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Number of scholars.
Average number of schol-
Av. per cent. of scholars.
No. perfect in attendance.
No. of tardy marks.
No. of scholars not tardy.
Number over fifteen.
Number under five.
Centre School, (Gram.Dept.)
Josephine C. Austin, Summer, 66 66
21-2
$$40
27
23 1-4
86
7 3
24 18 34
6 29
0
James A. Francis,
& Winter,
3
60
Centre School, (Prim. Dept.)
Sarah W. Alden, Summer,
66
66
Fall,
21-2
30
31
23
66
66
66
Winter,
3
32
31
25 11-12
83 1 2
4
84
16
0
0
Cochesett, (Gram. Dept.,)
Artemas Wiswall, Summer,
2 1-2
50
45
39 1-4
87 86 1-3
11
48 32
11
0
Josiah G. Bassett, S
Cochesett, (Prim. Dept.)
·
2 1-2
28
49
44
90
20
23
42 0
0
66
Fall,
21-2
30
56
47
84
13
24
43
0
0
66
Winter,
3
32
57
50
88
16
18
52
0
0
North School.
21-2
32
25
21 1-4
85
2
56
¥10
0
0
Ella A. Elliott, Fall,
2 1-2
32
27
21 3-10
79
4
82
10
1
0
Sybel Williams, Winter,
3
32
23
18 2-5
80
3
30
14
1
0
North Centre School.
21-2
32
27
21
78
0
49 36
6
0
1
Caroline Howard, Winter,
3
32
31
26 4 5
86 1-2
2
109
10
2
0
South School.
Sybel Williams, Summer,
2 1-2
.32
47
31 1-3
66 1-2 71
0 2
55 127
8
0
2
Ella F. Churchill, Winter,
3
32
40
*
Jerusalem School.
21-2
32
33
27
82
11
10
28
1
0
66
66
66
Fall,
21-2
32
35
26
74
4
62
22
1
0
66
66
Winter.
3
32
31
25
80 2-3
5
18
23
1
2
East School.
Cora I. Young, Summer,
21-2
32
38 30 7-10
3
2
Fall,
2 1-2
32
48 37 4-10
F. H. Warner,
Winter,
3
41
*
Susan O. Thomas,
21-2
28
32
24 1-2
77 74
8 3
35
27 17
0
1
10
40
31 11
0
21-2
50
44
38
49
46 2-3
95
7
118
26
13
0
Hattie E. Brown, Summer,
Mary Lincoln, Summer.
21-2
32
27
23 1-2
87
1
22
0
0
66 Fall,
21-2
32
38
27
80 3-4 78
1 1
77 139
16 16
4
3
Fall,
21-2
40
26
21 3.4
83 2-3
55
40
*
J. Martin Dill,
8
0
0
Fall,
Winter.
3
50
62 50
Irene S. Wood, Summer.
0
0
Clara L. Grav, Fall,
Helen S. Dunbar, Summer,
51 20
*Not finished.
·
0
13
ars.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1871.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER: GAZETTE STEAM JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1871.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1871.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER: GAZETTE STEAM JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1871.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND OVER- SEERS OF THE POOR.
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The Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater present the following report of receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of said town, for the year ending March 1, 1871.
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer March 1, 1870, $5,502 83 Cash on P. S. Harden's note, 700 00
Individual subscription for Centre School District, 18 75
Cash on A. Copeland's note, 73 15
from Massachusetts school fund, 208 18
from the State, for aid to families of volunteers, &c., 828 80
Corporation tax for 1870, 297 41
balance of Corporation tax for 1869, 16 56
percentage on 1869 taxes paid after Jan. 1, 1870, 112 12 on tax bills for 1870, 13,355 03
from the dividend under the dog law, 146 37
borrowed money, 1,500 00
$22,759 20
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EXPENDITURES,
Paid County tax,
$1,281 39
State tax,
2,550 00
note and interest to C. H. Colwell,
106 50
B. Packard,
313 50
"
Howard & Washburn,
1,511 02
¥
66 F. E. Howard,
85 24
for repairing roads and bridges,
2,090 14
" gravel,
41 88
" support of schools,
3,954 54
" repair of school houses,
356 41
aid to soldiers and their families,
960 00
support of the poor at the almshouse,
66 66 out of the «
233 84
Eugene A. Moore at State school ship, 26 00
100 00
balance of appropriation for swamp road, for use of the Town Hall,
75 00
" printing reports, blanks, posters, &c.,
84 50
" exchange of school books in 1869,
44 70
" school books,
4 21
" blank books, stationery and postage,
9 99
to town officers, 490 43
for use of team, and car fare, 24 95
" expenses of a hearing before road committee, 5 75
" going with the hearse, and tolling bell, interest on two notes, 78 00
46 00
discount on taxes for 1870, 801 30
as abatement on taxes, 76 33
. $15,700 78
210 00
public lectures,
139 16
5 LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Outstanding notes, with interest, $8,610 00
The appropriation for new roads, 1,000 00
Of the appropriation for schools, Balance due the highway districts,
523 27
614 38
$10,747 65
ASSETS.
Balance in the Treasury March 1, 1871, $7,058 42
Due from State, aid to soldiers and their families, 1869, 21 20
66 66
1870, 960 00
66
66 1871, 52 00
.. Malden for expense of Hammond child, 16 00
66 Stoughton for expenses of Jacob Talbot, 14 00
Harwich for expenses of Eugene A. Moore, at the State Nautical school, 29 70
Balance against, or real indebtedness of the town,
2,596 33
$10,747 65
For repairs of highways there has been drawn out of the Treasury, $2,090 14
The town appropriated for that use 2,000 00
Exceeded the appropriation, $90 14
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Each district's account with the town treasury now stands as follows, viz .:
District No 1. FRANCIS PERKINS, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$43 39
Appropriation for 1870, 450 00
Amount,
$493 39
Drawn from the treasury;
436 80
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$56 59
District No. 2. A. N. PECKHAM, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$78 40
Appropriation of 1870, 270 00
Amount,
$348 40
Drawn from the treasury,
169 01
Balance due March 1, 1871,
$179 39
District No. 3. C. C. THAYER, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$107 58
Appropriation of 1870,
358 00
Amount,
$465 58
Drawn from the treasury,
350 44
Balance due March 1, 1871,
$115 14
District No. 4. HEMAN COPELAND, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$48 85
Appropriation of 1870,
235 00
Amount,
$283 85
Drawn from the treasury,
206 25
Balance due March 1, 1871,
$77 60
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District No. 5. ELI WHEELER, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$227 80
Appropriation of 1870, 150 00
Amount,
$377 80
Drawn from the treasury,
360 30
Balance due March 1, 1871,
$17 50
District No. 6. GEORGE H. PERKINS, Surveyor.
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Balance due the district March 1, 1870, $128 56
Appropriation of 1870, 297 00
Amount,
$425 55
Drawn from the treasury,
344 64
Balance due the district March 1, 1871, $80 91
District No. 7. J. Q. HARTWELL, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1870,
$69 95
Appropriation of 1870, 240 00
Amount,
$309 95
Drawn from the treasury,
222 70
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$87 25
S
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid F. E. Howard, selectman, &c., $48 70
Charles Perkins,
12 00
Nahum Leonard, Jr.,
2 00
James Howard, 66
122 50
George D. Ryder,
70 00
Austin Packard, town clerk,
23 08
E. W. Hersey, superintendent of schools,
45 00
Eli Wheeler, constable,
7 75
B. Dunham, road committee,
2 00
Caleb Howard, “
4 40
George M. Pratt, treasurer,
150 00
James Howard, road committee,
1 00
H. H. Whitman, auditor,
1 00
H. W. Leach,
1 00
$490 43
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid S. L. Pratt, for going with the hearse, $42 50
for use of Town Hall, 75 00
" exchange of school books in 1869,
44 70
" printing town reports and posters,
75 00
blanks for the treasurer,
9 00
constable fees, 60
50
for blank books, stationery and postage,
9 99
" use of team, and car fare,
24 95
expenses of hearing by the road committee,
5 75
Caleb Howard, for tolling bell,
3 50
discount on taxes of 1870,
801 30
three notes and interest,
594 26
for school books,
4 21
abatement on taxes of 1869 and 1870,
76 33
$1,766 99
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SCHOOLS.
Balance in the treasury March 1, 1870, Appropriation for 1870 by the town, Received from the State school fund,
$1,250 88
3,000 00
208 18
Total,
$4,459 06
Amount drawn from the treasury
3,954 54
Balance of school money March 1, 1871,
$504 52
To which should be added a subscription of
18 75
Making
$523 27
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
Expended for repairs,
$356 41
The town appropriated for that use,
300 00
Exceeded the appropriation,
$56 41
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES.
County and State taxes,
$3,831 39
Gravel and work, repairing roads.
2,271 18
Support of schools,
3,954 54
School house repairs.
356 41
Support of poor in and out of almshouse,
469 84
Town officers.
490 43
State aid,
960 00
Public lectures,
100 00
Incidentals,
1,766 99
Paying a temporary loan,
1,500 00
$15,700 78
2
10
FOR THE POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Timothy W. Fisher and family, $34 00
Horatio Shaw, at Taunton Lunatic Asylum, 148 20
Abigail Fadden and family, at Randolph, 33 64
Sarah A. Pike, at North Bridgewater, 6 00
12 00
Mrs. Abigail Snell, at East Bridgewater, Eugene A. Moore, who is supposed to belong to Harwich, at State Nautical school, 26 00
$259 84
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Cr.
By paid for flour, 7} bbls.,
$62 33
grain,
215 40
crackers,
5 75
groceries,
108 28
apples,
11 65
beef creature,
43 00
meat and fish,
43 17
live stock,
164 50
work on farm,
86 53
smith work,
25 00
fertilizers,
34 96
law bill,
4 50
furniture and farming tools,
27 08
clothing and bedding,
56 89
medical attendance and medicine,
7 59
tobacco,
1 94
soap,
9 40
garden and hay seeds,
11 21
salt,
4 82
kerosene oil,
2 93
one month's salary to warden,
20 83
Cash in warden's hands March 1, 1871.
54 17
$1,001 93
11
Dr.
By cash in the hands of warden, March 1, 1870, for butter,
$62 00
123 48
poultry and eggs,
42 31
hay and straw,
127 76
potatoes and turnips,
44 43
rye,
3 00
neat stock,
282 50
pig's,
51 50
calves,
23 96
beef and pork,
47 30
a hide,
4 13
milk,
8 25
lumber,
1 00
labor off the farm,
160 78
miscellaneous articles,
19 53
$1,001 93
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE
ALMSHOUSE AS APPRAISED MARCH 1, 1871.
5₺ tons English hay,
$165 00
3 meadow “
42 00
2 oxen,
180 00
Õ cows,
250 00
2 yearlings,
40 00
1 horse,
100 00
1 wagon and harness,
44 00
5 bushels of corn and 53 of meal,
11 50
12
8 bushels rye,
$10 00
3 66 shorts, 1 70
55
potatoes,
55 00
3
turnips,
3 00
3 swine,
45 00
24 fowls,
24 00
1500 feet of boards,
30 00
{ M. shingles,
2 25
133 lbs. of ham and shoulders,
22 17
275 lbs. of salt beef,
33 37
250 lbs. of salt pork,
45 00
36 lbs. of lard,
7 20
7 lbs. of tallow,
70
5 dozen of eggs,
1 60
17 lbs of candles,
1 87
7 lbs. of sausages,
1 26
33 lbs. of butter,
16 50
7₺ lbs. of dried apples,
1 00
7 pecks of beans,
5 25
Flour, groceries, &c.,
10 00
Soap and ashes,
7 50
1 hay cart and 1 wood cart,
10 00
2 ox carts and 1 pair of wheels,
75 00
1 sled, drag and wheelbarrow,
13 00
100 loads of manure,
100 00
Farming tools,
60 00
Beds and bedding,
90 00
Stoves,
35 00
Wares,
25 00
Other furniture,
25 00
$1,589 87
The inventory March 1, 1870, appears to be
1,856 29
Or the appraisal of 1870 exceeds that of 1871 by $266 42
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We can find no difference in amount of property except, per- haps, about $50 worth of hay.
To this difference of amount of property on hand, viz., $50 00
Add the nine months' salary drawn from the treasury, 210 00
And the two months' salary now due, 46 66
And the difference of cash in hands of warden, 7 83
We have the sum of $317 49 as the cost of the paupers at the almshouse above the produce of the farm for the year ending March 1, 1871, which sum divided by 242, the total number of weeks of all the paupers, gives the cost per week, $1.31.
If we add to the above cost of $317 49 The interest on the estate at $4,500, (a large appraisal,) 270 00
We have, as the cost of the house for the year, $587 49 or $2.42 per week for an average of 4 17-26 persons for the year.
With the facilities which have been afforded at the almshouse, during the last three or four years, for doing outside work in the winter with the team, the almshouse establishment ought, with industrious, frugal and judicious management in doors and out, to support itself, make improvements and pay a larger salary, without drawing on the treasury for one dollar. But we do not succeed in obtaining such managers for that place.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES HOWARD, Selectmen and
GEORGE D. RYDER, Overseers of the Poor
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, ) of West Bridgewater.
March 1, 1871.
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LIST OF JURORS.
A list of names of persons selected for Jurors, to be presented to the town at the annual meeting, March 20th.
Albert L. Alger,
Leavitt T. Howard,
Cyrus Alger,
John B. Holmes,
Horace Bartlett,
Samuel H. Howard,
Charles W. Bacon,
Stillman W. Hersey,
Heman Copeland,
William H. Jennings,
Caleb Copeland, Jr.,
Henry S. Keith,
Albert Copeland,
Elihu Leonard,
Charles E. Churchill,
Cyrus Leonard,
Lucius Dunbar,
Jacob Leonard,
Curtis Eddy,
Charles A. Macomber, Jr.,
Perez P. Field,
George M. Pratt,
Jason M. French,
Charles Perkins,
Lucius Hayward,
Nahum P. Snell,
Josiah Q. Hartwell,
Erland Thayer,
Friend W. Howard,
Abiel Washburn.
The Selectmen recommend that Guide Boards be maintained at or near the following named places :
Joshua T. Ryder's,
John Walker's,
Justin W. Richards',
Molbry Ripley's,
Joseph Kingman's,
James Alger's furnace,
Lewis Ryder's,
Joseph Alger's,
Pine Hill Cemetery,
Barnabas Dunbar's,
Charles Howard, 2d's,
Stillman W. Hersey's,
West of Almshouse,
Dwelley Fobes',
Edmund Geary's,
Benjamin Howard's.
Pardon Copeland's,
George Wilbar's,
North Centre school house,
John B. Holmes',
Heman Copeland's,
Centre Post Office,
Nabum Leonard's,
Thomas Mackin's.
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TOWN MEETING.
The annual Town Meeting will be on Monday, the 20th of March, at 12} o'clock, P. M., to act upon the following articles :
Ist. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear and act upon the several reports of officers and com- mittees of the town.
3d. To act on the list of Jurors reported by the Selectmen.
4th. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
5th. (By request.) To see if the Town will direct the Selectmen to draw an order on the Town Treasurer to pay Barnabas Dunbar for building the road and bridge from Everett Howard's to Elam How- ard's, precisely according to the contract that the committee chosen by the town made with him.
6th. To determine the manner of repairing Highways and Bridges the ensuing year.
7th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
8th. To consider a proposition made by Otis Drury, and see if the Town will establish a High School.
9th. To see what action the Town will take in regard to roads which have been laid out within the limits thereof.
10th. To see if the Town will direct the School Committee to appoint a superintendent of the schools therein.
11th. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, to defray, in part, the expenses of a course of lectures.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages recorded in West Bridgewater in the year 1870.
No.
Date.
Names of Bridegrooms and Brides.
1
Jan.
5
Charles E. Dunbar and Mary H. Alger.
2
Feb.
16
Herbert A. Millett and Affie G. Holley.
3
April
10
Edwin F. Lawrence and Mary E. Lawrence.
4
23
Hiram E. Weston and Mary F. Caldwell.
5
July
3
Edmund L. Alger and Sarah Swift.
6
Oct.
22
Willard Howard and Sarah M. Safford.
7
Nov.
6.
William L. Hayward and Lilla A. Habberley.
8
66
25
Charles A. Dunbar and Adella L. Brown. Walter C. Ripley and Isadora Ryder.
10
29
James S. Jones and Abbie B. Alger.
11
Dec.
6
Edward Tisdale and Abby H. Palmer.
12
11
Jarius S. Eaton and Sarah A. Mason.
13
22
Loren A. Flagg and Loraine Alger.
Notice of the intention of marriage between the following persons has been recorded, but no certificate of a marriage between any of them has been returned to this town.
1 Jan.
14
Michael Dwyer and Mary Kenny.
2
Oct.
1
Lucius S. Packard and Helen E. Ripley.
3
Nov.
4 Justin W. Richards and Mary A. Copeland. .
4
5 Peter Elman and Helen Courtney.
5
66
22
George B. Howard and Elizabeth Martin.
6
Dec.
13
William F. Ryder and Ellen W. Glass.
9
27
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Deaths registered in West Bridgewater in the year 1870.
No.
Date.
Names.
Ys. Ms. Ds.
Cause of Death.
1
Jan.
3
Uriel Howard,
88
0, 5 Pneumonia.
2
8
Julia A. Boardman,
45
2 27 Dropsy.
3
Feb.
3
Jane Alger,
60
2 5 Heart Disease.
4
11
Mabel E. Packard,
10
2 22 Rheumatic Fever.
5
15
Margarette Richards,
47 11 23 Consumption.
6
24
Daniel R. Washburn,
24
Erysipelas.
7
March
28
Herbert Lothrop,
20 11 28 Consumption.
8
April
14
Betsey Fisher,
52
1
6 Cancerous Humor.
10
24
Calvin Williams,
66
4
9 Consumption.
11
Sept.
10
Daniel Dunbar,
85
5 Heart Disease.
12
14
Jonathan Copeland,
83
1 4 Old Age.
13
Oct.
25
Elizabeth K. Stanley,
16
3 Scarlet Fever.
14
27
Molbry Ripley,
77
2
9 Dropsy.
15
Nov.
14
Ames,
9
Infantile Debility.
16
19
Millett,
2
17
21
Ellen M. Perkins,
27
7 30
Lung Disease.
18
Dec. .
2
Davis Keith,
75
2.26
Consumption.
19
17
Frank P. Pittsley,
1
4
Croup.
20
Jan.
31
Lucy Kingman, died in Salem,
30 10 17 Consumption.
21
May
11 | Abigail Snell, died in E. Bridgew'r, 89 7 9 Old Age.
9
May
19
Ida M. Colwell,
4
21 Dropsy.
66
The number of births registered in said town in the year 1870 is 34.
AUSTIN PACKARD, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, :1872.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER : GAZETTE STEAM PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 1872.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF 1
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1872.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER : GAZETTE STEAM JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 1872.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND OVER- SEERS OF THE POOR.
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The Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater, present the following report of receipts, expenditures, and the financial condi- tion of said town, for the year ending March 1, 1872.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, March 1, 1871, $7,082 42 Tax bills for 1871, 12,384 73
Additional taxes, 4 00
Cash received, the insurance dividend of school house, from the State, for aid to families of volunteers, &c.,
9 60
960 00
corporation tax for 1871,
361 61
National Bank tax for 1871,
788 47
66 Massachusetts School Fund,
175 43
66 the dividend under the dog law, 153 99
balance on the sale of the Beaver school house, 228 57
Per centage on taxes of 1870, paid after Jan. 1, '71, 112 41
$22,261 23
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid County tax, $1,281 39
State tax,
2,550 00
Notes and interest,
4,001 57
for support of schools,
2,661 31
" repairing school house property, 106 31
" repairing roads and bridges,
1,478 66
" gravel,
40 04.
aid to soldiers and their families,
792 00
for support of the poor at the almshouse,
387 56
" out of the almshouse,
206 89
" public lectures,
100 00
" use of Town Hall,
75 00
" renewing guide boards, 24 42
450 00
for damage to carriage from defect in road,
8 00
" expenses in case of B. Dunbar against town,
57 30
66 pauper case,
2 00
66 selling and deeding property for
taxes, 10 58
" printing,
61 00
" copying a valuation for tax commissioner, 6 40
" school books,
6 92
" going with hearse and tolling bell,
90 00
town officers, 484 79
for postage, express and stationery,
5 52
" travelling expenses,
8 45
" abatements of taxes,
86 27
B. Dunbar for building new road, office rent,
700 00
15 00
six per cent. reduction on tax bills for 1871,
743 32
$16,440 70
towards Jerusalem road,
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Outstanding notes with interest, $4,920 00
Balance of appropriation for new roads, 1,350 00
of the appropriation for schools, 1,323 85
533 72
of the appropriation for repairing highways, of the appropriation for repairing school prop- erty, 137 28
$8,264 85
ASSETS.
Balance in the treasury, March 1, 1872, $5,820 53
Due from State, aid to soldiers and their families, 846 00
Balance against the town, 1,598 32
฿8,264 85
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For repairing highways the town appropriated,
$1,500 00
There has been drawn for that purpose, 1,478 66
Balance, $21 84
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Each district's account with the town treasury now stands as follows, viz :
District No. 1, FRANCIS PERKINS, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$56 59
Appropriation for 1871, 330 00
Amount,
$386 59
Drawn from the treasury,
262 62
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$123 97
District No. 2, R. W. MORSE, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$179 39
Appropriation for 1871,
180 00
Amount,
$359 39
Drawn from the treasury,
289 51
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$69 88
District No. 3, J. E. RYDER, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$115 14
Appropriation for 1871,
265 00
Amount,
$380 14
Drawn from the treasury,
334 86
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$45 28
District No. 4, LEAVITT T. HOWARD, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$77 60
Appropriation for 1871,
180 00
Amount, $257 60
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Amount brought forward, Drawn from the treasury,
$257 60
142 58
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$115 02
District No. 5, ELI WHEELER, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$17 50
Appropriation for 1871,
150 00
Amount,
$165 50
Drawn from the treasury,
90 37
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$75 13
District No. 6, ANSEL ALGER, Surveyor.
Balance due the district, March 1, 1871,
$80 91
Appropriation for 1871, 215 00
Amount,
$295 91
Drawn from the treasury,
180 88
Balance due March 1, 1872.
$115 03
District No. 7, J. Q. HARTWELL, Surveyor.
Balance due the district March 1, 1871,
$87 25
Appropriation for 1871,
180 00
Amount,
$267 25
Drawn from the treasury,
177 84
Balance due March 1, 1872,
$89 41
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Austin Packard, town clerk, $25 79
Geo. D. Ryder, Selectman, &c.,
7 00
James Howard,
138 00
Davis Copeland,
28 00
Samuel H. Howard, " 66
13 00
Mary A. Thayer, school committee,
79 00
Edward S. Hersey, “
10 00
Geo. M. Pratt, collector and treasurer,
150 00
James Copeland, road committee,
11 00
Foster J. Vosmus, "
5 10
Henry W. Leach,
4 00
Joseph Kingman,
3 00
Caleb Howard,
1 40
Pardon Copeland, auditing committee,
2 00
H. H. Whitman,
1 00
Wm. O. Alger, 66
3 50
Bradford Copeland, 6.
1 00
H. L. Washburn,
1 00
Caleb Copeland, Jr., “
1 00
$484 79
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid for use of Town Hall, $75 00
" printing reports and posters,
61 00
" school books, 6 92
" blank books, stationery, &c., 5 52
" care of, and going with hearse, 75 00
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Paid for tolling bell, $15 00
" travelling expenses, 8 45
" office rent, 15 00
" copying a valuation book,
6 40
" expenses of selling and deeding land taken for taxes, 10 58
" expenses in case of Dunbar against the town, 57 30
of pauper case, 2 00
" renewing guide boards,
24 42
" damage from defect in road,
8 00
abatement on taxes,
86 27
discount on tax bills for 1870,
743 32
$1,200 18
SCHOOLS.
Balance in the treasury March 1, 1871, Appropriation for 1871 by the town, Received from the State school fund, Two years' dividends under the dog law,
$523 27
3,000 00
175 43
286 46
$3,985 16
Drawn for support of schools,
2,661 31
Balance of school money March 1, 1872,
$1,323 85
When the winter schools all close, there will be drawn about, 700 00
Leaving in the treasury for schools, only about, $623 85
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SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
The town appropriated,
$300 00
Drawn from the treasury for that purpose,
$106 31
Overdrawn the previous year,
56 41
162 72
Balance of appropriation not drawn,
8137 28
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES.
County and State taxes,
$3,831 39
Gravel and work, repairing roads,
1,518 70
New roads,
1,150 00
Support of schools,
2,661 31
School house repairs,
106 31
Support of the poor in and out of the almshouse,
594 45
State aid,
792 00
Public lectures,
100 00
Town officers,
484 79
Incidentals,
1,200 18
$12,439 13
POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Michael Ryan at Taunton Lunatic Asylum, $172 70
" Ellen Murphy,
34 19
$206 89
1] ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid for flour and grain, $216 50
" groceries and small articles, 77 70
" meat and fish, 47 77
" sweet potatoes and apples, 9 01
" clothing,
58 42
" coffin, &c.,
11 00
" doctor's bill,
2 00
" school books, 2 87
" tools,
26 91
" repairs,
18 19
" fertilizers, 11 84
" seeds,
2 30
" smith work,
20 60
" other work, 18 85
" pasturing and difference paid in trading stock, 19 29
" damage done by cattle in 1870, 1 97
salary of Warden, one year to Jan. 1, 1872, 277 00
cash in Warden's hands, March 1, 1872, 5 63
$827 85
Dr.
By cash in the hands of Warden March 1, 1871, $54 17
Received for butter, cheese and milk, 53 46
" poultry and eggs,
106 44
" potatoes,
29 36
" calves, 65 80
" lard and candles, 16 81
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Received for board $3 75
" lumber, &c.,
4 88
" work off the farm, from town treasury,
114 12
379 06
$827 85
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE AS APPRAISED MARCH 1, 1872.
8 tons of English hay,
$288 00
32 tons of meadow hay,
63 00
2 oxen,
175 00
4 cows,
200 00
1 two years old heifer,
30 00
1 bull,
30 00
1 horse,
50 00
2 swine,
20 00
17 fowls,
17 00
1 wagon and harness,
25 00
1000 feet of lumber,
20 00
¿ M. shingles,
2 25
3 bushels of rye,
3 00
3 bushels of corn and meal,
4%
beans,
13 50
230
potatoes,
142 60
30
turnips,
10 00
250 lbs. of salt pork,
30 00
158 " hams and shoulders,
19 75
Amount added,
$1,141 60
2 50
13
Amount brought forward,
$1,141 60
42 lbs. of dried beef,
8 40
111
butter,
38 85
165
cheese,
27 50
82
lard,
12 30
7 candles,
1 05
Flour and groceries,
12 00
Soap and ashes,
3 00
Beds and bedding,
110 00
Other furniture,
102 00
Carts, wheels and farming tools,
145 00
100 loads of manure,
100 00
$1,701 70
Take from this the inventory of 1871,
1,589 87
Shows an increase of
$111 83
If we take from the sum drawn from the Treasury for the house, $379 06
This excess of inventory over that of last year, 111 83
We have as the cost of the house,
$267 23
To which if we add the interest on the property,
270 00
Makes the total cost to be, $537 23
Which is $2.78 per week for 193 weeks or an average of 3 37-52 inmates for the year.
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