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74
365
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$1,963,98.
4 00
9
*Isaac Wild,
55
36-
*Mary O. Littlefield,
54
365
*George W. Hall,
45
e
254
William H Welch,
16
181
Anna M. Welch,
11
33
George W. Welch,
8
188
Sarah A. Welch,
5
183
Mary E. Welch, .
6
17
Lizzie Welch,
1
17
120 Vagrants,
132
Total number of days,
2,292
" weeks,
327 3-7
Cost of poor each per week,
$3.48
*Present inmates of Almshouse.
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of William Wild, . $206 50
66 " Jacob Veazie, . 255 10
66
66 $6
" William Kincaide, 193 45
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, support of Mary Goodman,
291 85
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, trans. and expenses of Wm. Kincaide,
31 85
State Reform School, support of Thomas Kenney,
4 79
City of Boston, supplies to George W. Hall,
10 25
" « Charlestown, supplies to Anna M. Wild, .
5 00
Town of Canton, " Catherine Brennan,
27 00
" Stoughton, 66 " Jacob Snow,
20 00
" North Bridgewater, Elbridge G. Snow,
17 00
Laura G. Pierce, care of Mrs. William Thayer, Martha H. King, "
10 50
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods for Betsey Wild,
33 79
Joseph Huff, wood 20 00
2 25
H. M. White, goods for Mrs. Savil, 19 00
9 00
G. H. & C. Prescott, goods for E. Nightengale,
6 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance for E. Nightengale, 2 25
Procter Brothers, goods for Mrs. Crowell, 59 87
Procter Brothers, goods for Mrs. Packard, 37 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Mrs. Warren Dalton,
52 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Margaret Bardell, 3 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Patrick Maguire, 2 00
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" Rachel Nash,
9 25
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67 50
Noah Torrey, medical attendance for Betsey Wild,
S. F. B. Collins, wood, for Mrs. Savil, .
" Charles E. Thayer, . 203 95
10
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Jane Smith, 13 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal for Jane Smith, 10 80
Edwin L. Curtis, care and support of Sarah E. Woodward, 60 00
Eben Denton, wood for Jane Smith,
2 50
Eben Denton, wood for Sarah McCormick, .
2 50
Eben Denton, sending pauper to State Almshouse,
77
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance on Mrs. William Thayer,
10 00
Thomas Penniman, use of horse,
10 00
N. H. Hunt, Overseer,
25 00
Leander Gage, “
15 00
Eben Denton,
15 00
$1,899 81
Due from Town of Milton, $37.00.
66
" Quincy,
60.00.
$ 97.00
Total cost of poor out of Almshouse, · $1,802 81
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Cash paid for board of Joseph S. Foye,
$135 09
Refunded from his estate, (see Treasurer's account,
TOWN OFFICERS.
N. H. Hunt, Selectman and Assessor,
$185 00
Leander Gage,
172 50
Eben Denton,
100 00
David H. Bates, "
66
44 35
Jonathan French, Treasurer,
100 00
Elias Hayward, Clerk,
25 00
A. Mason, School Committee,
25 00
Noah Torrey,
.
25 00
A. S. Morrison, " 66
25 00
Henry A. Johnson, School Committe,
25 00
J. Ward Childs,
25 00
Fiske Barritt,
66
16 50
T. H. Dearing,
66
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5 50
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11
A. Mason, Auditor,
10 00
Edward Hobart, Auditor,
5 00
C. H. Hobart, Auditor,
5 00
Thomas Penniman, Constable,
13 00
$806 85
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Horace Abercrombie, abatement of tax of 1870,
$21 08
Henry A. Pierce,
"
3 26
Helen F. Stetson,
. 66
66
32 03
C. F. Bullock,
1871,
55 08
Jacob Puffer,
13 60
N. H. Tirrell,
10 88
$135 93
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Isaac. W. May, printing Town and School Reports,
$105 00
W. F. Brown & Co., printing, ,
20 00
C. G. Estabrook, printing,
5 00
Charles K. Darling, Collector's Book,
1 12
Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,
3 95
Nichols & Hall, 66
3 64
P. D. Holbrook & Co., "
87
Elias Hayward,
12
Eben Denton, 66
3 40
Little, Brown & Co., law books,
6 00
Grand Army of the Republic, .
150 00
Howard Clock Co., clock for Town Hall,
100 00
Harvey Thayer, damages for defect in highway,
50 00
Procter Brothers, refreshments for firemen, .
42 80
E. Hayward, recording births, marriages, and deaths, .
44 55
C. B. Woodsum, expressing. 1869, 1870 and 1871,
21 55
10 00
Avery & Hobbs, counsel fees in case of J. A. Arnold and others, Ira Thayer, posts for Cemetery,
7 14
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12
Thomas Penniman, labor on Cemetery fence, &c.,
8 00
N. H. Hunt, posts and rails, on
1 00
N. H. Hunt, postage stamps,
1 00
N. H. Hunt, horse hire and expenses,
10 50
S. S. Whitmarsh, labor on buoy, .
4 05
H. M. Willoby, recovering buoy, .
2 00
E. R. Flint, labor on Town Pound,
7 00
M. W. Fox, horse hire, .
1 50
Jonathan Thayer, returning deaths,
30
Samuel Curtis, 66
2 70
Norton Pratt, witness fees, .
3 00
Thomas Penniman, distributing Town Reports,
5 00
E. S. Thayer, stone posts,
2 00
Eben Denton, cash paid for labor on buoy, .
1 44
Leander Gage, " brush and keys,
1 25
E. L. Curtis, express, .
60
James S. Holbrook, witness fees, .
1 24
J. P. Drollett, watching fire in woods, .
1 00
J. Foord, recording deeds and stamps, .
3 50
$632 22
TOWN HALL.
E. M. Thayer, care of Town Hall, . $36 23
G. F. Bicknell, care of Town Hall,
80 49
J. F. Sheppard, coal,
22 50
J. Loud & Co., coal,
18 00
Joseph H. Penniman, fuel,
2 35
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, &c.,
42 86
F. B. Parks, lamps and labor,
28 70
G. F. Bicknell, washing, &c., .
6 05
F. B. Parks, repairing conductors, .
2 25
Thomas Penniman, labor,
1 00
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H. H. Thayer, ironwork,
3 55
Thomas B. Stoddard, setting glass,
3 00
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$246 98
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Cash paid Treasurer,
$338.00.
Due from Braintree Band,
30.00.
Due from Grand Army Republic,
32.00.
Due from Republican Party, . 9.00.
Due from Braintree Associates,
8.00.
Balance in favor of hall,
$170 02
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers, .
.
$1,111 00
Bill due from State for January, 1871, .
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.
84 00
$1,295 00
Bills sent and due from State, January 1, 1872,
1,094 00
Cash paid, January, 1872, .
101 00
$1,195 00
REMOVING SNOW.
Joseph Huff,
$13 25
George Hill,
4 00
John Carver,
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9 20
Ralph Arnold, .
6 98
L. W. Holbrook,
7 80
Michael Branley,
80
Joshua N. Hobart, 1869,
4 50
Amasa Thayer,
4 15
Thomas Penniman, .
8 65
$59 33
$417.00.
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EXPENDED BY SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
Gardner Penniman, labor 205 1-2 days a $2.50,
$513 75
Gardiner Penniman, sundries,
5 14
William Taunt, labor 150 3-4 days, a $2,
301 50
Leonard P. Hunt, labor 131, 1-4 days, a $1.75, Andrew Gott, labor 80 days, a $2,
160 00
Alexander Downey, labor 2 3-4 days, a $3,
8 25
Thomas Gannon, labor 59 1-4 days, a $2,
118 50
B. F. Spear, labor 112 1-4 days, a $2, .
224 50
Benjamin Landers, labor 132 days, a $2,
264 00
Benjamin Landers, axe,
50
Benjamin Landers' boy's work,
50
John Preston, labor 2 days, a $1.50,
3 00
Moses Hunt, labor 58 3-4 days,
105 32
Robert Saunders, labor 146 3-4 days, a $2,
293 50
George E. Arnold, labor 146 1-2 days, a $2, . William C. Stoddard, labor 150 1-2 days, a $2,
301 00
William C. Stoddard, shovel, ·
2 40
Arthur P. Bishop, labor 4 1-2 days, a $2,
9 00
Patrick Moils, labor 62 days, a $2, .
124 00
Patrick Moils, care of teams,
72 00
Patrick Moils, hay,
29 00
Edward Hobart, labor 3 1-3 days, .
10 00
Edward Hobart, labor with horse &c., .
10 85
George W. Hunt, labor 3 days, a $2,
6 00
Martin Tribou, labor 47 1-2 days,
96 63
William Morrow, labor 58 1-2 days, a $2,
117 00
William Morrow, care of horses, .
2 00
William Morrow, cleaning harnesses,
2 00
Watson Saunders, labor 11 1-2 days,
21 75
Adam W. Hobart, labor,
11 12
S. S. French, labor 1 1-2 days, ,
3 00
S. S. French, horse and card, 2 1-2 days,
4 50
Daniel Cohen, labor 16 3-4 days, a $2,
33 25
S. F. B. Collins, gravel,
2 40
Jacob Loud, gravel,
2 20
Stephen Thayer, gravel,
72
Thomas Sullivan, gravel,
2 64
Silas Jones, gravel, ·
1 68
S. S. Penniman, gravel,
3 44
Eben Denton, gravel and labor,
4 75
N. H. Hunt, gravel,
27 63
John Arnold, gravel,
36 40
Joseph G. Bicknell, gravel, .
5 50
293 00
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229 67
15
S. W. Hollis, gravel,
10 80
20 30
14 77
J. B. Wood, hay,
19 00
Benjamin Landers, hay,
57 69
Jonathan French, hay, .
2 50
Waldo French, hay,
63 62
Joseph Dyer, hay, .
70 46
L. W. Hobart, grain,
299 95
Gardner Brothers, lumber,
453 80
Joseph Cushing, oxen, .
262 50
George Hill, horse,
50 00
C. B. Woodsum, horse, ..
137 50
Hiram Jones, horse,
75 00
J. Donavan, horse,
75 00
J. Breck & Son, hames, .
2 65
Ames Plow Company, hames,
2 65
Patrick Maguire, collar, .
2 50
Patrick Maguire, labor 1 day,
1 75
Henry Abbott, mowing bushes,
8 10
Michael Branley, labor with team,
8 00
Michael Branley, pick, .
1 25
Sargent, Mead & Sampson, stone,
25 00
N. M. Hobart, stone,
20 00
Samuel W. King, carpenters work,
142 62
Thomas South, ironwork,
14 10
Robert Gillespie, ironwork,
29 95
H. H. Thayer, ironwork,
7 65
Elisha Wild, ironwork, .
44 71
P. D. Holbrook & Co., shovels, nails, spikes, &c.,
17 20
H. M. White, shovels, nails, spikes, &c.,
14 27
M. W. Fox, horse hire,
20 50
Warren Mansfield, ironwork,
4 00
E. Hayward, sulphur,
40
Adam Hobart, labor and powder,
7 65
J. Sampson, use of horse,
1 00
P. O'Connor, collar,
2 40
Robert Bestick, repairing harnesses,
1 00
R. A. Thayer, Ox-cart,
27 50
French & Coffin, collar,
4 90
F. B. Parks, repairing pump,
4 00
Jonathan French, use of horse, &c.,
2 50
Jonathan French, plank,
75
George Mansfield, carting lumber,
1 00
B. L. Morrison, gravel, . Joel F. Sheppard, hay, . James S. Holbrook, hay,
59 56
16
W. Heffernan, repairihg harness,
1 00
Henry Hobart, use of derrick,
6 00
Henry Abbott, hay,
25 77
S. F. Whitmarsh, painting draw bridge,
31 02
Jesse Burrill, tending draw,
85 00
J. Parker Hayward, labor on fence,
3 67
Thomas Penniman, use of horse,
9 20
$5,718 15
Cash paid Treasurer from sale of cattle and horses, old plank, &c., $528 25 Cash received for labor around Pond School House, 8 40 .
$536 65
Cost of labor on Union Street,
$1,500 00
Cost of labor on Allen Street,
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· 500 00
Cost of Highways and Bridges,
.
· 3,181 50
Total cost,
$5,181 50
PAINTING TOWN HOUSE.
C. E. Folsom, paint and oil,
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$194 52
C. E. Folsom, varnish,
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7 50
P. D. Holbrook & Co., paint, -
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321 86
F. B. Parks, labor, zinc, &c., -
9 43
O. C. & N. R., freight on paints and oils, -
1 16
Paid Treasurer cash received for paint, &c., -
21 10
Cost of painting Town House,
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$536 13
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE, POND.
D. H. Bates and others, land,
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$1,254 00
E. B. Flint, Builder,
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Henry Hobart, stone work,
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- 367 00
J. R. Frasier, labor, lumber. &c.,
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213 50
F. B. Parks, stoves, pipe, &c.,
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- 198 56
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22 76
Thomas B. Stoddard, painting,
$557 23
8,234 71
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Joseph L. Ross, furniture, -
788 60
F. & C. Wilson, underpining,
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265 40
B. H. Everett, mason work,
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50 87
J. F. Lyons, mason work,
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.
14 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., lead and oil,
21 26
T. B. Stoddard, painting, -
-
41 49
Jeehonias Penniman, stone work,
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41 80
Joseph Huff, grading yard, 1
60 00
Surveyor of Highways, grading yard,
8 40
Gardner Brothers, lumber,
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13 40
Adam Hobart, labor,
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-
3 50
Moses Hunt, labor, -
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32 00
Old Colony and Newport Railway, freighting,
10 35
Peter A. Wales, pump,
25 00
H. H. Thayer, wrench and sharpening picks,
1 25
Edward Hobart, posts, -
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5 00
Blake & Alden, ehairs, -
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2 25
C. G. Eastabrook, printing,
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3 87
George Brooks, labor, -
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2 00
Henry W. Simonds, labor, - - -
I
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2 00
$11,660 21
RECAPITULATION.
High School,
- $1,793 33
Pond School,
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1,166 32
Iron Works Sehool,
1,433 27
Union Sehool,
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-
-
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-
1,139 04
East Sehool, -
420 č8
Middle Street School,
327 02
South East School,
-
-
-
349 87
South West Sehool,
-
-
-
-
-
278 76
South School,
-
-
-
-
-
345 04
West School,
315 10
Expended by order of School Committee,
161 23
Expended by order of Building Committee,
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78 92
Incidental Expenses of Schools, - -
332 95
New School House, Pond Distriet,
11,660 21
Almshouse, -
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1,138 60
Poor out of Almshouse, -
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1,802 81
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Taunton and Lunatic Hospital, - -
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135 09
Town Officers,
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.
S06 S5
Abatement of Taxes,
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-
-
135 93
Miscellaneous Expenses,
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632 22
Town Hall, -
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246 98
State Aid,
1,111 00
Removing Snow,
59 33
Highways,
5,181 50
Painting Town House,
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536 13
Cash paid Treasurer and Credits,
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1,396 73
Less cash and credits from Town Hall, $417.00.
Appraisal at Almshouse less than last year, 111.98.
Cash received from Joseph S. Foye's Estate, 135.09.
$664.07
290 Orders drawn on Treasurer,
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32,321 04
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
Schools,
$6,500 00
Poor,
2,700 00
Highways and Bridges,
.
3,000 00
Union Street,
1,500 00
Allen Street,
500 00
Interest on Town debt,
2,000 00
Painting and Repairing Town house,
800 00
Rown Debt,
2,000 00
. Town Officers,
1,000 00
Miscellaneous,
500 00
Additional appropriation for Pond school-House,
1,500 00
Grand Army Repulic,
150 00
State Tax,
4,475 00
County Tax,
1,972 70
Overlay, . . . .
56: 02
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$29,165 72
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$32,985 11
$32,321 04
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Amount of tax biil of 1871,
.
$29,165 72
Cash paid Treasurer, .
$23,028 12
Cash paid County Treasurer,
1,972 70
$25,000 82
Due from Collector,
$4,164 90
Due on tax bill of 1870,
$826 91
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
JONATHAN FRENCH, TREASURER.
Cash on hand, Eeb. 1, 1971, .
$4,389 84
Cash borrowed of Braintree Savings Bank,
1,500 00
Cash borrowed of Edwin Howard,
900 00
Cash borrowed of Freeman G. Crosby,
2,500 00
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, 1870,
8,021 69
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, 1871,
22,878 12
Cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
504 39
Cash received from State Treasurer, School Fund,
276 26
Cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid,
1,489 80
Received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
1,536 81
Received from State Treasurer, Bank tax,
1,723 02
Cash received for use of Town Hall,
338 00
Cash received for use of Town Hall last year,
9 00
Cash received for use of Town Hall, 1869,
15 00
Cash received of Town of Gloucester, due last year,
5 00
Cash received estate of Joseph S. Foye,
135 09
Cash received F. B. Parks,
2 58
Caeh received of County Treasurer, dog licenses,
416 46
Cash received Overseers of the Poor,
324 98
Cash received of S. W. Hollis, Treas. of Braintree School Fund,
400 00
Cash received of Surveyor of Highways,
536 65
Cash received of Selectmen, paint,
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.
$41,923 79
Paid 290 orders,
$32,321 04
Paid National Union Bank, Weymouth,
1,000 00
Paid Edwin Howard, .
300 00
Paid Lynn Savings Bank,
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.
2,500 00
Paid F. G. Crosby, interest,
.
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210 00
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21 10
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20
Paid Joseph Dyer, Jr., interest,
126 00
Paid Lynn Savings Bank, interest,
166 25
Paid Edwin Howard, interest,
19 00
Paid W. A. Richardson, interest,
700 00
Paid Asa French, interest,
49 00
Paid Sylvanus Thayer, interest,
350 00
Paid Minot E. Hunt, interest,
52 50
Paid Braintree Savings Bank, interest,
52 50
Paid Leander B. Hollis, interest,
35 00
Paid M. C. Pratt, interest,
350 00
Paid Mary H. Thayer, interest,
35 00
Paid Thomas Penniman, interest,
14 00
Paid for insurance,
279 25
Paid State Tax,
.
4,475 00
Balance in Treasury,
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4,889 25
$47,923 79
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST.
Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868,
$5,000 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Oet. 24, 1862,
.
500 00
Interest,
9 33
Joseph Dyer, January 26, 1866, Interest, .
26
Joseph Dyer, Jr., February 1, 1871,
800 00
W. A. Richardson, July 2, 1869, Interest,
56 38
M. C. Pratt, December, 1857,
5,000 00
Interest,
58 33
Asa French, Guardian, January 2, 1868, Interest,
3 00
F. G. Crosby, February 14, 1868, Interest, .
134 56
F. G. Crosby, February 1, 1869,
1,000 00
F. G. Crosby, July 3, 1871,
2,500 00
Intererst,
101 10
Soldiers' Monument Committee, February 1, 1872,
1,984 41
Mary H. Thayer, January 26, 1863, Interest,
53
Minot E. Hunt, August 13, 1867,
450 00
Interest,
14 70
.
250 00
10,000 00
.
1,400 00
2,000 00
545 00
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Minot E. Hunt, April 30, 1870,
300 00
Interest,
15 75
L. Bradford Hollis, November 24, 1868,
500 00
Interest,
6 52
Thomas Penniman, February 1, 1869,
200 00
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871,
900 00
Interest,
33 80
Braintree Savings Bank,
.
1,500 00
Interest,
.
4
64 17
$35,327 84
Due from Noah Torrey, Collector, 1870,
$826.91.
Due from Noah Torrey, Collector, 1871
4,164.90.
Due from State for State Aid, 1,094.00.
Eue from State for State Aid former years,
715.65.
Due from Braintree Band,
30.00.
Due from Grand Army Republic,
32.00.
Due from Republican Party,
9.00.
Due from Braintree Assrciates,
8.00.
Due from Town of Milton,
67.00.
Due from Town of Quincy,
60.00.
Balance in Treasury,
4,889.25.
$11,896 71
Town Debt,
1
$23,431 13
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT. S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
1871.
DR.
Mar. 3, Cash paid N. L. White, for three years, serving $5 00
Mar. 3, Cash paid E. F. E. Thayer, 5 00 ·
Mar. 3, Cash paid J. T. Stevens, 5 00 ·
Mar. 3, Cash paid A. Mason, .
5 00
Mar. 3, Cash paid S. A. Bates,
5 00
Mar. 3, Cash paid S. W. Hollis, .
15 00
Nov. 15, Tax in Weymouth,
24 27
Nov. 15, Tax in Quincy,
19 36
Nov. 15, Tax in Boston,
.
4 91
1872.
Feb. 1, Cash paid J. French, Town Treasurer, · 400 00
Feb. 1, Cash on hand, . 265 60
$754 14
1871. Cr.
Oct. , Balance from amount of last year, $274 14
Oct. , Received dividends from Union National Bank of Weymouth, 140 00
Oct. , Received from Granite Bank of Quincy, 110 00
Oct. , Received from Eliot Bank of Boston, 30 00
1872.
Feb. 1, Received from the Town for rent of Almshouse and farm,
200 00
$754 14
S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
The Auditing Committee present the foregoing accounts, prepared and properly arranged by the officers whose duty it was to keep them, as truly representing the financial transactions of the past fis- cal year and the present indebtedness of the town. Proper vouch- ers have been shown for all moneys paid out, and all orders drawn on the Treasurer have been paid. With the exception of about two hundred dollars, due on account of the new school house, the Audi- tors are not aware of any debt due from the town.
It seems to your Committee, that the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Treasurer, all the officers whose accounts they have examined, have performed the duties of their various offices with fidelity and rare accuracy.
The Committee are informed by the Overseers of the Poor, that Mr. Thomas Penniman, the efficient manager of the Poor House, and his excellent wife, its matron, contemplate resigning their posi- tion. This is greatly to be regretted. Such positions are not readily filled by suitable persons. But, if they leave, they will carry with them the "blessings of the poor " and the gratitude and esteem of those who have enjoyed their hospitality.
JOSEPH A. ARNOLD, S. W. HOLLIS, Auditors. ALVERDO MASON,
Braintree, Feb. 16, 187I.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
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NORFOLK, S.S.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely : -
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the reports of the several town officers, and act thereon.
3d. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town- ways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
4th. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
5th. To see if the town will restrain horses and neat cattle from running at large the ensuing year.
· 6th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
7th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the selectmen may direct.
8th. To see if the town will accept the jury-list as made by the Selectmen.
9th. To see if the town will vote to sell the old school house and lots in Pond district, and determine the manner in which the same shall be done.
10th. To see if the town will vote to purchase three sets of hooks, ladders, and buckets for different parts of the town.
11th. To see if the town will vote to dig a suitable well, and fur- nishi a pump and trough for the accommodation of man and beast, near the hay scales, in South Braintree, the same at or near the hay scales in the north part of the town.
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12th. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of one hun- dred and fifty dollars, and pay the same to Gen. S. Thayer Post Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Decoration Day.
13th. To see if the town will vote to pay Levi W. Hobart the sum of one hundred dollars for land in front of his mill on Shaw Street.
14th. To choose and hear the report of any committee, 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 sixteenth day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- two.
N. H. HUNT, Selectmen LEANDER GAGE, of
EBEN DENTON, Braintree.
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JURY-LIST.
Revised by the Selectmen, Feb. 15, 1872.
Charles F. Arnold,
Barnabas F. Arnold,
George H. Arnold,
Abijah Allen, James T. Bestick, Samuel A. Bates,
J. Franklin Bates, Alexander Bowditch,
Samuel E. Brackett,
John Crane, J. Ward Childs, John Cavanagh,
Luther O. Crocker,
Hiram A. French,
Charles A. French, Samuel S. French, J. Parker Hayward, Moses D. Holbrook, Elias Holbrook, Charles D. Hayden, G. Henry Howard, J. Webster Hollis,
N. Morton Hobart, Ebenezer F. Howard, William Hill,
Aaron Holbrook, Joseph A. Hollis, Joseph Jenkins, John Kimball, George F. Leonard, R. Elmer Morrison, Erastus A. Newton, Gardner S. Penniman, Thomas Penniman, Charles Pratt, Henry A. Pierce, William Reed, Jr, Thomas Bimmer, Cornelius Scollard, Henry W. Simonds, Elisha S. Thayer, Calvin Thayer,
Thomas R. Vinton, Rufus Woodsum.
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MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTEE, FOR THE YEAR 1872.
DATE. NAMES. AGE. RESIDENCE.
Jan. 1. Adomiram J. Dyer, Emma T. Crosby,
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9. Thomas Follon,
26
66
Ireland.
Adeline E. Mellus,
28
Braintree.
17. John Smith, Ellen Fleming,
21
66
Ireland.
13. Jolın Robinson,
20
England.
Mary Willis,
20
Boston.
Feb. 18. Edsel A. Houghton,
25
Weymouth.
Randolph.
Emily B. Wilde,
24
Braintree.
Braintree.
Mar. 18. Henry Warren, Nellie Carney,
22
66
Halifax, N. S.
28. Charles Horne,
26
66
Cape Britain.
Addie W. Brown,
20
66
Skowhegan, Me.
April 2. Heman F. Doane,
23
Braintree.
Susan Ann Dailey,
23
Brighton.
6. Charles W. Smith, 24 Sarah Lund, 27 66
England.
30. Wallace Ryerson, Alice E. Saunders,
20
6:
Abington.
30. Heman G. Porter, Emma F. Thayer,
19
45
Ireland.
39
Ireland.
May 10. Charles F. Whiting, Edna Howe,
So. Weymouth. So. Weymouth.
28. Winslow Hobart, Harriet A. Cook,
19
Quincy.
Quincy.
17 Braintree.
Randolph.
28. David A. Newcomb, Charlotte F. Rowell,
17
Braintree.
Randolph.
June 4. Peter Starr, Mary McDermott,
22
66
Ireland.
20
Providence, R. I.
5. Joseph Shaw, Margaret Ness,
45
Ireland.
15. Edward B. Machin, Sarah E. Hollis,
24
Braintree. 66
Braintree.
21. Fred L. Cheek, Lissie A. Whitmarsh,
19
Weymouth.
27 Boston.
Boston.
20. James W. Converse, Hattie E. Crickmay,
19
Braintree.
Medford.
July 1. Francis E. Morrison,
21 Weymouth.
Boston.
24,
66
19 Quincy.
Quincy.
31. George Avery Alden, Elizabeth E. Thayer,
20
17
44
66
Scotland.
23 Hillsdale, Ill.
Oneida, N. Y.
25
England.
66
E. Greenwich, R. I.
17
Braintree.
10. John Mahar, Margaret Sullivan,
Weymouth.
Hingham.
27
Denmark, Me.
19
BIRTHPLACE. Braintree.
26 Braintree.
Braintree.
28
Hattie W. White, 18
2. Charles M. Hobart, Addie M. Crowell, 41
25
Braintree.
Easton.
4. Horace J. Richards, Hattie R. Smith,
17
Braintree.
Providence, R. I.
25 Canton.
Canton.
22 Braintree. 66
66
11. Samuel A. Willis, Clara E. Thayer,
19
66
20. J. Parker Hayward, 26
66
66
Mary Frances Baxter, 23 Quincy.
Quincy.
Aug. 9. Francis W. Young,
22
Salem.
Salem.
Sarah E. Barnes,
18 Weymouth.
Weymouth.
17. Robert Smith,
Ireland.
Julia Ash,
20
29 Braintree.
Ripley, Me.
Sept. 16. Ira P. Morrison, Mary S. South,
24
Boston.
Boston.
17. Jerald McGoerty, Ann Hannigan,
26
Boston.
Ireland.
24 Braintree.
Ireland.
24. N. P. Nutter, M. Louisa Smith, 30
70
Braintree.
Braintree.
27. Samuel L. Holbrook, Salome Thomas,
50 Pittston, Me.
Pittston, Me.
Oct. 5. Charles W. Dorety, Ann S. Hayward,
31
Braintree.
11. Samuel W. Belcher, Sarah L. Hunt,
19
New York City.
10. William W. Saunders, Henrietta R. Hinsman,
17
66
Marblehead.
66
Boston.
29. Henry Hall,
28
Randolph. 66
No. Bridgewater.
Mariah Door,
17
Concord.
30. John W. Ratcliffe, Christine Dexheimer,
22
Braintree, 66
Milton.
Dec. 6. William A. Thompson, Clara P. Stevens,
24
21
Maine.
23. Joseph Burgess,
38
England.
Alice Tipping, 27
England.
25. Peter B. Lowson, Susan Jane Kingman, 18 Wevmouth.
22
Scotland.
Weymouth.
19
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
11. Azel R. French, Sarah L. Porter.
Braintree.
25 Braintree. 66 New Brunswick.
29 W'nsocket, R.I. Ossipee, N. H.
Braintree.
Stoughton.
22 Braintree.
Boston.
22 Weymouth.
Randolph.
23
Braintree.
Brookline.
Nov. 29. Gardner W. Mansfield, 25 Josephine A. Churchill, 26
66
Boston.
Troy, N. Y.
22
Maine.
Weymouth. 66 Braintree. 66
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