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Income for 1911 595.00
$19,195.00
INVESTED
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. High School bonds, due July 1, 1922
$ 3,000.00
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. High School bonds, due June 1, 1923 1,000.00
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Water Bonds, due June 1,
1922-23-25
3,000.00
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Water Bonds, due June 1, 1928
1,000.00
Fitchburg R. R., 31/2 per cent., due Oct. 1, 1921 10,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R. 31/2 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1923 1,000.00
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank 195.00
$19,195.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
$72,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SINKING FUNDS-Continued REFUNDING BONDS $62,000 due November 1, 1924.
Total funds Dec. 17, 1910 $ 6,522.87
Appropriation for 1911
2,000.00
From City, cash recovered
4,000.00
Income for 1911
537.98
$13,060.85
INVESTED
Boston & Maine R. R. 31% per cent., due Jan. 1, 1923. $ 3,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R. 4 per cent., due Sept. 1, 1926 5,000.00
Newburyport 31% per cent. Sewer Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1931 5,000.00
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank 60.85
$13,060.85
SEWERAGE LOAN
$46,000 due September 1, 1931.
Total funds Dec. 17, 1910
$15,140.41
Appropriation for 1911
1,050.00
Income for 1911 542.51
$16,732.92
INVESTED
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Sewer Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1931 $15,000.00
Pittsfield 31/2 per cent., due June 1, 1916 1,000.00 .
.. ewburyport Five. Cents Savings Bank 732.92
$16,732.92
SUMMARY
City of Quincy, 4 per cent., due May 1, 1912 $ 500.00
City of Newburyport, 31% per cent., water, due June 1, 1912 11,000.00
City of Newburyport, 4 per cent., refunding, due April 1, 1913 2,000.00
City of Newburyport, 4 per cent., overdraft, due June 1, 1914-17 8,000.00
City of Pittsfield, 31/2 per cent., due June 1, 1916 1,000.00
City of Pittsfield, 31/2 per cent., due Aug. 15, 1916-18 3,000.00
City of Newburyport, 4 per cent., sewer, due Sept. 1, 1919 17,000.00
City of Newburyport, 4 per cent., sewer, due Oct. 1, 1919 7,500.00
City of Newburyport, 4 per cent., sewer, due Nov. 1, 1919 35,000.00
City of Dubuque, 4 per cent., due April 1, 1919 9,000.00
City of Utica, 41/2 per cent., due July 1, 1919 3,000.00
Fitchburg R. R., 4 per cent., due Oct. 1, 1921 10,000.00
City of Newburyport, 31/2 per cent., High School, due July 1, 1922. .
21,000.00
City of Newburyport, 31/2 per cent., High School, due June 1, 1923. . 1,000.00
3,000.00
City of Newburyport, 31/2 per cent., water, due June 1, 1928 1,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R., 31/2 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1923. 4,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R., 4 per cent., due Sept. 1, 1926
5,000.00
City of Newburyport, 31/2 per cent., sewer, due Sept. 1, 1931 20,000.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, deposit 1,909.57
First National Bank, deposit 146.12
$164,055.69
City of Newburyport, 31/2 per cent., water, due June 1, 1922-23-25.
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CITY AUDITOR
SINKING FUNDS-Continued
BONDS IN HANDS OF COMMISSIONERS
J. L. McLean, City Marshal, $1000 Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co., expires January 7, 1912.
H. W. Little, City Clerk, $3000 in Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co., expires January 6, 1912.
H. F. Whiton, Treasurer and Collector, in United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co., expires July 19, 1912.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TRUST FUNDS
In hands of Sinking Fund Commissioners and Special Trustees.
THE LAW. Chapter 322.
An act to provide for the auditing of certain trust funds and accounts.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of city and town auditors at least onee every year, and so much oftener as they may deem it necessary, to audit the accounts of the trustees of any property, the principal or income of which, in whole or in part, was bequeathed or given in trust for the benefit of the city or town or any part thereof, or for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city or town or any part thereof, and to examine and estimate the funds, securities and evidences of property held by such trustees. City and town auditors shall include in their annual reports a report of such auditing and investigation; and if they discover any fraud or irregularity they shall immediately report the same to the mayor and treasurer of the city or to the selectmen and treas- urer of the town.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the trustees designated in section one hereof to give city and town auditors free access to their accounts, funds, se- curities and evidences of property; and any such trustee who refuses to exhibit his trust account, funds, securities and evidences as aforesaid shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Section 3. This act shall be construed as applying only to property held in trust for public uses.
(Approved May 9, 1904).
Trust funds in which the City of Newburyport and its inhabitants are interested may be divided into two classes, viz: funds bequeathed or given direct to the city, and funds given to special trustees, the income of which is used for the benefit of any of its inhabitants.
The first class is invested by the Sinking Fund Commissioners as trustees under ordinance, and the income turned over to the city.
The second class is invested by special trustees appointed by the donor, and such boards fill their own vacancies. It would seem that the city had assumed no responsibility for such funds, and it may be a question if they come under the preceding law, but such trustees have been requested to allow examination of said funds and accounts.
Trust funds held by Sinking Fund Commissioners have been verified and the income traced to its proper accounts.
The Atkinson fund and Atwood fund, both held by special trustees, have been audited and securities found to agree with the treasurer's report.
Putnanı fund books have been audited and securities examined and found to agree with the treasurer's annual report.
Peabody and Public Library Funds. While the books have not been in- spected, income has been verified, vouchers checked up and principal accounted for.
The Wheelwright fund. The accounts of the treasurer for the year ending Oct. 31, 1911, have been audited and found correct; also the securities have been counted and found to agree with the treasurer's accounts.
The following is a statement of the condition of said funds:
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CITY AUDITOR
TRUST FUNDS-Continued
Trust Funds in Hands of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Total amount of funds Dec. 17, 1910
$150,103.01
RECEIPTS
Part of premium added to Cutter Fund $ 49.33
Part of premium added to Marston Fund
5.91
Part of premium added to E. S. Moseley Fund
102.69
Interest added to Fire Insurance Fund
446.38
604.31
$150,707.32
CHARGES TO PRINCIPAL
Premiums, Dexter Fund $ 137.50
Premiums, Dodge Fund
145.00
Premiums, Follansbee Fund
206.25
Premiums, Haskell Fund
72.50
Premiums, Fire Insurance Fund
543.75
1,105.00
Total of Trust Funds, Dec. 16, 1911
$149,602.32
Income Account
RECEIPTS
Balance in hands of Trustees Dec. 17, 1910
$ 5.00
Income from funds
7,014.71
7,019.71
PAYMENTS
City of Newburyport for purposes donated $ 5,763.11
351.01
Accrued interest
6,114.12
Balance of income on hand
$ 905.59
Income on hand belongs to following funds:
Balch Fund
$ 363.08
Toppan Fund
15.00
Simpson Fund
. . 527.51
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ANNUAL REPORTS SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS And Purposes for Which Income is Used.
NAME OF FUND INVESTMENT DATE DUE AMT.
INCOME
PURPOSES.
Balch
Institution for Savings, city Demand
$5,000.00
$151.00
Bartlett Mall
Five-Cts.Savings Bank, city
5,000.00
151.00
First Nat'l bank, city
61.08
4 4
J. M. Bradbury. . Inst. for Savings, city .
1,000.00
40.40
General use of library ١١
C. W. Bradstreet . Five-Cts.Savings Bk., city ..
1,000.00
40.40
John Bromfield
. Mass. Hosp. Life Ins. Co ... ..
10,000.00
412.50
Moses Brown ..
Institution for Savings, city .
5,000.00
202.00
Five-Cts.Savings Bank, city
5,000.00
202.00
Prov.Inst.for Sav., Amesbury
5,000.00
202.00
A. E. Cutter
N'port 33% sewer bonds .. . Sept. 1, 1931
3,000.00
105.00
General use of library
Five-Cts.Savings Bank, city Demand
1,000.00
39.38
Timothy Dexter
. Aincrican Tel.& Tel. Co., 4%.July 1, 1929
1,862.50
80.00
Poor
Institution for Savings, city Demand
137.50
5.54
W. H. P. Dodge . City of Boston, 33% . . . . . .
. July 1, 1919
1,855.00
70.00
Books & papers, library
Institution for Savings, city. Demand
645.00
25.80
L. M. Follansbee. . American Tel. & Tel.Co., 4% .. July 1, 1929
2,793.75
120.00
Poor
Institution for Savings, city. Demand
206.25
8.32
J. A. Frothingham Haverhill Savings Bank. .
1,000.00
45.00
Books for library
S. A. Green ..
Salem Five-Cts. Sav. Bank ...
2,000.00
80.00
Gco. Haskell.
Boston 32% bonds
July 1, 1919
927.50
35.00
2.88
S. W. Marston.
. N'port 3}% sewer bonds .. . Sept. 1, 1931
4,000.00
140.00
General use of library
Five-Cts.Savings Bank, city Demand
1,000.00
40.26
E. S. Moseley
N'port 32% sewer bonds .. . . Sept. 1, 1931
4,000.00
140.00
Fivr-Cts. Savings Bk., city .Demand
1,000.00
38.28
44
44
City of Newburyport, bonds.
15.63
City of Newburyport, bonds.
10.52
American Tel. & Tel. Co., 4%.July 1, 1929
1,792.50
40.00
Boston & Albany RR., 4% .. May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
C. B. & Q. R.R., 4% ....... Mar. 1, 1958
1,942.50
40.00
N. Y., N. H.&Hartford, 4% Mar. 1, 1947
947.50
20.00
Fitchburg RR., 4% . May 1, 1925
1,965.00
80.00
Newburyport 3}% water bd.June 1, 1923
953.00
35.00
Institution for Savings, city. Demand
419.50
8.38
M. P. Sawyer
Salem Savings bank
5,000.00
200.00
Books for library Watering streets
M. H. Simpson
.. . City of N'port, note & bonds
1,089.79
Amcr.Tel. & Tel., 4% bonds .July, 1 1929
3,585.00
80.00
Bost. & Albany RR., 4% bds.May 1, 1933
3,960.00
160.00
C. B&Q. RR., 4% bonds ... Mar. 1, 1958
3,885.00
80.00
N.Y., N.H. &H. RR., 4% bd.July 1, 1955
4,700.00
100.00
Fitchburg RR., 4% bonds .. Mar. 1, 1927
2,940.00
60.00
Inst. for Savings, city .. . Demand
930.00
18.60
J. R. Spring
Inst. for Savings, city
10,000.00
400.00
Books for library
Five-Cts. Sav. Bank, city .... Demand
10,000.00
400.00
E. H. Stickney .... Chicago Junction RR., 5% . July 1, 1915
5,000.00
250.00
W. C. Todd
. Newburyport note
Amer.Tel. & Tel., 4% bonds .July 1, 1929
1,792.50
40.00
Boston & Albany RR., 4% . May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
C. B. & Q. R. R., 4%
Mar. 1, 1958
1,942.50
40.00
N.Y., N.H. & H., 4%.
Mar. 1, 1947
1,895.00
40.00
Fitchburg R. R., 4%. May 1, 1925
1,965.00
80.00
Inst. for Savings, city . Demand
5,425.00
105.00
. Inst. for Savings, city. . Demand
250.00
10.00
Salem Five-Cts. Savings Bk.
1,000.00
40.00
Books for library
Municipal b'Id'g. .
Fire Ins. Fund .Amer. Tel. & Tel., 4% bonds. July 1, 1929
4,631.25
200.00
Replace by fire
N.Y., N.H.&H. RR. 4%bds.July 1, 1955
4,825.00
200.00
Five-Cts. Sav. Bank, city .... Demand
1,396.07
46.38
$149,602.32 $7,014.71
R. N. Toppan
School Prize
A. Williams
General use of library Reading room in library
394.24
W. O. Moseley
. City of N'port, 4% note .
133.33
Institution for Savings, city. Demand
72.50
Sidewalks and trees Schools
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CITY AUDITOR
TRUST FUNDS-Continued SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS --- Continued RECAPITULATION
Funds.
Insome
Funds for purchase of books, etc., for library
$ 32,500.00
$
1,298.68
Funds for general use of library
31,000.00
1,296.58
Funds for reading room
15,000.00
779.24
Funds for benefit of schools
15,000.00
606.00
Funds for watering streets
20,000.00
1,588.39
Funds for sidewalks and trees
10,000.00
412.50
Funds for benefit of the poor
5,000.00
213.86
Funds for municipal fire insurance
10,352.32
446.38
Funds for benefit of Bartlett Mall
10.000.00
363.08
Funds for school prize
250.00
10.00
$149,602.32 $ 7,014.71
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TRUST FUNDS-Continued TRUST FUNDS UNDER CONTROL OF SPECIAL TRUSTEES
MARGARET ATWOOD FUND Benefit of Schools, Poor and Religion.
INVESTMENT OF FUND
Institution for Savings, City $ 5,500.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
5,000.00
Total fund Dec. 16, 1911. $10,500.00
Statement of Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS
Interest from Institution for Savings $ 222.20
202.00
Interest from Five Cents Savings Bank
$ 424.20
PAYMENTS
Indian School
$ 100.00
Religious Society (Central church)
20.00
City Missionary
20.00
Overseers of Poor
259.20
Administration of fund
25.00 $ 424.20
MOSES ATKINSON FUND Benefit of School. INVESTMENT OF FUND
Institution for Savings, City $ 1,764.43
Five Cents Savings Bank, city
1,804.66
20 shares Merchants National Bank, city
400.00
7 shares Ocean National Bank, city
350.00
10 acres salt marsh, Salisbury
Total fund Dec. 16, 1911
$ 4,319.09
Statement of Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS
Withdrawn from Institution for Savings $ 131.56
Ocean National Bank, dividend
20.00
Merchants National Bank, dividend
29.00
Sale of grass
5.00
Rebate of bank tax
15.00
PAYMENTS $ 200.56
Deposited in Five Cents Savings Bank, City $ 69.00
Services of janitor 6.56
Teachers
125.00 $ 200.56
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CITY AUDITOR
TRUST FUNDS-Continued Trust Funds Under Control of Special Trustees --- Continued GEORGE PEABODY FUND To Purchase Books for Library. INVESTMENT OF FUND
Institution for Savings, city $15,000.00
Total fund
$15,000.00
Statement of Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS
Balance Dec. 1, 1910 $ 475.07
Interest from Institution for Savings 600.00
$ 1,075.07
PAYMENTS
Purchase of books
714.22
Balance Dec. 1, 1911
$ 360.85
LIBRARY BUILDING FUND Maintenance of Building. INVESTMENT OF FUND
Institution for Savings, city
$ 5,732.88
Total fund
$ 5,732.88
Statement of Receipts and Payments
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Dec. 1, 1910
$ 115.10
Interest, Institution for Savings
229.28
Miscellaneous income
. . 2.50
$ 346.88
PAYMENTS
Cane seating chairs
$ 12.25
Inspection and repairing boiler
27.20
Cleaning building
9.80
Labor of plumber
5.15
Labor of carpenter
3.63
Labor of painter
12.93
New hose
15.00
Setting glass and repairs to building
6.35
Care of shrubbery
.50
Contract on floor
40.42
Repairs on locks
1.00
Disinfecting fluid
12.50
Janitor's supplies
. ... 3.70
.
.
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. ...
. .
...
150.43
Balance
$ 196.45
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TRUST FUNDS-Continued OLIVER PUTNAM FUND Free English School. INVESTMENT OF FUND NOV. 1, 1911
Stocks and Bonds $94,088.63
Bills receivable
3,257.82
Cash on hand
246.13
Total fund
$97,592.58
Statement of Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS
Balance Nov. 1, 1910
$ 87.60
Note paid
1,200.00
Income of fund
4,760.09
PAYMENTS
Stocks and bonds purchased
$ 2,425.00
Accrued interest paid
25.73
Teachers' salaries
1,910.00
Sundry expenses
5.83
Safe deposit box
15.00
City of Newburyport
1,200.00
Premium on bond of treasurer
20.00
Administration of fund
200.00
5,801.56
Balance Nov. 1, 1911
$ 246.13
WILLIAM WHEELWRIGH FUND Scientific School. INVESTMENT OF FUND, OCT. 31, 1911
Mortgages of real estate
$140,500.00
Real estate by foreclosure
12,000.00
Stocks and bonds
362,359.91
Total fund
$514,859.91
Statement of Receipts and Payments
RECEIPTS
$ 2,266.83
Securities sold
28,774.25
Interest and income earned
23,160.53
PAYMENTS
Securities purchased
$32,206.16
Profits on investments
420.00
Accrued interest
154.01
Students' expenses
12,606.52
Administration of funds
2,725.69
48,112.38
Cash on hand Oct. 31, 1911
$ 6,089.23
Balance Oct. 31, 1910
$54,201.61
$6,047.69
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CITY AUDITOR
TRUST FUNDS-Continued RECAPITULATION OF TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds in hands of Sinking Fund Commissioners $149,602.32
Margaret Atwood Fund 10,500.00
Moses Atkinson Fund 4,319.09
George Peabody Fund
15,000.00
Library Building Fund
5,732.88
. Oliver Putnam Fund .
97,592.58
William Wheelwright Fund 514,859.91
Total funds for benefit of city or any of its inhabitants $797,606.78
104
ANNUAL REPORTS
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY
December 16, 1911.
REAL AND PERSONAL
City Hall building and land, Pleasant street, brick $ 50,000.00
New Police Station, court house
20,000.00 brick
40,000.00
Ward room, Congress street, wood
400.00
Library building and land, State street, brick
25,000.00
Ward room and land, Ashland street, wood.
400.00
Right of Ferry way
100.00
Old Hill burial ground
1,000.00
Highland cemetery
1,000.00
Pest house, wood
100.00
Ward room, Purchase street, wood
200.00
Total
$138,200.00
SCHOOLHOUSES
Albert Currier school $ 36,000.00
High schoolhouse and land, High street, brick
85,000.00
Johnson schoolhouse and land, Hancock street, brick 5,000.00
Bromfield street schoolhouse and land, brick 7,500.00
Jackman schoolhouse and land, brick 28,500.00
Temple street schoolhouse and land, brick 3,500.00
35,000.00
Davenport schoolhouse and land, Congress street, brick
6,000.00
Storey avenue schoolhouse and land, brick
3,000.00
Currier schoolhouse and land, Forester street, brick
8,000.00
Purchase street schoolhouse and land, wood
3,000.00
Curtis schoolhouse and land, Ashland street
10,000.00
Moultonville schoolhouse and land, wood 1,500.00
800.00
Total
$232,300.00
ENGINE HOUSES
Central fire station
$ 20,000.00
Engine house and land, Federal street, brick
5,000.00
Engine house and land, Purchase street, brick
2,500.00
Engine house and land, Congress street, brick
5,000.00
Engine house and land, Merrimac street, brick
. 1,000.00
Total
$ 33,500.00
LANDS
Washington park; High, Pond and Greenleaf streets
$ 12,000.00
Cushing park; Washington, Kent, Congress and Buck streets 9,000.00
Atkinson common; High street 3,500.00
Land; High street and Storey avenue
3,500.00
Triangular lot; Three Roads
200.00
Coffin lot; Hill street
1,200.00
Amount carried forward
$ 29,400.00
Kelley schoolhouse and land, High street, brick
Monroe street schoolhouse and land, wood
.
City farm buildings and 30 acres of land, North Atkinson street,
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CITY AUDITOR
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-Continued
Amount brought forward
$ 29,400.00
Powder House lot; Low street
1,200.00
Pasture; Crow lane
700.00
Gravel pit; Coffin's court
300.00
Gravel pit; Greenleaf street
1,500.00
Gravel pit; North Atkinson street
800.00
Kent street landing
1,500.00
Green street landing
2,000.00
Winter street landing
400.00
Jefferson street landing
300.00
Bromfield street landing
300.00
Goodwin landing
450.00
Gas house landing
50.00
Pettingell landing
50.00
Marlboro street landing
100.00
Janvrin landing
1,059.00
Coombs' landing
.. . 100.00
Total
$ 40,209.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Furniture in City Hall building, engine houses, police station and court room
$ 6,000.00
Movable property in schoolhouses, consisting of desks and chairs for pupils, books and miscellaneous supplies, viz:
Johnson school
$ 450.00
Bromfield street school
546.00
Purchase street school
60.00
Jackman school
632.00
Temple street school
138.00
Kelley school
1,192.00
Congress street school
311.00
Congress street ward room
66.00
New Currier school
2,610.00
Ashland street school in temporary quarters
142.00
Ashland street ward room
38.00
Moultonville school
149.00
Plains school
100.00
High school
1,550.00
Committee room, City Hall
500.00
Second class Amoskeag steamers, one Nott steamer, five hose wagons, one supply wagon, two hose reels, two hook and ladder trucks, 8950 feet leading hose, of which 5400 feet is first class and 3550 feet second class, 60 feet suction hose (21/2 inch), five siamese couplings, seven hand extinguishers, four double harnesses, six single harnesses, and small supplies. In care of the chief engineer of the fire department
Road roller, road scraper, road sweeper, nine horses, three double carts, three single carts, three double sleighs, three single sleighs, one stone jigger, three double harnesses, three single sleigh har- nesses, nine horse blankets, nine canvas coverings, two hokey- pokey carts, two road plows, four gravel screens, four snow plows, one single horse shovel, one iron paving widder block, six wooden paving widders, two spirit levels, four wooden signs for road
.
8,484.00
22,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-Continued
roller, eight iron signs for road roller, two tool boxes, four wooden horses, 18 pickaxes, sled runners, drills and wedges, six hoes, 12 scoop shovels, six grubs, two paving hammers, 12 water pails, one water can, two kerosene oil cans, four wheelbarrows, 13 steel bars, four tamping bars, 12 chains, one brush entter, two pendants for snow plows, 12 rakes, 60 lanterns, 10 stone chisels, 36 brush brooms, seven stone hammers, two mauls, two sledges, stable implements. In care of the surveyor of highways .. .. Furniture in almshouse; other property in or about city farm build-
$ 6,000.00
ings, viz: five cows, 13 swine, three horses, one mowing machine, one horse rake, one hay tedder, two sets hay forks and blocks, two express wagons, two dump carts, one hay wagon, one light wagon, two sets double harnesses, three sets single harnesses, two plows, two cultivators, one four-ton 8x14 wagon scale, and other tools and appurtenances usually found on a farm. In care of the superintendent of the city farm
3,027.00
Standard weights and measures
Fire alarm 5,000.00
Total $ 50,811.00
Sewer system
.$150,000.00
Water works
450,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Real estate
$138,200.00
Schoolhouses
232,300.00
Engine houses 33,500.00
Lands
40,209.00
Personal property
50,811.00
Sewer system
150,000.00
Water works
450,000.00
$1,095,020.00
300.00
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CITY AUDITOR
SALARIES PAID CITY OFFICIALS 1911
Mayor
$ 1,200.00
City auditor
900.00
Treasurer and collector
1,700.00
Treasurer and collector's assistant
500.00
Three assessors, each
700.00
City clerk (no fees)
1,500.00
City messenger
900.00
City solicitor
500.00
Clerk of committees and assistant city clerk
500.00
Four registrars, each
100.00
City marshal
1,200.00
Chief of fire department
300.00
Superintendent of fire alarm and wires
300.00
Sealer of weights and measures
700.00
Superintendent of moth extermination
800.00
Tree warden
150.00
Harbor master
100.00
Agent and clerk of board of health
500.00
Inspection of school children
300.00
Inspection of animals
300.00
Inspection of meats and provisions
500.00
Inspection of milk and vinegar
400.00
Collector of milk and vinegar
300.00
Superintendent of highways and bridges
1,500.00
Superintendent of almshouse
480.00
Matron of almshouse
240.00
Clerk of overseers of poor
850.00
City physician
450.00
Clerk of soldiers benefits
200.00
Superintendent of schools
1,700.00
Truant officer
750.00
Librarian of public library
1,500.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian, per month
20.00
Superintendent of cemeteries
250.00
Captain of night watch, per week
19.25
Patrolmen, per week
17.50
Three assistant chiefs, each
75.00
Clerk of board of engineers
15.00
Assistant engineers, each
20.00
Firemen of steamers, each
120.00
Hosemen and laddermen, each
60.00
Permanent firemen, per week
15.40
Driver of hose wagon, per week
15.75
Driver of single and double teams, per week
15.75
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Engineers of steamers, each
160.00
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Tabular Statement of City, County and State Taxes
RATE OF TAXATION PER $1000, AND NUMBER OF POLLS, FROM 1851 TO 1911 INCLUSIVE
Year
No. Polls
Valuation of Real Estate
Valuation of Personal Estate
Total Valuation
*Amount of City Tax
Amount of State Tax
Amount of County Tax
Total Tax
Taxat,n per$1000
1851
2517
$2,596,400
$2,880,200
$5,476,600
$33,597.98
$5,227.76
$38,825.74
$6.40
1852
2827
2,764,800
2,796,700
5,561,500
43,504.74
5,227.76
48,732.50
8
1853
2997
2,902,100
2,931,500
5,833,600
40,232.74
$2,787
5,227.76
48,257.59
7.50
1854
2770
3,302,500
3,483,000
6,785,500
41,434.50
2,787
7,432
51,653.50
7
1855
2977
3,440,100
3,554,000
7,003,100
48,877.80
4,180.50
7,432
60,500.30
8
1856
2972
3,453,500
3,762,700
7,216,200
50,931.70
5,574
9,290
65,795.70
8.50
1857
2705
3,424,200
3,603,600
7,027,800
49,656.70
8,361
9,290
67,307.80
9
1858
2708
3,287,100
3,529,300
6,816,400
48,582.63
3,344
7,560.21
59,486.84
S
1859
2529
3,212,700
3,630,000
6,842,700
58,741.88
2,790
8,505.24
70,037.12
9.60
1860
2412
3,200,800
3,544.800
6,745,600
61,654.80
2,327
8,694.24
72,674.04
10.20
1861
2430
3,150,600
3,447,500
6,608,100
60,521.79
2,346
9,369.85
72,237.74
10.40
1862
2462
3,056,000
3,163,450
6,219,450
62,648.67
14,076
7,808.29
84,532.96
12.80
1863
2348
3,048,700
3,395.000
6,443,700
68,337.11
18,768
7,808.29
94,913.40
14
1864
2528
3,268,700
3,425,000
6,693,700
72,193.84
18,768
7,805.96
98,767.80
14
1865
3000
3,349,200
4,032,800
7,382,000
90,336.05
36,660
8,188.95
135,195
17.50
1866
3126
3,373,700
3,834,500
7,208,200
129,768.35
23,400
8,188.95
161,357.30
21.50
1867
2893
3,906,600
4,054,100
7,960,700
116,173.30
39,000
9,826.70
165,000
20
1868
3388
3,743,800
3,479,800
7,223,600
110,160.78
15,600
9,417.30
135,195.08
17.80
1869
3242
3,858,000
3,569,700
7,427,700
119,502.67
19,500
8,188.95
144,639.22
18.60
1870
2907
4,018,701
3,682,545
7,701,246
127,431.72
19,500
9,826.70
156,758.42
19.60
1871
3218
4,057,500
3,034,257
7,091,757
104,051.74
19,500
9,826.70
133,378.44
17.90
1872
3292
4,243,950
3,068,700
7,312,650
123,154.65
11,960
8,215.90
143,330.55
18.70
1873 .
3190
4,515,400
3,057,140
7,572,540
139,188.92
13,455
8,215.90
160,859.82
20.40
1874
3208
4,763,700
3,120,407
7,884,107
136,038.13
11,960
8,215.90
156,214.03
19
1875
3383
4,904,075
3,140,838
8,044,913
139,443.45
11,960
8,215.90
159,619.35
19
1876
3356
4,788,450
2,937,167
7,725,617
136,042.87
7,866
6,499.50
150,408.38
18.60
1877
.
3223
4,832,700
2,812,284
7,644,984
115,911.24
6,555
6,499.50
128,965.74
16
1878
3408
4,799,250
2,778,962
7,578,212
122,383.39
4,370
7,892.30
135,645.60
17
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