Town annual report of Chelmsford 1896, Part 2

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Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 84


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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


23


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


31


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


32


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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