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168.79
Janitor's supplies
21.94
Hardware
9.25
Electrician
19.57
Electric lamps
4.30
Repairs to boiler
1.95
Postage and box rent
10.10
Printing ad advertising
55.20
79
CITY AUDITOR
Pruning bushes
1.00
Lectures on music
00.00
Travelling expenses
4.10
Freight and express
6.12
Repairs to clock
6.00
Cleaning
6.00
Floor oils
28.75
City Trucks
1.50
Storm windows, taking off and on
14.25
Lavatory supplies
28.84
$585.24
BUILDINGS AND FURNISHINGS
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
From trustees of Building Fund
13.00
Payments
Boiler inspection
$2.00
Shelves and screens
25.84
Plumber and stock
11.09
Carpenter and stock
2.29
Paint and hardware
9.90
Furniture
284.25
Painting and stock
67.35
Boiler insurance
14.10
Snow removal
4.75
511.57
Balance to general treasury $1.43
SOUTH END READING ROOM
Receipts
Balance forward
$592.61
Income from securities and real estate for 1931
733.90
$1,326.51
$513.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Stationery and office supplies
$64.70
Carpenter and stock
40.80
Janitor and cleaning
15.00
Plumber and stock
35.14
Services of attendants
356.20
Shades
16.50
Snow removal
36.25
Fuel
86.40
Lighting
7.80
Water
14.00
Lumber
70.97
Cutting grass
6.00
Hardware
29.82
Repairs to gutters and roofs
98.76
Insurance
10.00
Express
.75
Printing and advertising
5.25
Transfer
25.00
919.34
Balance forward
$407.17
PUBLIC LIBRARY CHILDREN'S READING ROOM
Receipts
Gift from Women's Club
$20.00
Payments
Books
16.21
Balance forward
$3.70
81
CITY AUDITOR
Recreations
-
CITY PARKS
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Income from Balch Fund
480.62
$1,480.62
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,088.55
Equipment and repairs
40.63
Plants
5.10
Signs
5.00
Mowing grass
12.00
Express
3.00
1,154.28
Balance forward
$326.34
ATKINSON COMMON
Receipts
Balance forward
$4.90
Appropriation
1,500.00
Income from Gorwaiz Fund
4.80
Income from Knight Fund
19.23
$1,528.93
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,102.00
City Trucks
1.50
Printing and advertising
4.60
82
ANNUAL REPORT
Plumber and stock
7.14
Services of engineer
5.00
Gravel
116.00
Shrubs
5.75
Equipment and repairs
31.72
Extension of water pipes
250.00
1,523.71
Balance forward
$5.22
CENTRAL PARK AND PLAYGROUNDS
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transfer
900.00
From general treasury to balance
637.63
$3,037.63
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,455.45
Road oil
309.92
Lumber
54.71
Loam
444.50
Hardware
7.45
Teams hired
20.00
Gate and post
55.00
Pipe
520.60
Drain, labor as per payrolls
167.00
City Trucks
3.00
$3,037.63
MOSELEY WOODS
Receipts
.
Balance forward
$1,607.86
Appropriation
500.00
Income from New England Trust Company
903.38.
Donations toward cost of fireplace
155.00
$3,166.24
83
CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Caretaker
$726.00
Equipment and supplies
96.63
Labor as per payrolls
12.75
City Trucks
2.25
Trucking hired
47.00
Repairs and resetting stone wall
7.00
Repairs to cement work
103.16
Cement
18.72
Road oil
57.50
Bronze memorial
57.75
Stone fireplace and kettle
419.23
Express
8.00
1,555.99
Balance forward
$1,610.25
PLAYGROUNDS
Receipts
Appropriation
$900.00
From general treasury to balance
36.50
$936.50
Payments
Supervisor
$400.00
Assistants
526.50
Rent
10.00
$936.50
84
ANNUAL REPORT
Unclassified
-
MEMORIAL DAY
Receipts
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments
Post 49, G. A. R.
$400.00
FIREMEN'S MEMORIAL SUNDAY
Receipts
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
$75.00
MEMORIAL DAY FOR SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Receipts
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
Spanish War Veterans
$75.00
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, MEMORIAL DAY
Receipts
Appropriation
$100.00
Fire Department, Memorial Committee
85
CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Veterans of Foreign Wars $100.00
AMERICAN LEGION FOR OBSERVANCE OF ARMISTICE DAY
Receipts
Balance forward
$224.20
Appropriation
100.00
$324.20
Payments
Entertainment
$125.00
Decorations
31.90
Advertising
6.00
162.90
Balance forward 161.30
CITY CLOCKS
Receipts
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments
Salary of caretaker of clocks
$150.00
WATER FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments
Newburyport Water Works $1,500.00
86
ANNUAL REPORT OTHER CITY PROPERTIES
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Rent of Plains School
73.33
Rent of Ward Room
90.00
$663.33
Payments
Transfers
$663.33
BRONZE TABLETS FOR WORLD WAR VETERANS
Balance forward Dec. 19, 1931
$2,285.13
DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Receipts
Appropriation
$100.00
Transfer
6.3.33
From general treasury to balance
180.92
$344.25
Payments
Damages to wearing apparel
$42.50
Damages to automobile
51.75
Damages to cellar
200.00
Personal injury
50.00
$344.25
87
CITY AUDITOR
Public Service Enterprises
-
CEMETERIES
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,000.00
From general treasury to balance
49.95
$1,049.95
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$969.25
Equipment and supplies
30.70
Grass seed
2.00
Trucks hired
4.00
Water
30.00
Loam
14.00
$1,049.95
HIGHLAND CEMETERY FENCE
Balance, Dec. 19, 1931 .... $465.25
CLAM PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
Receipts
Balance forward
$1,185.66
Note issue
1,000.00
$2,185.66
Payments
Carpenter and stock
$294.30
Lumber and roofing 828.89
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ANNUAL REPORT
Furnace and installing
132.22
Electrician and stock
71.21
Pipe
67.48
Boat
66.91
Express, freight and trucking
12.63
Gravel
5.00
Hardware and equipment
175.09
Screen doors
99.75
Chemical supplies
16.53
Services of substitute chemist
34.50
Brass tags
101.22
Stone and cement work
247.00
2,152.73
Balance forward
32.93
CLAM PLANT RESERVE FOR REPLACEMENT, EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS
Receipts
Transferred from receipts
$2,352.00
Payments
Electrician and stock
$19.40
Heater (Oil)
67.26
86.66
Balance forward
$2,265.34
CLAM PLANT MAINTENANCE
Receipts
Balance forward $298.21
Receipts from clam plant
18,598.90
$18,897.11
89
CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$2,865.64
Salary of assistant chemist
579.60
Salaries of assistants
7,787.14
Substitute warden
29.16
Plant supervision
180.00
Services of physician
7.00
Medicinal supplies
37.49
Hardware and supplies
165.37
Telephone rental
57.54
Light and power
1,804.70
Postage
14.03
Office supplies
43.51
Travelling expenses
7.00
Laboratory supplies
133.39
Gas
289.29
Tags and baskets
61.90
Adjustable stool
14.00
Sacks
53.50
Carpenter and stock
210.88
Chemicals
99.15
Servicing Delco compressor
14.40
Insurance
153.00
Surveying
10.00
Plumber and stock
103.94
Fuel
156.41
Gasolene and oil
17.97
Freight and express
35.00
Printing
45.00
Lavatory supplies
21.65
Oil for burner
27.90
Labor as per payrolls (on account of storm)
273.75
City Trucks
44.25
Extra trucks hired
96.13
Electrician and stock
107.11
Transfer for repairs and replacements
2,352.00
17,898.80
Balance forward
998.31
00
ANNUAL REPORT JUDGMENT ACCOUNT
Receipts
From tax levy of 1931
$2,017.71
From general treasury to balance
870.83
Payments
Charles Carroll case paid in 1930
$305.15
Daniel Flynn case paid in 1930
150.00
James F. Carens case
272.06
Mabel A. Flynn
359.10
William McLaughlin case
31.40
Mary A. Hanley case
200.00
Sophia E. Daley case
400.00
Wm. J. Hegarty case
185.60
E. K. Gove case
195.90
Ludwik Kazma case
117.17
Annie E. Brown case
261.08
Daniel M. Brown case
111.08
$2,888.54
INTEREST
Balance forward
$15,113.40
Appropriation
18,000.00
Accrued interest received on loans
636.11
$33,749.51
Revenue, Credited to Income Account
Interest on overdue taxes and assessments
$8,297.24
Interest from water commissioners
2,847.50
Interest on bank deposits
980.55
$12,125.29
Payments
Interest on :
Plum Island Bridge loan
$691.69
Water Bonds
4,627.50
Departmental Equipment
1,080.00
$2,888.54
91
CITY AUDITOR
Reconstruction of Highway loans
2,332.50
Central Park and Playground bonds
480.00
New Primary Schoolhouse bonds
4,653.73
Revenue loans
4,247.41
County Tuberculosis Hospital
649.69
Sewer Loan
2,160.00
Clam Plant Loan
557.50
Street Construction
1,172.50
Emergency Loan
187.50
22,840.02
Balance forward
$10,909.49
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Gross city debt December 19, 1930 ...... $377,774.91
Debts incurred during 1931
Revenue loans
$370,000.00
Sewer loan
11,000.00
Clam Chlorination Plant
1,000.00
Emergency loans
+0,000.00
Street Construction loans
77,000.00
$499,000.00
Debts paid during year
Primary School Building loan
$18,000.00
Water Bonds
15,000.00
Plum Island Bridge loan
1,500.00
Central Park and Playground
1,000.00
Wid. and Recon. Merrimac Street
20,000.00
Revenue loans
320,000.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
1,500.00
Department Equipment loan
9,000.00
Sewer Bonds
2,000.00
Clam Plant construction loan
4,000.00
392,000.00
Increase in debt during year
$107,000.00
Gross city debt December 19, 1931
....... ........ $484,774.91
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ANNUAL REPORT
Trust Funds
ATWOOD FUND
Cr.
Balance December 20, 1930
$1,106.05
From trustees of trust funds
385.58
$1,491.63
Dr.
Cash payments to beneficiaries
175.55
Balance Dec. 19, 1931
$1,316.08
BALCH FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$480.62
Dr.
City Parks (transfer)
$480.62
BROMFIELD FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$475.00
Dr.
Sidewalks and Edgestones (transfer)
$237.50
Tree Department (transfer) 237.50
$475.00
CITY AUDITOR 93
BROWN FUND Cr.
From trustees of trust funds $733.75
Dr.
To income of Education (transfer) $733.75
COLE FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$95.00
Dr.
To Public Library Salaries (transfer)
$95.00
A. GERTRUDE CUTTER FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$2,848.65
Dr.
Moseley Woods (transfer)
500.00
City Parks
1,000.00
Central Park
1,000.00
2,500.00
Balance Dec. 19, 1931
$348.65
9.4
ANNUAL REPORT DEXTER FUND
Cr.
Balance Dec. 20, 1930
$959.92 102.70
From trustees of trust funds
1,062.62
Dr.
Balance Dec. 19, 1931
$1,062.62
FOLLANSBEE FUND
Cr.
Balance Dec. 20, 1930 $47.40
From trustees of trust funds
176.71
$224.11
Dr.
Fuel for beneficiaries 94.86
$129.25
GORWAIZ FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds :. $4.8Q.
Dr.
Atkinson Common (transfer) 4.80
95
CITY AUDITOR CHARLES KNIGHT FUND Cr.
From trustees of trust funds $19.23
Dr.
Atkinson Common (transfer) 19.23
PAUL A. MERRILL FUND
Cr.
Balance Dec. 20, 1930 $75.00
From trustees of trust funds
47.50
$122.50
Dr.
Prize speaking (school department) 75.00
Balance forward, Dec. 19, 1931 $47.50
SIMPSON FUND
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds $906.94
Dr.
To Street Sprinkling (transfer) $906.94
96
ANNUAL REPORT R. M. TOPPAN FUND Cr.
Balance Dec. 20, 1930
$85.64
From trustees of trust funds
11.88
Dr. $97.52
Balance forward, Dec. 19. 1931 $97.52
1.
TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TRUSTEES - SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
And Purpose for Which Income is Used
Name of Fund
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
Emma L. Andrews
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
$1,000.00
47.50
So. E. Reading Room
Margaret Atwood
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,500.00
261.25
Poor and Religious
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,500.00
264.33
Poor and Religious
Balch
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000.00
240.31
Bartlett Mall
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,000.00
240.31
Bartlett Mall
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,000.00
48.06
Gen'l Use of Library
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
48.06
Gen'l Use of Library
Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.
Demand
10,000.00
475.00
Sidewalks and Trees
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000.00
240.31
Schools
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,000.00
240.31
Schools
Provident Inst. for Sav., Amesbury
Demand
5,000.00
253.13
Schools
Class of 1917 N. H. S.
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
186.8
8.54
Memorial
Class of 1918 N. H. S.
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
179.94
8.23
Athletic Field
Lucy G. B. Colby
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
700.00
33.25
Replacement Old Books
Charlotte C. Cole
ยท
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Supt. of Reading Room
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Supt. of Reading Room
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Npt. & Newbury Books
John J. Currier A. E. Cutter
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
42.94
Gen'l Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
3,000.00
137.50
Gen'l Use of Library
A. Gertrude Cutter
City of New York, 31/2%
Nov. 1, 1953
832.07
35.00
Beautifying the City
Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe, 4%
Oct. 1, 1995
771.06
40.00
Beautifying the City
New Amsterdam Gas, 5%
Jan. 1, 1948
623.19
50.00
Beautifying the City
Long Island R. R., 4%
July 1, 1931
868.55
40.00
Beautifying the City
J. M. Bradbury W. N. Bradstreet John Bromfield
Moses Brown
CITY AUDITOR
97
98
TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TRUSTEES-Schedule of Investments (Continued) And Purpose for Which Income is Used
Name of Fund
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
A. Gertrude Cutter
Chicago and Erie R. R., 5%
May 1, 1982
856.52
50.00 Beautifying the City
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
23,432.17
1,126.14 Beautifying the City
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
26,227.10
1,260.44 Beautifying the City
Annie D. Davis
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Aged Ladies
Timothy Dexter
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
2,137.50
102.07
Poor
Nathan D. Dodge
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,020.00
48.45
Books for Library
W. H. P. Dodge
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
2,645.00
125.63
Bks. & Papers for Libr.
Susan M. Donnell
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
3,000.00
142.50
Gen'l Use of Library
L. M. Follansbee
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,206.52
57.96
Poor
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
2,500.00
118.75
Poor
Daniel Foster
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
250.00
11.88
Books for Library
Joseph A. Frothingham
Haverhill Savings Bank, Haverhill
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Books for Library
A. M. Gorwaiz
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
100.00
4.80
Atkinson Common
S. A. Green
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
2,000.00
100.00
Books for Library
George Haskell
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
1,072.50
50.92
Books for Library
Charles H. Knight
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
400.00
19.23
Atkinson Common
S W. Marston
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
Gen'l Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
4,000.00
190.56
Gen'l Use of Library
Fau' A. Merrill
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
47.50
School Prize
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TRUSTEES-Schedule of Investments (Continued) And Purpose for Which Income is Used
Name of Fund
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
E. S. Moseley
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
1,000.00
48.06
Gen'l Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
4,000.00
170.00
Gen'l Use of Library
W. O. Moseley
Boston & Albany R. R., 4%
May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
Gen'l Use of Library
Chicago B. & Q. R. R., 4%
March 1, 1958
1,942.50
80.00
Gen'l Use of Library
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 4%
March 1, 1947
947.50
40.00
Gen'l Use of Library
B. & M. R. R. Series R. 5%
May 1, 1940
1,965.00
100.00
Gen'l Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
3,406.60
163.70
Gen'l Use of Library
M. P. Sawyer
Salem Savings Bank
Demand
5,000.00
250.00
Books for Library
Boston & Albany R. R., 4%
May 1, 1933
3,960.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
Chicago B. & Q. R. R., 4%
March 1, 1958
3,885.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
N. Y., N. H. & H. 4%
July 1, 1955
4,700.00
200.00
Sprinkling Streets
B. & M. R. R. Series V, 4-5%
March 1, 1942
2,940.00
150.00
Sprinkling Streets
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
4,930.00
236.94
Sprinkling Streets
S. End Reading Room
Real Estate cor. Purchase & Marlboro
5,000.00
240.00
Branch Library
Nov. 1, 1943
500.00
27.50
Branch Library
Broadway Bond, 61/2%
March 1, 1939
500.00
16.25
Branch Library
100 West 55th Street Bond, 61/2%
Jan. 15, 1940
500.00
16.25
Branch Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
3,156.17
149.92
Branch Library
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
5,452.73
258.98
Branch Library
J. R. Spring
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
10,000.00
475.00
Books for Library
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
10,000.00
475.00 Books for Library
99
CITY AUDITOR
M. H. Simpson
American Tel. & Tel. Co., 51/2%
100
TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TRUSTEES-Schedule of Investments (Continued) And Purpose for Which Income is Used
Name of Fund
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
E. H. Stickney
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5%
Dec. 1, 1995
5,069.65
250.00
Gen'l Use of Library
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,524.01
265.50
Gen'l Use of Library
B. G. Sweetser W. C. Todd
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
5,000.00
237.50
Books for Library
Boston & Albany R. R., 4%
May 1, 1933
1,980.00
80.00
Reading Room
Chicago B. & Q. R. R., 4%
March 1, 1958
1,942.50
80.00
Reading Room
N. Y., N. H. & H. 4%
March 1, 1947
1,895.00
80.00
Reading Room
B. & M. R. R. 5%
May 1, 1940
1,965.00
100.00
Reading Room
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
7,425.00
352.68
Reading Room
R. N. Toppan A. Williams
Institution for Savings, City
Demand
250.00
11.88
School Prize
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
1,000.00
50.00
Books for Library
Fire Insurance Fund
N. V., N. H. & H. R. R., 4%
July 1, 1955
4,825.00
200.00
Replace Loss by Fire
Five Cents Savings Bank, City
Demand
21,644.88
993.45
Replace Loss by Fire
269,295.80
12,693.44
ANNUAL REPORT
101
CITY AUDITOR
CREDITS, EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF CITY'S BOOKS ON DEC. 19, 1931
Fund
Balance at Beginning of Year
Credits
Expenditures
Balance at end of Year
Emma L. Andrews
$22.42
$47.50
$38.65
$31.27
Lucy G. B. Colby
18.78
33.25
34.47
17.56
John J. Currier
274.70
47.50
49.00
273.20
Nathan D. Dodge
9.14
48.45
33.70
23.89
W. H. P. Dodge
295.21
125.63
329.93
90.91
Daniel Foster
6.69
11.88
1.25
17.32
J. A. Frothingham
70.11
47.50
85.31
32.30
S. A. Green
69.12
100.00
86.88
82.24
George Haskell
53.03
50.92
64.78
39.17
M. P. Sawyer
135.52
250.00
289.85
95.67
J. R. Spring
163.93
950.00
985.97
127.96
B. G. Sweetser
79.17
237.50
183.53
133.14
William C. Todd
338.57
692.68
592.41
438.84
Abraham Williams
25.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
$1,561.39
$2,692.81
$2,800.73
$1,453.47
Balance of book accounts Dec. 20, 1930
$1,561.39
Income and credits for year
$2,692.81
Expenditures for year
2,800.73
Expenditures exceeded income
107.92
Balance Dec. 19, 1931
$1,453.47
102
ANNUAL REPORT
City Auditor's Office
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED AND NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
AT CLOSE OF BOOKS, DECEMBER 19, 1931
Revenue Accounts
Estimated
Receipts
Licenses and permits
$1,000.00
$1,557.00
Treas. and Coll. Dept.
300.00
506.15
City Clerk's Dept.
100.00
245.94
City Hall
500.00
497.26
Fines, forfeits and rents
3.000.00
2,940.50
Sealer Weights and Measures
200.00
286.93
School Department
4,000.00
4,491.25
Public Library
2,500.00
3,329.46
Cemetery, sale of lots
50.00
73.00
Interest
11,000.00
12,125.29
Corporation tax
21,000.00
20,529.89
National Bank Tax
2,500.00
1,668.17
Trust Co. Tax
150.00
208.50
Miscellaneous receipts
400.00
441.57
Income from Cutter Fund
2,500.00
2,500.00
$49,200.00
$51,400.91
Income exceeds estimate
$2,200.91
Departments
Appropriations and Credits
Expended
Balance
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
City Council
$1,209.75
$650.11
$559.64
Mayor's Department
1,300.00
1,265.03
34.97
Auditor's Department
2,531.10
2,546.71
15.61*
Treas. and Coll. Dept.
4,906.97
5,201.78
294.81*
Assessors' Department
5,500.00
5,255.62
244.38
Expense Bond and Note Issue
100.00
99.25
.75
City Clerk's Department
2,679.45
2,582.53
96.92
City Messenger
1,600.00
1,600.00
103
CITY AUDITOR
Law Department
1,000.00
884.60
115.40
Elec. and Registration
2,600.00
1,954.97
645.03
City Hall
2,700.00
2,914.13
214.13*
Old Records and Typewriting
325.00
299.97
25.03
Printing City Charter and Ordinances
1,550.00
1,550.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
2,144.00
1,833.30
310.70
Salaries
34,510.76
32,633.70
1,877.06
Fuel
450.00
8.00
442.00
Lighting
400.00
524.35
124.35*
Miscellaneous
1,400.00
1,711.15
311.15*
Buildings
2,100.40
2,456.86
356.46*
New Touring Car
350.00
350.00
Police Signal Service
203.86
203.86
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
750.00
750.00
Salaries
26,600.00
26,450.00
150.00
Fuel
700.00
205.88
494.12
Lighting
400.00
244.86
155.14
Hydrant Ser. and Water
3,550.00
3,549.50
.50
Equipment and Repairs
1,800.00
1,787.01
12.99
Miscellaneous
402.00
292.58
109.42
Buildings
1,011.10
984.52
26.58
New Hose
1,000.00
1,000.00
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES
Miscellaneous
1,566.04
1,692.43
126.39
Supervision
1,000.00
1,000.00
New fire alarm
131.83
131.83
INSPECTIONS
Ins. Plumbing and Buildings
1 50.00
43.58
106.42
Sealer Weights and Measures
850.00
887.26
37.26*
FORESTRY
Tree Department
4,092.79
4,008.59
84.20
Moth Department
4,318.54
4,090.20
228.34
Harbor Master
125.00
125.00
104
ANNUAL REPORT
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
1,500.00
1,500.00
Miscellaneous
6,862.23
8,506.56
1,644.33*
Vital Statistics
250.00
183.95
66.05
Inspection School Children
700.00
700.00
Inspection Animals
350.00
350.00
Inspection Slaughtering
850.00
850.00
Inspection Milk and Vinegar
650.00
618.76
31.24
Sewer Maintenance
400.00
317.04
82.96
Ashes and Rubbish
10,895.14
9,000.00
1,895.14
Street Cleaning
4,700.00
4,992.06
292.06*
Garbage Disposal
9,119.06
5,600.00
3,519.06
District Nurse
100.00
100.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital Maintenance
4,035.28
4,035.28
Essex County T. B. Hospital Addition
2,417.71
2,417.71
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Supervision
2,573.55
2,334.06
239.49
City Trucks
15,816.65
10,970.95
4,845.70
Repairs
20,416.15
19,763.89
652.26
Culverts
1,700.00
1,700.69
.69*
Bridges
11,250.00
9,384.89
1,865.11
Lighting
22,500.00
21,956.35
543.65
Sidewalks and Edgestones
5,638.98
5,509.49
129.49
Street Sprinkling
5,906.94
4.375.13
1,531.81
Ice and Snow Removal
6,527.00
6,706.11
179.11*
Miscellaneous
216.00
71.81
144.19
Traffic Lights head and foot of Winter St., also corner of High and State Streets
1,300.00
1,282.25
17.75
CHARITIES
Public Welfare Department
62,543.39
58,099.24
4,444.15
Salaries and wages
4,700.00
4,730.19
30.19*
Anna Jaques Hospital
1,000.00
1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
600.00
600.00
Mothers' Aid
6,969.38
3,768.00
3,201.38
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Relief
13,900.00
12,183.48
1,716.52
Military Aid
1,685.00
690.00
995.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
500.00
450.25
49.75
House for Spanish War Veterans
300.00
148.89
151.11
105
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION
Salaries
154,931.07
154,814.94
116.13
Miscellaneous
12,512.58
12,869.26
356.68*
Fuel
6,200.00
6,238.45
38.45*
Lighting
1,953.37
2,178.87
225.50*
Buildings
6,693.84
6,736.75
42.91*
Evening School
965.80
965.80
Mentally Retarded Children
100.00
100.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries
9,522.00
9,907.30
385.30*
Fuel
1,380.00
676.04
703.96
Lighting
675.00
684.01
9.01
Miscellaneous
550.00
585.24
35.24*
Buildings and Furnishings
513.00
511.57
1.43
Children's Reading Room
20.00
16.21
3.79
RECREATIONS
City Park ;
1,499.82
1.173.48
326.34
Atkinson Common
1,528.93
1,523.71
5.22
Central Park and Playgrounds
2,400.00
3,037.63
637.63*
Moseley Woods
3,166.24
1,555.99
1,610.25
Playgrounds
900.00
936.50
36.50*
Memorial Day
100.00
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
75.00
75.00
Memorial Day for Spanish War Veterans
75.00
75.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
100.00
100.00
CLAM PLANT
Maintenance
18,897.11
17,898.80
998.31
Construction
2,185.66
2,152.73
32.93
UNCLASSIFIED
City Clocks
150.00
150.00
American Legion, Armistice Day
324.20
162.90
161.30
Water for Public Buildings
1,500.00
1,500.00
Other City Properties
663.33
663.33
Bronze Tablets, War Veterans
2,285.13
2,285.13
Damage to Persons and Property
163.33
344.25
180.92*
106
ANNUAL REPORT
Cemeteries
1,002.00
1,051.95
49.95*
Interest
33,749.51
22,840.02
10,909.49
INDEBTEDNESS
Plum Island Bridge Loan
1,500.00
1,500.00
Widening and Reconstruction Merrimac St. ..
20,000.00
20,000.00
Central Park and Playgrounds
1,000.00
1,000.00
New Primary School
9,000.00
9,000.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
1,500.00
1,500.00
Departmental Equipment Loan
9,000.00
9,000.00
Sewer Loan
2,000.00
2,000.00
Clam Plant Loan
4,000.00
4,000.00
$661,962.97
$616,706.23
$50,881.37
*Overdrawn
5,624.63
$45,256.74
RECAPITULATION
I
Total of appropriations and credits ........... $661,962.97
Total payments from revenue
616,706.23
$45,256.74
Income exceeds estimate
2,200.91
Balance
$47,457.65
BALANCE ACCOUNT
1931
December 19 Credit balance
$47,457.65
Charges to Balance for contracts and indebetedness :
City Council Dept. Printing report of 1930 $300.00
Assessors' Department, Filing cases
200.00
Printing City Charter and Ordinances
1,550.00
Police Signal Service (Bond issue)
203.86
New Fire Alarm (Bond issue)
131.83
......
107
CITY AUDITOR
Ashes and Rubbish for contract
1,895.14
Garbage Disposal for contract
3,519.06
Traffic Lights, head and foot Water, St., State, High
17.75
Public Welfare Dept., emergency note issue
4,444.15
Mothers' Aid, State credit
3,201.38
Soldiers' Relief, emergency note issue
1,716.52
Library Fuel Contract
703.96
Library Children's Room, gift
3.79
Recreations,
City Park, from Trust Funds
326.34
Atkinson Common, from Trust Funds
5.22
Moseley Woods, from Trust Funds
1,610.25
Unclassified,
American Legion
161.30
Clam Plant Construction note issue
32.93
Clam Plant Maintenance
998.31
Interest
10,909.49
North End Sewer Construction, note issue
79.89
Sewer Construction, house connections
85.84
Judgment Account
870.83
Bronze Tablets
2,285.13
35,252.97
To excess and deficit account
12,204.68
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Receipts
Expended
Balance
New Sewer Construction
$12,901.50
$12,981.39
$79.89*
Sewer Construction
353.38
439.22
85.84*
Street Construction :
Middle and School Streets
12,458.64
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