REPORT 


RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES 


TOWN  OF  HAMILTON, 


FROM  MARCH,  1862,  TO  MARCH,  1863. 


— M£@^££^H — 


SALEM  '. 

PRINTED    AT   THE   OBSERVER  OFFICE. 
1863. 


REPORT. 
RECEIPTS. 

Balance  in  Treasury,  March  1862  $974  82 

Amount  received  from  Mass.  School  Fund  32  28 

"     ofStateAid  reimbursed  352  89 

"     received  of  N.  B.  Butler,  collector  for  1861  300  00 

"     from  tax  on  dogs  31  90 

"     f»om  collector  of  1862  3,490  52 

Money  hired,  1862  10,084  71 

$15,267  12 


EXPENDITUEES. 

Paid  State  Tax  $972  00 

"    County   Tax  539  19 

"    Outstanding  orders  of  last  year  248  56 

"    Orders  of  present  year  11,144  41 

"    Notes  and  interest  2,157  02 

$15,061  18 

SCHOOLS, 

North  District,  paid  C.  A.  Appleton,  wood  1861-2  $2  00 

W.  A.  Brown  for  wood  1  50 

Ellen  S.  Cook,  teaching  17£  weeks  70  00 

D.  A.  Caldwell,  teaching  12  weeks  89  28 

I.  D.  Patch,  for  wood  5  00 

East  District,  paid  Mary  Low,  teaching  14£  weeks  57  00 

Isaac  Knowlton,  for  wood  furnished  6  75 

South  District,  paid  Z.  A.  Appleton,  teaching  3|  mo.  1861-2. .  .113  75 

I.  P.  Knowlton,  for  wood,  1861-2  21  00 

"  building  fires  3  00 

Amount  carried  over   $369  28 


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Amount  brought  over  $369  28 

Esther  A.  Patch,  teaching  summer  term. . .  .52  50 

Charles  Caldwell,  teaching  winter  term  84  00 

Joseph  P.  Lovering,  wrood  14  00 

John  Foster,  cutting  wood  and  housing  4  50 

"  building  fires  3  00 

West  District,  paid  I.  F.  Porter,  for  teaching  14  weeks  1861-2    105  00 

Charles  R.  Tuck,  building  fire  3  25 

S.  W.  Dodge,  teaching  18  wks.  summer  term  65  00 

$700  53 


Support  of  Poor. 

Paid  for  Robert  F.  Dodge,  to  S.  Dane,  meat  supplied  1861-2  *      72  00 

Caleb  Wallis  for  supplies,  1S61-2      11  00 

"  George  Meacom,  house  rent  1862      30  00 

R.  &  J.  Picket,  coal  &  wood  '61-62   34  16 

"  "for  moving  wood  '61    1  75 

(i  Est.  of  George  Meacomb,  house  rent  25  00 

"  S.  Dane  for  meat  supplied  1862-3      67  20 

R.  &  J.  Picket,  coal  &  wood  furnished  38  02 

For  Eunice  Riggs  to  F.  E.  Andrews,  board  and  nursing  1861-62  133  03 

1862-63  127  50 

"  "  extra  attendance  and  medicine  5  00 


"  "  coffin  and  grave  clothes  11  50 

"  to  D.  M.  Hoyt,  funeral  expenses  4  50 

For  Asa  Brown  to  Mary  Rowe  for  board  1861-2.  104  00 

"  "        for  pair  of  shoes  1  37 

to  S.  N.  Baker,  for  clothing  1861-62  4  58 

"  to  J.  E.  Bomer,  medical  attendance  1861-2  10  00 

"  to  Mary  Rowe,  boarding  1862  25  00 

For  Joanna  Kent  to  D.  M.  Hoyt,  supplies  in  1861-2  21  96 

"  Dr.  J.  L.  Robinson,  medical  attendance  1861.  .5  00 

"  B.  W.  Patch,  wood  furnished  3  37 

"  Samuel  Adams,  moving  3  00 

"  T.  Frothingham,  stove  6  72 

"  James  M.  Woodman,  wood  furnished  4  50 

"  "  house  rent  7  50 

'*  George  B.  Dodge,  wood  3  00 

"  John  Smith,  wood  13  50 

"  W.  H.  Dodge,  peat   2  50 

E.  P.  Dodge,  supplies  to  Apiil  21, 1863  91  00 


Amount  carried  over  $868  46 


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Amount  brought  over  $868  46 

For  family  of  G.  Barker  to  D ,  M.  Hoyt,  supplies  1861-2  27  92 

"  "     to  K.  D.  Knowlton,  for  moving  3  00 

ForE.  E.  Meady  to  city  of  Salem  for  supplies  59  62 

For  Eunice  Lefavour  to  Town  of  Ipswich  for  boarding  104  00 

For  Eliza  Webber,  to  town  of  Wenham  for  wood  furnished  '61-2    6  00 
"  "  "  house  rent  9  mo.  "      30  00 

"  "  "  cord  of  wood  5  00 

"  A.  F.  Hobbs  house  rent  35  00 

For  Elias  Haskell  to  John  Whipple,  2d,  wood  furnished  4  75 


$1,143  80 


SALARIES  AND  FEES, 

Paid 

W.  A.  Brown,  for  services  on  school  committee,  1861-2  $8  00 

N.B.Butler,        •"       as  collector  of  taxes,       "   35  00 

Jos.  P.  Lovering,  recording  births,  deaths,  marriages,  and 

making  return.  9  60 

two  journeys  to  Ipswich  to  return  votes  for  Rep.  2  50 

services  as  town  clerk  10  00 

Estate  of  George  Appleton,  services  as  town  treasurer  10  00 

paying  state  tax,  collecting  state 

aid  and  school  fund  3  00 

W.  A.  Brown  and  John  Whipple,  2d,  services  as  'Selectmen, 

assessors  and  overseers  of  poor  35  00 

making  annual  report  3  00 

taking  census  of  children  2  00 


$118  10 


Interest  Money. 


Paid 

Elizabeth  A.  Whipple 
John  Smith 
James  B.  Dodge 
Isaac  B.  Dodge 
William  A.  Dane 
Mary  A.  Dane 
James  A.  Dodge 
Hannah  M.  Whipple 
Samuel  Adams 


Paid 

$6  00 

Nath'l  B.  Butler 

$3  60 

114  00 

John  Butler 

3  60 

74  33 

Lydia  A.  Patch 

10  00 

"  18  00 

Mary  Lamson 
Sam'l  Proctor 

9  00 

21  00 

60  00 

12  00 

Joseph  T.  Dodge 

12  00 

15  00 

Zeno  Appleton 

1  00 

9  90 

6  00 

1 

$383  43 

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Roads. 

Paid  to 

Geo  App?eton,  Treas'r,  for  snow  bills  of  1861,  rec'd  by  him  44  66 

for  snow  bills  of  1862,        «   367  02 

George  Dane  for  gravel  1861  *. .  5  00 

B.  W.  Patch  for  working  non-resident  highway  tax  4  50 

Joseph  Knowlton       «'  "  "  4  50 

Winthrop  L  Dodge   "  "  "  4  50 

John  Whipple  2d     •«  "  "  4  50 

Jacob  Kinsman         "  "  *«  4  50 

Mrs  Anna  Brown  for  grtfvel  taken,  1861  5  00 


$444  18 


State  Aid  Granted  to  Families  of  Volunteers. 


Paid  to 

Sui-an  P.  Jowder  $156  00 

Mary  A.  Brewer  156  00 

Lucy  J.  Oliver  112  00 

Nath'l  W.  Saunders  112  00 

Louisa  Chase  120  00  , 

Eliza  Barker  148  00  | 

Mary  E.  Dodge  148  00 

Lucy  A.  Dodge  112  00 

Nath'l  Foss  120  00 

Elizabeth  Wallis  52  00 

Susan  W.  Brown  52  00 

Abagail  Conant  $52  00 


Paid  to 

Lydia  A.  Dodge  68  00 

Esther  L.  Knowlton  80  00 

Mary  A.  Henderson  48  00 

Mary  A.  Hood  ..66  00 

Lucy  J.  Patch  46  00 

Charlotte  Dodge  23  00 

AbbieM.  Whipple  47  00 

Martha  F.  Bowen  12  00 

Esther  Woodbury  15  00 

$1745  00 


Bounties  to  Three  Years'  Volunteers. 


Paid  to 

Ira  P  Knowlton  $150  00 

Andrew  J  Crowell  150  00 

WmH  Dodge  150  00 

Mosea  P  Quimby  150  00 

Osmand  W  Mathews. .    . .  150  00 

Alex  Von  Palen  150  00 

CassiusM  Flagg  150  00 


Manning  C  Davey... .......  150  00 


Paid  to 

Richard  Hargrave  150  00 

Levi  C  Hutchinson  150  00 

Charles  H  Henderson  150  00 

Owen  Short  150  00 

James  E  Gowen  150  00 

George  H  Henshaw  150  00 


$2100  00 


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Bounty  to  Nine 

Paid  to 

Alonzo  L,  Whipple  $200 

Samuel  A.  F.  Whipple. . .  .200 

George  W.  Bo  wen  200 

Hiram  D.  Hood  200 

John  C.Mordough  200 

James  W.  Patch  200 

Reuben  Morris  200 

A.  Webster  Dodge  200 

Elam  W.  Burnham  200 

John  Weeks.*  200 

Henry  Brewer  200 


Months'  Volunteers. 


Paid  to 

Alphonso  M.  Dodge  200  00 

Arthur  B.  Trussel  200  00 

Augustus  H .  Andrews ....  200  00 

Austin  S.  Kinsman  200  00 

Edward  Lane  200  00 

George  Parkhurst  200  00 

Zeno  A.  Appleton  200  00 

Michael  Joyce  200  00 

John  L.  Woodbury  200  00 

$4000  00 


Abatements  allowed  to  Collectors. 

Of  Year  1862— Oliver  Whipple,  $4  56  ;  Wm.  Ford,  $14  44. . . .  19  10 

Fanny  Dodge  2  55;   D  S  Henderson  4  28   6  83 

Zeno  A  Appleton  1  00  ;  D  C  Brown  3  52   4  52 

H  Brewer  2  00;  A  J  Crowell  $2;  W  H  Dodge  $2  6  00 

A  W  Dodge  $2;  J  Hawkins  $2;  R  Morris  $2. .  6  00 

Miles  Mayall  2  95;  James  W  Paten  2  00   4  95 

Alonzo  L  Whipple  2  00;  S  A  F  Whipple  2  00. .  4  00 

John  Harris  44c;  Heirs  of  David  Preston  53c. . .  97 

$52  27 

Liquor  Agency. 

Paid  by  David  M.  Hoyt,  Agent, 

for  Liquor  purchased  for  town,  Jan.  19th,  1863  $132  78 


Incidental. 

Paid  to  » 

Wm.  Ives  &  Co.,  for  printing  1861-2  $43  00 

Town  of  Wenham,  bound  stone  $1,  do.  order  of  school  com.  2  40,  3  40 

John  Foster,  care  of  Selectmen's  office,  1860-1-2  3  00 

School  committee  for  books  furnished  schools  14  22 

N.  B.  Butler,  Express,  50,  do.  errors  in  tax  list  of  1861,  $22  93  23  43 

D.  M.  Hoyt  return  of  deaths  $3  repairs  on  hearse,  75,  pass  books  32  4  07 

J.  K.  Davenport  notifying  town  officers  2  00  do.  dog  owners  2  50  4  50 

Dr.  J.  E.  Bomer  for  exemption  of  militia  men  28  00 

William  G.  Pingree  services  as  recruiting  officer  25  00 

William  C.  Patch  services  as  constable  1861-2  2  00 

F.  R.  Allen  notifying  town  meetings  6  00,  do,  dog  owners  2  00  8  00 

Amount  carried  over  $158  62 


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Amount  carried  over  $158  62 

Joseph  Knowlton  2d  working  highway  tax  of  A.  Andrews  7  50 

J.  K.  Davenport  collector  discount  on  taxes  113  40 

Joseph  P.  Lovering  for  Express  1  03 

Estate  of  George  Appleton,  pastage,  express  &  stamps  1  88 

"                   "       Journey  to  Lynnfield  to  pay  volunteers  2  00 

W.  A.  Brown  for  assistance  to  poor  travellers  7  50 
journey  to  Essex  and  Ipswich  on  account  of  paupers     2  00 

stationery  and  postage  2  26 

time  and  expense  for  the  three  years  volunteers  5  50 

time  and  expense  for  nine  months  volunteers  10  50 

time  and  expense  on  account  of  exempts      *  4  50 

making  return  of  State  aid  to  Boston  2  50 

John  Whipple,  2d,  two  journeys  to  Ipswich  on  account  of  paupers  3  00 

for  one  journey  to  Ipswich  with  exempts  1  50 

cash  paid  for  tax  book  30 

for  express  and  postage  25 


$324  32 


EECAPITULATION. 

Amount  charged  to  Treasurer  on  third  page  $15,267  12 


by  expense  for  schools 

$700 

53 

expense  for  poor 

1,143 

80 

expense  for  salaries  and  fees 

118 

10 

interest  money  paid 

383 

43 

expense  of  roads 

444 

18 

State  aid  granted  families  of  volunteers 

1,745 

00 

bounty  to  three  years  volunteers 

2,100 

00 

bounty  to  nine  months  volunteers 

4,000 

00 

abatement  of  taxes 

52 

27 

amount  paid  for  liquor  by  agent 

132 

78 

incidental  expenses 

324 

32 

outstanding  order  'bf  last  year 

248 

56 

State  and  County  taxes 

1,511 

19 

notes  paid 

2,157 

02 

15,061  18 


Balance  205  94 

The  Treasury  is  liable  for  outstanding  orders  100  12 


which  will  reduce  the  amount  in  Treasury  to  105  82 

W.  A.  BROWN,  )  Selectmen 

JOHN  WHIPPLE,  J-  of 

ALVIN  SMITH,  )  Hamilton. 

Hamilton,  March,  1863. 


