Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 10

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 896


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33 00


94 70


Guide Board ..


50 00


State Aid Expenses.


12 00


67 50


Fire Inquest ...


60 95


$9,398 16 $9,266 78 $7,945 15 $9,114 74 $11,035 73 $13,863 09 $8,427 16 $8,319 56


Approved. J. HENRY READ, Auditor.


GEORGE T. DAY. ALBERT P. RICHARDSON. ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


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1,654 84


1,934 77


1,477 41


1552 07


1504 19


2,668 01


2,480 92


2,459 59


2,537 12


2,217 47


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STONE FUND.


HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN TREASURER, ACTING TREASURER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.


One share Lowell Manufacturing Company, income. $30 00 Two shares Shoe & Leather Bank, Boston, income. 9 00


$39 00


Balance of fund in Savings Bank.


$20 15


FLETCHER FUND.


In Savings Bank. $1000 00 Interest due March 40 00


NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Treasurer.


Report of the Overseers of the Poor.


The Overseers of the Poor submit the following re- port for the year ending February 12, 1890 :


AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, BY APPRAISAL BY THE COMMITTEE.


February, 9, 1890. $3,813 80


February 9, 1889. 3,689 86


Gain on personal property


$123 94


RECEIPTS.


Received for labor


$1,699 37


milk


737 65


cider


32 16


potatoes.


28 45


onions


6 10


peas


18 47


apples


3 60


COWS


143 16


bull


20 00


cow-hide


2 50


pigs.


47 90


calves .


25 25


cranberries.


69 35


old iron


7 78


beef


10 75


wood


31 30


pickles


40


sweet corn


1 75


beets.


4 81


turnips


1 60


use of boar


1 00


board .


2 00


eggs. .


1 88


use of ensilage cutter.


10 00


338 00


indigent soldiers


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$3,245 23


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PAYMENTS.


Paid for labor .


$1,225 43


groceries


536 01


crackers


32 32


fish


17 92


medicine


9 52


tea and coffee


23 80


butter and cheese.


23 21


clothing for inmates.


22 64


wheelwright work


12 50


standing grass.


12 00


clock .


3 50


turkeys


4 50


iron pan.


1 00


milk books.


1 14


repairing boots


34


axle greese .


1 75


house paper.


6 31


zinc.


1 60


lime


55


tinware


3 44


freight.


1 25


repairing milk cans.


60


stationary.


14


water pails and milk can


2 50


paint and brush


3 50


horse brush


25


rat traps


45


dipper


25


soap


3 20


pasturing cow


4 75


mowing machine knife


4 60


chickens


2 00


cranberry rake.


2 50


files


40


handsaw


90


sundries


2 25


window fixtures


50


milk


5 00


apples


2 90


washtub


1 95


hardware


3 07


car fare.


69


repairs on ensilage cutter


50


tin pail . .


85


powder and fuse


2 75


seven cows.


328 00


Amount carried forward.


$2,315 23


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Amount brought forward. $2,315 23


Paid for II. D. Pierce.


550 00


grain .


750 24


care of W. W. Stiles


81 00


blacksmith work.


92 71


medical attendance on inmates


25 75


coffin and robe


13 00


water pipe.


6 14


meat .


149 05


rubber sheet


3 00


window shades.


1 55


crockery


2 65


knives. .


32


drag plank.


3 00


butchering


2 50


combs


20


potateos .


70


harness work.


53 45


vinegar.


4 00


cutting corn.


25 00


coal


12 50


digging grave.


2 00


garden seed, etc


15 47


horse rake


25 00


making cider in 1888.


38 60


John Green


5 00


Thomas Carney ..


3 00


Rev. C. H. Rowley, for attending funeral of Amos Hildreth


2 00


one bull


16 00


$4,199 06


Deduct income from the farm


$3,245 23


Cash in H. B. Ruiter's hands .


254 36


Gain on personal property.


123 94


Expense of keeping 524 tramps ..


131 00


$3,754 53


Leaves the cost of supporting the poor inside almshouse .. $444 53


COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.


Paid City of Lowell, for Henry and Albert Hosley, and John and Charles Larkin at the truant school .. $390 19 City of Lowell, for Lettice J. Reed. 14 00


City of Lewell, for Joseph Kesey 7 50


City of Lowell, for Bridget Larkin ·


4 75


Amount carried forward $416 44


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Amount brought forward.


$416 44


Paid City of Lowell, for Margaret Casey's child. 41 50


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on Alvin Nutting. . 54 85


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on W. H. Piper's family .. 12 00


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs. Wmn. Gower 48 15


For board of Ella Ingalls.


18 00


For aid rendered Jane A. L. Patch. 26 00


For aid rendered Nellie Flynn.


7 50


J. F. Smith, M. D .. for medical attendance on Sarah J. Ingalls. 7 00


J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Ernest Rey. 3 00


J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs. Harrington's family .


24 50


J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs. Knox's family . 4 50


J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Telesfor Gossos 9 50


J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Ella Ingalls


26 00


For copy of marriage certificate of Joseph Whitney, Hospital bills for J. W. Raymond, R. Keyes, A. Woodward, Mrs. Quinn.


404 07


Wright & Bemis, for goods furnished Mrs. J. Davie, 45 00 Wright & Bemis, for goods furnished Sherman L. Prescott. 90 00


Wright & Bemis, for goods furnished Mrs. J. Wil- kinson .


23 00


E. Gould, for time and expense in going to Lowell about Mrs. Casey


1 00


E. Gould, for time spent in buying cow for alms- house.


1 00


E. Gould, for car fare.


68


E. Gould, for services as Overseer of the Poor .


10 00


W. F. Balch, for services as Overseer of the Poor .. 10 00


E. Prescott, for time spent in taking Mrs. Wm. Reed to the almshouse.


2 00


E. Prescott, time spent in looking up the settlement of W. II. Piper. 4 50


E. Prescott, for time spent about Catharine Callahan, 2 50


E. Prescott, for time spent about Margaret Casey. . 1 50


E. Prescott, for time spent about E. Holt. . 2 00


E. Prescott, for making out report to the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity 5 00


E. Prescott, for making out report to the town .. .


5 00


Amount carried forward.


$1,306 47


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Amount brought forward. . $1,306 47


Paid E. Prescott, for stationary and postage. 2 00 For services as Overseer of the Poor. 10 00


For the support of Martha Wright. 60 00


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on Martha Wright. 15 00


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on J. Wilkinson 26 30


For goods for J. Wilkinson 61 86


For one stove. 12 00


$1,493 63


Received from the Town of Ayer, on account of Alvin Nutting . $54 85


Received from the Town of Tyngsboro, on


account of Sarah J. and Ella Ingalls . 51 00


Received from the City of Lowell, for Thomas Raymond 2 86


Due from the State on account of Telesfor Gossos 4 00


$112 71


Expenses of the poor outside of the almshouse $1,380 92


STATEMENT.


Cash in Overseer's hands at last settlement $3 76


Cash in hands of master of the almshouse at last settle-


ment 176 43


Cash drawn from the town treasurer. 2,300 50


$2,480 69


Cash in the hands of master of the almshouse, $254 36


Due from the State on account of Telesfor


Gossos 4 00


Gain on personal property. 123 94


$382 30


Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of interest on farm, $2,098 39


Number receiving two meals and lodging 524


Number supported in the almshouse .. 9


Average number. 533


Number receiving assistance outside of almshouse, 31


EDWARD PRESCOTT, EDWIN GOULD, WAYLAND F. BALCH, Overseers of the Poor.


Approved. J. HENRY REED, Auditor.


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Appraisal of Personal Property.


AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, MASS., FEB. 8, 11890.


6 horses


$1,200 00


1 rolle :. 6 00


12 COWS


420 00


1 drag rake.


50


bull


16 00


1 stone drag ..


6 00


9 harnesses


135 00


1 barrel cement 1 00


5 halters.


4 00


3 plows. .


30 00


Curry combs and brushes


1 00


2 cultivators.


6 00


1 wolf robe.


4 00


1 corn planter


10 00


6 blankets.


5 00


6 rakes.


60


4 feed bags


50


6 chains


6 00


8 feed boxes.


1 80


7 iron bars.


4 50


16 tons English hay


256 00


5 garden hoes


1 25


5 tons meadow hay


35 00


3 picks.


2 25


2 tons rye straw.


20 00


Stone tools.


8 00


¿ ton oat straw.


5 00


14 shovels.


5 00


35 tons ensilage


175 00


7 iron rakes


2 00


3 bags shorts .


4 20


6 scythes and swaths


3 50


3 bushels of oats


1 15


3 potato diggers


1 00


1 bushel of middlings.


40


1 hoe.


50


2 bags of meal


1 80


6 manure forks.


3 00


1 set of measures.


1 50


2 grindstones.


3 75


2 flails


50


1 mowing machine. 30 00


50


8 meal bags


2 00


1 corn sheller


2 00


¿ gallon oil ..


65


6 bushels rye.


3 60


2 horse muzzles.


1 50


Fanning mill.


4 00


Wrenches and hammer ..


3 00


6 ladders


7 00


1 ensilage cutter


50 00


2 tubs. .


25


1 express wagon


30 00


Apple picker.


25


1 milk wagon


40 00


Corn cutter


50


1 sleigh


15 00


7 bushel baskets


3 50


1 whip


50


Nails.


60


1 horse cover


1 00


Trowel


50


Rope and pulleys


1 00


Neck yokes and eveners.


16 00


1 feed cutter.


1 00


Ditching knife.


: 00


1 hay knife.


1 00


Old iron. 2 00


21 fowls.


0 50


Bells.


1 50


9 shoats.


27 00


2 two-horse sleds


60 (


Lumber


10 00


1 one-horse sled


10 (


Beans.


15 00


4 carts


100 00


1 cow bell


50


1 pung


10 00


47 cords of wood.


188 00


1 hay wagon


30 00


1 range


30 00


1 farm wagon.


15 00


3 stoves.


15 00


1 stone wagon.


25 00


10 beds. bedding, etc.


250 00


1 wheelbarrow


2 00


6 tables. 3 00


2 horse rakes.


30 00


1 extension table


5 00


Water trough.


15 00


7 hay forks


2 00


2 sacks ..


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5 chests and drawers. . . .. 4 00


Injection pipe. 1 50


3 light stands.


75 Padlock and chain.


1 00


1 chamber set.


10 00


3 lanterns.


2 25


1 cabinet chair.


1 00


2 clothes baskets


75


18 chairs


8 00 3 clothes lines


1 00


1 bed-pan


75


1 clothes dryer.


1 00


5 rocking chairs


1 50


2 wash boilers


1 00


2 sieves ..


75


1 washing machine


1 50


Window and door screens 10 00


4 wash tubs.


1 00


6 looking-glasses.


3


Set of wood bowls.


1 00


Shovel and tongs


1 00


3 cranberry rakes


4 50


Cradle


1 00


1 50


1 caster ..


50


1 00


Dinner bell.


50


1 50


1 steelyard


1 75


4 apple parers


1 75


2 porcelain kettles


1 50


2 chests ..


1 00


1 copper kettle.


1 75


2 saw-horses.


1 00


1 meat cutter


3 00


Clothes wringer


2 50


1 meat chest.


1 50


2 dozen Mason cans.


2 25


2 brooms.


40


Carpenter's tools,


13 00


2 mops.


50


3 wood saws ..


2 00


1 whitewash brush


1 50


Axle grease


1 50


Knives, forks and spoons


4 50


35 pounds lard 2 50


Crockery


15 00


10 tubs ..


1 00


Slop-pail


30


1 step ladder


1 00


Tin ware. 23 00


36 bars soap


1 80


4 dozen candles 1 00


Oil


50


14 barrel flour


1 50


2 clocks


4 50


Spices and box


1 25


300 pounds pork.


30 00


1} pounds tea


75


Hams and shoulders.


15 00


2 pounds coffee


60


75 pounds corned beef.


3 00


1 pound soda.


05


1 barrel pickles


8 00


Cream of tartar


40


15 pounds butter.


3 90


Extracts, etc. ..


3 00


100 bushels potatoes 60 00


¿ barrel G sugar.


8 00


Beets and turnips


5 00


30 pounds maple sugar ...


3 00


24 empty barrels


10 00


¿ barrel soap.


1 75


7 candle sticks.


75


5 jars piccalilli.


75


Candle moulds.


1 50


48 jars preserves.


10 00


4 water pails.


80


Onions.


50


Glass ware.


3 75


30 flour barrels.


3 00


7 lamps .


2 50


2 traps ..


50


7 flatirons. .


1 75


34 ton coal 4 50


Table linen and towels. . 5 00


$3,813 80


WILLIAM M. WHITNEY, FRANK C. DREW, C. R. P. DECATUR,


Appraisers of Property.


2 chopping knives tray.


1 25


Stoneware


2 00


5 axes.


3 00


, 00


1 churn,


Cheese press. Branding iron.


and


2 pounds raisins


25


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


WESTFORD, Mass., Feb. 26. 1890.


GENTLEMEN-I hereby certify that I have made a full and thorough inspection of the accounts of the Town Treasurer, Overseers of the Poor, and Selectmen, and find the same to be correctly cast and properly vouched.


J. HENRY READ, Auditor. To MESSRS. GEORGE T. DAY, A. P. RICHARDSON, ISSAC W. CARKIN, Selectmen of Westford.


LIBRARY REPORT.


The Trustees of Westford Public Library respect- fully submit the following report for the year 1889-90 :


The principal work of the trustees, the past year, has been the preparing of a new catalogue, which has recently been completed, and placed before the town. Much labor was spent upon it, and efforts were made to render it accurate and to arrange it in such manner that it would be of most practical use. At the first meeting of the trustees in regard to the arrangement, it was unanimously decided to make some changes in classifi- cation, general arrangement, etc., which it seemed would be for the greater convenience both of the librarian and the public.


It seemed advisable to the trustees to make a small charge for the catalogues, instead of distributing them freely as had been done heretofore. This is customary in many libraries, and it was believed, that, by charging for them a smaller number of catalogues would be suffi- cient to meet the demands, or, that the supply would last longer.


It was found, at once, that the appropriation of the town, at the last annual meeting for the purpose of a catalogue, was insufficient, but, knowing that a catalogue was generally desired and, indeed, needed, it was decided by the trustees to go on with the work in the best manner and as cheaply as would be consistent with good work.


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The expenses are as follows :


To Rev. A. Woods, work on catalogue. $ 52 30 Miss C. E. Read, work on catalogue. 54 60


Morning Mail Co. for printing and work on 500 catalogues. 213 92


Our librarian deserves the thanks of all our towns- people for the efficiency with which she fulfills the duties of her position. The library is in excellent condition, and her assistance and kind attention to all the patrons of the library are, we feel sure, appreciated.


The aim of those who have always had our library in charge has been to make it a valuable factor in the intellectual and moral growth and development of our children and youth, and we believe the debt we, as a community, owe to this library can never be calculated. To appreciate, approximately, its worth it is only neces- sary to study the towns of the size of our own, and even those much larger, where public libraries are unknown, and where, without exception, the intellectual and moral standard is lower than with us.


The aim of the present trustees in regard to the purchase of books, has been, we believe, in harmony with that of previous Boards. We have cordially invited all residents of the town to suggest lists of books which they would like added to the library, and, as far as possible, have complied with their requests.


Complaint is sometimes made that many books are purchased for libraries which are read only by a very few; but it should be remembered that a two-fold aim must always influence the purchaser of books for libraries, particularly for public libraries. The aim, certainly, should be to provide the public with the live literature of the day, in as many departments as possible, but it should also be to place upon the shelves classical litera-


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ture, so that each year, as it passes, may find the library richer in those works which have a permanent value. With this thought in mind, the trustees, the past year, have added not a few books which will increase in their actual value as time passes ; and they have tried to sup- plement and carry on the work of their predecessors in this direction.


Thanks are due the selectmen for their kind and generous response to several requests made which, it was believed, would be for the general good of the library and the comfort of its patrons. Early in the summer wire screens and window shades were purchased by them, and, recently, a fine, large hanging lamp has been purchased for the library.


In looking over the library and rearranging the books, in making out the new catalogue, some duplicates of books were found, which seemed not to be needed. They were sold by the trustees, with the exception of a few copies sent to the Graniteville Club room, and the sum of $17.95 received for them. Out of this money $6.00 was expended for a table needed for atlases, books of reference, etc., and the balance, $11.95, was turned over to the town treasurer, to be placed with the library funds.


Number of books purchased 240


Public documents received from State. 9


Public documents received from United States 19


Other books presented . 8


Whole number added during year . 276


Whole number of books in Library 6,097


Number of books discarded. I2


Number of books lost


I


Number purchased to replace wornout copies 3


Number of pamphlets added during year 19


Number of books issued . 7,039


Thanks are due to Mr. Allan Cameron, Dr. W. J. Sleeper, and Mr. Hennessy for books given.


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The income and expenditures for the library have been as follows :


RECEIPTS.


Unexpended balance from last year


$2 40


Town appropriation.


150 00


Income from the Library fund. Dog tax appropriated.


39 00


125 00


Fines. . . 7 30


Sale of duplicate books.


17 95


EXPENDITURES.


For books.


$322 82


Express and postage.


4 33


Librarian's supplies.


. 5 43


Table.


6 00


338 58


Balance unexpended.


3 07


$341 65


It seems to your trustees that the time is not far distant when some change in regard to the accommoda- tions for our library will be needed. And while there is no immediate haste, will it not be well to store away in one of the pigeon holes of our brains some such memo- randum as this : "SPECIAL NOTE : - A library building and reading room needed ; consider the matter seriously ; must come eventually."


In conclusion, the trustees would urge upon the people, the continued generous sustenance of this library for many reasons, not the least of which is, perhaps, a selfish one. Our town is one of which we have a right to be proud, and the time is at hand when our library will be one of other inducements to strangers seeking quiet, beautiful homes in an intelligent community to settle with us.


We respectfully recommend that the usual sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for the library for the ensuing year.


KATE S. HAMLIN, A. WOODS,


J. M. FLETCHER,


Trustees Westford Public Library.


$341 65


LIST OF JURORS, 1890.


The following names will be reported at the annual March meeting, to be placed in the Jury Box, subject to revision by the town :


HAMMETT D. WRIGHT,


FRANKL. FLETCHER,


DANIEL ATWOOD,


OSCAR SPAULDING,


HENRY CHAMBERLIN,


HUGH DAILEY,


ISAAC W. CARKIN,


JOHN H. HORAN,


NAPOLEON B. BLOOD,


ELBERT E. FLAGG,


SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,


ISAAC E. DAY,


GEORGE W. BUSSEY,


ALVAN FISHER,


HORACE E. GOULD,


WARD A. COBURN,


FRANK C. DREW,


JOHN FEENEY,


CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,


WESLEY O. HAWKES.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN. Selectmen of Westford.


Westford, Mass., March 4, 1890.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


WESTFORD, March 1, 1890.


The Selectmen submit the following statement, showing the financial condition of the Town, as taken from the Treasurer's books and other sources :


RESOURCES.


,


Due for State aid to soldiers' families $735 00


Due for State aid to indigent soldiers 277 00


Taxes of 1888 remaining uncollected.


1,600 00


Taxes of 1889 remaining uncollected .


2,714 27


Balance of cash in treasury date of auditor's report.


1,983 43


Balance in favor of the Town $7,309 70


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


Warrant for Town Meeting, March 17, 1890.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To Isaac E. Day, one of the Constables of the Town of Westford, in said County, 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 election and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said West- ford, on Monday, the seventeenth day of March, being. the third Monday in said month, at 9 o'clock A. M. The polls will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., and close at 1 o'clock, P. M. And they are then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit :


1st. To choose a Moderator.


2nd. To hear Report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.


3rd. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Auditor chosen to audit the accounts of the Town Officers, or act in re- lation to the same.


4th. To hear the Report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.


5th. To hear the Report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.


6th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Town Library, and act in relation to the same.


7th. To hear the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.


8th. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, three Assessors, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, six


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Constables, three Appraisers of Property at the Town Farm, one trustee of the Town Library for three years, one for one year, an Auditor, all on one ballot.


9th. To see if the town will vote to license the sale of ardent spirits, or act in relation to the same.


10th. 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.


11th. To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.


12th. To choose a Collector of Taxes.


13th. 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 re- lation to the same.


14th. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.


15th. To raise money to Repair Roads and Bridges, and direct by whom, and in what manner the same shall be expended.


16th. To choose all other Town officers, necessary to be chosen, by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.


17th. To see if the Town will vote to prosecute all persons, not resi- dents of the Town, found fishing in any of the ponds within the limits of the Town, or act in relation to the same.


18th. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars for the painting of School Houses dur- ing the ensuing year, or act in relation to the same.


19th. To see if the Town will vote to erect a fence enclosing their land around the Forge Village School House, or act in relation to the same.


20th. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to mail, each year before the Annual Town Meeting, a copy of the Town Report, to every resident tax payer, or act in relation to the same.


21st. To see if the Town will vote to have the Report of the School Committee printed and bound with the Report of the other Town Officers, or act in relation to the same.


22nd. To see if the Town will vote to omit the appraisal of prop- erty at the Town Farm from the Town Report and print on a separate sheet, or act in relation to the same.


23rd. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars for the maintenance of an evening school in Graniteville during the next winter term, or act in re- lation to the same.


AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House


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and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least be- fore 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 twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, LIBRARY AND SCHOOL COMMITTEES.


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING MARCH 2, 1891;


ALSO TOWN WARRANT FOR ·ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 16, 1891.


LOWELL, MASS., MORNING MAIL PRINT, NO. 18 JACKSON STREET.


1891.


-


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, LIBRARY AND SCHOOL COMMITTEES.


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING MARCH 2, 1891;


ALSO TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 16, 1891.


LOWELL, MASS., MORNING MAIL PRINT, NO. 18 JACKSON STREET.


1891.


Officers of the Town of Westford, 1890.


TOWN CLERK. GILMAN J. WRIGHT.


SELECTMEN.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE.


ASSESSORS.


ASAPH B. CUTTER, ISAAC E. DAY,


FRANK C. DREW.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. EDWARD PRESCOTT, EDWIN GOULD,


ALEC FISHER.


TOWN TREASURER. NAHUM H. WRIGHT.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ALEC FISHER.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. TRUE A. BEAN.


BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


WESLEY O. HAWKES, . Term expires May 1, 1891.


FRANK L. FLETCHER, Chairman, Term expires May 1, 1892.


NELSON L. TUTTLE, Term expires May 1, 1893.


The Town Clerk is a member ex-officio and Clerk of the Board.


ELECTION INSPECTORS.


SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, W. H. H. BURBECK.


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DEPUTY ELECTION INSPECTORS.


ALBERT R. CHOATE,


JOHN M. FLETCHER.


AUDITOR. J. HENRY READ.


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. EDWARD PRESCOTT.


The foregoing officers have all been sworn. Of the following only those marked by a star have been sworn.


CONSTABLES.


JOHN P. TAYLOR, FRANK L. FLETCHER,


*ISAAC E. DAY, *JOHN A. HEALY, THOMAS WING, *CLARENCE R. P. DECATUR.


FIELD DRIVERS.


SIDNEY B. WRIGHT,


CHARLES A. HAMLIN,


ALEC MCDOUGALL, FRANK L. FLETCHER,


JOHN FEENEY, ALEC FISHER.


WILBERT E. PARSONS.


FENCE VIEWERS.


* ALVIN G. POLLEY, ALMON S. VOSE, LEWIS C. DANE.


WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.


* J. M. FLETCHER, E. A. HAMLIN, W. C. EDWARDS,


ARTHUR WRIGHT, HENRY J. HEALY, J. W. DAY,


А. J. Аввот, DANIEL E. ATWOOD, * C. E. WHIDDEN,


W. W. JOHNSON,


S. A. HAMLIN, A. F. CAMERON,


N. H. WRIGHT, JACOB SMITH, W. E. PARSONS.


* A. J. HEALY,


G. W. HEYWOOD,


CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. WILBERT E. PARSONS.


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SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, ETC.


C. L. FLETCHER, THOMAS DREW, J. H. HEALY,


GILMER STONE,


G. H. PPESCOTT, * F. H. LEWIS,


JACOB SMITH,


E. A. HAMLIN, * W. W. WYMAN,


* T. E. SYMMES,


* C. E. WHIDDEN,


G. A. PERHAM,




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