Town of Newton annual report 1891, Part 1

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
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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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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


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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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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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