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CITY AUDITOR
PAYMENTS CLASSIFIED BY OBJECTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENT
Payments Payments on acct. of Current on Non- Revenue Accounts Expenses
Payments on Temporary Accounts
Total Payments
Health and Sanitation
Health
General administration
$ 500 00
Contagious disease.
623 67
Other payments
290 02
Inspection
Inspection of Animals
48 83
Inspection of Meats and Provisions.
500. 00
Inspection of School Children.
66 71
Bacteriologist
400 00
Sanitation
House Connections
$1,047 34
Sewer Operation and Maintenance.
184 25
Refuse and Garbage Disposal
1,474 50
Total for Health and Sanitation
$4,087 98
$1,047 34
$5,135 32
Highways and Bridges
Supervision
$1,300 00
Street Repairing
6,673 80
Street Cleaning.
7,647 85
Street Lighting.
13,247 12
Street Sprinkling.
7,355 13
Sidewalks and Curbing (repairs).
1,416 33
Drains and Culverts
718 00
Snow Removal
1,496 97
Bridge Maintenance and Repairs.
1,006 19
State Highway Tax.
87 70
Rent of Shed.
50 00
Total for Highways and Bridges.
$40,999 09
$40,999 09
Charities
General administration
$1,570 00
City Farm.
4,343 99
Aid rendered to poor of other cities and towns
1,715 74
Outdoor Poor in City.
3,748 15
Fuel.
1,463 58
Medicine
300 CO
Outdoor Poor outside City
905 25
At Institutions and Hospitals
375 91
Relief given by another City or Town
Care of State Minor Wards.
Hospitals
Contributions made to Hospital
600 00
Trust Funds.
Other expenses-Rent of Shed
75 00
Total for Charities
$15,097 62
$15,097 62
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ANNUAL REPORTS RECEIPTS CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Receipts from Revenue
Receipts from Non- Revenue
Receipts on Temporary Accounts
Total Receipts
Education
From the State of Massachusetts
Tuition and Transportation State Wards ...
$ 201 00
From Other Sources
Tuition.
877 00
Sale of Books and Supplies.
6 15
Income from Trust Funds
For General School Purposes.
1,076 95
For Specific School Purposes
Miscellaneous
Rent Putnam School
1,200 0)
Rent of High School Hall.
6 00
Total for Education .. ....
....
$3,367 10
$3,367 10
Library and Reading Room
Fines and Rentals of Books
Sale of Books and Papers
$ 21 01
Income of Trust Funds
For General Library Purposes.
1,035 00
For Specific Library Purposes.
2,003 77
Miscellaneous
150 00
Refund.
1 20
Total for Library and Reading Room ......
$3,210 98
$3,210 98
Recreation
Parks
Total for Recreation
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid.
$10,875 00
Military Aid
250 50
Soldiers' Burials
296 00
Soldiers' Relief.
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$11,421 50
11,421 50
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CITY AUDITOR PAYMENTS CLASSIFIED BY OBJECTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENT
Payments Payments on acct. of on Non- Revenue Accounts Current Expenses
Payments on Temporary Accounts
Total Payments
Education
General administration
Superintendent's salary.
$1,700 0)
Office expenses
Truant Officer
650 00
Teachers' Salaries
High School
8,713 00
Elementary Day Schools ..
24,326 75
Evening Schools.
758 00
Other expenses
Janitors' Services
3,117 96
Text Books and Supplies
3,631 01
Transportation.
160 25
Miscellaneous
571 96
Fuel and Light.
2,963 10
Furniture and Furnishings
350 05
Repairs on Buildings
1,756 97
Total for Education
$48,699 05
$48,699 05
Library and Reading Room
Supervision and Salaries
$3,230 41
Janitors' Services
400 88
Fuel.
344 45
Light
352 95
Expenditures for various purposes, of income from Specific Trust Funds.
1,868 89
Miscellaneous.
360 12
Total for Library and Reading Room
$6,557 70
$6,557 70
Recreation
City Parks.
$492 33
Atkinson Common.
475 01
Play Grounds
Celebrations
Memorial Day.
250 00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday.
75 00
Total for Recreation
$1,292 34
$1,292 34
Soldiers' Benefits
Expense of administration
$ 150 00
State Aid
11,672 00
Military Aid
645 00
Soldiers' Burials
444 00
Soldiers' Relief.
6,995 80
Total for Soldiers' Benefits.
$19,906 80
$19,906 80
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ANNUAL REPORTS RECEIPTS CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES
SOURCE OF RECEIPTS
Receipts from Revenue
Receipts
Receipts on from Non-| Temporary Revenue
Accounts
Total Receipts
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots.
$285 00
$285 00
Total for Cemeteries.
$285 00
Unclassified
Uncalled-for Claims
Reimbursement on Loss by Defalcation.
$2,436 56
Total for Unclassified.
$2,436 56
$2 50
$2,439 06
INTEREST
On Deposits.
On Taxes
On Special Assessments.
Accrued Interest.
144 67
Miscellaneous
From Water Commissioners
$13,115 00
Rebate on Note.
69 75
Total for Interest ..
$5,723 95
$13,115 00
$18,844 95
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
Water Works
Income from sale of Water
Miscellaneous.
$62,429 42 1,542 04
Total for Water Works.
$63,971 46
$63,971 46
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$1,879 22 3,636 31
$2 50
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CITY AUDITOR PAYMENTS CLASSIFIED BY OBJECTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENT
Payments Payments on acct. of on Non- Revenue Accounts Current Expenses
Payments on Temporary Accounts
Total Payments
Cemeteries
Supervision and Labor
$250 00
Other expenses.
271 68
Total for Cemeteries.
$521 68
$521 68
Unclassified
Damages, Settlements and Judgments
Care of City Clocks
8 75 00
Uncalled-for Claim paid
$1 00
Embezzlement.
$67,548 25
Municipal Insurance Fund
$10,190 26
Total for Unclassified
$10.265 26
$67,548 25
$1 00
$77,814 51
INTEREST
On Loans in Anticipation of Taxes
$4,140 52
On other Temporary Loans, Refund.
90
On Trust Funds used
1,690 00
On Bonds or Notes
School
3,955 00
Sewer
5,910 00
Other.
8,272 50
Municipal Industry Loans Water
From Taxation
From Earnings.
$13,115 00
Total for Interest
$23,968 92
$13,115 00
$37,083 92
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
Water Works
New Construction.
$29,772 00
Maintenance and Operation.
$20,461 13
Abatements and Refunds on acct. of Bonds ... and Interest.
33,277 50
Total for Water Works.
$53,738 63
$29,772 00
$83,510 63
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ANNUAL REPORTS RECEIPTS CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Receipts from Revenue
Receipts from Non- Revenue
Receipts on Temporary Accounts
Total Receipts
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Loans in Anticipation of Taxes Sale of Bonds or Notes Water (From Water Commissioners) ... Refunding. Premiums on Bonds Refunding.
$140,000 00
$15,000 00
62,000 00
3,626 38
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$202,000 00
$18,626 38
$220,626 38
SINKING FUNDS
Total for Sinking Funds
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR $608,918 38
Cash on hand at beginning of the year, Public Library Funds $ 883 50
Water Commissioners. 21,223 21
General Treasury 12,678 51
34,785 22
Grand Total Receipts and cash on hand.
$643,703 60
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CITY AUDITOR PAYMENTS CLASSIFIED BY OBJECTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENT
Payments on acct. of Current Expenses
Payments on Non- Revenue Accounts
Payments on Temporary Accounts
Total Payments
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Loans in Anticipation of Taxes Bonds or Notes
:$142,475 00
Water, from Earnings
$15,000 00
Bridge, from Taxation
$6,000 00
Refunding, from Taxation (Trust Fund)
4,000 00
Refunding, from Taxation (Overdraft) ... All Other, from Taxation.
2,000 00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$12,000 00
$142,475 00
$15,000 00
$169,475 00
SINKING FUNDS
Paid Commissioners, Premiums on Bonds.
$ 3,626 38
From Taxation.
$12,000 00
Unexpended balance year 1908
14,797 00
Total for Sinking Funds.
$12,000 00
$18,423 38
$30,423 38
TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR
$633,322 46
Cash on hand at end of the year, Public Library Funds.
$1,019 58
Water Commissioners.
1,684 04
General Treasury.
7,677 52
10,381 14
Grand Total Payments and cash on hand.
$643,703 60
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ANNUAL REPORTS ABATEMENT OF TAXES, ETC.
EXPENDED
For abatement of taxes as per assessors' orders:
Tax of 1904.
$1,965.30
1905.
118.27
1906.
382.55
1907.
670.15
1908.
1,554.88
1909.
2,511.46
$7,202.61
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Watering streets 1906.
$8.20
1907
48.42
1908
2.28
1909
4.60
63.50
Preservation of trees 1909
1.80
$7,267.91
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ALDERMEN AND COUNCIL
Appropriation
$1,200.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Refunded for advertising.
$13.63
Transfer from other departments.
300.00
313.63
$1,513.63
EXPENDED
Salary of clerk of common council.
$500.00
Telephone rental
10.81
Toilet paper
5.00
Postoffice box rent and paper wrappers.
2.80
R. G. Dodge, expense on charter revision.
9.00
Expressage
6.45
Printing and advertising.
84.20
Premium on bond of treasurer.
150.00
Typewriting
8.00
Netting
1.00
Blotting paper
1.50
Letter files
2.25
Record book and stationery
31.25
Typewriter supplies
12.15
Preparation and certification of municipal notes.
100.00
Ringing church bells ..
98.00
Committee's expense to Boston on Railroad fare
between Smithtown and city .
4.50
Amounts carried forward. $1,026.91
$1,513.63
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CITY AUDITOR General Government-continued
ALDERMEN AND COUNCIL -concluded
Amounts brought forward.
$1,026.91
$1,513.63
Carriage hire
5.00
Use of tables and chairs.
7.50
Posting civil service not ces.
6.75
Expense to Boston to State House on pollution of Merrimac river waters.
6.00
Expense of committee to Boston on the clam question
7.15
Expense to Boston and Haverhill on inland waters
6.70
H. I. Bartlett, on G. F. Adams case.
26.06
Annual Reports
345.80
Jones & Foss on Hunt case.
50.00
1,487.87
Balance to general treasury
$25.76
MAYOR'S OFFICE
Appropriation
$1,300.00
EXPENDED
Salary of mayor
$1,200.00
Telephone
14.50
Printing
2.50
1,217.00
Balance to general treasury.
$83.00
CITY AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$700.00
EXPENDED
Salary of city auditor
$600.00
Book
19.75
Expense to Boston and telephone charges.
10.10
Printing
4.50
634.35
Balance to general treasury.
$65.65
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ANNUAL REPORTS General Government-continued
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,500.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
For use of telephone. .05
$2,500.05
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS CREDITED TO GENERAL TREASURY
Fees, tax summons) $173.20
EXPENDED
Treasurer and collector's salary
$1,700.00
Salary of treasurer's assistant.
500.00
Telephone rental
18.69
Printing tax bills warrants, etc.
59.00
Coin envelopes
4.00
Stationery and office supplies.
9.69
Claims allowed, book and tax books.
61.50
Rubber stamp
.30
Expressing
2.35
Distributing tax bills
50.00
Postage stamps and stamped envelopes.
63.51
One ticket punch.
1.00
Expense to Boston placing notes
1.50
Affidavits
.83
$2,472.37
Balance to general treasury.
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Transferred from other departments
100.00
$1,900.00
EXPENDED
Salaries
$1,500.00
Expressage
2.70
Postage
2.00
Examination
of titles.
87.09
Interpreter
8.00
Typewriting
5.00
Banker and Tradesman
5.00
Plans
16.50
Stationery
4.15
Record books and cards
211.40
Printing and advertising.
36.01
1,877.85
Balance to general treasury
$22.15
$27.68
$1,800.00
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CITY AUDITOR General Government-continued CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,000.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Typewriter
$50.00
Paper
2.16
Telephone
.20
52.36
$2,052.36
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS CREDITED TO GENERAL TREASURY
For Marriage licenses
$143.50
Junk
66
190.00
Pawnbroker
250.00
Pool
28.00
Amusement
66
150.00
Recording
72.65
Burial lots
285.00
Lunch Cart
66
50.00
Job Wagon
13.00
Auctioneer's
10.00
Miscellaneous
15.20
$1,207.35
EXPENDED
City clerk's salary
$1,450.00
Typewriter
94.50
Telephone service
15.50
Printing, stationery and office supplies.
35.95
Expressage
1.60
Postage
14.42
Books
21.08
Copying old records.
108.58
Vital Statistics
201.35
1,942.98
Balance to general treasury
$109.38
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$700.00
EXPENDED
Salaary of city solicitor.
$499.99
Typewriting
1.25
Claim of James F. Corcoran.
100.00
Telephone charges
14.00
Horse hire to look at Artichoke claim.
3.00
618.24
Balance to general treasury
$81.76
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ANNUAL REPORTS General Government-continued CITY MESSENGER'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$900.00
EXPENDED
Salary of messenger.
$900.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION.
Appropriation
$1,750.00
From contingent to balance.
74.67
$1,824.67
Transferred to other departments
$200.00
200.00
EXPENDED
Salaries of board of registrars.
$400.00
Ward officers
678.00
Recounting votes
35.00
Padlocks for ballot boxes.
4.50
Printing and advertising.
374.75
Counting boards
10.00
Janitors' services at ward rooms.
32.71
Ringing bells
6.00
Erecting booths and posting check lists.
9.25
Pasting election boards.
2.25
Carpenter repairs at ward rooms.
31.92
Bulletin and list boards.
12.60
Kerosene oil
.13
Fuel
1.75
Teaming
7.00
Suppers for board of registrars.
11.30
Stationery and marking pencils.
6.71
Expressing
... .80
$1,624.67
OTHER CITY PROPERTIES
Appropriation
$700.00
Transfer from other departments.
125.00
EXPENDED
Premiums on insurance on almshouse
$396.00
"Plumbing
5.95
Inspection of bo lers.
5.00
Setting glass
7.20
Carpenter repairs
9,20
Watering streets
70.00
Repairing boilers at city farm.
183.23
Labor as per pay rolls.
. ... 85.00
761.58
Balance to general treasury
$63.42
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. .. .
$825.00
$1,624.67
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CITY AUDITOR General Government-continued MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS CITY HALL
Appropriation
$2,000.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS CREDITED TO GENERAL TREASURY
Rent of City Hall.
$536.00
EXPENDED
Stage carpenter
$75.62
Repairs on hall (carpenter)
55.06
Inspection of boiler
2.00
Repairs on clocks
1.00
Keys
1.10
Disinfectant
8.75
Painting and setting glass.
26.42
Electrical supplies
10.54
Janitor's supplies
29.09
Repairing chair
3.25
Plumbing
17.69
Mason
work
12.79
One chair
5.50
Dry goods
1.35
Repairs on boiler.
13.45
Lighting
285.13
Cleaning (vacuum cleaner)
25.00
Fuel
382.88
Transfer to other departments.
800.00
$1,756.62
Balance to general treasury.
$243.38
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
POLICE SUPERVISION
$1,200.00
Salary of city marshal.
$1,200.00
POLICE SALARIES
Appropriation
$12,500.00
From contingent to balance.
139.17
EXPENDED
$12,639.17
Salaries of policemen .
$12,039.17
Transferred to other departments. 600.00
$12,639.17
Appropriation
EXPENDED
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ANNUAL REPORTS Protection of Life and Property-continued POLICE DEPARTMENT-concluded POLICE LIGHTING
Appropriation
EXPENDED $250.00
For lighting
196.42
Balance to general treasury.
$53.58
POLICE STATION
Appropriation
$200.00
RECEIPTS CREDITED TO GENERAL TREASURY
Rent of court room, county of Essex, three years. $750.00
EXPENDED
Plumbing
$3.25
Carpenter repairs
1.15
Supplies
5.00
Electrical supplies
3.30
Balance to general treasury.
HARBOR MASTER
$125.00
EXPENDED
Salary of harbor master
100.00
Balance to general treasury .
$25.00
POLICE MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$450.00
EXPENDED
Rental of telephone.
$71.90
Buttons and cord for uniforms.
17.00
Copying photograph
1.00
Batteries and electrical supplies.
44.90
Ammunition
.60
Extra service at fire.
1.00
Laundry work
12.25
Lunches
3.80
Supplies
13.16
Medicine
1.40
Premium on marshal's bond.
4.00
Office supplies
10.55
Transporting prisoners
57.84
Typewriting police rules.
2.75
Carriage hire
8.50
Printing and advertising.
36.00
Analysis of alcohol
3.00
Strap
1.50
Repairs. on awnings
3.80
Use of teams (patrol wagon)
143.00
437.95
Balance to general treasury.
$12.05
12.70 $187.30
Appropriation
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CITY AUDITOR Protection of Life and Property-continued
FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE SALARIES
Appropriation, salaries
$7,700.00
Appropriation, supervision
300.00
Transfer from other departments.
25.00
EXPENDED
$8,025.00
Salary of chief engineer.
$325.00
Assistant engineers and clerk.
240.00
Mechanical engineers
480.00
Assistant mechanical engineers.
60.00
Stoker
170.00
Captains
20.00
Lieutenants
40.00
Call men
4,860.00
Substitute men
41.55
Permanent men
1,770.19
8,006.74
Balance to general treasury
$18.26
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS
Appropriation
$3,000.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of material.
$4.50
Transfer from other departments.
700.00
From contingent to balance.
73.32
777.82
$3,777.82
EXPENDED HORSES AND CARE OF SAME.
Horses and care of same.
$197.95
Extra horse hire ..
1,244.00
Horse hire for chief engineer.
99.96
Horse hire for hauling hose wagon
276.01
Feed for Hose No. 1 horse. .
207.09
Repairs on harness and equipment.
38.20
Veterinary services
8.00
$2,071.21
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS
EXPENDED
Chemicals
$20.90
New hose
775.00
Rubber coats
13.00
Extinguisher
19.80
Storage
15.00
Amounts carried forward.
$843.70
$2,071.21
$3,777.82
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ANNUAL REPORTS Protection of Life and Property-continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-continued
Amounts brought forward ..
$843.70
$2,071.21 $3,777.82
Repairs on 66
wheels.
3.25
clocks
2.00
66
hangers
6.45
66
couplings
2.50
ladder and hooks.
4.00
harnesses
30.40
66
steamers, hose wagons
177.33
Analysis of hose.
5.00
Soap
1.00
Making keys
1.00
Brooms
2.00
Miscellaneous repairs on equipment
39.84
Matches
3.00
Bedding (mattresses, sheets, etc.)
19.68
1,141.15
OTHER EXPENSES
EXPENDED
Express and freight charges.
$8.68
Postage
4.15
Car fare
9.50
Laundry work
8.00
Printing and advertising
24.25
Telephone rental
122.59
Electric clock
12.00
Supply wagon
55.00
Extra service and substitute drivers
94.40
Washing and rolling hose.
31.89
Cannel coal
43.50
Removing snow, 'ce from hydrants
151.50
565.46 $3,777.82
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$5,000.00
EXPENDED
Paid Newburyport Water Works.
$5,000.00
FIRE HOUSES
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer from other departments.
$100.00
From contingent to balance.
104.77
204.77
EXPENDED
$604.77
Electrical supplies
$30.40
Supplies
48.29
Painting and setting glass
26.64
Framing certificate
.50
Labor on boiler
5.06
Dry goods
3.26
Amounts carried forward . $114.15
$604.77
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CITY AUDITOR Protection to Life and Property-continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-concluded
Amounts brought forward .
$114.15
$604.77
Carpenter repairs
152.36
Plumbing repairs
298.63
Keys
3.20
Labor on iron doors. ..
3.50
Inspection of boiler.
9.00
Ice
18.00
Mason repairs
1.43
Disinfectant
3.75
Laundry
.75
$604.77
FUEL
Appropriation
$700.00
EXPENDED
Coal
$611.89
Wood
11.00
Charcoal
46.00
668.89
Balance to general treasury
$31.11
LIGHTING
Appropriation
$450.00
From contingent account to balance.
11.20
EXPENDED
$461.20
Paid Newburyport Gas & Electric Company
$361.20
Transferred to other departments.
100.00
$461.20
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES SUPERVISION
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Salary of superintendent.
$300.00
FIRE ALARM MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$600.00
Telephone rental
$14.41
Alarm
275.00
Distilled water
1.50
Superintendent's expenses
19.75
Expressage
1.25
Electrical supplies
10.82
Labor on fire alarm at Towle's and Cashman's. ..
16.26
Glass for key boxes. .
.50
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company
64.14
Transfer to other departments.
150.00
553.63
Balance to general treasury.
$46.37
.. .
...
$300.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS Protection of Life and Property-continued SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation $350.00 116.28
Fees from sealer .
$466.28
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS CREDITED TO GENERAL TREASURY
Fees
$11.37
EXPENDED
Salary of inspector and expenses.
$305.87
Dies, steel figures, etc.
91.95
Ink
3.50
Printing
7.00
408.32
Balance to general treasury
$57.96
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
Appropriation
$250.00
Cash for licenses. 20.00
$270.00
EXPENDED
Salary for inspector's services.
200.00
Balance to general treasury
$70.00
FORESTRY
MOTH EXTERMINATION
$2,850.00
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Cash for services rendered by department.
$82.02
Commitment from assessors. 1,774.25
1,856.27
EXPENDED
Salary as superintendent.
$750.00
Labor as per payrolls ..
2,583.08
Tools
255.79
Advertising and printing.
10.90
Stationery
2.97
Employees liability insurance.
50.00
Labor on poles, etc
11.30
Oil burning outfit.
8.80
Tree oil
2.55
Expressing
3.00
Carriage hire
Amounts carried forward.
$3,707.29
28.90
$4,706.27
$4,706.27
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CITY AUDITOR
Protection of Life and Property-continued FORESTRY-concluded
Amounts brought forward.
$3,707.29
$4,706.27
Burlap
68.33
Storage
15.00
Spraying machine
31.80
Tar
.60
Telephone
.85
Writing moth books
50.00
Gasolene
5.33
Postage
28.10
Brushes
3.00
Highway department
32.80
Transfer to other departments.
582.39
4,525.49
Balance to general treasury
$180.78
TREE WARDEN AND CARE OF TREES
Appropriation
$150.00
Received from Bromfield fund.
$212.50
Transfer from moth extermination.
332.39
Department receipts
66.12
611.01
EXPENDED
$761.01
Salary as superintendent
$150.00
Labor as per payrolls.
288.26
Tools, etc. .
25.47
Labor on poles, etc
9.00
Rock maple trees.
16.20
488.93
Balance to general treasury $272.08
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ANNUAL REPORTS HEALTH AND SANITATION
BOARD OF HEALTH SUPERVISION
Appropriation
$500.00
Salary as clerk. $500.00
BOARD OF HEALTH, MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Cash received from state of Massachusetts for
$81.08
Cash received for undertakers' licenses.
3.50
84.58
$2,084.58
EXPENDED CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Disinfectants
$40.00
Druggists' prescriptions, anti-tox-
ine, etc.,
32.60
Culture outfit box.
1.00
City of Boston, diphtheria cases ..
80.74
Boston and Haverhill, typhoid cases
46.29
New Bedford, tuberculosis case ..
24.88
Quarantine
178.66
Nursing diphtheria and scarlet fever
219.50
$623.67
OTHER EXPENSES
Dr. Hamilton, city bacteriologist.
$400.00
Disinfectants
40.70
Expressing
.45
Examination of master plumbers.
5.00
Anna Jaques Hospital.
45.00
Stationery
3.50
Nurses' directory
.50
Carriage hire
64.00
Advertising
35.00
Cleaning vaults
19.25
Blankets, sheets and towels.
2.00
Telephone rental
35.32
Teaming
.75
Car fares and P. O. box rent
18.55
Removal of dead animals.
20.00
Transfer to other departments ..
500.00
$1,190.02
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN J. W. Shaw, school physician .... $66.71
$1,880.40
Balance to general treasury ..
$204.18
contagious diseases
EXPENDED
45
CITY AUDITOR Health and Sanitation-continued INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$50.00
EXPENDED
Salary of inspector
$20.83
Horse hire
20.00
Printing
8.00
48.83
Balance to general treasury.
$1.17
INSPECTION OF PROVISIONS
Appropriation
$500.00
Cash from milk license fees.
16.50
$516.50
EXPENDED
SALARIES
C. A. Haskell, inspector
$166.64
T. D. Donahoe
333.00
Stamp and pad.
.36
500.00
Balance to general treasury
$16.50
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Balance, Dec. 19, 1908.
$1,349.37
Appropriation
200.00
Amount collected for connections.
1,083.49
EXPENDED
Labor as per pay rolls.
644.39
Cutting pipe
.50
Pipe
106.76
Supplies
245.84
Labor on picks
11.90
Freight and express on pipe.
6.15
Cement
31.80
Transfer to other departments.
200.00
ยท
1,247.34
Balance
$1,385.52
-
$2,632.86
46
ANNUAL REPORTS Health and Sanitation-continued SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
For labor cleaning sewers.
$200.00 1.75
EXPENDED
$201.75
Labor as per payrolls.
$82.25
J. H. Johnston, sketching to complete record 1905
65.00
James Toomey, use of teams.
36.75
Chloride of lime
.25
184.25
Balance to general treasury
$17.50
ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation
$1,500.00
EXPENDED
Labor as per payrolls.
1,474.50
Balance to general treasury
$25.50
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
HIGHWAY SUPERVISION
Appropriation
$1,300.00
EXPENDED
Salary of superintendent of highways.
$1,300.00
HIGHWAY REPAIRS
Appropriation
$4,400.00
By cash street railway tax.
2,280.73
By cash for services and sale of material.
174.60
EXPENDED
$6,855.33
Labor as per payroll
$4,600.29
Tools, hammers, etc.
100.09
Fuel
154.06
Oil (kerosene)
1.48
Use of teams.
414.10
Freight
32.26
Tarvia
225.00
Supplies
13.20
Expense to Boston.
3.25
Lumber, etc. .
194.38
Crushed stone and gravel.
902.54
Repairs on street broom.
19.75
Painting and lettering signs.
3.00
Repairs on tools.
10.40
$6,673.80
Balance to general treasury.
$181.53
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CITY AUDITOR Highways and Bridges-continued STREET CLEANING
, Appropriation
$7,700.00
Transfer from other departments.
$161.22
Cash for improvement from abuttors.
63.66
224.88
$7,924.88
EXPENDED
Labor as per payrolls.
$4,316.01
New horses for No. 2 engine.
640.00
Hay, grain, etc.
1,785.22
Painting city teams.
44.70
Veterinary services
22.00
Watering streets
300.00
Hardware supplies
30.39
Rent of sheds for storage.
30.00
Repairs on street brooms.
4.00
Postage and railroad fare. .
6.90
Carpenter labor and supplies
6.03
Repairs on tip carts.
41.10
Shoeing horses
171.89
Repairs on picks, etc.
43.07
Telephone
23.90
Grinder
12.50
Fuel for road roller.
7.03
Kerosene oil
.93
Expense to Boston on horses and freight.
7.85
Druggists' sundries
.75
Repairs on harnesses.
119.38
Medical attendance
4.00
Typewriting superintendent's report.
2.75
Anna Jaques Hospital.
15.00
Road binder
12.45
$7,647.85
Balance to general treasury
$277.03
LIGHTING STREETS
Appropriation
$13,500.00
EXPENDED
Lighting streets
13,247.12
. Balance to general treasury.
$252.88
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ANNUAL REPORTS Highways and Bridges-continued STREET SPRINKLING
$800.00
Income from Simpson fund.
$900.00
Commitment of assessment ..
5,099.72
Transfer from other departments.
600.00
6,599.72
$7,399.72
EXPENDED
Advertising
$3.00
Salary of clerk.
100.00
Sprinkling streets
7,252.13
7,355.13
Balance to general treasury.
$44.59
SIDEWALKS AND CURBINGS
Appropriation
$600.00
Bromfield fund income.
$212.50
Betterments
93.68
Sale of material.
44.10
Contingent to balance
466.05
816.33
$1,416.33
EXPENDED
Labor as per payrolls.
$813.64
Kerosene oil
4.75
Lumber and labor
60.77
Stone cutting
4.61
Supplies (tools, trowels, etc.)
7.50
Crushed stone
35.09
Concrete walks
414.80
Sidewalk composition
60.00
Committee expenses to Boston and Manchester ..
15.17
$1,416.33
DRAINS AND CULVERTS
Appropriation
$500.00
From contingent to balance.
218.00
EXPENDED
Labor as per payrolls.
$508.88
Mason work
107.67
Supplies (lumber, bolts, etc. )
101.45
$718.00
$718.00
Appropriation
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CITY AUDITOR Highways and Bridges-continued
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$1,500.00
By cash for services rendered by department. . 6.04
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