Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1876-1884, Part 13

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 676


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HIGH SCHOOL.


ONE TERM.


Christine P. Trommer,


Charles A. Bates,


Lorenzo B. Somerby, Albert Brown, Israel Dalby.


Two TERMS.


Louis N. Curtis, Minea E. Andrews.


ONE YEAR.


Willie W. Wade, Charles H. Newcomb.


EAST GRAMMAR.


ONE TERM.


Clara J. Young,


W. Henry Welch,


Gertrude H. Clapp, Edwin C. Bowdich,


Florence M. Cushman, Ernest L. Bonney,


Nellie Sullivan, Edward C. Vinal,


Minta C. Bowdich, Edward H. Leach,


Minnie L. Welch.


16


Two TERMS.


. Susie C. Randall, Nellie Murphy, Eva C. Fernald,


Ernest J. Brown, Annie M. Edson, Alfred Nightingale.


ONE YEAR.


Fred H. Sanborn.


FOUR YEARS. Willie W. Waterman.


WEST GRAMMAR.


1 ONE TERM.


Mary C. Trommer,


Jennie P. Seaverns,


Anna F. Merritt,


Lottie M. Mott,


Edith R. Vinal,


Henry F. Bailey,


Irvin E. Gannett.


NORTH MAIN STREET.


ONE TERM.


Agnes J. Litchfield,


Frank L. Brown,


Helen M. Bailey,


Herbie A. Mott,


Edith E. Newcombe,


George S. Bailey,


Elmer W. Litchfield,


Henry C. Seaverns,


Frank J. Bailey, Ernest R. Seaverns,


Edward Newcombe.


Two TERMS.


Laura W. Bailey,


Alfred H. Newcombe,


Carrie E. Lee,


Joseph L. Hobson,


Ansina M. Trommer, Albert E. Bailey,


Willard L. Bailey.


17


ONE YEAR.


Millie E. Loud,


Fred T. Bailey,


Augustus Clapp, Charles J. Pierce, Harry W. Brown.


CHARLES STREET.


ONE TERM.


Emma P. Litchfield, Eva L. Litchfield, Seth Vinal.


Two TERMS. Camilla M. Young.


BEACH STREET.


ONE TERM.


Charles Rodriguez,


Carrie A. Damon.


ONE . YEAR.


Charles H. Pratt.


HIGH STREET.


ONE TERM.


Amy Brown,


Gardner Bates,


Chester Damon,


Clayton E. Hyland,


E. Ellsworth Litchfield, Waldo Litchfield, George B. Ellms, George A. Litchfield. Two TERMS.


Ellen F. Marsh, Liba F. Litchfield,


Frank W. Litchfield.


ONE YEAR. Lilly F. Crane.


2


18


GROVE STREET.


ONE TERM.


Anna E. Elliott,


Flora C. Hunt,


Ella A. Osborne,


Eddie E. Brown,


Willie W. Damon,


Everett J. Osborne,


Bertie L. Blanchard, Willie H. Vinal,


Galen Watson.


Two TERMS.


Gracie W. Clapp,


Lottie W. Litchfield,


Jessie W. Merritt, Josie H. Litchfield,


Job H. Vinal.


ONE YEAR.


Cora F. Damon, George O. Merritt,


Josie M. Merritt.


Two YEARS.


Harry B. Brown, Walter J. Merritt. .


CENTRAL STREET.


ONE TERM.


Clara B. Elliott, Weston Elliott,


Lizzie J. Spencer,


Clifford J. Brown,


Hattie M. Spencer, Emma L. Damon,


Sarah M. Whitcomb. Two TERMS.


Ella F. Varney,


Warren J. Whitaker,


Edward E. Brown, Frank M. Langdon,


ONE YEAR. George W. Wade.


Two YEARS. Laura A. Langdon.


19


SOUTH MAIN STREET.


ONE TERM.


Aubrey W. Tolman, Belle Northey, Clara A. Stearns,


Lizzie Cargill,


James S. Jenkins. Two TEMRS. George P. Clapp. COMMON STREET. ONE TERM.


Gracie L. Otis,


Hattie S. Young,


Sadie W. Young, Mamie Bearce,


Edith Welch. ONE YEAR.


Ellen E. Bailey.


BROOK STREET. ONE TERM.


Charles E. Dorr, Freddie Webb,


Freddie Colman, Eddie B. Smith.


Two TERMS.


Harry H. Turner,


Harry J. Burrows.


ONE YEAR.


Lillia M. Burrows,


Herbie J. Colman,


Charlie Waterman, Amos L. Merritt, Gridley Cole.


WILLOW STREET.


ONE TERM.


Maggie Sullivan, Wesley Cushman, Horatio Prouty,


Charles Tilden, James Murphy, Henry Doherty.


ONE YEAR. Thomas Tilden.


SCHOOL STATISTICS


WHOLE NUMBER.


AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Spring.


Fall.


Winter.


Spring.


Fall.


Winter.


Year.


Percent.


High School ..


Fred Holland.


42


37


36


35


31


31


32


.84


West Grannar


E. A. Briggs


34


32


36


27


28


31


29


.84


East Grannar


Susie C. Young . Lizzie Merritt ..


43


44


39


39


41


34


38


.90


Charles Street .


Sarah R. Damon .


24


27


27


21


21


21


21


.80


Augusta R. Weeks ..


20


22


23


14


20


19


18


.85


High Street


S. Alice Reed ..


36


37


36


31


31


29


30


.83


Grove Street .


Hattie E. Tower. ...


32


29


29


28


27


26


27


.90


Central Street .


Mabel F. Litchfieldl ..


27


27


27


21


24


25


23


.86


South Main Street .


Hattie M. Damon . . .


44


37


38


28


27


28


28


.70


Common Street .


Emma F. Manson . . .


29


38


31


21


30


24


25


.76


Brook Street


Carrie W. Litchfield.


17


45


40


37


40


33


37


.83


Willow Street .


Emma J. Brown . . . .


39


41


41


32


34


36


34


.84


Summary


481


473


457


384


401


384


390


.. 83


Sarah L. Young.


64


57


54


50


47


47


48


.82


North Main Street.


Beach Street


Hattie N. Bailey ... .


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


1


SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


OF THE


TOWN OF SCITUATE =


FOR THE


FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1,


1879.


WITH THE REPORTS OF THE


TOWN- TREASURER AND TOWN CLERK.


PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK PRINTERS. 1879.


Extracts from Town Records.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, qual- ified to vote in town affairs, held at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 4th, A. D. 1878 :


VOTED-To raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, to be expended under the direction of Post No. 31, G. A. R., on Decoration day.


VOTED - To raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the year ensuing :


For removing snow $1,300 00


Support of schools 3,300 00


Incidentals for schools. 150 00


Support of poor


3,200 00


Repairs of roads and bridges. 2,200 00


Town officers 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


Decoration day, (previous vote) 100 00


Completing Mann Hill road


400 00


4


For repairs on public buildings .


$100 00


Highway, on petition of R. Cooke and others, (subse- quent vote) . 150 00


Highway, on petition of John Turner, 2d, and others (subsequent vote). 100 00


Total town grant. $18,925 00


VOTED - That three fourths of the amount appropriated for the repairs of roads and bridges shall be expended before June 10th, 1878.


VOTED - That two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars of the above appropriation shall be reserved by the selectmen, to be divided among the several surveyors, to be expended by them upon sidewalks.


VOTED - To instruct the selectmen to cause limbs of trees, &c., to be cut off, where they in any way obstruct the travel on the highway.


VOTED -To pay twenty-five (25c.) cents per hour for removing snow.


VOTED - To authorize the overseers of the poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the town paupers.


VOTED - To put out at auction the keeping of tramps for the year ensuing. Isaiah Hyland made the bid of thirty (30c.) cents each, and it was granted him. The provision to be the same as last year.


VOTED - To authorize the treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.


VOTED - To instruct the selectmen to publish the financial affairs of the town in the month of February. next.


VOTED - To raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen, on the highway, as ordered by the county commissioners, on petition of Russell Cooke and others.


5


VOTED - To raise and appropriate one hundred ($100) dollars, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen, on the highway, as ordered by the county commissioners, on petition of John Turner, 2d, and others.


VOTED - That the improvements on Pond street, (for which the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars has been appropriated), be referred to the selectmen.


VOTED - That the completion of Mann Hill road, (for which the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars has been appropriated), be referred to the selectmen.


VOTED -That J. O. Cole, Edwin Young and Henry Merritt be con- tinued as committee on beaches and shore property, with all the powers heretofore given them to act for the inhabitants of the town.


VOTED - To allow the same discount on taxes, paid on or before October first, as last year.


A true copy of record. Attest :


CHARLES E. BAILEY, Town Clerk.



REPORT.


The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, of the Town of Scituate, respectfully submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of the Town from February 1st, 1878, to February 1st, 1879. and its financial condition at the last named date.


During that time the Selectmen have drawn upon the Town Treasurer for the purposes and to the amounts named in the following


STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.


Object of Expenditures.


Expenses of 1877-8.


Expenses of 1878-9


Total.


Removing snow.


$905 14


$905 14


Support of schools


$1,035 25


2,696 28


3,731 53


Incidentals for schools


162 87


162 87


Support of poor


146 75


3,794 10


3,940 85


Repairs of roads and bridges


2,273 46


2,273 46


Repairs of public buildings


245 81


245 81


Printing and stationery .


118 96


118 96


Town officers


60 00


522 62


582 62


Abatement of taxes


192 14


192 14


State aid .


941 50


941 50


Miscellaneous


366 45


366 45


Improvements on Pond street


293 32


293 32


Improvements on Elm street


131 97


131 97


Improvements on South Main street .


138 81


138 81


Mann Hill road


386 75


386 75


State aid, authorized by chapter 282, acts of 1878


656 50


656 50


Total amount of orders drawn


$1,242 00 $13,826 68 $15,068 68


S


STATEMENTS OF THE EXPENSES


of the Town from February 1st, 1878, to February 1st, 1879, and payment to whom made.


REMOVING SNOW.


Amount of orders drawn


$905 14


Payments.


John W. Bailey, 2nd,


$68 50 Job Vinal,


$54 60


Abner S. Dalby,


21 13


Albert Clapp,


38 42


Sumner Litchfield,


86 08


E. Foster Pierce,


83 70


Fred Cole,


22 48


James Damon,


29 25


Stillman Litchfield, 35 88


E. P. Welch, 131 13


Wm. C. Bailey,


72 75


Wm. H. Litchfield, . 51 21


Harvey D. Northey,


58 07


Edmund Cummings,


75


Patrick Kane, 77 36


Patrick Faloon, 2 00


Charles Damon,


, 12 38


Thomas Grayham, 4 00


Nathaniel Wade,


15 00


Oscar Litchfield,


1 50


James S. Litchfield,


38 95


$905 14


Amount due (estimated) ..


100 00


Expenses for the year $1,005 14


9


SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.


The following statement is the whole expense for the year, including the winter term, which ends in February, 1879 : -


Amount of orders drawn


$2,696 28


Amount due in February, 1879


1,035 75


Total expense for the year


$3,732 03


Deduct dog license fund of 1878 $121 64


Deduct school fund of 1878


204 89


326 53


Net cost for the year


$3,405 50


Salaries of Teachers Paid and Due.


SCHOOLS.


NAMES OF TEACHERS.


Paid.


Due in February.


Amount of Each School.


East Grammar,


Sarah L. Young,


$250 00


$110 00


$360 00


Susie C. Young,


54 00


54 00


E. A. Briggs,


130 00


110 00


360 00


West Grammar,


J. A Neely,


120 00


So. Main street,


Hattie M. Damon,


131 25


57 75


189 00


Centre street,


Mabel F. Litchfield,


131 25


57 75


189 00


Common street, Willow street,


Emma J: Brown,


131 25


57 75


189 00


Beach street,


Hattie N. Bailey,


131 25


57 75


189 00


Main street,


Naney W. Osborne,


42 00


57 75


S 189 00


No. Main street,


Lizzie Merritt,


89 25


189 00


Brook street,


Ella W. Cook,


42 00


57 75


189 00


High street,


S. Alice Reed,


175 00


77 00


252 00


Charles street,


Sarah R. Damon,


131 25


57 75


189 00


§ Fred Holland,


237 25


High school,


F. O. Nickerson,


200 00


219 00


656 25


Amounts,


$2,347 50 $1,035 75 $3,383 25


E. F. Manson,


131 25


57 75


189 00


Grove and No.


Hattie E. Tower,


89 25


Hattie E. Tower,


42 00


57 75


Carrie W. Litchfield,


89 25


10


Fuel and Preparation.


Bennett D. Studley, $1 25 George O. Vinal, $2 00


Fred Cole,


11 00


Harlan P. Brown, 6 25


Israel Cudworth,


3 50 E. H. Bonney, 16 03


Wm. L. Kennard,


4 25 Wm. P. Allen, 214 50


Amount, $258 78


1


Making Fires and Care of School Rooms.


Wm. L. Kennard, $30 00 Edwin F. Vinal, $2 00


George Newcomb, 13 00


George O. Vinal, 7 00


James E. Otis, 20 00 Charles E. Bailey, 2 00


Charles Waterman, 2 00 Joseph Merritt, 2 00


B. Young, and Otis Cook, 2 00 Melvin S. Litchfield, 2 00


Wesley Cushman, 2 00 F. Kane and C. Fernald, 2 00


Gilbert W. Elliot, 2 00


Charles Roderick, 2 00


Amount, $90 00


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.


Amount of orders drawn


$162 87


For Cleaning Furniture, &c.


Wm. L. Kennard, $0 68 Mrs. G. Whitcomb, $9 00


Fred Holland,


4 83 E. A. Turner, 50


D. B. Francis,


3 00 S. L. Young, 5 00


Ellen F. Bates,


4 00


H. A. Seaverns & Co., 20 81


Mary Donahoe, 4 00 Mrs. E. A. Arnold, 3 50


Mrs. Maddock,


16 00


M. S. Litchfield & Co.,


1 77


Mrs. H. Andrews,


18 50 Mrs. C. Sullivan, 5 00


A. J. Waterman, 37 84 Wm. P. Allen, 4 44


11


Use of Wells.


Isaac Nightingale,


$2 00


Bennett D. Studley, $2 00


Mrs. Lucy Vinal,


2 00


Frederick Cushing, 2 00


Calvin Jenkins,


2 00


Edmund Merritt, 2 00


John B. Turner,


2 00


Sumner Litchfield,


2 00


Patrick Driscoll,


2 00 Lewis Brown,


2 00


Henry C. Newcomb,


2 00


Mrs. Israel Merritt,


2 00


Amount,


$162 87


SUPPORT OF POOR.


Amount of orders drawn.


$3,794 10


Due Taunton Hospital for support of four paupers from Jan. 1st, 1879, to Feb. 1st, 1879 $70 00


Due Worcester Hospital for support of one pauper from Jan. 1st, 1879, to Feb. 1st, 1879 17 50


Due Worcester Chronic Asylum 17 50


105 00


Total expense from Feb. 1, 1878, to Feb. 1, 1879, $3,899 10


12


Total expense from Feb. 1, 1878, to Feb. 1, 1879, $3,899 10


From this should be deducted the following :-


Amount due from Cohasset for assistance


to W. Henry Litchfield . $155 45


Amount due from Boston for assistance


to E. C. Prentiss . . 104 00


Amount due from Malden for assistance to John W. Pierce 35 00


Amount received from East Bridgewater for assistance to Leander Osborne .. 54 43


Amount received from South Abington for assistance to F. G. Bisbee 12 00


Amount received from Weymouth for assistance to Hannah McFawn .:.. 67 08


Amount due from South Scituate for assistance to Francis Birchmore .... Amount due from Boston for assistance to Daniel Jenkins 27 25


10 00


Amount due from Cohasset for assistance to Frank A. Silva . 60 22


Amount due from state for assistance to Matthew Markwich 42 50


Amount due from state for assistance to Antone Silva and wife. 79 45


Amount due from state for assistance to Manuel Silva 30 00


Amount due from state for assistance to


T. P. R. Nash, authorized by chap- ter 282, acts of 1878


162 85


Amount received from Joseph Mott, 2d, for assistance to Joseph Mott 39 00


Amount received from Otis Mott for assistance to Joseph Mott. 39 00


Amount received from Hosea B. Mott for assistance to Joseph Mott 39 00


Amount received from Frederick Mott


for assistance to Joseph Mott 10 00


Amount due from state for assistance to A. S. Burroughs 12 00


979 23


Net expense to the town for the year


$2,919 87


13


Persons Wholly Supported and Expense of Each.


Florence A. Otis, $231 33 Thomas P. R. Nash, $210 90


Mary Tomlinson,


194 50 Mary Chubbuck, 199 85


Joseph Damon, 200 55 Mary Ellms, 193 11


Benj. B. Litchfield,


99 06


Amount,


$1,329 30


Persons Partially Supported and Expense of Each.


Leander Osborne and


family, $54 43


Harvey Jenkins, $91 12


Tramps, 148 55


Edward Ward, 41 46


Manuel Silva,


79 24


Hannah McFawn, 67 08


Mary J. Barnes, .0 00


Frank A. Silva, 60 22


Ann Supple, 204 11


Matthew Markwich, 42 50


W. Henry Litchfield, 155 45


Isaac B. Damon, 1 50


. E. C. Prentiss,


104 00


Mrs. Daniel Taylor, 20 00


A. Witherell and wife, 182 00


Cornelia Taylor, 154 00


John W. Pierce, 35 00


Francis Birchmore, 10 00


Daniel Goslin, 2 00


Edmund Mann, 1 15


Basina Nash, 38 33


Daniel Jenkins, 27 25


Martha Vinal, 71 94


Mrs. Warren L. Brown, 21 30


A. S. Burroughs, 12 00


Antone Silva,


79 45 .


Thomas Webb's child, 91 00


Mrs. James Quinn, 83 00


Thomas F. Supple,


115 00


Ignatius Vinal, 34 82


Lemuel Nash, 156 00


James McCarty's child


52 00


F. G. Bisbee,


12 00


Mrs. Benj. E. Stetson,


16 96


E. Fitts' child


71 00


Joseph Mott, 234 00


General expenses


13 84


John Supple, 17 75


Total,


$2,611 55


14


Payments.


M. S. Litchfield & Co., $76 93


Roland Turner, $50 86


Warren Litchfield,


84 35 Isaiah Hyland, 64 20


Town of Cohasset, 86 74 George H. Jenkins, 46 00


Walter F. Wood,


14 00


David W. Whitcomb, 3 50


Mrs. Wm. S. Bartlett,


10 00


C. W. Sparrell,


22 50


Charles Damon, 3 00


C. H. Davie,


31 00


Job Vinal. 10 00


William Brown,


11 22


Henrietta Prentiss,


104 00


Wm. H. Litchfield,


26 44


Stillman Litchfield,


182 00


John S. Taylor,


104 00 -


Chubbuck & Co.,


119 78


Wm. P. Allen,


143 68


Daniel J. Bates,


77 50


Andrew J. Hobson,


10 00


City of Boston,


30 33


Town of Medford, 10 00


Nathaniel Vinal,


1 25


E. A. Turner,


34 65


Town of Northbridge, 12 00


Turner Litchfield,


5 25


George L. Newcomb,


64 00


C. H. Jackson,


10 00


Job P. Otis,


3 63


H. H. Northey,


7 08


John Cushman,


91 00


Mrs. J. Maddock, 8 00


Richard Supple,


81 65


H. A. Seaverns & Co.,


195 89


Garrett Supple,


156 00


J. B. Harvey,


50 00


Peleg Ford,


8 64


David Tilden,


25 00


Frank Bailey,


13 66


F. M. Litchfield,


17 88


Worcester Hospital,


425 83


Thomas Vinal, 6 00


Taunton Hospital,


881 97


John A. Merritt, 2 50


John Weatherbee,


78 35


Theodore Lyman,


20 00


John Patterson,


52 00


Wm. O. Clapp,


25 02


E. H. Bonney.


43 94


'Town of South Scituate, 16 96


Nathaniel J. Vinal,


2 75


Wm. Newcomb. 6 00


Eben Bearce,


24 62


Josiah Litchfield, 3 00


Franklin Damon,


9 00


Abel Sylvester, 1 30


Paul Mott,


234 00


Total, $3,940 85


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REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Amount of orders drawn and expenses $2,273 46


At the annual meeting held March, 1878, Turner Litchfield, Albert Clapp, Horace Litchfield, John B. Turner, Nicholas Wherity, Charles E. Brown, E. Foster Pierce, Kilborn B. Merritt and Sumner Litchfield were chosen surveyors of highways.


E. C. Gardner was appointed by the selectmen to act as one of said surveyors.


Payments.


Duxbury & Cohasset


railroad,


$2 54 Charles Witham, $2 62


Edwin W. Bates


8 00


Walter Litchfield, 35 62


William Randall, 4 87 Ezra Vinal, 5 25


Nicholas Wherity,


96 75


Warren Litchfield, 13 25


Jesse Totman,


7 50


H. A. Seaverns & Co., 21 90


Edward Merritt,


2 25


Charles M. Ferguson, 24 75


John Prentiss,


4 11 Marshall Litchfield, Jr., 1 50


J. Emerson,


6 75


Jacob C. Newcomb, 4 12


Horace Litchfield,


87 90


B. B. W. Litchfield, 1 75


Langdon W. Cook,


6 75


J. A. Lovejoy, 3 00


James Sullivan,


12 75


Levi Vinal, 6 75


Cushing O. Litchfield,


40 57


David B. Litchfield, 75


Harry T. Vinal,


12 37


Edwin Young, 4 00


Benjamin Simmons,


2 25


Thomas Litchfield, 1 38


Stephen Litchfield, 2d, 43 37


Freeman Vinal, 17 25


Lewis N. Curtis,


10 37 Thomas J. Newcomb, 75


16


.


Roscoe Vinal, $3 37


Patrick Cullen, $8 50


Albert M. Litchfield,


6 00


Levi W. Vinal, 23 25


Harvey Curtis,


6 74 Charles E. Brown, 36 12


Joseph H. Litchfield, 35 37


Frederick Cole, 14 87.


James A. Bailey,


8 62


Marcena Damon, 4 87


B. W. Briggs,


5 62


Frederick Cushing, 3 00


Jetson Wade,


8 12


Clarence Brown,


12 00


George E. Cole,


2 75


George W. Elliot,


3 00 .


Asa J. Merritt,


9 12


H. T. Jackson, estate,


4 80


Henry Merritt,


7 00


T. Thorndike,


3 00


Roland Jackson,


2 75


E. C. Gardner,


82 48


Marcena Brown,


5 50


Noah Jenkins, 11 00


Thomas Vinal,


2 75


Cornelius Doherty, 11 00


Benjamin Andrews, 2 75


Charles Manson,


6 87


Eugene Langdon,


2 75


Patrick Murphy,


20 70


Edward Andrews,


3 75


Garrett Supple,


4 12


Wm. H. Wade, 1 50


John Hughes,


6 00


Charles H. Jackson,


3 00


Frederick Sanborne,


3 00


Nathaniel Wade,


7 65 Benjamin Turner,


2 25


Walter E. Bailey.


4 50


James Tilden,


.2 25


R. S. H. Andrews,


4 50


John Mitchell, 4 50


Caleb Beal,


75


Peter Murphy, 13 25


Martin T. Peakes,


3 75


Edward Murphy, 13 50


Wilson Webb,


75 Everett Torrey,


42 37


Virgil Damon,


3 00


Augustus Curtis,


18 00


Charles S. Webb,


1 50


Turner Litchfield,


142 18


Marcellus Day & Co ,


13 44


Israel D. Damon


7 25


K. B. Merritt, 52 22


Wm. H. Dalby,


3 62


Austin W. Merritt,


75 George W. Merritt,


4 12


Wiley Damon,


1 50


Noah B. Nichols,


3 50


Charles H. Osborne, 1 50 Israel Damon, 7 74


Wm. O. Merritt,


3 00 Charles Damon, 7 00


. 17


Arthur C. Merritt,


$3 75


Israel H. Sherman, $6 87


Wm. E. Hunt,


6 75


Samuel W. Cook, 2 75


Daniel Johnson,


4 50 James T. Dalby, 8 25


John F. Dalby,


3 00


Davis Jenkins,


5 00


George Emerson,


3 00


Caleb Osborne,


3 50


Galen Watson,


1 50


Nathaniel Vinal,


2 75


John Brown,


3 75


Charles Anthony,


20 25


. Homer Studley,


1 50


Wm. C. Bailey,


5 75


William Damon,


1 50


Frank Chubbuck, 3 60


John A. Merritt.


19 87


Fred Curtis, 7 85


James S. Litchfield,


8 62


Patrick Dunn,


18 50


Harvey W. Litchfield,


5 12


Frederick Stanley, 3 00


Leroy Vinal,


6 37


Thomas Flynn,


1 50


Abner S. Dalby,


5 62


Joseph Flynn,


1 50


David Studley,


3 62


Edward Ward,


10 50


Martin Burke,


4 50


Dennis Quinn,


3 00


Nicholas Wherity, 2d,


1 50


Hugh Ward, 2 25


Harvey D. Northey,


16 00


John Donahoe, 3 00


James Totman,


4 12


Wm: Cunningham, 1 50


E. Parker Welch,


6 00


Marcus N. Barber, 6 00


: Thomas O. Neal,


11 50


Calvin Jenkins,


1 50


John Curran,


3 75


Clarence Bisbee,


1 50


John Welch,


75


Frederick Bisbee,


1 50


Bartlett Higgins,


3 75


John Weatherbee,


1 37


Dudley Corners,


6 00


Charles O. Ellms,


12 00


Mr. Nee,


75


Arthur Leach,


4 50


Patrick Kane,


3 00


Benjamin Stetson,


3 00


John Cushman,


11 72


Peleg Stetson,


1 50


Samuel H. Turner,


2 00


Jetson Hunt,


2 75


Martin Curran,


3 00


Charles F. Clapp, 13 87


Nicholas O. Neal,


3 00


John Devlin, 3 00


1


2


18


.


Thomas O. Neal, Jr., $3 00 Joseph S. Gardner, $9 63


James Moor, 3 00


John B. Turner, 79 07


Bryant Fernald,


9 00 Azro Turner, 17 42


Henry O. Neal,


1 50


Charles H. Mitchell,


23 12


Patrick Cannon, 2d,


3 00 John W. Bailey, 2d, 18 87


Perez Litchfield,


14 25


Edmund Hyland,


75


James Damon,


11 00


George Hyland,


75


Allen Vinal,


2 00


Charles Hyland,


75


James Bailey,


1 00


Lorenzo F. Hyland,


3 00


Josiah Hunt,


3 00


E. Foster Pierce,


60 58


Rufus Clapp,


57 21


Herbert Merritt, 12 00


Sumner Litchfield,


34 00


George O. Vinal, 14 00


Milton G. Litchfield,


14 88


Webster Litchfield, 7 87


Samuel Brown,


12 75


Stillman Litchfield,


13 00


Joseph Brown, 3 00


Otis Mott,


9 62


Willie L. Litchfield,


14 25


George B. Litchfield,


1 87


Samuel Stoddard,


10 50


Lewis Brown,


1 25


Albert Litchfield,


4 50


Andrew J. Hobson,


2 00


J. C. & J. H. Merritt,


3 25


Frank Studley,


6 25


Andrew Bates, 10 50


John B. Damon,


6 87


Alpheus Litchfield, 2 75


Jesse Spooner, 3 62


Luther Litchfield,


4 25


Seth Chandler,


17 75


Samuel Litchfield, 7 55


Flora Driscoll, 8 25


George B. Litchfield, 2d, 1 50


Alex. Anderson, 18 13


Ernest Litchfield,


5 25


Reuben Mann, .9 50


Luther Clapp,


4 50


George M. Merritt, 8 62


Patrick Gammon,


6 50


John Bradford, 3 75


John Sullivan,


3 00


George H. Lincoln, 1 25


James Murphy, 3 00


Willie L. Pierce, 1 25


Thomas Barry,


3 00 Henry C. Newcomb, 1 25


Edmund Landers,


4 38 Henry L. Vinal, 11 50


Franklin Damon,


39 16


Christopher O. Neal, 3 00


19


Joseph Gannett, $14 00 Gideon Y. Sylvester, $1 50


James C. Litchfield,


75 Albert Jenkins, 1 50


Isaac Young,


9 00


·


Sylvanus Damon, 1 50


Stephen Litchfield, 4 50


Amount paid


$2,273 46


Amount due (estimated)


41 00


Amount .


$2,314 46


STATE AID.


Amount of orders drawn from Feb. 1st, 1878, to


Feb. 1st, 1879 .


$941 50


Payments.


Olive Cushing,


$48 00 Elisha J. Brown, $72 00


Martha R. Pierce,


48 00


Mary J. Hyland, 48 00


Eunice Totman, 48 00 Alfred A. Seaverns, 72 00


Luke G. Fitts,


102 00


John H. Spencer,


72 00


Emily A. Merritt,


48 00


George W. Lee, 54 00


Serena C. James,


48 00


Charles A. Taylor, 72 00


C. A. A. Andrews,


96 00


Benjamin Brown, Jr.,


36 00


William Ellms,


48 00


Henry Smith, 10 50


Sumner O. Litchfield,


15 00 Benjamin F. Merritt, 4 00


Amount. $941 50


20


PRINTING, STATIONERY & POSTAGE STAMPS.


Amount of orders drawn.


$118 96


Payments.


Avery & Doten, $88 45 £ J. Frank Farmer, $6 00


Waldo Bates,


3 00


H. A. Seaverns & Co., 5 28


Rand, Avery & Co.,


10 00


M. R. Warren, 1 50


Charles E. Bailey,


4 73


Amount,


$118 96


1


REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


Amount of orders drawn


$245 81


Payments.


Frederick Cushing,


$6 18 Edwin Young,


$12 00


Edwin Bailey,


2 08 Joseph Bailey, 4 00


Francis G. Chubbuck,


21 72


H. A. Seaverns & Co., 2 26


James H. Burrows,


5 90


K. B. Merritt,


1 75


Marcena Webb,


8 38 Franklin Damon, . 55 37


Thomas O. Cole,


71 15


Horace Litchfield, 3 50


E. A. Turner,


66 Wm. P. Allen, 4 30


George M. Young,


46 56


-


Amount, $245 81


21


TOWN OFFICERS.


Amount of orders drawn


$582 62


Payments.


William B. Greene, superintendent of schools


$127 00


Charles E. Bailey, services as town clerk. 61 02


Benjamin Brown, sealer of weights and measures .. 10 00


Roland Turner, services as treasurer


50 00


J. O. Cole, services as school committee, taking


number of children, use of horse and wagon . . 25 00


William H. Litchfield. .


70 00


Henry H. Northey


Assessors


25 00


Job Vinal


25 00


William H. Litchfield. .


Selectmen


135 00


Henry H. Northey


and


29 60


Job Vinal -


Overseers of Poor 25 00


Amount paid .


$582 62


Deduct amount due last year


60 00


Expenses of the year .


$522 62


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Amount of orders drawn .


$192 82


Abatement - Tax of 1876.


F. G. Bisbee, $2 00 Isaac Packard, $2 00


Cornelius Doherty, Jr.,


2 00


John Mulcurn, 2 00


Alexander Lindsey,


2 00


Isaac Ellms, 2 00


Warren Young, 2 00


Alonzo K. Worth, 2 00


Amount for 1876, $16 00


-


22


Tax of 1877.


Mercy Bates,


$8 50 Harvey Jenkins,


$16 83


Warren L. Brown,


2 00


Caleb T. Jenkins, 2 00


E. O. Beal,


1 10 Rufus Litchfield, 2 00


William R. Damon,


9 25


Joseph A. Litchfield,


1 02


Cornelius Doherty, Jr.,


2 00


James C. Litchfield, 2 00


Isaac Ellms,


2 00


Eugene Langdon,


3 20


William Elliot,


2 00


Joseph Mott,


15 67


Isaac Glines,


2 00


Munroe Merritt,


8 50


John Hall,


2 42


James Mc Donald, Jr.,


1 02


Francis H. Hunt,


2 00


John McCarty,


2 00


John Mulcurn,


2 00


Stephen Webb,


8 00


Elisha Otis,


3 87


John Welch,


2 00


Edwin F. Osborne,


7 18


Edward Ward,


3 66


James L. Prouty, 2d,


2 00


Alonzo K. Worth,


3 60


Isaac Packard,


2 00


Warren Young,


2 00


Fred Sproul,


2 00


Warren Fuller,


2 00


Amount for 1877,


$127 82


Tax of 1878.


Frances Jenkins' estate, $3 20 Ephraim Young's estate, $3 60


Gideon Y. Sylvester, 1 92


George W. Seaver, 3 20


Edward Holbrook, 16 00


Peleg Stetson, 5 84


Nathan Rogers' estate, 2 80


Russell Cook, 1 60


Edward Ward,


10 16


Amount for 1878,


$48 32


23


MISCELLANEOUS.


Amount of orders drawn


$366 45


Payments.




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