City of Melrose annual report 1923, Part 3

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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES


Salaries and Wages


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Expended


2,354.97


Balance


$645.03


Municipal Organ Concerts


Appropriation


$500.00


Expended


357.88


Balance


$142.12


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Other Expenses


Appropriation


$5,000.00


Expended


4,334.40


Balance


$665.60


Total unexpended balance


$1,452.75


Total expended


$7,047.25


Total receipts


6,154.73


Loss


$892.52


The committee recommends that the rates for use of Memorial Hall be increased so as to make the hall more nearly self supporting.


Advisory Committee of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building.


FRED E. ELLIS, Chairman.


Report of Board of Assessors


Hon. Paul H. Provandie, Mayor, Melrose, Mass. Dear Sir:


We herewith submit the following report of the Assessing De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1923.


TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY


Real Estate


$22,769,000


Personal Estate


2,710,800


$25,479,800


Rate of Taxatation $30.80 per $1,000.00.


Amount Raised on Property and Polls


Real Estate


$701,285.20


Personal Estate


83,492.64


5492 Polls at $5.00 each


27,460.00


$812,237.84


Budget


State Tax


$46,560.00


County Tax


28,652.62


Metropolitan Sewer Tax


23,547.37


Metropolitan Park Tax


15,293.01


State Highway Tax


471.68


Charles River Basin Tax


2,441.56


Fire Prevention Tax


237.98


War Bonus, 5492 Polls at $3.00


16,476.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts


1,935.89


City Budget


715,248.68


Overlay


20,795.85


871,660.64


Less Income Tax


$36,624.35


Less School Fund


22,798.40


59,422.80


812,237.84


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Supplementary Assessments $33,450.00


Street Sprinkling Assessments 810.79


Moth Tax 55.00


Number of residents assessed 3,306


Number of non-residents assessed 681


Number of persons assessed for poll tax only 3,895


Number of horses assessed


131


Number of cows assessed 241


Number of dwellings assessed


4,106


Valuation of Exempted Property


Houses of Religious Worship


$371,575.00


Literary and Benevolent Institutions 222,825.00


Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CROLLY CHARLES H. ADAMS FREDERICK W. PATTEN


Melrose, Mass., March 27, 1924


Report of the Board of Health


To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose :-


Gentlemen :- The Board of Health respectfully submits here- with it's annual report for the year ending December 31, 1923.


The membership of the Board was as follows, to wit,-Clarence P. Holden, M. D., Chairman, Melvin H. Nicholls, M. D. and Rev. Lester L. Lewis.


General Health, -- From a public health point of view, the record for 1923 was a very good one; there being 235 deaths, a considerable number of which were non-residents brought to the Melrose Hospital.


Diphtheria,-There were 14 cases with 1 death.


Scarlet Fever,-There were 90 cases, most of them of a mild type, and 1 death.


Typhoid Fever,-There were 3 cases with no deaths.


Influenza and Pneumonia,-There were 3 deaths from Influ- enza; 21 cases of pneumonia and 20 deaths. 1


Rabies and Hydrophobia,-At intervals of fifteen to twenty years we have in Massachusetts, an epidemic of Rabies in dogs. We have just passed through such an epidemic. There were a few cases of undoubted rabies in dogs, and many suspicious cases were under observation. There were also many cases of dog-bite of children and adults reported, all of which were cauterized at once and if the facts warrented it, the patients received the antirabic treatment. There were 6 cases so treated in Melrose. Fortunately there were no cases of hydrophobia or rabies in humans in Melrose though there were several fatal cases in the Metropolitan district.


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Tuberculosis,-Cases on the list Dec. 31, 1922 35


New cases reported in 1923 18


New cases reported by death 1


New cases reported by removals to Melrose from other places 5


Total 59


Disposition:


To the arrested list 9


Removals 3


Cases not found 1


Diagnosis revoked 1


Deaths 6


Expenditures 1923 $971.45


Vaccination,-63 vaccinations have been performed at this office and 111 certificates of vaccination issued.


Work Certificates,-Health certificates to work were given to 60 children.


MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS


Medical inspection of schools was begun in a small way for the better control of contagious diseases in general and especially the contagious skin diseases, occuring in our school children. This is still an important part of the work. Of equal importance is a general supervision of the physical condition of the child, his nutrition and his physical defects. This implies a physical exam- ination of all school children as now required by state law. All pupils of the grammar grades are now weighed monthly and all have been examined during the year, the defects found being mainly underweight, and teeth and throat defects. Through the efforts of the nurse and teachers, many children have been sent to the Melrose Hospital for removal of tonsils and adenoids and a large number have availed themselves of the Moses Page Dental Clinic at the Hospital.


Nutrition,-With respect to nutrition, milk is provided at cost to those able to pay and without cost to those unable to pay. A more intelligent supervision of the diet and feeding of children on the part of the mothers is much to be desired.


DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE


With a Mayor who is a physician and who believes that the removal of household waste is an important part of municipal work, the removal of garbage as well as ashes etc. is now done by the Public Works Department with City labor. This is proving more


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costly than contract labor, but in the opinion of this Board, is well worth the cost. Householders should not forget that storage on the premises and a proper separation of household waste as required by the regulations, is necessary for any economical execution of this work.


BARBER SHOPS


The barber shops have been inspected and are rated from a sanitary viewpoint as good, fair and unclean, 7 are rated good, 2 are rated fair and none are rated unclean.


DAIRY INSPECTION


All nearby dairies were inspected: 18 were rated good, S were rated fair and none were rated unclean. 110 licenses were issued to sell milk and oleo.


SCHICK WORK


With the assistance of the State Department of Health, all children in the public schools whose parents wished to have it done, received the Schick Test, and if not found immune, the toxin-an- titoxin treatment.


With about 1000 school children in Melrose immunized, actual experience during the ensuing five years will give us a demonstra- tion in our own city of the value of the Schick Test.


MOSQUITO SUPPRESSION


Under the direction of the Mayor, the Board undertook work for the suppression of mosquitoes. Of course the work was largely experimental. We were greatly favored by the fact that it was a very dry season, not at all favorable to the breeding of mosquitoes, hence with nothing done conditions would have been much better than in a wet season.


The actual work of oiling all stagnant pools and the street catchbasins, was done by the Moth Department, and was efficient and economical.


A careful survey was made of all mosquito breeding areas, with a view to future draining of the land and filling. A very bad stagnant pond near Pearl Street was drained and a considerable swamp area in the rear of the Russell estate was drained by rebuilding a conduit in Crescent Ave. Work was also begun in the drainage of a large swamp area east of Swain's Pond Ave. in the


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Maplewood district; also work has begun for the drainage of a swamp area south of Porter Street and east of East Street.


This work when completed, will pernamently take care of long- standing mosquito nuisances and will also be of great value in the future development of the sections as building lands.


BAKERY REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION


Inspection of bakeries is now required by law. There were 11 registered during the year and inspection showed that all complied satisfactorily with requirements.


NUISANCES


Following is the list of nuisances abated by order of the Board of Health or it's agent during the year and in parallel column, nuisances abated during the previous year.


1922


1923


Privy nuisance


0


5


Cesspool nuisance


3


9


Hen nuisance


4


9


Dumping nuisance


2


7


Unclean premises


4


25


Pig nuisance


2


2


Stagnant water


0


1


Defective plumbing


2


4


Defective drainage


1


1


Exposed or offensive garbage


5


16


No water or defective supply


0


7


Other nuisances


12


4


Complaints investigated and no cause for complaint


2


8


Dead animals buried


69


97


UNDERTAKERS


The following named undertakers have been licensed: Henry W. Clark, Albert J. Walton, Fred 'T. Churchill, John W. Gately, Harry F. Ferguson, F. Sears Stetson and Frank H. Whitney.


BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS


The Board has approved the applications of the following named persons to maintain boarding houses for infants: Mrs. Nellie Crosby, Mrs. Mary C. Hansen, Mrs. Mary E. Haven, Mrs. Lula S. Lewis, Mrs. Helen C. Loeser, Mrs. Mary Silver, Mrs. Mary Walden and Mrs. Sarah White.


Table I CASES AND DEATHS OF DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, BY MONTHS


This table includes all cases (with their deaths) ir respective of whether cases were transported into the city from elsewhere, or were contracted outside of the city; also all deaths of Melrose cases dying in hospitals out of town.


Tuberculosis


Diphtheria


Pulmonary


and


Miliary


Meningeal


Other


Forms


Totals


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


January


.


.


.


.


39


1


March


1


1


9


·


1


58


1


April


2


11


. .


11


1


47


14


. .


May


2


.


4


1


1


40


4


25


5


July


1


·


3


. .


6


1


September


. . ·


.


. .


0


. .


October .


·


. .


. .


9


. .


November


3


. .


. .


25


. .


.


2


18


.


Totals . . ·


14 | -


1 |90 | 1 | 3 | 0 |156 | 0 |67 | 1 | 0 | 0| 0|


24 |


3


3 |


.. |357 | 6


Months


Scarlet


Fever


Typhoid


Fever


Measles


Whooping


Smallpox


Ophthalmia Neonatorum


Poliomyelitis


2


February


1


12


2


5


14


15


·


2


. .


1


. .


52


1


June


1


1


35


1


3


1


.


. .


15


1


4


5


August


·


.


1


1


3


1


1


2


. .


. .


.


5


.


.


December


.


2


77


. .


3


. .


4


5


1


Cough


14


21


12


25


1


Table II CASES AND DEATHS OF CERTAIN DISEASES FOR TEN YEARS


This table includes all cases (with their deaths) irrespective of whether cases were transported into the City from elsewhere or were contracted outside of the City; also deaths of Melrose cases dying out of town.


Tuberculosis


YEARS


Diphtheria


Scarlet


Fever


Typhoid


Fever


Measles


Whooping


Smallpox


Ophthalmia


Neonatorum


Poliomyelitis


Pulmonary


Miliary


Meningeal


Other


Forms


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


Cases


Deaths


1914


86 |


3 | متـ


69 |


3


5 |


2 |29 |


1


476


1 |16


12


2


15


13 |


1


00


1


1


1915


41


1|


62 |


11


1


14


1 |11


107


4


3


17


حت


22 |


12


1


1


1916


14


1 . . 1 | · 1


4 |


42


3


290


2


6


16


18


10


1


1


1917


85


2 | 20 |


1


3


1


| 50


10


2


00


23 |


1


1


1


2


1918


24


16


1


13


00


1


1919


13


3 |


48


3


3


4


367


1


| 34


1


1


4


12


9


2


4


3


1920


.


19


13


00


1


1922


17 |


1 |


81 |


0 |


5


1 167 |


0 |18


1923


14 |


2 |


90 |


1| 1


3


0 156 |


0 | 67


2


0


0


0 |


0 | 0 | 0 0


0 | 24 |


6 |


0 |


3


0


1


19


8 | 00


3


3


6


1


.


.


69


3


-


43


6


1 29


1


4


00


-921


32


2 |


42


2 |


15 |


1


3


0


1


15 | 11 |


10


11


65


Cough


and


·


·


Table III INFANT MORTALITY (not including stillbirths)


AGES


YEAR 1923


Total under 1 yr.


Under 1 day


1-2 days


2-3 days


3 days to 1 week


1-2 weeks


2-3 weeks


to 1 mo.


1-2 mos.


2-3 mos.


3-6 mos.


mos.


mos.


January


2


· .


February


3


1


March


3


1


1


1


April


2


May


2


·


1


July


1


1


August


2


1


September


4


2


.


1


October


1


.


.


2


·


2


Male


11


2


. . .


..


1


1


Female


14


-


3


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


. .


. .


2


1


2


White


25


5


1


2


4


2


2


1


2


1


0


0


0


0


Colored


0


0


0


0


|


0


0


0


0


0


1


2


. .


1


3


1


. . . .


.


.


.


.


.


1


.


1


1


1


1


November December


.


1


1


1


.


June


1


1


1


1


6-9


9-12


3 weeks


1


1


1


2


.


1


Table IV INFANT MORTALITY


Class No.


Year 1923 ('ause of death


Total under 1 yr.


Under 1 day


1-2 days


2-3 days


3 dys to 1 wk.


1-2 wks.


2-3 wks.


3 wks. to 1 mo.


1-2 mos.


2-3 mos.


3-6 mos.


6-9 mos.


9-12 mos.


9 | Whooping-cough


F


1


.


74 | Cerebral hemorrhage


M


0


F


2


1


M


0


. . .


. .


.


F


1


...


.


M


0


2


1


1


113 | Diarrhea & enteritis


F|


0


M


1


F


0


M


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


FI


4


1


1


1


1


1


161 | Premature birth, injury at birth


F


4


2


1


1


M


0


. .


·


.


. ..


F|


1


1


.


M


2


1


1


118 | Hernia


159 | Congenital Malformations


F


4


·


160 | Congenital debility, icterus sclerema


M


3


.


M


1


1


.


.


180 | Accidental Mechanical Suffocation


M


0


.


80 | Infantile Convulsions


1


99 | Bronchitis


2


2


Table V CONTAGIOUS DISEASES Age and Sex


Diseases


Under


5 yrs.


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-34


35-44


45-54


55-64


65-74


75 and


over


Totals


Chicken-pox


F


4


6


1


11


Diphtheria


M


2


1


2


6


F


2


3


2


1


M


1


. ·


1


1


1


. . .


4


F


2


2


German Measles


M


F


1


1


Suppurative Conjunctivitis


M


1


1


F


1


1


Influenza


M


. . .


·


·


.


. .


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


7


F


. . .


2


1


1


4


2


2


1


1


14


Measles


M


29


47


4


81


F


21


53


5


1


1


. .


.


.


. ·


3


Scarlet Fever


M


10


16


8


4


1


1


1


39


F


9


19


11


4


2


4


2


2


2


18


F


2


1


1


6


Tuberculosis (Other forms)


M


1


. .


·


.


. . .


·


.


.


.


·


·


.


.


F


. .


·


·


M


12


20


2


1


35


F


20


12


. .


32


M


5


5


1


11


. .


. .


. . .


. . .


. . .


. .


1


F


0


Lobar Pneumonia


M


1


. .


F


1


. . .


·


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Tuberculosis (Pul.)


M


5


5


4


1


1


Typhoid Fever


M


. . .


1


1


1


2


Whooping-cough


.


80


Mumps


M


2


.


1


1


2


F


1


8


Dob-bite (rabid dog)


3


3


. .


1


1


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TABLE VI INFANT MORTALITY


Year


Births


Deaths of Children under 1 year


Rate of Mortality of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Children Born


1917


339


23


67.84


1918


430


28


65.11


1919


405


21


51.85


1920


390


22


56.41


1921


465


21


52.76


1922


1


364


16


43.96


1923


516


25


48.64


There were 9 still births during the year 1923.


Table VIII


ESTIMATED POPULATION APRIL 1, 1923-19,368


1918


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


Apparent death rate per


1,000 population


.16.00


11.88


12.82


11.67


12.07


12.13


Corrected death rate per


1,000 population ....


.17.00


12.05


12.46


12.43


11.71


11.72


Respectfully submitted,


CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, MELVIN H. NICHOLLS M. D., LESTER L. LEWIS,


Board of Health.


Report of Board of Survey


To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen,


City of Melrose, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :-


The Board of Survey submits the following report for the year 1923.


Petitions are before the Board of Survey relative to the develop- ment of the following tracts of land :-


Barbour Land near Spear Street, part of the Russell Estate at the corner of Trenton Street and Russell Street, and the Lynde Estate south of Wyoming Avenue between Lynde Avenue and Ravine Road. The plans of these tracts of land, when completed in accord- ance with the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Survey, will be submitted for final approval.


The L. D. Griswold Land Company is developing a tract of land east of Damon Avenue. This tract is part of a large un- developed section of the City extending from Howard Street northerly to Griswold Road, and from Hesseltine Avenue westerly to the Saugus Line.


In order to locate the streets in the L. D. Griswold Land Company's tract so as to conform to the requirements of the ad- joining estates, a survey should be made of the entire section relative to the location of streets, grades, sewers and drainage.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


Appropriations-Salaries and Wages


$100.00


Other Expenses


50.00


$150.00


Expended:


Salary of Clerk


$100.00


Printing


6.25


106.25


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Balance $43.75 $45.00


Amount on hand deposited with petitions


Respectfully submitted,


WM. N. FOLSOM, Chairman WM. E. WATERHOUSE CLARENCE COCHRANE Board of Survey.


GEORGE O. W. SERVIS, Clerk.


Report of the Cemetery Committee


To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Melrose, Mass.


Gentlemen :-


In compliance with the provisions of Section 5, Chapter 22, of the revised ordinances, the Cemetery Committee herewith sub- mits its annual report of the year ending December 31, 1923.


APPROPRIATIONS.


Maintenance and Improvements and Care


of Soldiers Graves $18,000.00


Receipts:


Sale of Lots


$4048.00


Sale of Single Graves


914.00


Annual Care


5567.36


Interments 1895.00


Foundations


613.85


Pratt Farm


220.00


Re-grading lots and graves


141.00


Use of Lowering device


28.00


Sale of rocks


98.00


Sundries


43.00


Accounts receivable Annual care


1196.00


Accounts receivable, Lot Sales


352.00


Accounts receivable, Miscellaneous


136.50


$15,362.71


Expended:


Salary of Committee


$75.00


Salary of Superintendent


1800.00


Salary of Clerk


156.00


Pay Rolls 11623.21


Hire of Teams, etc.


1734.46


Disability pay and expense


830.67


Snrubs, seeds, dressing, tools, supplies, etc. . 1125.98


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Stationery, printing, postage, telephones, etc. 198.11


Engineering and filling 202.50


Stock, labor and repairs 310.11


Liability and insurance


113.12


$18,169.26


To the Wyoming Cemetery Committee:


Melrose, Mass.


Dear Sirs :-


I herewith present the report of the Superintendent for the year ending December 31, 1923.


Number of interments, year ending December 31, 1922 8128


Interments during 1923 203


'Total interments to December 31, 1923 8331


Removals in Cemetery


9


Removals from Cemetery


1


Slate and Cement burial cases put in 22


Foundations for monuments and markers 48


Rights of burial ir lots sold 35


Area, square feet 6021


Area, square feet, sold to non-residents


1467


Area, square feet, sold to residents 4554


Total number of lots sold to December 31, 1923 1629


Total number of single graves sold to December 31, 1923 1681


Number of single graves sold in 1923


71


Lots under perpetual care


739


Single graves under perpetual care


399


Lots under annual care 556


Lots without care 386


Avenues repaired 2' miles


Avenues built, linear feet, 220


Old single graves improved, graded and seeded 224


Trenching in Section F 51/2 feet in depth 6000 sq. ft.


Graded, loamed and seeded, Section One 6000 sq. ft.


Filled, loamed and seeded, Section E, 6 ft fill 5250 sq. ft.


New wall built, Sylvan street, linear feet 100


Old wall repointed and repaired, Sylvan street, linear ft 300


We have been able to devote more than the usual amount of


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care to the trees and shrubs this year and they are in excellent con- dition with the exception of the pines, which are suffering some- what from the ravages of the leopard moth.


The Gypsy Moth has been practically exterminated in the Cemetery, we having found but 19 nests which were creosoted.


Respectfully submitted,


R. A. LEAVITT, Superintendent.


Inventory of Cemetery Property, December 31, 1923.


1 2 Ton Chain hoist $65.00


1 1 Ton Chain hoist 40.00


2 Derrick Tripods 50.00


100 feet 1 inch rope


5.00


1 12 foot dredge chain


5.00


1 Sand Screen


10.00


3 Wheelbarrows 12.00


8 Hoes 4.00


4 Iron rakes 2.00


8 Shovels 6.00


12 Drills


12.00


9 Picks


4.50


4 Grubs


3.00


4 Stone hammers


8.00


3 Crow bars


3.00


2 Snow Shovels


1.00


2 Sod lifters


2.00


2 Sod tampers


3.00


4 Wood rakes


2.00


2 Beirs


5.00


1 Step Ladder


2.00


1 15 foot Ladder


2.50


1 Grindstone


5 Water cans 2.50


3 Dirt covers 9.00


3 Gravel sheets


15.00


3 Lawn trimmers


10.00


9 Lawn Mowers


60.00


4 Saws


8.00


1 Vice


2.00


1 Die Stock


5.00


3 Levels


3.00


3 Wrenches 3.00


10.00


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150 feet garden hose


12.00


1 Lowering device


150.00


1 Hand cart 15.00


office fixtures


100.00


$651.50


Respectfully submitted,


WYOMING CEMETERY COMMITTEE


HENRY W. CLARK, Chairman P. H. ACKERMAN, A. G. ARMINGTON


Report of City Auditor


May 19, 1924.


The Honorable Board of Aldermen,


City of Melrose, Mass.


Gentlemen: .


I transmit herewith the Annual Report of the City Auditor for the year 1923, also the Annual Report of the Park Commission.


Very truly yours,


PAUL H. PROVANDIE, Mayor.


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, 1923 and ending of the financial year on the thirty-first day of December, 1923, 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 were payable, together 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 controll of the trustees of the Public Library, and find proper vouches for, and bank books showing balances as stated by them in their report.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM T. WOLLEY.


City Auditor.


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CITY OF MELROSE


FINANCES


Real Estate


$22,769,000.00


Personal Estate


2,710,800.00


$25,479,800.00


Increase in valuation April 1, 1922 to April 1, 1923 .. $2,375,300.00


Number of dwelling houses April 1, 1923 . . 4,106


Number of Polls assessed April 1, 1923 . 5,492


Population


19,368


Rate of taxation for $1,000 April 1, 1923, $30.80


Appropriations:


State Tax


$46,560.00


County Tax.


28,652.62


Metropolitan Sewer Tax


23,547.37


Metropolitan Park Tax.


15,293.01


State Highway Tax.


471.68


Charles River Basin Tax.


2,441.56


Fire Prevention Tax.


237.98


War Bonus on 5,492 Polls


16,476.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts


1,935.89


City Budget.


715,248.68


Overlay


20,795.85


$871,660.64


Less Receipts.


59,422.80


$812,237.84


Bonded Debt December 31. 1922.


$811,500.00


Increase: School Bonds.


$265,000.00


Sewer Bonds.


10,000.00


Water Bonds


20,000.00


295,000.00


$1,106,500.00


Decrease:


Auditorium Bonds


2,000.00


Sewer Bonds.


8,500.00


Surface Drainage Bonds


22,000.00


Water Bonds.


19,500.00


52,000.00


$1,054,500.00


Total Bonded Debt December 31, 1923 Increase $243,000.00


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REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR


MUNICIPAL DEBT NOTES


Total outstanding December 31, 1922.


$211,740.00


Increase 1923


12,150.00


$223,890.00


Decrease 1923.


58,740.00


Decrease $46,590.00


Total outstanding December 31, 1923.


$165,150.00


Municipal Notes due 1924.


$45,150.00


1925.


30,000.00


1926 ..


24,500.00


1927.


21,500.00


1928.


15,000.00


1929.


14.500.00


1930.


11,000.00


1931.


2,500.00


1932.


1,000.00


$165,150.00


BONDED DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1923


Auditorium Bonds


Due July 1, 1924 to 1931 at 4%, $2,000 due each year. $16,000.00


Schoolhouse Ronds


Due March 1, 1929 at 3 1/2 % $78,000.00


Due July 1, 1924 to 1933 at 4 1/2%


$4,000 each year. 40,000.00


July 1, 1924 to 1943 at 4 1/2% $3,500 each year


35,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1912 at 4 14%


$10,000 each year 190,000.00 $343,000.00


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 3 1/2 % . 10,000.00


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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, 1924 to 1934 at 4%


$500 each year. 5,500.00


May 1, 1924 to 1935 at 4%


$500 each year.


6,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1926 at 4%


$1,000 each year. 3,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1927 at 4%


$1,000 each year. 4,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1933 at 4%


$500 each year. 5,000.00


May 1, 1924 to 1929 at 4 12 %


$1,000 each year. 6,000.00


June 1, 1924 to 1931 at 5 14 %


$1,000 each year. 8,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1932 at 4 1/4 % .


$1,000 each year 9,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1932 at 414 % .


$1,000 each year. 9,000.00


July 1, 1924 to 1933 at 4 1/4 %.


$1,000 each year. 10,000.00


$395,500.00


Surface Drainage Bonds


Melrose Surface Drainage Loans:


Due July 1, 1932 at 4% . $100,000.00


April 1, 1924 to 1927 at 4%


$500 each year 2,000.00


April 1, 1924 to 1935 at 4%


$500 each year. 6,000.00


May 1, 1924 to 1934 at 4%


$500 each year 5,500.00


June 1, 1924 to 1931 at 4%


$1,000 each year 8,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1928 at 4% .


$500 each year 2,500.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1930 at 4%.


$1,000 each year 7,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1927 at 4%


$500 each year. 2,000.00


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REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR


Nov. 1, 1924 to 1925 at 4% $500 each year 1,000.00


May 1, 1924 to 1929 at 4 1/2 %


$1,500 each year. 9,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 19.31 at 5 1/2%


$1,000 each year 8,000.00


Dec. 1, 1924 to 1930 at 5 1/2 %. . .


$1,000 each year. 7,000.00


Dec. 1, 1924 to 1931 at 41/2% . . $1,000 each year 8,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1932 at 4 1/4 % . ... $1,000 each year 9,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1932 at 4 1/4 % . . . .


$1,000 each year 9,000.00 $184,000.00


Water Bonds


Melrose Water Loans


Due July 1, 1925 at 4% . $38,000.00


May 1, 1924 at 4%. 1,000.00


June 1, 1924 to 1931 at 3 1/2 % .


$2,000 each year, $1,000 1932 .. 17,000.00


June 1, 1924 to 1926 at 4% .


$1,000 each year 3,000.00


May 1, 1924 to 1929 at 414 %


$1,000 each year 6,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1931 at 5 1/2% .


$1,000 each year. 8,000.00


Dec. 1, 1924 to 1931 at 4 1/2 %


$1,000 each year. 8,000.00


Aug. 1, 1924 to 1932 at 414% . .


$1,000 each year. 9,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1929 at 4 1/4 % . $1,000 each year. 6,000.00


July 1, 1924 to 1928 at 4 1/4 % . $2,000 each year. 10,000.00


Sept. 1, 1924 to 1928 at 4 1/4 %.


$2,000 each year 10,000.00


$116,000.00


Total Bonded Debt


$1,054,500.00


Less Sinking Funds:


Sewer Loans. $309,411.43


Surface Drainage Loans. 63,683.75


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CITY OF MELROSE


Water Loan ..


38,945.79


Schoolhouse Loan.


45,314.74 457,355.71


Net Bonded Debt


$597,144.29


RECAPITULATION OF CITY DEBT


Municipal Notes


$165,150.00


Net Bonded Debt.


597,144.29


Total Net Debt Dec. 31, 1923


$762,294.29


Totol Net Debt Dec. 31, 1922.


574,449.98


Increase 1923.


$187,844.31


Increase in Bonds.




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