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3 58
Pitts & Bailey 41 60
Pitts & Bailey, improv-
ed by Gage & Comp. 32 50
Allen, B. F. 9 26
Tufts, Estate of Anna 3 25
Dewer, Thomas
1 30
Fiske, Elbridge 13 65
more Farm 15 76
Whitney, Lydia, & Wal- ter H. Russell 6 50
Whittemore, Timothy .. 26 00
Sullivan, Heirs of John L. 9 75
Hanscomb, Jacob 4 88
Robbins, Estate of Ste- phen 21 45
Wellington, Henry, Jr. .. 25 42
25 94
16 90
Cutler, George D. 6 50
Cutler, Silas 19 50
Wait, James 9 10
Cotting, William 108 23
35
TAXES.
Frost, Artemas C.
4 55 | Frost, Isaac
4 10
Bumstead, J. F.
15 80
Frost, N. C. 13 65
Frost, Henry
4 10
Hill, William 11 70
NOTE .... SAMUEL S. DAVIS was elected an Assessor, for 1860, to fill the vacancy cocasioned by the resignation of WILLIAM DICKSON.
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TAXES. AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION. FOR THE YEAR 1859.
Real Estate,
$1,575,166 00
Personal Estate,
854,068 00
$2,429,234 00
6₺ mills on the dollar,
$15,790 02
641 Polls,
961 50
$16,751 52
Belmont Portion of State and County Tax,
582 71
$17,334 23
Town Grant, $14,000 00
West Cambridge County Tax, ..
1,490 62
Belmont portion County Tax, .. 406 07
West Cambridge State Tax, .......
648 36
Belmont portion State Tax,
176 64
Overlayings,
612 54
$17,334 23
The above is a true and correct copy of a list of Town, State and County Taxes, for the Town of West Cambridge, assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the inhabitants of said Town, and also the Non-Residents, according to a valuation, as taken by the Subscribers, on the first of May, A. D. 1859, and committed to Josiah H. Russell for collection, for the current year, with their warrant, in due form of law.
STEPHEN SYMMES, JR., Assessors of the WILLIAM DICKSON, Town of
WASHINGTON J. LANE, West Cambridge.
West Cambridge, June 1st, 1859.
SCHOOL REPORT.
In obedience to the requirements of law, we hereby most respectfully submit this, our Annual Report :
Our Schools have been so uniformly successful during the past year, that we need present nothing more at this time than a few statistical items, with brief remarks.
There has been no change of Teachers in the High Street Schools, from last year. In the Grammar department there are some few very excellent scholars. They are thorough and prompt. The girls in this department are far in advance of the boys ; and it must ever be so, unless more inter- est can be awakened in the latter, as well as in the parents. For if parents would have their boys improve in what is good and useful, while within school, they must see to what kind of influences they are exposed when out of school.
Miss HILL, and Miss FESSENDEN are doing a very good work in the Primary Branch of this School. With good order and discipline, it is gradually improving in grade, and we would commend it to the parents as worthy their confidence and support.
Mr. ALBERT PALMER still continues in charge of the Grammar depart- ment of the Centre School. There is more uniformity between the male and female scholars in this school than formerly, and a decided improve- ment is apparent in the boys from last year. They exhibit more life, more energy, and more mental activity than have been shown for many years. Extra efforts have been brought to bear upon them to awaken their dor-
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REPORT OF THE
mant energies, and create in them a love of study, and a desire for knowl- edge and mental culture. And while the teacher has labored to accom- plish this in the boys, the girls have caught the inspiration, and have put forth extra efforts, and have made great proficiency in whatever they have undertaken. For the most part, the scholars are thoroughly drilled in whatever studies they have attended to, and present some fine specimens of scholarship. The classes of boys and girls, as they are now formed, move steadily and thoroughly onward together without any complaint that the one is less studious than the other.
Miss L. S. MORSE, who was appointed in place of Miss HILL, who re- signed, proves to be a very faithful and efficient co-laborer in this de- partment.
In the Primary Department, Miss TURNER still continues to labor faithfully and industriously with Miss E. CUTTER, as an assistant. Not- withstanding the want of proper accommodation for so large a number of children as congregate here from day to day, they are cheerful and happy, and there is a manifest improvement in the general character of the School.
Miss E. S. PARKER was first appointed to take charge of the East School. At the close of the Spring Term, she resigned, and Miss A. E. WORCESTER was selected to fill the vacancy. Although laboring under some disadvantage at first, she has succeeded in establishing good order, and a thorough course of training is going on. She proves a valuable ac- quisition to our list of teachers.
We fear that parents do not fully realize the nature of a Primary School. We are sure if they did, their visits to them would be more frequent, and they would know more about them from personal observation, and not trust them too much in the hands of a Committee. The time of life spent in the Primary School, is the most important period in the whole history of the child's education. Habits of thought, of speech, and of order, are here being formed, that may bias, in a right or wrong direc- tion, the whole character of their education in after life. Mothers in par-
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ticular, should visit these nurseries often, thereby manifesting by their presence in the school, that they feel a deep interest in their children as well as their teachers, as they meet together from day to day. It is a duty they owe to both. Their presence will do much to encourage and stimulate the children, both in study and behaviour, as well as encourage and sustain the teacher in the arduous and responsible labors of shaping and training the young and tender mind.
We have confidence in their services, and would commend them to you as worthy your hearty co-operation and support. They are all performing a work for you in educating your children, a duty you owe to them, and which you have no right to neglect. Their work is your work. We fur- nish the workmen, you the material. They are moulding and shaping, day by day, young and plastic minds, and forming characters that are more or less to affect them for life. Your children go from your care every morn- ing to be cared for by another through most of the day. Have you no in- terest in their going to, and coming from the school, and none when there ? Or is your only anxiety concerning them, that they will return too soon, to give you a little trouble ? Can you not sympathise with the teacher, who is obliged to take so many children from different home influences, in- cluding, more or less, of foreign element, according to locality, and so order and harmonize as to make a good and well-conducted School ?
Ponder well and consider, and exercise the same care and solicitude in your Schools as in other matters, if no more, and mark the results in your own children.
The Scholars in Town have attended School as follows : -
Whole No. Spring Term.
Average Attendance.
Whole No. Winter Term.
Average Attendance.
Over fifteen.
Centre Grammar,
·
69
66
76
72
23
Primary, ..
89
65
85
70
1
High Street Grammar, . .
50
35
56
42
9
Primary, ...
98
85
103
86
East
... 70
47
59
42
40
REPORT OF THE
It will be seen that the number of different scholars registered in all our Public Schools the past year, is 394; 33 of whom are over 15, and who attend only the Winter Term.
The money appropriated for the payment of Teachers, is as follows :
Balance on hand from last year, $405 44
Town Grant, 2800 00
Interest on Cutter School Fund, 291 24
State Grant,
95 97
$3592 65
Orders drawn for payment of Teachers, . $3268 83
for Schooling Children in Wyman
District, as per vote of the Town, 31 00
3299 83
Balance, $292 82
Having now closed our labors for the year, as regards our Schools, it is but natural to suppose that many very pleasant reminiscences should be recalled to mind, as well as some few that are not of so pleasant a charac- ter. As to the result of our efforts to bring our Schools to a standing and condition that would be, in some degree, satisfactory to you and beneficial to your children, we leave with you to decide ; and whatever the result may be, we have the satisfaction of feeling that we have endeavored, in some faint degree, to perform our duty, however unpleasant that duty, at times may be.
Between the Committee and Teachers, there has been through the year a good understanding, and the kindest of feeling. We have reason to be- lieve they have labored hard and persistently to elevate the character and raise the standard of their respective Schools; and wherein they have fail- ed, it is attributable to the head and not to the heart.
Trial is always the best test of the capability of the Teacher, and there is no place where their tact and talent can be so well known as in the School-room. It is here we judge of the character of the teaching, and we are satisfied that, as a general rule, the studies have been pursued in a thorough manner.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The course of teaching has been more to develope thought than to store the memory, - to understand the principles of a few things, rather than to skim over many pages without any real knowledge of what they contain.
The result of this thorough course of the mind to think for itself, to investigate, examine, and compare, has produced some good scholars.
There is evidently an increasing interest, with a few exceptions, among the scholars in our Schools, which is certainly a gratifying indication of still greater results ; and we hope in future to have the hearty co-operation of the parents to aid us in our endeavors to educate the heart as well as the head, - to instruct them to think right and act right. The moral feelings of the heart must no more be neglected than the mental culture of the mind. Both are absolutely necessary in the formation of character.
We cannot close this Report without suggesting to your consideration the subject of providing better accommodation for the Centre School. - This subject has been several times before you, in previous Reports, and we again present it, and would recommend, either that the present building be enlarged, as it now stands, or that you take such other action in relation thereto, as you may deem proper.
MOSES PROCTOR, WM. E. PARMENTER, GEORGE HILL, JOHN D. FREEMAN, JOSIAH CROSBY, STEPHEN SYMMES, JR.
Superintending School Committee.
West Cambridge, March, 1860.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE
Town of Celest Cambridge,
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 25, 1861;
LIST OF TOWN, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES,
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1860;
AND THE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS,
FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
ALSO, THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
BOSTON : PRESS OF W. & E. HOWE, 39 MERCHANTS ROW. 1861.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the Treasury, March 26th, 1860, $ 284 80 Rec'd Taxes from W. J. Lane, Collector for 1859, including abatements and discounts, ..... 278 18
Taxes from A. R. Proctor, Collector for 1860, including abatements and discounts, 16480 14
66 from Town of Belmont, for State Tax, 147 19
66
66 66 66 66 " County " 430 95
66
66 66 66 .
" Sup't of Paupers,
330 33
66
66
66
66 66
" Advertis'g Notice, 1 62
66 W. J. Lane, for Board of Wm. Carnes, ..
84 86
66
for Rents of Town House,
886 75
66
66 Interest on Wm. Cutter School Fund, 391 50
66 66 66 " Poor Widows' Fund, 12 00
66 from Town Liquor Agency, 265 33
66
66 State School Fund,
83 64
66
Town Lands Rent,
65 00
66 Fenton White, for Gravel Lot, sold him, 60 00
66
A. R. Proctor, for Dog Licenses,
153 00
66 Mrs. Isaiah Jenkins, for Support of Jas. E. Jenkins, at Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, 69 00
S. Butterfield & J. Crosby, for Loam from School House Lot, on Medford Street,
32 50
66
66 Town Hay Scales,
58 07
66
66
J. Winslow Pierce, for two Settees, 10 00
66
J. D. Freeman, for Vaccination, 1 50
25 00
66
" Samuel Butterfield,
2500 00
" Bank of the Republic,
5000 00
66 Cambridge Market Bank,
2100 00
66 John Ryan, 500 00
66 Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund, 500 00
66
" Faneuil Hall Bank, ...... 400 00
66
" Thomas Cutter, 186 51
$36337 87
for Interest on balance in Treasury, Loaned, .. Borrowed of Reuben Hunt,
5000 00
EXPENDITURES.
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Bills Approved by Selectmen & Prudential School Committee. NORTH-WEST DISTRICT.
Paid Russell & Pierce, for Fuel, $51 00
H. A. Dearborn, for making Fires, &c., 37 00
Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 14 00
Mrs. Harrington, for making Fires, &c.,
9 00
J. D. Freeman, Cash paid for Sundries, 8 83
66 Wid. Barry, for Cleaning Sch. House, 8 25
R. W. Shattuck, for fixing Stoves, &c., 5 72
66 H. A. Dearborn, for Books, 2 59
66 Levi Barker, for Carpenter's Work, 2 00
66 John Dexter, for Ink, &c., 2 21
66 Solon Hardy, for Brooms, &c., 1 42
-
$142 02
CENTRE DISTRICT.
Paid W. J. Lane, Insurance of Sch. House, 139 50
Russell & Pierce, for Fuel, 106 78
66 C. M. & F. J. Proctor, for making Fires, &c., 50 00
" Moses Proctor, for Sundries furnished, 33 24
Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 8 33
" J. C. Jones & Co., for Setting Glass, .. 4 35
R. W. Shattuck, for Crayons, &c., .... 3 15
6 James M. Chase, for Carpenter Work, .. 1 20
346 55
Amount carried forward, $488 57
5
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $488 75
EAST DISTRICT.
Paid Josiah Crosby for care of House, and Cash for Sundries, $40 97
66
Russell & Pierce, for Fuel, 29 12
66 Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 10 00
66 J. C. Jones & Co., for Setting Glass, .. 1 25
81 34
$569 91
TEACHERS' SALARIES, &c.
Paid by School Committee's Orders.
Paid Wilson Palmer, $800 00
Alanson Palmer, 467 00
Albert Palmer, 416 66
66 Miss Caroline C. Turner,
300 00
66 66 Lizzie S. Morse,
300 00
66 66 Ann E. Worcester,
300 00
66 Mary C. Hill,
300 00
66 Ellen Cutter,
233 00
66
66 Francena Fessenden,
233 00
66 Stephen Swan, as per vote of Town,
8 00
Abel Pierce, 66 66 66
8 00
Oliver H. Pierce, “ -
...
4 00
$3369 66
6
EXPENDITURES.
RUSSELL SCHOOL HOUSE,
ON MEDFORD STREET.
Bills Approved by the Building Committee.
Paid James M. Chase, on Contract, and Building Fences, &c., less half of Insurance, . $5682 15
66 G. W. Shattuck, for Furniture, 460 68
66 Jesse Bacon & Co., for Mason Work, 336 86
R. W. Shattuck, for Furnaces, &c., 289 39
66 Alfred Brooks, for Stone Work and Well, 257 67
166 J. J. Healy, for Iron Fence, 171 50
Samuel Fletcher, for Stone, 163 92
66 John Sargent, for Cellar Stone, 122 50
66 Russell & Pierce, for Teaming and Freight, 45 13
66 William L. Clark, for Repairing Old Desks, 31 67
66 Jacob Caswell, for Pump, 31 50
66
J. C. Jones, for Painting Fences, 30 32
W. J. Lane, for one half expense of Insurance, 19 75
66 John Barnard, for Painting and Sanding Privies, 17 67
66 Elijah Wilson, for Cleaning Windows, ....
.8 50
66 John Winn, for Teaming Bell and Furniture, ..... 8 25
66 W. J. Lane, for Bell Rope, and Cash paid for Labor, 8 03
D. P. Davis, for Clock, 7 00
William Hall, for Hardware, 5 11
Francis Gould, for Surveying, 3 00
$7700 60
The Lot of Land, on which the School House stands, was purchased of the heirs of the late James Russell, for $1887.60, for which Town Notes were given, payable in five, ten, and fif- teen years.
EXPENDITURES.
HIGHWAYS. 1
Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid Michael Murphy, for Teaming,
$379 57
66 John and Edward Lacy, for Labor,
500 75
Edward Cullinan, 204 00 66 66
Thomas Cutter, 192 00 66
Dennis Mahoney, 66
223 00
John McLarry,
66
121 00
66 John Fannin, 66
66
17. 00
66 Michael Campbell,
66
14 00
66 John Carroll,
66
9 50
66 James Mahoney, 66
66
9 00
Timothy Kenney,
66
7 50
66 Patrick Kelley,
66
66
6 00
John Kelley,
66
66
6 00
66 James Price, 66
66
3 75
Peter Reardon,
2 81
66 Dennis O'Brien, 66
66
1 75
66 Timothy Sargent, 66
1 25
66 Daniel Hurley,
1 00
66 A. R. Walker, for Horse,
250 00
Russell & Pierce, for Grain,
385 31
66 Henry Walton, for Hay,
152 40
A. Hayward, 66 66
83 79
J. S. Munroe, 66
52 69
" Hiram Clark, 66
34 84
66 Frank Jaquith, 66 66
6 61
66 William H. Richardson, for Blacksmith Work,
66 23
Joshua Caldwell,
66
65 60
" A. Deblois, for Wheelwright 66
25 50
Wm. L. Clark, for Harness
66
20 68
66 N. C. Huntress, for "
19 41
Abel Lawrence, for
66
7 54
Amount carried forward, $2970 48
8
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $2970 48
Paid Amos Russell, for Gravel,
24 90
City of Cambridge, for Covering Stone, 11 58
" John Ford, for Blasting, &c., .. 16 36
66 Thomas H. Russell, for Shovels, &c., ....... 17 49
$3040 81
NOTE ...... The board of the men employed on Highways, is strictly chargeable under this head, but is included in the expen- ses of the Almshouse, the bills of which are approved by the Overseers of the Poor, and is estimated at about $300.00, which, being added to the above sum, makes the actual expense for Highways.
LIGHTING STREETS.
Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid West Cambridge Gas Light Company, $418 20
Dennis O'Brien, for Lighting and Care, 146 00
66
W. Cambridge Gas Light Company, for Light- ing and Care,
28 75
66 T. K. Hutchinson, for Lighting and Care, ........
2 50
66 Ralph W. Shattuck, for Repairing Lanterns, ..... 4 00
$599 45
SPECIAL NIGHT POLICE.
Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid Edward Russell,
$26 00
John R. Stevens, 26 00
" Harvey Bacon, 26 00
66 John W. Lawrence, 26 00
$104 00
9
EXPENDITURES.
TOWN HOUSE.
Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid West Cambridge Gas Light Company, $114 40
John B. Hartwell, for Opening, Care, &c., 100 00
66 Russell & Pierce, for Fuel, 24 87
66 R. W. Shattuck, for Chimney Top, &c., 14 73
Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 6 67
66. Jesse Bacon, for Whitewashing, &c., 7 50
66 S. A. Stetson & Co., for Gas Fixtures, 3 00
$271 17
LIQUOR AGENCY. Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid Edward F. Porter, State Agent for Liquors, $275 27
Samuel Swan, for Services as Agent, 14 36
66 66 66 Teaming, ...... 2 02
$291 65
Amount paid into the Treasury, by Liquor Agents, .. $265 33
Am't of Liquors on hand, March 26, 1861, estimated at 125 00
$390 33
POOR WIDOWS' FUND. Distributed by the Selectmen.
Paid Mrs. Gibson,
$3 00
Mrs. Hagan, 3 00
66 Mrs. Rankin,. 3 00
66 Mrs. Gilcrease, .. 3 00
$12 00
10
EXPENDITURES.
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Bills Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid W. J. Lane, for Services as Selectman, and Highway Surveyor, and Cash paid for Sun- dry Articles,
$131 77
66 Samuel Butterfield, for Services as Selectman, and Highway Surveyor, and Cash paid for Sundry Articles,
58 75
S. F. Woodbridge, for Services as Selectman and Highway Surveyor,
40 00
66 A. R. Proctor, for Services as Town Clerk,
50 00
66 66 66 66
66 . " Treasurer,
50 00
66
66
66
" Collecting Taxes,
159 87
66
66
66 Making up Finan. Statement,
15 00
66
66
66
66 Issuing 145 Dog Licenses, .....
14 50
66
66 66
" Recording Births; Deaths, and Marriages,
17 65
66 W. J. Lane, for Collecting 1859 Taxes,
13 90
66 66
66 " Services as Assessor, and Cash for Books,
116 63
66 Stephen Symmes, Jr., Services as Assessor,
115 00
66 Samuel S. Davis,
66
102 75
M. Proctor, for Services as School Com.,
42 00
6 J. Crosby,
24 00
66 W. E. Parmenter, " 66 66 66
2 “
30 00
15 00
James Thaxter, for Services as Chief Engineer, E. Russell, for Warning Town Meetings, &c., ..
24 00
66 J. B. Hartwell, 66 66 66
32 90
Helen M. Jarvis, for Services as Librarian, 50 00
66 Juvenile Library, as per vote of Town,
100 00
66 Thurston Boynton, for Ringing Bell one year, .. 62 00
66 Moses C. Trask, 66.
6. six mos., .. 31 00
66 School Committee, for Books, 22 25
66 Wm. E. Parmenter, for Drafting Contract, &c., 25 00
Amount carried forward, $1343 97
.
66
2 yrs.,
11
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $1343 97 Paid Wm. E. Parmenter, Esq., for Services before the Legislature, on Bridge Case, and Cash for Ad- vertising, &c., 163 60
66 W. & E. Howe, for Printing, 128 50
66 Prescott & Proctor, for Books, Stationery, &c., 29 47
F. E. Fowle, for Indexing Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 15 00
Sidney Bartlett, Esq., for Professional Services, 15 00
66 F. Gould, for Plan of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 10 00
Cambridge Chronicle, for Advertising, ..
6 00
Waltham Sentinel, 66 66
3 25
Hartwell, Boynton, and Trask, for Ringing Bells, July 4th, 5 00
66 O. Peasely, for Raising Gate in Old Cemetery, .. 5 00
66 Thomas Thorpe, for Repairing Pumps, &c., .... 5 50
66 C. C. P. Moody, for Printing Programmes for School House Dedication, . 4 50
66 Edward Storer, for Repairing Guide Boards, &c., 8 91
J. M. Woodbridge, for Express Charges, 73
Charles H. Hudson, Reward for Detection and Conviction of Incendiaries, 78 58
$1823 01
12
EXPENDITURES.
ALMSHOUSE AND POOR EXPENSES. Bills Approved by the Overseers of the Poor. See Note under Highway Expenses.
Paid M. A. Richardson, Salary, and for Female Help, $625 00
" Russell & Pierce, for Coal, Meal, &c., 167 58
66 Thos. H. Russell, for Groceries, &c., 117 40
66 66 Moses Proctor, 129 73
66 Solon Hardy, 66 108 38
66
Andrews Howe, 66 66 66
43 90
66
Birchard & Torrey, " 66 16 91 66
66 Prescott & Proctor, for Dry Goods, 98 75
66 Henry Locke, for Provisions, 86 39
H. B. Mitchell, for Fish, 46 03
66 Mr. Dearborn, for Beef, 7 00
66 F. F. Packard, for Furniture, 57 00
66 W. J. Lane, for Standing Wood, 31 63
66 R. W. Shattuck, for Stove, Tin Ware, &c., 53 02
66 W. B. Richardson, Paper Hangings,
9 70
Estate of Wm. Dickson, for Milk,
6 45
66 J. B. Hartwell, for Coffin and Robe, for Joice, ..
11 00
S. F. Woodbridge, for Fuel, &c., for Joice and O'Leary, 10 00
Stephen Symmes, Jr., for two Pigs,
66 Parker, Gannet & Osgood, for Plow, 7 00
66 A. Conant & Co., for one Mirror, 6 25
66 C. C. & E. Sanderson, for Bread and Crackers,
4 66
66 E. S. Demmon, for Board, &c., of Trumbull, ....
5 00
T. A. Thornton, for Repairing Boots and Shoes,
2 72
66 Swett & Russell, for Bread,
5 06
66 Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, for Medical Attendance, ....
20 00
66 Charles Hill, for Servics as Overseer, and Cash paid to Paupers, 31 00
Stephen Symmes, Jr., for Services as Overseer, 25 00
Amount carried forward, $1743 18
6 00
66 James Durgan, for Ice, 4 62
13
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, 1743 18
Approved by the Selectmen.
Paid State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester,
for Support of Aaron Locke, Jerome Pierce, James E. Jenkins, and Alan- son Blanchard, $571 72
66 W. J. Lane, for Cow Fodder, &c., bought at Auction, 43 00
Walter Fletcher, for Rent of Spring, 10 00
66 Edward Storer, for Carpenter Work, .. 6 72
Jesse Bacon & Co., for White-wash- ing, &c., 6 50
66 Russell & Pierce, for Lime and Ce- ment,
2 70
James M. Chase, for Carpenter Work, 2 37
643 01
$2386 19
From the above amount should be deducted the board of the men employed on the Highways, $300.00 ; the amount paid by the Town of Belmont, for the support of their propor- tion of the Paupers, $330.33 ; and $69.00 paid by Mrs. Isaiah Jenkins, for the support of James E. Jenkins, at the State Lu- natic Hospital, at Worcester, which will leave a balance of $1686.86, as the actual expense of the Almshouse and Poor for the year.
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EXPENDITURES.
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST, INCLUDING TEMPORARY LOANS.
Paid Cambridge Market Bank, Principal, $4600 00
Thomas Cutter,
66 186 51
" Faneuil Hall Bank,
66
400 00
John Ryan, 66
500 00
Nathaniel Johnson, 66
550 00
66 Warren Rawson, 6:
800 00
66 Bank of the Republic,
2500 00
-
$9536 51
Paid Heirs of Wm. A. Russell, Interest, $180 00
Faneuil Hall Bank,
66
2 87
Trustees of Juvenile Library,
6 00
Thomas Cutter,
66
8 39
Nathaniel Johnson, 66
8 53
66 John Ryan, 66
13 75
Cambridge Market Bank,
66
22 05
Warren Rawson,
66
48 00
Trustees of William Cutter School Fund, 66
60 00
Bank of the Republic,
66
99 33
66 Reuben Hunt,
66
103 13
66 Mrs. Rebecca Whittemore,
66
108 00
66 Luke Wyman,
120 00
Daniel C. Brown,
66
120 00
66 Charles Cutter,
66
120 00
John Albee,
66
862 50
1882 55
$11419 06
15
. EXPENDITURES.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Bills Approved by the Engineers.
Paid William H. Whittemore, for Refreshments, fur- nished at Fire corner of Main and Medford Streets,
$75 00
Albin Russell, for Refreshments furnished Bel- mont Engine, at Fire in this Town, 10 00
" Edward Lacy, for Care of Engine,
30 00
" John Dexter, for Oil, &c.,
11 56
66 Solon Hardy, " " 66
7 38
James Thaxter, for Cash paid for Sundries,
4 52
66 William Hall & Co., for Hardware,
5 62
66 William H. Richardson, for Repairing Engine,
3 69
66 William T. Wood, 66 66
2 75
" . A. Deblois, . 66 66
1 50
66 R. W. Shattuck, for Tinware, &c.,
9 44
66 Refunded Poll Tax to the members of Engine Company No. 1, 33 00
$194 46
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EXPENDITURES. . RECAPITULATION.
Amount of Receipts, as stated on page third, $36337 87
EXPENDITURES.
Incidental School Expenses,
$569. 91
Teachers' Salaries, &c.,
3369 66
Russell School House,
7700 60
Highways,
3040 81
Lighting Streets,
599 45
Special Night Police,
104 00
Town House,
271 17
Liquor Agency,
291 65
Incidental Town Expenses,
1823 01
Almshouse and Poor Expenses,
2386 19
Town Debt and Interest,
11419 06
Fire Department,
194 46
Poor Widows' Fund,
12 00
Discount on Taxes,
682 04
Abatement of Taxes,
160 84
State Tax,
687 50
County Tax,
2012 81
Balance in Treasury, March 25th, 1861,
1012 71
$36337 87
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, MARCH 25, 1861.
TO WHOM DUE.
DATE OF NOTE.
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