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Bela Jacobs heirs, for gravel
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$8 64
WALDO JONES, Surveyor.
Paid for repairs in East Ward :
H. L. Studley, 64 hours labor $12 80
Everett Cushing, 282 hours labor
5 70
Charles Harris, for labor
1 00
L. J. Ewell, for repairs on Bridge Street
75
J. F. Turner, for railing bridge on Main Street
2 50
$22 75
R. P. BRIGGS, Acting Surveyor.
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
WEST WARD.
Paid as follows : -
R. P. Briggs, 46 days labor $92 00
2 horses, 231 hours labor 77 00
William Collamore, 98 hours labor 19 60
2 horses, 54 hours labor
18 00
1 horse, 45 hours labor
9 00
John Collamore, 44 hours labor .
8 80
1 horse, 44 hours labor
8 80
6 60
13 80
31 60
42 00
Luther Bailey, 33 hours labor oxen, 46 hours labor . William Farrar, 158 hours labor . 2 horses, 126 hours labor Joseph H. Curtis, 86 hours labor 2 horses, 105 hours labor
17 20
35 00
1 horse, 9 hours labor .
1 80
.
13
Peleg Curtis, 94 hours labor
$18 80
1 horse, 23 hours labor 4 60
3 80
Barton R. Jacobs, 19 hours labor oxen, 19 hours labor .
5 70
Edwin Jacobs, 18 hours labor
3 60
oxen, 18 hours labor .
5 40
John E. Gammon, 752 hours labor 15 10
2 horses, 75 hours labor 25 17
43 80
2 horses, 98 hours labor
32 67
oxen, 42 hours labor
12 60
· Alvin Vinall, 22 hours labor
4 40
1 horse, 22 hours labor 4 40
5 80
1 horse, 572 hours labor
11 50
Turner Stoddard, 187 hours labor
37 40
1 horse, 9 hours labor .
1 80
S. Clapp, 54 hours labor 10 80
18 00
2 horses, 54 hours labor Charles Berrey, 17 hours labor
3 40
2 horses, 17 hours labor
5 67
Waldo Jones, 135 hours labor
27 00
2 horses, 116 hours labor
38 67
1 horse, 29¿ hours labor
5 90
E. W. Brooks, 77 hours labor
15 40
2 horses, 77 hours labor
25 67
Benjamin Loring, 215 hours labor
43 00
2 horses, 1112 hours labor . Timothy Shehan, 305 hours of labor
61 00
1 horse, 183 hours labor
36 60
James Gammon, 353 hours labor
70 60
Morris Gammon, Jr., 179 hours labor
35 80
George Church, 53 hours labor
10 60
W. Magoun, 27 hours labor
5 40
Hiram Damon, 136 hours labor .
27 20
Alden Damon, 102 hours labor .
20 40
W. S. Briggs, 51 hours labor
10 20
E. C. Briggs, 172 hours labor
34 40
Arthur Sanborn, 23 hours labor
4 60
Walter Simmons, 219 hours labor
C. E. Brewster, 29 hours labor
37 17
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Andrew Clapp, 124 hours labor M. Jones, 213} hours labor Allie Jones, 9 hours labor . 1 80 F. Jones, 26 hours labor 5 20
$24 80
42 70
B. Richardson, 21 hours labor Alonzo Stoddard, 9 hours labor . W. Morse, 97 hours labor . George Bates, 90} hours labor H. Penniman, 54 hours labor
4 20
1 80
19 40
18 10
10 80
Alpheus Thomas, 160} hours labor
32 10
Benjamin Barrell, 60 hours labor Austin Stoddard, 14 hours labor Charles Baker, 85 hours labor
12 00
Alvin Baker, 61 hours labor
12 20
C. E. Lincoln, 79 hours labor
15 80
F. Stanley, 25 hours labor
5 00
Willie Studley, 61 hours labor Simeon Damon, 95} hours labor
19 10
Ensign Damon, 47 hours labor Daniel Sprague, for labor .
9 40
5 60
18 90
4 20
52 60
3 00
Samuel Loring, 59} hours labor .
11 90
Dexter Willcutt, 20 hours labor .
4 00
Morris Gammon, 1842 hours labor
36 90
Joshua Bowker, 40 hours labor .
8 00
Rufus Winslow, 28 hours labor .
5 60
John E. Groce, 5 hours labor
1 00
$1,583 07
R. P. BRIGGS, Surveyor.
P. Williamson, 94} hours labor . John Stockbridge, 21 hours labor Israel Vining, 263 hours labor Andrew Greene, 15 hours labor Joshua Bailey, 14 hours labor
2 80
17 00
9 15
2 80
.
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
EAST WARD.
R. P. Briggs, 40 days labor $80 00 .
2 horses, 126 hours 42 00
E. P. Joseph, 3042 hours labor 60 90
2 horses, 213 hours
70 99
1 horse, 4 hours .
80
man, 1502 hours .
30 10
blasting and use of plough
5 00
C. A. Litchfield, 79 hours labor .
15 80
2 horses, 71 hours
23 67
Joseph H. Hatch, 118} hours labor
23 70
2 horses, 108₺ hours
36 17
1 horse, 10 hours
2 00
John Whalen, 1812 hours labor .
36 30
2 horses, 130 hours
43 33
1 horse, 6 hours .
1 20
Henry T. Jenkins, 492 hours labor
9 90
2 horses, 492 hours 16 50
C. W. Sparrell, 55 hours labor 11 00
2 horses, 45 hours
15 00
1 horse, 5 hours .
1 00
2 horses, 24 hours
·8 00
oxen, 49 hours
14 70
John Turner, 101 hours labor 20 20 oxen, 76 hours . 22 80
Carlton Litchfield, 44 hours labor
8 80
2 horses, 48 hours 16 00
W. Lincoln, 80 hours labor . 16 00
1 horse, 70 hours. 12 53
W. R. Vinall, 169 hours labor
33 90
1 horse, 109₺ hours 20 43
C. C. Merritt, 117 hours labor 23 40
1 horse, 51 hours 10 20
James Greene, 51 hours labor
10 20
1 horse, 51 hours
10 20
Albert Henderson, 24 hours labor
4 00
W. Sylvester, 49 hours labor
9 80
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A. K. Jacobs, 59 hours labor $11 80
2 horses, 4 hours 1 33
1 horse, 44 hours 8 80
A. C. Pincin, 46 hours labor
9 20
1 horse, 20 hours 4 00
James L. Litchfield, 20 hours labor
4 00
2 horses, 40} hours 13 50
E. M. Sexton, 109 hours labor 21 80
2 horses, 109 hours 36 33
Charles Berrey, 81 hours labor 16 20
2 horses, 45 hours 15 00
James W. Sampson, 78 hours labor 15 60
2 horses, 49 hours 16 33
John Brown, 111 hours labor 22 20
2 horses, 37 hours 12 33
D. W. Turner, 64 hours labor 12 80
10 67
Jonathan Hatch, 190 hours labor
38 00
2 horses, 45 hours
15 00
oxen, 69 hours ·
20 70
George Hatch, 12 hours labor 2 40
2 horses, 12 hours 4 00
36 20
George S. Hatch, 181 hours labor 2 horses, 39 hours 13 00
A. C. Tilden, 50 hours labor 8 33
2 horses, 32 hours 10 67
1 horse, 17 hours 3 40
B. Barrell, 266 hours labor 53 20
38 40
32 40
23 80
30 70
David Griffin, 264 hours labor W. Sylvester, 128 hours labor 25 60
52 80
John Leslie, 240} hours labor 48 10 .
A. T. Litchfield, 114 hours labor 22 80 . . E. A. Jacobs, 1792 hours labor . 35 90 George Barrell, 81 hours labor 16 20
Henry Damon, 66} hours labor .
13 30
Jarius M. Healey, 192 hours labor James Gammon, 162 hours labor George Sylvester, 119 hours labor John T. Hatch, 153} hours labor B. W. Jacobs, 162 hours labor
32 40
2 horses, 32 hours
17
Caleb Litchfield, 93 hours labor
$18 60
Harry J. Litchfield, 833 hours labor
16 70
R. Ellms, 86 hours labor 17 20
George Merritt, 81 hours labor 12 15
A. Black, 60 hours labor
12 00
E. H. Litchfield, 52 hours labor
10 40
Henry Litchfield, 63 hours labor
12 60
J. F. Turner, 72 hours labor
14 40
Morris Gammon, Jr , 45 hours labor
9 00
John Tilden, 73 hours labor
14 60
Oscar Pincin, 40 hours labor
6 67
O. B. Litchfield, 37 hours labor
7 40
Job L. Ellms, 36 hours labor
7 20
John Leavitt, 45 hours labor
9 00
Lincoln Ellms, 20 hours labor
4 00
Walter Jacobs, 24 hours labor
4 80
Edward Jacobs, 16 hours labor
3 20
Laban Bates, 16 hours labor
3 20
John Litchfield, 9 hours labor
1 80
C. Hyland, 9 hours labor
1 80
Arthur Powers, 72 hours labor
1 50
W. Morse, 64 hours labor .
12 80
Charles Tucker, 69 hours labor
13 80
Charles Hines, 8 hours labor
1 60
Liba Litchfield, 16 hours labor
3 20
Percy Ford, 1 day's labor
75
S. M. Osborne, for labor
2 35
D. Ewell, 2} hours labor .
50
Charles Hatch, for labor
2 40
Alpheus Thomas, for curbing stone
7 00
$1,808 39
R. P. BRIGGS, Acting Surveyor.
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
SOUTH WARD.
Paid as follows :-
A. B. Chamberlain, 45₺ days labor
$91 00
2 horses, 178 hours labor 59 32
1 horse, 383 hours labor 76 60
J. R. Barker, 1052 hours labor . 21 10
21 10
L. Cromwell, 57 hours labor
11 40
2 horses, 57 hours labor
19 00
Henry A. Turner, 3394 hours labor
7 25
Charles Simmons, 79} hours labor
15 90
2 horses, 682 hours labor
22 83
C. E. Simmons, 11 hours labor .
2 20
2 horses, 10 hours labor
3 33
John Corthell, 215} hours labor . W. S. Simmons, 12 hours labor . B. Barrell, 117 hours labor
43 10
2 40
23 40
J. W. Chamberlain, 307 hours labor
61 40
George Barrell, 25 hours labor . George O. Torrey, 85} hours labor William Capell, 70 hours labor 1 horse, 56 hours labor
5 00
17 10
14 00
11 20
92 30
11 20
24 30
41 70
17 10
Arthur Smith, 672 hours labor
13 50
45 20
26 80
13 90
24 00
13 00
John Knapp, 44 hours labor
8 80
1 horse, 44 hours labor
8 80
1 horse, 105} hours labor
67 85
1 horse, 364 hours labor
I. H. Packard, 4612 hours labor Thomas O'Donnell, 56 hours labor O. H. Lake, 121} hours labor Charles David, 2082 hours labor James Studley, 852 hours labor .
Thomas Hunt, 226 hours labor James Smith, 134 hours labor John Keough, 692 hours labor Austin Stoddard, 120 hours labor Thomas Tolman, 65 hours labor . Charles Hunt, 148 hours labor
29 60
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Andrew Turner, 125 hours labor Thomas C. Sampson, 88 hours labor 17 60
$25 00
Eugene Stetson, 58 hours labor . 1 horse, 32 hours labor
11 60
C. R. Barstow, 32 hours labor
6 40
S. C. Cudworth, 72 hours labor .
1 50
boy's labor, 63 days . 6 50
1 horse, 53 hours labor .
10 60
Elijah Barstow, 54 hours labor oxen, 54 hours labor
16 20
Charles Pratt, 96 hours labor
19 20
1 horse, 96 hours labor
19 20
Richard Smith, 147 hours .
29 40
Robert Smith, 16 hours labor
3 20
John Barker, 45 hours labor
9 00
$1,159 28
A. B. CHAMBERLAIN, Surveyor.
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF REPAIRS ON BARRELL LANE.
TOWN APPROPRIATION, $100.00.
George O. Torrey, 49 hours labor
$9 80
Henry A. Turner, 53 hours labor
10 60
Walter Briggs, 33 hours labor 6 60
Lorenzo Cromwell, 37 hours labor
7 40
37 hours, 2 horses 12 33
Samuel C. Cudworth, 43 days labor
4 50
O. H. Lake, 21 hours labor
4 20
Howard Packard, 17 hours labor
3 20
A. B. Chamberlain, 6 days labor 24 hours, horse and cart sharpening drills
12 00
4 80
25
John Keough, 45 hours labor
9 00
51 hours mowing bushes
10 20
$95 08
6 40
10 80
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PAID ON ACCOUNT OF BUILDING NEW SECTION OF HIGHWAY ON GROVE STREET.
TOWN APPROPRIATION, $1,200.00.
Alden Briggs, as per contract . $1,000 00
E. A. Damon, for care and lighting street . 16 00 .
Daniel D. Sprague, 13} days labor 27 00
92 hours, horse and cart 18 40
Walter Simmons and man, 156 hours labor .
31 20
B. Richardson, 92 hours labor
6 40
Waldo Jones, horse and cart, 32 hours
6 40
Albion Damon, 32 hours labor 6 40
Alden Damon, 24 hours labor
4 80
Alvin Vinall, 52 hours labor
10 40
Charles Hackett, 12 hours labor .
2 40
Rufus Winslow, 32 hours labor .
6 40
B. Barrell, 16 hours labor .
3 20
Ensign B. Damon, 112 hours labor
22 40
William Morse, 32 hours labor
6 40
$1,212 60
PAID FOR LABOR ON RIVER STREET AS ORDERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
APPROPRIATION, $400.00.
Paid A. B. Chamberlain, on account of contract . $490 00
The following amounts have been paid for day labor on the same section of road : -
John Corthell, 112 hours labor 22 40
Charles Hunt, 104 hours labor 20 80
James Smith, 104 hours labor
20 80
George Barrell, 104 hours labor . 20 80
Thomas O'Donnell, 104 hours labor
20 80
Charles David, 100 hours labor .
20 00
2 horses and cart, 36 hours . oxen, 48 hours . 14 40 18 40
12 00
Andrew Clapp, 32 hours labor
21
Howard Packard, 104 hours labor James Studley, 104 hours labor . Austin Stoddard, 104 hours labor Engene Stetson, 24 hours labor . Thomas Sampson, 24 hours labor Charles C. Pratt, 30} hours labor 1 horse and cart, 30} bours . J. R. Barker, 29 hours labor
$20 80
20 80
20 80
4 80
4 80
6 10
6 10
5 80
1 horse, 29 hours labor Lorenzo Cromwell, 16 hours labor
3 20
2 horses, 16 hours labor
5 33
Elijah Barstow, oxen, 32 hours labor .
1 05
A. B. Chamberlain, 11} days labor
23 00
2 horses, 71} hours labor 23 83
1 horse, 140 hours labor 28 00
$795 81
Cr. by material sold
4 00
$791 81
Less balance of highway appropriation
342 97
$448 84
Paid for gravel, drain pipe, etc. : - J. R. Barker, for gravel, South Ward . $50 76
L. Barrican, for gravel, South Ward . 6 30
G. T. Tolman, for repair of road tools, South Ward 1 60
M. Little, for road tools, South Ward. 6 75
B. Loring, for gravel, West Ward 9 30
F. Stanley, for gravel, West Ward 6 00 S. Loring, for gravel, West Ward 7 40 Henry Shute, for gravel, West Ward . 72 Mrs. Gardner, for gravel, West Ward 4 32 J. Brown, for gravel, West Ward 14 00
L. Wilder (Heirs), for gravel, West Ward . 21 00
15 00
Bela T. Jacobs (Heirs), for gravel, West Ward . Andrew Stockbridge, for gravel, West Ward 7 50
J. H. Hatch, for gravel, East Ward 19 02
W. O. Clapp, for gravel, East Ward . 2 88
T. J. Studley, for gravel, East Ward . 44
5 80
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E. A. Turner, for gravel. East Ward . $10 08
James Greene, for gravel, East Ward 21 22
Henry F. Ford, for gravel, East Ward 9 38
Clarance Litchfield, for gravel, East Ward . 2 88
E. T. Fogg, for gravel
12 00
W. S. Hatch, for gravel Mrs. Studley, for gravel
5 92
J. W. Sampson, for gravel .
9 60
C. A. Peterson, for drain pipe
15 51
David W. Lewis, for drain pipe .
32 89
E. P. Reed & Co., for drain pipe
6 44
F. D. Lantz, for drain pipe
59 11
Vulcan Road Machine Company, for machine fixtures .
16 60
Old Colony R. R., for freight
2 82
Waldo Jones, for cash paid on account of returning Little Giant Road Machine ·
28 21
Melvin Little, for lanterns and oil on account of light- ing Elm Street bridge, 1888 2 73
$419 18
Paid on account of removing snow : -
Waldo Jones, 4} hours, with horse
$2 25
Henry Main, 2 hours, with horse
1 00
Curtis Brothers, 32 hours, with team
1 63
W. R. Vinall, 3 hours, with horse
1 50
John Whalen, 5 hours, with team
2 50
E. A. Jacobs, 3 hours labor
75
Lincoln Ellms, 2 hours, with team
1 00
Thomas Barstow, for building snow plough
12 15
$22 78
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid as follows :-
Mary E. Curtis, for services as school committee $64 50
Hattie B. Gardner, for same services 58 00
C. C. Young, for service as selectman, overseer of the poor, to March 5, 1889 28 50
Henry A. Turner, for same services 29 00
C. A. Litchfield, for same services and preparing report 35 00
10 80
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James H. Pinkham, for services as teller at meeting of
amendment to the constitution, April 22 $3 00
James H. Williams, for same services 3 00
George C. Cowing, for same services . 3 00 .
Arthur L. Power, for same services
3 00
C. A. Litchfield, for services as selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor, from March 5 to Jan. 1,1890 . · 120 00
services on duplicate valuation books
10 00
services and expenses to Boston on corporation taxes 4 00
C. C. Young, for same services . 125 00
Thomas Barstow, for same services 110 00
Williams B. Brooks, for services as auditor
52 00
S. C. Cudworth, for settling with treasurer, Jan, 1. 1889, 1 00
C. W. Tilden, for warning town meetings, and officers, 17 00
Alpheus Thomas, for services as ballot clerk at the November election 3 00
John Whalen, for same services . 3 00
Joseph H. Corthell, for same services . 3 00
Israel Hatch, for same services .
3 00
E. T. Fogg, for services as registrar of voters and clerk of the Board 20 00
John H. Prouty, for services as registrar 15 00
Seth Foster, for same services
15 00
Edward M. Sexton, for same services .
15 00
E. T. Fogg, for recording marriages, births, and deaths
24 75
C. W. Sparrell, for returning births
9 50
Dr. H. J. Little, returning births
1 50
$778 75
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Paid as follows : -
E. W. Brooks, as janitor
$75 00
B. P. Nichols, for repairs
1 25
Sears & Co., for oil .
6 05
$82 30
Cash received for use of hall
33 50
Balance against the hall
$48 80
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid as follows : -
John F. Turner, for repairs on pump and grading around the same in District 6 $8 00 .
F. H. Miller, for printing handbills and envelopes 4 50
E. T. Fogg, cash paid for tally-sheets for election 1 00
Pratt Bros., for printing wood posters and assessors' notices 2 50
Town of Pembroke, for seeding ponds with alewives 8 92
Thomas Groome & Co., for tax collector's book . 2 25
C. E. Peirce, for order book, account book, and dog licenses 8 50
T. Barstow, for cash paid for selectmen's notices 75
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing town reports and trans- cripts . 95 35
George Sylvester, labor and care of monument grounds 13 70
Little, Brown & Co., for Herrick's town officer 3 00
Avery & Doten, for printing town orders 5 00
Parmenus Peirce, for services in Winslow and Beach
case 8 50
C. W. Tilden, for labor on snow plow and hearse 9 75
South Shore Herald, for printing tax bills and postals, 8 00
Thomas Barstow, for material and labor on voting booths 29 35 ·
C. H. Williston, cash paid for 297 woodchucks 74 25
Simmons & Pratt, on account of legal services 100 00 .
Seth Foster, expressage and for cash paid . ·
.
35 47
Parmenus Peirce, cash paid for services in liquor cases, 63 00
Colburn Bros., for stationery
75
$482 54
SUPPLIES TO ALMSHOUSE.
Paid as follows : -
Charles H. Williston, as superintendent $300 00
Edwin A. Turner, for supplies
13 95
N. M. Brooks, for swine . 10 00
Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies . .
169 43
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A. W. Faxon, for dry goods $27 33
Whitney, Clough & Co., for meat 11 56
S. W. Eastman, for tinware 9 78
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, for groceries 13 00
A. C. Pincin, for meat 54 63
B. W. Jacobs, for filing saws Thomas Tolman, for supplies 126 81
1 00
W. H. Richardson, for meat and vegetables 38 17
Joseph Merritt, for smith work . 30 36
Luther J. Studley, for mason work
4 55
H. W. Spurr & Co., for groceries
64 57
George E. Bates, for meat . 90 79
Cutter & Parker, for window blinds 24 81
C. W. Tilden, for horse hire 16 25
J. H. Corthell. for meat 103 57
Wheeler & Co., for meat 6 85
Sears & Co., for groceries . 80 38
C. A. Litchfield & Co., for fertilizers and vegetables 23 77
Crocker & Eldridge, for groceries
32 31
Old Colony Railroad Company, for freight
89
W. P. B. Brooks & Co., for furniture 2 50
S. C. Bowdlear & Co , for flour . 12 00
E. C. Hatch, for bread 5 86
J. A. Torrey, for soap
6 05
W. S. & R. P. Briggs, for ice
9 00
J. H Ford, for fresh fish
21 92
Fowle, Hibbard & Co., for supplies .
2 91
E. P. Welch & Son, for lumber and supplies for sheds, 96 74
C. W. Sparrell, for wood 29 25
John Whalen, for cedar posts for sheds 2 00
Collamore's Express, for freight . 1 00
Carlton Pincin, for meadow hay . 6 42
E. T. Fogg, for insurance on almshouse property 30 60
C. C. Merritt, for carpenter work 23 56
C. H. Williston, for supplies 24 05
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 45 60
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Mary Williams 20 00
$1,599 83
Shepard, Norwell & Co., for dry goods 5 61
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ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Military aid due from State $58 50
Sale of articles by superintendent 14 60
Received from W. H. Litchfield for board of Cushing Litchfield 63 96 .
Board and lodging of tramps
15 00
Due from Hingham for board of Isabell Beach" and child .
76 50
$228 56
Board of inmates to balance cost
1,371 27
$1,599 83
SUPPLIES TO OUT-DOOR POOR.
Paid on account of E. M. Magoun :
Charles E. Lincoln, for board of same . $162 75
E. W. Whiting, for clothing 6 50
C. C. Young, for cash paid for clothing 20 37
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance
1 50
Paid on account of W. R. Smith, Jr., and family : Melvin Little, for supplies . 140 63
Paid on account of A. C. Sylvester's family :
Charles E. Sylvester, for wood . 16 00
Cummings & Litchfield, for supplies 24 41
Litchfield & Curtis, for groceries . · 35 50
Dr. H. L. Sweeney, for medical attendance .
10 00
Paid on account of George W. Smith and family : Town of Hanover, for aid . 38 99
Paid on account of Arabella Winslow : Town of Weymouth, for aid 2 00
Paid on account of Bridget Shea, Taunton Hospital for board 170 09
Paid on account of George A. Gardner, Taunton Hos- pital for board 170 09
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Paid on account of Joseph Harvey, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for board . $109 20 Paid on account of Gustavus S. Totman and family :
Henry F. Ford, for supplies 60 00 · Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 5 00
Paid on account of Charles F. Talbot and family, Dr.
H. L. Sweeney for medical attendance .
10 00
Paid on account of George Stetson :
Sylvanus Clapp, for supplies 31 50
John M. Knapp, as nurse 81 00
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance and supplies . 211 25
C. H. Sparrell, for burial 23 00
Paid on account of Mary A. Bruce and family : Alpheus Damon, for supplies .
96 00
W. H. Farrar, for fuel 2 50
Paid on account of B. T. Lee, town of Hanover, for supplies . 41 25
Paid on account of Augustus Casey, Dr. H. L. Sweeney, for medical attendance 9 00
Paid on account of children of Rufus Winslow, H. F. Ford. for supplies 3 00
Paid on account of Susan Cromwell, Litchfield & Cur- tis, for supplies 17 00
Paid on account of Neal Barstow and family :
Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies . 24 00
Melvin Little, for supplies . 36 00
Dr. H. L. Sweeney, for medical attendance . 12 00
Paid on account of H. W. Winslow, Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 4 00
Paid on account of John Enolds and family, Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance . 1 00
Paid on account of Henry L. Bates's family, Walter Simmons, for fuel 9 00
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 13 00
R. H. Killam, for supplies . 30 33
Paid on account of F. L. Stoddard and family, town of Rockland, for supplies 19 50
Paid on account of Andrew Greene, Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 6 00
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Paid on account of Joanna Keene, town of Hanover, for supplies $61 00 Paid on account of children of Henry Litchfield, Dr.
H. J. Little, for medical attendance 1 00
Paid on account of Mary Barstow, C. W. Sparrell, for burial 20 00
For burial of child 8 00
Paid on account of Catherine G. Hill, city of Brock- ton, for aid 123 00
Paid on account of Thomas H. Gardner and family, John S. Brooks, for supplies 63 89
Paid on account of Clark De Witt and family, W. S. & R. P. Briggs, for fuel . 10 90
Paid on account of W. T. Hunt and family, town of Hanover, for supplies 63 96 · Dr. H. L. Sweeney. for medical attendance . 76 50
Paid on account of Michael Spellman, Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 9 00
Paid on account of Lyman B. Fitts and family, Dr. H.
J. Little, for medical attendance 41 00 .
$2,126 61
MILITARY AID.
PAID AS FOLLOWS, UNDER CHAPTER 252.
Michael Spellman $96 00 Refunded by the Town of Holliston.
Isaac Fitts 72 00 Refunded by the Town of Royalston.
George A. Hatch 12 00 One half refunded by the State.
Henry Corlew 45 00 One half refunded by the State.
Charles R. Humphry 48 00 One half refunded by the State.
James H. Patterson 48 00 One half refunded by the State.
Seth H. Vinall 60 00 One half refunded by the State.
Samuel Keene 72 00 One half refunded by the State.
$453 00
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PAID UNDER CHAPTER 301.
Emily Damon . $20 00
Harriet J. Apts . $24 00
Seth H. Vinal and wife 14 00
Amanda F. Colman 24 00
E. L. Hyland . 18 00 Charles H. Damon . 38 00
D. P. Robinson and wife 72 00
T. B. Chapman and wife 96 00
Ann McKenna 48 00
Seth O. Fitts . 36 00
Hannah M. Raymond .
24 00
Mary Spencer 32 00
Hannah Dover 24 00
Mary Monahan 48 00
Lyman B. Fitts .
72 00
John Lewis 8 00
Charles D. Barnard 48 00
Charles David
36 00
Harriet Jacobs
24 00
Charles H. Farrar
30 00
$736 00
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for -
School books
$426 51
Taxes abated and given up
114 37
Wood for schoolhouses
144 64
Repairs of schoolhouses, cleaning rooms, etc.
247 66
Town officers
778 75
Repairs on highways .
4,657 23
Extra repairs on roads
2,099 49
Gravel, drain pipe, etc.
419 18
Removing snow .
22 78
Town Hall
82 30
Incidental expenses ·
482 54
Supplies to almshouse
1,599 83
Supplies to out-door poor
2,126 61
State and military aid
·
1,189 00
Salaries of school teachers
. 3,419 94
.
.
$17,810 83
NORWELL, Feb. 7, 1890.
This certifies that I have examined and approved all bills and accounts presented against the town, and have found the same correct.
WMS. B. BROOKS, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of : -
Savings Bank of Norwell . . $10,175 00
Interest due to Jan. 1, 1890, on above
243 23
C. W. Sylvester (note)
470 00
H. T. Sylvester (note) 200 00 .
J. C. Tolman, heirs (note)
300 00
R. V. C. Turner, heirs (note)
. 575 00
Lucy Turner (note)
500 00
J. T. Litchfield, heirs (note)
1,000 00
Interest due on above
79 80
Outstanding orders (estimated)
200 00
$13,743 03
Coffin Fund note (not liable to be called for) 2,000 00
$15,743 03
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
State School Fund (estimated) . $210 00
County School Fund (estimated) 250 00
Due on Glover mortgage (Grandison farm) 700 00 .
School books in hands of committee 460 00
Due from State for military and State aid
878 50
Due from State for aid to poor
187 50
Due from town for aid to poor and military aid
511 81
Due on corporation taxes .
100 00
Cash in hands of treasurer .
1,129 18
Taxes outstanding in hands of collectors
3,138 01
$7,595 00
As will be seen, there has been quite an increase in the debt of the town the past year. The appropriation for schools being $3,200 ; while there has actually been drawn from the treasury from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890, $4,238.75 on account of school
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expenses. There was also paid for repairs of Grove Street, $1,212.60 ; River Street, $449.04, and Barrell Lane $95.08. A total of nearly $3,000 expended for which no money was raised.
VALUATION MAY 1, 1889.
Real estate
$676,533
Personal"estate . J
. 200,016
3.T.S $876,549
Amount of assessment, $11,019.86.
Rate, $11.50 on $1,000.
Polls, 475 ; number paying poll tax only, 131; horses, 368; cows, 283 ; swine, 67 ; neat cattle, 88 ; dwelling-houses, 439.
LIST OF JURORS;
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OR RE- VISION BY THE TOWN AT ITS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
John S. Barker,
W. H. Farrar,
E. M. Gardner,
A. J. Litchfield,
E. A. Turner,
F. L. Hammond,
David Bassford,
H. F. Ford,
David Stoddard,
George W. Curtis,
George H. Clapp,
A. B. Chamberlain,
John H. Prouty,
B. B. Poole,
J. H. Hatch,
E. T. Fogg, Jr.,
T. B. Waterman,
Waldo Jones,
Seth Foster,
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