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18 05
C. F. Pettengill, clock, etc.,
5 30
John N. Fox, conveying paupers,
I 20
Joseph A. Lapham, conveying paupers,
I CO
Stephen Penniman,
I 00
Charles F. Ewell, vinegar,
I 40
Fuller, Leonard & Small, sheeting,
8 25
Edwin R. Wheble, geese,
2 50
R. E. Townsend, use of bull,
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,768 49
2I
Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$3,768 49
Paid E. J. Pierce, procuring help,
I
38
Bigelow & Dowse, tobacco cutter,
I 00
C. S. Hollis, strawberries,
I 25
J. Breck & Sons, seed,
I 00
Edmund F. Taylor, cabbage plants,
3 50
Claflin & Brown, bags,
8 34
T. Gullicksen & Sons, painting,
65 22
Tucker Manufacturing Co., mattresses,
39 60
Charles H. Spear, ice,
27 00
John N. Fox, cash for dry goods,
2 75
J. Loud & Co., drain pipe,
4 50
R. Sherburne, glass,
2 00
Tirrell & Sons, whip, etc.,
I 50
Ensign S. Fellows, grate, etc.,
2 45
George J. Jones, harness,
4 50
Total amount of cash paid,
$3,934 48
ALMSHOUSE.
CR.
Appraisal of Stock, Tools, Provisions, etc., Feb. 2, 1885.
Horse,
$160 00
Brought forward,
$736 38
2 Cows,
100 00
Wood,
235 00
Harness,
30 00
Vegetables,
35 00 .
Hay,
170 00
Manure,
75 00
Open wagon,
60 00
Coal,
21 00
Carryall,
50 00
Provisions, etc.,
85 50
Eel-spear,
I 38
Fowls,
40 00
Ladders,
5 00
Sewing machine,
25 00
Wheelbarrows,
5 00
Grain,
2 50
Cart,
50 00
Groceries,
120 00
Hay-wagon,
15 00
Hand-cart,
20 00
Robe and blanket,
10 00
Medicines,
22 00
Sleigh,
25 00
Hose and reel.
10 00
Barrels,
5 00
Seed-corn,
22 50
Grindstone,
10 00
Dry goods,
10 00
Farming tools, etc.,
40 00
$1,459 88
Carried forward,
$736 38
22
STATEMENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
DR.
$1,604 74
To stock on hand Feb. 1, 1884, Cash paid as per this report, 3,934 48 - -$5,539 22
CR.
By stock on hand Feb. 2, 1885, Cash received for board,
$1,459 88
318 04
produce, etc.,
93 48
pigs,
20 00
wood,
85 00
66
hay,
86 10
rent of Rock Island,
10 00
meadow,
8 00
66
supplies to outside
poor,
550 94
2,850 94
Total cost of almshouse,
$2,688 28
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
The amounts expended under this head by the Overseers of the Poor have been paid as follows :-
To Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support,
$919 60
Danvers
124 06
Northampton,
199 16
Asylum for Chronic Insane,
381 0I
City of Boston, aid,
267 40
Cambridge, aid,
59 80
Lawrence,
108 00
Town of Erving,
22 26
E. H. Doble & Co., supplies,
8 75
C. A. Spear,
2 75
Amount carried forward,
$2,092 79
sand,
219 50
23
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$2,092 79
To J. F. Merrill,
supplies, I 87
Thomas Gurney,
5 50
Almshouse,
550 94
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel,
93 58
Cyrus Patch, 66
153 93
D. J. Cutter,
18 0I
George E. Frost,
18 55
Estate of Daniel Baxter, rent,
15 00
G. G. Bush,
58 50
Laura E. Holt,
105 00
Jeremiah Ford,
60 00
Granite Railway Co.,
36 00
Mrs. W. F. Coolidge,
17 00
Patrick McDonnell,
48 00
Henry H. Faxon,
26 00
John H. Veazie, medicines,
I 95
A. G. Durgin, «
20 95
Mrs. C. F. Billings, board,
80 62
Frederick Hardwick, care,
3 00
John Hall, burial expenses,
150 00
E. A. Perkins, fare for poor person,
I 25
D. Haselton,
1 00
O. C. R. R.,
2 68
John N. Fox, expense of conveying paupers,
18 80
Stephen Penniman, conveying paupers,
I OO
Total amount of cash paid,
$3,581 92
The preceding amounts were expended on account of the poor out of almshouse, as follows :-
DR.
At Taunton Lunatic Hospital.
For Mary T. Rodman, support,
$148 94
*C. V. Saville,
186 28
Mary Williams,
178 88
Louisa S. Wilson, 66
183 84
Catherine White,
186 17
John J. Garey,
35 49
Amount carried forward,
$919 60
Refunded.
24
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $919 60
At Asylum for Chronic Insane.
For John Cullen, support,
197 92
John McDonald, 183 09
At Danvers Lunatic Hospital.
Sarah E. Starbuck, support, 124 06
At Northampton Lunatic Hospital.
Reuben G. Cass, support,
199 16
In Boston.
Susan B. Abbott,
aid, 29 00
John Cluse,
14 46
Mary McDonald,
3 26
John Cahill, 66
IO 84
James Connolly,
3 63
Alice Dooner,
29 59
Seline Johnson,
27 63
William Garland,
12 00
Ellen Sullivan,
10 00
John Maley,
66
61 00
Daniel E. Sullivan,
16 00
Sarah Rowell, 66
5 00
Annie Rowell, .
6 86
Catherine O'Riordan,
3 50
James Davidson,
3 00
*Poor persons,
31 63
In Cambridge.
For Mrs. B. Gallagher, aid,
I 75
Mrs. E. J. Gallagher, 25 05
In Lawrence.
For H. J. Willey, aid, 108 00
In Erving :
For Frank Glover, aid,
22 26
$2,048 29
Amount carried forward, * Refunded.
25
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$2,048 29
In Quincy.
For L. F. Leavitt (charged to Randolph).
Supplies,
$3 00
Fuel,
9 25
Fare,
30
12 55
Aaron Leavitt (charged to Randolph).
Fuel, 2 13
Isaac Johnson (charged to State).
Fuel, 3 50
Charles Belanger (charged to State).
Supplies,
$12 49
Fuel,
7 15
Burial of child,
5 00
24 64
Frederick L. Paine (charged to Boston).
Supplies,
$3 50
Fuel, 2 90
6 40
Wm. H. Mulligan (charged to Braintree).
Supplies,
$3 00
Fuel,
5 62
Medicines,
85
Mrs. P. Foye (charged to Cambridge).
Fuel,
$45 56
Rent,
58 50
Burial of child,
21 00
125 06
*Willie Scully (charged to Hingham).
Board,
64 62
Mrs. J. Crathorne.
Supplies,
$54 33
Fuel,
36 05
Rent,
60 00
Medicines,
4 35
154 73
Amount carried forward,
$2,451 39
* Refunded.
9 47
26
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
$2,451 39
For Mrs. C. Lucy.
Supplies,
$67 17
Fuel,
6 50
Rent,
36 00
Medicines,
85
Martin Harron.
Supplies,
$2 71
Fuel,
3 00
Medicines,
3 00
8 71
John Hartney.
Supplies,
$3 3I
Fuel,
9 90
Medicines,
2 55
15 76
Mrs. Ann McGunnigle.
Supplies,
$31 27
Fuel,
12 32
Rent,
15 00
58 59
Peter Rowell.
Supplies,
$II 79
Fuel,
4 40
16 19
Lawrence Ballou.
Supplies,
$5 '00
Fuel,
8 25
13 25
M. M. C. Chubbuck.
Supplies,
$2 50
Fuel,
30 02
32 52
John Brown.
Supplies,
$22 46
Fuel,
7 00
29 46
J. Cummings.
Supplies,
$44 10
Medicines,
I 95
46 05
Amount carried forward,
$2,782 44
-
IIO 52
Amount brought forward,
27
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
$2,782 44
For *Poor persons.
$1 87
Supplies, Medicines,
2 85
4 72
Mrs. R. Wadmore.
Fuel,
$22 38
Rent,
43 00
65 38
Mrs. J. Dolan.
Supplies,
$99 45
Fuel,
20 99
I20 44
Mrs. M. Welsh.
Fuel,
$25 13
Rent,
105 00
130 13
For O. Genevaux, fuel,
3 50
Mrs. J. Logan, rent,
48 00
*John Summers, supplies (Braintree),
48 06
Joshua Brown,
I 50
James Moriarty,
8 06
Mrs. John Bryden,
2 56
Mrs. Falvey,
66
23 69
Mrs. O. J. Peverly,
79 74
Mrs. Mary McGowan, fuel,
7 00
Mrs. H. Armstrong,
18 OI
Mrs. H. Lewis,
16 38
Mrs. J. Newcomb,
6 75
Mrs. Bridget Connors,
8 63
Thomas Noble, burial,
21 00
Charles Ericsson,
(State),
19 00
Louis St. Germain,
19 00
Mrs. Ellen Hayes,
19 00
Nancy Barnes,
19 00
M. Richards,
4 00
Mrs. Amelia Mitchell, “
18 00
Infant found,
(State),
5 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,498 99
* Refunded.
66
Amount brought forward,
28
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$3,498 99
For Willie S. Rowell, board, 16 00
City of Cambridge, State aid,
33 00
J. Wentworth, truss, 6 00
Augustus Hayden, care and medicine,
3 50
Conveying paupers to hospitals,
16 55
* 66 66
3 25
Fares for poor persons,
4 63
Total amount of cash paid,
$3,581 92
CR.
By cash from State, support of poor, $138 79
66 City of Boston, 66
13 78
Cambridge,
133 83
66 Haverhill, 66
I 20
66
Town of Hingham,
64 62
66
Harwich, 66
12 00
66
Rockport,
52 14
66
Randolph, 66
66
14 68
60
Braintree, 66
53 18
Edward Capen, support of C. V. Saville,
186 28
Poor persons, refunded, 61 20
For burial of C. Ericsson,.
5 00
736 70
Total cost of poor out of almshouse,
$2,845 22
RECAPITULATION OF SUPPORT OF POOR.
Total cost of almshouse,
$2,688 28
poor out of almshouse,
.2,845 22
$5,533 50
Appropriation, Expenses,
$7,500 00
5,533 50
Expenses less than appropriation, $1,956 50
* Refunded.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PAY.
Paid Granite Engine Co., $540 00
Vulture Engine Co.,
540 00
J. Q. Adams Chemical Co.,
160 00
L. W. Lovell, Chemical Co.,
240 00
Hook and Ladder Co.,
160 00
Steamer Co.,
240 00
Steam Pump, Engineer,
100 00
Assistant Engineer,
25 00
Engineers of Department,
125 00
William S. Hurd, engineer of steamer,
368 00
William J. Lewis,
378 00
E. Frank Mitchell, driver
636 00 ,
C. Edgar Tirrell, substitute engineer,
12 00
Frank Smith,
driver,
10 00
W. A. Gavin,
66
2 00
$3,536 00
HORSE HIRE.
Paid William Webb, hauling,
$90 00
Timothy Lyons,
12 00
James F. Duggan,
6 00
108 00
FIRE ALARM.
Paid Edwin Rogers, materials, etc.,
$66 86
Gilbert M. Wight, labor,
80 15
Frank Smith,
10 00
Jeremiah Keniley,
21 00
W. A. Gavin, labor and material,
27 00
A. G. Durgin, chemicals,
62 50
Hayward Bros., stock and labor,
13 56
Bailey & Baxter,
IO 63
W. C. Doherty, repairing gong,
I 00
Charles M. Bickford, stamp,
3 45
John Pope & Son, stencils,
2 25
Town of Milton, telegraph pole,
2 00
Whitney & Nash, wire,
75
301 15
Amount carried forward,
$3,945 15
30
Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward, $3,945 15
KEEPING OF HORSES.
Paid J. Loud & Co., hay and grain, John Curley, shoeing, F. W. Pratt, labor, 2 00
$402 62
44 88
449 50
LAND RENTS.
Paid Patrick Gallagher, rent of land,
$50 00
John A. Duggan,
60 00
First Baptist Church,
20 00
-
130 00
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel,
$119 45
Cyrus Patch,
6 50
George E. Frost,
6 50
Citizens' Gas Co., gas,
128 40
260 85
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, valves,
etc., $29 35
Blake Mfg. Co., repairing pump,
13 00
Bailey & Baxter, stock and labor,
74 37
A. J. Morse & Son, gates, etc.
28 80
Whitney & Nash, sundries,
20 82
E. A. Adams, refreshments,
3 14
P. H. Farrell,
12 94
Boynton & Russell, refreshments, etc.,
16 57
Rogers Brothers,
3 59
S. F. Newcomb,
II 97
Steamer Co.,
trying hydrants,
15 00
Granite Hose Co.,
10 00
Charles B. Tilton, paint, tools, etc.,
20 13
C. F. Hovey & Co., bedding,
22 28
Austin & Winslow, expressing,
12 30
Wentworth & Lord,
2 95
Howard W. Hosie,
I 90
Amounts carried forward,
$299 II $4,785 50
31
Fire Department, continued.
Amounts brought forward,
$299 II $4,785 50
Paid Joseph A. Lapham, expressing,
4 10
O. C. R. R., freight,
25
S. E. Brown, washing,
42 25
John F. Conlon, labor,
15 50
Frank Smith,
24 00
Cushing Baker,
2 75
R. M. Pulsifer & Co., advertising,
4 5I
Hayward Bros., repairing conductor,
5 00
Thomas W. Lincoln, hooks, etc.,
2 43
G. S. Coffin, keys,
3 00
Frank Peirce, waste,
2 75
Timothy White, removing snow,
3 20
Jabez Bigelow, storing engine,
5 00
Geo. D. Putnam & Co., waste,
2 75
W. S. Hurd, car fares,
72
E. A. Perkins, lock, keys, etc.,
3 25
Welch & Hall, exchange of horses,
30 00
S. H. Spear & Co., oil, etc.
2 76
J. W. Hunnewell & Co., "
3 00
Burditt & Williams, lock and keys,
7 00
Thayer, Babson & Co., acid,
3 85
Martin & Dasha, painting, etc.,
14 60
Williams, Page & Co., repairing lantern,
4 50
B. Johnson, lumber,
3 54
Tirrell & Sons, repairs, etc.,
120 42
Tirrell & Sons, steps, etc., on carriage,
75 00
Tirrell & Sons, blanket, etc.,
14 12
William Caldwell, cleaning engine,
2 00
Hunneman & Co., lighters,
I 50
John Pope & Son, brush, etc.,
75
Thomas E. Furnald, sundries,
16 97
Thomas E. Furnald, use of harness,
8 00
Stephen Wesley, painting signs,
I 35
R. B. Courtney, testing hose,
I 50
A. G. Durgin, chemicals,
30
Thomas Gurney, oil, soda, etc.,
20 41
Sanborn & Damon, repairs, etc.,
19 55
S. K. Tarbox, irons,
1 00
E. B. Souther, record-book,
58
J. W. Hayden, cash for horse hire,
4 00
Amounts carried forward,
$777 27 $4,785 50
32
Fire Department, continued.
Amounts brought forward, $777 27 $4,785 50
Paid'James R. Wild, wedges, etc., I 50
Bird & Boyd, refreshments, team, etc., 33 93
Jonas Shackley, stock and labor, 7 62
820 32
Total amount of cash paid, $5,605 82
CR.
By cash from J. M. Glover, manure sold, 18 13
$5,587 69
Appropriation,
$6,612 00
Expenses,
5,587 69
Expenses less than appropriation, $1,024 31
PURCHASE OF HOSE.
Paid Am. Fire Hose Mfg. Co., 500 ft., $425 00
W. H. Turner & Co., 500 ft.,
425 00
James Boyd & Sons, 500 ft.,
425 00
$1,275 00
Appropriation,
$1,300 00
Expenses,
1,275 00
Expenses less than appropriation, $25 00
STEAM WHISTLE, ETC.
Paid Walworth Mfg. Co., gong, Edwin Rogers, gong and line,
$125 00
100 00
pole, labor, etc.,
6 87
Bailey & Baxter, stock and labor,
3 22
$235 09
Appropriation. $250 00
Expenses, 235 09
Expenses less than appropriation, $14 91
33
FIRE-ALARM BOXES
Paid Edwin Rogers, 5 signal boxes, etc.,
$500 00
Appropriation, $500 00
CONTRACT WITH QUINCY WATER COMPANY.
Paid Quincy Water Co., water for hydrants, $2,219 58
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
Expenses,
2,219 58
Expenses less than appropriation, $280 42
REORGANIZATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CR.
Received from sale of steam pump,
$1,250 00
Vulture engine,
140 00
hose,
29 89
dam, 5 00
$1,424 89
DR.
Paid Tirrell & Sons, hose wagons, repairs,
etc.,
$1,103 25
American Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., pipes, 76 80
Samuel McKay, widening doors, 18 35
Stephen Penniman, use of carriage,
6 00
1,204 40
Expenses less than receipts, $220 49
34
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
DR.
Paid Martin Pfaffmann, trees, $25 25
Parker & Gannett, repairing lawn mower,
2 70
Ira Litchfield, stock and labor,
25 16
C. S. Fertilizer Co., fertilizer,
3 75
W. H. Doble, salt,
5 75
Overseers of Poor, use of cart and harness,
7 00
oil barrel,
I 00
Sarah Fletcher, posts,
12 00
Edward A. Spear, shrubs, etc.,
6 55
Woodward Fund, sods,
15 00
C. C. Johnson, manure,
4 00
Terence Keenan,
18 00
A. W. Wood,
40 50
Mrs. A. B. Packard, plants,
13 60
J. Loud & Co., lime and cement,
9 60
E. B. Souther, stationery,
I 75
Green & Prescott, advertising,
9 75
N. B. Furnald, stone,
3 00
Whitney & Nash, tools, etc.,
33 30
Tirrell & Sons, repairing cart, etc.,
12 37
George L. Gill, cash for postage, etc., services as secretary,
100 00
John Hall, use of horse,
57 75
Edward A. Spear, labor and team,
574 25
Andrew Doyle, labor,
266 43'
Thomas Doyle,
257 67
Thomas McCarty,
233 34
William Dempsey,
231 98
James Morris,
157 81
Michael Devlin, 66
154 43
James Devlin,
136 07
L. G. Gillis,
113 75
John McDonald,
78 28
John F. Birmingham,
66 06
Alexander Gourley,
51 37
John McCarty,
50 31
Dennis Ford,
"
48 75
Amount carried forward,
$2,833 28
5
35
Mount Wollaston Cemetery, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$2,833 28
Paid Edward Cassidy, labor, 42 88
Alexander Quirey,
39 37
H. S. Hunt,
30 18
John McAhern, 66
19 25
John Bouchard,
IO 94
Alexander McAhern, «
IO 50
Angus McGilvray,
8 75
William Denny, 66
7 87
Theodore W. Fowles,“
5 25
Patrick Morrissey, 66
I 50
John Glover, 2d,
1 00
Total amount of cash paid,
$3,010_77
CR.
By cash from sale of lots,
$230 00
for labor on lots,
1,224 18
labor on lots, 1880,
3 00
labor on lots, 1881,
5 00
labor on lots, 1882,
2 50
labor on lots, 1883,
121 75
single graves sold,
20 00
hay sold,
45 00
non-resident assessment,
66 00
income of Repair Fund,
68 75
1,786 18
$1,224 59
Expenses,
$1,224 59
Appropriation,
1,000 00
Expenses more than appropriation, $224 59
Further information in regard to the Cemetery account may be obtained by consulting the statement of the Board of Mana- gers.
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OLD CEMETERY.
Paid James E. Maxim, labor,
$7 50
James Kelly,
12 69
Timothy Allman,
IO 50
Thomas Lennon,
6 12
Aaron Leavitt,
II OO
Frank Fitzgerald, 66
7 87
$55 68
Appropriation,
$100 00
Expenses,
55 68
Expenses less than appropriation,
$44 32
TOWN HALL.
DR.
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas,
$378 00
rep'g fixtures, 2 00
James E. Maxim, care of rooms,
120 00
labor at free meetings,
88 50
66
duster, etc.
I 60
S. H. Spear & Co., cushions, curtains, etc.,
15 25
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel, 29 56
42 82
Terence Keenan, cleaning cesspool,
3 00
Whitney & Nash, basket, brooms, etc.,
5 47
George O. Langley, rep'g settees, etc.,
19 70
$705 90
CR.
By cash received for rent of rooms,
$400 00
' use of hall,
207 00
607 00
Expenses more than receipts,
$98 90
Appropriation,
$200 00
Expenses,
98 90
Less than appropriation,
$101 10
Cyrus Patch,
37
POLICE STATION.
DR.
Paid W. M. French, Superintendent,
$145 83
W. M. French, meals for prisoners,
84 50
W. M. French, meals for lodgers,
114 70
F. A. Spear, Superintendent,
4 10
F. A. Spear, meals for prisoners,
2 50
F. A. Spear, meals for lodgers,
4 70
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas,
35 70
Citizens' Gas Light Co., repairing fixtures,
I 00
Clapp Bros., blankets,
17 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel,
6 00
Jane Grady, washing and cleaning,
5 00
E. A. Spear, bedding,
28 75
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant,
14 40
John W. Hersey, painting, etc.,
20 25
Cyrus Patch, fuel,
19 50
Mark E. Hanson, repairs,
2 00
Sanborn & Damon, repairing stove, etc.,
5 35
Whitney & Nash, tools, etc.,
5 II
$516 39
CR.
By cash received for use of cells,
141 00
$375 39
Appropriation,
$400 00
Expenses,
375 39
Expenses less than appropriation, $24 61
The commitments to the Police Station for the year ending Feb. 1, 1885, were as follows :-
For assault, 14; assault with a knife, I ; bail bond, I ; bas- tardy, I ; breaking and entering, 4 ; breaking glass, 2; bowling on the Lord's day, 2; being present at a game on the Lord's day, 4 ; drunkenness, 60 ; common drunk, I ; defrauding board- ing-house keeper, 3 ; disturbing peace, 3 ; evading fare, 3 ; felo- nious assault, I ; horse-stealing, 3 ; held for court, 2; indecent exposure, I ; insanity, I ; larceny, 14 ; on mittimus, 9; murder-
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Police Station, continued.
ous assault, I ; non-support, I ; obtaining goods under false pre- tences, I ; peddling without license, I ; placing obstructions on railroad track, I ; receiving stolen goods, I ; setting fire, I ; vio- lating town by-laws, I; vagrants, II ; on warrants, 5. Total, 154. Number of lodgers provided for, 1, 194.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Cochrane & Sampson, printing town report, $407 40
Eugene Connor, distributing
15 00
H. A. Keith, preparing
100 00
Thomas Lowry, damages on highway, 678 42
Thomas W. Lincoln,
25 00
William O'Conor, damages to child,
10 00
E. C. Bumpus, services and expenses, Dole case,
315 10
E. A. Perkins, cash to witnesses,
95 00
N. B. Furnald,
66
95 75
W. G. A. Pattee,
44 19
James F. Babcock, chemical expert,
100 00
W. H. Dole, witness fees,
60
30 00
George G. Saville, map,
20 00
John H. Gilbert, returning births,
13 00
S. M. Donovan,
28 50
John A. Gordon,
27 25
John Hall, deaths,
45 50
William E. Brown, 66
6 00
Austin & Winslow, expressing,
8 20
Green & Prescott, printing and advertising,
334 00
Frederick F. Green, printing,
28 75
C. K. Darling, blank books,
14 20
John B. Bass, postage, etc.,
I> 77
W. G. A. Pattee, legal services,
8 00
Josiah Randlett, tax refunded,
2 80
John Federhen,
21 60
Rogers Brothers,
4 32
Cecilia Milan,
2 88
Stephen Penniman, conveyance,
25
Joseph W. Lombard, services as auctioneer,
10 00
Peter McGrail, burying pigs,
3 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,510 88
66
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Miscellaneous Expenses, continued.
Amount brought forward, $2,510 88
Paid George G. Saville, surveying, etc., 22 00
George White, services as commissioner, 50 00
C. H. Woodman, binding books,
9 00
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., weights, scale, etc.,
75 88
H. Hatch & Co., stamps, 6 25
Docker & Holton, measures,
17 50
Harvey French, painting guide boards,
4 50
M. L. & D. Sanson, pens,
2 59
State of Massachusetts, register,
3 15
E. W. Underwood, filing plans, etc.,
3 00
C. E. Perham, scissors,
50
E. A. Perkins, sign-posts, etc.,
3 25
E. B. Souther, stationery,
30 45
C. F. Pettengill, care of town clock,
50 00
extra labor,
3 00
E. A. Perkins, travelling expenses,
5 70
George H. Field,
9 27
N. B. Furnald, care of court room,
10 00
James E. Maxim, labor at town meetings,
15 00
George O. Langley, ballot-box cover, etc., George H. Locke, postage, etc.,
20 00
George L. Gill, cash for postage, etc.,
12 00
preparing registration, etc.,
119 75
66
" records,
10 00
recording highway reports,
5 00
recording, etc., births,
197 50
marriages,
18 90
66
deaths,
22 60
$3,248 99
Appropriation,
$3,325 00
Expenses,
3,248 99
Expenses less than appropriation, $76 0I
1
II 32
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PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid George H. Field, to March, 1885, $800 00
Christopher A. Spear, 800 00
Elias A. Perkins, 800 00
$2,400 00
CLERICAL ASSISTANCE.
Paid H. A. Keith, 300 00
TOWN CLERK.
Paid George L. Gill,
50 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid Horace B. Spear, to March, 1884,
150 00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Paid George H. Locke, tax of 1883,
$25 00
1884, 575 00
600 00
TOWN PHYSICIAN.
Paid S. M. Donovan,
300 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid Edwin W. Marsh,
$75 00
William A. Hodges,
75 00
John H. Dee,
75 00
George L. Gill,
75 00
300 00
CONSTABLES AND POLICE OFFICERS.
Paid Washington M. French,
174 00
J. Warren Hayden,
80 00
Mark E. Hanson,
76 00
William C. Seelye,
45 50
George O. Langley,
27 50
Charles N. Hunt,
26 50
Francis A. Spear,
26 00
Edward A. Spear,
24 50
Amounts carried forward, $480 00 $4,100 00
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Pay of Town Officers, continued.
Amounts brought forward,
$480 00 $4,100 00
Paid John T. Hunt,
11 00
George H. Locke,
11 00
A. G. Olney,
9 00
Amos M. Litchfield,
9 00
Samuel B. Turner,
8 00
Marcus E. Wight,
7 00
Edward H. Richardson,
7 00
Charles A. Follett,
5 00
James E. Maxim,
5 00
William B. Barry,
5 00
George B. Pray,
5 00
Peter Dackers,
5 00
Eugene W. Connor,
5 00
R. J. Williams,
5 00
N. G. Glover,
5 00
John C. Kapples,
5 00
587 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid George Saville, to April, 1884,
$15 00
Francis A. Spear, to April, 1885, 15 00
30 00
Total amount of cash paid
$4,717 00
Appropriation, -
$5,100 00
Expenses,
4,717 00
Expenses less than appropriation, $383 00
STATE AID.
DR.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1884, $1,703 54
Paid during year ending Feb. I, 1885, 1,313 50
$3,017 04
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer,
$1,484 50
Balance due from State, Feb. 1, 1885, 1,532 54
$3,017 04
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STATE AID. Under Act of 1879. DR.
To balance due Feb, 1, 1884, $409 50
Paid during year ending Feb. 1, 1885,
825 00
$1,234 50
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer, 373 50
$861 00
Appropriation,
$600 00
One half payments,
412 50
Paid less than appropriation,
$187 50
ACCOUNT WITH STATE.
Due from State under Act of 1879,
per last report,
$409 50
One half payments of past year,
412 50
$822 00
Less cash from State Treasurer,
373 50
$448 50
Due on General State Aid,
1,532 54
$1,981 04
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Henry Barker, Treasurer, appropriation,
$2,850 00
dog tax,
885 93
$3,735 93
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ERECTION, ETC., OF FOUNTAINS.
DR.
Paid E. Menhinick, settting up fountains, etc., $92 72 Citizens' Gas Light Co., pipe, labor, etc., 27 44
Quincy Water Co., 67 32
rent of water, 85 00
Churchill & Hitchcock, step,
13 00
Thomas Mitten, labor,
2 50
Field & Wild, carting,
II OO
P. H. Gavin, labor,
4 75
Wales Bros., pump,
40 00
John Cashman, stone,
7 00
--- $350 73
CR.
By cash from C. S. French, pump and moving,
13 50
$337 23
Appropriation,
$400 00
Expenses,
337 23
Expenses less than appropriation,
$62 77
BOUNTY TO RE-ENLISTED SOLDIERS.
Paid the following persons : --
Edward A. Brown,
$125 00
William H. Bent,
125 00
M. M. C. Chubbuck,
125 00
Alden H. Holbrook,
125 00
Thomas Magee,
125 00
John W. Moore,
125 00
John White,
125 00
William S. Wilbur,
125 00
John W. Howley,
125 00
John A. Pratt,
125 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,250 00
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Bounty for Re-enlisted Soldiers, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$1,250 00
Paid Charles A. Follett,
125 00
William Hodgkinson,
125 00
George White,
125 00
Joseph W. Hayden,
125 00
William H. Feltis,
125 00
Jeremiah Marrah,
125 00
Lewis G. McIntire,
125 00
Martin C. Hetherstone,
125 00
$2,250 00
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
Paid out,
2,250 00
Balance unexpended,
$250 00
SINKING FUND.
Paid Horace B. Spear, Treasurer, $3,000 00
Appropriation, $ 3,000 00
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SCHOOL-HOUSE LOT.
Paid James Nightingale, land, George G. Saville, survey and plan,
$5,506 10
23 50
James J. Malone, professional services,
30 00
$5,559 60
Expenses,
$5,559 60
Appropriation,
4,000 00
Expenses more than appropriation, $1,559 60
At the annual town meeting it was voted that the excess of expenditure above $4,000 for the above land should be included in the levy for 1885.
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GRADING, ETC., AT ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
Paid Martin Pfaffmann, trees, $39 00
Peter J. Williams, building fence,
304 08
S. H. Spear & Co., paint, etc., 30 31
Charles B. Tilton, bolts,
52
William Webb, team and labor,
51 00
Dennis Ford, labor,
32 81
Timothy Crowley,
32 81
Thomas Lennon, 6
30 18
James W. Rideout, “
6 00
$526 71
CR
By cash from P. McConnarty, one half fence, 23 76
$502 95
Expenses,
$502 95
Appropriation,
500 00
Expenses more than appropriation,
$2 95
REPAIRS OF TOWN BUILDINGS.
TOWN HALL.
Paid T. Gullicksen & Sons, painting,
$20 21
J. T. & W. V. Hayward, glazing,
12 36
Harkins Brothers, repairing ceiling,
7 00
Bailey & Baxter, roof,
7 50
J. O. Whittemore, 66 rods,
II 50
$58 57
Appropriation,
$500 00
Expenses, 58 57
Expenses less than appropriation,
$441 43
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DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Post 88, G. A. R.,
$200 00
Appropriation, $200 00
Annexed is the detailed account of the expenditures : - Paid for flowers, $126 00
Carriages,
46 50
Printing,
15 75
Flags,
10 00
Fares and expressing,
I 75
$200 00
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT IN FOR TAXES.
DR.
To balance per last Annual Report, $1,175 58
CR.
By cash for estates as follows : -
Caroline L. Creaber,
$II 12
Bernard Kerrigan,
29 41
Adeline A. Thayer,
40 00
Martha A. Partridge,
39 60
Sawtell,
15 39
Kendall,
67 54
203 06
$972 52
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Paid T. H. Humphrey, Treasurer, assessment,
$225 00
Appropriation,
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