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plank for bridge, 3 64
Charles Nichols, for labor,
I 25
E. J. Simonds,
2 50
Balance in surveyor's hands,
5 66
$400 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TRANSIENT POOR.
Edith Woodbury, for support of Charles
E. Woodbury, $147 90
Esther D. Chase, support of Robert P. Chase, 140 75
Moses D. Rowell, for support of Joseph F. Rowell, 118 00
Edmund G. Kimball, for support, II7 75
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I 50
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TOWN REPORT.
James M. Presby, med. attendance on. Minnie Lyons, 3.00
Nathan G. Abbott, coffin, robe and burial of Minnie Lyons, 10 00
Belinda J. Blake, for support of Reynolds child, 26 00
Daniel W. Emerson, for support,
85 90
Hattie A. Dunlap for support of Rose Gile, 78 00
W. P. Robinson, med. attendance on Edmund G. Kimball, 25 00
Thomas Foote Coffin, for Edmund G. Kimball, 15 00
Mary A. Woodbury, for support, 47 50
Sarah E. Kimball, for support, 18 00
N. H. Paul, burial of E. G. Kimball,
5 00
L. W. Taylor, clothing for Reynolds' child 8 58
L. W. Taylor, Goods for E. G. Kimball, 85
clothing for Rose Gile, I 65
Charles S. K. Perry, support,
7 15
Orrin Vittum, board and clothing of Jacob P. Dunlap and Martha Campbell, 121 52 -
$977 55
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Jesse C. Silver, balance of services, $50 00
use of horse on town farm, 10 00
, Charles E. Conant, one horse, 150 00
F. M. Upton, wood wagon,
25 00
Charles H. Plummer, lime and cement,
2 20
Orrin Vittum, part payment of supt. of almshouse, 250 00
$487 20
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TOWN REPORT.
ABATEMENTS AND DISCOUNT OF TAXES.
Prescott B. Emerson, abatement of poll *
tax, 1886, $2 02
Abatement of taxes in 1882, 7 28
William G. Crowell, abatement of taxes in 1885, 35 77
William G. Crowell, abatement of town farm, 58 18
William G. Crowell, discount,
.
360 00
$463 25
SNOW PATHS.
Horace B. Silver, pathing snow, 6 20
John F. Webber, 66
2 70
B. B. Hutchins,
D. M. Thom, 66
60
John F. Smith, 66
1885 & 1886,2 30
James H. Cullen,
66
66 5 00
Peter Batchelder, 66
I 50
Richard Taylor, 66
1886 & 1887, 7 50
Frank F. Wheeler, 66
66 2
Isaac S. Campbell,
66
4 95
$36 93
TOWN OFFICERS.
William R. Wheeler, auditor in 1885, $2 00
D. M. Thom, services as agent, 12 00
Wallace W. Cole, 75 00
Wallace W. Cole, use of team, 9 00
F. B. Kelley, dinners for selectmen, 9 10
H. H. Colburn, services on school board in part, 25 00
90
2 80
1 2
TOWN REPORT.
Joseph Webster, town clerk, 55 00
recording births, 13 50
Charles T. Maxwell, selectman and overseer of poor, 115 00
Willard W. Merrill, selectman, 40 00
M. H. Taylor, services as moderator, 6 00
B. R. Wheeler, supervisor, 1886, 6 00
W. W. Merrill, 66
3 00
W. G. Crowell, collector, .
175 00
C. A. Dow, supervisor,
12 00
Joseph Webster, auditor, 6
2 00
Charles T. Maxwell, use of horse, settling with county com-
8 00
missioners, April & Jan., 5 00
Charles T. Maxwell, paying state tax, 3 00
Levi Cluff, services as town treasurer, 40 00
$615 60
RECAPITULATION.
Whole amount of Assets,
$13671 90
Paid on account of Schools,
1943 79
Contingencies,
3946 12
Roads and bridges, 1689 28
Snow paths,
36 93
Transient poor,
977 55
Abatement of taxes,
103 '25
Town officers, 615 60
Discount,
360 00
Almshouse, 487 20
Due from N. G. Abbott, collector in 1882, 89 60
Wm. G. Crowell, 1886, 972 18
Cash in hands of treasurer, 2450 40
$13671 90
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TOWN REPORT.
OUTSTANDING DEBTS AGAINST THE TOWN.
Eliphalet Coburn,
Charlotte A. Duston,
$13,270 85 2041 66
Ebenezer Duston,
2041 66
$17354 17
DUE THE TOWN.
Due from Co. of Rockingham, 86 24
N. G. Abbott, collector on tax list of 1882, . 89 06
William G. Crowell, collector in 1886, 972 18
Cash in treasurer's hands,
2450 40
Bridge plank on hand,
15 00
Two knives for road machine,
16 00
Due on land bought for taxes on tax list of 1879, 50 30
Interest on the same,
3 00
$3682 72
Leaving balance against the town,
$13671 45
Reduction of the town debt, $1631 67
CHARLES T. MAXWELL, Selectmen WALLACE W. COLE, of Salem.
WILLARD W. MERRILL,
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TOWN REPORT.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
March 1, 1886, to cash on hand, $1359 78 Received of J. C. Silver, superintendent
at almshouse, 50 00
George C. Gordon, insurance on No. 5 school house, II 81
J. F. Smith, insurance on No. 6 school house, I2 77
Essex Savings Bank, from No. 9 school dist., 112 81
Broadway Savings Bank, from No. 9
school dist., 42 10
N. H. Paul, for old plank, 50
I. J. Hastings, 66
I 50
C. T. Maxwell, 66
I 25
C. E. Sleeper, for new plank, 65
Elbridge Larrabee for unworked highway tax, 50
S. P. Kelley, for unworked highway tax, 3 75
K. M. Mclaughlin, 2 20
Orrin Vittum, supt. at almshouse, 276 96
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TOWN REPORT.
Frank Robie for horse,
35 00
State Treasurer for insurance tax,
3 75
Railroad tax,
522 86
savings bank tax,
441 51
66 literary fund,
165 12
County of Rockingham, pauper act,
780 08
C. T. Maxwell, for rent of town hall,
3 00
N. G. Abbott, on tax list, 1882,
116 00
Wm. G. Crowell, on tax list, 1885,
774 23
66
1886,
7430 76
Discount and abatements,
461 23
$12,610 12
CR.
Amount paid by order of selectmen, $10,159 72
Feb. 25, 1887, cash in treasury,
2,450 40
$12,610 12
LEVI CLUFF, Town Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Salem, N. H., Feb. 25, 1887.
The undersigned have examined the foregoing accounts and find them correctly cast and properly vouched for.
WILLIAM R. WHEELER, PETER BATCHELDER, Auditors. JOHN F. SMITH.
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TOWN REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMS HOUSE
CR.
Cash paid for Grain,
$242 65
Groceries,
61 35
Meat,
51 45
Cows,
76 00
Fish,
5 85
Oil,
2 25
Boot between cows,
7 00
Grinding corn,
2 46
Horse blankets,
2 50
Pork barrel,
50
Butter,
26 75
Salt,
5 45
Curtains,
I 46
Repairing mowing machine,
2 40
wagon,
2 75
Medicine,
75
Medical attendance,
3 75
Knives,
I 00
Labor,
23 75
Broom,
30
Tin ware,
65
Chairs,
3 75
Farming tools,
4 40
Onions,
I 65
Flour,
27 00
Use of harrow,
50
Blacksmith work,
IO 42
Bedstead,
2 50
Door lock,
25
Crockery ware,
3 89
Water pail,
50
I 7
TOWN REPORT.
Cash paid for Sundries,
3 05
Clothes wringer,
2 35
Clothing,
7 91
Shoes,
1 00
Repairing boots,
2 50
Soap,
3 15
Whip and halters,
I 42
Super phosphate,
2 00
Stove back,
65
Making cider,
60
Axe and handles,
I 25
Rubber blanket,
I 50
Three shoats,
18 75
Tobacco,
6 35
in superintendent's hands,
25 00
paid town treasurer,
276 96
$930 32
DR.
C'ash Received for milk,
$523 00
. .
Calves,
II 62
Cows,
III .90
Eggs,
5 31
..
Labor,
53 27
Beans,
2 05
Vinegar,
4 55
..
Potatoes,
2I IO
.6
Hay,
47 50
Flour barrels,
1 00
Short Sacks,
50
Lodgers,
30
..
Rags,
20
Wintering Colt,
26 50
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TOWN REPORT.
for board and clothing of Jacob P. Dunlap, 61 73
for board and
clothing of Martha Campbell, 59 79
$930 32
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
DR.
Paid Jesse C. Silver balance for services as superintendent of almshouse to April 15, 1886. $50 00
Use of horse on the farm,
10 00
Orrin Vittum in part for services as supt. of Almshouse, in 1886, 250 00
Paid on account of transient poor,
977 55
$1,287 55
CR.
Cash received from Co. of Rockingham, $780 08 66 Orrin Vittum, supt.,
of almshouse, 276 96
Cash in supt's. hands,
25 00
Due from the County, -
86 24
Balance against the town,
119 27
$1,287 55
Due supt. of almshouse, April 15, 1887,
$50 00
CHARLES T. MAXWELL, WALLACE W. COLE WILLARD W. MERRILL. )
Selectmen
of Salem.
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TOWN REPORT.
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Eight tons of English hay,
$160 00
Sixty-five bushels shelle 1 corn,
39 00
One wagon,
25 00
One horse,
150 00
Ten cows,
400 00
One set blocks,
2 50
Ten meal bags,
I
50
One Express Wagon,
60 00
Double and single harness,
25 00
Five hay forks,
I 00
Four shovels,
2 00
Four manure forks,
2 00
Three crowbars,
3 00
Three woodsaws,
2 00
One handsaw,
25
Ten chains,
4 00
One manure hook,
50
Five rakes,
I 00
Three hoes,
1 00
Measures,
50
Twelve cords of wood,
22 00
Prepared Wood,
55 00
Twelve fowls,
7 20
Whiffletree and evenener,
I
25
Stone hammer,
I 00
One mowing machine,
25 00
One harrow,
3 00
One cultivator,
3 00
Scythes and snaths,
2 00
Bush scythe and snath,
I 50
Four plows,
20 00
One wrench,
50
Two ox yokes,
2 00
One wheelbarrow,
4 00
Two brass kettles,
3 00
Two farm wagons,
35 00
One sleigh,
12 00
Cart body and wheels,
12 00
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TOWN REPORT.
Horse rake,
28 00
Hay cutter and feed box,
3 50
One horse sled,
20 00
Three picks,
2 50
Carpenter's tools,
2 00
One broad axe,
I 00
One cross-cut saw,
I OO
Four axes,
3 00
Cranberry rake,
I OO
Two horse blankets,
2 00
Rubber blanket,
I 50
Ladders,
5 00
One and one half tons of shorts,
30 00
Two bushels salt,
I 20
Garden rake,
75
Thirty flour barrels,
5 00
Fifteen hundred feet lumber,
14 00
Half bbl. flour,
2 50
One hundred and twenty lbs. ham.
12 00
Three hundred and fifty lbs. salt pork,
31 50
Seventy five lbs. fresh pork,
7 50
Three pork barrels,
I 50
Sixty lbs. lard,
6 00
Ten lbs. butter,
3 00
Cider vinegar and casks,
20 00
Oil and can,
I 50
One basket,
50
Sixty bushels potatoes,
36 00
Soap and barrel,
I 50
Two wash boards,
50
Sugar,
1 00
Tea,
50
Five bushels beans,
9 00
Three barrels apples,
4 50
Thirty bushels small potatoes,
7 50
Beets and turnips,
3 00
Tobacco,
35
Tobacco cutter,
I 00
Three tubs,
50
Churns and pails,
3 00
Butter box,
I 00
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TOWN REPORT.
Tray and bowl,
50
Tinware,
6 50
1
Three lanterns,
2 00
Four stone jars,
I OO
Flat irons,
2 00
Steel-yards,
50
Mortar,
50
Six jugs,
I 00
Crockery ware,
9 00
Clothes wringers,
2
Four brooms,
70
One sideboard,
2 00
Two clothes lines.
40
Rubber cushion.
2 00
Clothes basket,
50
Wash tubs,
I OO
Two clothes horses,
I 50
Chairs and tables,
13 75
Ten bedsteads,
II 50
Fourteen feather beds,
35 00
Seventeen quilts and comforters,
12 50
Twenty-eight pillows,
8 00
Twenty-six pillow cases,
3 00
Three bolsters,
2 00
Thirty sheets,
12 00
Wearing apparel,
40 00
Twenty-four towels,
2 40
Nine straw beds,
4 50
Three lamps,
1 00
Two clocks and mirrors,
2 50
Trunks, chests and drawers,
7 00
Warming and bed pans,
2 00
Blankets,
I 25
Curtains and fixtures,
I 46
Three stoves and funnel,
40 00
Knives,
I OO
Cotton seed,
2 70-$1603 51
CHARLES T. MAXWELL, Selectmen WALLACE W. COLE,
WILLARD W. MERRILL,
of Salem.
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TOWN REPORT.
APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN.
Town farm valued at
$5000 00
Wood land
200 00
Town house,
1000 00
Town safe 66
200 00
Town hearses "
700 00
Road machine “
225 00
Machine knives “
16 00
Bridge plank 66
15 00
Four feet of drain pipe, ten inch, valued at I I 2
$7357 12
SCHOOL HOUSE TAX. DISTRICT NO. 4.
Whole amount assessed,
$35 32
Collection and abatements,
I 32
Paid the district,
34 00
$35 32
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Cash received of former board,
$9 55
for lots,
65 00
$74 55
Paid N. G. Abbott,
$25 00
Cash on hand,
49 55
$74 55
CHARLES T. MAXWELL,
Selectmen
WALLACE W. COLE, of
WILLARD W. MERRILL; Salem.
The selectmen would respectfully recommend that the town raise the following sums of money :
For town expenses,
$3500 00
" roads and bridges, 1500 00
We would recommend that the system adopted last year for the repairs of the highways under the direction of three road commissioners be continued for the ensuing year.
And we also recommend the town to consider the impor- tance of enlarging Pine Grove Cemetery as most of the avail- able lots have been taken up.
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TOWN REPORT.
3
TOWN WARRANT.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
To the inhabitants of the Town of Salem, in the County of Rockingham, in said state, qualified to vote in Town Af- fairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town House in said town on Tuesday, the eighth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
I. To choose a Moderator, to preside in said meeting.
2. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Agents for the year ensuing.
3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray town charges for the year ensuing.
4. To raise such sums of money as the town may think proper to pay the town debt or any part thereof.
5. To see if the town will vote to raise the highway tax or any part thereof in money.
6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for repairs of highways and bridges for the year ensuing.
7. By request, to see if the town will vote to raise the sum of twenty-five dollars for G. E. Sleeper, Post No. 60, Grand Army, in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
8. By request, to see if the town will grant the use of Town Hall one night in a month to the G. A. R.
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TOWN REPORT.
9. By request, to see if the town will vote to accept of W. H. Cundy as a perpetual fund, the sum of one hundred dollars the interest of which is to go for repairs and to beautify his lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
10. By request, to see if the town will vote to raise the sum of three hundred dollars or any part thereof to be laid out under the direction of the selectmen on the Turnpike between Cluff's Crossing so called, and the Massachusetts state line.
II. By request, to see what action the town will vote to take in reference to laying over and straightening the wall on the highway at Pine Grove Cemetery and raise money there- for.
12. By request, to see what action the town will vote to take in reference to binding books of record and filing and ar- ranging other valuable papers and documents belonging to said town as required by Chapt. 74, Sec. Ist of Pamphlet Laws of 1885, and raise such sum of money as may be necessary for said purpose.
13. To see what method the town will vote to adopt to facilitate the collection of taxes.
14. By request, to see what action the town will vote to take in reference to the enlargement of Pine Grove Ceme- tery, and pass any vote relating thereto, and raise money there- for.
15. By request, to see what sum of money the town will vote to grant the School Board for their services for the year.
16. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Committees or Officers heretofore chosen and pass any vote relating there- to.
Given under our hands and seal this nineteenth day of Feb- ruary in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
SCHOOL REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF SALEM.
The undersigned members of the school board hav- ing attended to the duties of their office submit the following report, asking kind attention and charitable consideration. The first year under the new school law of the state has brought untried duties and many per- plexities, some of which, have arisen from the imperfec- tions of the law itself. Where there have been changes in the law and doubts in the administration of it, your board have endeavored to pursue that course dictated by a conservative interpretation of the statute, as being in their judgment for the highest interests of education in our town.
The same number of schools have been kept as under the old district system, with the exception of the former district No. 1. No school has been kept in that house the past year, but the scholars have been sent to school in Methuen for the school year at some saving of cost to the district, which will appear in our financial reports. For the statistics of the schools kept the first year, we refer you to the following tables :
Your Board believes there has been good success in the schools the past year, while there has not been that success in every case, that we desired, yet in some schools, there has been marked progress, and as a whole, we believe the success will compare favorably with that of previous years.
We have encouraged the schools to be thorough and practical rather than to go over a large part of their books for the sake of appearing to have done much work. The order in the schools has been good with very few exceptions and there has been permanency in instruction wherever it could be reasonably obtained. The board feeling that frequency in the change of teach-
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SCHOOL REPORT.
ers is not for the advancement of the schools. There has, we believe, been a very cordial co-operation with us and with the teachers in the discipline and work of the school room, and your board have been gratified and helped by the cordiality and readiness with which the new order of things has been received generally by the people of the town. In conclusion we beg leave to call your attention to a few suggestions.
The benefit of the schools would be far greater if there was more punctuality in the attendance of pupils. There are far too many absences, tardinesses and dismis- sals. In order that the children may get an education they must attend school faithfully three or four days in the week and those cut at either end will not secure' much for the pupils and the evil stops not with the de- linquent pupils but their classes in the school must be held back by them and the whole school suffers by one or two unfaithful ones in each class.
Let parents see to it that this evil of absences from any cause is remedied in the future and the good results will soon be apparent.
There is one instance of a scholar who has attended our schools for the last seven years with no absences or dismissals and only three tardy marks. What has been done by one can be done by many others with a little effort.
The board are of the opinion that a few of the schools have not kept as many weeks during the year as they ought in comparison with others and should be changed somewhat in the future.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Hannah M. Merrill, Laura E. Taylor, Eva B. Taylor, Effie G. Taylor, Lizzie E. Goodhue, Fred L. Taylor, Lucy Jennings, Alice G. Plummer, Henry Bailey, Alice Sweatt, Myrtie Sweatt, Emma Smith, Albert J. Wells .*
*Left one week before the close to enter school at Lawrence.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
The School Board charge themselves with money for the support of schools reported for 1886 & 7, $2245 74. CR.
Paid for Clerk's book,
3 00
Salaries of Teachers,
1668 70
For fuel,
109 36
Janitors,
25 00
Supplies,
10 75
Repairs,
30 98
Paid to the town of Methuen for tuition,
96 00
Total,
$1943 79
Cash in the town treasury,
301 95
$2245 74
Cash due from town of Derry for tuition,
$19 80
Received money for insurance,
$200 00
Paid out for insurance,
77 00
Balance in town treasury,
$123 00
HENRY H. COLBURN,
MATTHEW H. TAYLOR, EBEN B. WELLS,
School Board.
We the undersigned Auditors have examined the ac- counts of the School Board and find them correctly cast and properly vouched for.
ISAAC WOODBURY, WILLIAM R. WHEELER, Auditors.
Whole number of scholars not less than 5 years, who have attend- ed school not less than two weeks-255. Number of children re- ported by selectmen,-male 95, female 151. Number of visits by school board-91. Number of visits by citizens-355. Money raised by law-$962. 50 Literary fund-$165 12. Railroadfund-$522 86. Dog money-$150 00. Insurance money-$3 .75. Savings bank tax-$441 51.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Number of Schools.
Number of Terms.
NAME OF TEACHERS.
Number of weeks.
Number of scholars.
Average attendance.
Spelling.
Penmanship.
Arithmetic.
Geography.
Grammar.
History.
Composition.
Physiology.
Algebra.
month including board.
Wages of teachers per
1 S M. M. Cole.
$36
1 F
1 W
66
10 32 29 32 32 32 20 17 11 11 35 29 35 35 35 29 20 12 33 10 35 29 35 35 35
36 36
2
S N. M. Spurr. F
10
8 8
0 00 8
8 8
8 8
6 6
6 6
3 3
20
3 Hattie Sleeper.
9|13
11
13
13
12
9
5 5
3 2
1
2
24
3 F C. F. Taylor.
10 15
11
13
13
11
11
1
24
4 SM. D. Webster.
9 28 23 28
28 17 13
6
3 5
1 1 1
3 3
2
30
4 F
10 30 24 30 30
18 14
9
7
1
30
5 S C. H. George.
9 13
10 13
13
4 13
5
1
24
5 FL. E. Cahoon.
11|13 9 13
13
10 11 4
10
24
*6 S M. L. Batchelder.
28
*6 F
.6
10 41 34 41
41
41
27 18
28
+6 S B. M. Frost.
10 32 28 32 32 32 32 31 29
34
F
6
9 33 29 33
33 33 33 33 33 23
36
+6 W
. 6
10 38 33 35 35 35 35 35 34 22
36
7 SS. M. Woodman.
9 11 S 11
11
4
7
4
2
5
21
7 F
66
11|11 10 11 11
7
7
5
2
23
8 F
11 22 14 22 22 22 18
10
5
6 5
26
10 S A. E. Hemphill.
10 21 19 21 21 19
21 9
3
4
28
10
F L. E. Goodwin.
12 20 17 20 20 20 20
7
4
6
28
43
43 26
15
10 43 34 43 47 9 17 42
47
47
26 17
28
*6 W
85 E. Milton.
9 22 16 22 22 20 20 11
6
1
2 2
1 1
30
4 W
9 37 24 37 37 29 26 18
7 12 14
1
20
2
9 8 8
7 .8
Reading.
*Primary. +Grammar.
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OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER, Overseers of the Poor, AND
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM.
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1888.
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TOWN CLERK. JAMES EWINS.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
WALLACE W. COLE, FRED C. BUXTON, WILLIAM H. HEZELTINE.
TOWN TREASURER. LEVI CLUFF.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MATTHEW H. TAYLOR, EBEN B. WELLS, HENRY H. COLBURN.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. CHARLES T. MAXWELL.
AUDITORS.
WILLIAM R. WHEELER, JAMES W. CAMERON, CHARLES T. MAXWELL.
CONSTABLES. BENJAMIN R. WHEEEER, LOREN E. BAILEY.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
WHOLE AMOUNT OF ASSETS. Taxes assessed for 1887 were as follows :
State, County, Town and School tax, $7469 68
Dog tax, 167 00
Highway tax,
1542 22
Received from county,
728 65
Railroad tax,
52I 35
Savings Bank tax,
471 61
Literary fund,
201 28
Insurance tax, I 50
Elizabeth Cundy, Cemetery fund, 100 00
Nathan G. Abbott, tax list for 1882, 89 60 Interest on same, 5 37 William G. Crowell, collector for 1886, 972 18
William G. Crowell, interest on same, 23 00
Horace B. Silver, balance appro-
priation at Messer's crossing, 3 80
Richard Taylor, balance due from surveyor for 1886, 5 66
Cash received from Orren Vittum, 166 80
Cash in treasurer's hands, 2450 40 -- $14920 10
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TOWN REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Paid on account of schools, 1887. Town appropriation, State law,
$962 50
66 66 By vote of town,
500 00
Railroad money,
521 35
Savings Bank tax,
471 61
Literary fund,
201 28
Dog tax,
137 00
Insurance tax,
I 50
Balance school money, 1886,
301 95
$3097 19
Paid on account of schools,
$3016 90
Balance in treasurer's hands,
80 29
$3097 19
CONTINGENCIES.
James M. Presby, recording births and deaths, $5 50
J. H. Sayward, night lock for selectmen's room, I 25
Francis B. Kelly, dinners for selectmen, 19 25
J. D. P. Wingate, printing town reports, 40 00
William Stanton, watering privilege, 1886,
3 00
George C. Gordon, insurance, 12 50
J. Will Kelly, watering privilege and gravel, 1885-86, 6 81
Charles Bartlett, printing check-list, 7 00
I. O. Foster, G. E. Sleeper Post, 25 00
Gilman Corning, laying cemetery wall, 140 00
Geo. S. Merrill, printing tax bills, 6 00
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TOWN REPORT.
John H. T. Dunlap, painting and putting up guide boards, 23 00
Frank D. Davis, storing road machine, 2 50
William F. Vickery, cutting bushes in ceme- tery, 5 00
Nathaniel H. Paul, repairing hearse house at No. Salem, 4 50
County treasurer for county tax, IIIO 82
Eliphalet Coburn, interest on note,
650 00
Ebenezer Dustin, 66
100 00
Charlotte A. Dustin, 100 00
Edson C. Eastman, collector's book,
I 70
Ebenezer Dustin, gravel for road at Messer's crossing,
15 00
Solon A. Carter, State tax,
1100 00
B. B. Hutchins, damage by dogs, 5 00
Charles Bartlett, printing town vouchers, 4 00
Fred S. Pearson, stove for town house, 3 00
N. G. Abbott, labor in old cemetery, 5 00
on Cundy lot, 4 00
Thomas Dustin, damage by dogs,
25 00
watering place, 1886-87, 6 00
E. A. Wade, recording births from 1883 to 1888, 17 50
Paid for insurance on school house,
77 00
Amos N. Webster, watering place for 1887, 3 00
James Ewins, 66 3 00
$3531 33
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TOWN REPORT.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
William Cordingly, gravel in 1886,
$ 55
William Frytag, labor on highway,
2 50
William G. Colby,
66
6 75
Wallace W. Cole, 66 66
6 00
John W. Wheeler, 66 66
with team, 36 00
G. W. Tasker, 66 66
I 64
Albert McGlauflin, 66
2 25
Kimball Mclaughlin, '66 66
5IO 71
Richard Taylor, 66 66
5 66
Peter Batchelder,
66
66
615 22
James H. Cullen,
66
66
400 00
Horace B. Silver,
66
" at Messers, 300 00
$1887 28
ROAD COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
DISTRICT NO. I. PETER BATCHELDER, SURVEYOR.
Appropriation,
$615 22
W. H. Clark, labor on highway,
$10 45
W. A. Joy,
7 20
C. Jennings,
4 50
A. N. Dodge,
13 20
W. Cordingly,
4 50
Frank Roby,
37 05
W. H. F. Chase,
15 90
G. H. Conner,
24 15
John Hall,
49 32
P. C. Greely,
2 70
E. E. Rice,
21 80
John Bragdon,
5º 35
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TOWN REPORT.
W. W. Merrill,
41 00
L. C. Wallace,
18 45
John H. Manning,
2 85
Kimball Mclaughlin,
67 50
W. S. Jones,
75
Chas. Rogers, for gravel,
15 68
J. W. Stoner, for labor,
10
75
J. C. Carey,
77
Benj. E. Chase, "
3 45
W. Cordingly, for gravel,
7 00
Benj. Kelly, for labor,
I 50
Lewis Southwick, for labor,
7 50
Will Hall,
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