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2 85
A. B. Pierce, returning 68 deaths, 1882 17 00
A. B. Pierce, posting notices, distributing warrants, reports, etc. 58 00
A. B. Pierce, taxes of 1876 and 1877 (refunded) 23 85
A. B. Pierce, services collecting poll taxes 1878 and 1879, 7 00
Babb & Stephens, printing orders and permits 18 25
Rockwell & Churchill, printing mortgage blanks . 4 25
Hooper, Lewis & Co., book 4 75
B. & M. R. R., freight on well cover
25
G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire
10 00
Dexter Pratt, carriage hire .
5 50
H. G. Fields, expense, telegram
50
A. W. Parker, painting signs 1 75
J. A. Dill, lunch furnished Selectmen (Nov. 1881) 2 00
Mrs. Emma Hyde, dinner furnished Selectmen (Nov.'82) 1 00
S. L. Walton, care of lock-up 25 00
.. posting bills
1 00
..
66 ringing bell 6 00
H. B. Newhall, posting notices 1 00
F. Mclaughlin, ringing bell
6 00
W. C. Stevens,
6 00
Samuel Lear 6.
6 00
Battery "C," M. V. M., firing salute, July 4
50 00
F. S. Hesseltine, counsel, M. G. Cochran vs. Town : -
Verdict .
$204 00
Costs
60 24
Witnesses
15 00 279 24
981 11
Balance unexpended .
36 02
$1,017 13
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUPPORT OF POOR.
EXPENDED. For Groceries, Provisions, Supplies, Etc.
L. F. Hinckley, groceries and provisions $294 44
Wm. H. Wells 66 163 50
Bugbee & Barrett, groceries and provisions 223 91
L. W. Gilman 66
89 58
James Worthen 66
..
114 63
O. F. Frost
66
9 00
C. Bruce
2 64
A. Wheeler & Co.
78 00
S. H. Nowell, milk
8 76
C. F. Shute
10 12
Angevine Brothers, milk
3 92
H. E. Jordan
3 08
G. R. White .6
1 89
H. C. Bliss 66
and eggs
16 17
J. A. Dill, bread
40
Daniel Norton, Jr., cash paid
5 00
J. P. Murphy, guardian of A. M. Kelly :- For groceries, fuel, rent, etc.
280 27
$1,305 31
Fuel.
James Marshall, wood and coal .
$81 60
B. R. Upham, wood and coal 50 45
$132 05
Medical Attendance and Medicine.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
$43 50
G. H. Hackett, M. D.
6 00
John Larrabee, medicines
27 60
$77 10
For Support of Insane.
Danvers Lunatic Hospital .
$706 06
Asylum for Chronic Insane, Worcester
.
344 39
Worcester Lunatic Hospital
287 78
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
83 57
$1,421 80
6.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Outside Relief.
City of Boston, aid to Eunice B. Snow, Ellen Warren and John Fallon $ 83 88
City of Lynn, aid to Mary A. Davis 14 00
City of Somerville, aid to Sarah J. Murray
17 35
City of Lowell, aid to Lawrence Reardon
8 65
Town of Woburn, aid to L. W. Harris and family
157 22
Town of Malden, board of Ezra Waitt aid to Chas. Howard aid to Asa Slocumb
104 00
68 80
52 00
City of Malden, board of Ezra Waitt
104 00
aid to Chas. Howard
193 23
aid to Asa Slocumb 59 50
$862 63
Rents.
B. R. Upham, 52 weeks, Mrs. Stinson $52 00
W. J. Farnsworth, 6 months, 5 days, C. M. Grover . 21 50
W. J. Farnsworth, rent and supplies to Martha and Mary Paine (one year) 135 00
James L. Withey, one month, Henry F. Simonds 5 00
Oliver Wallace, 2 months, Henry F. Simonds 10 00
C. H. Simpson, 32 weeks, J. H. Howes 32 00
C. H. Simpson, 22 weeks, J. H. Howes 44 00
Estate C. A. Green, 5 months, Mrs. Sanborn and Wm.
B. York, 4 months 41 00
John Warren, one month, J. Callihan 5 00
Dexter Bryant, nine months, Dennis Sullivan, 9 00
John W. Cobb, one year, Mrs. Robert H. Terry 48 00
Edward Duffy, 3 months, 12 days, Mrs. E. C. Grover 14 00
$416 50
Board and Clothing.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board of Wm. F. Grover and James W. Murray $ 20 14
Abbie Barter, board of Phœbe M. Waitt, 51 w'ks, at $3.00 153 00
Florence E Upham, b'rd of Arthur J. Richardson, 53 wk's 87 00
Florence E. Upham, clothing for Arthur J. Richardson . 10 25
Amount carried forward $270 39
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $270 39 Joseph W. Simonds, board of Abigail Connor, 39 weeks 117 00 Orice K. Stebbins, board of Abigail Connor, 13 weeks 39 00 A. M. Conway, board of Margaret Harris, 51 weeks . 127 50 Samuel Woodward, board of Lucy Barron, 52 weeks . 132 00 S. J. Haraden, board of Abbie G. Fuller, 48 weeks 96 00 Selina E. Penney, board of Eliza Grover, 18 weeks F. A. Biathrow, board of Eliza Grover, 9} weeks
54 00
28 50
$864 39
Sundries.
C. G. Harris, dry goods
$7 77
R. A. Freeman, moving furniture
4 00
H. G. Fields, boots, shoes, etc. .
32 00
Samuel Sprague, boots, shoes, etc.
9 75
H. G. Fields, expense, cash paid
16 91
A. B. Pierce, services and expenses, removing insane persons, etc.
16 91
S. F. Barrett, car fares
1 25
RECAPITULATION.
Groceries, provisions, supplies, etc. $1,305 31
Fuel
132 05
Medical attendance and medicines
77 10
Support of insane
1,421 80
Outside relief
862 63
Rents
416 50
Board and Clothing
864 39
Sundries
88 59
CONTRA.
Appropriation
. $4,500 00
RECEIPTS.
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts 60 73
City of Boston 90 00
City of Somerville 156 00
City of Malden
47 00
$88 59
$5,168 37
Amounts carried forward, $353 73 $4,500 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . . $353 73 $4,500 00
From Town of Malden 82 00
66 " Beverly . 34 42
" Falmouth 9 00
" Canton 7 65
H. G. Fields, money refunded by persons assisted 51 75
Received for board, etc., of insane
persons at asylums 272 77
811 32
5,311 32
Balance unexpended
142 95
$5,168 37
The following claims have been presented by the Chairman of the Overseers of the Poor, and are now due this department :-
From State of Massachusetts $36 00
City of Somerville
74 40*
Town of Beverly
26 00*
City of Boston
58 40*
For board of insane persons
225 32
$420 12
*Since received.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation ·
$2,000 00
Balance from last year
206 09
$2,206 09
EXPENDED. Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1.
Services of men, one year
500 00
Services of steward, one year
40 00
Thos. McCoubry, hooks and thimbles, 1 00
M. F. Eastman, hauling carriage,
2 00
$543 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Russell Hose Company, No. 1.
Services of men, one year $291 67
Services of steward, one year
40 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Co., 7,200 feet gas 17 58
S. E. Benson, wood and coal 16 25
A. J. Morse & Son, hose, pipe, etc. 10 75
C. G. Harris, curtains and fixtures
5 32
Thos. McCoubry, repairs 25
G. W. Bartlett, hauling carriage
14 00
$395 82
N. D. Blake Hose Company, No. 2.
Services of men, cne year $283 33
Services of steward, one year 40 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Co., 8,900 feet gas
25 06
Holbrook & Hunt, stove pipe and labor
5 47
R. Gibbons, Jr., stock and labor, whitening
9 00
Thos. McCoubry, repairing cranks 1 00
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
16 75
Hose Co., expense, hauling carriage
14 00
Hose Co., expense, repairing table
2 00
L. F. Hinckley, expense, glazing
1 00
$397 61
Highland Hose Company, No. 3.
Services of men, one year $296 67
Services of steward, one year 40 00
Samuel Lear, stock and labor on fence, and glazing, 21 47
John Singer, Jr., sundries,
2 72
James E. Spear, painting house
45 00
James E. Spear, painting fence
10 00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
M. F. Eastman, hauling Endeavor engine to fires
$ 9 00
Board of Engineers, services one year 75 00
L. F. Hinckley, sundries
5 75
M. F. Eastman, expressing
50
R. M. Rand, care of engine
10 00
L. W. Gilman, rent, nine months (Hose Co. No. 2) 112 50
$415 86
$212 75
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company
$543 00
Russell Hose Company
395 82
N. D. Blake Hose Company
397 61
Highland Hose Company
415 86
Contingent expenses
212 75
CONTRA.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
Balance from last year
206 09
Balance unexpended
241 05
$2206 09
TOWN HALL.
No appropriation.
EXPENDED.
Samuel L. Walton, services as janitor, four months $100 00
Samuel L. Walton, 66 six
66 125 00
Samuel L. Walton, labor 5 3-4 days 10 07
Samuel Sprague, services as janitor, two months
50 00
Samuel Sprague, expense, towels, thermometer, etc.
1 75
John Lahy, charcoal Malden and Melrose G. L. Co., 83,900 feet gas 236 28
3 50
C. Taylor, stock and labor 28 37
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
2 75
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
17 44
John Larrabee, disinfectants
75
C. G. Harris, towels,
50
Water commissioners, supply pipe, 24 35
Summers & Hunt, hose, pipe, etc. 16 75
Whittemore Brothers, lawn mower 15 50
M. F. Eastman, manure, signs furnished, expressing, etc. 14 30
A. W. Lynde, manure and teaming
8 50
B. R. Upham, manure 1 75
Amount carried forward,
$657 56
$1965 04
$2206 09
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$657 56
John Henney labor 2 00
Thos. McCoubry, repairs
1 50
A. W. Parker, glazing
4 90
A. E. Upham, platform
21 00
RECEIPTS.
Melrose Savings Bank, rent one year
$100 00
Carey Concert, use of hall
25 00
Temperance meetings, use of hall
10 00
Religious 66
10 00
Post 4, G. A. R. 66 60
10 00
Melrose Improvement Society, use of hall
10 00
H. O. Upton, - Amerige, 66
66
6 03
Middlesex Fells Entertainment, "
13 00
Burnham's Panorama, 66
66
9 50
Spaulding's Bell Ringers. 66
25 00
$283 53
Expenditures exceed .
403 43
$686 96
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00 .
Balance from last year
303 30
$1.303 30
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Co. of Boston for light-
ing and care of 130 lamps 5 months
$433 40
130 6 months . 649 98
135 1 month 112 50
For painting and glazing lamp posts and lan- terns, as per contract .
50 00
$1,245 88
Balance unexpended
57 42
$1,303 30
35 00
30 00
Republican caucus, 66
$686 96
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Balance from last year
24 90
$124 90
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Company for 5 iron posts, frames, and 5 copper lanterns . $82 50
Balance unexpended 42 40
$124 90
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
For 6 lots sold residents, at $55 each (graded) $330 00
66 at $40 each . 240 00
1
66 6.
at $44 . 44 00
From residents on account of lots sold
95 00
For lots sold non-residents, two at $165 each
330 00
For graves sold non-residents
22 00
residents .
36 00
For grass sold
6 45
For care of lots (season 1882)
109 00
For grading, labor, etc.
36 50
$1 ,248 95
EXPENDED.
Thomas Marshall, for labor, 5 months $215 00
23 days at $1.75 per day . 40 25
.
team, 12} days at $1.75 21 87
٠٠ manure 3 45
George Gobel, labor, 58 days at $1.50 per day
86 81
R. Whowell, stock and labor 6 35
25 00
Henry J. Rice, 191 feet 6 inches, granite capping 66 37 feet granite capping (circle) .
20 35
Nelson Cochran, surveying 3 00
S. E. Eastman, P. M., stamps
3 25
Amount carried forward
$511 50
Justus Geist, plants
86 17
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $511 50
G. W. Reynolds, printing . 7 25
J. Q. A. Avery, 600 feet sods 12 00
Eri Upham, 500 feet sods . 10 00
John Larrabee, cash paid, record books 2 00
Whittemore Brothers, tools, etc.
20 42
F. R. Upham, manure
2 00
J. C. Howes, force pump, hose, etc.
48 00
Dexter Pratt, tool box
6 50
George Newhall, services on committee 25 00
John Larrabee,
25 00
$669 67
INTEREST.
Appropriation $6,200 00
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year
1880 50 22
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1881 680 55
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1882 .
100 36
Balance from last year
332 73
$7,363 86
EXPENDED.
Interest on Town Hall bonds ($65,000) at 7 per cent. $4,550 00 on notes to Lowell Institution for Savings 1,200 00
on notes to Commonwealth of Massachusetts 800 00
on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes .
560 00
$7,110 00
Balance unexpended
253 86
$7,363 86
POLICE AND NIGHT WATCHMEN.
Appropriation
$1000 00
Balance from last year 20 62
$1,020 62
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
EXPENDED.
Night Watch.
A. B. Pierce, 59 nights* $118 00
A. B. Pierce, 306 half nights* 306 00
H. B. Newhall, 306 half nights . 306 00
Police.
A. B. Pierce, 165 hours
41 25
Samuel L. Walton, 97 hours
24 25
Joseph Holbrook, 692 hours
173 00
A. C. Chick, 43 hours
10 75
A. J. Bodge, 50 hours
12 50
H. B. Newhall, 9 hours
2 25
$994 00
Balance unexpended
26 62
$1,020 62
* Includes street duty, evenings.
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Appropriation
$2,250 00
Balance from last year
534 82
$2,784 82
EXPENDED.
Daniel Norton, Jr., Selectman and Overseer of Poor
$200 00
Joseph F. Boyd, Selectman and Overseer of Poor
200 00
Henry G. Fields, Selectman and Chairman Overseers of Poor 250 00
John Larrabee, Town Clerk
175 00
George Newhall, Treasurer
500 00
George C. Stantial, Assessor
150 00
Estate of James C. Currier, Assessor 150 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor
150 00
John R. Norton, Auditor, 1881
15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, Auditor, 1881
15 00
Amount carried forward
$1,805 00
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $1805 00
Ernest Mendum, Auditor, 1881 15 00
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, one-half of 1 per cent. for collecting $32,929.80 general taxes of 1881 164 65
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, 5 per cent. for collecting $570.20, poll-taxes of 1881 . 28 51
$2,013 16
Balance unexpended
771 66
$2,784 82
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of amount
paid during year 1881 (in full) $1315 00
Received from State Treasurer on account of aid
paid during year 1879 13 70
$1328 70 PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1882.
Samuel Sprague
$88 00
Isaac C. Dowling
88 00
George C. Buckman
88 00
William Story
88 00
George A. Tainter
88 00
Luzon Weeks
48 00
Joseph S. Eastman
48 00
Theodore L. Palmer
36 00
Sarah Barrett 48 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Angus McDonald
72 00
Charles H. Young
12 00
James F. Ramsey
18 00
Ann M. Jewett
48 00
J. Spencer Drayton
30 00
$944 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MELROSE WATER FUND.
EXPENDED.
Paid interest on bonds, $150,000, at 6 per cent. per annum $9,000 00
bills on account of construction and maintenance (for a detailed state- ment of which see Commissioners' report) 8,164 70
Treasurer of Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners, per order, surplus over expenses for 1881 2,698 38
$19,863 08
CONTRA.
Jan. 1, 1882. To the credit of the account $1,540 40 Appropriations for the use of the water 2,000 00
for maintenance 1,500 00 for deficiency, construc- tion account, 1881 1,150 98
Received from A. Lane, Superintendent,
cash at various times, water-rates collected, etc.
11,752 65
17,944 03
Amount overdrawn - due Town .
1,919 05
Z
$19,863 08
DRAINAGE, BRIDGES, AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Balance from last year
49 31
$549 31
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
$102 47
Daniel McDonald, granite
7 20
T. R. Newhall, granite
28 80
A. Parker, cesspool stone
7 00
Amount carried forward
$145 47
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $145 47
Waldo Brothers, 136 feet 8-inch pipe 33 66 Marcellus Day, 67 1-2 feet 18-inch pipe 48 79
B. & M. R. R., freight on drain pipe 4 73
J. P. Deering, lumber 4 51
237 16
Balance unexpended 312 15
$549 31
ARMORY RENT.
Received from State Treasurer rent for one year to
Jan. 1, 1883 $600 00
Paid Henry A. Leonard rent to Jan. 1, 1883 600 00
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation .
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year
80 81
$1,080 81
EXPENDED.
Paid Walter B. Ellis one-half the expense of laying 2,860g square yards of con- crete, at 37 cents per yard .
$529 22
For laying 955 square yards of concrete, at 37 cents per yard 35 47
For laying 93 square yards of concrete, at 50 cents per yard 4 83
569 52
Paid for labor and teams, grading walks, for concrete
230 49
J. K. Currier, moving fence on Vine Street
7 00
807 01
273 80
Balance unexpended
$1,080 81
53
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Walter B. Ellis for laying 7383 yards concrete gutters, at 37 cents per yard $273 11
Paid Walter B. Ellis, 236} yards concrete crossings at 50 cents per yard 118 16
Paid for labor and teams, grading, etc.
62 72
453 99
Balance unexpended .
46 01
$500 00
MILITARY AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of aid paid in 1881 (one-half of amount paid] .
$426 75
[Sums paid under provisions, chap. 252, Acts of 1879.]
Avery B. Howard
30 00
Daniel D. Penney
72 00
George W. Grover, Jr.
96 00
Philip McMahan 96 00
24 00
Wm. H. Richardson
24 00
Moses P. Mitchell
48 00
Ede K. Chase
72 00
Edwin H. Downing
40 00
William B. York
32 00
Horace W. Stevens
72 00
William A. Johnson
16 00
Benjamin F. York
48 00
Joseph R. Simonds
80 00
Torry Peabody, Jr.
16 00
$766 00
William J. Riley
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation . $3,500 00
Balance from last year
61 24
Received from S. E. Benson, for sand taken from Myrtle Street
20 00
Received from P. R. Ellis, for stone
15 00
$3,596 24
EXPENDED.
Paid for labor and teams
. $3,136 28
January and February (clearing snow)
$614 60
March
293 25
April
557 92
May .
417 08
June .
669 11
July .
315 91
GRAVEL.
A. H. Heath, 320 loads @ 10c. . $32 00
James Marshall, 553 loads @ 8c. 44 24 .
$76 24
SUNDRIES.
D. R. Woodward, stock and labor
$33 25
H. C. Richardson, sprinkling Myrtle St. Whittemore Brothers, shovels
2 00
26 10
Bugbee & Barrett, nails, etc.
4 89
J. P. Deering, lumber
25 47
Dexter Pratt, tool chest and iron bar
7 26
M. F. Eastman, expressing shovels
75
J. C. Howes, lanterns, etc.
10 20
Edwards Brothers, repairing snow ploughs
7 00
Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools, etc.
66 87
$183 79
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation, balance, and receipts .
. $3,596 24
Amount carried forward . $3,596 24
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$3.596 24
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
$3,136 28
Gravel
76 24
Sundries
183 79
3,396 31
Balance unexpended .
199 93
$3,596 24
ROLLER AND SCRAPER.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED.
Whittemore Bros., one 3,200 1b. road roller $250 00
Kimball Bros., one Eureka road machine . 175 00
Edwards Bros., three snow ploughs ·
75 00
$500 00
FIRST STREET.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
Paid for 2 days' labor, @ $2.26 per day . $ 4 52
for 7 days' labor, @ $1.76 per day . 12 32
16 84
Balance
283 16
$300 00
HEARSE.
Unexpended balance
$46 40
Paid A. B. Pierce, material furnished, labor, draping
hearse, repairs on harness, etc. 46 40 .
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation authorized, dog tax and $500 00
Received from Amos Stone, County
Treasurer, dog tax for 1881 393 98
$893 98
Paid to E. H. Goss, on orders from Trustees $893 98
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury, Jan. 23, 1882 . $ 638 39 Total receipts for the year . . 98,959 28
99,597 67
Total disbursements for the year
98,467 89
Cash in the treasury, Jan. 30, 1883 . $1,129 78
PERMANENT LOANS.
December 1, 1882, paid note to Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
$5,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Borrowed of Melrose Savings Bank during April, July, and August,- paid in October 6,000 00
Borrowed of the Commonwealth on note dated Decem-
ber, 1882, for six months, interest 32 per cent. . 12,000 00 Borrowed of Melrose Savings Bank on note dated Jan- uary 1, 1883 2,000 00
December 24, 1882, paid note to Arlington Savings
Bank (renewed note of previous year) . . 12.000 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT .- JAN. 1, 1883.
BONDS.
Melrose Water Fund, 1st issue, due July 1, 1890 . . $100,000 00
Melrose Water Fund, 2d issue, due Oct. 1, 1892 . 50,000 00
Town Hall bonds, due Oct. 1, 1892
. 65,000 00
Amount carried forward $215,000 00
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER. 57
Amount brought forward . . . $215,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS. Notes Outstanding.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due
Oct. 15, 1883, interest 6 per cent. $ 5,000 00
Lowell Institution for Savings, due
Sept. 7, 1885, interest 6 per cent. . 20,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due
Oct. 15, 1888, interest 6 per cent. . 5,000 00
30,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due June 21, 1883,
,
interest 3 3-4 per cent.
12,000 00
Melrose Savings Bank, on demand, interest 4 per cent. 2,000 00
$259,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of State aid (1882)
$944 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of mil- itary aid (1882)
383 00
Bills due on poor account
420 12
Uncollected taxes : -
1878
153 23
1879
113 10
1880
415 80
1881
1,550 38
1882
. 20,456 04
22,688 55
Water Loan Sinking Fund, Jan. 4, 1883
11,906 56
Cash in the treasury
1,129 78
37,472 01
Net debt more than assets available
221,527 99
$259,000 00
Respectfully submitted, (E. and O. excepted.)
GEO. NEWHALL,
Treasurer.
MELROSE, Jan. 30, 1883.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
Jan. 23, 1882. Cash in treasury · $638 39
RECEIPTS.
From State Treasurer : -
On account of School Fund
. $ 190 32
Armory rent, 1882 600 00 ·
State aid, 1881 . 1,315 00
Corporation tax, 1881 66 66 1882
467 67
.
. 1,692 26
Bank tax
619 96
Military aid, 1881
426 75
State aid, 1879 .
13 70
5,325 66
From various sources :-
On acc't of School Contingent, books sold
644 23
Poor Fund
811 32
School “
6 00
Con'gt "
20 00
Highways
35 00
For use of Town Hall 283 53
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1881
393 98
For lots, graves, etc., Wyoming Cemetery 1.248 95
From A. Lane, Superintendent, water rates collected, etc. 11,752 65
15,195 66
TAXES.
A. B. Pierce, Collector, taxes for 1877,
46 61
John R. Jones,
66
1879, 350 00
Moses Briggs,
66
1880, 541 35
Jona. C. Howes,
66 1881, 20,000 00
66
66 1882, 37,500 00
58,437 96
LOANS.
Received on Treasurer's notes
20,000 00
$99,597 67
.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MELROSE. CR.
By paid Town Clerk's orders as follows : - -
School Fund . $14,019 66
School Contingent Expenses
2,416 93
Contingent Fund
981 11
Poor Fund
5,168 37
Fire Department
1,965 04
Town Hall
686 96
Street Lights .
1,245 88
Cemetery (Wyoming)
669 67
Police
994 00
Town Officers' Salaries
2,013 16
State Aid
944 00
Water Fund
8,164 70
Drainage
237 16
Armory Rent .
600 00
First Street
16 84
Additional Street Lamps
82 50
Concrete Sidewalks
807 01
Concrete Crossings and Gutters
453 99
Military Aid
766 00
Highways
3,396 31
Roller and Scrapers
500 00
Hearse (repairs)
46 00
By paid interest on Water Fund Bonds 9,000 00
Notes and Town
Hall Bonds 7,110 00
order of Trustees Public Library
893 98
State Tax, 1882
4,760 00
County Tax, 1882 .
1,793 96
Treasurer Water Loan Sinking Fund (surplus 1881) .
2,698 38
for land for Schoolhouse at Highlands .
760 00
for land for Schoolhouse, etc., cor.
Myrtle and Grove Streets
2,276 28
29.292 60
TEMPORARY LOANS.
By paid Treasurer's Notes 23,000 00
Jan. 30, 1883. By cash in the Treasury
1,129 78
$99,597 67
46,175 29
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the Treasurer's books, and find them cor- rectly kept, and proper vouchers for all expenditures. The cash balance at the close of business, January 23, 1883, we find standing to the credit of the Town on the books of the Everett and Freeman's National Banks of Boston, and in the Treasurer's hands.
We have examined the accounts of the Public Library Trustees, and find vouchers for expenditures, as per report of the Treasurer.
FRANK E. ORCUTT, JOHN R. NORTON. ERNEST MENDUM,
Auditors.
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I herewith submit the following as the report of the Fire Department for year ending Dec. 31, 1882.
The expenses have been $1,965.04, as follows :-
Hose 1, $395.82; Hose 2, $397.61; Hose 3, $415.86 ; Hook and Ladder No. 1, $543; Contingent Fund, $212.75. In the latter is included the rent of quarters occupied by Hose 2.
The appropriation for the year was $2,000 and the unex- pended balance from 1881, making a total of $2,206.09. There is, therefore, to the credit of the Department, $241.05.
The house occupied by the Highland Hose has been put in good repair, and the premises fenced.
The Russell Hose House needs repairing, which will be done this Spring.
The apparatus in charge of the different companies is in good order, and well supplied with hose, etc.
January 16, the Department extinguished fire in the house owned and occupied by C. Casey, on Maple Street. The loss was about $200, and fully insured.
January 20, an incendiary fire occurred in house on Second Street, owned by William Scrannage, and at the time unoccupied. Owing to its distance and the lack of water facilities, the loss was almost a total one. The property was valued at about $700, and insured.
August 16, barn on School Street was damaged about $200.
April 12, house at Norrisville was damaged about $200.
The Department was called on several times to work at wood fires, and did good service. The only loss of any account, from these alarms, was the partial burning of a shed in the Jewish Cemetery, April 18.
For the ensuing year, we ask an appropriation of $2,000 and the unexpended balance of last year.
Respectfully submitted,
For the Board of Engineers,
L. F. HINCKLEY, Clerk.
MELROSE, Dec. 31. 1882.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR YEAR 1882.
Number of inhabitants 4,739
children, 5 to 15 years of age .
948
dwellings
1,038
horses
301
COWS
134
dogs
222
acres of land taxed (about) 2,700
Value of real estate .
3,447,850
personal estate
302,939
Total valuation
. $3,750,789
Rate of taxation per $1,000, $14.80.
Amount of appropriations
$50,048 81
State tax
4,760 00
County tax
· 1,793 96
overlay
. 1,492 84
$58,095 61
Assessed as follows : - . Number of polls, 1,292.
. 2,584 00
Tax on polls, at $2.00 each personal estate
. 4,483 43
real estate
. 51,028 18
Amount of warrant committed to the Collector 58,095 61
additional assessments 18 94
re-assessed 148 74
58,263 29
Less abatements
. $258 87
re-assessed
148 74
.
407 61
Net amount, January 1, 1883 On which there has been collected $37,399 64
57,855 68
And interest 100 36
$37,500 00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENTS ON 1882.
Mrs. Lucy A. Barrett $4 44
Mrs. Zilpha Butler 7 40
Mrs. C. W. Clinckard 4 99
Mrs. Eliza Robinson 74 00
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