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Note due James Torrey .
2,100 00
Note due Mary Green .
500 00
$62,600 00
70
INTEREST PAID.
Paid in discounted notes
$512 67
First National Bank, South Wey- mouth
180 00
Joseph Totman
297 95
Joseph R. Totman
337 50
East Weymouth Savings Bank 918 75
South Weymouth Savings Bank 261 83
225 00
Alice Littlefield
37 50
Mercy L. Littlefield
37 50
James Torrey
63 70
C. H. Dill
250 00
Mary P. Green
14 58
Thomas Humphrey
168 75
Pratt School Fund
170 06
Shoe & Leather National Bank, note, 4 per cent .
100 00
City Cambridge, note, 4 per cent . 100 00
Attleboro' Savings Bank, note, 4 per cent .
100 00
$3,775 79
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State tax
. 5,070 00
County tax . ·
·
3,903 75
National bank tax
· 3,382 01
$12,355 76
Remittance in taxes of 1875 . 98 74
Remittance in taxes of 1876 . 83 05
Remittance in taxes of 1877 .
252 24
Remittance in taxes of 1878
137 00
Remittance in taxes of 1879
214 38
Remittance in taxes of 1880
287 82
$1,073 23
INTEREST COLLECTED ON TAXES.
Interest collected on taxes of 1875 $1 20
Interest collected on taxes of 1876 22 19
Interest collected on taxes of 1877
.
11 18
Interest collected on taxes of 1878 ·
47 55
Interest collected on taxes of 1879
28 180
Weymouth Savings Bank
.
$363 92
71
TOWN DEBT.
1880.
May 1. Thomas Humphrey, note, 54 per cent . $3,000 00
May 1. Joseph Totman, note, 5} per cent 5,200 00
May 1. Joseph R. Totman, note, 5} per cent . 6,000 00
May 1.
×
South Weymouth Savings Bank, note, 5 per cent 6,000 00
1877.
Aug. 1. East Weymouth Savings Bank, note, 5 per cent · 5,000 00
1880.
May 1. East Weymouth Savings Bank, note, 5 per cent . 7,500 00
May 1.
Pratt School Fund, note, 5 per cent . · 1878.
3,092 00
June 18. Mercy L. Littlefield, note, 5 per cent .
500 00
June 18. Mercy L. Littlefield, guardian, note, 5 per cent . 500 00 1880.
April 22. Weymouth Savings Bank, note, 42 per cent · April 1. Note, payable three years, 4 per cent . ·
10,000 00
5,000 00
April 1. Note, payable four years, 4 per cent . 5,000 00
April 1. Note, payable five years, 4 per cent . 5,000 00
$61,792 00
ASSETS.
Cash in treasury, including unpaid taxes, $37,080 48
Due from State, for aid to soldiers .
5,448 93
Due from State, for paupers . .
128 25
Due from other towns, for aid to paupers, 124 11
42,781 77
Town debt
$19,010 23
72
STATE AID.
Paid Henry S. Abbott
$48 00
Walter S. Adlington
48 00
Andrew J. Baker
48 00
Frederic T. Bicknell
48 00
Otis Blanchard
48 00
Charles H. Burrell, 2d
48 00
Robert Buttimore
48 00
Howard Baker
28 00
Alonzo Blanchard
27 00
Galen A. Carter
48 00
George V. Carlton
48 00
Thomas Cahill
48 00
Francis E. Coolidge
48 00
Charles A Crocker .
48 00
Joseph T. Dame
48 00
John C. Eldridge
48 00
James Ford
72 00
Benjamin F. Foss
48 00
Edward B. Gardner
120 00
Jacob Gardner, Jr.
36 00
Frederick J. Gammons
4 00
Cornelius Healey
48 00
Lyman T. Holmes .
48 00
Patrick Howley
36 00
Thomas Howley
48 00
Thomas Mee .
48 00
Riley E. Jenkins
120 00
Joseph Lamar
48 00
Daniel Lamson
48 00
William A. Lewis
48 00
Charles T. Linfield
48 00
Daniel E. Louney
48 00
Patrick Lynch
48 00
Ellis V. Lyon
48 00
Andrew Mahoney
48 00
Patrick McCue
47 50
William McNair
72 00
73
Paid Charles J. McMorrow
$72 00
Aaron P. Nash, Jr.
72 00
William J. Pedman
102 00
Henry Perry .
48 00
Alfred Peterson
72 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 2d
48 00
Josiah Q. Pratt
96 00
Charles F. Pray
48 00
Elijah Prouty .
48 00
Michael Riley .
72 00
George W. Russ
50 00
Edward Slattery
60 00
John G. Slattery
48 00
Owen Smith
18 00
William W. Smith .
48 00
Sargeant L. Stoddard
48 00
Samuel C. Taylor
48 00
Stillman Thayer
48 00
William G. Thayer .
59 00
William F. Thayer .
48 00
Christopher P. Tower
72 00
George F. Lord
66 00
Gilbert F. Willett
48 00
Patrick Ward .
72 00
Oliver Simmons
36 00
$3,305 50
STATE RELIEF, CHAPTER 252.
Paid George W. Blanchard
$80 00
Samuel A. Bates
128 00
Jeremiah Holbrook
155 00
Thomas Kelly
144 00
Thomas McGuire
106 50
John A. B. O'Kief, Worcester Asy-
lum for Chronic Insane 168 27
William R. Rogers, Worcester Asy- lum for Chronic Insane 184 81
Albert J. Tirrell
75 00
Judah Wrightington
·
160 50
Michael Doran
24 00
John McCarty
8 00
74
Paid Edward Tesney
$96 00
George Holbrook, Taunton Hospi- tal
170 03
William F. Crowley
60 00
Philip J. McGee
21 00
Benjamin R. Dean .
44 00
Oscar Thurston
72 00
Charles W. Raymond
80 00
Napoleon Tellin
3 50
William Keene
36 00
Winfield S. Blanchard
130 00
Patrick Murra
94.00
Patrick Conners, 2d
84 00
Solomon W. Wright
52 00
Humphrey Cokley .
8 00
William E. Stone
3 00
$2,187 61
Amount allowed by State .
1,093 80
Balance charged to poor account
1,093 81
75
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the town of Weymouth respect- fully submit the following report, with tables of the expense of supporting the poor in the almshouse, hospitals, and of the outside assistance rendered for the year ending Dec. 31, 1880 : -
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Austin have continued in charge of the almshouse and town farm at a salary of $500, and have discharged their respective duties to the entire satisfaction of the board.
We have had three deaths among the inmates, as per report. We have greatly reduced the cost of support, as you will see, and we think it has been done to the actual advantage of the town, by the labor of the inmates and town teams. The number of in- sane persons still continues large, and we can see no way to reduce the expense.
The expense of poor out of almshouse is the largest item, and we are in hopes that during the coming year it may be reduced.
THOMAS H. HUMPHREY, WILLIAM NASH, AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS, JACOB BAKER, J. R. ORCUTT,
Overseers of the Poor.
ACCOUNT OF SUPPLIES BOUGHT IN 1880.
Paid E. L. Warren, medicine, Ira Ray-
mond
$0 50
Samuel Estes, cutting wood . 15 25
Samuel Curtis, standing wood 100 75
S. W. Pratt, repairs
42 27
Abigal Bates, nursing .
5 00
James More, 6 cords wood
24 00
Joseph Loud & Co, grain
159 11
E. Bourk, manure . 69 13
Joel F. Sheppard, coal .
224 38
Patrick Whelan, trees
10 20
76
Paid Alexander Sherman, work $5 00
Stephen Cain, labor
25 20
C. C. Tower, medical attendance to Almira B. Hunt. 14 00
George Cushing, paint . 2 89
Walworth Manufacturing Co., radi- ator, etc. · 19 66
W. C. Austin, carting coal 12 00
George W. Fay, M. D., attendance, 56 69
Josiah Martin, meat
97 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses Almira B. Hunt . · .
20 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses
Augustus Davis .
9 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses
Emeline F. Ware 20 00
Patterson & Lavender, bookcase .
50 00
Patterson & Lavender, express
charges
2 50
William Nash, digging grave, Mrs ..
Ware. 2 50
George S. Baker, sundries
10 26
Mary French, dressmaking
1 00
William G. Nash, goods
28 33
For vinegar . ·
1 61
George H. Chapin Towle
4 60
Oysters for Mrs. Hunt
65
J. Loud & Co., flour
9 00
John W. Bartlett, shoes .
70
Thomas South, smith work
55 80
W. K. Baker, curing hams
5 00
B. F. Shaw & Son, goods
2 12
Apples . 45
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 31 39
C. E. Moody & Co., groceries 182 78
Railroad fares to Boston 3 90
Loring Tirrell, difference in ex-
changing cows
12 00
.
77
Paid P. H. Blanchard, flour . $7 50
Lemons and yeast cakes
41
M. H. Read, for clothing
11 00
Nathan M. Reed, digging grave for Mrs. Elias Hunt 2 50 .
Schlegel, Everett & Co., seeds
17 35
Plough point .
1 00
Weighing hay
30
E. Bourk, expressing
6 40
William Constance, shoeing .
5 15
Oscar W. Whitcher & Co., leather .
8 76
Newton & Beal, groceries
21 14
James West, paint
1 08
Alfred Wyman, medicines
1 10
John Crane, shoe findings
56
Whittemore Bros., sundries for mow- ing machine ·
10 10
Cabbage plants
1 00
John M. Walsh, painting wagon and harness work 11 75
W. T. Burrell, paint
5 32
Expenses of William Dean to go West .
40 35
George W. Simmons & Son, cloth-
ing 20 61
Hat for Ida Davis .
1 31
Dry goods and shoes
4 30
Lyman Gibbs & Co., under-cloth- ing . 3 60
Martin K. Pratt, for journal
9 00
J. Torrey & Co., soap
25 25
Stewart & Noyes, flour .
41 75
Timothy Cohen, labor, haying
2 00
William Humphrey & Co., leather,
9 26
Expenses to court, Dedham
8 53
J. B. Howe & Son, bread
42 93
Fare of inmates to fair .
5 00
C. G. Easterbrook, "Gazette "
2 00
J. R. Orcutt, goods
6 95
Fare of Mrs. Pedman to Brockton . 40
Expenses to Cambridge, Mrs. Ware, 4 17
A. L. Norris, M. D., attendance Mrs. Ware 4 00
78
Paid shoeing horse, Boston $1 25
Washington Merritt, repairs
25
Peter Folter, for pigs 24 00
Medicine 83
Justin E. Wright, work, Broad St., 2 00
Z. L. Bicknell & Co. , goods . 49 46
S. W. Pratt, repairs 1 94
George Davis, meat 22 46
E. L. Warren, medicine . 19 27
Solomon Lovell, ice
13 38
$1,815 29
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS, 1880.
For milk $61 32
" court fees, tramps 16 29
" attending court, Dedham 20 50
" swill box, Geo. W. Pratt 5 00
" butter, B. F. Shaw & Son
1 60
" hay, Geo. W. Fay, M. D. 41 34
" use of plough
25
" use of drag
50
" hay, B. F. Pratt 26 00
" butter, W. G. Nash 11 67
" calf and pig, Geo. Davis . 17 40
" hay, butter, lard, and wood, Z. L. Bicknell & Co. . 71 41
" four calves, Jonah Martin 22 72
" balance last year, Josiah Martin ·
95
" carting coal, and for coal and wood to poor out of almshouse 391 24
" carting coal to school-house 142 81
" carting coal to Town House, engine- house, and lock-ups 15 88
' wood to school-houses ·
143 00
" wood to engine-house and lock-ups, 30 50
" labor on Bond Street, team and men, at $1.00 per day for men 227 25
79
For carting pipe, Ward One . $6 00
carting pipe, Ward Two ·
1 00
66 carting two loads of boundary stone, Ward One 2 00
Of Hannah Pedman, State aid 40 00
Of Rosannah Carney, for board . 130 00 ·
Of Joel Pratt
54 00
$1,480 63
OVERSEERS.
DEBTOR.
To cash paid for goods . · $1,815 29
To cash paid W. C. Austin, for services, 500 00
To rent of farm .
300' 00
To inventory, Jan 1, 1880
·
2,288 60
$4,903 89
CREDITOR.
By cash received for labor, produce and
board, as per memorandum · $1,480 63
By inventory, Jan. 1, 1881
2,178 43
3,659 06
Cost of poor in almshouse
$1,244 83
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Assistance to Mrs. Peter Barney $11 78
Samuel A. Bates 7 50
Henry C. Bates .
63 00
Roger Bicknell . 43 75
Stephen A. Bicknell . 85 84
James Binney
35 03
Family of John Blanchard, 2d 199 75
James T. Borden 93 38
Mrs. Peter Burk 10 90
Child of George Bowles 13 00
Elisha J. Brown and family, 121 08
John Burrell
10 64
80
Assistance to Mrs. Patrick Cahill . $266 75 Mrs. John Clarke and chil- dren 139 40
Mrs. Miles Clark 25 55
Mrs. John Clavin and family,
102 75
Isaac Collier and wife
133 15
John Collins and family
43 25
Sarah O'Connell
61 13
Mary Conniff 265 85
Boswell Corbin and wife
96 25
Child of Hugh Cronin 46 50
Mrs. Daniel Curry
151 11
Mrs. Amity Cushing .
9.23
Family of Jesse Davis
234 17
Lucretia Derby .
156 00
Mrs. Thomas Donovan
135 78
Michael Doran and family .
86 98
Lois Dyer .
51 25
Mrs. Herbert Estes and
child
85 25
Theodore Elms
15 40
Elizabeth Fennell and chil-
dren
233 30
Elizabeth Fennell and chil-
dren, 1879 5 00
Mrs. Fogarty
30 30
William Fogarty, Jr. . 65 00
Mrs. Albert Ford .
14 00
Deborah Ford
1 50
Thomas Gammons and wife,
65 58
Oscar Haffey and family
215 55
John W. Gilligan 4 00
William Holbrook and wife,
128 40
George Hayden
58 00
Widow Asa Hollis
.
52 00
Child of Jane Hope
83 92
John Hope
4 90
Mrs. Joice
5 00
James Kegan, to State Alms-
house
8 93
Thomas Kelley and family, 1879
20 00
81
Assistance to Thomas Kelley and family,
1880
$19 41
Mrs. Thomas Gilligan 4 00
Ann Keene 5 88
Child of E. Kiley
44 00
William Keene . 15 00
Susan F. Lama .
156 00
Josiah E. Loud .
33 00
Mrs. Little
24 00
Mrs. Little, Samuel Curtis,
funeral expenses
20 00
John McCarthy . 12 00
Thomas Maguire and family
49 50
Philip McGee
9 65
P. W. Maxim
104 00
Murray children
116 10
C. C. Tower, M. D., attend-
ance, Eunice Nadell 3 75
Samuel Curtis, funeral ex-
penses, Eunice Nadell 10 00
Thomas W. Nash
·
80 32
Mrs. John Orcutt
32 00
Hannah Pedman
30 00
Margaret Powers
12 65
Widow J. J. Poole
64 38
Josiah M. Pratt
208 53
Joshua Pratt
69 87
Mary J. Reed
75
Obed Raymond .
8 00
Mrs. Mary Roberts 62 65
Children of Richard Spear
184 97
Widow of R. G. Skinner
78 00
Mrs. George H. Shaw
151 36
Napoleon Tellier
1 07
Albert J. Tirrell
4 00
Mrs. Jeremiah Toomey, 1879
5 43
Mrs. Jeremiah Toomey, 1880
131 20
Harvey Thayer
141 51
Family of B. W. Thomas
67 11
Michael Wade
12 91
Mrs. Thomas Wall
54 82
Patrick Wall
8 07
82
Assistance to Mrs. Q L. Wing $141 75
Whalan Boy
34 00
Mrs. Alexander White and family 402 48
Samuel White 4 00
Mary White .
72 00
Judah Wrightington . 16 68
$6,503 58'
Paid town of Walpole, aid to Nancy Carnes and daughter $27 68
City of Lowell, aid to Mary Briscoe. 2 50
City of Worcester, aid to Leander Taylor 33 50
Town of Hanover, aid to Charlotte Pratt .
28 00
Town of Holbrook, aid to A. J. Rowell and family
82 19
Town of Spencer, aid to Paul
White and family
139 41
Town of Oakham, burial of Jessie Liberty, Jr.
5 00
City of New Bedford, aid to Adelia Howland
33 11
City of New Bedford, aid to Betsy Jeffers 68 25
City of Lowell, aid to Hannalr Hand- ley 37 00
City of Lowell, aid to Catherine Slatherley .
28 00
City of Boston, aid to Augusta Cush- ing · 48 00
City of Boston, aid to Catherine Hur- ley 4 50
City of Boston, aid to Mary D. Hur- ley 14 75
City of Boston, aid to Lydia A. Rich . 42 00
City of Boston, aid to Sophia Row- ley 3 94 . City of Boston, aid to Harriett Stet- SOIl 64 24
City of Boston, aid to Walter L. Osborne 2 00
83
Paid city of Boston, aid to Ellen Doran . $2 56
Town of Brockton, aid to Charles W.
Fairbanks and family . 33 25
Town of Hingham, aid to Mrs. Chas. H. Maxim 54 50
Town of Quincy, aid to Mrs. Patrick Wall .
4 00
State workhouse, board of Harriett Wright
34 25
$792 63
TAUNTON HOSPITAL.
Paid for care and board of Hiram Blan-
chard
$191 54
For care and board of Elmer Crocker, 206 42
For care and board of Charles H. Copeland .
189 91
For care and board of Mary W. Foye, 171 76
168 07
For care and board of Hannah Joice, For care and board of Elizabeth M. Leach
175 85
For care 'and board of James H. Lloyd
206 42
For care and board of Margaret Lon- ergan 173 12
For care and board of Benjamin E.
Pratt .
214 17
$1,697 25
WORCESTER HOSPITAL.
Paid for care and board of Hannah Hand- ley
$194 56
$194 56
Supplies to Lucy Ford, for Abington $35 00
Gertrude Mee, for South Scit- uate 71 75
Isabella Nelson, for Rockland,
39 00
Family of Thomas Murphy, for Abington 23 00
Naomi Pike, for Newburyport, 39 00
Susan Parks; for Northfield . Jonathan Holmes, for Ware-
5 00
ham . 49 70
4
84
Supplies to Mary E. Nason, for Braintree, $27 44
Mary J. Kelley, for Braintree, 6 00
Margaret De Neil, for Ran- dolph 49 92
William Sanborne, for Boston, 12 57
Nathaniel A. Thayer, for Bos- ton 30
Deborah Strong and child, for Quincy 16 75
Nathan M. Reed, for Lowell . 25 00
Patrick Maguire, for Stoughton,
104 00
State of Massachusetts :
For Henry V. Nicholson 101 00
John Tuhill
27 25
Bridget Currey
6 20
James O'Brien .
10 00
$648 88
$9,836 90
Deduct amounts that are paid for State paupers and
persons who have settlements in other towns 648 88
Cost of poor out of almshouse
$9,188 02
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for support of poor in almshouse
$1,244 83
Paid for support of poor out of almshouse ·
9,836 90
$11,081 73
Deduct rent of farm
300 00
$10,781 73
Aid furnished to soldiers not paid by State
1,093 80
Total cash cost of poor
$11,875 53
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PAUPERS IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
DISCHARGED.
Weeks.
Days.
1880.
Jan.
1,
Elizabeth Tirrell
60
Now here
52
Alonzo Tirrell
40
52
1,
Leroy Tirrell
38
52
1,
Lucius A. Tirrell.
35
52
66
1,
Elizabeth C. Tirrell
25
52
George Loud
38
66
52
Lucy Thayer.
56
. .
. ..
52
1,
Barney Lynch .
69
Left April 6, 1880
13
6
1,
Emeline F. Ware
75
Died Nov. 20, 1880.
41
6
1,
Nancy Makepiece
82
Now here
52
1,
Rose Carney. .
Boarder .
52
1,
Hannah Pedman
57
Boarder, left Oct. 28, '80.
3S
4
1,
Ida A. Davis. .
19
Now here
52
1,
Augustus Davis
3
Died June 22, 1880
24
6
1,
Henry Carr.
Now here
52
1,
William W. Dean
22
Left June 29, 1880
25
6
1,
Obed Raymond.
68
Now here.
52
1,
Ira Raymond
49
52
1,
John W. Hollis
28
Left Feb. 18, 1880
6
6
1,
Almira B. Hunt.
62
Died March 8, 1880.
9
4
"
7,
Thomas Howley
68
Left Jan. 21, 1880.
2
Barney Pratt
71
Now here ...
52
March
8,
Benjamin Dyer
57
Left April 12, 1880, re- turned Aug. 1, left Aug. 10, ret. Nov. 20 ..
12
6
June
23,
Joel Pratt
58
Boarder.
27
Sept.
17,
John W. Gillion
76
Now here
14
6
Vagrants
10
2
1,060
3
. .
..
52
1,
Elbridge Colson
55
Mary F. Rosey
45
66
52
1,
1,
1,
75
58
12,
86
INVENTORY OF LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, WOOD, HAY, PROVISIONS, ETC., AT THE ALMS- HOUSE, JAN. 1, 1881.
2 horses . $250 00
4 draft chains $3 00
5 cows
180 00
4 stake chains 1 00
6 pigs .
30 00 1 wrench . 50
7 fowls
4 00 1 set of measures 50
2 ox carts
20 00
3 baskets . 1 00
1 sled .
15 00
3 hogsheads 2 00
1 half hogshead . 25
1 hay wagon 20 00
2 horse carts
50 00
75 rails 3 00
1 covered wagon
85 00
16 cords of manure 112 00
1 sleigh 3 00
1 pung
15 00
57 cords of wood . . 262 00
2 wheelbarrows . .5 00
1 roller 3 00
1 ton of salt hay 15 00
500 lbs. of pork 50 00
1 snow-plough 2 00
2 mowing-machines . 30 00
1} bbls. of flour 13 50
1 horse-rake 1 00
6 gals. of molasses 3 00
6 ploughs
20 00
15 lbs. . of tobacco 6 25
1 horse-hoe
1 00
16 lbs. of lard 6 00
60 lbs. of coffee 4 80
2 lbs. of tea 1 00
1 one-horse harrow . 1 00
6 double harnesses . 60 00
75 lbs. of soap 4 50
1 single harness 2 00
& bbl. of soap 3 00
2 cart harnesses 5 00
4 ox yokes 2 00
1 chain harness .
2 00
4 whiffletrees and
chains
3 00
10 rakes 2 50
2 drag rakes 1 00
4 halters
2 00
6 hay forks 2 00
3 blankets 1 00
2 surcingles
1 00
1 hay cutter 5 00
Brush, currycombs
2 ropes
50
and cards 1 00
2 grindstones
3 00
18 tons of English hay 450 00
1 wheel-drag 10 00
250 lbs. of ham 22 50
1 bucklin-harrow 6 00
1 two-horse harrow. 15 00
75 lbs. of sugar 6 00
3 scythes . 2 00
6 snaiths . 2 00
2 hay poles 50
2 bush scythes and snaiths 2 00
1 robe . 1 00
40 barrels 4 00
2 farm wagons 130 00
6 tons of coal 36 00
87
9 shovels . $6 00
Set of stone tools $3 00
4 manure forks
2 00
3 ladders . 2 00
10 hoes .
2 00
2 hog-hooks 1 50
1 potato hoe . 25
2 blocks and rope 1 50
2 grub hoes
30
4 bushels of meal .
2 75
1 spade
25
10 bushels of corn 7 50
1 iron rake
25
4 meal-bags 1 00
3 iron bars
4 00
Balances . 5 00
3 pickaxes 2 00
120 lbs. of dried apples 12 00
1 bush-hook
1 00
3} tons of roots . 35 00
2 flails . 25
1 corn sheller
2 00
4 bushels of beans . 8 00
15 lbs. of butter 5 00
56 lbs. of saleratus 4 48
3 casks 2 00
Saws and saw horses
3 00
1 force pump . 1 00
Beetle and wedges . 1 00
30 lbs. spices . 4 60
3 hatchets 50
1 drag . . 3 00
Chest of tools 5 00
1 bbl. of wheat meal 5 00
2 stone hammers 3 00
13 bbls. of apples . . 15 00
Total
$2,178 43
E. S. BEALS, E. RICHARDS, LORING TIRRELL,
Appraisers.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Tufts Library beg leave to offer to the town their second annual report respecting the progress and condition of the library. A brief report in writing was made at the last annual meeting, but, for the convenience of future reference, it is deemed advisable to make this report cover the calendar year.
The library has been open, during the year, three hundred and nine days. The whole number of loans during that term has been 49,571, being an average of one hundred and sixty per day.
The largest number on any one day was three hundred and ninety-two, Feb. 14; and the smallest, forty-one, July 1. As respects kind of reading matter, the circulation was divided as fol-
25 bushels of potatoes 13 00
Meal chest and feed trough 2 00
11 axes . 4 00
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lows, 1 per cent representing, as will be seen, a circulation of about five hundred volumes : Fiction, 76 per cent ; travels, 4 per cent ; biography, history, and literature, each, 3 per cent; arts and sciences, each, 1 per cent ; all others, 9 per cent.
There has been added to the library since March 1, 1,307 vol- umes, making the whole number 3,910.
Since the opening of the library, 2,078 borrowers' cards have been issued, divided among the several wards as follows : Ward One, 296 ; Ward Two, 329; Ward Three, 1,069; Ward Four, 205 ; Ward Five, 179.
Arrangements were made last March for delivering books at cer- tain points in Wards Four and Five, without expense to the bor- rower. Certain individuals having generously offered to attend to the distribution of books, the library has incurred merely the cost of transportation, which amounts to not more than one fourth or one fifth of a cent for each volume exchanged. Subsequently a similar plan was adopted for Ward One, and will be soon perfected for Ward Two. This arrangement has proved highly satisfactory, and a large number of readers have availed themselves of this method of exchanging books. .
Two supplementary catalogues or bulletins have been issued during the year, which include all books added up to this date.
The services of the librarian have been found unequal to the work of the library, and assistants have been employed at times during the year in the work of cataloguing new books and prepar- ing them for circulation ; and during the latter part of the year, on certain days of the week, in the regular work of the library. The Board of Trustees has abundant assurance that the library is grow- ing rapidly in popular favor. It is creditable to the town that it thus practically shows its hearty appreciation of the generous gifts which have given the library so secure a foundation.
It is still in need of the constant fostering care of the town, and it is to be hoped that the citizens of the town will continue to show the same liberality towards this institution which they have already manifested.
The fortunate termination of the suit which indirectly concerned the library property assures an annual income which will be nearly sufficient to meet the running expenses of the library for the con- ing year. Whatever sum of money, therefore, the town may see fit to place at the disposal of the Trustees, can be largely devoted to the purchase of books. How much the library stands in need of these may readilybe seen upon comparison of the number of books
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now in the library, with the number of readers who are availing themselves of its privileges.
The special report of the committee on the management of the suit referred to above may be seen elsewhere. It shows that after discharging one of the incumbrances upon the library property, and deducting the amount of a mortgage now outstanding, there remains not far from $1,200 of the proceeds of the suit. Subject to such recommendation as that committee may make, the Trustees would recommend that that sum be devoted to the uses of the li- brary for the coming year, and do not advise that the town make any other appropriation for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
Z. L. BICKNELL,
President of the Board.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1881.
SCHEDULE OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY FROM JAN. 1, 1880, TO JAN. 1, 1881.
RECEIPTS.
1880.
Jan. 1. Cash on hand
$1,493 23
1. On deposit in savings bank
254 06
66
2. Catalogues sold 29 00
66
8. Catalogues sold
8 00
66
17. Income Quincy Tufts Fund
200 00
66 20. Catalogues sold
8 00
Feb. 9. Rent " Gazette " office
37 50
66
17. Fines collected
10 00
17. Catalogues sold
9 60
Mar.
27.
Rent, G. T. Rand .
100 00
66
31.
Fines collected
22 00
יו 31.
Catalogues sold
7 00
April 1.
Rent " Gazette " office
37 50
May 13. Fines collected
26 00
13. Catalogues sold
10 65
July 1. Catalogues sold
3 50
66
1. Fines collected
30 00
3. Rent, G. T. Rand .
100 00
15. Rent, " Gazette " office
37 50
Aug. 7. Fines collected .
22 30
90
$16 20
Sept. 10. Fines collected
30. Rent, G. T. Rand
100 00
Oct. 5. Rent, " Gazette " office . 37 50
14. Fines collected
19 67
66 19. Town appropriation in part
500 00
Nov. 11. Fines collected
13 65
Dec. 8. Fines collected
14 45
8. Catalogues sold
5 43
28. Balance of town appropriation
500 00
28. Rent, G. T. Rand .
100 00
$3,752 74
EXPENDITURES.
1880.
Jan. 9. Librarian, salary to Jan. 1
$25 00
66 9. Librarian, extra work 4 80
66
9. Librarian, glue and paste
25
66
9. S. W. Loring, copying
50
66
9. Estes & Lauriat, books
561 59
10. Jacob Baker, work and expenses in se- lecting and purchasing books
30 00
16. Chapin Thayer, interest .
150 00
66 16. E. H. Frary, clock .
9 50
66
16. Ann Lonergan, cleaning .
1 50
66
17. E. L. Warren, stationery
1 37
17 George S. Baker, fixtures
2 24
66
17.
Lee & Shepard, books
259 47
66
19. A. W. Blanchard & Co., binding cat- alogues, etc. 13 :0
66
20. Library Association, membership
2 00
66
20.
Readers' and Writers' Economy Company, fixtures 27 63
20. J. G. Roberts & Co., bindings
7 50
Feb. 9. C. G. Easterbrook, printing 30 00
66
9. C. G. Easterbrook, advertising
1 00
66
13. Librarian, salary to Feb. 1
25 00
66 21. F. W. Lewis, sundries
3 00
66 21. A. & E. Burton, feather duster
1 50
66 24. A. W. Blanchard & Co., catalogues
53 22
66 24. A. W. Blanchard & Co., postal notices . 2 25
66
24. Abner P. Nash, Life of Dr. Jewett . .
1 50
9. C. E. Lowery, work in library .
20 38
91
Feb. 24. C. E. Lowery, work in library
$8 38
66 24. Lee & Shepard, books . 29 76
24. Readers' and Writers' Economy Company, stationery .
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