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$718,373 00
of personal property,
. 215,109 00
Total,
. $933,482 00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax, .
$780 00
County tax,
1,029 48
Town grant,
7,850 00
Overlaying,
. 615 34
Amount rendered Collector, . $10,274 82 Rate of tax, $10.00 per $1000. Poll tax, $2.00.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools, $3,000 00
repairs on school property, ·
400 00
repairs on roads and bridges,
2,500 00
support of poor, .
700 00
incidental expenses,
300 00
public lectures,
100 00
soldiers' monument,
500 00
town farm repairs,
300 00
memorial services,
50 00
Total, .
$7,850 00
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AGGREGATE TABLE.
Money secured by mortgages, $46.260 00
Money unsecured,
50.000 00
Stocks out of state, .
19,874 00
Number of male polls,
467
of female polls,
3
of dwelling-houses taxed,
350
of acres of land,
9,745
- of horses, . .
294
of cows and bulls,
6.25
of yoke oxen,
20
dogs,
.
116
TOWN PROPERTY.
Town Farm real estate, $4,000 00
66 personal property, 1,600 00
Nine school-houses,
11,700 00
Town library,
2,500 00
EXEMPTED PROPERTY.
Howard School, in hands of trustees-
Real estate, school-house lot,
$52,000 00
Money in bonds, scrip, &c.
60,000 00-112,000 00
A fund in hands of trustees, for literary purposes,
2,000 00
Unitarian Society, real estate, a fund, · 20,000 00- 25,700 00
5,700 00
Methodist Society, real estate, &c.,
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3,200 00
Baptist Society, real estate, &c.,
.
2,600 00
STATE TAX. As reported to us by the Tax Commissioners.
Due on corporation tax, $455 83
Due on bank tax,
.
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823 97
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Chap. 167, statutes of 1861, requires the Assessors of every city and town in the Commonwealth once in every five years, called "decade year," to survey and assess the city or town anew; to make out two Valuation Books, one to be sent to the Treasurer of the state, the other to be kept and used by the town. This we have done to the best of our knowledge and judgment. We found not much change in the valuation of the town as a whole, for the falling off in valuation in one place would counter-balance the improvement and growth in another. The Valuation Book was changed to quite an extent by the cutting off and the growth of woodland. In that part of the town near Campello we raised the valuation of all the land on the main street from the swamp to the Brockton line. The rest of the town on an average was valued high enough. It was a little difficult to determine the extent and valuation of that part of the town which lies between the swamp road and the railroad at Matfield, partly because it had been par- tially burnt over, but more because the plans made by Otis Copeland and others in 1831 of that part of the town had been lost. We may say here that the plans of the remainder of the town have come into our possession, (found among Ca- leb Howard's papers) and have been of great help and value to us. These plans have cost the town considerable time and money in years past, and it seems as if the town might furnish a place where these, and other valuable books and papers in town, might be safely kept.
HENRY COPELAND, - Assessors.
JOSIAH Q. HARTWELL,
SAMUEL H. HOWARD,
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Inventory of Almshouse, Feb. 1, 1881,
2 oxen,
$160 00
7 cows,
280 00
1 horse,
35 00
6 pigs,
75 00
65 fowls,
32 50
12 tons English hay,
300 00
6 tons meadow hay,
75 00
12 tons rowen,
25 00
1 ton oats, .
16 00
1 ton corn tops,
12 00
2 tip-carts, .
84 00
2 hay carts,
33 00
1 express wagon,
35 00
3 harnesses,
38 00
Buffalo and robes,
4 00
Set of wheels, .
6 00
Sled and drag, .
5 00
Farming tools, .
41 00
3 plows,
15 00
1. ox yoke,
4 00
Manure,
108 00
2} M. shingles,
6 00
200 feet timber,
3 75
11 bushels corn,
9 00
4 bushels potatoes,
3 50
4 lbs. butter,
1 28
200 lbs. salt beef,
28 00
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200 lbs. salt pork,
$20 00
140 lbs. hams,
14 00
1 lb. rye,
1 00
Hay seed,
1 50
9 barrels apples,
9 00
1 bushel beans,
2 00
9 bushels turnips,
3 50
2 bushels carrots,
1 00
1 bushel salt,
75
Soap,
2 40
4 stoves,
12 00
15 chairs,
6 00
1 extension table,
10 00
3 common tables,
3 00
7 bedsteads,
9 00
1 bureau,
1 00
Crockery and tin ware,
25 75
Wooden ware, .
5 50
Bedding, .
65 75
Linens and towels,
5 50
Stone ware, .
4 25
Knives and forks,
1 50
Glass ware,
2 75
Churn, butter box and stamp,
10 55
Clothes wringer,
6 00
1 barrel flour,
9 00
60 lbs. lard, .
7 00
$1,674 73
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RECEIPTS OF ALMSHOUSE.
Benjamin Butler, as Warden from February to April, 1880, received for produce sold, . . Esek T. Ellis, as Warden from April, 1880, to Feb- ruary, 1881- Received for wood sold, $5 00
$4 75
eggs,
poultry, .
1 65
calves, . 16 75
524 lbs. butter,
. 167 77
milk,
13 81
lard,
3 52
English hay,
32 45
green peas,
. 26 12
pigs,
12 00
oxen work,
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23 00
work on highway,
52 30
work on old cemetery, 5 00
horse letting, .
3 75
attending with hearse, . 25 00
entertaining tramps, 50 00
refunded bills, charged other accounts, 23 30
boarding H. P. Caswell, pauper, 27 50
boarding Peter Johnson, pauper, 22 50- 520 56
Benjamin Butler, received by Overseers' or- ders cash from treasury, 138 69
Esek T. Ellis, received by Overseers' orders cash from treasury, · 653 41- 892 10
Inventory of Farm, Feb. 1, 1881, . 1,674 74
Total receipts,
$8,092 14
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EXPENDITURES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Benjamin Butler, as Warden from February to April 1, 1880-
Paid for meat,
$5 94
groceries,
38 39
clothing,
3 55
furniture,
6 00
fish,
98
blacksmithing,
5 50
household utensils,
3 20
grain bills,
32 30
labor hired,
4 35- 100 11
Esek T. Ellis, as Warden from April 1, 1880, to Feb. 1, 1881-
Paid for meat, .
. . $134 45
groceries,
.
412 72
clothing,
108 24
furniture and utensils.
71 58
fish,
14 81
labor hired,
53 90
use stock,
6 00
blacksmithing,
37 55
grain bills, .
226 39-1,065 64
Overseers of the Poor during year-
Paid for hay cart and plough, 23 75
blankets, &c.,
6 75
grocery bill, .
40 24 ·
physician's bill,
22 50 ·
milch cow,
40 00
Oscar Ellis, labor on farm,
100 00
labor hired, .
28 50
Warden's use, cash order,
. 892 10-1,153 84
Benjamin Butler's salary, two months,
. $43 33
Esek T. Ellis, salary ten months,
.
208 33
Inventory of stock, 1880, .
1,331 95-1,583 61
Total expenditures,
$3,903 20
Total receipts, .
3,092 14
Cost of supporting poor in almshouse,
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$811 06
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INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
52 weeks.
Galen Howard, age 73,
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52
.6
Michael Ryan, age 33,
52
Abbie Fadden, age 62,
10
Emma Morse, age 12,
50
Henry Packard, age 14,
37 66
Fred Packard, age 8, .
37
66 %
Esrom Morse, age 7, .
30
Mary A. Morse, age 4,
30
Henry P. Caswell, age 46,
8
Peter Johnson, age 58,
6
66
Discharged during year,
3
Average number for year,
7
Average cost per week for each,
$2.34
Number of tramps,
100
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Help to Samuel Packard, clothing, physician, &c , $76 50
Hannah Hervey, assisted by Taunton, 73 94
Cecil Morse, physician and care,
25 00
James Eaton. assisted by New Bedford,
37 65
Mary A. Perkins, lunatic hospital,
175 54
Sarah A. Eaton, lunatic hospital,
67 38
Joseph Morse, wood, &c., .
10 00
John Reeves, physician and care,
15 00
Jemima Howard, care and board,
31 50
Jonas Leonard, cash, .
6 00
Poor children, school books,
16 45
George Osborne, board,
10 00
Timothy Mullins, groceries, wood, &c., 7 00
Martha Cornwell, groceries, wood, &c.,
10 00
Total amount paid out, $561 96
Received of East Bridgewater, for George
Osborne, 10 00
Due from Easton, for Timothy Mullins, . 7 00
Due from Bridgewater, for Martha Cornwall, 10 00- 27 00
Total cost of poor out of almshouse, $534 96
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Willard Ames, age 83,
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STATEMENT.
Cost of supporting poor out of house,
$534 96
Cost of supporting poor in house, .
811 06
Total cost of poor for the year,
. $1,345 02
Appropriation of town for 1880,
700 00
Cost more than appropriated,
$645 02
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid William C. Howard, sawing lumber,
$52 86
Samuel H. Howard, shingles, &c., .
5 50
O. R. Leonard, whitewashing,
26 40
Samuel L. Ryder, carpenter work, .
150 31
Oakes S. Soule, lumber, .
75 29
O. Ames & Sons, sawing boards,
4 15
E. O. Noyes, hardware, .
43 39
Lucius Richmond, oil, paint, &c.,
26 00
Linus E. Hayward, stone work,
2 00
A. C. Thompson, sawing,
1 45
Blacksmithing and labor,
7 25
Total paid, .
$394 61
Balance appropriation, 1879,
82 19
Appropriation for 1880, .
300 00- 382 19
Overdrawn. .
$12 42
At the commencing of this year, Feb. 1, 1880, there were but three inmates in the House. This number increased to eleven by the first of June. This large increase rendered it necessary for a large outlay in the House, which was in a very destitute condition. By the use of the repair money voted to us for the farm, we were enabled to put the House in very good condition by painting, papering, furnishing and thor-
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oughly repairing. A new roof has been put on the barn, and the building shingled, repaired and whitewashed, making the town farm buildings in as good condition as could be desired. Some few farming utensils have been added to the farm, but if a few more, such as a mowing machine, horse rake, &c., could be added, it would be much better. The stock is in good con- dition. One cow has been added to the farm, and one been killed and salted down for the use of the inmates of the House. The Poor out of the Almshouse cost nearly double that of last year, the cause of which is the expense of the lunatic paupers at the Taunton Hospital. One of these has been discharged, but another has lately taken the place. With the many more than usual applications for help during the past month, to- gether with the number of paupers in the House, it is apparent to us that the cost of the poor is likely to be as large next year as this. We accordingly recommend that the town ap- propriate the Bank and Corporation Tax, $1300.00, which amounts to about the same the poor cost this year, for the sup- port of the poor the coming year.
HENRY COPELAND, Overseers JOSIAH Q. HARTWELL, of
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, . the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
SURVEYORS' ACCOUNTS.
District No. 1.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, $61 63
Appropriation for 1880,
400 00~ $461 63
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :-
J. P. Gallagher, as per bill rendered,
$3 00
Horace Bartlett,
53 25
S. N. Howard,
2 25
Elihu Leonard,
108 43
Thomas Snell,
39 15
William Pool,
66
60 00
Thomas J. Ames, 6€
1 50
James Howard,
10 65
Isaac Winship,
3 00
Jonas Leonard,
15 00- 296 23
.
Balance unexpended, Feb. 1, 1881,
$165 40 Elihu Leonard, Surveyor.
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District No. 2.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, $165 60
Appropriation for 1880, ·
250 00- $415 60
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :-
Loren A. Flagg, as per bill rendered,
$76 76
Cyrus Alger,
66
90 37
Samuel H. Howard, "
7 00
S. Nelson Howard, "
7 00
William A. Cole, 66
4 95
Russell W. Morse,
66
11 55
Nathan J. Alger,
66
47 80
E. T. Ellis,
66
7 00
George A. Vosmus, "
3 45-
255 88
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881, $159 72 Loren A. Flagg, Surveyor.
District No. 3.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, ฿33 61
Appropriation for 1880, 325 00- $358 61
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :- ·
Joseph E. Ryder, as per bill rendered, $2 10
John L. Hayward, “
200 44
C. C. Thayer, " 7 75- 210 29
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881, $148 32 John L. Hayward, Surveyor.
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District No. 4.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, $151 79
Appropriation for 1880, ·
375 00- $526 79
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :-
Thomas Snell, as per bill rendered,
$16 47
Thomas J Ames,
66
11 87
O. K. Ness,
66
4 00
Davis Copeland,
19 50
James McAdams,
66
130 65
Sam'l G. Copeland, "
66
56 00
Bradford Copeland, "
66
16 80
Heman Copeland,
66
20 00
Thomas Fitzpatrick, "
10 50- 285 79
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881, Benjamin Perkins, Surveyor.
$241 00
District No. 5.
Appropriation for 1880, 1. $200 00
Allowed from selectmen, appropriation,
60 00- $260 00
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :- Eli Wheeler, as per bill rendered,
223 00
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881,
$37 00
Eli Wheeler, Surveyor.
District No. 6.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, $8 43
Appropriation for 1880, 225 00- $233 43
Bills paid by approval of surveyor :--
Cyrus Alger, as per bill rendered, $24 30
9 05
Albert L. Alger,
66 66
19 35
H. & Waldo Howard, 66 66
12 76
Barnabas Dunbar, "
61 77- 127 23
George Howard,
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881, Barnabas Dunbar, Surveyor.
$106 20
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District No. 7.
Balance not drawn from treasury, 1879, $58 97
Appropriation for 1880,
225 00- $283 97
Bills paid by approval of surveyor : -
Lyman E. Copeland, per bill rendered, $151 80
Timothy Linehan, 66 20 63
Josiah Q. Hartwell,
66 24 75- 197 18
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881, Lyman E. Copeland, Surveyor.
$86 79
SELECTMEN'S APPROPRIATION.
Bills paid, as per bills rendered :--
Eli Wheeler,
$3 00
Patrick Kenan, 1 25
William O'Leary,
10 00
J. Q. Hartwell,
25 75
E. W. Hayward,
12 75
William Penfraese, .
30 00
Samuel H. Howard,
79 25
Henry Copeland,
25 00
L. E. Hayward,
23 00
Esek T. Ellis, town farm,
39 35
Erland Thayer,
4 88
Dist. No. 5, allowance,
60 00- 320 23
Appropriation for 1880,
$500 00
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881,
$119 77
STATEMENT.
Amount due surveyors Feb. 1, 1880, $480 03
Appropriation for highways for 1880,
2,500 00-$2,980 03
Amount used by surveyors, 1,595 60
Highway special, 320 23- 1,915 83
Balance unexpended Feb. 1, 1881,
$1,064 20
Molbry A. Ripley,
6 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
Receipts.
Appropriation for 1880,
·
$3,000 00
State school fund, 232 09
East Bridgewater, tuition,
10 31 -- $3,242 40
Expenditures.
G. H. Hastings, salary, Cochesett school, $126 00
John J. Rackliffe, “
66
210 00
Irene S. Wood,
272 00
Care of house, ·
16 12
Wood and housing same,
32 75-
656 87
Approved by Wm. H. Jennings, School Committee.
J. H. Washburne, salary Center School,
$120 00
E. F. Leonard,
66
100 00
Lavinia Bowen,
66
266 00
Ralph Barker,
100 00
Care of house,
·
16 47
Wood and housing same,
43 50-
645 97
Approved by Lucius Dunbar, School Committee.
Jesse Bird, salary Jerusalem School, $102 00
Abbie A. Frawley,
170 00
Care of house,
8 00
Wood and housing same,
17 50 --
297 50
Approved by Wm. A. Linehan, School Committee.
M. B. Wyman, salary North School, $272 00
6 50
Wood and housing same,
19 12-
297 62
Approved by Albert Copeland, School Committee.
Alice Shepard, salary North Center School, $187 00 R. H. Burr, 76 50
Care of house, 6 25
Wood and housing same,
·
16 25 --
286 00
Approved by Albert Copeland, School Committee.
Amount carried forward,
$2,183 96
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Care of house,
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Amount brought forward,
$2,183 96 Mary A. Dewyre, 66
Wealthy A. Holmes, salary South School, $272 00
260 00
Care of house, 5 00
Wood and housing same,
33 00 --
570 00
Approved by Clinton P. Howard, School Committee.
Cora F. Ellis, salary East School, . $288 00
Care of house,
8 48
Wood and housing same,
13 50 --
309 98
Approved by Abial Washburne, School Committee.
$3,063 94
STATEMENT.
Beaver School, 92 86
Salary school teachers,
$2,821 50
Care of school-houses, .
66 82
Wood and housing same,
175 62- 3,063 94 .
Cost of schools,
$3,156 80
Receipts,
3,242 40
Balance not used,
$85 60
SCHOOL REPAIRS.
Shaw & Rice, books, ink, &c., ·
$4 91
Lucius Dunbar, globes, maps, books, &c., 114 35
Albert Copeland, painting school houses, repairing, .
6 51
L. E. Hayward, repairing, &c.,
4 00
George Wilbar, carpenter work,
47 22
W. J. Hayward, carpenter work, Jerusalem, 118 18 Samuel L. Ryder, repairing, &c , . 4 04
Davis Copeland, repairing, &c.,
5 00
F. W. Howard, repairing, &c., 2 50
C. N. Levi, labor on well at Cochesett, 4 50
Amount carried forward, · $409 14
97 93
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Amount brought forward,
$409 14
Nathan J. Alger, well at Cochesett,
13 50
Timothy Lincoln, " 68 62
W. H. Jennings and others, "
6 50
Seba H. Marshall, stones for well.
4 50
Peter Wales & Son, pump for well,
32 50
C. C. Miller, mason work,
4 00
Clinton P. Howard, repairing, &c.,
50-
539 26
Appropriation for 1880,
400 00
Overdrawn,
$139 26
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OLD CEMETERIES.
Jane S. T. Howard, quit-claim deed,
$15 00
Edward W. Hayward, labor on yard, 9 00
Thomas J. Ames,
17 00
Linus E. Hayward, 66
28 60
Esek T. Ellis, drawing logs,
5 00
James Card, labor on yard,
3 00
Patrick Conly, "
4 50
J. Q. Hartwell, labor on yard,
9 00- 91 10
Appropriation for 1880,
75 00
Received of J. Q. Hartwell, for wood, .
9 00- 84 00
Overdrawn, $7 10
Out of this appropriation the wood, brush and turf has been taken off from the Pine Hill and Cochesett yards, the head- stones righted, and the grounds left in good condition to be sown down to grass. In the Jerusalem yard the trees have been cut, wood sold and logs sawed into boards. It now re- mains to aright the head-stones, put a fence around the Jeru- salem yard, and sow all the yards down to grass. For this purpose about fifty dollars will be necessary, in addition to the amount received for boards, which sum the committee ask the town to appropriate.
J. Q. HARTWELL, - Committee on Old Cemeteries.
FRANCIS E. HOWARD, PARDON COPELAND,
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. Receipts.
Balance in treasury, July 1, 1880, .
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$2,683 90
Assessment of Taxes from Assessors, 10,274 82
Interest on Taxes overdue,
107 85
F. E. Howard, by note,
575 00
James Howard,
200 00
Alton Snell, 66
435 00
Mark Dunbar,
250 00
Bank Redemption on discounted note, .
589 75
Corporation Tax, . .
455 83
Bank Tax, .
823 97
Military Aid, Chapter 252,
121 06
State Aid, Chapter 301,
556 00
State Paupers,
22 50
Dog Tax, received from County,
213 14
Easton, support of poor,
26 00
Taunton,
27 50
Mansfield,
12 00
Plympton, 66
24 00
East Bridgewwater, "
15 00
East Bridgewater, tuition of scholars,
10 31
Mass. State School Fund,
232 09
Joseph Vosmus,
3 00
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$17,658 82
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Expenditures.
State Tax,
$780 00
County Tax, .
1,029 48
Francis E. Howard, note and interest,
589 38
Alton Snell,
447 50
Mark Dunbar,
251 25
James Howard,
203 65
Bank of Redemption, discounted note, .
600 00
Support of Schools,
3,156 80
School Repairs,
539 26
Surveyors and Highway Special, .
1,855 83
Town Farm, .
1,203 84
Town Farm Repairs,
394 61
Poor out of House,
561 96
State Aid, Chapter 301,
751 00
Military Aid, Chapter 252,
92 00
Soldiers' Monument,
650 00
Memorial Services,
41 90
Howard Lectures, .
100 00
Old Cemeteries, ·
82 10
Attending Hearse and Tramps,
75 00
Town Library-Dog Tax,
199 98
Corporation Tax, refunded,
88
Incidental Expenses,
360 28
Town Officers,
827 84
Discount on Taxes, 6 per cent,
606 97
Corrected Assessment, . .
158 64
Abatement of Taxes, .
88 29
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1881,
2,010 38
$17,658 82
GEORGE M. PRATT, Treasurer.
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TRIAL BALANCE OF TOWN LEDGER.
DR.
Paid Out.
CR. Received.
$1,855 83
Surveyors Highway, special.
3,156 80
Support of Schools.
2,049 75
Bills Payable.
$2,049 75
539 26
School Repairs.
1,203 84
Town Farm.
394 61
Town Farm Repairs.
534 96
Poor out of House.
751 00
State Aid.
556 00
92 00
Military Aid.
121 06
88
Corporation Tax.
455 83
Bank Tax.
823 97
41 90
Memorial Services.
100 00
Howard Lectures.
82 10
Old Cemeteries.
650 00
Monument.
360 28
Incidental Expenses.
Town Officers.
Mass. State School Fund.
232 09
199 98
Dox Tax-Library.
213 14
10 00
East Bridgewater.
12 00
Plympton.
24 00
Taunton.
27 50
State Pauper.
22 50
7 00
Easton.
26 00
10 00
Bridgewater.
246 93
Abatement Taxes.
Assessment of Taxes.
10,274 82
780 00
State Tax.
1,029 48
County Tax.
Treasury Incidentals.
75 00
Attending Hearse and Tramps.
42 03
Interest on Notes.
606 97
Discount on Taxes.
107 85
J. Vosmus, gravel. 3 00
2,010 38 Feb. 1, 1881 Cash Balance. Feb. 1, 1880 2,683 90
$17,658 82
$17,658 82
827 84
Marshfield.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Henry Copeland, selectman, assessor, &c., $125 00
J. Q. Hartwell, selectman, assessor, &c., 240 30
Samuel H. Howard, selectman, assessor, &c., 79 00
James Howard, town clerk, . 32 60
George M. Pratt, town treasurer, . 150 00
David H. Montgomery, superintendent of schools,
136 69
Lucius Dunbar, school committee,
12 75
Albert Copeland, " 66
22 25
William H. Jennings, 66
12 00
William A. Linehan,
2 50
Clinton P. Howard,
66
2 00
Abial Washburne,
66
1 50
Eli Wheeler, constable,
8 50
Lucius Dunbar, "
2 75
$827 84
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Samuel D. Bartlett, tolling bell, $2 00
George T. Shaw, 66 4 00
Evan J. Evans, witness fee, .
3 00
Wright & Potter, printing reports,
56 25
A. T. Jones & Co., printing, .
12 75
Daniel Perkins, office rent, 18 00 ·
Francis E. Howard, town hall rent,
75 00
Charles E. Burke, highway damage;
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23 25
S. Nelson Howard, moving stones,
40 00
Loren A. Flagg, highway damage,
15 00
William C. Cole,
10 05
Jarvis Burrell, printing tax blanks,
8 50
Charles Atwell, gravel,
90
E. T. Goward,
6 24
J. Q. Hartwell, 66 ·
10 00
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Amount carried forward, . $284 94
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Amount brought forward,
$284 94
John L. Hayward, “
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5 10
Horatio Howard, “
2 00
Mrs. C. Howard, “
11 32
Jona. White, attorney's fees,
10 00
Selectmen, travelling expenses,
30 43
Selectmen, books, postage, &c.,
7 00
Town Clerk, postage, paper, &c., .
2 35
School Committee, postage, paper, &c.,
1 14
Public lecture, travelling expenses,
6 00-
360 28
Appropriation for 1880,
$300 00
Overdrawn,
$60 28
STATE AID, CHAPTER 301.
James P. Gallagher,
$66 00
Francis W. Wood,
66 00
Patrick Dorgan,
66 00
Charles T. Morse, .
49 50
William H. Jennings,
49 50
James S. Card,
57 00
John Freese,
33 00
Mary E. Howard, .
44 00
Mary E. Kingman,
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44 00
Salome Stetson,
44 00
Lucinda S. Lothrop,
44 00
Hannah R. Stanley,
44 00
Julia A. Sargent, .
44 00
Harriet S. Bouldry,
44 00
Mary J. Reeves,
44 00
Amelia H. Gilmore,
12 00-
751 00
MILITARY AID, CHAPTER 252.
Timothy W. Fisher, ·
$44 00
Paid for aid, January, 1880, . · 70 50- 114 50
Due from state, Jan. 1, 1881, · .
$865 50
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CONDITION OF TREASURY.
Cash on hand,
$960 38
Uncollected taxes,
1,050 00-$2,010 38
Due from State on last year's payments, 70 50
State Aid, Chap. 301, 751 00
Military Aid, Chap. 252,
44 00- 865 50
Due from Bridgewater,
10 00
last year's account, 7 00- 17 00
Due from Easton, .
7 00
In favor of treasury,
$2,899 88
Unexpended Appropriations.
Surveyors of Highways,
. $1,064 20
Support of schools,
85 60
Memorial services,
8 10
$1,157 90
Assets of the Town, 1880,
$3,433 68
Assets of the Town, 1881,
2,899 88
Decrease from last year,
$533 80
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the accounts of the Town of West Bridgewater for the year ending Jan. 31, 1881, have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer, and have found the same correctly cast and properly vouched for.
GEORGE D. RYDER, - { Auditors.
LOREN A. FLAGG,
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1881, As prepared by the Selectmen.
Cyrus Alger,
Charles T. Howard,
Horace Bartlett,
Benjamin B. Howard,
Charles W. Bacon,
Clinton P. Howard,
Dennis Callahan,
Horace W. Howard,
Davis Copeland,
Henry S. Keith,
Henry Copeland,
Cyrus Leonard,
Lucius Dunbar,
Foster Vosmus,
Curtis Eddy,
Josiah A. Perkins,
Edward W. Hayward,
Erland Thayer,
Linus E. Hayward,
William T. Ryder.
Jonas G. Hartwell,
Justin W. Richards,
James Howard,
Ebenezer Taylor,
John L. Hayward.
George D. Ryder.
GUIDE BOARDS.
The Selectmen recommend that guide boards be maintained at the following places :-
Joshua T. Ryder's.
Molbry Ripley's.
Justin W. Richards'.
James Alger's Furnace.
Joseph Kingman's.
Cyrus P. Brown's.
Lewis Ryder's.
Pine Hills Cemetery.
Joseph Alger's. Barnabas Dunbar's.
Charles Howard.
Stillman W. Hersey's.'
West of Almshouse.
Dwelley Forbes'.
Edmund Geary's.
Benjamin Howard's.
Pardon Copeland's. North Center Schoolhouse.
George Wilbar's. John B. Holmes'.
Heman Copeland's. Nahum Leonard's.
George R. Drake's Store.
Center Post Office.
Waldo Howard's.
J. Q. Hartwell's. John Walker's, 2d,
Gardner's Corner.
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The highways are in very good condition, generally. The road to Cochesett Village we have straightened and built, and it is now left to be accepted by the Town. Main street, from Bridgewater to Brockton line, is in the worst condition. It may be well to say here that, owing to the increase of travel and the heavily loaded teams drawn over this street, the Town will soon be obliged to commence to widen, straighten and build it in a more thorough and substantial manner. "Lar- kin's Bridge" is in need of repair, and also will require to be straightened. The bridge on the Swamp road, near Raynham, we have newly timbered and planked, it having been in a very decayed condition.
It will be noticed in the accounts of Schools, that there has been a change by striking out the balance usually carried. In the old district system it was necessary to carry this balance, but as the schools are now managed under one head, (the School Committee) we, together with that Committee, thought it best to state it as it really is-that the Town raises for schools a certain amount, and pays out a certain amount.
It will be seen by looking at the condition of the treasury, that the town has run behind some $500. This is owing to the increase of the poor in and out of the House, which cost some $600 more than last year, and the overdrawing of the appropriations. This increase of the expenses of the town was partly foreseen by us last year, when we asked for larger appropriations; but the town, not knowing the reason why it was asked for, and it being difficult for us then to explain it, denied us the increase. The poor will have to be taken care of, the schools will be run, and the highways be repaired, and all these bills will be paid, whether the town appropriates any- thing or not. Would it not be much better for the town to appropriate a sufficient amount for the Assessors to assess, to pay the running expenses, and keep the town where it is now -out of debt, than to allow it to get in debt, and have to pay interest money ?
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