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52 86
F. W. Robinson, sundries
1 50
Levi Howard, medical attendance
18 50
168 21
John W. Park, services and expenses as over- seer
20 17
John N. Perry, services and expenses as over- seer
4 50
Geo. A. Byam, services and expenses as over- seer
6 00
Chas. W. Flint, services and expenses as over- seer
25 50
R. Wilson Dix, services as overseer.
3 00
59 17
Expenses at the Almshouse .
$2,480 66
Expenses outside of the Almshouse
1,437 31
$3,917 97
Less Highway board bill.
722 75
11,557 lbs. hay for highway
115 57 838 32
Received and paid to Treasurer, as proceeds of town farm, $682.02. Inmates of almshouse - males, 3; females, 5. Tramps, 50.
$3,079 65
JOHN N. PARK, CHAS. W. FLINT, GEO. A. BYAM, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX, Overseers of the Poor.
12 50
20
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1883.
1 horse
$135 00
5 cows . .
215 00
1 horse sled
6 00
1 farm wagon .
33 00
1 market wagon
40 00
1 pung . .
9 00
1 horse rake
25 00
21 fowls.
10 50
7 shoats
80 00
1 cart .
30 00
12 tons stock hay
18 00
4 tons English hay
80 00
1 dog .
5 00
1 heavy harness.
15 00
1 cart harness
6 00
22 cords wood.
110 00
Farm implements
66 43
Provisions and supplies
208 96
Household furniture and bedding
335 67
$1,428 56
D. P. BYAM, ELISHA H. SHAW,
Committee.
HIGHWAYS.
Paid David Perham for grain. $333 87
D. W. Bickford, for grain
33 15
E. Shaw & Son, for grain, bill for 1881.
6 16
" for grain .
6 00
379 18
D. W. Bickford, powder and fuse
25 67
Nichols & Fletcher
8 20
33 87
D. W. Bickford, salt. .
1 25
blankets
8 10
9 35
66
1,244 lbs. hay
6 22
Daniel P. Byam, 2,175 lbs. hay
25 01
1,270 lbs. hay.
6 98
Jacob Spaulding, 3,098 lbs. hay 66 weighing hay
36
N. C. Bean, 3,305 lbs. hay
21 23
73 74
Adams & Wozencroft, blacksmithing
34 13
Benjamin S. Adams, blacksmithing
20 73
J. H. Lane, blacksmithing.
75
Jas. H. Abbott, blacksmithing
4 51
Amounts carried forward.
$556 26
$496 14
13 94
21
Amounts brought forward $556 26
$496 14
Paid E. H. Marshall, blacksmithing
3 75
Durant & Son, blacksmithing.
15 71
T. B. Chapman, blacksmithing.
9 48
89 06
John S. Shed, tools, repairs. .
14 07
66
66 66 repairs of tools.
12 72
66 66 66 repairs and tools. 25 15
Kimball Bros., repairing scraper
8 00
Chas. H. Sheldon.
6 25
Arthur E. Reed, repairs
8 05
Wm. L. Draper, repairs
2 35
76 59
E. E. Dutton, lumber.
16 05
David Perham, lumber.
24 53
40 58
Dawson Pollard, railing Crooked Spring causeway .
50 82
50 82
J. N. Perry, hardware and baskets
7 80
S. W. Parkhurst, hardware.
2 39
10 19
James P. Emerson, two-horse sled .
12 00
A. W. Parkhurst, drain pipe.
1 25
R. Wilson Dix, steel, drills, hammer, and powder
25 55
Geo. W. Holt, one pump.
16 00
S. W. Parkhurst, sundries.
1 10
55 90
Geo. A. Byam, two horses. .
120 00
Alonzo P. Quimby, one horse.
75 00
195 00
J. A. Brabrook, collars, repairs harness. .
9 50
J. M. Butman, oil.
2 50
12 00
H. S. Perham, gravel and teaming
7 50
David Perham, gravel .
1 40
Solomon Spalding, gravel and stone
30 00
38 90
James H. Hazen, labor
21 00
Samuel Blood, labor
12 50
Robert Fletcher, labor.
1 35
Albert H. Kemp, labor.
3 00
Solomon S. Sleeper, labor
50
38 35
J. A. Bartlett, damages :
25 00
25 00
Henry Carkin, board of men, bill of 1881,
8 00
8 00
E. E. Lapham,
breaking roads, 1881,
2 85
William Milnes,
66 66 66
3 00
John McKennedy,
66
66
4 40
William Russell,
66
66
6 00
F. W. Robinson,
66
66
10 00
R. S. Burnham,
66
2 00
P. P. Perham,
66
66
6 00
Samuel Blood,
66
4 75
39 00
Highway pay-roll, including five hundred and forty-six dollars ( $546.00 ), salary of Highway Surveyor :-
Amount carried forward.
$1,175 53
22
Amount brought forward
$1,175 53
March
$139 27
April
129 03
May
112 09
June
142 13
July .
132 00
August
179 69
September
142 41
Oct., including teams hired at N. Chelmsford,
228 50
Nov.,
66
265 01
December
164 12
January . .
115 34
February .
132 50
1,882 09
Carried to Account of Poor, for board 206} weeks, at $3.50
$722 75
Carried to Account of Poor, for 11,557 lbs. hay ..
115 57
838 32
Less amount expended on Warren Avenue. .
185 25
$3,710 69
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS, MARCH 1, 1883.
4 horses.
$300 00
2 pr. double harnesses
90 00
2 two-horse carts.
125 00
1 cart.
30 00
1 jigger
58 00
10 shovels
6 50
5 picks.
6 00
1 bush scythe
1 25
1 Kimball road scraper.
185 00
1 plow
10 00
5 horse blankets
7 50
4 axes
2 50
2 eveners
2 00
3 drags
4 50
4 feed pails
2 40
1 bar
1 25
3 chains .
5 00
2 stone hammers
3 00
2 wedges.
25
2 bog hoes
1 25
Amount carried forward
$841 40
$3,057 62
$3,895 94
23
Amount brought forward.
$841 40
3 two-horse sleds.
20 00
Old junk
2 00
Grain ....
2 50
1 striking hammer
1 50
2 hammers
50
3 scrapers
12 00
13 drills .
16 00
Powder and fuse
3 37
1 rocker
2 00
4 halters
75
2 steel rakes
75
1 bush hook
90
4 wrenches
1 00
Horse brushes and combs
1 50
Yoke and pole straps. . .
1 50
1 wagon spear.
1 00
$908 67
D. P. BY AM, ELISHA H. SHAW,
Committee.
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
E. H. Warren, services as town treasurer ....
$50 00
E. H. Warren, expenses as town treasurer ...
10 00
$ 60 00
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk ....
57 20
Geo. A. Parkhurst, expenses as town clerk .. .
2 70
59 90
Geo. A. Byam, services as selectman.
97 50
Geo. A. Byam, expenses as selectman
18 20
115 70
Chas. W. Flint, services as selectman.
70 50
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as selectman.
22 90
93 40
John N. Park, services as selectman
39 75
John N. Park, expenses as selectman ..
6 50
46 25
John N. Perry, services as selectman. John N. Perry, expenses as selectman
13 32
47 82
R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman.
39 00
R. Wilson Dix, expenses as selectman
7 50
46 50
Chas. W. Flint, services as assessor .
88 80
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as assessor
16 40
105 20
Geo. A. Byam, services as assessor ..
32 00
Geo. A. Byam, expenses as assessor.
6 00
38 00
John N. Park, services as assessor.
9 00
John N. Park, expenses as assessor.
1 50
10 50
John N. Perry, services as assessor
12 00
John N. Perry, expenses as assessor.
2 00
14 00
Amount carried forward
$637 27
34 50
24
$637 27
Amount brought forward
R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor
$27 00
R. Wilson Dix, expenses as assessor
5 50
32 50
C. L. Fuller, fish warden.
5 00
5 00
Joel A. Adams, services as constable.
7 00
7 00
E. H. Shaw, services as appraiser.
3 00
Daniel P. Byam, services as appraiser
3 00
6 00
Ziba Gay, services as auditor ..
3 00
E. F. Richardson, services as auditor
3 00
6 00
$693 77
CENTRE CEMETERY.
John Labarge, laying bank wall
$100 00
Timothy Adams, labor .
104 06
John Higgins, labor
11 55
E. H. Warren, labor
10 50
William Fletcher, labor
3 00
$229 11
J. Adams Bartlett, 100 loads gravel
5 00
Solomon Spaulding, stone.
8 00
Geo. H. Holt, pump, and labor on well
18 90
31 90
$261 01
EXTENSION OF WARREN AVENUE.
Brought from the Highway account. . .
$185 25
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Samuel Hagerman, repairing old Town Hall F. G. Pratt, painting blinds old Town Hall. .
$14 42
9 00
J. C. Butterfield, painting new Town Hall. .. H. B. Shattuck, lock new Town Hall . .
4 50
A. J. Lamphere, repairs new Town Hall.
3 00
G. A. Byam, repairs new Town Hall.
1 25
$127 17
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, Acts of 1879 66 252, 66 66
$552 00
343 00
$895 00
.
95 00
-
25
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Marden & Rowell, printing 500 school reports,
$25 50
Huse, Goodwin & Co., printing 600 town reports. 30 94
Huse, Goodwin & Co., draft book and check lists. .
25 10
Sargent & Gay, blanks and notices
5 25
Secretary of state registers of voters.
2 00
Geo. A. Byam, assessors' invoice books.
2 10
H. C. Church, stationery .
1 35
Traders and Mechanics Insurance Co., insu- rance of almshouse buildings 30 00
N. J. Duncan, lighting and warming hall for cavalry twenty times . 25 00
5 00
N. J. Duncan, care of hall No. Chelmsford .. . A. J. Lamphere, care of hall at Centre 66 warming and lighting hall for Cavalry . .
7 00 17 00
John S. McAdoo, enforcing the liquor law ..
76 05
Arthur H. Sheldon, labor in cemetery at North Chelmsford .
6 00
J. C. Butterfield, painting cemetery fence West Chelmsford.
35 00
Daniel P. Byam, labor in cemetery at South Chelmsford . 5 00
Geo. M. Dole, varnishing hearse North Chelmsford .
15 00
Dawson Pollard, reporting deaths
1 25
A. H. Sheldon, reporting deaths . 5 50
Daniel P. Byam, reporting deaths
1 50
$314154
4
10 00
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AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions.
Expendi- tures.
Excess.
Defic'ncy.
Public School, appropriation
$ 4,500
School fund
194 28
Dog tax .
231 01
Tuition from non-resi- dent pupils
27 30
Teaching
$4,498 30
Care of houses
209 70
Fuel .
380 53
$135 94
School incidental, appropriation
400
538 05
138 05
School apparatus,
66
75
92 01
17 01
Support of Poor, 66
receipts
989 06
3,079 65
90 59
Highway repairs, appropriation
66
receipts
259 25
3,710 69
$ 48 56
Repairs of public buildings, appro'on,
300
127 17
172 83
State aid, receipts
639
552
87
Relief ind'g't soldiers and sailors, ap'n
172
343
29
700
693 77
6 23
Town officers and committees, appr'n, Collection and abatement of taxes, appropriation
400
413 31
13 31
Miscellaneous expenses, appropriat'n, receipts
100
314 54
35 46
Extension of Warren ave. appro'on,
200
185 25
14 75
Centre cemetery, appropriation .
300
261 01
38 99
$15,436 90 $15,398 98
$432 82
$394 90
Balance
37 92
37 92
$15,436 90|$15,436 90. $432 82|
$432 82
Appropriations
$12,825 00 | Amount of orders
$15,398 98
Receipts
2,611 90
Surplus
37 92
$15,436 90
$15,436 90
GEORGE A. BYAM,
CHARLES W. FLINT, JOHN N. PARK, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX,
Selectmen.
66
" rec'pts
2,000
3,500
200
250
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year ending February 28, 1883, and find his receipts and payments prop- erly entered and vouched, and that there is a balance of $1,876.11 in his hands.
We have also examined the bills and receipts in the hands of the Selectmen, and find them to vouch for orders amounting to $15,398.98, of which $15,359.15 has been paid by the Treasurer, and $39.83 is outstanding.
We find-
Cash in the treasury .
$1,876 11
Tax of 1881, uncollected.
$110 77
Interest due on tax of 1881
11 11
Tax of 1882, uncollected
461 37
Interest due on tax of 1882.
13 99
597 24
Due from the State -
State aid for one year to Jan. 1, 1883.
562 00
State aid for January and February
99 00
Relief for one year to Jan. 1, 1883
173 50
Relief for January and February
26 00
Armory rent.
75 00
Balance of corporation tax .
25 68
961 18
School books, reported by book agent
. .
$3,662 31
Selectmen's orders outstanding
39 83
Kimball fund ..
100 00
Interest on Kimball fund
16 64
Estimated liabilities .
200 00
Estimated abatements.
50 00
406 47
Balance assets on liabilities
$3,255 84
ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON,
Auditing Committee.
CHELMSFORD, March 6, 1883.
227 78
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections, and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the nineteenth day of March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges.
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the selectmen.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the ensu- ing year, and payable therefrom.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors for the current year.
ART. 10. At the request of N. B. Edwards and nineteen others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriote money to be ex- pended in necessary improvements in the Cemetery at North Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 11. At the request of D. P. Byam, E. F. Dupee, and others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purchase of a new hearse for South Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 12. At the request of Henry S. Perham and others, to see if the town will vote to discontinue the unnecessary highways of the town, or act in relation thereto.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Post-offices in the centre of the town, and South Chelmsford, at the Post-offices at North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the town clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
GEORGE A. BYAM, CHAS. W. FLINT, JOHN N. PARK, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN N. PERRY,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and at- tested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
TIMOTHY ADAMS,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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