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High
1,626.89
Transportation :
Elementary
1,327.95
Support of Truants
387.25
Janitors' Salaries :
High
4,058.26
Elementary
7,686.70
Evening
150.67
Fuel and Light :
High
3,958.82
Elementary
4,480.85
Evening
75.11
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Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High
Repairs
652.26
Janitors' supplies
521.77
All other
23.10
Elementary
Repairs
3,073.88
Janitors supplies
267.22
Nursery
Repairs
15.05
Furniture and furnishings, High
65.00
All other
12.46
$172,831.18
LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages :
Librarian
$2,100.00
Assistants
7,839.77
Janitor and substitute
1,345.00
Books
157.21
Binding
465.39
Fuel
503.39
Light
614.31
Building :
Repairs
13.96
Furniture and furnishings
178.46
All other
3.75
Other expenses :
Stationery, printing and advertising
303.41
Janitors supplies
150.68
Telephone
102.34
Rent of Belleville Parish House
(includes heat, light and other expenses)
125.00
Travelling expenses
10.00
Insurance
14.00
All other
5.00
$13,931.67
South End Reading Room
Lighting
$ 13.54
Office supplies
136.89
Fuel
141.50
Insurance
19.50
Building repairs
144.58
All other
25.89
RECREATIONS City Parks
Labor
$1,515.50
Equipment
143.52
Trees and shrubs
25.25
$481.90
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Gas and oil
68.81
All other
23.48
$1.776.56
Central Park and Playground
Labor
$664.50
Equipment
29.55
Gas and oil
4.95
All other
.91
$699.91
Atkinson Common
Labor
$624.00
Equipment
90.31
Moseley Woods
Caretaker
$770.00
Labor
189.25
Supplies
136.45
Facing stone wall
280.00
Insurance
70.00
All other
11.70
$1,457.40
Parking Lot
Rent of lot
$300.00
Park and Tree Department Headquarters
Telephone
$45.89
Equipment
39.50
Lighting
63.24
Fuel
182.00
Office supplies
12.94
Repairs on typewriter
15.00
High School Grounds
Labor
$276.00
Material
17.62
Gas and oil
5.40
$299.02
Simmons Beach
Labor
$127.50
Truck
12.00
Gas and oil
3.38
Material
.99
$143.87
Bartlett Mall
Labor
$251.50
CLAM MAINTENANCE
Chemist
$1,820.00
Laborers
6.280.00
$714.31
$358.57
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Office supplies
76.89
Repairs and replacements 279.67
Insurance 377.46
Equipment
51.80
Advertising
50.90
Power and light
600.94
Laboratory supplies
262.72
Fuel
117.00
Legal costs
25.81
All other
34.86
$9,978.05
MAINTENANCE OF FORECLOSED PROPERTY
Salary of Custodian
$2,000.00
Repairs on buildings
177.06
Fuel
1,533.36
Janitors supplies
42.53
Insurance
587.56
Lighting
196.70
Telephone
40.39
Insurance
18.59
Legal costs
40.70
Water
12.00
All other
8.44
$4,657.33
DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Payments
$2,546.25
MEMORIAL DAY
G. A. R. Memorial Day
$400.00
Firemens' Memorial Day
50.00
Spanish War Veterans Memorial Day
50.00
Veterans Foreign Wars Memorial Day
50.00
American Legion Memorial Day
50.00
$600.00
COUNTY OF ESSEX, DOGS
Payments to County Treasurer on account of dog licenses.
$1,449.20
CITY CLOCKS
Caretaker
$50.00
CARE OF SOLDIERS GRAVES
Care of graves
$100.00
MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT Administration
Payment to treasurer of retirement system
$500.00
PENSION ACCUMULATION FUND
Payment to treasurer of retirement system
$7,193.00
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MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT Undistributed Income
Payment to treasurer of retirement system
$123.18
COUNTY BRIDGES
Assessment by County
$5,077.85
DOG OFFICER, PRIOR TO 1938
Payments to Dog Officer
$100.00
DOG OFFICER, 1939
Payments to Dog Officer
$160.00
PLANNING BOARD
Services of architect
$500.00
Salaries of assistants and other expenses
100.00
$600.00
OTHER CITY PROPERTIES
Insurance New High School
$800.00
Purchase Street Fence
29.24
Ward Five Room
153.37
Contract, filling Rear Perry property
300.00
$1,282.61
MUNICIPAL BUILDING INSURANCE
Labor at Highway Barn
$419.70
Repairs on building
470.05
Repairs on trucks
162.72
$1,052.47
W. P. A. PROJECTS
National Youth, Boys :
Materials
$197.30
$197.30
National Youth, Girls :
Materials
360.73
360.73
Drainage, Cement Sidewalks and Resurfacing :
Labor
164.45
Material
1,088.97
High School, Stone Wall:
Truck hire
108.75
Material
158.78
Sharpening tools
4.00
271.53
Sewing :
Payments to Government
936.00
1,253.42
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Supplies
888.09
1,824.09
Back Bay Sewer:
Material
3,195.93
Labor
165.23
Compressor rental
79.00
3,440.16
Library :
Materials
$382.36
$382.36
Recreational :
Material
613.19
Labor
48.00
661.19
World War Memorial Stadium :
Traveling expenses
9.28
Labor
203.56
Truck hire
270.77
Materials
17,286.32
Rental of equipment
1,565.99
All other
12.70
19,348.62
Pre-School:
Food
538.96
Fuel
38.75
577.71
Household Aid :
Administrative expense
57.04
57.04
Music :
Payment to government
148.50
148.50
Moth :
Labor
310.00
Material
291.77
601.77
Health Nursing :
51.68
51.68
Artichoke River Basin:
Labor
531.06
Materials
6,335.48
Trucking
643.13
Gas
825.43
Street Redetermination :
Labor
32.00
Materials
236.29
8,335.10
Supplies
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All other
18.00
286.29
Shade Trees :
Labor
302.00
Materials and Supplies
1,158.30
1,460.30
Curbing :
Material
408.04
Rental of mixer
30.00
Repairing tools
12.50
450.54
Card Indexing Police Records :
Supplies
67.00
67.00
Highway Projects :
Labor
513.35
Material
8,296.56
Rental of equipment
70.00
All other
63.44
8,943.35
$48,718.68
WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration :
Salary Superintendent
$2,200.00
Registrar and clerks
2,700.00
Chief Engineer
2,200.00
Stationery and postage
574.69
Printing and advertising
56.43
Telephones
132.81
Electric lighting
81.71
All other
71.70
General :
Labor
5,487.02
Truck repairs and gasoline
480.08
Pipe and fittings
3,035.05
Meter and fittings
112.11
Hydrants
473.97
Freight
61.47
Use of auto
90.00
Tools and hardware
180.11
Welding
68.35
Insurance
1,148.97
Truck hire
39.32
Tax on real estate
150.05
All other
33.19
Service Connections :
Labor
7.80
Pipe and fittings
49.77
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ANNUAL REPORT
Pumping Station :
Engineers
5,825.00
Labor
6,324.10
Oil waste and packing
3,046.41
Coal
5,298.79
Repairs on buildings
1,482.34
Tools, equipment and repairs
503.00
Furniture and furnishings
139.83
Auto allowance
225.00
Freight
24.54
Janitor supplies
103.87
Truck
234.42
Supplies and repairs on pumps
1,376.58
Chlorine and chemicals
290.55
Rental of compressor
107.00
Eectricity for power
3,782.90
Eectric lighting
89.47
Boiler Insurance
309.38
Generator
171.30
All other
132.63
Extensions :
Labor
1,503.36
Meters
127.50
Hydrants
304.23
All other
4.25
Pension Accumulation Fund :
Payment to Treasurer of Retirement Board
1,755.00
Indebtedness :
Payments on Indebtedness
7,000.00
Payments on account of interest
3,005.00
$62,601.06
Cemeteries
Superintendent
$140.00
Labor
469.00
Tools and repairs
89.72
Rent of driveway
20.00
Water
12.00
Canvas cover
13.00
Truck
6.00
.
$749.72
Interest and Debt Interest
Revenue Loans
$1,276.25
Tax Titles
1,213.61
Municipal Financial Yr. Adjustment
120.00
Municipal Relief Loans
3,672.50
Central Park and Playground
180.00
Primary School
1,530.00
.
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Plum Island River Bridge
181.68
County Hospital T. B. Loan
309.38
High School
6,375.00
Sewer
1,238.75
Departmental Equipment
105.00
Debt
Revenue Loans
$500,000.00
Tax Title and Tax Title Possessions
13,009.84
Essex T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
High School
24,000.00
Municipal Relief
29,000.00
Central Park and Playground
1,000.00
Departmental Equipment
2,000.00
Sewer
2,000.00
Primary School
9,000.00
Plum Island River Bridge
1,500.00
Financial Year Adjustment
6,000.00
$588,509.84
Agency
State Tax
$37,620.00
County Tax
19,131.41
Auditing Municipal Accounts
5,107.21
Care Civil War Veterans
120.00
Investigation Soldiers Relief
172.90
State Parks and Reservations
687.59
$62,839.11
Refunds and Reimbursements
1936 Tax
.02
1937 Tax
259.32
1938 Tax
840.20
1939 Tax
180.40
1936 Excise
24.46
1937 Excise
40.93
1938 Excise
16.58
1939 Excise
319.53
Estimated Receipts-interest
39.55
Estimated Receipts-costs
2.10
Accts. Receivable, Clam Plant
.03
Trust Funds
Atwood-Cash Aid (Welfare)
$278.88
Dexter-Welfare Aid
56.96
Follansbee-Fuel
85.25
Davis-Society Relief Aged Women
25.00
Toppan-School Prize
3.06
Andrews-
Library
25.00
Colby-
66
48.81
Cole-
50.00
$16,202.17
$1,723.12
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Currier
30.25
N. D. Dodge-
18.91
W. H. P. Dodge-
56.86
Foster-
66
9.32
Frothingham-
66
33.58
Green-
66
63.45
Haskell-
66
38.05
Sawyer-
66
183.85
Spring-
513.12
Sweetser-
119.27
Todd-
557.28
Williams-
66
34.67
Non-Revenue Fire Departmental Equipment
New Equipment
$564.07
Tools
136.73
Back Bay Sewer
Labor
$3,414.45
Material
3,327.96
Gas and oil
762.95
Repairs on tools and equipment
199.39
Engineering services
206.20
Truck
25.50
All other
20.41
$7,956.86
Water Works Additions P. W. A. Project
Inspector and clerk of works
$1,769.00
Contractors
76,410.97
Engineers
3,979.90
Electrician
207.06
Labor
287.35
Tests
160.14
Office supplies and telephone
170.78
Advertising
89.03
Services of appraiser
50.00
Photos
8.61
Freight
9.43
Tees, sleeves, etc.
194.99
Steel
38.54
Valves
908.32
All other
17.69
$84,301.81
INCOME TRUST FUNDS Balch Fund Cr $251.56
From trustees of trust funds
$700.80
66
66
$2,231.57
66
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Dr.
Transferred to Bartlett Mall
$251.56
Bromfield Fund Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
Dr.
$225.00
Transferred to Tree Dept. other expenses
$112.50
Transferred to Sidewalks and Edgestones 112.50
$225.00
A. Gertrude Cutter Fund Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$225.00
From trustees of trust funds
1,445.57
$1,670.57
Dr.
Transferred to Tree Dept., other expenses
$725.00
Transferred to City Parks 920.57
1,645.57
Balance Dec. 31, 1939 25.00
A. M. Gorwaiz Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$2.51
Transferred to Atkinson Common
$2.51
Charles H. Knight Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$10.06
Transferred to Atkinson Common
$10.06
Paul A. Pathe Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$19.78
Dr.
$19.78
M. H. Simpson Fund
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1939 $65.00
From trustees of trust funds
503.48
$568.48
Transferred to Street Sprinkling Dr. 503.48
Balance December 31, 1939 $65.00
Dr.
Dr.
Balance Dec. 31, 1939
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Margaret Atwood Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$351.18
From trustees of trust funds
275.85
Dr.
278.88
Balance Dec. 31, 1939
$348.15
Annie D. Davis Fund Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$25.00
Payment to Home for Aged Ladies
$25.00
Timothy Dexter Fund
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$57.75
From trustees of trust funds
53.76
$111.51
Dr.
56.96
Balance Dec. 31, 1939
$54.55
L. M. Follansbee Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$2.75
From trustees of trust funds
92.84
$95.59
Dr.
Payments to beneficiaries
85.25
Balance Dec. 31, 1939
$10.34
Putnam Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$4,500.00
Transferred to School Salaries
$4,500.00
Moses Brown Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$486.92
From trustees of trust funds
377.34
Balance December 31, 1939
$864.26
Paul A. Merrill Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939 $220.00
627.03
Payments to beneficiaries
Dr.
Payments to beneficiaries
Dr.
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From trustees of trust funds
25.00
Balance December 31, 1939
$245.00
R. N. Toppan Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939 .
$109.97
From trustees of trust funds
6.26
School Department (Prize)
3.06
Balance December 31, 1939
$113.17
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Emma L. Andrews Fund Cr.
$25.00
Magazines
$25.00
J. M. Bradbury Fund
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$85.61
From trustees of trust funds
25.15
$110.76
Transferred to Library other expenses
Dr. 85.61
Dr. 83.06
Lucy G. B. Colby Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$3.12
From trustees of trust funds
17.50
From damages to books
34.77
Dr. 55.39
48.81
.¿ Books
Balance December 31, 1939
$6.58
Dr. 116.23
$25.15
Charles W. Bradstreet Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$83.06
From trustees of trust funds
25.15
108.21
Transferred to Library other expenses
Balance forward
$25.15
Balance forward
Dr.
From trustees of trust funds
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Charlotte C. Cole Fund Cr.
From trust fund trustees
$25.00
Dr.
Library Salaries
$25.00
John J. Currier Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
.26
Income from trustees of trust funds
25.00
Sale of books
7.05
Dr. 32.31
30.25
Balance December 31, 1939
$2.06
A. E. Cutter Fund Cr.
$293.06
From trustees of trust funds
100.15
Transferred to Library other expenses Dr. 393.21
293.06
Balance December 31, 1939
100.15
Nathan D. Dodge Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
5.53
From trustees of trust funds
25.50
Dr. 31.03
18.91
Balance December 31, 1939
12.12
William P. Dodge Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$12.18
Trustees of trust funds
66.12
78.30
Dr.
56.86
Balance December 31, 1939
$21.44
Susan M. Donnell Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$255.00
Trustees of trust funds
75.00
330.00
Books
Balance January 1, 1939
Books
Books
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Dr. 255.00
Balance December 3.1., 1939
$75.00
Daniel Foster Fund
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$3.36
Trustees of trust funds
6.26
Dr. 9.62
Books
9.32
Balance December 31, 1939
.30
J. A. Frothingham Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$12.59
Trustees of trust funds
25.00
Books
33.58
Balance December 31, 1939
4.01
S. A. Green Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$19.14
Trustees of trust funds
60.00
Books
63.45
Balance December 31, 1939
15.69
George Haskell Fund
Cr.
$14.15
Trustees of trust funds
26.80
40.95
Books
38.05
Balance December 31, 1939
2.90
S. W. Marston Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$423.06
Trustees of trust funds
125.15
548.21
Dr. 37.59
79.14
Dr.
Balance January 1, 1939
Dr.
Transferred to Library other expenses
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Transferred to Library, other expenses Dr.
423.0(
Balance December 31, 1939
$125.15
E. S. Moseley Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939 $213.06
Trustees of trust funds
.. .... 125.15
338.21
Dr.
Transferred to Library, other expenses
$213.06
Transferred to Income, Todd Fund
100.00
313.06
Balance December 31, 1939
$25.15
W O. Moseley Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$190.08
Trustees of trust funds
300.43
Transferred to Library, other expenses Dr. 490.51
190.08
Balance December 31, 1939
300.43
M. P. Sawyer Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$71.09
Trustees of trust funds
150.00
Books
183.85
Balance December 31, 1939
37.24
South End Reading Room
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$308.82
Trustees of trust funds
244.91
553.73
Lighting
$13.54
Office Supplies
136.89
Fuel
141.50
Insurance
19.50
Building repairs
144.58
All other
25.89
481.90
Balance December 31, 1939
$71.83
Dr. 221.09
Dr.
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J. R. Spring Fund Cr.
$134.68
Trustees of trust funds
500.00
Books
513.12
Balance December 31, 1939
121.56
E. H. Stickney Fund
Cr.
$1,222.86
Trustees of trust funds
205.61
Dr. $1,428.47
1,222.86
Balance December 31, 1939
205.61
Benjamin G. Sweetser Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$15.45
Trustees of trust funds
125.00
Books
119.27
Balance December 31, 1939
$21.18
William C. Todd Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1939
$30.90
Trustees of trust funds
407.97
Transferred from E. S. Moseley Fund
100.00
Transferred from Foreclosure Tax Titles
65.00
603.87
Dr.
Books
557.28
Balance December 31, 1939
$46.59
A. Williams Fund
Cr.
$7.61
Trustees of trust funds
30.00
Dr. 37.61
Books
34.67
Balance January 1, 1939
634.68
Dr.
Balance January 1, 1939
Transferred to Library, other expenses
140.45
Dr.
Balance January 1, 1939
Balance December 31, 1939 2.94
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CITY AUDITOR'S BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER-30, 1939-CITY OF NEWBURYPORT Revenue Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Revenue Cash
Temporary Loans in anticipation of Revenue ..
$200,000.00
In Banks and Office
Water Department Surplus
6,343.51
Accounts Receivable
520.62
Taxes :
Premium on loans .
484.68
Levy of 1935
$32.60
1936
296.44
1937
1,435.20
1938
87,927.52
1939
153,034.49
Reserve for Payment of Tax Titles
35.10
242,726.25
Levy of 1938, Polls
1,592.00
1939, Polls
2,476.00
4,068.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Overlay Reserved for abatements:
Tax of 1935
$32.60
1936
296.44
1937
1,435.20
1938
4,458.06
1939
. 2,787.42
Tax Titles
88,407.78
Tax Title Possessions
33,327.14
Dog Licenses
9.00
Revenue, Reserved until collected :
Departmental
28,876.06
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 2,411.29
Tax Titles
121,734.92
Water
25,352.92
City Council
99.33
Fire Dept.
328.00
Police Dept.
1,117.00
Moth Dept.
188.77
Health Dept.
1,863.65
Sewer Dept.
2,756.12
Highway Dept.
1,079.91
Sidewalks and Edgestones
1,224.70
ADC, State
718.90
.. ... . .
Rent foreclosed property
25.00
Maintenance foreclosed property
437.15
Reserve Fund, Overlay surplus
30,523.03
Revenue appropriations 4,306.17
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children, Administration ..
251.86
Levy of 1936
38.16
1938
284.47
1939
2,088.66
2,411.29
Exce.13 and Deficiency
1,155.21
Departmental :
City Hall
910.53
178,375.19
ANNUAL REPORT
9,009,72
$3,978.38
Tailings .
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CITY AUDITOR'S BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 30, 1939-Continued
Outside Relief, State
3,350.11
Outside Relief, cities and towns.
3,166.78
Old Age Assistance,
Cities and towns
1,548.26
Old Age Assist. Individuals.
7,634.38
State Aid
1,780.00
Schools
679.62
Military Aid
330.00
Soldiers Burial
100.00
28,876.06
Water :
Fixture rates
12,675.91
Meter rates
1,808.11
Service pipe and sundries . .
10,868.90
25,352.92
$430,312.03
$430,312.03
Non-Revenue Accounts
Cash
$5,528.52
New High School
$546.43
Fire Department Equipment . .
68.50
Water Works Additions (P.W.A.) Sewer (Back Bay) . .
21.99
4,891.60
$5,523 52
$5,528.52
CITY AUDITOR
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CITY AUDITOR'S BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 30, 1939-Continued Debt Account
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $790,636.28
Inside Debt Limit :
Sewer Loan 1929
$30,000.00
Sewer Loan 1939
15,000.00
High School Loan 1935
91,535.00
Primary School Loan 1922
4,500.00
Central Park and Playground
Loan 1922
3,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan
(Fire Department)
5,000.00
Outside City Debt Limit :
Essex County Hospital Loan.
$7,000.00
Plum Island Bridge Loan
2,774.91
Primary School Loan 1922
22,500.00
High School Loan 1935
118,465.00
High School Loan 1935
44,000.00
High School Loan 1935
5,000.00
Water Loan 1914.
5,000.00
Water Construction Loan 1933
42,000.00
Water Loan 1938
55,000.00
State Tax Funding Loan
18,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1935.
16,000.00
30,000.00
66
66
1937. . .. . . .
48,000.00
1938 . . .
57,000.00
63,500.00
Tax Title Loans
107,361.37
.
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$790,636.28
$790,636.28
ANNUAL REPORT
44
1936.
. .
1939.
.
$641,601.28
.
$149,035.00
45
CITY AUDITOR
Statement of Appropriated Accounts at Close of Financial Year
General Government
Appropriations and. credits Expended
Balance
City Council
Salary of Clerk
$400.00
$400.00
Other expenses
560.20
545.15
15.05
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
1,200.00
1,200.00
Other expenses
275.00
260.20
14.80
Administrative expense
3,100.00
3,087.72
12.28
Planning Board
750.00
750.00
Auditor's Department
Salaries
3,300.00
3,300.00
Other expenses
200.00
199.95
.05
Treasurer and Collector's Dept.
Salaries
4,400.00
4,400.00
Other expenses
2,447.02
2,445.78
1.24
Printing and certification of Bond and Note Issue
635.00
634.99
.01
Assessors Department
Salaries
4,200.00
4,200.00
Other expenses
975.00
973.30
1.70
City Clerk's Department
Salaries
1,175.00
1,175.00
Other expense and clerk hire
1,650.00
1,645.30
4.70
Vital Statistics
75.00
73.85
1.15
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
1,000.00
1,000.00
Other expenses
150.00
148.14
1.86
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
245.75
226.42
19.33
City Messenger, Salary
1,600.00
1,600.00
New Equipment, Treasurer, Auditor and Assessors' offices
2,500.00
2,498.81
1.19
Election and Registration
Registration
875.00
875.00
Salary of Registrars
600.00
600.00
Election, other expenses
1,874.75
1,860.64
14.11
City Hall maintenance
3,778.75
3,772.25
6.50
Old Records and Typewriting
100.00
100.00
License Commissioners, Salaries and other expenses
1,000.00
995.14
4.86
Protection of Life and Property
Police Department, Salaries
31,164.00
31,164.00
Other expenses
2,880.65
2,879.94
.71
46
ANNUAL REPORT
Appropriations and credits
Expended
Balance
Fire Department, Salaries
28,140.00
28,140.00
Other expenses
2,064.92
2,063.38
1.54
Pension, C. B. Atkinson
411.25
411.25
Expense of ambulance
200.00
200.00
Fire Alarm, Salary Superintendent Other expenses
800.00
800.00
Sealer Weights and Measures, Salary
800.00
800.00
Other expenses
100.85
100.85
Dog Officer
100.00
300.00
* 200.00
Dog Officer, Salary prior to 1938
100.00
100.00
Forestry Supervision
1,700.00
1,700.00
Tree, other expenses
2,337.50
2,337.45
.05
Moth, other expenses
903.00
902.94
.06
Inspection of Plumbing and Buildings
25.00
3.00
22.00
Health and Sanitation
Salary of Clerk, Inspector and Agent.
1,500.00
1,500.00
Miscellaneous
6,441.26
6,441.26
Inspection School Children,Salary
700.00
700.00
Inspection Animals, Salary
350.00
350.00
Inspection Milk, Salary
600.00
600.00
Inspection Slaughtering, Salary
500.00
500.00
District Nurse
100.00
100.00
Ashes and Rubbish
9,000.00
9,000.00
Garbage Disposal
5,200.00
5,200.00
Sewer Construction
350.00
349.76
.24
Sewer Maintenance
500.00
499.65
.35
Street Cleaning
3,000.00
2,999.74
.26
Highway Department
Supervision
Salary of Superintendent.
2,288.00
2,288.00
Other expenses
100.00
95.52
4.48
City Trucks
15,236.36
15,235.22
1.14
Highway Repairs
8,135.33
8,128.76
6.57
Culverts
1,900.00
1,899.64
.36
Street Sprinkling
5,003.48
5,003.22
.26
Sidewalks and Edgestones
2,912.50
2,912.49
.01
Snow and Ice Removal
11,720.00
11,720.00
Miscellaneous
250.00
249.88
.12
Traffic Light Current
250.00
250.00
Street Lighting
19,000.00
19,000.00
Plum Island Lighting
175.93
175.93
Harbor Master Salary
125.00
125.00
Moseley Avenue (Chapter 90)
945.00
945.00
593.00
592.78
.22
47
CITY AUDITOR
Appropriations and credits Expended Balance
Public Welfare
Salaries
12,000.00
11,982.36
17.64
Other expenses
94,693.96
94,692.27
1.69
Aid to Dependent Children
17,436.94
17,436.94
Old Age Assistance, Administration
1,200.00
1,198.69
1.31
Old Age Assistance, Assistance
98,785.52
98,785.26
.26
Commodity Commissary
1,500.00
1,500.00
Soldiers Relief, Salary Agent
600.00
600.00
Other expenses
22,547.15
22,545.45
1.70
State Aid
2,500.00
2,500.00
Military Aid
660.00
660.00
Care of Soldiers Graves
100.00
100.00
Soldiers Burial
100.00
100.00
Anna Jaques Hospital
1,000.00
1,000.00
Worcester Memorial Hospital
600.00
600.00
School Department
Salaries
149,240.31
149,240.31
Other expenses
23,591.00
23,590.87
.13
Library
Salaries
11,370.00
11,370.00
Other expenses
2,647.02
2,646.90
.12
Recreation
City Parks
1,776.70
1,776.56
.14
Atkinson Common
714.61
714.31
.30
Central Park and Playground
700.00
699.91
.09
Moseley Woods
2,085.07
1,457.40
627.67
Bartlett Mall
251.84
251.50
.34
Simmons Beach
200.00
200.00
High School Grounds
300.00
299.02
.98
Parking Lot
300.00
300.00
Park and Tree Dept. Headquarters
359.00
358.57
.43
Unclassified
Damages to Persons and Property
2,546.35
2,546.25
.10
City Clocks
50.00
50.00
Other City Properties
1,346.00
1,282.61
63.39
Memorial Day, G. A. R.
400.00
400.00
Memorial Day, Firemen
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day, Spanish War Veterans
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day, Veterans Foreign Wars
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day, American Legion
50.00
50.00
Clam Plant Maintenance
9,987.46
9,978.05
9.41
Demolition and Fire Hazard Nuisance
300.00
150.00
150.00
48
ANNUAL REPORT
Appropriations and credits Expended
Balance
Municipal Retirement
Administration
500.00
500.00
Pension Accumulation Fund
7,193.00
7,193.00
Undistributed Income
123.18
123.18
W. P. A. Materials
31,217.77
31,215.38
2.39
W. P. A. Projects:
National Youth, Boys
197.99
197.30
.69
National Youth, Girls
364.54
360.73
3.81
Drainage, Cement Sidewalks and
Resurfacing
1,501.86
1,501.86
High School, Stone Wall
333.00
333.00
Sewing
1,879.94
1,879.09
.85
Back Bay Sewer
3,528.16
3,528.16
Library
383.60
382.36
1.24
Recreational
666.21
661.19
5.02
World War Memorial Stadium
24,747.53
24,070.61
676.92
Mussell
22.00
22.00
Pre-School for Food
578.98
577.71
1.27
Household Aids
57.59
57.04
.55
Music
148.50
148.50
Gypsy Moth
700.04
700.04
Cemetery
5.36
5.36
Health Nursing
64.05
51.68
12.37
Artichoke River Basin
8,338.02
8,335.10
2.92
Street Redetermination
and Under-
ground Survey
287.11
286.29
.82
Shade Tree
1,460.48
1,460.30
.18
Cement Curbing
500.00
500.00
Highway Dept. Projects
11,721.99
11,721.10
89
Card Indexing Police Records
100.01
75.25
24.76
Cemeteries
750.00
749.72
.28
Water
62,816.44
62,601.06
215.3S
Indebtedness
75,500.00
75,500.00
Interest
17,089.63
17,089.63
$922,535.41
$920,772.17
$1,963.24
* 200.00
Overdrawn
$1,763.24
19
CITY AUDITOR
Municipal Indebtedness
Gross City Debt. January 1, 1939
$989,646.12
Debts Incurred During 1939
Revenue Loans
$500,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans
63.500,00
Sewer Loan
15,000.00
State Tax Funding Loan
18,000.00
$596,500.00
Debts Paid During Year
Revenue Loans
$500,000.00
Tax Title Loans
13,009.84
Central Park and Playground Loan
1,000.00
County T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans
29,000.00
New High School Loans
24,000.00
Sewer Loan
2,000.00
Primary School Loan
9,000.00
Plum Island River Bridge Loan
1,500.00
Municipal Financial Yr. Adjustment Loan
6,000.00
Water Department Loans
7,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan (Fire)
2,000.00
595,509.84
Increase in debt during year
$990.16
Gross City Debt
$990,636.28
50
ANNUAL REPORT
Borrowing Capacity
December 31, 1939
Average valuation for three years
.$12,829,485.33
Debt limit, 21/2% of $12,829,485.33 $320,737.13
City Debt omitting revenue loans and tax title loans
$683,274.91
Debt outside limit allowed by Special Acts :
Water, (Acts 1908, 1913
and Gen. Laws).
$102,000.00
Essex Co. T. B. Hospital
7,000.00
Plum Island Bridge
(Acts 1921) 2,774.91
Primary School (Acts 1923) ...
22,500.00
New High School, Chap. 404, Acts 1925
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