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Having settlement in Melrose .. 90
98
67
14
107
188
Having settlement elsewhere in
State
27
28
16
3
36
55
Having no settlement in State,
7
8
6
0
9
15
124 134 89
17 152
258
Families aided
.67
Having settlement in Melrose 49
Having settlement elsewhere in State 12
Having no settlement in State 5
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
Wife settlement in Melrose 1 Aided for the first time 12
Individuals receiving medical aid only 11
(Full Support.)
Females Totals
Supported at City farm
5
10
Boarded in private families
1
1
Boarded in institutions
3
2
5
8
8
16
Deaths at City Farm during the year
0
Cases discharged .
3
Remaining at City Farm Jan. 1, 1908
7
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance carried
$76.43
Appropriation
5,623.57
Receipts from Farm
496.81
Receipts from cities and towns
419.29
Receipts from State
167.29
Receipts from individuals
27.40
$6,810.79
Expenditures.
Outside aid :
Food
$1,423.75
Fuel
195.38
Board in private families
48.00
Board hosp. for dipsomaniacs
33.50
Board hosp. cottages
126.75
Board in other institutions.
253.14
Shoes
37.60
Clothing
8.50
Medicine
59.81
Nursing
53.54
Burial
45.00
Cash
517.00
Sundries
21.97
Transportation
13.13
Males 5
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Cities and towns for aid given poor having settlement in Melrose 507.88
$3,344.95
City Farm.
House Expense
Clothing
22.60
Food
631.30
Water and Ice
20.51
House supplies
222.71
Medicine
27.89
Fuel
115.90
Lights
62.68
Wages and Salaries
496.26
Express
7.05
Laundry
12.89
Telephone
27.39
Repairs.
397.03
Sundries
64.43
Burial
30.00
$2,138.64
City Farm.
Outside of house:
Grain
201.86
Hay
82.47
Seed
45.65
Wages and salaries
524.33
Tools, etc.
339.02
Fertilizer
16.44
Medical aid
12.50
Shoeing
43.25
Sundry
61.64
$1,327.16
$3,465.80
Balance
.04
$6,810.79
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
Contingent.
Appropriation
$85.92
Balance from 1906
14.08
$100.00
Expended for
Stationery and printing
$42.52
Transportation
8.00
Telephone
26.14
Sundries
13.42
$90.08
Balance
9.92
$100.00
Clerical
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended 200.00
Toothaker Fund.
Balance Jan. 1, 1907
$1,233.46
Reimbursements
7.00
$1,240.46
Expended for fuel
3.45
Balance Jan. 1, 1903
$1,237.01
Report of the City Physician
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :- I send you herewith the second annual report. of the city physician for the year ending December 31st, 1907.
Visits made for the Charity Dept. 283
Office calls for the Charity Dept. 56
Attendance upon cases of childbirth 2
Visits made for the board of health in the care of contagious cases at the contagious hospital 69
To patients in their homes 32
Visits of medical inspection to contagious cases for the board of health 116
Office treatments for pupils of the public schools 23
Office calls for public works department 21
Examination of patients by order of Mayor 4
Visits for the police department 16
Vaccinations 33
There have been four deaths during the year, all cases of con- sumption. The general health of the inmates of the Pratt. Farm has been good with the exception of one elderly inmate in an advanced stage of dementia who was sent to the Danvers Insane Hospital where she has since died.
I again desire to express my appreciation of the uniform courtesy extended to me by the officers of the Charity Dept. in the performance of my duties.
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, M.D.,
January 1, 1908.
City Physician.
EXPENDITURES FOR 1907.
Outside Aid.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
Sept.
Oet.
Nov.
Dee.
Total.
Food Fuel
$139.86 63.84 2.52 4.00
$143.32 55.22 .96 4.00
$181.73 29.34
$129.44 12.08
$126.50 3.45
$127.00 3.45
$94.00
$116.50
$78.90
$113.00
$131.50 28.00
$42.00
Transportation
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
Board, private family .
Hospital for Epilepties.
"
Hospital for Dipsomaniacs
other institutions.
20.00
33.71 9.45
30.29 6.50
20.00 4.50
16.00
16.00 1.75
20.00
16.00
20.00 3.25 5.00 3.55
4.45
.90
12,20
59.81
Medicine
4.50
10.64
9.35
5.82
4.75
.95
1.75
.95 23.54
42.00
64.00
42.00
35.00 26.00
40.00
517.00 21.97
Sundries.
64.00 .90
13.68
10.00 20.00 .25
50.00 1.14
64.00 6.00
42.49 62.16 18.00
96.67
Cash
Board, Hospital Cottage
41.79
42.25
42.71
126.75
$317.77
$372.84
$510.43
$226.98
$265.60
$299.80
$310.32
$178.70 $202.99
$218.80
$317.61
$123.11
$3,344.95
Farm-House.
Clothing
$67.55
$55.67
$66.21
$1.60 48.19
$2.50 53.82
$49.20
$9.50 40.58 6.44
$37.6 14.07 1.94 .40
$68.24
$3.65 47.99
$3.00 64.01
$2.35 32.22
631.30 20.51
Water and Ice
1.64
5.87
1.39
54.21
17.13 1.51
3.02
49.01 .70
88.50
222.71 27.89
Medicine
27.30
13.50
27.30 6.77
6.90
5.93 42.14
3.00 33.57
42.71
1.65 47.85
2.10 42.14 .40
13.00 5.23 42.71 2.80
14.00 5.65 38.14
6.63 25.00 1.70 4.00
7.05
Express
2.60
Telephone
.20
5.60
.65 31.44
.30
6.90 4.05 59.61 .25 4.42 6.80 91.72 26.42
30.58 1.20
159.08 2.74
20.05
6.30 12.89 6.48
.30 21.75 .92
.30 20.12 2.00
6.94 16.75
397.03 64.43 30.00
$174.29
$167.45
$175.86
$109.01
$313.80
$136.19
$280.54
$123.58
$188.26
$226.85
$147.22
$95.59
$2,138.64
Grain
$20.17
$11.31 9.19
$28.14 17.80
$20.45 21.97 30.82 26.53 14.41 .63
$11.66 7.46 9.05 77.34 2.45 5.75
$15.95 16.15 2.88 57.00 306.29 7.50
$9.70 5.50 2.50 63.50
.40 57.54
75.00 8.83
76.42 6.04
40.00
45.00
Wages and Salaries
6.00
1.00
Fertilizer
3.50
6.00
2.00
Sboeing
8.20 .79
.50
9.05 3.70
4.55 .30
1.90
6.05 33.60
1.90
1.90 4.88
1.85
1.32
9.70 9.80
12.50 43.25 61.64
$38.66
$27.00
$61.69
$119.66
$120.51
$405.77
$120.85
$79.49 $203.07
$106.31
$106.21
$73.95
$67.06
$1,327.16
$212.95
$194.45
$237.55
$228.67
$434 31
$541.96
$401.39
$294.57
$333.06
$221.17
$162.65
$3,465.80
Total Farm Expense Total Expense Farm and Outside Aid
$530.72
$567.29
$747.98 |$455.65
$699.91
$841.76
$711.71
$406.06
$473.27
$551.86
$538.78
$285.76
$6,810.75
.
1.50
8.50
Nurse
10.00
20.00
Burial
39.00
96.71
Medieal Aid
1.41
186.06 267.82 54.00
Supplies
62.47
40.90
18.00
Rent
4.55
7.78
2.85
3.25
3.10
115.90
Fuel
11.69
8.03
42.14
41.00
39.25
1.90 1.87
12.89 27.39
Repairs
12.70
Sundries.
3.92
Burial.
30.00
Farm-Outside.
Hay
Seed.
Tools, ete.
2.56
16.44
Medical Aid
1.00
$21.90
$28.23 4.40
62.68
Lights
496.26
Wages and Salaries
42.86
4.00 4.21 18.00
33.50 16.00
16.00
33.50 253.14
Shoes
6.15
Clothing
2.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
9.65 4.00
29.14
6.00
37.60
53.54 45.00
24.00
42.00
Cash
Cities and Towns.
$22.60
Food ..
House Supplies
3.75 7.00 1.95
Laundry
$19.65
$14.70
$201.86 82.47 45.65 524.33 339.02
Sundries.
4.90
.70
$1,423.75 195.38 13.13 48.00
Report of Board of Trustees of Pine Banks Park for 1907
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose :--
The Board of Trustees of Pine Banks Park hereby presents its third annual report.
During the past year a new ball field has been laid out and nearly finished. Another portion of the low ground at the right of the main entrance to the Park has been filled, graded and seeded. The young shrubs, which were referred to in the last report as being started in the greenhouse, have now been planted in the nursery. A rockery has been commenced and about 60,000 square feet of road has been surfaced with gravel.
The demand for the ball field was so great during the sum- mer of 1907 that many applications for its use had to berefused. It is expected that the new field will be ready for use during the summer of 1908.
Something has been done toward beautifying the Park with flowers, and the beds have presented an attractive sight, but much more could well be done in this direction.
Among the many needs of the Park we may enumerate some of the most pressing :-
(1) Sanataries and water supply are needed near the ball field.
(2) Some seats would also be a great addition.
(3) The lecture platform and seats on the hillside should be thoroughly repaired.
(4) A tennis court would be a great accommodation to many persons.
(5) A horse lawn-mower and a horse roller are needed to keep the grounds in presentable appearance.
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(6) Many new trees should be set out at once to take the place of those which have been destroyed by the gypsy moths.
(7) Until the Jagza bridge is rebuilt a large part of the Park is not readily accessible to carriages.
(8) The green-house is now in an extremely dilapidated condition and a new one seems to be an imperative necessity if the Park is to be properly cared for.
(9) The great need of a stable and tool-house have been alluded to in former reports.
It is a pleasure to report that the gypsy moths have done less damage during the past year than previously, and it is hoped that with watchful care the Park may be kept fairly free from these pests. The generous and efficient work of the Common- wealth in fighting the pests is gratefully recognized by the trus- tees.
With the greatest economy it is scarcely possible to maintain the Park in an ordinary condition upon the appropriations thus far granted. Little has been done in the way of perma- nent improvements, and nothing whatever in the line of such permanent structures as are absolutely indispensable to a wise and proper management of the Park in the future. The re- sult of this course will be that sometime in the future the Park will greatly deteriorate in its general condition, or a large ex- penditure will be needed. It would seem to be a wiser and much more economical policy to do each year a little of some- thing in the way of permanent improvements.
The Board of Trustees estimate the amount required for maintenance for the ensuing vear at $2,000, and recommends a further appropriation for maintenance and improvements of $1,000.
The Treasurer's report is appended.
HARRY E. CONVERSE. FRANK E. WOODWARD, EDWARD E. BABB, EUGENE H. MOORE, CHARLES M. COX, GEORGE LOUIS RICHARDS, ARTHUR H. WELLMAN.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF PINE BANKS PARK FOR THE YEAR 1907.
Receipts.
Balance from last year .$307.56
Appropriation by the City of Melrose . 1,250.00
Appropriation by the City of Malden 1,250.00
Sale of wood 227.95
$3,035.51
Expenditures.
Wages of Employees
$1,453.58
Thomas J. Grey & Co.
26.40
Minna W. Cass (Typewriting annual Re- port) .
1.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
35.17
Boston Rubber Shoe Co. (Board of horse) 176.50
S. A. Burdick
8.57
Edwin Troland (Plumbing at lodge)
9.18
City of Malden (Water Tax)
13.18
S. O. Newhall (Carpenter Work)
3.15
J. A. Cummings Printing Co. (Annual Re- ports) 5.00
Schlegel & Fottler Co.
69.43
Sweezey Lumber Co.
10.48
John H. McDonald Co. (Plumbing)
2.98
Herman Lips (Trees)
41.20
Joseph Gibbons, Jr. (Plowing & Grading)
300.00
Joseph Gibbons, Jr. (Hauling loam)
93.94
Joseph Gibbons, Jr. (Mowing)
7.50
George Belcher (Surveying)
14.10
William Miller & Sons (Seed boxes)
5.00
R. & J. Farquhar & Co. (Tree labels)
1.50
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A. P. Pike (Treasurer's Bond) 10.00
Ford & Fitzpatrick (Blacksmith Work) . 7.25
$2,295.61
Balance on hand 739.90
$3,035.51 I have examined the books, accounts and vouchers of the treasurer and find them to be correct.
EDWARD E. BABB, Auditor. Jan. 8, 1908.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PINE BANKS PARK FOR THE YEAR 1908.
President.
Harry E. Converse . Malden
Vice-President.
Edward E. Babb. Melrose
Secretary.
Charles M. Cox
Melrose
Treasurer.
Frank E. Woodward Malden
Executive Committee.
Arthur E. Wellman, Chairman. . Malden
Mayor Eugene H. Moore. . Melrose Mayor George Louis Richards. . Malden
Report of the Law Department
Hon. Eugene H. Moore, Mayor of the City of Melrose, Mass.
Dear Sir :- In compliance with the Ordinances, I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1907.
There were pending on the first day of January, 1907 suits to which the City of Melrose was a party in the different courts as follows :-
Supreme Court, Suffolk County 1
Supreme Court, Middlesex County 1
Superior Court, Middlesex County 55
Superior Court, Suffolk County 6
Superior Court, Essex County 1 District Court 5
making a total of sixty-nine.
Twelve new suits have been brought during the year, five against the City, two by the City and five in which the City is trustee, thus making eighty-one suits handled during the year. Of this number twenty-six have been disposed of during the year, thus leaving fifty-five cases pending on January 1st, 1908 in the various courts or fourteen less than on January 1st, 1907 and twenty-four less than on January 1st, 1906.
These suits have been disposed of at comparatively small ex- pense to the City. I feel that the number of suits still pending against the City is much greater than it should be and I am endeavoring, so far as it can be accomplished without much expense to the City, to clear the docket and believe that gradu- ally the number of cases can be considerably reduced at small expense.
All of the suits against the City for damages on account of the Main street widening have been settled with the exception of one and that will probably be settled or tried within the next thirty days. The City has been reimbursed by the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company for all money paid in settle- ment of these suits.
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The suit of the contractor, James L. Bryne, against the City for alleged breach of contract on account of the Main street widening I have tried before an auditor this winter and am now awaiting his decision.
None of the so-called explosion suits of which there are twenty-four pending against the City have yet come to trial.
I think there is nothing of special interest to report in refer- ence to the other suits with the possible exception of the suit of Admiral N. Mayo Dyer against the City for money paid the City under protest for taxes which he claimed were illegally assessed, which I tried in the Superior Court last spring and argued before the full bench of the Supreme Court last Novem- ber, the decision being in the City's favor in each instance. I have been notified by Admiral Dyer's attorneys that they in- tend to take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington.
In addition to looking after the suits above mentioned watching the trial lists, conferring with opposing attorneys and preparing for trial such of the suits as seemed likely to be tried, I have looked after various claims both in favor of and against the City on which no suits were brought, as for instance claims for injuries for alleged defects in highways where notices have been served upon the City, claims by the Board of Health and Overseers of the Poor against other municipalities and against individuals for assistance rendered, etc.
I have also, during the year, attended various legislative hearings in which the City was either directly or indirectly interested. The only legislation enacted during the year in which Melrose alone was interested was an act relative to our water bond issue which I prepared and presented to the legisla- ture during the early part of the session. I have also prepared an act for the extension of the Lynn Fells Parkway from Green Street to the Lynn Woods which will be presented to the Gen- eral Court during the year.
I have during the year, appeared before and conferred with various state commissions on matters of interest to Melrose, as for instance, the extension of the State Highway on Upham Street, before the Metropolitan Highway commission; Ell Pond retaining wall before the Harbor and Land Commission and
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matters pertaining to the parkway with members of the Metro- politan Park Commission.
I have also been in attendance at the Mayor's office during nearly all the meetings of the Board of Aldermen and have drafted various orders, amendments to ordinances, new ordin- ances, takings, etc., for the Board of Aldermen and for various members and committees thereof. I have examined and passed upon forms for bond issues, prepared drafts for bonds, releases, dèeds, contracts, etc., and examined others.
In addition, I have furnished both written and oral opinions to Your Honor, the Board of Aldermen and in fact almost all officers and departments of the City Government on various matters pertaining to their official business and have conferred with them in reference to same.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you and through you the other city officials for the courtesies and assistance rendered me in the performance of my duties.
Respectfully submitted, CLAUDE L. ALLEN, City Solicitor.
City of Melrose Sinking Fund Commissioners
Report on Accounts For Year Ending January 28th, 1908
PATTERSON, TEELE AND DENNIS Certified Public Accountants, New York and Boston Number 4,833
Auditors' Report
March 27, 1908.
The Honorable Eugene H. Moore, Mayor, City Hall, Melrose, Massachusetts.
Sir :- In accordance with your instructions and in compli- ance with Order No. 4,053 of the Board of Aldermen, we have audited the accounts of the Sinking Fund Commissioners for the year ending January 28, 1908, and verified the Securities held by them on behalf of the Sinking Funds, as at that date, and we present herewith the following Statements, which are subject to this Report :
Schedule A. Statement showing the Commissioners' Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the year ending January 28, 1908. Exhibits Nos. 1 to 5. Income from Invest- ments.
Schedule B. Statement showing the Securities Acquired, Sold, Retired or held for the Water Loan Fund.
Schedule C. Statement showing the Securities Acquired, Sold, Retired or held for the Sewer Loan Fund.
Schedule D. Statement showing the Securities Acquired, Sold, Retired or held for the School Loan Fund.
Schedule E. Statement showing the Securities Acquired, Sold, Retired or held for the Town Hall Loan Fund.
Schedule F. Statement showing the Securities Acquired, Sold, Retired or held for the Surface Drainage Loan Fund.
The following Summary shows in condensed form the results of the transactions of the Sinking Fund Commissioners in respect of the various Funds during the year under review :
Water Loan Fund
Sewer Loan Fund
School Loan Fund
Town Hall Loan Fund
Surface Drainage Loan Fund
Total
CHARGE.
Cash and Investments held Jan. 28, 1907, at cost .
$194,013.92
$180,667 .04
$60,265.48
$39,382.70
$11,313.68
$485,642.82
Net Income during year from Invest- ments.
7,406 .93
7,427.49
3,380 .73 37,945.07 7,222.00
1,478.19
378.44
20,071.78 37,945 .07 8,933.00
Total Charge
$201,420.85
$188,094.53
$108,813 .28
$40,860.89
$13,403.12
$552,592.67
DISCHARGE.
Bonds retired at par
$50,000.00
$25,000.00
$75,000.00
Premiums Lost on Bonds Retired at Par .. .
506 .86
506.86
Premiums Lost on Transfers between Water and Sewer Funds. .
555.36
22.50
577 .86
Cash and Investments held Jan. 28, 1908, at cost ..
$150,358.63
$163,072.03
$108,813 .28
$40,860.89
$13,403.12
$476,507.95
Total Discharge
$201,420.85
$188,094.53
$108,813.28
$40,860.89
$13,403.12
$552,592.67
Appropriation from Spot Pond Award. . Appropriation from City.
1,711 .00
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The summarized Cash Receipts and Disbursements during the year, on account of the respective Funds, were as follows :
Water Loan Fund
Sewer Loan Fund
School Loan Fund
Town Hall Loan Fund
Surface Drainage Loan Fund
Total
RECEIPTS.
Balance, Jan. 28, 1907.
$2,877 .07 29,959.60
$1,827.08 28,299 .84 7,462.32
$724.43 29,800.00
$256.60 4,800.00 1,515.94
600.00
93,459 .444
Income from Investments ..
7,441 .76
3,414.07 45,167 .07
415.69
20,249.78
Appropriations .. . .
1,711 .00
46,878.07
Total Receipts
$40,278.43
$37,589 .24
$79,105.57
$6,572.54
$5,040.57
$168,586 .35
PAYMENTS.
Securities Acquired
$38,616 .50
$36,000.00
$77,808 .29
$6,477 .70
$4,940.55
$163,843.04
Treasurer's Salary and Sundry Expen- ses .
34.83
34.83
33.34
37.75
37.25
178.00
Balance, Jan. 28, 1908.
1,627.10
1,554.41
1,263.94
57.09
62.77
4,565.31
Total Payments
$40,278.43
$37,589.24
$79,105.57
$6,572.54
$5,040.57
$168,586.35
CITY OF MELROSE
$2,313 .88
$7,999.06
Investments Realized.
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AUDITORS' REPORT
Through the operation of the Sinking Funds, City Bonds to the amount of $75,000.00 have been retired as they matured the past year, viz :
Water Bonds (due May 1, 1907) Nos. 1 to 50 $50,000.00 Sewer Bonds (due June 1, 1907) Nos. 251 to 275 25,000:00
$75,000.00
We have examined the Bonds and other Securities held at January 28, 1908, and ascertained that all coupons have been properly accounted for. We have verified the balances held by the Melrose National Bank and the Melrose Savings Bank to the credit of the respective Funds at the close of the year, and we find that by Resolution of the Commissioners the Mel- rose National Bank is authorized only to honor checks when signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by one of the Com- missioners. The Securities on hand at the commencement of the year, together with those since acquired, have been recon- ciled with the Inventory at January 28, 1908, after allowing for realization and redemptions, as shown by the following Summary and by the detailed Schedules appended hereto, and we have vouched the disbursements and agreed the number of Bonds retired with the canceled bonds produced to us, and with the records for the same in the City Treasurer's Ledger.
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Summary Showing the Reconciliation of Securities on hand at Commencement of the Year, with those on hand at the close of the Year Ending January 28, 1908.
Water Loan Fund
Sewer Loan Fund
School Loan Fund
Town Hall Loan Fund
Surface Drainage Loan Fund
Total
Cash and Securities on hand Jan. 28, 1907, at cost .. .
$194,013.92
$180,667 .04
$60,265.48
$39,382.70
$11,313.68
$485.612.82
Cost of Securities acquired during the year .
38,616.50
36,000.00
77,808.29
6,477 .70
4,940 .55
163,843 .04
$232,630.42
$216,667 .04
$138.073.77
$15,860.40
$16,254.23
$649,485 .86
Proceeds of Securities Sold or Trans- ferred during year ..
$29,959.60 50,000.00
$28,299.84 25,000.00
$29,800.00
$4,800.00
$600.00
$93,459 .44 75,000.00
Securities Retired during year
Loss on Securities Retired or Trans- ferred during year ..
1,062.22
22.50
1,084.72
Decrease in Cash Balance (*Denotes Increase) ..
1,249 .97
272.67
*539.51
199.51
2,251.11
3,433.75
Cash and Securities on hand Jan. 28, 1908, at cost ..
$150,358.63
163,072.03
108,813.28
40,860 .89
13,403.12
476,507 .95
$232,630.42
$216,667 .04
$138,073.77
$45,860.40
$16,254.23
$649,485.86
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CITY OF MELROSE
165
AUDITORS' REPORT
We have checked the income received from the Securities owned by the Funds with the amounts due and receivable therefrom to January 28, 1908, and we find that the following sums which were received during the month of January, 1908, have been carried forward to the ensuing fiscal year and were not included in the revenue for the year ending January 31, 1908.
Income Received during the Month of January, 1908, which has not been included as Revenue for the year ending January, 1908, but has been carried forward as Revenue of the ensuing Fiscal Year.
1908
Jan. 6. School Fund : Interest on Spot Pond Appropriation ($37,945.07) deposited in bank January 7, 1908. $189.72
Jan. 30. Water Fund :
Six months interest to date at 5 1-4 per cent on Note 1-4 of $4,000.00 $26.25
Sewer Fund : Six months interest to date at 5 1-4 per cent on Note 1-2 of $4,000.00 52.50
School Fund : Six months interest to date at 5 1-4 per cent on Note 1-4 of $4,000.00 26.25
Town Hall Fund :
Six months interest to date at 5 1-4
per cent on Note of $200.00 5.25
Six months interest to date at 5 1-4 per cent on Note of $1,500.00 39.37
1 (Deposited in bank Feb. 4, 1908) 149.62
Total
$339.34
166
CITY OF MELROSE
The City Treasurer, who is also the Treasurer of the Sinking Funds, states that this apportionment of revenue has been made in order that his accounts for the Municipality in the City books may correspond with the accounts of the Sinking Funds at the close of the fiscal year, but we desire to point out that the sum of $189.72 which was paid to the Commissioners by the City in respect of interest on the School Fund Appropriation from the Spot Pond Award ($37,945.07) was authorized by an order of the Board of Aldermen, dated December 31, 1907, and was deposited in the Sinking Fund Commissioner's Bank Ac- count on January 7, 1908, although, in order to reconcile the Commissioners' Accounts with those of the City Treasurer, this sum has been carried forward as revenue of the Sinking Funds for the ensuing year (1908-9) together with other items of in- terest on investments to January 30, 1908, amounting to $149 .- 62; but, on the other hand, various other receipts during the month of January, 1908, amounting to $3,307.50, have been included in the Sinking Fund Accounts for the past year ending January 28, 1908. While we are satisfied that the income re- ceived during the year has been properly deposited to the credit of the Sinking Funds, we recommend that as the Sinking Fund Commissioners' Accounts are made up at the close of January in each year, there should be incorporated therein the whole of the revenue received up to that date, and that the practice of treating a portion of the January income as revenue for the ensuing year should be discontinued.
We have examined the Records of the Commissioners' Minute Book in support of their transactions during the year, and we desire to draw attention to the following transactions which do not appear to have been formally authorized by the Commissioners, although their Chairman has informed us on behalf of the Commissioners that these transactions were effected with their full concurrence and authority.
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