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66
10
10
Hersey, Pettee, 3d
66
90
90
Hobart, Elijah, Jr.
66
1 20
1 20
Hatch, John, heirs
Hanover
1 10
1 10
.Henderson, William
20
20
Hersey, Caleb
Hingham,
60
60
Jacobs, Jotham
66
1 80
1 80
Jacobs, John, Jr.
40
40
Jacobs, John
66
50
50
Jacobs, Stephen
Hanover,
13 30
13 30
Jones, Sarah
Hingham,
1 40
1 40
Jones, Thomas, heirs
Hull,
3 30
3 30
Loring, Job
Hingham,
60
60
Loring, Elpahlet
60
35
95
Lane, Elias W.
30
30
Loring, Alfred and Albert
66
2 00
2 00
Mann, David
Hanover,
70
70
Mann, Patience
66
60
60
Mann, Joshua
30
30
Mann, Levi
Boston,
90
90
Mann, Benjamin
Hanover,
50
10
60
Mann, John
Abington,
20
20
Perry, Ethan
Hanover,
60
60
Prouty, David, heirs
Boston,
6 50
6 50
Puffer, John
Hingham,
6 20
6 20
Puffer, John, trustee to A. Gardner ·
66
2 40
2 40
Puffer, Freeman
66
90
90
Boston
2.00
2.00
30
30
Hersey, Nancy
49
Non-Residents' Names.
Residence.
Real Tax.
Highway Arrears.
Total.
Stockbridge, Libbeus
Hanover,
$0 60
$0 00
$0 60
Sprague, Reubin
Hingham,
60
5
65
Sprague, Jacob
50
50
Stoddard, Hosea
40
40
Sprague, Bela
66
1 20
. 20
Stoddard, Benjamin
3 00
3 00
Stoddard, Mary, Wid.
1 40
1 40
Stoddard, Martin
Marshfield,
40
6
46
Stoddard, Henry
Hanover,
20
20
Simmons, Perez
3 00
3 00
Simmons, Thomas
66
5 60
72
32
Studly, Jabez
66
10
10
Sprague, Israel
Hingham,
1 10
. 10
Sprague, Moses
66
20
20
Shute, Charles
66
1 20
38
1 58
Stoddard, Nathan
30
10
40
Smith, James
Abington,
30
10
40
Turner, Joshua D. heirs
Hingham,
70
70
Tower, Thomas, Jr.
1 80
1 80
Vining, David
Hanover,
3 30
3 30
Whiting, Orren
70
22
92
Wilder, Calvin D.
66
20
20
Whiting, William
40
40
Whiting, Justin
66
40
40
Whiting, Joseph
66
40
40
Whiting, Perez
Hingham,
1 30
1 30
Wilder, Joseph, Jr.
1 20
1 20
Whiton, David, heirs
2 00
2 00
Whiting, Amasa
66
4 80
4 80
SOUTH WARD.
. Briggs, Elisha, heirs
Pembroke,
1 00
1 00
Briggs, Alden
. 30
1 30
Barstow, John B.
Hanover,
80
26
1 06
Bailey, Stephen
20
6 26
Bates, Joseph S.
: 10
10
Barstow, Thomas
New Bedford,
3 30
3 30
Chamberlain, Nathaniel
Hanover,
60
60
Church, Timothy, heirs
30
30
Curtis, Robert
80
80
Curtis, William
66
80
80
Curtis, Nathaniel
50
50
Collamore, Anthony
Pembroke,
30
6
36
Collamore, Horace
90
90
Daniel, William
66
90
90
50
50
Thaxter, Henry, heirs
66
50
Non-Residents' Names. .
Residence.
Real Tax.
Highway Arrears. $0 00
Total.
Delano, William
Boston,
$0 40
$0 40
Dwelly, Nathan
Hanover,
50
50
Eastes, Zacheus, heirs
90
29
1 19
Green, Lydia, Wid.
New Bedford,
6 30
6 30
Leavitt, Gad
Boston,
3 40
3 40
Packard, Charles and David
North Bridgewater,
1 00
35
1 35
Robbins, Timothy
Hanover,
60
60
Rose, Seth
20
6
26
Richmond, Gideon
New Bedford,
3 30
3 30
Salmon, Robert, heirs
1 00
1 00
Studly, Joshua, 2d
1 90
1 90
Sylvester, Elijah
1 40
45
1 85
Studly, Joshua
80
80
Stetson, Samuel
1 20
39
1 59
Soper, Eunice
Hanson,
60
19
79
Turner, Samuel A.
30
30
MIDDLE WARD.
Bryant, Snow
Charlestown,
40
40
Cushing, Charles, trustee
Portsmouth, N. H.
90
90
Coffin, Thomas M.
Boston,
7 20
2 30
50
Cushman, Spencer
Kingston,
3 50
: 50
Foster, Jacob
Dorchester,
30
30
Foster, Josiah
66
60
60
Otis, Cushing, heirs
Boston,
21 90
21 90
Stetson, David. heirs
Charlestown,
2 70
2 70
Somers, Samuel W.
Abington,
60
19
79
Tilden, Atherton
Weymouth,
8 50
3 65
12 15
Turner, Francis
Charlestown,
7 20
7 20
Wood, Lucy, Wid.
Middleborough,
24 40
2 89
27 29
NORTH WARD.
Bates, Jusaniah,
Cohasset,
2 20.
2 20
Bailey, Caleb
66
1 60
1 60
Bates, Paul, heirs
20
6
26
Bates, Daniel
50
16
66
Bates, Lewis
66
50
50
Bates, Zealous
66
2 90
15
4 05
Bates, Warren, guardian to child
20
20
Battles, Lydia, Wid.
Charlestown,
40
40
Bates, Lewis and Warren
Cohasset,
1 00
1 00
Banns, Pettee
30
30
Bates, Silas
1 20
1.20
Cushing, Job
40
13
53
40
13
53
Bates, Lot and Rufus
3 70
3 70
Burbank, John
51
Non-Residents' Names.
Residence.
Real Tax.
Highway Arrears.
Total.
Gannet, Joy
Dorchester,
$2 00
$0 00
$2 00
Hall, George
Cohasset,
1 20
38
1 58
James, Eliza
66
30
30
James, Galen, heirs
66
30
30
Lincoln, Elisha, heirs
66
30
10
40
Litchfield, Simeon
Roxbury,
40
40
Litchfield, Canterbury
Dorchester,
1 00
1 00
Lincoln, Mordecai
Cohasset,
3 20
3 20
Lincoln, Caleb
2 20
2 20
Lincoln, Abram
Watertown,
3 20
3 20
Lincoln, Cummings
Cohasset,
30
30
Lincoln, Francis
8 60
8 60
Lincoln, Jerome, heirs
90
90
Lincoln, Mordecai, heirs
40
40
Lincoln, William
66
7 50
7 50
Litchfield, Jacob
Vermont,
80
80
Lothrop, Daniel
Cohasset,
1 20
1 20
Nichols, Caleb
66
20
6
26
Pratt, Jacob
66
60
60
Pratt, Benjamin
4 00
4 00
Parker, John
2 40
2 40
Reed, Samuel
Abington,
5 10
1 47
6 57
Souther, Laban
Cohasset,
2 60
83
3 43
Tower, Abram H.
70
26
96
Tower, Nichols, guardian to M. Litchfield
20
20
Turner, Henry J.
66
90
26
. 16
Vinal, Nathaniel
Boston,
1 60
1 60
Wallace, Ezekiel
Cohasset,
2 70
2 70
EAST WARD.
Billings & Thatcher
Boston,
15 60
15 60
Bodge, Noah
66
40
40
Litchfield, Isaac
Hingham,
2 04
2 04
Green, James H.
Boston,
3 00
96
3 96
Hobart, Thomas
Hanson,
3 00
3 00
Mann, Peleg, heirs
Boston,
70
70
Mann, John
70
70
Thompson, Ebenezer, heirs
Middletown, Ct.
10
10
Thompson, Ruth O.
66
6 00
6 00
Vinal, Cushing
Hanson,
7 20
7 20
White, Joseph
20
20
66
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Valuation of the Town in 1847.
True valuation of real estate,
$ 640,600 00
66 of personal estate, . 300,600 00
$ 941,200 00
Reduced value of real and personal, .
56,472 00
Whole number of polls,
.
·
.
... .
Apppropriations, &c. for 1847-Town appropriation, 5,500 00
County tax, ·
986 97
Overlayings on taxes, 244 28
6,731 25
Tax on 803 polls, at 1.35 each, . 1,084 05
Tax on true value, 60 cents on the $ 100, or 10 cents
on the reduced on the $ 100, 5,647 20
6,731 25
List of Abatements made by the Assessors on the foregoing Taxes.
To Otis Sherman, poll tax, 1846, $1 37 .
" Benj. Otis, 66 57 .
" Pettee Sylvester, error in highway arrears, . 55
" John B. Beal, E. Cole, Wm. Faxon, Asa Vinal, Jr., and Reu- ben Curtis,. 7 48
"*Aaron Pratt's heirs, Foster Litchfield,
·
3 37
" James Mander, Mary I. Briggs, and Wm. Stoddard, . 5 04 .
" Hugh Roney, Benj. Shepard, and John Freeman,
6 00
" Charles Cole's heirs, error in tax,
3 00
" Perez Turner,
3 70
" Charles H. Damon and Pettee Loring's heirs,
3 86
" Cummings Litchfield, .
1 37
" Joshua Mann, over-tax,
20
" John Spencer,
2 77
" James Waterman, over-tax, ·
1 20
" Josiah H. Cook and Robert Cook,
2 48
" Martha Litchfield, over-tax, .
1 50
" Elijah Sylvester,
85
" George W. Stetson, .
3 15
" Charles Mann, school books, 1 35 .
" James Corbet, 1 35
" Walter Fosters, Waters highways arrears,
85
" David Otis, poll tax, 1847,
.
1 35
.
.
.
.
803
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Highway Tax, expended in labor among the several Districts in 1847, as follows :
Surveyors' Names.
No. of District.
Amount ap- propriated.
Discharged in labor.
Not discharged ; to be put into next tax.
Edwin Spalding,
No. 1
$ 275 95
$ 249 04
$26 91
Noah Jenkins,
2
64 04
58 45
5 59
Bailey Vinal,
3
55 07
52 51
2 56
Henry Wade,
4
40 60
38 32
2 28
Paul Bailey,
5
64 03
55 83
8 20
Shadrach B. Merritt,
6
77-22
76 22
1 00
Hubbard Litchfield,
7
68 47
67 97
50
Allen Farrow,
8
41 48
41 48
Archibald Mitchell,
9
17 81
14 82
2 99
Jacob Vinal,
10
44 08
40 12
3 96
Elijah Marble,
11
56 79
53 77
2 92
William Brown,
12
57 65
Bills lost.
George A. Robbins,
13
66 18
66 18
William H. Tilden,
14
103 43
Elisha James,
15
47 74
47 74
Shiverick Turner,
16
28 95
26 01
2 94
John E. Corthell,
17
46 05
42 76
3 29
Henry Merritt,
18
26 19
26 19
Benjamin Totman,
19
52 13
49 17
2 96
George Lincoln,
20
33 20
32 10
1 10
Seth Thomas,
21
22 70
22 03
67
Charles Damon,
22
18 63
18 63
Luther Howland,
23
71 99
71 99
Elijah B. Turner,
24
45 57
41 59
3 98
Seth H. Vinal,
25
30 54
30 21
33
William C. Tolman,
26
31 56
29 70
1 86
Ebenezer Stetson,
27
91 14
91 08
06
Horatio N. Gardner,
28
58 22
55 02
3 20
Elijah Clapp, 3d,
29
81 65
81 65
Bela T. Jacobs,
30
81 08
80 13
95
Ichabod R. Jacobs,
31
44 96
Bills lost.
Dimmick Bowker,
32
35 03
35 03
Charles Jones,
33
63 83
61 26
2 57
Liba Litchfield,
34
33 31
31 36
1 95
Jeremiah Gundaway,
35
46 79
45 57
1 22
Shadrach Briggs,
36
14 08
14 08
Josiah Damon,
37
13 34
11 76
1 58
$2051 56
Considerable time and labor was spent in going and sending to several of the surveyors, (who did not return their bills,) for the highway tax-bills of last year. 'The law requires the surveyor to return his bills at the end of his term, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. The bills can be of no use to the surveyor after the expiration of his term of office, as he cannot lawfully dis- charge a tax or order labor after his cursos
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not " place" the highway arrears " in the next assessment of town taxes," without the bills, to obtain which, some labor on their part is generally neces- sary. Believing a nearer compliance with the law would be of benefit to the town, we mention this in this report.
The selectmen believe the foregoing detailed report, prepared from the bills and selectmen's books of last year, is in accordance with the vote of the town, when the report was recommitted. If, on the subject of schools and highway affairs, it is more particular than the instructions require, it will be remem- bered that, in the discussion previous to recommitment, the greater part of the additional matter was called for. As the town seldom orders reports to be printed for distribution to the citizens, it was thought best to present, in this, all the information on these subjects within our reach.
JOHN B. TURNER, JOHN BEAL, LORING JACOBS,
Selectmen of Scituate.
SCITUATE, April, 1848.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE, FOR THE YEAR 1847-8.
FELLOW CITIZENS,-
It has been customary for several years past for your Committee, in compli- ance with the statutes of this Commonwealth, to present an annual Report of their Public Schools. There are several circumstances which render it somewhat diffi- cult to give so full and particular account of them as your Committee could wish. As far as we are acquainted, however, there has been considerable improvement made in most of the schools.
In the fifth district the scholars appeared to be more perfect in all the branches they had attended, both in the summer and winter school, than in most of the schools ; few have made greater progress. Scholars have been very punctual in their attendance, although there has been more sickness among them than usual the past winter ; and one lad, about nine years of age, has died, who, at the com- mencement of the winter school, bid as fair to live many years as any one of his schoolmates. The parents have taken a deep interest in the welfare of this school ; they have visited it not only at the close, but at other times.
In district No. 10, they have had an excellent school, both summer and winter. This is considered among the first and best in town, according to the ages and number of scholars ; being one of the largest in the town. The government has been very good, and the parents have cooperated with the teacher in maintaining it. They have had an uncommon large map of this State suspended in this schoolhouse, so that every one that studies geography could have a very perfect knowledge of the State they lived in ; how every county, river, &c. were situated. If a knowledge of any one part of the world is more important to us than another, it must be that part where we reside.
In No. 16, they have done remarkably well. We know of no school where ev- ery scholar read and spelt so well as in this ; and probably one great reason was, they had been made to understand the meaning of most of the words and sen- tences they had been over the past winter. They were very perfect in their Arith- metic, Geography, and English Grammar, as far as they had gone.
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time before,-far better than any one would suppose in looking at their school- house. We think when a teacher and scholars are trying to do so well, that they are worthy of a better house ; and we are pleased to learn that they are expected . to be furnished with one by another winter.
In No. 11, they have been favored with a better school than common; and as an evidence that they had a good teacher, they have agreed to give him several dollars per month more for another winter than they gave him the past.
In No. 13, according to their number, (being one of the smallest schools,) they have done well, both summer and winter. They were more perfect in the studies they had attended to than schools in general.
In No. 12, they had a very good school. The questions that were asked the scholars, either by their teacher or committee, were answered very readily. Al- though they were not so far advanced as many other schools, yet they were made to understand the studies they attended to.
In No. 2, we have no doubt of its being a very good school ; but the storm and passing was such, at the closing examination of the winter school, that a consid- erable number were necessarily absent ; yet a few of those who were present we consider among the most forward in town. At the examination at the close of the summer school, there was no necessity of so many absenting themselves ; eight out of nine of the first class were not present, and some in the other classes. You will easily perceive that it would be difficult for your committee to tell what those have learned that they have had no opportunity to examine.
District No. 18 we are under the painful necessity of setting down among our poorest schools ; the teacher was qualified as to his literary attainments, but, for the want of a talent to govern and a tact to teach, but little instruction was im- parted. However, there was some excuse for him, for he had one of the poorest houses in town to teach in. If people wish to have good teachers, they must pro- vide them with good houses ; for there are very few good teachers that are willing to teach in a miserably poor house.
In No. 6, also, they were unfortunate in their teacher, for they were under the necessity of dismissing him in a short time. It was evident, both to your com- mittee and most of the parents, that, although he was a very pleasant, gentle- manly man, yet, for the want of ability to govern the school, he had better leave it, and another take his place, who might effect a change in the school for the bet- ter, which was accomplished.
The Union school, which is composed of all the boys over ten years of age and all the girls over twelve, is much the largest school in town. They have several good scholars, and there was evidence that their teacher had bestowed much labor upon the school ; but it is so large, and only one instructer, it cannot be expected they would be so perfect in every branch of learning as they might if there were only forty scholars, instead of nearly double that number. We understand, how- ever, since the closing examination of their winter school, that they have greatly reduced their number, by having all the female department leave and go to the district schools.
As there have been nearly forty different teachers that have been employed in this town during the past year, it can be expected that we should only give a sketch of some of the best schools and teachers, and a very few of the poorest ; the rest must be considered as a medium between them. And as no one of the committee has seen the whole of the schools, and different men will not judge alike as to them, it is very probable that every teacher and scholar will not have all the nraise that is justly due to them
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In the Eleventh Report of the Board of Education you will perceive, by the Graduating Table, that one hundred and forty towns in this State have availed themselves of the use of the funds that have been raised for the Public Schools ; better than this, by being more punctual in sending their children to the Common Schools ; and yet there were but four towns in this county that have raised so much money by tax, according to the number of their scholars. Now those that pay the most, we should suppose, would wish to have the use of it, and those who have the greatest part paid for them by others seem to be under far greater obli- gation to improve such an inestimable privilege. The more regular the scholar is in his attendance, the more rapid and sure is his progress. For this irregularity disturbs and discourages the teacher, and hinders those who are regular in their attendance. As a means of remedying this evil, we would recommend to parents to procure the very best of teachers, and make your schoolhouses as inviting as possible.
The Hon. Horace Mann, in his late Report, supposes that children under ten years of age might learn ten times more than they do, if all teachers were such as they should be. (p. 28.) You may be ready to inquire, why the examining com- mittee give recommendations to any one except to those who are competent, every way, to have the charge of the school. Sometimes it is because they do not know where any better ones can be obtained. When a stranger is presented for exami- nation, about all the committee can know is his literary attainments. They know but very little as to his ability to govern or instruct the school, or his tact to make his scholars understand what they have been taught. Your committee have been astonished, in visiting schools at their close, in respect to these things. Some schools have been suitably drilled in respect to the pauses, and the sound of every letter and word ; also, in all their other studies, they seemed to understand every thing they have gone over. Others would say they had been over much more ground, but there would be only a few in each class that understood what they pretended to have learned.
Martin Luther says, "In every age, even among heathen, the necessity has been felt of having good schoolmasters, in order to make any thing respectable of a nation." We ought not to denounce a state of things we do nothing to improve. We consider it very important that more competent teachers should be reared up in our own town, and not so much of our money carried out of this place every year by teachers from abroad. The materials are within our reach, but we must not sit still and wait for them to grow up of themselves. It is important that every parent and teacher should have their eye upon every promising lad and miss, in respect to this subject, and endeavor to use the best means to bring them forward as soon as their age and capacity will admit.
As your committee are required, by the laws of this Commonwealth, not to ap- probate any teacher that does not sustain a good moral character, we hope, there- fore, that every prudential committee will be particular in not presenting or nom- inating any one for a teacher that they have not a satisfactory knowledge that they possess a virtuous character, and will be likely to inculcate the same both by precept and example. The Secretary of the Board of Education says, "No tal- ents however profound, no genius however splendid, no attainments however am- ple, can atone for any deficiency in moral character."
In behalf of the Committee,
THOMAS CONANT, Chairman.
P. S. Since the above was accepted, we have had sufficient evidence to believe
THE
SELECTMEN'S
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1852, TO MARCH 5, 1853.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY STACY AND RICHARDSON, No. 11 MILK STREET. 1853.
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE.
THE Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Scituate, respectfully submit the following
REPORT,
showing the expenses and disbursements of said Town, for the year ending March 5th, 1853.
Abatement of Taxes, 1851-2, $58 84
Removing Snow,
157 16
Roads and Bridges, 66
350 58
Town Officers, 66
- 165 32
Poor out of Almshouse, -
715 12
Poor in South Scituate Almshouse to Mar. 1, 1852, 65 00
6 66 do. from March 1 to April 24, 1852, 49 96
" " Cohasset Almshouse from April 24 to Feb. 14, 1853, - 174 90
Sundry expenses connected with Poor in Almshouse, 12 99
Repair of School Houses and Town Hall, 25 60 Recording Births and Deaths, 22 10
Printing School Report of 1852,
20 00
Stationery, School Books and Printing,
45 37
Miscellaneous expenses of the Town for 1852,
197 07
Expense of School House in Greenbush, excepting services of Building Committee, 940 14
Expense of School House in Neck District, with same exception, 895 96
Amount carried forward,
$3,896 11
4
Amount brought forward, $3,896 11 Expense of School House in Centre District, with same exception, . 960 04 School Orders drawn by the Selectmen, and paid by Moody B. Whiting, Treasurer, from March 1 to April 10, 1852, 755 00 School Orders drawn by Selectmen, and paid by Turner Litchfield, Treasurer, from April 10, 1852 to March 5, 1853, 1,267 20 School Orders drawn by the Selectmen and out- standing, 9 86
Whole amount of Orders drawn in 1852-3, $6,888 21
The Selectmen further Report that they have examined the books of Moody B. Whiting, Treasurer, from March 1, 1852 to April 10, 1852, and his Accounts with the Town stand as follows, viz : -
Dr.
School Orders drawn in 1851, $140 37 66 66 66 1852, 755 00
Orders for other Town expenses, 1851, 81 81
66 66 66 66 1852, 180 57
Interest on Note at Savings Bank, for $500, dated
March 11, 1851,
30 00
Outstanding Taxes of 1849,
. 20 50
1850,
24 78
66 66 1851, 229 20
School House Taxes, 1850, 14 62
Expense of Collection, 7 00
Balance paid over to successor,
44 54
Total,
$1,528 39
Cr.
Taxes of 1849, per previous settlement, not paid, $19 87
66 1850, 66
66
26 52
66
1851,
66
862 04
School House Taxes,
66
16 32
Amount carried forward,
$924 75
5
Amount brought forward, $924 75
Cash from Savings Bank per Note dated March 2, 1852, for $400, 400 00
Cash due the Town per previous settlement, March 1, 1852,
203 64
Total, $1,528 39
We have also examined the Books of Turner Litchfield, Treasurer of Scituate, from April 10, 1852, to March 5, 1853, and find his account to stand as follows, viz : -
Dr.
Orders drawn in 1851-2, $0 50
66 66 1852-3,
4,502 79
School Orders, 1851-2, 6 67
66 66 1852-3,
1,267 20
County Tax,
565 13
Paid for Note at Savings Bank of July 5, 1851,
100 00
Interest on Note of $300 to W. Ferguson,
$100 to Savings Bank,
5 25
66
Henry Clapp's order,
19
28 82
66
Thomas Clapp's Notes to Feb. 1, 1853,
104 49
66 Order in favor of F. Capen,
60
Taxes of 1849, outstanding,
66
1850,
24 78
66
1852,
824 85
66 School Houses, do.,
14 62
Discount on Taxes,
69 32
Blank Tax Bills,
2 90
Services as Treasurer,
29 00
Extra services, attending settlement of Books, 2 50
Cash on hand March 5, 1853, and due the Town,
655 48
Total, $8,379 06
Cr.
Taxes of 1849, outstanding, per account of M. B.
Whiting, $20 50
18 00
Jane T. Otis' Note of $150,
Savings Bank, in full, to Jan. 1, 1853, 65 96
20 50
1851,
72 51
6
Amount brought forward,
$20 50
Taxes of 1850, outstanding, per account of M. B. Whiting, 24 78 Do. 1851, do., do., 229 20
School House Taxes of 1850, do., do.,
14 62
Cash from M. B. Whiting, former Treasurer,
44 54
Amount of Taxes assessed for the year 1852,
5,741 59 .
Elijah Clapp for Note dated May 1, 1852,
100 00
Hervey Curtis
May 15, 1852,
300 00
Savings Bank 66 66
66 66
Jan. 1, 1853,
65 26
Thomas Clapp 66 66 Feb. 1, 1853,
104 49
Savings Bank
66 Feb. 24, 1853,
500 00
66
Mar. 2, 1853,
591 00
School House sold in old 3d District,
125 00
66 66
Centre District,
58.00
66
Neck .
16 00
Wood and Table sold in old 3d District,
42
State Treasurer for Town share of School fund,
105 91
Pedlers' Licenses,
16 00
Use of Town Hall,
41 00
A. J. Bates on account of Nuisance,
5 00
Cohasset for Counsel Fees on Fishery,
5 00
School Books, 75
Total,
$8,379 06
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN ON THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 1853.
Dr.
Outstanding School Orders, $9 86
Town 172 79
School Money undrawn,
883 25
Jane T. Otis' Note for $150, dated May 9, 1850,
150 00
William Ferguson's do., $300, " May 3, 1851, 300 00
Elijah Clapp's Note for $100, dated May 1, 1852,
100 00
Hervey Curtis do. for $300, dated May 15, 1852,
300 00
Scituate Savings Bank do. for $1,470.26, dated Jan. 1, 1853, 1,470 26
Amount carried forward,
$3,386 16
July 17, 1852,
270 00
7
Amount brought forward, $3,386 16 Thomas Clapp's Note for $826.59, dated Feb. 1, 1853, 826 59
Savings Bank do. for $500, dated Feb. 24, 1853, 500 00.
do. for $591, dated Mar. 2, 1853, 591 00 Interest due on above Notes to Mar. 5, 1853, nearly 51 00
Total, $5,354 75
Cr.
Outstanding Taxes of 1849, $20 50
66 66 1850,
24 78
66 66 1851, 72 51
66
1852,
824 85
School House " 1850,
14 62
Value of School House in Greenbush,
100 00
Cash in Treasury, March 5, 1853,
655 48
Bill against the Town of S. Scituate, one-half of Coroner's Bill, 2 50
Demand against the Town of S. Scituate for out- standing Taxes of 1848, 9 37
Bill against Hersey Litchfield for boarding wife, 7 43
Balance against the Town, March 5th, 1853, 3,622 71
Total, $5,354 75
In addition to the balance of $3,622.71 against the Town as shown by the Town Books and the above account, there is a further sum estimated to be due from the Town, for services of the Selectmen and School Committee, and for support of the Poor in Cohasset Almshouse from Feb. 14 to March 5, 1853, and for removing snow and for other expenses up to date, of $300, making the whole debt of the Town at this date, provided every account against the Town were settled, the sum of $3,922.71, nearly.
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