City of Melrose annual report 1917, Part 10

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Publication date: 1917
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$14,000.00


52 Melrose Sewer Bonds, June 1, 1925, 4%, 101 to 105, 154 to 159, 160


52,000.00


10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, July 1, 1935, 4%, 351 to 360


10,000.00


10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, June 1, 1937, 4%, 361 to 370


10,000.00


10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, July 1, 1937, 4%, 371 to 380


10,000.00


57 Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 4 to 60 ..


57,000.00


3 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 452 to 453, 472


3,000.00


6 Wakefield, Mass., Bonds, Nov. 1, 1925, 31/2%, 90 to 95


6,000.00


1 Wakefield, Mass., Bond, Nov. 1, 1926, 31/2%, 96


1,000.00


10 Clinton, Mass., Bonds, July 1, 1930, 31/2%, 132 to 141


10,000.00


1 Los Angeles, Cal., Bond, June 1, 1932, 41/2%, 1518


1,000.00


1 Los Angeles, Cal., Bond, June 1, 1942, 41/2%, 2511


1,000.00


3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Bonds, July 1, 1949, 31/2 %, 7695 to 7697


3,000.00


8 Boston & Maine R. R. Bonds, April 1, 1929, 41/2%, 5166 to 5169, 5171 to 5174


8,000.00


15 Fitchburg R. R. Bonds, May 1, 1928, 41/2%, 3853, 2367 to 2373, 3341 to 3345, 3468 to 3469


15,000.00


3 Connecticut River R. R. Bonds, January 1, 1923, 31/2%, 841 to 843


3,000.00


3 Boston & Albany R. R. Bonds, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2492 to 2494


3,000.00


1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, May 1, 1935, 4%, 21


500.00


2 Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds, Oct. 1, 1937, 41/2%, 100 to 101, registered


2,000.00


Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 39, ($5,000) registered


2,500.00


10,000.00


10 Liberty Bonds, Nov. 15, 1942, 4%, Cash, in Melrose Trust Co.


921.93


$22,921.93


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REPORT SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUNDS, 1917


Receipts


Cash in Bank January 1, 1817


$994.26


From Coupons


$182.00


Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds


490.08


Interest on Bank Deposits


5.29


City of Melrose, appropraton for 1917


2,592.56


Bonds and Notes sold and matured


8,200.00


11,469.93


$11,507.69


Payments


Bonds and Notes bought.


$10,500.00


Accrued interest on Bonds and Notes bought


102.92


Rent Safe Deposit Box


2.00


$10,604.92


Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co.


$902.77


W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer.


LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUND


4 Boston & Albany R. R. Bonds, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2495 to 2398


$4,000.00


2 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.) Bond, registered, July 1, 1925, 312%, MI531 to 532


2,00000


3 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.), July 1, 1925, 31/2%, B42, 43, 49


1,500.00


Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, registered, ($5,000)


2,000.00 5 Portland Terminal R. R. Bond, July 1, 1961, 4%, M1 to 4, 7 .. 5,000.00


1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 34, regis- tered


1,000.00


Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 36 ($5,000) registered


2,000.00


1/2 Melrose Water Bond, March 1, 1918, 4%, 454


450.00


2,000.00


2 Liberty Bonds, Nov. 15, 1942, 4%, registered Cash in Melrose Trust Co.


902.77


$20,902.77


REPORT SURFACE DRAINAGE LOAN SINKING FUND, 1917 Receipts


$74.79


From Coupons


$1,905.50


Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds


289.05


Interest on Bank Dep sits


15.59


City of Melrose, appropriation 1917


3,960.91


Bonds and Notes matured and sold


16,800.00


$22,971.05


$23,045.84


Cash in Bank, January 1, 1917


I65


REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS


Payments


Bonds and Notes bought $16,530.97


Accrued interest on Bods and Notes bought 283.38


Rent Safe Deposit Box 3.00


City of Melrose, to pay maturing Bonds


5,000.00


$21,817.35


Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co.


$1,228.49


LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE SURFACE LOAN SINKING FUND


38 Melrose Surface Drg. Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 4, 1 to 3, 61 to 75 81 to 100


$38,000.00


4 to 10 1 Melrose Water Bond, March 1, 1918, 4%, 462 400.00


1 Wakefield, Mass., Bond, Nov. 1, 1926, 31/2%, 97 .. 1,000.00


1 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond, April 1, 1929, 41/2%, 5170 1,000.00


2 Fitchburg R. R. Bonds, March 1, 1928, 4%, 2394, 3854


2,000.00


1 Boston & Albany R. R. Bond, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2499


1,000.00


1 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.) Bond, registered, July 1, 1925, 31/2%, B44 .


500.00


3 Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds, Nov. 1, 1941, 41,2%, registered, 43 to 45


3,000.00


Part 1, Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 39, registered ($5,000)


500.00


3,000.00


3 Liberty Bonds, registered, Nov. 1, 1942, 4% Cash, in Melrose Trust Co.


1,228.49


$51,628.49


W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer.


REPORT WATER LOAN SINKING FUNDS, 1917


Receipts


Cash in Bank, January 1, 1917


$743.30


From Coupons


$2,760.00


Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds


273.06


Interest on Bank Deposits


8.42


Bonds and Notes sold and matured


11,800.00


$14,841.48


$15,584.78


Payments


Bonds and Notes bought


$14,550.11


Accrued interest on Bonds and Notes bought


187.02


Rent of Safe Deposit Box


5.00


$14,742.13


Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co.


$842.65


W. R. LAVENDER,


Treasurer.


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LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE WATER LOAN SINKING FUND, DEC. 31, 1917


30 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 438 to 451, 455 to 461, 462 to 471


$30,000.00


1/2 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 454 500.00


6-10 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 462


600.00


34 Melrose Water Bonds, July 1, 1925, 4%, 400, 403 to 408, 410 to 426, 428 to 437


34,000.00


5 Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 76 to 80.


5,000.00


1 Bath, Maine, Bond, January 1, 1927, 4%, 14 .


500.00


1,000.00


1 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond, April 1, 1929, 41/2%, 5165 Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, ($5,000), registered, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 36


3,000.00


1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, registered, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2%, 35


1,000.00


Cash, in Melrose Trust Co.


842.65


$76,442.65


Report of Cemetery Committee


Receipts


Dressing


$63.25


Foundations


331.00


Graves, single


634.00


Interments


891.00


Labor, grading lots, etc.


II3.50


Lots, care of


2,089.00


Lots, care of Perpetual Trust Fund


1,493.87


Lots, sale of


2,653.50


Slate Vaults


795.00


Sundries


48.25


$9,112.37


Expenditures


Salary of Clerk


$49.50


Salary of Committee


75.00


Salary of Superintendent


1,380.77


Bond of Superintendent


3.00


Cement


23.45


Dressing


I33.50


Engineering and Blue Prints


18.50


Freight hand teaming


139.15


Fuel


12.80


Leavitt M. D., clerical services


47.40


Markers and Signs


71.50


Miscellaneous


L41.75


Pay Rolls and teaming


5,855.01


Pipes and Fittings


93.07


Plants, shrubs and seeds


101.50


Postage, printing and stationery


52.75


Sewer drain pipe


153.62


Sharpening tools


24.10


Telephone


44.20


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Tools


55.28


Vaults, slate


245.75


Weed Exterminator


41.00


Receipts exceed payments


$98,665.60 $446.77


Respectfully submitted, W. C. GOSS, Chairman.


Report of the City Auditor of the City of Melrose


To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit herewith a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the City of Melrose, beginning on the first day of January, 1917, and ending of the financial year on the thirty-first day ofDecember, 1917, with a detailed statement of each department, a statement of assets and liabilities, a table showing the funded debt, the dates on which the notes and bonds are payable, to- gether with a schedule of the City property.


In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 322, Acts of 1904, I have examined the several trust funds, under the control of the trustees of the public library, and find proper vouchers for, and bank books showing balances as reported by them on pages 99 to 101 of their report.


Respectfully submitted, EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.


City of Melrose, Auditor's Office.


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CITY OF MELROSE


FINANCES


The assessed valuation of the City, April Ist, 1917 was :


Real Esteate


$17,242,750.00


Personal


1,530,000.00


Total Valuation


$18,772,750.00


Decrease in valuation from April 1, 1916 to April 1, 1917 $872,400.00


Number of dwelling houses April 1, 1917 .. 3,958


Number of assessed polls 5,061


Population


17,500


Rate of taxation per $1,000 April 1, 1917 $23.40, divided as follows, viz.


City Tax 13.96


County Tax .73


State Tax 1.88


Metropolitan Park Tax


.51


Metropolitan Sewer Tax


.86


Charles River Basin Tax .IO


Highway and Fire Prevention Tax


.OI


Interest, Loans and Sinking Funds


4.62


Overlays


.73


$23.40


BONDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1916


Total amount of outstanding bonds


$863,500.00


Increase :


Sewer ..


10,000.00


Surface Drainage


10,000.00


Water Bonds


10,000.00


$30,000.00


$893,500.00


Decrease :


Auditorium


2,000.00


Park


2,000.00


Sewer


52,500.00


Water


9,500.00


73,500.00


Total outstanding bonds Dec. 31, 1917


$820,000.00


Decrease $43,500.00.


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MUNICIPAL AND PERMANENT NOTES


Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1916


$128,950.00


Increase :


Municipal Notes I year


$13,400.00


Municipal Notes over I year.


35,000.00


Trust Fund Notes I year


3,500.00


Trust Fund Notes over I year


5,870.00


Surface Drainage Notes-Spot Pond Imp .. .


7,200.00


Park Notes-Ice House


6,600.00


71,570.00


$200,520.00


Decrease :


Municipal Notes


11,900.00


Permanent Notes


25,950.00


$37,850.00


Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1917


$162,670.00


Increase $33,720.00.


CITY OF MELROSE, MUNICIPAL DEBT, DEC. 31, 1917


Due in 1918 Municipal Debt Notes $20,100.00


Permanent Debt Notes


Due in 1918


$27,350.00


1919


32,950.00


1920


24,120.00


1921


18,550.00


1922


14,050.00


1923


6,050.00


1924


3,000.00


1925


3,000.00


1926


3,000.00


1927


3,000.00


1928


3,000.00


1929


3,000.00


1930


1,000.00


1931


500.00


$142,570.00


Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1917


$162,670.00


BONDED DEBT DEC. 31, 1917


Auditorium Loan


Due July 1, 1918 to 1931 at 4% $2,000.00 due each year $28,000.00


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Park Bond


Due Nov. 1, 1918 to 1921 at 4%, $1,000.00 due each year


$4,000.00


Due Dec. 1, 1918 to 1921 at 4%, $1,000.00 due each year


4,000.00 $8,000.00


Schoolhouse Bonds


Due March I, 1929 at 31/2%


$78,000.00


Sewer Bonds


Melrose Sewer Loans :


Due June 1, 1924 at 4%


$100,000.00


June I, 1925 at 4%


100,000.00


July 1, 1926 at 4%


50,000.00


July 1, 1935 at 4%


10,000.00


June 1, 1937 at 4%


10,000.00


July 1, 1937 at 4%


10,000.00


July 1, 1938 at 4%


10,000.00


July I, 1939 at 31/2%


10,000.00


April 1, 1940 at 4%


10,000.00


May I, 1941 at 4%


5,000.00


Nov. 1, 1941 at 4%


5,000.00


July 1, 1942 at 4%


10,000.00


May 1, 1918 to 1934 at 4% Serial


$500.00 due each year


8,500.00


May 1, 1918 to 1935 at 4% Serial


$500.00 due each year 9,000.00


Aug. 1, 1918 to 1926 at


4% Serial


$1,000.00 due each year 9,000.00


Sept. 1, 1918 to 1933 at 4% Serial


$500.00 due each year


8,000.00


Sept. 1, 1918 to 1927 at 4% Serial


$1,000.00 due each year


10,000.00


374,500.00


Surface Drainage Bonds


Melrose Surface Drainage Loans :


Due Nov. 1, 1919 at 4%


$5,000.00


July 1, 1929 at 4% 5,000.00


Sept. I, 1923 at 4%


19,000.00


July I, 1932 at 4%


100,000.00


April 1, 1918 to 1935 at 4% $500.00 due each year


9,000.00


April 1, 1918 to 1927 at 4%


$500.00 due each year 5,000.00


May 1, 1918 to 1934 at 4%


$500.00 due each year 8,500.00


June 1, 1918 to 1931 at 4%


$1,000.00 due each year


14,000.00


Sept. 1, 1918 to 1927 at 4% $500.00 due each year 5,000.00


Nov. 1, 1918 to 1925 at 4%


$500.00 due each year 4,000.00 $165,500.00


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Melrose Water Loans


Melrose Water Loan :


Due March 1, 1918 at 4%


$35,000.00


Aug. I, 1922 at 4% 10,000.00


Feb. I, 1923 at 4%


5,000.00


July 1, 1925 at 4%


38,000.00


April 1, 1918 to 1922 at 4%


$2,000.00 due each year


10,000.00


May I, 1918 to 1920 at 4%


$1,000.00 due each year 3,000.00


May 1, 1918 to 1920 at 4%


$1,000.00 due each year


3,000.00


May I, 1918 to 1924 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 7,000.00


June 1, 1918 to 1926 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year


9,000.00


June 1, 1918 to 1932 at 31/3% $2,000.00 due each year


29,000.00


July 1, 1918 to 1922 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year


5,000.00


Sent. 1. 1918 to 1923 at 4%


$1,000.00 due each year 6,000.00


Dec. 1, 1918 to 1920 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 3,000.00


Dec. 1, 1918 to 1923 at 4%


$500.00 due each year 3,000.00 $166,000.00


Total Bonded Debt Dec. 31, 1917


$820,000.00


Less Sinking Funds


School House Loan


$20,992:77


Sewer Loan


222,921. 93


Surface Drainage Loan


51,628.49


Water Loan


76,442.65 371,895.84


Net Bonded Debt


$448,104.16


Recapitulation of City Debt


Municipal and Permanent Notes $162,670.00


Net Bonded Debt 448,104. 16 $610,774.16


Debt Statement


Total Debt Dec. 31, 1916


$589,499.89


Increase


21,274.27 $610,774.16


Increase in Notes


$33,720.00


Decrease in Sinking Funds


31,054.27 $64,774.27


Decrease in Bonds


43,500.00


$21,274.27


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CASH ACCOUNT FOR 1917


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1916


$30,819.25


Receipts :


January


$68,626.37


February


41,089.57


March


86,690.49


April


39,721.90


May


109,950.08


June


75,094.48


July


94,340.19


August


92,174.73


September


46,687.75


October


231,032.29


November


199,645.85


December


96,439.40$1,181,499.70


$1,212,318.95


Payments :


January


$34,190.77


February


42,202. 59


March


39,333.52


April


94,451.03


May


68,602.54


June


145,473.74


July


70,767. 10


August


59,619.21


September


52,915.63


October


129,017.61


November


274,391.88


December


108,902.08$1,139,869.70


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1917


$72,449.25


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Receipts


Transferred from sundry account


$57,638.85


Expended


Budget appropriation


$41,700.48


Balance to Excess and Deficiency. 15,938.37


$57638.85


$57,638.85


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EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY


Receipts


Balance from 1916


$6,465.91


Transferred from sundry accounts


21,255. 44 $27,721.35


Expended


Transferred to sundry account $7,604.51


Balance to 1918


20,116.84


$27,721.35


$27,721.35


ASSETS AND LIABILITIES


Assets


To amounts invested in building, land, parks, and other property $1,040,796.57


To amount invested in Sinking Funds 371,895.84


To amount invested in Sewer System 493,287.62


To amount invested in Surface Drainage 217,671.91


To amount invested in Water System 493,091.44


Liabilities


V61674.38


Municipal Indebtedness :


Bonds


$820,000.00


Notes


162,670.00


Trust Funds


47,383.50


Assets exceed liabilities


$1,030,053.50 1,586,689.88


$2,616,743. 38$2,616,743. 38


REVENUE


Taxes of 1909-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$2.00


Taxes of 1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


5.80


Taxes of 1911-Balance overpaid Dec. 31, 1916


48.15


Taxes of 1912-Balance overpaid Dec. 31. 1916


8.93


Taxes of 1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


2.44


Transfered from City Possessions


6.12


$8.56


Collected in 1917


$22.00


Transferred from City Posses-


sions


3.05


Abatements


3.07


$28.12


Less.


8.56


Balance overpaid $19.56


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Taxes of 1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916 Additions in 1917


$2,555.44


14.06


$2,569.50


Collected in 1917


1,271.17


City Possessions


478.48


Abatements


152.49


$2,558.14


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$11.36


Taxes of 1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$61,330.02


Additional in 1917


72.54


$61,405.56


Collected in 1917


48,303.00


Takings


7,070.76


Abatements


2,267.21


57,640.97


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$3,764.59


Taxes of 1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$185,287.19


Additional in 1917


17.60 $185,304.79


Collected in 1917


122,498.75


Abatements


5,901.II


128,399.86


$56,904.93


Taxes of 1917


Amount of Warrant


$449,404.35


Additional


1,886.65


451,291.00


Collected in 1917


262,379. 10


Abatements


2,889.85


$245,268.95


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$186,022.05


STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS


1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$101.70


19II-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


2.97


1912-Balances Dec. 31, 1916


404.07


1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


30.35


1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$128.85


Collected in 1917


37.88


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$90.97


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,742.87


Additional


21.97


$1,764.84


Collected in 1917


1,307.37


Taking


216.85


$1,524.22


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$4,883.42


Collected in 1917


3,215.44


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,667.98


1917-Amount of Warrant


$11,887.63


Collected in 1917


6,684.39


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$5,203.24


$240.62


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MOTH ASSESSSMENTS


1911-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1.50


1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid


1.59


1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


27.60


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


218.15


ยท Collected in 1917


152.85


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$65.30


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$56.48


Collected in 1917


22.75


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$33.73


SEWER ASSESSMENTS


1908-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$19.04


Abated in 1917


8.91


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$10.13


1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$45.09


Abated in 1917


7.94


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$37.15


19II-Balance Dec. 31, 1916 No collection


$1.10


1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid


$136.90


Abated in 1917


79.77


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$216.67


1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$294.74


Apportioned in 1917


35.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$259.74


1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$3,013.63


Collected in 1917


48.35


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$2,965.28


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,864.33


Collection in 1917 .


$196.94


Abated and apportioned


106.21


303.15


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,561.18


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$5,361.75


Collected in 1917


$596.60


Apportioned


4,411.92


$5,008.52


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$353.23


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1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


Assessments 1917


$1,401.31 653.42


$20,054.73 845.21


Collected in 1917


Balance Dec. 31, 1917 Apportioned


$1,209.52


1918-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,302.96


Assessments


489.05


$1,792.01


Collected in 1917


22.99


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,769.02


1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,292.45


Assessments


489.04


$1,781.49


Collected in 1917


22.99


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,758.50


1920-Balance Dec. 31,' 1916


$985.50


Assessment


448.86


$1,434.36


Collected in 1917


12 IO


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,422.26


1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$801.92


Assessments


44I.II


$1,243.03 .


Collected in 1917


7.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,236.03


1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$679.66


Assessment


429.72


$1,109.38


Collected in 1917


7.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,102.38


1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$671.67


Assessments


429.72


$1,101.39


Collected in 1917


7.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,094.39


1924-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$518.57


Assessments


429.72


$948.29


Collected in 1917


3.50


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$944.79


1925-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$335.53


Assessments


429.72


$765.45


Collected in 1917


3.50


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$761.95


1926-Assessments 1917


$429.49


Collected in 1917


3.53


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$425.95


179


AUDITOR'S REPORT


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS


1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1916 No collection


$4.91


19II-Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid


$4.58


No collection


1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$86.40


No collection


1913-Balance Dec. 31,, 1916


100.24


No collection


1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$508.39


Collection in 1917


10.22


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$498.17


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$784.48


Collected in 1917


$199.21


Apportioned


372.14


$571.35


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$213.13


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,064.57


Assessments


1,807. 30


Collected in 1917


$1,818.35


Apportionment


1,095. 55


Apportionment over Dec. 31, 1917


42.03


1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,394.62


Assessments


875.67


$2,270.29


Collected in 1917


1,008.93


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,267.36


1917-Assessment order


$11,351.88


Collected in 1917


$1,972.46


Apportioned


4,377.04


$6,349.50


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$5,002.38


1918 Apportioned


Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$832.67


Assessments


875.67


$1,708.34


Collected in 1917


158.29


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,550.05


1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$710.44


Assessments


764.70


$1,475. 1.4


Collected in 1917


106.18


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,368.96


ISO


CITY OF MELROSE


1920-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$605.94


Assessments


703.31


$1,309.25


Collected in 1917


106.0'


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,203.18


1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$377.20


Assessments


588.40


$965.60


Collected in 1917


59.45


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$906.15


1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$338.62


Assessments


417.86


$756.48


Collected in 1917


44.61


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$711.87


1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$327.65


Assessments


417.86


$745.50


Collected in 1917


33.67


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$711.83


1924-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$319.99


Assessments


400.68


$720.67


Collected in 1917


26.56


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$694.1I


1925-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$320.25


Assessments


400.68


$720.93


Collected in 1917


26.51


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$694.42


1926-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$2.54


Assessments


399.91


$402.45


Collected in 1917


19.28


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$383.17


STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS


1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$88.32


1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


7.74


1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$76.70


Collected in 1917


49.16


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$27.74


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$1,569.31


Assessments


72.55


$1,641.86


Collected in 1917


109.84


Apportioned


$1,211.41


Abated


72.55


Takings


18.19


$1,411.99


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$229.87


AUDITOR'S REPORT


ISI


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$2,212.46


Collected in 1917


$1,056.95


Apportioned


1,035.85


$2,092.80


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$119.66


1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$944.75


Assessment


$1,563.33


2,508.08


Collected in 1917


615.60


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,892.48


1918-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$912.70


Assessments


243.52


$1,156.23


Collected in 1917


61.71


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,094.51


1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$894.86


Assessments


243.52


$1,138.38


Collected in 1917


61.71


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$1,076.67


1920-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$809.63


Assessments


243.52


$1,053.18


Collected in 1917


61.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$991.41


1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$712.37


Assessments


243.51


$955.88


Collected in 1917


28.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$927. 14


1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$551.71


Assessments


205.94


$757.65


.Collected in 1917


28.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$728.91


1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$551.67


Assessments


205.94


$757.61


Collected in 1917


28.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$728.87


1924-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$507.09


Assessments


205.94


$713.03


Collected in 1917


28.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$684.29


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IS2


CITY OF MELROSE


1925-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$270.14


Assessments


205.94


$476.08 28.74


Collected in 1917


Balance Dec. 31, 191


$447-34


1926-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$144.04


Assessments


205.91


$349.95


Collections in 1917


28.70


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$321.25


WATER RATES


I9II and Prior Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$587.66


Collections in 1917


35.48


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$552.18


1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$192.50


Collections in 1917


3.35


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$189.15


1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid


$226.97


Collected in 1917


13.97


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$240.94


1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid


$881.25


Collected in 1917


72.64


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$953.89


1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$570.97


Collected in 1917


148.29


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$422.68


1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$7,152.20


Assessments


155.21


$7.307.47


Collected in 1917


$6,385.57


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$921.90


1917-Commitment


$35,289.00


Assessment Ist Quarter


821.74


Assessment 2nd Quarter


$1,757.06


Assessment of 3rd Quarter


3,000.2I


Assessment 4th Quarter


Fractional


1,042.58


$41,910.59


Collection in 1917


41,228.03


Correcting Commitment


96.89


41,324.92


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$585.67


Summons Collected 1917


$126.20


183


AUDITOR'S REPORT


TAX TITLES


Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $57.89


No collection


Tax Takings


Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$11,117.39


Additional in 1917


6,845.41


$17,962.80


Collected in 1917


5,874.54


Balance Dec. 31, 1917


$12,088.26


Real Estate Taken By City


Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$4,213.56


Additional .


972.72


$5,186.28


Collected in 1917


189.61


Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $4,996.67


Sewer Assessment Takings


Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $415.78


No collections


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-PENSIONS


Balance Dec. 31, 1916


$3,246.80


Pay Rolls State Aid


2,632.00


Pay Rolls State Aid German


3,430.66


Soldiers Burial


100.00


$9,409.46


Cash received Nov., 1917


3,246.80


Balance due Dec. 31, 1917


$6,162.66


Payable November, 1918.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Tax Commissioner Income Collected by Commonwealth


Receipts


Income Tax Collected by Commonwealth


Cash received from Commonwealth $39,415.79


Expended


Asseso's Warrant Budget $38,835.14


Balance to 1918


580.65


$39,415.79


$39,415.79


184


CITY OF MELROSE


GRANTS AND GIFTS Receipts


Middlesex County Dog Tax


$1,295.73


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Soldiers' Exemption


255.4I


J. C. F. Slayton


5,854.55


J. W. Maguire


3,345.45 $10,751.14


Expended


Transferred to Estimated Receipts


$1,295.73


Transferred to Overlay and Abatements 1917. 255.41


Transferred to Surface Drainage, Spot Pond Improvement


4,800.00


Transferred to purchase Ice house property ..


4,400.00


$10,751.14


$10,751.14


BANK AND CORPORATION TAX Receipts


Commonwealth of Massachusetts $28,343.63


Expended


Transferred to Estimated Receipts


$24,627.01


Balance to 1918


3,716.62


$28,343.63


$28,343.63


General Government DEPARTMENTAL


ALDERMEN-Salaries and Wages Receipts


Appropriation-Budget


$800.00


Expended


Salary of Clerk of Committee


$800.00


$800.00


$800.00


OTHER EXPENSES Receipts


Appropriation-Budget


$300.00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency-


No. 10567 $250.00


185


AUDITOR'S REPORT


Expended


Advertising


$34.00


Automobile, use of


33.00


Books and Stationery


29.22


Inaugural


94.38


Miscellaneous


3.15


Printing Particular Account


65.56


Printing


41.57


Posting Notices


33.00


Postage and Box Rent


30.16


Portraits Transfer


110.00


Police, Special Com. Investigation Transfer ..


2.60


Wreaths-Deceased Member City Govern-


ment


30.00


Balance to Excess and Deficiency


43.36


$550.00


$550.00


POLICE INVESTIGATION Receipts


Balance from 1916


$41.40


Transfer from Other Expenses


2.60


Expended


Stenographers Services


44.00


$44.00


$44.00


MAYOR-Salaries and Wages


Receipts


Appropriation-Budget


$1,360.00


Expended


Salary of Mayor


$1,000.00


Salary of Clerk


360.00


$1,360.00


$1,360.00


OTHER EXPENSES


Receipts


Appropriation-Budget $150.00


186


CITY OF MELROSE


Expended


Advertising


$4.50


Miscellaneous


7.12


Postage and Stationery


79.13


Telephone


58.96


Balance to Excess and Deficiency


.29


$150.00


$150.00


PRINTING INAUGURAL ADDRESS


Receipts


Transfer from Excess and Deficiency ..


$75.00


Expended


Printing




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