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2 00
C. H. Peck,
66
66
2 00
$120 27
SCHOOLS.
Appropriated for schools, .
$2,500 00
SUMMARY.
Incidental expenses, .
$1,112 51
Roads and Bridges, ..
2,844 28
Overseers of the Poor,.
1,604 28
New School-house at Graniteville,
5,164 55
Repairs on School-house,
1 50
State Aid, ..
699 00
Abatement of Taxes, . . . . .
120 27
$11,546 39
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VALUATION AND TAXES, 1869.
Valuation of Real Estate,. $713,805 00
Valuation of Personal Estate, 295,239 00
Total valuation, May 1st, 1869,. $1,009,044 00
No. of polls assessed, 434.
Tax on polls, .
2 00
Rate of taxation, $1.67 on $100.00.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
No. of dwelling-houses,. 340
No. of horses, . 233
No. of cows,. 604
No. of sheep,.
36
No. of acres taxed, 17,900
Total tax for State, County and town purposes, including amount to pay for School-houses, $17,365 66
J. W. P. ABBOT, Selectmen LUKE L. FLETCHER, of
JOSIAH REED, Westford.
Westford, February 3d, 1870.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,
RECORDED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, FOR THE YEAR 1869.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 7th, Teophile Normandin, child of Teophile and Theotite (Raymond) Normandin.
" 8th, Joshua Calvin Decatur, child of Calvin A. and Emma F (Norton) Decatur.
12th, Clara Wilson Hunt, child of George W. and Aunie (Irish) Hunt.
Feb. 3rd, Jane Carmichael, child of John and Jeanette (Elder) Carmichael.
8th, Clara Augusta Burnett, child of Samuel and Clara E. (Young) Burnett.
= 3rd, Elmira Agnes Thorning, child of Augustus W. and Agnes (McFarland) Thorning.
= 13th, Delphis Brinnell, child of Peter and Angeline Brinnell.
: 21st, Nellie Adalaide Heywood, child of Edwin E. and Mary K. (Fletcher) Heywood. 28th, Lena Helen Fletcher, child of Frank L. and Helen (Tower) Fletcher. March 7th, Sedelia Wells, child of Gideon and Rosa (Brinnell) Wells.
10th, Nellie M. Ilutchins, child of George and Anne E. (Hutchinson) Hutchins.
11th, Josephine Cote, child of Moses and Catherine Cote.
18th, Louisa Nolan, child of Timothy and Julia (Shay) Nolan.
April, Ralph Keyes Swett, child of Charles E. and Clemantine (Keyes) Swett.
.. 9th, Deidamia M. Carkin, child of Isaac W. and Mahala A. Carkin.
15th, Rena Estelle Prescott, child of G. Henry and Sophia (Carter) Prescott.
24th, Cummings W. Baker, child of John A. and Malinda (Adams) Baker.
66 29th, Charles S. Hopkins, child of John W. and Maria Agnes (Spurr) Hopkins. May 10th, Annie Coburn, child of Peter and Mary (Sullivan) Coburn.
" 12th, James David Wilson, child of John and Lizzie (Scott) Wilson.
June 13th, Charles Arthur Sheldon, child of Samuel and Elvira M. (Reed) Sheldon. 14th, Mary Annie Wright, child of Jefferson and Nancy (Reed) Wright.
26th, John Muir Agnew, child of William and Janet (Muir) Agnew. July 4th, Abby Splain, child of Patrick and Mary E. (Sullivan) Splain.
18th, Emma F. Hutchinson, child of Francis and Sarah S. (Temple) Hutchinson.
20th, Dora Ellen Sweetser, child of Lorenzo and Aurilla L. (Bostwick) Sweetser.
66 22nd, Frederick Alonzo Smith, child of Lyman A. and Sarah A. (Downs) Smith. August 2nd, Delia Luprey, child of Lewis and Mary Luprey.
3rd, Clara M. Keyser, child of John S. and Eliza E. (Merrill) Keyser.
9th, Hattie Augusta Parker, child of James M., and Abigail (Dudley) Parker.
15th, Sarah JJosephine Dane, child of Hiram and Sarah (Carr) Dane.
22nd. William Lawrence Butterworth, child of John T. and Catherine E. (Gannon) Butterworth.
Sept. 23rd, Joseph B. Sullivan, child of John and Sarah J. (Rafferty) Sullivan. 66 24th, Hattie Sargent Hosmer, child of Cyrus and Esther (Hutchins) Hosmer.
Oct. 18th, Hannora Crowley, child of Peter and Hannah Crowley.
" 18th, James B. Holt, child of James and Elizabeth (Riley; Holt.
" 20th, William W. Spaulding, child of Calvin Warren and Jane (Harris) Spaulding.
" 28th, Mabel Alberta Pilling, child of Charles A. and Sarah M. Pilling.
Nov. 11th, Alice Fillebrown, child of Thomas G. and Augusta E. (Wyeth) Fillebrown. 23rd, Hattie Rebecca Blodgett, child of Luther W. and Sarah A. (Blood) Blodgett. 28th, Idella Simard, child of Aristile and Sorois Simard.
Dec. 15th, Bessie Maria Day, child of Isaac E. and L. Maria (Whiting) Day.
" 16th, Emma J. Foster England, child of James P. and Ann (Foster) England.
" 2nd, Walter Augustus Whidden, child of Augustus F. and Mary E.(Caldwell) Whidden.
" 30th, - - King, child of Felix and Felice (Dnmont) King.
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MARRIAGES.
Jan. 23rd, Abram Brown, of Billerica, to Lydia Fletcher, of Westford. Feb. 16th, Jareb Downs, of Westford, to Mindwell .A. Hull, of Lee, N. H.
" 23rd, Joseph Lister, of Savannah, Ill., to Alice B. Slater, of Westford.
March 4th, Renben J. Butterfield, of W. Chelmsford, to Susan Angusta Fletcher, of Westford.
6 9th, I. Henry Stone, of Kankeakce, Ill., to Georgiana Patien, of Westford.
" 19th, Hiram Cram, of Westford, to Alice C. Matthews, of Chuska, Minn.
April 14th, Patrick McEllicott, of Westford, to Eliza MeOwen, of Lowell.
66 10th, Samnel W. Hosley, of Littleton, to Nancy (Reed) Gilson, of Westford.
28th, Ward Angustus Coburn, of Westford, to Jennie E. Smart, of Milford, N. H. July 9th, Alfred C. M. Smith, of Westford, to JJoana Lynch, of Lowell.
Sept. 2nd, Addison B. Wheeler, of Acton, to Berintha W. (Duren) Sawyer, of Westford.
66 Gth, John B. Fletcher, of Westford, to Emily M. Chandler, of Westford.
66 Richard Burgess, of Chelmsford, to Mary Ann Mullen, of Westford.
Oct. 14th, William A. Harris, of Westford, to Alice A. Baker, of Westford. " 25th, Lawrence M. Gordon, of Westford, to Priscilla Killshun, of England. Nov. 18th, Albert F. Conant, of Littleton, to Sarah JJane Patten, of Westford.
Solomon S. Gilson, of Westford, to Sophia Cheever, of Westford.
Dec. 2nd, Gilbert P. Morton, of Wilmont, N. S., to Abby T. Bruce, of Westford.
DEATHS.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 7th, Henrietta B. (Bruce) Grant,
31
6
00
9th, Sallie (Griffin) White,
90
10
10
" 16th, George B. Lackey,
00
3
8
" 19th, Alvert E. Davis,
29
00
25
" 22nd, Patty (Fletcher) Osgood,
79
00
00
Feb. 12th, Isabella (Hildreth) Day,
64
00
00
" 27th, Levi Snow,
60
00
00
March Ist, Miriam (Keyes) Fletcher,
102
00
00
3rd, Louise (Reed) Snow,
60
00
00
6 . 11th, Roswell Brooks Hammond,
6
00
00
" 28th, Mary (Osgood) Wight,
00
00
" 31st, Henry P. Herrick,
57
00
00
April 5th, Hannah (Abbott) Hall,
87
00
00
66 Orphar (Fletcher) Fletcher,
75
00
00
" 7th, Thomas C. Parker, ,
86
00
00
May 13th, Matthew A. Smith,
25
00
00
" 24th, Annie Coburn,
00
00
14
July 3rd, Eliza P. (Irving) Burbeck,
59
00
00
' 7th, Sally Walker, - " 24th, Elizabeth (Leighton) Ilildreth,
94
00
11
Ang. 7th, Aurilla L. (Bostwick) Sweetser,
30
00
00
Sept. 29th, Annie Alice Shepard, -
1
10
3
Oct. 4th, Hattie Sargent Hosmer,
00
00
10
" 10th, Jane Carmichael,
00
7
" 14th, John Howell Young,
81
1
3
" " John T. Wellman,
15
2
12
66
" Henry Herrick,
92
6
28
" 23rd, Charles E, Pickett.
21
9
2
Nov. 4th, Mary E. (Hutchins) Hosmer,
34
7
15
" 6th, Salome (Parker) Andrews,
75
10
2
" 14th, Harriet J. Taylor, -
21
9
2
" 25th, Joseph Leland,
60
10
3
" 26th, Ann (Ross) Holt,
67
00
6
Dec. 5th, Anna (Tenney) Spaulding,
82
00
" 19th, Jacob Burnham Smith,
52
8
11
LEONARD LUCE, Town Clerk.
94
00
00
66 18th, Ezekiel F. Kimball,
43
00
00
80
8
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SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
The Committe chosen to appraise the School District property in Westford, met May 22nd, 1869; and chose Elbridge G. Spald- ing, as Chairman, and Edward Prescott, Secretary ; and submit the following appraisal :
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 1.
House and land,.
$1,200 00
Two stoves and pipe,.
17 00
Fifteen settees,. 10 00
Total,
$1,227 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 2.
House and land,.
$300 00
Stove and pipe, 8 00
Total,
$308 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 3.
House and land,.
$514 00
Stove pipe and wood,
5 00
Library, . .
13 00
Total,
$532 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 4.
House and land,.
$350 00
Two stoves and pipe,
12 00
Cash in hands of J. Smith & E. Wright,.
14 11
Total,
$376 11
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 5.
House and land, ..
$400 00
Two stoves and pipe,.
15 00
Cash in hands of E. Gates,
40 00
Total,,
$455 00
19
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 6.
House and Land,
$200 00
Stove and pipe,.
4 00
Total,. $204 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 7.
IIouse and land,
$350 00
Stove and pipe, 2 00
Total, $352 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 8.
House and land,
$125 00
Stove, pipe and wood,
6 00
Total, $131 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 9.
House and land,.
$175 00
Stove, pipe and wood, 2 00
Total,
$177 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 10.
House and land,
$544 00
Stove and pipe,. 10 00
Total,. . $554 00
Making the total amount of school district property, .... $4,316 11
All of which is respectfully submitted to the Assessors of Westford.
ELBRIDGE G. SPALDING, Chairman,
EDWARD PRESCOTT, Secretary, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN, JOSEPH W. KEYES, MOSES EDWARDS,
GEORGE DREW, FRANKLIN A. FLETCHER,
Committee to Appraise School District Property.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the support of the poor for the year ending January 31st, 1870 :
Amount of personal property at the Almshouse, including tools, stock, &c., as by appraisal of the Committee :
February 6th, 1869,. $2,595 60
January 31st, 1870, . 2,474 41
Difference on personal property, $121 19
INCOME FROM THE FARM AS BY JOHN L. MORRILL'S BOOKS.
Received for Butter,.
$126 41
Hay,.
70 35
Pork, .
76 15
Milk,.
184 90
Pigs, .
54 00
Apples,
115 50
Potatoes,
3 50
Use of horse, .
1 25
Calves, .
70 98
Cow hide,
5 32
Eggs,
30
From Mrs. Cowdry,
60 00
Labor off the Farm,
31 50
Board, .
3 64
Keeping Pedler,
16 25
Stove, . .
2 50
Four cows,.
165 00
Old furniture,
2 00
BILLS PAID.
Paid Wright & Co., for groceries, $231 92
S. D. Fletcher, 66
69 39
J. B. Fletcher,
117 60
Amount carried forward .. $418 91
$989 55
21
Amount brought forward,. $418 91
Paid Heywood & Burbeck, for grain and grinding,
39 94
Tin-ware, ...
15 00
Making clothes for inmates,. 4 06
Soap,.
19 12
Ladder,
3 50
Butter,
22 26
Axe, . .
1 75
Thread, .
1 50
Roller for barn door,
39
Fixing two axes,
1 00
Turkey,
2 10
Shorts, . ..
41 62
Fresh meat, .
130 43
Coffin and robe for W. Mears,
11 93
Coffin for J. Leland, 13 00
Digging grave for J. Leland,
3 00
Groceries,
32 56
Rosin, ..
10
Seed Potatoes,.
5 83
Two cattle ties,
1 16
Repairing harness, .
2 10
One box of glass and putty,.
1 95
Mending pump,.
75
One bag oil meal,
3 95
One pail,
42
Labor,
94 80
Medical attendance and medicine,
59 25
Farming tools,
6 60
Fish, .
5 70
Lumber, .
4 77
Mending boots and shoes,
5 50
A. Hackett, for carpenter's work, .
12 40
Crackers,.
6 70
Mending mowing machine,
3 10
Mason work, .
6 85
Edwin Carter, for groceries,
39 43
One bushel of beans,.
4 50
Lead pipe,
1 19
Oil, . 80
Yarn, .
2 62
Oven door,
2 00
Stockings, 1 25
Tobacco,. .
1 00
Two baskets,
1 50
Red cord, ..
45
House paper,
60
Amount carried forward, $1,039 34
22
Amount brought forward,. $1,039 34 75
Paid One box of tomato plants,.
Blacksmithing,.
53 56
Pump, ..
13 25
Freight bill,
65
Hasps for barn door,
30
Muzzles, 50
Paint,.
1 90
Car fare for Mr. Tidd to Meredith, .
2 50
Turnip seed, .
60
Garden seeds,
3 59
Clothes for inmates,.
67 33
Six cows, . .
420 00
Car fare to Lowell, ..
60
A. H. & G. E. Waldron, for wheelwright work,.
44 00
Cooking stove,.
83 00
Making cider, ..
2 50
Ward Coburn, for services as Master of
Almshouse from April 1st, 1868, to April 1st, 1869,.
375 00
$2,109 37
Difference on personal property,
121 19
$2,230 56
From which deduct proceeds sold from farm, .... $989 55
Milk bill unpaid Jan. 31st, 1870,. 93 92
23 57
Cash on hand,
$1,107 04
Difference, $1,123 52
Leaves $1123.52 as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the Almshouse.
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid E. Prescott, for time and expense in hiring
a man to take charge of Almshouse, .... $10 00
For making out reports to the State,. 5 00
5 00 66 66 66 Town,. . For time and expense in going to Lowell to 66 procure advertisements, 3 00
Amount carried forward, $23 00
23
Amount brought forward, $23 00
Paid For printing, 3 00
For services as Overseer of the Poor,. 10 00
Town of Randolph, for the relief of J. Kemp, 57 50
Express, .
0 50
For the relief Mrs. Hoyle,
73 00
For the relief of the Nolan family,.
29 50
For clothes and school books for Charles F. Perkins, . 35 11
For use of horse to move the Nolan family to the Almshouse 1 50
Jacob Smith, for time and expense in going twice to Lowell to see about the Nolan family,. . 3 00
For going to Concord to see about Charles Richardson, .
2 50
For going to Townsend to see about Charles Richardson,
4 00
For going to Littleton to see about J. Leland, For services as Overseer of the Poor, . .. For board of Alden H. Woodward at Wor- cester Hospital, from January 1st, 1869, to January 1st, 1870,. 205 45
1 00
10 00
Dr. D. A. Dow, for medical attendance for Mrs. Farmer,
3 00
For the relief of Mrs. Farmer,.
28 50
I. E. Day, for time and expense in going to Littleton to buy cows for Poor Farm, .. . For going five times to Lowell to see about Mrs. Hoyle and the Nolan family,. , . ... For services as Overseer of the Poor,. 10 00
4 25
Dr. Howard, for medical attendance for P. Kidder, 2 00
City of Lowell, for the relief of the Nolan family,. 2 00
For the relief of R. Parker's family, 4 52
For nails, 0 73
Eli Tower, for going to Lowell five times to see about Mrs. Hoyle,. 4 00
$483 31
STATEMENT OF THE WHOLE EXPENSE OF THE POOR ABOVE THE INCOME OF THE FARM,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 1870.
Cash drawn from the Town Treasurer,. $1,651 18
Money left by William Mears,. 4 37
Difference on personal property, 121 19
$1,771 74
1 25
24
Milk bill due, $93 92
Cash on hand, 23 57
117 49
Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of interest on the farm, . 1,659 25
A bill sent from the town of Ipswich, of. 47 00 Also one from town of Randolph,. 5 00
The above bills were not received until after the accounts were closed.
Due from the Commonwealth,. $108 42
Number of persons supported in the Almshouse the past year, 18 ; average number, 11;3. One person wholly supported out of the Almshouse. The number assisted out of the Alinshonse, 14. The number receiving assistance by two meals and lodging, 102.
NOTE.
We would recommend to the Town that it instruct the Com- mittee to appraise the property at the Almshouse, to make a report of the appraisal of said property to the Selectmen, and that it be printed in the Annual Report ; as it would show to the Town wherein the difference in the appraisals consists.
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ) Overseers of the Poor ISAAC E. DAY, of the JACOB SMITH, Town of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 1871.
LOWELL : STONE & HUSE, PRINTERS, VOX POPULI OFFICE, 21 CENTRAL STREET. 1871.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD-1870.
TOWN CLERK, LEONARD LUCE.
SELECTMEN,
J. HENRY READ, WILLIAM REED, ISAAC P. WOODS.
ASSESSORS, EDW. PRESCOTT, ASAPHI B. CUTTER, H. M. HUTCHINS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, EDW. PRESCOTT, ISAAC E. DAY, ORIN COOLIDGE, JR.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
REV. LEONARD LUCE,
ASAPHI B. CUTTER,
GEORGE F. SNOW,
HIRAM DANE,
J. HENRY READ,
ARTHUR WRIGHT,
WILLIAM A. WEBSTER,
GEORGE HUTCHINS,
MOSES EDWARDS, EDWIN GOULD,
AUGUSTUS BUNCE,
GEORGE H. PRESCOTT.
COLLECTOR, ASA HILDRETH.
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APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM-Daniel Flagg, Artemas W. Cummings, Oliver Woodward.
CONSTABLES-Isaac 'E. Day, Edward Prescott, Farnsworth Shattuck.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE-Charles O. Whitman, Miss Amanda M. Hale, Miss Sarah Heywood.
LIBRARIAN-Miss Amanda M. Hale.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS (IN DISTRICTS)-
No. 1-Francis K. Proctor, No. 10-Orin Coolidge, Jr.,
" 2-Thomas Horan, 66 11-Luther Wilkins,
" 3-Eli Tower, 66 12-George Laws,
" 4-Allan R. Perham,
13-John Hutchins, Jr.,
5-Almond Waldo,
14-Edwin A. Gates,
66 6-John Lynch, 66 15-Amos Leighton,
" 7-Edwin Gould, 66 16-Calvin L. Howard,
" 8-Silas Lawrence,
66 17-Stephen E. Hutchins,
9-Artemas W. Cummings, " 18-Edwin E. Heywood.
WEIGHERS OF HAY-John B. Fletcher, N. H. Wright, Samuel A. Hamlin, Artemas W. Cummings, John M. Fletcher.
REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
WESTFORD, February 11th, 1871.
The Committee chosen by the Town to reckon and settle with Sherman D. Fletcher, Treasurer, for the year ending at date, submit the following Report :
RECEIPTS.
Cash borrowed . $14,680 00
Corporation tax, 1869, in full 20 24
Corporation tax, 1870, in full. 864 07
Aid to Soldiers' Families, 1869, refunded by State, in full,
699 00
Received from County Treasurer, Dog Tax, 1869. 119 34
Cash for old School-House, No. 10 260 00
Cash for old Hearse House . 20 00
State School Fund, 1869-70.
188 60
Cash for old Seats ... 50
William Agnew, Collector, 1869, in full. 750 02
66 66 interest on taxes. 1 00
Asa Hildreth, Collector, 1870, before October 6th, 1870. . 7,594 41
66
66 66 December 6th, 1870, 1,546 78
66
66 66 after December 6th, 1870, 3,472 77
$30,216 73
PAYMENTS.
Cash paid Treasurer, balance due last settlement. $333 54
John Lanktree, two notes and interest. 304 29
Calvin Howard, note and interest. 101 78
Daniel Flagg, note and interest.
251 83
Railroad National Bank, Lowell
2,000 00
Interest on notes.
367 00
State Tax, 1870. 2.500 00
County Tax, 1870
1,058 46
Amount carried forward
$6,916 90
6
Amount brought forward. $6,916 90
Orders outstanding on last settlement. 19 60
Overseers Poor on orders 1,858 93
Orders drawn 1870-71.
17,328 85
Schools. 2,877 03
Balance Cash in hands of Treasurer
1,215 42
$30,216 73
The Committee further report that the Town is indebted to the following persons and institutions, on notes and other claims, viz :
A. J. Reed. $ 200 00
John Cutter.
500 00
Sally B. Cummings
100 00
Betsey K. Groce.
500 00
Mechanics' Savings Bank, Lowell.
9,800 00
Daniel Flagg .
450 00
William Reed, 1st
500 00
N. Harwood Wright
1,200 00
Alson Tuttle.
1,000 00
Asaph B. Cutter.
200 00
A. P. Richardson
200 00
Eli Tower.
600 00
John Lanktree
300 00
$15,550 00
Interest accrued on the above notes. 235 04
Balance of appropriation for Schools, unex-
pended . .
1,820 97
Due for land taken for Town House
450 00
2,506 01
$18,056 01
RESOURCES.
State Aid to Soldiers' Families, 1870, due from State. . $656 00
Due from Asa Hildreth, Collector, 1870. 265 00
Balance cash in Treasury . 1,215 42
$2,136 42
Balance against the Town, February 11th, 1871
$15,919 59
Balance against the Town, February 2nd, 1870 4,499 63
Increase of Liabilities $11,419 96
NATHAN S. HAMBLIN, C. O. WHITMAN, 5 Committee.
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
S. D. Fletcher, Treasurer's Salary, year ending March 1st, 1870. . $50 00
For entertainment Committee to settle with Treasurer . . 4 00
For time and expense paying State and County Taxes, Collecting Corporation Tax and State Aid. 6 00
$60 00
J. W. P. Abbot, making out Surveyors' warrants, 1869 3 00
Making out Dog notices, and warrants to Con- stables, 1869. 2 00
Going to State House four times to settle and look up State Aid arrearages, 1869. 10 00
Ten days about Town business, between Octo- ber, 1869 to February, 1870. 20 00
Making out Town Report, 1869 6 00
Express on Town Reports. 25
41 25
Josiah Reed, Selectman, Salary, 1869. 5 00
Extra time spent on town business, 1869 2 75
7 75
J. Henry Read, services as Selectman. 5 00
Making Town Report, State Aid, Road War- rants, Notices to dog owners, and Warrant to Constable. 20 00
Twelve days extra time on Town business. 36 00
61 00
William Reed, services as Selectman, 1868 . . 5 00
Extra time as Selectman 5 00
10 00
Amount carried forward.
$180 00
8
Amount brought forward. $180 00
William Reed, services as Selectman, 1870. $5 00
Twelve days extra time. 36 00
41 00
Isaac P. Woods, services as Selectman . 5 00
Four days extra time. 12 00
17 00
$238 00
LIBRARY.
Amanda M. Hale, Librarian . $50 00
Directors of Town Library for Books. 99 80
$149 80
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
J. W. P. Abbot, services as Committee on Bury- ing Grounds, and making Report. . $3 00
Paid Dr. Pinkham, Certificate of Insanity for Rufus Keyes. 4 00
J. W. P. Abbot, for Lumber to prop up School House Hall 3 28
$10 28
Jacob Smith, copying valuation book, ten days, 1869. 30 00
Express and Postage. 31
30 31
Edward Prescott, five days' time making return of the valuation to the State, 1869. . 15 00
15 00
A. P. Osgood, 63 days copying valuation, 1869, and making return of the same . 19 50
19 50
A. P. Bonney, to professional services and coun- sel, 1869. 100 00
A. P. Bonney, to professional services and coun- sel, 1870. 100 00
200 00
A. H. Caryl, for cement pipe. 36 00
Stone. 4 00
Labor.
13 00
Iron Grating and Smith Work
12 60
Amount carried forward. $65 60
9
Amount brought forward. $65 60
A. H. Caryl, 350 feet Pine Lumber 8 00
17 Iron Posts at $1.50. 25 50
Drilling Holes for Posts. 4 25
Carpenter Work. 10 00
Painting Railing 13 00
$126 35 122 99
William Agnew, to collecting $12,299.53, 1869. Leonard Luce, to attending eight closing exam- inations of winter schools. 6 00
Making out School Report, 1869. 10 00
Time and expenses going to Lowell. 1 75
Express and Postage .. 3 00
Rent of Carriage House for the use of Town Safe, two years 5 50
Damage to Floor. 2 00
Recording Births, Marriages and Deaths. 26 75
55 00
A. W. Cummings, appraising property at Poor Farm. 4 00
Moving Town Safe. 4 00
A. P. Richardson, attending two funerals with Hearse. 3 00
J. D. Warren, Auctioneer 6 00
First Parish, use of Bell, 1869
7 50
Union Society, use of Bell, 1869.
7 50
Farnsworth Shattuck, services as Constable.
25 00
George F. Snow, Superintendence and mowing burying ground, No. 1. 12 00
Digging grave for William Mears. 5 00
17 00
Catherine Tyng, Land Damage, 1869
10 00
Stone & Huse, printing 50 Posters, 1869 2 25
Printing 425 Town Reports. Teachers' Receipts
2 50
School Reports.
23 20
66 Burial and Road Notices
5 00
Tax Bills. 3 75
66 Check Lists. 13 25
H. H. Decatur, appraising property at Poor Farm . . Heywood & Burbeck, 483 feet Chestnut Lumber
2 00
J. B. Fletcher, time and expense as Committee on Bury- ing Grounds.
12 25
N. S. Hamlin, Repairing Plow 5 00
S. D. Fletcher, Postage, Express and Stationery for Asses- sol's . 2 72
Amount carried forward. $502 26
1
94 55
14 49
44 60
10
Amount brought forward. $502 26
Edward Prescott, 19} days, taking invoice and assessing Taxes .. 58 50
A. B. Cutter, 20 days, assessing Taxes 60 00
H. M. Hutchins, 23 days, assessing Taxes
69 00
Tax Book.
1 40
70 40
E. Symmes, Surveying N. Burying Ground, E. Burying Ground, site for Town House, &c .. 27 75
G. F. Snow, services as School Committee. . 40 00
Removing Bodies to make room for Receiv- ing Tomb. 8 00
Time and Lumber furnished . 2 00
50 00
Amos Day, work on West Burying Ground.
6 50
H. C. & J. F. Howe, making plans for Town House, 1869, N. S. Hamlin, building Receiving Tomb,. 280 00
100 00
Building Stone Wall. 50 00
330 00
William Kittredge, attending 20 Funerals with Hearse and making return. 35 00
S. G. Mack & Co., Tomb Door 30 00
A. Nutting, work on N. Burying Ground 7 50
N. S. Hamlin, use of room, 1870.
35 00
Asa Hildreth, Collecting Taxes.
104 49
66 Poll Taxes 5 00
66 Stamp for Bond 1 00
110 49
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Jacob Smith, breaking roads, 81} hours $16 25
Edward Prescott, breaking roads, 80 hours. 16 00
Luther Wilkins,
66
.
66
66
49
. ... 9 80
Allan R. Perham,
66
150 66
. . . . 30 00
Amos Leighton, 66 66
66
309
66
61 80
George Laws,
39
66
7 80
John Hutchins, Jr., "
82
66 16 40
66 66
work on roads, 1869, 13 80
A. W. Cummings, breaking roads, 78 hours 15 60
William Kittredge, 66 66 167
. ... 33 40
A. P. Richardson, 66
63
66
. . . . 12 60
Amount carried forward.
$295 80
90
...
18 00
Alden P. Osgood,
66
1804 . .. . 36 05
41₺
. . . .
8 30
John Lynch, 66
. . . .
. . . .
66
. . . .
John Dane,
11
Amount brought forward.
$295 80
B. V. Lyon, breaking roads, 245 hours
49 00
Edwin A. Gates,
90
66
18 00
Daniel Atwood,
66
40
8 00
Oren Coolidge,
66
50
10 00
B. A. Read,
66
44
66
... 8 80
$389 60
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
District No. 1, Francis K. Proctor $ 62 50
66 2, Thomas Horan.
111 40
66 66 3, Eli Tower. 60 00
66 4, Allan R. Perham 60 00
66 5, Almond Waldo
62 00
66 66 6, John Lynch
65 10
66
7, Edwin Gould
63 80
66
8, Silas Lawrence.
74 90
66
9, Artemas W. Cummings
60 00
66
66 10, Oren Coolidge, Jr. 66 55
75 70
66 " 12, George Laws.
60 30
66 " 13, John Hutchins, Jr ..
55 70
" 14, Edwin A. Gates
34 00
66 15, Amos Leighton .
9 60
16, Calvin L. Howard.
60 02
66
17, Stephen E. Hutchins 65 70
66
" 18, Edwin E. Heywood. 50 40
1,097 68
Josiah Reed, rebuilding Bridge, near School- house, No. 7.
295 00
Repairing 75₺ rods road between Westford
Centre and Westford Depot, $2.62} per rod, 198 18
493 18
A. W. Cummings, repairing road between West- ford Centre and Depot, 13} rods, at $3.25, 132 rods at $2.00. 27 00
43 87
70 87
H. H. Decatur, railing Bridge at Brookside. 1 00
C. L. Howard, breaking Roads and repairing Bridge. 17 80
Daniel Flagg, breaking Roads.
21 90
Alfred Blood, work on Highway .
5 00
Edwin Gould, work on Highway
36 70
Luther Wilkins, breaking Roads 14 40
Samuel Taylor, repairing Bridge. 8 00
Amount carried forward. $175 67
66
" 11, Luther Wilkins.
12
Amount brought forward. $175 69
David Reed, repairing Roads. . 18 00
James Hildreth, repairing Bridge and Railing near James Hildreth's house. 30 00
Edwin Gould, work on railing on Sand Hill. 2 00
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