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Wright, Walter C.
Evans, Miner H. A.
O' Brien, Cornelius O'Brien, James
Sargent, Allan C.
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COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Westford, February 11, 1882.
The Committee appointed by the Selectmen to ex- amine and audit the accounts of Sherman D. Fletcher, Town Treasurer, for the year ending at date, submit the following report :-
The Treasurer has received from all sources, including balance in his hands at the last settlement, as follows :
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in treasury at last settlement,
$2,353.57
Cash borrowed ..
5,000.00
From State-balance corporation tax, 1880, in full 66 national bank tax, 1880
66
national bank tax, 1881, in full. .
751.02
66 66 corporation tax, 1881, in part.
1,266.91
66 66
aid to soldiers' families, 1880, in full
394.50
66
aid to indigent soldiers, 1880
207.00
66
school fund, 1880-81.
186.82
County Treasurer-dog tax, 1880
165.29
66
Joseph Marshall, license.
50.00
66
M. F. Downs 66
100.00
B. F. Nutting,
66
10.00
33.00
66
town of Chelmsford, scholars sent to No. 7. 66 Groton, 66 66 3.
35.00
66 66 66 6.
Alvan Fisher, auctioneer's license.
2.00
Reuben J. Butterfield, auctioneer's license.
2.00
66
S. M. Hutchins, grass at east cemetery
2.00
J. H. Wilson, wood 66
1.00
66
George F. Millis, apples from school land No. 1 ... 5.00
County Treas'r, interest on advance pay county tax
3.11
Amount carried forward.
$ 10,892.65
rent of armory, 1881.
175.00
J. W. Sprague
100.00
T. A. Bean, janitor town house.
8.00
66 Dawson Pollard, 66 66 7. 7.75
2.65
31.03
11
Amount brought forward.
$. 10,892.65 From John Lanktree, collector, 1878 in full
81.17
66 66 66
66 1879 66 230.96
‹.
66
1880.
2,229.00
66
66
66 66
1879-80, int. on taxes ... 60.00
66
Isaac E. Day,
1881 before October 6. ..
9,924.19
66
66
66 1881 December 6. 1,488.72
66
66 66
66 1881 after 5. 1.051.23
$25,957.92
The Treasurer has made payments, for which proper vouchers have been exhibited, as follows :
PAYMENTS.
Notes and interest $8,252.73
Interest on other notes.
690.00
State tax, 1881 .
930.00
County tax, 1881.
467.33
State Treasurer, 25% on licenses 62.50
Overseer of Poor, by orders.
2,147.94
Orders for incidental and other expenses 6,004.02
On account of schools.
3,360.58
Cash balance in hands of Treasurer 4,042.82
$25,957.92
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Notes held by Worcester Co. Institution for Savings ... $12,000.00 Accrued interest on above notes. 114.00
Balance of appropriation for schools unexpended. 1,056.16
$13,170.16
RESOURCES.
Due from State-aid to soldiers' families, 1881 $ 404.00 66 66 66 aid to indigent soldiers, 1881 204.50
66 66 66 bal. corporation tax, 1881. . 51.13 66 66 John Lanktree, collector, 1880. 68.02
66 Isaac E. Day, collector, 1881, . 2,034.63
Balance cash in treasury. 4,042.82
$6,805.10
Net indebtedness of town, February 11, 1882 $ 6,365.06 66 66 10, 1881 10,870.78
Decrease of liabilities $4,505.72 JOSEPH B. HEALD, NOAH PRESCOTT, SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,
Committee.
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of real estate, May 1, 1881. . $840,350.00
" personal estate, May 1, 1881 218,270.00 Tax on one hundred dollars. 1.33
Number of polls. 525
" dwelling houses 425
66 " horses 333
66
" COWS.
632
66 sheep 9
Amount raised to defray town debts and charges. . $13,325.00
66 66 for schools 3,000.00
66 for highways 2,000.00 66 for new catalogue of town library. 175.00
66 66 for purchase of books 150.00
State tax.
930.00
County tax. 467.33
Overlayings 344.80
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, 1881. $50.00
April, 1880 : Time and expense at Lowell procuring insurance on town house while undergoing repairs. 1.50
May : Time and expense at Lowell insur- ing library . . 1.50
June : Time and expense at Lowell insur- ing school houses and paying Parker notes. 1.50
July : Time and expense obtaining con- sent of insurance agents to remove library from town house. .
1.50
August : Time and expense obtaining con- sent of insurance agents to restore library to town house.
1.50
October: Time and expense to Lowell, insuring school house No. 9.
1.50
November: Time and expense to Ayer collecting fine from clerk of District Court, for non-attendance of scholars at school No. 3.
1.50
January, 1881 : Time and expense exam- ining corporation and bank tax for 1880, at the State House. 3.50
February : Entertainment furnished com- mittee to reckon and settle with treasurer
3.50
$67.50
TOWN CLERK.
Feb. : E. R. Hodgman, salary as town clerk. .
$12.00
Postage and express. . 4.67
Going to Groton to count votes
3.00
Copying for town report.
1.50
Recording fifty-five births
27.50
66 fifty-four deaths.
8.10
twenty-three marriages. 3.45
60.22
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SELECTMEN.
George T. Day, salary .. . $5.00
Making out monthly state aid returns un- der chapters 252 and 301, Acts 1879
8.00
Making out monthly state aid book. 3.00
Making out dog warrant. 1.00
" register of voters
2.00
" town report ..
5.00
" fire insurance report .. . .
1.00
" quarterly returns t to State
board of health. 1.50
One day's time spent in perambulating town lines .
2.00
Time spent in looking after repairs on roads.
20.00
Extra time as selectman .
20.00
Car fare while attending to town business 4.00
72.50
Albert P. Richardson, salary . $5.00
Perambulating town lines .
2.00
Time looking after repairs on roads.
20.00
Extra time as selectman
15.00
42.00
Arthur Wright, salary . $5.00
Extra time as selectman .
8.00
Time spent in looking after repairs on roads
8.00
21.00
ASSESSORS.
Henry Chamberlin, twenty-six days' work tak- ing invoice and assessing tax .. .
$65.00
Asaph B. Cutter, twenty and one-half days' work taking invoice, assessing tax, etc. 51.25
Charles H. Fletcher, twenty-four days' work taking invoice, assessing tax and copy- ing valuation book. 60.00
176.25
TAX COLLECTOR.
John Lanktree, collecting taxes after Febru- ary 5, 1881 .
8.10
Isaac E. Day, collecting $13,032.50 at 9 mills Collecting dog tax
117.29
10.00
$135.39
CONSTABLES.
Paid Wesley O. Hawks for posting warrants
4.00
Isaac E. Day 66 66 4.00
$8.00
15
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Edwin R. Hodgman, care of schools for term
ending March 11, 1881. 10.00
50.00
Making annual report.
66 school returns.
1.50
Services as secretary of the board
1.00
Express and postage
.83
Examining teachers.
1.00
Care of schools for term ending June 24, 1881. 50.00
Care of schools for term ending Novem- ber 11, 1881. 50.00
Examining teachers 2.00
$166.33
PAID OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AS FOLLOWS:
March, by order
750.00
April, 66
66
148.28
May, 66 66
197.91
July, 66 66
140.45
Sept. 66 66
215.00
Oct. 66 66
128.14
Nov. 66 66
368.16
Feb. 66 66
200.00
$2,147.94
EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY,
INCLUDING SERVICES OF LIBRARIAN.
T. A. Bean, services as librarian for February 66 66 66 " March. ..
$4.00
May : Paid directors.
146.20
T. A. Bean, collecting books, 1} days
2.00
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for April and May . 9.16
47.50
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for June and July.
9.16
Clara M. Wiley, for library cards and express 66 66 for services as librarian for August and September.
9.16
H. C. Church, for paper for covering books. . Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for Octo- ber and November.
9.16
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing 500 copies catalogue of town library .... Printing library cards.
126.90
3.50
" 700 66
4.75
February : Paid directors
148.34
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for De- cember and January
9.18
$536.38
4.00
July : Paid directors.
.95
2.42
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TOWN HOUSE.
Expense of heating, lighting and care of same.
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for February. $4.00
Putting wood and coal into cellar ...... 2.15
February : Whithed & Co., for coal, 2110 lbs. 8.70 April : 66 for 1 ton egg coal 4.68
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for March. 66 66 66 7.00
" April .
Sawing one cord of wood. Express on lock. .15
1.00
A. S. Wright, for one cord wood. 4.00
N. B. Blood " wood. .90
9.47
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for May. ... W. W. Johnson, for drawing one cord wood 1.50
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for June. 7.00
66 66
66 66
July . . . . .
7.00
66
66 August .. .
7.00
66 66 66 66 September 7.00
66 66 66 October .. 7.00
Sawing and piling wood. 3.00
Cyrus Hamlin, one cord wood.
3.50
Fletcher Peckins, two cords wood.
12.50
Whithed & Co., for 6600 lbs. broken coal . ... 23.93
T. A. Bean, services as janitor for November
7.00
66 66 " December.
7.00
66 66 January. .
7.00
Freeman Howe, sawing wood. 1.00
John M. Fletcher, 40 gallons kerosene oil, etc. 5.80
Wright & Fletcher, 65 galls. 66 66
12.35
Chimneys and wicks 3.21
$175.84
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Received from State for armory rent $175.00
66 «' T. A. Bean .. 33.00
$208.00
PRINTING.
Paid Marden & Rowell, printing school reports $25.00
" Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing town reports .. 68.75
Printing road and order books, bill heads, tax bills, etc .. 49.20
$142.95
66
4.00
Whithed & Co., for 2200 lbs. coal
7.00
17
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel Falls, express charges. . . 1.75
Nelson L. Tuttle, repairing chairs, etc. .
3.15
John Feeney, for enameled cloth for town house .. 2.00
for straps for hearse
2.00
Fielding & Co., for door-stops, clothes- hooks, etc. 3.40
Freight bill. 1.10
T. A. Bean, sealing scales, at Graniteville
1.50
John S. D'Evelyn, auditing overseers' ac- counts 6.00
N. J. Wier & Co., stove and pipe for town house. 17.50
2.75
F. P. Coggeshall, blank book, elastics, etc. A. P. Richardson, attending 32 funerals with hearse.
48.00
A. P. Richardson, for labor at town house Union Society, for use of bell, 1880.
3.00
First Parish,
66
66
66
7.50
N. S. Hamblin, for Luther W. Blodgett's
services as Overseer of the Poor, in 1877 10.00
T. A. Bean, sealing weights and measures 12.00 Humphrey Machine Company, for scraper- plate, etc. 6.50
George H. Hartford, for parade ground . for cavalry 9.00
David Reed, for six stone posts for town house cellar 10.00
Marshall & Hamblett, legal advice, 1880 15.00 Express charges from Keene, N. H. . .. Humphrey Machine Co., scraper-plate .. . 1.50 T. A. Bean, for sealing hay scales and balances .60
6.00
A. P. Richardson, for grading and setting posts at town house. 6.00
Stephen H. Nutting, work on north bury- ing ground 5.00
4.75
Nelson L. Tuttle, repairing road scraper J. T. Colburn, for work on west burying ground. 6.50
W. A. Coburn, damages received on the highway 2.75
M. F. Downs, for boarding men in 1878, while repairing well at school house No. 7. 4.50
Timothy Fletcher, setting step at town house . 1.00
Amount carried forward. $208.25
3
7.50
18
Amount brought forward. . $208.25
Paid Timothy Fletcher for blank book for
town clerk. $ 2.00
L. Morse & Sons for two settees at town house. . 7.20
Westford Academy, for two tie-posts. ... J. A. Walkden, for whiffletree for hearse
1.50
F. O. Decatur, as per bill.
23.73
for chain for chandelier
1.15
" two letter-files .
.60
T. A. Bean, for taking down lightning rods and repairing windows .50
T. A. Bean, work on furnace .. .50
66
66 for repairing doors and win- dows. 2.50
H. H. Wilder & Co., repairing furnace .. 18.53 French & Puffer, for two bracket lamps. 1.00 Charles E. Adams, Lowell, for wardrobe hooks, etc. . .85
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill.
69.74
six express charges on printers' proofs of town reports .90
express on two bundles of town reports, including charge from depot. . .60
1.25
for one coal-hod for town house kitchen express on three pkgs. from State House French & Puffer, for one bracket lamp. . express on order to Keene, N. H., and re- turn . .65
.65
Dr. E. C. Atwood, for medical examina- tion of Michael Hoar. 2.25
Dr. Joseph B. Heald, for medical exami- nation of Michael Hoar 2.25
10.75
6.75
William Reed, for setting the same
4.50
66 " underpinning.
15.83
66 66 " one long step ..
21.25
66
66 " setting the same.
2.00
66 " cover'g stone for bridge at Graniteville. 11.80
Arthur Wright, for one dozen cedar pails for town house, required by law as protection against fire.
7.50
Arthur Wright, for shellacing the same.
1.50
" powder, fuse, etc. . . .
3.44
$508.27
.60
H. D. Pierce and teams for removing soil and grading about hearse-house. ... Gerry, King and others, for same. . . William Reed, for three stone steps and buttresses for town house.
73.25
2.50
19
EXPENSE OF INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
February : Paid George E. Underwood insur-
ance premium on town house .. $75.00 September : Paid Traders and Mechanics In- surance Co. insurance premium on school houses Nos. 2, 3 and 8. 63.00
November: Paid H. C. Church insurance pre- mium on town house. 45.00
$183.00
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND EXPENSE OF BOOKS, ETc., FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 1.
Feb .- Paid C. W. Blood, for stove pipe, zinc, labor, etc .. $7.88
Sept .- E. A. Stevens, for repairs. 2.58
Nov .- S. G. Mack, for stove, new pipe, etc. 38.50
Dec .- For coal-hod .
.65
Wright & Fletcher, for books. . .
1.35
66 66 66 2 boxes crayons. . .40
66 66 broom, etc .. .
.75
66 66
6 ink. .75
$52.86
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 2
1880.
Aug .- Paid Hiram Dane, for slating black-
boards .91
1881.
Sept .- E. A. Stevens, for repairs. 4.23
Wright & Fletcher, 3 boxes crayons. .60
66 66 66 ink and broom. ... 1.00
$6.74
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 3.
Aug .- Paid Hiram Dane for slating black- boards . .91
1880.
Paid Arthur Wright for books .. 1.95
66 66 for crayons. ... .20
1881.
Paid Arthur Wright for books. . .. 1.10
66 66 for 3 brooms. . 1.05
66
for 3 boxes crayons . .60
Nov .- Paid Olive A. Prescott repairs on school-house. 3.25
for one box crayons .20
for one broom. .35
$9.61
20
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 4.
May-Paid John Wilson, for labor at school house, No. 4. ......
$3.38
Sept .- Paid E. A. Stevens for repairs . .. .15
Wright & Fletcher for books .. 4.60
for 2 boxes crayons .40
for ink, pail, &c. 1.10
for repairs 1.00
$10.63
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 5.
Paid Wright & Fletcher for 6 boxes
crayons. .
$1.20
brooms.
.75
books, &c. .
.48
$2.43
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 6.
Paid for window glass. $ .50
Charles H. Bicknell, cleaning
out well .. 2.00
Wright & Fletcher for books, &c 2.10
$4.60
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 7.
1880.
Jan .- Paid Hiram Dane for slating black-
boards .
$4.00
Feb .- For 3 brooms.
1.00
April-Moses Edwards for cleaning out well 1881.
2.00
Jan .- Paid S. G. Mack for castings, labor, &c., on stove. 8.60
May-W. C. Edwards for repairing black- board. .50
$16.10
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 8.
1881.
Paid Arthur Wright for 3 brooms. .. $1.05
Sept .- E. A. Stevens for repairs . 5.79
Oct .- 66
66 for furnishing lumber and building coal bin.
7.69
Dec .- For cutting wood. moving stove
1.25
C. W. Blood for stove pipe, zinc, labor, &c.
7.70
Wright & Fletcher for 2 boxes crayons .
.40
Wright & Fletcher for books.
.70
For wardrobe hooks and screws.
1.60
$27.18
1.00
21
SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 9.
Aug .- Paid Hiram Dane for slating black- boards. $ .93
1880.
Paid Arthur Wright for books ..... .62
H. Cummings for pail, dipper, &c .. .63
Wright & Fletcher, 1 box
crayons. .20
$2.38
SCHOOL HOUSE, NOS. 10 AND 11.
1880.
Paid Arthur Wright for books. $3.42
Four boxes crayons .80
two coal hods .
1.20
dust-pan, pail, &c.
.45
broom .30
1881.
Paid Arthur Wright for books.
6.85
six boxes crayons.
1.20
four brooms ..
1.55
Nov .- Paid S. G. Mack for stove, new
38.50
pipe, &c.
Hannah Wyeth for repairing
2.00
one box crayons.
.25
for shovel, pail, &c.
1.50
$58.02
Total expense for eleven schools. . .. $190.55
STATE AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
As authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.
Paid February
$43.00
March .
43.00
66 April 30.00
35.00
66 June.
30.00
July
30.00
66
August
30.00
66 September
30.00
66 October
30.00
66 November 30.00
66 December
43.00
$374.00
.
curtain fixtures, chair, &c.
66 May
1881.
22
STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' FAMILIES, As authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.
Paid February
$33.00
66 March . 33.00
66 April 33.00
May 33.00
June 33.00
66 July 33.00
66
August.
33.00
66
September 33.00
October 33.00
November 33.00
66 December . .
33.00
$363.00
STATE AID.
Expense incurred in looking up settlements and filing applica- tions for state aid.
Paid G. T. Day, going to Lawrence to look up settlement of George A. Devitt $1.40
going to Methuen to look up
settlement of George A. Devitt 3.00
car fare going to Boston to attend two hearings at State House. .
4.00
two days' time attending hear- ings.
4.00
Paid for affidavit of collector of Methuen 1.00
$13.40
REPAIRS ON ROADS.
The town voted to raise the sum of $2000 for repairs of roads and bridges, and the selectmen have paid as follows :
Paid A. P. Richardson, gravel furnished in 1880 $ 15.00
Albert Bouden, Jr., May, 1881 13.12
66 Levi Lamot, May, 1881. 13.75
4
66 George Gerry, May, 1881 27.50
J. Boyd.
7.50
66 Albert King, July
33.75
66 Albert Bouden, July ..
16.25
Albert Bouden, jr., July
16.87
66 George Gerry, June.
23.13
66 July . 15.91
Amount carried forward. $182.83
23
Amount brought forward. $182.83
Paid George Gerry, August.
22.83
66 Albert Bouden, Jr., August. 18.75
66 Henry Aldine, August.
66 A. P. Richardson, August. 2.50
2.00
66 J. T. Colburn, moving stone from road with ma- chine. 2.50
6 B. Turner, work to October
85.31
66 S. N. Burbeck, cleaning out and relaying bridge .. 8.25
66 George Gerry, September 22.26
John Wayne, for cutting brush
10.00
66 Albert Bouden, jr., September
26.87
66 John Bouden, September.
28.12
66 Albert Bouden, September .
16.87
66 Henry Bouden, October.
8.75
66 Albert King.
71.94
66 George Gerry, October.
24.32
6. Albert Bouden, Jr., November
10.62
66 John Bouden, November
12.62
66 Wm. Reed, November.
7.50
66 John Bouden, December
22.25
66 Albert Bouden, jr., December
24.25
66 Wm. M. Vose, September
3.50
66 George T. Day, men and teams, September 6.85
2.00
66 A. P. Richardson and others, moving stone from gravel pit and work on highway.
20.01
66 W. W. Johnson, November.
5.00
66 James Hildreth, June and October, mowing brush, &c.
16.50
66 Albert King, November
14.70
66 E. E. Wright,
6.75
66 Dennis Casey .
10.00
66 Thomas Turner
6.25
66 Henry Alloe.
2.50
66 Samuel M. Hutchins, December
2.60
66 Henry Aldine .
9.04
66 H. D. Pierce, with horses and inan, exclusive of work done at east burying ground and swamp road 66 Timothy Driscoll.
3.00
66 Dennis Burke, for mowing brush . 3.75.
66 David Reed, bill for work repairing roads in 1876.
30.00
$1552.07
COST OF WIDENING AND FILLING "SWAMP ROAD," LEADING TO CHELMSFORD.
Paid H. D. Pierce, and teams. $87.00
Amount carried forward $87.00
798.37
66 Timothy Fletcher, blasting out rocks.
24
Amount brought forward. $87.00
Paid Bouden, Gerry, King and others for shovelling 48.00
66 Julian Hildreth, for board of man and teams. . 5.00
66 A. B. Adams, for posts and rails .
24.00
$164.00
BREAKING ROADS.
George S. Frederick and others, '81.
$27.63
George T. Day, men and oxen, '81
9.82
Asaph B. Cutter and others, '81.
9.29
Julian Hildreth and team, '81
21.00
Samuel L. Taylor and others, '81
30.00
George H. Hartford, '81
7.25
Josiah Blodgett, '81
2.00
Francis Caldwell, '81.
2.50
Edward E. Wright, '81.
3.60
George P. Wright, '81
1.00
William Reed, '81.
4.50
Timothy Fletcher, '81
4.86
A. H. Richardson, '81
4.80
J. H. Wilson, '81
4.82
W. F. Balch, '81.
1.25
W. Foster, '81.
4.75
Arthur Wright, for work of T. Driscoll and ten others, . '81.
11.63
Samuel G. Humiston, '81.
2.38
Alvan Fisher, '81 .
2.00
John T. Colburn, '81
2.00
J. H. Horan, '81
5.75
James O'Brien, '81.
8.25
Andrew Sheahan, '81 .
1.50
William Vose, '81.
7.75
L. O. Butterfield, '81
9.75
J. H. Whitney, '81.
4.88
N. B. Blood, '81.
6.28
S. S. Flagg, '81. .
6.50
Stephen E. Hutchins, '81.
5.88
Frank W. Bannister, '81
2.25
Isaac W. Green, '81
1.50
Luther Wilkins, '81
.63
W. M. Wright, '81.
.88
George F. Millis, '81.
.50
C. L. Howard, '81 .
3.37
Amos Leighton, '81.
2.80
W. W. Johnson and team, '81.
4.80
James Hildreth and others, '81.
20.39
W. H. Brown.
5.00
Amount carried forward.
$255.74
25
Amount brought forward.
$255.74
W. C. Edwards.
12.00
H. A. Fletcher
1.60
Dennis Burke
1.25
E. E. Wright.
7.00
G. T. Day, with men and team
16.65
John Wayne.
12.50
John W. Day
6.25
J. B. Hale.
3.80
A. Murphy .
3.00
H. D. Pierce, men and teams.
41.87
Nelson Cleveland
18.38
William Reed .
.93
Arthur Holt and others
3.74
A. Taylor.
1.63
George Hutchins and others
23.11
C. R. Decatur.
2.50
A. R. Perham & Son.
5.43
Paul F. S. Clark, February
2.50
C. H. Colburn, February .
.75
$420.63
WALL AT EAST BURYING GROUND.
At a meeting held in November, 1879, the selectmen were au- thorized to ascertain the expense of building a faced wall at the East Burying Ground. In March, 1880, they reported in favor of building such wall, and recommended that a wall should be built the first year from the receiving tomb east, to the old entrance to the yard, trusting the town would continue the wall the entire front the following year, and asked for an appropriation of $360.00, which was voted. They advertised for proposals, and the work was awarded to George Yapp. Nearly twice the distance anticipated has been laid, being 243 rods, leaving about 12 rods to be built to complete the whole distance.
Cost of building "faced wall" at East Burying Ground has been as follows :
Paid H. D. Pierce, for teaming stone. $100.00
Moses Sweatt and John Eaton, for moving derrick
at Graniteville to load stone 5.25
George Yapp, for laying wall.
100.62
66 66 66 for extra work removing ledge and
old wall. . 10.00
David Reed, for stone for wall
13.68
Amount carried forward. $229.55
26
Amount brought forward. $229.55
Paid Edward Symmes, for surveying.
3.75
H. D. Pierce, with teams removing gravel, and moving stone to site of wall. 83.00
Lamot, Turner, Allard and others, for work on same 48.00
$364.30
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
1878, Joseph Boreaux
$2.00
66 Adam Bedell.
2.00
James Callahan
2.00
Charles Dane.
2.00
66 Howard R. Fillebrown
2.00
66 Fred W. Fillebrown
2.00
66 John Fitman .
2.00
66
Solomon S. Gilson
2.00
66
Freeland Gilson .
2.00
Lester H. Hamblett
2.00
John Kelly
2.00
66 James Keefe.
2.0.0
66 John Kinsman
2.00
L. Keenan.
2.00
Joseph Kelly
2.33
66
John Langley
2.00
66
James McKay
2.00
66 John Morris.
2.00
66
McGuire
2.00
66
John Mahoney .
2.00
66
James McKabe
2.00
66 James McBride
2.00 2.00
66 Arthur O'Brien
2.00
66
Rose Gibbs.
2.00
66
Orman Shaw
2.00
66
Charles Shugrue.
2.00
66 John D. Smith
2.00
66
James Staples
3.63
R. B. Toby .
2.72
66 Alvin L. Wright.
2.00
Leonard P. Wellington
2.00
66 George White.
2.00
66 George E. Chamberlin
.65
S. A. Waters.
3.51
66 Michael Follen
2.00
2.00
1879, Frank Allen
Amount carried forward. $76.84
Morris Nelligan
27
Amount brought forward.
$76.84
1879, Harry Blodgett,
2.00
66 Michael Conley
2.00
Patrick Dailey
66 Josiah Dyer. 2.00
2.00
66 George Dailey
2.00
66 Moses Delie ..
2.00
66 Fred W. Fillebrown
2.12
66 Frank P. Goss
2.00
66 William Jewitt. 2.00
2.00
66 William Lee.
2.00
66 Michael Mack.
2.00
66 James McGuire
2.00
66 John Manamin .
2.00
66 Charles O. Prescott
2.00
66 Charles Roads.
2.00
66 James Simpson .
2.00
66 Charles E. Smith
2.00
66
John D. Smith .
2.00
66 George H. Smith
2.00
66 Patrick Sullivan .
2.00
66 John Truby
2.00
66 Arthur Wilkins.
2.00
66 Albion Wright.
2.00
66 Ellery C. Wright
2.00
66 George Weston
2.00
66 John M. Flynn .
2.00
66 George E. Chamberlin
.59
66 William M. Parker
11.80
66 S. A. Waters .
3.19
1880, John C. Murphy
1.56
66 Arthur Murray .
2.00
66 Timothy Mahoney
2.00
66 John Armitage
2.00
66 S. F. Avery.
2.00
66 Edward F. Carkin
2.00
66 Charles Carkin
2.00
6 Hiram Chandler
2.00
66
O. B. Cleveland .
2.00
6
N. A. Coburn 2.00
2.00
Thomas Foster
2.00
66 Charles Howard
2.00
66 Charles Holbrook. 2.00
2.00
66 Peter Haley.
Amount carried forward. $180.10
2.00
66 Winslow Parker
Hezekiah Dwinell.
2.00
66 Edward Dalton
.
66 John H. Lackey
28
Amount brought forward.
$180.10
1880, William Lee.
2.00
66 John Mounin
2.00
J. S. Murphy .
2.00
John McManaman
2.00
66 Fred Maim.
2.00
Elias Nevan .
2.00
66 John O'Meara. .
2.00
66
Charles O. Prescott.
2.00
66
Edward Perot.
2.00
Edward Perckse.
2.00
66 William Reed, 3rd
2.00
6€ Charles F. Shaw
2.00
6€ James Stewart.
2.00
66 James Stewart, 2nd.
2.00
66 John D. Smith.
2.00
66 Nathan Snowden .
2.00
66 Ellery C. Wright
2.00
66 Patrick Wall.
2.00
66 Estate of Sarah Parker
34.32
1881, Hezekiah Hutchinson.
1.90
14.12
A. & E. G. Spaulding
$266.54
1
SUMMARY.
1881.
1880.
1879.
1878.
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
1872.
1871.
1870.
Town Officers,
$ 439 47
$ 436 81 $ 380 16 $ 345 32 $ 375 97 $ 427 44 $ 944 24 $ 456 87 $ 412 79 8 351 02 $ 442 80 $ 426 90
Tax Collector and Constables,
143 39
178 40
141 55
147 98
152 34
116 28
150 00
161 74
160 00
107 00
93 34
122 99
School Committee,
166 33
168 25
164 75
170 00
183 40
254 50
197 00
190 00
105 00
100 00
110 00
Public Library,
536 38
319 20
340 05
299 49
336 28
243 21
277 58
328 00
262 27
287 54
291 42
149 80,
Town House,
175 84
183 45
171 12
166 47
Printing,
142 95
126 90
119 75
110 68
179 85
110 45
204 00
135 00
83 00
150 00
80 00
School Houses,
190 55
170 96
164 91
118 35
189 36
204 42
584 00
90 00
6377 70
3233 02
6020 00
Incidental Expenses.
508-27
500 42
460 07
870 71
897 11
531 03
1315 61
966 07
2424 67|
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