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2 65
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, etc.,
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5 68
H. H. Thayer, ironwork. .
2 00
$455 90
Cash paid Treasurer,
$338 83
Due from Braintree Savings Bank,
1 25
Due from Choral Society,
4 50
Due from Braintree Brass Band,
29 50
Due from Catholic Sabbath School,
5 00
$379 08 :
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers,
$1,254 00
Bill due from State for January 1872,
101 00
$1,355 00
Bills sent and due from State, January 1, 1873,
1,249 50
Cash paid, January 1873,
105 50
$1,355 00
REMOVING SNOW.
J. A. Arnold, as per bills, > 18 00
N. M. Hobart,
57 62
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21 00
Joseph H. Penniman, wood,
14
Ralph Arnold, as per bills,
60 47
G. H. Arnold, as per bills,
32 00
Nathaniel Fuller, as per bills,
36 11
Joseph Huff, as per bills,
14 25
Patrick Moils,
27 50
W. J. Thayer,
2 00
J. H. Minchin,
6 00
Albert Hobart,
1 00
E. W. Daily, .
5 25
Daniel Freel,
2 00
Moses Hunt,
4 00
Charles Hunt,
2 00
B. F. Spear,
2 00
Eben Denton,
2 00
L. W. Collins,
2 75
$274 95
REPAIRING TOWN HOUSE.
Stephen Cain, mason work,
$ 47 38
Thomas F. Egan, decorating hall,
300 00
James Glass, repairing roof,
88 23
E. R. Flint, labor and materials,
84 45
Thos. B. Stoddard, labor and paint,
47 87
E. R. Flint, building stage,
42 16
P. D. Holbrook & Co , paint, oil and glass,
32 21
G. S. Baker, hardware,
7 12
Enoch Bobinson, latches and knobs,
4 25
Wm. Hall & Co., lock,
2 25
Gardener Bros., lumber,
1 74
$657 66
FIRE PROOF VAULT.
Stephen Cain, mason work,
$ 580 17
L. L. Fuller, bricks,
90 00
Gardener Bros., bricks and cement,
89 87
O. C. & N. Railway, freight, ·
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3 15
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J. G. Bicknell, cabinet work,
55 00
Edward Hobart, labor,
4 00
J. Penniman, 6.
3 00
Ira Hunt, 66
2 50
$827 69
WIDENING OF UNION, COMMERCIAL & ALLEN STREETS.
D. A. Philbrick, oxen,
$ 234 00
Joseph Huff, self and horse, 121 days a $4, " labor, 5 days, a $2,
10 00
team, 6 days, a $2, .
12 00
man, 47 1-2 days, a $2,
95 00
Edward Huff, labor, 108 days, a $2,
216 00
Robert Saunders, labor, 119 1-4, a $2,
238 50
Charles R. Saunders, labor, 116 1-4 days, a $1.25.
144 93
Wentworth Saunders, labor 54 days, a $2,
108 00
B. F. Spear, labor 50 1-2 days, a $2,
101 00
Benj. Landers, labor 92 1-4 days, a $2,
184 50
Isaac Farrington, labor, 109 1-2 days, a $2, J. Slavin, labor 22 1-2 days, a $2,
45 00
Robert Dickey, labor 8 days, a $2,
16 00
R. T. King, labor 39 1-5 days, a $2, Simeon Thayer, labor 15 5-8 a $2,
31 30
James Toomey, labor 16 1-2 days, a $2,
33 00
John Flanagan, labor 21 1-2 days, a $2,
43 00
L. W. Holbrook, Jr. labor 6 12 days, a $2, Wm. Taunt, labor 8 3-4 days, a $2, .
17 50
J. A. Loring, labor 34 1-2 days, a $3,
103 50
J. A. Loring, blasting stumps,
2 00
J. A. Loring, powder, fuse and spikes,
12 14
J. A. Loring, carting plank,
50
Sumner Soule, labor,
82 25
Samuel Hollis, labor,
1 50
Benj. Bowditch, labor, 1 day,
2 50
John Bates, labor, 20 days,
45 00
John Bates, lighting streets,
2 00
John Mulligan, lighting streets,
2 00
Harvey Thayer, " .
1 00
N. M. Hobart, labor of men and teams,
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411 00
219 00
78 40
13 00
484 00
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Nathaniel Fuller, labor of self and teams, Robert Saunders, team 7 days,
341 25
14 00
John B. Allen, men, teams, and derrick,
73 00
G. H. Arnold, stone work,
200 00
Mitchell Granite Works, stone,
226 20
J. F. Sheppard, hay,
17 50
Eben Denton, hay,
31 75
Edward Hobart, hay,
24 75
Eben Denton, use of derrick,
25 00
Thomas South, iron-work,
8 76
Gardener Bros., lumber and nails,
10 92
W. K. Baker, plough points and ex.
2 50
Alex. Feltis, shoeing ox, .
5 00
Elisha Wild, shoeing oxen,
1 42
C. S. Hobart, plough and use of barn,
12 00
G. S. Baker, shovels, picks and bars,
26 93
Robert Gillespie, blacksmith-work,
24 75
L. W. Hobart, grain,
43 65
A. J. Bates, shovels, salt and lanterns,
9 84
Janathan French, expenses to Brighton, and driving cattle,
5 00
Jonathan French, keeping oxen, .
4 00
O. Allen, hay,
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1 57
Parker & Gannett, mouldboards and paint, .
6 07
S. W. Pratt, shovels, .
4 50
CR. 4,109 88
By cash received for oxen, and paid Treasurer, .
200 00
Total amount expended,
3,909 88
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Gardner Bros, lumber for hospital,
80 46
Charles A. Hayward, labor on hospital,
7 00
G. A. Cushing, labor on hospital,
3 00
E. T. Arnold, labor on hospital,
2 00
W. F. Burrell, windows and doors for hospital,
5 00
B. J. Loring, watching hospital,
10 00
B. J. Loring, Jr. watching hospital,
5 00
C. H. Loring, watching hospital,
3 00
Samuel Curtis, selling hospital,
3 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for hospital,
1 29
Albert Hobart, labor on hospital,
6 00
N. M. Hobart, labor on hospital,
6 00
Huntress & Hannaford, labor on hospital,
3 50
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Michael Ryan, damages by removal,
10 00
Catherine Flemming, for bed destroyed,
10 00
W. K. Baker, team,
3 00
G. S. Baker, hardware,
81
G. H. Arnold, team,
1 00
Francis Ambler, medicine and disenfectants,
3 60
Ira Hunt, nursing, .
8 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance,
4 25
By cash received for hospital building, .
78 00
EAST BRAINTREE FIRE DISTRICT.
Cash paid Prudential Committee, .
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$1,100 00
EXPENDED BY SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Joseph A. Arnold, Surveyor,
- $ 192 00
Ralph Arnold, labor, 107 1-2 days, a $2,50,
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- 268 75
Ralph Arnold, horse and cart, 108. 3-4 days, a $2,00,
217 50
Ralph Arnold, cash paid sharpening picks, &c.
3 59
N. M. Hobart, labor 91 1-2 days, a $2,50, -
228 75
N. M. Hobart, horses and carts, 116 3-4 days,
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215 50
N. M. Hobart, use of horse and chaise, 80 days, -
80 00
double harness, chains and wheels,
- 12 00
wagon and dray,
- 10 00
4 plow points, 84 cts each,
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1 plow beam,
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stable for horses,
15 00
care of horses, 17 weeks,
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25 00
neet oil and wheel grease, medicine for horse, -
64 150 00
N. M. Hobart, horses and carts, -
37 50
N. M. Hobart, plow,
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15 00
N. M. Hobart, sundries,
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13 35
Owen Rice, labor 81 days, a $2,
162 00
Cornelius Halpin, labor 61 days, a $2,
122 00
Thomas Arthur, labor 66 3-4 days, a, $2.
- 133 50
Patrick Sullivan, labor,
10 12
Horace M. French, labor, 6 days, a $2,
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Robert Dickey, labor 17 days, a $2,
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34 00
Daniel Donovan, labor 1 1-2 days, @ $2,
- 8 00
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L. D. Stone, labor 14 1-2 days, a $1,65,
23 50
L. D. Stone, labor 6 1-2 days, a $2,
13 00
Luke Mulligan, labor,
34 62
William Hutchinson, labor 2 1-2 days, a $2,
5 00
Patrick McCormick, labor 48 1-2 days, a $2,
97 00
Royal T. King, labor 53 days, a $2,
1C6 00
Edwin Hanson, labor 2 days, a $1,50,
3 00
B. F. Spear, labor 11 days, a $2,
22 00
John Shehan, labor 76 1-4 days, a $2,
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152 50
Moses Hunt, labor 3 days a $2,
6 00
Moses Hunt, use of horse, 16 1-4 days, a $2,
32 50
Moses Hunt, man and boy,
76 20
Patrick Maguire, labor 66 1-2 days, a $2,
133 00
James H. Thayer, labor 46 days a $2,
92 00
Leonard P. Hunt, labor 51 1-4 days, a $2, John Robinson, labor 5 days, a $2,
10 00
86 50
John M. Thayer, labor 43 1-4 days, a $2, Wm. Whittemore, labor 3 1-2 days, a $2, Robert Saunders, labor 5 1-2 days, a $2, J. W. Saunders, labor 5 1-2 days, a $2, James Toomey, labor 13 7-8 days, a $2, Thomas Griffin, labor, 8 7-8 days, a $2, Wm. Taunt, labor 38 1-2 days, a $2,
7 00
11 00
11 00
27 75
Andrew Egan, labor 10 days, a $2, John Cronon, labor 12 days, a $2,
24 00
Thomas Toole, labor 1 1-2 days, a $1,
1 50
Joshua N. Hobart, labor 6 1-4 days, a $2,
12 50
John McMahan, labor 3 3-4 days, a $2,
7 50
Luke Missett, labor, 1 1-2 days, a $1.75,
2 62
Barnard Kenney, labor 12 1-2 days, a $2,
25 00
Maurice Corkery, labor 20 days,
40 62
Tristram Dalton, labor 27 1-2 days, a $2,
55 00
Joseph Smith, labor 14 1-4 days, a $2,
28 50
Prtrick O'Hare, labor 18 3-4 days, a $2,
37 50
William Smith, labor 6 1-2 days, a $2,
13 00
John Preston, labor 70 1-2 days, a $2,
141 00
C. Williams, labor 6 3-4 days a $2,
13 50
Andrew Gatt, labor 70 5-8 days, a $2,
141 25
Dennis Griffin, labor 8 days, a $2,
16 00
Henry Costello, labor 4 days, a $2,
8 00
Michael Kelly, labor 3 1.2 days, a $2,
7 00
William Bowline, labor 50 1-2 days, a $2, .
101 00
Austin Mulligan, labor 35 1-2 days, a $1.50,
53 25
George E. Ludden, labor 24 1-4 days, $2, ,
48 50
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17 75
77 00
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Josiah Holbrook, labor 68 1-4 days, a $2, - George E. Arnold, labor 101 1-4 days, a $2,
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136 50
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202 50
George W. Hunt, labor 10 3-4 days, a $2,
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21 50
G. W. Thayer, labor 4 1-2 days, a $2,
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9 00
E. F. French, labor 33 1-2 days, a $2, -
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67 00
R. L. Arnold, labor 3 days, a $2,
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6 00
C. A. Arnold, labor 26 days, a $2,
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52 00
John Boyle, labor 2 1-2 days, a $2,
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5 00
Loring Hayden, labor 5 days, a $2,
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10 00
Samuel F. Whitmarsh, labor on bridge,
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7 82
John Whitmarsh, labor on bridge, .
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8 00
Samuel Hollis, labor on bridge,
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5 50
Albert Vinton, stone work, -
5 00
John Minchin, man, boy, horse and cart, 2 days, -
9 00
Patrick Moils, labor with horse and cart, 25 days,
100 00
Joshua Wilkins, 2 horses, -
423 00
Warren Mansfield, 1 horse,
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50 00
Warren Mansfield, 1 road smoother,
25 00
J. F. Sheppard, hay,
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68 23
Eben Denton, hay,
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17 30
L. W. Hobart & Son, grain, -
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101 17
Union Society, grave!,
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21 90
N. M. Hobart, gravel, -
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39 60
B. L. Morrison, gravel, -
18 50
William J. Mathes, gravel, -
1 00
Sargent, Mead & Sampson, stone chips,
17 63
Robert Gillespie, blacksmith work,
34 70
Elisha Wild, blacksmith work,
6 05
Thomas South, blacksmith work, - -
2 16
Gardner Bros., lumber, spikes, etc., -
123 20
G. L. Baker, shovels, picks, etc.,
12 80
S. W. Pratt, shovels, picks, etc., -
5 00
Whittemore, Belcher & Co., shovels and hoes,
10 40
Proctor Brothers, nails, rake and shovels,
8 06
Mitchell & Wendell, powder,
6 00
G. F. Curtis, work on cart,
45 00
F. Crane & Son, stone,
4 00
John M. Walsh, harness work,
10 70
J. M. Arnold, fork,
2 00
Moses Hunt, horse keeping.
10 50
Morrill Williams, horse keeping,
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3 00
E. Hobart, posts and rails, 1 -
12 28
E. L. Curtis, plough points and ex. ·
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3 70
A. J. Bates & Co., lantern and pail,
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1 70
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J. A. Arnold, sundries, -
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Waldo French, stone, -
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Jesse Burrell, tending drawbridge,
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$5,580 42
Cash received for horses, -
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Cash received for cart, - -
55 00
Cash received for use of cart,
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10 00
Cash received for plank, -
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1 50
Cash received for sods, -
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23 75
Cash received for balance unexpended, -
54 83
Total cost of highways, - -
- $4,975 34
RECAPITULATION.
High School,
$ 1,695 01
Pond School,
1,202 25
Iron Works School,
1,520 60
Union School.
1,192 88
East School,
413 55
Middle Street School,
372 45
South East School,
316 70
South West School,
307 80
South School,
340 63
West School,
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Expended on School houses by order of Committee,
1,350 16
Pond School House,
330 90
Incidental expenses of schools,
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866 90
Almshouse,
1,795 71 .
Poor out of Almshouse,
178 10
Insane Persons, Taunton Lunatic Hospital,
986 75
Collection and abatement of Taxes,
1,960 91
Miscellaneous Expenses,
76 82
Town Hall,
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1,254 00
State Aid,
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274 95
Removing Snow,
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657 56
Repairing Town House,
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827 69
Fire Proof Vault,
Widening Union, Commercial and Allen Streets,
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3,909 88
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350 30
379 30
Town Officers,
1,121 91
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$605 08
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85 00
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Board of Health,
97 91
East Braintree Fire District,
1,100 00
Highways,
4,975 34
Cash paid Treasurer and Credits,
2,170 06
Cash paid Treasurer by Highway Surveyors, balance unexpended, 54 83
Appraisal at Almshouse, over last year,
6 42
$32,088 27
Less cash received for support of Insane Persons
178 00
$31,910 27
349 orders drawn on Treasurer,
$31,910 27
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
Schools,
$7,000 00
Poor,
2,700 00
Highways and Bridges,
5,000 00
Union, Allen and Commercial Streets,
3,000 00
Interest on Town debt,
2,500 00
Town Debt,
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1,000 00
Town Officers,
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1,000 00
Miscellaneous,
900 00
Grand Army of Republic,
150 00
Repairing and Reseating School Houses,
1,200 00
Grading around School House,
500 00
Repairing Town House,.
1,000 00
Lockup,.
100 00
State Tax,
3,400 00
County Tax,
2,314 11
Overlay Tax,
794 28
$32,558 39
EAST BRAINTREE FIRE DISTRICT.
Amount assessed,
$1,208 22
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Amount of Tax Bill of 1872, .
$32,558 39
Cash paid Treasurer, .
. 28,612 00 ·
Cash paid County Treasurer,
2,314 11 $30,926 11
Due from Collector,
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$1,632 28
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East Braintree Fire District Tax, ·
1,203 22 .
Cash paid Treasurer, ·
· 1,100 00
Due from Collector.
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$103 22
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, TREASURER.
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1872, $4,889 52
Cash received from Noah Torrey, Collector, 1870, 826 91
Cash received from Noah Torrey, 1871, . 4,314 90
Cash received from Noah Torrey, interest, .
133 26
Cash received from Joseph Dyer, Jr., Collector, 1872,
29,712 00
Cash received from Overseers of the Poor,
86 25
Cash received from Overseers of the Poor from Almshouse,
117 30
Cash received from Overseers of the Poor for work done on Commercial and Union Streets, 388 75
Cash received from F. B. Parks, for old iron,
2 58
Cash received from F. G. Crosby, for school house and land,
1,000 00
Cash received from H. W. Cole, for land,
355 00
Cash received from Patrick Sullivan, for land,
200 00
Cash received from State Treasurer, School Fund,
246 56
Cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid,
1,000 00
Cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
1,910 31
Cash received from County Treasurer, dog tax,
395 66
Cash received from Braintree School Fund,
400 00
Cash received from Surveyors of Highways,
605 08
Cash received from Surveyors of Highways, for oxen,
200 00
Cash received from Town of Quincy,
130 00
Cash received from Town of Stetson,
39 00
Cash received from estate of Joseph S. Foye,
93 10
Cash received for Hospital Building,
78 00
Cash received for salt hay,
15 00
Cash received for paint,
11 50
Cash received for use of Town Hall,
398 25
Cash received on Pond School House, return prem,
6 00
Cash borrowed of Soldier's Monument Committee,
1,984 41
Cash borrowed of Union Bank of Weymouth,
8,000 00
Cash borrowed of F. G. Crosby,
4,000 00
$61,539 07
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1873,
7,744 55
Paid Soldier's Monument Committee, notc. 1,300 00
Paid F. G. Crosby, note,
5,500 00
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Paid Thomas Penniman, note,
200 00
Paid Union National Bank of Weymouth, note,
8,000 00
15,000 00
Paid F. G. Crosby, interest,
546 43
Paid Soldiers Monument Committee, interest,
684 41
Paid Asa French, interest, .
49 00
Paid Thomas Penniman, interest,
3 50
Paid Union National Bank of Weymouth, interest,
167 42
Paid Edwin Howard, interest,
58 50
Paid Braintree Savings Bank, interest,
105 00
Paid W. A. Richardson, interest,
700 00
Paid Gen. S. Thayer, interest,
175 00
Paid Trustees of Gen. S. Thayer, interest,
175 00
Paid Minott E. Hunt, interest,
52 50
Paid Mary H. Thayer, interest,
40 00
Paid M. C. Pratt, interest,
350 00
Paid Joseph Dyer, interest,
108 50
Paid L. Bradford, interest,
35 00
3,250 26
Paid Weymouth & Braintree Mutual Fire Ins. Com.,
37 00
Paid Home Insurance Co., N. Y.
151 00
Paid Norfolk Insurance Co.,
31 00
219 00
Paid State Tax,
3,400 00
Refunded State Treasurer over paid Bank Tax,
14 99
3,414 99
Cash paid on 349 orders,
31,910 27
31,910 27
$53,794 52
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THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST.
Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868,
$5,000 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Oct. 24, 1862, 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, .
52 00
F. G. Crosby, February 1, 1873,
4,000 00
Soldiers' Monument Committee, February 1, 1872, Interest,
1,984 41
Mary H. Thayer, January 26, 1863, Interest,
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450 00
Minot E. Hunt, August 13, 1867, Interest,
14 70
Minot E. Hunt, April 30, 1870,
300 00
Interest,
15 75
L. Bradford Hollis, November 24, 1868,
500 00
Interest,
6 52
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, Interest, .
33 80
Braintree Savings Bank,
1,500 00
Interest, .
64 17
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Balance in Treasury, $7,744.55.
Due from Joseph Dyer Jr., Collector, 1872, 1,632,28.
Due on account of Town Hall,
40,25.
Due from Hingham,
43,50.
Due from Abington,
46,00.
Due from Quincy,
4,00.
Due from State,
75,00.
Due from State for State Aid,
1,249.50.
Due from State for State Aid former years, 809,65.
$11,644.73
Town Debt,
21,935 35
Town Debt last Year,
23,431 13
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138 90
545 00
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$33,580 08
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10,000 00
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
1872.
DR.
Cash on hand February 1st, 1872,
$ 265 60
Dividends received from Union Bank, Weymouth, 140 00
Dividends received from Granite Bank, Quincy,
120 00
Dividends received from Eliot Bank, of Boston,
30 00
Taxes refunded,
48 54
Received from the town for rent of Alms-house and farm, 200 00
$ 804 14
1872.
CR.
Cash paid J. H. Spear,
$ 170 88
Cash paid Edward Hobart,
7 50
Cash paid Joseph R. Frasier,
4 88
Cash paid S. W. Hollis,
9 00
Cash paid Town Treasurer
400 00
Balance in Treasury, February 1, 1873,
211 88
$ 804 14
S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
The foregoing report indicates the financial transactions of the town for the past year, as represented by the accounts of the various town officers.
The Treasurer has shown vouchers for all moneys paid out. His account has been kept with his usual care and accuracy. The same is true of the other officers of the town, with the exception of one of the surveyors of highways, who failed to appreciate the importance of proving to those whose money he has expended, the correct- ness of his accounts, by presenting the proper vouchers. The honesty of purpose in this matter is not questioned. Nor is the right of those whose duty it is to audit public accounts to require receipts for all moneys paid out for the public good to be questioned. Although the auditors have no reason whatever to believe that one cent of the two or three hundred dollars of the moneys expended on the highways, for which no vouchers have been given, has been mis- appropriated, but on the other hand, have every reason to believe that payments were made to parties for work done as represented in the foregoing account ; yet they have thought that their official duty required them to exact vouchers, or a bond that the town shall be saved harmless from loss, cost, or trouble by reason of neglect. This demand has been willingly acceded to.
The Auditors are of opinion that the prices paid, or received for services rendered, are beyond their jurisdiction. They, however, venture to suggest that the Selectmen be Surveyors of Highways. Moneys then, and only then, would be expended "under direction of the Selectmen," as the town has often voted. Unity of action and economy of expenditures might reasonably be expected as a result.
It will be observed that the amount due from the Collector is unusually small. He, evidently, has been active in the discharge of his duties.
ALVERDO MASON, E. W. HOLLIS, Auditors. C. H. HOBART,
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, S.S.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are 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 Braintree, on Monday, the third 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 report of the several town officers and act thereon.
3d. To determine the manner of repairng 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 an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars and pay the same to General Sylvanus Thayer, Post, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Decoration day.
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10th. To see if the town will appropriate the money received from the sale of the school house lot on Taylor street, to the erection of a Soldiers Monument, and authorize the Treasurer to place the same with interest, to the credit of the Soldiers Monument Com- mittee, as per vote of the town at the last annual meeting.
11th. To see what action the town will take with reference to accepting an assignment to the town of a lease of Little Pond, for the cultivation and protection of useful fishes.
12th. To see if the town will accept a code of By-Laws pre- pared by the committee chosen at the last annual meeting.
13th. To see if the town will accept the road laid out by the Selectmen, running from the terminus of Front Street and East Braintree Depot, to a point on Allen Street, near the house of Henry Hobart.
14th. To see if the town will accept the road laid out by the Selectmen, running from Allen to Hayward Street.
15th. To . see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for rebuilding or repairing the bridge and for the improvement of the road lying between said bridge and the railroad in that part of the highway known as River Street.
16th. To choose and hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested 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 for said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
N. H. HUNT, EBEN DENTON, G. A. ARNOLD,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF BRAINTREE :
In addition to the ordinary business of the Town, which is shown in the Report of your Auditors' we respectfully submit the the following Report in regard to the other votes or instructions of the Town, at its last annual meeting.
The work on Union, Commercial and Allen Streets, was pushed as near completion as was possible under the circumstances. The principal difficulty encounter- ed being the prevalence of the horse disease. For the completion of these roads, a further appropriation will be necessary.
The work of repairs on the Town Hall, including the construction of a fire-proof vault, has been attend- ed to, and is submitted to your inspection.
A temporary arrangement was made with Mr. C. S. Williams for the use of his lockup.
The unusual wetness of the past season, was suffi- cient reason, in our opinion, for deferring the work of digging the wells called for by vote of the Town.
In the matter of Guide Boards we would report progress. The posts and boards are contracted for, and will be ready for erection the coming season.
N. H. HUNT, EBEN DENTON, G. H. ARNOLD,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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JURY LIST.
Revised by the Selectmen, February 18, 1873.
Barnabus F. Arnold,
Charles F. Arnold,
Elijah F. Arnold,
Abijah Allen, William Allen,
Horace Abercrombie,
Samuel C. Brackett,
Stephen S. Bradford,
Horatio A. Berry,
Samuel A. Bates,
Alexander Bowditch,
Francis Crane, John Crane, John Cavanagh,
Freeman G. Crosby,
William H. Cobb,
Benjamin F. Dyer,
Joseph Dyer, Jr.,
Hiram A. French, Henry Gardner, J. Parker Hayward, Moses D. Holbrook, J. Webster Hollis, N. Morton Hobart,
Ebenezer F. Howard, Henry M. Hollis, John Hayward, E. A. Hollingsworth, Joseph Jenkins, John Kimball,
George F. Leonard, R. Elmer Morrison, Gardner S. Penniman, Thomas Penniman, Rodolphus Porter, Charles Pratt, Henry A. Pierce, William Reed, Cornelius Scollard,
Henry W. Simonds,
Richard M. Sanborn, Elisha S. Thayer,
Elisha Thayer, Josiah W. Thayer,
Eben B. Tower,
Thomas B. Vinton,
Paul Wild,
E. Augustus Wilde,
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STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, FOR THE YEAR 1872.
Whole number of intentions of Marriage recorded,
33
Whole number of Marriages recorded,
33
Whole number of Births,
92
Whole number of Deaths,
. 83
MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1872.
DATE. NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan. 17. Henry S. Thayer,
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Braintree.
Braintree.
Indianna Gifford, 27 Braintree.
Braintree.
21. William F. Condrick, 21
Braintree.
Ireland.
Kate Kilfoy, 18
Weymouth.
Weymouth:
Feb. 19. John Johnson Clapp, 44
Boston.
Merrimac, N.H.
Emma E. Cushing, 25
Braintree.
Boston.
April 3. W. Walter B. Hammatt, 30 Sarah Allen, 21
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Braintree.
Middleboro.
4. Thomas M. Sampson, M. Janie Hobart,
22
Braintree.
Braintree.
15. Edgar W. Chandler, Elizabeth R. Holbrook, 16
22
Braintree
E. Stoughton.
Braintree.
Braintree.
19. Elbridge Gerry Hayden, 18 Lilly Marion Thayer, 16 Braintree.
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