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Home My Public Portal About1869 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN , FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 10, 1869, COMPRISING ,PORT OF THE TREASURER, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, APPRAIS- ERS, COLLECTORS OF TARES, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAYS, TOWN CLERK, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND TRtTSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, COMMISSIONERS OF THE NEW CEMETERY, &c. BOSTON : PRINTED AT THE PATHFINDER'S OFFICE, 1869 . OWN OFFICERS . Selectmen. JOHN K. STICKNEY, Chairman. LUKE PERKINS, ISAAC ROBBINS. Tow Clerk. ' JOSEPH CRAFTS. Town Treasurer. JOHN K. STICKNEY. Assessors. JOSEPH CRAFTS, JOHN K. STICKNEY, JESSE WHEELER. Srhool Committee. ALFRED HOSMER, Chairman, Term expires March 1871. DAVID T. HUCKINS, Secretary, 46 66 14 1869. JOSHUA COOLIDGE, 41 [{ .. 1871. JOHN WEISS, {{ it it 1870. JOSEPH CRAFTS, It {! It1869. *GEORGE K. SNOW, in place of L. T. SAWYER, resigned, Itit at1870. Overseers of the Poor and Hightrays. WILLIANI PERKINS, SAMUEL S. GLEASON, JOSEPH CRAFTS. ftrreyor of ITighmays. WILLIAM PERKINS. { Constables and Truant Officers. JOSEPH P. SHOREY, GEORGE PARKER, HENRY F. BRIGHT. da Thb Porition to to� be filled by vote of the town, at, the annual Jfarch meeting, I869,for the term of one year. LIST OF OFFICERS. _ Collector of Taxes. • GEORGE L. NOYES. Auditors and Appraisers. MOSES FULLER, JR. JOSEPH CRAFTS, GEORGE N. MARCH, WM. C. S. HARRINGTON, JOHN COOLIDGE, JR. Fence Viewers. CHARLES WHITNEY, SAMUEL LEARNED, BRADSHAW WHITNEY. Field Drivers. MICHAEL MORIARTY, JOSEPH P. SHOREY, SAMUEL F. STEARNS, GEORGE PARKER, CHARLES A. GREGG, FREEMAN BABB. Surveyors of Lumber. WILLIAM H. DADMAN, JOHN BRIGHAM, JR., ROYAL GILKEY. *Trustees of the Free Public Library. JOHN WEISS, ALFRED HOSMER, JOSIAH STICK_-NrEY, DAVID T. HL:CKIN S, JAMES M. BELL, ABIEL ABBOTT, JOSEPH BIRD, JOSHUA COOLIDGE, JESSE A. LOCKE, CHARLES J. BARRY. Commissioners of 11 Weetomac Vale" Cemetery. JOSEPH BIRD, GEORGE N. JIARCH, GEORGE K. SNOW. APPOIXTED BY THE SELECT 1fEX Police. JOSEPH P. SHOREY, GEORGE PARKER. Sexton and Undertaker, No Appointment. G. B. STOCKWELL, Acting. The number of Trustees to be reduced to six at the annual March meeting, 180. r LIST OF OFFICERS. rJ Pound Keeper. SIDNEY E. TYLER. Sealer of Weights and Measures. WILLIAM L. STILES. Surreyors and Measurers of Wood and Bark. ARCHIBALD McMASTER, SAMUEL S. GLEASON, ARTEMAS B. ROGERS. Clerks of the Market. SAMUEL S. GLEASON, J. ALBERT SULLIVAN. Janitor of Town Hall. ELIJAH PRATT, up to September 1st, 1868. FRANCIS SPEAR, now acting. Measurers of Grain. FREDI;RICS HUTCHINS, EDWARD SPARROW. Public Weigher and Superintendent of Hay Scales. THOMAS PATTEN. Private Weighers of .Flay, Coal, &c. -TOSEPH H. GRANT, F. B. ROSS. Engineers of Fire Department. TWOOD D. DREW, SAMUEL S. GLEASON, JOHN W. PRIEST. TOWN GRANTS. Grants of Money made be the Town of Watertown, and ordLv to be assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the Tows, a cording to Law, the said ;rants being appropriated ae f, locus, namely : — For the support of the poor, $1,500 " " " highways, 4,000 bridges and culverts, 800 paying interest on town debt, 3,501) discounts and abatements on taxes, 2,000 paying portion of town debt, 5,060 ; salaries of town officers, 1,100 contingent expenses, 3,000 1 Fire Department, 1,200 I it continuation of Irving Street, 400 ' laying out or repairing the way leading to the Catholic Cemetery, 50�' support of Schools, 1 watering Main Street, $37,950 Grant of Money made by the Town of Water- town, and ordered to be paid from the contingent fund appropriated for repairing and taking care of the clock on the First Parish Meeting-House, P ' r TOWN GRANTS. Grants of Toney made by the Town of Watertown, during the year 1868, for which the Town Treasurer was authorized to borrow money on the credit of the town. N The amounts and appropriations being as follows, namely For the purchase of land of Samuel L. Batchelder, $3,560 00 << the purchase of land for a new cemetery 9,268 00 « the purchase of additional land of Samuel L. Batchelder, 3,000 00 expenses attending the laying out of the new cemetery grounds under the direc- i tiou of the commissioners, 1,500 00 << the fitting up of, and preparing books for the Free Public Library, 1,00t1 00 the purchase of land for an entrance to new cemetery from Aft. Auburn Street, 21400 00 The money which has been paid on account of the new ceme- and the Free Public Library, as shown in the accounts per- Ding thereto, and the whole of the cost of the land purchased an entrance to the new cemetery, have been paid from the baidy for the mill-dam road. iir._ I , ASSESSORS' REPORT. VALUATION AND TAXES OF THE TOWN OF W ATERTOWN FOR. THE YEAR 1868. The valuation of Real Estate is $2,334,972 00 Personal 1,126,503 00 Total valuation of Estates, $3,461,475 00 The whole number of Polls, is 978 AMOUNTS ASSESSED. State Tax, $5,580 00 County Tax, 2,573 31 Town Grants, 37,950 Overlayings, 159 57 $46,262 88 Tax on 978 Polls at $2.00 each, y"_,956 00 61 61 Estates at $1.28 per ct. on $3,461,475 00 is 44,306 88 $46,262 88 The sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars and sixty eight cents has also been assessed as additional taxes for 1868, $125 68 JOSEPH CRAFTS, Assessors JOHN K. STICKNEY, of JESSE WHEELER, Watertown. ' f TREASURER'S REPORT. E By the Town Treasurer for the year ending Feb. 10, 1869. RECEIPTS. Received from D. T. Huckins, Treas'r, 1867-8, balance in Treasury, $1,381 96 Borrowed in anticipation of taxes, as per loan ac- count, 18,400 00 } Reed of D. T. Huckins, taxes and interest for 1866, per account, 2,202 84 c� of Salnuel .i oyes c c c c c c c c 1867, per account, 3,350 00 " of George L. Noyes, •< << << 1868, per account, 37,663 73 66 of town of Belmont, support of pau- pers, $486 68 61 of sundry persons on account of Almshouse, for items of which, see A lmshouse account, 714 62 i,201 30 " of Samuel Noyes, 1 year's rent of store, 250 00 is of Noursv & Barnard, 1 year's rent of store, 175 00 " of Elijah Pratt, for use of Town Hall, $195 25 " of George Parker, 66 << « 18 00 Of Jog. P. Shorey, 11 it << 12 50 " of Francis Spear, {c << << 254 00 479 75 " of State Treasurer, Balance of Corporation Tax for 1867, 44 41 Amount cariied forward, $65,149 02 2w 10 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought forward, $65,149 02 Reed of State Treasurer, corporation tax for 1868, 3,504 36 reimbursenwnt of State aid, 1867, 1,700 00 66 town's share of school fund, $237 15 " of Miles Pratt & Co., for old iron (furnace), 13 62 250 76 66 of sale of brave lot, 5 00 from commissioners of new cemetery, sale of wood, 63 86 of Sam'l Noyes, on account of liquor agency, 130 00 66 of County Treasurer, for licens(V, 125 00 << of persons licensed, coin. on sale of liquors, 56 32 46 of Joel Barnard, Jr., on sale of land and ex- penses, 3,810 00 tC of State Treasurer, subsidy for Mill Dana road, 20,000 00 i 66 of Town of Brighton, half expense of certified records of original laying out of Mill Dam road, 9 00 66 of G. B. Stockwell, for use of hearse, 7 50 6' of David T. Huckins, covering error, 100 00 $94,910 8+4 44 DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS. Charged to town appropriations, $3 7,950 00 I Less discounts and abatements, 2,000 00 Amound carried forward, $35,950 00 TREASURER'S REPORT. 11 Amount brought fora ar d, $35,950 00 mnsferred to school account, 230 7 6 << Almshouse account, 1,201 30 66 Loan account, 20,873 00 96 Payment of town debt, 15,892 00 LL State Aid account, 1,700 00 66 State tax, 5,580 00 Cemetery account, Susan L. Coolidge, 552 16 for land, 2,400 00 Free Library account, 977 43 Contingent fund, 9,532 19 ' $949910 84 EXPENDITURES. SCHOOLS. i opriation, $14,750 00 erred from receipts on account of ools, 250 7 6 naferred from contingent fund to eet deficiency, 356 67 $159357 43 PAID TEACHERS' SALARIES, VIZ. on F. 111itney, Principal of Iliah School, full ear, 1,566 66 ry F. Porter, Assistant of Iliah School, full -ear, 7 33 33 Amount carried forward, $21,299 99 12 TREASURER REPORT. Annount brought forward, $29 Levi W. Russell, Principal Centre Grammar School, full yeart 1,3 Adelaide A. Keith, Assistant Centre Grammar School, two terms, Anna 11. Macree, Assistant Centre Grammar School, three terms, 4 Henry Chase, Principal West Grammar School, two terms, 8 George S. Turner, Principal West Grammar School, one term, James M. Sawin, Principal East Grammar School, part of year, 4 W. T. Copeland, Principal East Grammar School, part of year, 57 .. Henry C. Davis, Principal East Grammar School, part of year, 248 Sophia E. Baldwin, of Centre Intermediate School, part of year, 78 11. Estella Varney, of Centre Intermediate School, full year, 43 Clara M. Bailey, of East Intermediate School, full year, 441 M. Emily Lord, of West Intermediate School, two ' terms, 291 66 Ellen 'M. Crafts, of West Intermediate School, one term, 141 . , Harriet Robbins, of South Intermediate School, full year, 441 Emina, G. Russell, of Centre Primary No. 1, one term, 133 33 Amount carried forward, $8,833 08 t. r TREASURER'S REPORT. 13 Amount brought forward, $8,835 08 jsabella N. March, of Centre Primary No. 2, full year, 416 65 Fannie Robbins, of Centre Primary No. 3, full year, 416 65 Annie E. Coolidge, of East Primary No. 3, full year, 416 65 Adelaide Horn, of South Primary School, full year, 416 65 � Y 3 Edith Howe, of `'Pest Primary School, part of year, 190 91 Elizabeth J. 'tanning, of West Primary School, one term, 133 33 $10,825 92 i CA AE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES. aid Solon F. Whitney, care of IIigh School-house, part of year, $7 7 00 aid Levi W. Russell, care of High School-house, ')art of year, 22 50 ail Robert C. Rought, care of Centre School- bmse fires, part of year, 63 00 ail Julia 11cDouald, care of Centre School-house, Part of year, 54 00 a ' l Jamr's 'l. Sawin, care of East School-house, part of year, 49 99 ill W. T. Copeland, care of East School-house, Part of year, 33 33 �d J. Coolidge, for Mrs. Austin, care of East School-house, part of year, 5 00 llE'nry Chase, care of Nest School-house, 1%of year, 90 00 410u4i carried forward, $3'14 b:; f i� 14 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount hrought forward, $394 82 Paid David W. Doughty, care of South School- house, part of year, 44 6c) Paid Frank Spear, care of High, Centre, South, and West School-houses, part of year, 1 GO 00 1 $A9 42 FUEL FOR SCHOOL-HOUSES. Paid Royal C ilkey, as per bills, for coal, Aiken & Woodward, charcoal, 56 20 $710 21 HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY. Paid Lee, Shepard & Co. $47 35 William Henshaw, 3 75 $51 10 MAPS, TEXT-BOORS, STATIONERY, ETC. � Paid E. P. Dutton & Co., maps, $24 30 Aaron R. Gay, stationery, 29 00 G< << It << 1 50 • C. C. McLauthlin, books, stationery, &c., 11 55 << C. C. McLauthlin, books, stationery, &c., 6 69 C. C. LeLauthlin, books, stationery, &c., 66 86 Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., chem- istry, 1 00 Lee, Shepard & Co., books, 6 51 $147 41 i t TREASURER'S REPORT. 15 4 PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. Paid Thomas Hall, magnifying glass, $2 50 Charles Stodder, microscope, 65 00 W. J. Rolfe, pictures, 10 00 Alfred Howes, hardware, 8 00 Samuel F. Hunt, hardware, two bills, 64 50 $150 00 INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES. :Paid Thomas N. Hooper, per bill, $17 00 Otis Brothers, per bill, 24 96 Ellen Cassidy, cleaning High School- house, 2 00 I " Bridget Welsh, cleaning High School- house, 2 00 16 David IV. Doughty, cleaning South School-house, 3 25 " T. H. Stimpson, printing, 2 50 " Luther Bent & Co., per bill, 6 00 James Freeman, pump box, 1 50 HenIT Russell, painting and glazing, 29 03 Cornelius Holland, labor Centre School- house, 8 00 Patrick McCarthy, labor Centre School-house, 12 00 ` `1-1ry McCale, labor Centre School- house, 5 83 Uri. JVilliam Carney, labor Centre School-house, 12 50 f Amount carried forward, $126 57 IL r 16 TREASURER 28 REPORT. Amount brought fonward, $12G 5 Paid Joseph Crafts, time and labor at Centre School-house, 22 00 66 Robert C. Rou;ht, making fires in Centre School-house, 8 00 46 S. S. Gleason, per bill, 38 << Mrs. Covcrny, clearing high School- house, 3 00 66 James Al. Sawin, labor, &c., Last School-house, 8 33 66 Luther Beat, repairs, carting settees,&c., 32 51 66 Frank Spear, per bill, 6 67 66 Nourse & Barnard, 2 59 ; 66 William L. Stiles, per bill, 13 50 66 John Barnard, per bill, 8 50 66 Norcross & Blaisdell, per bill, repairs, &c., 79 82 << Alfred Mudge & Son, printing, 16 00 64 W. O. Ilaskell & Son, settees, 39 00 t Overseers of Poor, for gravel and cart- ing, 7 50 66 George Peirce, per hill, 16 90 66 Paid Robert Rought, per bill, 7 50 64 Iieury Chase, per hill, 13 00 << T. J. Thompson, carting ashes, &c., 2 00 66 Joseph Crafts, for cash paid sundry persons, per hill, 26 83 I << George T. Baker & Co„ tubular well, &c., East School-house, 40 00 << B. Bradley & Co., 6 clocks, 66 00 $346 �� TREASURER'S REPORT. 17 Amount brought forward, $546 60 laid Burton, Fellows cC Co., dusters, brushes, S,c., 24 93 « Julia McDonald, cleaning Centre School-house, 3 50 1 r, Frank Spear, per bill, 14 85 Seth E. Sparrow, brooms, brushes, soap, &-c., 33 05 Luther Bent & Co., 19 60 � Alfred .Mudge &, Son, printing, 16 00 J. L. Fairbanks, thermometers, 13 50 Norcross &- Blaisdell, repairs, 129 71 William L. Stiles, per bill, 95 43 Joseph Crafts, time, and travelling expense on account teachers, 15 50 Alfred Bowes, per bill, 2 87 Thomas L. Freuch, per bill, 9 86 enry Russell, as per bill, painting, varnishing, &,c., 219 12 Thomas P. Emerson, expressing, 22 10 Samuel Noyes, mats, brooms, &c., 8 80 A. Rogers, regulatinm clocks, 6 00 Frank Spear, per bill, 4 00 W. 0. Haskell &- Son, erasers, 24 00 $1,209 42 3w M 1 TREASURER'S REPORT. ALTERATIONS IN SCHOOL-HOUSES, FURNITL'4 ; ETC. CENTRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE. Paid Norcross and Blaisdell, as per bill, $448 94 Thomas L. French, << 11 101 05 64 J. Blevins, slating, 64 96 83 90 4' Henry Russell, gI•aining, &e., 25 00 i 46 W. O. Haskell & Son, furniture, 278 19 << American Tablet Co., blackboards, 80 00 $1,017,V WEST SMOOL-HOUSE. Paid Norcross and Blaisdell, fitting up room, $61 51 PAINTING HIGH SCIIOOL-HOUSE. Paid Henry Russell, per contract, $7 0 00 paintillg fence, &c., and labor on furniture, 27 00 97 OC NEW FURNACE, CENTRE SCHOOL-HOUSE. Paid Geo. ITT. Walker & Co., furnace, $396 07 << Thomas L. French, setting same, and repairing old furnace, 92 29 • $49 .36 SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES. Paid teachers, $10,825 92 66 janitors, care of school-houses, 599 42 64 fuel, 710 21 << high School library, 51 10 •� books, maps, stationery, &c., 147 41 .' << philosophical apparatus, High School, 150 00 << incidental school expenses, 1,209 42 Anwunt carried forward, $139693 48 TREASURER'S REPORT. 19 Amount brought forward, $13,693 48 Paid alterations in Centre Grammar School-house, 1,017 08 is alterations in West Grammar School- house, 61 51 << painting High School-house, per contract, 70 00 painting fences, out-houses, &.c., 27 00 4 new furnace in Centre School-house, 488 36 Total expense of schools, $15,357 43 FI qE DEPARTMENT. Ai)propriation, $1,200 00 From continaeut fund, deficiency, 111 96 $1,311 96 aid Frank Spear, refreshments, $1 68 `` S. S. Gleason, 49 16 79 Royal Gilkey, coal, 9 18 Andrew T. Mills, steward, Book Ladder Co., 5 00 Charles H. Noyes, six months' pay roll, Hook & Ladder Co., 60 00 " Union Fire Co., six months' pay roll, Engine Co., 250 00 " gas bill, Engine Co., 7 00 Royal Gilkey, coal, 10 10 George W. Bright, steward Engine Co. 25 00 A. T. Drew, engineer's salary, 70 00 Amount owried forward, $454 75 { 20 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought foncard, $4 54 75 Paid Samuel Noyes, oil, &c., 1 95 it Win. L. Stiles, stove funnel, 1 50 Jos. Polechio, painting, and lettering Engiuc No. 2, (►5 00 Geo. Peirce, locks, limber, and labor, 19 12 Jas. Boyd & Sons, new suction Lase, 150 75 Jos. Polechio, painting, &e., 'uguie No. 1, 37 00 66 A. D. Drew, badges, belts, straps, &e., 31 75 96 A. B. Rogers, hosemen's suits, 45 00 << Newton & Watertown Gas Co., 2 00 it E. G. Tarbell, letters on badges, &c., 14 00 41 S. S. Gleason, brooms, &c., 1 45 it Newton & Watertown Gas Co., 3 50 << Hook & Ladder Co., 50 00 << A. T. Mills, stew- ard, 5 00 ; Relief Fire Co., pay roll, 250 00 << Geo. F. Bright, stew- ard, 25 00 it Royal Gilkey, coal, 13 00 it S. S. Gleason, refreshments, 48 98 << Wm. L. Stiles, stove, funnel, &c., 25 30 << J. Al. Parkhurst, refreshments, 9 55 it Samuel Noyes, oil, and refreshments, 26 25 64 Newton & Watertown Gas Co., 5 00 it Seth E. Sparrow, refreshments, 1 42 Jas. Boyd & Sous, repairs, 1 00 it A. D. Drew, cash paid for charcoal, oil, wrenches, &-c., 13 80 << S. S. Gleason, 5 51 T. P. Emerson, expressage, 4 38 $1,311 96 TREASURER'S REPORT. 21 BRIDGES .AND CULVERTS. Sl)propriation, $800 00 awn from contingent fund for deficiency, 1,960 26 $2,760 26 Paid George,Peirce, labor on bridges, 166 00 Loyal Gilkey & Co., for lumber, 110 05 Grauville Fuller & Son, 44 59 58 Philemon Priest & Son, labor, &.c., 29 50 st Royal Gilkey &, Co., lumber, 120 22 " " " 66 86 i A. L. Danforth, per bill, 15 00 John Cullen, culverts, 29 75 66 Royal Gilley and & Co., lumber, 125 35 16 John Brigham, culvert on Gillen St., 38 25 George Peirce, labor, 32 16 D. N. Skillings &-, Co., lumber, Brighton Bridge, 40 00 Bixby & Cole, building new pier at Brighton Bridge, &c., 19897 54 - Watertown Almshouse, culvert on Elm Street, 30 00 $29 7 60 26 ALMSHOUSE. DR. To 8i'propriation transferred from support of poor, $1,500 00 " 66 " highways, 4,000 00 transfer from receipts, amount received from 3elmont for support of paupers, 486 68 dent carried forward, $5,986 68 22 TREASURER 98 REPORT. Amount brouyht forward, $5,986 68 To transfer from receipts, being money for sun- dry t6iu;s, &-c., natnely : — Received of John Trickey for calf, $12 00 State treasurer, state paupers, 10 50 William Perkins, for hay, 158 OF old cart, 20 00 pigs, 6 00 S. E. Tyler, sale of cow, 65 00 town of Watertown, labor, 263 37 William Perkins, hay, 63 85 It It pork, 66 83 potatoes, 5 00 H. P. Mason, produce, 16 00 William Perkins, hay, 27 67 714 62 Transferred from appropriation for repair of road at sand bank, 366 50 contingent fund to meet deficiency, 82 47 $7,150 27 CR. By cash paid for sundry purposes, as follows : — LABOR Or FARM AND ROADS. Paid Freeman Babb, 1 quarter's salary as keeper, $131 25 Sydney E. Tyler 3 qrs. " 336 50 ' J. E. V. Thompson, labor, 50 00 John Maloney, 261 00 Patrick Maloney, 170 59 James Fahey, " 204 53 Thomas Remana, " 7 6 04 Amount carried forward, $1,229 91 f TREASURER'S REPORT. 23 a Amount brought fo?-ward, $1,229 91 raid Thomas Rooney, labor, 92 86 C. W. Henderson, 236 52 John DeWyre, 19 00 $1,578 29 LABOR IN HOUSE. Paid Martha S. Thompson, $30 00 ig Margaret Hearn, 114 00 144 00 GRAIN AND MEAL FOR BARN. Breash paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to April, 1868, $139 70 paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to July, 1�68, 247 65 paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill y to Oct., 1868, 172 90 " paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to Jan'y, 1869, 111 00 t' paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to Feb., 1869, 46 05 717 30 MEAL AND FLOUR FOR HOUSE. paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to April, 1868, $104 80 paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to July, 1868, 61 00 " paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to Oct., 18689 100 05 paid Perkins, Coffin, & Co., bill to Jan'y, 1869, 94 05 359 90 'lrnould carried forward, $2,799 49 24 TREASURER 98 REPORT. .Amount brought forward, $2,709 PROVISIONS, MEAT, &C. By cash paid H. P. Dlason, bill to A u- gust, 1868, $143 07 " paid H. P. Mason, hill to Oct., 18689a 116 01 paid Emery Al. Mayo, 82 98 old bill, 72 90 paid W. 1I. Lyman, 16 00 paid H. P. Mason, 8 79 439 7 MANURE. By cash paid William Perkins, $6 00 " " " S. F. Danforth, 35 00 4101 , MATERIAL FOR ROADS. By cash paid J. W. Turner for stone, 41 (, STREET CROSSII GS. By cash paid D. &. H. Gore, flan stones, $36 07 George Painter, 47 83 07 STOCK ON FARM. By cash paid Cameron &, Ross, new cart, $112 25 it " " Dodge, Gilbert, & Co., sledge, 8 03 120 25 Amount carried forward, $3,5 24 59 f TREASURER'S REPORT. 25 Amount brought forward, $3,524 59 REPAIRS ON CARTS, WAGONS, HARNESSES, ETC. By cash paid E. G. Tarbell, $52 77 << " Cameron & Ross, 67 40 << A 6 Thomas Patten, 3 25 Antipas Jackson, 117 33 << << Thos. N. Hooper, 71 50 46 it John Tucker, 14 65 326 90 FISH. By amount paid Barzillai Paine, $17 75 I. it " C. W. Bunting, 20 64 ` R. S. Merryman, 16 20 ` Barzillai Paine, 11 50 R. S. Merryman, 11 44 77 53 BOOTS AND SHOES. Paid S. H. Coombs, $28 47 " 25 38 53 85 GROCERIES. id Frank Spear, $107 16 it 73 67 S. S. Gleason, 68 69 " 83 73 " 23 23 It 171 31 it16 43 " 15 29 -Arnrnoulita carried forward, $559 51 $3,982 87 4w 26 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amounts brought forward, $559 51 $3,382 87 Paid Samuel Noyes, 147 35 " `` 4 20 • " Giles A. Meacham, soap, 11 92 " Sidney E. Tyler, 24 56 739 5F DRY GOODS. Paid Otis Brothers, $21 87 " 21 85 " 6 4 31 61 ` Nourse cC Barnard, 12 98 " 18 43 106 74 CLOTHING. Paid A. B. Rogers, 31 15 FUEL FOR HOUSE. Paid Alvin Adams, wood, $24 00 66 Royal Gilkey, coal, 33 73 it46 6617 43 " " it 54 62 40 26 E. W. Fisk, wood, 71 00 241 04 COAL FOR ENGINE. Paid Royal Gilkey, 1�'�6 OU TIN WARE. Paid Wm. L. Stiles, $11 50 " 26 79 38 29 Amount carried forward, $5,325 65 iL TREASURER'S REPORT. 27 Amount brought foru?ard, $5,325 65 FURNITURE AND REPAIRS. Paid Luther Bent, $7 70 12 21 it Oliver Sawyer, 5 65 25 56 HARD WARE-HOUSE, 'Paid Alfred Howes, $11 72 23 17 34 89 HARDWARE-ROADS. Paid Alfred Howes, $41 17 it S 90 50 07 MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ADVICE. aid Chas. F. Pac,e, $13 87 J. A. Sullivan, 11 25 Samuel Richardson, 63 50 Alfred Iiosmer, 8 00 it L. B. Morse, 4 50 101 12 VETERINARY EXPENSES. id Josiah H. Stickney, $24 00 E. F. Thayer, 18 25 42 25 knount can-ied forward, $59579 54 28 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought forward, $5,579 5 LUMBER AND LABOR. Paid Royal Gilkey, $16 69 George Peirce, 5 00 21 6 REPAIRS ON CRUSHER. Paid Rawson & Hittenger, $2 10 it661 25 " " 217 06 220 41 REPAIRS ON HOUSE. Paid John Barnard, $0 60 10 62 Henry Russell, 1 25 12 47 $5,834 11 ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE. Mrs. Hugh Ro;ers. Paid :Mass. Gen. Hos- • pital, $7 2 00 << Paid 4. B. Morse, 16 00 $88 00 Mrs. McCabe. Paid William Carney, year's rent, 72 00 Mrs. C. D. Lindley. Paid Frank Spear, groceries, 39 20 Paid Frank Spear, groceries, 80 40 00 Amount carried forward, $69034 11 66 • TREASURER'S REPORT. 29 Amount brought forward, $6,034 11 s. L. Skinner. Paid Frank Spear, $33 17 S. S. Gleason, 5 94 2 00 `r 4 00 2 20 Otis Brothers, 2 50 49 81 Au,( Eckhardt. Paid Frank Spear, 21 90 kIrs Hannah Welch. Paid Frank Spear, $14 82 S. S. Gleason, 6 48 5 76 Otis Brothers, 2 50 S. S. Gleason, 5 17 11 44 •` " 1 50 47 67 hn Whitney. Paid Frank Spear, 15 72 Us Kate Reardon. Paid Frank Spear, $18 39 " " S. S. Gleason, 3 24 Royal Gilkey, 5 50 Frank Spear, 3 54 S. S. Gleason, 1 40 Royal Gilkey, 5 00 37 07 Cavana;h. Paid Frank Spear, $4 81 Royal Gilkey, 2 63 6 50 " 14 75 28 69 Awnmj)1t carried forward, $69234 97 s 30 TREASURER'S REPORT. Or Amount brougkt forward, $6, Mrs. Bate Malloy. Paid Frank Spear, $3 16 S. S. Gleason, 3 00 3 27 Mrs. Plunket. Paid Frank Spear, $8 80 ` S. S. Gleason, 3 19 2 00 < Royal Gilkey, 10 00 S. S. G11--ason, 3 00 Mrs. Ryan. Paid Frank Spear, $5 48 << " S. S. Gleason, 3 86 Royal Gilkey, 5 50 << ` S. S. Gleason, 1 50 R. Gilkey, 6 50 S. S. Gleason, 1 22 << R. Gilkey, 5 50 it it S. S. Gleason, 2 00 3156 Mrs. Austin. Paid Frank Spear, $8 54 S. S. Gleason, 4 49 << Royal Gilkey, 2 37 << it << 6 50 it it it 6 50 << it S. S. Gleason, 2 41 it it R. Gilkey, 5 50 S. S. Gleason, 5 24 Amount cap-Tied fomcard, $6,346 TREASURER'S REPORT. 31 Amount brought forward, $6,345 00 firs. C. Burns. Paid S. S. Gleason, 60 • << Royal Gilkey, 2 75 " 5 75 1 63 10 73 "airs. Horric an. Paid S. S. Gleason, 2 28 14rs. Conly. Paid S. S. Gleason, $4 32 19 " " 7 05 11 37 Irs. Flanna(an. Paid L. B. Morse, $3 00 " Royal Gilkey, 6 00 S. S. Gleason, 7 83 << Royal Gilkey; 7 33 24 16 4' McCabe. Paid L. B. MoiCse, 10 00 McGrath. Paid Otis Brothers, $2 50 " 46 S. S. Gleason, 1 06 " " Royal Gilkey, 6 50 " 5 50 15 56 ert Cook. Paid L. B. Morse, $4 00 it69 S. S. Gleason, 3 00 7 00 . Rea=an. Paid Otis Brothers, 6 50 re• Meacham. Paid S. S. Gleason, 8 13 • Pike. Paid 64 1 34 tge Etchells. Paid David Jackson, 4 00 An+ount carr ed forward, $69446 07 32 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought forward, $6,446 07, Mrs. (Ire;g Smith. Paid Town of Somer- ville, fuel, $14 00 City of Boston, 26 00 40 Og Mrs. Nancy W. Stone. Paid City of Boston, 48 f�) Mrs. Mary A. Chant. " City of Charles- town, 39 00' Eliz. Al. Walker. " City of Boston, 8 20 Mrs. H. Whitney. " City of Charles- town, 39 00 FOOD FURtiISHED TRAVELLERS. Paid Constables Shorey and Parker, sun- dry bills, $19 50 66 Samuel S. Gleason, 1 00 20 50 STATE PAUPERS. Paid J. P. Shorey on account of Maho- ney, sent to Tewksbury, $11 45 J. P. Shorey, " 4 00 << it it 8 50 Luther B. Morse, on account Maho- ney, 6 00 29 95 Amount carried forward, $6,670 7.' TREASURER'S REPORT. 33 Amount brought forward, $6,670 72 SUNDRY EXPENSES. I Paid sundry expenses, as per account, $5 60 « Nalium R. Robinson, drilling stone, 50 70 John Trickey, use of bull and cart, 14 00 « J. L. Fairbanks P Reoister, 6 00 t � Pauper a Win. Perkins, pasturing cow, 6 00 Jas. R. Harrison, expressing, 12 95 1 Howard Brothers, ice, 17 80 • $113 05 F RQAD TO CATHOLIC CEMETERY. f Paid labor from Almshouse, $102 37 James Afanahan, labor, 7 00 it Martin Luffy, << 9 62 Louis Nolan, 11 37 John Flannery, 23 92 T. Reyley, << 13 12 John Burke, 41 13 12 Nath'10 Neal, << 7 00 Hu;h McGinnis, per bill, 134 88 John Kogan, gravel, 44 10 $366 50 Total amount Almshouse expenses, $7,150 27 6w 34 TREASURER'S REPORT. LOAN ACCOUNT. DR. To amount of outstanding liabilities, Lein; money borrowed in previous years, in anticipation of taxes, Namely : — Ann 1. Norcross, note, $200 00 Freeman Babb, 2 notes, 2,175 00 'Thomas L. French, note, 500 00 Gardner Aldrich, 1,000 00 Sarah Eager, 200 00 $4,0 5 Ou *BORROWED 1868 IN ANTICIPATION OF TA 1868. March 11. Of Hamilton National Bank, 6 mos., $7,000 00 << 24. Of Sarah G. May, de- mand, 400 00 30. Of Hamilton National Bank, 5 mos., 3,000 00 May 19. Of Hamilton National Bank, 4 mos. 29000 00 July 7. Of Hamilton National Bank, 3 mos., 6,000 00 18,400 W $22,475 00 *The Town Treasurer was authorized, by vote of the town, to borrow i i sum, not exceeding $20,000. n Ali TREASURER'S REPORT. 35 LOAN ACCOUNT. CR ` Transferred from receipts, $20,8 75 00 Paid Freeman Babb, 2 notes, $2,175 00 Thos. L. French, note, 500 00 ' Sarali E.t,er, 200 00 ' Hamilton National Bank, 4 notes, $189000 00 $20,875 00 TRANSFERRED TO TOWN DEBT. Aan I. Norcross, note, $200 00 G irdner Aldricli, " 19000 00 Sarah G. ,Nlay, " 400 00 -� $22,475 00 INTEREST ON BORROWED MONEY. NO APPROPRIATION. tXnsferred from contingent fund, $5 72 64 Paid Freeman Babb, interest clue on pay- ment of notes, $86 75 Tliomas L. French, " " 20 42 " Sarni Eager, " " 6 16 99 Haruilton National Bank discount, 231 29 „ " " " 82 87 4t Is 66 It 44 42 100 75 $572 64 Jh TREASURER'8 REPORT. BORROWED AND TRANSFERRED TO TOWN DEBT. O'f State Treasurer, to pay for Cemetery Land, $9,268 a • t�arnuel L. Batchelder, fur laird purchased, 615ejo TOWN DEBT, Showing the amount of debt, as per account of 186 i-8, with transf'�rs and reduction, viz., old debt Note payable to Wm. May, Estate of, $1,000 00 << Lowell Inst. for Savings, 22,225 00 State Treasurer, 6,500 00 ' Eliza Glines, 1,000 00 << Ann I. Norcross, 500r 00 • James H. Norcross,Trustee, 500 00 << < < Luke Forbes, Estate of, 2,000 00 E'.iza J. Norcross, 200 00 < << Michael Quirk, 500 00 << << << Maria Dudley, 400 00 << Boston Five Cent Sav- ings Bank, 10,000 00 • George E. Norcross, 375 00 ° Elmira Hinman, 5,200 00 Thomas J. Peirce, 1,000 00 9& Amount of old debt, $51,400 00 Amov7d carried forucard, $51,400 40 THEASURER'S REPORT. 37 Amount brought forward, $51,400 00 Transferred from Loan Account, old liabilities, namely : — Note payable to Ann I. Nor- [ Crass' $200 00 Note payable to Gardner Aldrich, 11000 00 Note payable to Sarah G. May, 400 00 $1,600 00 Amount clue Samuel L. Batchelder on land above amount borrowed, 632 00 2,232 00 Bo rowed and transferred, 15,828 00 $69,460 00 DR. o appropriation, $5;000 00 ' Transferred from receipts, 15,892 00 $20,892 00 GR. y paid William play, note, $1,0()0 00 " James 11. Norcross, Trustee, note, 500 00 Paid Jlichael Quirk, note, 500 00 " S. L. Batchelder, << 39000 00 44 It bal. due on land, 632 00 S. L. Batchelder, note, 3,560 00 mint capried foru,arrl, $99192 00 f 38 TREASURER'8 REPORT. Amount brought forward, $9,192 00 By paid State Treasurer, Note, 6,.500 00 44 Elmira Hinman, Note, 4,000 00 << Elmira Hinman, N. 1,200 00 $20,892 00 Outstanding town debt, $48 INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT. Appropriation, $3,500 00 Transferred from conth)geut fund, 116 73 $3,616 73 Paid Eliza J. Norcross, 6 months' interest on note of $200, $6 00 Chas. Bemis, Executor on Wm. May's note of $1,000, 21 00 Treasurer Boston Five Cent Sav- ings wank, 6 months' int. on $10,000, 300 00 State Treasurer, 6 months' interest on $6,500, 195 00 Thomas Peirce, 6 months' interest on $1,000, 30 00 Treasurer Lowell Institute for Sav- inas, 6 months' int. on $19,225, 544 94 a Michael (quirk, interest on Note of $500, 26 63 Elmira Hinman, 6 months' interest on $4,000, 140 00 Amount c(rrraed forward, $1,263 57 1 TREASURER'S REPORT* 39 Amount br light forward, $1,263 57 id James H. Norcross, Trustee, in- terest on $500, 36 08 Treasurer Lowell Institute for Sav- in�s, interest due on town notes at time of renewal, $3,500, 60 25 t .11rs. Luke Forbes, 6 months' in- terest on $2,000, 60 00 • Eliza Glines, 6 months' interest on $1,000, .30 00 • Elmira Hinman, 6 months' interest on $1,200, 42 00 � Eliza J. Norcross, 6 mouths' inter- est on $200, 6 00 ' :11aria Dudley, 1 year's interest on $400, 24 00 Treasurer Boston Five Cent Sav- ings Dank, 6 months' interest on $10,000, 300 00 S. L. Batchelder, int. on $3,632 from purchase of land to sale, 76 88 Ann J. Norcross, 1 year's interest on $7 00, 42 00 v State Treasurer, 6 months' interest oil $62500, 195 Oct Treasurer Lowell Institute for Sav- inIrs, 6 months' int. on $16,725, 469 94 h Sarah G. May, 6 months' interest on $400, 13 00 Thomas Peirce, 6 months' interest on $1,0009 30 00 Amount carried fortaaiti, $2,648 72 a 40 TREASUItEW8 REPORT. Amount brouAt forward, $2,648 72 Paid Treasurer Lovell Institute for Sav- ings, 6 mouths' int. on $5,500 , 165 00 S. L. Batchelder, interest on note of $3,560, 159 90 Alva. Luke Forbes, 6 months' in- terest oil $2,000, 60 00 State Treasurer, interest on pay- ment of Note, $6,500, 76 91 Elmira Hinman, interest on Pay- niennt of note, $4,000, 186 fit; , Elmira Hinman, interest on Pay- went of note, $1,200, 35 00 64 Sarah G. ATay, interest on renewal of note, $400, 6 50 " State Treasurer, 6 months' inter- est on $9,268, 278 04 $3,616 73 INSURANCE. INTO APPROPRIATION. Transferred from contin(ent fund, ' Paid D. T. Huckius, Policy Insurance High School-house, $91 00 n " D. T. Huckius, Policy Insurance High School-house, 61 00 it W. H. Inbraham, Policy East School-house and furniture, 37 19 " W. H. Ingrahani, Policy Centre School-house and furniture, 35 00 " Reed Brothers, Centre, two pianos, 10 00 $234 19 TREASURER'S REPORT. 41 STATE AID. Transferred from Receipts. Reimbursement for 1867, in part, $1,700 00 Paid ti1'illiam `Fall, $168 00 « Charles F. Jackson, 72 00 Mary McCabe, 48 00 John Hallahan, 168 00 John S. Mayo, 168 00 61 Clarissa B. Hill, 88 00 64 Henry K. Martin, 12 00 14 Deborah Bright, 48 00 Ellen 11. Ewer, 34 00 Horace `V. Otis, 78 00 Mary Severance, 60 00 Ellen Wallace, 20 00 ' Maria Craig, 48 00 Henry G. Pierce, 14 00 $1,026 00 Tmusferred to contingent account, 674 00 $1,700 00 STATE TAX, 1868. Whole amount assessed, as required by warrant, $5,580 00 Transferred from receipts, $5,580 00 hid State Treasurer, for receipts, $59580 00 Gw 42 TREASURER 98 REPORT. REPAIRING COTTAGE AVENUE, OR ROAD TO CATHOLIC CEMETERY. Appropriation, $500 00 Transferred to Almshouse ace't, to pay for labor and material, $366 50 Transferred to contingent fund, 133 50 $500 of CONTINUATION OF IR VING STREET. Appropriation, $400 00 Paid Caleb Ladd, for laud, $247 20 Royal Gilkey, making road, 152 30 $400 W WATERING MAIN STREET. Appropriation, y 200 0(� Paid Street 11'atering Committee, per receipts, 200 (K., WEETOMAC VALE CEMETERY. Authorized to borrow a sun not ex- ceeding $3,900 U0 Transferred from receipts, instead of borrowing, $2,u52 16 Paid Susan L. Coolidge, for land, 2,400 00 it Wm. 11. Jackson, surveys and plans, 202 10 it Nahum R. Robinson, labor, &:c., 307 37 it Parker, Gannett &- Os;ood, tools, 16 40 64 Roy al Gilkey &, Co., lumber, 22 29 << Benj. R. Rand, title, &-c., 4 00 $2,958 16 All P TREASURER'S REPORT. 43 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. L Authorized to borrow a suin not exceeding $1,000 00 OTransferred from receipts, instead of borrowed, 977 43 `Pikid A. Williams & Co., for bills, $195 93 Aaron R. Gay & Co., 28 25 f � Allied Mudge & Son, 3 25 Norcross & Blaisdell, shelves, 450 00 Solon F. Whitney, librarian, 300 00 $977 43 SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS. l,propriation, $1,100 00 r uisferred froui contingent fend,' 67 00 $1,167 00 i;.l School Committee, $217 00 Joseph Crafts, Town" Clerk, 75 00 " John K. Stichney, Town Treas- urer, 200 00 " John-K. Stickney, services on ac- count State Aid, 25 00 it Overseers of poor and highways, 100 00 " Selectmen, 100 00 Assessors, services 1868, 450 00 $1,167 00 a i TREASURER'S REPORT. POLICE ACCOUNT. NO APPEOP {IATION. Transferred from contingent fund, $2,07 Paid Joseph P. 5horey, 12 months' ser- vice, $915 00 66 George Parker, " 915 00 64 Samuel L. Batchelder, rent, 93 7.5 Is Abel Hunt, 66 33 36 it Royal Gilkey & Co., fuel, 24 9.5 << Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Company, 25 50 Repairing lockup, 7 21 << Frank Spear, extra police, 10 00 66 Charles E. Clark, << 10 00 69 H. B. Cheney, << 15 00 44 Henry F. Bright, << 30 00 $290 7 9 77 CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Appropriation, $3,000 00 Transferred from receipts, 9,532 19 " State Aid account, 674 00 << appropriation for re- pair of road at Saud Bank, 133 50 $13,334 69 Less transferred to School Account, $356 67 i cc 61, it Fire Department, 111 96 64 << " bridges and culverts, 1,960 26 Amounts carried forward, $2,428 89 $1J, -s- TRREASURER'8 REPORT. 45 Amounts brought forward, $2,428 89 $13,339 69 Less transferred to Almshouse, 82 47 t Interest Account, 572 64 t << << on Town. -' Debt, 116 73 « 66 Insurance Account, 234 19 t 6 6 " Salaries, 67 00 Police, 2,079 77 $5,581 69 $7,758 00 Paid Joseph Crafts, extra services in 18679 $50 00 it Nahum R. Robinson, services as committee, 8 00 " Thomas N. Herper, repairs on street lamps, 6 75 Rockwell & Rollins, printing Town Reports, 254 36 James Manahan, labor, testing soil for cemetery, 3 25 James Manahan, labor, new cemetery, 5 50 Horn & Stearns, small hook-case, 32 28 Newton & Watertown Gas-Light CO., has for hall, 86 50 William C. Foley, one-half ex- Of wall on .Mill Creek, 37 50 William L. Stiles, salary as sealer of wf igllts, &c., 10 00 '"Ount curried forward, $494 14 p 416 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought forward, $494 14 Paid Joseph Crafts, surveys and plans of streets, 82 50 •• C. H. Brainard, repairing hearse, 35 00 44 Luther Bent & Co., •• •6 4 58 •• Joseph Crafts, survey and plan of cemetery, 40 00 •• A. P. Bonney, for examining rec- ords on account of borrowing money, 17 57 •• Royal Gilley, coal for Town house, 20 32 •• Joseph Polechio, painting and let- tering signs for streets, 36 40 •• C. C. McLauthlin, stationery, printing, &c., 66 39 •' John Barnard, painting and blazing, 18 00 •• Newton & Watertown Gas-Light, Co., gas, street lights, 153 47 •• Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., gas, street lights, 53 16 • Newton & Watertown Gas-Licht Co., gas, upper hall, 50 6' Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., gas, lower hall, 27 50 66 Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery, 4 95 96 Thomas L. French, moving safe, 19 75 •• Stephen Holmes, raising topmast to flag-staff, 13 00 John P. Healy, professional advice, 5 00 66 Robert Stevens, mowing cemetery, 24 00 '• John A. Kincaid, horse hire, 130 50 Amount carried forward, $1,246 14 Ali TREASURER'S REPORT. 47 Amount brought forward, $1,246 74 Paid Benj. R. Rand, for examining land title, 8 00 American Fire Extinguisher Co., six extinguishers, 327 00 t Henry Russell, repairing; dial of clock, 50 00 « Patrick J. Flannery, lighting lamp Myrtle Street, 6 65 << Samuel Jenison, abatement on taxes, per order, 17 52 Joseph Crafts, searching up and copying records of original laying out of Milldam road, 17 20 Samuel L. Batchelder, dinners, &c., 4 00 Samuel S. Gleason, tub, pail, &c., Town House, 3 20 ' Elijah Pratt:, services at Town Mall, 101 7 5 A. Hemmenway, legal services on land case, 80 00 Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., lower hall, 16 00 Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., tipper hall, 50 C. C. 111cLauthlin, printinc, &c., 26 12 Elijah Pratt, sundry articles, pur- chased of him for hall, 13 50 Frank Spear, cash paid for charcoal for hall, 7 00 . Bent & Co., repairs of tables, . 6 00 unt carried forward, $19931 18 M 48 TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount brought forward, $1,931 18 Paid Frank Shear, as janitor's services at Town House, 19 00 46 Joseph P. 5horey, 5 00 4 David H. Mason, services on ac- count Milldam road, 750 00 64 J. Franklin Fuller, plans of Mill- dam road, 50 00 66 Joseph Crafts, surveying, servin g notices, &c., Milldam road, 54 90 << Henry F. Bright, killing 30 dogs, 30 00 << James Sharp, auditor's service, a and labor on scenes, 12 25 it George Phiuney, printing voting lists, 15 00 it Frank Spear, janitor's services at Town House, 29 25 64 William L. Stiles, Magee stove and repairinb, 31 90 ` t Antipas Jackson, spikes, iron, &c., 5 84 ' 44 C. C. LcLauthlin, printing, station- ery, &c., 14 62 it George Peirce, lumber and lal)or, fence and platform, on Church St., 102 53 64 John Barnard, glass in street lamps, 300 it Samuel Noyes, brooms, baskets, brushes, &c., 13 05 46 John Page, painting rate at burial- ground, and scales, . 9 60 66 Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., street lights, 188 84 Amount carried forward, $3,265 96 TREASURER'S REPORT. 49 Amount Lrouglit forward, $3,265 96 ;Lid Newton cC Watertown Gas-Light Co., Town Hall, 49 50 66 Newton c- IVatertown Gas-Light Co., upper hall, 2 00 << Frank Spear, as janitor's services at R Town House, 11 50 G. B. Stockwell, horse hire, 11 50 69 Joseph Crafts, recording births, mar- riages, and deaths, 56 40 f{ Royal Gilkey, coal, Town House, 24 87 Frank Shear, as janitor's services at Town House, 40 50 Geor(e B. Wilful', abatement of taxes per order, 7 68 Geor,e L. Noyes, collector of taxes for 1868, 463 73 Isaac Robbins, treasurer First Parish, one-half of sidewalk, 37 50 Patrick Flannery, car© of street lamp, Myrtle St., 10 08 Richard .Tames, repairs of gas-lights Town Hall, 1 00 Watertown almshouse, filling ground around "depot," 131 00 John K. 5tickney, cash p'd for stamps, stationery, an(] recording deed, 37 50 :�sessrs. wilder & Co., statimiery, 2 00 H. F. Merryfield, hoisting draw, &-c., 40 $4,162 12 Cash in Treasury, Feb. 10, 18699 $3,595 88 $7,758 00 w r r 50 TREASURER 98 REPORT. ►'UMINIARY. Total amount of receipts, $94,910 �. EXPENSES. Paid for support of schools, $15,357 43 66 fire department, 11311 96 46 bridges and culverts, 2,760 26 66 support of poor and highways, 7,150 27 66 borrowed money, etc., per loan account, 209875 00 66 interest account, 572 64 46 town debt, 20,892 00 << interest on town debt, 39667 31 66 insurance, 234 19 66 State aid, 11026 00 64 State tax, 5,580 00 64 continuation of Irving Street, 400 00 64 watering Main Street, 200 00 4 new cemetery, 552 16 Susan L. Coolidge, land, 2,400 00 64 free Public Library, 97 7 43 64 salaries of town officers, 1,167 00 police expenses, 20079 77 contingent expenses, per account, 4,162 12 Cash in Treasury, 3,595 88 $94,910 64 TREASURER'S REPORT. 51 MN NOTES PAID, AND MONEY PAID FROM TOWN TREASURY FOR PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE TREASURER WAS AUTHOR- ZED TO BORROW. 868. arch 18. Paid William May's note, $1,000 00 is 24. 6 Mrs. Sarah Eager's note, 200 00 31. 6 Freeman I3abb's notes, 2,175 00 ril 23. 44 James II. Norcross, Trustees' note, 500 00 ly 9. 44 Alichael Quirk's note, 500 00 pt. 10. Thomas L. French's note, 500 00 23. Samuel L. Batchelder's note, 39000 00 << 6 6 bal. on land, 632 00 c- 15. note, 3,560 00 16. State Treasurer's note, 6,500 00 21. Elmira IIinman, note, 4,000 00 ` 6 4 " 1,200 00 369. 27. << Mrs. Susan L. Coolidge, for land, for avenue from Mt. Auburn Street to cemetery, 29400 00 10. Trustees of free Public Library per account, 977 43 " commissioners of new cemetery, 552 16 Total paid, $271696) 59 he fcreroing aMollnts of John K. Stickney, Treasurer of Town of 1%,literto�;•11, have been examined by us, the sub- Vre, and we find them correctly cast and vouched. (xEOTL(�E N. 11:1R(;H9 1 JOSEPH CRAFTS, AVA1. C. S. HAIhRINGTON, 'li��lilors. JOHN COOLIDGE, Jk., 52 COLLECTOR'$ REPOIiT. COLLECTOR'S REPORT, 1866. To the Auditors of the Town of Watertown: . GENTLEMEN,—I herewith submit my report of the fin eollectiou of taxes for 1866. Respectfully yours, D. T. HUCKINS, Coll D. T. HliCKIN6, Collector, in account with the T Watertown. DID. To balance of taxes of 1866, uncollected, as per account of 1868, $2,493 84 • Interest collected on salve, 162 12 r $2,656 15 CR. By cash paid Town Treasurer, as per receipts, $2,202 84 ' abatement as per Assessors' certificate, 453 31 $2,656 IS We have examined the foregoing account of David T. Ha&- ius, Collector, and find the same to be correct. GEO. N. 'MARCH, JOSEPII CRAFTS, Auditors. IFM. C. S. HARRINGTON, N COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 53 4 L COLLECTOR'S REPORT, 1867. Zo the lladitors of the Town of 1fralertown: GENTLEMEN, —I herewith subunit my report of the collectious ol'taxes for the year 1867. Respectfully yours, SA`I'L NOYES, Collector. WATERTOWN, Feb. 15, 1869. ACCOUNT, 1867. SAu'L NOYES, Collector, in accountwitlt the Town of Watertown. DR. .To balauce of taxes unpaid, per ace't 1867-8, $59767 40 interest collected on taxes of 1867, 174 72 $5,942 12 Cr.. cash paid Town Treasurer, as per receipts, $3,350 00 caah paid County Treasurer, balance of County tax for 1867, 1,284 57 tements, as per Assessors' certificate, 357 78 balance of uncollected taxes, 949 77 $5,942 12 11re have examined the foregoing accounts of Samuel Noyes, llector, and find them correct. GEE. N. MARCH, JOSEPH CRAFTS, :lucliting WM— C. S. HARRINGTON, Cummittee. JOHN COOLIDGE, Jit., 1 54 COLLECTOR IS REPORT. COLLECTOR'S RED ORT, 1868. To the Auditors c f the 1 vu•n o f Watertrju n: GENTLE.IMN, —I herewith submit my report of the collection of taxes for 1468. ' D ii. To whole amount of taxes committed, $46,262 88 addltlonal taxes, 125 63 " interest collected, 19 41 ------------- $46,40 7 97 CIt. By paid County hsa Treasurer, part of County tax for 1868, $1,57.3 31 cash paid Town Treasurer, as per receipts, 37,663 73 discounts allowed, 1,404 03 abatements per Assessor's certificates, 47 5 43 balance of uncollected taxes, 5,291 47 i $46,407 97 Respectfully yours, GEORGE L. '-N OY ES, Collector. WATERTOWN, February 16, 1869. We have examined the foregoing account of George I.. 'oyes, Collector, and find the same to be correct. GEO. N. MARCH, JOSEPH CRAFTS, Will. C. S. HARRINGTO\. , `lu'1Mom JOHN COOLIDGE, JR., AUDITOR'S REPORT. 55 ' STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT. To whom indebted. Amount. Rate of int. Maturity. Lowell Institution for Savings, $8,000 5.75 perct. 1876, Oct. 7. . Lowell Institution for Savings, $8,125 5.50 11 borrowed with privilege of pay- ing $1,000 each year, after 15 years had expired, payable as follows:— 1,000 " 66 1869, Oct 6. 1,000 1870, 46 1,000 1871, It 1,000 " " 1872, cc 1,000 " " 1873, it 1,000 " " 1874, it 11000 " " 1875, 49 1,000 " " 1876, cc 725 " 1877, " well Institution for Savings, 5,500 6 per cent. 1888, April 21. Treasurer, 9,2686 it 1878, Diay 23. orbes, Estate of, 2,0006 it Demand. Five Cent Savings Bank, 10,000 6 " 1878, Aug. 5. lines, 1,0006 it 1878, Peirce, 1,000 6 it r Aldrich, 1,0006 As is • n . Norcross, 7006 is « 14 J. Norcross, 2006 is is ria Dudley, 4006 " is th G. Mav, 4006 " 49 rge F. Norcross, 3756 $48,568 56 AUDITOR'$ REPORT. ASSETS. Cash in Treasury, $3"5 Outstanding taxes in hands of Samuel Noyes, Collector for 1867, per account, 9 Outstandinb taxes in hands of George L. Noyes, Collector for 1868, per account, 5,291 Due from State on account State aid paid 1868, 1,026 00 -- ft . 1 $lU,s_sG3 1Z ` LIABILITIES. Due schools payable in March, 1869, $4,()00 0(, fire department, payable in May, 1869, 400 06 County Treasurer, balance of County tax for 1868, LOW 00 Interest on town debt, payable on or before f June 1, 1868, Surplus, 4,1 $10,8 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 57 ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1869. 1868. 1869. For what purpose. Amount Amount Amount Appropriated. Expended. Recommended. School Expenses, $14,750 00 $15,357 43 $13,850 +Recta. 250 76 15,000 76 Fire Department, 1,200 00 1,31196 1,300 Support of Poor, 1,50000 2,000 ' Iighways, 4,00000 7,15027 4,000 +Rents. 1,567 80 Extraordinary repair on Highways, 8,000 Bridges and Culverts, 80000 2,76026 11000 Interest on Town Debt, . 3,50000 3,61673 3,000 Discounts and Abatements, 2,00000 2,69055 2,000 Paying Portion of Debt, 5,00000 5,00000 Salaries of Town Officers, 1,10000 1,16700 1,400 Contingent Expenses, 4,162 12 1,500 3,000 00 Police, 2,079 77 2,000 Insurance, 23419 100 Continuation of Irving Street, 40000 40000 Watering Street, 20000 20000 R`Valring Road at Sand Bank, I 500 001 366 50 RPw Cemetery, I 2,952 16 1.000 Free Public Library, 97743 R00 $41,950 8w 5L� AUDITOR'9 REPORT. SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. TOWN FARM, — 31 1-2 acres of land, $9,450 00 Buildiubs on the same, 3,500 00 $12,950 Personal property, as per appraisement, 7,467 1 0 TOWN HOUSE AND LAND,- 12,920 feet of land, $6,460 00 Town house, 15,000 00 21,460 00 Furniture in Town house, 600 00 HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE, — 23,264 feet of land, $29300 00 High School-house and furniture, 13,000 00 15,300 00 Philosophical apparatus, 1,7 50 00 Library and Piano, 950 On { CENTRE SCHOOL-HOUSE, — 15.318 feet of land, $2,000 00 School-house and furniture, 12,000 00 14,00000 Piano, 50090 EAST SCHOOL-HOUSE,- 27,378 feet of land, $1,000 00 School-house and furniture, 12,000-00 13,000 00 WEST SCHOOL-HOUSE, — 21,500 feet of land, $860 00 School-house and furniture, 11,000 00 11,860 00 , Amount carried forward, $100,837 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 59 Amount brought forward, $1007837 00 UTH SCHOOL-HOUSE, — 1,830 feet of land, $1,180 00 pool-house and furniture, 11,500 00 — 12,680 00 o fire encrines and apparatus, 11000 00 00k and ladder carriage, 125 00 -rrivel bank on Beacon Hill, 1 2-5 acres of land, 700 00 lay scales, 300 00 :and on Mt Auburn St., adjoiniub cemetery land, 11,950 feet, 1,800 00 ree Public Library and furniture, 4,000 00 $1209442 06 60 AUDITOR'8 REPORT. 41 c o � - t�r r1 O O C O O O G O G O C C +a O O M. CS L7 y Cot m CN GV .•-i C4 cq C7 N C3 ?i 01 i CC � v cl. — :• r _ = Cl. a .p 6.4 p 4�ct M N G Q v O 4� D �. GO an a L z ►� c cs a Fr Cl =. G PW 'J O O O O or O C El v AUDITORS ]REPORT. 61 ? ? ? ? ? o o 0 � 0 0 o c o 0 0 o c o c o c 0 o c o c o ' » o 0 0 cl m � c o 0 o c c 3 0 - o e o o o 0 0 ■ n n cr cl m n n . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � o . ® / ƒ Q Q _k Cl. . / . / _2 . ° 0 ° °o ■ o _ � k k kclk / ©� to to I ■ 3� � P.� / _ ) . . . . - � 0 . . . . � p . o : 2 2 k E-4 2 P m 2 � 7 c S 2 2 2 4 . % % � � ƒ m 0 ■ $ � 2 O � �, i RIiJPORT OF LIQUOR AGENT, FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1868, TO JUNE 1, 18M. I Cash on hand February 1, $85 56 66 received for sale of liquors, 132 95 $218 51 Paid for liquors bought, $58 51 66 four months' salary, 29 00 It express, 1 00 It Town Treasurer, 130 00 $218 51 Liquors on hand February 1, $47 31 Cash 85 GF $132 87 Cash paid Town Treasurer, $130 00 ; Net loss, 2 87 t $132 87 SAMUEL NOYES, Town Agent. F INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT Of Personal Property at the Almshouse in Watertown, February 10, 1869. LIVE STOCK. 3 horses, valued at $1,200 00 2 cows, 44 64 190 00 5 hobs, << << 125 00 r 15 hens, 66 15 00 $1,530 00 HAY. Rc. 4 tons of Dnblish hay, at $28.00 per ton, $392 00 1 ton cc 46 44 second crop, 120 00 $412 00 GRAIN. bushels corn, at $1.20 per bushel, $60 00 " rye, at $1.50 « 3 00 " cob meal, at .70 cc 3 50 " corn, at $1.05 << 5 25 " cotton seed, at $1.20 2 40 $74 15 I 64 INVENTORY AND APPRIASEMENT. CARTS, WAGONS, FARMING TOOLS, ETC. Water-trough and feed-boxes, valued at $12 0 Hay-cutter, << 10 0 Meal-box and shovel, 3 0 a pails, << << 0 5 3 ladders, 2 5 Harnesses, 100 0 Horse-blanket, 10 Sureingles and halters, << 6 5 3 cattle-chains, 66 it 1 ; Grain-chest, 64 64 5 0 Shovels and spades, << 15 G 3 picks, it it 4 5 3 stone-hammers, 46 46 8 0 4 iron rakes, 66 5 i i 3 manure-forks, << 4 2 iron bars, << << 4 Whiffletrees and spreaders, it 44 3 Lot of chains, it 66 10 l} 6 hoes, 4.6 4 4 3 0 2boo hoes, 6` 66 2 Flails, is 4 baskets, 96 1 0 Mowing machine, it << 90 0 Hay forks, rakes, scythes, &c., " " 10 0 Sundry tools, bench, &c. in shed chamber, ` 15 0 It Cultivators, 66 " 5 (1, 1 tent, 64 b6 5 (" 3 carts, " " 250 0' 1 market-wagon, it 66 20 01, Amount carried forward, $608 << INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT. 65 4. Amount brought forward, $608 25 1 large %vagon, valued. at 50 00 1 lumber wagon, 46 46 100 00 1 derrick, << 25 00 3 ploughs, 10 00 $lei;h << << 5 00 f large sled, << 46 35 00 1 liarrow, << << 10 00 1 road scraper, << << 5 00 3 snow-ploughs, << if 12 00 1 scalding tub, <4 50 Lot of manure, << 125 00 I -rhidstone, it 1 00 i Oil can, 64 64 50 Vise and tools in shop, 44 << 5 00 1 lame snow-plough, 12 00 j1 express wa,o�i, << << 100 00 I Jack, 114 66 2 00 l ,ravel screen, << it .5 00 sod-cutter, 66 6 C 1 00 stone drat, 46 64 rJ 00 heelbarrows 4 6 6 2 00 $1,119 25 I+'UEL. 5 cords of oak and pine wood, $200 00 1 ton of coal, 12 00 $212 00 FITRNITURE. es, saw-horse, and saws, value(] at $5 00 cal-chest, L• 6• 2 00 ringer rind wash-hoard, 64 46 8 00 Amount carried forzcard, $15 00 VW N 1 66 INVENTORY AND AYI'RAIsE31ENT. I Amount brought forward, 1 Tin ware, valued at 25 Pails and coal-hods, 64 it 3 I3akiur-Maus, it it 2, Flat-irons and baskets, << 4 1 brass and 1 iron kettle, << << 2 Pots and jars, 1 51 Steelyards and hauimer, << 1 0 Chopping knife and tray, << << 1 Lamps and lanterns, 6 0, Dinner bell, < << 1 51 Oil cans and oil, << << 10 Table and wash bench, tL << 2 , Brooms, is <L 2 (j 6 wash tubs, 66 66 8 () 1 churn, 46 64 2 5 Lot barrels and firkins, 66 it 7 ,; Cooking-stove and furniture, It " 25 (- Crockery in keepers rooms, 64 44 15 t. Extension table, it 44 6 it Secretary and book-case, 66 << i (! 1 old style eight-day clock, 25 22 chairs, < < 8 51 Table-cloth, 7 Of Crash towels, 66 66 6 0( Knives, forks, spoons, &e., 66 << 5 01 1 bureau, 66 " 2 5' Looking-glass and curtains, it Loug table, << it 3 0 Small table and clock, " " 2 5t Stove and funnel, 8 0( Annount carried forivaixl, $218 75 INVENTORY AND APPRAI$EMENT. 67 A?nouvat brought forward, $218 75 ,leery in long room, valued at 3 00 rlor stove, " " 7 00 .ard table, " " 3 00 rpet and oilcloth, " " 20 00 .urtains and fixtures, " " 3 00 ofa. 13 00 w book and Testament, " " 2 00 ureau, " " 2 50 hests, •' " 2 00 Ins and map, '` '` 50 t Pairs small sheets, '` " 15 00 E large 1, " " 20 00 25 " pillow-cases, " 12 50 41 comforters, " " 53 75 jlb yarn, ` " 1 00 Under-clothing, " " 8 00 -eau and Blass, 4 00 -tight stove, " " 1 25 eaus, table, and curtains, " " 2 00 No cylinder stove, " " 2 00 Be] rtains and fixtures, " " 3 00 1 rpet (woollen), " " 3 00 loth, 46 66 1 40 111,edsteuds and trunks, 1.6 " 25 00 16 ft,ether beds, 29 pillows, and 5 bolsters, i' " 100 00 13 rhanibers, " " 2 60 1 Craw beds and mattresses, " " 12 00 tand, bowl and ewer, " " 2 00 $542 85 68 INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. Meal in chest, valued at 4 0 45 lbs. coffee, it 66 5 5 200 11 bugar, << 6 6 30 Q 125 11 lard, 64 is 27 5 Crackers, is " 1 ( 1 1-3 bbls. flour, is it 17 e Salt mackerel, 66 1 ;, Molasses, 66 15 C Pickles, << << 3 i Matches, 66 6 lbs. tea, it 6 2 1-2 lbs. soft soap, " " 20 1, 3 bbls. of mess pork, 46 " 132 0 Hams and shoulders, " 46 56 0 Butter, " " 35 0 32 lbs. bard soap, at 8 cts. " " 2 30 6, tobacco, 25 cts. " 16 7 T. $364 3 PRODUCE. 4 bushels white beans, valued at $12 0 Seed beans, << 66 4 01 200 bushels potatoes, " " 200 01 Cabbages, " It 7 5+ Carrots, It 46 15 0, $238 5, SHINGLES. Lot of valued at, $4 0' i INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT. 69 ' r 1 ' STONE-BREAKER, &c. 1 crusher, with elevator, valued at $1,350 00 t:-' 1 engine and belting, << 17600 00 Coverin; over crusher, << 20 00 $29970 00 MATERIAL FOR ROADS. 1000 tons of stone, at 50 cts. per ton, $500 00 SUMMARY. Live stock, $17530 00 Hay, &c., 412 00 Graiu, 74 15 Carts, farming tools, &c., 1,1.19 25 liel, 212 00 Furniture in house, 542 85 i•oceries and provisions, 364 31 roduce, 238 50 hingles, 4 00 one Breaker, &c., 2,9i0 00 �i �/,46/ 06 t of stone, $500 00 GEORGE N. MARCH, JOSEPH CRAFTS, Apiwaisers. JOHN COOLIDGE, JR., ATM. C. S. HARRINGTON, a R E P O RT r UP THE • OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAYS. TiiE Poor Farm remained under the charge of Mr. Freeman Babb until April 1st, 1868 ; since which time Mr. Sidney E. Tyler has been employed as keeper. He has Given hood satis- faction, and, if possible, his services should be secured for another year. Mrs. Tyler has also done her duty well in the care and management of household affairs. Everything about the house appears neat and commendable. The Farm has been well managed, and has yielded an amount " equal to that of last year. A statement of the product is herete appended. The number of paupers fully supported at the Almshouse the last year is fourteen, of which number the town of Belmont is held to pay its part. From the articles of agreement between the towns of Belmont and Watertown, with reference to support of paupers, we quote as follows, namely : " Parties of the first part, Watertown; second part, Belmont. The said parties of the second part have agreed to pay to the said parties of the first part the sum of one dollar and ten cents per week for each and every one of said paupers, so long as they shall be supported as paupers in the Almshouse of the town. of Watertown, until other provision is . made, as liercivafter is stated. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 71 1' The said parties of the second part have agreed to pay to the slid The of the first Dart thirty-two and fifty-nine one hun- dredths (32.5-11) per cent. of all expenses lawfully incurred in the support of the said paupers, otherwise than by their support in the said Almshouse, until other provision is made, as herein- after is stated." The other provision is as follows : — " Until the town of Belmont shall have erected an Almshouse or made other suitable arrangements for the support and main- tenance of its own poor." The town of Belmont has not erected an Almshouse, nor are we aware that it has made any arrange- ment for the support of its own poor. It therefore seems rea- sonable to conclude that the present arrangement must exist until death closes thQ agreement. The number of persons who have received assistance outside of the Alinshouse has considerably increased since the last re- port, and the expense incurred thereby is one of the causes of the deficiency, as shown in they account. This assistance is una- rc idable, and all that the overseers can do is to be as careful sus considerate as possible. The poor of the town, as far as our knowledge extends, have Do reason to complain of the treatment they receive at the hands Of those who are chosen to relieve them. 'Those at the Alms- house are well provided for, and sonic of them are able to do a 'ttle manual labor. Once in each year the overseers are called upon by the Board of State Charities 11' to render, anions; other statements, p of this nature T$A`'ELLEItS LODGED AND PERSONS SENT TO s,rATE ALMS- I1OUSE1." Until within a few years, all applications for Iodgins Nvere de directly to the overseers, and wore by thorn provided for. i { 72 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Lately, many of this class have been provided for by being # furnished with lodging by the police, by an(] with the under- standing of the overseers. Under the above heading may be classed, vagrants, wanderers, &c., many of which class are, according to the Report of the Board of State Charities, in the habit of " repeating," or appearing from one to five, ten, and even thirty times in the same place. Without venturing an opinion as to the object of these visitations, we append a state- ment, to show the number of travellers, &c., who appear in this vicinity, viz. : — Travellers lodged for the year ending Oct. 1, 1868, viz. : — At Almshouse, 48 Males 29 Females 19 Lockup, 269 11 243 26 Total, 317 An account has to be kept of the name, age, height, com- plexion, &c., of each traveller, by means of which they may be identified on " repeat." Five persons have been sent to State Almshouse. The Crusher has continued to work well, and is capable of doing much more work than can be provided for by the teams . now owned by the town. An elevator has been attached, which hElivers the crushed stone, without much labor, from the ichine to the cart, and if teams enough were at hand the acadamizing of all our main roads could be speedily- aecom- alished. A large amount of rubble has been put upon the. �oads during the past year, and there is on hand an increased amount of stone ready for crushing. But while two teams are kept constantly at work upon the roads, hundreds of heavy teams are constantly passing to and fro, so that while one of our roads is being put in repair, the others are being as rapidly worn away. It is worthy of consideration whether immediate OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 73 k.avd complete repairs, by macadamizing all our main travelled Nroads, is not real economy to the town. We are sorry to report the loss of one of the horses belong- -'iD(y to the town, during the last year. ` It will be necessary to purchase another, and it is for that purpose that we have recommended an increase in the appro- priation for support of poor or Almshouse. While the whole of the town appropriations for poor and �iahways, together with receipts fro m various sources, have been ?spended, owing to outstanding bills, and increase of outside ai ipport, yet we are not conscious of a claim that can be pre- sented against the Almshouse dating previous to February 1, 1861. KEEPER'S STATEMENT OF CROPS RAISED ON TOWN FARM, 1868. 22 tons English hay, at $28.00 per ton, $616 00 400 bushels corn, at $1.00 per ton, 100 00 tons bedding, 25 00 11 corn fodder, 25 00 *0 bushels potatoes, at $1.00, 250 00 000 cabbages, 16 00 -48 bushels carrots, 20 00 1*7 44 beets, 20 00 tons rowen, 30 00 bushels rye, 7 00 8110ats, 100 00 ,%175 ll1s. pork, $14.00, 304 50 bbls. a1)111rs, 8 00 t bushels heans, 20 00 Cal f, 12 00 V00 qts. milk, fit 5 ets., 175 00 4 ' . $1,728 05 to w s : 74 OVERSEElti9 OF THE POUR. Account of labor perforined by the keeper of the Aluishouse and hired men and horses, on the roads in Watertown, and with refereiiev thereto, from Feb. 1, 1868, to Feb. 1, 1869. Days'Work I Lays'Work Lay%'Work LABOR. WIIERF. PFRFORNIED. I by Keeper. by Men. by Horses. Breaking out Roads 2 22 ' 23 i Picking Stone 3 I h 4 Main Street 20 ! 83 64 I Main Street, carting rubble 1 5 I 4 Mount Auburn Street 4 I 30 18 i i Mount Auburn St., carting rubble 37 I 149 I 122 Arsenal Street, carting rubble 29 174 130 i Orchard Street 1 5 4 Spring Street I 2 10 7 Palfrey Street 3 11 8 Fayette Street . 1 3 2 I Coolidge Avenue 1 ! 2 + 1 Summer Street 3 i 15 12 Galen Street 1 5 4 Church Street ! 7 2 22 I Starch Factory Lane 1 i 3 3 Pleasant Street 1 3 3 Cuba Street 2 G 4 Market Street 2 4 3 Cottage Avenue 8 30 27 Carting Stone to Crusher 92 453 425 Elm Street 2 10 6 I 223 1,056 a OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 75 LABOR AND MATERIAL ON ROADS.- 223 days' labor by keeper, $557 50 1,056 hired men, 19689 60 816 horses, 896 00 Proportion of interest on value of horses, carts, &c., 146 16 Interest on engine, crusher, &c., 207 90 31aterial purchased for road, 41 00 Hardware, shovels, picks, &c., for roads, 50 07 ! Repairs on crusher, 220 41 carts and wagons, 326 90 Fuel for engine, 186 00 $4,321 .54 f STATEMENT SHOPPING THE COST OF ALMS- HOUSE OR SUPPORT OF POOR. ALMSHOUSE, DR. 1869. Feb. 10. Interest on valise of Farm, $12,950 00, at 7 per cent., $906 50 Interest on value of stock, tools, furni- ture, &c., $3,052 10, 213 65 Interest on engine, crusher, &c., $29970 00, 207 90 Value of horsey, cote. and term tools, Feb. 10, 1868, 3,103 58 Stock consumable on hand Feb. 10, 1868, 1,265 01 lVhole amount of Dills paid, as per Treasurer's account Feb. 10, 1869, 7,150 27 $12,846 91 76 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. ALMSHOUSE, Cit. 1869. Feb. 10. By labor and materials for roads, as per statement, $4,3=21 54 " keeping horses when not em- ployed, 225 20 " loss of horse, 400 00 value of horses, cows, farm tools, Feb. 10, 1868, 2,509 25 cash received of Belmont on ac- count of support of poor, 486 68 cash received sale of hay, cow, and produce, 451 10 cash received for outside work, 263 cash received for outside work Cottage Avenue, 366 stock consumable on hand, Feb. 10, 1869, 1,440 assistance to persons outside of Almshouse, 836 61 actual cost of Almshouse for the year ending Feb. 10, 180, 1,5.15 75 $12,846 91 . . Respectfully submitted. WILLIAM PERKINS, Overseers SAMUEL S. GLEASON, of the Poor and JOSEPH CRAFTS, Highways. REPORT OF T H E ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THE organization is as follows : — Engineers, — ATWOOD D. DREW, JOHN W. PRIEST, SA'M EL f --S. GLEASON. 14 There is but one engine company, called the Relief Fire Com- pany, comprising fifty paid men, besides volunteers. From the wlaole number both engines are manned. The officers of this company are, — GEORGE B. MOORE, Foreman; CORNELIUg LYNCH and #LTER EAGER, Assistants. There is also a Board of Directors, who take charge of One the engines when both are required. There is also a Hoak and Ladder Company, comprising twelve Foreman, JA3IF,g HALL. The organization has been satisfactory, and the men are dis- led to do their duty. The fires to which the company has been called in the town Watertown, of any importance, are as follows : — Neember 2d, 1868, 1 o'clock, P. m. The blacksmith's and hoelwright's shop owned by Otis Wheeler, situated between ' rket and Arsenal Streets, was entirely consumed. The build- 9 immediately adjoining was saved. December 30th, 8 o'clock, 40 minute's, P. m. The wool-shop by •John W. Hollis, situated on Galen Street, was par- , i_ 78 REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. ' r tially consumed. The flames spread rapidly, and a larlp amount of property was destroyed. At both the :above fires the department did good service, and was specially serviceable in arresting the progress of the fire at the wool-shop. The apparatus of the Fire Department consists of two live, inch Hunnemau's Fire Engines ; 800 feet leather hose ; 400 feet linen hose ; hook and ladder carriage with appliances, all in good order. Both of the fire engines, the Relief and Torrent, have been repaired and put in good order during the past year. The de- partment has not proper means of taking care of the hose. The house does not admit of suitable arrangements being made. With the present apparatus water can be conveyed from a given supply twelve hundred feet. The capacity of the engine and apparatus is of little avail unless sources of supply of grater are within that distance. The matter of reservoirs was before the town at its last March meeting, and was referred to the selectmen. Nothing has been heard about reservoirs since. Reference does not put out fires. We repeat what was stated t in the report of ast year : " There are many buildings of great value in the town situated at so great distance from any supply of water that they could not be reached, in case of fire, with the means now at hand." Establish reservoirs at suitable and convenient places, and the proper remedy would be supplied. 1 To render the department more effective, we propose to in- crease the number of paid men to eighty, which increase will require an additional appropriation. The sum of$1,400 will be required. ATWOOD D. DREW, Engineers { I y JOHN W. PRIEST, of the � SAMUEL S. GLEASON, ) Fire Department. . I i N REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. ` THE business of the past year has been much larger than that of many previous years, both as respects subjects involved, and suvns expended. t An unusual number of town meetings have been held, which, besides the usual business transacted, have resulted in the es- ,tablishmeut of a Free Public Library, the acquisition of new Cemetery ground, — long needed and deferred, —and the ac- ceptance of so much of the Mill Dam Road, or Watertown Turn- ike, as laid within the limits of Watertown. The condition and the benefits to be derived from, the Library and Ceme- ry will no doubt be frilly stated bjy those whom the town placed in char;e thereof. For ourselves, we congratulate W town upon the result of its action upon the Mill Daln Road, Lich enabled the Treasurer, for the present at least, to reduce ore the heavily increased liabilities. Iiy the direction of the town a new road has been opened om Arsenal to Market Street, as a continuation of Irving reet. This has been done at the exact cost of the appropria- »• Also the private way leading from Mount Auburn Street the Catholic Cemetery has been substantially repaired. The 11", of Galen Street have been straighteued and established by County Commissioners, who have also examiued the several oesing9 of the Fitchburg Railroad at grade, and reported 80 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. favorably on the crossing at Irving Street, and unfavorably upon all others. The appropriations made by the town have been exceeded slightly, in some instances, but Heavily as regards the bridges and culverts. This was unavoidable. The pier on the Water- t town .Side of Charles River adjoining North Brighton, so-called, has been completely carried away, and with it a portion of the main structure of the bridge. Immediate action was neces- sary, and we were obliged to rebuild the whole pier and repair the damaged portion of the bridge. This has been done in a . thorough manner. The piles of the pier are of oak, and sheathed with oak plank. The structure is pronounced, by those of hood judgment in such matters, to be the best con- structed pier on Charles River. The bridge has also been nearly covered. The Library in the Selectmen's room has received but little addition, the following list comprising all that is to be found therein : — Geology of Mass., by Edwd. Hitchcock, LL.D. ; 1 vol. 4to. Ichnology of New England, by Edwd. Hitchcock, LL.D. ; I vol. 4to. Supplement to Ichnolony of Ne%v England, bN• Edwd. Hitch- cock, LL.D ; 1 vol. 4to. Plymouth Colony Records, edited by N. B. Shurtleff, II.D. ; i from A. D. 1663 to 1698 ; 12 vols. 4to. Records of the Governor and Company of the Mass. Bay, edited by N. B. Shurtleff, M.D. ; from 1638 to 1686, vols. 1, 3, 4, parts 1, and 2, and 5 ; 5 vols. 4to. Plymouth Colony Laws, edited by Wni. Brigham ; 1 vol. 8vo. Charter and Laws of Mass. Bay ; 1 vol. 8vo. Journal of House of Reps. of the Province of .'Mass. Bay, held at* Bostou, A. D. 1736 ; 1 vol'. folio. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 81 Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Mass. ; 1 vol. 8vo. Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zo6logy of Mass., by Edwd. Hitchcock ; 1 vol. 8vo. Invertebrate Animals of Mass., by A. A. Gould ; 1 vol. 8vo. Public Documents of _Mass., from 1856 to 1867, inclusive ; 34 vols. 8vo. Industry of Mass., 1860 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Census of 46 1860 ; 1 vol. 8vo. E Journal of Valuation Committee, 1860 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Massachusetts Register and Military Record ; 1 vol. 8vo. Debates on the Constitution of Massachusetts, 1788 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Hist. of Mass. in the Civil War, by Sebouler ; 1 vol. 8vo. Journal of the Provincial Congress in 1774-5 ; 1 vol. 8vo. State Papers on Nullification ; 1 vol. 8vo. Reports on Contested Elections, by L. S. Cushing ; 1 vol. 8vo. Journal of Convention for Framing a Constitution of Govern- ent for Mass. Bay, 1779-80 ; 1 vol. 8vo. History of New England, by Wm. Hubbard ; 1 vol. 8vo. Report of Sanitary Commission, 1850 , 1 vol. 8vo. Massachusetts Special Laws, from the Adoption of the Cousti- tion to A. D. 1800, inclusive ; 6 vols. 8vo. Massachusetts 'Perm Reports, from 1804 ; 16 vols. 8vo. Pickering's Reports, vols. 3 to 6, 9, 11 to 13, 15 to 24 ; 18 013. 8vo. firav's Reports, vols. 1 to 4, 8 to 14 ; 10 vols. 8vo. Metcalf s Reports, viols. 1 to 3, 6 to 9, 10 to 13 ; 9 vols. 8vo. Cushing's Reports, vols. 2 to 4, 6 to 11 ; 10 vols. 8vo. Allen's Reports, vols. 1 to 12 ; 12 vols. 8vo. �(Iassachusetts Digest, by C. H. Bennett and H. F. Heard ; 2 Is. 8vo. 11 w Ak 82 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. Journal of Massachusetts Convention, 1853 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Laws of the United States ; 3 vols. 8vo. Revised Statutes of 1860 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Acts and Resolves, 1860-1866 ; 6 vols. 8vo. Respectfully submitted. JOHN K. STICKNEY, Selectmen LUKE PERKINS, Of ISAAC ROBBINS, Watertown. f 4 1M REPORT OF TOWN REGISTRAR. BIRTHS. THE whole number of births registered during the year 1868 8 115 ; an excess over 1867 of 5. Assuming the population of the town to be 4,000, the births �ecorded are in the ratio of 1 to 34.80 of the population. Of the whole numbee born and recorded, 59 were males, and 6 females. There has been one case of twin births. Of the whole number of births registered, one hundred and ,we(ve (112) were born in Watertown, and one in each of the ,'llclwing towns and cities, namely : Milford, Boston, and New City. re were born of American parents, 41 foreign 66 53 64 46 American and foreign parents, 21 115 MARRIAGES. e whole number of marriages registered for 1868 is 80, — more than in 1867. TA"t marriage of both parties, 66 tld f< << <t 66 5 46 « lG id 1 of one and second of tho other, 8 80 84 REPORT OF TOWN REGISTRAR. No. of marriages in which both parties were native born, 27 16 6 6 foreign 11 39 << �� one party was native and the other foreign, 14 80 =a The number of persons who died under 5 years of age is 22 No. of persons who died between 5 and 10 years of age, 7 it it 64 66 10 66 20 CL 5 66 iG G< « 20 << 30 64 6 it 66 �� 30 64 40 44 2 14 61 �� 40 66 50 66 4 it 46 << << 50 << 60 66 0 G( << 60 64 70 « 4 it << it <L 70 6, 80 << 5 cc <( LL LL 80 " 90 it a �l << << over 90 •A 1 58 The two oldest persons deceased were male and female, one being 87+ years of age and the other 86+. 4t CAUSES OF MORTALITY. Accidents, 2 Diarrhoea, 2 Apoplexy, 1 Disease of Kidneys. 2 Bronchitis, 1 61 it Liver, 1 Cholera Infantum, 8 Dropsy, 1 Croup, 2 Dropsy in the Head, 2 Consumption, 7 Erysipelas, ; ' Deformity, 1 Fever, 1 REPORT OF TOWN REGISTRAR. 85 its, 1 Scarlet Fever, 3 ydrocepbalus, 1 Spasms, 1 nfantile, 2 Stillborn, 1 ld Age, 3 Suicide, 1 `Paralysis, 1 Teething and Congestion, 1 Pneumonia, 3 Unknown causes, 1 Heart Disease, 3 The oldest couple married were aged as follows : — Groom, 62 years ; Bride, 47 years. The youngest couple married were aged : — Groom, 21 years ; Bride, 18 years. The number of marriages is in the ratio of 1 to 50 of the pop- ulation. the number of intentions of marriage recorded is 55. law ivOTF.. — Persons solemnizing m��rriag yes are required by 1.1 to make a return of the same to the Town Clerk or Registrar between the first and tenth days of each month. Delay in these matters is of serious inconvenience. First, because it is desirable to enter the marriages in the order of time in which they are solemnized ; and, second, because very often the parties require it certified copy from the record, which of course cannot be given until such record has been made. Prompt returns, therefore, on the first of each month will very much facilitate the correct keeping of the records, and enable the Clerk or Registrar to supply all reasonable demands for a ertified copy thereof. DEATHS. The whole number of deaths registered for 1868 is 57 ; one ens than in 1867. Of the whole number of deaths, 27 were males ; 30 females. The ratio of deaths is, to the population, its 1 to 70+. 86 REPORT OF TOWN REGISTRAR. The number of deaths of persons native-born is 50 foreign It 7 j 57 The number of deaths of native-born parentage is 27 foreign-born << g •` `� native and foreign parentage, 4 37 GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 21. SECTION 2. Parents shall give notice to the clerk of their city or town of the births and deaths of their children ; every house- holder shall give like notice of every birth and death happening in his house : the eldest person next of kin shall hive such notice of the death of his kindred ; the keeper of a work-house, house of correction, prison, hospital or almshouse, except the State almshouses at Tewksbury, Bridgewater, and Monson, and the master or other commanding officer of any ship shall give like notice of every birth and death happening among the persons under his charge. Whoever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth or death shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars. SEC. 3. Any physician having attended a person during his last illness, shall — when requested within fifteen days after the decease of such person —forthwith furnish for registration a certificate of the duration of the last sickness, the disease of which the person died, and the date of his decease, as nearly as he can state the same. If any physician refuses or neglects to make such certificate, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars to the use of the town in which he resides. SEC. 4. Every sexton, undertaker, or other person having charge of a burial-ground, or the superintendent of burials hav- ing charge of the obsequies or funeral rites prelhuinartiy to the interment of a human body, shall forthwith obtain and return to REPORT OF THE TOWN REGISTRAR. 87 the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided or i the death occurred, the facts required by this chapter,* to be r recorded by said officer, concerning the deceased ; and the per- ?Rsoa making such return shall receive from his city or town the fee of ten cents therefor. The clerk, upon recording such facts, shall forthwith give to the person making such return a certifi- cote that such return has been made, which certificate such per- son shall deliver to the person having charge of the interment, if other than himself, before the burial when practicable, other- wise within seven days thereafter. When a burial takes place, and no certificate is delivered as aforesaid, the sexton, under- taker, or other person having charge of the interment shall forth- 00 with give notice thereof to the clerk, under penalty of twenty dollars. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH CRAFTS, Town Clerk and Registrar. ' The facts required are as follows : — In the record of births, the date of the birth, the place of birth, the name the child (if it have any), the sex and color of the child, the names and the of birth of the parents, the occupation of the fattier, the residence of Parents, and the date of the record. "In the record of deaths, tale date of the death, the nanie of the deceased, 9ex, the color, the condition (whether single, widowed or married), the e, the residence, the occupation, the place of death, the place of birth, the hies and places of birth of the parents, the disease or cause of death, the ace of burial, and the date of the record." l DOGS. The whole number of clogs licensed the past year is 84 : males, 81 ; females, 3. Amount received for licenses, viz. : — 81 male dogs, at $2 each, $162 00 3 female dohs, at $5 each, 15 00 $177 00 Deduct clerk's fees, viz. : — 84 licenses, at 20 cents each, $16 80 Paid to County Treasurer, per receipt, $160 20 The whole number of dogs killed during the past year, as per return of constable, is 30. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH CRAFTS, Town Clerk and Registrar. I -EP0RT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE `'VEETOtiiAC VALE CEMETERY. fHE Commissioners chosen by the town, on the 13th of JulN, last to tale ch tir(re of the new cemetery, met on the 16th, and ik Zave since had eleven regular meetings, besides mangy- visits to the Grounds. They have caused to he laid out avenues, paths, S,c., on a of the Grounds, according to a plan drawn by George F. ; have also removed underbrush and dead limbs ham, Esq. m trees, laid out the 111emorial Lot; and other lots have since en laid out, and are now readv for sale. They hoped to have had the cemetery consecrated to its hal- ed purpose lust bill, but reasons beyond their control, the oat potent of which was that the title to the land, voted by e town for the avenue from Mount Auburn Street to the d ounds, was not acquired until Januar%, 27th, 1869. They have named the avenue from Mount Auburn Street, ding by the Afemorial Lot, " Phillips Aveime." in commemo- ion of the first minister of the town. They have deferred naming other avenues and piths, hoping 1, citizens of the town, as they visit the ground`, will suggest noes for them. They have paid hills for work, &e., anicwnting in all to► 52.16, leaving an unexpended appropriation of $948.? 4, and 90 REPORT OF THE CEMETERY CO?► .M111+SIONERS. have, also passed into the hands of the Town treasurer $63.89 the I)ro eed• of the sale of wood cut from the avenues an paths. '1'he�� recommend that an additional appropriation 11%'800-001,e ninde for the ensuing year for the purpose of gradin the a%•enues and fencing a portion of the grounds. If the town requires a receivin^ tomb in th(- cemetery it w' he necessary to appropriate a sufficient slim for that purlmse. The town having instructed the Commis-,inners of the C e etejw in relation to their duties, and they. having had the whop subject before them, respectful]%• suag_est to the people of the town what they ought to do in order to ensure success in this enterprise. The first one hundred and eight acres of the grounds of Mt. Auburn cost $10,000, and our sixteen acres have cost the town $11,668. The expense of labor in laying out the, grounds has very much increased since the laying out of Mt. Auburn ; and yet the party most interested in the success of Mt. A ul)urn had great tear that it would be so expensive to the proprietors as to be a failure, to avoid which they adopted the following plan : That sixth- to a hundred people should take lots, which would no doubt ensure the success of the Cemetery. But they did More. They resolved at once to lay out their lots with flowers and beautiful trees, and, with enclosures :and monuments, to make the yrounds so beautiful that others would wish to join in making the experiment a complete success. From this small beginning has grown the most beautiful cemetery in the worbl,— a source of pride to us of Watertown ; to Boston, whose prop- erty it really is ; to Massachusetts, and even to evert Ameri- can. For it is the embodiment of the idea from which all the beautiful cities of the dead, of civilized countries, have been modelled. Will not the people of IV,-Aertown imitate what was so suc- cessful at Mount Auburn % Will not at bast one hundred of its w REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE. 91 citizens purchase lots and decorate them with all that is beauti- ful in -Nature and Art, and thus have them prepared for the solemn purpose for which they are to be consecrated? tl''e toil for the comforts of this world, and we educate our ldren to live here, and we strive for religion which is to fit T u, for a better life hereafter, and now let us see to it that the "God's Acre," which is to be filled with succeeding generations of the people of Watertown, shall be the most beautiful and loved spot within its limits. JOSEPH BIRD, GEO. K. SNOW, Commissioners. GEO. N. MARCH, r , FIRST REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Mr FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Or TTIK TOWN OF «TATERTOWN . TRUSTEES ' REPORT . THE Board of Trustees for the management of the Free Pub- lic Library, chosen at the town meetino, held on the 13th of July, 1868, came together uncler the authority of the following ' -votes, that were passed at said meeting TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WATERTOWN, July 22d, 1868. pj�TTOJohn leis, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the 1' aizngement of the Free .Public Librar;/: — tDEAR Sit,,, —At a meeting of the legal voters of Watertonn, uly notified and held on the lath iust., the following votes were passed concerning the Free Public Library : — T oted and accepted, The report of the chairman of the )znmittve on the Organization of the Library, and ordered the lort on tile. V►Ied, That the moderator appoint a committee. of five ersons, to consult and report to the meeting a Board of 'I'rus- ey for the zllaim(reill(.nt of the. Library." The moderator appointed f)avid T. Hnekins, Josiah Sticknev, o�cl)h Bird, .James Sharp, and George K. Snow, as that. com- iitev. 1'lle coninzittee subse(Inently, through I)avid T. Ifzzckins e clla►rman, reported to the meeting for a Board of Trustees I,il►r;ire• : Rev. John «reiss, Josiah Stickney, Rev. James • Bell, ,Jo>m.pli Bird, Jesse A. Locke, .l)r. .klfred Ilosmer ; and recOrnmended to the meeting that the report of the coin- 96 TRUSTEES' REPORT. mittee on the Organization of the Library be so far amend as that the utimber of Trustees may be increased to ten ; w hi recommendation was accepted, and Messrs. David T. Huckine, I Abiel Abbott, Joshua Coolidge, and Charles J. Barry «ere joined to the Board of Trustees ; the Board thus coustituted to hold office until the nest annual :March meeting, or uutU others are chosen in their stead. " V,tt-d, That the Board of Trustees shall not expend more , than three thousand dollars of the subscription money for the purchase of books, previous to the nest March iiiectina. " Voted, That the Trustees be, and they are hereby, authorized to take the store now occupied by Mr. Joel Barnard, or any other portion of the public buildings Which they may select, for the use of the Library. " Voted, That a suns of money not exceeding one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby granted by the town for the purposes asked for in the report of the Committee on the Or- ganizatiou of the Library, and that John K. Stickney, treasurer of the town, is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on the credit and behalf' of the town, of any corporation or individual, for the purpose aforesaid, a sum of money not exceed- ing one thousand dollars, and to make and give the promissory note of the town for the same." Attest : JOSEPH CRAFTS, Towit Clerk. The first business of the Board was to frame the articles its own organization, and to draw up such rules and re(rulii ' as seemed most judicious for the workin; and welfare of Library. The attention of the citizens is solicited to th articles and rules, which are herewith appended. The Board would also notice that the recommendation to in- crease the number of its members to ten makes it iuiposaible 4 TRUSTEES' REPORT. 97 .:to carry out the rest of Article I., and to divide the Board evenly do its classes. ARTICLES OF ORGAX1ZATIO\T. RULES AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE I. The Board of Trustees shall consist of six lembers. The Trustees chosen at the annual town meetincr n 1869 shall divide themselves into three classes. Those of the lrst class shall hold office until their successors shall be elected, • t the animal town meeting in 1870 ; those of the second class hall hold office until their successors shall be elected in 1871 ; nd those of the third class shall hold office until their successors �all he elected in 1,-�72. ARTICLE II. The officers of the Board shall consist of a 'hairinan, Secretary, Treasurer, and Librariau. All of these, xcept the Librarian, shall be nleuibers of the Board. ARTICLE III. The regular meetings of the Board shall be n the 2d Tilesday of every month, except A-urrust. Special eetitlos may be called 1.�}- the chairman, or by any two rustees appl}•iug to the chairman ; and notices of all meetin,s tall be Sent to the members of the Board. ARTICLE' IV. The Board sb:dl have two Standing Commit- eq, each of three members, to wit : on the Library ,ind on lcconnts. The chairman of the Board shall btu chairnrin of e Coumiitt(.e on the l.iljrarv, and the treasurer sliall be chair- an of the Committee on Accounts. Each chaiirivau may wall, nF•eessary, a special nlretin; of its own committee, and itsac•tiorl to► the next regular ineeting of the Board. ARTICLE V. The Statndiny Committee on the Libratry shall qvirt irellase all books ; sul►-tcribe for all periodicals ; direct in rela- 'mto the bin►lin_ of book.; and their prepanition for u`o ; pro- de all necessary books and blanks furthe use of the Librarian ; r�f 98 TRUSTEES' REPORT. , make an annual examination of the Library, a»d report its con- dition ; prepare the annual report to the town, and see that it is printed with the report of the School Coniniittee ; and direct the Librarian as to what books shall not be allowed to be taken froln the Library. ARTICLE VI. A list of all books to be purchased, and of periodicals to be subscribed for, shall be submitted to the Board, and permission to purchase them shall be granted by a majority of ally quorum present at a meeting. ARTICLE VII. The Standing Committee on Accounts shall examine and certify all bills, and not any shall be allowed that is not, in consequence of such examination, certified by the endorsement of two of the committee. ARTICLE VIII. The Librarian shall he annually chosen by a vote of the majority of the Board that- is present at the firbt annual meeting, and his salary shall be fixed at the sanie time by vote of the Board. ARTICLE IX. His duty shall be to have custody of all the property- in the library room, and he shall be accountable to the Trustees for the same. He shall prepare the books for eir- culation, make all necessary records, prepare cataloguuz, when required, and do all things which may be necessary for the preservation of the property and the convenience of the visitors to the roonis and the takers of books. ARTICLE Z. Whenever, in the opinion of a majority of the Board, au Assistant Librarian shall become necessary, lie or he may be appointed at any meeting of the Board, at such salary as inay be deemed sufficient, and he or she shrill perform ,uch duties as the Librarian or Board way direct, and, in the unavoid- able absence of the Librarian, shall have charge of the Li- brary. ARTICLE XI. The Library shall be open on Wednesday and Saturday, fi-oiu 4 to 5, and from 6 to 9. TRUSTEES' REPORT. 99 ARTICLF., XII. Books tuay be taken from the Library by all ro-sident adults. A delivery upon the order of a resident shall be considered a delivery to him in person ; all orders for bool.s elll nanne the person to receive them, and the boots shall be delivered to no other. There shall be an order for each delivery. A blank certificate properly prepared, and signed by tone well- known resident adult, shall testify that a person applying for b,►oks, and not known to the Librarian, is also a resident adult. ARTICLE XIII. Minors sixteen years old or upward, resi- ent in the town, may be allowed the rights of adults as takers f books, by filing with the Librarian a certificate signed by their parent or (ruardian or some other responsible person, also } a ,esident, by which the signer shall become to the same extent "1 reiponsilde for said minor as he mould be four himself. A deposit to the full value of the volume called for, or of the set to which it belongs, may take the place of such certificate. ARTICLE XIV. All persons leaving the right to take books shall, before exercising such right, sign the following obligation "We, the undersigned, hereby agree to conform to all the rules d regulations which have been or may be framed for the cafe �Yery, the proper care, and return of books, and to he respon- �le for all fines, forfeitures, loss, or damage which may be furred and assessed under the said rules." ARTICLE XV.' No person shall be allowed to take a book •fr��m the Library who appears by the records to be accountable for a book taken, or for a fine or forfeiture imposed. And all As intended for general circulation shall be properly covered, tered, and numbered, having on the outside a label, stating V time it may be kept, and the tines for retaining it. longer. ARTICLE XVI. On(, volume only can be taken at on(- time, no bo►ok can be retaken until it is brou ht back to the 11 i6rary and re-entered. All books taken may be retained for Inn TRI;RTEES' REPORT. two weeks, unless a shorter iuiniinum of time is designated on t the cover. If an application fin- a book that is out has been .t made in writing to the Librarian, it cannot be retaken for that time. ARTICLE: XVII. The Standing Committee on the Library may at anv time prolong or abridge the period for which a book Inay be taken, as they m*e -fit. ARTICLE. XVIII. I'ive'.rN' person entitled to take hooks from the Library shall receive from the Librarian a printed card, to have upon it the name of the applicant and the catalogue num. , her of the hook asked for, in Wanks left for the purpose. This Card must be presented to the Librarian or his assistant as the only mode of obtaining* any Kook that may be wanted. No exception call be made. to this regulation. If any book so designated is not in, the card mtiv be returned to the applicant, who may, if he chooses, suhstitnte another number. Books returned must he delivered to the I.ibrarisin or to his assiatr ant. ARTICLE; XIX. The tines for retaining books beyond the prescribed period shall be as follows, namely Folio, 4 cents a dad'. (,quarto, 3 Octavo, 2 All smaller books, 1 cent; And for books damaged or lost, the actual lf►ss sustained. ARTICLE XX. All holders of hooks he,i-mid the regulation period shall be required to pad• the expense of sending fi►r the same. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to send for all hooks held two weeks beyond the prescribed time ; if not then deliv- ered the%• shall he considered as lost, and their v:ih,e and the fines which may have m-crued demanded. ARTICLE: XXI. Bti- a vote of two-thirds of the whole Board. TRUSTEES' REPORT. 101 .,a liuniber of volutnes not exceeding two hundred, half of which sliall be duplicates, may be transferred to the East District of the kto%vn, provided one of the Board of Trustees, or a person known ,to the Board to be responsible, residing in such district, who shall t=�siz,n an obligation to observe, in the use and delivery of the books in his district, all the regulations of the Board, and to be, �m►►reover, personally liable for the value of every volume so transferred that shall at anv time be missing. And the volumes so transferred may be recalled, and fresh volunies may be sub- atituted at any time, by the above vote of the Board. ARTICLE XXII. A record shall be kept of all donations, an-1 mention of them shall be made in the annual report. ► At:d all books presented shall have the name of the donor placed WN them. ARTICLE XXIII. All officers and privates, and all persons yen,ployed in all departments of the U. S. Arsenal, who shall under the above regulations, shall be entitled to the priv- s of the Library. ARTICLE XXIV. Every non-resident who has contributed the original fund by which the Library has been established, Its i ,thy other non-resident who may mare a contribution to the il,rary of a value not less than one hundred dollars, shall be ntitled, together with his or her immediate family, to the ri�ileges of the Library in the same manner and upon the tte conditions as residents of the town. %UTICLE XXV. The rules and regulations of the Board ll be subject to revision and amendment in the following akvt to wit : any article with the amendment proposed to it, or !' additiotl:tl article, shall be submitted to the Board in writ- at one regular meeting;, and shall reach discussion and a vote The next regular meeting when two-thirds of the full Board all decide. At various meetings, regular and special, which followed the 14 w 102 TRUSTEES' REPORT. adoption of this plan of organization, the Board has carefully considered the matter of the purchase of books. Lists of desir- able looks were made out and presented for the consideration of the members ; and no volume has been purchased until it received the assent of the members present, excepting a number of volumes procured by the chairman of the Committee on the Library, under the authority of a vote of the Board that it would be desirable for him to seize every favorable chance of purchasing books cheaply at auctions in New York. This has been done, and some fine editions of very valuable and useful books have been secured in this way at prices surprisingly low. The whole amount of the money expended for books is $2,903.79. Of this, the amount of $358.56 was expended by the chairman at auction sales ; one volume, costing $3.50, was purchased of a subscription agent, and seven volumes costing $7.00, of a private person. As the Board was authorized by a vote of the town to expend $3,000 before the annual March meeting of 1869, it will be seen that $96.21 pass over to be expended by the Board that will be chosen at said meeting. TREASURI-41JWS REPORT . D. T. HUCBINS, Treasurer, IN ACCOLT T \WITH THE TRUST OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. DR. To cash collected of subscriptions, $3,400 CR. By paid John Weiss, Chairman, $3,294 70 << balance on hand, 105 30 — $3,400 Respectfully submitted. D. T. HUCKINS, Treasurer, r a 1' ,k t REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN, T j SOLON F. WHITNEY. EY . Of the bound volumes and pamphlets now in the Public N Library, — E Pamph. Vols. WVV. John Weiss has given 216 122 1rs. P. C. Brooks 24 105 re her's Librarv, o-iginally given by Mrs. P. C. Brooks 68 rican Unitarian Association has giveu 2 36 First Parish 1 Trustees and Superintendent of Boston Library has given 26 2 vstees of New Bedford have given 15 1 it and Librarian of Brookline have given 1 1 61 " " " Charlestown �, 8 " " " " Lowell 5 1 « " " " Waltham 41 « 5 1 it of Worcester Lyceum It 16 3 Y. M. Literary- Association have given 7 Public Library have given 10 Leominster, Groton, Harvard (each 1) 3 ithsonian Institute has given 1 1 denitural Department has given 4 o• S. Boutwell, it. C. 6, 6 1 2 2 57 itor of Radical 66 9 6 2 104 TRUSTEES' REPORT. Pamph. p06 Falter Wells, Superintendent of Survey in ;1laine, has given Librarian Harvard College has given 1 Nath. R. and E. Whitney have " 167 1� Joel Barnard, Jr. has given 26 is , Jesse A. Locke " " 18 Levi L. Thaxter " " 6 Chas. W. Stone " " 1 Solon F. Whitney 12 Total number given, 547 462 Whole number of volumes purchased 19788 pamphlets " 90 presented 54 7 462 belonging to Library Feb. 8th, 1869, 637 2,250 Respectfully submitted. SOLON F. WHITNEY, Librarian. At the time of submitting the report to the Board (Feb. 8) all the volumes stand, properly numbered, covered, and labelled, in place upon their shelves, and the whole furniture that belongs to the books and the cataloguing is ready to be removed into the room that was assigned by the town to be occupied by the Library. But, owhig to delays that appear to have been unavoidable, llr. Joel Barnard has not yet been able to give the Board control over the store rented by him : so the preparations for the reception of the books are not yet begun. Mr. Barnard seems to have used all reasonable de�patrh, ark the Board can find no fault with hint. If he could have lws- sessed the land at ail earlier period, to begin the building of hk new store, no doubt the Library would be open to the pubrA to-day. TRUSTEES' REPORT. 105 But it could not have been thrown open safely to the public a* any earlier date ; for the labor of preparing the books for de- li�,livery, of re`ristering and cataloguing them so that the town 51;ould suffer no losses or embarrassments, has been so consider- )le, that the Board has been thankful for a delay that has been ell employed in perfecting the organization of the Library. A p( rsonal experience is needed to teach the time and patience, the careful deliberation, the precautions, that must precede the ►eneral delivery of a large number of books to the public. Ii►e Board can safely claim that the town now receives a library-, w;ch a foundation system for working that will cover any possi- Ne number of volumes, and it only waits for the ready co-oper- on of the citizens to be safe and complete. When the Library is thrown open, the titles of the books, and ever- accession that is made, will be found posted upon a lletin, to that any person who does not know beforehand at he would seek, or what might interest him, will find a ide. He has only to call upon the Librarian for the number t is against the title of the book that claims his attention. rds are provided to facilitate this process. It is plain, of irse, that the success of the working plan of the Library de- As in a great measure upon the intelligent sympathy of the ►ple, and their readiness to defer to the regulations that 'e been made solely with reference to their benefit. he. Board has been fortunate in its selection of its first ftrian, whose term of service expires at the "Marcli meeting. has I)rowrlit to the difficult task of classifying, catalomiiug, istPrin;Y. and preparing the volltmes, a large knowle(j(rj,, of personal enthusiasm, great patience, willinr- to use more t line than could have been required of him, caution awl deliberation. '['lie result (--,in only be 1)er- 1 after tho worl:inr of the pla,i for years. Then it will be essf•d that the Library started iu a inost careful and healthy- Ak 106 TRUSTEES REPORT. manner ; for which, if praise he due, it must be paid to the eor,.-j, scientiousness with which the first registering and cataloguing'- have been done. But, with all the Librarian's attention, the Board has not been able to dispense with some additional aid in covering such a large number of volumes that havo suddenly accumulated, in cutting their leaves, and in preparing them for the catalogue. The ex. pence incurred in this way has been defrayed out of the money of the ofiginal subscription for books, because the other collat- eral expenses had so nearly exhausted the appropriation of one thousand dollars made by the town for all such purposes. Therefore, the Board must include those bills, 'with some other items also paid for, in its estimate of the appropriation to be asked for the ensuing year. These bills are :For additional labor in the library, $59 69 66 express on case of books, 1 13 To Alfred Howes, for articles of hardware, 11 37 << Mary Patten, stamps, envelopes, express, 12 40 Making in all, 59 All the bills for collateral expenses excepting these are in the hands of the selectmen, who will make their own exhibit. At the present date the Board calculates that, after the salary of the Librarian has been paid, about thirty--five dollars of thy• one thousand dollars voted by the town will remain unexpended. But the expense of preparing -.NIr. Barnard's store for the re- ception of the Library has yet to be met. Its precise amount cannot now be ascertained. An approximate estimate must be made to be included in the appropriation for the ensuing year. As over three thousand dollars remain yet to he expended 6r TRUSTEES' REPORT. 101 ion volumes to the library, the Board does not feel in- to ask the to«•n at present for a larger appropriation than will suffice to meet the money abstracted from the Library fund, the expense as estimated for fitting, up Mr. Barnard's and expense for gas, fuel, attendance, and the Librarian's Aff#q for a year from the March meeting. As the Librarian's salary for one year remains to be settled by e incoming Board, that also must be approximatively esti- mated. ur money already advanced to torn, $84 59 fitting up library room, 500 00 << was, fuel, attendance, 200 00 Uhrarian's salary, 500 00 necessary additional aid, 75 00 insurance on the books given and purchased. on shelves and furniture, and on fixtures in new ' Library room, value about $4,000, 40 00 $ 1,399 59 Total of thirteen hundred ninety-nine dollars fifty-nine cents. All the blank-books that have been ordered for the use of the bnq are of the most substantial description, and will not re- ire to be reneged for twenty or thirty years. They help to ild the working plan of the Library, and will comprehend all business that is likely to occur during that period. The iture is also of a plain but durable character, and will not ,e to be renewed, although it must be increased from time to ! 'nee to correspond with the increase of books. The commends this new and important enterprise to c' &Vorable consideration of all classes of citizens. In this every one, it is hoped, will find somethilla for edification '1 delight; ever fresh reasons' fi)r prizing such an institution, 108 TRUSTEES REPORT. and for maintaining all its regulations and protecting its valu ble property. In conclusion, the Board would remind the citizens that a books, papers, pamphlets, numbers of periodicals, that are two' longer in use at home, will be cordially welcomed. Alread some donations of books have prevented the Board frow buyiu and have saved the money for fresh purchases after the citize shall have sent their contributions of matter that appears them superfluous or obsolete. Notbhw, is superfluous in public library. No one can anticipate the taste or exigency his neighbor. Everything comes into play, sooner or later," The most unexpected uses are found for the most contemn material. A., But let this Library be in every way generously nourished and countenanced, and it will become one of the commanding institutions of the town, to encourage intelligence and fraternity, to brim; all denominations upon a common ground, where all may love to stand in support of good morals and noble living. Ample public notice will be given of the time of opening,, and of the first delivery of books. Acknowledgments are, made by the Board to public libm ries in New Bedford, Charlestown, Worcester, Waltham, Lowell, Brookline, and Boston, for copies of the valuable aloaues issued by them. JOHN WEISS, Chair A. H0SMER, Secret JOSIAH STICKNE JOSI:PII BIRD, JESSE A. LOCKS. CIIAS. J. BARRT. JOSHUA COOLIDG JAS. M. BELL, D. F. HUCKINS. THIRTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OB THE } I TOWN OF WATERTOWN . 1868-9 , ��o 0 BOSTON : PRINTED AT THE. PATHFINDER OFFICE , 1869 . 1 r GENERAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE. i' I D. T. Humes, Term expires in 1869. JOSEPH CRAFTS, It it GEO. K. SNOW, cc it it V Rc JOH WFISS, At 1870. JOSHUA COOLIDGE, " " i° 1871. ALFizED HOSMER, " " " " R SUB-COMMITTEES. CENTRE DISTRICT. Grammar School. Intermediate, and P'►7mary. JOHN WEISS, Chairman, D. T. HucKiNs, Chairman, JOSEPH CRAFTS, JOHN WEISS, A. HOSNIER, A. HOSMER. EAST DISTRICT. WEST DISTRICT. J. COOLIDGE, Chairman, GEo. K. SNoW, Chairman, JOSEPH CRAFTS, D. T. HucHINs, JoHN WEISS, A. HOSMER. SOUTH DISTRICT. JOSF.PH CRAFTS, Chairman, JOSIltTA COOLIDGE, GEo. K. SNoW. HIGH SCHOOL. THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. REPORT . N presenting their Annual Report for 1868-69, the School Committee desire, with all possible brevity, to state the im- portant facts connected with the administration of the affairs committed to their care during the past year ; and to offer such 4uggestions and estimates as will assist the town in whatever action it shall take with reference to providing for the continued support of the schools. SCHOOL-HOUSES. As school-houses precede schools in the common evolution Of things, it will not he illogical to deviate from the customary arrangement, and assign the first place to this part of the Re- port. By so doing, it will be easier to state and explain certain changes which have been made in the organization of the Centre (' mmar School. The plan proposed in the lust Report for relieving the crowded condition of this school, though then thought to be a good one, and* to be -in economical method of attaining the desired end, was abandoned f'()r a ditrere'nt one, Which called for a larger expenditure of money for the time being, and rewired some alterations in the arrangement of the echox,l-house on :liount Auburn Street, in the Centre District. It was considered best to give up the idea of what could only rneult in the existence of three distinct Grammar Schools in one district, and to organize and centralize into one school,-con- veniently located, all the Grammar, School material of the 114 SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Centre and South Districts, and to place the new school in charge of a master with two female assistants ; thus making a consid- erable s:Iving for the toy►u, ill t:he firturc., ill the matter of sal- aries. To varry out the plan agreed upon, Centre Primary School, No. 1, was abolished, and the children belonging there were divided between Centre Primacy Schools, Nos. 2 and ;. The Centre Intermediate, with its furniture, was transferred to a room in the High School-house, previously occupied by the Grammar School. And finally the following alterations were made in the second story of the building alluded to above. The partition, which separated the two rooms in the upper story, was removed. A door was laid over the stairways which had given admission to the rear room. At the back of the main room two recitation-rooms, of ample size, were obtained, one upon each side, by taking away the partitions which separated the clothes-closets from the entries. The original plan of the second story of this building is now essentially restored, and the rear entrances are used exclusively by the scholars of one of the Primary Schools. To render the new recitation rooms what they should he, it remained to put an additional window in each of them, and to make proper provision for ventilation and heating. For the litter purpose a new furnace, of the Lawson pattern, was put in and arr;ju red to heat the rooms of the second story. Of the two furnaces already in the cellar, one was worn out, and was removed, while the other, still in good condition, was put in connection with the two lower rooms. There was nearly enough of old furniture to furnish the large room, which now has seats for one hundred and sixty-five children. The accommodation here provided must, for a considerable time, be in advance of actual needs. And when the Centre Grammar School is ac aiu incumbered by an excess of scholars, SCHOOL CO_MMITTEE'8 REPORT. 115 the surplus will very naturally be made to constitute a new school in the South District. A slight chance has been made in the Nest School-house, for the benefit of the Primary School. A room in the basement, 1 0.1 about fifteen feet square, has been transformed from a play- room into a recitation-room at a smell expense, b y removing goo � 1 � J a e stairway which connected it with the upper entry, and cuttin( a new door-way through into the entry of the Primary School. The little furniture required for the new room was readily obtained from the stock on hand. The simple plan adopted for relieving the West Primary School, the Committee r think will answer the purpose for the present, and postpone for a time the necessity of erecting a new building in that Dart of the town. The High School-house has received a coat of paint ; and thus Is finished the work, commenced last year, of renovatin( the school-houses inside and outside. The Committee have constantly endeavored by timely repairs to compensate for the wear and tear to which school-houses are inevitably exposed, and they can transfer the property to the custody of their successors in excellent condition. NUINIBER OF MII.DREN. The Assessors for 1868 return eight hundred and thirty-eight (838) children in town between five and fifteen years of are. There are also sixty-four (64) children over fifteen, and four (4) children under five, whose names appear upon the school registers. ATTENDANCE. The ordinary statistics of all the schools are arranred together in theannexed table. It will be seen that the percentage of attendance varies but very little from that of lest year. 116 00 ao ,C x y C. _. -. 00 ap C. Q: aG o0 C4 in at m m ark m N tO 40 r. j -P cod m W cf� N aO tO m cz q r. ✓1 �t O O O O t.^. ^J I-* O or I Fr C M eG N :^_ L 41 N CO to J "Of t CD I rl 0 1 t— AZ N c: t,~ tot— m r i N to o g 1.* .� m m -N t-- f O aC t4 a` it I � F. O C h tz. N OC tom- Y Cr I O y y d+ m co d` m to -P N co tr aC GG a0 b •� I Y it S 'v 00 1.0 t- t` N N t— O to t— cc .. O cu y d+ m N- a0 m tD tq N tO CD tp C C9 i � N O m N N GV I [� Cf, cp .r V M m t` O Co C. C OD _ - = r; Z i C ECGT. SCHOOL CO2SIMITTEE9S REPORT. 117 There are one hundred and twenty-five scholars who have not a tardy during the year, and thirty-three who have been either absent nor tardy. In accordance with an established Win, the names of the latter are printed for the purpose of r` encouraging a habit of perfect attendance. They are as 0 follows :— tHigh School. — Mary A. Gribble, Alma F. Barker, Mary E. allahan, Lilla Patten, Mary D. Patten, David J. Riley. Centre Gran oar. —Hiram Kendall, Frank Cobb, Patrick eDonald, Loreta, Whitney, Hannah Jennison, Sarah Young. East Intermediate. — Hattie E. Bird, Hattie G. Otis, Jane �r i Robinson, glary Austin, Annie S. Wilson, Thomas Allen. Centre Intermediate. — Mary Foley, Maria Clark, Stacy Robinson, Harry Mo_•se. West Intermediate. — Lucy Pierce, Ella Underwood. East Primary. — Margaret Logan, Lizzie Doody, Martha 'Filson, Joseph Bird, James McDonough, Peter McDonough, rank Bustin, Charles Molloy. Centre Primary, No. 1. —Nellie Ladd. Before leaving this subject, soine of the foregoing facts will presented side by side in a new relation. -Number of children between five and fifteen, 838 " 6{ 6 6 over fifteen, 64 " 46 6' under five, 4 Makin; a total of 906 Largest number registered in any term, 817 Difference, gg i Bence it appears that there are in town altogether too many ildren who are allowed or compelled to absent themselves for nh Periods from the public schools. 1F w 118 SCHOOL COM31ITTEE'$ REPORT. TRUANCY. It was found, upon investigation, that we were suffering from the evils of truancy, in no small measure. The subject has, of late, engaged the attention of the Committee, and, with the co-operation of the Selectmen, an attempt has been made to give the town the fill] benefit of the Iiy-Laws, which were adopted in 1864; but have never been strictly enforced. The matter can be inanaged without much difficulty by vigihnit officers, and the Committee are determined that hereafter truancy shall not be allowed to affect the reputation of our schools un- favorably in respect of attendance. TEXT-BOOKS. Only one slight change has been made in boobs during the year. When Guyot's Geographies were introduced, there was no book in the series of a sufficiently elementary character for the use of those who were just commencing the study. Miss Hall's " Our World," although not perfectly satisfactory to the Committee, was adopted as the best boob: that could be found for the use of the third classes in the Intermediate, and the first classes in the Primary Schools. Within a few months, an Elementary Geography has been added to tile. Guyot series. And as the publishers' agent was willing to introduce the new book on terms of equal exchange, that is, giving to each scholar who had a copy of " Our World " a new book, and taking the old one in payment therefor, the Committee very gladly author- ized the change to be made. The first classes in the Primary Schools are to go as far as Part Third, in the new book, and to commence at that point when they become the third classes of the Intermediate Schools. SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 119 TEACHERS, TEACHERS' MEETINGS, AND TEACHERS' LIBRARY. The list at the end of the Report contains the names of so-ven new teachers ; of whom five are elected to fill places made vacant by the resignations of an equal numlxer of late incumbents, and two were elected as additional assistant teachers ; one for the Centre Grammar, and one for the West Primary, School. In this connection it may be stated that this Report, like the one of last year, will dispense with the equivocal compliments which have so often been offered to individual teachers, in the criticisms upon different schools of the same grade. It will suf- fire to sav that the Committee, while they have endeavored to be just and considerate in their estimate of qualifications, have n(-ver hesitated to d,smiss a teacher thought to be hopelessly ui,fit to remain in charge of a school. Hence it may be known aany teacher who is allowed to continue in our service Joys in a reasonable degree the confidence of the Committee. That a certain superiority, relative at least, should characterize Me members of the corps, is inevitable and desirable ; but this not the proper place to insist upon distinctions based upon wdh inequality. The Teachers' Meetings have been held regularly during the ear. The attendance, although it does not include all our ers, has been very creditable to a certain portion of them, ho, induced by a genuine interest therein, or impelled by a 11" of duty, have participated in the. proceedings. 'The wom- cc�manend this Teachers' Association to the continued and ial wuppolt of its members. The Teachers' Library has not been entirely neglected ; still I�a.-4 not vet come into that. constant use which was expected r it when it was established. As an :apology for not having more; c'"luentI recourse; to it, teachers may urge the inconvenience of �a� 120 SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. obtaining books which now form a part of the Iligh School Library. To obviate this difficulty, the Conanittee requested the Trustees of the Free Public Library to take into their con- trol this Teachers' Library, with the condition that it should be thrown open to general use, without being merged in the general Library, or losing the designation by which it is now known. The trust, with the condition annexed, having been accepted by the Trustees, this collection of something over sixty volumes will be found in the Free Library which is soon to be opened to the public, and which is expected to prove a most important and valuable addition to the means already so liberally provided in this town for edueational purposes. HIGH SCHOOL. With a passing reference to the very creditable exaniination and exhibition which took place in '.March lest, the Committee are happy to report that the past year has been one of marked prosperity for the High School. The valuable services of faith- ful and earnest teachers have been continued to it. Twenty-six new pupils have been received, and have made an important accession to its numbers. With an increased size, the percent age of attendance has been almost precisely the same as that of last year. But little discipline has been required, and good order has been preserved without difficulty. Nothing has occurred to create unpleasant relations, or to disturb the peace and harmony of the school within, or to injure its reputation without. By their deportment, the scholars have shown that they understand what is due to the dignity and good name of the school, and to the maintenance of their own self-respect. Their industry has been exemplary, and they have most cheer- fully performed the school-work which has been assigned to them. Under such circumstances, scholarship could not but improve ; and so it has done. SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 121 The interest in the classical course is somewhat increased. One boy completed his preparation for college last summer, and, although his course of study did not fully cover the period • wually allotted to it, he passed a very respectable examination, and was admitted at Cambridge. The school is constantly fit- i irg boys for the Institute of Technology, and has sent each year i a certain number of candidates ; none of whom have been re- j jccted as unfit for admission. A. friend has lately made to the school a donation of ten ecimens in Natural History, including several well-mounted irds. The Library has received a small addition, and is in constant nd profitable use. It fully retains its high place in the esti- ation of the scholars and teachers. It will suer some dim- ution in the number of its volumes, by the arrangement hich has been made for the transfer of the Teachers' Library to custody of the Trustees of the new Public Library. To re- lace as many of these books as will he directly useful in the pool, a small appropriation will be needed. One hundred and fifty dollars have been expended for ap- ratus, that being the amount granted for the purpose. The rchases include some pieces needed for illustrating the subject Acoustics, and also a microscope. The bitter instrument, 'th a judicious selection of objects, will ever be an inexhaust- e source of amusement and instruction. 'ro give the appara,- its greatest value and usefulness, it will he necessary, by Uional u►l►iition , to siihhlement some portions of it, which �r -tire, or nin'v hec•ome, deficient in any respect. To do this, C0111111ittee ask an appropriation of fifty dollars ; which Sinn l W sufficient for both apparatus and Library. 122 SCHOOL C0311MITTEE"S REPORT. STATISTICS FOR 1868-69. Whole number of scholars registered, Boys, 23 Girls, 32 I\umber of scholars admitted, 30 66 graduated, 3 it pursuing the classical course, 4 fitting for the Institute of 'Technology, 4 Left school out of course, 12 Of these included under the last head, three have moved out of town, and have entered other high schools ; six have left on account of illness ; and three have left for reasons unknown. The thirty admissions include the readmission of four pupils who have been reported in previous years as leaving school out of course. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS. At this point the Committee desire to go back to a portion of the year of which the Report commonly takes no account. They wish to allude to the very favorable impressions which they received as to the general condition of our schools, from the examinations which closed the school rear, nearly twelve months since. Generally speaking, those impressions have been fully sustained by the observations made from time to time, during the year, whenever the Committee have been able to visit the schools. .and while it must be acknowledged that the schools are still considerably removed from a state of perfection, it is undoubtedly true that the Dist few years have witnessed a steady advance in the average character of them. They have not all advanced at the sanic rate, and obvious inequalities still varied abilities of different emain, corresponding in part to the SCHOOL COM-MITTEE'S REPORT. 123 eachers. Some of them have been retarded simply because they ere embarrassed by an excess of scholars. This was especially tie a year since of the West Primary and Centre Grammar hools. They have both been relieved by methods already escribed. As the latter school is in many respects the most mportant one in the town, a few words in regard to its present rgauization will not be out of place. The principal has the xclusive charge of the first class, and the general government ►f the whole school. The scholars taught by Min are seated in rout. The second and third classes, under the instruction espectively of the first and second assistants, are placed in the •ear, whence they can pass by divisions into the recitation- ooms quietly and without confusion. The new plan has vorked well. It simplifies matters by placing a large number of t,hildren under one head. By coneentratin(y the attention and nergy of a teacher upon a single class, more thorough drill can secured, and a better and more uniform scholarship ought be attained. The Committee expect that this new arrange- ment, to yetber with the system of written nnonthly examinations, stituted two years since, will save them from a degree of dis- )pointnnent which they have annually experienced when they the tested the qualifications of the Grannnnar School graduates, the examination required to be passed for admission to the igh School. Up to this time, the Committee have not been to exact quite as much as they would life from those whom ey have allowed to bass this examination successfully. It they have endeavored to raise the standard gradually, that Grammar Schools unay be brought directly to a higher vel, anol that the incumbrance of insufficient preparation nnay 4prevent pupils from realizing the full benefit of the High Ln hc()l course. The position of the Committee, already defined, will obviate 1 misapprehension in this connection, and save this contes- 124 SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. sign of disappointment from being construed as a reproach or re- ' ! flection upon any member of any class of teachers. These re- marks are made not in any spirit of censure, but simply as a hint to our teachers, needed because some of the schools do not in all respects reach the minimum of attainment which should be :allowed. But it should be remembered that both Primary and Intermediate Schools perform all important part in the process of commou-school education, and that the penalties for short-comings existing in any school, are quite likely to be visited, in a measure, upon a school of higher grade. The Committee have been pleased to notice an improvement in deportment in so far as it affects school property. Instances of mischief and wilful damage occasionally- occur ; but upo❑ the whole, there is a growing respect for the houses and furniture, and an increasing willingness to abstain from defacing them, and to assist in their better preservation. The registers show one hundred and forty-seven visits made to the schools by individual members of the Board, :and three hundred and sixteen visits made by other persons. The subject of the visitation of schools very naturally intro- duc:es a question which the town has already had under dis- cussion, and upon which a report has been made by a special committee. That question is as to the propriety of eanployiug a Superintendent of Public Schools. The Committee unan- imously recommend that authority be given to create such an office, and to fill it as soon as a competent person can be found for it. The reason for this action can be stated very briefly. While the work of the committee-room call he performed with_ sufficient promptness, and regularity, and while all the matte of outside business can receive such attention Ias they require, it i-� impossible for the Committee, in the face of numerous busi- ness ur professional engagements which ianperatively claim their time, to faithfully discharge that most important duty- of SCHOOL CO3I.NiITTEE9S REPORT. 125 frequently visiting the schools. And they freely admit the ex- tent of their negligence in this thin; during the past year. They believe that this description of their own situation will apply idth equal force to that of any six men whom the town would be likely to elect as a School Committee. The choice would l)robably fall upon those whose thoughts were fully preoccupied with what would prevent them from giving to such official 1 duties the close and constant attention which they demand. Apart from the necessity now thought to exist for the Services f a Superintendent, much can be said of the advantages which -rould accrue from the labors of a man qualified to act in such capacity. By the very nature of his vocation he would be en- abled to snake frequent and regular visits of such duration as n-ould allow him to .ascertain exactly in what each school ex- celled, and in what it: was deficient. By comparing the anodes -aud results of teaching in different schools, he would extend t'the benefit of good ideas beyond the limits of the school in n-hich he found theirs ; and thus, ,by correcting the errors in the pinions and practice of teachers, he would give unity to our :pools, and tend to equalize them upon the highest possible #el of attainment. His frequent presence in the schools would use the children to feel his vigilance, and arouse them to a -w sense of responsibility. By his constant intercourse with C teachers, in the school-rooms, and at their monthly meetings, would give them a, new interest in their profession ; he would elp to diffuse anio�ng them the latest .and most advanced news Pon the subject of education, and excite among them an esprit Cr)rPS which would essentially- increase their efficiency. 'uslly, h . would do for the schools very many little things id, slow escape notice and are neglected, and many things of ger magnitude which few committees can conveniently under- lie. Ill view of these things, there is no hesitation in saying than 16 w 126 SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. a good Superintendent, with a Committee that need not consist of more than three members, would he an agency much more efficient and satisfactory than the present one, for the adminstra- tion of our school affairs. EXPENSES FOR 1868-69. Salaries of teachers, $10,825 92 Care of houses, 5.99 42 Fuel, 710 21 Books and stationery, 147 41 High School library, 51 10 Philosophical apparatus, 1.50 00 Incidental expenses, 1,209 42 $13,693 48 Alterations in Centre School-house, 738 89 Furnace and setting the same, 488 36 New furniture, 278 19 Alteration in West School-house, 61 .51 Painting High School building, 70 00 fence, etc., 27 00 Sum total of expenses, $15,357 43 Appropriation, $14,750 00 Town's share of School Fund, 237 14 From sale of old furnace, 13 62 15,000 76 Deficiency, $3 56 67 It will be observed that the deficiency is considerable less than the cost of the new furnace, for which no provision wss made in the estimates of last year. SCHOOL C031MITTEE9S REPORT. 127 ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1869-70. The following suius will be needed to meet the expenses of the schools for the coming year : — alaries, $11,500 00 (are of houses, 700 00 700 00 Books and stationery, 150 00 Apparatus and Library, 50 00 Licidental expenses, 1,000 00 $14,100 00 Deduct Town's share of School Fund, 250 00 Necessary apl ropriation, $13,850 00 In addition to the above, provision must be made for the salary of a Superintendent, if the town shall see fit to employ one. TEACHERS AND THEIR SALARIES. Date of original election. H471i School, Solon F. Whitney, 1866, $1,(i00 00 Miss Mary F. Porter, 18669 750 00 G,atre Grammar, Bell,jaulin F. Boyden, 1868, 1,200 00 " << Miss A. A. Keith, 1868, 500 00 " Miss A. M. Magee, 1864, 450 00 " Intermediate, H. E. Varney, 1866, 450 00 '` Primary, No. 1, Fannie Robbins, 1865, 425 00 `` 't No. 2, I. N. March, 1863, 425 00 at Grammar, W. T. Copeland, 1868, 1,200 00 " Intermediate, Clara A. Bailey, 1864, 450 00 ".Primary, Annie E. Coolidge, 1867, 425 00 L1101int carried orivard 7,87.E 00 128 SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Amount Lrou yiit forward, $7,875 00 West Grammar, George S. Turner, 18689 1,200 00 Intermediate, Ellen Crafty, 1868, 450 00 Primary, E. J. Manning, 18689 425 00 Lyda lVicks, 1868, 350 00 South Intermediate, 11arriet Robbins, 1863, 450 00 << Primary, Adelaide Horn, 1866, 425 00 $11,175 00 (Signed) A. HOSMER, Chair man. D. T. HUCKINS, Secretary. JOHN WEISS, JOSEPH CRAFTS, JOSHUA COOLIDGE, GEORGE K. SNOW. WATERTOWN, Feb. 19, 1869. BST - LAWS • OF THB ' 0 WN OF WATE RTO WN , TRUANT AND OTHER CHILDREN. f� t ' i+ i COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. At the Superior Court, begun and Bolden at Cambridge, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second 316nday of i December, being the fourteenth day of said month, Anno D02111ni 1863. W. H. IxGRAIIAIi, Town Clerk of the Town of Watertown, presents to this Court the following code of By-Laws for ah- roval, to wit : — By-Laws of the Town of Watertown concerning truant and tier children, and police, and police regulations, adopted by p y die to«,n, November 3d, 1863. 4 " 1st. There shall be annually, elected by the inhabitants of the ziltown, at their annual meeting in March, at least three suitable 4 parsons, to be called Commissioners for Truant Children, who 811all hold their offices for one year, whose duty it shall be to make and enter complaints against all such persons as are named Poi' described in the first section of the two hundred and seventh chapter of the Laws of the Commonwealth for the year eighteen hindred and sixty-two, entited, ' An Act concerning Truant Children and Absentees from School. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: — N'SECT. 1 . Each city and town shall make all needful pro- iiions and arrangements concerning habitual truants, and also ncerning children wanderin'L,, ,trout in the streets or public of any city or town, having no lawful occupation or busi- 132 BY-LAWS. ness, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, be- tween the ages of seven and sixteen years ; and shall also make all such by-laws respecting such children as shall be deeined most conducive to their welfare and the good order of such city or town ; and there shall be annexed to such by-laws suitable penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for any one breach ; provided, that said by-laws shall be approved by the Superior Court sitting in any county in the Commonwealth.' 2d. The almshouse of the town is hereby assigned as the situable situation named in said act. " 3d. Complaints under these by-laws shall, whenever practi- cable, be entered by said commissioners before any magistrate or court having jurisdiction of the offence in Watertown, Cam- bridge, or Waltham. " 4th. Habitual truants shall, upon a first conviction, be pun- ished by a fine of not less than five dollars, or by-imprisonment in the almshouse, as the court or magistrate may determine ; upon a second conviction, they shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment as aforesaid ; upon a third conviction, they shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifteen dollars, or by imprisonment as aforesaid ; upon a fourth conviction, by a fine not less than twenty- dollars, or imprison- ment as aforesaid. " 5th. Children wandering about in the streets or public places of the town, having no lawful occupation or business, not at- tending school, and growing up in ignorance, between the ,ages of seven and sixteen years, shall, upon a first conviction. to punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars, or by imprison- ment in said almshouse for such time as the magistrate or court may determine. Upon a second conviction, they shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding fifteen dollars, or by imprisonment as aforesaid. Upon a third conviction, they shall be punished BY-LAWS. 133 a fine of not more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment aforesaid. 6th. Before making complaint as aforesaid, the s. id commis- ners, or either of them, shall report to the School Committee the town, for the tine being, the residence and condition of person or persons to be complained of, with their iiancs, and e names, residence, and condition of their parents or guardians, :;nd such other material fiats concerning such persons as may come to their knowledge ; and the said commissioners shill receive and follow such directions concerning said persons as the School Committee may see fit to give ; but if within ten days after Cmaking such report the said School Committee shall not give ,my such directions, the said coininissioners shall forthwith enter heir complaint before the proper magistrate or court. 7th. The said commissioners shall each receive s»ch annual pensation for their services as the selectmen for the time g shall determine ; such compensation shall continue until �tk expiration of their terns of office. In case of resignation, commissioners so resigning, shall Ise entitled to a propos- al amount of said compensation. "8th. The selectmen,at their first regular meeting, after these t►y-laws shall he approved, and thereafterwards at their first reg- ular ineeting after the annual meeting of said inhabitants, shall divide the town into three suitable districts, and shall assign one of said commissioners to each district, who shall have the special charge and superintendence of the same, and of all the aforesaid Persons residing or found or being therein ; but it shall be the duty of each commmissioner to report to the School Committee ally offence within his knowledge, whether committed within his ern or any other district. " :+th- Tl iv School Committee of the town for the time being 114Y exercise, it' they choose so to do, the general charge and 134 BY-LAWS. superintendence of the doings of said commissioners, who shall in such case be subject to the orders of said Committee. i0th. The said commissioners shall be organized as aboard, in the month of March annually, excepting in the year 1863, when they shall be so organized as soon as may be after the approval of these by-laws by the court, by the choice of a chair- man, who shall also be the secretary of the board. " 11th. The said commissioners shall keep a fair record of their proceedings, and of the offences complained of, with the acquittals or convictions, and the punishments awarded therefor, and the names and residences of the persons complained of, and, the names and residences and occupations of their parents or guardians, which, or a copy of which, shall be delivered to the chairman of the School Committee on the fifteenth clay of every January, and shall be open to the examination of the School Committee, or any one of them, at all times. "12th. The School Committee, in their annual report to th town, are requested to present an abstract of the commissioners' report, with a particular statement of their action, if any, upon the matters embraced therein, accompanied by such observation in relation thereto as may be required for a full understadiuna of the operations of the board. " These by-laws shall take effect from and after their approval by the Superior Court of the County of Middlesex." And on this thirteenth day of February-, A. D. 1864, the fore- going By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court, are approved. A true copy of the code of By-Laws adopted by the town, as approved by the Superior Court. Attest : GEORGE L. NOYES, Town Clerk. INDEX . i Pap- Almshouse Account, 21 shouse, inventory of, 63 �house, report of Overseers of, 70 Bridges and Culverts Account, 21 (emetery Account. 42 Cemetery Commissioners' Account, 89 (')Vector's Report, 1866, 52 ('oBector's Report, 1867, 53 C allector's Report, 1868, 34 0MUngent Account, 44 CAtage '(venue, 42 Dogs, concerning, 88 Expenses, per estimate, 5 Yrt Department, estimate of expenses of, 1:� re Department, Engineer's Report, ',; rMrance Account, 40 ILierest Account, 35 Interest on Town Debt, :;;4 Irving 'Street, continuation of, 42 Liabilities, 56 Library Account. 43 7jbrary, Trustees' Report of, 93 Wor Agency, Report of, 4;2 An Account, 34 lb Street, watering of, 43 rice Account, 44 and Highways, Overseers' Report, /0 trar's Report, W 136 INDEX. Salaries, 43 School Committee's Report, 109 Town Officers, List of, 3 Selectmen, Report of, 79 State Tax, 41 Treasurer, Report of, 9 TownNotes paid. . 51 Town Officers' Salary, 43 Town Property Insurance, 60 Town Property, Valuation of, 68 Truants, By-Laws respecting. 129 i