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4 75
Machon, E. J., services as teacher
495 00
Marblehead Water Co., water, Pine street,
one year .
10 00
water, Redington, one year 10 00
20 00
Amount carried forward,
$6,790 31
453 84
26
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $6,790 31
Marshall, J. L., four tables
32 00
May, L. A. & Co., supplies .
43 07
McElwin, Henry, slating blackboard, Reding-
ton street $69 87
slating blackboard, Pine street 32 58
slating blackboard, Essex street . 4 63
slating blackboard, Beach school
24 30
slating blackboard, Farms school 4 37
135 75
McDonough, John, cleaning vault, Beach school .
4 00
Melzard, G. R., services as janitor, Pine and Essex street
168 75
labor and supplies 8 12
176 87
Melzard, J. E., setting glass, Essex and Pine Morris, S. D., services as janitor, Redington
7 25
street
213 75
Mott, A. M., services as teacher .
605 00
N. E. Publishing Co., books
I 60
Nichols, G. H. & W. A., report cards, etc.
26 65
Nies, Martin, six waste baskets
3 00
Perry, G. S., maps and supplies .
53 27
Phillips & Adams, material and labor on
desks .
5 00
material and labor 6 80
11 80
Philbrick & Pope, material and labor, Reding-
ton street
17 55
material and labor Pine street 2 15
material and labor Essex street
34 65
material and labor Beach school
19 98
cleaning stove and pipe
2 IO
76 43
Amount carried forward,
$8,180 75
27
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$8,180 75
Prang Educational Co., books and stationery
125 24
Reed, C. E., 1} days' labor, Pine street, $2 .
3 00
Roberts, C. K. & W. H., expressing .
33 80
Rodrick, Charles, services as janitor, Reding-
ton street
$273 50
2} days' labor and sawdust 5 25
278 75
Rogers, W. H., services as school committee 125 00
car fares and stationery 3 80
128 80
Ryan, M. J., 1} days' labor, self and team
5 25
Schoenhof, Carl, one dictionary
1 75
Schackley, E. J., services as teacher
550 00
Shattuck & Delano, brooms and oil can
I 30
Small, Willard, dictionary
2 25
Stanley, L. C., services as teacher
395 00
Stocking, A. C., books .
172 65
Thayer, H. A., services as teacher .
470 00
Thorp & Adams Mfg. Co., labels
7 00
Till, G. T., window shades, etc.
7 65
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., books and maps 39 70
Ware, William & Co., supplies
18 95
Washburn, L. P., services as teacher .
525 00
Watson, A. B., broom
38
Wells, M. A., services as teacher
470 00
Western Publishing House, maps, cabinet and books
74 00
Whitcomb, A. G., 45 desks . 89 50
three dozen ink wells 4 50
94 00
$11,585 22
28
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Enlargement of Grammar School House Lot.
Appropriation $800 00
Amount of Expenditures .
974 00
EXPENDITURES.
Ames, E. F., 1,691 square feet of land, 30 cts.
$507 30
De Lory, W. A., material and labor
6 59
Emmons, Ivory, building fence $115 67
2 days' labor, moving fence . 6 00
I21 67
Gardner, Peleg, lumber and hardware for
lattice work and fence 80 34
14 days' labor, $3 42 00
I22 34
Marsh, Edward Jr., four days' labor, $2
8 00
Norton, H. M., building vault as per contract 175 00
Iz days' extra labor, $3 4 50
179 50
Phillips & Adams, painting fence as per contract
25 00
Walker, G. H. & Co., one electrotype plate . 3 60
$974 00
LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$300 00
Receipts
29 85
Dog Tax .
315 90
$645 75
Amount of expenditures
633 64
Balance unexpended
$12 II
EXPENDITURES.
Appleton, D. & Co., one biography
$6 00
Collins, Fred, services as assistant librarian
12 months, $2.50 30 00
'Amount carried forward, $36 00
29
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
LIBRARY.
Amount brought forward,
$36 00
Courtis & Breare, binding books
5º 55
Estes & Lauriat, books
246 74
Farrell, M. A., one atlas
8 00
Galeucia, William, reseating chair
75
Gardner, Peleg, repairing chair
50
Graves, Willie, services as assistant librarian three months, $2.50 . 7 50
Hale, J. F., subscription to "Science " one year . 3 50
Hawes, E. W., services as assistant librarian four months, $2.50 10 00
Honors, S. L., services as librarian one year .
175 00
Jackson, J. P., services as assistant librarian five months, $2.50 . 12 50
King, G. F. & Merrill, stationery
32 25
Nichols, T. P., book labels
3 50
Roffe, A. H. & Co., subscription to magazines, one year . 44 10
Roberts, C. K. & W. H., expressing
2 75
$633 64
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Reimbursements 189 32
$1,889 32
Amount of expenditures
2,258 63
EXPENDITURES.
Blaney, Mrs. John, house rent for Mrs. Geo. Barker, one month . $6 00
Boston, City of, aid rendered Ann Smith . 7 50
Carroll, M. P., services as overseer, 1889-90 paid for lodgers . 5 34
$70 00
75 34
Amount carried forward,
$88 84
30
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $88 84
Chase, Dr. W. B., professional services and medicine for Mrs. Geo. Barker $9 75
professional services and medicine for Mary Burnett . 8 70
18 45
Coleman, Dr. H., medical attendance Jas. Burnett 10 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board of Ruth E. Pine at Danvers Lunatic Hospi-
tal from Aug. 16, 1889, to Dec. 31, 1889 64 07 Corey, Alonzo, watching with Geo. Barker four nights . 8.00
Curtis, C. T., storage of furniture . 8 00
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board of
B. F. Pedrick from Jan. 1, 1889,
to Jan. 1, 1890 $169 46
clothing
90
170 36
board of Arthur Woodbury from
Jan. 1, 1889,to Jan. 1, 1890 . 169 46
clothing 4 95
174 41
board of Margaret Welch from
Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1890 169 46
clothing 35
169 81
board of Sarah P. Russell from
Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 . 169 47
clothing 70
170 17
board of Mary Burnett from Sept. 16,
1889, to Nov. 4, 1889 22 75
707 50
Amount carried forward,
$904 86
31
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $904 86
Durgin, C. E., groceries for Solomon Abbott $41 58
groceries for Mrs. Geo. Barker I 75
groceries for Mrs. John Gallagher 5 45
groceries for A. Maker 54 78
groceries for Cornelius Morris 42 23
groceries for A. W. Reed . 4 00
149 79
Eastman, E. S., shoes for Mary Burnett
26 60
Gilbert, G. E., clothing for Mary Burnett
2 88
Green. B. M .. care of Geo. Barker .
17 00
Green, Mrs. B. M., care of Mrs. Geo. Barker Holden, G. H. & Co., groceries for Mary
8 00
Burnett
82 03
Honors & Wardwell, fuel for Solomon Abbott 13 75
fuel for Mary Burnett 5 50
fuel for Mrs. Chas. Bacon . 20 00
fuel for Mrs. John Gallagher 17 75
fuel for Mrs. Cornelius Morris
23 25
fuel for Bridget Milan 18 65
fuel for Horton .
15 30
fuel for A. Reed
3 50
fuel for J. L. Rich .
3 50
fuel for J. O. Stone 3 50
124 70
Kendrick, L. E., services as secretary for overseers of poor 1889-90, and postage 25 54 Lynn, City of, aid rendered Sarah E. Phillips and children from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. I, 1890 56 50
Lynn Hospital, board and medical attendance for Mrs. Kate Barker, May 13, 1889, to July 1, 1889 42 00
Martin, E. S., house rent of J. L. Rich, six months, $4 . 24 00
Amount carried forward.
$1,463 90
32
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,463 90
Melzard, G. T., services as overseers of poor
1889-90 $85 00
aid rendered Mrs. Geo. Barker 13 00
aid rendered Mary Burnett . 2 50
lodging for tramps 2 15
traveling expenses
7 60
Morrow, Catherine, house rent of Sarah Myers
from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. i, 1890 .
60 00
Natick, Town of, board of Allen's child from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 .
104 00
Pettingell, S. J., groceries for Solomon Abbott 5 63
groceries for Mrs. Cornelius Morris 16 00
groceries for Mrs. Chas. Bacon . 113 57
135 20
Rich, B. F., groceries for Mrs. John Gallagher Shattuck & Delano, groceries for Mary Bur- nett
4 59
groceries for Mrs. John Gallagher 6 76
Stone, Abram G., board of Arthur Richardson from March 1, 1889, to March 1, 1890
77 54
Till, G. T., clothing for Mary Burnett's children
22 25
Washburn, John, services as overseer of poor, 1889-90 . 70 00
use of teams
IO 86
80 86
Wentworth, M., burial of George Barker
15 00
Westborough Insane Asylum, board of Mirah Hatch, Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 . 169 46
$2,258 63
REIMBURSEMENTS.
City of Boston, for Mrs. C. Morris 38 96
Town of Brewster, for A. Maker 54 78
Edward Pine 64 08
Town of Truro for J. L. Rich
31 50
$189 32
.
110 25
8 82
35
33
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation . $2,000 00
Reimbursements 31 08
$2,031 08
Amount of expenditures
1,850 53
Balance unexpended $180 55
EXPENDITURES.
Aborn, S. O., two police helmets and express $6 25
Bessom, R. V., services as police, three Sun-
days . . 6 00
Blaney, E. G., services as police, 31 Sundays $62 00
services as police, eight hours 2 00
64 00
Cahoon, N. A., services as police, 13 weeks,
. . $15.00 . .
195 00
services as special police at J. L. Little's I 75
196 75
Chute, E. E., use of team
1 00
Connor, G. M., services as police, 47 weeks, $15.00 . .
705 00
Douglass, R. A., services as police, four weeks, $12.00 .
48 00
services as police, one week 15 00
63 00
Durgin, Frank, burying three dogs .
I 50
Granger, William, services as police, 27 hours, 25 cts . 6 75
Harmon, Chas., use of team
4 50
Hawes, J. B., use of team
I 00
Hutchinson, W. H., whistles, cartridges and holster .
2 40
Kendrick, S. C., services chief of police, four weeks, $15 . 60 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,118 15
.
34
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,118 15
Lovell, J. P. Arms Co., revolver and cart- ridges . 10 15
Maker, Calvin, burying two dogs
1 00
Morris, S. D., services as police, 132 hours, 25 cts. . 3 38
Reed, Frank, burying five dogs, 50 cts
2 50
Shattuck, S. M. & Co., repairs on wagon
I 25
Watson, A. B., use of team .
50
Washburn, John, use of teams
4 00
Welch, O. E., two dozen shells
60
Wright, F. F., burying dog
50
Wright, Wallace, services as chief police, 47
weeks, $15.00 . .
$705 00
car fares and expenses 3 50
708 50
$1,850 53
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Lynn Police Court and Essex County
$26 83
Little, J. L., estate of
2 50
Social Club
75
Widger, A. C.
1 00
$31 08
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Amount of expenditures
1,607 98
Balance unexpended
$192 02
EXPENDITURES.
Adams, H. E., nine tin signs, 50 cts . $4 50
American Steam Gauge Co., repairing gauge 3 50
Amount carried forward, $8 00
35
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$8 00
Burns, H. K., washers .
50
Berry, C. E., patent harness and hanger
118 50
Berry, Thomas, services as fireman, four months
8 32
Blaney, J. F., services at Lynn fire .
5 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on hose
58
Boston Woven Hose Co., packing .
40
Bresnahan, M. V., labor on fire alarm
40
Cahoon, G. P., services as assistant engineer Io months
$41 66
labor on fire alarm
20 83
Cahoon, J. E., services' as fireman, three months
6 25
Callahan & Co., four Regan mops .
4 00
Clark, W. F., services as fireman, nine months
18 75
Coan, Peter, services as fireman, eight months DeLory, W. A., services at Lynn fire
16 66
5 00
globes and repairing lantern I
6 25
Earp, W. G., services as fireman. 10 months
20 83
Eastman. G. W., services as fireman, 10 months
20 83
lock and keys for engine house 4 60
25 43
Eastman, E. S., repairing clock at engine house
75
Edwards, E. O., six standard keys .
I 50
Emmons, Ivory, services as chief engineer to April 30, 1889, and care of fire alarm 100 00
Gould & Co., two barrels oil
9 65
Harding M. B., services at Lynn fire .
5 00
Hawes, J. B., services as fireman, 10 months Hilton & Sons, expressing
20 83
2 65
Amount. carried forward,
$442 74
62 49
36
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $442 74
Holbrook, Amos, labor and material on engine . 22 50
Holden, G. H. & Co., supplies 2I 48
Honors & Wardwell, coal and wood .
70 20
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works, one
hydrant and fixing . 15 00
Jackson, A. S., 10 lbs. machine waste, 12 cts.
I 20
Lynn & Boston Horse R. R. Co., use of horses from May 7, 1888, to June 20, 1889 107 50
Marblehead Water Co., water for hydrants to
April 1, 1890 $80 00
labor on hydrant and expressing 9 85
89 85
McDonough, John, cleaning vault .
2 00
McDonough, M., services as fireman, IO
months
20 83
Melzard, J. E., setting glass and painting alarm boxes 3 60
Melzard, Washington, services at Lynn fire .
3 00
Mitchell, A. W. Mfg. Co., six badges, $1
6 00
Morse, A. J. & Son, leather washers
2 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., material and labor on
poles and wires
45 79
rent of telephone, I year to March I,
1890
52 01
tolls and messenger service I 75
99 55
Nichols, G. H. & W. A., 50 fire alarm cards Owens, J. G., on account of services as driver Philbrick & Pope, supplies
3 00
20 00
Pitman, J. P. M. S., services as assistant engineer, 10 months . 41 66
9 95
Reed, A. W., two days' labor on hydrant .
4 00
Amount carried forward,
· $986 06
37
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $986 06
Reed, C. E., services as janitor, engine house,
one year . .
$208 00
services as fireman, 10 months 20 83
labor on hydrants . 4 00
chimneys, oil and polish 3 10
235 93
Reed, Frank, services at Lynn fire .
3 00
Rich, B. F., services as fireman, 10 months .
20 83
Rich, W. I., services as fireman, 10 months . 20 83 Roberts, Chas. K., services as chief engineer, Io months 41 66
Roberts, C. K. & W. H., expressing
8 30
Roberts, M. T., services as fireman, 10 months Rowell, C. G., services as fireman, 10 months Rowell, E. W., services as fireman, 6 months Russell, A. L., 12 glass jars, 28 cts.
20 83
20 83
12 50
3 36
Russell, Edwin, services as fireman, 7 months
14 56
Sanborn, Ham & Co., one comforter .
75
Saville, Somes & Co., one barrel of oil and barrel
6 10
Sawyer & Chase, three hydrant wrenches . 6 00
chains, bolts, etc. 8 75
14 75
Silsbee Mfg. Co., repairing engine . 34 10
air chamber and ornament 65 57
99 67
Smart, Stephen, fixing guard loop to pole . .
25
Stevens, G. N., labor and material for fire alarm
69 24
Titus & Buckley, six Washburn's drivers 5 70
Twisden, C. H., services as fireman, IO
months 20 83
Washburn, John, use of horse 2 00
$1,607 98
38
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
FIRE ALARMS.
Appropriation
$250 00
Amount of Expenditures 201 00
Balance unexpended $49 00
EXPENDITURES.
Stevens, G. N., two new fire alarm boxes and
changing numbers of old boxes $127 22
Tuttle, H. S., four days' labor, $1.75 .
7 00
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., 954 lbs. galvanized wire . 66 78
$201 00
HOSE REELS.
Appropriation .
$1,200 00
Amount of Expenditures 969 45
Balance unexpended
$230 55
EXPENDITURES.
Boston Woven Hose Co., 1,200 feet 2} inch
hose with couplings, 55 cts .
$660 00
1 doz. lanterns, $25 per doz. 12 50
one doz. spanners . 6 00
$678 50
Sawyer & Chase, painting three hose carriages 75 00
freight on three hose carriages
14 20
89 20
Smith, W. F., one doz. sockets 3 00
one doz. straps
3 75
6 75
Whitman, Town of, J. H. Chamberlin, treas- urer, three hose reels, $65
195 00
$969 45
39
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, including collection of offal $1,000 00
Amount of expenditures 789 65
Balance unexpended $210 35
EXPENDITURES.
Adams, John I., services on board of health, '
1889-90
$50 00
stationery and postage . 2 00
$52 00
Alger, James E., burying dog .
1 00
Bryson, James, collecting offal, one year to
Dec. 1, 1889
446 00
Connor, H. H., burying two dogs
2 00
Emmons, E. G., one pair of oars
I 80
Farrell, Patrick, labor on beach
1 00
Griffin, John, burying dog
1 00
Harris, C. E., services on board of health, 1888-89 50 00
Harris, G. W., labor on beach
2 00
Hastings & Sons, advertising for proposals .
7 00
Kendrick, W. S., services on board of health, 1889-90
50 00
McDonough, John, labor on beach with team labor with team
22 00
19 25
41 25
Nisbett, D. W., labor on beach
3 00
labor at J. L Little's
2 00
5 00
Nisbett, S. H., labor on beach
1 00
Pettingell, S. J., anchor, scoop and bbls.
I 60
Rich, J. L., 122 days' labor on beach
122 00
Washburn, John, use of team .
3 00
storing and teaming dory 2 00
5 00
$789 65
40
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$400 00
Receipts . 243 25
$643 25
Amount of Expenditures .
569 33
Balance unexpended . $73 92
EXPENDITURES.
Crowell, J. F., services as janitor $169 17
material and labor . 8 34
$177 51
DeLory, W. A., material and labor . 4 63
Eastman, G. W., repairing town clock
1 00
Field, L. C., floor brush and duster
4 50
Gardner, Peleg, material and labor on closet
7 96
Honors & Wardwell, 10 tons of coal, $6
60 00
two tons and 1,940 lbs. coal 19 30
one cord of wood . II 00
9º 30
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., gas one year to Jan.
1, 1890
92 52
Marblehead Water Co., water one year to April 1, 1890 .
6 00
McDonough, John, cleaning vault .
2 50
teaming ashes 2 50
5 00
Nisbett, A. F., services as janitor, six months
to April 3, 1890
125 00
splitting wood 50
125 50
Philbrick & Pope, material and labor
44 61
Pettingell, S. J., rope
2 82
Till, G. T., oil cloth and towels
3 98
Ward & Swett, repairing table
3 00
$569 33
41
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$350 00
Amount of Expenditures . 300 20
Balance unexpended $49 80
EXPENDITURES.
Blaney, E. G., three doz. plants, 75 cts. $2 25
Brown, J. S., services as supt. of cemetery $50 00
46₺ days' labor, $2 93 00
143 00
Collins, J. G., 54 days' labor, $2
108 00
Gould, S. M., 17} doz. plants .
14 80
Holden, G. H. & Co., two rakes and two padlocks 2 20
Phillips & Adams, painting gates and rack in tomb 12 IO
Watson, A. B., 100 lbs. fertilizer I 85
Webster, J. H., pump and platform 16 00
$300 20
WATER PIPE.
Appropriation
$900 00
EXPENDITURES.
Cushing, F. J. & F. D. Mayo, laying 750 feet water pipe, hydrant and gates, as per contract $1,000 00
42
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STAND PIPES.
Appropriation $300 00
Amount of Expenditures . 288 20
Balance unexpended $II 80
EXPENDITURES.
Marblehead Water Co., connecting eight
stand pipes with main pipe, $35 . $280 00
extra trenching at Atlantic avenue 8 20
$288 20
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation . $3,500 00
Amount of Expenditures 2,926 74
Balance unexpended $573 26
EXPENDITURES.
Globe Gas Light Co., lighting 710 lights, 6 cts. $42 60
lighting 37,863 lights 1,933 40
65 gals. naphtha 8 19
posts, frames and lanterns 25 25
$2,009 44
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., 1,980 electric lights,
46 cts. . 910 80
Ryan, M. J., labor, setting posts 6 50
$2,926 74
43
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STATE AID.
Carpenter, Martin, aid 12 months, $3 $36 00
Chute, Isabel, aid 12 months, $4 48 00
Cleary, Catherine, aid 7 months, $4 28 00
48 00
Fay, William T., aid 12 months, $4
48 00
Glass, J. W., aid 12 months, $6
72 00
Green, Benjamin M., aid 12 months, $4
48 00
Green, Mahitable, aid 12 months, $4 .
48 00
Haley, Mary, aid 12 months, $4 . 48 00
8 00
Heath, Hannah M., aid 12 months, $4 Horton, J. A., aid 12 months, $1.50
18 00
Marsh, Edward, Jr., aid 12 months, $6 .
72 00
Marsh, Mary F., aid 12 months, $4
48 00
Milan, Bridget, aid 12 months, $4
48 00
Rodrick, Chas., aid 6 months, $3
18 00
Rodrick, Mary E., aid 6 months, $3 Stimpson, J. C., aid 12 months, $6 .
72 00
Stimpson, Susan, aid 12 months, $4 48 00 Umber, Sarah L., aid 12 months, $2 24 00
Winslow, Hope S., aid 12 months, $4
48 00
$942 00
REIMBURSED.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 1888-89 $930 00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS' AID.
Blaney, Elbridge G., 13 months, $6 $78 00
Chandler, Mrs. J. M., board of William Quiner from Feb. 28, 1889, to July 22, 1889, 204 weeks, $3 62 15
Amount carried forward, $140 15
Fairbanks, Mary E., aid 12 months, $4 Fay, Lydia J., aid 12 months, $4
48 00
Hartshorn, J. W., aid 2 months, $4
48 00
18 00
44
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
INDIGENT SOLDIERS' AID.
Amount brought forward, $140 15
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board of William
Quiner from Jan. 1, 1889, to Feb. 28, 1889,
8& weeks .
$26 93
clothing 7 38
34 31
Pierce, Frederick, aid three months 24 00
$198 46
REIMBURSED.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for 1888
and 1889 . $121 96
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation $50 00
EXPENDITURES.
Gen. J. L. Bates Post, 118, G. A. R. . $50 00
MONUMENT LOT.
Appropriation $25 00
Amount of Expenditures . 14 10
Balance unexpended® $10 90
EXPENDITURES.
Brown, J. S., seven days and { hour's labor, $2 $14 IO
45
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
REPAIRING MONUMENT LOT.
Appropriation
$100 00
Amount of Expenditures 45 50
Balance unexpended . $54 50
EXPENDITURES.
Adams, J. I., painting grass signs $ . 50
Boston Woven Hose Co., 50 feet 3 inch cot-
ton hose, Io cts .
5 00
Brown, J. G., 5} days' labor, $2
11 00
Granger, William, one day's labor .
2 00
Myers, D. J., six days' labor, $2
12 00
Pitman, C. S., two days' self and team, $3.50 7 00
Taylor, J. L., 16 loads loam, 50 cts
8 00
$45 50
46
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations and Receipts.
Expenditures.
Selectmen's Department
$4,000 00
$4,095 80
School Department . Appropriation. $11.575 00
. Mass. School Fund, 14 00
11,589 00
11,585 22
Enlargement of Grammar Schoolhouse Lot
800 00
974 00
Highway Department
5,000 00
5,066 24
Sidewalks .
1,000 00
609 65
Gutters
500 00
222 54
Concrete and Curbstones . Appropriation, $1,000 00
1,375 56
1,191 82
Street Crossings
300 00
200 83
Improvement of Columbia Street
800 00
800 00
Marshall Drain
700 00
788 07
Library
Appropriation, $300 00
645 75
633 64
Poor Department
· Reimbursements, 189 32
1,889 32
2,258 63
Police Department
· Reimbursements, $1 08
2,031 08
1,850 53
Fire Department
1,800 .00
1,607 98
Fire Alarm
250 00
201 00
Hose Reels
1,200 00
969 45
Health Department
· collection of offal
1,000 00
789 65
Town Hall
Receipts, 243 25
643 25
569 33
Cemetery
350 00
300 20
Water Pipes
900 00
1,000 00
Stand Pipes
300 00
288 20
Street Lights
3,500 00
2,926 74
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
Repairing Monument Lot .
100 00
45 50
Monument Lot
25 00
14 10
State Aid (received of state treasurer) ·
930 00
942 00
Indigent Soldiers' Aid (received of state treasurer)
121 96
198 46
$41,800 92
$40,179 58
· Receipts and dog tax, 345 75
Appropriation. 1,700 00
Appropriation, 2,000 00
Including
Appropriation, $400 00
47
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Michael P. Carroll, Collector, in Account With Town of Swampscott.
DR.
To amount committed for collection
$35,329 10
" supplementary list
420 22
$35,749 32
CR.
By cash paid town treasurer
$34,624 04
Discounts
556 49
Abatements
568 79
$35,749 32
.
48
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
BENJAMIN O. HONORS, Treasurer,
DR.
To cash on hand, 1889 . $11,602 89
Received of M. P. Carroll, collector of taxes 34,624 04
Corporation tax 14,757 38
National bank tax 1,856 04
State aid, chap. 301, acts 1879 930 00
Indigent soldiers' aid, chap. 252, acts 1879 121 96
Treasurer of Essex county, dog licenses .
315 90
Discount on county tax . 13 67
Income Mass. school fund . 14 00
Police Department, reimbursements 31 08
Highway Department, reimbursements, filling, etc.
29 90
H. S. Tuttle, use of road machine
20 00
Overseers of Poor, reimbursements .
189 32
Concrete and Curbstones, reimbursements
375 56
Town Library receipts 29 85
Town Hall receipts, J. F. Crowell I55 75
Town Hall receipts, A. F. Nesbitt 87 50
Rent of Essex Street Hall to "I. O. R. M."
37 50
Rent of Essex Street Hall to " Pilgrim Fathers 18 50
Cemetery lots sold 275 00
Interest on bank deposit 126 41
Milk licenses 11 00
Apothecary's license to W. B. Chase
1 00
Apothecary's license to C. P. Jeffers 1 00
Land rear of grammar school house lot
237 50
Ivory Emmons, for Street Light Department .
33 00
G. P. Cahoon, use of hose . 1 50
Lynn Institution for Savings, note May 27, 1889, 6 months
8,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, note July 23, 1889, 6 months 2,000 00
$75,897 25
49
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
In account with Town of Swampscott.
CR.
By Paid Selectmen's outstanding orders, 1888-89
$5 25
Selectmen's orders, 1889-90 40,172 33
Interest 2,323 61
State tax 4,460 00
County tax
4,554 80
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note May 21, 1887, 2 years, for Town indebtedness . 1,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note June I,
1886, 3 years, for water pipes
1,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note Dec. 12, 1882, 7 years, for water pipes 1,500 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, note May 27, 1889, 6 months, temporary loan 8,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, note July 23, 1889, 6 months, temporary loan . 2,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, liquor license, 50
Balance cash in Treasury *10,880 76
*Verified by cashier's certificate.
$75,897 25
TOWN OFFICERS, 1889-90.
Selectmen.
JOHN H. FARWELL, ANDREW L. HARRIS. AARON R. BUNTING.
Town Clerk. GEORGE T. TILL.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. MICHAEL P. CARROLL.
Assessors. Term ends
Term ends D. HOLMAN MILLETT, 1890. PELEG GARDNER, 1891.
Term ends JOHN CHAPMAN, 1892.
School Committee.
Term ends Term ends WILMOT R. HASTINGS, 1890. GEO. L. CROSMAN, 1891. Term ends WILLIAM H. ROGERS, 1892.
Overseers of Poor.
Term ends Term ends GEO. T. MELZARD, 1890. MICHAEL P. CARROLL, 1891.
Term ends JOHN WASHBURN, 1892.
5I
TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Health.
JOHN I. ADAMS. WINFIELD S. KENDRICK. CHARLES E. HARRIS.
Auditors. AUGUSTINE W. RICH, 2d. WILLIAM F. NORCROSS. L. FRANK CAHOON.
Constables.
JAMES WHEELER. WINFIELD S. KENDRICK.
WALLACE WRIGHT. GEORGE M. CONNOR. RODNEY A. DOUGLASS.
Trustees of Library. Term ends Term ends CURTIS V. MERRITT, 1890. B. W. REDFERN, 1891. Term ends FRANK F. STANLEY, 1892.
Field Drivers.
J. B. HAWES. MARTIN CARPENTER. GEORGE NEWHALL. J. P. M. S. PITMAN.
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