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ESTABLISH
CITY 1872. ENGTH
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORTS
1920
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SOMERVILLE
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FOUNDED 1842
A.
1872.
MUNICIPAL
A CITY
STRENGTH
1842 ESTABLISHED
SOMERVILLE PRESS PRINT
1921
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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR, January 26, 1921.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen : - In accordance with the requirements of Sec- tion 3 of Ordinance Number 44, I herewith submit a report of the expenditures and receipts during the year 1920, showing in detail the appropriations and expenditures, and the receipts from each source of income, also a statement of the funded debt and temporary loans together with a balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the financial year.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD E. WEMYSS,
City Auditor.
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BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1920. Revenue Account
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash: -
Temporary Loans
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In Banks and Offices
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$223,207 73
Advance to Poor Dept. .
100 00
State Income Tax 1920 Excess . Unexpended balances : Income of Trust Funds .
2,691 19
Appropriations .
7,689 58
Tailings
291 65
Taxes, 1920
$399,641 97
Taxes, 1919
1,309 09
Taxes, 1918
353 20
mentary Warrants
1,016 25
Taxes, 1917
818 20
Revenue Reserved when Collected : Departmental Bill Receivable
24,809 55
Special Assessments, 1920
17,292 01
Overlay, Reserved for Abatements :
Special Assessments, 1919
2,707 78
Levy of 1920
$1,819 31
Departmental Bills Receivable
24,809 55
Levy of 1918
353 20
Comm. of Mass. Soldiers'
Levy of 1917
818 20
Benefits, 1920
11,426 75
Water Dept. Accounts, 1920 . 26,919 79
$2,990 71
$485,591 76
Real Estate Liens
181 52
Tax Titles .
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5,916 48
427 30
43,836 48
95 63
68,453 36
$759,356 90
$759,356 90
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Grade Crossings Commonwealth of Massachusetts Overlay, 1919
Reserve · Fund, Surplus and Overlays . · Excess and Deficiency .
$8,246 53
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Excise Tax
313 42
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$223,307 73
Accounts Receivable :
Premiums on Bonds .
90 50
Revenue from Taxes, Supple-
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$625,000 00 18,077 58
BALANCE SHEET. - Continued. Non-Revenue Accounts.
Cash in Banks and Offices
$71,708 70 Appropriations
Municipal Indebtedness.
Net Bonded Debt .
$1,148,000 00
Loans Within Statutory Debt Limit:
City Bonds $318,000 00
Municipal Bonds 23,000 00
Sewer Bonds
219,000 00
Highway Bonds 271,000 00
Bridge Bonds' 29,000 00
Public Building Bonds 254,000 00
Emergency Loan Bonds
10,000 00
Loans Outside Statutory Debt Limit: Sewer Bonds
$15,000 00 Met. Park Assessment Bonds 9,000 00
24,000 00
$1,148,000 00
$1,148,000 00
Trust Funds.
Investments : Cash and Securities
$27,096 24
Trust Funds : School Funds
$5,000 00
Library Funds
20,414 58
Poor Funds ·
1,681 66
$27,096 24
$27,096 24
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$71,708 70
$1,124,000 00
CITY AUDITOR.
Unexpended Balances:
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1920.
REVENUE.
Receipts.
General: -
Taxes
$2,622,110 44
Corporation, Bank and Income Taxes . 275,070 41
Licenses and Permits .
9,656 50
Fines and Forfeits
4,012 84
County of Middlesex, Dog Licenses
2,180 85
Comm. of Mass. Vocational Schools
9,112 24
Comm. of Mass. Americanization
602 30
Smith-Hughes Fund
2,220 09
State in lieu of taxes
93 66
Excise Tax
64 09
$2,925,123 42
Special Assessments
64,441 24
Departmental :-
General Government
$7,692 75
Protection of Persons and Property
1,718 52
Health and Sanitation
26,018 07
Highways
5,673 14
Charities
38,864 04
Schools
7,245 73
Soldiers' Benefits
26,421 75
Libraries
2,343 61
Baths and Bathhouses
932 40
Miscellaneous
596 78
117,506 79
Water Department Accounts .
258,339 42
Interest on deposits, taxes etc.
23,046 42
Temporary Loans
1,883,000 00
Premiums on Loans
90 50
Refunds
1,836 56
Total receipts
$5,273,384 35
Balance at beginning of period .
163,241 54
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$5,436,625 89
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CITY AUDITOR.
CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1920. - Continued.
Payments.
Appropriations
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$2,705,047 87 i
Temporary Loans
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1,785,000 00
State Taxes and Assessments .
502,618 80
County Tax
107,532 49
Trust Funds Income
3,386 37
Tax Titles
4,105 17
Real Estate Liens .
10 32
Advance to Poor Department
50 00
Refunds
1,337 14
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
16 83
Total Payments
Transfer to Non-Revenue
$5,109,104 99 104,313 17
Balance on hand
223,207 73
$5,436,625 89
NON-REVENUE.
Receipts.
Extreme Emergency, Bills Receivable .
$12 43
Redemption of Tax Titles
·
2,938 64
Funded Debt Loan
50,000 00
Refunds
1,358 34
Total Receipts
Transfer from Revenue
37,554 23
$196,176 81
Payments.
Appropriations
$121,529 47
.Redemption of Tax Titles
2,938 64
Total Payments
Balance on hand
$124,468 11 71,708 70
$196,176 81
Summary.
Total Revenue Receipts .
$5,273,384 35
Total Non-Revenue Receipts
54,309 41
$5,327,693 76
Total balance at beginning of period
200,795 77
$5,528,489 53
Total Revenue Payments
$5,109,104 99
Total Non-Revenue Payments
124,468 11
$5,233,573 10.
Total balance on hand
294,916 43
$5,528,489 53
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$54,309 41 104,313 17
Balance at beginning of period
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TAXES - SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Excise Tax
1917 $947 80
1918 $985 92 4 00
1919 $327,503 09 36 00
1920
$2,717,507 98
Total $329,436 81 2,717,925 49
Total to collect in 1920
$377 51
$947 80
$989 92
$327,539 09
$2,717,507 98
$3,047,362 30
Collections (less refunds)
64 09
59 20
252 56
322,122 94
2,298,609 54
2,621,108 33
Abatements ·
70. 40
384 16
4,107 06
19,256 47
23,818 09
Total collections and abatements Uncollected December 31, 1920
313 42
818 20
353 20
1,309 09
402,435 88
Street Sprinkling
Moths
Sewer
Sidewalks
$2,317,866 01 399,641 97 Highway Betterment
Total
Assessments levied, 1918, Balance Janu- ary 1, 1920
$936 24
$936 24
. Assessments levied 1919, Balance Janu- ary 1, 1920
$6,535 99
$234 00
$5,059 05
13,966 28
25,795 32
Assessments levied 1920
44,662 08
4,629 29
8,577 00
57,868 37
Total to collect .
$51,198 07
$234 00
$9,688 34
$23,479 52
$84,599 93
Collections (less refunds)
43,371 48
234 00
4,544 14
16,124 59
64,274 21
Abatements
325 93
325 93
Collections and Abatements
$43,697 41
$234 00
$4,544 14
$16,124 59
$64,600 14
Uncollected
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5,144 20
7,354 93
19,999 79
Uncollected 1919 Assessments
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2,707 78
Uncollected 1920 Assessments
17,292 01
Total Uncollected Assessments . .
$19,999 79
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Uncollected January 1, 1920 Commitments .
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$64 09
$129 60
$636 72
$326,230 00
$2,644,926 42
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7,500 66
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$377 51
DEPARTMENTAL BILLS
Departmental Accounts, Pledged to Revenue.
Balance Jan. 1. 1920 $125 72
Committed 1920
Total to Collect
Collected and Abated
Uncollected
Police Department
Maintenance Police Buildings
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319 43
509 60
829 03
269
43
559 60
Contagious Hospital
4,375 41
8,532 30
12,907 71
9,539 35
3,368 36
Inspection of Milk
23 50
245 00
268 50
245 50
23 00
Sanitary Department
920 00
2,381 20
3,301 20
2,924 00
377 20
Maintenance Sanitary Buildings
14 56
14 56
14 56
Highway Maintenance
1,107 47
5,677 76
6,785 23
6,433 46
351 77
Sidewalks Construction
129 53
129 53
129 53
240 00
240 00
240 00
13,397 53
28,776 31
42,173 84
29,206 42
12,967 42
Poor Department - City Home
376 75
8,102 16
8,478 91
4,663 77
3,815 14
School Contingent
502 31
9,175 76
9,678 07
6,629 00
3,049 07
Maintenance School Buildings
95 00
740 55
835 55
785 40
50 15
$21,243 12
$65,693 35
$86,936 47
$62,126 92
$24,809 55
Outlay Accounts, Pledged to Appropriations. Extreme Emergency
$46 36
$46 36
$46 36
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$163 62
$289 34
$171 03 1,000 00
$118 31
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
5 00
5 00
5 00
Health Department
Maintenance Highway Buildings
Poor Department - Miscellaneous
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CITY AUDITOR.
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WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS (REVENUE).
Commitments
Abatements Collections (Net) Balance
Metered Rates
$216,246 33
$339 83
$188,986 71
$26,919 79
Annual Rates ·
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40,229 50
751 99
39,477 51
Additional Rates
1,230 63
291 76
938 87
Service Assessments
1,905 10
1,905 10
Maintenance Bills
4,797 65
359 29
4,438 36
$264,409 21
$1,742 87
$235,746 55
$26,919 79
Receipts
$235,746 55
Metered Rates Last Quarter, 1920
26,919 79
Water Revenue, 1920 .
$262,666 34
Metered Rates Last Quarter, 1919.
Uncollected January 1, 1920
$22,528 96
Abated
$11 64
Collected
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22,517 32
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$22,528 96
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ANNUAL
REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Taxes from State:
Estimate
Receipts
Excess
Deficit $3,036 58
National Bank
6,405.65 905 65
Street Railway
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11,000 00
10,651 54
348 46
Licenses and Permits :
Milk
350 00
342 50
7 50
Health
100 00
68 00
32 00
City Clerk
3,900 00
4,122 50
222 50
Executive Department
750 00
910 00
160 00
Pedlens' License Commission
650 00
765 00
115 00
Electrical Department
1,250 00
1,737 00
487 00
Building Department
1,200 00
1,099 50
100 50
Miscellaneous
612 00
612 00
Fines and Forfeits :
Court
2,000 00
3,724 84
1,724 84
Departmental Penalties
50 00
288 00
238 00
Grants and Gifts:
County, Dog Licenses
2,150 00
2,180 85
30 85
State, Industrial School
9,000 00
9,112 24
112 24
State, Americanization
602 30
602 30
Special Excise Tax
300 00
377 51
77 51
Special Assessments :
Street Sprinkling
44,500 00
44,405 64
94 36
Street Betterments .
7,500 00
8,577 00
1,077 00
Sidewalks
5,000 00
4,629 29
370 71
General Government:
Treasury Department
5,300 00
6,146 24
846 24
City Clerk's Department
900 00
1,535 92
635 92
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Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department .
450 00
182 68
Rent of Court Room
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
50 00
: 00
45 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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500 00
530 84
30 84
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CITY AUDITOR.
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267 32
.
$43,000 00 5,500 00
$39,963 42
Corporation
STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Estimate
Receipts
Excess
Deficit
Health and Sanitation: Health Department
700 00
269 43
430 57
Contagious Hospital
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7,000 00
8,955 08
1,955 08
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
300 00
295 80
4 20
Sanitary Department
15,500 00
16,483 20
983 20
Highways:
Highway Maintenance
$2,700 00
$5,433 14
$2,733 14
Highway Buildings .
240 00
240 00
Charities :
City Home
9,000 00
9,916 33
916 33
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
23,000 00
28,947 71
5,947 71
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Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
12,000 00
10,586 00
1,414 00
Military Aid
450 00
720 75
270 75
Soldiers' Burials
600 00
120 00
480. 00
Education :
School Contingent
4,000 00
6,462 23
2,462 23
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School Buildings
500 00
783 50
283 50
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Libraries :
Library Department
1,850 00
2,343 61
493 61
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Recreation and Unclassified :
Electrolysis
500 00
500 00
Bathhouse
600 00
538 35
61 65
Shower Baths
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300 00
394 05
94 05
Miscellaneous
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Public Service Enterprises : Water Department .
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250,000 00
262,666 34
12,666 34
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118 81
118 81
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Interest:
Bank Deposits · Deferred Taxes . Deferred Assessments
7,000 00
10,771 10
3,771 10 972 75
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200 00
158 71
41 29
, Totals
$492,840 00
$527,652 35
$41,546 49.
$6,734 14
Estimate
Actual
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$34,812 35
Excess .
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10,000 00
10,972 75
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$492,840 00 527,652 35
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Balance to
1
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Excess and Deficiency
General Government
Board of Aldermen
.
$1,300 00
$1,300 00
$1,257 11
$42 89
Clerk of Committees
3,000 00
3,000 00
2,951 40
48 60
Executive Department .
7,825 00
7,825 00
7,540 77
284 23
Auditing Department
6,210 00
6,210 00
6,208 17
1 83
Treasury Department .
20,985 00
$107 66
21,092 66
20,967 54
125 12
Assessons' Department
18,306 00
$50 00
$850 00
19,106 00
19,094 55
11 45
Pedlers' License Commission
50 00
50 00
32 03
17 97
Board of License Commis- sioners
700 00
700 00
550 20
149 80
Certification of Notes and Bonds
300 00
300 00
283 16
16 84
City Clerk's Department
10,550 00
1,611 45
12,161 45
12,074 60
86 85
Registration City Laborers
415 00
415 00
410 50
4 50
Law Department
3,000 00
3,000 00
2,926 87
73 13
City Messenger's Department
2,845 00
50 00
2,895 00
2,893 47
1 53
Engineering Department
15,835 00
880 00
24 00
16,739 00
16,735 86
3 14
Commissioner of Public Build-
ings
8,140 00
00
8,340 00
8,338 95
1 05
Maintenance Municipal Build- ings . ·
11,413 00
410 00
14 09
11,837 09
11,829 83
7 26
City Planning Board
100 00
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100 00
18 20
81 80
Election Expenses, City Clerk
2,060 00
2,060 00
1,512 24
547 76
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters .
3,300 90
2,455 00
5,755 00
5,749 15
5 85
Pay of Election Officers
3,864 00
55 00
270 00
4,079 00
4,078 00
1 00
Maintenance Polling Places .
426 00
700 00
1,126 00
1,124 96
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Appropriation
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Total Service Trans. Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department
$186,990 00
3,000 00
183,990 00
183,974 40
15 60
Maintenance Police Buildings
4,389 00
4,389 00
4,289 12
99 88
Fire Department .
216,437 00
50 00
1,928 43
218,415 43
218,404 27
11 16
Maintenance Fire Buildings .
10,628 00
260 00
10,368 00
10,318 94
49 06
Weights and Measures .
2,245 00
55 00
2,300 00
2,295 54
4 46
Electrical Department
19,069 00
545 00
451 31
18,975 31
18,820 94
154 37
Maintenance Electrical
De-
partment Building .
1,457 00
1,457 00
1,280 56
176 44
Suppression of Moths
5,000 00
97 58
4,902 42
4,902 42
Care of Trees ·
3,275 00
97 58
3,372 58
3,372 34
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Health and Sanitation.
Health Department
17,180 00
950 00
18,130 00
18,127 34
2 66
Vital Statistics
1,300 00
1,300 00
1,220 36
79 64
Contagious Hospital
24,415 00
1,310 00
184 29
23,289 29
23,100 73
188 56
Maintenance Contagious Hos- pital
4,510 00
4,510 00
4,204 05
305 95
Inspection Animals and Pro- visions
2,135 00
2,135 00
2,131 73
3 27
Inspection Milk and Vinegar
5,655 00
350 00
6,005 00
5,999 91
5 09
Inspection School Children
1,700 00
10 00
1,710 00
1,709 41
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School Nurses' Salaries
1,900
00
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1,900 00
1,749 97
150 03
Sewers Maintenance
24,825 00
1,390 00
79 79
23,514 79
23,514 26
53
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
772 00
772 00
642 78
129 22
Sanitary Department
173,397 00
4,450 00
177,847 00
177,846 99
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and Trans. from Trans. to
Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Maintenance Sanitary Build- ings
1,000 00
200 00
800 00 28,600 00
753 61 28,597 14
46 39
Street Cleaning
28,700 00
100 00
2 86
Highways.
Highway Maintenance .
$65,538 00
515 00
28,659 29
94,712 29
94,691 05
21 24
Sidewalks Maintenance
8,000 00
100 00
384 96
8,484 96
8,484 91
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Street Sprinkling .
43,300 00
30 00
43,330 00
43,328 52
1 48
Street Lighting
72,075 00
72,075 00
72,075 00
Maintenance Highway Build-
ings
1,290 00
49 69
1,339 69
1,038 28
301 41
Charities and Soldiers' Bene- fits.
Poor Department - Miscel- laneous
$79,460 00
1,500 00
289 50
78,249 50
77,456 57
792 93
Poor
Department - City
17,215 00
50 00
53 00
17,318 00
17,308 29
9 71
Maintenance
Home
4,140 00
4,140 00
3,486 51
653 49
Soldiers' Benefits - General Administration
1,388 00
1,388 00
1,351 41
36 59
Military Aid
900 00
415 00
30 00
1,345 00
1,341 50
3 50
State Aid
12,000 00
415 00
38 00
11,623 00
10,624 00
999 00
Soldiers' Relief
22,000 00
71 00
22,071 00
21,908 06
162 94
Soldiers' Burials
600 00
600 00
120 00
480 00
Education and Libraries
School Contingent
$47,837 00
15 75
47,852 75
47,222 79
629 96
School Teachers' Salaries
680,000 00
3.155 00
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676,845 00
676,417 97
427 03
School Janitors' Services
57,220 00
13 72
57,233 72
56,971 28
262 44
Fuel and Light
48,425 00
1,625 00
4,342 37
54,392 37
54,384 71
7 66
Buildings and Grounds
45,607 00
1,530 00
586 60
47,723 60
47,664 60
59 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Appropriation
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans. 476 36
Total Credit 27,693 36 5,994 00
Expenditures 27,684 99 5,989 23
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Central Library
27,217 00
8 37
Maintenance Central Library
5,774 00
220 00
4 77
West Somerville Branch Li- brary
7,894 00
194 47
8,088 47
8,088 37
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Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library
2,663 00
2,663 00
2,450 81
212 19
East Somerville Branch Li- brary
4,756 00
41 02
4,797 02
4,792 03
4 99
Maintenance East Somerville Branch Library
1,993 00
200 00
1,793 00
1,634 16
158 84
Union Square Branch Library
4,971 00
4,971 00
4,970 60
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Maintenance Union Square
2,113 00
220 00
1,893 00
1,754 38
138 62
Recreation and Unclassified
Parks Maintenance
$10,500 00
800 00
11,300 00
11,299 89
11
Maintenance Park Buildings
1,314 00
325 00
1,639 00
1,490 24
148 76
Playgrounds Maintenance
5,160 00
150 13
5,310 13
5,309 82
31
Recreation and Playground Commission
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
Maintenance Bathhouse
2,563 00
200 00
2,363
00
2,361 24
1 76
Celebrations
3,500
00
3,500 00
803 52
2,696 48
Memorial Day
425
00
425 00
413 61
11 39
Municipal Documents
1,860
00
1,860 00
1,756 01
103 99
Maintenance Bandstand
150
00
15 00
165 00
162 09
2 91
Contingent Fund .
10.000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
Workmen's Compensation
5,000 00
1,140 00
18 00
3,878 00
3,780 83
97 17
Pensions
.
25,000 00
200 00
24,800 00
24,729 83
70 17
Damage to persons and Per- sonal Property .
5,000 00
5,000 00
2,003 25
2,996 75
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CITY AUDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and
Appropriation
Trans. from
Trans. to
Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Municipal Indebtedness
Interest
*$114,140 00
2,909 50
510 42
117,559 92
109,870 34
₮ 7,689 58
Reduction of Funded Debt .
209,368 00
132 00
209,500 00
209,500 00
Water Works
Water Maintenance
$62,500 00
3,400 00
5,594 79
71,494 79
71,339 92
154 87
Water Works Extension
12,000 00
5,800 00
6,200 00
6,051 40
148 60
Maintenance Water Buildings
1,277 00
125 00
1,152 00
986 64
165 36
Interest on Water Bonds
80 00
80 00
80 00
Reduction of Water Debt.
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
Metropolitan Water
Assess-
ment
129,900 00
509 50
129,390 50
127,505 74
1,884 76
Total Appropriations
. $2,728,716 00 $20,472 08
$23,697 08
$46,067 09 $2,778,008 09 $2,743,518 76
$34,489 33
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* Including balance of $1,215.00 from 1919.
Reserved for 1921, $7,689 58.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (REVENUE).
Other Accounts.
Income of Trust Funds :- School :-
S. Newton Cutler
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Balance from 1919 $493 11 1,342 85
Receipts $214 50 2,220 09
Total Credit $707 61 3,562 94
Expenditures $186 18 2,139 85
Balance to 1921 $521 43 1,423 09
Library :-
S. Newton Cutler
15
88
43 03
28 41
14 62
Martha R. Hunt, Art .
2 89
97 50
410 39
. 233 80
176 59
Martha R. Hunt, Book
3 55
495. 29
498 84
469 25
29 59
Hunt Fund for Expenses
202 77
202 77
202 77
Isaac Pitman, Art
192 42
171 32
363 74
310 21
53 53
Isaac Pitman, Poetry
31 37
42 82
74 19
18 67
55 52
Frances A. Wilder
2 48
: 50
6 98
6.98
Poor :-
Olive C. Cummings
132 02
75 05
207 07
207 07
Temporary Loans
1,785,000 00
1,785,000 00
State Taxes and Assessments
502,618 80
502,618 80
County Tax
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107,532 49
107,532 49
Advance to Poor Department
50 00
50 00
Tax Titles
4,105 17
4,105 17
Real Estate Liens
10 32
10 32
Tellers' Overs and Shorts .
16 83
16 83
Refunds : -
Taxes ·
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167 03
167 03
Water
87 55
87 55
. National Bank Tax .
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$2,713 61
$3,363 95 $2,406,748 31 $2,404,057 12
$2,691 19
Total Other Accounts . Revenue Totals . ·
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5,184,756 40
5,147,575 88
37,180 52
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Smith-Hughes
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1,068 51
1,068 51
Special Assessments
14 05
14 05
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (NON-REVENUE).
Balance from 1919
Appro- Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and priation Transfer from Transfers to Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to 1921
Protection of Persons and Personal
Property.
Electrical De- partment, Un- derground Wires
$3,263 93
$3,263 93
$3,263 93
Extreme. Emer- gency, Health and Safety
4,766 18
$166 81
4,932 99
$3,947 63
985 36
Fire Depart- ment, Addi-
tional Appara- tus .
$21,300 00
21,300 00
21,300 00
Sewers struction
Con-
684 75
4,100 00
288 22
5,072 97
5,072 35
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Highways.
New Streets
28,000 00
$1,650 00
29,650 00
29,609 00
41 00
Permanent Pavement
19,646 00
50,000 00
69,646 00
36,109 64
33,536 36
Sidewalks Con- struction
21
15,000 00
$1,650 00
13,350 21
9,962 20
3,388 01
Reconstruction
and Resur- facing . .
40,000 00
100 00
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39,900 00
39,899 74
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Schools.
Bennett School Addition
166 71
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166 71
166 71
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1920 (NON-REVENUE).
Balance from 1919
Appro - priation
Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and Transfer from Transfers to Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to 1921
New School Building, East Somerville Schoolhouses,
1,046 70
1,046 70
1,046 70
Sprinkler Sys- tems
3,539 88
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3,539 88
Boys' Industrial School Addi- dition, No. 2 .
353 35
353 35
353 35
Cummings School Re-
pairs
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1,926 66
1,358 34
3,285 00
3,285 00
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Recreation. Field House, Somerville Field
3,538 41
3,538 41
3,538 41
Unclassified.
Building Public Buildings
548 11
548 11
548 11
Total Appropri- ation Accounts
$37,554 23
$158,400 00 $1,750 00
$3,576 66
$1,813 37
$199,594 26
$127,885 56
$71,708 70
Other Accounts Redemption Tax Liens
2,938 64
2,938 64
2,938 64
Non-Revenue Totals
$37,554 23
$158,400 00 $1,750 00
$3,576 66
$4,752 01
$202,532 90
$130,824 20
$71,708 70
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3,539 88
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Payments.
State Tax
.
$245,420 00
Special State Tax
.
11,569 80
State Highway Tax
481 56
Non-Resident Bank Tax
3,820 61
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
89,939 26
Metropolitan Park Assessment
57,509 59
Wellington Bridge Assessment
1,977 40
Wellington Bridge Special Assessment
1,543 30
Grade Crossings Assessment
9,171 80
Charles River Basin Assessment
9,693 89
Alewife Brook Assessment
1,140 65
Abatement of Smoke Assessment
400 75
Fire Prevention Assessment
1,290 82
Soldiers' Exemption Assessment
304 37
Poll Taxes, Chap. 283, Acts 1919
68,355 00
Refund National Bank Tax 1919 .
14 05
Total
$502,632 85
Receipts.
State Aid .
$25,901 48
Military Aid
225 00
Soldiers' Burials
295 27
Income Tax, 1920
154,770 23
Income Tax, 1919
52,590 00
Income Tax, 1918
2,394 00
Income Tax, 1917
1,995 00
Mothers' Aid
13,699 56
General Aid to Poor
6,136 36
Tuition State Wards .
1,466 12
Smith-Hughes Fund
2,220 09
Corporation Taxes, Domestic
39,963 42
Corporation Taxes, Foreign
6,286 52
Street Railway Tax
10,651 54
National Bank Tax
6,419 70
In Lieu of Taxes
93 66
Contagious Diseases
3,127 12
Total
$328,235 07
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
County Tax
1
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$107,532 49
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STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
Revenue.
Total amount as per assessors' commitments
$2,715,691 05
Less State Taxes
$261,291 97
Poll Taxes, for State
71,415 00
County Tax
107,532 49
Overlay .
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457,319 24
Amount raised for municipal purposes Other Revenue:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Income Tax, 1917, Excess
$1,995 00
Income Tax, 1918, Excess ·
2,394 00
Income Tax, 1919, Excess
46,175 00
Income Tax, 1920
136,692 65
Revenue from Taxes, Supplementary War- rants
1,372 08
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay .
5,151 66
Foreign Corporation, Excise Tax
50,000 00
Estimated Revenue
$492,840 00
Excess
34,812 35
527,652 35
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency .
20,000 00
791,432 74
Total
$3,049,804 55
Expenses.
General Appropriations
· $2,703,826 25
Outlay Appropriations
110,326 66
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
172,971 83
2,987,124 74
Excess of Revenue
$62,679 81
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17,079 78
$2,258,371 81
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TEMPORARY LOANS, 1920.
Taken By
Nos.
Issued
Due
Rate
Amount
Paid
Grafton Co.
748 @ 754
Feb. 2, 1920
Nov. 17, 1920
4 99% $100,000 00
Nov. 17, 1920
Somerville National Bank . 755 @ 759
Feb.
18, 1920
Nov.
3, 1920
5 20
50,000 00
Nov. 3, 1920
Old Colony Trust Company . National Security Bank · Somerville Trust Company .
760 @ 765
Feb. 18, 1920
Nov. 3, 1920
5 20
100,000 00
Nov. 3, 1920
766 @ 773
Feb. 18, 1920
Nov. 3, 1920
5 20
50,000 00
Nov.
3, 1920
774 @ 778
Feb. 18, 1920
Nov. 3, 1920
5 20
50,000 00
Nov. 3, 1920
Highland Trust Company . Old Colony Trust Company .
784 @ 788
Mar.
9,1920
Nov. 17, 1920
5 80
100,000 00
Nov. 17, 1920
Old Colony Trust Company .
789 @ 793
Mar.
9, 1920
Nov. 17, 1920
5 85
50,000 00
Nov. 17, 1920
Harris, Forbes & Co. .
794
Mar. 12, 1920
June 15, 1920
5 00
20,000 00
June 15, 1920
Harris, Forbes & Co. .
795
Mar. 12, 1920
June 15, 1920
5 00
8,000 00
June 15, 1920
Harris, Forbes & Co.
796 @ 797
Mar. 19, 1920
Nov. 17, 1920
5 75
30,000 00
Nov. 17, 1920
*Curtis & Sanger .
C-78 @ C82
Mar. 15, 1920
Mar. 15, 1921
5 25
50,000 00
Old Colony Trust Company .
798 @ 799 800
April 14, 1920
Sept. 17, 1920
5 60
50,000 00
Sept. 17, 1920
F. S. Moseley & Co. .
801 @ 803
April 14, 1920
Dec.
15, 1920
65
50,000 00
Dec. 15, 1920
*Old Colony Trust Company .
C-83 @ C86
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