HomeMy WebLinkAbout1860-1861 Auditors ReportAUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
FOR THE
YEAR 1860--61
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VALUATION OF THE TOWN,
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Town, County and State Tax for 1860.
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON,
FOR
THE YEAR 1860-61.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET.
1861.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Tins Report embraces accounts from the Selectmen's
settlement with the Treasurer, March 22, 1860, to April
1, 1861.
The Auditors find the Receipts of the Treasurer as follows, viz.
Received from former Treasurer, . . $2,959.20
" " Charles Nunn, Collector for 1860, 13,085.34
" " I. N. Damon, " for 1859, 526.96
Borrowed on Treasurer's notes, 3,300.00
Received from State School Fund, 75.85
" " other sources, . 170.22
The Disbursements have been as follows :
Amount paid on Selectmen's orders, 10,309.33
" 44Notes taken up, 3,800.00
44" Interest on Town Debt, 1,001.42
44" State Tax, 497.50
CG44County Tax, . 1,449.22
Leaving a balance in Town Treasury, of
TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Clerk, ALBERT W. BRYANT.
Paid Albert W. Bryant—
For services as Town Clerk, . . $20.00
" recording 52 births, @ 20 cts. ea. . . 10.40
44 4418 marriages, @ 10 cts. ea. 1.80
44 4456 deaths, @ 5 cts. ea. . . 2.80
" cash paid express on Laws and Resolves,
Law Reports, School Reports, &c., . 2.63
" cash paid postage, . 1.71
$20,117.57
17,057.47
$3,060.10
$39.34
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Selectmen.
CHARLES HUDSON, WEBSTER SMITH, WM. H. SMITH, 2D.
Paid Charles Hudson -
For 7 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00, . $14.00
" 25 evenings' services as Selectman, @ .50, 12.50
" perambulating town lines 3:1 days, 2.00, 7.00
" services as Clerk of the Board, . ▪ 14.00
" cash paid for stationery and postage, 70
Paid Webster Smith -
For 6 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00, .
" 25 evenings' " " @ .50, .
" horse hire, .
Paid William H. Smith, 2d, -
For 6 days services as Selectman, @ 2.00, .
" 25 evenings, " 44 .50, .
" horse -hire, .
. 12.00
. 12.50
. 2.50
12.00
12.50
2.50
1116
$48.20
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School Committee.
LEONARD J. LIVERMORE, HOWLAND HOLMES, CALEB STETSON.
Paid Leonard J. Livermore -
For services on the School Committee, 30 days, @ 1.50,
Paid Howland Holmes -
For services on School Committee, 40 days, @ 1.00, $40.00
" making out State Returns, . 5.00
" cash paid for postage, &c., . 75
Paid Caleb Stetson -
For services on School Committee, 28 days, @ 1.50, 42.00
27.00 Less 2.00
27.00
$102.20
Assessors.
WM. CHANDLER, A. W. CROWNINSHIELD, A. W. BRYANT, ELI SIMONDS,
WILLIAM LOCKE.
Paid William Chandler -
For services as Assessor, 67 days, @ 2.00, .
" cash paid for books and stationery,
" use of room,
Paid A. W. Crowninshield-
For services as Assessor, 54 days, @ 2.00, .
• " use of horse and buggy, 3 days, @ 2.00,
Paid A. W. Bryant -
For services as Assessor, 35i days, @ 2.00, .
Paid Eli Simonds -
For services as Assessor, 42 days, @ 2.00, .
Paid William Locke-
_ For services as Assessor, •41 days, @ 2.00, .
" use of horse and wagon, 10 days, @ 1.00,
Treasurer and Collector.
Paid Charles Nunn -
For services as Treasurer and Collector,
. $134.00
. 8.00
. 3.00
$145.00
. 108.00
. 6.00
. 82.00
. 10.00
114.00
71.00
84.00
92.00
$506.00
$136.00
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Constable.
Paid Oliver W. Kendall -
For distributing notices for four town meetings,
and attending the same, . .
notifying Selectmen to draw Jurors, .
services as Constable one day and night,
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putting sundry persons in the Lock-up, .
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Sexton.
$28.00
3.00
4.00
2.50
Paid Oliver W. Kendall -
For attending 45 funerals, @ 1.00, . . $45.00
" returning 56 deaths to Town Clerk, @ .10, . 5.60
$45.00
$45.75
40.00
$130.75
$37.50
$50.60
Auditors.
CHARLES H. BENNETT, SIDNEY G. DAVIS, SYLVANUS W. SMITII.
Paid Charles H. Bennett -
For services as Auditor 1859-60, 10 days, @ 2.00, $20.00
" copying tax -list and abatements, and superin-
tending the printing of Report, . . . 6.00
t4stationery, &c., . . . • 1.93
Paid Sidney G. Davis -
For services as Auditor, 10 days, @ 2.00,
Paid Sylvanus W. Smith -
For services as Auditor,
$27.93
20.00
7.50
$55.43
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Liquor Agent.
Paid I. Brooks Smith -
For cash paid for liquor,
" services as Agent,
Contra.
By cash received from sales of liquor,
By order on Town Treasurer, .
Town Clerk .
Selectmen
Assessors
Treasurer and C• ollector
School Committee
Constable
Sexton .
Auditors, 1859-60 .
Liquor Agent .
RECAPITULATION.
SCHOOLS.
The appropriation for 1860-61 was . .
. $83.83
. 75.00
$158.83
Cr.
. $110.54
. 48.29
$158.83
• $39.34
102.20
506.00
• 136.00
• 130.75
• 37.50
• 50.60
• 55.43
48.29
$1,106.11
HIGH SCHOOL.
Instruction.
Paid A. E. Scott for instruction one year, .
Fuel, and Care of Fires and .Rooms.
Paid Damon & Blinn, for thirteen tons of coal, . $87.00
Paid Howland Holmes -
For care of fires and rooms, 33 weeks, . 33.00
CC " rooms, 13 weeks, . . . 9.75
" nine baskets charcoal, . . . 3.00
cc five cc cc • 1.67
" five feet pine wood, . . . 2.56
" sawing and splitting wood, . . 1.00
Amount carried over,
$3,400.00
$750.00
137.98
$887.98
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Amount brought over, $887.98
Incidentals.
Paid Howland Holmes -
For cash paid for coal hod, 92 ; shovel 20 ; • $1.12
46 " " setting glass, 1.00 ; hatchet, .75, 1.75
four bottles of ink @ .50, . 2.00
" " five boxes crayons, .75 ; two
brooms, .74, • . 1.49
Paid A. E. Scott -
For ink wells and covers, 1.25 ; table bell, 1.25, . 2.50
" black board brushes, .84 ; duster, 1.19, . 2.03
Paid W. G. Shattuck -
For 4 double desks and chairs, •. 21.00
" teachers' chair, 1.25 ; express .50, 1.75
Paid Alonzo Goddard -
For stove and setting up the same, • 58.56
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HANCOCK SCHOOL.
J. H. A. HEALD, .
Instruction.
Paid L. M. Hoytt, for instruction in Grammar School
42 weeks, @ 8.00,
Paid Sabra A. Russell, for instruction in ▪ Primary
School 37 weeks @ 6.00,
Paid Susan E. Simonds for instruction in ▪ Primary
School 4. weeks,
Amount paid for instruction,
Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid Damon & Blinn -
For 8i tons coal, @ 6.50, .
cc housing coal,
cc 30 baskets charcoal, ▪ 2/,
Paid J. H. A. Heald -
For 2 baskets charcoal, 67 ; shavings, 1.00,
" care of rooms and fires,
Amount carried over,
•
92.20
$980.18
.Prudential.
$336.00
222.00
23.00
• $55.25
58
10.00
1.67
35.00
$581.00
102.50
$683.50
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Amount brought over,
Incidentals.
Paid J. H. A. Heald -
For varnishing desks, 6.00 ; dusters, 2.00, . . $8.00
" cleaning rooms, 2.00 ; repairing clock .25, . 2.25
" 2 kegs, 62 ; setting glass and rep'g blinds 1.25, 1.87
" repairing stove, .25 ; 1 brush, .25, . . 50
Paid Howland Holmes for ink, 1.50 ; crayons .60, . 2.10
Amount expended on Hancock School,
ADAMS SCHOOL.
LORING S. PIERCE,
Prudential.
Instruction.
Paid Elisha M. White, for instruction in Grammar
School, 225 weeks, @ 9.00, . $203.40
Paid Victoria G. Wheat, for instruction in Grammar
School, 15 weeks, @ 7.00, . . 105.00
Paid Martha F. Winning, for instruction in Grammar
School, 3T7 weeks, @ 7.00, • 25.90
Paid Ellen L. Nash, for instruction in Primary School,
27 weeks, @ 6.00, . . . . 162.00
Paid Mary B. Howe, for instruction in Primary
School, 15 weeks, ® 5.00, . 75.00
Amount paid for instruction,
Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid Damon & Blinn, for 7 tons coal, @ 6.50,
Paid Loring S. Pierce -
For 12 baskets charcoal, 4.00 ;; shavings, .47,
" care of rooms and fires, 15 weeks, @ 1.00,
« « 14 " @ .75,
« « 13 " @ .50,
Incidentals.
. $45.50
Paid Loring S. Pierce -
For 10 wire screens, 10.00 ; painting and varnish-
ing blackboards, 4.00 ; painting pump 4 times,
1.25, . . . . . . . . $15.25
setting glass, 4.50 ; making frames for screens,
2.80, . . 7.30
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15.00
10.50
6.50
$683.50
14.72
$698.22
$571.30
81.97
Amounts carried over, . $22.55 $653.27
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Amounts brought over, . $22.55 $653.27
Paid Loring S. Pierce -
For painting frames, 3.30 ; making 2 doors, 4.50, 7.80
" repairing conductor, 75 ; platform, 25 ; locks
and latches, .68, . . . . 1.68
" ink, 1.75 ; 5 boxes crayons, 1.25 ; inkstands,
.25,. . . . • . . . 3.25
cleaning clock, 1.00 ; sieve, .25 ; 2 dusters, 1.00, 2.25
4 blackboard brushes, 1.75 ; bell, 1.00 ; broom,
.40, ••••3.15
blackboard pointers, .28 ; brush, .25 ; soap,
.50, •••1.03
record book, .42 ; repairing bell, .25, . • 67
washing school -rooms, . 7.99
66
Amount expended on Adams School,
BOWDITCH SCHOOL.
50.37
$703.64
WILLIAM LOCKE, . Prudential.
Instruction.
Paid Susan E. Simonds, for instruction, 26 weeks,
@ 5.00, •••. $130.00
Paid Emily Crafts, for instruction, 141- weeks, @ 6.00, 87.00
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid William Locke -
For 4 cords wood,
" 11/ feet wood,
" sawing and splitting the same,
" care of fires and rooms,
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Incidentals.
. $24.00
. 6.35
. 4.12
14.00
Paid William Locke -
For cleaning school -room, 2.25 ; cleaning funnel,
.75, . . . .. . . . $3.00
2 brooms, .66 ; bottle ink, .50 ; crayons, .15, 1.31
repairing stairway, 1.00 ; funnel, 2.94 ; hat
pins, &c., .52, . .. 4.46
" poker, .15 ; staples and hooks, .20. . .35
$217.00
48.47
9.12
Amount expended on Bowditch school, $274.59
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
WINSLOW WELLINGTON, .
Paid Frances M. Parker, for instruction, 40 weeks,
@ $6.00, .
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid Damon & Blinn, for 4 tons coal, @ 6.50,
Paid Winslow Wellington -
For 2 tons coal, @ 6.50,
" care of school house 3 weeks,
Paid William Keefe, for care of fires and r• ooms,
Incidentals.
Paid William Keefe, for cleaning school house,
Paid F. M. Parker -
For setting glass,
" broom, .30 ; brush, 1.00,
Paid Howland Holmes -
For ink, .50 ; crayons, 15, .
" repairing coal hod,
Paid William Locke, stock and labor, repairing,
Amount expended on Franklin school,
HOWARD SCHOOL.
HUGH GRAHAM,
Prudential.
. $26.00
13.00
75
16.60
$3.00
1.25
1.30
.65
.15
4.16
$240.00
56.35
10.51
$ 306.86
. Prudential.
Instruction.
Paid Clara Winning, for instruction 38 weeks, @ 5.00, $190.00
Paid Alice D. Phelps, for instruction 3 weeks, @ 5.00, 15.00
$205.00
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid Hugh Graham -
For cash paid Damon & Blinn, for ton coal,
" " John A. Sanborn, for 3 tons coal,
Russell & Pierce, for 3 tons coal,
1 cord wood, 4.50 ; sawing and splitting same,
2.00,
" housing coal,
cash paid Wm. Grover, for care • fire a• nd rooms
41 weeks,
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Amount carried over,
$3.63
22.50
19.50
6.50
1.50
28.00
81.63
$286.63
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Amount brought over,
Incidentals.
Paid Hugh Graham, for cash paid for cleaning room,
Paid Alonzo Goddard, for Russia pipe, 14.00 ; reg-
ister, &c., 9.55, .
Amount expended on Howard school, - .
WARREN SCHOOL.
CYRUS P. SIMONDS, .
$1.50
23.55
$286.63
25.05
$311.68
Prudential.
$240.00
Instruction.
Paid Isabella Cutler, for instruction, 40 weeks, @ 6.00,
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid Damon & Blinn, for 3 tons coal, 19.50 ; hous-
ing do., .50, . . . . . $20.00
Paid Cyrus P. Simonds -
For 1 cord wood, 5.50 ; care fires and room, 20.00, 25.50
Incidentals.
Paid Cyrus P. Simonds -
For 1 stove, ▪ . •
" crayons, .45 ; brush, .45, .
" 2 brushes, 1.00 ; cleaning room, 1.00,
Paid Alonzo Goddard-.
For English pipe, 2.38 ; zinc, .88, .
" labor, &c., 3.13 ; lining stove, 1.00,
" grate, labor, &c., . .
Less 600 lbs. iron, .
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. $5.50
▪ .90
2.00
$3.26
7.13
3.58
13.97
3.00 10.97
Amount expended on Warren school,
45.50
19.37
$304.87
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
The expenses of the several schools, in 1860-61, were as follows, viz. :
High School,
Hancock School,
Adams "
Bowditch
Franklin
Howard,
Warren,
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For Instruction.
$750.00
581.00
571.30
217.00
240.00
205.00
240.00
Fuel, and Care
of Fires & Rooms. Incidentals. Total.
$137.98 $92.20 $980.18
102.50 14.72 698.22
81.97 50.37 703.64
48.47 9.12 274.59
56.35 10.51 306.86
81.63 25.05 311.68
45.50 19.37 304.87
Total, $2,804.30 $554.40 $221.34 $3,580.04
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SUPPORT OF HIGH -WAYS.
Surveyors.
HAMMON REED, ALBERT FITCH, HUGH M. REED.
Paid John Collins, for 7 days' labor,
James Cody, for 7 "
Patrick Crimmins, for 5 days' labor,
W. & F. Ham, for repairing tools, &c. .
Winslow Wellington, for 674 days' labor, • 76.21
ft 44use horse and cart, 18* days, 13.87
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Philip Russell, " " " 8 days,
Jerry Crowley, for 74* days' labor,
John Collins, for 644 " " .
Michael Brodhurst, 3 6-26 months' labor,
Daniel Collins, for 71 days' labor, .
Frank Gilman, for 71: " "
Cornelius Buckley, for 72/ " .
P. Mitchell, for 390 loads gravel, @ .08 .
L. C. Childs, for 157 " " @ .08*
S. B. Pierce, for 70 " " @ .05 .
Cyrus Reed, for 104 " stone, @ .10 .
Eli Simonds, for repairing bridge, . .
W. & F. Ham, for " tools, &c.
W. Henry Winning, boarding 2 horses 7 weeks,
Frank Gilman, for 10 days' labor, .
11. S. Mudgett, for 72 " "
John Collins, for 631 " "
Daniel Collins, for 614 " "
Overseers of Poor for labor of George • F. Chap-
man, 109* days, . . .
" " for labor of farm horse, 108/ days,
CC CCfor board of M. Brodhurst, 13 weeks,
" 44" 46H. S. Mudgett, 12 44
" " " " of horses, 51 weeks,
136.86
67.11
32.50
30.00
102.00
" Edward Winship, for 58/ days' labor,
44Cornelius Buckley, for 644 " '4
" S. B. Pierce, for 40 loads gravel, @ .08 .
44L. C. Childs, for 30 " " @ .08* .
" William Ham, for repairing tools, &c. .
44John H. Russell, for " 44
CCWinslow Wellington, for repairing • Concord
Avenue,
4COverseers of the Po▪ or for • labor of George • F.
Chapman, 9.25
for 32 weeks' board of horses, 48.00
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for 1 days' work of farm horse, . .62
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Albert Fitch, for 2* days' labor,
Amount carried over,
$ 7.00
7.00
5.00
15.52
90.08
2.00
74.50
64.75
64.62
71.00
71.50
72.25
31.20
13.08
3.50
10.40
3.00
4.71
15.75
10.00
55.40
63.25
61.75
368.47
58.25
64.75
3.20
2.50
7.16
2.29
5.00
57.87
5.00
$1,391.75
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Amount brought over,
" Geo. F. Chapman, for 1 plough,
" Hammon Reed, for services as Surveyor, .
" " C1'k of the Board,
" Albert Fitch,
" H. M. Reed,
" For stationery,
" " Surveyor,
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$12.00
3.00
12.00
.50
Contra. Cr.
By cash from Town Treasurer, being the amount ap-
propriated by the Town for the support of
Highways, . . . . . .$1,300.00
By cash received from J. C. Bertwell, . . 9.00
64 " " Overseers of Poor, . 15.00
" order from Selectmen for the balance, . 117.25
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Overseers.
HAMMON REED, ALBERT FITCH, HUGH M. REED.
Paid Samuel A. Houghton -
For 2 days' work of man with oxen,
" James Parker -
For 92 lbs. butter, @ .21
" W. & W. J. Buckminster-
For advertising, .
" Nourse, Eaton & Tolman -
For advertising, .
City of Boston -
For support of Whitney 2 weeks,
Charles K. Tucker -
For repair of cart,
" Darius Dow -
For teaming,
" Lawrence & Allen -
For dry goods, .
" Canton Tea Co. -
For 50 lbs. B. H. Sugar, @ 8*.
" R. A. Vinal & Brothers -
For grain,
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Amount carried over,
$1,391.75
10.00
15.00
12.00
12.50
$1441.25
$1441.25
$8.00
19.32
.50
.60
2.00
12.00
2.00
1.95
4.25
25.64
. $76.26
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Amount brought over,
Paid John Carter -
For dozen brooms, .
GC Ayer & Raymond -
For 1 bbl. flour,
E. Nickerson -
For 1 cwt. codfish,
Faxon, Brothers & Co. -
For tea, rice, and saleratus,
City of Boston -
For board of James Wyman and medical attendance,
cc IV. & F. Ham -
For blacksmith work, .
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Sweetser, Gookin & Swan -
For dry goods, .
R. A. Vinal & Brothers -
For grain, .
" Albert Fitch -
For beef, .
" cash paid for truss,
" R. A. Vinal & Brothers -
For grain, .
" Samuel Jones -
For 5 days' work blasting,
" sharpening drills, and powder,
. $76.26
1.25
6.50
4.00
10.26
40.70
2.22
2.33
22.20
2.00
10.00
2.45
Lexington and West Cambridge R. R. Co. -
For transporting,
F. M. Harrington -
For use of horses and carriages,
John Butterfield -
For groceries,
J. S. Munroe -
For ton coal,
George Clark -
For 1 pump,
J. H. Bennett & Co --
For groceries,
City of Boston -
For board and medical attendance of James Wyman,
Ayer & Raymond -
For 1 bbl. flour, .
" Wm. H. Smith -
For groceries, .
Heirs of Joseph Mulliken▪ -
For table and cultivator,
R. A. Vinal & Brother -
For grain,
Amount carried over,
4.55
6.52
32.08
24.20
24.00
12.45
1.56
5.00
8.79
3.12
14.40
12.94
30.00
7.62
12.83
2.87
22.32
. $364.22
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Amount brought over, . $364.22
Paid Faxon & Brothers -
For 1 barrel molasses, 39 gals., @ .27, 10.53
" Faxon & Brothers -
For groceries, . 11.59
" County of Essex -
For board of J. S. Blodgett, 19.60
" Hammon Reed -
For sundry items, . 16.50
R. A. Vinal & Brothers -
For grain, . 9.40
" William H. Smith -
For groceries, . 5.00
" J. H. Bennett & Co. -
For groceries, . 6.78
" J. H. A. Heald=
For dry goods, . 8.66
" John Butterfield -
For groceries, . 5.99
H. A. Rowell & Co. -
For grain, 40.24
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For transporting, . .. .27
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H. B. Mitchell -
For fresh, fish, .
Damon & Blinn -
For 4 tons coal, ® 6.25,
John Dexter -
For 1 wagon, .
Henry Mulliken-
For carpenter work and stock,
D. Weld & Co. -
For 10 lbs. tobacco, @ 20,
" 2 barrels, .
Humphrey & Emerson -
For 69 lbs. butter, @ .18, . .
" Lawrence & Allen -
For 18 yards cotton flannel, @ .10,
" E. Nickerson & Co. -
For 1 cwt. codfish,
John S. Edgerly & Co. -
For 30 bushels oats, @ .45,
J. H. Bennett & Co. -
For 1 axe and helve, . •
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For transporting,
CC W. &F.Ham-
For blacksmith work,
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1.48
2.00
1.25
1.75
23.68
25.00
52.50
25.18
3.25
12.42
1.80
3.75
13.50
1.25
.41
5.04
Amount carried over, . $668.04
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Amount brought over, . . . $668.04
Paid A. R. Brown -
For 1 stove, . . 2.25
" Howard Emerson -
For 86 lbs. butter, @ .19, 16.34
' Ayer & Raymond -
For 2 bbls. flour and carting, 14.50
" J. Gowing-
For use of wagon, . 2.00
Hammon Reed -
For sundry items, . . 47.68
" John S. Edgerly & Co.-
For 20 bushels mixed corn, @ .78i, 15.70
" Baxter & Sanborn -
For 4 yards frocking, @ .50, 2.00
" J. & J. F. Lamson & Co. -
For 34 lbs. turkey, @ .14, 4.76
" S. B. Pierce,
@ auction -
For lot of wood, . 29.00
John Butterfield -
For groceries, . 2.95
J. H. A. Heald -
For dry goods, . 2.34
J. H. Bennett & Co. -
For groceries, . 6.74
City of Lynn -
For supplies to Mrs. Blodgett, 86.00
" Rodney Center -
For board of E. F. Stearns, 32.25
" O. W. Kendall -
For service as sexton, . . 18.65
" H. A. Rowell -
For grain, . . . 23.20
" Warren Duren -
For boots, shoes and repairing, . 17.55
" E. E. Melvin-
For meat, . . 18.42
" W. & F. Ham -
For blacksmith work, 4.17
`G H. Holmes -
For medical attendance, . . . 25.00
City of Boston -
For board of James Wyman,
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Ayer & Raymond -
For 1 barrel flour, .
J. P. Estes -
For padlock and bolts,
P. Nutting & Co. -
For grate and bolts, .
33.20
32.50
12.85
78.55
7.00
70
5.44
Amount carried over, . $1,131.23
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Amount brought over, . $1,131.23
Paid Royal Gilkey & Co. -
For lumber, .
" Highway Surveyors -
For 15 days' labor,
" F. A. Walker & Co. -
For 1 washing machine,
Colburn Hadlock -
For sundry items,
" D. Weld -
For 20 lbs. tobacco,
Damon & Blinn -
For 1 ton coal delivered outside poor, .
" William Locke-
. For work on barn,
`G Albert Fitch -
For meat,
" Aaron P. Richardso• n -
For use of pasture,
" Lexington and West Cambridge • Railroad ▪ Co. -
For transporting,
" Oran Nash -
For 1 pair boots,
" Amos Angier -
For 2 lots of wood at Auction,
" J. H. Bennett & Co.-
For groceries, .
" J. H. A. Heald -
For dry goods, .
" Edmund Symmes-
For clothing, &c.
" John Butterfield -
For groceries, .
" A. P. Spofford -
For board of Isaac Blodgett,
" Albert Fitch -
For cash paid for rent,
" W. H. Smith -
For groceries, .
" William Smith -
For repair of harness,
" A. Goddard -
For repairing of stoves, &c.
" A. T. Perkins -
For goods,
" G. F. Chapman -
For cash paid sundry bills, .
" George F. Chapman -
For services 1 year on farm,
" Rodney Center -
For board of E. F. Stearns,
11.40
15.00
5.00
3.37
2.00
7.25
3.52
15.29
11.00
1.19
2.50
16.75
7.15
2.58
4.05
8.72
9.70
2.00
8.78
6.27
8.06
4.50
24.93
400.00
6.75
Amount carried over, $1,718.99
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Amount brought over,
Paid Hammon Reed -
For services as Overseer, Clerk, expenses of journeys
abroad, &c.
Ilowland Holmes -
For transporting State pauper,
" Albert Fitch -
For services as Overseer,
II. M. Reed -
For services as Overseer,
Contra.
By cash received of Town Treasurer, .
" " <' of Surveyors of Highway,
labor, board, &c., .
« 'C for produce,
$1,718.99
27.11
3.00
15.00
15.00
$1,779.10
Cr.
. $1,191.21
for
• 426.34
161.55
$1,779.10
Amount expended at the almshouse, $1,391.46
The farm is credited by sales of stock and produce, . $161.55
by cash for labor and board, . 426.34
" by increase of personal property
on the farm during the year, 96.62
Cost of supporting the almshouse,
Amount expended for poor outside of alms-
house, .
684.51
$706.95
387.64
$1,094.59
" The whole number of paupers at the almshouse during the year has been
one hundred and thirty-five ; of this number, one hundred and twenty-one have
remained but one night, eleven have been supported throughout the year. The
number now at the almshouse is twelve. Average number for the year, 11 7-8.
" Six hundred and eighteen weeks' support have been furnished paupers at the
almshouse, at an average cost per week of $1.14, exclusive of interest on the
farm." -Overseers' Report, March 4, 1861.
TEAM AND TOOLS FOR HIGHWAY.
Paid J. M. Hanscom, for 2 sets harness,
A. Lawrence, for 1 horse -cart,
Charles K. Tucker, for repairing and pain• ting cart,
Nourse, Mason & Co., for 6 shovels, 6.00 ; 3 picks, 3.38 ;
potato digger, 1.00, .
$9.50
19.25
13.00
10.38
Amount carried over, . $52.13
19
Amount brought 'over, $52.13
Paid H. C. Hall, for 1 iron brand, . . 1.50
4 " Charles L. Mathes, for 1 sorrel horse and collar, 89.00
A. R. Bryant, for 1 brown horse, . 110.00
J. K. Slater, for 1 blanket, &c., . 4.00
W. & F. Ham, for repairing cart, . 17.09
J. S. Munroe, for 1 horse cart, . . . • 40.00
Elijah Bacon, for 1 plough, 5.50 ; repairing plough, 1.75, 7.25
William Brigham, for cart shafts, labor, &c., . . . 10.50
Parker, Gannett & Osgood, for rake, hatchet and scythe, 2.50
J. M. Hanscom, for horse collar, . 3.00
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Total cost of Team and Tools, . $336.97
BUILDING BARN AT TOWN
Paid J. C. Bertwell-
For building cellar wall, per contract,
" D. A. Tuttle -
For building barn, per contract,
'C Charles Robinson, Jr. -
For drafting contract, &c., .
" Hammon Reed -
For service,
Albert Fitch -
For service,
" H. M. Reed -
For service,
"
Total cost of Barn, .
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FARM.
$84.00
840.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
. $945.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SAMUEL CHANDLER, J. F. SIMONDS, ALONZO GODDARD, Engineers.
Paid Engineers of Fire Department -
For cash paid for 5 sets oil cloth caps and boots, .
'C C. R. Ballard, for services as steward
from May 1 to November 1, 1860, .
" Adams Engine Company -
For heating and taking care of hall for the year 1859, .
" Damon & Blinn -
For 1 ton coal, .
Hiram Pierce -
For use of horse to draw engine to fire,
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$13.10
15.00
10.00
7.25
2.00
Amount carried over, $47.35
20
Amount brought over, $47.35
Paid Engineers of Fire Department -
For cash paid for rent of hall occupied by Adams Engine
Company, 30.00
" W. H. Smith -
For bill of sundries, 26.49
"' S. T. Hadley -
For storing engine 13 weeks, 10.00
" Isaac Buttrick-
For repairing of engine, 5.35
" Russell & Pierce -
For coal, . . 3.50
"" Josiah Smith, 2d -
For blacksmith work, . 1.51
" B. Hadley -
For coal, . 3.3 7
" E. R. Ballard -
For taking care of engine, . 30.00
" William M. Locke -
For drawing engine, . 3.00
" A. Goddard -
For coal and sundries, 3.36
44 John Peters, Jr. -
For taking care of engine, . 22.00
W. & F. Ham -
For blacksmith work, . 3.7 5
" Damon & .Blinn -
For coal, . 3.38
"" Joseph F. Simonds -
For repairing of engine house, 1.25
"" J. H. Bennett--
For
ennett-For sundries, . 2.66
"" Samuel Chandler -
For service as engineer, 6.00
A. Goddard -
For service as engineer, 6.00
"" J. F. Simonds -
For service as engineer, 6.00
Expenses of Fire Department,
RINGING BELLS.
. $214.97
Paid Thomas Ham -
For ringing bell from April 1, .1860, to April 1, 1861, .
" T. H. Earle -
For ringing bell from April 1, 1860, to April 1, 1861, .
$35.00
35.00
Expenses of Ringing Bells, . . $70.00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Charles Hudson -
For cash paid Selectmen of Lincoln,
" for repair of flag, .
.50
.87
"" L. J. Livermore -
For cash paid John Wilson & Son, for print-
ing school report, 22.87
" "express, . .38
"" Charles Hudson -
For services and expenses before the Legisla-
ture, and its Committee, on petition of the
Town, to be released from the support of
Great Bridge, (so called,) over Charles
River, between Cambridge and Brighton,
16 days,
" 0. W. Kendall -
For services opening graves,
" Benjamin Fiske-
For cutting and setting gate -posts, 1i days,
@ 2.00
" H. A. Davis -
For sealing and adjusting standard of weights
and measures, -
" expenses,
0. W. Kendall -
For cash paid Samuel Sage, for surveying roads,
" 1 copy Gen'l Statutes,
" F. M. Harrington -
For use of horse and carriage,
" Nathaniel Garmon-
For 2 days' labor setting posts,
" Isaac Shattuck -
For rent and damage on land used as a site
for the old school house, .
Alfred Mudge -& Son -
For printing,
Webster Smith -
For land damage on Spring Street,
Hamlin & Kingman -
For 1. pump, •
Samuel Swett -
For 2 drive way gates for cemetery,
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5.00
1.00
3.00
1.40
$1.37
23.25
40.00
2.00
3.00
6.00
4.40
3.00
5.00
27.37
6.00
60.00
17.85
75.00
Amount carried over, 4 $274.24
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Amount brought over,
Paid L. S. Pierce -
For 2 days' work, self, man and horse,
" Andrew Wellington -
For one-fifth the appraised value of two cows
killed by order of State Committee, .
" board of cows,
" O. W. Kendall -
For cash paid West & Co. . .
" " Bates & Goldthwait, .
" Waterman & Litchfield,
" ''Harrington & Locke,
cc ac G. Swan, .
" D. Dow,
" Whiton, Brown & Wheelwright -
For 1 eleven -yard ensign, .
" roping,
" Caleb Rand -
For printing,
O. W. Kendall -
For coffin, digging grave, and interment of
Nath'l Mudgett, who died with small pox,
Cyrus P. Simonds -
For land damage,
" Henry Emerson -
For 2 stone posts, @ 10-
64 2 cc cc @
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" Thomas Cutter -
For building 25 rods fence,
T. R. Marvin & Son -
For printing 500 copies Auditor's Report,
" O. W. Kendall -
For Bill miscellaneous items,
" P. W. Chandler -
For advice to the Board. of Assessors,
" A. W. Bryant,
For issuing and reco• rding ▪ 18 dog licenses,
" O. W. Kendall -
For opening Town Hall at sundry times, oil,
stationery, &c.
" O. W. Kendall -
For lettering and setting stone between Lex-
ington and Winchester, .
Isaac N. Damon -
For collecting taxes for 1859,
" Hamlin & Kingman -
For 1 pump for Adams School,
cc
15.00
2.14
4.35
6.00
37.60
10.08
4.29
3.37
35.00
1.00
21.00
17.00
$274.24
6.00
17.14
65.69
36.00
6.50
10.00
29.40
38.00
20.00
86.35
81.80
5.00
4.50
43.96
2.50
140.00
17.85
Miscellaneous Expenses, . . . $884.93
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TOWN GRANTS FOR 1860--61.
For support of schools, .
'< " of highways,
'" " of paupers, .
" discount for prompt payment of taxes,
" contingencies, .
interest on town debt,
" new barn at town farm,
" abatement of taxes,
" fire department,
team and tools for highways,
" ringing the bells,
" payment of Town Clerk, .
" " of Assessors,
" " of Collector and Treas• urer,
" " of School Committee,
" " of Constable, .
'. " of Sexton,
RECAPITULATION.
Paid from Treasury -
For support of schools, .
" of highways,
" of paupers, .
new barn at town farm, .
team and tools for highways,
town officers, .
fire department,
ringing the bells, .
miscellaneous expenses,
$3,400.00,
1,400.00
1,200.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,100.00
900.00
400.00
200.00
336.87
70.00
40.00
550.00
136.00
130.00
50.00
40.00
$12,952.87
• $3,580.04
1,417.25
* 1,191.21
945.00
336.97
1,106.11
214.97
70.00
884.93
Orders received, the bills for which were shown in last
Auditor's Report, $509.55
Order drawn by Overseers, (new Board,) 200.00
Bills received, the orders for which were not presented
before the settlement with the Treasurer,
$9,746.48
709 55
$10,456.03
146.70
Amount paid on orders, . $10,309.33
* 96.62 of this amount expended for personal property at Almshouse.
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PARTIAL SETTLEMENT WITH COLLECTOR, MARCH 4,
1861.
Amount committed for collection,
44 collected March 1, 1861,
discount for prompt payment,
abatement by assessors,
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. . $14,987.40
$12,774.82
1,372.89
97.42
14,245.13
MARRIAGES.
RECORDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1860, to SANITARY 1, 1861.
Date of Marriage.
January 1
Balance uncollected,
$742.27
The abatements have been increased since this settlement, as shown by
list in Valuation Report.
TOWN DEBT.
The Town owed on Notes, April 1, 1861, .
$14,121.50
POPULATION.
The population of the Town of Lexington, on the first clay of June,
1860, was 2,329.
All of which is respectfully submitted by
HORACE B. DAVIS,
CHARLES B. HARRINGTON, } auditors.
1
March 1
April 19 .
April 28 .
May 24 .
June 9 . .
June 24 .
June 30 .
June 30 .
August 10 .
August 19 .
September 23
October 11
November 29 .
December 11 .
December 20 .
December 20 .
December 27 .
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Names.
Ezekiel T. Vinal
Elvira Brooks
fGeorge H. Bowen
Mary E. Sherman
John Deman .
1 Delia Simonds
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Residence.
South Scituate.
/1
Waltham.
Lexington.
Concord.
Lexington.
Francis L. Gerald .
Martha E. Goodrich
William R. Bennett
Caroline Flint
John G. Sherman .
Maria Barry
Nathaniel Palmer .
Isabel A. Stickney
John Foley
Mary Haley
Peter W. Hyndman
Catharine Ann Gould
Alexander Corey
Lydia A. Jones
George Means
Margaret Dorherty
Elisha Allen
Ann E. Goodwin .
Rand'olph L. Stickney
Lydia A. B. Very .
Walter R. Wright .
Lydia Kenniston .
David W. Muzzey
Anna W. Saville
William H. Fowle
Emeline P. Reed
John A. Butterfield
Mary E. Cashman
Reuben Kingsbury
Alice W. Paul
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Stoneham.
Lexington.
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Wilmington.
Lexington.
P. E. Island.
Lexington.
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1/
Charlestown.
Bedford.
Lexington.
Danvers.
Lexington.
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Whole number of Marriages, 18.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN LEXINGTON,
From January 1, 1860, to January 1, 1861.
DATE
OF
DEATH.
Jan. 4
/1 7
„ 9
,r 15
rr 15
„ 15
Feb. 4
rr 9
11
,r 12
„ 17
n 21
March 3
3
,r 10
,r 15
,r 23
r, 24
April 4
rr 5
r, 13
n 16
„ 18
,r 28
May 1
4
„ 15
„ 21
r, 25
r, 26
June 4
,r 15
n 15
July 1
n 2
,r 7
July 10
„ 17
August 7
„ 7
„ 10
„ 15
,r 25
r, 29
Sept. 4
„ 11
r, 13
rr 16
,r 20
Oct. 4
n 16
if 25
r, 26
Nov. 20
„ 25
Dec. 27
NAMES.
Margaret 13roaders, .
Thomas Gilman,
Frances M. Jewell, .
Franklin Cutler,
Louisa M. Locke,
Reuben Pierce,
Margaret Munroe,
Elizabeth C. Cutter,
Mary H. Reed,
Elmira Smith,
Frank E. Labdon, .
Hannah Penny,
Betsey Burbank, .
Frances Gossom,
David Wellington,
John Colby,
Betsey Winship,
Michael Crowley,
Abigail Parker,
George Eustis Angier,
Nathaniel Mudgett, .
Hannah G. Rhoades,
Achsah Conant, '
Joseph Mulliken,
Eunice Johnson,
Joseph Fiske,
Mary W. Holbrook, .
Edmund C. Winship,
Abel Butterfield,
Stillman Spaulding, .
Catharine Callahan, .
Samuel Cutler,
Ebenezer Smith,
Hannah S. Thompson,
Jonas Munroe,
Lilian A. Foster,
Ellen Reardy,
Clarissa L. Wheeler,
John Scanlin,
Hannah G. Rhoades,
Charles Cutting,
Willie Sawin,
Patrick Crowly,
Dennis Buckley,
Frank G. Wellington,
Ellen Desmond,
William H. Hall,
Sarah F. Hastings,
Ann Fox,
Hannah Callahan,
Benjamin Reed,
George R. Taylor,
David Johnson,
Daniel Kenniston,
Susan Winn,
Mary Buckley,
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AGE.
4
30
23
28
73
28
33
69
56
6
64
76
14
88
64
64
13
45
2.2
37
56
29
66
63
61
37
63
71
77
'79
24
8P
1
63
51
1
72
50
34
70
41
83
65
78
57
of
0
5
6
3
5
1
4
4
8
9
6
4
4
5
8
3
•
4
2
4
1
3
7
4
10
6
2
6
4
9
4
1
10
9
10
4
3
9
5
1
3
DISEASE.
cd
•
•
10
•
•
•
•8
•
•
15
12
••
•
1
18
21
4
4
11
14
7
15
Consumption, .
Diarrhma,
Consumption,
Inflammation,
Consumption,
rr
Cancer,
Consumption,
Pleura,
Dropsy,
Lung fever,
Old age.
Consumption,
Dropsy,
Consumption,
Small pox,
Consumption,
Inflammation,
M easles,
Erysipelas,
Cancer,
Tumor,
Disease of brain, .
Palsy,
Heart complaint, .
Teething,
Erysipelas,
Chronic indigestion,
Typhoid fever, . .
Drowned,
Cholera infantum, .
Spasms,
Tumor,
Cholera infantum, .
Paralysis,
Cholera infantum, .
Congestion of the Brain,.
Bowel complaint, . ' . .
Cholera infantum, . .
Debility,
Unknown,
Typhus fever,
Inflammation of the bowels,
Unknown,
Paralysis,
Heart disease, .
Bowel complaint,
Cancer,
PLACE
OF
DEATH.
Lexington.
Waltham.
Lexington.
rr
Somerville.
Lexington.
rr
Medford.
Lexington.
IP
rr
IP
rr
Somerville.
I exington.
South Boston.
I exington.
n
,r
r,
W. Roxbury.
Charlestown.
Somerville.
Lexington.
„
Bangor, Me.
Lexington.
Danvers.
Lexington.
rr
rr
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Boston.
Lexington.
Whole number, 56
Maks, 28 ; females, 28.
BIRTHS,
Whole number, 52 Males, 23 ; females, 29.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1861-62.
ALBERT W. BRYANT
CHARLES HUDSON .
WEBSTER SMITH .
W. HENRY SMITH, 2D
A. W. CROWNINSHIELD
NATHAN FESSENDEN, JR.
JOSEPH F. SIMONDS .
H. M. REED
E. A. MULLIKEN
C. P. SIMONDS . .
L. J. LIVERMORE for three years.
CALEB S 1'ETSON for two years
HOWLAND HOLMES for one year
OLIVER W. KENDALL
CHARLES NUNN .
JOSHUA SIMONDS
CHARLES BLODGETT
CYRUS REED .
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S. K. GODDARD .
CHARLES B. HARRINGTON . .
WINSLOW WELLINGTON (3 vacancies)
OLIVER W. KENDALL
ALONZO GODDARD .
PETER WELLINGTON
W. HENRY SMITH, 2D
JOSEPH F. SIMONDS
H. B. DAVIS
JOHN BUTTERFIELD
W. HENRY SMITH, 2D
HOWLAND HOLMES
C. B. HARRINGTON
H. B. DAVIS .
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TOWN CLERK.
SELECTMEN.
ASSESSORS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND SUR-
VEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
} SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CONSTABLE.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
FENCE VIEWERS.
FIELD DRIVERS.
SEXTON.
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN HALL.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER.
POUND KEEPER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
} WEIGHERS OF HAY.
1 MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK,
} AUDITORS.
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AMOUNT 'OF MONEY GRANTED TO DEFRAY THE EX-
PENSES OF THE TOWN FOR THE YEAR 1861 - 62.
For the support of the schools, and the incidental expenses
of the school -rooms, • $3,400.00
44 repairs of highways, . • 2,000.00
" ._ the support of paupers, 1,200.00
44 discount on prompt payment of taxes, 1,600.00
" interest on town debt, 800.00
44 abatement of taxes, . • 300.00
" payment of School Committee, 130.00
" Assessors, • 200.00
" Town Clerk, 40.00
" Collector, . 95.00
44 Constable, 50.00
" Sexton, . 40.00
4 ringing the bells, 70.00
"" fire department, 350.00
"" towards payment town debt, 2,000.00
" contingencies, . 1,600.00
" painting and repairing school -houses, . 200.00
$14,075.00
A. W. BRYANT, Town Clerk.
Lexington, April 16, 1861.