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THOMAS H. HUMPHREY, HENRY A. NASH, WILLIAM NASH, GEORGE A. CUSHING, JACOB BAKER,
Overseers of the Poor.
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ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR 1884.
Dr.
Inventory of Dec. 31, 1883 $3,370 52
Paid S. W. Pratt for range
75 00
S. W. Pratt, for pipe and extra pots 4 70
James Moore, wood .
16 00
Haskell & Adams, groceries 391 56
W. G. Nash, groceries
428 71
O. P. Shaw, pine wood 36 00
Lewis Hartshorne, horses . 650 00
J. M. Walsh, double harness 75 00
C. H. Thompson & Co., plow 15 00
Stephen Cain, repairs 48 15
W. T. Burrell, labor and material 47 99
Samuel Curtis, supplies 39 00
Samuel Curtis, manure 22 88
E Bourk, manure 66 00
Winkley, Dresser & Co., books . 9 00
R. A. Cushing, labor on tramp-house and stable,
45 00
Ambler & Hobert, grain 573 66
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
114 56
F. F. Forsaith, medical attendance, 1883 8 00
Walker & Pratt, labor on boiler . 2 35
S. W. Pratt, repairs . 5 65
Stephen Cain, repairs
10 5.0
Russell & Burk, repairs 14 50
J. B. Wilson, drain pipe 9 00
Loud & Pratt, lumber, brick, and cement . 140 96
W. T. Burrell, labor and material 5 61
Joseph Loud & Co., coal . · 83 30
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses Sumner Dolloif . 20 00
Andrew Tracy, for fish 33 16
Expenses to Boston 1 60
For whip-lash, brush, and oysters 1 90
For overalls and jumpers .
11 00
75
Paid Michael Tracy, for manure $9 00
C. M. Ward, harness dressing
3 00
J. H. Wallace, for manure . 12 00
J. H. Wallace, horse-shoeing and blacksmithing, John S. Williams, for blankets .
9 00
. H. M. Read, for goods
7 10
John G. Worster & Co., for groceries
6 24
Geo. T. Rand, for dry goods
30 58
For spoke shave, pipes, and comb
90
Dr. Nye, extracting teeth .
3 00
Telegraphic despatches
50
For lemons, sponge, and tin-ware
1 25
For chain and iron wedges . 4 50
Caleb Stetson, gravel
3 50
Expenses, looking for horses
3 00
For dog
10 00
H. A. Nash, for salt hay
20 07.
Weighing .
20
W. K. Baker & Son, for goods and expressing 28 38
For fruit and vegetables
11 82
Brown & Seavy, for fish
3 25
McNair, for manure .
5 62
Joseph Breck, for seed
6 45
C. Ahlf's, bills .
20 55
Timothy Smith's hills
41 70
For repairing scraper .
50
For dishes and teaspoons.
4 74
Joel.Goldthwait's bill
26 00
For dinners and feeding horses .
3 90
For bread, 45c., clothes-pins, 10c.
55
Morse & Wilson's bill'
15 26
For meat and fish
3 45
Expenses to Boston .
1 00
For butter-print and hat
87
Geo. S. Baker, hardware
10 51
Cornelius Green, gravel and sand
2 07
Cornelius Green, shovelling snow
60
60 18
76
Paid D. J. Pierce & Co.'s bill
$15 70
For turkey and eggs . ·
1 60
Philip McGee . ·
1 00
James Moore, difference on cows
32 50
Gardner, saw
1 50
Benj. F Smith, for salts
. 08
For postage stamps and oil
76
John A. Cushman's bill
5 00
Ellen Thayer, for sewing .
1 00
Dr. Wilton, filing horses' teeth
1 50
For honey, $1.80, and herring, $2.50
4 30
For plants
2 00
For iron gutters
5 36
E. H. Pray, for shoes
17 89
Expenses to Boston .
1 00
Geo. R. Davis, sausage and meat grinder
75
Geo. R. Davis, for killing hogs .
4 50
H. A. Nash, for bedding .
18 66
Geo. Bennett, for cabbage plants
3 35
Cash to inmates, July 4
4 00
S. W. Pratt's bill
7 95
Thos. South's bill
21 61
Martin K. Pratt, Boston Journal
6 00
Granville Thompson, glass for Raymond
50
Sam'l Curtis's bill
2 57
Otis Cushing's bill
16 80
J. M. Walsh's bill
25 40
J. B. Rhines & Co.'s bill
8 51
For pig
5 00
Expenses to Boston .
1 00
Geo. Sampson, for seaweed
1 50
For sandstone and chloride of lime
42
J. A. Torrey's bill
32 80
Lewis J. Hart, for shoes
1 25
Cash to inmates, to Fair
5 00
·
Cash for dry goods . 5 34
Benson' for filing horses' teeth
1 00
77
Paid For barrel of vinegar
$7 04
W. T. Shaw, for plow beam 3 00
Joshua Shaw, feeding horses
1 50
Joshua Shaw, for two dinners Q. S. Reed, saw bill .
75
3 00
Timothy Cohen, mowing salt grass
3 00
James Hollis, for fresh hay
2 00
Spear & Turner's bill .
5 00
Q. S. Reed, for cross-cut saw
2 65
Leonard Gardner, filing saw
1 00
Henry Carr, for labor
42 00
O. C. R. R., freight on drain pipe
1 10
C. M. Ward, harness dressing ·
1 25
Expenses to Boston .
1 00
For turkeys (Thanksgiving)
7 08
For filing saw ·
25
Caleb Stetson's bill
75
G. W. Fay, for manure
38 37
A. Tracy's bill .
8 15
Josiah Martin's bill
188 01
Lovell's ice bill .
13 50
Mrs. Eliza Howe, 27 cords wood, at $1.75
47 25
Chas. A. Thurston and wife, services to date 360 00
James Cumming and wife, services to date - 500 00
Cash on hand, to Inventory account . 151 12
Rent of farm
300 00
$8,701 37
INVENTORY OF LIVE STOCK, FARMING TOOLS, WOOD, HAY, PROVISIONS, ETC., AT THE ALMSHOUSE JAN. 1,1885.
5 horses . $1,000 00
2 ox carts $30 00
4 COWS 160 00
2 sleds 50 00
12 hogs and pigs 140 00
2 farm wagons 120 00
76 fowls
60 00
1 hay wagon 20 00
. 3 turkeys .
5 00
2 horse carts · 45 00
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1 covered wagon $60 00
1 sleigh
5 00
6 snaths 2 00
2 bush scythes and snaths 1 50
5 rakes 1 50
2 drag rakes 1 00
9 hay forks 3 00
2 hay poles 50
1 hay cutter . 5 00
1 cross chain and
spreader 2 00 .
1 cross-cut saw . 3 00
2 ropes
50
2 single harnesses . 40 00
2 cart harnesses .
5 00
4 ox yokes . . 1
1 00
1 chain harness . 2 00
5 whiffletrees
and
chains 4 00
9 manure forks . 5 00
5 halters 10,00
2 robes '
15 00
1 potato hoe . 25
2 grub hoes 50
3 iron rakes 2 50
3 iron bars
4 00
4 pick axes 3 00
1 bush hook 1 50
2 flails .
25
2 wrenches 1 50
1 cornsheller . 2 00
Meat ª chest and
feed trough . 2 00
10 axes 8 00
7 saws and horses, 4 00
Beetle and wedges, 2 00
34 cords manure .
180.00
1¿ tons coal 9 00
50 cords cut wood
300 00
18 cords cord wood .
72 00
1 set of stone tools, 3 00
5 ladders 10 00
hay .
600 00
2 hog hooks 1 50
1} tons salt hay .
20 00
3 scythes . $2 00
1 .pung
12 00
1 wheelbarrow 3 00
1 roller 5 00
1 wheel drag 9 00
1 mowing machine . 60 00
6 plows . 30 ( 0
1 horse hoe 1 00
1 buckling harrow . 5 00
1 two-horse harrow 15 00
1 one-horse harrow 1 00
3 double harnesses . 125 00
3 grindstones 15 00
70 vine protectors 7 50
1 pig box
50
12 spades and shov- els 7 25
Brush, currycombs, and cards 5 00
5 draught chains 5 00
9 stake chains 3 00
1 set of measures 50
4 baskets . 3 00
2 hogsheads . 1 50
25 empty barrels 7 40
75 rails .
3 (0
4 hatchets 1 50
Chest of tools . 10 (0
2 stone hammers 3 00
25 tons of English
2 blocks and rope . 1 50
14 hoes. 3 00
15 blankets 40 (0
6 surcingles . 500
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Balances . $5 00
10 bushels beans $20 00
1 force pump 1 00
250 bushels corn 250 00
1 drag
5 00
- 1 harrel pop corn . 5 00
1 pair of skids
3 00
¿ barrel Graham 2 50
5 coal shovels
4 00
100 pounds squash .
1 00
Old boiler
10 00
Lumber
15 00
400 lbs. salt, pork
36 00
40 lbs. fresh pork
4 00
125 lbs. bacon .
14 00
3 bls. flour
18 00
Saur kraut 10 00
75 gals. molasses
28 00
Pickles 11 00
18 lbs. tobacco 8 00
¿ barrel crackers .
1 75
65 lbs. lard
6 50
6 pounds ginger
65
15 lbs. coffee .
3 00
10 pounds pepper 2 00
38 lbs. tea
17 00
20 pounds starch . 1 50
175 lbs. sugar
12 00
20 gallons vinegar . 4 00
36 pounds butter .
10 80
28 pounds saloratus 2' 00
75
8 pounds rice .
80
2 barrels onions
5 00
2 boxes .
1 50
18 bushels grain
10 00
10 brooms ·
3 00
72 tons roots
100 00
2 meal bags
50
250 bushels potatoes
175 00
Spices .
1 00
60 bushels beets . 30 00
$4,299 40
Cash on hand
151 12
$4,450 52
ELIAS RICHARDS, GILBERT NASH,
Auditors.
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR 1884.
Cr.
John Connors, for hay .
$43 40
George F. Maynard, for hay
37 84
N. Cobb, for hay
9 30
Dried apples 1 00
200 cabbages . 8 00
9 barrels apples 13 50
50 pounds sausage meat 8 00
185 lbs. sugar, granu- lated 10 00
1 barrel soft soap ·
3 00
60 pounds salt Kerosene . 2 00
·
80
G. W. Fay, for hay $28 16
George A. Cushing, for hay .
11 50
Town, for labor on highways
333 10
Weymouth Agricultural Society, for labor
8 00
Steamer No. 2, for use of horses .
5 00
Josiah Martin, for calves
33 33
J. R. Burns, for bags .
32
Charles Thayer, for labor of Samuel White .
42 00
Schools, for wood and carting coal 321. 63
W. G. Nash, for eggs, butter, and vegetables 26 14
Miss Rose White, for board of Paul White . 16 00
Enoch Patterson, for board . 45 36
Jarus White, for board and expenses
111 60
Jared Vining, for board
14 00
Cash for fertilizer and grain .
2 40
Cash for oil barrel
1 50
Cash for labor
3 00
Cash for cow
35 00
Cash for fruit
·1 00
Cash for vinegar
1 10
Cash for premiums at fair
14 55
Cash for old iron .
8 35
Cash for wood
217 35
Cash for pigs
144 00
Cash for eggs
11 03
Cash for milk
37 17
Cash for butter
55 81
Cash for vegetables
59 74
Fire Department and Town House, for wood and carting 45 09
Wood delivered poor
431 00
Coal delivered poor
35 76
Carting coal to poor
.
80 47
Inventory of Jan. 1, 1885
. 4,450 52
$6,720 52
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SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
DR.
To Inventory of Jan. 1, 1884 . $3,370 52
" Supplies and expenses, per memoran-
dum
. 4,530 85
" Joseph
Cummings, services for the
year
500 00
" Rent of farm
·
300 00
CR. -
$8,701 37
By Receipts, from produce, labor, etc., per
memorandum . . $2,270 00
" Inventory of Jan. 1, 1885
. 4,450 52
6,720 52
Cost of poor in almshouse for the year
$1,980 85
EXPENSES OF POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Assistance to Mrs. William Holbrook $168 60
Mrs. Albert Ford . 52 00
Mrs. Anna Keene 48 00
Mrs. Asa Hollis 62 00
Thomas Gammon . 1,005 45 .
Stephen A. Bicknell
52 00
Roger Bicknell 52 00
Child of H. Austin Spear . 52 00
Child of Richard Spear
72 00
Family of John McCue 16 00
Mrs. Mary Cahill . 235 00
Mrs. Mary Cunniff 243 40
Mrs. Ellen Toomey 112 50
Mrs. Mary Donovan 149 62
Mrs. - Conley . 8 00
Murray children . 122 50
Mrs. Mary White . 12 00
Mrs. Hannah S. Pratt . .
.
13 40
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Assistance to Mrs. Daniel E. Looney, Jr. . $56 10
Mrs. Mary Shields 13 40
Mrs. Susan Blanchard . 16 14
Mrs. Ellen Flynn .
2 00
Samuel Wrightington 179 50
Mrs. J. L. Wing .
132 00
Mrs. Susan Larmey
156 00
Mrs. - Fogarty
16 50
William Fogarty .
65 00
Mrs. Maggie Powers
20 95
Mrs. Mary Roberts
20 50
Mrs. James Barrett
157 00
Mrs. Miles Clark .
41 65
Mrs. Harriet N. Maxim 104 00
Elijah Simpson 12 00
Mrs. Lawton 8 10
Mrs. James Dee . 16 20
Mrs. Cornelius O'Connell
71 03
Child of Oscar Hafley . 54 00
Child of Edward Kiley
39 00
Child of Hugh Cronin .
39 00
Mrs. Thomas Ryan
24 06
James Beaton
8 40
Joshua Pratt
69 95
Mrs. Timothy O'Connor 186 90
Levi Bates . 10 21
Mrs. John Sheehan
69 46
Michael Doran
55 76
Mrs. Alexander White . 158 35
Mrs. E. Gaillardet
58 08
Mrs. Mary Ahearn
19 16
Mrs. John Clark .
150 17
Mrs. Napoleon Tellier .
29 40
Robert B. Barnes 6 00
James Ronan
19 60
Timothy Bresnahan 20 21
Peter Casey .
42 00
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Assistance to Daniel Connell . $22 00
Miss Caroline Torrey .
12 00
Mrs. Nellie Tracy
121 90
Mrs. Thomas Wall
45 91
Mrs. Thomas Shea
45 20
Mrs. James McAvoy
49 39
Thomas Burrell .
51 40
Mrs. John Burrell
108 22
Patrick Casey
6 71
Andrew Tracy
11 23
Leonardo Moroils
3 21
Mrs. Oliver A. Morse .
213 50
Mrs. - Goodwin
46 00
Mrs. James Binney
19 50
Miss Myra Gilligan
50 00
Mrs. Geo. H. Shaw
128 90
Mrs. John Clavin
296 90
Mrs. Harvey Thayer
209 01
Mrs. Ann Pratt
63 31
Mrs. Webster Sutton .
178 91
Mrs. Eliza Pool
55 00
Mrs. Peter Burke 6 40
William Dolan family .
101- 29
Mrs. H. M. Burrell
72 00
Josiah M. Pratt . 134 07
J. L. Davis family
5 50
John Blanchard, 2d, family,
159 00
Mrs. William T. Hope .
6 00
Mrs. Prince Mckenzie
30 00
Alonzo Blanchard 11 80
Henry C. Bates .
114 00
Sidney L. Tower
104 00
George W. Hayden 125 85
Mrs. Chauncey Howe . 54 00
Mrs. Roswell Corbin .
51 00
Mrs. Sarah O'Connell . 65 31
Davis children
147 04
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Assistance to George Pool $52 00 Chas. E. Raymond 145 48
- $7,747 19
Paid City of Brockton, for assistance ren- dered Mrs. Wm. H. Pratt $10 25
City of Brockton, for assistance ren- dered C. W. Fairbanks 15 25
City of Lowell, for assistance ren- dered Catherine Slattery .
6 00 ·
Town of Hingham, for assistance ren- dered Mrs. C. H. Maxim 19 50
Town of South Scituate, for assistance rendered George W. Dyer 14 50
Town of Abington, for assistance ren- dered Mrs. Julia Orcutt . 58 00
Town of Braintree, for assistance ren-
dered Phillip McGee 12 00
Town of Braintree, for assistance ren- dered Isaac A. Tower 3 90
Town of Braintree, for assistance ren- dered John Sheehan 4 11
Town of Braintree, for assistance ren- dered for burial of his child 15 00
Town of Danvers, for assistance ren- dered Phillip McGee 27 45
City of Haverhill, for assistance ren- dered G. F. Durgin in 1882 5 22
City of Boston, for assistance rendered Augusta Cushing 48 00
City of Boston, for assistance rendered Sophia Rowley 6 .14
City of Boston, for assistance rendered Harriet Stetson 56 73 Winchester House Company, for board Ly dia Rich 60 00
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$362 05
85
TAUNTON HOSPITAL.
Paid for James J. Brown . . $184 17
Margaret Londergan
· 179 54
Mary E. Foye ·
183 77
Hannah Pedman .
140 56
Elizabeth M. Leach
186 39
Hiram Blanchard
45 68
James H. Lloyd .
197 60
Charles H. Copeland
189 75
Patrick Casey
21 40
$1,328 86
WORCESTER HOSPITAL.
Paid for Hannah Handley
188 50
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
Paid for James F. Griffin . $13 00
Henry Abrams
60 43
Timothy Bresnahan, Jr. 32 14
$105 57
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OUTSIDE POOR.
Paid Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses, Har-
vey Thayer . $20 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses Web- ster Sutton 20 00
Ford & McCormick, funeral expenses, John McCue . 20 00
C. L. Rice & Co., funeral expenses, Prince Mckenzie 20 00
Geo. A. Cushing, postage and sta- tionery . 4 93
Geo. A. Cushing, moving Shechan family . 1 50
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·
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Paid Geo. A. Cushing, moving Sumner Dol- loff · $0 50
. Geo. A Cushing, fares and expenses on outside poor account 43 15
$130 08
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
Paid W. A. Drake, services for the year . $108 00
R. E. Brown, services for the year · 70 00
$178 00
Military aid, under Chapter 252 (see p. 88), $1,102.58. Total cost of town's poor for the year, $13,123.68.
Appropriation, $11,000.
ASSISTANCE FURNISHED THOSE HAVING SETTLE- MENTS IN OTHER PLACES.
, Mrs. Isabella Nelson, Rockland $72 85
Mrs. Naomi Pike, Newburyport 57 80
Mrs. Gertrude Mee, South Scituate
36 65
O'Brien Quigley, East Bridgewater
40 40
Andrew O. Bates, Pembroke. 8 65
Mrs. Ellen McGuire, Stoughton
156 00
Mrs. Hannah Casey, South Carver
46 00
Mrs. Mary McCarty, Boston
40 00
Henry T. Gardner, Duxbury
37 80
Clifford I. Manter family,, Taunton
104 00
Thomas Murphy, Abington
34 00
Nathan M Reed, Lowell .
52 00
Edgar P. Smith, Milford .
7 00
Mrs. Thomas F. King, Hingham
8 10
$701 25
ASSISTANCE FURNISHED STATE PAUPERS.
Mrs. William Ryan and family .
$30 20
Mrs. A. Lundin and family 2 00
1 $32 20
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TOWN TREASURER.
DR.
To cash refunded, for which orders had been drawn, as fol- lows : -
Hospital bills paid by sundry persons
$952 06
Aid returned by sundry persons
105 50
$1,057 56
NEW HEATING APPARATUS.
Paid Russell & Burk, boiler piping, etc.
$446 84
S. W. Pratt, labor and material .
10 75
Stephen Cain, labor and material
41 90
$499 49
Appropriation for same, $500.
INVENTORY ACCOUNT.
DR.
Inventory of 1884
$4,450 52
Inventory of 1883
3,370 52
Balance
$1,080 00
TOWN.
CR.
By rent of farm
$300 00
STATE.
DR.
To amount due for military aid, Chap. 252 $1,102 57
TOWN TREASURER. . CR.
By orders drawn on poor account for year . $17,296 75
CR.
88
MILITARY AID UNDER CHAP. 252.
Paid Albert Bates
$64 00
John F. Bates . 96 00
Anson T. Bicknall
20 00
William A. Clark
32 00
George N. Cole .
24 00
Patrick Connors, 2d
56 00
Jesse L. Davis
56 00
William H. Davy
20 .00
Edward Early . .
10 00.
Jason Gardner .
16 00
Charles Goldthwait
144 00
Benoni Gurney ..
10 00
William Healey
3 00
George Holbrook (hospital)
194 13
Samuel V. Holbrook .
16 00
Elbridge L. Leach
104 00
Henry Leach
64 00
Byron W. Loud
18 00
John A. Loud
20 00
Samuel R. Loud
36 00
Thomas Maguire
72 00
Edward Morris .
50 00
Terrence Murphy
44 00
Patrick Murra .
124 00
Maurice O'Connell
80 00
Warren W. Pope
96 00
Charles W. Raymond
60 00
William R. Rogers (hospital) .
192 02
Dummer Sewall
108 00
Fred. M. Shepherd
72 00
Edward Tesney
96 00
Joshua L. Torrey
72 00
Patrick Tracy ·
24 00
Daniel H. Vining
64 00
Solomon W. Wright .
48 00
$2,205 15
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Due from the State .
$1,102 57
Balance to p. or account
1,102 58
$2,205 15
TRIAL BALANCE, JAN. 1, 1885.
CR.
DR.
Almshouse .
$1,980 85
Outside poor
7,747 19
Paid other towns and cities .
362 05
Taunton Hospital
1,328 86
Worcester Hospital
188 50
State Reform School
105 57
Miscellaneous
130 08
Town physicians .
178 00
Military Aid, under Chap. 252
1,102 58
Military Aid due from the State
1,102 57
Due from other towns and cities
701 25
Due from the State
32 20
Town Treasurer .
1,057 56
New heating apparatus
499 49
Inventory
1,080 00
Town for rent
$300 00
Town Treasurer, orders drawn on poor
account
17,296 75
$17,596 75 $17,596 75
AUDITORS' REPORT.
As Auditors chosen by the town, we beg leave to submit our annual report as follows : -
By request of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, on the first day of January, current, we took an inventory of the personal property found upon the town farm, a copy of which will be found accompanying the report of the Overseers of the Poor. We also examined the accommodations for the town's poor kept there, and also those of the stock, and have the satisfaction of being able to express our entire approbation at the condition in which every- thing appeared.
90 .
We have also examined the accounts of the town Treasurer for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched, with the following result : -
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1884 $1,094 86 Receipts from all sources, except the water account, 149,991 69
Total
$151,086 55
Payments
143,727 69
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1884
$7,358 86
By the books of the Selectmen it appears that there were out- standing orders which have not been presented for payment at the close of business on Dec. 31, 1884, amounting to $10,600.10.
The Water' Commission account shows the following result : - Receipts from sale of bonds, premium, and interest, $51,718 62 Payments 23,385 37
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1885 .
$28,333 25
Balance on hand as above 7,358 86
Total cash balance .
$35,692 11
Deposited at First National Bank $34,004 56
Deposited at Union National Bank .
1,134 54
Deposited at Fogg Brothers 382 40
Cash in hands of the Treasurer
170 61
Total
$35,692 11
Amount due from W. Cleverly, on tax of 1882, 1883 $4,212 27
Amount due from A. O. Crawford, on tax of 1884 18,209 23
Total for taxes uncollected $22,421 50
While presenting this report, we respectfully suggest that, under the system by which the town business is at present conducted, the duties of the Auditors are to a large degree formal and superficial. They do not and can not cover a thorough investigation of the financial operations of the town ; for, while the payments by the
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Treasurer are properly vouched, making the credit side of his ac- count satisfactory, his receipts, other than those from the collectors and from loans, from the nature of the transactions, can have no vouchers ; he credits what he pleases, and the Auditors have no means of knowing whether or not this side of his account is cor- rect ; and, while we have full confidence in the integrity of our present Treasurer, he is liable to error, and should he fail to credit a receipt, what is there to detect the omission? It will also be seen, from instances of too frequent occurrence, that occasion might easily arise by which the town would be largely the loser, and the fact long remain undetected.
It will be seen from the Treasurer's report that the cash opera- tions of the town amount to $150,000 annually, and the introduc- tion of water will largely increase this amount. Under this condition of affairs would it not be wise for the town to appoint an officer to overlook the whole town business and see that its various departments harmonize ; to see that charges are properly made and collected, and that all bills are correct before payment is made ; in short, to see that the town's accounts are kept upon business principles as a private corporation would have them kept?
. At present each board of town officers keeps its own account, and each is practically independent of the others, with no obligatory comparison between them ; consequently they are not necessarily checks one upon another.
As a matter of expense the employment of such an officer might not be so objectionable as would appear upon the surface, since, as' clerk of the different boards, he might easily save from their labor the amount of his salary, besides accomplishing the work more promptly and satisfactorily.
For these reasons we respectfully suggest that it may be for the best interests of the town to thoroughly investigate the subject, so as to be prepared to act understandingly upon it, should it be deemed advisable.
ELIAS RICHARDS, GILBERT NASH, JOSEPH DYER,
Auditors.
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PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE, JAN. 1, 1885.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISCHARGED.
Weeks.
Days.
Jan.
1.
Elizabeth Tirrell.
65
52
1,
Elizabeth C. Tirrell
30
52
1,
Alonzo Tirrell
45
52
1,
Leroy Tirrell
43
52
1,
Lueius Tirrell.
40
52
1,
George Loud.
43
52
1.
Lucy Thayer.
60
Left June 16
24
¥
1,
Elbridge Colson
60
1,
Mary F. Rosey
50
52
1,
Ida F. Davis .
24
52
1,
Obed Raymond
73
52
1,
Ira Raymond
54
52
66
Jairus White.
82
Boarder.
52
1.
Samuel V. White
71
52
1,
John W. Gillion
81
52
1,
Henry Carr
63
Left Nov. 2. .
43
5
1,
Phillip McGee
June 1 .
21
6
66
16,
Edgar Rogers.
Died Mareh 2
6
5
Feb.
7,
Enoeh Patterson
74
46
5
March 8,
Hannah Sheehan
Left Sept 6.
26
66
8,
Walter Sheehan
3
26
8,
John Sheehan.
1 y. 9 m.
6
26
19,
Hiram Blanchard
66
41
May
-17,
Myra Bydner.
20
Left June 6
2
6
29.
Sumner Dolloff.
70
Died June 29.
4
3
Aug. 22,
George W. Dyer
62
18
5
66
23,
William Dolan
2 y8 6 m.
14
I
Nov.
8,
Paul White
62
Boarder
7
4ª
13,
Jared Vining
84
66
6
6
16,
Henry Carr
63
6
3
Dec.
22,
Daniel Henry
43
1
2
27
4
Total
1,120
0
Deduet for boarders.
66
3
Cost per week, $1.88.
1,053
4
6.
26
Fanny Sheehan
6
66
6.
Sept.
23,
Timothy Dolan.
6
14
1
193 vagrants, 1 day each.
50
31
26
52
1,
8,
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES
Registered in the Town Clerk's office for the year 1884, where one or both parties were residents of Weymouth.
Jan. 3. George E. Garey and Mary E. Delory, both of Wey- mouth.
8. Clement D. Gardner, of Weymouth, and Alice M. Beals, of Brockton.
66 William O'Connell and Elizabeth Morrell, both of Weymouth.
23.
23. Eri T. Joy, of Weymouth, and Ellen L. Legge, of Newton.
Feb.
27. John R. Parkman, of Rockland, and Hanorah E. Welch, of Weymouth.
2. Charles G. Everett, of Weymouth, and Lizzie E. Leigh, of Hingham.
15. James Thompson, of Hingham, and Sarah Ellen Hone, of Weymouth.
66 23. Wallace Herbert Allen and Mary Emma Cushing, both of Weymouth.
24. James Thomas McGuire and Mary Ann Sheehan, both of Weymouth.
66 25. Samuel Carroll and Ellen Maria Mahoney, both of Weymouth.
66
27. Frank Hermon Richards and Carrie Frances Vining, both of Weymouth.
March 2. Herbert Lawrence White, of Randolph, and Frances Ann Mansfield, of Weymouth.
5. Wilbur A. Nash, of Weymouth, and Addie F. Hum phrey, of Hingham.
94
March 21. Willis Rogers, of Weymouth, and Susie E. Randall, of Scituate.
£
23. Charles H. Allen, of Weymouth, and Annie Stone, of Boston.
23. Henry Wallace Blanchard, of Weymouth, and Effie Moore Cobbett, of Rockland.
28. George W. Bates, of Weymouth, and Susie E. Turner, of Marshfield.
29. Ellis Bradford Matherson, of Weymouth, and Mary Frances Studley, of South Scituate.
66
29. J. Edson Ewell and Mercy J. Larney, both of Wey- mouth.
April 6. Elmer E. Dunton, of Plymouth, and Elizabeth G. Morrison, of Weymouth.
16. Henry A. Torrey, of Weymouth, and Annie F. Mc- Conney, of Rockland.
66
27. George Steward, of Quincy, and Eunice L. Cleverly, of Weymouth.
30. Fred Hermon Dow and Carrie Gertrude Tirrell, both of Weymouth.
May 1. James F. Blanchard, of Weymouth, and Frances L. Thomas, of Quincy.
4. Harvey King and Martha H. Foye, both of Wey- mouth.
66 4. John Buckley and Mary Ryan, both of Weymouth.
. 11. Austin Mulligan and Maggie A. Farrell, both of Wey- mouth.
24. Frederick Elon Sherman and Mary Keen Estes, both of Weymouth.
66 25. Ralph Mousdell and Nora Whelan, both of Wey- mouth.
28, Charles Albert Dailey, of Braintree, and Nettie Maria Clement, of Weymouth.
66 20. Richard H. Chamberlain, of Abington, and Nellie C. Cole, of Weymouth.
29. Spencer Crowe and Mary Frances Vinal, both of . Weymouth.
95
June 1. Spencer T. Sampson, of Brockton, and Josephine L. Mee, of Weymouth.
66 1. Danna Ellsworth Smith and Emily G. Our, both of Weymouth.
66
1. James H. Newman and Margaret Hannah Cohan, both of Weymouth.
66 8. Levi Hunt and Carrie M. Webb, both of Weymouth.
15. John O'Connor, of Weymouth, and Ellen Maria Shea, of Hingham.
66 15. Andrew W. Hanley and Katie E. Cullen, both of Weymouth.
66 15. Joseph Delory and Georgia Harris, both of Wey- mouth.
66 17. . Andrew J. Wheelan and Rosa A. Crocker, both of Weymouth.
28. Robert D. Hobart, of Iowa, and Lizzie R. Read, of Weymouth.
66 29. William Christopher Nelligan and Nellie Teresa Bres- nahan, both of Weymouth.
2. Patrick Butler, of Weymouth, and Mary E. Ashton, of Boston.
July
3. Daniel A. White, of Weymouth, and Abbie J. Noble, of Quincy.
66 3. Walter L. Stoddard and Priscilla Blanchard, both of Weymouth.
15. John H. Whelan, Jr., and Catherine Louvisa Logue, both of Weymouth.
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