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5,000.00
125.00
Books for Library
M. H. Simpson ..
Institution for Savings
Demand
5,107.46
128.48
Sprinkling Streets
Chicago Bur. & Qu. R. R., 4% ..
Mar. 1, 1958
4,000.00
160.00
Sprinkling Streets
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 4%. .
. July
1,1955
5,000.00
Sprinkling Streets
Boston & Maine R. R., 5% ..
Mar. 1, 1942
3,000.00
63.00
Sprinkling Streets
Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co.
Dec. 1,1966
4,000.00
65.00
Sprinkling Streets
So. End Reading Room . Np't Five Cents Savings Bank . .
Demand
5,452.73
122.67
Branch Library
Institution for Savings .
Demand
3,709.63
92.72
Branch Library
1680 Broadway Corp., Bond 612% ... Mar. 1, 1939
500.00
Branch Library
6th Ave. & 55th Corp., 612% ........ Jan. 15, 1940
500.00
12.50
Branch Library
Real Est. cor. Purchase & Marlboro. . Demand
4,000.00
J. R. Spring . .
. Np't Five Cents Savings Bank.
10,000.00
225.00
Books for Library
Institution for Savings .
Demand
10,000.00
250.00
Books for Library
E. H. Stickney
. Institution for Savings. .
Demand
5,524.01
138.96
General Use of Library
Baltimore & Ohio R. R., 5% ..
Dec. .
1,1995
5,000.00
50.00
General Use of Library
Eben F. Stone
. Np't Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
2,000.00
36.67
General Use of Library
Institution for Savings .
Demand
1,565.00
29.35
General Use of Library
Old Colony R. R. .
. Demand
2,000.00
General Use of Library
Benj. G. Sweetser. . .
Institution for Savings .
Demand
5,000.00
125.00
General Use of Library
Wm. C. Todd .. .
. Institution for Savings.
Demand
8,469.38
211.72
Reading Room
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 4% ... Mar. 1, 1958
2,000.00
80.00
Reading Room
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 4%.
. Mar. 1, 1947
2,000.00
Reading Room
Boston & Maine R. R., 5% ..
. May 1, 1940
2,000.00
42.00
Reading Room
Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co., 314%. . .
... Dec. 1,1966
1,000.00
16.25
Reading Room
R. N. Toppan. .. ..
... Np't Five Cents Savings Bank. .
. Demand
250.00
6.26
School Prize
A. Williams .. .
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank .. . . Demand
1,000.00
30.00
Books for Library
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$295,755.89
$6,612.45
ANNUAL REPORT
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CITY AUDITOR
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TRUSTEES OF NEWBURYPORT TRUST FUNDS
Schedule of Investments
TOTAL TRUST FUNDS.
$295,755.89
Divided as follows:
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.
$107,367.49
Institution for Savings.
113,388.40
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co.
10,000.00
Provident Institution for Savings, Amesbury
5,000.00
City of New York
1,000.00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.
1,000.00
New Amsterdam Gas Co
1,000.00
Chicago & Erie R. R.
1,000.00
Haverhill Savings Bank.
1,000.00
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank .
8,000.00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.
8,000.00
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R
13,000.00
Boston & Maine R. R
7,000.00
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
7,000.00
1680 Broadway Corporation.
500.00
6th Ave. & 55th St. Corp
500.00
Real Estate corner Purchase and Marlboro.
4,000.00
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
5,000.00
Old Colony R. R.
2,000.00
$295,755.89
William Wheelwright School Scientific School
Investment of Fund October 31, 1941
Real estate by foreclosure and in possession
$6,000.00
Mortgage on real estate.
19,700.00
Bonds
299,884.29
Stocks.
194,377.26
Cash
9,373.57
$529,335.12
Statement of Receipts and Payments
Receipts
Balance October 31, 1940
$36,928.51
Securities sold and matured .
7,950.00
Income gross .
17,621.73
$62,500.24
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Payments
Students expense.
$15,196.23
Expense on real estate foreclosed.
184.42
Administrative expenses
3,028.66
Expense on A. B. Kagan mortgage
41.60
Securities purchased.
34,475.76
Loan to beneficiary.
200.00
$53,126.67
Cash on hand October 31, 1941
$9,373.57
Peabody Fund, Public Library, Newburyport
Receipts :
Balance, December 1, 1940.
$85.64
Dividend, April 23, 1941.
187.50
Dividend, October 22, 1941
187.50
$460.64
Expenditures ·
Postage.
$1.04
Books bought
287.97
$289.01
Balance, November 29, 1941
$171.63
Respectfully submitted,
LAURENCE HAYWARD,
Treasurer.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1941 Revenue Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Revenue Cash:
In Banks and office. . ! .
$83,311.95 8,000.00
Temporary Loans : In anticipation of revenue 1941. $300,000.00 Reserve for Note Receivable in lieu of taxes . . . 8,000.00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
State Assessment 1941:
Levy of 1938.
$3,476.00
State Parks and Reservations (over estimated) 24.93
Levy of 1939:
Poll ..
2.00
Tailings.
795.12
Personal.
895.85
Premiums on Loans. 295.92
Real Estate.
520.70
Levy of 1940:
Maintenance of Foreclosed Property .
150.00
Poll ..
1,620.00
Personal. .
4,324.65
Real Estate.
70,961.76
Levy of 1941:
Vocational Education, National Defense Workers.
2,679.24
Poll. .
1,874.00
Personal ..
5,845.68
Smith-Hughes and George-Deen Funds ..
7.50
Real Estate.
129,939.02
$219,459.66
Vocational Education, National Youth Admin- istration.
126.50
Levy of 1939.
$91.85
Levy of 1940.
103.74
Levy of 1941.
764.92
Old Age Assistance Reimbursement. .
700.00
$960.51
Federal Grants:
Tax Titles. Tax Possessions.
$66,117.29
34,565.98
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration .. 42.59
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Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund. 349.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Water Surplus
4,168.64
Notes receivable in lieu of taxes.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1941-Continued
Departmental:
Unexpended Balances :
City Council. . .
$99.33
Chapter 90 Maintenance . . $106.85
City Hall, Rentals.
1,075.53
Repairs Janvrin Landing. ..
364.00
Fire. .
63.75
Moseley Woods. 876.61
Moth
188.77
Trust Fund Income.
2,340.27
Sewer. . .
2,703.92
W.P.A. Projects. .
37.89
Highways.
1,017.91
National Emergency
Sidewalks and Edgestones . .
1,244.60
Chapter 487, Acts 1941 . . . 995.92
Outside Relief :
State.
1,444.00
Cities and Towns.
1,509.59
Aid to Dependent Children :
State.
7,132.42
Old Age Assistance:
State.
63.74
Cities and Towns.
887.60
Levy of 1941. 4,399.39
Individuals .
184.05
State Aid. .
1,465.00
Military Aid.
649.17
School .
138.75
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax .
$960.51
Tax Title.
100,683.27
Departmental.
21,370.95
State and County Aid to
State Aid to Highways .. .
County Aid to Highways.
350.00
Water ..
28,304.45
Water:
Meter Rates.
$1,540.72
Fixture Rates. .
11,072.34
Service Pipe and Miscellaneous .. . 15,691.39
$28,304.4
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$4,721.54
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus. 1,559.66
ANNUAL REPORT
$11,349.54
Rentals, Foreclosed Property .
1,286.30
Tax Title Possession Buildings . .
216.52
$21,370.95
167.19
Highways 517.19
$151,836.37
Overlays Reserved for Abatements of Taxes: Levy of 1940.
$6,950.15
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1941-Continued
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1934.
$437.49
Levy of 1935.
1,526.00
Levy of 1936.
1,589.00
Levy of 1937.
1,209.60
Levy of 1938:
2,018.02
Levy of 1939. .
7,298.95
$14,079.06
Underestimate to be Raised:
County Tax 1941.
384.13
Revenue Deficit, 1941.
4,977.80
Excess and Deficiency.
4,757.58
$486,806.55
$486,806.55
Non-Revenue Accounts
Cash.
$1,878.37
Fire Departmental Equipment. .
$68.50
Water Works Addition (P.W.A.)
1,809.81
Streets and Sidewalks .. . . . ..
.06
$1,878.37
$1,878.37
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt .
$741,684.33
Inside Debt Limit :
Sewer Loan 1929
$26,000.00
Sewer Loan 1939
13,000.00
Primary School Loan 1922 .. ..
1,500.00
High School Loan 1935 ..
46,535.00
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1941-Concluded
Central Park and Playground Loan 1922. $1,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan (Fire Department) .. 2,000.00
Street and Sidewalk Loan. . . 24,000.00
$114,035.00
Outside Debt Limit :
Essex County T. B. Hospital Loan .. .
$5,000.00
Primary School Loan 1922. .
7,500.00
High School Loan 1935.
133,465.00
High School Loan 1935 ..
36,000.00
Water Loan 1914. .
3,000.00
Water Construction Loan 1933
36,000.00
Water Loan 1938.
49,000.00
State Tax Funding Loan 1939
10,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans:
1936
$20,000.00
1937.
36,000.00
1938.
43,000.00
1939
48,000.00
1940
56,500.00
1941.
63,000.00
Tax Title Loans.
81,184.33
..
$627,649.33
$741,684.33
$741,684.33
ANNUAL REPORT
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
General Government
Appropriations and credits
Transfers to
Expended
Transfers from
Balance
City Council
Salary of Clerk
$400.00
$400.00
Equipment. . .
750.00
$100.35
850.35
Other Expenses .
502.25
220.00
708.05
$14.20
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor ..
1,200.00
1,200.00
Other expenses ..
200.00
80.92
280.92
Administrative expense ..
3,100.00
33.24
3,133.24
Auditor's Department
Salaries . .
3,500.00
3,500.00
Other expenses.
205.00
43.33
248.31
02
Treasurer's and Collector's Department
Salaries .
4,347.00
33.34
4,380.34
Other expenses
2,100.00
400.00
2,499.58
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Printing and Certification of Bonds and Notes .
350.00
33.77
383.77
Assessors' Department
Salaries . .
4,400.00
4,365.47
$33.77
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Other expenses.
975.00
75.00
1,048.23
1.77
City Clerk's Department
Salary .
2,040.50
2,040.50
Other expenses.
200.00
194.82
3.18
2.00
Vital Statistics
150.00
129.19
20.81
Law Department Salary City Solicitor
1,000.00
971.42
28.58
Other expenses. .
150.00
176.00
260.86
63.00
2.14
Foreclosure Tax Titles
1,078.75
63.00
810.51
326.00
5.24
City Messenger
1,600.00
1,600.00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits
Transfers
to
Expended
Transfers From
Balance
Election and Registration
Salary of Registrars.
$600.00
$591.43
$5.92
$2.65
Registration .
800.00
757.98
33.24
8.78
Other expenses. . .
1,325.00
$30.00
1,345.15
9.85
City Hall Maintenance. ..
2,100.00
250.00
2,330.79
19.21
Old Records and Typewriting.
75.00
23.95
50.00
1.05
License Commissioners. .
1,000.00
983.47
16.53
Planning Board .
100.00
100.00
Enforcement Zoning Laws.
50.00
50.00
Protection of Life and Property
Police Department
Salaries .
30,366.00
304.41
30,670.41
Other expenses.
1,850.00
834.31
2,684.31
New Battery System and Rectifier for Police Signal ..
500.00
500.00
Police Signal Service.
350.00
50.00
397.79
2.21
New Police Car. .
700.00
687.50
12.50
Fire Department
Salaries .
28,565.00
26,363.51
2,119.64
81.85
Other expenses.
2,450.00
75.00
2,511.16
13.84
Pensions . .
927.50
879.64
1,807.14
Fire Alarm and Wires
Salary Superintendent
800.00
800.00
Other expenses.
600.00
598.69
1.31
Inspection of Buildings.
25.00
3.25
20.84
.91
Sealer Weights and Measures Salary of Sealer .
800.00
606.67
193.33
Other expenses. . .
100.00
58.67
41.33
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits
Transfers
to
Expended
Transfers From
Balance
Tree and Moth Supervision.
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
Tree, other expenses .
1,402.50
$757.97
2,160.47
Moth, other expenses .
900.00
899.25
$ .75
Health and Sanitation
Salary of Clerk.
1,500.00
1,500.00
Miscellaneous. . .
5,800.00
544.44
6,172.55
$150.00
21.89
Inspection School Children, Salary.
700.00
700.00
Inspector Animals, Salary .
350.00
350.00
Inspector Milk, Salary . ..
600.00
600.00
Inspector Slaughtering, Salary
500.00
500.00
District Nurse .
100.00
100.00
Ashes and Rubbish Removal.
9,000.00
9,000.00
Garbage Disposal ..
5,300.00
5,300.00
Garbage Disposal, Plum Island.
150.00
150.00
Sewer Construction. .
600.00
485.93
779.05
300.00
6.88
Sewer Maintenance.
500.00
451.71
48.00
.29
Street Cleaning . .
3,000.00
2,582.40
416.00
1.60
Highway Department
Supervision
Salary Superintendent.
2,332.00
2,332.00
Other expenses.
100.00
95.77
4.23
City Trucks .
5,000.00
9,222.00
12,662.15
1,534.93
24.92
Repairs . .
7,000.00
5,524.70
1,309.80
165.50
Culverts. .
1,400.00
1,043.13
346.00
10.87
Street Sprinkling .
4,500.00
430.88
3,496.95
1,433.93
Sidewalks and Edgestones
1,324.05
100.00
1,335.97
88.00
08
Snow and Ice Removal.
7,500.00
3,000.00
9,362.92
686.00
451.08
Miscellaneous. .
250.00
249.05
95
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits
Transfers
to
Expended
Transfers From
Balance
Highway Chap. 90 Maintenance.
$326.00
$182.81
$401.96
$106.85
Traffic Light current. .
250.00
3.18
$253.18
Street Lighting. ..
19,200.00
19,199.11
.89
Street Lighting Plum Island. .
200.00
178.28
21.72
Harbor Master.
125.00
112.08
12.92
New Trucks for Highway Department.
3,288.19
3,288.19
Back Bay Sewer .. ..
1,065.65
1,065.54
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Repairs Janvrin Landing .
400.00
36.00
364.00
Welfare
Salaries .
7,000.00
1,800.00
8,620.38
179.62
Other expenses.
85,115.51
1,600.00
84,883.66
1,800.00
31.85
Aid Dependent Children Administration.
425.00
414.00
11.00
Aid Dependent Children .
15,138.00
3,200.00
18,006.99
331.01
Old Age Assistance Administration
2,250.00
2,250.00
Old Age Assistance . .
96,237.43
90,996.09
3,600.00
1,641.34
Commodity Commissary
1,687.00
1,673.64
13.36
State Aid ..
1,770.00
1,455.00
315.00
Military Aid. ..
720.00
649.17
70.83
Soldiers' Relief, Salary of Agent.
1,000.00
1,000.00
Soldiers' Relief, other expenses.
20,334.00
19,049.33
1,200.00
84.67
Care 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 . . .
148,033.25
5,159.94
149,793.19
3,400.00
Other expenses. .
21,998.40
3,400.00
24,734.01
659.94
4.45
Vocational Training . .
1,130.27
1,118.27
12.00
.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits
Transfers to
Expended
Transfers From
Balance
Library
Salaries . ..
$11,300.00
$545.00
$11,823.20
$21.80
Other expenses. .
2,000.00
793.69
2,793.63
$ .06
Unclassified
City Parks. .
900.00
1,136.83
2,034.33
2.50
Central Park and Playground.
700.00
699.56
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Bartlet Mall.
07
238.90
238.83
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Park and Tree Department Headquarters
300.00
95.45
395.45
High School Grounds .
300.00
299.96
04
Moseley Woods . ..
1,300.27
519.64
943.30
876.61
Atkinson Common.
706.08
704.50
1.58
Simmons Beach .
200.00
40.00
160.00
Parking Lot. .
400.00
400.00
Damages Persons and Property and claims .
2,000.00
507.40
2,507.40
National Emergency Chap. 487, Acts 1941.
1,300.00
304.08
995.92
City Clocks. . .
150.00
150.00
Other City Properties. . .
900.00
896.90
3.10
Workmen's Compensation.
1,000.00
577.20
400.00
22.80
Memorial Day, G. A. R .. . .
400.00
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday.
75.00
75.00
Spanish War Veterans Memorial Day ..
50.00
50.00
Veterans Foreign Wars Memorial Day
50.00
50.00
American Legion Memorial Day ..
50.00
50.00
Disabled Veterans Memorial Day .
50.00
50.00
Clam Plant. .
9,500.00
700.00
10,196.13
3.87
Demolition and Fire Hazard Nuisance
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Fourth of July Celebration . .
200.00
200.00
Municipal Retirement Administration.
400.00
100.00
500.00
Pension Accumulation . .
9,000.00
9,000.00
Rest Room Plum Island. . .
600.00
586.97
1,186.87
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations Transfers and credits to
Expended
Transfers From
Balance
Reserve Fund ..
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
W.P.A. Projects Accounts
Materials for Projects. . .
60,000.00
$9,833.83
69,833.83
Engineering and Miscellaneous.
304.90
$304.90
National Youth Boys Project.
873.35
873.35
National Youth Girls Project .
109.57
1,858.90
1,968.47
Sewing Project. .
285.87
5,785.67
5,314.78
756.76
Library Project. .
15.43
576.60
592.03
Recreational Project. .
26.77
345.21
371.98
World War Memorial Stadium Project.
237.64
5,113.73
5,346.44
$4.93
Pre-School Project. .
22.85
343.91
366.76
Household Aid Project.
5.94
50.00
36.45
19.49
Music Project. . .
100.00
72.50
27.50
Gypsy Moth Project. .
194.93
194.93
Health Nursing Project .
79
31.21
32.00
Artichoke River Basin .
10.70
9,471.30
8,555.81
925.00
1.19
Street Redetermination and Underground Survey Project.
5.12
2.67
2.45
Veterans Graves Registration Project .
13.31
13.31
Repairs to Public Buildings Project. .
1.67
6,385.66
6,387.33
City Wide Sewer Project.
17,190.15
14,254.15
2,936.00
Mussell Project. .
48.26
50.00
81.44
16.82
Park Project .. .
7,954.14
7,954.14
Indexing Police Records Project.
9.00
9.00
Road Project .
13,995.17
10,046.90
3,944.00
4.27
Cemeteries
1,050.00
1,049.66
.34
Water ..
60,000.00
8,310.00
66,308.43
2,001.57
Indebtedness.
82,908.44
366.47
83,274.91
Interest . .
15,528.82
15,262.76
266.06
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.
.
. .
.
$865,040.99 $122,033.33 $874,629.87
$104,065.31 $8,379.14
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Municipal Indebtedness
Gross City Debt, January 1, 1941.
$1,074,397.19
Debt Incurred During 1941
Revenue Loans.
$510,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans.
63,000.00
$573,000.00
Debt Paid During Year
Revenue Loans
$500,000.00
Tax Title Loans .
15,437.95
Central Park and Playground Loan
1,000.00
County T. B. Loan.
1,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans
38,000.00
New High School Loans
19,000.00
Sewer Loans.
3,000.00
Primary School Loan.
9,000.00
Plum Island River Bridge Loan.
1,274.91
Water Department Loans
7,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan (Fire).
1,000.00
State Tax Funding Loan.
4,000.00
Street and Sidewalk Loan.
6,000.00
Decrease in debt during year
$605,712.86 32,712.86
Gross City Debt, December 31, 1941
$1,041,684.33
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Borrowing Capacity
December 31, 1941
Average valuation for three years $12,785,470.00
Debt limit, 212% of $12,785,470.00 $319,636.75
City debt omitting revenue loans and
tax title loans.
$660,500.00
Debt outside limit allowed by Special Acts:
Water, (Acts 1908, 1913, and General Laws) .. . $88,000.00
Essex County T. B. Hos- pital. 5,000.00
Primary School (Acts
1923).
7,500.00
New High School Chap. 404, Acts 1925. . . 133,465.00
New High School Chap. 45, Acts 1935. 36,000.00
State Tax Funding, Chap. 464, Acts 1939. 10,000.00
Municipal Relief :
1936 $20,000.00
1937. 36,000.00
1938.
43,000.00
1939.
48,000.00
1940.
56,500.00
1941. 63,000.00
Total debt outside limit $546,465.00
Debt within the limit ...
$114,035.00
Borrowing capacity December 31, 1941
$205,601.75
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CITY AUDITOR
Funded Debt
The funded debt of the City at close of books December 31, 1940 was $784,397.19. During the year 1941 the following loan was authorized:
Municipal Relief Loan.
$63,000.00
Maturities paid or appropriated for during the year including Water Bonds amounted to $105,712.86.
The total funded debt December 31, 1941 was $741,684.33 making net decrease of $42,712.86.
December 31, 1941
Bonds and Notes
Rate Issued
Due
Amount
Water
312%
1933
Oct.
1, 1942-53
$36,000.00
Water
41/2%
1914
Oct.
1, 1942-44
3,000.00
Water
2
%
1938
Nov.
1, 1942-58
49,000.00
Central Park and Playground .
4
%
1922
July
1, 1942
1,000.00
Schoolhouse
414%
1922
Dec.
1, 1942
7,500.00
Schoolhouse.
414%
1922
Dec.
1, 1942
1,500.00
County T. B. Hospital.
41/8%
1926
Feb. 12, 1942-46
5,000.00
Sewer
.412%
1929
Nov. 1, 1942-54
26,000.00
Sewer .
214%
1939
April
1, 1942-54
13,000.00
Street and Sidewalk.
1
%
1940
Aug.
1, 1942-45
24,000.00
New High School
.214%
1935
Oct.
1, 1942-53
180,000.00
New High School
212%
1935
Dec. 2, 1942-50
36,000.00
Departmental Equipment (Fire)
.11/2%
1938
July 1, 1942-43
2,000.00
State Tax Funding.
212%
1939
Sept. 1, 1942-44
10,000.00
Tax Title Loans (Renewed) 1
%
1942
81,184.33
Municipal Relief Loan.
11/2%
1936
Nov.
2, 1942-45
20,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
214%
1937
Sept.
1, 1942-47
36,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
134%
1938
May
1, 1942-48
43,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
134%
1939
July
1, 1942-49
16,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
212%
1939
Sept.
1, 1942-50
32,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1940
Sept.
1, 1942-50
56,500.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1941
April
1, 1942-51
35,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1941
Aug.
1, 1942-51
10,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1941
Nov. 1, 1942-51
18,000.00
$741,684.33
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Budget for 1941
General Government
City Council
Salary of Clerk.
$400.00
City Council Equipment.
750.00
Other expenses .
500.00
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
1,200.00
Other expenses .
200.00
Administrative expenses
3,100.00
Auditor's Department
Salary of Auditor
2,200.00
Salary of Clerk.
1,300.00
Other expenses .
200.00
Treasurer and Collector's Dept.
Salary Treasurer and Collector
2,200.00
Salary of Clerks
2,147.00
Other expenses .
2,100.00
Expense of Bond and Note Issue.
350.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Chairman
1,600.00
Salary of Assessors
2,800.00
Other expenses
975.00
City Clerk's Department
Salary of City Clerk.
2,040.50
Other expenses
200.00
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
1,000.00
Other expenses .
150.00
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
1,000.00
City Messenger.
1,600.00
Election and Registration
Salary of Registrars
600.00
Registration.
800.00
Other expenses
1,325.00
City Hall .
2,100.00
Old Records and Typewriting
75.00
License Commissioners
1,000.00
Planning Board.
100.00
$34,012.50
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CITY AUDITOR
Police Department
Salaries and Wages.
$30,366.00
Other expenses .
1,850.00
Police Signal Service
350.00
New Police Car ..
700.00
New Battery System and Rectifier for Police Signal
500.00
$33,766.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages.
$28,565.00
Other expenses . .
2,450.00
Pension, Charles B. Atkinson.
927.50
$31,942.50
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
Fire Alarm, Salary of Supt.
$800.00
Other expenses .
600.00
Inspection of Plumbing and Buildings
25.00
Salary Sealer Weights and Measures.
800.00
Other expenses
100.00
Tree Department, Salary of Warden.
500.00
Other expenses
1,400.00
Moth Department, Salary of Supt.
1,200.00
Other expenses
900.00
$6,325.00
Health and Sanitation
Supervision, Salary of Clerk, Inspector and Agent.
$1,500.00
Miscellaneous .
5,800.00
Vital Statistics.
150.00
Inspection of School Children, Salary
700.00
Inspection of Animals, Salary.
350.00
Inspection of Milk, Salary .
600.00
Inspection of Slaughtering, Salary.
500.00
Sewer Construction
600.00
Sewer Maintenance
500.00
Street Cleaning .
3,000.00
Ashes and Rubbish.
9,000.00
District Nurse.
100.00
Garbage Disposal
5,300.00
$28,100.00
Highway Department
Supervision:
Salary of Superintendent.
$2,332.00
Other expenses
100.00
City Trucks.
5,000.00
Repairs.
7,000.00
Culverts
1,400.00
Street Sprinkling.
4,500.00
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Sidewalks and Edgestones.
$1,300.00
Miscellaneous .
250.00
Traffic Light, current.
250.00
Street Lighting
19,200.00
Street Lighting, Plum Island .
200.00
Snow and Ice Removal
7,500.00
Harbor Master, Salary.
125.00
Back Bay Sewer .
1,065.65
New Trucks for Highway
.. 3,288.19
$53,510.84
Charities
Public Welfare:
Salaries and Wages.
$7,000.00
Other expenses .
74,700.00
Anna Jaques Hospital .
1,000.00
Worcester Memorial Hospital.
600.00
Aid Dependent Children, Administration.
425.00
Aid to Dependent Children.
15,138.00
Old Age Assistance, Administration .
2,250.00
Old Age Assistance.
95,775.00
Government Commodity Commissary
1,687.00
$198,575.00
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief, Salary of Agent
$1,000.00
Other expenses
20,325.00
State Aid.
1,770.00
Military Aid
720.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves.
100.00
Soldiers' Burial
100.00
$24,015.00
School Department
Salaries and Wages.
$148,033.25
Other expenses .
21,900.00
$169,933.25
Public Library
Salaries and wages
$11,300.00
Other expenses .
2,000.00
$13,300.00
Recreations
Moseley Woods.
$500.00
City Parks
900.00
Atkinson Common .
700.00
Central Park and Playground .
700.00
Simmons Beach.
200.00
High School Grounds.
300.00
Park and Tree Headquarters
300.00
. .
$3,600.00
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CITY AUDITOR
Unclassified
Workmen's Compensation
$1,000.00
Damages to Persons and Property and claims
2,000.00
Other city properties .
900.00
Memorial Day, G. A. R ..
400.00
Firemens Memorial Sunday
75.00
Spanish War Veterans Memorial Day .
50.00
Veterans Foreign Wars Memorial Day.
50.00
American Legion.
50.00
Disabled American Veterans.
50.00
Clam Maintenance.
9,500.00
Municipal Retirement, Administration.
400.00
Pension Accumulation Fund.
9,000.00
Parking Areas
400.00
Materials for Projects
7,000.00
Cemeteries.
1,050.00
Demolition fire hazard nuisance.
100.00
City Clocks.
150.00
Rest Room, Plum Island.
600.00
Reserve Fund.
1,500.00
$34,275.00
Indebtedness
Interest.
$15,500.00
Indebtedness
82,908.44
$98,408.44
Water
$60,000.00
Summary of Budget
General Government
$34,012.50
Police Department.
33,766.00
Fire Department.
31,942.50
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
6,325.00
Health and Sanitation
28,100.00
Highway Department.
53,510.84
Charities.
198,575.00
Soldiers Benefits .
24,015.00
School Department.
169,933.25
Public Library.
13,300.00
Recreations .
3,600.00
Unclassified .
34,275.00
Indebtedness
98,408.44
Water
60,000.00
$789,763.53
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Budget for 1942
Amt.
General Government
Amt. Estimated Allowed by
City Council
1942
Mayor
Salary of Clerk
$400.00
$400.00
Other expenses
651.00
726.00
Other expenses 1941.
2.75
2.75
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
1,200.00
1,200.00
Travelling outside State
100.00
100.00
Other expenses .
325.00
325.00
Administrative Salaries
1,564.29
1,564.29
Other expenses .
130.00
130.00
Auditor's Department
Salary of Auditor
2,200.00
2,200.00
Salary of Clerk.
1,300.00
1,300.00
Other expenses
330.00
200.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Dept.
Salary Treasurer and Collector
2,600.00
2,400.00
Salary of Clerks
2,540.00
2,134.29
Other expenses .
3,353.90
2,300.00
Expense of Bond and Note Issue.
350.00
350.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Chairman
1,600.00
1,600.00
Salary of Assessors.
2,800.00
2,800.00
Assistant Assessor.
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