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Cash received for produce,
120 18
Labor at cemetery,
10 25
Labor on highways,
1,442 74
Rent of Rock Island,
10 00
3,975 92
Total cost of Almshouse for the year ending Feb.
1, 1875,
$1,971 76
SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
Paid George Sargent, rent, Mrs. Jones, $13 00
B. F. Curtis 60
102 25
State Reform School, board for M. Cronin, 26 17
State Reform School, board for A. E. Gore, 24 73
State Reform School, board for J. H. Falvy, 24 55
State Reform School, board for W. F. Rowell, 8 00
State Reform School, board for
J. Williams, 19 50
State Reform School, board for C. E. Cook, 6 47
109 42
Worcester Lunatic Asylum, board for T. Kennedy, 21 60
Amount carried forward, $246 27
· To be refunded.
32
Amount brought forward, $246 27
Paid Board of State Charities, board for L. Manning, $18 00 Board of State Charities, board for D. Sullivan, 36 00
54 00
Northampton Asylum, board for R. G. Cass, 202 99
City of Cambridge, aid, B. Gallagher,
26 78
Haverhill, 6 Talbot children,
163 00
66 Fall River, " C. Howard,
373 00
City of Boston, aid, Timothy Curtin, $14 69
City of Boston, aid, John Clure,
32 93
City of Boston, aid, Mary Sim- mons, 47 01
City of Boston, aid, burial Arletta Spear, 10 00
104 63
City of Charlestown, aid, Mrs. Saville, $32 25
City of Charlestown, aid, Mrs.
Dexter, 24 25
56 50
Town of Saugus, aid, T. H. M. Rowell, 70 67
66 Milbury, " Keefe family,
14 90
Milton, " Mrs. Buchan,
8 50
66 Lakeville, " Thomas Vandover,
6 40
Thomas Healey, rent, Mrs. Packard, 60 00
* George W. Griffin, board for Mrs. Moses,
63 00
D. H. Bills, coal, Wm. McGowan, $9 25
Ellen O'Brien, 7 12
66 Ellen Callahan, 6 13
66
66 Mrs. J. Dailey, 7 38
29 88
Amount carried forward,
$1,480 52
* To be refunded.
33
Amount brought forward,
$1,480 52 Paid D. H. Bills, coal, J. Cronin, 11 50 66 " Mrs. George Packard, 11 63
23 13
Grenville Brooks, fuel to Mrs. Cronin, $8 25
66 J. Shehan, 3 00
Mrs. Linnehan, 5 50
J. Cummings, 5 50
66
Mrs. Manning, 5 50
66
Hammond, 5 47
Mrs. W. Burke, 5 50
66
Mrs. Galvin, 5 50
Mrs. Callahan, 5 50
*L. P. Holbrook, 2 75
66
Mrs. J. Callahan, 2 75
66
Mrs. Woods, 5 25
66
66 A. P. French, 5 25
65 72
E. A. Bartlett, care of J. Shehan,
Grenville Brooks, coal to J. Cronin, $3 00
66
Mrs. Jones, 7 75
66 66 Mrs. Galvin, 8 00
18 75
S. F. Newcomb, goods to Hayden children,
114 00
Terence Keenan, rent Mrs. Packard,
12 00
Elbridge Clapp, goods to J. Cronin,
208 00
Ebenezer Bent, goods to Mrs. Callahan, $3 00
66 Mrs. Jones, 72 00
75 00
Mrs. Harrington, board of Mrs. Newcomb,
58 00
Frederick Hardwick, fare and care of Hanson children, 3 00
T. E. Furnald, goods to J. Cummings, 25 53
George Cahill, 66 J. Cronin, 4 00
Daniel Baxter, rent, Mrs. Denward,
10 00
E. H. Doble, goods to S. Miller,
1 00
Amount carried forward, $2,114 65
* To be refunded.
3Q
16 00
66
34
Amount brought forward, $2,114 65
Paid Totman & Son, goods to J. Gallagher, 3 00
Horne & Bird J. Shehan, 36 46
H. W. Gray, 66 J. Cummings, 84 51
M. W. Gerry, Mrs. Murphy,
1 25
E. S. Fellows, cash, sundry poor persons,
31 50
J. H. Veazie, medicines, 66 60 15 40
H. H. Faxon, rent, Mrs. Jones, 47 58
N. B. Furnald, conveyance of Cath. Mulligan, 6 10
Geo. H. Frost, fuel to P. Gorman, 4 75
John A. Wood, rent, J. Cronin, 51 00
E. H. Treadway, medicines to poor persons, 3 15
Charles H. Spear, milk to J. Cronin,
10 76
Thomas Gurney, goods to J. Shea, $3 00
66 P. Gorman, 3 00
6 00
James S. Carey, milk to Mrs. Callahan,
19 40
Wm. A. Hodges, cash and supplies to poor persons, $8 35
Wm. A. Hodges, cash and supplies to Mrs. Vinal, 8 03
16 38
E. B. Taylor, fares Geo. Russell, 3 00
Dr. J. H. Gilbert, prof. services to sundry poor persons, 67 00
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, William F. Hinckley, $258 20
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, Mary T. Rodman, 244 72
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, Susan Hunt, 238 79
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, John Cullen, 255 52
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, Catharine Welch, 40 85
Amounts carried forward, $1,038 08 $2,521 89
35
Amounts brought forward, $1,038 08 $2,521 89
Paid Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, * Mary O. Hearn, 237 15
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, * C. V. Saville, 228 95
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, * Foster Brown, 35 50
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, ¡ A. N. Davenport, 103 92
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, * Ellen Scannell, 96 05
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, board, Daniel Manning, 96 15
1,835 80
t John Hall, burial of Mary Jane
Anderson, $28 00
+
66 66
66 H. W. Thayer,
24 00
66
Carter child, 14 00
t
66
66
infant,
5 00
66
conveyance of J. Shehan, 4 00
75 00
D. H. Bills, coal to Mrs. Moran, $2 50
66 " and wood, to W.
D. Guild, 16 00
+
66 John Brooks,
5 13
66
66 Mrs. J. Forbes,
4 88
66
66 Mrs. Manning,
4 75
66
66 J. H. Callahan,
4 63
66
66 George H. New- comb, 21 00
66
Mrs. J. Donovan,
7 38
66
66 John Cronin, 9 50
Mrs. R. Morris, 7 63
66
66 Mrs. Wm. Burke, 9 25
92 65
Amount carried forward,
$4,525 34
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
36
Amount brought forward,
$4,525 34
Paid Town of Braintree, 1873, aid, Mrs. Packard, 31 00
George L. Baxter, goods, poor persons, 3 63
* D. H. Bills, coal, L. P. Holbrook, 4 63
E. B. Taylor, cash poor persons,
10 00
J. Q. A. Field, " " 66
12 00
W. M. French, moving Mrs. Newcomb,
3 00
James N. Blake, goods, poor persons,
8 10
Dr. James A. Gordon, professional ser- vices, 8 00
G. F. Wilson, goods, J. Gallagher, 2 00
E. E. Fellows, tin ware, to J. Cronin,
2 60
Old Col. & N. R. R., tickets to poor,
21 75
Dr. J. A. Gordon, services, poor persons,
75 00
Town of Randolph, burial Nancy Swain,
13 00
$4,720 05
CR.
Rec'd of Town of Milford, support of A.
Daly and child, $23 90
J. Q. A. Field, support of Mary O'Hearn, 191 15
Edward Capen, support of C. F. Saville, 364 65
City of Fall River, coffins for Dorrity boys,
23 00
State of Mass., state paupers,
78 72
For support of Ellen Scannell, 96 05
" Foster Brown,
35 50
Total cost of poor out of Almshouse, for year ending Feb. 1, 1875,
$812 97
$3,907 08
* Refunded.
37
Total cost of Almshouse,
of poor out of Almshouse,
$1,971 76 3,907 08
$5,957 56
Expenditures,
$5,957 56
Appropriation,
5,000 00
Excess of expenditures,
$957 56
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
DR.
Paid Cochrane & Sampson, printing,
$48 25
Albert Holt, labor,
1,581 66
Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, manure,
7 00
James Sullivan, labor,
11 25
E. Stone, trees,
25 00
J. Rideout, labor,
10 00
M. Pfaffman, shrubbery and trees,
50 73
D. K. Flint, carting,
5 00
J. Sullivan, labor,
9 37
J. H. Spear, plants,
10 30
E. Burns, labor,
3 00
Richard Newcomb, stakes,
3 50
W. A. Hodges, manure,
4 00
Josiah Baxter, manure,
9 00
Geo. L. Baxter, plants, labor, and expressing, 8 75
H. French, lettering stakes,
13 20
Mrs. M. E. Green, printing,
62 50
George L. Gill, postal cards and record books, 6 00
Amount carried forward, $1,868 51
38
Amount brought forward, $1,868 51
Paid George L. Gill, recording burials,
1873, '74, 26 40
George L. Gill, services as Sec'y, 75 00
Geo. L. Baxter & Co., sundries, 29 49
Bowditch & Co., expressing,
4 50
Whitman & Breck, survey and plans, 50 00
Horace Feltis, iron gates,
75 00
E. S. Fellows, steps,
2 75
J. Q. Wild, repairs on tools,
1 25
A. Holt, manure,
9 00
Asa Wellington, services and court fees, 56 40
$2,198 30
Labor from Almshouse,
10 25
$2,208 55
CR.
By cash from sale of lots,
$450 00
for labor on lots,
962 35
sale of well-curb,
9 00
$1,421 35
Total,
$787 20
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Expenditures,
787 20
Balance unexpended,
$212 80
OLD CEMETERY.
Paid G. L. Baxter, paid for labor,
$34 12
John McDonald, gravel, 6 00
John Kilshaw, loam, 2 00
Amount carried forward, . $42 12
39
Amount brought forward,
$42 12
Paid J. Sullivan, labor,
3 75
W. B. Rice, trees,
17 00
J. McDonnell, labor,
11 00
J. Kelly, labor,
7 00
John Kilshaw, labor,
1 00
Geo. L. Baxter, expressing,
4 00
$85 87
Appropriation,
$200 00
Expenditures,
85 87
Balance unexpended,
$114 13
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
W. M. French, Chief Engineer. NIAGARA, NO. 1. MICHAEL WELCH, Engineer.
Paid forty-seven members,
$470 00
steward,
50 00
Keating & Spear, chimneys,
45
Ebenezer Bent, oil, pail, brush, etc.,
22 09
John H. Veazie, alcohol and oil,
6 00
D. H. Bills, coal,
4 88
Richard Newcomb, stock and labor,
6 57
Grenville Brooks, fuel,
1 00
Tirrell & Sons, repairs,
2 00
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, sundries, 1 75
Whitney & Nash, wrench and sundries, 5 39 G. Brooks, fuel, 1 00
Hunneman & Co., repairs,
116 50
Ralph Lowe, stock and repairs,
6 31
Ebenezer Bent, sundries, 7 80
Amount carried forward,
$701 74
40
Amount brought forward, $701 74
TIGER, NO. 2.
AMOS M. LITCHFIELD, Engineer.
Paid fifty members,
$500 00
steward,
50 00
G. Brooks, fuel,
1 00
M. Goodhue, oil, brushes, etc.,
13 48
S. K. Tarbox, repairs,
7 50
M. Goodhue, oil, etc., 45 75
66 66 " sponges and sundries, 14 75
G. Brooks, fuel, 11 75
A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor, 5 50
George L. Baxter, lanterns, etc., 3 59
John A. Wood, rent,
25 00
Daniel Baxter, sundries,
30 00
Hunneman & Co., hose and repairs,
114 25
E. E. Fellows, boiler and pipe, 6 10
Ralph Lowe, repairs, 10 00
838 67
GRANITE, NO. 3.
JAMES H. ELCOCK, Engineer.
Paid forty-five members,
$450 00
steward,
50 00
F. C. Ellis, repairs on house, 6 50
Geo. W. Ripley, oil, soap, etc.,
5 65
E. E. Hall, wrench, carting, etc.,
14 55
D. H. Bills, fuel,
9 50
G. Brooks,
1 50
Badger Bros., repairs,
167 70
Ripley & Bro., sundries,
3 28
Jonas Shackley, labor,
1 81
C. A. Mitchell, glazing,
1 50
711 99
Amount carried forward,
$2,252 40
41
Amount brought forward,
$2,252 40
VULTURE, NO. 4.
GEO. B. PRAY, Engineer.
Paid forty-six members,
$460 00
steward,
50 00
D. H. Bills, coal, 5 13
A. P. Messer, shovel, hod, etc.,
3 35
Whiton & Lincoln, pump-lever,
13 50
D. H. Bills, fuel,
1 25
E. E. Fellows, stove-pipe, etc.,
15 75
Ralph Lowe, straps,
1 75
550 73
HOOK AND LADDER, NO. 1.
E. A. SPEAR, Engineer.
Paid twenty-five members, steward, 50 00
$250 00
Tirrell & Sons, repairs on ladders, 1 50
J. T. Veazie, lock, etc.,
1 75
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, pump and hose,
34 00
Furnald & Pierce, sundries,
8 71
J. N. Blake,
14 64
360 60
W. M. FRENCH HOSE, NO. 1.
W. M. FRENCH, Engineer.
Paid twenty members,
$200 00
steward, 50 00
Harvey French, Jr., stock and labor,
33 32
G. S. Coffin, keys,
3 60
Amounts carried forward,
$286 92 $3,163 73
42
Amounts brought forward,
$286 92 $3,163 73
Paid D. H. Bills, coal,
5 13
A. W. Mitchell, badges,
37 50
Keating & Spear, oil,
32
Ebenezer Bent, refreshments,
8 09
D. H. Bills, coal,
9 50
Keating & Spear, dusters, etc.,
5 39
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, couplings, etc., 13 50
Ewell & Joseph, lamps,
3 23
Richard Newcomb, stock and labor,
2 70
G. Brooks, fuel,
1 00
A. M. Litchfield, gate,
5 00
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lamps, pipe, etc., 7 85
Whitney & Nash, sundries,
1 40
G. Brooks, fuel,
1 00
G. Totman & Son, sundries,
15 50
Ralph Lowe, repairs and stock, 2 20
77
407 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Bowditch Express Co.,
$18 27
W. M. French,
25 00
J. J. Shea, expressing,
2 65
A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor,
97 57
Lapham Bros., drawing engine,
8 00
Hinckley Bros., manilla,
2 97
F. W. Perry, carting hose,
3 00
J. Boyd & Son, repairing hose, 60 600 ft. new hose,
35 06
. 990 00
J. Clark, 600 ft. new hose and couplings,
549 60
D. H. Bills, coal for steam pump,
23 60
Amounts carried forward,
$1,755 72 $3,570 73
E. Bent, sundries,
43
Amounts brought forward, $1,755 72 $3,570 73
Paid Dunbar, Curran & Hayden, filling reservoir, 8 50
R. S. Brown, repairing flag, 12 15
Cuniffe & Sproule, labor on reser- voir, 6 00
Asa Pope, filling reservoir,
6 00
Day & Collins, pipe,
6 75
Jenkins & Jordan, lightning rods,
21 80
C. S. Coolidge, expressing,
9 90
H. M. Carlton, expressing,
5 75
M. M. C. Chubbuck, filling reservoir,
10 00
G. Thomas, timber, steam-pump,
6 30
M. Garrity, building reservoir,
215 00
J. Shackley, labor on fence,
16 08
O. S. Beals, painting roof of hose house, 16 77
H. French, jr., painting, 54 00
Wm. Parker, sheathing hose house,
85 00
J. F. Burrell, damage to carriage, 7 50
J. Clark, crotch, 12 50
2,255 72
Total,
$5,826 45
Appropriation,
$6,600 00
Expense less than appropriation,
773 55
$5,826 45
ALTERATION OF HOSE HOUSE.
Paid C. Gill, stone work,
$160 00
Wm. Parker, per contract, 1,000 00
66 stock and labor,
131 27 $1,291 27
Appropriation, Excess of appropriation,
$1,100 00
191 27
$1,291 27
44
STEAM PUMP.
Paid for steam pump,
$350 00
Appropriation,
$350 00
WATERING-PLACE AT WEST QUINCY.
Paid Elcock & Sons, stone trough, $37 00
66 labor laying bridge
and grading, P. A. Wales, pump, 22 50
63 00
$122 50
Appropriation,
$150 00
Expense less than appropriation,
27 50
$122 50
RESERVOIRS.
Paid Wm. H. French, reservoir, Han- cock street,
$550 00
Wm. H. French, reservoir, Wash- ington street, 500 00
C. H. Conlin, labor,
8 25
John Sweeney, labor,
9 00
E. S. Fellows, cash to sundry per- sons, for labor, 99 00
Luke Rideout, blasting,
5 50
Richard Newcomb, stock and labor,
1 00
$1,172 75
Appropriation, Expense less than appropriation,
$1,200 00
27 25
$1,172 75
45
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Paid Christopher A. Spear, $200 00
$200 00
Appropriation, $200 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Bowditch Express Co., expressing, $ 50
E. B. Souther, stationery, 4 52
J. W. Robertson, horse hire to March 3, 1873, 15 00
Whitman & Breck, surveys,
467 00
J. T. & W. V. Hayward, setting glass, etc., 7 49
J. C. Hemsworth, labor at pest-house, 30 86
J. T. & W. V. Hayward, stock and labor, 12 32
E. S. Fellows, use of horse,
7 00
W. A. Hodges, " 66
5 00
Cochrane & Sampson, printing reports, 415 00
Boston Herald, advertising,
3 00
George H. Locke, distributing reports,
20 00
H. A. Keith, compiling auditors' report, 100 00
J. B. Bass, postage,
60
G. W. B. Taylor, tax schedules, 9 00
S. Bass, copying plan, 2 00
Jos. Lombard, selling school-house,
30 00
Geo. W. B. Taylor, paper,
3 00
E. B. Souther, stationery, etc.,
21 47
Mrs. M. E. Green, printing,
230 50
William B. Thayer, damages on Blue Hill,
2 00
Keating & Spear, chairs for selectmen's room, 8 25
Amount carried forward,
$1,394 51
46
Amount brought forward, $1,394 51
Ewell & Joseph, weighing coal, 1 65
State of Mass., cost of indictment, Blue Hill road, 40 02
C. S. Coolidge, expressing, 5 15
Tirrell & Sons, labor and stock,
33 00
John O. Holden, care of clock,
75 00
Geo. L. Gill, cash paid, recording and copy- ing, 217 65
George L. Baxter, use of horse and carriage,
13 00
W. M. French, livery,
6 50
Mrs. A. Hadstatt, for injuries to person,
150 00
E. S. Fellows, use of horse and carriage,
75 00
E. S. Fellows, travelling expenses, 35 00
E. B. Taylor, use of horse and carriage,
75 00
E. B. Taylor, postage, 1 40
E. B. Taylor, travelling expenses,
30 00
John Q. A. Field, use of horse and carriage,
75 00
John Q. A. Field, postage,
4 00
John Q. A. Field, travelling expenses,
28 00
Thomas Kelly, labor in town house,
2 00
Harvey French, jr., painting guide boards,
77 85
Joseph W. Robertson, use of horse and carriage,
20 00
John Hall, returning 168 deaths to clerk,
42 00
John Hall, ringing bell to Feb. 1, 1875,
52 00
John Hall, livery,
2 00
E. S. Fellows, superintendent of cemetery, 1873, 168 00
$2,623 73
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Expenditures more than appropriation,
623 73
$2,623 73
47
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid J. W. Robertson, to March 1, 1873, $70 00
E. S. Fellows, to Feb. 1, 1874, 75 00
W. A. Hodges, to March 30, 1874, 125 00
E. S. Fellows, to Feb. 1, 1875. 875 00
John Q. A. Field, to Feb. 1, 1875, 815 00
E. B. Taylor, to Feb. 1, 1875, 750 00
$2,710 00
TOWN CLERK.
Paid George L. Gill, to Feb. 1, 1875, $50 00
50 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid Horace B. Spear, $125 00
125 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Henry Lunt, year 1873, $100 00
C. L. Badger, year 1874,
100 00
H. F. Smith, « 1873, 100 00
C. F. Adams, jr., year 1873, 1874,
134 00
Asa Wellington, year 1874,
120 00
John Q. Adams, 66
100 00
William B. Duggan, 66
80 00
J. H. Slade,
100 00
834 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,719 00
48
Amount brought forward, $3,719 00
ASSESSORS.
Paid George L. Baxter, year 1874, $162 00
Joseph W. Robertson, 66 120 00
282 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid Josiah Adams, $30 00
30 00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Paid Chas. N. Baxter, $568 14
568 14
ENGINEERS.
Paid W. M. French,
$35 00
George B. Pray,
35 00
Edward A. Spear,
25 00
Richard W. Dexter,
30 00
A. M. Litchfield,
25 00
150 00
CONSTABLES.
Paid W. M. French,
$50 00
J. Morrill,
17 00
W. C. Seelye,
3 00
A. M. Litchfield,
12 00
F. H. French,
18 00
E. A. Spear,
12 00
G. B. Pray,
14 00
C. N. Ditson,
12 00
A. Glines,
3 00
Amounts carried forward, $141 00
$4,749 14
49
Amounts brought forward,
$141 00 $4,749 14
Paid J. H. Elcock,
3 00
Wm. Parker,
3 00
J. T. French,
16 00
M. W. Gerry,
22 00
E. Ramsdell, special police,
6 00
H. Sidelinger, 66
6 00
J. E. Maxim, 66
3 00
J. W. Hayden, 66
3 00
203 00
$4,952 14
Appropriation,
$4,000 00
Excess of expenditures,
952 14
$4,952 14
TOWN HALL.
DR.
Paid Citizens Gas Co., gas,
$516 50
W. B. Ryan, repairing pump,
10 38
D. H. Bills, coal,
51 50
E. Packard & Co., sawdust,
3 00
Jacob Flint, superintendent, labor,
173 55
2 00
C. H. Andrews, floor-brushes,
2 87
Murphy & Leavens, dusters,
6 25
Grenville Brooks, kindling,
17 00
James S. Carey, cleaning vaults,
3 00
F. C. Ellis, step-ladder,
4 40
N. Gay, charcoal,
5 00
Amount carried forward, $795 45
4 Q
50
Amount brought forward, $795 45
Paid P. Gormley, charcoal, 2 00
J. H. Veazie, alcohol, 2 55
Owen Adams, coal,
87 22
Ewell & Joseph, stock and labor,
3 22
Daniel Monk, door-spring,
2 50
Frank Flint, cleaning windows, 1 50
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stock and labor, 6 00
Whitney & Nash, screws and driver, 71
Peter B. Turner, stock and labor,
31 90
E. E. Fellows, stoves, repairs, 11 65
$944 70
CR.
Received for use of rooms,
$187 50
66 " hall,
642 00
Expended more than received, 115 20
$944 70
POLICE STATION.
DR.
Paid W. M. French, superintendent, $150 00
Hannah Foley, cleaning, 4 50
Harvey French, jr., stock and labor. 15 55
A. M. Litchfield,
13 97
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stock and labor, 8 15
Elisha Hobart, mason work, 15 50
Whitney & Nash, brooms, etc.,
1 12
W. M. French, refreshments for 1,133 tramps, 97 74
$306 53
CR.
By cash received from officers, $45 50
Total expense of police station, $261 03
51
The commitments to the police station from February 1st, 1874, to February 1st, 1875, are as follows : -
For drunkenness,
64
larceny,
12
assaults,
17
illegal selling of liquors,
6
evading fare,
2
fishing on Sunday,
2
bastardy,
1
vagrancy,
3
illegal peddling,
2
disturbing peace,
4
attempted rape,
1
selling obscene pictures,
2
lodgers provided for,
1,133
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Henry Barker, Treasurer,
E. A. Perkins, on contract,
$3,500 00 500 00
$4,000 00
Appropriation, Excess of appropriation,
$3,500 00
500 00
$4,000 00
The apparent excess of appropriation in the above account was caused by the payment of $500 to Mr. E. A. Perkins by the Selectmen. The fact of the payment did not come to the knowl- edge of the Treasurer of the Library until after Feb. 1, 1875. The amount has since been paid by him to the Town Treasurer.
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STATE AID.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1874,
$6,065 25
Paid Feb. 1874,
256 50
Mar. 66
279 50
Apr. 66
247 00
May 66
269 00
June 66
246 00
July 66
242 00
Aug. 66
326 00
Sept.
66
260 50
Oct.
66
263 50
Nov. 66
296 00
Dec.
66
387 00
Jan. 1875,
226 00
3,299 00
$9,364 25
CR.
By Cash received from State Treasurer, $3,000 00
Balance due from State, Feb. 1, 1875, 6,364 25
$9,364 25
STREET LAMPS.
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Co., $868 35
New England 60
1,364 99
S. Williams,
16 00
Horn & Bird,
18 64
Michael Devlin,
12 00
J. H. Canney,
12 00
Daniel Lane,
12 00
T. O'Hearn,
73 33
Amount carried forward, $2,377 31
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Amount brought forward,
$2,377 31
Paid John L. Souther, 16 00
M. W. Gerry,
1 00
J. McGovern,
16 00
J. B. Bass,
16 00
$2,426 31
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
Expenditure less than appropriation, 73 69
-
$2,426 31
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Paid James Humphrey, a 4 of mainten-
ance of bridge, $83 33
*Ebenezer Bent, oil, 4 80
James Humphrey, assessment 1873, 104 17
192 30
CR.
By cash from James Humphrey, 18 02
$174 28
NEPONSET BRIDGE.
The amount of plank on hand, Feb. 1, 1874, was 5,227 feet, and was called worth $350 ; its real value was about $100. The Auditors would submit the following as, in their opinion, an equitable account : -
* To be refunded.
.
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NEPONSET BRIDGE. DR.
Plank on hand, Feb. 1st, 1874,
$100 00
Paid S. D. Ramsdell, stock and labor,
529 82
John Donovan, labor, 23 60
A. T. Stearns, lumber,
285 76
$939 18
CR.
Plank on hand, Feb. 1st, 1875,
$100 00
sold,
21 40
$121 40
Balance,
$817 78
Total expense of Hingham and Quincy
bridges,
$174 28
Total expense of Neponset bridge,
817 78
$992 06
Appropriation,
800 00
Excess of expenditure,
$192 06
TAXES.
CHARLES N. BAXTER, Collector.
DR.
To Town tax, $80,460 00
State tax, 7,060 00
County tax, 6,419 50
Non-residents' bank tax, 1,953 75
Two-mill tax, reduction town debt, 14,246 40
Overlayings, 3,490 10
-$113,629 75
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CR.
By cash paid town treasurer,
$108,540 28
Discount,
3,432 22
Abatements,
1,657 25
-$113,629 75
Discount and abatements,
$5,089 47
Appropriation,
4,000 00
Excess above appropriation,
$1,089 47
SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS DUE THE TOWN.
State of Mass., support of paupers,
$84 17
Town of Randolph, support of L. P.Hol- brook,
12 88
City of Salem, support of Mrs. Moses,
108 00
William Davenport, support of wife at Taunton Asylum,
103 92
John Kennedy, support of son at Wor- cester Asylum,
21 60
State aid, due Feb. 1st, 1872,
2,000 00
" balance, 1872,
700 25
66
1873,
365 00
paid during past year, 3,299 00
Labor in cemetery and sale of lots,
108 00
$6,802 82
TREASURER'S REPORT.
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
DR.
To cash in Treasury on settlement, Feb. 1, 1874, $9,197 65 of Trustees of H. & Quincy bridges, bill refunded, 18 02
of Town of Milford, board of Mrs. A. Daly and child, 23 90
of J. Q. A. Field, guardian, board of Mary O'Hearn, 191 15
of Edward Capen, board of C. F. Saville, 364 65
old lumber sold from Willard School- house, 11 00
96 05
for board of Ellen Scannell, 60 Foster Brown at Hospital, 35 50
for sale of school-house and land in North District, 2,900 00
for interest, from Thompson Baxter, 65 02
for school-books furnished scholars, 48 50
of Hammatt & Co., error in bill,
7 10
of City of Fall River, coffins for Dorrity
boys, 23 00
of William Hobart, rent of land, 1 00
for rent of rooms in Town House,
187 50
Town Hall,
642 00
Rock Island,
10 00
for use of receiving tomb, 66
lock-up,
45 50
for hose sold, 87 78
6 00
Amount carried forward,
$13,961 32
57
1
Amount brought forward,
$13,961 32
To cash for stoves and pipe sold from North Dis- trict School-house, 17 50
from E. C. Sargent, for gravel, 57 50
from Maurice Sheahan,
5 40
from George E. Faxon, for loam,
60 20
from John Curtis, 66
2 80
from George Willett, 66
9 10
from John Glover, 66
31 64
from George W. Parks, 66
19 32
of H. Glidden, 66
78 00
of Robie & Keating,
66
61 87
of State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1873,
303 46
of State Treasurer, Corporation 1874,
3,585 45
of State Treasurer National Bank Tax,
2,640 28
of 66
State Aid,
3,000 00
of
Contagious Diseases,
225 11
of 66 66 State Paupers,
78 72
of Income Mass., School
Fund, 384 41
of State Treasurer, interest on State Tax, 70 60
for produce sold from Almshouse,
120 18
from sale of lots in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, 450 00
for labor on lots in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, 962 35
for well-curb sold from cemetery,
9 00
of County Treasurer, dog licenses, 1874, 785 28
on notes payable,
74,100 00
of Chas. N. Baxter, collector, for taxes of 1874, 113,629 75
$214,649 24
Tax,
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By State Treasurer, State Tax, $7,060 00 State Treasurer, National Bank Tax, 2,741 78
County Treasurer, County Tax,
6,419 50
H. Barker, Treasurer Public Library, Dog Licenses, 1874,
785 28
Notes payable, sundry persons, Interest 8,372 38
90,077 02
Town orders paid,
85,729 25
Balance in Treasury,
13,464 03
$214,649 24
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
NOTES PAYABLE.
State of Mass., due Dec. 9, 1878, $5,000 00
66 66 due Nov. 1, 1881, 20,000 00
due Dec. 9, 1883, 5,000 00
66 66 due Mar. 23, 1884,
20,000 00
66 due Dec. 9, 1888,
5,000 00
66 due June 1, 1889,
10,000 00
Woodward fund, on demand,
28,000 00
Sundry persons, " 66
18,500 00
Accrued interests, $1,089 18
-- $112,589 18
CR.
By cash in the treasury, $13,464 03
Due, as per schedule of outstanding accounts, page 55, 3,298 50
Plank on hand at Neponset bridge, 100 00
$16,862 53
Amount of town debt, Feb. 1, 1875,
$95,726 65
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Amount of town debt Feb. 1, 1874,
$111,850 37
66
" 1875,
95,726 65
Decrease for the year,
$16,123 72
Amount of two-mill tax,
$14,246 40
Town notes paid,
15,977 02
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1874.
Schools (teaching and fuel),
$23,600 00
(incidentals),
6,000 00
Support of poor,
5,000 00
Repairs, town buildings,
1,000 00
Pay of town officers,
4,000 00
Discount and abatement on taxes,
4,000 00
Interest on town debt,
9,000 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
2,000 00
Bridges,
800 00
Mount Wollaston cemetery,
1,000 00
Old cemetery,
200 00
Repairs of highways,
8,000 00
Street lights,
2,500 00
Fire department,
5,000 00
Improvement of Penn's Hill,
1,000 00
Laying out town ways,
760 00
Additional hose,
1,600 00
Land, school purposes,
1,500 00
Public library,
3,500 00
Amount carried forward,
$80,460 00
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