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Newburyport 4 per cent. Sewer Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1919 ... 7,500.00
Newburyport 4 per cent. Sewer Bonds, due Nov. 1, 1919. .. 35,000.00 Newburyport 31 per cent. Water Bonds, due June 1, 1918. . 11,000.00
Loraine 5 per cent. Bonds, due Sept. 15, 1919 2,000.00
Utica 41/2 per cent. Bonds, due July 1, 1919
3,000.00
Dubuque 4 per cent Bonds, due April 1, 1919
5,000.00
Waterbury 4 per cent. Bonds, due Jan. 1, 1919
1,000.00
Minneapolis 4 per cent. Bonds, due Oct. 15, 1919
2,000.00
Flint 41/2 per cent Bonds, due April 1, 1919 2,000.00
Institution for Savings, City . 1,929.04
Five Cents Savings Bank, City 47.94
- $99,476.98
HIGH SCHOOL LOAN $35,000, 31/2 per cent., due July 1, 1922.
Total funds, Dec. 16, 1916
$ 26,141.32
Appropriation, 1917 600.00
931.00
Net income, 1917
- $ 27,672.32
INVESTED
Newburyport, 31/2 per cent High School bonds, due July 1,
1922
.$ 27,000.00
Ocean National Bank, City
672.32
$ 27,672.32
HIGH SCHOOL LOAN $50,000, 31% per cent., due December 1, 1923.
Total funds, December 16, 1916 $ 32,107.64
Appropriation, 1917 1,450.00
Net Income, 1917 1,404.61
$ 34,962.25
INVESTED
Dubuque, 4 per cent. bonds, due April 1, 1919 $ 4,000.00 Newburyport 31/2 per cent. High School bonds, due Dec. 1, 1923 3,000.00
Newburyport
31% per cent. Water bonds, due June 1,
1922-3-5 8,000.00
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Concord & Montreal R. R. 4 per cent. bonds, due June 1, 1920
3,000.00
Newburyport 31% per cent. Water bonds, due June 1, 1928. 1,000.00
Bridgeport 4 14 per cent. bonds, due July 1, 1923 3,000.00
Beverly 4 per cent. bonds, due April 1, 1919 1,000.00
Fitchburg R. R. 31% per cent. bonds, due Oct. 1, 1921 10,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R. 312 per cent. bonds, due Jan. 1, 1923 1,000.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, City 962.25
-$ 34,962.25
REFUNDING LOAN $62,000, 4 per cent., due November 1, 1924.
Total funds, December 16, 1916
$ 31,132.71
Appropriation, 1917
2,060.00
Net Income, 1917
1,259.39
City account of bondsmen
6,550.00
$ 41,002.10
INVESTED
Newton 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan. 1, 1924 $ 1,000.00
Lawrence 4 per cent. bonds, due July 1, 1924 1,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R., 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Jan. 1, 1923 3,000.00 Boston & Mains R. R. 4 per cent. Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1926. 5,000.00
Bridgeport 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan. 1, 1924
1,000.00
Flint 41/2 per cent. bonds, due April 1, 1924 3,000.00
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Water bonds, due Jan. 1, 1925 . 1,000.00
Youngstown, 41/2 per cent. bonds, due Oct. 1, 1919
3,000.00
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Sewer bonds, due Sept. 1, 1931.
5,000.00
Minneapolis 4 per cent. bonds, due June 1, 1924
3,000.00
Canton 5 per cent. bonds, due March 1, 1919
5,000.00
Concord & Montreal R. R. 4 per cent. bonds, due June 1, 1920
1,000.00
Ocean National Bank, City
3,852.10
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
5,150.00
-$ 41,002.10
SEWERAGE LOAN $46,000, 31% per cent., due Sept. 1, 1931.
Total fund, December 16, 1916 $ 24,832.23
Appropriation, 1917 650.00
Net income, 1917 882.97
$ 26,365.20
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INVESTED
Newburyport 31/2 per cent. Sewer Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1931.$ 21,000.00 Lake Shore & Michigan R. R. 4 per cent. bonds, due May 1, 1931 1,000.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, City 2,228.66
Ocean National Bank, City 2,136.54
$ 26,365.20
SUMMARY
City of Newburyport 31/2 per cent., water, due June 1, 1918 $ 11,000.00
City of Newburyport 4 per cent., sewer, due Sept. 1, 1919 29,000.00
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 Waterbury 4 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1919
1,000.00
City of Flint 41% per cent., due April 1, 1919
2,000.00
City of Loraine 5 per cent., due Sept. 15, 1919
2,000.00
City of Beverly 4 per cent., due April 1, 1919
1,000.00
City of Utica 41/2 per cent., due July 1, 1919
3,000.00
City of Youngstown 41/2 per cent., due Oct. 1, 1919
3,000.00
City of Minneapolis 4 per cent., due Oct. 15, 1919
2,000.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., 4 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1920
4,000.00
Fitchburg R. R. Co., 31% per cent., due Oct. 1, 1921
10,000.00
City of Newburyport 31/2 per cent., High School, due July 1, 1922 27,000.00
City of Newburyport 31/2 per cent., water, due June 1, 1922-3-5-8 10,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R., 31/2 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1923
4,000.00
City of Newburyport 31/2 per cent., High School, due Dec. 1, 1923
3,000.00
City of Bridgeport 414 per cent., due July 1, 1923 3,000.00
City of Bridgeport 4 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1924
1,000.00
City of Newton 4 per cent., due Jan. 1, 1924
1,000.00
City of Flint 414 per cent., due April 1, 1924
3,000.00
City of Minneapolis 4 per cent., due June 1, 1924
3,000.00
City of Lawrence 4 per cent., due July 1, 1924 Boston & Maine R. R., 4 per cent., due Sept. 1, 1926 5,000.00
1,000.00
Lake Shore & Michigan & Southern 4 per cent., due May 1, 1931 1,000.00
City of Newburyport 31/2 per cent., sewer, due Sept. 1, 1931 26,000.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, Newburyport 8,388.85
Ocean National Bank, Newburyport 6,660.96
Institution for Savings, City 1,929.04
$229,478.85
City of Canton 5 per cent., due March 1, 1919
5,000.00
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BONDS DEPOSITED WITH COMMISSIONERS
J. L. McLean, City Marshal, $1,000 Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co., expires Jan. 7, 1918.
H. W. Little, City Clerk, $3,000 Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co., expires Jan. 6, 1918.
H. F. Whiton, Treasurer and Collector, $30,000, London & Lancashire G. & A. Co., expires July 19, 1918.
H. S. Noyes, Secretary and Treasurer Water Works, $5,000, Fidelity & Deposit Co., of Maryland, expires July 10, 1918.
Charles E. Houghton, Treasurer and Collector, $30,000, London & Lancashire G. & A. Co., expires Jan. 7, 1919.
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TRUST FUNDS
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 once every year, and so much oftener as they 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 evidence 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 or treasurer 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, securi- ties and evidence of property; and any such trustee who refuses to exhibit his trust account, funds, securities and evidences 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 to property held in trust for public uses. (Approved May 9, 1904.)
Trust funds in which the City of Newburyport and its inhabitants are inter- ested 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.
Putnam 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, 1916, have been audited and found correct; also the securities have been counted and found to agree with the treasurer's accounts.
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The following is a statement of the condition of said funds:
BONDS DEPOSITED WITH COMMISSIONERS TRUST FUNDS
In the Hands of the Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 15, 1917.
Total amount of funds Dec. 16, 1916 $166,620.32
Gifts during year, C. II. Knight
370.40
Interest added to Foster Fund 7.84
Interest added to Fire Insurance Fund 566.12
Transfer of Atwood Fund 10,500.00
Total funds Dec. 15, 1917 $178,064.68
Income Account
RECEIPTS
Balance in hands of trustees, Dec. 16, 1916
$ 473.85
Income from funds 7,272.29
Follansbee Fund income from City Clerk
586.23
$ 8,332.37
PAYMENTS
Added to principal of funds $ 573.96
Purposes donated
6,668.81
7,242.77
Balance of income on hand $ 1,089.60
Income on hand belongs to the following funds: $ 325.12
Simpson fund
Merrill fund
20.00
Toppan fund
25.00
Atwood fund
140.00
Follansbee fund
579.48
-$ 1,089.60
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Name of Fund Atwood
J. M. Bradbury C. W. Bradstreet John Bromfield Moses Brown
C. C. Cole
J. J. Currier A. E. Cutter
Timothy Dexter
W. H. P. Dodge
C. H. Knight I. M. Follansbee
Daniel Foster
J. A. Frothingham S. A. Green George Haskell
S. W. Marston
P. A. Merrill E. S. Moseley
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
Demand
$ 5550,00 $
222.20
Poor and Religious
Demand
5,000
202.00
Poor and Religious
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000
202.00
Bartlett Mall
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,000
202.00
Bartlett Mall
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
General Use of Library
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
General Use of Library
Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.
Demand
10,000.00
425.00
Sidewalks and Trees
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000.00
202.00
Schools
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,000.00
202.00
Schools
Provident Inst. Savings, Amesbury
Demand
5,000.00
202.00
Schools
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
Supt. of Reading Room
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
Supt. of Reading Room
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
40.00 Newburyport and Newbury Books
General Use of Lirbary
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
General Use of Library
July 1, 1929
1,862.50
80.00
Poor
Demand
137.50
5.54
Poor
July 1, 1919
1,855.00
70.00
Books and Papers, Library
Demand
645.00
25.80
Books and Papers, Library
Demand
370.40
Atkinson Common
July 1, 1929
2,793.75
120.00
Poor
Demand
206.05
8.32
Poor
Demand
202.22
7.84
Books for Library
Demand
1,000
45.00
Books for Library
Demand
2,000.00
80.00
Books for Library
July 1, 1919
927.50
35.00
Books for Library
Demand
72.50
2.88
Books for Library
Sept. 1, 1931
4,000.00
140.00
General Use of Library
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
General Use of Library
Demand
1,000.00
40.00
School Prize
Sept. 1, 1931
4,000.00
140.00
General Use of Library
Demand
1,000.00
40.40
General Use of Library
ANNUAL REPORT
Newburyport 31/2 p.c. Sewer Bonds Five Cents Savings Bank, City Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 p. c. Bonds Institution for Savings, City City of Boston, 31% p. c. Bonds Institution for Savings, City Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 p. c. Bonds Institution for Savings, City Five Cents Savings Bank, City Haverhill Savings Bank
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank City of Boston 31/2 p. c. Bonds
Institution for Savings, City Newburyport 31/2 p. c. Sewer Bonds
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Five Cents Savings Bank, City Newburyport 31/2 p. c. Sewer Bonds Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Sept. 1, 1931
3,000.00
105.00
Balch
Institution for Savings, City Five Cents Savings Bank, City
W. O. Moseley
Amer. Tel. & Tel. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1929
1,792.50
80.00
General Use of Library
May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
General Use of Library
March 1, 1958
1,942.50
80.00
General Use of Library
March 1, 1947
947.50
40.00
General Use of Library
May 1, 1925
1,965.00
80.00
General Use of Library
June 1, 1923
953.00
35.00
General Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
419.50
16.92
General Use of Library
Demand
5,000.00
200.00
Books for Library
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1929
3,585.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
Boston & Albany R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
May 1, 1933
3,960.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
Chicago B. & Q. R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
March 1, 1958
3,885.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 4 p.c. Bonds Fitchburg R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1955
4,700.00
200.00
Sprinkling Streets
March 1, 1927
2,940.00
120.00
Sprinkling Streets
. Institution for Savings, City
Demand
930.00
37.56
Sprinkling Streets
J. R. Spring
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
10,000.00
400.00
Books for Library
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
10,000.00
400.00
Books for Library
E. H. Stickney
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5 p. c. Bonds
Dec. 1, 1995
5,069.65
250.00
General Use of Library
Old Colony R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
Dec. 1, 1925
4,712.50
200.00
General Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
524.01
18.88
General Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000.00
200.00
Books for Library
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1929
1,792.50
80.00
Reading Room in Library
Boston & Albany R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
Reading Room in Library
Chicago B. & Q. R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
March 1, 1947
1,895.00
80.00
Reading Room in Library
Fitchburg R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
May 1, 1925
1,965.00
80.00
Reading Room in Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,425.00
217.00
Reading Room in Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
250.0
10.00
School Prize
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
1,000.00
40.00
Books for Library
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1929
4,631.25
200.00
Replace Loss by Fire
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
July 1, 1955
4,825.00
200.00
Replace Loss by Fire
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
4,479.65
166.1:
Replace Loss by Fire
$178,064.68 $7,272.29
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R. N. Toppan A. Williams Fire Ins. Fund
Boston & Albany R. R. 4 p.c. Bonds Chicago B. & Q. R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 4 p.c. Bonds Fitchburg R. R. 4 p. c. Bonds
Newburyport Water 31/2 p. c. Bonds
M. P. Sawyer M. H. Simpson
Deposit in National Bank
Demand
33.43
Sprinkling Streets
B. D. Sweetser W. C. Todd
March 1, 1958
1,942.50
80.00
Reading Room in Library
Salem Savings Bank
-
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TRUST FUNDS RECAPITULATION
Funds.
Income
Funds for purchase of books, etc., for library
$ 37,702.22 $ 1,506.52
Funds for general use of library
36,306.16
1,467.80
Funds for reading room supplies
15,000.00
617.00
Fund for reading room salary
2,000.00
80.80
Fund for local books
1,000.00
40.00
Funds for benefit of schools
15,000.00
606.00
Funds for sprinkling streets
20,000.00
870.99
Funds for sidewalks and trees
10,000.00
425.00
Funds for benefit of poor
5,000.00
213.86
Funds for municipal fire insurance
13,935.90
566.12
Funds for Bartlett Mall
10,000.00
404.00
Funds for school prize
1,250.00
50.00
Funds for religious work and poor
10,500.09
424.20
Fund for Atkinson Common
370.40
0.00
$178,064.68 $ 7,272.29
TRUST FUNDS UNDER CONTROL OF SPECIAL TRUSTEES MARGARET ATWOOD FUND
Fund transferred to Trust Fund Commissioners under account of 1917.$ 10,500.00 Income received from Overseers of Poor 80.00
MOSES ATKINSON FUND
No report made by trustees.
GRACE 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, 1915 $ 678.33
Interest from Institution for Savings
600.00 -$ 1,278.33
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CITY AUDITOR
TRUST FUNDS-CONTINUED PAYMENTS
Purchase of Books 391.67
Balance Dec. 1, 1917 $ 886.66
LIBRARY BUILDING FUND Maintenance of Building INVESTMENT OF FUNDS
Institution for Savings, City $ 5,732.88
Total fund
$
5,732.88
Statement of Receipts and Payments
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Dec. 1, 1916 $ 101.48
229.28
Repairs to heating plant
58.63
Mason and stock
2.75
Carpenter and stock
20.70
Electric wiring and labor on lights
18.60
Janitor's supplies
7.92
Painter and stock
8.55
Repairing furniture
6.75
Repairing clock
2.00
Rubber matting
9.00
$ 134.90
Balance Dec. 1, 1917 $ 195.86
OLIVER PUTNAM FUND Free English High School
INVESTMENT OF FUND OCT. 31, 1917
Stock and bonds
$ 99,716.13
Bills receivable
2,695.00
Cash on hand
384.27
Total fund
$102,795.40
Interest from Institution for Savings
PAYMENTS $ 330.76
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TRUST FUNDS-CONTINUED
Statement of Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS
Balance Oct. 31, 1916
.$ 991.33
Income of fund
5,073.77
$ 6,065.10
PAYMENTS
Stocks and bonds purchased $ 1,988.75
Accrued interest paid
18.13
Teachers' salaries
2,205.50
City of Newburyport
1,200.00
Premium on bond of treasurer
12.50
Sundry expenses
8.58
Decorations for graduation
20.00
Administration of fund
200.00
Difference in balance from 1916
27.37
5,680.83
Cash on hand Oct. 31, 1917
.$ 384.27
WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT FUND Scientific School
INVESTMENT OF FUND, OCT. 31, 1917
Real estate by foreclosure and in possession
$ 18,250.00
Mortgages on real estate
83,700.00
Bonds
314,017.75
Stocks
115,502.69
Cash
14,230.40
$545,700.84
Statement of Receipts and Payments
RECEIPTS
Balance Oct. 31, 1916
$ 14,711.07
Securities sold and matured
18,894.00
Income gross 23,509.57
$ 57,114.64
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TRUST FUNDS-CONTINUED
PAYMENTS
Securities purchased
$ 24,925.00
Accrued interest paid
26.39
Students expense
14,057.68
Students loans
75.00
Expense on real estate foreclosed
901.67
Administration expenses
2,820.00
Rent of vault
45.00
Printing, advertising and office supplies
33.50
$ 42,884.24
$ 14,230.40
RECAPITULATION OF TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds in hands of Sinking Fund Commissioners $178,064. 68
Moses Atkinson Fund in hands of special trustees in 1916 4,721.74
George Peabody Fund in hands of special trustees 15,000.00
Library Building Fund in hands of special trustees 5,732.88
Oliver Putnam Fund in hands of special trustees 102,795.40
William Wheelwright Fund in hands of special trustees 545,700.84
Total of Trust Funds
$852,015.54
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ANNUAL REPORT
Schedule of City Property December 15, 1917
REAL AND PERSONAL
City Hall building and land, Pleasant street, brick $ 50,000.00
New Police Station, court house 35,000.00 City farm buildings and 30 acres of land, North Atkinson street, brick 40,000.00
Ward room, Congress street, wood 400.00
Library building and land, State street, brick 25,000.00
Right of Ferry way
100.00
Old Hill burial ground
1,000.00
Highland cemetery
1,000.00
Ward Room, Purchase street, wood
. . 200.00
Total
$152,700.00
SCHOOLHOUSES
Albert Currier school $ 36,000.00
High schoohouse 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
Kelley schoolhouse and land, High street, brick
35,000.00
Davenport schoolhouse and land, Congress street, brick
6,000.00
Storey avenue schoolhouse and land, brick
1,500.00
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
Total
$222,500.00
ENGINE HOUSES
Central fire station
$ 20,000.00
Engine house and land, Purchase street, brick 2,500.00
Engine house and land, Congress street, brick 5,000.00
Engine house and land, Forester street, brick
4,000.00
Engine house and land, Federal street, brick
5,000.00
Total
$ 36,500.00
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SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-Continued
LANDS
Washington park, 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
Powder House lot; Low street
1,200.00
Pasture; Crow lane
700.00
Gravel pit, Greenleaf
1,500.00
Gravel pit; Coffin court
300.00
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
Moultonville school
149.00
Plains school
100.00
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SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-Continued
High school 1,550.00
500.00
Committee room, City hall
$ 8,446.00
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 snetion 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 $ 22,000.00 Road roller, road seraper, 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 sigus 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 cutter, two pendants for snow plows, 12 rakes, 60 lanterns, 10 stone chisels, 36 brush brooms, 7 stone hammers, 2 mauls, 2 sledges, stable implements. In care of the surveyor of highways $ 6,000.00
Furniture in almshouse; other property in or about city farm build- 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 harness, three sets single harness, two plows, two cultivators, one four-ton 8-14 wagon scale, and other tools and ap-
purtenances usually found on a farm. In care of the superın- tendent of the city farm $ 3,027.00
300.00
Standard weights and measures
Fire alarm 5,000.00
Total
$ 50,773.00
Sewer system
150,000.00
Water works 450,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Real estate
$152,700.00
Schoolhouses 222,500.00
36,500.00
Engine houses
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CITY AUDITOR
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-Continued
Lands
$ 40,209.00
Personal property
50,773.00
Sewer system
150,000.00
Water works
450,000.00
$1,102,682.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Salaries Paid City Officials, 1917
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
125.00
City marshal
1,200.06
Chief of fire department
500.00
Superintendent of fire alarms 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
Bacteriologist
600.00
Inspector of school children
300.00
Inspector of animals
300.00
Inspector of meats and provisions
500.00
Inspector of milk and vinegar
400.00
Collector of milk and vinegar
300.00
Superintendent of highways and bridges
1,500.00
Superintendent and matron of almshouse
720.00
Clerk of overseers of poor
850.00
City physician
450.00
Clerk of soldiers' benefits
250.00
Superintendent of schools
2,100.00
Truant officer
750.00
Librarian of public library
1,600.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian
450.00
Assistant librarian per month
30.00
Superintendent of cemeteries
250.00
Assistant city marshal, per week
24.50
Captain of night watch, per week
24.50
Patrolmen, per week
21.00
Three assistant chiefs, each
125.00
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CITY AUDITOR
Clerk of board of engineers
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