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It is with hesitancy, that the Committee, at this moment, when the burden of public taxation is so oppressive, urge upon the attention of the Town any new subject of expense. It would be, nevertheless, a culpable neglect of duty, not to make known the cramped and insufficient accommoda- tions which exist for these two younger Schools. The necessity of enlarge- ment of the apartments is so great, even in the single consideration of room, not to mention the requirements of health and comfort, and other advantage, moral and mental, that concealment or silence would be almost criminal. The important question of cost, alone deters the Committee from recommending the most thorough provision for the wants of this District, in respect of School apartments.
RUSSELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
It is with a sense of relief that the Committee pass to the commodious apartments of the Russell Schools. Mr. ALANSON PALMER, and Miss
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MORSE, as assistant, are the teachers of this School; which is, by far, the largest in the Town. The ability and time of these teachers are taxed to the utmost in the discharge of their difficult and laborious duty, and the result is highly satisfactory to the Committee. The School has exhibited, at its examinations, much evidence of thoroughness in the method and substance of instruction, and its condition, generally, is that of activity and improvement. The Classical and other higher branches are taught in this School, to a limited extent, and the interest of the scholars in these, so far as they are pursued, is an earnest of valuable attainment, when the Town shall be able to furnish to all who may be qualified, the opportunity of instruction in the highest order of studies.
RUSSELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
The Committee share in the common opinion in regard to the excellence of this School, and the quiet, faithful and genuine management, under which it steadily improves. Miss TURNER, by an experience of several years, and by conscientious devotion to her charge, has so given shape and direction to the School, that its success is unvarying, and its good con- dition always to be relied upon.
RUSSELL PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Miss Ellen CUTTER, has made this School, which has been under her charge from the beginning, an admirable adjunct to the Intermediate School. She manifests a fine aptitude as a teacher of the youngest School children, and her fidelity has been rewarded with marked success.
The experience of the last year has amply vindicated the wisdom of the Town, in erecting the spacious and well contrived School House, occupied by the Russell Schools. In no small degree are the improvement and happy condition of the Schools attributable to the comfort and fitness of the apartments which they occupy.
EAST DISTRICT SCHOOL.
This School, from various causes, is in the predicament of steady increase. Miss WORCESTER continued as its teacher until the first of March, of the present year, when the envious eye of a neighboring city fell upon her, and she was tempted to leave us. The Committee are free to express their gratitude for the valuable service rendered by her, and to recognize her merit in the order, discipline, and thorough training, for which her School was remarkable.
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Miss MARY S. CADY was appointed to the School upon the resignation of Miss WORCESTER. During the year it became necessary to employ an assistant, and Miss LYDIA MARIA CROSBY has occupied the post, to to the entire approval of the Committee.
The attendance of the Schools has decidedly improved during the past year. The absurd usage of " excuses," or written requests to the teacher to dismiss children in School hours, is on the decrease. The amount of tardiness is fearful, in the aggregate, and has been made the subject of remark at the recent examinations, in every School. This abridgment of School time, either at the beginning or end of the session, is to be con- demned, and an appeal is made to parents, who alone have power to check the evil, to see that their children attend School in season, and to permit them to remain during the appointed hours.
The Committee, in alluding to the several Schools, have made use of terms of praise almost exclusively : and indeed, the Town has reason to congratulate itself upon the general excellence of its Schools. It is not pretended that greater discrimination might not have been made, and most certainly, that faults might not have been indicated. That defects exist, is admitted, and the Committee are by no means blind to them. But they are such as need not be made matter of public record, being local and temporary, and best understood and explained in the Schools where they exist, and by proper attention, can be remedied. The Committee have not overlooked any imperfection which has come to their knowledge, and they have endeavored, in every case, to remove it by timely action. They are happy in the belief that their suggestions have been kindly received, and faithfully followed.
In this connection, it may be stated, that the Committee have had scarcely any formal complaints to consider, and it is only in rare instances that individual members have been addressed in regard to the misconduct of pupils. The deportment of the children in and out of school has, in the main, given little cause for censure. School control, within its proper extent, has had its effectual exercise, and apparent failure has been found, on investigation, to be most frequently within the province of parental authori- ty. Parents should bear in mind that the power of the teacher is limited by time and space, and that beyond School hours, and the School precincts, their own responsibility is to be resumed ; and that if there be any debata- ble ground, between the two jurisdictions, it is for their advantage to occupy it.
The mode of criticising the faults, real or supposed, of a School, or the conduct of School children, deserves a word of comment. It should be
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remembered that no aggregation of mortals, can be more sensitive to the breath of outside disapproval and adverse opinion, than a Public School. It feels the tarnish of every syllable of blame or distrust. The teacher is robbed of half his powers, who knows that his position is uncertain, and any mistake of his the sure prelude to a chorus of denunciation. The pupil who hears from his parent the expression of dissatisfaction with a teacher, takes his place, in School, unfitted for his own improvement, and in imperfect sympathy with his instructor. Let the common habit of a District be that of open and unfriendly remark, and the School, even in the ablest hands, can no more thrive and perform its office, than can the engine work with ungeared machinery, or the lamp burn clear in the choke-damp.
Now there is propriety of time and place, and especially of manner, for the discussion of the mishaps and mistakes of Schools. They certainly should not be the topic of conversation in the presence of School children, nor the food of store-gossip, nor the common and idle talk which is caught from mouth to mouth. The consequences are too serious and fatal, to admit of other treatment of School difficulties than that of consultation among the most prudent, and free communication with those in authority over the Schools. No occurrences are more likely to be misunderstood than those connected with School management, and there are none in which the care- less or slanderous word works more irreparable mischief.
It has more than once been intimated to the Committee, that the higher branches taught in the Grammar Schools, especially the Languages, occupy the attention of the teacher to the exclusion of the regular Grammar stud- ies. This subject has often received the consideration of the Committee. It is clear that no extraordinary, should be suffered to interfere with the legitimate, studies. If sacrifice is to be made, Virgil must yield to Green- leaf; Rhetoric to simple Grammar; Geometry to Geography ; and plane Trigonometry to plain Reading. The Committee believe, however, that the classical and other higher studies are not prosecuted to an extent inimi- cal to due attention to the common branches. The members of the Com- mittee, oldest in service, when first elected, found the Languages and Mathematics in the Grammar Schools, and it is to be presumed they gained their lodgment fairly.
The fact that the higher studies have been so long in the Schools, is significant of the expediency, as well as of the prevalent judgment, that there should be a School in which these studies may find their proper abode and cultivation. The Report of the School Committee for the year 1858, suggested an arrangement of the Schools, which were then in two grades, into four grades, by dividing the Primary department into Intermediate and Primary Schools ; and by forming a High School from the advanced classes
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of the Grammar Schools. That Committee, which included some of the present members, by no means thought of substituting a new and arbitrary system of Schools for the arrangement then existing. They looked no further than the natural separation of the materials which they found at hand ; and desired to make the best use of these by placing in distinct Schools the different grades which were grouped somewhat incompatibly and irreg- ularly. Since that Report was made the Intermediate and Primary Schools have become distinct by natural and inevitable separation.
So, now, there is a class of pupils in the two Grammar Schools, who, in fact, are the elements of a High School, waiting to be brought together when their temple of learning shall have been made ready. The state- ment amounts, in the whole, to this, that the character of our Schools, pupils, modes and requirements of teaching, renders a fourfold division indispensable, if we would reap the full advantages of our plan of instruction.
But the Committee hasten to correct any impression which they may have given, that they recommend the present establishment of a High School. Even if the ill time, through which we are passing, did not forbid the expenditure, they should look upon that event as a blessing reserved for the future. They content themselves with declaring their belief; that, as a necessity, and as the result of public desire, sooner or later, our present Schools will culminate in a High School ; and with placing their prediction on record, in the hope and expectation that returning peace and prosperity will bring with them its fulfilment.
In concluding their Report, the Committee would implore their fellow townsmen not to overlook the necessity of maintaining the public Schools, in their full efficiency. No other public interest of the Town can compare with them in importance. No interest would suffer so much, if crippled through insufficient appropriation. Every dollar spent for public education, is an investment for peace and protection in the future. On our children, perhaps, will devolve the duty of restoring, certainly of preserving, the institutions which now lie broken and bleeding on our hands. Let us, even at personal sacrifice, see that they are fitted, in mind and conscience, and in enlightened judgment, to be worthy citizens of a free, prosperous and peaceful republic.
WM. E. PARMENTER, DANIEL R. CADY, JOHN D. FREEMAN, SAMUEL B. SWAIM, JOSIAH CROSBY, STEPHEN SYMMES, JR.
School Committee.
West Cambridge, April 7, 1862.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Number of Pupils.
Number of Pupils.
Number of Pupils.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Salaries.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
$800
28
32
60
34
30
64
44
28
72
86.8
87.7 93.4
N. W. Grammar,
168
300
26
29
55
28
37
65
29
37
66
79.3
80.0
81.3
233
33
32
65
30
28
58
31
28
59
79.3
85.5 75.4
800
35
50
85
35
50
85
38
52
90
87.3
92.5
88.9
Russell Grammar,
Lizzie S. Morse, Ass't. . Caroline C. Turner, ...
300
28
25
53
29
25
54
28
24 37
52
86.1
89.5
89.5
Russell Intermediate, Russell Primary, ..
233
25
35
60
26
36
62
28
65
86.9
90.6
80.3
Abby E. Worcester, to March 1, 1862,
300
32
38
70
37
36
73
36
34
70
84.1
86.7 92.4
East District,
Mary S. Cady,
L. Maria Crosby, Ass't .*
168
* $4 per week during actual employment.
$3602
207
241
448
219
242
461
234
240
474
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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SPRING TERM.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
N. W. Intermediate, N. W. Primary, ...
Wilson Palmer, Annette C. Hill, Ass't. Eliza A. Simmons, . Francena R. Fessenden, Alanson Palmer, . ...
300
Ellen Cutter,
..
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Telest Cambridge, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1863;
LIST OF TOWN, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES,
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1862;
AND THE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS,
FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
ALSO, THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
BOSTON: W. & E. HOWE, PRINTERS, 39 MERCHANTS ROW. 1863.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury, March 31, 1862,
$2035 71 Rec'd Taxes for 1862, in full, including abatements and discounts, 21750 91
66
Lands,
60 00
66
Interest on William Cutter School Fund,
351 24
66 66 " Poor Widows'
12 00
66 for Dog Licenses,
158 00
66 of W. J. Lane, for Board of Wm. Carnes, .....
156 00
66 " Town of Belmont, for Support of Paupers,
267 72
66 " State School Fund, 99 06
66
66 Aid to Soldiers' Families, refunded,
441 84
66
Town Liquor Agency,
339 31
66
" Town Hay Scales,
90 70
" Mrs. Amos Hill, for Assistance rendered Amos Hill,
19 00
66
" Thomas Cutter, for Assistance rendered his Wife, 12 00
66
for Cow and Hog sold,
48 08
66
of W. J. Lane, Insurance Premium returned,
39 32
" John Osborne, for repairing Sidewalk, .......
4 92
66
Donation from John B. Hutchinson, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y., to aid Recruiting, 100 00
66 Donation from Rev. S. B. Swaim, .....
23 00
Rents of Town House,
607 50
Amount carried forward, $26616 31
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RECEIPTS.
Amount brought forward, $26616 31 Borrowed and Received
Of William L. Clark, 200 00
" West Cambridge Five per Cent. Savings Bank, 1000 00
" James Peabody, 1000 00
" Stephen Symmes, 1000 00
" Miles Gardner, 1000 00
Samuel Butterfield,
1500 00
" Jacob F. Hobbs, 2000 00
" Daniel C. Brown, 2000 00
" John Fillebrown, 2200 00
66 Joseph Wyman, 2715 49
Faneuil Hall Bank,
3380 00
John Peabody, 3500 00
" Warren Rawson, 4300 00
" John Albree, 5000 00
$57411 80
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EXPENDITUTES.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS' SALARIES, &c.
Paid by School Committee's Orders.
Paid Alanson Palmer, $800 00
Wilson Palmer, 800 00
Miss Caroline C. Turner, 300 00
66
" Lizzie S. Morse,
300 00
" Eliza A. Simmons, 300 00
66 " Mary S. Cady, 294 24
Francena R. Fessenden, 233 00
66 Ellen Cutter, 215 08
66
L. Maria Crosby, 168 00
66 Abby F. Russell, 108 00
66 Annette C. Hill, 60 00
Mary A. Greene, 17 92
66 " Lizzie D. Schouler, 10 00
66 Abel Pierce, as per vote of Town, 7 23
7 23
Stephen Swan, “ " 66
$3620 70
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EXPENDITURES. SCHOOL INCIDENTALS. Bills Approved by Selectmen and School Committee. NORTH-WEST SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, $69 41
66 Jonas Woodward for Charcoal, 14 00
R. W. Shattuck, for rep'g Stoves, &c., 34 45
Mrs. Blanchard, making Fires, &c., .... 18 00
John Dexter, 66 ... ...
18 00
6 John D. Freeman, for Repairs, &c., ..... 4 74
Theodore Schwamb, for Repairs, &c.,
2 25
66 Mrs. Barry, for cleaning Rooms,
2 06
66 John Dexter, for Broom, &c., 98
66 Jesse Bacon, for Mason Work, 1 50
66 Solon Hardy, for Ink, &c., 87
$166 26
RUSSELL SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, 150 40
Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 8 33
66 R. W. Shattuck, rep's of Furnace, &c.,
29 92
James M. Chase, for Carpenter Work,
4 70
66 J. Crosby, Care of School House, Cash paid for Repairs, Cleaning, &c., .....
84 62
66 Edward Storer, for repairing Roof, ....... 3 39
281 36
EAST SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, 40 00
66 W. G. Shattuck, for Desks and Chairs, 42 50
J. M. Chase, for Carpenter Work, 17 47
James C. Jones, for Painting,
3 78
66 R. W. Shattuck, for Hardware, &c., .... 11 97
66 Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 7 67
66 J. Crosby, for Care of School House, and Cash paid for Repairs, &c., 25 25
66 W. T. Wood, for work on Pump, ..
1 75
66 John Lawrence, for Painting, 10 10
160 49
$608 11
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EXPENDITURES.
ALMSHOUSE AND POOR EXPENSES.
See Note under Highway Expenses.
Paid Mark A. Richardson, Superintendent, and for Female Help in the House, $500 00
" Moses Proctor, for Groceries, 273 11
66 Solon Hardy, 66 66
240 40
66 T. H. Russell, “ 66
73 31
66 Timothy Gạy & Co., ". 22 50
66 Andrews Howe, 66 19 50
66 Henry Locke, for Provisions, 110 39
66 John Peabody, “ 66
20 29
66
J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel for Almshouse, 120 95
66 66
66
66
66
66
distributed,
32 51
66 R. W. Shattuck, for Hardware, &c., 72 56
66 Prescott & Proctor, for Dry Goods, 25 05
William Mitchell, for Fresh Fish, 48 48
66 Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, for Medical Attendance at Almhouse, 20 00
66
66
66 66 66 on A. Kenny,
75 00
66 James Doolan, for care of Amos Hill,
15 00
66 Henry Swan, for Support and Burial of T. Frost,
65 00
66 John Winn, for Flour and Teaming,
24 01
66
S. F. Woodbridge, for Cow, ..
40 00
66
M. A. Richardson, for two Pigs, 19 50
64 59
T. A. Thornton, for Repairing Boots and Shoes, 1 98
66 Thos. Ramsdell, " 66 66 6 25
3 53
Davies Dodge, for Medicine,
10 00
66 Walter Fletcher, for Rent of Spring,
66 C. C. Sawyer, for Liquor for sick poor, .. 4 60
66 Richard L. Swan, for Searching Records, 5 00
66 J. B. Hartwell, Funeral Expenses of J. M. Kenny, 12 00
66 66
66 66
66 " Mary Casey, 8 25
Amount carried forward, $1964 76
66 Dr. J. C. Harris, for Med. Attendance on A. Hill,
31 00
66 Fessenden & Davis, for Grain and Meal,
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EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $1964 76
Paid J. B. Hartwell, Funeral Expenses of G. W. Warren,
5 00
66 66 of Bridget Closey, 15 21
66
City of Boston, for Support of Jenkins and Grant, 13 00
Edward Russell, for Butchering, 1 50
66
S. F. Woodbridge, for Assistance rendered to Mrs. Moulton, 7 15
66
D. K. Wellington, for House Rent for Moulton,
9 00
66 State Lunatic Hospital, for Support of Aaron Locke, Jerome Pierce, James E. Jenkins, and Alanson Blanchard, 586 40
66 Edward Storer, for Carpenter Work, 10 88
66 66 66
" Funeral Expenses of Moul- ton child, 7 00
Richard Power, for Marble Shelf, &c.,
2 45
W. J. Lane, for Expense to Ashburnham, &c., .. 6 98
James C. Jones, for Glazing, 1 00
$2630 33
The actual expense of the Almshouse and Poor, is shown, by deducting the following items from the above amount, viz : -
Board of men employed on the Highways, $300 00
Received from the Town of Belmont,
267 72
W. J. Lane, for Wm. Carnes' Board, .. 156 00
66
Mrs. Amos Hill,
19 00
66
Thomas Cutter, 12 00
66 for Cow and Hog, sold, 4S 08
$802 80
Which will leave a balance of $1827.53, as the actual expense of the Almshouse and Poor for the year ; about $426.71 was ex- pended for relief out of the Almshouse. A great part of the Superintendent's time is occupied by his duties on the High- ways, and a part of his Salary could properly be charged to Highway Expenses.
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EXPENDITURES.
HIGHWAYS, TOWN WAYS, AND BRIDGES.
Paid Dennis Mahoney, for Labor,
$257 68
66 James Mahoney, 66 66
213 11
66 Thomas Cutter, 66 66
180 00
66 Andrew King, . 66 66
135 16
66 John Lacy, 66
66
97 81
66 John O'Brien, 66 66
86 50
66 Daniel Hurley, 66
66
68 30
Frank Mullett, 66 66
42 46
66 Terence Owens, 66
66
25 62
66 Timothy Leary, 66
18 00
66 Timothy Murphy, " 66
10 00
66 Thomas Brady, 66
66
4 06
66 Cornelius Leary, 66
66
4 06
Michael Fermoyle, “ 66
4 00
66 J. Winslow Pierce, for Grain, &c.,
13 49
" Fessenden & Davis, “
344 16
66 George Wright, for Hay,
117 00
66 E. Davis, 66
66
80 63
66 W. Kimball, 66 66
64 39
66 Samuel Smith, 66 66
32 84
66 Chs. G. Winn, 66 66
29 28
66 B. Heald, 66
66
6 30
66 Samuel Lewis, Gravel,
40 62
66 Stephen Swan,
66
6 75
66 City of Cambridge, for Stone for Culverts, 42 50
66 William L .. Clark, for Harness Work, 18 64
66 Nath. C. Huntress, " 66 66
16 18
66 Sam'l C. Bucknam, for Wheelwright Work,
26 75
66 Albert Deblois, 66 66
10 12
66 William H. Richardson, for Blacksmith “ 56 97
66 William T. Wood, 66 66
7 74
Joshua Caldwell, 66
66
88 43
66 F. E. Foster & Co., for Lumber for Bridge, 91 90
C. S. Jacobs, for Labor on Bridge, 26 62
Amount carried forward, $2268 07
10
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $2268 07
$
Paid Hollis Gerry, for damages by obstruction in Highway, 10 00
66
Alfred Brooks, for Stone Posts, 4 96
W. Saunders, for Veterinary Attendance, 5 00
E. P. Pierce, for removing Snow, 4 00
R. W. Shattuck, for Shovels, 2 67
John Ford, for Work on Culverts, 2 00
$2296 70
NOTE ...... $56.26, of the foregoing expense, has been paid into the Treasury, as Sidewalk Tax. The board of the men em- ployed on Highways, is chargeable under this head, but is in- cluded in the Almshouse Expenses, and is estimated at about $300.00. Also, a portion of the salary of the Superintendent of the Almshouse is chargeable under this head, as he is employ- ed on the Highways a great part of the time.
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid John Lawrence, for Painting, &c., $3 75
" T. K. Hutchinson, for Cleaning Vault, 5 00
R. W. Shattuck, for Repairing Furnace, &c., ..... 5 88
J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, 12 38
66 John B. Hartwell, Care of Hall, &c., 30 08
66 West Cambridge Gas Light Company, for Gas, 82 22
Edward Storer, for Repairing Roof, &c., 53 26
66 66 " Care of Town Hall, 87 50
66 W. J. Lane, for Insurance, 212 50
$492 57
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EXPENDITURES.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Enginees, for Services in 1861-2, $45 00
35 members of Eureka Engine, for Services to May 1, 1862, 175 00
66 Refunded Poll Tax to Engine members, 1861-2, 46 50
66 Edw. Lacy, for Care of Engine, to May 1, 1862, 13 80
66 James Boyd, for Repairing Hose, ..
2 50
Abijah Frost, for Care of Engine one year, &c., 52 00
J. C. Hobbs & Son, for Repairs of Engine, .... 6 65
66 Harvey Bacon, for Services at Fires, 16 00
" Solon Hardy, for Refreshments at Fires, and Wood, Oil, &c., 22 51
66 J. Winslow Pierce, for Coal, 2 50
Edward Storer, for Work on Engine House, . ..
2 75
T. A. Thornton, for Leather for Engine, 1 75
T. H. Russell, Refreshments for Howard Engine Company, 4 05
$391 01
JUVENILE LIBRARY.
Paid Annual Appropriation, $100 00
66 S. E. Stanwood, for Services as Librarian, 50 00
66 R. Hollings, for Gas Pipe, 1 85
66 W. & E. Howe, for Printing, 7 00
$158 85
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Paid Edward F. Porter, State Liquor Agent, for Wines and Liquors, $386 99
" United States License, 20 00
$406 99
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EXPENDITURES.
STREET LAMPS.
Paid West Cambridge Gas Light Company, for Gas, to March 31, 1862, 111 00
West Cambridge Gas Light Company, for Gas, to March 31, 1863, 90 27
Thomas Butler, for Care of Lamps, 50 40
John Lawrence, for Repairing Lanterns in 1862, 8 00
Moses Proctor, for Matches, &c., 80
66 T. H. Russell, for 66
25
$260 72
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid E. H. Brainerd, for Hearse and Cover, $369 00
James J. Reed, for Harness for Hearse, 50 00
66 Jones & Tufts, for Painting Hearse House, .. 12 00
Edward Storer, for Repairs on ' 14 06
66 66 66 " Expense attending Major A. S. Ingalls' Funeral, 25 00
66 G. C. Russell, Carriage for “ 1 50
J. B. Hartwell, for Warning Town Meetings, &c., 42 45
Edward Russell, 66 66 66
28 50
66 W. & E. Howe, for Printing, 188 50
66 Wm. E. Parmenter, for Cash paid, and Services on By-Laws, 20 00
66 W. J. Lane, Expenses in Suit of S. Estabrooks, 13 80
" Mason & Barbour, for Survey and Plan of New Boundary Line between Cambridge, Bel- mont and West Cambridge, 25 00
John W. Lawrence, for Night Watching, 1 50
Thomas Thorpe, for Tools for Sealing Weights and Measures, 4 67
66 Prescott & Proctor, for School Books, &c., . 29 65
66 J. M. Woodbridge, for Expressing, .... 2 06
Amount carried forward, $827 69
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EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $827 69 Paid Wm. H. Whittemore, for Refreshments furnish- ed Medford Steam Fire Engine Company, .. 75 00 66 S. Symmes, Jr., for Services as School Com., 10 00
Rev. D. R. Cady, 66
18 00
66 " S. B. Swaim, 66
66
66
18 00
66 W. E. Parmenter, Esq., 66
66
66
66
25 00
66
66
66
66
25 00
66 Stephen Symmes, Jr., for Services as Assessor,
110 00
Samuel S. Davis,
66
66
66
110 00
66 W. J. Lane, 66
66
66
and for Books,
111 75
W. J. Lane, for Services as Selectman, Overseer of Poor, Highway Surveyor, and Recruiting,
164 89
66 S. F. Woodbridge, for Services as Selectman, Overseer of Poor, Highway Surveyor, and Recruiting,
100 00
Samuel Butterfield, for Services as Selectman, Overseer of Poor, Highway Surveyor, and Recruiting,
60 00
66.
Abel R. Proctor, for Collecting Taxes,
204 35
66
66
66
66
Services as Treasurer, ..
50 00
66
66
66
66
66
66
" Town Clerk, ....
50 00
66
66
66
66
" Disburs'g State Aid,
50 00
66
66
66
66
Recording 75 Births,
15 00
66
66
63 Deaths,
3 15
66
66
66
66
14 Marriages, ..... .
1 40
66
66
66
66
Dog Licenses, and Cash,
paid for Tax Books, &c.,
34 50
66
66
$2063 73
66
66
66 Josiah Crosby,
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EXPENDITURES.
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST.
PRINCIPAL.
Paid John Albree, $5000 00
66 Faneuil Hall Bank,
3380 00
66 Daniel C. Brown, 2000 00
66 Warren Rawson,
800 00
66 Luke Wyman, 500 00
John Peabody, 500 00
66 W. J. Lane, Treasurer, 65 00
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- $12245 00
INTEREST.
Paid John Albree,
$856 25
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