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Respectfully submitted,
HUGH HENRY, FRED. P. MATHER, ATWOOD SARGEANT,
Committee.
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TOWN SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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Fellow-citizens, what advantages, if any, are to be gained by the adoption of the town system?
1. A less number of small Schools. Under the old system many of our rural school districts have come to contain too few pupils to make successful schools. Abolish the district system and these small unprofitable schools will at once dis- appear.
2. Secure better school appliances. Many of our schools are deficient in maps, globes, good blackboards and other useful apparatus.
3. A less number of relatives and favorites employed as teachers.
4. A less number of neighborhood quarrels.
5. Better grade of teachers and more conscientiously employed. With the old system the small amounts of money available in the small districts necessitates the hiring of cheap teachers, and the cheap teacher is, as a rule, a poor teacher (of course there are some exceptions to this rule, especially among beginners). Many times the examination of such a teacher shows his or her marked unfitness for the school, but the circumstances are such that the superintendent feels com- pelled to grant the certificate. Another evil is the constant change of teachers.
With the town system these evils are, as a rule, corrected. The town committee not limited to $1.50 a week and board round and knowing by examination the wants of each partic- ular school, and also knowing the fitness of each teacher, a better selection of teachers must result.
6. A less number of school officers.
7. Better school buildings.
8. Establish a uniform rate of taxation.
9. Equal advantages to every citizen.
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10. Effective superintendence. The principle functions of school superintendence are five, (1) to plan the work to be done in the schools; (2) to employ fit teachers for that work; (3) to see that they are furnished with proper means for its performance; (4) to direct its processes; (5) to inspect its results. With the town system all these functions become united in one authority, the town committee.
They having full power over the teachers, and consequently feeling responsible for the work done, exercise that care which cannot fail to produce the best results. Under the district system the committee hires the teacher at the lowest figure, the superintendent grants the certificate many times when the candidate is entirely unqualified, the pupils study what they please, the teacher generally hears the lessons, the parents rarely visit the school, the superintendent makes a few sugges- tions which are generally forgotten by the time he is outside the door, the term closes, the results are unsatisfactory to the district and a new teacher is hired for the next term.
Is there any question under which system the better schools would be found? I cannot better close these few facts in regard to the town system, which are so devoid of ornament, than by quoting the words of one of our most distinguished educators. Speaking of the district system, he says : " Its abolition is a necessity to the well-being, the progress of our common schools. And it is the duty of every parent whose children are to be educated in them, of every citizen whose interests lie in the line of an intelligent educated community, and of every school teacher and school officer whose work is to advance our schools to their highest effectiveness, to work and talk and vote against a system so inequitable, wasteful and ineffective, until it is forever blotted out of being."
FRED J. DORAND.
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GENTLEMEN :- Having been appointed to the office of superintendent during the latter part of the year only, there is little need of a formal report from myself ; and little that I can add to the conclusive and timely remarks of my prede- cessor unless it be to state my own convictions of their truth -truth that must eventually be recognized. There have been supported the present winter in town sixteen different schools, including all grades.
The work done has been uniformly as good as is practicable under the present defective system. I would wish to em- phasize the pressing necessity of more apparatus in our schools.
Every practical teacher understands that teaching children mathematics and geography without blocks, globes or charts is like doing a fine piece of mechanical work with only the coarsest of tools. Another imperative need is books of refer- ence.
At very small expense a dictionary and cheap encyclopædia could be placed in every school. In the interest of your scholars, do not allow another term to open without these necessary helps. Finally, as a matter of considerable prac- tical importance to my successors in office, I would urge the advisability of providing, within a reasonable distance of each school-house, some adequate means of hitching a horse.
Respectfully submitted,
W. N. BRYANT.
Notice -- Town Meeting.
The inhabitants of Chester, Vt., who are legal voters in town meeting are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Town Hall at Chester Depot, in said Chester, on Tuesday, the second day of March, A. D. 1886, at 10 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
2. To hear and act upon the report of the town auditors and the state of the treasury.
3. To see if the town will adopt the method of collecting takes the ensuing year as prescribed by the Legislature of 1880.
4. To see if the town will fix the compensation to be paid for the col- lection of all State, State school, county and town taxes on the list of 1886, by receiving bids in writing previous to the election of constable and collector, all persons making bids to state in dollars and cents what they will collect said taxes for, and the person elected to collect the same for the sum bid.
5. For each voter to deposit his vote for some suitable person for county commissioner in the county of Windsor to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors.
6. To see if the town will vote to abolish the district system of schools and adopt the town system of schools.
7. To choose town officers for the year ensuing.
8. To see if the town will vote to raise money to pay the current ex- penses of the town for the year next ensuing, and a part of its present indebtedness, and, if so, how much and when to be collected and paid into the town treasury.
9. To see what course the town will take to keep the highways and bridges in repair for the year ensuing.
10. To see if the town will vote to set J. J. Miner's real estate lying in district No. 9 into district No. 6.
11. To see if the town will vote to set Tyler L. Earl's real estate lying in district No. 3 into district No. 4.
12. To see if the town will vote to elect appraisers to appraise the town farm and the personal property thereon belonging to the town; if so, to elect appraisers.
13. To see if the town will vote to instruct theirs electmen to purchase 300 feet of rubber or leather hose for use by Yo Semite Engine Co. No. 1.
14. To see if the town will vote to exempt the polls from taxation of the members of Yo Semite Engine Co. No. 1 and the engineers of fire district No. 2 for the year ensuing.
C. L. HINDS, N. F. HALL, J. H. MARSH,
Selectmen of Chester.
Dated at Chester, Vt., February 17, 1886.
Viel March
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHESTER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 17, 1887.
AUDITORS :
P. H. ROBBINS, ATWOOD SARGEANT, H. L. ALDRICH.
RUTLAND THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1887.
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHESTER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 17, 1887.
AUDITORS :
P. H. ROBBINS, ATWOOD SARGEANT, H. L. ALDRICH.
RUTLAND THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1687.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
The auditors of the town of Chester have examined the accounts and vouchers of the treasurer, selectmen, liquor agent, overseer of the poor, cemetery commissioners and Campbell fund, and submit the following report :
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Your treasurer's account shows that there was on hand at the last annual settlement, Feb. 13, 1886 $2,078 31
Received for rent, lease land. 53 62
for cash borrowed by selectmen on their orders 1,450 00
for use of town hall
4 00
of O. E. Heald, liquor agent
486 57
of Wm. P. Dodge, constable, taxes col- lected, list 1885. 514 72
of Wm. P. Dodge, constable, taxes col- lected, list of 1886. 485 00
of highway surveyors 20 34
of C. W. Robbins, highway taxes col- lected, list of 1886. 1,885 69
for plank. 4 14
of high school committee on account of blinds 2 00
of Mrs. Persis Baldwin, in trust, the in- come to be used in care of her cemetery lot 40 00
of M. S. Moore for stove .. 1 75
of Jud. O. Smith, rent of store 100 00
of Charles Robbins, town and high school taxes, collected on list of 1886. 6,564 32
4
of Charles Robbins for dog licenses, after paying damages and commission. . 153 10
of State treasurer on account of Hunting- ton fund. 63 96
of H. L. Aldrich for fines collected 19 77
of F. W. Marsh
66
38 46
of town of Springfield, in division of school property of district No. 13 103 21
Refunded by S. H. Piper.
1 30
$14,070 26
DISBURSEMENT OF THE ABOVE.
Paid orders drawn prior to last settlement, $1,706 50
interest on orders drawn prior to
last settlement.
527 87
orders drawn since last settlement,. 6,242 50
interest on orders drawn since last
settlement. 10 50
and endorsed on orders drawn prior to last settlement 500 00
orders drawn for district treasurers, 1,820 42
overseer's orders 1,174 97
high school orders 1,142 98
refunded to town of Springfield, division of school property, dis- trict No. 13 103 21
costs in G. W. Hall case 18 03
costs in Simpson case
10 54
costs in Bennett case
23 77
Cash on hand Feb. 18, 1887
788 97
$14,070 26
The following will show to whom and for what purpose your selectmen have drawn the following 340 orders, including work ordered by road commissioners the current year, amounting to $7,347.11.
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BREAKING ROADS.
No. 6
C. C. Fletcher (fractional) $1 95
11 Nahum Beemis 1 35
12 Marlow Bingham. 2 16
13 C. F. Wilson. 1 15
14 Nelson Snell .. 4 55
15 Solen Newton 1 30
18
D. B. & H. R. Chandler (fractional) 1 00
23 Geo. N. Weatherbee 2 93
16 C. L. Clark 2 92
26 H. W. Brewer (fractional) 1 95
80 H. H. Riggs (fractional) 2 00
225 Ara M. Carlisle (fractional) . 1 00
299 L. T. Park (fractional) . 2 85
308 Martin Wyman (fractional) 3 00
307 H. H. Riggs (fractional) 10 20
333 S. H. Piper (fractional) 4 20
$44 51
BRIDGES AND REPAIRS TO BRIDGES.
20 J. A. Beard, plank. $37 44
22 Johnson & Hinds, plank 4 00
24 Geo. H. White, plank 112 50
34 Wm. White, plank. 78 66
38 Robert A. Glynn, plank
46 10
42 F. G. Thompson, plank.
32 25
54 Wm. R. Wightman 10 00
149 Mrs. Laura Albee 8 00
150 S. H. Piper 1 00
169 Ara M. Carlisle (fractional) 5 00
170 Wm. W. Bailey . 1 95
140 Berlin Bridge Co 1000 00
194 Geo. S. Robbins, plank, 3 M. 27 00
211 J. A. Beard (fractional) . 7 00
231 Wm. W. Marsh (fractional). 3 75
6
238 N. F. Hall.
53 50
240 C. L. Hinds, timber and work 4 58
244 Amos Heald, bridge stringers 11 25
246 N. A. Town, labor. 24 30
249 A. E. Reed (fractional) . 3 00
252
L. F. Hawks (fractional) 1 75
258 C. L. Hinds, sticking up plank 1 50
259 Bat Sullivan
9 00
260
Dan'l Davis, 2d, timber
1 50
264
E. W. Evans, labor.
6 37
265 W. C. Williams, labor. .
23 68
266
Wm. P. Dodge, timber and plank 44 32
267
Henry Morris, stringers. 7 50
279
H. W. Brewer, plank 24 92
280 Dan'l French, labor 7 44
282 292
E. T. Davis, labor
6 00
E. M. Carlisle, timber 8 91
298 Martin Church, labor 3 00
319 N. F. Hall (fractional) . 97 84
71 Albert Williams (fractional) 50 00
153 C. A. Williams 8 75
$1,773 76
LABOR ON HIGHWAY.
6* C. C. Fletcher (fractional) $3 96
8* Abram Dodge 25 55
17* H. M. Guild. 16 33
18* D. B. & H. R. Chandler (fractional) 3 63
19* J. A. Beard
2 10
21* Albert Williams 4 29
25* W. R. Wightman. 14 40
26* H. W. Brewer (fractional)
6 14
30 N. F. Hall 12 90
39 F. R. Field 19 50
40 Charles Benware 21 22
41 Nelson Harper 12 22
7
43 Jas. A. Smith 1 80
47 M. E. Fish 10 50
48 E. Morris. 21 52
49 A. E. Read 20 55
51 F. Benware 18 30
52 E. M. Carlisle 8 00
53 Isaiah Young 8 70
55 H. W. Brewer. 18 75
56 Lewis Morris
6 30
29 Denman Hulet
5 98
50 L. T. Park 24 52
57 Alonzo Currier 24 00
59 L. F. Hawks.
42 00
58 W. H. Johnson
39 50
27 M. H. Brewer.
8 27
60 J. E. Green.
8 25
61 Frank McNamara 5 40
62 Warren Green 9 00
63 N. Brezette 4 50
28 C. O. Sargeant 16 85
65 L. T. Park. 11 95
66 A. E. Read 16 65
67 C. L. Partridge 2 40
68 F. P. Field. 26 70
69 Lawson Bailey 3 00
70 Chas. F. Howard 1 65
72 M. E. Fish. 3'00
71 Albert Williams (fractional) 89 45
73 J. R. Richardson 10 50
74 J. R. Richardson 7 50
75 Ozias King. 3 00
76 Harvey Balch 14 25
77 L. F. Hawks 66 15
78 J. H. Hosmer 1 35
79 H. H. Riggs 11 25
80. H. H. Riggs (fractional) . 4 50
8
81 Thomas Lonegan 6 30
82 S. J. Smith 1 50
83 F. C. Bates 4 20
84 Joel Davis 4 70
85 Geo. A. Baldwin 15 00
86 M. F. Deming 8 10
87 Lewis Morris 5 25
88 Nelson Harper. 7 50
89 N. J. Snell.
2 70
90 C. F. Wilson 2 60
91 J. H. Marsh. 3 00
92 F. O. Clark 3 60
93 Ransom Sherwin
3 00
94 John Young .
9 30
95 Silas Falkner
20 15
97 John Young
2 00
98 N. F. Bates.
6 60
99 Chas. Thomas
9 75
100 E. B. Morris 1 50
101 E. B. Morris
8 70
102 C. W. Bridges. 2 85
103 D. Wesley Davis
6 25
104 C. A. Williams
4 50
105 E. H. Jenkins 1 50
106 David Wyman. 2 40
107
J. L. Fisher
17 75
108 J. F. Emery .
7 95
113 Martin Wyman 4 50
114
Martin Wyman 2 40
115 William Highland 5 10
116
L. Gee. 13 50
31 E. A. Marsh 6 32
109 L. A. Dimick 5 10
110 Jas Sullivan 7 05
111 Chandler Bro. 4 20
112 F. W. Boynton 6 00
9
117 Forrest G. Thompson . 1 50
118 Forrest G. Thompson 3 00
120 R. B. Ryder. 7 65
121 Henry Bemis. 6 00
122 Philaro R. Earl 3 00
123 J. A. Beard 13 05
124 Amos G. Kendall 3 00
125 John A. Chandler 3 00
127 J. S. Olney . 17 35
33* Wm. P. Dodge
41 82
126 H. A. Bond.
4 50
128 Albert Williams
23 50
129 Orrin Beard. 4 50
130 Wm. Pierce. . 6 00
131 John P. Stevens 1 50
132 C. F. Wilson 3 75
133 L. F. Hawks
21 00
134 A. L. Peabody & Son 7 50
142 Sam'l Washburn 1 50
144 D. Wesley Davis. 10 50
142 Warner Church 9 75
146 Bishop Fuller. 2 85
147 Geo. P. Farrar 3 70
148 C. A. Williams
4 50
151 A. E. Reed.
7 50
152 Nelson Harper
8 25
154
Abram Dodge
15 50
155 B. II. Marshall 9 00
156 E. B. Morris 6 75
157 John Young 3 00
158 Thos. Lonegan 5 70
159 William Williams 6 50
160 A. Blaisdell.
4 50 75
161 S. S. Craigue
162 A. Sargeant 3 00
164 H. K. White 7 50
10
165 A. HI. Wells 8 25.
166 Sardine Hagget 5 05
168 Harvey Mack 3 38
169 Ara M. Carlisle (fractional)
1 35
171 Warren Payne
3 50
172 A. D. Randall
8 55
163 J. A. Wilson
1 95
173 L. F. Hawks
31 50
174 Frank Benware. 1 50.
175 T. A. Edwards. 1 20
16 Jackson Pierce 6 75
177 A. E. Reed.
8 85
178 Alonzo Currier
3 00
179 Henry Thomas
1 80
180 W. D. Chandler
6 00
181 Sam'l Abbott
7 87
182 James Sullivan 3 75
183
C. B. Thomas 3 75
184
Henry Hall.
1 35
185
E. H. Hall.
6 60
186 Denmore Hulit
12 75
187 H. M. Guild.
2 25
188 J. D. Clark
3 00
189 A. C. Greeley
2 25
190. Wm. Pierce
4 50
191 F. B. Clark
4 27
192 A. L. Field
3 75.
193
O. W. Johnson
17 50
195 E. B. Morris
5 40
196 Nelson Harper
1 50
197 L. T. Park. 1 20
198 W. R. Wightman 47.40
199 Albert Williams. 47 55
200 A. N. Larnard.
6 00.
201 De Witt Davis 91 55
202 A. F. Brewer 4 20
11
203 A. E. Reed
2 85
204 Thos. E. Lonegan
2 25
205 M. F. Coleman 2 10
206 Geo. C. Allen 4 20
207 J. J. Miner
3 00
208 H. E. Parker.
11 55
209 W. S. Giddings. 3 60
210 F. J. Boynton.
12 75
211
J. A. Beard (fractional) .
16 35
212 Addison Lockwood.
3 00
213 H. L. Holden.
2 55
214 Ezra Kingsbury
17 70 75
215
Frank McNamare
216 A. D. Randall. 7 50
217
A. A. Scales 7 50
218
A. S. Adams. 7 80
220
John Young
3 00
221 Moses N. March
6 30
222
Nelson Harper.
4 20
223 Albert Williams.
33 80
224 L. D. Brooks.
2 85
225* Ara M. Carlisle (fractional).
1 30
226 Ozias King
11 40
227 E. B. Morris.
3 00
228 H. H. Whittaker 7 20
229 Geo. H. White. 2 25
230 O. W. Johnson.
10 37
231 Wm. W. Marsh (fractional)
1 50
233 Wm. Williams. 3 75
234 Moses Cloutier. 1 50
235 C. L. Clark .. 3 30
236 J. L. Bemis 8 25
237 John H. Moore 4 50
239 L. F. Hawks 8 55
241 H. W. Brewer 9 00
242 Nelson Harper 1 50
12
243 Albert Williams.
245 E. H. Hall. 2 00
247 John Young 1 50
248 E. B. Morris
1 50
249
A. E. Reed (fractional) .
3 60
251
J. H. Marsh
6 45
252 L. F. Hawks (fractional)
15 75
253 W. R. Wightman
33 75
254 Solon Newton
2 70
255 W. E. White 4 80
256 Willie White. .. 5 25
257 . H. W. Brewer
14 85
261 Hershel Davis
1 50
263
Denman Hulit
15 00
268
Martin Guild
3 75
269 H. L. Aldrich ..
6 45
270 Chas. O. Sargeant.
6 00
271 A. Blaisdale
3 00
272 T. B. Davis.
4 20
273
B. F. Wyman
3 45
274
A. E. Reed.
3 00
277 J. F. Emery
3 20
278 James Parker 4 60
281 Thos. Lonegan
3 00
283 Alpheus Atwood
1 80
296 E. B. Morris
3 60
297 Nelson Harper
3 90
304 Albert Williams
14 40
305
L. R. Bemis
4 00
308
Martin Wyman (fractional)
11 45
311
P. R. Earl
23 18
307 H. H. Riggs (fractional)
8 10
321. Alpheus Atwood.
1 50
309
L. T. Park .
2 25
333 S. H. Piper (fractional) 19 90
327 Albert Williams 8 40
22 13
.
13
328 L. T. Park
2 25
329 E. B. Morris. 5 25
336 Patrick M. Grover 4 50
315 J. L. Fisher 2 50
316 De Witt Davis 40 80
334
Nelson Harper.
60
319
N. F. Hall (fractional)
143 60
32 C. E. Chandler
3 49
306
W. E. Chittenden 1 05
310 F. W. Wait
2 00
313 W. O. Hosmer 4 20
314 H. C. Stowell 4 20
$2,315 76
NOTE .- The amounts marked thus (*) were for bills before road com- missioners began to act.
LEGAL COSTS.
9 G. L. Fletcher, costs in soapstone road case .. $19 35
275 Martin & Eddy, fees in pauper case 53 68
331 R. P. Pollard, advice and expenses. 15 25
293 M. H. Goddard, advice in Marshall case ..
8 00
339
G. L. Fletcher, attorney fees and telegram . .. 69 25
$165 53.
LIQUOR AND FREIGHT ON LIQUORS.
44 Central Vermont R. R., freight $ 2 50
36 H. A. Blanchard & Co. 128 48
219 66 89 01
66 276
66 27
294 Central Vermont R. R., freight, three bills. 4 12
303 H. A. Blanchard & Co. 18 50
$308 88
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EXPENSES FOR INSANE POOR.
337 Ruth Thompson, (fractional) to Nov. 1st .... $171 07
337 Bowker, in full, (fractional). 34 65
$205 72
BORROWED MONEY.
10 C. L. Hinds. $700 00
138
66 administrator 500 00
139 66
100 00
141 J. H. Marsh, 66 150 00
$1,450 00
SERVICES AS TOWN OFFICERS.
4 Fred J. Dorand, services as town supt. $ 59 00
7 W. N. Bryant. 37 00
37 A. Sargeant, auditor. 6 75
285 O. E. Heald, services one year as liquor agt .. 289 F. W. Marsh, services on board of civil authority 1 00
100 00
301
P. H. Robbins, services as auditor, and
postage. 6 95
318
C. L. Hinds, services as selectman 49 25
66 66 36 25
C. H. Saunders, services as auditor 6 00
J. H. Marsh, services as selectman 40 75
R. P. Pollard, services as lister 59 34
H. L. Aldrich, services as civil authority ..
2 25
H. F. Guild, services as lister 60 50
G. L. Fletcher, services to deed town hall ...
3 00
66 services as moderator in 1884.
10 00
Chas. Robbins, town treasurer 30 00
recording fees. 2 50
Wm. P. Dodge, services as lister 64 09
$575 13
320 312 326 330 286 332 317 340 322 323 340
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MISCELLANEOUS.
1 R. L. Darby, error in grand list. $ 6 43
2 Josiah Jefts, 6 82 66
35 Chas. D. Ellison, winter road. 3 00
45 N. F. Hall, filling round monument 4 00
46 A. E. Reed, labor about monument 3 00
3 Hosea French, for county tax
38 02
64 C. L. Hinds, collecting $800, highway tax, list 1885. 10 00
96
A. E. Reed, housing road machine 2 00
119 Robbins & Marsh, castings. 9 01
145 Daniel W. Davis 3d, surveying road.
1 50
136
P. Foggerty, damage, falling through bridge. 2 00 Miller & Hadley, pipe for town hall. 5 57
137 167 232
D. M. Batchelder, covering stone. 2 00
Geo. Tyler, repairs for road machine 12 00
A. A. Scales, damage to horse on bridge .. . .
10 00
288
F. W. Marsh, cash paid out in Smith case .. . 3 00
290
F. W. Marsh, cash paid out in repairing town hall chimney. 6 00
291
Alonzo Perry, error in grand list. 12 07
295
H. R. Barney, express charges on repairs to road machine. 1 05
300
Augustus Burdick, shoveling snow from horse sheds 1 50
302
Robbins & Marsh, merchandise
1 74
287
fire engine hose
217 43
135
B. H. Marshall, land damage. 100 00
284
G. F. Hadley 3 68
325
66 6 90
324
Chas. Robbins, cash paid district clerks. 50
335
L. F. Hawks, damage to horse .. 25 00
$507 82
250 262 E. A. Hall, repair'g road machine, bolts, &c. 6 60
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RECAPITULATION.
Breaking roads. $ 44 51
Bridges and repairs to bridges.
1,773 76.
Labor on highways.
2,315 76
Legal costs.
165 53
Liquors and freight on liquors.
308 88
Insane poor ..
205 72.
Money borrowed
1,450 00
Town officers .
575 13
Miscellaneous
507 82:
$7,347 11
STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNT OF WM. P. DODGE, CONSTABLE, AS KEPT BY CHARLES ROBBINS, TREASURER, SETTLED FEBRUARY 3D, 1887. DR.
To note given up. $ 5 85 $ 5 85
CR.
By abatements
2 38
By note.
3 47 5 85
DR.
To note given up ..
38 12
To tax bill, list of 1885 1,319 76 1,357 88
CR.
By abatements 289 72
By cash . 1,014 72
By note 53 44 1,357 88
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SELECTMEN'S SETTLEMENT WITH CHAS. ROB- 4
BINS AS COLLECTOR OF TOWN AND SCHOOL · TAX.
DR.
To town and school tax bill, list of 1886. $7,864 12 $7,864 12 CR.
By W. P. Dodge's receipt for town and school tax bill, list of 1886. .$ 954:33
By discount on taxes collected
276 38
By collection fees
69 09
By cash paid into treasury
6,564 32 $7,864 12
SELECTMEN'S SETTLEMENT WITH CHAS. ROB- BINS, COLLECTOR OF HIGHWAY TAXES, LIST OF 1886.
DR.
To amount collected.
$1,904 73 $1,904 73
CR.
By collection fees. 19 04 .
By cash paid into treasury. . 1,885 69 1,904 73
SELECTMEN'S SETTLEMENT WITH O. E. HEALD, LIQUOR AGENT, JANUARY 25, 1887.
DR.
Liquors on hand January 22, 1886. $ 323 16
Casks and measures 25 25
Liquors bought by selectmen 302 26
Freight on liquors 6 62
Agent's salary 100 00
Profits on sales 50 15
CR.
$807 44
By liquors on hand. $ 297 87 By casks and measures on.hand . 23 00 By cash paid into town treasury. 486 57 $807 44 2
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS' REPORT, 1887.
DR.
To cash on hand at last settlement $ 154 07 $ 154 07
CR.
By paid R. Cobleigh, two bills. $ 29 36
Miller & Hadley .
14 03
Pat Looney. 16 87
66 Oscar Miller 4 25
National Wire & Iron Co 80 00
By cash on hand 9 56 $154 07
SELECTMEN'S STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CAMPBELL FUND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
DR.
Cash on hand at last report. $ 49 82
Cash received, interest on bonds 200 00
$249 82
CR.
Paid John Tufts ... $ 54 26
Luther Stoodley
10 75
Joseph Olney .
5 00
Daniel J. Johnson
2 50
Linda Pratt.
10 75
Mrs. Clark Balch
24 90
Mrs. Sanders
14 25
L. Morris.
6 92
Mrs. Sanders
5 00
Cash on hand. 115 49 $249 82
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STATEMENT OF DOG LICENSES, 1886.
DR.
144 male dogs licensed at $1 each $144 00
1
66
2 2 00
10 female dogs " 4 40 00
$186 00
CR.
Paid D. Hulett, damage to sheep. $ 12 00
C. S. Hinds, for settling damages 5 40
" Commission for registry 15 50
" Into town treasury. 153 10 $186 00
OVERSEER'S ACCOUNT.
Your overseer of the poor has paid for the support of the poor the current year, with money drawn from the treasury as follows, viz :
STORE BILLS.
James E. Pollard's bill. $ 14 45
G. F. Hadley's 2 bills 5 72
Miller & Hadley . 4 20
O. W. Fletcher 41 00
Adams & Park. 11 60
Geo. S. Robbins 59 07
E. B. Lee. 17 32
C. H. Sanders 18 28
Robbins & Marsh 43 32
N. O. Johnson 1 57
Mrs. C. E. Moulton 1 50
$218 03
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PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINES.
W. N. Bryant, physician. $ 15 00
F. P. Emerson, physician 18 00
C. T. Warner, physician. 62 50
F. W. Pierce, medicine. 13 67
$109 17
LABOR ON FARM.
W. H. Ormsbee 96 25
H. C. Stowell, three receipts 225 12
C. E. Brooks, labor in 1885 113 00
E. A. Marsh. 2 00
E. A. Marsh. 11 44
Mrs. H. C. Stowell
3 25
W. H. Ormsbee. 19 50
H. C. Stowell 25 00
$495 56
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Oscar Miller $ 4 50
Chas. Walker
35 50
Rev. E. L. Scott. 3 00
$43 00
PAID FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OFF FARM.
E. M. Carlisle, for Smith girl. $ 2 00
T. J. Adams, care of Cobb. 8 00
N. A. Smith, butter for Tufts 2 63
Boston Store, for Hoyt family 1 35
J. B. Farnsworth, for Cobb. 27 95
N. A. Meader, for Hoyt 37 57
Geo. Gee, for Cobb. 5 00
Mrs. Burdick, for Cobb 8 00
A. S. Burdick, care of Cobb. 44 00
Adams & Park, for Hoyt. 1 30
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Hannah P. French, for Hoyt. 8 00
Mrs. E. A. Wilson, for Hoyt. 5 50
Mrs. E. S. Coleman, for Hoyt. 17 00
Thos. E. Lonegan, for Hoyt
2 50
Mrs. Mary Brooks, for Hoyt. 1 00
J. B. Farr, for Hoyt. 25 00
Mrs. A. J. Demary, for keeping Andrew Demary. 34 00
W. W. Barry, for Tufts 3 00
W. W. Barry, for Hoyt 2 40
Geo. S. Robbins, for Tufts
24 00
S. S. Craig, for Cline woman. 10 00
Bertie Morse, for Hoyt family. 1 00
T. J. Adams, for Tufts. 2 00
S. W. Puffer, for Hoyt family 4 00
Adams & Park, for Hoyt family 4 06
C. L. Hinds, for Hoyt family. 6 56
Bertie Hall, for Hoyt family .. 2 00
Chas. Ladd, for Mary Sherwin 2 40
C. H. Sanders, for tramps 8 83
W. H. Spafford, for tramps 2 63
S. C. Giddings, for tramps 9 50
J. S. Chapman, for Mrs. Bramble. 82 50
Mrs. Lillia Stowell, for Hoyt family .. 60
$396 28
TAXES AND INSURANCE.
Edward S. Dodge. $ 3 23
J. E. Pollard, two receipts 3 93
Chas. Robbins, two receipts 32 10
Hugh Henry, insurance 11 44
$50 70
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MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
W. W. Barry 9 45
C. L. Glynn 2 83
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