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Two Terms. - Mabel Cole, Madge Smith, Jennie Turner, Eddie C. Vinal, Herbert J. Coleman, Harry H. Turner.
One Year. - Mary E. Turner, Carrie W. Merritt, Minta C. Bowditch, Willie W. Waterman.
COMMON STREET.
One Term. - Ida F. Bearce, Florence Cushman, Ellen E. Bailey, John Cummings, Andrew L. Curtis, Susie Randall, George Tingley, Alfred Nightingale, Willie Osborn, George Young.
Two Terms. - Clara F. Bailey, Etta Taylor, Camilla U. Young, Walter L. Young.
SOUTH MAIN STREET.
One Term. - Alice Northey, Elijah Y. Clapp, Eva C. Fernald, Clara E. Wherity, George Clapp, Frederic Kane, Albert Jenkins.
Two Terms. - Helen A. Clapp, Mary A. Northey.
CENTRAL STREET.
One Term. - Anna Merritt, Edith Vinal, George Vinal, Weston Elliott, Ernest Brown, Warren E. Whitaker, Laura Langdon, Cora Bailey, Mattie Bailey, Sarah M. Whitcomb, Austin Damon. .
Two Terms. - George Jackson, George Wade.
One Year. - Clara Elliott, Eddie Hunt.
GROVE STREET.
One Term. - Lizzie H. Damon, Eddie E. Brown, Lottie W. Litchfield, Charlie H. Clapp, Carrie S. Prouty, George S. Dalby, George O. Merritt.
Two Terms. - Galen W. Watson, B. Frank Damon, Harry B. Brown.
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HIGH STREET.
One Term. - Walter Ellms, Ernest Litchfield, Ellsworth Litchfield, Gardner Bates, Willie Clapp, Frank Spooner.
Two Terms. - Liba Litchfield.
One Year. - Robert Litchfield, Waldo Litchfield.
BEACH STREET.
One Term. - Henrietta W. Pratt, Lena A. Carter, Addie L. Carter, Charlotte B. Carter, Carrie A. Damon, Mabel F. Carter, Charles L. Smith, Charles H. Pratt.
Two Terms. - Irene Pratt.
CHARLES STREET.
One Term. - Nellie F. Hayward, Nellie M. Litchfield, Hattie M. Litchfield, Fred. C. Vinal.
Two Terms. - Willis A. Litchfield, Etta M. Litchfield, Charles M. Litchfield.
One Year. - Mary F. Litchfield, Edna A. Litchfield, Frank M. Vinal, Seth Vinal.
NORTH MAIN STREET.
One Term. - Laura W. Bailey, Jennie P. Seaverns, Alfred H. Newcomb, Irving E. Gannett, Joseph C. Hobson, Henry C. Seaverns, Frank J. Bailey, Alfred C. Litchfield.
Two Terms. - Winnie V. Seaverns, George W. Fuller, Henry T. Bailey, Silas O. Litchfield.
One Year. - Freddie T. Bailey.
EAST GRAMMAR.
One Term. - Geo. W. Fernald, Wilbur R. Young, Addie Nightingale, Maggie Supple, Walter C. Bates, Edward E. Edson, Charles H. Northey, John H. Bearce, Ernest Bon- ney, Edwin A. Young, Flora F. Bailey.
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Two Terms. - Andrew O. Waterman, Henry R. Prouty, Joseph P. Murphy, Mary A. Hughes, Mary F. Murphy, Clara J. Young, Annie E. Chubbuck, Sarah E. Murphy, Lula Reed.
One Year. - Ben. R. Turner, C. Lincoln Litchfield, Ilda L. D. Allen.
WEST GRAMMAR.
One Term. - Ella L. Vinal, Hettie Merritt, Ellen M. Bailey, Chas. L. Scaverns, Louis Curtis, Alfred H. A. Seaverns, Frank C. Litchfield, Geo. B. Vinal, Chas. F. J. Andrews, James T. Bailey, Wilber F. Merritt.
Two Terms. - Flora A. Newcomb, Minnie E. Hayes, Josie Brown, Charles Newcomb.
One Year. - Christine P. Trommer.
HIGH SCHOOL.
One Term. - Harry Brown, Israel Dalby, Mertie C. Brown, Abbie Gannett, Idella Jackson.
Two Terms. - Harvey Curtis, William Wade, Herbert Webb, Nettie Litchfield, Frank Young.
One Year. - Jetson Wade.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
QUESTIONS IN ARITHMETIC.
1. Multiply $200.25 by 105.
2. Find the Prime Factors of 612.
3. Find the Greatest Common Divisor of 81, 42, 72, and 21.
4. Find the Least Common Multiple of 136, 144, and 284.
5. Reduce the fractional numbers Tog, 3'6 and 145, to their 4 s. SCII.
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lowest terms ; change to fractions having a common denom- inator, and find their sum.
6. Add 69-45, 4631, and 742.
7. From 300,67, subtract 47101. 13Z 198.
8. Multiply 183 by 16-3%.
9. Divide 81 by 10.
10. Divide 2'T by &.
QUESTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY.
1. What are Natural Divisions of the Earth? Political Divisions ?
2. What is an Isthmus ? An Oasis? The Basin of a river ?
3. In what town, county, state, country, grand division of the earth, and hemisphere do you live ?
4. What are the movements of the earth and what do they cause ?
5. Name and locate six of the largest cities in New England.
6. What is Longitude ? How is it reckoned ?
7. Name the principal Rivers of New England.
8. Which States in the Union produce the most corn ? Which the most cotton ? Which are the chief manufacturing states ?
9. Name the countries of South America.
10. Where is the Isthmus of Darien? The Cape of Good Hope? The Island of Borneo? The River Rhone? The Straits of Magellan? The Bay of Biscay? The Blue Mountains ?
QUESTIONS IN GRAMMAR.
1. What is the name for all the various classes of words ?
2. What are the Cases of a noun? What is the use of each ? Give an example of each case.
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3. Decline the Personal Pronouns of the first and third persons.
4. Which mode of a Verb expresses Command? Which is used to make a simple Statement ?
5. What is meant by Tense? How many tenses has a verb ? What are they ?
6. What is a Regular Verb ? What is an Irregular Verb? Give an example of each.
7. What is an Adjective Pronoun? Write two.
8. What are the two ways of comparing Adjectives ? Give examples of each way.
9. What is a clause ?
10. Correct these sentences : -
" I done it."
" It is awful hard."
" You hadn't ought to do it."
ARTICLES TO BE INSERTED IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING, March 6, 1876.
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To hear the reports of the Selectmen and other Town Officers, and act thereon.
3. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year, and to appropriate the same.
5. To establish the rate of wages for removing snow from the public highways for the year ensuing.
6. To revise and accept the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen.
7. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.
8. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the Town paupers.
9. Will the Town sell, or otherwise dispose of, the " Union School House," so called, and erect an addition to the Commo. School House, to be occupied by the East Grammar School ?
10. To see what action the Town will take with regard to its beaches and shore property, its rights in the same, and the use thereof.
11. To see what measures the Town will take to define the limits of
£ the old way leading from Scituate Harbor to Cedar Point, and to establish the rights of the inhabitants thereon.
12. Will the Town change the name of Wheelwright's corner to Sherman's corner ?
13. To see if the Town will discharge its Beach Committee.
14. To see if the Town will exempt from taxation all improvements made on the Beaver Dam meadows, for the space of ten years.
15. To see if the Town will discontinue the Edwin Bailey road.
16. To see if the Town will build, purchase, or lease a building or buildings to be used for a Poor House.
17. Will the Town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be published in the month of February next ?
18. To hear the report of any Committee heretofore chosen, and act thereon.
19. To make an allowance to Town creditors
20. To see what action the Town will take to provide for tramps.
21. To act on Orders of Notice of County Commissioners.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1876,
WITH THE
REPORTS OF TOWN TREASURER AND TOWN CLERK
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 1876.
Extracts from Town Records.
At legal meetings of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, held on Monday, March 1st, 1875, and on Saturday, April 24th, of same year :
Voted - To authorize the Selectmen to publish a statement of the financial affairs of the Town, in the month of February next.
Voted - To raise and appropriate the following sums of money, for the following purposes, for the year ensuing :
For Removing Snow $2,300 00
Support of Schools
3,700 00
Incidentals for Schools
200 00
Repairs of Public Buildings
300 00
Support of the Poor
1,800 00
Repairs of Roads and Bridges
2,500 00
Town Officers. 700 00
Printing, Stationery, and Postage
200 00
Abatement of Taxes.
300 00
Collection of Taxes and Discount
350 00
Interest on Ordinary Debt .
1,300 00
Interest on Railroad Debt. 5,250 00
Miscellaneous 250 00
Decoration Day 100 00
Railing Highways 300 00
$19,550 00
JAMES L. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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 February 1st, 1875, to February Ist, 1876, and its financial condition at the last named date.
During that time the Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treasurer for the purposes and to the amounts named in the following statement of expenditures :-
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
Object of Expenditure.
Expense of 1874-75.
Expense of 1875-76.
Total.
For Removing Snow
$1,580 40
$1,580 40
Support of Schools
$1,105 87
3,005 75
4,111 62
Incidentals for Schools.
102 88
102 88
Support of the Poor.
35 00
2,141 30
2,176 30
Repairs of Roads and Bridges
2,566 72
2,566 72
Repairs of Public Buildings
70 82
70 82
Town Officers.
50 00
578 05
628 05
Decoration Day.
100 00
100 00
Printing, Stationery, and Postage,
203 80
203 80
Abatement of Taxes
220 65
220 65
State Aid
1,002 00
1,002 00
Miscellaneous.
853 91
853 91
Law Expenses
252 20
252 20
Railing Highways.
190 87
190 87
Total amount of orders drawn
$1,190 87
$12,879 35
$14,070 22
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Statement of the Expenses of the Town from February Ist, 1875, to February 1st, 1876, and payments to whom made.
REMOVING SNOW.
Amount of orders drawn,. $1,580 40
Payments :--
Julius Pick,
$7 37 Wm. H. Litchfield, $72 06
Davis Jenkins, 33 59
John M. Damon, 101 07
Asa C. Randall, 27 50 Charles M. Ferguson, 211 00
Patrick Kane, 108 62
David S. Jenkins, 20 00
Harvey D. Northey, 41 25
Sumner Litchfield, 151 18
Frederick Cole,
31 16
James L. Prouty, 60 25
Nathaniel Wade,
32 37
Albert Clapp, 49 51
Charles Damon,
38 87
Stillman Litchfield, 58 08
James Damon,
57 25
E. Parker Welch,
245 62
Geo. O. Vinal,
12 13
E. Foster Pierce,
105 77
$1,580 40
John W. Bailey,
115 75
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
The following statement is the whole expense for the year, including the Winter Term, which ends in February :- Amount of orders drawn . $3,005 75
Amount due in February, 1876. 1,251 32
Total expense for the year. $4,257 07
Deduct Dog License Fund of 1875 $132 94
Deduct School Fund of 1873 187 10
Deduct School Fund of 1875 242 44
$562 48
Net cost
$3,694 59
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS PAID AND DUE.
Schools.
Names of Teachers.
Paid.
Due in February.
Amount for each School.
Brook Street,
Annie M. Vinal,
$129 72
$70 28
$200 00
So. Main Street,
Ella B. Clapp,
131 68
68 32
200 00
No. Main Street,
Ella G. Vinal,
131 68
68 32
200 00
Grove Street,
Lucy A. Clapp,
129 73
70 27
200 00
High Street,
Rilla Johnston,
131 67
68 33
200 00
Beach Street,
Edith E. Stoddard,
) 27
E. M. Langdon, «
59 45
70 28
200 00
Common Street,
Georgia A. Tilden,
133 33
66 67
200 00
Willow Street,
Emma J. Brown,
129 72
70 28
200 00
Central Street,
M. F. Litchfield,
118 61
70 28
200 00
Charles Street,
Lizzie Merritt,
131 68
68 32
200 00
High School,
C. F. Kendall,
606 67
293 33
900 00
East Grammar,
Sarah L Young,
133 50
400 00
West Grammar,
Emeline A. Briggs,
266 86
133 14
400 00
$2,448 68
$1,251 32
$3,700 00
FUEL AND PREPARATION.
M. S. Litchfield & Co., $20 00
N. J. Vinal,
$41 00
Wm. L. Kennard,
7 50
Wm. H. Litchfield,
20 50
Geo. W. Merritt,
23 25
Noah Ellms,
1 00
Cole & Co.,
3 00
David S. Jenkins,
108 00
Geo. O. Vinal,
1 75
James T. Dalby,
3 50
Edward H. Bonney,
43 82
Wm. P. Allen,
108 00
Frederick Cole,
25 75
David W. Totman,
30 00
Amount,
$467 07
R. S. H. Andrews,
30 00
11 11
Mary F. Perry,
Emma F. Manson,
266 50
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MAKING FIRES AND CARE OF SCHOOL-ROOMS.
Willie W. Waterman, $2 00 Galen Watson, $2 00
Alfred Nightingale,
2 00
Andrew Bates, 2 00
Alonzo Litchfield, 2 00 Wm. L. Kennard, 30 00
Joseph W. Leach, 2 00 Geo. O. Vinal, 20 00
Virgil Damon, 2 00
Geo. Nash,
20 00
James Bailey,
2 00
Perez Litchfield,
2 00
Amount,
$90 00
Charles Seaverns,
2 00
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense. $102 88
FOR FURNITURE, ETC.
H. A. Seaverns & Co., $27 48
Wm. P. Allen, $4 00
Catherine Maddock, 4 00 H. Lucius Vinal, 4 50
A. J. Waterman, 29 51
Benjamin Brown, 2 39
Otis Litchfield,
50
Joseph O. Cole,
5 50
Amount,
$82 88
Wm. L. Kennard,
5 00
USE OF WELLS.
Henry C. Newcomb,
$2 00
Frederick Cushing, $2 00
Polly Hammond,
2 00
Bennett D. Studley, 2 00
Ruth Stevens,
2 00
Sumner Litchfield, 2 00
Lucy Vinal,
2 00
Lewis Brown,
2 00
Patrick Driscoll,
2 00
Edward James,
2 00
Amount,
$20 00
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SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
Amount of orders drawn $2,141 30
Due Taunton Hospital for the support of
two paupers from Oct. 1st, 1875 ...... $128 70
Due Worcester Hospital for board of one
pauper from Jan. 1st, 1876 15 50
Due State workhouse for board of one
pauper from Oct. 1st, 1875, estimated. 68 75
Due the town of Northbridge for supplies to Emily C. Burroughs 24 50
Due the city of Lynn for supplies to Howard Litchfield, estimated 12 00
Amount due for tramps
62 00
311 45
Total expense. $2,452 75
From this should be deducted the following :
Amount due from Hingham for board of Mary Sprague one year, to Feb. 1st, 1876 $104 00
Amount received from Hingham for assist- ance to Justin C. Newcomb 77 00
Amount received from Hingham for assist- ance to Mrs. Levi C. Newcomb . 56 13
Amount received from Boston for support of Mrs. Edward W. Spurr 43 43
Amount due from Boston for support of
Mrs. Edward W. Spurr 117 00
397 56
Net expenses for the year
$2,055 19
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PERSONS WHOLLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSE OF EACH.
Joseph Damon, $213 75 Florence A. Otis, $186 43
Mary Ellms, 186 23
Total,
$586 41
PERSONS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSE OF EACH.
Lemuel Nash, $77 75
Nahum Vinal, $76 20
Seth S. Clapp,
130 00
Melzar J. Ellms, 2d, 123 25
Anne Supple, 156 96
Mrs. E. W. Spurr, 160 43
Eveline Jenkins, 59 79
Cornelia Taylor, 104 00
Mrs. James Quinn,
84 00
John Supple, 45 24
Mary Sprague,
104 00
Martha Vinal, 18 75
Judith & Arvilla Damon, 26 87
Mrs. L. C. Newcomb, 56 13
Justin C. Newcomb, 77 00
Mary Tomlinson,
176 50
Isaac B. Damon, 42 00
Edmund Mann,
27 50
Edmund Jenkins, 19 75
Wm. H. Whipple,
29 75
Thomas R. Webb,
8 33
Howard Litchfield, 12 00
Emily E. Burrough, 24 50
General expense,
43 09
Tramps, 182 50
Total,
$1,866 34
Payments :-
Frank T. Vinal,
$6 75
Joseph W. Morris,
$47 23
Joseph Bailey, 14 75
Walter S. Torrey, 36 00
C. C. Henderson,
2 50
Mrs. J. Maddock, 10 00
Eben Bearce, 5 62
Joseph F. Bailey, 18 05
Michael Dunn,
11 25
Benjamin Brown 107 25
Ed. E. Ellms,
10 50
N. P. Brownell,
1 50
John S. Taylor, 264 43
City of Cambridge
29 75
George H. Anderson, 8 07
Ed. H. Bonney,
44 89
Patrick Murphy, 15 00.
H. A. Seaverns & Co. 60 25
Davis Jenkins,
104 00
State of Mass., 235 00
Worcester Hospital,
186 43
James Dalby, 6 25
Taunton Hospital, $239 55
James Dalby,
$16 50
Roland Turner, 25 00
James N. Turner, 4 00
John Cushman,
83 Luroy Vinal, 5 00
George L. Newcomb,
50 00
Thomas Tilden,
13 90
Hosea V. Orcutt,
27 00
Wm. H. Litchfield,
12 94
Thomas H. Hyland,
2 50
Isaiah Hyland,
51 00
Turner Litchfield,
24 00
Wm. P. Allen,
133 79
E. C. Gardner,
4 50
Ed. A. Turner,
46 00
Richard Supple,
30 24
John M. Damon, 4 00
Wm. H. Berry, Jr.,
130 00
Isaac Young,
7 00
Franklin Damon,
31 75
Town of Marshfield,
8 33
Chubbuck ·& Co.,
83 00
Amount paid,
$2,176 30
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
At the annual meeting, held March 1st, 1875, William H. Litchfield, John M. Damon, and James L. Prouty were chosen Surveyors of Highways.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense
$2,566 72
The following payments have been made for labor and ma- terial :-
Melvin S. Litchfield, $1 75
George Emerson,
$31 74
Alexander Lindsley,
21 87
James Dalby, 37 28
John F. Dalby, 37 25 Lewis Brown, 33 65
Frank M. Damon, 10 75
John A. Merritt,
16 49
Luke G. Fitts, 19 25
Henry L. Vinal,
46 22
William R. Damon,
30 00
Galen Watson,
12 00
Munroe Merritt,
37 74 Lincoln Litchfield,
4 50
John W. Pierce,
3 50
James Damon,
60
Daniel Johnson,
14 75
Azro Turner,
16 30
2
10
James Sullivan,
$14 87
Samuel Brown, $1 55
Warren Litchfield,
69 05
Harvey Curtis, 33 00
E. Foster Pierce,
34 55
John B. Turner, 18 50
Patrick Cullen,
15 75
Perez L. Litchfield, 21 15
Turner Litchfield,
76 62
Seth Chandler, 6 75
William P. Allen,
12 00
Samuel H. Turner,
24 00
Thomas Mann,
30 00
Noah Ellms, 50
Martin Curren, 4 50
H. Lucius Vinal, 75
Hosea Litchfield,
28 00
James L. Prouty, 92 00
Charles Cottle,
49 25
Stillman Litchfield, 4 30
Ebenezer Bearce, Jr.,
10 50
Samuel Stoddard, 7 00
Patrick Driscol,
3 00
Jacob Newcomb, 8 75
Rowland Jackson,
75
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 14 14
B. B. W. Litchfield, 21 00
Peleg Hyland, 11 62
Marshall Litchfield, Jr., 8 75
Wm. E. Hunt, 16 00
Albert M. Litchfield, 6 12
Edward O. Farmer, 6 12
Joseph H. Litchfield, 3 50
Harvey W. Litchfield, 1 75
Isaac Litchfield, 3 25
Geo. E. Cole, 63
William Ferguson, 87
Marshall Litchfield, 10 80
Theophilus Thorndike, 5 22
Hatherly Merritt, 1 50
Ward Licchfield, 3 00
John W. Bailey,
18 70
Cushing O. Litchfield,
2 50
Elijah P. Pratt,
3 00
Stephen Litchfield, 2d, 9 75
Geo. O. Vinal, 4 10
Lewis N. Curtis,
27 50
Walter Newcomb,
75
Ebenezer Bearce,
13 00
Alba Smith,
2 25
Isaac Young,
42 75
John M. Damon,
148 50
Carlos Cook,
14 80
David W. Totman, 54 45
William O. Merritt,
7 50
R. S. H. Andrews,
15 81
D. B. Litchfield,
13 37
Marsena P. Brown, 51 97
Charles M. Ferguson, 59 00
Martin T. Peakes, 52 44
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Albert Clapp, 10 00
Hosea J. Stockbridge, 11 60
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Åbner Litchfield, $13 25
Virgil Damon,
$15 00
Samuel W. Cook,
13 75
B. W. Briggs, 22 72
Charles Anthony, 12 75
Harvey D. Northey, 3 49
E. Q. S. Litchfield, 12 50
Benjamin Stetson,
4 37
Geo. B. Litchfield, 2 50
Nathaniel Wade,
6 85
Sumner Litchfield,
9 50
Paul Webb,
3 50
Sumner O. Litchfield,
5 00
Peleg Stetson, 1 75
William F. Brown,
1 75
Sylvanus Damon, 3 20
Josiah Litchfield,
7 00
Charles Damon, 6 85
John Hall, 5 00
Israel Damon, 4 25
Dayton Litchfield,
1 75
James S. Briggs, 4 60
A. Judson Bates,
2 25
Asa C. Randall, 5 25
Geo. H. Damon,
3 25
E. A. J. Andrews, 3 49
Abner S. Dalby,
1 00
Noah B. Nichols, 1 20
Frank Studley,
1 00
Benjamin Andrews, 1 25
Stephen Litchfield,
7 50
Laban E. Hyland,
4 37
Charles H. Jackson,
50 96
William Elliot, Jr.,
3 00
Rufus Curtis,
12 00
Henry Cook,
1 75
Henry H. Northey,
66 75
Davis Jenkins,
6 50
Patrick Kane,
17 62
Asa J. Merritt,
1 75
Frederick Cole,
46 99
Reuben Mann,
27 50
Lot S. Vinal,
11 87
Flora Driscol,
30 00
Marsena W. Damon,
9 62
Noah Jenkins,
12 00
Gideon Y. Sylvester,
1 75
Patrick Gammon, 24 00
Frederick Cushing,
25 12
Richard Supple,
20 00
Wilbur P. Brown,
1 75
Edward Murphy, 17 00
David S. Jenkins,
20 00
Patrick Dunn,
21 00
Eugene Langdon,
1 75
John Mitchell,
14 25
Henry T. Jackson,
1 10
Thomas Ellms,
2 00
William Damon,
1 00
Charles Manson,
5 60
Joseph Brown,
6 74
Edward Ward,
8 50
12
Andrew Bates,
$8 99
Thomas Patterson, $15 75
Southard Pratt,
2 25
Edward Thornton, 7 50
John F. Dalby,
3 25
Peter Murphy, 16 50
James S. Litchfield,
2 62
Bradley Higgins, 2 25
Frank Watson, 3 00
John Mulchurn, 6 75
George H. Briggs,
1 75
Jessie W. Spooner, 4 50
James Dalby,
6 50
Josiah Hunt, 2 60
Luther Clapp,
2 62
F. B. Merritt,
4 50
George W. Merritt,
13 17
Jerry Emerson,
1 50
J. A. Litchfield,
3 00
Kilburn B. Merritt, 3 75
William H. Litchfield,
90 00
Nathaniel Vinal,
2 50
James Tilden, 4 50
Ezra Vinal,
5 25
Ephraim Young,
3 75
Otis Litchfield,
7 87
George Young,
2 00
Charles Kenney,
1 50
E. Parker Welch,
6 00
Partrick Murphy,
3 35
John Foley, 3 00
Thomas Wade,
6 35
William C. Turner,
20
Harvey Litchfield,
2 00
Franklin Damon,
8 40
A. J. Waterman,
1 30
J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
2 40
J. F. & F. B. Bisbee,
21 10
Amount,
$2,566 72
RAILING HIGHWAYS.
Payments :-
James Sullivan,
$9 62
Marsena P. Brown, $4 00
U. C. Henderson,
9 00
Harvey D. Northey, 6 30
Edwin Bailey,
27 25
John M. Damon, 17 00
John A. Merritt,
1 25
Thomas Vinal,
1 00
Frederick Cushing,
17 00
George W. Merritt,
89 45
Charles H. Jackson,
9 00
Amount expended, $190 87
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REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
At the Annual Meeting March 1st, 1875, Mr. Edwin Young was chosen Superintendent of Public Buildings.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense
$70 82
Payments for labor and material :-
J. W. Bailey & Co., $22 82
Samuel Newell, 2 50
Joseph W. Leach, 11 50
Franklin Damon, 20
J. W. Bailey & Son,
1 80
A. A. Colburn, 2 25
Wm. P. Allen,
1 00
Frederick Cushing, 3 50
Edwin Young,
25 25
Amount, $70 82
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of orders drawn $628 05
Payments :
N. P. Gilman, School Committee $50 00
Wm. B. Green, Superintendent of Schools 75 00
Thomas Tilden, 36 50
Wm. H. Litchfield,
As Assessors . 40 00
John M. Damon,
62 50
Thomas Tilden,
As Selectmen 91 00
Wm. H. Litchfield, 1
and 70 00
John M. Damon, J Overseers of Poor 37 40
Roland Turner, Treasurer, . 50 00
James L. Merritt, Town Clerk 75 65
Edwin Young, Superintendent of Public Buildings 25 00
Benjamin Brown, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 15 00
Amount
$628 05
Deduct amount due for last year 50 00
$578 05
Add amount due Superintendent of Schools
75 00
Expense for the year
$653 05
14
DECORATION DAY.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense. $100 00 Payments :-
Edward James and George W. Merritt $100 00
PRINTING, STATIONERY AND POSTAGE.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense. $203 80
Payments :-
J. Frank Farmer, $192 00 Thomas Tilden, $6 42
James L. Merritt, 5 38
Amount,
$203 80
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of orders drawn
$220 65
Abatements :----
Tax of 1874.
William Brown,
$1 94 Samuel Pratt, $2 00
Mary A. Torrey,
81 Peleg Stetson, 1 70
Thomas Dixson,
1 21 James Stoddard, 2 65
L. Curtis' estate,
1 62
Matthew Terry,
2 00
Wilbur P. Brown,
2 00
Patrick Wherety,
2 00
Kimball Cottle,
2 00
Michael Mulchurn,
2 00
John Harris,
2 81
Charles R. Hayes,
2 00
Oscar Litchfield,
2 00
Herbert Litchfield,
2 00
Jerry McCarty,
4 17
Henry Merritt, 2d,
2 00
John Mclaughlin,
2 00
Samuel McDonald, 2 00
Hosea M. Orcutt,
2 00
Wm. A. Newcomb, 2 00
Ethan Pool,
2 00
Hosea J. Stockbridge,
8 10
Daniel McCarty,
2 00
Amount of 1874,
$57 01
15
Tax of 1875.
Wilbur P. Brown,
$2 00
Edward H. Bonney, $87 50
Isaac B. Damon,
6 56
Levi Newcomb, 2 00
Oscar Litchfield,
2 00
Elisha Otis, 96
Michael Mulchurn,
2 00
Herbert Litchfield, 2 00
Christopher Nee,
2 00
Samuel McDonald, 2 00
Samuel Pratt, 2 00
A. F. Pratt, 2 00
Ephraim Young's Est., 3 94
Hayward Vinal's Est., 26 02
Mrs. Thomas Hawthorne, 2 69
Charles H. Young, 1 47
Jotham W. Bailey, 2 00
Charles Merritt,
88
Louisa Holbrook, 8 75
Charles Vinal, 2 00
Daniel Langdon, 2 00
John J. Ford, 87
Amount of 1875,
$163 64
STATE AID.
Amount of orders drawn from Feb. 1st, 1875, to Feb. 1st, 1876,
$1,002 00
Payments :-
Harriet C. Brown, $96 00
Olive Cushman, $48 00
Luke G. Fitts, 122 00
C. A. A. Andrews, 96 00
Eunice Totman, 48 00
William Ellms, 48 00
Charles A. Taylor, 72 00
Sumner O. Litchfield, 36 00
Martha R. Pierce,
48 00
Elisha J. Brown, 72 00
Emily A. Merritt,
58 00
Mary J. Hyland, 48 00
Edward James,
60 00
Alfred A. Seaverns,
72 00
John H. Spencer,
78 00
-
Amount,
$1,002 00
16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of orders drawn, and expense $853 91
Payments :-
Wm. L. Kennard, care of Town Hall $12 50
Patrick Driscoll, use of well in 1874. 2 00
Edward James, use of well in 1874 2 00
Edward James, services as moderator March Ist, 1875 3 00
Isaac Nightingale, selling fish rights. 2 00
Litchfield Bros., expressing 75
H. Lucius Vinal, expressing 5 20
Abby M. Vinal, school books. 4 23
Win P. Allen, school books 34 62
H. A. Seaverns, school books .. 49 20
Thomas Tilden, cash paid Marshfield for care of Lit- tle's bridge 1874 2 00
Thomas Tilden, cash paid for recording deeds. 3 15
Thomas Tilden, expenses running line with Marshfield 2 15
H. G. Reed, surveying Cliff road. 1 00
H. G. Reed, surveying Flats. 78 50
Edwin Young, surveying Flats 5 00
B. B. W. Litchfield, grading Centre school-house lot .. 10 00
Noah Ellms, 66 66 66
. .
3 00
Ezra Vinal, 66 66 66
. .
3 50
Joseph H. Litchfield, 66 66
. .
3 50
County of Plymouth, laying out and constructing &
Town Way, on the petition of Edwin Bailey and others .. 312 45
McKenney, Bullard & Co., lamps for Town Hall, 5 44
James L. Merritt, services on Beach question 38 45
Wm. S. Danforth, 66 66 18 00
Edwin Young,
30 00
Wm. O. Merritt, guide posts 1 75
17
Wm. W. Gordack, on guide boards.
$12 60
S. R. Bourne,
10 00
Franklin Damon, 66
2 76
Charles H. Jackson,
87
David W. Totman, 66
87
John M. Damon, 66
7 00
Frederick Cushing, 66 66
7 00
Patrick Kane, 66 66
6 00
Eben Bearce, work on Cemetery 16 00
Thomas Vinal, work on Cemetery. 14 00
Vinal & Bearce, monuments and setting on Cliff road . .
7 00
Thomas Tilden, committee on roads 12 65
Wm. H. Litchfield, 66 5 00
John M. Damon, 66 66
8 15
Samuel Brown, damage by defect in road.
5 00
Thomas Tilden, use of team.
4 50
John M. Damon, use of team
5 00
Joseph O. Cole, use of team in 1874 and 1875
10 00
Elijah P. Pratt, labor on breakwater
2 25
Danforth H. Sylvester,
2 25
Charles Pratt,
3 75
Henry Pettis, 5 75
Franklin Damon, plank for Little's bridge. 1 17
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