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REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE ..
ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 7, 1879.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK PRINTERS. 1879.
REPORT.
The selectmen, assessors, and overseers of the poor, of the town of Duxbury, respectfully submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of the town for the year ending March 15, 1879, and its financial condition at that date, with the reports of the school committee, treasurer, and town clerk :
EXPENDITURE OF THE MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
DR.
SCHOOLS. TEACHERS. AMOUNT PAID.
DISTRICT No. 1. Emily W. Sears
$288 00
PRIMARY No. 1. Lizzie B. Baker 192 00
DISTRICT No. 2. Mrs. J. P. Standish 280 00
DISTRICT No. 3. ( Marion J. Perry 173 25
Lizzie A. Randall 78 75
DISTRICT No. 4. Mrs. Ida M. Chandler .
216 00
Amount carried forward $1,228 00
4
Amount brought forward $1,228 00
DISTRICT No. 5. Mary E. Chandler
216 00
DISTRICT No. 6. Mary D. Boylston 252 00
DISTRICT NO. 7. Sarah C. Goodspeed 252 00
DISTRICT NO. 8. Mrs. Mary R. Crocker 252 00
DISTRICT NO. 9. Lizzie A. Randall 132 00
Mary E. Keene .
60 00
Trustees of Partridge Academy, tuition 150 00
$2,542 00
PAID FOR FUEL AND CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES, &C.
District No. 1 $50 26
District No. 6. . $17 55
District No. 2. 16 50
District No. 7. 33 90
District No. 3.
34 60
District No. 8 26 39
District No. 4.
28 08
District No. 9.
8 00
District No. 5.
22 10
$237 38
Amount paid for tuition of scholars
$2,542 00
Amount paid for fuel and care of houses 237 38
$2,779 38
Unexpended balance
148 88
$2,928 26
CR.
Unexpended balance from appropriation for 1877 $59 13
Appropriation for 1878 2,500 00
Received of county treasurer, dividend dog fund. 177 02
Received income of Massachusetts school
fund
192 11
$2,928 26
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
CR.
Paid-
Auditing committee's bill, March, 1878 $8 00
Thomas Chandler, balance selectman's services, 1877 20 00 Josiah Peterson, balance selectman's services, 1877 16 00 Samuel P. Soule, balance selectman's services, 1877. 20 00
Avery & Doten, printing town report, 1877. 158 49
Selectmen, distributing reports and expressage 7 80
Thomas Chandler, services as assessor, 1878. 66 70
Josiah Peterson, services as assessor, 1878 53 00
Samuel P. Soule, services as assessor, 1878 65 00
Thos. Chandler, services as selectman to March 4th. 56 74
Josiah Peterson, services as selectman to March 4th 35 00
Samuel P. Soule, services as selectman to March 4th 41 00 W.W. Lyle, balance school committee services, 1877 27 25 W. W. Lyle, school committee, 1878 75 25
Henry Barstow, school committee, 1878
66 25
Mary R. Crocker, school committee, 1878 36 25
W. W. Lyle, freight on settees and supplies for schools 5 25 Joshua W. Swift, treasurer and collector 216 83
Joshua W. Swift, expenses as treasurer and collector 31 32
Joshua W. Swift, recording deeds and tax book 4 40
Josiah Peterson, services town clerk, and returning births, marriages and deaths. 33 10
W. J. Alden, constable fees 19 76
Joshua S. Freeman, constable fees 2 00
Arthur Lord, services and legal advice 15 00
Amount carried forward $1,080 39
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Paid-
Amount brought forward. $1,080 39
George W. Holmes, remittance tax 1877, poll 2 00
Benjamin Foster, remittance book tax. 52
G. E. Tucker's estate, remittance tax 1877
23 06
Hiram Bryant, remittance tax, 1877 10 01
Alden Winsor, remittance tax 1878, poll 2 00
Lawrence Bradford, remittance tax 1878, poll 2 00
Eden S. Sampson, remittance tax 1878, poll 2 00
Thomas W. Herrick, remittance tax error 1878, poll.
2 00
Samuel Winsor, remittance tax 1878, poll. 2 00
James Wadsworth, remittance tax 1878, poll . .
2 00
Edward W. Winsor, remittance tax '77 and '78, poll
4 00
Proprietors Temperance hall, remittance tax 1878 .. 5 66
Henry Douglas, remittance tax 1878, poll 2 00
Amos Merritt, remittance tax 1877, poll 2 00
Henry Paulding, remittance tax 1877, poll 2 00
Ezra F. Hinckley, remittance tax 1875, poll
2 50
Homer B. Weston, remittance tax 1877 and 1878, poll
4 00
William E. Wadsworth, remittance tax 1877, poll and books 2 19
Stephen G. Peterson, remittance tax 1877, poll and books 3 19
Elihu S. Harriman, remittance tax, 1877 1 31
James F. Delano, remittance tax 1878, poll 2 00
Thomas S. Perry, remittance tax 1878, poll
2 00
James R. Hawkes, remittance tax 1878, poll
2 00
Joseph A. Stranger, abatement tax, 1876
5 74
Henry J. Dunster, abatement tax, 1878
1 90
Kate Zyfferman, abatement tax, 1878 18 39
Judah Chandler, abatement tax, 1877 4 00
Amount carried forward. $1,192 86
7
Amount brought forward $1,192 86
Paid-
Mary A. Weston, abatement tax, 1872 2 37
Ezra Anderson, abatement tax, 1876 and 1877 9 79
Ellis F. Peterson, abatement books, 1876 . 7 06
Henry L. Sampson, abatement books, 1876. 1 46
Mrs. J. A. Furness, cleaning school house, District 1 6 40
Mrs. Sophia Peterson, cleaning school house, Dis- trict 5 4 00
Mrs. Laura Marsh, cleaning school house, District 2 5 00
Mrs. E. F. Wade, cleaning school house, District 7 . 5 00
Mrs. J. D. Randall, cleaning school house, District 4 2 00 Alonzo Chandler, cleaning school house, District 3. . 3 00
Benjamin Boylston, cleaning, &c., school house, District 6 5 85
Lois E. Snell, cleaning school house, District 9
2 00
J. L. Hammett, school books 111 87
L. Prang & Co., school books 9 60
Nichols & Hall, school books 62 86
William Ware & Co., school books
21 60
Daniel Appleton & Co., school books
12 00
Knight, Adams & Co., school books 46 18
New England School Furniture Co., school books . . 3 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., school books 7 15
John Wilde, carting school books to agent. 1 00
Town of Pembroke, school books furnished children
1 55
William Holmes, watching fires in woods, Ashdod . .
17 40
William L. Holmes, watching fires in woods, Ash- dod 25 60
Walter S. Simmons, watching fires in woods, Ashdod 20 00
Lyman Simmons, watching fires in woods, Ashdod. . 7 60
Amount carried forward. $1,594 20
S
Amount brought forward $1,594 20 Paid-
Lysander C. Walker, watching fires in woods, Ash- dod 4 00
George L. Baker, watching fires in woods, Ashdod. . 4 00
Warren M. Simmons, watching fires in woods, Ash- dod 11 00
Samuel P. Soule, watching fires in woods, Ashdod. . 1 75
Jesse Simmons, watching fires in woods, Ashdod. .. 13 40
S. F. Peterson, watching fires in woods, Ashdod .. 2 00
Thomas Chandler, 2d, watching fires in woods, Ashdod
1 50 Robert T. Randall, watching fires in woods, Ashdod 7 00
Emmons A. Chandler, watching fires in woods, Ash- dod 3 00
James Alden, Jr .; watching fires in woods, Herring Wier 2 50
Harrie E. Wadsworth, watching fires in woods, Her- ring Wier 2 00
Harrison Wadsworth, watching fires in woods Her- ring Wier 3 87
H. R. Edgar, watching fire in woods, Herring Wier 2 00
Edwin W. Simmons, watching fire in woods, Herring Wier 2 00
Wesley Simmons, watching fire in woods, Herring Wier 2 00
George W. Chandler, watching fires in woods, Herring Wier 2 00
Eden W. Soule, watching fire in woods, Herring Weir 2 00
William Woodward, watching fire in woods, Herring Wier 3 87
T. E. Cain, watching fires in woods, Herring Wier. 2 62
Amount carried forward $1,666 71
9
Amount brought forward $1,666 71
Paid-
William F. Hunt, watching fires in woods, Herring Wier 2 00
David Chandler, cleaning Herring brook 3 00
Alonzo Chandler, cleaning Herring brook 3 50
Cobb & Drew, herrings to stock brook
13 00
Benjamin B. Cushing, carting herring 20 00
Horace Osgood, printing tax bills, blank orders, etc. 12 40
Enoch Freeman, returning deaths
10 75
Enoch Freeman, care of Town hall
10 00
Mrs. E. C. Whipple, and Miss Willowby land damages,
1872, awarded o'n road from almshouse to town hall 30 00
Walter Baker, damage to carriage, defect in road, District 4 2 00
W. E. Weston, damage to wagon, defect in road, District 3 25 00
Harvey Soule, administering oaths to selectmen, &c., 1 93
Ziba Hunt, care of soldiers' monument, &c. 6 00
Martin Freeman, repairs at almshouse 1 76
N. Ford & Sons, nails for bridge and town hall
1 03
J. S. Loring, lumber for almshouse repairs 2 72
J. S. Loring, surveying, auction sales, &c., 13 50
Ezra Wright, express bills . 6 90
Josiah Peterson, salary as book agent. 40 00
A. J. McDonald, brooms, District No. 5 60
Josiah Peterson, stationery, ink and postage 2 00
Thomas Chandler, stationery, postage and express 1 45
$1,876 25
Balance unexpended
261 61
$2,137 86
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CR.
By -
Appropriation National Bank tax. $965 14
Appropriation corporation tax 801 96
Auctioneers' licenses 4 00
Josiah Peterson, book agent 108 89
Emma S. Stetson, book agent, 1877 72 43
Sale of school house lot, No. 10 25 00
George Childs, posts and nails 3 00
Ommited taxes
6 00
Interest on taxes 151 44
$2,137 86
BUILDING NEW ROAD IN DISTRICT NO. 3.
Paid-
David Chandler, land damage and gravel $11 50
David Chandler, labor, building road ... 65 70
J. D. Randall, labor, building road 18 00
J. D. Randall, railing road . 10 00
Edmund F. Simmons, land damages .
2 00
$107 20
Amount appropriated, not assessed $100 00
Overdrawn 7 20
$107 20
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REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS.
The following payments have been made in the several districts for labor and materials :
Surveyors' names in italics.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Hiram Delano .-
Rufus Holmes,
$6 00
A. O. Leonard, 1876,
$3 00
Charles W. Holmes,
3 75
A. O. Leonard,
12 00
Hamilton Wadsworth,
3 60
Adelbert Delano,
18 00
John Wilde,
18 00
T. W. Herrick,
12 00
B. O. Cummins,
12 00
Melzar Brewster,
1 50
George A. Delano,
1 50
Clarence M. Weston,
6 00
Alfred Sampson,
12 00
Samuel Holmes,
6 00
Edward Sampson,
6 00
Peleg Cook,
12 00
S. P. Briggs, clay,
11 70
$145 05
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Levi H. Cushing,
$45 00
L. D. Winsor,
$3 75
S. Sampson, 2nd, clay,
2 00
Thomas McNaught,
6 60
Melzar Brewster,
4 20
C. H. Leach, 1877,
1 50
S. C. Cushing,
17 70
James L. McNaught,
1 50
Herbert A. Peterson,
11 80
Frank Sears,
7 80
William H. Burgess,
3 00
George P. Peterson,
13 90
Issachar Josselyn,
17 10
Samuel W. Alden,
3 00
Issachar Josselyn, soil,
1 00
W. H. Myrick, clay,
2 00
Hamilton Wadsworth,
2 25
Charles S. Pierce,
10 25
William Prior,
6 00
$160 35
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DISTRICT No. 3.
David Chandler,
$56 13
C. H. Brown, $9 00
David Chandler, posts,
2 20
Robert Tammett, 3 00
B. B. Cushing
27 75
J. W. Cushing, 9 00
Alonzo Chandler, 1876,
90
Arnold Freeman, 3 00
Alonzo Chandler,
6 00
C. D. Mann,
3 00
Horace W. Glass,
3 00
Otis Peterson,
6 00
Lorenzo S. Chandler,
10 80
Joshua Winsor,
7 50
A. P. Simmons,
4 50
Mary D. Sampson, soil,
2 01
Eugene Glass,
3 00
Edmund F. Simmons, labor, 7 50 Andrew Sampson, 3 60
Daniel Driscoll,
3 00 .
Herbert L. Soule,
3 75
Josephus Dawes,
9 00
$191 14
W. H. Cushing,
7 50
DISTRICT No. 4.
Horatio Chandler,
$19 25
D. W. White, $10 20
Henry C. Phillips, 1877,
1 50
H. B. Chandler, 3 75
Henry C. Phillips,
3 00
George Chandler, 7 00
George S. Lowe, 1877,
1 50
Otis Chandler, 4 50
Benjamin P. Ford, 1876,
4 15
Walter Baker, 4 00
Hiram Chandler, 1877,
3 34
G. Bradford, 1 00
Hiram Chandler,
4 50
Ebenezer Chandler, clay, 5 82
Asa Chandler, 1877,
1 50
Levi Ford, 6 00
Asa Chandler, 4 50
James Cooper,
4 50
H. B. Maglatlılin,
1 50
Elbridge H. Chandler, 6 48
B. W. Maglathlin,
2 25
Isaac L. Sampson, 5 25
Alden White,
3 00
Granville Baker, 5 00
E. Avery,
3 38
Josiah D. Randall, 4 05
N. L. Chandler,
16 00
John Cooper, 4 35
Joseph Stranger, gravel, 2 00
Francis A. Chandler, 4 50
$151 77
Nahum Sampson,
4 00
13
DISTRICT No. 5.
Emmons A. Chandler, '77. $15 10
John Glover, $6 75
Emmons A. Chandler,
11 55
Albert Freeman, 1 20
George L. Baker, 25 50
Horace W. Randall,
S 32
Lysander C. Walker,
3 00
Robert T. Randall,
20 25
Stephen F. Peterson,
12 00
Stephen Peterson,
1 50
William L. Holmes,
9 75
William Holmes,
19 50
$137 42
Rufus Randall,
3 00
DISTRICT No. 6.
Bailey Chandler,
$34 79 !
William H. Whiting, $3 00
Calvin Chandler, 1877,
31 80
Henry T. Whiting, 7 50
Calvin Chandler,
31 75
George L. Whiting, 4 72
J. H. Winsor, 1877,
3 00
Henry Delano,
6 00
Thomas Chandler, 2nd,
6 75
(). M. Palmer, 7 50
James Alden, Jr.,
6 00
Willian Bowen, 4 95
William F. Hunt,
5 10
James Southworth, 9 35
S. B. Belknap,
6 00
George Watson, 2 55
S. P. Soule,
4 50
J. M. Harris,
3 00
$196 26
Lebbeus Harris,
10 50
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Asa S. Delano, $39 15
Joseph S. Delano, $1 72
Ichabod W. Chandler, 1877, 4 50
Rufus Hathaway, 3 00
Ichabod W. Chandler, 1 35
Otis Delano, 3 75
Sylvanus Shedd,
3 00
Hiram W. Barstow, 8 55
E. W. Simmons,
4 50
Enoch Soule,
6 00
J. F. Delano, 1877,
86
Nehemiah Peterson,
3 00
Gilbert M. Ryder,
7 95
Daniel W. Chandler,
3 00
Hiram Weston,
4 50
George C. Simonds,
6 00
Joseph W. Simmons,
9 90
Thomas Gorham, 9 00
Samuel Atwell,
6 37
George T. Chandler, 5 25
1
4 50
Martha C. Alden, team,
3 00
S. Stillman Peterson,
14
Ezra A. Weston,
$1 50
Henry Chandler,
$3 00
Elisha Sampson,
3 00
Frank J. Delano, 1 35
Luther W. Sherman,
3 00
Daniel L. Soule,
1 35
Joseph Weston,
4 50
Wesley Simmons,
1 05
N. C. Ryder,
4 50
N. Ford & Sons, loam,
4 50
$159 10
DISTRICT No. 8.
William Simmons,
$30 30
C. A. Peterson,
$11 25
Charles G. Burgess,
6 37
Bradford Weston,
23 35
Henry Alden,
4 50
Samuel N. Weston, labor and clay,
11 70
Gustavus D. Simmons,
10 20
Harrison Chandler,
75
Joseph Goodspeed, Jr.,
3 37
S. E. Ripley,
12 00
Thomas Gorham,
3 75
Walter F. Cushman, loam,
1 50
Isaac W. Chandler,
5 33
Reuben Peterson, loam,
1 50
Zenas Faunce,
1 87
Henry Peterson,
3. 90
Gershom Holmes,
7 50
William Turner,
6 23
Francis Pride,
7 88
Allen Holmes,
1 80
S. P. Briggs, clay,
8 28
Daniel L. Soule,
1 00
S. P. Briggs, team,
2 50
Lot Swift,
67
$172 37
Briggs B. Delano,
3 00
DISTRICT NO. 9.
John Delano,
$36 00
H. A. Briggs,
$12 45
Ichabod W. Chandler,
9 00
S. P. Briggs,
18 00
D. W. Chandler,
12 45
S. P. Briggs, clay,
11 76
R. H. Edgar,
24 60
William J. Hastings,
11 25
$135 51
DISTRICT No. 10.
William A. Hunt,
$59 25
W. L. Estes,
$5 85
Rufus B. Dorr, 1877,
9 45
Gideon Shurtleff,
6 00
Proctor Chandler,
23 24
Herman H. Delano,
15 00
Thomas G. Hunt,
4 95
J. D. Carswell,
4 50
Lewis Simmons,
5 25
Sarah J. Ingalls, loam,
2 72
John Holt,
10 50
William Esterbrook,
6 00
$160 21
Peter A. Sennot,
7 50
Joseph Goodspeed,
1 87
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DISTRICT NO. 11.
J. D. Geary,
$50 40
George C. Prior, $9 00
J. D. Geary, 1877,
3 30
Allen Prior, 9 00
Joseph Goodspeed,
4 50
G. W. Childs,
8 62
Henry Holmes,
4 50
Harrison Chandler,
4 50
Gustavus D. Simmons,
4 50
Henry Peterson,
4 50
W. W. Holmes,
6 00
Allen Holmes,
7 20
William Frazar,
9 00
J. K. Parker,
13 50
$148 84
S. P. Briggs, clay,
10 32
DISTRICT NO. 12.
George Simmons,
$50 35
C. H Chandler, 1877,
$5 55
Elisha Delano, 1877,
16 45
C. H. Chandler,
6 70
Lewis Barstow, 1877,
7 65
A. W. Chandler, 7 50
G. M. Foster, 1877,
3 60
'T. W. Chandler,
9 00
N. J. Freeman, 1877,
2 40
T. W. Chandler, 1877,
9 75
Charles W. Lopez, 1877,
3 00
S. F. Fernald, 75
Alden W. Chandler, 1877,
2 55
Stephen F. Peterson,
45
Antonio Lopez,
22 50
E. E. Simmons,
2 25
N. L. Chandler,
8 25
George A. Simmons,
5 70
Alpheus A. Bates,
10 50
James Alden,
21 70
$196 60
SPECIAL REPAIRS BY ORDER OF SELECTMEN.
Paid-
David Chandler, labor on Tobey garden hill road and District No. 4
$32 10
Wadsworth Chandler, land and material, 1875 and 1878.
12 00
Levi H. Cushing, labor and stone for Nook bridge. .
22 80
Amount carried forward $66 90
16
Amount brought forward $66 90
Paid-
J. S. Loring, lumber for bridges . 8 26
George P. Peterson, labor on Nook bridge, 7 50
Issachar Josselyn, labor on Nook bridge 8 75
Ichabod W. Chandler, labor on Nook bridge 6 00
L. H. Cushing, labor on Nook bridge, 1877 3 20
Henry T. Whiting, labor on Whiting's bridge 6 00
$106 61
Amounts expended by the several surveyors. 1,954 62
$2,061 23
CR.
By appropriation for repairs of highways, $2,000 00 Overdrawn . 61 23
$2,061 23
REMOVING SNOW.
AMOUNT OF ORDERS DRAWN. DR.
Paid-
District No. 1 $45 00 District No. 7. $29 40
District No. 2.
40 05 District No. 8. 63 50
District No. 3. 37 40 District No. 9. 52 95
District No. 4
66 25 District No. 10. 32 36
District No. 5
23 90 District No. 11. 43 05
District No. 6
25 10 District No. 12. 17 80
$476 76
CR.
By appropriation
$500 00
17
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE DISTRICT NO. 8.
DR.
Paid-
Emily Howard, deed for land $150 00
James M. Weston & Son, on contract for buildings, 1,273 00
James M. Weston & Son, on contract, extra labor .. 6 00
Sterling School Furniture Co. for furniture 185 25
Joseph L. Ross, teacher's desk. 15 00
J. M. Lyle, putting furniture together 11 80
William W. Lyle, blackboards, expense to Boston, express, &c .. 15 10
Duxbury & Cohasset railroad, freight on furniture .. 5 45
George W. Childs, trucking furniture. 5 00
Andrew Northey, labor on foundation, stone, &c . .
5 00
Antonio Lopez, drawing stone 4 50
Ichabod W. Chandler, labor on stone
4 00
Asa S. Delano, carting soil for grading . 13 40
William Simmons, carting soil for grading. 11 77
Bradford Weston, carting soil for grading 6 15
Edmund Winslow, carting soil for grading. 7 50
Gustavus D. Simmons, labor, grading 10 35
Ichabod W. Chandler, labor, grading .
10 05
Francis Pride, labor, grading
2 55
Gershom Holmes, labor, grading
1 80
Otis Delano, labor, grading
1 50
J. S. Loring, lumber, &c., for fence 40 21
Allen Prior, lumber, &c., for fence 9 38
Alonzo Chandler, cedar posts 4 00
Hiram W. Chandler, building fence 12 75
Amount carried forward. $1,811 51
2
18
Amount brought forward $1,811 51 Paid-
J. Peterson, nails for fence, and recording deed 3 22
Francis Pride, whitewashing fence 5 50
C. A. Peterson, pump and labor 21 36
C. A. Peterson, stove pipe, zinc, &c. 9 32
J. B. Chandler, paint, and labor on out-buildings .. . 5 12
Seavey and Co., registers, jack chains, &c 7 53
Jordan, Marsh & Co., mats, fixtures, &c., &c., &c ... 12 48
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., nails, hooks, &c 97
J. L. Hammett, Holbrook 5 40
Thomas Chandler, services as building committee .. 2 75
Josiah Petersom, services as building committee .. .
9 00
Samuel P. Soule, services as building committee .. 3 00
$1,897 16
Unexpended balance.
102 84
CR. $2,000 00
Amount appropriated and assessed in 1878 $2,000 00
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
DR.
Paid-
Alonzo Chandler, grading and fencing, District 3 .. . $3 25
William W. Lyle, express and expense on black- boards, Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 . 13 13
T. B. Jones & Co., office chairs. 12 50
Walter Baker, pail, dipper, and basin, District 4 ... 70
Amount carried forward. $29 58
19
Amount brought forward. $29 58
Paid-
J. L. Hammett, blackboards and brush. 6 15
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., locks, hooks, &c. 10 01
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., latches, screws, knobs, &c ... 5 71
Duxbury & Cohasset railroad, freight 48
Aaron Chandler, painting, District 9 9 67
George Simmons, repairs on District 9 20 53
J. S. Loring, lumber for District 9 28 44
Henry Barstow, painting, District 2.
22 80
Lyman Hatfield, paints, &c. 52 45
Rufus G. Chandler, repairs. on school house, Dis- trict 2. 12 00
William W. Lyle, services attending repairs on school houses, Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 ..
8 50
C. A. Peterson, repairs and stove pipes for Districts 3 and 7 3 37
J. F. Myrick, repairs and stove pipe for District 2. . 4 00
Peleg Cook, labor on school house, District 1, 1877, 5 63
Otis Delano, plastering, District 7 75
N. Ford & Sons, nails, brooms, pails, &c., &c., for Districts 7 and 9. 6 64
Levi Ford, repairs on fence, District 4. 2 99
New England School Furniture Co., fixtures for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9. 1 65 .
J. L. Hammett, slating for school houses 5 50
$236 85
CR.
Amount appropriated and assessed, 1878. . $100 00 Overdrawn. 136 85
$236 85
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STATE AID TO DISABLED SOLDIERS and Families of Deceased and Disabled Soldiers and Sailors.
PAYMENTS FROM MARCH 1, 1878, TO MARCH 1, 1879.
Huldah Bailey, $48 00
Jabez P. Weston,
$120 00
Betsey A. Crocker,
48 00
Mary Glass, 96 00
Deborah D. Soule,
48 00
Sarah A. Soule, 12 00
Hiram Weston,
72 00
Oscar H. Soule,
90 00
Jane S. Weston,
48 00
Eugene Glass,
72 00
Mary D. Sampson,
48 00
Leander R. Gardner,
72 00
Mrs. Edward G. Hunt,
48 00
Lois E. Snell,
96 00
Jonathan Glass,
72 00
James K. Burgess,
36 00
Alexander J. McDonald,
54 00
Abram P. Simmons,
15 00
Frances H. Josselyn, for Issachar Josselyn,
102 00
Charles Cox,
72 00
Rodney M. Leach,
120 00
Henry Alden,
66 00
Mary J. Simmons,
48 00
Wadsworth Hunt,
36 00
Marcia Brewster,
48 00
John Glover,
30 00
Joseph A. Soule,
72 00
Isaac L. Sampson,
6 00
James Thomas,
72 00
Mary S. Bryant,
48 00
Amount,
$1,842 00
Due from the state for payments from January 1st,
1878, to March 1st, 1879 $2,116 00
STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, Under Act of 1878, Chapter 282.
Charles H. Darling,
$49 00
John H. Haverstock, $12 00
Hamilton Wadsworth,
30 00
Charles D. Mann, 12 00
Marcellus Soule,
30 00
Joseph M. Harris, 6 00
Jason H. Randall,
30 00
William G. Winsor, 6 00
Thomas McNaught,
24 00
John W. Alden, 6 00
Charles W. Hunt,
24 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh, 6 00
Fredric A. Pratt,
20 50
Isaac L. Sampson,
6 00
Lebbeus Harris,
14 00
Gilbert M. Ryder,
6 00
Sylvanus Shedd,
12 00
Hiram Foster,
12 00
Amount,
$317 50
Melzar Brewster,
12 00
Due from state
$317 50
Mrs. Abram P. Simmons,
21 00
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DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid-
Lebbeus Harris, by order of Miles Sampson, com- mander of Post 11, G. A. R. $25 00
CR.
By appropriation, 1878
$25 00
INTEREST ON RAILROAD LOAN.
DR.
Balance appropriation, 1877 $900 00
Appropriation, 1878 4,500 00
$5,400 00
CR.
Paid-
Treasurer of Commonwealth $4,500 00
900 00
Balance
$5,400 00
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards throughout the town remain the same as last year. Some will need replacing and painting the ensuing year.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TOWN OF DUXBURY, in account with
JOSHUA W. SWIFT, Treasurer.
DR.
Received from-
W. W. Lyle, on account E. S. Stetson, book agent. . $72 63
State of Massachusetts for burial crew of sch. Little
Kate 44 00
Selectmen, sale of school house lot, No. 10
25 00
Auctioneers' licenses
4 00
James Burgess, farm sales at almshouse
27 64
Town of Easton, supplies to Nancy Wade
10 00
Josiah Peterson, book agent
108 89
South Scituate, supplies to Charles D. Mann
119 50
South Scituate, supplies to Charles D. Mann, and E. D. Howland. 88 00
George Childs, posts and rails
3 00
Town of Wareham, aid to F. A. Pratt's family
36 50
County treasurer, dog tax
.177 02
Income Massachusettts school fund
192 11
Corporation tax
801 96
National bank tax
965 14
Reimbursement state aid
1,743 03
Uncollected taxes, 1875
44 53
Uucollected taxes, 1876
406 61
Uncollected taxes, 1877
2,023 82
Tax bills for 1878 17,411 64
Interest on taxes
151 44
Cash at settlement, 1878
206 52
Omitted taxes
6 00
Deeds of property held for taxes
58 10
Borrowed of railroad fund 1,350 00
$26,077 08
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CR.
Paid-
Selectmen's orders, repairs of highways. $2,160 87 Selectmen's orders, removing snow .. 462 46
Selectmen's orders, schools and school houses 4,904 36
Selectmen's orders, incidentals. 1,968.78
Overseers poor, orders
2,392 21
Selectmen's orders, state aid
1,842 00
Selectmen's orders, soldiers aid act, 1878 307 50
State tax 750 00
County tax. 1,649 80
Interest on railroad loan 4,500 00
Notes and interest 1,150 03
Deeds of property held for taxes 449 72
Uncollected taxes, 1875 and 1876. 88 77
Uncollected taxes, 1877 546 84
Uncollected taxes, 18.78 2,719 37
Deeds held for taxes 58 10
Cash on hand
126 27
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$26,077 08
The treasurer's books have been examined and found correct, and all payments properly vouched.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN MARCH 15th, 1879.
RAILROAD NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN. DR.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note dated March
14th, 1871, for ten years at six per cent 45,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,note dated October 17th, 1875, for five years at 6 per cent. 30,000 00
CR.
Deposited in New England Trust Co., $5,000 00
Received interest from Old Colony Railroad Co., ... 461 00
Amount of accrued interest 130 00
Amount
$5,591 00
Hired in anticipation of taxes, 1878 1,350. 00
Amount on deposit, March 15th $4,241 00
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN EXCLUSIVE OF RAILROAD NOTES.
Note of Old Colony Bank, interest paid to March 14th $2,000 00
Amount of orders drawn, not paid 283 17
Interest on railroad notes to March 14th, 690 00
Estimated amount due for relief of poor, to March 15th . 175 00
Due railroad fund in New England Trust Co., 1,350 00
$4,498 17
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RESOURCES.
Uncollected taxes, 1875 and 1876. $88 77
Uncollected taxes, 1877 546 84
Uncollected taxes, 1878 2,719 37
Deeds of property sold for taxes
507 82
Due from state for state aid
2,433 50
Due from state for bank and corporation tax, allowed by Board of Appeal 212 23
Due from town of South Scituate 32 00
Due from town of Wareham 25 00
Due from town of Pembroke.
14 00
Cash in hands of treasurer 126 27
$6,705 80
Deduct liabilities
4,498 17
Balance in favor of the town $2,207 63
THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Selectmen JOSIAH PETERSON, of
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Duxbury.
We, the auditing committee of Duxbury, have examined the foregoing accounts of the selectmen, and find them correctly stated, and properly vouched.
JOHN S. LORING, Auditing H. E. SMITH, Committee.
DUXBURY, March 15th, 1879.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations for the current year are recommended :
Schools.
$2,500 00
Poor
2,300 00
Roads and bridges
2,500 00
Snow
800 00
Interest on railroad loan
4,500 00
State and county tax 2,400 00
Repairs of school houses
200 00
$15,200 00
Incidental expenses,
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