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Groceries,
35.00
35.00
Furniture and Bedding,
231.00
231.00
Stoves,
6 80.00
6 80.00
Sewing Machine,
1 40.00
1 40.00
Tools, &c.
150.00
150.00
$ 3,194.50
$2,970.00 $ 145.50 $370.00
Produce, &c.
1,317.97
1,678.60
432.03
71.40
$ 4,512.47
$ 4,648.60
$ 577.53
$ 441.40
4,512.47
441.40
$ 136.13 $ 136.13
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To either of the Constables of the Town of Ipswich.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the Legal Voters of said Town to meet at the Town House, on Monday, the seventh day of March current, at 9 o'clock, A.M., for the following purposes, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, and grant such pay for their services, as the Town may think proper.
ART. 3. To hear and act on the Reports of Committees.
ART. 4. To raise money for the support of the High and Common Schools.
ART. 5. To raise money to repair the Highways, and determine the manner of apportioning the same.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray all Town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what compensation shall be allowed the Enginemen the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what Discount, if any, shall be allowed to those persons who pay their Taxes before the prescribed time of payment.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of Taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to renew Notes that are now due.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as prepared and posted up by the Selectmen.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will grant the Fruit Growers' Associa- tion the use of the Town House to hold their meetings in free.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will grant to the Town Temperance Society the use of the Town House to hold their meetings in free.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will repeal Section 1st of Chapter 4th of the By-Laws of this Town.
And you are to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies of the same at each of the Meeting Houses, Damon's Hall, Town Hall, and at the School House in the North North School District, in said Town, three days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this first day of March, A. D. 1870.
RICHARD T. DODGE, Selectmen THOMAS H. LORD, of
AARON F. BROWN, Ipswich.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts, Expenditures, &c.,
OF THE
TOWN OF IPSWICH,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1ST, 1871.
IPSWICH : PRINTED BY EDWARD B. PUTNAM, MARKET STREET. 1871.
ESSEX S. S. To either of the Constables of the Town of Ipswich,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the legal voters of said town to meet at the Town House on Monday, the thirteenth day of March current, at nine o'clock, A. M., for the following purposes, viz:
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. Te choose all necessary Town Officers, and grant them such par for their services as the town may think proper.
ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of Committees.
ART. 4. To raise money for the support of the High and Common Schools.
ART. 5. To raise money to repair the Highways, and determine the manner of apportioning the same.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be be necessary to defray all' town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what compensation shall be allowed the enginemen the en- suing year.
ART. 8. To see what discount, if any, shall be allowed to those persons who pay their taxes before the prescribed time of payment.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to renew notes that are now due.
ART. 11. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared and posted up by the Selectmen.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will direct the Collector to charge interest or all taxes not paid when due, and determine what rate shall be charged.
ART. 13. To see what sum, if any, the town will raise to defray the ex- penses of decorating the soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
ART. 14. To see if the town will choose a committee to confer with the Trustees of the Manning Fund in relation to building a School-house.
ART. 15. To see if the town will hire such house of the Tustees for the use of the High School until the said Trustees are prepared to open their School.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will provide a new School-house for the South Eighth District and raise money for that purpose.
ART. 17. To see if the town will build the highway from Market street to . the Boxford road as laid out by the County Commissioners, and raise money for that purpose.
ART. 18. To see if the town will purchase a piano for the use of the Town Hall.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies of the same at each of the Meeting-houses, Damon Hall, Town Hall, and at the School-house in the North-North District, three days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this third day of March, A. D. 1871.
RICHARD T. DODGE, 1 THOMAS H. LORD, of
Selectmen
AARON F. BROWN, S Ipswich.
REPORT.
Schools.
Paid I. Lefavour, teaching High School, $895 00
T. B. Ross, teaching Central,
664 50
L. A. Perkins, teaching Central, 312 00
L. A. Tyler, teaching Central, 240 00
B. S. Pike, teaching North,
162 50
H. S. Lord, teaching North,
176 25
K. M. Kimball, teaching North,
243 75
L. R. Worcester, teaching South,
512 50
V. C. Hobbs, teaching South,
256 25
C. W. Hodgkins, teaching West,
140 00
L. B. Smith, teaching West,
66 00
F. A. Ross, teaching West,
70 00
Sarah Adams, teaching South West,
181 50
M. B. Kinsman, teaching South Eight,
74 80
Susie Archer, teaching South Eight,
102 00
Lydia A. Dane, teaching Argilla,
78 00
Carrie Brown, teaching Argilla,
115 50
Helen A. Vose, teaching North North,
157 43
E. J. Pickard, teaching North North,
54 00
$4,501 98
G. W. Dawson, making fires and care of house, $5 00 George Richards, making fires and care of house, 8 00 Jesse A. Brown, making fires and care of house, 3 00
W. G. Claxton, making fires and care of house, 14 00
C. W. Butler, making fires and care of house,
2 50
D. Bradstreet, making fires and care of house, 3 50
B. F. Nichols, making fires and care of house, 5 00.
Moses Ryan, making fires and care of house, 3 50
Howard Kimball, making fires and care of liouse, 4 88
$49 08
William Goodhue, fuel,
$26 25
G. A. Brown, fuel,
11 25
L. D. Pickard, fuel,
4 00
N. B. Perkins, fuel,
6 00
A. T. Potter, fuel,
13 00
G. Prescott, fuel,
47 00
Asa Lord, fuel,
16 92
W. P. Ross, fuel,
3 82
Moses Peabody, fuel,
6 00
William G. Brown, fuel,
45 38
R. T. Dodge, fuel,
62 92
$242 54
4
Paid Lewis Wade, sawing wood, M. G. Lord, sawing wood, Levi Lord, sawing wood, Joseph A. Cross, sawing wood,
$3 50
8 92
12 50
1 50
Joseph L. Ross, chairs and desks,
$156 00
F. Willcomb, chairs and desks and brooms, etc., 23 23 J. Q. Peabody, sundry bills paid by him, 3 75
Mark Newman, repairs on stoves,
$12 25
Robert Stone, repairs,
39 00
P. E. Clark, repairs,
22 50
Eben Kimball, repairs,
19 75
William Dawson, repairs,
4 57
C. E. Smith, repairs,
1 25
Foster Russell, repairs,
6 68
I. K. Jewett, brooms, etc.,
$3 50
E. Cogswell & Son, curtain fixtures, etc.,
8 79
J. H. Cogswell, lumber, South,
84 31
Ezra W. Lord, labor, South,
20 22
Nath. Hovey, labor and stock,
42 12
John H. Cogswell, lumber for West,
$287 22
J. P. Saunders, labor on West,
11 50
F. Willcomb, desks, etc., for West,
65 00
E. R. Road, freight for West,
2 00
Canney, Cressey & Co., labor on West,
269 15
Joseph Torrey, painting for West,
65 00
George Russell, labor on West,
16 50
William F. Conant, labor on West,
11 36
C. W. Conant, labor on West,
3 87
W. P. Ross, teaming for West,
22 00
Ipswich Express, teaming for West,
2 00
Asa Lord, nails for West,
18 73
Mark Newman, stove, etc., for West,
34 77
D. V. Kimball, chair,
1 33
$810 53
$6078 77
CURRENT EXPENSES.
Paid C. A. Sayward, legal advice to Treasurer, $10 00
A. A. Abbott, services on new road, 100 00
G. Haskell, services on Smith, and other cases, 175 25
$26 42
$182 98
$106 00
$158 94
$285 25
5
Paid G. Conant, damages and expenses, $1815 54
R. T. Dodge, witness fee and other expenses in Conant case, 92 90
W. G. Brown, carrying jury to view the road, 7 50
A. Geyer, telegraph, 64
T. H. Lord, expenses in Conant case, 3 40
A. F. Brown, expenses in Conant case, 3 40
$1,923 38
Nathan Sawyer & Son, printing reports and tax bills, $79 00
R. G. Dodge, distributing reports, 2 00
R. T. Dodge, postage, stationery, & trav. expenses, 6 54 R. T. Dodge, taking valuation, census of chil- dren, militia, dogs, perambulating town lines, 25 00 T. H. Lord, taking valuation, census of chil- dren, militia, dogs, perambulating town lines, 25 00 A. F. Brown, taking valuation, census of chil-
dren, militia, dogs, perambulating town lines, 25 00 A. F. Brown, horse and carriage, 24 00
A. F. Brown, expenses to Groveland, 5 00
C. A. Sayward, postage and travelling expenses, 12 33
Nath. Rust, putting up alewives, 18 00
Asa Lord, bread and cheese, 60
William Chapman, boat and self to Plum Island, 2 00
$225 47
W. T. Averill, ringing bell,
$25 00
Asher Blake, care of clock,
20 00
$45 00
Boynton's Express,
$4 90
Noyes & Willcomb's express,
9 95
$14 85
Thomas Jewett, care of buoys,
$30 00
William Dawson, paint for buoys,
3 60
$33 60
Webster Smith, repairs of hearse,
$3 75
C. W. Chapman, repairs of hearse, and bier,
4 00
E. Cogswell & Son, cemetery,
4 00
G. Barker, for cemetery,
3 00
$14 75
1. K. Jewett, oil and stationery,
$4 50
Mark Newinan, oil and stationery,
14 39
Foster Russell, labor on Town House,
$37 83
E. W. Lord, labor on Town House,
7 9G
Jacob Low, painting,
41 84
Alfred Norman,
70 50
Curtis Damon, paint,
181 35
I. K. Jewett, paint,
16 49
J. H. Cogswell, lumber,
17 51
Nath. Hovey, stock and labor,
7 50
Mark Newman, tinning roof,
47 10
$18 89
$428 08
6
Paid Caleb Lord, wood,
$9 00
N. D. Dodge, wood,
10 00
G. E. Lord, wood,
9 50
J. W. Caldwell, wood,
22 50
M. Peabody, wood,
3 00
M. G. Lord, sawing wood,
7 81
Harrison Smith, care of lock-up and board of prisoners, $31 00
Harrison Smith, care of Town House, etc., 47 25
$78 25
$3,128 33
Fire Department.
Paid 5 engineers, $5 75 each, $28 75
Warren Engine Co., No. 1, 50 men, $5 00 each, 250 00
Barnicoat Engine Co., No 1, 50 men, $5 75 each, 287 50
Hook and Ladder Co., 12 men, $5 25 each, 63 00
Nathaniel L. Clark, care of Engine No. 1,
$20 00
Stephen H. Baker, care of Engine No. 2, $6 00
5 00
Charles W. Blake, clerk of engineers,
$660 25
Frederic Mitchell, rent of land,
$8 00
Oliver Underhill, rent of land,
3 00
$11 00
John H. Blake, labor on engine,
-
2 50
Thomas Wildes, repairs
50
D. A. Hodgkins, repairs on engine,
6 60
Benjamin H. Smith, repairs on engine,
3 00
Webster Smith, repairs on engine,
2 75
Mark Newman, repairs on engine, and tacks,
1 37
Russell & Archer, labor on platform, and nails,
$3 05
Samuel P. Rutherford, labor on engine house, 2 00
Jacob Low, painting engine house, 20 00
$25 05
I. K. Jewett, axe, oil, etc.,
5 00
J. Stackpole & Son, oil, Asa Lord, oil, etc.,
3 92
$19 27
J. Boyd & Son, hose,
$39 00
J. Boyd & Son, hose pipe, E. T. Kennedy, hose,
27 75
36 00
$102 75
$7 50
Charles W. Brown, repairs on engine,
40 51
Russell & Archer, repairs on engine,
$64 73
$10 35
$61 81
7
Paid George Barker, leather for engine, $2 50
N. R. Wait, leather for engine, 2 50
Andrew Geyer, alcohol and book, 4 85 R. T. Dodge, fuel, 3 70
Nath'l L. Clark, labor on engine, & cleaning hose, 15 00 Ipswich Mills, cotton waste, 1 40
$29 95
$913 00
Fees and Salaries.
Paid John R. Baker, school committee, $36 00
John Q. Peabody, school committee, 36 00
Aaron Cogswell, school committee, 35 00
$107 00
R. T. Dodge, assessor, selectman and overseer, $100 00
'T. H. Lord, assessor, selectman and overseer, 100 00
A. F. Brown, assessor, selectman and overseer, 100 00
$300 00
Wesley K. Rell, salary as town clerk, $50 00
Wesley K. Bell, return of births, marriages, deaths, etc., 37 85
$87 85
James W. Watts, salary as Treasurer and Col- lector, 5 months, $125 00
Charles A. Sayward, salary as Treasurer and Collector, 175 00
$300 00
James W. Watts, notifying town meetings, $5 00
George Brown, notifying town meetings and officers, 8 00
E. G. Hull, notifying town meetings, and po- lice services, 40 00
Webster Smith, notifying town meetings and police services, 35 00
$88 00
Joseph Spiller, police services, $35 50
T. B. Ross, police services,
6 50
Ezra W. Lord, police services,
8 00
Henry F. Russell, police services,
9 50
George Brown, police services,
22 25
"T. C. Tilton, police services,
7 00
Nath. C. Perkins, police services,
11 25
N. A. Dickinson, police services,
7 50
S. P. Rutherford, police services,
9 50
Luther Lord, police services,
11 25
A. P. Felton, police services,
3 00
8
Paid Nath'l Burnham, police services,
10 00
Daniel S. Russell, police services,
7 50
Thomas L. Jewett, Jr., police services,
7 50
James W. Bond, police services,
8 00
Harrison Smith, police services,
18 25
$182 50
Daniel Clark, return of deaths,
$3 90
Wm. T. Averill, return of deaths,
2 10
Wm. Stephens, return of deaths,
90
Y. G. Hurd, return of deaths,
40
Wm. P. Perley, return of deaths,
30
$7 60
$1,072 95
Highways.
Paid W. B. Russell, teaming stonc,
$3 00
D. T. Perley, damage to plow,
2 50
D. S. Appleton, labor on railing,
4 15
Augustine Hodgkins, stone,
10 00
James H. Wiley, labor on M. Lane,
20 00
T. E. Condon, brcad and cheese,
1 88
Ephraim Fellows, labor on railing,
7 50
J. Griffing, labor on bridges,
19 50
Webster Smith, railing,
9 12
S .. P. Rutherford, labor on platform,
2 00
Russell & Archer, snow plow,
1 97
Asa Lord, bread and cheesc, and nails,
7 74
E. Cogswell & Son, nails,
54
WV. Wade, labor on railing,
6 00
W. Seward, labor on bridges,
17 00
Emerson Howe,
4 11
John Patch, clearing snow,
4 47
P. Riley, clearing snow,
6 12
L. Murray, clearing snow,
19 26
C. W. Wait, clearing snow,
1 20
D. S. Russell, clearing snow,
9 3€
N. C. Perkins, clearing snow,
13 54
A. Tenney, clearing snow,
5 04
G. H. Tenney, clearing snow,
16 02
R. L. Gove, clearing snow,
1 26
J. T. Worcester, clearing snow,
1 95
J. Scott, Jr., clearing snow,
3 42
Webster Smith and others, clearing snow,
S1 11
J. P. Scanks, clearing snow,
9 98
J. Scanks, clearing snow,
7 20
7 00
W. P. Ross, clearing snow.
3 04
H. A. Lord, clearing snow,
9 18
G. Poole, clearing snow,
9
Paid J. B. Tenney, clearing snow,
14 22
J. Roberts, clearing snow, C. Croning, clearing snow,
16 23
2 52
Albert Tenney, clearing snow,
4 14
L. Aspell, clearing snow,
4 12
J. Smith, Jr., clearing snow,
1 26
A. F. Manning, clearing snow,
11 25
A. Manning, clearing snow,
14 24
J. Horton, clearing snow, 1869 and '70,
23 86
G. A. Brown, clearing snow,
13 88
W. T. Cross, clearing snow,
1 86
J. Marshal, clearing snow,
23 16
A. P. Stone, clearing snow,
32 44
C. W. Conant, clearing snow,
4. 20
W. F. Conant, clearing snow,
21 00
D. Conant, clearing snow,
3 42
J. Spiller, clearing snow,
3 95
C. C. Lavelette, clearing snow,
1 26
M. Brown, Jr., clearing snow,
11 46
D. G. Chapman, clearing snow,
11 63
J. S. Potter, clearing snow,
13 40
Asa Wade, clearing snow,
7 09
A. B. Fellows, clearing snow,
21 42
S. Conant, clearing snow,
-4 11
J. W. Lord, clearing snow,
3 00
A. Low, clearing snow,
5 70
T. Low, clearing snow,
5 00
W. H. Kinsman, clearing snow,
12 44
O. C. Smi hi, clearing snow,
9 54
James Scott, clearing snow,
6 00
D. W. Appleton, clearing snow,
11 65
H. Searles. «learing snow,
4 80
V. C. Hobby, clearing snow,
4 96
Perley Scott. clearing snow,
2 00
J. H. Burnham, clearing snow,
7 85
C. Smith, clearing snow,
13 74
D. T. Perley, clearing snow,
5 54
E. Falls, clearing snow,
5 40
W. B. Kinsman, clearing snow,
28 12
D. O. Collins, clearing snow,
3 50
Joseph Kinsman, clearing snow,
16 33
Ceorge Fellows, clearing snow,
9 04
E. & M. Peabody, clearing snow,
15 84
J. J. Gould, clearing snow,
17 50
A. Story, clearing snow,
9 88
H. Terhune, clearing snow,
3 24
C. Batchelder, clearing snow,
10 00
John Grant, labor on wall,
2 00
WV. P. Ross, teaming stone,
10 00
I. K. Jewett, stones,
25 00
J. Brockelbank, teaming,
3 50
I. A. Rogers, teaming,
16 00
H. S. Lord, gravel,
23 30
C. Coburn, gravel,
14 40
10
Paid M. Brown, labor on causeway,
40 70
W. Smith, labor on drain, 20 00
D. Kimball, labor on road,
142 87
W. F. Conant, labor and material,
14 75
M. Brown, Jr., labor,
10 00
T. Roberts, labor,
18 33
William Lord, labor on bridge,
2 50
L. Lord, labor on bridge,
2 50
J. H. Cogswell, lumber,
98 71
D. L. Hodgkins,
26 44
$1,352 41
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Poor.
To amount of wood on hand,
$144 00
$144 00
Paid Newburyport, supplies to Wallace, Fuller & Pickard,
$186 50
Gloucester, supplies to Mrs. Lakeman,
91 31
Salem, supplies to Barker & Durgin,
116 00
Lynn, rent to Mrs. Knox,
36 00
$429 81
I. K. Jewett, partial supplies, $13 00
80 00
.J. W. Watts, partial supplies, 4 00
58 44
E. Cogswell & Son, partial supplies.
2 00
John M. Dunnels, partial supplies,
3 00
A. S. Hills, partial supplies,
47 00
Manning Dodge, meat,
1 35
W. H. Tozer, shoes,
5 00
C. R. Titcomb, meat,
2 00
D. W. Appleton, supplies to Mrs. Collins.
71 68
Smith E. Hayes, rent,
$3 33
A. H. Bond, rent, 15 months,
45 00
E. Bradley, rent,
45 00
O. Underhill, rent,
30 00
Mrs. John Hovey, rent.
18 00
Stephen Coburn, rent,
12 00
Manning Dodge, rent,
12 00
State Reform School, board of Lindberg, $30 79
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board of M. Graves, J. L. Akerman, M. Lord, 334 48
State Nautical School, board of Sullivan and Lord. 21 13
$287 47
$165 33
$386 40
F. Willcomb, partial supplies,
Asa Lord, partial supplies,
11
Paid J. B. Eagan, board of poor travellers,
10 00
R. T. Dodge, aid to poor travellers, 4 40
E. R. Road, tickets to poor travellers,
5 65
$20 05
R. T. Dodge, coal,
$17 60
W. G. Brown, coal,
81 17
Estate of Joseph Conant, wood,
24 40
William Kimball, wood,
8 50
Asa T. Potter, wood,
24 50
Nath'l Goodhue, measuring and piling wood,
4 75
A. P. Ross, teaming wood,
19 28
Charles Palmer, medical attendance,
$44 00
Isaac Flitner, medical attendance,
30 00
Daniel Clarke, coffins and grave clothes, etc.,
61 00
W. T. Averill, attending funeral,
5 00
John Patch, board and care of Taylor,
20 00
Sarah Kennedy, nursing Mrs. Collins,
15 00
Harrison Smith, expenses to Tewksbury,
10 00
Joseph Spiller, expenses to Tewksbury,
5 00
A. M. Rutherford, sawing wood,
66
Farm, board of 113 poor travellers,
$84 75
$84 75
$1,888 67
CR.
By amount paid by Aaron Lord, guardian of Mar-
garet Lord, for board at Hospital,
$77 70
By amount paid by city of Newburyport.
101 42
By amount paid by city of Salem,
24 81
By amount paid by town of Rockport,
49 35
By amount paid by town of Westford.
25 31
.By amount due from Haverhill,
45 00
By amount due from Salem,
3 33
By amount due from Groveland,
17 00
By amount due from Gloucester,
7 47
By amount due from State of Massachusetts,
108 83
"By amount of wood on hand.
135 00
$595 22
$1,293 45
Farm.
Paid Benjamin D. Appleton, superintendent,
$500 00
Alvin T. Guilford, labor,
100 00
Charles W. Spiller, labor,
110 00
Charles Littlefield, labor,
240 00
Nathan Jewett, self and boat,
16 50
$966 50
$180 20
$190 66
12
Paid I. K. Jewett, groceries and tools, Curtis Damon, groceries,
$$121 56
189 74
E. Cogswell & Son, groceries,
95 67
T. E. Condon, groceries,
132 86
A. S. Hills, groceries,
35 89
F. Willcomb, groceries,
54 45
J. W. Watts, groceries,
45 54
John M. Dunnels, groceries, Asa Lord, groceries,
233 15
$932 20
Clothey & Russell, dry goods,
$34 55
S. N. Baker, Jr., clothing,
34 25
$68 80
Eben Harris, cow,
$50 00
Phineas Dodge, oxen,
327 00
Aaron Cogswell, calf,
12 69
W. H. Kinsman, oxen,
190 00
Lewis Choate, yearling,
15 00
Stephen Jewett, pig,
18 50
Ignatius Dodge, yearling,
20 00
$633 19
C. W. Chapman, blacksmithing,
$34 85
Webster Smith, blacksmithing,
18 60
B. H. Smith, blacksmithing,
19 55
$73 00
R. T. Dodge, coal,
$154 53
$154 32
I. H. Franklin, medical attend. and medicine
$33 00
Andrew Geyer, medicine,
9 10
Daniel Clarke, coffins, etc.,
40 50
$82 60
Mark Newman, tin ware and repairs,
$26 82
E. Plouff, tin ware,
9 47
Andrew Geyer, keg,
1 00
$37 29
N. R. Wait, boots and shoes,
$7 00
IV. H. Tozer, boots and shoes,
4 45
G. W. Ellis, boots and shoes, 1870 and '71,
28 86
J. H. Cogswell, lumber,
$37 06
Foster Russell, repairs,
3 55
$40 6ª
Amos Canney, sleigh,
$40 00
W. G. Brown, ice,
7 00
William Willcomb, potatoes,
10 00
I. Stackpole & Son, soap,
1 75
Bills paid by superintendent,
$550 8%
Balance, being income beyond expenses,
163 60
$3,802 31
$10 32
$58 25
23 34
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CR.
Gy sales from Farm,
English Hay,
$678 38
Salt Hay and Thatch,
468 54
Potatoes,
30 50
Calves,
131 41
Pigs,
129 51
Lambs,
36 00
Poultry,
19 98
Eggs,
56 31
Butter,
198 87
Pork,
22 95
Milk,
6 91
Hides,
14 91
Muck,
37 00
Cow,
56 50
Oxen,
455 00
Pop Corn,
5 80
Pasturing,
16 00
Teaming,
27 00
Husks,
2 60
Soap Grease,
3 69
Wool,
31 80
Horse,
100 00
Board of M. Patch, of Hamilton,
156 00
Board of 113 poor travellers, at 75 cents each,
84 75
Increase of personal property,
1,031 90
$3,802 31
The number of poor at the Alms House is sixteen ; the average number for the year was seventeen.
The average cost of supporting them by the usual method of com- putation, is seventy-seven cents per week.
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Inventory of Property at the Farm. PRODUCE, &C.
1870.
1871.
Corn,
bush.
No. 175
Value.
No. 200
Value. 200 00
Increase. 25 00
Decrease.
Barley,
66
70
77 00
30
30 00
47 00
Beans.
14
28 00
11
22 00
6 00
Potatoes.
300
150 00
300
150 00
Roots.
40
40 00
20
20 00
20 00
Beef,
barrel.
1
17
2
34 00
17 00
Pork,
3
60 00
10 00
Cider,
2
10 00
4
20 00
10 00
Apples,
21
7 50
7 50
Soap,
4
16 00
1
16 00
Hams,
pounds.
200
28 00
175
23 50
4 50
Beef, fresh,
66
40
4 80
60
20
2 40
Lard,
90
13 50
80
12 00
1 50
Tallow,
6.
50
7 00
50
00
Butter,
80
: 00
117
40 80
14 80
..
tons.
19
380 00
20
400 00
20 00
English Hay, Market, “
2
52 00
31
930 00
878 00
Salt Hay & Black Grass, 30 " " Market, 7
98 (
3
42 00
36 00
Corn Fodder,
tons.
2
16 00
1
8 00
8 00
Thatch,
..
12
84 00
12
84 00
Straw,
2}
20 00
1
8 00
12 00.
Wool,
60
15 00
15 00
Pickles,
2 00
2 00
$1678 60
$2514 00 $1008 70 $173 36+
3 30
Dried Apples,
22
3 30
360 00
32
384 00
24 00
50 00
175 00
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Inventory of Property at the Farm. STOCK, &c.
1870.
1871.
1
-
No.
Value.
No.
Value. 600 00
Increase. , Decrease. 200 00
Cows,
14
560 00
14
560 00
Steers,
2
100 00
1
50 00
50 00
Yearlings,
4
80 00
80 00
Bulls,
2
70 00
70 00
Horses,
2
250 00
1
150 00
100 00
Sheep,
11
77 00
13
91 00
14 00
Shoats,
5
150 00
5
150 00
Fat Hogs,
1
45 00
2
70 00
25 00
Fowls,
40
20 00
53
26 50
6 50
Turkeys,
8 00
11
22
14 00
Horse Wagon,
1
35
1
35
Sleigh,
1
20 00
1
20 00
Chaise,
1
25 00
1
25 00
Ox Wagon,
2
170 00
2
170 00
Ox Carts,
2
100 00
2
100 00
Mow'g Ma. & Harness, 1
124 00
1
124 00
Ploughs,
6
65 00
6
65 00
Cultivator,
1
5 00
1
5 00
Harrow,
1
7 00
1
7 00
Ox Sleds,
1
15 00
1
15 00
Wood, cords,
20
140 00
20
140 00
Coal, tons,
5
40 00
6
48 00
8 00
Groceries,
35 00
34 00
1 00
Furniture & Bedding,
231 00
231 00
Stoves,
6
80
6
80 00
Sewing Machine,
1
40 00
1
40 00
Tools, &c.,
150 00
150 00
Winnow Mill,
8 00
8 00
$2970 00
$3166 50
$347 50
$151 00
1678 60
2514 00
1008 70
173 30
4648 60
5680 50
1356 20
324 30
4648 60
. 324 30
Oxen,
4
400 00
6
$1031 90 $1031 90
1
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EXPENSES AND INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1870.
Expenses.
Amount paid for current expenses,
$3,139 49
Amount paid for fire department,
913 00
Amount paid for fees and salaries,
1,072 95
Amount paid for highways and bridges,
1,294 94
Amount paid for poor,
1,126 78
Amount paid for abatements,
228 48
Amount paid for discounts,
602 06
Amount paid for schools,
6,078 77
Amount paid for interest,
1,564 60
Balance, being income beyond expenses,
3,903 43
$19.924 50
Income.
Amount raised for current expenses,
$16,478 91
Amount of unworked highway taxes of 1869,
297 32
Amount of non-residents' highway taxes of 1870,
163 07
Amount of income of town house,
262 00
Amount of income of town scales,
136 85
Amount of income of Turkey Shore pasture,
6 00
Amount corporation tax,
2,187 06
Amount licenses of concerts,
7 00
Amount income of farm,
163 64
Amount received of county treasurer for dogs' licenses,
130 78
Amount interest on deposits in banks,
91 87
$19,924 50
JAMES W. WATTS, LATE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR,
Dr.
To cash on hand March 1, 1870,
$4,152 60
uncollected taxes,
158 93
cash from Haverhill,
45 00
cash from Westford,
47 45
cash, income of town house,
13 00
State balance of corporation tax 1869,
519 30
State, Poor account,
25 17
money hired on town notes,
2,515 00
sales from farm,
84 39
concert license,
1 00
$7.561 84
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By orders drawn by Selectmen,
$5,056 62
1,559 25
orders drawn by Selectmen, State Aid, principal paid on town notes, interest paid on town notes, abatements, J. H. Lord's note, cash paid over to C. A. Sayward,
75 00
692 90
24 03
16 00
138 04
$7,561 84
CHARLES A. SAYWARD, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR,
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