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66
" assessor, 35 00
66
66 " over-
seer of poor, 15 00
66
66 expressage and postage,
1
17
Wm. F. Wheeler, services as selectman,
25 00
" assessor,
35 00
66
60
66
" overseer
of poor, 20 00
66
" treasurer, 40 00
66
" school com., 25 00
66
66
" making extra
copy valuation, 10 00
cash paid for collector's book, 1 50
cash paid for paper, 2 46
express, 25
66
postage, 1 50
$572 73
To expense of building wall, digging gravel and grading common, etc. :
Patrick Craven, digging gravel, 4 50
$3 90
Dennis Doherty, 66
12 00
Michael Dempsey,
6 00
John Ryan, digging gravel,
6 00
William F. Wheeler, labor, grading, 7 50
Samuel Hartwell and team, hauling stone, 3 40
William Harding, laying wall,
24 25
$67 55
RECAPITULATION.
For Schools,
$2,066 62
" Library,
331 40
Support of Poor,
962 50
" Cemetery,
28 50
Highways,
1,932 02
Thwing Bridge,
37 79
" Lee's
251 77
Interest on town debts,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
572 73
" Expense building wall, &c.,
67 55
Amount expended, $8,050 88
Richard Delhanthy, with team,
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REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE,
FOR 1880.
Statistics of Lincoln Public Library, for the year ending 1880.
No. of volumes in Library,
2,673
added during the year,
192
66
delivered,
2,104
66
lost,
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Total registration of borrowers,
194
No. of books delivered in January,
66
February,
66
March,
228
66
66
May,
203
66
June,
172
July,
192
66
August,
142
66
66
September,
129
66
October,
84
66
November,
109
66
66
December,
88
2,104
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance from 1879,
$5 25
Town appropriation,
200 00
Dog tax,
125 40
Interest of periodical fund,
6 00
Fines, and sale of catalogues,
13 31
$349 96
296
254
66 60
April,
207
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Expenditures.
Librarian,
$60 00
Estes & Lauriat, for books,
207 03
Periodicals,
13 82
J. W. Ripley, one blank book,
4 25
Tolman & White, printing supplements,
26 00
Making fires,
5 00
Fifty tin book blocks,
7 50
J. R. Hartwell, & ton coal,
5 44
J. W. Ripley, for binding books,
15 30
Kerosene, etc.,
1 31
Stationery, expressage and other inci- dentals, 2 74
$348 39
Total received,
$349 96
Total expended,
348 39
Unexpended balance,
$1 57
M. L. PIERCE, Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
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FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 1880-81.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee of the town of Lincoln respectfully submit the following report of the con- dition of the Schools under their care for the School year 1880-81.
We commence, as usual, with the
NORTH SCHOOL.
Teachers,-MISS CARRIE B. CHAPIN, MR. HERBERT W. FARRAR.
Spring Term,-Whole number of scholars, 20; aver- age attendance, 13.6+ ; length of term, 9 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 16; average attend- ance, 13; length of term, 11 weeks.
Miss Chapin taught the Spring and Fall terms with her usual ability and success, and commenced to teach the Winter term. After teaching four days, she was, at her request, transferred to the Centre school, to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Miss Howes. The school was then placed in charge of Mr. Farrar. After teaching two weeks he was taken sick, and the school was closed for a fortnight. In the interim several of the larger pupils came over to the Centre to attend on the instructions of Miss Chapin. When Mr. Farrar returned to the school, those pupils did not return, and the school has been small and com- posed of small scholars.
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EAST SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MISS LIZZIE G. CHAPIN.
Spring Term,-Whole number of scholars, 17; aver- age attendance, 11; length of term, 9 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 18; average attend- ance, 11.75; length of term, 11 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 18; average attend- ance, 14.5; length of term, 9 weeks.
Miss Chapin taught the school the Spring and Fall terms, and the first nine weeks of the Winter term. She has labored diligently and faithfully, doing the best she could with the materials she had in her hands, and her pupils have made satisfactory progress in their studies. Two weeks since she resigned her situation on account of her mother's health, and Miss Jennie I. Peirce has been placed in charge. Since Miss Peirce entered the school, we have been too engaged in other duties to visit the school, and report even first impres- sions.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MISS SARAH S. BAKER.
Spring Term,- Whole number of scholars, 42; average attendance, 32; length of term, 9 weeks.
Fall Term, - Whole number, 50; average attend- ance, 44; length of term, 11 weeks.
Winter Term, - Whole number, 52 ; average attend- ance, 7 weeks, 46.
Miss Baker taught the school the Spring and Fall terms, and seven weeks of the Winter term, displaying
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her usual and characteristic ability and success,-when she, who had been four years in school without losing a day by sickness, succumbed to disease and was forced to abandon her position, and for several weeks, she has been seriously ill; but she is now fast regaining her health, and hopes soon to return to her school. We visited her school four days before she left, and found her too ill to be there then, but she was the same dili- gent and faithful teacher, keeping her pupils, of whom fifty-two were present, engaged in their studies, watch- ful of their health, manners and morals, and careful of the tidiness, temperature and ventilation of the school- room. "We have sometimes heard the opinion ex- pressed that she was rather exacting of her pupils, but we will bear our humble testimony any time and everywhere, that she is twice as exacting of herself, as of any of her scholars ; and had she been as careful of her own health, as of theirs, she might have escaped one half of her sickness. When it became evident that her illness was likely to be serious, and of uncertain duration, Miss Martha Baker, who had previously successfully taught the school, was placed in charge.
CENTRE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Teachers, - MISS KEZIAH HOWES, MISS CARRIE B. CHAPIN.
Spring Term, - Whole number of scholars, 28; average attendance, 24; length of term, 11 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 35; average attendance, 29; length of term, 11 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 35; average attend- ance, 10 weeks, 24.
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Miss Howes taught the school the Spring and Fall terms. At the commencement of the Winter term she felt compelled by the condition of her health, to resign her cares, at least for a season, and the Committee regretfully acquiesced in her decision. She has taught longer in our schools than any other person ever taught, and acquired a reputation commensurate with the length of her term of service; and she will long be remembered by her pupils for her quiet, gentle and unostentatious manners, her firm, persistent and coura- geous devotion to her duties, and the excellency of her teaching, particularly in the branches of reading and mathematics.
Miss Chapin brought to her new field of duty a valu- able experience acquired in the North School ; under her administration, the discipline of the school has visibly improved, and the progress in study been com- mendable.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Teachers, - MR. F. B. SHERBURNE. MR. ALFRED O. TOWER.
Spring Term, -Whole number, 35; average attend- ance, 29.5; length of term, 11 weeks.
Fall Term, - Whole number, 25; average attend- ance, 2010; length of term, 11 weeks.
Winter Term, - Whole number, 27 ; average attend- ance, 10 weeks, 2131.
The High school has continued to prosper. After the close of the Spring term, Mr. Sherburne secured a more remunerative position in the schools of Milford, and the Committee secured a successor in the person
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of Mr. Tower, who had graduated with honor at Amherst, and had successful experiences in the Acad- emy at Wolfboro', N. H., and the Pierce Academy at Middleboro'. He brought to the duties of his position a highly cultured and well trained intellect, a high sense of manliness and honor, habits of industry, order and application, and best of all good sound common sense, which enables him to see almost intuitively what ought to be done, and to do it in the right way, at the proper time, and in the best manner. Under Mr. Tower's administration, another advance in discipline has been secured, and we are happy to say that it has been attained without recourse to harsh or severe measures, and maintained without that strain and restrain which is so often painfully present, even in schools where good order is secured. A teacher who is orderly, quiet, and under strong self-control, will make intelligent and self-respecting pupils orderly, and self-controlling. A bright, active, and joyous worker will set a dozen boys at work, merely by the force of example. Deep called unto deep, and Truth ever responds to the touch of Ithuriel's spear, even cowards become courageous under the leadership of brave men, and Souls are not finely touched, but to fine issues.
We need not remind our fellow citizens that our schools have suffered greatly from severity of the winter, and an unusual, if not an unprecedented amount of sickness among the pupils - we trust, too, that we need not remind them, that we have abundant cause for thankfulness and gratitude, that the Destroy- ing Angel has spared the lives of all of them. What are all the losses of time, money and schooling we have
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suffered, and all the cares and vigils we have endured, compared with the wailings of one mother, " mourning for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not."
The other part of the duty, enjoined on us by the law : "To make such suggestions in relation to the schools as the Committee deem necessary or proper to promote the interests thereof," remain to us. We would gladly shirk it for once, but the mandate stands out in bold relief and the law is as imperative as Pilate : "What I have written, I have written." We are discouraged from the attempt, too, by the reflection that little attention has been paid to our suggestions of the unwisdom of scholars deserting the schools for base-ball contests, and musters and cattle-shows,-but we have our consolations, too ; if the suggestions were wise, we did well in making them; if they were unwise, no harm has been done, for no one has heeded them. Nevertheless we will try again. The principal hindrance our schools have encountered the present winter, other than those already alluded to, has been the getting up of theatricals and fairs, and when these entertainments are in progress, we sometimes hear that " school has been of little account today." Now, we respectfully venture to suggest for the consideration of parents, that if we must have shows and theatricals and vanity fairs,-whether it were not better some- times, and especially when the mercury is ten below º, and the roads are full of snow, to let the children enjoy the security and comfort of home, and send the servants, or as we prefer to call them, (the hired help) to the fairs. To be sure the proposed arrangement seems to be a little rough on the help, but they might
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be compensated for it by some extra pay or privileges, but it would doubtless be conducive to the health of the children, and the best interests of the schools.
The only other suggestion we shall venture to make, at this time, for the consideration of parents, is the expediency of requiring of children some healthful and profitable farm or household work before the sessions of the school commence; sometimes we are told that pupils do not reach school until ten or eleven o'clock. We can think of no other plan by which such alacrity could be secured for starting children for school, or insuring such punctual and regular attendance. John Adams, second President of the United States, relates of himself that when he was a boy he disliked school and detested study, and one day he asked permission to stay away from school. " Well, John," said the father of the future president, "my meadow down yonder needs a ditch; if you think you would like ditching better than studying you can try it." The boy gladly availed himself of the permission, and toiled three days in the ditch; at the end of that time he asked, and obtained permission to return to school. The President has left on record a statement, that he was more indebted for his success in life and the exalted position he attained, to those three days' dissipation in ditching, than all the other events of his early life. If children were brought up now-a-days under the Adams dispensa- tion, we should not hear of boys scouring the woods to find the chairman of the school committee, and ask for a holiday, nor see young ladies marching in solid phalanx to the residence of that official to present with due formality a petition for a longer vacation. Neither would the school registers be defaced with so many
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tardy and absent marks, nor the future biographers of the pupils have to record so many failures and disasters in the business pursuits and callings of their after lives.
Commending the schools to the wise liberality of the town, and asking for the same generous appropriation as last year, the Committee respectfully submit their report.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, - S
School
GEORGE M. BAKER,
Committee.
GEORGE FLINT,
LINCOLN, Feb. 19, 1881.
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
From February 1, 1881, to February 1, 1882.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
For the School Year 1881-82.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET. 1882.
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
From February 1, 1881, to February 1, 1882.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
For the School Year 1881-82.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET. 1882.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Mr. LORENZO E. BROOKS, Constable of the Town of Lincoln, in said County, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, On Monday, the sixth day of March next, at one o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To act on the Reports of the Town Officers and the Committee chosen to examine the Treasurer's accounts, and to choose an Examining Committee for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To choose Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To act on the revision of the Jury Box.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of collecting Taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will revoke its acceptance of the provisions of Chapter 158 of the Acts of the year 1871, entitled "An Act to provide for the election of Road Com- missioners," and abolish its board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 7. To determine the manner of repairing the High- ways and Bridges of the Town the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To make provision for the support of the Poor, from and after the first day of April next.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will take measures to have the inhabitants vaccinated.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will discontinue the road from the old Turnpike, near the house of William Johnson, to foot of Causeway Hill, so called.
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ART. 11. To see if the Town will purchase a new Hearse, or act anything in relation to the same.
ART. 12. To make such grants and appropriations of money as the Town shall judge necessary for the support of Schools ; for the support of the Poor; for the repairs of Highways and Bridges ; for Burial Grounds ; for the Public Library ; for the payment of Town debts, and the Interest thereon ; and for other necessary and contingent expenses and charges.
ART. 13. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this Town?"
ART. 14. To see if the Town will, by its vote or other- wise, ask the Legislature to extend to women, who are citizens, the right to hold Town offices, and to vote in Town affairs on the same terms as male citizens.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting copies thereof at each of the Post- Offices and the Meeting House of the First Parish, eight days before the time of meeting, and making seasonable return hereof, with your doings, to the Town Clerk.
Dated at Lincoln, this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, ) Selectmen SAMUEL HARTWELL, of
AMOS P. SHERMAN, Lincoln.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of the town herewith submit a Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the town, from February 1, 1881, to February 1, 1882, for which they have drawn orders on the treasury.
No final decision has been reached in the suits against J. L. Chapin, Esq., to recover the unpaid taxes of 1875.
The expenditures for Schools include $99 which are properly chargeable to the expenses of the coming year.
Respectfully submitted by
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, Selectmen SAMUEL HARTWELL, of
AMOS P. SHERMAN, Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Feb. 10, 1882.
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Tax assessed in 1881, Deduct County Tax,
$6,096 16 354 26
Amount to be paid Town Treasurer,
$5,741 90
received,
4,244 10
Uncollected taxes of 1881,
$1,497 80
66
1880,
309 01
1878 and 1879,
878 12
66 1877,
27 90
60
66
1875,
452 87
Amount of uncollected taxes, $3,165 70
In addition to which there is about $250 interest due on taxes of 1878 and 1879.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1881.
Personal Estate,
$363,677 00
Real Estate,
564,344 00
Total Valuation, $928,021 00
Rate of taxation, 1881, $6 per $1,000.
DEBT OF THE TOWN.
Lincoln Water Bonds, due Dec. 1st, 1894, interest 6 per cent. semi-annually, $30,000 00.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1881, to Feb. 1, 1882, have been as follows : -
Balance in the Treasury Feb. 1, 1881 · . $4,473 67
Paid Selectmen's orders
$7,726 86
Received of County Treasurer, Dog Tax refunded of State Treasurer, for Corporation Tax of 1881 · of State Treasurer, National Bank Tax of 1881 . · . .
" " Periodical Fund .
6 00
for old Plank and Wood sold
6 00
for a Pedler's License
3 00
for use of the Town Hall
3 50
for use of drills
.
90
for School Books sold . ·
179 17
for rent of Sandy Pond
20 00
of J. D. Sherman, Collector, on account of Tax of 1877 . 97 10
. of Francis Smith, Collector, on account of Taxes of 1878 and 1879 . ·
838 31
of J. D. Sherman, Collector, on account of Tax of 1880 ·
·
1,454 39
of J. D. Sherman, Collector, on account of Tax of 1881 ·
4,244 10
· · . of the Town of Stow, reimbursement of expense of N. Washburn . .
40 83
Amount received
$13,382 90
E. & O. E.
$13,382 90
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, Treasurer.
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833 73
· of State Treasurer, Income of Massachu- setts School Fund .
215 15
·
Interest of the Grammar School Fund
58 24
Amount paid
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$8,431 86
· 786 59
Balance in the Treasury
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4,951 04
·
122 22
" State Treasurer, for State Tax . .
705 00
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EXPENDITURES.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town Grant, $2,000 00
Income Massachusetts School Fund, 215 15
Grammar School 58 24
Received for school books sold, 179 17
$2,452 56
PAYMENTS. Centre School.
A. O. Tower, teaching High School 36 weeks, $577 50 Expressage on books, 3 42
Paper,
78
D. P. Dame, teaching High School to January 20th, 1882, 99 00
Carrie B. Chapin, teaching Primary School, 288 00
J. R. Hartwell, six tons coal, 43 50
George Flint, globe for Centre School,
5 00
table for High 66
2 00
Chas. A. Cripps, repairs at "
15 20
J. C. McDonald, 66 66 66
95
Samuel Hartwell, four locust posts,
2 00
James L. Chapin, care of school house, 45 00
66 crayons, &c., 6 56
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$1,088 91
North School.
H. W. Farrar, teaching N. School nine weeks, $63 00 Lillie W. Gale, teaching N. School twenty- two weeks, 132 00
J. R. Hartwell, six cords wood, 36 00
Chas. A. Cripps, repairs, 5 00
1 75
M. L. Hatch, repairs on pump,
5 00
Hugh Curry, care of school room,
two terms,
8 20
Mrs. Curry, labor, $2 50
James L. Chapin, ink, crayons and pens, 1 79
$255 24
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East School.
Lizzie G. Chapin, teaching,
$63 00
66 66 cash for cleaning room, 25
Jennie J. Peirce, teaching,
167 80
C. S. Wheeler, one cord oak wood,
6 00
Geo. Flint, 1} cords wood,
10 00
Chas. A. Cripps, repairs,
2 45
N. F. Cousins, lock and repairs,
5 76
Michael Dempsey, sawing four cords wood,
5 37
Ellen Dempsey, care of school room,
8 00
Anthony Dempsey, cleaning school room,
2 00
Mrs. Doherty,
1 50
James L. Chapin, ink, crayons, &c.,
2 02
$274 15
South School.
Sarah S. Baker, teaching twenty-seven weeks, $324 00
N. F. Cousins, labor and materials,
36 05
J. C. McDonald, repairs,
2 15
Lizzie Martin, care of school-room,
8 00
Mrs. Kenna, cleaning school-room,
1 25
Bertha M. Howes, teaching nine weeks,
90 00
66 66
expressage,
25
James L. Chapin, crayons,
25
A. A. Cook & Co., crayons, ink, &c.,
4 30
$466 25
GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Lee & Shepard, school books,
$15 23
N. E. School Furnishing Co., school books,
13 58
S. C. Griggs & Co.,
1 34
Ginn, Heath & Co.,
66
66
18 28
Hall & Whitney,
12 20
Knight, Adams & Co.,
66
121 96
Carl Schoenhof,
66
15 39
Bertha M. Howe,
66
4 54
Cowperthwait & Co.,
66
66
37 80
Boston School Supply Co.,
66
1 35
$241 67
Expended for schools, Unexpended balance,
$2,326 22
126 34
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LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, Dog tax,
$200 00
122 22
Interest of periodical fund,
6 00
$328 22
PAYMENT.
Library Committee,
$328 22
SUPPORT OF POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$750 00
Town of Stow, support of Nancy Washburn, 40 83
$790 83
PAYMENTS.
Daniel H. Sherman, support of poor from
Jan. 1, 1881, to Jan. 1, 1882, $762 50
William F. Wheeler, for support of Nancy Washburn, 40 83
$803 33
Expenditure above appropriation,
$12 50
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
PAYMENTS.
Geo. F. Bemis, $2 00
Jas. L. Chapin, 2 00
5 00
grave-stones of ancestors of Prest. Garfield
and one tablet of Rev. Wm. Lawrence, 5 00
$14 00
Unexpended balance,
$36 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$1,800 00
PAYMENT.
Interest on water bonds, $1,800 00
$50 00
Samuel Hartwell, trimming trees, 66 cash paid for cleaning three
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
PAYMENTS. 1881. $2,000 00
Dexter C. Harris, breaking roads, Dist. No. 1,
$7 05
William F. Wheeler,
11 40
E. B. Barnes, 66
2 00
Samuel Hartwell, 66
Dist. No. 2, 1 65
1882.
George Flint,
Dist. No. 3, 4 00
66
66 gravel in 1880,
5 00
1881.
James Kenna, breaking roads, Dist. No. 4, 3 07
Patrick Conway, Dist. No. 5, 3 30
Mathew Dougherty, 66
Dist. No. 6, 2 55
N. F. Cousins, 66
Dist. No. 8, 5 25
Geo. M. Baker, 2d, 66 Dist. No. 8, 23 10
D. H. Sherman, 66 Dist. No. 30 75
Road Commissioners' orders to Feb. 1, 1882, 1,413 23
Amos P. Sherman, breaking roads, Dist. No. 3, 1 12
66 66 66 highway work, 2 85
- $1,516 32
Unexpended balance,
$483 68
MISCELLANEOUS.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$1,000 00
Wood from Cemetery, 1 00
Cash for use of Town drills,
90
PAYMENTS.
Winchendon Road Scraper Co., four scrapers, $100 00
Wm. L. G. Peirce, water rates refunded, 15 00
Hosea Weston, 66 66 6 00
Tolman & White, printing 350 copies Town Reports, 31 95
Do., printing 12 copies Town Warrant, 1 00
Do., ." 25 Notices, $200 Reward, 1 50
F. C. Brown, services as constable, 10 00
Wm. B. Knapp, repairs on water works in 1876, 13 60
$1,001 90
12
James L. Chapin, care of Town Hall, $6 00
66 oil and wicks, Town Hall, 21
Francis Smith, abatement of taxes in 1878, 43 01
66 66
1879, 55 20
J. Wilson and D. Hunter, removing crazy man to poor house,
2 00
John Dempsey, watching after fire,
75
William F. Wheeler, cash for expressage,
25
66
cash for paper, 1 88
66 66
cash for collector's book, 1 50
66 66 cash for postage & teleg'ms, 2 25
66
66
cash for car fares, 4 50
66
60
for services as selectman, 25 00
66 66 66
for services as assessor, 35 00
66 66
66 overseer of the poor, 20 00
66
66 services as treasurer,
40 00
66
66 66
services as school com.,
25 00
James L. Chapin, services as town clerk, 20 00
66 66
recording seventeen births, 8 50
66 66 66 recording eight marriages, 1 20
66
66 66 recording twelve deaths, 4 20
66
66 expressage and postage, 2 46
George Flint, services as school committee, 15 00
66 expressage on books,
2 00
J. D. Sherman, printing tax bills in 1880, 3 00
66 66 collecting taxes in 1877,
126 70
Expense of moving bell,
E. B. Barnes, returning seven deaths,
1 75
Samuel Hartwell, services as selectman,
40 00
services as assessor, 35 00
66
services as overseer of poor, 15 00
Amos P. Sherman, cash on acc't of crazy man, 50
Lorenzo E. Brooks, services as constable, 6 00
Amos P. Sherman, services as selectman,
25 00
66 66 services as assessor, 25 00
66 66 services as overseer of poor, 15 00
J. D. Sherman, abatement of taxes in 1880, 38 00
$938 77
Unexpended balance,
$63 38
112 86
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RECAPITULATION.
For Schools,
$2,326 22
" Library,
328 22
" Support of Poor,
803 33
" Cemetery,
14 00
" Highways and Bridges,
1,516 32
" Interest on Town Debt, 1,800 00
" Miscellaneous expenses, 938 77
Amount expended,
$7,726 86
REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners of the town of Lincoln respectfully submit the following report :
When we entered upon the duties of the office, it was a month later than it has been usual to commence the year's operations upon the roads. And as we had but few tools prepared to work with, we did not get ready to do much the first part of the season except in the south part of the town which was under the care of Mr. Hagar.
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