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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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