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ANNUAL REPORTS 1929
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1930
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR
Office of the City Auditor, January 31, 1930.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 7, section 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1929, I herewith submit a report of the expenditures and receipts during the year 1929, 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, table relative to maturities and interest, a balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year and a statement of the treasurer's cash.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS J. DALEY,
City Auditor
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ANNUAL REPORTS
I hereby certify that the former City Auditor has verified the Treasurer's cash as of December 31, 1929, by actual count, according to records in this office and the amount on deposit in the banks, of the same date, has been verified by reconciliation.
The total cash balance December 31, 1929, was $340,452.66. as follows :
Somerville National Bank
$97,532 12
First National Bank
71,389 15
Atlantic National Bank
68,777 02
Somerville Trust Company, Benefits
15,003 16
Somerville Trust Company, Teachers
47,563 01
Highland Trust Company
27,119 77
Cash and checks in office
13,068 43
$340,452 66
I further certify that the former City Auditor has ex- amined the Trust and Investment Fund Securities in the hands of the City Treasurer, according to records in this office and found them to be correct, as follows :
Caroline G. Baker Fund, School
$ 300 00
S. Newton Cutler School Fund
5,322 22
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund
1,064 45
Isaac Pitman Library Fund 5,827 08
Olive C. Cummings Fund, Poor
1,751.45
Frances A. Wilder Children's Fund, Library
100 00
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Library, Books
14,105 25
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Library, Art. 1,299 77
Sarah Lorane Graves Fund, Library
400 00
Buffum Memorial Fund
1,000 00
Eunice M. Gilmore Fund
2,000 00
Sarah Winslow Fox Fund
401 38
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
20,990 07
$54,561 67
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1929 Revenue Accounts
Assets
Casil
In Banks and Offices ...
$181,850 95
Advance to Poor Dept. 100 00
Advance, Soldiers' Benefits
100 00
Unexpended Balances : Appropriations (Tercent-) enary ) 2,000 00
$182,050 95
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Accounts Receivable :
Taxes 1929
791,986 40
Taxes 1928
618 41
Special Assessments 1929
26,917 22
Water Revenue
1,094 24
Special Assessments Re-
Motor Vehicle excise 1929
31,264 98
served 15,411 78
Committed Apportioned
Assessments
231 29
Sale of Land
Committed Unapportioned
Tax Title Revenue
Assessments
4,122 17
Premium on Bonds
4,600 00
Accrued Interest On Bonds
1,062 50
Interest Apportioned As-
sessments
201 92
. ments, Deferred
249 86
Interest Unapportioned As- sessments
154 78
Departmental Bills Re-
40,004 43
Apportioned Highway Better- ment Assessments, De- ferred
26,277 80
Comm. of Mass. Soldiers'
Benefits, 1929
6,889 75
Water Department Accounts
1,094 24
Liabilities
Temporary Loans $800,000 00
Income of Trust Funds Tailings
3,973 51
838 78
Revenue Reserved When Collected : Departmental Bills Receiv- able 40,004 43
CITY AUDITOR
56,510 45 242 51 17,070 01
Apportioned Sewer Assess-
Apportioned Sidewalk Assess- ments, Deferred 1,579 51
ceivable
4,814 21 Apportioned Highway Better- ment, Interest Deferred .... Apportioned Sidewalk Inter- est, Deferred 151 00
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BALANCE SHEET-Continued
Apportioned Sewer Interest
Deferred 34 48
Deferred Revenue : Apportioned Sewer Assess- ments, Not Due Apportioned sidewalk/ As-
249 86
Overlay, Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1928 $6,251 25
Levy of 1929 13,224 09
19,475 34
sessments, Not Due
1,579 51
Apportioned Highway Bet- terment Assessments, Not Due
26,277 80
Apportioned Highway, Sew- er and Sidewalk Interest, Not Due
4,999 69
Tax Titles
17,149 16
Excess and Deficiency
37,538 18 159,374 42
953,741 61
$1,135,792 56
$1,135,792 56
Cash in Banks and Offices ....
$158,601 71 Unexpended Balances: Appropriations ..
$158,601 71
$158,601 71
$158,601 71
Non-Revenue Accounts
ANNUAL REPORTS
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlays
Municipal Indebtedness
Net Bonded Debt
$2,648,000 00
Loans within statutory limits
City Bonds
$36,000 00
City Hall Additions Bonds
102,000 00
Sewer Bonds
111,000 00
Highway Bonds
103,000 00
Bridge Bonds
20,000 00
Public Building Bonds ..
90,000 00
Schoolhouse Bonds
577,000 00
High School Bonds
1,109,000 00
$2,148,000 00
Loans outside statutory limit : Northern Traffic Artery ....
500,000 00
$2,648,000 00
$2,648,000 00
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Trust and Other Invested Funds
Trust Funds : School Funds
$5,401 38
Library Funds
23,414 35
Poor Funds 1,681 66
Other Invested Funds: Municipal Buildings Insur- ance Fund
20,990 07
Investments: Cash and Securities .. ........!!!!
$51,487 46
$51,487 46
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ANNUAL REPORTS
CASH STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1929
REVENUE
Receipts
General:
Taxes
$3,304,820 38
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
149,672 83
Corporation, Bank, and Railway Tax
169,667 43
Comm. of Mass., Income Tax.
484,164 86
Licenses and Permits.
16,111 06
Fines and Forfeits.
14,683 59
State, Vocational Education
14,382 71
State, Smith-Hughes Fund
4,226 49
State, Outside Tuition
4,941 62
State, Continuation School
4,262 93
State, Americanization
3,076 62
County of Middlesex, Dog Licenses
2,717 80
Sarah Winslow Fox-Gift
401 38
Tax Titles Redeemed
1,954 71
Miscellaneous
585 17
$4,175,669 58
Special Assessments
71,125 58
Departmental:
General Government
9,038 04
Protection of persons and property
1,101 16
Health and Sanitation
8,290 74
Highways
7,879 27
Charities
60,737 68
Soldiers Benefits
6,720 50
Schools and School Buildings
23,069 86
Libraries
2,806 49
Bath and Bathhouses
938 25
Miscellaneous
210 16
120,792 15
Water Department Accounts
414,084 77
Interest on Deposits, Taxes etc.
46,802 63 2,595,000, 00
Temporary Loans
Trust Fund, Investment
5,000 00
Premium on Bonds
4,600 00
Accrued Interest on Bonds
1,062 50
Refunds
4,170 15
Total Receipts Balance at beginning of period.
$7,438,307 36
306,843 48
$7,745,150 84
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CITY AUDITOR
CASH STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1929 Payments
Appropriations
$3,990,213 70
Temporary Loans
2,495,000 00
Comm. of Mass., State Taxes
401,306 20
County of Middlesex, Taxes
186,450 88
Income of Trust Funds
7,249 04
Trust Fund Investment
5,401 38
Cash Advance, City Home
100 00
Cash Advance, Police Department
300 00
Cash Advance, Soldiers Benefits
100 00
Cash Advance, School Department
200 00
Tax Titles
178 76
Tellers Overs and Shorts
51 67
Refunds
4,223 26
Total Payments
Transfer to Non-Revenue
$7,090,774 89 472,525 00
Balance on hand
181,850 95
$7,745,150 84
CASH STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1929
Non-Revenue
Receipts
Northern Traffic Artery Loan
$500,000 00
Northern Traffic Artery:
Assessments
577 95
Interest
8 73
Redemption of Tax Titles
3,950 61
Construction Bills
266 63
Total Receipts
$504,803 92
Transfer from Revenue
472,525 00
Balance at beginning of period ..
495,878 71
$1,473,207 63
Payments
Appropriations
$809,773 07
Northern Traffic Artery:
City Assessment
....
500,000 00
Assessments
863 44
Interest
18 80
Redemption of Tax Titles
3,950 61
Total Payments
Balance on hand
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$1,314,605 92 158,601 71
$1,473,207 63
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ANNUAL REPORTS BALANCE SHEET Summary
Total Revenue Receipts
$7,438,307 36 504,803 92
Total Non-Revenue Receipts ..................
$7,943,111 28
Total Balance at beginning of period ....
802,722 19
$8,745,833 47
Total Revenue Payments
$7,090,774 89
Total Non-Revenue Payments
1,314,605 92
$8,405,380 81
Total Balance on hand
340,452 66
$8,745,833 47
TAXES
Excise Tax
1927 $225 94
1928 $730,005 59 4 00 106 00
1929
$3,402,211 25
Totals $730,231 53 $3,591,573 73 108 00
Total to collect
189,358 48
$227 94
$730,115 59
$3,402,211 25
$4,321,913 26
Collections (less refunds)
148,623 25
182 18
713,463 02
2,598,154 26
3,460.422 71
Abatements and transfers
9,470 25
45 76
16,034 16
12,192 59
37,742 76
Total collections and abate- ments
158,093 50
227 94
729,497 18
2,610,346 85
Uncollected December 31, 1929
31,264 98
618 41
791,864 40
3,498,165 47 823,747 79
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Street Sprinkling
Sidewalks
Highway Betterments
Totals
Assessments levied prior years, Balance
January 1, 1929
$10,484 10 48,450 00
$ 5,547 76
Committed 1929
7,617 48
$55,309 34
$ 16,031 86 111,376 82
Total to collect
58,934 10
$13,165 24
$55,309 34
$127,408 68
Collections
47,322 78
5,440 48
8,379 18
61,142 44
Abatements
105 88
770 12
1,803 25
2,679 25
Apportioned or Committed unapportioned ....
3,975 44
32,694 33
36,669 77
Balance, uncollected December 31, 1929 .....
11,505 44
2,979 20
12,432 58
26,917 22
Uncollected January 1, 1929 Committed 1929
$189,358 48
Corrections and adjustments
2 00
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COMMITTED ASSESSMENTS
Sewers
Sidewalks
Highway Betterments
Committed
Apportioned
Committed
Apportioned
Committed
Apportioned
Assessments levied prior years, Balance January 1, 1929
$800 00
$16 64
$1,529 04
$1,272 96
$ 301 21
Committed 1929
91 64
2,454 47
$167 09
6,361 52
2,267 68
Totals
$800 00
$108 28
$3,983 51
$167 09
$7,634 48
$2,568 89
Collected or abated
800 00
91 64
2,474 35
129 11
5,021 47
2,392 22
Uncollected Balance,
December 31, 1929
$16 64
$1,509 16
$37 98
$2,613 01
$176 67
APPORTIONED ASSESSMENTS
Assessments levied prior years,
Sewers $341 50
Sidewalks $225 63 1,520 97
Highway Betterments $3,077 02 26,381 75
Totals $3,644 15 27,902 72
Balance, January 1, 1929
Apportioned 1929
Total
$341 50
$1,746 60
29,458 77
$31,546 87
Committed for collection
91 64
167 09
2,267 68
2,526 41
Paid in full, cash
760 37
760 37
Abatements
152 92
152 92
Balance, Not Due, December 31, 1929
249 86
1,579 51
26,277 80
28,107 17
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INTEREST
Apportioned Interest
Committed Interest
Totals
Interest on assessments, levied prior years, Balance January 1, 1929
$81 20
$150 70
$231 90
Committed 1929
574 33
341 79
916 12
Totals
$655 53
$492 49
$1,148 02
Collections
449 69
314 25
763 94
Abatements
3 92
23 46
27 38
Balance December 31, 1929
201 92
154 78
356 70
DEPARTMENTAL BILLS
Balance Jan. 1, 1929
Committed
Total to Collect
Abated
Collected
Uncollected
Department Accounts Pledged to Revenue
Health Department
$586 72
$1,251 23
$1,837 95
$25 71
$505 93
$1,306 31
Contagious Hospital
2,828 20
6,024 00
8,852 20
1,503 50
3,358 20
3,990 50
Inspection of Milk
97 00
1,651 75
1,748 75
1,548 25
200.50
Sanitary Department
582 55
582 55
400 00
182 55
Sanitary Buildings
114 43
574 15
688 58
688.58
Highway Maintenance
953 68
7,318.90
8,272 58
148 95
7,665 33
458 39
Sidewalks Maintenance
19 30
19 30
19 30
New Sidewalks
142 79
142 79
142 79
Street Sprinkling
15 00
15 00
15 00
Welfare Department, Miscellaneous
15,287 20
72,060 37
87,347 57
1,546 49
53 694 30
32,106 78
Welfare Department,
City Home
760 42
5,491 72
6,252 14
31 00
6,022 00
199 11
School Contingent
2,593 16
19,977 52
22,570 68
602 68
20,426 95
1,541 05
School Buildings
698 27
698 27
698 27
Totals
$23,240 11
$115,788.25
$139,028 36
$3,858 33
$95,165 60
$40,004 43
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WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS (REVENUE)
Metered Rates
Commitments $215,214 02 153,118 87
Abatements $374 06 125 05
Collections $214,316 45 152,677 17
$523 51
Metered Rates, Commercial
316 65
Additional Rates
2,372 57
2,309 62
62 95
Service Assessments
5,573 41
5,573 41
Maintenance Bills
10,433 37
190 68
10,051 56
191 13
Metered Rates 1928
18,329 59
18 18
18,311 41
Metered Rates 1928, Commercial
10,845 15
10,845 15
Totals
$415,886 98
$707 97
$414,084 77
$1,094 24
Cash Receipts
414,084 77
Water Revenue, 1929
$415,179 01
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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Balance
STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE
Estimate
Receipts
Excess
Deficit
General Government:
Treasury Department
$6,700 00
$6,401 79
$298 21
City Clerk's Department
2,300 00
2,211 20
88 80
Appeal Fees
400 00
330 00
70 00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department
200 00
90 08
109 92
Fire Department
14 80
14 80
Sealer of Weights and Measures
900 00
983 36
83 36
Health and Sanitation:
Health Department
350 00
505 93
155 93
Contagious Hospital
6,000 00
3,358 20
2,641 80
Inspection of Milk
500 00
1,553 25
1,053 25
Dental Clinic
300 00
565 07
265 07
Sanitary Department
2,600 00
1,579 40
1,020 60
Sanitary Buildings
500 00
688 58
188 58
Highways :
Highway Maintenance
7,000 00
7,665 33
665 33
Street Sprinkling
15 00
15 00
New Sidewalks
142 79
142 79
Charities :
Welfare, City Home
7,000 00
7,327 92
327 92
Welfare, Miscellaneous
45,000 00
53,259 76
8,259 76
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
4,000 00
3,468 00
532 00
Military Aid.
2,500 00
3,310 25
810 25
Soldiers' Burials
400 00
111 50
288 50
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE
Estimate
Receipts
Excess
Deficit
Education :
School Contingent
$17,000 00
$20,440 87
$3,440 87
Vocational Education
2,500 00
1,916 36
583 64
Maintenance School Buildings
800 00
712 63
87 37
Libraries :
Library Department
2,400 00
2,806 49
406 49
Recreation and Unclassified :
Electrolysis
500 00
500 00
Bathhouse
350 00
399 70
49 70
Shower Baths
500 00
538 55
38 55
Miscellaneous
100 00
513 70
413 70
Public Service Enterprises :
Water Department
410,000 00
384,795 95
25,204 05
Interest :
Bank Deposits
17,500 00
20,125 37
2,625 37
Deferred Taxes
23,500 00
24,564 70
1,064 70
Special Assessments
500 00
364 70
135 30
Apportioned Betterment Assessments
574 33
574 33
Totals
$703,700 00
$699,495 35
$36,228 71
$40,433 36
Estimate
$703,700 00
Actual
699,495 35
Deficit
$4,204 65
ANNUAL REPORTS
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Appropriation Appropriation Appropriations Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
General Government :-
Board of Aldermen Expenses.
$9,140 00
$2,000 00
$11,140 00
$11,119 97
$20 03
Clerk of Committees Department
4,325 00
4,325 00
4,246 16
78 84
Executive Department
12,250 00
12,250 00
11,951 83
298 17
Auditing Department
8,575 00
10 00
8,565 00
8,409 24
155 76
Treasury Department
34,135 00
250 00
34,385 00
34,320 13
64 87
Assessors' Department
28,550 00
250 00
28,300 00
28,033 01
266 99
Pedlers' License Commission
35 00
35 00
27 56
7 44
Licensing Commission
3,150 00
3,150 00
3,092 36
57 64
Certification of Notes and Bonds
1,150 00
1,150 00
1,070 00
8000
City Clerk's Department
15,240 00
500 00
392 29
16 132 29
16,107 00
25 29
Registration of City Laborers
485 00
485 00
483 35
1 65
Law Department
5,550 00
5,550 00
5,265 76
284 24
City Messenger's Department
3,770 00
3,770 00
3,756 79
13 21
Engineering Department
20,050 00
2,350 00
40 00
17,740 00
17,044 70
695 30
Commissioner of Public Buildings
14,015 00
300 00
13,715 00
13,030 86
684 14
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
12,510 00
9 78
12,519 78
11,901 02
618 76
City Planning Board
500 00
500 00
Board of Appeal
2,335 00
2,335 00
2,134 49
200 51
Board of Election Commissioners
11,385 00
10 00
11,395 00
11,394 22
78
Pay of Election Officers
4,712 00
4,712 00
4,712 00
Maintenance Polling Places
745 00
500 00
1,245 00
1,243 92
1 08
Total General Government
192,607 00
$3,410 00
$3,260 00
$442 07
$192,899 07
$189,344 37
$3,554 70
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Appropriations Appropriation Appropriation , Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Protection of Persons and Property :-
Police Department
$307,970 00
$900 00
$1 68
$307,071 68
$305,736 08
$1,335 60
Maintenance Police Buildings
6,990 00
21 10
7,011 10
6,953 12
57 98
Fire Department
325,640 00
900 00
444 69
326,984 69
326,983 34
1 35
Maintenance Fire Buildings
11,320 00
11,320 00
10,280 19
1,039 81
Weights and Measures Department
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,993 95
6.05
Electrical Department
31,085 00
879 18
31,964 18
30,755 86
1,208 32
Maintenance Buildings
Electrical Department
2,500 00
200 00
2,300 00
2,272 99
27 01
Suppression of Moths
7,200 00
2,000 00
5,200 00
5,040 22
159 78
Care of Trees
7,000 00
2,000 00
9,000 00
8,991 90
8 10
Total Protection of Persons and Prop- erty
704,705 00
3,100 00
2,900 00
1,346 65
705,851 65
702,077 65
3,844 00
Health and Sanitation :-
Health Department
26,270 00
20 00
26,290 00
26,577 65
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Vital Statistics
1,100 00
1,100 00
1,053 77
46 23
Contagious Hospital
18,245 00
290 00
21 00
17,976 00
17 381 89
594 11
Maintenance Contagious Hospital.
3,780 00
52 15
3,832 15
3,511 72
320 43
Inspection of Animals and Provisions ..
2,940 00
2,940 00
2,914 30
25 70
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
7,500 00
7,500 00
7,350 83
149 17
Inspection of School Children
4,895 00
270 00
5,165 00
5,155 27
9 73
School Nurses' Salaries
3,940 00
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3,940 00
3,655 22
284 78
Sewers Maintenance
29,025 00
2,350 00
556 96
31,931 96
31,907 34
24 62
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
2,760 00
365 00
2,395 00
238 13
2,156 87
Sanitary Department
228,800 00
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228,800 00
226,948 30
1,851 70
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Appropriations
Maintenance Sanitary Buildings
1,170 00 28,000 00
1,300 00
300 00
29,600 00
29,356 22
243 78
Total Health and Sanitation
358,425 00
655 000
3,940 00
930 11
362,640 11
357,099 40
5,828 36
*Health Department-Overdrawn
287 65
Highways :-
5,540 71
Highway Maintenance
109,800 00
11,300 00
44,998 36
143,498 36
142,069 25
1,429 11
Sidewalks Maintenance
20,800 00
1,110 00
21,910 00
21,848 68
61 32
Street Sprinkling
33,000 00
510 00
1,000 00
33,490 00
33,088 38
401 62
Street Lighting
83,15500
83,155 00
83,117 30
37 70
Maintenance Highway Buildings
1,760 00
450 00
2,210 00
2,208 76
1 24
Total Highways
248,515 00
11,810 00
1,560 00
45,998 36
284,263 36
282,332 37
1,930 99
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits :-
Welfare, Miscellaneous
172,850 00
4,100 00
631 00
177,581 00
177,499 26
81 74
Welfare, City Home
14,950 00
18 50
14,968 50
14,382 34
586 16
Maintenance, City Home Buildings
12,075 00
5,000 00
45 99
7,120 99
6,612 32
508 67
tration
1,660 00
1,660 00
1,658 42
1 58
Military Aid
5,000 00
600 00
125 00
5,725 00
5,661 50
63 50
State Aid
4,000 00
530 00
16 00
3,486 00
3,484 00
2 00
Soldiers' Relief
62,000 00
530 00
1,831 75
64,361 75
64,065 31
296 44
Soldiers' Burials
400 00
400 00
111 50
288 50
Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits ..
272,935 00
5,530 00
5,230 00
2,668 24
275,303 24
273,474 65
1,828 59
Education :-
School Contingent
81,000 00
160 00
35 76
80,875 76
79,758 61
1,117 15
Outside Tuition
10,500 00
160 00
10,660 00
10,659 48
52
School Teachers' Salaries
1,033,200 00
16,100 00
10 00
1,017,110 00 1,015,972 46
1,137 54
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CITY AUDITOR
$1,170 00
$1,048 76
$121 24
Street Cleaning
Soldiers' Benefits-General Adminis-
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Janitors' Services
85,000 00
4,100 00
89,100 00
89,035 39
64 61
Fuel and Light
53,125 00
5,800 00
2 20
47,327 20
45,753 84
1,573 36
Buildings and Grounds
72,020 00
5,500 00
487 43
78,007 43
77,971 79
35 64
Total Education
1,334,845 00
22,060 00
9,760 00
535 39
1,323,080 39
1,319,151 57
3,928 82
Libraries :-
Central Library
$43,850 00
$500 00
$11 37
$44,361 37
$44,339 85
$21 52
Maintenance Central Library
8,020 00
400 00
7,620 00
7,427 04
192 96
West Somerville Branch Library
11,700 00
17 02
11,717 02
11,713 25
3 77
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library
3,900 00
100 00
3,800 00
3,466 98
333 02
East Somerville Branch Library
8,600 00
58
8,600 58
8,596 05
4 53
Maintenance East Somerville Branch Library
2,230 00
50 00
2,180 00
2,058 92
121 08
Union Square Branch Library
9,960 00
52 41
10,012 41
10,005 15
7 26
Maintenance
Union
Square
Branch
Library
2,530 00
450 00
2,980 00
2,975 85
4 15
Total Libraries
90,790 00
550 00
950 00
81 38
91,271 38
90,583 09
688 29
Recreation and Unclassified :-
Parks Maintenance
16,300 00
2,100 00
18,400 00
18,313 03
86 97
Maintenance Park Buildings
2,360 00
400 00
9 24
2,769 24
2,766 89
2 35
Playgrounds Maintenance
14,700 00
35 00
67 24
14,732 24
14,169 88
562 36
Recreation Commission
13,000 00
35 00
8 06
13,043 06
13,041 46
1 60
Maintenance Bathhouse
2,770 00
100 00
15 00
2,685 00
2,682 41
2 59
Celebrations
3,500 00
1,000 00
4,500 00
3,880 62
619 33
Tercentenary Celebration
2,000 00
2,000 00
Memorial Day
1,000 00
1,000 00
982 24
17 76
Municipal Documents
4,800 00
80 00
4,880 00
4,876 48
3 52
Maintenance Bandstand
400 00
400 00
350 88
49 12
Rifle Practice, Cos. A and B
1,500 00
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1,500 00
1,379 09
120 91
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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Appropriations
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Quarters, Spanish War Veterans
$40 00 1,000 00
300 00
Quarters
for George Dilboy Post,
V. F. W.
720 00
720 00
720 00
Contingent Fund
10,000 00
9,980 00
20 00
20 00
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund ....
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
Workmen's Compensation
6,000 00
25 72
6,025 72
5,728 80
296 92
Pensions
58,000 00
2,000 00
23 74
56,023 74
55,409 72
614 02
Damage to Persons and Property
10,000 00
4,100 00
5,900 00
5,533 42
366 58
Total Recreation and Unclassified.
158,090 00
16,215 00
3,930 00
134 00
145,939 00
141,164 92
2,774 08
Municipal Indebtedness :-
Interest
161,400 00
5,000 00
953 33
157,353 33
156,757 72
595 61
Reduction of Funded Debt
194,394 00
1,606 00
196,000 00
196,000 00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
355,794 00
5,000 00
2,559 33
353,353 33
352,757 72
595 61
Public Service Enterprises :-
Water Maintenance
98,050 00
5,000 00
13,500 00
16,438 23
122,988 23
122,726 51
261 72
Water Works Extension
35,000 00
10,500 00
5,000 00
2,061 89
31,561 89
30,597 50
964 39
Maintenance Water Buildings
1,820 00
1,820 00
1,605 15
214 85
Metropolitan Water Assessment
207,000 00
11,300 00
195,700 00
195,150 98
549 02
Total Public Service Enterprises
341,870 00
26,800 00
18,500 00
18,500 12
352,070 12
350,080 14
1,989 98
Total Appropriations
$4,058,576 00
$95,130 00
$50,030 00
$73,195 65 $4,086,671 65 $4,057,995 88 $26,675 77
Note:
Tercentenary Appropriation $2,000 00 ..
2,000 00
2,000 00
Carried forward to 1930.
$4,056,576 00
..
$40 00 1,300 00
$30 00 1,300 00
$10 00
Quarters for American Legion
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$4,084,671 65
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CITY AUDITOR
Appropriations
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (REVENUE)
Other Accounts:
Income of Trust Funds:
School:
Balance from 1928
Receipts
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to 1930 $ 113 64
S. Newton Cutler
12 34
$ 215 30
$ 227 64
Caroline G. Baker
7 50
15 00
22 50
7 50
Smith-Hughes
4,267 00
4,226 49
8,493 49
5,958 00
2,535 49
Sarah Winslow Fox Fund for Investment
401 38
401 38
401 38
Libraries:
S. Newton Cutler
18
43 04
43 22
41 59
1 63
Martha R. Hunt, Art
96 34
70 26
166 60
74 41
92 19
Martha R. Hunt, Book
48
490 00
490 48
483 30
7 18
Isaac Pitman, Investment
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
Isaac Pitman, Art
353 40
267 06
620 46
497 13
123 33
Isaac Pitman, Poetry
7 61
66 76
74 37
7 25
67 12
Frances A. Wilder
2 74
5 00
7 74
5 13
2 61
Sarah Lorane Graves
1 96
20 00
21 96
11 60
10 36
Thomas J. Buffum
29 27
50 00
79 27
79 27
Eunice M. Gilmore
91 67
91 67
41 63
50 04
Welfare:
Olive C. Cummings
807 47
75 68
883 15
883 15
State Taxes and Assessments
401,306 20
401,306 20
County Tax
186,450 88
186,450 88
Advance Welfare Department, City Home
100 00
100 00
Advance, Soldiers' Benefits
100 00
100 00
Advance, Police Department
300 00
300 00
Advance, School Department
200 00
200 00
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
51 67
51 67
Temporary Loans
700,000 00
3,295,000 00
2,495,000 00
800,000 00
Cash Refunds :
Taxes
3,991 88
3,991 88
Special Assessments
47 34
47 34
Water Rates
132 26
132 26
Miscellaneous
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Total Other Accounts
$3,904,355 94
$3,100,382 43
Revenue Totals
7,989,027 59
7,158,378 31
$803,973 51 830,649 28
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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51 78
51 78
$705,586 29
$11,037 64
$ 114 00 5 00
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1929 (NON-REVENUE)
Balance from 1928
Appropria- tions
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. From Trans. To
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to 1930
Protection of Persons and Property :-
Underground Wires .......
$2,310 04
$2,310 04
$674 81
$1,635 23
Fire Department-Addi- tional Apparatus ......
8,500 00
8,500 00
8,500 00
Health and Sanitation :-
Sewers Construction ....
661 88
17,000 00
3,300 00
357 83
21,319 71
19,841 05
1,478 66
Tannery Brook Drain
Construction
35,000 00
4 88
35,004 88
17,435 60
17,569 28
Highways :-
New Streets
16,466 24
45,000 00
762 83
62,229 07
59,543 26
2,685 81
Permanent Pavement ....
78,860 07
65,000 00
23,000 00
266 63
167,126 70
167,094 05
32 65
Sidewalk Construction ..
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