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3 00
J. W. Gray, cash paid for guide-boards, 11 75
J. L. Chapin, bill for tools, powder, fuse, oil, &c., 25 91 30 00
ringing the bell,
bell rope,
3 00
66 postage and expressage,
67
paid for grading around High School House, 14 00
interest and discount, 1,542 86
Daniel Granger, Trustee, abatement of tax, 27 40
Park Fay's heirs,
9 59
George Hartwell, abatement of 15 poll taxes,
52 50
collecting taxes, 87 48
100 00
services as Town Clerk,
20 00
66 cash paid postage, express- age and printing,
3 25
A. J. Drake, services as Selectman,
10 00
Assessor,
15 00
J. W. Gray, services as Selectman,
18 00
66
Assessor, 25 00
Overseer of the Poor,, 5 00
J. L. Chapin, care of Town Hall, 10 00
services as Sealer of Weights
and Measures, 5 00
66
Town Treasurer, 40 00
Selectman, 25 00
66
66
66
Assessor, 50 00
66
66
Overseer of the Poor, 5 00
$2,359 49
Respectfully submitted by
$8,983 39
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Selectmen J. W. GRAY, of
A. J. DRAKE, Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Feb. 14, 1874.
Overseer of the Poor,
5 00
H. C. Chapin, vaccinating the town,
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE HAVING CHARGE OF LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Number of Books in Library, 1,755
added past year,
120
66 .66 66 delivered to borrowers,
1,585
66
borrowers, .
202
The Librarian has discharged her duties with her usual care and faithfulness, and upon the examination of the Library, October 1, all the books were on the shelves with the exception of one, which was afterwards returned, and not a book was lost during the year.
The books have mostly been used with care, and all damages and fines been cheerfully paid.
The work devolving upon the Committee has been done with an effort to accomplish the best possible results with the means afforded them. In the purchase of books, such have been selected as are adapted both to recreation and mental culture, with the endeavor to direct the taste toward an improving kind of litera- ture.
As an educator the importance of a Library cannot be overesti- mated. Public schools are merely elementary, and a knowledge of the art of reading is of no benefit, unless books to read are supplied.
It is recommended that the town grant $300 to defray Library expenses, and direct the Committee to have the books insured.
REBEKAH L. SMITH, ?
M. L. PIERCE, E. M. SMITH; L. M. DRAKE, JONAS HARTWELL,
Committee.
GEO. C. STEARNS, HENRY C. CHAPIN,
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOR 1873. RECEIPTS.
From Town appropriation,
$250 00
" Fines,
8 01
The Lincoln Literary Society,
7 00
Balance from former year,
25 29
$290 30
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for Books,
$141 16
Librarian,
60 00
66
Partition in Library,
16 97
66 Paper for covering books, half ream,
4 16
Painting partition,
5 13
66 Placard board,
2 00
66 Repairing clock, wood, etc.,
6 25
Total expended,
$235 67
Total received,
$290 30
Total expended,
235 67
Balance,
$54 63
M. L. PIERCE, Treasurer.
$265 01
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1873-4.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, NO. 221 WASHINGTON STREET. 1874.
.
REPORT.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE of Lincoln respectfully submit the following report of the condition of the Schools under their care for the year 1873-4 :
NORTH SCHOOL.
Teachers,-MIss MARIA C. BACHELDER, MISS CARRIE B. CHAPIN.
Summer Term,-Whole number of scholars, 21; average attendance, 16 ; length of school, 11 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number of scholars, 22; average attendance, 16; length of school, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number of scholars, 22; average attendance for 8 weeks, 17.
As Miss Chapin desired at the beginning of the year a temporary release from her duties, the school during the summer was put in charge of Miss Maria C. Bachelder, who entered upon her work with much enthusiasm and showed herself apt to teach. She at once interested her pupils in her manner of directing their studies, fully secured their affec- tions by her kind management, and presented results satis- factory to their parents and the Committee.
There has often been in this school, in the summer, a serious falling off in the attendance the latter part of the term. We are glad to record a gratifying improvement this year in this regard.
Miss Chapin resumed her place in the school at the com- mencement of the second term, and has conducted it with her accustomed efficiency. The same promptness, careful- ness and exactness, which has been sought heretofore in the
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exercises of the several classes, has been a conspicuous fea- ture of the instruction this year, and very good progress has been made in all the branches attended to.
If the tuition of this year should be compared with Miss Chapin's first efforts in the school, there would be found to be a marked advance in variety and flexibility of method in imparting knowledge, and in a less evident but no less effi- cient discipline. The predominance of the analytic element in her mind and method, tends to call into action the latent critical faculties of her pupils' minds, and to make them fully conscious of the difference between accuracy and inac- curacy in their exercises. We sometimes listen to recita- tions here, as in all our schools, in which the pupils fail, but we never see indifference in a class. In no school are the pupils, apparently, more dissatisfied with failures and better satisfied with perfect recitations.
EAST SCHOOL.
Teacher throughout the year,-MISS ANNIE W. FARNS- WORTH.
Summer Term,-Whole number of scholars, 13 ; average attendance, 9 ; length of school, 11 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number of scholars, 15; average at- tendance, 10; length of school, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number of scholars, 9; average attendance for 8 weeks, 8.
Miss Farnsworth entered upon her work without experi- ence in teaching, but evidently with a fixed purpose to spare no efforts to discharge her duties in a satisfactory manner. Though the number of scholars has been quite small, and the larger part of them at an age when children are not capa- ble of very continued application, the arrangement of exer- cises has been so judicious that the time has been filled without burdening the pupils by repetition, or by giving excessive length to their recitations. The progress of the
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scholars has been constant and satisfactory during the year. Attention to matters in hand has been secured and good order maintained. We see no reason why Miss Farnsworth may not, with more experience, take her place among our most efficient teachers.
It may be thought that the number of scholars has hardly justified the continuance of the school in the winter; it has not seemed best, however, to the Committee to suspend the school, or seriously abridge its length, as an intermittent character depreciates a school, and also because it is not practicable for many of the pupils to attend the Centre School in the winter season.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Teacher throughout the year,-MISS KEZIAH HOWES.
Summer Term,-Whole number of scholars, 30; average attendance, 25 ; length of school, 11 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number of scholars, 22; average attendance, 19 ; length of school, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number of scholars, 19; average attendance for 8 weeks, 17.
Miss Howes maintains a remarkably fixed standard of excellence from year to year. Her manner of teaching reading, spelling, mental arithmetic, etc., is what experience long ago taught her she can most effectively use. And she applies her well-tried methods with a patience and perse- verence which secures singularly uniform results. In read- ing, for example, her pupils are required to read and re-read their lessons until they have attained a distinct articulation and natural inflections. So also in mental arithmetic the processes of solving examples are carefully repeated until the whole operation is clearly fixed in the scholar's mind. It is this thorough work, day by day, which keeps the school ready for inspection at any time. There has been faithful daily practice in singing, in which there has been rapid im- provement.
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SOUTH SCHOOL.
Teacher throughout the year,-MISS MARY L. WHEELER.
Summer Term,-Whole number of scholars, 45; average attendance, 37 ; length of school, 11 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number of scholars, 48; average attendance, 37; length of school, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number of scholars, 35; average attendance for 8 weeks, 32.
The experience of four terms has confirmed the opinion, ventured in the outset of her work, that Miss Wheeler is the right teacher in the right place. Versatility and adaptation are serviceable in almost all callings, but in none more so than in the work of an instructor. If a teacher has these in addition to the more patent qualities of a good teacher, she is more likely to insure her success. Equally good teachers have their own way's and perhaps widely differing ways of imparting instruction.
A humorous manner of presenting the mistakes and short- comings of pupils, for class inspection and correction, has its advantages over graver methods. Miss Wheeler uses this method with good results. We think that her cheerful manner in the school-room and inclination to take up the good points of her scholars, rather than to dwell upon their faults, lightens her own work and perhaps carries them for- ward as well as a more exacting method. We doubt if any teacher for many years, has more fully satisfied the desires of all persons connected with the school.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Teacher throughout the year,-MISS SUSIE C. LOUGEE.
Summer Term,-Whole number of scholars, 22; average attendance, 17; length of school, 10 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number of scholars, 31; average attendance, 26; length of school, 12 weeks.
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Winter Term,-Whole number of scholars, 42; average attendance for 8 weeks, 37.
It is impossible to fairly present the condition of a school without discussing the methods of a teacher. A school under the care of a skilful, painstaking teacher, thoroughly acquainted with the branches pursued, and also conversant with the mental processes by which knowledge is both imparted and received, is very different from what it would be under the care of a superficial and inapt teacher. Miss Lougee, as a student, evidently acquired to an unusual degree, in the excellent school in which she is a graduate, the art of imparting knowledge to others. She succeeds continually in interesting her classes in any study they are pursuing, which is perhaps the most difficult thing for a teacher uniformly to attain. Her relations to her pupils have been of the pleasantest character throughout the year. There seems to have been constantly a full tide of interest in study. The experience of the school has illustrated the fact that enthusiasm on the part of a teacher, supported by skilful methods of instruction, is very sure to create enthu- siasm in the minds of pupils. The rules of discipline have been few and easily observed. All reasonable liberty of communication and movement in the school-room has been freely accorded the pupils, and apparently without detriment to the best interests of the school.
Among the higher studies have been French, Latin, Nat- ural Philosophy, Book-keeping and English Literature. Drawing has been introduced and a large class is much inter- ested in it. Without discriminating against other exercises, it may be said that the class in English Literature has pre- sented exceedingly gratifying results in its work.
During the year a new series of reading books has been introduced into the schools, and the teachers assure us that their work has been facilitated by the change.
About two hundred dollars have been spent in improve-
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ments in and around the South School-house. This includes a much needed work of grading, and repairs upon the cellar wall, and the laying of a concrete walk around the building, which serves the double purpose of carrying off the water which falls from the roof and furnishing a hard walk.
The grade about the High School-house has been raised at small expense. The approach to this house has thus been considerably improved ; but there is need of a solid walk between it and the street.
Access is difficult to the North School-house, particularly in the winter, on account of the unfinished state in which the grounds were left when the house was built. It is hoped that some improvement may be made the coming year.
It is with pleasure we review the record of the schools for the year. The work done by our competent and faithful corps of teachers has been highly satisfactory. Commenda- tions have been frequent, while hardly a breath of complaint has come to the knowledge of the Committee. Under these circumstances, we are confident that the town will cheerfully continue the liberal appropriation for schools, made at the last annual meeting.
HENRY J. RICHARDSON, OGDEN CODMAN, WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, ABBY H. BROWN,
School Committee.
LINCOLN, February 12, 1874.
REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN, 1
FROM
FEB'Y 1, 1874, TO FEB'Y 1, 1875.
ALSO
THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1874-5.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 221 WASHINGTON STREET. 1875.
REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
FROM
FEB'Y 1, 1874, TO FEB'Y 1, 1875.
ALSO
THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1874-5.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 221 WASHINGTON STREET. 1875.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Treasurer of the town, in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth, reports that the receipts from ordinary revenues have been $18,779.51, and the ordinary payments amount to $9,667.61, and $5,000 of the debts,-leaving a balance in the treas- ury, derived from ordinary revenues, of $4,111.90. Received from the sale of Water Loan Bonds and accrued interest, $28,835, - and have paid orders of the Water Commissioners to the amount of $26,926.85, leaving in the treasury a balance of $1,908.15 de- rived from this source.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr. JAMES L. CHAPIN, Treasurer, in account with the TOWN OF LINCOLN. Cr.
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 1, 1874,. $4,767 81
Paid Selectmen's orders, ..
$8,687 61
Received income of Mass. School Fund,.
232 51
66
State Tax, Lavereis
980 00
Interest of Grammar School Fund,
77 73
Waltliam National BXuk,
5,000 00
School books sold, ..
104 04
$14,667 61
Corporation Taxes,
531 90
Water Commissioner's orders,.
26,926 85
National Bank Tax,.
965 55
Dog Licenses,.
78 03
State Aid reimbursement,.
66 00
Dividend from Enterprise Ins. Co.,
26 29
Heirs of Setli Gay, funeral expenses,. .
16 00
Old plank, .
9 00
Rent of Sandy Poud for 1874,. .
1 00
J. D. Sherman, taxes of 1872,.
531 25
James E. West, poll tax 1873.
3 50
George Hartwell, taxes of 1873,
1,287 73
J. D. Sherman, taxes of 1874,.
10,063 26
interest on taxes,
17 91
$18,779 51
From the sale of Water Bonds,.
28,800 00
Interest on Water Bonds, ..
35 00
28,835 00
$47,614 51
$47,614 51
Feb. 9, 1875.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Treasurer.
$41,594 46
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 1, 1875, . ... ...
6,020 05
3
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Taxes assessed in 1874, Deduct County Tax,
$12,710 88 670 62
Amount to be collected, Received of Collector,
12,040 26
10,063 26
Uncollected taxes for 1874,
1,977 00
66
" 1873,
131 59
66 66 “ 1872, 28 35
Total amount uncollected,
$2,136 94
TOWN DEBTS.
J. P. Edwards, note due May 26, 1870, interest 7 per cent.
$1,000 00
Cyrus Smith, note due Dec. 8, 1870, interest 7 per cent.
400 00
Cyrus Smith, note due on demand, interest 7 per cent. Waltham Savings Bank, note due Feb. 10, 1872, in- terest 7 per cent.
400 00
Susan Robbins, note due Dec. 19, 1871, interest 7 per cent. 300 00
Rufus Babcock, note due May 1, 1872, interest 7 per cent.
1,500 00
William O. Benjamin, note due Nov. 7, 1873, inter- est 7 per cent.
2,000 00
Cyrus Brown, note due Jan. 23, 1876, interest 7 per cent.
2,000 00
Harriette L. Giles, note due Apr. 15, 1877, interest 7 per cent.
3,000 00
Asa White, note due on demand, interest 7 per cent. C. J. R. Ray, " " 66 7
500 00
1,000 00
Lincoln Water Loan Bonds, due Dec. 1, 1894, in- terest 6 per cent. 30,000 00
Indebtedness of town,
$43,100 00
1,000 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of the town of Lincoln, who are also Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, hereby submit their annual report. The expenses of the town, for which we have drawn orders upon the treasury, amount to $8,687.61, as shown by the accompanying detailed statements. The sum of $2,684.93 was expended upon the repair of the highways and bridges. The hill near the house of Mr. Conway has been put in good repair at an expense of $200. The road from Mr. Codman's, by the Episcopal Church to the railroad bridge, has been graded and gravelled thoroughly. The ledge near the house of James Rice has been removed by blasting, so that instead of being dangerous the roadway is now good. The bridge and causeway near the Woolen Mills, which have been a source of anxiety for several years past, have been put in good order by entirely rebuilding the superstructure of the bridge, repairing the walls and grading the roadway, and placing substantial railing at the sides. All these operations are of that class usually provided for by special grants of money. And in addition to these, it was found necessary to widen the road from the centre of the town to the railroad station, in order to accom- modate the travel, while the water pipes were being laid. The remainder of the roads in town are believed to be in fair condition. Complaints have been made of the road from the railroad crossing near Dan'l Hayne's to Wayland line, and a petition presented to the County Commissioners for alterations and repairs. This road is narrow, and in the spring very muddy, and something should be done there which will involve the expenditure of consider- able money. We recommend the consideration of this matter when making appropriations for highways the coming year. We respectfully suggest to the town the consideration of the matter of choosing Road Commissioners, as provided by Chap. 158, of Acts of 1871. If good roads enhance the value of property in the town, the best available plan should be adopted to secure good
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roads. When the farmers of the town kept strong teams of oxen, and carried on farming in such a manner as left them a space of leisure time in the spring, soon after the ground thawed out, the farmers by dividing the town into districts could repair the roads ; but now, when the farmer to be successful must arrange his work so as to have no leisure time for his team or help, some other provision must be made. We think it can be done by a Board of Commissioners better than in any other way.
The expense of relaying the cemetery wall, including the excava- tion of all the gravel outside the line of the wall, has been $132.50, an excess of the sum named in the vote authorizing that work, but necessary in order to complete the job satisfactorily. The guideboards of the town are most of them in fair condition, some few need new boards, and perhaps, one or two posts. The poor have been satisfactorily cared for by Mr. Jones, for the sum of $800. Provision will have to be made for them after the first of April next. We would call the attention of the town to the con- dition of the cemeteries. We have three, each of them small in extent, and so located that travellers cannot but see them. They are getting crowded in some parts, and the lots of some families are well cared for, while other lots are sadly neglected, chiefly for the reason that it is nobody's business to have charge of it. If the town should choose a committee each year to have charge of the cemeteries, we feel sure they would be improved in appearance. There is a sum of money now in the hands of the ladies of the town, raised by a fair and tea party, which they desire to expend in the manner indicated when they can obtain the aid and advice of some one who has authority in the matter.
For information as to the financial condition of the town, you are referred to the report of the Treasurer, accompanying this.
Respectfully submitted by
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Selectmen JOHN W. GRAY, of
GEORGE HARTWELL, Lincoln.
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EXPENDITURES.
FOR SCHOOLS.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Susie C. Lougee, teaching High School,
$630 00
Keziah Howes, Primary School, 314 50
A. A. Cook & Co., coal, 58 50
J. L. Chapin, ink, crayons, &c.,
7 10
66 care of school house,
45 00
Mrs. Delhanty, washing school room,
2 00
$1,057 10
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Mary L. Wheeler, teaching,
$555 00
James Farrar, wood,
33 00
George M. Andrews, care of school house,
8 00
Joseph Miner,
66 5 00
W. F. Harrington,
5 00
A. A. Cook & Co., ink, crayons, &c.,
2 45
J. L. Chapin, glass and putty,
2 36
$610 81
EAST SCHOOL.
Annie W. Farnsworth, teaching,
$277 50
Wm. Foster, wood,
24 00
J. L. Chapin, ink, crayons, &c.,
1 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
Carrie B. Chapin, teaching,
$297 50
paid for cleaning room,
3 50
John R. Hartwell, wood,
21 50
Walter L. Jones, care of school house, John Dee, 66 66
13 00
5 00
J. L. Chapin, ink, crayons, &c.,
4 35
care of school house, 9 75
$312 25
$344 85
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SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
E. E. Tucker, painting north school house, $44 22
J. L. Chapin, paint and oil for north school house, 35 00
George Hartwell, grading round school house, 100 00
George Hammon, repairing south school house, 1 00
Francis C. Brown, repairs on school houses,
30 10
Wm. Mackintosh, teaming and repairs, 3 75
N. F. Cousins, repairs on south school house, 4 50
$219 57
SCHOOL BOOKS AND FURNITURE.
Thompson, Brown & Co., books
$102 70
Ginn Brothers,
56 98
Knight, Adams & Co.,
7 20
Beal & Hooper, furniture,
11 00
$177 88
$2,721 46
TOWN LIBRARY.
Library Committee, appropriation for library, $300 00 J. L. Chapin, cash paid for insurance on library, 10 00
$310 00
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
Abijah G. Jones, balance for support of the Poor from Oct. 1, 1873, to April 1, 1874, $354 00
A. G. Jones, for support of the Poor from April 1, to Oct. 1, 1874, 400 00
State Lunatic Hospital, for the board of Sarah C. Hartwell, from Oct. 1, 1874, to Jan, 1, 1875, 46 00
$800 00
STATE AID.
Alithea Parker,
$48 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. WORK IN 1873.
George M. Baker, labor, $54 05
Charles H. Whitney, "
1 00
$55 05
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WORK IN 1874.
George M. Baker, labor,
$69 50
James E Baker,
10 00
Thomas Brooks, 66
13 40
Cyrus Brown, 66
1 50
Francis Buttrick, lumber for bridge and rail- ing,
52 63
J. L. Chapin, bill for tools, powder, fuse, etc.,
39 12
John Curry,
labor,
82 20
Patrick Conway,
66
52 50
Patrick Dee,
4 00
Richard Delanthy,
66
90 38
Michael Dempsey, 66
240 20
Matthew Dougherty, 66
14 88
Dennis Dougherty, 66
273 07
Henry Dunn,
33 50
George Farrar, blacksmithing,
13 31
Samuel Farrar, labor,
5 50
Henry Flagg, 66
12 25
J. W. Gray,
36 10
Thomas Ham, blacksmithing,
22 85
Jonas Hartwell, labor,
72 90
John R. Hartwell,
52 50
George Hartwell,
609 04
66 66
lumber for bridge and posts,
25 00
66
steel and axe,
17 31
66 66 cash paid for sharpening
tools, and for powder and fuse,
1 75
Cyrus Jones, labor,
12 00
Michael Kennedy,
343 66
John Loftis,
101 25
Thomas Lynagh, 66
9 25
Patrick Madden,
104 25
Michael McGuire, 66
99 10
Patrick Powers,
42 80
Patrick Roach,
101 98
Nicholas Roach,
40 00
J. D. Sherman,
15 00
Michael Ward, laying wall,
7 50
George W. Watts, labor,
16 10
$2,738 28
From which deduct, charged to repairs of cemetery wall, $50, and grading round N. School House, $100, 150 00
$2,588 28
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BREAKING ROADS.
Cyrus Brown, in 1873,
$16 20
Amos Hagar, Jr, in 1874,
12 00
George Hartwell,
6 00
John R. Hartwell, "
3 00
L. W. Weston, 66 .
4 40
$41 60
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tolman & White, printing and stationery, $37 60
T. Groom & Co., stationery and tax book, 11 50
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Water bonds, 50 00
Samuel H. Pierce, wood for Town Hall,
19 62
J. L. Chapin, cash paid for cutting wood,
2 00
oil, etc., for Town Hall,
1 64
66
care of . 6
20 00
66 ringing the bell,
30 00
66 66 cash paid C. R. Train, counsel fee, 10 00
.
66 expense of rebuilding cemetery
132 50
. .
wall, interest paid,
1,267 00 70
E. B. Barnes, returning 7 deaths,
J. D. Sherman, abatement of tax of William Powers, 1871,
3 04
66 66 abatement of taxes 1874,
102 47
George Hartwell, abatement of tax of E. N. Haynes, for 1873, 3 50
J. D. Sherman, collecting taxes, 114 40
H. J. Richardson, services as School Commit- tee, 25 00
William Mackintosh, services as Constable, 12 00
William Foster,
66 6 00
George Hartwell,
" Selectman,
20 00
Assessor,
25 00
66 63 66 Overseer of Poor, 3 00
J. W. Gray, services as Selectman, 20 00
66
" Overseer of Poor, 5 00
J. L. Chapin,
" Sealer of Weights and Measures, 5 00
66
66 " Treasurer, 40 00
$2,684 93
" Assessor, 13 00
Amount carried forward, $1,979 97
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Amount brought forward, $1,979 97
J. L. Chapin, services as Selectman,
32 00
" Assessor, 62 50
6 66
" Overseer of Poor, 5 00
cash paid postage and express- age, 2 00
06 for handcuffs, 5 00
H. C. Chapin, services as Town Clerk,
20 00
66
cash paid for postage, express- age and stationery, 3 00
66
collecting and recording 19 births, 9 50
66
recording 11 deaths, 3 85
66
66
2 marriages, 40
$2,123 22
$8,687 61
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
Number of volumes in Library,
1,920
Purchased past year, ·
140
Presented, .
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