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33 00
Abbie E. Oliver 16 00
John .Owens 54 00
Merrill Hutchinson 18 00
Samuel S. Crouch
16 00
John M. Houseman
12 00
Rosetta A. Houseman.
12 00
To be reimbursed by the Commonwealth
$827 00
Charles Jenkins $22 00
John Owens. 24 00
Thomas A. Evans 36 00
One-half to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth. $82 00
Unexpended. 81 00
$990 00
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POLICE.
Appropriation
$200 00
William Reed & Son. $2 00
J. P. Lovell & Son. 2 00
George E. Davis. 5 00
George W. Beasley 5 00
Loton W. Bryant.
5 00
William La Clair.
5 00
George W. Dean
8 50
Charles S. Coney
10 00
W. Wallace Davis
20 10
L. E. Dudley .
20 00
Henry Stock.
11 25
$ 93 85
Unexpended.
106 15
$200 00
TOWN OFFICE.
Appropriation. . $75 00
Fred W. Barry, stationery. $1 95
M. R. Warren, stationery . 4 75
Citizens' Gas-Light Co., gas
3 85
Henry Stock, janitor
9 60
Wendell Bancroft, fuel.
4 80
James Reid, stamps
1 50
C. M. Barrows & Co., stationery
2 50
Walter B. Ellis. 86
R. Dexter Temple, stamps. 2 50
Geo. H. Taylor, labor and fixtures
7 35
David C. Temple, labor
2 25
Ardenne Parker, broom
35
George Beasley, keeper, wood.
4 00
$46 26
Unexpended.
28 74
$75 00
22
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation. $2,000 00
Edward Appleton, Auditor
$10 00
Henry Stock, Constable .... 7 00
66 66 returning unlicensed dogs 5 00
George E. Davis, Constable
6 00
Gilman L. Parker, School Committee.
45 83
Stillman E. Parker, 66
50 00
R. Dexter Temple, balance as Collector for 1883 taxes.
50 00
R. Dexter Temple, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of Poor
300 00
R. Dexter Temple, balance as Collector for 1884 taxes.
100 00
Edward F. Parker, Treasurer
200 00
66 School Committee
50 00
Stillman M. Pratt, Selectman, Assessor, and
Overseer of Poor.
290 00
James A. Bancroft, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of Poor ..
300 00
James A. Bancroft, School Committee
50 00
James H. Griggs, Moderator
10 00
James Reid, Town Clerk.
50 00
66 Clerk of Registrars
40 00
66 Town Clerk, Official Records
10 00
66 Indexing
5 00
Frank W. B. Pratt, Auditor.
10 00
A. Newell Howes, Auditor.
10 00
George W. Dean, Constable.
2 75
Lewis W. Erskine, Constable, 1885.
2 00
Carroll D. Wright, School Committee
50 00
Horace G. Wadlin,
50 00
William M. Titus, Registrar
40 00
Henry Robinson,
40 00
John C. Gleason, for services as Collector. ...
200 00
R. Dexter Temple, for writing and returning duplicate valuation book to the Common- wealth
15 00
$1,998 58
Unexpended
1 42
$2,000 00
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INTEREST.
Appropriation. . $2,000 00
247 93
Blackstone National Bank
$2,247 93
Institution for Savings, Newburyport. $1,100 00
Warren Institution for Savings. 300 00
Chrisje Ridder 30 00
State Treasurer . 300 00
Mrs. Mary Stimpson
40 00
Miss Mary Stimpson. .
40 00
R. N. Temple, interest on trust fund for care of cemetery lots. 10 00
G. C. Gleason, interest on trust fund for care of cemetery lots 16 25
$1,836 25
Unexpended.
411 68
$2,247 95
CEMETERY.
Appropriation.
$400 00
Received for sale of lots.
333 00
Balance from 1886. 18 70
$751 70
G. S. Tukey
$15 00
N. W. Broad . 4 72
Patrick Barrett.
16 62
Michael Hennesey .
39 75
Gilman C. Gleason
238 51
George Beasley
16 50
$431 10
Unexpended.
320 60
$751 70
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation .
$2,250 00
Cash for Union Engine. 15 00
Eagle Engine House 115 00
66 Stove 17 00
$2,397 00
Citizens' Gas-Light Co., Gas $15 40
Henry Stock, janitor.
38 40
H. R. Heselton, services in care of hose 58 17
Parker & Stone, supplies
7 55
William Henry Bancroft, steward.
48 00
Walter M. Scott. 5 00
Robert F. Philbrook, engineer.
116 65
Members of Fire Department, May 1, 1886
961 05
Melville B. Estes, labor and material.
14 00
Willard A. Bancroft.
1 00
William E. Moulton, drawing machines
110 50
Same, fuel and labor
377 17
Albert J. Bancroft, labor.
3 13
George E. Lang, expressing
1 95
W. H. Turner, repairs.
11 25
Samuel Brown, labor and material.
26 75
George W. Atkinson, oil.
52
William L. Crowe, services as engineer.
20 00
Arthur S. Richardson, clerk of engineers
25 00
Same, labor 3 50
G. S. Tukey, repairs . 13 44
Moses E. Nichols, services as engineer
20 00
Same, labor. 1 05
Edward C. Nichols, chief engineer.
35 00
Henry A. Trull, services. 5 68
Harley E. Cummings, services
3 33
Amount carried forward, $1,943 49
20 00
Wendell Bancroft, services as engineer
25
Amount brought forward, $1,943 49
Cummings Ex., expressing. . . 1 90
Edward E. Smith, labor and stock
24 75
L. Thomas Eames, steward 64 50
R. Dexter Temple, advertising and selling en- gine house .. 5 00
W. H. Lowe, material.
5 22
Charles Nichol, services
3 36
A. S. Jackson, material.
13 40
Frank E. Richardson, labor
13 62
W. H. Banks, services
5 68
J. O'Brien, services 2 50
P. McCail, repairs. 5 50
Burdett & Williams, material 3 70
Thomas A. Evans, labor 1 25
George Ambrose, services
6 58
Robert C. Totten, repairs. 6 50
Stephen M. Hall, labor
75
Albert Anderson, material.
2 00
William H. Trueworthy, services
7 27
Alonzo P. Morrison, services
7 65
Frank W. Danforth, labor.
1 25
Benjamin M. Boyce, clocks.
24 00
George W. Dean, services at fire
3 00
A. J. Morse, material.
6 50
Gilbert Hunt, services. 6 58
T. Littlefield & Son, labor and material. 4 00
H. L. Cummings, teaming
5 50
Hiram Litchfield, labor clearing snow from cisterns
20 50
Henry Gorus, labor
75
Frank Willis, services.
8 70
Ardenne Parker, teaming. 25 46
$2,230 86
Unexpended.
166 14
$2,397 00
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NIGHT WATCHMAN.
Appropriation. .
$700 00 Henry Stock, services. $630 00
Unexpended .
70 00
$700 00
REMOVING ICE AND SNOW.
Appropriation.
$400 00
William L. Jones $5 50
Hiram Litchfield. 3 75
Robert Henry . 1 05
Oliver A. Swain. 7 00
George M. Hutchinson
1 80
Jesse N. Hutchinson
2 85
Dennis P. Babb
34 95
William Carley.
1 13
Alden S. Johnson
10 80
Charles A. Weston
25 20
Patrick Burns.
88
William H. Mathews.
90
Henry Gorus
2 40
William E. Moulton.
44 00
Michael Forbes
16 50
Montclair Barbrick.
3 00
Frank E. Richardson
1 50
Joseph Stokes.
3 60
William J. Draffin
3 30
Richard B. Nichols
15 15
Wendell Bancroft.
11 10
Edward E. Nichols .
29 20
Melvile B. Estes
1 50
George Beasley
13 00
Stillman M. Pratt
16 00
$256 06
Unexpended.
143 94
$400 00
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CROSS-WALK, HIGH AND WOBURN STREETS.
Appropriation . $50 00
Dominique Doucette, labor $2 20
Walter B. Ellis, concrete. 27 44
Sweatt & Davis, granite
6 88
George Beasley, labor
2 50
$39 02
Unexpended .
10 98
CROSS-WALK, CHUTE AND HAVEN STREETS.
Appropriation. $60 00
Dominique Douctte and men, labor $16 00
Sweatt & Davis, granite. 29 60
Svelvyn B. Muse, concrete 6 05
Milton D. Parker, gravel 60
7 00
59 25
Unexpended .
75
$60 00
DEFICIENCIES.
Appropriation.
$400 00
Carroll D. Wright. school committee $25 00
Edward F. Parker, treasurer 100 00
Edward F. Parker, school committee 25 00
James A. Bancroft, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor 100 00
Stillman M. Pratt, selectman, assessor, and
overseer of poor. .
75 00
-
George Beasley, labor on highways, 1885-1886. 75 00
$400 00
GUIDE BOARDS AND STREET SIGNS.
Appropriation $50 00
A. Hodson, signs and labor $50 00
$50 00
George Beasley, labor
28
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation . $3,200 00
Cash for stone sold. 3 00
$3,203 00
Charles A. Weston, self and team $507 85
Hiram Litchfield, labor. 185 40
William E. Moulton, men and team 101 25
Patrick Burns, labor.
177 64
Joseph Tuzen, labor
82 09
Timothy Riordan, labor.
89 97
John P. Riordan, labor.
76 84
Joseph W. Kellam, labor
28 95
William J. Draffin, self aud team
93 30
Willard A. Bancroft, self and team
34 50
George Earley, labor .. 54 09
Oliver A. Swain, labor 141 24
Dennis P. Babb, self and team. 24 00
63 90
Michael Forbes, self and team 86 40
David Whelton, self and team 63 90
H. F. Barker, labor 24 50
Luther E. Nichols, labor
28 65
Oren N. Jones, labor
117 07
James Kelley, labor.
9 00
George A. Jones, man and team
18 75
B. &. M. Railroad, freight
63
George Beasley, labor.
74 20
Everett B. Richardson, gravel.
3 96
W. W. Ruggles' heirs, gravel 4 08
Albert Green, labor,. 7 50
George E. Lang, express.
1 00
Chester B. Pratt, labor.
3 00
Emerson Smith, labor 123 21
Amount carried forward, $2,226 87
Charles C. Green, self and team
29
Amount brought forward, $2,226 87
Frank J. Bancroft, team
6 00
Edwin Manning, gravel. 53 76
Oscar Foote, gravel. .
1 80
Wendell Bancroft, lumber and labor
7 58
Dominique Doucette, labor, self and men 89 61
James E. Wilkins, labor.
33 45
Higganum Manufacturing Co., tools
8 25
William H. Mathews, gravel.
25 38
Walter B. Ellis, concrete
1 00
Richard J. Hallet, labor
7 50
William Taylor, labor.
28 65
John Fluke, labor.
70
Michael Hennesey, labor
15 22
Joseph Stokes, labor
34 92
Nathan Crafts, labor 5 00
Fisk, Coleman & Co., drain pipe
4 05
Osgood & Hart, iron grates.
22 00
Daniel C. Sanborn, gravel.
7 08
Francis H. Knight, stone
14 00
Solon Bancroft, stone.
2 33
James M. Eames, labor 1 00
Sweatt & Davis, stone. 2 99
Etson Damon, stone. 50
Frank E. Brooks, Gravel.
4 56
Richard B. Nichols, labor
10 95
James T. Eames, labor.
8 80
Edwin P. Nichols, labor.
7 50
Jonathan Moulton, man and team
18 65
Arthur G. Emerson, self and team
56 70
George W. Atkinson, gravel.
40 08
J. Dexter Jones, labor.
42 45
Amos Damon 2d, labor
219 11
George Buck, labor.
1 50
W. W. Davis, man and team
23 55
Amount carried forward,
$3,033 49
30
Amount brought forward, $3,033 49
Albert F. Emerson, gravel.
15 30
Alden S. Johnson, team. 4 50
Edward E. Nichols, man and team.
43 16
W. Hazen Bancroft, labor and stock
2 32
M. D. Robinson, self and team.
1 25
Robert C. Totten, labor and materials
17 81
Samuel Brown, team.
18 75
James S. Bond, removing stone
15 00
William G. Bryant, materials
3 75
Milton D. Parker, Gravel.
18 90
Willard B. Nichols, team
28 65
$3,202 88
Unexpended. 12
$3,203 00
WIDENING MAIN STREET.
Appropriation
$400 00
Newell C. Flanders $30 62
Robert Henry.
27 00
John T. Rudolph.
21 75
George H. Porter
34 50
Jonathan Heselton.
18 00
Hiram Litchfield.
1 50
Dominique Doucette
43 05
Eben Beard.
44 62
Stillman E. Parker
4 00
Fisk, Coleman & Co
22 37
Amos Damon. 1 75
Asa Parker.
55 50
Henry F. Parker.
19 50
George W. Thayer
21 00
Eastman Austin.
12 00
Amount carried forward,
$357 16
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Amount brought forward, $357 16 20
T. H. Gould.
B. & M. Railroad 1 45
Stillman M. Pratt
27 75
$386 56
Unexpended.
13 44
$400 00
MIDDLESEX AVENUE AND VALLEY STREET.
Appropriation
$75 00
Robert Henry .
$10 40
Newell C. Flanders .
12 12
Richard B. Nichols .
30 00
R. C. Totten
1 40
Asa Parker
21 00
$74 92
Unexpended
08
OLD SOUTH CLOCK.
Appropriation. $50 00
C. H. Nowell, Treas. Congregational Society. .
$50 00
PENNEY CASE.
Appropriation
$160 21
Solon Bancroft, attorney, costs and services ... $160 21
PIERCE CLAIM.
Appropriation
$30 00
D. S. & G. F. Richardson, for services.
$30 00
ROBERTS CLAIM.
Appropriation $137 73 James A. Bancroft, surveying. $5 00
Solon Bancroft, attorney, costs and services. .. 132 73
$137 73
MARY BROWN CASE.
Appropriation
$50 00
Solon Bancroft, attorney, services
$50 00
$75 00
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HAVEN STREET CONCRETE WALK.
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
Received of Zebiah Balch $66 00
Gilman D. Kingman 42 50
Gardner Somes' heirs 28 50
66 Totten, Garfield, & Brown. . .
12 31
149 31
$1,149 31
Paid Dominique Doucette and men. $175 95
66 William E. Moulton, men and team 96 38
" Michael Hennessy . 18 37
David C. Temple, labor
2 00
66 John Fluke. 2 63
Walter B. Ellis, concreting
500 26
66 N. W. Broad, labor, self and man 28 82
66 Emerson Smith, labor. 41 12
George Beasley, labor, self and team . .
24 00
Wendell Bancroft, material 6 71
Jacob W. Manning, trees. 24 00
Sweatt & Davis, granite 453 46
66 Totten, Garfield, & Brown, concrete 15 52
66 Edward P. Collins, iron. 28
$1,389 50
Overdrawn 240 19
$1,389 50
Due from Emma G. Gowing. $11 21
Gilman D. Kingman 45 00
William Mears 31 50
John B. Weston. 16 93
Martha J. Greenwood Estate. 90 00
$194 64
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CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation.
Received from Galan A. Parker $58 14
S. G. Bradley Pearsons 30 12
66 R. C. B. Association 2 96
Annie E. Appleton. 78 28
James Wight. 78 13
66 Benjamin M. Boyce 44 56
John B. Weston 9 63
$301 82
$801 82
Paid Walter B. Ellis, concreting. $226 44
66 Dominique Doucette, labor self and men. 73 85
Wendell Bancroft, material. 1 28
66 Emerson Smith, labor. 4 38
66 William E. Moulton, men and teams 20 70
Sweatt & Davis, granite 329 16
S. G. B. Pearsons, granite
1 48
Milton D. Parker, gravel. 66
George Beasley, self and team
32 40
Unexpended
111 47
$801 82
Now due.
$38 84
TOWN DEBT.
Appropriation $2,363 00 New Loan 5,000 00
$7,363 00
Paid Chrisje Ridder, on note. $500 00
Balance 6,863 00 - $7,363 00
$500 00
$690 35
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$200 00
Julia Parker. $3 35
Walter M. Scott. 2 48
Bertha Dole. 6 70
W. W. Ruggles' heirs 6 70
Moses Barbrick's heir 2 20
Seth Bessy. . 18 17
Hephzibah Briggs
50
Lucy W. Roby .
19 09
George Swan's heirs 9 96
19 92
John H. Sweet's heir. 25
Alden Whittridge's heirs
25
William Whittridge's heirs. 50
25
Benjamin Needham
33
James Sullivan.
5 66
R. D. Temple, poll tax, 1883.
4 00
66
1884. 107 64
66 personal, 1884. 6 03
$213 98
Overdrawn.
13 98
$200 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriation .
$300 00
R. Dexter Temple, Auctioneer's license $2 00
Henry Stock, lockup fees 2 50
E. Beard, posts .. 1 00
William M. Phillips Estate, concrete 15 67
James Reid, oleomargarine license 50
$321 67
Clarassa H. Turner
Wyman Isaac.
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Lyceum Hall Association 50 00
Henry Stock, lockup keeper. 10 00
Henry Stock, serving dog notices, etc. 6 54
M. R. Warren, dog license book .. 1 00
Frank W. Danforth, painting signs 1 50
G. S. Tukey, pump and repairs
22 75
James A. Bancroft, surveying. 13 00
James A. Bancroft, fixtures for town office 75
Everett C. Parker, labor 4 10
Stillman E. Parker, census of school children 12 00
Cummings Express 95
T. Groom & Co., tax book. 1 50
William C. Millbury, ringing bell
1 50
M. B. Estes, railing Main St. pumps 12 00
M. B. Estes, labor.
1 60
Stephen M. Hall, labor, Main St. well 4 00
A. W. Carr, lantern 90
C. H. Tarbell, fixture for town office. 2 60
Parker & Stone, fertilizer for lawn on common. 2 00
Daniel C. Sanborn, ringing bell 3 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, teller Nov. election. 3 00
Fred Bancroft, 66 66
3 00
Wendell Bancroft, lumber and labor for well on common 23 73
George W. Dean, care of flag, etc. 7 00
Moses E. Nichols, labor
40
Packard & Burrill, duster
2 00
John O. Dow, returning nine births
2 25
George W. Putnam, release of tax title.
7 68
R. Dexter Temple, undertaker, return'g 26 deaths.
6 50
R. Dexter Temple, writing and recording release .. 1 75
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William O. Dockendorff, repairing pump. .. Joseph D. Gowing, treasurer of No. Reading re- pairs of bridge. 6 78
F. F. Brown, returning births
9 75
Amount carried forward, $225 88
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Amount brought forward, $225 88
Joseph F. Runnells, ringing bell 2 00
George E. Langs' express® 1 50
Asa Parker, labor 1885. 1 75
Benjamin F. Pratt, labor. 1 50
George Beasley, distributing Annual Reports
6 00
Edward F. Parker, truant officer 5 00
Edward F. Parker, expenses. 3 00
Lewis W. Erskine, serving notice on dog owners '85 .. . 4 00
C. M. Barrows & Co .. printing
7 50
William J. Draffin, labor.
9 00
James Reid, town clerk, recording births, mar-
45 25
James Reid, certificates to representatives, etc
8 93
321 31
Unexpended
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$321 67
TABLE OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1886.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Sundries
Amount. Expen'd. Balance. Over'd.
Support of Poor.
Appropriation .. Labor, produce and board.
$2700 00 1172 86
$3872 86
3332 32
540 54 1 38
Support of Poor of cities and towns rec'd. Support of Poor of State.
309 38
308 00
43 81
Abatement of Taxes.
Cemetery.
Appropriation.
400 00 18 70 333 00
751 70
331 10
420 60 10 98
50 00
39 02
60 00
59 25
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Cross-walk High and Woburn streets. .... Cross-walk High cor. Haven and Chute ... Haven Street Concrete Walk. Appropriation ...
Rec'd for curbstones and concrete ...
1000 00 149 31
1149 31
1389 50
240 19
17 75 200 00
213 98
26 06 13 98
Balance from Trustees
Sale of lots.
riages, and deaths.
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TABLE OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1886-Con'd.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Sundries Amount. Expen'd. Balance. Over'd.
Concrete Sidewalks.
Appropriation.
500 00 301 82
801 82 400 00
690 35 400 00
111 47
Deficiencies
Fire Department.
Appropriation
2250 00
Sale of Engine.
15 00
Sale of Engine House.
115 00
Sale of Stove ..
17 00
Guide Boards and Street Signs
Highways.
Appropriation.
3200 00 3 00
3203 00
3202 88
12
Town Debt.
Appropriation
2363 00 5000 00
7363 00
500 00
6863 00
Incidental School Expenses.
Appropriation
1400 00
Insurance on High School House.
775 00
Insurance on Furniture ....
110 00
Cash for Books and Supplies
24 14
Cash for Glass
25
Schools.
Appropriation
8300 00
School Committee, School Fund.
342 05
8642 05
8642 05
Interest.
Appropriation .
2000 00
Received on Deposits
247 93
2247 93
1836 25
411 68
Library.
Appropriation
450 00
Dog Tax.
353 70
803 70
803 70
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Appropriation ..
300 00
Auc. license, $2; Lockup fees, $2.50;
Posts, $1; Concrete, $15.67; Town Clerk fees, .50 ..
21 67
321 67
321 31
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Enforcement of Liquor Law.
300 00
300 00
New School House.
Appropriation Sale of Union Hall.
350 00
Night Watchman
700 00
630 00
70 00
Old South Clock.
50 00
50 00
Printing
200 00
198 83
1 17
Police ..
200 00
93 85
106 15
City of Malden (Penney case)
160 21
160 21
Pierce claim ..
30 00
30 00
Mary Brown case.
50 00
50 00
State Aid ..
1000 00
889 00
111 00
Street Lights ...
700 00
699 79
21
Salaries of Town Officers.
2000 00
1998 58
1 42
Soldiers' Graves.
100 00
100 00
Town Office.
75 00
46 26
28 74
Widening Main Street
400 00
386 56
13 44
$49,378 50 $39,827 00
$9,831 73
$280 23
2397 00 50 00
2230 86 50 00
166 14
Stone sold .
New Loans.
2309 39
1774 46
534 93
Middlesex Ave. and Valley St. Appro'n ...
75 00
74 92
8
7500 00
7850 00
7849 92
8
Roberts claim.
137 73
137 73
Removing Ice and Snow
400 00
262 51
137 49
Rec'd for curbstone and concrete ...
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
In explanation of the statement of some of the expenditures given on the preceding pages, we would say that in the case of Mary Brown a suit was brought by the State Treasurer to recover for her support. The question of her settlement was the one in dispute, and it was a difficult question to determine. She became an inmate of the Reading Almshouse. It was thought best by the Board of Selectmen in office during the pendency of the case, in the uncertainty as to the result, not to urge a trial, but to keep the matter in abeyance, and make no claim against the Commonwealth for her subsequent support if the Commonwealth did not press its claim for her former sup- port. It remained in court several years under the charge of Mr. Bancroft, and a trial was avoided, though some prepara- tions were necessarily made for one, until it was finally dis- missed from the docket. It was afterwards restored to the docket, but has now been practically abandoned by the plain- tiff, and it is thought that no further legal measures can be taken by either party.
In the suit against the City of Malden (Penney Case), at the trial in the Superior Court, it was ruled that the action was barred by the Statute of Limitations even before the action of the town in the matter at the annual meeting held in April, 1883. This being a mooted question, however, and it being thought desirable that there should be a determination of the liabilities of towns in such cases, as well as a recovery of the amount due in this case, if possible, exceptions were taken to the ruling of the presiding Justice of the Superior Court and
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carried before the full bench of the Supreme Court. That Court, in an opinion given by Chief Justice Morton, sustained the ruling of the Court below.
The claim of Frank E. Roberts vs. Town of Reading was carried to the Superior Court and decided in favor of the Town. Judgment for $68.16 for costs against the plaintiff stands on record in Court.
The $30.00 paid in Pierce case was for Counsel which was not forwarded in season to be paid last year.
We herewith present for your consideration the following list of appropriations :
For Support of poor .$2,700 00
Salaries of Town officers 2,000 00
Military aid. 1,000 00
Street lights
800 00
Printing .
225 00
Abatement of taxes
275 00
Town office.
75 00
Miscellaneous
500 00
Highways
3,300 00
Removing snow 350 00
Deficiency
150 00
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Selectmen STILLMAN M. PRATT, of
JAMES A. BANCROFT, Reading.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. DR.
To uncollected balance 1883 taxes $219 87
66 66 1884 66
2,802 59
interest 1883 66 28 95
66
66 1884
200 29
$3,251 70
CR.
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, treasurer, on 1883 taxes. $219 87
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, treasurer, on 1884 taxes. 2,802 59
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, treasurer, int-
erest on 1883 taxes 28 95
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, treasurer, int- erest on 1884 taxes 200 29
$3,251 70
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Collector.
READING, March 21, 1887.
41
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
JOHN C. GLEASON, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. DR.
To uncollected taxes of 1885. .$6,483 84
" collected interest on 1885 taxes 112 81
" committed tax list of 1886. 33,865 78
" collected interest on 1886 taxes.
46 57
" additional assessments 6 00
-$40,515 00
CR.
By paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer on 1885 taxes $3,862 95
By paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer, on 1886 taxes 25,133 18
By paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer 1,172 37
" uncollected taxes of 1885. 2,733 70
1886
7,612 80
-- $40,515 00
JOHN C. GLEASON, Collector.
READING, March 21, 1887.
DR.
42 EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN
To cash in Treasury, March 1, 1886, cemetery bequest . $725 00 ..
for paying Town debt 3918 00
66
.. 66
6,787 63
Cash paid back to Treasurer on orders paid, 1885 171 24
Blackstone Bank, interest.
247 93
Hired money, School-house loan.
5,000 00
City of Malden, support of Sarah L. Penney, 1885.
19 40
66 66 66 1886.
70 45
City of Boston, support of L. R. Lloyd, 1885. 66 66 66
1886 ..
78 25
Town of Lynnfield, support of Henry L. Hewes, 1885.
80 28
County Treasurer, dog tax.
353 70
State 'Treasurer, corporation tax.
1,330 22
66 National Bank tax.
450 36
66
State Aid, Acts 1879, chap. 301.
762 00
66
.6
252. 108 00
60 Support of State poor .. 17 75
Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., insurance.
368 34
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., insurance 206 66
Traders & Mechanics Fire Insurance Co., insurance. 310 00
Trustees of Cemetery, for lots sold.
351 70 School Committee. for Union Hall building.
350 00
Fire Department, E. C. Nichols, for old engine sold.
15 00
66
.6 stove sold. 17 00
66 ٠،
engine house sold .... 115 00
Night Watchman, lockup fees 2 50
John H. Bancroft, Janitor, for glass broken
25
James Reid, Town Clerk, license fees .
50
School Committee, books and supplies sold.
24 14
66 from school fund.
342 05
Overseers of the Poor, Almshouse account.
732 34
C. A. Weston, for stone sold.
3 00
Paid back to Treasurer on orders paid, 1886.
169 39
R. Dexter Temple, auctioneer's license. 2 00
467 80
R. Dexter Temple, Col. List, 1883.
248 82
66 66 66 1884
3,002 88
John C. Gleason,
1885
3,862 95
66 66
66 1886 25,133 18
$55,916 71
ACCOUNT OF
Balance, March 1, 1886.
$154 65 Received from State Treasurer. 187 40
$342 05
Selectmen, concrete sidewalk account
71 00
43
ACCOUNT WITHI THE TOWN OF READING.
CR.
By paying State Tax. $1.950 00 66 Selectmen's orders. 39,417 39
Cash in Treasury, cemetery bequest and interest 66 for paying 'l'own debt
745 00
5,781 00
Cash in Treasury 8,023 32
$55.916 71
SCHOOL FUND. Expended for Tuition $342 05
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
44
AUDITORS' REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1887.
LIABILITIES.
Town notes outstanding March 1st, 1886 ..... $43,750 00 Town notes outstanding March 1st, 1887. ...
$48,250 00
Five hundred dollars has been paid in antic- ipation on one of the notes outstanding last year, and five thousand dollars has been bor- rowed on account of the new school-house,
making the net increase of the Town's notes .. $4,500 00
Interest accrued on town notes to March 1 ... 451 91
Due Fire Department, estimated. 800 00
Miscellaneous debts, 200 00
TRUST FUNDS
FOR CARE OF LOTS IN CEMETERY.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield $100 00
Thomas Sweetser 100 00
Sabina Nichols 100 00
Martha Pike.
25 00
Sarah Batchelder 25 00
66 George L. Smith 200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
66 Susan Wight, Elizabeth Preston,
and Margaret Gilman 75 00
725 00
These funds by vote of the town were to be credited with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. annually.
Interest accrued on above fund not yet expended. 20 00
Total Liabilities
$50,446 91
45
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes of 1885 $2,733 70
66
1886. 7,612 80
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes. 422 67
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... 46 31
City of Boston. 24 50
66
Malden 2 85
Town of Lynnfield.
77 58
66 Sherborn
36 00
66
Woburn
6 37
State Aid account. 827 00
Milltary Aid. 41 00
Trust funds for cemetery purposes and interest 745 00
Balance of appropriation for town debt, 1884. 1,555 00
Appropriation for town debt, 1885 2,363 00
Balance of appropriation for town debt, 1886. 1,863 00
Other cash in treasury . 8,023 32
- -- $26,380 10
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Net debt March 1st, 1886 .$23,634 13
Net debt March 1st, 1887
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