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After Mr. Pease left, Mr. Rice assumed the care of the school, and we are happy to report that his pupils have not condemned him.
Of the causes which have marred the usefulness of the High School, we do not feel called upon to speak at length, but we respectfully propound two questions for the consideration of the parents :-
1. Has not the practice of parents in judging a teacher or school of whom and which they know noth- ing except what they learn from the report of the pupils, been sufficiently condemned ?
2. Are not the suggestions of the agents of the Board of Education, appointed under the provisions of law, "to visit cities and towns for the purpose of inquir- ing into the condition of the schools, and of conferring with teachers and committees," entitled to respectful consideration ?
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" Watchman, what of the night ? The morning com- eth and also the night!" Two events, transpiring in our midst, one of them intimately connected with edu- cation, will be of great importance and value to the town. It may be premature to speak of them as ac- complished results - it is entirely too late to ignore altogether what interests and delights everyone. We have seen foundations laid, and walls and towers arise, and it needs no watchman calling out of Seir, to dis- cern the signs of the times. Next to a good Library is an elegant and commodious place to keep it. It is to be hoped when the town comes into possession of the building, they will honor themselves and the purpose of the donor by making liberal appropriations for furnish- ing it with good books. Schools are for the education of the young, and the children remain in them but a few years at the best. Libraries are for the education and instruction of all persons for a lifetime-an object of interest and value to every person in the community.
The structure is unique, peculiar and admirably adapted to its purposes - outwardly reminding one of those ancient cloisters which were the home and for- tresses of learning through ages of barbarism and pro- gress-inwardly teeming with the promise of all those conveniences and adornments which are the result of modern taste and civilization. The building is useful, solid, substantial-harmonizing well with the character of the donor, and the everlasting hills between which it is built.
"All roads lead to Rome "-and the Library. All our paths end at the Cemetery. Another citizen has generously given the town ten acres of land for a Cemetery. The place is well and wisely chosen. No other spot possesses such peculiar attractions and asso-
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ciations. There, 'neath grass-grown graves, and moss covered stones, repose the founders of the church and town. There, too, are buried the soldiers, slain within our borders, on the birthday of the revolution. There the Spring comes early, and the Summer stays long - on one side, in summer, the woods are clothed with verdure, and resound with the songs of the birds -in winter they are silent, and the leaves fall, suggestive of change and decay. On the other side the forests remain in perennial green, like the memories of the loved and departed. Nature has done her part to make it a beautiful resting place for the dead. Let the lov- ing hands and hearts of the living supplement the work.
All honor be to the men who honor themselves by their deeds of wise and thoughtful benevolence; who build for themselves living and enduring monuments in the love and gratitude of their fellow citizens; who adopt all the sons and daughters of the town, and give them an inheritance, better than houses and lands, en- during inheritances, to be improved and enjoyed by the present, and transmitted with ever-accumulating treas- ures of wisdom and knowledge,-of sacred dust and hallowed memories, to coming generations.
Commending all our cherished institutions to the fostering care and wise liberality of our fellow citizens, and invoking the blessing of Heaven on our schools and churches, on our town and its benefactors, we submit our report.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, - GEORGE FLINT,
School
Committee.
JAMES H. FARRAR,
.
Charlotte Wheeler.
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
From Feb. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1, 1885.
ALSO, THE
REPORT . OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE SCHOOL-YEAR 1884-85.
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BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET. 1885.
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
From Feb. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1, 1885.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE SCHOOL-YEAR 1884-85.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET. 1885.
Town Officers for 1884-85.
Town Clerk. JAMES L. CHAPIN.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. SAMUEL HARTWELL, EDWARD C. FOSTER, GEORGE F. HARRINGTON.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. WILLIAM F. WHEELER.
Road Commissioners.
DANIEL H. SHERMAN,
Term expires 1885.
JOHN R. HARTWELL, .
1886.
JAMES L. CHAPIN,
1887.
Constables.
LORENZO E. BROOKS,
JAMES H. FARRAR.
School Committee.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, .
Term expires 1885.
JAMES H. FARRAR,
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1886.
GEORGE FLINT,
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66 1887.
Water Commissioners.
Vacancy,
Term expires 1885.
LEONARD W. WESTON,
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66
1886.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, .
66 1887.
Field Drivers.
AUGUSTUS F. WESTON, GEORGE FARRAR.
Fence Viewers.
GEORGE M. BAKER, GEORGE FLINT.
Surveyors of Wood and Bark. GEORGE FARRAR,
JAMES L. CHAPIN,
GEORGE M. BAKER,
GEORGE M. BAKER, 2d.
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Surveyors of Lumber.
GEORGE FARRAR, N. F. COUSINS, GEORGE F. HARRINGTON.
Cemetery Committee.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, GEORGE F. BEMIS, EDWARD C. FOSTER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. JAMES L. CHAPIN.
Sexton. EDA B. BARNES.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
GEORGE F. BEMIS, .
Term expires 1885.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, .
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1886.
GEORGE FLINT,
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66 1887.
Committee to Examine Treasurer's Accounts. WILLIAM FOSTER, GEORGE M. BAKER,
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Trustees of Lincoln Library. Dr. GEORGE G. TARBELL, President. SAMUEL H. PIERCE, JOHN F. FARRAR,
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Chairman Selectmen, ex officio.
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, Chairman School Committee, ex officio.
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 and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, the Second 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 all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year, including a member of Si .. king Fund Com- mittee for three years. Also, trustees who shall have the care of the Russell Legacy, and other trust funds of the Town, if thought best.
ART. 4. To act on the revision of the Jury Box.
ART. 5. To make provision for the support of the Poor, from and after the first day of April next.
ART. 6. To hear and act upon the Report of any Com- mittee chosen by the Town that may be ready to report.
ART. 7. To determine the manner of repairing the High- ways and Bridges of the Town the ensuing year.
ART. 8. 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
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Highways and Bridges, for Burial Grounds, for the Public Library, for the Payment of the Town Debt and the interest thereon, and for other necessary and contingent expenses and charges.
ART. 9. To determine the manner of collecting Taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will reinstruct its Cemetery Committee in regard to improvements in the Cemetery near the Town House, or elsewhere, as suggested by Article 11, in the Town Report of 1883-4.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will have the bell rung the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will cause Sandy Pond water to be introduced into the Centre School building ; also, to see if the Town will pay the expense of water-pipe, and laying the same, from a point near the Hay Scales, in the centre of the town, to where it connects with the house of Miss Ann E. Weston, and with the parsonage of the First Parish, in order that the Town may have the entire control of the water-pipes, at the expiration of its present contract with the water-takers.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will purchase suitable Hose to connect with the Hydrants to be used in case of fire along the line of water-pipes.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the disposition of the furniture and fixtures formerly used in its Town Library.
ART. 15. To give in their votes by ballot, in answer to the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town ?"
ART. 16. To hear and act upon the report of the Road Commissioners, upon the petition of the Chairman of Selectmen, to lay out a road on the northeasterly side of the Public Library.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate three
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thousand dollars for a school house in the south part of the town.
ART. 18. To see what action, if any, the Town will take to prevent the water which flows from the Common from passing under the buildings of George Weston.
ART. 19. To hear any report upon Town matters, or act upon anything in relation to any article in this Warrant
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof at each of the Post Offices and the Meeting House of the First Parish, eight days at least before the time of meeting, and making seasonable return hereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. Hereof fail not.
Dated at Lincoln, this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Selectmen
EDWARD C. FOSTER, of
GEO. F. HARRINGTON, Lincoln.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, FOR THE TOWN OF LINCOLN.
1884 -- 5.
The most marked feature in the history of the the Town of Lincoln during the year just past, has been the receipt of the gift of our beautiful Library Building and the land on which it is situated. It is a noble gift, which will always be a reminder to the inhabitants of Lincoln and vicinity of our favored and generous fellow-townsman-the giver.
In connection with the above we also wish to acknowledge, with grateful thanks, the receipt in full of the legacy left the Town by a former resident, the late Dr. George Russell, of one thousand dollars in addition to a certain part of his private library, the income of which is to be devoted to the increase of our free Public Library. The money is de- posited at present where it will draw a small interest. It will be proper at our March meeting for the Town to choose trustees, who shall have the care of the legacy, with power to invest the principal in some safe and remunerative place ; and who shall collect the income and pay over the same to the Town, to be used according to the wishes of the donor.
It is also very necessary for the Town to have a suitable place for the repose of the remains of its inhabitants, both present and future. Such a place has been kindly provided and presented to the Town by another of our fellow towns- men, to whom we are equally thankful, and may he yet live many years to " view the landscape o'er."
Owing to the diminution of our taxable personal property and the increased demand and expenditure of money, our rate of taxation was increased thirty-three and one-third per cent. above the rate of the previous year. The money which was to be paid out of the funds in the Treasury, ap- propriated to form a nucleus for a sinking fund to meet the
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payment of our Water debt at maturity, together with the other appropriations to be paid from the same source, will reduce to a considerable extent the funds of the Treasury. From sources of Corporation and Bank Taxes and Vessels in the foreign carrying trade, our receipts have been con- siderable, which fact serves largely to keep our Treasury in a healthy condition.
In the Department of the Poor we have had more to attend to than for some years previous. Several persons have been sick, or injured, or died within our borders who have caused us considerable trouble. It also appears that we are liable to have one or more additions to our Town's poor at any time.
No settlement has been arrived at with our Tax Collectors for the years 1878-'79-'80-'81 and '82. From the collector who was chosen for the years 1878 and '79, is due $78.12, besides all the interest he collected on taxes not paid at a certain time fixed by the Town for the two years above mentioned. From the collector who was chosen for the years 1880-'81 and '82, is due 212,28 dollars on account of taxes of 1882, together with the interest he collected on taxes for the three years named above, not paid at a certain time fixed by the town.
We think that we represent the wish of the Town when we express an earnest desire that the collectors, chosen for the years above mentioned, should come forward with the balance which should be in their hands, and pay the same into the Town Treasury, and receive their pay for collecting.
Hereto annexed, you will find a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Lincoln, for the year ending January 31st, 1885.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL, EDWARD C. FOSTER, GEO. F. HARRINGTON,
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor for the Town of Lincoln.
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VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR 1884.
Valuation of Personal Estate, taxed, 1 $518,676 00 66 Real
587,201 00
Whole Valuation, .
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$1,105,877 00
Rate of Taxation, $10.40 per $1,000.
Number of Polls taxed, 287.
$12,075 12 Deduct County Tax,
Tax assessed in 1884,
699 20
Amount to be paid Town Treasurer, $11,375 92
66 received by " .
8,739 50
Due on uncollected Taxes of 1884, . $2,636 42
66
1882, .
212 28
66 1878 and '79, 78 12
Amount of uncollected taxes, . $2,926 82 '
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN.
Lincoln Water Bonds, due Dec. 1, 1894, interest 6 per cent. semi-annually, $30,000 00
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1, 1885, have been as follows : -
Balance in Treasury February, 1884 ·
$7,880 72
Paid Selectmen's orders
. $14,295 64
State Tax of 1884 . .
. 1,520 00
Amount paid . .
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$15,815 64 8,345 49
1,389 70
of State Treasurer, on account of Foreign Ships ·
776 24
of State Treasurer, Income of the Mass. School Fund
160 92
Income of the Grammar School Fund
69 95
Interest of the Periodical Fund
6 00
of State Treasurer, on account of State Paupers
8 00
of George T. Coverly, Executor of the will of Dr. George Russell, the legacy for the Public Library
1,000 00
Interest accrued on said legacy . .
45 00
of New England Trust Co., interest on deposits
33 73
for School Books sold ·
57 72
for lumber and old stove sold
10 00
for damage to the North School-house
65
for copies of the "Dedication Proceed- ings " sold .
34 15
for use of Town Hall
1 00
for rent of Sandy Pond
20 00
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of J. D. Sherman, on account of Taxes of 1882
1,411 98
Balance of Taxes of 1883
1,365 54
Interest on Taxes of 1883
26 51
on account of Taxes of 1884
8,739 50
Interest on Taxes of 1884
.
29 02
Amount received .
$24,161 13
E. & O. E.
$24,161 13
WILLIAM F. WHEELER, Treasurer.
.
Received of County Treasurer, Dog Tax returned of State Treasurer, on account of Corpo- ration Tax of 1884 of State Treasurer, on account of Nat'i Bank Tax of 1884
192 64
902 16
Balance in Treasury
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EXPENDITURES.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, .
$2.300 00
Income Massachusetts School Fund, 160 92
Grammar
· 69 95
- $2,530 87
PAYMENTS.
Centre School.
Truman B. Rice, teaching High School 28 weeks. $448 00 J. H. De Wolf, 66 66 213 00
Carrie B. Chapin, teaching Centre Primary School 36 weeks,
324 00
John R. Hartwell, 8 tons coal,
56 00
James L. Chapin, care of Centre school- house,
45 00
John R. Hartwell, 2 tons coal,
14 00
-$1,100 00
South School.
Minnie L. Goold, teaching,
$418 00
Maggie Coan, care of house, winter term, 60 66
8 00
66
2 00
Mamie Welsh, 66
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2 00
Mary Maguire, 66 fall 66
4 00
George M. Baker and son, 322 ft. wood,
22 59
Baker Brothers, ¿ cord pine wood fit for stove,
3 50
Geo. L. Rice, ¿ cord pine wood, . 2 50
James H. Farrar, cash for sawing wood, .
1 00
$463 59
Amount carried forward,
$1,563 59
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Amount brought forward, $1,563 59
North School.
Lillie W. Gale, teaching 36 weeks,
$288 00
John R. Hartwell, 7 cords wood cut and housed,
42 00
Francis Curry, care of house one year, ·
15 00
$345 00
East School.
Helen F. Pierce, teaching 36 weeks, . . $274 00
Anthony Dempsey, care of house one year, 10 00 George Flint, 2 cords oak, 1 do. pine wood fit for stove, 16 00
George Flint, 2 cords oak, 1 do. pine wood,
13 00
Michael Dempsey, cutting and housing 3 cords wood,
4 50
$317 50
Unexpended balance, .
$2,226 09
$304 78
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INCIDENTAL EXPENDITURES.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, .
$200 00
Rec'd for school books sold,
57 72
66 old stove,
1 00
66 damages,
65
$259 37
PAYMENTS. Centre School.
J. H. DeWolf, expressage, $ 40
T. B. Rice,
25
66 car fare,
80
extra service on books under the new system, 4 00
Mrs. Delhanty, washing floors twice,
8 50
L. Thompson, 51 lbs. Russia pipe,
12 65
66 labor, $4.00; mica, .30, 4 30
two sets brick, 5 00
Beatty and Robinson, book-case, . 15 00
James H. Farrar, getting book-case,
1 00
E. W. Russell, 1} days' labor,
3 75
52 gallons oil, 3 30
James L. Chapin, sundries, .
8 00
South School.
N. F. Cousins, repairs, $5 45
Mrs. Coan, cleaning house, .
3 00
J. E. Bell, blackboarding, ·
8 46
James H. Farrar, setting glass,
61
James L. Chapin, sundries, .
25
A. A. Cook, sundries, .
5 48
$23 25
Amount carried forward,
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$90 20
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$66 95
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Amount brought forward, $90 20
North School.
N. F. Cousins, repairs, $3 75
J. E. Bell, blackboarding, 4 99
William F. Wheeler, cash paid for cleaning room in 1883,
2 00
Mrs. Curry, cleaning room three times in 1884, 6 50
James L. Chapin, sundries, . 3 25
$20 49
East School.
N. F. Cousins, repairs,
$3 00
Helen F. Pierce, cash paid for bell,
35
Stickney & Son, stove,
13 00
funnel, .
1 50
James L. Chapin, crayons,
25
$18 10
GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Knight, Adams & Co., school books,
$128 23
Boston School Supply Co., "
15 12
D. Appleton & Co., 66
6 33
William Ware & Co., 66 66
4 50
James H. Farrar, cash for "
5 00
Truman B. Rice,
66
11 05
$170 23
$299 02
Expenditure above receipts,
$39 65
LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Town Grant,
. $1,000 00
Dog Tax,
192 64
Income of Russell Legacy,
45 00
" Periodical Fund,
6 00
$1,243 64
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PAYMENTS.
Maria L. Pierce, Treasurer Public Library,
Dog Tax,
$192 64
Samuel Hartwell, Treasurer Lincoln Li- brary, Town Grant,
1,000 00
Income Russell Legacy, . 45 00
66 Periodical Fund, .
6 00
$1,243 64
SUPPORT OF POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
.
750 00
Received from State for expense of sick
person, .
8 00
$758 00
PAYMENTS.
Daniel H. Sherman, support of poor from
Jan. 1st, 1884, to Jan. 1st, 1885, . $750 00
John Delorey, expense of sick person, 11 70
$761 70
Expenditure above receipts,
$3 70
Expense of poor to the town, ·
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$753 70
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$2,000 00
PAYMENTS.
Wentworth & Roberts, monument for British soldiers,
$60 00
William F. Wheeler, expense of foundation for monument, 9 00
E. B. Barnes, mowing cemetery, 5 00
James L. Chapin, cash paid Edward Demp- sey,
3 13
$77 13
Unexpended balance, .
. $1,922 87
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INTEREST ACCOUNT.
RECEIPT.
Town appropriation, .
. $1,800 00
PAYMENT.
Interest on water bonds,
. $1,800 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, ·
. $3,000 00 " special, .
500 00
$3,500 00
PAYMENT.
Road Commissioners' orders,
$3,395 36
Unexpended balance, .
$104 64
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
RECEIPT.
Town appropriation, . . $3,000 00 PAYMENT. 1
James L. Chapin, Treasurer of Sinking Fund Commissioners, . . $3,000 00
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES PERTAINING TO THE DEDICATION OF LINCOLN LIBRARY.
Irving W. Wheeler & Co., for tent, . $45 00
Clifford & Allen, use of chairs and carting, 21 00
Whitcher & Muzzey, 900 ft. lumber, ·
14 40
Deland & Barta, 1,000 programmes, 12 75
John Wilson & Son, 800 copies proceed- ings at the dedication, 158 00
Amount carried forward,
$251 15
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Amount brought forward, $251 15
Frederick E. Goddard, building platform, 7 97
Herbert E. Barnes, carriage, 2 00
Edward C. Foster, labor of self and men, . 7 38
Samuel Hartwell, time and expense of hir- ing tent, 2 75
Samuel Hartwell, cash for sundries, . .
1 11
labor, in building plat-
form, raising and lowering tent, arranging and clearing away settees, and chairs, etc., 15 88
$288 24
Less 900 ft. lumber sold, .
$9 00
" Proceedings Dedication sold, .
34 15
$43 15
$245 09
MISCELLANEOUS.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, . . $1,040 00
900 ft. lumber sold, .
9 00
Proceedings at dedication sold,
34 15
Rent of Town Hall, .
1 00
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PAYMENTS.
James L. Chapin, copying first book of Records of Births, Deaths and Mar- riages, 268 pages, .
$40 20
James L. Chapin, cash for binding Record Book,
3 00
James H. Farrar, services as School Com- mitteeman, 1883-4, 10 00
James H. Farrar, services as Truant Offi- cer, 1883-4, . 2 00
Lincoln Water Works, service at watering trough in centre of Town from July 1st, 1882, to July 1st, 1884, . 30 00
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Amount carried forward, $85 20
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$1,084 15
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Amount brought forward, $85 20 Lincoln Water Works, service for watering trough near South schoolhouse from Oct. 1st, 1883, to Oct. 1st, 1884, . 20 00 Edgar R. Dow, reward for arrest and con- viction of horse thief, 200 00
Tolman & White, printing 400 copies Re- ports Town Officers and School Com- mittee, . 33 46
Tolman & White, printing 12 copies of Warrant,
75
Rice & Drake, printing 500 Tax Collector's bills, 3 00
Henry R. Davis, expense in adjusting and sealing the standard balance weights and measures used by Town of Lin- coln, ·
7 50
James Notman, one oil portrait, 66 frame for same, 40 00
150 00
Clifford & Allen, six settees, 14 40
66 6 use of 200 chairs and carting,
21 00
Irving W. Wheeler & Co., use of tent and carting, . 45 00
Whitcher & Muzzey, 900 ft. spruce lumber, 14 40
Deland & Barta, 1,000 programmes, 12 75 · John Wilson & Son, 800 copies proceedings at dedication of Lincoln Library, . John R. Hartwell and man, watching after fire, 4 00
158 00
William F. Wheeler, abatement of taxes, 1883, · .
53 26
William F. Wheeler, services as Collector, for 1883, 145 13
William F. Wheeler, services as Treasurer, 1884, . 40 00
William F. Wheeler, services as School Committee, 25 00
Amount carried forward, . $1,072 85
20
Amount brought forward, . $1,072 85 William F. Wheeler, expense in providing at Teacher's Institute, . 7 62 William F. Wheeler, cash paid for shovel- ing snow, 45
Edward C. Foster, labor on account of ded- ication, .
7 38
Edward C. Foster, services as Selectman, 30 00
66 66 66 " Assessor, . 30 00
66
" Overseer of
Poor, ·
15 00
Edward C. Foster, services as Registrar, Samuel Hartwell, services as Selectman, .
5 00
66 66
" Assessor, ·
40 00
66
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" Overseer of
Poor,
20 00
Samuel Hartwell, services as Registrar,
5 00
cash for advertising, 3 25
66 " order book,
8, 00
66
" postage and sta-
2 60
Samuel Hartwell, cash for carriage to depot,
2 00
66
66 " sundries,
51
66 " recording deed,
1 10
66 66 " notices $300 re-
ward, 1 50
Samuel Hartwell, cash for notices $200 re- ward, ·
1 50
Samuel Hartwell, cash for one-half expense of resetting bound stone between Lincoln and Concord, 60
Samuel Hartwell, journey to Boston and expenses, to hire tent, . 2 75
Samuel Hartwell, labor in consequence of dedication of Library, 15 88
Amount carried forward, · . $1,315 59
66 66 " ice, .
60
66 66 " Collectors' book,
2 00
tionery, .
40 00
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Amount brought forward, . $1,315 59 Samuel Hartwell, cash paid F. E. Goddard, in part for building platform, . 3 82 ·
F. E. Goddard, balance for building plat- form, . · .
4 15
James L. Chapin, cash for expressage,
2 25
" postage, .
75
1 00
services as Registrar, 2 00
" Town Clerk, . 20 00
66
66 registering 17 births, 8 50
9 marriages, 1 35
66 66 66
66
ringing the bell, 20 00
66 66 6€ care of Town Hall, 12 00
66 66 setting glass, Town Hall, 30
ـ، ، 66 mucilage,
66
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articles furnished for
Teachers' Institute, 2 64
L. E. Brooks, services as constable, . 10 40
E. B. Barnes, returning five deaths, . 1 25
George F. Harrington, services as Select- man,
25 00
George F. Harrington, services as Asses- sor,
25 00
George F. Harrington, services as Overseer of Poor,
15 00
George F. Harrington, services as Regis- trar, 5 00
George F. Harrington, car fare, 2 20
George Flint, 1 cord wood at Town Hall, . 6 50
J. D. Sherman, abatement of three poll taxes of 1882, 6 00
$1,492 70
1,084 15
66
66 66 " register, .
66
66
9 deaths, 1 80
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Expenditure above receipts, . $408 55
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RECAPITULATION.
For Schools,
. $2,525 11
" Library,
1,243 64
" Support of Poor, 761 70
" Cemetery, . 77 13
" Highways and Bridges,
3,395 36
" Interest on Town Debt,
1,800 00
" Sinking Fund, . 3,000 00
" Miscellaneous Expenses,
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