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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1869-1870 Expenditures • •n AUDITOR'S REPORT OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THE I TOWN1 OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70, i WITH A LIST OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTII8 AND -DEATHS. ALSO A REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. BOSTON : PRINTED BY T. R. MARVIN S SON. �. - 1870 . JA i, 9 AUDITOR'S REPORT u OF THE EXPENDITURES t OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70, WITH A LIST OF THE 1 MARRIAGES, FIRTHS AND DEATHS. ALSO a A REPORT Or THE SELECTMEN. i� 1 Y, I.. BOSTON: PRINTED BY T. R. MARVIN SON. 1870 . i i SEL-E-CTMEN - S REPORT . LEXINGTON, March 7th, 1870. We have this day settled with A. W. Bryant, Collector of Taxes for 1869. Amount of warrant committed to him by the Assessors, $25,804 14. Discounts, $2,495 28 Abated, 175 60 j Cash paid into the Treasury, 23,133 26 $25,804 14 The Selectmen made a final settlement with Webster Smith, Collector for 1866. At his last settlement with the Selectmen, February 27th, 1869, there remained uncollected, $22.98, all of i which has been abated by the Assessors. The amount of uncol- lected tax charged to the Collector for 1868, has been abated by the town, by vote passed November 2d, 1869. - CHARLES NUNN, SELECTMEN P ALONZO GODDARD, of P VVALTER WELLINGTON, LEXINGTON. SELECTMEN'S. TREASURER'S REPORT. LExINGTox, March 7th, 1870. The Selectmen have this day examined the accounts of A. W.. Bryant, Town Treasurer, and find that he charges himself as follows: Cash on hand at last settlement, $9,784 24 Borrowed of George Holden, to pay note, 2,300 00 For sales of liquor, 2 50 of gravel, 23 04 ¢� Amount carried forward,• . $12,109 78 I 4 5 .Amount brought forward, . $12,109 78 Borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00 For rent of land, 20 00 EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS. A.W.Bryant, Collector 1869, 23,133 26 Cash of Committee on Town History,. 55 75 State Treasurer, for Corporation Tax, 911 58 Income from School Fund, 167 78 HIGH SCHOOL. 66 .{ Dog Law, . 170 85 - Borrowed for new road, 2,000 00 Paid W. H. Knight, teaching, $970 00 Income from hay scales, . 32 12 N. Childs, teaching, 459 00 For license, 5 00 Town History, by the hands of J. W. Hudson, 298 55 Miss E.W. Stetson, 386 20 From Overseers of the Poor 1868, 7 61 . Unexpended order—improvement Adams.street, 38 00 $1, 815 20 1 From Overseers of the Poor 1869, 98 21 Care of house, $80 18 Town History, by the hands of L. G.Babcock, 25 20 ! f Fuel and housing, 151 41 State Aid, 471 50 I 231 59 Highway Surveyors, 7 13 $44,552 32 Amount chargeable to School fund, $2,046 79 And he credits himself with having paid the following Incidentals. - sums:_ Chemicals, 1.10; brush, 1.25,; moving set- Orders on Pauper Grant, . $1,619 51• tees, 4.25, $ 6 60 + to {c Highway, 2,757 66 Programmes and music for exhibition, 8 60 - Library, 110 00 Shovel, 1.50; stationery, 3.00; mat, 5.00; State Tax, 41425 00 diplomas, 12.00, 21 50 County Tax, 1,801 41 36 70 Special; -3,546 57 -- State Aid, . 502 50 Total expenses for High School, . . $2,083 49 School Grant, 7,982 15 �. Interest Account, . 1,911 58 r Notes paid, 6,700 00 WARREN SCHOOL. cc cc for money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00 ! Paid Miss A. A. Tufts, teaching, $183 00 Contingent, 1,881 30. Miss Russell, teaching, , 168 00 Geo. Talbot and others, 2,023 63 — 40,261 31 $ 351 00 -- Care of house, $30 20 Balance in hands of Treasurer, $4,291 01 i Fuel and housing, 55 20 . 85 40 The schools and other bills of the last year, not yet presented for pay- ment, charged will absorb about$3,000 of this amount. g The debt of the town March 4th, '69; The debt of the town March 5th, 170, _ $28 8,400 00 HANCOCK SCHOOL. ,400 00 Decrease on town debt, Paid E. H. Tower, teaching, $1,155 00 $2,400 00 Miss E. F. Stroelin, teaching, 256 60 Miss M. F. Smith, . 71.50 CHA,RLES NUNN, SELECTMEN Miss Patch, 106 40 ALONZO GODDARD, or Miss Davis, 202 00 WALTEIt•WELLINGTON, LEXINGTON. Miss E. J. Spaulding, 46 40 $ 1,837 90 7 6 Amount brought forward, $ 1,837 90 HOVPARD SCHOOL. Paid Care of house, •$ 74 .90 - - Paid Miss C. E. Bacon, teaching, $427 20 Fuel and housing, 107 22 Care of house, $38 25 - * 182 12 Fuel and housing, 44 00 82 25 Chargeable to School fund, $ 2,020 02 Amount chargeable to school fund, $509 45 Incidentals. Brush, 1.25; setting glass, 3.30, $4 55 Incidentals. Mats, 10 00 W. Grover, setting glass and repairs, $5 96 14 55 Broom, 25; erasers, 1.34, 1 59 • 7 55 Total amount expended, $2,034 57 Total amount expended, $517 00 ADAMS SCHOOL. BOWDITCH SCHOOL. Paid Silas Peabody, teaching,. $1,375 00 Paid Miss Jackson, teaching, $315 20 Miss M. B. Howe, teaching, . 495 00 Miss E. J. Norris, teaching, 108 50 $1,870 00 $423 70 Care of house, $55 00 i Care of house, $82 00 Fuel and housing, 75 25 Fuel and housing, 111 39 130 25 Amount chargeable to School fund, . $-2,000 25 Amount chargeable to School fund, $535 09 Incidentals. NO SCHOOL DESIGNATED. I Holbrook &Wellington, brushes, ink, &c., $ 7 66 Paid J. Gammell, cash paid for sundries, $13 70 J. Gammell, cash paid for mat, 1 25� 1 71 8 91� J.W. Hudson, 26 75 O. Brown, painting, H. Holmes, books furnished, 44 08 Total amount expended, . $2009 16 W. G. Hartwell, fuel, 16 62 Charles Tidd, cash paid, 6 50 Dr A. Tuttle, labor, 3 37 FRANKLIN SCHOOL. $112 73 Paid Miss Underwood, teaching, $236 40 Care of house, $44 00 RECAPITULATION. Fuel and housing, 46 30 ' 90. 30 Teaching,&c. IncidentalH. - Totals. 36 70 $2,083 49 - - High School. .... ....$2,046 79 $ Amount chargeable to School fund, $326 70 ' Hancock School ... .. 2,000 02 14 55 2,004 57 Adams School............. 2,436 40 8 91 2,436 16 Warren School..... 436 40 .• 436 40 Incidentals. Franklin School.... .... 326 70 36 329 86 Howard School..... .. 509 45 7 55 517 00 Repairing clock, 1.50;removing snow, 1.00, $2 50 .. 535 09 Erasers, 66 Bowditch School.... .. 535.09 112�73 112 73 3 16 No School specified..,..., . -- Total........$8,058 30 Total amount expended, $329 86 d Amount brought forward, $899 53 EXPENDITURES FOR SUPPORT OF POOR. Paid George S. Simonds,cash paid for sundries,. 119 67 C. A. Butters, groceries, 114 98 Paid Holbrook and Wellington, tea and molasses, $2 65 A. Goddard, lamps, 2 50 A. Childs,groceries, 41 62 136 68 A. Childs,groceries, 21 00 $ 1' Wm. Ham, Repairs on wagon, &c., 6 25 Wm. Ham, repairs, &c., 16 94 Paid Highway Surveyors for 25j days' labor at$1.75, $44 63 A. Goddard, tin ware, 11 60 " 17 days' labor of horses, at$1, 17 00 J. P. Squire & Co., 1 barrel, 2 50 $61 63 Lyman Lawrence, repairs on wagon, 2 75 L. F. Merrill & C'o., 130 lbs. scraps, SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.scraps, 3 50 , L. Lawrence,-repairs on harness, 2 12 L. Lawrence, harness and straps, 2 60 Paid Town of Malden for supplies furnished Thomas A. Russell, $38 34 Perry & Eaton; 24 gallons soap, 4 00 ' City of Charlestown, for support of Mrs. Maria H. Mulliken, 3 days' labor and paint, 11 00 Kenniston, 58 97 H. E. Warren,crockery, 2 50 City of Boston,for support of Lydia Estabrook, 28 50 J. W. Pierce, 2 tons coal, 22 00 City of Lynn, to aid rendered L. A. Cutler, 65 00 Perry &Eaton, 24 gallons soap, 4 00 Benj. Gleason, for board of Lydia Gleason, 52 00 W. M. Ashby, 343 feet boards and-plank, 8 34 A. P. Spofford, for board of Isaac Blodget, 91 00 Barney McCaffrey,straw, 5 00 B. C. Whitcher, groceries delivered to L. F. Merrill &Co., 242 lbs. scraps, 4 84 Mrs. Kelleher, , 6 60 Jos. Richardson, sundries, 40 00 Patrick Reynolds, 15 35 J. E. Hodgman, provisions, 89 45 Mrs.T. Desmond, 16 05 Geo. S. Simonds, groceries and provisions, 35-53 Mrs. Barry, 247 J. W. Pierce, 1 ton coal, 11 00 J.. W. Pierce, coal delivered to Holbrook& Wellington, 10 gallons molasses, 6 50 Mrs. Kelleher, ton, 5 00 Bradley C. Whitcher, groceries, 158 50 Mrs,Barry, ton, 5 00 Bradley C. Whitcher, groceries, .• 11 00 fE I ton, _ 11 50 Holbrook &Wellington, groceries, 71 98 Mrs. Desmond, 1j tons, 17 00 S. H. Jones, expressing, 1 80 Mrs. Crowley, 11 tons, . _ 17 00 Mitchell &Nickles, 33 70 Mrs. Gilman, 1 ton, 11 50 Hovey,Mead & Co., 50 lbs. butter, 18 00 Mrs. McGrath, 1 ton, 6 00 46 LL beans and butter, 33 91 A. Childs, groceries delivered to j James S. Munroe, two swine, 30 00 W. Estabrooks - 3 00 J. K. P. Reed,60 lbs. coffee, 6 30 ' ' L.B. Angier, ice, 8 95 $450 28 Charles K. Tucker, whiffietree, shaft; &c., 4 25 OVERSEERS' SERVICES. J. K. P. Reed & Co., 5 lbs.tobacco, 2 75 GL " 10 lbs. tobacco, -, 5 60 Charles Nunn_,. services, . . . $30 00 - Henderson Bros., wagon, 75 00 Clerk and Treasurer, 20 00 Lucius Angier, ice,. 12 30 horse and carriage, 5 00 E. F. Rollins, 100 cards, 1 25 Cash paid witnesses in Malden suit, and expenses on Charles Nunn, cash paid for mutton, 1 80 the same, . 36 00 W. A. Lane & Co., one wagon, 31 00 three days' services on same, 9 00 Clinton Viles, groceries, 14 00 Alonzo Goddard, services.,, 30 00 T. H. Pryor, M: D., medical attendance, 1 50 three days' services in Malden suit, 9 00 Nathaniel Flint,hay, 7 75 horse and carriage to Malden three times and car fare, 8 10 J. K. P. Reed& Co., 100 lb. codfish, 6 50 Walter Wellington, services, 30 00 Perry &Eaton, 24 gals. soap, 4 00 six days' labor, 18 00 f Amount carried forward, . 195 10 $899 53 $ - 10 11 SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE. EXPENDED ON INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. Geo. S. Simmons, services, 550 00 Paid Mathew Gateley,laying wall 5 1-2 rods, $ 30 25 William Locke, labor and cement, 11 00 Number of inmates at Almshouse March 1st, 1869.8; admitted A. Childs, paid cash for moving fence, 5 75 during the year, 1 ; Number left, 1 ; Number died, 1 ; Number now Nath. Flint, for land damages, 35 00 at house, 7 ; Number of travelers lodged at Almshouse, from March Highway Surveyors, for labor, 111 00 1, 1869, to February 28, 1870, inclusive,87; Number of weeks board — furnished inmates during the year,'ending March 1, 1870, 357, at a $193 00 cost of$2.92 per week, not including interest on the cost,of the farm, buildings and stock. EXPENDED ON WESTON STREET. Total amount expended for support of Poor, including services of Paid Jesse Hanford,land damao ges,. $20 00 overseers, $2,393.69. Geo. W. Simonds, �� 125 00 k Highway Surveyors, for labor, 349 00 $494 00 VALUATION OF TOWN, 1870. Paid Geo. Talbot vs. Town of Lexington, $1,873 63 Waldo Colburn,services, 150 00 Real estate, $ 1,723,286 00 --- Personal estate, 531,545 00 $2,023 63 � r Total, $ 2,254,831 00 HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. Paid T. R. Marvin & Son, balance of bill, $ 208 61 STATE AID. Paid Lydia Kinnaston, $48 00 CARY LIBRARY. Hannah O'Neal, 80 00 Paid Jonas Gammell, cash, $ 110 00 G. A. Page, 72 00 Mrs. John O'Neal, . 16 00 Wm. Nicholson,. 56 00 EXPENDITURES ON THE HIGHWAYS. Thomas Burk, 45 00 m James A. Mitchell, . 49 50 Paid Overseers of Poor, for 109 weeks' board of horses, . $ 154 25 Miry Manly, 96 00 " " " for 120 days'work of men na 1.75, 210 00 Emily Earle, 40 00 °G cc 01 for 110 days'work of horse, 0 1, 110 00 — Patrick Myers, 1391 days, 0 1.75, 244 13 $502 50 Daniel Sullivan, 1471 days, " " 257 69 Barney. McCaffrey, 1692 days, (@ 1.75. 293 13 Patrick Powers, 962 days, " " 168 8& Patrick Keating, 1481.days, 259 88 EXPENDED ON ADAMS STREET. Josiah.Smith, blacksmith work, 22 00 Paid E. H. Wright, land damages, $ 15 00 John C. Blasdel, 175 loads gravel, na 10c, 17 50 +r Nicholas Shay, 582 days, 0 1.75, 102 38 Nathan Chandler, land damages, 32 00 Charles K. Tucker, wheelwright work, 22 25 A. G. Babcock, �` 28 00 Parker, Gannett & Osgood, $ doz. picks, 10.50; 1 Geo. Simonds, Jr., 24 00 Highway Surveyors, for labor, 162 50 - A. Childs, pick handles, 2. 13 50 1 bag meal1,, 2.30; 2 bush. oats, 1.50, 3 80 $ 261 50 . .mount carried forward, $ 1,879 -39 f' F; 4 a 12 13 Amount brought forward, $ 1,879 39 amount brought forward, $80 50 Paid R. W. Reed, 78 loads gravel, 0 10c, 7 80 Paid A. N. Tufts, 5 25 Wm. Brigham, wheelwright work, 21 00 Hugh Graham, 1 25 Geo. S. Simonds, sundries, , 8 55 William Hartwell, 5 00 Bogman & Vinal, 1 doz. shovels, 8 00 Stoddard & Roberts, 13 20 Walter Wellington, 265 loads gravel at 10c, 26 50 Abner Stone, man and oxen, 12 days, 9 00 Lyman Lawrence,repairing harness, 14 08 John Buckley,12 days, 3 00 Gorham Jewett, covering stone, 2 50 Bart Mahoney, 1 " 2 00 Geo. S. Simonds, sundries, . 4 90 Alden B. Smith, 1j days, 3 00 Nath. Garmon, work on bridges 42 50 Abram B. Smith, . 4 80 Patrick Curtin, 1492 days'work, (a 1.75, 261. 63 Michael O'Brien, 1 `° 1 75 H. L. Simonds, pasturing two horses, 17 15 Morgan O'Brien, 1 " 1 75 1 Harrison Pierce, 1444 days, (@ 2.00, 289 50 Michael Hayes, 1 1 75 Nathan Fessenden, 170 loads of gravel, (7a '7c, 11 90 Geo. F. Chapman, self and horse, 2 days, 7 00 « " stone, 8 00 Geo. Phelps, 2 days, 3 50 Josiah Smith, repairing tools, 8 93 Peter Peters, 2 " 3 50 A. Childs, grain, &c., 38 71 Geo. Simonds, 14 cc 3 07 . Nath. Pierce, 175 loads gravel, (@ 5c, 8 75 "Benj.Brown, self and horse, day, 2 00 l `{ « 31 " « " lOc, 3 10 Timothy Kenneen, 4 38 l G. W. Adams, 148 14 80 Edward Bannon, 1 d 14 00ay, 1 75 Morris Hicks, brown mare, 250 00 Thomas Cosgrove, 1 j days, 3 00 Holbrook & Wellington, 4 bags meal, &c.,. 16 75 — Thomas Mullen Y8 da s' work (a� 1.75 1 } $165 70 i Bradley C. Whitcher, grain, meal, &c., 164 91 John A. Russell, repair of tools, 22 47 C. A. Butters, grain, tools, &c., 78 07 TOWN OFFICERS. Wm. Ham,repairing tools and shoeing horses, 49 45 ASSESSORS. « repairing, 17 45 Charles Nunn; services as Highway Surveyor, 20 Paid Joseph F. Simonds, services 38 days, (cry 3.00, $114 00 days, (cry 3.00, 60 00 l { cash paid for lock and express, 2 40 Charles Nunn, services as Clerk and Treasurer, 15 00 paid Kern & Shed, for list of mortgages, 8 10 10 00 Alonzo Goddard, services as Highway Surveyor, 15 00 hire ' Walter Wellington, " - " `� 15 00 copying valuation three times, 37 50 9 days' labor (@ 3.00,. 27 00 Blanks, 10.00; Books, 15.00, 25 00 --- Nathan Fessenden, services 24 days, (@3.00. 72 00 • $3,.422 79 Loring S. Pierce, 211 days (a 3.00, 64 50 REMOVING SNOW IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1870. $333 50 Paid Daniel Mullen, 2 days, (a 1.75, $3 50 SCHOOL COMMITTEE. , Barney McCaffrey, 10 17 50 Paid Charles Tidd, services, 50 00 Patrick Curtin, 2 " 3 50 Jonas Gammell, " 51 60 Patrick Powers, 7 " 12 25 << " Secretary, &c., 10 00 Nicholas Shay,.3 " 5 25 John W. Hudson, services, . 30 00 Patrick Myers, 7 " 12 00 preparing annual report, postage stamps, &c., 10 00 Daniel Sullivan 4 " 7 25 Jerre Donavan,�4 " 7 25 Z $151 60 Daniel Harrington,3 5 25 COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. Martin English, 3 « 5 25 John Harrington, 1 " 1 75 Paid A. W. Bryant, Collector and Treasurer for 1868, $ 270 00 Thomas H. Rood, 3 " 5 25 A. W. Bryant, 1869, 390 00' Amount carried forward, $80 50 $660 00 14 15* TOWN CLERK. Paid L. A. Saville, services as Town Clerk for 1868, $ 40 00 ; L. G. Babcock, " '° '° 1869,_ 65 00 Registering 26 births, 5 20 CONTINGENT 'XXPENDITURES. 34 deaths, 5 10 22 marriages, 2 20 Paid Gershom Swan,26 yards black boards, $ 19 50 Expressage and postage, . 2 00 L. A.Saviller cash paid for books and expressing, 24 93 $119 50 0• W. Kendall, expenses in rearresting Joslin,, 27 25 i; State Reform School.—board of P. Reardon, 13 00 A. N. Tufts, 17 feet wood for library room, 17 71 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Marion S. Keyes, services as librarian, 91 67 Paid Patrick Mitchell, oil., $5 75 T. R. Marvin & Son, printing reports School Con- Larkin.P. Page, wood, 1 00 mittee, 44 50 L. A. Saville, 1 45 T. R.Marvin & Son, printing extract from laws, 35 00 D. Dow, expressing, 1 45 J. W. Hudson, cash paid for ribbon, ink, &c. 1 '70 Chas. K.Lawrence, m Tucker, T 88 Lyman Lawrence, "1 75 Gersho Swan' repairs on Town House 11 69 . J. W. Pierce, coal, . 9 75 J. Merriam,lettering monument, 13 00 B. C. Whitcher, 3 40 H. B. Davis, digging and stoning drain, 10 00 I John Peters, care of Hancock Engine,- 30 00 Elias Dupee, whitewashing-Adams school house, 7 50 Geo. Flint,. " Adams " 30 00 Alonzo Goddard, 15 92 Joseph Davis, mowing burial ground, 10 00 ' I Adams Engine Co., rent of hall, 52 00 F. M. Harrington, moving seats to Town Hall, 3 00 Isaac Buttrick, repairs of Engine House, 10 50 B. F. Locke, firing salute, . 2 00 Engineers' services, 30 00 Jonas Gammell, cash paid for sundries, 26 62 199 feet of hose for Adams Engine CO., 204 97 Geo. Clark, wood pump, 20 80 couplings, &c., " " 24 00 Am. Powder Co., 3 kegs powder, 15 75 A. W. Ryan, 2 James Boyd & Son, 250 feet of hose, 402 60 0 H. E. Warren, 18 yards flannel spool, 6 97 H. C. Stowell, crackers and cheese, ". 21 45 L. G. Babcock, auditing accounts for 1868 and 9, 30 00 Daniel E. Pope, 10 59 L. G. Babcock, 61 .� for 1867 and 8, 20 00 $858 46 L. G. Babcock, stationery, 1 00 L. G. Babcock, lettering 10 guideboards, , 15 00 C. K.Darling,half ream letter paper, 2 00 RINGING BELLS. Caleb Rand, printing notifications, , 20 75 Paid J. F. Ham, ringing bell 1 year, $ 35 00 C. Adair, rent of room, 50 00 J. L. Holbrook, ringing bell 6 months. 17 50 T. R. Marvin & Son, printing Auditor's reports, 80 34 I. N. Damon, balance due, 100 00 $ 52 50 C. Adair, rent of room for Assessors, 12 00 W. Read & Sons, 5 kegs powder, 22 50 Paid 0. W. Kendall, services as constable, care of town Mrs. F. H. Kneeland, making 122 cartridges, 2 50 hall, &c., $ 80 00 J Mrs. M. S. Cutler, lumber, 21 89 attending 32 funerals, 32 00 F. M. Harrington, use of horse and carriage, 9 00 returning 34 deaths, 3 40 Charles Hudson, cash paid detective, 10 00 G. A. Somerby, services as counsel Malden suit, 356 20 WILLIAM PLUMER, AUDITORS. GEORGE O. DAVIS, Amount carried forward, $ 1,155 77 f 16* 15 Amount brought forward, $11155 77 Paid Charles Hudson,'cash paid for book cases, 52 32 THE CARY LIBRARY. E. K. Smith, in settlement of suit., 95 00 J. W. Hudson, cotton cord, 1 75 j Txis important institution, whose origin was stated in the last O.W. Kendall, care of Town Hall, &c. 83 05 Auditor's Report, has prospered during the past year. The num- O. W. Kendall, distributing reports, putting up guideboards, &c. 49 72 her of volumes a year ago, was about 1,200, to which an addition O.W.Kendall,brush,$2.62; cleauiug'rooms,$5,M; 7 62 of 505 volumes has since been made-188 volumes by purchase, Oliver Brown, 2J days on police duty,' 7 50 r 'and 213 by donation: 50 from Mr. Benj. DeForest, 153 by H. B. Davis, services as special police, 30 00 Charles Hudson, and 5 by the Farmers' Club. About 100 vol-. B. C;-Whitcher, wooden ware for schools, 10 10 umes have been selected from the Town archives and the old A. Goddard, new stoves and repairs on same, 97 17 District School Libraries. Though some of the books thus a: Samuel Sage, surveying, 7 00 obtained are not adapted to general reading, they are valuable as f' I. N. Damon, insurance, 31 00 works of reference, and are what no public Library should be W. Locke, labor on school houses, 5 70 without. Some few pamphlets and periodicals have also been Charles Tidd, 12 60 State Reform School, '13 00 added; and we'hope this department will be fostered, as affording n some of the best specimens of popular literature, and a valuable Charles Nunn, services as selectman, 25 days, 75 00 Charles Nunn, services 27 evenings, 27 00 record of passing events, which will increase in value from year Charles Nunn, horse and carriage, 13 00 to year. Alonzo Goddard, services 10 days, . 30 00 The number of books in the Library, as reported by the Trus- Alonzo Goddard, services 27 evenings; 27 00 tees, was in March last, 1,699, since which time considerable Walter Wellington, services 8 days, 24 00 addition has been made. The number of volumes taken out of Walter Wellington,services 26 evenings, 26 0.0 the Library the past year, was 12,465, showing that the Library $ 1,881 30 is by no means neglected. The prospects of this free public insti- tution are flattering. A commodious Library Hall, well fitted up with Alcoves, Shelves and Cases, with five thousand dollars added to the permanent funds of the Library by the generous lady who founded it, gives promise of its future prosperity. And if the - citizens of the place duly appreciate the value of this institution, they can, without any burden to themselves, make the Library Hall the depository of rare books, works of Art, and historic relics, and thus render it an .object of attraction to strangers, as well as of value to our own population. ,1 n - t 16 17 believe.that the might be rendered mor valuable b Y e g y stating more REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN particularly the condition of the property, and .so enabling the Town, at the commencement of the year, to judge of the amount Relative to the care and custody of the Property and Funds necessary to be appropriated to sustain each department of their of the Town. business. There is another public interest which, though it involves less Accepted by the Town, April 11, 1870, and ordered to be expenditure of money, has been still more neglected—we allude printed, together with the accompanying Votes, with the Auditor's to the Cemetery. Report. The Selectmen have been directed from time to time, to lay out lots, and fix a value upon each; the money thus assessed to be REPORT. . expended in improving and adorning the premises. At first these The Selectmen being agents of the Town to look after its gen- !` regulations were generally observed, and those who selected lots eral interests, desire to present to the consideration of the inhab- paid for them, and conformed to the regulations adopted. But, itants of Lexington, their views relative to the care and custody of latterly, but little regard has been paid to any regulations, and the property and funds of the Town. • They are aware that.pub- some of the most desirable lots have been taken without making lic property is generally neglected, and that public officers are any payment. . Some have gone further, and have invaded parts often remiss in their duty; and, while the present Board of Select- of the yard unappropriated, and taken off sods to fix their own men do not claim exemption from the infirmities common to their lots. Nay more—some have gone into parts of the yard'which fellow-citizens, they believe that what they have to present to had.been graded by the direction of the Selectmen, and taken your consideration, may prove serviceable to themselves and other ' gravel to grade their lots, thus actually destroying the system which Town Officers, and subserve the best interests of the Town. had been adopted. It is now perfectly obvious that some regula- There must from the nature of the case,be more or less public tions must be adopted, or a state of disorder and confusion will property in the care of the different Boards of Town Officers, for { ensue. Those who have taken lots and have not- paid for them, which-they should render an annual account. should be invited -to pay; and the sum so collected should be The School Committee have the general custody of the school expended in improvements. Those who are in arrears are, it is houses and other property connected with the schools. presumed, willing to pay if they are called upon, the neglect The Overseers of the Poor have the care of the farm, stock, being.more the fault of officials than of the holders of lots. if and all the other property appertaining to the Poor House. those who have taken lots desire to see any improvements, or if The Highway Surveyors .are intrusted with the tools and other the public generally wish to have a-Cemetery conforming in any articles used in repairing the roads. As these Boards are fre- degree with the spirit of the times, they must insist upon some quently changed every year, it is due to those who filt'these offices system which shall be adhered to by all parties. from time to time, that they should know what amount of public r But that department of our.public affairs which relates to the property comes into their hands when they come into office, and it safe keeping of the public money, is, perhaps, the most important is due to their constituents to know what amount they leave when to be guarded, as it offers the greatest temptation to fraud- and they go out. These ends, so desirable both for the officers and for peculation. The numerous examples of defalcations of which we pu have accounts, should admonish us to be watchful of the Treasury. the Town, can easily be obtained by Annual Reports, containing -� full inventories of the property when they respectively retire from. The amount which passes through the hands of the Treasurer is office. Such Reports have for the most part, been partially made, over forty thousand dollars annually; and the union of the offices though some years they have been totally neglected; but -we of Treasurer and.Collector, has removed all checks which these • c 1.. --------- ------- - 18 19 officers had upon each other. As the Treasurer is, from year to necessary,-to make a thorough examination of the books and year, authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the tax, he accounts of. the Treasurer, and see that the records are properly may retain that money in his own hands for his own use, after the �j kept, and when the books show a balance in the Treasury, they tax is collected, and thus subject the Town to the burden of pay- a' should ascertain in what this balance consists, and whether it, is ing interest on funds not wanted for public use. Or, as Collector, available at any day when it may be called for. The Selectmen he may withhold the money from the Treasurer, and thus create a � should make a record of the condition in which they find the fiscal necessity for borrowing, when, in fact, he has a surplus in his own affairs of the Town, and submit the same to the Town in their hands. Report at March Meeting, and oftener if they deem it for the Though the Treasurer is expected to keep books which shall . public interest. show at a glance the fiscal condition of the Town, it is difficult, if It is also desirable that the Trustees of the Cary Library-should not impossible, to determine by the book in which the notes given submit their Report to the Town at the annual March Meeting, by the Town are entered, whether the vote of the Town has been showing the condition of that institution, and how far it meets the violated or obeyed. wants of the inhabitants, with such information and suggestions as The Treasurer is, every year, authorized to borrow money-in they may deem for'the interest of the Library. They should also anticipation of,taxes, and though the very language would seem state the number of volumes added the past year—the number by to imply that all such notes should be taken up in, November, or gift, and the number by purchase. These several Reports would early in December, when the tax is nearly all collected, and the give a full view of our public affairs. Treasury is full, yet there is no evidence that notes thus given are It may be asked whether there is any special reason for adopting paid at that season. In fact there is little or no evidence in-the rules more stringent in relation to our public officers, than those record, of the time of payment of these temporary notes. Nor heretofore adopted. We answer that the rules we would recom- do the records, as they have been kept, show whether the money mend, are substantially the same as those which have been adopted borrowed is for a longer or shorter time; and there being, gen- from time to time, and practiced upon for a period, and then erally, no date of payment, it is impossible to say whether the become neglected. We simply ask that these good old rules be interest account of the Treasurer, as exhibited for a few years past, i revived, and the fact that there is no special case now before us, is correct or not. Now these things ought not to be so. A little makes the present a suitable time to adopt good and wholesome care in keeping the account of these notes would make the whole rules and regulations. To carry out our views, and to bring these matter plain. If the nature or object of the loan were stated, subjects distinctly before the Town, we present the following distinguishing between the ,loans in anticipation of taxes, and motions for their consideration. the other and more permanent loans, and if the period to which the interest was paid were recorded, as it formerly was, the people y By order of the Selectmen, could see whether their funds were safely kept, and no suspicion z CHARLES HUDSON, Chairman. could attach to their fiscal agent. It is due alike to the officers intrusted with the public money, - and to the Town whose funds they hold, that full accounts be V 0 T E S . kept, and frequent exhibits be made. The Treasurer, therefore, Voted, To accept the Report of the Selectmen, relative to the care should be required to keep a full record of the date of every note, and custody of the property and funds of the Town, and that the the character of the loan, the rate of interest, and the time when Report and accompanying Votes be printed and circulated with the the note is taken up. It should also be made tllb duty of the' Auditor's Report. Selectmen, once a quarter,and as much oftener as they may think 1 Voted, That the School Committee shall from year to year submit a Report to the Town, at the I annual March meeting, stating the con- Y 20 21 dition of the school houses and other property belonging to the place where the gravel, sods or\loam may be obtained, and the schools, and the amount of appropriation, if any, necessary to keep manner of taking the same, they shall inform the Superintendent by the'same in a good state of preservation. They shall also present an a written or printed notice of their decision on these subjects, that the estimate of the amount necessary to carry on the schools successfully same may be posted, or a copy handed to all the parties in interest. for-the ensuing year. - And it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to give immediate notice to the Selectmen of any violation of the Rules and Regulations Voted, That the Overseers of the Poor shall submit to the Town at ZD of the Board, by taking sods, loam or gravel from any part of the. the annual March meeting a full Report of their receipts and expert- yard other than that set apart for that purpose, to the end that legal ditures, together with an inventory of the property connected with the steps may be taken to punish such acts of trespass, and so prevent establishment, stating the condition of the buildings, stock, farm their repetition. tools, &c., and whether any extra appropriation is necessary to keep the same in a good condition. They shall also state whether the Voted, That it shall be the duty of the Collector of Taxes to pay property has appreciated or depreciated since their last Report; and the money over to the Treasurer as soon as practicable after it is the sum necessary to.support the poor the ensuing year. collected, so that the Treasurer shall have no occasion to borrow money to meet demands against the Town, when he, in another capa- Voted, That the Highway Surveyors,in addition to their Annual �`: city, has the Town's money,in his hands. Statement,shall make out a full and perfect inventory of all the tools Voted, That the Treasurer shall keep a record of the amount and and other property in their hands, with the condition of the same; and they shall also, early in the month of September, report to the date of every note given by the Town, the name of the party of whom Selectmen the amount of money expended up to the first of that the money was borrowed, the object of the loan, the time for which it month, with such vouchers as will show the actual condition of the was borrowed, (distinguishing between money borrowed in anticpa- tion of the taxes, and more permanent loans, and the time when said accounts up to September 1st. They shall also in their Annual � Report in March state the amount which they may deem necessary to f notes respectively are paid. life shall also keep his books so posted keep the roads in the ordinary state of repair. up that they will show at. all times the fiscal condition of the Town; and when the Selectmen shall desire to ascertain the exact state of the Voted, That the Selectmen shall take the general charge and super- Treasury, be shall furnish them with the cash balance., or the Bank intendence of the Cemeteries ; and determine the grades of the aven- Book, as the case may be, so that they may have reliable evidence ues and the lots; and make such improvements by planting trees in that the funds of the Town are safely kept, and are available at all the a-venues and around the borders of the Cemetery as they may times. think proper, provided they do not exceed the amount' of money devoted to such improvements. . } � Voted, That it shall be the duty of the Selectmen once every quar- They shall also designate and set ter, and as much oftener as they may think proper, to examine apart such portion of the general enclosure as they may deem_expe- � .the dient for gravel to be used in grading the lots; the said gravel to be books of the Treasurep, to ascertain the condition of the treasury,and taken under the direction of the Superintendent of the Cemetery; and to see that all temporary loans are paid in due season ; and that the no person shall be.allowed to take gravel in excessive quantities, and funds of the Town are at all times available; and the Selectmen shall no lot shall be so graded or filled up as to interfere with. the adjacent keep 'a record of these quarterly examinations, and report the result Pots, or to obstruct the avenues or paths between the lots. Nor shall of the same to the Town in connection with their Report of their settlement with the Treasurer at the end of the year. any two lots be united by one enclosure, without the consent of the Selectmen, as well as the owners of the lots respectively. Voted, That the Trustees of the Cary Library shall 'submit to the Town from year to year, at the annual March meeting, a Report of Voted, That the Sexton shall be deemed Superintendent of the the state and condition of the Library, specifying the -number of Cemeteries, unless some other person be appointed by the Selectmen; volumes in the Library, the number added the past year, the number and he shall, whenever directed by the Selectmen, collect whatever , purchased and the number presented, with the names of the donors. may be due on the lots taken; and hold the same subject to the order They shall also state their receipts and expenditures;-the amount of of the Selectmen ; and the Superintendent shall annually, st stating their permanent fund, and how it is invested,with such suggestions as month of.January, make a written report to the Selectmen, stng they may deem for the interests of the institution. the number of lots taken the past year; the amount of money collected during the same period,the amount still due, and the names A true copy of Record. of the delinquents; which shall be embodied in a Report submitted to Attest, the Town by the Selectmen at the succeeding March meeting in each year. LEONARD G. BABCOCK, Town Clerk. Voted, That when the Selectmen shall have decided upon the grades of the avenues and lots, and shall have designated the i i 22 23 DATE. NAMES. RESIDENCE. Sept. 15.. SS George L. Pierce ..............Lexington. MARRIAGES RECORDED IN LEXINGTON, �' """ 2 Sarah J. Houscon.............. From January 1, 1869, to January 1, 1870. 15...... James E. Patch................Lynn. Ellen A. Davis . .Lexington. Oct. 12........ George H. Wadleigh...........United States Navy. DATE. NAMES. RESIDENCE. Clara Elizabeth Robinson.......San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 19.... ... Edward E. Batchelder............Boston. ..... Henry W. Peabody ............Waltham. Hattie L. Whitcher.. .Lexington. 21.. ....,.....,. Clara Cutler.. .Lexington. " 24........ Thomas Burke...................Concord. Lewis H. Gossom ..............Lexington. Rose Burns it 24.. .. Sarah J. Burbank.. .Somerville. Feb. 9........ William Goepper.................Charlestown. ti ! John Henry Town..............Plattsburg, N. Y. Philippina Balge .................Lexington. Nov. 12........ I W. Ernestine Crone........ ....Lexington. " 17........ George H. Cutter................Arlington. << 18....... Alonzo Austin Goddard.........Lexington. Abbie M. Parker .Lexington. � Abbie Josephine Fiske .... .Boston. March 24....... Michael Magan ..................Lexington. .. ..... .. .. Whole number of Marriages. .23 Mary Donnellan .................Arlington. John Francis Maynard............Lexington. t Julia C. Abbey . .Middlebury, Vt. Charles H. Lowe.................Bedford. April 7....... M. Addie Goodwin.. �. BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LEXINGTON, . r;, " 14........ Samuel Dudley, Jr. ..............Lexington. From January 1, 1869, to January 1, 1870. Emily F. Brown . . .Lincoln. May 9........ S James Casey ... . ::::::...... Lexington. ( Whole number, 26:—Males, 12; Females, 14. 2 Date Gallivan.. 4. 9...... John Harrigan ..................Boston. THE BIRTHPLACES OF THE PARENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: i Mary A. Gilman .................Lexington. 7 JohnM. Davis ....... .......... Boston. In Lexington ................................................... u 9....... ...........................10 Catharine J. Connelly . << Other towns in the State.. Maine. .............................................. 4 June 6....... Patrick Coady ... ...............Lexington. i 2 ' Vermont..�Bridget Stackpole................ << � .............. .................................... 64 16........ Sylvester Puffer. .Lexington. New Brunswick................................................ 1 Mary A. Richardson..............Salem. England .• • ••..••••. . •.• .•• .... . ........ July 11........ �John Curry.. Lexington. Scotland ....... 2 .............................................. Mary Ayers ..................... �` �i Portugal....... 1 Aug. 10........ Benjamin Wyman ................Osceola, Fla. Ireland............................... .......................18 Mary C. Puffer ..................Lexington. it 28........ James Craven ...................Lexington. .. Mary Keating ................... 11 x 24 DEATHS REGISTERED IN LEXINGTON, From January 1, 1869, to January 1, 1870. AGE. DATE OF PLACE OF PLACE OF DEATH. NAMES. Q A DEATH. BIRTH. a � A Jan. 13. Samuel Greene Thayer . . . . . 34 2 21 Lexington. Boston, " 16. Lydia Page . . . . . . . . . 86 " Duniston,Vt. Feb, 5. William Winning. . . . . . . . 24 2 " Billerica, " 19. Eddie Fiske . . . . . . . . 8 6 15 " . Boston. 19. Sarah heed 87 7 19 " Lexington, " 21. Cynthia Smith . . . . . . . 78 3 Gardner, March 24. Emeline Merriam. . . . . . . . 68 7 8 " Lexington. April 24. Timothy Desmond . . . . . . . 40 Arlington . Ireland. 11 28. Mary A.Smith . . . . . . . 30 4 Lexington. " May 1. Timothy Reardon. . . . . . 3 4 " , , Lexington. " 7. Augusta B.Saunders . . . . . . 30 7 13 Saugus . Bostou. 7. Joseph Reardon . . . . . . 6 3 Lexington. Lexington. 22. James Hastings. . . . . . 71 6 11Lincoln. " 25. Carrie Wheeler. 6 2 " Lexington. " 26. Henry Otto Juhana Balge . . . . 64 10 14 " German " 29. Sarah Fiske. . . . . . . . . 63 4 " Billerica. June 6. Deborah Brown . . . . . . . Bille 78 2 18 " Bilhrica. . 13. Bowen Harrington 65 10 " Lexington. 15. Jacob Robinson. . . . . 78 2 ([ " 27. Henry L.Comely . . . . . . 2 23 Boston . Boston. July 2. Nabby Pierce. . . . . . . . . . 74 5 Lexington Lexington, 15. Abigail Pierce . . . . . . . 63 5 4 . Waltham. " 15. James Casey . . . . . . 58 It Ireland. Sally W.Bryant . . . . . . 91 4 it Ashburnbam. Aug. 8. John Cosgrove . . . . . . 85 " Ireland, 9. Charles Walter Wellington . . . 15 10 " Lexington. 11. Sally Fisher Stimson . . . 82 5 " Westboro, " 22. Charles E.Davis . . . . . . 42 11 22 ° Princeton. Oct. 2, Lizzie F.Brown . . . . . . . . 21 7 14 Roxbury Lexington. 19. Thomas Gould,Jr. . . . . . . . 61 8 Lexington. Boston, 1423. Luey Locke. . . . . . . . . 88 <'g Dec. 3. Helen Canfield . . . . . . . 18 " Lexington, 5. Peter Wellington . . . . . . 88 6 14 " 26. Elizie R.McIntire . . . , 21 2 " Melrose. Whole cumber,34:—Males,17; Females,17. --c♦o— Deaths by Consumption. . . . . . . . . 7 Amount brought up 26 Dropsy . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Deaths by Liver Complaint . . . . . , . 2 Scarlet Fever 4 General Debility . . . . . . . 1 Old Age . . . . . . . . 5 " Cancer. . 1 " Bowel Complaints . . . . . . 3 " Acute Bronchitis. . . . . 1 Accide,,t. . . . . . . . . . . 1 " Suddenly . . . . . . . . . . 1 Diabetes . . . . . . 1 " Unknown . . . . . . . . . . 2 Whooping Cough . . . . . . 1 Amount carried up . . . . . . . . . .26 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Compiled from Town Records. LEONARD G. BABCOCK, TowN CLERK.