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But little care or system has thus far been received in transplant- ing trees, either in respect to the kind of tree best adapted to the location or to the manner of putting out, although there are a few notable exceptions.
The requests for the removal of shade trees from the highways and streets are too frequent and based upon too trifling causes, and should not be granted hastily ; a careful pruning by one with a practiced eye for such work would in most cases give all the relief needed. The mutilation some of our finest shade trees have been subjected to without authority, should no longer be allowed, and if the cause of health and injury to property is to be guarded let it be done decently and in order. Your committee believe the time has come when more attention shall be given to care for what we possess shade trees than to be putting out new ones with little or no dis- crimination.
Little need be said of the improvements made from the income of the fund on sidewalks. Every dollar expended in this direction is a permanent improvement.
JACOB T. ROWE, Chairman.
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REPORT ON BROWN FUND.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BROWN FUND.
To the Honorable Mayor and the City Council of Newburyport: GENTLEMEN :- The joint standing committee on Brown fund would respectfully submit the following report :
From the fund bequeathed to the City of Newburyport by the late Moses Brown, Esq., of fifteen thousand dollars, the income from which is to be applied to the support of a grammar school, is invested in a prommissory note of the City of Newburyport, dated April 18, 1879, bearing interest at the rate of four and one-half per cent. per annum. Said note is in the custody of the city clerk.
The income on the above named note has been paid and credited to the school department and applied by the school committee in accordance with the will of the donor.
CHARLES H. DE ROCHEMONT, Chairman. Newburyport, December 31, 1883.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ATKIN- SON SCHOOL FUND.
GENTLEMEN :- The standing committee of the Board of Alder- men on the Atkinson school fund to whom was referred the annual statement of the treasurer of the board of trustees of said fund by the Board of Aldermen, would respectfully report the fund invested as follows :
'20 shares Merchants National Bank at par $400.00
7 6. Ocean 66
66 350.00
Deposit in Savings Bank 1318.03
10 acres of salt marsh in town of Salisbury
3 cow rights in common pasture
It further appears from the annual statement, that a school was maintained in ward six for fifty evenings under the charge of two competent teachers, Misses S. B. Chute and A. A. Somerby, at an expense, including janitor's services and incidentals, of $114.71,
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REPORT ON PUTNAM FUND.
being paid from the income and a small reduction from the savings bank deposit of $4.23, increasing the deposit in the savings bank by the difference between the amount withdrawn and the dividends passed to the credit of the deposit.
THOMAS H. BOARDMAN, CHARLES H. GOODWIN, Committee. J. OTIS WINKLEY,
Newburyport, Dec. 31, 1883.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUTNAM FUND.
GENTLEMEN :- The standing committee of the Board of Alder- men, on Putnam Free School fund, to whom was referred the trea- surer's schedule of the fund held by the board of trustees May 1, 1883, by the Board of Aldermen, would respectfully report the fol- lowing statement :
Invested in notes secured by mortgage, ten in number, in sums vary- ing from $175 to $2,200. .$9,150.00
bank stock.
7,661.00
railroad stock 2,090.00
gas company. 950.00
bonds at 6 and 7 per cent .. 18,500.00
deposit Institution for Savings 8,648.00
Five Cents Savings bank. 3,000.00
$50,000.00
To the above may be added the value of the grounds occupied for the school buildings, the buildings thereon, school furniture, apparatus, etc.
A comparison of the schedules filed for a number of years shows a gradual improvement in the condition of the fund, while the school has been well maintained during the same period.
Further information of the success of the school and the stand- ing it occupies in the community can be obtained by reports of school committee.
THOMAS H. BOARDMAN, CHARLES H. GOODWIN, Committee. J. OTIS WINKLEY,
Newburyport, Dec. 31, 1883.
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REPORT ON LIGHTING STREETS.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LIGHT- ING STREETS.
GENTLEMEN :- The joint standing committee on lighting streets and public buildings would respectfully submit the following state- ment with reference to the department under their charge for the past municipal year :
Appropriation for lighting ...
$6,500.00
Overdrawn from incidentals to balance.
419.01
$6,919 01
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Newburyport Gas Co. for street lighting $5,039.36 . 6
lighting public buildings 1,780.00
Expense new street lanterns
66 00
iron frames. 17.25
Care lanterns front City Hall.
10.00
Incidentals
6.40
$6,919.01
Total expense on street lights.
$5,139.01
66
public buildings. 1,780.00
$6,919.01
The following tabular statement will show the amount of gas consumed in each of the public buildings for which the city is chargeable :
No. 1 steamer house.
70,100 feet.
$175.25
2
66
24,700 66 61.75
3
(three months) 6,600
16.50
8 engine 66
10,800 66 27.00
30,700 66
76.75
City Hall building
276,000 66 690.00
Market hall and Police Station
135,300
338.25
Public Library and Reading Room
93,600
66
234.00
Washington hall (armory)
40,000
100.00
Essex hall (armory).
22,409 ..
56.00
Regimental headquarters
1,400
3.50
Mall school house
400
1.00
$1,780.00
·
Hose and Hook & Ladder house
The number of street lanterns now established is 319; of these 146 are gas and 173 for naptha. Seven street lanterns have been added during the past year, 6 naptha and 1 gas. Five have been changed from naptha burners to gas burners. Those added during the year are located as follows : vicinity of the Mall 2, and one
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REPORT ON LIGHTING STREETS.
each on the following streets : Bromfield, Woodland, Independent, Low and Winkleyville ; the two last named in the suburban district are cared for without cost to the city.
It would seem from such a number of street lanterns our city should be fairly well lighted, a luxury our ancestors never dreamed of which has grown up in a single generation.
The expense of this department, of which the street lighting is the most important, has gradually increased to such an extent, that any larger sum for the purpose might be deemed burdensome ; yet still the call is for more light on the streets. Undoubtedly there are a few locations that may be termed dark but they are not dan- gerous and if it were possible to rearrange some of the lanterns, where shade trees would not obstruct, a manifest advantage would be attained in the light afforded by the lanterns now established.
The custom of regulating the lighting period by the moon, calling one light and the other the dark period, would be a very good rule to adhere to if there were no cloudy nights. Your committee would suggest that a little common sense be used when the moon is young or tardy of rising and the nights cloudy, lengthening or shortening the so-called period as the case may require, always knowing a clear night with no moon is better than a cloudy one with the moon, and in the course of the year the periods would get balanced.
The most serious complaints, however, come from those of our citizens who are out late nights (and the number of this class is alarmingly on the increase) that the street lights are extinguished too early, rendering these way-farers liable to personal injury by contact with trees, fences and the like. Your committee would sug- gest that the street lights be kept burning longer into the night, which arrangement could probably be made without great addition- al expense, particularly in the thickly settled portions of the city.
JACOB T. ROWE, Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 15, 1883.
INCLUDING
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, CITY AUDITOR, CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. ALSO, A STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT, AND A SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, December 26, 1883.
To the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN :- The joint standing committee on finance respect- fully submit the accompanying statement and reports of the city treasurer and city auditor, for the financial year ending Dec. 15, A. D. 1883.
The books and accounts of the city treasurer have been ex- amined under the direction of this committee by the city auditor, and found to be correct and properly vouched.
WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, Chairman. H. B. LITTLE,
STEPHEN PEABODY,
Finance ORRIN J. GURNEY, Committee.
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REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
To the Committee on Finance:
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with my duty I present to your hon- orable board, my report for the financial year ending Dec. 15, 1883.
I have examined the accounts as presented monthly, and placed upon the books kept by the city clerk, as also the books of the city treasurer, monthly, including the expenses of the different depart- ments of the city, the amount paid for state and military aid, and monthly pay rolls. I found the books of the city clerk correct, the accounts in the treasurer's books, properly stated and vouched, and the pay rolls for the year paid, as presented to him by the committee on accounts, having the proper receipts, as also for state and military aid as is shown upon the city books.
EXPENSES OF THE CITY.
Amount received by the treasurer $183,783 26
paid 66 177,988 23
Balance 5,795 03
Abatement of tax 1881. $366 86 Cr. balance abatement of tax for 1883 .. 1,529 84-1,896 70-3,898 33
CITY DEBT.
City Debt, Dec. 16, 1882 was $365,951 42
15, 1883 is ' 360,556 53
Balance decreased 5,394 89
Cr. investments on sinking fund for 1883 in acc't 1,496 56-3,898 33 Which balance of $3,898.33 is carried to sinking fund in account Decem- ber 15, 1883.
CASH ACCOUNT.
Amount in treasurer's hands Dec. 16, 1882, to new acc't was $3,703 44 Amount received from all sources from that date to Dec. 15, 1883, including bills payable, $70,799.20, and new is- sue of city bonds, $40,000.00 315,892 51
Total .319,595 95 Amount paid for all purposes including $70,400.00 notes pay-
able, $49,000.00 city bonds, and $27,888.97 interest. . 315,918 78 Leaving cash balance 3,677 17
in the hands of the treasurer, which I found correct by personal count and proper returns from the banks where deposits are made on city account.
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REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
TAXES.
Taxes uncollected Dec. 16, 1882, for 1880 was.
15 04
66 66 1881 was. 7,332 58
66
1882 was. 31,925 75
Total. $39,273 37
Of above amount there has been paid for the
year 1880
15 04
For 1881, collected $4,948.20, abated $317.08, new account $2,057.30 7,332 58
For 1882, collected $22,210.65, abated $513.66, new account 89,201.44 .. .31,925 75-39,273 37
Taxes assessed for 1883. 129,900 00
Overlay .
1,133 36
Re-assessed .
161 02
County tax
9,4427 86
State 66
7,080 00-147,717 24
Amount collected. 105,906 32
Reduced by assessors
11,452 77
A bated.
742 54
Balance due.
29,593 61-147,717 24
Total taxes due the city Dec. 15, 1883:
For 1881
2,057 30
1882
9,201 44
1883
.29,593 61
Total
$40,852 35
CITY PROPERTY.
Real estate.
$82,790 00
Addition to City Hall. 4,410 00
School houses 97,500 00
Engine houses. 11,600 00
Personal property
147,600 00
New engine house, No. 3
4,500 00
Total $348,400 00
The valuation of the city property has not been made for some years. The ordinance creating a city auditor places upon him the duty of valuing the city property, and stating the amount in his annual report. I would suggest that the committee on public prop- erty,in connection with the auditor,re-value the city property during the coming year.
SINKING FUND.
Total amount Dec. 16, 1882 was
$42,852 72
City appropriation, 1883 was 3,000 00
Interest on investments
1,496 56
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REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
Excess of income over expenditures. 898 33 Excess of receipts"over cost, city bonds coming
due this year. 666 12
Making. 48,913 73
Paid city of Newburyport to meet bonds ma- turing during the year 7,000 00-41,913 73
Invested as follows :
$20,000, Newburyport 6's. .19,501 26
City of Newburyport note 6 per cent 17,017 58
Cash on hand
5,394 89-41,913 73
HORTON FUND.
Total amount of fund Dec. 16, 1882 21,352 04
Interest on investments 893 55
Total ...
22,245 59
Invested as follows :
$15,000 city of Gloucester notes 4.1-2 per cent. $15,600 00
$3,000 Worcester registered bonds 4 1-2 per cent .. 3,255 00
City of Newburyport note, 3 1-2 per cent 742 50
66 4 1-2 per cent 488 70
Deposited in Institution for Savings.
1,323 41
Cash on hand 835 98
Total $22,245 59
I have examined the securities of the several funds mentioned in my report, and find them in the hands of the city treasurer, as stated in his report to the city council ; also have taken off in detail the taxes of 1881, 1882 and 1883, and find the balance of unpaid taxes both in real and personal, as also the poll taxes for the same period, and find them as stated in my report, and to compare with the tax books in the treasurer's hands, and as stated in his account to December 15, 1883.
Respectfully submitted,
E. BURRILL, Auditor.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE
Appropriations, Expenditures, and Balances of the several Departments for the Year Ending Dec. 15, 1883.
Department.
Appropriation.
Income. $2,740.25
Total Credits. $16,740.25 23,210.56
Expenditures. $16,444.32 23,788.18
Undrawn. $295.93
Overdrawn.
Poor ...
.. $14,000.00
School
22,000.00
1,210.56
Fire ..
9,000.00
9,000.00
6,600.74
2,399.26
Highways.
3,000.00
134.73
3,134.73
3.150.59
15.86
Incidentals
7,000.00
20,486.61
27,486.61
19,491.28
7,995.33
Public Property.
5,000.00
2,074.88
7,074.88
10,624.14
3,549.26
Day and night police.
9,000.00
1,543.36
10,543.36
11,486.98
943.62
Salaries
4,800.00
4,800.00
5,175.09
375.09
Fuel.
5000.00
5,000.00
5,325.08
325.08
Public Library ..
1,500.00
567.30
2,067 30
2,335.95
Bridges and culverts
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,412.21
87.79
Printing .. . .
1,000.00
130.00
1,130.00
2,421.96
Board of Health.
600.00
600.00
966.73
366.73
Sidewalks and edgestones.
1,000.00
685.16
1,685.16
1,887.44
·· ·· · ·
202.28
Bromfield fund.
533.72
533.72
533.72
Interest
23,500.00
4,419.44
27,919.44
27,888.97
30.47
Stone paving.
5,000.00
5,000.00
6,236.37
1,236.37
Sinking fund ..
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
New Engine house.
4,500.00
4,500.00
4,811.86
311.86
Abatement of taxes 1883.
1,000.00
1,294.38
2,294.38
764.54
1,529.84
Improvements of the Mall ...
1,000.00
302.79
1,302.79
1,302.79
.
. . . . .
$129,900.00
$36,123.18
$166,023.18
$160,567.95
$15,338.62
$9,883.39
Abatement of taxes of 1881.
683.94
317.08
366.86
27.06
Credit balance of abatement of taxes of 1881.
366.86
1883
1,529.84
Balance carried to sinking fund.
3,898.33
.
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. .....
.....
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TABULAR STATEMENT.
$15,705 48
$15,705.48
139
.
268.65
1,291.96
.. . . . .
. . .. .
419.01
Lighting streets, &c.
6,500.00
6,500.00
6,919.01
...
. ..
...
486.60
513.66
......
1882.
..
577.62
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Condensed Statement of the FOR THE YEAR END-
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in account with
To amount paid Mayor's orders and charged as follows :
Poor department. $16,444 32
School 66
23,788 18
Highway
3,150 59
Fire
6,600 74
Incidentals
19,491 28
Public Property.
10,624 14
Day and night police.
11,486 98
Lighting streets and public buildings
6,919 01
Interest.
27,888 97
Public Library
2,335 95
Sidewalks and edgestones
1,887 44
Newburyport bridge.
1,074 06
Essex Merrimac bridge
19 31
Culverts
1,318 84
Notes payable:
70,400 00
State of Mass., state aid and armories
4,246 55
66 military aid, chapter 252.
1,280 21
Bromfield fund.
533 72
Liquor licenses ; 25 per cent of receipts to state
2,007 25
Fuel.
5,325 08
Salaries.
5,175 09
Board of Health
966 73
Printing.
2,421 91
Stone paving
6,236 37
New engine house
4,811 86
Improvement of the Mall.
1,302 79
State tax.
7,080 00
County tax.
8,442 86
Non-resident bank tax.
8,710 17
City bonds, five per cents
49,000 00
Tax of 1882, credited to 1881 tax account.
50 00
Sinking fund commissioners
3,898 33
Balance Dec. 15, 1883, to new account.
3,677 17
$319,595 95
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts and Expenditures. ING DEC. 15. 1883.
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer, Cr,
By cash on hand Dec. 16, 1882. $ 3,703 44
By cash received and credited as follows :
Poor department.
2,740 25
School
1,210 56
Highway
134 73
Incidentals
14,034 65
Public Property.
242 50
Day and night police
1,543 36
Public Library
567 30
Printing
130 00
Sidewalks and edgestones
685 16
Bromfield fund
533 27
Improvement of the Mall
302 79
Notes payable
70,799 20
Interest on overdue taxes
693 65
City railroad dividends
2,597 00
66
bank deposit.
424 79
66 premium new issue of bonds.
704 00-4,419 44
State of Mass., state aid and armories
.. military aid, chapter 252
1,866 00
Liquor licenses ..
8,029 00
Non-resident bank tax.
9,140 38
Market house and cellar
212 50
City Hall
1,417 25
Burial lots
75 00
Pond street house
127 63
Commissioners of Atkinson common
36 00
Tax of 1880.
15 04
1881.
4,958 20
1882.
22,260 65
1883
105,906 32
-133,140 21
Widening Merrimac street.
1,599 00
State of Mass., aid paid under law of 1878.
147 61
City bonds, four per cent, new issue
40,000 00
Sinking Fund commissioners, to pay city bonds.
7,000 00
Tax of 1883; amount deducted by asssessors.
11,452 77
$319,595 95
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer.
Newburyport, Dec. 15, 1883. 18
4,305 50
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Annual Statement of
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in account current
To uncollected taxes of 1880. $ 15 04
1881 7,332 58
66
1882.
31,925 75- 39,273 37
To tax of 1883 committed by assessors :
City tax, warrant from the city *129,900 00
Amount deducted by assessors.
11,452 77 -- 118,447 23
State tax ..
7.080 00
County tax
9,442 86
Overlay of taxes.
1,133 36
Supplementary commitment 161 02
To non-resident bank tax of 1883. 6,252 93 -- 142,517 40
tax of 1882, amount credited to 1881 tax account. 50 00
$181,840 77
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
the Collector of Taxes.
with JAMES V. FFLKER, Collector.
Cr,
By taxes of 1880, collected and paid to treasurer $ 15 04
.6 1881,
66
4,958 20
66
1882,
22,260 65
66 1883,
66 . 105,906 32-133,140 21
By non-resident bank tax of 1883
6,252 93
By abatement of taxes of 1881.
317 08
66
1882.
513 66
66 66
1883
764 54-
1,595 28
By uncollected taxes of 1881 to new account
2,057 30
1882
9,201,44
66 1883
29,593 61- 40,852 35
$181,840 77
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Collector.
Newburyport, Dec. 15, 1883.
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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURES.
Showing balance carried to Sinking Fund, Dec. 15, 1883.
Assessed for city purposes.
$129,900.00
overlay and re-assessment. $ 1,294.38 income credited to the several departments .. ..
34,295.08- 35,589.46
state tax.
7,080.00
county tax.
9,442.86
Balance due to Bromfield fund, Dec. 16 1882. 133.72
Income from Bromfield fund in 1883. 400.00
Balance due to abatement of taxes 1881, Dec. 16, 1882.
683.94
Balance due to abatement of taxes 1882, Dec. 16, 1882.
486.60
Received of Commissioners of Atkinson Common .. 36.00
Balance due commissioners Dec.§16, 1882. 30.68- 18,293.80
$183,783.26
Payments on sundry departments
$159,269.69
Abatement of taxes of 1881. 66
317.08
1882
513.66
1883.
764.54
Paid state tax.
7,080.00
county tax.
9,442.86
Expenditures on Bromfield fund.
533.72
Balance due com. Atkinson common ; Dec. 15, 1883. . . 66.68-177,988.23
$5,795.03
Deduct credit balance of abatements of taxes 1881, Dec. 15, 1883.
366.86
Deduct credit balance of abatements of taxes of 1883, Dec. 15, 1883.
1,529.84-$ 1,896.70
Amount carried to Sinking Fund this year $3,898.33
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STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT.
STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT.
December 15, 1883.
Due.
Interest.
Rate.
Amount.
City bonds
1885
$264 00
6
$4,400 00
66
1886
240 00
6
4,000 00
66
1837
3,330 00
6
55,500 00
60
1888
4,500 00
6
75,000 00
66
1889
1,200 00
6
20,000 00
66
1890
3,780 00
6
63,000 00
66
1893
1,600 00
1
40,000 00
school house loan.
1890
1,380 00
6
23,000 00
66
horse railroad loan.
1890
1,500 00
6
25,000 00
66
city railroad loan
1891
4,440 00
6
74.000 00
Notes payable. No. 253.
1884
45 00
41%
1,000 00
254
1884
45 00
41%
1,000 00
255
1884
45 00
41%
1,000 00
66
256
1884
27 00
41%
600 00
66
257
1884
22 50
412
500 00
66
258
1884
22 50
41/2
500 00
66
259
1884
40.50
41/2
900 00
66
66
260
1884
22.50
412
500 00
" 325
1884
.200 00
4
5,000 00
1885
40 00
4
1,000 00
66
66 330
1885
48 00
4
1,200.00
..
285
demand.
61 86
6
1,031 00
66
301
66
243 00
6
4,050 00
121 56
6
2,026 08
“ 315
25 99
312
742 50
66
319
66
594 63
6
9,910 50
Committee on Sawyer fund.
66
225 00
675 00
412
15,000 00
66
Frothingham fund.
66
40 00
4
1,000 00
66
80 00
4
2,000 00
Overseers of the poor, Dexter fund.
.6
90 00
4 12
2,000 00
Trustees of will of Margaret Atwood ..
472 50
416
10,500 00
៛25,441 09
$450,848 78
Due sundry accounts
1,963 38
Gross debt.
452,812.16
Less sinking fund and other assets as per schedule
92,255 63
Net debt Dec. 15, 1883. 66 16, 1882
360,556 53
365,951 42
Decrease of debt in 1883
5,394 89
.
314
" 320.
19 55
4 472
488 70
5,000 00
Brown fund.
. .
Green fund.
329
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DEBTS DUE THE CITY AND OTHER ASSETS
December, 15, 1883.
Taxes of 1881
$2,057 30
1882 9,201 44
1883. 29,593 61-40,852 35
Due from state for state aid paid under law of 1879 2,894 75 66 military aid 1,140 20
66 66 armory rent. ..
1,278 69
Sinking fund at par
42,412 47
Cash on hand Dec. 15, 1883 3,677 17
$92,255 63
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Balance due from the state Dec. 16, 1882. $6,105 99
Paid for rent of armories in 1883 1,072 30
State aid paid in 1883 under chap. 301, acts of 1879. 3,174 25
Military aid paid in 1883 under chap. 252, acts of 1879. 1,272 20
Amount transferred from incidentals in settlement of acc't for 1882. 8 01
$11,632 75
RECEIVED.
For account of armory rents. 950 00
state aid, chap. 301. 3,355 50
military aid, chap. 252. 933 00
From incidental account for one half of payment made for 1882 under chap. 252 acts of 1879. 933 00
From incidental account for aid paid poor soldiers and sailors under law of 1878 147 61- 6,319 11
Balance due the city of Newburyport .$5,313 64
DUE FROM THE STATE DECEMBER 15, 1883.
For armory rent.
$1,278 69
state aid, chap. 301, acts of 1879 2,894 75
military aid, chap. 252, acts of 1879 1,140 20
$5,313 64
147
TRIAL BALANCE.
COMMISSIONERS OF ATKINSON COMMON
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Balance due from the city December 16, 1882. CREDIT.
$30 68
By cash received of J. M. Morse, rent of land. $ 5 00
from sale of grass. 31 00- 36 00
Amount due from the city December 15, 1883. .$66 68
TRIAL BALANCE.
DR.
DECEMBER 15, 1883. CR.
Cash. $ 494 69 City bonds ..
$261,900 00
First National Bank, Boston 1,027 78
railroad loan 74,000 00
First Nat'l bank, Newbu'p't. 2,154 70
Horse railroad loan .. 25,000 00
City of Newburyport. 273,769 00
school house loan. . 23,000 00
City railroad. 74,200 00
notes payable. 66,948 78
State of Mass., armories. 1,278 69
state aid. . . 2,894 75
1883.
1,529 84
military aid. 1,140 20
Com. of Atkinson com ... 66 68
New school house
30,000 00
Sinking fund.
41,913 73
Horse railroad
25,000 00
Tax of 1881.
2,057 30
1882.
9,201 44
1883. 29,593 61
Sinking Fund Com 41,913 73
$494,725 89
$494,725 89
Abatement of taxes, 1881. 366 86
148
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
REAL ESTATE.
City Hall, brick, Brown square. $50,000 00
Market House, brick, Market square. 12,000 00
Almshouse, brick, outbuildings and land 12,000 00
Land on Low street, Powder-house lot.
1,500 00
Davenport lot.
1,500 00
Hill
Coffin lot.
1,000 00
66 High and Wesley streets
50 00
Gravel pit on North Atkinson street
800 00
Gravel pit and land on Coffin's court.
350 00
Hearse house, pounds, and gun
400 00
Gravel pit on Greenleaf street
2,000 00
Ferry-ways, and right of way of same
100 00
Two burial grounds.
3,000 00
Pond street property.
2,500 00
$87,200 00
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Brick school-house on Hancock street.
$4,900 00
Bromfield
7,000 00
School
12,000 00
66
Temple
3,500 00
State
500 00
High
1,800 00
66
Congress 66
5,000 00
Wesley
3,200 00
Forrester .6
8,000.00
corner High and Aubin street. .41,000 00
200 00
3,500 00
66
900 00
Two wooden school houses on Congress street.
3,000 00
Ashland 66
3,000 00
66
66
Wooden school house on Purchase street.
Charles
$97,500 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
ENGINE HOUSES.
No. 2 engine house on Water street
$1,600 00
Congress street 5,000 00 3
6 66 Monroe 1,000 00
7
Merrimac
2,500 00
0 Purchase
2,500 00
Hook and ladder and hose house, on Pleasant street. 3,500 00
$16,100 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Furniture in City Hall, Market Hall and engine houses. $4,000 00 Three steamers, three hand engines, hook and ladder, hose carriages,
hose, hooks, ladders, hydrants, etc. .34,000 00 Furniture, stores, fuel, tools, farming implements and animals in and about almshouse and outbuildings 6,500 00
Standard weights and measures 300 00
Ten horses. 2,500 00
Carts, sleds, harnesses, etc.
1,100 00
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