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NEWTON COLLECTION
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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
CITY
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1891.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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NEWTON COLLECTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS,
MAYOR'S ADDRESS.
REPORT OF FINANCES, VIZ. : CITY TREASURER, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, HENRY A. PIPER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, CITY AUDITOR,
INCLUDING SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS, TRUSTEES OF THE READ FUND, AND STATEMENT OF THE KENRICK FUND.
REPORTS OF CITY CLERK,
SHOWING MEMBERS, COMMITTEES, AND CITY OFFICERS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, FEES, DOGS LICENSED, AND ENROLLED MILITIA. REGISTRARS OF VOTERS,
SHOWING NUMBER OF ASSESSED POLLS, VOTERS REGISTERED AND VOTES CAST. BOARD OF HEALTH, CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY ENGINEER, INCLUDING SEWER CONSTRUCTION, ETC. SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, CITY MARSHAL, NEWTON FREE LIBRARY, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WATER BOARD.
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ADDRESS
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HERMON E. HIBBARD -
MAYOR OF NEWTON,
TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
JANUARY 5, 1891.
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Gentlemen of the City Council :-
We have assembled to enter formally upon the duties which have been assigned to us by our fellow citizens. It is my privilege to communicate to you such information and to recommend such measures as in my judgment the interests of the City of Newton seem to require.
At the commencement of the municipal year I desire to urge upon your attention as forcibly as possible, that your first and most important rule of conduct in your official acts should be, to hold the general welfare of the City at large paramount to any local interest of whatever nature.
SEWERAGE.
It is expected that during the present year you will be able to furnish certain portions of the City with a sewerage system. This subject demands your most careful considera- tion in order to avoid an unwieldy debt and an excessive tax rate.
Several plans to provide for the payment of so large an expenditure which is to affect so vitally the future welfare of the City have been considered, and I hope one has been
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adopted that will give to all parts of the City a fair and equitable portion of the expenditure.
The new Metropolitan Sewer now in process of construc- tion is expected to be ready for use at the elose of the present year. If we move in the matter of sewerage for Newton as we are expected and desired to do, we should be ready in some degree to take advantage of the benefits to be derived from the Metropolitan System as soon as it is completed, and that will be none too soon for the safety and welfare of residents in the more thickly settled portions of the City.
No apology is offered for urging immediate action upon this matter, as it is believed to be a necessity which demands more than the usual passing remark at this time.
I think it is the general sense of our tax payers, that for the present we should confine our extra expenditures to the completion and perfection of a sewerage and drainage sys- tem, and that expenditures for new publie buildings, new parks and play grounds, are not advisable while so great a publie work and expense as our sewerage and drainage sys- tem is in hand.
In the consideration of every measure the question of ways and means will confront us, and your attention is called to the present financial condition of the City.
CITY DEBT.
Net Funded City Debt Jan. 1, 1891, $290,563 29
Net Water Debt Jan. 1, 1891, 1,108,230 35
Total Net Debt, . $1,398,793 64
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The net increase of the City Debt during the
past year has been $51,515 95 Net increase of the Water Debt, 150,640 75
Total net increase of the City Debt for the
year 1890. $202,156 70
The increase in the City debt was for the following purposes : New fire department building at Newton High- lands, $16,500; in aid of the Newton Cottage Hospital for new buildings, $10,000; land for new almshouse, $7,600; sundry drains, $25,000; enlargement of the Claflin school house, $33,500; water department, for new mains, land and reservoir at Waban Hill, and other land for the exten- sion of the filtering basin, $183,000.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriation of $655,372.00 made in November, 1890, for the City's expenses for the ensuing year, at first sight seems to be a very large yearly expenditure, yet when the great area of our City is considered, and its unusual mileage of streets and sidewalks. (which must be kept repaired. lighted, watered and patroled) is taken into consid- eration, also the fact that the City of Newton is composed of many Newtons, each located at no small distance from the others, and all requiring and deserving equal advantages and improvements, you must acknowledge that the attendant circumstances are against you in comparing the cost and expense of maintenance with that of other cities of equal population.
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There is scarcely an item in the list of appropriations that is not increased largely on account of these peculiar conditions.
The citizens of Newton are not satisfied with any method of management that savors of parsimony, and yet they are decidedly critical whenever large expenditures are required, and in order to merit their full confidence, you must give to every matter that may be brought to your notice the fullest investigation, and decide for or against it as you would if it were your own personal business which you desired to manage and direct in such a manner as to create a regular and lasting growth.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The largest single item found in the list of appropri- ations is that for public schools, $129,650.
The expenditure of this sum is left mainly to the discretion of the School Committee, and to them we must look for satisfactory results in the future as in the past.
Among educators, Newton schools are regarded as having attained a high standard of excellence ; and compared with the present system in vogue in other cities of Massa- chusetts, there is no doubt regarding the correctness of their rating.
HIGHWAYS.
The next largest item in the list is the appropriation for highways, $129,000.
Included in this amount is one item of $75,000, for
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general repairs, salary of superintendent and some minor expenses.
To any one unacquainted with the fact that Newton has 118 miles of highways to care for, this amount might seem extravagant ; but the gentlemen who have had the work to supervise and direct in the past, have found it extremely ·lifficult to give a reasonable degree of satisfaction to all, with an equal amount at their disposal.
Two other items may be noticed in the list of appropria- tions, one for lighting streets, $25,500, and one for watering a portion of same : a part of the necessary time, $7,500. These items might properly be called highway expenses, and if added to the amount previously mentioned, would increase the sum to $162,000, making the expense of the highway department nearly one quarter of the whole expense of the City for the year. If such portion of the expense of the city engineer's department was added as might properly be. the sum would about equal one quarter of the entire yearly expense of the City. Caleulating upon this basis the present cost of maintaining our highways, including reconstruction and lighting of same is more than $1,300 per mile per year.
The appropriation for highways for the year 1885 was $89,600, and you will notice that the yearly expenditure for the past five years has been steadily and rapidly increasing, until the present figure of $129,000 has been reached. I think it is time to call a halt in highway expenditures. I shall soon recommend for your consideration an entirely different system from the one now pursued in the general care and improvement of our highways, and which if adopted, will, I believe, not only greatly lessen the expense
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of this department, but also afford better and more satisfac- tory roadways.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation for the police department for the ensuing year is $37,025.
The regular force of this department now consists of one marshal, one captain, one sergeant, one inspector and twenty- eight patrolmen, at a yearly cost of $33,400.
The remainder of the appropriation, $3,625, is for various items of expense connected with the department, including temporary service.
There seems to be an honest difference of opinion among our citizens regarding the efficiency of this depart- ment. Fortunately, no doubt exists regarding the liberality of this appropriation, which should afford the city a high order of service, and you will doubtless be able to remove soon any and all wrong impressions concerning its standing.
In consideration of the fact that Newton continues to protest forcibly against licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors for use as a beverage, the law must be rigidly enforced through this department.
The law recognizes the right of the community to be provided with intoxicating liquors for medicinal, mechanical and chemical purposes, and provides that licenses shall be granted annually to apothecaries, if the applicants are fit persons to receive such licenses and are not otherwise dis- qualified.
This law was enacted for the protection of the commu- nity, and not for the purpose of increasing the number of
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apothecary stores in a no-license city, and there is no reason why a selection should not be made from among the large number of annual applicants for apothecaries' licenses, if the public interests or the cause of temperance require it, and it is your plain duty to determine this question and thereby render valuable aid in keeping our homes free from intemperance with its manifold evils and miseries.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation for the water department, $18,000, is generally conceded to be a fair and resonable amount to expend for the proper development and maintenance of the department.
If any department of the City is more satisfactorily managed or gives to the citizens better service, I have yet to hear it mentioned.
Great progress has been made during the past year in building an extension of the system to be called the high service, and it will be but a few months before the entire City will be supplied with water of excellent quality, and ample protection afforded against loss by fire.
LIGHTING STREETS.
Among the items of appropriation may be noticed the yearly cost of lighting our streets, viz., $25,500. This ex- pense is fixed by contract for a term of years. The cost of street lighting has recently had considerable investigation by an able committee and should be closely studied in the future.
You are doubtless aware of the fact that many compara-
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tively small corporations using not more than one-tenth of the light required for our City, find it to their advantage finan- cially to own and control their lighting plant. Would it not prove to be of the same advantage to the City of Newton to own and control a suitable plant for lighting the streets and City buildings? This reasoning should hold good as long as the City is able to manage any of its publie works successfully, and in this connection I desire to recommend keeping all franchises within the direct control of the City, and so arranging details as to enable the City to realize a consideration for all privileges granted.
NEWTON FREE LIBRARY.
The appropriation of $11,280 for the maintenance of the Newton Free Library may be liberal, but its value as an educational institution is not often over estimated, and it deserves a generous support in order that its excellent influ- ence may be increased.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire department maintains from year to year its usual high standard of efficiency. We should not lose sight of the fact that its facilities for protection should keep pace with the growth of the City and the increased demands liable to be made upon it at any moment.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation of $13,500 for the care and support of the poor of our City, both in and out of the almshouse, will no doubt be expended as wisely in the future as in the past.
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The gentlemen in charge of this department are render- ing valuable service to the City. To give to our worthy poor just that aid and encouragement which is for their best good. requires great tact, wise judgment and a kind heart, and the present overseers have proved fully equal to their task.
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.
The remaining items found in the schedule of appropri- ations for the current year are composed largely of amounts varying but little from year to year, such as appropriations for sinking funds, interest on City bonds, temporary loans, miscellaneous expenses, salaries of officials, etc., all of which are a necessary part of the yearly expenditure for the general work of the various departments.
I trust you will not be asked to increase any of the appropriations already made, but will use your utmost endeavors to show an unexpended balance of each at the close of your term of service.
GRADE CROSSINGS.
You should carefully consider the opportunity now offered to rid our City of the numerous grade crossings which endanger the lives of so many citizens daily, and also directly injure many valuable properties.
The present seems an especially desirable time for action, as existing conditions will enable the City to have this work accomplished at a cost not exceeding 15 per cent. of the entire expense. It is for you to decide whether the present conditions warrant action in the matter.
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VOLUNTEER MILITIA.
The reputation of our military company the Claflin Guard has been fully maintained by its officers and members during the past year.
Our citizens may justly feel proud of its record as an efficient military organization, worthy of the support given to it.
CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.
The work of the city engineer's department is con- stantly and rapidly increasing, and better facilities are needed and should be provided.
In the construction and improvement of streets as well as in all other public works which are maintained by the City, every facility for careful and exact methods should be afforded.
The work connected with the sewerage system will add largely to the labors of this department and demands an increased force of competent men.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
The question of health is one that most intimately concerns the welfare of the residents of our City, and demands continual and careful attention.
Although no official report of the proceedings of the board has been printed since that of 1888, yet the officers have given careful attention to their duties, which are at all times onerous and responsible.
The board should be encouraged in the faithful dis-
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charge of its duties by the hearty co-operation of all our citizens.
CITY REPORTS.
I would suggest issuing promptly at the close of the municipal year, in the same volume with the Auditor's annual report, reports of the water board, board of health, and committees on highways, schools and sewerage.
CONCLUSION.
Gentlemen : Let us strive to meet the expectations of our fellow citizens by working harmoniously to promote the best interests of the City of Newton.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWTON,
MASSACHUSETTS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
NO. CCXIII.
REPORTS OF CITY TREASURER, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, AND STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF HENRY A. PIPER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT; CITY AUDITOR, ASSESSORS, CITY CLERK.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS.
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CONTENTS.
Page.
CITY TERASURER'S REPORT
11
LEDGER BALANCES .
16
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
19
AUDITOR'S REPORT
31
DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS .
32
LIABILITIES
33
ASSETS
35
RECAPITULATION
38
TABLE SHOWING PERMANENT DEBT
42
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND
43
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF READ FUND
47
STATEMENT OF THE KENRICK FUND
47
RECEIPTS .
48
EXPENSES .
50
DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES
53
RECEIPTS.
Almshouse
53
Armory
53
Assessors' Department
53
Board of Health
53
Books, Stationery and Printing
53
Burial of Deceased Soldiers
54
Betterments - Newtonville Drain
54
City Hall
54
Collector's fees
54
Corporation Tax
54
Curbing
55
Dog Tax
55
Druggists' License Fees
55
Drains and Culverts
55
Evening Schools
55
Fire Department
55
Funded Debt - Water Bonds
56
Funded Debt - Sewer Bonds
57
Funded Debt - Drainage Loan .
57
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Funded Debt - Waban School Loan .
58
Highways - General Repairs
58
Interest on City Loans
59
Interest on Deposits
59
Interest on Taxes
59
Interest on Water Bonds
Interest on Sewer Bonds
60
Interest on Curbing Assessments
60
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
61
Kenrick Fund Income
61
National Bank Tax
61
National Bank Tax - Non-resident
61
Newton Free Library, Catalogue Account
62
Parks and Squares
62
Police Department
62
Poor out of Almshouse
62
Public Property .
64
Premium on Sewer Bonds
64
Records and Other Fees
64
Read Fund Income
65
School Incidentals
. 65 65
Ships Engaged in Foreign Trade
65
State Aid
65
Taxes of 1886
65
Taxes of 1887
66
Taxes of 1888
. 66
Taxes of 1889
66
Taxes of 1890
66
Taxes of 1891
66
Tuition for Non-resident Pupils .
67
Temporary Loans
67
Water Meters, Rents .
68
Water Meters and Service Pipe
68
Water Rates
68
Watering Streets
68
Peddlers' Licenses
69
EXPENSES.
Almshouse
69
Armory
71
Assessors' Department
72
Bath House
75
Books, Stationery and Printing
75
Board of Health
77
Suspense Account
.
Interest on Board of Health Assessments
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Drainage of Mague Meadow
79
Burial Grounds
81
Burial of Deceased Soldiers
81
City Engineer's Department
81
City Hall Expenses
83
Elections and Registration of Voters
85 92
Funded Debt
106 106
Gymnasium Building
Curbing
107
Drains and Culverts
107
Special Drains and Culverts
108
Highways - General Repairs
110
Highways -Gravel Land .
119
Highways - Land Damages
120
Highways -Sidewalks and Street Crossings
121
Highways - Widening, Reconstruction and Improvement
121
Interest on City Loans - Permanent
122
Interest on City Loans -Temporary .
123
Interest on Water Bonds
124
Interest on Sewer Bonds
124
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
124
Memorial Day
125
Miscellaneous Expenses
125
Newton Free Library .
129
Newton Cottage Hospital
132
Newton Highlands Engine House (special)
132
Parks and Squares
132
Police Department
134
Police Patrol Stable - special appropriation
139
Poor out of Almshouse
140
Public Property .
144
Premium on Tax Sale
151
Read Fund Income
151
Removal of ashes
151
Salaries
152
Evening Schools .
152
Schools
154
School Incidentals
163
Sewerage
167
Sinking Fund -City Debt .
178
Sinking Fund - School Loan
178
Sinking Fund - Water Bonds
178
Soldiers' Relief
178
State Aid
178
Fire Department
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Street Light Department
179
Taxes, 1891 - County
180
Taxes, 1891 - National Bank
180
Taxes, 1891 - State
180
Temporary Loans
180
Waban School House
181
Water Construction
182
Water Maintenance
189
Water Meters and Service Pipe
192
Water Rebate
194
Watering Streets
194
Watering Troughs and Drinking Posts .
195
Water, Use of Hydrants 196
TABLE OF APPROPRIATIONS, TRANSFERS, MAYOR'S WARRANTS, ETC. 198-199
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL 201
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT PAID FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMS- HOUSE, FROM 1851 TO 1891 INCLUSIVE 209
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS 209
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Taxable Valuation of Real and Personal Estate 217
Appropriations . 217
Table of Aggregates of Property, Polls, Taxes, etc. 218
Property, Polls, etc., by Wards .
219
Property exempt from Taxation
219
Table showing number of Polls, Real and Personal Estate of the City,
Amount of Tax, Rate, Appropriations, etc., for 31 years 220
CITY CLERK'S REPORT.
Officers of the City Government 223
Statement of Marriages 233
Statement of Births 234
Statement of Deaths 236
Office Fees 238
Dogs Licensed .
239
Enrolled Militia
239
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
241
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIAL GROUNDS
243
CITY OF NEWTON, December 31, 1891.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with Section 11, Ordi- nance 4, I have the honor to lay before you the statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Treasury Department for the year ending December 31, 1891.
Very respectfully yours, JOHN A. KENRICK,
Treasurer and Collector.
CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
CITY OF NEWTON in account with JOHN A. KENRICK, Treasurer and Collector.
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891. DR.
Almshouse expenses and repairs
$3,497 46
Almshouse building
300 00
Armory
932 67
Assessors
9,977 10
Bath house .
173 70
Board of Health
6,408 76
Board of Health, Mague Drain
13,395 18
Books, stationery and printing
3,869 45
Burial grounds
356 38
Burial of deceased soldiers
70 00
City Engineer's Department .
9,668 84
City Hall
2,814 22
Claflin school
500 00
County tax
27,421 81
Curbing
2,146 54
Drains and Culverts
23,150 59
Elections and registration of voters
3,502 59
Evening schools
850 51
Amount carried forward,
$109,035 80
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Amount brought forward,
$109,035 80
Fire department .
40,750 47
Funded debt, 4 per cent. note 5,150 00
Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note . 4,500 00
Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note, Free Library 4,600 00
Gravel land .
1,057 35
Gymnasium building
10,500 00
Highways general repairs
59,208 19
Highways widening
22,614 50
Highways crushed stone
3,388 53
Interest on city loans, permanent
15,011 00
Interest on city loans, temporary
8,063 04
Interest on water bonds
73,500 00
Interest on sewer bonds
2,000 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors
831 00
Kenrick fund
172 50
Land damages
250 00
Memorial Day
500 00
Miscellaneous expenses .
7,687 02
National Bank tax
1,358 71
Newton Cottage Hospital
1,500 00
Newton Free Library
11,792 29
Newton Highlands engine house
5,245 10
Overlay 1889
10 36
Overlay 1890
460 80
Overlay 1891
3,134 27
Parks and squares
2,126 76
Police department
37,594 30
Police patrol stable
6,798 73
Poor out of Almshouse
9,602 54
Premium on tax sale
20 00
Public property
23,763 42
Read Fund income
1,629 42
Amount carried forward,
$473,856 10
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Amount brought forward.
$473,856 10
Removal of ashes .
4,840 20
Salaries
14,890 00
Schools
115,777 95
School incidentals
10,154 05
Sewerage
2,693 15
Sewer construction
188,461 06
Sidewalks
16,189 56
Sinking fund city debt .
29,000 00 .
Sinking fund school loan
4,000 00
Sinking fund water bonds
23,000 00
Soldiers' relief
932 99
State tax
25,545 00
State aid
1,048 50
Street lights .
24,713 58
Temporary loans
414,300 00
Use of hydrants
12,840 00
Waban school house
13,800 83
Water construction
118,189 04
Water maintenance
14,073 19
Water maintenance, meters and service pipe
3,531 34
Water rebate
320 42
Watering streets
11,514 57
Watering troughs and drinking posts
1,334 24
$1,525,005 77
Balance in the Treasury Dec. 31, 1891 . .
68,953 39
$1,593,959 16
CR.
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1891
$41,703 26
Almshouse .
1,181 36
Amount carried forward,
$42,884 62
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Amount brought forward,
$42,884 62
Armory
400 00
Assessors
135 00
Board of Health
1,109 98
Books, stationery and printing
52 53
Burial of deceased soldiers .
87 50
Betterments, Newtonville drain
24 27
City Hall
972 50
Collector's fees
539 32
Corporation tax
74,421 30
Curbing
319 21
Dog tax
2,781 18
Drains and culverts income
126 92
Druggists licenses
21 00
Evening schools
19 00
Fire department income
160 65
Foreign ships
712 27
Funded debt 4 per cent. drainage note 20,000 00
Funded debt 4 per cent. Water bonds
150,000 00
Funded debt 4 per cent. Waban school note
15,000 00
Funded debt 4 per cent. Mague drain 17,000 00
Funded debt 4 per cent. Sewer bonds
175,000 00 .
Gravel land .
25 40
Highways
1,802 21
Indigent soldiers and sailors
403 00
Interest on bank deposits
1,032 78
Interest on city loans
200 00
Interest on taxes .
2,757 41
Interest on water scrip
1,660 59
Interest on sewer bonds
994 44
Interest on curbing assessment
1 08
Interest on Board of Health assessment
25 74
Kenrick Fund income
172 50
Amount carried forward,
$510,842 40
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CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Amount brought forward,
$510,842 40
Meter rates
52,470 43
Meter rents .
3,985 70
Meter and service pipe
5,515 69
National bank tax
14,669 27
Non-resident bank tax
1,377 24
Newton Free Library Catalogue account
7 00
Parks and squares
8 00
Peddlers' licenses .
125 00
Police department
2,693 97
Poor out of Almshouse
1,829 87
Public property
330 50
Premium on sewer bonds
2,891 00
Record and other fees
512 00
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