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86 00 Turner Litchfield, 6 75
John Cushman,
52 00 Wor. Chronic Asylum, 33 75
Total, $1,118 15
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
At the annual meeting held March, 1877, Wm. H. Litchfield, H. H. Northey, and Job Vinal, were chosen Surveyors of High- ways.
Amount of orders drawn and expenses $2,081 34
The following payments have been made :-
John Langdon, $2 00 Leroy Vinal, $7 00
E. Parker Welch, 35 37
Charles Anthony, 16 65
John W. Bailey, 2nd., 6 75 George Emerson, 11 50
Wm. O. Merritt, 7 00 John A. Merritt, 28 00
Luke G. Fitts,
3 00 Isaac H. Young. 31 12
Arthur E. Ferguson, 3 00 James T. Dalby, 23 55
Wm. R. Damon and boy, 7 25
Sumner Litchfield, 22 50
Lewis Brown, 19 88
Sumner O. Litchfield, 12 25
George O. Vinal, 38 62
Luther Litchfield, 6 50
Henry T. Otis, 21 83
John W. Pierce, 2 25
Wm. E. Hunt, 25 75 Benj. B. Litchfield, 2 25
David L. Studley, 7 25
Otis Litchfield, 1 75
Harvey W. Litchfield, } 12 12
Otis Mott, 4 12
13
Caleb Osborne, $11 37
Samuel Litchfield, $1 75
Abner S. Dalby,
11 62
Joseph Brown, 50
William J. Newcomb
50
Peter Tromer, 3 00
Warren Litchfield,
26 63
Noah Jenkins,
14 87
B. B. W. Litchfield,
17 75
Charles F. Clapp,
14 84
Charles Ferguson,
7 00
Edward Ward,
8 25
E. F. Pierce,
15 50
S. L. Hunt,
4.88
Cushing O. Litchfield,
33 88
Fred. Cole,
83 17
Sylvanus Damon,
1 50
C. M. Jenkins,
5 50
Joseph H. Litchfield,
11 25
Harvey Litchfield,
1 10
Albert Litchfield,
4 50
Marcus Barber,
29 51
Marshall Litchfield, Jr.,
4 50
Joseph O. Cole,
5 50
Seth Chandler,
13 43
Virgil Damon,
5 50
Munroe Merritt,
5 75
Marcena Damon,
6 25
James A. Bailey,
11 25
Charles E. Brown,
20 32
Nathaniel Wade,
10 50
Patrick Dunn, 23 38
Jerry Emerson,
8 25
B. W. Briggs,
7 25
Thomas Vinal,
1 50
Benjamin Stetson,
3 00
Harvey Curtis,
30 75
Fred. Cushing,
4 50
H. D. Northey,
57 79
Benjamin Andrews,
6 80
John Bisbee,
4 50
Nicholas Wherity,
6 88
James Tilden,
13 00
Francis M. Litchfield,
2 75
Everett Torrey,
21 50
George Young,
1 50
Charles Totman,
11 70
Martin Burke,
6 00
Noah Nichols,
3 50
James Sullivan,
27 80
Charles Damon,
8 70
Jacob C. Newcomb, 4 25
Israel H. Sherman,
5 63 William Ferguson,
13 50
William P. Litchfield,
75
David B. Litchfield, 5 75
John Brown,
6 45
Levi Vinal,
4 50
William H. Wade,
3 00 Ezra Vinal, 5 50
William Damon,
4 72
Lewis N. Curtis, 9 25
Bryant N. Fernald,
4 50 Norton Curtis,
4 50
14
Leander Osborne,
$1 50 George Litchfield,
$1 50
Turner Litchfield,
40 50
Freeman Vinal, 7 13
Alexander Anderson,
28 21 Stephen Litchfield, 3 50
John Davelin,
7 00
John Patterson,
1 50
John Donahoe,
3 00
Thomas Patterson,
3 75
James Gammon,
4 25
Patrick Murphy, 7 75
Frederic Curtis,
6 00
Edward Murphy,
8 93
John Hughs,
3 00
Patrick Wall, 4 94
Patrick Gammon,
6 73
Edmund Landers,
4 00
Edward Merritt,
5 19
Daniel Ellms,
1 50
Joseph Bailey,
1 50
George Wade,
4 50
Walter E. Bailey,
1 50
Patrick Cullen,
14 75
Flora Driscoll,
18 37
William C. Bailey,
9 25
Daniel Langdon,
1 37
Charles Kenney,
2 25
Charles Manson,
4 12
Daniel Hill,
7 50
Rufus Clapp,
39 68
Josiah Litchfield,
4 25
Joseph Brown, Sen.,
1 50
William Brown,
1 64
H. H. Northey,
15 05
John B. Turner,
5 00
Charles Cottle,
5 12
Azro Turner,
6 00
Jesse L. Totman,
37 88
Edwin Bailey,
28 00
Samuel Stoddard,
6 12
Charles H. Mitchell,
5 50
John F. Dalby,
4 37
Jesse Spooner,
2 50
Andrew Bates,
16 25
Henry H. Sylvester,
2 50
Joseph E. Merritt,
3 75
Joseph Gardner,
2 50
Allen Merritt,
3 43
William H. Litchfield,
70 00
Elijah B. Pratt,
2 50
Webster Litchfield,
1 25
Stephen Litchfield,
6 25
Isaac Lambert,
26 95
Peleg Hyland,
9 00
James Totman,
20 47
Alpheus Litchfield,
3 75 Peleg Stetson,
4 38
Henry Damon,
8 37
Josiah Mann,
4 13
Hiram Bates,
3 75
Edward Mann, 4 13
A. Judson Bates,
11 25
Virgil H. Damon,
3 75
15
Melvin S. Litchfield, $3 75 Israel D. Damon, $1 25
Thaddeus L. Litchfield,
3 12
John Curran, 5 25
Homer Studley, 1 87
Bartlett Higgins, 3 00
Lorenzo F. Hyland, 3 12
Hugh Ward, 5 25
John Q. Welch,
2 25
Seth Litchfield,
2 00
Thomas O'Neal,
6 75
Job Vinal,
71 00
Festy Nee,
2 25
Franklin Damon,
85 26
Stephen Joyce,
1 50
John F. Prentiss,
95
Martin Curran,
2 25
Henry L. Vinal,
35 75
James McDonough,
3 00
H. A. Seaverns & Co.,
17 76
Patrick Cannon, 2 25
Perez L. Litchfield, 32 92
James Quinn,
2 25
K. B. Merritt & B. D. Studley, 2 50
John Mitchell,
2 25
Stillman Litchfield, 11 92
Joseph Flynn,
75
J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
1 50
Mrs. David Briggs,
1 42
Thomas O. Cole,
16 00
Henry T. Jackson,
1 00
Daniel Broughton,
2 50
Cushing O. Ellms,
10 15
Eben Bearce,
2 50
Peter Murphy, 15 84
Jetson Wade,
41
A. Roscoe Vinal
3 12
E. A. Turner,
94
Horace Litchfield,
2 50
George H. Briggs,
7 79
Reuben Mann,
1 50
David S. Jenkins, 37 25
Alexander B. Anderson, 2 19
Hosea V. Orcutt,
1 47
Asa J. Merritt,
62
Amount,
$2,081 34
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PRINTING, STATIONERY AND POSTAGE STAMPS.
Amount of orders drawn .. .
$191 11
Avery & Doten, $162 57 J. F. Farmer, $6 50
Thomas Groom, 5 00
State of Massachusetts, 1 20
M. R. Warren,
5 47 S. M. Briggs, 1 00
Charles E. Bailey, 6 75 H. A. Seaverns & Co., 2 62
Amount,
$191 11
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of orders drawn $575 86
PAYMENTS.
William B. Green, Superintendent of Schools
$128 00
Thomas Tilden, Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, to March, 1877. 23 50
George C. Lee, services as Town Clerk to March, 1877, 4 65
Roland Turner, services as Treasurer. 50 00
Charles E. Bailey, services as Town Clerk. 61 31
Benjamin Brown, Sealer of Weights and Measures 10 00
William H. Litchfield,
70 00
H. H. Northey, Assessors 30 50
Job Vinal, 47 50
William H. Litchfield,
Selectmen 101 00
H. H. Northey,
and 23 75
Job Vinal,
Overseers of Poor
25 65
Amount paid ...
$575 86
Deduct amount due last year.
60 00
Expenses for the year $515 86
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REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Amount of orders drawn
$208 56
PAYMENTS FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL.
Marcena Webb, $2 00
Franklin Damon, $70 96
Young & Webb,
45 46
Joseph W. Leach, 4 00
Joseph Bailey,
25 William C. Bailey,
17 04
Henry Merritt,
50 Thomas O. Cole, 66 00
A. Roscoe Vinal,
1 00
Seth Litchfield,
1 35
Amount,
$208 56
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of orders drawn. . .
$267 99
ABATEMENT-TAX OF 1874.
Edmund & H. Jenkins, $16 04 S. R. Bouve,
$2 00
Amount for 1874,
$18 04
TAX OF 1875.
Wilbur P. Brown, $9 44 Daniel Jenkins, $3 06
Mercy Bates,
6 88 John Wallace, 2 00
Edmund & H. Jenkins, 17 32
John Folley, 70
· John W. Pierce, 6 02 Leonard Raymond, 2 19
Amount in 1875,
$47 61
2
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TAX OF 1876.
Mercy Bates,
$4 71 James McCarty, $4 70
Wilbur P. Brown,
9 27
Daniel McCarty, 2 00
John Boylin,
2 54 John W. Pierce, 6 14
Buel Bradford,
2 00
Leonard Raymond, 2 25
Joseph F. Bisbee,
2 00
Daniel Jenkins, 3 51
James W. Cudworth,
2 00
Edward Ward's estate, 8 91
Mrs. Thomas Hawthorne, 8 00
Elisha Otis, 3 80
Edmund Hyland, 2 00 Robert O. Herne, 1 35
Edmund & H. Jenkins, 17 82
Stephen Lang,
2 00
Amount in 1876, $84 64
TAX OF 1877.
Wilbur P. Brown,
$8 75 Patrick Smith, $2 00
Leroy S. Bonney,
5 16
John Touhey, 2 00
John Boylin,
2 00
Ignatius Vinal, 2 00
Joseph F. Bisbee,
2 00
Edward Ward's estate, 8 42
Daniel Duffee,
2 85
Ephriam Young's estate, 2 00
Charles Kenney,
2 00
S. R. Bouve,
2 00
Andrew Lawrence,
2 00
Alfred W. Cook,
2 00
James McCarty,
4 75
Benjamin Otis' estate,
5 87
Albert Osborne,
2 00
William B. Green,
47 60
Leonard Raymond,
2 12
Frederic Stanley 1 21
Daniel McCarty,
2 00
George Merritt, 5 14
Amount in 1877, $117 70
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STATE AID.
Amount of orders drawn from Feb. 1, 1877, to Feb. 1,
1878
$906 00
PAYMENTS.
Harriet C. Brown,
$2 00
Mr. Ellms,
$48 00
Luke G. Fitts,
102 00
Sumner O. Litchfield,
36 00
Eunice Totman,
48 00
Elisha J. Brown,
72 00
Charles A. Taylor,
42 00
Mary J. Hyland,
48 00
Martha R. Pierce,
48 00
Alfred A. Seaverns,
72 00
Emily A. Merritt,
48 00
John H. Spencer,
72 00
Edward James,
25 00
George W. Lee,
54 00
C. A. A. Andrews,
96 00
Serena C. James,
28 00
Olive Cushing,
48 00
Benjamin Brown, Jr., 17 00
$906 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of orders drawn and expense. $1,015 54
PAYMENTS.
Thomas Tilden, cash paid for ballot box $4 75
John M. Damon, copying tax list, etc., to March, 1877, 26 00
Cornelius Doherty, for land taken First Cliff Road ..
400 00
Committee fees, C. Doherty case
55 91
Willard Torrey, sheriff fees on execution of C. Doherty case. 15 48
Charles B. Pratt, work on breakwater 3 00
Henry Pettis, work on breakwater 3 00
Henry Sylvester, work on breakwater.
1 50
Town of Marshfield, repairs on Little's Bridge
42 23
Post 31, G. A. R., for Decoration Day . 100 00
Charles E. Bailey, removing office, expressing 6 55
20
Charles Damon, expense to Plymouth as committee
on Pond street, by vote of town. $1 80
Thomas T. Bailey, books for High School. 15 00
Fred Holland, stationery for High School. 4 87
H. A. Seaverns & Co., school books 10 33
J. L. Hammett, school books for High School 4 25
Daniel Ward, for land taken First Cliff road. 40 00
Daniel Ward, Jr., for land taken First Cliff road ... . 10 00
James McDonald, for land taken First Cliff road ... 7 50
Heirs of Edward Ward, for land taken First Cliff road. 15 00
Arthur Ward, for land taken First Cliff road. 15 00
William P. Allen, school books.
92 64
William L. Kennard, care of Town Hall 7 00
William C. Bailey, returning deaths 25
Josiah Litchfield, returning deaths 50
Thomas W. Hyland, expressing. 1 45
E. C. Gardner, services as constable. 11 00
E. C. Gardner, returning deaths. 10 25
Michael Welch, land taken for Third Cliff road. 25 00
Samuel H. Turner, land taken for Third Cliff road .. 2 00
Roland Turner, services at State House and stamps.
5 00
John B. Damon, for land taken on petition of Edwin
Bailey and others, from Beach street to Button- wood field, so-called 65 00
William J. Newcomb, returning deaths 4 25
Hosea D. Nott, services as constable 2 25
Rufus Clapp, expenses to Plymouth as committee on
Pond street, by vote of town 1 90
Benjamin Brown, oil, &c., for Town Hall. 68
Hosea V. Orcutt, returning deaths . 4 25
$1,015 54
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MANN HILL ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$795 55
PAYMENTS.
Dodge & Gilbert,
$5 56 Warren Litchfield,
$33 00
George O. Vinal,
49 50
Webster Litchfield, 1 50
Seth Chandler,
42 90
Patrick Cullen, 4 50
James A. Bailey,
42 90
Turner Litchfield,
3 50
Joseph H. Litchfield,
45 90
Charles M. Ferguson, 77 10
John Prentiss,
7 51
B. B. W. Litchfield, 72 10
Cushing O. Litchfield,
86 47
D. B. Litchfield, 5 25
James Sullivan,
18 15
Harvey Curtis,
22 50
Ezra Vinal,
3 00
E. Foster Pierce, 17 50
J. C. Newcomb,
1 50
Job Vinal, 74 75
Nathaniel Wade,
33 90
Wm. H. Litchfield, 15 00
Munroe Merritt,
39 90
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 14 79
Marshall Litchfield, Jr., 33 90
J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
14 50
George Wade,
10 50
Franklin Damon,
1 47
William E. Hunt,
6 00 : Albert Litchfield,
10 50
Amount, $795 55
IMPROVEMENTS ON BLOSSOM STREET.
Amount of orders drawn.
$146 19
PAYMENTS.
William E. Hunt,
$5 93 Leroy Vinal, $3 75
John A. Merritt,
9 37 Harvey W. Litchfield, 4 68
Sumner Litchfield,
10 50 Andrew Bates, 5 93
Sumner O. Litchfield,
6 25 Isaac Young, 7 43
Samuel Brown,
14 82 Joseph E. Merritt, 2 50
22
Lewis Brown,
$6 55
Abner S. Dalby,
$1 25
William O. Merritt,
1 87
William H. Litchfield, 10 00
George Emerson,
7 81 Perez L. Litchfield, 6 00
James T. Dalby,
16 87
Hosea V. Orcutt,
10 38
John F. Dalby,
3 43
Stillman Litchfield,
7 75
Caleb Osborne,
3 12
Amount,
$146 19
IMPROVEMENTS ON POND STREET.
Amount of orders drawn
$141 74
PAYMENTS.
Marcus Barber,
$4 20
Isaac Lambert,
$10 35
Frederic Cole,
15 35
Patrick Quinn, 12 90
Harvey D. Northey,
30 05
Peleg Stetson, 3 00
Noah Nichols,
11 55
Charles F. Clapp,
4 94
Caleb Jenkins,
2 25
Charles Totman,
4 94
Samuel J. Hunt,
6 44
Edward Ward,
4 20
Edward Mann,
1 50
Benjamin Stetson,
11 88
Josiah Mann,
4 20
Otis Briggs,
13 24
Virgil Damon
75
Amount,
$141 74
EXPENSE OF FIRST CLIFF ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$149 08
PAYMENTS.
Turner Litchfield,
$26 25 Garrett Supple, $9 62
Reuben Mann,
26 25
Thomas Patterson, 7 63
Patrick Gammon,
10 93
Thomas Barry, 6 38
John Ward,
10 93
Alex. Anderson, 4 68
Patrick Murphy,
4 68
William P. Allen, 1 00
23
Peter Murphy,
$4 68
Joseph H. Litchfield,
$5 62
Edward Murphy,
4 68 Seth Litchfield, 1 95
E. A. Turner,
1 10
Job Vinal, 15 00
George O. Vinal,
7 70
Amount,
$149 08
EXPENSE OF THIRD CLIFF ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$185 59
PAYMENTS.
H. D. Northey,
$37 00
John Bisbee,
$6 75
Turner Litchfield,
35 00
Patrick Mulcarn, 2 62
Fred Cole,
18 37
Marcus Barber,
5 50
Everett Torrey,
30 50
H. T. Otis,
1 50
Edward Ward,
16 12
H. H. Northey,
15 75
Charles Cottle,
1 87
Edward Cumming,
1 50
Joseph Brown, Sen.,
4 12
Patrick Wall,
1 87
Joseph Bisbee,
7 12
Amount,
$185 59
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Total amount of interest accrued for the year.
$5,793 55
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Amount of State Tax $1,215 00
Amount of County Tax 1,603 61
$2,818 61
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COLLECTION OF TAXES AND DISCOUNT.
Discount on Taxes $218 63
Amount of fees for collecting Taxes. 223 48
$442 11
RECAPITULATION.
For removing snow
$49 93
Support of Schools
3,335 18
Incidentals for Schools.
147 03
Support of Poor.
3,168 92
Repairs on Roads and Bridges
2,081 34
Repairs on Public Buildings.
208 56
Printing and Stationery.
191 11
Town Officers.
515 86
Abatement of Taxes
267 98
State Aid
906 00
Miscellaneous. 773 09
Expenses Mann Hill Road
795 55
Improvements on Blossom Street ..
146 17
Improvements on Pond Street
141 74
Expense Third Cliff Road.
185 59
Expense First Cliff Road.
149 08
Interest
5,793 81
State Tax
1,215 00
County Tax
1,603 61
Discount on Taxes
218 63
Collection of Taxes. 223 48
Amount of expense.
$22,117 66
Deduct State aid (to be reimbursed) 906 00
$21,211 66
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EXTRAORDINARY.
Expenses of Beach Committee, paid by the Treas- urer by vote of the Town .. $2,709 42
Net expense $23,921 08
INCOME.
Amount of tax bills of 1877.
$23,368 82
Amount of corporation tax
238 83
Bank tax
1,016 33
Pedlers' licenses
40 00
Auctioneers' licenses.
6 00
Interest on C. M. Jenkins' debt
6 00
Amount (excluding school fund) $24,675 98
From amount of income $24,675 98
Deduct net expense. 23,921 08
Surplus of income over expenses . $754 90
.
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The Selectmen have examined the Town Treasurer's record of payments and receipts, and found it correct.
The following is his report :-
Town of Scituate in account with Roland Turner, Treasurer :
DR.
To amount of orders paid $15,905 30
Cash paid State Treasurer, tax.
1,215 00
County Treasurer for county tax 1,603 61
" for principal of notes.
2,100 00
for interest on notes
5,753 55
66
" interest on notes, money borrow and paid. 40 26
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1877-8
7,779 75
66 fees for collecting taxes
223 48
discount on taxes. .
218 63
To cash paid Edwin Young, Beach Committee.
425 00
66
C. H. Paine.
242 50
66 L. N. Curtis
4 00
66 Frank Howard.
25 00
66
Harris & Tucker 1,900 00
Wm. S. Danforth 54 79
66
" Daniel E. Damon. 24 00
‹‹
Charles E. Bailey. 34 13
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1878, to balance 3,827 49
$41,376 49
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CR.
By cash on hand February 1, 1877
$6,131 87
" received for State paupers 81 75
from State for corporation tax 28 92
for pedlers' licenses. 40 00
‹‹ from Town of Cohasset for supplies to H. Henry Litchfield. 24 19
from Town of South Abington for supplies to F. G. Bisbee. 89 00
from Town of Canton for supplies to Thomas Keefe. 113 50
66
from C. M. Jenkins, interest on note, 6 00
68
from Isaac Nightingale, auc- tioneer's license. 2 00
66
from Bank of Commonwealth for Town note . 2,100 00
‹‹
66
from State Treasurer for corpora- tion tax. 238 83
from State Treasurer for National Bank tax. 1,016 33
from State for State aid. 935 57
66
from State for supplies to Mat- thew and Antone Silva 156 68
66
from Town of Randolph for sup- plies to Mary Hall 29 00
for auctioneer's license from Thos. Vinal 2 00
from Town of South Scituate for supplies to Hannah L. Stoddard. 46 50
66
from State for school fund of 1877. 204 03
from C. A. Cole for auctioneer's license 2 00
By taxes collected of 1874
41 65
1875 480 28
66
1876 6,237 57
By taxes of 1877 for collection 23,368 82
66
66
$41,376 49 ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer. TUATE, February 1, 1878.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN,
FEBRUARY 1, 1878.
LIABILITIES.
Due notes and interest as follows :-
NAMES OF PAYEES.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest paid to
Interest due Feb. 1, '78
Eunice Rogers,
$175 00
July 20, 1865,
July 20, 1877,
$5 57
Salem Savings Bank,
4,000 00
July 26, 1867,
Jan. 20, 1878,
2 88
Scituate Savings Bank,
6.570 00
Mar. 2, 1868,
Sept. 2, 1877,
162 06
Stephen Litchfield,
300 00
Apr. 23, 1873,
Oct. 23, 1877,
4 90
Stephen Litchfield,
500 00
Oct. 10, 1871,
Oct. 10, 1877,
9 25
E. Weymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
500 00
May 27, 1876,
Nov. 27, 1877:
5 25
Seaman's Savings Bank,
30,000 00
Feb. 14, 1871,
Jan. 1, 1878,
175 00
State of Massachusetts,
30,000 00
May 2, 1871,
Nov. 2, 1877,
445 00
State of Massachusetts,
15,000 00
Nov. 8, 1873,
Nov. 8, 1877,
242 08
Amount of Principal, $87,045 00
Amount of Interest due, $1,051 99
Amount of principal of notes due
$87,045 00
Amount of interest due
1,051 99
Due for outstanding orders of 1876-77.
44 25
1877-78.
1,212 60
salaries of teachers.
1,035 75
" for support of poor.
146 75
Amount of liabilities. . . $90,536 34
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RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of the Treasurer $3,827 49
Uncollected taxes of 1872
4 73
1873
37 86
1874
33 09
66
1875
129 62
66
1876
781 53
1877
7,779.75
Value of security, C. M. Jenkins' house.
103 70
Tools on hand .
31 00
Due from Town of Cohassett.
136 92
South Abington
16 00
Malden.
56 00
State for State aid from Jan. 1, 1877, to Feb. 1, 1878 981 93
City of Boston.
99 14
Estate of Edmund Jenkins 49 75
Estate of Eveline Jenkins
129 70
Sale of C. Vinal's property
35 57
Sale of N. Vinal's property
37 66
State aid for Antone Joseph.
9 00
E. Bridgewater for supplies to Leander Osborne.
17 35
County Dog License fund of 1877 161 29
Amount of resources $14,459 08
66
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From amount of liabilities. $90,536 34 Deduct resources 14,459 08
Balance debt of the town, Feb. 1, 1878 $76,077 26 Deduct losses on railroad 70,000 00
The ordinary debt of the town would have been $6,077 26
66
in 1877, was 6,661 18 66
in 1878, is . 6,077 26
Balance decrease of debt for the year. $583 92
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1878.
For removing snow $1,300 00
Support of schools 3,300 00
Incidentals for schools 150 00
Support of poor.
3,200 00
Repairs on roads and bridges
2,100 00
Town offices 625 00
Printing, stationery and postage 150 00
Abatement of taxes. 250 00
Miscellaneous. 400 00
Collection of taxes and discount 400 00
Interest on debt. 5,800 00
Improvements on Pond street 300 00
Completing Mann Hill road 400 00
Repairs on public buildings 100 00
Total town grant. $18,475 00
Add amount of State tax (estimated)
1,300 00
County tax 1,625 00
Total estimated expenses $21,400 00
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LIST OF JURORS.
Presented for the Consideration of the Town, to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting in March.
Anthony Gray,
Thomas O'Neil,
Francis M. Litchfield,
Benjamin T. Turner,
Frederic S. Sanborn,
E. Parker Welch,
Benjamin Wilder,
Thomas Tilden,
Joseph Bailey,
Samuel H. Turner,
George W. Elliot,
Harvey D. Northey,
Cornelius Doherty,
Franklin Damon,
Hosea V. Orcutt,
John B. Pierce,
William C. Bailey,
Hatherly Merritt,
Peter Murphy,
John B. Turner,
E. Foster Pierce,
Turner Litchfield,
Abner Litchfield,
Thomas O. Cole,
Freeman H. Gannett,
Nathaniel J. Vinal,
Albert Clapp,
David S. Jenkins,
Charles E. Brown,
John W. Bailey, 2d., George G. Vinal,
Wilbur Merritt,
Frederic Cushing,
Caleb Bates, 2d.,
Charles Damon,
Hosea J. Stockbridge, Andrew Bates, Thaddeus Litchfield.
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards throughout the town remain the same as last year.
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, H. H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL, Selectmen aud Overseers of the Poor of Scituate.
February 1, 1878.
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TRUST FUND.
Miss Eliza Jenkins, recently deceased, bequeathed to the Town of Scituate three thousand dollars, the income of which is to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for the relief of indigent single women.
This sum has been received by the Selectmen, and by them deposited in the Scituate, South Scituate and Hingham Savings Banks-one thousand dollars in each-in trust for the town.
No expense has been incurred under this trust.
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, H. H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL,
· February 1, 1878.
Trustees.
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE, MAY 1, 1877.
Real estate. $1,128,104 00
Personal estate 168,406 00
Total valuation of taxable property $1,296,510 00 Number of polls, 644.
66 acres of land taxed 9,514}
houses taxed. 579
horses taxed 276
cows taxed. 316
sheep taxed 62
Tax on 644 polls, at $2 $1,288 00
Tax on $1,296,510, at $17 per $1,000.
22,040 67
Amount of assessment $23,328 67
VALUATION AS COMPARED WITH 1876.
Real estate, increase . $5,862 00
Personal estate, increase 11,701 00
Total increase. $17,563 00
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, ) Assessors H. H. NORTHEY, of Scituate. JOB VINAL,
February 1, 1878.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1877.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1877.
Jan'y 14,
Herbert Willis Grover,
Edward E. and Henrietta F.,
Mott.
Feb'y
1.
Aaron Bates,
Adoniram J. and Mary J.,
Lannagan.
7,
Kate Cannon.
Patrick and Kate,
18,
Edith Mand Stoddard,
Daniel W. and Sarah E.,
23,
Louis Simmons Clapp,
Charles F. and Alice J.,
27,
Frederic Winchester Wade,
George W. P. and Nellie M.,
March
2,
Georgietta Ottolee Worth,
Frank E. and Marilla B ,
Damon.
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12,
Margery Frances McDonald.
James and Mary M.,
O'Donnell.
April 2,
Bertha Carleton Osborne,
Robert H. and Charlotte .J ..
'l'urner.
8,
Robert Francis Hall,
Moses L. and Sophia M.,
Litchfield.
18,
Moses Lowe Brown,
Richard and Catherine.
Ward.
May
4. 1.
Thomas Stanley,
Frederic and Julia,
Flynu.
Quinn.
7,
James Welch, 'Twins, Michael Welch, Herbert Davis Litchfield, Everett Lewis Briggs,
David B. and Cordelia T.,
Vinal.
28,
George H. and Ada A.,
Brown.
June
6, William Webster Hunt, Jr.,
William W. and Julietta F.,
Briggs. Damon.
14,
Emily Clifton Merritt,
24,
Grace Mariou Lee,
George W. and Irene A.,
Ragan. Allen. Carpenter. Fittz.
Alonzo K. and Sarah E.,
Moore.
4,
Edith Hayes Turner,
Charles HI. and Martha .1.,
Merritt.
Esther Hoar,
John and Mary,
12,
14, Irving Francis Litchfield,
Joseph H. and Amanda M., Amos W. and Charlotte E.,
McDonald. Hyland.
1
July 10. 16. Sept. 4, 12. 21,
Oct. 2, 5, 16, - 20, 24, 26, Nov. S. 10. 20, 26, Dec. . 11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 28, 28, 31,
1874. Jan'y 21, Oct. 22, 10, 1835. March 31, 1876.
Oct. 8,
Ralph Bridges Frye, Robert Randall Welch, Joli Henry Tower Fitts, Henry Lewis Stoddard, Lizzie Cushing Jonkins, Florence Eliza Bates, 1 Samuel Humphrey Turner, Harriet Elizabeth White, Sarah Tilden Bailey, Albert - Clapp, Totman, Charles Edwin Manson, Helen Margaret Curtis, Charles Nathan Mitchell, Kate Cora Bisbee,
Andrews,
Edward Newton Cook, Winnette Gray Litchfield. - Leach, Ada Parker Wilder,
Wilmot Morchant Brown, Carter, - - Cole,
Julia Martha Hoar, Ellen Stanley, William Cannon,
William Allen Stoddard,
Frank Lewis Young,
Charles W. and Amy F., John and Lucy F., Elizabeth Ann Fitts, David H. and Hannah L., David S. and Merey A., Andrew and Eliza A., Samuel H. and Ellen A.,
Edward F. and Permelia J.,
Charles E. and Eudora, Albert and Mary A., Jesse L. and Mary H., Edmund S. and Annie E., Henry N. and Margaret, Charles H. and Ellen M., Frederic G. and Mary C.,
Renben S. H. and Melissa J.,
Langdon W. and Lydia M., Milton G. and Sarah W.,
.Arthur F. and Ella B., Benjamin and Maria F., Charles E. and Harriet A., James D. and Lucinda, Charles A. and Emily,
Richard and Catharine,
Frederic and Julia. Patrick and Kate.
Daniel W. and Sarah E.,
Henry and Emily S ..
Allen. Young.
Wheelwright. Randall. Brown. Washburn. Gannett.
Turner. Packard. Mnllinean. Jenkins. Gilday. Hunt. Burns. 3.5
Beddell.
Doane.
Stoddard.
Clapp. Clapp. Sanborn. Beal.
Bates.
Ward. Flynn. Ragan. Allen.
Dana.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF MARRIAGE.
AGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
1877.
George Honry Lincoln,
Weymouth,
28
Rev. William B. Green, of Scituate, at Scituate.
Jan'y 13,
Charles G. Mansfield,
Brockton,
22
Mary Josephine Bailey,
Scituate,
22
Jan'y 29,
John Clinton Murphy,
Scituate,
23
Julia Mitchel,
Scituate,
21
Jan'y 31,
Arthur Harvoy Curtis,
Scituate,
27
Rev. Franklin Johnson, of Cambridge, at Cambridge.
Laura Bicknell Melvin,
Cambridge,
22
Feb'y 21,
Elijah Hinkley Cushing,
Hingham,
24
Rev. A. G. Jennings, of South Hing- hamn, at Scituate.
March 14,
Arthur C. Gardner,
Scituate,
27
Rev. Charles Morgan, of Scituate, at Scituate.
Abbie E. Fernald,
Scituate,
20
March 15.
Arthur F. Leach,
Scituate,
22
Scituate,
20
April 11,
Charles E. Rose,
Hanover,
19
Rev. C. D. R. Meacham, of Scituate, at Scituate.
May
21.
George Hughes Webb,
Scituate,
44
Scituate,
37
May
31,
Henry Norton Curtis,
Scituate,
39
Boston,
27
June 19,
Thomas H. Gunderway, Ada R. Caznoau,
South Scituate,
36
South Scituate,
18
Jan'y 7,
Martha Jano Newcomb,
Scituate,
23
Rev. Sheldon C. Clark, of Scituate, at Scituate. Rev. H. P. Smyth, of Hingham, at Hingham.
Lucy Allen Clapp,
Scituate,
20
Rev. William B. Groene, of Scituate, at Scituate.
Ella B. Clapp,
South Scituate,
17
Carrie F'. Root,
Julia Elizabeth Vinal,
Rev. Charles C. Vinal, of Kennebunk, Me., at Scituate, §assisted by F. T. Vinal, { J. P., of Scituate. Rev. Joseph W. Hill, of Boston, at Boston.
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