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T. B. Stoddard, paint, oil, and labor . 29 58
Boston Lightning Rod Co., repairing rods . .
12 00
Michael Brandley, coal
36 10
Kane & Waitte, 20 gallons oil
5 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, lead, lines, hods, lamps, glass, &c. . 69 85
Pierce & Sanborn, stovepipe and putting up
25 25
Kane & Waitte, 5 gallons oil
1 25
E. T. Ellis, fuel
6 00
A. A. Linnell, grate and fire-brick
2 00 1
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
207 00
FIRE-DEPARTMENT. UNION ENGINE, No. 1.
G. C. Hallenbeck, drawing engine from So. Braintree, $2 50
A. J. Sims, setting glass · 2 00
Thomas South, iron-work . /
23 75
C. W. Smith, step-ladder, $2.00; sundries, $12.98 .
.
14 98
.
1 20
$1,294 27
.
.
$215 89
26
Charles Ratcliff, steward
$17 50
Robert M. Loring, steward
17 50
William H. McGregor, services of 50 men
250 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal and wood
13 98
George E. Fogg, drawing engine
2 00
Sewall, Day, & Co., rope .
4 57
C. G. Easterbrooks, printing notices and constitution,
12 50
John Downs, labor on door
1 00
Galen E. Pratt, stationery .
1 00
Hunneman & Co., repairing engine and hose
84 40
Joseph I. Bates, cuspidores and lanterns
8 00
$455 68
BUTCHER BOY, No. 2.
C. B. Woodsum, expressing, and drawing engine
$6 40
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, chimneys, paper, and sup- plies
21 27
J. B. Wood, labor, gravel, and coal
8 32
Edward Shay, iron-work and belts
15 48
E. M. Thayer, steward 17 50
17 50
J. R. Smith, services of 50 men .
250 00
M. J. Kiley, 60 copies of by-laws
6 75
P. W. Dyer, drawing engine to Randolph
2 00
James McSweeney, leather cylinder caps
2 00
E. G. Stoddard, glass-setting, 4 lights
4 00
H. M. White, coal and refreshments
3 25
E. T. Ellis, wood
1 20
$355 67
WAMPATUCK HOOK AND LADDER.
Myron L. Hobart, labor, glass, and setting
$2 50
Myron L. Hobart, steward 16 67
Myron L. Hobart, services of 25 men .
125 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal and wood
7 60
N. R. Proctor, refreshments .
8 27
N. R. Proctor, oil, lamps, chimneys, and supplies
16 90
A. W. Hobart, hammer
1 00
$177 94
ENGINEERS.
Thomas Penniman, services as engineer and committee, Wm. M. Richards, services as engineer and committee, C. W. Proctor, services as engineer and committee J. T. Stevens, services as engineer and committee Thomas South, services as engineer and committee
$15 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
L. W. Thayer, steward
27
A. J. Bates & Co., stationery
$ 37
Thayer Bros., horse-hire 3 50
$38 87
ABATEMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
$44 80
W. L. Wainwright, tax of 1877 . J. W. Hayward, tax of 1878
.
.
.
10 00
F. G. Crosby, tax of 1878 .
20 00
Charlotte Loring, tax of 1878
15 00
Herman F. Vickery, tax of 1878
63 50
Mark F. Duncklee, tax of 1878 .
60 50
James L. Simonds, tax of 1878
20 00
Ann Long, tax of 1878
5 00
Ephraim B. Thayer, tax of 1878
2 00
Heirs of Elisha French, tax of 1878
3 50
Heirs of John Daland, tax of 1878
15 00
Robert A. Wilson, tax of 1878 .
1 00
D. H. Bates, collector of tax of 1876 . 10 00
150 23
D. H. Bates, collector of tax of 1876 . Joseph Dyer, collector of tax of 1877 and 1878
231 36
$651 89
PLAIN-STREET CEMETERY.
John V. Hunt, labor 5} days, at $1.30 L. W. Holbrook, labor 3 days, at $1.30 George B. Jones, labor 2 days, at $1.30 Simeon Thayer, labor 4 days, at $1.30 B. J. Loring, labor 3 days, at $1.30 B. F. Spear, labor 5 days, at $1.30
$7 15
3 90
.
.
2 60
5 20
3 90
Patrick Sullivan, labor 14 days, at $1.30
1 63
Elihu Alden, labor 1} day, at $2.00
3 00
4 50
F. C. Allen, labor 3 days, at $1.50 . F. C. Allen, labor 4 days, at $1.30 5 20 N. E. Hayden, two men and two horses and carts, 6 days, at $5.50 33 00
8 25
S. P. Cushing, trees and shrubs .
41 75
N. H. Hunt, gravel 250 loads, at $.05
12 50
Thomas South, repairing scraper
2 50
J. B. Allen, ploughing } day
3 00
E. R. Waterman, use of team
1 00
A. O. Clark, labor
3 00
E. T. Ellis, stakes
6 60
Edward Hobart, fence-materials .
5 60
L. Bradford Hollis, use of roller
50
.
7 00
Andrew Gott, man, horse, and cart 3 days, at $2.75 John Cronin, use of team .
6 50
28
A. Allen, labor, superintendence, use of team, survey- ing and making plan . $27 50
$195 78
POLICE-DEPARTMENT.
Isaac Porter, salary
$600 00
J. F. Bates, salary
600 00
B. J. Loring, jun., salary
600 00
B. J. Loring, jun., cash paid for expenses
32 45
Munroe Belcher, special police 4th July
2 00
H. L. Thayer, horse-hire
5 50
CR.
B. J. Loring, jun., fees paid to treasurer (see treasurer's
account)
$71 58
TOWN LANDS.
Edward Hobart, trees, 1875 .' :
$4 12
E. T. Ellis, horse, cart, and men, carting gravel 40 50
E. T. Ellis, rolling walks 1 00
$45 62
RESERVOIR WELL.
N. M. Hobart, award of committee $181 67
N. M. Hobart, on contract
185 00
N. M. Hobart, extra work and change of location,
20 00
G. W. Thayer, gravel
1 30
Isaac N. Dyer, labor .
1 25
$389 22
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
N. F. T. Hayden, appropriation
$450 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
S. W. Hollis, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor
$300 00
Abijah Allen, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor 300 00
David H. Bates, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor 45 00
Ansel O. Clark, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor · 260 00
·
.
$1,839 95
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Jonathan French, Treasurer
.
$200 00
Samuel A. Bates, Town Clerk
35 00
N. L. White, School Committee
60 00
50 00
50 00
50 00
33 00
50 00
4 00
B. J. Loring, jun., Constable (see Treasurer's Ac- count)
12 00
B. J. Loring, jun., Truant Officer (see Treasurer's Ac- count)
9 45
J. B. Arnold, Auditor
7 50
Asa T. Pratt, Auditor
5 00
$1,470 95
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for, -
Schools
$7,997 21
Incidental expenses of schools
256 31
Incidental expenses of schoolhouses
205 91
Appropriation for schoolhouses .
438 84
Almshouse
2,076 66
Poor out of the almshouse .
3,531 53
Drawbridge
381 86
Hospitals .
438 04
Highways .
3,654 68
Removing snow .
825 03
Incidental expenses
1,294 27
Town officers ·
1,470 95
Police-Department
·
1,839 95
State aid .
.
1,137 19
State aid to soldiers
2,588 00
Janitor
600 00
Town Hall
215 89
Town land .
45 62
Reservoirs
389 22
Abatement and collection of taxes
651 89
Library
1,028 16
Cemetery
200 00
Grand Army
150 00
$31,867 21
31,867 21
534 orders drawn
450 00
Fire-Department
.
Noah Torrey, School Committee George H. Arnold, School Committee James M. Cutting, School Committee Freeman A. Arnold, School Committee B. L. M. Tower, School Committee Thomas Penniman, Constable
.
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We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, and find them well kept, with proper vouchers for all payments ; and we fully believe the affairs of the town have been carefully and judiciously managed.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, )
EBEN DENTON, Auditors. JOHN M. BEALS,
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Support of schools
. $6,800 00
Interest
.
.
· 3,300 00
Town officers
. 1,500 00
Incidental expenses
1,200 00
Support of poor
4,000 00
Fire-Department
1,200 00
Public Library .
450 00
Incidental expenses for schools
300 00
Removing snow
1,000 00
Janitor
600 00
Highways and bridges
3,500 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Union Schoolhouse, and yards and fences of other schoolhouses
200 00
Union Schoolhouse, yard and outbuildings
200 00
Night police
1,800 00
Bridge and draw, Quincy Avenue
300 00
State tax .
1,500 00
County tax
2,223 29
Overlay
1,464 71
$31,888 00
Appropriations necessary for the ensuing year : -
1
Schools
· $6,800 00
Highways .
· 4,000 00
Interest on town debt
£ 3,500 00
Reduction of town debt
2,000 00
Town officers
· 1,500 00
Incidental expenses
· 1,500 00
Support of the poor
4,500 00
Grand Army 150 00
Fire-Department
1,000 00
Public Library .
450 00
Incidental expenses of schools
. 300 00
Janitor
. 600 00
.
·
Improvement of cemetery at Plain Street
200 00
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Removing snow . . $1,000 00 New road from Shaw Street to Quincy Avenue . . 1,500 00
$28,800 00
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT, FEB. 1, 1879.
DR.
Joseph Dyer, balance tax, 1877 $3,113 99
interest on above 163 20
cash on hand Feb. 1, 1878 21 77
$3,298 96
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
. $3,121 80
By cash paid Treasurer as interest
80 76
By unpaid taxes
96 40
$3,298 96
TAXES UNPAID, BILL OF 1877.
Joseph A. Arnold .
$49 84
Moses Jones .
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.
.
·
13 76
Alverdo Mason (balance)
2 00
Robert Dickey
3 08
Charles C. Hayward
11 48
J. B. Thompson
2 80
Ellen J. Melendy
13 44
$96 40
JOSEPH DYER, Collector of 1878.
Amount of tax-bills for 1878 .
·
.
$31,888 00
Amount added since commitment
.
.
56 00
$31,944 00
Cash paid to Treasurer.
$29,523 43
Taxes unpaid as per schedule
2,203 07
Cash in hands of Collector
217 50
$31,944 00
Interest in hands of Collector .
43 75
Having examined the accounts of the Collector as shown above, we hereby certify them to be correct.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, ) EBEN DENTON, JOHN M. BEALS,
Auditors.
.
.
.
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TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1879.
George A. Alden $2 00
Martin Dunn . $2 00
Daniel A. Hearn 2 00
Alfred K. Durling 2 00
James A. Hearn
2 00
George E. Arnold
2 00
Joseph A. Arnold
44 50
Horace Faxon 9 75
Heirs of Edmund Ban-
Heirs of Jos. R. Frazer, 35 50
non 6 25
Edwin E. French 17 75
Benjamin C. Bannon 2 00 Hiram A. French 47 50
Heirs of James Bannon,
5 25
J. Jackson French 21 25
Joseph I. Bates .
32 00
James M. French 2 00
Elijah Benjamin .
14 25
Thomas R. Fitch
3 00
William A. Bishop 15 50
Charles Gardner 14 00
John Bowditch 11 50
John Greenwood 7 25
J. Francis Bowditch 10 00
Stephen S. Bradford
2 75
Maurice Gurney 2 00
Robert Brooks
8 75
Thomas M. Hagan
11 00
Albert N. Bunker 19 75
Jeremiah Haley . 2 00
Fred Bunker (balance)
2 00
John S. Hanson (bal- ance) 11 57
Nahum Bunker
3 25
Charles T. Burnham
2 00
Caleb Hayden 28 00
Charles A. Hayden . 2 00
Edgar G. Hayden
4 50
Patrick Carroll
2 00
Hosea B. Hayden
5 50
George Carney
2 00
George E. Hayden
4 00
Morris Cleary.
2 00
I. Willie Hayden
2 00
Leroy W. Collins
3 25
Nelson E. Hayden 2 75
S. F. B. Collins .
2 00
William Hayden
24 50
Eunice Collins
43 75
William O. Hayden
2 00
John Connaughty
2 00
C. Henry Hayden
5 75
John W. Cook
2 00
Levi F. Hayden .
2 00
Franklin Cram
16 00
H. Webster Hayden 2 00
2 00
James Croke .
5 50
Josiah B. Hayward Henry Hobart
15 75
John Croke
2 00
Joshua N. Hobart 18 75
James Croke, jun.
2 00
Nathaniel M. Hobart 92 00
Simeon P. Cushing
21 75
Charles F. Holbrook 11 50
Jere Denchay
15 75
John H. Denehay 2 00
Freeman D. Holbrook . 2 00
Heirs of Robert Dickey, 3 75
Josiah Holbrook 2 00
Robert A. Dickey 2 00
Pat Donahue . 13 00
Peter Donahue
2 00
Waldo Holbrook 2 00
Thomas Donahue
3 00
Joel Hollis
26 75
John J. Downs
9 50
Frank G. Howe . 2 00
William F. Dyer
48 00
Moses Hunt
11 75
Sarahı F. Brown .
32 00
Osgood A. Brown
8 50
Frederic Cram
11 25
Elias Holbrook 25 25
Ludo W. Holbrook . 2 00
Ludo W. Holbrook, jun. 2 00
Jos. P. Drolliett 4 00
George H. Dyer . 2 00
Dennis Griffin 14 00
19 00 Thomas J. Griffin 7 50
John Brightman
33
Willard M. Hunt
$8 50
Elisha B. Nightingale . $2 00
Thomas Hueston
16 00
O. H. P. Niles 15 00
Henderson Brothers
22 00 Patrick Nugent 2 00
Moses Jones .
4 25
John Nugent . 2 00
Silas M. Jones
20 25
George W. Kelly
2 00
Frank B. Parks 14 00
Benjamin F. Kennedy . .2 00
Robert C. Payne (bal.) 1 25
George H. Lane . 3 25
Elijah Penniman . 17 00
William A. Ross & Co .. 30 00
Henry O. Leonard .
8 50
Frank E. Sanderson 2 00
C. Watson Saunders 2 00
Richard F. Loring
2 00
W. W. Sanders 2 00
B. I. Loring .
191 25
Cornelius Smith .
8 75
John L. Lynch
2 00
James Sline 9 00
Lawrence Lynch .
4 00
Ellen Shehan . 7 50
Patrick Lynch
2 00
Michael Stanton . 2 00
Albert Lucus . 2 00
Edward Starr .
16 75
Patrick F. McGuire 2 00
Benjamin Stevens 21 50
John Mehan . 2 00
Michael Sullivan 2 00
John Maloney, 2d 2 00
Timothy Sullivan 4 00
John Summers 12 50
S. A. F. Mansfield . 2 00
Isabella J. Scott .
24 50
Warren Mansfield 2 25
John M. Scott 2 00
Alverdo Mason (bal.) . 7 50
Napoleon Tellier 2 00
Abel H. Thayer . 5 00
Abel H. and James L.
Thayer . 15 50
David Thayer (bal.) 8 00
David Thayer, 2d (bal.), 4 25
David B. Thayer 11 50
James McAlpine 2 00
Elwyn H. Thayer
2 00
Thomas J. McCormick . 8 00
James L. Thayer 2 00
Jona Thayer, jun. 2 00
2 00
James McKenny 3 50
Richard McNair . 2 00
Melvin Thayer . 16 25
James McSweeney
17 00
Simeon Thayer (bal.) 7 50
Neil McRae
31 00
William Thomas 13 75
Patrick McLaughlin
2 00
Martin Tribou (bal.) 1 00
Roderick Mckenzie .
2 00
Elmer H. Vinton 2 75
A. McDonald
2 00
Thomas B. Vinton .
62 50
Philip McGee
2 00
Freeman G. White .
20 75
Michael McCormick
2 00
N. Augustus White . 24 00
Mary J. Newcomb 13 50
Peter Ness 2 00
Alva A. Whitmarsh
2 00
Sarah H. Lane 51 00
Frank Rossiter 2 00
Jacob E. Lochman
67 50
Alden P. Loring .
2 00
Patrick Sullivan . 2 00
Heirs Gardner Mans- field . 12 00
Charles A. Mead 7 00
John Mellen 2 00
Jos. F. Miller 5 50
Peter Mooney 2 00
Conrad Mischler (bal.) 17 00
William H. Morrow 2 00
Daniel McCue 13 50
James McDonald 12 00
J. Q. A. Thayer .
Lewis Thayer 8 75
Otis Whiting . 2 00
John O'Hare . 2 00
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Non-residents.
E. A. Baker . $8 00
Boston Organ Co. 25 00
Franklin Jacobs .
12 00
Nathaniel Bump . 9 25
Frank W. Mead . 26 00
J. B. Thompson . 2 50
75
Heirs Cotton Tufts
5 00
Robert B. Barnes
3 75
William Buker
3 50
Total
$2,203 07
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
Feb. 1, 1878.
Cash on hand
. $12,247 48
Received of Joseph Dyer, Collector,
1877
3,121 80
Joseph Dyer, 1877 . 80 76
Joseph Dyer, Collector,
1878 .
29,523 43
David H. Bates, Collector,
1876
233 41
David H. Bates, Collector, interest 17 39
Weymouth rowed)
Bank (bor-
12,000 00
Overseers of the poor (re- funded)
14 33
Overseers of the poor (re- funded) 438 04
Overseers of City of New Bedford 75 05
Holbrook .
114 00
Overseers of the poor
(Almshouse) 321 82
Moses Hunt, for hay
5 05
School Committee 5 00
Michael Brandley, use of cart 5 55
Thomas Hill, use of cart .
9 97
Albert Hobart, cash .
5 00
S. W. Hollis, use of cart .
4 00
A. Allen, for two lots in cemetery
10 00
Thomas B. Porter . $25 50
Thomas H. Hayes 18 00
Henry H. Goodnow 1 00
George A. Thayer
34 50
Charles C. Hayward 10 25
Ellen J. Melendy 12 00
Frederic E. Washburn . 12 00
Timothy Conners
2 00
Elihu Holbrook .
35
Received of B. F. Spear, for one lot in cemetery $5 00
Noah Torrey, School Com- mittee, tuition of C. Bates 4 84
215 00
Selectmen, use of town hall B. J. Loring, jun., con- stable and truant-officer's fees
21 45
B. J. Loring, jun., police- officer's fees . 51 13
Selectmen (refunded by
G. A. R.)
70 00
State Treasurer, corp. tax,
1,352 69
State Treasurer, bank tax,
1,857 06
State Treasurer, State aid, Selectmen, return premium on policy
18 00
State Treasurer, school
fund ·
228 86
County Treasurer, dog li- censes .
434 44
Harvey S. Page, license fee
1 00
Joseph Dyer, treasurer of school fund .
300 00
Town of Randolph
62 42
Town of Peabody . .
11.50
Selectmen, balance of ap-
4 22
propriation for cemetery, City of Boston .
56 47
$63,957 96
Feb. 1, 1879.
Cash paid on 534 orders . $31,867 21
notes, Weymouth Bank
12,000 00
Mary H. Thayer, on note and interest
153 62
on sundry notes
3,119 20
note, Joseph Dyer
500 00
note, Asa French, guardian .
1,400 00
note, Braintree Savings Bank,
1,500 00
note, F. G. Crosby
4,000 00
note, Joseph Dyer
800 00
note, Joseph Dyer
·
250 00
note, Edwin Howard
900 00
State tax, 1878
1,500 00
1,031 80
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Cash paid County tax, 1878 . $2,223 29 on hand, Feb. 1, 1879 3,744 64
$63,957 96
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, and find them correct, with a balance of cash on hand, $3,744.64.
J. B. ARNOLD, EBEN DENTON, Auditors. JOHN M. BEALS,
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1879.
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 24, 1868, at 6 per cent Interest 5 50
$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 .
10,000 00
May 18, 1874, at 6 per cent . 2,000 00 .
F. G. Crosby, Aug. 10, 1874, at 6 per cent . 1,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank : -
July 24, 1875, five years at 6 per cent . 10,000 00
July 24, 1875, seven years at 6 per cent .
5,000 00
July 24, 1875, ten years at 6 per cent . 5,000 00
Mary H. Thayer, Feb. 1, 1877, at 6 per cent, 396 95
$43,902 45
Less assets as per schedule
10,498 93
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1879 .
$33,403 52
Net debt Feb. 1, 1878
$36,260 00 .
Feb. 1, 1879 .
33,403 52 .
Net less than last year .
. $2,856 48
ASSETS OF THE TOWN, FEB. 1, 1879.
Balance in the Treasury . $3,744 64
Due from Joseph Dyer, tax 1877
.
96 40
Joseph Dyer, tax 1878
2,203 07
Joseph Dyer, cash
217 50
City of Boston
41 99
Town of Hingham
68 52
Town of Weymouth
142 59
Town of South Abington
13 75
Town of Stoughton .
36 40
The State
133 10
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37
Due from Horace Faxon .
$9 00
F. B. Parks
10 78
State, for State aid .
1,223 19
State, for soldiers' aid
.
.
2,558 00
$10,498 93
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TO THE SELECTMEN.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 1, 1878.
The Trustees of the Thayer Public Library respectfully submit their annual report as follows : -
The Library has been open during the year, 282 days. Circula- tion of books, 14,553 ; average per day, 51+.
Percentage of fiction . .
70
Percentage of juvenile
7
Percentage of higher order . 23 ·
Largest number loaned in one day, Feb. 23 . 205
Smallest number loaned in one day, July 30 7
Whole number of volumes in Library, upwards of . 4,200 Number of books added during the year 517
Number of borrowers .
. 1,659
Number of borrowers added during the year .
242
By comparing this report with those of preceding years it will be seen that the number of those making use of the Library has steadily increased, which furnishes the most gratifying evidence that its value is becoming more and more appreciated. We take great pleasure in gratefully acknowledging the receipt of a very valuable collection of books, costing $500, a gift to the Library from our townsman, Mr. E. A. Hollingsworth. Also from Mr. Eben Denton a consecutive series of "The Scientific American," from 1848 to 1878 inclusive, the value of which as books of refer- ence can hardly be over-estimated.
To carry on the Library for the ensuing year will require the same appropriation by the town as was made last year, -$400.
We append the financial report of our Treasurer.
Respectfully, ASA FRENCH, F. A. HOBART, HENRY A. JOHNSON, N. H. HUNT, N. F. T. HAYDEN,
Trustees.
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THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance in hands of Treasurer, Feb. 1, 1878 . $443 16
Town appropriation
450 00
Town Treasurer, 1 year's interest, 6 per cent, $10,000
600 00
From Librarian, for fines
27 21
From Librarian, for sales of catalogues . .
14 85
$1,535 22
Expenditures.
Paid Estes & Lauriat for books $548 37
H. V. & H. W. Poor for books
5 00
William H. Osborne for books
2 63
A. W. Thayer for books
58 25
C. L. Woodward for books .
1 50
A. W. Thayer for binding
34 20
M. R. Warren for stationery
11 95
I. G. Gates for printing
.
1 75
D. H. Huxford for printing .
·
2 00
F. B. Parks for grate-fixtures .
5 00
Abbie M. Arnold for incidental penses
ex-
2 12
Abbie M. Arnold for librarian, 1 year
300 00
Wm. A. Tupper for carpenter repairs
7 75
Downer Kerosene Oil Co. for oil .
9 30
P. D. Holbrook & Co. for oil and fix- tures
14 74
Joel F. Sheppard for coal
74 75
E. F. E. Thayer for insurance
100 00
Woodsum's Express
6 65
$1,185 96
Balance in hands of Treasurer Feb. 1, 1879 . $349 26 .
N. F. T. HAYDEN, Treasurer.
BRAINTREE SCHOOL-FUND REPORT.
Cash on hand, Feb 1, 1878 . $66 67
Dividend received from Quincy National Bank 60 00
Dividend received from Weymouth National Bank 70 00
Dividend received from Eliot National Bank
15 00
Taxes refunded .
31 46
Cash received for ten cords of wood
20 00
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Cash received for rent of almshouse Charge to new account
200 00
98
Total .
$464 12
Cash paid D. F. Lyons
$9.00
W. R. Penniman, painting
70 00
W. R. Penniman, for repairs
.35 25
for insurance
29 13
L. R. Barnes, painting
10 08
Peterson & Carroll
3 65
P. A. Wales & Son, repairing pump
5 00
E. T. Ellis, repairing stable
2 00
Jonathan French .
300 00
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Total
· $464 11
JOSEPH DYER, Treasurer of School Fund.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TO THE SELECTMEN.
I most respectfully submit the following report : -
The department is under the control of a chief and eight assist- ant engineers ; there are two hand-engines, with hose-carriages attached, and one hook-and-ladder carriage.
The companies are full, and consist of one hundred and twenty- five volunteers. The several houses belonging to the department would be in good condition by adding a coat of paint to each of them. The engineers are considering the expediency of raising the hose-towers, in order to secure a better protection to the hose. There are belonging to the department 400 feet of reliable hose, 1,100 feet of unreliable hose, and 300 feet of condemned hose.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY. Union, No. 1.
One engine and hose-carriage, 200 feet of rubber hose, 250 feet of linen rubber-lined hose, 300 feet of linen hose, 32 feet of suction hose, 8 sets spanners and belts, 2 wrenches, 2 stoves, 1 duster, 1 dustpan and brush, 3 oil-cans, 2 axes, 1 coal-hod, 4 fire-ladders, 1 fire-hook, 2 pails, 1 bursting-strap, 8 settees, 8 chairs, 1 table, 8 lamps and fixtures, 12 spittoons, 4 buckets, 4 nozzles, 6 hats, 5 lanterns, 2 shovels, 1 step-ladder, 1 signal light, pole for horses.
Butcher Boy, No. 2.
One engine and hose-carriage, 200 feet rubber hose, 250 feet of linen rubber-lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 35 feet suction-hose,
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8 sets spanners and belts, 2 stoves, 2 axes, 2 bursting-straps, 10 settees, 8 chairs, 5 lanterns, 8 lamps and fixtures, 6 spittoons, 4 buckets, 5 nozzles, 2 fire-ladders, 1 house-ladder, pole for horses, 1 rubber coat, 1 broom, 3 oil-cans, 1 wrench, 1 boiler, 1 jack, 1 coal-hod, 1 fountain-pump, 1 crowbar, 5 sets couplings, 1 shovel.
Wampatuck Hook-and-Ladder, No. 1.
One carriage, 8 ladders, 6 hooks, 6 spittoons, 8 chairs, 10 settees, 2 stoves, 2 coal-hods, 2 boilers, 2 oil-cans, 22 buckets, 2 pumps, 6 dog-hooks, 2 lanterns, 2 axes, 1 shovel, 1 broom, 1 dustpan, 1 lever, and pole for horses.
SCHEDULE OF FIRES IN 1878.
Feb. 15, Ross & French, shoe-factory, owned and occupied by said firm : value $1,700, loss $100 ; supposed cause, incendiary.
May 12, a dwelling-house of P. Maguire : value $1,400, loss $150 ; cause, defective flue.
May 23, Holbrook Block, occupied as stores, offices, and halls ; valued $6,000, damage $500 ; supposed cause, accident.
JOHN CAVANAGH.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting : -
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brain- tree, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in Braintree, on Monday, the third day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars, and pay the same to Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post G.A.R., for the purpose of assisting them in defray- ing the expenses of memorial services on Decoration Day.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to ap- point one or more special police-officers, who shall be required to act as a night patrol for one year from the month of March ensuing, or until others are appointed and qualified in their stead, and ap- propriate money for the same.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to ap- point a paid night patrol for the east part of the town, as prayed for by N. L. White and thirty-three others.
ART. 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding fifty dollars to complete the improvement of Plain- street Cemetery.
ART. 11. To see if the town will repair and gravel Jersey Avenue, under the supervision of the Selectmen, and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to rebuild the drawbridge on Quincy Avenue, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the town will appropriate money to build the new street laid out by the County Commissioners, connecting Shaw Street and Quincy Avenue.
ART. 14. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and at- tested copies of this warrant at the usual public places in town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
S. W. HOLLIS, Selectmen ABIJAH ALLEN, of ANSEL O. CLARK, Braintree.
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JURY LIST.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 15, 1879.
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