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Auditor's Department
Appropriation
$2,300.00
Refund
.04
Tolls
.05
Sale material
.55
$2,300.64
Payments
Salary of Auditor
$1,500.00
Clerical allowance
600.00
Stationery and office supplies
47.93
Postage
4.00
Telephone Rental
35.25
Repairs to adding machine
9.65
Printing payrolls and warrants
54.25
2,251.08
Balance to general treasury
$49.56
Treasurer and Collector's Dept.
Appropriation
$3,600.00
Tolls
.35
From general treasury to balance
38.46
Fees credited to income
$371.05
Payments
Salary of treasurer and collector
$2,000.00
Salary of treasurer's assistant
1,000.00
.
$3,638.81
1.98
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Telephone rental
25.75
Stationery and office supplies
200.16
Postage
186.08
Distributing poll tax bills
25.00
Premium on treasurer's bond
165.00
Printing and advertising
25.10
Freight and express
2.05
Repairs to adding machine
. .. . 9.67
$3,638.81
Assessors' Department
Appropriation
$5,700.00
Payments
Salary of assessors
$4,200.00
Salary of clerk
400.00
Telephone rental
22.10
Printing poll lists
588.00
Auto list and valuation book
30.00
Stationery and office supplies
14.85
Freight and express
1.48
Printing and advertising
78.75
Postage
6.24
Abstractor of deeds
144.98
$5,486.40
Balance to general treasury
$213.60
Assessors' Maps
Balance Dec. 16
$4,650.00
Payments
Services of civil engineer, on account
2,000.00
Balance forward $2,650.00
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CITY AUDITOR
Expense of Bond and Note Issue
Appropriation .. $150.00
Payments
Printing and advertising
$5.20
Traveling expenses
8.90
Balance to general treasury $141.10
City Clerk's Department
$2,250.00
Refund
1.50
$2,251.50
Income of City Clerk's Department, Recording
and Miscellaneous
$135.31
Revenue credited to Income Account
Licenses :
Amusements
240.00
Auctioneers
6.00
Pawnbrokers
50.00
Common Victualer
170.00
Ice Cream
175.00
Lodging house
18.00
Auto dealers
90.00
Taxi
15.00
Clam
3.50
Junk
119.00
Pool
65.00
Second hand clothing
5.00
Job Wagon
2.00
Inn holder
10.00
Coffee house
10.00
Peddler
15.00
Marriage
128.00
$1,121.50
Appropriation
3.70
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Payments
Salary of City Clerk
$2,050.00
Premium on clerk's bond
12.00
Postage
2.00
Stationery and office supplies
7.97
Repairs to typewriter
17.75
Telephone rental
32.95
Advertising and printing
9.00
Posting civil service notices
31.50
Freight and express
3.30
$2,166.47
Balance to general treasury
$85.03
City Messenger
Appropriation
$1,200.00
From general treasury to balance
45.07
$1,245.07
Payments
Salary of City Messenger
$1,245.07
Law Department
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments
Salary of city solicitor
$500.00
Fees and summonses
27.72
Photographs
10.75
Stationery and office supplies
3.34
Services of stenographer
68.34
Telephone rental
9.37
Traveling expenses
68.20
$687.72
Balance to general treasury
$62.28
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Election and Registration
$2,800.00
Payments
Ward officers
.672.00
Salaries of Registrars
600.00
Care of ward rooms
69.70
Repairs to ward rooms
18.45
Printing and advertising
337.18
Electricity
28.20
Electrician and stock
4.33
Typewriting
15.30
Posting ballot boxes and putting up rail
16.50
Services of police officers
60.00
Postage
1.50
Stationery and office supplies
15.04
Traveling expenses
3.70
Fuel
12.60
1,854.50
Balance to general treasury
$945.50
City Hall
Appropriation
$1,500.00
From fuel administrator
3.49
Sale of old books
.62
Sale of junk in basement
125.00
From general treasury to balance
714.38
Rent of Hall
$1,095.00
Payments
Electricity
$145.38
Gas Lighting
184.23
Electric Lamps
13.21
Stage Carpenter
151.04
Carpenter and stock
101.17
Plumber and stock
197.32
Electrician and stock
84.24
$2,343.49
Appropriation
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Mason and Stock
17.51
Teaming
7.00
Repairs on boiler 32.38
Repairs to roof
16.55
Repairing furniture
5.00
Painting signs
3.91
Paint and setting glass
23.95
Coal
1,295.32
Wood
10.00
Snow removal
8.50
Labor on sewer
11.50
Electric heater
9.50
Advertising and printing
2.70
Freight and express
1.32
Janitors supplies
. 21.76
$2,343.49
City Hall Heating Plant
Note issue
$8,000.00
Payments
Payments on account of contract
$5,550.00
Boiler room ceiling
387.57
Fire doors and fittings
131.14
6,068.71
To balance forward
$1,931.29
Indexing Old Records and Typewriting
Appropriation
$325.00
Payments
Work on vital statistic cards
$241.35
Stenographer for Mayor
40.80
282.15
Balance to general treasury $42.85
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PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
Appropriation
$2,350.00
Payments
Salary of City Marshal
$1,750.00
Bonus of City Marshall
416.00
Premium on City Marshal's bond
5.00
Stationery and office supplies
14.36
Telephone rental
81.50
2,266.86
Balance to general treasury
$83.14
Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$31,000.00
Payments
Salaries of regular men
$21,480.28
Bonus of regular men
6,944.02
Salaries of regular men on extra duty
54.24
Salaries of special and reserve men
1,057.38
Bonus of special and reserve men
352.63
29,888.55
Balance to general treasury
$1,111.45
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Fuel
Appropriation
$450.00
Balance forward
1,150.00
$1,600.00
Payments
Coal
1,310.40
Balance to general treasury
$289.60
Lighting
Appropriation
$350.00
From general treasury to balance
53.54
$403.54
Payments
Electricity
$392.74
Gas
10.80
$403.54
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Refund
9.20
From general treasury to balance
18.31
$1,027.51
Payments
Flash lights and batteries
$87.46
Use of teams and taxi service
234.75
Washing towels and blankets
18.00
Traveling expenses
86.27
Matches 7.26
Newspapers
17.00
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Services of physician
13.00
Disinfectant
20.00
Auto List Weekly
35.00
Printing and advertising
40.25
Freight and express
7.36
Lavatory supplies
7.15
Repairs and supplies for motor cycle
241.36
Traffic signs
95.15
Meals furnished
11.00
Uniforms and equipment
70.85
Janitor's supplies
6.71
Stationery and office supplies
20.50
Telephone rental
8.44
$1,027.5/11
Maintenance of Buildings
Appropriation
$2,080.00
Refund
25.89
From general treasury to balance
78.88
Revenue credited to Income Account
Fines collected
$3,160.50
Rent of Court Room for 1923
....
2,500.00
$5,660.50
Payments
Salary of janitor
$1,080.00
Substitute for janitor
30.00
Electric Lamps
25.44
Carpenter and stock
39.77
Electrician and stock
25.89
Plumber and stock
12.00
Repairs to boiler
29.70
Janitor's supplies
21.97
Repairs to roof
20.00
Transferred to Poor Department
900.00
$2,184.77
$2,184.77
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ANNUAL REPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT Supervision and Assistant Chief
4
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments
Chief
$500.00
First Assistant
250.00
$750.00
SALARIES
Appropriation
$14,000.00
Payments
Captains
$60.00
Mechanical Engineers
450.00
Assistant Mechanical Engineers
225.00
Stokers and Stewards
545.00
Call men
5,266.67
Substitute Call men
141.65
Permanent men
3,120.00
Chauffeur for new fire apparatus
1,820.00
Chauffeur for Hook and Ladder
150.00
Extra services at fires
5.00
Washing and rolling hose
44.26
Care of Hose No. 7 Motor
100.00
11,927.58
Balance to general treasury
$2,072.42|
Horses and Care of Same
Appropriation $9,000.00
200.00
Balance forward
$9,200.00
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Payments
Extra horses and drivers
$1,836.95
Repairs to harnesses and hostlers supplies
31.55
Horses and men for supply wagons
310.50
Teaming wet and dry hose
125.60
Hay and grain
52.32
Freight and express
3.98
Horse
150.00
Medicinal supplies
18.95
Printing and advertising
1.75
Portion of maintenance of city teams
6,448.98
$8,980.58
Balance to general treasury
$219.42
FUEL
Appropriation
$900.00
Balance forward
1,156.80
From general treasury to balance
181.23
$2,238.03
Payments
Central Fire Station, coal
$1,104.06
Engine Co. No. 2 coal
280.80
Engine Co. No. 2 wood
6.00
Engine Co. No. 3 coal
375.51
Engine Co. No. 3 wood
4.00
Hose Co. No. 7 coal
420.76
Hose Co. No. 8 coal
42.50
Teaming
4.40
.
$2,238.03
Lighting
Appropriation
$500.00
From general treasury to balance
37.51
$537.5'1
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Payments
Central Fire Station :
Gas
$59.23
Electricity
200.59
Engine Co. No. 2:
Gas
16.61
Electricity
52.14
Engine Co. No. 3 :
Gas
60.27
Electricity
102.83
Hose No. 7: Gas
35.72
Hose No. 8: Electricity
10.12
$537.51
Hydrant Service and Water
Appropriation
$3,550.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$12.00
Water for fire purposes
3,500.00
Salt
1.60
$3,513.60
Balance to general treasury
$36.40
Equipment and Repairs
Appropriation
$800.00
Services of Department
175.00
Charging chemicals
15.40
Sale of hose
2.00
From general treasury to balance
437.42
$1,429.82
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CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Freight and express
$7.50
Waste, oil and grease
52.75
Repairs and supplies for chemicals
31.78
Equipment and supplies for motor truck
561.75
Repairs on steamers and hose wagons
386.06
Supplies and repairs on nozzles and hose
61.25
Repairs on hook and ladder
10.90
Play pipes
120.00
Fuel for steamers
27.40
Storage on ladder truck
24.00
Electrical supplies
20.25
Repairs and supplies on lanterns
15.00
Miscellaneous equipment of janitor
49.84
Traveling expenses
7.50
Printing and advertising
7.43
Tools and hardware
46.41
$1,429.82
New Hose
Appropriation
. . . $1,500.00
Payments
Fire Hose
$1,298.50
Chemical hose
87.00
1,385.50
Balance to general treasury
$114.50
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$200.00
Refund
1.60
Sale of matches
6.00
From general treasury to balance
203.66
$411.26
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Payments
Washing towels and blankets
$17.75
Telephone rental
175.31
Service of time clock
16.50
Teams hired
25.00
Lavatory supplies
39.00
Janitor's supplies
65.80
Flag
8.00
Matches
30.40
Stationery and office supplies
33.50
$411.26
Maintenance of Buildings
Appropriation
$2,200.00
From general treasury to balance
342.88
$2,542.88
Payments
Carpenter and stock
$1,057.49
Plumber and stock
188.46
Electrician and stock
168.57
Paint and setting glass
67.97
Hardware, oil and rope
51.27
Repairs on roof
147.31
New clock
18.50
Janitor's supplies
20.17
Sheets, towels and bedding
81.79
Couch
14.50
Mason and stock
31.45
Labor as per payrolls, snow removal
96.00
Painting Engine No. 3 house
97.60
Street Sprinkling Commitment
1.80
Transferred to poor department
500.00
$2,542.88
Hauling Hose No. 7.
Appropriation $100.00
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Payments
Hauling hose 49.90
Balance to general treasury $50.10
Chemical for Hose No. 7.
Appropriation
$500.00
Balance forward $500.00
Motor Truck for Hook and Ladder
Balance forward $7,846.51
From general treasury to balance 1,255.74
$9,102.25
Payments
New Motor Hook and Ladder
$9,100.00
Printing and advertising 2.25
$9,102.25}
Pension for Eben Allen
Balance forward
$50.02
Appropriation 650.00
$700.02
Payments
Pension for Eben Allen
$649.92
Balance to general treasury
$50.10
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ANNUAL REPORT FIRE ALARM AND WIRES Supervision
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$400.00
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
Telephone rental
$22.01
Freight and Express
12.96
Teaming
40.00
Installation and changing gong
190.27
Carpenter and stock
21.80
Electrician and stock
54,63
New wire
109.56
Stationery and office supplies
16.85
Hardware
7.29
Supplies and labor on fire alarm boxes
147.61
Supplies and labor on poles and wires
346.63
Supplies and labor on batteries
26.64
996.25
Balance to general treasury
$3.75
Inspector of Plumbing and Buildings
Appropriation
$150.00
Refund
.35
$150.35/
Payments
Inspections of plumber $28.50
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Telephone rental 15.35
$43.85
Balance to general treasury $106.50
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$850.00
From general treasury to balance
85.68
$935.68
Revenue credited to Income-fees, $169.24
Payments
Salary of Sealer
$800.00
New weights and equipment
115.08
Printing and advertising
15.00
Teaming
5.60
$935.68
TREE WARDEN AND CARE OF TREES
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Services of Department
15.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
$2,765.00
Payments
Salary of Tree Warden
$500.00
Labor as per payrolls
1,391.51
Rent of barn
40.00
Telephone rental
14.61
Hardware and equipment
50.52
Teaming and trucking
260.00
Hay
25.00
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New trees
33.20
Cement
2.18
Balance to general treasury
$447.98
Moth Extermination
Appropriation
$1,900.00
Commitment for 1922
987.55
Sale of lead and services rendered by department
106.97
From general treasury to balance
686.33
$3,680.85
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$1,000.00
Labor as per payrolls
926.35
Rent of barn
20.00
Hay, grain and straw
149,32
New equipment
13.95
Fertilizer
16.00
Freight and express
.50
Printing and advertising
15.30
Repairs on equipment
186.46
Arsenate of lead and creosote
720.00
Repairs to sprayer
92.19
Oil and gas
39,50
Office supplies
4.05
Telephone rental
6.88
Traveling expenses
7.40
Street Sprinkling commitment
249.25
Abatements
5.70
Teaming and trucking
215.00
Shoeing horses
13.00
$3,680.85
Harbor Master
Appropriation
$125.00
Payments
$125.00
Salary of Harbor Master
$2,317.02
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments
Salary of clerk
. .
$700.00
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$4,100.00
From State on account of contagious diseases 1,247.85
$5,347.85
Revenue credited to Income account
Undertaker's Licenses
$3.50
Manicurists and massage licenses
2.50
Slaughterhouse licenses
4.00
Sausage and butterine licenses
11.50
Wood alcohol licenses
16.00
Carbonated beverages
20.00
$57.50)
Payments
Tuberculosis
Patients in Anna Jaques Hospital
. $2,822.10
Patients in State Hospitals
651.15
Groceries and provisions
96.00
$3,569.25
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Other Expenses
Salary of Bacteriologist
$600.00
Cash payments of bacteriologist
20.49
Telephone rental
44.26
Stationary and office supplies
10.45
Postage
19.08
Services of physician and medicinal supplies
101.71
Typewriting
15.55
Disinfectant
19.00
Nursing
36.00
Transportation of patients
5.69
Freight and express
5.13
Printing and advertising
59.18
Post office box rent
3.00
Oil, paint and brushes
22.40
Collection of garbage
69.30
Medical instruction
25.00
Transferred to culverts
500.00
$1,556.24;
$5,125.49'
Balance to general treasury
$222.36
Vital Statistics
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Birth returns
$72.00
Death returns
34.75
Books and cards
22.75
Burial permits
1.00
....
130.50
Balance to general treasury
$69.50
Inspection of School Children
Appropriation $350.00
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Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
Inspection of Animals
Appropriation
$350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
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.. .
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$350.00
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$500.00
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
Appropriation
$750.00
Milk license fees
350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$700.00
Teaming
21.00
$721.00
Balance to general treasury
$29.00
Sewer Construction
Amounts collected for collections
$1,072.19
From general treasury to balance 2,072.43'
$3,144.62
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Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,897.92
City teams
194.20
Pipe
854.43
Cement and lime
32.33
Bricks
72.00
Men and teams hired
43.50
Freight and express
4.25
Printing and advertising
3.38
Manholes
35.66
Repairs on tools
6.95
.
$3,144.62
Sewer Maintenance
Appropriation
$400.00
Services of department, cleaning sewers
193.12
From general treasury to balance
100.91
$694.03
Payments
. Labor as per payrolls
$548.70
City teams ..
135.90
Tools and equipment
9.43
$694.03.
Ashes and Rubbish
Balance forward $1,704.00
Appropriation 7,000.00
$8,704.00
Payments
Collection of ashes, as per contract
$6,155.25
Labor as per payrolls
813.50
City teams 469.00
..
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Extra teams hired
110.00
$7,547.75
Balance forward
$1,156.25
Street Cleaning
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Refund
8.00
$4,008.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$3,161.56
City Teams
585.20
Tools and hardware
2.50
Repairing equipment
50.02
Extra men and teams hired
95.00
$3,894.28
Balance to general treasury
$113.72
District Nurse
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments
Paid to Newburyport Health Center
$100.00
Garbage Disposal
Appropriation Sale of Pigs
$4,000.00
1,425.58
5,425.58
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Payments
Pigs
$1,223.75
Two horses
770.00
Three garbage wagons
300.00
Hostlers supplies
147.00
Labor and stock building fence
775.00
Printing and advertising
.55
Collection of garbage
1,672.26
4,888.56
Balance to general treasury
$537.02
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CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supervision
Appropriation
$2,450.00
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$2,400.00
Telephone rental
39.04
Postage
3.00
Stationery and office supplies
4.29
$2,446.313
Balance to general treasury
$3.67
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid State for maintenance of State Highway
$1,110.00
City Teams and Salaries of Drivers
Department Receipts
Sewer Maintenance
$135.90
Sewer Construction
194.20
Ashes and rubbish
469.00
Street Cleaning
585.20
Highway Repairs
1,182.20
Culverts
338.40
Street Sprinkling
148.80
Ice and Snow Removal
629.40
Recon. Merrimac and Water Streets
2,144.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones
80.60
Highways Miscellaneous
4.90
Central Park and Playgrounds
6.60
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Public Library Miscellaneous
6.40
Services of department
18.00
Balance of expense charged to fire department horses
6,448.98
$12,392.58
Payments
Driver of No. 1 double team
$1,560.00
Driver of No. 2 double team
1,560.00
Driver of No. 3 double team
1,560.00
Driver of No. 2 single team
1,560.00
Driver of No. 3 single team
1,560.00
Substitute drivers
778.82
Hay, grain and straw
2,145.53
Extra horses and teams hired
36.00
Shoeing horses
487.02
Repairing' harnesses and hostlers supplies
196.28
Repairs to wagons and sleds
830.16
New Equipment
3.00
Veterinary and supplies
38.55
Labor on hay, as per payrolls
64.00
Damage to automobile
13.22
$12,392.58
Highway Repairs
Appropriation
$15,000.00
Refund
12.00
Services of department
198.92,
From general treasury to balance
1,415.68.
$16,626.60
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$6,100.76
City Teams
1,182.20
Extra men and teams hired
1,493.40
New tools and equipment
703.96
Repairs to tools and equipment
165.30
Freight and express
. 57.20
$5,943.60.
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CITY AUDITOR
Repairs and supplies for road roller
364.79
Insurance on road roller
49.86
Cement
343.93
Cold patch
5,371.57
Fuel for road roller
210.96
Compensation, personal injuries
355.92
Medical services
81.75
Gravel
145.00
$16,626.60
Culverts
Appropriation
$7,500.00
Transfer
700.00
From general treasury to balance
38.75
$8,238.75,
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$3,178.06
City teams
338.40
New equipment
37.37
Repairs on equipment
55.57
Pipe
2,013.62
Catch basins
853.55
Freight and express
868.71
Bricks
457.88
Cement
280.71
Extra teams hired
56.90
Damage to property
75.00
Medical services
.. 12.00
Kerosene
10.98
....
$8,238.75
Bridges
Appropriation
. $2,500.00
66
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Essex-Merrimac Chain Bridge $1,985.49
Plum Island Bridge 306.58
$2,292.07,
Balance to general treasury $207.93}
Street Lighting
Appropriation
$17,500.00. . ..
Payments
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
$17,471.61
Balance to general treasury
$28.39,
Street Sprinkling
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Simpson Fund Income
900.00
Commitment for 1923
1,829.26
$4,729.26
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$915.60
City teams
148.80
Extra teams hired
95.00
Sanding
7.60
Street oil supplied
2,277.12
Abatements
8.16
Water for Street Sprinkling
50.00
$3,502.28
Balance to general treasury
$1,226.98
67
CITY AUDITOR
Sidewalks and Edgestones
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Balance forward
2,155.13
Balance account contract
1,000.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
Services of department
988.50
From general treasury to balance
482.22
$7,875.85
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,010.17
City Teams
80.60
Concrete sidewalks
6,711.33
Repairs on equipment
9.15
Removing steps on
Market Street
50.00
Extra teams hired
14.60
$7,875.85;
Ice and Snow Removal
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Services of department
264.60
From general treasury to balance
38.16
$4,302.76
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$2,484.25
City Teams
629.40
Extra teams hired
1,154.37
Equipment and repairs on same
34.74
$4,302.76
Widening Hale's Court
Balance forward $572.50
68
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Carpenter and stock on fence
$196.40
Real estate, for widening street
151.50
$347.90 :
Balance forward
$224.60
Widening and Reconstruction of Merrimac Street
Bond Issue
$175,000.00
Appropriation
3,500.00
Sale real estate
66.00
$178,566.00.
Payments
2
Payments on account of contract
$108,861.10
Payments on account of contract for moving buildings
24,990.00
Surveys, plans and specifications
7,924.65
Legal expenses
963.70
Printing and advertising
32.41
Postage
2.28
Telephone
.10
Traveling expenses
3.70
Typewriting
29.20
Auctioneer
10.00
Certificate of bond issue
310.00
$143,127.14
Balance forward
$35,438.86
Reconstruction of Merrimac and Water Streets
Balance forward
$13,619.01
Refund
24.00
Sale of stone crusher
1,800.00
69
CITY AUDITOR
Auction at quarry
2,049.30
Services of department and sale of material
1,049.84
$18,542.15
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$7,488.00
City Teams
2,144.00
Extra teams hired
247.60
Repairs on equipment
62.20
Tools and equipment
106.24
New signs
14.32
Care of silent police
18.24
Road oil
2,603.20
Freight and express
39.81
Pipe
1,760.03
Bricks
80.86
Gravel
130.00
Cold patch
97.50
Catch basins
687.03
Lime and cement
75/7.94
Labor and material grouting blocks
69.88
Dynamite
24.00
Fuel
54.11
$16,384.96{
Balance forward
$2,157.19
HIGHWAYS MISCELLANEOUS
Dr.
Balance forward
$800.00
Appropriation
500.00
Damage to silent police
10.00
$1,310.00
Payments
Maintenance of silent police $67.60
70
ANNUAL REPORT
New signs and repairs
43.58
City teams .
4.90
Freight and express
8.63
Transferred to culverts
200.00
Balance forward
800.00
$1,124.71
Balance to general treasury $185.29
71
CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES
Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Payments
Salary of Clerk
$1,000.00
Salary of City Physician
450.00
Salary of Superintendent and Matron
1,160.00
Salary of cook
492.64
Wages of domestic
356.41
Wages of farmhands
538.00
3,997.05
Balance to general treasury
$502.95
Poor Department
Appropriation
$13,000.00
Transfers
2,739.26
State of Massachusetts
1,533.31
Returned aid from individuals
352.91
Sale of live stock
238.06
Sale of produce
278.35
Sale of junk
1.30
Sale of ice
68.00
City of Melrose
51.00
Telephone tolls
2.00
From general treasury to balance
4,731.41
$22,995.60
72
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments General Administration
Telephone rental
$93.47
Postage
2.00
Office supplies
7.75
Post office box rent
3.75
Traveling expenses
6.12
Penalty for failure to make return
.... 9.00
$122.09
Out-of-Door-Relief
Groceries and provisions
$4,568.29
Cash disbursements by overseers
2,006.00
Milk
108.96
Medicine
300.00
Relief by other cities and towns
2,388.94
Rent, board and nursing
1,762.75
Fuel
263.45
Shoes and rubbers
7.50
Patients in hospitals
342.29
Ambulance service
39.00
Service of physician and medicinal supplies
49.50
Burial expenses
25.00
$11,861.68
Almshouse or Poor Farm
Groceries and Provisions, retail
$699.61
Groceries, wholesale
1,326.55
Fish
336.10
Carpenter and stock
387.58
Plumber and stock
102.53
Tobacco
199.05
Mason and stock
7.80
Electrician and stock
16.05
Electricity
174.09
Traveling expenses, freight and express
84.17
New flag
11.88
Grain, mixed feed, etc
809.30
Shoeing horses
179.16
Farm implements and repairs
1,043.45
Household and kitchen utensils
172.67
73
CITY AUDITOR
Ice Chest
213.00
Garbage collection
1,039.26
Washerwoman
168.70
Laundry
18.71
Services of veterinary
24.00
Repairs on heater
22.14
Livestock
43.00
Pasturing heifers
47.00
Killing and dressing hogs
45.50
Branding iron
2.50
Services of dentist
6.00
Services of physician
15.00
Repairs on furniture
25.00
Stationery and office supplies
14.35
Insurance
88.00
Extra men and teams hired
405.50
Cutting ice
27.25
Coal
2,148.46
Wood
2.00
New furniture
26.00
Paint and hardware
127.12
Fertilizer, plants and seeds
117.56
Shoes and rubbers
71.30
Cloth and clothing
556.67
Medicinal supplies
32.81
Shaving and haircutting
138.00
Printing and advertising
9.50
Newspapers
6.00
Soap and soap powder
21.51
.
$11,011.83
$22,995.60/
Anna Jaques Hospital
Appropriation ..
$1,000.00
Payments
To Anna Jaques Hospital
$1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
Appropriation $600.00
74
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
To Homeopathic Hospital 600.00
Mothers' Aid
Appropriation
$3,000.00
From State
2,298.65
City of Brockton
318.00
City of Boston
48.00
$5,664.65
Payments
Cash payments by overseers $5,309.00
Balance to general treasury
$355.65
75
CITY AUDITOR
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Refund
3.75
$6,003.75
Payments
Salary of clerk
$400.00
Cash disbursements
3,060.00
Board and nursing
201.57
Groceries and provisions
24.00
Services of physicians and medicinal supplies
159.80
Coal and wood
1,619.74
Postage
2.46
Traveling expenses
.60
Ambulance Service
5.00
Telephone
.35
Relief furnished by other cities
82.34
$5,555.86
Balance to general treasury
447.89
German War Relief
Balance Dec. 15, 1923
$45.00
State Aid
Received from State amounts paid in 1922
$4,931.00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1923 4,198.00
$9,129.00|
76
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Cash paid beneficiaries
$4,554.00
Balance Dec. 16, 1922 4,575.00
$9,129.00
Soldiers' Burial
Dr
Balance due for payments made in 1922
$180.00
Payments to burial agent in 1923 293.50
$473.510|
Cr.
Received from State .$180.00
Balance forward
.$293.50
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Military Aid
Appropriation
$100.00
From State
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