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SECT. 19. Children not less than five years of age may be ad- mitted into the Primary Department without an examination.
SECT. 20. No pupil shall be admitted into any school without first exhibiting to the Teacher satisfactory evidence of vaccination ; but such evidence shall not be required of pupils who go from one Public School in the Town to another.
SECT. 21. Every scholar in the Primary Schools shall be pro- vided with a slate, and shall employ the time not otherwise occu- pied, in drawing, printing, or writing.
SECT. 22. The School Year shall begin on the first Monday in February, and end on the day next preceding the first Monday in February following. It shall consist of two terms ; the First Term to begin on the first Monday in February, and the Second Term to begin on the first Monday after the close of the summer vacation.
SECT. 23. The several schools shall commence at 9 o'clock A. M. and 2 P. M. from April to September, and at 9 o'clock A. M. and 1} P. M. from September to April ; provided, however, that other hours may be substituted by the respective Sub-Committees when the convenience of pupils and parents may render it expedient, subject to the approval of the Board. These hours shall not be altered without permission of the Sub-Committees.
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SECT. 24. There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes in length during each half day ; and every pupil shall be allowed his full recess ; "although he may, for punishment, not be permitted to take it at the regular time with the school, and in addition to the usual recesses, there shall be, in the Primary Schools of the lowest grade, two intermissions of study, of five minutes each, in each half day ; the first intermission to take place midway between the opening of school and the recess; and the second intermission midway between the recess and the close of the session.
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS.
SECT. 25. There shall be the following holidays and vaca- tions : -
Every Saturday ; Washington's Birthday ; Fast day ; May day ; the week immediately preceding the first Monday in June ; the six weeks immediately preceding the first Monday in September ; Thanksgiving week ; Christmas day ; New Year's day ; and the week immediately preceding the first Monday in February ; - and the Chairman of the Board is authorized to suspend the schools on such public occasions as he may think proper, not exceeding three days in the year. No other holidays shall be allowed, except by special vote of the Board; and no school shall be suspended on any other occasion, except for special and important reasons relating to a particular school, and then only by express permission of the Sub-Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECT. 26. No subscription or contribution, for any purpose whatever, shall be introduced into any Public School. No person shall read to the pupils in any school, or post upon the walls of any school building, or fences of the same, any advertisement. Nor shall any agent or other person be permitted to enter any school for the purpose of exhibiting either to Teacher or pupil any new book or article of apparatus.
SECT. 27. The school-houses shall not be opened or used for any other purpose than the regular instruction of the public schools, except under the direction of the Sub-Committees respect- ively.
SECT. 28. The text-books used and the studies pursued in all the
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Public Schools shall be such and such only as may be authorized by the Board. The several Teachers shall be at liberty to avail themselves of such books as they may deem useful for the purpose of illustration and example ; but the pupils shall not be required to furnish themselves with any but the prescribed text-books. . It shall be the duty of the several Teachers to keep a list of all the books supplied to the pupils by the Town, and take charge of all such books when such pupils shall leave the school, and to furnish the books again upon the order of the Committee to any other pupils needing them.
SECT. 29. Written Compositions shall be required of all the pupils in the High and Grammar Schools.
SECT. 30. Declamations shall be required of all the boys in the High and Grammar Schools.
SECT. 31. Singing and Gymnastics shall be taught and prac- ticed daily in all the schools.
CHAPTER VIII.
HIGH SCHOOL.
SECTION 1. The examination of candidates for admission to the High School, to be conducted by the Board, shall take place in the first week of the summer vacation, and at such other time as the Board may order.
SECT. 2. The Principal of each Grammar School or Mixed School shall notify those members of his own first class to whom he can give a certificate of good moral character and presumed literary qualifications, to appear at the High School-room on the day appointed, when they shall present their certificates to the Chair- man of the Board. No books, manuals, private explanations, or communication by one pupil to another will be allowed.
SECT. 3. Candidates shall be examined in all the studies pur- sued in the Grammar Schools of the Town, and a thorough knowl- edge of such studies shall be indispensable to admission.
SECT. 4. Special applicants may be admitted if they are found qualified in the studies required for admission, and also in the studies of the classes they propose to join.
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SECT. 5. There shall be one daily session of this School, com- mencing at 9 o'clock and ending at 2 o'clock, from September to April, and beginning at 8 o'clock and ending at 1 o'clock from April to September.
SECT. 6. The time allowed each day for recess shall be thirty minutes, the recess to be given in such portions as in the judgment of the Principal shall be best for the pupils.
SECT. 7. Any pupils who through neglect or idleness shall render, in the course of three months, less than seventy-five per cent. of perfect lessons upon the whole number of lessons required, shall be reported to the Sub-Committee.
SECT. 8. Every pupil who shall have completed a four years' course of study in this school shall receive a Diploma.
SECT. 9. All the Regulations of Chapter VII. - excepting Sections 19, 21, 23, 24 - shall apply to the High School.
THE
SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF QUINCY;
ALSO, THE
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
SELECTMEN, AUDITORS, AND GENERAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
FEBRUARY 1, 1868 ;
TOGETHER WITH
A LIST OF THE DELINQUENT TAX-PAYERS OF 1867,
AND
Vital Statistics furnished by the Town Clerk.
BOSTON: ROCKWELL AND ROLLINS, PRINTERS, 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1868.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1867-8.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR. EDMUND B. TAYLOR, E. W. UNDERWOOD,
JACOB F. EATON.
TOWN CLERK.
GEORGE L. GILL.
TOWN TREASURER. WYMAN ABERCROMBIE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HENRY BARKER, WILLIAM S. MORTON,
NOAH CUMMINGS,
Term Expires March, 1870.
H. FARNAM SMITH,
Term Expires March, 1869. Term Expires March, 1868.
E. GRANVILLE PRATT, WM. B. DUGGAN,
CONSTABLES AND TRUANT OFFICERS.
W. M. FRENCH, JOSEPH T. FRENCH,
CHARLES N. DITSON,
SAMUEL AMES, ELIAB RAMSDELL.
C. H. KIMBALL,
WM. PARKER, JR.,
AUDITORS.
HENRY F. BARKER, CHARLES H. PORTER, EBENEZER ADAMS,
ENSIGN S. FELLOWS, GEORGE CURTIS.
REPRESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer for the fol- lowing bills, amounting to $59,965 93
On account of schools (teaching and fuel), $15,269 05
66
66
66
repairs on highways,
8,033 38
new roads, &c.,
2,870 80
66
fire department,
2,252 70
66
Almshouse,
3,710 16
66
poor out of Almshouse,
2,388 83
66
repairs on Town buildings,
1,214 19
66
Town House,
575 27
66
Town officers,
2,499 50
66
66
hay-scales,
17 28
66
66
State aid,
6,332 77
66
Hingham and Quincy bridges,
463 86
66
Neponset bridge,
519 58
66
soldiers' monument,
1,616 50
66
militia,
1,125 27
66
street lights,
668 13
66
taxes (abatements and col- lection),
3,547 19
miscellaneous expenses,
1,674 45
$59,965 93
1
66
rents,
680 00
cemeteries,
1,868 57
(incidentals),
2,638 45
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SCHEDULE
of Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending February 1, 1868.
SCHOOLS.
Expenditures for teaching and fuel, by direction of School Committee.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Sub-Committee : E. G. Pratt, Henry Barker, W. S. Morton, H. F. Smith.
Paid Charles B. Travis, teaching,
$1,200 00
Miss Annie L. Arnold, "
70 00
66 Miss Cora A. Chapin, "
240 52
66 Miss Lula P. Cole,
220 92
66 Miss Annette E. Long, "
102 70
Owen Adams, coal,
26 00
E. Adams & Son, coal,
10 25
R. L. Lee, fuel,
12 00
M. Bosworth, charcoal,
-
$2,103 32
CODDINGTON SCHOOLS.
Sub-Committee : Henry Barker, William S. Morton.
Paid Edward Southworth, teaching,
$604 64
Henry B. Brown,
279 06
Miss Annie L. Arnold, "
390 64
Miss Mary A. Holbrook,“
350 00
66 Miss Annie M. Porter, "
325 01
Miss Julia E. Underwood, teaching,
325 01
Miss Ida Edwards,
325 01
Miss Abby J. Hails,
66
40 70
Owen Adams, coal,
165 90
-
Amounts carried forward,
$2,805 97 $2,103 32
220 93
5
Amounts brought forward, Paid E. Adams & Son, coal,
" R. L. Lee, fuel,
11 25
" M. Bosworth, charcoal,
10 00
" Thomas J. Nightingale, wood (1864),
10 00
2,884 81
ADAMS SCHOOLS.
Sub-Committee : E. Granville Pratt, Henry Barker.
Prudential Committee : William S. Pattee.
Paid J. O. Norris, teaching,
$148 84
A. H. Carville, “
697 44
Miss Sarah V. Wilde, teaching,
65 12
Miss Mary S. Travis, 66
325 08
Mrs. E. A. Hardwick,
350 02
66 Mrs. F. E. Whicher,
325 08
66 Miss Mary E. Dinegan,
320 40
Miss Lizzie C. Crowell,
264 60
66 Miss Eliza C. Sheahan, 66
244 12
Miss Josephine M. Wright, teaching,
60 40
66
Miss Abbie J. Hails,
3 00
Owen Adams, coal,
168 00
R. L. Lee, fuel,
25 00
2,997 10
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.
Sub-Committee : H. Farnam Smith.
Paid C. W. Carter, teaching,
$999 96
Miss Dora A. French, teaching,
349 96
66 Miss Hannah A. French, “
349 96
66 Miss C. A. Thomas,
324 97
Miss S. A. Souther, 66
181 35
Miss Mary P. Butters,
123 22
$2,805 97 $2,103 32 47 59
Amounts carried forward,
$2,329 42 $7,985 23
6
Amounts brought forward Paid Owen Adams, coal, " E. Adams & Son, wood,
$2,329 42 $7,985 23
175 80
10 00
- 2,515 22
WILLARD SCHOOLS.
Sub-Committee : Noah Cummings, Wm. B. Duggan. Prudential Committee: Jacob F. Eaton.
Paid Seth Dewing, Jr., teaching, $1,000 00
66 Miss Sarah V. Wilde, “
270 64
66 Miss A. C. Foster, 66
350 00
66 Miss E. A. Newcomb, "
325 00
Miss E. F. Nightingale, teaching,
325 00
Miss Mary A. Spear,
325 50
Miss E. F. Cole, 66
134 30
" Owen Adams, coal,
28 80
" R. L. Lee, fuel,
3,084 24
QUINCY SCHOOL.
Sub-Committee : William B. Duggan, Noah Cummings.
Paid Lewis F. Hobbs, teaching,
$424 10
John Smithwick, 66
477 20
" Miss E. A. Flint, 66
325 08
" Owen Adams, coal,
47 40
J. D. Robinson, coal,
20 00
" E. Adams & Son, wood,
1,302 78
CRANE SCHOOL.
Sub-Committee : William S. Morton.
Paid Miss M. Lizzie Cobb, teaching, $349 98
" Owen Adams, coal, 31 60
381 58
$15,269 05
" E. Adams & Son, coal,
25 00
9 00
300 00
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid N. B. Furnald, furniture, $295 89
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, 3 stoves, pipe, &c., 161 93
" E. S. Fellows, stove-pipe, &c., 8 00
" J. O. Holden, clock and bell, 11 75
" J. T. French, expenses of hall, 13 00
" C. B. Travis, cash paid for labor, 7 00
" Gilbert Cutting, tuning piano, 2 00
" Whitney & Nash, lock and tacks, 83
" George L. Gill, books, ink, &c., 8 00
" J. W. Lombard, books, ink, &c., 8 30
" W. Allen, Johnson's atlas, 17 50
Joseph Arey, Jr., chart, &c., 10 25
" C. B. Travis, encyclopedia, 11 50
" Ellen McCarty, care of room, 74 39
" Cora A. Chapin, care of room, 3 50
$633 84
CODDINGTON SCHOOLS.
Paid N. B. Eurnald, curtains, paper, and labor, $202 99
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove, pipes, &c., 57 13
" John O. Holden, clocks and repairs, 9 00
" W. Abercrombie, thermometer, &c., 2 04
Gilbert Blaisdell, repairs on pump, 2 00
" L. M. Hersey, cleaning cellar, 3 50
Josiah Adams, repairs on pump, 1 50
" C. N. Ditson, brooms and pail,
70
" Whitney & Nash, coat-hooks, &c., 5 93
" George L. Gill, books, ink, &c., 10 05
J. W. Lombard, books, ink, &c., 8 78
Mary Flynn, care of room, 52 42
Frank A. Spear, care of room, 42 50
" Ann Gallagher, care of room, 12 00
" G. A. Jones, care of room, 7 00
$417 54
Amount carried forward,
$
8
Amount brought forward,
ADAMS SCHOOLS.
Paid Ensign S. Fellows, stove, pipe, &c.,
$48 60
" N. B. Furnald, chairs, brushes, &c.,
33 42
" John A. Wood, sundries,
34 55
" Alden French, repairs on pumps & clocks,
7 25
" Gilbert Cutting, tuning piano, 9 50
2 00
Eli Hayden, cleaning vaults,
1 74
" Mary Fenton, care of room,
61 05
" Ellen McCarty, care of room, 23 89
" George L. Gill, books, ink, &c., 37 28
" Wm. S. Pattee, books, ink, &c., 26 63
" J. W. Lombard, books, ink, &c., 25 79
$311 70
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.
Paid Fawcett and Hawks, furnace, $320 85
" N. B. Furnald, screens, blackboards, &c.
34 75
" W. G. Shattuck, inkstands, 18 90
" H. F. Smith, cleaning cellar, &c., 13 00
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove-pipe, &c., 13 95
W. A. Wilde, maps, 10 00
S. F. Newcomb, mat, duster, &c., 8 73
" Josiah Adams, repairs on pump, 3 00
C. W. Carter, books, &c.,
17 30
" Wm. Garvin, labor,
3 50
" John W. Shaw, brooms, soap, &c.,
3 25
" John O. Holden, repairs on clock,
25
" George L. Gill, books, ink, &c.,
30 56
" J. W. Lombard, books, ink, &c.,
14 36
" C. A. Thomas, care of room, 30 70
" H. A. French, care of room, 28 20
" John F. Porter, care of room, 22 00
" C. W. Carter, care of room, 30 53
" Jane Brady, care of room, 12 00
$615 83
$1,978 91
Amount carried forward,
$1,051 38
" Maurice Sheahan, shoveling snow,
9
Amount brought forward,
$1,978 91
WILLARD SCHOOLS.
Paid J. L. Ross, furniture, $160 43
" E. S. Fellows, stove, pipe, &c., 47 96
" Joseph Arey, Jr., tables, chairs, &c., 14 90
" F. J. Fuller, cleaning vaults,
4 00
66 Josiah Adams, repairs on pump,
4 50
66 Jonas Shackley, mending chairs, &c., 2 70
A. F. & J. N. Blake, pitchers, soap, &c., 1 55
Geo. H. Locke, brooms, 1 50
" N. B. Furnald, thermometer, &c., 2 05
E. E. Hall & Co. books, ink, &c., 24 55
W. S. Pattee, 60
10 19
66 Geo. H. Locke, 66
9 65
Geo. L. Gill, 66
8 66
" Mary A. Spear, care of room,
17 25
66 E. A. Newcomb,
11 00
66 Seth Dewing, Jr.,
12 50
A. C. Foster, 66
10 75
E. F. Cole, 66
10 75
" E. F. Nightingale,
10 75
66 Mrs. Shortle, 66
7 00
Mrs. Elcock, 66
7 00
M. Hetherston, 66
2 00
381 64
QUINCY SCHOOLS.
Paid Joseph L. Ross, furniture, $24 25
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove-pipe, &c., 38 25
" Whitney & Nash, mats,
2 00
" John Ring, expressing,
2 00
" H. P. Lucas, labor,
6 00
" George L. Gill, books, ink, &c.,
20 24
" J. W. Lombard, 8 61
" John Smithwick, care of room,
12 50
Amounts carried forward,
$113 85 $2,360 55
10
Amounts brought forward,
9 35
" Josiah Bass, 66
5 00
4 00
132 20
CRANE SCHOOL.
Paid W. B. Duggan, executing lease, &c.,
$6 25
N. B. Furnald, bell,
2 50
" Whitney & Nash, brooms, glass, &c., 2 36
66 J. W. Lombard, books, ink, &c.,
2 62
66 George L. Gill,
50
" L. M. Cobb, care of room,
15 00
" John Thompson, " 5 50
34 73
EXPENSES OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ETC.
Paid M. E. Green, advertising and printing, $15 25
Rand & Avery, printing,
14 50
" Rockwell & Rollins, " 4 75
" Noah Cummings, use of horse and carriage, 12 00
W. M. French, horse-hire, 19 00
8 68
" E. G. Pratt, expenses,
36 40
" J. W. Lombard,
39
110 97
$2.638 45
RECAPITULATION OF SCHOOL EXPENSES.
School.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Books and Stationery.
Care of
Miscellaneous Incidentals.
Total.
High,
$1,952 37
$150 95
$55 55
$77 89
$500 40
$2,737 16
Coddington,
2,640 07
244 74
18 83
113 92
284 79
3,302 35
Adams,
2,804 10
193 00
89 70
84 94
137 06
3,308 80
Washington,
2,329 42
185 80
44 92
123 43
447 48
3,131 05
Willard,
2,896 14
188 10
53 05
89 00
239 59
3,465 88
Quincy,
1,226 38
76 40
28 85
30 85
72 50
1,434 98
Crane,
349 98
31 60
3 12
20 50
11 11
416 31
School Committee
463 50
36 79
74 18
574 47
$14,661 96
$1,070 59
$330 81
$540 53
$1,767 11
$18,371 00
Paid L. F. Hobbs, care of rooms,
" Mrs. Mahoney,
$113 85 $2,360 55
Rooms.
" George L. Gill, books and stationery,
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REPAIRS ON THE HIGHWAYS,
(In addition to that done from the Almshouse,) under the direction of the Surveyors of Highways.
CENTER DISTRICT. E. W. Underwood, Surveyor.
Paid Dennis Ford, labor,
$154 12
" Timothy Gay, "
141 00
" James Mullen,
85 50
" John Wrenn,
68 62
" Cornelius Larry,“
51 82
Michael Dunn, “
64 12
" Martin Dunn,
25 50
William Garvin, “
32 25
Michael Conner,“
21 38
" James Gallagher,“
21 37
66 John O'Brien, "
21 00
Thos. Denward, "
20 25
P. Sullivan,
20 12
James Kelly,
18 00
66
Michael Garvin, "
12 37
66 Walter Gregory,"
9 00
66 James Donlan, "
9 00
John Kelsher, “
8 75
Dennis Houghlin, labor,
7 87
" John Wrenn,
4 50
Miles Burk,
3 75
T. Kerigan,
2 25
66
2 25
66 John Cuniff,
1 88
Wm. R. Brown,
1 00
Richard Newcomb, “
32 00
" E. B. Hersey, 66
7 07
" E. Adams & Son, lumber,
21 56
Amount carried forward,
$887 80
Michael Cronin, "
16 50
F. Winneberger,
3 00
66 William Moore,
66
12
Amount brought forward, Paid E. H. Dewson, gravel, 69 02 " E. Woodward, 8 40
$965 22
SOUTH DISTRICT.
E. W. Underwood, Surveyor.
Paid Timothy Gay, labor,
" Luke Rideout, "
39 04
" Gilbert Blaisdell, labor,
23 60
" L. W. Blaisdell, 66
6 87
" Edward Brown,
66
5 62
" John Kelsher, 66
12 00
" John O'Brien,
19 25
" J. Sullivan,
10 00
" J. Toomey, 66
10 75
" A. Dearborn,
10 65
" J. E. Hayward, 66
13 12
66 James Mullen, 66
7 50
" Isaac Phillips, 66
7 50
· Sumner Soule,
" William Parker, Jr., stock and labor,
24 44
" Charles R. Mitchell, stone, 16 52
264 61
NORTH DISTRICT. Edmund B. Taylor, Surveyor.
Paid Nathaniel M. Bean, labor,
$529 75
Thomas Hafernan,
66
220 87
" James Conner,
206 62
" Edward Burke, 66
204 00
6 Thomas Kenny,
139 50
Hugh P. Lucas, 66
134 25
Peter Rowell, 66
.
66 37
" Charles Lynes,
33 37
John R. Pratt,
" (1866)
49 30
66 Eliab Ramsdell, 66
26 40
Edmund Pope, 66
23 00
$1,630 43 $1,229 83
Amounts carried forward,
$887 80
$42 75
15 00
66
13
Amounts brought forward,
$1,630 43 $1,229 83
Paid Peter Martin, labor
21 00
66 - Brady,
19 50
Cyrus Balkam,
2 00
" Josiah Bass, use of horse,
110 00
John J. Glover, use of cart,
11 00
George Vinton, Jr., " "
9 00
" Thomas Adams, gravel,
197 58
66
John R. Pratt,
56 50
Joseph S. Beal, 66
23 10
" H. W. Blanchard 66
43 16
George Berry, sharpening tools,
12 00
2,135 27
QUINCY POINT DISTRICT. Edmund B. Taylor, Surveyor.
Paid R. Newcomb, stock and labor,
$52 31
E. Adams & Son, lumber,
51 90
" Gilbert Blaisdell, labor, 40 75
J. E. Hayward,
61 31
Sumner Soule,
51 25
Isaac Phillips,
50 00
Edward Burke,
66
15 00
James Conner,
15 00
66
Thomas Hafernan, 66
15 00
Elijah Baxter,
13 00
W. H. Packard,
1 50
Peter B. Meade, stone,
25 00
66
Benjamin Newcomb, lighting bridge,
2 50
E. A. Richards, stone chips,
3 40
Daniel Baxter, gravel,
23 80
66
S. F. Newcomb, spikes,
40
66 W. Abercrombie, “ 64
422 76
WEST DISTRICT. Jacob F. Eaton, Surveyor.
Paid Maurice Sheahan, labor,
$640 50
Thomas Shortle,
375 75
Amounts carried forward,
$1,016 25 $3,787 86
14
Amounts brought forward,
$1,016 25 $3,787 86
Paid Eugene Bird, labor,
114 25
C. K. Hunt,
(Blue Hill Ave.) 116 20
Patrick Sullivan,
73 88
James Mullen,
63 00
66 Timothy Cochrane
63 00
Reuben Ricker,
48 00
66 Michael Garrity, 66
37 00
66
C. R. Mitchell,
28 00
66
Samuel Ames,
15 39
66
J. W. Robertson, 66
14 60
Jacob F. Eaton,
9 00
Gilbert Blaisdell,
3 00
66
Timothy Gay,
3 50
66
Wm. Ripley, sharpening tools,
4 82
6
P. Phaland, damage to potato-field,
2 00
J. Rollins, lighting street,
2 25
Jacob F. Eaton, gravel,
48 97
B. Riordan,
47 16
66
J. W. Robertson, 66
30 12
Charles A. Spear,
27 35
Samuel Babcock,
21 00
Columbus Larry,
18 18
1,847 76
EAST DISTRICT. Jacob F. Eaton, Surveyor.
Paid Maurice Sheahan, labor,
$127 87
Hiram Prior,
119 50
" Daniel F. Arnold, 66
48 00
Henry Littlefield
37 00
Isaiah Rich, Jr.,
66
42 00
Thomas Shortle,
25 50
" Patrick Sullivan,
11 25
George Littlefield,
10 50
" John Kelly,
6 75
Amounts carried forward,
$428 37 $5,635 62
E. Ramsdell, stock and labor,
40 84
15
Amounts carried forward,
$428 37 $5,635 62
Paid William Pickernel, labor (1866),
4 40
" Mahala Huntress, "
2 00
E. Adams & Son, lumber,
162 81
A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor,
105 00
66 Henry Hardwick, posts,
37 00
Hosea B. Ellis, carting,
14 00
66 Albion Dearborn, "
4 00
66
W. Abercrombie, spikes and nails,
4 99
Samuel Andrews, gravel,
34 35
J. Q. Adams,
30 00
826 92
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid sundry persons shoveling snow, 1,570 84
$8,033 38
NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, &c.
NEW PAYNES-HILL ROAD.
Paid Maurice Sheahan, on contract,
$557 25
NEW BRIDGE, BEALE STREET.
Paid Eliab Ramsdell, stock and labor,
335 85
WIDENING HANCOCK STREET (NORTH DISTRICT.)
Paid Nathaniel M. Bean, labor,
$182 50
" T. Hafernan,
35 25
Edward Burke,
35 25
66 James Conner, 66
34 87
Peter Martin,
34 50
66 Hugh P. Lucas,
34 13
66 Brady,
9 37
Thomas Kenny
3 37
66 Josiah Bass, use of horse,
27 18
" E. Ramsdell, stock and labor,
75 32
471 74
Amount carried forward,
$1,364 84
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Amount brought forward,
$1,364 84
WIDENING HANCOCK STREET.
(Center District) including bridge on Canal Street and widening near junction of Adams and Hancock Streets.
Paid C. & F. Wilson, stone,
$544 55
Enoch Rideout, labor, 155 25
66 Timothy Gay, 66
147 00
" Gilbert Blaisdell, "
78 50
Charles Hayden,
56 25
Dennis Ford,
73 87
Charles F. Lord 66
54 00
Zebulon Strong, 66
21 00
66 John Wrenn, 66
58 12
Michael Dunn, 66
48 62
" Patrick Sullivan, 66
42 00
" William S. Belcher, labor,
42 00
" Cornelius Larry, 66
37 87
" James Gallagher, 66
22 87
" James Kelley, 66
29 62
" William Garvin, 66
15 37
" M. Connor, 66
12 38
William Moore, 66
9 37
" Martin Dunn, 66
7 50
" John Ring, 66
9 00
" John Kelley, 66
9 00
" Walter Gregory,
7 87
Harvey Hayden, 66
4 50
" William Lord,
2 25
66 T. Harigan,
3 00
" Michael Cronin,
4 50
" J. P. Wentworth, 66
1 50
W. Q. Torrey, 66 .
75
" E. Adams & Son, Lumber,
4 07
3 38
" W. Abercrombie, nails and spikes,
$1,505 96
$2,870 80
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Under the direction of the Board of Engineers.
NIAGARA No. 1. Washington M. French, Engineer.
Paid 50 members (1866),
$250 00
steward 30 00
" Hunneman & Co., painting and repairs, 214 42
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove, lantern, &c., 27 63
" Ralph Lowe, repairing hose, &c., 30 75
" E. Adams & Son, coal, 22 30
" C. W. Perry, hauling engine to Roxbury and return, 12 00
" M. Walsh, repairs on Relief engine,
8 00
H. F. Vinal, hauling engine,
2 50
" G. F. Wilson, refreshments,
6 95
"+ R. L. Lee, fuel,
4 00
" Hills, Panton & Adams, oil,
3 38
John Page, Jr., 3 30
" Whitney & Nash, sponge, oil, &c., 3 45
C. N. Ditson, refreshments, 12 00
" J. Arey, Jr., oil, &c., 1 55
7 00
" William Walker, hauling engine,
W. Abercrombie, refreshments, 31 82
60
oil, brooms, &c., 9 66
$680 71
TIGER No. 2. William Parker, Jr., Engineer.
Paid 30 members (1866),
$150 00
steward 30 00
" Hunneman & Co., painting and repairs, 234 50
" C. W. Perry, carting engine to Roxbury and return, 18 00
" G. F. Wilson, refreshments,
31 78
" J. A. Wood,
53 21
" F. Hardwick
6 80
" R. L. Lee, fuel, 1 00
Amounts carried forward,
$525 29
$680 71
3
18
Amounts brought forward,
Paid E. Adams & Son, coal,
4 50
" Whitney & Nash, lock,
50
" William Parker, Jr., wrench,
2 87
" Bowditch & Co., carting hose, 3 25
" E. S. Fellows, boiler, pipe, &c., 12 30
548 71
GRANITE, No. 3. Samuel Ames, Engineer.
Paid 41 members (1866), $205 00
" steward 66 30 00
" L. G. McIntyre, repairs,
12 00
" G. W. Tarbox, refreshments,
7 80
" R. L. Lee, fuel,
1 50
6 William Ripley, repairs,
66 E. E. Hall & Co., refreshments,
27 84
66 66 oil, &c., 3 95
3 00
John Hall, hauling engine,
G. H. Locke, refreshments, 60 15
66 matches and chimneys, 75
" E. Adams & Son, coal, 9 00
362 49
VULTURE No. 4. William H. Sampson, Engineer.
Paid 27 members (1866),
$135 00
steward
30 00
H. F. Vinal, hauling engine,
2 50
F. W. Perry,
2 00
" John Hall, 66
8 50
" E. Adams & Son, coal,
1 00
66
66 refreshments, 5 94
187 94
FIREMAN'S AID No. 1. Edmund B. Taylor, Engineer.
Paid 31 members (1866),
$155 00
steward 66
30 00
" J. M. Glover, table, chairs, &c., 1 52
Amounts carried forward,
$186 52 $1,779 85
$525 29
$680 71
3 00
J. W. Shaw, oil, soap, &c.,
1 50
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Amounts brought forward,
$186 52 $1,779 85
Paid Tirrell & Sons, hook and repairs,
12 00
" W. H. Quigley, settees,
40 00
" J. Arey, Jr., chandelier,
7 00
" C. W. Perry, carting, 3 00
" R. L. Lee, fuel, 1 00
" A. F. & J. N. Blake, refreshments, 39 58
" E. S. Fellows, stove-pipe, 1 75
290 85
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Niagara Engine Co., filling reservoir
twice, $100 00
" C. F. & J. W. Pierce, 4 lanterns,
12 00
W. M. French, services as engineer (1866), 5 00 Wm. Parker, Jr.,
15 00
6 Samuel Ames,
5 00
W. H. Sampson,
5 00
E. B. Taylor, 66
5 00
" W. H. Sampson, ex-services (1865), 8 00
" F. L. Pierce, ex-services on reservoirs, 27 00
182 00
$2,252 70
ALMSHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT, DR.
ANDREW B. MORSE, Superintendent.
To amount of stock on hand, appraised Feb. 1, 1867, $2,595 80 Paid Joseph Loud & Co., grain, $372 62
" Henry H. Faxon, horse, 250 00
E. B. Taylor, horse and harness, 265 00
66 I. W. Munroc & Co., flour, sugar, &c., 187 25
66 Nichols & Hinckley, butter, 54 24
W. Abercrombic, groceries, 94 92
Whitney & Nash, 97 95
Amounts carried forward, $1,321 98 $2.595 80
20
Amounts brought forward,
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