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For the Committee,
WM. G. BABCOCK.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
Names of Schools.
At High School.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 4, 1866.
INCLUDING
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS
AND
MILITARY EXPENDITURES DURING THE WAR.
ALSO THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BOSTON: PRESS OF GEO. C. RAND & AVERY, 3 CORNHILL. 1866.
REPORT.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Scituate respectfully submit the following Report, showing . the Expenditures and Receipts of the Town, from March 6, 1865, to March 5, 1866, together with its financial condition at the last-named date.
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE. .
Items of Expenditure.
For debts of previous years.
For debts ac- crued in 1865.
Totals.
Bounties to Five Recruits.
$450 00
$450 00
Reimbursement of Bounties.
4,080 40
4.080 40
Payments under vote of May 4, '61
$72 50
72 50
State Aid ..
2,950 67
2,950 67
Law Expenses
148 62
727 96
876 58
Removal of Snow
12 40
12 40
Incidental School Expenses.
102 16
102 16
Support of Schools.
2,259 08
2,259 08
66
the Poor.
89 99
1,044 41
1,134 40
Repairs of Public Buildings.
77 58
77 58
Town Officers .
40 00
366 71
406 71
Stationery and Printing.
149 19
149 19
Ordinary Repairs of Roads and Bridges .. .
368 79
368 79
Repairs of Little's Bridge.
39 67
39 67
" Hingham and Quincy Bridges
311 25
311 25
Hearing on Hingham and Quincy Bridges
32 38
32 38
Hearing on Little's Bridge.
17 00
17 00
Construction of Beaver Dam Road " Cliff Road.
1,320 00
14 77
14 77
Abatement of Taxes
244 74
244 74
Miscellaneous
40 00
271 16
311 16
$1,711 11
$13,520 32
$15,231 43
. ..
1,320 00
4
It thus appears that the Expenditure during the year for debts contracted in previous years was, $1,711 11
For debts contracted during the year (including Law Expenses in Reed's suit), 13,520 32
Making the whole Expenditure for the year by Selectmen's orders upon the Town Treasurer, $15,231 43
That the actual expense for the year of each branch of Ex- penditure may be exhibited, it is necessary to add to the pay -. ments made by order of the Selectmen the amounts due at the end of the year, and also payments made by the Town Trea's- urer for Interest on the Town Debt, and for State and County Taxes.
The following is a statement prepared for the purpose named :
STATEMENT.
EXPENSE OF REMOVING SNOW.
Amount of Orders drawn
$12 40
And, as there are no unpaid Bills, that sum is the total expense.
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL-EXPENSES.
Amount of Orders drawn, $102 16
Due for making fires, estimated at 4 00
Total Expense, 106 16
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Amount of Orders drawn, $2,259 08
Due to Ella Damon for teaching
West School,
$15 00
5
Due to Mary F. Clapp for teaching Greenbush School, $52 49
66 Aurelia G. Whiting for teach- ing Harbor School, 56 87
66 Flora Allen for teaching West School, 37 50
Martha G. Peirce for teach- ing Centre School, 52 25
66 Ella Curtis for teaching Willow Street School, 87 50 $301 61
Total Expense, $2,560 69
Deduct Town's share of School Fund, 99 63
And the balance is the net cost of teachers' wages and fuel for the year.
$2,461 06
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
Amount of Orders drawn, $1,044 41
Due to Taunton Hospital for board of Mary Sylvester and Almira Hayden, from Jan. 1, 1866, to March 5, 1866, at $31 per week each, $59 42
Due to Cohasset for board of 3 pau- pers, from March 6, 1865, to March 5, 1866, at $34 per week, 518 60
Due City of Boston for board of Henry Dean, from Jan. 1, 1866, at $3 per week, 27 43
Hingham for supplies to Cor- nelia Damon, estimated, 10 00
Henry Clapp for supplies to L. Nash, from Feb. 13, at $2 per week, 5 71
.
6
Due to Anthony Gray for supplies to N. Ellinsson, from Feb. 1, at $1,
$4 71
66 John H. Smith for supplies to Almira Young, from Feb. 15, at $1 per week, 2 57 $628 44
Total Expense,
$1,672 85
Deduct from this, amount received from friends of C. W. Litch- field,
68 25
From friends of Celia Peaks, since Jan. 1, 1866, 9 12
Amount due from them, to March 5, 9 14
Amount received from sale of A. Hayden's personal property, 31 15 117 66
Leaving as the net expense of sup- porting the Poor,
$1,555 19
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Amount of Orders drawn for Repairs of Roads and Bridges (exclusive of Little's, and Hing- ham and Quincy Bridges) was, And, as there are no unpaid bills, that sum was the expense of repairing our ordinary roads and bridges during the year.
$368 79
LITTLE'S BRIDGE.
Little's Bridge became free on the 1st day of June last, and is maintained by Scituate and Marshfield jointly, and in equal portions.
One-half the expense has been, $42 67 Deduct allowance for services of Selectmen (in- cluded in expense of Town Officers), 3 00
7
And the balance is the net expense since June 1, $39 67
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
On the 1st day of July, 1864, these bridges became free, and Scituate was unjustly required to pay five-fortieths of the cost of maintaining them thereafter.
Twice within the year, we have been assessed to pay for damages and repairs; once in May, for which an order was drawn for, $311 25
And once in January, for which an order for 475 00
was drawn, but withheld by advice of coun- sel ; making the whole expense (if the
last assessment be paid), $786 25
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS.
ROAD FROM FRONT STREET TO THE BEACH.
Orders had been drawn to the amount of - $14 77 when the Selectmen's authority ceased.
BEAVER-DAM ROAD.
. The suit of Reed vs. Scituate has been settled by the payment of $1,700, including all costs.
As near as can be ascertained, the costs that would have been taxable to Scituate, up to the time of settlement, in case of a final defeat of the town, amounted to $380.
We may therefore properly consider the cost of
the construction of the road, $1,320 00
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Repairs of Ordinary Roads and Bridges, $368 79
Little's Bridge, 39 67
66 Hingham and Quincy Bridges, 786 25 $1,194 71
Construction of Road to the Cliff and Beach
14 77
66 of Beaver-Dam Road, 1,320 00 1,334 37
Total Expense for Repairs and Construction, $2,529 48
8
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1
Amount of Orders drawn, $77 58
And no bills remain unpaid, so far as known to us.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of Orders drawn, $366 71
Due Town Treasurer, for services, 40 00
Expense for the year, $406 71
STATIONERY, STAMPS, POSTAGE, AND PRINTING.
Amount of Orders drawn,
$149 19
And no bills remain due.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of Orders drawn, $271 16
And that sum is the expense for the year.
LAW EXPENSES.
SUIT OF ALBERT REED.
Amount of Orders drawn for 1865, including amount paid Reed's heirs,
$661 93
Due Perez Simmons, estimated,
100 00
Total Expense in Reed's suit, $761 93
SUIT OF EDWARD JAMES.
Amount of Orders drawn,
$56 03
And nothing remains due.
OPINION OF COUNSEL.
Orders drawn for opinion on Re-imbursement Law, $10 00
9
HEARING UPON THE PETITION CONCERNING HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Amount of Orders drawn,
$32 38
Due P. Simmons, estimated at,
25 00
Total Expense, $57 38
HEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS, CONCERNING LITTLE'S
BRIDGE.
Amount of Orders drawn,
$17 00
Due P. Simmons, estimated at
20 00
Total Expense,
$37 00
RECAPITULATION OF LAW EXPENSES.
In Reed's suit, $761 93
" James's 56 03
Hearing in the case of Hingham and Quincy Bridges, 57 38 66 Little's Bridge, 37 00
Opinion of Counsel, 10 00
Total Law Expenses, $922 34
PAYMENTS UNDER VOTE OF MAY 4, 1861.
Orders drawn in favor of Nelson V. Hutchinson and Charles F. Sylvester for, $72 50
RECRUITING.
Orders drawn for two Volunteers, enlisted in March, $250 00
Orders drawn for three Negro Volunteers, enlist- ed by the State, 200 00
$450 00
STATE AID.
Orders drawn prior to Jan. 1, 1866,
$2,830 67
66
since 66 66
120 00
Total amount of State Aid for the year,
$2,950 67
2
10
REIMBURSEMENT OF SUBSCRIBERS TO RECRUITING FUND.
The amount of money derived from contributions of individuals, and expended in filling the quo- tas of Scituate, called for in 1864, was, $5,014 71
Of this sum, there were expended for substi-
tutes, $450
Refunded to subscribing Volunteers 217 667 00
Making the sum of $667 not re-imbursable by
the town, which, deducted from the gross sum, leaves, $4,347 71
As the amount due from the town to contributors.
The amount apportioned (a deduction of 12 cents from neglected fractions) was, 4,347 59
Of this sum, Orders have been drawn for
4,080 40
And there remains due,
267 19
1
Whole amount, as above, $4,347 59
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of Orders drawn,
$244 74
INTEREST.
Amount of Interest accrued during the year, $1,564 96
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Amount of State Tax,
$4,841 00 °
66 of County Tax,
970 48
$5,811 48
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES FOR ORDINARY PURPOSES.
For Removal of snow, $12 40
66 Incidental School Expenses, 106 16
66 Support of Schools, 2,461 06
66 Support of the Poor, 1,555 19
66 Repairs of Roads and Bridges, 368 79
Repairs of Public Buildings, 77 58
66 Town Officers, 406 71
11
For Stationery and Printing,
$149 19
66 Miscellaneous,
271 16
66 Abatement of Taxes,
244 74
66 State Tax,
4,841 00
66 County Tax,
970 48
Add R. Turner's fees for collecting taxes,
129 11
66 Loss on Liquor Agency,
25 07
Total Expense for Ordinary Purposes, $11,618 64
RECAPITULATION OF EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.
For Roads and Bridges,
$2,160 79
Law,
922 34
Payments under vote of May 4, 1861, 72 50
66 Bounties to Recruits,
450 00
State Aid,
2,950 67 '
66 Interest on War Debt,
1,564 96
66 Re-imbursement of subscribers to Recruiting Fund, 4,347 59
Total Expenses, $12,468 75
Deduct amount of State Aid to be refunded by the State, 2,950 67
And the net Extraordinary Expense amounts to $9,518 08
INCOME.
Derived from Taxes. - Amt. of Tax bills of 1865, $13,454 80
66 Corporation Tax, 271 88
66 66 Sale of two Fish Rights, 26 00
66 Letting Town Hall, 38 50
13 50
Due for the use of the Town Hall,
Amt. of Income, exclusive of credits to expense of Schools and Poor,
$13,804 68
From the amount of Income,
13,804 68
Deduct the amount of Ordinary Expenses, 11,618 64
And the Excess of Income over Ordinary Expenses is $2,186 04
12
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The Selectmen have examined the Town Treasurer's Record of Orders paid by him, and find it to be correct.
The following is an abstract from his book, showing the Pay- ments and Receipts for the Financial Year just closed, and the condition of the Treasury on the 5th day of March, 1866 : -
TOWN OF SCITUATE IN ACCOUNT WITH ROLAND TURNER, TREASURER. DR.
To Amount of Orders paid, drawn by Selectmen
$474 04
of 1864-5, paid, drawn by Selectmen of 1865-6,
13,741 60
$14,215 64-
To Cash paid H. K. Oliver, State Tax, Wm. R. Sever, County Tax, 970 48
5,811 48
paying Notes due from the Town, as follows: -
Name of Payee.
Date of Note.
Principal.
Interest.
A. J. Waterman,
Jan. 10 1865,
$100 00
$1 50 $101 50
Ezekiel Jones,
Mar. 20, 1857,
300 00
7 50
307 50
Ezekiel Jones,
partial pay't,
Aug. 1,1862,
300 00
300 00
Fenton W. Varney, Aug. 15, 1864,
190 00
9 98
199 98
Geo. O. Vinal, partial,
66
50 00
50 00
John B. Peirce,
200 00
11 67
211 67
Charles R. Hayes,
66
100 00
6 50
106 50
Thomas Otis,
66
200 00
15 64
215 64
Charles P. Seaverns,
200 00
10 00
210 00
John Manson,
Jan. 19, 1865,
250 00
15 00
265 00
Sidney R. Marsh,
Sept. 1, 1864,
80 00
6 15
86 15
Shadrach B. Curtis, June 1, 1863,
100 00
9 50
109 50
June 26, 1863,
150 00
13 60
163 60
66
Oct. 22, 1864,
100 00
7 13
107 13
66
June 30, 1865,
200 00
6 00
206 00
Shadrach B. Cur-
tis, Jr.,
Oct. 22, 1864,
100 00
6 70
106 70
Shadrach B. Cur-
tis, Jr.,
June 30, 1865,
200 00
6 00
206 00
Geo. C. Lee,
Treasurer,
Aug. 26, 1864,
861 25
83 09
944 34
John Marsh,
Sept. 1,
200 00
17 23
217 23
Charles W. Clapp,
Aug. 15, 66
66
200 00
17 80
217 80
66
Oct. 28,
100 00
7 68
107 68
July 26, 1865,
200 00
6 43
206 43
Amount of Notes and interest,
$4,581 25 282 904,864 15
$4,864 15
200 00
17 80
217 80
Galen Watson,
4,841 00
13
To Cash paid for interest on Notes as follows : - On 11 Notes, due Scituate Savings Bank, $565 82
" 4 Notes due South Scituate Bank, paid to Oct. 15, 1865, 215 39
" Theodore Clement's Note, paid to Aug. 19. 1865, 120 00
" Ira Litchfield's Note, paid to Aug. 15, 1865, 12 00
" Geo. R. Litchfield's Note, paid to Aug. 15, 1865, 12 00
" Francis B. Lee's Note, paid to Aug. 15, 1865, 12 00
" Francis B. Lee's Note, paid to Sept. 3, 1865, 3 00
" Otis Briggs's Note, paid to Nov. 10, 1865,
60 00
" Job E. Curtis's Note, paid to Aug. 15, 1865, 12 00
" Joseph O. Marsh's Note, paid to Sept. 1, 1865, 6 00
" Stephen Litchfield's Note, paid to Aug. 28, 1865, 12 00
" Stephen Litchfield's Note, paid to July 22, 1865, 12 00
" Ezekiel Jones's Note, paid to Jan. 1, 1866,
22 76
" Eziekel Jones's Note, paid to Jan. 1, 1866,
30 00
" Geo. O. Vinal's Note, paid to Jan. 1, 1866,
11 00
$1,105 97
To Cash paid for interest on money borrowed and paid,
20 23
20 23
66 amount of fees for collecting taxes,
129 11
129 11
66 66 1865,
of uncollected taxes of
1,482 00
1,482 00
" Cash on hand March 5, 1866, and due the town,
3,123 87
3,123 87
$30,752 45
14
CONTRA, CR.
By Cash on hand, March 6, 1865, $1,627 86 $1,627 86
66 " from State Treasurer, balance of Recruiting Fund, 1,125 00
1,125 00
66 from State Treasurer, share of School Fund, 99 63
99 63
66 from State Treasurer, for State Aid of 1863, 261 47
66 from State Treasurer, for State Aid of 1864, 5,700 00
5,961 47
Corporation Tax, 271 88
271 88
66
66 from Thomas Vinal, sale of personal property, 31 15
66 " from friends of C. W. Litch- field,
68 25
66
66 from friends of Celia Peaks, 9 12
26 00
26 00
66 66 sale of two Fish Rights, of Howland L. Hunt, use of Town Hall,
23 50
66 of Thomas Vinal, use of Town . Hall,
5 00
-
66 of Eliza A. Jenkins, use of Town Hall,
3 00
" of Joseph W. Morris, use of Town Hall,
3 00
66 of James L. Prouty, 2d, use of Town Hall,
4 00
38 50
10 00
10 00
66
66
of Caleb M. Jenkins, on Note, of Daniel Ford, for Treas- urer's Note, dated April 17, 1865,
200 00
66
66 Stephen Litchfield, for Treas- urer's Note, dated May 3, 1865,
200 00
66
66 Marshall Litchfield, for Treas- urer's Note, dated May 16, 1865, 100 00
66
"
66 from State Treasurer, for
108 52
15
By Cash of Thomas Litchfield, for Treasurer's Note, dated May 16, 1865, $100 00
66 " of Stephen Litchfield, for Treasurer's Note, dated June 28, 1865, 100 00
66 66 of Shadrach B. Curtis, Jr., for Treasurer's Note, dated June 30, 1865, 200 00
66
66 of Shadrach B. Curtis, for Treasurer's Note, dated June 30, 1865, 200 00
66 of James A. Bailey, for Treas- urer's Note, dated July 25, 1865, 100 00
of Galen Watson, for Treas- urer's Note, dated July 26, 1865, 200 00
of Noah Jenkins, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Oct. 13, 1865, 200 00
66 66 of S. Scituate Savings Bank, for Treasurer's Note, dated Oct. 16, 1865, 1,700 00
66
66 of Shadrach B. Curtis, for Treasurer's Note, dated Jan. 15,1866, 600 00
of Shadrach B. Curtis, Jr., for Treasurer's Note, dated Jan. 15, 1866, 300 00
66 66 of Geo. L. Curtis, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Jan. 17, 1866, 90 00
66 of Charles Vinal, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Jan. 17, 1866, 400 00 66 66 of Stephen Litchfield, for Treasurer's Note, dated Jan. 24, 1866, 100 00
16
By Cash of Bennett D. Studley, for Treasurer's Note, dated Jan. 24, 1866, $150 00
66
66 of Harvey Whitcomb, for Treasurer's Note, dated Jan. 29, 1866, 100 00
66 66 of Thomas Vinal, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Jan. 29, 1866, 100 00
'66
66 of Thomas Tilden, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Jan. 29, 1866, 100 00
66 of John Marsh, for Treasurer's Note, dated Feb. 7, 1866, 400 00
i6
66 of Geo. W. Bailey, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Feb. 7, 1866, 100 00
66 66 of Hosea V. Orcutt, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Feb. 7, 1866, 100 00
66 66 of Geo. C. Lee, for Treasurer's Note, dated Feb. 9, 1866, 300 00
66 66 of Galen Watson, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Feb. 9, 1866, 500 00
66 66 of Henry H. Northey, for Treasurer's Note, dated Feb. 7, 1866, 250 00
66
66 of John Manson, for Treas- urer's Note, dated Feb. 12, 1866, 100 00
66 66 of S. B. Curtis, Jr., for Treas- urer's Note, dated Feb. 16, 1866, 100 00 $7,090 00
March 5, 1866. By Taxes of 1861-2, collected, 3 59
" Taxes of 1863, collected, 4 86
1 Taxes of 1864,
17
March 5, 1856. By collected, $930 34 $938 79 " Taxes of 1865, for collection, 13,454 80 13,454 80
$30,752 45
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, MARCH 5, 1866.
DEBTS.
Due for Outstanding Orders of 1865-6 $1,489 83 $1,489 83
66 Reimbursment of Bounties, 267 19 267 19
Due to Cohasset for board of 3 Pau- pers, from Feb. 1, 1865, 552 26
66 Taunton Hospital, board of M. Sylvester, from Jan. 1, 1866, 29 71
. 66 Taunton Hospital for board of Almira Hayden, from Jan. 1, 1866, 29 71
66 City of Boston, for board of Henry Dean from Jan. 1, 1866, 27 43
6. J. H. Smith, per supplies to A. Young, from Feb 15, 1866, 2 57
66 Hingham for supplies to C. Damon, 10 00
66 Abington, for supplies to Geo. 1 Mann's family, 3 00
Henry Clapp, for supplies to Lemuel Nash, from Feb. 13,
5 71
66 A. Gray, for supplies to N. Ellm's son, from Feb. 1, 4 71 665 10
66 Perez Simmons, as counsel, est.,
145 00
145 00
66. Ella Damon for teaching West School, 15 00
66 Flora Allen, for teaching West School, 37 50
Aurelia G. Whiting, for teach- 66
ing Harbor School, 56 87
3
18
Due to Mary F. Clapp, for teaching Greenbush School, $52 49
66 Martha G. Peirce, for teaching Centre School, 52 25
Ella Curtis, for teaching Wil- low St. School, 87 50
$301 61
$2,868 73
Due Roland Turner, Salary as Treasurer, $40 00 66 for making Fires,
4 00
4 00
Claimed to be due for Repairs of Hing- ham Bridges,
475 00
475 00
$3,387 73
Due, also, the following Notes and Interests : -
Names of Payees.
Date of Note.
Principal.
Time to which Int. due Interest is paid. Mar. 5. Jan. 1, 1866, $18 00.
Apr. 29, 1861,
500 00
Oct. 29, 1865, 12 70
Aug. 2, 1862,
1,500 00
Feb. 2, 1866, 9 30
Nov. 4, 1862,
200 00
Nov. 4, 1865, 4 84
Nov. 27, 1862, 800 00
Nov. 27, 1865,
15 68
Jan. 8, 1863,
1,000 00
Jan. 8, 1866,
11 20
66
66
June 26, 1863,
800 00
Dec. 26, 1865,
11 04
66
June 17, 1864,
400 00
Dec. 17, 1865, 6 56
July 8, 1864,
700 00
Jan. 8, 1866, 7 84
66
66 May 20, 1864,
1,000 00
Nov. 20, 1865,
21 00
66 Dec. 19, 1864,
500 00
Dec. 19, 1865,
7 60
Ezekiel Jones
Aug. 1, 1862,
200 00
Jan. 1, 1866,
2 56
Mar. 27, 1863, 500 00
Jan. 1, 1866. 6 40
Otis Briggs,
Nov. 10, 1862,
1,000 00
Nov. 10, 1865,
23 00
Stephen Litchfield
Apr. 28, 1863,
200 00
Apr. 28, 1865,
10 24
July 22, 1864,
200 00
July 22, 1865,
7 43
May 3, 1865,
200 00
May 3, 1865, 10 03
66
Jan. 24, 1866,
100 00
Jan. 24, 1866,
1 20
George R. Litchfield,
Aug. 15, 1864,
200 00
Aug. 15, 1865,
6 67
Shadrach B. Curtis,
Jan. 15, 1866,
600 00
Jan. 15, 1866,
5 88
Shadrach B. Curtis, Jr., Jan. 15, 1866,
300 00
Jan. 15, 1866, 2 94
66
Feb. 16, 1866,
100 00
Feb. 16, 1866,
2 34
South Scituate Savings Bank,
April 8, 1864, 2,000 00
Oct. 15, 1865, 56 40
South Scituate Savings Bank,
July 22, 1864, 1,600 00
Oct. 15, 1865, 45 12
66
66
June 28, 1865,
100 00
June 28, 1865,
4 13
66
Scituate Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1853, $1,470 26
40 00
19
So. Scituate Savings Bank, July 27, 1864, $500 00 South Scituate Savings Bank,
Oct. 15, 1865, $14 10
Oct. 16, 1865, 1,700 00
Oct. 16, 1865, 47 60
Thomas Litchfield, 66 66
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00
Aug. 15, 1864, 18 67
May 16, 1865, 100 00
May 16, 1865, 4 82
Ira Litchfield,
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00 Aug. 15, 1865, 6 67
Francis B. Lee, 44
Sept. 3, 1864, 50 00
Sept. 3, 1865 1 52
Job E. Curtis,
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00
Aug. 15, 1865, 6 67
Wm. T. Clapp,
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00.
Aug. 15, 1864, 18 67
George H. Whitaker,
Aug. 15, 1864, 170 00
Aug. 15, 1864,
16 38
George O. Vinal,
Aug. 15, 1864, 100 00 Jan. 1, 1866, 1 08
Allen Vinal,
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00
Aug. 15, 1864, 18 67
Theodore Clement,
Aug. 19, 1864, 2,000- 00
Aug. 19, 1865,
65 33
Joseph O. Marsh,
Sept. 1, 1864, 100 00
Sept. 1, 1865,
3 08.
Ebenezer Bailey
Sept. 3, 1864, 400 00
Sept. 3, 1864,
36 13
Daniel Ford,
April 17, 1865, 200 00
April 17, 1865, May 16, 1865,
4 96
James A. Bailey,
July 25, 1865, 100 00
July 25, 1865,
3 67
Noah Jenkins,
Oct. 13, 1865, 200 00
Oct. 13, 1865, 5 72
George L. Curtis,
Jan. 17, 1866,, 90 00
Jan. 17, 1866,
85
Charles Vinal,
Jan. 17, 1866, 400 00
Jan. 17, 1866,
3 76
Bennett D. Studley,
Jan. 24, 1866,
150 00
Jan. 24, 1866,
1 20
Harvey Whitcomb,
Jan. 29, 1866,
100 00
Jan. 29, 1866,
58
Thomas Vinal,
Jan. 29, 1866,
100 00
Jan. 29, 1866,
70
Thomas Tilden,
Jan. 29, 1866,
100 00
Jan. 29, 1866,
70
George W. Bailey,
Feb. 7, 1866,
100 00
Feb. 7, 1866,
52
Hosea V. Orcutt,
Feb. 7, 1866,
100 00
Feb. 7, 1866,
52
John Marsh,
Feb 7, 1866,
400 00
Feb. 7, 1866,
2 08
George C. Lee,
Feb. 9, 1866,
300 00
Feb.
9, 1866,
. 44
Galen Watson,
Feb. 9, 1866,
500 00
Feb.
9, 1866,
2 40
Henry H. Northey,
Feb. 7, 1866,
250 00
Feb. 7, 1866,
1 30
John Manson,
Feb. 12, 1866,
100 00
Feb. 12, 1866, 42
Eunice Rodgers,
July 22, 1865, 175 00
July 22, 1865,
6 50
Amounts,
Principal, $25,955 26
Interest,
$622 08
RECAPITULATION OF DEBTS.
Due for sundries, brought forward, $3,387 73 $3,387 73
" " Principal of Notes, 25,955 26
£ " Interest, 622 08 26,577 34
Total indebtedness of the Town,
$29,965 07
10 60
Marshall Litchfield,
May 16, 1865, 100 00
1
Aug. 15, 1864, 200 00
Aug. 15, 1865, 6 67
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RESOURCES.
Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, $3,123 87 $3,123 87
Uncollected Taxes of 1862-63 and 64, valued at
166 85
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66 of 1865,
1,482 00
1,648 85
Value of property in Liquor Agent's hands,
113 29
113 29
Due from the State for Pauper Aid,
55 00
66 Abington 66
43 00
98 00
66
the State for State Aid of 1863 and 1864,
132 90
66 the State for State Aid, from Jan. 1, 1865, to March 1, 1865,
1,097 07
66 the State for State Aid, from March 1, 1865, to Jan. 1, 1866,
2,830 67
66 the State for State Aid from Jan. 1, 1866, to March 1, 1866,
120 00
4,180 64
66 the friends of Celia Peaks to March 5,
9 14
9 14
Due for the use of the Town Hall,
13 50
13 50
Due from the U. S. for transporta- tion, Value of security on house of C. M. Jenkins,
8 75
8 75
Amount of resources,
$9,367 54
SUMMARY OF DEBT.
From amount of debts,
$29,965 07
Take amount of resources,
9,367 54
And the balance is the debt of the Town on March 5, 1866. $20,597 53
171 50
171 50
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The Selectmen may be permitted to congratulate the Town, that, from this Annual statement of the debt, the cost of Beaver- Dam Road (amounting in the aggregate to $3,250) is not excluded.
There may be some small demands against the Town from Prudential Agents and Highway Surveyors, not embraced in this Report. Any omissions of this kind, however, are not owing to neglect on the part of the Selectmen .*
With these possible exceptions, the foregoing is an accurate exhibit of the debt of the Town.
COMPARISON OF DEBTS OF 1865 AND 1866.
The Debt, March 5, 1866, is $20,597 53 66 on March 6, 1865, was estimated in
last year's Report, at 13,158 33
The Debt exceeded that amount by 107 16
Making the actual debt at that time, $13,265 49 13,265 49
Increase of Debt, $7,332 04
This increase has been caused by an extraor-
dinary expenditure (for the items of which 3 see page 11 of this Report) of $9,518 08
Diminished by excess of income over ordinary expenses, 2,186 04
Leaving for increase of debt, as before shown, $7,332 04
* NOTE. - Persons having bills against the Town should present them by the 15th of February of each year, and not oblige the Selectmen to call for them.
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ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1866.
For removing snow,
$220 00
incidental school expenses,
100 00
support of the poor,
1,800 00
66
repairs of public buildings,
80 00
66 of roads and bridges,
300 00
Town Officers,
300 00
66 stationary and printing,
175 00
66 interest,
1,700 00
66 law suit and Hingham Bridge case,
100 00
66
abatement of taxes,
250 00
66 miscellaneous,
200 00
5,225 00
support of schools,
2,500 00
2,500 00
66
road near M. S. Litchfield's store,
362 50
362 50
66 reimbursement, one half this year, 2,200 00
2,200 00
State Tax,
3,228 00
66 County Tax,
970 48
4,198 48
Total estimated expense,
$14,485 98
To pay which, a tax of $1.50 per $100 will be required, if the valuation be nearly the same as that of last year.
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LIQUOR AGENCY.
Enoch C. Gardner was Agent until May 28, and Russell Cook for remainder. of the year.
The following is a combination of their Reports : -
CASH ACCOUNT.
DR.
CR.
To cash paid for stock to Feb. 15, 1866,
$255 27
By cash on hand, Feb. 15, 1865, $13 20
66 cash paid for U. States License, 25 00
cash from sales, 376 57
66 cash for expenses, 1 55
66 salary,
30 00
cash on hand, due the Town, 77 95
$389 77
$389 77
STOCK ACCOUNT.
DR. CR.
To stock on hand, Feb. 15, 1865, $113 01
By amount of sales,
$376 57
66 stock on hand, Feb. 15, 1866, 23 19
66 stock bought during the year,
255 27
66 profit on sales, 31 48
$399 77
$399 76
LOSS.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Paid for License, $25 00
Fixtures,
$12 15
salary,
30 00
Liquors, 23 19
expenses, 1 55
$56 55
Cash, 95
Deduct profit on
sales,
31 48
Loss,
$25 07
$113 29
Since the foregoing was written, we have learned that the . suit of Edward James v. Town of Scituate has been decided in favor of the Town. The Supreme Court allowed extra pay for 90 days only, and $1 per day for time spent in drilling, amount- ing to $50.
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As the decision in this case determines the value of all other similar claims against the Town, the amount due on them can be determined with considerable accuracy.
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