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3d. All motions submitted for consideration of the Town, shall be in writing, if so required by the presiding officer, or by the meeting.
4th. Every person speaking shall address the chair, stand- ing and uncovered.
5th. No vote fixing the period for closing a ballot shall be considered after such ballot shall have commenced ; but it may be in order to extend the period without such recon- sideration.
6th. Committees shall be nominated by the presiding officer of the meeting, unless otherwise ordered by a. vote of two-thirds of the voters present ; and in nominations at large, no person shall nominate more than one member of such committee.
7th. All motions to lay on the table, to take from the table, to take any article from its regular order, or to change the order of business, shall be decided without debate.
8ch. The duties of the presiding officer shall be determined by the code of Rules governing the presiding officer of the House of Representatives of this Commonwealth, so far as they are adapted to the condition and powers of the Town.
BY-LAWS.
APPROVED BY THE COURT, DEC. 29, 1857.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Art. 1. The assessment of all taxes shall be completed and a list of the same delivered to the Collector on or before the first day of July of each year.
Art. 2. The appointed time for collecting poll taxes of persons having no other tax, shall be from the 20th to the 31st of July, and all other taxes from the 10th to the 20th of November of each year.
Art. 3. It shall be the duty of the Collector, during each of said periods, to appoint at least eight different times and places in different parts of the town, when and where he will meet the inhabitants and receive their taxes ; and he shall, immediately after receiving the tax-list from the assessors, make out the tax-bills, and send the same to each .of said inhabitants and each non-resident, as he can find, with a notice thereon of said times and places, and the penalties of non-payment of said taxes ; and the town shall furnish printed blanks for the use of said Collector.
Art. 4. At the expiration of the time appointed for said payment of taxes, the Collector shall issue a summons to all delinquents, and if any taxes remain unpaid more than ten days after the service of said summons, the Collector shall immediately proceed to collect the same with legal fees therefor.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
No action shall be had at any Town meeting on the report of any Committee previously chosen, unless the same shall be specially notified in the warrant for calling said meeting.
PASTURING OF CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN STREETS AND WAYS.
No person shall pasture cattle or other animals in or upon any of the streets or ways in the Town of Newton, either with or without a keeper, under the penalty of five dollars for each and every such offence ; and it shall be the duty of the Select- men to prosecute every violation of this By-Law ; and all fines or penalties collected for such offences, shall be paid to the Treasurer for the use of the Town.
Balance in the Treaty Feb. 13,1861. $13,484,91 And read into the ready the past year is, Making a total of $ 93,138,35
79.653,44
The Treasurer has paid out during the year, as per schedule on fourth page of the report $84,125,51 Leaving a balance in the head]. February 13.1862, of 9.012.84
$ 93,138,35
Viabilities of the Town, Ant due on loans, principal and interest $ 57.164.77 Balance of School appropriation 513.21 Making a total of And of cash assets 15.686.54
$ 57.677.98
Debt of the Town, Feb. 18, 1862, $ 41.991. 44
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF NEWTON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 13TH, 1862.
ALSO, THE
TAX LIST FOR 1861;
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE; REGISTRAR'S REPORT; NAMES OF STREETS, ETC.
BOSTON: S. CHISM,-FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, No. 112 CONGRESS STREET. 1862.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
THE Auditor's find that the balance remaining in the Treasury, February 13th, 1861, was Amount received for the year, as per account of Treasurer, is
$13,484 91
$79,653 44
Making a total of
$93,138 35
Of this sum, there was received from the Com- monwealth, for Town's proportion of the income from School Fund,
From Loan of John J. Ware,
250 00
66 65 Henry Smith,
2,000 00
66
Newton Bank,
7,000 00
66 66 City Inst. for Savings, Lowell,
14,000 00
Proceeds from sale of schoolhouse near Asa Cook's,
369 09
From M. S. Rice, Town Clerk, for licensing and registering dogs,
33 00
B. F. Houghton, sale of liquors,
53 21
Seth Davis, sale of stones from burial ground, West Newton,
19 50
66 S. F. Dix, sale of stones on Otis street,
6 24
Orrin Whipple, sale of stones on Tre- mont street,
120 13
Orrin Whipple, amount overdrawn on Military account,
39 00
22 50
State Treas., for burial of State Paupers, £ Interest on taxes for 1855, 1856, and 1857, For taxes in part for 1856,
400 00
66 1857,
1,397 94
From E. J. Collins, for taxes in part for 1860,
2,599 83
66 66 66 1861,
50,952 88
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 13th, 1861,
$79,653 44
13,484 91
$93,138 35
99 18
$290 94
4
The amount of expenditures for which bills and demands have been allowed and paid, is And these expenditures are chargeable to the following appropriations or accounts, viz :
$84,125 51
Loans,
$21,000 00
Interest,
3,194 83
School Appropriation,
15,364 31
Incidentals for Schools,
2,264 35
New Schoolhouse,
7,500 00
Fire Department,
3,154 03
Almshouse,
1,800 00
Poor out of Almshouse,
757 14
Repairs of Almshouse,
304 08
New Roads,
2,830 78
Repairs of Highways,
5,243 48
Incidentals of Highways,
1,857 10
Bridges,
245 91
Insurance,
605 68
Printing,
483 00
Incidental Expenses,
875 71
Burial Grounds,
1,052 88
Salaries,
2,914 33
Military Account,
3,561 18
Dog 66
14 00
County Tax,
6,771 72
Commonwealth Tax,
2,331 00
$84,125 51
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 13th, 1862,
9,012 84
$93,138 35
LOANS. Dr.
Amount due sundry persons and Institutions, as per audit, February 13th, 1861, NAMELY.
$54,316 61
Luther Paul,
800 00
Isaac Paul, estate
300 00
Nathaniel Wales,
1,100 00
N. S. King,
800 00
E. Woodward,
800 00
Phebe Jackson,
1,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,800 00
5
Amount brought forward,
$4,800 00
E. J. Collins,
2,616 61
Wm. P. Houghton,
800 00
John J. Ware,
1,500 00
Henry Hyde,
1,800 00
Isaac Jones,
1,800 00
Newton Institution for Savings,
1,000 00
Western Railroad Sinking Fund, at 5 per cent.,
14,000 00
Bank of the Republic, at 5 1-2 per cent., 10,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
16,000 00
$54,316 61
April 1st, 1861, John J. Ware, 250 00
June 1st, 66 Henry Smith, at 5 per cent., 2,000 00
August 1st, 66 Newton Bank, 7,000 00
Dec. 9th. 66 City Inst. for Savings, Lowell 14,000 00
$77,566 61
Cr. BY LOANS PAID.
Western Railroad Sinking Fund,
14,000 00
Newton Bank,
7,000 00
21,000 00
Amount of unpaid loans, Feb. 13, 1862,
56,566 61
$77,566 61
TAXES OF 1860.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1861, $2,914 83 Abatements, 125 70
$2,789 13
Amount paid into the Treasury,
2,599 83
Balance, Feb. 13, 1862,
$189 30
TAXES OF 1861.
Amount of Assessments,
$57,804 88
Discount on Taxes paid prior to Oct. 1st, 1861,
$1,685 09 846 30 2,531 39
Abatements,
$55,273 49
Amount paid into the Treasury,
50,952 88
Balance, Feb. 13th, 1862,
$4,320 61
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN, FEB. 13, 1862.
Amount due on loans, as per loan account, $56,566 61 598 16
Interests due on loans to date,
Balance of school appropriation,
513 21
$57,677 98
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Amount in Treasurer's hands, $9,012 84
Due from sundry persons on acc't of Almshouse,
92 42
Due from the Commonwealth, on acc't of aid rendered the families of volunteers,
2,000 00
Cash on hand in Almshouse department,
71 37
Balance of Taxes, 1860,
189 30
66 1861,
4,320 61
$15,686 54
Debt of Town, Feb. 13, 1862,
41,991 44
$57,677 98
Increase of debt since last audit,
$3,172 53
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse and Farm, $13,000 00
Personal property at Almshouse,
3,800 74
Town and Schoolhouse, West Newton,
5,000 00
Eleven Schoolhouses, and Land for the same,
55,800 00
Five Fire Engines, Fixtures, Buildings, Hooks, Ladders, Land, and Reservoirs, 12,000 00
Lyceum Hall and Land,
1,200 00
Lot of Land in West Newton,
66 66
66
280 00
66
66 Newton Corner,
1,600 00
66 66
Upper Falls,
350 00
66
66
100 00
66
66
Newton Centre,
1,460 00
66
66
Grove Hill Cemetery,
1,500 00
New Tomb,
66 66 66
800 00
$97,015 74
125 00
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Liabilities of the Town,
$57,677 98 Cash Assets, $15,686 54
Value of real and personal proper- ty owned by the Town. 97,015 74 $112,702 28
Balance in favor of the Town,
$55,024 30
INTEREST.
Bank of the Republic,
$550 00
Newton Institution for Savings,
60 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
960 00
Western Railroad Sinking Fund,
702 33
Nathaniel Wales,
66 00
John J. Ware,
90 00
Henry Hyde,
108 00
E. Woodward,
48 00
Luther Paul,
42 00
Isaac Jones,
108 00
Isaac Paul's estate,
18 00
Noah S. King,
48 00
William P. Houghton,
48 00
Luther Paul, guardian,
6 00
Phebe Jackson, (Cook)
60 00
Henry Smith,
50 00
Newton Bank,
73 50
E. J. Collins,
157 00
$3,194 83
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
Balance of appropriation of 1860, remaining Feb. 13, 1861,
$3,586 58
Appropriation March 4, 1861,
12,000 00
Received from the State School Fund,
290 94
$15,877 52
Amount expended for the year 1861, to Jan. 24, 1862,
15,364 31
Leaving a balance of
513 21
$15,877 52
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HIGH SCHOOL.
T. D. Adams, services as teacher, $1,500 00
Miss A. A. Breck, "‹
500 00
Miss Carrie Spear, 66
250 00
Horatio Carter, taking care of schoolhouse,
33 33
T. H. Carter, 66 66
66
16 00
Rufus Ricker, 66
42 84
Albert Brackett, for coal,
83 69
E. Wheeler, for wood,
7 37
Patrick Sweeney, for cutting wood,
1 50
$2,434 73
CENTRE.
N. B. Cooke, services as teacher,
$900 00
Miss Fannie W. Fogg,
300 00
Miss Abbie Spear,
250 00
Horace Cousens, wood and coal,
82 75
Henry Hodges, taking care of schoolhouse and cutting wood,
98 88
$1,631 63
UPPER FALLS.
P. C. Porter, services as teacher,
$761 89
Miss Ellen D. Briggs, services as teacher,
300 00
Miss E. A. Briggs, 66
300 00
Miss E. A. Whiting,
300 00
Joseph E Billings, taking care of schoolhouse
and cutting wood,
83 00
Otis Pettee & Co., coal,
95 31
Francis Jones, coal,
14 51
Otis Alden, for wood,
10 00
$1,864 71
LOWER FALLS.
L. E. Leland, services as teacher,
$800 00
66 66 taking care of schoolhouse, 27 00
F. W. Jordan, " 66
12 00
Miss A. H. Campbell, services as teacher,
250 00
Vaughn Jones, coal,
52 00
A. A. Kendall, cash paid for wood and cutting same, 4 25
$1,145 25
/ 9
AUBURNDALE.
Cephas Brigham, services as teacher,
$850 02
Miss E. D. Joslin, . 66 299 99
E. W. Clarke, taking care of schoolhouse,
12 00
A. D. Hildreth, 66
8 00
C. B. Bourne, 66 "
17 25
Joshua Washburn, coal and wood,
83 25
James W. Wright, cutting wood, etc.
11 25
$1,281 76
WEST NEWTON.
W. E. Sheldon, services as teacher,
1,000 00
Miss Martha A. Very, services as teacher,
300 00
Miss Mary M. Russell,
300 00
Miss E. E. Simmons, 66 66
300 00
Miss Sarah E. Tufts, 66 66%
267 84
C. E. Gammons, taking care of schoolhouse,
48 17
J. E. Gammons, 66 and
27 00
Michael Barry,
66
25 45
A. Brackett, coal,
44 23
W. Gilbert, cash paid for fuel,
7 32
J. Woodward, charcoal,
4 50
L. A. Kingsbury, coal and wood,
145 00
E. Wheeler, wood,
6 75
$2,476 26
NEWTONVILLE.
H. F. Allen, services as teacher,
$800 00
66 taking care of schoolhouse,
36 75
Miss M. A. Trowbridge, services as teacher,
300 00
" C. W. Jackson, 66 66
300 00
A. Schoff, taking care of schoolhouse,
19 00
A. Brackett, coal,
70 89
$1,526 64
NEWTON CORNER.
J. H. Noyes, services as teacher,
$900 00
Miss Ellen M. Ward, services as teacher,
300 00
" H. M. Nichols, 66
300 00
66 L. H. Drake,
297 71
Amount carried forward,
$1,797 71
cutting wood,
10
Amount brought forward, $1,797 71
Miss S. M. Duncklee, services as teacher,
" A. Joslin, 66 300 00
300 00
Wm. F. Wood, care of schoolhouse and cutting wood, 24 25
Charles Stetson, taking care of schoolhouse,
27 00
E. C. Graves,
12 00
A. Clauss, 66
27 00
A. Brackett, for coal,
97 06
E. Wheeler, for wood,
2 31
Patrick Sweeney, cutting wood,
1 25
$2,588 58
OAK HILL.
Artemas Wiswall, services as teacher, $236 25
taking care of schoolhouse,
10 50
Miss Jane G. Avery, services as teacher,
120 00
H. Cousens, for coal, 37 50
N. S. King, cash paid for care of schoolhouse,
10 50
$414 75
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Hallet & Davis, pianoforte for High School,
$165 00
N. B. Chamberlain, chemicals and apparatus for High School,
14 07
E. P. Dutton, books for High School,
21 00
Elliot & White, 66 66
9 45
Crosby & Nichols, 66
6 00
E. Bradley & Co., clock 66 66
6 00
Henry Bigelow, cash paid for well, pumps, etc., for High School, 28 25
Henry Bigelow, cash paid for sundry expenses for schools, 11 66
J. R. Farnum, furnace pipe, coal hod, etc., for H. S.
11 04
E. B. Trowbridge, repairs on High Schoolhouse, 1 75
Josiah Davis, watchman at
66
37 50
Horatio Carter, labor in yard
66
6 75
Orrin Whipple, repairs on 66 66
56 35
66
stock and repairs on school build's,
45 76
H. F. Allen, cash paid for repairs on schoolhouse Newtonville, 48 91
Henry Jenison, grading yard of schoolhouse at do. 6 50
Amount carried forward,
$475 99
11
Amount brought forward, $475 99
J. Plummer, whitening walls, etc., 2 schoolhouses, 37 28
Patrick Sweeney, cash paid for gravel and labor in yard of schoolhouse, Newtonville, 14 50
Patrick Sweeney, labor in yard of schoolhouse at Newton Corner, 19 32
John W. Bowers, watchman at schoolhouse New- tonville, 12 50
L. Herman, repairs on furnace in schoolhouse, N. Corner, 9 00
John O. Evans, stock and painting schoolhouse; N. Corner,
123 42
Milo Lucas, repairs on schoolhouse, West Newton, Almon & Hawkes, repairs and varnishing furniture in schoolhouse, West Newton,
5 80
Wm. P. Houghton, labor at schoolhouse, West Newton, 6 28
11 28
D. C. Sanger, repairs on schoolhouse, W. Newton, Henry Hodges, labor in yard of schoolhouse, N. Centre, and repairing blackboards at do.
5 12
Spaulding & White, hardware, stove pipe, grate, etc., for schoolhouse, Newton Centre, 81 50
H. J. Tombs, repairs at schoolhouse, N. Centre, 18 88
Mrs. Wm. Foley, washing floors in schoolhouse, Newton Centre, 6 37
Stephen Ellis, labor on schoolhouse, N. Centre, 173 70
J. E. Cousens, moving desks and repairing seats,
4 75
N. S. King, cash paid for sundries for schoolhouse, Oak Hill, 7 62
Geo. W. Robinson, stock and labor on schoolhouse, Oak Hill, 7 82
W. J. Towne, repairs on furnace in schoolhouse, Oak Hill, 3 50
John A. Gould, cash paid for brooms, pails, etc., for schoolhouse, Upper Falls,
9 29
Joseph E. Billings, cash paid for cleaning school- house, Upper Falls, 4 00
L. S. Holman, painting at schoolhouses, N. Centre and Upper Falls, 5 37
George B. Randall, painting schoolhouse, U. Falls, 85 00
Colin Cady, sundries furnished 66 66
9 25
Geo. W. Keyes, repairing blinds, " 6 52
5 68
Chas. Scott, whitening ceiling of " 66
Amount carried forward,
$1,166 01
·
16 27
12
Amount brought forward, $1,166 01 Otis Atherton, land for schoolhouse yard, L. Falls, 300 00 A. A. Kendall, cash paid for brooms, shovel, re- pairs, etc., on schoolhouse, L. Falls, 3 88
W. C. Hubbard, repairs on do. and painting fence, 27 32 A. Jordan, repairs on schoolhouse, L. Falls, 13 07
Vaughn Jones, labor and cash paid for stove grate for do., 2 75
Thomas Rice, Jr., cash paid for grading yard and building fence at schoolhouse, L. Falls, Samuel Wells & Co., rep'g stove for schoolhouse, Lower Falls, 3 25
99 05
66 66 stove, pump, hods, and coal sifter,
10 88
66
rep'g furnace, Auburndale, 3 25
66 66 stove and repairs for school- house, W. Newton, 41 75
E. W. Clark, cash paid sundries and repairs on schoolhouse, Auburndale,
13 25
Bryant & Co., for furnace for schoolhouse, Auburn- dale,
90 00
Gardner Chilson, rep'g furnaces at High School and schoolhouse at N. Corner,
21 99
W. G. Shattuck, furniture for schools, W. Newton, and committee chairs,
110 93
W. Gilbert, cash paid postage, stationery, etc., 66 crayons, clock, repairs, etc.,
58 62
Swan, Brewer and Tileston, copy of Worcester's Dictionary, 5 00
Alfred Howes, hard ware and crayons, 16 19
F. E. Hamblin, repairs on schoolhouse, 115 56
Bridgman and Peabody, brooms, dusters and mats,
47 22
F. A. Fiske, for school desks,
12 00
John Mead, rent of school room,
52 16
E. T. Billings, books furnished teacher's desks and indigent scholars, 17 64
A. J. Macomber, rep'g clocks in schoolhouses,
6 00
A. Rogers,
66
4 00
John Shaw, 66
1 50
James Freeman, stove pipe and sundries,
5 25
Trowbridge & Parkhurst, sundries for schoolhouse Newton Centre. 1 48
J. S. Watson, brushes and rep'g do., 11 20
$2,264 35
3 15
13
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE. DAVIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Seth Davis, for land,
$1,900 00
66 · digging and stoning cellar for schoolhouse, 305 51
66
66
building fence, and grading schoolhouse yard,
241 25
T. D. Towle, services as Architect,
50 00
D. C. Sanger, building schoolhouse,
4,562 21
Almon & Hawkes, for graining at schoolhouse,
9 42
W. G. Shattuck, furniture for
66
143 47
Alfred Howes, hardware for
66
8 06
Asa Hunting, two pumps for
66
19 00
Samuel Wells & Co., furnace, pipes, etc., for schoolhouse, 261 08
$7,500 00
RECAPITULATION.
High School,
$2,434 73
Schools at Newton Centre,
1,631 63
66
Upper Falls,
1,864 71
66
Lower Falls,
1,145 25
66 Auburndale,
1,281 76
West Newton,
2,476 26
66
Newtonville,
1,526 64
66
Newton Corner,
2,588 58
66
Oak Hill, 414 75
$15,364 31
Incidentals for schools,
2,264 35
Davis Grammar school,
7,500 00
Whole amount expended for educational pur-
poses the past year,
$25,128 66
FIRE DEPARTMENT. CATARACT, NO. 1.
John Pulcifer, repairs and painting, 5 40
W. H. Mills, Kerosene oil, 1 20
$6 60
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TRITON, No. 3.
Shelton & Cheever, hose and couplings, $290 00
D. C. Sanger, stock and repairing engine house, 81 01
66 cash paid for tallow for hose, 2 62
George Fuller, repairs, painting, etc., Thayer & Smith, oil and carrying hose,
11 16
John Mead, oil, fluid, pail, etc.
13 34
B. F. Houghton, 2 1-4 gallons oil,
3 00
Almon & Hawkes, oil-brush, glass, and paint,
1 50
J. N. Bassett, pine wood,
1 38
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas,
2 00
George H. Fox, repairing engine,
6 00
Rubber Clothing Company,
11 00
B. F. Fuller, express of hose to and from Boston,
3 88
Shelton & Cheever, repairing hose,
4 50
$433 39
MECHANIC, No. 4.
Samuel H. Hall, painting engine house,
$62 00
George W. Keyes, repairing engine house,
3 42
Shelton & Cheever, for hose,
195 84
H. C. Hoyt, cash paid for oil, etc.,
6 25
NONANTUM NO. 5.
Shelton & Cheever, hose and couplings,
$290 00
Willard Rand, brake shaft,
2 50
John Tucker, repairing engine,
63
James Freeman, repairing engine,
1 50
Mosher & Armstrong, repairing engine,
2 13
Silas Durgan,
66
9 70
William Welch, straps, belts, etc.,
3 25
G. W. Bacon, oil, fluid, brooms, rope, etc.,
24 37
C. F. Rogers, fluid, alcohol, etc.,
2 56
Wm. Jackson & Co., for tallow,
1 50
Albert Brackett, coal and wood for engine house,
21 84
$359 98
EAGLE NO. 6.
$42 32
H. J. Tombs, painting engine house, Stephen Ellis, repairing engine house, 10 25 66 drawing engine to and from Roxbury, 3 00
Hunneman & Co., stock and repairs,
20 00
$75 57
$267 51
2 00
15
PAY OF ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
Thirty-nine members of Company 1,
$195 00
Forty
66
3,
40 00
Forty 66 66
4,
200 00
Forty-four
66
5,
220 00
Forty-two
66 66
6,
210 00
Stephen Ellis, for services as engineer to Apr. 13, '61.
17 00
George Pettee,
66
66
17 00
C. H. Jennison, 66
66
13 00
Luther Paul, Jr.,
66
66
66
15 00
James Nickelson,
66
66
13 00
Stephen Cate,
66
66
66
5 00
George Daniels,
66
66
66
17 00
Isaac Hagar,
66
66
17 00
Dexter Whipple,
66
66
66
17 00
C. Cole,
66
66
13 00
E. C. Jenkins,
66
as steward for No. 1,
30 00
Daniel Sanger,
66
" 4,
30 00
C. P. King,
66
" 5,
30 00
Charles Bartlett,
66
66
" 6,
30 00
Allen Jordan, services as engineer to Feb. 4th, 1862,
$1,174 00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
George Pettee, for stationery, postage, etc.,
$2 00
C. H. Jenison, drawing engine to and from fires,
3 00
George Daniels, drawing engine to and from fires, and refreshments,
10 00
Joseph Saunders, cash paid for refreshments,
8 00
Stephen Ellis,
66
4 50
John Mead, 66 66 66
30 10
G. W. Bacon & Co. "
66
31 86
Abel Harrington, 66 66
2 75
Brown & Goulding, "
66
66
15 62
S. S. Batchelder, 66
66
8 00
B. F. Houghton
8 30
P. J. Johnson,
66
66
8 50
A. Cole & Son,
66 66
66
6 86
A. Baird,
66
milk,
1 98
Cain Mahoney, watching fire at J. N. Bacon's barn,
2 00
William Fell,
66
66
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$145 47
15 00
“ 3,
30 00
H. C. Hoyt,
16
Amount brought forward, $145 47
John Coleman, watching fire at West Newton, 1 50
Michael Reardon, watching fire at West Newton, 1 50
Edward L. Jackson, watching fire on premises of William A. Harris, 4 50
James Hall, repairing fire hook,
4 50
John Welch, watching fire at West Newton,
1 50
Dennis Barry, " 66 66
1 50
John Ryan, 66 66 66
1 50
John Doyle, 66 66 66
3 00
12 00 John H. Staples, use of horses at fires sundry times, D. C. Sanger, drawing engine to fire at Harris' house, 1 00 Charles E. Fifield, for attending meeting of engin- eers, by order of the Board, 2 00
J. E. Cousens, for attending meeting of engineers, by order of the Board, 2 00
Orrin Whipple, repairing fence removed at fire at Newton Corner, 2 00
Mosher & Armstrong, iron work, for fire hook and ladder at Newtonville, 1 50
Silas Durgan, new fire hook and rope 32 00
$217 47
RESERVOIRS.
O. W. Turner, building 3 reservoirs at N. Corner, $312 00
C. H. Jenison, stock and labor at Newton Centre, 163 88
J. F. C. Hyde, labor on reservoirs at N. Centre, 22 05
cash paid for labor on reservoirs, 47 88
W. P. Houghton, labor and covering stones for res- ervoir, West Newton, 73 70
$619 51
RECAPITULATION.
District No. 1,
$6 60
66 3, 433 39
66 " 4,
267 51
66 " 5,
359 98
66 " 6, 75 57
Pay of engineers and firemen, 1,174 00
General expenses, 217 47
Reservoirs at N. Centre, N. Corner, and W. Newton, 619 51
$3,154 03
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The firemen have done duty the past year as follows, namely :
Company No. 1 .- Turned out at two fires. Did not work their engine, there being no water within reach.
Company No. 3 .- Worked their engine at eleven fires, in town, and two fires out of town. Turned out at nine alarms of fire.
Company No. 4 .- Worked their engine at two fires. Turned out at two alarms of fire.
Company No. 5 .- Worked their engine at eleven fires, in town, and at five fires out of town. Turned out at sixteen alarms of fire.
Company No. 6 .- Worked their engine at two fires in town, and at one fire out of town. Turned out at four alarms of fire.
The engine companies have held regular monthly meet- ings during the year, for drill and business.
ALMSHOUSE. Dr.
Cash paid Thomas Rice, Jr., for old felting,
$$5 00
F. A. Cutter, for manure, 25 00
Sundries, 13 00
School-books,
2 88
G. P. Upham & Co., for 1 bbl. flour,
7 00
Boston & Maine Foundry Co., for stove castings,
1 00
Henry Callender & Co., for groceries,
55 62
Dog collar,
75
Travelling expenses,
11 44
John Pulcifer, for wheelwright work,
6 40
Daniel Dugan, for labor,
20 16
Charles Cobb, for groceries,
1 65
Charles Rice, for meal,
3 08
George Jennings, grinding grain,
15 43
66 auctioneer, crockery,
1 61
E. Perry, seed sower and ring,
2 30
Gideon Dexter, manure,
18 64
Garden seeds,
45
Pattee & Brooks, for bread,
40 25
David Johnson, for manure,
12 75
Amount carried forward,
$244 41
2
18
$244 41
Amount brought forward, Andrew Peters, for manure, Robert Bouse, for manure,
2 50
8 00
Mr. Adams, for tripe,
20 50
B. Paine, for pickled fish,
25
Willard Hurd, for beans,
3 78
W. H. Mills, for groceries,
4 05
Nourse & Co., for grass seed,
19 50
Goodnow & Co., for 1 bag coffee,
257 52
H. W. Vinal, for 402 bush. corn, 1 bag salt, carting,
8 70
66 rice meal, and oats,
13 50
Daniel Haley, for manure,
75 42
Otis Atherton, for groceries,
44 24
Cole & Co., for blacksmith work,
7 63
George Fuller, for harness work and neat's foot oil,
64 54
Brown & Goulding, for groceries,
57 05
B. F. Houghton, for groceries,
172 63
John Mead, for groceries,
5 42
Abby H. Greene, for millinery,
25
Leonard Hurd, for beans,
311 12
S. M. Jackson, for meat,
140 17
G. W. Bacon, for dry goods,
32 50
Jeremiah Allen, 2d, for manure,
2 00
Nourse & Co., for plow castings,
4 00
Peter Conley, for labor,
1 00
John Mahoney, for labor,
20 04
William B. Locke, for labor, grain, plaster, etc.,
2 20
66 pork barrel and salt,
1 47
H. M. Livermore, for scraps,
24 00
George H. Lane, for clothing,
4 50
William Hyde, for labor,
43 00
E. J. Collins, for 50 bushels corn,
118 22
David Collins, for 23 hogs,
97 83
Harrison Allen, for labor,
5 50
John Pulcifer, for wheelwright work,
2 25
B. B. Hamblen, for four bushels potatoes,
21 85
J. S. Egerley, for 30 bushels corn, meal, and carting,
63 50
A. A. Kendall, for medical attendance,
2 98
Oscar Foote, for scraps,
14 00
W. P. Balch, for 28 bushels corn,
1 00
Utley, Boynton and Pickett, for 5 bags
3 95
George Spring, for hog-troughs, etc.,
25 00
Leonard Hurd, for pasture,
$1,953 67
Amount carried forward,
1 70
19
Amount brought forward,
$1,953 67 1 75
Wm. Cooper, for scraps,
Asa Cook, for funeral charges for E. Hyde, 16 00
A. Howe, for harness, 4 00
Mrs. McNamara, for crockery ware, bedding, etc.
15 06
C. E. Snow, for medicine, 66 for weighing straw, etc.,
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