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A. M. Warren, pasturing cow
3 00
Mrs. Ordway, silver cleaning.
50
D. C. Perlham, 7 barrelsapples
7 00
2 cows .
112 00
66
1 bull.
25 00
John Keats, killing hogs.
2 00
smoking hams. 50 255 64
Ellingwood & Co., 1 syringe
1 25
Wm. Clinton, fish
15 05
E. H. Chamberlain, M. D.
5 00
Amasa Howard, M. D.
29 00
H. B. Shattuck, 1 sink
3 50
Hjalmar Karlson, repairs.
50
Geo. M. Wright, blacksmithing
40 09
A. G. Adams, killing hog.
1 00
Wm. H. Shedd, squash . .
2 00
French & Puffer, ¿ dozen brooms
1 50
J. M. Wilson, beef
8 68
American Express Co. .
15
Amount carried forward
$1,873 38
22
Amount brought forward $1,873 28
Wm. H. Hills, medicine. 7 10
Wm. M. Parlee, attending sick cow 1 00
Putnam & Son, clothing 2 55
Merton W. Cummings, cutting wood
10 10
128 47
Wm. Bremner, cutting wood . 19 CO
R. W. E. Milliken, stove.
5 20
Caleb L. Smith, groceries .
40 42
W. A. Lane, tea.
50
Antonio P. Mills, barbering.
1 50
D. W. Hall, turkey 2 50
Hazen Bros., hay .
25 74
E. T. Adams, superintendent.
400 00
Wm. H. Shedd, services and expenses as overseer . 16 00
Joseph E. Warren, services and expenses as overseer .
19 75
Newell E. Parker, services and expenses as overseer . 7 50
Arthur H. Sheldon, services and expenses as overseer. 24 50
Joseph A. Parkhurst, services and expense as overseer
4 00 566 61
Proceeds of Town Farm.
$1,627 54
Board of Martha Hall from City of Lowell .. 40 50
1,668 04
Total expense at Almshouse
$ 900 42
Paid for outside poor Received for outside poor :
$1,885 00
Matthias Hutchins
$169 58
City of Lawrence.
25 70
City of Somerville.
25 71
Aid to State paupers
36 36 257 35
Expenses of poor at Almshouse
900 42
$2,528 07
Inmates, 11; males, 5 ; females 6 ; tramps 471.
$1,627 65
Total expense of poor. ..
WM. H. SHEDD, ARTHUR H. SHELDON, JOSEPH E. WARREN, NEWELL E. PARKER, JOSEPH A. PARKHURST, Overseers.
$2,568 46
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APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM MARCH 2, 1896.
1 farm horse $ 50 00
6 cows. 300 00
2 yearlings 22 00
2 hogs. 30 00
78 fowls 39 00
1 Democrat wagon, $35; 1 pung, $35. 70 00
1 one-horse cart, $25 : 13 cords manure, $65. 90 00
1 horse rake, $10; 1 farm harness, $12. 22 00
1 one-horse sled, $25 ; 1 mowing machine, $25 50 00
1 farm wagon, $48 ; 1 light harness, $10. 58 00
1 pair harnesses, $20; 1 cart harness, $4. 24 00
1 square wagon, $30; 1 grindstone, $3. 33 00
10 cords wood, $40 ; 6 bushels beans, $8.40. .
48 40
35 cords cordwood, $87.50 ; 7 brooms, $1.50.
89 00
3 axes, $2 ; 5 saws, $2; soap, $2.
6 00
2 sprinklers, $1.25; K. oil, $4.80.
6 05
Oil barrel, $1; measures, .75; ice tongs, :50 .
2 25
Stove, $3; tubs, boxes and steam cooker, $2.
5 00
2 halters, .75 ; 3 plows, $18 ; horse hoe, $5.
23 75
2 harrows, $8; 3 whiffletrees, $1.
9 00
1 wheelbarrow, $2 ; pine lumber, $8. 10 00
Bean poles, feed trough and bush head .
2 00
Soft soap, $2.25 ; vinegar and barrels, $1.50.
3 75
1,200 pounds rowen, $9 ; feed boxes, $1.50 .
10 50
11 tons E. hay, $220 ; salt, .40.
220 40
8 chains, $2; 1 pair draw chains, .65.
2 65
1 buffalo robe, 3 blankets, 1 lap robe.
25 00
2 calves, $8 ; 3 ladders. $6.
14 00
2 forks, .50 ; small tools, $1.50; 2 whips, $1.50
3 50
Rope, jack, reins, etc.
2 00
Stable tools, $5 ; 60 barrels, $9. 14 00
5 scythe snaths, $1.50 ; 5 potato diggers, $1.50
3 00
1 iron rake, .35 ; 10 shovels, $5 ; hinges, $2 7 35
5 manure forks, $2; 1 cranberry rake, .60. 2 60
2 drag rakes. $1 ; grain cradle, $1.
2 00
Hay cutter, $5; fence wire, $2. 7 00
Fetters and muzzles, $1 ; steelyards, $2.20.
3 20
Hay knife and scythe. $1.50; grain, $4 5 50
3 rakes, 2 iron bars, steel trap
1 50
Grain chest
6 00
Provisions and supplies 135 85
Household furniture and bedding 338 25
$1,797 50
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, J. S. WOTTON,
Appraisers.
·
·
24
HIGHWAYS.
R. Wilson Dix. labor $225 00
H. E. Fletcher, labor on wall West V. 70 00
66 stone. 4 10
Chas. Shinkwin, labor.
1 05
J. Thomas Bridgeford, labor
2 00
A. G. Parkhurst, labor
4 00
A. H. Sheldon, labor.
2 25
Peter J. Brennan, labor on bridge No. .....
2 50
Geo. C. Moore. plank and labor on bridge No.
14 50
Walter Winning, breaking roads. 3 60
A. M. Warren, breaking roads. 14 38
Thos. Sheehan, breaking roads.
3 75
S. J. Garland, breaking roads.
6 90
D. A. Reardon, breaking roads .
7 00
John Sullivan, breaking roads.
12 75
Elmer Ohlson, breaking roads ,
75
Michael McKennedy, breaking roads .
6 75
James Bowden, breaking roads.
5 55
Mathew Hayes, breaking roads. ·
6 00
C. Finnick, breaking roads. 6 45
73 88
J. P. Emerson, clearing sidewalks
17 50
Wm. H. Shedd, labor with team.
2 00
James Gordon, shoveling snow . .
4 95
B. O. Robbins, shoveling snow
8 10
J. S. Wotton, breaking roads.
23 45
C. W. Field, breaking roads.
3 15
Geo. O. Spaulding, breaking roads.
. ..
8 10
G. H. Mason, clearing sidewalks.
4 20
71 45
J. P. Emerson, gravel .
35 00
J. H. Butterfield, gravel .
61 10
Ella Jarvis, gravel. .
5 00
E. F. Richardson, gravel.
18 63
Geo. Suttle, gravel .
4 96
Solomon Spaulding, gravel.
36 10
Neils Knutson, gravel.
4 20
J. P. Eaton, gravel. .
12 70
Frank Dunnigan, gravel.
8 50
E. K. Parkhurst, gravel.
2 20
B. J. Spaulding, gravel.
12 40
Howard Park, gravel.
1 65
A. B. Paascha, gravel.
5 70
F. Bickford, gravel .
20
D. M. George, gravel .
8 10
F. W. Blodgett, gravel .. .
1 60
218 04
Chelmsford Foundry Co., cinders.
8 30
John Marinel, 12 loads stone, etc
15 50
Amount carried forward.
$712 57
·
$325 40
. .
25
Amount brought forward.
$712 57
George M. Wright, blacksmithing 189 23
F. J. Whittemore, blacksmithing 87 49
C. Fish, blacksmithing. .. 29 10
T. Durant & Son, blacksmithing
7 85
J. Quirk & Son, blacksmithing .
7 90
Chas. Kappler, blacksmithing
4 62
326 19
Geo. A. Coburn, straw.
27 32
L. Spaulding, 5,310 lbs. hay.
50 51
E. T. Adams, 6.000 lbs. hay ·
58 00
Jacob Spaulding, 4,870 lbs. hay
48 92
H. P. Davis, 1,930 lbs. hay
17 37
Horace Holt, 3,015 lbs. hay.
29 14
25975
Josiah Fletcher, measuring hay.
50
Dutton Bros., grain . .
187 77
E. Shaw & Son, hay and grain
45 05
D. W. Bickford, grain.
81 93
W. E. Livingston, grain.
138 80
453 55
Howe Lumber Co , lumber No. V.
37 36
Davis & Sargent. lumber
70 09
107 45
S. L. Putnam, posts
19 05
A. B. Adams, posts. .
13 30
Robert Fletcher, posts.
3 75
36 10
Patrick Savage, covering stone.
15 00
H. P. Davis, covering stone.
1 00
16 00
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies
48 88
Bartlett & Dow, supplies
14 73
63 61
George E. Allen. 1 edge.
8 00
J. Breck & Son, 1 plow.
22 50
American Express Co., express
40
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., express
25
31 15
C. B. Coburn, supplies.
2 87
Boutwell Bros., supplies.
2 87
Thompson Hardware Co., shovels, etc.
9 28
Wm. Nichols & Co .. powder, etc
10 00
Martin & Langley, 1 can.
75
J. C. Donovan, supplies .
27 10
A. H. Stackpole, supplies
4 75
57 62
I. H. Knight, wheelwright ...
35 20
35 20
Mr. Magookin, repairing harnesses
2 50
S. N. Stevens, repairing harnesses .
5 50
8 00
Marcus Winship, nails .
20
20
Staples Bros., drain pipe . . .
63 65
Chelmsford Foundry Co., pipes
80 93
Harry L. Parkhurst, cement .. . ..
2 60
147 18
Chas. R. Wood, veterinary.
3 00
Amount carried forward.
$2,272 32
1/11/15 8557
29650
W. S. Parker, hay.
42 74
2745499 5'
.
26
Amount brought forward. $2,272 32
-Josselyn, change of grade
50 00
W. C. Robbins, horse. .
160 00
Win. S. Pierce, filing saws
25
E. R. Marshall, filing saws
1 85
2 10
Geo. F. Dyer, removing rock.
20 00
J. S. Shedd.
2 25
F. G. Pratt, lettering guide boards .
1 68
H. H. Wilder, 1 jet ...
1 25
J. S. Wotton, board of men and teams
516 00
516 00
Highway pay roll for March
263 18
May.
338 35
June.
302 67
July.
353 46
August.
374 44
September
239 50
October.
217 30
November
285 63
December
256 00
January ..
216 50
February .
182 50
3,174 24
Total
$6,284 19
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS AT TOWN FARM, MARCH 2, 1896.
4 horses .
$600 00
2 pair harnesses
70 00
2 two-horse carts.
220 00
2 two-horse sleds
75 00
1 jack.
1 50
6 stone hammers, $7.00 ; 7 picks, $7.00. . . .
14 00
25 lbs. powder, $5.00; 3 chains, $6.00. ...
11 00
4 iron rakes, $1.00; 2 forks, $1.50; 10 shovels. $5.00. 7 50
3 axes, $2.00 ; 3 saws, $3 00 ; 15 drills, $12.00
17 00
Plug drills and wedges, $2.50; 8} lbs. dynamite, $4.25.
6 75
Scythes and snaths, $3.00 ; scoop and dipper, $2.00.
5 00
100 lbs. spikes, $3.00; 2 stone picks, .50
3 50
2 eveners, $3.50; 3 cans, .75 ; 3 wrenches,
Amount carried forward.
$1,031 25
E. T. Adams, board of men
144 71
April
84 35
84 35
27
Amount brought forward $2.25. 6 50
2 neck yokes, $4.00; 4 iron bars, $4.00 .... 8 00
9 50
25 75
13 50
12 90
Drain pipe, $25.60; cart body, $3.00 .. . ... 28 60 2 catch basin covers, $8 00 ; 700 brick, $4.90 2 casks cement, $4.50 ; 2 plows $12.00 ..... 16 50 Old iron, $2.50 ; Champion scraper, $100.00 102 50 1 jigger, $30 00; 1 two-horse wagon, $35.00 65 00 Posts and bridge plank, $10.00 ; 8 bags of grain $7.00 ... 17 00
4 feed bags, $2.00; 2 tons E. hay. $42.00 .. 1000 lbs. straw, $7.50; 1 rope, .50 .. ..... 4 lanterns, $1.50 ; parts of harness, $6.00 ... Tool chest, $5 00; grain chest. $5.00 ......
8 00
7 50
10 00
Stable tools, $5.00 ; 2 horse collars, $5.00 .. 10 00
4 halters, $1.25 ; tape measure, $1.25. .
2 50
3 locks, $1.50 ; 1 bush hook .75. 2 25
$1,421 50
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, J. S. WOTTON, Appraisers.
STREET LIGHTING.
C. B. Coburn & Co., 33 globe street lamps. . $ 82 50
C. B. Coburn & Co , oil ....
25 95
C. B. Coburn & Co., 1 globe
40
F. J. McManomin, oil .
11 82
S. W. Parkhurst, oil
55 02
M. H. Winship, oil .
9 46
E. Shaw & Son, oil.
15 17
D. W. Bickford, oil.
8 79
Standard Oil Co., oil. .
10 25
Martin & Langley, 24 lamps and shades ..
5 87
A. B. Adams, 50 lamp posts
42 50
French & Puffer, chimneys, wicks, etc .. . .
13 20
V. I. A. Treasurer, supplies
9 25
Emerson & Co., paint . 70
A. G. Parkhurst, painting posts, etc 5 10
Amount carried forward,.
$219 36
.
$219 36
Old yokes and tools, $1.50 ; 4 blankets, $8.00 Scoop scraper, $3.75; 1 new plow, $22.00 3 iron wedges, $1.50; 1 Chicago scraper $12.00 ..
$1,031 25
44 00
28
Amount brought forward,. $219 36
N. E. Parker, setting and painting posts . . 4 18
George M. Wright, 1 frame 1 75
N. E. Parker, lamp wicks
63
J. A. Parkhurst, sundries
11 00
Orrin Pierce, labor on lamp posts .
1 75
Wm. H. Shedd, teaming and setting posts ..
4 50
Peter J. Brennan, ladders
1 25
A. H. Sheldon, labor repairing lamps, etc . .
14 42
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., express.
30
Charles Hyde, repairing lamps.
10 25
E. A. Stevens, repairing lamps
14 25
E. A. Stevens, lighting
210 71
G F Keith, lighting .
65 50
Charles Jordan, lighting.
39 47
John H. Cooper, lighting
38 20
Alfred Reno, lighting.
17 50
Peter J. Brennan, lighting
53 75 465 60
$785 39
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
A. M. Warren, wood. $ 21 00
John Nichols, janitor Town Hall.
134 43
H. Richardson, damage at Mill bridge. 25 00
S. W. Parkhurst, sundries.
25 18
G. W. Pearson, stamped envelopes
4 36
G. T. Parkhurst, printing .
1 35
Bartlett & Dow, supplies .
4 68
Heirindas Chalifoux, road damage.
125 00
G. A. Parkhurst, framing resolutions
18 00
J. F. Puffer & Sons, chairs. 22 50
Vox Populi Co., order book.
5 75
American Express Co . .
25
H. C. Demond & Co, seals and wires
18 83
E. Shaw & Son, pencils and nails.
1 45
John Blaisdell. teaming chairs.
2 00
Edward J. Noyes, service.
1 40
Postoffice, Chelmsford.
2 50
Thompson Hardware Co., caps for posts
3 00
Registry deeds.
1 30
Williston Carl, labor on target.
12 00
Special county commission on bridge, W. Chelmsford ... 30 86 Fred Laughton, W. Chelmsford bridge. 15 00
4 65
E. R. Marshall, caps, etc
Amount carried forward
$480 49
100 43
..
29
Amount brought forward. $480 49
A. P. Perham, labor and expense on stage 1 63
Courier-Citizen Co., printing and bill heads 76 13
J. C. Collins. time on Chalifoux case 7 00
G. M. Wright, jobbing.
12 87
Arthur H. Sheldon, burial of tramp, reporting deaths .. Farm tax.
10 50
F. J. Whittemore, painting hearse.
19 00
City of Lowell, police service
8 25
T. G. Waller, birth certificates.
50
Smith & Brooks, surveyors.
15 00
John Leighton, services as officer.
2 00
Geo. F. snow, book assessors' tables
2 00
Frederic A. Fisher. lawyer's bill, from August 25, 1893, to May 31, 1895. 229 41
Horace B. Shattuck & Son, sundries
12 04
Solomon Spaulding, rent of rifle range 20 00
H. L. Parkhurst. . 30 95
Peter Lumbert, grading .
3 75
T. Adams, dinners for police officers
3 00
Dumas & Co., tax book and printing
8 75
J. H. Knight, repairing
2 05
Dr. F. E. Varney, reporting births
5 50
Martin & Langley, lining boxes.
12 55
Woodbridge W. Tuttle, Constable.
5 04
M. R. Warren, tags.
28
French & Puffer, lamps and reflectors
16 00
Geo. H. Holt, pumps, and repairs on pumps.
34 50
L. K. Howard, reporting deaths.
3 25
E. C. Perham, tags, etc ..
1 35
J. P. Emerson, use of teams .
3 50
M. Egan, damage to team
16 50
73 50
Wm. Quigley, heating and lighting hall 1¿ cords of wood. 13 22
2 00
J. E. Warren, sundries .
8 39
Percy Parker, special commission, W. Chelmsford bridge
10 00
E. Shaw & Son, rifle range
7 25
Total.
$1,223 70
.
G. C. Prince & Son, paper.
65 55
30
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
C. E. Parkhurst, shingling part of Centre Hall $119 00
C. E. Parkhurst, changing room for school books.
12 66
A. W. Holt, repairing horse sheds
8 50
Dutton Bros., lumber.
3 41
$143 60
8 45
Geo. M. Wright. pump work at Centre Hall W. A. Mack & Co., cleaning hall furnace. .. C. B. Coburn & Co., paint.
2 50
A. W. Holt, labor on farm buildings. ...
16 30
Wilson White, painting.
1 75
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber, farm buildings
10 80
Bartlett & Dow, supplies.
1 50
41 53
Farrell & Conaton, 8 lbs. lead pipe
18
W. H. S. Clogston, labor
25
W. E. Hatch, one sash.
60
J. B. Goodwin, screens for library.
29 75
J. W. Robinson, concrete school No. 8 .... Geo. H. Smith, whitewashing and painting No. 8.
45 30
100 25
A. L. Kittredge & Co., painting, etc., Town Hall, No. Chelmsford.
285 11
A. L. Kittredge & Co., painting, etc., Armory, No. Chelmsford
10 00
P. T. McMahon, use of lumber and labor for staging .
33 95
American Express Co., express on castings school No. 1.
35
Lyman Dodge, repairing slated roofs, North Chelmsford
15 00
344 41
$629 79
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
L. K. Howard, labor, Centre $16 50
F. A. Lane, labor, Centre.
1 60
Lyman Lane, labor, Centre ..
1 70
E. A. Stevens, labor, Centre .
3 20
$23 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, labor, North Chelmsford
17 20
17 20
Daniel P. Byam, labor, South Chelmsford ..
8 00
8 00
A. G. Parkhurst, labor, West Chelmsford ..
9 00
9 00
$57 20
VILLAGE CLOCK.
C.E.A. Bartlett, Treasurer, Clock Association $30 00
23 87
23
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RAISING E. SHAW & SON'S STORE.
James Hickey, raising building
$237 50
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Clara A. H. Adams, Treasurer $200 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
R. S. Ripley. expenses No. Chelmsford .. . . . . $23 60
S. J. Garland, expenses So. Chelmsford .... 7 08
A. G. Parkhurst, expenses West Chelmsford 6 35
J. P. Emerson, expenses Centre Chelmsford 6 25
$43 28
TRANSCRIBING ANCIENT RECORDS.
Henry S. Perham $28 20 $28 20
DEDICATION PUBLIC LIBRARY.
J. A. Bartlett, dedication $300 00 $300 00
HEATING AND VENTILATING SCHOOL HOUSE AT NORTH CHELMSFORD.
J. S. Wotton, contract for building cellar. ... $250 CO Additional length of cellar. 25 00
H. H. Wilder & Co., heating and ventilating 769 07
P. J. McMahon, labor and material .
.
94 76
Arthur H. Sheldon, time and expenses. ..
14 75
$1,153 58
WELL AT SOUTH CHELMSFORD.
Warren Berry, digging well. $143 60
H. L. Parkhurst, brick and cement .. 16 58
G. H. Holt, pump, etc. 17 00
$177 18
EXTENDING WATER PIPE AT NORTH CHELMSFORD.
George C. Moore, 2 hydrants and 75 6-inch pipe $338 40
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COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
William L. Gordon, abatement for 1893 .... $ 16 78 William L. Gordon, abatement for 1894 .... 105 37 William L. Gordon, abatement for 1895 .... 46 28 $168 43
William L. Gordon, collecting taxes for
years 1893, 1894, 1895. 423 40
$591 83
BRIDGE AT WEST CHELMSFORD.
Paid H. E. Fletcher & Co. $1,700 00
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, Statutes 1894 ..... $881 50
Paid under Chapter 279, Statutes 1894. ... 150 63
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
E. W. Sweetser, services and expenses as Treasurer. . ..
$150 00
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Town Clerk .
71 50
E. T. Adams, services as Registrar.
12 50
13 50
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as Registrar .... Stewart Mackay, services as Registrar ... John J. McManomin, services as Registrar .. Wm. H. Hall, services as Registrar .
9 38
Walter Perham, services as Warden, Pre- cinct No. 1. $ 3 00
Arthur E. Reed, services as Inspector, Pre- cinct No. 1.
3 00
Arthur M. Warren, services as Inspector, Precinct No. 1.
3 00
D. P. Byam, services as Deputy Inspector, Precinct No. 1.
3 00
John P. Scaboria, services as Inspector for 1894, Precinct No. 1.
3 00
John H. Redman, services as Clerk, Pre- cinct No. 1. 7 00
Howard S. Adams, services as Deputy
Clerk, Precinct No. 1. 3 00
A. P. Perham, services as Teller, Precinct No. 1 3 00
20 85
11 50
Amount carried forward
$289 23
33
Amount brought forward. $289 23
John HI. Nichols, services as Teller, Precinct No. 1 .. 3 00
John P. Scaboria, services as Teller, Pre- cinct No. 1 1 50
32 50
C. H. Dutton, services as Warden, Precinct No. 2 .. 3 00
George Hyde, services as Inspector, Pre- cinct No. 2. 3 00
Hubert Bearce, services as Inspector, Pre- cinct No. 2 .. 3 00
Fred K. Ripley, services as Clerk, Precinct No. 2 .. 7 00
Charles H. Holt, services as Deputy Clerk, Precinct No. 2. 3 00
James E. McCabe, services as Teller, Pre- cinct No. 2 ..
1 50
George H. Ripley, services as Teller, Pre- cinct No. 2 ..
1 50
J. P. McQuaid, services as Teller, Precis.ct No. 2.
1 50
J. C. Hobbs, services as Teller, Precinct No. 2 .. 1 50
25 00
John J. Quessy, services as Warden, Pre- cinct No. 3.
3 00
A. G. Parkhurst, services as Inspector, Pre- cinct No. 3. . 3 00
John J. Dunn, services as Inspector, Pre- cinct No. 3. .
3 00
M. H. Winship, services as Clerk, Precinct No. 3 ..
6 00
Samuel Naylor, services as Deputy Clerk, Precinct No. 3.
3 00
Edwin F. Coburn, services as Teller, Pre- cinct No. 3. .
3 00
21 00
A. B. Adams, services as Forest Fire Ward E. C. Perham, services as Forest Fire Ward 1 50
2 00
Warren Berry, services as Forest Fire Ward A. W. Holt, services as Forest Fire Ward .. J. S. Wotton, services as Forest Fire Ward.
1 00
2 50
31 00
J. P. Emerson, services as Constable ..
85 65
D. A. Polley, services as Constable.
36 00
J. H. McFarlin, services as Constable ......
18 30
C. S. Carter, services as Constable. ..
13 25
William J. Quigley, services as Constable ...
5 00
F. E. Nason, services as Constable.
7 50
S. J. Garland, services as Constable .
8 00
Amount carried forward,. .
$572 43
24 00
34
Amount brought forward .. $572 43
J. P. Emerson, services as Appraiser . 3 00
D. P. Byam, services as Appraiser 3 00
J. S. Wotton, services as Appraiser. 3 00 9 00
E. C. Perham, services and expenses as
Cattle Inspector. 627 66
E. C. Perham, quarantine of cattle ..
30 86
H. S. Perham, services at bridge hearing. . . Arthur H. Sheldon, services and expenses as Assessor . 113 05
10 63
Arthur H. Sheldon, copying Tax Collector's book. .
15 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, copying valuation book 25 00 153 05
Newell E. Parker, services and expenses as Assessor.
65 25
Joseph E. Warren, services and expenses as Assessor. 75 00
Joseph A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Assessor. 8 00
Wm. H. Shedd, services and expenses as Assessor
52 00
Joseph E. Warren, services and expenses as Selectman .
146 75
Arthur H. Sheldon, services and expenses as Selectman .
85 20
Newell C. Parker, services and expenses as Selectman . 65 00
Wm. H. Shedd, services and expenses as Selectman. 81 00
Joseph A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Selectman 99 61
Newell E. Parker, services as Board of Health Officer
9 75
$2,001 19
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AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions.
Expendi- tures.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Schools, Appropriations.
$6,000 00
Fund ..
325 60
Dog tax.
479 37
Tuition, non-resident pupils ...
16 00
Teaching .. . .
$5,784 90
Care of houses
336 90
Fuel ..
488 06
$211 11
Apparatus
100 00
25 00
75 00
Incidentals
350 00
585 85
$235 85
Free text books, receipts
127 04
826 71
699 67
Support of poor
2,600 00
4,453 46
71 93
Highway
Receipts
146 50
6,284 19
1,137 69
State aid receipts.
997 50
881 50
116 00
Repairs of public buildings.
800 00
629 79
170 21
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors ..
200 00
150 63
49 37
Town officers and committees ..
1,500 00
2,091 19
591 19
Collection and abatement of taxes.
591 83
8 17
Miscellaneous expenses Receipts .
678 20
1,223 70
245 50
Enforcement of liquor law
100 00
57 20
142 80
Memorial day
50 00
43 28
6 72
Village Clock.
30 00
30 00
Public Library
835 08
Receipts
10 58
775 14
70 52
North Chelmsford Library Association
200 00
200 00
Transcribing ancient records.
50 00
28 20
21 80
Completing soldiers' records
25 00
25 CO
Bridge at West Chelmsford
1,000 00
From B. & M. R. R. Co., receipts.
700 00
1,700 00
Extending water pipes, North Village .. Library dedication
300 00
300 00
Well at South Village
150 00
177 18
27 18
School house, North Village.
1,200 00
9 25
1,153 58
55 67
Lighting streets .
. [store
800 00
785 39
14 61
Repairing damage to E. Shaw & Son's
250 00
237 50
12 50
$28,555 51
$30,179 58
$1,313 01
$2,937 08
1,624 07
1,624 07
$30.179 58
$30,179 58
$2,937 08
$2,937 08
Appropriations
$23,140 08
Receipts
5,415 43
Deficit
1,624 07
Amount of orders
$30,179 58
JOSEPH E. WARREN, JOSEPH A. PARKHURST.
NEWELL E. PARKER,
WILLIAM HI. SHEDD,
ARTHUR II. SHELDON,
Selectmen.
..
.. .
Receipts
1,925 39
5,000 00
600 00
300 00
100 00
Care and improvement of cemeteries ..
200 (0
500 00
338 40
161 60
Receipts ..
$28,555 51
REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR
Of the Town of Chelmsford for the year ending Feb. 29, 1896.
Live cattle examined physically . 891
Placed in quarantine and tested with tuberculin 76
Condemned . 65
Released. . 11
Cattle slaughtered by licensed butchers 748
Condemned as tuberculous . 22
One glandered horse killed.
The foregoing does not include the examination during the year of herds or individual cattle by request of owners.
EDWIN C. PERHAM,
Inspector.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year ending February 29, 1896, and find his receipts and payments prop- erly entered and vouched for, and a balance of two hundred six and thirty-nine one-hundredths dollars ($206.39) in his hands. We have, also, examined the vouchers in the hands of the Selectmen, and find in their hands receipts amounting to thirty thousand one hundred seventy nine and fifty-eight one-hundredths dollars ($30,179.58), vouching for orders for the same amount drawn by them on the Treasurer and paid by him.
We. find assets :
Cash in Treasury ... $ 206 39
Tax of 1894 uncollected.
$1,398 03
Interest accrued on same 97 86
Tax of 1895 uncollected
4,684 21
Interest accrued on same .
136 61 6,316 71
School books and supplies on hand.
171 99
Due from State :
State aid to January, 1896.
740 50
State aid for January and February, 1896. .. 141 00
Balance of corporation tax.
349 96 1,231 46
$7,926 55
Liabilities :
Notes (temporary loan)
$4,500 00
Kimball fund and interest
$130 74
Silver fund and interest.
156 96
Emerson fund and interest
225 44
Emerson Cemetery improvement fund
144 00
Marshall fund
100 00
Shed fund and interest.
104 81
Day fund .
100 00
Interest on Edward's fund
3 77
Unpaid bills (estimated) .
100 00
Tax abatements (estimated) .
150 00
1,215 72
Balance assets.
$5,715 72 2,210 83
GEORGE F. SNOW, MARTIN ROBBINS, Auditors.
Chelmsford, March 3, 1896.
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 required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the sixteenth 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 I. 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 taxes.
ARTICLE 4. To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways, townways 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 required 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 re- quired 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 IO. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the ensuing year, and also in such other matters which may arise, requiring, in their judgment, the action of such agent.
ARTICLE II. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter
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