph Harvey 79 86
Albert Smith and family, groceries 5 00
City of Taunton, aid to A. T. Clapp and wife
69 44
Dr. French. medical attendance to James Patterson 6 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to W. H. Freeman 7 00
$1,710 45
Family of Morris Gammon, wood and groceries 27 25
Pheba Simpson, wood and groceries
25
Supplies to Almshouse.
Paid Thomas Tolman, groceries . $26 08
S. W. Eastman, tin-ware 4 07
Shephard, Norwell & Co., dry goods 9 52
Jonathan Hatch, meat . 12 30
E. T. Fogg, supplies 205 08
W. H. Richardson, provisions 5° 92
F W. Buck, superintendent, 3 months 75 00
C. W. Sparrell, hay II 60
Martin L. Hall & Co., groceries 59 22
58 50
E. A. Turner, supplies . 50 76
Augustus Cole, hay 5 49
J. C. Frye & Co., butter and lard .
65 20
J. C. Nash, supplies 81 02
C. H. Litchfield, fresh fish
2 10
A. J. Waterman, repairs of stove 5 00
J. H. Corthell, meat I12 68
C. A. Parsons, grain
16 58
Phinney & Dakin, butter
9 60
A. W. Faxon, dry goods
8 73
A. L. Damon, bread 4 70
C. W. Sparrell, burial of Francis Birchmore .
18 00
G. F. & E. C. Swift, meat
9 76
E. H. Bonney, coal
42 00
Culver, Phillips & Co., grain . 143 48
Peleg Ford, superphosphate . 4 30
E. P. Welch & Son, lumber . 2 18
T. A. Lawrence, paint and varnish
: 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance .
24 00
Superintendent, supplies
26 79
B. P. Nichols, standing wood 17 37
C. A. Litchfield, cash paid for supplies . 54 85
Jordan, Marsh & Co., bedding 15 25
C. W. Sparrell, coffin and burial of Siba Briggs 15 00
Frank Goodwin, superintendent, 9 months 187 50
C. W. Sparrell, burial of Antoinette Williams 20 00
R. P. & W. S. Briggs, ice, 2 years 14 00
Skinner & Arnold, butter and meat
26
Paid Seth Foster, supplies and expressing
$29 71
John Burns, cutting wood 7 25
Horace Griggs, straw 3 61
J. W. Sampson, superphosphate and plaster 5 70
Richmond Talbot, bread
43 61
Total .
. $1,560 51
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received from sale of cow
$20 00
Received for meals and articles sold
9 56
Received for use of horse
2 50
Received cash from administrator of estate of H.
. Barnes . ·
20 46
Board, medical attendance, etc., of inmates . ·
1,507 99
·
Total .
. $1,560 51
The largest number of inmates in the Almshouse during the year, eighteen ; the lowest number, eleven ; average for the year, fifteen and seven-eighths ; cost per week of each, $1.83.
Table of Aggregates.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1882,
Real estate.
$678,706 00
Personal estate
245,198 00
Total valuation .
$923,904 00
Rate of taxation, $10.70 on $1,000.
Number of polls .
482
Number of dwelling houses . 424
Number of cows .
291
Number of horses
343
Number of sheep .
31
27
State Aid.
Paid under Chapter 301, Acts of 1879 :-
Oliver Simmons, 4 months .
$24 00
George B. Hayden .
54 00
Harriet, Jacobs 48 00
Louisa J. Hayden .
48 00
Joseph B. Goodrich
36 00
Betsey W. Sylvester
48 00
Joseph E. Stoddard, 6 months
24 00
Hannah W. Hayden
48 00
Thomas Mee, 6 months
18 00
Mary Manahon
48 00
Charles D. Barnard
60 00
Seth O. Fitts
36 00
Hannah Dover
48 00
John Lewis .
60 00
Mary Spencer
48 00
Total .
$648 00
Will be reimbursed by the State.
Military Aid.
Paid under Chapter 252, Acts of 1879 :-
Elisha Colman
$36 00
James H. Patterson
42 00
Charles D. Mann .
18 00
Total .
$96 00
One-half to be reimbursed by the State.
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid F. H. Miller, printing town reports and transcripts $77 00 Boston Herald, advertisement I 83 .
28
George K. Cushing, as sealer of weights and meas-
ures $10 00
Whittemore Brothers, pump for District No. 3, 188 1 9 00
Knight, Adams & Co., stationery and printing 4 45
Bailey Brothers, printing election notices . 1 00
W. Sylvester, plowing in 1881 6 00
B. R. Jacobs, material for mill-dam 50 00
Town of Pembroke, on account of breeding fish 7 50
H. A. Turner, use of mowing machine .
2 00
Perez Simmons, legal advice 1881 and 1882
20 87
E. T. Fogg, postage and stationery 6 II
Joseph Merritt, smith work 17 34
Freeman Higgins, wood-work I 90
H. E. Spear, damage to carriage 5 00
Seth Foster, boards 1881 5 00
C. Simmons, repairs on well, Circuit street
5 50
R. Talbot, supplies to Almshouse in 1881
25 56
Town of Marshfield, one-half expense repairs Union bridge 48 27
F. H. Miller, printing tax bills, proposals for wood, etc.
11 15
C. W. Tilden, smith work 2 50
Total .
$317 98
Abatement of Taxes.
Taxes of 1879 : -
William Henderson estate
$0 34
N. H. Bowker
2 00
W. F. Slason
I 68
Taxes of 1880 : -
$4 02
E. F. Brooks
$3 35
Luke G. Fitts
3 67
George A. Hatch .
1 00
29
Elias W. Carr
$2 76
Seth Humphrey
2 00
Patrick Spellman .
4 81
I. N. Fitts
1 00
E. L. Hyland
2 00
Jesse Reed .
2 00
W. H. Brewster
2 00
Jesse C. Hayden .
3 14
Albert B. Loring .
2 54
George W. Stetson
I 00
Henry Litchfield .
2 43
Amos O. Sprague .
2 00
A. N. Greene
2 38
P. Leslie
2 57
Thomas Stoddard .
2 00
Charles Leroy
2 00
Otis Partridge
2 00
Rufus Winslow
2 76
N. H. Bowker
2 00
Ambrose M. Beach
2 00
Josiah Caldwell
3 88
Robert W. Reed
2 00
J. Curtis estate
3 78
$63 07
Taxes of 1881 : -
E. F. Brooks
$3 67
Jesse C. Hayden .
2 7I
John Bummage
2 00
Otis Partridge
2 00
Horace J. Stevens
2 00
George W. Stetson
2 00
Alvin Vinal .
3 85
W. B. Brooks
5 00
Austin Knapp
2 00
Amos O. Sprague .
2 00
Hobart Winslow .
2 00
Fred W. Prouty .
3 90
30
W. F. Slason
$3 90
Frank Wyman
2 00
Rufus Winslow
2 67
N. H. Bowker
2 00
Jotham Rogers
2 71
A. N. Greene
2 00
P. Leslie estate
2 18
J. H. Curtis estate
3 38
Taxes of 1882 : -
$50 97
William Prouty
$2 00
Catherine Litchfield
5 35
Billings Litchfield estate
5 18
George H. Torrey, trustee
2 14
Freeman French .
2 00
$16 67
Rebuilding School-house, District No. 5.
Paid G. K. Paul, stair posts and railings .
$20 17
E. P. Welch & Son, lumber . 740 00
Windows, doors and blinds 68 72
A. Wheeler, paint stock . 69 09
J. W. Vinal & Co., hardware . 20 17
J. W. Bailey & Son, brackets 34 95
George Briggs, mason work and material 79 37
John Turner, stone work
9 75
S. & D. W. Turner and others, labor and materials George Sylvester, labor .
1 50
A. Totman, grading yard
3 00
R. O. Sprague, building stairs and material
44 81
T. A. Lawrence, painting
169 25
E. T. Fogg, supplies
8 63
Mrs. Spellman, cleaning house
5 00
Total .
. $1,861 13
Credit by sale of material 9 80 .
$1,851 33
572 75
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Ordinary Expenses of the Several School Districts.
DISTRICT NO. I.
Paid George C. Cowing, cleaning house, repairs on pump and supplies
$34 25
F. H. Curtis, labor and material 4 00
Total .
$38 25
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Paid Ira B. Sanborn, supplies $ 94
A. B. Litchfield, cleaning house and repairs . 12 32
P. A. Wales, repairs on pump 6 00
Snow Bryant, painting .
I 50
F. H. Curtis, lumber and labor
22 25
Total
$43 0I
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Paid David Stoddard, cleaning house and repairs . $6 20
Levi Osborn, mason work
3 25
F. H. Curtis, labor and material
7 12
Total .
$16 57
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Paid C. A. Litchfield, cleaning house and repairs . . $6 50
Lot Soule, for pump 21 88
Total .
$28 38
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid Freeman Higgins, repairs and material $18 95
Joseph Merritt, repairs .
I 55
Nathaniel Ellms, mason work
5 00
Mrs. Williamson, cleaning house
4 00
Total .
$29 50
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DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid David W. Turner, cleaning house and repairs . $7 70
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid George P. Clapp, cleaning house and repairs Charles Simmons, labor and material on pump 7 25
$10 13
Mrs. Patterson, cleaning house
6 25
Total .
$23 63
Paid E. T. Fogg, supplies to the several districts . ·
$31 37
H. F. Beverstock, supplies
Hall & Whiting, school-books
234 09
Allen Wright, expressing
2 00
New England School Furnishing Company, furni- ture for school-house No. 5 177 40
Furniture for school-house, District No. 3
100 00
A. J. Waterman, stove, pipe and labor District No. 5 .
24 80
Hall & Whiting, school-books, 1881
187 87
Total .
$758 28
Town Hall Repairs.
Paid E. P. Reed & Co., lumber $298 97
A. W. Hastings & Co., window, blinds, etc. 86 60
J. W. Vinal & Co., hardware . 24 83
E. P. Welch & Son, lumber
38 16
Ashael Wheeler, paint stock .
27 07
C. W. Trainer & Co., kalsomine
2 70
Wadsworth Brothers & Howland, paint stock 19 78
F. Higgins, repairs on hall furniture 7 40
G. A. Briggs, mason work and material . 35 37
J. F. Littlefield, labor and tin for hood-roof . 4 00
75
33
Paid J. W. Bailey & Son, brackets for hood-roof . II 00
E. T. Fogg, nails and supplies 5 67
T. A. Lawrence, painting
99 75
R. O. Sprague, building stairs
7 50
F. H. Curtis, labor, and cash paid .
206 59.
Total .
$875 39
Amount received from sale of material .
II 78
.
$863 61
Town Hall Account.
RECEIVED.
1882. January I.
South Scituate Band
$6 00
February 22.
South Scituate Band 6 00
March 1 to 3.
Village Dramatic Club
12 00
March 17.
Church Hill Club
4 00
April 7. South Scituate Band
6 00
April II.
Star Minstrels .
4 00
May I.
South Scituate Band
6 00
June
South Scituate Band fair .
10 00
November 7. South Scituate Band, dedica- cation of hall 36 00
November 30. Bates, Curtis, Fogg and Talbot 50 00
December 21.
Ladies' Sewing Society fair 4 00
December 25.
Litchfield and White .
13 00
Total .
$157 00
EXPENDED.
Village Dramatic Club, vote of town
$6 00
F. Buck, care of hall
6 00
New lamps and reflectors
II 34
E. W. French, repairs of clock
I 25
Wax, chimneys, brooms, wood and repairs
12 05
F. Goodwin, care of hall
7 50
Total .
$44 14
Paid to Town Treasurer $ 1 12.86.
A. J. LITCHFIELD, Agent of Town Hall.
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Town Officers and Committees.
Paid F. H. Curtis, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, to March 1, 1882 ·
$15 00 H. A. Turner, same services . 14 25
C. A. Litchfield, same services and writing finan- cial report to March, 1882 . 25 00
S. S. Knapp, services as School Committee . 12 86
C. W. Sparrell, warning town meetings . .
8 00
C. A. Litchfield, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor from March, 1882, to January 1, 1883, and cash paid expenses 145 00
Henry A. Turner, same services 102 00
R. P. Briggs, same services . 95 00
Emily T. Jacobs, services as School Committee 46. 00
E. T. Fogg, same services 30 00
C. W. Sparrell, returning deaths 8 00
E. T. Fogg, expenses as Town Clerk, and register- ing marriages, births and deaths 25 00
Total . .
.
$526 II
Henry Barnes Estate in Account with the Town.
Paid F. M. Buck, care of Mr. Barnes . $72 00
F. Higgins, labor . 1 00
C. A. Litchfield, telegram
67
S. Foster, supplies
8 21
Extra supplies furnished by town
12 65
Board of H. Barnes
55 47
Total .
· $150 00
The above will be paid by the administrator of the estate.
Harriet Granderson Estate in Account with the Town.
Paid C. W. Sparrell, burial of Mrs. Granderson $32 00 G. L. Newcomb, medical attendance 17 00 .
F. T. Fogg, groceries, etc. ·
112 19
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Paid Mrs. Williamson, nursing
$71 00
Fanny White, services
2 00
Medicine and supplies .
3 95
Appraisers
9 00
Total .
$247 14
There has been received by the Treasurer $100.00 for rent of the farm.
Financial Condition of the Town.
LIABILITIES.
South Scituate Savings Bank, notes
. $6,270 00
David B. Ford, note
· 1,025 00
Fogg & Howland, note
1,000 00
Ebenezer Stetson estate, note
200 00
Harvey T. Sylvester, note
200 00
Charles W. Sylvester, note
470 00
J. C. Tolman, note
300 00
Nathaniel Turner, note
300 00
R. V. C. Turner, note .
575 00
Joseph T. Litchfield estate, note
1,000 00
Interest due on notes to date
125 00
Estimated amount of outstanding orders
300 00
Total .
. $11,765 00
ASSETS.
Cash in hands of Treasurer . . $2,837 86
Outstanding taxes in hands of Collector 4,988 41
Due from the State, for Military and State aid
696 00
Due from the State, for aid to paupers . 270 00
Due from towns, for aid to paupers
200 00
School-books in hands of agents, estimated .
Due from State, balance of corporation and bank taxes,
200 00 I882
· 100 00
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Due from administrator of estate of Henry Barnes · $150 00 Due and allowed by County Commissioners, on account of Pond street · 400 00
Total . . $9,842 27
Balance against the town . $1,922 73
The above debt was caused by the repairs of the Town Hall, rebuilding the school-house in District No. 5, and the rebuilding of Winter and Pond streets, the total cost of the above work being nearly $4,000, and the town voting to raise only $650.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD,
Selectmen,
HENRY A. TURNER, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
RICHARD P. BRIGGS,
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COFFIN FUND.
Balance on hand January 1, 1882, on deposit in savings
bank
$54 25
Received from Town Treasurer, interest on fund . 100 00
Amount available January 1, 1883 . $154 25
There has been allowed and paid on account of
Sarah Harris .
$10 00
Mary Ford
12 00
Luke G. Fitts
5 00
Mary Monahon
10 00
Mary Leslie .
5 00
Prince boy
80
Vaccination of poor children .
5 00
Jotham Rogers
5 00
Catherine Litchfield
9 50
A. N. Greene and family
7 00
P. Spellman and family .
10 00
Sarah Totman
13 00
Andrew Greene and wife '
10 00
Mrs. Elisha Colman
5 00
T. Mee, care of lot
4 00
III 30
Balance on hand available January 1, 1883 $42 95
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, Trustees HENRY A. TURNER, of
RICHARD P. BRIGGS, Coffin Fund.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1883.
E. T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
Dr.
To cash on hand January 1, 1882 . . $2,796 96
Outstanding taxes same date . · 5,379 52
State School Fund for 1881. · 232 14
Town of Attleborough, support of poor .
23 00
Town of Scituate, support of poor . .
223 26
Dog fund for 1881 .
13º 53
Town of Hanover, support of poor
10 07
Town of Duxbury, support of poor
9 65
Corporation tax received from State Treasurer · 1,94º 30
Bank tax received from State Treasurer .
1,883 00
Cash on notes, South Scituate Savings bank 3,600 00
Sale of grass on town flats 12 40
Sale of old lumber, Town Hall and school-house 21 58
Town of Hingham, schooling . 12 00
Town of Marshfield, support of poor 44 60
State aid refunded . · 660 50
Relief indigent soldiers refunded
13 50
Town of Hingham, support of poor 337 40
John F. Osborne, rent of Granderson farm
100 00
C. W. Sparrell, use of hearse . 80 00
Town of Cohasset, support of poor . 27 II .
. A. J. Litchfield, sale of school books 118 75
H. F. Beverstock, sale of school books 92 84
.
State paupers received from State Treasurer Sale of fish rights
45 00
50 00
Peddler's licenses 18 00
39
Dog fund of 1882 refunded . $156 91 Cash from Coffin Fund, on account of bills paid from treasury 42 50
School fund for 1882, from State treasurer 232 12
Town of Hanson, support of poor . 9 75 .
Cash from A. J. Litchfield, use of Town hall .
II2 86
Town of Rockland, support of poor 15 00
Interest on taxes, from W Torrey
49 47
Interest on taxes, by E. T. Fogg
25 49
Assessment of May 1, 1882
10,878 39
Total . .
· $29,384 60
Cr.
By cash paid as follows : -
Treasurer of Scituate, Scituate tax
$12 17
State treasurer, State tax 1,240 00
County treasurer, county tax .
1,227 45
Notes and interest
1,485 56
Selectmen's orders, town allowances, and bills ap- proved by School Committee 17,296 60
Discount for prompt payment of taxes . 196 55
Treasurer's salary . 100 00
Taxes outstanding
4,988 41
$26,546 74
Cash in hands of Treasurer to balance .
2,837 86
Total .
. $29,304 60
EBENEZER T. FOGG,
Treasurer.
We have examined the foregoing account of the Treasurer, and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
C. A. LITCHFIELD, H. A. TURNER, Committee.
R. P. BRIGGS,
LIST OF JURORS.
List of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, to be accepted or rejected by the town at its annual meeting to be held in March, 1883.
Charles N. Gardner, Charles Scully,
E. T. Fogg, Waldo Jones, Henry A. Turner,
E. M. Sexton,
Henry F. Vining, Phillip Foster,
Charles W. Tilden,
William B. Pratt,
Charles H. Farrar, David Stoddard, W. W. Collamore, F. H. Stowell, Charles Groce,
Thomas B. Waterman, Alphonzo Reed. Thomas Barstow,
Freeman Higgens, Edwin A. Turner,
Henry T. Jenkins,
Samuel Loring, John S. Barker, Melvin Little, Joseph H. Curtis,
Charles W. Sparrell I. H. Packard, Charles C. Young, Lincoln Ellms.
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Births Registered in South Scituate for the Year 1882.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
1881.
April
4
Alma Linwood Vining
June
27
Belle Freemont Wilder
Joseph H. and Alice M. Jolm F. and Dora L.
1882.
January
3
Percy Willard Litchfield .
March
13
14
Minnie Gertrude Robbins
May
Henry Lloyd Brown
Alb rt W. and Clara J. Charles E. and Mary A. George W. and Cynthia A. Joseph and Julia B. Albert and Mary A. John W. and Anna M.
June
20
Sarah Fran es Smith
Albert T. and Ruth J.
July
4
- Mann
Charles D. and Lydia A.
6
Laura Morilla Lee .
George H. and Rhoda V. Charles H. and Ellen B. Alpheus and Emma George W. and Mary J.
August
15
Willie Edward Sexton
16
Charles Rufus Delano
23
Carl Haywood Sylv ster .
September 1
18
Eveline Burklin Cromwell Lura Boynton Stoddard .
October
12
Char otte Osborn
December
27
Mary Elizabeth Dagen
EdwardM.and MargaretM. Rufus S. and Flora L. Frederic N. and Ellen M. Lorenzo F. and Lucy A. Cyrus W. and Adeline John F. and Louisa C. Jolin and Susan A.
10
Arthur Holmes Dyer
12
Henry Edson Lewis .
26
Emma Smith
26
Floyd Gladway Cox . Floretta Young .
Thomas and Rosa A.
Willie C. and Carrie W.
27
7
Walter W ston Osborn
20
Mary Ann Burns
Arthur Garfield Lincoln .
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Marriages Registered in South Scituate for the Year 1882.
DATE.
NAMES
RESIDENCES.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
January : 28
C. arles A. Bonney Lottie E. Torrey .
Rockland
South Scituate,
Rev. David B. Ford.
February
12
Alonzo C. Sylvester .
South Scituate
Southi Scituate.
Hattie L. Cromwell .
Sonth Scituate
Rev. William H. Fish.
22
William L. Cushing . Emma F. Guigon .
Marshfield .
Sou h Scituate,
Rev. William H. Fish.
March
5
Herbert Torrey . .
Hanover
South Scituate, Rev. William H. Fish.
28
William P. Brooks .
South Scituate
Revere,
Rev. Granville Pierce.
April
5
Frank E. Studley Esther J. Young
South Scituate
Rev. S. M. Wilson. South Scituate. Rev. William H. Fish.
May
7
George F. Kehr Alice W. White. Abner L. Curtis Affie Merritt
Weymouth .
South Scituate, Rev. William H. Fish.
September 26
George E. Bates
South Scituate, Rev. William H. Fish.
October
18
J. Arthur Batchelder Carrie E. Simmons .
South Scituate Norwood
Rev. W. I. Nichols.
29
Edwin P. Butterfield Anna D. Whiting .
Weymouth, Rev. F. J. Mundy. South Scituate,
November 12
Richmond Talbot .
South Scituate South Scituate South Scituate South Scituate South Scituate
Rev. William H. Fish. South Scituate, Rev. William H. Fish.
December 25
Lloyd F. Hammond . Lettie W. Sylvester . William H. Freeman
South Scituate
South Scituate. Rev. William H. Fish.
31
Horace M. Stetson
South Scituate
Edith A. Bates .
Hanover
Hanover,
Hiram W. Bates J. P.
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