REPORTS SELECTME~ AND TREASURE~ OF.:nH: OF CHICHESTE~ If' CONCORD: PRINTED BY EV.ANS & SLEEPER

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1 REPORTS (H' TilE SELECTME~ AND TREASURE~ OF.:nH: If' TOW~ OF CHICHESTE~ FOf{ TIIK YEAR E~))[NG nia1wii 1, CONCORD: PRINTED BY EV.ANS & SLEEPER

2 H E P 0 H rl' OF THE SELECD1E:-I AND TREASURER OF THE TOWN OF CHICHES- TER, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH I, 188o: March I, 1879 : RECEwrs. To cash in hands of Treasurer, Charles Stanyan, hearse to Epsom, Charles Lake, exchange of notes, Sophia L. Robinson, exchange of notes, Asa F. Hutchinson, exchange of notes, Susan B. Hall, exchange of notes, Received of State Treasurer: Savings Bank tax, Railroad tax, Literary fund, County treasurer, support of paupers, Resident state, county, town and school taxes, Non-resident state, county, town and school tax, Non-resident highway taxes, Tax on dogs, School-house tax, school district No. I, Collector of taxes of 1877, J. C. Reed, rent of town hall, J. C. Reecl, rent of town hall, 1878, 1879, By the payment of the foregoing receipts to the town treasurer of said town, DR. $2, $ , $11, CR. $

4 Orders given by the selectmen on thc treasurcr of said town, for the payment of town expenses: EX PENDITURES. State treasurer, state tax, c;.ount)' treasurer, county tax, RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.

3 4 Orders given by the selectmen on thc treasurcr of said town, for the payment of town expenses: EX PENDITURES. State treasurer, state tax, c;.ount)' treasurer, county tax, RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Congregational society, Methodist society, Baptist society, Advent society, $75 1, $1, $ ,51 6, $51.88 School District NO.1, 2, " " " " 4. " " 5, " 6, "., " 7, 8, " " " " 9. SCHOOL COUNTY MONEY. PAUPERS. George P. Haines, supplies for Jacob Puffer, Augustus Sheldon, supplies for Jacob Puffer, Augustus Sheldon, supplies for Frank Carter, W. G. Shaw, suit for Jacob Puffer, Augustus Leavitt, supplies for Jacob Puffer, D. P. Maxfield, board and funeral charges for Dow, Rhoda $ $ $ _;,? I.""

4 Aid of Hannah Morgan, Ebenezer Bailey, board of Sally Brown, G. M. Munsey, supplics for Frank Carter, David T. Brown, supplics for Frank Carter, George P. Haines, supplics for Frank Cartcr, TOWN 5 PAUPERS. N. H. Asylum, board of Martha Wood, N. H. Asylum, board of Sarah Jane Wood, Samucl Edgerly, boartl of Miles Randall, Mary Edgerly, board of Miles Randall, } Nathan Martin, Charles H. Carpenter, Vienna Davis. J. C. Reed, Nathaniel M. Batchelder, Aaron Lake, David P. Shaw, Charles C. Shaw, DAMAGE TO SHEEP BV DOGS. NOTES, LOANS AND INTEREST. Paid I-Iuldah Bickford, interest on her note, Isaiah Lane, his note in part, and intcrest, Jacob P. Leavitt, his note in part, David 1'. Shaw, interest on his note, Hazen K. Leavitt, his note and interest, Albert Langmaid, interest on his note, Sophia L. Robinson, exchange of notcs, CharJes I.ake, exchange of notes, ( $ $ $ $ $6 $ I I

5 Paid Asa F. Hutchinson, Chandler Hutchinson's note, Joseph Mor~e, interest on his note, Caroline Morse, interest on her note, Adaline Knowlton, interest on her note, Benjamin Shaw, on Lavinia Locke's note, D. T. Brown, interest on his note, '- James S. Green, interest on his notes, Robert ~runsey, interest on his note, Solomon Leavitt, interest on Eunice Garvin's note, Solomon Leavitt, interest on Eunice Garvin's note, Sal'ah Mason, interest on her note, Jacob S. Sanborn, interest on his note, Elvira L. Sanborn, interest on hcr note, Martha Drake, interest on her note, Josiah P. Staniels, his note and interest, Susan B. Hall, exchange of notes, Hannah B. Bartlett, interest on her note, 6 REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. Paid James F. Towle, rails and posts for turnpike, Henry M. Sanborn, work on turnpike, True M. Page, work on culvert, Charlcs C. Shaw, stringers for bridge, Repair of south-west roatl, Joseph W. Moses, " " John H. Richardson, John W. O. Randall, Charles H. Staniels, Augustus Leavitt, Repairing Phillips and Chase bridges: Paid Francis Brown, t\ ugustus Leavitt, Joseph W. Moses, Asa D. Haines, John F. French, Eliphalet O. Rollins, 528' T [ $4, $ $ 3.50

$Paid Robert \Y. Dame, George \Y. West, Hiram Stanyan, Charles H. Staniels, Morrison S. Batcheldcr. Edgar A. Newell, Oli\'er C. Phillips, labor and materials, Nathaniel P. Richart!$

6 Paid Robert \Y. Dame, George \Y. West, Hiram Stanyan, Charles H. Staniels, Morrison S. Batcheldcr. Edgar A. Newell, Oli\'er C. Phillips, labor and materials, Nathaniel P. Richart!, labor and lumber, May I, David ;\Iose~, repair of turnpike, Joseph W. jvioses, cutting bushes, John F. French, repair of roar! in [878, Stephen R. Watson, lumber for bridges, True M. Page, labor on canal bridge, Repair of Horse-corner road: 7 Paid James F. Towle, Lewis W. Towle, i\sa D. Haines, John French, Oliver C. Phillips, Charles H. Staniels, Hiram Stanyan. George W. West, James F. Towle, filling wash-out, Repair of Benson hill and Hill road: Paid Josiah P. Staniels, Charlcs I-I: Elliott, George \Y. Grant, Harrison W. Moore, John K. Towle, George A. Bailey, Gcorge W. Edm~l11ds, William Langle)", William Langley, plank for culvert. John Langley, three days. Hosea C. Knowlton. 1878, , $ $

Paid Hiram Bachelder, repair of centrc road, Charles Lake, bridge plank, Charles H. Carpenter, plank for Webster bridge, John Shaw, stringers for bridge, Winslow S.

7 Paid Hiram Bachelder, repair of centrc road, Charles Lake, bridge plank, Charles H. Carpenter, plank for Webster bridge, John Shaw, stringers for bridge, Winslow S. Parker, rebuilding culvert, Joseph Nickerson, non-resiclent bill, John F. French, non-resident tax bill for 1878, Albert Sanborn, work on roads, Benning Sanborn, stone for culvert, George M. Warren, posts for railing, Joseph T. Lake, hauling stringers for bridge, J. C. Reed, repair of pound road, J. C. Reed, repair of centre road, J. B. Clifford, cutting bushes, Jacob S. Sanborn, repair of turnpike, George \Y. Grant, repair of centre road, Harrison W. Moore, repair of committee road, Eneas Ordway, service at pine ground bridge, John I-I. JVbrden, filling wash-out, Mayo Lake, repair of road, 1878, Jacob S. Sanborn, dike at pine ground bridge, Non-resident tax bills, $ ABATEMENT OF TAXES, AND REASONS ASSIGNED. Chellis E. Call, poll tax, [878, disabled soldier of the last war, James Hook, overtaxed in 1878, B. Frank Sanborn, overtaxed, Francis Brown, overtaxed, Asa D. Haines, ovcrtaxed, Abraham M. Drake, overtaxed, 1878, Solomon Leavitt, error in invoice, Josepb P. Brown, overtaxed, Sylvester A. Kelley, poll tax paid in Pittsfield, John Moses, overtaxecl, I $ ,

9 overtaxed, John W. Severance, over taxed, Jaim T. Carpenter, James B. Chesley, overtaxed, Joseph c. Bartlett, overtaxed, D. 1. Brown, overtaxed, Asa W. Adams. poll tax of 1878, Samuel A.

8 9 overtaxed, John W. Severance, over taxed, Jaim T. Carpenter, James B. Chesley, overtaxed, Joseph c. Bartlett, overtaxed, D. 1. Brown, overtaxed, Asa W. Adams. poll tax of 1878, Samuel A. Kendall, overtaxed, 1873, Hira m Hutchinson, not allowe.d to swear off dc bts in 1873, Abner P. Brown, tax on dog not owned, Edward Gettis, overtaxed, Amelia C. Towle, overtaxed, John E. Davis, poll tax, 1868, Joseph c. Munsey, poll tax, 1868, Joseph H. Spiller, poll tax, 1868, Charles M. Knowles, poll tax, 1868, Jonathan J). Leavitt, poll tax, 1868, Taxes of 1873 : Levi Hook, George M. Leavitt, George W. Towle, Taxes of 1877: Peter Come, Peter Come, Jr., James B. Chesley, tax on dog not owned, Sylvester A. Kelley, Albert T. Meserve, paid in Pittsfield, George G. l\'rorgan, paid in Massachusetts, William Moses, INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Paid G. M. Munsey, delivering goods to Frank Carter, Asa Fowler, counsel in regard to blanks, Evans, Sleeper & Evans, printing reports of 1879, $ $ $ $60.44 $1.25 1

10 Paid ~lar 8, Sargent &. Chasc, counsel, Charles Stanyan, care of hearse, 1878-9, Isaiah Lane, public watering..trough, 1878-9, Asa F.

9 10 Paid ~lar 8, Sargent &. Chasc, counsel, Charles Stanyan, care of hearse, , Isaiah Lane, public watering..trough, , Asa F. Hutchinson, public watering-trough, Albert Thompson, police service, n. 1'. Maxfield, 1 day at Concord, Herbert Davis case, Augustus Sheldon, public watering-trough, B. W. Sanborn &. Co., ~)ooks and stationery, (;. S. Sanders, exprcssage on reports. D. L. Guernsey, stationery. Charles H. Elliott, public watering-trough, five year~, J. T. Harvey, damage to team, Town-Clerk of Pittsfield, examining records, Ceorge M. Warren, public watering-trough, George Ivl. Warren, damage to wagon in [878, Joseph T. Lake, public watering-trough, J. C. Rced, care of town-house, D. T. Brown, car fare to Concord and return, Augustus Sheldon, tacks to post warrants, Postage, 16; ink, 6, Samuel \Y. Langmaid, board of town officers, Samuel W. Lang-maid, wood for office, \. ~.22 11,10.50 $116,93 Selectmen of 1878; Da\'id T. Brown, Ceorge M. Munsey, Stephen R. \Vatson, TOWN OFFICERS. Selectmen of 1879: Augustus Le:witt, for discharging the usual duties of selectman" making highway tax, adding up invoicc and as,;essment of [X78-9, dil"iding school money, recording invoice and assessment, making out return of railroad stock, making out pauper account and selectmen's report, fifty-four dollars, $

10 Augustus Leavitt, extra service on account of building school-house in school district No. I, in Chichester, nineteen dollars, Jacob S. Sanborn, thc usual duties of a selectman, fiftyone dollars and fifty cents, Jacob S. Sanborn, extra service on account of building school-house in school distric.t No. r, in said town, seventeen dollar;; and fifty cents, Albert Sanborn, services as selectman, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, Auditors of 1878, Samuel A. Kendall, supcrintending schoo! committee, Edward Langmaid, town tre,\snrer, Charles A. Langmaid, town clerk, Charles Stanyan, collector of taxes, BUILDING SCHOOL-HOUSE IN SCHOOL NO. II ONE. Paid Nathaniel M. Batchelder, labor, David H. Marden, labor, James W. Smith, labor, Nathaniel S. Marston, labor, John S. Sherburne, labor, John W. Severance, labor, John Fellows, underpinning, John Fellows, sharpening tools, Edward West, fitting underpinning, E. S. & Wm. Carroll, Jr., contractors, E. S. & Wm. Carroll, Jr., building chimney from foundation to two and one half feet bclow beams. an extra job, John M. Tucker, stove and funnel, Kaime & Sanborn, painting, Ventilator, $ DISTRICT $ :; ,) 1.20 Y.5

$Green, building privy, H. H. Aldrich, table and chairs, Lock and bolt. Postage, 25 cents, drafts, 30 cents, polish for seats, Ia cents, Land damage due Franklin O. Kelley, John \V.$

11 Paid Jeremy Matthews & N ultei, skim-coating. County Commissioners, laying out lot, Novelty Manufacturing Company, Sterling, Ill., seats and benches. Olil'er Perkins, door step, James S. Green, building privy, H. H. Aldrich, table and chairs, Lock and bolt. Postage, 25 cents, drafts, 30 cents, polish for seats, Ia cents, Land damage due Franklin O. Kelley, John \V. Severance, fencing lot, about James S. Creen. building wood-shed, about 12 L. Sanborn, putting down seats, Expense on account of school-house, Abated, George I-I. Rllndall, I. 70; Harriet Towle, 85. Total tax ' $ Horse baiting of adver:-:e party, at hearing before Sargent & Chase, April 16th, fifty cents; plan and specifications of Edwin A. l'vliller, three dollars; ancl counsel fees at Sylvester Dana's office, since hearing of County Commissioners, in July last, seven dollars; paid by AUGUSTUS LEAVITT. RECAPITULATION. RECEIPTS. Amount of receipts. $11,464. J 4 EXPENDlTUR~:S. State tax. County tax. Religious societies, School money, $75 1, ,38

13 County paupers, Town paupers, Damage to sheep by dogs, Notes, loans and interest, Repair of highways and bridges, Incidental expenses, Abatement of taxes, Town officers, Building school-housc and

12 13 County paupers, Town paupers, Damage to sheep by dogs, Notes, loans and interest, Repair of highways and bridges, Incidental expenses, Abatement of taxes, Town officers, Building school-housc and expense, district No. I, , , $8, NOTES OUTSTANDING AGAINST THE TOWN MARCH I st, Dec. 29, 1869, Eunice Garvin, March 21,1871, James S. Green, April 3, 1871, James S. Green, April 12, 1872, Robert Munsey, Jan. 1I, 1873, Eunice Garvin, March 27, 1873, D. P. Shaw, April 11, 1873, Hannah Bartlett, May 31, [873, Asa F. Hutchinson, Interest 4 years, Dec. 5, 1874, J. P. Leavitt, Jan. 26, 1876, Lavinia Locke, Feb. 27, 1874, Emeline Hutchinson, Interest 4 years, Feb. 27, 1874, Isaiah Lane, Jan. 4, 1875, D. T. Brown, March 9, 1874, A. T. Prescott, Interest 4 years, March 19, 1874, A. T. Prescott, Intercst 4 years, May 5. [874, Mrs. Charles J. Rand, Interest 4 years, July 30, 1875, Jacob S. Sanborn, $ , I ,

14 Jan. 3, 1876, Alice Lalld, Intercst 2 ycars, Feb. 19, 1876, Sallic S. Drake, Interest 4 years, Feb. 19, 1876, Adaline Knowlton, Aug. 20, 1876, Sarah L. Mason, May 15, 1876, Martha Drake, Aug.

13 14 Jan. 3, 1876, Alice Lalld, Intercst 2 ycars, Feb. 19, 1876, Sallic S. Drake, Interest 4 years, Feb. 19, 1876, Adaline Knowlton, Aug. 20, 1876, Sarah L. Mason, May 15, 1876, Martha Drake, Aug. 20, 1876, Huldah Bickford, Sept. 30, 1876, Elvira L. Sanborn, Oct. 18, [876, Annie L. Locke, Interest 3 years, Feb. 17, 1877, Solomon Leavitt, Intcrest 3 years, Aprils, 1877, Amanda French, Interest 5 per cent., two years, 1877, Carrie H. Fowler, Interest 5 per cent., two years, Sept. 28, 1877, A. Langmaid, 5 per cent., Oct., 1877, Sally P. Tripp, Interest 5 per cent., 2 years, March 8, 1878, Lucy M. Tilton, Interest 5 per cent., 1 year, March 16, 1878, Joseph Morse, March 16, 1878, Mrs. Joseph Morse, Oct. 30, 1878, Solomon Leavitt, Interest [ year, April 12, 1879, Charles Lake, April 12,.1879, Sophia 1.. Robinson, April 25, 1879, Susan A. B. Hall, Jan. 1,1880, Asa F. & E. Hutchinson, [" , , , I '$ 16,351.48

15 TOWN FUN DS. Parsonage fund loaned to town, School fund loaned to town, TOWN PROPERTY. Town-house at cost. Hearse and hearse-house at cost, $864.66 1,353,72 $2,218.38 $475.00 150.00 $625.

14 15 TOWN FUN DS. Parsonage fund loaned to town, School fund loaned to town, TOWN PROPERTY. Town-house at cost. Hearse and hearse-house at cost, $ ,353,72 $2, $ $ DUE THE TOWN. Taxes uncollected in 1869, Taxes uncollected in 1870, Taxes uncollected in 1872, Taxes uncollected in 1874, Taxes uncollectecl in 1875, Taxes uncollected in 1876, Taxes uncollected in [877, Taxes uncollected in 1879, U. S. government bounties paid by town to soldiers,. Cash in hands of treasurer, INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWN. Due sundry individuals, notes and interest, Parsonage fund. School fund, T. P. Staniels, when taxes of' [876 and 1877, are collected, I>cduct amount due the town, Total indebtedness of tawil, $ , $4, $16, , $18, $4,090. I 2 $14,612.35

~ The amount of uncollected taxes in r8 76, has heretoforc been stated, $149.78 too mnch. AUGUSTUS LEAVITT, 1 Selectmen JACOB S. SANBORN, of ALBERT SANBORN, ) Chichester. EDWARD LANGMAIl), Treasurer.

15 ~ The amount of uncollected taxes in r8 76, has heretoforc been stated, $ too mnch. AUGUSTUS LEAVITT, 1 Selectmen JACOB S. SANBORN, of ALBERT SANBORN, ) Chichester. EDWARD LANGMAIl), Treasurer. I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the selectmen and town treasurer for the fiscal year ending March 1, [880, and find them correctly cast and supported by proper vouchers. CHARLES LAKE, Auditor. Chichester, March I, 1880.

ANNUAL REPORT. the. Town of Chichester

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