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Balance appropriated accounts 74.36
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CITY AUDITOR
INCOME ACCOUNT
Total receipts $204,227.60
Estimated receipts appropriated
197,077.00
7,150.60
Appropriated by Council Order Dec. 11, 1934
1,300.00
Avialable funds Dec. 15, 1934
5,850.60
Total credit balance
5,924.96
Of the total expenditures $128,590.86 was for Welfare functions which includes Welfare, Hospitals, Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assistance. Some refunds on Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assistance will be made by the State.
There was expended for Soldiers Benefits $22,392.27, of this there is an estimated return by the state of $2500.00 making total expenditures for relief of $150,983.13.
To meet these expenditures it has been necessary to issue in the past year bonds to the amount of $31,000.
The amount expended for the same purposes in the year 1933 was Welfare $157,932.90 and Soldiers Benefits $36,634.83.
During the financial year 1933 $80,000 was hired to meet these payments.
The continuance of hiring money to meet reoccurring charges is poor business, and it is quite evident that some adjustment must be made in the tax limit if the City is to be kept anywhere near a pay as you go policy.
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ANNUAL REPORT
City Auditor's Office
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED AND INCOME ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR.
DECEMBER 15, 1934
DEPARTMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriations and credits
Expended
and transfers
Balance
City Council
$907.00
$856.14
$50.87
Mayor's Dept.
1,304.56
1,311.50
6.94*
Auditor's Dept.
3,250.20
2,924.33
325.87
Treas. & Coll. Dept.
Salaries
3,400.00
3,400.00
Other expenses
2,361.92
2,391.10
29.18*
Assessors Dept.
5,250.00
5,285.90
35.90*
Ex. Bond and Note Issue
450.00
301.83
148.17
City Clerk's Dept.
2,553.00
2,497.43
55.57
Law Department
961.78
971.35
9.57*
City Messenger
1,600.00
1,600.00
Elec. and Registration
2,500.00
3,079.19
579.19*
City Hall
4,371.73
4,622.04
250.31*
City Hall, New Seats
900.00
900.00
Old Records and Typewriting
300.00
10.20
289.80
Recodifying Ordinances
200.00
200.00
License Commissioners
999.33
999.33
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
2,443.68
2,430.24
13.44
Salaries
29,560.00
29,845.00
285.00*
Fuel
450.00
347.73
102.2 7
Lighting
600.00
550.98
49.02
Miscellaneous
2,259.32
2,251.94
7.38
Building
1,760.14
1,793.63
33.49*
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Appropriations and credits
Expended and transfers
Balance
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
750.00
755.52
5.52*
Salaries
25,325.00
25,080.13
244.87
Fuel
500.00
430.89
69.11
Lighting
350.00
376.70
26.70
Hydrant Ser. and Water
3,600.00
3,573.00
27.00
Equip. and Repairs
2,527.88
2,572.99
45.11*
Miscellaneous
477.20
532.74
55.54*
New Hose
1,000.00
977.55
22.45
Buildings
700.00
578.03
121.97
Pensions
2,340.00
2,340.00
FIRE ALARM
Supervision
800.00
800.00
Miscellaneous
1,650.78
1,651.05
.27*
Inspection Plumb. & Buildings
50.00
50.00
Sealer Weights & Measures
850.00
835.72
14.28
Tree Department Salaries
500.00
500.00
Tree Dept. Other Expenses
2,353.06
2,504.64
151.58*
Moth Dept. Salaries
1,200.00
1,200.00
Moth Dept. Other expenses
912.50
881.81
30.69
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
1,500.00
1,500.00
Miscellaneous
8,644.58
9,321.64
677.06*
Vital Statistics
200.00
120.73
79.27
Insp. School Children
700.00
700.00
Insp. Animals
350.00
350.00
Insp. Slaughtering
850.00
850.00
Insp. Milk
650.00
600.00
50.00
Sewer Maintenance
779.91
747.75
32.16
Ashes & Rubbish
9,000.00
9,000.00
Street Cleaning
3,000.00
3,133.27
133.27*
Garbage Disposal
5,700.00
5,350.00
350.00
District Nurse
100.00
100.00
Sewer Construction (House Connections)
474.52
458.90
15.62
Essex County T. B. Hospital
2,866.44
2,866.44
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Appropriations and credits
Expended and transfers
Balance
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Highway Supervision
2,398.71
2,403.87
5.16>
City Trucks
13,011.77
11,150.82
1,860.95
Highway Repairs
17,304.82
16,753.61
551.21
Culverts
1,450.00
1,638.25
188.25*
Bridges
5,800.00
4,584.07
1,215.93
Lighting
22,750.00
22,267.81
482.19
Street Sprinkling
5,718.61
5,305.29
413.32
Side. & Edgestones
3,213.28
3,269.96
56.68*
Ice and Snow Removal
10,095.35
10,699.56
604.21*
Highway Miscellaneous
500.00
488.25
11.75
Traffic Lights, current
745.00
535.95
209.05
Harbor Master
125.00
125.00
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Salaries & Wages
6,500.00
6,570.23
20.23*
Welfare Department
117,259.12
113,185.12
4,074.00
Anna Jaques Hospital
1,000.00
1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
600.00
600.00
Mothers Aid
8,972.04
8,960.94
11.10
Old Age Assistance
32,600.77
32,517.79
82.98
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SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Soldiers Relief
20,441.50
19,172.27
1,269.23
Military Aid
848.00
570.00
278.00
Care of Soldiers Graves
100.00
90.00
10.00
State Aid
8,126.00
7,872.00
254.00
EDUCATION
New High School, Preliminary work
350.36
350.36
Education
168,646.69
169,293.74
647.05*
School Bldg. Project 6058-11
950.00
707.56
242.44
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries
10,759.00
11,177.25
418.25*
Fuel
650.00
943.86
293.86*
Lighting
650.00
643.01
6.99
Mis ellaneous
554.17
801.17
247.00*
Building
450.00
362.17
87.83
Children's Room
20.00
19.31
.69
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Appropriations Expended
and credits and transfers
Balance
RECREATIONS
City Parks
1,588.08
1,375.46
212.62
Atkinson Common
1,012.64
984.59
28.05
Central Park
1,464.25
1,453.85
10.40
Moseley Woods
2,914.52
1,529.30
1,385.22
Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Day
75.00
75.00
Memorial Day, Spanish War Vets
25.00
25.00
Memorial Day, Vets. Foreign Wars
25.00
25.00
American Legion for Armistice Day
75.00
75.04
.04*
Seeding Clams, Project
150.00
87.76
62.24
Clam Plant Maintenance
6,885.07
14,328.18
· 7,443.11*
Clam Plant Project No. 2343
2,400.00
2,022.58
377.42
Clam Plant, Const. account
32.93
32.93
UNCLASSIFIED
Bronze Tablets
279.99
251.90
28.09
City Clocks
100.00
100.00
Water for Public Buildings
1,500.00
1,500.00
Other City Properties
677.30
169.24
508.06
Damages Per. & Properties
850.00
882.20
32.20*
Cemeteries
563.15
509.22
53.93
Interest
34,233.79
26,667.23
7,566.56
INDEBTEDNESS
Plum Island River Bridge
1,500.00
1,500.00
Cent. Park and Playgrounds
1,000.00
1,000.00
New Primary School Loan
13,000.00
13,000.00
County T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
1,000.00
Clam Plant Loan
3,000.00
3,000.00
Sewer Loan
2,000.00
2,000.00
Street Const. Loan 1931
15,000.00
15,000.00
Street Const. Loan 1932
8,000.00
8,000.00
Newburyport Municipal Relief Loan
16,000.00
16,000.00
727,476.44
713,880.13
25,876.98
Overdrawn
12,280.67
Reserve for Contracts and obligations
13,596.31
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Appropriations and credits
Expended and transfers
Balance
Expense of Bond and Note Issue
$148.17
Auditor's Department
145.00
New Seats, City Hall
900.00
Hydrant Service
27.00
Street Lighting
250.00
Welfare Department
1,600.00
Interest
7,566.56
Moseley Woods
1,385.22
Plum Island Bridge Bonds
1,500.00
Unexpended balance to Excess and Deficit Account
$74.36
INCOME ACCOUNT RECEIPTS FOR 1934
Income Tax
$35,848.00
Corporation Tax
14,083.54
Bank & Trust Company Tax
1,384.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
8,772.72
Licenses
4,905.83
Fines, and rent of Court Room
2,916.64
General Government
1,854.49
Protection Persons & Property
198.57
Highways
10.00
Charities
34,858.52
Old Age Assistance
8,435.43
Schools
2,448.72
Libraries
2,878.06
Public Service Enterprise (Water Dept.)
50,000.00
Cemeteries
128.50
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
16,566.85
Miscellaneous
280.79
Chapter 344
14,083.70
Trust Fund
2,001.44
State Aid
2,616.00
Available funds December 15, 1934
$5,850.60
204,227.60
Estimated Receipts for 1934
194,077.00
Balance
=
7,150.00
Appropriated, Council order Dec. 11, 1934
1,300.00
Available funds December 15, 1934
$5,850.60
13,521.95
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Budget for 1934
Average valuation for three years $14,010,619.00
Available for appropriation under $24 limit
336,254.85
Income appropriated 164,000.00
Outside the limit (Water)
5,000.00
Estimated income, Water Department
50,000.00
Poll Tax apporpriated 7,000.00
Appropriation for indebtedness and County requirements
91,466.44
Total amount available for appropriation
$653,721.29
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
City Council
Salary of clerk
$400.00
Other expenses
500.00
Recodifying Ordinances
200.00
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
1,200.00
Other expenses
100.00
Auditor's Department
Salary
1,500.00
Salary of Clerk
1,200.00
Other expenses
200.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Department
Salary
2,200.00
Salary of clerk
1,200.00
Other expenses
1,800.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Assessors
4,200.00
Other expenses
600.00
Expense of Bond and Note Issue
450.00
City Clerk's Department
2,350.00
Other expenses
200.00
City Messenger, Salary
1,600.00
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Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
700.00
Other expenses
200.00
Election and Registration
Salary of four Registrars
600.00
Other expenses
1,900.00
City Hall
2,488.00
New Seats
900.00
Old Records and Typewriting
300.00
$26,988.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
Salary of City Marshall
$2,200.00
Other expenses
184.00
Salaries
Captain of Watch
2,080.00
Patrolmen
25,480.00
Other expenses, extra traffic officers
2,000.00
Fuel
450.00
Light
600.00
Police Building
Salary of Janitor
1,404.00
Other expenses
300.00
Miscellaneous
800.00
$35,498.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
$500.00
Salary of Assistant
250.00
Salaries
24,500.00
Fuel
500.00
Lighting
350.00
Hydrant service and water
3,600.00
Equipment and repairs
600.00
New hose and Foemite or similar chemical
1,000.00
Repairs and maintenance of buildings
600.00
Miscellaneous
350.00
Pensions of M. Broderick, D. Lucy, A. Bray for one year
2,340.00
$34,590.00
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FIRE ALARM, INSPECTIONS AND TREES
Salary of Superintendent
$800.00
Other expenses
905.00
Inspection of Plumbing and Buildings
50.00
Sealer Weights and Measures, Salary
800.00
Other expenses
50.00
Tree Warden's Salary
500.00
Other expenses, tree department
2,085.00
Moth Department, Salary of Superintendent
1,200.00
Other expenses
900.00
Harbor Master's Salary
125.00
$7,415.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision, Salary of Clerk, Inspector an dAgent
$1,500.00
Miscellaneous expenses
6,200.00
Vital statistics
200.00
Inspection of School Children, Salary
700.00
Inspection of Animals, Salary
360.00
Inspection of Slaughtering, Salary
850.00
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar, Salary
600.00
Other expenses
50.00
Sewer Maintenance
400.00
Street Cleaning
3,000.00
Ashes and Rubbish
9,000.00
District Nurse
100.00
Garbage Disposal
5,200.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital, Maintenance
2,866.44
$31,016.44
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supt. of Highways, Salary
$2,288.00
Other expenses
100.00
City Trucks
4,000.00
Repairs
14,885.00
Culverts
1,400.00
Bridges
5,800.00
Lighting inculding $250 for Plum Island current
22,750.00
Street Sprinkling
4,600.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones
2,300.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
Ice and Snow Removal
9,000.00
Traffic lights, current
700.00
$68,323.00
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CHARITIES
Public Welfare Department, Salary Relief Commissioner
$2,000.00
Salary and wages
4,500.00
Other expenses
72,025.00
Anna Jaques Hospital
1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
600.00
Mothers' Aid, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
6,000.00
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
$110,125.00
SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Military Aid
$600.00
Soldiers' Relief, Salary of Agent
400.00
Other expenses
15,000.00
Care of Soldiers Graves
100.00
$16,100.00
EDUCATION
Appropriation
$163,934.62
High School preliminary work
350.36
Project 6058-11 School Buildings
950.00
$165,234.98
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries
$10,689.00
Miscellaneous including insurance on books
550.00
Lighting
650.00
Fuel
650.00
Buildings and furnishings, including insurance on buildings
450.00
$12,989.00
RECREATIONS
Moseley Woods
$500.00
City Parks
900.00
Atkinson Common
995.00
Central Park and Playground
1,390.00
$3,785.00
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UNCLASSIFIED
Damages to persons and property
$850.00
City Clocks
100.00
Other City Properties
450.00
Water for Public Buildings
1,500.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
75.00
Spanish War Veterans' Memorial Day
25.00
Veterans Foreign Wars, Memorial Day
25.00
American Legion for fuel and light
75.00
Clam Plant Bulkhead, Project 2343
800.00
$4,300.00
Cemeteries
$500.00
Water Department
$50,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS
Interest
$26,300.00
Plum Island Bridge Loan
1,500.00
Central Park and Playgrounds
1,000.00
Primary School Building
9,000.00
County T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
Sewer Construction Loan
2,000.00
Clam Plant Loan
3,000.00
Street Construction 1931
15,000.00
Street Construction 1932
8,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
16,000.00
$82,800.00
Total
$649,664.42
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Budget for 1935
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
City Council
Salary of clerk
$400.00
Other expenses
500.00
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
1,200.00
Other expenses
200.00
Auditor's Department
Salary of Auditor
1,500.00
Salary of clerk
1,200.00
Other expenses
200.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Department
Salary of Treasurer and Collector
2,200.00
Salary of clerk
1,200.00
Other expenses
2,400.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Assessors
4,200.00
Other expenses
900.00
Expense of Bond & Note Issue
450.00
City Clerk's Department
Salary of City Clerk
2,350.00
Other expenses
200.00
City Messenger, Salary
1,600.00
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
700.00
Other expenses
200.00
Election and Registration
Salary of Registrars
600.00
Other expenses
1,900.00
City Hall
1,800.00
Old Records and Typewriting
200.00
$26,100.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
Salary of City Marshal
$2,200.00
Other expenses
184.00
Salaries
Captain of Watch
2,080.00
Patrolmen
25,480.00
Other expenses, extra traffic officers
2,000.00
Fuel
450.00
Light
600.00
Police Building
Salary of Janitor
1,404.00
Other expenses
300.00
Miscellaneous
800.00
$35,498.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salary of Assistant Chief
$250.00
Salaries
25,700 00
Fuel
500.00
Lighting
350.00
Hydrant service and water
3,700.00
Equipment and repairs
600.00
Repairs and maintenance of buildings
600.00
Miscellaneous
350.00
New Hose
450.00
Pensions of M. Broderick and A. Bray for one year
1,560.00
$34,060.00
FIRE ALARM, INSPECTION AND TREES
Salary of Superintendent
$800.00
Other expenses
750.00
Inspection of Plumbing and Buildings
50.00
Sealer Weights and Measures, salary
800.00
Other expenses
50.00
Tree Warden's Salary
500.00
Other expenses, tree department
1,400.00
Moth Department, Salary of Superintendent 1,200.00 Other expenses 900.00
Harbor Master's Salary
125.00
$6,575.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision, Salary of Clerk, Inspector and Agent
$1,500.00
Miscellaneous expenses 6,200.00
Vital Statistics
200.00
Inspection of School Children, Salary
700.00
Inspection of Animals, Salary
350.00
Inspection of Slaughtering, Salary
850.00
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar, Salary Other expenses
50.00
Sewer Construction
400.00
Sewer Maintenance
400.00
Street Cleaning
3,000.00
Ashes and Rubbish
9,000.00
District Nurse
100.00
Garbage Disposal
5,200.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital, Maintenance
3,542.26
$32,092.26
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Superintendent of Highways, Salary
$2,288.00
Other expenses
100.00
City Trucks
5,000.00
Repairs
10,000.00
Culverts
1,400.00
Bridges
3,800.00
Lighting
22,750.00
Street Sprinkling
4,600.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones
2,300.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
Ice and Snow Removal
10,300.00
Traffic lights, current
400.00
$63,438.00
CHARITIES
Public Welfare Dept., Salary Relief Commissioner
$2,000.00
Salary and wages
4,500.00
Other expenses
69,300.00
One and one-half ton truck
850.00
Anna Jaques Hospital
1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
600.00
Mothers' Aid, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
7,500.00
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
$109,750.00
600.00
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SOLDIERS BENEFITS
State Aid
$3,000.00
Military Aid
400.00
Soldiers Relief, Salary of Agent Other expenses
18,000.00
Care of Soldiers Graves
100.00
EDUCATION
Appropriation
$166,000.00
New High School Purposes
2,500.00
$168,500.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries
$10,689.00
Miscellaneous including insurance on books
550.00
Lighting
650.00
Fuel
650.00
Buildings and furnishings
450.00
RECREATIONS
Moseley Woods
$500.00
City Parks
900.00
Atkinson Common
995.00
Central Park and Playground
900.00
$3,295.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Bronze Tablets
$200.00
Damages to persons and property
1,148.00
City Clocks
100.00
Other City properties
450.00
Water for Public Buildings
1,500.00
Memorial Day, G. A. R.
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
85.00
Spanish War Veterans' Memorial Day
25.00
Veterans Foreign Wars, Memorial Day
25.00
American Legion for fuel and light
75.00
Clam Plant Maintenance
9,000.00
$12,998.00
Ctmeteries
$200.00
Water Department
$50,000.00
Abatement taxes 1931
$1,515.50
600.00
$22,100.00
$12,989.00
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PROJECTS
Material for projects under ERA
$10,000.00
Project B4-66 PaintingPolice Building
219.25
DIW-15K Sewing
300.00
F7-U4A Public Library Book Repairs
50.00
B20-17C Cemetery Head Stones
18.50
B15-38 Cemetery, New Road
490.00
B15-24C Cemetery, Wall
270.00
B11-64 Simmons Beach
203.00
D5-34G Sewing
300.00
B4-12C Repairing Fire Alarm
125.00
B15-49 Highland Cemetery Fence
60.00
B11-13E Tobaggan Slide
124.25
B4-72 Alterations in Highway Quarters
600.00
D3-59 Wood for Welfare
2,250.00
B1-60 Gravel for walks and trucking
964.00
D3-53A Welfare Wood and trucking
405.00
B4-61 Old Currier School building
421.65
B15-63 Cemetery wire fence
50.00
B4-68 Fire Proof room at library
250.00
D5-34E Sewing
300.00
B4-56 Welfare office extension
125.00
B15-24C Old Cemtery Wall
20.00
B15-40 Sawyers Cemetery
20.00
B15-38 Road in cemetery
10.00
B4-67 Reconstruction and original equipment, clam plant
3,500.00
$21,075.65
INDEBTEDNESS
Interest
$26,500.00
Plum Island Bridge Loan
1,500.00
Central Park and Playgrounds
1,000.00
Primary School Building
9,000.00
County T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
Sewer Construction Loan
2,000.00
Street Construction 1931
15,000.00
Street Construction 1932
8,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1933
16,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1934
9,000.00
Financial Year Adjustment Loan
6,000.00
$95,000.00
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CITY AUDITOR
SUMMARY OF BUDGET
General Government
$26,100.00
Police Department
35,498.00
Fire Department
34,060.00
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
6,575.00
Health and Sanitation
32,092.26
Highways and Bridges
63,438.00
Charities
109,750.00
Soldiers Benefits
22,100.00
Education
168,500.00
Public Library
12,989.00
Recreations
3,295.00
Unclassified
12,998.00
Cemeteries
200.00
Water Department
50,000.00
Abatement taxes 1931
1,515.50
Projects
21,075.65
Indebtedness
95,000.00
$695,186.41
Department Reports and List of Jurors
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ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report of Board of Assessors
January 2, 1935.
To His Honor the Mayor and The City Council.
Gentlemen :
The Board of Assessors of the City of Newburyport hereby submits its report for the year 1934.
The City, County and State warrants called for the following amounts :
City Requirements
$661,574.86
State Tax
21,000.00
County Tax
17,060.00
State Veterans Care
480.00
State Parks and Reservations
158.18
State Auditing
2,129.73
Judgements
1,659.01
Overlay
21,262.64
725,325.04
Estimated income for all sources
208,987.44
516,337.60
To raise this amount it was necessary to declare a tax rate of $40.00 per thousand of valuation, a raise of $5.00 over 1934.
Valuation
Real Estate
$11,059,960.00
Tax $442,398.40 65,049.20
Personal Estate
1,626,230.00
Total
12,686,190.00
507,447.60
Polls
4445
8,890.00
516,337.60
The total amount committed to the Collector for Collection
516,337.60
The Board made three committments of Motor Vehicle Excise Tax as follows:
Cars
Value
Tax $5,679.34
Committment No. 1
910
$175,060.00
Committment No. 2
1383
275,370.00
7,338.25
Committment No. 3
536
147,440.00
2,191.18
2829
597,870.00
15,208.77
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
The loss in valuation for 1934 is as follows:
Loss on Personal Property
$63,930.00
Loss on Real Estate
272,540.00
Net loss
336,470.00
The reason of this loss is in part the New Super Highway through the center of the city taking out that section between Summer and Winter Streets from the bridge to the turnpike following along the line of the Boston and Maine Railroad. The loss in Personal property is caused by the distressed conditions in business at this time, causing concerns to liquidate and go out of business.
The amount of abatements allowed on Motor Vehicle excise taxes during the year 1934 are as follows :
Year 1932
$1,503.36
Year 1933
77.01
Year 1934
662.65
Total
2,243.02
The amount of abatements allowed on personal property, real estate and polls are as follows :
Year 1932
$6,519.33
Year 1933
2,772.30
Year 1934
4,188.12
Total
13,479.75
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. SHEA,
CHARLES A. MORSE, CORNELIUS J. KILEY,
Board of Assessors.
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of City Registrar
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1934
Including 6 stillbirths 5 males 1 female
Male
Female
January
9
15
February
10
13
March
16
10
April
7
10
May
16
13
June
14
8
July
17
8
August
7
9
September
13
15
October
10
9
November
12
7
December
10
12
141
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NATIVITY OF PARENTS
Father
Mother
Newburyport
80
91
U. S. outside of Newburyport
153
154
Armenia
4
2
Austria
1
0
Canada
5
2
England
2
1
Greece
2
3
Ireland
0
2
Italy
2
1
Poland
3
3
Provinces
5
8
Russia
2
0
Turkey
1
3
Unknown
10
0
270
270
Births outside of Newburyport parents residing in City: 3 females. Births in Newburyport parents residing elsewhere: 35 males, 37 females.
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CITY REGISTRAR MARRIAGES REGISTERED 1934
January
2
February
4
March
4
April
8
May
7
June
19
July
12
August
10
September
16
October
8
November
16
December
7
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NATIVITY OF CONTRACTING PARTIES
Bride
Groom
Newburyport
44
35
U. S. outside of Newburyport
60
64
Armenia
0
1
Canada
1
0
Czechoslovaka
1
0
England
0
1
Greece
0
2
Ireland
2
1
Italy
1
2
Provinces
3
4
Russia
0
2
Scotland
0
1
Turkey
1
0
113
113
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1934
Including 6 Stillbirths . 5 males 1 female
Male
Female
January
10
12
February
11
10
Marclı
14
4
April
8
10
May
10
8
June
6
3
July
12
3
August
8
10
September
2
12
October
9
11
November
6
6
December
8
8
104
97
Non residents deaths in the city : 21 males, 15 females
Residents of city dying elsewhere : 11 males, 4 females
Non residents buried in this city dying elsewhere : 28 males, 28 females
HENRY W. LITTLE, City Registrar.
90-94
95 up
Total
Cause
10
M
3
Accidental
F
1
1
1 11
1
1
3
3
2
1
M
1 17
Cancer
1
1
1
1
4
2
3
1
F
24
1
2
2
3
7
4
5
Circulatory
1
1
3
4
4
3
4
3
1 24
System
F
7
M
8
Kidneys
F
15
M 2
1
Pneumonia
all Forms
F 1
1
3
1
M
0
Pulmonary
1
Tuberculosis
F
8
1
1
1
2
3
M
20
Nervous
1
5
3
4
3
3
2
System
F
21
2
2
1
1
2
M 7
1
2
1
All Others
F 1
1
1
2 2
2
1
5
6
11
12
20
20
25
24
21
10
3
2 195
Totals
11
5
1
1
3
1
2
5 . 7
50-54
55.59
60-64
65-69 70-74
75-79
80-84 85-89
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
2 14
1
1
2
1
1
1
Disease of
1
1
1
10
1
2
M
1 yr. 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
DEATHS, WITH PRINCIPAL CAUSE AND AGE PERIODS EXCLUSIVE OF STILL BIRTHS
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CITY SOLICITOR
City Solicitor's Report
January 17, 1935
Gentlemen of the City Council :
I present herewith my report at City Solicitor of the City of Newburyport for the year 1934.
As was the case it the two preceding years, the city's business has required much of my time in 1934. The unusual conditions which have prevailed in the community have given rise to many new and perplexing problems in the administration of the af- fairs of the various municipal departments, and a large number of these problems have been referred to the Law Department for solution. Consequently I have been called upon to render many opinions, both verbally and in writing, to His Honor the Mayor and to the various department heads.
On a number of occasions it has been necessary for me, in the performance of my duties as counsel for the city, to attend conferences and hearings at the State House and elsewhere when the city's interests have been involved. I have appeared before the Civil Service Commission, the Department of Public Utilities, the Department of Pub- lic Works, the Industrial Accident Board, and the Board of Tax Appeals. Recently - appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court in connection with the appointment of a commission to apportion the cost of th eoperation, of the Shell Fish Purification Plant.
During the year four actions at law were brought against the city. Three of these were based upon claims for injuries alleged to have been received as a result of de- fective conditions in the sidewalks. These three cases were entered in the Superior Court of Essex County, and although all of them appeared on the trial list for the November sitting of the court in this city, none were reached for trial. The plaintiffs in these tort actions are :
Dora Harnch Lucy A. Merrill Evelyn Haley
The other case which was brought against the city in 1934 was that of George B. Merrill in which the plaintiff seeks to recover on an account annexed for merchandise sold and labor furnished at the Water Works during the recent filter bed construction. This case was brought in the local District Court. Negotiations for its settlement are now in progress.
Upon my recommendation, and after vote of the City Council, the claims of Al- berta Nicholls, Mabel Girard and Fred Wilruth were adjusted without litigation.
Respectfully submitted, MALCOLM G. AYERS,
City Solicitor.
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ANNUAL REPORT
List of Jurors, 1935 and 1936
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
Published in accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws.
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