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John E. O. Prouty 100 Franklin Tyler 100
Warren H. Sherman
100 George O. Vinal 100
Gideon Y. Sylvester
100 Charles A. Vinal
100
Alfred H. Studley
100
Charles S. Webb
100
Charles W. Soule
100
Town of Abington for 12 men at $150
$1,800
Amount of bounty for nine months men
$5,300
SUMMARY OF BOUNTIES PAID.
For 28 three years men, residents
$2,800 00 ·
" 35 nine months men, 66
$3,500
“ 12 66 66 from Abington 1,800 5,300 00
Total
$8,100 00
Deduct Jotham W. Bailey's bounty, returned
100 00
Actual expense of bounties
$8,000 00
STATE AID
To Families and Parents of Volunteers mustered into the U. S.
Army.
Volunteers.
Recipients of Aid.
Amount.
Wm. B. D. Andrews
. Parents
$24 00
Joseph Brown
Family
149 20
Thomas T. Bailey
66
79 59
Henry Brown
66
46 00
Jotham W. Bailey
.
66
79 59
Charles E. Brown
66
67 20
Benjamin Brown, Jr.
67 20
George H. Bates .
Parent
8 00
William Bouve
Parents
8 00
Samuel W. Cook .
.
Family 66
67 20
Charles H. Clapp
·
Parents .
16 00
Wm. R. Damon
.
. Family
·
·
81 60
.
.
.
12 80
James L. Brown .
·
.
·
78 00
John N. Collier
.
16
Recipients of Aid.
Amount.
Virgil Damon
. Family
$67 20
Alfred C. Damon .
67 20
Warren Fuller
66
48 00
Alvin Glines
Parent
16 00
Nelson V. Hutchinson .
66
16 00
Oliver F. Hayes
. Parents
32 00
George A. Hatch .
. Family
67 20
Edmund Hyland, Jr.
. Parents
38 94
John Harris
Family
144 00
Edward James
48 00
Caleb M. Jenkins .
66
82 41
George B. Litchfield
66
57 07
William Litchfield
149 20
Otis Litchfield
67 20
George W. Lee
. Parents
53 06
William O. Merritt
Family
144 00
Benjamin F. Merritt
·
25 87
George W. Merritt
66
50 94
Billings Merritt
66
6 40
Joseph W. Morris
66
67 20
Joseph O. Marsh .
. Parents
40 00
Asahel F. Nott
. Family
120 00
Hosea D. Nott
. Parents
88 00
Edmund H. Sylvester
. Family 66
144 00
Gideon Y. Sylvester
22 40
Benjamin E. Stetson
Parents
53 06
Charles F. Sylvester
66
16 00
Lucius Thayer
Family
67 20
Charles A. Taylor
Parents 66
40 00
John H. Turner .
Family
67 20
Warren J. Vinal .
144 00
George O. Vinal .
66
67 20
Charles S. Webb .
66
12 00
George W. Whitcomb
.
79 59
Lemuel Webb
Parent
·
16 00
.
78 00
Charles D. Mann .
.
·
.
54 94
David O. Totman .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Volunteers.
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Volunteers.
Recipients of Aid.
Amount.
Davis C. Witherell
· Parents
$8 00
Charles D. Young
. Family
144 00
Charles Young
·
·
50 94
Amount of State Aid for the year ending March 1st, 1863
$3,344 80
INCIDENTAL MILITARY EXPENSES.
Geo. E. Cole, 32 days' time
$48 00
Geo. C. Lee, 23 ". 34 50
Edwin Young, 12
18 00
Geo. E. Cole, Cash Expenses
31 83
Geo. C. Lee, 66 66
9 92
Edwin Young,
2 00
Jason Gardner, for Music
14 50
Mrs. M. A. Torrey, for use of house and entertainment
13 37
Edwin Bowditch, for Transportation
2 00
S. R. Bouve, for Flag Staff .
2 00
S. D. Lee, for notifying meeting of drafting Commissioners 3 60 Dr. F. Thomas, for Examining Recruits 10 00
Dr. R. Fiske, for Certificates of Exemption .
22 00
$211 72
SUMMARY OF MILITARY EXPENDITURES.
Amount of Bounties
. $8,100 00
Deducting Bounty refunded
100 00
$8,000 00
Am't of State Aid from Mar. 1, 1862, to Mar. 1, 1863 3,344 80 66 Incidentals
211 72
$11,556 52
Deduct Am't of State Aid due from State $3,344 80
due from U. S. for Enrolling
31 09
3,375 89
Actual Military Expenses (exclusive of interest)
$8,180 63
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NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE ARMY FROM SCITUATE.
THREE YEARS MEN.
Co. Reg.
Co. Reg.
Joseph O. Marsh
K
7
William Litchfield
F 32
John B. Newcomb
Edmund Hyland, Jr.
Asahel F. Nott
66
Elisha J. Brown
dis'd «
66
Charles F. Nott 66
Hosea D. Nott
*Charles H. Clapp .. deceased
George B. Litchfield
. . dis'd
Oliver F. Hayes 66
Wm. O. Merritt
66
66
Warren Fuller Joseph Brown William H. Osborn 66
66
George W. Whitcomb
66
·Horace L. Studley
E
66
Nelson V. Hutchinson
66
66
Reuben S. S. Andrews
A 35
William A. Cook 66
66
William B. D. Andrews
Charles W. Clapp
dis'd “
66
· William Dunbar
66
Galen W. Litchfield
66
George W. Lee G 38
Francis H. Litchfield
George W. Merritt 66
Sumner O. Litchfield
66
66
Charles F. Sylvester 66
66
Charles A. Taylor
66
66
Charles D. Young 66
66
Samuel W. Cook
Galen Litchfield 66
66
Caleb M. Jenkins 66
66
William L. Litchfield 66
66
Edward James
.James L. Brown
66
66
George W. Hodgdon 66
·David O. Totman
66
O. F. Hagar
George H. Bates
66
John Welch
66
66
Henry O. Cole 66
George W. Rich
Benjamin E. Stetson
66
Davis C. Witherell
66
66
John Harris
66
14
Samuel L. Bailey Ill. Cav'y 10
Charles E. Bates 66
66
William R. Damon
18
.Seth K. Bailey
deceased
66
66
John P. Cushing
dis'd I 19
.Warren S. Litchfield
66
66
Warren J. Vinal ... Mass. Cav. 1
John Barry
66
66
John W. Young
66
66
. Andrew J. Damon
39
66
. C. Eugene Bates
66
66
Thomas J. Newcomb
F
24
Alvin Glines
66
Seth O. Fitts
38
66
Jos. P. Bisbee . . 1st Mass. Cav.
1
Henry Brown
66
66
Edward Patterson . .. . R. I. Bat.
-
Andrew M. Hyland
dec'd
66
66
.
Billings Merritt
66
Lemuel Webb
39
Bela F. Brown
C 22
Marshal P. Rodgers R. I. 3 Geo. D. Brown . . killed in bat. C 29
8
James Barry
66
66
James Rodgers . . 1st Mass. Bat. - Albert Hutchinson . . U. S. Eng's - Edwin W. Damon 66
N. Andrew Rodgers
B
12
Nicholas Wherety
66
A. L. Pierce .. 1st Bat'n, dis'd A
John Studley
A
Bardine Prouty. . Cabot's H. Art. - Bardine H. Prouty . .do.
Benjamin F. Merritt
66
G. H. Cook .. Mt'd Ran. dis'd
66
Thomas F. Bailey
·James T. J. Andrews
William G. Litchfield
Edmund H. Sylvester
66
William J. Whitcomb 66
E. Oliver Nichols 66
J. P. Carling A
Charles Young
66
John W. Bailey
66
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NINE MONTHS MEN.
Co. Reg.
Co Reg
George O. Vinal F 43
Peleg F. Clapp F 43
Alfred H. Studley dis'd "
John E. O. Prouty
Francis M. Litchfield
"George W. Perry 66 66 John Doherty
Warren H. Sherman
Franklin Tyler 66
66
Thomas W. Hyland
66
Milton G. Litchfield
George S. Bates
66
Joseph W. Morris 66
60
Israel D. Damon
66
Charles W. Soule
66
66
Otis Litchfield
66
Henry O. Clapp
William Bouve 66
66
Charles D. Mann
dis'd
John N. Collier K
66
George A. Hatch John H. Turner 66
Gideon Y. Sylvester B
Alfred C. Damon 66
Charles A. Vinal A 45
William O. Merritt, Jr. 66
66
Cornelius Gordon F 47
Charles E. Brown
Thomas E. Mann
Henry L. Brown
66
Thomas P. Nash
Benjamin Brown, Jr. 66
Two of the Nine Months Men enlisted in Boston, and received their bounties from that city.
SUMMARY.
Number of Three Years Men
91
Nine Months Men 37
Total Number of Volunteers from Scituate 128
All of which is respectfully submitted by
GEO. E. COLE, ) Selectmen GEO. C. LEE, S of Scituate.
Scituate, Feb. 19, 1863.
66
Virgil Damon
Jotham W. Bailey dis'd
66 am
Lucius Thayer
66
, Warren Litchfield, Jr. 66
Henry H. Chubbuck
66
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE virtues and blessings of the. Christian religion, and of our free institutions, are nowhere more beautifully illustrated than in our Common Schools. We are happy to report, that our eleven schools have been open through the year, without much interruption ; that the teachers have labored to do their best; that wonderful changes for the better have been wrought in many cases; and that satisfaction has been given, with some few exceptions. No epidemic nor disturbance has broken up any school, though colds and sickness have made the attend- ance irregular the past term. The smallness of the Neck and the Egypt schools does not prevent their excellence ; nor can we repress our joy at visiting the larger schools; while we record with pleasure the attempt in the West District to keep an evening school, which continued as long as the over-taxed strength of the teacher permitted.
We have a band of faithful resident teachers, " having diver- sities of gifts, but the same spirit." Day after day, they have been educating our children by "line upon line and precept upon precept." Their names are household words; and they cannot be too "highly esteemed for their work's sake." The advantage of having the same good teachers year after year, as for instance on North Main and Charles Streets, cannot be over-estimated. Criticisms upon order, government and methi- ods of instructing, together with words of encouragement and advice, have been freely given at our Monthly Teachers' Meet- ings, which have been kept up with considerable interest. We recommend their continuance, in order that teachers and com-
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mittees may be of greater service to each other. We also sug- gest that the Town choose agents to attend immediately to repairs, conveniences and comforts for the good of the schools, and thus save them from the delay, expense and trial of send- ing from one part of the town to another. The blinds and windows, the stoves and the outhouses, need constant looking after. The good examinations, the crowded gatherings around gift-trees, and the lectures on Education, have exerted a good influence and given much happiness to all who have been pres- ent.
The school at Town Hall was suspended four weeks last Autumn, by the teacher's enlisting for military service, and by the going away of one of the School Committee for the same purpose, and another to help in a Soldiers' Hospital. Since then, the school has had two masters of superior educa- tion, who have made many friends by their aptness to teach and their impartial conduct, without giving perfect satisfac- tion in respect to order and government. In discussing this school, without prejudice in favor of or against any particular teacher or mode of discipline, we are first to settle it in our minds, that we have seventy-five children who cannot be ac- commodated in our primary schools, and who cannot be edu- cated in any better or more economical way than by having one school at the Centre. We cannot afford to hire male teachers for every Winter school, nor to set up two graded schools at opposite sides of the town.
As to complaints about the management of this school, they can be obviated without giving up the school. The whole State and the whole civilized world are interested in such mat- ters as " one session per day," "referring refractory scholars to the School Committee," " sparing or not sparing the rod." Let them be talked upon, as they will be, in stores, shops, and parlors, in institutes and conventions, till experience and wis- dom shall decide upon them. Some evils attend this liberty of speech ; wrong stories get into circulation ; more is some- times known and said by those who have never kept nor vis- ited schools than by others; and no school can be a perfect success, with ever so good a master, if parents, voters and
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scholars are opposed to it; but all these evils can be over- come without discontinuing the Massachusetts System of Free Schools, and without infringing upon free speech.
The one daily session of five hours and a half with one inter- mission is new to us; but has been approved in numerous other places, as giving a longer unbroken time for study and recitation, a shorter liability for those who stay at noon to become restless, and a longer time before dark to get home. The hours are the same in number as in the other schools, taking their recesses into account. The objection to it is, that children cannot be employed advantageously in all cases so many hours out of school; and this objection disappears in proportion as home government and home happiness are im- proved. If it is hazardous to have children out of school a part of each afternoon in term time, how much more so to take them out of school before the term closes ; and how ruinous to provide no school at all for our larger and more advanced scholars !
As to governing a school with or without corporal punish- ment, no one can object to the appeals to conscience, reason and religion ; to frequent visits upon parents, and other means pursued the past winter ; though we may say of the govern- ing faculty, what Webster said of eloquence, " it must exist in the man," and not in any devices or contrivances of art.
We fear the world has not outgrown all demand for the rod and the sword, but still we prefer partial success on moral suasion principles to perfect order on lower grounds ; and we rejoice in those scholars and parents who have co-operated till the close of the school with the efforts of the teacher to rule without resort to blows; whilst we cannot approve of empty seats on examination day for any reason except sickness.
We recommend a revision of the course of study and order of recitations at the High School, so that the common branches may not be neglected, nor the older boys assigned to the assis- tant teacher. A misapprehension in regard to the grade of our school at the Town Hall led the master astray at first from the course of instruction most needed by us, and which he afterwards pursued as soon as suggested to him.
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The School Committee, in common with all the citizens, are in favor of economy, and of retrenchment, too, wherever prac- ticable; but they trust that nothing but poverty, or war in our own borders, will lower our appropriations or interrupt the keeping of any of our eleven schools, or cut down the fair wages for teaching. The value of real estate and the attrac- tions of a town are enhanced by good schools; and it re- reflects great honor upon Scituate, that she sustains a High School nine months of the year, though not obliged by the number of her inhabitants to do so. If we persevere, we shall soon be able to admit scholars by qualifications, and thus raise the standard of the school to what we want it.
In conclusion, we recommend more practical measures throughout the State for carrying out the provision of the Constitution, requiring " the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love of country, humanity and universal benevolence, and other virtues, to be impressed upon the minds of the youth ; so that our republican Constitution may be preserved and perfected, and the blessings of liberty be secured."
The preacher of the late Election Sermon has directed pub- lic attention to the decay of the " civic virtues." If we have been pursuing a course which renders it impossible to find patriots and statesmen like Washington at this hour of public peril, can we not remedy the defection in part by educating the youth in virtuous principles and impregnable patriotism ? Cannot all classes and all parties unite in preparing Young America to carry pure and undefiled religion and morality into politics, and thus save the nation from future corrup- tion, folly and rebellion ?
We do not ask for laws restricting the right of suffrage, but we do ask for more agencies than are now in the field to se- cure more purity in political life. We do pray that the afflic- tions of this trying hour may lead to renewed exertions and to wiser measures throughout our country, and especially our State, to do in our schools what Antioch College proposed distinctly to do ; - to turn out not only scholars, but practical Christians -to raise up a generation, not one of whom shall
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lack " those virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis of liberty and of future happiness."
Since writing the above, and previous to the expiration of our term of office, our attention has been drawn to the Statute,. requiring " every town divided into school-districts to vote upon abolishing them at the annual meeting in 1863, and every third year after." The experience and wisdom of the State are thus indicated in favor of the town system of having one board of managers for all the schools, in order that unity and progress, energy and stability, may be secured. The true idea of democracy is not that all shall be captains of the ship at the same time, but that all shall have a chance to take their turn. If prudential agents are authorized to select teachers, great injustice may be done by frequent changes, a good headway may be interrupted, and former arrangements frustrated. We trust and believe that the plan will soon be abandoned through- out the State, and the districts retained merely for conven- ience, as we have streets and wards, numbered or named.
It may not be amiss, as we retire from office, to bear witness to the responsibilities and duties, as well as the privileges and joys, of the School Committee. To be a competent member of a Board, into whose hands such momentous trusts are commit- ted, demands more ability and goodness than any man would dare to claim. It requires superior scholarship and familiarity with approved books and methods of teaching, an unselfish devotion to human progress, and an unbounded trust in the Christian religion.
A Committee may be all good men, as the world goes, and yet not particularly calculated " to ascertain," as the law di- rects, " by personal examination, the qualifications for teach- ing," a certificate of which must be obtained by the teachers before they can receive pay ; or " to make a careful examina- tion of the schools and judge of the proficiency of the scholars." The office should not be regarded as an unimportant one ; nor should selections be made without great deliberation and care.
The action of the town at its March Meeting, so gratifying to us in respect to its appropriations, was, in our judgment, precipitate and questionable in some other respects touching
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the interests of education ; but we trust that, in future years, a greater number of voters will feel a reverential regard for the most important offices to be filled by our suffrage.
TABULAR VIEW.
NAMES OF
TEACHERS.
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
Summer.
Winter.
Summer.
Winter.
Summer.
Winter.
Length in Weeks.
Aurelia G. Whiting
1 Harbor . .
42
48
29
38
6
4
35
Martha R. Pierce .
: Greenbush
29
26
21
20
1
35
George C. Lee
3 N. Main St. .
40
48
35
39
6
- 4
33
Deborah N. Hatch
Mary F. Perry
4 Grove St. . .
40
37
34
31
10
4
35
Eunice J. Hatch
Sarah L. Young
5 West
38
39
31
38
10
9
35
Sarah T. Litchfield .
6 Neck
22
18
15
16
2
1
35
Harriet A. Curtis
7 Common . .
39
36
29
28
5
2
35
Eunice J. Hatch
8 Willow St. .
48
42
38
32
4
4
35
Mary F. Reed
Mary F. Reed
9 Centre
48
32
30
24
5
2
35
Mary F. Perry
10 Egypt
22
22
17
18
2
1
35
Henry S. Bates
Henry Leonard .
Henry M. Atkinson
11 High
81
73
53
55
11
5
33
Mary A. Whiting
449
421
332
339
·
The number of persons between the ages of five and fifteen is 418.
Respectfully submitted.
ELIAS R. MUNGO, THOMAS CLAPP, WM. G. BABCOCK,
School Committee.
Scituate, March 7, 1863.
All the Scholars.
Average Attendance.
Present every day.
Harriet A. Clapp
.
Augusta C. Litchfield .
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN /
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 3, 1864;
INCLUDING
military Record.
ALSO, THE REPORTS OF THE
TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BOSTON: PRESS OF GEO. C. RAND & AVERY, 3 CORNHILL. 1864.
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REPORT.
THE Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the town of Scituate respectfully submit the following Report, showing the Expenditures and Receipts of said town from February 28, 1863, to March 3, 1864, together with its Financial condition at the latter date.
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
Items of Expenditure.
For debts accrued in 1862.
For debts accrued in 1863.
Totals.
Recruiting
$166 47
$166 47
State Aid
4982 93
4982 93
Armory
203 46
203 46
Law Suit
$10 50
224 11
234 61
Removing Snow .
33 83
74 46
108 29
Roads and Bridges
9 74
42 58
52 32
Repairs of Public Buildings
1 50
55 99
57 49
Incidental School Expenses'
11 00
45 26
56 26
Support of Schools
45 00
1976 42
2021 42
Support of the Poor
173 28
1185 62
1358 90
Town Officers
277 38
277 38
Stationery and Printing
75 75
75 75
Damage to Sheep by Dogs .
31 00
31 00
Miscellaneous
10 12
222 36
232 48
Abatement of Taxes by Order
3 35
138 13
Abatement of Taxes by Cer-, tificate
38 42
135 20
315 10
Totals
$336 74
$9837 12 $10,173 86
It thus appears that the Expenditures during the year for debts contracted in the previous year and for abatement of Taxes, was
$336 74
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For debts contracted during the year and abate- ments $9837 12 Total Expenditure during the year, for which Or-
ders have been drawn upon the Town Treas- urer $10,173 86 Vouchers for all the orders drawn, excepting those for the payment of State Aid and for Abatements of Taxes, accom- pany this Report, and will be placed on file in the Selectmen's room for examination.
As the unusual Expenditures arising from the war still continue, we have prepared the following statement, distin- guishing the ordinary from other expenditures, and showing the actual Expenses of the town, paid and unpaid, for common purposes, during the year.
STATEMENT. -
The whole amount of expense for which orders have been drawn, accrued in 1863-64, as be- fore stated, is
Add amount of County-Tax, paid by Treasurer . State-Tax, 66 66 66 R. Turner's fees as Collector, paid 112 09
Interest on war debt and money ·
$9837 12 988 10 2856 00
· borrowed to pay State Aid, paid .
809 94
Add for Expenses accrued, but not yet due, as follows : -
Board of three paupers in Cohasset Almshouse, from February 1, 1864 to March 3d 29 49
Board of James Collier at Taunton Hospital, from January 1, 1864 to March 3d, 9 weeks, at $3 . 27 00
Board of Mary Sylvester at Taunton Hospital, from Jan'y 1st, 1864 to March 3d, 9 w., at $3 27 00 Board of Henry Dean by City of Boston, from Jan'y 1, 1864 to March 3d, 9 weeks, at $1 50 13 50 Supplies to Mrs. C. Penney by City of Charles- town, Estimated . 10 00
Supplies to Widow Hayden by Dexter Vinal, from February 22, 1864 2 86
5
Supplies to Mrs. S. A. Leavitt by H. W. Bailey
& Co., from February 24, 1864 $1 50
Supplies to Mrs. E. Peaks by H. W. Bailey & Co.,
from February 15, 1864 3 04
Supplies to Mrs. Almira Young by J. H. Smith, from February 13, 1864 2 71
Add also for bills unpaid, due March 3, 1864, as follows : -
Due Thomas Vinal, for 31} days Recruiting 47 25
George C. Lee, “ 181% " 27 45 .
Roland Turner, " 8 . "
12 00
James L. Merritt, for soldiers' record, Est'd 20 00 Nancy Damon, for teaching school in Grove Street District 12 00
Asa J. Merritt, for labor on Town Hall, Est. 1 00
Charles Clapp, for Expressing ·
1 50
James C. Litchfield, for taking up desks in Town Hall, Estimated . .
2 50
Perez Simmons, counsel on Reed's suit, Est. 66 for building fires in Egypt
100 00
District School-house, Estimated 2 00
Total Expenses paid and unpaid for the year 1863-64
$14,946 05
From the preceding amount of Total Expenses should be deducted Extraordinary Expenses, as follows : -
For State Aid from March 1, 1863, to March 1, 1864 $4982 93
.
Recruiting $166 47 paid, $87 70 unpaid 253 17
Armory
203 46
Law-Suit, Reed vs. Scituate, $224 11 paid, $100 00 unpaid .
324 11
Transportation of Volunteers to Cohasset Depot . 8 75
Interest on war-debt and money borrowed to pay State Aid . 809 94 Soldiers' Record 20 00
Total Extraordinary Expenses $6602 36
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SUMMARY.
From Total expenses . $14,946 05
Deduct Extraordinary expenses . 6602 36
And the balance is the Actual Expense of the year for common purposes $8343 69
INCOME.
The Income for the year has been as follows : -
Derived from taxes - Amount of Tax-Bills of 1863-64 $11,459 33
from the State - Town share of School- Fund 85 69
from the Tax on Dogs 52 20
from the Sale of two Fish-Rights . 10 62
Liquor Agency 23 35
Due from Abington, for supplies to Sarah A. Lea- vitt 36 09
Holliston, for supplies to Mrs. Luke G. Fitts 1 43
State for Alien Pauper Aid, Estimated .
55 00
Excess of amount due from the United States for Recruiting, over expense
241 83
Total Income (excepting Bounty-money returned) $11,965 54
From Income, as before stated.
$11,965 54
Take actual expenses for common purposes ·
8343 69
and the balance shows the excess of Income over expenses for common purposes $3621 85
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The Selectmen, for the purpose of verifying their accounts and those of the Town Treasurer, have examined his book, and find his record of Orders paid to be correct.
The following is an abstract from the Treasurer's book, showing the Payments and Receipts, for the Financial year, just closing, and the condition of the Treasury on the 3d day of March, 1864 :-
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TOWN OF SCITUATE, IN ACCOUNT WITH ROLAND TURNER, TREASURER.
DR.
To Amount of Orders paid, drawn by Selectmen of 1862-63 $729 49
To Amount of Orders paid, drawn by Selectmen of 1863-64
9807 06 $10,536 55
To Cash paid H. K. Oliver, State-Tax ". W. R. Sever, County-Tax " W. W. Kendrick's Note
2856 00
988 10 3844 10
3500 00 3500 00
. " " Scituate Savings Bank, Interest 352 21 " W. W. Kendrick's Estate, Interest in full 264 33
..
" T. Clements, Interest to August 19, 1863 .
60 00
Otis Briggs, Interest to Nov. 10, 1863 . 60 00
66 Justin Litchfield, Inter- est to Nov. 22, 1863 . 12 00
E. Jones, Interest to Jan. 1,1864
70 83
Sundry persons for In- terest on money bor- rowed and paid
17 75
837 12
112 09
112 09
To Am't of Fees for collecting Taxes 66 outstanding Taxes of 1863-64 ·
1119 04
1119 04
To Cash on hand, March 3d, 1864, and due the Town
1140 31
1140 31
Total
. $21,089 21
$21,089 21
8
1863.
CR.
Feb'y 27, By Cash on hand, due the town on settlement
$576 34
$576 34
27, By Cash of E. Jones, for Treasurer's Note
500 00
April 28, By Cash of Galen Watson, for Treasurer's Note
100 00
" 28, By Cash of Stephen Litch- field, for Treasurer's Note .
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