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The occupant of such office should have the full re- sponsibility of taking care of all public wires in the city and should have the power to pass upon the locations of our Fire and Police Department wires on the poles of public service corporations which now reserve a portion of their poles for the City's use. Such an official could also have the authority to order the trimming of trees where necessary and also to prohibit the mutilation of our shade trees by the employees of corporations which have their poles and wires in our streets. In past years there has been considerable of this done in our city. If there is one thing we ought to be care- ful of in our public streets it is the shade trees with which our city has been blest in large numbers and for the protec- tion of which we are annualy spending thousands of dol- lars in the supression of pests. I earnestly recommend that the Council give this suggested department its most careful consideration, as it is in keeping with the policy pursued by other cities of this State, many not so large as ours, where the best of results have been accomplished,
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY
The following is a detailed statement of the financial con- dition of the city as of January 1, 1909.
STATEMENT OF DEBT
Municipal Debt, Jan. 1, 1908,
$504,540.00
Paid during the year, 105,670.00
$398,870.00
Added during the year,
136,290.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1909, $535,160.00
STREET IMPROVEMENT LOAN
Debt Jan. 1, 1908,
$56,900.00
Paid during the year,
3,300.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1909,
$53,600.00
WATER DEBT
Debt Jan. 1, 1908,
$675,000.00
Paid during the year,
40,500.00
$634,500.00
Added during the year,
27,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1909,
$661,500.00
SEWER DEBT
Debt Jan. 1, 1908,
$548,100.00
Paid during the year,
19,300.00
$528,800.00
Added during the year,
30,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1909, $558,800.00
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PARK DEBT
Debt Jan. 1, 1908,
$32,000.00
Paid during the year,
2,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1909,
$30,000.00
RESUME
Total Debt Jan., 1, 1908,
$1,816,540.00
Paid during the year,
170,770.00
$1,645,770.00
Added during the year,
193,290.00
Total Debt Jan. 1, 1909,
$1,839,060.00
MATURING DEBT
Year 1909
Year 1908 $105,670.00
Municipal,
$108,985.00
Street Improvements,
3,300.00
3,300.00
Water,
42,500.00
40,500.00
Sewer,
20,300.00
19,300.00
Parks,
2,000.00
2,000.00
$177,085.00
$170,770.00
MUNICIPAL DEBT
January 1, 1909, is divided as follows: -
Schools,
$327,199.25
Streets,
101,673.81
Bridges,
49,775.94
Public Buildings,
13,735.00
Fire Apparatus,
6,226.00
Other Debts,
36,550.00
Total
$535,160.00
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HOW DEBT MATURES
The Municipal Debt falling due in two years is com- pared below :-
1909
1908
January,
$10,250.00
$2,250.00
February,
10,000.00
5,000.00
March,
7,000.00
7,000.00
April,
4,425.00
6,100.00
May,
2,500.00
2,300.00
June,
1,500.00
1,500.00
July,
20,710.00
17,150.00
August,
9,820.00
13,120.00
September,
9,500.00
9,500.00
October,
8,600.00
5,500.00
November,
5,450.00
3,700.00
December,
19,230.00
32,550.00
Total
$108,985.00
$105,670.00
HOW APPORTIONED
The Municipal Debt coming due in 1909 is divided as follows :-----
School,
$48,649.75
Streets,
24,516.59
Sewer Connections,
10,000.00
Fire Apparatus,
1,438.00
Public Buildings,
5,685.00
Bridges,
5,530.66
Miscellaneous,
13,165.00
Total
$108,985.00
CITY VALUATION
The valuation of the three preceding years is as fol- lows :---
1906 Net Valuation,
$26,168,210.00
1907 Net Valuation,
26,920,046.00
1908 Net Valuation,
28,282,759.00
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A COMPARISON
Summary of total debt Jan. 1, 1909, as compared with total debt Jan. 1, 1908.
1909 $535,160.00
1908
Municipal,
$504,540.00
Inc. $30,620.00
Street Imp't.,
53,600.00
56,900.00
Dec. 3,300.00
Water,
661,500.00
675,000.00
Dec. 13,500.00
Sewer,
558,800.00
548,100.00
Inc. 10,700.00
Parks,
30,000.00
32,000.00
Dec. 2,000.00
Total $1,839,060.00 $1,816,540.00
Increase in Total Debt for the year,
$22,520.00
Increase in Municipal Debt for the year.
30,620.00
LOANS ISSUED IN 1908
Municipal,
$136,690.00
Water,
27,000.00
Sewer,
30,000.00
Total
$193,290.00
APPROPRIATIONS 1908
Lincoln School,
$12,000.00
Sewer House Connections, 6,000.00
Coddington School,
4,000.00
Repairs School Buildings,
1,260.00
Atlantic School Grading,
800.00
Gypsy Moth,
3,300.00
Fire Nets,
200.00
Grade Crossing,
1,000.00
Grove Street,
2,000.00
Sea Street,
800.00
Coddington School Furnishings,
5,200.00
Broadway, .
500.00
Smith Street,
1,700.00
Webster Street,
1,400.00
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Surface Drainage, 5,166.00
Baxter Street,
1,834.00
Board of Health,
1,500.00
Hose House, Ward 6,
800.00
Hose House, Ward 4,
250.00
Alarm Box,
100.00
Poor Department,
2,500.00
Nightingale Avenue,
1,230.00
Total,
$53,540.00
LOANS UNDER SPECIAL ACTS
Water Department, $27,000.00
Sewer Department, 30,000.00
Total
$57,000.00
LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS
Our limit for general municipal indebtedness is two and one-half per cent. on the average net valuation of the city for the last three years.
Average net valuation for said years : $27,123,671.00
Limit of borrowing capacity of the city in 1909, 678,092.00 Municipal debt limit, Jan. 1, 1909, 535,160.00
Net borrowing capacity, Jan. 1, 1909, 142,932.00
LIMIT OF TAX LEVY
The law allows us to assess $12 per $1000 on the net val- uation for the preceding year for the current expenses of the city for the present year.
Net valuation of the city in 1908, $28,282,759.00
Twelve dollars on a thousand, (Amount avail-
able for current expenses,) 339,393.00
The total city municipal debt outside of the debts au- thorized by special acts amounts to $535,160, and of that amount $108,935 falls due this year.
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VALUATION CITY PROPERTY
The funded debt of the city is $1,839,060.
Believing it would be of interest to the citizens to know how their money has been invested, I have caused an inventory to be made of the property belonging to the several municipal departments, and have had said property ap- praised at its present value.
A statement of the same is as follows :-
Water System,
$1,193,390.00
Sewer System, 729,150.00
School Buildings, 783,925.00
Fire Station,
62,575.00
Public Buildings,
97,300.00
Highway Department,
11,087.00
Engineering Department,
16,117.00
Poor Department,
2,483.00
Assessors' Department,
567.00
Treasurer's Department,
250.00
Tax Collector's Department,
934.00
Sealers of Weights and Measures
Depart-
ment,
450.00
Police Department,
9,255.00
Fire Department,
48,175.00
Board of Health Department,
8,354.00
Library Books,
10,000.00
Water Office,
725.00
City Clerk's Department,
1,580.00
Auditor's Office,
200.00
Mayor's Office,
200.00
Council Chamber Furnishings,
770.00
Managers of Public Burial Places,
35,035.00
Clerk of Committees Office,
150.00
Parks,
77,575.00
Law Department Library,
500.00
Total,
$3,090,748.00
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It would be ungrateful of me if I did not at this time return to the citizens of Quincy my sincere thanks for the honor they have conferred on me for a second time in elect- ing me to the office of chief executive of this city. It is an honor of which I am deeply sensible. During the past year I have given freely of my time to the affairs of the city and have kept in close touch with all the various departments. During the coming year I shall continue to have a personal knowledge of the work of every department under my charge. Our city charter places upon the Mayor the sole re- sponsibility for the administration of city affairs during his term of office, and deeply conscious of that responsibility I will make it my constant effort to conduct the affairs of Quincy during the coming year in a business-like manner. The Mayor and you, gentlemen, have been elected to repre- sent all the people of our city. Let us then work hand in hand and give to the citizens the best that is in us, so that by furthering their interests we may, in a measure, express to them our appreciation of the trust they have confided in us. At all times during the present year I shall be glad to render every assistance in my power to the members of the City Council in discharging their official duties, and I trust that we may all labor together with a common object in view -the welfare of our beloved city.
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Treasurer's Report
Jan. 1, 1909.
To His Honor, the Mayor,
Herewith, I submit the annual statement of the City Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1908:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1908
$58,109.69
Board of Health-Garbage
802.75
Board of Health-Abating Nuisances and Con- tagious Diseases 57.69
Burial Places
6,870.17
City Hospital
327.64
Edgestones
367.34
Excess and Deficiency
13.85
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression
2,726.68
Interest-Tax Collector
8,607.82
Interest-Treasurer
4,220.76
Massachusetts, State of
Corporation Tax
14,893.12
Bank Tax
1,027.27
Military Aid
63.00
State Aid
4,725.00
Support Sick Paupers
95.72
Burial Indigent Soldiers & Sailors
179.00
Street Railway Tax
3,082.64
Crescent Street
1,000.00
Miscellaneous City Receipts
Dog Licenses
2,429.99
*Dog License Fees-City Clerk
204.80
Plumbers' Licenses
20.00
Pedlers' Licenses
50.00
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Tax Collector Costs 1,437.88
*Sundry Licenses-City Clerk 1,294.99
Police Station 30.05
Miscellaneous 110.27
Notes Payable-City Debt 153,340.00
Sewer Debt
30,000.00
Water Debt
27,000.00
Temporary Loans 500,000.00
Overseer of the poor-Outside Aid
574.71
Almshouse
Police-Chapter 416
1,264.43
Parks
100.00
Permanent Sidewalks
522.50
Perpetual Care Fund of Public Burial Places
1,350.00
Premium Account Sewer Debt
627.00
School-Books, Supplies and Sundries 322.25
Streets 2,818.80
Street Sprinkling 3,407.62
Sewer Assessments
13,571.62
Sewer-House Connections
5,724.22
Seals' Tails
3.00
Street Railway Excise Tax
4,493.04
Tax of 1900
47.30
Tax of 1901
22.00
Tax of 1902
Tax of 1903
5.73
Tax of 1904
6.90
Tax of 1905
229.08
Tax of 1906
33,837.05
Tax of 1907
151,324.38
Tax of 1908
341,209.01
Water Construction
10,546.43
Water Maintenance 1908
108,014.75
Water Maintenance 1907
597.81
Water Service Deposits
2,845.00
$1,506,552.75
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid out on balance of 1907 $318,390.79
66 Mayor's Warrants 1908 981,874.13
Massachusetts-State of 136,825.80
Norfolk County 19,362.55
Water Service Deposits Refunded
2,395.00
Cash deposited in National Granite Bank to credit of Perpetual Care Fund of Public Burial Places 1,350.00
Cash deposited in National Granite Bank to
Premium Account Sewer Loan
627.00
Total
$1,460.,825.27
Cash on Hand 45,727.48
$1,506,552.75
Cash on Hand
Dec. 1, 1908 67,163.72
" Receipts
Dec. 1908 75,113.77
66 Expenditures
Dec. 1908 96,550.01
on Hand
Jan. 1, 1909
45,727.48
JOHN CURTIS, Treasurer.
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CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND.
1907. 1908.
Cash on hand January 1, 1908
$2,069.95
City of Quincy Bond
1,000.00
Interest receipts
106.44
City of Quincy Water Bonds
$3,000.00
(interest)
6.66
City of Quincy. Burial Place Dept. .. 169.73
$3,176.39
$3,176.39
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C. C. JOHNSON FUND.
Cash on hand January 1, 1908
$2,000.80
By Interest
80.80
Cash paid for distribution of turkeys by Overseer of Poor
81.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1908
2.000.60
$2,081.60
$2,081.60
ROCK ISLAND FUND.
Cash on hand January 1, 1908
$1,000.04
By Interest
40.40
Bill paid approved by School Commit- tee
32.14
Cash on hand December 31, 1908
1,008.30
$1,040.44
$1,040.44
PERPETUAL CARE FUND PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES.
Cash on hand January 1, 1908
$6.713.00
Interest receipts 1.003.23
City of Quincy Bonds 2.000.00
Received for perpetual care of lots 1.350.00
Paid for care of lots 1.003.23
City of Quincy Bonds and interest 3,739.65
Deposited in National Granite Bank .
5,285.35
Deposited in Quincy Savings Bank . .
1.038.00
$11,066.23 $11,066.23
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STATEMENT OF FUND TO DATE.
City of Quincy Bonds
$19,730.00
Cash in banks 6,323.35
$26,053.35
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CURTIS, City Treasurer.
Woodward Fund and Property
January 1, 1909.
To the Board of Managers of the Woodward Fund of the City of Quincy :
Herewith, I submit a statement of the receipts and ex- penditures of the Woodward Fund for the year ending De- cember 31, 1908. Also a list of the securities in which the Fund is invested.
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand January 1, 1908 $6,131.92
Notes secured by mortgage 11,221.00
Notes receivable 9,500.00
City of Quincy Bond 2,500.00
(accrued interest)
41.67
Interest on loans
10,493.00
Interest on bank balance
318.32
Interest on $10,800 bonds Central Vt. R. R.
432.00
Interest on $7,500 bonds Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe. R. R. 300.00
Interest on 4 bonds Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R.
200.00
Interest on 5 bonds Union Pacific R. R.
200.00
Interest on 4 bonds Detroit, Grand Rapids, & Western R. R.
160.00
Interest on 3 bonds Chicago, Burlington & Quin- cy R. R.
150.00
Interest on 5 bonds City of Minneapolis
200.00
Interest on 3 bonds City of Sheboygan 135.00
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Interest on 8 bonds Michigan Telephone Co. .... 400.00
83.33
Interest on City of Quincy bond (balance) . . . Dividend on 32 shares Michigan Telephone Co. Preferred
192.00
Dividend on 19 shares Michigan Telephone Co. Common
76.00
Dividend on 27 shares Boston & Albany R. R. . 236.25
Dividend on 66 shares Fitchburg R. R. Pref. 330.00
Dividend on 120 shares Pennsylvania R. R. . 360.00
Rents from Sundry persons
793.00
Refund on tax title
2.19
$44,455.68
EXPENDITURES
Notes secured by mortgages $15,100.00
Notes receivable
5,000.00
City of Quincy Bond-Order 247 1,500.00
(accrued interest)
2.50
City of Quincy Bond-Order 277
1,150.00
(accrued interest)
1.92
City of Quincy Bonds (Water) 2,000.00 (accrued interest) 4.44
Expense of Institute
12,625.89
Expense of Fund
820.49
Tax title
2.19
Cash on hand December 31, 1908
6,248.25
$44,455.68
EXPENSE OF INSTITUTE
Pay rolls
$9,930.00
Neponset River Coal Co.
640.41
Lavelle, Henry 446,25
Babb & Co., E. E.
166.85
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Porter & Co., W. 163.50
Butterfield, W. A. 92.21
American Book Co. 91.55
Hall Scientific Co., A. II. 83.90
Harkins, William 83.78
Buzzell, A. L. 60.95
Smith & Bros., L. C.
60.00
Prescott & Son, G. W.
59.75
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
59.50
Homeyer & Co., C. W. 56.67
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co. 55.71
Berry Brothers 42.07
Michelson Brothers 39.34
Hodge Boiler Works 34.74
Sturtevant Co., B. F. 34.35
Ginn & Co. 31.04
City of Quincy-Water 30.00
Lowell Bank Note Co., J. A. 29.00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 25.29
Hearn, C. C. 21.67
Jordan, Marsh Co. 20.39
Scribner's Sons, Charles
20.30
Citizens Gas Light Co.
19.95
Plummer, F. W. 19.31
Kincaide & Co., H. L.
19.06
Nowland, J. W. 18.00
Schoenhaf Book Co. 16.56
Allyn & Bacon 15.00
Ames, Nathan
12.90
O'Brien & Sons, T.
10.50
Baxter, S. C. 10.00
9.97
Wadsworth & Co., D. E.
9.00
Abbott & Miller 8.65
Partridge Co., H. 8.28
Smith & Thayer Co. 8.09
Heath & Co., D. C.
Cole, H. B. 7.25
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Johnson Lumber Co. 6.71
Boston Belting Co. 6.30
Educational Publishing Co. 5.00
Mitchell, James C.
3.50
Hovey & Co., C. F.
3.38
New York & Boston Despatch Express Co.
3.35
The Spargo Print 3.25
3.00
Faust, Oliver C. 3.00
Sanborn & Damon
2.65
Patterson, William
2.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons 2.00
1.85
Marine Biological Laboratory
1.65
Pettingill, C. F.
1.50
Breck & Sons, Jos.
1.40
Sprout, S. T.
1.36
Thorp & Martin Co. 1.00
1.00
Emerson, H. E.
.25
Total $12,625.89
EXPENSE OF FUND
City of Quincy, Tax Collector $260.21
Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 137.00
Sullivan, M. T.
112.50
Gerstel, Louis 105.00
Williams & Co., P. J. 61.47
City of Quincy-Water
34.00
Goodhue, A. W.
31.46
Kelley, James E. 20.00
Harkins, John
25.54
National Granite Bank
10.00
Shaughnessey, J. J.
8.05
Prescott & Son, G. W.
4.00
Curtis, F. M.
Richards & Son, A. J.
Narragansett Machine Co.
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Stephenson, A. E.
3.65
Ames, Nathan 3.04
Buzzell, A. L.
3.03
Johnson Lumber Co.
1.19
Beckford, E. S.
.35
Total
$820.49
INCOME ACCOUNT 1908
Received from investments $15,058.90
Expense of Institute
$12,625.89
Expense of Fund
820.49
Accrued interest on City Bonds
8.86
Unexpended Income 1908
1,603.66
Total $15,058.90 $15,058.90
STATEMENT OF FUND JANUARY 1, 1909
Personal property received from estate
of Dr. Ebenezer Woodward .... $30,089.83
Personal property received from execu- tors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward
51,556.78
Real Estate sold
93,765.16
Pews sold 120.00
Damages Sheen property 325.00
Income from investments 108,308.57
Unexpended income
12,078.47
Total $296,243.81
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INVESTED AS FOLLOWS:
$10,800 Central Vermont R. R. 4's ... $9,460.00
$7,500 Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe. R. R. 4's 7,500.00
$4,000 Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore R. R. 5's
4,000.00
$5,000 Union Pacific R. R. 4's ..
4,419.00
$4,000 Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. 4's
4,000.00
$3,000 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 5's 3,000.00
$5,000 City of Minneapolis 4's 5,000.00
$3,000 City of Sheboygan 4 1-2's
3,000.00
$1,500 City of Quincy 4's
1,500.00
$1,150 City of Quincy 4
1,150.00
2,000.00
$2,000 City of Quincy 4's $8,000 Michigan Telephone Co. 5's, 32 shares preferred, 19 shares com- mon 10,000.00
27 shares Boston & Albany R. R. 4,900.00
66 shares Fitchburg R. R. preferred ..
7,260.00
9 shares Central Vermont R. R.
500.00
120 shares Pennsylvania R. R.
7,200.00
Sheen Property, Greenleaf Street 6,826.92
Linden Street House 2,868.64
Collateral Loans
15,400.00
Mortgage Loans 190,011.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1908
6,248.25
Net Fund January 1, 1909 $296,243.81
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CURTIS,
Treasurer Woodward Fund.
Auditor's Report L
Quincy, Mass., Feb. 22, 1909.
To the City Council, Quincy, Mass.
Gentlemen :- I have the honor of herewith submitting to you the annual report of the Finances of the City of Quincy for the year ending December 31, 1908.
H. O. FAIRBANKS,
City Auditor.
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Annual Appropriations
Quincy, Mass., March 2, 1908. To the City Council : .
Gentlemen,-We have the honor to submit for your con- sideration the following order for the annual appropriations :
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES M. BRYANT, JESSE F. CURTIS, ALEXANDER FALCONER, OTTO GELOTTE, J. LEONARD FERGUSON,
ARTHUR C. BEAL, MICHAEL T. WALSH,
Finance Committee of the City Council.
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City of Quincy
In Council :
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March 2, 1908.
Ordered :- That the several sums named herein be and are hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the City of Quincy for the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1st, and ending December 31st, 1908, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as herein designated, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and Ordinances relating thereto.
No contract shall be made, nor expenditure authorized in any case, unless the same shall have been provided for herein, or unless provision shall have been made by special transfer from some of the appropriations herein contained, or by creating a loan.
By the Board of Assessors
Transfers from
Registry of Deeds,
Probate matters, books, advertis- ing, binding, postage and miscel- laneous $800.00
1 clerk, $1,040.00
1 clerk, 624.00
1 clerk 624.00
Extra clerical
100.00
$2,388.00
$3,188.00
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By the Board of Health
Miscellaneous expenses, abating nuis-
ances and contagious diseases
$1,500.00
One Clerk 520.00
Inspection 780.00
Garbage
3,500.00
Collection of ashes
2,000.00
Total $8,300.00
By the Managers of Public Burial Places
Cemeteries
$4,000.00
And receipts for foundations and
regrading and income
By the Mayor
Approved by the President of the Council : Contingent fund $100.00
Advertising, printing, stationery 250.00
Total $350.00
By the Auditor
Salaries of city officers
$23,261.00
Auditor, clerical and supplies . 200.00
Total
$23,461.00
By the City Clerk
Clerical services $624.00
Extra Clerical
100.00
Advertising, printing, stationery,
elections and miscellaneous ....
2,400.00
State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief
8,000.00
Total
$11,124.00
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By the Tax Collector
Advertising, printing, stationery and
miscellaneous
$1,200.00
Clerical 1,508.00
Total $2,708.00
By the City Treasurer
Clerical services
$676.00
Miscellaneous 300.00
Total $976.00
Approved by the Committee on Finance
G. A. R. Post 88 $400.00
John A. Boyd Camp 2-Spanish War Veterans 75.00
City Hospital-with receipts from
those not having settlements in
Quincy
4,000.00
Total $4,475.00
By the City Engineer
Expenses of office
$2,000.00
By the Park Commissioners
Miscellaneous
1,200.00
By the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library
Replacing and purchase of books, periodicals, binding and printing, salaries and assistance, fuel and lighting, miscellaneous, catalogue, insurance $7,500.00
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By the Commissioner of Public Works
Bridges, Culverts and 'Drains $2,500.00
Removal of Snow 3,000.00
Street Lighting 23,400.00
Advertising, Printing and Stationery . 150.00
Clerical services
780.00
Repairing Public Buildings and care of City Hall 6,000.00
Miscellaneous, Expenses, Repair of
Streets, Maintenance of Horses, Purchase of Tools
21,000.00
Gypsy Moth
5,000.00
Watering of streets (Schedule to be fur-
nished by the Council) 7,000.00
Edgestones and setting-(Abutters
paying one-half the cost)
500.00
Total $69,330.00
By the City Solicitor
Law library, incidental expenses $75.00
By the Chief of Police
Chief of Police
$1,200.00
Permanent men 22,557.35
Keeper of station 200.00
Special police, miscellaneous,
and
enforcement Liquor Law 5,500.00
Total $29,475.35
By the Mayor
Miscellaneous expenses and claims 3,000.00
By the Sealer of Weights and Measures
Expense of office $125.00
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By the Overseer of the Poor
Almshouse and outside poor, to include
deficit bills of 1907, amounting to $1,465 $10,000.00
By the Chief Engineer of Fire Department
Pay of men,
$23,040.00
Horse shoeing and keeping 4,292.64
Fire alarm
1,300.00
Lighting engine houses
450.00
Fuel
800.00
Firemen's clothing
250.00
Repairs and fixtures
1,300.00
Miscellaneous
1,800.00
Keeping Chief's horse
200.00
Horses and harnesses
500.00
Hose
800.00
$34,732.64
Total
$216.001.99
By the School Committee
Salaries
$106,930.00
Janitors
9,050.00
Books, supplies and sundries 10,000.00
Fuel
7,000.00
Transportation
1,000.00
Rents
360.00
Evening schools
1,500.00
$135,840.00
Total
$351,841.99
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By the City Treasurer
City debt $105,670.00
Interest on city debt 24,200.00
Street Improvement Debt 3,300.00
Interest on Street Improvement Debt
2,000.00
Park debt
2,000.00
Interest on park debt 1,280.00
Interest on temporary loans
15,000.00
Total
$153,450.00
By the Water Department
To be paid from the water rates of 1908.
Water debt
$40,500.00
Interest on water debt 25,894.50
Maintenance 11,000.00
1 clerk
780.00
1 clerk
520.00
Extra clerk 100.00
Total
$78,794.50
By the Sewer Department
To be paid from sewer assessments
and taxes to be levied.
Sewer debt $19,300.00
Interest on sewer debt 22,000.00
Maintenance 1,500.00
1 clerk 780.00
Total $43,580.00
Passed to be ordained March 9, 1908 GEORGE T. MAGEE, Clerk of Council. Approved March 12, 1908.
WILLIAM T. SHEA, Mayor. A true copy, Attest :
Auditor's Statement December 31, 1908 CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION
BUDGET
LOANS
TAX LEVY
RECEIPTS
ADD LESS TRANSFERS TRANSFERS
TOTAL
EX PEN'D
BAL.
Board of Assessors
Clerical
$2,288.00
$80.00 $2,208.00 $2,207.49
$.51
Extra Clerical
100.00
$200.00
300.00
297.71
2.29
'Miscellaneous
800.00
80.00
880.00
879.63
.37
Auditing Dept.
Clerical and Supplies ....
200.00
50.00
250.00
250.00
Salaries of City Officers . 23,261.00
1,000.00 22,261.00 22,124.99
136.01
Board of Health Dept.
Clerical
520.00
520.00
5.20.00
Collection of Ashes ... .
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,969.49
30.51
Collection of Garbage
..
3,500.00
336.74
3,836.74
3,797.99
38,75
Inspection
780.00
780.00
780.00
Miscellaneous
1,500.00 $1,500.00
144.81
3,144.81
2,968.40
176.41
Draining Pond off Grove St.
345.74
336.74
9.00
9.00
Picketts Pond
11.84
11.34
11.34
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Burial Places
Income
1
$1,179.02
Regrading
Miscellaneous
4.000.00
699.65 74.29
5,952.96 5,776.74
176.22
City Clerk
Clerical
624.00
624.00
624.00
Extra Clerical
100.00
100.00
99.85
15
Miscellaneous
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,326.14
73.86
State Aid
8,000.00
8,000.00
7,989.00
11.00
Seals
3.00
3.00
3.00
City Council
Advertising, printing, etc.
250.00
250.00
250.00
Contingent
100.00
100.00
99.99
.01
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City Engineer
Plans and Surveys .
153.39
153.39
30.54
122.85
Miscellaneous
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,999.31
.69
City Solicitor
Law Library
75.00
75.00
52.80
22.20
City Treasurer
Clerical
676.00
676.00
676.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
300.00
300.00
Crane Public Library
Miscellaneous 7,500.00
7,500.00
7,490.64
9.36
Commissioner of Public Works
Adv., Printing, etc ....... 150.00
150.00
132.51
17.49
Bridges, Culverts and ...
Drain's
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,499.44 .56
Clerical
780.00
780.00
780.00
Gypsy Moth
5,000.00
3,300.00
3,361.81
647.54
12,309.35 10,573.47
1,735.88
Edgestones
500.00
500.00
500.00
Removal of Snow
3,000.00
395.00 2,605.00
2,490.00
115.00
Repair of Public Build-
ing's
6,000.00
6,000.00 5,993.93
6.07
Street Lighting
23,400.00
550.00
23,950.00 23,867.24
82.76
Miscellaneous
21,000.00
2,815.80
395.00
24,210.80 23,547.42
663.38
Street Sprinkling
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Atlantic School Building
800.00
275.79
1,075.79
1,075.79
Atlantic School Furnish- ings
93.40
93.40
2.40
91.03
Bradford Street
ยท
600.00
600.00
600.00
Broadway
500.00
488.01
988.01
988.01
Coddington School Build- ing
74,000.00
74,000.00 61,904.59 12,095.41
Common Street
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Cottage Avenue
41.00
41.00
41.00
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