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CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
WM. L. KITTREDGE,
HIRAM H. DECATUR,
ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC P. WOODS,
HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS,
ALVIN G. POLLEY,
JOSIAH O. WRIGHT,
W. F. BALCH,
THOMAS DREW, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN, JOHN WILSON.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON.
Selectmen of Westford.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1880.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To John Lanktree, one of the Constables of the Town of Westford, GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Com- monwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in elections and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said Westford, on Monday, the first day of March, being the first Monday in said month, at 9 o'clock, A. M., (the polls will be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M., and closed at 1 o'clock, P. M.,) to act upon the following articles, to wit :-
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To hear Report of Selectmen and act in relation to the same.
3. To hear Report of Committee to reckon with the Town Treasurer and act in relation to the same.
4. To hear Report of Overseers of Poor and act in relation to the same.
5. To hear Report of School Committee and act in relation to the same.
6. To hear Report of Directors of Town Library and act in rela- tion to the same.
7. To hear Report of Selectmen on Guide Boards and act in relation to the same.
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8. To hear Report of Auditor-as authorized by vote of Town, March 1879-and act in relation to the same.
9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Report of the Over- seers of Poor, made March, 1879, or act in relation to the same.
10. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, six Constables, three Appraisers of Property at Poor Farm, all on one ballot.
11. To raise money to defray Town Debts and Charges, and direct how the same shall be paid into the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.
12. To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.
13. To choose a Collector of Taxes.
14. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money, from time to time, to meet the demands on the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.
15. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.
16. To raise money to repair Roads and Bridges, and direct by whom and in what manner the same shall be expended.
17. To choose all other Town Officers, necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
18. To hear Report of Selectmen upon wall at East Burying Ground and act in relation to the same.
19. To see if the Town will authorize the employment of a com- petent person to examine the Town House and ascertain in what manner it can best be repaired and improved, with an estimate of the expense, the whole information so ob- tained to be reported at the next Town Meeting.
20. To see if the Town will vote to widen and straighten the road in Graniteville, commencing at the lower Bridge over Stony Brook and running to corner of road, at land of Abbot Worsted Co.
21. To hear Report of Selectmen upon Private Way, petitioned for by John Gregg and others, and act in relation to the same.
22. To see what action the Town will take in regard to repairing and widening the swamproad, leading from Wm. Laws' to Chelmsford line.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing up true and attested copies at Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals, this twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON. Selectmen of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 10, 1881.
LOWELL, MASS .: STONE, BACHELLER & LIVINGSTON, PRINTERS, 18 JACKSON STREET. 1881.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD. 1880.
TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN, GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON.
ASSESSORS,
ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, CHARLES H. FLETCHER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, EDWARD PRESCOTT, ALVAN FISHER, DAVID REED.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. HENRY READ, EDWIN R. HODGMAN, OLIVE A. PRESCOTT,
JOHN WILSON, MOSES EDWARDS, HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS.
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
CONSTABLES,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, JOSEPH WALL, JOHN LOGUE,
WESLEY O. HAWKS, JOHN LANKTREE, SAMUEL A. HAMBLIN.
FENCE-VIEWERS,
WILLIAM KITTREDGE, GEORGE HUTCHINS, JOHN M. FLETCHER.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM, ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT, CALVIN A. DECATUR.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
LIBRARIAN, TRUE A. BEAN.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY,
ABIEL J. ABBOT, ELIZA A. BABBITT, ARTHUR WRIGHT.
WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, &C.,
JOHN B. FLETCHER, JACOB SMITH,
ARTHUR WRIGHT,
GEO. W. HEYWOOD,
ABIEL J. ABBOT,
SAMUEL A. HAMBLIN,
W. H. H. BURBECK, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS,
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, JOHN W. DAY,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, JOHN E. T. HAZEN,
NAHUM H. WRIGHT, CHARLES E. WHIDDEN.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER,
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
WESLEY (). HAWKS,
THOMAS DREW,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
GEORGE H. PRESCOTT,
FRANK O. DECATUR,
ALBERT W. FREDERICK,
JACOB SMITH,
GARDNER A. PERHAM,
ALBERT S. READ,
CHARLES L. FLETCHER, GILMER STONE,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS.
FIELD-DRIVERS,
NAPOLEON B. BLOOD,
EDWARD C. ATWOOD,
JAMES A. WALKDEN,
CHARLES DANE,
GEORGE W. CUMMINGS,
J. A. CARKIN,
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD,
FRANK W. BANISTER,
GEO. W. PELSUE, CHARLES H. WRIGHT,
CLARENCE R. P. DECATUR,
LEWIS B. PALMER,
GEO. B. HILDRETH,
J. EVERETT WOODS,
SAMUEL L. BLODGETT,
JACOB SMITH,
DAVID FARRAR, J. H. WILSON, H. P. RUGGLES,
TIMOTHY FLETCHER, DANIEL E. ATWOOD, FRANK C. HILDRETH,
CHARLES CARKIN, ALLEN FISK.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES, ALLEN R. PERHAM.
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MARRIAGES,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1880.
DATES.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
January 1. ...
Daniel W. Parker.
28
Lowell.
Groton. Westford.
February 7
..
Robert G. Hemans
22
Westford.
Canada. Canada.
Marclı 17.
Harvey S. Wadsworth Sarah A. Davis.
52
Ayer.
Milford, N. H. Westford.
March 30.
. .
Clarence A. Webster
23
Westford.
Carlisle.
Elizabeth Ferry.
18
Westford.
Tewksbury.
April 3.
Nathan Snowdon
25
Westford.
England.
Annie Flarhtey.
21
Westford.
England.
April 19.
Abiel Jacob Abbot 30 Mary Alice Mosely .. 30
Westford.
Westford. Newburyport.
May 6
William H. Decatur
21
Westford. Westford.
Barrington, N. H. New Brunswick.
May 15.
George W. Whitney Mary Emma Read.
23
Westford. Lowell.
Westford. St. Johns, N. B.
June 13.
Levi Reed.
47
Westford. Lowell.
Westford. Mt. Holly, Vt.
June 15.
Charles Watson Blood
25
Westford.
Groton. Westford.
June 28.
J. Bernard Brinton.
45
Philadelphia, Pa. Westford.
Chester Co., Pa. Peabody.
July 1
Marshall Brown
24
Littleton. Westford.
Westford.
July 1
Benjamin Franklin Nutting .. Susan E. Shackett 38
38
Westford. Westford.
Vermont.
July 11
Loammi C. Bicknell.
41
Westford.
Westford.
Jenny Pacey
36
Townsend.
England.
August 14. . . .
Charles E. Schoolcraft
20
Chelmsford. Chelmsford.
Canada. Canada.
November 10 ..
Joseph B. Heald.
30
Westford.
Indian Territory. Pepperell.
Caroline A. Howe.
25
Pepperell.
November 12 ..
George Abbot Leland.
20
Westford.
Mary Griffin.
25
Lowell.
Westford. Ireland.
Susan Donoghue
23
23
Luey A. Wheeler.
47
Flora Belle Eaton.
18
Westford.
Emma D. Southwick.
46
St. Johns, N. B.
Florence Josephine Hutchins 20
Westford.
Eva E. Bockus
22
Luna Adella Frederick
22
Westford.
Mary R. Provost.
24
Westford.
39
Westford.
Newburyport.
Marriages recorded, . 17 Marriages between natives, 9 Marriages between foreigners, 3 Marriages between native and foreign, 5
7
BIRTHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1880.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 10 ....
Belle May Gould.
13 ....
Frank Walter Kelly.
Lester Perley Collins
Feb. 5. .. 10.
Sarah Josephine Hunt
24. ...
Flora May Farrar
Mar. 2. ..
Mary Frances Larkin
66
6 .. . . Guy Roberts Decatur.
66
Bertha Amelia Prescott
6.
7 . . .. 25 .... Zina Lottie Mitcliell.
Charles E. and Clara L. (Reed) Mitchell. Lawrence and Mary A. Sullivan.
April 5.
66
22 .. 25.
Emeraldo Eugenie Furnier. John Herbert Fletcher.
May 3 ... George Durant Walkden.
6.
4. .. Robert William Hemans
10 ... David Leo Moran
..
12. Mand Annis Fuller
June 13. . . Gertrude Anna Craven.
Elizabeth Potter Smith.
2 .... Charles Marshall Trull
Aug. 17 ...
Herbert Sylvester Caunter ..
Helen Sophia Polley.
.. 19 .... 21 .... Joel Boucher 66 24 .. 66 31 .... Isaac Garfield Denby
Miner Harlow Amos Evans .
Sept. 12. ... 19 .. Philip Reginald Prescott
66
21 Rutlı Amelia Turner
66
Auberthina Ruisseaux
Oct.
66
4 .. Albert Wellman Farrar
66 5. . . George Alvin Blaisdell.
Mary Jane Doherty.
David W. and Myra (Munroe) Farrar. Joel Alvin and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Blaisdell Edward and Ann (MeGlinchy) Dolierty. Edward and Ann (MeGlinchy) Doherty.
66
James Francis Quinn.
Thomas and Mary J. (Murphy) Quinn. Varnum T. and Emma E. (Doane) Fletcher. Clarence A. and Elizabetli (Ferry) Webster. Edwin B. and Kate D. (Blodgett) Gilson. Orrin W. and Sarah E. (Pinkham) Cummings.
66 12 ... Arthur Garfield Cummings . ..
Dec. 14 .. 66
Everett Leroy Gilson
James H. and Elvira J. (Colburn) Gilson. Thomas and Adelaide (Ackson) Turner.
Births recorded, 42
Males, 23
Females, 19
Native parentage, .
23
Foreign parentage,
14
Native and foreign,
·
5
Frank and Engenie (Lemire) Furnier. J. Marion and Eunice J. (Tibbetts) Fletcher. James A. and Lydia (Kelly) Walkden. Geo. Robert and Mary R. (Provost) Hemans. David and Julia F. (Murphy) Moran. Alfred G. and Mary A. (Fisk) Fuller. Edward and Emily (Irish ) Craven. Alfred E. and Etta (Johnson) Smith. Jolin D. and Maggie J. (Marshall) Trull. Florence and Margaret (O'Neal) Donohue. John W. and Elizabeth J. (Mann) Caunter. Alvin G. and Marietta (MeIntyre) Polley. Henry and Adeline (Cheney) Boucher. Charles 1. and Celia J. (Smith) Wriglit. Isaac and Hannah (Bentley) Denby. Miner H. A. and Harriet R. (Sargent) Evans. Noah and Frances A. (Tower) Prescott. John and Alice (Macbeth) Turner. Henry and Elmira (Leroy) Ruisseaux. George F. and Margaret (Casey) Dailey.
Nov. 1 ... 66 6. . . .
11 ... 11 ... 14 ... 22. .. Leman Henry Fletelier Nellie Lily Blanche Webster. Lester Edwin Gilson ..
Rose O'Meara. John and Sarah E. (London) O'Meara.
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16 .... 28 ....
George Turner
George E. and Dora C. (Russell) Gould. Lewis W. and Nellie R. (Sargent) Kelly Phinehas G. and Ellen E. (Read) Collins. George W. and Anna (Irish) Hunt. Samuel and Susan M. (Snow) Farrar. Cornelius N. and Bridget D. (Bradley) Larkin Clarence R. P. and Addie ( Roberts) Decatur. Eben and Josephine A. (Webster) Prescott.
John Henry Sullivan ..
21. .. July 66
12 .... Thomas Henry Donohue
Bertha Elizabetli Wright. . .
26 .... 3 .. . Bridget Elizabeth Dailey
Susanna Doherty ..
8
DEATHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1880.
AGE.
DATES.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MONTHS.
DAYS.
January
2
Hannah M. Whitcomb. .
56
-
18
Nancy C. Reed. .
84
4
-
17
Mary E. Murphy. .
22
6
17
66
21
John Waldo Cumings.
69
10
13
February
19
Catherine Taylor. .
70
11
15
..
27
Rosanna .Anderson.
81
8
15
Marietta Wright.
20
4
25
29
Lucy J. Hoar.
19
1
15
March
13
Betsey Morrison.
56
6
26
James Lackin. .
-
9
22
April
22
Lucy B. Fuller. .
69
6
21
66
22
William G. Richardson.
23
4
May
10
Alden P. Osgood. .
60
1-
1
20
Daniel Flagg.
74
28
Horace Pratt.
77
11
21
June
27
Winthrop F. Wheeler.
65
3
July
15
Mary A. Hildreth.
65
8
15
66
1G
William Campfield.
63
Angust
14
William Henry Folland.
35
..
23
Moses Caryl. . .
84
4
3
..
24
William Folland Willis.
21
5
2
..
24
Clara L. Mitchell. .
19
1
14
September 10
October
17
Asia Nutting.
84
2
9
66
17
Dora E. Sweetser. .
11
2
27
18
Lucinda Laws.
8.5
1
19
.6
21
Edna Almira Sherburne.
-
1
-
November 3
Henrietta Bailey
59
3
17
66
23
Richard B. Tobie. .
84
8
18
66
30
Hiram H. Decatur.
56
27
Emma J. Bailey.
21
12
66
11
Infant child Sidney D. Whitney.
-
-
-
..
14
Jerry S. Murphy.
26
-
66
20
Abby May Read.
9
20
Whole number recorded, . Number who died in Westford,
Male. Fen.
Between 80 and 90 years,
3
5
Between 20 and.30 years,
..
70
80
66
1
..
60
70
..
4
2
3
66
5 1 66
5
0
0
66
40 30
6. 50 66 40
66
0
Under 1 year,
3
1
66
0 1
()
10 " 20 66 10
0
3
0
1
66
50 60
6.
66
13
Augustus Hiram Chandler.
52
-
66
22
Walter M. Blodgett. .
Sarah Wright.
81
4
29
21
Sally B. Burrill.
84
37
33
Male. Fem. 3 3
66
66
2
12
December 4
5
28
-
6
9
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., Dec. 7, 1880.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the Treasury of the said Middlesex County One Hundred Seventy 4% Dollars, for Dog-Licenses for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, as per his account of 4th inst .- $170.40.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED 1880.
Banister, Frank W.
Elliot, Geo. H.
Nesmith, Geo. W.
Bean, True A.
Evans, Miner H. A.
Norrie, John
Blodgett, Josiah W.
Flagg, Stillman S.
O'Brien, Cornelius
Blodgett, Luther W.
Fletcher, Benj. M.
O'Brien, James
Blodgett, Thaddeus A.
Fletcher, Andrew
Prescott, Nathan
Blodgett, Wilford G.
Fletcher, Luke L.
Prescott, Nelson L.
Brooks, Benjamin G.
Fletcher, Sherman D.
Reed, Charles W. 2.
Burke, Dennis
Fletcher, Samuel,
Reed, Merrick
Butterfield, Janet
Fletcher, Varnum T.
Reed, William, 1st
Caldwell, Otis
Frederick, Geo. S.
Sargent, Frederic G.
Carmichael, John
Gardner, Robert
Shngrue, Patrick
Carkin, A. W.
Gerry, George W.
Smith, Mary A.
Carkin, Charles H.
Gilson, James H.
Stephens, Rheinold
Carkin, Isaac W.
Gray, Stillman B.
Stiles, Wm. M.
Chamberlin, Henry Clark, Paul S. F.
Greig, John
Sullivan, Florence, Sweetser, Nathaniel
Coburn John
Hamlin, Cyrus
Vose, Wm. M.
Comey, Wm. S.
Hamblin, Samuel A.
Wall, Joseph
Comey, W. Wallace
Holdsworth, Daniel
Conley, Kate
Horan, Thomas
Webber, Asa Whitney, Hiram
Cummings, Edward M.
Hurd, Pheudeus H.
Whitney, Geo. W.
Curren, William
Hutchins. John, Jr. Ingalls, Geo. W. Ireland, Geo. Henry
Wilson, Joseph
Decatur, Clarence R. P.
Worcester, Israel S.
Decatur. John H.
Keyes, Rebecca H.
Wright, Arthur
Drew, Greenleaf
Leighton, Amos
Wright, Edward E.
Drew, Thomas
Martin, Elizabeth
Wright, Erastus. 2.
Davie John
Martin, John
Wright, Kendall, A.
Day, Isaac E.
Murray, Arthur
Wright, Walter E.
Day, George T.
Downs, Matthew F. 4.
Whole number
94
Males
93
Females .
1
Whitney. Julian
Decatur, Frank O.
Hall, Irene
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Westford, February 10, 1881.
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 $5,208.02
Cash borrowed ..
6,200.00
Corporation tax for 1879, in full
15.79
" 1880 " part 967.69 National bank tax for 1879 .. 37.36
66 66 " " 1880, in part 702.66
From State-aid to soldiers' families, 1879.
361.00
66 66 to indigent soldiers, 1878.
66 66 66
66
1879.
147.00
66 .. -school fund, 1879-'80.
178.28
66
66 -for rent of armory for 1880
150.00
66 County Treasurer-dog tax, 1879
152.19
66
Joseph Marshall, license.
50.00
66 I. W. Sprague 66
100.00
M. F. Downs 66
100.00
66 Albert A. Wright, janitor, collected for rent of town hall.
10.75
From T. A. Bean, janitor, collected for rent of town hall. .
18.00
Town of Chelmsford, for scholars sent to school No. 7 .. . 66
72.00
" Groton, 66 66 66 66 3 .. . 66 66 From State Treasurer on pauper account.
10.00
66 Alvan Fisher, auctioneer's license
2.00
66 W. E. Frost, old library shelves. 3.00
66 fines for non-attendance of scholars at school No. 3. 40.00
66 Chas. L. Fletcher, refunded on account of culvert.
10.00
66 Eben Prescott, for grass at East Cemetery
4.00
66
66 66
66
1879, " ".
66
66
66
66
interest on taxes ..
50.42
66
66
66
66 1880, before Oct. 6. 66 66 66 Dec. 6.
10,957.37
66
66
66
1,138.03
66
66
66
66
after 66 66
1,793.68
$30,996.66
John Lanktree, collector, 1878, in part.
314.13
1,871.39
5.50
326.40
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PAYMENTS.
Notes and interest. $10,920.73
Interest on other notes. 800.00
State tax, 1880. 930.00
County tax, 1880. 467.33
State Treasurer, 25 per cent. on three licenses. 62.50
Overseers of the Poor, by orders. 1,680.66
Orders for incidental and other expenses 10,342.32
On account of schools .. 3,439.55
Cash balance in hands of Treasurer 2,353.57
$30,996.66
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Note due Mrs. E. J. Tobie. $ 125.00 66 66
6 Alma M. Richardson. 1,000.00
Notes " Worcester County Institution for Savings 14,000.00
Accrued interest on above notes 191.45
Balance of appropriation for schools, unexpended.
1.187.71
$16,504.16
RESOURCES.
Due from State-aid to soldiers' families, 1880 $ 394.50
66 66 66 66
66 1881 33.00
66 66 " " indigent soldiers, 1880 207.00
66 66 66
66 66
1881 17.50
66
66 66 Corporation tax, 1880 ... 2.66
66 66 66 National bank tax, 1880 ..
16.00
John Lanktree, collector, 1878
81.17
66 66 66 1879. 230.96
66
66 66 1880
2,297.02
Cash in Treasurer's hands. 2,353.57
$5,633.38
Indebtedness of the town, Feb. 10, 1881.
$10,870.78 66
Feb. 10, 1880. 12,530.34
Decrease of debt. $1,659.56
J. HENRY READ, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN, NELSON L. TUTTLE,
Committee.
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of Real Estate May 1, 1880. $834,630.00 66 " Personal Estate May 1, 1880 167,687.00
Tax on one hundred dollars 1.56
Number of Polls.
550
66 " dwelling houses.
415
66 " horses.
312
66 " COWS.
727
66
sheep 31
Amount raised to defray town debts and charges, 1880 ... $10,300.00 66 for schools. 3,000.00
66 66 roads and bridges 2,000.00
State Tax. 930.00
County Tax .
467.33
Overlayings
179.34
ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, CHARLES H. FLETCHER,
Assessors of Westford.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
S. D. Fletcher, salary as town treasurer for year ending March 1, 1880. . $50.00
Time and expense in paying State tax and obtaining information respecting corporation tax, &c. 3.70
Time and expense in insuring School House No. 5 1.50
Time and expense in insuring School House No. 6 and consulting insur- ance agents about other insurance policies. 2.30
Entertainment furnished committee to
reckon and settle with treasurer. 3.50
$61.00
TOWN CLERK.
E. R. Hodgman, salary as town clerk. $12.00
Postage and express .. 2.06
Going to Groton to count votes. 3.00
Copying for town report.
1.50
Recording forty births.
20.00
66 thirty-eight deaths 5.70
66 seventeen marriages. 2.55
$46.81
SELECTMEN.
George T. Day, salary. $ 5.00
Making out monthly State aid returns, under chaps. 252 and 301, Acts 1879
8.00
Making out monthly State aid book. . .
3.00
66 dog warrant. 1.00
66 register of voters 2.00
66 66 town report. 5.00
66
66 Fire Insurance report .. 1.00
66 quarterly returns to State Board of Health. 1.50
Amount carried forward.
$26.50
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Amount brought forward. $26.50
Three days' time spent in perambulating town lines. 6.00
Three trips to Lawrence, to confer with C. T. Emerson, about plans and con- tracts for Town House. 7.20
Three trips to Lowell and Chelmsford,
procuring estimates for alterations of Town House. 5.00
Extra time as Selectman, spent in look- ing after repairs on roads and Town House. . 22.00
Three trips to Ayer, to arrange settlement of Insurance on School House burn- ed, time and expense .. 5.05
One trip to Lowell, for same, to consult George E. Coburn & Son. 1.25
$73.00
A. P. Richardson, salary. $5.00
Time and expense in going to Lawrence, Lowell and Chelmsford, procuring estimates for repairs on Town House and looking after repairs .. 8.00
Three days' time spent in perambulating town lines 6.00
Extra time as selectman .
8.00
Time spent in looking after repairs on roads . 17.00
$44.00
Arthur Wright, salary. $5.00
Extra time as selectman.
8.00
Three days' time spent in perambulating town lines . 6.00
Time spent in making contracts for building School House, and repairs on Town House, &c .. 10.00
Time spent in looking after repairs on roads. 8.00
$37.00
ASSESSORS.
Henry Chamberlin, thirty days' work, taking invoice, assessing tax and making copy of valuation.
$75.00
Time looking up disputed territory.
2.00
Asaph B. Cutter, nineteen days' time making taxes. . . 47.50
Charles H. Fletcher, eighteen days' time mak- ing taxes. 45.00
$169.50
15
TAX COLLECTOR.
John Lanktree, collecting $365. $3.65
Paid for one thousand tax bills
3.25
Collecting dog-tax, 1880. 10.50
66 $14,000 at one per cent 140.00
66
poll taxes. 5.00
$162.40
CONSTABLES.
Wesley O. Hawks, copying and posting war-
rants in March, for two meetings .. .
$8.00
John Lanktree, copying and posting warrants 4.00 Copying and posting warrants. 4.00
$16.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Superintendent for third term of school year ending March, 1880.
$50.00
Making annual report
10.00
Making annual school returns 1.50
Examining teachers. 1.00
Services as Secretary of the Board 1.00
Express and Postage.
.75
Superintendent for term ending June 25
50.00
Examining teachers.
2.00
Superintendent for term ending Nov. 12
50.00
Examining teachers ..
1.00
Extra work procuring teacher
1.00
$168.25
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM.
Thaddeus A. Blodgett, appraising property
1879-'80. $4.00
Geo. W. Heywood, appraising property, 1880 1.50
$5.50
PAID OVERSEERS OF POOR AS FOLLOWS :
April, by order
$581.88
May, 66
66
385.00
June 66 66 135.15
July 66 66
168.10
Sept. 66
144.54
Oct. 66 66
119.10
Dec. 66 66
146.89
$1,680.66
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A. A. Wright, services as librarian, in Feb .. . $ 4.17
Work on eighty-six repaired books. .
2.58
Entering sixty-three new books. . 6,30
Extra work and express on books. 2.75
Services as librarian in March. 4.17
Bacheller, Dumas & Co., for binding books, February and March . 23.75
T. A. Bean, services as librarian in April. 4.00
Services as librarian in May 4.00
Express on books. .55
Directors of library, in May. 41.63
T. A. Bean, services as librarian, in June. 4.00
Express on books.
.50
Services as librarian, in July. 66 66 " August 4.00
Removing library from and returning to Town House. 8.00
Directors of library, in October.
52.65
T. A. Bean, services as librarian in Sept ..
4.00
H. C. Church, paper.
2.75
T. A. Bean, services as librarian, in October .. 4.00 Express, &e., on books. . 1.60
Services as librarian, in November.
4.00
Bacheller, Dumas & Co., binding books, May and June 26.20
97.30
T. A. Bean, services as librarian for Dec ... . .
4.00
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing extra rules, &r. 4.30
T. A. Bean, services as librarian for Jan.
4.00
$319.20
TOWN HOUSE.
Expense of heating, lighting and care of same.
A. A. Wright, services as janitor for February $ 6.33
Eleven gallons oil. . . 1.10
Services as janitor for March. 6.33
For sawing wood . 1.25
Kerosene and chimies.
.40
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for April 4.00
Paid for 4390 pounds of coal, in April.
15.91
66 " 33 feet pine wood . 7.71
1.87
" 2125 pounds egg coal.
T. A. Bean, services as janitor in May. 4.00
66 66 66 66 " June. .
4.00
Amount carried forward $52.90
Directors of library in November
4.00
17
Amount brought forward.
$52.90
Paid for oil and chimneys in April and May .
1.54
T. A. Bean, services as janitor in July ..
4.00
66 66 66
" Aug. 4.00
66 66
" Sept.
4.00
66
66 66 66
" Oct ..
4.00
Whithed & Co., for 8330 lbs. of broken coal .. 27.07
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for Nov 4.00
Paid for five gallons kerosene oil. .50
J. F. Prescott, for ¿ cord wood, Feb. 1880 2.50
15.88
66 W. W. Johnson,3} cords wood, Dec. 1880 4.00
66 T. A. Bean, services as janitor for Dec .. Whithed & Co., 9300 pounds broken coal ... . Paid for five gallons oil .
.80
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for Jan ..
4.00
6 for oil, chimneys, &c., Oct., Nov., Dec. and January . 18.23
$183.45
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Received from State for armory rent ..
$ 150.00
66 66 A. A. Wright. 10.75
66
66 T. A. Bean 18.00
$178.75
PRINTING.
Paid Marden & Rowell, printing school reports $ 25.00
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing seven hundred town reports .. 60.25
Two hundred check lists. 17.00
Three hundred bill heads.
2.00
Tramp notices .
2.75
Repairing and rebinding book for Town Clerk.
3.00
For one cover.
.65
66 paper and envelopes.
4.00
66 printing order books, blanks, circu- lars, &c. 12.25
$126.90
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel Falls, express charges as per bill . $ 1.50
A. P. Richardson, attending funerals, with hearse. . 36.00
For going to Littleton for Littleton hearse, seven times and returning same . 10.50
Amount carried forward. $48.00
36.03
18
Amount brought forward. $48.00
Paid For feather duster, chamois skins.
5.05
making cover for hearse. 1.00
taking hearse to Lowell and returning same ... 4.20
freight paid on hearse from New Bedford to Lowell. 6.90
United States and Canada express.
.35
T. A. Bean, sealing weights and measures.
12.50
Miss L. Thompson, for meals furnished auditor of overseer's accounts .. 1.25
6.50
Jonathan Colburn, work at west burying ground. . . E. A. Stevens, for lumber and labor building shelves for library 68.50
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