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Hosea V. Orcutt,
23 50
Edwin A. Turner, 95 00
James T. Dalby,
10 00
Peleg Stetson, 4 00
Wm. H. Litchfield,
15 51
Ripley & Newhall,
28 00
Chubbuck & Co.,
94 50
Mrs. Benj. Brown,
13 33
Roland Turner,
312 91
Joseph Corthell,
3 64
Edward H. Bonney,
56 25
Dr. C. H. Davie,
21 00
Abner S. Dalby,
5 00
John Cushman,
4 50
Town of Northbridge,
67 00
John Weatherbee,
2 00
City of Lynn,
114 75
John M. Damon,
9 50
Francis Thomas,
2 00
Joseph F. Bailey,
9 05
Edward James,
104 00
Thomas Tilden, 44 35
Thomas Hyland,
2 50
Thomas Litchfield, 3 48
Charles Damon,
4 88
Patrick Driscoll,
13 50
John Hall,
64 00
M. S. Litchfield,
35 02
George L. Newcomb,
27 00
William Brown, 1 62
Town of Cohasset,
122 00
William O. Clapp, 4 25
Eunice W. Studley,
34 50
George H. Hatch,
3 52
Town of S. Scituate,
20 50
A. J. Waterman,
6 05
George Emerson,
2 00
Isaiah Hyland,
· 434 00
Mrs. C. A. A. Andrews, 1 00
Warren Litchfield,
305 90
Thomas Harris, 84 00
Joseph Gannett,
5 00
Amount paid,
$4,232 02
. State of Massachusetts, 45 25
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
At the annual meeting held March 6th, 1876, William H. Litchfield, John M. Damon, and James L. Prouty were chosen Surveyors of Highways.
Amount of orders drawn and expense. $2,118 35
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The following payments have been made for labor and material : -
Israel H. Sherman, $6 99 Patrick Murphey, . . $25 50
William H. Litchfield,
66 00
Charles Manson, 16 50
Alexander Lindsey, 4 50
William C. Bailey, 15 13
Clarence H. Bisbee, 9 00
Enoch C. Gardner, 32 75
Edwin F. Lang, 16 50
Isaac Litchfield, 20 12
William H. Wade,
10 25
Patrick Gammon, 17 25
William O. Merritt,
26 00
Patrick Dunn,
13 06
Wiley Damon, 3 75
Edward Murphey, 13 65
Flora Driscoll,
26 12
Noah Jenkins,
12 37
Harvey Curtis,
18 00
Turner Litchfield,
11 75
Webster Litchfield,
10 50
Cushing O. Litchfield, 15 24
Munroe Merritt,
.4 50
Charles Cottle, 29 82
Joseph Litchfield, 1 20
Thomas Patterson, 13 50
Davis Jenkins, 12 05
Frederick Curtis,
18 25
Homer Studley,
1 80
Ebenezer Bearce, Jr., 6 00
David L. Studley,
1 80
Peter Murphey, 28 50
John Dalby, .
6 00
Richard Supple, 14 25
Looroy Vinal,
18 00
Joseph Brown, Sr., 3 00
Caleb Osborne,
6 00
James W. Tilden, 7 12
Hosea V. Orcutt,
3 75
Thomas O'Neal, 4 00
William J. Newcomb,
1 00
John Mitchell, 20 25
Frank Studley,
6 00
Eben. Bearce, 14 25
Israel Litchfield,
1 50 . Rowland Jackson,
6 00
George Emerson,
19 87
Theophilus Thorndike, 12 20
Charles Anthoney,
16 12
Samuel H. Turner,
55 00
James S. Litchfield, 13 87
Chandler Clapp,
3 00
Isaac H. Young, 32 40
G. W. Bradley, 3 00
Samuel Stoddard, 4 75
Thomas .P. Nash, 45
Benjamin B. Litchfield, 3 00
Hosea Litchfield, 1 00
John Hall, 1 25
John Cushman, 4 12
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Sanford Litchfield, $1 25 Elisha W. Lapham, $2 50
Antone Silvia,
75
James L. Prouty, 58 00
Antone Varguson,
75 William Elliott, 4 50
William F. Brown,
75
John Langdon, 4 00
William P. Litchfield, 1 50
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 33 63
Lewis Brown,
3 75
Samuel J. Hunt, 42 25
Azro Turner,
2 00
Josiah Mann, 12 00
John B. Turner,
75
James B. Totman,
22 00
Allen Vinal,
75
Nicholas Wherety, 20 00
William E. Hunt,
19 75
Elisha Otis,
11 25
Lincoln Litchfield,
12 00
Nicholas O'Neal, 6 75
Nathaniel Wade,
3 75
John Welch, 9 00
Marsena P. Brown,
3 75
James Stetson,
20
Harvey W. Litchfield,
14 25
John J. Ford,
12 00
Otis Mott, 18 00
Hugh Ward,
3 00
James T. Dalby,
6 25
John Donahoe,
3 00
John A. Merritt,
22 44
Franklin Damon,
18 26
Patrick Cullen,
2 25
Stephen Litchfield,
15 00
James Sullivan,
14 75
Josiah Litchfield,
12 25
Charles H. Jackson,
55 65
Andrew Bates,
15 38
Frederick Cushing,
44 75
Samuel Litchfield,
5 00
E. A. J. Andrews,
28 50
Abner Bates,
3 75
Edmund Mann,
5 10
Sumner Litchfield,
55 25
Eugene Langdon,
9 62
Samuel Brown,
7 55
C. A. A. Andrews,
19 24
Cushing O. Ellms, 5 95
Martin T. Peakes,
12 75
Perez L. Litchfield, 4 50
Allen Merritt,
9 00
Lincoln Damon,
1 50 .
Charles Damon,
6 77
Henry L. Vinal,
36 24
William Damon,
2 25
Luther Litchfield,
2 50
Henry Cooper,
1 50
Henry Damon,
4 37
Luke G. Fitts,
3 00 William O. Clapp, 9 37
Russell Cook,
5 50 Otis Litchfield,
3 75
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Charles E. Brown, $14 56
Allen Clapp, $1 88
Noah B. Nichols,
1 75
Samuel E Hyland, : 1 25
Edward O. Farmer,
1 50 Melvin S. Litchfield, 2 50
Warren L. Brown,
1 50 Daniel E. Hill,
1 25
Harvey D. Northey,
29 75
Peleg Hyland,
2 25
Harvey Litchfield,
12 00
William Brown,
6 85
Rufus Curtis,
9 75
A. Judson Bates, 22 50
Frederick Cole,
41 00
Thaddeus L. Litchfield, 2 00
Marsena W. Damon,
4 50
E. Foster Pierce, 43 90
Benjamin Stetson,
4 50
George O. Vinal, 8 25
Peleg Stetson, 4 50
Caleb T. Jenkins,
1 50
Marcus Barber,
15 49
Caleb M. Jenkins,
2 00
George H. Jenkins,
17 25
John M Damon,
125 00
Patrick Kane,
27 25
Elijah T. Clapp,
2 50
Henry H. Northey,
7 25
Seth Litchfield, 1 35
Harvey C. Litchfield,
2 25
Paul Mott, 5 00
Asa C. Randall,
9 50
John B. Damon,
4 50
Joseph F. Bisbee,
9 00
George H. Briggs,
1 50 .
Frederick G. Bisbee,
3 00
Stillman Litchfield,
16 30
Francis M. Litchfield,
5 50
Lewis N. Curtis,
24 25
David S. Jenkins,
21 00
J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
700
Rufus Clapp,
9 12
Alexander Anderson,
15 63
Amount, $2,118 35
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Amount of orders drawn and expense.
$88 05
PAYMENTS FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL.
Joseph Merritt, $1 50 Franklin Damon, $61 10
Edwin Young,
3 00
Marsena Webb, 2 63
George C. Lee, 7 63
Frederick Cushing, 7 00
Amount, $88 05
Cole & Coleman,
5 19
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PRINTING, STATIONERY, AND POSTAGE.
Amount of orders drawn and expense
$126 70
PAYMENTS.
Avery & Doten, town
reports, &c., $102 75
Charles H. Darling, 3 00
James L. Merritt, 6 20
J. Frank Farmer, 7 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., $3 38
Thomas Tilden, 4 37
Amount, $126 70
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of orders drawn $692 57
PAYMENTS.
William B. Greene, Superintendent of Schools $75 00
James L. Merritt, Town Clerk . 74 40
William B. Green, as School Committee 75 00
Joseph O. Cole, as School Committe 12 00
Thomas Tilden, 51 62
William H. Litchfield,
As Assessors 48 75
J. M. Damon,
70 00
Roland Turner, as Treasurer 50 00
Benjamin Brown, Sealer of Weights and Measures 10 00
Thomas Tilden, Selectmen 128 05
William H. Litchfield,
and 41 00
J. M. Damon,
Overseers of Poor 56 75
Amount paid. $692 57
Deduct amount due for last year 75 00
Expense for the year: $617 57
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of orders drawn
$232 10
ABATEMENT- TAX OF 1874.
Daniel Duffy,
$2 81
George M. Litchfield, $2 00
John Conroy,
1 87
Henry Spaulding, 2 00
William H. Eaton,
7 75
Howland L. Hunt,
10 66
Amount of 1874,
$27 09
TAX OF 1875.
Reuben Y. Jenkins,
$7 87 Louis & Julius Pick,
$4 00
John Boylin,
1 31
Peleg Stetson, 1 70
Mary Briggs,
92
Benjamin F. Stetson, 2 00
Josiah Caldwell,
2 00
James Stoddard,
2 70
Daniel Duffy,
2 88
Daniel Taylor,
2 00
William H. Eaton,
13 38
John Touhey,
2 00
John Harris,
2 88
Edward Ward, 2d, Est.,
8 66
Howland L. Hunt,
11 36
Patrick Wherety, Jr.,
2 00
George M. Litchfield,
2 00
James Wherety,
2 00
Luther C. Litchfield,
2 00
Thomas Weatherbee, 2 00
Patrick Landers,
2 00
Joseph W. Clapp, 2 00
John McCarty,
2 00
Henry Spaulding,
2 00
Alexander McDonald,
2 00
John Nee,
2 00
Amount in 1875,
$87 66
TAX OF 1876.
Edward Murphy,
$2 00 John McCarty, $2 00
John Harris,
90 Michael Mulcurn, 2 00
Samuel K. Williams,
1 35 Peleg Stetson, 6 32
John Weatherbee,
9 00 Benjamin E. Stetson, 2 00
Chandler Clapp,
7 20 Henry Spaulding, 2 00
Mary Briggs,
5 05 Edward Torrington, 2 00
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Henry E. Cooper,
$2 00
Daniel Taylor, $2 00
Isaac B. Damon,
6 75
John Touhey, 2 00
Daniel Duffy,
2 00
Hayward Vinal, Est., 26 77
Patrick Ford,
2 00
Patrick Wherety, Jr.,
2 00
Howland L. Hunt,
11 63
James Wherety,
2 00
Caleb M. Jenkins,
9 25
Ephraim Young, Est.,
4 05
Luther C. Litchfield,
2 00
Joseph A. Litchfield,
1 08
Amount in 1876,
$117 35
STATE AID.
Amount of orders drawn from Feb. 1, 1876, to Feb. 1,
1877
$931 00
PAYMENTS.
Harriet C. Brown,
$52 00
William 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,
36 00
Mary J. Hyland,
48 00
Martha R. Peirce,
48 00
Alfred A. Seaverns, 72 00
Emily A. Merritt,
48 00
John H. Spencer,
72 00
Edward James,
60 00
George W. Lee,
45 00
C. A. A. Andrews,
96 00
Olive Cushing,
48 00
Amount,
$931 00
3
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of orders drawn and expense. $401 10
PAYMENTS.
James L. Merritt, cash paid George C. Lee as Clerk,
pro tem 7 00
Patrick Gammon, grading Willow street school house lot in 1874 1 60
Clark & Maynard, school books 30 00
William C. Newcomb, for grading front of his house .. 10 00
Thomas Tilden, for time spent on tramps by vote of the Town 12 00
William P. Allen, for school books . 90 88
H. A. Seaverns & Co., for school books 7 73
Post 31, G. A. R., for Decoration Day 100 00
George C. Lee, land taken in widening North Main street 15 00
William L. Kennard, care of Town Hall 18 50
J. C. & J. H. Merritt, repairs on Town Pound 2 50
Franklin Damon, repairs on Town Pound 2 36
Frederick Cushing, repairs on Town Pound 5 00
Charlotte Briggs, gate posts for Town Pound 1 00
J. M. Damon, repairs on Town Pound 4 00
Patrick Kane, repairs on Little's Bridge
4 25
E. A. J. Andrews, repairs on Little's Bridge
3 00
J. M. Damon, repairs on Little's Bridge. 5 00
Marsena P. Brown, repairs on Little's Bridge 5 00
Thomas Tilden, use of team 7 75
Thomas Tilden, committee on Doherty damage case .. 5 50
J. O. Cole, services as Moderator, March 6, 1876, by vote of the Town 5 00
Patrick Dunn, watching fire at Russell Cook's 3 00
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Thaddeus L. Litchfield, watching fire in the woods $3 00
H. G. Reed, surveying Cliff road 1 00
Roland Turner, services at State House 5 00
J. M. Damon, committee on Doherty damage case 2 00
Benjamin Brown, sundries for Town Hall 1 95
Cushing O. Litchfield, services as constable at Novem- ber meeting 1 50
Enoch C. Gardner, services as constable 16 00
Enoch C. Gardner, returning deaths 10 00
Hosea V. Orcutt, returning deaths 3 50
Rufus Clapp, committee on Mann Hill road, 1875 3 00
Hosea V. Orcutt, repairs on hearse 33
Andrew Bates, land taken in widening High street 3 00
J. O. Cole, services as Beach Committee 3 00
Hiram Bates, watching fires in woods. 1 00
Josiah Litchfield, returning deaths. 75
Amount $401 10
LAW EXPENSES.
Thomas Tilden, cash paid William D. Carter, witness fees in Damon's suit $5 50
Thomas Tilden, cash paid Willard Torrey, witness fees and summons on Damon's suit 43 83
Thomas Tilden, cash paid Thomas Hickey, witness fees in Damon's suit 1 50
Thomas Tilden, cash paid Otis Stockwell, witness fees in Damon's suit 1 50
Thomas Tilden, cash paid A. J. Geary, services on Damon's suit 16 00
Enoch C. Gardner, summons of witness in Damon's suit 3 00
20
Dr. Gordon, witness fees in Damon's suit $15 00
Thomas Tilden, services in Damon's suit 20 75 Thomas Tilden, cash paid Harris & Tucker for counsel fees, court expenses, and judgment in Damon's suit 440 40
H. G. Reed, witness fees in Damon's suit 5 50
J. M. Damon, services on Damon's suit
8 00
William H. Litchfield, services on Damon's suit
6 00
Charles G. Davis, counsel fees in Damon's suit 50 00
Harris & Tucker, advice to Selectmen. 34 00
Amount $650 98
EXPENSES ON CLIFF ROAD,
PAYMENTS.
Garret Supple,
$105 99
Thomas Tobin,
$14 25
George McDonald,
6 75
Edward Torrington, 12 00
William Duffee,
2 50
William Landers, 9 00
Nathaniel Wade,
6 00
William Mulcurn,
4 50
Marsena P. Brown,
6 00
Patrick Faloon,
9 37
Seth Chandler, 6 00
Edmund Landers, 10 50
Joseph Doherty
11 87
Patrick Cannon, 11 25
Michael Doherty,
17 25
Daniel Ward, 2d,
6 75
Charles H. Jackson,
10 50
James Hugh, 9 75
Nicholas O'Neal,
9 00
John Dixon, 14 25
Martin Curran,
12 00
Frederick Stanley, 3 00
John Ward,
12 00
Philip Cogan, 12 75
James McDonnough,
9 75
Daniel Noonan,
8 25
Thomas O'Neal,
11 25
James P. Murphy, 13 50
John Curran,
9 00
Thomas Barry, 9 00
John Doherty,
15 75
Richard Hoar,
5 25
Edward Ward,
13 50
James Gammon,
6 00
1
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James Ward,
$11 25
Charles Cottle, $9 00
Dennis Quinn,
6 25
J. Martin Dunn, 3 00
Edward Tobin,
5 25
Joseph Brown, Sr.,
2 25
John Connoly,
7 50
John Barry,
3 00
Michael Powers,
9 75
Thomas Mann, 31 50
John Mitchell,
6 75
Abner Litchfield, 10 50
Edward Cummins,
9 00
Charles M. Ferguson, 10 50
Arthur Ward,
8 25
Warren Litchfield, 12 25
John E. Murphy,
6 75
Rufus Clapp, 7 00
Patrick Mulcurn,
6 00
B. B. W. Litchfield, 3 50
James E. Murphy,
4 50
J. M. Damon, team, 14 00
John McDonald,
4 50
J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
10 75
John P. Murphy,
4 50
Cornelius Driscoll,
4 50
J. M. Damon, Com., 27 00
James Sullivan,
3 00
Thomas Tilden, Com., 8 75
Nicholas Wherity, 2d,
3 00
Thomas Graham, 3 00
Hugh Ward,
3 00
Richard Supple,
3 75
Amount,
$702 98
John Carson,
3 00
IMPROVEMENTS ON BAY AND CHARLES STREETS.
PAYMENTS.
Amasa T. Bundy,
$51 37 Thomas Newcomb,
$25 50
Seth Chandler,
46 90 Ezra Vinal, 34 87
James Sullivan,
40 87
Levi W. Vinal, 49 50
Alexander Lindsley, 21 37
Abner Litchfield,
102 75
Walter H Spooner,
7 12 Warren L. Brown, 7 50
Clarence H. Bisbee,
13 50 Eben Bearce, 4 50
Marsena P. Brown,
33 00 Frederick Curtis, 7 50
Albert Litchfield,
51 37 Walter Bailey, 4 50
Perez L. Litchfield,
53 25
Foster Curtis, 6 00
Wm. H. Litchfield, Com., 12 00
22
Daniel Ellms, $52 12
Henry Curtis, $3 75
Marshall Litchfield, Jr. 51 37
Cushing O. Litchfield, 3 00
Nathaniel Wade, 42 75 Turner Litchfield, 21 00
B. B. W. Litchfield, 30 37 Jacob Newcomb, 8 25
David B. Litchfield,
37 12
Joseph H. Litchfield, 31 50
Marshall Litchfield,
106 00
Lewis N. Curtis, 11 25
William H. Wade,
8 25
Stephen Litchfield, 2d, 50 75
Charles M. Ferguson,
105 00
H. Lucius Vinal, 3 75
Seth Litchfield,
11 09
Thomas Tilden, Com., 68 00
Wm. P. Allen,
7 40
Horace Litchfield,
6 75
Amount,
$1,223 84
J. M. Damon, 3 00
IMPROVEMENT ON BLOSSOM STREET.
Frank Studley,
$3 00
Warren Litchfield, 10 50
John A. Merritt,
13 12
Hosea V. Orcutt, 30 00
Lincoln Litchfield,
11 25 Perez L. Litchfield, 9 00
Stillman Litchfield,
7 86
James Sullivan, 13 50
George O. Vinal,
32 13
Henry L. Vinal, 7 50
Job Vinal, 21 13
Charles Anthony, 16 38
Lincoln Damon,
4 50
William E. Hunt, 20 00
Cushing O. Litchfield,
1 50
Looroy Vinal, 6 00
Wm. O. Merritt,
6 00
James S. Litchfield, 13 50
Marsena P. Brown,
6 00
Caleb Osborn, 10 50
George Emerson,
23 38
Stephen Litchfield, 3 00
James T. Dalby,
21 75
Isaac H. Young,
60 63
Nathaniel Wade,
10 50
Turner Litchfield,
17 50
Andrew Bates,
23 62
Amiel Studley,
11 25
Samuel Brown,
16 25
Munroe Merritt, 10 63
Webster Litchfield,
9 48
Samuel W. Cook, 3 75
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Lewis Brown, $20 25
Freeman Merritt $2 55
Horace Litchfield,
2 50
J. C. & J. H. Merritt, 6 73
Joseph E. Merritt,
11 50
Wm. H. Litchfield, Com., 46 00
Amount, $544 64
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Total amount of interest accrued for the year. $6,121 63
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Amount of State Tax
$1,458 00
Amount of County Tax 1,603 61
$3,061 61
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND DISCOUNT.
Discount on Taxes $234 96
Amount of fees for collecting Taxes 244 87
$479 83
RECAPITULATION.
For removing Snow $506 17
Support of Schools 3,262 32
Incidentals for Schools 142 91
Support of the Poor
3,623 57
Repairs of Roads and Bridges 2,118 35
Repairs of Public Buildings 88 05
24
Town Officers $617 57
Printing, Stationery, and Postage
126 70
Abatement of Taxes 232 10
State Aid
931 00
Miscellaneous
401 10
Law Expenses .
650 98
Building Cliff Road ...
702 98
Improvements on Bay and Charles Streets
1,223 84
Improvements on Blossom Street
544 64
Interest. 6,121 €3
State Tax 1,458 00
County Tax
1,603 61
Discount on Taxes
234 96
Collection of Taxes. 242 94
Amount of expense $24,833 42
Deduct State aid (to be reimbursed) 931 00
Net expense $23,902 42
INCOME.
Amount of tax bills of 1876 $24.412 76
Corporation tax
598 93
Bank tax
962 81
Licenses
12 00
Interest on C. M. Jenkins' debt
6 00
Amount (excluding school funds) . $25,992 50
From amount of income. $25,992 50
Deduct net expense 23,902 42
Surplus of income over expenses $2,090 08
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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 of 1873-4
$2 75
" 1874-5 19 00
66
" 1875-6
1,256 76
" 1876-7 14,185 39
Cash paid State Treasurer, State tax
1,458 00
County Treasurer, County tax
1,603 61
for principal of notes
6,800 00
for interest on notes
6,267 56
66 interest on notes, money borrowed and paid . 72 51
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1876-7.
7,019 10
fees for collecting taxes 242 94
discount on taxes . 234 96
Cash paid Edwin Young, Beach Committee. 166 00
James L. Merritt, Beach Committee, 51 66
66 Harris & Tucker for Beach Committee, 250 00
66 Chas. H. Paine for Beach Committee, 50 00
Cash on hand Feb. 1st, 1877, to balance
6,131 87
$45,812 11
CR.
By Cash on hand February 1st, 1876. *$5,352 22
" from State for Corporation Tax, 1875 17 79
66 66 Bank Tax, 1875 34 74
* NOTE. - There was an error in the Report of February 1st, 1876, as to the amount of cash on hand. It should have been as above, $5,352.22, in- stead of $5,376.96 as printed. The error was not discovered in time for correction before printing the Report.
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By Cash from State for Corporation Tax, 1876. $581 14
Bank Tax, 1876. 928 07
66
66 School Fund, 1874 267 93
School Fund, 1876 220 78
66 from County Dog License Fund of 1876. . . 147 97
State for State Aid, reimbursed, 1875, 994 14
66
East Weymouth Five Cents Savings Bank for Town Note. .
500 00
66 Onslow Stearns for Railroad Stock .. . 5,000 00
Town of Hingham, support Mary Sprague 205 50
Town of Hingham, support Mrs. L. C Newcomb 30 05
Town of Canton, support Thomas Keefe 13 95
66
City of Boston, support Mrs. Edward Spurr. 117 00
66
Town of Randolph, support Mary
Hall 69 00
" for pedlers' licenses
8 00
" from Isaac Nightingale for auctioneer's license 2 00
66
Thomas Vinal for auctioneer's license, 2 00
66 Caleb M. Jenkins, interest on Note ... 6 00
By Taxes collected of 1872 55
1873 22 80
66
1874 502 29
66
66 1875 6,375 43
By Taxes of 1876 for collection 24,412 76
$45,812 11 ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
Scituate, February 1st, 1877.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
LIABILITIES.
Due notes and interest as follows : --
NAMES OF PAYEES.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest paid to
Interest due Feb. 1, 1877.
Eunice Rogers,
$175 00
July 20, 1865,
July 20, 1876,
$5 57
Salem Savings Bank,
4,000 00
July 26, 1867,
Jan. 26, 1877,
2 88
Scituate Savings Bank,
6,570 00
March 2, 1868,
Sept. 2, 1876,
162 06
Stephen Litchfield,
300 00
April 23, 1873,
Oct. 23, 1876,
4 90
Stephen Litchfield,
500 00
Oct. 10, 1871,
Oct. 10, 1876,
9 25
E. Weymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
500 00
May 27, 1876,
Nov. 27, 1876,
5'25
Seaman's Savings Bank,
30,000 00
Feb.
14, 1871,
Jan. 1, 1877,
175 00
State of Massachusetts,
30,000 00
May
2, 1871,
Nov, 2, 1876,
445 00
State of Massachusetts,
15,000 00
Nov. 8, 1873,
Nov. 8, 1876,
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 1875-6
4 00
66 1876-7
2,318 15
Salaries of Teachers
1,102 69
Support of Poor
123 94
Removing Snow .. ..
45 00
Damage in laying out 1st & 2d Cliff Roads,
242 50
Amount of liabilities.
$91,933 27
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RESOURCES.
Cash in the hands of the Treasurer $6,131 87
Uncollected Taxes of 1872
4 73
1873
37 86
66
1874
94 74
66 1875
609 90
1876
7,019 10
Value of security on house of C. M. Jenkins
103 70
Tools on hand
25 00
Due from Town of Cohasset for aid to W. Henry Litchfield 18 19
State for State Aid from Jan. Ist, 1876, to Feb. 1st, 1877 1,011 50
Estate of Edmund Jenkins
49 75
John Ward for board of children
84 00
State for support of Antone and Matthew Sylvia 59 41
State for support of Alonzo S. Burroughs 22 34
Amount of resources $15,272 09
From amount of liabilities $91,933 27
Deduct resources 15,272 09
Balance, debt of the Town February 1st, 1877 .. $76 661 18 Deduct loss on Railroad Stock 70,000 00 And the Ordinary Debt would have been 6,661 18
$7,818 32 The Ordinary Debt of the Town Feb. 1st, 1876, was Feb. 1st, 1877, is .. 6,661 18
Balance, decrease of the Debt for the year . 1,157 14
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1877.
For Removing Snow $800 00
Support of Schools 3,300 00
Incidentals for Schools 150 00
Support of the Poor
3,500 00
Repairs of Roads and Bridges
2,100 00
Repairs of Public Buildings
100 00
Town Officers 625 00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
150 00
Abatement of Taxes
200 00
Miscellaneous
400 00
Collection of Taxes and Discount 400 00
Interest on Debt. 6,000 00
Improvements on Bay and Charles Streets
300 00
Improvements on Blossom Street 300 00
Cliff Road 300 00
Total Town grant $18,625 00
Add amount of State Tax, (estimated)
1,300 00
66 66 County Tax 1,600 00
Total estimated expense $21,525 00 Tax rate of $16 per $1000.
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LIST OF JURORS
Presented for the consideration of the Town, to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting in March.
Turner Litchfield,
George W. Elliott,
Hatherly Merritt,
Hosea V. Orcutt,
· Charles. Damon, Albert Clapp,
John Bradford, Nathaniel Wade,
John E. O. Prouty,
Freeman H. Gannett,
Kilburn B. Merritt,
Joseph W. Morris,
John B. Turner, E. Parker Welch, Reuben D. Litchfield, Abner Litchfield,
Frederick Cole,
Benjamin Wilder,
William C. Bailey,
Harvey D. Northey,
Caleb Bates, 2d,
Francis M. Litchfield,
Samuel H. Turner,
Frederick S. Sanborn,
Thomas O'Neal,
John B. Pierce,
Benjamin T. Turner, Thomas Tilden.
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards throughout the town remain the same as last year.
THOMAS TILDEN, WM. H. LITCHFIELD, Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Scituate. February, 1st, 1877.
James Damon, Peter Murphy, Joseph Bailey, Galen Watson, Webster Litchfield,
Nathaniel J. Vinal,
Charles M. Ferguson, Cornelius Doherty, .
Franklin Damon, Thomas O. Cole,
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE, MAY 1ST, 1876.
Real estate $1,122,242 00
Personal Estate 156,705 00
Total valuation of taxable property $1,278,947 00 Number of polls, 649.
Number of acres of land taxed
9,67248
houses tåxed
575
horses taxed 282
cows taxed
287
sheep taxed
62
Tax on 649 polls, at $2 $1,298 00
Tax on $1,278,947, at $18 per $1,000
23,021 04
Amount of assessment.
$24,319 04
VALUATION AS COMPARED WITH 1875.
Real estate, increase. $34,974 00
Personal estate, decrease 11,823 00
Total increase $23,151 00
THOMAS TILDEN, WM. H. LITCHFIELD,
Assessors of Scituate.
February, 1st, 1877.
Owing to the state of his health and other duties, this is the last time the Chairman of the Selectmen will make a report : a few words from him may not be deemed inappropriate. With his thanks to the citizens of the town for the confidence so long reposed in him, he has. the satisfaction of feeling that he has
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never acted from personal or partisan feeling, but however he may have erred in judgment, he has always had the interest of the town at heart, and if any persons have been offended by his actions he hopes they will not consider it a personal mat- ter, but because he thought his duties to the town demanded it. The town having disposed of its stock in the Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad can now see what the amount of the debt actually is, and to insure its final payment the most rigid economy must be observed. The rate of taxation must rule high, especially if the inhabitants continue to petition for new roads and the widening of old ones. The alarming increase in our pauper expenses, it being about eighty per cent. the past year, merits our serious consideration. If this expense is to continue, and there does not seem to be any prospect of a reduction, an almshouse will be absolutely necessary, as without an almshouse the Overseers. of the Poor are left very much to the mercy of those that call for help. There are probably eight or ten persons costing from two to four dollars per week that could be kept in an alms- house. But whether the town can bear the burden of buying a farm, without the taxes becoming too oppressive, is another question, as by the Municipal Indebtedness Bill we shall have to follow the "pay as you go" policy.
THOMAS TILDEN, Chairman.
Report of Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1876.
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1876.
William Augustus Cole,
Charles A. and Emily,
.
Bates.
Jan'y 3,
7,
Jennie Marion Damon,
Walter L. and Lucy V .,
Mott. Ray.
13,
Olive Jane Jenkins,
George H. and Joanna,
Brown.
17,
Savillion Fuller Dalby,
William H. and Lucy J.,
Damon.
26,
Laura Bell Ellms,
Henry L. and Lucy A.,
Flarerty.
31,
Charles Curran,
Thaddeus L. and Clarissa,
Brown.
Feb'y
5,
Frank Lawrence Litchfield,
Jenkins.
7,
Willie Otis Bisbee,
Farran.
8,
Sarah Frances Boylan,
Brown.
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16,
Percy Proctor Litchfield,
Harvey C. and Aun J.,
Kennegan.
21,
Hugh Driscoll,
Frederick G. and Mary C.,
Brown.
10,
Arthur Newton Briggs,
Curren.
17,
Patrick Mitchell,
Jolın and Bridget, Luther C. and Hattie M.,
Bates.
25,
Litchfield (female),
Vinal.
April 2,
Mina Gertrude Gordak,
Newcomb.
3,
Mildred Ball Hyland,
James I. and Aena E.,
William P. and Esther A., Elijah T. and Am R.,
Harris. Clapp.
15, Everett Lincoln Clapp,
Marsh.
17,
Plummer.
17,
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