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As parents, I again call your attention to the matter of discipline in our schools. The position of the parent in this matter is very important to the success of the teacher in solving this problem. In some cases, we are sorry to say, the parents seem to be in fault as well as teacher and scholar. This is a question you must deal with personally, each for himself and for his own children.
The parent can be of great help to the teacher in this matter, or he can be a still greater " rock of offence." If you think it is for your interest to use your influence against any teacher, please be out-spoken and honest in taking your share in the result of the plan, which will always be the mental and moral debasement of the school.
In the past few years, some cases have arisen where teachers have expelled scholars on their own responsibility. In this they exceed their powers, and are open to legal prosecution by the parties so expelled.
The teacher has power only to suspend them. Their duty then is to immediately submit the case to the school committee, and they can take such action as they judge proper for the best interests of all.
Competent supervision is an essential to the highest success in the management of schools.
There are many questions of school polity which arise, in the decision of which careful and conservative judgment is required.
Our State Board of Education recommends that in small towns, two or more unite to choose a competent supervisor, to take charge of the schools of them all. We believe this to be a step in reform which must sometime be taken by us.
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It is also suggested by it where the above plan can not be agreed upon that one of the school committee be selected to have the in- dependent supervision of the schools; as for instance, in some towns one member has control of the primary schools, another of the grammar and high schools, while the third has charge of all supplies and repairs.
About $33.00 of the amount expended for books was for gram- mars, the remainder was for desk-books, and for the use of those pupils whose parents refused or neglected to purchase a suitable supply for them. Great care was exercised in selecting a grammar, to choose one superior to the one in use, to be of profit to the town, and we feel well assured by the result of one term's work, that the change was judicious.
Teachers and pupils, with but few exceptions, have welcomed the change, and we know that the added interest in this sometimes neglected study, has amply repaid the town for any money expended.
The most important repairs we have made, are to shingle No. 2 school house, one-half of No. 7, and paper, paint and otherwise repair the inside of Nos. 2 and 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$2,000 00
State fund,
224 24
Dog fund,
105 28
Tuition due from non-residents,
29 00
$2,358 52
EXPENDITURES.
Teacher's salaries for current year,
$1,742 50
Arrears from last year,
163 11
Fuel and janitors,
208 09
Repairs,
100 11
Books,
60 63
Globes,
5 80
Incidentals,
37 49
$2,317 73
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SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1883-4.
SUMMER TERM.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Weeks.
Whole Number
of Pupils.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
No. not Tardy
or Absent.
Wages of Teachers
per month.
No. of Visitors.
Centre,
12
26
24.75
23.68
39
3
$32.
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No. 1,
12
28
25.75
23.65
54
6
26.
11
No. 2,
12
15
15.
14.51
G
11
26.
7
No. 3,
6
5
4.06
3.81
6
0
20.
5
No. 4,
12
16
12.70
11.58
38
1
20
19
No. 5,
12
26
23.06
21.63
15
4
24.
9
No. 6,
12
11
8.86
7.95
18
1
20.
11
No. 7,
12
15
9.70
7.88
1
2
24.
10
No. 8,.
8
18
16.35
15.07
0
3
32.
4
No. 8, Fall, .
8
22
20.62
18.70
6
6
24.
14
No. 9, ..
12
12
10.53
9.85
10
3
20
7
High Sch., Fall,
12
41
38.06
35.80
78
14
50.
3.2
WINTER TERM
SCHOOLS.
No. of Weeks.
Whole Number
of Pupils.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
No. not Tardy
or Absent.
Wages of
Teachers
per month.
No. of Visitors.
Centre.
12
19
18.16
17.91
24
9
$26.
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No. 1,
12
29
26.24
24.95
39
6
36.
7
No. 2,.
12
22
19.55
19.48
2
13
28.
11
No. 3,.
No
Sch
ool.
No. 4,
12
14
13.76
13.25
0
7
26.
16
No. 5,.
12
28
21.91
20.28
134
2
32
9
No. 6,.
12
16
13.71
11.81
14
3
26.
6
No. 7,
12
17
15.16
13.56
8
1
26.
7
No. 8,.
11
24
21.05
19.32
8
3
26.
8
No. 9,.
12
15
12 83
12.33
76
5
26.
9
High School,.
10
36
29.31
26.40
104
1
50.
14
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NAMES OF TEACHERS, WAGES, &c.
SCHOOLS.
TERMS.
TEACHERS.
Amount of
Wages.
Cost of Fuel
and Janitors.
Amount paid for Repairs.
Centre,
Summer,
E. A. Briggs,
$96.
$39.07
$4.09
Fall,
Elmina A. Foster,
78.
No. 1,
Summer,
Elmina A. Foster,
78
15.97
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Winter,
John C. Stackpole,
108.
No. 2,
Summer,
Ada M. Heald,
78.
19.60
46.28
Winter,
Ada M. Heald,
84.
No. 3,
Summer,
Alice E. Cowden,
30.
18.60
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No. 4,
Summer,
Belle A. Demond,
60.
20.30
4.50
Winter,
Ava S. Bigelow,
78.
No. 5,
Summer,
Ava S. Bigelow,
72.
17.50
-
No. 6,
Summer,
Nellie A. Boyce,
60.
15.50
No. 7,
Summer,
Irene A. Lord,
72.
20.09
27.21
No. 8,
Summer,
Mary A. Griffin,
64.
21.33
18.03
Fall,
Alice M. Pratt,
48.
Winter,
Alice M. Pratt,
71.50
No. 9,
Summer,
Sarah O. Moulton,
60.
20.13
-
Winter,
Mary S. Lyman,
78.
High School, Fall,
WVm. A. Francis,
150.
-
Winter,
Wm. A. Francis,
42.50
Joel N. Eno,
82.50
-
Winter,
Irene A. Lord,
78.
Winter,
Helen H. Welch,
78.
Winter,
Ida M. Hayward,
96.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Below is a list of the names of those scholars who, by the constancy and punctuality of their attendance, deserve honorable mention. This list is compiled on the basis of excusing one day's non-attendance and one tardy mark. Hereafter we hope to give those whose record is perfect a separate record.
CENTRE HIGH SCHOOL.
Fall Term. Jennie E. Gates,
Winter Term. Jennie E. Gates.
Alice E. Cowden,
Emma F. Sargent,
Clara F. Seaverns,
Abbie L. Brooks,
Millie F. Stackpole,
Lizzie M. Calhoun,
Nellie I. Bruce,
Nellie E. Baker,
Henry B. Davis,
Fred. R. Bartlett,
Fred. F. Cowden,
Bertie D. Smith,
John H. Sargent.
CENTRE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Mary E. Demond,
Nina E. Demond, Willie M. Demond.
Fall Term. Zena M. Sherwood,
Nina E. Demond, Willie M. Demond, Lizzie M. Putnam, Carrie L. Pierce, James G. Sherwood, Mathew G. Sherwood, Frank F. Dana.
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No. 1 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Norma A. Wilder,
Idella M. Bigelow,
Livonie E. Allen,
Cora M. Leadbetter,
John F. Davis,
Lizzie M. Stackpole,
Mortie M. Stackpole,
Nellie M. Bigelow,
George G. Pierce,
Hattie A. Leadbetter.
Arthur W. Davis,
No. 2 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Jennie Hammond,
Anna Hammond,
Nellie Hammond,
Katie Hammond,
Katie Hammond,
Hannah Hammond,
Hannah Hammond, Jennie Campbell, Mabel Heald,
Eugene F. Breck,
Eugene F. Breck,
Frank H. Miles,
Frank H. Miles,
Arthur A. Heald,
Lewis F. Forbush.
Peter Crosby,
James Mellen,
George Campbell.
No. 4 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Lucy C. Dodge.
Winter Term. Lucy C. Dodge,
Mary A. Putnam,
Hattie E. Baker,
Michael H. Scott, Patrick Scott,
John Scott, James Scott.
No. 5 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Effie M. Wesson,
Winter Term. Effie M. Wesson, Charles E. Connor.
Mabel G. Farnsworth, Vara A. Stearns, Harry W. Prescott.
Winter Term. Norma A. Wilder,
Winter Term. Jennie Hammond, Anna Hammond, Nellie Hammond,
Jennie Campbell, Mabel Heald,
Arthur A. Heald,
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No. 6 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Dora Dudley.
Winter Term. Mary L. Kennan, Forest A. Kennan, Herbert A. Kennan.
No. 7 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Charles A. Pierce, Emily I. Fisher.
Winter Term. Charles A. Pierce.
Summer Term. Willie E. Brooks, Raymond E. Dodge, George H. Strong.
No. 8 SCHOOL.
Fall Term. Winter Term. Willie E. Brooks,
Willie E. Brooks,
Raymond E. Dodge,
Eunice A. Strong,
Kate E. Delehanty, Charles W. Hapgood, Thomas O'Herron.
No. 9 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Emma M. Woodis,
Winter Term. Emma M. Woodis,
Helen A. Moulton, Sammie F. Moulton.
Ella S. M. Woodis, E'tta M. Woodis, Rosie Woodis, Fred. E. Cowden.
Whole number of different names on the record, 82. Whole number whose record is perfect for the year, 18, a slight gain over last year.
In conclusion, we thank you for the aid and support you have rendered in the past year, in the difficult task of guiding our schools aright, and ask that an even more cordial support be given in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
LAWTON T. HADLEY, HELEN H. WELCH, WALTER C. BOYCE, School Committee.
Sarah J. Delehanty, Mattie Delehanty.
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WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Rutland on Monday, the third day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To hear the Reports of the Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon
4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
5. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the support of Public Schools : for the repairs on the Highways : for the support of the Poor : for the contingent charges and paying debts : and for suppression of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town the ensuing year : and appropriate the same.
6. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and mak- ing the same passable when encumbered with snow.
7. To see what interest shall be charged on taxes not paid within a specified time.
8. To see if the Treasurer shall be Collector of taxes ; also to de- termine the compensation of the Treasurer and Collector.
9. To see if the town will accept of the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen.
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10. To see if the town will authorize their Overseers to contract with some one to take charge of their alms-house for one or more years.
11. To see what method the town will adopt for digging and filling graves, furnishing coffins, and attending funerals with the hearse.
12. To see if the town will pay some one to ring the bell for deaths and at specified hours of the day.
13. To see what method the town will adopt to have the town house taken care of the coming year.
14. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer to borrow money, if necessary, for the use of the town, under the direc- tion of the selectmen.
15. To see if the town will vote to have a well dug on the com- mon for the public use, or act anything thereon.
16. To see if the town will purchase any apparatus for extinguish- ing fires, or act anything thereon.
17. To see if the town will vote to change the time of their annual meeting from first Monday to third Monday in March, or a later date.
18. To see if the town will vote to build an "annex " to the town house, or act thereon.
19. To see if the town will vote to grant license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town.
20. To see whether the town will, by its vote or otherwise, ask the legislator to extend to women who are citizens, the right to hold office, and to vote in town affairs, on the same terms as male citizens-
21. To determine the manner of warning future meetings.
22. To see if the town will vote to enlarge the water course under the Miles' road, at the crossing of Mill Brook, or act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof agreeable to the vote of said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the town clerk at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 15th day of February, 1884.
M. R. MOULTON, F. G. BARTLETT,
GEO. B. MUNROE,
Selectmen of Rutland.
Tin 00 00 1 0%
2. 88
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THIE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND,
For the Year Ending February 14th, 1885.
WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, 377 MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE ELM.
TOWN OFFICERS.
M. R. MOULTON,
SELECTMEN, FRANCIS G. BARTLETT, J. W. MONROE. TOWN CLERK,
GEORGE A. PUTNAM. TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, FREEMAM R. FOSTER. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
DAVID F. SMITH, CYRUS P. BULLARD, JAMES S. KENNAN.
ASSESSORS,
ALONZO DAVIS, FRED S. HUNT, WILLIAM H. BROOKS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
LAWTON T, HADLEY, WALTER C. BOYCE, WALTER A. HUNTER.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS, MOSES B. ALLEN.
CONSTABLES,
FREEMAN R. FOSTER, DAVID F. SMITHI.
SEXTON,
GEORGE S. PUTNAM.
LIBRARIAN,
MRS. F. R. FOSTER.
A LIST OF JURORS PRESENTED BY THE SELECTMEN, FOR THE ENSUING YEAR,
Walter H. Bartlett, Geo. W. Cowden, Daniel Demond, Elijah Goulding, Geo. . W. Hudson, Lawton T. Hadley, Fred S. Hunt, Wm. W. Prescott, Dennis A. Smith, John N. Sargent, Walter B. Ware, Chester W. Dodge, John C. Davis, Wm. C. Temple, Elbridge Acker, Walter A. Hunter.
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WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS.
To Freeman R. Foster, Constable for the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester. GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Rutland, on Monday, the second day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles: To wit.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.
4 To choose all necessary Town Officers, for the ensuing year.
5. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the support of the Public Schools : for repairs on the Highways: for the support of the Poor: for the contingent charges and paying debts : and for the suppression of the illegal sale of intoxica- ting liquors in the Town the ensuing year: and appropriate the same.
6. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and mak- ing the same passable when incumbered with snow.
7. To see what interest shall be charged on taxes not paid within a specified time.
8. To see if the Treasurer shall be collector of taxes; also to de- termine the compensation of the Treasurer and Collector.
9. To see if the Town will accept of the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen.
10. To see if the Town will authorize their Overseers to contract with some one to take charge of their alms bene for one or more years.
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11. To see what method the Town will adopt for digging and filling graves, furnishing coffins, and attending funerals with the hearse.
12. To see if the Town will pay some one to ring the bell for deaths and at specified hours of the day.
13. To see what method the Town will adopt to have the town house taken care of the coming year.
14. To see if the Town will authorize their treasurer to borrow money, if necessary, for the use of the town, under the direc- tion of the selectmen.
15. To see if the Town yote to grant license for the sale of intoxi. cating liquors in the town.
16. To see if the Town will enlarge the school committee.
17. To see if the Town will instruct the school committee to appoint a superintendent of schools, or act, or do anything in relation to the same.
18. To see if the Town will vote to lease ground to parties who wish to build new horse sheds in the rear of the public buildings, or act thereon.
19. To see if the Town will abate or remit any taxes in the hands of ยท their collector. 4
20. To deternime the manner of warning future meetings.
21. To see if the Town will vote to make any change in the Town Hall Building so that the doors shall swing outward from the hall.
22. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof agreeable to the vote of , said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of. this with your doings thereon to the town clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 14th day of February. in the year 1885.
M. R. MOULTON, r Selectmen F. G. BARTLETT, of Rutland.
J. W. MUNROE,
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
FEBRUARY 14TH, 1885.
DR.
To interest on real and personal estate, appraised Febru-
ary 14th, 1884, at $4,293 52, $257 61
To cash due warden, Feb. 15th, 1884 57 25
To salary of warden for the year ending Feb. 14th, 1885, 330 00
Money expended at the Town Farm during the year, 284 30
Decrease in appraisal of personal property, 68 37
Cash received of Town Treasury, 1,179 95
$2,177 48
CR.
By balance paid E. W. Hubbard, $421 84
Order of Clifton Parkhurst,
267 80
State Lunatic Asylum bill,
189 72
Town of Grafton,
46 75
Town of Westboro, 42 45
Myron Potter, for Farrington, 8 39
Worcester City Hospital, for Joseph Newcomb, 14 00 Dr J. G. Shannon, 82 00
Mrs. Dana, for Joseph Newcomb,
3 50
Truss for Joseph Newcomb,
5 00
To Salary of warden,
55 00
Overseers bill,
43 50
$1,179 95
Due from warden,
70 20
Cash in hands of Warden,
28 04
$1,278 19
899 29
Received of B. F. Browning for board of Davis Browning, 65 00 Which leaves a balance of 834 29
As the expenses of supporting Paupers at the Almshouse the past year.
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The whole number relieved and supported the past year was 37, of this number 26 were travelers. Expense of travelers $6.50. Number fully supported 11. Average number 72. Cost per week of supporting paupers at almshouse $2.07.
EXPENSE OF SUPPORTING PAUPERS OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Lunatic Asylum, for W. O. Smith, $189 72
Town of Grafton, for S. A. Stratton 46 75
Town of Westboro, for E. Rice, 42 45
Worcester City Hospital.for Joseph Newcomb,14 00 Mrs. Dana, for Joseph Newcomb, 3 50
Truss for Joseph Newcomb,
5 00
Myron Potter, for Farrington, 8 39
Dr. J. G. Shannon, for Farrington,
2 00
Mrs. E. Clark, 8 00
Mrs. O. Smith, 4 50
Joseph Millet, 6 00
Mrs. E. Clark, 10 00
Mrs. Farrington, 3 00
Mrs. E. Clark, 28 00
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$371 31
Rec'd of J. G. Shannon, on acc't, of Mrs. Clark, 10 00
Mrs. O. Smith, 6 00
$16 00
$355 31
Expense of supporting paupers at Almshouse,
Making a total of
$1,233 10
Reimbursement from State,
$45 15
From town of Princeton, for Joseph Millet,
6 00
51 15
Making a total of $1,181 95 As expenses of supporting the Town and other Paupers the past year.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
AS APPRAISED BY THE OVERSEERS, FEBRUARY 14, 1885.
Real estate, $2,500 00
Farming tools and household furniture,
600 00
Overseers bills,
43 50
834 29
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$ 75 00
135 00
374 00
28 00
3 calves,
30 00
2 hogs,
38 00
24 fowls,
17 00
4} tons of English hay,
90 00
3} tons of Meadow hay and Straw
28 00
Corn and fodder,
15 00
48 bushel of Oats,
24 00
23 bushel of Barley,
23 00
63 bushel of Corn,
47 25
131 bushel of Potatoes,
65 50
Garden vegetables,
15 00
Apples,
4 50
Cider and vinegar,
17 00
Salt pork and hams,
42 45
Lard,
6 00
Butter,
3 00
Beans,
6 00
Tallow and candles,
1 50
Soap,
1 50
Salt,
2 00
Flour and Meal,
12 00
Tea, Crackers, sugar and molasses,
3 25
Lumber,
3 00
Lead, glass and nails,
2 50
Barb wire,
4 70
Fresh Pork,
10 00
$4,225 15
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Bought flour, and crackers,
$292 98
Meat and fish,
54 24
Tea, sugar and molasses,
61 37
Spice, cream tartar and soda,
13 84
Cloth, yarn and thread,
15 46
Grinding grain,
8 06
Tobacco and pipes,
10 97
Oil stove, polish etc.
4 12
Tin earthen and glass ware,
6 63
Matches, soap and salt,
8 25
Boots and shoes,
4 75
Making cider,
65
Paper and brooms,
2 60
Blacksmithing,
13 65
Horse, Oxen, 11 cows, 2 yearlings,
$ 65 00
Mowing machine, Plow,
14 40
Farming tools and use of same,
21 12
Stock keeping and use of same,
143 10
Grass and other seeds,
14 85
Paris green, lime and phosphate,
39 30
Repairing buildings,
15 14
Labor,
129 05
Medicine,
9 57
Doctor bills at almshouse,
16 50
Pork barrels,
2 70
Ice,
7 00
2 Stoves and funnel,
19 50
$994 80
SUMMARY OF INCOME AT ALMSHOUSE.
Sold 1,639 pounds of butter,
$439 97
Eggs and poultry,
5 24
Grass and other seeds,
1 80
Hay and straw,
2 85
Board,
10 00
Labor,
5 00
Vegetables,
26 76
Stock and use of same,
273 32
Calves,
23 75
Matches, soap and salt,
2 61
Old iron,
90
Old mowing Machine,
5 00
Cash of overseers,
267 80
$1,065 00
Amount of expense.
994 80
Balance in favor of the Town,
$70 20
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. SMITH,
C. P. BULLARD, 8 Overseers of
J. S. KENNAN, Poor.
Rutland, February 14, 1885.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
F. R. FOSTER, Treasurer.
1884.
DR.
February 15, Balance in the Treasury,
$3,965 35
66 22, Received of the Town of Princeton, School Money, 9 00
March 8, Received of the Town of Holden, School Money, 20 00
June 10, Received of Daniel Demond, auctioneers license, 2 00
27, Received of Worcester Institution for Savings, 2,000 00
August 6, Received of State Treasurer, for support of state paupers, 45 15
66 30, Received of J. G. Shannon, on account Mrs. W. O. Smith, 4 50
Sept. 5, Received of J. G. Shannon, on account Mrs Eliza Clark,
10 00
October 1, Received of George W. Hudson, use of town hall
5 41
December 3, Received of State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1 02
3, Received of State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 66 81
3, Received of State Treasurer, state aid, 185 60
1885.
January 1, Received of County Treasurer, dog fund, 118 30
6. 26, Received of State Treasurer, school fund, 312 29
26, Received Amount of tax bills for 1884, 8,560 43
26, Received interest on taxes, 27 59
February 14, Received of Overseers of Poor on account D. D. Browning, 65 00
14, Received of Overseers of Poor on account of Millet, 6 00
$15,404 45
1884. CR.
By notes and interest paid,
$3,885 00
By assessors abatement on taxes,
45 33
By state tax paid,
560 00
By county tax paid,
342 00
By paying 181 orders drawn by selectmen,
6,821 36
$11,653 69
Balance in treasury Feb. 14, including tax bills,
Cash on hand,
$1,221 92
Tax bills,
2,528 84
$3,750 76
Respectfully submitted,
F. R. FOSTER, Treasurer.
Rutland, February 14, 1885.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, your Selectmen re- spectfully present the following as their annual report of the financial condition of the Town, for the year ending Feburary 15, 1885.
We have drawn on the Treasury during the past year 181 Town orders, amounting to $6. 821 36.
The appropriations for the Town were as follows :
State Tax, $560 00 342 00
County Tax,
Town grant,
7.300 00 358 43
Overlays,
Total tax, $8,560 43
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Worcester Savings Institution, note and interest $15,275 00
State Mutual Life Assurance Co. note and interest, 5,100 00
$20,375 00
RESOURCES OF THE TOWN.
250 Shares Central Mass. R. R. Co.
State aid due from state treasury.
$216 77
Due from Central Mass. R. R. Co.
76 95
Cash in hands of treasurer, 3,750 76
Due from town hall janitor, .
2 51
$4,046 99
Leaving a balance against the Town,
$16,328 01
Showing a gain in the last 12 months in favor of the town of about $800,00.
1884.
Apr. 7. Order No. 1, Paid John B. Wells, for removing snow from highways, $8 54
2. Paid Moses B. Allen, for removing snow, 46 85
3, Paid John W. Munroe for removing snow, 8 29
Apr. 15, Order No. 4, Paid W. C. Boyce, for repairs on school house No. 1, $79.82 and 7 cords wood 23.00, 107 82
5, Paid E. J. Miles, for removing snow, 26 62
6, Paid J. N. Sargent, for removing snow, 36 13
7. Paid Moses B. Allen, highway surveyor, 250 00
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May 3, Order No. S. Paid City of Boston, for aid rendered Annabella S. Bigelow, $ 4 00
9, Paid Worcester Lunatic Hospital, for care of Wm. O. Smith, 53 45
10, Paid Richard Cody, for removing snow, 10 00
11, Paid Myron M. Smith, by order of school Com. 6 75
12, Paid Joseph Davis, for removing snow, 24 00
13, Paid aid to Alonson Farrington, 8 39
14, Paid Chas. W. Hapgood, care of school house, 2 67
15, Paid Alfred Hatstatt, for removing snow, 1 82
16, Paid Geo. S. Putnam, for services as sexton ,
3 25
17, Paid E. W. Hubbard, salary for warden at town farm, 321 84
18, Paid Edwin J. Miles, for removing snow, 10 20
19, Paid Moses B. Allen, for labor on higway, Freight and repairs on road machine, 117 58
20, Paid G. G. Pierce, care of school house, No. 1. 4 00
21, Paid M. M. Smith, for freight on shingles for school house No. 1, 4 00
22, Paid E. H. Tripp, for printing town reports, 30 85
23, Paid Henry Moore, for removing snow, 6 00
24, Paid J. Edward Clark, for removing snow, 3 58
25, Paid Cyrus P. Bullard, breaking roads,
19 24
26, Paid Michael Gleason, breaking roads,
3 00
27, Paid Geo. P. Woodis, breaking roads, 3 08
28, Paid Elijah Goulding, breaking roads, 20 95
29, Paid Ivory Wales, breaking roads, 23 66
30, Paid Michael Leary, breaking roads,
11 83
31, Paid Wm. D. Hatch, breaking roads,
2 50
33, Paid John D. Clair, breaking roads,
24 34
34, Paid S. D. & Merril Chickering, breaking roads
3 75
35, Paid E. W. Hubbard, order of overseers,
100 00
36, Paid Geo. Tyler, for road machine,
210 00
37, Paid F. R. Foster, for insurance on Town Farm, buildings etc., and expense in changing R. R. stock, 28 45
38, Paid F. R. Foster, for Willard S. Woodis $72.40 and for Roswell Bemis $28 00, 100 40
39, Paid J. W. Munroe, for breaking roads, 5 58
40, Paid Moses B. Allen, breaking roads, 29 89
June 7, Order No. 41, Paid Geo. W. Leadbetter, breaking roads, 3 00
42, Paid John Dolan, for labor on poor farm, 17 75
43, Paid A. H. Chadbourn & Co. for 30 apple trees, delivered by Stephen W. Fay, 9 00
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