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Messrs. Jones, Chamberlain and Magennis.
Ward and Bartlett.
ASH ST. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Miss Rogers',
Messrs. Stone and Power.
NEW WORCESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL. D. W. Haskins',
Messrs. Curtis and Hathaway.
THOMAS ST. SECONDARY SCHOOL. Mrs. Coe's Department, Miss Andrews'
Messrs. T. K. Earle and Andrews.
O. K. Earle and Allen.
SYCAMORE ST. SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss Clapp's Department, Miss Lamb's
Messrs. Harding and Ward.
Bartlett and Workman.
SUMMER ST. SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss Albee's Department, Miss Baldwin's
Messrs. Burbank and O. K. Earle.
Reynolds and Harris.
PLEASANT ST. SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss Hewitt's Department, Miss Bigelow's
ASH ST. SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss Follett's,
NEW WORCESTER SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss Harris',
Messrs. Ward and Harris.
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Greene and Faunce.
Messrs. Bartlett and Harding.
Messrs. Allen and Curtis.
Wm. H. Harris. Samuel V. Stone.
Messrs. Workman, Reynolds and Faunce.
Gilbert and Burbank.
T. K. Earle and Goddard.
PLEASANT ST. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Miss Walker's, Messrs. Goddard and Harding.
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS:
THOMAS STREET, SYCAMORE STREET,
Miss Dudley,
Messrs. Burbank and Ward.
Miss S. W. Clements,
Goddard and Andrews.
Miss C. R. Clements,
Magennis and Allen.
Miss Smith,
66 Hathaway and Chamberlain.
MAIN ST., SOUTH, MAIN ST., NORTH,
Miss Banister,
Gilbert and Workman.
Miss Henry,
Chamberlain and Rice.
SUMMER ST., SOUTH, SUMMER ST., NORTH,
Miss Mack,
Harris and Chamberlain.
ASH ST.,
Miss Bigelow,
Stone and Green.
ASH ST., EAST,
Miss Moody,
Rice and Reynolds.
ASH ST., WEST,
Miss Smith,
Stone and Foster.
PLEASANT ST., SOUTH,
Miss Wilmarth,
Jones and Workman.
PLEASANT ST., NORTH,
Miss Palmer,
65 T. K. Earle and Allen.
PINE ST.,
Miss Perry,
Power and Bartlett.
PINE ST.,
Miss Hathaway,
O. K. Earle and Hathaway.
FRONT STREET,
Miss Kate Hobbs,
Magennis and Rice.
FRONT STREET,
Miss Martha Hobbs,
Chamberlain and Gilbert.
FRONT STREET,
Miss Green,
Burbank and Harding.
NEW WORCESTER,
Miss James,
Bartlett and O. K. Earle.
YOUNG MEN'S SCHOOL,
Mr. Eddy, Burbank, Jones, & Reynolds.
EVENING SCHOOLS,
Mr. Gilbert's,
66 Ward and Stone.
Mr. Aldrich's,
66 Faunce and Gilbert
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. Visiting Committees. Prudential Committees.
TATNUCK,
Miss Brooks,
Messrs. T. K. Earle and Chamberlain,
E. F. Chamberlain.
VALLEY FALLS,
Miss Bothwell,
Andrews and Curtis,
I. R. Barbour.
LEESVILLE,
Miss Wheeler,
Curtis and Foster,
John F. Boice.
SOUTH WORCESTER, Mrs. Nichols,
Harding and Goddard,
Moses P. Stearns.
BLITHEWOOD, Miss Burbank,
Burbank and Magennis, Hezekiah Adams.
QUINSIGAMOND, Miss Brown,
T. K. Earle and Harris, Dexter H. Perry.
POND,
Miss Maynard,
Power and Bartlett,
Henry Prentice.
ADAMS SQUARE, Miss Learned,
Foster and Hathaway,
G. A. Barnard.
BURNCOAT PLAINS, Miss Williams, 66
Allen and Andrews,
Cyrus K. Goodale.
NORTHVILLE,
Miss Wheeler,
Harding and Gilbert,
John A. Kendrick.
CHAMBERLAIN, Miss Wilson,
O. K. Earle and Rice,
G. A. Chamberlain.
NORTH POND,
Miss Barnes,
Magennis and Green,
J. Rogers.
PROVIDENCE ST., Miss Taggart,
" Faunce and Harris,
John F. Pond.
SAMUEL D. HARDING, Prudential Committee.
A. L. BURBANK, Secretary .- Office, Dorr & Co.'s Bookstore.
Miss Slater,
Green and Power.
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ASSESSORS, Joseph P. Hale, James S. Woodworth, Peregrine B. Gilbert. ASSISTANT ASSESSORS,
Ward 1-Luther Slater,
2-William A. S. Smyth,
3-Jason Temple,
4-F. Franklin Phelps,
Ward 5-Alfred Taft,
6-Josiah W. Allen,
7-Russell R. Shepard,
8-Marshall Flagg.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
The Mayor, (ex-officio) Chairman. Samuel Banister, Clerk.
Ward 1-Orrin P. Gilbert,
Ward 5-Patrick O'Rourke,
2-Samuel Banister,
3-Dennis G. Temple,
4-James McFarland,
8-John Hammond.
UNDERTAKERS. Geo. Sessions, Thomas Magennis, George G. Hildreth. PUBLIC WEIGHERS, Harvey G. Upham, Lincoln Square ; Artemas Hawes, Southbridge street ; Frederic Cutting, N. Worcester; Zebina Lee, Washington Square. WEIGHERS OF COAL, Franklin H. Knight, at Hacker's; Elisha Broad, at City Coal Yard; Samuel Fiske, at Wellington's.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK,
Harvey G. Upham, Lincoln Sq .; Zebina Lee, Washington Sq. ; David Gleason, City Hall; Frederic Cutting, N. Worcester.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER, Nahum R. Hapgood. FENCE VIEWERS. Benjamin Flagg, Jonas Hartshorn, Jonathan Lyon, Jr. FIELD DRIVERS,
POUND KEEPER,
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, Lyman L. Mason. Office, E. Dorr & Co.'s Book Store. AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONER, William D. Cheever.
6-Edwin Draper,
7-Julius E. Tucker,
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BOARD OF ENGINEERS, Samuel A. Porter, Chief. -, Clerk. ·
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS,
Leonard W. Sturtevant, Leonard R. Hudson, Alonzo M. Barrows, Israel N. Keyes, Royal Combs, Smith Quimby. FIRE COMPANIES, Engine Co. No. 1-R. M. Gould, Foreman.
2-Charles A. Hardy,
66 3-S. A. Goodspeed,
66 66 5-James McFarland,
6-Charles F. Tew,
Hose 1-N. H. Andrews,
2-Smith Quimby,
66 3-0. C. Aspinwall,
Hook & Ladder
1-A. E. Eldridge,
2-N. F. Cutter,
WARD OFFICERS, Ward 1.
Warden, Leonard R. Hudson. Clerk, John Q. Adams. Inspectors, Silas Dinsmore, Geo. A. Gates, Saml. E. Lawrence. Ward 2.
Warden, Ahaz Bassett. Clerk, Theodore M. Woodward. Inspectors, Geo. R. Peckham, Henry Phelps, Marson Eaton. Ward 3.
Warden, Harrison S. Prentice.
Clerk, George Holmes.
Inspectors, Thomas Moore,
George Dixon, Walter Henry.
Ward 4.
Warden, Elbridge Aldrich,
Clerk, William Heald.
Inspectors, Moses Taft, Benjamin E. Holbrook, John S. Clark.
Ward 5.
Warden, George H. Ward.
Clerk, John F. Murray.
Inspectors, Wm. C. Whitney, Stephen Bartlett, Rich'd. Barker.
Ward 6.
Warden, Joel Davis.
Clerk, Brigham Balcom.
Inspectors, Constant Shepard, John W. Jordon,
Dorrance S. Goddard.
Ward 7.
Warden, Ephraim C. Tainter. Clerk, James H. Bancroft.
Inspectors, Harrison W. Babbitt,
Jacob N. Childs,
Calvin E. Prouty.
Ward 8.
Warden, Emory Banister.
Clerk, Edward W. Vaill.
Inspectors, William L. Clark, Wm. W. Pratt, Edw'd R. Fiske.
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1848-9. MAYOR, Levi Lincoln.
ALDERMEN, Parley Goddard, Benj. F. Thomas, John W. Lincoln, James S. Woodworth, William B. Fox, James Estabrook, Isaac Davis,
Stephen Salisbury. CITY CLERK, Chas. A. Hamilton. COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, Thos. Chamberlain. Ward 1, Freeman Upham,
John Sutton,
Samuel B. Scott.
Ward 2, . Horace Chenery, Edward Lamb, Calvin Brigham.
Ward 3. Benj. F. Heywood, Charles Bowen, John Gates.
Ward 4,
Alvan Allen,
Darius Rice, Stephen Bartlett.
Ward 5,
Isaac Goddard,
Josiah G. Perry, Ben. F. Stowell.
Ward 6, Edwin Draper, Adolphus Morse, Nathaniel Brooks.
Ward 7,
Alex. H. Bullock, Albert Curtis, Daniel Goddard.
Ward 8,
Wm. T. Merrifield, Calvin Foster, Thos. Chamberlain. CLERK, William A. Smith.
1849-50. MAYOR, Henry Chapin.
ALDERMEN, William A. Wheeler, Warren Lazell, William A. Draper, Chas. G. Prentiss, Austin G. Fitch, Charles White, Peter C. Bacon, Benj. Flagg.
CITY CLERK, Chas. A. Hamilton. COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, Jonas M. Miles. Ward 1, Freeman Upham, Luther White,
Nathan Muzzy.
Ward 2,
John H. Brooks, Thomas H. Rice,
Charles Washburn. Ward 3,
Wm. Dickinson, L. W. Sturtevant, Daniel Harrington. Ward 4, Alvan Allen,
Darius Rice,
Joseph Pratt.
Ward 5, Benj. Goddard, 3d,
Isaac Goddard,
David Woodward. Ward 6,
Adolphus Morse,
Edwin Draper,
John F. Gleason.
Ward 7,
Alexander De Witt, Erastus Tucker, James M. Fitch. Ward 8, Albert Tolman, Wm. G. Moore, Jonas M. Miles. CLARK, William A. Smith.
1850-51.
MAYOR, Henry Chapin. ALDERMEN,
George W. Russell, Warren Lazell, Wm. Dickinson, Joseph Pratt, David Woodward, Charles White, Anthony Chase, Jonas M. Miles.
CITY CLERK,
Chas. A. Hamilton. COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, Charles Washburn. Ward 1,
Nathan Muzzy, Joseph Lewis,
Freeman Upham .* Ward 2, Charles Washburn,
Lee Sprague, John H. Brooks. Ward 3, Daniel Harrington, L. W. Sturtevant,t Henry Prentice.
Ward 4,
Calvin Newton, John P. Southgate, Calvin L. Prouty. Ward 5, Henry J. Howland, Wm. H. Harris,
Daniel S. Burgess.
Ward 6,
Adolphus Morse, John P. Gleason, Jos. D. Brigham. Ward 7,
Eastus Tucker, Benj. Goddard, 3d, Albert Brown. Ward 8,
Albert Tolman, Henry H. Chamberlin, William Workman,# CLERK, William A. Smith.
1851.
MAYOR, Peter C. Bacon. ALDERMEN, George W. Russell, Ichabod Washburn, Daniel Harrington, Joseph Pratt, David Woodward, Adolphus Morse, “ John M. Earle, Jonas M. Miles.
CITY CLERK,
Chas. A. Hamilton.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT,
Charles Washburn.
Ward 1, Nathan Muzzy, Joseph Lewis, Alexander Thayer. Ward 2, Charles Washburn, Lee Sprague, Benjamin B. Otis. Ward 3, Adam Dawson, Wm. B. Maxwell, Gill Valentine.
Ward 4,
Calvin Newton,
John P. Southgate, John F. Burbank. Ward 5, Daniel S. Burgess, Henry S. Washburn, Brigham Goss.
Ward 6, John F. Gleason, Joseph D. Brigham, Peregrine B. Gilbert.
Ward 7,
Erastus Tucker, Nathan Ainsworth, Samuel H Colton. Ward 8,
Albert Tolman,
Henry H. Chamberlin, Jonas Hartshorn.
CLERK, Willam A. Smith.
* Declined, G. W. Wilder elected. tFranklin Hall elected. #Thos. Drew elected. "Resigned, Charles White
elected.
1852.
MAYOR, Peter C. Bacon.
ALDERMEN Freemen Upham, Edward Lamb, Henry Prentice, Calvin Newton, David Woodward, John F. Gleason, Isaac Davis, Wm. Dickinson .*
CITY CLERK,
Chas. A. Hamilton.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, John F. Burbank, Ward 1,
Alexander Thayer, Henry Earl, Samuel A. Porter. Ward 2, George W. Rugg, John B. Pratt, Charles Davis,t
Ward 3, Gill Valentine, Charles Bowen, Gerry Valentine, Ward 4, John F. Burbank, Samuel D. Harding, Moses Spooner. Ward 5, David D. Stowell, Henry Murray. Brigham Goss.# Ward 6,
James H. Wall, Marshall S. Ballard, Levi Barker.
Ward 7, Timothy S. Stone, Samuel H. Colton, David W. Cooke.
Ward 8 Wm M. Bickford, Roswell P. Angier, Joseph Walker, Jr. CLERK, Warren Adams.
1853. MAYOR, John S. C. Knowlton.
ALDERMEN,
Wm. A. Williams, Edward Earle, Gill Valentine, Samuel D. Harding. Phineas Crandall, Moses D. Phillips, Charles White, Benjamin Flagg. CITY CLERK,
Chas. A. Hamilton.
COMMON COUNCIL. PRESIDENT,
William N. Green. Ward 1, Henry Earle, R. O. Forbush, Samuel A. Porter. Ward 2, Charles Washburn, George W . Rugg. | | Timothy Bancroft.
Ward 3, William N. Green, Gerry Valentine, Samuel T. Field.
Ward 4, James S. Woodworth, Loison D. Towne, Pliny Holbrook,
Ward 5,
Ezra P. Clark, Gardner McFarland, Henry Murray,
Ward 6, Marshall S. Ballard, James H. Wall, Levi Barker.
Ward 7, Samuel B. Dennis, John A. Hunt, Samuel H. Colton. Ward 8, Joseph Walker, Jr., Wm. M. Bickford, Roswell P. Angier.
CLERK,
Lewis A. Maynard.
* Resigned. +Declined, Benj. Walker elected. ¿ Daniel S. Burgess elected. I Calvin Knowlton elected.
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1854. MAYOR, John S. C. Knowlton. ALDERMEN, Wm. A. Williams, Charles Washburn, Hartley Williams, Samuel D. Harding, Moses D. Phillips, James H. Wall, Eli Thayer,
Benjamin Walker. CITY CLERK, Chas. A. Hamilton. COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, James Estabrook. Ward 1, Samuel A. Porter, Gerry Valentine, Francis Hovey.
Ward12, Ichabod Washburn, Thomas H. Rice, Edward Lamb.
Ward 3, Henry Tolman, Lysander Chandler, Henry Prentice.
Ward 4, James S. Woodworth, Loison D. Towne, Philip Lothrop.
Ward 5,
Willard Brown,
Francis Strong. William S. Lincoln.
Ward 6,
Josiah W. Allen,
James Estabrook,
Joseph H. Walker.
Ward 7, Calvin Foster,
Jonas Hartshorn, Elijah B. Stoddard. Ward 8, Joseph Walker, Jr., George Hobbs, Henry Goulding.
CLERK,
William A. Smith.
1855. MAYOR, George W, Richardson.
ALDERMEN,
Henry Earl, Samuel Davis, Wm. T. Merrifield, John P. Southgate, William H. Harris, James H. Wall, Alvin Waite, Henry Goulding.
CITY CLERK, Chas. A. Hamilton.t COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, George M. Rice. Ward 1, John Gates, Alexander Thayer,
Alexander Putnam, Ward 2,
Samuel A. Knox, Horace Chenery, Ozias Hudson.} Ward 3. Reuben Randall,
Leonard Poole, Henry Tolman.
Ward 4,
Francis Harrington, Lewis Sturtevant,
Nathan Washburn.
Ward 5,
Francis Strong,
George E. Wyman.
Edward S. Stebbins.
Ward 6,
Lorin Wetherell,
John B. Dexter.
Thomas Pierce.
Ward 7,
George M. Rice,
Henry Griffin, Thomas Earle. Ward 8,
Joseph D. Daniels, Parley Hammond, Joseph P. Cheney. CLERK,
William A. Smith.
1856.
MAYOR, Isaac Davis. ALDERMEN, Benjamin F. Heywood, Joseph P. Hale.# Henry Prentice, James S. Woodworth,
Samuel V. Stone, Calvin Wiilard,¿ Calvin Foster, William S. Lincoln. CITY CLERK,
Samuel Smith.
COMMON COUNCIL. PRESIDENT,
George M. Rice. Ward 1, David Hitchcock,
Austin Flint, George H. Tufts. Ward 2, Ransom M. Gouid, George Spaulding. Oran A. Kelley.
Ward 3,
Jason Temple,
Henry D. Stone,
Charles Bowen. Ward 4, Samuei D. Harding, Charles B. Pratt, Moses Taft.
Ward 5,
John S. Gustin, Levi Barker, George H. Ward, Ward 6,
Dana H. Fitch, Lorin Wetherell, Thomas Pierce. Ward 7,
George M, Rice, Albert P. Ware, John C. Jaques. Ward 8, William Dickinson, Charles W. Freeland, Joseph P. Cheney. CLERK,
William A. Smith.
1857.
MAYOR,
George W. Richardson. ALDERMEN,
Henry Earl, William A. Wheeler, Henry Prentice. John P. Southgate, Francis Strong, Albert Curtis, Charles White, Henry Goulding. CITY CLERK,
Samuel Smith.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT,
George M. Rice. Ward 1, Austin Flint,
Henry P. Nichols,
Charles H. Ballard,
Ward 2,
Oran A. Kelley, Ransom M. Gould, T Daniel Tainter.
Ward 3,
Jason Temple, Henry D. Stone, Calvin E. Pratt.
Ward 4, Charles B. Pratt, Rufus O. Williams, Elisha F. Witt.
Ward 5,
John S. Gustin,
Patrick O'Keefe, Samuel V. Stone. Ward 6,
Edwin Draper, Sylvanus Pratt, Joel Davis.
Ward 7,
George M. Rice, Aury G. Coes, Horatio N. Tower. Ward 8. William M. Bickford, Joshua M, C. Armsby, Samuel H Leonard.
CLERK,
William A. Smith.
* Declined, Reuben Randall elected. ¡ Resigned, Samuel Smith elected. ¿ Resigned, Edward Lamb elected. | Died while in office. ¿ Declined, James H. Wall elected. [Resigned. Henry Earl elected. 1Not filled.
1858.
MAYOR, Isaac Davis.
Ward 3, Samuel C. Richards, John S. Gustin, Lyman Brown.
Ward 4,
Elisha F. Witt, Samuel Hathaway, Alvan Allen.
Ward 5,
Levi Barker, George II. Ward,
Samuel V. Stone.
Ward 6,
James H. Wall, Joseph Boyden, George S. Barton, Ward 7, Elijah B. Stoddard, Aury G. Coes, Edwin Morse.
Ward 8.
Henry C. Rice, Joseph D. Daniels, Martin Lathe.
CLERK,
Wm. A. Smith.
1859.
Ward 3,
MAYOR, Alexander H. Bullock.
ALDERMEN, Alexander Thayer,
Ward 4,
Joshua M. C. Armsby,
Charles B. Pratt, _ William Adams, Appleton Dadmun.
Jonas Bartlett, Pliny Holbrook, Isaac Goddard,
Lorin Coes,
D. Waldo Lincoln,
David S. Messinger.
CITY CLERK,
Samuel Smith.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT,
Ward 7,
John W. Wetherell, Ward 1,
Edwin Morse, Aury G. Coes,
Timothy W. Hammond,
Samuel R. Heywood, Ward 8, John W. Wetherell,
Henry P. Nichols, Ransom M. Gould. Ward 2.
George A. Chamberlain, William Greenleaf.
Lucius W. Pond,
Augustus B. R. Sprague, Jolın Barnard.
William A. Smith.
* Resigned, Jonas Bartlett elected. ¡ Ransom M. Gould elected. Resigned, Pardon W. Aldrich elected.
ALDERMEN, Benj. F. Heywood, Draper Ruggles, Henry Prentice,* Pliny Holbrook, Wm. B. Fox, Jr., Thomas Pierce,
D. Waldo Lincoin, David S. Messinger. CITY CLERK. Samuel Smith.
COMMON COUNCIL,
PRESIDENT, Eiijah B. Stoddard.
Ward 1, Charles HI. Ballard, T. W. Hammond, t F. C. Bigelow. Ward 2,
Joshua M. C. Armsby,
Moore M Chaffin, Lucius W. Pond.
Lyman Brown, James F. Estabrook, Walter Henry.
Ward 5,
John Simmons, Henry Murray, Samuel V. Stone. Ward 6,
Edwin Draper, George S. Barton, Dana H. Fitch.
CLERK,
.
R CITY DOCUMENT No. 14.
35207443 W9220 INAUGURAL ADDRESS 1859
OF
HON. WILLIAM W. RICE,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER, JAN. 2, 1860,
WITH THE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SEVERAL CITY OFFICERS,
FOR
THE MUNICIPAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 2, 1860.
WORCESTER: HENRY J. HOWLAND, CITY PRINTER, 212 MAIN STREET.
CONTENTS.
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The Mayor's Inaugural Address, - 5 Report of the City Treasurer, - - 25 Account of Receipts and Expenditures, 31
Schedule of the City Property,
- 75
Amount of City Debt, -
80
High School Medal Fund,
- 80
Report of the School Committee, -
81
List of School Teachers, with their Salaries,
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121
Report of the Commissioners of Hope Cemetery,
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123
Report of the Overseers of the Poor,
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128
Report of the Aqueduct Commissioner,
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134
Report of Commissioner of Highways,
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137
Report of the Chief Engineer,
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141
Report of the City Marshal,
145
Government and Officers of the City of Worcester,
151
Members of the City Council from 1848 to 1859,
159
Organization of Fire Department for 1860,
163
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
Treasurer's Office, City of Worcester, April, 1860. TO PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
Bills presented for the action of the Auditor of Accounts, must specify what the article or articles sold were for-when for labor, where it was per- formed, number of days and price per day, unless otherwise agreed upon. When there are charges belonging to different departments, separate bills must be made, including only charges belonging to each department.
ALL BILLS MUST SPECIFY THE DATE OF THE SEVERAL CHARGES ...
Claimants should carefully note the name of the person who orders the article or service, and should enquire to what department the charge shall be made, and should also know that the person is duly authorized to make con- tracts. Unless this is done, the claimant will be put to the trouble of mak- ing out his account the second time, and run the risk of losing it.
When bills are certified to, as per Ordinance 70 (below), they can be left at the Treasurer's or Auditor's Office, on or before the first Saturday of each month, except bills at the close of the year ; these must be left on or before December 25th, before 2 o'clock P. M.
Those who attend to the above, will find their bills audited and ready at the Treasurer's Office, who will pay them promptly at the times designated below.
TIMES OF PAYMENT.
Salaries of the City Officers, and Teachers in the permanent Schools, on the first day of each quarter.
Salaries of Watchmen, on the first day of each month.
Salaries of Firemen, on the 15th day of May.
All other hills on the 10th of each month.
When the above days come on Sundays, payment will be made the next day.
And persons having claims are requested to call promptly for their money ON THE DAY DESIGNATED.
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer. Treasurer's Office in City Hall Building.
PARTICULAR NOTICE. CA
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, April, 1860.
All persons having claims against the City, are hereby reminded, that agreeably to an established rule, all bills, in order that they may be ready for payment on the 10th, must be left with the Treasurer or Auditor, on or before the first Saturday of each month, except bills at the close of the year ; these must be left on or before December 25th, before 2 o'clock P. M. Those who fail to comply with this rule, will have to wait till the following month before their bills will be ready for payment.
PART OF ORDINANCE 70.
"Section 2. No account or claim against the City, other than judgments of the Judicial Courts, shall be received or acted on by the Auditor on Accounts, unless such account or claim shall be accompanied with a certifi- cate of the Mayor, Committee, or Agent of the proper Certifying Officer of each department, as the case may be, certifying the same to be correct; otherwise, the same shall not be received nor acted upon by him."
GILL VALENTINE, Auditor.
Office corner Main and Mechanic streets, up stairs.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
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GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
AND OF THE COMMON COUNCIL :
The beginning of the new year imposes upon us the temporary administration of the municipal affairs of our city. The duty is a grave and responsible one, and we should enter upon it with a spirit of faithful and earnest devotion to the interests of our fellow- citizens, whose favor and confidence have devolved it. upon us.
It is not necessary for us, the municipal officers of this New England city, to devise new forms under which to organize and administer, or to practice. ex periments, the result of untried, and often imprac cable theories. It is our good fortune to be call
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pon to act as conservators, not as innovators ; and ve shall do best to study the policy of those who have preceded us, that, during our official term, our city may be advanced in that path of material and moral prosperity, upon which she has been placed, by those who have hitherto directed her affairs.
In calling your attention, therefore, to the various departments of affairs, which are about to pass under our control and management, I shall offer few, if any, new suggestions, premising that, while the still de- pressed condition of business justifies and demands a strict economy in all our appropriations, that is shetimes most truly found in generous expenditure. Believing that it is our duty to maintain in good pair the property and highways of the city, to guard iciently against the devouring element, to provide oth largely and wisely for our public schools, and to bestow liberally the charities of the city, I shall re- commend no new enterprise, tending to increase the demand upon the City Treasury, excepting such as the occasion and circumstances indicate to be, not only eminently useful and proper, but also inevitable.
The funded debt of the city now amounts to $99,429 10; $20,000 of this matures the first of April next, but in the present state of the money market, no difficulty is apprehended in refunding it advantageously, certainly, as at present.
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Our predecessors found in the Treasury about $12,000 They received from uncollected taxes of
1858, about - - - 2,000
$14,000
They leave in the Treasury, about - $7,500
And for taxes uncollected and collectible for 1859, about - - - 1,800
$9,300
But if they do not leave in the Treasury as much money as they found, they are, nevertheless, able to show substantial results from its expenditure.
Among other things, they have expended specially : For a school house at Tatnuck, about - $4,200 For a school house at Northville, about - 2,550
For a new engine house, about - 3,800
· For a lot of land added to the city farm, - 1,000
For a lot of land adjoining city barn, - 2,000
For a lot of land on Elm street, for a city library building, - - - 5,000
While they have been generous in their various appropriations, they have not been lavish, and after a somewhat careful examination of the items of ex- penditure in the various departments, as well as of those of a contingent character, I do not see where we can effect any considerable retrenchment.
We have, already pointed out for us, objects of expense of an extraordinary character, more than
equal to those which I have just enumerated as incurred by the last city government.
While, therefore, I should be most happy to repeat the recommendation of almost all my predecessors, that we attempt a reduction of our city debt, circum- stances beyond our control render it so clearly impos- sible, that I can only caution you against increasing it more than is absolutely necessary.
Against any undertaking tending permanently to increase it, I must enter my remonstrance. I see no reason why the well-tested principle, that it is good policy for the individual to pay as he spends, is not equally applicable to municipal corporations. I do not believe in incurring debts for our children to pay. It is urged, that the improvements we effect and the institutions we establish, will be for their benefit as well as ours, and that therefore they should bear their proportion of the expense. Depend upon it, however, that the spirit of progress, which has thus far prevailed in our city, and which we trust will never die out in the bosoms of its citizens, will be constantly suggesting new enterprises, equal in utility and magnitude to those which now engross our attention. The next generation will have respon- sibilities enough of its own to meet, without inherit- ing burdens from us.
In two months our city will have attained the age of twelve years, and its debt is not $300 less than
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when it entered on its corporate existence. I am convinced that, with proper management, all current expenses can be met, and this entire debt expunged in twenty years, without subjecting our citizens to a rate of taxation, exceeding the average per cent. in the towns of the county. Inexperience hazards con- clusions which experience contradicts, but I think we can safely claim to have administered the finan- cial affairs of the city well, if, at the close of our official term, we shall have demonstrated this to be correct.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Our public schools properly claim from us the largest appropriations of money and attention. With 4163 children between the ages of five and fifteen years, of whom 3400 are constantly in the schools, we should not superintend carelessly, or give grudgingly to these moral and intellectual nurseries of our city.
The annual expenditure in this department during the last four years, has been as follows :
For 1856, -
-
.
$29,992
For 1857,
-
-
-
32,280
For 1858,
- - -
30,504
For 1859, about
- 35,000
-
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Taking into consideration the fact that the average attendance during the last, has been greater than in any preceding year, and that about $1500 has been paid for furnishing new school houses and repairing the damage done by the explosion on Pleasant street, I think that the cost of education, per scholar, has not been increased during the past year.
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