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TWENTY- FOURTH

OP THE

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

OF THE

TOWN OF DOECHESTER,

WITH

REPOHTS OF THE MEMl, AllTOR

AND

C^W €up\m of % Jfire ^eprtaent

FOE THE

YEAE ENDING JANUARY 3lst, 1862.

BOSTON:

JOSEPH G. TORREY, PRINTER, 32 CONGRESS STREET.

18 6 2.

SELECTMEN'S EEPORT.

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TO THE CITIZENS OF DOECHESTER:

We submit to you the following annual report,
with, the amount of money received from all sources,
and the different purposes for which we have drawn
orders upon the Treasurer, during the fiscal year, end-
ing January 31st, 1862.

SCHOOLS.

The system of Public Schools is a blessing which
has descended to us from our ancestors, and for which
we owe them a debt of gratitude, providing, as it does
for each and every child of every rank and condition
in life, that degree of education which is necessary to
prepare them for the ordinary and practical duties of
life, and for taking part in the affairs of the govern-
ment. Its benefits are so generally appreciated by
our citizens, that they are easily reconciled to any
reasonable expense in this department.

Care, however, should be taken to prevent waste or
extravagance, and to economise in every way where it
can be done without detriment to the schools.

A Committee chosen for the purpose by the Town
have purchased an eligible lot of land containing
35,970 feet, and bounded on three sides by streets, for
the sum of 2,178 /oo dollars, and have caused a noble
building with all the modern improvements to be
erected thereon for the use of the Adams School. —
There has been paid towards its erection 13,902 Iqq
dollars, and there still remains due about 900 dollars.

which cannot be paid at present in consequence of
trustee writs being served upon the town.

A lot of land was purchased containing one acre,
situated on Codman street, near Pope's corner, for
762 100 dollars, and the building formerly occupied by
the Adams school was moved on to said land, and re-
paired at an expense of 2,090 i^o^o dollars.

The lot of land on which the Adams school house
formerly stood, containing one fourth of an acre, was
sold for 500 dollars.

POOR IN THE ALMS-HOUSE.

The expenditures in this department deducting the
receipts, are 2,072 loo dollars, and if we deduct the
amount of labor done by men and horses upon the
highways, and the repairs of bridges, and building
fences upon the sides of the highways, the actual cost
of supporting this department has been 1,800 ^qq dol-
lars.

The present state of our nation, the depression in
business, and the difficulty of obtaining the necessary
supplies of food and clothing, are matters which do
not cause any great inconvenience or trouble to the
Inmates of this institution, they having been relieved
from those anxieties by those who have anticipated
their temporal wants and provided for them a comfort-
able home. Peligious meetings have been held at
this institution every Sabbath, conducted by persons
who have taken a deep interest in the spiritual wel-
fare of its inmates.

POOR OUT OF THE ALMS-HOUSE.

The expenditures in this department, deducting
what is received from other towns, and interest from
fund, makes the actual cost to the town for the past
year, 1,262 i^o* dollars.

The persons who have applied for aid during the
year, have not been as numerous as might reasonably
have been expected considering the number who have
no lucrative employment. Many families have a father
or brother in the army and have received money from
the " Soldiers' Fund," and are now receiving help
from the fund raised for the "Aid of the families of
Volunteers," who would have been obliged, were
it not for this aid, to have applied for assistance from
the town. y

HIGHWAYS.

The roads were divided into three districts, and as-
signed to the several members of the Board as Sur-
veyors, and have been repaired at an expense of
8,083 i^o dollars.

The Street from Hyde Park to West Roxbury, laid
out by the' County Commissioners 50 feet in width,
has been built according to the directions of said Com-
missioners, so that the travelled path is 25 feet wide,
at a cost of 2,503 /Jo dollars, including what was paid
the previous year.

The street from Port Norfolk to Commercial street
was finished so far as the contract for building and
fencing was concerned, for 3,500 dollars. We have
paid for land damages and gravel 536 /Jo dollars, and
have received from individuals who agreed to indem-
nify the town from all expenses for land damages, the
sum of 44 1 dollars.

Adams street has been widened by the County
Commissioners by taking land from the estate former-
ly owned by the late John Fox, and another widen-
ing between Field's comer and a point near the junc-
tion of Neponset avenue and said street, the Coun-
ty paying the land damages with the exception of
five hundred dollars paid by the town.

We have also caused a further widening of Adams
street, and also at the corner of Adams and Minot

streets, by taking land of Daniel Harwood, paying him
for land and removing his fence, 275 dollars.

River street has been v^idened and repaired near
Kenney's bridge, and near the crossing of the B, & N.
Y. C. Railroad the past season, at an expense of
787i^o dollars.

LIGHTING STREETS.

IM^ny of the inhabitants have availed themselves of
the privilege of putting up lamp posts and lamps at
their own expense, under the direction of the Select-
men ; the tovs^n paying for the lighting. The town
is now paying for lighting 63 lamps with gas at the
rate of 20 dollars each per year, and for lighting three
lamps with Kerosene at 16 dollars per year for each
lamp.

GRAVEL LAND.

We have purchased an acre of land on Codman
street adjoining the land purchased for the school
house lot, for 762 loo dollars.

As most of the gravel at the gravel pit on Adams
street suitable for repairing roads was exhausted, we
thought it for the interest of the town to purchase it,
there being a large quantity of excellent gravel upon
the land.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Fires and alarms of fire have not been so frequent
the past year as in preceding ones. We do not know
how to account for the fact except that those persons
who were the instruments in causing so much distress
and loss of property to the community, have had their
attention directed to some useful occupation.

5
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

The case of Isaiah P. White of Quincy, to recover
10,000 dollars damages of the town for injuries sus-
tained by him in 1857, in consequence of alleged de-
fect in the bridge on Commercial street, was tried
the third time at the Superior Court last October, the
jury, (after a brief absence,) returned a verdict for the
town. — At the former irials the sympathies of some
of the jury were so strong for the afflicted man as to
overpower their better judgment, consequently they
could not agree. — We feel relieved that we can re-
port the case settled, as it has been a source of great
anxiety to us, and considerable expense to the town.

AID FOR VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES.

As our citizens have taken a deep interest in the
support of our national government, it would no
doubt be interesting to them to know what has been
done by the town for the benefit of our own soldiers
and their families. We have no means of ascertain-
ing the large amount of private benefactions in the
town, but will make a few statements from the town
records, not giving an exact copy of the votes, they
being too lengthy for our purpose.

Pursuant to a call posted throughout the town, the
citizens met at the town hall, April 20, 1861, to take
into consideration the condition of the country, and
" to provide everything necessary for the war and for
those who enlist."

The following Resolutions were adopted.

Resolved — That in this crisis of our national affairs,
prompt to the call of duty, uniting as with one heart in our
country's cause, we rally in defence of that flag, beneath
whose folds a patriot people has always found protection,

and which has ever proved the truest symbol of representa-
tive government upon earth.

Resolved — That at this hour when amidst the anarchy
of lawless resistance, traitor hands are striving to subvert
that Union which the fathers formed, we solemnly pledge to
the government of the Federal Union an unfaltering devo-
tion, confident that a free people will triumph over secret
and open foes ; will vindicate the sovereignty of their gov-
ernment, and maintain the honor of their flag.

Resolved — That as we call to mind the proud achieve-
ments of the first and second warspf independence, and the
memory of those whose valor acquired this sacred inherit-
ance of the noblest renown, obedient to the word of command
we will co-operate to the utmost with our Federal, State and
Municipal authorities, and with our Military and Naval or-
ganizations in the vigorous prosecution of the war, and the
maintenance of the liberties of the people.

Resolved — That the drum beat which now calls the
soldier to the post of duty, reminds us of our imperious pub-
lic and private obligations to aid, encourage and protect those
who go forth from among us in defence of our rights and
liberties ; and that a Committee be forthwith chosen to ar-
range for the organization, equipment and discipline of our
citizen soldiers, and to provide the requisite means in aid of
the volunteers and their families; to the end that in every
vicissitude the men of Dorchester, may prove themselves in-
flexible in their eflbrts to uphold the arm of the government,
and worthy defenders of its flag.

Resolved — That the Selectmen be requested to take
such further action in furtherance of these purposes, either
by calling a Town Meeting or otherwise, as the public ex-
igency may demand.

It was then voted — That a subscription paper be at
once opened, the funds to be used for the purposes
specified in the fourth resolution.

It was also voted — That Ebenezer Eaton, E. H. E,.
Ruggles, Lewis F. Pierce, Moses G. Cobb, E. P.
McElroy and Nathan Carruth, be a Committee on Fi-
nance, under whose direction the funds raised shall be
expended.

Nathan Carruth was chosen Treasurer of said
fund.

Eight thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dol-

lars were subscribed by the citizens, and an instal-
ment of fifty per cent., amounting to four thousand
and ninety-four dollars was paid to the Treasurer.
The town having subsequently voted additional pay
to the volunteers from this town, the Committee con-
cluded a further instalment would not be needed.

At a Town Meeting held on the sixth day of May,
1861, it was voted to pay the volunteers from this
town who are married, the sum of twenty dollars per
month, and those who are unmarried the sum of fif-
teen dollars per month, for the term of three months,
while engaged in active service, and one dollar per
day to each member of the two companies recruited
in the town for such past time as they had been
actively drilling, and for the two succeeding weeks,
if they should drill that time before being accepted,
and going into active service.

A committee of one from each school district was
appointed to regulate the disbursement of the money,
as aforesaid :

Cyrus Brewer, Oliver Hall, James H. Upham,
Marshall P. Wilder, Frank L. Tileston, John A.
Haven and Charles Hunt, committee chosen.

The above committee paid 2,438 loo dollars to
the men for drilling, and 6,955 dollars extra pay to
the volunteers for three months, the Legislature hav-
ing legalized such payments.

In accordance with an Act entitled "An Act in
aid of the Volunteers and for other purposes," passed
May 23, 1861, we are now assisting 102 families,
paying them SI 8 dollars per month. The money so
expended, or a portion of it, is to be reimbursed by
the State at some future day.

EBENEZEE EATON, ) Selectmen
E. H. R. RUGGLES, > of
LEWIS F. PIEECE, ) Dorchester.

Dorchester, Jan. 31, 1862.

mmn ai ipmimis.

SCHOOLS.

High School — Gibson Street.

Paid Jonathan Kimball, for teaching, $1500 00
Mary W. Hall, " " 500 00
Carohne E Raymond, " " 469 70
C. E. Cook. " '' 30 30
J. Kimball, for books and stationery for desks, 1 69
" " chemicals and apparatus, 7 38
" " postage, 1 11
" " brushes and thermometer, 5 00
" " pedestal, castors for desk and bell, 2 87
" " washing windows and glazing, 3 15
" " repairs, - 6 50
I. S. Smith, course of lectures on botany, 50 00
J. C. Sharp, " " chemistry, 60 00
J. B. Bell, 3 vols. History of Massachusetts, 5 00
J. H. Means, cash paid for binding books for hbrary, 4 00
" " " " " American Cyclopedia, 3 15
Ebenezer Clapp, ink and crayons, 3 25
David Clapp, blank books, and printing reports, &.c. 15 00
" " questions for examination of can-
didates for High School 14 50
I. S Smith, man taking care of house, 117 00
" " " preparing wood, 5 00
" " charcoal and shavings, 7 79
Geo. H. Morse, diplomas, 15 75
John Mears, mats and brushes, " 3 94
W. G. Shattiick, settees, 12 00
Harvey Howe, shoe boxes, 15 00
" " varnishing desks and tabic, 3 50
J. P. Tolman, stove and furnace work, 19 00
Samuel Tileston, glazing, 2 59

Amount carried forward, $2,884 17

10

Amount brought forward, $2,884 17

Paid Gardner Ewell, carpenter work and carting desks, 3 68
Asa Davenport, " " 6 59

Darius Eddy, " " 7 54

Thomas Payson, moving stone posts, 50

Wm. Pope & Co., carting gravel and loam, and

grading yard, 21 12

Patrick Collins, cleaning vault, 6 t)0

Edward Preston, coal and wood, 80 00

$3,009 60

Everett School — Sumner Street.

Paid Henry C. Rolfe, for teaching, $1000 00

Anna E. Jones, " " 325 00

M. A. Gleason, " "

*>

E. M. Proiity, " "

M. H. Bulfinch, " "

M. H. B. W4te,

J, H. Upham & Co., books for desk,

" " " " indigent pupils,

" " " ink and crayons,

" " " hinges, hooks, mats and dusters, 14 74

" " " ladder, &c.,

Ebenezer Clapp, books,
W. C. Withington, care of house,
Martha Hook, sweeping and cleaning,
Edward Tarbell, cleaning and repairing clocks,
Thomas Taber, cleaning clock,
C. J. Sumner, repairing sink,
Wm. O. Haskell, settees,
A. F. Poole, moving settees from vestry and re-
turning them, 2 00
I. W. Bird, moving settees from vestry and re-
turning them,
J. H. Bird, painting and glazing,
C. P. Tolman, furnace work and stock,
William Curtis, carpenter work and stock,
J. G. Allbright,

" " repairs on desk,

Jacob Davis, carpenter and mason work and stock, 55 65
P. Brannon, cleaning vault, 4 00

J. D. Robinson, coal, 110 00

$2,738 18

325

00

325

00

81

25

243

75

2

32

1

14

3

65

, 14

74

3

16

1

68

57

75

74

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4

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1

50

50

18

75

3 00

7 00

31 51

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9 08

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30 00

2 75

11

Mather School — Meeting House Hill.

Paid Lemuel C. Grosvenor, for teaching, $1000 00

Mary L. Kinne, " " 325 00

Ellen S. Jones, " " 325 00

A. M. Marion, " " 325 00

E. H. Crehore, " " 325 00

Mary C. Weymouth, " " 325 00

L. C. Prouty, " " 325 00

L. C. Grosvenor, books and stationery for desk, 1 34

" " " for indigent pupil, 15

" " ink, 80

" " door key, 25

" " cleaning, 85

A. M. Marion, books for indigent pupils, 2 00
M. C. Weymouth, " •' " 1 83
E. H. Crehore, " " " 1 45
J. H. Upham & Co., ink, 2 00

" '' " books to indigent pupils, 70
" " " mats, dusters and brooms, 17 84

B. C. Bird, care of house. 162 50
^' " extra labor, 3 00
" " carpenter work and stock, 4 00

Mrs. Huebener, cleaning, 2 92

C. E. Whall, expressage, 1 75
J. W. Howe, glazing, 7 49
C. J. Sumner, tin work, 1 50
Clogston & Parker, repairs on steam apparatus, 60 26
J. G. Allbright, repairs on seats, 6 75
Eben Bird, carpenter work, 1 25
William Eaton, slating roof, 1 33
Thomas Payson, gravel for yard, 16 00
J. D. Robinson, coal and wood, 158 03
." " " preparing wood, 4 50

$3,410 49

Adams School — Adavris Street.

Paid Leavitt M. Chase for teaching, $1000 00

Ann Tolman, u u 325 qq

Ruth A. Prouty, '' " 325 00

L. M. Chase, books for desks, 7 04

" " indigent pupils, 7 45

" monthly reports, 3 00

Amount carried forward, $1,667 49

Paid L,

12

Amount brought forward, $1,667 49

M. Chase, for charcoal, 1 60

" repairs 1 60

" " keys for doors, 2 25
" " expressage and carting settees

for exhibition, 4 50

"■ " cleaning, 3 55

Ebenezer Clapp, crayons, 2 87

Rowland & Harding, brushes and dusters, 4 39

Harvey Howe, bell, glass, boxes, and ladder

and labor, 7 85

John T. Pope, care of house, 49 00

" " extra labor, 4 50

Mrs, KildufF, cleaning, I 02

I. S. Smith, stationery, postage and expressage,

incident to dedication of new house, 2 00
" " bells, 50
David Clapp, printing order of exercises for ded-
ication, 4 50
" " printing reports and certificates of

attendance of scholars, 7 84

John Mears, mats, pails and bowls, 5 50

J. P. Tolman, coal sifter, and repairing pump, 4 25

Keen &. Dodge, expressage of settees, 6 00

Wm. Pope & Co., lumber, 27 25

Burroughs & Putnam, coal, 6 00

Edward Pieston & Co., wood and coal, 174 DO

1,988 46

Gibson School — School Street.

Paid Edward Stickney, for teaching,
Mary J. Homer,
Lucy P. Tolman,
Mary E. Tolman,
Martha Foster,
E. Stickney, books for desk,

" indigent children,
cards, erasers and bell,
L. P. Tolman, books for desk,
" " " indigent pupils,

M. E. Tolman, " " "

" desk,

Amount carried forward,

u

11000 00
325 00
325 00
325 00
325 00
62
90
52
25
87
13
92

$2,311 21

I

13

Amount brought forward, $2,311 21

Paid M. Foster, books for indigent pupils, 1 24

T. W, Capen, dusters, brushes and brooms, 5 18

" '■ cleaning clocks, 3 00

J. C. Hewins, care of house, 145 00

" " cleaning cellar and shoveling snow, 2 50

" " repairs, 2 25

" " kindling wood, 2 58

Hannah Clarkson, cleaning, 5 00

C. P. Tolman, furnace pipe, 18 75

" " repairs on pump and furnace, 11 73

J. Woodward, painting, glazing and stock, 11 31

Consider Glass, glazing 2 75

S. W. Haley, blacksmith work, ^ 2 56

Stihnan Stone, cleaning well, 5 00

J. H. Burt & Co., carpenter work and stock, 7 43

Gardner Ewell, " " " 10 02

Joseph Marshall, mason work and stock, 101 25

J. D. Caswell, trees, 7 50

Burroughs & Putnam, coal, 110 00

$2,766 26

WiNTHROP School — River Street.

Paid Isaac Swan, for teaching, $1000 00

Sarah R Childs, " " 325 00

Mary J. Gilbert, " '' 281 25

Hannah C. Robinson, " " 325 00

Elizabeth W. Nason, " ' 325 00

Elizabeth J. Stetson, " " 325 00

A. E. Fowler, " " 325 00

M. E. Hebard, '' " 43 75

Isaac Swan, stationery, 6 75

" " books for indigent pupils, 9 50

J. C. Talbot, brushes, broom and shovel, 6 33

E. A. Smith, care of house, 177 00

" " cleaning clock, and key to desk, 1 67

" " preparing wood and cleaning cellar, 7 50

" " repairing radiators, &c., 20 40

Charles Tileston, thermometers, and repairing

radiators, 3 52

C. E. Whall, monkey wrench, 2 50

" " expressage, 3 00

Amount carried forward, $3,188 17

14

Amount brought forward, $3,188 17

Paid J. H. Burt & Co., fastenings, 3 08

Samuel Tileston, painting and glazing, 42 00

G. W. & F. Smith, window guards, 20 00

J. & A. Pope, carpenter work and stock, 51 91

Joseph Marshall, mason work and stock, 13 00

Henry Crane, blacksmith work, 16 57

Robert Linnehan, labor in yard, 1 75

Edward Preston, coal and wood, 195 00

$3,531 48

Norfolk School — Norfolk Street.

Paid Elbridge G. Emery, for teaching, $1000 00

Martha A. Baker, " '' 325 00

Mary J. Pope, " " 325 00

E. G. Emery, printing reports, 2 00

" " inkstands, towels and cord, 1 52

M. J. Pope, stationery, 50

G. L. Fisher, books for desk, 1 ,43

" '' '' " indigent pupils, 4 '64

E. Fisher, ink and crash, 1 11

" '' books for indigent pupils, 3 56

William Clark, making fires, 38 OD

" " kindlings and preparing wood, 9 25

" " shoveling snow, 1 50

" " repairs, 15 50

Mrs. Cloffee, cleaning, 50

Mary Obert, " 4 40

Mrs. Delaney, " 3 50

Isaac A. Williams, sweeping, 3 00

WiUiams & CamfiU, " 9 00

Cox and Tavener, brushes, pail and tumblers, 4 50

Henry Cunningham, window cord, 60

J. W. Blanchard, writing table, 4 50

Charles Tileston, thermometer and coal hod, 2 25

" " new funnel and repairs, 11 38

George Curtis, painting, 95 00

L. G. Berry, whitewashing, 14 25

Edward Preston, coal and wood, 58 00

939 89

15

Washington School — Walnut Street.

Paid P. Brooks Merritt, for teaching, |1000 00

M. A. M. Newell, " " 45 [4

A. L. B. Deans, " " 325 00

Annie C. Bacon, " " 243 75

Annie C. Hall, " '' 279 86

Sarah E Hearsey, " " 54 16

Jennie M. Seaverns, '< " 81 25

P. B. Merrilt, books and stationery for desk, 2 32

" " " for indigent pupils, 5 10

" " printing reports, 9 00

" " moving piano at exhibition, 1 00

A. C. Hall, books for desk, 83

Rowland & Harding, books for desk, and ink, 3 47
" " " brushes, dusters and mats, 17 51

", " " lantern, fluid and oil, 3 90

Benjamin Buck, care of house, 150 00

" " cleaning cellar and yard, 4 70

" " extra work at exhibition, 5 50

Ann Connelly, cleaning house, 7 00
Joseph L. Ross, teachers table and chair cushions, 10 13

E. H. R. Ruggles, repairing seats, 12 00

W. G. Shattuck, desks for primary school, 108 50

Clogston & Parker, repairs on steam apparatus, 87 60

A Cushman, painting and glazing, 12 65

G. G. Dennison, glazing, ^ 3 90

E. A. Smith, repairs on furnace, 5 12

H. W. Blanchard, repairs, 6 3S

William Eaton, repairing roof, 1 50

Joseph Marshall, mason work and stock, 77 00

Michael Quigley cleaning vault, 8 00

Edward Preston, coal and wood, 128 00

|2,700 27
Butler School — River Street.

Paid Elizabeth H. Page, for leaching,

" " " ink and crayons,

" " " broom,

W. E. Roundy, making fires,
E. R, Jigger, sweeping, and washing curtains,
J. C. Talbot, mat.

Amount carried forward, $343 55

$325

00

75

28

10

67

5

35

1

50

16

Amount brought forward,
Paid Woodward & Curtis, glazing,
Charles Tileston, stove work,
J. H. Burt & Co., blackboards,

" " " carpenter work,
N. Hebard, preparing wood and housing,
Edward Preston, coal and wood.

Maverick School — Commercial Street.

Paid Anne M. Gilbert, for teaching,
J. B. Rogers, making fires,

" " extra labor,

Mrs. Savage, sweeping,

" " cleaning,

J. B. Rogers, moving and repairing furniture,

" " locks, and repairing fence,

J. H. Upham & Co., shovel,
J. P. Tolman, new pipe and repairs on furnace,
J. W. Howe, painting and glazing,
A. H. Glover, carpenter work and stock,
W. Pope & Co., lumber for fence,
Joseph Marshall, mason work and stock,
Michael Donlin, cleaning vault,
Burroughs & Putnam, wood and coal,
" " " preparing wood,
J. D. Robinson, coal and wood,
" " preparing wood,

BowDoiN School — Mount Boiodoin.

$343 55

1 O'J

1 72

4 50

10 88

5 35

15 00

$382 00

$325

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7b

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2 25

11

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11

80

13 20

6

85

1

12

12

25

20

68

31

80

25

88

244

30

4 00

14 00

4

00

95

50

3 50

$902 13

Paid Jane E. Wate, for teaching, $243 75

Mary E. Hebard, " " 37 50

Martha W. Sawyer, " 43 75

J. E. Wate, books for desk, 50

" " " " indigent pupils, 1 71

" ink, 75

" " making fires and sweeping, 30 00

M. E. Hebard, books for indigent pupils, 1 13

J. H. Upham & Co., brushes, 2 63

Amount carried forward, $361 72

17

Amount brought forward.
Paid T, W. Capen, cleaning clock,
T. M. Wate, repairs,

'^ " shavings,
C. P. Tolman, new furnace,

" " furnace and stove work,

W. C. Henley, repairing chimney,
Joseph Marshall, mason work,
Davis T. Gowen, cleaning vault,
J. I). Robinson, coal and wood,

" " preparing wood,

$361

72

1

50

3

32

60

48

00

• 16

90

2

50

15

50

2

00

23

98

2

00

|478 02

Hyde Park School — River Street.

Paid Sarah E. Johnson, for teaching, $ 325 00

Ebenezer Clapp, books, 45 38

" " ink wells and thermometer, 2 21

" " outline maps and tablets, ' 12 25

N. Hebard, books, 50

" " to Boston with horse and wagon

sundry times, 9 00

" " removing seats and coal, 5 50

" " fitting up room, 1 00

J. M. R. Story, ink, 25

" " '' charcoal, 2 25

" " " rent and care of Union Hall, 75 00

J. C. Talbot, duster, broom, &c. 2 77

E. H. R. Ruggles, table and chair, 20 50

Charles Tileston, furnace work and stock, 22 20

J. H. Burt & Co. carpenter work and stock, 2 82

Edward Preston wood and coal, 55 50

1 582 13

18

GENERAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.

Paid I S. Smith, for services examining schools, $ 71 75
" " for preparing questions for exam-

ining candidates for High school,
"• " preparing annual report,

" " travelling expenses examining

schools
" " paper and postage,

James H. Means, examining schools,
T. T. Munger " "

J. C. Sharp,

" " examining candidates for High school,
B. W. Barrows, " " " "

" " services as secretary,

" " special services,

" " postage, stationery, and bearing

packages,
E. J. Bispham, as committee on finance,
David Clapp, printing annual report,

" " " regulations of S. Committee 24 65

Swan, Brewer & Tileston, Worcester's Dictionary,

for schools, 43 40

John Robie, distributing school reports, 15 00

Ebenezer Clapp, an error in casting bill of I860, 1 00
T. W. Capen, care of Town Hall for school

committee, 3 00

39 00

12

00

7

86

3 00

18

00

20

00

54

50

4

50

2 00

125

00

2 00

12

00

75

00

53

80

1 587 36

FREE EVENING SCHOOL FOR ADULTS.

Paid Francis E. Barnard, for cash paid for books

and stationery,

" " " for cash paid for stools,
desks and curtains,

" " " for cash paid for lamps,
stove and oil,

" " " for cash paid for wood,

$3

35

6 40

13

2

45

00

$25 20

19
RECAPITULATION.

SCHOOLS.

Salaries.

Fuel and
Care of
House

station-
ery for
Desks

Books
for indi
g. nt pu-
pils.

Incidentals.

TOTAL.

High

Everett

Mather

Adams

Gibson

Winthrop . . .

Norfolk

VV ashington ..
Butler

2500 00

2300 00

2950 00

1650 00

2300 00

2950 00

1650 00

2029 16

325 00

325 00

325 00

325 00

215 79

245 00

328 80

186 17

265 08

379 50

126 95

297 70

36 37

218 80

55 98

80 50

1 69
4 00
1 34

7 04
1 76
6 75
1 43
4 65

1 14

6 13

7 45
6 14
9 50

8 20
5 10

292 12
188 04
124 22
137 80
193 28
185 73
153 31
363 66

20 63
358 33

93 70
176 13

3009 60
2738 18
3410 49
1988 46
2766 26
3531 48
1939 89
2700 27
382 00

Maverick

902 13

Bowdoin ....
Hyde Park...

Gen. expenses
Adult School

50
50

2 84

478 02
582 13
587 36

2 00

3 35

19 85

25 20

19629 16

2438 64

33 01

46 50

2306 80

25041 47

Total amount of expenditure, $ 25,041 47
Unexpended, 458 41

CR. $25,499 88

By Appeopjriation,

For salaries of Teachers, for fuel, care of

fires and school rooms, $ 22,000 00

" miscellaneous expenses of schools, 2,000 00
" a free evening school for adults, 100 00

By income of Gibson school fund, 749 96

« " of Stoughton " " 235 50

« « of State " " 336 77

" cash for tuition of non-resident scholars

at the High School, 75 00

" cash of C. P. Tolman, old iron from Ev-
erett school, 2 65

125,499 88

20

NEW BUILDING FOR ADAMS SCHOOL.

Paid Daniel Denny, for 35,970 feet of land, 12,178 80

W. S. Leland, services looking up title to land, 25 00
C. O. Rogers, advertising for proposals to build

school house, 3 00

Churchill & Fierce, advice about liens on house, 2 00
Samuels. Drew, on contrac; for building house, 9,900 00
" " '' extra work and material, 250 00

P. F. White, extra mason work, 110 00

F'rederic (fc Field, caps, sills and steps, 118 00

G. W. & F. Smith, window guards, posts and

scrapers. 111 95

Dorchester Gas Light Co., putting gas pipes into

house,
J. Bradley, drain pipe,
John Sargent, mason work,

labor on cellar, banks and drains,
stone chips for yard, and stone for
culverts,

carting sods into yard,
digging well,
Richard Wall, building a culvert,
Granite Railway Co., covering stone,
Luther Spear, gravel for yard,
George Coyle, carting gravel,
Bryent <fc Co., furnace and setting,
Saywood & Lathrop, furnace,
W G. Shattuck, furniture for rooms,
J. P. Cotton, pump,

Darius Eddy, cash paid for grading land,
" " " " building fence and

gates, and painting,
" " sundry bills,

" for superintending the building of

house, 351 81

" " for superintending grading and

drainage, 53 19

I. S. Smith, services as secretary of building

committee, 25 00

|16,080 98

u

C(

*'

v.

((

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u

u

51

25

123 02

22

75

171

12

94 40

58

00

43

75

19

00

26

00

63

lb

267 50

343

50

300 00

691

57

22

00

285

60

199

21

169

81

21

BUILDING FOR CODMAN STREET SCHOOL.

Paid the Heirs of John Preston, for an acre of land, $762 30
George Holmes, moving school house, 285 00

John Sargent, furnishing stone and laying found-
ation for house,
John Sargent, digging and stoning well,
Granite Railway Co. window sills, and under-
pinning,
J. P. Cotton, pump,

Jones, Carpenter & Co. furnace and fixtures,
Charles H Pierce, mason work,
William Pope & Co. lumber and bricks,
A. T. Stearns, "

Edward Preston, lime, sand and coal,
G. W. & F. Smith, hinges and hooks,
S. N. Cram, painting and glazing,
Darius Eddy, carpenter work and bills paid for
house.

Adams street house,
Codman " "

Unexpended,

$19000 00
CR.
By money borrowed for the above purpose, $19000 00

114 37

30

00

101

45

21

50

267

42

212

29

172

14

92

13

74 55

3

84

208

00

»r

508

22

|2b53 21

116080 98

2853 21

18934

19

65

81

POOR IN THE ALMS-HOUSE.

Paid Elisha Ford and matron, for services one year, $450 00

Benjamin Gushing, for services as physician, t)7 00

J. H. Upham & Co. flour and groceries, 180 84

C. S. Davis & Co. groceries, 129 23

Benton, Caverly & Co. butter and cheese, 82 61

L. P. Bird, meat and vegetables, 193 63

Holden, Bullard & Co. meat, 39 31

J. H. & A Sumner, " J8 89

James Shepard, bread, 27 37

Moses Clark, grain and meal, 213 84

W. & A. Bacon, domestic goods, 73 37

Amoimt carried forward, $1,466 09

J ip^j

22

Amount brought forward,
S- W. Leonard, boots and shoes,
Elisha Ford, provisions and sundries,
" '' butter,
" " medicine,

" fish,
" " cloth and clothing,

" " pigs,

alarm clock,

collar and mending harness,

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ii

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a

a
a
ii
u

pairitmg wagons,

grass seed,

manure,

tolls over bridge,

labor of hired men,

labor of women,
T. J. Tolman, carrots,
John Tolman, ice,
C, J. Sumner, tin and stove work,
Ira Foster, glass, nails, rake and fork,
E. EL R. Ruggles, repairing table,

" " " hay,
Wm. Davenport, coffins for two people, and at-
tending funerals,
William Green, labor.
Christopher Barrel, labor,
Patrick Campbell,
John Freeman,
Michael Marden, "

Carl Sullivan, "

E. B. Bennette, horse sled and board,
C. A. Upham, wheelwright work,

" '' weighing hay,

Oliver Davenport, blacksmith work,
Asa Davenport, carpenter work and stock,
George Dodge, mason work,
William Pope (fc Co. shingles,
" " " lumber,

Thomas Payson, men and teams, plowing,
Ebenezer Eaton, wood bought at auction,
Burroughs & Putnam, coal,

$1,4("6 09

10 53

1\7 84

33 50

40 55

19 94

29 00

21 42

2 00

8 70

15 00

4 87

12 34

u

2
101

68
11

56 89

8 15

9 00
19 66
16 04

2 00
4 95

Unexpended,

19 00

16 35

9 56

9 56

9 55

7 87

7 88

23 00

12 04

6 03

31 59

28 61

23 87

49 87

15 72

27 00

39 00

82 50

$2451 26
427 82

$2879 08

23

CR.

appropriation

)

|2

,500 00

cash received of State for paupers,

10 00

for hay,

272 39

" pasturing cows,

38 87

" pears and apples.

19 50

" vegetables,

&c.,

7 63

" fresh pork,

10 97

" pound fees,

4 39

" lock-up.

1 00

" fagots.

14 33

$2

,879 08

POOR OUT OF THE ALMS-HOUSE.

Paid E. H. R Rnggles, for cash to sundry persons $136 00
L. F. Pierce, " " 28 00

'^ " expenses to Bridgewater, about

a pauper, 3 30

J. H. Warren, vaccinating school children, 19 (lO

" " cash to a poor person, 10 00

City of Boston, towards support of sundry persons, 92 90

Charlestown,

Town of Framingham,
" Wrentham,

" N. Bridgewater,

" Milton,

Seth Williams, towards

William Pope,

Cyrus Balkam,

Patrick Collins,

Aaron Bradshaw,

E. P. Wentworth,

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a

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it

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it
a
It
It
ti
it
it
It
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a
it
it
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35 25
52 00
39 00
21 25
1 25
l43 00
26 00
25 00
30 00
39 00
38 75

E. Blackman, English goods deliver'd sundry persons, 3 50

F. Farrington <fc Co., groceries "
Jonathan Whorf, " "
Howland & Harding, " "
Ira Foster, " "
J. C. Talbot, " "
J. D. Reinhard, groceries, wood and coal, de-
livered sundry persons,

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It
ti
it

Amount carried forward.

15 75

3 25

3 00

39 45

32 50

159 13

$996 28

24

Amount brought forward,
Burroughs & Putnam, wood and coal, deliver-
ed sundry persons,
Amasa Pray, wood and coal, delivered sundry

persons,
Edward Preston, wood and coal delivered

sundry persons,
Ellis Houghton, rent of house for a poor family,
William Davenport, coffin for a poor person,

" " burying two infants found dead

Rufus French, burying a person,
William Manning, burying a person,
S. H. Hebard, food for lodgers in lock-up,
Elisha Ford, expenses carrying paupers to State

Almshouse,
S. R. Sumner, expenses carrying a pauper to

State Almshouse,
Sarell Gleason, expenses carrying a pauper to

State Almshouse,
Wilson Stanley, expenses carrying a pauper to

Slate Almshouse,
Wilson Stanley, expenses carrying a pauper to
Dedham,

$996

28

183

42

7 63

156
16
5
id, 5
2
6
4

75
67

no

00
00
00
76

17 00

a

00

2

85

3

85

2

00

^1,412 21
Unexpended, 237 06

#1,

649 27

*

CR.

By appropriation.

$1

500 00

cash recei

ved of the city of Boston,

17 50

u u

" town of Milton,

8 00

U ((

" town of Sharon,

7 25

(C ((

" town of Randolph,

6 50

C( (I

" town of Cohasset,

2 00

(( ((

" town of Medford,

17 50

(C u

of Benevolent Ladies,

8 00

i( i:

of James McGovern,

9 00

a a

of Owen Gorman,

8 00

- (( ((

of Patrick Coyne,

10 00

(( a

Thomas McNeil,

5 00

*' of Donald F^'erguson, interest on his note

>

50 52

$1,649 27

25

LUNATICS IN HOSPITAL.

Paid the Treasurer of the State Lunatic Asylum,

Taunton,, $244 19

Treasurer of the State Lunatic Asylum, Worces-
ter, 194 60
Lewis F. Pierce, expenses to Taunton about an

insane person, 6 50

CR.

By appropriation,
cash received towards board of a person,

|445 29

$300 00
■ 51 88

351 88
Exceeds appropriation, 93 41

$445 29

REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.

District No. 1.

Paid Enoch Joy, for labor of men and teams, • $1,860 19
" " " " to work on snow, 2 25

Patrick Collins, 2d, for labor,

Michael Quigley "

James Cunningham, "

James iVgin, "

John Cary, "

Elisha Ford, spikes,

Ira Foster, powder and spikes,

Nourse, Mason & Co., shovels,

J. H. Upham & Co., hoe,

Lothrop & Moseley, set of axles,

Oliver Davenport, blacksmith work,

Enoch Joy, horse blanket,

" " pick and hammer handles, key for lock,
" " repair on cart, hoe and powder can,
" " for stone,

H. & R. Rich, stone chips,

Stephen Baker, gravel,

E. P. McNulty, " ■ 14 70

W. S. Ewell, " 47 00

S. L. WiUiams, " 11 50

Henry Humphrey, stone chips, 18 00

4 $2,291 03

25

50

19 37

21

93

4 50

2

25

3

00

22

72

6

00

50

7

90

80

16

1

25

, 7 50

2

00

1

00

46

93

84 88

26

District No. 2.

Paid Jos. Pillsbury, for labor of men and teams, $
Daniel Harwood, " " "

Nourse, Mason & Co., shovels,
J. T. Murph)^, harness work,
J. C. Robinson, blacksmith work,
G. W. Berry, " "

Maurice Sheahan, stones for culvert on Minot st.

" " covering stones,

John Sargent, stones.

12.258 82

25 00

6 00

13 63

39 98

6 50

19 80

7 20

3 00

District No. 3.

$2,379 93

$2,718 80

Paid Henry Fobes, for labor of men and teams,

William Harding, carting stone, 1 60

Patrick McFarland, labor, 8 44
Thomas Lee, work on curb-stone, Lower Mills, 3 50

T. W. Capen, castor oil, 2 50

J. C. Talbot, pail and dippers, 91

" " powder, fuse and nails, 42 92

" " • shovels,' I 87

Nourse, Mason & Co., shovels, 12 00

Ames & Sons, " 12 00
E. H. R. Ruggles, plank and spikes for culverts, 10 61
Henry Crane blacksmith work, ' 111 30

S. W. Haley,' » «£ 74 02

John Codman, stone, 10 80

Patrick Collins, " 3 62

Maurice Sheahan, covering stones, 36 45

Henry Crane, stone and drilling, 2 00

Edward Crane, gravel, 287 80

William Floyd, '' 20 60

Stilman Stone, '■ 50 60

Whole amount expended.

CR. .

By appropriation,

cash received for sand and gravel.

Exceeds appropriation,

$3,412

34

$8,

083

30

m

,000 00
5 00

$8,

005

78

00
30

$8,083 30

27

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Fountain Engine, No. 1.

Paid C. F. Hall, for services as steward,
" " " " of firemen

J. C. Read, for refreshments,

J. C. Talbot, alcohol, oil and matches,

Charles Tileston, fluid and oil,

C. F. Hall, repairs on engine,

J. A. Tucker " " "

E. H. R. Ruggles " "

J. W. Sloan, " "

Shelton <fe Cheever, repairs on hose,

Henry Crane, fire-hooks and forks,
" " blacksmith work,

" " use of horses on engine,

Samuel Tileston, glazing,

Whall's Express, expressage,

Edward Preston, coal and bark.

Protector Engine, No. 2.

Paid E. C. Fruean, for services as steward,
" " " " of firemen,

F. Farrington & Co., refreshments,
" " " broom, fluid and oil,

Ira Foster, refreshments,
" " sponge, oil and clothes line,
John Sargent, milk,
E. C. Fruean, oil,
N. H. Bird, milk,

" " painting, glazing, &c.
Joel Gay, repairs,
James Mcintosh, repairs,
C A. Dpham, wheelwright work,
Oliver Davenport, blacksmith work,
J. N. Berry, repairs on engine.
William Hendry, milk,

" " use of horses on engine.

■ |62

50

112

50

2

25

2

38

1

96

3 50

3

50

1

00

3

75

6

83

1

75

9

75

48

75

2

40

50

7

75

$271 07

|62

50

67

50

46

56

6

38

15

49

1

43

30

8

87

35

4 84

7

50

2

00

6

25

2

87

5

22

24

22

00

$260 30

28

Tiger Engine, No. 3.

Paid Henry Fobes, services as steward, $62 50

" watch at Harv' c St. fire, 1 00

J. C. Talbot, oil, 2 70

R. Gleason & Sons, fluid, 80

T. W. Capen, sponge, 20

Samuel W. Haley, blacksmith work, 2 42

George Holmes, repairs on engine house, 10 00

H. Fobes, labor and stock on house, 11 28

" " use of horse, 1 00

#91 90

Alert Engine, No. 4.

Paid Peter Cook, for services as steward.
Benjamin Bo wen" " "

Nelson Brown, " "

G. L. Fisher, services of firemen,
Cox & Tavener. sponge, oil and fluid,
Shelton & Cheever, suction hose and repairs,
G. L. Fisher, repairs,

" " carting hose to and from Boston,

G. Haynes & Son, register,
Peter Cook, fitting runners,
Naylor & Co., bell.

Cox & Tavener, use of horses on engine,
E. E. Whall, use of- horse,
Henry Crane " " "

Tileston & Hollingsworth, coal,
J. H. Burt, carpenter work and stock, repaii

house,
George Curtis, painting engine house,
Charles Tileston, cylinder stove,

'' " lanterns and repairs,

Edward Preston, coal and bark,

$29 17

29 17

4 16

112 50

20 76

38 88

7 50

1 50

4 75

1 00

191 75

19 00

2 75

3 00

4 22

ng

18 22

28 00

4 54

4 38

8 50

$533 75

Independence Engine, No. 5.

Paid G. G. Dennison, for services as steward. 50 00

George Long, '< " ' 12 50

Amount carried forward, $62 50

29

Amount brought forward, $62 50

Paid E. W. Hardingj for services of firemen, 112 50

C. A. Southworth, refreshments, 10 33

John Spear, " 3 75

Rowland & Harding, " 44 88

" " axej lantern, fluid and oil, 15 76

Andrew Collins, two dozen spoons, 1 00

G. G. Dennison, glazing and painting signal lantern, 5 15

J. C. Robinson, repairs, 2 25

J. Pratt, use of horses to draw engine, 46 00

'' use of water, 6 00

J. Q. A. Spear, repairing roof of engine house, 4 99

$315 11

Tiger Engine, No. 6.

Paid Theodore Hersey, for services as steward,
" " " of firemen,

J. H. Upham & Co., refreshments, oil and fluid,
Shelton & Cheever, repairing hose, &.c.
James Boyd & Sons, patent hose,
T. Hersey, glazing,

" digging trench for lead pipe,

J. E. Lake, repairs on pump and pipe,
Royce's Express, carting,

" " use of horses to draw engines,

Harding Rich, use of horses,
Thomas Payson, use of horses,
Oliver Davenport, blacksmith work.

62

50

105

00

6

95

12

62

90

90

25

1

25

5

00

5

52

;, 14

00

2

00

4

00

50

$310 49

Hook and Ladder Company.

Paid S. Bridget, for services as steward, ^8 33

" " " firemen, 6 25

J. W. Sloan, " " " 6 25

Charles Tileston, lantern, oil and fluid, 3 07

William Tucker, shafts and whippletree, 5 00

J. C. Doane, carpenter work and stock, 3 45

Henry Crane, blacksmith work, 16 88

" " use of horses, • 4 00

$53 23

30

25

00

25

00

18

75

25

00

25

00

W

00

General Expenses of the Fire Department.

Paid S- H. Hebard, for services as chief engineer, ^100 00
G. L. Fisher, " assistant

Alfred Clapp,
Andrew ColUns,
E. C. Fruean,
Henry Fobes,
WiiUam G. Swan,
John Spear, refreshments furnished firemen, 15 50

Francis Freeman, " " RoxburyCom'y 8 00

E. E. Blake, refreshments furnished firemen at a

fire at Hyde Park, 6 00

W. Truck, refreshments furnished firemen at a fire

in Cottage st. 8 00

Hannah Pierce, rent of land for Engine House No. 5, 20 00
Mary Tolman, rent of barn for Hdok and Ladder

Company, 20 00

E. J. Baker, rent of land for Engine House, No. 1, 10 00
Henry Clark, rent of land for Engine House, No. 3, 25 00

^346 25

Recapitulation.
Fountain Engine, No. 1,

4,
6,

Protector

Torrent

Alert

Independence

Tiger

Hook and Ladder Company,

General Expenses of Fire Department,

Unexpended,

|27l 07
260 30
91 90
533 75
315 11
310 49
53 23
346 25

$2,182 10
329 90

$2,512 00

CR.

By appropriation, $2,500 00

cash for old junk from Engine No. 5, 90

" of Shel ton & Cheever, for old hose and brass, 11 10

$2,512 00

31

VOLUNTEER COMPANIES.

Paid Volunteer Company, Engine No. 4 for
services in I860,
Volunteer Company, Engine No. 5 for services
in 1860,

CR.

By appropriation,

TOWN OFFICERS.

Paid Ebenezer Eaton, for services as Selectman,
Overseer of the Poor, and Surveyor of
Highways,
E. H. R. Ruggles, for services as Selectman,
Overseer of the Poor, and Surveyor of
Highways,
Lewis F. Pierce, for services as Selectman,
Overseer of the Poor, and Surveyor of
Highways,
Eben Tolman, for services as Clerk for Select-
men, and preparing armual report,
Eben Tolman. for services as Town Clerk,
Oliver Hall, " Treasurer,

William Tolman, " Collector,

Oliver Hall, extra services as Assessor in 1860,
Wm. Tolman, '' '' "

Robert Vose, " " "

S. H. Hebard, " " "

N. W. Tileston, " " "

Oliver Hall, for services as Assessor,
WilUam Tolman. " "

Robert Vose, ' " "

S. H. Hebard,
N. W. Tileston,

Unexpended,

a

$100 00
100 00

|200 00

$200 00

|250 00
250 00
250 00

By appropriation,

CR.

250 00

150 00

200 00

500 00

20 00

20 00

20 00

20 00

20 00

150 00

150 00

150 00

160 00

150 00

$2,700 00

100 00

$2,800 00

|2,800 00

32

CEMETERIES.

North Cemetery.

Paid William Davenport, for labor of himself

and man, ,f 93 24
J. G. Allbright, carpenter work and stock on

fence, 10 36

|103 60

South Cemetery.

Paid Shadrach Jenkins, for labor,

" " " post and key for gate,

William Tucker, painting hearse,
John A. Tucker, boot and straps for hearse,

" " cleaning harness,

E. H. R. Ruggles, manure for land,
Rufus French, wheelbarrow.

Whole amount expended,
Unexpended,

CR.

By appropriation,

$73

49

2

16

10

00

3

50

2

00

9

00

8

00

#108

15

211

75

188

25

$400

00

400

00

INSTALMENTS AND INTEREST ON NOTES.

Paid Provident Institution for Savings in Boston,

for instalments and interest, $6,050 50

Dorchester Savings Bank, for interest,

" Mutual Fire Ins. Co., for interest,

Second Parish, Dorchester, for interest,
R. G. Living, as Trustee, "
Robert Vose "

J. H. Burt «fc Co., "

A. C. Talbot, "

Ebenezer Eaton, "

F. S. Carruth, "

Charles Carruth, "

Mrs. Cox, "

$7,505 50

360 00

120 00

216

00

120

00

120

00

90

00

60 00

90 00

165

00

60

00

54 00

3S

CR.

By appropriation,

Expended over,

$ 7,500 00
5 50

1 7,505 50

[NTEREST ON MONEY BORROWED

IN ANTICI-

PATION OF TAXES.

Paid Blue Hill Bank for interest,
Mattapan " " "
Edward Jones, Trustee, "

|760 50

759 50

60 00

$ 1,570 00
CR.

»y appropriation, ^1,200 00

" interest on taxes, 253 98

1,453 98

Exceeds appropriation, 116 02

1 1,570 00

ABATEMENT OF TAXES.

Paid William Tolman, for abatement of taxes, $1,439 15

Unexpended, 60 85

$1,500 00
CR.

By appropriation, $1,500 00

STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.

Paid H. K. Oliver, Treasurer, for State Tax, 3,459 00
C. C. Churchill, Treasurer for County Tax, $11,322 82

$ 14,781 82
CR.

By appropriation, for State Tax, 3,459 00

" County Tax, 11,322 82

$14,781 82

34

PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING TAXABLE
VALUATION.

Paid David Clapp, for printing taxable valuation, $309 41
Oliver Hall, services preparing valuation, 15 00

Robert Vose, " '• "

S. H. Hebard, " " '•'

N. VV. Tileston, " " "

Robert Vose, distributing valuation,
S. H. Hebard,
N. W. Tileston, " "

Unexpended,

CR.

By appropriation,

50

00

50

00

50 00

5

00

10

00

6

00

494 41

5

59

$500

00

$500

00

NEW STREET FROM PORT NORFOLK TO COM-
MERCIAL STREET.

Paid Richard Wall, for building road, $3,000 00

Luther Spear, for land damages and gravel, 400 00

T. J.Tolman, " " 136 50

$3,536 50
CR.

By appropriation, $3,000 00

cash received of sundry persons towards land

damages, 441 00

$3,441 00
Exceeds appropriation, 95 50

$3,5315 50

NEW STREET FROM MILL TO COMMERCIAL

STREET.

Paid Richard Wall, for building road, as per con-
tract, $2,775 00
John Preston, for land damages, 500 00

Amount carried forward, $3,275 00

35

Amount brought forward, $3,275 00

Paid C. O. Rogers, advertising for proposals for

building road, 3 50

E. C. Bailey, advertising for proposals for build-
ing road, 3 00

Richard Wall, extra labor, 177 31

$3,458 81
Unexpended, 541 19

$4,000 00

OR.

By appropriation, $4,000 00

WIDENING RIVER STREET.

Paid Henry Fobes, for labor of men and teams, $437 05

D. W. Phipps, filling up sides of street, 225 00

" " extra work on street, 25 00

Thomas Campbell, removing and laying wall, 40 00

J. B. Withington, blasting rocks, 60 00

f 787 05

CR.

By appropriation, $500 00

Exceeds appropriation, 287 05

$787 05

LIGHTIiNG STREETS.

Paid Dorchester Gas Comp'y, for gas and hghting, $1013 67

A. L. Ruggles, lighting lamp at Lower Mills, 4 00
J. F. Bispham, lighting lamps at Lower Mills and

Bridge, 40 54
J. F. Bispham, lamps, and repairing lanterns, 2 62
Wilham Tolman, lighting lamp corner of Wash-
ington and Ashmont streets, 16 00
Cox & Tavener, lighting lamp at Upper Mills, 26 68

$1,103 51

Unexpended, 96 49

$1,200 00

By appropriation,

36
CR.

LICENSE OF DOGS.

Paid Eben Tolman, for licensing dogs,
Sarell Gleason, killing dogs,
William G. Seavey, killing a dog,
Theodore Hersey, half of fines received of a per-
son for keeping dogs without a license,
J. G. Torrey, printing notices respecting dogs,

^1,200

|24 00

2 50

50

10 00
1 50

Unexpended,

CR.

By cash received of individuals for licenses,

" " Theodore Hersey for fines.

38 50
241 50

$280 00

$260 00
20 00

$280 00

POLICE

AND

WATCH.

lid John E. Jones, for services

as night watch.

$365 00

Wilson Stanley,

='

((

365 00

Wm. G. Seavey,

a

365 00

Seth Crane,

(I

365 00

Thomas W. Capen,

a

365 00

John Robie,

i(

233 00

George H. Ruggles,

a

100 00

S. H. Hebard,

as police,

18 50

Wilson Stanley,

((

15 00

Seth Crane,

((

7 50

Theodore Hersey,

(£

14 00

Sarell Gleason,

({

17 00

Enos Tolman,

(C

1 50

Charles Chase,

CC

1 00

$2,232 50

Unexpended,

167 50

CR.

By appropriation.

$2,400 00
$2,400 00

25

50

30

00

132

70

31

44

24 61

22

50

70

00

2

00

10 08

3

47

13

39

3T

INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.

Paid the Heirs of John Preston, for gravel land, $762 30

Thomas Campbell, drilling rocks side of Dor-
chester Av.

Thomas Campbell, repairing sidewalk,

Henry Crane, irons for fence on Dorchester Av.

Pratt & Co., lumber for fence west side of Dor-
chester Av.

Shadrach Jenkins, building fence side of Dor-
cherter Av.

Enoch Joy, building sidewalk on Dorchester Av.
•' " labor of men and teams at Cook's
Hill on Dorchester Av.

Thomas Payson, labor of team,

M. S. Southworth, lumber for Dorchester Av,

Wm. Pope & Co., " " " "

E. H. R. Ruggles, " ''

Shadrach Jenkins, building fence on Dorches-
ter Av. 6 48

Shadrach Jenkins, building fence side of gravel
pit Adams st. 13 92

W. H. Fairfield, building fence on Dorchester
Av. and at gravel pit, Adams st. 40 00

Enoch Joy, labor of men and teams widening
Adams st. 42 GO

Richard Wall, labor of men and teams widening

Adams st. 170 25

Thomas Campbell, building wall on Adams st. 30 32

Michael Quigley, labor on Adams st. I 50

Enos Field, land taken by C. Commissioners to

widen Adams st. 500 00

Daniel Harwood, land taken to widen Adams
St. and for removing his fence, 275 00

Wm. Pope &J Co., lumber for bridge at N. Y. &

B. C. Railroad crossing on Washington st. 122 98

Asa Davenport, labor and stock on Washington

street, 20 03

Henry Fobes, labor with teams on Washington

street, 5 25

Daniel Spear, labor on Washington and Ash-
mont streets,

Daniel Spear, stone for culverts,

Enoch Joy, labor with teams on Savin Hill Av.

E. P. McNulty, drilling rock,, Savin Hill,

Amount carried forward, $2,465 47

8 75

11 00

88 00

2 00

38

Amount brought forward, $2.

Paid W. Pope & Co., lumber for Savin Hill Av.

Asa Davenport, carpenter work and stock on
Savin Hill Av.

Thomas Campbell, laying wall side of Savin Hill
Av.

Nathaniel Phillips, land to widen Bowdoin st.

J. W. Sever, stones for wall side of Bowdoin st.

Enoch Joy, labor with teams on Bowdoin st.

Wm. Pope & Co., lumber for Commercial st.

Asa Davenport, putting up railing on Commer-
cial St.

Enoch Joy, labor with team on Bird st.

H. & R. Rich, building culvert on Bird st.

Wm. Pope & Co., lumber for Park st.

Asa Davenport, labor on bridge on Park st.

Enoch Joy, labor on Myrtle st.

Thomas Campbell, building wall on Codman st.
" " work on ledge on Brush Hill

Avenue,

T. A. Cornell, moving barn for widening River st.

Henry Fobes, removing rocks on River st.

J. Pillsbury, labor of men and teams on New st.
from Port Norfolk to Commercial st.

Campbell & Shehan, finishing road from Hyde
Park to West Roxbury,

Asa Davenport, labor and stock on Tenean Bridge,

Wm. Pope & Co., lumber for " "

Thomas Hollis, labor and stone repairing Dor-
chester and Milton Bridge, 86 00

Shadrach Jenkins, labor on Dorchester and Mil-
ton Bridge, 4 18

R. M. Todd, lumber for Dorchester and Milton

Bridge, 5 75

J. H. Burt & Co., labor and stock on Mattapan •

Bridge, 6 79

Town of Milton, half expenses repairing Fair-
mount Bridge, 6 19

Thomas Payson, gravel and stone chips for

streets, S2 00

Oliver Davenport, irons for fence side of streets, 31 32

L. Briggs, Jr., services as engineer and surveyor

on sundry streets, 70 38

Wm. Davenport, filling an old cellar on Meeting-

House Hill, 6 00

Amount carried forward, $4,126 62

465

47

3

97

5

45

48

00

25

00

25

00

62

00

19

16

11

68

14 00

13

37

25

00

12

18

66

00

18

00

26 25

10 00

100 00

372 01

400

00

31

88

73 59

89

Amount brought forward, $4,126 62

Paid Joseph Field, chestnut posts for fence side

of streets, 6 60

George Raymond, chestnut posts for fence side of

streets,
E. V. Munroe, repairing gutter grate,
Maurice Sheahan, for stones,
Patrick Colhns, laying culvert,
Enos Tolman, laying stone,
C. P. Tolman, repairs at watering place on Wash-
ington street,
Otis Baird, repairs at watering place on Adams

street,
L. F. Pierce, iron posts and repairs on watering

place,
Seth Crane, sinking well on Adams st.
J. & A. Pope, water conductor at Pierce's Mill

Pond,
Edward Preston, men and teams clearing snow

from roads,
Henry Fobes, men and teams clearing snow from

roads,
Joseph Pillsbury, men and teams clearing snow

from roads,
Enoch Joy, men and teams clearing snow from

roads,
Thomas Payson, men and teams clearing snow

from roads,
E. H. R. Ruggles, men and teams clearing snow

from roads,
Charles Breck, calculating area of streets and

water in town,
Allen & Noble, lock and keys at gravel pit,
Elisha Ford, spikes and nails for fence, &c.
Owen Gorman, filling up back of alms-house

wall, 8 00

Patrick Coyne, filling up back of alms-house wall, 10 00
Jas. McGovern, '' " " " 9 00

G. G. Dennison, lettering guide boards, 4 87

Jefferson Pratt, damage to wagon on Commercial

street, 10 00

Assessors collecting census of children, 20 00

Robert Yose, copying return of stocks for Assess-
ors, 20 00

7 80

1 50
6 00

2 50
5 00

9

12

1

00

10

8

75

00

16

30

13

25

47

00

22

75

9

50

14

00

4 75

7 50
2 25
6 30

Amount carried forward, $4,410 36

40

50

29 50

1

177
93

13
6
1

4

00
21
14

17

00
37
25

84 70

9 20

Amount brought forward, $4,410 36

Paid Robert Vose, postage tor Assessors, 3 31

David Clapp, printing Assessors notices and tax bills, 22 50

" " " book of notes for Treasurer, 4

Ebenezer Clapp, books and stationery for Assessors

and Collector,
Ebenezer Clapp, oiling monuments of Mather &

Poole,
J. G. Torrey, printing Annual Report,
*' " " warrants and voting lists,

" " " jury lists, notices and receipts

for soldiers,
A. R. Gay, record book and bill paper,
Whall's Express, expressage of books,
Eben Tolman, stationery, expressage and postage,

" " collecting statistics of births, mar-

riages and deaths, and recording the same,
William Davenport, returning statistics of deaths to

Clerk,
E. C. Wilder, returning statistics of deaths to Clerk,
J. C. Hewins, « " « ♦'

E. A. Smith, « « « «

Rufus French, « « " "

Wm. Manning, « « « «

Fellows & Williams, repairing town safe,
Peter Blake, dinners for Assessors,

« « " « Town Officers,

" " services at town meeting and notifying

Town Officers,
John Robie, services at town meetings,
N. W. Tileston, « «

S. H. Hebard, notifying and attending town meet

ings and notifying town officers,
S. H. Hebard, distributing Laws and Resolves,
S. H. Hebard, clearing snow from reservoir,
Dorchester Gas Light Company, pipe and meter for

Town Hall,
G. Haynes «fc Son, gas fixtures at Town Hall,
T. W. Capen, care of Hall for town meetings,

" " " *' Assessors,

" " sundries for "

" " care of Hall for town officers,

« " « « Home Guards,

« « gas in Hall, " "

" " glazing at Hall,

" " pair of steps to be used at Hall,

:, ■ 1 10

70

1 30

3 20

1 90

2 00

18 00

27 00

' 11 25

4 50

3 00

83 50

7 50

3 00

16 00

88 48

20 00

56 50

1 50

2 25

17 50

4 80

2 70

1 76

Amount carried forward.

$5,239 64

1

50

37

19

8 50

4

80

23 00

16

75

2

00

4 68

5

98

4

21

2

07

3 25

29

50

38

41

Amount brought forward, ^5,239 64

Paid George Dodge, repairing chimney at Hall,
Charles Ewell; carpenter work and painting,
E. H. R. Ruggles, sink for Assessors at Hall,
" " labor and stock, putting up

raihng at Hail,
C. P. Tolman, stove for Hall,

" " work and stock at Hall,

Michael Quigley, cleaning vault at Hall,
Town of Milton for taxes,

" Quincy, " "

John Robie, food furnished persons in lock-up,

" " fluid, charcoal and glazing at lock-up,
R. M. Todd, coal for lock-up,
Henry Crane, half the expense repairing lock-up,

" " irons for cemetery,

Seth Crane, services and assistance at Mansfield's

fire, 3 00

Ebenezer Eaton, expenses paid at Dedham in

case of I. P. White against the Town, 15 95

Clark & Shaw, professional services in I. P.

White's case, 300 00

Churchill «fc Pierce, professional services, and fees

for witnesses in White's case, 423 00

John Robie, for summoning and paying wit-
nesses, (fee.
I. B. Martin, services as a witness,
Waldo Curtis, " "

L. F. Pierce, cash paid Express,
Gore, Rose & Co., transportation of witnesses to
and from Dedham,

Unexpended,

$6,570 30

80 52

15 00

1 83

60

0

49 00

|6,272 35
297 95

CR.

By appropriation, §6,000 00

cash received of J. Brooks for Adams School

House lot, 500 00

cash received of Town of Milton, for half of

the expense repairing D. and M. Bridge, 43 00

Amount carried forward, $6,543 00

6

42

Amount brought forward. $6,543 00

By cash received of Town of Milton, half the expense

of lock-up, 11 30

By cash received of C. P. Tolman, rent of Town

House lot, 8 00

cash received of Richard Wall towards a culvert, 8 00

,570 30

SOLDIER'S FUND.

Paid Oliver Hall, for cash paid Soldiers for drill-
ing, $2,438 50
Oliver Hall, for cash paid Soldiers extra for three

months services, 6,955 00

$9,393 50

AID FOR THE FAMILIES OF VOLUN-
TEER SOLDIERS.

Paid Ebenezer Eaton, for cash paid the families of

Volunteers, $3,607 00

$13,000 50
Less than amount borrowed, 2,671 50

$15,672 00

CR. •

By cash received for note discounted at Blue Hill

Bank, $7,836 00

cash received for note discounted at Mattapan

Bank, 7,836 00

$15,672 00

DEBT OF THE TOWN.

Treasurer's Note to Boston Savings Institution, $15,000 00

" " Dorchester Savings Bank, 6,000 00
" " Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins.

Company, 2,000 00

" Ebenezer Eaton, 1,500 00

Robert Vose, 2,000 00

" Second Parish, 3,600 00

" A. C.Talbot, 1,000 00

R. G. Living, Trustee, 2,000 00

" " John H. Burt & Co. 3,000 00

U li

li

U ii

Amount carried forward, $36,100 00

43

Amount brought forward,

136,100 00

Treasurer's

Note

to F. S. Carruth,

10,£iOO 00

a

u

Charles Carruth, Trustee,

2,000 00

iC

a

Robert Pierce,

2,000 00

u

I ■

Mary Jones,

2,000 00

i(

11

Edward Jones, Trustee,

1,000 00

Cl

u

JohnG. Wood,

500 00

li

u

Eben Tohman,

1,000 00

|55,100 00

GIBSON SCHOOL FUND.

Charles Hunt's note and mortgage,
Theodore L. Howe's note and mortgage,

Rich's
Houghton's

H. &R

Geo. A.

Henry Jenkins

John Dolan's "

John Keen's ^'

C. M. Vinson's "

Peter Blake's "

Gore, Rose & Co.'s "

United States Loan of 1842,

$428 12

342 00

213 75

503 00

474 00

464 31

501 92

604 88

2,000 00

1.000 00

3,325 27

3,000 00

; 1 2,857 25

STOUGHTON SCHOOL FUND.

23 shares. State Bank stock, par value, $60,

7 " Tremont Bank stock, par value, 100,

4 " Blue Hill Bank Stock, par value, 100,

4 " Western R. R. stock, par value, 100,

Donald I^erguson's note and mortgage.

POOR FUND.

|1,380

00

700

00

400

00

400

00

440

00

$3,320 00

Donald Ferguson's note, and mortgage.

$842 06

44

AMOUNT DUE FOR TAXES.

William Tolraan, for Tax of 1860, $2,500 00

" " " " 1861, 25,903 20

$28,403 20
Notes to be paid from the Tax, (temporary loan,) 10,000 00

$18,403 20
Cash in the Treasury, February I, 1862, 5,294 63

$23,697 83

TAXES.

The amount of Taxes, assessed on the Real and Personal

Estate of the Town ol Dorchester, for the year 1861, was

as follows, viz :

Value of Real Estate, $7,615,400 00

Value of Personal Estate, 4,042,700 00

Total, $11,658,100 00
Number of Polls, 2,531.

The amount of tax is as follows, viz :

State tax, $3,459 00

County tax, 11,322 82

Town tax, 70,100 00

Overlayings, 621,38

Total tax, $85,403 20

Rate, $7 per 1,000.

STATIST[CS OF THE TOWN, TAKEN BY THE
ASSESSORS, IN MAY, 1860 AND 1861.

Number of Dwelling Houses, in 1860,

1,511

" " Horses,

1,001

" " Cows,

502

Number of Dwelhng Houses, in 1861,

1,618

" " Horses,

993

" " Cows,

527

45

POPULATION OF THE TOWN AT DIFFERENT

PERIODS.

Year.

No. of Inhabitants.

Increase.

Inc. per cent,

1765

1,323

1776

1,513

190

14

1763

1 45i>

dec. 63

dec. 4

1790

1,722

272

15

IBOU

2,347

625

36

1810

2,930

583

25

1820

3.6b4

754

25

1830

4,064

380

10

1840

4,875

811

20

1846

6,500

1,625

33

1848

7,386

886

13

1850 ,

7,979

593

08

1853

8,787

808

10

1855=^

8.340

dec. 447

dec. 05

1860

9,769

1,429

17

1861

J 0,105

336

03

* Washington Village was annexed to Boston, and the Farms to Q,uincy in
1855, which accounts for the decrease in population.

46

Dr. OLIVER HALL, Tow7i Treasurer, mi Account Current from

To balance in the Treasury, February 1, 1861, ^4,667 41

Cash received from Gibson School Fund, 749 96

Stoughton " " 235 50

State " " 336 77

" " non-resident scholars for tuition at the High

School, 75 00
" " C. P. Tolman, old iron from Everett School-
house, 2 65
" " Sales of produce, and other articles at Alms-
house, 369 08
" '• State for paupers, 10 00
" " other towns, for board of paupers, 90 75
" " Interest on poor fund, 50 52
" " Benevolent Ladies for the poor, 8 00
" " towards the support of an insane person, . 51 88
" " highway department for sand and gravel, 5 00
" " fire-department, old hose and brass, 12 00
" " interest on taxes, 253 98
" " dog licenses and fines, 280 00
" " J. Brooks, for Adams School House Lot, 500 00
"' " Town of Milton, half of expense repairing

D. and M. Bridge and lock-up, 54 30

" " for incidental expenses, 16 00
" " " discount at Blue Hill and Mattapan Banks

to pay soldiers, 15,672 00

" " " Town notes, for New School Buildings, 19,000 00
" " from sundry persons towards land damages, for

road from Port Norfolk to Commercial St. 441 00

" " Wm Tolman, balance of tax of 1859, 1,500 00

tax of 1860, 17,500 00

" " " 1861, 59,500 00

" of Blue Hill Bank, (temporary loan,") 4,897 50

'« " of Mattapan, " " " 4,897 50

$131,176 80

47

February 1, 1861, to February 1, 1862, %vith the Town of Dorchester. Cr.

By Cash paid for Salaries of School Teachers,
Fuel, and care of Houses,
Stationery for Teacher's desks,
Books for indigent scholars.
Incidental expenses of schools.
General school expenses.
Free evening school for adults,
New building for Adams School,
Building for Codman Street School,
Support of poor in Alms-house,

" " out of Alms-house,

" Lunatics at Asylum,

Repairs of highways.
Fire Department,
Two volunteer companies,
Town Officers,
Cemeteries,

Instalments and interest on notes,
Interest on money borrowed in anticipation of

taxes,
Abatement of taxes,
State tax,
County tax.

Printing and distributing taxable valuation,
New street from Port Norfolk to Commercial St,

" " " Mill to Commercial St.
Widening River street,
Lighting streets.
Licensing and killing dogs,
One-half fines on dogs.
Police and Watch,
Incidental expenses,
Soldiers drilling,

Additional pay of Soldiers for 3 months,
Aid for the families of volunteer soldiers,
(Temporary loan,) Blue Hill Bank,
" '' Mattapan Bank,

Balance in the Treasury, February 1, 1862,

$19,629

16

2,436

64

29

66

46

50

2,286

95

587

36

25

20

16,080 98

2,853

21

2,451

26

1,412

21

445

29

8,083

30

2,182

10

200

00

2,700

00

211

75

7,505

50

1,570

00

1,439

15

3,459

00

11,322

82

494

41

3,536

50

3,458

81

787

05

1,103

51

28

50

10

00

2,232

50

6,272

35

2,438

50

6,955

00

3,607

00

4,000

00

4,000

00

$125,882

17

5,294

63

8131,176 80

OLIVER HALL, Toivn Treasurer.

48
AUDITOR'S REPORT

The undersigned hereby certify, that we have examined
the accounts of OLIVER HALL, Town Treasurer, and find
the same correctly cast ; and all payments and expenditures
charged against the Town, are sustained by the necessary
vouchers.

We find that there has been received in the Treasury
from all sources, within the past financial year, the sum of
one hundred twenty-six thousand, five hundred and nine
dollars, and thirty-nine cents, which, with the balance on
hand January 31st, 1861, of four thousand six hundred
and sixty-seven dollars, and forty-one cents, makes a total
receipt for the year ending January 31st, 1862, of one hun-
dred thirty-one thousand one hundred and seventy-six dol-
lars and eighty cents ; and there has been paid from the
Treasury, during the same period, the sum of one hundred
twenty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty-two dollars,
and seventeen cents, leaving in the Treasury, January 31st,
1862, the sum of five thousand two hundred and ninety-four
dollars, and sixty-three cents, as will appear in the forego-
ing account.

ELEAZER J. BISPHAM, ) . ...
ROBERT VOSE, ( Jiuaiwrs.

Dorchester, Feb. 1, 1862.

TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1861,

Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of High-
ways— Ebenezer Eaton, Edward H. R. Ruggles. and Lewis
F. Pierce.

Assessors — Oliver Hall, William Tolman, Robert Vose,
Sylvester H. Hebard, and Nathaniel W. Tileston.

To7on Clerk-^-Eben Tolman.

Town Treasurer — Oliver Hall.

Collector — William Tolman.

Representatives — Ebenezer Eaton, and Henry L. Pierce.

49

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER, TO THE
SELECTMEN" OF DORCHESTER.

Gentlemen : — I herewith present the Thirteenth Annual
Report of the condition of the Fire Department of this
Town, with a list of the fires, alarms, loss and insurance,
for the year ending with January 31st, 1862 ; also, the
amount of expenditures, under the direction of the Board
of Engineers, for the support of the Fire Department.

The Department is organized as follows : —

SYL.VESTER H. HEBARD, Chief Engineer.

ALFRED CLAPP, n

GEORGE L. FISHER, /

EDMUND C. FRUEAN, > Assistant Engineers.

HENRY FOBES. i

ANDREW COLLINS, ;

Under the charge of the Board of Engineers, belonging
to the Town, are six Engines and one Hook and Ladder
Carriage, viz : —

FOUNTAIN ENGINE, No. 1, under the care of six
persons, of whom Charles F. Hall, is steward,

PROTECTOR, No, 2, in care of six persons, Edmund
C, Fruean, steward.

TORRENT, No. 3, in care of Henry Fobes, steward.

ALERT, No. 4, in care of a volunteer company, (six
persons of whom are paid) of which company, Benjamin
Bowen, is steward.

INDEPENDENCE, No. 5, in the care of a volunteer
company, (six persons of whom are paid) of which com-
pany, George G. Dennison, is steward.

TIGER, No. 6, in care of six persons, Theodore Hersey,
is steward,

MATTAPAN, Hook and Ladder Carriage, in care of
two persons, Samuel Bridget, being steward.
7

50

The Engine house at Mattapan, occupied by Alert, No.
4, has been painted.

There being no bell in the immediate vicinity, and the
bell on the engine house being too small, the engineers upon
the petition of inhabitants in the neighborhood, substituted
a steel bell at a cost of $191 75. The old bell is placed
upon Protector Engine House.

There have been twenty-four fires and alarms the past
year, nineteen of which were in this town.

The amount expended under the direction of the Board
of Engineers, for repairs, &c. has been $967 42.

Total expenditures on account of the Fire Department
the past year, $2,IS2 10.

A Table of the Fires and Alarms, from February 1,
1861, to February 1, 1862, is annexed.
Respectfully, Yours,
SYLVESTER H. HEBARD, Chief Engineer.

Dorchester, February 1, 1862.

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VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1861.

BIRTHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR.

Males 153. Females 131. Whole number 284.
Of these there were three pairs of twins.

NATIVITY OF PARENTS.

Fathers. Mothers.

Dorchester 24 23

Other towns in the United States 108 113

British Provinces 11 11

England 10 7

Scotland 3 3

Ireland 118 119

Germany 8 4

France 1

South America 1 2

Not stated 1 1

284 284

53

INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGES— 1861.

MALES.

BIRTHPLACE OF FEMALES.

Birthplace.

Total.

1 Dor-
ches.
ter.

U.S.

British
Prov-
inces.

Eng-
land.

Scot-
land.

Ire-
land

Ger-
ma-
ny-

France

hot
Hoi- Bta-
land ted.

Dorchester

14

1

10

1

1

1

U. States

33

13

17

2

1

British Pro.

3

2

1

England

2

1

1

Ireland

26

2

24

Germany

4

1

1

1

1

China

1

1

Total males

83

16

32

2

1

28

1

1

1

1

MARRIAGES.

MALES.

BIRTHPLACE OF FEMALES.

Birthplace

Total

Dorches-
ter

U. states

British
Provinces.

England

Irel'nd

Germ-
any.

Hoi-
land.

Dorchester

9

1

8

U. States

32 ■

i 14

16

1

1

British Pro.

3

2

1

England

1

1

Ireland

2

2

Germany-

2

1

1

China

1

1

Total males

50

17

27

1

1

2

1

1

54

DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1861.

Whole No. of Deaths, 164 Males, 70. Females, 94.

( Stillborn, 9. )

Date

of
Death.

NAMES.

AGE.

Place of Birth.

Disease or

s

§

Cause of Death.

tH

g

ft

Jan. 4

Caroline P. Mangum

'21

"e"

'27'

Boston

Apoplexy

12

Mary E. Jenkins

16

5

17

Boston

Consumption

23

Harriet B. Burroughs

43

2

11

Roxbury, Ct.

Bronchial Consumption

28

Lambert Howe

65

5

16

Marlboro'

Apoplexy

28

Isaac Clapp

76

1

1

Dorchester

Disease of Heart.

31

Charles M. Hudson

32

Randolph

Phthisis

I'eb, 4

Sarah Carruthers

74

Ireland

u

7

Franklin Withington

50

9

15

Dorchester

Perished with Cold

8

Mary E. Flinn

12

u

Convulsions

16

Michael Halleron

10

l£

Rheumatic Fever

18

Edward Kelly

1

1

22

U

Water on the Brain

19

Lurana Leonard

87

10

8

Taunton

Old Age

20

John Warren

86

2

18

Marlboro'

u u

25

Sarah Wheeler

57

4

3

Dorchester

Disease of Heart

26

Susanna F. Miller

32

8

Germany

Phthisic

March 3

Hannah Lyman

62

West Roxbury

Lung Fever

6

Rachel Thompson

56

1

15

Dorchester

Diarrhea

6

47

9

9

Waterbury, Me.

Inflamation of Bowels

9

Joanna Cunningham

28

Ireland

Child Birth

11

Estelle Parker

1

Dorchester

Croup

12

Caroline L. Rice

10

23

Boston

Pneumonia

15

Susan W. Gibson

48

HoUis, Maine

General Debility

18

William Karcher

2

6

18

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

26

Martha Clough

90

7

7

Canterbury, N. H.

Old Age

29

Elijah M. Hunt

53

2

Milton

Pneumonia

April 3

John J. P. Davis

42

10

Roxbury

Consumption

4

William D. Austin

36

7

Boston

Disease of Heart

9

Alexis E. Stinson

33

5

a

Consumption

9

Daniel Barnett, Jr.

1

4

Dorchester

Teething

11

Elizabeth Yates

92

5

Boston

Old Age

12

Michael Walsh

1

1

Dorchester

Water on the Brain

15

Leonard

1

((

Infantile

18

James Commerford

1

1

27

(t

Lung Fever

19

Catherine Wilson

11

Boston

Hooping Cough

25

George W. Chase

8

4

2

u

Accidental

25

Susanna Bridgham

76

9

5

Dorchester

Bronchitis

26

Dennis Gurry

48

Ireland

Consumption

27

James Mulhern

4

1

24

Dorchester

Convulsions

28

Louisa Jordan

75

Harvard

General Debility

29

Polly Eaton

72

5

19

Dorchester

Disease of Stomach

May 4

James Richardson

52

10

Scotland

Intlamation of Bowels

7

Frank M. Bacon

11

Dorchester

Dropsy on Brain

7

Caroline P. Bailey

36

N. Brookfield

Consumption

9

Claudine C. Lootz

2

7

Dorchester

Cerebral Irritation

11

Patience Lambert

83

8

11

41

Old Age

11

Mary F. Lutes

1

20

(1

Spasms

11

H. S. Coolidge

41

3

18

Albany, Vt.

Consumption

16

George Richardson

65

9

Boston

Pneumonia

22

Mary B. Burkett

40

29

St. George, Me.

Cancer

22

Henry A. Pickard

1

1

18

Dorchester

Dentition

25

Ellen Warren

27

Ireland

Child Birth

27

Elizabeth Farrell

24

11

27

East Cambridge

Disease of Heart

28

Mary 0. Conway

17

6

2

Brookline

Typhoid Fever

June 3

Matthew Sprague

76

5

27

Hingham

Apoplexy

7

Mary Barry

33

Ireland

Consumption

16

Zillah M. Stone

8

Dorchester

Congestion of Lungs

24

Ebenezer S. French

4

28

((

Lung Fever

25

Leonard Everett, Jr.

33

11

7

(C

Congestion of Brain

July 1

Lydia Pierce

77

7

cc

Cancer

7

Charles Bradlee

69

10

13

Milton

Disease of Heart

7

Mary B. Oldham

26

8

Pembroke

Consumption

10

Thaddeus Clapp

50

1

29

Dorchester

Consumption of Blood

15

J. William Wendemuth

38

5

6 Germany

Disease of Kidneys

16

James Sivret

35

2

24

Scituate j

Abscess

55

Date

of

Death.

■NT A MIS'?

AGE.

Place of Birth.

Disease or

Xl aLUXjO.

D9

CO

CQ

Cause of Death.

U

C

^

July 17 James R. Eandail i

5i' '

"i"

'ii

)orchester

Consumption

18

3usan D. Loud

66

6

23

"

Cholera Morbus

21

Catherine McDermott

6

8

21

u

Scarlet Fever

25

Mary McDermot

2

7

8

(I

u u

25

Jornna Sullivaa

39

]

reland

Diarrhea

28

John Doody

2

4

]

Dorchester

Convulsions

30 Ellen Gilligan |

1

4

((

Jastrodynia

30

Eliza I'atterson

9

((

Infantile

30

Vlary Patterson

9

u

u

Aug. 5

Sarah G. Coolidge

57

6

2

Boston

Cholera Morbus

8

Abigail Eveleth

83

Abington

Diarrhea

Margaret E. Brannon

2

15

Oorchester

Convulsions

8

Chomas Donlon

51

[reland

Intemperance

8

Margaret McDermot

4

5

14

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

9

Addie R. Stone

3

7

30

Boston

Dysentery

10

Charles Ilaggerty

5

Dorchester

Cholera Infantum

10

Priscilla D. Kice

41

8

25

Boston

Consumption

10

Georgiana Shaw

1

9

i(

Cholera Infantiun

11

Elizabeth F. Thaxter

56

6

2

a

Dysentery

11

James Donnelly

1

3

Dorchester

Cholera Infantum

12

Mary E. Connelly

4

((

Typhoid Fever

15

Elvira J. Pinkham

3

6

26

(C

Disease of Brain

15

Hugh Lannehan

2

21

a

Consumption

17

Charles W. Cleaves

6

Lowell

Cholera Infantum

17

Harriet A. Sanborn

29

1

15

Lynn

Consumption

18

Mary A. Thompson

3

3

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

18

Lucy McGee

1

14

"

Infantile

19

Joanna Murphy

3

9

a

Scarlet Fever

19

Mary Kelley

3

18

a

Convulsions

20

Elizabeth B. Staniford

8

15

East Boston

Cholera Infantum

21

John Gilligan

8

Dorchester

ti 1.

22

Roxana R. Ross

37

2

18

Merrimac, N. H.

Consumption

23

Sarah E. Cutler

23

6

5

Dorchester

Neuralgia

24

Abigail A. Quincy

89

14

Boston

Old Age

26

Lizzie F. Tileston

1

24

Dorchester

Cholera Infantum

30

L'homas Grary

66

Ireland

Consumption

Sept. 2

Ella S. Somes

1

2

13

Randolph

Cholera Infantum

5

Walter K. Nickerson

7

6

Dorchester

u u

6

WilUam lUark

25

East Boston

Canker

7

George W. Paylor

6

14

Dorchester

Cholera Infantum

7

Harriet BiUings

51

Boston

Dropsy

13

Betsy Clapp

84

8

Dorchester

Old Age

13

James Reid

11

24

u

Scarlet Fever

16

Sarah M. Clark

1

7

u

Dysentery

16

AVatson

14

(<

Infantile

16

Agnes HoUoren

7

14

11

Cholera Infantiun

24

John Teelan

1

8

1(

Accidental Drowning

24

Minnie B. Brown

1

6

14

a

Dysentery

25

Ellas B. Thayer

63

7

Brookline

Paralysis

26

Herbert D. Hersey

6

11

9

Dorchester

Oct. £

Ebenezer Pope

23

6

Milton

Consumption

c

Mary Higgins

40

Ireland

Dropsy

4

I Albert Jenkins

2

6

Dorchester

Canker

Betsy Cox

84

5

2

u

Dysentery

i

Barbara Ripley

21

9

8

Germany

Typhoid Fever

f

) Joseph W. Anderson

14

6

9

Dorchester

Accidental

1(

Daniel 'VVhelton

2

4

u

Acute Meningitis

15

i Josephine F. Ripley

1

3

12

(t

Cholera Infantum

IJ

) Mary Good

54

Ireland

Disease of Heart

2]

Cornelius Mannahan

28

u

Consumption

25

i Rachel M. Thompson

41

6

4

Ljtaan, N. H.

Typhoid Fever

•21

1 Francis D Morrison

1

14

Dorchester

Intantile

2(

1 John Lang

71

Portsmouth, N. H.

Unknown

2'

J Lizzie E. Pope

3

11

12

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

2i

J Albert S. Watson

1

14

u

Dropsy

2!

) Hugh McBride, Jr.

5

6

28

u

2<

1 James E. Lake

51

2

25

Dedham

Lung Fever

3(

• Fergus Riley

2

Dorchester

Infantile

Nov. J

\ JuUa Cashman

3

(1

Convulsions

i

: Walter S. Dearborn

14

10

Exeter, N. H.

Congestion of Brain

(

3 Olive E. Plummet

11

6

21

Canaan

Typhoid Fever

56

Date

AGE.

of

NAMES.

Place of Birth.

Disease or

Death.

ai

Id

Cause of Death.

PH

s

^

Nov. 7! Emma M. Senter

3

2

7

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

7lElizabeth*owe

82

England

Old Age

7| Harvey Munroe

68

Dorchester

Congestion of Brain

9|Benjamin Clapp

66

10

£(

Paralysis

9 [Frederic King

8

7

6

((

Scarlet Fever

9 James McCue

26

Ireland

Typhoid "

9 'Abigail Wales

76

9

2

Stoughton

Old Age

H'Miranda J. Courtney

17

4

20

Essex

Consumption

11 Willie A. Pierce

9

6

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

111 Henry P. Leach

15

8

Dover, N. H.

Typhoid "

11 Lizzie Lennon

2

6

Dorchester

Scarlet "

2

Providence, R. I.

Convulsions

1

5

18

Dorchester

Consumption

17|Ellen DriscoU

44

Ireland

"

19, Sarah A. Blanchard

55

11

25

Boston

Cancer

19iAbby Davis

2

5

13

Dorchester

Hooping Cough

20 Margaret A. Gushman

3

1

15

a

Scarlet Fever

20 Lucinda R. Rogers

46

5

18

u

23 Sarah E. Russell

28

3

25

(C

Consumption

29 Jerusha Holbrook

83

6

29

Stoughton

Paralysis

Dec. 7 1 Nancy Angler

58

Ireland

Consumption

7iCharles A. Mansur

14

5

Boston

Disease of Heart

10 Joanna Connelly

18

Dorchester

Infantile

22 Charles L. Brigham

61

2

1

Marlboro'

Disease of Heart

26 EUzabeth S. Bater

4

26

Dorchester

Scarlet Fever

25|John WTiitcomb

North Yarmouth

Disease of Heart

\ 26. Richard Clapp

81

5

Dorchester

Old Age

31

Betsy Blackman

81

5

u

n if

THEIR DISEASES WERE :—

Abscess, 1

Acute Meningitis, 1

Accidental, 2

Apoplexy, 3

Bronchial Consumption,.. 1

Bronchitis, 1

Cancer, 3

Canker, 2

Cerebral Irritation, 1

Child Birth, 2

Cholera Infantum, 12

Cholera Morbus, 2

Congestion of Brain , 3

" " Lungs, 1

Consumption, 21

Consumption of Blood,. . . 1

Convulsions, 7

Croup, 1

Dentition, 2

Disease of the Brain, 1

" " " Heart, .... 9

" " " Kidney,... 1

Diarrhea, 3

Dropsy, 3

Drowned, 1

Dysentery, 5

Fever Lung, 4

" Rheumatic, 1

" Scarlet, 14

" Typhoid, 7

General Debility, 2

Qastrodynia, 1

Hooping Cough, 2

Infantile 9

Inflamation of Bowels,. ... 2

Intemperance, 1

Neuralgia, 1

Old Age, 11

Paralysis, 3

Perished with the Cold, ... 1

Phthisic, 1

Phthisis, 2

Pneumonia, 3

Spasms, 1

Water on the Brain, 3

Not stated, 5

164

THE AGES OF THE DECEASED WERE;

Under 1 year 32

1 to 2 years, 16

2 to 5 " 18

5 to 10 '•' 5

10 to 15 " 2

lito20 " 8

20 to 30 years, 12

30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 60
60 to 70
70 to 80

80 to 90 years, 11

90 to 100 " .... 2
Not stated, 1

164

January 6

February 9

March 10

April 15

THE DEATHS WERE IN THE MONTH OF

December .

May 13

June. . . . • 6

July 15

August 27

September 14

October 18

November 23

.. 8
164

THE PLACES OF THEIR NATIVITY WERE

Dorchester, 85

Other Towns in the United States, 60

England, 1

Scotland, 1

Ireland,. . .
Germany, .

. 14
. 3

164