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CITY AUDITOR
Municipal Indebtedness
Gross City Debt, January 1, 1947.
$367,000,00
Debts Incurred During 1947
Revenue Loans .
$300,000.00
Street and Sidewalk Loan.
30,000.00
Water Mains Loan.
10,000.00
$340,000,00
Debts Paid During 1947
Revenue Loans
$300,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans
35,000.00
New High School Loans
19,000.00
Sewer Loans.
3,000.00
Water Department Loans.
7,000.00
Defense Loan.
1,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan.
9,000.00
$374,000.00
Decrease in Debt 1947.
34,000.00
Gross City Debt December 31, 1947,
$333,000.00
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Borrowing Capacity
December 31, 1947
Average Valuation for three years. . . . .
$13,113,258.00
Debt Limit, 212% of $13,113,258. ..
$327,831.45
Gross Debt omitting Revenue Loans and Tax Title Loans . $333,000.00
Debt Outside Limit Allowed by Special Acts:
Water (Acts 1908, 1913 and General Laws). . $69,000.00
New High School, Chap. 404, Acts of 1925. 90,000.00
New High School, Chap. 45, Acts 1935. 12,000.00
Municipal Relief:
1938.
$6,000.00
1939
12,000.00
1940
18,000.00
1941.
22,000.00
1942
25,000.00
Total Debt Outside Limit. $254,000.00
Debt Within the Limit .
$79,000.00
Borrowing Capacity, Dec. 31, 1947.
$248,831.45
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CITY AUDITOR
Funded Debt
The funded debt of the City at close of books December 31, 1946 was $367,000.00. During the year 1947 the following loans were authorized:
Street and Sidewalk Loan
Water Mains Loan.
$30,000.00 10,000.00
Maturities paid or appropriated for during the year 1947 including Water Bonds amounted to $74,000.00.
The total funded debt December 31, 1947 was $333,000.00 making a net decrease of $34,000.00.
December 31, 1947
Bonds and Notes
Rate
Issued
Due
Amount
Water
.31/2%
1933
Oct. 1, 1948-53
$18,000.00
Water
2 %
1938
Nov. 1, 1948-58
31,000.00
Water
1
% 1945
Apr. 1, 1948-57
10,000.00
Water
11/2%
1947 Oct. 1, 1948-57
10,000.00
Sewer
41/2%
Nov. 1, 1948-57
14,000.00
Sewer
214%
1929 1939
Apr. 1, 1948-54
7,000.00
Departmental Equipment
1
1945
Nov. 1, 1948-50
16,000.00
Departmental Equipment.
1
1946
Nov. 1, 1948-51
12,000.00
New High School
214%
1935
Nov. 1, 1948-53
90,000.00
New High School.
212%
1935
Dec. 2, 1948-53
12,000.00
Street and Sidewalk Loan.
1
%
1947
Sept. 1, 1948-52
30,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
134%
1938
May 1, 1948
4,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
134%
1938
Aug. 1, 1948
2,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
134%
1939
July 1, 1948-49
4,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
21/2%
1939
Sept. 1, 1948-50
8,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1940
Sept. 1, 1948-50
18,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1941
Apr. 1, 1948-51
12,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan ..
114%
1941
Aug. 1, 1948-51
4,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan. .
114%
1941
Nov. 1, 1948-51
6,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan.
114%
1942
Aug. 1, 1948-52
25,000.00
$333,000.00
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Budget for 1947
General Government
City Council
Salaries of City Councillors
$3,300.00
Salary of Clerk .
400.00
Other Expenses. .
850.00
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
2,500.00
Other Expenses
350.00
Administrative Salaries
2,133.43
Administrative Other Expenses
115.00
Travel Outside State
100.00
Auditor's Department
Salary of Auditor
2,712.00
Salary of Clerk
1,712.00
Other Expenses.
200.00
Treasurer and Collector's Department
Salary of Treasurer and Collector
2,812.00
Salaries of Clerks
3,116.00
Other Expenses. .
2,500.00
Foreclosure of Tax Titles .
250.00
Expense of Bond and Note Issue.
300.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Chairman .
2,162.00
Salaries of Assessors (Two)
3,924.00
Other Expenses.
900.00
City Clerk's Department
Salary of City Clerk
2,612.00
Other Expenses
350.00
Vital Statistics.
250.00
Old Records and Typewriting .
100.00
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
1,000.00
City Solicitor for Extra Duties Performed
165.00
Other Expenses
200.00
City Messenger, Salary
2,112.00
Extra Hours Duties Performed .
500.00
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Election and Registration
Salaries of Registrars
$850.00
Registration.
750.15
Other Expenses
1,500.00
City Hall.
2,500.00
License Commissioners
Salaries
950.00
Other Expenses.
50.00
Planning Board
50.00
Enforcement of Zoning Law.
50.00
Police Department
Salaries and Wages. .
36,515.00
Salary of Building Custodian
2,008.00
Other Expenses
2,050.00
Repiping Police Station.
500.00
Police Signal Service
400.00
Painting District Court and Offices.
495.00
Sanding and Finishing Floors, District Court .
100.00
10 Flourescent Lights and Labor for Hanging, District Court. .
456.50
Finishing Floors, District Court.
39.60
Repairing Plaster, District Court .
19.19
Installing Electric Clock, District Court .
17.47
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages
40,325.00
Other Expenses
2,500.00
Fire Pensions.
3,946.07
Installing Overhead Doors, Central Fire Station
1,150.00
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
Fire Alarm, Salary of Superintendent.
800.00
Other Expenses. .
600.00
Inspection of Buildings, Salary of Inspector
152.00
Other Expenses .
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary.
754.00
Other Expenses .
100.00
Salary of Tree, Moth and Park Superintendent.
2,097.00
Tree, Other Expenses
2,314.00
Moth, Other Expenses.
1,200.00
Dog Officer.
150.00
Health and Sanitation
Supervision, Salary of Agent and Clerk
1,812.00
Salary of Clerk
1,508.00
Miscellaneous
5,100.00
Salary of School Physician .
804.00
Salary of Inspector of Animals.
350.00
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Salary of Inspector of Milk.
$600.00
Salary of Inspector of Slaughtering.
500.00
Sewer Construction
500.00
Sewer Maintenance.
2,000.00
Street Cleaning.
5,820.00
Garbage, Ashes and Rubbish Removal and Disposal.
35,000.00
District Nurse
100.00
Highway Department
Salary of Superintendent.
2,721.00
Salaries of Clerk and Custodian.
3,571.78
Maintenance and Supplies, Highway Headquarters.
900.00
Repairs City Trucks and Equipment .
5,300.00
Storage of City Trucks and Equipment
1,080.00
Highway Repairs .
11,820.00
Culverts .
2,000.00
Street Sprinkling.
1,000.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones.
1,500.00
Snow and Ice Removal
20,000.00
Miscellaneous
600.00
Traffic Lighting
300.00
Street Lighting .
18,566.00
Street Lighting, Plum Island .
126.00
Gas, Oil and Anti-Freeze, City Departments .
3,000.00
Spofford Street, Cutting Curve (Chapter 90)
600.00
Harbor Master, Salary
229.00
Other Expenses
50.00
Charities
Salaries and Wages
8,900.00
Other Expenses. .
18,000.00
Anna Jaques Hospital .
1,000.00
Worcester Memorial Hospital.
600.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
1,400.00
Aid to Dependent Children.
13,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Administration .
6,300.00
Old Age Assistance
108,400.00
Veterans' Benefits
Director of Veterans' Benefits .
2,304.00
Director of Veterans' Benefits, Clerk
436.67
Veterans' Benefits .
19,500.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
100.00
School Department
Salaries and Wages
215,846.11
Cost of Living Bonus.
9,700.00
Other Expenses.
37,000.00
CITY AUDITOR
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Roof Repairs, Curtis, Davenport, High and Jackman Schools.
$500.00
Fence, Jackman School.
162.00
Retirement Assessments
611.20
Summer Playgrounds.
1,800.00
Newburyport Part Time Apprenticeship Training
1,100.00
Public Library
Salaries and Wages
15,882.00
Other Expenses
2,000.00
Renovating Public Library
4,000.00
Recreations
Moseley Woods
500.00
City Parks
2,364.00
Atkinson Common
800.00
Michael Cashman Park.
700.00
Michael Cashman Park, Reconditioning
1,000.00
Rebuilding Driveway, Northern Entrance to Michael Cashman Park.
1,100.00
Edward G. Perkins Playgrounds
1,000.00
Goodwin's Landing.
50.00
Park and Tree Department Headquarters
300.00
Winter Program Bartlett Mall
200.00
Playground Equipment .
600.00
Unclassified
World War No. 2 Honor Roll.
150.00
Workmen's Compensation.
500.00
Damages to Persons and Property and Claims.
1,800.00
Other City Property .
200.00
Memorial Day, G. A. R.
400.00
Memorial Day Exercises
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
75.00
Spanish War Veterans
50.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
50.00
American Legion.
50.00
Disabled American Veterans
50.00
Veterans World War No. 2.
50.00
Veterans World War No. 2, Flag
57.00
Fourth of July Celebration.
1,150.00
Christmas Decorations
100.00
Victory Gardens
50.00
City Clocks
200.00
Elimination of Ragweed .
500.00
Parking Areas
550.00
Rebuilding Janvrin's Landing
1,000.00
Insurance City Buildings.
3,749.52
Property and Liability Insurance
671.24
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
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Municipal Retirement
Administration
Pension Accumulation Fund.
$800.00 15,950.00
Military Leave (Special Fund)
650.00
Cemeteries
Superintendent of Cemeteries, Salary.
225.00
Care of Perpetual Lots .
330.78
Cemeteries, Other Expenses .
900.00
Clam Plant
Salaries and Wages
12,125.00
Other Expenses
2,000.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest
6,500.00
Indebtedness
67,000.00
Water Department
Salaries and Wages
39,041.54
Indebtedness
7,000.00
Interest
1,520.00
Other Expenses.
26,000.00
Summary of Budget
General Government
44,325.58
Police Department.
42,600.76
Fire Department
47,921.07
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
8,217.00
Health and Sanitation
54,094.00
Highway Eepartment
73,363.78
Charities. .
157,600.00
Veterans' Benefits.
22,340.67
School Department.
266,719.31
Public Library.
21,882.00
Recreations
8,614.00
Unclassified .
14,802.76
Municipal Detirement
17,400.00
Cemeteries
1,455.78
Clam Plant
14,125.00
Interest and Maturing Debt.
73,500.00
Water Department.
73,561.54
$942,523.25
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CITY AUDITOR
Budget for 1948
General Government
City Council
Salaries of City Councillors.
$3,300.00
Salary of Clerk
400.00
Other Expenses
950.00
Mayor's Department
Salary of Mayor
2,500.00
Other Expenses .
300.00
Administrative Salaries .
2,238.86
Administrative, Other Expenses
143.00
Auditor's Department
Salary of Auditor
2,868.00
Salary of Clerk .
1,816.00
Other Expenses
200.00
Treasurer and Collector's Department
Salary of Treasurer and Collector
2,916.00
Salaries of Clerks
3,324.00
Other Expenses .
2,500.00
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
250.00
Expense of Bond and Note Issue
300.00
Assessors' Department
Salary of Chairman
2,266.00
Salaries of Assessors (Two)
4,132.00
Other Expenses
900.00
City Clerk's Department
Salary of City Clerk
2,716.00
Other Expenses.
350.00
Vital Statistics
250.00
Old Records and Typewriting
100.00
Law Department
Salary of City Solicitor
1,000.00
City Solicitor for Extra Duties Performed.
170.00
Other Expenses
200.00
City Messenger, Salary .
2,216.00
Extra Hours Duties Performed
500.00
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Election and Registration
Salaries of Registrars
$925.00
Registration
786.00
Other Expenses
3,841.00
City Hall.
2,750.00
Repair Gutters and Conductors, City Hall .
150.00
License Commissioners
Salaries. .
950.00
Other Expenses
50.00
Planning Board.
50.00
Enforcement of Zoning Law.
50.00
Police Department
Salaries and Wages
38,593.44
Salary of Building Custodian
2,112.00
Other Expenses .
2,050.00
Police Signal Service
400.00
Police Cruising Car
2,000.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages.
43,184.90
Other Expenses
2,500.00
Fire Pensions.
4,528.50
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
Fire Alarm
Salary of Superintendent.
800.00
Other Expenses
600.00
Inspection of Buildings
Salary of Inspector
204.00
Other Expenses
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
806.00
Other Expenses .
100.00
Salary of Superintendent of Tree, Moth and Parks
2,201.00
Tree, Other Expenses
3,800.00
Spraying Machine
2,000.00
Moth, Other Expenses
1,200.00
Tree Removal by Philip Noyes
110.00
Dog Officer
150.00
Health and Sanitation
Supervision, Salary of Agent and Clerk
1,916.00
Salary of Clerk.
1,612.00
Miscellaneous .
5,100.00
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Salary of School Physician .
$804.00
Salary of Inspector of Animals.
350.00
Salary of Inspector of Milk.
600.00
Salary of Inspector of Slaughtering
500.00
Sewer Construction
550.00
Sewer Maintenance
2,200.00
Street Cleaning
5,000.00
Garbage, Ashes and Rubbish Removal and Disposal.
35,000.00
District Nurse
100.00
Highway Department
Salary of Superintendent.
2,825.00
Salaries of Clerk and Custodian.
3,790.72
Maintenance and Supplies, Highway Headquarters
1,150.00
Repairs to City Trucks and Equipment
10,800.00
Storage of City Trucks and Equipment .
1,200.00
Highway Repairs
10,270.00
Culverts
2,000.00
Street Sprinkling.
1,000.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones
1,500.00
Snow and Ice Removal.
41,600.00
Gas, Oil and Anti-freeze for City Departments.
4,500.00
Miscellaneous
750.00
Traffic Lighting
300.00
Street Lighting
18,692.00
Street Lighting, Plum Island .
126.00
Harbor Master, Salary
281.00
Other Expenses
50.00
Chapter 90, Merrimac Street .
7,000.00
Construction of Streets, (Bond Issue)
3,300.00
Highway Department Equipment (Bond Issue)
3,300.00
Street Signs
325.00
Curzon Mill Bridge
365.03
Little River Bridge
100.00
Reconditioning High Street
1,500.00
Drainage.
1,200.00
Fill and Grade Tilton Street.
500.00
Charities
Salaries and Wages
9,316.00
Other Expenses.
45,500.00
Anna Jaques Hospital.
1,000.00
Worcester Memorial Hospital.
600.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration .
1,400.00
Aid to Dependent Children.
39,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Administration
6,820.00
Old Age Assistance .
177,000.00
Addressograph Machine.
2,363.85
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ANNUAL REPORT
Veterans' Benefits
Director of Veterans' Benefits, Salary.
$2,408.00
Clerk, Veterans' Benefits, Salary 1,386.00
Veterans' Benefits. 25,000.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
100.00
Soldiers' Relief Bills Prior to 1948.
562.24
School Department
Salaries and Wages
250,249.00
Other Expenses
58,377.00
Retirement Assessments
667.30
Summer Playgrounds Salaries .
1,560.00
Summer Playgrounds Equipment .
500.00
Newburyport Part Time Apprenticeship Training
4,250.00
Public Library
Salaries and Wages
17,248.00
Other Expenses
2,200.00
Recreations
Moseley Woods
700.00
City Parks
2,600.00
Atkinson Common.
800.00
Michael Cashman Park. .
700.00
Edward G. Perkins Playgrounds
1,000.00
Goodwin's Landing
50.00
Park and Tree Department Headquarters.
350.00
Winter Program Bartlett Mall.
200.00
Removal of Trees and Resurfacing Riverside Park .
800.00
Unclassified
World War No. 2 Honor Roll
150.00
Workmen's Compensation.
1,100.00
Damages to Persons and Property, and Claims .
800.00
Other City Property
200.00
Memorial Day G.A.R.
400.00
Memorial Day Exercises
400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
75.00
Spanish War Veterans
50.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
50.00
American Legion
50.00
Disabled American Veterans
50.00
Amvets
50.00
Fourth of July Celebration.
1,000.00
Christmas Decorations
100.00
Spanish American War Veterans' Memorial .
400.00
City Clocks
200.00
Parking Areas
550.00
Rebuilding Janvrin's Landing
50.00
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Property and Liability Insurance
$1,717.53
Comfort Station, Plum Island
100.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Traffic Commission.
200.00
Oil and Marking Parking Spaces.
500.00
Municipal Retirement
Administration
900.00
Pension Accumulation Fund
12,696.00
Cemeteries
Superintendent of Cemeteries, Salary.
225.00
Care of Perpetual Lots.
332.86
Cemeteries, Other Expenses
1,000.00
Clam Plant
Salaries and Wages
12,645.00
Other Expenses
2,000.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest
8,415.00
Indebtedness
65,973.00
Water Department
Salaries and Wages
39,280.00
Indebtedness
7,932.10
Interest
1,495.00
Other Expenses
31,900.00
Summary of Budget
General Government
$48,357.86
Police Department
45,155.44
Fire Department.
50,213.40
Fire Alarm, Inspection and Trees
12,021.00
Health and Sanitation
53,732.00
Highway Department
118,424.75
Charities.
282,999.85
Veterans' Benefits
29,456.24
School Department
315,603.03
Public Library
19,448.00
Recreations.
7,200.00
Unclassified .
13,192.53
Municipal Retirement
13,596.00
Cemeteries
1,557.86
Clam Plant
14,645.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
74,388.00
Water Department.
80,607.10
$1,180,598.06
.
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ANNUAL REPORT
NEWBURYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY, PEABODY FUND Report for the Year Ending November 30, 1947
Receipts :
Cash on Hand, December 1, 1946
$268.11
Dividend, April 1947
187.50
Dividend, October 1947.
187.50
$643.11
Disbursements:
Postage.
$.38
Books Bought .
544.16
$544.54
Balance on Hand, November 30, 1947 $98.57
Respectfully submitted,
LAURENCE HAYWARD,
Treasurer.
MOSES ATKINSON SCHOOL FUND
Savings
Securities
Cash Deposits par value
On hand Jan. 5, 1948 $8.13 $6,492.25
$750.00
$7,250.38
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from Newburyport
Expenditures $236.50
Five Cents Savings Bank .. . $135.00
Income 51.00
Cash on Hand Dec. 1, 1946. ... 58.63
$244.63 $244.63
Investments
20 Shares Merchants National Bank, Newburyport, Mass.
$400.00
7 Shares First and Ocean National Bank, Newburyport, Mass 350.00
On Deposit Jan. 5, 1948, Five Cents Savings Bank, Newburyport, Mass . . 2,884.94 On Deposit Jan. 5, 1948 Institution for Savings, Newburyport, Mass 3,607.31
On Deposit Jan. 5, 1948 First and Ocean National Bank, Newburyport, Mass. 8.13
Total
Cash on Hand, Jan. 5, 1948. . . 8.13
$7,250.38
Trustees of Newburyport Trust Funds TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Fund
Investment
Due
Amount
Income 1947
Purpose
Emma L. Andrews. . .. . U.S.G. Bonds .
1956
$1,000.00
$25.00
So. End Reading Room
Margaret Atwood. .
. Institution for Savings.
Demand
5,500.00
138.35
Poor and Religious
Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
5,500.00
110.00
Poor and Religious
Balch Fund .
U.S.G. Bonds .
1956
10,000.00
250.00
Bartlett Mall
J. M. Bradbury . . .
Institution for Savings
. Demand
1,000.00
25.00
General Use of Library
Chas. W. Bradstreet ... U.S.G. Bonds.
1956
1,000.00
25.00
General Use of Library
John Bromfield.
Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.
Demand
10,000.00
200.00
Sidewalks and Trees
Moses Brown .
. . Np't Five Cents Savings Bank .
. Demand
5,000.00
100.50
Schools
Institution for Savings .
Demand
5,000.00
125.78
Schools
U.S.G. Bonds.
.1956
5,000.00
125.00
Schools
W. O. Coffin.
U.S.G. Bonds.
Jan. 1956
10,000.00
250.00
Books for Library
Lucy G. B. Colby.
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
700.00
14.00
Replacement Old Books
Charlotte C. Cole ...... U.S.G. Bonds ..
1956
2,000.00
50.00
Supt. of Reading Room
John J. Currier. .
. U.S.G. Bonds .
1956
1,000.00
25.00
Npt. & Newbury Books
A. E. Cutter. .
. U.S.G. Bonds . .
.1956
4,000.00
100.00
General Use of Library
CITY TREASURER
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS-Continued
Investment
Due Amount
Income 1947
Purpose
A. Gertrude Cutter .... Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
. Demand
$432.17
$8.64
Beautifying the City Beautifying the City
Institution for Savings
. Demand
1,227.10
30.87
City of New York 31/2% ..
.Nov. 1, 1953 1,000.00
35.00
Beautifying the City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe-4% ... Oct. 1, 1995 1,000.00
40.00
Beautifying the City
New Amsterdam Gas, 5% .
.Jan. 1, 1948 1,000.00
50.00
Beautifying the City
U.S.G. Bonds .
.June, 1954
49,00.00
1,225.00
Beautifying the City
Chicago & Erie R. R .- 5% U.S.G. Bonds . .
1956
1,000.00
25.00
Beautifying the City Aged Ladies
Timothy Dexter
. Institution for Savings .
Demand
2,137.50
53.76
Poor
Nathan D. Dodge .
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
1,020.00
20.40
Books for Library
Wm. H. P. Dodge.
Institution for Savings
Demand
2,645.00
66.12
Books, Papers, Library
Susan M. Donnell .
. U.S.G. Bonds.
.1956
3,000.00
75.00
General Use of Library
I .. M. Follansbec .
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
Demand
2,500.00
50.00
Poor
Institution for Savings .
. Demand
1,206.25
30.34
Poor
Daniel Foster .
Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank.
Demand
250.00
5.00
Books for Library
J. A. Frothingham
U.S.G. Bond
June 1954
1,000.00
25.00
Books for Library
A. M. Gorwaiz
Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
. Demand
100.00
2.01
Atkinson Common
S. A. Green .
.Salem Five Cents Savings Bank.
Demand
2,000.00
50.00
Books for Library
Geo. Haskell .
. Institution for Savings .
Demand
1,072.50
26.80
Books for Library
High School (Cl. '18) ... Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank.
. Demand
272.14
5.35
Athletic Field
High School (Cl. '17) ... Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank. .
. Demand
282.63
5.56
Memorial
Chas. H. Knight ..
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
Demand
400.00
8.04
Atkinson Common
S. W. Marston .
U.S.G. Bonds.
1956
5,000.00
125.00
General Use of Library
Paul A. Merrill.
U.S.G. Bonds.
1956
1,000.00
25.00
School Prize
E. S. Moseley
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank
Demand
1,000.00
20.00
General Use of Library
U.S.G. Bonds .
1956
4,000.00
100.00
General Use of Library
. May 1, 1982 1,000.00
50.00
Annie D. Davis.
ANNUAL REPORT
Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS-Continued
Fund
Investment
Due Amount Income 1947
Purpose
W. O. Moseley
Institution for Savings ..
Demand $4,440.13
$110.07
General Use of Library
Chic., Burlington & Qu. RR. 4%
Mar. 1, 1958 2,000.00
80.00
General Use of Library
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 5% . .
Mar. 1, 1947 1,000.00
40.00
General Use of Library
Boston & Maine R. R., 5% .
. May 1, 1940 1,000.00
40.00
U. S. Savings Bonds .
1956
2,000.00
50.00
Alice C. Moulton . . . .
. Institution for Savings .
.Demand
1,858.26
46.46
Municipal Buildings .. .. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
Demand
30,720.72
640.97
Insurance Fund . .
.. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 4%.
July 1, 1955 5,000.00
200.00
Paul A. Pathe, Sr ...... Institution for Savings .
Demand
786.23
19.66
George B. Pettingell. . . Institution for Savings. .
Demand
2,011.13
50.28
Mary A. Roaf.
. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
Demand
7,195.88
141.78
Institution for Savings
Demand
3,191.23
78.29
M. P. Sawyer
.Salem Savings Bank . .
Demand
5,000.00
125.00
Books for Library
M. H. Simpson. .
Institution for Savings .
. Demand
6,599.10
164.10
Sprinkling Streets
Chic., Burl., & 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
200.00
Sprinkling Streets
Boston & Maine R. R., 5% .
. Mar. 1, 1942 1,500.00
60.00
Sprinkling Streets Sprinkling Streets
U. S. Savings G Bonds. .
1956
4,000.00
100.00
S. End Reading Room .. Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank
. . Demand
5,452.73
109.04
Branch Library
Institution for Savings .
. Demand
3,797.13
94.76
Branch Library
1680 Broadway Corp. Bond 612% .
. Mar. 1, 1939
500.00
Branch Library
6th Ave. & 55th Corp., 612% .
.Jan. 15, 1940 412.50
Branch Library
R. Est., Cor. Purchase & Marlboro ... Demand
4,000.00
General Use of Library General Use of Library As. Trust of Lib. Direct's Replace Loss by Fire Replace Loss by Fire
One-half to So. End Read- ing Room and one-half to the Public Library
Atkinson Common
Atkinson Common
CITY TREASURER
85
86
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS-Concluded
Fund
Investment
Due
Amount
Income 1947
Purpose
J. R. Spring. . . .
U. S. G. Bonds. .
1956
$10,000.00
$250.00
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
138.10
General Use of Library
Baltimore & Ohio R. R., 5% .
.Dec. 1, 1995 5,000.00
545.85
General Use of Library
Eben F. Stone ..
U.S.G. Bonds. .
1956
2,000.00
50.00
General Use of Library
Institution for Savings
Demand
1,565.00
39.12
Old Colony Railroad.
Demand
2,000.00
General Use of Library General Use of Library
Benj. G. Sweetser.
U.S.G. Bonds .
1956
5,000.00
125.00
General Use of Library
Wm. C. Todd .
. Institution for Savings .
Demand
9,339.40
243.07
Reading Room
Chic., Burl., & Qu., 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
80.00
Reading Room
Boston & Maine R. R., 5% .
. May 1, 1940 1,000.00
40.00
Reading Room
U. S. Savings G Bonds.
1956
1,000.00
25.00
Reading Room
R. N. Toppan . . . . . . .
.Np't. Five Cents Savings Bank .
Demand
250.00
6.26
School Prize
Annie I. Wightman . ... U.S.A. "G" Bonds ..
1954
8,000.00
200.00
Pub. Lib. Reading Room
Institution for Savings .
Demand
728.94
13.90
A. Williams . . . .
. Salem Five Cents Savings Bank. . . .
. Demand
1,000.00
25.00
Books for Library
Young America Victory Club of 1943 . ... . U. S. War Bond. 1953
25.00
$319,142.68
$8,343.23
ANNUAL REPORT
87
CITY TREASURER
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
TOTAL TRUST FUNDS
$319,142.68
Divided as follows:
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.
$60,826.27
Institution for Savings.
69,878.91
Massachusetts Hospital Life Ins
10,000.00
City of New York. 1,000.00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.
1,000.00
New Amsterdam Gas Company.
1,000.00
Chicago & Erie R. R
1,000.00
Salem Savings Bank. 5,000.00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R
8,000.00
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.
13,000.00
Boston & Maine Railroad.
3,500.00
1680 Broadway Corporation
500.00
6th Avenue & 55th St. Corp.
412.50
Real Estate Corner Purchase and Marlboro Streets.
ยท4,000.00
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
5,000.00
Old Colony Railroad .
2,000.00
Young America Victory Club of 1943 (War Bond)
25.00
U. S. A. "G" Bonds .
130,000.00
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank
3,000.00
Total
$319,142.68
CHARLES E. HOUGHTON, Treasurer.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS AND LIST OF JURORS
90
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of City Registrar
Births Registered in 1947 (Including Stillborns)
Males
Females
January
24
18
February
18
17
March.
22
18
April
23
16
May
16
25
June.
20
20
July.
19
13
August
25
18
September
23
21
October
22
15
November
19
11
December.
15
10
246
20
Nativity of Parents
Father
Mother
Newburyport.
177
189
U. S. Outside of Newburyport
250
245
Canada
14
8
Poland
1
Italy
1
1
Greece.
1
1
Ireland .
1
1
Sicily .
2
England
1
1
448
448
Births outside Newburyport, parents residing in City; Males 7, Females 11. Births in Newburyport, parents residing elsewhere; Males 82, Females 72.
Marriages Registered in 1947
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