HomeMy WebLinkAbout1861-1862 ExpendituresSELECTMEN'S REPORT
OF THE
EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON,
FOR THE YEAR 1861-62,
WITH A
LIST OF THE TOWN OFFICERS, THE BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRIAGES, AND THE NAMES OF STREETS.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET.
1862.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
OF THE
EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON,
FOR THE YEAR 1861-62,
WITH A
LIST OF THE TOWN OFFICERS, THE BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRIAGES, AND THE NAMES OF STREETS.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET.
1862.
LEXINGTON, APRIL 1, 1862.
THE Selectmen, agreeably 1 the vote of the•
have revised the Receipts and Disbursements of the
Town for the year ending April 1, 1862, and classified
the Expenditures and submit the following, as the
expensesof thepast year,and the present condition 1
the Treasury.
SETTLEMENT WITH THE TREASURER.
MARCH 31, •
Selectmen62.
The have this day settled with CharlesTown
Treasurer for the past year, and find that he charges himself with
receipts a1 •
Balance • 1 hand April i n 3,060.10
Received 1 • •r for 1861,
44 44 1860, 396.48
44 1857, 108.48
Loans,
School Fund, 62.79
other sources,I
n ,
,656.71
And credits himself1 the following
Dis-
bursements
Paid •, Town I •
on Notes taken up,
Interest • 1 Town Debt,
44 State Tax,
County Tax,
i, 10,609.92
889.23 •1
606.00
1,760.47
18,198.12
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Leavinga balance • 1 the 1st 1 April, i
62,
• 1• carried1 the new • 1 • $ 2,458.59
The discrepancy between the Treasurer's account and the Selectmen's, arises
from orders drawn by the Selectmen, are frequently• presented
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to the Treasurer till some time after their date. Consequently, an order drawn
at or near the close of the fiscal year, may not be presented till after the
commencement of the next year. The Treasurer, the past year, has paid out
$146.70 on orders drawn the preceding year, and in like manner there are now
three small orders outstanding, which were not presented to the Treasurer pre-
vious to the late settlement.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Clerk, ALBERT W. BRYANT.
Paid A. W. Bryant --
For services as Town Clerk,
" recording births, marriages and • deat▪ hs, .
cash paid express on laws, resolves, &c.,
stationery and letter stamps,
issuing 5 dog -licenses, .
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$ 20.00
17.60
3.63
3.21
1.25
$ 45.69
Selectmen.
CHARLES HUDSON, WEBSTER SMITH, WILLIAM H. SMITH, 2D.
Paid Charles Hudson -
For 5 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00, .
" 28 evening meetings, @ 50 cts.,
" 5 days in exploring and surveying town
lines, with reference to monuments, .
" services as Clerk, in recording bills, &c. .
" postage and stationery, .
Paid Webster Smith -
For 6 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00,
" 28 evening meetings, @ 50 cts.
Paid William Henry Smith, 2d -
For 6 days' services as Selectman, @ 2.00,
" 28 evening meetings, @ 50 cts.
$ 10.00
14.00
10.00
14.00
.87
48.87
12.00
14.00
26.00
12.00
14.00
26.00
$100 87
Assessors.
A. W. CROWNINSHIELD, JOSEPH F. SIMONDS, NATHAN FESSENDEN, JR.
Paid A. W. Crowninshield-
For 63 days' services as Assessor, @ 2.00,
" use of horse and buggy, 8 days, @ 2.00,
books and stationery,
rent of room for use of Assessors, .
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Paid Joseph F. Simonds -
For 242 days' services as Assessor, @ 2.00,
Paid Nathan Fessenden, Jr. -
For 45 days' services as Assessor, @ 2.00, .
. $ 126.00
. 16.00
4.00
7.00
$ 153.00
49.00
90.00
$ 292.00
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School Committee.
LEONARD J. LIVERMORE, CALEB STETSON, HOWLAND HOLMES.
Paid Leonard J. Livermore -
For services as School Committee, for exam-
ining pupils for admittance to High School,
12 days, 2.25 ; examining teachers, .37 ;
horse hire, .75 ; postage, .12 ; committee
meeting, 1.50 ; visiting and examining
Schools, 222 days, 33.75 preparing School
Report and expenses, 5.25, • $ 43.99
Paid Caleb Stetson -
For services as School Committee for visiting
Schools, examining pupils, and attending
committee meetings, 27 days, . 40.50
Paid Howland Holmes-
Forservices as School Committee, for visiting
Schools and preparing State returns, &c.,
35 days, . 45.00
Treasurer and Collector.
Paid Charles Nunn, as Treasurer and Collector,
$ 129.49
. $ 95.00
Auditors.
HOWLAND HOLMES, C. B. HARRINGTON, H. B. DAVIS.
Paid C. B. Harrington for auditing accounts, and copying
valuation, . . . . . . $33.25
" H. B. Davis for do. do. . 30.00
$ 63.25
Sexton.
Paid O. W. Kendall for attending 37 funerals, 37.00, and
returning 41 deaths, 4.10,
Constable.
Paid Oliver W. Kendall -
For notifying five Town Meetings, &c., . $ 37.50
" summoning thirteen Town Officers to ap-
pear and be qualified, . 3.60
44 notifying Selectmen and Town Clerk four
times to meet and draw Jurors, and
horse hire, . . . . 4.50
C six nights' service during the military en-
campment on the Common, . . 12.00
" taking Wm. Estabrook, Patrick Haggerty
and John Flint to the Lock-up, . 6.00
$ 41.10
$ 63.60
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Liquor .Agent.
Paid I. B. Smith as Liquor Agent,
. $ 8.56
Recapitulation.
Expenses of Town Clerk, . . $ 45.69
" " Selectmen, . . 100.87
" " Assessors, . . 292.00
" " School Committee, . 129.49
" " Treasurer and Collector, 95.00
" " Auditors, . 63.25
" " Sexton, . . 41.10
" " Constable, . 63.60
" " Liquor Agent, 8.56
Total paid to Town Officers,
$ 839.56
N. B. The Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, and
Engineers, include their charge for services in their general accounts.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Committee.
Rev. L. J. LIVERMORE, Rev. CALEB STETSON, and Dr. HOWLAND
HOLMES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Instruction.
Paid A. E. Scott, for instruction,
Fuel and taking Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid I. N. Damon, for 3 tons coal and putting in, $ 21.00
For 29 baskets charcoal, 9.60 ; 1 cord of
wood, 4.50 ; . . . . . 14.10
" cutting and splitting 1 cord kindling wood, 2.00
" making fires and taking care of rooms, . 40.00
Incidentals.
Paid for 2 brushes, .84 ; 1 dust pan, .25 ; hire of
piano, 20.00 ; . . 21.09 Paid for 7 tons of coal, .
GG6 boxes crayons, .90 ; 4 bottles ink, 1.36 ; 2.26 GGcharcoal, kindlings, and housing coal,
" dozen erasers, 2.50 ; cleaning rooms, " care of rooms and making fires, .
clock, &c., 5.17 ; 7.67
$ 800.00
77.10
HANCOCK SCHOOL.
J. I -L A. HEALD,
• Prudential Committee.
Instruction.
Paid for instruction, 80 weeks and 4 days, . $ 560.00
Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms.
Paid for 2 tons of coal @ 6.75, . . .•13.50
" shavings, 1.00 ; charcoal, 14.00, . . 15.00
" making fires and taking care of rooms, . 37.00
Incidentals.
Paid for blacking stoves and cleaning pipes, &c., 4.12
" crayons and ink, 1.88 ; ink -wells and
covers, 1.25 ; dozen blackboard
brushes, 2.25 ; cleaning rooms, 4.25 ;
2 water pails, .55 ; pitcher and dipper,
.40 ; floor brush, 1.00 ; painting
blackboards and setting glass, 5.05, 16.63
Total expense of the school, .
Permanent Repairs.
Paid for lining 4 stoves, .
Total expense of school and repairs, .
ALONZO GODDARD,
ADAMS SCHOOL.
. Prudential Committee.
Instruction.
65.50
20.75
$ 646.25
12.00
$ 658.25
Paid for instruction, 79 weeks, . $ 590.00
Fuel and Care of Fires and Rooms.
31.02
Total expense of the High School, $ 908.12
. $ 42.00
. 7.12
. 33.00
82.12
Amount carried over, . . $ 672.12
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Amount brought over, . .
Incidentals.
Paid for repairing conductor, .37 ; blacking stoves,
3.00 ; floor brush, 1.00 ; brushes for black-
boards, 1.67 ; ink and crayons, 4,83 ; dip-
per, .08 ; hat hooks, .56 ; basket, .50 ; ink-
wells and screws, .42 ; cleaning rooms, 3.84 ;
cleaning out funnel, .50 ; coal hod, .83 ; dust
pan, .25 ; crash towels, .33 ; setting glass,
.75 ; repairs of book -case and doors, 2.00,
Total expense of the school, .
. $ 672.12
Amount brought up, .
20.94
$ 693.06
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. $ 240.00
Fuel, and Care of the Fire and Room.
Paid for 2 tons of coal and putting in same, .
" cord of wood, 4.50 ; cutting and splitting
2 cords, 3.00,.
taking care of room and making fires, .
$ 14.00
7.50
19.25
40.75
Incidentals.
Paid for setting glass and painting black -board, . $ 3.13
" coal -hod, .92 ; shovel and dust -pan, .50, 1.42
broom, .25 ; shovel, .16 ; floor brush, .75, 1.16
crayons, .30 ; repairing and cleaning
clock, .75, 1.05
44cleaning room, 1.00
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
ISAAC PARKER, . . Prudential Committee.
Instruction.
Paid for instruction, 40 weeks, .
7.76
$ 240.00
Fuel and Care of Fire and Room.
Paid for cord of wood, sawing and splitting the
same, . 9.00
housing coal, 4 tons, . . . 1.00
care of room and making fires, . 20.30
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Total expense of the school, . .
Permanent Repairs.
Paid for 49 lbs. stove pipe and 2 elbows, . . $ 6.38
" labor, lumber, and materials for repairs
of house, . . . . . 13.12
6 yards of carpeting, at .75 per yard, . 4.50
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Total for school expenses and repairs,
$ 288.51
24.00
$ 312.51
Incidentals.
Paid for repairing clock, 1.00 ; broom, .25 ; door
key, .25 ; screws, .25 ; setting glass, .50 ;
cleaning stove pipe, .50 ; cleaning room and
pipe, 1.25, . . . .
Paid for hatchet, .80 ; wash -bowl, .63 ; pail and
dipper, .30 ; coal sieve, .25 ; towels, .36 ;
ink and crayons, 1.34 ; repairing ash barrel,
.35 ; painting blackboard, 1.50 ; cleaning
room, 1.00, .
4.00
6.53
BOWDITCH SCHOOL.
WILLIAM LOCKE, .
• Prudential Committee.
Instruction.
Paid for instruction, 39 weeks, .
$ 234.00
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Room.
Paid for 4 cords of wood, 24.00 ; 14- cords of pine
wood, 7.50, . . $ 31.50
sawing and splitting wood, 6.37 ; shav-
ings and procuring wood, 1.00, • 7.37
care of room and making fires, . • 14.00
10.53
Total expense of the school,
$ 280.53
WARREN SCHOOL.
CYRUS P. SIMONDS,
Instruction.
Paid for instruction, 40 weeks, .
Prudential Committee.
$240.00
Incidentals.
Paid for ink, .25 ; numeration frame, 1.00 ; black
board brushes and broom, 1.50 ; dipper, .08 ;
cleaning clock, 1.25 ; cleaning room, 1.75 ;
crayons, .30, .
Amount carried over, . . $ 240.00
Total expense of the school,
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52.87
6.13
$ 293.00
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Amount brought over, .
Permanent Repairs.
Paid for labor, and materials for painting and
repairing the house, .
Total school expenses and repairs,
. $ 293.00
151.19
$ 444.19
HOWARD SCHOOL.
GEORGE MUNROE, . . Prudential Committee.
Instruction.
Paid for instruction, 40 weeks, .
Fuel, and Care of Fires and Room.
Paid for 3 tons of coal and housing same, . . $ 20.25
" 1 cord of wood, 5.25 ; sawing and split-
ting same, 2.00, 7.25
" care of room and making fires, . . 26.00
Incidentals.
Paid for cleaning room, 2.00 ; broom and bell,
.75 ; door knob and butts, .50 ; dipper and
ink, .44 ; repairing pump, .25 ; painting
wall, .62 ; 2 loads of gravel, .50, .
Total expense of the school, .
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Permanent Repairs.
Paid for labor and materials for painting and
repairing the house, .
Total school expenses and repairs, .
Name of
School.
High School,
Hancock <<
Adams
Franklin { 6
Warren 6
Bowditch "
Howard <<
RECAPITULATION.
Fuel and
Instruction. care of
rooms and
fires.
$800.00 $77.10
560.00 65.50
590.00 82.12
240.00 30.00
240.00 40.75
234.00 -52.87
200.00 53.50
Inciden- Permanent
tals. repairs.
$31.02
20.75
20.94
10.53
7.76
6.13
5.06
12.00
24.00
151.19
159.69
Total
expense
of the
schools.
$908.12
646.25
693.06
280.53
288.51
293.00
258.56
$ 200.00
53.50
5.06
$ 258.56
159.69
$ 418.25
Expense of
the schools
including
repairs.
$908.12
658.25
693.06
280.53
312.51
444.19
418.25
$2,864.00 $401.84 $102.19 $346.88 $3,368.03 $3.714.91
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
Overseers.
H. M. REED, CYRUS P. SIMONDS, E. A. MULLIKEN.
Paid for 150 lbs. of meat, @ .05, to H. M. Reed, . . $ 7.50
Billings Smith, 40 bush. meal, @ .70, . . . 28.00
Roberts and Webster, 1 box tobacco, 20 lbs. @ .20, . 4.00
S. F. Woodbridge, 262 lbs. of beef, @ .054, . 15.06
James Parker, 924 lbs. butter, @ .19, . . 17.53
I. N. Damon, 1 ton of coal, . . . 7.26
Lex. and W. C. R. R. for carrying grain, . 1.13
Roberts and Webster, one chest of tea, . . 15.58
44 44 4425 lbs. of sugar, 1.87 ; rice, 1.00, 2.87
64Ayre and Raymond, 2 bbls. of flour and carting, . 14.00
44Billings Smith, 30 bush. of oats (7a .40, . . . 12.00
" " 30 bush. corn @ .74 ; 20 meal @ .73, 36.80
" S. W. Smith, 2 bed quilts @ .65, . . 1.30
44A. T. Perkins, goods to Mrs. Estabrook, . . .. 2.00
44 44coat, hat and hdkf., for Penny, . 6.25
GG 44goods for Mrs. Estabrook, . . 6.62
44J. H. A. Heald, yarn, cotton cloth, ticking, &c., &c., 16.56
44William Ham, for smithing, . 3.03
GCGeorge F. Chapman, for services, . 100.00
" Ebenezer Nickerson & Co., 1 can of coffee, 3.25
Dickinson, Lincoln & Co., i dozen brooms, . . 1.13
John Bannon, taking care of McFee, (small pox), 37.20
B. F. Locke, keeping 3 horses, 5.1 weeks, . 15.85
Billings Smith, 100 bushels oats, . . 39.00
Rogers & Webster, 1 bbl. flour and carting, 6.75
City of Lynn, for boarding a pauper, 87.38
Damon & Blinn, for 4i tons of coal, 28.50
George F. Chapman, for services, . 100.00
Chloe Fiske, for nursing Mrs. Bridges, 9.00
C. A. Butters, for 2 heifers @ 14.00, . . . 28.00
Mrs. Spofford, for 35 weeks' board of Isaac Blodgett, 35.00
Lexington and West Cambridge R. R., for freight, . 2.66
James H. Bennett, for divers small articles, as salt,
meal, starch, sugar, pepper,&c., &c., . 56.46
J. H. A. Heald, sundry articles, dry goods, . . 4.03'
" E. Spumes, 2 pairs shoes, 2.40 ; 2 pairs boots, 4.58 ;
and sundry articles of clothing and crockery, . 17.30
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Bennett & Saville, for sundry groceries, including
articles delivered Mrs. Bridges, . . . . 32.73
F. M. Harrington, for use horse, wagon, and buggy, 3.00
John E. Sanborn, for boarding Mrs. Eayrs, &c., . 18.00
William H. Smith, divers small articles of groceries, 13.25
John Butterfield, for mackerel, salt, pail, &c., . 6.05
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Amount carried over, . $ 843.12
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Amount brought over, . •
Paid Town of Bedford, for burying Charles Reed, .
" A. Fitch, 71 lbs. of beef @ .4i, 3.19 ; 175 lbs. @ .05,
8.75 ; 21 lbs. of tongue @ .4, .95, . • .
" Warren Duren, for 2 pairs of boots and divers repairs,
" Harrington & Locke, for labor, paints and oil, . .
" Oran Nash, for repairing bootees, &c., for children of
Mrs. Luke Estabrook, .
Charles K. Tucker, receipt in full, . .
" Rodney Center, 52 weeks' board of E. P. Stearns, .
" Lexington and West Cambridge R. R., for freight, .
" James Parker, for 41 lbs. of butter @ .16,
" Billings Smith, 24 bushels of meal @ .56, and 20
bushels @ .60, . . .
" Ebenezer Nickerson & Co., codfish, . .
Faxon & Brothers, 1 barrel of flour, .
Calhoun Hadlock, use of cart 3 days .75 ; and 15i
lbs. turkey @ .14, .
" Vinal & Company, 2 bushels rye meal, 1.65, and 4
boxes of meal @ .70, . . .
" E. H. Snow, 1 trace chain rake, 1 iron wedge,
" Roberts & Webster, 20 lbs. of sugar @ .08 ; 10 lbs.
@ .11 ; box of raisins ; barrel of flour, .
" Gershom Swan, 1 cask lime, .
" C. Mullan, 1 hay wagon, .
" Charles Robinson, lot of wood, 6.00 ; 1 calf, 1.00, .
" William Chandler, 4 lots of wood, 1 pair sled shoes,
" George F. Chapman, 1 pung, 4i foot harrow,
" Bennett & Saville, 1 churn, .
" George F. Chapman, sundry small bills, .
" Mr. Estabrook, no bill, .
" Mr. Renolds, no bill, .
" E. A. Mulliken-
Expenses to Middleton, Lynn, Cambridge and Bed-
ford, . .
Dow's Express, .25 ; A. T. Perkins, .56 ; bridge
plank, .30 ; manure for farm, 6.00,
Services as Overseer, .
" Cyrus P. Simonds -
Services as Overseer, .
For nursing Mrs. Purdy,
" H. M. Reed -
Services as Overseer and Clerk. 25.00 ; station'y, .50,
Cash paid at Tewksbury,
For conveying James Wyman,
Journey to Topsfield and Lynn,
For 2 swine, 10.00 ; 2 journeys to Boston, convey-
ing Mrs. Eayrs, 2.50, . .
" H. Holmes, for medical attendance at Alms House,
25.00, and 1 day at Probate Court,
$ 843.12
11.50
12.89
11.59
5.28
1.25
14.21
39.00
1.76
6.56
25.44
4.00
7.00
2.92
4.45
1.17
9.90
1.10
12.25
7.00
16.37
8.50
1.12
19.50
2.00
3.05
15.00
7.11
25.00
15.00
1.00
25.50
1.25
3.00
5.00
12.50
27.00
Amount carried up, . • . $ 1,210.25
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Amount brought up, . . . . . . $1,210.25
Paid Bennett & Saville, for articles from the store deliv-
ered Mrs. Bridges and Mr. Winship, 10.28,
and other articles for Almshouse, 5.22, . . 15.50
E. E. Melvin, for meat delivered from cart, . . 21.29
A. Goddard, for bread -pan, grate to stove, fluid -can,
pipe for boiler, skimmer, &c., &c., . . . 4.28
George F. Chapman, for balance of labor, 275.00 ;
sundry small bills, 9.92, . . . . *284.92
Cr. by Town orders, .
Received for horse, .
" board, .
produce sold, .
Chapman's work, horse and board,
Town order, to balance account,
$ 1,536.24
$ 1,050.00
24.00
51.28
145.20
82.00
$ 1,352.48
185.76
$ 1,538.24
An order has also been drawn for 100.00 to
pay bills contracted by the Board, left un-
paid, which should be charged in their
account, . 100.00
Making a total as far as ascertained, . $ 1,638.24
* Here is an error of $4.00. Mr. Chapman's bill amounts to $284.92. The
Overseers paid him as per receipt, $282.92, and have charged the Town with
$286.92. Hence they have received $4 too much, and are indebted $2 to Mr.
Chapman and $2 to the Town.
The Selectmen feel it due to themselves to say that they appointed the 27th of
February to settle with the Overseers and Surveyors, but they neglected to
present their accounts at the time, and so we could not examine them until the
last hour of our official existence ; and in fact the bill in which the error is
found was not handed in till the new Board was chosen, so that we had no
opportunity to examine it.
SUPPORT OF HIGHWAYS.
Surveyors.
HUGH M. REED, CYRUS P. SIMONDS, E. A. MULLIKEN.
Paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for 8 shovels,
" John A. Russell, for 2 picks, with handles,
" H. S. Welch, for horse Prince,
James Bartelle, 2 days' work, half-day with oxen,
C. Harrington, use of oxen in breaking roads, .
H. M. Reed, for one white horse, .
Nourse, Mason & Co., for 4 shovels,
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$ 8.00
3.00
130.00
2.25
1.00
65.00
4.00
Amount carried over, . . $ 213.25
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Paid A. tLocke,Ir 10i days' shoveling snow,9.00
GalenGeorge Scanlan, for 4 "
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Allen, 4 •.ys' shoveling snow,, 1.25, 5.00
Nathan Fessenden, Jr., two 1'1 .11 oxen, 1 •.• 3.00
Amos Angier, for breaking •. • 2 men and team, 4.00
W. Wellington, days • • road, 6.00 days with
horse,11 ••1,
David Scanlan,• 14.52 in full of all demands,John i. ••• • 66 16.75• work • 1 road, 16.75
Pierce,Daniel F. Harrington, 4 days on road, . . . 5.00
W. Ham, for smith work from Jan. 12 to June 27, '61, 55.45
• man, horse and cart, 10i•2.00, 21.00
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Michael Manly, received 47.25 in full of all demands, 47.25
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John : 1. 1 I I.ys' work 1 1 highways, 1
Cummings I 43.75 in full of all demands,
Charles Robinson, for breaking out roads, 2i days'
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11 1 day repairing roads,11 •10.00
Lawrence,S. 11 shovelingI/ 1.
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horsesday, 2.00, •
H. Estabmok, fordays, self, horse 1 1 cart,1
James • I for 90i I •work,90.50
John Toby,1 ' • days'work,96.00
Cornelius Manly, fol. 61i days' work, . 61.25
Michael Crimmins, • 1 67.25 in 67.25
Hugh Hoffron, 33 days. He died suddenly,and the
balance 1 paid to his wife, signed H. M. Reed, ▪ 33.00
SamuelCorlis, formonths'11 2 days'work,1
John I 1s, for days'99 "work,11 per day, • " 11
DanielCollins, / :' 11 89.00
Whitney,1 bill,47.50
S. T. Hadley, for 6i days' work, 6.50
Cumins Welch, for1 •1 10.00
JosiahSmith,I for blacksmithing from April /
1' 15, 1861,I
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Eli Simonds, / labor of men a1 1 horses 2 days,1 1
Amount carried up, . $ 1,447.27* In this account there is nearly $200 paid on receipts " in full," 'without anyspecifications ; this is irregular.
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Amount 1/ • 1 1 ; 1,447.27
Paid Patrick Gallagan, for 2 days'labor,11
" Jerry Crowly, for97/ days,, 1.00 11 11i, , 16
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John 1 1s, for 11i do. ' :/
Dathel Collins, 1 , days,
James1 for days,: • ,
Walter ,• I I 2 1 •` 1. 1 day oxen 1
Reed, 16 days,60i days horses .11
1.00, 80.50 divers laborers,/ / 1 1
days to 1 day each,: 1
JamesBennett, bbl. flour,9.00 bu. naeal for
D. 11 1' •shovel,hoe, .56
spade,pick handle,1
William Ham, for smith-work111 June to 1 1 1•
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William Lowry,' days'1/ 1• 1• snow,• 9.00
EliasCC Smith, for labor,1
Wm. Boynton, for 1,0211 1 1 spruce plank,
' 1• same to Lexington, 2.00, 16.29
for breaking roads,11 team, 2.50
William H. Smith,I hoe, :
111 A. Russell,/r smith -work and picks, 3.56
11 Smith, pick -handles a11 1. hoe, 1
PM. Ryan, 1 63 loadsof • . : ' days,• 14
Reuben W. Reed, forI 11.1 and two horses
breaking road,
A. i Smith,I 11 5 hands`11•• 1• snow,
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Nam. /1 for 104days'11 11 culvert, 23.00
for blasting rocks and 1 I• from foot,•
Cornelius Mdays'work, 1
S. Cummins,, days'work,•
•1 61 days'labor,11 132.00 •
days of man, 11 29 days of horse,11
11 days of cart and 1 • / . 1 ; for main-
taining
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1 • 1t fence, 3.00 paid James136i.
days'labor,• 1
CyrusP. Simonds, • days'work,
1 1
11.1 3 days,11 personal - • 1 11
Reed, services as Surveyor,11
10.00, 11
Webster11 days'breaking I.
Chapman, I 11 and board 1horses,: 1 1
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1,900.00
169.44
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineers.
SAMUEL CHANDLER, ALONZO GODDARD, JOSEPH F. SIMONDS.
Paid Samuel Chandler -
For William H. Smith, 2d, . . . $ 10.23
For H. Pierce, 2.00 ; for E. R. Buttrick, 15.00, 17.00
For Isaac Buttrick, 11.75 ; for W. M. Locke,
2.00 ; for Wm. Locke, 2d, 5.00 ; for Geo.
Stearns, 2.00 ; for A. Goddard, 2.67, . 23.42
For rent of Hall, lighting and taking care of
same for the use of Adams Co., . . 42.00
For cash paid O. W. Kendall, 1.00 ; F. M.
Harrington, 2.25, . . . . . 3.25
For cash paid John Peters, Jr., . . . 24.00
For cash paid J. H. Bennett, .40 ; Joseph F.
Simonds, 4.00 ; Damon & Blinn, 3.62, . 8.02
Engineers, for services for the year, $6 each, 18.00
Paid Benjamin Hadley, Clerk and Treasurer of
the Adams Co., for poll tax for the year
ending May 1, 1860, . . . . $ 67.50
Benjamin Hadley, Clerk and Treasurer of
the Adams Co., for poll tax for the year
ending May 1, 1861, . . ▪ 64.50
Damon & Blinn, for ton of coal (Adams Co.) 6.38
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MILITARY EXPENDITURE,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHOSEN FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
Paid to A. B. Munroe, for flannel, socks, thread, cambric,
&c., to clothe the volunteers, . $ 203.81
44Samuel Sewell, Jr., for flannel, &c., 6.72
C. R. Johnson, for boarding volunteers, . . . 30.99
'° Charles Adair, for boarding volun$ers, 28.20 ; for
articles furnished the Military Company, at the
entertainment at the choice of Officers, viz.,
pickles and rolls, 3.00 ; coffee, 2.50 ; sugar, 3.00 ;
milk, 2.00 ; candles, 2.00 ; waiters, 7.50 ; Hall,
4.00 ; fuel, 1.00 ; express, .50 ; cigars, .50,
Charles K. Tucker, for the families of Royal Ramsey
and Walter F. Harding, . . .
William W. Melvin, 30.00 ; Frank V. Butters, 30.00,
Edward T. Chandler, 30.00 ; Royal Ramsey, 45.00, .
Elijah D. Gossom, 30.00 ; Wilbur F. Harding, 30.00,
44Samuel E. Chandler, . .
N. E. Spaulding, for drilling the soldiers,
44C. F. Witherbee, 44 46
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$ 145.92
138.38
Total, .
$ 284.30
SHEDS, &e., AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
The Overseers paid S. I. Thompson, for lumber, . $ 112.73
T. Hastings, for nails, . 6.63
Henry Mulliken, for labor, . . 51.80
$ 171.16
Cr. By Town order, . .
By old lumber sold, .
. 150.00
. 21.16
$ 171.16
Cost of Sheds, &c., $ 150.00.
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Expended by the Committee, .
Paid by the Selectmen to the following families -
To Mrs. Wilbur F. Harding, .
To Mrs. John Gallagher,
To Mrs. Francis A. Kneeland,
To Mrs. John O'Neil, .
To Mrs. John Healy, .
To Mrs. Luther H. Pushee,
To Mr. John Peters,
To Mr. Daniel F. Harrington,
To Mr. John Bannon, .
To Mrs. James Cody,
Charles Buttrick,
Isaac Kenniston,
Luke Estabrook,
William Estabrook,
John K. Hanscom,
Thomas H. Earle,
To Mrs. John Gateley, .
To Mrs. William Dillon,
To Mrs. Jeremiah Logan,
Expenses of disbursement, &c.,
Total expended by Selectmen,
Total expended by the Committee,
Total, .
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RINGING BELLS.
Paid Thomas Ham, for ringing bell one year, . .
" T. H. Earle, for ringing bell from April 1 to Sept. 18,
" John Estabrook, for ringing bell from Sept. 23, 1861,
to April 1, 1862, .
$ 35.00
16.00
18.00
$ 69.00
To Mrs.
.To Mrs.
To Mrs.
To Mrs.
To Mrs.
To Mrs.
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54.20
55.00
60.00
75.00
60.00
30.00
16.60
17.50
$ 609.82
$ 10.00
112.14
81.71
111.85
107.20
70.40
16.57
58.25
33.00
19.29
32.00
75.29
84.88
80.49
.75.00
55.00
10.00
7.60
5.20
4.00
. $1,049.87
. 609.82
. $1,659.69
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES.
Paid W. G. Shattuck, for 5 double school desks, and team-
ing same, . . . . . .
Wilson & Son, for printing 500 School Reports,
L. J. Livermore, for painting inside of Town Hall,
22.75 ; for whitewashing Town Hall, 17.31; and
washing same before and after painting, &c., 5.22,
" Josiah Hastings, for *tinting 2 town meeting warrants,
" T. R. Marvin & Son, for printing 500 copies of Au-
ditors' Report, . . .
Estate of J. P. Merriam, for land damages,
A. Goddard, for sealing hay scales, .
Hamlin & Kingman, for repairing pump, .
W. Wellington, for special repairs on Concord
Avenue,
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Frank W. Robinson & Co., forlamps, &c., for T• own
Hall, . . . . . . .
Harrington & Locke, for painting liberty pole, hay
scales, and sign boards, .
C. Hudson, for laborers in lev▪ eling and manuring
Common,
F. M. Harrington, for use ▪ of horses and car▪ riages, .
Hooper, Lewis & Co., for Record Book for Town Clk.
C. Hudson, for cash paid West Cambridge, for erect-
ing a monument and building a culvert on town
line, 8.13 ; to Waltham, for erecting 2 monuments,
3.50 ; to Stinson & Bigelow, for entertaining Lieut.
Bowers and command, who fired a national salute
February 22, 9.38 ; for shoveling snow for salute,
1.00 ; for two journeys to Cambridge and one to
Bedford, to obtain a guardian for George Holmes,
6.75 ; for 2 journeys to Cambridge, to obtain guar-
dians for Stephen Winship and Jonathan Trask,
5.20 ; paid witnesses in the above cases, 3.00, .
Rand & Co., for printing 3 warrants for town meeting,
O. W. Kendall, for opening Town Hall 46 times for
selectmen, assessors, engineers, &c. &c., 39.75 ; for
stationery, oil, locks, and sundry materials for Town
Hall and Lock-up ; for labor in repairs on Town Hall,
pumps, settees, &c., for distributing Laws, Resolves
and Reports ; and for removing seats in the Town
Hall, and sundry other small jobs, and materials
purchased for the town, 60.79,
Chandler R. Richardson, for surveying the ▪ town ▪ line
bordering upon Burlington, .
Oliver Hastings, for lumber, . . .
C. Hudson, for monuments on line of Be• dford and
Burlington,
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$ 26.37
24.42
45.28
5.00
138.00
40.00
3.00
3.50
25.00
11.16
14.20
33.92
5.50
5.00
36.96
8.50
100.54
3.75
18.14
4.00
Total miscellaneous payments, . $ 552.24
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RECAPITU LATION.
Paid to Town Officers, . . . .
" for support of schools, and repairing school -houses,
support of the poor, .
repairing highways, . .
Fire Department, .
building sheds at the Alms -house,
ringing the bells, . .
military expenditures by the Committee,
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Total expenditures for the year,
. $ 839.56
• 3,714.91
1,335.76
• 2,009.28
• 284.30
▪ 150.00
69.00
• 609.82
. 1,049.87
• 552.24
$ 10,614.84
The finances of the Town do not appear, on the face of the accounts,
quite as favorable as they were the last year. The balance in the Treasury,
April 1, 1861, was $3,060.10, while on April 1, 1862, the balance was
$2,458.59 -making a difference of $601.51. But the Treasurer has paid
out $146.70 on orders drawn the preceding year, while there is only $50.97
in orders already drawn which were not presented to the Treasurer before
our settlement with him. This will reduce the difference in the balances
to $505.78. But one large item in our expenditure, viz., the sum paid to
the families of volunteers, will be entitled to considerable drawback. Up to
January 1, 1862, we had paid to the families of volunteers, $702.19, and
claimed of the State, $592.39 ; and since that period, we have paid to April
1, 1862, $391.93, and expect to draw from the State $357.05 -making a
sum of $949.44, which we hope to draw from the State, and which will in
fact make a balance in favor of the year on which we have entered, of
about $443.
It should be borne in mind, however, that only $590 of what is drawn from
the State will be available within the current year.
This new element of military expenditures, has in some degree disturbed
our financial arrangements ; but when we consider the crisis into which
the country was precipitated, and the very profuse expenditures made in
some of the towns in the vicinity, we have reason to congratulate ourselves,
that we have passed through the crisis with a town expenditure of about
$600, and have at the same time answered all reasonable demands upon
our patriotism and sympathy.
The sum raised for town purposes in 1861, was $12,075.00, which may
be somewhat reduced the current year.
TOWN DEBT.
The Town Debt, on the first of April, 1862, was $14,089.00,
which, by an exchange of notes, was reduced $32.50, from the pre-
ceding year.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLES HUDSON,
' For the Selectmen
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1862-63.
ALBERT W. BRYANT,
CHARLES HUDSON,
WEBSTER SMITH,
W. HENRY SMITH, 2D.,
A. W. CROWNINSHIELD,
NATHAN FESSENDEN, JE.,
WILLIAM CHANDLER, .
ELI SIMONDS, .
ALBERT FITCH,
ISAAC N. DAMON,
L. J. LIVERMORE,
CALEB STETSON,
JONAS GAMMELL,
OLIVER W. KENDALL, .
CHARLES NUNN, .
COLBURN HADLOCK,
NEHEMIAH M. HARRINGTON,
J. HASKELL REED, . .
GEORGE W. LOCKE, . .
ABRAM B. SMITH, .
GERSHOM SWAN, .
CHARLES FISKE, .
GORHAM JEWETT, . .
CHARLES H. BENNETT,
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TOWN CLERK.
SELECTMEN.
} ASSESSORS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
} SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CONSTABLE.
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OLIVER W. KENDALL, .
ALONZO GODDARD, . .
PETER WELLINGTON, .
WILLIAM H. SMITH, 2D.,
JOSEPH F. SIMONDS, .
HORACE B. DAVIS, .
WILLIAM H. SMITH, 2D.,
CHARLES H. BENNETT,
LEONARD A. SAVILLE, .
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FENCE VIEWERS.
FIELD DRIVERS.
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MARRIAGES
RECORDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1861, tO JANUARY 1, 1862.
SEXTON.
SUPERINTEND'T OF TOWN HALL.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER.
POUND KEEPER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
} WEIGHERS OF HAY.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND
BARK.
SUPERINTENDENTS AND WEIGH-
ERS AT THE TOWN SCALES.
Date of
Marriage.
March 24,
April 16, .
May 21, .
June 30, .
June 28, .
August 5, .
August 8, .
August 20,
September 30,
September 26,
November 18,
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Names.
George G. Wheeler,
Mary M. Fiske,
Residence.
Charlestown.
Lexington.
1 James Russell,
Catharine McGuiness,
William P. F. Meserve,
1 Mary E. B. Smith,
John Symmes, Jr,
Emily Carter, .
fEdward C. Bailey,
Sophia L. Gould,
Burlington.
Lawrence.
Waltham.
Lexington.
Charles Follen Buttrick,
1 Eunice L. Glacier, .
Reuben Swan, .
Hannah L. Darling,
Thomas Everett Cutler, .
Melinda Warren Houghton,
Charles F. Mulliken,
Adelaide M. Bailey,
Franklin E. Melvin, .
Helen A. Knight, .
Peter Fergurson,
Lizzie R. Carr,
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Somerville.
Dorchester.
Lexington.
Cambridge.
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Charlestown. ,
Lexington.
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Whole number of Marriages,
• VALUATION OF LEXINGTON.
Valuation for 1860,
Real Estate,
1 Personal Estate,
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Valuation for 1850,
Increase in ten years,
$1,318,103.45
444,042.00
$1,762,145.45
1,469,551.30
$ 292,594.15
BIRTHS.
Whole number, 52.—Males, 22 ; females, 30.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN LEXINGTON,
From January 1, 1861, to January 1, 1862.
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NAMES 'OF THE TOWN STREETS.
DATE
OF
DEATH.
Aug.
Dec.
NAMES.
AGE.
!DISEASE, OR CAUSE
OF DEATH.
PLACE OF
DEATH.
F
m
Feb. 2
„ 15
Larkin Turner, . .
Harriet M. Lord, . .
79
13
1
3
27
17
Heart complaint,
Consumption, .
Lexington.
„
(arch 17
George H. Bacon, . .
.
2
16
Colic, . . .
r, 24
Janes A. Locke, . .
42
.
10
Unknown, . .
Charlestown.
kpril 4
Elizabeth E. Webb, . .
.
1
25
If . .
Lexington.
„ 4
Abigail C. Munroe, . .
68
9
6
Debility, . •
„ 19
Betsey Y. Garmon, . .
52
3
.
Drowned, . .
„
„ 24
Stephen Locke, . .
54
1
25
Consumption, .
Waltham.
lay 12
John Carrigan, . .
.
.
14
Inflammation, .
Lexington.
„ 12
Mary Cosgrove, . .
1
2
.
Croup, . .
I, 17
Archibald Winship, . .
56
9
.
Unknown, . .
Cambridge.
„ 27
Hugh Hafferan, . .
25
.
.
une 9
Randolph L. Stickney, .
53
.
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Suicide, . .
Boston.
„ 25
Josiah L. Locke, . .
48
11
.
Delirium Tremens,
Lexington.
„ 28
George Foster, . . .
24
.
2
Consumption, .
W. Cambridge.
„ 30
Albert Simonds, . .
44
3
.
Insanity, . .
Concord, N. H.
6
James Manley, . . .
1
4
.
Cholera morbus, .
Lexington.
II24
William Wellington, .
92
8
.
Cancer, . .
II25
Mary A. Locke, . .
.
3
.
Unknown, . .
Boston.
sept. 2
George A. Johnson, . .
.
9
21
„ • .
Concord.
II2
Henrietta E. Thurston, .
1
.
.
Teething, . .
Lexington.
n 6
Albert W. Mulliken, .
.
3
17
Unknown, . .
Somerville.
„ 11
Rhoda Gammell, . .
80
3
24
Old age, . .
Lexington.
If 11
Ellen Desmond, . .
1
4
.
Teething, . .
n
II16
Philip A. Locke, . .
53
.
16
Disease of the brain,
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„ 16
Elizabeth M. Sanborn, .
40
9
.
Liver complaint,
„
„ 25
Sally Smith, . . .
86
.
17
Old age, . .
„
', 25
„ 26
Christopher Reed, . .
Mary Collins, . . .
69
1
6
8
.
11
Diarnccea, . .
Mumps, .
„
IIIf29
2
Thomas Greenleaf, . .
William Harrington, .
George W. Newell, . .
70
1
3
2
10
10
.
22
.
.
Inflammation,
„
Dysentery, . .
IfOct.
IfII6
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„ 10
Edverta A. White, . .
.
10
23
Teething, .
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if18
Charles A. Childs, . .
7
9
.
Inflammation, .
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n 25
Michael Manning, . .
Nathaniel Jewett, . .
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81
2
.
7
3
Unknown, . .
Old age,
IfIf26
„
1ov. 8
Mary M. Farnsworth, .
Mary Ann Stearns, . .
50
64
6
.
.
.
Consumption, .
Typhoid fever, .
IfIf23
Bedford.
1
Lydia Wyman, . . .
80
9
.
Old age, . .
Lexington.
„ 8
Charlotte M. Mulliken, .
34
8
.
Consumption, .
Somerville.
„ 24
Louisa M. Benjamin, .
2
8
.
Scarlet fever, .
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Whole number, 41.—Males, 23 ; females, 18.
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Beginning with the Great Road at West Cambridge
line, thence to Hay Scales near the Common
From said Hay Scales to Lincoln line
The Old Concord Turnpike, from West Cambridge
to Lincoln line
The road crossing the railroad, and near L. C. Childs's
From Main St., and by the house of Billings Smith
From Main Street, and by the house of Francis
Wellington, to Concord Avenue, near the house
of Andrew Wellington . . . . . . . .
From Pleasant Street, by the house of Phineas
Lawrence
From Watertown Street, by the Bowman Place, to
West Cambridge line
From Concord Avenue, by the Joel Smith Place .
From Bryant's Corner, to Lincoln Street, near the
house of Cyrus P. Simonds . . . . . . .
From Main Street, opposite the Lexington House, to
Waltham line
From Waltham Street to Concord Avenue, by the
house of Elias Smith
From Middle Street to Oliver and Wm. B. Smith's,
by Galen Allen's
From Waltham St. to Pine St., near Galen Allen's .
From Middle Street, opposite Walter Wellington's, to
Waltham line, by the Phinney Place . . . .
From Middle Street, opposite Cyrus P. Simonds's,
to Lincoln line, passing near the Tufts Place,
and near to Thomas H. Rhoades's
From Weston Street, by Wm. H. Carey's house, to
Thomas Cutler's
From Main St., opposite the Depot, to Forest Street
From Waltham Street to Muzzey Street
From Monument Street, by the house of A. W
Crowninshield, to Lincoln line
From Monument St., by the West -District School-
house, to Middle St. . . . . . . • . .
From Monument Street, by William Hartwell's, to
Bedford line
Main Street.
Monument Street.
Concord Avenue.
Bow Street.
Oak Street.
Pleasant Street.
Watertown Street.
Valley Street.
Walnut Street.
Middle Street.
Waltham Street.
Blossom Street.
Pine Street.
H Street.
Spring Street.
Weston Street.
Shade Street.
Muzzey Street.
Forest Street.
Lincoln Street.
School Street.
Wood Street.
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From Monument Street, by the Alms -house, to the
Isaac Muzzey Place Cedar Street.
From Cedar St., by the Alms -house, to Bedford St. Hill Street.
From Monument Street to Bedford Street, north-
west of the Common Elm Avenue.
From the Hay Scales, by Joshua Simonds's, to Bed-
ford line Bedford Street.
From Bedford Street, by William Chandler's and
N. D. S. house to Bedford Street Hancock Street.
From Hancock Street to Bedford Street, by Benjamin
Gleason's Cross Street.
From Hancock St., near C. W. Johnson's, by Amos
Angier's, to Burlington line Burlington Street.
From Burlington Street, by Ebenezer Simonds's, and
Daniel Cummings's, to Bedford line Grove Street.
From Hancock Street, near Warren Duren's, to
Burlington line Adams Street.
From Adams Street, by George Locke's, to Woburn
line East Street.
The " Old Middlesex Turnpike" to be called . . . Lowell Street.
From Lowell St., near the Hammon Locke Place,
and by the houses of William Locke and James
Williams, to Burlington line North Street.
And North Street is to continue from the Hammon
Locke Place, north-easterly towards Mr. Blanch-
ard's, to Town line.
From Main St., near the house of Mrs. Lucy Turner,
to Woburn line . Woburn Street.
From Main St., near Nathaniel Pierce's, to Nathan
Fessenden, jr's. Maple Street.
From Woburn St., by Cornelius McMahan's, over the
hill Vine Street.
Making, in all, Thirty-seven Streets and Avenues.