1883 Tax Book of the Town of Portsmouth, R. I. with Treasurer's Report and Town Officers

Amount of Real Estate taxed
Amount of Personal Property taxed
Whole amount of property taxes
Amount of tax

CHARLES C. SLOCUM,  :
ROBERT D. HALL,   :
SAMUEL CORY,   :
PELEG A. COGGESHALL:> Assessors.
CHARLES CARR, 2d,  :
PHILIP B. CHASE,   :

     Town Clerk’s Office, Portsmouth, R.I., June 15, 1883
 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original town tax of said Ports-mouth, for 1883, now remaining in this office. 

      Philip B. Chase, Town Clerk.

By a vote of the Town of Portsmouth, April 4th, 1883, a discount of 5 per cent. will be allowed to those persons who voluntarily pay their taxes on or before the last secular day of Au-gust, and 3 per cent. to those who thus pay after the last secular day in August and on or before the last secular day in September A. D. 1883, and the collector of taxes is directed to complete the collection of said taxes on or before the first secular day in October next; also that on all taxes not paid on or before said first secular day in October, interest will be added at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, until collected by law.

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Balance in treasury April 4, 1882,
Amount received for taxes,
Amount received of E. F. Anthony, auctioneer,
Amount received from estate of Frederick Brown,

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Charles A. Chase, keeper Town Asylum,
Henry C. Anthony, services and expenses as Overseer of Poor,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Benjamin Macomber,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Jethro Coggeshall,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Richmond Dennis,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Deborah Borden,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Manuel Soloman,
Henry C. Anthony, assistance to Robert Banks,
Susan Barker, board Oliver W. Barker,
Dr. Benjamin Green, medical attendance at Town Asylum,
Board of State Charities and Corrections,
Commissioners of the Town Asylum,
Philip B. Chase, recoding, copying and returning births, marriages and Deaths,
Philip B. Chase, attending registering of voters,
Philip B. Chase, services and expenses as Town Clerk,
Philip B. Chase, taking school census,
Philip B. Chase and E. F. Dyer, assessing registry tax,
E. F. Dyer, book for school record and tax notices,
Joseph G. Dennis, Moderator, April 5, 1882,
Joseph G. Dennis, Moderator Nov. 7, 1882, and taking ballots to Providence,
William H. Gifford, taking ballots to Providence,
Joseph Coggeshall, extra services as clerk of School Committee,
School Committee,
Town Auditors,
Assessors of Taxes,

Passed to the credit of school account,
John P. Sanborn, advertising for the Town,
Fisk & Munroe, printing tax books,
Perry G. Randall, bookcase for Town Clerk’s office,
General Treasurer for State Tax,
Canvasser’s and Clerk’s fees,
Henry Anthony, for the Council’s fees,
Frederick U. Tallman, services and expenses Town Sergeant,
Frederick U. Tallman, listing 104 dogs,
Frederick U. Tallman, killing and burying 2 dogs,
John H. Appleton, sealing Town’s weights and measures,
Gideon Manchester, bridge tender,
Repairs on Stone Bridge,
Road machine and freight,
A. B. Cory, road scraper,
William M. Sisson, repairs on plow,
William W. Anthony, clearing snow from road,
William M. Sisson, clearing snow from road,
Cornelius S. Green, clearing snow from road,
Surveyors of road district Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,
Treasurer’s and collector’s salary,
Balance in treasury April 3, 1883,

SCHOOL ACCOUNT

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Balance in treasury April 4, 1882,
Balance brought from dog account,
Received from General Treasurer,
Received from registry tax,
Town’s appropriation,

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Amount paid out by order of School Committee,
Balance in treasury April 3, 1883,

DOG ACCOUNT

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Amount in treasury, April 4, 1882,
Amount received for dog taxes,

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Amount paid for dog damages,
Carried to School account,
Balance in treasury April 3, 1883,

 All of which is respectfully submitted by

      Edward F. Dyer, Town Treasurer