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Moses G. Lord, 66
66
1.67
I. Rogers,
66
6.33
Lewis Wade,
4.50
A. D. Wells, 66
.6
8.50
25.50
Repairs.
ARGILLA SCHOOL-
Paid Luther Lord, labor, $7.50
Edward Brown, labor, 66.62
Joseph L. Ross, furniture, 133.65
John H. Cogswell, lumber. 84.98
T. J. Roberts. stone and labor. 163.76
John W. Newman, painting, 40.30
John A. Newman, labor and materials, 21.48 E. Cogswell & Son, hardware and paint, 9.68 Foster Russell. window sashes, 5.62
Manasseh Brown. sand, 3.00
William Seward, labor, 25.12
561.71
5
,
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
Paid C. M. Abbott, labor, $31.91
John H. Cogswell, lumber, 37.21
Edward Kimball, lumber, 92.29
Calvin Batchelder, teaming furniture, 2.00
E. Plouff & Son, wrench, .50
Moses Spiller, repairs, 5.00
John A. Newman, .40
$169.31
NORTH SCHOOL.
Land, Moving and Grading.
Paid George Prescott, land,
$750.00
E. W. Choate, moving house, 140.00
890.00
Joseph Smith, Jr., labor grading,
31.25
Isaac Lord,
11.25
John Holmes,
26.00
George W. Richards,
66
27.75
Luther Lord,
181.75
Thomas T. Chapman,
91.25
Andrew Russell,
20.00
John Pingree,
44.50
William Plummer,
22.00
George Barker,
22.00
George M. Lord.
1.00
John Doyle,
20.50
499.25
Asa Lord, Jr., labor & team grading, 225.75 George E. Lord, 21.00
John Shatswell
5.00
Chas. E. Brown, brick for underpining, 77.50 Thomas J. Roberts, labor on " 53.31
251.75
6
Paid Frank Collins, labor on underpining, Thomas Burns, 5.00
$38.62
$174.43
L. Holman, use of screws, 18.25
Edmund Ready, taking down chimney, 4.00 Webster Smith, iron work, 5.29
27.54
$1,842.97
Repairs.
Paid John H. Cogswell, lumber, lime and
cement.
$581.18
Edward Kimball & Co., lumber, 304.18
D. L. Hodgkins, 66
264.97
E. Cogswell & Son, paint, oil and putty, 124.03
Tyler Caldwell, sand, 7.27
25.00
Fisher & Durrell, stairs and rail,
Charles E. Brown, bricks for vault and chimney, 28.00
John A. Newman, windows, doors. nails, etc. 100.05
1,434.68
Robert Stone, carpenter work,
554.90
Edward Brown
18.12
E. W. Choate,
101.75
Lewis Choate,
66
92.64
Thomas D. Gould,
14.00
George P. Smith, building fence,
111.11
Webster Smith, iron work,
5.00
William Wade, making sash,
1.50
S. F. Canney & Co., turning posts, ,
26.35
925.37
Nathaniel Hovey, mason work,
41.00
18.25
George Russell,
Z
Paid Moses G. Lord, tending mason, $29.37 Sam'l Roberts, painting and graining, 165.00
253.62
Joseph L. Ross, furniture, 436.73
Eastern Railroad, freight,
4.00
440.73
$3,054.40
CANDLEWOOD SCHOOL.
Paid Alfred Norman, painting blinds, $15.28
John A. Newman, labor and materials, 8.59
Luther Lord, 5.00
Asa Lord, Jr., ..
7.00
35.87
Miscellaneous. .
Paid Mark Newman, stoves, pails, etc. $147.10
Asa Lord, brooms and rope, 2.28
F. Willcomb, brooms, pails and chairs, 10.71 E. Cogswell & Son, brooms, glass, etc. 2.41 I. K. Jewett, shovels, 1.25
163.75
Joseph L. Ross, blackboard erasers, 9.60
D. M. Tyler, clocks, 16.25
J. L. Hammatt, slating for blackboards, 9.00
34.85
Benj. Newman, paint and oil, 10.41
Philip Kimball, repairs,
3.25
A. S. Hill, teaming, 2.00
Mrs. Collins & Poor, washing floor,
2.50
Andrew Geyer, books, 2.60
Isaac Lord, labor, 3.33
24.09
Paid J. H. Cogswell, lumber for Apple- ton School, $17.56 Warner Downes, horse for School Committee. 5.00
$22.56
Total expended for schools,
$10,891.98
CURRENT EXPENSES.
Paid E. B. Putnam & Co., printing town and school reports, $135.80
E. B. Putnam, printing overseers' blanks and warrants for meeting, 2.75
Salem Observer, printing tax books and advertising. 14.75
E. L. Davenport, distributing reports, 2.00
Davenport & Goodwin, printing and advertising for assessors. 6.50
Davenport & Goodwin, printing tax bills and by-laws. 15.00
Davenport & Goodwin, printing
blanks for clerk and advertising,
4.50
181.30
J. Sargent, traveling expenses and postage,
5.78
Russell & Archer, building stage for Decoration Day, 1871, 3.80
Post 100, G. A. R., decorating sol- diers' graves, 152.32
156.12
George F. Witherell & Co., stone for fence for monument, 180.00
Eastern Railroad freight on same, 9.89
W. P. Ross, teaming 2.50
Daniel Russell, work on fence for monument, 5.00
9
Paid T. J. Roberts, labor and materials for fence for monument, $30.55 Asa Lord, Jr., labor on fence for .monument, . 3.75
Luther Lord, labor on same, 3.75
B. H. Smith, building fence for mon- ument, 195.40
$430.84
Street Lamps.
Paid Mark Newman, lamps and lanterns, $271.00 Robert Stone, labor on lamp posts, 61.06
Foster Russell. 6. 4.87
William Lord,
.6
3.00
J. H. Cogswell, lamp posts, 29.87
Webster Smith, iron work on lamp posts, 6.05
J. A. Newman, screws, 1.97
Benj. Newman, paint for posts, 2.85
Augustine Staniford, painting posts. 14.08
John Grant, setting posts, 2.00
Samuel Walker & Co., oil, 75.23
Mark Newman, oil,
28.28
T. E. Condon, oil, 7.00
Eastern Railroad, freight on oil, 5.60
116.11
Mark Newman, wicks, repairs, chim- neys and matches, 24.37
T. E. Condon, chimneys, matches, etc. .70
I. K. Jewett, wicks, etc. .70
25.77
George Sherburne, lighting and care of lamps, 11.25
David Dow, same, 1.25
396.75
10
Paid J. S. Tyler, lighting and care of lamps, $36.50 John Roberts, .. 216.00
$265.00
Total,
$803.63
Incidentals.
Paid Mark Newman, oil, etc., for Town
House, $79.83
Moses Young, steps and ladder for Town House, 4.25
Fred. Damon, door for Town House. 2.00
Edward Brown, repairs on " 1.25
Moses G. Lord. sawing wood for Town House, 7.33
E. Plouff & Son, oil can for same, 2.50
Joseph N. Caldwell, wood
32.00
Thomas Staniford, 8.00
George H. Baker. repairs ou same, 1.00
138.16
Theodore Andrews, advertising and selling stone, school house, etc. 16.00
William Wade, examining school
house and making water trough,
3.75
John M. Dunnels, pump.
14.00
33.75
George F. King, stationery,
5.50
W. K. Bell, book case for clerk,
10.75
C. A. Sayward, recording deeds,
1.00
17.25
Ipswich Express, teaming,
1.30
Calvin Batchelder, "
2.66
Warren Boynton. expressing,
18.85
Fred. Mitchell, team,
6.75
11
Paid S. R. Harris, teaming,
$0.75
N. C. Perkins, moving wood, 13.50
$43.80
E. Cogswell, labor on cemetery, 5.40
Daniel Clarke, clearing tomb, 3.00
George B. Paddock, repairing hearse, 3.50 1
11.90
!. T. B. Ross, taking census of chil- dren, militia and dogs, 22.50
W. T. Averill, ringing bell, 25.00
Asher Blake, care of town clock and repairs, 24.25
71.75
Joseph H. Lord, damage to land at gravel pit. 11.75
John Grant, labor, 15.50
B. H. Smith, iron work on buoys, 9.66
Cornelius Cronan, labor on scales, .62
37.53
John Hancock, services in small pox
case,
66.00
William G. Brown, coal. 11.75
77.75
H. Smith, care of Town House and attendance on Selectmen, 41.25
H. Smith, care of lock-up and board of prisoners, 39.75
J. F. Akerman, care of lock-up and board of prisoners, 11.00
92.00
Total, $2,101.56
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FEES AND SALARIES.
Paid Frederick Willcomb, School Com- mittee, 1871, $30.00
Aaron Cogswell, School Committee, 1871, 30.00
$60.00
C. A. Sayward, Assessor, Selectman and Overseer, 100.00
J. H. Cogswell, Assessor, Selectman and Overseer, 100.00
A. B. Fellows, Assessor, Selectman and Overseer, 100.00
300.00
W. K. Bell. salary as Town Clerk. 50.00 .
W. K. Bell, return of marriages, births and deaths, 39.30
J. Sargent, part salary as Treasurer and Collector, 125.00
E. G. Hull, serving warrant for meeting, 15.00
N. C. Perkins, serving warrant for meeting, 5.00
234.30
John E. Milton, police services, 1871, 19.25 J. F. Kinsman. 66 38.50
Thomas L. Jewett, Jr., police services. 4.00 Luther Lord, 4.00
Isaac T. Harris,
4.00
N. C. Perkins, .6
42.75
J. T. Butler.
4.00
E. G. Hull,
21.75
Moses Spiller,
4.00
Harrison Smith,
66
16.25
Reuben Daniels,
4.00
Thomas C. Tilton,
25.00
13
Paid Joseph Fowler, police services on clam flats, $170.00
Ezra W. Lord, police services, 24.00
Edward Brown, ٠٠
28.75
$410.25
Daniel Clarke, return of deaths, 4.10
William T. Averill. return of deaths, 2.20
David Dow, ..
.60
William P. Perley,
.. .40
7.30
$1.011.85
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Five Engineers, $12.50
Chas. W. Blake, Clerk of Engineers, 6.00
Charles W. Blake, book, stationery and printing, 6.50
Warren Engine Company, No. 1, 150.00
Barnicoat No. 2, 25.00
Hook and Ladder Company, 48.00
Geo. W. Sherburne, labor on engine, 2.00
Charles W. Brown, care of engine and cleaning hose, 21.00
Charles H. Howe, labor on engine, 4.00
Isaac Flitner, castor oil and alcohol, 2.00
John W. Gould, care of engine, 2.50
E. P. Kimball, legal advice to Engineers, 5.00 Webster Smith, repairs on engine, 1.50
E. Cogswell & Son., oil, 1.20
Eben E. Fowler. painting Barnicoat Engine, 90.00
J. A. Newman, locks, etc. 16.70
Samuel B. Short, stationery, 1.87
J. P. Jewett. rent of land for engine house, 8.00
14
Paid J. Stackpole & Son, oil for hose, $4.00
George B. Paddock, repairing, engine, .50
Hunneman & Co., repairs on Barni- coat Engine, 187.02
Barker & Son, oil, belts, etc. 10.20
James Boyd & Son, hose, 274.50
M. Newman, lanterns for Engineers,
34.75
B. H. Smith, repairing engine, 1.00.
John Doyle, watching fire. 2.25
E. W. Choate, white washing and setting glass. 2.25
William P. Ross. wood,
3.50
Fred. Mitchell, rent of land for en- gine house, 8.00
Oliver Underhill, same,
3.00
Benj. Newman, brush,
.67
A. Geyer, alcohol and stationery,
1.15
William G. Brown, coal. 14.22
E. Plouff & Son, repairing stoves. 3.00
Stephen H. Baker, cleaning hose, 2.50
George C. Lord, 2.50
Benj. H. Smith, repairs on engine, 1.00
Ipswich Mills, oil,
1.00
$960.78
POOR.
Paid M. J. Caldwell, rent,
$16.00
L. E. Bradley, 45.00
James W. Bond, .
36.00
Oliver Underhill, "
25.00
Elizabeth Hovey, "
18.00
140.00
Gloucester, supplies to Mrs. Lakeman, 21.02 Salem. supplies to Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Durgin. 89.50
15
Paid Lynn, supplies to Mrs. Knox, $48.00
$158.52
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board of Graves, Smith and Lord, 231.50
1. K. Jewett, partial supplies, 14.45
Asa Lord, 10.50
F. Willcomb, 52.00
A. S. Hills, 40.57
W. S. Russell & Co. "
2.31
C. R. Titcomb, 3.06
William H. Tozer. ..
5.65
Andrew Geyer, ٠٩
.25
Sarah Wyatt. ..
10.00
George H. Dixon, . " 4.00
374.29
Thomas Staniford, wood, 8.00
Aaron P. Ross, teaming wood,
10.77
William G. Brown, coal, 145.82
. Abbie T. Dodge, adm'x, coal, 21.00
185.59
Isaac Flitner, medical attendance, 38.85
Hurd & Tucker, medical attendance on Hattie E. Wade, 10.00
Hurd & Tucker, medical attendance on Mrs. Burns, 25.00
73.85
S. D. Atkinson, care of H. E. Wade, 18.00
Mary D. Smith, board of poor trav- elers, 23.50
Parker Spinney, board of poor trav- elers, 43.00
Eastern R.R., tickets to poor travelers, 37.78 Annie Fuller, care of Mrs. Wyatt, 10.00
132.28
$1,064.53
16
CR.
By amount paid by Rockport,
$83.97
Westford,
27.75
66
North Andover, 17.90
Newburyport,
43.83
Groveland,
14.75
due from Haverhill,
45.00
66
Newburyport,
63.81
Massachusetts,
170.00
66
of wood on hand.
40.00
$507.01
HIGHWAYS.
Paid County of Essex, widening Mile Lane, $588.37
New England Drain Pipe Co., drain pipe, $187.68
Portland Stone Ware Co., same, 119.32
37.55
Eastern Railroad, freight,
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber, 23.42
J. H. Cogswell, lumber and cement, 3.41
D. A. Hodgkins, stone, 4.00
George Russell, cement, 1.50
W. F. Conant, post and railing, 7.72
E. Cogswell & Son, powder, nails, etc. 2.43
C. W. Chapman & Son, iron work, .93
Webster Smith, 6.20
J. A. Newman, pickaxes and handles, 5.83
Webster Smith, making and sharp- ening picks, 24.49
M. Poor, mending bar, .75
$557.52
344.55
42.48
.17
Ipswich Public Library Paid Samuel P. Rutherford, making sipswich, Massachusetts plow,
$4.28
$42.48
Thomas Burns, gravel,
3.00
John K. Chapman, gravel,
3.00
Hannah S. Lord,
11.10
Alvin Story, 60
3.36
L. D. Pickard,
66
5.10
A. S. Brown,
8.00
Hannah Sherburne,
66
4.20
37.76
Bridges.
Paid Andrew Low, labor on bridge, $3.50
William Ready, . 66
66
10.00
James Griffing, 66
. 5.25
Thomas Burns,
73.25
John Pingree,
19.25
Jacob S. Potter,
66
66
2.50
Amos M. Dodge,
50.00
163.75
New Road.
Paid Russell & Perkins, grading $1,184.65
James Ready, labor,
37.50
William Ready, "
35.00
Joseph F. Ross, surveying,
13.00
John Grant, labor, ..
67.00
John Pingree, "
52.50
Edward W. Choate, labor on railing,
37.12
Lewis Choate, 66 44.00
J. H. Cogswell, lumber for railing, 128.33
B. H. Smith, iron work, 21.46
John A. Newman, bolts, nails, etc. 2.76
.
18
Paid B. L. Cook. painting railing,
$42.60
L. R. F. Hammett, stone,
·350.00
William G. Brown, “
90.00
Eben Harris, use of drag, etc.
2.50
Fred. E. Luce, labor,
5.00
Asa Lord, nails and powder,
6.19
W. B. Kinsman,
labor and team, 14.24
Michael Reddy,
56.00
Daniel S. Russell,
66
50.00
John Shatswell, 66 046
10.50
I. A. Rogers,
19.25
John B. Caverly,
10.50
Manasseh Brown,
39.34
Stephen R. Harris,
1.00
Nath'l Bradstreet,
66
15.65
Nath'l Harris,
115.56
Joseph Gallagher,
14.87
William Kimball, ..
7.00
Jacob S. Potter,
. .
12.25
David Story,
3.00
John W. Davis,
..
7.00
John D. Harris,
11.97
Edward Lord,
26.75
Manasseh Brown, Jr. "
4.17
Ira Worcester, ..
3.50
Alvin Story, 66
10.00
Calvin Batchelder, teaming,
1.00
A. P. Clark, labor and teaming,
5.00
A. S. Brown,
66
3.15
Isaac Lord.
66
5.50
Asa Lord, Jr.
6.
44.00
Daniel Kimball, 66
397.50
N. H. Lavalette, "
10.00
Samuel Conant, "
10.00
$2,119.61
Wm. F. Conant,
19.50
Wesley B. Copp,
5.00
19
Paid D. G. Chapman, labor and teaming,
$80.51
George E. Lord,
71.00
N. C. Perkins,
66
33.50
Josiah Lord
44.89
William G. Brown,
66
7.25
William P. Ross,
66
9.50
Jacob Scanks,
66
41.37
$1,221.22
John Pingree,
labor,
40.00
George Barker,
31.00
Thomas Doyle,
4.00
J. P. Saunders,
1.25
Edmund Riley,
66
7.00
George M. Lord,
23.00
John Doyle,
26.50
William Plummer,
66
26.00
Luther Lord,
66
22.50
John R. Patch,
66
3.00
W. B. Spiller,
66
5.00
Andrew Russell,
66
92.00
Ephraim Patch,
4.00
Harvey Nourse,
1.50
Daniel O. Collins,
66
28.00
B. D. Appleton,
19.00
J. W. Rutherford,
17.00
L. C. Nourse,
8.00
D. S. Appleton,
66
9.00
John Dickinson,
66
5.00
Fred. Bray,
35.00
Jacob C. Conant,
66
18.10
Alvin T. Guilford,
9.00
Cyrus W. Conant,
14.00
John F. Lord,
66
2.00
William Seward,
66
4.00
Jesse Smith,
66
10.00
Smith E. Hayes,
14.62
Thomas T. Chapman, "
103.75
·
66
320
Paid Webster Smith,
labor,
$15.75
Joseph Fowler,
66
14.00
John Mooar,
13.50
John Grant,
1.30
Nathaniel Archer,
66
12.00
E. C. Conant,
66
4.00
Joseph W. Chapman,
66
4.00
W. F. Conant.
$699.32
Clearing Snow.
Paid Thomas Roberts, clearing snow,
$8.64
John W. Smith.
.6
2.36
Jacob Scanks,
56
34.83
John Galbraith,
4.86
Joseph Kinsman,
4.50
James Galbraith,
3.94
Asa P. Stone.
7.20
I. A. Rogers,
5.60
William P. Ross,
5.15
Alden Story,
10.18
Eben Lord,
6.60
D. W. Appleton,
65
20.27
John J. Gould,
8.20
Cornelius Cronan,
23.22
Moses Peabody,
5.50
Thomas T. Chapman,
19.70
John.A. Burnham,
64
15.00
William Lord,
1.00
Frank Philbrook,
7.20
Luther Lord.
66
5.50
Micajah Treadwell,
8.40
Asa Lord. Jr.
Milton B. Shattuck,
66
17.70
47.55
is
4.00
David Hobbs,
8.48
21
Paid George Hodgdon, clearing snow,
$30.00
Daniel Kimball,
24.50
Thomas Doyle, 66
13.10
George Barker,
3.60
William Chapman,
6.20
Benjamin Whittier,
1.60
John Doyle,
66
5.40
Joseph Horton,
36.65
John Brady,
66
10.40
Patrick Riley,
15.50
Michael Laffy,
66
10.90
Manasseh Brown,
17.10
Joseph Dunn,
"
4.20
Benj. Hart,
66
5.98
George W. Falls,
66
6.40
John Harriman,
66
10.30
Cyrus W. Conant,
66
4.00
George T. Lord,
10.20
John F. Brocklebank,
66
3.20
Samuel Gordon,
66
9.20
William H. Lavalette,
2.80
L. W. Jewett,
66
2.70
Stephen R. Harris,
66
6.00
Joseph Smith, Jr.
4.60
A. Butler,
66
1.20
W. P. Gould,
.
66
1.40
William Lakeman,
1
11.60
J. B. Tenney,
66
10.90
Eugene Sullivan,
66
9.00
J. O. Sullivan,
3.60
Jeremiah Sullivan,
4.40
Fred. Hart,
66
3.60
Henry Noyes,
66
4.80
Luke Murray,
66
5.90
2.61
A. P. Clark,
8.80
Joseph W. Chapman,
3.00
Michael McDonald,
22
Paid D. G. Chapman, clearing snow,
$13.15
Henry Jewett, 66
3.50
Samuel P. Rutherford,
11.80
E. J. Goodwin, 66
12.60
Thomas R. Lord,
66
4.40
William Rowell,
66
1.80
W. S. Todd,
66
8.60
George H. Brocklebank,
66
5.80
Fred. Fall,
٠٠
1.50
W. T. Cross,
66
8.00
George A. Whipple,
4.00
F. P. Brown,
10.00
John A. Garvin,
5.00
John Galbraith,
66
7.80
W. P. Pickard,
9.20
Daniel R. Caldwell,
66
1.75
John L. Dickinson,
5.05
David Berry,
66
10.50
William H. Fall,
.6
13.30
James Ready,
66
4.20
Charles Thompson,
6.25
Charles Smith,
16.60
Joseph King,
66
22.60
John F. Lord,
11.40
Elias C. Conant,
66
2.00
Benj. Wells,
.
66
2.40
John Mooar,
66
3.85
Lewis Dickinson,
2.40
Jacob C. Conant,
5.00
Aaron Hubbard,
2.80
Thos. & Chas. Warner,
7.20
Smith E. Hayes,
4.70
Andrew Low,
7.60
Larry Aspell,
17.55
George H. Tenney,
8.70
Isaac Buzzell,
4.50
L. R. Stone,
4.50
23
Paid John L. Keating, clearing snow,
$3.20
John Spiller,
1.00
N. C. Perkins,
23.30
$848.87
Total,
$6,108.41
FARM.
Paid Benjamin D. Appleton, Sup't,
$50.00
Joseph E. Bartlett,
300.00
C. T. Littlefield,
labor,
20.00
M. E. Littlefield,
10.00
Charles Broughton,
105.00
Thomas A. Bartlett,
175.00
Lizzie H. Watts, ..
75.00
Nathan Jewett, Jr.
5.75
W. S. Russell & Co., dry goods,
31.55
S. N. Baker, Jr., clothing,
45.49
R. Jordan,
6.50
83.54
I. K. Jewett,
groceries,
31.71
Asa Lord,
יי
76.22
E. Cogswell & Son,
236.12
T. E. Condon,
147.19
Fred. Willcomb,
לי
65.46
Curtis Damon,
·
62.48
Albert S. Hills,
66
76.09
George H. Dixon,
106.28
E. C. Darling, shoes,
4.75
George W. Ellis, 66
20.60
25.35
Isaac Flitner, medicine,
10.00
Andrew Geyer, “ .46
740.75
801.55
24
Paid Daniel Clarke, coffin,
฿16.00
$26.46
Mark Newman, tin ware and repairs, 23.47
John A. Newman, hardware,
.98
24.45
Ipswich Woolen Mill, coal,
119.77
William G. Brown, כי
137.52
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber,
75.30
J. H. Cogswell,
40.21
115.51
Robert Stone, carpenter work,
41.50
Foster Russell,
42.97
84.47
C. W. Chapman & Son, wagon,
14.28
M. C. Goodhue,
66
5.78
Webster Smith,
39.93
C. W. Chapman & Son, 66
245.79
Hardy & Blanchard, horse,
230.00
Fred. Mitchell, pig,
242.00
Whittemore, Belcher & Co. plow, etc. 23.00 Richardson Manufacturing Co., hay tedder, 75.00
98.00
Barker & Son, harness and repairs,
10.00
John Lane, repairing wagon,
40.40
Benjamin Newman, paint and oil,.
10.15
Augustine Staniford, painting,
9.20
19.35
170.00
Benj. H. Smith,
blacksmithing,
15.80
12.00
30.40
17.75
25
Paid Fred. Damon, meal,
$52.95
J. Stackpole & Son, soap,
5.45
$58.40
$2,743.54
Bills paid by Superintendent,
341.26
Balance, being income beyond expense,
211.66
$3,296.46
CR.
By sales from Farm :
English hay,
$670.99
Salt hay and thatch,
208.84
Potatoes,
60.95
Barley,
34.50
Calves,
115.76
Lambs,
52.25
Sheep,
31.50
Poultry,
31.37
Eggs,
39.81
Butter,
218.03
Pork,
58.32
Milk,
65.34
Cabbages,
20.26
Onions,
27.15
Hides,
4.00
Mulch,
21.00
Salt Grass,
19.00
Oxen,
200.00
Bull,
65.00
Pasturing,
5.25
Boarding Calf,
4.50
Soap Grease,
3.41
Old Iron,
2.37
26
$39.85
Straw,
28.00
Wool,
Wagon and Chaise,
20.00
Rent of Bull,
12.00
Board of M. Patch, of Hamilton,
280.36
Board of seventeen poor travelers, at 75 cents each,
12.75
Board of Jacob Leatherland,
104.00
Increase of personal property,
839.90
$3,296.46
The number of poor at the Alms House is eighteen; the average number for the year was seventeen.
The average cost of supporting them, by the usual method of computation, is eighty-four and two-thirds cents per week.
27
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM. PRODUCE, &c.
1872.
1873.
Inc.
Dec.
Corn,
bush.
No. 150
$150 00
150
$150 00
Barley
36
36 00
25
25 00
$11 00
Beans,
10
20 00
2
4 00
16 00
Potatoes
225
150 00
250
200 00
$50 00
Ryc.
Roots,
50
50 00
100
100 00
50 00
Beef,
. barrels
2
34 00
1
17 00
17 00
Pork,
2}
50 00 .
4
80 00
30 00
Cider
1 6 00
6 00
Apples
2
6 00
6 00
Soap,
4
16 00
2
8 00
8 00
Hams,
. pounds
185
25 90
300
42 00
16 10
Beef,
40
4 80
75
7 50
2 70
Lard,
66
110
16 50
200
30 00
13 50
Tallow,
75
10 50
50
7 00
3 50
Butter,
91
36 40
60
24 00
12 40
English Hay .. tons
15
375 00
20
500 00
125 00
Salt Hay and
Blackgrass,.
27
378 00
29
406 00
28 00
Salt Hay
Market, . .
. .
2
24 00
15
225 00
201 00
Corn Fodder,.
2
18 00
23
20 00
2 00
Thatch,
12
108 00
13
117 00
9 00
Straw
1}
24 00
2
40 00
16 00
Rowan,
66
1 20 00
3
60 00
40 00
Pickles,
2 00
2 00
Cabbages,
9 00
9 00
$1549 10
$2091 50
$612 30
$60 90
3197 50
3495 00
715 50
418 80
$1746 60
$5586 50 $1327 80
$487 90
4746 60
487 90
$839 90
$839 90
No.
Value.
Value.
8
8 00
8 00
28
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM. STOCK, &c.
1872.
1873.
Inc. Dec.
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
Oxen,
6
$600 00
4
$450 00
$150 00
Cows,.
12
480 00
15
600 00
$120 00
Heifers,
1
120 00
120 00
Calves,
3
36 00
36 00
Bulls,
2
70 00
1
40 00
30 00
Horses
1
200 00
2
430 00
230 00
Sheep,
13
91 00
7 63 00
28 00
Shoats,
7
150 00
6
121 00
30 00
Fowls,
51
25 50
60
30 00
4 50
Turkeys,
4
8 00
4
8 00
Horse Wagon,
1
35 00
190 00
155 00
Sleigh,.
1
40 00
1
40 00
Chaise,
1
25 00
25 00
Ox Wagons,
2
170 00
2 170 00
Ox Carts,
2
100 00
2
100 00
Mowing Machine & Harness,
1
124 00
I
124 00
Ploughs,
6
65 00
7 88 00
23 00
Cultivator,
1
5 00
1 5 00
Harrow,
1
15 00
1 15 00
Wood, (cords)
30
210 00
25
175 00
35 00
Coal, (tons)
48 00
6 48 00
Groceries,
35 00
80 00
45 00
Cloth,
27 00
27 00
Furniture and Bedding
231 00
231 00
Stores,
110 00
110 00
Sewing Machine,
1 40 00
1 40 00
Winnow Mill,
1 8 00
1 8 00
Wheel Rake,
1 35 00
1 35 CO
Tools, etc.
150 00
150 00
Hay Tedder,
1
75 00
75 00
$3197 50
$3195 00
$715 50
$418 00
1
7 00
1 7 00
Ox Sled,
29
Expenses and Income for the year 1872.
EXPENSES.
Amount paid for Current Expenses,
$2,101.56
66
66
Fees and Salaries,
1,011.85
66
66
Fire Department, 960.78
66
66
Highways and Bridges,
6,108.41
Schools,
10,891.98
66
66
Poor,
836.33
66
66 Abatements,
236.32
66
66 Discount,
717.63
66
Interest on Town Notes,
1,404.99
Balance, being income beyond expense,
879.87
$25,149.72
INCOME.
Amount raised for Current Expenses,
$21,609.26
66
of unworked Highway tax of 1871,
237.49
66
66 Town Scales,
135.16
65
66 Turkey Shore Pasture,
7.00
66 of Corporation tax,
2,218.63
6.00
66 of interest on deposits,
51.55
66
taxes,
36.61
66
of Commonwealth School Fund,
204.95
of discount on County and State tax,
54.26
66 of income of Farm,
211.66
$25,149.72
C. A. Sayward, Treasurer and Collector. Dr.
To Uncollected taxes, 1871,
$148.11
Interest on taxes,
4.11
$152.22
Cr.
By Cash paid over to J. Sargent, $130.64
Abatements, 21.58
152.22
of income of Town House,
177.60
of Concert licenses,
received from County for dog licenses,
199.55
. 30
Jonathan Sargent, Treasurer and Collector.
DR.
To Cash received from C. A. Sayward,
*$1,639.66
State tax committed to him,
2,680.00
County "
1,841.00
Town 66 66
20,500.00
Uncollected Highway tax of 1871,
237.49
Overlaying's,
2.00
Addition of taxes,
16.56
Discount on County tax,
37.70
Commonwealth School Fund,
204.95
66 Reimbursement of State Aid, 2,963.96
66 Corporation tax, 2,218.63
177.60
Income of Town House,
6.00
Concert licenses,
135.16
Income of Town Scales,
7.00
Cash for board of Jacob Leatherland,
15.00
66 Candlewood School House,
2.00
Cash from Gloucester,
83.97
66 Rockport,
280.36
Hamilton,
43.83
66
Groveland,
14.75
North Andover,
17.90
Westford,
8,125.00
Cash for building, stone, etc., from Gander Hill,
102.95
Dog licenses, 199.55
36.61
Deposits,
51.55
Cash from C. A. Sayward, for uncollected taxes of 1871,
130.64
Cash for sales from Farm,
1,705.86
$44,722.69
* The amount of cash in hands of the Treasurer, March 1, 1872, as by the last report, was $1,719.66; but, after the report was printed, an item amounting to $80 was found to have been paid which was not included in the amount of orders drawn by the Selectmen last year, which reduced the amount of cash on hand March 1, 1872 to $1,639.66.
27.75
Money hired on Town Notes,
Interest on taxes,
Newburyport,
104.00
Rent of Turkey Shore Pasture,
1,109.26
State 65
31
Jonathan Sargent, Treasurer and Collector.
CR.
By orders drawn by the Selectmen,
$24,913.22
66 66 for State Aid, 2,948.60
Abatements,
236.32
Interest paid on Town Notes,
1,404.99
Principal 66
9,300.00
State tax paid,
2,680.00
County "
1,841.00
Discount on taxes,
717.63
Uncollected taxes,
551.71
Cash on hand March 1, 1873,
129.22
$44,722.69
Town of Ipswich, in balance of all accounts. .
DR.
To Notes payable,
$21,460.00
Interest due and not paid,
97.90
Balance in favor of the Town, 25,745.34
$47,303.24
32
Town of Ipswich, in balance of all accounts.
CR.
By Cash balance in hands of Treasurer,
$129.22
Uncollected taxes,
551.71
Amount due from State on State Aid and Poor account,
3,482.00
Amount due from city of Newburyport,
63.81
Haverhill,
45.00
66
Farm,
16,000.00
Personal property at Farm,
2,350.00
Town House and safes,
4,500.00
Engines, apparatus and houses,
100.00
Furniture and scales at Town House,
100.00
Woodland at Linebrook,
65.00
at Common Fields,
100.00
Turkey Shore Pasture,
Gravel pit, near S. Peatfield's,
66
Grammar School House,
100.00
J. C. Carlisle's,
66
Hayfield Bridge,
125.00
66 W. J. Tarr's,
50.00
66
Candlewood,
300.00
66
66 Levi L. Howe's,
800.00
Hay Scales,
100.00
Pounds, School Houses,
12,500.00
$47,303.24
Respectfully submitted,
*
CHARLES A. SAYWARD, ) Selectmen JOHN H. COGSWELL, of
ALONZO B. FELLOWS, . Ipswich.
80.00
150.00
25.00
5,586.50
33
ESSEX, ss. 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 Wednesday, the nineteenth day of March, current, at nine o'clock, A.M., . for the following purposes, viz : -
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