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Benjamin Boylston, abatement tax, 1884. 12 04
Ebenezer Chandler's estate, abatement tax, 1885. .. 5 00
Arnold Freeman, abatement tax, 1886. 69
Lot Phillips & Co., abatement tax, 1886, error 2 11
10
Estate of J. C. Lewis, abatement tax, 1886 $6 90
Samuel Atwell, abatement tax, 1886. 75
Frank Sears, abatement tax, 1886 76
George Baker, abatement tax, 1886 2 56
Lyman Simmons, remittance poll taxes, '85 and '86 4 00
George B. Bates, remittance school books, 1884 .... 3 55
Mrs. Issachar Josselyn, remittance tax, '83 and '84. . 11 06
Bartlett Bradford, abatement pol!, 1884 and 1885 .. 4 00
J. H. Burt, remittance poll and personal, 1884 2 66
George W. Ford, remittance tax, 1884 1 46
J. W. Weston, remittance poll, 1884 2 00
A. K. Ripley, remittance poll and books, 1884. 6 07
Mrs. Peleg Gullifer, remittance, 1883, 1884, 1885. .. 23 32 William Paulding, remittance, '82, '83, '84 and '85, Julian E. Paulding, remittance polls and books, 1883 and 1884 11 61
14 87
Otis Morton, remittance, 1884 10 56
George M. Paulding, remittance poll, 1885
2 00
Thomas M. Gridley, remittance poll, 1885 2 00
Edwin A. Soule, remittance poll, 1885
2 00
Marcellus Soule, remittance tax, 1885 10 51
William Bumpus, remittance poll tax, 1885. .
2 00
Arthur H. Loring, remittance poll tax, 1885 2 00
George Loudon, remittance tax, 1885
7 03
George W. Bradford, remittance tax, 1884 and 1885
8 87
Albert T. Sprague, remittance tax, 1884 and 1885. . Elgine M. Furness, remittance poll tax, 1885.
2 00
H. Litchfield, remittance poll tax, 1885.
2 00
A. J. Williamson, remittance poll tax, 1885
2 00
Hiram Hunt, remittance poll tax, 1885
2 00
William Harridan, remittance poll tax, 1885.
2 00
Paid to Railroad fund 1,000 00
Carried to highway account 1,000 00
4,934 96
Unexpended
177 18
$5,112 14
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INCIDENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Corporation tax $2,459 66
National Bank tax 1,237 90
Overlays on taxes
238 72
Interest on taxes 110 71
Omitted taxes . 4 00
Tax on foreign ships
12 90
Hawks and pedler's license
8 00
Billiard licenses 6 00
Auctioneer's licenses .
4 00
Old shingles and cement.
1 25
One-half of expense building fence, District No. 1
32 00
Stone sold to Town of Pembroke
7 00
$5,112 14
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
The following sums have been paid for labor and material in the several districts, as follows :
DISTRICT NO. 1 .- C. M. HAYDEN, SURVEYOR.
C. M. Hayden, labor, '85, $14 48 E. W. Swift, 1885, $5 17
George E. Freeman, 4 50
B. O. Cummings, 16 50
John E. Josselyn, 7 50 George L. Higgins, 7 16
Chester E. Foster, 1886, 12 00
E. W. Swift, 1886, 17 63
C. M. Hayden, 69 75
George A. Tower, 1 13
Samuel Holmes, 42 34
W. W. Wadsworth, 4 50
David Goodspeed, 2 53
L. H. Cushing, 6 00
Estate H. A. Hall, gravel, 6 00
George H. Stearns, stone, 2 00 Geo. E. Freeman, labor, 14 63
George L. Higgins, 29 25
A. O. Leonard, 10 20
Charles W. Holmes, 6 00
E. J. Cushing, labor, 3 00
B. O. Cummings,
7 50
$290 27
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DISTRICT NO. 2 .- LEWIS M. BAILEY, Surveyor.
L. M. Bailey, labor, 1885, $14 40
Ira Chandler, 1885, $4 50
Edmund Marsh, 1886, 12 30 Edward Sampson, '86, 34 95
Parker Peterson, 6 00
M. Martin, 14 25
L. M. Bailey,
72 60
John E. Josselyn, 4 80
L. H. Cushing, 37 65
Walter Cushing, 13 35
Benjamin B. Cushing, 24 90
Joseph A. Freeman, labor and gravel, 19 55
G. R. Freeman, 7 50
Estate H. A.Hall, gravel, 6 00
Wm. B. Peterson, labor, 7 50 Alvin C. Ryder, 3 60
Melzar Brewster, 12 60
Frank E. Phillips, 4 80
Le Baron Goodwin,
23 70
Everett Winsor, 3 00
Ira Chandler,
16 50
Rufus Holiday, 3 75
Herbert A. Peterson,
24 60
$372 80
DISTRICT NO. 3 .- ALONZO CHANDLER, Surveyor.
Benj.B.Cushing, labor,'85, $13 50 Alonzo Chandler, 1885, $4 50
Daniel Driscoll, 4 50
Samuel G. Chandler, 3 75
Daniel W. Symmes, gravel, 10 00
Gershom Bradford,
labor,
4 50
Samuel Loring, clay in '81,
'82, '83 and '84, 38 00
Benj. B. Cushing, 1886, 45 00
Samuel Alden, 31 50
Daniel Driscoll, 14 25
Joseph Freeman, labor and gravel, 46 29
Horace P. Chandler, labor, 45 75
Walter Cushing, labor, 1886, 17 25
W. H. Cushing, 4 50
Gershom Bradford, 37 50
Alonzo Chandler,
50 40
$371 19
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DISTRICT NO. 4 .- JOSIAH D. RANDALL,"Surveyor.
Josiah D. Randall, labor, 1885, $7 68
Jason H. Randall,
3 15
H. B. Chandler, labor, 24 62
George W. Frost, 1885, $1 50 Mary Gardner, gravel, 1 50 H. B. Chandler, plank for bridge, 3 06
Edward F. Frost, labor, 1 35
C. H. Chandler, labor 1881, 1 63
Ezra Anderson, 1886, 10 12
Walter Baker, 1886, 12 75
Jason N. Randall,
15 75
Edward F. Frost, 7 87
George W. Frost,
6 16 Josiah D. Randall, 42 60
George F. Peterson,
8 25
E. H. Chandler, 12 75
James Downey, 6 00
Horatio Chandler, 33 25
Alden White,
9 00 H. B. Chandler,
7 00
George Chandler,
7 00 Nahum Sampson,
14 25
B. W. Maglathlin,
3 00 Asa Chandler,
15 37
Frank L. Chandler,
60 Isaac L. Sampson,
10 20
James Cooper,
9 00
Aaron Chandler,
1 20
Jonathan Glass,
3 00
George S. Low,
45
C. T. Gardner,
3 00
J. H. Stranger, gravel, 1 00
Mary T. Gardner,
4 00
$288 06
DISTRICT NO. 5 .- ROBERT T. RANDALL, Surveyor.
Robert T. Randall, labor, 1886,
$30 45
S. F. Peterson, 2 50
Frank Snow, labor, 60
Emmons A. Chandler, labor, 8 90 Geo. L. Baker, labor, 1886, 12 00 George L. Jones, 14 02
C. W. Craft, 8 25
Lyman Simmons, labor, 1 50
Walter S. Simmons, 2 10
David Riley, 13 28
William Holmes, 3 75
Thomas Alden, 1885, 32 95
S. M. Poole, soil, 2 00
Josiah Bowen, lighting road, 1 00
S. B. Chandler, lumber, 18 13 George A. Simmons, '86, 9 00 Emmons A. Chandler, 13 50 Geo. T. Whiting, clay 7 31
Thomas Alden, 20 25
$201 49
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DISTRICT NO. 6 .- JAMES ALDEN, JR., Surveyor.
Chas. Chandler, 2d, 1885, $1 05 William F. Hunt, 1 01
Calvin Chandler, 2 85
Estate Lewis Weston, gravel, 3 32
J. C. Osgood, labor, 45
Geo. L. Gardner, 1886, 57 00
William F. Hunt, 1886,
26 33
James Alden, 58 65
Scott B. Belknap, 36 34
George L. Baker, 29 40
Willie A. Cushing,
11 55 James Alden, Jr., 47 25
Calvin Chandler, 38 85
Henry C. Chandler, 14 55
George L. Whiting, 12 30
Estate Louis Weston, gravel, 8 64
W. H. Whiting, labor, 7 50
Henry T. Whiting, 7 50
Thomas Chandler, 2d,
labor and soil,
22 22 Bailey Chandler, 54 27
J. C. Osgood, 10 45
George Bradford, 16 43
Hermon H. Delano,
18 00 L. S. Delano, 3 00
$488 91
DISTRICT NO. 7 .- EDEN W. SOULE, Surveyor.
John Delano, scraper,
Samuel Atwell, clay, 1885, $1 72
1885, $1 00
Eden W. Soule, labor, 2 70
James S. Weston, 4 05
C. C. Bradford, 1886, 8 10
N. C. Ryder, 1886, 8 25
James S. Weston, 36 28
Arthur C. Thomas,
5 18
Eden W. Soule, labor and
clay, 78 72
Adelbert Delano, 9 90
L. A. Peterson,
14 40
Samuel Atwell, 7 57
D. L. Soule,
9 30
Andrew Nieforth, 10 50
Everett Arnold,
3 30
Sumner H. Arnold,
3 90
J. C. Osgood, 2 25
Enoch Soule,
9 00
E. W. Simmons, 4 80
Otis Delano, 9 15
Bartlett Bradford,
75 Hiram W. Barstow, 16 59
Thomas Gorham,
3 00 Charles W. Chute, 2 85
Eugene C. Woodard, clay,
4 76
$258 02
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DISTRICT NO. 8 .- EDMUND G. WINSLOW, Surveyor.
Albert Soule, labor, 1885, $1 50
N. Ford & Sons, gravel, 1885, . $2 91
Walter F. Cushman, 1 80
William Simmons, 1 50
Eugene T. Soule, 2 85
John P. Burgess, 1886, 21 15
E. G. Winslow, 1886, 132 95
Alonzo F. Peterson, 34 95
James S. Weston,
9 00
Albert Soule, 19 82
J. F. Weston,
19 95
Thomas Gorham, 46 35
W. F. Cushman,
42 00
W. H. Cushman, 6 45
H. L. Cushman, soil,
2 01
C. C. Bradford, 6 90
Reuben Peterson,
30 90
Estate S. N. Gifford, gravel, 7 55
Lot Swift, labor,
33 00
Chas. H. Chandler, soil, 41 25
$464 79
DISTRICT NO. 9 .- JOHN DELANO, Surveyor.
Laurence Bradford, 1885, $4 05 Jos. A. Briggs, 1886, $15 97
C. C Bradford, 1886, 2 10
John P. Burgess, 9 00
Edward Chandler, 14 25
Charles G. Burgess, 22 65
S. P. Briggs, labor & clay, 58 40 R. H. Edgar, 33 00
John Delano, 61 42
$220 84
DISTRICT NO. 10 .- JOHN HOLT, Surveyor.
John Holt, labor, 1885, $20 65 P. R. Glass, 1886,
$12 00
J. D. Carswell, 1886,
6 00
W. W. Esterbrook, 1 50
W. H. Whiting, 3 45 Henry T. Whiting, 3 45
C. A. Peterson, drain tile, 33 48 David Riley,
10 73
R. B. Dorr,
12 15
John Holt,
82 75
W. A. Hunt,
42 00
George Bradford, 3 15
Proctor Chandler,
21 00
H. H. Delano,
10 00
B. Boylston, 6 00
Luther Shurtleff, 3 00
Lewis Simmons,
3 00
Artemas Inglis, 7 50
$281 81
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DISTRICT NO. 11 .- JOHN K. PARKER, Surveyor.
E. H. Sears, labor, 1885,
$0 30 S. P. Briggs, clay, '85, $1 80
E. H. Sears, 1886,
47 18 Robert Tammet, 1886, 13 75
John K. Parker,
7 60
C. A. Hodgen, 75
Andrew Northey,
3 87
Samuel Holmes, 1 50
John K. Parker,
95 51 Joseph A. Soule, 10 50
W. S. Frazar, 11 69
L. S. Pillsbury, labor
and clay, 11 80
Edward Sampson,
13 50
G. W. Childs, 3 90
William Frazar,
8 10
$231 75
DISTRICT NO. 12 .- BAILEY GULLIFER, Surveyor.
Bailey Gullifer, 1886,
$50 40 Geo. A. Simmons, '86, $2 25
Thomas Alden,
4 50 Nahum Sampson, 4 50
R. T. Randall,
6 75
Samuel L. Hamlin, labor and clay, 3 55
Nathan C. Keene,
2 25
L. B. Barstow, 11 10
Charles H. Chandler,
22 35 P. J. Alden, 43 03
Charles Marsh,
6 00
William Tripp, 9 50
$166 18
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RECAPITULATION.
District No. 1.
$290 27
372 80 2
371 19 3
4
288 06
201 49 5
488 91 6
7.
258 02
464 79 8
9
220 84
281 81 10
11
231 75
12
166 18
Town of Pembroke, Pine Brook Bridge
4 53
Appropriation
3,000 00
Overdrawn
$3,640 64
$640 64
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VOTE PASSED BY THE TOWN AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1880.
Voted-That the several Highway Surveyors be furnished with a suitable book, in which shall be entered an accurate account of all labor and materials furnished by each individual, with the day and date, and that said books be returned to the Selectmen in season for their annual settlement.
PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAP. 52, SEC. 3. Towns shall grant and vote such sums of money as are necessary for making and repairing highways and town ways, and such money shall be carefully and judiciously expended in making and repairing said ways by the road commissioners, or by the surveyors of highways, each in his own district, when the Town is divided into highway districts, and in such cases under the direction of the Selectmen.
SEC. 5. When there is a deficiency in the amount appropri- ated for the repairs of highways or town ways within the limits of any surveyor, or when said amount is not furnished or paid to him, so that he is unable to make such repairs, he may, to an amount not exceeding ten dollars, employ persons to make such repairs; and the persons so employed shall be paid therefor by the Town.
SEC. 8. Every surveyor shall annually on the first Monday of July, and also at the expiration of the term for which he is appointed, render to the Selectmen an account of all moneys expended by him on the highways and town ways. For each neglect he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
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PAYMENTS FOR REMOVING SNOW.
District No. 1.
$20 40 2 ... 39 65 3.
2 60
4
28 40
5
6.
31 00
7
21 10
8
36 45
9
11 42
10
31 92
11
19 38
12 .
2 40
$244 72
GUIDE BOARDS.
Guide posts and boards have been erected where needed in all places in Town.
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MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Post 165, G. A. R
$50 00
Appropriation $50 00
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
J. S. Freeman, repairing fence $3 36
John S. Loring, lumber, District 1 3 45
C. M. Hayden, repairs, District 1 15 00
James A. Simmons, repairs, District 1 36 16
J. S. Loring, lumber, District 2
5 30
J. S. Freeman, repairs, District 2
5 75
20
J. F. Myrick, stove pipe and labor $1 50
Henry Barstow, repairs, District 3 2 86
Wendell Phillips, lumber, labor, &c., District 4. . .
102 30
M. L. Chandler, repairs, District 4 1 50
Estate of J. B. Chandler, setting glass, District 4. . . 85
Asa Chandler, grading lot, District 4 4 38
N. Ford & Sons, supplies, District 5. 1 80
J. Dexter Randall, lumber and repairs, District 6. . . 55 41
Susie S. Boylston, cash paid . 1 00
J. S. Loring, lumber, District 7. 28 50
Rufus Hathaway, labor, District 7 9 50
N. Ford & Sons, supplies, District 7 4 34
George W. Paulding, repairs, District 8 50
H. W. Hathaway, setting glass, District 8 75
George B. Bates, grading lot, District 8
2 00
A. M. Thayer, supplies, District 9
5 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., supplies, Districts 1, 2,3, 5, 6,8 12 19
C. A. Peterson, supplies, Districts 1, 2, 3, 8, 7 . .
7 43
Lot Soule, repairing pumps, Districts 2 and 3 3 00
E. Edgar Chandler, painting black boards, 1 and 8. 2 50
C. H. Chandler, grading lot No. 9. 3 50
Appropriation
250 00
$69 83
STATE AID.
Chapter 30, Public Statutes.
Orders drawn and paid from March 15, 1886 to March 15, 1887.
Henry Alden, $48 00 Frederic A. Pratt, $36 00
Mary S. Bryant 48 00 Rodney M. Leach, 72 00
Lewis M. Bailey, 22 00 Mary Leach, 48 00
Marcia Brewster, 48 00 Thomas T. McNaught, 48 00
$319 83
Overdrawn
21
Henry Burns,
$72 00
Juliet McNaught,
$48 00
Samuel G. Beaman,
48 00
George F. Ryder, 72 00
James K. Burgess,
4 00 Sarah B. Ryder, 48 00
Betsey A. Crocker,
48 00
Oscar H. Soule, 60 00
Sarah A. Church,
48 00
Joseph A. Soule, 72 00
Malvina A. Fish,
48 00
Mary D. Sampson, 48 00
Jonathan Glass,
16 00
Mary J. Simmons, 48 00
Thomas Gridley,
18 00 Isaac L. Sampson, 33 00
Henrietta Gridley,
12 00
Anna E. Sampson,
30 00
Spencer W. Gleason,
36 00
Hamilton Wadsworth, 72 00
Emma M. Aunt,
48 00
Almira B. Weston,
48 00
Mary Hurley,
32 00 Jabez P. Weston, 36 00
Issachar Josselyn,
48 00
Jane S. Weston, 48 00
$1,511 00
Due from the State, payments from January, 1886, to March, 1887
$1,757 00
MILITARY AID.
Public Statutes, Chapter 30.
John Alden,
$6 00 John E. Josselyn, $72 00
Melzar Brewster,
96 00
Marcellus Soule, 96 00
Otis Delano,
72 00 Horace W. Thayer,
64 00
Lebbeus Harris,
80 00 Edward Sampson, 82 00
Wadsworth Hunt,
72 00
Andrew Northey, 60 00
$700 00
One half to be paid by the Town, $350 00. Town appropriation $400 00
Due from the State, payments from January, 1886, to March, 1887 $410 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
J. W. SWIFT, TREAS., in account with TOWN OF DUXBURY.
DR.
1885.
Mar. 15. Cash at settlement $2,305 93
Uncollected taxes to 1884 163 42
" for 750 71
1885 2,718 02
66 Deeds of property held for taxes 932 87
66
66 Accrued taxes 310 16
Received of-
Mar. 16. J. Wilde from J. W. Seaver 32 00
April 7. Thomas Chandler, guardian for Eden Sampson 20 00
May J. S. Loring, auctioneer's license 2 00
July 15. Lewis B. Howe of Pembroke, peddler's 1 license 8 00
66 21. J. B. Hollis, billiard license 4 00
Sept. 1. Winslow Cushing, billiard license 2 00
George B. Cushing, auction license
2 00
District 7, old shingles
1 00
Oct. Cassius Hunt, board of Wadsworth Hunt
35 50
Nov. Town of Pembroke, stone for Maglathlin's Bridge 7 00
Dec. 6. David S. Goodspeed, cement 25
66 Corporation tax
2,459 66
National Bank tax 1,237 90
State aid, Chap. 252, Acts of 1879 370 25
301
1,391 00
Tax on! foreign ships 12 90
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1887.
Jan. County Treasurer, dog dividend $291 00
State Treasurer, Mass. School Fund 169 87
Mar. 10.
William W. Simmons, farm sales .. 16 00
City of Boston, burial of Mrs. Phillips ... 10 00
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Cassius Hunt, military aid, board for W. Hunt ... 72 00
" William W. Simmons, board of Leroy and Wendell Bosworth 46 75
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66
Foot of tax bills for 1886 16,427 49
Temporary loan 6,250 00
66 Omitted taxes 4 00
6 Interest on taxes 110 71
$36,164 39
J. W. SWIFT, TREAS., in account with TOWN OF DUXBURY.
C.R.
1886. Paid-
Selectmen's orders for highways $3,636 01
incidentals 3,931 62
66 schools 3,492 51
66 " repairs of school-houses 316 47
" removing snow 239 82
Overseers of the Poor orders 2,706 27
Selectmen's orders, State aid 1,511 00
military aid.
700 00
66
memorial day 50 00
Temporary loan and interest 6,342 85
Railroad notes and interest
4,927 50
State tax . 1,125 00
County tax. 1,383 77
Deeds of property held for taxes 932 87
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Accrued taxes $600 63
Discount on taxes
251 66
Uncollected taxes to 1885
179 66
" for 1885
761 66
1886 2,454 87
Cash on hand
620 22
$36,164 39
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and properly vouched for.
D. D. DEVEREUX, ) Auditing E. H. CHANDLER, § Committee.
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RAIL ROAD' NOTES AND INTEREST.
Paid-
April 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, note $2,000 00
“ 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, interest 237 50
21. Arlington Five Cents Saving Bank, interest, 237 50
30. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., coupons 1,012 50
Oct. 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, interest 190 00
21. Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, interest. 237 50
31. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., coupons 1,012 50
$4,927 50
STATEMENT OF THE RAILROAD LOAN.
Worcester North Savings Institution, notes given April 21, 1880, for ten years, at 42 per cent, $2,000 to be paid yearly by Town . . . $8,000 00 Arlington Five Cents Saving Bank, note given April 21, 1880, for ten years, at 42 per cent ... 10,000 00
November 1, 1880, forty-five bonds of $1,000 each 45,000 00
$63,000 00
Amount deposited for payment of notes . 5,229 54
57,770 46
Which amount will be decreased by payment of note due April 21, 1887 2,000 00
Total railroad indebtedness $55,770 46
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Worcester North Savings Institution, note and in-
terest
$2,190 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, interest 237 50
Interest on bonds, due May 1 1,012 50
Outstanding bills, estimated
250 00
RESOURCES.
Cash in Treasury
$620 22
Uncollected taxes to 1885
179 66
for 1885
761 66
66
66 for 1886
2,454 87
Deeds of property held for taxes
932 87
Accrued taxes
600 63
Due from the State for State aid
1,757 00
66
66 military aid
410 00
66
66
" balance of corporation tax 397 20
66
66
aid for Maggie Brooks 14 50
$8,128 61
Liabilities
3,490 00
Balance in favor of the Town $4,638 61
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
D. D. DEVERAUX, \ Auditing E. H. CHANDLER, § Commiitee.
$3,490 00
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APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools $3,000 00
Support of poor 2,800 00
Repairs of highways 3,000 00
Removing snow
100 00
Repairs of school-houses
250 00
Aid to indigent soldiers
400 00
Memorial day.
50 00
Railroad loan .
2,000 00
Railroad interest.
2,785 00
For incidental expenses. Bank and corporation taxes.
We also recommend that $1,000 be taken from incidentals and deposited in the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., for payment of railroad note of $10,000, due April 21, 1890.
THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Selectmen
SAMUEL P. SOULE, of
JOSHUA W. SWIFT. Duxbury
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LIST OF JURORS
As revised by the Selectmen, March 10, 1887 :
John K. Parker,
Elisha Peterson,
Nathan C. Keene,
Jarius C. Osgood,
Lewis M. Bailey,
William J. Dunham,
Joshua S. Freeman,
Lyman Drew,
Henry H. Lewis,
Reuben D. Wood,
Samuel Atwell,
David Goodspeed,
James Downey,
Chester H. Bradford,
Levi H. Cushing,
Artemas Inglis,
Thomas Alden,
Joseph A. Soule,
Eugene T. Soule,
Lewis Winsor,
Edmund G. Winslow,
James A. Simmons,
Lewis B. Barstow,
Horatio Chandler,
Henry B. Chandler,
Bailey Chandler,
Hamilton Wadsworth,
William S. Frazar.
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ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
VALUATION.
Real Estate, Buildings
$593,787 00
Land .
329,610 00
923,397 00
Personal
190,467 00
Total valuation $1,113,864 00
Number of acres of land 13,983}
houses
612}
horses
309
cows
224
sheep
3
neat cattle other than cows 96
swine
70
Total number of tax payers 917
Persons paying taxes on property 746
66 poll tax only 171
Number of polls at $2.00 527
66 66 50 cents 2
Total valuation compared with 1885-
Real estate increase $1,293 00
Personal estate increase 9,259 00
Total increase $10,552 00
Rate of taxation, State tax $0 51 on $1,000.
66 66 66 County tax 0 75 " 66
66 66 Town tax 12 54 " 66
Total rate $13 80 66 66
State tax $1,125 00
County tax $1,383 77
Number of school children from 5 to 15 years of age, 283.
THOMAS CHANDLER, - Assessors SAMUEL P. SOULE, JOSHUA W. SWIFT,
of Duxbury.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES IN ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 15, 1887.
Paid-
Overseers of Poor, services settling and making
report of 1886 $15 00
Thomas Chandler, keeping books and postage 7 16
Samuel P. Soule, services as Clerk 5 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., goods for almshouse 335 08
N. Ford & Sons, goods 90 44
Josiah Peterson, goods 14 74
F. P. Sherman, goods 35 98
Edward W. Winsor, goods
16 63
A. M. Thayer & Son, dry goods
16 68
Jacob Hersey, crackers
9 45
C. H. Bradford, meat
114 45
C. T. Gardner, meat.
19 61
A. C. Myrick, fish
6 31
Rufus Holliday, fish
35 77
J. Burns & Co., fish.
7 85
William Frazar, fish
2 60
H. R. Edgar, fish
93
C. S. Pierce, clams
50
George F. Wadsworth, clams
2 62
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Rodney M. Leach, clams
70
William W. Simmons, turkeys 2 00
Charles Sampson, fowl 1 00
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Hiram Simmons, potatoes $1 50
Ziba Hunt, potatoes 1 80
Estate of Alden B. Weston, grass 11 00
Miss Turner, salt grass
6 00
Joseph Weston, strawberries 1 20
William Sheldon, coal .
70 50
Otis Peterson, wood 17 50
Thomas Alden, wood
6 00
Standard Fertilizer Co., fertilizer 9 00
H. Miller, spectacles
75
A. McArthur, chair 14 00
Tucker Manufacturing Co., bedsteads and mattresses
25 95
P. T. Brooks, bedstead and mattress 9 00
James McNaught, urinal and express 6 65
W. G. Brown, M. D., medical attendance 18 50
Dr. Ira Chandler, medical attendance 11 98
4 50
William Hastings, care of Charles Wadsworth.
81 50
C. S. Pierce, labor and teaming
9 30
W. W. Simmons, hire of horse.
18 50
W. W. Simmons, balance of salary to April 19, 1886
34 00
W. W. Simmons, salary . .
320 83
J. S. Myrick, repairs of pumps and tinware
2 30
George Bradford, machine mowing and raking
4 00
Old Colony Railroad, freight 1 40
C. A. Peterson, ironware . 90
Levi P. Simmons, pigs 7 50
C. H. Chandler, removing B. Hodges to almshouse 5 00 Thomas Chandler, removing B. Hodges to almshouse 2 00
W. D. Gregg, services of bull 2 00
W. W. Simmons, shoes for Mrs. Jane Weston
1 25
Samuel Crowther, making cider. 2 85
Gideon Shurtleff, butchering hogs. 2 50
W. S. Frazar, medicine, Samuel Winsor 2 00
W. J. Alden, Jr., repairing shoes
3 20
$1,457 36
Samuel W. Hunt, attendance on Charles Wadsworth
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EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid-
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Martha O. Jackson $191 26
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Gamaliel Arnold .. 173 91
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, support of J. McMillan 85 40
Brockton, aid to Henry Harman and family 23 00
Boston, aid and burial of Benjamin Lewis 19 00 New Bedford, burial of wife of James Wilson 15 00
Pembroke, aid to W. W. Gardner and family
20 50
Hanson, aid to Henry T. Gardner and family
112 25
Hanson, aid to Walter Southworth and family 10 50
Cash, aid to Sabia Keene 52 00
Cash, aid to Mary Glass 48 00
Cash, aid to James Randall 43 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., goods to H. L. Sampson 10 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., goods to Henry Burns . .. 10 00 Nathan Burgess, house rent for Henry Burns 53 00
L. H. Cushing, wood for Henry Burns. 5 00
J. F. Howland, goods for Miss Betsey Peterson 14 55
R. T. Randall, supplies for Miss Betsey Peterson. . . 5 00
Burges & Keith, goods for Peleg Gullifer and family 106 00 N. Ford & Sons, goods for Peleg Gullifer and family 2 00 N. Ford & Sons, goods for W. F. Hunt, Oct., 1885. . 10 00 F. P. Sherman, goods for George F. Ryder and family 20 00 B. F. Hodges, board of Avery Hodges 28 00 E
W. W. Collamore, house rent for Edward Magoun. . 48 00
I. H. Paine, goods for William Bowen and wife. .. . 76 26 Aid to Charles Wadsworth 24 00
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W. G. Brown, M. D., medical attendance Charles
Wadsworth
$6 50
Elisha Peterson, burial of child of Maggie Brooks . . 2 00
Elisha Peterson, burial of Mrs. William Philips .... 20 00
Charles H. Chandler, wood for Mrs. Betsey Peterson, 1885 .3 00
Mrs. Oliver Sampson, board of Mrs. Jane Weston. . 17 86
F. Collamore, M. D., attendance Sabia Keene . . 8 00
$1,262 99
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE AT PRESENT TIME, AND AGE.
Bradford Holmes,
82 Mary Scuthworth, 71
Samuel Winsor,
83 Betsey A. Churchill, 62
Eden Sampson,
66 Lucy G. Chandler, 37
Avery Hodges,
80 Sarah A. Thayer, 62
Wadsworth Hunt,
82 Jane S. Weston, 65
Philip Chandler, 80.
Number now in almshouse
11
Largest number at one time
13
Smallest number
9
Admitted during the year.
4
Died during the year, Mary Wadsworth, aged 83
Charles E. Wadsworth, aged 48
Tramps lodged during the year .
14
Average cost of support for each person at the almshouse, for the year, has been $2.39} per week.
Expenses in almshouse.
$1,457 36
Expenses out of almshouse
1,262 99
$2,720 35
Unexpended .
479 90
$3,200 25
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AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR FROM MARCH 15, 1886, TO MARCH 15, 1887.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Received-
Board of Wadsworth Hunt 35 50
Military aid, board of Wadsworth Hunt 72 00
William W. Simmons, farm sales 16 00
William W. Simmons from boarders 46 75
Boston, burial of Mrs. William Philips 10 00
Thomas Chandler, guardian Eden Sampson. 20 00
$3,200 25
ARTICLES IN THE ALMSHOUSE AND ON THE FARM, MARCH 15, 1887.
1} bbls. flour,
1 cow,
218 lbs. sugar,
1 heifer,
1 bbl. crackers,
1 ton English hay,
53 lbs. butter,
¿ ton salt hay,
75 lbs. lard,
¿ ton straw,
4 lbs. cheese,
2 bbls. vinegar,
3 lbs. rice,
2 bush. turnips,
32 lbs. soap,
18 bush. potatoes,
1} lbs. coffee,
5 bush. small potatoes,
1} lbs. spice, pepper and mustard, 2} tons furnace coal, 1 box fine salt,
¿ ton fine coal,
1 bush. coarse salt,
2 cords oak wood,
3 bbl. salt pork,
2 bbls. vinegar,
40 lbs. ham,
2 galls. soft soap,
33 lbs beef,
12 cords manure,
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25 lbs. tea,
4 bbls. hen manure
37 lbs. dry fish,
1 cow,
25 galls. molasses,
5} bush. rye,
32 lbs. soap,
2 bush. oats,
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