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TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN, GEO. T. DAY, J. M. CHAMBERLIN, BENJ. G. BROOKS.
ASSESSORS, EDWD. PRESCOTT, A. B. CUTTER, OREN COOLIDGE.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
N. S. HAMBLIN, L. W. BLODGETT, C. A. DECATUR.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. HENRY READ, Chairman, AUGUSTUS BUNCE,
WILLIAM A. CRAM, JAMES CALLAHAN, HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS.
OLIVE A. PRESCOTT,
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
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FENCE VIEWERS,
ELI TOWER, GEO. HUTCHINS, NATH'L SWEETSER.
CONSTABLES, Sherman H. Fletcher, Frank O. Decatur, John M. Fletcher, George Reed, George W. Cummings, John Logue,
Joseph Wall,
George E. Coburn, Charles H. Fletcher.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM, ALVAN FISHER, THAD. A. BLODGETT, ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS,
Dist. No. 1, George E. Harris, Dist. No. 10, Wayland F. Balch,
66 66 2, James O'Brien,
11, Luther Wilkins, .
66
66 3, William Kittredge,
66 66 12, Thomas Drew,
66 4, George Tyler, 65 66 13, John Hutchins, Jr., 66 66 5, Lewis C. Dane, 66 66 14, John Jones,
66 6, S. Henry Nutting, 66 66 15, Joseph Laws,
66 66 7, George E. Gould,
66 16, Henry A. Hildreth,
.6
8, Charles F. Shaw, 66 17, Lyman A. Smith,
9, A. W. Cummings, 66
66 18, Josiah Walker.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY,
CHAS. L. FLETCHER, MRS. J. W. P. ABBOT, WM. L. KITTREDGE.
LIBRARIAN, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
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John B. Fletcher, N. H. Wright,
Arthur Wright,
WEIGHERS OF HAY, John M. Fletcher, Samuel A. Hamblin, George W. Heywood, A. J. Abbot. Jacob Smith,
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER,
Ephraim A. Stevens,
A. W. Frederick, Allan R. Perham,
Thomas Drew,
Augustus Bunce,
Charles L. Fletcher,
Jacob Smith,
Nelson L. Tuttle,
J. A. Walkden,
George H. Prescott,
Wesley O. Hawkes,
Henry A. Hildreth.
Charles E. Whidden,
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES, ALLAN R. PERHAM.
FIELD DRIVERS,
Daniel Ward,
Frank O. Decatur,
Merrick Reed,
Julian Hildreth,
A. W. Cummings, A. P. Richardson,
Frederic Parker,
William W. Johnson,
True A. Bean,
Lewis C. Dane,
Samuel L. Taylor, John E. Holden,
David H. Shattuck,
Joseph Banister,
Timothy Fletcher.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN AND WEIGHERS OF COAL, JACOB SMITH, AUSTIN T. KIMBALL, CHARLES E. WHIDDEN.
MARRIAGES
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1876.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTIIPLACE.
February 2.
.. . . John F. Hayes, ..
31
Lowell, Chelmsford,
Newburyport. Lowell.
February 10 ... Timothy Sullivan,
25
Westford, Haverhill,
Westford. Bradford.
February 12.
David HI. Shattuck, Ada F. Stanley,
25
Westford, Westford,
Webster, N. H. Porter, Me.
March 20.
Joseph Whitney, Mary H. Piper,.
44
Westford, Westford,
Westford. Acton.
March 29.
Henry M. Story,
20
Westford,
Waltham. Hodgdon, Me.
April 13
Ebenezer Prescott, Josephine 1. Webster,
26
Westford, Westford,
Westford. Carlisle.
April 16.
Nelson L. Prescott, Ella M. Davis,
19
Westford,
Westford. Ellsworth, Me.
June 3
Ransom N. George, Ada A. Shaw, .
24
Westford, Westford,
Greenfield, N. H. Dracut.
June 10.
Benjamin F. Dorr, Mary L. Miner,
21 17
Sutton, Westford,
Northbridge. Westford.
June 13.
Clarence A. Webster,
20
Westford, Westford,
Carlisle. Westford.
June 23.
Solomon S. Gilson, Alice A. Buzzell,
27 16
Westford, Dunstable,
Groton. Dunstable.
July 4.
Emanuel C. Charlton,
27
Maynard, Westford,
Sweden. Canada.
July 8.
Royal F. Lathe,. Charlotte L. Dalrymple,
25
Westford, Westford,
Grafton, Grafton.
August 15.
Varnum T. Fletcher, Emma E. Doane, .
34
Westford, Westford,
Westford. Burlington, Me.
September 27. . Edward A. Moore,
24
Westford, Milton, Vt.,
Westford. Milton, Vt.
October 1.
Wilford G. Blodgett, Nancy M. Comey,
22
Westford, Westford,
Westford. Westford.
October 21.
Alvin A. McLenna, Lillian Spaulding,
35
Westford, Westford,
Tyngsboro'. Westford.
October 25.
Francis R. Cook, Elizabeth B. Craig,.
48 17
Newburyport, Westford,
Newburyport. Clinton.
October 31.
George W. Cummings, Sarah M. Whitney,
26
Westford, Highgate, Vt.,
Westford. Highgate, Vt.
November 29 .. .
Ellery C. Wright. Catherine Sheahan,
31
Westford, Lowell,
Westford. Great Falls, N. H.
December 25. ..
Levi Reed, Martha E. Sargent,
42
Westford, Westford,
Westford. Maine.
Marriages recorded,.
. 21 Marriages between natives,.
20 Marriages between foreigners,
1
Margaret Campbell,.
34
Ellen Mahoney,.
21
19
14
20
Westford,
Jane M. Jackson,.
26
Westford,
19
Lizzie B. Coburn,.
18
Belle M. Fiske,.
24
18
Mary E. Riddick,.
21
26
18
20
29
18
BIRTHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1876.
DATE.
NAMES.
PARENTS.
January 25. .. Roscoe Herbert Closson.
February 10. Jennie O'Brien, .. 66
15. Marion Blake Cram, William A. and Sarah E. (Blake) Cram,
21. Joanna Bolan. James and Mary (Hoar) Bolan.
23. George Henry Lucier, Nelson and Julia (Habert) Lucier.
March Patrick McCarthy ... Dennis and Ellen (Lennon) McCarthy.
10 ... . . Lena Almira Heywood. Edwin E. and Mary K. (Fletcher) Heywood.
18 .. .. George Albert Drew. George and Sarah J. (Ober) Drew.
April 1 Rose Emma Millis. . George F. and Mary B. (Whitney) Millis. John T. and Kate E. (Gannon) Butterworth.
66 8 Ella Jennie Butterworth,
May 20.
25. Horace Washington Wyman .. Eugene Prescott Fillebrown .. 25 Mary Wilhelmina Logue. § George Albert Smith.
Fred. W. & Clara A. F. (Prescott) Fillebrown. William and Mary A. (Ryan) Logue.
66 26 Charles Alfred Smith
66
27 Grace Amanda Burbeck
Charles E, and Nellie F. (Willoughby) Smith. George and Jane (Hutt) Boutilier. John and Adeline (Tower) Burbeck. David C. and Jennie B. (Fitch) Harris. John, Jr., and Sarah E. (Nickles) Hutchins.
66 16. Grace Maria Hutchins
66
28. Frederic William Harris
29. Charles Day Colburn
July 14. William Johnson.
66 16. Elizabeth Burke.
19. .. Chester Parker Nutting.
27. Everett Willis Cole. .
27 .. John Franklin Splane
John and Annie M. (Lathrop) Cole. Patrick and Elizabeth (Sullivan) Splane. Thomas and Catherine (Duigan) Dunn. James and Ellen (Egan) MeGlinchy.
66 7 ... Michael McGlinchy 66 7 ... . Pauline Robinson.
66 22 .... Walter Henry Buchan.
66 28. .. . Agnes McArthur Davie
September 13 Cecelia Cannon.
20 Frederic Sawtell Holt
22 Frank Parker Felch.
John P. and Maria (Kendall) Felch. Wilford G. and Nancy M. (Comey) Blodgett.
October 12 ... Della Blanche Blodgett. 13 ... Alice Gertrude Kelly
18 ... William Gaudette ...
23 ... William Henry Story.
25 ... Edith Ardell Wright.
28. . . Charlotte York ..
John A. and Mary (Plummer) York,
November 1. Alice Elizabeth Dorr. 66 2. Annabel Conley,.
Benjamin F. and Mary L. (Miner) Dorr. Michael and Ann (Fay) Conley.
66 5. Florence Ardell Dane 15. Ruth Fisher.
Lewis C. and Lena M. (Blodgett) Dane. Alvan and Amanda (Tower) Fisher.
December 22. Elizabeth Sullivan. Timothy and Ellen (Mahoney) Sullivan.
31.
31. Hamilton Henry H. and IIelen (McGregor) Hamilton. Wright. Charles A, and Celia J. (Smith) Wright. John and Ellen (Duigan) Flynn.
31. Gertrude Flynn.
Births recorded. .48
Males.
.2.1
Females. .24
Births of native parentage. .27
Births of foreign parentage ...
15
Births of native and foreign parentage.
.
6
66
66 26 Autrey Pearl Boutilier.
June 8 Frank Edwin Harris.
William A. and Alice A. (Baker) Harris. Jonathan T. and Mary E. (Day) Colburn.
William W. and Anna (Matthews) Johnson. Dennis and Abigail (Whaley) Burke. Edgar F. and Louisa M. (Smith) Nutting.
August 6. Thomas Francis Dunn
Frederic and Lydia (Rhodes) Robinson. Thomas and Mary F. (Carter) Buchan. John and Jennie (McArthur) Davie. Patrick and Mary (Hughes) Cannon. Edward H. and Julia A. (Sawtell) Holt.
John L. and Hannah E. (Bicknell) Kelly. Alexander and Natalie (Cyr) Gaudette.
Henry M. and Jane M. (Jackson) Story. George W. and Carrie F. (Bailey) Wright.
Walter W. and Ida A. (Blodgett) Wyman.
John E. and Lillian D. (Bigelow) Closson. Cornelius and Harriet (Donovan) O'Brien.
66
DEATHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1876.
DATE.
NAMES. .
Years.
Months.
Days.
January 2,
Timothy L. Griffin,.
48
10
16
66
James H. Preseott,.
1
2
..
66
12,
George C. Hill,
40
6
.
16,
Isaac Minot, ..
81
5
66
19,
Sybil Reed,.
83
11
19
66
23,.
Mary G. Tyzzer,.
4
9
..
29,
George T. Doody,
3
1
26
66
21,
James JJ. Dailey,
..
. .
1
26,
Warren P. Wyeth,.
3
29
March 1, ..
Mary B. Farrow,.
91
3
11
25,
Mary
91
1
19
May 1, ..
George E. Barton,.
3
3
« 2,.
Nancy MeNamara,.
34
. .
" 8,.
Marie P. Couillard,
38
. .
" 17,.
Abraham Bailey,.
56
11
..
26,
Mary Moore,.
80
Fellows,
..
Alonzo P. Reed,.
26
3
8
8,. ..
Jane A. Pray,
31
23
66 10,. .
Asa Hildreth,
73
16,
Allan McG. Hamilton,
1
27
August 15,
19,.
Infant child of John Martin,.
37
10
19
23,.
Caroline M. Davis,
64
5
17
6
24,.
Lewis Bruce,.
74
10
28,.
Olive P. Howard,
65
. .
..
66 21,
Mary L. Decatur,.
50
8
23
October 10,. 66
23.
J. Parker Nutting,
66
9
7
November 10,.
Infant child of David Doody,
82
10
6
Jesse Wright,
76
1
19
66
19,.
James M. Wright,
67
7
23
66
19,. . .
Martha T. Hildreth,
53
11
3
66
20,.
Mary McCarty, ..
19
11
..
66
30,. ..
Lizzie B. Webster,
18
8
December 8, ..
..
66
11,
..
66
16,
Sarah Parker,.
66
6
17
17,.
..
Louisa Hines,.
70
3
10
20,. ..
Charles S. Jones,
19
. .
..
66
23,.
Sybil Flint, ..
.
5
12,.
Infant child of Charles Perkins,.
·
April 14,.
Huldah Prescott,.
June 18,.
Infant child of A. Cameron,.
. .
: ::: +00: 00000 .. 8 . . 8 9
..
21,
William B. Gflson, .
73
18
29,
Hannah W. Wright,
61
. .
September 2,.
Imlah Lawrence,.
64
4
12
10,.
Martha Spaulding,
Amos Day, ..
77
8
8
Daniel W. Smith,
50
2
6
.
.
·
.
·
·
Almira H. Fletcher,.
74
5
Edward Carleton,.
77
6
February 15,
14
10
July 66
8,.
Whole number, 49.
.
Ralph Houghton,.
18,.
..
AGE.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., NOVEMBER 24, 1876.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, one hundred ninety- nine 8 0% dollars for dog licenses, as per his account of 23rd inst. $199.80. AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1876.
Abbot, J. W.
Fletcher, B. M.
Prescott, Eben.
Banister, F. W.
Fletcher, L. L.
Prescott, N. L.
Banister, J. F.
Fletcher, S. H.
Read, J. H.
Bean, T. A.
Fletcher, C. L.
Reed, Wm., 1st.
Blodgett, G. W.
Fletcher, L. T.
Reed, Merrick.
Blodgett, T. A.
Gould, Edwin.
Robinson, F.
Blodgett, J. W.
Greig, John
Ruggles, H. P. Sweetser, N.
Brooks, B. G.
Hildreth, H. A.
Smith, Mary A .- 2.
Boynton, J. M.
Hutchins, John, Jr.
Smith, Lyman A.
Burbeck, S. N.
Hutchins, Geo.
Sheahan, A.
Butterfield, J.
Holdsworth, D.
Sprague, I. W.
Carkin, C. H.
Hamlin, Henry.
Sargent, C. G.
Carkin, I. W.
Horan, Thomas.
Shugrue, P.
Cole, J.
Horne, G. F.
Spaulding. C. W.
Comey, W. S.
Hawkes, W. O.
Shepherd, W. S.
Closson, O. S.
Keyes, J. W.
Taylor, R. J.
Conley, K.
Leland, Ira, est.
Thomas, Geo.
Coolidge, O.
Leighton, Amos.
Truby, J. E.
Cummings, J. W.
Lee, William.
Tyzzer, Josiah.
Cummings, Walter.
Lyall, Peter.
Vose, W. M.
Day, Amos.
Murphy, John.
Ward, D.
Day, I. E.
Meads, D. H.
Wheeler, C. A.
Day, J. W.
Morrison, James.
Whidden, C. E.
Daily, J .- 2.
Murray, Arthur.
Whitney, Hiram.
Desmond, J.
McGlinchy, James.
Whitney, S. D.
Decatur, J. H.
Martin, John.
Whitney, Susan.
Downs, M. F.
Osgood, A. P.
Whitney, H. J.
Drew, G.
O'Brien, James.
Drew, T.
O'Brien, Michael.
Whitney, W. M. Worcester, I. S.
Edwards, Moses.
O'Brien, Cornelius.
Wright, Arthur.
Fisher, Alvan.
Polley, A. G. *
Wright, J. M.
Fifield, Geo.
Perham, A. R.
Wright, Erastus.
Fletcher, Almira.
Perham, G. A.
Writer, J. M.
Fletcher, Andrew .- 2.
Whole number licensed,
106
Males,
.
103
Females,
3
2
Brinkerhoff, D.
Gray, S. B.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Valuation of real estate, May 1, 1876,
$891,054 00 66 personal property, 176,595 00
Total tax assessed, ..
12,022 49
Tax on one hundred dollars,
1 02
Number of polls, . 66
562
dwelling-houses,
390
66
horses, .
248
66
COWS,
526
66
sheep,
5
1875
1876
Amount raised to defray town debts and charges,
$10,000
$6,000
66 66
for schools, ....
3,000
3,000
for roads and bridges,
1,200
1,200
66
for public library,
250
-
100
Money, for dogs licensed in 1875, apportioned to schools.
66 66 1876, 66 public library.
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ASAPH B. CUTTER, Assessors of the Town of Westford.
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COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Westford, February 14, 1877. S
The committee appointed by the Selectmen to reckon and settle with Sherman D. Fletcher, Town Treasurer, for the year ending at date, submit the following report.
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in treasury at last settlement
$2,703 40
Cash borrowed ..
4,125 00
Corporation tax, 1876, in part 676 76
National bank tax, 1876, in full
624 82 State Aid to soldiers' families
493 00
State school fund, 1875-6.
202 21
State on account of paupers by Overseers of the Poor ...
60 15
Overseers of the Poor on account of paupers from towns.
286 82
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1875.
182 02 48 00
I. W. Sprague, license
100 00
M. E. Downs, license.
100 00
State, rent for armory .
93 15
Town of Groton, for scholars sent to school No. 3.
34 05
Alvan Fisher, storing wagon .
4 00
James Callahan, sales at school No. 7
1 00
J. W. Bruce, auctioneer's license.
2 00
Samuel M. Hutchins, grass, cemetery No. 1.
John Lanktree, collector, 1873, in full .
66
66
66
1874
17 43
"
66
66
1875 ..
3,470 90
66
interest on taxes.
51 33
66
66
1876, before October 6th
6,641 12
66
66
66 December 6th. .. 1,634 68
66
after 66
66 1,600 00
$23,202 34
14 50
36 00
William L. Kittredge, rent of Town Hall
12
PAYMENTS.
Notes and interest
$4,855 08
Interest on other notes
1,821 70
State tax, 1876
1,116 00
- County tax, 1876
389 49
State Treasurer, on account of licenses 50 00
Overseers of the Poor
3,418 00
Orders for incidental and other expenses
6,002 37
Schools
3,375 13
Cash in Treasurer's hands
2,174 57
$23,202 34
Your committee further report that the Town is indebted to the fol- lowing persons on notes and other claims.
Sally B. Cummings, notes
$ 300 00
Nahum H. Wright,
66
2,200 00
Alson Tuttle, 66
2,000 00
E. C. Heywood, estate of 66
1,000 00
Alvan Fisher,
1,200 00
Mrs. Sarah S. Reed,
66
1,800 00
Eli Tower, 66
2,000 00
Charles L. Fletcher,
66
300 00
Jesse Wright, estate of
2,000 00
Mrs. Sarah B. Lund,
500 00
Daniel Flagg, 66
450 00
Mrs. C. M. Davis, estate of, "
1,000 00
Mrs. Hannah M. Whitcomb, " Mrs. D. C. Harris,
800 00
Miss Clara A. Smith, 66
100 00
Miss Arabella R. Prescott, 66
150 00
Miss Martha J. Reed,
500 00
Mrs. Rachel W. Davis, 66
800 00
Mrs. Sarah W. Parker,
2,200 00
Wm. H. Anderson, trustee, "
2,500 00
Mrs. Eunice J. Hildreth.
125 00
Mrs. Sarah Spalding .
3,000 00
Accrued interest on above notes.
1,220 56
Balance of appropriation for schools unexpended . 1,601 87
$27,947 43
RESOURCES.
Due from State, aid to soldiers' families, 1876 $ 472 00
66 corporation tax . 34 41
Amounts carried forward.
$506 41 $27,947 43
$25,125 00
200 00
13
Amounts brought forward. $506 41 $27,947 43
Due from John Lanktree, collector, 1874
64 85 66 66 1875 41 68
1876
1,748 58
Cash in Treasurer's hands. 2,174 57
4,536 09
Balance against the town, February 14, 1877 $23,411 34
66
9, 1876. 21,900 12
Increase of liabilities. $1,511 22
J. HENRY READ, ALVAN FISHER, EDWARD PRESCOTT,
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
Committee.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
S. D. Fletcher, salary as Town Treasurer for year ending March 1, 1876 ...... . Entertainment furnished committee to
$50 00
reckon and settle with Treasurer,. .. Time and expense paying State and Coun- ty taxes and collecting corporation and bank taxes, 1875
4 00
Going to Lowell six times to insure town buildings.
7 50
Going to Lowell to borrow money of W. H. Anderson, trustee
1 50
Time and expense to Boston twice on town business . 6 00
$75 00
E. R. Hodgman, salary as Town Clerk 12 00
3 14
Going to Groton to count votes.
3 00
For copying ..
2 50
Recording 50 births
25 00
46 deaths.
6 60
Clerk .
1 05
Recording 21 marriages.
3 15
Going to East Cambridge
3 00
59 44
G. T. Day, salary as Selectman . 5 00
Making out State Aid report
5 00
" monthly State Aid book, road and dog warrants 5 00
Making out town report.
5 00
Going to Ayer to notify coroner.
2 00
twice to see Chisholm ...
3 00
Going to Boston twice on State Aid matters ..
4 50
Paid Express
50
Extra time as Selectman
10 00
40 00
Amount carried forward.
$174 44
6 00
Postage and express
3 deaths not reported to Town
15
$174 44
Amount brought forward
J. M. Chamberlin, salary as Selectman
5 00
15 00
B. G. Brooks, salary as Selectman Extra time as Selectman
7 50
12 50
Edward Prescott, Assessor 25 days Incidental expense
50
63 00
Asaph B. Cutter, Assessor 15 days.
37 50
Wm. L. Kittredge, services as janitor and librarian for year ending April 1, 1877
125 00
$427 44
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
W. A. Cram, 133 visits to schools. $166 25
Examining teachers. . . 17 00
Making out report, express, etc . . 11 75
Services as secretary of the board 1 75 $196 75 . . Services of the late A. P. Reed as school com- mittee. 7 75
E. R. Hodgman, salary (in part) as school committee
50 00
$254 50
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Library Committee, binding old books $ 20 75
New books purchased in July . 115 81
$234 01 66 66 January 97 45
1 25
Wm. L. Kittredge, for printed notices Extra work on books.
6 00
Express
1 95 9 20
$243 21
PRINTING.
Marden & Rowell, notices for Overseers Poor $ 7 12 Order book. 8 25
School report. .
26 50
$41 87
Stone, Huse & Co., bill-heads, dog notices, etc. Printing town reports
10 00
58 58 68 58
$110 45
Extra time as Selectman. 10 00
5 00
62 50
16
EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL-HOUSES, Exclusive of Pay of Teachers.
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 1.
Grate for stove. 6 00
F. O. Decatur, expense on stove. 1 75
Iron work .. 2 89
E. Prescott, for completion of school- house 4 74
$15 38
SCHOOL-HOUSE NO. 2.
H. Dane, setting glass, white-washing, etc., 8 75
E. R. Hodgman, glass, wardrobe hooks, etc .. 2 08
Rogers & Taylor, wardrobe hooks and screws. 69
11 52
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 3.
Arthur Wright, one box crayons 25
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 4.
Arthur Wright, one broom
35
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 6.
George Drew, repairing damage by light- ning. 5 25
G. B. Hildreth, painting. 4 38
James O. Kidder, mason work. 3 00
A. Bunce, repairs 3 00
15 63
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 7.
J. H. Whitney, digging well. 46 82
W. C. Crosby, pipe for well 9 60
Expense of stoning well.
20 82
Goodwin & Dickey, for pump
11 12
B. G. Brooks, labor, lumber and hired help . 19 22
James Callahan, repairs on school-house 3 32
116 80
S. G. Mack, repairing stove. 6 00
SCHOOL-HOUSE NO. 8.
Arthur Wright, books, glass, etc. ..
1 57
SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 9.
2 75
Arthur Wright, books and crayons,. ... SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 10.
Whithed & Co., for coal. 32 52
Boston & Lowell R. R., freight on stove 28 Arthur Wright, books, etc. 7 28 40 08
$204 42
17
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
J. D. Wilkerson, setting guide-post near his house $ 1 00
Dennis McCarty, one day's work on pest house, 1872. 2 50
Daniel Casey, one day's work on pest house, 1872
2 50
Charles H. Fletcher, posting warrants
4 50
Wm. Laws, two road scrapers
12 00
Union Society, use of bell.
7 50
J. A. Walkden, for guide boards .
2 00
L. H. Hamblett, painting four guide boards and posts.
3 20
100 00
Estate of B. V. Lyon, land for school-house .. W. L. Kittredge, sawing two cords wood .... $ 2 00 Care of hall for dances. 3 00 5 00
A. Fisher, appraising property at town farm, 1875 and 1876. 4 00
10 00
H. Ross, expense from Newton and making sketch of east burying grounds ..... T. A. Bean, sealing weights and measures, ... Asa Nutting, work on north burying ground .. J. T. Colburn, west 66 66 66
18 10
5 00
7 00
John Lanktree, collecting $2,093, after Feb- ruary 5th, 1876 20 93' Tax bills for 1875 4 25 25 18
Whithed & Co., coal for town house 28 68
E. E. Heywood, railing for bridge. 8 45
6 85
G. W. Cummings, collecting dog tax
50
T. A. Bean, strengthening shelves town house E. Howard & Co., one standard measure. .... W. L. Kittredge, setting glass in town house. Edward Symmes, repairing town clock ...
1 00
Surveying and making plan of east bury- ing ground .
75 93 76 93
First Parish, use of bell .
7 50
Fielding & Bartlett, 4 thermometers for town house
2 00
Benner Bros., chair for Selectmen's room
3 25
David Reed, material for bridge
5 00
A. P. Richardson, attending twenty-eight funerals with hearse .
49 00
Repairing coffin rest. .
50 49 50
F. O. Decatur, posting warrants
4 00
S. M. Hutchins, grading at east burying ground ..
2 40
Charge of east burying ground
14 50 16 90
W. L. Kittredge, for duster .
70
Amount carried forward.
$428 24
3
.
8 00
.50
. ..
18
Amount brought forward. $428 24 .
John Lanktree, for collecting $9,999.27 a § per cent .. . 75 00 For collecting poll taxes. 5 00 80 00
J. N. Marshall, for legal services in two pauper cases 75 00
Wright & Fletcher, articles furnished town- house, school-houses, etc., as per bill. 64 12
$647 41
RENEWAL OF INSURANCE.
Town-House, for five years $125 00
School-Houses, No. 3 and No. 8.
87 50
School-House, No. 2. 37 50
Town-House. 60 00
$310 00
STATE AID PAID SOLDIERS' FAMILIES.
Paid Zoa Peabody, 12 months' State Aid, end- ing January 1, 1877 .. $ 48 00
James A. Hosley, 12 months' State aid, ending January 1, 1877 120 00
Alvarado Shaw, 12 months' State aid, end- ing January 1, 1877. 72 00
Mrs. Angeline Lawrence, 12 months' State Aid, ending January 1, 1877 48 00
Ann M. Lawrence, 10 months' State Aid, ending November 1, 1876. 40 00
Mrs. Mary Murphy, 12 months' State Aid, ending January 1, 1877. 48 00
Margaret Murphy, 12 months' State Aid, ending January 1, 1877. 48 00
John N. Blood, 8 months' State Aid, end- ing January 1, 1877 48 00
Whole amount paid during the the year 1876 $472 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES. DISTRICT No. 1.
GEO. E. HARRIS, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads in April. . $49 19
Breaking roads and repairing bridge, April 24 98
Work on roads, June and September. ...
27 20
Breaking roads, December and January . 15 24 $116 61
Amount carried forward. $116 61
19
Amount brought forward. . $116 61
DISTRICT NO. 2.
JAMES O'BRIEN, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, April and May . $59 50
Breaking road, April. .
12 40
Repairing bridge near Wm. Taylor's 16 00
Work on roads, September 26 40
Breaking roads, January . 76 70
Breaking roads, February . 4 40 195 40
DISTRICT NO. 3.
WM. KITTREDGE, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, February and March. $25 75
Twenty loads gravel . 2 00
Work on roads, April. 61 35
Work on roads, June and August. 13 80
Breaking roads.
35 60 138 50
DISTRICT NO. 4.
GEORGE TYLER, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, April, May and June $109 65
Work on roads, September. 37 14
Breaking roads, December and January. .. 46 50
Francis Caldwell, breaking roads ..
80
Francis Caldwell, breaking roads, December and January. 3 70
B. G. Brooks, breaking roads. 1 00
B. G. Brooks, breaking roads Dec. and Jan. 9 55
A. R. Perham, breaking roads Dec. and Jan. 17 00
C. F. Chugrue, breaking roads Dec. and Jan. 70 226 04
DISTRICT NO. 5.
LEWIS C. DANE, Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Breaking roads, April. .. $ 9 50
Work on roads, April and May 53 85
Breaking roads, December and January ... 42 40 105 75
DISTRICT NO. 6.
S. H. NUTTING, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, April . $60 00
Breaking roads, April. 3 90
Work on roads, November 7 40
Breaking roads, January 51 25
J. W. Keyes, 33 hours' work, 1875. . .
6 80 129 15
DISTRICT No. 7.
GEO. E. GOULD, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, April and May $62 25
Amounts carried forward. $62 25 $911 81
20
Amounts brought forward $62 25 $911 81
Breaking roads, April. 4 80
Work on roads, September and November. 21 35
Breaking roads, December and January . . . . 30 00 118 40
DISTRICT No. 8.
CHAS. F. SHAW, Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Work on roads, August, 175. $10 90
Work on roads, March and April, 1876 .... 55 00
Breaking roads, April. 15 20
Work on roads, December 7 20
D. W. Smith, work on roads and railing bridges. 12 00
J. W. Day, breaking roads. 2 20
W. A. Coburn, breaking roads. 9 60 112 10
DISTRICT NO. 9.
A. W. CUMMINGS, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Breaking roads, April. . $ 8 00
Work on roads, May, August and September 97 10
Breaking roads, December and January. . . 14 23 119 33
DISTRICT No. 10.
W. F. BALCH, Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Work on roads. ..
$50 70
Work on roads, November 4 40
Breaking roads, December and January . . . . 12 60 67 70
DISTRICT No. 11.
LUTHER WILKINS, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Breaking roads, March and April $ 8 60
Work on roads, April and May 60 00
Work on roads . 4 40
Breaking roads, December 16 00
Breaking roads, January and February . 9 60 98 00
DISTRICT No. 12.
THOS. DREW, Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Breaking roads, April $ 4 20
Work on roads, April 60 75
Repairing bridge. 14 05
Work on Swamp road. 15 15
Breaking roads, January.
36 25 130 40
DISTRICT No. 13.
J. HUTCHINS, Jr., Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Work on roads, April . $40 00
Work on roads, September and October ... 24 00
Breaking roads, December and January . . . 26 00
Amounts carried forward. $90 00
$1537 74
21
Amounts brought forward . . $90 00 $1537 74 George Hutchins, raising and widening road near his house .. 15 00 105 00
DISTRICT No. 14.
JOHN JONES, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Breaking roads, April. $ 8 00
Work on roads, April and May . 46 60
Repairing bridge near G. A. Parker's. 15 60
Breaking roads, December and January . . . . 29 80 100 00
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