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BOSTON:
PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON.
1869.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT,
On the Financial Condition of the Town of LEXINGTON,
z March, 1869.
T$E Selectmen ask leave to submit the following Report to
the Town relative to its fiscal condition:
February 27, 1869, the Selectmen made a partial settle-
ment with Albert W. Bryant, Collector for the year
1868, and found that there was committed to him for
collection, $29,227 93
And that the discounts for prompt payments of taxes
amounted to 2,787 58
Abatements, 325 70
` Paid into the treasury, 25,762 65
28,875 93
Leaving a balance uncollected, $352 00
They also made a partial settlement with Webster Smith,
Collector for 1866, and found, that at a settlement
with the Selectmen, March 9, 1868, there was in his
hands, uncollected, the sum of 207 84
Since that date, he has paid into the Treasury, $174 86
And the Assessors have abated 10 00
184 86
Leaving a balance uncollected, of $22 98
They also examined the account of Charles Nunn, Col-
lector for 1864,who stood charged in a settlement with
the Selectmen, March 5, 1866, with an uncollected
balance of 64 10
By comparing the original warrant committed to him for
" collection, and the sum afterwards assessed and
passed to him with the discounts, abatements, and the
sums paid into the Treasury, they found that there
must have been some error in the former settlement,
and that there was only a balance of twenty-one cents, 21
which he promptly paid into the Treasury.
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March 1, 1869, the Selectmen settled with Albert W. Bryant,
Treasurer of the Town, 1868-9, and find that he charges himself with EXPENDITURES S.
the following sums, and claims allowance for the following amounts
paid out by him, on the orders of the Selectmen, and otherwise:
He charges himself with SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
The balance received from I. N.Damon,late Treasurer, $4,976 97
From Webster Smith, Collector for 1866, 174 86 HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles Nunn, Collector for 1864, 21
A. W. Bryant,Collector for 1868, 25,762 65 Instruction,fuel and care of rooms.
Leonard A. Saville, Sale of Town History, 450 00
Paid Mr. W. H. Knight, teaching, $1,212 00
Leonard A. Saville, income from hay scales, 47 47 Miss Ellen M. Stetson, 242 40
W. E. Russell, for rent of land, near Town Hall, 10 00 $1,454 40
A. F. Gould, for grass on the Common, 8 00 Care of the house, 55 05
Charles Adair, for sale of liquor, 7 24 Fuel and housing, . 144 00
County Treasurer, for liquor license, 50 00 199 05
School Fund, 158 72
A.Goddard, balance of Liquor Agency, 13 17 Amount chargeable to School funds, $1,653 45
State Treasurer, for State aid, 1,067 93
State Treasurer, for Corporation Taxes, 1,100 65 Incidentals and repairs. ,
Overseers of the Poor, by the hands of Selectmen, 215 24
Highway Surveyors, by the hands of Selectmen, . 171 87 Chemical apparatus, tuning pianos, &c., $13 24
Sundry Loans, 11,300 00 Advertising for a teacher, 6 00
Eli Simonds, 50 Coal hod, &c. 2 54
Diplomas, 12 00
$45,515 48 500 Blanks, reports, rule work, 5 00
He credits himself with:
Tax paid into the State Treasury, $3,540 00 Chargeable to Contingent grant, 38 78
County Tax, 1,632 53 Cost of the School, $1,692 23
Paid on Town Orders, 21,282 89
Interest on Town Debt, . 1,925 82
Notes paid, 7,350 00 HANCOCK SCHOOL, CENTRE.)
35,731 24 Instruction,fuel and care of rooms.
Leaving a balance in the Treasury of, $9,784 24 Paid Mr. Otis L. Bonney, teaching, $260 00Mr. E. H. Tower, teaching, . . 540 00
There will however be required for the Miss Emma J. Spaulding, teaching, . . 316 80
closing of the schools, for the year, Miss M. F. Smith, teaching, . 190 50
about . $1,800 00 t, $1,307 30
The Schools, Highways, Paupers, and Care of the house, 55 63
Contingencies between this time and Fuel, . 111 93
the commitment of the tax for collet- ^� 167 56
tion, will probably require about, 3,000 00
4,800 00 Amount chargeable to School funds, $1,474 86
This will leave a surplus in the Treasury of $4,984 00 .- Incidentals and repairs.
Repairing and painting pump, $5 05
CHARLES HUDSON, SELECTMEN Stewart stove, 34 00
CHARLES ROBINSON, of Sundries for stoves, 4 25
ALONZO GODDARD, ILEXINGTON. -Amounts carried forward, $43 30 1,474 86
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Amounts brought forward, $43 30 1,474 86 Amount brought forward, $287 00
Paid Repairing clock twice, 2 78 Incidentals and repairs.
Rewards of merit, two years, 6 50
a iron and work, 7 33 Paid Crank for pump, .40: pail and mug,•.60, $ 1 00
Russia
Tuttle, for pump, 3 37 Repairing clock, $1.25; ink, .75, 2 00
D. Repairs on house, use of horse, 13 12
Repairing stove, 2 25
Chargeable to Contingent grant, 63 28 Advertising for teacher, 2 50
Coal hod, $1 ; grate and work, $3, 4 00
Cost of the School, $1,538 14 Paper, 25
$25 12
EAST. Less cash from lumber and shingles sold
ADAMS SCHOOL,
(EAST.) after repairs of the house, . 21 12
Instruction,fuel and care of rooms. 4 00
Chargeable to Contingent grant,
Paid Mr. Silas Peabody, teaching, $1,000 00
Miss M. B. Howe, teaching, . 360 00 Cost of the School, . $291 00
$1,360 00
Care of the house, 59 38
Fuel, 54 00
— 113 38 HOWARD SCHOOL, (NORTH E►8T.)
Instruction,fuel and care of rooms.
Amount chargeable to School funds, $1,473 38
Paid Miss Clara E. Bacon,teaching, $292 20
Care of the house, 25 00
Incidentals and repairs. E Fuel, 34 50
59 50
Work on desks, step, . $24 20
Rubbing black boards, repairing pump, paint
and stone, 15 07 Amount chargeable to School funds, $35i 70
Funnel, labor, pan, &c. 2 07
Repairing clock, work on stove, 5 22
Stewart stove, . 40 00 Incidentals and repairs.
\ For cleaning well, $2.50; wash-bowl,.50, 3 00
Chargeable to Contingent grant, 86 56 Stewart stove, 34 00
Cost of the School, $ 1,559 94 Chargeable to Contingent grant, 37 00
Cost of the School, . $3$8 70
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, (SOUTH.)
Instruction,fuel and care of rooms. WARREN SCHOOL, (WEST.)
Paid Miss Lavinia M. Allen, teaching, $144 00 Instruction,fuel and care of rooms.
Miss Ella F. Stroelin, 90 00
$234 00 Paid Miss Alice A. Tufts, teaching, $236 60
Care of the house, 20 00 Care of the house, $13 90
Fuel, 33 00 Fuel, 23 50
53 00 �--- 37 40
Amount chargable to School funds, $287 00 Amount chargeable to School funds, 274 00
Amount brought forward, $274 00 RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals and repairs. Fuel and Chargeable
Name of School. Instruction. Care of to School Incidentals. Totals.
Setting glass, 2 15 Rooms. funds.
Repairing clocks, 1 25 High ...........$1,454 40 $199 05 $1,653 45 $38 78 $1,692 23
Hancock........ 1,307 30 167 56 1,474 86 63 28 1,538 14
Chargeable to Contingent grant, 3 40 Adams.......... 1,360 00 113 38 1,473 38 86 56 1,559 94
Franklin........ 234 00 53 00 287 00 4 00 291 00
Howard ........ 292 20 59 50 351 70 37 00 388 70
Cost of the School, $277 40 Warren......... 236 60 37 40 274 00 3 40 277 40
Bowditch .... 258 00 85 14 343 14 65 24 408 38
BOWDITCH SCHOOL, (NORTH.) Chargeable to all. ...... ...... 27 21 43 21 70 42
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Instruction,fuel and care of rooms. Total.......$5,142 50 $718 03 $5,884 74 $341 47 $6,226 21
Paid Miss E. J. Norris, teaching, . $258 00
Care of the house, �$25 00
Fuel, 60 14
85 14 RELIEF, SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE AND EMPLOY-
Amount chargeable to School funds, $343 14 MENT OF THE POOR.
Incidentals and repairs. THE ALMSHOUSE AND FARM.
Stewart stove, 42 00 Paid T. Luce, for sundry items, $ 9 73
Coal hod, shovel, $1.25; work and stock, Holbrook & Wellington, groceries, $ 39 97
$15,24, 16 49 Groceries, 36 54
Cards for rank, 2 25 Groceries, 43 67
Advertising for teacher, 3 00 Groceries, 21 30
Setting glass, 2 50 Groceries, 45 30
Repairing clock, . 1 00 186 78
George W. Taylor, dry goods, 3 62
$67 24 Dry goods, 9 85
Less for old stove, 2 00 Dry goods, 2 20
15 67
Chargeable to Contingent grant, 65 24 C. A. Butters & Son, groceries, 38, 32
Groceries, 15 77
Cost of the School,
$408 38 Groceries, 24 33
Groceries, 25 37
NO SCHOOL SPECIFIED. Groceries, 24 41
Paid Wood,of Hartwell, $19 41 128 20
Housing coal, 7 80 Leonard A. Saville, groceries, 23 95
Groceries, 13 16
Chargeable to School funds, $27 21 1 Groceries, 39 20
Crayons, pointers and erasers; 4 36 € Groceries, 7 10
8 thermometers, 1 60 A. Child groceries, T- 83 41
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Labor and materials on houses p ' g 16 00
� 7 60 ° C. A. Butters, age and handle, and groceries, 3 95
Erasers, feather dusters, crayons, ink, bell, Groceries, 16 04
setting glass, 9 65
Kingman, for pump, . 20 00 John E. Hodgman, provisions, 33 09 19 99
Chargeable to Contingent grant, 43 21 Provisions, 36 97 70 06
Total, $70 42 Amount carried forward, $529 84
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Amount brought forward, $529 84 Amount brought forward, . $1,112 05
Paid A. Goddard, repairing stoves, &c., in 1867-8, 6 53 Paid P. Lynan & Sons, 2 mats, 5 00
Sundries, 17 98 Wm. Simonds, pasturing cow, 7 00
24 51 Geo. Viles, meat, 27 17
S. K. Goddard, pants, 3 75 W. A. Lane, selling wood, 31 00
1 pair brogans, 2 25 L. Lawrence, halter, &c., 6 10
6 00 Leland, Rice & Co., coat, pants and vest, 11 50
Gibbs & Stinson, dry goods and expressing, 10 15 Dyer & Frost, provisions, 4 90
Dry goods, 6 92 H. Mulliken, work and stock at farm, 1 50
Dry goods, 4 00 Patrick Reardon, 1 pig, 133 lbs na 11c., 14 63
21 07 Patrick Lonergan, 2 months' rent, . 10 00
J. W. Pierce, coal, 6 45 C. K. Tucker, waggon shaft, 8 50
Coal, 49 50 Wm. J. Currier, M. D., attendance, 2 00
— 55 95 W. Duren, boots and shoes, 10 91
Wm. Ham, blacksmithing, 6 58 A. Locke, 2 months' rent, 7 00
Blacksmithing, 10 35 L. G. Babcock, lettering numbers for rooms, 1 00
Blacksmithing, 2 95 Highway Surveyors, 1 collar, 3 50
19 88 Geo. F. Simonds, 1 year's services to April, 1869, 450 00
B. C. Whicher, groceries, 50 97 Geo. F. Simonds, groceries, labor, and sundries, . 113 96
Groceries, 6 63 E. S. Spaulding, attending meetings, buying cloth-
57 60 ing, &c., 5 00
Boynton & Sanger, 29j lbs butter, e 47c., 13 86 John P. Reed, services as Overseer, 47 25
Highway surveyors, labor of men, 73 50 Car fares, 2.60; use of horse, $3; 5 60
Labor of horses, 12 75 52 85
86 25 S. W. Smith, services as Overseer, 42 50
Perry &Eaton, for soap, 4 17 Car fares, 1.50; use of horse and car-
Fish and tea, 13 30
riage, 6.50 ; 8 00
Sink, 50 50
3 50
Expenses in settling Estate late Franklin Fiske, 6 50 Eli Simonds, services as Overseer, 48 00
Expressing, 1 25 Car fares, and use of horse, 7 00
Gershom Swan, 5 bunches lathes, at 45c., . 2 25 Stationery, postage, stamps, &c., 2 00
Josiah Smith, blacksmithing, 13 51 Services as Clerk and Treasurer, 15 00
Wm. Brigham, wheelwright's bill, 23 17 11 hd bay, 8 42
North, Merriam & Co., pork scraps, 5 00 80 42
Wm. M. Ashby, 100 feet boards, 2 50
O. W. Kendall, conveying person to Tewksbury, 4 75 $2,016 49
Wm.D. Smith, tea, 8 00 Overpaid on Butters' bills, 7 70
O. S. Currier, cotton cloth, 10 45 Overpaid on Blood's bill, 8
Johonnot & Saunders, bed castors, 1 50 7 78
C. Hayes, 3 yards sheeting, 9 00
Geo. W. Simmons & Co., suit of clothes, . 31 00 $2,008 71
P. F. Packard & Sons, 2 chairs, 5 25 From which deduct the following sums received
Oil cloth, 25 41 by the Overseers:
30 66
For labor of superintendent and board of horses, 496 47
Headley,Wheeler & Co., meal and shorts, 52 00
J. S. Munroe, carpeting, 8 20 Cash, for sale of produce, . 232 97
J. L. Fairbanks, pauper register, 3 50 . For sale of cow, 32 00
A. C. Blood, 6 pair fectings, For sale of blankets, 4 50
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Perry & Eaton, 24 gallons soap, 4 00 For board of J. Trask, .156 00 967 94
Spalding, Hay & Wales, 12 pairs blankets, 54 00
amount carried forward, $1,112 05 Cost of the Pauper Establishment, (including compensa. $1,040 77
tion of the Overseers,)
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POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE. .Amount brought forward, $76 84
Paid A. Childs, groceries for C. Stearns, $ 13 60 Paid C. A. Butters & Son,-
Groceries for C. Stearns, 25 72 1 iron rake, 2.00 ; 1 bag meal, 2.75; fuse,
Groceries for C. Stearns, 35 62 .50, 5 25
Thomas Stiles, groceries for C. Stearns, 20 00 1 bag meal, 2.60 ; 5 spikes, .33, . 2 93
Town of Burlington, medical attendance, 12 00 2 bags meal, 4 86
Wood, 3 00 $89 88
$ 109 94 L. A. Saville, 20 bags meal, 49.65 ; 2 bans
A. P. Spofford, board of Isaac Blodgett, 29 75 corn, 5.25 ; 6 bushels oats, 6.45 ; 2
Board of Isaac Blodgett, 45 50 75 25 steel rakes, 2.00; whipstock, .35; pow-
der, .35, 64 05
Sarah Harrington, board of Mary Harring- 8 bags meal, 22.00; 6 bushels oats, 6.00;
ton, 30 00 2 bags corn, 5.50; rope, .28 ; do., .63;
Clothing of Mary Harrington, 3 00 sundries, 1.13, 35 54
33 00 99 59
J. W. Pierce, Coal for Mrs. Crowley, 23 83 B. C. Whicher, whip stock, .20; rope, .81, 1 01
Coal for Mrs. Gilman, 12 34
2 bags meal, 4 50
Coal for Mrs. Kallahan, 16 83 5 51
Albert N. Tufts, wood for Mrs. Kallahan, 2 00 7 bags meal, 17.50; 7 bags corn,A. Childs,
B. C. Whicher, groceries for Mrs. Kallahan, 7 80 8 bushels oats, 7.44; nails, .21, 31 90
26 63
B. C. Whicher, groceries for Jerry Logan, . 17 27 10 bags meal, 26.50; 11 bushels oats,
• J. B. McDonald, 1 ton coal for Jerry Logan, 13 00 10.65; 4 bags cracked corn, 10.60, 47 75
30 22 79 65
City of Lynn, supplies Mrs. Cutler, 92 00 Holbrook & Wellington, 4 shovels, 7.00; 7
Aid to Mrs. Lydia Gleason, 21j weeks, 21 50 pick handles, 2.63, 9 63
E. S. Spaulding, for David Penny, . 1 00 8 bags meal, 21.20 ; 2 bags cracked corn,
Eli Simonds, cash to paupers, 4 00 5.30 ; 8 bushels oats, 8.30; oil, 1.40 ;
H. Homes, M. D., attendance, 7 50 brush, 1.87; curry comb, .42, . 38 49
5 bags meal, 12.75; 2 bags cracked corn,
Cost of the outside poor, $437 21 5.20; 4 bushels oats, 3.80; 3 lbs. B.
Cost of the Establishment, (including compensa- powder, &c., 1.50, 23 35
tion of the Overseers,) . 1,040 77 71 47
Eli Simonds, 7 days'labor, 21 00
Total, $1,477 98 Keeping 3 horses 3a weeks(@ 1.50, 16.87 ;
5 picks, 8.75; exchange of collar,2.50;
hoe, 1.50, 29 62
7 days' services as surveyor, at 3.00,
21.00; clerk and treasurer, 10.00, 31 00
81 62
Overseers of poor, for 39 weeks'board of
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS. horses e 1.75, 67 25
Paid C. A. Butters & Son, 6 bags meal, 16.50 ; 17 weeks'board 0 1.50, . 25 50
1 iron rake, .67, 17 17
16 weeks board of horses, 88 00
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1 bottle oil, .50 ; rope, 8 ; ; whip handle, -t- 47 days' labor on roads 0 2.25,12 weeks' board of man C&5.00, 60 00
. 105 75
4.2; 2 bags corn,1 ; 11 bags meal1,, 3 5 bushels oats,0.05, 40 83 46 days' work of horse (& 1.75, 80 50 5 bags meal, 13.25; 1 bag corn, 2.65; 3 334 25427 00
bushels oats, 2.94, 18 84
.Amount carried forward, $76 84 Amount carried forward, $854 72
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Amount brought forward, $854 72 Amount brought forward, . $1,835 53
Paid Wm. Ham, iron and 12 nuts, 1.00; setting Paid Nicholas Shea, 36 days' labor 0 1.75, .$63 60
8 shoes, work, &c., 2.80, . $3 80 q " 444 44 cc " . 7 00
Sharpening picks, setting shoes, &c., . 28 57 70 00
Piece two irons to fence to road, 1.00; Alonzo Goddard, 2 pails, 1.70; strap hinges, .33, 2 03
sharpening dills. d picks, shoes &c. 41 32 J. E. Hodgman, 24 loads gravel; 3 00
p gr an p 73 69 Timothy McDonnel, 3 days' labor, . 5 25
Dennis Hencbey, 5-a days'labor 0 1.75, 10 06 George Phinney, printing 100 receipts, 1 00
Wm. T. Wood, 1 hoe, an old handle, 2 50 Lyman Lawrence, harness strap, 30 Whip lash,
O.W.Kendall, 1 j days'labor,4.50 ; 1 gross screws, le; snapper on whip and thread,.35, 77
.70; nails, .12; teaming, .50, . 5 82 Harness for lead horses, 11 00
E. J. Shirley, 2J°O. months' work (a 30.00, 83 07 Repairing harness, 4.50; do. halter, .25, 4 75
Bedding, 50 Whip stock, .37; part double reins, 1.50, 1 87
83 57 Repairing harnesses, halter and reins, 3 88
Patrick Curtin, 58 days' labor 0 1.75, 101 51 1 halter, 2.25; strap, &c., .59, 2 84
Frank Buckley. 58-1 days' labor 101 95 25 41
Michael Hencbey, 63 days' labor " 11 66 Albert Fitch, 30 days' labor (a� 3.00, 90 00
Elbridae Challies shoeing horse 1 65 David Mead, 1 (G " 1 75
Nicholas Shea, 9�days' labor 0 2.00, 18 00 Timothy O'Donnell, 3 days' labor (a� 1.75, 5 25
Patrick Curtin, 7j days' labor 11 15 00 Thomas Ryan, 2 �� " " 3 50
Timothy McDonnel, 11 days' labor, nr 1.75, 19 25 Patrick Jennings, 2 3 50
Patrick Curtin, 11 " 44 66 19 25 Sylvester Puffer, 2 stone work, 6 00
Bartholomew Downs, 11 " LL " 19 25 Charles K. Tucker, 1 whiffietree, . 75
P. McCafferry, 11 11 `6 " 19 25 Fitting handles to rakes, .17; stone ham-
S. B. Wingate, keeping 3 horses 7 weeks, (a) 1.50, 31 50 mer handles, .62, 79
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Parker, Gannett & Co., 1 crowbar, 25 lbs., Z 1s. 4 17 Board and bars for cart, . 6 50
Josiah Smith, sharpening picks and drills, 3 70 8 04
P. McCafferr 4 days' labor, 0 2.00 8 00 Timothy O'Donnell, 3 days blasting, 5 25
John Galvin, ,
y 44 " 9 00 Hammond Reed, 4 days' work of men, 7 00
Peter Shea, 5j " Lf 11 00 1 day's work of oxen, 2 50
P. McCafferry, 161 1.75 28 44 9 50
B. Downs, 151 " 26 70 Patrick Dailey,3 days' blasting (cry 2.25, 6 75
Timothy Donnel, 164" " 28 44
John A. Russell, sharpening 4 picks, 50
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David Mead, 9 " `� 15 75 2 rings on cart axletree, .
Nicholas Shea, 61� " " 107 63 1 00
Patrick Curtin, 17-a " '� 31 07 Removing obstructions, 2 00
Barney McCafferry, 54 �� �� 94 50 Edward Shea, 534 days' labor, 94 12
T. J. Parker, 1 keg powder, 5 50 $2,178 88
S. W. Smith, services as surveyor, 15 00
John P. Reed, services, 81 days (@ 3.00, From which deduct the following sums
Received from labor of horses, 154 00
E. S. Spaulding, 3 days' shoveling snow, From labor of men, 86 25
6.00; one day self and oxen, 5.00 ; From sale of collar, 3 50
removing stump, 1.00 ; services as sur- From sale of horse, .290 00
veyor, 5.00, 17 00 533 75
62 50 Total, (including " $1
road to D. Cummings,") ,645 ;3
Patrick Curtin, 3 days' labor, 5 25 ?, Bill of Overseers of Poor should be additional, 1 00
3 days' blasting na 1.75, . 5 25 4;?' Bill of William Ham « �� 2 85
10 50
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Amount carried forward, $1,835 53 Edward Shea, overpaid, 93
2 92
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REMOVING SNOW FROM HIGHWAYS. amount brought forward, $108 66
Paid Win. Gleason, 1J days' labor, 3 00
Paid Martin English, 1 day's labor, 8 1 75 Mr. Burns, a 1 50
Thomas Toilans, 1 " 1 75 Mr. Doyle, 2 00
Michael Keefe, 1 1 75 Mr. Haley, 1 « 1 00
John Devlin, 1 1 75 Mr. Donivan, 1 00
Nicholas Sheay, 1 it 1 75 8 50
Patrick Keating, �� 1 75 Albert Fitch, 71 hours' work (d 20cts, 1 50
Eli Simonds, 2 " 3 50 Benjamin Fisk, 71 « it1 50
$14 00 3 00
J. Morton Reed, 161 hours' labor(cry 20ets, . 3 30 W. H. Simonds, 2 days' labor (a 1.75, 3 50
Use of horse, 3.J it (ci) ls. 58 --
Charles H. Whitcomb, 13 11 " 2 60 $123 66
Use of 2 horses,10 " (@ 2s. 3 33
George Whitcomb, 7 64 (&20cts, 1 40 MARCH 3 To 7.
John M. Reed, 11i " tL 2 25 Paid William H. Simonds, 4J days' work, 9 00
John Demar, 6 « it 1 20 James Farrell, 4 4< 7 00
Jerry Donovan, 21 44 it 55 Edward Shirley, 1 " 1 75
Grovner Page, 21 " " 40 B. F. Locke, 1 4' 1 75
Carroll, 7� " " 1 50 Pat Curtin, 3 it 5 25
Marcus Simonds, use of oxen 2 hours, 40 Frank Buckley, 3 46 5 25
Self, 2 hours, 40 Jerry Logan, 2 « 3 50
17 91 Jerry Reardon, 11 2 63
Frank Buckley, 1 day's labor, 1 75 Edward Shea, 3 « 5 25
Edward Sheay, 1 di1 75 Patrick Dailey, 2 « 3 50
B. McCaffrey, 1 " 1 75 George Adams, 1 « 88
T. McDonnell, 1 �� 1 75 C. Donovan, 88
Jerry Reardon, 1 1 75 Patrick Myers, 1 " 1 75
Patrick Myers, 1 " 1 75 W. O. Herring, -a it 31
Patrick Roach, 1 " 1 75 C. Manley, 2 46 3 50
Patrick Kallaher, 1 1 75 Dan Buckley, 1 " 1 75
14 00 Patrick Kalaher, 2 it 3 50
A. N. Tufts, 4 " 7 00 Dan Harrington, 1 1 75
2 horses, half day, 1 75 Martin English, 1 1 75
8 75 Dan Sullivan, 11 " 2 63
D. McNamara, 1 2 00 Dennis Sullivan, 1 " 1 75
T. Buckley, 1 " 1 75 Dan Collins, 1 L6 1 75
3 75 Tim Donald, 1 46 1 75
J. E. Shirley, 2 it 3 50 Charles Va-ughn, 1 " 1 75
Daniel Buckley, 1 cc 1 75 Albert N. Tufts, 5 « 8 75
Michael Hayes, 1 " 1 75 D. McNamara, 2 " 3 50
David Mead, 1 " 1 75 ' Michael Keefe,'2 « 3 50
Daniel Harrington, 1 " 1 75 Patrick Whaland, 1 1 75
L. A. Saville, men, 5 8 75 James Baldwin, 1 1 75
19 25 Eli Simonds; 2 3 50
J. B. Kendall, extra teams, 15 00 Matthew Gately, 2 3 50
Breaking Roads, 10 00 Dennis Cocoran, 1 1 75
25 00 Patrick Jennings, 2 " 3 50
Wm. W. Hartwell, labor, 6 00 Jerry Shea, 2 " 3 50
,Amount carried forward, $108 66 .Amount carried forward, $1.06 08
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Amount brought forward, $ 106 58
Paid Michael Hayes, 1.day's work, 1 75 NEW OR CONCORD ROAD.
John Keefe, 1 c° 1 75 Paid Charles Robinson 3 days, $9 00
Michael Carroll, 1 c' 2 63 T. R. Greenleaf, 2 days' work 7 50
Benj. Gleason,. 2 cc 3 50 Y
Henry Goodrich, 2 c' 3 50 A. G. Spaulding, horse, 2 days, 6 00
Gen.Simonds,2 3 50
G. Babcock & Savell, sulphur, 65
'c Ibs. nails T0 O
Hibbard Bowen, 2 " 3 50 W Ham for irons 33 70
Sydney Butters, 1 cc 1 75 , 39
L. B. Angier, 2 cc 4 00 ,
66 cc 3 horses, 2. " • • 12,00 57 24
88 Cr. by joist sold, . , , 3 71
G. F. Chapman, °� ,
Patrick Myers, 1 « 1 75 W. & E. Simonds 53 53
Thomas Follius, 1 cc 1 75 , • 1,200 00
Geo. H. Phelps, 1 c 1 75 287 .50
I Willis Wright, 1 1 75 1,487 50
Wm. Hargrove, 2 3 50 No appropriation, $1
James Wright, 1 , cc 1 75 ppro p , ,541 03
Patrick Keating, 1 cc 1 75
_ Jas. Crowley, repairs on Pleasant Street, $2,600 00
$159 34
SUMMARY.
Repairs on Highways, including "road to D. Cummings," $1,645 13
Removing Snow in March, 283 00 ( REPAIRING AND ALTERING GRADE ON LINCOLN
" $1,928 13
AND WE,STON STREETS.
Paid Eli Simonds, 10 J days' labor cnr 2.00, $31 50
sc 11 is cc 33 00
Highway Surveyors 33 days, horses, 0' 1.75, 57 75
cc a 20 44 cc cc 35 00
Overseers of poor, 2 " 3 50
cc 10J cc man, 0 2.00, 21 00
REDUCING GRADE OF HILL. ON CONCORD 24 50
cc cc 101. 'cc a 0 1.75
AVENUE. David Mead, 11 19 25
Patrick McCafferry, 10 c' cc 17 50
Paid Eli Simonds, 10 days' labor (@ 3.00, 30 00 Patrick Curtin, 20 35 00
Overseers of Poor, 7J days' labor, . 19 00 " `'` 3 cc na 2.00, 6 00
4 cc horse, 7 00 Thomas Ryan, 7 'c na 1.75, 12 25
•-- 26 00 Bartholomgw Downs, 171'6 4L 31 09
Highway Surveyors, 31 days'labor of horses, 54 25 Timothy O'Donnel, 14 c 'c 24 50
Patrick McCafferry, 14 66 02.00 . 28 00 Peter Shea, 5 cc " 8 75
Patrick Curtin, 21 cc co 42 00 cc cc 2 2.00, 4 00
Nicholas Shea, 24 48 00 Nicholas Shea, 3 6 00
John Galvin, bi 11 50 " " 20 1.75, 35 00
D. F. Bacon 11 cc cf 20 12
For fuse, . Y . . + 25 + 8 75
Martin English, 5$240 00 Amount carried forward, $428 30
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1W M.
20 21
Amount brought forward, $428 30
Paid Thos. O'Halleron, 101 days, e 1.75, 17 84 THE TOWN LIBRARY.
John Keefe, 121 « « 21 87 TaE Library having become a permanent'iustitution of the town,
Patrick Jennings, 3 5 25 r,
Benj. F.-Locker 1 " " 1 75 it seems proper that its origin should be understood,so that those who
John Galvin, 4 " �� 7 00 come after us; may know to whom they are indebted for the blespings
2 " na 2.00, 4 00 1 of a free library. Mrs. William Cary, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a native
11 50 of Lexington, being desirous of manifesting her regard for her native
$486 51 town, and conferring a benefit on its inhabitants, in 1867, proposed to
Less error in John Galvin's account of.50, accounted-for, 50 the town, in case they would establish a free library, to place in their
^— hands the sum of one thousand dollars, the interest of which should
$486 01 be appropriated' to the support of said library. At a meeting held
April 20, 1868, the town voted to establish a free library, to accept
FIRE DEPARTMENT. the generous tender of Mrs. Cary on the terms specified and in
gratitude to the donor, gave her name to the library. The town at
Paid C. S. Marshall, 10 suits oil jackets and trousers, $30 00 the same meeting constituted the Selectmen, the School Committee,
April 2.7, 18$8, C. &F. King, for alcohol, . 4 00 and the settled clergymen of the town, the parties designated by Mrs.
D. Dow, expressing, 1 30 Gary as Trustees of her gift, a Committee to'obtain books or money
John Peters, ears Hancock e engine,_ . 5 00 fora library, and when they should secure an amount equal to four
Geo. Flint, care Adams engine, 25 00
Lanterns, 6.00; oil, &c., . 0 13 45 hundred dollars, they were empowered, through the Selectmen, to
Rent of Hall, 14.00; heating and lighting, draw one thousand dollars from the town Treasury for the purchase
12.00, 52 00 of books. The town also voted to provide a place for the library,
Joseph S. Simonds, services as engineer, 1p 00 and a person to take charge of the same; and to appropriate forty
Alonzo Goddard, " 10 00 dollars a year towards replenishing the library—wbich with the
William Ham, 10 00
131 75 income from Mrs. Cary s gift, would secure one hundred dollars
annually for the repair or purchase of books.
161 75 The Farmer's Club, having a good library of nearly five hundred
July 7, 1868, poll tax refunded to Adams Engine Co., volumes, generously gave their books to the town; and the 'trustees
(paid from Contingent Grant,) 62 00
immediately entered into negotiation with the members of a social
7 $223 75 library recently established in town, the greater part of whom readily
gave their shares, and tTie rest were willing to sell at cost; so that the
TOWN HISTORY. town came in possession of two good libraries of about eight hundred
volumes, at a very moderate cost. The Trustees were also enabled
Paid T. R. Marvin &Son, printing History of Lexington, $1,600 00 to add about four hundred volumes of new books—making about
Sanborn, Parker & Fields, binding— twelve hundred volumes in all. The library was opened to the public
100 History of Lexingtonl -.42, 42 00
25 folded and plated, on the 27th of January, 18G and within the first three rxlonths there
0 .08, .2 00 were taken from the library 1,670 volumes=being conclusive evidence
874 History of Lexington e .36, .314 64 that the institution was duly appreciated by the people.
2 boxes, 2 50 Soon after the library was opened to the public, Mr. Benjamin De
Cash paid premium Insurance, 11 25 Forest; a public spirited gentleman, boarding in town, generously
372 39 placed in the hands of two.Hof our citizens a check of one hundred
S.S. C. Russell, drawing and lithographing, 26 00
" " 4 50 dollars, to be expended at their discretion in the purchase of substan
30 50 tial, standard works for the library. This, with the annual expendi-
$2,002 89 ture, has added nearly two hundred volumes to the catalogue of books.
22 23
We may now consider the Cary Library as one of the permanent STATE AID,
,! institutions of the town ; and nothing seems wanting but some suit-
able building, where the books of the library, and the Records of the Paid Jeremiah Logan, to December, 10 mos. nu 3.00, $30 00
town, may be safely kept and 'accessible to the people. James A. Mitchell, 12 " (a� 2.25, 27 00
Thomas Burke, 11 « na 4.50, 49 50
Hannah O'Neil, self and child, 12 8.00, 96 00
REPORT OF TRUSTEES,
Grosvenor A. Page, 12 �� (cry 6.00, 72 00
Paid Nichols &Noyes, bill of books, Wm. Nicholson, for November and December, 8 00
$616 90 Emily Earle, 12 mos. na 4.00, 48 00
For stock of L. L. Association, .1513 00 i Mary Manley, self and child, 12 '� 0 8.00, 96 00
Express on books, 2 `25 Lydia Kinnaston, 12 ' " 4.00, 48 00
Paper for covering books, 13 24
Hand stamp, 10 00 $474 50
Blank book and stationery, . 6 .41
Making book cases, 24 88
Painting « 3 85 I
Moving, covering and lettering books, 21 25 l '
Book, ''Dictionary of Congress," 75 i T. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
T. R. Marvin & Son,. bill of printing, 62 50 �
Revenue Stamps, for transfer of stock, 3 75
Chargeable to Library Grant, Paid J. L. Holbrook,lettering boards for road, . $1 00
Charles Hudson, black walnut table, 14 00 918 78
� Selectmen for 1866, services and witness fees in the
Chairs and settee, . 13 00 suit brought against the town by E. R. Smith, 224 12
Wash sink, 2.25 ; crockery, 1.83, . 4 08 Leonard A. Saville, powder and expressing, 10 25
Broom and brush, 1.05 ; oil and State Reform School, for Patrick Reardon, from
October, 1867, to January, 1869, 25 50
mats, 3.31, . 4 36 i T. R,. Marvin &.Son, printing School Com-
Lock and keys., 2.00 ; rent of rooms, mittee Reports, 45 00
5.00, 75 525 copies Town Reports, . 118 25
Work, .75; expressage, 1.00, 1 75 Posters, Belmont reward,2.00 ; do. 3.00, 5 00
Sawing and preparing 6 feet wood, 1 62 168 25
21j yards carpeting, 14.41 ; making, 45 81 F. A. Searle, 4th July notices, 3 00
2.50, 16 91 Chas;Robinson,jr., consulting and advising road, 5 00
Express, .15 ; curtain and fixtures J. F. Simonds, copying valuation, 4 00
for window, 1.75, 1 90 A. E. Wood, surveying, 7 50
_ 18 81 Oliver Hastings, 203 feet spruce, 4.46 ; plane,,2.03, 6-49
Larkin Page, for wood, 5 89 F. M. Harrington, horse hire for selectmen, 24 50
Alonzo Goddard, air tight stove, 8 00 Gershom Swan, whitening Town Hall, 35 00
Pipe, &c., for same, lamps, &c., 19 52 Wm. Ham, repairing cannon, 4 00
27 52 John Peters,jr., raising flag staff, 2 00
Paid from Contingent Grant, gg 03 Sylvester Puffer, trimming trees on the Common, . 3 00
Geo. Flint, 12 posts, 12 00
Knox & Angier, 31 stone posts, 12 40
7 $1,016 81 Curtis Capell, 10 days' work, 35 00
Thos. Groom, Journal, 7 00
W. S. Blanchard&Co., pine boards, spruce,
shingles, and carting, . 115 77
Shingles, 28 69
I 144 46
Caleb Rand, notifications and lists of voters, 40 50
Amount carried forward, $774 97
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24 25
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Amount brought forward, . $774 97 Amount brought forward, . $1,263 74
Paid Mass. Ploughman, "notice to road builders," 5.00 ; Paid from Contingent Grant and not elsewhere
Boston Journal, do. 26.25; N. E. Farmer, accounted for to Selectmen, $ 275 70
8 97, 40 22 Special police, 56 50
Chas. Harrington, 8 posts, 2.00 ; loam, 20.00, 22 00 Sup't Town Hall, 52 00
John W. Hudson, preparing Selectmen's Report for Poll tag refunded to members Adams En-
priuting, 20.00 ; stationery, 1.25, .21 25 give Company, 62 00
Jacob F. Hobbs, injury to his house, 50 00 Luke C. Childs, sundries for schools, not
Darius Dow, expressing, 3 to specified, 13 53
Samuel Sage, surveying, 10.00 ; do. roads, 7.00 ; J. W. Hudson, books furnished indigent
do.in cemetery, 10.00; do.Blaisdell's encroach- children, 1867-8, 14 44
ments, 4.00, 31 00 H. Holmes, balance as Book Agent, 94 92
O.W. Kendall, firing salutes and making — 569 09
cartridges, flannel, &c., 3 00 —
7j gallons oil, at Town House, 4 35 $1,832 83
Notifying Selectmen and Town Clerk to Paid S. W. Smith, defending a suit against the town, by
draw Jurors, 3 00
Shoveling snow in cemetery, 2 00 the town of Malden, no appropriation, $lU0 00
12 35
M. W. Angier, 32 granite posts, 12 80
Isaac N. Damon, books, assessors, . 21 50
Jas. Crowley, 10 days' labor, in cemetery, 17 50
Horse and cart, 3.50 ; extra culvert on TOWN OFFICERS.
road, 9.00, 12 50 30 00 TOWN CLERK.
Estate S. K. Goddard, balance on liquor agency, 39 60 Paid Isaac N. Damon, services, . . $6 25
Selectmen, expenses of detective, 30 00 Reg'ng and making returns 52 births, 10 40
'C sealing hay scales in 1867 and 1868, 3 00 " 40 deaths, 6 00
Jonas Gammell, stationery, postage and pointers, 2 98 " " 32 marriages, 3 20
O.W. Kendall, work in Town Hall, sundry Postage, 36 26 21
bills for charcoal, oil, &c., 65 26
Taking up and putting down benches, 6 00 Leonard A. Saville, services for 1868, 40 00
71 26 66 21
Geo. J. Mier's work, in cemetery, in June, SELECTMEN.
1866, 10 00 Chas.Hudson, 20 evening meetings, $20 00
Cr. by hay, 6 00 4 00 13 days, services (v 3.00, 39 00
Chas. Hudson, halyards for Liberty, pole, 2 00 Examining roads, 9 days, r. 27 00
Blank book, 2.75; letter paper, 1.70, 4 45 Visiting Dedham and Court, !1
Fares to Dedham, 3.60 ; Boston, 2.10 ; days, 22 50
Cambridge, .70, 6 40 Services as Clerk and preparing
Postage and revenue stamps, 1 80 contracts, 20 00
14 65 128 50
Detective, in case of an incendiary fire, 10 00
Chas. Robinson, 16 days' services, 48 00
L. A. Saville, expressing, stationery, &c., .24 93 20 evening meetings, 20 00
Book Agent, for ink and crayons, 14 44 68 00
Books furnished indigent children, '68-9, 22 93 A. Goddard, 14 days services, 42 00
" " teachers' desks, 6 71 20 evenings na 1.00, . 20 00
44 08 Cash for horse hire, 16 00
Car fare, . 1 20
— 79 20
Amount carried forward, $1,263 74 $275 70
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ASSESSORS. SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Isaac N. Damon, services, . $ 125 00 Paid H. B. Davis, services from July, 1868, to
Joseph F. Simonds, 30J days' serv., 91 50 Feb., 1869, $20 00
Copying valuation twice, . 25 00 R. W. Holbrook, services 4th July, 7 00
--1.16 50 Oliver Brown, " " 5 00
N. Fessenden, 17 days' services 0 3.00, . 51 00 O. W. Kendall, cc 1 day and 6 nights, 15 00
$292 50 Sydney Butters, " �' 3 " 8 00
M. P. Horne, assistance, 1 00
C. Wright, « 50
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. $56 50
h
Charles Tidd, services, 50 00
Jonas Gammell, services, 51 60
Services as Secretary and making SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN HALL.
State Report, 10 00 O. W. Kendall, opening hall, for 6 town
61 60 meetings, . 9 00
John W.Hudson,examining teachers Opening hall, for selectmen, 26 times, . 26 00
zn
tee meetings and
and schools, attending Commit- � Citizen's Caucus,Rep. &Dem. 10 00
preparing «
School Committee, 1 00
rules, &c., for publication, 20 « Library 3 00
days (a 1.50, 30 00 District 21, 1 00
Preparing Annual Report, 5 00 " Court, 2 00
Cash, postage and revenue stamps, 2 00 i
64 horse hire, 3 00 $52 00
40 00
$151 60 RINGING BELLS.
Wm.Ham, ringing;bell from March 1, 1868,
to March 1, 1869, 35 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. J. L. Holbrook, riming bell from April,
A. W. Bryant, services as Treasurer and Collector, $270 00 1868, to April, 1869, 35 00
$ 70 00
SEXTON.
O. W. Kendall, attending 33 funerals, 33 00
Returning 40 deaths to Town Clerk, 4 00
$37 00 TOWN DEBT, MARCH 1, 1869.
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Amount of Debt, March 9, 18681 $26,950 00
CONSTABLES. Additions in 1868-9, 3,850 00
O. W. Kendall, distributing notices Total, March 1, 1869,
for 4 town meetings and attend- $30,800 00
ing the same, 48 00
Notifying selectmen to draw jurors, 2 00
50 00
Hiram Weeks, services as Constable
in '66, 6 00
ac cc cc c in '67, 13 00
19 00
$69 00
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN LEXINGTON.
January 1, 1868, to January 1, 1C-69.
RE C A P I T U L A T ION. DATE. NAMES. RESIDENCE&
Jan. 1..""'_ John Howard.. ...................Stoneham.
Leonora Russell....................Lexington.
•' 16........ James C.Porter... .Woburn.
APPROPRIATIONS. Rosanna Simonds...................Lexington.
Amount Amount Joseph E. Russell .............. ...Hanover, Me.
appropriated, expended. " 24.......
2,000 00 $1 928 13 Sarah M. Gossom............... .Lexington.
Repairs of highways........................� ,
Road to D. Cummings ....................... 100 00* William Aperon .................... It25.. Ellen Fitzgerald.................. "
Grade on Weston and Lincoln Streets .......... 600 00 486 01
Reducing grade on Concord Avenue............ 250 00 240 00 March 1........ Jaffrey Spencer ....................Lincoln.
Support of poor .... ............ ............1,500 00 1,477 98 Ellen Roach........................
t{ schools ............ .... ...........5,500 00 6,226 21 , S Patrick McLaughlin............... .Concord.
"
Public Library..... ................ .........1,000 00 1,016 81 17...."' 2 Margaret P. Gallagher .............. "
Discount for prompt payment of taxes ..........2,400 00 2,787 58 Hayward Barrett ..................
Interest on town debt.........................1,800 00 1,925 82 " 31........ Esther Mary Tidd ..................Lexington.
Abatement of taxes .......................... 320 00 325 70
Contingencies .......... ....................1,800 00 1,832 83 April 20.. Timothy S Margaret Fitzgeraldhehan .•.•.•..•••••••. "
.•....•.•.•••. Concord.
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Treasurer and collector....................... 270 00 270 00 ' '
Assessors...... 250 00 292 50 „• Frederick Osborne Robinson.........Lexington.
.{ 21.' . Mary Elizabeth Childs ...
School Committee............................ 180 00 151 0 "
Fire Department, (exclusive of poll tax,)....... 160 00 161 75 t{ 28.• ..
Henry L. Reed.....................North Easton.
Town clerk.................................. 80 00 66 21 Ellen Farley Stearns ................Lexington.
Constable.................................... 75 00 69 00 M 17 Daniel Dooney.....................Cambridge.
May
Sexton.......... ....................... .... 60 00 37 00 •. ... llannah Fitzgerald..................Lexington.
Ringing bells ................................ 70 UO 70 00 Daniel Kelly.......................Bedford.
Reducing town debt ..........................2,000 00 " 17••••"" Catey Murray......................
State aid.................................... 500 00 474 50 . �John Hudson .......... ...........Lexington.
Repairs on Pleasant Street ...... .............1,200 00 2,600 00 " 19....... Caroline McIntire .................. "
Town History ...............................1,200 00 2,002 89 ..................
1,541 03 . �John Peters, Jr. . "
New, or Concord Road............ ............ {i 26....... Adeline A. Winship................. "
Defending suit by town of Malden ............. 100 00
State tax.................................... 3,540 00 Harrison Gardner................... "
June 3•• • �Laura Eliza Perkins ................ ItCounty tax................................... 1,632 53
Notes paid .................................. 7,350 00 21....... Horatio D. Hanson .............. "
It
Eliza Ann Hall.....................
•Included in repairs of highways.
� George Warren Taylor.............. 44
49 25.......• Julia Augusta Willis ................ 96
Respectfully submitted,
July 26........ �James McCann..................... 66
Katie Shehan ... "...................
LEONARD G. BABCOCK, AUDITOR. John Buckley......................Billerica.
Aug. 2........ Bridget Kelly . ".....................
George F. Jones ...................Boston.
Sept 17........
Lusanna P.Damon..................Lexington.
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DATE. NAMES. RESIDENCE.
George M. Rogers..................Lexington. D E AT H S ,
Sept. 27.......• Mary Ann Hartwell.................Lincoln.
Registered from January 1, 1868, to January 1,1869.
Oct. 3...,.,,. Joseph W. Towne ................. .Chicago, I11.
Martha A. Harris.. .Lexington. AGE.
64 DATE OF PLACE OF PLACE OF
George Eveleth Muzze ........... " _ NAMES.7....... b y'' 4 4 DEATH. G DEATH. BIRTH.
Anna Matilda Gould ................ o It
John M. Brown .... ......... � A
Jane Stamps. .... `� Jan. 5. Ebenezer Munroe . . 50 1 2 Lexington . . Lexington.
f0 5 Loami Knight. . . . 6-1 3 11Hancock,N.H.
Ware Eliot .•••..•..' .St. Louis M 9. Luzille Reed. . : : : : 48 9 Wisconsin: Lyndon,Vt.
.� Henry27....... o.
Charlotte Champe Stearns .Lexington. Feb. 17. . Eliza Merriam. 75 Lexington. Lexington.
March 12. M aria Preston. 70 6 Billerica.
" 14. Catharine Hurley . . 41 " Ireland.
Nov. I........ Charles McCormick................. i° " 23. Franklin Fiske. . 63 " . . Le,ington.
Maria Whaland .................... " April 2. Charlotte Holbrook . 72 " . . Sherborn.
11 18. Timothy Ryan. '6 16 " . . Lexington.
Nathaniel Harrington :. ••.. <<
20. Katie L.Simonds . . 29 4 Charlestown. Calais,Me.
18....... b """"""" " 22. Mary J.Cooke. 13 Lexington. England.
Anna Fidelia Hallett. « " 27. John Davis . . 49 '7 27 " Guilford,Me.
May 16. Lizzie M.Chandler . I 1 " . . . . Lexington.
William S. Lee.. ••. ••.•••.••. 11 24. Margaretham Stack• ol. . : 21 : : : Cork,Leland.
<< (( ••••••••...........Carlisle. June 4. rham 1tackt• 67 " Salem.
22....... Anna M. Munroe.. 5. John Colbert 24 Ireland.
8. Seth Reed . . . . . . 70 '1 12 Woburn. . . .
" 25........ Albert Bisbee ......................Boston. July 5. Marriette Nourse . . 1 9 24 Lexington. . Lexington.
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Isabella Wigley .................... 13. John Higgins . . . . 53 17. Ellen Shay . . . . . 4 . . . Lexington.
26. Margaret Cody . . . . 11 " "
Dec. 9...•.,., Charles Hendricks Hallett ...........Lexington. " 27. Cora E.Simonds. . . . 1 8 13 Boston. . . . . . . . . . . .
Helen Maria Horne.. 30. Alfred H.Cooke. 1 7 28 Lexington. Lexington.
Aug. 11. Michael Buckley. . . . 4 " "
. Edmund G. Winslow................Boston. 11" 21. . Charles d Andrews. . . 7 2i " . . . "
17 ••'''' Ellen M. Harris. 21. Enoch Rider . . . . 63 8 . . . Chatham.
.Lexingtori. Sept. 1. Mary Canfield. 2 15 " Lexington.
15. John Mead . . . . . . •1 8 " . . "
S Thomas Hill ...••..••.... " I3. Eva J.Johnson . . . : . . 11 22 Concord.. . .
21....... Sc " (t
"�""""""""" 15. Thomas P.Caffrey. . 2 Lexington . Lexington.•
Mary Agnes Edwards . .England. " 25. Eldridge Merriam. . 60 7 . " . Bedford.
41 28. Augusta A.Wright 22 11 " . . Nashua,N.H.
46 24....., George Francis Bowers .............Lexington. Oct. 6. Solomon K.Goddard 37 8 . . . Windsor,Vt.
Adelaide Stearns .......... 16. Simon W.Robinson. 76 7 27 " . . . New Hampshire.
" 17. Henry Harris . . . . 59 ° Providence,R.I.
24. Mary Buttrick. . . . 28 . 10 " . . Lexington.
94 28........ William Peters......................Salem, N. Y. Nov. 8. Helen Thurston . . . . 10 13 " . . . 11Bridget Murry .....................Bedford. 11 15. Margaret Kagan. . . 82 8 15 " . . Ireland.
Dec. 5. Joseph R.Hobbs . . . . 19 6 . . Fitchburg . . . . England.
Whole number of Marriages..................34 " 31. Rufus Merriam . . . . 79 3 20 Lexington . . Lexington.
Whole number,40:-Males,21; Females,19.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN LEXI Deaths by Consumption. . . . . . 7 Amount brought up. . . . . : : . . .22
NGTON. Typhoid Pneumonia 1 Deaths by Spasms. . 1
Paralysis. . . . . . . . . . . 2 " Diphtheria . . . . . . . . . . 2
January 1, 1868, to January 1, 1869. " Lethargy. . . . . . . . . . . 1 " Cholera Infantum. . . . . . . 4
Bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . I " Dropsy of Brain . . . . . . . I
Cholic 1 " Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Lung Fever. . . . . . . . . 1 " Stoppage. . . . . . . . . 1
Rheumatic Fever. . . . . . . 1 " Disease of Liver . . . . . . . 1
Whole number, 52:-Males, 28; Females, 24. " Heart Disease. . . . . . . . . 2 ° Burning . . . . . . . . . . . I
" Internal Tumor. . . . . . . I " Old Age . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The birthplaces of the parents are as follows: " Inflammation of Lungs. . . . I " Teething . . . . . . . . . . . 1
" Typhoid Fever. . . . . . . . 2 " Unknown. . . . . . . . 4
In Lexington . . . . . . . . . . 9 In New Brunswick 1 " Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -
Other towns in the State . . . . . . .21 " Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 " Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Amount carried up . . . . . . . . . .22
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . 3 England .
u
" Rhode Island. 1 " Ireland. • • • • • • ' ' ' ' ' ' b
i° Nova awtia . . . . . . . . . . . . . a ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Compiled from Town Records.
LEONARD G. BABCOCK, TOWN CLERK.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1869-70. ti CORRECTION IN REPORT OF 1867-8.
IN accordance with a vote of the Town passed March 6, 1869, I
have examined the accounts of the Town for the year 1867-8, and
LEONARD G. BABCOCK . . . . . . . . TOWN CLERK. submit the following:
CHARLES NUNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF Account of IsAAc N. DAMON, Treasurer for 1867-8.
WALTER WELLINGTON. . . . . . . . THE POOR, AND SURVEY- 1867. DR.
ALONZO GODDARD. . . . . . . . . , •J ORS OF HIGHWAYS. March 4. To Cash of Charles Adair, $3 00
Webster Smith,(Treasurer'66)5,625 02
JOSEPH F. SIMONDS. . . . . . . . . .1 May 21. " " " Middlesex Nlut. Fire Ins. Co. 1,000 00
! } " " " " " " "
ISAAC N. DAMON. . . . . . . . . . . ASSESSORS. June 20. 1,000 00
July 5. " " " " " " " " 1,000 00
NATHAN FESSENDEN . . . . . . . . . " 19. " " " Leonard A. Saville,(Collector,
1865,) 106 89
CHARLES TIDD, 3 years, . . . . . . . " 23. " " " Sumner Bowman, for grass on
the Common, 10 00
JONAS GAMMELL, 2 years,. . . . . . SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Aug. 5. " Is11 I. N. Damon, (Collector, '67,) 200 00
REv. E. G. PORTER, I year,. . . . . . " 16. " " " " " 400 00
" 29. " " " " " 300 00
ALBERT W. BRYANT. . . . . . . . . . . TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. Sept. 10. 200 00
` 15. " " " " 200 00
" 18. 200 00
OLIVER W. KENDALL,x. . . . . . . l " " " " `
} CONSTABLES. Oct. 14. °` " " " " 200 00
FRANKLIN ALDERMAN . . . . . . JJ '' " 18. " " " " " 200 00
s.
23. " " " " " 200 00
C. CALDWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i " 26. 400 00
28. 400 00
HAMMON REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . }FENCE VIEWERS.
JI Nov. 2. " " " " " 200 00
WEBSTER SMITH
5. " " " <` " 300 00
1,400 00
NATHANIEL HARRINGTON. . . : . 61 7, s' {{ 1,200 00
JOHN PETERS, JR. . . . . . . . . . . FIELD DRIVERS. " 11. " " " Leonard A. Saville, (Town
CHARLES H. HALLETT. . . . . . . . Weigher,) 41 46
12. " " `° I. N. Damon, (Collector, 167,) 1,600 00
* O.W.KENDALL has given the bond which qualifies him to serve civil processes. " 16. " " " " " 800 00
18. 1,300 00
19. " " " " 1,600 00
1,100 00
1,200 00
�j Amount carried forward, $22,386 37
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Amount brought forward, $22,386 37
Nov. 20. To Cash of I. N. Damon, (Collector, '67,) 1,800 00
it `C " " 1,000 00
" " °' " 1,300 00
It " it 2,000 00
1,600 00
2,600 00
Dec. 5. " " State Treasurer for State Aid, 850 00
for Corporation Tax, 694 91
1868.
Jan. 23. To Cash of State Treasurer, Income Mass.
School Fund, . 194 70
" 30. " State Treas'r, Corpor'n Tax, 76 35
Feb, 17. " " " Eli Simonds, 4 00
27. " " `° I. N. Damon, (Collector, '67,) 1,664 73
Middlesex Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 900 00
600 00
29. " " Webster Smith, (Collector,'66,) 200 00
19 " `° `° `° T. J. Smith, for Grass in
Cemetery, 6 00
" " °° " W. W. Keith, for Loam in
Cemetery, 1 75
March 2. " Selectmen, 6 20
Eli Simonds, 50 79 M
$37,935 80
CR.
By Amount paid out and justly accounted for, 32,958 83
" Cash on hand turned over to A. W. Bryant,
Treasurer for 1868-9, 4,976 97
--$37,935 80
*February 27, Mr. Damon charees himself with Six Hundred Dollars borrowed from
Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and justly accounts for that amount. The
amount actually borrowed was Five Hundred Dollars,and the Towns note given for that
amount—leaving the Town indebted to Mr.I.N.Damon One Hundred Dollars.
LEONARD G. BABCOCK,
Auditor.