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22.80
.
$4,363.36
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CITY AUDITOR
Assistance :
Cash grants.
$99,390.51
Cities and towns.
1,223.59
Doctors
396.10
Drugs
270.11
All other
1,046.16
$102,326.47
Federal Account:
Administration:
Salaries. .
$2,619.15
Office expense
200.56
Telephone .
19.70
Travel expense
16.50
All other.
1.50
Assistance :
Cash grants.
$81,304.58
Cities and towns.
225.34
Doctors
1,081.50
Drugs
591.52
All other.
2,317.60
$85,520.44
Old Age Assistance, reimbursements :
Payments to State
810.98
$195,878.66
Anna Jaques Hospital
Donation by City.
$1,000.00
Worcester Memorial Hospital
Donation by City.
$600.00
Soldiers' Relief
Administration:
Salary of Agent. .
$1,100.00
Other expenses:
Telephone
$58.06
Office supplies.
32.35
Services of physicians
592.75
Cash aid.
2,598.50
Fuel.
1,167.04
Groceries and provisions
6,165.63
Rent, board and care.
1,197.81
Medicinal supplies
544.81
Shoes and clothing
174.79
$2,857.41
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Transportation
$32.80
Dentists
28.00
Glasses
5.00
All other.
13.35
$12,610.89
State Aid.
1,207.50
State Aid, World War No. 2.
964.50
Military Aid.
1,083.50
Soldiers' Burial.
321.83
$17,288.22.
EDUCATION
Salaries:
Salary of Superintendent.
$4,099.73
Clerk in Superintendent's office.
1,600.00
Clerk in Principal's office
1,400.00
Vocational School Clerk
483.29
Truant officer .
1,600.00
High School teachers.
50,975.63
Elementary School teachers
80,490.08
Evening School teachers
332.00
High School janitors.
4,436.46
Elementary School janitors.
9,399.49
Evening School janitors.
174.00
. . .
$154,990.68
Administration :
Printing, stationery and postage
$517.39
Telephones.
547.75
Travelling expense.
87.88
Teachers' travel expense
173.99
Household arts
291.19
Text books and supplies :
High:
2,140.11
Supplies
2,667.12
Elementary:
Books
1,762.83
Supplies
1,885.60
Vocational School:
Supplies
1,985.97
Transportation :
Elementary .
1,742.50
Support of Truants
456.57
Books
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Light:
High .
$1,988.44
Elementary
1,053.81
Vocational
145.25
Fuel:
High .
2,383.51
Elementary .
3,776.96
Vocational
160.72
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
High:
Repairs.
611.15
Janitors' supplies
564.43
All other
27.91
Elementary:
Repairs.
2,237.03
Janitors' supplies
539.80
All other.
114.06
Vocational School:
Repairs.
111.63
Janitor work by pupils
100.50
$28,074.10
Thirteen Cubic Foot Frigidaire
Frigidaire
$443.22
Painting High School
Painting.
$1,500.00
State Aided Vocational Schools Household Arts Program, Smith- Hughes, George-Deen Fund
Salaries.
$7,632.60
Vocational Education of National Defense Workers, Federal
Director and Instructors.
$5,380.89
Assistants.
1,380.90
Clerk.
672.75
Janitor
915.75
Shop supplies.
261.99
Office supplies
66.49
Repairs and replacements.
130.07
Power and light
764.30
Telephone .
41.95
Travel expense .
54.82
Services of physicians
47.00
Freight.
4.24
$9,721.15
$183,064.78
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Libraries
Salaries and wages:
Librarian .
$1,931.44
Assistants.
8,622.71
Janitor and substitute
1,645.00
$12,199.15
Other expenses:
Books and periodicals .
$53.50
Binding.
47.45
Fuel.
619.43
Insurance.
112.91
Light.
611.94
Stationery and office supplies.
233.88
Janitor's supplies
66.68
Telephone .
100.01
Rent of Belleville Parish House, includes heat, light and other expenses;
125.00
Book deliveries .
25.50
All other.
3.42
$1,999.72
South End Reading Room:
Lighting
$15.00
Building supplies
6.38
Fuel.
52.47
Water
8.00
$81.85
$14,280.72
Recreations
City Parks:
Labor
$2,241.92
Equipment and materials
121.28
Plants. .
42.00
Repairs on auto
49.60
Flag.
8.50
$2,463.30
Bartlet Mall:
Labor .
$140.08
Repairs on fountain .
55.20
Central Park and Playground:
Labor.
$646.10
Equipment, and repairs.
51.77
$697.87
Victory Gardens :
Printing and advertising
$195.28
$49.50
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Winter Program Bartlet Mall: Labor
$9.76
Playgrounds :
Supervisor and Assistants.
$351.00
Teachers. .
702.00
Equipment and materials.
107.50
$1,160.50
Park and Tree Department Headquarters:
Telephone
$57.83
Lighting
24.08
Fuel.
186.30
Office supplies.
.95
Building supplies and repairs.
19.25
Boiler insurance .
14.02
Moseley Woods :
Caretaker.
$660.00
Labor
15.60
Supplies, equipment and repairs .
146.77
Trees.
194.00
All other.
17.56
...
$1,033.93
Atkinson Common :
Caretaker.
$727.14
Goodwin's Landing:
Labor.
$34.00
High School Grounds:
Labor
$292.52
Supplies
7.00
$299.52
Clam Plant
Salaries:
Salary of chemist
$2,234.65
Assistants.
6,151.68
Other expenses:
Office supplies.
$7.05
Repairs and replacements.
218.85
Fuel. .
146.92
Power.
391.06
Light.
111.69
Plant supplies
308.29
Telephone
44.96
Express. .
29.31
New Pump
..
671.16
®
$8,386.33
$1,929.29
$10,315.62
$302.43
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Maintenance of Foreclosed Property (Hannah Building)
Custodian.
$1,825.00
Assistants.
863.25
Labor.
28.50
Building repairs and materials.
1,992.58
Fuel.
3,849.31
Lighting
209.90
Telephone
35.33
Insurance.
252.94
Water.
126.42
Janitor supplies.
45.33
Express.
.98
$9,229.54
Alterations and Repairs, Tax Title Possessions Property
Labor
$96.58
Building repairs
2,150.77
Materials
43.34
$2,290.69
Unclassified
Other city properties:
Rest Room, Plum Island.
$11.50
Insurance New High School.
637.59
Dog Officer :
Board and care of dogs
148.00
Parking Areas:
Rental of parking areas.
300.00
District Nurse:
Newburyport Health Center.
100.00
Enforcement of Zoning Laws:
Services
50.00
Ration Board:
Office supplies
$172.95
Telephone
131.36
Carpenter.
29.34
Typewriter rental.
94.05
Advertising
24.30
All other.
1.50
$453.50
Tailings
1.70
Fourth of July Celebration.
350.00
State Guard.
250.00
Damages Persons and Property, payments .
400.00
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Memorial Day:
G.A.R. Memorial.
$400.00
Disabled Veterans
50.00
Firemen's Memorial Day
75.00
Spanish War Veterans' Memorial
50.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Day
50.00
American Legion Memorial Day.
50.00
$675.00
County of Essex Dogs:
Payments to County Treasurer on account of dog licenses
$1,345.40
Workmen's Compensation:
Payments on account of compensation.
521.43
Care of Soldiers' Graves:
Labor
100.00
Victory and Withholding Tax:
Payroll deductions
$16,435.92
Refunds to individuals.
13.59
$16,449.51
Municipal Retirement
Undistributed Income:
Payments to Treasurer of Retirement System. . .
$463.88
Administration:
Payments to Treasurer of Retirement System .. .
600.00
Pension Accumulation Fund:
Payments to Treasurer of Retirement System, .. .
14,937.00
$16,000.88
National Emergency, Chap. 487, Acts 1941
Clerical. .
$1,551.68
Janitor service.
30.00
Office supplies
149.45
Advertising
49.55
Lighting.
292.92
Materials and supplies
664.09
Telephones.
633.55
Payment on account of autos.
235.93
Fuel.
60.59
Rent and repairs on typewriters .
21.85
Cleaning.
10.25
All other.
68.15
$3,768.01
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W.P.A. Projects
National Youth Boys' Project:
Electricity
$1.50
Materials
19.38
Rent
40.00
$60.88
Recreation Project :
Electricity
$5.40
Fuel.
45.18
Repairs to boiler.
9.00
$59.58
Pre-School Project:
Food
$211.02
Fuel.
15.50
All other.
2.82
$229.34
Artichoke River Basin Project:
Labor
$3,893.47
Transportation
218.86
Rental of equipment.
306.00
Services of engineer
300.00
Telephone .
30.78
Materials, equipment and repairs
51.73
Truck repairs.
3.00
Travel expense
10.00
All other.
6.30
$4,820.14
Repairs to Public Buildings:
Transportation
$10.50
Materials
548.40
Telephone .
32.08
$590.98
$5,760.92
Water
Administration:
Salary of Superintendent.
$2,425.50
Registrar and clerk.
2,976.75
Chief engineer.
2,425.50
Extra clerical services
52.66
Stationery and postage
465.13
Printing and advertising.
19.70
Premium on bond
25.00
Telephones.
153.31
Electric lighting .
110.65
Use of auto.
120.00
All other.
18.62
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General:
Labor
$5,234.35
Trucks .
194.43
Taxes on real estate.
95.20
Insurance
819.00
Pipe and fittings.
542.06
Meters and fittings.
565.11
Gas and oil .
152.90
Freight.
23.67
Hydrants
25.00
Hardware and tools.
89.41
Standpipe.
173.77
All other.
6.25
Pumping Stations:
Engineers.
9,719.76
Labor
7,563.79
Oil, waste and packing
989.47
Coal.
10,831.86
Boiler supplies.
313.12
Use of auto
450.00
Chemicals.
200.43
Electric lighting
138.70
Electric power.
4,772.65
Building supplies
59.11
Tools and hardware.
82.65
Pump supplies and repairs
776.64
Truck .
35.32
Freight.
30.12
Pipe and fittings
146.81
Building supplies
110.04
Filter supplies
238.00
Chlorinator supplies.
51.14
All other.
42.53
Pension Accumulation Fund:
Payment to treasurer of retirement board.
$3,212.00
Indebtedness:
Payments on account of indebtedness
$7,000.00
Payments on account of interest.
2,165.00
$9,165.00
New Pump:
Payment on account of pump contract.
554.34
$66,197.45
Income Perpetual Care of Lots
Care of lots . $227.08
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Cemeteries
Labor .
$809.70
Tools and repair .
57.83
Water.
12.00
Rent of driveway
20.00
$899.53
Interest
Revenue Loans
$982.23
Tax Titles
685.01
State Funding.
150.00
Municipal Relief Loans.
4,358.75
Defense Loan
56.25
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital loan.
144.37
High School Loan.
4,512.50
Sewer Loan.
1,338.75
Departmental Equipment loan .
15.00
Street and Sidewalk loan
180.00
$12,422.86
Debt
Revenue loans.
$400,000.00
Tax title and tax title possessions
7,292.03
Essex T. B. Hospital
1,000.00
High School.
19,000.00
Municipal Relief. .
42,000.00
Departmental equipment
1,000.00
Sewer
3,000.00
State Funding.
3,000.00
Streets and sidewalks.
6,000.00
Defense.
1,000.00
$483,292.03
Agency
State Tax.
$10,500.00
County Tax.
19,727.57
Auditing municipal accounts
504.29
Care of civil war veterans.
153.15
State Parks and reservations
361.04
County bridges assessment.
2,707.72
Water assessment ..
5,000.00
State examination retirement system
285.62
$39,239.39
World War No. 2 Honor Roll
Honor Roll.
$981.67
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State Guard Honor Roll
Honor Roll.
$35.15
Refunds and Reimbursements
1943 Poll tax.
$4.00
1943 Real estate tax.
639.28
1942 Real estate tax
193.20
1941 Real estate tax.
265.30
1943 Motor Vehicle Excise tax.
99.53
Estimated receipts-interest.
101.11
Estimated receipts-demands
2.10
$1,304.52
Trust Funds
Atwood (Cash aid) ..
$86.66
Dexter (Cash aid).
7.45
Follansbee (Cash aid)
22.08
Toppan (School prize).
3.32
Merrill (School prize).
40.00
Davis (Aged Ladies)
52.50
Andrews (Library)
20.29
Bradbury (Library)
14.63
Bradstreet (Library)
2.56
Colby (Library).
26.09
Cole (Library).
45.00
Cutter (Library).
43.80
Donnell (Library).
7.26
N. D. Dodge (Library)
12.70
W. H. P. Dodge (Library)
77.12
Foster (Library)
2.67
Frothingham (Library).
19.53
Green (Library)
7.45
Haskell (Library)
26.39
Moulton (Library)
11.25
W. O. Moseley (Library)
325.51
Marston (Library)
42.00
Pathe (Library).
16.22
Plumer (Library)
57.14
Pettingell (Library)
20.42
Sawyer (Library)
111.10
Spring (Library)
403.64
Stone (Library)
45.39
Sweetser (Library)
134.23
Stickney (Library)
86.63
Todd (Library).
1,073.58
Wiggin (Library)
24.49
Williams (Library).
23.76
$2,892.86
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INCOME TRUST FUNDS Balch Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$100.50
From trustees of trust funds.
226.28
$327.78
Transferred to Bartlet Mall Dr.
226.28
Balance December 31, 1943
$100.50
Bromfield Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds. Dr.
$200.00
Transferred to Tree Department, other expenses. .. $100.00
Transferred to Sidewalks and Edgestones . 100.00
$200.00
A. Gertrude Cutter Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$106.82
From trustees of trust funds.
1,323.41
Dr. $1,430.23
Transferred to Tree Department, other expenses. . .
$359.77
Transferred to City Parks. 838.64
$1,198.41
Balance December 31, 1943
$231.82
A. M. Gorwaiz Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$2.01
Transferred to Atkinson Common. $2.01
Charles H. Knight Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$17.09
From trustees of trust funds. 8.04
$25.13
Dr.
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Transferred to Atkinson Common. Dr.
$25.13
M. H. Simpson Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$1,068.48
From trustees of trust funds.
828.48
Dr.
Transferred to street sprinkling.
1,646.96
Balance December 31, 1943
$250.00
Margaret Atwood Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$91.52
From trustees of trust funds.
248.35
Dr.
$86.66
Balance December 31, 1943.
$253.21
Annie D. Davis Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$42.50
From trustees of trust funds.
20.00
Dr.
Newburyport Society for Relief of Aged Women. . .
$52.50
Balance December 31, 1943
$10.00
Timothy D. Dexter Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$22.95
From trustees of trust funds.
53.76
Dr.
Payments to beneficiaries
$7.45
Balance December 31, 1943
$69.26
$339.87
Payments to beneficiaries
$62.50
$76.71
$1,896.96
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L. M. Follansbee Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$18.55
From trustees of trust funds.
80.34
$98.89
Dr.
Payments to beneficiaries
$22.08
Balance December 31, 1943
$76.81
Putnam Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$4,500.00
Dr.
Transferred to School Salaries
$482.00
Transferred to School, other expenses.
4,018.00
$4,500.00
Moses Brown Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$936.16
From trustees of trust funds.
352.06
Balance December 31, 1943
$1,288.22
Paul A. Merrill Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$257.50
From trustees of trust funds.
20.00
$277.50
Dr.
School department (prize).
$40.00
Balance December 31, 1943.
$237.50
R. N. Toppan Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$122.57
From trustees of trust funds.
6.26
Dr.
School Department (prizes)
$3.32
Balance December 31, 1943
$128.83
$125.51
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LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS Emma L. Andrews Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$20.00
From trustees of trust funds.
20.00
$40.00
Books for library Dr.
$20.29
Balance December 31, 1943
$19.71
J. M. Bradbury Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$25.00
Dr.
Supplies for library.
$14.63
Balance December 31, 1943
$10.37
Charles W. Bradstreet Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$20.00
Supplies for library
$2.56
Balance December 31, 1943
$17.44
Lucy G. B. Colby Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$8.57
From trustees of trust funds
14.00
From damages to books.
66.33
Dr.
Books for library
$26.09
Balance December 31, 1943
$62.81
Charlotte C. Cole Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$45.00
Library salaries.
Dr. $45.00
Dr
$88.90
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John J. Currier Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$5.64
Income from trustees of trust funds.
20.00
Balance December 31, 1943
$25.64
A. E. Cutter Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$95.00
Dr.
Books and magazines.
$43.80
Balance December 31, 1943
$51.20
Nathan D. Dodge Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$4.92
From trustees of trust funds.
20.40
Dr.
$12.70
Balance December 31, 1943
$12.62
William P. Dodge Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$40.41
Trustees of trust funds .
66.12
Dr.
Books for library
$77.12
Balance December 31, 1943
$29.41
Susan M. Donnell Fund
Cr.
Trustees of trust funds
$75.00
Dr.
Books for library
$7.26
Balance December 31, 1943 $67.74
$25.32
Books for library.
$106.53
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Daniel Foster Fund Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$.30
From trustees of trust funds.
5.00
$5.30
Books for library. Dr.
$2.67
Balance December 31, 1943
$2.63
J. A. Frothingham Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$10.21
From trustees of trust funds.
17.50
Dr.
$19.53
Balance December 31, 1943
$8.18
S. A. Green Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$18.31
From trustees of trust funds.
50.00
Dr.
Books for library.
$7.45
Balance December 31, 1943.
$60.86
George Haskell Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$14.41
From trustees of trust funds.
26.80
Dr.
Books for library.
$26.39
Balance December 31, 1943
$14.82
S. W. Marston Fund
$41.21
From trustees of trust funds.
Cr. $120.00
$27.71
Books for library.
$68.31
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Dr.
Office supplies
$7.00
Janitor's supplies
21.00
Insurance
14.00
$42.00
Balance December 31, 1943
$78.00
Plumer Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$9.53
Donations.
72.12
Dr.
$57.14
Balance December 31, 1943
$24.51
M. P. Sawyer Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$2.89
From trustees of trust funds.
125.00
Dr.
Books for library.
$111.10
Balance December 31, 1943.
$16.79
South End Reading Room
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943. .
$67.03
From trustees of trust funds.
219.33
Transfer from George B. Pettingell Fund.
12.57
Dr.
Supplies and repairs, South End Reading Room. ..
$81.85
Balance December 31, 1943
$217.08
J. R. Spring Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$112.97
From trustees of trust funds.
450.00
$562.97
$81.65
Books for library.
$127.89
$298.93
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Dr.
Books for library.
$403.64
Balance December 31, 1943
$159.33
E. H. Stickney Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$50.00
From trustees of trust funds.
138.10
Dr.
$86.63
Balance December 31, 1943
$101.47
E. S. Moseley Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$120.00
Balance December 31, 1943
$120.00
W. O. Moseley Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$212.50
From trustees of trust funds.
342.38
$554.88
Dr.
$142.64
Binding. .
126.19
Office supplies
56.68
$325.51
Balance December 31, 1943
$229.37
Alice C. Moulton Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$25.00
Dr.
Books for library.
$11.25
Balance December 31, 1943
$13.75
Paul A. Pathe Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$11.74
From trustees of trust funds.
19.66
$31.40
Building supplies.
$188.10
Books for library.
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Dr.
Books for library.
$16.22
Balance December 31, 1943
$15.18
George B. Pettingell Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$8.55
From trustees of trust funds.
37.71
Dr.
$20.42
Transfer to South End Reading Room
12.57
$32.99
Balance December 31, 1943.
$13.27
Eben Stone Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$6.27
From trustees of trust funds.
79.12
Dr.
Books for library.
$45.39
Balance December 31, 1943
$40.00
Benjamin G. Sweetser Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$44.81
From trustees of trust funds
125.00
$169.81
Dr.
Books for library.
$134.23
Balance December 31, 1943
$35.58
William C. Todd Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$691.65
From trustees of trust funds.
504.22
$1,195.87
$46.26
Books for library.
$85.39
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CITY AUDITOR
Dr.
Periodicals for library
$1,073.58
Balance December 31, 1943
$122.29
A. Williams Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943.
$8.23
From trustees of trust funds.
25.00
$33.23
Dr.
Books for library
$23.76
Balance December 31, 1943
$9.47
Wiggin Fund
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1943
$2.54
Donations.
25.61
$28.15
Dr.
Books for library.
$24.49
Balance December 31, 1943
$3.66
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ANNUAL REPORT
WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL Investment of Fund, October 31, 1943
Real estate by foreclosure and in possession.
$6,000.00
Mortgage on real estate.
19,700.00
Bonds
269,845.79
Stocks.
210,393.53
Cash .
17,839.30
$523,778.62
Statement of Receipts and Payments
Receipts
Balance, October 31, 1942.
$23,659.96
Securities sold and matured
64,057.60
Income gross
19,702.35
$107,419.91
Payments
Students' expense .
$11,159.29
Expense on real estate foreclosed.
647.06
Administrative expense
2,935.26
Expense on A. B. Kagan mortgage.
1,646.11
Securities purchased.
73,192.89
$89,580.61
Cash on hand October 31, 1943.
$17,839.62
Moses Atkinson School Fund
Savings
Securities
Cash
Deposits
par value
Total
On hand Dec. 31, 1943
$1.63 $6,342.71 $750.00
$7,094.34
Receipts
Payments
Income .
$118.18
Expenditures
$118.50
Cash on hand at beginning of
Cash on hand at December 31,
year.
1.95
1943.
1.63
$120.13
$120.13
Investments
20 shares Merchants National Bank, Newburyport, Mass
$400.00
7 shares First and Ocean National Bank, Newburyport, Mass. 350.00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, Newburyport, Mass.
2,994.48
Deposit Institution for Savings Bank, Newburyport, Mass
3,348.23
$7,092.71
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1943
Revenue Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash:
Temporary Loans:
In Banks and Office .
Note Receivable in Lieu of Taxes ..
$63,071.04 8,000.00
In anticipation of Revenue 1943 $100,000.00 Reserve for Note Receivable in Lieu of Taxes. . 8,000.00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
State Assessments:
Levy of 1938.
$3,476.00
State Parks & Reservations. .
16.18
Levy of 1941:
Personal. .
241.68
Tailings.
856.86
Real Estate.
35.44
Levy of 1942:
Rent of Foreclosed Property
30.00
Poll ..
1,046.00
Personal .. . .
1,975.93
Maintenance of Foreclosed Property
1,732.06
Real Estate. .
34,327.29
Levy of 1943:
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund. .
464.00
Poll .. .
878.00
Personal.
3,385.18
Real Estate.
83,776.55
$129,142.07
Smith-Hughes-George-Deen Fund.
1,843.09
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Levy of 1943 ..
364.17
Water Surplus . .
8,046.72
Tax Titles. . .
50,277.59
Tax Possessions .
44,263.97
Withholding Tax Deductions .
3,692.82
Vocational Education, National Defense Workers 971.58
CITY AUDITOR
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1943-Continued
Departmental:
City Council. . . $99.33
City Hall Rentals
1,075.53
Fire.
57.75
Federal Grants:
Moth
188.77
Aid to Dependent Children . . . $871.80
Health.
401.00
ADC Administration. 18.87
Sewer. .
2,670.42
$890.67
Highways .
1,222.66
Revenue Appropriations.
16,764.44
Sidewalks & Edgestones.
1,224.70
Outside Relief, State .. .
129.00
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus .. . 1,559.66
Outside Relief, Cities and Towns. .
1,184.39
Old Age Assistance, State .
91.30
Levy of 1942.
$8,022.92
Old Age Assistance, cities and towns.
1,199.90
Old Age Assistance, Individuals 184.05
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 364.17
Tax Titles. .
94,541.56
Soldiers Burial
300.00
Departmental .. 14,943.20
State and County Aid to High- ways .
517.19
Water ..
10,182.50
Tax Title Possessions, Build- ings. . 216.52
Special Tax Revenue .. 777.05
$14,943.20
$121,325.67
ANNUAL REPORT
21,855.73
State Aid. . . .
1,207.50
Military Aid. .
541.75
State Aid World War No. 2 .. ..
779.50
Schools ... 787:59
Rentals, Foreclosed Property . .
1,381.54
Old Age Assistance, Reimbursements. $510.88
Overlays, Reserved for Abatements of Taxes:
Levy of 1943. 13,832.81
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1943-Continued
State Aid to Highways ... $167.19
County Aid' to Highways. . . 350.00
Special Tax, Chap. 227 Acts 1941.
777.05
Water:
Fixture rates. .
$9,065.53
Meter rates. .
837.39
Service pipe and miscellaneous. 279.58
$10,182.50
Underestimates to be raised:
County Tax .
$1,186.85
Hospital & Home care, civil war
veterans. . 3.15
$1,190.00
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1940.
$634.09
Levy of 1941 ..
2,620.95
$3,255.04
$325,983.82
$325,983.82
Non-Revenue Accounts
Cash .. .
$68.56
Fire Departmental Equipment.
$68.50
Streets and Sidewalks. . . .
.06
$68.56
$68.56
Excess and Deficiency .. $37,423.46
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1943-Concluded
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt. $601,388.37
Inside Debt Limit:
Sewer Loan 1929
$22,000.00
Sewer Loan 1939.
11,000.00
High School Loan 1935.
16,535.00
Street and Sidewalk Loan .
12,000.00
$61,535.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Essex County T. B. Hosp. Loan
$3,000.00
High School Loan 1935 ..
133,465.00
High School Loan 1935.
28,000.00
Water Loan 1914.
1,000.00
Water Construction Loan 1933.
30,000.00
Water Loan 1938. .
43,000.00
State Tax Funding Loan 1939 ..
3,000.00
Defense Loan 1942 .
4,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans:
1936.
10,000.00
1937.
24,000.00
1938
30,000.00
1939
36,000.00
1940
42,500.00
1941.
49,000.00
1942
45,000.00
Tax Title Loans. . .
57,888.37
$539,853.37
$601,388.37
$601,388.37
ANNUAL REPORT
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits
Transfers
General Government
to
Expended
Transfers from
Balance
City Council
Salary of Clerk.
$400.00
$400.00
Other expenses. .
700.00
680.06
$19.94
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor ..
1,200.00
1,200.00
Travel outside State
100.00
100.00
Other expenses. . .
500.00
408.44
91.56
Administrative Salaries.
1,824.68
1,824.68
Administrative expense.
130.00
93.29
36.71
Auditor's Department
Salaries
3,700.00
3,700.00
Other expenses ..
200.00
199.64
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Treasurer and Collector's Department
Salaries.
4,940.00
4,940.00
Other expenses. .
2,500.00
$125.00
2,625.00
Printing and Certification Bond and Note Issue.
350.00
340.71
9.29
Assessors' Department
Salaries .
4,850.00
4,850.00
Other expenses. .
808.00
200.00
973.33
34.67
City Clerk's Department
Salary of City Clerk .
2,300.00
2,300.00
Other expenses.
200.00
194.01
4.99
Vital Statistics
191.75
173.25
18.50
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Other expenses. .
300.00
35.00
335.00
.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATED ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Appropriations and credits to
Transfers
Foreclosure of Tax Titles.
$1,049.88
Expended $391.01 1,800.00
Transfers from $425.00
$233.87
City Messenger, Salary.
1,800.00
Election and Registration
Salary of Registrars.
700.00
700.00
Registration . .
750.00
646.20
100.00
3.80
Other expenses. .
1,500.00
$100.00
1,531.98
68.02
City Hall. . .
2,200.00
300.00
2,497.28
2.72
Old Records and Typewriting.
100.00
96.32
3.68
License Commissioners
Salaries . . .
950.00
950.00
Other expenses. .
50.00
22.64
27.36
Planning Board .
50.00
50.00
Enforcement of Zoning Law .
50.00
50.00
Protection of Life and Property
Police Department
Salaries .
31,280.00
29,489.42
1,750.00
40.58
Other expenses. .
1,850.00
400.00
2,248.62
1.38
Police Signal Service. .
300.00
15.27
315.27
Reward regarding molesting women, etc.
100.00
100.00
Police Radio.
1,350.00
1,350.00
Fire Department
Fire Salaries. .
30,370.00
30,360.73
9.27
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