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Gipson, Thomas
1 50 Hill, Addison 1 83
Griffeths, William
1 50 Hopkins, Capt. Reuben 18 49
Gordon, Thomas
2 28 Harris, Dr. Jerome 10 36
Grant, John D. 1 50
Hanscom, Stephen C. 10 82
Gray, Elias B.
1 50
Hanscom, Jacob
1 50
Greelee, Gay
1 50
Howe, Eli
3 81
Griswold, Matthew
5 53
Hutchinson, Thomas
36 34
Gardner, Saralı and Patience
6 85
Hardy, Reuben
11 28
Gardner, Samuel
13 54
Hathaway, Charles 1 50
Gibbs, Franklin
1 50
Horton, Francis 4 47
Gongum, Henry 1 50
Homer, William F.
15 19
H.
Homer, Eleazer 21 46
Hill, Amos 34 74
Hutchins, Charles 1 50
Hill, Amos, Jr.
23 17
Hall, Erastus 1 50
Hill, Henry Y. & Francis 64 33
Hill, Amos, Jr. H. Y. Hill
22 11
Hill, James
66 35
Hill, Joseph
21 94
Hall, Ira 1 50
Hill, Nathaniel
21 82
Hill, Nathaniel Jr.
3 96
Harley, Henry 1 50
Hill, William, 2d.
34 19
Hams, Calvin 1 50
Hill, Charles H.
1 50
Hartwell, George 1 50
Hanson, Joel F.
6 78
J.
Hosmer, Nathaniel
1 50
Jarvis, Capt. John 8 59
Hill, Capt. David
32 03
Jenkins, Isaiah 1 50
Hill, Charles
4 47
Jennison, John
1 50
Harvey, Belding
1 50
Johnson, James 2 98
Hartwell, John B. 7 44
Johnson, Nathaniel
4 40
Harris, Calvin. 10 41
K.
Harrington, Cyrus
2 57
Kendall, Widow Hannah 14 49
Hill, Widow Nancy
7 02
Kendall, Joshua 11 55
Hardy, Solon
5 13
Kendall, Daniel 1 50
Harty, Michael
1 50
Kenney, Michael 2 49
Hill, Nancy 1 15
Kimball, Stephen 2 32
Hopkins, John F.
2 49
Kendrick, Mr. 1 50
Hutchinson, J. H.
2 03
Kinkade, Oliver 1 50
Hill, William 3d.
5 54
Kimball, Samuel 1 50
Hovey, Ebenezer
5 08
1 50
Hill, Benjamin
5 77
Holt, Darius
1 50
Locke, Artemas 65 47
Hopkins, Samuel
1 50
Locke, Artemas, Jr. 6 86
Hall, Isaac
8 43
Hall, Thomas
20 13
Hyde, Henry
1 50
Locke, Artemas, Guardian for Wm. H. Locke, 4 62
Horgan, Thomas 1 50
Hill, George 2 49
Locke, Wid. Hannah B. 8 11
Hill, Joseph 1 50
Holden, Daniel W.
1 50
Hutchinson, Thomas K.
1 50
Hutchinson, Thomas 2d. 1 50
Hall, Daniel C, 1 50
Kenney, Michael 2d. L.
Locke, Artemas, Guardian for Caroline A. Locke 3 96
2 82
Hutchinson, Thomas O.
10
Locke, Hannah C. 13 19
MeAuly, Aully 1 50
Locke, Widow Amee
13 03
Marsh, Leonard 15 32
Locke, Benjamin, heirs of 13 86
Marden, Mr.
1 50
Locke, Elbridge
22 16 Merrifield, Joseph A.
50
Locke, Widow Elizabeth
2 47
Mc'Near David
1 50
Locke, Widow Mehitable
7 22
Mc'Keath Luther
1 50
Locke, Joseph 18 78
Locke, William, Esq.
26 63
Morrell, Daniel
1 50
Lewis, Samuel, Jr.
11 78
Lewis, Samuel
1 50
Mills, John M.
1 50
Lewis, John
1 50
N.
Locke, Abel
2 97
Nason, Eliakim, heirs of 9. 24
Locke, Abel, Jr.
2 02
Nute, John 1 50
Locke, Amos, Estate of
3 63
Newton, Ralph W. 1 50
Lovejoy David P.
1 50
Niles, Mr.
11 27
Locke, Aaron
2 43
Noyes, Frederic
50
Locke, George A.
32 24
Otis, Harrison G.
50
Locke, Edwin
3 42
Peirce, Abner G.
4.47
Locke, Davis
2 08
Peirce, 'Thomas P.
30 56
Low David
5 79
Peirce, Ebenezer P.
31 31
Lane, W. J.
10 49
Peirce, Widow Lydia
10 23
Lombard, Nathaniel K.
37 55
Peirce, Jonas Heirs of
5 17
Lee, Capt. George
457 26 Peirce, Jonas L.
1 50
Lovejoy, William P.
1 50
Peirce, James A.
1 50
Locke, Edwin improved by
Porter, John
1 50
Charles Brooks
2 80
Peirce, Capt. George
23 20
Lovejoy, Oliver C.
7 28
Prentis, George
26 12
Landers, Samuel P.
6 88
Prentis, George Jr.
7 44
Lary, Jeremiah
3 64
Pattee, Jesse P. Esq.
31 80
Lary, Dennis
1 50
Pattee, Enoch D.
3 15
Littlefield, Thomas L.
1 50
Putnam, William
2 06
Locke, Wm. 2d.
1 50
Palmer, John G.
1 50
Lawrence, Albert
1 50
Peirce, Abel
15 79
Lincoln, Heman Estate of
Prentis, Charles & Amos
4 32
Widow R. Whitney
20 79
Puffer, David
1 50
Laronde, Barnard
1 50
Page, Ezekiel 'T'.
5 20
Leavit, John
1 50
Pitts, James
1 50
Lawrence, John W.
1 50
Proctor, Moses
15 80
Porter, James
2 49
Proctor, Abel R.
2 49.
Marsh, Mansir W.
32 77
Prescott, Edwin R.
8 59
Muzzey, Charles
4 63
Pickard, Enoch
1 50
Mott, Joseph B.
12 93
Poland, Benjamin
7 69
McFarlane, Duncan
2 00
Perry, Widow Rebecca
1 98
Martin, Edwin
3 15 Palmer, Hiram
1 50
Morris, Thomas
1 50
Prentis, James 2 57
Mott, Henry
7 45 Perry, John P.
1 50
18 04
Peirce, Abner 65 08
Locke, William P.
22 63
Leighton, Peter H. 7 34
Peirce, John A. P.
Miller, Peter 1 50
Marston, Thomas 1 50
Locke, Bradley M.
1 50
11
Parker, Sewell 1 50
Richardson, James 1 50.
Peabody, James
12 19 Russell, Benjamin 4 97
Russell, James S. 4 47
Peirce, T. P. Trustee for Sarah Grant,
1 98
Richardson, Wm. H. 2 82
Prescott, Oliver
1 50
Russell, Theodore 1 50
· Parks, George W.
1 50
Rollins, Alpheus S.
1 50
Peasby, James
1 50
Parker, Theodore
1 50
Swan, Stephen 60 01
Perkins, William
1 50
Symmes, Stephen
24 85
Peirce, Ebenezer 50
Symmes, Stephen, Jr. 4 47
Prescott, Augustus 1 50
Swan, Charles 2d. 1 50
Pattce, William R.
1 50
Swan, Charles
10 22
Swan, John 18 14
Russell, Col. Thomas
91 40
Russell, Col. Thomas
Swan, Widow Phebe
6 60
Guardian for Aaron Russell,
2 31
Swan, Timothy 14 05
Russell, James, Esq.
69 32
Swan, Timothy, Jr.
1 83
Russell, James Guardian for Fanny L. Bent
6 60
Swan, George 3 18
Swan, Gershom, Heirs of 9 32
Swan, Henry 6 45
Russell, J. Trustee for the
Swan, Henry, Jr. 2 08
Wyman Estate, 9 90
Smith, Edward
24 35
Russell, Amos 26 28
Stearns, Leonard
13 89
Russell, Walter 15 10
Stearns, George, Esq. 33 37
Russell, James 2d. 21 94
Smith, Joseph
4 63
· Russell, Josiah H. 11 89
Simpson, Alonzo
. 4 80
Russell, Oliver 8 35
Smith, Francis 1 50
Russell, Bowen
12 14
Saunderson, Widow Mary 1 60
Russell, David 13 82
Schouler, James
71 31
Russell, Capt. Edward
6 49
Schouler, John 53 13
Ramsdell, Thomas
9 09
Rawson, Warren
10 69
Rice, Thomas
1 50
Schouler, Robert 17 50
' Ross, Ebenezer
1 50
Shepard, James H. 7 93
Robbins, Joshua
13 87
Society, Baptist 26 95
Ross, Lewis
1 50
Storrer, Edward
8 35
Russell, Charles,
2 49
Sprague, Paschal 11 25
Richardson, L. G.
2 58
Sanborn, Joseph
1 50
Russell, Thomas J. 23 36
Schwamp, Lewis
1 50
Russell, George C.
23 19
Solis, William 1 50
Russell, George C. 2d.
4 06
Stearns, Widow Mary heirs 2 23
1 50
Richardson, Josiah & George B.
15 11
Somes, William
1 50
Richardson, William .
34 76
Stacy, Samuel 1 50
Robbins, James
1 92
Setchell, William 1 50
Richardson, Hichard
4 63 Streeter, Richard
1 50
Robbins, Nathan, Jr.
21 63
Sargeant, John
Sargeant, Robert
1 50
Swan, John, Jr.
1 50
Swan, Samuel
2 82
Swan, Eunice 12 02
Russell, J. for Mary L. Bent, 6 60
Schouler, John improved by Dodge 10 81
12
Stoddard, Mr.
1 50
Warren, Win. W.
27 90
Saunders, Charles
84 75
Winnick, Willlan 9 40 W
Simpson, William
2 29
Wilson, Horace 1 50
Stevens, John R.
1 50 Weeks, Hiram
1 50
Staples, Ezra
1 50
Welch, Wm. & Co.
15 31
Stiles, Luther
1 50
Welch, Wmn.
14 70
Simonds, Nathan
50 -
Wild, Sarah
4 95
Solis, Edward
1 50
Wyman, Luke
711
Smith, John W. T.
1 50
Wyman, Luke, Jr.
36 95
Tufts, Ephraim
39 26
Wyman, James
1 :50
Tufts, Ephraim, Jr.
5 13
Wyman, Hannah
11 88
Thorpe, Thomas
8 92
Whittemore, William A.
40 17
'Thorpe, Emerson
1 83
Wellington, Charles
91 99
Teel, Joseph
12 23
Wellington, Joseph O.
15 03
Teel, Benjamin C.
4 54
Wellington, Henry
1 50
Teel, Thomas H.
30 47
Wellington, Henry, Jr.
13 25
Teel, Thomas R.
3 48
Wellington, John
1 50
Tingley, Timothy C.
1 50
Wyman, John & A. P.
11 00
Tufts, Horatio
1 50
Wyman, Abner P.
82
Teel, George
1 50
Winn, Albert,
26 70
Titus, Daniel
1 55
Teel, Joseph E.
1 50
Thatcher, James
1 50
Whittemore, G. & H.
18.32
Tasker. Elijah
1 50
Whittemore, Gershom 13 05
Tucker, Charles
1 50
Whittemore, Henry
22 62
Tarbox, John
1 50
Whitney, Adam
2 34
Latorn, Lewis
1 50
Winn, Widow S.
1 98
Tradel, Abraham
1 50
Ware, William
10 08
U.
Whitney, Samuel Estate of, improved by A.
Whitney, 7 59
Whitney, Widow Rebecca
25 24
Wellington, Liberty 5 54
Woodbridge, S. F.
1 98
Whittemore, Charles
1 50
Wellington, David
1 50
Willey, Thomas J.
1 50
Whittemore, Wm. 2d.
1 50
Wellington, Timothy 29 08
Winship, Oliver
1 50
Walker, Edwin R.
1 50
Whittemore, Jonathan, Es- tate of 22 11
Whittemore, George C.
1 50
Whittemore, Francis 2 49
Waldo, Josiah C.
3 97
Whittemore, Wm. If. 1. 50
Woodbridge James M.
1 66
Whittemore, Henry W. 1 50
Woodbridge, Samuel
1 50
Whittemore, Widow Re-
Willard, Jeremiah 1 50
becca Whittemore 4 29
Winham, John 1 50
Wright, Stephen E.
1 50
Warren, Joseph 1 50
Underwood, Napoleon
6 45
Usher, Daniel 1 50
V.
1 50
Vorton, John W.
Whittemore, Willam, Es- tate of
26 95
Whittemore, Wm, Estate
of, improved by Jenkins 2 64
Whittemore, Philip 47 24
Wyman, Heirs of Samuel 15 01
White, Nathaniel 1 50
47 20
Wyman, Joseph B.
13
Warren, Marshall S.
1 50 Wyman, Joseph 1 50
Walker, John
1 50
Winnick, Seth 1 50
Walker, Wm. H.
1 50
Winn, John 2 82
Wright, Joshua
1 50
Woodward, Francis 1 50
Woodruff, Joseph
1 50
Wood, William 'T. 1 50
Williamson, David 1 50
1 50
Y.
Webster, Chester
1 50
Yates, Widow Ruth, im-
Wilson, Samuel, Jr. 1 50
proved by Abner Peirce
Whitman, Bancroft
1 99
10 65
NON-RESIDENTS.
A.
Locke, Asa 15 84
Andrews, Hiram 6 63
Lawrence, Phinehas 4 80
Bats, Timothy
1 24
Parks, Emerson 7 75
Brown, James improved By Hill 8 41
Prentis, William, Jr.
11 22
Brown, James improved by Corlis 25 11
Richardson, Widow Ab-
Bowman, Widow Francis 3 63
gail, 1 32
Brown, William 82
Reed, Reuben 4 18
Bacon, Robert
1 65
Russell, William A.
99
Cutter, Silas
S 74
Robbins, Stephen
16 50
Cox, Samuel 5 77
Russell, Levi 5 28
Coolidge, David
91
Widow Lydia Whitney and W. H. Russell 4 45
Cutter, Joshua
25
Cutter, Benjamin 8 30
Cutter, Benj. & Saml. L.
16 83
Davenport, John
9 40
Eddy, Caleb
7 26
Still, Mrs.
3 38
Frothingham, Elizabeth
1 15
Saunderson, Isaac 25
Gilson, Mr.
1 81
Smith, Billings 4 45
Gardner, Samuel
3 63
Teel, Ammi C. 3 30
Huffmaster, Thomas 3 46
Tudor, Frederic 90 05
Horn, William 74
Viles, James 3 13
Hill, John 25 41
Whittemore Timothy
7 92
Hittinger, Jacob, & Co. 33 00
Wells, Seth 23 10
.Jones, Peter 3 96
Wyman, Benjamin 1 15
Kendall, Josiah & David 1 32 Wyeth, Joshua, Heirs of 1 15 White, Mr. 1 98
Locke, Estate of Micajah 16 50
Smith, Nathan 3 96
Smith, Albert 99
Stearns, James
58
Stearns, Jacob 29
Russell, James . 9 65
Russell, Mrs. James 23 26
Wallace, William
1 50
Winship, Charles
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The above is a true and correct copy of a List of Town, County, and State 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 day of May, A. D. 1845, and committed to Charles Hill Collector for said Town for the current year, with their warrant in due form of law.
Town Grant, $ 5000 00
County Tax, 483 83
State Tax, 123 00
Overlayings, 235 13
$ 5832 86 West Cambridge, May, 1845. WILLIAM DICKSON, Assessors o. SILAS FROST, 3 West Cambridge.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
FOR THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE.
Adopted June 9th, 1845.
The owners or proprietors of slaughter-houses, tan-yards, pigge- ries and all other places where filth necessarily accumulates, are directed to keep them in such order that the contents of the same shall give no reasonable ground of complaint.
No cart, wagon or other vehicle employed in removing filth from privies, shall pass in any of the streets between sunrise and sun- set from the first day of June to the first day of October, and no vehicle employed for the above purpose, shall be allowed to stand or remain in any street or public highway at any season of the the year.
All persons are forbidden to leave or deposit any filth or ma- nure of any description within the limits of the streets or higli- ways, or to leave dead animals unburied, or to throw the same in- to any river or pond within the limits of the Town.
N. B. The Selectmen hereby give notice to the Inhabitants of West Cambridge, that they shall carry into effect the above Rules and Regulations, and any person violating the same will be pro- ceeded against according to the provisions of the Act of this Com- monwealth constituting the said Selectmen the Board of Health.
MANSIR W. MARSH, Selectmen
JOHN SCHOULER, of
JOSIAH H. RUSSELL,
West Cambridge.
EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED STATUTES.
" In case no board of health, or health officer is chosen by the Town the Selectmen shall be the board of health. See Chap. 21, Section 1st.
" The board of health shall make such regulations respecting nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness within their re- spective towns as they shall judge necessary for the public health and safety, and if any person shall violate any such regulation, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. R. S. ch. 21, Sec. 5th.
The board of health shall examine into all nuisances, sources of filth, &c. Ch. 21, Sec. 9.
" Whenever any such nuisance, sources of filth or causes of sickness, shall be found on private property, the board of health shall order the owner or occupant thereof, at his own expense, to remove the same within twenty-fours ; and if the owner or occu- pant shall neglect so to do, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. chap. 21, section 10.
If the owner or occupant shall not comply with such order of the board of health, the board may cause the said nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed ; and all ex- penses incurred thereby, shall be paid by the said owner or occu- pant or by such other person as shall have caused or permitted the same chap. 21, section 11.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
OF WEST CAMBRIDGE.
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1844 --- 45.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE School Committee for the present year respectfully submit the following Report.
There are now six annual schools in the town, three Gram- mar schools and three Primary schools. Beside these there is the school in the Wyman District of a mixed character ; kept during four winter months by a Male, and during six summer months by a Female, teacher. These several schools are amply sufficient for all the present wants of the town.
For their support an appropriation was made
at the meeting in March 1844 of $1500 00
The Cutter Fund applied to the same object was 311 12
Allowance from the State, 53 64
$ 1864 76
"This sum has been distributed under standing orders of the Town as follows ; one fifth part of the whole to the schools of the South District, $372 95 To the Wyman District a sum sufficient to maintain a win- ter school of three months and a summer school of six months, namely, $178 00 The remainder, divided between the Union and North West Districts in proportion to the number of families in each, gives for the Union District, $ 845 37; For the N. West District, 467 44.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE School Committee for the present year respectfully submit the following Report.
There are now six annual schools in the town, three Gram- mar schools and three Primary schools. Beside these there is the school in the Wyman District of a mixed character ; kept during four winter months by a Male, and during six summer months by a Female, teacher. These several schools are amply sufficient for all the present wants of the town.
For their support an appropriation was made
at the meeting in March 1844 of $1500 00
The Cutter Fund applied to the same object was 311 12
Allowance from the State, 53 64
$ 1864 76
This sum has been distributed under standing orders of the Town as follows ; one fifth part of the whole to the schools of the South District, $ 372 95 To the Wyman District a sum sufficient to maintain a win- ter school of three months and a summer school of six months, namely, $178 00 The remainder, divided between the Union and North West Districts in proportion to the number of families in each, gives for the Union District, $ 845 37; For the N. West District, 467 44.
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as this. Of all his taxes, that it is for the schools which the wise citizen will ever pay most cheerfully. If he values the government under which he lives, he knows that it is the school that supports the government.
The town must feel encouraged to make any such larger appropriation the coming year, we think, by the persent pros- perous condition of the schools, and the good progress which their children are making under teachers of ability, to whom they have become, or are becoming, from long residence at- tached. At the public, examinations the few past years and the present, they have had ample opportunity to form an opin- ion concerning the state of the schools. And although they may think that in some or all of them. there is room for im- provement, --- it would be strange if there were not, --- they must feel satisfied that a great advance has been made upon the past, and a point of absolute excellence reached very gratify- ing to witness. There is hardly any situation of business or any office of trust in our community to which a child may aspire, for which he may not be prepared at any one of the common schools of our town. Whatever other measures can be pursued, whatever other means can be adopted to add still further to the facilities of the teacher, and the advantage of the pupil, parents and the citizens generally must be anxious to know, in order that nothing may be left undone on their part to raise the People's Institution to its proper point of use- fulness and honor. If it ever fails in any town to attain that point, it is through the neglect of those who ought to be its steadfast friends and patrons, the people of the towns at large ; or through a misjudged economy in voting the sums re- quisite to its healthy existence and most efficient action.
One or two things in this connexion the Committee think it their duty to notice. Within a few weeks past the Teacher of the Union School has been at great expense of time and effort, on his own part and that of the children, to raise by means of a public. exhibition a sum of money sufficient to purchase an apparatus, for the purpose of teaching, with bet- ter effect, some of the higher branches of study. After all his
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pains he has but partially succeeded. The hard work of his whole vacation has produced but about half the sum necessary for his object. What we wish to observe is, that a teacher ought not to be permitted by a town of ample means and ambitious of the improvement of its youth to resort to such measures (indirectly beneficial as in some respects they may be) for such an object. A desire on the part of the teacher to carry on farther and higher than he is absolutely required to do the education of his pupils, by the introduction of new studies and the imposition of additional labors upon himself, is so honora- ble to his character, that the expression of any such wish, be it for apparatus, maps, books, or any thing else of the kind, should, it seems to us, to a reasonable extent, be responded to by the town, and the requisite appropriation promptly and gratefully made. A well constructed apparatus for the illus- tration of mathematical forms, for demonstrating the proper- ties of the air and gases, costs but a small sum, and with care- ful handling will last for a series of years. Whatever sum may be still wanting for the above mentioned object, we would respectfully suggest, should be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
We would also call the attention of the town to the present condition of the school house of the Wyman District. It is at present in the condition of most of our district school build- ings twenty years ago. The seats and desks are all of one height and size, though occupied by children of various ages, and in every state of dilapidation from the frequent applica- tion of the penknife. We, cannot doubt that the forlorn and wretched appearance of the interior, is one of the causes to ex- plain the non-attendance of some of the children of that dis- trict. Let it be thoroughly and neatly repaired and conveni- ently arranged, and new pupils, we believe, would be drawn in. The school house should ever be made an object attrac- tive and agreeable to the eye of the young. The other buildings of the different districts, though needing some slight repairs, especially painting and whitewashing, so as always to present an appearance of neatness, are otherwise in good condition,
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well warmed, defended from too much light by blinds, and, above all, well ventilated. If it should be said that the school house need not be kept in better order than the mass of pri- vate dwellings, we should reply, that the place of education should teach in every way, not directly alone but indirectly also; that, above all, it ought to propose no bad examples either to the intellect, the heart, or even the taste; that when it does so it commits a public wrong.
It was made by the State, the duty of the Committee to as- certain and report the number of births in the town during the year preceding the first of May 1844. That duty has been performed ; though we have to ask the indulgence of the town for a tardy rendering of our return.
WILLIAM WARE, JOSEPH HILL, School
EBEN P. PEIRCE. Committee.
West Cambridge, May Ist, 1845.
EXPENDITURES
AMBRADOZ,
FROM MAY 1, 1845, TO MAY 1, 1846;
ALSO
A LIST OF TAXES AND TAX PAYERS, AS ASSESSED IN 1846.
AND
THE REPORT
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SOMERVILLE : PRINTED BY EDMUND TUFTS. 1846.
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STATEMENT
Of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Town of West Cambridge from May 1st, 1845, to May 1st, 1846.
Amount of all Taxes assessed for 1845,
$
5832 76
Balance in the Treasury May 1st, 1845, 194 34
Received this Town's proportion of the State School Fund 63 83
for support of State Paupers, 7 00
for the old school house, hearse house and stone house, &c. 113 54
of William Hill, 2d cash raised by subscription in the South District, 134 00
of William M. Chase from centre Hay Scales, 46 83
of Charles Hill Collector for 1845, 5605 00
Interest on the William Cutter School fund, 359 41
$ 6523 95
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Poor and Highways ..
Paid orders drawn by the Overseers of the Poor for support of Paupers and repairs of High- ways, 2065 61
" Selectmen's orders, abatement of Taxes and State and County tax,
4396 55
Cash on hand May 1st, 1846,
61 79
$ 6523 95
Interest.
Paid Interest on Town Notes,
216 00
66 66 Orders, 1 07
217 07
Schools.
Paid Daniel C. Brown,
315 23
66 James H. Shepard, 400 00
Charles J. Frost, 400 20
Benjamin F. Woods,
100 00
Miss E. M. Norcross,
132 00
66 Sarah A. Estabrook,
101 25
66 Eliza W. Thompson,
87 00
Catharine H. Symmes,
78 00
6 S. A. Estabrook, 54 00
$ 1667 68
Contingent Expenses.
Paid Committee on old Cemetery, 66 67
" Abatement of taxes including Engine men, 143 26
" Thomas Thorpe work done on and around new Cemetery, 45 31
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Paid Taking care of Engine No. 4.
9 42
66 Silas Frost for assessing Taxes and Stationary, 37 25
66 William Ware services as School Committee, 18 00
66 William Whittemore services as Town Clerk, 6 25
Edmund Tufts printing notices, &c. 37 50
6 William Dickson for assessing Taxes 33 00
66 Committee on Finance, 10 00
66 James Guynn for labor, 10 00
6 Thomas P. Pierce for assessing Taxes, 10 00
66 House of Correction board of Wm. Prentiss, 7 86
66 S. & E. Thayer repairing Engine No. 3. 17 25
Hugh Dunn work on Cemetery, 3 75
66 A. Houghton for Coal, 29 00
66 David Dodge repairing Hay Scales, &c. 3 50
Mason & Luke for Cedar Posts, 12 50
William Cotting for drawing Stone, 2 25
" Thomas A. Williams Painting and repairing Hose, Carriage, Buckets, &c., 51 55
" William T. Richardson for coal, 32 50
" Daniel Clark, work, coal, and wood, for N. W. School House, . 105 49
" William Whittemore recording births, 3 84
6 Samuel C. Buchman repairs, coal, &c. for Centre School House, 25 00
" Moses W. Bacon painting, Glazing School Houses, 136 24
" Abijah Frost taking care, of Engine No. 3.
12 00
" Luke Agur warning Town meetings, sawing wood, &c. 30 50
66 Amos Hill Gravel and ploughing road 12 06
66 John Frost Blacksmith work, 4 25
66 Abel Pierce wood, &c. for N. School, 18 67
66 Josiah H. Russell Carpenter work and lum- ber, 35 21
60 66 repairing Guide Boards, 6 00
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Paid J. H. Russell Perambulating town lines and other services, 22 00
" Josiah Bright for gravel and work, 13 28
" Geo. C. Russell, drawing Engine No. 3 to Boston, 4 00
" Stephen Robbins for Wood, 16 25
Daniel Titus work on N. W. School House 6 75
Thomas R. Cushing mason work, 9 28
John Schouler perambulating town lines, 3 50
66 Thomas Hall repairing Chaise and harness, 15 50
E. P. Pierce, services as School Committee, 10 00
Mansir W. Marsh Perambulating town lines and other services rendered, 20 00
" J. B. Hartwell for black boards for Union Schools and fence for scales, 22 42
" Amos Russell for labor,. 30 00
" Russell and Fessenden for oil, &c. for En- gine No_3, 5 17
" House of Correction for board for Samuel Jenness and Leonora Estabrook, 7 51
" Wellington and Burr for painting and glazing School Houses, 123 06
Elbridge Locke for building bridge, 15 00
Henry Wellington, Jr. 43 50
6 Joel F. Hanson, 33 00
Juvenile Library, 30 00
A. Houghton for Coal
14 50
" Samuel C. Buckman for charcoal, &c. for Centre School, 8 50
Timothy Swan teaming Coal, 2 00
Unitarian Society for use of Hall, 30 00
". Thaddeus Frost charcoal, broom, &c, for S. School, 10 05
" J. B. Hartwell ringing bell for Town Meet- ings, 5 00
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