:
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1878.
clerk's
of the
office
.
— Chapter
280.
town of Povvnal,
Vermont.
Ap2Jroved
Chap. 280 An Act to apportiox and
in
the state of
17, 1878.
May
assess a state tax of one million
DOLLARS.
state tax of $1,.
'
Be it enacted, &c., as foHoivs
SECTION 1. Each citj and town in this Commonwealth
shall be assessed and pay the several sums with which
they stand respectively charged in the following schedule
that
is
to say
Barnstable
County.
:
—
;
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
....
Barnstable,
One thousand five hundred and sixty
Brewster,
.
Four hundred and ten
Chatham,
.
Five hundred dollars.
dollars,
Eastham,
500 00
Nine hundred and twenty
Dennis,
.
One hundred and
11,560 00
410 00
dollars.
920 00
dollars.
130 00
thirty dollars.
One thousand
Falmouth,
Harwich,
.
three hundred and
seventy dollars, .
Six hundred and fifty dollars,
Mashpee,
.
Sixty dollars,
Orleans,
.
Three hundi-ed
....
dollars,
1,370 00
650 00
60 00
300 00
.
Provincetown,
One thousand one hundred
Sandwich,
Eight hundred and ten dollars.
810 00
Truro,
One hundred and eighty
180 00
Wellfleet,
Yarmouth,
.
Five hundi'ed and forty
dollars,
dollars.
540 00
dollai's.
Eight hundred and forty dollars,
1,100 00
.
840 00
),370
00
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Berkshire County-
.....
Adams,
One thousand two hundred and sixty
Alford,
One hundred and
sixty dollars,
Becket,
Two hundred and
eighty dollars,
dollars,
.
$1,260 00
160 00
280 00
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280.
BERKSHIRE CO UNTY — Continued.
Berkshire County-
Cheshire,
Six hundred and ten dollars,
.
$610 00
.
Clarksbui"g,
One
Dalton,
Seven hundred and thirty
Egi'emont,
Three hundred and forty
dollars.
340 00
Florida,
One hundred and twenty
dollars.
120 00
Gt. Barringiou,
One thousand nine
hundi'ed and fifty dollars,
dollars,
1,910 00
fifty dollars.
250 op
Two hundred and
Hinsdale,
.
Four hundred and eighty
Lee,
Four hundred and forty
dollars.
twenty dollars,
Eight hundi-ed dollars,
440 00
dollars,
1,120 00
.
Lenox,
One hundred and
.
Mt. Washington,
Fifty dollars,
New
Fifty dollars,
Ashford,
.
New Marlboro',
North Adams,
Otis,
.
sixty dollars.
.
160 00
....
....
50 00
50 00
dollars,
Two
tho.usand four hundred
thirty dollars,
One hundred and sixty dollars.
Ninety
Peru,
800 00
.
Four hundred and eighty
.
Pittsfield,
480 00
One thousand one hundred and
.
Monterey,
730 00
liundred and ten
.
.
dollars.
....
Hancock,
Lanesborough,
150 00
480 00
and
2,430 00
160 00
90 00
dollars,
Five thousand and sixty dollars.
5,060 00
Richmond,
Three hundred and thirty
Sandisfield,
Two hundred and
fifty dollars.
250 00
Savoy,
One hundred and
thirty dollars.
130 00
Sheffield,
.
Stockbridge,
dollars,
Six hundred and seventy dollars.
One thousand
five
seventy dollars,
hundred
.
Tyringham,
One hundred and
fifty dollars.
Washington,
One hundred and
forty dollars.
W.
Five hundred dollars,
Stockbridge,
330 00
670 00
and
1,570 00
150 00
140 00
500 00
.
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C O
280.
U N T Y — Concluded.
Williamstown,
One thousand and
forty dollars,
$1,040 00
Windsor,
One hundred and
thirty dollars,
130 00
.
$22,040 00
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Bristol County.
Acushnet,
Three hundred and forty
.
Attleborough,
.
Two
thousand
dollars,
.
hundred and
five
ninety dollars,
Berkley,
One hundred and
.
eighty dollars.
Dartmouth,
One thousand and
Dighton,
Four hundred and seventy
.
One thousand
Easton,
dollars,
fifty dollars.
dollars.
....
six
Eight hundred and ninety dollars.
Fall River,
Twenty-six thousand seven hundred
and ten dollars,
Four hundred and twenty
.
.
New
dollars,
Six hundred and seventy dollars.
Mansfield,
Bedford,
.
Fourteen thousand
five
Four hundred and ninety
Raynham,
Seven hundred
dollars,
dollars.
.
•
Four hundred and sixty
Seekonk,
.
Three hundred and
Somerset,
.
Six hundred dollars.
Swanzey,
.
Three hundred and ninety
Taunton,
.
Nine thousand
dollars,
fifty dollars,
five
seventy dollars,
.
470 00
1,660 00
890 00
26,710 00
420 00
670 00
14,580 00
Norton,
Westport,
1,050 00
hundred and
eighty dollars,
Rehoboth,
2,590 00
180 00
hundred and sixty
Fairhaven,
Freetown,
$ 340 00
dollars,
hundred and
.
Eight hundred and twenty dollars.
490 00
.
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280.
DUKES COUNTY.
Chilmark,
Dukes County.
.
ESSEX COUNTY.
One thousand and twenty
Amesbury,
Andover,
•
Two
dollars,
....
thousand one hundred and
dollars,
fifty
Four thousand seven hundred and
Beverly,
sixty dollars,
Boxford,
.
Three hundred and forty
Bradford,
.
Seven hundred and eighty
Danvers,
.
Two
thousand
one
dollars.
dollars,
hundred
and
forty dollars.
Essex,
Five hundred and
Georgetown,
Six hundred dollars,
Gloucester,
Five thousand dollars,
Groveland,
Five hundred dollars.
Hamilton,
Three hundred
fifty dollars,
dollars,
.
.
Haverhill,
.
Six thousand dollars.
Ipswich,
.
One thousand two hundred and
dollars,
Lawrence,
....
Twelve thousand
six
ten
hundred and
thirty dollars,
Lynn,
Fourteen thousand nine
and twenty dollars.
Lynnfield,
Four hundred and
Manchester,
Nine hundred and eighty
Marblehead,
Two
hundred
fifty dollars.
dollars,
thousand three hundred and
seventy dollars,
.
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280.
ESSEX COUNTY — Concluded.
Essex County.
Merrimac,
.
Five hundred and sixty dollars,
Methuen,
.
One thousand
$ 560 00
three hundred and
1,340 00
forty dollars.
Middleton,
Two hundred and
Nahant,
Four thousand one hundred
seventy dollars,
and
forty dollars,
Newbury,
Five hundred and seventy dollars,
.
Newburyport,
.
seventy dollars,
4,370 00
.
One thousand two hundred and
Peabody,
.
Three thousand six hundred and
Rockport,
.
One thousand two hundred and
1,240 00
forty dollars.
3,650 00
fifty dollars,
twenty dollars,
Three hundred and twenty
1,220 00
.
Salem,
Salisbury,
.
dollars.
Fourteen thousand six hundred and
ninety dollars.
One thousand two hundred and
thirty dollars,
Saugus,
One thousand and twenty
Swampscott,
One thousand four hundred and
Topsfield,
.
Four hundred and
Wenham,
.
Three hundred and thirty
dollars,
thirty dollars.
West Newbuiy,
Franklin County-
4,140 00
670 00
Four thousand three hundred and
North Andover,
Rowley,
270 00
thirty dollars.
dollars,
Six hundred and twenty dollars.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
320 00
14,690 00
1,230 00
1,020 00
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FRANKLIN
CO
287
280.
U N T Y — Concluded.
Franklin County-
EiTiiag,
Two hundred
Gill,
Two hundred and
.
$200 00
dollars.
seventy dollars.
Greenfield,
One thousand seven hundred and
Hawley,
One hundred
Heath,
One hundred and
seventy dollars,
Leverett,
.
1,770 00
.
100 00
dollars.
ten dollars,
One hundred and ninety
270 00
.
dollars.
110 00
190 00
Leyden,
One hundred and
Monroe,
Thirty dollars.
Montague,
One thousand one hundred and fifty
New
One hundred and ninety
dollars,
1,150 00
190 00
Northfield,
Four hundred and thirty
dollars,
430 00
Orange,
Eight hundred and ninety dollars.
890 00
Rowe,
One hundred
100 00
Shelburne,
Five hundred and thirty dollars.
530 00
Shutesbuiy,
One hundred
100 00
Sunderland,
Two hundred and
seventy dollars,
270 00
Warwick,
.
One hundred and
seventy doUars,
170 00
Wendell,
.
One hundred
Whately,
.
Four hundred and
dollars,
Salera,
thirty dollars.
130 00
30 00
....
dollars.
dollars.
dollars,
forty dollars,
100 00
440 00
$10,080 00
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Agawam,
.
288
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280.
HAMPDEN COUXTY — Concluded.
Hampden
County.
Chicopee,
.
Three thousand two himdred and
Granville,
.
Two hundred and
Holland,
.
Seventy dollars,
Holyoke,
.
Five thousand seven hundred and
thirty dollars,
5,230 00
forty dollars,
70 00
sixty dollars,
Longmeadow,
Seven hundred and sixty
Ludlow,
Three hundred and ten
dollars.
Eight hundred and ten
dollars.
Monson,
.
dollars,
Montgomery,
Eighty
Palmer,
One thousand and
forty dollars.
Russell,
Two hundred and
thirty dollars.
Southwick,
Three hundred and
Springfield,
Twenty-two thousand and
dollars.
dollars,
Tolland,
.
Wales,
Westfield,
.
Springfield,
thirty
One hundred and
thirty dollars.
Two hundred and
fifty dollars.
Three thousand nine hundred and
One thousand
dollars,
Wilbrahara,
fifty dollars,
....
seventy dollars,
W.
.
....
six
Five hundred and
240 00
hundred and sixty
fifty dollars.
5,760 00
760 00
1878.
HAMP
Goslien,
S
II T
— CHArTER
RE
280.
COUNTY — Coxcluded.
289
Tlampshiro
County.
,
290
1878.
--Chapter
MIDDLESEX
Middlesex
County.
COU
280.
NT Y— Coxtinued.
.....
Belmont,
.
Two thousand two hundred and forty
Billerica,
.
Nine hundred and
dollars,
J2,240 00
950 00
fifty dollars,
Boxborough,
One hundred and
Burlington,
Two hundred and
Cambridge,
Thirty-four thousand seven hundred
and seventy dollars.
Carlisle,
Two hundred and
Chehnsford,
Eight hundred and thirty dollars,
Concord,
One thousand six hundred and eighty
.
150 00
fifty dollars,
ninety dollars,
290 00
.
34,770 00
210 00
ten dollars,
830 00
.
.....
dollars,
1,680 00
Dracut,
Five hundred and sixty dollars.
560 00
Dunstable,
One hundred and ninety
190 00
Everett,
Two
dollars,
....
....
....
Framingham,
thousand three hundred and
twenty dollars,
Two thousand six hundred and ten
Groton,
One thousand two hundred and
dollars,
twenty
HoUiston,
dollars,
One thousand and
.
2,320 00
2,610 00
1,220 00
1,040 00
forty dollars.
Hopkinton,
One thousand two hundred and
Hudson,
Nine hundred and
Lexington,
One thousand six hundred and
eighty dollars,
dollars,
Lincoln
Littleton,
.
1,280 00
950 00
fifty dollars,
.....
thirty
Four hundred and seventy
dollars,
Four hundred and twenty
dollars,
470 00
.
420 00
.....
LoweU,
Twenty-one thousand one hundred
Maiden,
Five thousand two hundred dollars,
Marlborough,
One thousand
Maynard,
.
Seven hundred and thirty
Medford,
.
Five thousand
dollars,
thirty dollars,
Melrose,
.
....
....
....
eight hundred and
eighty dollars,
Two
one
dollars,
hundred
1,630 00
.
.
21,100 00
5,200 00
1,880 00
730 00
and
5,130 00
thousand three hundred and
Natick,
Two
dollars,
2,380 00
2,070 00
Newton,
Sixteen thousand and eighty dollars.
16,080 00
eighty dollars,
thousand and seventy
.
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280.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY— Cokcludi
Middlesex
County.
North Reading,
Two hundred and
Pepperell,
.
Eight hundred dollars,
Reading,
.
One thousand
Sherborn,
.
Five hundi-ed dollars.
500 00
Shirley,
Five hundred and thirty dollars.
530 00
Somerville,
Stoneham,
Fifteen thousand four hundred and
forty (ioUars,
One thousand seven hundred and
Stow,
twenty dollars,
Three hundred and ninety
Sudbury,
fifty dollars.
three hundred dollars
Tewksbury,
Five hundred dollars,.
Townsend,
Four hundred and sixty
Tyngsborough,
,
thousand
five
dollars.
hundred and
forty dollars.
Water town,
Five thousand four hundred and
seventy dollars,
Four thousand two hundred and
Wayland,
.
eighty dollars,
Six hundi'ed and twenty dollars.
Westford,
.
Six hundred and twenty dollars,
Waltham,
.
.
Weston,
Nine hundi'ed and twenty
Wilmington,
Three hundred
Winchester,
Two
thousand
dollars,
Wobum,
.
dollars,
dollars.
.
....
five
hundi-ed and ten
Four thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars.
1,300 00
15,440 00
1,720 00
dollars,
dollars.
One hundred and seventy
Two
Wakefield,
800 00
.
Five hundred and sixty dollars.
.
$250 00
390 00
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280.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Norfolk County.
Bellingham,
Three hundred
Braintree,
.
One thousand
Brookline,
.
dollars,
five
§300 00
.
hundred
dollars.
....
Fifteen thousand eight hundred and
ten dollars,
One thousand seven hundred and
forty dollars,
Canton,
Cohasset,
.
One thousand two hundred and
Dedham,
.
Three thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars.
thirty dollars.
Dover,
Two hundred and
Foxborough,
Nine hundred and seventy
Franklin,
.
Eight hundred and thirty
Holbrook,
.
Eight hundred and sixty dollars.
forty dollars.
dollars.
dollars,
Hyde Park,
Three thousand four hundred and
Medfield,
.
ninety dollars.
Five hundred and sixty dollars,
.
One thousand and twenty
Medway,
dollars,
Four thousand two hundred
Milton,
and
eighty dollars,
Needham,
Two
.
thousand
four
hundred and
forty dollars,
Norfolk,
.
Three hundred and ten
Norwood,
.
Nine hundred and forty
Quincy,
.
Three thousand nine hundred dollars.
dollars,
dollars.
Sharon,
three hundred and
seventy dollars,
Five hundred and thirty dollars.
Stoughton,
One thousand
One thousand
Randolph,
.
three hundred
and
ninety dollars.
Walpole,
.
Eight hundred and thirty dollars.
Weymouth,
Three thousand three hundi-ed and
Wrentham,
eighty dollars.
Six hundred and
fifty dollars.
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280.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Plymouth County-
Abingtou,
Nine hundred and forty
Bridgewater,
One
tliousand
hundred
thirty dollars,
Three hundred and thirty
Carver,
Seven hundred and
.
and
dollars,
.
fifty dollars,
E. Bridgewater,
Seven hundred and seventy dollars,
Halifax,
.
One hundred and seventy
Hanover,
.
Five hundred and
Hanson,
dollars,
.
fifty dollars,
Three hundred and thirty
Hingham,
dollars,
.
....
One thousand nine hundred and
.
fifty dollars,
Three hundred and twenty
Hull,
Kingston,
.
Nine hundred and thirty
Lake villa,
.
Three hundred and twenty
dollars,
dollars.
dollars,
Marion,
Two hundred and
seventy dollars,
Marshfield,
Five hundred and
fifty dollars.
Mattapoisett,
Six hundred and eighty dollars.
Middleborough
One thousand
four
hundred and
forty dollars.
Pembroke,
Four hundred
Plymouth,
Two
dollars,
thousand
four hundred and
eighty dollars,
Plympton,
One hundred and eighty
Rochester,
Two hundred and
Rockland,
One thousand one hundred and
dollars,
Scituate,
00
1,430 00
Three thousand one hundred and
.
Duxbury,
!$940
....
....
four
thirtj' dollars,
Brockton,
dollars.
eighty dollars.
....
Eight hundred and ten
.
dollars.
fifty
dollars,
South Abington,
Seven hundred and eighty
South Scituate,
Six hundred and twenty dollars.
.
dollars,
Wareham,
Six hundred and
W.
Five hundi-ed and twenty dollars.
Bridgewater,
fifty dollars.
3,130 00
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1878.
Suftblk County.
SUFFOLK COUXTY.
Boston,
Chelsea,
Revere,
Winthrop,
.
280.
.
,
1878.
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WORCESTER
CO
295
280.
U N T Y — Continued.
Holden,
Five hundred and
Hubbardston,
Four hundred and ninety
Lancaster,
One thousand two hundred and
seventy dollars,
Leicester,
.
$550 00
fifty dollars,
dollars,
.
....
....
....
ninety dollars,
Two
Lunenburg,
Four hundred and thirty
Mendon,
.
Three hundred and seventy
MUford,
.
Two
thousand
one
fifty dollars,
Brain tree,
430 00
dollars,
370 00
One thousand
2,860 00
four
Two hundred and
hundred and
1,470 00
.
seventy dollars,
Seven hundred and ten
Northbridge,
One thousand two hundred and
N. Brookfield,
One thousand and
Oakham,
Two hundred
fifty
forty dollars.
dollars.
Oxford,
Eight hundred and sixty dollars.
Paxton,
One hundred and
Petersham,
Three hundred and ninety
Phillipston,
One hundred and eighty
Princeton,
Five hundred and ten dollars.
Royalston,
Four hundred and twenty
.
Two hundred and
eighty dollars.
dollars.
dollars.
dollars,
sixty dollars.
Shrewsbui-y
Six hundred and thirty dollars,
Southborough,
Seven hundred and seventy
Southbridge,
One thousand seven hundred and
Spencer,
.
One thousand five hundred and forty
Sterling,
.
Six hundred and forty dollars.
Sturbridge,
Six hundred and forty dollars.
fifty dollars,
dollars,
270 00
710 00
dollars.
....
dollars,
Rutland,
2,150 00
.
dollars,
Xorthborough,
.
1,190 00
thousand eight hundred and
seventy dollars,
Xew
1,270 00
hundred and
sixty dollars.
.
490 00
One thousand one hundred and
Leominster,
Millbury,
Worcester
County.
dollars.
....
.....
1,250
1,040
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"Worcester
CO
280.
UNT Y— Coxcluded.
County.
Sutton,
Eight hundred and twenty
Templeton
Seven hundred and forty
dollars,
Upton,
Fom- hundred and ninety
dollars,
Uxbridge,
One thousand and twenty
dollars,
.
^820 00
.
740 00
.
490 00
.
1,020 00
Warren,
Eight hundred and seventy dollars.
870 00
Webster,
One thousand
Westborough,
One thousand
dollars,
four hundred dollars,
....
1,400 00
three hundred and
fifty dollars,
1,350 00
660 00
West Boylston,
Six hundred and sixty dollars.
West
Four hundred and eighty
dollars,
.
480 00
Westminster,
Four hundred and ninety
dollars,
.
490 00
Winchendon,
One thousand two hundred and forty
Worcester,
Twenty-eight thousand
Brookfield
.....
dollars,
and ten
....
dollars,
five
1,240 00
hundred
28,510 00
$82,470 00
RECAPITULATION.
Recapitulation
by
counties.
....
Barnstable Co.,
Nine thousand three hundred and
Berkshire Co.,
Twenty-two thousand and forty
Bristol Co.,
Sixty-two thousand nine hundred
Dukes
One thousand
seventy dollars,
lars,
and
Co.,
.
.
.
.
22,040 00
.
fortj^ dollars.
.....
six
dollars,
hundred and
Ninety-four thousand one hundred
Franklin Co.,
Ten thousand and
Hampden
Forty-three thousand and fifty dol-
Co.,
lars,
dollars,
eighty dollars,
.
......
Hampshire Co.,
Fourteen thousand
Middlesex Co.,
One hundred
Nantucket Co.,
One thousand
nine
1,650 00
94,130 00
10,080 00
43,050 00
hundred
14,900 00
dollars,
two hundred
62,940 00
fifty
Essex Co.,
and thirty
19,370 00
dol-
fifty-nine
dollars,
.
thirty dollars,
thousand
....
159,200 00
three hundred and
1,330 00
1878.
— Chapter
280.
EECAPITULATION — Concluded.
Norfolk Co.,
297
1878.
298
— Chapter
281.
thereon, a warrant of distress may issue against sucli city
or town to enforce the payment of said taxes, under such
penalties as said court or the justice thereof before whom
the hearing is had shall order.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved
May
17, 1878.
Chap. 2S1 ^N
-^CT PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO ARBITRATION OF
THE DEMANDS OF GEORGE CLAPP AND FREDERICK K. BALLOU
AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be
Demands
Com-
against the
monwealth
submitted
it
enacted, &c., as folloios
Section
to be
to ar-
bitration.
1.
:
The harbor commissioners
Common-
of the
wealth are hereby authorized to sign and acknowledge
name and behalf of the
Commonwealth, an agreement with George Clapp and
before a justice of the peace, in the
Frederick K. Ballon, both of Boston in the county of
Suffolk, copartners under the style of Clapp and Ballon,
to be signed and acknowledged before a justice of the
peace by said Clapp and Ballon, for the submission of the
demands of said Clapp and Ballon against the Commonwealth in their own original right, and as the assigns of
the Rockport Granite Company of Massachusetts, heretofore presented to the governor and council, to the determination of Dwight Foster of Boston in the county of
Suffolk, Charles U. Cotting of Brookline in the county of
Norfolk and Jonathan A. Lane of said Boston as arbitraaward of whom being made and
tors, the unanimous
reported within one year from the passage of this act to
the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, the
judgment of said court thereon shall be final and said
agreement of submission may provide that the arbitrators
shall determine by whom the costs and expenses of such
arbitration shall be borne, and determine all questions of
costs, and subject to approval and allowance by said court,
the fees of the arbitrators.
;
Award
trators.
of arbi-
Section
2,
The award
of said arbitrators
made and
returned to the supreme judicial court for the county of
Suffolk as provided in this act, may be acted on by said
court or any justice thereof in term time or in vacation,
and said court may accept, or reject, or recommit said
award, or take such other action concerning the same as
the court may take in relation to awards of arbitrators
made under the one hundred and forty-seventh chapter of
the General Statutes, reserving to either party the right of
appeal from the decision of a single justice upon any
matter of law.