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Frequent visits of parents are very efficient aids to the teacher in promoting the interest of the school ; any teacher will con- firm this. The number of visits of parents are generally in proportion to the attendance or number of visits of their chil- , dren ; it is the individual visits of parents themselves and not the visits of young persons or persons out of the district that are the most beneficial, but still all visits have their influence.
If the interest of parents and teachers in the schools the past year had been measured, by the town's appropriation for schools, or by the teacher's wages, we think it would have been much less than it has. By examination of the statistics which we have appended, we find that the town occupies a compara- tively low rank in the amount raised to each scholar, and a comparatively high one in attendance; now an interest in attendance should not be at all suppressed by neglect to raise a sufficient and comparative amount of money. We dislike to hear our town censured, especially as we do by our own citi- zens, for in many respects it has been quite liberal, and deserves the credit ; but we would suggest to the citizens of the town, and have them consider, if they will not at their next meeting raise their school money, at least two or three hundred dollars, and this will be nothing more than what justice and the times require. If the town should raise three hundred dollars more, it would be only about thirty-five one-hundredths (1%) of a
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mill, on one dollar of taxable property in town ; and a person worth a thousand dollars would have to pay thirty-five cents as his share of the tax.
Remember that the vote of the hand, at town-meeting, marks in a great degree the educational progress of your children the next year, and also represents the material symbol of the town's educational interest, in the statistics of the State.
If you vote money to lay out and gravel the highways of the town, do not fail in voting money to lay out and prepare the streets and channels in the minds and characters of the young, which, when once laid out and prepared as they should be, seldom need repairing, and are more permanent than any macadamized road.
Names of scholars who deserve credit for being neither absent nor tardy. They are printed in order to stimulate scholars to a more prompt attendance, and it is an honor to those scholars whose names appear here :-
DISTRICT NO. 1.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Summer.
Mary Alger,
Carrie Copeland, Mary Dewyre, Alice Tisdale,
Maria Burke, Margaret Desmond, Minnie Pasco, Carrie Vosmus, Joseph Jennings.
Winter.
Lizzie Ames,
Mary Billings, Addie Sears, Alice Tisdale, Lizzie Hancock, Mary Lothrop, Carrie Vosmus, Joseph Jennings, Caleb Swan.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Summer. Addie Jennings, Sarah Vosmus, Fannie Rounds, Florence Berry, Joanna Lynch, Katie Shaw.
Winter. Addie Jennings,
Luella Billings,
Florence Berry, Adelaide Hancock,
Joanna Lynch, Frank Tisdale, Warren Jennings, George Rumney.
DISTRICT NO. 2. Summer.
Helen Hartwell, Mary Sullivan.
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Edmond Copeland, Charles Egan, Henry Hartwell, Willie Egan.
Winter.
Edmond Conley,
Lyman Copeland,
Charles Egan,
Willie Egan,
Winter.
Bradford Allen.
DISTRICT NO. 7. Spring Term.
Lizzie Dunbar,
Florence Howland,
Annie Howland,
Addie Packard,
Mary Perkins,
Helen Ripley,
Freddie Ripley,
Hattie Copeland,
Mary Copeland,
Fred. Packard.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Summer.
Clara Edson,
Alice C. Howard,
Nellie Packard,
Minnie F. Howard,
* Samuel Reed,
* David Reed,
* Helen Ripley,
* Freddie Ripley,
Abbie C. Colwell,
* Louise Copeland,
* Olive Holmes,
* Francis Howard,
* Florence Howland,
Annie Howland,
' Lizzie Dunbar,
* Mary King,
Addie Packard,
* Eveline Packard,
* Josephine Shaw,
* Anna Wheeler,
* Edith Wheeler,
Helen Ripley,
* Freddie Ripley.
Winter.
Lucy A. Lyon,
Joshua Reed, George R. Lyon, George A. Dunbar.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Summer.
None.
Henry Hartwell, Edmond Copeland,
Helen Hartwell,
Mary Sullivan,
Myron Packard.
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Summer.
Hattie Copeland,
Bradley Murphy.
Winter.
Caleb Reed, Samuel Reed, David Reed,
Josephine Shaw,
Anna Wheeler,
Edith Wheeler,
Olive Holmes.
Fall Term.
* Caleb Reed,
Joseph C. Howard.
District No. 5.
Summer. Warren R. Thayer,
Mary S. Washburn.
Winter.
Elenor Howard,
Hattie E. Holmes.
DISTRICT NO. 6.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. Summer. Hannah K. Richards, the first half the term, as long as she attended.
* These scholars on account of a short fit of sickness, or a severe storm, have been ab- sent or tardy a very few times, - some only once or twice; - they thought they had tried, and ought to have the credit for it. We presume there are others in town deserving the same credit, but these were printed to fulfil the promise. All should try, and if they can- not be perfect in attendance, should be as nearly so as possible.
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DISTRICT NO. 8.
Summer.
S. Alice Holmes,
Emma V. Millett, Jane Howard, L. Adelaide Hayward, Irene A. Edgecombe,
Amanda Perkins, Eddie Keith, Annie Perkins, Warren Keith, Eddie Perkins.
Winter.
S. Alice Holmes, Sarah J. Keith, Ellen Geary, Emma V. Millett, Warren Perkins,
L. Adelaide Hayward, Margaret Geary.
UNION DISTRICT. For the first eight weeks,
Lydia D. Kinnicutt,
Helen E. Ripley,
Mary L. Perkins,
Edith Wheeler,
Annie Wheeler,
Eva J. Packard,
Minnie F. Howard,
Louisa F. Copeland,
Thomas S. Holmes, Lucian Dunbar,
Freddie H. Ripley,
Clinton P. Howard,
William N. Shipman, Michael Ryan.
It is too great a practice with many scholars to be dismissed in the early part of the session, - very often twenty minutes after commencing, or after the first recitation. In this respect the register misrepresents the attendance, and the influence upon the school and scholar is the same as if he had been absent. As a partial remedy for this inconsistency, perhaps it might be expedient for the Committee to instruct the teachers to mark only those scholars present who remain half of the session, or who are not dismissed before recess ; and also to instruct them not to dismiss scholars, except in extreme cases, without a writ- ten request from their parents or guardians.
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CONCLUSION.
Experience has taught us, if we were to commence again, to endeavor to arrive at the conclusion sooner than this, but here we are, and viewing the past school year, we think as a whole there has been quite a good degree of interest and cooperation of teachers, scholars, and parents, in the general promotion of the welfare and prosperity of our common schools ; and we hope and think that the result of their action has laid many good foundations and principles in the characters of the young. The terrible civil war of our Nation, which has been brought about chiefly by a want of general education taught in our common schools, and by a neglect of their fostering care, ought to be enough to prompt and incite us to an earnest and willing exer- tion in their hearty support. It is the common education of the minds of the whole class, and not a prominent or fashionable education of a few individuals, that raises the character of a community, of a state, and of a nation, in their moral, intellec- tual, and social condition ; and if we trace the history of all the nations of the globe, from continent to continent, we shall find this principle confirmed. The co-working elements whose influ- ence may and should have a tendency to promote the usefulness of the common schools are, - the School Committee, Pruden- tial Committee, families, parents, scholars, and teachers. If there is a want of interest in any one of these cooperators, or a neglect of duty, there will be a corresponding deficiency in - the result.
The families and schools are indexes to each other, and the character of the former is always seen in the latter; and their combined influence is a true index to the nation's character. Let us then cherish them both and employ all rightful and legal means, and use all due exertion in so training our youth that they may at manhood and womanhood represent principles of good character, common school education, industry, and obedi-
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ence and respect to God and man, and then we shall do our share in removing the nation's evils - civil war and slavery - from our land.
Before closing let us not fail to ask from Him who is the highest source of all things, aid and guidance in caring for the best condition of both young and old ; and beseech Him to
"Teach us unselfishly to toil, To labor and to wait ; And bless the faithful, earnest soul In high or low estate."
For the Committee,
SIMEON J. DUNBAR, Superintendent.
Approved by
* FRANCIS E. HOWARD, SIMEON J. DUNBAR,
School Committee of West Bridgewater.
February 25, 1865.
*Fred. Copeland, Chairman of the Committee, has moved out of town.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
DISTRICTS.
Whole number of
pupils attending
Average attend-
Percent of attend-
'Tardy marks
during the term.
No. of individual
visits during the
term except
examination.
No. attending over
No. attending un-
der 5 years of age.
No. in District between
Length of school
Wages per month
Amount of appropria-
Amount of appropria-
tion to each scholar be- tween 5 and 15.
No.
Sum Win.
Sum.
Win.
Sum.
Win.
Sum.
Win.
Sum Win. Sum Win. Sum Win.
Sum Win.
Summer.
Winter.
$ 45 00
$ 297 59
13.199
P. D.
45
42
36.4
34.6
81.
82.4
33
47
24
28
..
. .
5
12
9
21
2
18 00
1
27 50
27 50
170 96
4.070
2 ..
35
3+
26.5
28.3
75.6
83.2
39
35
33
10
3
.
.
42
17
12
12
24
2
22 00
22 00
143 65
4.633
3 ..
27
37
24.2
32.7
89.6
88.3
26
175
35
22
3
5
. .
.
45
16
. .
. .
..
178 41
3.964
*4.
40
. .
29.7
·
74.3
..
·
:
..
. .
..
5 ..
53
49
42.1
40.
79.4
81.7
139
285
19
11
4
7
3
2
50
13
11
24
1
32 00
34 00
190 82
3.816
G. D.
40
41
25.
25.4
62.5
62.
160
250
23
22
8
11
. .
.
12
12
24
1
30 00
38 00
89 38
3.724
P. D.
50
41
28.
23.
56.
56.
173
210
13
12
.
1
2
12
12
24
1
14 00
16 00
*7 ..
83
87
62.5
69.
75.2
79.3
210
210
37
21
3
4
3
3
86
12
12
1
28 00
28 00
280 21
3.258
S ..
35
28
38.
37.
80.
81.5
125
95
17
16
1
3
5
1
29
11
12
23
2
20 00
20 00
138 68
4.782
* Union
.
+68
..
+58.4
..
+85.9
+86
+48
+13
.
.
14
. .
. .
....
± 40 00
...
..
Nos. 4 and 7 )
.
. .
.
..
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.
.
. ·
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.
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§ 16 00
.. . .
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* Districts Nos. 4 and 7 have no winter term. In District No. 7 summer and winter term above may be understood as spring and fall terms. The scholars of these two Districts over ten years of age attend the Union in winter. The Union has no school in summer. Half of the appropriations of Nos. 4 and 7 is expended in the summer schools, and the other half in winter at the Union.
+ For the first eight weeks.
# Principal and Assistant.
# Principal.
§ Assistant.
|| The present plan of dividing the school money is, -after deducting the share for District No. 6, according to persons between 5 and 15, -to divide one third equally among thie districts, and the remainder among persons between 5 and 15.
09
46
3
18
12
10
22
2
$25 00
G. D. ..
3+
57
28.
44.8
82.3
78.7
51
223
42
54
1
·
93
Total of weeks.
No. of Teachers in each District during the year.
including board.
school.
ance expressed
decimally.
ance.
5 and 15.
Ín weeks.
tion to each District.
18 00
. .
10
27
1
20 00
6 .
.
24
:
N
..
..
. .
..
·
122
·
31
15 years of age.
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STATISTICS,
COMPARING THIS TOWN WITH THE OTHER TOWNS OF THE COUNTY AND STATE,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1862-3.
Average wages of male teachers per month, including the value of board. In the State, $ 44.87 ; county, $ 31.98 ; and this town, $ 39.50. Average wages of female teachers. In the State, $ 18.90; county, $ 17.38; and this town $18.
Amount raised for each child between five and fifteen years of age. In this State, $ 6.04; county, $3.963; which stands twelfth on the list of counties from the highest sum raised; and in this town, $ 3.518; which stands sixteenth from the head on the list of towns in the county, and 226th from the head on the list of cities and towns in the State. The amount of money raised in town that year was $ 1,400; the number of persons between five and fifteen years of age 398, - 2 less than this year; and number of towns in the State in 1862 was 333.
Percentage of valuation appropriated to public schools, - equivalent to mills and hundredths of mills. In the State, $.001-61; county, $.001-77; this stands tenth on the list of counties; and this town, $.001-83; this stands seventh on the list of towns in the county, and 158th on the list of cities and towns in the State. The valuation of this town that year was $ 764,408; and this year it is $ 844,206.
Ratio of attendance to the whole number of children between five and fif- teen expressed in decimals. Whole number in the State between five and fif- teen that year was 238,381. Ratio of attendance in the State, .76; county, .76-44; ninth on the list of counties, and this town, .85-05; fifth on the list of towns in the county, and 89th on the list of cities and towns in the State. The mean average attendance upon the schools in town that year was, 338.
. COMPARE THE STATISTICS OF THE TOWN FOR THE PRESENT YEAR WITH THE ABOVE.
Average wages of male teachers per month, including board. Summer, $ 27.50; Winter $42.50. Average. wages of female teachers - Summer, $ 22.69; Winter, $ 27.93. Average wages of male teachers for the year, $35.00 : of female teachers, $22.31.
Amount raised for each child between five and fifteen, $3.50; if the income of the school fund from the State be included, which is $ 89.70, the amount to
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scholar between five and fifteen will be $ 3.7244. Percentage of the valua- tion of towns appropriated to the support of the schools, expressed in deci- mals of mills, is $ .001-66.
The mean average attendance upon the schools in Summer was 330, in Win- ter 385, for the whole year 358.
Ratio of attendance to the whole number of children between five and fif- teen expressed in decimals. In Summer, .82-5, in Winter, .96-25, for the whole year .89-5. The average and ratio of attendance above includes Beaver school. The ratio expressed here does not show the ratio to those attending school, but to the number of scholars between five and fifteen.
LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS,
PRESCRIBED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO BE USED IN THE SCHOOLS OF WEST BRIDGEWATER.
READERS - Bible ; Sargent's First Series.
SPELLERS - Fowle's Common School Speller, and Webster's Dictionary.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR. - Tower's First Lessons, and Common School Gram- mar.
ARITHMETIC - Eaton's Primary ; Warren Colburn's Mental, and Eaton's Common School.
GEOGRAPHY - Cornell's Series.
PENMANSHIP - Writing-books, with copies set in them.
HISTORY - Quackenbos's History of United States.
MATHEMATICS - Davies's Algebra and Geometry.
PHYSIOLOGY - Cutter's.
BOOK-KEEPING - Mayhew's.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
TOWN CLERK
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER :
ALSO, THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1866.
BOSTON:
ROCKWELL
AND ROLLINS, PRINTERS.
122 WASHINGTON STREET.
1866.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
TOWN CLERK
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER :
ALSO, THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1866.
BOSTON: ROCKWELL AND ROLLINS, PRINTERS. 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1866.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THE Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater submit the fol- lowing Report, showing the receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of said town for the year ending March 1, 1866.
We have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer, and find that there has been received into the Treasury the following sums, viz :-
Balance in the hands of Treasurer March 1, 1865 $4,498 02
Received on tax bills of 1865, State, County, and
Town 15,925 57
School District tax bills for District No. 6 210 05
From Massachusetts School Fund 98 40
Of individuals for Union School District
2 15
From the State for aid furnished to families of Volunteers in 1864 3,470 50
From the State taxes on corporation stocks
1,172 79
From George D. Ryder
100 00
From the town of Dover for supplies to paupers 44 00
From the State balance of recruiting fund 300 00
For beef sold from Town Farm
142 00
For lumber sold from Town Farm
111 12
For labor from Town Farm 3 33
Money borrowed
4, 836 85
$30,914 78
We find the Treasurer has paid out of the Treasury the follow- ing sums, viz : -
Paying County Tax
$961 06
State Tax
4,794 00
Bounties to soldiers
250 00
Aid to families of soldiers in the army 1,168 71
Amount carried forward, $7,173 77
4
Amount brought forward, $7,173 77
Paying Notes against the town, and interest
9,299 61
For the support of schools
1,557 57
For books and maps for schools furnished by Committee 92 85
For repairing highways and bridges
1,087 51
Towards building new roads 13 00
For use of Town Hall
40 00
For printing Town Reports, blanks, &c.
91 00
For support of poor in the Almshouse
872 11
66 66 out of the house
61 50
66 of paupers belonging to other
towns 26 00
For School District tax, District No. 1 90 15
66 No. 6, in part 150 00
Abatements of taxes for 1864 and 1865 .
76 05
Reimbursements of bounties paid by individ-
uals 4,950 00
For gravel
15 75
General Order to town officers, &c. 330 23
Six per cent. discount on taxes for 1865 955 53
66 66 " School District tax
for District No. 6 12 60
Building two road scrapers 25 85
Repairing Hearse-house . 29 00
Building railing on roads 31 91
Other small items
10 91
$26,992 90
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Due individuals as reimbursement under vote May 29,1865 $50 00
Outstanding notes, with interest .
8,303 00
Due the several School Districts, of the appropria- tion for the support of schools
1,063 73
Due Highway Districts
314 64
On School District tax for District No. 6 47 52
Two other bills 12 11
$9,791 00
5
ASSETS.
Balance in the Treasury
$3,921 88
Due from the State for aid to families in 1865 1,626 82
From the town of Dover, for supplies to paupers
32 00
On A. Copeland's note
89 34
For lumber sold
89 56
Other small bills
32 32
$5,791 92
Balance against the town
3,999 08
$9,791 00
The town voted to raise the sum of $1,700 for the support of schools.
The sum of $1,776 40 was divided among the School Districts as follows, viz : -
District No. 1, with 101 persons between 5 and 15 years,
$365 75
66
2,
37
183 99
66
3,
32
66
66
169 79
4,
38
66
66
66
186 83
66
5,
47
66
66
66
212 39
66
6,
28
66
66
119 27
7,
97
66
66
66
354 39
66
8,
37
66
66
66
183 99
$1,776 40
Each School District account with the Town Treasury now stands as follows, viz :-
DISTRICT No. 1.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$000 00
Appropriation of 1864
365 75
Amount
$365 75
Drawn from the Treasury
353 77
Balance due the District, March 1, 1866
$11 98
6
DISTRICT No. 2.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$88 70
Appropriation of 1865
183 99
Amount
$272 69
Drawn from the Treasury
183 75
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$88 94
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$64 10
Appropriation of 1865
169 79
Amount
$233 89
Drawn from the Treasury
85 28
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$148 61
DISTRICT No. 4.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$89 55
Appropriation of 1865
93 42
Amount
$182 97
Drawn from the Treasury
88 00
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
. $94 97
DISTRICT No. 5.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$94 36
Appropriation of 1865
212 39
Amount
$306 75
Drawn from the Treasury
234 71
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$72 04
DISTRICT NG. 6.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$ 38
Appropriation of 1865
119 27
Amount due March 1, 1866
$119 65
7
DISTRICT No. 7.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$136 53
Appropriation for 1865
177 18
Amount
$313 71
Drawn from the Treasury
142 71
Balance due the District March -1, 1866
$171 00
DISTRICT No. 8.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$124 86
Appropriation of 1865
183 99
Amount
$308 85
Drawn from the Treasury
86 40
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$222 45
UNION DISTRICT.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$247 45
Appropriation of 1865
$270 59
Amount
$518 04
Drawn from the Treasury
382 95
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$135 09
FOR REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
The town voted the sum of $1,000.
Said sum was divided among the several Districts as follows, viz : -
To District No. 1
$225 00
2
120 00
3
210 00
4
115 00
5
80 00
6
135 00
7
115 00
$1,000 00
8
Each District's account with the Treasury now stands as follows, viz : -
DISTRICT NO. 1. AZEL HOWARD, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$62 30
Appropriation of 1865 225 00
Amount ·
$287 30
Drawn from the Treasury
202 11
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$85 19
DISTRICT NO. 2. BENJ. MARSHALL, Surveyor ..
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$28 58
Appropriation for 1865 120 00
Amount
$148 58
Drawn from Treasury
107 40
Balance due the District March 1, 1866 $41 18
DISTRICT NO. 3. GEORGE HAYWARD, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$56 10
Appropriation for 1865 210 00
Amount
$266 10
Drawn from the Treasury
211 41
Balance due the District March 1, 1866 $54 69
DISTRICT NO. 4. JONA. C. KEITH, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$64 37
Appropriation of 1865 115 00
Amount
$179 37
Drawn from the Treasury
138 55
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$40 82
DISTRICT NO. 5. EBENEZER TAYLOR, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$114 80
Appropriation for 1865 80 00
Amount
$194 80
Drawn from the Treasury
152 03
Balance due the District March 1, 1866 $42 77
9
DISTRICT NO. 6. DANIEL B. TAYLOR, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$32 00
Appropriation of 1865 135 00
Amount .
$167 00
Drawn from the Treasury
150 51
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$16 49
DISTRICT NO. 7. LYMAN COPELAND, Surveyor.
Balance due the District March 1, 1865
$44 00
Appropriation for 1865
115 00
Amount
$159 00
Drawn from the Treasury
125 50
Balance due the District March 1, 1866
$33 50
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Thomas Pratt, for Constable service $3 75
George M. Pratt, Treasurer 30 00
Job Bartlett, for service with Hearse
9 50
Elihu Leonard, 66 66
18 75
Simeon J. Dunbar, service as School Committee 37 75
Austin Packard, as Town Clerk, &c. .
15 85
James Howard, as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor 121 45
Caleb Copeland, Jr., as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor 29 00
Francis E. Howard, as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor .
32 50
John W. Colwell, for tolling Bell, &c.
7 00
Caleb Howard 66 66 66
2 50
James Copeland, as Road Committee .
16 50
George D. Ryder, as Auditor of Accounts
1 00
George H. Perkins, 6 66
1 00
Isaac Howard, as Auditor, and other service 3 68
$330 23
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EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE,
For the Year ending March 1, 1866.
Amount of stock at the Almshouse, as estimated, viz : -
5 tons of English hay
$135 00
2} " of swale hay .
45 00
3 " of meadow hay
45 00
5 bushels of barley
5 00
50 of corn
50 00
40 of potatoes
20 00
13 of beans
3 00
Flour, eggs, &c.
7 00
200 lbs. salt pork
40 00
150 " beef
19 50
100 66 " ham
20 00
20 66
of butter
9 00
50 66 of lard
11 00
25
66 of candles
5 00
Soap, ashes, &c.
3 00
2 oxen
180 00
4 cows
240 00
2 swine 70 00
5 hens
5 00
100 loads of manure
100 00
Furniture and farm tools (see Report of 1864) .
319 50
1 pair ox wagon wheels
28 00
Bills due the house for lumber sold
96 16
66 from Martha Tribon's estate
66
6 E. Hancock
16 32
66 for work off the farm
14 82
due from the State .
18 00
from A.,Copeland 10 72
6 " Columbus Alger
6 00
$1,611 36
89 34
11
RECEIPTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
.
Received for 1 cow
$70 00
2 oxen
167 00
pork
7 44
calves
24 00
pigs
20 00
potatoes
3 00
hay .
22 30
George Poole, for board
10 00
fowls
8 00
eggs
7 07
milk
8 00
beef
17 68
board
2 50
butter
12 82
lumber
214 24
lumber furnished town
15 00
Inventory, March 1, 1866
1,611 36
$2,220 45
EXPENDITURES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Warden's services
$181 25
extra labor on farm and lumbering
57 65
blacksmithing
18 98
meat and fish
83 50
saw bill
64 91
oxen
142 50
three cows
158 00
swine
23 40
fertilizers
29 10
soap
8 07
Dr. Swan's bill .
30 25
grain, groceries, clothing, and store goods
389 37
repairs on buildings
13 60
stove and various small items
20 61
Amount carried forward,
$1,221 19
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Amount brought forward, $1,221 19
Paid Interest on Almshouse estate as heretofore estimated 219 81
Inventory of stock on hand March 1, 1865
1,439 23
Amount of expenditures receipts .
$2,880 23
2,220 45
Balance against the Almshouse $659 78
The average number of paupers in the Almshouse for the year ending March 1, 1866, was 313. The average cost per week, above the proceeds of the farm, was about $3 55.
The present number of paupers in the house is four.
Your Selectmen further report that the guideboards remain as reported last year.
LIQUOR AGENCY- A. COPELAND, Agent.
CASH ACCOUNT. Dr.
To cash on hand March 1, 1865 $38 75
" " for liquors sold
831 92
Cr.
$870 67
By cash paid for liquors .
$674 76
" paying Agent's salary
75 00
66
license
25 00
66
for repairs
1 05
" cash on hand March 1, 1866
94 86
$870 67
Cr. Stock on hand March 1, 1866
$86 46
cash 66 66 66
94 86
$181 32
Dr. Stock on hand March 1, 1865
$136 18
cash 6 66 66
38 75
174 93
Gain
$6 39
JAMES HOWARD, F. E. HOWARD, CALEB COPELAND, JR., Selectmen of West Bridgewater.
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