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Gen. Stat., Chap. 163, Sec. 23.
SECT. 23. Whoever wilfully interrupts or disturbs any school or other assembly of people met for a lawful purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
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CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
Chap. 5, Sect. 2.
Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused gener- ally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties ; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different or- ders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magis- trates, in all future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and inmunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country ; to coun- tenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolensc, public and private charity, industry and fragality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good hu- mor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.
Amendments, Art. 18.
ART. XVIII. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of com- mon schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the orde: and superintendenec of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such money's shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the main- tenance exclusively of its own school.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING'FEB. 18, 1872.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 11, 1872.
PLYMOUTH. PLYMOUTH ROCK PRESS. 1872.
REPORT.
In accordance with a vote of the Town, the Selectmen and Assessors of the Town of Duxbury submit the fol- lowing: Report, with the schedule of Receipts and Expen- ditures annexed, for the year ending Feb. 18, 1872 :
ACCOUNT WITH TOWN SCHOOLS.
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There was expended for the Grammar school, and those in the several Districts as follows, viz :
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Paid Susan B. Holmes, teacher, $223 40
Emily W. Sears, 6 : 110 00
Henry Wadsworth, wood,
11 63
Frederic P. Sherman, “
2 75
George A. Holmes, care of hall,
2 00
Edmund Sanders, 66
1 65
Arthur C. Holmes, ..
2 00
Henry Alden, drawing wood,
97
A. W. Haskell, incidentals,
13 65
$368 05
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DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid Mary R. Crocker, teacher, $252 80
Henry Wadsworth, wood, 19 00
George R. Freeman, sawing and housing wood, 5 03
$276 83
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Paid Georgie A. Bickford, teacher, $93 20
Emily W. Sears, 66
103 12
Clara A. Dawson,
87 50
Levi M. Cushing, cleaning house,
6 00
wood,
12 37
Willard Clark, school furniture, 4 04
$306 23
DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid Ella J. Geary, teacher, $82 50
Lydia F. Hunt, 66
82 50
Georgie A. Bickford teacher,
84 50
David Chandler, Jr., cleaning house, 5 00
" wood,
12 00
6: sawing wood, 3 20
Joseph D. Geary, care of house,
5 00
66 66 incidentals, 6 60
$281 30
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DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid A. W. Simmons, teacher, $82 50
Ella J. Geary, 79 50
Susan B. Holmes,
100 00
Levi Ford, wood, 15 50
.6 care of house. 5 00
preparing fuel, 4 00
George R. Freeman, preparing fuel, 2 50
Mrs. H. Chandler, cleaning house,
1 00
Town of Kingston, teaching H. B. Ma-
glathlin's children, 21 00
$311 00
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid Asenith C. Holmes, teacher, $165 00
Mercy J. Packard, 82 50
Asenith C. Holmes, incidentals, 1 33
E. A. Randall, care of house, 2 00
Nathaniel Strang, fuel and preparing same, 16 00
P. S. Strang, care of and cleaning house, 4 70
Jessic Simmons, wood, 12 75
$284 28
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Paid Mercy J. Packard, teacher, $165 00
Mary D. Boylston, 82 50
Benjamin Boylston, incidentals,
2 15
66 wood, 10 00
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Paid Benjamin White, wood, Rufus B. Dorr, wood and repairs,
$10 00
9 87
$279 52
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid Mercy Alden, teacher, $70 75
Georgie A. Bickford, teacher, 84 50
Lydia F. Hunt, 66
82 50
Ichabod W. Chandler, cleaning house,
4 00
Samuel Atwell, wood,
3 50
$245 25
DISTRICT No. 8.
Paid Bettte P. Simmons, teacher, $70 75
Mary C. Goodspeed, .
134 40
Henry Wadsworth, wood,
11 62
F. P. Sherman,
2 75
Henry Alden, preparing wood,
3 25
Caroline Winsor, cleaning house,
5 00
$227 77
DISTRICT NO. 9.
Paid Clara A. Dawson, teacher, $63 00
Clara Shepard, 66
68 75
Nathan C. Keen, wood,
6 50
66 66 preparing wood, 2 25
cleaning house, 1 50
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Paid Nathan C. Keen, incidentals, $1 34 J. L. Hammett, furniture, globe, 15 00
$158 34
RECAPITULATION.
Paid per order of School Committee for Gram- mar school and the several districts, $2,738 57
Balance to new account, 1,657 67
$4,396 24
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Balance from 1870, $1,019 52
Appropriation 1871, 3,000 00
Received from Mass. School Fund, 183 44
County Treasurer dividend dog funti. 193 28
$4,396 24
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
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Paid George W. Ford, auditing accounts, 1870, $2 00
Harvey Soule, 66 66 6: 2 00
Joseph P. Bosworth, for repairs school house Dist. 5, 75
Balance Selectmen and Assessors bills,
1870, 217 65
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Paid F. P. Sherman, Stationery, $4 03
Charles Delano, removing snow, 1870, 1 75
W. W. Avery, printing Town and School Reports, 114 75
J. S. Loring for surveying and plan of Cut Island, deed to J. G. Day, including survey of roads from Sept., 1869, to March 1871, 24 00
George H. Torrey, removing snow, 1870 3 50
Charles E. Brewster, damage to carriage near J. D. Geary's, 25 00
W. J. Alden, cleaning school house, Dist. No. 1, 8 00
William T. Harlow, services as School Committee, 6 00
Allen Prior, horse hire for School Commit- tec, 5 50
Chas. K. Darling, Books and Stationery, 6 76
Luther Sherman, work on school house, Dist. 10, 5 75
Luther Sherman, work on highway, Dist. 10, 4 70
Thomas Davis, printing notices, 1 50
Benjamin Foster, making Guide Boards, 3 50
J. L. Hammett, school furniture and books, 36 82
Duxbury Monumental Association, 250 00
Harvey Soule, repairs school house Dist. 2. 2 50
Burges & Bailey, school furniture, 5 90
Henry H. Lewis, removing snow, 1869, 2 20
Asa Brewster, care of Engine, 7 50
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Paid Hiram Simmons, repairs school house
No. 2, $2 50
Augustus Weston, Constable fees, 6 70
Witness fees in Bradley casc, 47 60
Lewis Simmons, repairing stone wall, Dist. 9. 1 00
Eden S. Sampson & Co., horse hire for School Commmittec, 1 50
Harris & Tucker, services in Bradley case, 100 00
Henry Wadsworth, Book ink and Telc- graph despatch, 4 19
Overwork on Highways, 351 65
Selectmen and Assessors bills, 1871, 350 00
John G. Moore, Book Agent, 88 00
David Chandler, Jr., repairs school house, Dist. 3, 5 84
Remittance Taxes,
82 30
Wm. H. Myrick, stove for new school
house, Dist, 4,
21 05
Henry Wadsworth, furniture for new
school house, and carting the same, 245 90
Henry Wadsworth, services School Com- mittee, 78 60
Henry Wadsworth, horse hire for School Committee, 27 75
Rufus B. Dori, repairs school house, Dist.6, 8 65
Special Police, Captain's Hill, Aug. 17th, 26 00
Isaac Kecn, lumber for Guide Boards, 4 26
Geo. Loudon, cleaning weights and mea-
sures, 1 50
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Paid Rufus Holmes, rent of land for Engine house, $5 00
Chas H. Chandler, express and school fixtures, 1 50
Levi Ford, repairs and fixtures, School No. 4, 4 36
H. E. Smith, rent of Masonic Hall for G. School, 30 00
Micah A. Soule, repairs School House. Dist. 2, 3 24
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., Valuation Books, 19 50
Geo. P. Prior, removing snow Dist. 2, 4 50
Nathan Sampson, repairs School House, No. 2, 1 80
Leander B. Pierce, repairs on School House, No. 2, 60
Thaddeus W. Chandler, and others. watching fire in woods 4 50
J. W. Hathaway, Painting Guide Boards. 30 85
W. W. Avery, printing Tax Bills, 9 00
Wm. H. Myrick, stove and pipe for Dist. 1, 25 22
Wm. H. Myrick, stove and pipe for Dist. 7, 19 83
Ellis F. Peterson, removing snow, Dist, 2.
3 00
Thomas McNaught, 66
1 87
Andrew Northey, labor on School House, Dist. 7, 5 00
Joseph D. Geary, Guide Posts, 3 75
Rufus Hathaway, repairs on School House, 5 30
Harvey Soule, furniture School Dist. No. 2, 5 06
J. L. Hammett, School Books, 22 84
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J. L. Fairbanks & Co., stationery, 2 10
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Paid Lee & Shepard, dictionary, $7 50
J. P. Bradley, services School Committee, 85 75
Rufus B. Dorr, material for Highway, 7 25
Thomas Soule, removing snow, Dist. 8, ·
3 25
George Loudon, returning deaths, 3 20
Joseph P. Bosworth, repairing hearse house, 1 00
Augustus O. Leonard, land damages on new road, 172 00
Charles A. Rogers, land damages on new road, 15 00
Charles H. Chandler, Constable fees, 16 00
Josiah Peterson, Town Clerk services and recording marriages, births, deaths. and express bill, 35 75
Benj. B. Cushing, removing snow, order Elb. Chandler, 6 00
Charles H. Chandler, carting and setting guide posts, 11 50
Willard Clark, stove pipe and labor, Dist. 2, 6 05
Zenas Faunce, repairing lock Grammar school, 30
Randall's express bill, 25
Orders for new Barn at Almhouse, 718 81
Balance carried to new account, 3,373,06
$6,868 54
CONTRA CR.
Balance from 1870, $2,054 15
Received from Duxbury & Cohasset R. R. Co , for land, 34 50
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Received J. P. Bradley, Book agent, $5 20
Henry Wadsworth, school books, 109 26
Overlayings on Taxes, 1871,
724 85
Deficiency in Highway tax, 1870,
234 90
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Unpaid school books, 1870,
128 79
Charles H. Chandler, lease of Town Hall, 31 25
Omitted Taxes, 20 74
State Incorporate tax.
1,908 16
66 66
bal., 1870, 4 74
George C. Prior, Dist. interest on bonds,
4 00
Sale of Cut Island,
750 00
" " Beach, 850 00
George Boylston, License, 8 00
$6,868 54
REMOVING SNOW.
Appropriation for 1871, $897 28
Balance overdrawn and carried to Town
Debts, 4 14
$901 42
Paid for removing snow,
$901 42
ACCOUNT WITH SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
DR.
Appropriation for repairs highways, 1871, $1,600 00
Overlayings on highways, tax, 21 39
$1,621 39
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Surveyors orders drawn, $467 80
Balance to new account,
1,153 59
$1,621 39
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE, DISTRICT NO. 4.
Cost of lot, house, furniture, &c., $2,373 63
Paid Henry Wadsworth, Chairman Building Committee,
Money received for sale of old house,
wood, lumber, &c., 106 65
William H. Myrick for stove, paid from Incidentals, 21 05
Henry Wadsworth, furniture and carting from Incidentals, 245 90
Henry Wadsworth, from money hired and
carried to Town's debts, 2,000 00
$2,373 63
NEW BARN AT ALMSHOUSE.
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Paid George Loudon, labor on barn, $72 60
Sheldon & Prior, lumber, 377 84
Ziba Hunt, for labor, 50 00
B. & E. Chandler, painting, 8 50
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Paid Hiram Delano, labor,
$54 00
Geo. L. Higgins, labor, 78 60
Martin Freeman, "
32 00
Sheldon & Loring, for lumber, 20 02
Allen Prior, carting lumber,
25 25
$718 81
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Paid Incidentals, $718 81
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
Amount of Tax Bills for 1871, including Highway
Tax, $22,238 87
Uncollected Taxes, 1870, 1,906 08
Cash on hand at last settlement, 5,100 57
Received Reimbursement State Aid,
2,000 00
State Incorporate Tax,
1,908 16
National Bank Tax,
1,299 52
Massachusetts School Fund,
183 44
County Treasurer, Dog Fund,
193 28
Cash hired for State Aid,
1,800 00
Cash hired for Plymouth Savings Bank.
2,000 00
R. S. Bryant, for sale of Cut Island,
750 00
R. S. Bryant, for sale of Beach, 250 00
Stephen M. Allen, sale of Beach, 600 00
Henry Wadsworth, sale of School Books, 114 46
". " old School House, Dist. 4, 57 00
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Received Henry Wadsworth, for sale of Wood and Lumber, Dist. 4, $49 68
Omitted Taxes, for 1871, 20 74
George P. Peterson, for sale of Barır at Alms- house, 25 00
Town of Middleboro, 20 58
George Boylston, License, 8 00
Balance Incorporated Tax, 1870, 4 74
George C. Prior, interest on Bonds, 4 00
Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad, for land, 34 50
George P. Peterson, Produce sold, 11 63
Charles H. Chandler, use of Town House,
31 25
S. M. Allen's note, bearing date Feb. 10, 1872, at 7 per cent., 2,500 00
$43,111 50
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Paid State Tax, $2,950 00
County Tax,
1,482 40
Family Aid Orders,
1,821 50
Selectmen's Orders,
10,138 91
Overseers Orders,
2,714 43
Bonds, Notes and Interest,
9,814 39
Crows heads,
10 21
Uncollected Taxes,
3,834 84
Cash on hand,
7,844 82
S. M. Allen's note, bearing date, Feb. 10, 1872, 2,500 00
$43,111 50
$1
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STATE AID PAID.
To disabled Soldiers and Sailors, and their families, and the families of the deceased, from Feb. 1st, 1871, to Feb. 1st, 1872.
Widow Huldah Bailey, $48 00
Betsey A. Crocker, 48 00
Deborah D. Soule, 48 00
Jane S. Weston, 48 00
· Mary D. Sampson,
96 00
Mary J. Simmons,
94 00
Marcia Brewster,
96 00
Mary S. Bryant, 48 00
Isabella Brown,
96 00
George Chandler, Guar'n,
48 00
Alfred Peterson, 2d,
72 00
Fred. P. Sherman for Ed. G. Hunt's fami- ly, 129 00
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Frances Josselyn, for Issachar Josselyn,
162 00
Hiram Weston,
72 00
Jonathan Glass,
120 00
Alex. J. McDonald,
54 00
Elihu S. Harriman,
72 00
Jabez P. Weston,
154 00
Rodney M. Leach,
74 50
Abraham P. Simmons,
72 00
Joseph A. Soule,
36 00
James Thomas,
72 00
David C. Mecchan,
84 00
Amount, $1,843 50
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Balance from 1870, $6,082 03 Appropriation for payment of Town Bonds and In- terest, 2,366 00
Appropriation Interest on Railroad Loan, 5,300 00
Received Reimbursement State Aid, 2,000 00
National Bank Tax. 1,299 52
$17,047 55
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Paid Balance overdrawn for removing snow, $4 14
Bonds, Notes and Interest, 9,814 31
Balance on new School House account, Dist. No. 4, 2,000 00
Balance carried to New Account,
5,229 10
$17,047 55
OUTSTANDING DEBTS OF THE TOWN.
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Railroad Loan and Interest to Feb. 18, 1872,
$76,989 30
Unpaid Bonds,
6,100 00
Interest on Bonds to Feb. 18, 1872,
109 80
Outstanding Notes and Interest, 7,732 13
$90,931 23
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AVAILABLE MEANS TO PAY THE SAME.
750 shares Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad, $75,000 00
Due from State for Family Aid from Jan. 1st, 1871, to Feb. 1st, 1872, 2,157 00
Demand Note of S. M. Allen, 2,500 00
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Cash in hands of Treasurer Feb. 18, 1872, 7,844 82
Uncollected Taxes of Treasurer Feb. 18, 1872, 3,834 84
$91,336 66
Balance in favor of the Town. $405 43
Of the $6,100.00 outstanding Bonds, there are $2,000.00 which mature on the 1st day of May, 1872, together with the interest due on 6,100.00 from Nov. 1st, to May 1st, 1872, of $183.00, making $2,183.00, which is expected to be met at that time, from funds now in the Treasury.
There will be due, Nov. 1st, 1872, the interest on the $4,100.00 Bonds then outstanding from May 1st, 1872, to Nov. 1st, 1872, $123.00 together with the $2,000.00 Bonds which mature May 1st, 1873, and the interest on $2,100.00 Bonds- from Nov. 1st, to May 1st, 1873, of $123.00, making $2,246.00 to be provided for by assessment.
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RAILROAD LOAN.
October
27th, 1870, hired of Provident Savings
Bank,
$15,000
October 29th, hired of Seamans Savings Bank, 15,000
March 14th, 1871, hired of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 45,000
All at 7 per cent. payable semi-annually
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The Selectmen would therefore recommend the following sums to defray the expenses of the Town the ensuing year.
Support of Schools,
$3,000 0( 2,500 0(
Support of Poor,
Bonds and Interest on Bonds,
2,246 0(
Interest on Railroad Loan,
5,250 00
Repairs of Highways,
2,000 00
New Roads and Land Damage,
3,000 0C
$17,996 0(
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
GEORGE BRADFORD, THOMAS CHANDLER, CHAS. H. CHANDLER,
Selectmen of Duxbury.
The undersigned being an Auditing Committee chosen by the Town, March, 1871, have examined the foregoing accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
HARVEY SOULE, GEORGE W. FORD.
Duxbury, Feb. 20, 1872.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit to the Town the follow- ing Report of the expenses for supporting the Poor, in and out of the Almshouse :
EXPENSES OF THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 18, 1872.
Samuel Atwell, keeping books, stamps, &c., $7 50
George Bradford, services as clerk, 5 00
Frederic P. Sherman, goods for Almshouse, 175 86
Geo. P. Peterson, for stove in 1869, 66 66 salary in 1870, 87 00 25 50
21 00
Owen Lynch, two pigs,
Overseers services, settling and making report 1870,
15 00
Geo. P. Peterson, salary to Feb. 1, 1872,
250 00
Division store No. 654, goods for house, 98 29
N. Ford & Sons, 66
70 49
Charles Frost, fish,
66
12 92
Levi H. Cushing, goods,
66
60 11
Harvey Soule,
26 84
Geo. F. Sampson, 66
60 77
Benj. B. Goodwin, clock,
66
3 50
Geo. Bradford, meat,
66
5 35
Sheldon L. Loring, coal,
72 00
Ripley L. Weston, meat,
66
10 41
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James Wilde, medical attendance, at house, $24 00
Otis Chandler, wood, 66
14 50
Isaac Keene, 66
42 50
Geo, Loudon, services as clerk, keeping books and paper, 12 30
, Augustus Weston, burying Josiah T. Winsor, 4 00
Joseph D. Geary, use of screws, 1 00
Wilsard Clark, sundries in 1869 and 1870,
19 55
Sylvanus Prior, teaming,
52 00
Gershom Bradford, swine, 11 00
Charles E. Brewster, fish tongues,
8 00
Allen Prior, making report State charities,
3 00
Charles H. Chandler, vinegar and wood,
10 85
Daniel F. Howlan, clothes wringer,
8 00
Martin Freeman, coffin &c., for Abner Stetson,
11.00
" Susan B. Winsor, 11 50
". Joseph Prior, 12 00
George Loudon's bill as sexton, burying Joseph Prior,
Susan B. Winsor, and Abner Stetson, 14 00
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$1,566 74
EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Thomas L. Soule, support,
$47 00
Joanna Keen,
55 37
Samuel Stickney,
106 59
Edward G. Hunt,
37 17
Isaac W. Chandler for Betsey Thomas,
19 50
Levina A. Gardner, in Boston,
21 00
Violetta Simmons, wood,
10 50
Sally Barton, support, 52 00
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Mrs. Stephen Weston, coffin, June 15, 1869, $12 50
Joseph Phillips support, 3 51
Worcester Hospital, Martha O. Jackson,
187 25
Miss Betsey Peterson, wood,
3 00
Mrs. Betsey Peterson, 9 25
Joseph P. Bosworth, Jr., children, 36 69
Nathaniel Hodges, for support of Avery Hodges, 50 00
City of Salem for support of George R. Stetson,
21 80
Welthea Sampson, wood,
6 00
Allen Prior, for removing James Glass,
3 00
$682 13
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB., 18, 1872.
$2,800 00
Appropriation from the town,
Received of town of Middleboro, support of Betsey Thomas, 19 50
Augustus Weston, burying Josiah T. Winsor, 4 00
Geo. P. Peterson, for old building, 25 00
produce sold, 10 00
$2,858 50
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RECAPITULATION.
Expenses in Almshouse, $1,566 74
out
682 13
Balance to new account,
609 63
$2,858 50
Appropriation from the town,
$2,800 00
Received of Augustus Weston, burying Josiah T.
Winsor, 4 00
Town of Middleboro, support Betsey Thomas, 19 50
Geo. P. Peterson, old building, 25 00
66 66 produce sold, 10 00
$2,858 50
Whole number of Pauper's now in Almshouse. 13
Largest number at any one time, 14
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Admitted during the year, Died, 3
The average number supported in the Almshouse the past year has been thirteen and one-sixth, and the expenses two dollars, twenty-four cents, two and a half mills for each per- son per week, including transient persons, and other single meals.
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INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE AT PRESENT.
AGE.
AGE.
John Baker,
58
Alice Bonney, 71
Wm. H. Simmons,
68
Mary P. Southworth, 58
Bradford Holmes,
65
Betsey A. Churchill, 47
John Freeman,
56
Louis Brewster,
77
Wm. A. Standish,
74 Harriet Winslow.
82
Benj. Waterman,
75
Martha O. Jackson, 26
James Glass,
83
PRODUCE HARVESTED FROM THE FARM.
1668 lbs. pork,
18 bushels carrots,
1 calf,
4 bushels parsnips,
62 fowl,
15 doz. cabbage,
12 bushels corn,
2 barrels apples,
130 bushels potatoes,
1681 lbs. butter,
18 bushels beets,
12 bushels beans,
2000 lbs. pumpkins,
10 bushels green beans.
49 bushels turnips,
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INVENTORY OF ARTICLES REMAINING IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE FARM, FEB. 18, 1872.
2 lbs. snuff,
1 gross matches,
3 doz. lamp chimneys,
2 bushels corn,
3 barrels pork,
150 lbs. fine feed,
4 barrels soap,
2 tons English hay,
3 barrels small potatoes,
12 lbs. nails,
3 bushels parsnips,
33 barrels,
'60 bushels potatoes,
35 gallons molasses,
15 bushels beets,
15 bushels carrots,
25 bushels turnips,
6 cords pine wood,
2 cords pitch pine wood,
5 cords oak wood,
3 ton coal,
250 lbs. bacon,
4 bushels beans,
25 gallons vinegar,
100 lbs. washing soda,
100 lbs. fish tongues,
1 barrel beef,
4 lbs. ginger,
4 barrels flour,
1 lb. pepper,
5 lbs. salæratus, mustard,
¿ lb. cassia,
35 fowls,
New bed clothes and wearing apparel to the amount of $98.50.
Amount, $816.93 :- Being less the amount of. Feb. 1871, of $5.22.
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9 bushels meal,
100 lbs. sugar,
125 lbs. hard soap,
125 lbs. salt fish, 6 lbs. Hosford's,
100 lbs. lard,
15 lbs. tea,
125 lbs. fine salt, 10 lights glass,
600 lbs. shoats,
8 lbs. tobacco,
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Inasmuch as the Superintendent, Mr. Peterson, and wife, have given general satisfaction to the present Board, in the management of the Almshouse and Farm, we think advan- tageously to the Town, we would cheerfully recommend them to our successors in office.
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All of which is most respectfully submitted.
ALLEN PRIOR, WESTON FREEMAN, GEORGE LOUDON,
Committee of the Overseers of the Poor. Feb. 20, 1872.
The undersigned being an Auditing Committee chosen by the Town, March, 1871, have examined the Overseers of the Poor account, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
GEORGE W. FORD, HARVEY SOULE.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR 1871.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan'y
23. Otis W. Whiting,
2
21 Lung Fever,
Feb'y 1. Joseph Weston,
88
2 Influenza,
12. Arvila A. Sprague,
3 9
9 Scrofula Humor.
15. Hannah Brewster,
36 6
20 Consumption,
16. Hope M. Barstow,
198
22. William Barstow,
747
22 Disease of Liver,
March
12. Zeruiah Ripley,
85|2
Old Age,
29. Kate W. Alden,
2
1 Consumption, 66
April
7. Mary A. C. Gaines,
71 1 25 Dropsy,
July 6:
1. Elijah Peterson,
67 7
17 Paralysis,
12. Edward G. Hunt,
53
10 Heart Disease,
66
31. Joseph Prior,
73 8
Marasmus,
..
12. Abner Stetson,
76
Typhoid Fever.
6:
19. Susan B. Winsor,
39 5 6
7 Enteritis,
. :
25. Lewis S. Delano,
48 5
24 Angine Pectoris,
28. Charles Winsor,
89 11 10 Suicide,
..
22. Martha J. Baker,
42 10 16 Congestion of the Liver.
Sept.
23. Nehemiah Thomas,
78 8
Paralysis,
21. Willie McGowen,
1
Spasms,
23. Rebecca Graves,
44 1 8 Phthisis,
6:
25. Charles Prior,
34 5 1 Typhoid Fever,
18 5
21 Phthisis,
Oct.
2. Hannah C. Gibbs,
20
Consumption,
735
21 Phthisis,
19. William Payne,
Accidentally shot,
21. Samuel Stickney,
84 6 27 Apoplexy,
28. Temperance Wilde,
66 1
12 Softening of Brain,
- Caleb R. Moore,
54 Hydrothoray,
30. Lydia Sampson,
92 5
12 Old Age,
Nov.
28. Henry C. Hall,
37
Dec. 6 William M. Brewster.
75 6 26 Consumption,
..
14. Harriet Prior,
52 8 25 Typhoid Fever,
20. Henry Soule,
719 18 Congestion of the Lungs,
22. Sumner B. Baker,
49 4 2 Typhoid Fever,
66
29. William R. Perry,
1508 24 Billious Fever.
.
25. Grace W. Burgess,
26 6
18 Drowned,
6 John Alden,
86|8
14 Paralysis, Old Age,
17. Ann Prior,
34 6
24 Marasmus,
29. Betsey Sears,
83 5 9 Old Age,
28 Hannah Burditt,
46 10 2
28. Bertha M. Nickerson.
3
1 Tubercle of Brain.
16. Samuel Stetson,
27. Ruth Alden,
714
13 Bronchitis,
31. Maria Delano,
39 9 22
14. Daniel Baker,
79 12 Disease of Kidney, and Old Age.
14. James H. Freeman,
26. Frank Oldham,
29
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DUR- ING THE YEAR 1871.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
BY WHOM.
Jan. 1. .
Mary L. Bradley,
Duxbury, Duxbury,
1. -
Sallie B. Delano,
Duxbury,
A. P. Burgess, of Dux- bury,
- Charles A. Howland,
Quincy,
Josiah Moore, of Dux- bury,
6.
11.
Alice H. Curtis,
Duxbury, Pembroke, Pembroke,
C. Hammond, of West Duxbury,
Feb. 12.
Henrietta C. Hunt,
Abington,
C. Hammond, of West Duxbury
" 23
Ruth B. Wright,
Marshfield,
E. Alden, Jr., of South Marshfield,
..
23.
James Downey, Susan E. Frost. Benjamin L. Miller,
Duxbury,
Josiah Moore, of Dux- bury,
April 9.
Carrie M. Miller,
Randolph,
Chase Taylor, of Dux- bury,
: 24.
Irene E. Wiswell,
Boston,
William Pilsdon, of Brewster,
May 6.
Mary T. Hatch,
Duxbury,
A. P. Burgess, of Dux- bury,
June 25. - Lafayette Litchfield.
Abbie F. Taylor,
Pembroke,
C. Hammond, of West Duxbury,
Nov. 8.
¡Susan A. Watson,
Duxbury,
Barth'l. Otheman, of Duxbury,
..
19.
Elizabeth C. Shurtleff,
- Herbert C. Wells,
Easton,
C. Hammond, of West Duxbury,
29.
Robert Tammet, Mary E. Hunt, George F. Wadsworth,
Duxbury,
Barth'l. Otheman, of
Nov. 30.
Ida G. Simmons,
Orange S. Pratt,
Abington,
C. Hammond, of West Duxbury,
John W. Standish,
25. . Jane M. Pierce,
Duxbury, Duxbury.
Josiah Moore, of Dux- bury.
Forth-one Births have been Registered in Duxbury during the year 1871 :- Seventeen males, and twenty-four females.
One hundred and three dogs have been Licensed, for which $218.40 have been paid into the County Treasury for the year 1871.
J. PETERSON, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
DUXBURY, Feb. 1. 1872.
Plymouth, Plymouth,
Duxbury,
.. 29. . Amelia A. Ford, -
Duxbury,
Duxbury, Duxbury, Duxbury,
Duxbury,
Josiah Moore, of Dux- bury,
Dec. 10. Jane E. Bradley,
Abington,
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