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Home My WebLink About1852-1853 Auditors Report REPORT OF THE • AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR, 1852-3 • BOSTON : GEORGE C. RAND, PRINTER, NO. 3 CORNHILL. 1853. r�l` REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1852-3. BOSTON : GEORGE C. RAND, PRINTER, NO. 3 CORNHILL. 1853. Vr. TOWN OF LEXINGTON, IN ACCOUNT WITH NATHANIEL I!IULLIIEN, TREASURER, Cr. From April 22d, 1852, to April 29th, 1853. Amount of Orders for support of Schools, Cash on hand, April 22d, 1852, $208 82 exclusive of Repairs of School- " Borrowed by authority of Town vote, houses, $2,569 09 and under the direction of the Selectmen, 2,000 00 CC paid from Special Grants,(so called,) 2,631 02 Am't received of Jacob Robinson,Collector, 8,057 88 `t. " Contingent " 560 04 " " from State School Fund, 77 87 " for Surveyors and Overseers, 1,728 50 " " `, Pauper account, 1 54 `; of Principal and Interest on Notes, 3,178 04 " " for grass on the Common 5 00 Amount carried to new account, 296 73 " for rent of Land back of Town Hall, 5 00 " for old Schoolhouse in North District, 68 00 " for income of the Town Scales, 39 31 " " of Administrator of Benjamin Muzzey's Estate, 500 00 r $ 10,963 42 $10,963 42 Lexington, April 29th, 1853. We,the subscribers,have this day reckoned with Nathaniel Mulliken, Treasurer of the town of Lexington, for all the monies he has received in and paid out between the above expressed dates, and find the account as above stated to be correct. JOEL VILES, I. N. DAMON,. Selectmen. ALONZO GODDARD, NATHANIEL MULLIKEN, Treasurer. i T 5 5 I J. C. Wellington, 2 pigs $ 10, wood $9 - 19 00 John Whipple, for fresh fish - - 9 79 Nickerson &Co.,salt fish - - - 2 25 Whitney &Co., G6 - - - 3 75 Samuel Rice, for wood of Mrs. Gibbs - 59 75 P. P. Pierce, for cow $16, furniture $9 04 25 04 S AUDITOR ' REPORT. slaughtering 2 hogs - - 2 50 AUDITORS' `� whitewash brush 84, plough point 38 1 22 " 11 bus. potatoes - - 1 25 0 M. Whipple, one pair working oxen - 115 00 John R. Vining,2 galls. lamp oil - - 1 84 Joseph Lebaron,1 cord manure - - 3 50 Moses Page, 2d, repairing pump - - 2 00 William Hudson, repairing boots and shoes 2 58 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Joseph Reed, pasturing oxen 4 weeks 1 day 4 14 Ann Birk,71 weeks labor - - 11 25 Paid Jonathan S. Parker, for goods as per bill, $46 27 P. Crowley,for 6 apple bbls. - - 1 20 Smith & Hill c, - - 39 79 .o S. A. Davis, blacksmith work - - 25 82 Reed &Davis - - 65 33 A. W. Bryant, - - 25 41 William H. Smith, 2d " - - 42 51 Ammi Hall, « - - 1 50 Edmund Symmes, for clothing - - 19 59 William Brigham, wheelwright work, - 7 25 H. B. Fuller, for dry goods - - 42 75 Edward Sheridan, 7 apple bbls, - - 1 50 A. T. Perkins,for medicine - - 6 07 Andrew Wellington, keeping oxen - 1 00 Bryant &Clarke,for 8 bbls. flour - - 41 23 L, breaking out roads - 1 00 John S. Edgerly,for grain and meal - 111 79 1017 44 Abel Butterfield, for meat - - 104 11 Cash paid by Samuel Rice to Reynolds& Derby, 1 bbl salt pork - 21 00 Jenkins, 7 lbs butter, $ 1 75, Iron Rake $1 2 75 John Skinner, 109 lbs. " " - - 8 72 • Pants and vest for Harrington - - 3 75 I. Hill, 191 lbs. beef - - 10 75 Shoes for Robinson, - - - 1 50 Sartwell& Dinsmore, 34 lbs butter - 5 78 Two lbs. tobacco - - - 60 Josiah H.Russell,14,100 lbs. coal - 47 59 Nurses for Mrs. Berry - - - 4 50 Howe & Hanscomb,3 bus.rye meal - 2 55 1 cord wood " - - - 2 50 John Davis, shoes - - - 4 27 R. B. Willis, $ 1, postage one year 48 - 1 48 Dr. Howland Holmes, medical attendance one Lucy Champney at three different times - 1 62 year - - - - 25 00 Other inmates at the Almshouse - - 1 75 O W. Kendall, sexton bill - - 19 00 Sundry poor travellers - - - 9 13 Isaac N. Damon, repairing windows - 1 60 61- feet wood for Chloe Fiske - - 4 00 Alonzo Goddard,sheet iron and tin ware - 6 44 Freight [no bills] $1,83, Stationery 92 - 2 75 Charles K. Tucker, wheelwright work - 4 11 Services as Overseer of the Poor Mary Hannard,71 weeks labor - - 9 37 and Surveyor - - - 30 00 William Smith, repairing harness - - 2 28 ,d;, Services as clerk of the board - - 10 00 4 6 7 Locke, Symonds& Angier, moving stone - 44 S. B. Phelps, 105 t4 - 5 25 Pants and vest for Adams and Fiske - 2 50 Eli Robbins, " - 1 00 Oceanus Straw, for services one year - 325 00 Samuel Rice, labor and materials used repairing Galen Allen, - 30 00 ` Bridge near Gibbs' - - 2 47 P. P. Pierce, '� 6L,� - 30 00 Galen Allen,labor and materials rep. road 3 00 J. Norcross, for freight - - - 1 47 William Hartwell,2 days labor on the road 2 00 L. Henchman for goods as per bills - 11 87 Whitney & Co., bill for fish - - 3 25 J. L. Parker 44 - - 2 28 Michael Clansey for wood - - 7 50 Whole amount of disbursements by Overseers $2,082 57 Sarah Reed, taking care of Mary Reed, 17 Included in the above sum of $2,082,57,the overseers have furnished weeks - - - 17 42 i relief to Relief furnished Pratt - - 25 00 John Johnson,to the amount of - $ 17 59 64 " Cynthia Blodgett - 20 00Edward Winship, " - - 25 62 " " Peter Hooper and family 12 50 James L. Cummings, including funeral Bradley& Willis for goods as per bills 42 88expenses 17 42 John Bannon, for labor - - - 13 00 Mrs. Berry and children - - 35 79 George Trumble, " - - - 17 75 ' Peter Hooper and family - - 23 06 Jeremiah Quinn, " - - - 8 35 Chloe Fiske, wood of Samuel Rice - 4 00 Darius Fillebrown, - - - 2 00 ; Pratt's family - - 25 00 Levi Houghton, " - - - 35 20 Mrs. Cynthia Blodgett at Ipswich - - 20 00 Michael Clanchey, " - - 8 00 _ - 17 42 ii , Paid for Mary Reed Edward Winship, " - - - 73 00 Paid to other indigent persons - - 8 75 Michael Hannard, " - - - 9 00John Staggles - - 10 18 Daniel Crimens, " - - - 8 0 204 83 Patrick Joy, 64. - - - 3 00 Edward Sheriden, " - - - 120 60 The Overseers of the Poor,being also Survey- James Whaland - - - 67 67 ors of Highways,charge themselves with Cornelius Burkley - - - 13 00 the amount drawn from the treasury of the James Crowley, " - - - 1 75 town by orders of the Selectmen given at 8 00 different times 978 50 Patrick Crowley, " - - - - - - John Hennesey, " - - - 1 00 Amount of grant for support of the poor - 750 00 W. & A. Durenn, for breaking out roads 1 00r Sales of produce of the farm including wood James Locke °t « - 25 [bought standing] delivered to various Edmund Bridges " « _ 50 individuals,after the same was cut by Thomas Cutler, for bridge stones - 8 68 Mr. Straw 108 79 Cottrell & Brooks, lumber for bridges - 8 12 Cash on hand at the settlement in 1852 97 02 Cyrus Reed, for 168 loads of gravel - 21 00 1,934 31 P. P. Pierce, for 200 " - 10 00 Leaving a balance due the Overseers of 148 24 George W. Robinson,20 " - 2 00 $2,032 55 Jonas Munroe 40 loads of gravel - 2 00 8 9 Locke, Symonds &Angier, for removing a THE SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS CHARGE FOR LABOR. stone - - - - 44 Of Oceanus Straw, 165 days at one dollar - 165 00 Samuel Rice,services as Surveyor - 15 00 John Bannon, 13 64 CC - 13 00 P. P. Pierce, 15 00 Galen Allen, GG - 15 00 Edward Sheriden, 134 days at 90 cents - 120 60 James Whaland, 120 44 - 108 00 Total cost of repairs of highways 978 50 Edward Winship, 122 days at 80 cents - 97 60 Levi Houghton, 42 days at one dollar - 42 00 The foregoing sum having been drawn from the treasury of the Michael Hannard, 17 days at 80 cents - 13 60 town,—by order of the Selectmen, on the above account, for repairs Daniel Crimens, 11 `C - 8 80 made under the direction of the board of overseers, whose whole Jeremiah Quinn,21 L4 - 16 80 disbursements and receipts were balanced under the head of over- Darius Fillebrown,2 days at one dollar - 2 00 seers—no additional charge is made against the town for what pur- Michael Clanchey, 8 ,, - 8 00 ports to be the expense of road repairs. The effect of charging the George Trumble 32 days at 80 cents - 25 60 road with this $978 50, is to reduce the otherwise seeming expense John Hennessey, one day at one dollar 1 00 of the Almshouse, and to explain the seeming double charge of pay- James Crowley, 14 day at one dollar - 1 75 ing for labor on the roads. Cornelius Burkley 13 days C4 - 13 00 Patrick Joy, 4 days at one dollar - 4 00 Patrick Crowley,8 " - 8 00 Oxen, 136 ,‘ - - 136 00 Horse, 150 days at 50 cents - - 75 00 Paid Cottrell &Brooks, for lumber for bridges 8 12 Cyrus Reed,for 168 loads of gravel at 121- cents - - - - 21 00 P. P Pierce,200 loads of gravel at 5 cents 10 00 SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. G. W. Robinson, 20 10 " 2 00 Jonas Munroe, 40 L4 5 C42 00 CENTRE DISTRICT. S. B. Phelps, 105 ‘' 5 " 5 25 Eli Robbins 1 00 SAMUEL CHANDLER, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Samuel Rice, labor and materials used repair- Paid L. B. Hannaford, services 34 weeks ing a bridge near Gibbs' house - 2 47404 60 Thomas Cutler, for covering stone - 8 68 iRev. Ira Leland, ,' 6 i, 71 43 Miss S. E. Richardson, 384- S. A. Davis, for a culvert grate - 2 59 192 50 J. S. Parker, for powder and fuse - 1 95 668 53 Samuel Chandler, taking care school-house 22 00 Luke Childs, for gravel - - 1 50 1 Gal. ink $ 1, ink filler 17c., wash dish 50 c 1 67 W. &A. Duren, breaking out roads - 1 00 Coal Hod 75 cents, putting in coal 50 - 1 25 Edmund Bridges - - 50 Setting 3 panes glass 1 00 William Hartwell,2 days labor - - 2 00 20 baskets charcoal 6 67 Galen Allen, 4 posts and labor - - 3 00 Mending shovel and 1 new shovel 42 James Locke for shoveling snow a - 25 • Ink brushes,chalk, &c. - - 1 25 2 1 10 ] 11 j Putting in coal 50,Wm. Locke for work 60 1 10 Cleaning schoolroom desks &c., before varnishing - - - 2 00 Services in procuring teachers &c., - 5 00 Houghton, 1 ton coal - - 6 50 4, 70 59 John Butterfield,teaming same - 2 00 + $760 59 John Glidden for varnishing desks - 1 00 J. S. Parker for sundries as per bill - 2 05 SOUTH DISTRICT. Hiram A Harrington taking care of house GALEN ALLEN, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. 7 weeks - - - 5 25 ` J. H. Russell,for 4 tons coal at 6 75 - 27 00 Paid Miss Maria A Meriam,for teaching 26 weeks 130 00 Alonzo Goddard, for 2 dust pans - 50 I George S Parker, teaching 3 months 105 00 Mrs. Peters, for washing windows and schoolroom 1 50 235 00 Putting in coal 25, ladder to the clock 75 1 00 Miss Meriam, for care of schoolroom, - 2 50 83 06 Galen Allen, for dipper and pail, - 28 1 6 yards crash 60, box of chalk 75 1 35 $751 59 t, broom 25, brush 42,dust pan 25 92 Mr. Chandler has also an order drawn by the " ink 25,care of coal 50, building Selectmen for 4 tons coal at 6,75 which fires 30 1 05 was not presented for payment before ++ F Cutler, making fires and sweeping room, 6 20 the Selectmen settled with the Treas- J. W. Russell,for 3 tons Coal,at $6,75 20 25 urer. - - - - 27 00 i 1 cord pine wood and sawing same - 3 50 For cleaning schoolroom, • - - 1 00 $778 59 ) 37 05 $272 05 SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT. WEST DISTRICT. NATHANIEL FLINT, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. CYRUS P. SIMONDS, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Miss Lucy A. Downing for teaching 20 weeks, Paid J. D. Marston, for 10 months, services 500 00 at $5 - - - 100 00 Miss Susan E. Rice, 38 weeks " 190 00 Teaching 21 weeks at$5,50 per week 115 50 690 00 215 50 Nathaniel Flint, for cleaning schoolrooms 6 00 Papering schoolroom - - 1 50 Painting blackboard, - - - 2 00 Pail and broom 65, map $3, sweeping 75 4 40 18 baskets charcoal, - - - 6 00 3 cords wood $ 15, making fires 34 weeks 7,15 22 14 6180 lbs. coal - - - 20 08 IMason work $ 3,25, ink and chalk 62, 3 87 Whitewashing fence 2,50,repairing stoves 1,25 3 75 Broom and mat 87, brush 45, - 1 32 C. Buttrick,building fires and sweeping Sawing wood $5,25, cleaning schoolroom 75, 6 00 . school-house, - - - 18 75 -1 cord dry wood - - - 3 50 J. D.Marston,for ink and pens, - - 2 55 42 73 1200 lbs. coal and teaming same - 1 80 B.Smith for broom 25,ink 31, - - 56 c $258 23 12 13 NORTH DISTRICT. 20 ink-stands $ 1,20, chair 50, - 1 70 1 lock 68, wrench 20, iron for door 63, 1 51 CHARLES W. JOHNSON, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. to Repairing windows and door $ 1,50,clock 50, 2 00 Paid Miss Rosanna Hussey, 5 mos. services, 100 00 Alonzo Goddard, for repairing stove, - 14 00 $21 90 E. M. Hussey, 3 months Gt 120 00 Miss E. N. Locke,2 weeks 13 00 233 00 West District. 3i cords wood $ 15,75, sawing and split- ting $5,25 - - - 21 00 Paid D A Tuttle, 7/M. Shingles, - - 25 01 Box of crayon and sponge, - - 1 38 42 lbs. nails $2,10, boards 10, teaming $1 3 20 Bottle of ink, water pot and brooms, - 1 25 4?„- days labor - - - 9 00 Making fires $4,50, washing rooms $2, 6 50 I. N. Damon $54 lbs C. Green $ 1,05, 30 13 W Lead $ 1,16, - - - 2 21 gal.oil 40, Japan 17, putty 12, - 69 263 13 9 lights, glazed sash, - - 1 13 8 lights, 7 by 9 glass, - - 28 NORTH-EAST DISTRICT. 3?, days labor at $ 1,75 - - 5 25 4 Alonzo Goddard, for air-tight stove - 7 50 HUGH GRAHAM, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. $54 27 Paid Miss Lucy B. Fiske,22 weeks' services, 110 00 Charles Tidd, 3 2-5 months' 127 50 North-east District. 237 50 21 feet of wood, sawed and split, - 15 75 Paid for repairing windows 40,screws and nails,40 80 Building fires and sweeping room, 36 weeks, 7 75Painting black-board, - - 50 Cleaning stove funnel 50,school room $2 2 50 Wash dish, towels and chalk, - - 78 26 00 2 chairs $1,25,pail and dipper 30 - 1 55 $263 50 1 numerical frame $ 1,15, Key to Geog- raphy 33, - - - 1 58 REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES. Repairs on plastering$ 1,25,new lock 25, 1 50 Repairing settee 33, broom 25, - 58 South-East District. - $7 29 • Paid J Buttrick, for repairing house, - 1 25 Centre District, New House. A. P. Sherman for planing H. P. boards in 1848 3 00 Two chairs, - - - - 3 00 Paid Alonzo Goddard for 4 stoves at$ 18 each 72 00 7 25 1841 lbs. funnel at 20 cents - - 36 90 34 lbs. zinc at 10 cents, - 3 40 SOUTH DISTRICT. Chains$ 1,50,hooks$2,00 - - 3 90 1 B. Mug 25, interest allowed$2,01 - 2 26 Paid I. N. Damon, varnishing desks, - 1 76 Repairs on old house, 1851, in Mr. Tuttle's bill 88 Repairing windows 68, repairing locks 25, 93 * $ 118 94 r «, 1 14 15 Cost of New School-House,North District. Interest. Principal. June 10, Hammond A. Hosmer, - 60 00 Paid William Locke,as per contract, - 1,080 00 Oct. 26, GC - 30 00 ,cextra work, - 15 77 Nov. 8, John Beals, - - 30 00 William Shattuck, for furniture, - 142 85 « Joshua Simonds, Jr., - - 84 00 John Butterfield, teaming same, - 4 25 _ - 51 75 500 00 Nov. 26, S. W.Robinson, Nathaniel Garmon, for laying wall, - 22 95 Marshall Lock, - - 31 501,000 00 James Whitman, for laying brick wall, - 75 55 it Benjamin Reed, - - 15 59 500 00 Lewis Jones & Son, for stove, - 10 00Dec. Louisa Winship, - - 60 00 Alonzo Goddard, stove funnel and zinc - 12 22 d Feb. 15, '53 Charles Harrington, Jr., - 12 00 Charles W. Johnson, digging cellar - 54 00 1 « 44 — 22 20 William Duren, for cement$ 13,44, laying on fG — 18 00 same,$5,00 18 44 April 14, Trustees of the Lexington M Fund, 20 00 500 00 Bailey, for sand$2,00, C. W. Johnson teaming I i 27, Nehemiah Wellington, - 12 00 gravel $3,50, - - 5 50 John Glidden, for varnish, - - 5 25 678 04 2,500 00 William Locke, for steps, - - 5 00 46 building fence - 49 31 * EXPENSE OF FIRE PROOF SAFE, AS FOLLOWS. John Glidden, for pa.nting same, - 9 00 Oliver Hastings, lumber, - - 48 66 Paid J. N. Damon, for services purchasing same, 2 31 C. W.Johnson, hauling same and digging post j Robert Kershaw, for safe, - - 100 00 holes, - - - - 10 00 ' John Butterfield, for teaming safe, - 3 00 C. W. Johnson, services on building committee, 5 00 Alonzo Goddard, services purchasing same, 2 50 Warren Duren 44 LC 5 00 ;I 107 81 William Locke aL 46 5 00 142 22 H F. Walling for 400 maps of the Town, 200 00 Gi coloring school districts as Whole cost - - - 1,583 75 represented on said maps, - - 20 00 -t220 00 Of this sum of $ 1583,75, the treasurer had paid, 1,380 00 before his settlement with the Selectmen, and the balance since, which will appear in his account for Expense of copying ancient Town Records. 1853—4, viz: - - - - $203 75 Paid C P. Wheeler for transcribing 1381 pages a► of Records at 14 cents per page, 193 34 Assorting and filing Town paperso 10 days, 20 00 AMOUNT PAID ON NOTES. Stationery, - - - - 1 00 214 34 1852, Interest. Principal. May 14, Paid Francis Wyman, - - 33 00 16 89 Paid B. Loring&Co, for 15 quires paper, " Lucy Wyman, - - 39 00 150 files paste board $ 1,50,tape 50, paper " Benjamin Reed, - - 30 00 $ 1,95 - - - - 5 45 May 21, Nehemiah Wellington, - 12 00Binding 5 vols. Town records 4,50 each 22 50 June 3, Francis Wyman, - d. 30 00 3 « 2,50 7 50 p 16 17 Binding 1 vol. Town records, 1 50 REPAIR% AND OTHER EXPENSES OF TOWN HALL. John Butterfield, for freight, 25 A. W. Bryant, for comparing the transcribed Paid I. N. Damon, 36 lbs. mineral paint, 1 44 records with the original, - 15 00 11 lbs. mixed paint,at 121 - - 1 38 ---- 54 01# 11 lbs. white lead 88, Litharge 12 lbs. 96 1 84 Whole cost, - R - 283 43 9 lbs.cement 63, linseed oil 41 gals. $3,60, 4 23 11 gal.boiled oil$1 28, repairs of windows 70 1 98 EXPENSE OF RAILING ROADS. 44 days labor at$ 1,75, - 8 32 Paid Lincoln Heyward, for 150 chesnut posts, 31 50 James Whitman,for mason work, - 4 37 Isaac Huffmaster, for teaming same, - 1 50 Alonzo Goddard, for solar lamp, - 4 25 John Butterfield, for teaming lumber. - 3 50 44 1 water pot, - 75 M. O'Brien,digging post holes, - 6 75 O. W. Kendall 4 days repairing windows, 4 38 I.N. Damon, for himself,horse and wagon, 71 cc Materials used, - 25 days, - - - 22 50 CC Repairing table and lock, 75 Same,for 11 day, - - 2 63 44 Cleaning Hall 1,stationery O. W. Kendall, repairing the fence around the $1,47 - - 2 47 common - - - - 50 `c 111- gals. lamp oil and wicking, 11 05 O. W Kendall,materials and labor building plat- 44 charcoal, - - 2 00 form at the hearse house, - - 1 27 " Opening lower hall 35 times O. W. Kendall, 61 days labor railing roads, 9 87 from March 1852 to March 1853, 35 00 Horse hire, - - - 1 00 Opening the upper hall 28 times, 14 00 J. S. Parker, for 73 lbs. spikes and nails, 3 75 98 46 Jesse Hall & Son, for 200 pickets, - 3 20 Credit by receipts as follows:— By cash received of the Catholics, for use of the Hall " 1093 feet spruce plank, 14 21 '7 times, - - - 21 00 " 218 feet pine plank, 5 01 Received of Young, - - 4 00 – 107 19 « Barker, - - 3 50 44 EXPENSE OF THE HAY SCALES. Dodge, - - 4 00 cc Free Soil meeting, - 2 00 Paid Charles L Heyward, 3022 ft.chesnut timber, 54 19 - cc Signor Blitz, - 4 00 75 posts $15, 25 posts$6,25, - 21 25 Kimball, - 4 00 Isaac Huffmaster, for teaming lumber, - 2 50 CC Andrew Wellington 4, I. N Damon, for spruce lumber, - 1 44 1.1. W.Stephens 2, C. P. Wheeler 1, 7 00 William Chandler, for timber - 50 – 49 50 J. S. Parker, spikes, - - 32 Isaac Mulhken, for labor, - 3 75 EXPENSES OF TOWN OFFICERS. I. N. Damon, 1 day's labor, - 1 75 cc sealing said scales twice, 3 55 Paid Albert W. Bryant, for attending 8 Town Meet- 88 70 ings and making record of the same $ 16 00 $11,40 for posts should have been charged to the expense of Albert W. Bryant, for attending 12 Meetings North school house—not to town scales. at Town Hall - - 6 00 wt 3 w 18 19 Albert W. Bryant, for recording 33 births and Cash paid G. C. Rand, for printing - - 13 50 returning the same - - - 6 60 44 I. Hastings .. - - - 1 75 Albert W. Bryant, for recording 34 deaths, 1 70; Distributing Auditor's and School Com- and 18 marriages, 1 80; - - 3 50 mittee's Reports for 1851-2 - 8 00 Albert W. Bryant, Postage 83, distributing $68 25 Laws and Resolves $4, - - 4 83 R. B. Willis for administering Oaths - 50 SEXTON. $37 47 Philip Russell, for 7 1-2 days services as one of Paid O. W. Kendall, for attending 28 funerals - 28 00 the Board of Selectmen, $2 per day 15 00 " making returns of 34 Deaths to Philip Russell,for attending 26 evening meetings 13 00 Town Clerk - - 3 41 GG 44 recording accounts - 10 00 Cash paid A. W. Bryant, for repairing the hearse 1 50 Cash paid for Blank Book and postage - - 45 32 91for purchasing Lumber for railing - 3 00 Paid Nathaniel Mulliken, for :services as Town $41 45 'Treasurer - - - - 60 00 Rev. Ira Leland, for services as member of Paid I. N. Damon,for 12 days service as one of the the Board of General School Committee 29 00 Board $2 per day - - - 24 00 Attending meetings of the Board 26 evenings 13 00 ,q Cash paid for Books furnished Scholars - 1 63 $30 63 Cash paid for Postage - - - - 18 Paid Dr.Howland Holmes,for services as member of $37 18 the Board - - - - 35 00 Paid Alonzo Goddard, for 7 1-2 days service as one , Rev. Wm. F. Bridge, for services, including of the Board of Selectmen - - 15 00 service as Secretary of the Board - 40 00 Alonzo Goddard,for 26 evenings service as one , of the Board of Selectmen - - 13 00 $ 105 63 $28 00 Paid Auditors for 1851-2 as follows, Nathaniel Mulliken 5 days - - 10 00 Paid William Chandler, for 25 days services as one Cash paid for Printing Report - - 25'00 of the Board of Assessors - - 50 00 " Express men - - - 50 Postage 1,75. Blank Book 75 - - 2 50 Paid Ansel W. Putnam, 3 days services - 6 00 Cash paid Peleg W. Chandler, for advice relating to $41 50 John P. 1llerriam's Taxes - - 15 00 Charles K. Tucker, for Ringing the Bell in the 67 50 Centre Village - - - 35 00 services as Paid Jonathan S. Parker, for 14 1-2 days + John Eastabrook, for Ringing the Bell in the Assessor - - - - 29 00 3 East Village - - - - 30 00 Jonas C. Wellington, for 10 days services as Assessor, $20; use of a horse $2 - 22 00 $65 00 Oliver W. Kendall, for services as Constable, notifying 7 Town meetings - - 42 00 MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS. Service on the arrival of Kossuth - - 2 00 Notifying Selectmen and Town Clerk to draw Paid C. R. Richardson,for surveying North School- Jurors for June and Feb. Term - 1 00 i,• house lot in 1851, - - - $1 50 4 20 21 Paid I. N. Damon, for 1-2 day's labor on engine 88 , Horse and Wagon to Boston - - 1 25 " 1-2 gal. N. F. Oil 75,oiling hose 75, 1 50 Railroad Fare - - - - 1 16 " 2 Spanners for Engine - - 75 Digging post holes 20; S. A. Davis for iron 42; 62 %f $3 96 " Supplement of Revised Statutes - 4 00 " Painting Fence around the Monument 2 25 " " Inscription on " - 5 25RECAPITULATION OF DISBURSEMENTS. " Trunk for use of Selectmen - 2 00 " Blank Books - - - 5 25 Paid Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways $1728 50 " Flax Seed for sealing Measures - 1 10 " one Bucket - - - 20 $23 18 Support of Schools. Paid David Harrington,for moving Engine House Paid for Centre District - - - 751 59 and grading around the same - - $ 25 00 I. N. Damon, for distributing Envelopes - 2 00 Also an order drawn (but not paid before the settlement Philip Russell if `C - 2 00 with the Selectmen) for 27 dollars,which sum William H. Smith " " 4 meetings 8 00 will be found charged in next year's account. C. P. Wheeler 44 " `C 8 00 South-east District - - - 760 59 J. Q. A. Chandler " " 1 meeting 2 00 4. South District - - - - 272 08 $22 00 West District - - - 258 23 Paid Sylvanus W. Smith, care of Engine - 5 75 North District - - - - 263 13 North-east District - - - 263 50 1 Lock 42; repairing Windows 1 53 - 1 95 $770 $2569 09 Philip Russell, expenses incurred on the com- plaint of Mary Reed against Loa Locke, Cash paid John H. Ladd, Esq. - - - 2 70 Cost of Repairs of School-houses. " Dr. Holmes,as witness fees - - 1 30 " O.W.Kendall,journey to Boston to serve South-east District - - - 7 25 warrant, and attending court 3 days 6 13 South " - - - 21 90 " O.W. Kendall,for conveying complainant West `, - - - 54 27 to Cambridge - - - 2 00 North-east " - - . 7 29 " Buttrick and Marrett,as counsel - 5 00 Furniture for Centre District, New House,not paid for Philip Russell's services as above - - 3 00 it before the settlement of last year - 118 94 $20 13 Cost of New House in the North District 1583 74 Paid C. R. Richardson,for establishing bounds on a Sum drawn from the Treasury before settlement 1380 00 part of the Lincoln road - - 1 00 Surveying Town way in East Lexington - 2 00 $1589 65 Sum drawn from the Treasury since the settlement 203 75 44 proposed alteration of bounds betw'n . Lexington and Lincoln - - 3 00 Amount paid on Notes - - - - 3178 04 $6 00 " for Safe - - - - 107 81 Paid I. N. Damon, for painting Guide Boards,Water for Maps - - - - 220 00 Pot, and numb;;ring Stone Bounds - 93 ,. LCExpense of copying Records, - 283 43 w . M 22 \ 23 Amount paid for Railing Roads, - - 107 19 j William Simonds, over 70 years of age - 1 75 " Hay Scales - - - 88 70 Nehemiah Wellington" "` " - 1 75 " 'Town Hall - - - 98 46 Jonathan Carey, overrated for, real estate - 62 Town Officers - - - 635 85 'st William Simonds " " personal estate - 31 74 " for Miscellaneous Charges - 109 47 Eli Whitney, more than 70 years old - 1 75 10 716 19 John Sunderland, not rateable - - 1 75 ' William Hubbard " 44 - • - 1 75 Deduct Income of Town Hall - - 49 50 Webster Smith " 44 - - • 1 75 Amount of Disbursements - - 10,666 69 Daniel McCartey,left town before List was committed 1 75 James Glynn " " 44 it 1 75 Cash on hand at the settlement - - 296 73 John Foley " " " " " 1 75 Amount of Receipts April 29th $10.963 42 James Glysha " " " , " 1 75 D. B. Lewis " " " " " 1 75 There is now in the hands of the Treasurer, a Note given by Benja- Heirs of Anna Goddard - - - 70 min Muzzey for One Thousand Dollars, on which Mr. Muzzey's j Nov. 13. Administrator has paid Five Hundred Dollars. No interest has Otis Simonds - - - - 42 05 been paid on said Note since 1848. George Tuttle - - - - 3 10 The amount of the Town's liabilities on Notes, April 29, `William Gleason - - - - 4 32 1853, was - - - - $9,620 00 Abijah Harrington,over 70 years - - 1 75 The amount of Tax list for the year 1852,committed to Nathan Fessenden " - - 1 75 Jacob Robinson to collect, was - - $10.628 22 William Wellington" - - 1 75 $54 72 Of this sum, he was directed to pay Nov. 17. Stedman Buttrick, County Treasurer - 1,170 42 Hammon Reed - - - - 3 10 To the Treasurer of Lexington - - 9,457 80 1853. Jan. 29. John Gammell - - - - 6 20 Nathaniel Mulliken, Treasurer, has received $8,057 88 March 28. The amount of Discount allowed for prompt paym't 938 62 John Bowles, left before Tax committed - 1 75 And the Assessors have abated of said Taxes 141 00 Silas Spencer " " ,c, `• - 1 75 V Bryan Gulluly" " " " - 1 75 $9,137 50 John Fogg—poverty - - - 1 92 Abijah Perry " - - - - 1 75 Leaving of uncollected Taxes - - $320 30 William H. Littlehale—absconded - - 1 75 John Casey not rateable - - - 1 75 The following is a List of Abatements made by the Assessors. Dana Scott " " - - - 1 75 Eli Robbins—poverty - - - 1 75 $25 22 1851. Oct. 30. Ebenezer Smith, over 70 years of age - 1 75 Amount of Abatements - - $141 00 Jonathan Robinson " " `" - 1 75 William Heywood " " " , 1 75 Your Committee believe the foregoing Report embraces a full and Jonathan Carey F' " 44 - 1 75vo accurate statement of the Financial affairs of the Town on the day of the Selectmen's settlement with the Treasurer,viz: April 29, 1853. • 24 In submitting this Report, we may be permitted to remark that we did not feel authorized to present to the inhabitants a List of Property belonging to the Town. If that should be done by any Board here- after, the Town would probably wish to have a fair estimate of the value of the same. All of which is respectfully submitted,by NATHANIEL MULLIKEN, Auditing ELBRIDGE BROWN, Committee. C. P. WHEELER, Lexington, May, 1853. I