Town annual report of Chelmsford 1894, Part 2

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Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 94


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$1,102 79


Paid for outside poor Received on account of outside poor :


$1,600 94


From City of Lowell, on account of aid to paupers


$ 82 20


From City of Somerville, on account of aid to paupers


101 06


Amounts carried forward


$183 26 $1,600 94


Proceeds of Town Farm


7 25


H. W. Erdis, tobacco


24


Amounts brought forward


$183 26 $1,600 94


From Town of Sandwich, on account of aid to paupers 51 50


From A. H. Sheldon, as guardian of Laura E. Bailey . From Matthias Hutchins, on account of hospital bills 231 70


35 75


502 21


Expense of outside poor


$1,098 73


Expense of poor at Almshouse


1,102 79


Total


$2,201 52


Inmates, 7 ; males, 3 ; females, 4. Tramps, 525.


MARTIN ROBBINS,


EBEN T. ADAMS, NEWELL E. PARKER, ARTHUR H. SHELDON, GEO. F. SNOW,


Overseers.


APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM, MARCH 1, 1894.


1 farm horse $150 00


7 cows 300 00


2 heifers 52 00


3 shoats, $38; 50 fowls, $30 68 00


1 farm harness, $12; 1 driving harness, $10 22 00


1 pair double harness, $12; 1 cart harness, $4 16 00


1 Democrat wagon, $40; 1 square wagon, $30 70 00


1 farm wagon, $48 ; 1 one-horse cart, $25 73 00


1 pung sleigh, $30 ; robes and blankets, $25 55 00


10₺ cords manure, $50; halters, $1 50; chains, $3 50; jack, $1 25 .


56 25


2 whips, $1; 2 whiffletrees, $1 50; 3 baskets, $1; 3 ladders, $6 . 9 50


Sweet corn, $13 50; hinges, $2; nails and fence wire, .50; steelyards, $1 75 . 17 75


Lot small tools, $8 25; 1 ice chisel, $1; rakes and forks, $4 .


13 25


Amount carried forward


$902 75


25


Amount brought forward


$902 75


1 hay cutter, $5; shingles, $1 75; grain, $3 50; 3 shovels, $3 ; 2 lanterns, $1 14 25


Feed boxes, .75 ; grindstone, $3 50; 2 cider barrels, $1 50; 3 plows, $18 23 75


11 tons English hay, $220; 1 two-horse mowing machine, $30 ; horse rake, $10 260 00


1 wheelbarrow, $3 ; 1 one-horse sled, $28 ; 2 harrows, $8, 39 00


1 washing machine, $7; 4 axes, $4; 3 wood saws, $3 14 00


Provisions and supplies


306 60


Household furniture and bedding .


259 67


$1,820 02


J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM,


Appraisers.


HIGHWAYS.


T. Durant & Co., blacksmithing .


$ 15 05


C. F. M. Fish, blacksmithing George M. Wright, blacksmithing


36 45


W. C. Robbins, difference in horses


265 00


T. M. Bolton & Co., harness supplies


28 70


H. F. Ebert, harness supplies


1 00


29 70


George A. Coburn, 3240 lbs. hay


15 40


John Byam, 4090 lbs. hay


41 10


George H. Wilson, 681 lbs. hay


·


13


Vinton McNutt, 2060 lbs. hay


20 70


H. P. Davis, 12,990 lbs. hay Horace Holt, 2220 lbs. hay .


22 20


235 43


Dutton Bros., hay and grain


346 23


E. Shaw & Son, hay and grain


83 49


George A. Penniman, labor


75


George F. Snow, labor and expense


6 50


Sumner Crosby, labor .


3 00


Lyman Lane. labor


10 50


R. Wilson Dix, labor .


20 85


Wm. M. Parlee, labor


75


Wm. Redmond, labor .


4 50


H. R. Hodson, labor .


.


2 00


48 85


Amount carried forward


$1,148 47


88 27


$139 77


129 90


26


Amount brought forward


$1,148 47


J. H. McFarlin, labor .


$ 5 25


James Armstrong, labor


9 62


R. H. Leahy, labor


3 50


Edward Seymore, labor


4 38


Geo. H. Holt, labor


13 50


Arthur H. Sheldon, cash paid for labor


9 75


46 00


Thomas McGuiness, breaking roads


5 40


James Keiren, breaking roads


4 50


D. A. Reardon, breaking roads Hugh Keiren, breaking roads


4 27


Geo. Perry, breaking roads


13 50


H. R. Hodson, breaking roads


48 30


P. Flynn, breaking roads


10 50


John J. Sullivan, breaking roads . Daniel J. Sullivan, breaking roads James Bowden. breaking roads


12 75


A. M. Blaisdell, breaking roads


6 00


J. H. Clough, breaking roads


2 00


Thomas Sheehan, breaking roads John McKennedy, breaking roads Chas. Finnick, breaking roads


4 20


Robert Penniman, breaking roads


3 60


Edward Doherty, breaking roads


11 55


J. H. Hazen, breaking roads


5 18


B. O. Robbins, et al., breaking roads


65 70


Warren Berry, et al., breaking roads and sidewalks


68 73


Wm. Redmond, et al., breaking roads


37 32


E. R. Parker, breaking roads


6 30


Patrick Duffy, breaking roads


9 50


James McManomin, breaking roads


1 05


Zenas Stetson, breaking roads


13 50


Chas. H. Cook, breaking roads


10 05


R. Wilson Dix, breaking roads


50 80


E. E. Dutton, breaking roads


12 12


Vinton McNutt, breaking roads


7 65


Geo. P. Mansfield, breaking roads


28 95


E. H. Hanson, breaking roads


2 10


M. McKennedy, breaking roads


3 75


Robert Gunston, breaking roads


3 75


Wm. C. Edwards, breaking roads


4 66


14 10


Geo. O. Spaulding, breaking roads S. M. Kimball, breaking roads


1 35


M. Hayes, breaking roads


6 00


Amount carried forward


367 71 $1,769 58


10 50


11 55


207 40


7 18


48 75


18 00


27


Amount brought forward


$1,769 58


E. L. Russell, breaking roads


$17 20


W. S. Parker, breaking roads, 1892


10 17


Samuel Blood, breaking roads


6 75


I. B. Hall, breaking roads


2 00


Fred E. Richardson, breaking roads


6 75


Edwin E. Sweetser, breaking roads


3 00


F. A. Marshall, breaking roads


6 75


J. S. Wotton, breaking roads and sidewalks


57 45


Sheehan Bros., breaking roads


11 75


John Wheeler, breaking sidewalks


6 75


J. P. Emerson, breaking sidewalks


15 00


L. J. Mansfield, Jr., breaking roads Homer E. Thayer, breaking roads


4 20


Fred L. Fletcher, breaking roads


10 95


165 24


Geo. E. Allen, repairing scraper


8 00


E. T. Adams, time and expense buying horses


5 92


Harry L. Parkhurst, expressage


50


Harry L. Parkhurst, cement


4 05


George C. Moore, pipe and cement


35 15


W. A. Sherman, M. D., services


6 00


59 62


Burnham & Davis, lumber


7 51


A. P. Bateman, lumber


18 25


A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber


61 54


87 30


F. G. Pratt, painting carts and guide boards


10 28


Chelmsford Foundry Co., 125 loads cinders S. W. Parkhurst, supplies


18 17


Atwood & Pierce, 100 loads gravel


5 00


Ella F. Jarvis, 300 loads gravel


15 00


J. A. Bartlett, 100 loads gravel


5 00


E. F. Richardson, 125 loads gravel


6 25


J. P. Emerson, 535 loads gravel


26 75


Geo. H. Holt, 50 loads gravel


2 50


Solomon Spaulding, 50 loads gravel


5 00


F. W. Blodgett, 283 loads gravel


22 64


88 14


Marinel & Willissted, 210 loads stonc chips


21 00


E. W. Sweetser, 25 pounds powder


3 75


Staples Bros., drain pipe and grates


98 40


S. N. Stevens, supplies and repairs


9 60


H. R. Hodson, 2 stone posts


1 25


Robert Fletcher, 50 chestnut posts


5 00


A. B. Adams, 12 chestnut posts care of sick horse


2 00


F. W. Worthen, 1 gallon harness oil


1 50


S. W. Parkhurst, powder, shovels, etc.


16 02


19 52


Amount carried forward


2 52


8 77


$2,371 87


12 50


6 52


28


Amount brought forward


· $2,371 87


H. E. Fletcher & Co., 237 feet edge stone 60 bound marks 1 step


82 95


12 00


1 05 96 00


S. H. Nason, board of road men


634 50


Mrs. J. S. Wotton, board of road men


80 00


714 50


Highway pay-roll for March


145 27


April


175 84


May


154 00


June


163 69


July


167 38


August


184 54


September


180 00


October


148 50


November


165 00


December .


156 96


January


173 75


February


158 88


1,973 81


$5,156 18


APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS,


MARCH 1, 1894.


4 horses


$600 00


2 pairs double harness


85 00


4 horse blankets .


8 00


2 two-horse sleds


75 00


1 Champion scraper


115 00


1 jigger


30 00


1 drag


2 00


1 Chicago scraper


12 00


1 scoop scraper


3 50


2 plows


14 00


12 drills, 3 iron bars


12 00


5 hammers, 13 shovels


12 25


6 picks, $3; 2 stone picks, .75; spikes, $1 50; 2 wrenches, $2 ·


7 25


2 axes, $1 50; powder and fuse, $3; har- ness dressing, $1 50; chains, $5 .


11 00


Amount carried forward


$1,272 00


.


2 two-horse carts


250 00


1 two-horse wagon


35 00


29


Amount brought forward $1,272 00


2 bush scythes, $2; 2 neck-yokes, $4; 1 jack, $2; tool box, $5; 1 pole, $2 15 00


Posts, lumber and brick, $11 50; lot tools, $3; 1 pair butchers, $6 20 50


1 3-4 tons English hay, $35; bedding, $1; grain and chest, $15 51 00


Halters, feed bags, wrenches and stable tools


8 00


$1,366 50


J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM,


Appraisers.


REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


F. G. Pratt, setting glass in Centre Hall .


$ 1 33


setting glass and hooks, Dis- trict No. 1 2 50


painting inside of Centre Hall 152 00


painting, inside and outside, school-house No. 4 painting school-house No. 5


111 75


28 84


$296 42


Vinton McNutt, 100 chestnut posts, Dis- trict Nos. 4 and 9


15 00


15 00


James N. Pinkham, labor on fence, Dis- trict No. 9 .


12 30


M. H. Winship, nails, District No. 9 . .


1 30


J. A. Parkhurst, labor and supplies District No. 9


4 73


Davis & Sargent, lumber for fence District No. 9


56 01


74 34


Davis & Sargent, boards and shingles, school house No. 4


113 40


Martin Robbins, labor, school-house No. 4 . Bartlett & Dow, supplies


27 19


140 59


C. B. Coburn, oil and paint, school-house No. 3 .


21 16


C. B. Coburn, paint


2 80


Emerson & Co., paint, District No. 3 .


4 22


A. P. Bateman, lumber and shingles, No. 3


27 16


N. E. Parker, labor, District No. 3


45 25


100 59


Amount carried forward ·


.


$628 17


1 23


1 23


.


30


Amount brought forward


$628 17


Harry L. Parkhurst, brick, sand and lime, Center Hall $ 9 58


D. W. Robbins, labor, Centre Hall 39 19


B. M. Fisk, staging, Centre Hall 1 59


Dutton Bros., staging, Centre Hall


2 00


Chas. E. Parkhurst, labor, Centre Hall


1 60


Geo. M. Wright, labor on chimney, Centre Hall · 4 90


Bartlett & Dow, supplies, Centre Hall


4 93


Dutton Bros., lumber, Centre Hall


1 32


J. H. Knight, repairs, Centre Hall


4 25


69 36


Wm. Kelley & Son, door and blinds


2 45


2 45


Chelmsford Foundry Co., supplies, No. 8


1 35


Geo. H. Smith, labor and supplies, No. 8


15 08


16 43


H. H. Wilder, fire pot and repairs on furnace, No. 1 school


33 85


33 85


Wm. Martin, repairs, District No. 7


50


50


S. W. Parkhurst, supplies, 1892


1 54


1 54


Adams & Co., matting and basket, Centre Town Hall


7 80


7 80


Emerson & Co., supplies


2 02


2 02


$762 12


CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.


L. K. Howard, labor and expense in ceme- tery at Centre $33 50


A. H. Sheldon, labor and expense in ceme- tery, No. Chelmsford


11 25


G. W. Bussey, labor, West Chelunsford


6 30


D. P. Byam, labor, South Chelmsford 11 00


N. E. Parker, labor, South Chelmsford


2 25


Thomas McCarty, 75 stone avenue posts


26 25


George H. Holt, pump for cemetery, South Chelmsford


14 00


King & Merrill, cemetery book


7 25


Wm. Grimwood, clipping hedge


10 00


Geo. B. Wright, maple trees


3 00


.


.


.


-


$124 80


31


FIRE APPARATUS, NORTH CHELMSFORD.


Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works, 4 hydrants, etc. $ 88 00


Burnham & Davis, lumber for hose carriage house 21 03


Edward Seymour, labor and supplies on hose carriage house 36 83


Silver & Gay Co., labor


hydrants and teaming


28 87


Geo. C. Moore, 1 hose cart


125 00


Freight on hose cart


4 75


Geo. C. Moore, difference in value in old and new pipes .


64 00


Geo. C. Moore, labor and supplies laying pipe · .


118 00


$486 48


VILLAGE CLOCK.


C. E. Bartlett, expense running village clock $30 00 $30 00


MEMORIAL DAY.


J. P. Emerson, Treasurer Veterans Associa-


tion, expense of celebration


$28 92


$28 92


NORTH CHELMSFORD EVENING SCHOOL.


Arthur W. Trubey, teaching


$37 50


Winifred Miller, teaching


18 00


Ellen A. Cook, teaching


7 50


Mrs. A. W. Trubey


3 75


Nellie M. Baker ·


6 75


American Book Co., supplies


4 44


Wm. M. Sargent, supplies


1 66


E. Shaw & Son, supplies


21 80


Gardner Ripley, care


6 50


$107 90


32


SETTEES FOR HALL, NORTH CHELMSFORD.


Geo. S. Perry, 30 settees


$73 50


Bartlett & Dow, window screens 5 15


A. H. Sheldon, freight


4 64


$83 29


BARTLETT ROAD.


R. W. Dix, labor


$290 00


Wm. S. Pierce, labor


1 25


$291 25


-


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Bacheller, Dumas & Co., binding $55 50


Celia P. Battles, making catalogue 55 38


Samuel Hagerman, labor and expense .


46 35


Mrs. E. T. Adams, services and expenses as librarian .


21 25


Florence M. Battles, labor


4 26


Butterfield Printing and Binding Co., cards and slips


8 50


Barry, Beals & Co., record book .


2 00


Library Bureau, labels


2 00


Taylor Bros., ledger and record book


3 00


H. S. Perham, supplies


30


S. W. Parkhurst, supplies


37


Mrs. Sanderson, cleaning


1 20


$200 11


CHANGE IN GRADE OF STREET.


Patrick McManomin, damages for changing grade of street . $150 00


$150 00


33


LAND DAMAGES.


Land taken by County Commissioners for widening the Boston road in East Chelmsford : R. Wilson Dix, land damage $ 90 00


George Suttle, land damage


. 100 00


George Durant, land damage


20 00


$210 00


COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Martin Robbins, abatements for 1891 . $ 47 82


Martin Robbins, collecting taxes, 1891 15 41 $ 63 23


Wm. L. Gordon, abatements for 1892 . 143 65


Wm. L. Gordon, abatements for 1893 . 56 39


Wm. L. Gordon, collecting for 1892 .


39 81


Wm. L. Gordon, collecting for 1893


307 34 547 19


$610 42


ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.


Simon B. Harris, suppressing liquor nuisance


at North village


$50 00


Arthur H. Sheldon, time and expense in McCabe case .


2 50


$52 50


STATE AID.


Paid under Chapter 301, Statutes of 1889 $866 00


Paid under Chapter 279, Statutes of 1889 168 00 -- $1,034 00


TOWN OFFICERS AND ( OMMITTEES.


Edwin H. Warren, services and expenses as treasurer $100 00


Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as Town Clerk 55 51


Amount carried forward


$155 51


34


Amount brought forward


$155 51


Lewis M. Dutton, services as registrar $15 00


N. B. Edwards, services as registrar 23 25


Stewart Mckay, services as registrar . 11 25


John F. McManomin, services as registrar 15 75


Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as registrar Joseph E. Warren, clerk, precinct No. 1 6 00


20 05


85 30


Warren Berry, services as warden, precinct No. 1 3 60


John H. Redman, services as warden, pre- cinct No. 1 · A. W. Holt, services as inspector, precinct No. 1 .


3 60


D. P. Byam, services as deputy inspector, precinct No. 1


1 50


· Geo. B. Wright, services as teller, precinct No. 1 ·


1 50


3 00


Walter Perham, services as teller and deputy warden, precinct No. 1 · · Geo. O. Byam, services as assistant teller, precinct No. 1 . Arthur E. Reed, services as assistant teller, precinct No. 1 . Arthur M. Warren, services as ballot clerk, precinct No. 1 · Fred K. Ripley, services as clerk, precinct No. 2


60


1 50


Hubert Bearce, services as ballot clerk, pre- cinct No. 2 .


3 00


Geo. Hyde, services as ballot clerk, precinct No. 2


3 00


Chas. H. Dutton, services as warden, precinct No. 2 3 00


·


Chas. H. Holt, services as warden, precinct No. 2 3 00


John C. Hobbs, services as inspector, pre- cinct No. 2 3 00 W. J. Quigley, services as inspector, pre- cinct No. 2 3 00 . Chas. A. Holt, services as inspector, pre- cinct No. 2 3 00


John H. McEnaney, services as inspector, precinct No. 2 3 00 · M. H. Winship, services as clerk, precinct No. 3 6 00 63 30


Amount carried forward


$304 11


3 00


3 00


6 00


35


Amount brought forward


$304 11


E. W. S. Dutton, services as warden, pre- cinct No. 3 · Wm. H. Brown, services as deputy warden, precinct No. 3


$ 3 00


3 00


Joseph G. Quessy, services as inspector, pre- cinct No. 3 3 00


Alfred G. Parkhurst, services as inspector, precinct No. 3 .


3 00


12 00


Fred E. Nason, services as fireward .


5 00


A. B. Adams. services as fireward


2 00


A. W. Holt, services as fireward


5 00


12 00


John H. Nichols, services as special officer Simon B. Harris, services in case of Com- monwealth .


75


3 75


Fred E. Nason, services as constable 1892 and 1893


14 00


D. A. Polley, services as constable


22 00


D. A. Polley, services as truant officer


3 25


S. J. Garland, services as constable


8 25


J. H. Whidden, services as constable


12 00


James P. Emerson, services as constable James P. Emerson, serving dog warrants


35 25


128 70


James P. Emerson, services as appraiser


3 00


D. P. Byam, services as appraiser


3 00


6 00


E. H. Shaw, services as selectman, 1892


32 00


E. H. Shaw, expenses as selectman, 1892


15 00


47 00


E. T. Adams, services as selectman


75 00


E. T. Adams, expenses as selectman .


13 00


Arthur H. Sheldon, services as selectman


42 90


Arthur H. Sheldon, expenses as selectman


20 43


N. E. Parker, services as selectman .


34 75


N. E. Parker, expenses as selectman ·


10 70


Martin Robbins, services and expenses as selectman ·


57 10


George F. Snow, services as selectman


44 00


George F. Snow, expenses as selectman


16 00


313 88


E. H. Shaw, services as assessor, 1892


30 00


E. H. Shaw, expenses as assessor, 1892


6 00


. E. H. Shaw, services and expenses account of electric road, 1892 .


30 00


66 00


E. T. Adams, services as assessor


38 00


E. T. Adams, expenses as assessor


7 50


Arthur H. Sheldon, services as assessor .


54 45


Arthur H. Sheldon, expenses as assessor .


11 00 110 95


Amount carried forward


.


$1,104 39


.


.


.


.


.


3 00


33 95


.


36


Amount brought forward


$1,104 39


N. E. Parker, services as assessor 31 75


N. E. Parker, expenses as assessor 7 00


Martin Robbins, services and expenses as


assessor


.


24 00


George F. Snow, services as assessor .


80 00


George F. Snow, expenses as assessor


14 00


156 85


E. T. Adams, services and expenses board of health officer . ·


6 00


N. E. Parker, services and expenses board of health officer .


3 50


9 50


E. T. Adams, copying tax book . ·


15 00


Ziba Gay, services as auditor


.


2 00


E. F. Richardson, services as anditor 3 00 .


3 00


8 00


$1,193 64


MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.


Vox Populi Press, printing 700 Town and School Reports · Courier Publishing Co., printing registration books, etc.


$65 27


W. J. Quigley, care of hali, No. Chelms- ford


91 73


J. H. Nichols, care of hall, Centre


41 75


133 48


N. B. Edwards, reporting births


2 00


Grey Holbrook, reporting births


50


F. W. Pike, M. D., reporting births


1 50


4 00


A. H. Sheldon, reporting deaths


3 25


L. K. Howard, reporting deaths


7 75


J. H. Whidden, reporting deaths


1 75


D. P. Byam, reporting deaths


3 50


16 25


. Benner & Corey, 143 yards matting, Centre hall


11 54


Adams & Co., furnishings and matting


24 78


36 32


Hibbert & Smith, 6 Armory doors .


10 50


Geo. M. Wright, irons and Armory doors and trough


20 31


30 81


Geo. H. Holt, repairs on pump, Centre


9 25


W. H. Mack & Co., stove and pipe


6 60


15 85


Amount carried forward


$340 48


as


as


38 50


$103 77


H. S. Perham, services as auditor


·


37


Amount brought forward


$340 48


W. H. Spaulding & Co., paper, etc. 16 19


Peter J. Brennan, labor on Armory


23 78


Peter J. Brennan, supplies, Armory


9 79


49 76


Bartlett & Dow, supplies


15 95


French & Puffer, supplies


9 40


S. W. Parkhurst, supplies


2 45


E. Shaw & Son., labor and supplies, shoot- ing range


8 81


E. R. Marshall, labor and supplies, target 23 27


2 25


34 33


Emergency Hand Fire Extinguishing Co., ¿ doz. extinguishers


6 00


Wm. M. Sargent, stationery


7 90


F. G. Pratt, labor and stock


9 55


G. W. Chamberlin, labor and stock


1 00


Geo. H. Smith, labor on hall, No. Chelms- ford


12 00


30 45


E. T. Adams, perambulating town lines Geo. F. Snow, perambulating town lines


6 00


N. E. Parker, perambulating town lines A. H. Sheldon. perambulating town lines Bennett Bros., town pump and hose


1 50


28 50


H. Richardson, repairing ballot boxes


6 00


Harry L. Parkhurst, express


75


N. Y. & N. H. R. R. Co., express


1 00


Geo. A. Parkhurst, record books


2 60


C. T. Haskell, keys


2 05


12 40


Burnham & Davis, lumber


21 29


Wm. H. Brown, painting


1 50


E. L. Russell, 1} cords wood


9 20


Geo. B. Wright, 4 shade trees


4 00


J. J. Cluin, two police badges


3 00


17 75


Town of Chelinsford, taxes


62 21


$673 12


Carl Williston labor and supplies


14 00


7 00


42 15


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AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.


ACCOUNTS.


Appropria- tions.


Expendi- tures.


Surplus.


Deficit.


Schools, Appropriations


$6,000 00


School fund.


278 06


Dog tax.


423 00


Tuition, non-resident pupils.


9 00


Teaching.


$5,554 00


Care of houses


328 05


$185 37


150 00


126 96


23 04


350 00


289 94


60 06


...


Free text books, appropriation.


Receipts.


46 50


619 21


27 29


.. ....


Support of poor, appropriation


Receipts


1,623 91


3,825 43


$ 1 52


Receipts.


2 00


5,156 18


154 18


State aid, receipts.


788 00


866 00


. .


78 00


Repairs of public buildings, appropriation


800 00


762 12


37 88


Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, appropriation ..


100 00


Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, receipts ..


66 00


168 00


2 00


Collection and abatement of taxes


400 00


610 42


210 42


Miscellaneous expenses, receipts.


1,006 00


673 12


632 88


Enforcement of liquor law, receipts


87 62


52 50


185 12


Memorial day.


50 00


28 92


21 08


Village clock.


30 00


30 00


Ancient records.


165 00


165 00


Soldiers' records.


47 00


47 10


Bartlett road ..


300 00


291 25


8 75


Receipts.


21 00


200 11


20 89


Fire apparatus, North Village


500 00


486 48


13 52


Settees, etc., for hall, North Village


125 00


83 29


41 71


Evening school, North Village


200 00


107 90


92 10


Change of grade of street, North Village, receipts ....


150 00


150 00


Land taken by County Commissioners for widening the Boston road in East Village.


$23,468 09


$22,580 96


$1,736 89


$849 76


887 13


887 18


$23,468 09


$23,468 09


$1,736 89


$1,736 89


Appropriations :.


$18,967 00


Amount of orders.


$22,580 96


Receipts.


4,501 09


Surplus


887 13


$23,468 09


$23,468 09


EBEN T. ADAMS, GEO. F. SNOW, MARTIN ROBBINS,


Selectmen.


NEWELL E. PARKER,


ARTHUR H. SHELDON,


...


....


Apparatus


School incidentale


600 00


.....


Highway, appropriation


5,000 00


..


Town officers and committees, appropria- tion ...


1,000 00


1,193 64


193 64


Miscellaneous expenses, appropriation.


300 00


Enforcement of liquor law ...


150 00


Care and improvement of cemeteries.


300 00


124 80


175 20


Public library, appropriation.


200 00


210 00


210 00


..


...


Fuel ..


642 64


2,200 00


AUDITORS' REPORT.


We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year ending Feb. 28, 1894, and find his receipts and payments properly entered and vouched for, and a balance of six hundred and thirty- six dollars and twenty-eight cents in his hand.


We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Selectmen, and find receipts amounting to twenty-two thousand five hundred and eigthy dollars and ninety-six cents, vonching for orders of the same amount drawn by them on the Treasurer and paid by him.


We find assets :


Cash in the treasury


$ 636 28


Tax of 1892 uncollected


$610 48


Accrued interest on same


42 69


Tax of 1893 uncollected


3,123 77


Accrued interest on same


91 13


3,868 07


School books and supplies on hand


200 25


Due from the State :


State aid to Jannary, 1894


$717 00


State aid for January and February


149 00


Relief to January, 1894


53 00 .


Relief for Jannary and February


31 00


Armory rent


200 00


1,150 00


Dne from the County :


1,300 00


Highway damages


$7,154 60


And liabilities :


Kimball fund and interest


$123 35


Silver fund and interest


145 09


Emerson fund and interest


214 02


Marshall fund and interest


100 00


Unpaid bills, estimated


200 00


Tax abatements, estimated


200 00


982 46


Balance assets


$6,172 14


ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, Auditors.


HENRY S. PERHAM,


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford 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, viz. :


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.


ARTICLE 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.


ARTICLE 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.


ARTICLE 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town- ways, and bridges.


ARTICLE 5. To choose all necessary town officers.


ARTICLE 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.


ARTICLE 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be re- quired to defray town charges for the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and payable therefrom.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the current year.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the en- suing year.


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ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will renew the insurance on its public buildings.


ARTICLE 12. At the request of John Devine, Owen Lowney, Orrin Pierce, R. W. Dix and others, to see if the town will grant permission to the Society of Oblate Fathers for Missions among the Poor, a body corporate in Lowell, to use, for the purpose of public burial, a certain lot or parcel of land situated in the easterly part of said Chelmsford and known as the John McKennedy place, and being a part of the "Manning farm," so called, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 13. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will appoint a committee to investigate the necessity of additional school room at the Centre of the town and re- port at the next town meeting, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will accept the gift of one hundred dol- lars in trust from Jerusha J. Shed, the income to be ex- pended in care of the John Parkhurst lots in Chelmsford Centre cemetery, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 15. At the request of Hubert Bearce, Stuart Mackay and others, to see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to furnish a heating apparatus for school-house No. 8, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 16. At the request of Elisha H. Shaw and others, to see if the town will vote to reimburse Troop F, Cavalry, for the amount paid for use of town hall at Chelmsford on the occasion of their twenty-ninth annual reception, or act in relation thereto.




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