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$243,000.00
Decrease in Notes 46,590.00
$196,410.00
Less Increase in Sinking ..
Funds
8,565.69
Total Increase
$187,844.31
CASH ACCOUNT FOR 1923
Cash on Hand December 31, 1922. .
$65,408.61
Receipts:
January
$54,625.53
February
123,224.54
March
121,443.10
April
42,833.37
May
118,534.34
June
143,801.03
July
206,803.62
August
45,737.83
September
207,572.20
October
579,468.62
November
211,401.21
December
258,458.22 $2,113,903.61
$2,179,312.22
Payments:
January
$53,845.96
February
70,512.63
March
126,570.06
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April
86,092.75
May
133,792.53
June
94,256.17
July
127,414.61
August
115,330.09
September
241,767.87
October
255,361.94
November
382,904.11
December
265,496.56 $1,953,345.28
Cash on Hand December 31, 1923 . $225,966.94
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Transferred from Sundry Accounts. .
$46,475.68
Charges:
Budget Appropriations.
$61,815.16
Overdraft to 1924
$15,339.48
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
Receipts
Balance from 1922.
$13,632.33
Transfer Order No. 14887 from Interest
6,000.00
Balances Transferred from Sundry.
Accounts
56,598.41
$76,230.74
Expended
Budget Appropriations.
$7,213.64
Sundry Transfer Orders
4,560.53
Transfer Order No. 14899
Schoolhouse Construction
6,000.00
Balance to 1924.
58,456.57
$76,230.74
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Assets
Cash on Hand.
$225,966.94
Uncollected Accounts.
521,113.97
Invested in Public Buildings, Land, .
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CITY OF MELROSE
Parks and other property 1,282,561.57
Invested in Sinking Funds.
457,355.71
Invested in Sewerage System. 553,360.56
Invested in Surface Drainage System ... 296,996.40
Invested in Water System.
574,933.67 $3,912,288.82
Liabilities
Municipal Debt, Bonds. $1,054,500.00
Municipal Debt, Notes.
165,150.00
Trust Fund3, Uninvested.
4,067.62
Revenue Loans.
290,000.00
Sundry Accounts
1,016.49 $1,514,734.11
Assets Exceed Liabilities
$2,397,554.71
REVENUE
Taxes 1920, Balance from 1922.
$12,718.80
Additional Assessment. 48.67
12,767.47
Collected and abated 1923 ..
7,408.77
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. .
$5,358.70
Taxes 1921, Balance from 1922. $78,580.82
Additional Assessments. 52.36
78,633.18
Collected and abated 1923 ..
61,389.44
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. .
$17,243.74
Taxes 1922, Balance from 1922. $287,182.97
Additional Assessments. 1,114.92
288,297.89
Collected and abated 1923. . 200,356.72
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. .
$87,941.17
Taxes 1923, Assessors' Warrant. $812,237.84
Collected 512,387.35
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. . $299,850.49
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Tax Titles and Takings
Balance from 1922.
$15,193.27
Collected
3,582.37
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $11,610.90
Real Estate Taken by the City
Balance from 1922
$6,771.33
none Collected
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923 $6,771.33
STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENT
1920, Balance from 1922
$364.23
Collected and abated .
211.27
$152.96
1921, Balance from 1922. $3,093.78
Collected and abated .
2,248.89
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$844.89
1922, Balance from 1922.
$4,129.90
Collected .
2,766.22
Uncollected Dec. 31 1923 $1,363.68
1923, Assessors' Warrant.
$810.79
Collected .
496.84
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. ...
$313.95
MOTH ASSESSMENTS
1921, Balance from 1922. . . $17.45
Collected .
10.15
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$7.30
1922, Balance from 1922.
$39.10
Collected . 20.95
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$18.15
1923, Assessors' Warrant.
$55.00
Collected .
50.50
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923 $4.50
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SEWER ASSESSMENTS
1918, Balance from 1922. $252.03 None Collected .
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923 $252.03
1922, Balance from 1922.
$2,645.46
Collected . $777.01
Apportioned . 1,507.79 $2,284.80
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $360.66
1923, Assessments
$29,944.47
Collected . $1,558.35 .
Apportioned . 7,600.67
$9,159.02
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$20,785.45
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
1918, Balance from 1922.
$432.66
None Collected .
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $432.66
1919, Balance from 1922.
$93.48
Collected . 20.33
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$73.15
1920, Balance from 1922.
$97.29
Collected .
26.22
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$71.07
1921, Balance from 1922. $763.11
Collected.
600.95
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$162.16
1922, Balance from 1922
$7,581.28
Collected . . $1,771.80
Apportioned 4,494.74
6,266.54
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$1,314.74
1923, Assessments.
$38,250.78
Collected . $4,677.06
Apportioned . 2,452.54 7,129.60
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923 $31,121.18
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STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS
1920, Balance from 1922
$116.37
Collected . . 28.12
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $88.25
1921, Balance from 1922. $988.35
Collected .
174.62
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$823.73
1922, Balance from 1922. $9,327.42
Collected . $1,292.64
Apportioned . 6,218.02 7,510.66
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $1,816.76
1923, Assessments
$27,886.64
Collected $4,546.73
Apportioned . 3,828.68 8,375.41
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923.
$19,511.23
WATER RATES
1919, Balance from 1922.
$164.67
Collected .
9.00
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$155.67
1920, Balance from 1922.
$607.19
Additional.
6.88
614.07
Collected .
9.00
Uncollected Dec. 30, 1923
$605.07
1921, Balance from 1922.
$449.30
Additional
557.04
$1,006.34
Collected
82.53
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923 $923.81
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CITY OF MELROSE
1922, Balance from 1922. $774.33
Additional .
8.628.60
$9,402.93
Collected
9,231.25
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
$171.68
1923, Commitment3.
$59,418.51
Collected .
47,393.60
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1923. $12,114.91
WATER INCOME
Receipts:
Balance from 1922
$2,937.49
From Water Rates
56,653.38
From Summons.
138.20
From Accrued Interest on Bonds Sold
48.25
$59,777.32
Payments:
Appropriations
$29,637.49
Interest on Bonds.
4,647.50
Metropolitan Water Charges
25,580.49
Refunds
141.99
$60,007.47
Balance to 1924. 230.15
$60,007.47
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance Dec. 31, 1922.
$2,478.50
Pay Rolls, State Aid.
1,838.00
Pay Rolls, Military Aid.
291.00
Soldiers' Burials
60.00
$4,667.50
Cash received from Commonwealth. . . 2,492.00
$2,175.50
Commissioner of Taxes Income Tax Collected by Commonwealth
Balance from 1922. $4,868.71
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Cash received 1923
63,139.45
Assessors' Warrant.
$62,602.86
Balance Dec. 31, 1923.
5,405.30
$68,008.16
$68,008.16
Grants and Gifts
Receipts:
From Mididesex County (Dog Tax) .. $1,506.63
Payments:
Transferred to Revenue of 1923. . .
$1,506.63
Bank and Corporation Tax
Receipts:
From Commonwealth
$16,460.98
Payments:
Transfer to Highway Division.
$956.79
Transfer to Estimated Receipts.
15,504.19
$16,460.98
$16,460.98
GENERAL GOVERNMENT ALDERMEN-Salaries and Wages
Receipts:
Appropriation . .
$800.00
Expended:
Salary of Clerk of Committees
$800.00
$800.00
$800.00
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$800.00
Expended :
Inaugural
$163.19
Advertising
140.00
Statiorery, Printing, etc.
104.31
Flowers
23.00
Telephone
18.66
Serving Notices.
45.00
Miscellaneous
96.77
Orders for Portraits.
150.00
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
59.07
$800.00 $800.00
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CITY OF MELROSE
MAYOR-Salaries and Wages
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,720.00
Expended :
Salary of Mayor.
$1,000.00
Salary of Secretary
720.00
$1,720.00
$1,720.00
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$200.00
Transfer Order No. 14435.
201.00
Transfer Order No.14818.
50.00
Expended :
Printing, Stationery, etc.
$142.60
Postage
30.00
Telephone
82.27
Furniture & Fixtures.
193.97
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
2.16
$451.00
$451.00
Hearing Before Board of Public Utilities
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14439. ...
$500.00
Expended :
For Melrose share of Legal Expenses .
$89.25
Balance to Excess & Deficiency .
410.75
$500.00
$500.00
Printing Inaugural Address 1923
Appropriation
$200.00
Bills Paid.
$193.50
Balance to Excess & Deficiency.
6.50
$200.00
$200.00
Expert on Efficiency
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14445
$200.00
100.00
Transfer Order No. 14817.
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Expended :
Bills Paid.
$198.22
Balance to 1924.
101.78
$300.00
$300.00
Office Furniture
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14435.
$201.00
Expended:
Transfer Order No. 14435A to Other ..
Expenses
$201.00
$201.00
$201.00
Harding Memorial Draping City Hall
Receipts:
Transfer Order No.14725.
$104.45
Expended; Bills Paid.
$104.45
$104.45
$104.45
Plans & Specifications Remodeling City Hall
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14631.
$200.00
Balance to 1924.
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Planting Tree, Washington D. C. at Lincoln Memorial
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14819.
$50.00
Expended:
Melrose Shareoof Expense $50.00
$50.00
$50.00
AUDITOR-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expended:
Salary of Auditor
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
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Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$200.00
Transfer Order No. 14616.
85.00
Expended:
Books, Stationery and Printing.
$33.60
Telephone
20.20
Furniture and Fixtures.
113.20
Partition in Office.
82.56
Miscellaneous
6.00
Balance to Excess & Deficiency.
29.44
$285.00
$285.00
TREASURER-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation ...
$3,100.00
Expended :
Salary of Treasurer
$1,800.00
Salary of Clerk.
1,293.32
Balance to Excess & Deficiency.
6.68
$3,100.00
$3,100.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$750.00
Expended :
Official Bonds.
$155.00
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc ..
89.60
Telephone
33.24
Postage
78.23
Use of Car Pay Days
5.00
Vault Fixtures.
35.00
Furniture & Fixtures.
101.43
Carfares
18.93
Clerical Assistance.
40.16
Miscellaneous
23.19
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
170.22
$750.00
$750.00
Administration of Invested Funds
Appropriation ..... Expended :
$200.00
Salary of Treasurer of Sinking Funds.
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
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Certification of Bonds & Notes
Balance from 1922.
$640.00
Appropriation
600.00
Expended :
Paid Old Colony Trust Co.
$1,100.00
Balance to 1924.
140.00
$1,240.00
$1,240.00
COLLECTOR-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$3,300.00
Expended:
Salary of Collector
$2,000.00
Salary of Clerks
1,300.00
$3,300.00
$3,300.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$1,700.00
Expended:
Official Bonds
$262.18
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc.
398.51
Postage
95.25
Furniture & Fixtures
210.15
Telephone
72.50
Clerical Assistance.
226.50
Recording Takings, etc.
56.62
Distributing Tax Bills
115.00
Advertising
80.75
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
182.54
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
ASSESSORS-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Expended :
Salaries of Assessors.
$1,500.00
Salaries of Assistant Assessors
300.00
Salary of Clerk.
1,700.00
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
.
.
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Other Expenses
Appropriation
Expended:
Abstracts of Deeds & Transfers.
$233.25
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc ..
123.23
Clerical Assistants.
407.50
Printing Poll Books.
896.75
Use of Auto
150.00
Telephone
30.41
Postage
21.29
Carfares
4.40
Advertising
14.75
Office Equipment.
196.95
Miscellaneous
6.42
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
75.05
$2,160.00
$2,160.00
CITY CLERK-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$2,650.00
Expended:
Salary of City Clerk.
$1,800.00
Salary of Assistant City Clerk.
850.00
$2,650.00
$2,650.00
Appropriation
Expended :
. Official Bond.
$4.00
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc.
290.01
Clerical Services
20.00
Carfares and Court Expenses.
31.60
Telephone
85.10
Yostage
52.62
Posting Notices.
5.00
Miscellaneous
1.95
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
102.72
$593.00
$593.00
Printing & Binding Rearranged & Codified City Charter and Ordinances
Balance from. 1921.
$1,170.00
$2,160.00
Other Expenses
$593.00
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Expended:
Bills Paid.
$1,019.70
Balance to excess & Deficiency
150.31
$1,170.00
$1,170.00
Posting & Publishing Sec. 167-168 Chap. 40, General Laws (Muzzling Dogs)
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14344.
$30.00
Expended:
Bills Paid
$29.55
Balance to Excess & Deficiency
.45
$30.00
$30.00
Purchase of Flag Pole and Stand
Transfer Order No. 15058.
$20.00
Expended :
Bills Paid .
$18.00
Balance to Excess & Deficiency .
2.00
$20.00
$20.00
CITY SOLICITOR-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended:
Salary of Solicitor
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
Expended :
Recording, etc ..
$3.50
Clerical Assistance
9.80
Balance to Excess & Deficiency.
86.70
$100.00
$100.00
CITY PHYSICIAN-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
Expended :
Salary of Physician.
$630.00
$630.00
$630.00
$630.00
$100.00
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ELECTION AND REGISTRATION-Salaries and Wages Appropriation
Expended :
Salaries of Registrars.
$400.00
$400.00
$400.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$30.00
Expended :
Books, Stationery and Supplies.
$2.00
Postage
7.00
Clerical
Assistance
21.00
$30.00 /
$30.00
Special Election Order No. 14672
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14672
$1,000.00
Expended:
Salaries and Wages.
$502.70
Postage
83.00
Clerical Services.
47.00
Rental of Voting Places.
20.00
Posting Notices.
16.00
Trucking Booths and Ballot Boxes ...
52.00
Stationery, Printing, Advertising and Supplies
147.47
Miscellaneous
1.75
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
130.08
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
PLANNING BOARD-Other Expenses
Appropriation
$300.00
Expended :
Membership in State Organization.
$20.00
Stationery, Postage and Typewriting.
69.71
Delegate Expenses to Mass. Federation Planning Boards.
15.50
Map
55.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
139.79
$400.00
$300.00
$300.00
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BOARD OF SURVEY-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$100.00
Salary of Clerk.
$100.00
Expended :
$100.00
$100.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
Stationery and Printing.
$6.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
43.75
$50.00
$50.00
FENCE VIEWERS-Other Expenses
Transfer Order No. 14689
$25.00
Expended :
Stationery and Typewriting.
$21.00
Postage
1.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . .
3.00
$25.00
$25.00
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$5,000.00 .
Expended :
Salary of Engineer & Superintendant
$2,750.00
Clerical Assistants.
1,366.83
Transfer Order No. 15111.
155.40
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
727.77
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended:
Stationery, Printing, Supplies, etc.
$464.78
Postage
60.00
Advertising
39.30
Telephone
48.18
Use of Auto
385.00
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CITY OF MELROSE .
Recording
12.23
Miscellaneous
43.38
Overdraft to 1924.
52.87
$1,052.87
$1,052.87
Purchase and Installation Wire Fence at Tremont Street Yard
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14824.
$1,800.00
No Expenditures: Balance to 1924.
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Vacations
Receipts:
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transfer Order No. 14822.
114.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$5,113.83
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . . .
.17
$5,114.00
$5,114.00
ENGINEERING-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$6,500.00
Pay Rolls
$6,004.60
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
495.40
$6,500.00
$6,500.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Cash Receipts.
5.27
Expended :
Printing, Stationery and Supplies. .. .
$201.13
Equipment, Repairs & Supplies
553.53
Chauffeurs' Licenses.
10.00
Lumber
67.40
Use of Auto
4.00
Telephone
3.32
Maps
106.18
Miscellaneous
26.11
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
533.60
$1,505.27
$1,505.27
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CITY HALL-Salaries and Wages
Receipts:
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transfer Order No. 15111
155.40
Pay Rolls
$2,655.40
$2,655.40
$2,655.40
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Balance from 1922.
$500.50
Appropriation
5,000.00
Cash
9.48
Transfer Order No. 14578.
312.00
Expended:
Transfer Order No. 16051A
$1,000.00
Repairing Fixtures.
1,093.28
Repairs
570.75
Stationery and all office supplies.
23.90
Lighting
1,088.59
Painting
128.55
Janitor's Supplies.
174.61
Fire Prevention Appliances.
73.18
Coal and Heating.
1,298.21
Pay Rolls and Labor
152.15
Water
92.16
Flowers
50.00
Safe
340.00
Miscellaneous
83.95
Overdraft to 1924.
347.35
$6,169.33
$6,169.33
AUDITORIUM-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls.
$2,354.97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . ..
645.03
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Balance from 1922
211.84
Appropriation
5,000.00
Cash
8.05
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Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$394.50
Janitor's Supplies.
73.64
Repairs
863.87
Lighting
845.07
Clerical Services.
156.00
Repairing and Tuning Organ
612.50
Tuning Pianos.
44.50
Supplies
163.59
Telephone
8.13
Heating
1,027.72
Furniture and Fixtures.
21.60
Postage
4.23
Examination of Building
250.00
Water
22.15
Miscellaneous
28.36
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
704.03.
$5,219.89
$5,219.89
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$34,389.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$34,141.44
Transfer Order No. 15003.
100.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
147.56
$34,389.00
$34,389.00
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS
Receipts:
Appropriation
$750.00
Transfer Order No. 15003
100.00
Expended:
Equipment
$142.88
Repairs
432.79
Gasoline and Oil.
269.07
Balance to Excess and Deficiency ...
5.26
$850.00
$850.00
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer Order No. 14770.
300.00
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Expended :
Storage of Vehicles
$158.00
Telephone
194.99
Auto Hire .
20.75
Stationery, Printing, Supplies, etc .....
351.46
Subscription to Mass. Auto Weekly ...
35.00
Traveling Expenses.
70.06
Postage
21.42
Furniture and Fixtures
70.50
Sign Painting.
9.00
Chauffeurs' Licenses.
28.00
Repairs to Motor Vehicles
10.00
Gasoline and Oil.
5.65
Miscellaneous
41.38
Balance to Excess and Deficiency. .
83.79
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
Signal Box Maintenance
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Expended :
Equipment and Repairs
$588.12
Pay Rolls.
395.03
Team Hire
129.00
Garage Rent.
42.00
Gasoline and Oil
27.51
Miscellaneous
7.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency ...
11.09
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Police Ambulance Fund
Receipts:
Balance from 1922
$94.16
Cash
20.00
Expended:
Team Hire.
$26.00
Bedding
24.25
Balance to 1924
63.91
$114.16
$114.16
FIRE DEPARTMENT-Salaries and Wages
Receipts:
Appropriation
$33,094.37
Transfer Order No. 15055
85.00
78
CITY OF MELROSE
Transfer Order No. 14897.
375.00
Transfer Order No. 14897.
28.01
Expended: Pay Rolls
$33,582.38
$33,582.38
$33,582.38
Fuel and Lights
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transfer Order No. 14897.
99.75
Expended :
Coal and Wood.
$969.46
Gas and Oil .
308.85
Lighting
319.04
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . ...
2.40
$1,599.75
$1,599.75
Equipment and Repairs
Receipts:
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Transfer Order No. 14897.
125.00
Cash Receipts
25.00
Expended :
Equipment and Tools.
$634.28
Repairs and Parts.
1,676.52
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .. 39.20
$2,350.00
$2,350.00
Repairs on Buildings
Appropriation
$1,400.00
Expended:
Lumber, Hardware and Labor
$531.16
Repairs to Heater
298.65
Painting
21.50
Awning
28.00
New Boiler
508.16
Balance to Excess and Deficiency ....
12.53
.
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
79
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,400.00
Cash Receipts
1.15
Expended :
Stationery, Printing and Postage.
$141.63
Bedding, Furniture, etc.
30.78
Laundry
194.54
Supplies
447.94
Chauffeurs' Licenses.
.
30.00
Telephone
217.81
Horse Hire.
57.00
Oil
20.15
Repairs to Furniture and Fixtures ...
9.80
Flag
6.50
Typewriter
50.00
Fire Alarm Record Book.
28.00
Transfer Order No. 14897
50.00
Transfer Order No. 14897.
28.01
Miscellaneous
55.62
Balance to Excess and Deficiency. . .
33.37
$1,401,15
$1,401.15
Purchase of Hose
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 14327.
$2,000.00
Expended :
Hose and Parts.
$1,825.25
Transfer Order No. 14897.
174.75
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Trial Installation Electric Siren Whistle
Receipts:
Transfer Order No. 13715.
$25.00
Expended:
Freight
$10.44
Balance to 1924.
14.56
$25.00
$25.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance
Appropriation Expended:
$2,200.00
80
CITY OF MELROSE
Pay Rolls
$406.18
Equipment, Supplies and Repairs.
1,466.26
Team Hire.
78.00
Telephone
33.39
'Tires, Tubes and repairs to Truck.
17.01
Gasoline and Oil .
44.97
Stationery
15.50
Garage Rent.
17.50
Miscellaneous
11.42
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
109.77
$2,200.00
$2,200.00
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$600.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$600.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
Printing
$44.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . . .
5.50
$50.00
$50.00
INSPECTOR OF WIRES-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$1,750.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$1,750.00
$1,750.00
$1,750.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended :
Telephone
$52.94
Stationery
16.00
Furniture and Fixtures.
28.00
Miscellaneous
3.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . ...
.06
$100.00
$100.00
$600.00
$600.00
81
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
SEALING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Salaries and Wages Appropriation Expended:
$840.00
Salary of Sealer
$840.00
$840.00
$840.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$175.00
Expended :
Traveling Expenses
$9.86
Equipment and Supplies.
104.05
Auto Hire
42.00
Advertising
2.50
Miscellaneous
16.46
Balance to Excess and Deficiency . ...
.13
$175.00
$175.00
FORESTRY-Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$1,694.50
Supplies
119.16
Storage
21.67
Telephone
10.02
Clerical Assistance
24.50
Liability Insurance
21.10
Miscellaneous
3.95
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
103.43
Balance to 1924
1.67
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, Private Estates
Appropriation
$150.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$33.00
Balance to Unpledged Revenue
117.00
$150.00
$150.00
Other Insect Pests
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$951.88
.
..
82
CITY OF MELROSE
Equipment and Supplies.
182.82
Spraying
68.29
Storage
14.00
Registration of Truck.
2.00
Parts and Repairs on Truck.
121.70
Telephone
8.35
Liability Insurance.
12.14
Miscellaneous
11.71
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
127.11
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer Order No. 14307B.
500.00
Expended:
Purchase of Truck.
$499.00
Supplies
22.57
Repairs and parts on Truck.
44.86
Purchase of Engine and Pump
298.73
Gasoline and Oil
24.75
Miscellaneous
6.91
Balance to Excess and Deficiency. . .
103.18
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Purchase of Hose, Creosota, etc.
Appropriation
$500.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
$500.00
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$500.00
$500.00
Care of Trees
Receipts:
Balance from 1922.
$1,772.18
Appropriation
5,000.00
Cash
53.42
Expended:
Transfer Order No. 15051A
$1,000.00
Liability Insurance
117.46
Pay Rolls.
4,493.08
Equipment and Supplies.
232.88
Sharpening Saws and Tools.
39.25
83
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Roller, Horse and Team Hire
269.49
Repairs to Trucks.
85.49
Oil and Gas.
13.16
Chauffeur's License
2.00
Miscellaneous
11.85
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
560.94
$6,825.60
$6,825.60
Planting New Trees
Receipts:
Balance from 1922.
$275.31
Appropriation
500.00
Cash
171.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$410.12
Insurance and Tools
42.15
Trees
286.75
Horse and Wagon Hire.
23.42
Loam
155.00
Team Hire
11.37
Balance to 1924.
17.50
$946.31
$946.31
Other Protection, Dog Officer
Received from Middlesex County. ..
$59.00
Expended:
Paid Dog Officer for Killing Dogs . . $59.00
$59.00
$59.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department, General Administration
Appropriation
$2,100.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$1,785.11
Subscription to Journal.
6.00
Stationery and Printing.
17.08
Telephone
47.88
Serving Notices
3.80
. Postage
28.00
84
CITY OF MELROSE
Use of Auto
180.00
Miscellaneous
14.36
Balance to Excess and Deficiency ....
17.77
$2,100.00
$2,100.00
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Receipts:
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transfer Order No. 14869.
500.00
Cash
120.00
Expended:
Groceries, etc.
$31.77
Hospital
2,821.07
Fuel
4.45
Traveling
Expenses.
1.00
Stationery and Printing.
11.00
Supplies
65.69
Use of Auto.
180.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency ....
5.02
$3,120.00
$3,120.00
Tuberculosis
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expended :
Treasurer's Pay Rolls
$312.00
Hospitals
632.35
Traveling Expenses.
27.10
Transfer Order No. 14869.
500.00
Transfer Order No. 15059.
20.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
8.55
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Vital Statistics
Receipts:
Balance from 1922
$169.00
Appropriation
300.00
Expended :
Stationery and Printing.
$25.06
For Return of Births and Deaths 1922
136.50
Clerical Assistance
25.50
Balance to 1924.
281.94
$469.00
$469.00*
85
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,700.00
Cash
10.00
Transfer Order No. 15059
20.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls.
$1,225.00
Burial of Dead Animals.
108.00
Stationery, Printing and Supplies. ..
211.17
Inspection of Food Products. .
78.00
Inspection of Garbage Receptacles ...
24.75
Miscellaneous
65.75
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
17.33
$1,730.00
$1,730.00
Inspection of Animals
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended :
Salary of Inspector
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Inspection of Milk
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended:
Salary of Inspector
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
Inspection of Milk Analysis
Appropriation
Expended :
Salary of Inspector
$400.00
$400.00
$400.00
Public Health Nurse
Appropriation
Expended :
Salary of Nurse
$700.00
$700.00
$700.00
$400.00
$700.00
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Inspection of School Children
Appropriation
$450.00
Expended:
Salaries of Inspectors.
$448.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.50
$450.00
$450.00
Mosquito Suppression
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls.
$83.25
Oil and Gasoline.
33.79
Trucking
3.00
Draining
379.96
$500.00
$500.00
SANITATION Sewer Division Maintenance
Receipts:
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Cash
273.29
Transfer Order No. 15051A.
1,000.00
Expended :
Team Hire.
$183.89
Transfer Order No. 14824.
450.00
Pay Rolls
1,627.12
Supplies
126.50
Repairs and Stock.
173.97
Miscellaneous
11.37
Transfer Order No. 15249
253.77
Insurance and Tools.
153.56
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
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