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$4 50
Chester D. Pratt 66
·
3 50
David N. Wade 66
.
6 01
Jason Holbrook 66
.
24 00
Lorenzo Tuck, stoves, etc. .
16 55
Henry Dyer, repairs
6 02
$60 58
CENTRAL STREET.
Paid D. B. Rogers for stock and work
$65 72
Wm. B. Hersey, setting glass
5 60
Jenkins & Jordan, lightning rods.
20 00
Chas. H. Whitman for grading
7 39
L. Tuck, repairs .
3 81
$102 52
TORREY STREET.
Paid D. B. Rogers for stock and work .
$34 27
E. Martin, paints and labor
73 00
Carpenter, Woodward & Moulton for paints
53 26
Jenkins & Jordan for lightning rods
83 70
L. Tuck, repairs of stoves, etc.
44 33
O. Cushing, freight of paints
1 75
$290 31
RANDOLPH STREET.
Paid William B. Hersey for painting
$56 22
Eli Estes for labor, etc.
18 00
Carpenter, Woodward & Moulton, paints
27 15
Elias Vining, work
1 75
L. Tuck, repairs, etc. .
8 71
$111 83
POND STREET.
Paid Eli Estes for repairs
$13 00
D. B. Rogers 66
.
.
5 63
L. Tuck
5 37
.
$24 00
22
UNION STREET.
Paid Eli Estes for repairs
$22 00
L. Tuck
.
7 55
$29 55
TOTAL REPAIRS.
Athens Schoolhouse
$141 35
Adams 66
36 00
River Street
16 56
Commercial Street Schoolhouse
257 92
High Street Schoolhouse
94 40
Middle Street
66
50 78
Pleasant Street
66
14 48
Grant Street
66
5 90
Town House 66
16 10
School Street 66
9 91
Broad Street
170 90
Perkins
18
Mt. Pleasant 66
216 04
Tremont Street
66
136 54
Pratt
66
60 58
Central Street 66
102 52
Torrey Street
290 31
Randolph Street
111 83
Pond Street
24 00
Union Street
29 55
Front Street
66
9 00
Total repairs .
$1,799 85
SUPERINTENDENCE OF SCHOOLS.
Paid F. B. Gamwell, services as superintendent $247 50
W. G. Nowell 66 480 00
James Humphrey, services as School Committee 134 25
Elizabeth C. Hawes, "
184 75
W. C. Wright,
66
132 09
Henry Dyer,
66
74 00
Charles C. Tower,
78 00
John H. Stetson, 66
25 00
.
23
Paid A. J. Garey, truant officer
.
$8 50
J. Binney, 66 66 13 00 · .
$1,367 09
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE, EAST WEYMOUTH.
Paid Henry A. Bayley for land
$1,200 00
S. S. Woodcock, architect
55 80
Elcock & Sons, underpinning
600 00
T. L. Bicknell, to pay for stone-work Bela French for labor in grading
661 25
Charles Simmons for brick .
183 15
B. H. Everett & Co. for labor
281 39
G. W. Whitten for furnace, etc.
594 10
J. Sherman & Co. for stock
41 70
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber .
9 00
T. L. Bicknell, insurance 66 freight of furniture
37 91
Wm. Tobin for sand .
12 00
For 19,735 lbs. lead .
48 11
James Humphreys, services on com.
35 45
Snow & Clapp, contractors six-eighths of contract 4,663 50
Coal .
48 11
$9,350 96
Unpaid, Snow & Clapp . $1,554 50
School furniture, etc.
Further grading, etc.
Appropriation
$12,000 00
HIGHWAYS, TOWNWAYS, AND BRIDGES.
Paid George Bennett, appropriation, Ward 1
$1,000 00
Richard Halnan,
66
2
·
1,000 00
J. R. H. Williams, 66 66
3
1,000 00
James Moore, 60 66
4 1,000 00 .
Avery S. Howe, 66 66
5
. 1,000 00
$5,000 00
849 49
30 00
24
WARD 1.
Paid George Bennett for general repairs $44 48
66 for special work on S'ea Street 113 99
Samuel Cloverly for material
7 50
John Brown for iron work .
11 32
Bradley Fertilizer Co. for material
5 70
Morss & Whyte for gravel screen
7 00
Loud & Pratt for lumber
19 68
E. S. Beals for repairs on roads .
9 62
M. Day & Co. for drain pipe
107 17
J. W. Bartlett, to pay repairs
18 12
6 66 for stone drain
22 25
Loud & Pratt for lumber for railing
7 65
Thomas Bicknell, laying pipe
46 50
Thomas Hodgsdon for repairs in Green Street
9 75
E. S. Beals for damage to cart while in town ser- vice
15 00
$445 73
WARD 2.
Paid Richard Halnan, general repairs
$108 93
66 repair Lake Street
137 00
66 66 repair Broad Street
47 50
M. Day & Co., drain pipe
67 92
Loud & Pratt, lumber for railing .
.
75
B. F. Shaw & Son, railing, Broad Street
8 13
N. Q. Tirrell, for removing stone from Broad Street
15 00
Lord & Pratt, for lumber for railing
7 66
Bela French, for working on Broad Street 66 66 Cottage Street . ·
56 00
Morss & Whyte, for gravel screen
7 00
Thomas South, for snow plough
.
15 00
Henry Loud, for gravel
3 58
F. A. Speer, for damage from defect of Shawmut Street 25 00
E. G. Bates, setting curbstone
7 00
·
35 00
·
$547 74
25
WARD 3.
Paid J. R. H. Williams, general repairs $90 83
Morss & Whyte, gravel screen 7 00
S. W. Gutterson, repair of drainage
103 17
J. R. H. Williams, repairs, corner of Broad and Washington Streets 77 42
J. R. H. Williams, repairs, corner of Broad and Washington Streets 44 94
J. R. H. Williams, repairs, corner of Broad and Washington Streets 48 68
J. R. H. Williams, repairs, corner of Broad and Washington Streets 1 25
F. Cowing, freight of pipe
1 10
M. Day & Co. drain pipe
8 91
A. S. White, setting curbstone
5 00
A. W. Clapp, “
20 00
$408 30
WARD 4.
Paid O. Cushing, freight of pipe .
$17 50
James Moore, for general repairs
102 87
66 for special repairs, Main Street 66 66 Summer Street 200 00
66 repairs bridge, Mill Street
55 84
Loud & Pratt, lumber for railing .
18 95
I. N. Tirrell, cedar posts
23 50
M. Day & Co. drain pine
59 39
Morss & Whyte, general labor
7 00
Reuben Loud, jr. for lights on West Street .
3 00
$738 05
WARD 5.
Paid A. S. Howe for general repairs
$146 00
Loud & Pratt for lumber
7 79
W. A. Shaw for cedar posts
5 00
M. Day & Co. for drain pipe
101 21
B. F. Whitman, gravelling sidewalks .
57 50
W. Walsh for relaying bridge
1 50
H. Baker for removing rocks from Union Street 4 00
Morss & Whyte, gravel screen
7 00
.
.
.
250 00
26
Paid Bradford Gay, work on Randolph Street $5 00
O. Cushing, freight of pipe 11 80
$346 80
BUILDING NEW AND WORKING THE WIDENING OF OLD ROADS.
Paid W. J. Dana, contract on North Street . $205 50
Geo. Bennett for labor north of the Burying Hill . 101 56 Bennett & Thompson, the contract on East Street, 125 00
George Mitchell for job on Pleasant Street .
65 00
James Moore for work on 66
.
59 50
Justin Wright for blasting rocks on Webb Street,
30 00
W. J. Dana for contract for grading 66 66
245 00
J. R. H. Williams for gravelling 66 66
392 86
Eli Estes for contract for Randolph Street .
175 00
Benj. Dorley for grading the northerly section of Central Street 500 00
Benj. Dorley for gravelling Central Street
228 00
Howard Baker for building the southerly section of Central Street
400 00
Quincy Reed for surveying .
52 00
L. S. Bates for gravel for Central Street
45 00
$2,624 42
Paid for working the widenings of Middle Street : - Paid to Bennett & Thompson for contract 66 extra work
$396 00
R. Halnan for contract work
250 00
setting boundary stones .
24 48
Thos. H. Humphrey to pay for moving from school- house yard
3 00
Bartholomew Farrell, blasting rocks
32 00
T. H. Humphrey, freight of drain pipes 10 94
66 for blasting rocks
62 00
R. Halnan, setting boundary stones ·
24. 48
$845 65
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George Bennett
$305 35
J. H. Thompson . .
96 00
R. Halnan .
25 90
.
42 75
27
Paid J. R. H. Williams
$91 70
James Moore
195 45
A. S. Howe
79 40
T. W. Loud
38 75
J. Matthewson
11 50
$844 05
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Paid J. W. Bartlett on orders $625 00
PAID FOR LAND TAKEN TO MAKE NEW AND WIDEN OLD ROADS.
For land of Binney, for corner of Broad and Washing-
ton Streets · $200 00
66
Lucius S. Bates, for Central Street . 25 00
66
William Holbrook and wife, Central Street,
125 00
66
Robert Hunt,
66
50 00
66
Seth Curtis,
66
60 00
Helen E. Marlow,
66
10 00
66
Carlos Osborn,
66
150 00
66
George W. White,
70 00
66 Quincy A. Tirrell,
25 00
66
Edward Nelligan,
66
15 00
66
Timothy Cleary, Keith Street
10 00
66
N. L. Tirrell, for Middle Street .
225 00
66
Heirs of David Pratt,
66
100 00
66
B. F. Shaw,
50 00
66
S. S. Marden, 66
10 00
66
M. L. Randall,
35 00
F. B. Bates,
25 00
66
N. T. Joy,
66
50 00
F. B. Pratt,
75 00
66
Estate of N. Kingman,
66
15 00
Mrs. J. Bates,
66
25 00
J. B. Lincoln,
66
15 00
J. H. Clapp,
66
60 00
66
Thos. Humphrey,
66
55 00
66
Orin Pratt,
66
10 00
66
Alpheus Bates,
66
.
15 00
Lot of J. W. Loud, 66 5 00
40 00
John Hunt and wife,
.
.
28
For land of J. W. Rogers, for Middle Street
$45 00
Noah Tirrell,
18 00
66
F. D. Thayer
15 00
60
D. M. Easton
15 00
Wm. Rice
75 00
66
Heirs of Jacob Bates
35 00
66
Elnathan Bates
15 00
Stephen Tirrell
20 00
66
John Carroll .
35 00
66
James S. Clapp
15 00
66
Ezra F. Tirrell
15 00
66
Estate of Ezra Tirrell
30 00
66
Ebenezer L. Pool
175 00
66
Nathan T. Joy
115 00
66
Thomas Donovan
30 00
Joshua Holbrook
50 00
Estate of Sylvanus Bates
75 00
66
Henry C. Pratt .
15 00
TOTAL EXPENSE ON ROADS.
Highway surveyors
$5,000 00
Repairs by direction of selectmen
·
2,486 62
Removing snow .
844 05
Hingham and Quincy bridges
625 00
Building new and widening old roads .
5,833 07
$14,788 74
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Elias Richards, treas. Weymouth Fire Dept. $1,542 75
Debts South Weymouth Fire District . 1,904 42
D. T. Leverich, for engines and apparatus . 3,440 50
Charles Simmons, for building four engine-houses per contract . 5,120 00
Chas. Simmons, for material and labor in build. ing bell-tower and other extras 1,077 68
A. J. Richards, for cash paid for foundation of engine-house No. 2 152 22
20 00
Abraham Bates
29
Paid Z. L. Bicknell, for foundation No. 3 · $207 87
E. S. Beals, 66 No. 5 . 156 33
John Trafton, 66 and grading No. 4 . 208 02
J. Binney for lot, No. 3 . 700 00
Peter & Oliver Lincoln, lot, No. 5
321 70
W. G. Nash, lot, No. 4
225 00
B. H. Everett & Co., stock and work .
124 90
B. H. Ellis, underpinning
285 16
C. H. Chubbuck, stock and work
33 69
66 66 on tank
75 54
E. W. Richards, work, No. 2 Loud & Pratt, lumber, .
30 38
Z. L. Bicknell, cedar posts and labor, No. 3 13 00
Eli Estes, stock and work, No. 4 57 00
Loud & Pratt, lumber for tank, No. 4 .
17 43
George W. Whitten, for stoves, etc. 489 02
232 12
Abram French & Co. for lighting apparatus
158 83
J. R. H. Williams, for grading, No. 2 3 75
Z. L. Bicknell, for rope, No. 2 4 83
Solon W. Pratt, furnishing No. 2 61 33
A. Raymond, Jr., service on purchasing com. 25 00
G. W. Bates, 66 66
24 75
C. E. Bicknell, 66 66 33 50
Jas. Young, repairs on " Amazon," "Rocket " and " Rescue " engines 107 00
Reform Club, rent for No. 3 8 00
Aug. Beals, rent of hall for No. 5 12 25
Henry Newton, rent of room for active engineer,
5 50
James Humphrey, services on building com- mittee . 20 25
J. W. Bartlett, services in purchasing committee, 14 00
N. Vining, for cash paid for record books 3 50 ·
J. Loud & Co., coal for Nos. 2, 4 and 5 15 81
L. Tuck, for oil, etc., No. 1 8 85
F. W. Loud, firemen from North to East Wey- mouth, Sept. 15 15 00
O. Cushing, firemen and engines to East Wey- mouth, Sept. 15 . 36 00
E. Bourk, firemen, etc., to East Weymonth, Sept. 15 19 25
· S. W. Gutterson, rent for hook and ladder truck, 12 00
27 50
George Reed, furniture, etc.
30
Paid J. Boyce & Sons, repairing hose $10 80
Z. L. Bicknell & Co., refreshments at reception . 23 68
O. Cushing, hauling engine to W. Thayer's fire, May 30 5 00
O. Cushing, hauling " Rescue " to Boston
8 00
Joseph Dyer, incidentals, No. 1 .
1 10
Active Engine Co., No. 5 for filling reservoirs
50 00
J. Harding & Co., repairing " Rescue " 15 00
J. F. Flood, repairing " Amazon " 24 35
Sundry persons, repairs on the " Rocket " 99 25
6 00
George S. Baker, fixings, No 2 .
8 27
Bela French, for grading, No. 3 .
36 75
Z. L. Bicknell, for sundry fixtures
44 12
Loring Tirrell, cedar posts, No. 4
3 50
Z. L. Bicknell, sundry fixtures
10 23
W. G. Nash, for bell .
35 62
H. F. Cushing, for painting, No. 5
13 35
Z. L. Bicknell, for sundry fixtures, No. 5
16 13
Poulen, for smith work, No. 5
7 75
Sundry persons, for fixings, No. 5 .
12 01
Eli Estes, on contract for building 4 reservoirs
for $1,400
1200 00
J. M. Walsh, for spanners
25 00
$18 687 54
TOWN HALL, LOCK-UPS, ETC.
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Francis Tirrell for care of house . $96 00
W. G. Nash for oil, etc. .
.
·
37 01
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
.
14 08
J. Loud & Co.,
6 39
66 for carting coal $2 00, and for wood
$2 00 .
4 00
Geo. Cushing for setting glass .
75
$158 23
J. Roche, 66 " Rescue "
31
LOCK-UPS, WARD 3.
Paid W. G. Thayer for supplies .
$5 00
J. Binney, care of supplies .
13 00
provisions . 13 83
J. Loud & Co., coal .
5 00
carting coal
50
Thos. South, labor and material .
22 00
$59 33
LOCK-UP, WARD 2.
Paid W. Turner, repairs, labor and material
$23 85
B. H. Everett, "
7 75
J. Loud & Co., coal .
5 00
66
carting coal .
1 00
$37 60
1
LOCK-UP, WARD 5.
Paid J. Farrington for care of
$25 25
J. F. Sheppard for coal
7 19
carting coal . .
1 00
$33 44
PRINTING.
Paid A. Mudge & Son, report
$321 45
S. G. Jones, advertising
27 20
66 printing .
41 10
H. H. Joy, posters .
1 25
Page, Spaulding & Co., check-books
20 00
C. G. Esterbrook, printing .
·
123 88
$534 88
PAID ENGINE-MEN THE AMOUNT OF THEIR POLL- TAXES FOR SERVICE 1877 AND 1878.
To 41 members Conqueror Engine Co. $82 CO .
9 Extinguisher Co. 18 00
16
66 South Weymouth Hook and Ladder Co. 32 00
46
66 Amazon Engine Co.
92 00
$224 00
32
TOWN OFFICERS.
CLERK.
Paid Francis Ambler for recording marriages, births,
and deaths
$159 00
For services as clerk
40 00
$199 00
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS.
Paid Francis Ambler for services, etc. .
107 50
John W. Bartlett, 66
.
238 15
Noah Vining,
.
389 15
Thos. H. Humphrey, 66
.
304 98
Wm. Nash,
.
231 98
C. S. Williams, 66
.
189 00
$1,460 76
ASSESSORS.
Paid Elias Richards, service
$112 00
Noah Vining, 66
75 00
Wm. W. Raymond, service .
126 75
Oscar White, 66
107 25
C. T. Robbins, 66
115 00
$536 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
Paid Oscar White, services
$451 70
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid Leonard, services and expenses .
$122 00
CONSTABLES AND POLICE OFFICERS.
Paid George W. White, Jr. services and expenses $23 50
J. N. Tirrell, services, and in the Smith case 23 00
Wilmot Cleverly, services . 9 50
F. B. Winson, services in S. Smith's case £
28 35
66 66 as police and constable,
· Ward 5
22 50
.
33
Paid Chas. C. Tinkham, service as policeman, Ward 5,
$58 00
George F. Maynard, 66
4, 26 00
George W. French, 66 Ward 2 27 00 ·
Andrew J. Garey, 66
as police 330 00
66 in Smith case
20 00
Edward S. Stetson, as policeman, Ward 1 . 10 00
Isaac H. Morton, as special policeman, Ward 1
10 00
J. Binney, as special policeman, Ward 3
74 80
James T. Pease, "
567 50 .
Edward Cushing "
3 00
$1,236 85
AUDITORS.
Paid Elias Richards, services
$6 00
Loring Tirrell, 66
2 00
T. B. Porter, 66
.
3 00
E. S. Beal,
1. 6 00
$17 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid W. B. Lougee, distributing town reports $3 50
Asa Pool, 66 66 66
.
8 00
J. R. H. Williams, “ 66 66
4 50
Thos. Derby, 66 66
2 00
T. H. Humphrey, for town reports
6 00
H. Newton, care soldiers' monument .
30 00
Elbridge Nash, decoration appropriation
300 00
W. W. Raymond, assessors' books
7 50
T. Groom, collectors' books
6 00
C. S. Williams, voting-registry books .
3 60
J. W. Bartlett, stationery
4 00
N. Vining, to pay for Norfolk County Memorial
2 00
T. L. Bicknell, stationery, assessors
2 45
F. Ambler, record books 17 55
J. C. Wendall, refreshments, town officers 12 50
Wm. N. Cushing, 2d, refreshments, town officers 5 50
Elisha Pratt, team for selectmen in examining roads . 3
6 00
34.
Paid O. Cushing, team for selectmen in examining roads, 66 66
$6 00
66 Decoration day 10 00
J. Humphrey, expense McCarthy case ·
32 10
T. H. Humphrey, to pay for burying dog Mckeever, to pay for burying two dogs
2 00
. J. E. Rice, returning deaths
6 00
S. Curtis, 66
25 25
O. Cushing, expressage
2 00
$504 95
STATE AID,
FROM JAN. 1, 1877, TO JAN. 1, 1878.
Walter S. Adlington
$48 00
Andrew J. Baker
48 00
Frederic E. Bicknell
48 00
Otis Blanchard
48 00
Charles H. Burrell, 2d
72 00 .
Robert Buttimore
48 00
Howard Baker
60 00
Alonzo Blanchard
36 00
Galen A. Carter .
48 00
Charles A. Crocker
48 00
Patrick Cahill
24 00
Thomas Cahill
16 00
George V. Carlton
48 00
Francis E. Coolidge
48 00
Joseph T. Dame .
48 00
Elias H. Deree
36 00
John E. Eldridge
120 00
I. Justin Fearing
48 60
John Fennell
54 00
John Ford .
72 00
Benjamin F. Foss
48 00
Edward B. Gardner
120 00
Jacob Gardner, jr.
84 00
Andrew J. Garey
72 00
James R. Gilligan
60 00
Frederic J. Gammons
48 00
Thomas Grant
15 00
William A. Harrington
24 00
George F. Hayden
36 00
50
35
Henry Hollis
$48 00
Cornelius Healey
48 00
Lyman T. Holmes
48 00
John Hope .
120 00
John Horgan
48 00
Patrick Howley .
36 00
Thomas Howley .
56 00
Nelson V. Hutchinson .
6 00
Riley E. Jenkins
72 00
Benjamin R. Kennerson
36 00
Joseph Lamar
18 00
Daniel Lamson
48 00
William A. Lewis
48 00
Charles F. Linfield
48 00
Lemuel P. Littlefield
48 00
Daniel E. Lonney
48 00
Patrick Lynch
48 00
Ellis V. Lyon
48 00
Patrick McCue
84 00
Charles J. McMorrow .
72 00
William McNair .
72 00
Andrew Mahoney
48 00
William T. Merchant
24 00
Aaron P. Nash
72 00
Alfred Peterson .
36 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 2d .
120 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 3d .
48 00
Charles H. Pratt, 2d
72 00
Francis B. Pratt .
36 00
Charles F. Pray .
48 00
Nathaniel B. Pease
84 00
Elijah Prouty
48 00
Josiah Q. Pratt .
96 00
William J. Pedman
102 00
Henry Perry
48 00
Michael Riley
120 00
Benjamin F. Robinson
84 00
Samuel J. Ross
36 00
George W. Russ .
96 00
Andrew J. Shaw .
36 00
Edward Slattery .
120 00
Jolın G. Slattery .
48 00
36
Owen Smith
$18 00
William W. Smith
48 00
Nelson H. Snow .
16 00
Sargeant L. Stoddard .
84 00
Samuel C. Taylor
48 00
William F. Thayer
48 00
William G. Thayer
50 00
Stillman Thayer .
48 00
Isaac Thomas
72 00
Christopher P. Tower .
72 00
Edwin Walker
54 00
Patrick Ward
102 00
James Weeks
44 00
Gilbert F. Willett
48 00
$4,799 00
NOTES PAID.
Town bonds
$16,000 00
For money borrowed in anticipation of taxes
35,000 00
$51,000 00
. INTEREST PAID.
On town bonds, $16,000
$480 00
notes due East Weymouth Savings Institution
150 00
66
Joseph Totman
252 00
66 66 Joseph R. Totman . ·
360 00
Pratt school fund .
185 52
Thos. Humphrey
180 00
66
66 James Torrey
126 00
66 South Weymouth Savings Bank
360 00
66
66 May 1, 1880, 5 per cent .
250 00
Discount on notes in anticipation of taxes .
572 48
On debt assumed of South Weymouth Fire District
90 33
$3,006 33
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State tax
$5,070 00
County tax .
4,205 01
Bank tax
.
.
2,889 23
$13,164 24
37
DISCOUNT AND REMITTANCES.
Discount on taxes .
$2,275 49
Remittances of taxes 1874 . 39 45
66 1875
192 23
66 1876
294 58
66 1877 .
158 90
$2,960 65
RECAPITULATION.
Received from all sources . . $182,694 56
Deduct amount received from the Overseers of the Poor
and credited to the Poor account .
859 15
$181,835 41
EXPENDITURES.
On account of schools
$24,653 35
66 superintendence 1,367 09
For repairs of schoolhouses
1,799 85
New schoolhouse .
9,350 96
Roads .
14,788 74
Town house .
158 23
Lock-ups
130 37
Fire department
18,687 54
Printing
534 88
Town officer's,
2,786 46
Police and constables
1,236 85
Miscellaneous
504 95
State aid
4,799 00
Poll-tax of engine-men
224 00
Interest
3,006 33
Notes paid .
51,000 00
The town's poor
9,887 59
State tax
5,070 00
County tax .
5,205 01
Bank tax .
2,889 23
Discount and remittances
. 2,960 65
-
$161,041 08
In treasury, including taxes unpaid .
$20,794 33
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TOWN DEBT.
Discounted note duc Feb. 2, 5 per cent, 1878, $10,000 00
East Weymouth Savings Bank, 5 per cent 5,000 00
66 66 66
6 2,500 00
South Weymouth Savings Bank, 6 per cent .
6,000 00
Pratt School Fund, 6 per cent 3,092 00
J. Totman's note, 6 66 4,200 00 .
J. R. Totman's note, 6 per cent .
6,000 00
Thomas Humphrey's note, 6 per cent .
3,000 00
James Torrey's 66 6
2,100 00
Loan, payable Shoe and Leather Bank, Boston, 5 per
cent, May 1, 1880 10,000 00
Due South Weymouth Fire District 2,954 15
Due Weymouth Fire District
1,310 25
$56,156 40
ASSETS.
Cash in the treasury and unpaid taxes, $20,794 33
Due from State for State aid
4,799 00
Amazon engine house and lot
750 00
$26,343 33
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1878
$29,813 07
BRANCHES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WHICH WE RECOMMEND THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE FOL- LOWING SUMS.
For schools, committee's estimate
superintendence of schools
repairs of schoolhouses
$1,500 00
66 support of roads and bridges
13,000 00
66 the poor 9,000 00
6 the fire department, contingent expenses
1,500 00
66 town officers 3,000 00
66 police officers
1,400 00
" discount and remittance of taxes .
3,000 00
" interest on borrowed money .
3,000 00
" soldiers' memorial day . 300 00
" printing
600 00
" miscellaneous
600 00
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
THE Overseers of the Poor for the year ending with Dec. 31, 1877, respectfully submit the following Report, together with the tables of expenses in the almshouse, hospitals, and outside relief.
The almshouse and town farm have been continued in charge of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Austin, on the same terms as last year, and we believe all the reasonable wants of the inmates have been met in a very commendable and satisfactory manner.
There has been one death only during the year, but there has been an unusual amount of sickness, and the expense of medicine and medical attendance is about $150.
The stable was found leaky and has been shingled, and some alter- ations have been made in the house, which together cost about $300.
The whole number of paupers in the house during the year has been twenty-eight, the average a little over eighteen, and the number now is eighteen. The cost of support for each pauper has been $1.80 per week.
There is a large and increasing number of insane persons supported by the town in the State lunatic hospitals. the expense for which is nearly $2,500. We have visited the asylums to ascertain if some of them might not be removed and supported more economically and comfortably at home, but the condition of them all at present required such attention and care as we are at present unable to supply.
We have had to pay large bills for sickness and death that have occurred outside of the house during the past year and the expense for this branch of the service has increased from $7,034.11 last year to $8,469.91. There seems to be a growing desire to receive relief outside of the almshouse, and we have endeavored to be as judicious in managing the same as our sense of propriety and official obliga- tions would allow.
When the needy are unable to supply any part of their wants, with no prospect of ever bettering their condition, it would seem proper that they should be cared for in the almshouse, where there is much room and every convenience necessary to make them comfortable.
JOHN W. BARTLETT, NOAH VINING, T. H. HUMPHREY, WILLIAM NASH, C. S. WILLIAMS, Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth.
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ACCOUNT OF GOODS BOUGHT IN 1877.
Paid Haskell & Adams for goods
$173 62
John W. Bartlett
·
.
218 87
J. Loud & Co., grain . 66 coal .
150 66
J. F. Sheppard, " .
96 23
Josiah Martin for mead
90 00
E. Bourk for manure .
107 85
C. Simmons
22 75
T. H. Humphrey for wood .
15 00
Wm. Hobart 66
18 00
J. Trafton
64 19
Bela French 66
10 00
Loring Tirrell 66
8 00
George W. Fay for medical attendance
111 00
F. F. Forsaith 66
15 75
F. Ambler for medicine
25 11
Thomas South for smithwork
32 93
E. Bourk for expressage
2 75
Loud & Pratt for lumber
100 17
Charles Simmons for labor .
115 00
George Cushing for painting
16 89
Alexander Sherman for labor
55 34
John B. Rhines & Co. for lumber
24 58
Walker, Pratt & Morss, repairs
31 18
Stephen Cain, work
9 21
Newton & Beals, provisions
26 53
Stewart & Noyes, 66
78 00
C. S. Williams, clothing
12 80
George R. Davis, meat
4 89
John G. Worster, " etc. .
2 88
George S. Baker, hardware, etc. .
5 45
Travelling expense to Boston and Tewkesbury
8 19
Whittemore & Brothers, scythe for mowing ma- chine
4 75
Cash for grindstone
2 00
S. P. Cushing for pear-trees
8 00
M. K. Pratt, Boston Journal
9 00
C. G. Easterbrook for Gazette
2 00
Loring Tirrell for cow
40 00
N. M. Hobart for pig .
12 00
. 60 86
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Paid W. Clapp for hog
$12 00
T. L. Bicknell & Co. for goods
18 64
Lewis Rich 66
1 84
Vest for Geo. Loud
1 75
Jordan & Marsh, dry goods
4 10
M. H. Read for clothing
9 00
Lemuel Baxter for leather
6 82
M. Hawkes for hay
12 82
S. Lovell for ice .
7 20
C. E. Moody for groceries
13 50
J. Crane & Sons for brogans
. 61
Houghton & Dutton for dry goods
2 92
Fraser, Brooks & Co., clothes for Dean
9 00
Thomas South, smith work .
20 98
M. Reidy Brothers
5 50
J. M. Walsh, repairs of harness .
4 25
Backus for curing hams
2 50
Town of Hingham, pigs and seawead .
5 00
J. B. Howe & Son for bread Burrell & Hersey for paints
19 85
D. Cram for findings .
1 31
J. Torrey for soap
20 00
C. Green for mowing salt grass
4 00
J. B. Hoxie for plaster of Paris For agricultural seeds .
17 61
" fish
2 15
Henry Osborne for fish
9 81
For meat
2 70
" clothing
2 31
" plough point .
1 00
A. A. Salisbury, Jr.
7 00
For repairs of boiler and nails
75
Donation to inmates, Weymouth Fair .
: 00
Railroad freight .
75
For cutting dresses
1 00
S. W. Pratt, for tin-ware, etc.
4 60
B. F. Shaw & Son, groceries
2 41
$2,036 38
RECEIVED FOR PRODUCE, ETC.
Received of George W. Fay, for hay . $13 84
F. B. Cowing, for milk 30 95
2 52
1 75
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Received of L. Cain, for board of man
$1 00
for milk, of sundry persons
30 95
66
butter
1 70
keeping tramps
50
66 of Kenney, for ploughing
2 50
J. Loud,
2 50
66
H. Sinclair
50
66
L. French, for meat .
74
for lard
90
of Daniel Dyer for wood
2 87
Lewis Beal for mowing
. 25
66
T. L. Bicknell & Co. for lard
4 77
for use of plough .
25
wood for schools
255 50
carting coal
158 56
wood and coal for poor outside of the alms- house
321 63
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