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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1860-1861 Auditors Report ArDITOR ' S REPORT 01' 11{E OP L 11,'S Tow FOE. THE TEAR 1L a e -ALSO- V A IA UATION OF THE TOWN -WITH- Town, County and State Tax for 1860, • to , or (�r 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. THIS 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 4G 44 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 Ci other sources, 170.22 $20,117.57 The Disbursements have been as follows : Amount paid on Selectmen's orders, . . 10,309.33 " " Notes taken up, . . . 3,800.00 " " Interest on Town Debt, . . 1,001.42 " " State Tax, 497.50 " cc County Tax, . . . . 1,449.22 17,057.47 Leaving a balance in Town Treasury, of . . $3,060.10 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 18 marriages, @ 10 cts. ea. . 1.80 44 44 56 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 $39.34 4 5 Selectmen School Committee. CHARLES HUDSON, WEI3STER SMITH, WM. H. SMITH, 2D. LEONARD J. LIVERMORE, HOWLAND HOLMES, CALEB STETSON. Paid (Jhailes Hudson- For 7 days' services as Selectman, @ 2 00, . $14 00 Paid Leonard J. Livermore- " 25 evenings' services as Selectman, @ .50, . 12.50For services on the School Committee, 30 days, @ 1.50, $45.00 "� perambulating town lines 3i days, `2.00, . 7.00 �` " services as Cleik of the Board, . . . 14.00 Paid Howland Holmes- " cash paid for stationery and postage, . . 70 For services on School Committee, 40 days, @ 1.00, $40.00 $48.20 " making out State Returns, . . . . 5.00 " cash paid for postage, &c., . . . 75 Paid Webster Smith- $45•75 For 6 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00, . . 12.00 " 25 evenings' " " @ .50, . 12.50 Paid Caleb Stetson- " horse hire, . . 2.50 For services on School Committee, 28 days, @ 1.50, 42.00 27.00 Less 2.00 Paid William H. Smith, 2d,- - 40.00 For 6 days services as Selectman, @ 2.00, . . 12.00 " 25 evenings, " 44 .50, . . 12.50 $130.75 " horse-hire, . . . . . . . 2.50 27.00 Constable. Paid Oliver W. Kendall- $102.20 M For distributing notices for four town meetings, Assessors and attending the same, . . . . $28.00 " notifying Selectmen to draw Jurors, . . 3.00 WM. CHANDLER, A. W. CROWNINSHIELD, A. W. BRYANT, ELI SIMONDS, " services as Constable one day and night, . 4.00 WILLIAM LOCKE. " putting sundry persons in the Lock-up, . . 2.50 Paid William Chandler- A - $37.50 For services as Assessor, 67 days, @ 2.00, . . $134.00 Sexton. " cash paid for books and stationery, . . 8.00 " use of room, . . . . . . 3.00 Paid Oliver W. Kendall- $145.00 For attending 45 funerals, @ 1.00, . . . $45.00 Paid A. W. Crowninshield- " returning 56 deaths to Town Clerk, @ .10, . 5.60 - For services as Assessor, 54 days, @ 2.00, . . 108.00 $50.60 • " use of horse and buggy, 3 days, @ 2.00, . 6.00 114.00 Auditors. Paid A. W. Bryant- CHARLES H. BENNETT, SIDNEY G. DAVIS, SYLVANUS W. SMITH. For services as Assessor, 35i days, @ 2.00, . . 71.00 Paid Charles H. Bennett- Paid Eli Simonds- • For services as Auditor 1859-60, 10 days, @ 2.00, $20.00 For services as Assessor, 42 days, @ 2.00, 84.00 " copying tax-list and abatements, and superin- tending the printing of Report, . . . 6.00 Paid William Locke- " stationery, &c., . . . . . . 1.93 For services as Assessor, 41 days, @ 2.00, . . 82.00 $27.93 " use of horse and wagon, 10 days, @ 1.00, . 10.00 92.00 Paid Sidney G. Davis- For services as Auditor, 10 days, @ 2.00, . . 20.00 $506.00 Treasurer and Collector. Paid Sylvanus W. Smith- For services as Auditor, . . . . 7.50 Paid Charles Nunn- For services as Treasurer and Collector, . . $136.00 $55.43 I A 6 7 Amount brought over, . . $887.98 ' Liquor Agent. Paid I. Brooks Smith- Incidentals. For cash paid for liquor, . . . . . $83.83 Paid Howland Holmes- " services as Agent, • 75.00 - $158.83 For cash paid for coal hod, 92; shovel 20; $1.12 « " " setting glass, 1.00 ; hatchet, .75, 1.75 Contra. Cr. "< " " four bottles of ink @.50, . . 2.00 4' " " five boxes crayons, .75 ; two By cash received from sales of liquor, . . . $110.54 brooms, .74, . . . . • 1.49 By order on Town Treasurer, . . . . . 48.29 Paid A. E. Scott- - $158.83 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 RECAPITULATION. Paid Alonzo Goddard- For stove and setting up the same, . 58.56 Town Clerk . . . . . . . . $39.34 92.20 Selectmen . . . . . . . . 102.20 Assessors . . . . . . . . 506.00 Amount expended for High School, . • $980.18 Treasurer and Collector . . . . . . 136.00 School Committee . . . . . . . 130.75 ^ Constable . . . . . . 37.50 Sexton . . . . . • . . . 50.60 Auditors, 1859-60 . . . . . . . 55.43 Liquor Agent . 48.29 HANCOCK SCHOOL. $1,106.11 A J. H. A. HEALD, . . . . . . Prudential. Instruction. SCHOOLS. Paid L.M. Hoytt, for instruction in Grammar School The appropriation for 1860-61 was . . . . $3,400.00 42 weeks, @ 8.00, . . . . $336.00 Paid Sabra A. Russell, for instruction in Primary School 37 weeks @ 6.00, . . . . 222.00 HIGH SCHOOL. Paid Susan E. Simonds for instruction in Primary Instruction. School 43 weeks, 23.00 - Paid A.E. Scott for instruction one year,. . . $750.00 Amount paid for instruction, . . $581.00 Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms. Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms. Paid Damon &Blinn,for thirteen tons of coal, $87.00 Paid Howland Holmes- Paid Damon & Blinn- For care of fires and rooms, 33 weeks, . . 33.00 For 8i tons coal, @ 6.50, . . . . . $55.25 " " rooms, 13 weeks, . . . . 9.75 w-_ " housing coal, . . . . . • 58 " nine baskets charcoal, . . . . . 3 00 " 30 baskets charcoal, 2/, . • . 10.00 " five " Lc • 1.67 I Paid J. H. A. Heald- " five feet pine wood, . . . . . 2.56 For 2 baskets charcoal, 67; shavings, 1.00, . 1.67 " sawing and splitting wood, . . . . 1.00 " care of rooms and fires, . 35.00 137.98 102.50 Amount carried over. $887.98 Amount carried over, . $683.50 8 9 Amount brought over, $683.50 Amounts brought over, . . . $22.55 $653.27 Incidentals. Paid Loring S. Pierce- For painting frames, 3.30; making 2 doors, 4.50, 7.80 Paid J. H. A. Heald- " repairing conductor, 75 ; platform, 25 ; locks For varnishing desks, 6.00; dusters, 2.00, . . $8.00 and latches, .68, . . . . . 1.68 cc cleaning rooms, 2.00 ; repairing clock .25, . 2.25 cc ink, 1.75; 5 boxes crayons, 1.25 ; inkstands, cc 2 kegs, 62; setting glass and rep'g blinds 1.25, 1.87 .25,. . • 3 25 " repairing stove, .25 ; 1 brush, .25, . . 50 " cleaning clock,1.00; sieve,.25; 2 dusters, 1.00, 2.25 Paid Howland Holmes for ink, 1.50; crayons .60, . 2.10 " 4 blackboard brushes, 1.75 ; bell,1.00 ; broom, 14.72 .40, • . . . 3.15 " blackboard pointers, .28; brush, .25 ; soap, Amount expended on Hancock School, $698.22 .50, • . . . 1.03 " record book, .42 , repairing bell, .25, . . 67 " washing school-rooms, . . . . . 7.99 50.37 ADAMS SCHOOL. LORING S. PIERCE, Prudential. Amount expended on Adams School, $703.64 Instruction. .. Paid Elisha M. White, for instruction in Grammar BOWDITCH SCHOOL. School, 225 weeks, @ 9.00, . . . . $203.40 Paid Victoria G. Wheat, for instruction in Grammar WILLIAM LOCKE, . . . . . Prudential. School, 15 weeks, @ 7.00, . . . 105.00 Paid Martha F.Winning, for instruction in Grammar Instruction. School, 317, weeks, @ 7.00, . . 25.90 Paid Ellen L.Nash,for instruction in Primary School, Paid Susan E. Simonds, for instruction, 26 weeks, 27 weeks,@ 6.00, . . . . 162.00 @ 5.00, . $130.00 Paid Mary B. Howe, for instruction in Primary Paid Emily Crafts,for instruction, 141-weeks,@ 6.00, 87.00 School, 15 weeks, ® 5.00, . . . . . 75.00 $217.00 Amount paid for instruction, . . $571.30 Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms. Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms, Paid William Locke- Paid Damon &Blinn, for 7 tons coal, @ 6.50, For 4 cords wood, . . . . . . $24.00 $40.50 11/feet wood, . . . . . . 6.35 Paid Lorin S. Pierce- 4.12 For 12 baskets charcoal 4.00• shavings, .47, 4.47 « sawing and splitting the same, cc care of rooms and fires, 15 weeks, @ 1.00, . 15.0044 care of fires and rooms, 14.00 • 64 4414 " @ .75, . 10.50 48.47 46 " " 13 " @ .50, . 6.50 81.97 Incidentals. Paid William Locke- Incidentals. For cleaning ng school-room, 2.25; cleaning funnel, Paid Loring S. Pierce- . $3.00 cc 2 brooms, .66 ; bottle ink, .50; crayons, .15, 1.31 For 10 wire screens, 10.00, painting and varnish- 44 repairing stairway, 1.00; funnel, 2.94; hat i g blackboards,4.00, painting pump 4 times, pins, &c., .52, 4.46 125, $15.25 cc cc setting glass, 4.50; making frames for screens, poker, .15; staples and hooks, .20. .35 `2.80, 7.30 ••-•---- 9.12 Amounts carried over, Amount expended on Bowditch school, $274.59 $22 55 $653.27 2 eR' 10 11 FRANKLIN SCHOOL. Amount brought over, $286.63 WINSLOW WELLINGTON, . . . PrudentialIncidentals. Paid Frances M. Parker, for instruction, 40 weeks, Paid Hugh Graham, for cash paid for cleaning room, $1.50 @ $6.00, . . . . . . • $240.00 Paid Alonzo Goddard, for Russia pipe, 14.00; reg- ister, &c., 9.55, . . . . . . 23.55 Fuel,and Care of Fires and Rooms 25.05 Paid Damon & Blinn, for 4 tons coal, @ 6.50, . $26.00 Amount expended on Howard school, . $311.68 Paid Winslow Wellington- For 2 tons coal, @ 6.50, . . . . . 13.00 WARREN SCHOOL. " cai e of school house 3 weeks, . . . 75 Paid William Keefe, for care of fires and rooms, . 16.60 CYRUS P. SIMONDS, Prudential. 56.35 Instruction. Incidentals. Paid Isabella Cutler,for instruction,40 weeks,@ 6.00, $240.00 Paid William Keefe, for cleaning school house, . $3.00 Paid F. M. Parker- Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms. For setting glass, . . . . . • 1.25 ; Paid Damon & Blinn, for 3 tons coal, 19.50; hour- " broom, .30 , brush, 1.00, . . . . 1.30 - ing do., .50, . . . . . . $20.00 Paid Howland Holmes- Paid Cyrus P. Simonds- For ink, .50 ; crayons, 15, . .65 For 1 cord wood,5.50; care fires and room, 20.00, 25.50 " repairing coal hod, . . . . . .15 45.50 Paid William Locke, stock and labor, repairing, . 4.16 Incidentals 10 51 Paid Cyrus P.Simonds- Amount expended on Franklin school, $306.86 For 1 stove, $5.50 4 ). crayons, .45 ; brush, .45, . . . . .90 " 2 brushes, 1.00; cleaning room, 1.00, . . 2.00 Paid Alonzo Goddard- HOWARD SCHOOL. For English pipe, 2.38; zinc, .88, . $3.26 " labor, &c., 3.13 ; lining stove, 1.00, 7.13 IIUGH GRAHAM, . . . , . . . Prudential. " grate, labor, &c., . . . . 3.58 Instruction. II 13.97 Less 600 lbs. iron, . . . 3.00 10.97 Paid Clara Winning,for instruction 38 weeks,@ 5.00, $190.00 I 19.37 Paid Alice D.Phelps,for instruction 3 weeks, @ 5.00, 15.00 , $205.00 1 Amount expended on Warren school, $304.87 Fuel, and Care of Fires and Rooms. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Paid Hugh Grah am- The expenses of the several schools, in 1860-61, were as follows, viz. : For cash paid Damon &Blinn, for i ton coal, $3.63 " " John A. Sanborn,for 3 tons coal, . 22.50 For Instruction. Fuel,and Care Incidentals Total. " " Russell &Pierce, for 3 tons coal, 19.50 of Fires&Rooms. High School, $750.00 $137.98 $92.20 $980.18 " 1 cord wood, 4.50; sawing and splitting same, Hancock School, 581.00 102.50 14.72 698.22 2.00, . . . . . . . 6.50 Adams " 571.30 81.97 50.37 703.64 " housing coal, . . . . . . 1.50 Bowditch " 217.00 48.47 9.12 274.59 " cash paid Wm.Grover,for care fire and rooms Franklin " 240.00 56.35 10.51 306.86 41 weeks, . . . . . . 28.00 Howard, " 205.00 81 63 25.05 311.68 8163 Warren, " 240.00 45.50 19.37 304.87 • Amount carried over, $286.63 ei Total, $2,804.30 $554.40 $221.34 $3,580.04 40 12 13 Amount brought over, . . . $1,391 75 SUPPORT OF HIGH-WAYS. " Geo. F. Chapman,for 1 plough, 10.00 • Surveyors " Hammon Reed,for services as Surveyor, . . $12.00 44 CC 64 " Cl'k of the Board, 3.00 HAMMON REED, ALBERT FITCH, HUGH M. REED. - 15.00 Paid John Collins, for 7 days' labor, . . . $7.00 " Albert Fitch, " " Surveyor, . 12.00 " James Cody, for 7 " 7.00 1% " H. M. Reed, 44 44 " 12.00 " Patrick Crimmins, for 5 days' labor, . . 5.00 " For stationery, . . . . . . .50 " W & F. Ham, for repairing tools, &c. . . 15.52 12.50 " Winslow Wellington, for 674 days' labor, . 76.21 - " 44 " use horse and cart,18 -days, 13 87 $1441.25 90.08 " Philip Russell, " " " 8 days, 2.00 Contra. Cr. " Jerry Crowley, for 74* days' labor, 74.50 By cash from Town Treasurer, being the amount op- " John Collins, for 644 " " . . . 64.75 propriated by the Town for the support of " Michael Biodhurst, 3 6-26 months' labor, 64 62 Highways, . . . . . .$1,300.00 " Daniel Collins, for 71 days'labor, . . . 71.00 By cash received from J. C. Bertwell, . . . 9.00 " Frank Gilman, for 71: " " . . . 71.50 " " " Overseers of Poor, . . 15 00 " Cornelius Buckley, for 721 " . . . 72.25 " order from Selectmen for the balance, . . 117.25 " P. Mitchell, for 390 loads gravel, @ .08 . . 31.20 " L. C. Childs, for 157 " " @ .08* 13 08 $1441.25 " S. B. Pierce, for 70 " " @ 05 . . 3.50 " Cyrus Reed, for 104 " stone, @ .10 . . 10.40 " Eli Simonds, for repairing bridge, . . . 3.00 " W. &F. Ham, for " tools, &c. . . 4.71 " W. Henry Winning, boarding 2 horses 7 weeks, 15.75 44Frank Gilman, for 10 days' labor, . . . 10.00 SUPPORT OF POOR. " H. S. Mudgett, for 72 " " 55.40 4 , " John Collins, for 631 " " . . . 63.25 Overseers. " Daniel Collins, for 614 " " . . . 61.75 HAMMON REED, ALBERT FITCH, HUGH M. REED. " Overseers of Poor for labor of George F. Chap- ` man, 109k days, . . . . . 136.86 Paid Samuel A. Houghton- " " for labor of farm horse,108/days, . 67.11 For 2 days' work of man with oxen, . . . . $8.00 " " for board of M.Brodhurst,13 weeks, . 32.50 " James Parker- " " " " H. S.Mudgett,12 " . 30.00 For 92 lbs. butter, @ .21 . . . . . . 19.32 " " " " of horses, 51 weeks, . . 102.00 1 . " W. &W. J. Buckminster- 368.47 For advertising, . . . . . . . . .50 " Edward Winship,for 581 days' labor, . . 58.25 " Nourse, Eaton & Tolman- " Cornelius Buckley, for 644 " " 64.75 For advertising, . . . . . . . . .60 " S. B. Pierce,for 40 loads gravel, @ .08 . . 3.20 " City of Boston- " L. C. Childs, for 30 " " @ .08k . . 2.50 For support of Whitney 2 weeks, . . . • 2.00 " William Ham, for repairing tools, &c. . . 7.16 V " Charles K.Tucker- " John H. Russell, for " " . . . 2.29 For repair of cart, . . . . . . • 12.00 " Winslow Wellington, for repairing Concord " Darius Dow- Avenue, 5 00 For teaming, . . . . . . . . 2.00 " Overseers of the Poor for labor of George F. " Lawrence &Allen- Chapman, . . . . . 9.25 For dry goods, . . . . . . . . 1.95 " " for 32 weeks' board of horses, . . 48.00 " Canton Tea Co.- " " for 1 days' work of farm horse, . . .62 For 50 lbs. B. H. Sugar, @ 8*. . . . . • 4.25 57.87 " R. A. Vinal &Brothers- " Albert Fitch, for 2k days' labor, . . . 5.00 For grain, 25.64 Amount carried ovei, $1,391.75 • Amount carried over, . . . . . $76.26 , 14 15 Amount brought over, . . . . . $76.26 1 Amount brought over, . . . . . $364.22 Paid John Carter- Paid Faxon &Brothers- For i dozen brooms, . . . . . . • 1.25 For 1 barrel molasses, 39 gals., @ .27, 10.53 " Ayer & Raymond- " Faxon &Brothers- For 1 bbl. flour, 6.50 For groceries, 11.59 " E. Nickerson- " County of Essex- For 1 cwt. codfish, . . . . . . . 4.00 For board of J. S.Blodgett, . . . . • 19.60 " Faxon, Brothers & Co.- " Hammon Reed- For tea, rice, and saleratus, 10.26 For sundry items, 16.50 " City of Boston- -I " R. A.Vinal & Brothers- For board of James Wyman and medical attendance, . 40.70 For grain, 9.40 " W. & F. Ham- " William H. Smith- For blacksmith work, . . . . . 2.22 For groceries, . . . . . . • 5.00 " 'G " . 2.33 " J. H. Bennett & Co.- - 4.55 For groceries, 6.78 " Sweetser, Gookin & Swan- " J. H. A. Heald= For dry goods, . . . . . . . . 6.52 I For dry goods, . . . . . . 8.66 " R. A. Vinal &Brothers- " John Butterfield- For grain, . . . . . • . 32.08 For groceries, . . . . . 5.99 " Albert Fitch- j " H A. Rowell & Co.- For beef, . . . . . . . 22.20 i For gram, . . . . • . 40.24 " cash paid for truss, . . . . 2.00 " Lexington and West Cambridge R. R. Co.- 24.20 For transporting, . . . . . .27 " R. A. Vinal &Brothers- " " 1.48 For grain, . . 24.00 - 1.7 5 " Samuel Jones- " H. B. Mitchell- For 5 days' work blasting, . . . . 10.00 For fresh fish, . . . . . . 23.68 " sharpening drills, and powder, . . 2 45 " Damon & Blinn--- - 12.45 ` For 4 tons coal, ® 6.25, . . . . . 25.00 " Lexington and West Cambridge R.R. Co.- " John Dexter- For transporting, . . . . . . . 1.56 For 1 wagon, . . . . . . 52 50 " F. M. Harrington- " Henry Mulliken- For use of horses and carriages, 5.00 For carpenter work and stock, . . . . . 25.18 " John Butterfield- " D. Weld & Co.- For groceries, . . . . . . 8.79 For 10 lbs. tobacco, @ 20, 2.00 " J. S. Munroe- " 2 barrels, . . . . 1.25 For i ton coal, . . . . . . . . 3.12 3.25 " George Clark- " Humphrey & Emerson- For 1 pump, . . . . 14.40 For 69 lbs. butter, @ .18, . . . . . • 12.42 " J. H. Bennett & Co- " Lawrence &Allen- For groceries, . . . . . . . . 12.94 For 18 yards cotton flannel, @ .10, . . . . 1.80 " City of Boston- " E. Nickerson & Co.- For board and medical attendance of James Wyman, . 30.00 For 1 cwt. codfish, . . . . . 3.75 " Ayer & Raymond- " John S. Edgerly & Co.- For 1 bbl. flour, . . . . . . • . 7.62 For 30 bushels oats, @ .45, 13.50 " Wm. H. Smith- " J. H. Bennett & Co.- For groceries, . . . . . . . . 12.83 For 1 axe and helve, . . . . . 1.25 " Heirs of Joseph Mulliken- " Lexington and West Cambridge R. R. Co.- For table and cultivator, . . . • 2.87 For transporting, . . . .41 " R A. Vinal &Brother- " W. &F. Ham- For grain, 22.32 For blacksmith work, 5.04 Amount carried over, . . . . . $364.22 Amount carried over, . . . . . $668.04 16 17 Amount brought over, . . . . $668.04 Amount brought over, $1,131.23 Paid A. R. Brown- Paid Royal Gilkey & Co.- For 1 stove, . . 2.25 For lumber, . • 11.40 " Howard Emerson- " Highway Surveyors- " For 86 lbs. butter, @ .19, 16.34 Fox 15 days' labor, . 15.00 Ayer & Raymond- " F A. Walker & Co.- For 2 bbls. flour and carting, . . . . 14.50 " J. Gowin;- « For 1 washing machine, • 5.00 Colburn Hadlock- For use of wagon, . . 2.00 For sundryitems, . • 3.37 " Hammon Reed- " D. Weld- For sundry items, . . 47.68 For 20 lbs. tobacco, . • 2.00 " John S. Edgerly & Co.- " Damon &Blinn- For 20 bushels mixed corn, @ .78k, . 15.7 0 For 1 ton coal delivered outsidepoor, . 7.25 " Baxter & Sanborn- " William Locke- For 4 yards frocking, @ .50, 2.00 For work on barn, . • 3.52 " J. &J. F. Lamson& Co.- " Albert Fitch- For 34 lbs. turkey, @ .14, . 4.76 For meat, • 15.29 " S. B. Pierce, @ auction- " Aaron P. Richardson- For lot of wood, 29.00 For use of pasture, . • 11.00 " John Butterfield- " Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad Co.- For groceries, P 2.95 For transporting, ▪ 1.19 " J. H. A. Heald- 44 Oran Nash- . ash g� For dry goods, . . 2.34 For 1 pair boots, 2.50 J. H. Bennett & Co.- " Amos Agier - For groceries, . . . 6.74 For 2 lots of wood at Auction, . ▪ 16.75 " City of Lynn- " J. H. Bennett & Co.- For supplies to Mrs. Blodgett, . 86.00 For groceries, . • 7.15 " Rodney Center- " J. H. A. Heald- For board of E. F. Stearns, 32.25 For dry goods, . • 2.58 " O. W. Kendall- " Edmund Symmes- " For service as sexton, 18.65 For clothing, &c. . • 4.05 H. A. Rowell- " John Butterfield- " For grain, 23.20 For groceries, . • 8.72 Warren Duren- " A. P. Spofford- For boots, shoes and repairing, . . 17.55 For board of Isaac Blodgett, . . • 9.70 " E. E. Melvin- k " Albert Fitch- For meat, . 18.42 For cash paid for rent, . 2.00 " W. & F. Ham- " W. H. Smith- For blacksmith work, 4.17 For groceries, . . 8.78 " H. Holmes- " William Smith- For medical attendance, . 25.00 For repair of harness, ▪ 6.27 City of Boston- " A. Goddard- For board of James Wyman, . 33.20 For repairing of stoves, &c. • 8.06 " 44 46 44 • • • 32.50 " A. T.« Perkins- " 64 4412.85 For goods, ▪ 4.50 . 78.55 " G. F. Chapman- Ayer & Raymond- For cash paid sundry bills, . . • 24.93 For 1 barrel flour, . 7.00 " George F. Chapman- J. P. Estes- For services 1 year on farm, . 400.00 " For padlock and bolts, 70 " Rodney Center- " P. Nutting & Co.- For board of E. F. Stearns, . 6.75 For grate and bolts, . . 5.44 Amount carried over, $1,718.99 Amount carried over, . • . $1,131.23 3 oir 1s 19 Amount brought over, . . . $1,718.99 11:: Amount brought over, $52.13 Paid H C Hall, for 1 iron brand, ▪ 1.50 Paid Hammon Reed- +� " Charles LMathes, for1sorrelhorse andcollar, • 8900For services as Overseer, Clerk, expenses of journeys " A. R. Bryant, for 1 brown horse, • . 110 00 abroad, &c. 27.11 �� J. K. Slater, for1blanket, &c., • . 4.00" Howland Holmes- " W & F. Ham,for repairing cart, . • 17.09 For transporting State pauper, . 3.00J. S. Munroe, for1horsecart, • 40.00" Albert Fitch- " Elijah Bacon, for 1 plough, 5.50 , repairing plough, 1.75, 7.25 F or services as Overseer, . 15.00 '� WilliamBrigham, forcartshafts, labor, &c., • 1050" II M. Reed- " Parker, Gannett & Osgood, for rake, hatchet and scy• the, 2.50 For services as Overseer, . . . . . . 15.00 " JM. Hanscom, forhorsecollar, • 3.00$1,779.10 Total cost of Team and Tools, $336 97 Contra Cr. By cash received of Town Treasurer, . . . $1,191.21 " " " of Surveyors of Highway, for 1 labor, board, &c., . . 426 34 44 44 " for produce, 161.55 BUILDING BARN AT TOWN FARM. $1,779.10 Paid J. C. Bertwell- For building cellar wall, per contract, . . . . $84 00 " D. A. Tuttle- Amount expended at the almshouse, . . $1,391.46 For building barn, per contract, . . . . . 840.00 The farm is credited by sales of stock and produce, . $161.55 " Charles Robinson, Jr.- " by cash for labor and board, . 426 34 For drafting contract, &c , . . . . . . 6.00 " by increase of personal property " Hammon Reed- on the farm during the year, . . . 96.62 For service, . . . . . . . . 5.00 684 51 " Albert Fitch- For service, . . . . . . . . 5.00 Cost of supporting the almshouse, . $706.95 " H M. Reed- Amount expended for poor outside of.alms- For service, . . . . . . . . 5.00 house, . . . . . . . 387.64 Total cost of Barn, . . . • . . $945.00 $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 i I remained but one night, eleven have been supported throughout the year. The FIRE DEPARTMENT. 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 SAMUEL CHANDLER, J. F. SIMONDS, ALONZO GODDARD, Engineers. almshouse, at an average cost per week of $1.14,exclusive of interest on the farm."-Overseers' Report,March 4, 1861. P4, rr Paid Engineers of Fire Department- For cash paid for 5 sets oil cloth caps and boots, . . $13.10 44 " C. R. Ballard, for services as steward TEAM AND TOOLS FOR HIGHWAY. " from May 1 to November 1, 1860, . 15.00 Adams Engine Company- Paid J. M. Hanscom, for 2 sets harness, . . . . $9.50 For heating and taking care of hall for the year 1859, . 10.00 " A. Lawrence,for 1 horse-cart, . . . . . 19.25 " Damon &Bhnn- " Charles K Tucker, for repairing and painting cart, . 13.00 For 1 ton coal, . . . . . . • . 7.25 " Nourse, Mason & Co., for 6 shovels, 6.00; 3 picks,3.38; " Hiram Pierce- potato digger, 1.00, . . . . . . . 10 38 For use of horse to draw engine to fire, 2.00 Amount carried over, $52.13 I Amount carried over, $ 4 7 35 w 20 21 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- MISCELLANEOUS. For bill of sundries, . 26.49 " S. T. Hadley- • Paid Charles Hudson- For storing engine 13 weeks, . 10.00 Fox cash paid Selectmen of Lincoln, .50 " Isaac Buttrick- " " for repair of flag, . .87 For repairing of engine, . 5.35 $1 37 " Russell &Pierce- " L. J. Livermore- For coal, . 3 50 For cash paid John Wilson & Son, for print- " Josiah Smith, 2d- mg school report, . . 22.87 For blacksmith work, . . 1.51 44 CC express, .38 " B. Hadley- 23.25 For coal, . . 3.37 " Charles Hudson- " E. R. Ballard- For services and expenses before the Legisla- For taking care of engine, . 30.00 ture, and its Committee,on petition of the " William M. Locke- Town, to be released from the support of For drawing engine, . 3.00 Great Bridge, (so called,) over Charles " A. Goddard- River, between Cambridge and Brighton, For coal and sundries, . 3.36 16 days, 40.00 " John Peters, Jr.- " 0. W. Kendall- For taking care of engine, . 22.00 » For services opening graves, 2.00 " W. &F. Ham- " Benjamin Fiske- For blacksmith work,. 3.7 5 For cutting and setting gate-posts, 1i days, Damon &Blinn- @ 2.00 . . 3.00 For coal, . 3.38 " H. A. Davis- " Joseph F. Simonds- For sealing and adjusting standard of weights For repairing of engine house, . 1.25 and measures, . 5.00 " J. H. Bennett- " expenses, . . 1.00 For sundries, . 2.66 6.00 " Samuel Chandler- " 0. W. Kendall- For service as engineer, . . 6 00 For cash paid Samuel Sage,for surveying roads, 3.00 " A. Goddard- " 1 copy Gen'l Statutes, . 1.40 For service as engineer, . 6.00 4.40 " J. F. Simonds- " F. M. Harrington- For service as engineer, . 6.00 For use of horse and carriage, 3.00 " Nathaniel Garmon- Expenses of Fire Department, . $214.97 For 2 days'labor setting posts, . . . 5.00 " Isaac Shattuck- For rent and damage on land used as a site for the old school house, . . 27.37 " Alfred Mudge & Son- For printing, . .. 6.00 RINGING BELLS. " Webster Smith- For land damage on Spring Street, . 60.00 Paid Thomas Ham- " Hamlin & Kingman- For ringing bell from April 1, 1860, to April 1, 1861, $35.00 For 1x pump, . 17.85 " T. H.Earle- " Samuel Swett- For ringing bell from April 1, 1860, to April 1, 1861, . 35.00 For 2 drive way gates for cemetery, . . 75.00 Expenses of Ringing Bells, . . $70.00 Amount carried over, 4 $274.24 1 i 1 22 23 Amount brought over, . . . $274.24 Paid L S. Pierce- For 2 days' work, self, man and horse, . 6.00 " Andrew Wellington- TOWN GRANTS FOR 1860-61. For one-fifth the apps aised value of two cows killed by order of State Committee, . . 15.00 r_ For support of schools, . . . . . $3,400.00 " board of cows, . . . . . 2.14 " " of highways, . . . . . 1,400.00 17.14 1 " " of paupers, . . . . . . 1,200.00 " 0 W. Kendall- " discount for pi ompt payment of taxes, . . . 1,500 00 For cash paid West & Co. . . . . 4 35 " contingencies, . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 " " Bates & Goldthwait, . . 6.00 " interest on town debt, . . . . . . 1,100.00 GC " Waterman & Litchfield, . 37.60 "" new barn at town farm, . . . . . . 900.00 '" " `Harrington & Locke, . . 10.08 " abatement of taxes, . . . . . . 400.00 " " G. Swan, . . . . 4 29 " fire department, . . . . . . . 200.00 'C " D. Dow, . . . . 3.37 " team and tools for highways, . . . . . 336 87 65 69C4ringing the bells, . . . . . . . 70.00 " Whiton,Brown & Wheelwright- " payment of Town Clerk, . . . . . . x40.00 For 1 eleven-yard ensign, . . . . 35.00 - CC .. of Assessors, . . . . . . 550.00 " roping, . . . . 1 00 ! "" " of Collector and Treasurer, . . . 136.00 - 36.00 `" " of School Committee, . . . . 130 00 " Caleb Rand- 44CCof Constable, . . . 5000 For printing, . . . . 6.50 " "" of Sexton, . . . . . . 40.00 " 0. W. Kendall- For coffin, digging grave, and interment of $12,952.87 Nath'l Mudgett, who died with small pox, 10.00 Cyrus P Simonds- For land damage, . . . . . 29.40 " Henry Emerson- RECAPITULATION. For 2 stone posts,@ 10 - . . 21.00 . Paid from Treasury- CG 2 " " @ 8 . 17.003 580.04 For support of schools, . $ 38.00 « " of highways, 1,417 25 " Thomas Cutter- « « of paupers, . * 1,191.21 For building 25 rods fence, . . . . 20.00 " new barn at town farm, 945.00 " T. R. Marvin &Son- " team and tools for highways, . . . • . 336.97 For printing 500 copies Auditor's Report, . 86.35 �� town officers, 1,106.11 " O. W. Kendall- 214.97« fire department, For Bill miscellaneous items, 81.80 " ringing the bells, 70 00 " P. W. Chandler- " miscellaneous expenses, . 884.93 For advice to the Board of Assessors, . . 5.00 " A. W. Bryant, $9,746.48 For issuing and recording 18 dog licenses, . 4.50 " O. W Kendall- For opening Town Hall at sundry times, oil, Orders received, the bills for which were shown in last stationery, &c. . . . . . 43.96 Auditor's Report, $509.55 " O. W. Kendall- Order drawn by Overseers, (new Board,) . 200.00 709 55 For lettering and setting stone between Lex- ington and Winchester, . 2.50 " Isaac N. Damon- $10,456.03 For collecting taxes for 1859, . . . 140.00 Bills received, the orders for which were not presented " Hamhn &Kingman- before the settlement with the Treasurer, 146.70 For 1 pump for Adams School, 17.85 ! Amount paid on orders, . . . . . $10,309.33 Miscellaneous Expenses, . . . $884 93 *96.62 of this amount expended for personal property at Almshouse 24 25 PARTIAL SETTLEMENT WITH COLLECTOR, MARCH 4, MARRIAGES. 1861. RECORDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1860, to JANUARY 1, 1861. Amount committed for collection, . . . $14,987.40 " collected March 1, 1861, . . $12,774.82 « discount for prompt payment, . 1,372.89 Date of Marriage. Names. Residence. " abatement by assessors, 97.42 Ezekiel T.Venal . . . . South Scituate. • 14,245 13 January 1 . Elvira Brooks ii Balance uncollected, . . . $742.27 March 1 . . George II. Bowen . . . . Waltham. 1 Mary E. Sherman . Lexington. The abatements have been increased since this settlement, as shown by John Deman Concord. list in Valuation Report. April 19 . Delia Simonds Lexington. April 28 ( Francis L. Gerald . . . . ii 1 Martha E. Goodrich . . . ii May 24 May R. Bennett . . Stoneham. TOWN DEBT. Caroline Flint Lexington. . {The Town owed on Notes, April 1, 1861, . . . $14,121.50 June 9 . , John G. Sherman . ii Maria Barry n June 24 Nathaniel Palmer . . . . Wilmington. -010Isabel A. Stickney . . . Lexington. June 30 . . { John Foley . ii Mary Haley it POPULATION. Peter W. Hyndman P. E. Island. The population of the Town of Lexington, on the first clay of June, ' June 30 Catharine Ann Gould Lexington. 1860, was 2,329. Alexander Corey . II August 10. Lydia A. Jones . ii August 19 . { George Means . ii Margaret Doxherty ii All of which is respectfully submitted by 1 Elisha Allen . . . . . Charlestown. September 23 Ann E. Goodwin . Bedford. HORACE B. DAVIS, i Auditors. Randolph L. Stickney Lexington. CHARLES B. HARRINGTON, October 11 ,. LydiaA. B. Ver . Danvers. Y y _ November 29 . { Walter R.Wright . Lexington. Lydia Kenniston . le' 70. David W. Muzzey . . . ii December 11 . Anna W. Saville . . . . ti i William H. Fowle . . . it December 20. { Emeline P. Reed . . . . it December 20. f John A.Butterfield ii t Mary E. Cashman ti December 27. Reuben Kingsbury . . . n Alice W. Paul . . . . ii Whole number of Marriages, 18. 'K` 4 Y 26 27 DEATHS REGISTERED IN LEXINGTON, From January 1, 1860, to January 1, 1861. - - TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1861 -62. AGE. IP DATE PLACE OF N IMES. w DISEASE OF DEATH. p DEATH A Jan. 4 Margaret 13roaders, . . . . 4 5 Consumption, . Lexington. ALBERT W. BRYANT TOWN CLERK „ 7 Thomas Gilman, I „ „ 9 Frances M.Jewell, . . . 30 6Diarrhma, Waltham. „ 15 Franklin Cutler, . . 23 3 I . Consumption, . • • Lexington. CHARLES HUDSON „ 15 Louisa M Locke,. 28 5 . ,r „ WEBSTER SMITH . . . . SELECTMEN. „ 15 Reuben Pierce, . . 73 1 . Inflammation, . . . . „ W. HENRY SMITH, 2DJJ\\ Feb. 4 Margaret Munroe, . . 128 4 Consumption, . . . . r, . II 9 Elizabeth C Cutter,. . 33 , . rr Somers rile. „ 11 Mary H Reed, . . . 69 4 . Cancer, . . . . Lexington. A. W. CROWNINSHIELD „ 12 Elmira Smith, 56 - . Consumption, „ NATHAN FESSENDEN, JR ASSESSORS. 17 Frank E. Labdon, . . . . 6 8 ' . „ „ JOSEPH F. SIMONDS „ 21 Hannah Penny, . . . . 649 Pleura,. . . r, March 3 Betsey Burbank, ... . . i 76 I 6 Dropsy, . . . n >>> „ 3 Frances Gossom, . . . 14 I ung feNer, . Medford H. M. REED OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND SLR- „ 10 David Wellington, 88 4 10 Old age Lexington E. A. MULLIKEN YEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. „ 15 John Colby, . 64 Consumption, . . . i „ C P SIMONDS . „ 23 Betsey Winship, • . . 64 4 I . Dropsy, . . . . . . „ r, 24 Michael Crowley,. . . 13 5 I . Consumption, . . . . u L. J LIVERMORE for three years April 4 Abigail Parker, 45 8 „ „ CALEB S 1'ETSON for two years SCHOOL COMMITTEE. „ 5 George Eustis Angier, 3 I 8 Small pox, „ II 13 Nathaniel Mudgett, . . . . 22 I ,. HOWLAND HOLMES for one year . II 16 Hannah G.Rhoades, . . . 37 Consumption, . . . „ „ 18 Achsah Conant, ' 55 4 15 Inflammation, „ IP OLIVER W. KENDALL . . . CONSTABLE I/ 28 Joseph Mulliken, . • . 29 • Measles, . . . . . Somerville. May 1 Eunice Johnson, . . . . 66 2 12 Erysipelas, . . . Lexington. II4 Joseph Fiske, . . 63 4 Cancer,. . • . . n CHARLES NUNN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. „ 15 Mary W Holbrook, . 61 1 . Tumor, „ „ 21 Edmund C Winship, 37 Disease of brain, . . . I South Boston. JOSHUA SIMONDS ,r 25 Abel Butterfield, . . 63 .3 . Palsy, I exington. CHARLES BLODGETT . >FENCE VIEWERS. „ 26 Stillman Spaulding, . 71 7 . Heart complaint, . . . „ 4 v CYRUS REED June 4 Catharine Callahan, . 4 Teething, . . . . „ „ 15 Samuel Cutler, . . . . 77 10 1 Erysipelas, . „ II 15 Ebenezer Smith, . . '79 6 18 Chronic indigestion, W.Roxbury S. K. GODDARD . July 1 Hannah S.Thompson, . . . 24 2 Typhoid lever, . . . • Charlestown. CHARLES B HARRINGTON . FIELD DRIVERS. u 2 Jonas Munroe,. 82 21 Drowned, Somerville WINSLOW WELLINGTON (3 vacancies) If 7 Lilian A.Foster, . . . . 1 6 4 Cholera infantum, . . Lexington July 10 Ellen Reardy, 4 4 Spasms, . . . . „ II17 Clarissa L Wheeler, . . • 63 ( Tumor, . . . . Bangor,Me SEXTON. August 7 John Scanlan, 9 11 Cholera anfantum, . . . Lexington SLPERINTENDENT OF TOWN HALL. 7 Hannah G Rhoades, . • • 4 „ . • • Danvers. OLIVER W. KENDALL SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. u 10 Charles Cutting, . . . . . 51 1 14 Paralysis, Lexington POUND KEEPER. „ 15 Willie Sawan, . . . . • II' 1 . Cholera infantum, . . . ' ,r 25 Patrick Crowly, . . � 10 7 „ „ II 29 Dennis Buckley, . . . . . 9 „ ALONZO GODDARD . . . SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Sept. 4 Frank G.Wellington, . . . 10 . Congestion of the Brain, r, „ 11 Ellen Desmond, 1 4 , . Bowel complaint, „ PETER WELLINGTON „ 13 William H Hall, . . . . i 3 15 Cholera anfantum . . . „ WEIGHERS OF HAY. 16 , Sarah F.Hastings, . . . 72 Debility, . . . • IIW HENRY SMITH, 2D „ 20 Ann Fox,. 50 . . Unknown, „ Oct. 4 Hannah Callahan, . . . 34 . Typhus fever, . . . . „ JOSEPH F SIMONDS n 16 Benjamin Reed, . . . . 70 9 . Inflammation of the bowels, ,r w H. B DAVIS „ 25 George R Taylor, . . . 41 . . Unknown, Boston. JOHN BUTTERFIELD (MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK, ,, 26 David Johnson . . 83 5 . Paralysis, • Lexington. W HENRY SMITH, 2D JI Nov. 20 Daniel Iienmston, 65 1 j Heart disease, u 25 Susan Winn, . . . . 78 3 I . Bowel complaint, . . . „ Dec. 27 Mary Buckley, 57 . Cancer, „ HOWLAND HOLMES C. B HARRINGTON •. AUDITORS. H. B. DAVIS Whole number, 56 Males, 28 ; females, 28. BIRTHS5 Whole number, 52. . . . . Males, 23; females, 29. ~ , 1 28 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 " discount on prompt payment of taxes, . . . 1,600.00 " interest on town debt, 800.00 abatement of taxes, . . . . . . . 300.00 " payment of School Committee, . . . . . 130.00 " Assessors, 200.00 " Town Clerk, . . . . . . . . 40.00 " Collector, . . . . . 95.00 " Constable, 50.00 " Sexton, . . . . . 40.00 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.