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A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to T. J. Dalton . 12 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Sarah A. McCormac . 4 50
C. S. Williams, clothing to Sarah A. McCormac 3 50
John Crane, shoes to Sarah A. McCormac 2 50
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Sarah A. McCormac, 24 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Mrs. Patrick Howard 23 62
John Crane, shoes 66 66 66
66
16 35
J. B. Allen, wood 66 66 66 66
10 00
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Mrs. Patrick How- ard
3 00
John Crane, shoes to Mrs. Lynch . 1 00
13
A. J. Bates, groceries to Mrs. Lynch $13 45
John Crane, shoes to Michael Stanton 4 75
Joel F. Sheppard, coal to Mrs. A. H. Hunt
48 16
T. H. Dearing, med. att. " 4 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries 66
IO 61
Elias Hayward, medicine "
23 40
Wm. McEwan, groceries to R. Bentley .
9 03
C. W. Smith,
66
6 00
H. M. White, 66 L. D. Stone
95 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., “
35 02
J. R. Frazier, wood to
.
15 00
Noah Torrey, med. att.
5 00
H. M. White, groceries to J. E. Wheeler
24 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., " 66
32 93
Noah Torrey, med. att. 66
1 00
H. M. White, groceries to Mrs. E. Langley
42 87
P. D. Holbrook & Co., “
31 73
Town of Randolph, aid to
60 75
R. W. Turner, coal to 4 50
H. M. White, groceries to Mrs. B. F. Hayden
36 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., "
66
72 21
G. W. White, wood to 6 00
H. M. White, goods to Mrs. S. Taunt 34 00
16 02
Stephen Farnum, supplies to 66
2 00
Wm. A. Kane, dry goods to
17 00
Ralph Houghton, funeral exp. 15 00
H. M. White, aid to Gardner W. Mansfield 6 00 goods to Bridget Connors 4 30
66 Betsey Wild
50 05
Joseph Huff, wood to 66
·
21 75
P. D. Holbrook, goods to
2 05
J. R. Frasier, cash to 5 00 " aid to tramps 77
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing for W. B. Smith, Jr. 5 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Harriet Dalton 52 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal 8 37 66
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods for Edward Huff 93 26
66
66
10 00
N. R. Proctor,
to Richard McNair 3 09
J. F. Sheppard, coal
6:
.
4 19
J. M. Arnold,
. " " J. M. Bryant 12 00
A. J. Bates & Co.,
66
6. 4 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., " 66
66
66 " Thomas Buker 28 02
66 " Elizabeth Farnum . 9 08
14
Town of Easton, aid to Snow family $8 00
Weymouth, aid to Jane Smith 18 75
66 66 " " Mary E. Nason 35 50
66
« " J. F. Welch . 3 65
66 West Bridgewater, aid to Snow family 69 50
Brockton, 17 07
City of Worcester, aid to Jane K. Dyer
34 15
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Geo. Carney, 4 19
66 " " R. Bentley
2 10
A. J. Bates, goods to Mrs. Barton 22.00
Aaron Leavitt
8 00
Wm. A. Kane, dry goods ·
2 36
J. R. Frasier, expenses to Dorchester, Rockland and Brighton 5 25
Patrick Moils, conveying pauper to hospital 5 00
John H. Sumner, horse hire 3 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance to Mrs. Nightingale 6 00
66 66 sundry persons .
4 25
Town of Quincy, aid to Delia W. Hayden
96 0I
66 " " Wm. Mulligan 16 02 ·
66 " " Chas. F. Arnold
4 50
N. R. Proctor, goods to Geo. Carney
3 05
C. H. Mann, meat to Mrs. A. H. Hunt
3 95
J. R. Frasier, overseer,
18 00
S. W. Hollis, 66
30 00
66 expenses to Brockton twice
2 50
66
" Quincy three times
50
S. M. Hollis, fare to Boston five times
2 50
66 use of team
15 50
A. Allen, Overseer
30 00
D. H. Bates, " ·
12 00
use of team
4 00
$2,796 45
CREDIT.
By cash from town of Weymouth $6 00
66 66 city of Chelsea
32 50
66 town of Randolph
65 16
66
66 Hingham .
4 75
66
Methuen .
9 08
Due 66 city of Boston
126 00
66
66
Weymouth
2 25
66 New Bedford
110 08
66
66 Chelsea
2 00
R. W. Turner, coal to Newell Langley ·
4 50
15
Due from Randolph
$3 09
Hingham
16 00
Cash refunded
10 00 - $386 91
Total cost of poor out of almshouse
.
$2,409 54
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. J. B. WOOD, Surveyor.
J. B. Wood, labor, 512 days, $2.25
$115 87
66 horse and cart, 752 days, 1.75 132 12
Charles A. Arnold, self, horse and cart, 67} days, $3.25 .
219 37
Leonard P. Hunt, self, horse and cart, 12} days, $3.25
40 62
Albert W. Dyer, self, horse and cart, I12 days, $3.25
37 37
Asa Robbins, 66 66
I 3 25
3.25
Patrick Maguire, "
44 66
3.25 13 81
labor, 24 days, $1.50 .
3 38
Thomas Finnegan, " 732
1.50 ·
IIO 25
Martin Eagan,
66 362 66
1.50
54 75
Albert Clark,
66
313 66
66
47 25
John Murray,
66
27
40 50
Thomas Huston,
66
5& 66
66
8 62
E. D. Maybury,
66
52
66
66
8 25
Patrick Newman,
66
32
66
66
5 25
Geo. Mansfield,
66
172
66
66
6 00
R. F. Hollis,
66
61
66
9 75
Jechonias Penniman, "
IO
66
66
3 75
Michael Finnegan,
2
· 66
66
3 00
Moses Hunt,
5
66
7 50
Joseph Huff,
66
2
66 .
66
3 00
Geo. W. Kelley,
66
66
2 25
Ben. Landers,
66
66
66
6 00
Wm. C. Stoddard,
. " 66
66
5 55
Wm. Newman,
1.25
14 99
James Slyne,
66
66
6.
15 00
Otis Dean,
66
66
1.75
2 19
Daniel Friel,
66
I 57
F. A. Pratt,
66
I 42
Elisha Savil,
66
.
.
60
.
.
26 25
James E. Wheeler,
4
66
15 00
Thomas Briody,
66
4
66
12
12
H
.
.
66
66
1
16
Adam Hobart, labor, 12 days, $2.25 . $3 37
C. A. Hobart,
66
I
I 75
J. H. Mellus,
1 15
Calvin French, gravel
70 62
Joseph Dyer, 66
12 50
W. R. Penniman, gravel
10 50
Josiah W. Thayer, gravel
10 00
Joseph A. Arnold,
7 62
R. D. Hobart, 66
54 00
Thacher White, 66
5 62
F. G. Crosby, 66
2 75
S. A. Bates,
I 25
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
16 56
J. Jarvis French, 16 posts
4 00
Edward Hobart, 9 posts
3 15
Wild & Shay, sharpening tools
3 20
P. D. Holbrook & Co., shovels, rakes, and nails
7 04 80
William H. Cobb, grub hoe
Moses Hunt, building bridge .
5 00
Jon. French, covering stone .
3 67
$1,189 03
THOMAS HILL, Surveyor.
Thomas Hill, labor, 81 days at $2.25
$182 25
horse and cart, 53 days at $1.75
92 75
6 for boy, 152 days at $1.00 15.50
Geo. W. Hill, self, horse and cart, 782 days at $3.25
255 13
Wm. G. Hill, «
66
21
66
68 25
George Hill, man, 66
I3
66
42 25
212
66 66 69 87
3 00
George Hill,
5
7 50
Wm. G. Hill,
174 "
66
26 63
Wm. H. Hill,
66
73 66
66
15 00
James McAlpine,
15 00
R. A. Gage,
60
66
66
IO 50
Josiah Holbrook,
66
381 4
66
.
57 75
James Maher,
332
50 25
John Maher, 322 “ 66
66
48 75
Leonard P. Hunt,
3
66
4 50
Charles H. Hunt, “
3
66
4 50
Moses Hunt,
4
66
66
6 00
Thomas Crouther, "
2
.
3 00
George Dorety,
66
4
66
6 00
G. D. Whitaker,
IO
IO 66
66
.
7
66
66
II 25
Samuel Hill, « 66 labor, 2 days at $1.50 66
17
Dennis Nolan, labor, 2 days at $1.50
$3 00
James Riley, 81 " 66
12 75
Cornelius Maguire,"
66
17 25
James McKenney, “ 7 66
10 50
John Desmond,
66
9 75
Thomas P. Fogg, " 44 3 66 66
7 13
S. W. Hollis, gravel
75 88
B. L. Morrison, "
30 12
A. S. Morrison, "
I 80
David Thayer, “
6 10
F. & C. Wilson, stone
4 25
L. Lynch, blacksmith work
8 15
J. Breck & Sons, tools
4 19
$1,186 50
BENJAMIN J. LORING, Surveyor.
Benjamin J. Loring, labor, 892 days,
at $2.25
$201 69
66 66 cart, 442 days, at .25
II 13
66 66 cash for sharpening tools ·
25
William Mills, self, horse, and cart, 44116 days, at
$3.25
143 3I
William Mills, horse and cart, 42 days, at $1.75
8 32
E. R. Waterman, self and three horses, 12 days
9 00
66 horse and cart, 52 days, at $1.75 66 horse, 5028 days, at 1.50 76 42
9 62
Andrew Gott, self, horse, and cart, 2213 days, at 3.25
73 60
R. D. Hobart, horse and cart, 4 days,
at 1.50
6 00
Robert M. Loring, labor, 7627 days,
at
1.50
115 27
Willie J. Loring,
582 66
at
1.25
73 12
John Preston,
66
35₺
at 1.50
52 87
T. J. Griffin, 66
134 66
20 62
John Moriarty,
20 18
Frank McDonald, 66
1I 2% 66
66
17 18
Royal T. King, 66
66
17 66
James Chambers,
66
12} 66
66
35 18
T. J. Dalton,
יכ
352% 66
66
1 53 17
John Croke,
66
53
at 1.00
5 50
William Mills,
66
1011
at 1.50
15 81
B. J. Loring, Jr.,
66
1
66.
I 25
J. A. Loring,
1 2
66
I 00
Caleb Stetson, gravel
II 33
J. E. Hayward,
6 40
Mitchell, Wendell & Co., gravel
4 60
J. M. Cutting, 66
2 40
·
1
132% 66 66
66
232% 66
66
66
2
66
·
18 37
James Bradley,
66
2
18
Austin White, gravel
$10 00
A. J. Bates,
9 20
B. J. Loring, Jr.,
·
16 60
J. S. Newcomb, 66
34 38
H. C. Kilgore,
I 90
Cornelius Green, 66
2 70
John Kilshaw,
5 12
W. I. Jordan, sharpening picks
1 00
Judah A. Loring, I post .
50
B. J. Loring, Jr., repairs on cart
50
Loud & Pratt, lumber
9 83
J. F. Sheppard, 3 cedar posts
3 00
J. E. Johnson, pail and mug .
72
J. M. Walsh, girth and strap .
3 40
Thomas South, iron posts and repairs on cart
II 16
G. S. Baker, tools .
I 58
Adam Glover, sharpening tools
75
Robert Gillespie, blacksmith work . .
6 75
Ames Plough Co., tools .
4 63
$1,134 97
CREDIT.
By cash paid Treasurer by B. J. Loring :
Received from H. J. Holbrook $5 00
Caleb Stetson
4 00
9 00
$1,125 97
Amount expended on highways
$3,501 50
DRAWBRIDGE.
Jesse Burrell, superintendent .
$100 00
B. J. Loring, labor .
7 43
South Boston Iron Co., castings
3 40
T. D. Bagley, labor and iron work .
4 75
Thomas South, 66
2 00
$117 58
MIDDLE STREET.
N. M. Hobart, on contract
$550 00
Michael Brandley, on contract .
372 00
F. & C. Wilson, stone for bridge
86 13
J. B. Allen, carting stone
28 00
·
19
J. B. Allen, labor 5 days, $3.00
$15 00
Geo. H. Arnold, labor 94 days, $3.00
27 75
Wm. Allen, 66 66
94 3.00
27 75
use of derrick 10 days
10 00
66 carting
50
66
66 tools, powder, and fuse .
50
Geo. W. Hill, self, horse and cart 17
days, $3.25
55 00
Henry Hill, 66 66 66
I7
55 25
George Hill,
6.
43
66
66
14 62
E. T. Ellis 66
66
66
one man
5
66 1.00
5 00
Josiah Holbrook, labor,
132
66
1.50
20 25
William G. Hill,
66
18
66
27 00
Luther Thayer,
66
163 66 66
24 75
Levi I. Hayden, 66
15
66
66
22 50
Thomas P. Fogg, 66
18
66
27 00
Leonard P. Hunt,
66
I4
21 00
Thomas Hill,
66
21
2.25
45 00
66
66 horse and cart
4
66
1.75
7 00
S. W. Hollis,
6
66
66
10 50
66
superintendence
15 00
$1,516 25
REMOVING SNOW.
Thomas Hill, cash paid
$127 90
J. B. Wood, 66
98 85
B. J. Loring, 66
66
112 80
L. W. Collins,
66
18 55
E. T. Ellis
6 00
S. S French
3 85
J. Franklin Bates
4 80
Moses Hunt
2 00
$374 75
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Rand, Avery & Co., printing town report $186 36
66 66 extra copies school report 9 00
66
66 66 66 66 voting and jury lists . 28 00
Green & Prescott,
notices
7 40
J. R. Frazier, cash paid for printing
6 91
C. G. Esterbrook, printing warrants and notices
17 00
R. D. Hobart, surveying .
20 50
T. B. Stoddard, assisting auditors
.
2 00
66
66
15
48 75
66
.
66
20
" Boston Herald," advertising . $5 25
A. F. Hanaford, watching fires
6 00
E. F. E. Thayer, insurance
206 00
J. R. Smith, insurance · 50 00
Mercer & Whittemore, insurance James E. Wheeler, distributing town reports
I 50
W. A. Allen, 66 66
"
3 00
E. T. Ellis,
66 66
66
.
4 50
S. W. Hollis, expenses
2 00
A. Allen, 66
3 80
J. R. Frazier, 66 of fire inquest
38 05
J. F. Bates,
53 15
R. D. Hobart, gravel
3 15
Eri T. Joy, damages on Adams Street
25 00
Thomas Groom, stationery
3 20
Nichols & Hall, 66
27 00
Secretary of State, copy of record .
I 50
Luther R. Barnes, painting pumps .
5 90
Henry Hobart, repairing pump and cleaning well
5 00
J. H. Sumner, horse hire .
13 75
N. M. Hobart, removing dead horse
1 00
P. D. Holbrook, repairing pump
I 50
John Cronin, horse hire . ·
2 00
N. R. Proctor, dipper for pump
50
G. C. Hallenbeck, returning deaths .
7 25
Theodore Walsh, lantern frame and bulletin board .
4 00
Q. L. Reed, surveying
12 00 .
Edward Hobart, post
75
Geo. H. Arnold, assisting surveyor .
I 25
E. Hayward, postage stamps
3 19
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths
6 00
S. A. Bates, collecting and recording marriages, births, and deaths .
69 70
Samuel A. Bates, cash for stationery and stamps S. W. Hollis, expense to Boston five times use of team
2 50
66 cash paid for repairing harness
I 25
A. Allen, expense
7 80
D. H. Bates, use of team .
3 00
H. M. White, tools .
3 95
George W. Thayer, gravel .
3 00
F. T. Ellis, rolling gravel .
3 00
$956 41
I 85
II OO
75 00
21
SUIT OF CATHERINE MCCUE AGAINST THE TOWN.
Edward Avery, services as attorney .
$400 00
Asa French, 66
300 00
W. C. B. Fifield, M. D., medical expert
233 00
D. L. Lincoln, 66
66
175 00
T. H. Dearing
66
.
25 00
A. Allen, cash paid witnesses and expenses
61 23
N. M. Hobart, summoning witnesses 2 30
E. Granville Pratt, damages and costs
119 00
$1,515 53
POLICE UNIFORMS.
H. A. Abbot, caps and trimmings $23 59
H. A. Winship, belts and billies
50 50
$74 09
Appropriation .
65 00
Cr. by cash received of policemen
$9 09
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hunneman & Co., hose and repairs .
· $304 25
E. M. Thayer, steward of No. 2
58 33
W. B. Smith, Jr., No. I 18 50
T. J. Dalton, 66 No. I 26 36
Wm. McEwan, refreshments
13 20
Wm. A. Hodges, 66
3 00
Geo. Davis, 66
·
IO 92
C. W. Smith, 66
7 88
A. J. Bates, 66
27 45
J. A. Penniman, 66
I 26
N. R. Proctor, 66
II IO
H. M. White, 66
20 13
E. L. Curtis, alcohol, expressing, and two dinners
2 70
Myron L. Hobart, labor on H. and L. house
I 50
Joel F. Sheppard, coal
IO 60
Thomas South, horse hire two years
30 00
James Boyd & Sons, repairing hose
I 00
A. J. Morse & Sons, 66 66
.
3 25
Henry Arnold, 66
4 80
John M. Walsh, 66 fire hats, No. I
5 75
J. T. Stevens, expenses to No. Andover .
3 25
.
·
200 00
Henry G. Clark,
22
H. H. Thayer, repairs No. 2
$26 75
S. A. F. Mansfield, painting No. 2
2 00
J. E. Eastwood, stationery, No. I 2 00 Matthew Smith, expressing I 00
J. I. Bates, lamps and shades .
I 95
T. E. Sullivan, drawing engine Luther Thayer, filling reservoir Proctor Bros., lighting, etc.
20 00
10 18
A. W. Peterson, mason work on reservoir
30 25
G. S. Baker, hardware
3 60
John Hurley, watching fire
3 00
T. B. Stoddard, setting glass No. 2
5 00
E. Hayward, books .
49
W. K. Baker & Son, drawing engine No. I
5 00
O. Houghton, transporting committee 2 00
21 33
P. D. Holbrook & Co., “
No. 2
II 62
J. M. Arnold, " 66
H. and L.
13 32
Harvey S. Page, polish and acid
50
E. T. Ellis, kindlings
I 60
W. H. Cavanagh, horse hire (parade July 4)
4 00
W. L. Gage, cash paid for printing Constitution and By-Laws for Hook and Ladder Co.
13 00
J. F. Cabot, framing do.
5 79
$752 61
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Joseph Dyer, Jr., collector, 1874
$285 44
abatement .
33 29
D. H. Bates, collector, 1875 66 abatement, 1875
30 23
66 66 1876
149 30
John Cavanagh
66
17 56
Asa French, adm'r, abatement, 1876
16 32
Mary Merrill, 66 66
50 00
W. C. B. Fifield,
66 66
3 06
A. L. White, 66
65
2 00
Heirs of Nelson Beals,
66
3 57
Charles David,
66
66
: 27
Louis F. Gomez,
66
66
2 04
Ephraim B. Thayer,
66
66
2 50
Charles W. Thayer,
66
66
.
51
.
.
365 82
J. Waldo Hayward, 66
IO 20
.
.
$973 II
A. J. Bates & Co., oil, lamps, chimneys, etc., No. I 66 66
.
3 00
23
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
N. F. T. Hayden, appropriation
$350 00
E. T. Ellis, kindlings 5 60 - . .
$355 60
JANITOR
Of Town Hall, Public Library, High School, and Pond School, George F. Leonard
· $600 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
J. R. Frasier, selectman, assessor, and overseer,
·
$203 50
Abijah Allen, 66 66 66 "
300 00
S. W. Hollis, 66 66 66 66
261 00
David H. Bates, 66 66 66 66
96 00
Jonathan French, treasurer, ·
200 00
Samuel A. Bates, town clerk, .
35 00
N. L. White, school committee, .
50 00
Noah Torrey, 66
50 00
Fiske Barrett, 66 66
76 25
George H. Arnold, 66 66
45 00
James M. Cutting, 66 66
25 00
Eben Denton, auditor, .
8 00
N. F. T. Hayden, “
6 00
Horace Faxon, constable,
10 00
66 police services,
52 00
J. Franklin Bates, "
52 00
B. J. Loring, Jr., " 66 truant officer,
10 00
66 constable,
2 50
Thomas Penniman, 66
8 00
T. B. Stoddard, 66
3 00
6: police services,
12 50
$1,557 75
TOWN HALL.
J. F. Sheppard, coal,
$41 94
P. D. Holbrook, oil, chimneys, etc., Theodore Walsh, two tables, .
61 54
T. B. Stoddard, glass and setting, Sherborn & Co., reflector and lamp, . F. C. Ellis, Jr., step-ladder,
9 00
IO
5 50
3 00
G. F. Leonard, cash paid for repairs,
3 59
.
52 00
24
F. B. Parks, repairing pump, ·
$1 00 E. T. Ellis, kindlings, .
.
7 60
By cash, received for use of hall,
$150 00
CELEBRATION OF FOURTH OF JULY.
Braintree Brass Band, services
$125 00
R. M. Yale, use of tent .
69 90
T. B. Stoddard, decorating
50 00
A. Raymond, meat .
32 00
E. E. Wiggin, crockery ware
31 06
E. R. Flint, lumber and labor .
43 45
O. C. Railroad, freight on cannon
12 87
Charles Martin, catering . cash paid for help
11 00
G. C. Hallenbeck,
5 00
W. K. Baker, 66
16 00
Michael Hawkes, 66
12 00
James Genders, 66
3 00
Otis Cushing, 66
15 00
J. M. Allen,
10 00
John H. Sumner, 66
2 00
S. A. Bates, postage
75
Wm. A. Hodges, bread
7 65
E. S. Hunt, fireworks
150 00
W. K. Baker, carting fireworks
3 45
C. Arnold, 66
1 00
Rockwell & Churchill, printing
9 00
A. Mudge & Son,
13 00
C. G. Esterbrooks, 66
5 00
J. B. Ford, milk
I 20
Sawyer, Hollis, & Co., butter .
8 35
J. F. Trowbridge, cartridges, etc.
32 81
E. Hayward, two barrels tar Wm. A. Kane, cotton cloth
7 00
B. J. Loring, Jr., collecting refreshments
5 50
H. M. White, coffee and pail
3 90
Henry A. Pierce labor
4 70
Adam Hobart, labor
1 00
16 00
Patrick Moils, 66
6 00
C. B. Woodsum,
21 50
15 00
Michael Brandley, teaming
$143 27
19 05
25
J. B. Wood, carting tar
$3 00
Albert Hobart, tar and carting
10 00
E. S. Dean, labor
4 00
Josephus Shaw, carting
9 00
- Anglim, labor
4 00
William Reed, milk
1 00
A. Hollis, ice .
80
C. M. Thayer, labor
3 00
Elisha Thayer, lemons and sugar
26 45
Io gallons of pickles
4 00
66
cash paid for flags
5 02
66
sundries
3 80
$844 21
Cr. By cash from subscription
$141 00
60 sale of lumber and cloth 13 04
" butter
3 60
$157 64
1
$686 57
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers .
· $1,167 67
Bill due for January, 1876
113 40
Bill sent and due Jan. 1, 1877 .
· $1,192 07
Cash returned to treasurer
4 00
66 paid for January, 1877
85 00
$1,281 07
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
M. A. Perkins, appropriation .
$150 00
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
To cash paid for board of insane persons $447 90 Refunded by friends (see Treasurer's account).
EXPENSES WHICH ACCRUED IN FORMER YEARS.
$100 00
Town of Randolph, aid to Jerry Sexton (1874) Stoughton, aid to Snow family . 42 50
Jechomais Thayer, land damages West Street . N. M. Hobart, balance of contract on reservoir Nancy White, adm. land damage on West Street T. H. Dearing, services as School Committee
80 00
50 00
45 00
20 00
$1,281 07
26
Eben Denton, services as Committee on Fire Department and Auditor
$43 50
F. F. Forsythe, medical attendance on Aaron Leavitt 25 50 . Mary Donahue, cleaning Union School-house . 20 00
Caleb Stetson, gravel (1873)
35 00
Adam Hobart, stone work
I 45
J. H. Mellus, returning deaths (1874)
50
J. L. Hammatt, school supplies
2 93
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for
Schools
. · $7,781 75
4
Union School-house
250 00
Middle Street School-house
100 00
Almshouse
1,872 75
Poor out of the Almshouse
2,796 45
Surveyors of Highways
·
3,510 50
Drawbridge
117 58
Widening Middle Street
1,516 25
Removing snow
374 75
Incidental expenses .
956 41
Suit of McCue against town
1,515 53
Police uniforms
74 09
Fire department
752 61
Collection and abatement of taxes
973 II
Public Library .
355 60
Janitor of public buildings
600 00
Town officers
1,557 75 .
Town Hall
143 27
Celebration of the 4th of July
686 57
State aid
1,167 67
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
447 90
Expenses which accrued in former years
466 38
Four hundred and thirty-one orders .
$28,550 64
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and the Surveyors of Highways, and find them correct, and all payments sustained by proper vouchers.
BENJ. F. DYER, N. F. T. HAYDEN, EBEN DENTON,
Auditors.
.
206 87
Incidental expenses of schools . :6 66 school-houses
176 85
$466 38
.
27
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Support of schools
$6,800 00
Incidentals for schools .
300 00
Repairs on Union School-house 66 Middle Street School-house
100 00
Seats for Iron-Works School-house
75 00
Highways
3,500 00
Improvement of Middle Street
1,500 00
Interest on town debt
3,500 00
Reduction of town debt
1,000 00
Town officers
1,200 00
Incidentals
1,500 00
Support of poor,
3,500 00
Fire department
850 co
Janitor, .
600 00
Grand army, .
150 00
Public library, .
350 00
County tax,
2,223 29
State tax,
2,700 00
Overlay, .
1,200 12
$31,298 41
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Schools, .
· $6,800 00
Highways,
3.500 00
Interest on town debt
. 4,000 00
Reduction of " 66
. 2,000 00
Town officers .
1,500 00
Incidentals
·
1,500 00
Support of poor
3,500 00 ·
Completion of Middle Street
300 00
Grand army
150 00
Fire department
1,000 00
Public library .
350 00
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Janitor
600 00
$25,500 00
·
.
.
250 00
28
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
Amount of tax-bill for 1875
$36,582 82 ·
Cash paid Treasurer per last report 66 since
1,207 82
36,582 82
Cash paid Treasurer for interest collected
$117 45 ·
DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
Amount of tax bill for 1876
$31,298 41
Cash paid Treasurer
$30,175 00
Unpaid taxes as per schedule
913 32
Cash in hands of Collector
210 09
-$31,298 41
Interest collected and in hands of Collector
77 32
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1876.
Joseph A. Arnold,
$73 65
John S. Hanson,
$21 13
George E. Arnold,
2 00
Edgar G. Hayden,
2 00
James Ahearn,
2 00
Henry M. Hayden, 2 00
George F. Bicknell,
2 00
Nelson E. Hayden,
14 75
John E. Boyle,
2 00
William Hayden,
29 54
John Brightman,
3 27
C. Henry Hayden,
5 83
Frederic Bunker,
32 60
Joshua N. Hobart, balance,
5 13
Eunice Collins, balance,
9 97
Elias Holbrook.
32 09
Austin L. Cole,
2 00
Francis W. Holbrook,
2 00
James Conley,
2 00
Ludo. W. Holbrook, Jr.,
2 00
John Connorty,
2 00
Joel Hollis,
30 56
Thomas Crouther,
2 00
Geo. Henry Howard,
2 00
Simeon P. Cushing,
23 42
John C. Willey,
2 00
John Deland, ·
21 13
Daniel W. Thayer,
25
Jeremiah Dennehy,
17 05
William Buker,
3 57
Robert Dickey,
II 69
Thomas Hayes,
18 87
William Dickey,
2 00
J. B. Thompson,
2 55
Thomas Doran,
2 00
Sophia Houghton,
4 59
Alexander Downey,
8 89
Daniel Hurley,
2 00
Edgar A. Fogg,
2 00
Moses Jones,
13 22
John S. Fraser,
16 79
Andrew G. King,
2 51
Adam A. French,
2 00
Heirs of T. J. Langley,
9 95
Edwin F. French,
15 77
Geo. H. Lane,
4 29
Hiram A. French,
49 94
Sarah H. Lane,
57 37
William H. French,
2 00
Gardner S. Leavitt,
2 00
James M. French,
2 00
H. O. Leonard, balance,
4 91
Alexander N. Gerrold,
2 00
J. E. Lochman,
104 00
Samuel H. Gooch,
2 00
Patrick Lynch,
2 00
-
$35,375 00
29
Dennis Mahoney,
$2 00
David Thayer,
$17 55
George Mansfield,
2 00
D. Brainard Thayer,
12 71
S. A. F. Mansfield,
2 00
Francis P. Thayer,
2 00
Edward H. Mellus,
4 55
James S. Thayer,
13 47
Joseph H. Mellus, balance,
3 27
Jonathan Thayer, Jr.,
2 00
James McAlpine,
2 00
John Q. A. Thayer,
2 00
T. J. McCormick,
9 14
William Tobin,
2 00
Alvan M. Nightingale,
2 00
Edgar H. Trufant,
2 00
Elisha B. Nightingale,
2 00
Edward H. Vinton,
2 00
O. H. P. Niles,
15 51
Albert A. Whitmarsh,
2 00
Michael Nolan,
3 53
James Willis,
13 73
Frank B. Parks,
18 07
Boston Organ Co.,
40 So
Elijah Penniman,
17 55
Robert V. Barnes,
3 83
Lory O. Rand,
2 00
Emily Houghton,
3 31
Aaron H. Russell,
2 00
Henry W. Wild,
I 02
Jacob Sprague, Jr.,
2 00
Michael Stanton,
2 00
$913 32
Napoleon Tellier,
2 00
30
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, TREAS.
1876.
DR.
· $35,892 92
Feb. I. To cash on hand received of J. Dyer, Jr., Collector of 1874 : Balance of cash, Feb. 1, 1876, 2 33
tax bills 578 31
interest 76 30
66 D. H. Bates, Collector of 1875: Balance of cash, Feb. 1, 1876,
208 53
interest, " 1, 1876,
91 84
Interest accrued since 25 61
Balance of tax bills .
999 29
from Thomas Hill, for use of cart 20 00
66
J. B. Wood, 66
14 12
¥
"
B. J. Loring,
II 13
H. J. Holbrook .
5 00
Caleb Stetson
4 00
Police toward uniforms . 9 09
Selectmen, State aid returned,
4 00
10 00
" Union School-house Commit-
tee, unexpended balance .
27 76
Traders' Ins. Co., dividend
.
21 00
State Treas., State paupers
.
42 00
Sale of burial lots .
7 50
Overseers of Poor . .
1,075 28
Use of Town Hall .
1 57 00
Shoe & Leather Bank :
Interest due Feb. 1, 1876,
313 33
accrued since
391 67
Royal T. King, license
10 00
66 State Treasurer :
Corporation tax
1, 104 97
Bank
·
1,637 84
State aid
1,345 45
School fund
257 19
66
" County Treas., Dog tax .
411 06
J. Dyer, Treas., School fund . 350 00
66
66 David H. Bates, Coll'tor 1876, 30,175 00
borrowed of Union Nat. Bank of Weymouth 18,500 00
-- $93,779 52
.
66
66
66
66
31
CR.
By cash paid order No. 55, due Feb. 1, 1876
$1 00
66
66
66 note, Quincy Savings Bank
. 10,000 00
66
notes, Union National Bank, of Weymouth, for money borrowed 18,500 00
6 66
66 W. S. Dexter, trustee of Thayer Academy
· 20,000 00
6
66 Mary H. Thayer, on note
70 00
State tax
2,700 00
66
66 county tax
2,223 29
66
interest
. 3.559 78
66
66
on hand Feb. 1, 1877
8,271 58
$93,779 52
BRAINTREE, Feb. 20, 1877.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of Jonathan French, Treasurer of the town of Braintree, and find them correctly kept and the payments duly vouched ; and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of the treasury, Feb. 1, 1877.
BENJ. F. DYER, N. F. T. HAYDEN, EBEN DENTON.
Auditors.
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1877.
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Oct. 28, 1862, at 7 per cent Interest
9 13
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Jan. 26, 1866, at 7 per cent Joseph Dyer, Jr., Feb. 1, 1871, at 7 per cent
800 00
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1873, at 7 per cent
4,000 00 ·
F. G. Crosby, Aug. 10, 1874, at 7 per cent . Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, at 7 per cent Interest
· 342 93
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 24, 1868, at 7 per cent Interest
6 41
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, at 6 per cent Interest
31 80
Braintree Savings Bank, June 20, 1871, at 7 per cent . Interest from Jan. 1, 1877 .
1, 500 00
Trustees Estate of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer,
Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent · 10,000 00
March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent
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