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I believe the time is not far distant when the Town will find it advisable to erect a Police Station, have a place
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
1896]
to get warrants, and a Trial Justice of its own, as most towns do throughout the State.
I would also recommend that the present By-Laws of the Town, so far as they apply to law and order, be exam- ined and revised, as several defects have been found in the present code in cases presented before the Court.
I would further suggest that the electric lights be kept burning until daylight, instead of being extinguished at two o'clock in the morning, as at present.
I would also suggest to the storekeepers of the Town that they leave a light burning in their places of business during the night. By so doing, they will aid the department greatly in detecting any wrong-doings within.
I think a word of caution to the citizens in regard to the use of firearms is opportune at this time. Frequently officers are called about dwellings, or places of business, during the night, in pursuance of their sworn duty, and citi- zens should exercise care when they think they have discov- ered an offender of the law, but who, in reality, is an officer whose duty it is to protect them. A recent instance in this Town under these conditions should serve as a lesson to the citizens at large.
In closing, I desire to thank the members of the Board of Selectmen and my associate officers in the department, for the support and assistance they have rendered me in the performance of my duties during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL T. HARRIS, Chief of Police.
SWAMPSCOTT, Feb. 14, 1896.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Report of the Surveyor of Highways.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
Stone, gravel and crushed stone have been used on streets as follows :
Name of Street.
No. Loads Gravel.
Stone.
Crush Stone.
Atlantic avenue
97
Burrill street
20
Beach Bluff avenue .
15
2
Cherry street
6
Danvers street
12
Eulow street
12
2
Essex street
50
12
15
Humphrey street
160
30
40
Orient street
300
25
Pine street
10
Rock avenue
5
Railroad avenue
40
Redington street
10
Thomas road
5
Ingalls avenue .
5
The work of macadamizing Humphrey Street from the hay-scales to the monument was done thoroughly to G. H. Holden & Co.'s store. Finding that the money appropriated was not sufficient, and the gravel good enough. it was used on other streets. and some of the Highway Department money
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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
1896]
was taken to complete the work. I would also suggest that the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars be appropriated to complete the other side of said street.
HUMPHREY STREET MACADAM-ROAD.
Loads of stone, gravel and crushed stone used as follows :
No. Loads.
Stone
350
Crush stone No. 4
. 350
Crush stone No. 3
. 300
Crush stone No. 2
60
Gravel
308
Removed from same to following streets.
Name of Street.
No. Loads.
Pine street
525
Thomas road
195
Rock avenue
210
Railroad avenue
150
Redington street
176
Stone, gravel and crushed stone used on sidewalks. Name of Street.
No. Loads Gravel. 10
Stone.
Crush Stone.
Atlantic avenue .
Burrill street
4
Beach Bluff avenue
15
Eulow street
10
10
Humphrey street
85
21 10
King street
20
Marshall street
3
Phillips street
12
2
Orient street
4
Redington street
16
4
Railroad avenue
28
Rockland .
2
.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Name of Street.
Gravel.
Stone. Stone.
2
Woodbine avenue
4
Essex street
· 20
SALEM STREET SIDEWALK.
Stone and gravel used on sidewalk as follows: No. loads of gravel, 237; No. loads of stone, 324.
I would recommend that four hundred ($400) dollars be appropriated for Salem street sidewalk.
ESSEX STREET SIDEWALK.
Number loads of gravel, 267 ; loads of stone, 28.
BUILDING ROAD ON REDINGTON STREET.
Stone gravel used, and gutter scrapings for filling. No. loads of gravel, 205; No. loads of stone, 45; No. loads of scrapings, 296; removed from Humphrey street and used for filling on Redington street, 176 loads.
The work in putting the street to grade was under the direction of Engineer Fred Eastman. There was also a new fence built by Peleg Gardner.
Street crossings laid upon the following streets :
Essex street, there were three laid; Boynton street, one was laid; Porter court, one was laid ; Orient street, there were three laid ; Humphrey street, one was laid.
No. of block pavings used in laying said crossing, 3,400 ; No. loads of sand used, 35.
Gutter scrapings removed from the following streets :
Name of Streets.
Atlantic avenue
No. Loads. .20
Boynton street
4
.
Beach Bluff
15
Blaney street .
18
No. Loads
Crush
Rose street
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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
123
Name of Streets.
No. Loads.
Burrill street .
66
Columbia avenue
25
Cherry street .
10
Essex street
50
Humphrey street
310
Hillside avenue
15
Huron street
14
Highland street
10
King street
5
Marshall street
5
Mostyn street .
10
New Ocean street
10
Orient street .
118
Ontario street .
6
Pine street
15
Phillips street
10
Rock avenue .
5
Redington street
17
Rose street
15
Rockland street
10
Salem street
10
Thomas road .
10
Woodbine avenue
5
Gutter scrapings used as follows :
Sold and used.
No. Loads.
J. W. Haskell
22
Samuel Hooper
57
Michael Haley
13
Thomas Curtis
35
E. R. Golder .
17
Moses Goodridge
.
49
Henry Stone
6
Stephen Smart ·
2
.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Sold and Used.
No. Loads.
William Phillips
8
William C. Stone
· 28
George Heath
16
John Haley
15
William Granger
. 40
Richard Gilly
20
B. T. Marshall
20
R. A. Cobb
12
John Chapman
27
William R. Blaney .
.
37
Patrick Moore used for filling on bank
.
38
Salem street for filling
·
40
Essex street for filling
10
Redington street for filling
296
Sand and stone used for paving gutters in street as fol- lows :
Name of Street.
No. Loads Paving Stone.
Sand.
Boynton street
4
1
Redington street
21
9
Blaney street
2
3
Humphrey street
30
7
Highland street
20
9
Sand used for sanding sidewalks, 52 loads.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. M. S. PITMAN, Surveyor of Highways.
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REPORT, SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERY.
1896]
Report of Superintendent of Cemetery.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
No improvements have been made this year. The fence at the rear of the Tomb is out of repair. I would, therefore, recommend that an appropriation of $25.00 be made to build a new one. Would also recommend that an appropriation of $150.00 be made to put a water closet in the house at the Cemetery.
Number of lots sold, 8. Price, $40.00 each.
Number of interments, 49.
Number of bodies in receiving tomb, 2.
Expenditures for the year, $582.14.
J. S. BROWN, Supt.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Cemetery Improvement Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
The Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting, for the purpose of improving the Cemetery, and assuming general charge of the same, beg leave to submit the following report :
Our efforts to buy additional land have been somewhat delayed. First, owing to inability of the owners, of which there are several, to agree to a fixed price ; secondly, their failing to show clear titles to the land.
The Committee are of the opinion that this matter will be finally adjusted. We turned our attention to the Ceme- tery proper, looking toward its general improvement and the building of new lots.
For this purpose, we employed a surveyor who has fur- nished us with a plan of the Cemetery lands, and also re- ports favorably on the making of new lots in the old Ceme- tery at a moderate expense.
The Committee were about to proceed in this matter, when, we regret to say. that the attitude of the Superintend- ent was one of opposition toward the Committee, so much so as to interfere with the work.
Under these circumstances the Committee felt that the best interests of the Town demanded a delay in operations until such time as the matter could be brought before the citizens.
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CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
1896]
In conclusion, we recommend the amendment or repeal of the By-Laws covering Cemetery matters. An article has been inserted in the Town Warrant to that effect.
We further recommend that a Committee of three be appointed for the ensuing year, or until the Cemetery Com- mission may be elected under authority of last year's vote.
We recommend that the appropriation be $2500 for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND RUSSELL, Chairman. MARTIN E. NIES.
P.S. - Mr. M. D. Porter, a member of this Committee, refuses to sign this report, for reasons best known to himself.
Appropriation for 1895 . $1500.00
Expenditure for plans by F. E. Eastman 50.00
Balance unexpended . . $1450.00 Feb. 15, 1896.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Committee on King Street Extension.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
The Committee appointed at the Annual March Meet- ing to petition the honorable Board of Selectmen to lay out and extend King Street to the Phillips School as a road-way, and in case they refused to petition the County Commission- ers to lay out and extend the same, beg leave to sub- mit the following :
In accordance with the vote, your Committee petitioned the Selectmen to lay out and extend King Street as a road- way, and the Committee was given leave to withdraw, by a majority of the Board.
A petition was then sent to the County Commissioners to lay out and extend King Street to the Phillips School as a road-way.
In accordance with same the County Commissioners came over and looked the proposed road over; they also drew plans of same, and at a later date called a public hear- ing to get the expression of the people. At this hearing there was no objection offered to the proposed road.
The County Commissioners have issued a decree to build the road, and the estimated cost was twenty-eight hundred dollars ($2800). The estimated cost for laying 8-inch water pipes at same time, with one hydrant. is nine hundred dollars ($900).
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1896] COMMITTEE ON KING STREET EXTENSION.
We would recommend that pipes be laid and an appro- priation be made to cover the cost of same.
We would also recommend that the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4500) be appropriated to cover cost of road-way and laying of water pipes.
Mr. Phillips kindly donated the land over which the road passes free gratis.
Respectfully submitted,
D). W. NESBETT, M. J. RYAN, Committee. AMOS O. CAHOON,
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer,
DR.
To cash balance in treasury, Feb. 28, 1895 . $4,607 74
Cemetery department receipts 280 00
Concrete curbstone, reimbursements 106 07
Corporation tax received from State
13,653 43
Interest on treasurer's deposits 253 70
Highway department receipts
25 10
Library, Free Public :
Librarian receipts $25 50
From County treasurer, dog tax 247 00
272 50
Military aid reimbursed by State . 122 00
National bank tax, received from State 2,459 46
Park loan .
30,000 00
Poor department reimbursements 152 31
Police department receipts 286 00
State aid, reimbursed by State . 1,267 50
Soldiers' and sailors' aid, reimbursements
75 62
Taxes, M. P. Carroll, collector
62,043 84
Tax title, I. P. F. Edmonds, 1893-4 494 00
Town hall receipts 171 00
Miscellaneous items :
Assessors' abatement of poll
tax, 1895 . 2 00
Fredd (). Thompson, auction- eer's license .
2 00
J. B. Hawes, lumber .
66
Sealer weights and measures
23 57
Milk inspector
8 50
Egg Rock Lodge, rent school-room .
of
40 00
Burrill st. grade crossing, re- imbursed by B. & M. R.R. 2,044 45 J. Owens, rent of old engine- house, one year 50 00
1 60
Engine-house telephone tolls, Interest on park loan deposit, 138 75
2,311 53
$118,581 80
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in Acc't Current with Town of Swampscott.
CR.
By County tax, 1895
Discount on temporary loans
$548 00
Interest on notes payable . 2,429 69
2,977 69
Account of notes paid :
Note No. 31, water-pipe, paid May 23, 1895
1,000 00
Note No. 18, culvert loan, paid June 1, 1895
1,000 00
Note No. 44, town debt, paid June 13, 1895 4,333 33
Note No. 59, water-pipe loan, paid July 18, 1895
1,000 00
Note No. 67, Phillips school loan, paid July 12, 1895
4,500 00
State tax, 1895
Selectmen's department :
Paid outstanding orders, 1894 Paid selectmen's orders of 1895-6
70,633 94
71,068 37
Balance due from Treasurer, March 1,1896 :
Deposited in Manufacturers' National Bank, Boston .
11,310 71
Deposited in Security Bank, Lynn . . . .
12,058 58
Cash in treasurer's hands 97 36
* 23,466 65
$118,581 80
* This includes $15,181.58 balance of Park Loan.
10
$5,845 76
11,833 33 3,390 00
434 43
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Michael P. Carroll, Collector of Taxes, in Aco't Current with Town of Swampscott.
1895.
DR.
To amount committed for collection, as
per assessors' warrant :
Town tax $54,898 40
State tax
3,390 00
County tax
5,845 76
Supplementary list 30 58
- -- -$64,164 74
CR.
By cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer . . $62,043 84
Discount, 2 per ct. taxes paid before Oct. 2 943 49
Abatement of assessors 1,081 41
* Due from State of Massachusetts reser- vation
96 00
-$64,164 74
* State property cannot be sold for tax title.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
1896]
Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swamp- scott, May 1, 1895.
Buildings, excluding land $2,066,175 00
Land, excluding buildings . 1,690,725 00
Total value of real estate :
$3,756,900 00
Personal estate
1,444,947 00
Total valuation $5,201,847 00
Number of polls . 856
Tax on each poll
. $2 00
Rate of taxation
$12 00 on $1,000 00
Tax on polls .
$1,712 00
Tax on personal estate
17,339 36
Tax on real estate .
45,082 80
Total tax, polls, personal, real est.
$64,134 16
State tax . $3,390 00
County tax
5,845 76
Town tax . . 54,898 40
Total tax for State, County and Town
$64,134 16
Number of residents assessed on property . 583
Number of non-residents assessed on property
210
Firms and corporations
16
Number of persons assessed on property 809
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only
450
Total number of taxes assessed . 1259
Number of dwelling houses
829
Number acres of land
1450
Number of horses
296
Number of cows
109
Number of neat cattle, other than cows
2
136
TOWN REPORT.
[Feb 28
Interest.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Interest on treasurer's deposits 253 70
$3,253 70
Amount of expenditures $2,977 69
Balance unexpended
276 01
- $3,253 70
EXPENDITURES.
1895.
Interest on Notes.
Lynn Institution for Savings.
Mar. 25. No. 44, at 4 per cent., 6 months, on $4,333.33
$86 66
28. No. 84, at 4 per cent., 7 months, on $15,000 350 00
May 2. No. 34, at 4 per cent., 6 months, on $3,000 60 00
23. No. 31, at 4 per cent., 6 months on $1,000
20 00
No. 18, at 3} per cent., 6 months on $1,000 17 50
No. 19, at 3} per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 17 50
No. 20, at 3g per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 17 50
Rogers, Newman & Tolman.
June 4. No. 85, at 3 per cent., 5 months, on $10,000 Lynn Institution for Savings.
124 00
June 13. No. 44, at 4 per cent., 2 mos., 19 days, on $4,333.33 38 03
26 No. 76, at 34 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
No. 77, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
No. 78, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 79, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 80, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 81, at 3% per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 82, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 83, at 34 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
Rogers, Newman & Tolman.
July 9. No. 86, at 3} per cent., 5 months, on $5,000 State of Massachusetts.
74 00
July 12. No. 67, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 38
No. 68, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 38
No. 69, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 84 38
No. 70, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 38
No. 71, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 84 37
No. 72, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 73, at 34 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 74, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 84 37
No. 75, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
-
Amount carried forward,
$1,714 56
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
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INTEREST.
Amount brought forward,
$1,714 56
July 18. No. 59, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
No. 60, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 Lynn Institution for Savings.
18 75
Aug. 12. No. 53, at 4} per cent., 6 months, on $2,250 50 63
No. 54, at 4} per cent., 6 months, on $2,250 50 62
No. 34, at 4 per cent., 6 months, on $3,000 . 60 00
State of Massachusetts.
No. 19, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 17 50
No. 20, at 3} per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 17 50
Dec. 26.
No. 76, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
No. 77, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 78, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 18 75
No. 79, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 80, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 81, at 34 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
No. 82, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000 No. 83, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
Jan. 11, '96. No. 67, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 68, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 69, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 70, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 37
No. 71, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 84 38
84 38
No. 73, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 No. 74, at 32 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500 No. 75, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 38
84 38
18. No. 60, at 33 per cent., 6 months, on $1,000
18 75
Feb. 12. No. 53, at 42 per cent., 6 months, on $2,250 No. 54, at 4} per cent., 6 months, on $2,250
50 62
50 63
$2.977 69
Interest on treasurer's deposits RECEIPTS. $253 70
18 75
No. 72, at 3ª per cent., 6 months, on $4,500
84 38
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Selectmen's Department.
Appropriation
Amount of expenditures $4,253 90
Balance unexpended 246 10
$4,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Alden, Charles E., services as teller, March and November elections $6 00
Alger, James G., distributing reports .
3 00
Ashton, H. T., services as auditor, on ac- count 25 00
Bassett, Joseph M., services as registrar, 1 year, ending March 1, 1896 .
35 00
Bonney, F. L., services as teller, March elections 3 00
Boynton & Co., envelopes
65
Brockway & Smith, bolts and washers
45
Bulfinch, H. Cushing, services as select- man, 1 year ending March 1, 1896 Cahoon, L. Frank, services as auditor, on account
200 00
25 00
Carroll, M. P., services as collector of taxes, 1 year to March 1, 1896 advertising
400 00
2 40
travelling expenses 1 00
403 40
Chapman, Frank L., teller March election
3 00
Chapman, John, bondsman for collector of taxes, 1895-96
16 66
Collins, W. H., inspector November elec- tion . 5 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1 regis- ter of voters ..
1 25
Crowell, J. B., 2 days' labor on cellar drain
4 00
$4,500 00
Amount carried forward $731 41
1896]
AUDITORS' REPORT.
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $731 41
Crowell, Joseph F., refreshments for town officers at March election $25 00
refreshments for board of registrars, March 9, 1895 5 00
refreshments for town officers at No- vember election 30 00
refreshments for board of registrars and board of assessors, Oct. 26, '95 5 50
65 50
Curtis, Thos. P., teller November election 3 00
services town weigher, 2y. to Mar. 1,'96 40 00
43 00
Delano, Gilbert, services as assessor, 1 year to March 1, 1896 .
100 00
Delory, W. A., supplies . 2 80
Donovan, J .; returning deaths, 1894 2 75
Eastman, E. S., stamps
2 00
Eastman, Fred H., setting boundary stones at gravel bank 5 00
Earp, John B., inspector at March election
5 00
Ellison, Coolidge & Co., treasurer's bond, 1895-96 . 80 00
Evans & Cole, use of team
8 00
use of team for assessors
5 00
use of team for registrars 2 50
use of team for sealer of weights and measures
3 00
18 50
Gardner, Peleg, assessor, 1 year to March
1,1896 100 00
Gilley, William, bondsman for collection of taxes, 2 years to March 1, 1896 .
33 32
Glass, Joseph W., services as inspector of animals, provisions, etc., pro tem .
8 00
Amount carried forward
$1,197 28
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $1,197 28 4 00
Haley, Wm., 2 days' labor on Cullen drain
Hardy, Elmer A., balance for services as auditor, 1894-5 25 00
Hardy, S. C. & Sons, taxes of 1895 reim- bursed 7 80
Harris, Charles E., milk inspector, 1 year to March 1, 1896 10 00
Harris, George W., sealer of weights and measures, 1 year to March 1, 1896 . Hastings & Sons' Publishing Co., adver- tising for proposals . 15 15
25 00
Hatch, Willard M., teller March and No- vember elections 6 00
Hayward, G. W., M.D., returning births 75 Higgins, A. I., use of team for board of registrars 2 00
Honors, S. L., services as secretary for assessors, 1895-96
40 00
Honors, Benj. O., services as treasurer, 1 year to March 1, 1896 .
400 00
travelling expenses and receipt book
11 75
411 75
Horton, George A. R., services as chair- man of board of selectmen on acc't 190 00
travelling expenses 15 20
recording deed 67
205 87
Howe, Oliver R., rubber stamp
15
Hunt, A. Frost, M.D., reporting 10 births
2 50
Hutchinson, W. Henry, bit-stock
50
Jackson, Lambert, printing
1 50
binding volume of reports 1 35
2 85
Jeffers, Charles P., stationery
61
Jones, Edward A., 1 Swampscott Directory
1 00
Amount carried forward
$1,958 21
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
1896]
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $1,958 21
Kendrick, Mrs. Mary, storage of life-boat,
1 year to Nov. 18, 1895
10 00
King, G. F. & Merrill, supplies 40 62
Mahan, John, 2 days' labor Cullen drain . 4 00
6 80
Marblehead, Town of, tax on gravel bank Marshall, G. W., stamps 550 stamped envelopes 11 88
3 00
14 88
Martin, Eben S., distributing reports . Martin, Gratin, distributing reports with
3 00
team
3 50
Martin, H. Byron, teller Nov. election
3 00
Martin, Richard, 2 days' labor on Cullen drain 4 00
Melzard, B. C., teller March election
3 00
Merritt, Jay C., services as secretary board of auditors, 1 year to March 1, 1895 .
75 00
Millett, D. Holman, services as chairman board of assessors, 1 year ending March 1, 1896
200 00
cash paid for assessors' plans 5 00
205 00
Morris, Oscar T., teller March election . 3 00 Moulton, J. H., services as registrar of voters, 1 year to March 1, 1896 6 00 Mower, E. A., returning 24 deaths McClintock & Woodfall, investigation and estimating cost of construction and report of outfall sewer. 100 00
35 00
Newhall, Geo., services as inspector of ani- mals, provisions, etc., 10} days, $2.00 Newhall, Herbert W., M.D., reporting 4 births .
21 00
Nesbitt, David N., teller Nov. election
3 00
Amount carried forward
1 00
$2,500 01
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TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $2,500 01
Nichols, G. H. & W. A., 1250 town reports
$302 80
printing
77 25
380 05
Nichols, Thos. P., printing
27 00
Niles & Carr, services and expense on Bur- rill Street grade-crossing 136 78
to retainer and services for year end- ing March 31, 1896 200 00
336 78
Norcross, W. F., teller November election 3 00 Reed, B. Frank, distributing reports 3 00
3 00
Rich, Benj. F., teller November election . Roberts, C. K. & W. H., expressing reports Roberts, Daniel, Estate of, rent of land for hay-scales to May 19, 1895 . . 4 00
1 25
rent of land for drinking fountain to June 1, 1896 . 5 75
9 75
Ropes, Frank E., printing
7 25
Rowell, C. G., cash on account as clerk of board of selectmen
149 00
witnessing documents .
10 25
stationery and travelling expenses 1 70
160 95
Russell, Edmund, teller March election . Ryan, M. J., 3 days' labor Cullen drain . Shattuck, S. M., teller November election Small, J. P., keys
3 00
6 00
3 00
Stanley, John, bondsman for collector of taxes, 1 year ending March 1, 1896 . 16 66
Stickney, Mrs. George, use of store for
2 00
board of registrars, Nov. 21, 1895 . Stone, W. Ernest, services as selectman, 1 year to March 1, 1896 . 200 00
40
Amount carried forward
$3,663 10
1896]
AUDITORS' REPORT.
143
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $3,663 10
Stimpson, D. P., insurance on shed and
vehicles at Engine house lot 24 00
Taylor, J. L., teller March election 3 00
5 00
Thing, Ernest B., inspector Nov. election Thurston, John W., inspector March elec- tion . 5 00
services as registrar of voters, 1 year to March 1, 1896 35 00
40 00
Till, George T., services as town clerk, 1 year to March 1, 1896 . 100 00
recording deaths, births and marriages 61 85
clerk of registrars of voters, 1 year 1895-96. 45 00
services as justice of the peace 1 25
expenses, postage and sundries 7 50
215 60
Wardwell, E. N., services as moderator, 1895
25 00
Wheeler, Jas., services as constable, '95-96 Whitten & Cass, printing 200 property blanks
11 75
Widger, J. R., services as chairman board of auditors, 1 year to March 1, 1895
75 00
travelling expenses and postage ·
8 80
83 80
Winship, A. L. & Co., printing 1250 as- sessors' valuation lists . 176 40
6 25
$4,253 90
144
TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
School Department.
Appropriation $14,000 00
Receipts . . 40 00
Amount overdrawn
172 45
-$14,212 45
Amount of expenditures .
$14,212 45
EXPENDITURES.
American Book Co., books $24 61
Balch Bros., books
28 00
Bailey, Edwin M., services as school com-
mittee, 1 year to March 1, 1896
100 00
Balch, Gardner, services as teacher, 10 mos. $1,600 00 Ribbon for diplomas 2 50
1,602 50
Bartol & Co., artists' material
9 92
Bickford, W. 1., mineral case
17 00
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