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December 31, 1918
34 Melrose Water Bonds, July 1, 1925, 4%, Nos. 400, 403 to 408, 410 to : 6, 428 to 437
$34,000.00
2 Melrose Sewer Bonds, July 1, 1926, Nos. 208, 246, 4% . $2,000.00
12 Melrose Sewer Bond, July 1, 1926, 4%, No. 249. 500.00
2 Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, Nos. 79, 80 2,000.00
1 Bath, Maine, Bond, Jan. 1, 1927, 4%, No. 14.
500.00
Part (5,000) Boston Elev. R. R. Bond, regis., Nov. 1, 1941, 412%, No. 36.
3,000.00
1 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond, Apr. 1, 1929, 412%, No. 5165.
1,000.00
1 3d U. S. Liberty Loan Bond, Sept. 15, 1928, 414%, No. 67209.
500.00
3 3d U. S. Liberty Loan Bonds, Sept. 15, 1928, 414%, No. 419191 to 419193 8-10 Fourth U. S. Liberty Loan Bond, Oct. 15, 1938, 414%
300.00
800.00
Cash in Melrose Trust Co. 88.93
$44,688.93
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Report of Cemetery Committee
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WYOMING CEMETERY FOR 1918
Receipts
Dressing
$24.50
Foundations
384.25
Graves, sale of single
1,249.00
Interments during 1918.
1,367.00
Labor for grading lots.
120.00
Lots, care of.
1,995.05
Lots, care of, from Trust Funds.
1,826.79
Lots, sale of .
2,895.00
Slate Vaults
548.00
Sundries
35.00
$10,444.59
Expenditures
Salary of Clerk
$30.00
Salary of Committee
75.00
Salary of Superintendent
1,491.81 .
Bond of Superintendent.
3.00
Cement
45.45
Covers.
38.88
Dressing .
184.93
Freight and teaming.
157.23
Fuel
48.65
Clerical assistant, M. D. Leavitt .
47.80
Miscellaneous.
41.00
Pay rolls and teams
6,364.15
Pipe and fittings
55.19
Plants and shrubs
128.00
Postage, printing and stationery.
78.07
Sewer drain pipe
271.96
Sharpening tools
26.98
Telephones
45.67
Tools
74.96
Slate Vaults.
231.17
Weed exterminator
44.00
$9,483.90
Receipts exceed the expenditures
$960.69
WILLIS C. GOSS L. H. KUNHARDT Cemetery Committee Wyoming Cemetery
Report of the City Auditor Melrose, Mass.
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, 1918, and ending of the financial year on the thirty-first day of December, 1018, 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 th 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 to
of their report.
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
To the Honorable, the Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
I send herewith the Annual Report of the City Auditor for the year 1918, also the Report of the Cemetery Committee. Yours respectfully,
Charles H. Adams Mayor.
City of Melrose, Auditor's Office.
Melrose, May 15, 1919 The Committee on Finance. To which was referred Paper No. 11282 entitled City Auditor's report for the year 1918. REPORTS as follows :
Recommends that the report of the City Auditor for the year 1918, be placed on file and printed in the Annual reports for that year. For the Committee,
John Dike, Chairman. May 5th, 1919.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the City, April 1, 1918, was:
Real estate $17,431,400.00
Personal estate 1,644,975.00
Total valuation $19,076,375.00
Increase in valuation from April 1, 1917 to April 1, 1918 ...
$303,625.00
Number of dwelling houses April 1, 1917 .. 3,964
Number of assessed polls 5,543
Population
17,500
Rate of taxation for $1000, April 1, 1918,
$23.40, divided as follows, viz .:
City tax
13.96
County tax
$0.76
State tax
1.78
Charles River Basin tax
.09
Highway and fire prevention tax.
.01
Metropolitan Park tax
.49
Metropolitan Sewer tax
.82
Interest, loans and sinking funds
4.95
Overlay
.54
$23.40
BONDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1917
Total amount of outstanding bonds
$820,000.00
Increase :
Surface Drainage Bonds
$ 5,000.00
Water Bonds
15,000.00
20,000.00
$840,000.00
Decrease :
Auditorium bonds
$ 2,000.00
Park bonds
2,000.00
Sewer bonds
3,500.00
Surface Drainage bonds
3,500.00
Water bonds
46,500.00
$57,500.00
Total outsanding bonds Dec. 31, 1918.
$782,500.00
Decrease, $37,500.00
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CITY OF MELROSE
MUNICIPAL AND PERMANENT NOTES
Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1917.
$162,670.00
Increase:
Municipal Notes 1 year.
$ 6,100.00
Permanent Notes over 1 year
6,500.00
Trust Funds 1 year
3,750.00
Trust Funds over 1 year.
8,650.00
$25,000.00
$187,670.00
Decrease :
Municipal Notes 1 year
$10,300.00
Permanent Notes over
29,250.00
Surface Drainage Spot Pond Impd
700.00
Parker Ice House Notes
600.00
Trust Funds Notes
5,600.00
$46,450.00
Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1918
$141,220.00
CITY OF MELROSE, MUNICIPAL DEBT, DEC. 31, 1918 Due in 1919 Municipal Debt Notes $9,850.00
Permanent Debt Notes
Due in 1919
$34,950.00
1920
30,570.00
1921
28,250.00
1922
16,050.00
1923
6,550.00
1924
3,500.00
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
$131,370.00
Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1918.
$141,220.00
BONDED DEBT. DEC. 31, 1918 Auditorium Bonds Due July 1, 1919 to 1931 at 1% $2,000.00 due each year : $26,000.00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Park Bonds
Due Nov. 1, 1919 to 1921 at 4% $1000.00 due
each year $3,000.00
Due Dec. 1, 1919 to 1921 at 4% $1000.00 due each year
$3,000.00 $6,000.00
School House Bonds
Due March 1, 1929 at 31/2% $78,000.00
Sewer Bonds
Melrose Sewer Loans:
Due June 1, 1924 at 4% $100,000.00
June 1, 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 1, 1939 at 31/2%
10,000.00
April 1, 1940 at 4% 10,000.00
May 1, 1941 at 4%
5,000.00
Nov. 1, 1941 at 4%
5,000.00
May 1, 1942 at 4%
10,000.00
May 1, 1919 to 1934 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year 8,000.00
May 1, 1919 to 1935 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year 8,500.00
Aug. 1, 1919 to 1926 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 8,000.00
Sept 1, 1919 to 1927 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year. 9,000.00
Sept. 1, 1919 to 1933 at 4% Serial
7,500.00 $371,000.00 $500.00 due each year
Surface Drainage Bonds
Melrose Surface Drainage Loans:
Due Nov. 1, 1919 at 4% 5,000.00
July 1, 1920 at 4% 5,000.00 ยท
Sept. 1, 1923 at 4% 10,000.00
July 1, 1932 at 4%
100,000.00
/April 1, 1919 to 1927 at 4% Serial
168
CITY OF MELROSE
$500.00 due each year
4,500.00
April 1, 1919 to 1935 at 4% Serial $500.00 due each year 8,500.00
May 1, 1919 to 1934 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year 8,000.00
June 1, 1919 to 1931 at 4% Serial $1000.00 due each year 13,000.00
Aug. 1, 1919 to 1928 at 4% Serial $500.00 due each year 5,000.00
Sept. 1, 1919 to 1927 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year
4,500.00
Nov. 1, 1919 to 1925 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year 3,500.00
$167,000.00
Melrose Water Bonds
Melrose Water Loans:
Due Aug. 1, 1922 at 4% $10,000.00
Feb. 1, 1923 at 4% 5,000.00
July 1, 1925 at 4%
3,800.00
April 1, 1919 to 1922 at 4% Serial
$2000.00 due each year 8,000.00
May 1, 1919 to 1920 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 2,000.00
May 1, 1919 to 1920 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 2,000.00
May 1, 1919 to 1924 at 4% Serial $1000.00 due each year 6,000.00
June 1, 1919 to 1923 at 41/2% Serial
$2000.00 due each year 10,000.00
June 1, 1919 to 1926 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 8,000.00
June 1, 1919 to 1932 at 31/2% Serial $2000.00 due each year 27,000.00
July 1, 1919 to 1922 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 4,000.00
Aug. 1, 1919 to 1923 at 41/2% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 5,000.00
Aug. 1, 1919 to 1923 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year 5,000.00
Dec. 1, 1919 to 1920 at 4% Serial
$1000.00 due each year
2,000.00
Dec. 1, 1919 to 1923 at 4% Serial
$500.00 due each year 2,500.00
$134,500.00
$782,500.00
Total Bonded debt
109
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Less Sinking Funds :
Schoolhouse Loan
24,457.46
Sewer Loan
239,823.68
Surface Drainage Loan
57,658.57
Water Loan
44,688.93 366,628.64
Net Bonded debt
$415,871.36
Recapitulation of City Debt :
Municipal and Permanent Notes $141,220.00
Net Bonded debt
415,871.36 $557,091.36
Debt Statement
Total Debt Dec. 31, 1917
610,774.16
Decrease
53,682.80
$557,091.36
Decrease in Notes
21,450.00
Decrease in Bonds
37,500.00
58,950.00
Less Decrease in Sinking Funds
5,267.20
Total Decrease
$53,682.80
CASH ACCOUNT FOR 1918
Cash on hand Dec. 31st, 1917
$72,449.25
Receipts:
January
$ 28,271.01
February
95,126.32
March
111,701.44
April
29,680.22
May
133,616.94
June
122,711.37
July
78,075.25
August
64,490.52
September
50,625.21
October
224,803.06
November
226,283.33
December
99,467.02
$1,264,581.69
$1,337,300.94
170
CITY OF MELROSE
Payments:
January
31,449.94
February
93,622.80
March
86,176.39
April
103,577.82
May
105,677.59
June
106,209.60
July
110,383.39
August
49,782.08
September
42,381.66
October
117,762.95
November
316,184.18
December
144,028.80
$1,307,237.20
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1918
$30,063.74
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Receipts
Transferred from sundry receipts $62,517.43
Expended
Budget Appropriation
$69,000.00
Deficit to 1919
6,482.57
$69,000.00
$69,000.00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
Receipts
Balance from 1917
$20,116.84
Transferred from sundry accounts
28.38
Expended
Transferred to sundry accounts $12,588.49
Balance to 1919
7,556.73
$20,145.22
020,145.22
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Assets
To amounts invested in buildings, land,,
park and other property.
$1,038,874.89
To amounts invested in Sinking Funds. 366,628.64
To amounts invested in Sewer System. 497,384.44
To amounts invested in Surface Drainage. . 220,336.09
To amounts invested in Water System .. 498,427.01 To amounts invested in Water System. 498,427.01
$2,621,651.07
171
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Liabilities
Municipal Indebtedness:
Bonds
$782,500.00
Notes
141,220.00
Trust Funds
52,228.00
975,948.00
Assets exceed liabilities
$1,645,703.07
REVENUE .
Taxes of 1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1918.
2.00
Taxes of 1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1918
5.80
Taxes of 1911-Balance overpaid Dec. 31, 1918
48.15
Taxes for 1912-Balance overpaid Dec. 31, 1918
8.93
Taxes of 1913-Balance overpaid Dec. 31, 1918
9.56
Taxes of 1914-Balance Dec. 31 1917
11.36
Collected in 1918
11.36
Taxes of 1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$3,764.59
Collected in 1918
$2,935.14
Takings
529.70
Abated
274.04
$3,738.88
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$25.71
Taxes of 1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$57,184.79
Collections in 1918
$42,745.41
Takings
8,151.20
Abatements
1,355.70
$52,252.31
$4,932.48
Taxes of 1917-Balance' Dec. 31, 1917 .
$186,022.05
Collection in 1918
$118,705.54
Abatement
1,772.04
120,477.58
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$65,544.47
Tax of 1918
Amount of Warrant
$456,658.02
Collections in 1918
270,559.78
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$186,098.78
172
CITY OF MELROSE
STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS
1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$101.70
1911-Balance Dec. 31, 1917 2.98
1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1917 404.07
1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1917 30.35
1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
90.97
1915-Balance Due Dec. 31, 1917 $240.62
Collections and Takings 62.07
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$178.55
1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,667.98
Collections and Takings
1,444.38
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
$223.60
1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$5,203.24
Collected in 1918
3,438.19
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,765.05
1918-Amount of Warrant
$8,860.79
Collected in 1918
5,153.18
Balance Dec. 31,1918
$3,707.61
MOTH ASSESSMENTS
1911-Balance Dec. 31, 1917.
$1.50
1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1917, overpaid
1.59
1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
27.60
1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
65.30
Collected in 1918
11.90
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
53.40
1916-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
33.73
Collected in 1918 and Takings
22.75
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
10.98
1917-Assessors Warrant
$95.38
Collections in 1918
73.09
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
$22.29
173
AUDITOR'S REPORT
SEWER ASSESSMENTS
1908-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
$10.13
1910-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917 37.15
1911-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
1.10
1912-Balance overpaid $216.67
1913-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917 259.74
1914-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
2,964.28
1915-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
1,561.18
Collected in 1918
49.56
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
$1,511.62
1916-Balance due Dec. 31, 1917
$353.23
Collected in 1918
229.27
$123.96
1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,209.52
Collections
$955.56
Abatements
55.80
1,011.36
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$198.16
1918-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,769.02
Assessment 1918
5,434.94
$7,203.96
Collections in 1918
3,519.93
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Apportioned
2,154.90
5,674.83
$1,529.13
1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,758.50
Assessment 1918
262.90
$2,021.40
Collected in 1918
77.53
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
$1,943.87
1920-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,422.26
Assessments
262.90
$1,685.16
Collections 1918
77.34
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,607.82
1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,236.03
Assessments
262.90
$1,498.93
Collections
63.44
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,435.49
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CITY OF MELROSE
1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,102.38
Assessments
262.85
$1,365.23
Collections
63.44
Balance Dec. 1918
$1,301.79
1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,094.39
Assessments
179.25
$1,273.64
Collection in 1918
63.44
Balance Dec. 1918
$1,210.20
1924-Balance Dec. 1917
$944.79
Assessments
179.25
$1,124.04
Collections
63.44
Balance Dec. 1918
$1,060.60
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1925-Balance Dec. 1917
$761.95
Assessments
179.25
$941.20
Collection
63.47
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$877.73
1926-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$425.96
Assessments
179.25
$605.21
Collection in 1918.
63.25
Balance Dec. 1918
$541.95
1927-Assessments
$179.25
Balance Dec. 1918
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
1910-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$ 4.91
1911-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
4.58
1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
86.40
1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
100.24
1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
498.17
1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1918
213.13
Collection
30.32
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$182.81
AUDITOR'S REPORT
175
1916. Balance Dec. 31, 1917
42.03
Assessments
8.67
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$50.70
Collected in 1918
$139.70
Overpaid Balance Dec. 31
89.00
$139.70
$139.70
1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,261.36
Collected 1918
955.74
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$305.62
1917-Assessment order
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$5,002.38
Apportionments
48.51
$5,050.89
Collected in 1918
3,204.76
Apportionments
1,587.31
4,792.07
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$258.82
1918-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$ 1,550.05
Assessments
17,522.14
$19,072.19
Collected in 1918
5,106.44
Apportioned and Abated
8,355.70
13,462.14
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$561.05
1919-Balance Dec 31, 1917
$1,368.96
Assessments
1,578.74
$2,947.70
Collections
79.74
Abated
16.79
96.53
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$2,851.17
1920-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,203.18
Assessments
1,512.58
$2,715.76
Collections
49.73
Balance Dec. 1918
$2,666.03
1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$906.15
Assessments
321.50
$1,227.65
Collection
49.73
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
. $1,177.92
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CITY OF MELROSE
1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$ 711.87
Assessments
1,189.43
$1,901.30
Collection
49.72
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,851.58
1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$711.83
Assessments
985.06
$1,696.89
Collected
32.62
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,664.27
1924-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$694.11
Assessments
$90.08
$1,584.19
Collections
32.60
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,551.59
1925-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$694.42
Assessments
828.04
$1,522.46
Collections
31.01
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,491.45
1926-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$383.17
Assessments
814.27
$1,197.44
Collections
25.86
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,171.58
1927-Assessments
$814.72
Collected
17.66
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$797.06
1928 - Assessments
$320.06
STREET BETTERMENTS ASSESSMENTS
1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$88.32
Collections in 1918
8.33
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$99.99
1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$7.74
Collection
$8.00
Overpaid Bal. Dec. 31, 1918
.26
$8.00
$8.00
177
AUDITOR'S REPORT
1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $27.74
No Collections
1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$229.87
Collected
72.55
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$157.32
1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$119.66
Collection and Takings
84.17
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$35.49
1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,922.48
Collections
$1,202.34
Appointments
608.10
1,810.74
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$111.74
1918-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$2,542.37
Assessments
8,797.65
$11,340.02
Collection
1,581.93
Appointments
4,896.60
6478.53
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$4,861.49
1919-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$1,076.67
Assessments
684.70
$1,761.37
Collections
174.01
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,587.36
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1920-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$991.41
Assessments
679.92
$1,671.33
Collections
168.39
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,502.94
1921-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$927.14
Assessments
657.58
$1,584.72
Collections
168.41
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,416.31
1922-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$728.91
Assessments
589.21
$1,318.12
Collections
128.25
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,189.87
178
CITY OF MELROSE
1923-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$728.87
Assessments
516.54
$1,245.41
Collections
128.25
Balance Dc. 31, 1918
$1,117.16
1924-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$684.29
Assessments
465.65
$1,149.94
Collections
128.25
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$1,021.69
1925-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$447.34
Assessments
452.14
$899.48
Collection
$74.40
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$825.08
1926-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$321.25
Assessments
439.86
$761.11
Collections
33.58
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$727.53
1927-Assessments
$439.01
1928-Assessments
$162.84
WATER RATES
1911-and previous Balance Dec. 31, 1917 .
$552.18
1912-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$189.15
1913-Balance Dec. 31, 1917, overpaid
$240.94
1914-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$953.80
Collected 1918
5.46
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$958.26
1915-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$422.68
1916-Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$921.90
Collections 1918
103.79
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$818.11
179
AUDITOS REPORT
1917-Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $ 585.67
Assessments
6,382.26
Excess assessments
285.51
Fractional assessment
219.00
$7,472.44
Collection
.
6,577.52
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$894.92
1918-Commitments
$35,616.03
Excess commitments
13,626.07
Fractional Line and Boundary
830.16
$50,072.26
Collections
41,961.00
Balanc Dec. 31, 1918
$8,111.26
1919-Collection 1918
$63.00
Summons collected 1918
$86.60
TAX TITLES
Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $57.89
Tax Takings
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$12,088.26
Additional 1918
8,931.22
$21,019.48
Collection
6,025.88
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$14,993.60
Real Estate Taken by City
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$4,996.67
Additional
1.10
$4,997.77
Collection
81.54
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
$4,916.23
Sewer Assessment Taking
Balance Dec. 31, 1917 No Collection
$415.78
180
CITY OF MELROSE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-PENSIONS
Balance Due Dec. 31, 1917
$6,162.66
Pay Roll State Aid, Civil War
2,474.00
Pay Roll State Aid, German War
12,044.01
Soldiers Burial
50.00
$20,730.67
Cash received Nov. 1918
6,162.66
Balance due Dec. 31, 1918
Payable Nov. 1919
$14,568.01
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Tax Commissioner Income Collected by Commonwealth
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$580.65
Transferred Revenue 1918
$ 2,000.00
Assessors Warrant
65,779.25
Cash received
66,322.15
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
876.45
$67,779.25
$67,779.25
GRANTS AND GIFTS
Receipts
Middlesex County Dog Tax
$1,254.39
Expended
Transferred to Estimated Receipts
$1,254.19
BANK AND CORPORATION TAX
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$ 3,716.62
Cash from Commonwealth of Massachusetts 14,620.12 $18,336.74
Expended
Refunded to Commonwealth
$ 3,716.62
Thansferred to Estimated Receipts
14,620.12
$18,336.74
$18,336.74
AUDITOR'S REFORT 181
General Government
GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTAL ALDERMEN -- Salaries and Wages '
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$800.00
Expended
Salary of Clerk of Committees
$800.00
$800.00
$800.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$550.00
Expended
Advertising
$ 24.50
Express
62
Car fare
7.50
Flowers
20.00
Gavel
9.96
Miscellaneous
26.48
Printing
189.13
Postage
12.13
Posting Notices
11.50
Telephone
12.25
Portraits
50.00
Order 10622
25.00
Inaugural
93.24
Cleaning Furniture, Auditorium
35.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
32.69
$500.00
$500.00
MAYOR-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$1,360.00
182
CITY OF MELROSE Expended
Salary of Mayor
$1,000.00
Salary of Clerk
360.00
$1,360.00
$1,360.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$240.00
Expended
Inaugural
$ 47.40
Postage and Stationery
116.76
Telephone
60.85
Records
12.00
Changing signs
1.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.74
$240.00
$240.00
AUDITOR-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$1,700.00
Expended
Salary of Auditor
$ 500.00
Salary of Ass't. Auditor
1,200.00
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$100.00
Expended
Books and Stationery
$55.55
Express
.31
Postage and box rent
8.00
Rubber Stamp
1.12
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
35.02
.
$100.00
$100.00
183
AUDITOR'S REPORT TREASURER-Salaries and Wages Receipt
Appropriation-Budget
$1,600.00
Expended
Salary of Treasurer
$1,600.00
0
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
OTHER EXPENSES Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$450.00
Expended
Official Bond
$150.00
Books and Stationery
82.20
Carriage-May day
39.00
Miscellaneous
99.48
Postage and Box rent
54.45
Telephone
22.32
Rubber Stamp
1.15
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
..
1.40
$450.00
$450.00
COLLECTOR-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $3,010.00
Expended
Salary of Collector
$1,100.00
Salary of Clerk
1,898.01
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
11.99
$3,010.00
$3,010.00
COLLECTORS-Other Expenses
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $1,400.00
Transfer No. 110-13 11.99
184
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Official Bond
$250.00
Advertising
422.89
Books and Stationery
67.21
Distributing Tax Bill
85.00
Postage and Box rent
163.40
Printing
106.80
Recording takings
283.60
Telephone
27.29
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
. . 5.80
$1,411.99
$1,411.99
ASSESSORS-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$2,925.00
Expended
Salaries of Assessors and Assistants
$1,425.00
Salaries of Clerk
1,500.00
$2,925.00
$2,925.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$1,150.00
Expended
Abstracts of Deeds and Transfers
$110.64
Automobile use of
100.00
Auto List Pub. Co.
30.00
Books and Stationery
140.82
Car fares
2.72
Clerical Service
180.75
Miscellaneous
43.95
Printing Poll books
422.00
Telephone
22.53
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
96.19
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
185
AUDITOR'S REPORT OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $200.00
Expended
Salary of Treasurer of Sinking Fund Com. . . $200.00
$200.00
$200.00
CERTIFICATION OF BONDS AND NOTES
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1917
$ 15.00
Transferred from Premium fund
125.00
Appropriation-Budget
450.00
Transfer No. 11,000 from Excess & Deficiency
250.00
Expended
Old Colony Trust Co.
$680.00
Balance to 1919
160.00
$840.00
$840.00
CITY CLERK-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $2,000.00
Expended
Salary of Clerk
$1,400.00
Salary of Ass't. Clerk
600.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $350.00
186
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Official Bond
$ 4.00
Books and Stationery
115.76
Car fare
18.05
Clerical Service
8.00
Miscellaneous
12.03
Postage and Box rent
42.49
Registering Assessments
31.95
Telephone
75.22
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
42.50
$350.00
$350.00
SHELVING FOR VAULT
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$100.00
Expended
Bills paid
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
PRINTING RULES AND ORDERS OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Receipts
Transfer Order 10,622 for other Ex.
$25.00
Balance to 1919
CITY SOLICITOR-Salary and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$1,000.00
Expended
Salary of Solicitor
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $25.03
187
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Recording Deed, etc.
$12.56
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
12.44
$25.00
$25.00
CITY PHYSICIAN-Salaries and Wages
Receipts.
Appropriation-Budget
$450.00
Expended
Salary
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Receipts 1
Appropriation-Budget
$1,650.00
Expended
Salary of Rgistrars
$400.00
Pay Rolls, Election Offices
815.00
Pay Rolls, Police Offices
107.93
Clerical Services
141.09
Janitor's service
24.06
Labor on booths
111.75
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
50.17
$1,650.00
$1,650.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$950.00
Transfer No. 10,967 150.00
1SS
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Advertising
$249.75
Book and Stationery
276.05
Clerical Service .
4.50
Fuel and Lights
40.51
Meals
22.00
Miscellaneous
51.89
Postage
41.90
Posting Notices
.60
Rent Polling places
180.00
Repairs ballot boxes
19.35
Printing
75.70
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
...
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
CITY PLANNING BOARD OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation -- Budget
$100.00
Expended
Card and Stamps
$ 6.02
Printing report
27.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
66.48
$100.00
$100.00
BOARD OF SURVEY
Receipts
Transferred from Excess and Deficiency
No. 10,578
$50.00
Expended
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
FUEL COMMITTEE OF MELROSE No. 10,926
Receipts
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency $300.00
137.75
189
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Clerk and supplies
$202.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
97.75
$300.00
$300.00
PUBLIC WORK OFFICE-Salaries and Wages
Receipt &
Appropriation-Budget $3,100.00
Expended
Salary of Engineer and Superintendent of
Public Works
$2,000.00
Salary of Clerk
1,065.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
34.75
$3,100.00
$3,100.00
OTHER EXPENSES (For details see report of Engineer)
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$650.00
Transfer bill
.99
Expended
Bills paid
$630.97
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