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13 50
A. Heatherston, groceries .
6 40
B. S. Snow, salt fish . 2 00
W. H. Perkins, labor
42 00
374 13
August.
Paid George Jenkins & Co., insurance .
$18 75
Mrs. Carney, washing
1 25
Butman & Gott, grain
.
9 61
Expenses to Boston .
85
David Ingalls, labor .
4 38
Amounts carried forward
$34 84 $1,229 72
20
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . August.
$34 84 $1,229 72
Paid E. Ward, blacksmithing Mr. Cobb, bread
10 55
25
M. E. Dodge, medicine
25
T. B. Sweetser, crackers
3 25
R. A. Spaulding, clothing .
11 91
A. Sawtell, groceries
13 75
C. H. Thompson, grass seed
13 90
A. M. Babb, groceries
1 96
Butman & Gott, grain
9 00
Mrs. Carney, washing
2 75
L. C. Chase, horse blankets
1 80
W. Noble, labor
10 00
W. Osborn, shoe strings and buttons 25
Baiting horses .
1 00
H. B. Newhall, grain
15 73
W. H. Perkins, labor
38 50
Butman & Gott, grain
8 40
H. C. Starr, fish
8 10
186 19
September.
Paid A. Heatherston, groceries .
$9 50
Butman & Gott, grain
9 62
W. B. Gifford, hats .
1 00
Butman & Gott, grain
8 40
H. L. Day, crackers .
9 42
Ross & Co., blacksmithing
28 35
A. Sawtell, groceries . 21 95
G. B. Willis, butter .
15 08
Pool & Brothers, hams
5 84
B. S. Snow, salt fish .
2 25
Expenses to Boston .
85
Butman & Gott, grain
6 25
Amounts carried forward
$118 51 $1,415 91
21
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward .
$118 51 $1,415 91
September.
Paid Porter & Dearborn, groceries
1 29
Mr. Lock, fish .
1 00
Butman & Gott, grain
8 25
W. Noble, labor
10 00
W. H. Perkins, labor
36 75
H. C. Starr, fish
3 60
Harmon Hall, harness
40 00
James Oliver, manure
19 00
238 40
October.
Paid Fred Fields, blacksmithing
$2 30
G. B. Willis, butter .
18 56
Butman & Gott, grain
14 00
A. Heatherston, groceries .
14 90
Frank Fiske, oil
1 50
Kittie Ford, labor
2 00
Miss Roach, labor
1 00
W. H. Tizzer, apples
4 00
S. J. Parker, labor .
6 00
Danvers Hospital, pigs
14 00
Butman & Gott, grain
13 25
Miss Roach, labor
1 00
Sam'l Hawkes, cranberries
2 00
Butman & Gott, grain
9 25
Miss Roach, labor
1 00
W. Noble, labor
10 00
Henry C. Starr, fish .
4 50
119 2€
November.
Paid Mr. Ward, forward gear to wagon
$60 00
Mr. Ward, repairs to wagon
8 50
H. N. Skinner, onions
Q
2 25
Joseph Cornell, clothing
22 00
Amounts carried forward
$92 75 $1,773 57
22
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . November.
$92 75 $1,773 57
Paid G. W. Cutter, gloves
9 50
A. Heatherston, groceries .
·
2 50
A. Sawtelle,
35 88
Mr. Burns, manure .
29 50
Miss Roach, labor
1 00
G. W. Cutter, robe .
13 00
Hiram S. Newhall, cow
55 00
E. H. Gordon, crackers
1 27
R. A. Spaulding, clothing .
19 C6
S. G. Parker, stove polish . 25
Butman & Gott, grain
10 50
Sam'l McCarty, turkeys
8 58
B. S. Snow, salt fish .
1 75
Dr. G. W. Gale, salary
12 50
Dr. G. W. Gale, medicine
2 65
W. Noble, labor
10 00
Miss Roach, labor
2 25
W. H. Perkins, labor
21 00
W. H. Perkins, cutting wood 2 25
Butman & Gott, grain
9 20
340 39
December.
Paid S. V. Edmands, ice . $15 50
A. Heatherston, groceries
12 10
R. W. Dick, clothing 4 25
Eugene Stephens, dressing hog .
2 00
D. Furber, turnips
1 00
W. Spurill, clothing
3 50
G. B. Willis, butter .
16 83
16 66
Pauline Smith, labor
·
12 00
Churchill, repairing harness
75
Amounts carried forward .
$84 59 $2,113 96
23
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward
$84 59 $2,113 96
December.
Paid A. Bunker, repairing boots and shoes 4 65
O. M. Hitchings, manure . 18 00
W. H. Perkins, cutting wood 4 00
Pool & Brothers, lard and hams
11 34
A. W. Dick, clothing
1 89
R. A. Spaulding, clothing . 2 87
Henry C. Starr, fish .
6 30
W. Noble, labor . .
10 00
Barker Oliver, damage to sleigh 2 00
W. M. Stocker, clothing . 52 42
M. E Dodge, medicine 5 65
Wellman Osborn, boots and shoes
27 98
R. A. Spaulding, clothing .
16 27
John Rhodes, sea-weed
6 00
J. R. Hughes, tinware and repairing 24 89
Butman & Gott, grain 49 77
John T. Moulton, manure . 40 00
A. Sawtell, groceries 31 39
C. H. Thompson, meat press 2 25
can of grease 63
Chas. Clark, meat
100 42
Mr. Bird, book . ·
20
Mr. Lambey, stationery
25
Expenses to Boston .
85
W. H. Stocker, weighing hay 4 77
J. Whitehead, groceries . 37 47
Ross & Seeman, blacksmithing 14 69
Alonzo Wentworth, salary
337 50
899 04
$3,013 00
Overseers' orders for almshouse .
$770 67
66 outside supplies .
. 1,650 93
Total orders of Overseers
. $2,421 60
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL, TAX COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF SAUGUS.
DR.
Balance of 1875 list
$27 13
“ 1876 66
106 00
" 1877 "
378 90
66 " 1878 "
796 76
$1,308 79
CR.
Paid Treasurer on 1877 list .
$6 48
66 66 “ 1878 46
55 96
Balance due on 1875 list
27 13
66 “ 1876 "
106 00
66 “ 1877 16
372 42
66 “ 1878 "
740 80
$1,308 79
Interest collected
$11 00
Paid treasurer
11 00
TOWN OF SAUGUS, IN ACCOUNT WITH B. F. CALLEY, COLLECTOR.
SAUGUS, Dec. 31, 1884.
Amount of 1879 tax uncollected .
$687 06
Amount of 1880 tax uncollected .
1,382 68
Paid Treasurer .
300 00
$1,082 68
WARREN P. COPP, IN AC'T WITH TOWN OF SAUGUS. DR.
Balance due on 1881 list
$388 00
66 < < 1882 "
4,823 76
6 6 1883 " .
12,022 56
Tax list committed in 1884
26,230 06
$43,464 38
CR.
Paid Town Treasurer balance 1881 list
$388 00
66
on 1882 “
3,350 00
Amount carried forward
. $3,738 00
·
·
25
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$3,738 00
Paid Town Treasurer on 1883 list
4,000 00
66
" 1884 "
8,400 00
" County tax
1,552 94 .
Due on 1882 list
1,473 76
66 " 1883 "
8,022 56
66 “ 1884 66
16,277 12
$43,464 38
Paid Town Treasurer interest on 1881 list .
$41 12
“ 1882 " . .
182 36
66
“ 1883 " . 168 06 .
$391 54
JOSEPH WHITEHEAD, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF SAUGUS.
DR.
To cash in treasury
$113 54
B. F. Calley, tax 1880
300 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1881
388 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1882
3,350 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1883
4,000 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1884
8,400 00
W. P. Copp, interest 1881
41 12
W. P. Copp, interest 1882
182 36
W. P. Copp, interest 1883
168 06
Essex County on Salem Turnpike
866 04
Essex County on dog tax
119 66
City of Lynn, Poor Department ·
25 75
City of Lynn, Selectmen's Department
31 00
Eugene Stevens, house rent .
36 00
Eugene Stevens, grass and apples .
23 00
George W. Irving, house rent
24 00
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank W. H. Newhall · 3,000 00
. 20,000 00
Amount carried forward
$41,068 53
.
66
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $41,068 53
To cash M. S. Fisk, school books 16 67
Mrs. C. A. B. Munroe, school books 11 62
M. E. Dodge, liquor license
1 00
Selectmen, for wood sold to farm 146 78
W. W. Stevens, house rent 20 00
Tax title on J. W. Robinson's estate 167 11
Commonwealth corporation tax 827 40
Commonwealth National Bank tax 567 15
Commonwealth State aid
602 50
W. H. Twiss, for cemetery lots sold 45 30
Of Selectnien, for rents collected, use Town Hall
194 00
Interest on deposits
50 69
W. H. Stocker, hay scales
10 09
Wood sold at auction 295 00
Proceeds of sinking fund note
2,000 00
W. H. Newhall, on tax list, 1877 6 48
W. H. Newhall, on tax list, 1878 55 96
W. H. Newhall, interest on taxes
11 00
$46,097 28
CR.
By Notes paid Lynn Five Cents Saving Bank . $13,000 00
" Roswell Hitchings's note 400 00
". W. H. Newhall 3,000 00
5 Town of Saugus bonds, $500 each Interest on notes .
2,500 00 .
2,250 71 .
" coupon notes or bonds .
2,042 50
Tax title E. Linehan estate 14 44
Recording deed
1 00
Commonwealth on account of liquor license
25
State tax
1,560 00
Tax paid on E. Linehan estate
90
66 S. G. Miner “ .
2 52
66 66 S. S. Ireson ". 23 40
Amount carried forward
. $24,795 72
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $24,795 72
By Interest on sinking fund notes 840 00
Overseers' orders paid .
· 2,421 60
Selectmen's orders paid .
. 14,018 38
Cash in treasury .
4,021 58
·
$46,097 28
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT, JAN. 1, 1885.
Note given Cyrus Cheever . $2,000 00
Mrs. H. N. Flint, overdue . 4,000 00
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, due June 11, 1885, rate 6 per cent . 10,000 00 .
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, due Sept. 18, 1885, 6 per cent 10,000 00
Lucretia Floyd, due Jan. 21, 1886, 6 per cent . . 2,500 00
Elizabeth Tewksbury, due Jan.
21, 1886, 6 per cent
2,500 00
TEMPORARY NOTES.
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, 4 notes due at sundry times, 4} per cent 13,000 00
6 coupon notes, due May 1, 1885, 5 per
cent . .
3,000 00
6
May 1, 1886, 5 per
cent . 3,000 00
6
May 1, 1887, 5 per cent . 3,000 00
6
. :
May 1, 1888, 5 per
cent . 3,000 00
7
66
66
May 1, 1889, 5 per cent . 3,500 00
3
May 1, 1890, 4₺ per
cent . 1,500 00
Amount carried forward . . $61,000 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $61,000 00 3 coupon notes, due Nov. 1, 1890, 4} per
cent .
1,500 00
4
66
May 1, 1891, 4} per
cent . ·
2,000 00
2
66
Nov. 1, 1891, 4 per cent .
1,000 00
3
May 1, 1892, 4 per cent .
1,500 00
4
66
Nov. 1,1892, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
3
4
66
May 1, 1893, 4 per cent . Nov. 1, 1893, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
4
66
66
May 1, 1894, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
4
Nov. 1, 1894, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
4
66
May 1, 1895, 4 per cent . .
2,000 00
4
66
Nov. 1, 1895, 4 per cent
2,000 00
4
May 1, 1896, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
4
66
Nov. 1, 1896, 4 per cent .
2,000 00
4
66
66
May 1, 1897, 4 per cent
2,000 00
5
Nov. 1, 1897, 4 per cent .
2,500 00
5
66
66
May 1, 1898, 4 per cent . 2,500 00
$91,500 00
Amount of notes in Sinking Fund . $: 6,000 00
1,500 00
66
66
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
CONDITION AND LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Total notes and bonds outstanding . $91,500 00
Sinking Fund notes
. 16,000 00
Accrued interest
1,100 00 ·
66 66 on Sinking Fund 800 00
Due Road Commissioners
903 05
- $110,303 05
ASSETS.
Cash in hands of Treasurer Due on tax list, 1875
· $4,021 58
27 13
106 00
372 42
60
66
1879
687 06
1,082 68
1,473 76
66
1883
8,022 56
66
1884
. 16,195 52
Due from State aid . 700 00
County on Salem Turnpike
719 94
City of Lynn, supplies, to T. Webster
16 40
66 City of Boston, supplies, Mrs. O. H. Dunn .
6 25
School books on hand
600 00
Sinking Fund . ·
. 16,000 00
Tax titles held, approximate
811 84
51,583 94
Deficiency
.
$58,719 11
66 1876
1877
1878
740 80
1880
1882
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STATISTICS OF COST OF SUPPORTING INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE FROM MARCH 1, 1844, TO JAN. 1, 1885.
From March 1, 1844, to March 1, 1847, J. B. Stiles, keeper, 3 years, 1,599 weeks' board, at an av- erage of $1.662 per week . $2,665 09
March 1, 1847, to March 1, 1866, William Fol- lett, keeper, 19 years, 9,189 weeks, $2.03} per week . 18,678 77
March 1, 1866, to March 1, 1868, W. Hudson and W. A. Bancroft, keepers, 2 years, 990 weeks $5.68 per week 5,626 05 March 1, 1868, to March 1, 1873, Wm. T. Howe, keeper, 5 years, 2,392 weeks, $4.04 per week . 9,665 42 March 1, 1873, to March 1, 1875, Wm. T. Howe and Lucian Williams, keepers, 2 years, 718 weeks, $5.12§ per week . 3,681 27 March 1, 1875, to March 1, 1880, Lewis Brown,
keeper, 5 years, 2,618 weeks, $4.80} per week 12,578 76 March 1, 1880, to Jan. 1, 1885, Alonzo Went- worth, keeper, 442 years, 3,708 weeks, $2.46g per week 9,126 54 ·
Total years, 401g ; total weeks, 21,214; average per week to each pauper, $2.92-76 ·
· . 62,021 90
Total Treasury drafts by J. B. Stiles, 3 years, $1,752.01, to each pauper per week . 1 09 g
Total Treasury drafts by W. Follett, 19 years, $9,738.76, to each pauper per week . 1 06
· Total Treasury drafts by Hudson & Bancroft, 2 years, $4,031.62, to each pauper per week 4 071 Total Treasury drafts by W. T. Howe, 5 years, $5,824.90, to each pauper per week . 2 43
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Total Treasury drafts by Howe & Williams, 2 years, $4,379.48, to each pauper per week . .
$6 10 Total Treasury drafts by L. Brown, 5 years, $10,665.28, to each pauper per week . 4 073
Total Treasury drafts by A. Wentworth, 5 years,
2 20}
$7,508.27 to each pauper per week . . Total orders for 41 years, $43,900.62, to each pauper per week · . 2 0619%
TOWN FARM STATISTICS, 1884.
House and out-buildings valued at
. $1,750 00
Barn and shed
850 00
Forty-two acres tillage
. 4,200 00
Personal property
3,639 49
Decrease of personal property
995 15
Nineteen inmates, 578 weeks' board.
TAX TITLES HELD BY TOWN.
APPROXIMATE COST TO DATE.
Francis Fisk
$473 68
S. G. Miner
36 63
E. Linehan
16 34
S. S. Ireson
285 19
$811 84
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSION, TOWN OF SAUGUS, 1884.
WARD 1.
Labor
·
$298 85
Blacksmith
3 60
Lumber for fencing
20 55
Posts
15 25
Town of Wakefield, bridge repairs
18 00
Robert Macom, labor on Walnut Street
32 38
Gravel
34 72
$423 35
WARD 2.
Labor
$894 82
Snow
14 66
Gravel
3 28
Blacksmith
18 93
Drain pipe
38 93
Gratings for culverts .
20 79
Gutter stones and corner stones
33 91
Mason work for same
8 75
Fence at Sprague's
17 55
Expressing
2 85
Stationery .
5 15
Tools
48 85
Powder, fuse, and sand
63
Wooden culvert and fencing
6 00
1,112 10
WARD 3.
Labor
.
$495 90
Snow
2 62
Gravel
69 10
.
Amounts carried forward ·
$567 62 $1,535 45
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward
$567 62 $1,535 45
Blacksmith ·
12 10
Snow plough
12 80
Drain pipe, Lincoln Avenue
52 00
644 52
WARD 4.
Labor
. $442 76
Snow
9 00
Gravel
53 36
Blacksmith
9 28
Brick for catch-basin.
8 00
Cement for catch-basin
1 60
Sand for catch-basin .
75
Lumber and carpenter for catch-basin
3 00
Mason
3 00
530 75
WARD 5.
Labor
$281 20
Herring Road
111 13
392 33
$3,103 05
Received from Town Treasurer
2,200 00
Balance
$903 05
Respectfully submitted,
A. A. SCOTT, CHARLES W. RADDIN, FRED STOCKER,
Road Commiss oners.
3
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
To the Auditors of the Town of Saugus :
In accordance with the By-Laws of the town, the School Com- mittee would recommend that the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500) be appropriated for school expenses the ensuing year, this sum to include the purchase of books and supplies as required by the free text-book law.
GEORGE PARSONS, Chairman.
SAUGUS, Jan. 15, 1885.
To the Auditors of the Town of Saugus :
GENTLEMEN, - The Overseers of the Poor, in presenting their report for the past year, would call the attention of the citizens of Saugus to the increasing pauperism and insanity in our town. The number of persons fully supported at our almshouse during the year was eight ; partially supported, eleven ; number of persons outside the almshouse receiving relief and partial support, thirty- four. The number of persons fully supported in 1884 at Worcester and Danvers Lunatic Hospitals was six, at an average cost of $3.25 per week cach. The present number now in the hospitals of the Commonwealth and chargeable to our town is eight, an increase of two over last year. The expense of this portion of our poor for the current year, including incidentals, will be not far from $1,500. It would be gratifying to the Board of Overseers could they devise some method whereby this enormous expense could be reduced. There are, perhaps, two patients out of the above number that might be removed to our almshouse for treatment, at less expense to the town ; this would incur quite a large outlay for making preparation for their support and proper care, and would hardly be advisable for the small amount saved out of the transfer.
We would recommend the appropriation of the sum of thirty-
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five hundrel dollars ($3,500) as being sufficient to defray all expenses in the Poor Department for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted.
T. O. W. HOUGHTON, GEO. OLIVER, O. M. HITCHINGS, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
The Commissioners of the Town Debt Sinking Fund respectfully submit the following report : -
Value of Fund March 1, 1884
$14,700 00
Investments March 1, 1884 . $14,000 00
Interest collected to March 1, 1884 840 00
Appropriation for 1884
1,160 00
$16,000 00
Invested as follows : - Town of Saugus notes $16,0.0 00
VALUE OF SINKING FUND JAN. 1, 1885.
Investments . $16,000 00
Accrued interest to Jan. 1, 1885 800 00
Value of fund Jan. 1, 1885 . $16,800 00
The appropriation required for the present year will be fifteen hundred and forty dollars.
HEBBERT B. NEWHALL, SAMUEL HAWKES, HERBERT O. PRATT, Town Debt Sinking Fund Commissioners.
SAUGUS, Jan. 1, 1885.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1884
55
Less than last year
11
Males .
29
Females
· 26
MARRIAGES.
Number of intentions issued in 1884
26
Marriages registered
22
Less than last year
11
First marriage of .
34
Second marriage of
8
Third marriage of
-
2
DEATHS.
Number of deaths in 1884
. 47
AGES.
Under 5 years
14 From 50 to 70
· 10
From 5 to 30
.
7 70 to 90 .
10
30 to 50
5
90 to 95 .
.
1
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Consumption
4 Typhoid Fever
3
Whooping Cough
3 Apoplexy
3
Meningitis
2 Phthisis Pulmonis
2
Old Age
5
Heart Disease
3
Disease of Brain
2 Pneumonia
1
Congestion of Lungs
1 Scarlet Fever
1
Debility
1 Accidental
2
Nephritis .
·
2 Other Diseases
. 12
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
POPULATION OF SAUGUS.
1820 .
748
1855
1,788
1870
2,247
1830 .
960
1860
2,024
1875
2,570
1840 .
. 1,098
1865
2,006
1880
2,612
1850 .
. 1,552
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL, Town Clerk.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.
YEARS.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Debt.
Rate Taves per $1,000.
1884 .
$1.197.402
$181.290
$1.378.692
$58,719 11
$18 00
1883
1,200.590
145,780
1,346.370
66,231 25
18 20
1882
1,197,790
142,605
1,342.395
69,909 48
19 00
1881
1.205.210
223.752
1,425,962
70.345 49
17 60
1880
1.210,405
254,960
1,465,095
69,305 01
16 50
1879
1,202,054
260,890
1.462.944
69,991 28
17 00
1878
1,210,725
299,810
1,510,535
72,425 67
18 00
1877
1,326.520
355,460
1,681.980
74.541 62
16 00
1876
1,317,128
381,300
1,698,428
84,217 55
20 00
1875
1,289,433
448.825
1,738,258
52,676 73
19 00
1874
1,253.233
543,000
1,796.233
36,832 18
18 50
1873
1,165,474
541,710
1,707,184
36,142 44
13 50
1872
1,110,125
492,225
1.602.350
35,730 42
12 50
1871
1,048,908
451,937
1,500.845
37,709 40
18 00
1870
1,004,929
457,160
1.462.089
12,769 89
15 00
1869
973,342
469,629
1.442,971
14,900 87
13 33
1868
914.214
396,558
1.310,772
16,143 62
14 50
1867
906,464
385.429
1,291,893
18,103 ×4
18 00
1866
895,312
453,366
1.348,678
20,201 36
15 00
1865
904,544
444,973
1.349.517
22,749 58
17 00
1864
909,646
397,400
1.307,046
30,080 86
12 50
1863
880.314
324,490
1,204,804
30,235 16
13 33
1862
876.690
270,005
1.146,695 |
18,407 98
8 00
1861
889,693
286,189
1.175,882
16.580 17
7 80
1860
877,605
301,987
1,179,592
16,601 33
6 80
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
To CHARLES F. CLARK, Constable of the Town of Saugus,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on Monday the second day of March next at 12 o'clock M. to act on the following articles : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, Selectmen and Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Constable, Tax Collector, Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, and one Road Commissioner for three years, all on one ballot. Also at the same time to bring in on a separate ballot their votes for one School Committee for three years.
Also at the same time to bring in their ballots, Yes or No, in an- swer to the following question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
ART. 4 To choose all other officers which towns are by law required to choose in the months of March or April annually.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same. ART. 6. To revise the Jury List.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money of the Sinking Fund Commissioners, and give notes of the town for the same, for the purpose of funding the town debt.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money and give notes of the town for the same, for the following purposes : First, for the purpose of paying notes coming due the present year. Second, for the purpose of paying notes not yet due. Third, to hire money temporarily, not exceeding one year, in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 9. To see if the town will refund to William Parker the amount overpaid by him for taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the free use of the Town Hall for the delivery of a course of four Astronomical Lectures, to be illus- trated by the stereopticon, by Farrington MeIntire, on condition that the tickets be placed within the reach of children,as well as adults, price not to exceed fifteen cents. so that some knowledge of the heavenly bodies may be more generally diffused among the people.
ART. 11. To see if the town will instruct the Treasurer to invest as a separate fund any sums that may have been, or shall hereafter be given to the town for the purpose of keeping cemetery lots in order, and apply the income of said fund for the purpose intended.
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AUDITORS' REPORT .
ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Road Commissioners to repair and grade Lincoln Avenue and Square, at Cliftondale, in accord- ance with the recent location by the County Commissioners, and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the town will appropriate the sum received from the county on account of the Dog Tax for 1884 for the Public Library, at Cliftondale, in accordance with Chapter 102 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 14. To see if the town will fix the salary of the Road Commissioners.
ART. 15. To see if the town will cause a suitable post and lantern for a street light to be placed in front of the Town Hall, and to light the same through the year.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one hun- dred dollars, to defray the expenses of Decoration Day.
ART. 17. To see if the town will accept Mt. Vernon, Myrtle, Lynwood, Avon, and Laurel Streets, as laid out by the Road Commissioners.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to having a survey and plan of the town made to aid the Assessors in the discharge of their duties.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies of the same at the usual places in 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.
Given under our hands this second day of February, A. D. 1885.
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL, JOHN W. HITCHINGS, EDWARD S. KENT,
Selectmen of Saugus.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1884.
BOSTON: . ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1885.
SAUGUS SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1884.
George Parsons, Chairman, term expires 1885.
Maria P. Sweetser,
1886.
George W. Gale, Secretary,
1887.
Truant Officers Messrs. Parsons and Gale.
Regular meetings of the Board the first Monday of every month at 4 P. M., in the High School room.
SCHOOL REPORT.
The change in the By-Laws of the town, making the fiscal to end with the calendar year, necessarily abbreviates our Report, as the statistics end December 31, instead of February 28, as hereto- fore, in order that those for 1885 may begin January 1 ; conse- quently the report for December is included in the Fall Term.
SCHEDULE OF STATISTICS.
Amount expended by School Committee for ten months from March 1 to Dec. 31, 1884 : -
Teachers' salaries
. $3,982 00
Fuel .
554 85
Janitor
330 00
Cleaning school-houses, etc.
79 48
Incidentals
104 95
Total .
. $5,051 28
For school books
$684 76
Number of schools
13
Number of teachers
14
Length of school year in weeks .
37
Nuniber of children in Saugus between five and fifteen years of age, May 1, 1884 Ward one .
500
" two .
195
three
119
five .
32
Less than May 1, 1883
25
Average yearly attendance .
416
Number of graduates from High School NAMES.
6
.
25
four . ·
129
Gertrude E. Bryer, Harry G. Butler, Maurice F. Cunningham, Nellie F. Houghton, Minnie E. Newhall, Mamie E. Stocker.
SYNOPSIS OF TEACHERS' REPORTS.
Number of Ward.
GRADE OF SCHOOL.
NAME OF TEACHER.
When Elected.
Salary per Week.
Whole No. belonging
Spring Ferm.
Whole Number belonging
Average Weekly Attend-
Average Weekly Attend-
ance Fall Term.
Males.
Females.
Total Tardiness.
Average Yearly Attend-
ance.
Promoted.
High .
-
1
Mixed
M. L. Walton.
1880
8.50
28
27
24
23
9
15
76
23
..
{ Grammar ...
E. W. Boardman.
1865
9.50
40
42
33
40
22
20
107
36+
4
Intermediate ...
E. A. Parker. .
1863
9.00
35
37
30
32
21
16
108
31
15
Primary . .
Georgianna Walton
1873
8.50
44
40
32+
33+
21
85
32+
19
Sub-Primary .. .
Addie A. Jackson.
1880
8 00
53
34
45
26
16
18
222
34
19
Grammar . .
A. D. Moulton
1883
9 50
33
40
29
36
22
18
69
32+
8
Metta C. Orr
1866
8.50
35
33
30
30+
19
14
100
30
12
Intermediate .. . Primary. .
Mabel L. Newhall .
1883
7.00
41
36
33
30
19
17
106
31
10
Grammar ...
L. F. G. Dunn .
1873
9 50
41
53
37
45
23
25
48
41
8
Clara C. Farnham.
1875
8 50
40
36
36+
30
19
17
18
33
17
Eliza A. Mansfield.
1851
8.50
46
40
40
29
19
21
9
34
12
Carrie E. Carnes, .
1882
8.00
26
33
23
26
24
9
49
24
·
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
5
Mixed
Wilbur F. Gillette.
1881
$21.00
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