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2,184 00
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1,800 00
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1,694 50
1,594 50
100 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
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Garage, mechanic
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Pensions .
Health Inspector
1,500 00
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-
1,500 00
1,500 00
-
Plumbing Inspector
2,200 00
2,200 00
2,200 00
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-
11 25
288 75
280 30
8 45
Other expenses
50 00
11 25
61 25
61 25
Provision Inspector
400 00
400 00
400 00
Expenses
50 00
50 00
31 00
19 00
Animal Inspector
220 00
220 00
220 00
Slaughtering Inspector
55 00
55 00
55 00
Milk expenses .
600 00
600 00
534 45
65 55
Infantile paralysis
360 00
360 00
360 00
Bacteriologist
900 00
900 00
900 00
Welfare physician
300 00
300 00
300 00
Welfare nurse .
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Expenses
50 00
50 00
10 82
39 18
Contagious nurse
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Contagious diseases
18,000 00
5,238 08
2,000 00
21.238 08
21,238 08
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Abating nuisances
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,258 04
241 96
Purchase of coal
-
2,000 00
2,000 00
Dispensary:
Physician
300 00
300 00
300 00
Nurse
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,437 50
62 50
Labor .
1,200 00
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-
1,200 00
1,198 00
2 00
Supplies
100 00
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-
12 80
87 20
64 40
22 80
. Fuel and lights
150 00
104 80
254 80
254 80
Squantum playground
8,000 00
8,000 00
Highway Department:
Superintendent
2,496 00
2,352 00
144 00
Labor
105,000 00
3,360 16
4,109 99
2,350 00
110,119 15
110,119 15
Stable
9,000 00
-
2,000 00
11,000 00
10,201 94
798 06
Sidewalks
4,500 00
129 56
4,629 56
4,629 56
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-
1
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3,000 00
1,000 00
550 72
449 28
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
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Concrete sidewalks .
4,000 00
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45
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Car upkeep .
300 00
2,496 00
$8,000 00
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46
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT FOR DECEMBER, 1923 - Continued
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION
Appro- priation
Balance, 1923
Tax Levy
Receipts
Add Transfer
Less Transfer
Total Credits
Expended
Balance
Highway Department - Concluded
Pensions .
.
Upkeep autos and trucks
9,500 00
$321 47
446 94
10,268 41
10,268 41
Bridges .
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.
4,500 00
1,832 39
6,332 39
6,332 39
Brooks
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173 51
$2,259 38
37,914 13
35,583 71
2,330 42
Rebuilding streets
15,000 00
$312 50
15,312 50
14,925 51
386 99
Street lighting .
50,500 00
50,500 00
50,204 69
295 31
Street sprinkling
38,000 00
38,000 00
37,878 53
121 47
Charities:
Overseer, salary
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
City physician, salary
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Clerk, salary
1,300 00
1,300 00
1,300 00
Office supplies .
300 00
300 00
285 23
14 77
Telephone
150 00
100 00
250 00
237 51
12 49
Expenses .
25 00
19 59
44 59
44 59
Upkeep of auto
200 00
260 61
460 61
460 61
Almshouse
7,000 00
3,625 00
10,625 00
10,303 90
321 10
Mothers' Aid
22,000 00
-
-
500 00
21,500 00
21,148 55
351 45
Outside poor
27,000 00
91 01
2,750 00
24,341 01
24,219 18
121 83
Hospital bills .
3,000 00
-
-
755 20
2,244 80
1,591 58
653 22
City Hospital
35,400 00
2,518 23
65,760 43
103,678 66
99,374 61
4,304 05
State aid .
3,000 00
-
-
-
3,000 00
2,405 00
595 00
Soldiers' Relief
8,000 00
8,000 00
6,686 97
1,313 03
Military Aid .
800 00
-
-
77 40
722 60
321 00
401 60
Soldiers' Burials
200 00
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-
277 40
277 40
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-
$241 50
$7,247 74
$7,247 74
1
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3,000 00
2,610 77
$389 23
Other expenses
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77 40
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CITY OF QUINCY
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3,000 00
40,000 00
$7,006 24
G. A. R. Post, Memorial Day
400 00
1
28 00
428 00
428 00
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J. A. Boyd Camp, Memorial Day .
150 00
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-
-
150 00
150 00
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American Legion, Memorial Day .
300 00
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75
299 25
297 27
1 98
George F. Bryan Post, Memorial Day Y. D. Club, Memorial Day . .
150 00
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-
150 00
149 84
16
150 00
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· 300 75
300 75
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500 00
27 21
472 79
Education:
Schools:
Administration
28,065 00
28,065 00
27,174 41
890 59
Instruction .
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.
507,886 00
3,000 00
505,886 00
504,425 91
460 09
Textbooks
9,500 00
3,200 00
500 00
12,200 00
11,824 37
375 63
Stationery and supplies
23,000 00
2,390 29
20,609 80
20,376 10
233 70
Operation
55,920 00
4,190 20
60,110 20
60,110 20
Maintenance
20,000 00
82 83
5,800 00
14,282 83
13,017 89
1,264 94
Miscellaneous
8,500 00
1,186 02
9,686 02
9,686 02
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1,800 00
384 04
2,184 04
2,152 13
31 91
Industrial day
37,351 32
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745 48
36,605 84
35,746 78
859 06
Industrial evening
8,000 00
188 36
8,188 36
8,188 36
Home-making
10,930 00
10,930 00
9,628 32
1,301 68
Continuation
6,000 00
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-
6,000 00
5,744 02
255 98
Americanization
6,500 00
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-
-
-
6,500 00
5,170 63
1,329 37
Smith-Hughes school appropriation
2,669 36
3,361 43
6,033 79
2,669 36
3,364 43
Summer school
2,000 00
1,787 06
1,787 06
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4,368 89
3,586 28
782 61
Library:
Librarian
3,500 00
04
3,499 96
3,499 96
Assistants
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11,212 56
2,487 44
468 66
13,231 34
13,231 34
Janitors
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1,600 00
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30 00
1,570 00
1,570 00
Rent
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1,680 00
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1
-
108 59
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1,788 59
1,788 59
Books
9,000 00
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18
8,999 82
8,999 82
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1
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Legion and Bryan, Armistice Day . Parking, Armistice Day .
300 00
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75
500 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
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Evening school
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212 94
Out of city, industrial
4,368 89
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150 00
48
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT FOR DECEMBER, 1923 - Continued
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION
Appro- priation
Balance, 1923
Tax Levy
Receipts
Add Transfer
Less Transfer
Total Credits
Expended
Balance
Education - Concluded
Library - Concluded
Periodicals
$775 00
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-
$51 30
$723 70
$723 70
Binding
.
1,750 00
$122 41
1,872 41
1,872 41
Printing
400 00
41 16
441 16
441 16
Fuel
1,200 00
284 82
1,484 82
1,484 82
Lighting
975 00
42 17
$32 83
932 83
Other expenses
1,100 00
43 15
1,143 15
1,143 15
Care of rooms
1,740 00
5 00
1,735 00
1,735 00
Park Department
3,600 00
239 76
3,839 76
3,839 76
Playgrounds
3,800 00
150 00
3,650 00
3,613 17
$36 83
Bath house superintendent, salary
396 00
22 00
374 00
374 00
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Assistant, salary
504 00
67.76
436 24
420 00
16 24
Expenses
600 00
600 00
559 98
40 02
Cemetery Department:
Commissioner, salary
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
Clerk, salary
400 00
400 00
362 56
37 44
Superintendent, salary
2,080 00
2,080 00
2,080 00
Cemetery:
Grading
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8,500 00
4,502 78
13,002 78
12,954 50
48 28
Supplies
·
950 00
950 00
626 95
323 05
Care horse .
575 00
575 00
574 62
38
Office supplies
200 00
200 00
95 88
104 12
Telephone
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.
50 00
50 00
46 70
3 30
Expenses
·
300 00
$150 74
1
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450 74
64 04
386 70
Hancock Cemetery .
500 00
1
1
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500 00
500 00
CITY OF QUINCY
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4,000 00
4,000 00
Labor .
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4,000 00
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Sewer Department:
Clerical, salary
1,300 00
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-
1,300 00 2,496 00 4,617 75
1,300 00 2,496 00
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General foreman, salary .
2,496 00
Labor
5,000 00
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-
382 25
4,617 75
-
Upkeep auto
300 00
-
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-
300 00
258 77
41 23
Upkeep truck .
1,000 00
-
-
-
362 60
637 40
637 40
Office supplies .
350 00
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-
11 20
338 80
311 52
27 28
Telephone ·
55 00
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-
3 59
58 59
58 59
Equipment .
350 00
300 00
-
-
$4,500 00
594 06
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650 00 25,094 06 244 68
421 90 25,094 06 244 68
228 10
Particular sewers
20,000 00
Pension .
86 28
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-
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-
4,376 00
264 00
4,640 00
4,640 00
-
Superintendent, salary
2,496 00
-
1
2,496 00
2,496 00
Inspectors, salaries .
3,760 00
126 00
3,634 00
3,634 00
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20,019 20
10,045 22
30,064 42
29,913 45
150 97
Meters
6,000 00
1,600 00
397 82
7,202 18
7,202 18
Relays
838 25
12,500 00
13,215 65
122 60
122 60
New equipment
5,150 00
843 75
4,306 25
4,306 25
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-
9,000 00
21,728 77
30,728 77
30,218 35
510 42
Water service receipts
18,728 12
18,728 12
Pensions .
.
Bonds and interest:
Bonds, general debt
$300,500 00
300,500 00
300,500 00
Bonds, sewer debt .
67,000 00
67,000 00
67,000 00
Bonds, water debt .
74,500 00
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74,500 00
74,500 00
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85,971 50
85,971 50
Interest, sewer debt
·
·
·
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-
22,201 50
22,201 50
Interest, water debt
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12,225 75
12,225 75
12,225 75
Interest, temporary loans
70,000 00
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-
6,134 78
63,865 22
61,261 63
2,603 59
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-
-
Meter readers, salaries
6,240 00
6,210 00
6,240 00
General maintenance and repairs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
326 65
2,473 35
2,473 35
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Interest, general debt
85,971 50
22,201 50
-
1
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49
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158 40
Water Department:
Clerical, salaries
-
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-
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Water service connections
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.
2,800 00
50
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT FOR DECEMBER, 1923 - Continued
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION
Appro- priation
Balance, 1923
Tax Levy
Receipts
Add Transfer
Less Transfer
Total Credits
Expended
Balance
Unclassified:
Claims and awards .
$1,500 00
$216 10
$2,259 00
$3,975 10
$3,795 10
$180 00
State Guard
.
950 00
100 00
1,050 00
1,034 82
15 18
Mayor's contingent .
200 00
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-
200 00
141 19
58 81
Board of Survey
50 00
50 00
20 00
30 00
Norfolk County Hospital
26,783 05
2,279 38
2,279 38
1,175 00
1,104 38
Premiums on bonds
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.
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250 00
$55 01
305 01
278 83
26 18
Printing city report
1,620 00
26 47
$154 97
4,345 03
4,334 09
10 94
Workmen's compensation
4,500 00
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-
46 00
46 00
-
-
46 00
62 97
30,906 20
308 98
298 49
10 49
Unexpended balance account .
31,152 21
$2,964 92
116 09
116 09
116 09
Special appropriations:
300 00
240 13
59 87
License Commission ·
300 00
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.
-
750 00
750 00
School for the blind
3,691 59
-
2 78
3,688 81
3,651 53
37 28
Adams Temple taxes
.
23,152 13
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-
-
23,152 13
23,152 13
Department use of water
612 00
-
-
612 00
612 00
American Legion, rent
1,700 00
04
1,700 04
1,700 04
J. A. Boyd Camp, rent
.
.
500 00
-
1
200 00
300 00
272 38
27 62
Grade crossings
Zoning plans .
-
1,500 00
1,000 00
500 00
40 00
460 00
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-
310 00
303 59
6 41
Harbor Master
310 00
1,620 00
5 00
1,615 00
Printing monthly report
648 00
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-
674 47
599 00
75 47
Department refund
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11 00
161 00
161 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
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2,964 92
2,964 92
Assessors' refunds
Assessment refunds
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26,783 05
26,783 05
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G. A. R. Post, rent
-
150 00
750 00
Planning Board
-
Park Department, "street"
3,300 00
3,234 84
65 16
Playgrounds, special
4,000 00
4,000 00
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Main Street curbing
150 00
150 00
148 10
1 90
Auditor's special
120 00
120 00
119 25
75
City Hall equipment
93 10
10 30
-
103 40
103 40
-
Welfare Department auto
-
800 00
800 00
800 00
Portable school buildings
11,500 00
3,000 00
14,500 00
14,047 53
452 47
Playground, land and rent
2,500 00
2,500 00
2,500 00 13,497 73
1,502 27
Hadley's claim
210 00
.
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350 00
350 00
350 00
Inspector of Wires, new car
600 00
600 00
600 00
Fire alarm boxes
966 18
966 18
966 18
Board of Health truck
7,750 00
192 00
7,558 00
7,558 00
July Fourth celebration
2,000 00
62 97
1,937 03
1,937 03
Connor's annuity
300 00
300 00
300 00
Government school insurance
299 20
299 20
299 20
Police motor cycles .
600 00
600 00
576 00
24 00
Memorial tablet
-
-
500 00
470 00
30 00
Soldiers' Monument
600 00
600 00
600 00
Grading playground
2,000 00
2,000 00
87 75
1,912 25
Perpetual care fund income
3,166 16
3,074 50
91 66
91 66
C. E. French fund income
140 00
140 00
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-
-
6 82
6 82
Rock Island fund income
45 50
182 81
64 15
118 46
Williams fund income .
53 80
18 20
72 00
3 00
69 00
George Pierce fund income
3 09
9 09
12 18
2 00
10 18
Nugent fund income .
5 67
5 67
5 67
Wilson Tucker fund income
10 20
9 20
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-
19 40
2 00
17 40
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15,000 00
1,500 00
-
1,500 00
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-
11 04
198 96
104 00
1,500 00 94 96
City Engineer, new car .
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
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1
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51
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Surface drains .
15,000 00
George F. Bryan Post, rent
-
-
-
C. C. Johnson fund income
137 11
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.
.
3,300 00 4,000 00
500 00
52
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT FOR DECEMBER, 1923 - Concluded
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION
Appro- priation
Balance, 1923
Tax Levy
Receipts
Add Transfer
Less Transfer
Total Credits
Expended
Balance
Special appropriations - Concluded
Water deposits
$1,950 00
$12,360 00
$14,310 00
$9,420 00
$4,890 00
Board of Health deposits
994 80
2,278 80
2,664 20
609 40
Particular sewers deposits
3,300 00
27,200 00
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3,273 60 30,500 00 350 00
25,950 00
4,550 00
101st Infantry .
Foundation and grading .
New streets
$15,600 00
Granolithic sidewalks
.
15,000 00
1
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-
5,300 00
11,600 00 9,700 00
516 34 4,918 60
11,083 66 4,781 40
Total
$1,893,800 03
$62,816 11
$548,637 92
$323,419 22
$122,212 08
$122,212 08
$2,828,673 28
$2,738,354 71
$90,318 57
Non-revenue:
Sewer construction .
$50,000 00
$10,824 53
$5 70
$60,830 23
$37,185 29
$23,644 94
Surface drains .
3,956 59
3,956 59
3,956 59
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.
4,799 00
4,799 00
976 34
3,822 66
Permanent sidewalks, 1922
2,319 37
-
-
-
-
-
2,467 75
331 00
2,136 75
Watson Terrace, 1921
2,467 75
8,188 26
7,781 83
406 43
Hancock Street
.
-
4,926 00
6,300 00
11,226 00
9,357 35
1,868 65
Milton Road
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·
-
573 55
Baxter Avenue
.
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,000 00
200 00
Harrington Avenue
·
.
3,805 00
3,805 00
3,780 88
24 12
Faxon Field grading
.
25 00
-
25 00
-
25 00
Playground, Houghs Neck
11.000 00
-
11,000 00
11,000 00
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3,791 96
3,791 96
25 00
3,766 96
Land damage accounts .
8,188 26
Franklin Street
573 55
573 55
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-
-
-
1
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4,000 00
224 25
125 75
150 00 1,281 46
$200 00
$1,281 46
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CITY OF QUINCY
.
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2,319 37
2,216 20
103 17
Faxon Field drain
Independence Avenue drains . Hancock Street, 1923
5,000 00 25,000 00 35,000 00 75,000 00
1 10,359 05 324,055 26
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70,900 00
$63,562 78 80,821 04
$80,821 04 63,562 78
5,000 00 25,000 00 45,359 05 452,697 00 17,258 26
5,000 00 1,662 01 45,359 05 64,362 50
23,337 99
Water construction . .
.
High school buildings ·
.
-
-
750 00
1,843 72
School furniture
J
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-
-
456 52 132,292 01 250,000 00 17,500 00 1 91 2,294 00
1,460 93 426 06 101,153 57 78,683 94
31,138 44 171,316 06 17,500 00
Quincy Hospital equipment
250,000 00 17,500 00
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-
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-
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Tax titles .
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
144 64
144 64
Total
$468,500 00
$515,278 21
$85,650 73
$144,383 82
$144,383 82
$1,069,428 94
$383,987 12
$685,441 82
-
-
-
-
High school buildings reserve
High school grading
.
.
-
1,093 72 456 52 132,292 01
Quincy City Hospital
Massachusetts Field school
-
-
Pay roll tailings
1 91 2,294 00 5,399 12
5,399 12 144 64
- 1 91 2,294 00 5,399 12 -
Trust funds
Playground fund
1
-
-
.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
388,334 50 17,258 26 382 79 30 46
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CITY OF QUINCY
Treasurer's Statement
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
$619,771 76
General revenue:
Taxes, 1923
1,421,026 79
Taxes previous years
978,261 69
Subsequent taxes, assessments, interest
284 72
Licenses
6,172 00
Permits
612 00
Court fines
6,355 17
Grants and gifts (dog licenses)
2,487 44
Grants and gifts
25,861 00
Special assessments:
Street sprinkling
17,668 70
Gypsy moth
1,858 19
Sewer assessments
14,495 19
Sewer, particular
4,250 97
Sidewalks
2,988 85
Street betterment
17,560 48
State of Massachusetts
242,653 21
General government:
Tax Collector and Treasurer, costs
5,108 60
City Clerk.
669 65
Police Department
803 29
Fire Department
65 35
Sealer, Weights and Measures
521 56
Building Inspector
3,772 48
Wire Inspector .
1,477 00
Miscellaneous, deposits
2,278 80
Miscellaneous
194 70
Clam permits
44 25
Plumbing Inspector
2,036 00
Milk licenses .
225 00
Garbage .
2,454 75
Scavenger
3,066 20
Highways
3,678 93
Highways, auto
145 96
Poor Department
4,967 58
Hospital Department
65,760 43
School Department .
6,934 33
Industrial school receipts
1,264 66
Home-making school receipts
1,541 65
Industrial school revenue
4,368 89
Public services:
Water rates, 1923
213,390 95
Water rates, 1922, and prior
6,213 92
Water service connections
18,728 12
Cemetery, miscellaneous .
16,129 00
Cemetery foundations
1,281 46
1
Board of Health, contagious diseases
5,263 57
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Interest :
Tax Collector, taxes
$54,538 78
Tax Collector, assessments and deposits
7,951 22
City Treasurer, on deposits
21,636 49
Perpetual care fund .
3,166 16
Other trust accounts
325 49
Accrued interest on bonds
1,065 18
Municipal indebtedness:
Temporary loans
1,800,000 00
Water loans
35,000 00
General loans
433,500 00
Premium on bonds
2,279 38
Agency and trust accounts:
Tax titles refunded
2,294 00
Perpetual care fund .
4,850 00
Water deposits
12,360 00
Departmental refund account
179 45
Other trust funds
549 12
General revenue:
Miscellaneous city
235 86
Water revenue .
23,152 13
Tax titles held by city
657 35
Gypsy moth
12 00
Smith-Hughes fund (schools) .
3,364 43
Cash and securities
1 91
Particular sewer deposit .
27,200 00
Particular sewer receipts (treasurer)
23,187 98
Coal delivery
961 28
Library fines, etc.
1,759 27
Water equipment
150 00
Sewer construction
5 70
High school, bond settlement
70,900 00
High school grading
750 00
School maintenance .
82 83
Franklin Street .
300 00
Total
$6,267,111 25
EXPENDITURES
Paid out on mayor's warrants, 1923 .
. $5,393,261 43
Cash on hand
873,849 82
Total
. $6,267,111 25
Cash on hand December 1, 1923
. $1,569,023 04
Cash receipts December, 1923
364,380 14
Cash expenditures December, 1923
1,059,553 36 .
Cash on hand January 1, 1924 .
873,849 82
CHARLES A. HADLOCK, Treasurer.
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Revenue Accounts
Cash on hand January 1
$104,493 55
Transfer to non-revenue
6,000 00
$98,493 55
Receipts
5,099,188 76
$5,197,682 31
Payments:
Temporary loans
$1,800,000 00
State of Massachusetts
374,844 25
Norfolk County
96,075 35
Other expenses
2,738,354 71
5,009,274 31
$188,408 00
Cash on hand January 1 .
$515,278 21
Transfer from revenue
6,000 00
$521,278 21
Receipts
548,150 73
$1,069,428 94
Payments
383,987 12
$685,441 82
Revenue cash on hand
$188,408 00
Non-revenue cash on hand
685,441 82
Total
$873,849 82
HENRY O. FAIRBANKS, City Auditor.
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS General Revenue TAXES
Current year:
Poll
$56,956 00
Personal
207,906 21
Real estate
. 1,156,164 58
$1,421,026 79
Previous years :
Poll
$5,085 00
Personal
40,332 56
Real estate
932,846 24
Subsequent taxes
284 72
Tax title redeemed
657 35
979,205 87
Non-Revenue Accounts
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From state:
Corporation tax, public service
$26,942 63
Corporation tax, domestic
530 97
Corporation tax, foreign
249 91
Corporation tax, business
62,648 43
Street railway
2,487 00
National bank
1,238 61
Income, 1921
3,715 50
Income, 1922
4,707 00
Income, 1923
137,219 66
$239,739 71
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Licenses:
Junk .
$320 00
Amusements
1,636 00
Victuallers
415 00
Express and carriage
74 00
Pool and billiards
870 00
Auctioneer .
14 00
Hawkers and peddlers
375 00
Fireworks
33 50
Oil
2 00
Clams .
44 25
Milk
225 00
Alcohol
25 00
Massage
8 00
Manicure
4 00
Beverages
100 00
All others
2,468 00
Permits:
Marriage
$612 00
Plumbing
2,036 00
2,648 00
FINES AND FORFEITS
East Norfolk Court
$5,840 74
Dedham Court
514 43
Received from Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland in settlement of city's claim on Coblo and Griffin bond
70,900 00
77,255 17
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From state:
Reimbursements to industrial school
$22,789 11
Industrial school (Smith-Hughes fund)
3,364 43
Americanization
2,165 97
Armory
900 00
Boxing receipts .
1 92
From county :
Dog licenses
2,487 44
6,613 75
31,708 87
58
CITY OF QUINCY
Commercial Revenue SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Street sprinkling .
$17,666 59
Gypsy moth .
1,858 19
Street betterments
17,560 48
Sidewalks
2,988 85
Main sewers
14,495 19
Particular sewer
4,250 97
$58,820 27
Departmental GENERAL GOVERNMENT
City Treasurer, costs .
$160 35
City Treasurer, return of premium
7 50
Tax Collector, costs
4,948 25
City Clerk, recording and special
669 65
5,785 75
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department:
Services of officers
$663 70
Sale of old materials
15 00
Care of prisoners
53 00
Damages
6 75
Gun permit
46 00
Refund manufacturing excise tax .
11 34
Claim .
7 50
803 29
Fire Department:
Recharging chemicals
$9 85
Sale of materials
20 00
29 85
Sealer of Weights:
Fees
521 56
Building Inspector:
Fees .
3,772 48
Wire Inspector:
Fees
. 1,477 00
Gypsy moth:
Labor and materials
12 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health:
Contagious
$1,838 57
Tuberculosis
3,425 00
Sanitation:
Particular sewer, labor and materials
23,187 98
Refuse and garbage:
Garbage .
$2,454 75
Scavenger
3,066 20
5,263 57
5,520 95
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Miscellaneous:
Sale of old materials
$6 25
Sale of sedan body
50 00
Telephone
1 45
$57 70
Sewer maintenance:
Labor .
4 97
Sewer construction:
5 70
HIGHWAYS
General:
Labor
$2,936 34
Sale of materials
96 87
Use of equipment
333 00
Street sprinkling
208 68
Resurfacing bridge
250 00
Coal deliveries
961 28
Reimbursements:
Individuals
$499 50
Cities and towns:
Temporary aid
808 99
Mothers' Aid
656 99
1,965 48
State:
Mothers' Aid
3,002 10
Soldiers' benefits:
State Aid
$2,502 00
Military Aid
351 50
Soldiers' Burials
60 00
2,913 50
CITY HOSPITAL
Receipts from patients
65,760 43
EDUCATION
School Department: Tuition :
State
$4,408 52
Other tuition
1,156 69
Sale of books and supplies
209 16
Rent of hall
1,091 00
Building fence .
82 83
Miscellaneous receipts
32 48
Industrial school:
Industrial work
$1,264 66
Home-making school
1,541 65
Continuation school .
36 48
2,842 79
Industrial school revenue:
Receipts from cities and towns
4,368 89
.
Materials
.
CHARITIES
4,786 17
6,980 68
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LIBRARY
Fines
$1,592 58
Miscellaneous
166 69
$1,759 27
WATER MAINTENANCE
Sale of Nash truck
$150 00
Services of chauffeur
19 20
169 20
UNCLASSIFIED
Seal bounties
4 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Department:
Water rates, 1923
$213,390 95
Previous years
6,213 92
Service connections
18,728 12
Sale of water to departments .
23,152 13
City scales
261,485 12 4 74
CEMETERIES
Burial Department:
Sale of lots and graves
$8,050 00
Care of lots and graves
3,506 00
Opening graves .
4,573 00
Foundation and grading .
1,281 46
17,410 46
INTEREST
Interest on deposits, Treasurer .
$21,636 49
Interest on subsequent taxes, Treasurer
178 11
Interest on taxes .
54,360 67
Interest on assessments
6,573 67
Interest on deposits, Tax Collector
1,377 55
Interest on trust funds:
Perpetual care fund income
$3,166 16
Geo. Pierce fund income .
9 09
C. E. French fund income
140 00
Wm. Williams fund income
18 20
Rock Island fund income
45 50
C. C. Johnson turkey fund income
91 01
C. C. Johnson fund income
6 82
Alex. Nugent trust fund income
5 67
Mary Wilson Tucker fund income
9 20
3,491 65
Premium on bonds
2,270 63
Premium on water bonds
8 75
Accrued interest on bonds .
1,065 18
Premium on temporary loans
15 00
84,126 49
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary loans (revenue)
$1,800,000 00
Sewer
50,000 00
City
291,000 00
High school building
75,000 00
Water
35,000 00
Hospital .
17,500 00
$2,268,500 00
REFUNDS
Departmental:
Schools, instruction pay rolls .
$42 50
Home-making school, duplicate invoice
6 43
Industrial school, duplicate invoice
1 68
Welfare Department, discount refunded
87
Health, duplicate invoice
2 00
Highways, check not accepted
300 00
Highways, labor pay rolls
46 00
Parks, labor pay rolls
3 00
Assessors, clerical pay roll
46 00
City Hall, telephone public pay station
1 17
City Hall, telephone public pay station
5 97
High school grading (illegal contract on loam, check returned) .
750 00
1,230 62 .
Insurance adjustment industrial school
183 28
AGENCY AND TRUST
Water deposits
$12,360 00
Particular sewer deposits
27,200 00
Scavenger deposits
2,278 80
Tax title refunds
2,294 00
Tailings fund
551 03
Perpetual care fund
4,850 00
49,533 83
Total
$5,647,339 49
SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS General Government CITY COUNCILLORS
Salaries and wages:
Councillors
$4,500 00
Clerk of Committees
800 00
$5,300 00
Other expenses:
Advertising
$284 00
Printing
318 05
Stationery and postage
25 00
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Telephone ..
.
$30 68
Street notices
16 50
Sundry items
51 75
$725 98
$6,025 98
MAYOR
Salaries and wages:
Mayor
$4,000 00
Secretary
1,560 00
Utility clerk
969 00
$6,529 00
Other expenses:
Office expenses .
$510 89
Postage and printing
181 50
Telephone .
140 24
Cuts and photos
94 62
Transportation .
345 50
Inaugural address
160 00
Sundry items
36 64
1,469 39
7,998 39
CITY AUDITOR
Salaries and wages:
Auditor
$3,000 00
First clerk .
1,500 00
Second clerk
1,200 00
$5,700 00
Other expenses:
Office supplies
$340 17
Postage
48 50
Printing and advertising .
29 45
Telephone
. 49 35
Sundry items
48 95
516 42
6,216 42
CITY TREASURER
Salaries and wages:
Treasurer
$2,750 00
Clerk
1,500 00
Temporary clerk
424 00
Other expenses:
Stationery and postage
$181 08
Telephone .
53 98
Office supplies
265 94
Surety bonds
120 00
Sundry items
10 00
631 00
5,305 00
.
$4,674 00
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TAX COLLECTOR
Salaries and wages:
Tax collector
$2,500 00
First clerk .
1,500 00
Second clerk
1,300 00
Third clerk
1,200 00
Fourth clerk
936 00
Temporary clerks
498 00
$7,934 00
Other expenses:
Stationery and postage
$1,382 78
Printing and advertising .
200 30
Telephone .
86 76
Surety bonds
305 00
Recording deeds
103 42
Office supplies
208 27
Tax sales and advertising
2,766 14
Deputy expenses
100 00
5,152 67
$13,086 67
ASSESSORS
Salaries and wages:
Assessor
$2,500 00
Assessors (2)
3,993 51
Assistant assessors
2,525 00
First clerk
1,690 00
Second clerk
1,016 00
Third clerk
1,200 00
Fourth clerk
1,052 08
Temporary clerks
2,784 57
$16,761 16
Other expenses:
Abstract of deeds
$1,022 80
Postage,
96 45
Printing and advertising .
2,546 21
Office supplies
498 22
Telephone .
75 24
Transportation
850 00
Posting
6 10
5,095 02
21,856 18
CITY SOLICITOR
Salaries and wages: Solicitor
$2,500 00
Other expenses:
Stationery and postage $5 15
Telephone .
56 92
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Printing and advertising .
$2 50
Sundry items
18 75
$83 32
$2,583 32
Legal expenses, special (conveyances) .
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