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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1869T PR 0 CEEDINGS TIIE t f B 1 ()F SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, Pot{ TELE YEA E .A1 i4111kp JOHN M. SMITH, CHAI 101 A N. S. H. 'WILCOX, CLER-K. ITHACA, N. Y. ITHACA JOURNAL POWER PRP:S', 1869. 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOAIU) OF STIPERYiSQRS OF TILE COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, FOR THE YEAR It a JOHN M. SMITH, CHAIRMAN. S. H. WILCOX,. CLERK. ITHACA, N. Y. : • ITHACA JOURNAL POWER PRESS PRINT. 1869. Supervisors ---genual Session. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, met in annual session at their room in the Court House, in the village of Ithaca, on the 9th day of November, 1869, and was called to order by the nomination of Henry B. Chase, of Ulysses, as tem.porary.Chair- man. The roll of Supervisors was then called by the clerk and the following members were found present : Dryden—JoinsT M. SMITE. Danby—JOSIAH HAWES. Enfield—S .miEL V. GRAHAM. Caroline---SnAnuARD SLATER. Ithaca—HOWARD C. WILLIAMS. Groton—WILLLAM D. MOUNT. Newfield—CHRISTOPHER C. Com. Lansing—JAMES M. WOODBURY. Ulysses—HENRY B. CHASE. The motion was then made, that the Board proceed to ballot for permanent Chairman, when John M. Smith, Esq., of Dryden, was unanimously chosen permanent Chairman. The Board then proceeded to the election of Clerk, when S. H. Wilcox, of Ithaca, was chosen by acclamation. On motion of Mr. Graham, Resolved, That all resolutions of the Board be presented in writing. On motion of Mr. Slater, Resolved, That all County orders issued by this Board be countersigned by the Chairman ; and all Town orders by the Supervisors of the respective towns. On motion of Dr. Cook, Resolved, That a committee of three be ap- pointed by the Chairman to attend to the in- surance of the County buildings. On motion of Mr. Mount, the daily hours of meeting were fixed as follows : Morning, 9 olock ; afternoon, 2 o'clock ; evening, 7 o'clock. On motion of Dr. Chase, the Board adjourned . »^til Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Wednesday, Nov. 12, '69. • Board met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Chair- man. All the members present except Dr. Chase, of Ulysses. Minutes of the previous day read and approved. The Chairman then announced the following standing committees : On Sher i f''s, Clerk's, Constables' and Justices' Accounts.—Graham, Chase and Williams. On Treasurer's Accounts.—Slater, Hawes and Cook. On Equalization. --Williams, Graham, Chase, Woodbury and Mount. On Poor House and Superintendent's Report. —Hawes, Mount, Slater, Cook and Woodbury. On • County Claims and Judge's Accounts.— Mount, Cook and Chase. On County Indebtedness.—Woodbury, Gra- ham and Slater. U. S. Deposit Fund.—Cook, Williams and Hawes. On Insurance.—Chase, Williams and Mount. The Clerk then presented the follow- ing communication from the Comptrol- ler, and the same was received and or- dered published with the minutes. : . COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Oct. 6th, '69. SIRS : The Board of Equalization of Taxes, in pursuance of Chapter 312, of the Laws of 1859, have fixed the aggregate valuation of property in your County,. at the sum of $7,- 665,975, 7;665,975, upon which amount a State Tax .of $43,121 11 must be levied for the current fis- cal year, (commencing October 1st, 1860, being 5% mills on the dollar,) for the following pur- poses, viz : For Schools, 14 mills, per Chapter 697, Laws of 1869. For General Purposes, 14 mills, per Chap- ter 697, Laws of 1869. For Bounty Debt, 24 mills, per Chapter 647, Laws of 1869. For Canals, % Mills, per Chapter 877.Laws of 1869. •: For Canal Floating Debt, % mills, per Chapter 697, Laws of 1869. Total • 5% mills. Your obedient servant • W. F. ALLEN, Comptroller. On motion of Mr. Graham, Resolted, That all bills and demands present- ed to. this Board be referred to the proper committee by the Chairman without further action by this Board. On motion of Mr. Woodbury, Resolved, That the Grand Jury list be appor- tioned aniong the several towns as follows : Caroline: .25 . Enfield..18 Lansing..32. • Danby:.. 24 Groton..34 Newfield 27 Dryden... 50 Ithaca. '..61 Ulysses • . 29 .Total 300 Resolved, That the Clerk of the Board directed to draw upon the State Treasurer f the sum of $365 51, being the amount d Tompkins .Co. under Chapter 817, Laws 1868, appropriating money to orphan Asylu On motion of Mr. Woodbury, Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a co mittee of three to examine and pass upon th accounts of the several Boards of Town A ditors of the County. The Superintendents of the Poor i the County then presented their repo and the same was referred to the Co mittee on Poor House and. Superinten east's report. Adjourned to afternoon. 11 The , Commissioners of Excise then presented their Report, which was ac- cepted and ordered filed. On motion of Mr. Williams, . Resolved, That in pursuance , of § 9, .Chap. 585, of the Laws of 1865, a committee of three be appointed by the Chairman of this Board to act in connection with the School Commis- sioners of this County, in the examination of those candidates who shall present themselves for" admission into the Cornell University, in accordance with the provisions of said law of 1865 ; and that the said • committee meet with the said School Commissioners, at the reading room of the Cornell Library, in the village of Ithaca, on the 22d ay of June, 1870, at ten o'clock A. M., for, the purpose of making the 3xamination. On motion of Mr. Hawes, of Afternoon Session. On motion of Mr. Mount, Resolved, That in pursuance of the provi ions of Chapter 483 of the Laws of 1866, ent tied an act to facilitate the.construction of tll Southern Central Rail Road,: and to authori2 towns to subscribe to the capital stock thereo and of a notice served on: this Board by th Rail Road Commissioners of the town of Grp ton, there be levied and assessed upon the tit: able property of said town the sum of thirt: five hundred (3500) dollars,.for the purpose c paying the interest upon the Rail Road bon issued by said town, and that the sum whe collected be paid' to the Supervisor of sai town to be expended for that, purpose.. - On motion,of Mr. Williams, Resolved, That a committee of three be al pointed by the Chairman, who are hereby at thorized to make such arrangement in regar to public printing as • they may deem best fc the interest of ,the county, and that such con mittee report to this Board for final action. The Chairman then appointed Messr Williams, Mount and; Hawes such con mittee. Evening Session. The board was engaged in.the exar ination of bills during this evenin session. Adjourned until to-morro morning. Thursday, Nov. 11th, 1869.. Board met pursuant to adjournmen All the members present. On motic of Mr. Hawes the Board proceeded 1 the. County Poor House. Evening Session. The •bostrd Svcs engaged in the exara- atioii of. bills' during:the evening. Mr. Williams -presented the 'report of e Ithaca cL Towanda RR. Co., which s received. by the Board. Bills from I to. 3 l; inclusive were an- ted and allowed by the Board. Board journecl until morning. Friday' morning, Nov. 12th, 1869. Board. Islet pursuant to adjournment. 1 .members present except Mr. Will - ms. Minutes oE' previous- day read d approved. . 'On motion of Mr. Williams, 1, 1870 6,300 00--13,090 00 Less by interest received on hoods sold :from .March•1, 1S69 to tiene of sale 3,401 38 Less by interest to time of estirna- . ted eater to meet instalments due before March[, 18705,250 00— 8,651 38 . Interest to come due March 1, 1870 •$4,438 6.2 We therefore respectfully -report that -there .will be • required for the cooling year • to pay interest on said bonds and by virtue of.said 'act, the sural of four thousand tour,hundred and ,• thirty-eight and' 62-100 dollars ($4,438-62); and .. ask that the same be assessed 'and levied upon the town of Ithaca.' ' -J. F. EIrxox, LEONAtw T]1Eai LN, Commissioners. GEORGE INIcCnA1N, 'The Board was engaged, during the day and evening in the exairiinatiOn Of bills, and in the evening, session bills from 72 to 83 inclusive were passed. Resolved, That in pursuance of the provis' ns of Chap. 645 of the Laws of 1866, entitled An Act to facilitate the construction of the Ita.e2L & Towanda Bail. Road, and to autlLor- e towns to subscribe to the capital stock iereot'" and of . a notice served upon this oard by the Commissioners of the town of haca, tlicre be levied and assessed upon the _table property ot the said town of Ithaca ie sural of four thousand Thur hundred and Arty -eight and 62-100 dollars ($4,438 62) for e purpose of paying interest. upon the Rail oad bonds of said town, and..that'tlie said un when collected be paid to the Commission- rs of said town to be expended for that pur- ose. • The following - is -the report of •the olnlnissioners as presented to and re- eived by the Board ot Supervisors : 'Saturday morning, Nov. 13;1869. Board met pnrsu;tnt to adjournment. A11 members present except Mr. Will- iams and 1:r. Chase. The 'minutes of previous day read and approved. The Board was engaged duriugr, the morn- ing in the examination 'of bills, and bills. from 84 to 88 inclusive were passed. Board adjourned till afternoon.. Afternoon Session. Board met pnrsuant to ad jonrinnent. All the members present. The, Board engaged in miscellaneous business, and adjourned until Monday morning. at . eleven o'clock. Monday, Nov. 15th, 1809. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, Messrs. Woodbury, Hawes, Graham, Chase, and Cools: Absent, the Chairman, and •-Messrs. Wiiliatns, Slater and Mount. Board . adjourned until afternoon. Monday Afternoon. . Board met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the Chair- man. All members present. Minutes of previous day read. and approved. On'inotion of 1)r: Chase, Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board b� instructed not to deliver any of the..town or 'o. the Board of Supervisors of the, Co+ands of .Tompkins Report of the Commissioners of the Town nf.Ithaca appointed in pursuance of -an Act of the Legislature, passed Apri1.17, 1860. The undersigned Commissioners appointed under said act, issued bonds bearing:interest at Seven per cent. per annum, dated Marcli 1,1360; redeemable at the pleasure of the Town of Ithaca after March 1, 1874, and payable March 1,1899, as follows : Amount authorized tore issued $.300.000 00 do sold to date 07,00U 00 Paid Ithaea 4.t Towanda R. R. Co. on Stock $90,000 00 Cash on hand • 7,000 00--97,000 00 Receipts of Treasurer of Ithaca Towanda H. R. Co. for payments 90,000 00 Cash on hand'• 7,000 00- 07.000 00 'Amonnt of interest to come.dne March 1, 1570. on bonds sold6.790 00 Amount' of interest to come due March 1, 1870 on bonds required to meet payments before March 6 county orders to those to whom they are .pay= able, until after the adjournment of this Board. Adjourned until evening. Evening Session. On motion of Mr. Slater,. Resolved. That the Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to draw an order on the County- Treasurer for .twenty-sev- en dollars for nine copies of Thompson's Su- pervisor's Manual for the purpose of supplying each town in the county with a cOpy of the same for the use of the Supervisors of each town. • The Board was then engaged -in the discussion of the bill presented by the Cornell Library Association for the rent of the drill room and armory.. Mr. Williams moved the bill be audited and paid at the amount claimed, viz : $300. Mr. Slater moved an amendment to the resolution,.viz That the bill be audited at the sum of $100. Mr. Hawes offered the following resolution as an amendment to ..the resolution of Mr. Slater, viz : That the bill be audited at $150 instead of $100. Mr. Slater ac- cepted the amendment and called for the ayes and .noes on the resolution; ,as offered by Mr. Hawes, and the same was carried 'as. follows : AvEs.—Cook, Hawes, Slater, Graham, Maunt, Chase.- NOES.—Smith, Williams, Woodbury. The question was then taken on the original resolution as. amended by Mr. Hawes, and was carried as follows : AYES.—Cook, Hawes, Slater, Graham, Mount, Chase. NOES.—Smith, Williams, Woodbury. • • The bill was audited at $150. The . Board continued-- auditing, bills, when those numbered from 90 to 97 in- clusive were passed. - On motion, adjourned until to -morrow morning. Tuesday morning, Nov. 16th. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All the members present. Minutes of the previous day read and approved. The committee on printing submitted the following report : Your connnittce on printing would respect- fully report, That they have received the fol- lowing proposition from the Ithaca. Journal, viz : Printing the proceedings of .the Board Will be done at the rate of 50 cents a folio -for all work ; - and: printing pamphlet copies of proceedings at actual,cost of labor and mate= rial. Your committee would recommend the adoption of the terms- named in the above report. I . WIZLIAl1s, ) HAWES,. ,i Committee: MOLT T, 1 The report was received. Mr. Will- iams offered - the following resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That the printing of the proceed- ings of this Board be given -to the Ithaca Jour- nal at the- rate of 50 cents perfolio for all work ; and Printing 1500 pamphlet proceed- ings at actual cost of labor and material. The committee on Insurance made the following.report, which 'was received and. adopted : . Your committee would respectfully report that they have caused the policies of Insurance to be renewed on the Court House and Jail, and also on the Clerk's Office. They , have also added $1,000. of Insurance on the C]erk'-C Office. The amount of premiunis to be paid is $73' 50 and; is apportioned as follows: ON COrRT HOUSE. Ins. Prem. Merchants of Hartford—McChain, Agt...$2500 $1S 75 Home, of New York—Schuyler, Agt 2500 1S 75 ON JAIL. Springfield of Maes.—Whiton, Agt 3000 30 00 CLERK'S OFFICE. Springfield of Maes., Whiton, Agt 1000 Putnam of Hartford, Burritt, Agt 1000 CEARE, 11 Wim.r.AMe, Committee. 1 MOUNT, Board adjourned until afternoon. 3 00 3 00 $73 50 Tuesday Afternoon. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All members present. The Board audit- ed bills No. 98 and 99. • The Commitee on U. S. Deposit Fund s snbmitted the following report, which was received and adopted : The Committee to whom was referred the books of the Loan Commissioners for the county of Tompkins, submit the following re- port: That the books of mortgages to secure the payment of moneys loaned from their 1 7 office held by said Commissioners have been submitted to .them for inspection by the Com- missioners, and this committee have also re- ceived from them a report of their transac- Lions as Commissioners, from which it appears there was on hand subject to loan on Novem- ber 16th, 1869, as follows : In hands of Commissioners $ 733 80 Remaining in State Treasury Total.... .. . 733 80 Amount received on Mortgagee5,178 00-$5,911 30 Amount loaned... 6.475 00 Principal on band Nov, 16, 1869.... 733 30 Amount outstanding on bond and mortgage 67,505 00 Interest received during the year4,591 27 Returned to Comptroller 4,217 72 Commis'r's fees and disbursments 841 00 The Committee report themselves satisfied with the securities taken. Respectfully submitted. CBMISTOPHER C. COOK, A. C. WILLIAMS, Committee. • JosIAH HAWEs, The Committee on Treasurer's Ac- counts made the following report, which was duly received and adopted by the Board : REPORT OF COM. ON TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. Returned taxes collected by Treasurer Caroline Newfield Lansing Ulysses Ithaca 77 90 11 52 2 19 4 21- 19 59 Amount of moneys received by Treasurer $139,962 00 Statement of disbursements by the County Treasurer since November 17th, 1868: Paid Insurance on County Buildings " Fuel and gas for Court Haase and Jail " Supervisors' Janitor •. Clerk " Repairs of Court House and Clerk's Offi" District Attorney's salary •` Appropriation to L. V. B. Maurice ii " H. C. Smith " County Judge Expenses of Treasurer's office, (stamps, &c) County Judge's salary " Treasurer's salary Paid State Tax School tax 10,114 12 "• Poor House Committees notes $4,772 71 " Interest on above notes 165 70-4,938 41 Fines refunded to Groton 60 00 44 " .' Ithaca 55 00 44 " " Danby 3 00- 108 00 State Lunatic Asylum 2,482 01 " " Idiot LI 30 00 !` " Inebriate " 172 50 " Monroe County Penitentiary 135 78 " Returned taxes to Caroline.... 3 97 " " 4' Dryden 22 09 " 44 " Enfield 15 34 '4 " i4 Groton 29 83 " " • •' Ithaca 89 08 4' " 44 Lansing 2610 44 44 " Newfield 64 20 " " " Ulysses 6 04- 256 15 " School moneys to Caroline1,848 41 4' " " Danby 1,773 03 " " " Dryden 8,210 35 " ". " Enfield 1,369 39 " " f4 Groton 2,468 57 " " " Ithaca 4,146 40 " 46 " Lansing 2,168 41 a 46" Newfield2,307 55 " " Ulysses 2,155 68-21447 79 Commissioners of Highways in Dryden and Supt of Poor 8,861 45 44 " " Groton 1,150 56 " Caroline 1,502 90 Danby 1,030 67 Enfield 353 97 The undersigned, Committee on Treasurer's account, respectfully report that they have ex- amined the books and vouchers of the County Treasurer and find his accounts as rendered in the following statement of receipts and dis- bursements to be correct, and that the balance in his hands on the 13th day of November, 1869, was four thousand four hundred thirty- nine 72-100 dollars, ($4,439 72). Statement of moneys on hand and the mon- eys received since the 17th day of November, 1868 : Balance in bands of Treasurer as per settle- ment. $ 8,787 73 School moneys from the State 21,856 64 School money in hands of Supervisor of Caroline 8 631 66`` 11 Ithaca 523 71 60 607 61 16 00 100 00 20 00 50000 25 00 3 00 40 00 6 00 1,200 00 00 36,815 41 44 44 44 Lansin 82 32 91 18 Fines of J. H. Fitch of Lansing g 10 00 " D. Hall 6 4 2500 " E. Scoville, of Ulysses 15 00 " J. R. Emery " 165 25 " B. Starr, Newfield 6 00- 221 25 Non -Resident Taxes sent to Albany7 33 Less Rejected and Returned 4 21- 8 12 Comptroller's appropriation to Orphan Asylum. 1,488 82 Commissioners of Excise for Licenses 2,125 00 Taxes -Caroline 6,155 24 Danby 5 046 80 Dryden 13,746 91 Enfield 4,183 43 Groton 10,465 46 Ithaca 84,800 19 Lansing 10,063 81 Newfield 12,970 64 Ulysses 9,372 14 nes collected by Sheriff 614 05 44 44 . 4 44 to 44 44 44 44 14 44 Groton R. R. Bond Interest 8,600 00 • Ithaca expenses of Highways and Poor 14,647 02 Ulysses 66 2,035 07 " Lansing " " " 1,249 76 " 1,921 78 Newfield " 66 " First issue County Bonds....$1,900 00 Interest on the same 70 00 " Fourth issue County Bonds6,145 00 Interest on the same... 437 15- 7,652 15 Court orders 8,941 13 County do 8,756 41 Poor Honee in -door orders... 2,468 88 out -door " .... 1,202 10 " °' Transportation 160 20- 8,831 18 Balance in Treasurer's hands and charged in new account 4,489 72 $189,962 00 44 61 44 44 44 SHARHARD SLATER, JOSIAH HAWES, Committee. CHRISTOPHER C. COOK, 8. Statement of Infant Heir Funds' of the County of Tompkins in the hands of County Treasurer on the 1st day of July, 1869: Total amount of funds on hand • $61,514 37 Invested in mortgages ... $48,428 48 United States Bonds.. 12,6.50 00 • Principal not invested 435 89 $61,514 37 Amount paid to Guardian and Heirs dnring the year 3,592 58 Fees cha gee by Treasurer 36 40 Interest on hand 956 77 interest due bnt unpaid 245 48 Amount of principal paid during the year 12,732 34 All the principal nninvested was in sums too small to purchase a $50 United States Bond, and the invest- ments are believed to be safe. SHARRARD SLATER, JOSIAH HAWES, .Committee. CHRISTOPHER C. COOS, The .Committee on County Indebted- ness made the following report which was received and adopted : We, the undersigned, Committee on County indebtedness, report, that at the time of the settlement with the Treasurer, Nov. 17 th,18G8, the following claims were outstanding against the county : County Bonds, first issue $!,000 00 Interest on the same 70 00-$1,070 00 County Bonds, fourth issue 6,145 00 Interest on the same 437 00- 6,582 15 Amount of County indebtedness $7,652 15 The books of account in the hands of the County Treasurer show that the above men- tioned Bonds and interest have been paid. J. M. WOODBURY, SFIARRAUD SLATER, Committee. SAM'L V. GRAHAM. The Committee on Poor House and Superintendent's Report, submitted the following report, which was received and adopted by the Board Your Committee to whom was referred the report of the Superintendents of the Poor of the county, would respectfully report that the whole number of paupers assisted during the year was 127 County Paupers 71 From the town of Caroline 2 li 11 Danby 9 Dryden 13 Enfield 00 Groton 3 Ithaca 11 Lansing 4 Newfield 6 Ulysses 8 The number of days said paupers have been supported in said Poor House is....17,358 The amount of drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for bills audited by the Superin- tendents for the support of the institution during the year over and above the pro- ceeds of the farm, is 11 u 1f 11 .1 11 11 14 .1 I1 Which sum was expended as follows : For oat -door relief $1,191 85 " In -door expenses 2,132 34 " Services of Overseers... . 114 50 " Transportation of paupers 49 33 " Chaplain 50 00 " Insurance 54 00 $3,532 02 The number of paupers in the Poor House Nov. 15th, 1868, was 42 The number received during the year was 119 161 Number discharged 105 " Absconded 2 `` Deaths "ta4 -- 111 Paupers in the Poor House at this date 50 The average number in the Poor I3ouse du- ring the year was .......... .. .. ... 47 5-9 The average expenses for each 'pauper's support tor the current year above the pro- ceeds of the farm, was $ 44 89 The average expenses for each pauper per week was - 0 8611 4,941 days' board of Co. paupers cost $482 75 Clothing 11 238 02— 720 77 464 days' hoard for town of Caroline 43 75 Clothir g " 4 88— 48 63 . 1,478 days board " Danby 139 41 Clothing •• " 34 89—' 174 30 3,291 days board Dryden 312 50 Clothing ft 74 80— 387 30 • 881 days board Groton 83 .66 CIothing " 18 68— 101 74 2,509 days board L1Ithaca 236 69 • Clothing 32 85— 269 54 Enfield 00 00-- 00 110 899 days board Lansing 84 75 Clothing " 19 49- 1,482 days hoard Newfield 140 00 Clothing 1716— 157 16 1,410 days board Ulysses 133 20 • Clothing " 35 46— 168 66 Total amount $2,132 34 17,358 total number of days, The following statement shows the amount of produce sold from the fitrm for the year ending the 15th day of Nov. 1869, was : 151 bushels of Oats at 70 cts $105 70 25 Pigs amounting to 85 00 Poultry, amounting to 1S 09 Egr/s 11 " . 43 90—$252 69 Which amount has been expended as fol- lows, via: Paid Gauntlett & Brooke, drugs $24 09 " W. W. Ep.sty, salt 12 75 " Newell & Riddle. grinding 25 88 " Treman, King c& Co., hardware50 00 " M. T. Denman. Sheep...... 50 00 " C. M. Bowers, supplies for house 89 97— $252 69 t our committee further report the amount of produce raised and now on hand on the farm as follows : 395 bushels of Wheat grown --On hand 405 bushels 682 •` Oats 41 at 635 " 1200 " Ears Corn " " 1700 " 500 PotatoesCI 400 " 10 " Peas " " 15 " Onions " 10 Beans ` 6 5 Beets 4 " r75 " Apples 11 4425 .' 30 " Turnips " 25 " 800 heads of Cabbage 15 tons of Hay 8 11 8 11 11 " 700 12 800 pounds Butter made " 241) $3,592 02 Corn stalks from 14 acres of corn, all on hand. The following stock belongs to the farm and is now on hand: 1 yoke of Oxen; .6•Milch Cows; 1 Yearling;. 2 Spring Calves 10 Eiogs fattening ; 10 Shoats winter- ing; 150 Common Fowls ; 87 Turkeys. - .In conformity to the 30th Section, Title 1st, Chapter 20th of the Revised Statutes, the Superintendents es- timate the expenses for County and Town paupers in the County House the ensuing year 42,800 00 For temporary relief for County paupers not in the Poor House 1,200 00 For the expenses • of Overseers of the Poor and other officers not iu the Poor ]louse 140 00 For expenses for the transportation of paupers to the Poor House40 00 For Keeper's Salary 500 0044,680 00 To meet this. sum 'of $4,6$0 00 your committee ask leave to introduce the following 'resolutions, (after crediting amount left on hand from last year's ap- propriation of $1,097 88.) Resolved, That the sum of $2,170 45 be lev- ied and. collected upon the County, for..County poor expenses for tite ensuing year. Also Resolved, That the sums reported by the Su- perintendents of the Poor to be due from the several towns respectively, for the support of the poor of such towns in the County House the past year, be levied and collected in said towns respectively as follows : On the Town of Caroline 4 48 63 Danhy 174 30 Dryden 387 30 Groton 101 74 Ithaca 269 54 Enfield 000 00 Lansing 104 24 Newfield 15716 Ulysses . 168 66-1;411 57 if 114 11 U it Making $4,680 00 The whole amount asked for by your Committee for defraying. the` expenses of the Poor for the ensuing year. JOSIAU IIAWES WILLIAM D. MOUNT, 1 SICARRARD SLATER, Committee. CHRIS*PHER C. 0008 ' J. W. WOODBURY, J Evening Session. All the members were -present.. Mr. Williams presented the following Pre- amble and Resolution, which resolution, on the motion of Mr. Mount, was laid on the table : Whereas, The commissioners of Excise have made report to this Board, showing that they have paid over to. the County Treasurer • the sum of $2,125, being the amount received by them in, the `granting of licenses for the past year—and Whereas, The use and sale of spirituous liquors is acknowledged by all to be the great source and, cause of pauperism and crime in the land, and therefore all moneys received for the granting of licenses for the sale of such spirittiotis liquors is justly appropriated to the support.. of. the 'poor as a compensation in Some measure .for the evil tlius.createcl- -Whereas, It is express]y provided in Title 1, Sec. 22, Chap. 20 of'- the 'Revised Statutes -that. - " In those counties in which the distinction be- tween county and town poor prevails, the ex= cise Money collected .in any town and all pen: allies given by law to the overseers of the- poor; When received, shall be' applied to .the use of the poor of the town in which such money and penalties shall be collected." , Therefore, Resolved, That as an act of .justice to 'the• several towns, the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay- to the overseer or overseers of the poor of each town tor.the support of the poor in such town, such sum, as shown by the " Book of:Records, has, been paid to the Excise Commissioners; from each, town, from the granting of licenses in such towns for the present year, viz : Caroline $80.; Dryden, $210 ; -Enfield $30 ; Groton, $175 ; Ithaca, $108i ; Lansing, $175 ; Newfield, $120 ; Ulysses, $2a0—less the ten per cent provided by law to be paid to the Inebriate Asylum. Mr. Williams then offered-the.fgllow- ing - resolution, which was lost : Resolved, That hereafter the distinction be- tween County pear and Town -poor in Tomp- kins County, is hereby abolished. On motion adjourned until to -morrow morn- ing. Wednesday morning, Nov. 17th. Board met ,pursuant to. adjournment. All the members present. 'On Motion of Dr. Chase, Resolved, That . the Board proceed to an in- formal ballot for papers to publish the session.. Laws during the ensuing year. The Board then proceeded to ballot with the following result : - Ithaca Journal .2 , Groton Journal 3 Dryden News .2 Tompkins County Democrat......1 On motion of Dr. Cook, Resolved; That this Board' fix the sum of $100 as the amount to be paid to each of the papers designated to publish the Session Laws. The Board then proceeded on nio= tion of Dr. Chase, to a formal ballot for two papers in which to publish the Session Laws, . With the following re- sult : - 10 Ithaca Journal 3 Dryden News 3 Groton Journal 3 Dr. Chase being in the chair, Mr. Smith of Dryden, moved that a com- mittee of one or three be appointed to investigate the question as to the rela- tive amount of circulation of each news- paper in the County, and report to this Board. The resolution was carried. Thursday Morning, Nov. 18th. Board met pursuant to adjournment ; all members present. On motion of Mr. Woodbury, Resolved ; That the fines of the several towns that have been paid to the County Treasurer, be refunded to the Supervisors of the several towns. The Board at eleven o'clock, ad- journed until afternoon and then pro- ceeded in a body to the Presbyterian Church. Thursday Afternoon. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All members present. Dr. Chase made a motion to re -con- sider the action of the Board in reference to the claim of D. Dumont, for rent of Armory, which was carried. Dr. Chase then moved that the bill pass at the amount originally claimed, viz : $100— which was lost. On motion of Mr. Graham, On motion of Dr. Cook, the vote was re -considered, and lost. On motion of Mr. Slater, the Board again proceeded to another ballot for two papers in which to print the Session Laws, with the following result : Ithaca Journal 4 Groton Journal 3 Dryden News ' ,2 On motion of Dr. Chase, Resolved, That the Session Laws be also published in the Ithaca Democrat and Dryden News, and that each be allowed the sum of $50 for publishing the same—which resolution was carried. On motion adjourned until afternoon. Wednesday Afternoon. The Board engaged in the auditing of bills, and bills numbering from 103 to 118 inclusive were passed by the Board. The various committees then engaged in the examination of bills committed to them. Wednesday Evening. The Board continued the examination of bills, and those numbering from 119 to 124 inclusive were audited. Dr. Cook of Newfield, offered the fol- lowing resolution, which was carried : Resolved, That in pursuance of chap. 254, Laws of 1859, the sum of $25 be fixed as the sum to be allowed to the officer or officers con- veying delinquents to the House of Refuge or Penitentiary and Lunatics to the Asylum at Utica. And in those cases where there are more delinquents or lunatics than one, there shall be allowed to the officer or officers con- veying such additional delinquents or lunatics to the House of Refuge, Penitentiary or Luna- tic Asylum, only the actual expense necessari- ly incurred in the case of such additional de- hnquents or lunatics so convey ed to the places hereinbefore mentioned. And in those cases where the officer or officers are compelled to go by any other route than the direct and usu- al route, to the places hereinbefore mentioned, they. shall be allowed the additional expenses actually incurred. On motion of Dr. Cook, Resolved, That the Supervisors of the towns Resolved, That the Supervisor of the town in which the Assessors have not exempted of Newfield, (in accordance with the provis- ions of chapter 451, sec. 4, Laws of 1865, as amended by Laws of 1865, chapter 575) be authorized to levy a tax on the assessment of William Kellogg, at $1800 at three per cent. that being the amount left off by mistake in transcribing or copying the assessment roll of 1868. On motion adjourned until to -mor- row morning. members of the National Guard be, and are hereby authorized to make such exemptions in making out the tax roll for said towns, and that the towns not so exempted, be permitted, to deduct the amount of such exemption from their rolls in reporting to this Board the aggre- gate amount of said towns. Ori motion of Mr. Woodbury, Resolved, That the rejected taxes as returned to the several members of this Board by the 11 County Treasurer, be levied and assessed upon the several towns respectively, as follows : Dryden Caroline 23 20 Groton . 20 14 Newfield 6 00 Lansing 14 58 Enfield.... 10 23 Ithaca.... 84 84 Ulysses 3 85 Total $164,93 On motion of Mr. Graham, Resolved, That pursuant to the provisions of chap. 522, of the Laws of 1865, the sums set down in the following schedule, be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the per- sons whose names are included in the several lists and in the sums respectively named in said lists, submitted to the Board and furnished to the Supervisors of the several towns named in said schedule, by the Overseers of the High- ways respectively of the road districts included thereon. Ulysses—Dist. No. 30 .1 day .1 00 .112 days.. ..2 25 $3,25 Dryden—Dist. No. 1112....10 days.. .$15 00 " 82.....4% " . 6 75 "115 ....22 " 375 "118.....2 " 300 " "143.....3 " 450 " " " 59 Danby—Dist. No. 83 Lansing—Dist. No. 22 Newfield—Dist. No. 6 [{ « « 32 " " 96 44 " u $33 00 .4 days.... $6 00 4 days.. ..$6 00 6 days.... $9 00 .432 days ... .6 75 .4 "\ ...6 00 5 " ....7 50 $29 25 Groton—Dist. No. 8. 3 days .$4 50 614" 938 44 On motion of Mr. Cook, Resolved, That at the request of the Super- visors of the several towns of this County, the sums set forth in the following schedule, be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the several towns named, for the purposes therein mentioned : Town Audits. Highways. Poor. Dryden....... .. . $ 621 39 $ 2100 00 $ 500 00 Newfield 1124 96 1000 00 Groton 616 05 825 00 200 00 $13 88 Lansing 537 82 250 00 Danby 408 87 500 00 Ithaca 14889 61 1000 00 Caroline 338 58• 1431 11 160 00 Enfield 871 82 `.50 00 Ulysses 819 41 1000 00 Total.... $20248 51 $7356 11 $1850 00 On motion of Mr. Graham, Resolved, That at the request of the several Supervisors of the respective towns named in the following schedule, the claims set forth therein be added to the audits of said towns, and levied and assessed upon said towns re- spectively. LANS/NO. Almon M. Tarbell, Constable DRYDEN. William W. Snyder, J. P Geo. H. Houtz, Town Clerk... John M. Smith, Supervisor... ... Hiram Bouton, Justice Peace John H. George, " " Isaac Briggs, M. D Albert J. Card Hananiah Wilcox. Justice Peace William Coryell, M. D E. 8. Pratt. Assessor ULYSSES. Wm. Farrington, Ref. Tax Benjamin Lanning` E. Lovell, J. P James R. Emery, 1 P Jacob Carman, J. P R. C. Taylor. EL B. Chase, Supervisor Samuel Burlew, J. P David Cole, ex. tax.. Mary B. Cole, " $6 80 $13 55 19 72 65 38 16 40 735 10 00 2 67 6 75 11 00 $152 72 $31 00 00 13 58 24 80 67 45 600 55 75 85 21 6 46 26 (i0 88 52 $364 76 DANBY. Lemuel Jennings, J. P $4 60 Wm. Fogarty, Refunded Tax 1 02 John Mitchell, Referee 4 00 Pierson Ogden, " 4 00 L. Millspaugh, Overseer of Poor 6 75 J. Hawes. Supervisor 23 48 A. W. Knapp,. Town Clerk 43 45 J. VanDeBogart, J. P 4 50 A. Wadham, " 1 50 J. A. Thatcher, " 4 50 $97 70 ENVIELD. David L. Baker, Constable Mal T. Havens GROTON. H. C. Marsh, Town Clerk 11. C. Marsh, printing W. D. Mount, Supervisor Sidney Hopkins, J. P .. , . Nelson Hallady, J. P Albert Wilcox, J. P Artcmus Backus, R. R. Com John A, Close NEWPIELD. Scevy S. Garfield, J. P E. C. Thorn, " $7 62 9 30 $16 92 $41 00 .12 60 15 50 13 50 13 50 . 13 00 17 50 50 00 $176 50 $42 41 2 75 C. C. Cc 0'. Supervisor Luther S. Ilam, J. P Benjamin Starr, " C. E. Sebring, Town Cl_rk Rockwell & Puff CAROLINE. J. B. June, Insp. Elections Uriah L. Robbins Henry S. Krum, Clerk Election D. C. Krum, Insp. Election Sharrard Slater, Supervisor Dan. R. Gilbert, J. P Charles J. Rounseville, J. P Benj. Losey, J. P Arnold James, J. P Richard Louneberry, Town Clerk ITHACA. S. W. Smith, J. P 0. B. Curran, excess of tax Arch Preston, Constable K. S. VanVoorhis, ex. tax R. J. Renwick, award Asa M. Lucas, J. P Moses Crowell. " Ezra Weaver,• " E. D Norton, Town Clerk H. C. Williams, Supervisor 12 25 33 Towne, Acres. Real, Feral Total V. pr. A. 10 50 Caroline30,450 317,445 1.4,920 332.365 10 43 14 45 Danby 33.043 330,320 17,608 317.928 10 00 35 25 Dryden62,160 1;017,124 87,280 1,104,101 16. 36 214 00 Enfield 22,162 282.205 14.625 296.830 12 70 -- Groton 31,000 572,756 96,813 669,569 18 47 $344 69 Ithaca 19,223 1,450,430 641,525 2,100,955 75 92 Lansing37,833 917,148 143,938 1,061.086 24 25 $7 35 Newfield 36,444 405.325 21.410 426,735 11 12 1 50 Ulysses 19,777 633,345 187,085 820,430 31 70 3 00 750 5,948,968 1,231.735 7,180,703 18 98 9 05 10 60 • 13 000 84 75 $109 03 $8 00 11 38 24 40 9 52 300 00 213 40 206 18 133 98 8100 1950 $1,007 36 At one o'clock the Board adjourned, on invitation previously extended, to the house of our worthy Sheriff, E. C. VanKirk, where they found a very sumptuous dinner awaiting them. It is needless to say that ample justice was done by each member to all the good things that were set before him. At two o'clock allretired from the table with their abdominal and thoracic cavi- ties filled to repletion. Long live the Sheriff and his accomplished wife. The Committee on Equalization sub- mitted the following report, which was received and adopted by the Board, Mr. Woodbury, of Lansing, dissenting : The Committee on Equalizal ton unanimous- ly report the following resolution : Resolved, That in making the equalization on total amount of Real Estate as returned by the Assessors for the present year, we adopt as a basis such per cent. for each town as is ob- tained from the average per cent. of sucli towns as equalized for the past live years, this year as returned by Assessors inclusive, as follows Caroline 059 Danby .063 Dryden .167 Enfield ........055 Ulysses. Towns. Caroli Danby Dryden Enfield Evening Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All the members present.. The Board was engaged in the matter of Bills,.pre- paratory to making up the equalization reports. On motion adjourned until morning. Friday morning, Nov. 19th, 1869. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All the members present. Minutes of previous day read and approved. Mr. Alf illiams then moved that the preamble and resolutions • offered by him in reference to Excise monies and laid on the table, be taken from the ta- ble, w'iich was carried.' Mr. Williams then moved the passage of such preamble and resolutions. 'l'he Groton Acres. Caroline ,,5 830.3.01340 62'160 22.1112 31.000 ayes and noes being called for on the Gana n'3 same .by Mr. Williams, it was lost, by Ne fieldUsses 36.444 9.777 the following Vote: Av-r.,s—Mr. Williams, Dr. Chase. NoEs--Chairman, Cook, Hawes, Graham, Slater, Mount, Woodbury. The following is the assessed valua- tion of the real estate and personal prop- erty of the county of Tompkins as ap- pears by the Polls returned by the As- sessors of the several towns : Groton 094 Ithaca. 233 Lansing 152 Newfield 073 104 Real. Personsl. Total. 350,9S9 14,920 365,1109 374,71=5 17.603 392.393 993.478 87.280 1.080.758 313.556 14 625 328.181 559.203 96.813 656.01 1.386.109 611.525 2.027.634 904.243 1.48.938 1.048.181 434.275 21.410 455,685 618.693 187.085 805.778 $5.948.968 $1.231.735 $7.150.703 (Signed) WILLIAMS. 1 WOODBURY, GRAHAM, }Committee MOUNT CRAM 3 Board adjourned until evening. Evening Session ---Full Board. On Motion of Drs. Chase and Cook, 13 Resolved, That we tender our hearty thanks to Eron C. VanKirk, Sheriff of this county, and to his accomplished lady, for the sumptu- ous dinner given by thein to this Board—and we consider that this compliment paid to the people of this county, through their represen- tatives, adds one more obligation they owe to Sheriff VanKirk, who has served the county so well during the past three years. On motion of Mr. Graham, Resolved, That the resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, at their annual session in 1868, authorizing the County Judge to employ a stenographer to at- tend the trial terms of the County Court and Court of Sessions be and the same Ls hereby repealed. In accordance with the resolution previously adopted by this Board, the • Chairman oppointed the following gen- tlemen a committee to examine the can- didates who may apply for admission to Cornell University, in connection with the School Commissioners of the county. Bev. Thos. C. Strong, D. D.—Ithaca. Alviras Snyder—Dryden. Henry A. Graham—Enfield. The Chairman appointed Messrs. Sla- ter, Hawes, and Cook a committee on debentures. The committee reported bills numbering from 133 to 141, and the same were passed at the amount claimed. On motion of Mr. Williams, Resolved, That the following suins be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of this county for the purposes designated : For Schools $ 9.582 47 General purposes 9.582 47 Bounty debt 17.248 44 Canals • 5.749 48 Canal floating debt 958 25 Court expenses Friel and gas for Court House State Lunatic Asylum State Inebriate do State Idiot do $43.121 11 2.000 00 24000 00 adjourned to the 8th day of December 230 0000 next. Salary Comity Judge 1.200 04 Special Co. do 50 00 District Att'y 500 00 Supervisors' Clerk 100 00 do Janitor 15 00 County Treasurer 500 00 Chaplain County House 50 00 Superintendents of the Poor...... 1.170 45 Insurance on County Buildings 73 50 Livery to County House 8 00 County Audits... 11.514 94 Incidentals School Commissioner..... 400 00 do County Judge 50 00 State $43.121 11 County 20.274 39 $20.274 39 Total State and County $03.395 50 On motion, adjourned 'until to -mor- row morning. Saturday morning, Nov. 20th, 1869. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All the members present. On motion of Dr. Chase, Resolved, That when this Board adjourn, it be to meet on the 8th day of December, 1869, at ten o'clock A. M. On motion of Mr. Slater, Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board be authorized and is hereby directed to draw on the Comptroller for the amount apportioned to this county from the Asylum fund, when said apportionment is made, and to pay the same to the County Treasurer, to be placed to the credit of the General fund of said county. The Board was engaged during the morning in preparing abstracts of town indebtedness and in obtaining the rate per cent. of the several towns. Board adjourned until afternoon. Saturday afternoon. Board met purivant to adjournment. On motion of Mr. Graham. Resolved, That the Collectors of the several towns of this county be requested to settle with the County Treasurer on or before the 30th day of January, 1870. • On motion of 'Mr. Graham this Board COUNTY AUDITS. The following is an ,abstract of the names of all persons who presented bills to be audited by the Board of Supervi- sors of Tompkins County, at their an- nual session at Ithaca, in November, 1869, with the amounts claimed and the amounts finally allowed : No. Claim'd Allow'd 1 Wilson & Mackey, glazing, &c$ 9 25 $ 9 25 2 J. W. Dwight, rent of armory40 00 40 00 3 John Ramsey, supplies 32 73 32 73 4 Clinton Bowker 50 65 50 65 5 Taylor & Finch 16 68 16 68 6 A. Patterson, M. D 200 200 7 Alviras Snyder 3 96 3 96 8 Titus & Bostwick 264 26 264 26 9 S. H. Peck, M. D 5 00 5 00 10 H. Lanning M. D 11 31 824 11 E. C. Moe, M. D 10 00 8 56 12 John Goodyear 20 00 17 12 13 Walter C. Curran, com. of excise 30 00 30 00 14 Wilgus Bros., supplies...... 96 88 96 88 15 C. S. Minter, armorer 50 00 20 00 16 Samuel Love, comm'r of excise30 00 30 00 17 Peter Apgar, " " 30 00 30 00 18 Enos Bnckbee, cl'k of com. of ex 31 25 31 25 19 W. D. Ellis, rent of armory 17 50 17 50 20 J. A. Burr, " " 75 00 75 00 21 Merritt gin 9 20 9 20 22 Gauntlett &Brooks, supplies9 53 9 53 23 S. B. Ldndon, Const 3 30 3 30 24 Moses T. Denman, Supt of Poor 66 00 66 00 25 W. W. Snyder, 57 77 57 77 26 Brown & Rost, supply to Jury9 75 6 50 27 Peter H. Farrington. Snp't Poor 126 50 126 50 28 W. B. Gay, Janitor of Jail 126 25 126 25 29 John Murray 26 55 26 55 30 Danby Town Hall, rent of armory 50 00 50 00 31 G. C. Bierce, armorer 8 15 8 15 82 J.W. Lovell , 36 00 18 00 83 D. Dumont, rent armory 100 00 40 00 34 Wm. Coryell. M. D46 25 41 25 85 John Theall, armorer F12 25 12 25 86 M. A. Burdick. armorer 26 25 10 00 87 D. L. Burtt, ex -Supervisor 3 18 8 18 88 Almon Boys, labor 31 59 81 59 39 J. D. Lewis, Coroner 10 00 10 00 40 Albany Eve. Journal, printing5 00 5 00 41 M. M. Brown, Coroner 61 16 13 50 42 Town Hall Ithaca 18 00 18 00 43 Bostwick & Wilmot 15 00 15 00 44 S. P. Sackett, M. D 9 00 _ 9 00 45 Andras, McChain & Co 191 83 191 83 46 Trenian, King & Co. supplies83 26 83 26 47 J. D. Carpenter, suppplies28 90 28 90 48 Barritt, Brooks & Co.. real 5 65 5 00 49 Albany Eve. Journal, printing2 68 2 68 50 Truman Spaulding 23 60 23 60 51 Eugene Hollister 18 00 18 80 52 Seymour & Johnson, supplies'79 70 79 70 53 Philip Case, supplies 19 68 19 68 54 Merritt Hing, stationery, etc83 55 83 55 55 J. G. Wortman, armory rent75 00 25 00 56 Anson Wait. Constable • 15 65 15 65 57 Seymour & Glenny, supplies84 25 84 25 58 E. L. B. Curtis, (examiner) 4 20 4 20 59 John Goodyear, rent armory 75 00 25 00 60 J. N. Shangle, glazing 3 50 3 50 61 E. S. Ford, Justice Peace 4 80 3 44 62 Reuben Fish Constable....'. 89 05 87 80 63 S. B. Beers, Deputy '72 80 72 80 64 O. W. Purdy, Deputy Sheriff.... 8 85 8 85 65 H. T. Havens, Constable........ 30 80 21 50 66 W. C. Wilson, " 6 50 6 50 67 R. R. Howell, Deputy Sheriff.... 25 00 25 00 68 R. R. Howell, , " .... 21 78 21 78 69 R. R. Howell, " .... 12 20 12 20 70 H. L. Root. " " .... 299 72 . 299172 '71 E. Lovell. Justice Peace 23 75 23 75 72 John Peters, Constable 8 25 8 25 73 S. W. Smith, J. P 44 15 48 95 74 Lewis Primrose 12 51 12 41 75 Arch Preston, Constable 75 '75 76 Ezra Weaver, J. P 16 20 16 20 77 Andrew Smith 15 65 15 65 78 A. K. Dean 990 990 79 Sidney Hopkins, J. P.. &c 8 13 8 13 80 Perry Cooper. Constable 101 45 101 45 81 E. C. VanKirk, Sheriff 667 31 667 31 82 E. C. VanKirk, " 2,689 00 2.689 00 83 Seth Warner, Constable 21 95 21 95 84 J. Ostrander, " 2 25 85 C. C. Cook, M. D 15 20 15 20 86 M. F. Deyo, Armorer 300 3 00 87 W. W. Snyder, Sap't Poor 69 59 69 50 88 8. 8. Garfield, rent armory 40 00 20 00 89 Dr. A. J. White 7 28 7 28 90 Cornell Library Association 300 00 150 00 91 Joseph Esty, Jr., Armorer 50 00 50 00 92 George Muir, Constable 5 70 5 70 93 S. W. Smith, Justice Peace61 43 61 43 94 A. M. Lucas. " " 60 49 60 49 95 H. Wilcox, Constable 5 85 5 85 96 Wm. S. Berrey, " 71 76 67 '76 91 Wm. S. Berrey, 26 65 26 65 98 Samuel Bnslew, jr 5 20 5 20 99 C. P. Farlin, Coroner 10 00 10 00 100 " " " 34 00 84 00 101 Niedick & Seaman., Constables141 15 141 15 102 L. D. Hamilton. 44 43 75 38 00 103 Orrin Tucker, 3 50 3 50 104 Rev. T. C. Strong 5 00 5 00 105 Spencer & Williams, printing842 93 84.2 98 106 Ithaca Journal, 66 878 20 853 50 107 Ithacan, 91 18 91 18 108 Spence Spencer 6 50 6 50 109 H. C. Marsh, printing 87 93 87 93 110 W. H. Summers 118 30 118 30 111 Tomp. Co. Sentinel, printing83 68 83 68 112 A. Clapp' 83 75 . 83 75 113 Wilson 'Wright 51 23 51 28 114 T. J. McElheny, Co. Clerk 259 11 259 11 115 Moses Crowell, J. P 44 15 44 15 116 Geo. Curtis, refunded tax 5 00 5 00 117 John Murray, " " 5 00 5 00 118 T. J. McEiheny, Co. Clerk 979 09 972 09 119 T. J. McElheny, 80 70 58 95 120 Nottingham Mott, Constable32 30 32 30 121 Geo. Wait, Constable 83 55 33 55 122 Peter Sausman, " 78 00 62 00 123 Reuben H. Pleb, .' 124 R. R. Howell, Deputy Sheriff.. . 125 R. R. Howell, ' 16 'f a 46 126 R. R. Howell, " 127 R. R. Howell, 128 R. R. Howell, 129 R. R. Howell, 180 R. R. Howell, 181 C. H. Howe, Armorer 132 Banks Bro., stationery 188 Supervisors' Manuals 4' IL 4' 66 46 6996 2405 35 40 52 75 88 20 27 25 77 77 19 00 6 00 6 50 27 50 15 58 96 24 05 85 40 52 75 20 27 25 77 77 19 00 600 6 50 27 50 184 H. C. Williams, Supervisor 135 Sharrard Slater, " 136 J. M. Smith 187 J. M. Woodbury, 138 Josiah Hawes, 189 Henry B. Chase, 140 Samuel V. Graham, 141 W. D. Mount, 142 C. C. Cook, 44 a it 4' '6 44 106 27 106 27 104 49 104 49 125 94 125 94 113 20 113 20 100 61 100 61 114 10 114 10 103 78 103 78 112 28 112 26 110 56 110 56 12,168 96111,514 94 TO W N. AUDITS. CAROLINE. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited to the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Caroline on the fourth day of Nov., 1869, with the amounts claimed by each and the amounts finally audited. Claim'd Allow'd $I425 $1425 15 00 15 00 17 50 17 50 11 50 11 50 13 83 13 8: 700 700 600 600 6 75 6 75 3 75 3 75 18 21 18 21 10 50 10 50 11 25 11 25 7 50 7 50 3 00 3 00 15 00 15 00 6 00 6 00 36 76 36 Iii 24 00 24 00 29 62 29 62 50 78 50 78 3588 3538 15 00 15 00 No. 1 Simon V. Snow, Assessor a Smith D. Stevens " 3 B. E. Green " 4 J. P. Merrill, Inspector of election. 5 Francis A. Bates, excess of tax 1867 6 James H. Snow, Insp. of election 7 Simon Andrews 8 Lumen B. Phillips " " 9 Mathew Bull, Clerk of election 10 Lyman Kingman, Supervisor 11 Truman Spauldlno, Overseer Poor 12 George J. Nelson 13 Jacob Slater, Inspector of election 14 N. M. Toby, Clerk of election 15 F. H. Lake, use of house for election 12 J.D. Schooiimaker, Com. Highways 17 Lathrop Wattles " 18 John P. Allen 19 Michael C. Krum " 20 J. L. Mandeville, excess tax '65 '60 21 John P. Peters, constable 22 C. J. Rounsville, use of house IL 1869, with the amount claimed by each person and the amount allowed. $358 58 $338 58 Town of Caroline, Pa We do certify that the foregoing abstract is correct. Dated this 4th day of November, 1869. SnARRARD SLATER, Supervisor, RICIAnn LOUNERBRItY, Town Clerk. ARNOLD JAMES, CIZARLES J. ROUNSEVILLB, BENJAMIN LOBBY, Justices of Peace. (Added by Supervisor.). J. B. June, Inspector of Election Uriah L. Robbins Henry 8. Krum, Clerk of election D. C. Krum Sharrard Slater, Supervisor Dan. R. Gilbert, Justice Peace Chas. J. Rounseyille " Benj, Losey • " Arnold James Richard Lonnseberry, Town Clerk Claim'd Allow'd 1 Doc't Eli Beers, for Town Poor$30 00 $30 00 2 Doc't E. P. Luce " 50 50 45 00 3 Christopher Slocum, Assessor 14 25 14 25 15 00 11 25 '7 '75 7 75 325 7 75 6 25 7 17 47 45 33 00 9 '71 10 50 4.254 725 150 17 50 100 25 00 10 00 22 00 15 00 4 00 7 00 4 D. A. Everest 15 00 5 Alfred Vose" 11 25 6 Geo. F. Beardsley, Inep. of election 8 50 7 Gershon McArthur 64 " 8 50 8 Geo. F. Nourse, Clerk tt 4 00 9 Robt. A. Grant, Inspector " 8 50 10 A. W. Knapp, Clerk of Registry &e. 6 25 11 Charles Ostrander, refunded tax7 17 12 H. Jennings, Hi'way Coin. & Jan'r 47 45 13 E. L. B. Curtis, Overseer of Poor33 00 14 Ansel II. Dutton, for Town Poor• 9 71 15 T. H. Howell 10 50 16 T. H. Howell & Bro. " " 42 54 17 J. I3awes & Son" CC7 25 18 Doc't Eli Beers44 CC1 50 19 S. Stoddard, Overseer Poor, Ithaca 17 50 20 11. C. Weed, refunded tax 1 00 21 Doc't C. C. Cook, for Town Poor48 00 22 Wells Beardsley " " 10 00 13 Isaac Frazier, Highway Commia'er 22 00 24 1Iorace Elyea, Town Poor 15 00 25 Samuel Love, referee 6 00 26 E. L. B. Curtis, Ex -Supervisor 7 00 $7 35 1 50 3 50 7 50 18 98 9 05 10 60 3 00 13 30 34 75 $109 03 DANBY. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited to the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Danby, on the 4th day of Nov., $442 37 $408 87 RResolted, That the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Danby recommend that the sum of five hundred dollars be raised for High- way Commissioners. Town of Danby, ss We, the undersigned, do hereby certify the foregoing abstract to be correct. JOSIAH HA7`'ES, Supervisor LEMUEL JENNINGS, JEREMIAH THATCHER, J VAN D£ BOROART, ANDREW WADHAMS, Justices. A. M. KNAPP, Town Clerk. ' I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of of the original now in my office. A. W. KNAPP, Town Clerk. (,Added by Supervisor.) Lemuel Jennings, Justice Peace, $4 50 William Fogarty, refunded tax 1 02 John Mitchell, Referee 4 00 Pierson Ogden " 4 00 L. Millspaugh, Overseer Poor 6 75 J. Hawes, Supervisor 23 48 A. W. Knapp, Town Clerk 43 45 J. Van De Bogart, Justice Peace 4 50 A. W. Wadhams " 1 50 J. Thatcher " " 4 50 $97 70 DRYDEN. Abstract of the names of all r rsen who presented ascounts to the Board Town Auditors of the Town of Dry de on the 4th day of November, 16 with the amounts claimed and the am't finally allowed. 1 Solomon L. Howe,Insp.Cl0'- `' Allow 2 Joseph V. Rose .. of election t6 00 $6 8 John C. Johnson " " 7 25 7 4 Ai VanHorn " It 3 00 3 6 John H. Kennedy " 11 09 11 6 Ira C. Shaver 7 M. W. Rhodes 16 8 Jesse Bartholomew " 9 John Snyder '* 10 Lemi Grover 11 Almond Gray 12 Geo L. Truesdell 13 Horace P. Banfleld, Clerk 14 Alviras Snyder 66 15 Henry Laning " " 3 io 3 16 8. S. Montgomery " " & Reg 7 00 7 00 17 A. L. Tyler " " 4 50 4 50 18 Willard Shaver •' 6 00 6 19 George E. Monroe " " 6 00 6 20 Henry H. Houpt " " 450 4 50 21 Warren D. Ellis, use of house 10 00 10 00 22 Jerome Hefron l` 10 00 10 00 23 John 8. Barber 10 00 10 00 24 Mineah & Benton. " 10 00 10 00 25 Gamaliel Sperry, Overseer of Poor 12 00 12 00 26 D. A. Chatfield, Assessor 24 00 24 00 27 J. J. Ellie 25 00 25 00 28 H. L. Root, Constable 15 20 15 20 29 Asahel Clapp, Printing 5 50 5 50 80 H. F. Pierce, nndertaker 12 00 12 00 81 C•rrin Tucker, Constable 4 85 4 85 82 Groove Moore, nse of house 25 00 25 00 83 Wm. Fitch, Physician 12 00 6 00 84 Wm. Fiteh 14 75 10 75 85 J. J. Montgomery Physician 39 00 39 00 86 A. Ewers, Overseer Poor, 26 50 26 50 87 Levels Primrose, Constable 15 75 15 75 88 S. Stoddard Overseer Poor, Ithaca10 00 10 00 89 M. M. Brown, Physician 89 00 00 00 40 R. M. Smiley, Com. Highways 185 00 185 00 41 L. Millspaugh, 0vere'r Poor Ithaca 5 00 3 75 42 A. Burlingame, Assessor 31 50 31 50 43 Alvin Cole, Overseer Poor 4 50 4 50 $671 64 $621 39 We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing abstract is correct. JAMES 11. eKORon, wM. w. SNYDER, H. BotrroN, Justices. Joust M. SrtiTer, Su ervisor. GEORGIC H. HOUTZ, Town Cl'k. The following resolutions were passed at the annual Town Meeting of the Town of Dry den on Tuesday, April 6th, 1869. Resolved, That the suis of five hundred dol lars ($. 00 00) be raised in said town for tht support of the Poor for the ensuing year. Resoived, That the sum of twelve hundrei dollar, ($1200 00) (in addition to the sum o two hundred and fifty dollars (250 00)a allowed by the stautes) be raised in said tw, for the support of Roads and Bridges for th ensuing year. G. H. HOUTz, Town Clerk. 17 s of n 9, s 'd 00 " 700 7 4' 4, 00 25 00 09 " 600 6 0 6 0 6 0 11 936 936 6 00 6 00 " 11 �3y8 1L1 /3�8 " 6 0 6 00 8 75 8 75 " 3 13 3 13 " 8 13 3 13 The following resolution was passed by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Dry- den, in conformity with the provisions of Section 1st, Chapter 103, Laws of 1858. Resolved, That the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars ($650) be levied and collected in said town for the purpose of repairing the Highway, near the village of Etna. G. H. HOUTZ, Towia Clerk. (Added by Supervisor.) William W. Snyder, J. P Geo. H. Houtz, Town Qlerk Jno. M. Smith, Supervisor Hiram Bouton, Justice Peace Jno. H. George Isaac Briggs, 1 . D Albert J. Carr Hannaniah Wilcox, J. P. William Coryell, M. D ENFIELD. 00 We, the undersigned, composing the 00 Board of Town Auditors, for the Town of Enfield, having met at the house of E. Van Marter, in Enfield, 'Nov. 4th, 1869, do hereby certify that the follow- ing is a correct statement of the names of all persons who presented claims be- fore the Board of Town Auditors, the amount claimed and the amount finally allowed $18 51/1 19 79 65 16 40 785 , 1000 `26 75 0057 11 $152 72 No. 1 John T. Bross, Ex -Town Clerk 2 George S. Fowler, Com. Highways. 3 Joel N. Whitney, Overseer Poor, 4 John 11. Smith Assessor 5 John H. Theall, 6 G. S. Fowler, Com. Highways,die'ts 7 Wm. Ammack, Assessor 8 Wm. D. Bagley, Inspector Election 9 Joel N. Whitney, Overse Poor 10 Wm. D. Baggley, consul Ov. Poor 11 D. L. Baker, Constable 12 Joel N. Whitney, Overs'r Poor *err 13 Chas. M. Smith, clerk of election.. 14 Samuel Rolfe, Claim'd Allow'd $868 $863 56 0 56 0 230 2300 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 00 468 91 468 91 20 50 20 50 9 0 900 42 91 42 91 1000 1000 1 25 126 1725 1725 4 50 460 450 450 11 89 11 89 900 900 30 80 826 825 25 0 25 00 13 75 18 75 12 00 12 00 35 71 35 71 15 0 15 00 26 77 26 77 871 til $871 82 SeMUSt, V. GnAners, Sul,ervl,sor. JOHN M. BAREE, .EDWIN S. Fonnn, V631. ALAR -HALL, OKIN DaARBoliv, Justices Of Peace. W. H. JONES, Town Clerk. Resolved, That we instruct, our Supervisor to 44 41 54 15 E. Weatherby, Inspector of Election 16 J. M. Baker, 46 " « 17 J. M. Hovey, Physician 18 E. S. Ford, Justice 19 E. VanMarter House Town Purpose 20 Wm. Marshall, Justice of Peace 21 Orren Dearborn, " " , , .1, 22 S. V. Graham, Supervisor's Bill 23 J. M. Baker, Justice of the Peace 24 W. H. Jones, Town Clerk 18 raise the sum of $250, for repairs of Highways and Bridges in said town. W31. MARSHALL, EDWIN 8. FORD, ORIN DEARBORN, Justices Peace. (Added by Supervisor.) David L. Baker Bial T. Hayens $7 62 9 30 $16 92 GROTON. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented'accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Groton, on the 4th day of No- vember, 1869, with the amount claimed Ely each, and the amount finally audi- ted. No. Claim'd Allow'd 1 Myron Halladay, Inspector Elec'n 8 A. 13. Rogers. c,• 64 Geo. L. Perkins, " " 4 Nel on Stevens, Clerk of Election 5 Samuel Howeer, House Election. 6 K. B. Carpenter, supplies to poor 7 William Williams, inspec'r elec'n 8 S. C. Reyn._ ids, in'r elec'n, books 9 M. D. Goodyear, clerk of election 10 John Goodyear, hall for election 11 Warren M. Little, inspec'relect'n i`d H. C. Howland, inspector election 13 C. P. Hart, 2d, clerk of election 14 R. Lanning, " " 15 Major Ford, overseer of the poor 16 Dr. E. C. Moe, physician to poor. 17 Dr. A. Robinson, " I8 H. M. Riggs, Com'r Highways i9 D. R. Marsh, supplies to poor _ 20 D. 13. Marsh, use hall for election 11 Gilbert Francis, assessor c2 John McKellar, ,3 Clinton Bowker, ex -overseer poor 34 Dr. J. Goodyear, physician poor. 15 Otis W. Pierce, assessor t8 Walter W. White, ex -Supervisor 27 Wm. W. Hare, att'y highw'y suit 28 D. B. Marsh, repair bridge, 1864. 9 E. M. Howe, damages sheep ki11'd 30 Jerome Hathaway, R. R. Com'r 31 Wm. K. Burnham, " • 3$ Geo. D. Wait, Constable $600 $600 10 00 10 00 6 00 600 3 00 300 10 00 10 00 7 50 7 50 9 75 9 75 12 40 12 40 3 15 3 15 25 00 25 09 750 750 600 600 3 b0 300 3 00 300 14 50 14 50 39 00 89 00 25 00 25 00 181 50 181 50 42 27 42 27 10 00 10 00 18 00 18 00 25 00 25 00 18 75 18 75 13 00 13 00 16 50 16 50 22 00 22 00 3 00 300 30 00 30 00 5 00 500 17 50 17 50 17 50 17 50 5 23 5 23 $616 05 $616 05 We, the undersigned, the Board of Town Auditors for the Town of Groton, do certify that the within named bills were audited by I18. W. D. Mount, Supervisor Sidney Hopkins, J. P Nelson Halladay, " Albert Wilcox, " Artemis Backus, R. R. Com John A. Close 15 50 1360 1350 13 00 17 50 50 00 $176 50 At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Groton, held on the 6th day of April, 1869, the following resolutions were passed: Resolved, That the sum of ($200) two hun- dred dollars,,be levied upon the Town for the support of the poor. Resolved, That the sum of ($50) Fifty Dollars be raised by tax upon the Town, and paid to John A. Close for the support of Isaac Foote, for the year previous to the one in which he received help from the Town for his support. I hereby certify the above to be correct copies. H. C. MARSH, Town Clerk. At a meeting of the Town Board, of the Town of Groton, field on the 28th day of Au- gust, 1869, present, W. D. Mount, Supervisor, Sidney Hopkins, Nelson Halladay, Albert Wilcox, Justices of the Peace, and H. C. Marsh, Town Clerk, upon the application of Elarrison M. Riggs, Commissioner of High- ways of said Town, the following resolution was passed by a full vote of the board. Resolved, That H. M. Riggs, Commissioner of Highways, be authorized to borrow the sum of ($575) Five Hundred and Seventy -Five Doli lars, to be used in the construction and repair of roads and bridges in said Town, and to pre- sent a statement of such funds expended to be audited by the Board. I hereby certify the above to be a correct copy. H. C. MARsu, Town Clerk. ITHACA. The following is an abstract of the names of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited. W. D. MOIINT, Sm'ERVISOR, SIDNEY HOPKINS, Justice Peace. '}NELSON HALLADAY, 1° ALBERT WILCOX, " " H. C. Menet, Town Clerk. I do hereby certify the above to be a true ropy of the abstract of Town Accounts audi- ted for the year 1869. H. C. MARSH, Town Clerk. (Added by Supervisor.) H. C. Marsh, Town Clerk $41 00 EL C. Marsh, printing 12 50 No. Claim'd Allow'd 1 Samuel Stoddard, Ov'r Poor$1,746 95 $1,746 95 2 J. H. Selkreg, printing 15 25 15 25 3 S. W. Smith, Justice Peace52 05 52 05 4 ti it .. 22 25 22 25 it.. 5 " 21 75 21 75 6 B. L. B. Curtis, O. P., Danby18 70 18 70 7 O. H. Gregory, InspectorElec'n 6 00 6 00 8 P. F. Sisson, 7 50 7 50 9 Fitch R. Curran, clerk election. 3 00 3 00 10 H. W. Ensign, Inspec'r Elec'n 6 00 6 00 11 0. B. Curran, inspec'relec'n,&c 12 25 12 25 12 Peter Kline, Assessor 69 00 69 00 13 L. F. Colegrove, Assessor 54 00 51 00 14 J. E. VanNatta, lnsp.Elec'n,'G4 450 4 50 1 15 Spence Spencer, Insp. E., Sta'ry 11 00 11 00 16 Chas. S. Wixom. Clerk Elec'n. 3 00 8 00 17 D. L. Burtt, ex -Supervisor 25 52 25 52 18 Andrus, McChaln l Co., books 81 15 81 16 19 Hallam Hill, Clerk Election8 00 8 00 20 O. H. Hall, " 800 800 21 B. Gould, Inspector Election 22 A. N. Hungerford, Insp. 11 23 Chas. G. Day, Clerk Election 24 T. Spaulding, O. Poor, Caroline 25 G. A. Tappenden, rent T. C. of. 26 W. H. Welch & Son, house elec'n 27 Anson P. Head, 11 11 28 John Northrup, Assessor 29 J. Goodyear, M. D., Groton, ser 30 Major Ford, O. Poor, Groton 31 Alex. Smith, livery 82 A. M. Credit, rep. ballot boxes 33 G. C. McClune, Com'r Highw'y 34 Niedeck & Seaman, police const 35 A. Burritt, rent Town Cl'k's of. 86 L. Millspaugh, ex-Overs'r Poor 37 L. H. Culver, Insp. Election..:. 38 Ferris & Dowe, attorney fees 39 Nottingham Mott, Constable 40 S. B. Beers, Clerk of Election 41 A. Preston, constable 4244 4. 1, 43 R. R. Howell, Constable 44 A. Preston, Constable 45 14 11 .1 46 J. C. Heath. ex -Town Clerk 47 Village of Ithaca, rent of Hall 48 Perry Cooper, Constable 49 Holmes & Sta np, house elec'n 50 Enos Buckbee, Com'r Excise 51 Morgan & Bishop, serv's poor 52 M. M. Brown, 53 Wm. S. Crittenden, tax refnn'd 54 I. & T. R. R. Com'rs, disburse't 65 J. C. Ganntlett, military tax ref 56 S. P. Sackett, IIT. D., Boa'd H'lth 57 G. C. McCiune,certiti'te indebt's .58 41 44 41 11 59 N 11 11 61 60 " 11 11 11 61y .• .. 1. 11 62 11 11 11 41 63 11 11 11 " 41 /1 11 11 41 11 11 14 44 64 14 .1 11 11 11 14 11 14 1. 11 11 4 41 11 14 • 44 11 11 44 h 11 11 " I. 1. 1. 74 11 11 14 11 75 14 61 " 41 76 11 11 11 11 77 11 11 11 .1 78 L M. & F. Beers, plank 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 L. 73 11 Millspai 7 50 900 7 50 4 50 14 00 90 00 35 00 135 00 25 00 47 33 16 00 16 75 122 00 14325 10 00 184 75 3 00 66 68 29 05 6 00 42 05 15 30 83 25 5 35 30 70 30 30 10 00 129 55 85 00 5 00 180 00 20 00 788 835 73 835 73 . 780 780 3 00 3 00 1.070 00 1,070 00 1,106 36 1,16 36 529 16 529 16 476 25 476 25 127 00 127 00 06 78 19 15 37 11 26 38 19 7 50 E. It Norton, Town Clerk 81 0(1 9 00 H . C. Williams, Supervisor 19 50 7 50 --- 4 50 $1007 Wit; 4o o LANSING. 135.3 35 r 1 Abstract of the names of all persona ' 4z 4 who presented accounts to be audited 16 na11�y the Board of Town Auditors, of the 122 25 'lien of Lansing, on the 4th day o.' 143 as November, 1869, with the amounts 185 75 claimed by each, and the amount final - 611 s ly audited. 29 05 No. 6 00 1 George W. Miller, Assessor.... 42 05 2 C. G. Benjamin, ex. Town C1'k 15 30 3 Chas. G. 1lagin, Assessor 33 25 4 A. B. Sn: ith, supplies for poor 5 35 5 Harriet Butler, boarding paup 30 70 6 Wm. N. Buck, Overseer of Poor 30 30 7 L. A. Farling, cl'k reg'r & elec 10 00 8 J. W. Pratt, inspector of elec'n 129 55 9 Wm. W. Clark, inspec'r of elec 85 00 10 Geo. 31. Rodgers, constable 5 00 11 A. H. Clark. assessor 180 00 12 Harriet Butler, support pang rs 20 00 13 J. A. Bnrr, supplies & use Hall 7 88 14 R. Miller, inspector of election 15 B. Bowers, " 16 Moses Munson, " " 17 R. Beardsly, supplies......... 18 J. S. Linderman, clerk election 19 H. D. Niles. constab'e 20 James Bowker, inspector elect'n. 21 Wm. T. Cox, medical services 22 B. M. Hagin, commissioner 23 Henry Miller, use of house 24 J. B. Bogardus, ex. Supervisor 25 James K. Egbert, cl'k election 26 Peter Fields, inspector of elc'n 27 Wm. H. Drake, cl'k of election 38 Louis A. Dennis, ins. of elec'n 29 Joshua Brown, Justice Peace 30 James M. Woodbury, J. P r18 31 11 1. 11 Sup 90 32 Lorenzo Myers, Town Clerk 25 33 Wm. H. Fitch, J. P 25 34 Darius Hall, J. P 35 John T. Knettles, ins. of elec'n 817 06 363 78 • 620 19 422 15 305 37 191 11 114 26 •430 38 505 08 161 90 626 25 526 25 526 2.5 526 25 526 25 545 97 3 25 817 363 620 422 305 191 114 430 505 161 5.16 526 526 526 6.6 545 3 25 25 25 97 25 $14899 61 $14889 61 1H. C. WI:mamas, Supervisor. A. M. Laces, Justice Peace. E. WEAVER, 11 1. MOSES CROWELL, 11 E. D. NORTON, Town Clerk. At the Annual Town Meeting, held April th, 1869, it was voted to raise One Thousand rf ollars for the support of the poor. (Added by Supervisor.) . W. Smith, J. P . B. Curran, excess tax... rch Preston, Constable S. VanVoorhis, excess tax . J. Renwick, award . M. Lucas, J. P olls Crowell. J. P Ai Weaver, J. P $8 00 11 38 24 40 9 52 800 00 213 40 206 18 133 98 Claim'd 3900 7 95 38 50 14 56 49 50 22 12 4 50 6 20 3 00 5 95 43 00 10 00 86 13 700 7 00 7 00 8 81 8 00 3 10 4 50 7 50 41 38 15 00 28 99 300 300 300 6 00 960 10 50 30 33 17 95 20 40 13 35 700 Allow'd 39 0'. • 7 W. 88 r) ' 14 5' 49 5+' 22 1:' 4 5" 6 2:i 3 0' 6 9:. 43 0 10 (' 36 1 • 7 0.1 7 Er.' �7 0 8 81 3 I 3 ,n 4R 7 5', 41 3• 16 01 289'1 30' 3 1' 3 1. 6 0 • 9 5• 10 t' - 80 8:' 17 1: 20 4!. 13 7 0: $687 r J. M. Woonzun'r, Supervisor. LORENZO MYEss, Town Clerk. Beams HALLL, Wm. H. FETCH, . Justices of the Peace. JossuA BROWN, (Added. by Supervisor.) Almon M. Tarbell, Constable $6 8n NEWFIELD. Abstract of the names of all person • who presented accounts to be audited by the Board df Town Auditors, of th:' Town of Newfield, on the 4th and 6th days of November, 1869. No. elated Allow' 1 A. J. white, Supervisor $12 25 $12 12 2 J. W. Dean, inspect'r of elec'n.. ' 10 00 10 0' 3 H. H. Adams, use of house 900 9 i" 4 C. R. Congdon, Assessor 22 85 22 $ r. 5 Merritt King, Attorney 13 00 18 1.i.t. 6 J. Stamp, house for election 7 Benj. Starr, Clerk 8 A. Smith, Constable....... 9 R. Alexander, cl'k of election .10 P. C, Rockwell, " " " 11 James Stamp, Insp " " 12 Chao. Simpson, " " " 18 H. S. Rockwell, cl'k of election. 14 John Seabring, Surveyor 15 Beni. Starr. inspector of elect'n. 16 Commissioner's of Highways.... 17 John Crowell, clerk or election.. 18 Wm. C. Douglass, corn. highw'y. 19 R. C. Estabrook, excess of tax. 20 P. A. Blakeslee, cam. of high'y. 21 L. S. Ham, clerk of election 22 O. C. Puff, ex -Com. of Higways 23 Wm. R. Smith, overseer of poor 24 H. S. Rockwell, com. of high'ys 25 S. S. Garfield, use of room 26 J. L. Colegrove, insp'r of elect'n 27 Alvah Brown, house for elect'n. 28 L. D. Hamilton, constable 29 Geo. D. Goldsmith, " 30 Moses McCorn, Assessor.... 31 John Beardslee, " Era Philip Kresga, Constable 20 1200 1200 6 00 6 00 229 • 229 3.00 300 300 300 600 600 662 662 3 00 300 11 00 11 00 13 87 13 87 767 50 767 50 3 00 300 25 75 25 75 20 63 20 63 34 50 34 50 3 00 ' 300 6 00 600 750 750 25 50 25 50 15 00 15 00 9 50 9 50 10 00 8 00 1315 1811 145 14' 25 40 25 4( 2355 235: 165 165 $1124 9f I do hereby certify that the above is a correct copy from the records of this office. C. E. SEBniNG, Town Clerk. Dated Newfield, Nov, 8th, '69. (Added by Supervisor.) 8. 13. Garfield, J. P E. C. Thorn, J. P C." C. Cook Luther S. Ham Benjamin Starr C. E. Sebring Rockwell & Puff $42 41 2 75 25 33 105f0 14 46 3525 214 00 $344 69 I certify that at the Annual Town Meeting. held on the 6th day of April, 1869, at the house of Royal Rosebrook, in and for the Town of Newfield, by request of the High- way Commissioner, it was resolved, and voted by a majority of the voters, That, the Town raise the sum of Eight Hun- dred and Fifty Dollars, .($850,00), in addition to the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($250,00), allowed by law, making in all the sum of Eleven Hundred Dollars, ($1100,00), to be raised next fall by t Y on said Town, for the purpose of repairing 1 Os and bridges in said Town the ensuing yea} Ind also to pay up past indebtedness. (Witness), C. E. SE.A.1114G, Town Clerk. Dated April 6th, '69. I hereby certify that the above is a correct transcript from the records of this office. C. E. SEBRING, Town Clerk. At a meeting of Board of Town Auditors, for the Town of Newfield, held on the 7th day of November, 1868, it was Resolved, That the Commissioners of High- ways of said Town of Newfield, be hereby authorized to raise the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, ($200,00), and the interest of the same, and appropriate the same to build a bridge across the Creek near John B. Kelsey's, in the village of Newfield, the same to be paid Jan. 15th, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a cor- rect copy from the records of this office. C. E. SEBRING, Town Clerk. ULYSSES. The Town Board of the Town of Ulysses met in accordance with the re- quirements of law, for the purpose of auditing accounts against the 'Town, on Thursday, Nov. 4th, 1869, at the house of Isaac Bullard. Present, Henry B. Chase, Supervisor ; R. C. Taylor, Town Clerk ; J. Carman, S. Burlew, J. R. Emery, E. Lovell, Justices Peace. The Following is a list of bills audited by said Board : No. 1 Truman Boardman, insp. elec'n. 2 J. L. Stone, " 3 J. H. Biggs. Clerk of Election 4 R. C. Tompkins, " •' 5 J. D. Smith, Inspector Election. 6 H. Van Order, boxes 7 B. Donning, M. D 8 J. D. Lewis, M. D 9 W. A. Fuller, ex. Overseer Poor 10 W. A. Fuller. Constable 11 David Hale, Overseer Poor 12 A. V. van Leiw, Com. Highway 13 L. D. Krum. Assessor.. 14 G. H. Stewart, boxes 15 Wm. Austin 16 J. M. Farrington, M. D... 17 J. M. Stout, Clerk Election 18 H. B. Chase, M. D 19 Elias Smith, Overseer Poor 20 H. G. Cooper, Inspector Elec'n 21 Thomas Van, Com. Highway 22 R. C. Taylor, Clerk of Election 23 R. H. Fish, Constable 24 Sears & Trembly, use of house 2.5 Isaac Bullard, " " 26 R. L. Smith, Inspector Election. 27 E. Wilcox, ex Com. Highway 28 L. B. Curry, Assessor.._.. ... I certify that the bills audited by the of UIysses. R Dated Nov. 4th, lnaim'd Aiiow'4 i4 5500 $95500 8 00 8 00 800 800 12 50 12 50 4 18 4 18 61 00 61 00 101 25 101 26 11 50 11 50 I6 81 16 81 9 00 900 80 00 80 00 82 68 82 63 600 600 800 300 8719 87 19 300 800 7650 7650 5 00 500 11 00 11 00 14 25 14 25 300 800, 60 25 00 17 95225 00� 77 00 77 00 600 600 10 50 10 50 26 00 26 00 $830 76 $819 41 above is a true copy of the Town Board of the Town C. TAYLOR, Town Cl'k. 1869. At the Annual Town Meeting, the follow ing sum was voted to be raised for the use o: roads and bridges, $750,00, in addition t< $250,00 allowed by law. R C. TAYLOR, Town Cl'k. (Added by Supervisors.) E. S. Pratt, Assessor Wm. Farrington, Ref. Tax $31 00j Benjamin Lanning, 13 51 E. Lovell J. P 24 21 • James R. Emery J. P. 67 45 Jacob Carman, J. P 6 00 E C. Taylor5 55 7 H. B. Chase, Supervisor 85 725 ' Samuel Barlew, J. P 6 45 David Cole, ex: tax • - - 28 00 Nary B. Cole,, ex. tax 88 57 $364 76 December 8th, 1869. ,Board met pursuant to adjournment. On Motion of Mr. Mount, Whereas; By clerical error, the bills of Eben- ezer Havens and Francis H. Lake, amounting to forty-four and 4-100ths dollars as follows Ebenezer Havens $ 4-04 Francis H. Lake. 40 00 were omitted from the list of County audits, therefore, Resolved That the Co. Treasurer be and is hereby directed to pay the said Ebenezer: Havens $ 4 04 Francis H. Lake 1• 40 00 out of any moneys in his hands not cher- wise appropriated, said payment to be in full of said bills. On motion of, Mr. Graham, Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be ered to Mr. S. 11. Wilcox for the correct rindgentlemanly manner .in which he has discharged the duties imposed upon him as Clerk of this Board. On .motion of Mr. Hawes. • Resolved,- That the thanks of this Board is hereby tendered to the Chairman, John M. Smith,•Esq., for the able and impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties of his position.• The ' Board was occupied during the morning in signing the warrants of .Collectors. At 2 30 p. m. the Board adjourned to the house of I3. C. Williams, Esq., where a. sumptuous feast of fat things was spread out before them. Ample justice was,done to all the good. things, and the Board left the table at four o'clock with hearty good wis.ies for the health and prosperity of their generous host. On motion of Mr. Hawes, Re8olved, That the amount of the County Treasurer's Bond be changed from $80,000, and be fixed at the sum of $100,000, and that the sureties.. -presented by the Treasurer elect be such ascan justify with real estate security. , Om .motion of Dr. Cook, Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be tendered to H. C. Williams, Esq., Supervisor of the town of Ithaca for the sumptuous din- ner given the members of'this Board,and that we consider it intended asa mark .of respect from the town of Ithaca to her' sister towns through their able and courteous representa- tive. On motion of Dr. Chase, Resolved, That the Board adjourn until Mon- day, December 18th, 1869, at eleven o'clock a.m. Monday, Dec. 13,` 1869. . . Board met pursuant to adjournment. All the members. present. Mr. Bristol, Co. Treasurer elect, presented his bond. On motion of Mr. Mount, - . Resolved, That the bond presented by Mr. B B. of be accepted. On motion of Mr. Mount, the Board - adjourned sine die: ABSTRACT of charges against the several towns : CAROLINE. State Tax. Schools "..$1709 09 488 29 Town Audits Highways County Expenses Superintendents of Poor Returned Tax Support of Poor Total DANBY. State Tax Schools... Town Audits Highways County Expenses Superintendents of Poor Total State Tax...... Schools. Town Audits.. Highwa s County Expenses 467 61 1431 11 1033 13 48 63 - 3-20 A50.00 $5,32106 DRYDEN. $1832 78 523 63 506.57 500 00 1107 90 174 30 $4,645 18 • $5047.96 1442 23 774 11 2100 00 3051 48 22 Support of Poor. 500 00 Superintendents of Poor 387 30 Returned Taxes.. 22 09 Total $13,325 17 ENFIELD. State Tax $1531 69 Schools .... 437 63 County Expenses 925 98 riighway s 250 00 Town Audits 888 74 Returned Tax 13 15 Total $4047 19 GROTON. State Tax $3064 06 Schools 875 43 County Expenses 1852 24 Support of Poor 200 00 Superintendens of Poor . 101 74 Highways 825 00 Town Audits 792 55 Returned Tax 20 14 Southern Central R. R. Bond interest 3500 00 County Expenses. 2959 Superintendents of Poor 104 2 Highways • 250 0 Town Audits 644 Returned Tax 14 5 Total ....................... $10,167 NEWFIELD. State Tax.. ....$2128 Schools 608 09 County Expenses 1286 6 Superintendents pf the Poor 157 16 Highways. 1000 00 Town Audits 1469 65 Returned Tax 6 00 Total $11,231-16 ITHACA. State Tax . $9470 18 Schools .... .... 2705 81 County Expenses, .... .. .. .... 5724 93 Ithaca & Towanda Rail Road bonds 4438 62 Superintendents of the Poor.. .... 269 54 Support of Poor 1000 00 Town Audits 15896 97 Returned Tax 8484 Total $39,590 89 LANSING. State Tax .. $4895 75 Schools 1398 76 Total ULYSSES. State Tax Schools County Expenses Superintendents of Poor Highways Town Audits Returned Tax $6,655 87 $3763 89 1075 38 • 2275 07 168 66 1000 00 1184 17 3 85 Total .... $9,470 52 RECAPITULATION. Caroline $5321 06 Danby . 4645 18 Dryden 13325 17 Enfield 4047 19 Groton 11231 16 Ithaca . 89590 89 Lansing 10167 44 Newfield .... 6655 87 Ulysses . 9470 52 Total $104,464 48 23 rLTZMERT showing the amount of compensation an- 'dited by the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins Coun- ty, to the members thereof, within the past year, the items and nature of snch compensation, the number 'of days the Board has been in session, and the number of miles travelled by the members respectively, in at - #Benda g' County Canvass and the meetings of the SHAR'D SLATER JOSIAH HAWES JOHN M. SMITH S. V. GRAIHAM., WM, D. MOUNT H. C. WILLIAMS J. M. WOODBURY CHRIS. C. COOK HENRY B. CHASE SUPERVISORS. TOWNS. Caroline Danby Dryden Enfield Groton Ithaca Lan sin Newfield Ulysses XX X,Days with Co. Can'rs. -la' z: U.-4-Ia=-4 Days with Board. aorol�alcrar� '''A, -co-' '-` '.. 8888808` Per diem allowance. c qN?A Miles es traveled. so F.., I.-• F -.K I... 0 = 1-• w OD -7 e. VAS 806 1 Mileage. N. r01 ns:::] ter- Copying roll. ' g R 8 cD 2 8 888888008 Miscellaneous. i-,1..1 F.1 I. I.+3.•.N,-.t µ..`.-+0.-•07.70p ACco co to:i 7.:::: 8S,888.11.P t+c'AD Total. Il SUPERVISORS' Room, Dec. 8th, 1869. hereby certify, that the Board of Supervisors of mpkins County, were in session one day in June i seventeen days in November, 1869, and one day 1 a half, in making County Canvass, and' that the tuber of miles necessarily travelled by the members the Board in perfomance of their duties, is as above ted, and I further certify, that no accounts were ii.ted by said Board, without being properly verified :ording to law. - S. III. WILCOX, Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Tompkins Co. a� ijIJllikIJ.m 8 •--,:a ca Nos lO c:O:o s -a9.1rE28 +2 ist.Zncoo..0 iG-7�w��ti C:u]� - "Acres of land. � o c c C o'' .i+ co t-. 1 -.l H W OD .rVICOCAP 0000 o Assessed value of real estate. $ 14920 '$.365909 17608' 392303 87280 1080758 21156 348349 96813 656016 641525 2027634 143938 1018181 21410 455685 187085 805778 1231735 17180703 Assessed value of per- sonal estate. Corrected aggregate - valuation. yi . uo 8 a W a, FA 5C1 ':'.7607 a 0 C.0 00 Amount of town taxes. 1M- to N..:o or . , Sou.+ a,� C'.0�"r' -1Amountofcountytaxes : . T0:n v_w i 51 ..:*.au7.+-xwxto..• :c -..1...1....1.o...::.,:..-, - '-- ja wce:oaacra01c: • $ 488 291$ 1709.09' - 523 63 1831 78 1442 23 50.17 96 ' • 464 85 11127 011• 875.43 3064 00 .2705 81 9470.18 • 1394 76 . 4895 75 608 09 2128 37 1075 381 3763 39 ilg5S2 Afi 9t'RR7.11R RAI Amount o State tax for schools. 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