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48 10
.28
237 50
Kate D. May
East Primary.
56
49
45.19
.86
550 00
Hattie L. Butler
West Primary.
57
59
49.40
.86
500 00
Sarah E. Foster.
Sub-Primary.
90
91
44
.49
600 00
Silas H. Haskell
Grammar.
28
25
25
.95
20
1.395 00
John S. Hayes.
66
43
42
35
.82
465 00
Clara A. Armes,
375 00
Mary A. Prescott
Intermediate. 6.
38
52
31.5
.70
600 00
J. W. Butterfield.
48
50
35.5
.72
600 00
J. A. Goodwin
South Primary.
45
43
32.5
.74
573 75
Lydia B. Bird.
S. Sub-Primary.
41
58
84.1
.69
600 00
Clara A. Armes
North Primary.
35
56
31.75
.70
212 50
Alma A. Leonard
N. Sub-Primary. 66
66
63
42
.66
315 00
Ella M. Armes.
James H. Foss
Grammar.
3.
32
29 96
.94
23
1 700 CO
E J. Claflin.
66
30
29
24.17
.82
6
-
465 00
Hattie Goodrich
:6
31
31
28.16
.91
600 00
Hattie F. Cole
43
44
39.77
.91
600 00
Susanna M. Duncklee.
Intermediate.
43
47
37.63
.84
3
600 UJ
Margaret Bamford
36
34
28.10
.82
1
600 00
Martha C. Harriss
47
51
40.06
.82
600 00
Fannie A. Valentine ..
30
35
26
.80
600 00
Kate A. Howard .
Primary. ..
37
48
29
.68
235 00
Annie C. Grant
66
45
59
44
82
600 00
Priscilla P. Edes
Sub-Primary.
59
59
34.50
.58
3
550 00
Henry F. Howard.
Grammar.
25
23
18.09
.74
9
1,600 00
Georgianna Wales
180 00
Sarah E. King
350 00
W. W. Davis
Music.
102 42
Charles E. Whiting
06
1,200 00
$43,932 93
8
Luther E. Leland . Martha C. Hagar, Asst. Lucy G. Coe.
Grammar. 66
33
35
26.5
.78
550 00
5
L. F. Warren. .
.
66
315 00
Lydia C. Dodge
Sub-Intermediate. 66
6
-7
8
Primary. :
26
28
22
.81
315 00
Alma A. Leonard
.
* Register for the Summer Term destroyed by the burning of the School-house.
Districts.
1
Mary E. Stevens, Asst.
66
180 00
Emily W. Young, 66
66
...
573 76
Fannie W. Shapleigh. .
....
24
20.50
.79
550 00
523 75
Grammar. 66
760 00
66
360 00
Annie M. Haskell, Asst.
Mary A. Willard.
...
...
375 50
M. A. Verry
66
112 50
66
66
66
...
2
Levi C. Wade.
28
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance unexpended, Jan. 22, 1869, . $971 80 Appropriation of March, 1869, for the school-year ending Jan. 21, 1870, . 49,000 00
Received from the State School-Fund, 478 90
$50,450 70 Amount expended for the school-year ending Jan. 21, 1870, $50,881 34
Amount expended in excess of appropriations, . $430 64
RECAPITULATION.
Amount paid for teachers' salaries, fuel, and care of school buildings : -
High School,
$6,274 45
Schools at Newton Centre,
5,784 07
Upper Falls,
5,336 27
66 Lower Falls,
3,880 20
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66 Auburndale,
3,713 75
West Newton,
6,566 00
Newtonville,
6,662 21
Newton Corner,
9,098 93
66 Oak Hill,
2,263 04
Instruction in Vocal Music,
1,302 42
$50,881 34
Furniture, repairs, and incidentals for schools,
11,954 23
Pianos,
2,031 00
Printing,
347 50
Services of School Committee,
1,372 00
Services of Building Committee for new School-houses,
1,585 00
New School-house at N. Centre, balance of appropriation,
4,840 76
New School-house at U. Falls,
3,800 00
New School-house at Oak Hill, additional
850-00
Total expenditure for school purposes, · · $77,661 83 Total value of school property owned by the Town, $281,500 00
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COURSE OF STUDY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Elements of Reading and Spelling, by use of Sheldon's or Leigh's Chart and Primer. Hillard's Primer, Second Reader, and Third Read- er, as far as twenty-fifth Lesson. Worcester's Primary Speller. Walton's Primary Arithmetic, - the four tables thoroughly learned. Drawing and Printing on Slates. Oral Instruction in Geography. Singing. Miscellaneous Oral Instruction and Physical Exercise.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
First Year.
Hillard's Third Reader. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 49. Intellectual Arithmetic. Warren's Primary Geography. Writing.
Second Year.
Hillard's Fourth Reader. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 69. Walton's Intellectual Arithmetic. Warren's Primary Geography. Writing.
Third Year.
Hillard's Fourth and Intermediate Reader. Worcester's Compre- hensive Speller, to page 94. Walton's Intellectual Arithmetic. Writ- ten Arithmetic, - four Rules. Swift's Natural Philosophy, - part second. Review of Primary Geography, - third term. Writing.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
First Year.
Hillard's Intermediate Reader. Written Arithmetic, to compound denominate numbers. Mental Arithmetic, once each week. Pen- manship. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 113. Warren's Common School Geography.
Second Year.
Hillard's Fifth Reader. Spelling to page 133, and Defining. War- ren's Common School Geography. Arithmetic, to Percentage. Men- tal Arithmetic, once each week. Writing, daily. Oral Instruction in Grammar.
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Third Year.
Hillard's Fifth Reader. Spelling and Defining. Declamation and Composition. Hooker's Natural History. Greene's Grammar. Arith- metic, to Involution. Warren's Common School Geography and Nat- ural History, to alternate. Mental Arithmetic, once each week. Writ- ing, daily.
Fourth Year.
Hillard's Sixth Reader. Spelling and Defining. Declamation and Composition. Grammar. Warren's Common School Geography. Physiology, taught orally. Common School Arithmetic, completed and reviewed. Mental Arithmetic, once each week. Warren's Physi- cal Geography, and Anderson's U. S. History, to alternate. Writing, daily. General Instruction one hour each week through the course.
Regular lessons in drawing are to be given throughout the Interme- diate and Grammar courses.
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL COURSE.
First Year.
First Term - Arithmetic and Book-keeping. Modern History. Composition. Latin or French.
Second Term- Algebra. Modern History. Composition. Latin or French.
Third Term - Algebra, Ancient History, and Geography. Composi- tion. Latin or French.
Second Year.
First Term- Algebra. Natural Philosophy. English Literature and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Second Term - Geometry. Natural Philosophy. English Litera- ture and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Third Term - Geometry. Natural Philosophy. English Literature and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Third Year.
First Term - Geometry. Chemistry. English Literature and Rhe- toric. Latin, or French and German. Second Term - The same.
Third Term - Trigonometry. Natural History. Moral Philosophy. Latin, or French and German.
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Fourth Year.
First Term - Trigonometry. Geology. Moral Philosophy. Latin, or French and German. Second Term - Surveying. Mental Philosophy. Latin, or French and German.
Third Term - Astronomy. Physical Geography. Constitution of U. S. and Mass. Latin, or French and German.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
First Year.
First Term - Arithmetic. Ancient History and Geography. Latin Lessons.
Second Term - Algebra. Ancient History. Latin Lessons.
Third Term - Algebra. Ancient History. Latin Grammar and Reader.
Second Year.
First Term - Algebra. Greek. Latin Grammar and Reader.
Second Term - Geometry. Greek. Cæsar.
Third Term - Geometry. Greek. Cæsar.
Third Year.
First Term - Latin Composition. Greek. Virgil.
Second Term - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Virgil. Third Term - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Virgil.
Fourth Year.
First Term - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero. Second Term - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero. Third Term - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero.
Reading, Composition, and Declamations throughout the course. Drawing, Perspective, and Designing.
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LIST OF BOOKS
ORDERED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLS.
READERS. Hillard's Series.
SPELLERS. Worcester's Series.
GRAMMAR. Greene's.
ARITHMETIC. Walton's Series.
ALGEBRA. Greenleaf's.
GEOGRAPHIES. Warren's Series.
HISTORIES. Worcester's General, and Anderson's United States.
PHILOSOPHY. Quackenbos's.
PHYSIOLOGY. Hooker's.
WRITING. Payson, Dunton & Scribner's, and Potter & Hammond's. BOOK-KEEPING. Payson, Dunton & Scribner's.
DICTIONARIES. Worcester's Comprehensive.
NATURAL HISTORY. Hooker's.
SWIFT'S FIRST LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY. Part Second. DRAWING. Bartholomew's System, and Apgar's Map-Drawing. LEIGH'S AND SHELDON'S PHONIC CHARTS.
The Sub-Committee in the High School Department order the fol- lowing text-books and studies, in addition to the above : - GREEK. Crosby's or Sophocles' Grammar; do. Greek Lessons ; Xenophon's Anabasis, and Homer's Iliad.
LATIN. Harkness's Grammar and Reader ; do. Viri Romæ; John- son's Cicero ; Gould's Virgil ; do. Cæsar ; do. Sallust.
FRENCH. Fasquelle's Method and Reader; Magill's Grammar and Reader.
BOTANY Gray's.
CHEMISTRY. Youman's or Steele's.
GEOMETRY. Greenleaf's.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Quackenbos's.
AGASSIZ AND GOULD'S COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC. Quackenbos's Series. GERMAN GRAMMAR. Otto's.
NATURAL HISTORY. Smellie's.
INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY. Wayland's.
MORAL PHILOSOPHY. Wayland's.
GEOLOGY. Hitchcock's or i'enny's.
ASTRONOMY. Olmstead's.
AUDITORS'
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
FINANCES
OF THE
TOWN OF NEWTON,
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE, AND REGISTRAR'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 13, 1871;
TAX-LIST FOR 1870.
LIBERTY AND UNION,
FOUNDE
ON
T
30.
BOSTON : PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & FRYE, 3 CORNHILL. 1871.
R 352 N48P
C.1 (1870 auditors Lept)
NEWTON COLLECTION
CONTENTS.
PAGE. Almshouse Account. 40 Auditors' Report. 9
Assets of the Town 17
By-Laws, &c.
165
Cemetery
85
Delinquent Tax-Payers 153
Fire Department Account 35
Fire Department, Report of Chief Engineer.
78
Highways.
46
Insurance.
53
Interest 19
Kenrick Fund 64
Liabilities of the Town
17
Lighting Streets
56
Loan Account
15
Miscellaneous Expenses. 62
Police Account.
56
Poor out of Almshouse.
43
Printing.
55
Registrar's Report. 81
Reservoirs .. 61
Rules and Regulations for Town Meetings.
164
Salaries.
57
Schools, Appropriations for, and Accounts. 19
4
PAGE. Schools, Incidentals for
24 Soldiers' Monument 6
Selectinen's Report and Estimate. 65
State Aid Account. 60
Streets. 155
Tax-List. . 86
Town Hall. 59
Town Officers 9
Value of Property owned by the Town. 18
PATRIA MOR
KTURSUNT
HYDE DEL
ORA ANDREW.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. Erected July 23, 1864.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
AT a town-meeting of the inhabitants of Newton, held on the seventh day of August, A.D. 1863, a committee was chosen with authority to erect a monu- ment to the soldiers of Newton who had fallen in the war of the Rebellion. .
In order that all might share in this grateful tribute, a donation of one dollar was solicited from each inhabitant; and nearly twelve hundred dollars were received from this source. More than eleven hundred children of the public schools contributed each one dime; and the remainder necessary to construct the monument, to grade and surround the lot with a suitable curb-stone, to- gether with the erection of an appropriate entablature, has been cheerfully con- tributed by the generous friends of the soldiers in the town.
The monument itself, with the entablature, cost $3,975 50 The curb-stone and posts .
1,245 00 The work has been completed at an expense of $5,220 50
It stands in the cemetery, upon a lot of land given by the town. The trus- tees of the cemetery corporation are to keep the grounds in good order and condition. The monument is an octagonal shaft of Quincy granite, resting upon a die and plinths of the same material, and is twenty-eight feet in height. Upon the front of the die are inscribed the words, " In Memoriam Perpetuam." Near the monument is the entablature, on which is carved the motto, " Pro patria mortui sunt," bearing the names of fifty-seven brave men of Newton, who offered up their lives in the cause of freedom and the Union.
In the erection of this monument, our patriotic citizens have gracefully per- formed a grateful public duty ; and the work will stand as a perpetual honor to the brave heroes who have fallen, and to the noble spirit of our people.
LIST OF THE NAMES
ON THE
SOLDIERS' TABLET.
LIEUT. EBEN WHITE. ORESTUS J. ADAMS. JOHN ALLEN. GEORGE BAKER.
GEORGE H. BAXTER.
WILLIAM R. BENSON.
THEODORE L. BRACKETT.
LEROY S. BRIDGEMAN.
EBEN R. BUCK.
STEPHEN L. NICHOLS.
REUBEN L. BUTLER.
THOMAS W. CLIFFORD.
GILBERT A. CHENEY.
FREDERICK CHAMPION.
SETH COUSENS, JUN.
FREDERICK A. CUTTER.
WILLIAM FELL.
MICHAEL VAUGHN.
CHARLES E. FIFIELD.
WILLIAM N. FREEMAN.
JOHN FORSYTH, JUN. WILLIAM L. GILMAN.
ROGER S. KINGSBURY.
DANIEL SANGER.
MAJOR HENRY T. LAWSON.
WILLIAM B. NEFF. -
HARVEY L. VINTON. -
MATTHEW T. H. ROFFE. THOMAS DURAN. LEMUEL F. BASSETT.
GEORGE H. RICH.
EDWARD LYMAN.
LOWELL M. BRECK.
ALFRED WASHBURN.
WILLIAM L. HARRIS. JOHN MYER, JUN. JOHN MCQUADE. GEORGE H. NICHOLS. JOHN B. ROGERS. LIEUT. JOSEPH B. BRECK. WILLIAM L. PARKER.
LEOPOLD H. HAWKES. PATRICK HAGGERTY. THOMAS L. JACKSON. ALBERT A. KENDALL, M.D.
JEFFERSON LARKIN. CHARLES A. LEAVITT. MICHAEL MARTIN. DANIEL H. MILLER.
ALBERT F. POTTER. ~ JOSEPH R. PRATT.
WILLIAM H. RICE. WILLIAM RAND, JUN.
EDWARD H. TOMBS.
LUCIUS F. TROWBRIDGE.
CHARLES WARD. GRAFTON H. WARD.
SAMUEL F. WOODWARD.
THOMAS C. NORCROSS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1870-1871.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors. THOMAS RICE, JUN.
GEORGE E. BRIDGES. WILLIAM B. FOWLE.
OTIS PETTEE.
MARCUS T. HEYWOOD.
ISAAC F. KINGSBURY. JOHN C. STANTON.
Office at Town Hall.
Town Clerk. MARSHALL S. RICE. Office at residence.
Treasurer and Collector. EDWARD J. COLLINS. Office at Town Hall.
Assessors. ISAAC HAGAR.
ANDREW B. COBB. FREDERICK A. COLLINS. Office at Town Hall.
Auditors. ISAAC HAGAR.
HENRY FULLER. SAMUEL N. WOODWARD. Office at Town Hall.
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10
School Committee.
Term Expires.
JOHN B. GOODRICH, Chairman
March, 1871
EZRA P. GOULD, Secretary
66 1873
GEORGE E. ALLEN .
.. 1873
ADIN B. UNDERWOOD
66 1873
HORATIO F. ALLEN
6.
1872
JOHN A. GOULD
66
1872
ISAAC HAGAR
66 1872
CALVIN CUTLER
1871
NOAH S. KING .
66
1871
* Elected in convention by the Selectmen and School Committee, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rev. J. Tucker, jun. Vacancy to be permanently filled at the Annual Town Meeting.
Superintendent of Highways. JOHN J. WARE.
Liquor Agent. JOHN J. WARE.
-
Constables and Truant Officers.
JOHN M. FISK. HOSEA C. HOYT. CHARLES COLE. JOHN A. PECK.
CHARLES L. WILSON.
Night Police.
JOHN M. FISK, office No. 1. Steamer Engine House. CHARLES COLE, office at Town Hall.
R. L. HINDS, office at North Villlage.
Fence Viewers. GEORGE S. TROWBRIDGE. CALVIN TRUESDELL.
Field Drivers. CHARLES P. CLARK.
WILLIAM B. LOCKE. AMOS L. HALE.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. SETH DAVIS. Office at Town Hall.
Pound Keeper. JOHN J. WARE.
Engineers of the Fire Department. RODNEY M. LUCAS, Chief. LUTHER PAUL, Clerk.
GEORGE E. BRIDGES.
GEORGE L. BOURNE.
JAMES W. BAILEY.
WILLIAM W. JACKSON.
WILLIAM P. LEAVITT.
HENRY P. EATON.
WILLIAM L. FROTHINGHAM. GEORGE PETTEE.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
BALANCE in the Treasury Feb. 12, 1870,
$34,129 01
Amount received during the year, 312,952 58
Making a total of
$347,081 59
This sum was received from the following sources, viz. :-
From the State School-Fund, $671 11
From the State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, in part, for 1869 and 1870, 18,958 11
From the State Treasurer, "State Aid " fur- nished prior to Jan. 1, 1870, 1,507 32
From the Traders' and Mechanics' Insurance
Co., - Insurance on Centre Schoolhouse, 2,000 00
Dividend from Quincy Mutual Insurance Co., 45 00
Loan from John J. Ware, 700 00
Loan from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 50,000 00
Loan from Newton National Bank,
20,000 00
Loan from Thomas Rice, jun.,
15,000 00
From sale of land at Newton Centre,
602 80
From D. C. Sanger, quarter the expense for building the westerly extension of Webster Street, 350 00
From Sidney Allen, for board of his son at the State Lunatic Hospital, 194 00
From William K. Giles, in full for board of his son at the State Reform School,. 42 15
Amount carried forward,
$110,070 49
14
Amount brought forward, $110,070 49 From Charles Cole, on account for rent of Town Hall, 678 50
From Mr. Harrington, for exchange of highway horse, 50 00
From C. T. Hubbard, for extra railing on Slack's Bridge, 25 00
From John A. Gould, for old fencing lumber,
10 00
From County Treasurer, for land taken to widen Washington Street, Lower Falls,
160 00
From the State, on account for Company L, 1st Mass. Reg. Infantry, 1,220 00
From taxes of 1867,
9 00
From taxes of 1868,
401 07
From taxes of 1869,
2,449 12
From taxes of 1870,
197,879 40
$312,952 58
Balance, Feb. 12, 1870,
34,129 01
$347,081 59
The amount paid by the Treasurer during the year is as follows, viz. : -
Interest,
$19,143 33
School Appropriation,
52,701 20
Incidentals for Schools,
15,294 93
New Schoolhouses,
46,575 35
Town Hall,
3,335 05
Fire Department,
10,644 32
Almshouse Expenses,
1,926 94
Poor out of Almshouse,
2,197 41
Repairs on Almshouse Buildings,
96 90
Highways,
41,970 62
Reservoirs,
8,642 40
Printing,
1,995 00
Police,
3,543 84
Insurance,
2,685 50
Lighting Streets,
7,874 53
Amount carried forward,
$218,627 32
15
Amount brought forward,
$218,627 32
Salaries,
9,531 00
State Aid,
1,476 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
2,465 05
Loans,
42,000 00
County Tax,
9,536 29
State Tax,
23,425 00
Amount transferred to Company L, 1st Regt. Mass. Infantry,
1,220 00
$308,280 66 Balance in the Treasurer's hands, Feb. 13, 1871, 38,800 93
$347,081 59
LOANS.
DR.
Amount as per audit, Feb. 12, 1870, $298,800 00
April 1, 1870, Loan from John J. Ware, 700 00 " 22, Commonwealth of Mass., 50,000 00
July 7, 66 Newton National Bank, 20,000 00
Sept. 7, 66 Thomas Rice, jun., 15,000 00
$384,500 00
CR.
Paid S. G. Phipps, executor, $6,000 00
6 Thomas Rice, jun., 15,000 00
Newton National Bank, 20,000 00
Joshua Bartlett's estate, 1,000 00 42,000 00
Amount of unpaid loans, Feb. 13, 1871, $342,500 00
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LIST OF LOANS.
RATE.
PAYABLE.
AMOUNT.
Institution for Savings in the Town of Newton,
6 per cent.
On demand.
$1,000 00
Henry Smith,
6
60
66
5,000 00
John J. Ware,
6
66
66
4,500 00
Nathan S. Lunt,
6
3,000 00
James M. Sherman,
6
66
2,000 00
Hosea C. Hoyt,
6
66
66
1,000 00
Mrs. Hannah Colder,
6
June 1, 1873.
4,000 00
Mrs. Helen Woodward,
5
16
March 2, 1871.
6,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
5.
March 8, 1873.
14,000 00
66
66
51
May 1, 1875.
15,000 00
66
66
06
May 1, 1876.
15,000 00
66
66
6
Oct. 2, 1884.
20,000 00
6
Oct. 2, 1885.
20,000 00
66
66
66
6
Oct 2, 1886.
20,000 00
6
66
Oct. 2, 1887.
20,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,
5
March 9, 1875.
32,000 00
66
6
April 1, 1886.
60,000 00
66
*7
66
April 22, 1892.
30,000 00
Boston Five Cent
Savings
6
August 24, 1879.
30,000 00
$342,500 00
* Seren per cent for five years from date of note; after that time, the rate is to be six per cent.
TAXES OF 1868.
Balance, Feb. 12, 1870,
$1,081 97
Amount paid into the Treasury,
401 07
Balance, Feb. 13, 1871,
$680 90
TAXES OF 1869.
Balance, Feb. 12, 1871, Abatements,
$5,975 68
395 13
$5,580 55
Amount paid into the Treasury,
2,449 12
Balance, Feb. 13, 1871,
$3,131 43
53
May 1, 1874.
20,000 00
66
66
*7
6
April 22, 1890.
20,000 00
Bank,
6
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TAXES OF 1870.
Amount of Assessments, $222,514 71
Discount on Taxes paid prior to Oct. 1, 1870, $7,242 62 1,408 49 8,651 11
Abatements,
$213,863 60
Amount paid into the Treasury,
197,879 40
Balance, Feb. 13, 1871, $15,984 20
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Amount of loans,
$342,500 00
Accrued interest on loans to Feb. 13, 1871, 6,920 00
$349,420 00
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Amount in the Treasurer's hands, Feb. 13, 1871, $38,800 93
Amount due from the State on account of Corporation Tax, 4,226 26
Amount due from the State for
" State Aid," furnished prior to Feb. 1, 1871, 1,476 00
Balance of Taxes for 1868,
680 90
Balance of Taxes for 1869, 3,131 43
Balance of Taxes for 1870, 15,984 20
Debt of the Town, Feb. 13, 1871, Debt of the Town, Feb. 13, 1870, 295,435 12
$285,120 28
$10,314 84
Decrease of Debt, 3
$64,299 72
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VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse land and buildings, $16,000 00 Personal property at almshouse, 7,000 00
High School buildings, furniture, and land, 31,600 00 Bigelow school-house, furniture, and land, 31,000 00 Davis school-house, furniture, and land, 12,500 00 Grammar school-house, furniture, and land, West Newton, 32,000 00
Grammar school-house, furniture, and land, Upper Falls, 32,000 00 Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Newtonville, 32,000 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Auburndale, 27,000 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and
land, Lower Falls, 27,500 00 Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Oak Hill, 15,000 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Newton Centre, 50,000 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Newton Centre, 5,000 00 Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Upper Falls, 7,000 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Rich- ardson Street, 7,000 00 Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Pearl 6,000 00 Street,
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, North Village, 12,000 00
Town Hall, furniture, and land, 17,000 00
Steam fire-engine-house, engine and apparatus,
furniture, lock-up, dwelling-house, barn, and land, 25,000 00
Five hand fire-engines and apparatus, buildings and land, hooks and ladders, 14,000 00
Engine-house and land, hand fire-engine and ap- paratus, and furniture, Lower Falls, 10,000 00
Reservoirs, 8,000 00
Lot of land on Pine Street, 280 00
Amount carried forward. $424,880 00
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Amount brought forward,
$424,880 00 Lot of land on Washington Street, W. Newton, 990 00 66 66 Sumner Street, Newton Centre, 5,000 00
66 66 Upper Falls,
1,430 00
66 66 Parker Street, Oak Hill, 600 00
66 66 Beacon Street, Newton Centre,
400 00
66 66 Crafts Street, Newtonville,
1,000 00
66 66 Watertown Street,
1,500 00
Land in Newton Cemetery,
1,500 00
Tomb
66
66
800 00
Highway teams, tools, and stone crusher, 10,600 00
$448,700 00
INTEREST.
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,800 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6,950 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
8,320 00
S. G. Phipps, executor,
180 00
Hannah Colder,
240 00
Thomas Rice, jun.,
92 50
Newton National Bank,
310 00
Joshua Bartlett's estate,
92 83
Institution for Savings in the Town of Newton,
60 00
Helen Woodward,
300 00
Henry Smith,
210 00
John J. Ware,
228 00
N. S. Lunt, estate of,
180 00
James M. Sherman,
120 00
H. C. Hoyt,
60 00
$19,143 33
SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriation of March 7, 1870, to cover deficit in appropriation for the school year ending Jan. 21, 1870 $430 64
Amount carried forward, $430 64
20
Amount brought forward, $430 64
Appropriation of March 7, 1870, for the financial school year, ending Jan. 27, 1871, 54,000 00 671 11
Receiv'd from the State School Fund, Received from the County Treasur- er, in accordance with the provis- ions of chapter 250, Acts of 1869,
554 37 $55,656 12
Amount expended in excess of ap- propriation for the year ending Jan. 21, 1870,
$430 64
Amount expended for the financial school year ending Jan. 27, 1871, 52,701 20
53,131 84
Balance unexpended Jan. 27, 1871.
$2,524 28
HIGH SCHOOL. .
Francis A. Waterhouse, principal, $2,500 00
Ezra W. Sampson, sub-master, 1,402 50
A. Amy Breck, assistant, 650 00
Margaret Kyle,
1,000 00
Carrie Spear, 800 00
J. B. Goodrich, cash paid for substitute teachers, 45 00
235 00
Patrick Linehan, care of school-house,
Albert Brackett, 28 tons coal, 260 63
$6,893 13
DISTRICT NO. 1. - NEWTON CENTRE.
David S. Farnham, master,
$1,800 00
Fannie W. Shapleigh, assistant,
586 25
Emily W. Young, 66
600 00
S. J. Nichols, Intermediate,
275 00
Isabel C. Patten, 66
600 00
C. E. Dewing, 66
100 83
Sarah J. Wood, Primary,
275 00
Etta M. White, 66
600 00
Henry Hodges, care of school-houses, 66
1 75
Trowbridge & Hill, coal and wood,
167 23
Parker & Colten, 32 tons coal, 66 66 9 75
304 00
1 cord wood, and cutting,
320 00
"cutting wood,
$5,639 81
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DISTRICT NO 2. - UPPER FALLS.
Levi C. Wade, master, $1,800 00
Emma C. Farnum, assistant,
550 00
Clara M. Hovey, Intermediate, 165 00
Helen M. Dunn, 398 75
Martha L. Perkins, 66
600 00
Harriet L. Macreading, Primary,
600 00
Sybilanna Clarke, 66
600 00
280 00
Otis Alden, care of school-houses, 66 cutting wood,
6 00
Amos L. Hale, 46 tons coal,
434 50
H. B. Richardson, 2 cords wood,
14 00
$5,448 25
DISTRICT NO 4. - LOWER FALLS.
Luther E. Leland, master,
$1,800 00
Martha C. Hagar, assistant,
300 00
Ellen M. Gifford, 66 and Intermediate, 550 00
Cornelia A. Washburn, Intermediate,
275 00
A. Henrietta Campbell, Primary,
495 00
S. Helen Stewart, 96 25
150 00
cash paid for wood and cutting, D. C. Sanger, 20 tons coal, 194 00
$3,871 25
DISTRICT NO. 4. - AUBURNDALE.
Charles A. Chase, master,
$1,800 00
Adelaide B. Poor, assistant,
600 00
Mary C. Sanford, Intermediate,
165 00
Marnie Richards, 66
398 75
Isabel Treadwell, Primary,
600 00
Calvin Cutler, cash paid for care of house,
41 80
George H. Pratt, care of school-house, 32 00
39 00
G. L. & C. B. Bourne, 26 tons coal,
235 50
66 66 for wood, 24 25
$3,936 30
Isaac Hagar, cash paid for care of school-house,
11 00
Patrick Coleman, care of furnaces,
22
DISTRICT NO. 5. - WEST NEWTON.
Levi F. Warren, master, $1,750 00
Lydia C. Dodge, assistant,
575 00
E. E. Simmons, Intermediate, 600 00
Lucy G. Coe, :6
600 00
Ella G. Bates, 66
575 00
Kate D. May, Primary,
600 00
Hattie L. Butler, “
600 00
Sarah E. Foster,
600 00
Elizabeth A. Pinnock, Intermediate substitute,
200 00
A. A. Williams, care of school-houses,
77 00
Michael Brown, 66
203 00
D. C. Sanger, 54 tons coal,
544 33
for wood,
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