Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

1877 Tax Book of the Town of Portsmouth, R. I. with Treasurer's Report and Town Officers

[lists are not in strict alphabetical order]

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TOWN TREASURER’S REPORT
CR,
By balance from last year’s account.	$2,496.43
Cash of Chas. C. Slocum, Tax of 1875	160.00
Edward T. Cory, Tax of 1876	11,224.50
Jonathan A. Sisson, Auctioneer,	1.50
Edward F. Anthony, do,	.21
Asa B. Anthony, Coroner,	4.00
Commissioners of Town Asylum,	100.00
Frank Slocum, amount overdrawn for clearing road of snow in Dis. No. 9,	3.84
Benjamin Tallman, for waste lumber left after repairing Town Hall	3.00
	$13,993.48
DR.
To Cash paid Joseph Coggeshall, for extra services as Clerk of School Committee, 1875	50.00
Samuel S. E. Harvey, Keeper of Town Asylum,	450.00
Commissioners of Town Asylum	50.00
C. C. & C. E. Chace, goods for Town Asylum	41.52
Roberts & Franklin, meat for Town Asylum	18.09
William E. Cook, blacksmithing, Town Farm,	17.00
Carmi Harrington, Overseer of Poor	36.00
Susan Barker, for board of Oliver W. Barker	102.00
Asa B. Anthony, for doctoring Town’s horse,	6.00
Asa B. Anthony, holding Coroner’s Inquest,	28.00
Edward Coggeshall, services as Moderator,	8.00
John Roberts, counsel fees,	31.70
Canvassers’ and Clerk fees,	46.00
Assessors of Taxes,	35.00
Town Auditors,	3.00
Charles H. Hunt, for team to State Farm,	3.00
Board of State Charities and Corrections	471.37
General Treasurer, for State Tax,	3,925.15
	$5,331.73

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Amount brought forward	$5,331.73
Philip B. Chase, services and expenses, Town Clerk,	102.30
Philip B. Chase, Committee on printing Tax Book,	18.00
Benjamin Macomber, bridge tender	151.00
Charles C. Slocum, for collecting Taxes, 1875	100.00
William H. Frined, for repairing road,	5.00
Benjamin Green, for repairs on Stone Bridge	44.45
P. H. P. Faulkner, for stove, etc.,	14.60
John P. Sanborn, for advertising,	2.50
Benjamin Tallman, Town Sergeant,	43.58
Benjamin Tallman, Sealer of Weights and Measures,	21.95
Benjamin Tallman, for listing 112 dogs,	22.40
Benjamin Tallman, killing and burying 11 dogs	22.00
Edward Coggeshall, repairing Town Hall,	57.95
Principal and interest on Town’s Note,	1,315.00
Passed to credit of School Account,	3,500.00
Paid George Manchester, Superint’dent of :Public Schools,	25.00
Joseph Coggeshal, for extra services as Clerk of School Committee, 1876	50.00
School Committee	50.00
Wm. L. Sisson, clearing snow from road Dist. No 1,	38.00
Elijah B. Sherman, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 3,	41.82
Timothy P. Durfee, clearing snow from road Dist. No 4	61.25
Charles A. Chase, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 5,	19.50
Samuel Cory, clearing snow from road Dist. No 7	15.23
Robert D. Hall, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 8,	22.62
Frank Slocum, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 9,	12.75
Asa B. Anthony, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 10,	22.50
Job R. Carr, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 11	63.25
Alanson Peckham, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 12,	11.75
Joseph Endicott, clearing snow from road Dist. No. 13,	40.88
Edward Almy, Jr., clearing snow from road Dist. No. 14,	35.25
Treasurer’s Salary	50.00
Balance in Treasury April 3d, 1877	2,681.22
	$13,993.48

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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
CR.
By balance from last year’s account	$1,593.54
Cash of General Treasurer,	959.97
Cash of Town of Portsmouth	3,500.00
Cash of Philip B. Chase, Regi-try Tax,	110.00
	$6,163.51
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To Cash Paid District No. 1.	527.59
To Cash Paid District No. 2	377.88
To Cash Paid District No. 3	454.65
To Cash Paid District No. 4	648.77
To Cash Paid District No. 5	850.77
To Cash Paid District No. 6	641.25
To Cash Paid District No. 7	360.00
To Cash Paid District No. 8	508.75
To Cash Paid George Manchester,	40.00
Balance in Treasury April 3d, 1877	1,753.85
	$6,163.51

DOG ACCOUNT
Cr.
Amount Received for Dog Tax	$236.00
Dr.
Amount Divided among Claimants,	$236.00

All of which is respectfully submitted by

EDWARD F. DYER, Town Treasurer.

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Town Officers 1877
Moderator	Edward Coggeshall, Esq.
Town Clerk	Philip B. Chase
Town Council	Wm. Borden, 2d Edward Sisson Samuel Cory	Albert Coggeshall R. [Robert] D. Hall .
Justices of the Peace	Asa B. Anthony Charles H. Potter	George Manchester .
Commissioners of Asylum	John Crowcher Carmi Harrington	Wm. E. Cook .
Town Treasurer	Edward F. Dyer
Town Auditors	Oliver G. Pierce Gen. [George] N. Dennis	Edward T. DeBlois .
Surveyors of Highways	Wm. L. Sisson Elijah B. Sherman Charles A. Chase Samuel Cory Halsey P. Coon William J. Brown Constant W. Chase Philip B. Chase	Benj. Tallman Josiah C. Gifford Carmi Harrington R. D. Hall Asa B. Anthony Alanson Peckham Edward Almy, Jr. .
Assessors of Taxes	Charles C. Slocum Peleg A. Coggeshall R. D. Hall Philip B. Chase	Levi W. Cory Samuel Cory Charles H. Potter .
Collector of Taxes	Edward T. Cory
Town Sergeant	Benjamin Tallman
Overseer of the Poor	Carmi Harrington
Constables	John T. Brown Charles C. Slocum James A. Sisson	Peleg L. Thurston Wm. M. Hughes Frederick W. Tallman
Auctioneers	Wm. Barker Jonathan A. Sisson Stephen A. Watson	Jos. G. Dennis E. F. Anthony L. D. Tallman
Sealer of Weights and Measures	Benjamin Tallman
Pound Keeper	Carmi Harrington
Fence Viewer	Jacob Mott Edward Coggeshall	Chas. H. Potter .
Corders of Wood	Abner B. Cory Cornelius S. Greene	Charles H. Dyer Charles E. Chase
Surveyors of Lumber	Edward Coggeshall	David Fish
School Committee	Joseph Coggeshall George Manchester James Sweet Stephen T. Sherman	Rev. Benjamin H. Chase John H. Cross Charles H. Potter A. L. Ackley
Superintendent of Public Schools	George Manchester, Esq.
Field Drivers	Pierce A. Faulkner John Dennis David E. Brownell	David Hedly Henry P. Sisson Samuel J. Sherman
Special Constables	Carmi Harrington Charles C. Hazard	Benjamin Tallman .

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