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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Chairman HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, MAYOR
Vice-Chairman DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH. Term expires December 31, 1932 11 Thayer Street
MRS. BEATRICE W. NICHOLS. Term expires December, 31, 1933 45 Elm Street
DR. DANIEL B. REARDON Term expires December 31, 1933 1186 Hancock Street
DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING .Term expires December 31, 1931 1136 Hancock Street
ROBERT E. FOY Term expires December 31, 1931 13 Eliot Street
COL. WARREN E. SWEETSER Term expires December 31, 1932 56 Elm Avenue
ESTHER V. PURCELL. Term expires December 31, 1932 13 Dorchester Street
Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools JAMES N. MUIR
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 8 o'clock P. M. on last Tuesday of each month except July.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR
JANUARY 1, 1931.
HONORABLE THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor :
In accordance with the ordinance of the City, I submit the annual report of my department, showing in detail the receipts and expen- ditures of each department.
Also several statements showing the financial condition of the City at the close of the financial year, December 31, 1930.
ELIZABETH N. DUNN,
Auditor of Accounts.
IN COUNCIL Order No. 158
FEBRUARY 17, 1930.
Ordered :
That the several sums named herein be and are hereby appro- priated for the payment of the expenses of the City of Quincy for the financial year beginning January 1, 1930, and ending December 31, 1930, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as herein designated.
That the appropriation for Bonds, Interest, and Expenses of Water Department be paid from Water Receipts.
Executive
Mayor's salary
$5,000 00
Secretary
1,800 00
Stenographer
1,350 00
Office expenses
1,000 00
Contingent
1,500 00
$10,650 00
City Council
Salaries
$4,500 00
Clerk of Committees
800 00
Advertising
500 00
Printing
450 00
Miscellaneous
400 00
6,650 00
Auditor
Auditor's salary
$3,000 00
Clerk
1,450 00
Office
360 00
Miscellaneous items
350 00
Supply account
300 00
5,460 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Treasurer
Treasurer's salary
$3,300 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Clerk
1,248 00
Extra clerical
960 00
Expenses of office
1,700 00
Surety bonds
375 00
Robbery insurance
548 00
9,881 00
Tax Collector
Salary
$3,300 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Clerk
1,550 00
Clerk
1,450 00
Clerk
1,144 00
Clerk
1,144 00
Clerk
988 00
Extra clerical
1,000 00
Postage
2,500 00
Printing
400 00
Collector's bond
780 00
Advertising and tax sale
3,200 00
Recording
650 00
Office supplies
525 00
Telephone
75 00
Special legal work on tax titles
600 00
21,056 00
Assessors
Chairman
$3,250 00
One assessor
3,000 00
One assessor
3,000 00
Assistant assessors
1,500 00
One clerk
1,750 00
One clerk
1,400 00
One steno-typist
1,400 00
One steno-typist
1,400 00
One clerk
1,144 00
One clerk
1,144 00
One clerk
1,248 00
Temporary clerks
3,800 00
Printing and advertising
3,200 00
Abstract of deeds
1,350 00
Transportation
850 00
Miscellaneous items
1,800 00
31,236 00
City Clerk
City clerk's salary
$3,000 00
Assistant city clerk
1,750 00
Clerk
800 00
Clerk
1,040 00
Printing and postage
175 00
Office supplies
200 00
Miscellaneous items
200 00
7,165 00
Vital Statistics
Sundry persons
$850 00
850 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
Commissioner
Commissioner's salary
$4,000 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Clerk
1,450 00
Miscellaneous items
700 00
Care of City Hall
Public buildings
City Solicitor
Solicitor's salary
$3,000 00
Expenses
249 88
Legal expenses
3,000 00
Grade crossing
1,251 47
Merrill case-verdict and expenses
5,119 65
City Engineer
Engineer's salary
$4,000 00
Assistants' salaries
12,000 00
Clerk
350 00
Office supplies
600 00
Automobiles and miscellaneous items ....
4,900 00
21,850 00
City Messenger
Salary
$800 00
800 00
Board of Registrars
Salaries
$1,400 00
Clerk
375 00
Election officers
6,345 00
Printing and postage
3,600 00
Rentals
1,200 00
Extra clerical
900 00
Miscellaneous items
2,500 00
16,320 00
Police
Chief's salary
$3,600 00
Captain
2,700 00
Lieutenants (7)
16,800 00
Sergeants (8)
18,400 00
Patrolmen (98)
205,800 00
Reserves
12,000 00
Pensions (4)
3,753 00
Fuel and lights
2,500 00
Signal wires
3,392 00
Office
600 00
Transportation
6,000 00
Traffic
1,200 00
Equipment
1,500 00
Liquor law
300 00
New motorcycles
800 00
Miscellaneous items
3,000 00
Teletype
625 00
7,900 00 12,000 00 3,600 00
12,621 00
282,970 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Fire
Chief's salary
$3,600 00
Deputy chiefs (2)
5,000 00
Captains (2)
4,800 00
Permanent men
205,680 00
Pensions
2,970 00
Gasoline and repairs
8,500 00
Fuel and lights
3,900 00
Miscellaneous items
5,500 00
Hose
2,700 00
Flood light equipment
2,200 00
New equipment
7,950 00
Repairs to damaged ladder truck
3,000 00
Fire Alarm
Fire alarm equipment
$3,000 00
Labor
3,000 00
Power and light
250 00
Boxes
2,000 00
Cable
3,500 00
11,750 00
Weights and Measures
Salary
$2,500 00
Deputy to sealer
1,850 00
Clerk
100 00
Auto upkeep
300 00
Supplies
275 00
Miscellaneous items
50 00
New car
600 00
Inspector of Wires
Inspector's salary
$2,500 00
Assistant inspector
96 00
Clerk
700 00
Office
200 00
Auto upkeep
300 00
Telephone
75 00
Other expenses
100 00
Advertising and printing
150 00
New car
550 00
Inspector of Buildings
Inspector's salary
$2,500 00
Clerk
1,400 00
Office
300 00
Auto upkeep
300 00
Miscellaneous items
500 00
Gypsy Moth
Labor
$5,000 00
Superintendent
2,340 00
Trees
8,000 00
Supplies
1,200 00
Truck upkeep
800 00
Sprayer upkeep
200 00
Miscellaneous items
3,250 00
New equipment
1,000 00
255,800 00
5,675 00
4,671 00
5,000 00
21,790 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
Health Administration
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Superintendent's salary
1,750 00
Clerk's salary
1,100 00
Office ..
750 00
Printing and advertising
550 00
Telephones
350 00
Other expenses
250 00
Upkeep of autos
2,700 00
9,850 00
Contagious
Contagious diseases
$6,500 00
T. B. contagious
20,000 00
Infantile paralysis
450 00
Diphtheria prevention
400 00
27,350 00
Undernourished children
Dispensary
Labor
$1,600 00
Dispensary physician
1,600 00
Dispensary nurses
3,300 00
Fuel and lights
300 00
Other expenses
250
00
Physicians, Nurses, and Inspectors
Welfare physician
$1,600 00
Welfare nurses
3,300 00
Welfare expenses
1,500 00
Dental clinic
150 00
Bacteriologist
1,000 00
Contagious nurse
1,650 00
New car, contagious nurse
600 00
Health inspector (milk)
2,100 00
Sanitary inspector
2,100 00
Milk expenses
100 00
Health inspector, new car
600 00
Animal inspector
300 00
Slaughtering inspector
55 00
Inspector of meats
800 00
Inspector of meats expenses
250 00
Inspector of Plumbing
2,500 00
Inspector of Plumbing, expenses
92 00
Highways
Labor
$160,000 00
Stables
11,000 00
Pensions
5,710 00
Sidewalks
20,000 00
Automobile upkeep
11,000 00
Brooks
6,000 00
Bridges
12,000 00
Equipment
20,000 00
Street signs
8,000 00
All others
70,000 00
Street oiling
30,000 00
Street lighting
104,400 00
Rebuilding
18,697 00
323,710 00
100,000 00
2,000 00
7,050 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS Sanitary Division
Labor
$100,000 00
Foreman
2,340 00
Pensions
702 00
Care of dumps
10,000 00
113,042 00
Stable and Garage
Garage expenses
$1,000 00
Fuel and lights
400 00
Care of horses
3,400 00
Shoeing
200 00
5,000 00
Equipment and Repairs
New equipment
$10,000 00
Repairs on equipment
500 00
Gas and oil
6,000 00
Transportation
30,000 00
Mechanics
2,200 00
48,700 00
$166,742 00
Public Welfare Department
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
City physician
1,000 00
Clerk
1,700 00
Office
600 00
Auto and truck upkeep
500 00
City home
13,000 00
Mother's aid
24,000 00
Outside aid
60,000 00
Hospital bills
3,000 00
Extra help
500 00
Milk for undernourished children
300 00
107,000 00
Soldiers' Benefit
State aid
$1,000 00
Soldiers' relief
19,000 00
Military aid
500 00
Soldiers' burial
200 00
City Hospital
Superintendent's salary
$2,700 00
Bookkeeper
1,600 00
Internes and medical assistants
4,100 00
Clerk
1,040 00
Stenographers
1,768 00
Telephone operators
3,744 00
Pathological department and laboratory
3,500 00
2,500 00
Three-story porch on Nurses' Home. .... General expenses
100,000 00
20,700 00
120,952 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
Memorial Day
G. A. R. Post
$500 00
George F. Bryan Post
125 00
John A. Boyd Camp
200 00
American Legion
125 00
Cyril Morrisette Post
125 00
Wollaston Post, American Legion
125 00
1,200 00
Armistice Day
To be spent under the direction of the Mayor $100 00
100 00
Schools
Instruction
$827,732 00
Administration
38,280 00
Convention expenses
125 00
Text books
26,000 00
Stationery
33,000 00
Operation
103,285 00
Maintenance
51,000 00
Miscellaneous
13,500 00
Evening academic schools
3,420 00
Summer school
3,100 00
$1,099,442 00
Industrial School
51,485 00
Home Making School
13,705 00
Continuation School
3,368 00
Evening Home Making for Women.
8,412 00
Evening Industrial
2,159 00
Americanization Work
5,100 00
84,229 00
$1,183,671 00
Library
Librarian
$4,250 00
Assistants (dog licenses $5,298.37) and ..
19,550 00
Books
15,500 00
Rent
4,310 00
Janitor
1,765 00
Fuel and light
2,800 00
Insurance
120 00
Miscellaneous items
11,075 00
59,350 00
Parks
Secretary to board
$500 00
Parks
9,000 00
Playgrounds
10,000 00
Bath house
500 00
Trimming trees in parks
1,000 00
Base ball fields
2,000 00
23,000 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
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Cemetery
Manager's salary
$2,400 00
Superintendent
2,200 00
Clerk
700 00
Labor
12,500 00
Truck upkeep
350 00
Cemetery supplies
1,250 00
Telephone
75 00
Office supplies
125 00
Miscellaneous
200 00
Grading
2,500 00
Hancock Cemetery
500 00
New 11/2 ton truck
1,200 00
24,000 00
Sewer
General foreman
$3,350 00
Clerk
1,650 00
Stenographer
1,300 00
General maintenance
13,468 00
Particular sewers
25,000 00
Claims and awards
$3,000 00
Planning Board
400 00
Board of Survey
200 00
Harbor master
400 00
Harbor master, expenses
25 00
Printing city report
1,500 00
Printing monthly report
648 00
Workmen's compensation
11,000 00
License commission
300 00
G. A. R. Post rent
500 00
American Legion rent
600 00
Cyril Morrisette Post rent
600 00
Wollaston Post, American Legion rent ..
600 00
George F. Bryan Post rent
675 00
John A. Boyd Camp rent
500 00
Connors annuity
300 00
Hollis annuity
1,000 00
Rifle range
1,410 00
23,658 00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS Designated by Chapter 338, Acts of 1923
Sewer construction
$35,000 00
Accepted streets (new) under Better- ment Act
35,000 00
Public buildings
35,000 00
Permanent sidewalks (Betterment Act) Surface drains
30,000 00
Special appropriations to cover loans outside debt limit:
North Junior High
20,000 00
Hospital
2,000 00
197,000 00
Special Appropriations
Deficit in 1928 streets
$18,814 00
18,814 00
Grand Total
$3,369,707 00
44,768 00
40,000 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
CITY TREASURER Bonds Maturing 1930
City debt
$383,500 00
Monatiquot Bridge debt
10,000 00
City Hospital debt
19,000 00
Sewer debt
95,500 00
High School debt
54,000 00
South Junior High School debt
30,000 00
Government School debt
16,000 00
Southern Artery debt
32,000 00
Montclair and Hough's Neck Schools.
14,000 00
$654,000 00
Interest Due 1930
City debt
$101,582 49
Monatiquot Bridge
425 00
City Hospital
7,762 50
Sewer debt
21,523 75
High School
23,865 00
South Junior High School
14,400 00
Government School
4,360 00
Southern Artery
6,737 50
Montclair and Hough's Neck Schools ..
8,202 50
Temporary loan interest
WATER DEPARTMENT To Be Paid from Receipts
Bonds
$111,000 00
Interest
28,160 00
General maintenance
30,000 00
Meters
7,000 00
Service connections and receipts
20,000 00
Equipment
2,000 00
Pensions
2,800 00
Superintendent
3,350 00
Inspector
2,200 00
Assistant inspectors Meter readers (5)
7,800 00
Chief clerk
1,750 00
Second clerk
1,450 00
Third clerk
1,300 00
Fourth clerk
936 00
221,546 00
Passed to be ordained March 10, 1930.
Attest :-
EMERY L. CRANE, Clerk of Council.
Approved March 17, 1930.
THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest :-
EMERY L. CRANE, City Clerk.
188,858 74 125,000 00
1,800 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS
Order No.
186 Board of Health rent
$840 00
195 Boiler insurance
1,591 52
192 Out of City Industrial School
1,000 00
229
Asphalt walk
20,000 00
262
Tennis property
3,750 00
286 Public buildings
1,200 00
287
Accepted streets
1,200 00
290
Montclair and Adams Shore School fence
1,200 00
313
Ambulance, Police Department ..
3,600 00
394
Rent of parking area
2,000 00
397 Renovating grounds Wollaston
Branch Library
600 00
396 Property damage - Old Colony
Street
100 00
392
Tercentenary celebration
6,750 00
430
Track events
250 00
459 Renovating standpipe Penns Hill ..
1,000 00
460 Memorial Day
200 00
561
Fourth of July
1,800 00
458 American Legion convention.
5,000 00
646 Asphalting hose house yard.
600 00
647
Hollis Avenue and Merrymount School playground
7,000 00
595
Rebuilding streets
10,000 00
598
Changing signals and overhead
1,000 00
599
Industrial exhibit
600 00
600
Adjusting any city claims.
40,000 00
601 Asphalting and trees, Sea Street ....
6,000 00
645
Playgrounds
1,560 00
647 Asphalting Washington School
7,000 00
597
Department's use of water
25,000 00
605 Department refund
14 72
Original budget
$3,520,563 24
Total funded debt of the city, January 1, was $5,520,000.00. During the year. this was reduced by payments as follows:
City debt within limit
$383,500 00 75,000 00
Outside Debt Limit
Sewer
20,500 00
Water
111,000 00
City Hospital
19,000 00
High Schools
54,000 00
South Junior High School
30,000 00
Government School
16,000 00
Montclair and Houghs Neck Schools
14,000 00
Southern Artery
32,000 00
Monatiquot Bridge
10,000 00
$765,000 00
Sewer debt within limit
yard
$150,856 24 3,369,707 00
construction
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CITY OF QUINCY
The funded debt during the year has been increased as follows:
Within the Debt Limit
Sewer
$100,000 00
New streets
380,000 00
Sanitary sewers
50,000 00
Montclair and Houghs Neck Schools
27,000 00
Gridley Bryant School
40,000 00
North Junior High School
80,000 00
Adams School addition
70,000 00
Hospital building
110,000 00
Hospital operating room
40,000 00
Outside Debt Limit
Water
85,000 00
Schools
200,000 00
Hospital
10,000 00
$1,192,000 00
The funded debt of the city is as follows:
School buildings, furnishings
$2,654,000 00
Water
737,000 00
Sewer
568,500 00
Drains
156,000 00
Hospital building
569,000 00
Fire
30,000 00
Police
50,000 00
Streets
1,036,500 00
Permanent walks
5,000 00
Cemetery
4,000 00
Southern Artery loan
137,000 00
$5,947,000 00
BORROWING MARGIN FOR 1931 "General Laws. Chapter 44, Section 70"
Except as otherwise authorized by law a city shall not authorize indebtedness to an amount exceeding 21/2 per cent on the average of the Assessors' valuation of the taxable property for the three preceding years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed thereon, previous to December 31, of the preceding year.
Net valuation 1928
$134,509,873 00
Net valuation 1929
137,542,018 00
Excise tax 6,366,037 00
Net valuation 1930
141,386,000 00
Excise tax
6,902,327 00
$426,706,255 00
Three years' average
$142,235,418 00
21/2 per cent
$3,555,885 00
Total debt Jan. 1:
City
$2,958,500 00
Sewer
374,000 00
3,332,500 00
Borrowing capacity January 1, 1931. $223,385 00
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Debt maturing in 1931 which will increase the borrowing margin:
City
Sewer
January
February
$16,500 00
March
April
80,000 00
$15,000 00
May
14,000 00
21,000 00
June
49,500 00
2,000 00
July
105,000 00
5,000 00
August
53,000 00
September
45,000 00
October
22,000 00
8,000 00
November
11,000 00
9,000 00
December
49,000 00
8,000 00
$445,000 00
$68.000 00
ITEMIZED SCHEDULE OF CITY DEBT
Object of Appropriation
Amount
Month
Rate 1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Total
Cemetery Land
$20,000
Feb.
414
$2,000
$2,000
$4,000
Faxon Field Drain
20,000
Feb.
114
2,000
2,000
4,000
Accepted Streets, 1927
100,000
Feb.
10,000
10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
80,000
Accepted Streets, 1928
25,000
Feb.
314
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
20,000
City Hospital Land.
13,000
April
5
1,000
1,000
1,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
30,000
Surface Drains, 1926.
50,000
April
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
30,000
Junior High School.
350,000
April
+
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
210,000
Montelair and Houghs Neck Schools
27,000
April
4
9.000
0,000
9,000
8,000
8,000 10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
80,000
Hospital Building
30,000
April
5,000
5.000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
Hospital Bldg-Acts 1929 ..
10,000
April
1
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
Merrymount and
Adams
66.000
May
41/4
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7.000
6.000
6,000
6.000
6.000
50,000
Streets
65,000
May
7,000
· 7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
65,000 160,000
Streets
160,000
June
4
16,000
16.000
16,000
16.000
16,000
16.000
16.000
16,000
16,000
16,000
Hospital
90,000
June
41/4
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
Montclair and Houghs Neck Schools
170,000
414
12,000
12,000
12,000
12.000
11.000
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000
New Streets
125.000
June
41/4
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
112,500
Portable School Land
10,000
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414
1,000
1,000
2,000
New Streets, 1925.
54,000
July
+
4
25,000
25,000
25,000
25.000
25.000
25,000
25,000
175,000
Franklin Street, 1922
35,000
July
3,000
3,000
Mass. Fields School.
250,000
July
11/4
15,000
15,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10.000
10,000
High School Equipment.
60,000
July
414
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
City Hospital, 1925
150,000
July
4
15.000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
Police Station
100,000
July
4
10,000
10.000
10,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
5.000
5.000
50,000
North Junior High School
75,000
July
4
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
Also 5,000-19414
55,000
.
3,000
Accepted Streets, 1926.
50,000
April
4
4
10.000
10,000
10,000
10.000
North Junior High School ..
40,000
April
1
8,000
8,000
8,000
40,000
80,000
April
:
4
414
2,000
2.000
2,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
24,000
Accepted Streets. 1927
250,000
July
4
6,000
Also 10,000-1941-19133
145,000
Also
11,000-1941-19442
158,000
Surface Drains, 1922
25.000
6,000
Also
6,000-1941-19441
84,000
CITY OF QUINCY
26
27,000
Gridley Bryant School.
30,000
10,000
Shore Schools
5,000
5,000
5,000
0,000
24,000
75,000
/4
Accepted Streets, 1928.
200,000 50,000
July Aug. Aug.
414 4
20.000 5,000 5.000
20,000 5.000 5,000
20,000 5,000 5,000
20,000 5,000 5,000
20.000 5,000 5.000
20,000 5,000 5,000
20,000 5,000
20,000 5,000 5,000
5,000 5,000
5,000
Hospital-Operating
70,000
Aug.
1
7,000
7.000
7,000 15.000
7.000 15,000
7.000 15.000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
70,000
Sea Street
75.000
Aug.
4
15,000
15,000
Hospital-Operating Building
40,000
Aug.
1
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
S,000
New Streets, 1921
80.000
Aug.
51/2
8,000
8.000
Accepted Streets
92.000
Aug.
13.000
13,000
Rebuilding Streets. 1924
10.000
Sept.
4
1.000
Rebuilding Streets. 1926.
20.000
Sept.
4
4,000
Nurses' Home. 1926 ..
125,000
Sept.
4
13.000
12,000
12,000
12,000
12,000
12.000
73,000
Merrymount and Adams
220,000
Sept.
414
22.000
22,000
22.000
22.000
22.000
22.000
22,000
176,000
Sanitary Sewers
25,000
Sept.
414
5.000
5,000
5,000
Junior High Sch. Building
100.000
Oct.
414
10,000
10.000
10,000
10,000
10.000
50,000
Fire Dept. Building.
35,000
Oct.
4
4,000
3,000
3.000
3.000
3.000
3.000
19,000
Accepted Streets
30.000
Oct.
4
3,000
3.000
3.000
3,000
3.000
3.000
18.000
Surface Drains
10.000
Oct.
4
1.000
1.000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
6,000
Granolithic Walks
15.000
Oet.
1
4
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1,000
6,000
Fire Station Building Webster School Addition
30.000
Nov.
334
3,000
3,000
3.000
3,000
3,000
3.000
3.000
21,000
Webster School Addition
250.000
Dec.
334
25.000
25.000
25.000
25.000
25.000
25,000
25,000
175,000
New Streets
17.000
Dec.
4
2.000
1,000
1.000
1.000
Granolithic Walks
10,000
Dec.
1
2.000
2,000
Fire Apparatus
25.000
Dec.
1
5.000
4
8,000
8.000
8,000
8.000
8.000
8.000
8.000
8,000
8.000
8,000
80,000
Adams School Addition.
70.000
Dec.
1
7.000
7,000
7,000
7.000
7.000
7.000
7,000
7.000
7,000
7,000
70,000
$445.000
$406,000
$398,000
$376.000
$362.000
$292.000
$222.000
$169,000
$104.500
$S1,000
$2,958,500
1 6.000-1941-1944
2 11.000-1941-1944
3 10.000-1941-1943
4 5,000-1941.
27
AUDITOR'S REPORT
-
+
Drains
Drains
50,000
5.000
160,000 45,000 50,000
Building
75,000
40.000
1,000
1,000
Shore Schools. 1925.
15,000
3.000
10,000
Oct.
5,000
5,000
Streets
80.000
Dec.
3.000
22.000
28
CITY OF QUINCY
TEMPORARY LOANS
Date
Sold to
Rate
Due
Amount
Mar. 11
Bank of Com. & Tr. Co .. 3.83
Oct. 28, 1930
$100,000
Mar. 11
Bank of Com. & Tr. Co .. 3.83
Nov. 28, 1930
200,000
Mar. 11
Bank of Com. & Tr. Co .. 3.83
Dec. 15, 1930
300,000
Apr.
9 Atlantic National Bank ...
3.41
Nov. 5, 1930
200,000
Apr. 9 Atlantic National Bank ... 3.41
Nov. 12, 1930
200,000
Apr.
9
Atlantic National Bank ...
3.46
Dec. 30, 1930
200,000
May 9
First Nat'l Old Col. Corp.
3.50
May 8, 1931
300,000
June 11
Bank of Com. & Tr. Co ..
2.81&11 June 11, 1931
600,000
July 21
First Nat'l Old Col. Corp.
2.29
Jan. 21, 1931
100,000
Sept. 22
Bank of Com. & Tr. Co ..
2.35
Mar. 16, 1931
200,000
Renewal
1929 account
Apr. 17
First Nat'l Old Col. Corp
3.96
June 12, 1930
250,000
$1,200,000 paid in 1930 1,200,000 due in 1931
ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL RECEIPTS, 1930
Estimated
Actual
Licenses
$7,681 00
$9,528 25
Permits
723 00
666 00
Court fines
6,833 09
5,147 23
Grants
33,847 70
34,971 71
Oiling
59 68
41 19
Gypsy Moth
2,115 73
2,002 46
Sewer
22,639 92
21,578 27
Particular sewers
22,507 54
16,424 92
Walks
17,798 91
17,829 24
Streets
46,054 87
56,517 55
Costs
8,022 52
8,237 38
City clerk
2,321 70
2,962 60
Police
142 00
82 00
Fire
139 90
256 15
Sealer
967 02
1,025 44
Building
4,007 00
2,711 00
Engineering Fees
1,560 00
1,132 00
Wire
1,812 00
1,314 00
Contagious
11,289 41
11,662 01
Miscellaneous
1,541 25
455 70
$2,400,000
29
AUDITOR'S REPORT
ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL RECEIPTS, 1930-Concluded
Estimated
Actual
Plumbing
1,511 00
1,026 00
Milk
470 50
448 50
Garbage
4,321 30
6,163 70
Scavenger
2,141 20
2,091 56
Highways
9,112 46
1,765 02
Welfare
16,051 82
14,389 50
Schools
3,952 96
10,307 25
Industrial School
1,738 78
1,844 40
Home Making School.
1,234 22
1,336 72
Industrial School revenue
5,299 16
6,123 16
Cemetery
21,898 00
19,105 00
Interest taxes
49,459 26
52,471 56
Interest assessments
15,492 38
17,795 58
Interest deposits
18,469 23
19,650 55
Interest on taxes and tax titles
5,940 97
4,314 20
Special taxes
12 19
Miscellaneous city
953 24
3,699 56
Library
3,027 20
3,306 38
Tercentenary
47 00
225 00
Corporation tax
112,548 69
132,733 94
Bank tax
4,981 35
3,530 44
Military aid
15 00
232 50
State aid
910 00
1,044 00
State minor wards
1,348 95
2,813 07
Motor vehicle tax
132,212 76
149,913 44
Income tax
482,372 24
542,277 61
$1,000,826 84
$1,193,447 26
Assessors
$1,080,465 61
State of Massachusetts
65 80
Assessment refunds
51 18
1,080,582 59
$112,864 67
WATER RATES
$413,233 01
Collections
$382,748 14
Abatements
599 43
383,347 57
Outstanding December 31, 1930
$29,885 44
Refunds
42 51
101 44
Soldiers' burials
192 08
Street railway
3,198 23
$608,454 60
$651,169 65
Commitments
30
CITY OF QUINCY
PREVIOUS YEARS
Outstanding January 1, 1930
316 74
Collections
$20,388 36
Abatements and adjustments.
322 48
20,710 84
Outstanding December 31, 1930 $2,219 51
WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$3,878 82
Commitments
22,114 38
$25,993 20
Collections
$20,177 25
Abatements and adjustments
574 43
20,751 68
Outstanding December 31, 1930
$5,241 52
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation 1930
$221,546 00
Metropolitan water assessment
169,679 19
Council transfer
15,000 00
$406,225 19
Collections of water rates 1930
$403,136 50
Municipal departments
25,000 00
428,136 50
Surplus 1930
$21,911 31
Surplus, 1929
25,495 80
Balance of 1930 appropriation
864 18
Surplus
$48,271 29
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICIALS, 1929
Mayor
$5,000 00
Clerk of committees
800 00
Auditor
3,000 00
Treasurer
3,300 00
Tax collector
3,300 00
Chief assessor
3,250 00
Assessors (two) each
3,000 00
City solicitor
3,000 00
City clerk
3,000 00
Assistant city elerk
1,750 00
City messenger
800 00
Commissioner
4,000 00
City engineer
4,000 00
Registrars (four) each
350 00
Clerk of registrars
375 00
Building inspector
2,500 00
Inspector of wires
2,500 00
Sealer of weights
2,500 00
$22,613 61 Adjustments
$22,930 35
31
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Health commissioner
2,400 00
Inspector of plumbing
2,500 00
Inspector of slaughtering
55 00
Inspector of animals
300 00
Inspector of meats
800 00
City physician
1,000 00
Librarian
4,250 00
Burial commissioner
2,400 00
Welfare commissioner
2,400 00
Police department:
Chief
3,600 00
Captain
2,700 00
Lieutenant
2,400 00
Inspectors
2,400 00
Sergeants
2,300 00
Patrolmen, first year
1,760 00
Patrolmen, second year
1,870 00
Patrolmen, third year
2,100 00
Fire department:
Chief
3,600 00
Deputy chiefs (2)
2,500 00
Captains (2)
2,400 00
Lieutenant
2,300 00
Superintendent
2,260 00
Permanent men, first year.
1,760 00
Permanent men, second year
1,870 00
Permanent men, third year
2,100 00
CITY OF QUINCY Balance Sheet December 31, 1930 Revenue Accounts
ASSETS
Revenue Cash $169,891 99
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes 1926
$196 98
Taxes 1927
461 04
Taxes 1928
3,804 51
Taxes 1929
24,163 22
Taxes 1930
1,524,840 66
1,553,466 41
Motor Vehicle Tax 1929.
12,844 77
Motor Vehicle Tax 1930
57,691 46
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