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It will be alike your duty, as I doubt not it will be your pleasure, to provide as well for schools and school houses in the suburban dis- tricts, as in the centre. There are fourteen of those districts; and since the legislation of the commonwealth has taken from them the in- dependence they once had as districts-whether wisely or unwisely it is now too late to inquire-sound policy as well as justice demands that they should have the means and facilities of education, and as
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considerate attention for their progress in useful learning, as they would have if those " little democracies, the school districts." (as De Tocqueville calls them,) had now all the vigor they once had.
In a population like ours, composed largely of persons who have emigrated hither from countries where habits of thought and modes of opinion in religious matters prevail that are different from our own, you will allow me to say that there should be nothing in our schools, that shall tend in the least to repel any one from the enjoyment of their benefits. In literature, in the arts, in the sciences, in geogra- phy, astronomy, arithmetic, reading, writing, and kindred branches of study, there is nothing sectarian. And as our adopted fellow cit- izens have cast their lot with ours, we should cheerfully yield to them, what we claim for ourselves, the fullest rights of conscience and freedom of belief. Our common schools, sustained as they are at the public expense, should be common ground for all sects in relig- ion, and for all parties in politics. In that form alone can they be efficient agents in the cause of universal education.
An order for the purchase of a tract of about 27 acres of land, for a public common, passed the last board of aldermen; but was refer- red by the common council to your consideration. Such was the character of the proposals for the sale to the city, that I shall be pardoned for asking your attention to the subject at an early day.
The last city council referred to your consideration sundry docu- ments relating to the purchase of a lot of land, that should be more accessible from the centre of the city than the farm now occupied as a pauper establishment, and the erection of a building thereon adapt- ed to the wants of the city. A committee reported a lot, after an examination of fourteen proposals to sell, together with a plan and specifications for a building. Whether it is expedient to change the locality of the almshouse, or build anew upon the farm, is a question for you to decide. Whatever your decision may be in that respect, I doubt not that upon an examination of the establishment, and an in- quiry into the mode in which the overseers of the poor are obliged to dispense the city charities, you will agree with me that the erection of a better alms-house, than the city now has, is an obligation whose execution can not in honor be longer delayed. The plan presented to the last city council, contained the important improvements which
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of late years have been introduced into buildings ; for heating for ventilation, for an ample supply of water, and especially for that classification of the inmates which has been found necessary, but can not be had, in the existing almshouse. For want of a better house, the overseers of the poor have been obliged to assist many persons out of it whom good economy, if not humanity, required should be in it. The opening of the state almshouses may be expected to reduce the number of paupers; but to what extent it is not easy to foretell. It is not an undeserved compliment to the citizens of Worcester to say that they pay taxes willingly for the support of the poor; and it is therefore the more incumbent upon the city council to see that their generosity is not abused; but that every dollar thus appropria- ted, goes to feed the hungry and clothe the destitute.
The Finances of the city will engage your attention in almost ev- ery official act you may have to perform. As a city, the amount of our taxes has largely increased; and so have the necessities for pub- lic expenditure. In the assessment of taxes, where so much is en- trusted to the discretion of assessors, the most the citizens have the right to expect is the farthest possible approximation to strict justice. I can but think that the city will be fortunate if it shall ever have a board of assessors who shall discharge their difficult and delicate du- ty with as much fairness, impartiality, and ability, as did the last board. And singularly fortunate will it be if it shall always have a treasurer and collector who will labor for its interests with so much devotion, fidelity, and success, as has that officer during the last year.
The amount of the tax assessed upon the polls and estates of the city in the year 1852, exclusive of the county tax, was $80,000. The assessment of 1853, exclusive of the county and state tax, was $95,000; it being an increase of $15,000 over the assessment of 1852. The expenditures of 1852 exceeded the income by $6,928. The last city council proceeded upon the principle of providing liber- ally for the expenditures, and at the same time making provision for the payment of a portion of the city debt. The receipts into the treasury from all sources, temporary loans included, amounted to $164,000. The appropriations were :
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For city purposes,
County tax,
State tax,
Overlayings,
$95,000
9,450 29 5,604
3,964 91
Total,
$114,019 20 The rate of taxation was seven dollars on $1000 of the valuation ; and in commendation of the promptitude with which our citizens met this demand of $114,000 for the public use, it may be mentioned that $106,000 was paid into the treasury within sixteen days after the treasurer gave notice of his readiness to receive it. And it is due to the perseverance of the treasurer and collector, that I state the fact, that, of the whole of the assessment of 1853, there remained unpaid at the close of the office on Saturday the 31st, a sum less than fourteen hundred dollars ; no inconsiderable amount of which consists of taxes assessed upon transient persons, who were in the city on the first of May, but had left before opportunity was afforded for their collection.
The disbursements have been about equal in amount to the re- ceipts. Some items of the appropriation were exceeded by the ex- penditure; while others were not absorbed. In such cases the bal- ances were transferred to the deficient appropriations, as will appear by the report of the treasurer when presented.
The city debt was increased in 1850 by the sum of $1745,81; in 1851, by 3088,01; and in 1852 by $6928,51; making a total in- crease in three years, of $11,762,33, of which $1855 was for the purchase of Hope Cemetery. The payments on account of the city debt the last year have been $10,000, which reduce the amount to what it was at the close of the year 1849. This reduction of the city debt should go on to its final extinction; and that it may do so, I renew the suggestion of the expediency of funding a considerable portion of the same; and of completing the arrangements for it at a day sufficiently early to take advantage of the probable low rate of interest on money in the early part of the next summer. And that the finances of the city may be always under the control of its city government, I recommend that if possible no expenditures be author- ized except upon carefully considered estimates.
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Gentlemen of the city council: what further information you may desire, in regard to the past operations or present condition of the city government, you will obtain from the reports of the treasurer, of the commissioner of highways, of the overseers of the poor, of the chief engineer of the fire department, of the water commission- ers, and of the school committee, when they shall be laid before you. The faithful performance of duty, as a member of the city gov- ernment, is no pastime. Each one in his appropriate sphere of ac- tion, should seek to make himself acquainted with the duties of his position; and, knowing them, he should be resolute in performing them. It is a government for all; and all are alike entitled to its protection and its benefits. Let it be the aim of us all to be prudent in legislation ;- cautious in the measures we may adopt for an effi- cient administration of the laws ;- but firm in our purpose that their supremacy shall be maintained.
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REPORT
OF THE
CITY TREASURER.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, CITY OF WORCESTER, JANUARY 16, 1854.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN,-The Treasurer has now the honor, and would respectfully ask permission to lay before you his fourth Annual Re- port of the
Receipts and Expenditures, Appropriations raised by tax, Abatements and Discounts, Balances, &c.,
from January 3, 1853, to January 2, 1854.
The Cash account accompanying the same will exhibit the Cash transactions for the same space of time. Cash on hand January 3, 1853, - 2,237 02
£ received from all sources, - - 165,557 20
Making - - - - $167,794 22
Cash paid out (including $10,191 70 of the City debt) was - - - $166,571 84
Leaving a balance January 2d, 1854, of - - $1,222 38 All of which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. WHEELER,
City Treasurer.
Dr.
City of Worcester in account current from Jan. 3, 1853,
Accounts overdrawn January 3, 1853, -
11,824 56
Paid Abatements on Taxes, after payment,
- 558 80
City Barn and Lot, -
2,398 87
Clocks and Bells, -
-
145 50
Contingent Expenses, -
6,241 57
66 County Tax, - -
9,450 29
66 Engine and Hose Carriage, (No. 2)
756 17
Fire Department,
4,960 40
66 Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c., -
-
1,073 83
Funerals, -
326 65
66 Highways, Bridges, Bank Wall, Paving, Shade Trees, &c., - -
- 30,614 66
66 Hope Cemetery, -
- -
- 212 64
Interest, -
- -
-
5,747 77
Lighting Streets, -
-
1,822 91
Loans, borrowed in anticipation of taxes and for transfers of City Debt, 62,990 70
Militia, pay of members, -
- 1,275 25
66 Paupers, support of -
- -
3,215 33
66
Road to New Worcester, balance, -
1,572 40
66
Salaries, of Officers, -
4,040 55
66 of Watchmen, - -
2,341 25
66 Schools, teaching, &c., -
-
21,162 55
State Tax, -
5,604 00
Summons, for serving on tax bills, 59 75
Taxes 1850, abated and allowed by City Council,
718 65
1851, 66 66 66 896 90
" : 1851, 66 by the Assessors, -
66
-
-
471 18
66 1853, 66 66
-
817 09
66 6 per ct. discount on 106,319 16, for prompt
6,379 15
66 1852, uncollected, - -
- 904 36
66 1853, -
- 1,379 69-2,284 05 -
Bills Receivable, - - - -
75 00
Cash, - 1,222 38 I
- -$191,318 18
Dr. City of Worcester in account current from Jan. 3, 1853,
For Cash paid out for all Departments, - 166,571 84
" Balance to new account, -
1,222 38
- -$167,794 22
Errors and omissions excepted.
City of Worcester, Jan. 16, 1854.
-
57 38
1852,
payment,
to Jan. 2, 1854, with George W. Wheeler, City Treasurer,
Cr.
Balances January 3, 1853,
Due on Loans, 1850, '51 and '52, 11,762 33
Hope Cemetery, lots sold in 1852, 105 00 Other Appropriations, 6,145 16 -- 18,012 49
Rec'd from City Hall Building,
For Rent of Stores and Hall,
1,372 00
City Scales, fees for weighing, -
Commonwealth,
Militia Bounty, -
429 50
Paupers, support of, -
843 16
School fund, -
756 73 --- 2,029 39
66 Contingent Fund,
Taxes under new law, 16 60
col. after being allowed, 6 00 Tickets sold 4th July dinner, 116 25-138 85
66 " Highways,
Street Scrapings, Manure, Grav- el, Old Plank, &c., 193 05
Culverts and Sewers, - 146 06
Oxen, sold and exchanged, 456 50
Improvements on Prospect St. 25 00-820 61
Hope Cemetery, lots sold, -
464 00
Interest, on County tax, &c., -
-
103 47
66
Licenses,
Amusements, -
577 00
Auctioneers, -
-
22 00
Dogs, -
-
271 00
Hackney Carriages,
-
29 00
Pedlers, State licenses,
63 00-962 00
66
46 Loans, -
- 52,800 00
66 Paupers, Town of Shrewsbury, -
44 51
Tax Summons, (858) - -
171 60
66 Watchmen, Police Court fees, - -
103 24
Appropriations raised by Tax 1853, 95,000 00
County Tax 1853,
9,450 29
State -
5,604 00
Overlayings, -
-
3,964 91-114,019 20
-$191,318 18
Errors and omissions excepted. GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
City of Worcester, Jan. 16, 1854.
to Jan. 2, 1854, with George W. Wheeler, City Treasurer,
Cr.
By cash on hand January 3, 1853,
2,237 02
received from all sources, - -
- 165,557 20
- -$167,794 22
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
66
276 82
66
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 16, 1854.
Referred to the City Auditor. Sent down for concurrence. C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 16, 1854. Concurred. WVM. A. SMITH, C. C. C.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, CITY OF WORCESTER, January 30, 1854. To the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The City Auditor, to whom was referred the within Report of George W. Wheeler, Esq., City Treasurer, has examined the same, and finds it correctly cast, and to agree with the Books and vouchers. The papers and vouchers are all filed in the Treasurer's Office, and the Books prop- erly balanced to January 2d, 1854.
The Books and papers show system and neatness, and that the Treas- urer merits the high reputation which he has heretofore acquired, for faithfulness in the performance of his duties.
GILL VALENTINE, City Auditor.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 30, 1854.
The report of the Auditor accepted. Sent down for concurrence.
C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 30, 1854. Concurred.
WVM. A. SMITH, C. C. C.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
CITY OF WORCESTER, In Board of Aldermen, January 16, 1854.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer prepare a particular account of his Report, and a schedule of the City Property, and of the City Debt, to be published for the use of the Inhabitants of the City, in compliance with the City Charter.
Attest, CHARLES A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City of Worcester, March 1, 1854.
To the Inhabitants of the City of Worcester :
In compliance with the above order, I have prepared and would respectfully present a particular account of my Report, made Janu- ary 16th, 1854, together with a schedule of the City Property, and City Debt.
GEORGE W. WHEELER,
City Treasurer,
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ABATEMENTS.
Balance undrawn January 3, 1853,
- 4,252 45
Appropriation, - -
- 6,000 00
Overlayings, making taxes, -
-
-
- 3,964 91
14,217 36
Expenditures,
Paid Lucius Beach,
(on 1852 tax,) -
9 75
Daniel S. Burgess,
66
66
9 17
66 Draper & Clark,
66
66
-
24 44
66 Joseph B. Keyes,
66
66 66
-
12 22
Samuel S. Leonard,
3 05
Patrick Kane,
1 52
George Smith,
66
66
-
92
Amariah B. Whipple, “
66
19 50
Wor. Mech's Savings B'k "
29 33
66
William Blodgett,
1 56
66 Joseph E. Bond,
5 26
Thomas Bond,
-
-
-
6 58
Joel Brimhall,
2 99
. " M. S. Chapin,
3 29
66 Daniel Conners,
3 50
T. B. Eaton, Estate of, -
2 63
Charles W. Fenno,
-
1 32
Washington F. Fisher, -
6 58
66 Demarcus Foster,
99
Albert Gould,
6 58
66 Jonathan Grout,
-
-
-
13 16
Wm. H. Harris,
-
-
13 16
66 Charles W. Hartshorn, -
-
11 06
66 Pardon Howland,
-
-
-
-
1 66
Jesse Hutchinson
-
-
1 57
Henry F. Johnson,
-
-
15 79
Corbin Lyon,
-
-
-
-
6 58
Henry Magoun,
-
-
-
4 28
66 Merchants & Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co., ('50, '51, and '52,) - -
106 14
William H. Perkins,
1 56
60 Stephen Salisbury,
-
-
13 16
John Spiers
-
- -
-
99
Mary A. Spurr,
21 05
State Mutual Life Assurance Co., ('50, '51, and '52,) -
55 34
Collins M. Stearns, -
-
-
-
6 58
66 George F. Stickney, -
-
-
-
3 29
Frances S. Stowell, -
-
- -
3 95
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
William R. Hooper,
2 63
W. & A. Brown & Co.,
32 90
66
-
-
-
-
1 32
Pomeroy Knowlton,
-
29
Paid Benjamin F. Thomas, - -
-
19 74
William C. Thompson, -
2 63
66 Lyman T. Upham,
-
3 29
66 Charles Washburn, -
- -
65 80
6 per cent discount on $106,319 16 taxes for prompt payment,
- 6,379 15
Abatements allowed on 1850 taxes, by the
City Council, - 718 65
66
" 1851 taxes, "
896 90
66
" 1851, Ass's, 57 38
66
- 471 18
66 " 1853, 66
- 817 09
Transfer to " Highways," -
-
- 2000 00
Amount undrawn January 2, 1854, -
11,899 15 2,318 21
CITY AQUEDUCT.
Appropriation, Expenditures,
-
-
-
-
275 00
Transfer to " Contingent Expenses,"
-
-
- 275 00
CITY BARN AND LOT.
Appropriation, -
2,400 00
Expenditures.
Paid Philander Bodwell, trucking, - - 4 75
David W. Cooke, brick, cement, and labor,
33 58
66 Curtis & Lovell, lumber, 225 54
" L. & S. P. Harrington, lot of land, -
1,100 00
66 D. & C. P. Stevens, painting,
46 60
66 A. & L. M. Taft, stone for cellar, -
23 25
66 Moses Taft building barn, -
951 50
66 66 grain bins, &c., -
13 65
Transfer to " Contingent Expenses,"
1 13
CITY DEBT.
Appropriation, -
14,000 00
Expenditures.
Transfer to " Highways," - " "Interest," -
5,644 30
CITY HALL.
Received for rent of City Hall Building, Expenditures.
-
-
1,372 00
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses," -
1,372 00
- CITY SCALES.
Received Fees for Weighing :
From Elisha Broad, Lincoln Square, - '78 36
66 John H. Knight, Washington Square, - 80 00
5
-
-
-
8,355 70
-
14,000 00
-
-
-
2,400 00
66 " 1852, 66
30
From Calvin Knowlton, Lincoln Square, (old acc't,) 79 80 £ Charles A. Lincoln, Southbridge street, 38 66
276 82
Expenditures.
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses,"
276 82
CLOCKS AND BELLS.
- 100 85
Balance undrawn January 3, 1853, Appropriation, -
150 00
Expenditures.
Paid William H. Jacobs, care of clocks, - 25 00
Lyman L. Mason, 66 66 25 00
66 66 66 repairing clock, (O. S.,) 8 50
66 Moses W. Colton, ringing bell, - 8 00
66 William H. Jacobs, 66 5 00
Samuel H. Reed, 66
5 00
66 Josiah Rice, 66
-
5 00
66 Luther Slater, Bell Rope, -
3 00
66 Arvin Thompson, ringing bell,
61 00
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses," -
105 35
250 85
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation.
7,853 00
Received for Taxes made under the Law 1851, 16 60
66 66 " collected after being allowed, 66 Tickets for 4th July dinner,
Transfers from " City Aqueduct,"
275 00
66
"City Hall," - -
1,372 00
66 66 " City Scales," -
276 82
66 " Clocks and Bells,"
105 35
66
" Fire Engines," -
143 83
66 66 " Fuel, Lights, &c.,"
426 17
66
" Funerals,"
23 35
"Hope Cemetery,"
503 99
66
66 " Licenses, Amusements," 577 00
" Auctioneers," - 22 00
" Dogs,"
271 00 -
" Hackney Carriages," - 29 00
" Pedlars, (State L.,)"
63 00
66
66
" Pauper," -
272 34
66
66
"Salaries," -
-
-
159 45
66
66 "Schools," -
232 16
66
66 "School house, S. Worcester," 37 44
66
66 "Summons," (on taxes)' -
111 85
66
" Watchmen's Salaries," -
161 99
-
-
6 00
116 25
" City Barn,"
1 13
-
962 00
250 85
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Expenditures.
Paid for repairs and articles for City Hall and offices :
Josiah W. Allen, building sewer, -
153 51
66 L. S. Babbitt, brooms, -
2 50
Brown & Co., lamps, tumblers, &c., -
5 07
66 George P. Bryant, velvet for desks, -
4 77
66 Chamberlin, Barnard & Co., carpets, &c., 36 35
Bernard Craig, repairing slate on roof, - 30 31
66 Dexter & Eddy, stone water urn, 1 50
David Gleason, cleaning windows, taking up and putting down carpets, washing hall, and sundry articles bought,
71 02
Edwin Gleason, numbering M. and A. and C. C. rooms, -
75
66 Wm. C. Hale, new keys and repairs, -
2 28
66 B. L. Hardon & Co., carpet paper, &c., 8 25
44 70
Joseph Lewis, marble sink, - - -
15 00
66 Henry W. Miller, stove pipe, sheet lead, repairs, &c., 68 47
66
Abraham H. Newton, trim'g gas burners, 4 50
66 Abram Peaslee, for painting in store, -
3 79
Phelps & Hale, spittoons, &c., -
-
3 50
66 Alden H. Sears, ice, - -
-
6 23
Luther Slater, blocks and rope, -
5 83
Taber & Chollar, furniture and repairs for hall and ante-rooms, 107 50
Moses Taft, making "ante-rooms" and re- pairs, 118 72
Arvin Thompson, setting glass,
- -
3 00
Charles A. Wheeler, altering railing to steps, 10 03
Wor. Gas Light Co., fixtures for "ante- rooms,"and repairs, 17 23
E. P. Wright & Co., rep'g desks, &c., in M. and A. and C. C. rooms, - 51 87
For repairs and articles for Watch House :
1 50
66 Joseph Chapman, washing and cleaning,
3 75
David W. Cooke, repairs, - -
3 50
66 Joseph H. Gould, filling beds, &c., -
2 70
A. & W. H. Harris, lime, - -
3 25
Ebenezer Lund, buckets, - - -
1 67
66 C. P. Nichols & Co., painting, -
-
3 50
Phelps & Hale, fluid lamps,
1 59
Arvin Thompson, repairs and cleaning, 5 00
66 Frederic Warren, meals to prisoners and sundries, - 31 49
John Hilton, stoves and repairs, -
-
-
Brown & Co., spittoons,
32
Paid Joseph Chapman, police duty,
-
-
3 50
66 Charles Forbes,
Ebenezer Lund,
66
-.
-
-
2 00
66 Stephen Shumway, 66 60
-
-
3 50
Arvin Thompson, 66
-
-
3 50
66 On division of the County :
66 Levi Barker, services and expenses,
18 45
66 John Boyden,
66
A. H. Bullock, 66
66
200 00
66 Dewey & Williams, "
134 35
" Geo. A. Dresser,
66
16 77
66 Joseph Lovell, Jr., "
12 00
66 Samuel Smith,
8 00
Frederick Warren, "
66
-
17 73
4th July Celebration :
-
4 00
66 James Green, salute, -
70 07
66 Charles Hamilton, printing, , -
14 50
James G. Hovey, fire works, - -
800 00
66 Lorenzo D. Hubbard, use of house,
5 00
Wm. H. Jacobs, use of O. S. Church,
10 00
Caleb A. Wall, posting notices, -
1 25
66 Worcester Cornet Band, music, -
100 00
John Wright, dinner, -
574 00
66 For Damages, &c .:
Mitchell Christian, breaking thro' bridge, 10 00 Henry Clark, services in case W. C. Clark, 2 00
66
Wm. C. Clark, damages awarded in case against city for defect in bridge, -
1,030 14 John W. Howe, breaking through bridge, 25 00
Joseph Sargent, services in case W. C. Clark, -
2 00
On Hope Cemetery acct., to sundry individ- uals, being amount paid by them to J. W. Brown, and not accounted for by him :
10 00
66 Samuel S. Leonard, - -
10 00
John E. Luther, - - -
10 00
William G. Moore, - -
5 00
66
George W. Rockwood, - -
-
5 00
Charles M. Sawin,
-
5 00
66
On Burial Ground on Common :
Michael Croning, labor,
-
33 25
Cornelius Donahue, " 33 25
66
Gill Valentine, surveying and making plan, 111 75 cash paid for labor and ma- terials,
11 75
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 25
-
3 50
James McFarland, 66
66
James H. Bancroft, stationery, &c.,
-
-
-
Franklin Barnard,
-
-
47 95
33
Paid Harrison Bliss, rent of Armory Co. D.,
90 00
Wor. Bank Block, " Co. C., 150 00
66 Man. M. F. Ins. Co., taxes and interest, 46 54
Wor. M. F. Ins. Co., on ext'n, 192 45
Wor. M. F. Ins. Co., taxes and interest, 385 88
Warren Adams, serving notices, - -
3 00
Alvan Allen, serving warrants, road noti- ces, notifying officers, &c., 135 44
" Alvan Allen, cash paid for removing nui- sances, -
18 93
". George Allen, assisting Treasurer, -
4 00
William Allen, sundries for Assessors, 12 83
Assessors, taking census, 60 00
66 66 cash paid out for postage, furni-
52 78
ture, examining records, horse hire, &c., Peter C. Bacon, for opin'n as to city's rights, Peter C. Bacon, Charles Allen, and Charles W. Hartshorn, for opinion as to the rights of City and S. Parish, - -
32 50
James H. Bancroft, record book Ward 1, 1 50
Walter R. Bigelow, repairs on hay scale, 2 00
Jerome Billings, fencing street in 1851, 10 00
Boyden & Ball, surveying, plans, &c., 85 50
Oliver Chase, paper boxes,
1 07
66 Beriah Curtis, fees as witness, - -
2 08
Dennis & Lee, lock and labor, - -
1 87
Dutton & Wentworth, binding laws, -
10 13
George Geer, sealing hay scales, - -
6 50
66 David Gleason, paid out for fixing “Lib- erty Pole," 17 59
" Charles A. Hamilton, recording births, mar- riages and deaths, and for cash paid out for freight, &c., -
179 20
William Harrington, rent of room for As- sessors,
75 00
Johnson & Sewell, repairing lightning rods,
13 50
66 John Keith & Co., envelopes and paper,
3 63
Thomas Magennis, returning deaths, -
8 30
Newton & Mason, services as counsel, -
20 00
66 Samuel Smith, assisting Treasurer on vo- ters' lists, examining for Com. on Ac- counts, &c., - - - 33 00
Moses Taft, boarding up school house win- dows, - - 9 63
Benj. F. Thomas, prof. services, (1850) 10 00
66 Gill Valentine, surveying and plans of streets, &c., - -
- 120 85
5 00
34
Paid Caleb A. Wall, posting notices, - 1 75
6. James H. Wall, Jr., page Com. Council, 10 00
66 George W. Wheeler, preparing "City Doc- ument No. 7," and making, revising and posting voters' lists, and cash paid out for postage and articles for office, -
84 95
66 Wm. A. Wheeler, lead weights, - - 1 85
66 James White, removing privies, fences, &c., at School house on Common, -
28 14
" Wor. Mut'l F. Ins. Co., Insur. on School houses, 99 72
E. P. Wright & Co., desk, &c., for Assess's, 24 37
Transfer to " Fire Department," 343 96 -
66 " "Highways," -
4,497 41
66 " "Lighting Streets," -
-
22 91
66 " "New Road, N. W.," -
-
40
Amount undrawn January 2, 1854, -
-
11,106 25 1,950 47
COUNTY TAX.
Appropriation,
- Expenditure. - 9,450 29
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer, - FIRE DEPARTMENT.
9,450 29
Balance undrawn January 3, 1853, 116 44
Appropriation,
- 4,500 00
Transfer from " Contingent Expenses," - -
343 96
4,960 40
Expenditures.
Paid Erastus N. Holmes, Chief Engineer, - 125 00
66 Assistant Engineers, Salaries, - 100 00
66 Memb's Wash'n Eng. Co. No. 1, services, 637 50
66
66 Rapid 66
66 No. 2, 650 00
381 29
66
66 66
66 " (n)" 215 42
66 Torrent No. 4, 66
718 37
66 66 Hook and Ladder Co. 66
465 00
66
66 Hose Co. No. 1, 66 213 34
66
66 No. 2, 66 215 01
66 Washington Engine Co. No. 1, care of hose, horse hire, &c., -
35 23
" Rapid Engine Co. No. 2, care of hose, horse hire, &c., -
37 07
" Niagara Engine Co. No. 3, (o) care hose, horse hire, &c., 17 03
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