Report of the city of Somerville 1942, Part 1

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HAROLD A. PALMER Acting Mayor


ADDRESS by HAROLD A. PALMER


ACTING MAYOR OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS Monday, January 4, 1943


January 4, 1943.


THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN


SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS


Gentlemen :


This night inaugurates a new municipal year, a year in which we will be confronted by problems never before faced by any government of our city.


In the past twelve months some who were chosen with us to represent the people of Somerville have left us to serve in the armed forces of our nation. Before this year has drawn to its conclusion others here may be called to assume a more ac- tive part in the conflict which has engulfed the entire world.


Leader among those who have gone is the man, who for five years, through its most difficult financial period, directed the affairs of our city as its Chief Executive, Mayor John M. Lynch. In leaving he showed not only his great patriotism, but his confidence in us to continue its progressive path to financial stability.


This is no time for the pursuit of personal ambition. These are days when service to the people we represent must be our one endeavor.


The approaching weeks will bring to us all the necessity for greater sacrifices. The home front will not escape the hard- ships that beset the road to freedom.


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Here, as I see it, is one of our most serious problems: To do all in our power to prevent the necessary sacrifices, the necessary hardships from falling unequally and too harshly upon any group of our fellow citizens.


For this reason I shall submit in the annual budget, which will be presented to this Honorable Board within a few weeks, a recommendation that an increase of ten percent be granted to all city employees, no employee however to receive more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars. This will represent an added municipal expenditure of approximately Three Hundred Thou- sand Dollars.


This increase will not equal the increased cost of living, nor does it equal pay increases granted in the past two years by private employees. The financial condition of the city, how- ever, prevents any larger salary increase at this time.


Costs of materials necessary to the conduct of the business of a municipality have increased tremendously and are still rising. Sources of revenue hitherto depended upon to carry a large part of the tax burden have dried up or disappeared al- together. It is, therefore, impossible to prepare a clear cut and detailed program of municipal planning for the coming municipal year.


In order that unequal sacrifices may not be imposed upon the property owners of our city because of these things, I have insisted that Department Heads slash their expenditures to the bone and shall insist that each municipal department keep in- side the appropriation allotted it.


To prevent increased taxes a consolidation of municipal de- partments may be advisable. If further study proves this to be so I shall make the appropriate recommendations to this Hon- orable Board.


Rationings and priorities have made difficult, and in many instances impossible, the accustomed replacement of worn out equipment and necessary repairs. Department employees must improviso. save and seek out substitutes wherever possible. Citizens must realize that usual municipal services may be cur- tailed of necessity because of these conditions.


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Welfare costs, apart from Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children, have dropped to their lowest levels in re- cent years. It must be remembered, however, that there are still many, physically unable to work and mothers of small children who the city must continue to assist.


It is our duty to protect them from the necessity of under-


going unequal sacrifices. Constant studies of living costs must be made by the Board of Public Welfare, and if conditions re- quire, increased allotments must be provided for these remain- ing cases.


I want to emphasize that this applies only to those physi- cally, or otherwise, unable to work.


Somerville's Welfare Department has done an extraordi- narily effective job of placing in private employment a great many who previously depended upon the community for their sustenance.


The success achieved along this line by the employees of this department has saved the taxpayers thousands of dollars. Due to the fact that a large part of welfare expenditures, in prev- ious years, was paid out of revenue from borrowed money - which we are now repaying - the taxpayers will not benefit greatly from this saving during the current municipal year.


Economy, even more than in the past five years must con- tinue to be the watchword. The efficiency of city departments, however, must be maintained.


For nine years W. P. A. and its predecessor C. W. A. and E. R. A. have assisted greatly in the work of the Highway De- partment, the Water Department, the Engineering Department, the Electrical Department and the Building Department of our City. It is fortunate that, through the assistance of these Fed- eral Agencies - about to be .discontinued - many streets of Somerville have been completely rebuilt, new granolithic side- walks have taken the place of gravel and brick, the Fire Alarm system has been placed underground, new sewerage and water systems have been constructed, and many of the schools and public buildings renovated inside and out. Able-bodied men on Welfare during these years, through no fault of their own, earned every cent the city provided them. The Welfare men who worked in the Highway Department, the Sanitary Depart-


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ment and the Park Department actually enabled us to save money. We would have been forced to increase the number of city employees considerably had these men not been avail- able.


We will no longer receive this assistance. The work must, of necessity, be performed by the City employees themselves. Each individual will be called upon to perform much more than his present peace time duties.


I know that, from clerk and laborer to department head, all will be eager to do their share toward victory, that all will follow gladly the magnificent example of the school teachers, the members of the rationing board and the draft boards and the vast army of civilian defense workers, auxiliary police, fire, air wardens and others who, under their superb leadership, have so freely given of their time and energy.


While it is gratifying to know that the need for the Federal Works Projects Administration has passed, its passing has created problems which must be solved quickly. First among these, I believe, is the necessity of organizing a system of day nurseries for the children of women employed in war industries and the immediate extension of the school luncheon system to every Somerville School for the same reason.


Necessity indicates that women must take the place in in- dustry of men serving in the armed forces. They will not, and should not be expected to leave their children uncared for. We must provide for that care.


This will require the employment of many qualified persons. Even though the Federal Government, through the Surplus Commodities Corporation, does continue to provide the food used, it will cost money. I don't know how we can add this cost to our heavy municipal budget without placing too great a burden on our taxpayers. In a few weeks, I hope to have more to say on this subject. If W. P. A. had been continued, the solution would be a simple one.


This - in brief - is a picture of Somerville at war. To- day's most difficult problems may appear simple six months from now compared to problems that may develop at that time.


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What the future holds we do not know, but placing our trust in God, we resolve to perform our duties to the utmost of our abilities. With His help we shall not fail.


HAROLD A. PALMER, Acting Mayor.


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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR


Office of the City Auditor, January 31, 1943


To the Honorable. the Mayor. and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville,


Gentlemen :


In accordance with the requirement of Chapter 7, Section 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1929, I herewith submit a report of the expenditures and receipts during the year 1942, as shown by the records in this office, giving in detail the appropriations, expenditures and the receipts from each source of income. Also a statement of the funded debt and temporary loans, table rela- tive to maturities and interest, a balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year and a state- ment of the treasurer's cash.


Respectfully submitted,


FREDERICK W. HALE,


City Auditor.


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I hereby Certify that I have verified the Treasurer's cash as of December 31, 1942, by actual count, and have verified by reconciliation of the bank accounts the amounts on deposit in the banks as of the same date.


The total cash balance December 31, 1942 was $1,097,589.53 as follows :


Somerville National Bank


$484,716.00


Somerville National Bank, Welfare


18,371.86


First National Bank


50,869.69


Second National Bank


20,000.00


United States Trust Company


50,000.00


Merchants National Bank


78,948.55


Webster and Atlas National Bank


108,533.24


State Street Trust Company


56,789.29


National Shawmut Bank


96,627.28


Somerville Trust Co., Soldiers' Benefits


24,794.39


Somerville Trust Co., School Teachers


107,339.23


Cash and Checks in Office


600.00


$1,097,589.53


I further Certify that I have examined the Trust Fund Se- curities in the hands of the City Treasurer and find them to be correct, as follows :


Charles M. Berry Fund, Contagious Hospital ..


$1,000.00


S. Newton Cutler Fund, School


5,322.22


Caroline G. Baker Fund, School


300.00


Sarah Winslow Fox Fund, School


401.38


J. Frank Wellington Fund, School


2,000.00


S. Newton Cutler Fund, Library


1,067.73


Martha R. Hunt Book Fund, Library


14,105.25


Martha R. Hunt Art Fund, Library


1,299.77


Isaac Pitman Fund, Library


4,825.76


Isaac Pitman Poetry Fund, Library


1,206.44


Francis A. Wilder Children's Fund, Library


100.00


Sarah Lorane Graves Fund, Library


400.00


Buffum Memorial Book Fund, Library


1,000.00


Eunice M. Gilmore Fund, Library


2,000.00


Thomas J. Buffum Fund, Library


2,020.00


J. Frank Wellington Fund, Library


4,000.00


Edward C. Booth Fund, Library


3,000.00


Olive C. Cummings Fund, Welfare


1,751.45


Mary A. Haley Fund, Recreation


3,645.76


$49,445.76


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And the following Invested Funds :


Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund $25,223.81


Retirement System (Cash and Securities) 520,236.49


$545,460.30


FREDERICK W. HALE,


City Auditor


BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1942 Revenue Accounts


Assets


Liabilities


Cash :


In Offices and Banks $1,085,979.89


$1,085,979.89


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes, 1930


3,007.20


Taxes, 1931


11,597.04


Cash Variations


766.91


Taxes, 1932


19,763.04


Tailings


1,112.47


Taxes,


1933


18,996.30


Taxes, 1934


8,385.18


Taxes, 1935


19,745.22


Taxes, 1936


14,078.52


Taxes,. 1937


14,246.43


Loans Unissued


12,000.00


Taxes, 1938


13,802.75


Taxes, 1939


15,400.55


Taxes, 1940


17,138.15


Taxes, 1941


84,475.21


Taxes, 1942


651,393.59


892,029.18


Temporary Loans 1942


1,400,000.00


Due from Deputy Collectors .. Old Age Assistance Tax


9,581.00


Motor


Vehicle


Excise


Tax,


1929


2,205.65


Motor


Vehicle


Excise


Tax,


1930


12,178.79


Motor


Vehicle Excise


Tax


1931


12,523.93


Motor


Vehicle Excise


Tax,


1932


13,379.77


..


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School Deposits


339.00


City Clerk's Deposits


126.25


9,581.00


Water Deposits


225.00


Unexpended Balances:


Income of Trust Funds 3,924.55 150,381.62


Revenue Appropriations ..


Street Sprinking, 1934, J. D. M. $17.68


1,698.02


BALANCE SHEET - Continued


Liabilities


Motor


Vehicle Excise Tax,


Accounts Payable


48,270.04


1933


9,344.89


Pay Roll Deductions for the Purchase of War Bonds ........


5,346.75


1934


6,143.06


Motor


Vehicle


Excise Tax,


7,025.58


Motor 1936


Vehicle Excise Tax,


7,665.99


Motor 1937


Vehicle Excise Tax,


10,058.74


Motor 1938


Vehicle


Excise Tax,


4,888.38


Motor Vehicle


Excise Tax,


Reimbursements Old Age As- sistance


817.77


1939


2,370.47


Motor Vehicle


Excise


Tax,


5,616.00


Motor Vehicle


Excise Tax,


1941


5,307.56


Motor


Vehicle


Excise Tax,


6,516.86


County, Dog Licenses 19.80


Assessments :


Street Sprinkling, 1933


7.20


Sidewalk Assessments-


Added to Taxes 1941 11.25


18.45


Committed Interest: .


Committed Interest Sidewalk 1941 .67


.67


George-Deen Fund ... ..


13,818.89


ANNUAL REPORTS


123,308.42


C. of M. State Taxes and As- sessments 1942 Boston Edison Refund


51,162.21


16,661.16


Smith-Hughes Fund ..


5,699.78


1942


105,225.67


-


C. of M. State Taxes and As- sessments 1941


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Assets


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax,


1935


1940


BALANCE SHEET - Continued


Assets


Liabilities


Departmental Bills Receivable:


Health Department


20,041.15


Contagious Hospital


20,082.73


Inspection Milk and Vinegar


273.00


Sanitary Department


18.88


Highway Department


389.75


Welfare Miscellaneous


119,273.16


Welfare-Aid to Dependent


Indemnification- Fire Losses .... 684.27


Children


919.62


Old Age Assistance


5,712.17


Welfare-City


Home


667.28


School Contingent


12,187.52


State Aid


5,585.00


Water


76,850.41


Special Assessments


.77


Tax Titles


397,681.28


War Allowance


9,412.10


Soldiers' Burials


100.00


Committed Interest


.67


197,894.10 76,850.41


Water Department Accounts


274,744.51 378,273.30


Sale of Land


4,782.38


Tax Possessions


$19,407.98


Overlay, Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:


Overlay 1935


243.18


Levy 1930


1,330.03


Overlay 1936


452.42


Levy 1933


126.32


Overlay 1937


921.09


Levy 1942


71,472.48


Overlay 1938


353.60


Overlay 1939


198.98


Overlay 1940


1,808.25


Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlays


10.00


Loans Authorized


12,000.00


Excess and Deficiency ...


97,205.35


2,788,591.20


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2,788,591.20


Premium on Bonds 1,329.17


Revenue Reserved until Collected :


Departmental 197,894.10


Military Aid


3,216.74


Soldiers' Relief


15.00


Motor Vehicle Excise 105,225.67


777,652.90


Tax Titles


Overlay 1941


5,655.01


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BALANCE SHEET - Continued NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities


Cash in Offices and Banks 11,609.64


Non-Revenue Appropriations ..


10,919.71


Accounts Payable


689.93


11,609.64


11,609.64


NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT


Net Bonded Debt


Assets


4,854,354.52


Lcans within statutory debt limit:


City Hall Addition Loan


7,000.00


Bridge Loan


7,000.00


Schoolhouse Loan


15,000.00


High School Loan


316,000.00


Junior High School Loan


359,000.00


Garage Loan


20,000.00


Chapter 44-Sewer Loan ....


209,000.00


Chapter 44 - Highway Loan


112,000.00


Funding Loan Chapter 315


Acts 1941


158,000.00


ANNUAL REPORTS


1,203,000.00


Loans outside statutory debt limit :


Elementary School Loan ...... Police Station Loan 75,000.00


24,000.00


Tax Title Loan 215,154.52


Municipal Relief Loans 2,674,000.00


P. W. A. Sewer Loan 22,000.00


P. W. A. Water Main Loan .... 14,000.00


Liabilities


NET FUNDED FIXED DEBT-Continued


P. W. A. Highway Loan ...


P. W. A. School Loan Chapter 44 - Water Main


30,000.00 183,000.00


Loan


225,000.00


Emergency Storm Loan


35,000.00


State Tax Funding Loan


60,000.00


Civilian Defense Loan Chap- ter 487, Acts 1941


18,000.00


Emergency Loan


76,200.00


3,651,354.52


4,854,354.52


4,854,354.52


TRUST AND INVESTED FUNDS


Assets


Liabilities


Trust Funds :


Trust Funds :


Cash and Securities


49,445.76


School Funds


8,023.60


Library Funds


35,024.95


Welfare Funds


1.751.45


Recreation Funds


3,645.76


Invested Funds


Municipal Buildings Insur-


ance Fund


25,223.81


Retirement System Funds ....


522,296.64


596,966.21


596,966.21


.


Investment Funds:


Cash and Securities


547,520.45


Contagious Hospital Funds .. 1,000.00


CITY AUDITOR


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CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1942 REVENUE


Receipts


General:


Taxes $4,714,904.21


Due from Deputy Collectors


838.15


C. of M. Income Tax


382,797.06


C. of M. Corporation Tax


147,527.93


C. of M. Metrop. Planning


15.33


C. of M. Meal Tax


3,408.57


Motor Vehicle Excise


148,820.77


Licenses and Permits


99,778.89


Fines and Forfeits


5,242.07


Grants and Gifts


522,039.11


Tax Titles Redeemed


118,097.38


$6,143,469.47


Special Assessments


25.23


Departmental:


General Government


10,144.90


Protection Persons and Property


1,222.33


Health and Sanitation


25,574.77


Highways


89.90


Welfare


200,536.99


Aid Dependent Children


65,286.61


City Home


6,145.77


Old Age Assistance


227,951.67


Soldiers' Benefits


11,607.75


Schools and School Buildings


13,507.58


Libraries


2,837.61


Recreation


663.50


Teachers' Retirement Deductions


54,873.07


Retirement Deductions


30,947.00


Pay Roll Deductions for the Purchase of War Bonds


17,033.25


Unclassified


8,135.53


676,558.23:


Water Department Accounts


472,094.23


Temporary Loans


3,500,000.00


Civilian Defense Loan


20,000.00


Municipal Relief Loan


452,000.00


Chapter 44 Emergency Loan


76,200.00


Tax Title Loans


13,314.00


Premiums on Bonds


1,330.42


Interest on Taxes, etc.


38,221.30


Trust Fund Income


879.83


Deposits


2,899.04


Refunds


10,539.41


4,587,478.23


Total Receipts 1942 to date Cash Balance January 1, 1942


11,407,531.16


652,584.06


$12,060,115.22


STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1942 (REVENUE)


Balance From


Appropria- tons


Appropria- uton Transfers From


Appropria -- tion Transfers Tc


Receipts & Service 'Transfers


Total Credit


Expendi- LUCIE


Unliquid- ated Encumbrances Balalice


General Government:


Board of Aldermen


$9,490.00


$940.60


$10,430.60


$10,422.88 3,998.03


$705.22


1.97


Clerk of Committees


$705.22


4,000.00


Executive Department


17,485.00


$4.45


17,189.45


17,453.65


35.80


Auditing Department


13,501,49


50.00


13,551.49


13,548.61


46,035.46


535.69


97.74


Treasury Department


45,245.00


400.00


1,600.44 10.00


28.722.58


28,074.30


48.28


Pediers License Commission


15.00


Licensing Commission


2.640.00


Certification of Notes and Bonds


2,500.00


35.05


2,535,05


2,535.05


16,683.24


10.66


City Clerk's Department Law Department


6,595.00


500.00


16,693.90 7,095.00


6,927,92


167.08


Land Court Proceedings on Tax Titles and Recording Fees


1,500.00


300.00


1,200.00


1,174.43


25.57


City Messenger


5,925.83


500.00


S.01


14,511.01


14,050.16


205.50


255.35


Commissioner Public Bidgs.


13,368.17


$0.00


13,308.17


13,308.17


205.00


95.00


City Planning Board


300.00


2,330.00


2,330.00


2,237.90


Board of Electlon Commrs,


16,968.00


500.00


6,258.00


6,247.00


11.00


Total General Government


$707.79


$209,278.00


$3,286.15


$2,525.65


$1,622.90


$210,848.19


$208,137.50


$1,446.41


$1,264.39


Protection Persons and Property:


Police Department


$742.80


$338,859.89 382,344.45


$3.233.00 10,825.33


788.93


$335,626.89 373,050.85


$333,981.01 369.493.38


3.50


3,553.97


Weights and Measures


7,525.00


Electrical Department


50,143.70


650.00


1,190.67


7,525.00 51,984.37


51.913.03


71.34


Suppression Moths and Care of Trees


8,150.00


Civilian Defense


20,000.00


200.00


Rifle Practice


112.56


350.00


50.00


7.50


420.06


98.88


100.00


221.18


Total Protection Persons and Property


$855.36


$807,573.04


$14,308.33


$650.00


$1,987.10


$796,757.17 $787,602.46


$114.30


$9,040.41


Health and Sanitation:


Health Department


$6.79


$63,853.16


$1,000.00


$9,000.00 109.00 700.00


6.86


1,368.00 17,328.82


16,673.28


500.00


155.54


Contagious Hospital


63.53


16,558.43


Inspection Animais and Pro- visions


6.200.00


6,200.00


6,199.76


.24


Inspection Milk and Vinegar


Division Dental Hygiene ....


14,520.00


200.00


16.66


7,466,66


7,416.47


Sewers Maintenance


18,651.07


2,650.00


54.07


16,055.14


15,533.79


521.28


.07


Sanitary Department


20.83


210,650.24


1,046.64


16.800.00


505.38


226,929.81


226,852.32


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Street Cleaning


$91.15


$369,529.81


$4,896.64


$26,609.00


$582.97


$391,916.29


$389,011.26


$1,989.96


$915.07


Total Health and Sanitation .. Highways:


Highway and Sidewalk


Maintenance


$149.683.$1


$1,400.00


$139.052.39


$139,041.47 4,864.11


$10.92


Snow Removal


517.03


5,000.00


$12.031,42 650.00 300.00


$1,995.64


$235.331.20


$235.203.9G


$127.24


Welfare:


Welfare - Miscellaneous ..


$6,544.47


$351,687.83 142,370.58


$1,930.53 3,000.00


1,205.53


$3,348.32 113.52


$369,650.09 142,152.33


$349,640.74 123,685.08


$5,547.72 1,062.70


$4,461.63 17,404.55


Federal Grant, Ald Dependent Children, Adm.


279.4$


1,873.64


2,153.12


2,097.33


55.89


Federal Grant, Ald Dependent


Children, Assistance .*******


Federal Grant, Old Age As- sistance Adm.


8,631.36


8,691.36


8.691.36


Federal Grant, Old Age As- sistance Acct.


$7.12


305.393,53


3,000.00


2,226.42


310,707.07


308,985.33


500.00


1,271.74


City Home


16,794.49


725.00


95.00


17,614.49


17,523.97


90.52


W. P. A. Projects


1,773.50


345,000.00


$4,930.53


$4,930.53


$325,551.40 $1.496.045.10 $1,399,003.54


Soldiers' Benefits:


Soldiers' Benefits, General Administration


$668.96 3.000.00 200.00


$10,005.99


$952.00


6,152.00


1,301.19


$17,62G.85 49,284.13


40.111.77


8.172.36


Aliitary Aid


8,559.50


205.00


8,964.50


6,686.60


2,278.00


State Ald


6.887.00


45.00


6,939.00


5,625.00


1.307.00


Soldiers' Burials


100.00


200.00 5.000.00


580.50


10,580.50


9,392.00


387.90


Total Soldiers' Benefits


$3.868.96


$87,087.33


$6,152.00


$6,152.00


$2,131.69


$93,68.98


$79,'42.8'


$2,068.90


$12,156.13


Education:


School Contingent


$18,62


$50.494.23


Outside Tuition


6,000,00


32.927.52


2,900.00


23.00


110,673.05


110,487.94


11,375.04


17,922.67


Buildings and Grounds


424.73 194.21


59,412.00


692.96


717.23


59,630.48


69,575.75


49.20


5.53


Total Education


$637.56 $1,007,051.01


$34.070.48


$2,900,00


$740.23 $1,577,258.32 $1,542,545.01


$11,424.24


$23,289.67


Public Libraries:


Central and Branch Libraries


$1.02


$71,820.41


$100.00


$71,721,43


$71.005.90


$715.53


Total Pubile Librarles


$1.02


$71,820.41


$100.00


$71,721.43


$71.005.90


$715.53


Recreation:


Parks and Playgrounds


$30,137.51


$246.64


$1,200.00


$31,090.87 21,470.50


$30,280.70 21.468.65


1.80


9.50


Total Recreation


$51,823.01


$246.64


$1,785.00


$53,361.37


$52,539.85


$1.80


$819.72


Unclassified :


Maintenance Munic Bidgs.


₣118.68 8.4


$93.608.37


$1,200.00


$1,692.00


$1,150.88


$95.369.93


$81,130.43


$3,205.86


$11,033.64


Bldg. Dept. - Demolition ..


1,600,00


60.00


1,560.00


1,439.29


60.00


60.71


Municipal Documents


3,350,00


317.33


3,667.33


3,667.33


Quarters for American Le- glon ..


55.00


55.00


45.00


10.00


Quarters for Dliboy Post V. F. W.


185.00


195.00


180.00


15.00


Damage Persons and Prop- erty


3.98


14,775.00


4.48


Teller's Overs and Shorts ..


$131.11


$113,483.37


$1,200.00


$2.468.83


$1,210.88


$116,091.19


$101,703.90


$3.265.8G


$11,124.43


Compensations and Penslors:


$248.95


$8,000.00


$2,700.00 18,102.78


$24.62


$10,973.47


$10,813.17


$160.30


47tt.68


Annuities


13,600.00


49,379.47


....... +++ ...


Retirement System - Ex- pense Fund


2,749.33


2,744.63


4.70


Total Compensations and Pen- sions


$358.77


$170,128.80


$20,802.78


$24.52


$191,314.87


$190.679.19


$160.30


$475.38


Municipal Indebtedness:


Interest


$122,240.00


$400.00


$400.00


$253.95


$122.483.95


$123.423.34


$60.61


Reduction Funded Debt


780,600.18


3,399.84


784.000.00


784,000.00


Total Municipal Indebtedness


3902,840.16


$400.00


$3,799.84


$243.95


$905,483.95


$906.423.34


$60.61


Public Service Enterprises: Water Maintenance and Ex- tenslon


$2,706.00


$79,314.06


$2,801.33


$2.574,22


Total Public Service Enter- prises


$2,706.00 $79,314.06


$2.574.22


Total Appropriations


$19,796.41 $5,877,499.99


$82.672.19


$74.620.27


$92,020.06 $76.644.52 $334.095,64 $5,223.140.12 $6,039,963.32


$2,801.32 $31.453.42


$152,023.38


3.74


Vital Statistles


1,259.00


5,062.91


5,062.91


5,059.59


3.32


14,520.00


14,401.39


11S.61


Inspection School Children


65,40


88,825.00


88,590.40


&8,484.00


106.40


Traffic Light Maintenance ..


8.99


2,215.75


596.6-


2,821.38


2,814.38


7.00


Total Highways


$591.42


$245,724.56


$12,981.42


670.75


347,444.25


283,398.47


1,069,86


62,975.93


Total Welfare


$9.847.27 $1,161,246.43


$8,180.37


$89.401.39


$10.87


Soldiers' Relief


School Teachers' Salarles.


1,219,792.2] 1,218,007.15


1,785.06


Janitors' Saleries


107,750.05


Fuel and Light


100,075,00


450.00


285.00 300.00


$00.00


790.50


$810.17


Recreation Commission


21,185.60


Celebrations and Conventions


500.00


18.00


26.45


25.85


.60


Workmen's Compensation .. Pensions


109.82


96.400.00


114,012.60


114,141.92


13,$00.00


Pension Accumulation Fund


13.600.00 49,379.47


49.379.47


2.749.33


441.50


14.778.98 441.50


14,774.50 441.50


2.7


............


25,125.00


25,122.24


209.50


16,468.00


16,258.50


Pay of Election Officers ......


7,358.00


1,100.00


600.00


Assessors Department


2.57


25,110,01


16.00


15.00


2,640.00


2,436.37


203.63


16,943.50


249.60


5,925.83


5,925.83


City Engineer


Fire Department


7,515.44


8,147.80


2,20


20,000.00


16.452.92


10.80


3,536.28


Mass. State Guard, Expenses


$71,859.95


$70,378.16 1,364.26


$968.68


$513.11


Aid to Dependent Children


1,162.70


3,201.03


17,717.58


47,717.58


44,516.55


260,514.81


260,514.81


260,514.81


§16,947.02


$668.96 1,000.00


$1,606.65


$$0,512.85 6,000.00


$78,906.20 4,215.96


1,784.05


1,252,719.73


185.11


100.649.73


71,352.02


200.00 200.00


War Allowance


5,000.00


300.00


100.00


2.4


4,867.03


Street Lighting


7,650.00


50.19


67.49


25,125.00


94.10


Board of Appeal


15,003.00


$576.55


40,608.89




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