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Warden's Salary,
325 00
Interest and Insurance on farm,
765 00
Sundry accounts due Almshouse, Feb. 10, 1859,
73 92
$3,973 92
CREDIT FOR CASH RECEIVED.
S. M. Jackson, for eggs,
$9 36
66 66
calves and calf skins,
18 25
66
38 lbs. tallow, 3 80
66 66 60 " pork, 6 60
6 67
66 66 hide and tallow,
7 96
Nathan Gibbs,
2,120 lbs. hay,
21 20
John White Jr.,
2,190 " 66
21 90
J. H. Brown,
2,240 "
22 40
C. Cunningham, 834 “
salt hay, 66 66
5 00
E. Smith,
4 16
S. W. Stone,
labor,
2 25
A. C. Curtis,
66
8 25
A Allen,
3 00
S. F. Dix,
3 00
William McIntosh, I858,
7 00
F. A. Collins, 66
9 00
William B. Locke, 66
3 75
William Wiswall, 66 1858,
12 73
P. Bartlett, 66
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$178 28
66 66 poultry,
23
Amount brought forward,
$178 28
Lewis Hurd, labor,
4 50
D. M. Kinmonth, 66
24 00
Stephen Cate, 66
10 00
Nathaniel Wales, 66
8 87
Ellis Stedman, 66
1 10
Peter Leonard, 66
5 50
E. J. Collins,
etc.,
28 26
Lewis Hurd,
1,773 lbs. salt hay, 11 56 board, 52 00
R. Germain,
66 of son to Nov. 1, 1859,
117 00
Town of Weston,
of Mrs. Adams and son,
2 50
J. D. Dix, Jr.,
man and oxen, 3 00
15 05
Thomas Rice, Jr.,
15 75
66 66 66 vegetables,
4 50
Brown & Goulding, potatoes,
Isaac Hagar,
4 bushels potatoes,
2 60
P. Flannigan, straw,
45
M. R. Stevens,
3,030 lbs. straw,
18 18
Mr. Mahan,
heifer,
20 00
Otis Atherton,
vegetables,
8 07
Cash received for straw,
66
66
use of boar,
2 00
66
66
66 bull,
10 00
66
66 vegetables,
10 07
Cash received for conveying sundry persons to Tewks- bury and Boston,
8 00
Cash received for warning Town Meetings,
15 00
66 66
teaming plank to Willow Lane,
2 62
66 66 drawing engine to fire,
2 00
Henry Fuller, use of corn sheller,
14
J. H. Fellows, " roller,
25
John McAllister, two pigs,
2 00
Robert Scott, 66 66
4 00
$641 58
Inventory more than last year,
891 41
Refreshments for Town Officers,
75 00
Due for board of two persons, 66 from sundry persons for labor, etc., 52 00
137 75
Board of two hundred and ninety transient persons,
150 00
Leonard Hurd,
42 39
A. Hyde,
Charles Rice, 2d,
pig,
5 50
6 44
Amount carried forward, $1,947 74
24
Amount brought forward, $1,947 74
Sundry unpaid accounts of 1858, which have been paid the past year, Improvements on farm,
48 35
125 00
$2,121 09
Expense of poor,
1,852 83
$3,973 92
Number of weeks board of poor, 1263.
Cost per week, for each person, $1 46+
Cost per week, for each person, less interest on farm, 86+
Value of stock, hay, waggons, and all other personal property on the farm, exclusive of bedding and household furniture,
$3,065 38
. The result of the financial affairs of the Almshouse, the past year, is very gratifying. The whole expense, even though there have been more inmates, is considerably less than that of the previous year, while all have been well pro- vided for, and are apparently satisfied and happy.
Your Auditors are pleased to be able to say, that every thing in and around the Almshouse indicates good manage- ment, industry, and thrift. The Warden and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ware, are deserving of much credit for the interest they have manifested in the welfare of all the persons under their charge, - especially the children, who regularly attend church, the Sabbath, and public schools, and seem to be in all respects well cared for.
REPAIRS, ETC., AT ALMSHOUSE.
C. H. Jenison, mason work, $43 00
D. C. Sanger, carpenter work, 28 27
Cole & Co., repairing pumps, etc.,
3 30
Eaton, Moulton, & Co., repairing pumps,
1 75
Samuel Wells, 66
3 50
R. Gilkey & Co., lime,
31 10
J. L. Sears, setting glass,
2 70
J. J. Ware, cash paid for setting glass,
1 13
Chas. Rice, Jr., lumber, lime, and cement,
24 56
1 00
Peter Hubbell, bricks,
Amount carried forward, $140 31
25
Amount brought forward,
$140 31
Frederick Wendt, digging well,
34 00
Asa Hunting, pump, 28 38
J. F. C. Hyde, for trees,
1 90
Martin Hunting, repairing furnace,
2 75
Cyrus Alger, iron kettle, 2 80
Samuel Wells, stove pipe, repairing stove, etc., 4 88
1 80
J. J. Ware, cash paid for nails,
$216 82
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Town of Erving, board of Mrs. Eddy, $6 00
J. B. H. Fuller, time and expense to Erving, on account of Mrs. Eddy, 15 25
Asa Cook, funeral expenses of Robert Sherwood, 11 00 Henry Ross, for assistance rendered Esther Cook to September 1st, 1859, 30 00
L. G. Stevens, groceries furnished R. Sherwood family, 14 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., for cash paid L. Mclaughlin for board of Patrick Wright family, 40 00
State Lunatic Hospital, for board of Eunice F. Hyde, 110 72 J. S. Watson, for assistance rendered sundry persons, George B. Little, assistance rendered Ann Stewart, 40 00 J. H. Grant, medical attendance on sundry persons, 9 50 Jeremiah Allen, 2d, conveying paupers to Alms- house and Hospital, 4 75
John J. Ware, cash paid expense to Tewksbury, 1 25
66 66 for board of A. Childs, 8 58
66 66 for conveying sundry persons to Bos- ton and Tewksbury, 8 00
Wingate & Bixby, coal delivered Mrs. McEnanay, 3 50
Brown & Goulding, goods 66 66
7 87 John Mead, groceries, etc., 66 66
5 41 Alfred Hosmer, med. attendance on Wm. Manning, 8 00 66
Lydia Briston, taking care of 66
10 00
L. G. Stevens, sundries delivered Mrs. Briston for William Manning, 3 42
J. B. H. Fuller, assistance rendered sundry persons, 6 50
Thomas Rice, Jr., 66
66 66 2 75
H. C. Hoyt, 66 J. Durgin, 5 00
$358 25
6 75
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HIGHWAYS.
SELECTMEN SURVEYORS.
Amount expended under the direction of Thomas
Rice, Jr. :
Personal service,
$18 00
Paid Vaughn Jones, men and teams,
261 34
Leonard Hurd, 66
8 50
Charles H. Belcher, labor, 49 06
William Hyde, 66
7 50
66 Benjamin Joy, 66
42 50
66 Augustus Allen, man and teams,
60 50
Phineas Frost, Jr., sharpening picks,
80
Terrence Dolan, labor,
2 50
66 Daniel Hall, 66
28 75
66 Enoch Smith, men and team,
9 00
M. Fitzgerald, repairing tools, 3 09
66 H. F. Joy, labor, 3 12
3 58
" Charles Rice, Jr., lumber for railing,
2 00
Thomas Kenney, labor,
Wm. Callahan, labor on culvert, 5 00
Ephraim Parker, labor, 68 62
$579 86
Amount expended under the direction of Samuel F. Dix. :
Samuel F. Dix, personal service, men, and teams, 192 24
Paid John Quinn, labor, 59 25
" Edwin Jenison, men and teams,
Nathan Crafts,
112 01
" Elias Jenison,
20 75
" Martin Conner,
5 00
Enoch Smith, men and team,
20 00
66 Wm. Ferdan, labor, 3 75
10 00
T. L. Jackson, labor and team,
13 50
66 Michael Lee, labor,
15 94
66 Michael Barry, "
Q 88
6 Elijah Jenison, men and team,
23 12
66 John J. Ware, “ 66
3 00
66 Peter Martin, laying culvert,
11 00
6 00
Stephen Cate & Son, " "
18 45
66 Isaac Frost, men and team,
Amount carried forward, $510 89
27
Amount brought forward,
$510 89
Paid James O'Donnell, labor,
6 87
66 C. Cole, repairing tools, 1 83
66 M. Barney, labor,
6 87
66 Henry Jenison, labor,
14 38
66 Martin Lawler, 66
3 12
66 Walter Lovely, 66
2 50
Wm. Fahey, 66
10 94
66 Patrick Sweeney, 66
11 88
66 James C. Kent, 66
5 00
66 John Moran, 66
1 25
Felix Dolan, 66
10 50
D. Hinckley, gravel and labor,
13 14
66 Michael Sheehan, 66
5 00
Thomas E. Smith, 66
6 25
E. D. Brooks, men and teams,
35 00
Patrick Haley, labor,
2 50
Horace Jenison, "
26 67
66 Michael Whalan, “
2 50
66 Hugh Bryson,
4 38
66 Allen & Barker, gravel, men, and teams,
52 83
Thomas McGue, men and teams,
18 50
66 James Magennis, labor,
1 87
66 Seth Davis, men and teams,
82 74
66 M. Roach, labor,
2 92
66 M. McGrath, 66
62
66 Michael Manning, "
1 75
66 G. Merriam, 66
1 00
66 John S. Fuller, men and teams,
46 00
$1,001 85
Amount expended under the direction of John B. H. Fuller : Personal service, $96 00
J. B. H. Fuller, horse and cart, 10 50
Paid Henry Bigelow 50
" for one pick, 1 50
" for two iron rakes,
67
" for chain and lock for gate at gravel bank,
75
66 George Daniels, men, teams, and stone,
272 32
" William O'Brien, for labor,
34 41
James Crowdla, 66
1 00
C. Kelhar, 66
1 50
Amount carried forward,
$419 15
J. D. Dix, Jr., and Wm. Dix, men and teams, 112 15
28
Amount brought forward,
$419 15
Paid John Holland, for labor,
1 50
C. Holland, 66
3 50
P. Welsh, 66
1 50
66 P. Welsh, 2d, 66
1 50
66 Barney McNanes, 66
1 12
66 John Purcel, 66
7 00
Thomas Mullin 66
3 50
Thomas Murphy, 66
7 25
66 Olney Annis, 66
3 25
66
O. W. Turner, 66
28 50
66
John Sullivan,
3 00
Michael Sheehan, 66
2 50
66 James Dunn, 66
3 00
Timothy McNamara, "
10 00
B. Fitzsimmons, 66
4 00
Bernard Lovely, 2d,
25 31
66 Timothy Murphy, 66
7 00
66
Edwin Jenison, men and teains,
22 25
66 John McMann, labor,
9 00
66
Peter Murray,
12 71
Dennis Dudley, 66
9 00
Dennis Broderick, "
8 43
Henry Jenison, 66
3 94
66
B. McSherry, 66
4 00
Luke Fagan,
66
8 00
66 Elijah Jenison, 66
4 87
Thomas Manning, 66
9 00
James Conway, 66
39 83
John Hickey, 66
19 00
James Leary, 66
9 00
Albert Brackett, men and teams,
193 50
66 Josiah Gilmore, Jr. "
66
77 64
Nathan Crafts, 66 66
31 50
E. D. Brooks, 66 66
79 87
James Ricker, 66
66
14 62
Charles Brackett,
66
32 55
O. & D. Whipple,
and lumber,
29 52
" William Ferdan, labor,
10 77
" for covering stone,
21 50
Cr. $1,194 33
By cash of Town of Brighton on acc't of culvert, 37 50
$1,156 83
Lawrence Barry, 66
11 25
29
Amount expended under the direction of James F. C. Hyde.
Personal service,
$43 50
Paid J. F. C. Hyde, for men and teams,
21 35
David Stone,
66
25 72
66 Jeffrey Connell, 66
66
20 70
66 S. M. Jackson, 66 66
1 76 46
John Stearns, 66 66
33 97
D. and G. F. Stone, "
66
144 10
William Stearns,
66
47 22
William Aiken, 66
66
61 99
Isaac Kingsbury, 66
66
10 00
66 Wm. W. McIntosh, "
66
56 75
66 Daniel Knowles, 66
66
7 95
66 Joshua Bartlett, 66
66
39 23
William C. Wiswall, "
66
6 55
John W. Kingsbury, "
66
27 00
Henry Paul, 66
66
32 80
66
Noah S. King, 66
66
16 95
66 Artemas Wiswall, 66
66
8 37
William Wiswall,
66
66
3 00
David Hall, Jr.,
66
66
5 25
66 G. W. Butters, 66
66
35 00
Samuel Pulsifer, 66 66
2 75
Thomas J. Orange, 66
66
46 75
J. & J. Woodman,
66
87 00
G. K. & J. Ward, Jr., "
66
18 07
66 Eben Stone,
66
66
61 65
Luther Paul, for men and teams,
45 62
Amos Esty, 66
46 38
" Calvin Rand, 66
66
11 73
James Smith,
66
8 75
Richard Thomas,
66
1 88
C. Reagan, labor,
8 12
Patrick Halloran,
66
5 00
J. Mahoney, 66
1 93
66 Frank Buihler, 66
23 44
Patrick Collins, 66
2 50
Patrick Cummings, 66
8 50
Lawrence Flynn,
7 00
John Linn, labor and team,
57 95
Dennis Sullivan, for labor,
3 50
Amount carried forward,
$1,304 32
-
66
31 94
Ephraim Jackson, 66
30
Amount brought forward, Paid John O'Brien, for labor,
$1,304 32
3 50
Michael Kenny, 66
1 00
T. Sullivan, 66
75
" Michael Hurley, 66
11 62
John Schools, 66
7 75
John Hart, 66
6 87
" John Hayes, 66
3 50
John Sargent, 66
5 00
T. & H. Coughlan,
7 50
Jacob Bassing, 66
3 75
66 Barney Bryson, 66
7 25
66 George P. Curtis, 66
15 87
66 George W. Cole, in part for culvert, 5 00
66 Timothy Walker, labor and lumber for railing, 23 08
" L. T. Cunningham, repairing highway tools, 4 72
$1,411 48
Amount expended under the direction of L. R. Wattles :
Personal service,
10 00
Paid Pettee estate, for men and teams,
115 78
Frank Jones, 66 66
39 15
" Moses Crafts, 66 66
6 00
" Orrin Beard, labor,
24 25
Charles Burke, 66
6 87
James M. Sherman, 66
5 00
66 Ingalls Hosley, 66
2 50
66 Isaac Smith, 66
47 44
66 Stephen Hurd, 66
99 61
66
Oliver Smith, 66
49 24
" Cyrus Everett, 66
51 87
B. F. Lassell, 66
1 00
Cyrus Cunningham, 66
1 10
" C. Linnehan,
66
10 00
66 J. Sullivan, 66
2 00
M. Sullivan, 66
3 50
Patrick Kenney, 66
2 25
J. Kingsbury, 66
22 75
66 E. C. Dudley, gravel, men, and teams,
53 55
" R. T. Sullivan, repairing tools for highway, 66
2 89
Moses Crafts, 66
1 75
" G. W. Keyes, repairing railing,
1 50
$560 00
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INCIDENTALS FOR HIGHWAYS.
Artemas Wiswall, removing snow from highways, at Oak Hill, 1858, $1 80
Henry Paul, work done, 1858, 3 87
H. C. Harrington, building railing and widening Elmwood street, 65 63
J. C. Kent, removing snow, 1853,
3 25
Wm. W. McIntosh, work on road, near his house, by vote of Town, 25 00
J. B. H. Fuller, work on Elmwood street, and Cul- vert near Joshua Loring's, 62 63
O. W. Turner, repairing Forbes street, Newton Corner, 30 17
B. W. Kingsbury, widening and grading Grafton street, 40 00
Stephen Hurd, widening street near D. M. Kin- month's, 54 02
S. Durgan, repairing highway tools and two sur- face grates, 12 21
G. K. & J. Ward, Jr., removing snow, Feb., 1859, 3 75
S. W. Stone, cash paid for removing snow, 11 37
O. & D. Whipple, labor of team, 1857,
9 00
Cole & Co., iron for culverts,
38
J. E. Cousens, repairs on railing, 1858,
75
John J. Ware, carting plank to Willow Lane, 2 62
Mosher & Armstrong, repairing highway tools, 2 57
Horace Cousens, gravel,
15 67
J. & J. Woodman, "
28 90
Eben Stone, 66
43 60
Allen & Barker, 66
16 08
Reuben Ware, 66
18 40
John Brigham, lumber for railing,
5 32
$456 99
BRIDGES.
J. P. Monks, lumber for Bemis' bridge, $93 76
H. C. Harrington, labor on Bemis' bridge, 63 30
John Brigham, lumber for Bemis' bridge, 107 87
Amount carried forward, $264 93
32
Amount brought forward, $264 93
Charles Rice, Jr., lumber for bridge, Lower Falls, 13 07
Ephraim Parker, labor and material for bridge at Upper Falls, 100 00
Stephen Hurd, labor on Eliot bridge, Upper Falls, 7 25
Silas Durgan, iron work for Bemis' bridge,
19 39
Albert Brackett, teaming timber for Bemis bridge,
Allen Jordan, repairing bridges at Lower Falls, 4 50
Joseph E. Cousens, repairs on Kenrick bridge, 4 45
$418 09
NEW ROADS.
Marshall S. Rice, Civil Engineering, $34 00
Pettee Estate, for building road Upper Falls, 485 00
B. W. Kingsbury, damage for land taken to widen Grafton street, 100 00
Elizabeth Cook & G. Aldrich, damage for land taken to widen Willow Lane, 100 00
Seth Davis, Civil Engineering, 15 39
Augustus Allen, in part for building road, Pine Plain, West Newton,
400 00
Michael Lester, land damage on road, Pine Plain, West Newton, 85 00
E. Woodward, Civil Engineering on Willow Lane,
7 50
Patrick Darmody, damage for well destroyed, Pine Plain, West Newton, 18 00
1 00
H. A. Royce, Engineering on road, Auburndale, S. F. Dix, setting monuments on Willow Lane, 11 75
$1,257 64
RECAPITULATION.
Repairs on highways,
$4,710 02
Incidental on highways,
456 99
New roads,
1,257 64
Bridges,
418 09
Total expenditure on roads and bridges, $6,842 74
4 50
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INSURANCE.
Hampden Fire Insurance Co., insurance on engine houses, $49 75
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on engine house, Newton Corner, 25 00
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on barn at Almshouse, 33 00
Quincy Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on High School house, 41 00
Hampden Fire Insurance Co., insurance on High School house, 26 00
People's Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on High School house,
51 00
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on Alms- house, 62 05
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on school house, Newton Corner, 50 90
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on school house, Newtonville, 47 00
People's Mutual Insurance Co., insurance on Town Hall, 96 63
$482 33
PRINTING.
William White, printing dog law, $1 50
Stacy & Richardson, printing School Report, 50 00
66 66 sundry printing, 87 50
Stacy & Richardson, printing Auditor's report, etc., 1859, 179 00
Samuel Chism, printing warrants, etc.,
24 00
66 printing for School Committee, 25 00
$367 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Le Grand Lucas, taking care of Town Hall, 6 50
M. S. Rice, registering and returning births, mar- riages, and deaths, 60 00
Amount carried forward, $66 50
3
34
Amount brought forward, $66 50
M. S. Rice, cash paid for stationery, publishing By- Laws, etc., 18 41
Charles K. Darling, stationery for Selectmen's room 12 28
E. C. Jenkins, return of 3 deaths, 30
C. K. Hooker, lantern and gas pipe for Town Hall, 17 57
M. Lucas, labor and materials repairing floor of Town Hall, 139 67
Lee & Giles, guide boards, etc., 2 25
D. O'Donnell, labor at Town Hall, 3 00
C. H. Jenison, labor at Town Hall, 5 81
Thomas Rice, Jr., cash paid for refreshments for County Commissioners, 4 00
A. Mudge & Son, police badges, 2 50
J. S. Watson, killing 18 dogs, 66 66 notifying Town officers, 7 00
9 00
Moses Prichard, serving notice of petition of Select- men on B. & W. Railroad, 2 20
Henry Bigelow, safe for Town Clerk, 105 00
H. A. Davis, adjusting balances, weights, and meas's.
8 00
J. Allen, 2d, warning Town meeting, notifying Town officers, and killing five dogs, 38 33
Chase, Bro's & Co., furniture for Lock-up,
15 00
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid expenses of perambula- tion of Town lines, 16 25
Stephen Holmes, cash refunded by vote of Town,
100 00
Asa Cook, return of twenty-five deaths, 2 50
J. Allen, 2d, notifying Town officers, and attend- ance at Town meeting, 4 33
J. S. Watson, fitting lock-up, Newton Corner, 18 00
T. Fenny, work on lock-up 66 3 00
Amos Stone, costs of County Commissioners on ap- peal, 63 45
E. Woodward, Civil Engineering, 6 37
Wm. P. Houghton, cash paid for entering petition, 2 40
John Mead, locks for lock-up,
1 75
John J. Ware, warning Town meetings,
15 00
Nathan Trowbridge, return of deaths,
2 10
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid for rubber bands, record- ing deed, and postage, 1 19
Ware & Co., carting sundries Town Clerk and lock-up, 2 50
Estate of B. P. Bingham, return of deaths, 1 70
Amount carried forward, $697 36
1
35
Amount brought forward, $697 36
F. A. Cutter, assistance rendered constable, 2 25
Thomas Rice, Jr., stationery and postage, 1 50
H. C. Hoyt, special police service, 7 00
H. C. Hoyt, killing four dogs, 2 00
J. B. H. Fuller, stationery, etc., E. J. Collins, return of tax payers to Selectmen, stationery, postage, 17 89
2 15
$730 15
SALARIES.
M. S. Rice, services as Town Clerk for year ending March, 1859, $100 00
E. J. Collins, services as Town Treasurer for year ending March, 1859, 150 00
E. J. Collins, attending meetings of Selectmen for year ending March, 1859, 25 50
A. A. Kendall, services as School Committee to March 4th, 1859, 27 50
H. Lambert, for services as School Committee to March, 1859, 15 00
H. Bigelow, for services as School Committee to March, 1859, 105 00
J. W. Alvord, for services as School Committee to March, 1859, 29 00
Lyman Gilbert,, for services as School Committee to April 4th, 1859, 16 00
W. A. Alcott, for services as School Committee to March 17th, 1859, 39 00
J. W. Parker, for services as School Committee to November, 17th, 1859, 47 50
A. H. Ward, Jr., services as School Committee to April, 1859, 15 00
N. S. King, for services as School Committee, 18 00
John A. Gould, Jr., " 66 66 to
April, 1859, 38 00
F. A. Collins, services as assessor, balance 1858, 66 66 66 66 in part for 1859, 80 00
25 70
Isaac Hagar, 66 66 in full for 1859, 140 78
Dustin Lancey, 66 66
66 66 88 50
Amount carried forward,
$960 48
36
Amount brought forward, $960 48 Isaac Hagar, services as Auditor, and copying Tax List, Feb., 1859, 46 25
E. Woodward, services as Auditor, Feb., 1859, 28 44
19 00 J. F. C. Hyde, 66 66 66 Henry Fuller, services as Building Committee for High School, 75 00
John L. Roberts, services as Building Committee for High School, 75 00
J. D. Towle, for services as Building Committe for High School, 75 00
A. Wiswall, for services as Building Committee for High School, 10 50
A. Wiswall, services as Committee for establishing High School, 8 00
Wm. P. Houghton, services as Selectman, balance of account, 1858, 10 00
E. J. Collins, in part, for collecting taxes for 1858-9, 400 00
E. Woodward, balance of Commissions for col- lecting taxes, 1854, 62 72
Thomas Rice, Jr., services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, to Feb. 7th 1860, 92 00
Sam'l F. Dix, 66 66
80 00
J. B. H. Fuller, 66 66 66 66
94 00
J. F. C. Hyde, 66 66
66 116 00 66
L. R. Wattles, 66 66 66
66 57 00
B. F. Houghton, liquor agent, 50 00
$2,259 39
LIQUOR AGENCY.
B. F. Houghton, Liquor Agent, in account with Town of Newton :
Dr.
To cash received from sales,
$251 37
Cr.
199 01
By cash paid for liquors, 66 Town Treasurer, 52 36
$251 37
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LIQUOR AGENCY. Dr.
Value of liquor on hand, Jan. 1st, 1859, $58 69
Paid salary of Agent to Jan. 1st, 1860,
50 00
Cr.
$108 69
Value of liquor on hand Jan. 1st, 1860,
55 64
Cash paid by Agent to Town Treasurer, 52 36
$107 90
Loss,
79
$108 69
KENRICK FUND,
Amount of Fund after distribution of the interest as per direction of the donor to the " indus- trious poor of Newton," Jan. 1, 1859, $4,032 47
Interest received since Jan. 1st, 1859, 174 34
$4,206 81
Permanent amount of Fund, which is secured by mortgages from nine individuals, at 5 per cent., 4,000 00
$206 81
Amount distributed the last year to 23 persons,
200 00
Leaving a balance of interest, $6 81
The above sum of $4,000 accumulated from the amount given by the generous donor, the late John Kenrick, Esq., and is to be kept as a permanent fund; "the interest of which, at 5 per cent. per annum, is to be appropriated to assist the needy and industrious poor of Newton, who are not sup- ported by said Town." 3*
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In submitting the foregoing Report to the Town, the Auditors deem it but just to say, that they have found the accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer well vouched, and their books correctly kept.
ISAAC HAGAR, EBEN. WOODWARD, Auditors. JAMES F. C. HYDE,
Newton, February 13, 1860.
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SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE.
IN pursuance of a standing order of the Town, the Board of Selectmen respectfully present the following Estimate of . the Expenses of the Town for the ensuing year : .
Interest,
$3,300 00
New Roads,
700 00
Highways, Culverts, and Railing,
4,500 00
Bridges, 300 00
Fire Department,
2,000 00
Schools, -
14,000 00
Repairs on Schoolhouses, etc.,
1,000 00
Almshouse Expenses, -
2,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse, -
300 00
Poor out of Almshouse,
500 00
Salaries, -
2,000 00
Incidental Expenses,
1,000 00
Printing,
- 350 00
Insurance, -
100 00
Burial Grounds, 100 00
Reduction of Town Debt and Contingencies, - 7,850 00
$40,000 00
In view of the inevitably increasing wants of the Town, and of the fact, that, with the strictest economy in the man- agement of its affairs, consistent with the best interests of the · several departments, the actual expenses of the Town, in-
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cluding the additional appropriations made at the last Annual Meeting, have nearly or quite absorbed the entire grant for the year, the Selectmen have thought proper to recommend an increased grant of money for the ensuing year.
Although the debt of the Town has been unavoidably in- creased during the past year, by the loan required to meet the appropriation for the High School, yet, it is believed to be the settled policy of the Town, that annual provision shall be made for the gradual extinguishment of this debt. A liberal margin is accordingly left in the estimate for this object.
The increase in the Town debt, involves, of course, the necessity for an increased appropriation in the item of interest.
The only new road known to the Board, which is required to be built during the present season, is the one leading from the house of J. H. Stephenson to Auburndale. The estimate under this head is therefore reduced from last year.
It is not unusual for the outlays upon the Highways to exceed the appropriations for that object, and such has been the fact to a small extent the past year. Yet it is thought that this may be obviated hereafter, and no increase in the ap- propriation is called for. In regard to the system under which the affairs of this department have been conducted, the board are constrained to throw aside all delicacy naturally arising from their position as Surveyors of Highways, and to say that the new arrangement has worked well, and, in their opinion, it ought to be continued. They are persuaded that more work has been done for the same amount of money, and the roads have been kept in better condition than they pos- sibly could be under the old arrangement.
The expenses of the Fire Department were somewhat in- creased last year by the purchase of the land upon which the
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engine house at Newton Corner stands ; but no increase in the appropriation is considered necessary for the ensuing year. This department continues in its usual good condition. The Chief and Assistant Engineers, and the officers and members of the several companies, have all evinced a most commendable zeal in maintaining the efficiency of this branch of the public service.
The appropriation for Schools was increased $2,000 last year, by vote of the Town, and the Board recommends the same amount for the ensuing year. The support of Schools is one of the most important subjects which can be presented to the Town, but the Board do not feel at liberty to indulge in lengthened remarks upon a subject which has always com- mended itself to an enlightened public sentiment, and whose claims have uniformly met with a liberal response from the voters of the Town.
The expense of repairs on School-houses was increased last year, by establishing a Grammar School at Auburndale, which was not included in the estimate. The item of Insurance was also increased by the renewal of policies which had not been expected to expire during the year, and for which no provision had been made in the estimate.
The estimate for repairs on the Almshouse is necessarily larger than it was last year, as increased accommodations for the infirm and the insane paupers must soon be provided.
While the total expenditures on account of the Almshouse have considerably exceeded the appropriation, a careful ex- amination of the Auditors' Report shows, that the actual ex- pense of the house for the year, falls below the estimate. The whole amount paid out appears to be $2,648 00. From this should be deducted the excess of groceries, grain, fuel, etc., on
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