The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

ORANGE.-Selectmen's and overseer's or
ders paid, S31S5.S9 cash in treasury,
S24G.60; net liabilities, S1.251.15.
MoRETowN.- Selectmen's orders for cur
rent expenses, S3,4091 49, support of poor,
S5579l; town debt, S2,39059.
GRoToN.-M Miscellaneous expenses, S273.01;
highways, S740.79; support of poor, S121.47;
net liabilities of town, 81 1880 .S8.
EAST MoNTPELIER.-Selectm orders,
Sl,126.O; road commissioners, S1,271.3;
overseer of poor, $5S4.72; treasurer's receipts,
S4,6lS.09; expenditures, S3610.95 balance
in treasury, S1,01714.
WILLIAMsTowN- Selectmen ORDERS So
1851; total expense of repairing highways,
81 ,6S891; support of poor, S540.5S; assets,
81 ,20029; liabilities, S1,S0S17; balance in
favor of town, S392.12.
M1DDLEsEx. Orders for town expenses,
SSO7 100; highway, 81 932.77; treasurer's re-
ceipts, S3527.S5; disbursements, S3,G0351;
due treasurer, S75.66 support of poor, ST.
019.30; net Liabilities of town, S2,60S46.
CABOT. - Selectmen's orders, 2,347 .43;
overseer's orders. 6S036: road commission
ers orders, Sl,9S0.22; cash in treasury,
S7l2S6; whole expense of poor, S49i IS; eX-
pended for road purposes, 2,10449 assets,
S1,4l9SO; liabilities, 5000; deficit, S7S0.20;
expense of town officers, S220.10.
CALAIS. - Selectmen's orders. S49474;
road commissioners orders, So 1888; sup
port of poor, S60iS6; treasurers receipts,
S9,62233, payments, S9,5Sl.34; balance in
treasury, $40 80; net amount of outstanding
claims, 81 BOOST; decrease of debt during
year, 81 ,9S6; grand list, S6,270.S1.
BARRE.-Among orders drawn for the
past year are the following: Support of
poor, S3,0S512; liquors, 81 ,SS1 95; highways,
S2,OO17 6; breaking roads, 81 ,26220 schools,
So ,S41 Oh and for miscellaneous purposes,
aggregating $50, 1880 The net liabilities
- al. 4 u
reduced its debt SS,1S3.92 since February,
1888.
WARREN Selectmen's orders, 81, S334S;
support of poor, S1,2O542 road commits
sioners, S932.21; school expenses, 81 ,620.06;
new school-house in district No. 2, S6734 I;
Liabilities, S3,35728; resources, including
81 ,074.2S due from school fund, S2,5S0.49;
excess of liabilities, S776.49; tax recon-
mended, eighty cents; tax of ten cents
would pay debt of town, not including sur
plus fund
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS reported by Sc
lectmen, S1,S51.55; by overseer of poor,
S35395; services town officers, Sl9423; or
ders for abatement of taxes, 1888; treas
urers receipts, S4 055.49; expenditures,
80, 702.S0; cash in treasury, S1,352.69; re-
sources, S1355.11 liabilities, S4SS.S3; ex-
cess of resources, $500 %; town tax 1888,
% cents; highway, - cents; school, 331
cents; grand list, $5,S9312.
CHELsEA.-Total expense of highways,
bridges and sidewalks, 81 1852 81; breaking
roads, S614.15; town poor, $3.50; value of
stock, tools, provisions, etc, on town farm,
81 ,44 produce sold, S26417; net expense
of poor farm, S491 "a; net profit of liquor
agency, $500; liabilities, including S5,-
240.40 outstanding orders, S5,SS665 re-
sources, S3,333.j0; excess of liabilities,
S2,533.15; balance in town treasury, S140.75.
FAYsToN.-Total expense incurred by Sc
lectmen, S1,219,24 orders paid, SS12,6 in
debtednesS incurred by selectmen unpaid,
S4O657; net cost of support of poor, S39S.S2
paid services town officers, S206.63; out
standing orders, 20j.0S; total debt, 81, 31052;
resources, S277.1S; amount to be raised on
grand list, S10334 grand list of 1888,
Sl,1OI; a siXty-two cent tax will raise
81 ,05S.4; state tax will be S341 40; rate of
taxation for 1888, S1.20; highway tax was
forty cents.
MoNTPELIER.-Aggrega of selectmen's
orders, S17 ,9S0.S0 extraordinary expenses,
S4,5S6S7, leaving ordinary expenses, S13
1854. Bonded debt of town due January
l, 1891, is $4,000; funded debt due January
|, 1891, 1913, 500; due January /, 1898, S23, 500
cemetery trust funds, S5,615 United States
deposit fund, S6,4S1.74; floating debt, net
SIC, 1862; aggregate debt, less 5000 of
cemetery trust fund, S14 1926; amount TO
be provided for the coming year, including
$500 temporary loan, S46,05011 Expenses
vi SlIttb COMMISSIONER, 0foit.Zb, ONerSeeT
of poor, 81 1921
HARDwICK.- Resources for the year, S24,-
902S9; disbursements, 81 ,S01.92 balance
resources, S13, 100.97. The balance of re-
sources consists of uncollected taxes, Feb
ruary IA, 1889, Sl2 ,921 SO; cash, S179.34. The
amount of uncollected taxes February 49,
1888, was S11 ABA; amount taxes as
sessed during the year, S12, 620.61. The ac-
counts of the overseer of the poor show a
total expenditure on DauDer account of
81 ,OOi29; deducting town farm credits of
S23i31, this leaves balance of S769. 9S as
the cost of supporting and aiding the poor
for the year ending March, 1899. The
amount expended for transient aid or sup
port was S3496S. The seectmens report
as road commissioners shows an expendi-
ture from March 3, 1888, to February Is, 1885,
of S22S9.4S in construction and repair of
highways and bridges. This sum includes
S295 as land damage in the construction of
new roads and streets.