ANNUAL REPORT
Receipts and Expenditures
Town of Chelmsford,
Financial Year Ending March i, 1885.
LOWELL, MASS.
Vox Populi Press 130 Central Street.
1885.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,
1884.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor — Geo. A. Byam,
Chas. W. Flint, R. Wilson Dix, John N. Perry, John Q.
Battles.
Town Clerk — Geo. A. Parkhurst.
Town Treasurer — Edwin H. Warren.
School Committee — Geo. F. Snow, John C. Hobbs, Geo. Hyde,
J. H. Hazen, J. A. Wyman, S. J. Garland, Geo. F. Locke, Ed-
win E. Dutton, Amasa Howard.
Collector of Taxes — Geo. F. Snow.
Constables — Timothy Adams, Joel A. Adams, Edward E.
Lapham, John H. Whidden, Daniel W. Sleeper.
Fence Viewers — Albion J. Lamphere, Daniel P. Byam, Ed-
ward B. Hatch.
Highway Surveyor — Lyman S. Gale.
Appraisers of Property at Town Farm — E. Hermon Shaw,
Daniel P. Byam, Jas. P. Emerson.
Auditors — Ziba Gay, Edward F. Richardson, J. Adams
Bartlett.
Weighers of Hay — Daniel W. Bickpord, Geo. A. Parkhurst,
S. Waldo Parkhurst, John N. Perry, Eben T. Adams, Elisha
H. Shaw, Geo. A. Smith.
Measurers of Wood — Geo. A. Parkhurst, S. Waldo Park-
hurst, Joel A. Adams, Elisha H. Shaw, Geo. A. Smith, Jas.
P. Emerson, Dawson Pollard, Eli P. Parker.
Weigher of Coal — John N. Perry.
Surveyors of Lumber — Dawson Pollard, R. Wilson Dix,
Geo. E. Spaulding, Edwin K. Parkhurst.
Field Driver — Edward B. Hatch.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1885.
Births recorded — Males, 20 ; Females, 20. Total 40
Births of native parentage 24
Births of foreign parentage 7
Births of native and foreign parentage 9
Marriages recorded 23
Marriages between natives 16
Marriages between natives and foreigners 7
Deaths recorded — Males, 14 ; Females, 20. Total 34
Number under 5 years of age 6
Between 5 and 10 , 1
" 10 " 20 3
« 20 " 30 2
" 30 " 40 4
" 40 " 50 0
50 " 60 5
" 60 " 70 2
70 « 80 5
80 " 90 6
REPORT ON DOG LICENSES.
Middlesex ss., Dec. 1, 1884.
George A. Parkhurst, Esq., Clerk of the Town of Chelsmford, has
paid into the treasury of said Middlesex County, two hundred and
seventy-eight dollars and forty cents ($278.40) for dog licenses, for
the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as per his account of
28th ult.
AMOS STONE,
County Treasurer.
Number of dogs licensed 138
Males 128
Females 10
Amount received for licenses $306 00
Amount of fees — 20 cents per license 27 60
Paid to the County Treasurer, as per above receipt 278 40
97 per cent, refunded 270 05
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1885.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in
treasury, as found at last annual settlement $ 974 55
Cash received of —
State Treasurer, as State Aid for 1888 496 00
State Treasurer, as Corporation Tax for 1884 1,369 29
State Treasurer, as National Bank Tax for 1884 1,697 00
State Treasurer, as relief to indigent soldiers and sailors, 147 50
State Treasurer, as armory rent 75 00
State Treasurer, as income Massachusetts school fund. . . 175 68
State Treasurer, on account of State paupers , . 15 00
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1884, 270 05
City of Boston, support of Willie McLaughlin. 101 50
Town of Truro, support of J. C. Hopkins 113 00
City of Lowell (at hand of J. A. Wyman), as tuition of
non-resident pupils 50 40
Selectmen of Chelmsford, on account of sale or relin-
quishment of Town's rights in old Town Hall at
Centre 100 00
A. J. Lamphere, on account of use of new Town Hall
at Centre 17 00
N. J. Duncan, on account of use of Town Hall at North
Chelmsford 3 00
Dawson Pollard, on account of sale of lots in cemetery
at West Chelmsford 10 00
Daniel P. By am, on account of sale of lots in cemetery
at South Chelmsford 7 00
N. B. Edwards, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at
North Chelmsford 3 00
J. Q. Battles, on account of sale of old stock from
school-house No. 3 2 75
R. W. Dix, use of Town team 10 00
Lyman S. Gale, use of Town team, and for drag plank.. 10 00
On account of liquor licenses 600 00
Amount carried forward $6,247 72
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER. 5
Amount brought forward $6,247 72
Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of Town farm 779 43
A. H. Sheldon, tax of 1882, in full 71 94
A. H. Sheldon, interest on same 7 47
George F. Snow, on account of tax of 1883 303 37
George F. Snow, as interest on same 13 28
George F. Snow, on account of tax of 1884 12,907 60
George F. Snow, interest on same 84 54
Hired for use of Town, as temporary loan 3,500 00
Making a total of $23,915 35
And is credited as^follows : —
By cash paid —
State Treasurer, on account of liquor licenses $ 150 00
State tax for 1884 1,940 00
Outstanding orders of 1883, in full 22 13
On account of orders drawn present year 15,690 88
On account of temporary loan 3,500 00
On account of interest on same 58 18
On account of care of Kimball lot in Centre cemetery. . 5 00
Balance in treasury, as found on settlement 2,549 16
$23,915 35
E. H. WARREN,
Treasurer.
Chelmsford, March 4, 1885.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1885.
Valuation May 1, 1884.
Real estate (resident) ....
" " (non-resident)
Personal estate (resident)
" " (non-resident)
Total valuation
$1,039,045 00
205,450 00
j
$247,030 00
3,730 00
-$1,244,495- 00
Number of polls .
horses ,
cows
sheep
dwellings
acres of land taxed,
644
409
748
00
550
14,132
Rate on $1,000, $9.00.
State tax
County tax
Taxes.
Polls, $2.00 each.
Appropriation for public schools
" " school incidental ex-
penses
" " free text books
" " support of the poor. .
" " highways
" " repairs of public build-
ings
" " relief of indigent sol-
diers and sailors ....
" " town officers and com-
mittees
250,760 00
$1,495,255 00
$1,940 00
892 40
$4,500 00
500 00
500 00
2,100 00
3,500 00
250 00
150 00
700 00
!,832 40
Amounts carried forward $12,200 00
2,832 40
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS. 7
Amounts brought forward. $12,200 00 $2,832 40
Appropriation for collection and abate-
ment of taxes 400 00
" miscellaneous expen-
ses
" town hall at North
Chelmsford
" J. R. Fletcher, bill of
1876
" safe for town clerk . . .
" book-case at Centre
town hall
" Robbins' hill road . . .
" common fence, at No.
Chelmsford
Over-layings
Less estimated receipts.
Less taken from treasury-
Total tax committed
Tax on 644 polls .
Tax on property
300 00
2000 00
35 00
150 00
50 00
100 00
250 00
15,485 00
$18,317 40
12 89
$18,330 29
3,000 00
$15,330 29
585 00
$14,745 29
$1,288 00
13,457 29
$14,745 29
Miscellaneous.
Increase of State tax from 1883 $485 00
" " County tax from 1883 108 74
" " appropriations from 1883 1,950 00
$2,543 74
Decrease of valuation from 1883, $77,715.00.
The above figures under " miscellaneous " account for the increase
in the rate of two dollars on a thousand from 1883.
Average rate on $1,000 in the State, $15.95.
Lowest rate on $1,000 in the State, $4.30, in Stow.
Highest rate on $1,000 in the State, $35.00, in Munroe.
CHAS. W. FLINT.
GEO. A. BYAM,
JOHN N. PERRY,
R. WILSON DIX,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
Assessors.
COLLECTORS' REPORTS.
Collector's report for the year 1882.
Taxes on list of 1882, uncollected Feb. 29,
1884 $71 94
Interest on same to Feb. 29, 1884 7 13
Interest accrued since Feb. 29, 1884 34
$79 41
Cash paid Treasurer as tax $71 94
" « " " interest 7 47
$79 41
Arthur H. Sheldon, Collector, 1882.
Collector's report for the year 1883.
Taxes on list of 1883, uncollected Feb. 29,
1884 $455 45
Interest on same to Feb. 29, 1884 13 28
Interest accrued since Feb. 29, 1884 15 07
$483 80
Cash paid Treasurer as tax $303 37
" " " " interest 13 28
Uncollected tax to new account 152 08
" interest to new account 15 07
$483 80
Geo. F. Snow, Collector, 1888.
COLLECTORS' REPORTS. 9
Collector's report for the year ending Feb. 28, 1885.
Tax list for 1884 $14,745 29
Additional taxes 25 20
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1884 84 54
Interest accrued since Oct. 1, 1884, on uncol-
lected taxes 28 30
$14,883 33
Paid County Treasurer as County tax $ 892 40
" Town Treasurer as tax 12,907 60
" " " " interest 84 54
Uncollected taxes to new account 970 49
Interest accrued to new account 28 30
— 14,883 33
Geo. F. Snow, Collector, 1884.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1885.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID FOE TEACHING.
No. 1, Patience Breck, 11 weeks $154
1, Jennie L. Allen, 33 weeks 396
1, Nellie M. Perham, 33 weeks 264
1, Frances V. Doane, 22 weeks. 308
2, Carrie E. White, 32 weeks 256
3, Animinta V. Paasche, 32 weeks 256
4, Leonora K. Battles, 32 weeks. 229
5, Bertha M. Leadbeater, 19 weeks 114
5, Ida E. Byam. 9 weeks 54
6, Annie M. Lee, 33 weeks , 280
7, Issie A. Parker, 30 weeks 240
8, Daniel Phillips, 33 weeks 742
8, Addie M. Taylor, 33 weeks 264
8, Minnie A. Worden, 33 weeks 264
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 33 weeks 264
9, Laura L. Butterfield, 32 weeks 256
9, Agnes Naylor, 32 weeks 256
00
00
00
00
$1,122 00
00
256 00
00
256 00
00
229 00
00
00
168 00
50
280 50
00
240 00
50
00
00
00
1,534 50
00
00
512 00
t,598 00
PAID FOE CAEE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
No. 1, Herbert and Byron Lamphere $22
1, Willie C. Ward 13
1, Chas. R. Sylvander 8
1, E. B. Emerson 4
1, Alvin R. Saunders 4
2, Eddie P. Fowle 11
2, Willie E. Fowle 5
3, Lizzie P. Garland 10
Amount carried forward $79 56
80
75
25
13
13
$53 06
00
00
16 00
50
10 50
11
Amount brought forward. $79 56
No. 4, A. G. Green, bill of 1882 $10 72
4, J. H. Hazen . 16 00 26 72
5, M. A. Butterfield 2 50
5, Chas. H. Dutton 6 00 8 50
6, Mabel E. Brown 4 50
6, Ella F. Brown 4 50 9 00
7, Fred M. Hodson 13 50 13 50
8, Henry T. Ripley 66 00
9, Jobn Dunn 25 00
No. 1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
PAID FOE FUEL.
Wm. Redmond, 81|- feet oak wood.. .
Wm. Redmond, 35 feet pine
Wm. Redmond, surveying
C. H. C. Hall, preparing wood
Thomas Sheehan, preparing wood ....
Wm. Vose, 31 feet oak wood
Wm. Vose, 4 feet pine wood
Surveying wood
Samuel J. Garland, preparing wood. .
B. F. Hodges, 9 feet prepared oak wood,
J. Hazen, 12 feet oak wood
J. Hazen, 8 feet maple wood
J. Hazen, 2 feet pine wood
J. Hazen, preparing and housing wood,
Abbott Russell, bill of 1882, 4 feet
prepared hard wocd
Abbott Russell, 9 feet prepared pine
wood
E. E. Dutton, 20 feet wood
R. Wilson Dix, 16 feet mixed wood. .
R. Wilson Dix, preparing wood
John Harrington, 8 feet hard wood . . .
B. P. Marshall, preparing wood
Wm. C. Edwards, 16 feet hard wood.
Wm. C. Edwards, 8-J feet pine wood..
Wm. Martin, preparing wood
Seth P. Sampson, 140 feet wood
Seth P. Sampson, surveying.
Henry T. Ripley, cutting and housing,
Wm. C. Edwards, 73 feet oak wood . .
Wm. C. Edwards, 4 feet pine wood. .
John Dunn, preparing wood
Joseph P. Winn, preparing wood
Willie Edgar, preparing wood
$228 28
$54 34
11 50
60
10 49
76 93
3 50
3 50
19 42
1 50
25
5 00
26 17
8 67
8 25
3 50
1 10
2 50
3 50
5 62
33 14
10 00
10 00
9 50
1 60
6 00
3 50
20 60
10 00
4 25
2 25
16 50
81 00
85
13 13
94 98
47 13
2 00
4 88
3 75
75
58 51
$340 33
12
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
J. H. Vincent, Superintendent
J. H. Vincent, 50 gross crayons
J. H. Vincent, general supplies
J. H. Vincent, express
Sargent & Gay, printing
Amasa Howard, services as Secretary of
School Committee
Amasa Howard, postage, expressage, and
stationery
No. 1, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
1, Jonathan Larcom, repairs
1, F. G. Pratt, repairs
1, Chas. E. Parkhurst, repairs
1, S. W. Parkhurst, repairs
1, A. J. Lamphere, repairs
1, John Wozencroft, repairs
2, Desk supplies
2, J. C. Hobbs, repairs
3, J. H. Vincent, supplies
3, N. E. Parker, repairs ,
3, S. J. Garland, repairs
3, Lizzie P. Garland, cleaning
4, A. G. Green, repairs, $5.25 ; J. H.
Hazen, .87
4, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
5, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
6, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
6, J. F. Puffer, furniture
6, Edward H. Page, repairs
6, J. A. Wyman, repairs
7, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
8, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
8, E. Shaw & Son, supplies
8, Geo. E. Spaulding, repairs
8, F. K. Ripley, repairs
8, S. P. Sampson, repairs
8, Geo. Hyde, repairs
8, Silver & Gay, stock for repairs
8, Mike Harrington, repairs
8, Sargent & Gay, high school diplomas,
9, J. H. Vincent, desk supplies
9, Geo. F. Snow, supplies
9, Geo. F. Snow, repairs
9, J. C. Butterfield, repairs
1200 00
$200 00
6 50
6 07
12 57
2 00
2 00
1 75
1 75
10 00
2 64
12 64
23 60
12 97
27 04
4 00
1 50
1 50
3 00
73 61
6 08
7 00
13 08
5 89
10 68
1 62
3 00
21 19
6 12
5 99
12 11
5 29
5 29
5 88
7 50
4 75
7 70
25 83
5 27
5 27
37 13
1 32
27 31
22 60
17 00
4 75
11 16
1 00
8 00
130 27
9 45
2 72
6 53
1 50
20 20
$535 81
13
EREE TEXT BOOKS.
Paid John H. Vincent for books $566 61
John H. Vincent, for services and ex-
penses buying and delivering books, 70 45
Delivered as follows : —
No. 1 $159 81
2 15 86
3 42 71
4 33 78
5 12 59
6 47 87
7 16 63
8 273 74
9 34 07
$637 06
$637 06
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
PAID FOB EXPENSES OUTSIDE THE ALMSHOUSE.
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Sam-
uel Blood $174 44 $174 44
Worcester Asylum for Chronic Insane, sup-
port of Daniel Gilligan 182 47 182 47
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, support of
Michael McKeon 202 00 202 00
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, support of Cath-
erine McMahon 177 19
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, support of Laura
E.Bailey 180 79 357 98
City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. Damas La Due, 74 00
City of Lowell, in aid of Elizabeth Donohoe, 52 50
City of Lowell, in aid of F. E. Russell 6 00 132 50
City of Boston, in aid of Asenath Clapp 34 36 34 36
Town of Westford, in aid of Sarah Queesey, 6 00 6 00
St. John's Hospital, in aid of Thomas Lawler, 87 42 87 42
Mass. School for the Feeble Minded, aid of
Harry Wright 67 64 67 64
A. A. Flint, aid of F. E. Russell 9 71 9 71
Samuel Putney, aid of Willie McLaughlin.. . 56 50 56 50
S. W. Parkhurst, aid of Jonathan C. Hopkins, 140 00 140 00
S. W. Parkhurst, aid of Geo. E. Hall 10 00
Levi Howard, aid of Geo. E. Hall 30 25 40 25
Levi Howard, aid of Jonathan Wright 1 50 1 50
S. L. Webber, aid of Darius Hall 162 00 162 00
E. Shaw & Son, aid of Mrs. Jas. McEnnis.. . 110 00 110 00
E. Shaw & Son, aid of Wm. P. Simonds .... 36 07
Seth P. Sampson, aid of Wm. P. Simonds.. . 5 20
N". B. Edwards, aid of Wm. P. Simonds 48 00 89 27
Amount carried forward $1,854 04
14
Amount brought forward. $1,854 04
William McClure, aid of Edward Kelley $47 00
Peter Sherlock, aid of Edward Kelley 11 00 58 00
Wm. McClure, aid of Jas. Riley and 50 others, 37 50 37 50
B.. Wilson Dix, aid of State paupers 16 50
Chas. W. Flint, aid of State paupers 5 00 21 50
Chas. W. Flint, time and expense on account
of outside poor 15 81 15 81
John N". Perry, aid of Thomas Charlesworth, 7 34 7 34
Chas. F. Burnham, aid of Mary Everett and
others 8 25 8 25
$2,002 44
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Nathan C. Bean, Superintendent $350 00 $350 00
" " sundries 14 14 14 14
David Perham, grain 26 76
Dutton Bros., grain 273 71 300 47
John E. Stevens, 3000 lbs. hay 27 00
E. H. Warren, 4890 lbs. hay, meadow 24 75 51 75
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries 353 71
B. T. Babbitt, groceries 6 90 360 61
Geo. F. Foss & Co., provisions 141 83
D. C. Perham, provisions 45 72
J. Saunders, provisions 16 33
A. F. Wright, provisions 2 00
E. S. Hosmer & Co., provisions 37 97 243 85
Dutton Bros., ice 14 50 14 50
E. K. Parkhurst, 15,950 lbs. coal 51 85 51 85
Levi Howard, medicine and medical attend-
ance ! 27 75 27 75
F. G. Pratt, repairing and painting wagon.. . 15 50 15 50
John Wozencroft, blacksmithing 2 90
Wozencroft & Richardson, blacksmithing. . . 60
B. S. Adams, blacksmithing 8 55 12 05
Town clerk, dog license 2 00 2 00
Geo. F. Snow, taxes 50 00 50 00
David Perham, lumber 5 41
Whitney & Tibbetts, lumber 3 91 9 32
Bartlett & Dow, hardware and tools 4 11
Thos. Walkden, hardware and tools 2 95 7 06
John Shedd, tools 8 50
John Shedd, repairing tools 3 25 11 75
Puffer & Son, furniture 75
Thomas Walkden, furniture 4 40
Lam son & Pinder, furniture 3 96
Bishop & Bros., furniture 2 00 1111
Amount carried forward $1,533 71
15
Amount brought forward $1,533 71
Kimball & Co., dry goods , $ 9 42
Hosford & Co., dry goods 3 07 12 49
Putnam & Son, clothing 6 75
L. H Boardman & Co., clothing 7 85 14 60
John Keats, labor 11 00
Chas. Lovett, labor 15 74
M. H. Winchester, labor 35 90
Peter Brennan, labor 21 50
H. M. Nutting, labor 74 33
Samuel Clark, labor 19 50
B. M. Hildreth, labor 11 30
Wade Douglas, labor 4 50
Henry Hardy, labor 3 25
F. C. Byam, labor 4 00
Margery Charry, labor 66 00 267 02
A. H. Corrigan, fish 13 92
Turner & Jones, fish 9 49 23 41
F. C. Fletcher, crackers 3 00
H. C. Pearsons, crackers 23 44 26 44
H. S Perham, vinegar 4 50 4 50
E. Preston, extracts 4 07 4 07
N C. Bean, apples 10 00 10 00
Albert Perham, pigs 19 90
B. J. Spaulding, pigs 16 00
E. E. Dutton, pigs 12 00 47 90
Pearson Baking Co., swill 10 00 10 00
Chamberlain & Byam, fertilizer 36 00 36 00
O. W. Cummings, pasturing. 2 00
F. C. Byam, pasturing 4 00 6 00
H. A. Coburn, tomato plants 1 40 1 40
Fiske & Spalding, paint 1 00 1 00
Prescott & Bros., wringer 5 50 5 50
James Stanley, repairing clocks 2 25 2 25
Sawyer & Taylor, repairing harness 1 73 1 73
Jas. King, repairs 2 75
G. F. Wright, repairs. 3 90
C. H. Frost, repairs 1 25
Geo. O. Byam, repairs 1 00
Geo. H. Holt, repairs 1 25
T. E. Smith, repairs 5 50 15 65
R. Wilson Dix, services and expenses as
Overseer 14 00 14 00
Chas. W. Flint, services and expenses as
Overseer 23 55 23 55
George A. Byam, services and expenses as
Overseer 15 00 15 00
Amount carried forward $2,076 22
16
Amount brought forward $2,076 22
John Q. Battles, services and expenses as
Overseer $4 50 4 50
John N. Perry, services and expenses as
Overseer 4 60 4 60
Expenses at Almshouse ; . . . $2,085 32
Expenses outside Almshouse 2,002 44
$4,087 76
Less highway board bill, 100 weeks, at $3.50, 350 00
Less 20,000 lbs. hay 200 00
: — 550 00
$3,537 76
Proceeds of Town farm 779 43
Received from City of Boston, for aid ren-
dered Willie McLaughlin 101 50
Received of Town of Truro, for aid rendered
Jonathan C. Hopkins 113 00
State paupers • 15 00
1,008 93
$2,528 83
Inmates — Males, 2 ; Females, 6. Tramps, 397.
R. WILSON DIX,
CHAS. W. FLINT,
GEO. A. BYAM,
JOHN N. PERRY,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
Overseers.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS-
HOUSE, MARCH 2, 1885.
Household furniture and bedding $337 05
Provisions and supplies 278 98
Farm implements 74 05
5 tons English hay 100 00
1 ton stock hay 12 00
5 shoates 75 00
1 dog 5 00
22 fowls 11 00
1 cart 25 00
1 cart harness 7 00
1 heavy harness 14 00
1 horse hay rake 24 00
Amount carried forward $963 08
17
Amount brought forward $ 963 08
1 pung 9 00
1 market wagon 40 00
1 farm wagon 30 00
1 norse sled 6 00
6 cows 293 00
1 horse 125 00
11,466 08
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
HIGHWAYS.
Dutton Brothers, grain $252 57
D. Perham, grain .' 13 88 $226 45
Stiles, Rogers & Co., 1,134 lbs. straw 11 48
W. E. Livingston, 1,360 lbs. straw 13 60 25 08
Wozencroft & Richardson, blacksmithing. . . . 25 14
John Wozencroft, blacksmithing 41 35
Fred E. Richardson, blacksmithing 37 99 104 48
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies 18 26
Bartlett & Dow, supplies 15 50
H. F. Ebert, supplies 24 14
R. Wilson Dix, supplies 3 00 60 90
Lyman S. Gale, 85 6-7 weeks' board of men,
at $3.50 per week .... 300 00
" " use of horse 18 00 318 00
William Redmond and twenty-eight others,
as per bills on file, breaking roads Ill 38 111 38
Arthur E Reed, repairs 8 80 8 80
Kimball Brothers, castings for road scraper. . 1 00 1 00
A. P. Bateman, 3,183 ft. spruce plank 55 70
Jacob Spaulding, spruce plank 12 50
Charles Sweetser, lumber .... 8 00
J. M. Fletcher, standing chestnut timber. ... 20 00
Clement Upham, 150 ft. chestnut timber. ... 3 75 99 95
Nichols & Fletcher, powder and fuse 4 50 4 50
R. Wilson Dix, labor, powder, and fuse 41 39 41 39
H. R. Barker, repairs of cart 4 00 4 00
Geo E. Spaulding, flag-stone 2 40 2 40
S. S. Sleeper, repairing gravel-bank fence. ... 3 00 3 00
Dawson Pollard, labor, pipe, etc., watering
trough West Chelmsford 22 93 22 93
Amount carried forward = . . . . $1,034 26
18
Amount brought forward $1,034 26
E. Shaw & Son, teams and labor $10 40
John Gallagher, labor 3 12
Samuel Blood, labor 6 75 20 27
H. F. Ebert, repairing harness 7 48
Harrison Hall, repairing harness 3 20 10 68
B. O. Bobbins, gravel 2 50
David Perham, gravel 115
S. S. Sleeper, gravel 4 30
J. A. Bartlett, gravel .' 5 00
Chas. D. Clark "(treasurer St. Anne's), gravel, 6 25 19 20
H. S. Perham, bedding 3 96 3 96
John S. Shed, repairing tools 4 92 4 92
Robert Wood, veterinary service 3 00 3 00
Highway pay-roll. March 62 82
" April 149 21
" " May 180 16
" " June 159 60
" " July 157 71
" " August 191 98
" " September 191 11
" October 196 98
" " November 148 65
" " December 104 36
" " January 96 66
« " February 59 50 1,698 74
$2,835 03
Carried to account of Poor, for board, 100
weeks, at $3.50 per week 350 00
Carried to Account of Poor, 20,000 lbs. hay, 200 00
550 00
$3,385 03
Highway pay-roll includes salary paid highway surveyor, $2.00
per day for eight months, $1.75 per day for four months.
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS,
MARCH 2, 1885.
2 two-horse sleds $ 20 00
3 two-horse carts 150 00
2 new drags 10 00
Oak plank and chestnut posts 13 00
1 jigger 48 00
Eveners and whiffletrees 10 80
1 Kimball scraper 175 00
Amount carried forward $426 80
19
Amount brought forward $426 80
4 scrapers 15 00
1 plow 7 00
2 rockers and cart spear 2 00
4 horses 725 00
2 sets double harness 80 00
11 shovels 6 50
8 picks 8 00
1 bog hoe 50
6 stone hammers 6 00
Drills and wedges 17 00
Hames and chains 3 50
3 crow-bars 5 00
Axes and bush hooks 3 00
3 bush scythes and snaths 3 75
1 large saw 2 00
5 horse blankets 5 00
4 feed bags 4 00
Powder can and fuse 1 25
2 steel rakes „ 1 00
2 grab hoes 1 00
Pole straps and reins 1 50
Brushes, sponges, and wrenches 5 00
3 lanterns 2 25
4 pails and jug 1 00
Axle grease 25
3 chains 3 50
300 lbs. straw 3 00
Grain 2 00
Bridge plank 20 40
Sundries 1 50
$1,363 70
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
EEPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
A. J. Lamphere, repairs of Town Hall at the
Centre $4 95
Fiske & Spalding, glass 4 20
C. H. McKenny & Co., 3-light chandelier,
Selectmen's room 8 85
Chas. E. Parkhurst, air box for furnace and
registers for hall 19 28
E.[P. Parker, work on horse sheds 1 25 $38 53
Amount carried forward •• $38 53
20
Amount brought forward. $38 53
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSE NO. 3.
Martin & Strong, funnel and labor 14 87
D. W. Bobbins, labor 28 37
D. W. Robbins, stock and teaming 15 70
Jobn Q. Battles, labor 10 50
John Q. Battles, cash paid for labor, lumber,
hardware, and teaming 19 48
E. P. Parker, labor 3 60
F. B. Chapman, labor 1 25
Bartlett & Dow, hardware 105 94 82
Wm. H. Brown, stock and painting school-
house No. 7 35 63 35 63
Almon W. Holt, shingling buildings at Town
Farm, shingles, nails, &c 32 80
Labor 10 25 43 05
$212 03
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, statutes of 1879.. . . $409 00
" " " 252, « " "... 168 00
TOWN OFFICEBS AND COMMITTEES.
$577 00
Paid E. H. Warren, services as town treasurer, $50 00
" " expenses as town treasurer, 10 00 $ 60 00
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk, 40 60
" " expenses as town clerk, 3 28 43 88
Geo. A. Byam, services as selectman .... 70 00
" " expenses as selectman. . . 5 00 75 00
Chas. W. Flint, services as selectman. . . 70 80
" " expenses as selectman.. . 22 67 93 47
John N. Perry, services as selectman. ... 30 00
" " expenses as selectman.. . 14 36 44 36
R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman.. . . 35 00
" " expenses as selectman. . . 15 00 50 00
John Q. Battles, services as selectman.. . 33 00
" " expenses as selectman . . 12 00 45 00
Chas. W. Flint, services as assessor 93 00
" " expenses as assessor 12 25 105 25
Geo. A. Byam, services as assessor 18 00
" " expenses as assessor 9 00 27 00
John N. Perry, services as assessor 10 00
" " expenses as assessor 2 75 12 75
B. Wilson Dix, services as assessor 19 50
" " expenses as assessor. ... 4 50 24 00
Amount carried forward $580 71
21
Amount brought forward. $580 71
Paid John Q. Battles, services as assessor. . . $ 9 50
" " expenses as assessor. . . 3 00 12 50
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as registrar
of voters 15 50
Geo. A. Parkhurst, expenses as registrar
of voters 4 30 19 80
L. M. Dutton, services as registrar of
voters 7 50 7 50
John S. Whidden, services as constable. 5 00 5 00
Daniel W. Sleeper, services as constable, 14 00
Daniel W. Sleeper, enforcing dog law. . . 6 00 20 00
James P. Emerson, Elisha H. Shaw, Dan-
iel P. Byam, services as appraisers.. 8 00 8 00
Ziba Gay, E. F. Richardson, services as
auditors 6 00 6 00
$659 51
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
March 29, T^ paid Arthur H. Sheldon, bal-
ance in 1883 $ 1 70
Feb. 28, SS3, paid Geo. F. Snow, collection
1883, 7 52
Geo. F. Snow, collection 1884 145 78
Geo. F. Snow, abatements 1883 61 10
Geo. F. Snow, abatements 1884 126 91
A. H. Sheldon, abatements 21 01
A. H. Sheldon, collection 1 35
$365 37
J. R. FLETCHER BILL OF 1876.
Paid J. R. Fletcher, services as secretary of
school committee for years 1876-77 $35 00 $35 00
SAFE FOR TOWN CLERK.
Paid C. F. Hatch & Co., one safe $50 00
Expense and teaming 7 25
|57 25
BOOK-CASE CENTRE TOWN HALL.
Paid A. G. Green, book-case at Centre Town
Hall $50 00 $50 00
ROBBINS' HILL ROAD.
Paid R. Wilson Dix, grading $85 00 $85 00
22
COMMON FENCE AT NORTH CHELMSFORD.
A. L. Brooks & Co., 2033 feet of lumber, at
$25.00 per M $52 08
Chas H. Dutton, 70 granite posts and labor. . 109 50
Silver & Gay, 570 wrought iron straps, at .03, 17 10
Silver & Gay, paint and lumber 1 40
Chas. W. Flint, labor and expenses 35 70
Frank G. Merrill, labor 13 50
Jefferson Wright, labor 5 00
E. Shaw & Son, nails and screws 1 58
S. P. Sampson, teaming 1 25
Geo. H. Smith, stock and painting 10 75
$247 11
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Huse, Goodwin & Co., printing 600 Town
reports $28 56
Huse, Goodwin- & Co., printing order book. . 5 00 $33 56
Marden & Rowell, printing 500 school reports, 25 00
Marden & Rowell, printing 1000 school cer-
tificates 2 00 27 00
Sargent & Gay, printing 500 license ballots. . 1 25
Sargent & Gay, printing liquor license blanks, 4 50 5 75
H. C. Church & Son, invoice books and sta-
tionery 3 28 3 28
M. R. Warren, record books for Town Clerk's
office 5 00 5 00
Secretary of State, register of voters 1 40 1 40
J. Merrill & Son, stationery 185 1 85
Geo. A. Byam, stationery bill, 1883 2 50 2 50
Wm. L. Draper, putting runners on hearse,
North Chelmsford 29 75 29 75
Hocum Hosford, cover for hearse, South
Chelmsford 1 00 1 00
Dan'l W. Sleeper, services enforcing liquor law 25 00 25 00
Selectmen, perambulating line between Bil-
lerica and Chelmsford 5 00 5 00
Wm. Redmond, fuel for Selectmen's room at
the Centre 6 75 6 75
A. J. Lamphere, care of hall at Centre 8 00 8 00
N. J. Duncan, care of hall at N. Chelmsford, 4 00 4 00
N. J. Duncan, lighting and warming hall for
cavalry twenty-five times 31 25 31 25
A. H.Sheldon, labor, cemetery, N.Chelmsford, 7 50 7 50
A. H. Sheldon, reporting deaths 1 75 1 75
Daniel P. Byam, reporting deaths 1 25 1 25
Daniel P. Byam, labor in cemetery at South
Chelmsford, and moving hearse top 6 50 6 50
Dawson Pollard, reporting deaths 175 175
$209 84
23
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND
EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria-
tions.
Expendi-
tures.
Excess.
Deficien-
cy.
Pog tax .......
Tuition from non-resident
Teaching
Care of houses ....
Fuel .........
Support of poor, appropriation . .
Support of poor, receipts ....
Highway, appropriation ....
Eepairs of public buildings, appr'n,
Relief of indigent soldiers and sail-
Relief of indigent soldiers and sail-
Town officers and committees, ap-
Collection and abatement of taxes,
Miscellaneous expenses, appropr'n.
Miscellaneous expenses, receipts .
J. R. Fletcher, appropriation . . .
Safe for Town Clerk, appropriation,
Book-case, Centre hall, appropro'n,
Common fence, North Chelmsford .
Town Hall, North Chelmsford . .
$4500 00
175 68
270 05
50 40
500 00
500 00
2100 00
1008 93
3500 00
20 00
250 00
496 00
150 00
147 50
700 00
400 00
300 00
967 75
35 00
150 00
50 00
100 00
250 00
2000 00
4598 00
228 28
340 33
535 81
637 06
3537 76
3385 03
212 03
409 00
168 00
659 51
365 37
209 84
35 00
57 25
50 00
85 00
24.7 11
134 97
37 97
87 00
129 50
40 49
34 63
1057 91
92 75
15 00
2 89
2000 00
170 48
35 81
137 06
428 83
$18,621 31
$15,760 38
2,860 93
$3633 11
$772 18
2860 93
$18,621 31
$18,621 31
$3633 11
$3633 11
Appropriations
Receipts. . .
$15,485 00
. 3,136 31
5,621 31
Amount of orders
Surplus . . . .
$15,760 38
2,860 93
$18,621 31
GEO. A. BYAM,
CHAS. W. FLINT,
R. WILSON DIX,
JOHN N. PERRY,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
Selectmen.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year
ending February 28, 1885, and find his receipts and payments
properly entered and vouched, and a balance of $2,549 16 in his
hands.
We have also examined the bills and receipts in the hands of the
Selectmen, and find them to vouch for orders amounting to
$15,760 38, of which those amounting to $15,690 88 have been paid
by the Treasurer, and $69 50 are outstanding.
We find —
Cash in treasury $2,549 16
Tax of 1883, uncollected $152 08
Interest on tax, 1883 15 07
Tax of 1884, uncollected 970 49
Interest on tax of 1884 28 30 1,165 94
Books on hand in book agency 179 74
Due from the State —
State aid to January 1, 1885 409 00
State aid for January and February, 1885. . . 81 00
Relief to January 1, 1885 84 00
Relief for January and February, 1885 24 00
Armory rent 75 00 673 00
Due from the Town of Truro, aid to the
poor 27 00
$4,594 84
Selectmen's orders outstanding 69 50
Kimball fund 100 00
Interest on Kimball fund 21 64
Estimated liabilities ; 200 00
Estimated abatements 50 00 441 14
Balance assets over liabilities $4,153 70
ZIBA GAY,
E. F. RICHARDSON,
Auditing Committee.
Chelmsford, March 4, 1885.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said
County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re-
quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the
Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the sixteenth day of
March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following arti-
cles, viz. :
1. To choose a moderator.
To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways,
and bridges.
To choose all necessary town officers.
To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the selectmen.
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary
to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow such sums
of money as may be required for the payments of the demands
upon him in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and
payable therefrom.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intox-
icating liquors for the current year.
Art. 10. At the request of Ziba Gay, Geo. C. Moore, E. D. Bearse, E. H.
Shaw, and others, to see if the town will appropriate money for
enlarging and repairing the town house at North Chelmsford, or
act in relation thereto.
Art. 11. At the request of William Manning and others, to see if the town
will vote to hold all future meetings for town business at the
town hall at the Centre of the town, so called.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to sell the town hall in the north part
of the town.
Art. 13. To see what the town will do with the two thousand dollars ap-
propriated last March for repairing the town hall in North
Chelmsford, and not used.
Article
Art.
2.
Art.
3.
Art.
4.
Art.
5.
Art.
6.
Art.
7.
26 WARRANT.
Art. 14. At the request of M. C. Wilson, E. K. Parkhurst, and others, to
see if the town will vote to dig a well and provide a pump there-
for on the town hall lot in the Centre village, said well to be
located beneath the hall, or as near thereto as practicable.
Art. 15.* At the request of J. S. Whidden, Geo. F. Snow, and others, to see
if the town will vote to appropriate one hundred dollars for im-
provements in the cemetery at WeBt Chelmsford, or act in rela-
tion thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the town will accept a town-way as laid out by the
selectmen, beginning at the highway leading from West Chelms-
ford to Chelmsford Centre, about two hundred feet south from
the railroad depot, and running northeasterly about seventy-six
and one-half rods ; thence easterly about ninety-four and one-
half rods to a stone bound on Crooked Spring road, so called.
The first seventy-six and one-half rods of said way is graded,
and land given on whole line of said proposed way.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up at-
tested copies thereof at the Postoffices in the Centre of the town,
South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the
school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time
appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings
thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the
meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixth day of March, in the year of our
Lord, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
CHAS. W. FLINT,
GEO. A. BYAM,
R. WILSON DLX,
JOHN N. PERRY,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and at-
tested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than
ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
TIMOTHY ADAMS,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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