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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1855-1856 Auditors ReportTHE AUDITOR'S REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1855-56. CHARLESTOWN: PRINTED BY CALEB RAND & CO., No. 48 Main Street. 1856. THE AUDITOR'S REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1855-56. CHARLESTOWN: PRINTED BY CALEB RAND & CO., No. 48 Main Street. 1856. REPORT. Expenses of Town Officers. TOWN CLERK. Paid Albert W. Bryant, for services as Town Clerk, $20 00 Postage and Express, 1. 45 For recording 13 marriages, 10c 1 30 do 33 deaths, 5c 1 65 do 42 births, 20c 8 40 $32 80 SELECTMEN. Paid Joel Viles for 33 1-2 days, $2, 67 00 For attending 27 evening meetings of Se- lectmen, 13 50 $80 50 Isaac N. Damon for 21 days at 2,50 52 50 For attending 26 evenings, 13 00 Services as Secretary for Selectmen, 15 00 Services appointing Pound Keeper, 1 00 Cash paid for copy of Laws and Resolves, 25 1-2 day with horse, County Com. to Woburn, 1 75 Postage Stamps, 50 Stationary and notifying Surveyors, 2 20 Raising flag for Cattle Show and 22d Feb. 4 00 Alonzo Goddard, for 11 days at 2,00, Attending 22 evenings, $90 20 22 00 11 00 $33 00 ASSESSORS. Paid Jona. S. Parker for 44 1-2 days, 2, 00, 89 00 For use of horse and buggy 4 1-2 days, 2,00, 9 00 Amount carried forward, $9S 00 r". 4 5 Amount brought forward, $98 00 Expenses to Boston three times, 60c 1 80 For book and pencil, 3. 00 For stationery, 50 P. W. Chandler for advice, 5 00 C. K. Darling, bill of Books, 14 12 Wm. H. H. Reed, for 18 days, 2,00, Billings Smith, for 29 3-4 days, 2,00, CONSTABLE. Notifying nine different persons, at 50c 4 50 Distributing School Reports, 4 00 Distributing Auditor's Reports, 4 00 Distributing Laws and Resolves, 5 00 Notifying Selectmen to draw Jurors, three times, 3 00 Notifying five Town Meetings, and attendance, 35 00 55 50 $122 42 36 00 49 00 SEXTON. Paid Oliver W. Kendall, for attending 33 funerals, 33 00 Recording 33 deaths, 3 30 $36 30 TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. Paid Jonas C. Wellington, Blank Books, Expenses and time to pay notes and interest, State and County Tax, COLLECTOR FOR 1854. Paid Andrew Wellington, AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS. Paid Horace B. Davis for five days services, Billings Smith for four days services, Stacy & Richardson, for printing Reports, Express, SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Paid Ira Leland, for services, Fare to and from Boston, F. P. Crafts, for services, Charles Tidd, for services, 99 00 1 25 r 7 00 x' 107 25 140 00 Support of Schools. HIGH SCHOOL. Paid George W. Dow, for teaching 16 2-5 weeks, at $800 for forty-four weeks, H. O. Whittemore, for teaching twenty-six weeks, at $800 for forty-four weeks, School Committee for broom, For cleaning school room and privys, Ink, stationery and postage, Advertising, Cleaning Town Hall, Removing seats, Moving blackboards, Arthur F. Gould, for taking care of school room twenty-eight weeks, at 75c Wellington Brothers for five tons of coal, For putting in coal, Two baskets charcoal, School Committee, one box crayons, One bottle of Ink, Thermometer, Six baskets charcoal, I. N. Damon, painting blackboards, O. W. Kendall, moving seats, A. Goddard, fixing stove pipe, One broom, One brush, A. Goddard, stove pipe, A. Goddard, 6 pounds zinc, O. W. Kendall, for 1 1-2 days moving setees, and taking care of fire, 10 00 800 30 00 13 $48 13 48 00 2 40 3700 31 00 $118 40 298 18 472 72 37 1 00 2 05 5 50 3 25 3 00 50 21 00 38 00 1 25 75 75 25 ]. 00 2 25 1 00 3 00 50 38 50 14 25 75 2 25 $874 45 CENTRE DISTRICT, I. B. SMITH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Kate Whitman, for teaching 3 weeks 3 days, 19 80 Mary F. Barnes for teaching three weeks, 16 50 Thomas H. Barnes, for teaching eleven months, 6'37 50 Emilie Crafts for teaching thirty-seven weeks, 203 50 Thomas H. Barnes, for care of school rooms, 30 00 1-2 gallon ink, 1 00 Two boxes crayons, 1 00 Scholars reports, 3 00 Amount carried forward, $812 30 -J 6 Amount brought forward, $812 30 [saac 13. Smith, two brooms and mending coal -hod, 81. Repairing clocks and cleaning cellar, 3 00 E. Symmes' bill, 1 12 Mat, 2 00 Charcoal and shavings, 7 88 Cleaning Stove pipe, 1 00 Hiring teachers, 3 00 L. W. Muzzey & Co. for five tons of coal, 36 25 Deduct for rent of unfinished room, EAST VILLAGE DISTRICT, JONAS GAMMELL, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Lucy A. Downing for teaching forty weeks, Henry L. Chase for teaching forty-one weeks, Henry L. Chase, for care of school room, Jonas Gammell, for procuring teachers, broom and brush, 2 brooms, ink and inkstands, dustpan, cleaning schoolhouse, 1-2 cord of wood and sawing, housing coal, care of schoolhouse, inkstands and broom, ink and pens, pens and stationery, one broom, J. C. Wellington & Co. for five tons coal, CC CC SC CC CC CC CC CC tC 'i CC CC CC CC CC CI $867 36 12 00 $855 36 234 99 53201 20 00 4 00 62 50 56 16 5 00 400 1 00 500 50 151 315 25 38 00 . $851 25 NORTH DISTRICT, JOHN GLIDDEN, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Isabella Cutler for teaching twenty-five weeks, 125 00 Isabella Cutler for care of schoolroom, 7 00 George D. Robinson for teaching 13 1-2 weeks, 135 00 George D. Robinson for making fires 5 00 John Glidden for wash -dish and dipper, 58 ,, soap and broom, 63 ink and chalk, 62 washing schoolroom, 1 50 Amount carried forward, $275 33 CC Amount brought forward, $275 33 Charles Tidd for ink, three brooms and pail, 1 59 CC one-half cord wood and sawing, 2 50 William Wood for three cords of wood, 19 50 D. Pratt & Sons, Clock, 7 00 George Simonds, making fires in 1854-5, • 4 25 Abijah Harrington, sawing and splitting 3 c. wood, 3 00 $313 17 WEST DISTRICT, WM. WELCH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Harriet E. Rice, for teaching twenty weeks, 110 00 Galen Allen, 2d, for teaching 3 13-20 months, 142 50 William Welch, for care of schoolroom, 14 62 wash -dish and dipper, 78 one cord pine wood, 5 00 • sawing and splitting wood and putting in coal, 3 50 William Welch, for one broom and bottle ink, 67 .(. C. Wellington & Co. for four tons coal, 29 00 D. Pratt & Sons for clock, 7 00 William Welch for crayons and broom, 1 38 c, cleaning schoolhouse, 2 00 CC NORTH-EAST DISTRICT, ALBERT FITCII, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Martha F. Winning for teaching 20 weeks, Charles Tidd for teaching four months, Albert Fitch for cleaning schoolhouse, two bottles of ink and dipper, two brooms and chalk, coal seive and dipper, taking care of schoolroom, Samuel Jones for making fires, 'J. C. Wellington & Co. for three tons of coal, Albert Fitch for housing coal, one cord of wood, sawing, splitting and housing do. CC ;316 45 10000 159 75 3 00 57 79 33 2 50 17 00 21 75 75 5 75 2 00 314 19 SOUTH DISTRICT, GEORGE H. SMITH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Paid Louise M. Wellington for teaching 20 weeks, $120 00 Amount carried forward, 8120 00 8 Amount brought forward, $120 00 A. P. Smith for teaching fourteen weeks, 140 00 George H. Smith for shovel and broom, 1 12 " ink and crayons, 1 37 " sweeping schoolroom, 2 00 furnace hook & shoveling snow 75 hiring teachers, 6 00 painting blackboards, 1 50 making fires & sawing wood, 13 37 J. C. Wellington & Co. for three tons of coal, 21 75 George H. Smith, for bell and dust brush, 70 cc 3 boxes chalk, 1 50 " broom, 1 bottle ink and dipper 78 repairing clock, CC CC CI cc cc 1 00 sweeping and cleaning house, 5 00 getting in coal, 50 Deduct amount Cr. by Committee, $317 34 500 $312 34 Repairs of School -houses. CENTRE DISTRICT. Paid Isaac B. Smith for putting in seats, 3 12 Isaac B. Smith for varnishing doors & setting glass, 1 50 I. N. Damon for repairing windows, 1 05 " painting blackboards, 1 00 $6 67 EAST VILLAGE DISTRICT, Paid Isaac Butrick for repairs on schoolhouse, 9 00 Jonas Gammell for setting glass, S7 Charles Butters, for grading schoolhouse yard. 9 75 Oliver Brown, for painting blackboards and set- ting glass, . 2 00 Jonas Gammell for cash paid A. Goddard, 59 " repairing pumps, 75 cccashp'd Wm. Locke for repairs, 2 30 $25 26 9 NORTH-EAST DISTRICT. Paid Alonzo Goddard for 54 pounds stove pipe, " measuring and putting up, Albert Fitch for moving gravel, NORTH DISTRICT. Paid 1. N. Damon for repairing windows, WEST DISTRICT, Paid Oliver W. Kendall for 54 days labor on fence, 11 00 " cash paid B. Locke & Son, 3 88 " J. Crowley, labor, 1 33 "l horse, teaming lumber, 2 00 " Fowler & Gardner, lumber, 27 54 " J. H. Bennett, nails, etc. 2 20 Wm. Welch for two bolts and screws, 75 " 3 lights of glass and setting, 1 00 Chandler Richardson for surveying lot, 3 00 6 75 1 00 4 00 11 75 1 33 << << ct 6l SOUTH DISTRICT, Paid Gen. H. Smith for lumber, 2 days work and teaming, 6 lbs. nails, 15 lights of glass, 4 hours labor, 2 locks and putting on, 11 Cl $52 70 7 88 400 33 2 42 75 1 50 $ 16 88 Roads and Bridges. Paid Charles A. Butters for 26 days labor, a. 1.50, 39 00 `l 2 horses and 1 cart 251 days, 50 50 James Conway for 25 days labor, 31 25 John O'Neil, 254- 31 87 M. C. Gurk, 25 31 25 D. Collins, 25 31 25 M. Hayes, 25 l 31 25 J. Coiling, 41 `l 5 62 Wm. H. Smith for powder and [Ilse, 42 J. Gammell for ox work, 75 A. W. Bryant, sharpening tools, 1 25 John A. Russell 11 4S S. A. Davis for repairing cart, 3 62 Amount carried forward, $258 51 Amount bro.?ght forward, SimondsNath'l Flint for repairing cart, Reed & Davis for toothed hoe, Eli • 1 days r 1/ 12 days use of oxen, 1 lbs. pick handles,dipper, / 1 51 I 75 187 50 2 73 1 11 1 CC' CC CC CC CC CC u • 51• 1 25 11 1 15 1 18 49 getting scraper, covering stones and laying, 1 days . I • Websterinterest on money to buy oxen, Wm. Gleason for blasting, • plough, shoeingA. W. Bryant for 2 picks, oxen and sharpening tools,11 23 52 •1 72 m 75 132 93 11 11 11 go II 25 12 1 1 • • CC Billings Smith for 10 bags meal, cc 5 shovels and 2 hoes, pail, . • r •cards, Warren for •. labor, George Locke PatrickFox for sixr • rhalf days labor, Wm. Chandler for nine cc Charles 1 •for twelve cc repairingJames Pierce for Bedford road, gravel,Nathan Chandler for one days work, Joseph F. Simonds for J. Crowley for six and a half days work, MichaelMcMahanfor four r • r half days work,1 James • r • for eight S. A. / • • 1 hadlock 1 days, Patrick Fox/ days work, John SherMan for drawing stone, J. F. Simonds for two days labor, George Simonds for repairing bridge, 1• Ir James . Pierce, makingJames Crowley for Bucks Hill road, 350 00 preparing posts and digging holes, 3 75CC teaming lumber, cc 10 50 -25 1 6 25 1 11 1 11 2 75 1 digging eleven post holes, 67cc. Oliver W. Kendall for teaming lumber, 1 00 days labor, 500 J. H.*Bennett for spikes, 1 1 Hall & Sons for lumber for railing, 16 00Amount carried forward, ,1047 19 11 Amount ht forward, • Oliver W. Kendall 1r repairing bridge, horse, cc cash to J. Wyman, WellingtonPeter I days laboron road 1 i Hodges,25 2 00 I damagesroad, Hill 1 11 J. Wyman, cc cc 100 II Ammi C. Teel for Drain Damon / •/ on Bucks Hill road,1 monuments,cc setting 1 Ebenezer Garmon for teaming stone, 5 00 Jonas Harrington for repairingbridge,1 HarringtonCharles Simonds for r • • and stone on bridges, • 11 covering'Thos. Cutler for Chandler R.Richardson for surveying Bucks Hill and Woburn road, 7 50 Butters, / 1' •1 r •1 • •1 Irl 1 11 wideningJ. Crowley for Woburn road, 115 00 Damon, • r i and fare forBridge, _ horse• 1 wagonfor stone, Simonds,$1992 OS Deduct for advance on oxen sold by E. laborBy of C. Butters,• 1 Schoolhouse,• 75 By cash of lst Cong.Society,/ Breaking out Roads. Paid 1 Charles Robinson Harra• r _ George Locke John Sherman James Williams George Simonds D. Fillebrown Benj. Nathan Amount 24 86 $1967 22 labor, 1 day's 1• 11 s 00 1/ •• 1 23 26 I 25 •1 2 75 '73 68 12 Amount brought forward, J. F. Simonds 6 days labor, A. 13. Haggett 2 do. Amos Ainger 1 do. Wm. Chandler 2 do. S. A. Houghton Sidney Butterfield Michael Clansey J. Q. A. Chandler John Smith 1 1-2 do. James Pierce, Bedford Road, Wm. Hartwell Eben Simonds 1-2 do. Warren Duren for services as surveyor, Eli Simonds 20 days labor, g(6 days use of oxen, Webster Smith for oxen 3 days, man 5 1-2 days, Andrew Wellington 17 do. Wm. Lowry 8 do. Sidney Lawrence 15 do. Galen Allen 12 do. J. S. Smith 4 3-4 do. E. R. Smith T. E. Cutler 2 do. B. A. Tufts 11 do. B. F. Locke 9 1-2 do. B. Gleason 5 1-2 do. Eastabrook Blodget, 2 do. C. F. Dunbar for one day's work of oxen J. P. Kennedy for repairs on pung, P. McGrath, 1-2 days labor, Chas. A. Butters 12 do. D. Collins 3 do. J. Keith 2 1-2 do. J. Shays 1 do. P. Coller 7 do. J. Manley 1 do: J. Tobin 2 1-2 do. E. Hager 1 do. T. Desmond 1 do. John O'Neil 2 do. M. Hurley 3 1-2 do. Larkin Turner 7 do. of man, Baldwin Locke 9 1-2 do. Amount carried forward) 073 68 750 200 1 00 2 50 15 00 6 00 38 563 1 87 2175 4 00 50 3 75 25 00 9 00 4 50 6 87 17 00 1000 18 75 12 00 4 75 1 80 2 50 11 00 11 87 5 50 2 00 and man, 2 50 2 00 62 15 00 3 00 2 50 1 00 7 00 1 00 2 50 1 00 1 00 2 00 3 50 7 00 9 50 ;349 22 11401 13 Amount brought forward, Wm. Viles 4 days and oxen, Wrn. Viles 1 do. O'Brien 1 do. Peter Wellington 0349 22 12 00 1 00 1 00 2 50 $365 72 Expenses of Town Hall. Paid Isaac N. Damon for painting Town House, 123 00 for blinds, 8 98 " for repairing the windows, 2 45 ‘Lfor extra painting, 4 00 A. Goddard for funnel, 66 O. W. Kendall, opening hall for 5 town meetings, 6 25 ' " upper hall 16 times, 12 00 hall for Catholics twice, 2 50 hall for Union Meeting, 1 25 hall for Americans 6 times, 6 50 For six gallons lamp oil and wicking, 6 20 F. M. Harrington for moving setees, 38 Manley for shovelling gravel, 50 Isaac N. Damon for painting, 40 C` for setting glass, 40 for repairing settees, 2 75 18 << << << << for ink, O. W. Kendall credits the Town as follows : Received of Catholics, Americans, Union, Americans, '' '' 46 $6 00 2 50 2 00 8 00 $178 40 18 50 $159 90 Expense incurred in relation to the petition for a Guardian over Abigail Smith. Paid Joel Viles for time and expenses, 6 00 cash p'd for copy of Wm. Smith's will, 1 00 attend'g probate ct. at Camb. & Conc'd, 5 00 cash paid witnesses, 16 80 cash paid J. W. Wakefield as counsel, 15 00 C: << Amount carried forward, $43 80 14 Amount brought forward, $43 80 Paid Joel Viles for cash paid I. N. Damon for attend'e, 7 10 for cash p'd O.W. Kendall for services, 2 25 $53 15 Expenses or Common.. Paid Oliver W. Kendall for making gate & rep'g fence, 7 00 two gross screws, 92 csh p'd. S.A.Davis rep'g hinges, 25 " C. K. Tucker, horse hire., 25 I. N. Damon for gate and fence, 1 60 A. P. Richardson, 20 10 22 Expenses of Liberty Pole and Guide Boards. Paid I. N. Damon for self, horse and wagon one day, to obtain a person to take it down, 3 50 I. N. Damon for railroad fare to buy mast, G0 for horse and. wagon to get braces, 75 labor, paints and oil, 35 73 A. McMahan for one-half day's labor, 50 John Cushing for mast, 35 00 J. H. Bennett for lead, 45 John Butterfield for teaming, 16 63 F. M. Harrington for horse and wagon hire, 50 Wm. Ham for iron work, 1 98 Henry Mulliken for labor, 13 87 James Crowley for four and one-half days labor, 5 63 2958 13 2 20 Oliver Hastings for Lumber, C. K. Tucker, Howland, Hinkley & Co. Francis Low & Co. Mrs. Crawford, Gorham Bigelow, Ebenezer Garmon, Joel Viles for four days services, John Nelson for four locust trees, 42 00 75 4 50 1 50 8 00 2 00 15 Miscellaneous Accounts. Paid Chas. K. Tucker for ringing bell, 35 00 A. Goddard for ringing bell, 35 00 Davis & Farmer for printing School Com. report, 18 00 Daniel Hartford for 200 split stones, 50 00 I. N. Damon for painting hearse house, 16 43 Jonathan S. Parker for taking census, - 40 00 Baldwin Locke for distributing envelopes, 2 00 F. M. Harrington for horse hire for selectmen, 8 75 W. E. Coggswell for rep'g Rev. Estabrook's tablet, 5 67 Loring S. Pierce for distributing envelopes, 2 00 O.W. Kendall cash p'd for printing 2500 notific'ns, 13 00 " lock to rec'ing tomb, & key to town hall, 1 45 Wm. Smith for repairing hearse harness, 33 Chas. Brown,monum'nt set'g betw.Linc'n c" Lex.l 25 Gorham Bigelow for entertainm't of county tom's, 2 25 John Davis for school books furnished committee, 1 36 O.W. Kendall for shoveling snow at burial grounds, 6 00 Thomas Stiles for monument, 1 00 C. K. Tucker, ringing bell in part pay for 1855-6, 25 00 Overseers of Poor for 1854, for error in account, 26 22 Andrew Wellington balance due as Collector, '54, 19 78 $310 49 Expense of Alms House. Paid C. Hadlock for serv's from Mar. 12,'55 to do.'56, ' 300 00 S. A. Houghton for services as overseer, 30 00 cash paid Hadlock'for sundry exp's, 5 50 u CC freight 25, book 62, 2 bus. meal 2 80, 3 67 slaught'ng hogs $2, past'ng cows $9, 11 00 Warren Duren for services as overseer, 22 50 leather for pumps; 47, wood, 3 75, 4 22 shoes and repairing, 6 65 cash paid F. M. Harrington, 38 _ Jonas Gammell for services as overseer, _ 22 50 T. Hastings & Co., for 3t lbs. tea, 8 90 20 bush. meal 23 64, tub butter 9 38, 33 02 4 bbls. flour 839 75, 7 lbs potash 63, . 40 38 4 lbs. salwratus 26, 42 lbs. rice 2 52, 2 78 4 bush. rye meal, 5 90 3 gallons linseed oil, 3 00 one-half dozen brooms, 1 50 << $205 80 4) Amount brought forward, $501 90 1 16 17 Amount brought forward, $501 90 Paid Jas. H. Bennett & Co. for 7 bush. Rye Meal, $12 50 A. Aldrich & Co. for 97 1-2 lbs. butter, Jas. H. Bennett c}^ Co. for 28 bushels meal, 4 bags Oil Meal, Whips, Sponge 6, Pepper 20, Nutmegs 30, Cream Tart. 40, Pruning Knife, Saltpetre 7, 3 Brooms 84, Ginger 12, Blacking 10, Bag Flour, Hops 55, Axe Handle 25, Raisins 80, Nails 51, Almanac 6, Mop Handle 25, Corn Popper 25, R. Salve 25, Chocolate 22, Shells 15, Ink 6, Mustard 20, 61 quarts Beans, 16 lbs. Rice, Fish Twine, 68 lbs. Sugar, Seeds 1 78, Salt 1 40, Tobacco and Snuff, Meal Bags, Soap 54, 2 lbs Tea 95, Fine Feed, 4 1-2 gallons Molasses, 6 gallons Vinegar, 39 3-4 lbs. Pork, Paid Reed & Davis for 20 bush. Meal, Tobacco and Snuff, 40 lbs Sugar, Matches 17, Lemons 25, Scythe and Snaith, Rake, Rifle and Stone 2 lbs. Coffee, Saloratus 14, Hops 40, 2 bush. Salt, Pepper 17, Spices 25, 1 Shovel, Alum and Soap, Amount carried forward, CC it cc CI CC CI cc cc cc cc it CC CC CC It cc CC cc CC 24 12 35 75 8 80 20 26 70 56 91 22 3 20 80 1 31 31 50 37 26 6 57 96 71 6 30 3 18 6 68 2 00 1 49 8 55 1 95 1 00 5 97 22 15 2 61 3 55 42 1 83 51 30 54 78 42 1 00 27 $'662 41 Amount brought forward, Paid Reed & Davis for salt bag 25, nails 12, basket 56, mustard 25, Ci bottle oil:, Albert Fitch for 269 lbs. beef, Reynolds & Derby, meat bill, John P. Merriam, 1030 lbs. hay, Edward Clarry.for 33 days labor, Thomas Groom for record book, Oceanus Straw for 9 days labor, Elmira A. Wiggin for labor, 0. K. Tucker for filing saws, William F. Ham for blacksmith's bill, J. Russell for four pigs, J. C. Wellington & Co. for 7 tons coal, J. H. A. Heald for dry goods, J. Butterfield for teaming, S. A. Davis for blacksmith's bill, Daniel L. Giles for one bushel beans, H. Barker cj' Co. for one bbl. flour, E. B. Mason for crockery, B. F. Hartwell for hay, J. Cambell for 118 lbs. pork, 13enj'n Dutton for 20 lbs. potash, " soap, .01 " 3 gallons oil, Faxon Brothers for barrel and contents, two barrels molasses, E. Nickerson 4• Co. for fish, E. Symmes for four pair shoes, three straw hats, J. P. Pattee for bread, J. Whipple for fish, Wrn. Heywood for labor and lumber, Wm. Chandler for wood, Dr. Holmes for medical attendance, Oran Nasli for shoes and strings, N. Fessenden, ;662 41 37 81 5(t 18 75 3561 13 52 4125 362 1152 1 75 1 34 523 45 83 5075 25 91 2 62 2 62 3 00 10 75 4 45 17 53 14 16 1 80 27 2 55 11 75 2319 S 50. 4 88, 63 3 40; 10 13 1 50 28 50 25 00 3 14 75 $1110 29 Expense of Poor out of Alms House. Paid J. II. Bennett & Co. for goods deliv'd J.Johnson, $9 22 Reed & Davis do. do. - 6 17 Amount carried forward, 3 $1.534) 18 Amount brought forward, $ 15 39 Warren Duren for cash paid J. Johnson, 84 `i boots for ` 3 25 S. A. Houghton for ? cord wood " 3 25 cash paid itinerant, 50 exp. on acc't of Isaac Blodget, 8 62 expenses to Lawrence, 2 50 cash to Cynthia Blodget, 10 00 Value of wood etc., delivered from almshouse, 37 35 Reynolds & Derby, meat deliv'd Mrs. Cummings, 3 81 Wm. 14. Smith for goods " O. W. Kendall for funeral exp. of J. E. " cc cc cc Mrs. N. Reed, 1)r. Spaulding for medical attend'ce of I. Cushing, 8 00 cc 2082 1200 10 50 11 50 Eliza Stearns, 7 50 Warren Duren for cash paid, 75 E. Symmcs for 1 pair boots to E. Winship, 1 63 Expenses of Almshouse, 158 21 1110 29 2 19 Amount brought forward, $535 72 Treasurer and Collector, 107 25 Collector for 1854, 140 00 Auditor of Accounts, 48 13 School Committee, 118 40 Scuoois—High School, Centre District, East Village District, North District, West District, North-east District, South District, $1268 50 Credit. By cash received of old board of Overseers, 136 16 for milk, 97 99 fagots, 5 23 pork and lard, 24 71 produce from farm, 15 05 labor of Hadlock and horse, 25 00 wood, etc. chg'd poor out of house,37 35 Town Treasurer, 917 16 Error in favor of Overseers, $ 1258 65 985 $ 1268 50 REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES—Centre, East Village, North -cast, North, West, South, Roads and Bridges, Breaking out Roads, Expense of Town Hall, Expense incurred in relation to the guardian over Abigail Smith, Expense of Common, Expense of Liberty Pole and Guide Boards, M iscellaneous Accounts, Expense of Poor, exclusive of receipts from farm, 949 50 874 45 855 36 S51 25 313 17 316 45 314 19 312 34 $3837 21 6 67 25 26 11 75 1 33 52 70 16 SS $ 114 59 1967 22 365 72 $2332 94 159 90 petition for a Recapitulation. TOWN OFFICEns—Clerk, Selectmen, Assessors, Constable, Sexton, Amount carried forward, 53 15 1022 205 80 310 49 1063 27 $9037 07 Town of Lexington in account with J. C. Welling- ton, Treasurer and Collector. Dr. To amount of orders from Selectmen, 8891 36 paid for State Tax, 891 00 paid for County Tax, 1160 27 paid on notes, 5359 03 interest, 794 13 city of Cambridge repairs on bridge, 18 61 allowed for discount on taxes, 1181 03 Amount carried forward, 32 80 203 70 207 42 55 50 36 30 $$535 72 CC G: $18295 43 20 Amount brought forward, 518295 43 To amount of abatement made by Assessors, 323 04 remaining uncollected, 251 44 To balance in treasury, 712 01 $19581 92 Gr. By cash borrowed per order of Selectmen, 5881 16 Tax list received of Assessors, 13312 46 Cash received of J. H. Bennett on acct. of hay scales, 97 14 Cash received of John c Wm. H. Skin- ner, for rent of Town House land, 10 00 Cash rec'd of S.W. Robinson, grass on Com'n, 7 00 " Thos. Greenleaf fordo. 1854, 11 00 State Treasurer, school fund, 89 91 . County Treasurer for services of Selectmen, and monuments on Wal- tham road, 23.25 Cash rec'd of J. C. Wellington & Co. for use of hay scales, 10 00 Cash rec'd of Andrew " Collector, '54 140 00 Settled April 7th, '56. 19581 92 JOEL VILES, ISAAC N. DAMON, Selectmen. ALONZO GODDARD, List of Abatements of Taxes by the Assessors. Isaac Huffmaster, overrated, 4 00 Richard D. Blinn do. 6 60 3 30 3 30 6 60 660 88 32 82 16 50 33 00 19 80 3 30 3 30 16 50 2 64 Peter Blodget, Isaac N. Damon David A. Tuttle Susan Turner George Monroe do. do. do. do. do. A. P. Richardson, do. Leonard A. Saville, do. George W. Robinson, do. Reuben Reed do. Curtis Capel do. Mary Winship do. James A. Jones do. Elisha Spaulding, do. Amount carried forward, 159 14 ar„a 21 Amount brought forward, Heirs of Elias Phinney not taxable, Edwin A. Gleason do. Michael Conway do. John Devine do. Wm. Littlefield do. Patrick McNiinm do. William B. Trask do. John Dolan do. Patrick Smith do. John Gammell do. E. J. Cleveland. do. Samuel B. Pierce wood cut off, before list committed, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. absconded, do. do. do. do. do. do. Michael Fitzgerald, 2d do. Joshua Simonds, overrated 1 98, over 70 yrs. old,1 Leander B. Lawrence, not to be found, do. do. poverty, do. do. do. John Brown left town . Wm. Buckley Wm. Doyle Noble E. Hill John Maid Colburn J. Wald Antony Webber James Wren Solomon Cragin Michael Clancey William Miller John McCarty Patrick Dailey John O'Niel, 2d Charles Sander Edward Cummings, Elisha Flagg Josiah Locke Patrick Gould Patrick Mahoney Peter Cade Patrick Costlow Elbridge Wyman Peter Guthridge John Fogg, Lewis White Joshvia R. Hubbard Franklin Fisk Amount carried forward, $159 14 356 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 26 40 8 30 3 00 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1.70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 70, 3 68 1 70 1 70 1 70 l 90 1 70 1 70 1 99 269 17 22 Amount brought up, William Kerr, sickness, Wm. Gleason, highway tax, Michael Hopkins, taxed twice by mistake, Wm. Lary do. Francis Stone, not taxable, James Stone do. Sullivan Burbank, over 70 years old, Wm. Elm do. Nathan Fessenden do. Charles Harrington do. Wm. Heywood. do. David Johnson do. Phineas Lawrence do. Ambrose Morrill do. Nathaniel Mulliken do. John Mulliken do. Jonas Monroe do. Jonathan Monroe do. Samuel Phelps do. Joseph Parkhurst do. Joel Smith do. Wm. Simonds do. Larkin Turner do. John Underwood do. John Viles do. Nehemiah Wellington do. David Wellington do. William Wellington do. Peter Wellington do. Daniel Kenitson, his son Isaac not of age, Jonathan Locke, vagrancy, Thomas Garmon, died in poverty, $269 17 1 70 1 17 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 .isi 4 $323 04 Births, Marriages and. Deaths, DURING THE YEAR, 1855, IN LEXINGTON. BIRTHS. Whole number of births, 42 Males, 23 Females 19 The parentage of children is as follows : Both parties American, 22 Irish, 17 Scotch, 1 American and Irish, 1 English, 1 42 MARRIAGES. Whole No. Marriages regist'd, 13 The nativity of parties was : Both parties American, 11 Irish, 2 13 23 INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. The whole number of certificates issued was 22, Number where both parties were residents of Lexington, 46 females only " « males only " CC 13 6 22 The birth -place of the parties applying for certificates, was : Both parties American, 12. do. foreign, 10. Total, 22 DEATHS REGISTERED. Date. Name. Jan. 6 Emma E. Crawford, Jan. 7 Charles Hadley, Jan. 11 Florence Nichols, Jan. 22 David Wood, Feb. 1 Maria A. Lawrence, Feb. 2 Maria W. Minot, Mar. 6 Benj. L. Muzzey, Mar. 7 Mary W. Sherman, Mar. 18 Sarah Nelson, Mar. 22 Robert Taylor, Mar. 30 Jonathan Harrington, April 8 Newell Reed, April 10 John H. Estabrook, April 17 Jonathan Cary, May 18 Marshall Tufts, May 15 Sarah Lord, July 1 Charlotte Mulliken, July 10 Hannah Collins, Aug. 19 Lydia Garmon Aug. 8 John Underwood, Aug. 5 John Mulliken, Aug. 4 Hannah Solis, Sept. 5 Frances A. Cummings, Sept. 8 Infant, Sept. 12 John H. Parker, Sept. 12 John Skinner, Sept. 17 Ann Keene, Sept. 17 Ellen Crowley, Sept. 26 Mary Ann Keene, Oct. 13 Jane P. Goodwin, Oct. 1 Lavina Locke, Nov. 21 Lewis E. Keyes, Dec. 17 Arthur Leavitt, Whole number 33. Males, Drowned, 1 Dropsy, 1 Unknown, 4 Intemper'ee 2 Sex. Yrs. Mos. F. M. 4 F. 3 M. 88 F. 10 F. 9 M. 14 F. 33 F. 74 M. 50 M. 61 M. 73 M. 1 6 86 1\1\11; 54 F. 20 F. 7 2 F. 2 2 F. 36 M. 75 M. 72 3 « F. 55 Malden. F. 38 Lexington. M. LL M. 18 11 24 Lexington. M. 75 10 25 Woburn. F. 24 Ireland. F. 7 Charlestown.. F. 8 8 Lexington, F. 43 10 Haverhill. F. 56 8 Lexington. M. 1 Chelsea. M. 7 Lexington. 16. Females, 17 DISEASE, OR CAUSE Scarlet Fever, 5 Old Age, 4 Consumption, 8 Appoplectic Fit 1 7 3 6 6 4 7 6 Days. Place of birth. Lexington. 16 Lexington. 11 Littleton. Newburyp't. Lexington. Boston. Lexington. 6 Lexington. Ireland. 9 Lexington. {G 5 Charlestown. Lexington. Boston. Lexington. GG Canada. 7 Lexington. OF DEATH. Disease of the brain, 1 Scrofnla, 1 Cholera Infantum, 5 Total, 33 24 Extracts from Report of Secretary of Massachusetts. The whole number of' in the State for the year ending Dec. 31, 1854, was 21.414. Males 10.710—females 10.558 ; and 146 was classed as of' uncertain sex. Americans 16.801—foreign- ers 3.595—unknown 1.018. The aveaage age for each individu- al to have been 27-16 years. -Six individuals, two males and four females, died during the year, who hact lived to a greater age than one hundred years. Some of the principal diseases or causes of death were as follows : Appoplexy, 153 Bowels, inflamation of, 189 - Bowels, disease of, 195 Brain, inflamation of, 255 Brain, disease of 259 Cancer, 195 Casualty, 277 Childbirth, 183 Cholera, 765 Cholera infantum, 525 Consumption, 4,611 Convulsions, 301 Croup, 562 Debility, 135 Diarrhoea, 221 Dropsy, 474 Drowned, 248 Dysentery, 1,159 Erysipelas, 122 Fever, Fever, Typhus, Fits, Heart disease, Hooping Cough,. Hydrocephalus, Infantile, Liver, disease of Lungs, disease of, Marasmus, Measles, Old Age, Paralysis, Pneumonia, Scarlatina, Scrofula, Small -pox, Teething, 'Unknown, 280 766 267 467 265 461 1,409 162 106 181 325 1,071 288 838 490 114 203 436 705 The whole number of births registered in the State for the year ending Dec. 31, 1854, was 31,997. Males, 16,352 ; females, 15,469 ; and 176 were of those whose sex could not be ascer- tained. 16,470 were the children of American parents ; 13,866 were born of parents, one or both of whom were of foreign birth ; 1,661 were returned without designating the nativity of parents. During the year there were born, in plurality cases, 600 children; of these, 312 were males, 288 females. 7 cases of triplets. The number of marriages solemnized during the year 1854, according to the returns, was 13,683 ; 7,492 of the persons mar- ried were of American birth ; 4,797 were of foreign birth ; 542 were American grooms to brides of foreign birth; 512 American brides to foreign husbands ; 340 the nativity was not ascertain- , ed. The oldest male married. was 94 years ; the oldest female 80. The youngest male married was 16 years ; the youngest female 13. There were four towns in the State in which no marriage was sol- emnized ;and seven towns in which but one marriage is registered.