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THE POOR.
The overseers were granted $13,000 the past year, and the appropriation was not exceeded. This department has been man- aged with commendable care, and a new system of accounts has been commenced, whichi cannot fail of having a beneficial effect.
HIGHWAYS.
That our streets are in good condition generally, and have been prudently cared for, is seen and acknowledged by all. It is be- lieved that with the exception of Somerville Avenue, no large expenditure will be required on any one street ; but with sixty-five miles of public ways, it is not easy to see how they can be prop- erly cared for, and kept in a neat and desirable condition, for a less sum than the last appropriation of $28,000.
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
The force in the Police and Fire Departments remains the same as during the last two years, each having been reduced in 1878. Captain Parkhurst has been chief of the first-named since its organ- ization, and no officer has co-operated with me more cheerfully to keep his department in an efficient condition, and to manage it in an economical manner. The force is a good one, and has dis- charged its duties in an acceptable manner. The number of fires and alarms during the year has been small, and the loss of prop- erty trifling. The department is well equipped and provided, and in an improved state of discipline. I have no suggestions to make in regard to either of these departments.
Gentlemen of the City Council, I have now given a general sum- mary of the condition of the city in its various departments, with
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only a few suggestions for the future. There is but little new work that would be advisable for us to enter upon. Some needed im- provements it would, perhaps, be wise for us to defer. There is but a word more that I desire to say. It is not expected you will all think alike on the many questions that will come before you during the present year. It is not desirable that either branch should have a leader whose voice is to be obeyed and whose sug- gestions are to be followed. Each member has been elected with the expectation that he is to use his own judgment, - formed, of course, after proper deliberation. It does not add to the good name of our city, or to its reputation at home or abroad, to lightly make charges of misconduct against your fellow-members, or any public servant, or to carry on discussions with the thoughtlessness and levity that might be pardonable in a society where boys first begin to exercise their vocal organs in debate. This is a city, and for the time being its good name has been placed in your hands to guard and safely keep. What you do and what you say is not confined within the walls of your rooms. The public hears it, and what is said often has as much effect on the prosperity of the city as that which you may do. You should consider well your lan- guage as well as your votes. Say nothing and do nothing that can bring dishonor on your city. Say that and do that only which will bring to her credit. The reputation of men should be held as sacred as property, and no one has the right lightly to deal with either. Take up the duties that have devolved upon you, and per- form them in such a manner that the common speech of men shall be that your honors have been well conferred.
TREASURER'S
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 25, 1881.
Report received and referred to the Committee on Finance, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 26, 1881. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, Feb. 14, 1881.
The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the annual report of the City Treasurer for the year ending Dec. 31, 1880, have carefully exam- ined the same in connection with the books, warrants, and vouchers in the Treasurer's office. They find the report to be a correct and accurate account of the financial transactions of the city for the year 1880, and rec- ommend that the same be accepted.
The books and accounts of the Treasurer are kept in a systematic and business-like manner, and are a credit to the city.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb. 22, 1881. Report accepted, adopted, and sent down for concurrence. CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 23, 1881.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Jan. 25, 1881.
To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, -The undersigned presents herewith his ninth an- nual report as treasurer of this city.
There were no noticeable acquisitions the past year to the public property, and its value remains as on the 31st of December, 1879, at $1,121,400.
During the year, bonds of the city amounting to $154,500 became due, and their payment was provided for by the issue and disposal of new bonds for a like amount, leaving the funded debt the same as on the 31st of December, 1879, classified as follows : City loan, $1,215,000 ($60,000 payable in 1885, and $1,155,000 payable in various sums at different times, but renewable for final payment in 1895) ; sewer loan, $35,000 (payable in 1896) ; and water loan, $335.000 ($315,000 payable in various sums at different times, but renewable for final payment in 1905, $10,000 payable in 1906, and $10.000 payable in 1884 and 1904, - $5.000 in each year, - but renewable for final payment in 1907) ; a total of $1,585,000.
The contributions to the sinking funds of the city, which must continue to be $45,525 annually, while the debt remains at the present sum, and which must be raised by taxation ($2.26 of the $19.10 on a thousand dollars' valuation the past year, having been for this purpose), will, with the interest accumulations thereto while in the custody of the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds, be sufficient, it is intended, to meet the debt at its several dates of final maturity.
This funded debt, of which more than a third part is indebted- ness, or renewals of indebtedness incurred prior to the change
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from a town to a city form of government, was contracted for the following-named purposes : Fire department, $26,000 ; highways, $257,000 ; miscellaneous (gravel lands, land intended for, but not converted to, school purposes, war loans, and undesignated loans of the town, renewed by the city), $295,000; police station, $50,000 ; public park, $200,000 ; school-houses, $155,000 ; sewers, $227,000 ; sidewalks, $40,000 ; and water works, $335,000. The rates of interest on the debt are : 62 per cent on $761,500 ; 6 per cent on $135,000 ; 5g per cent on $191,000 ; and 5 per cent on $497,500.
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are : Taxes, $153,169.10 ; real-estate liens, $13,714.99 ; sewer assessments, $8,081.50 ; sidewalk assessments, $667.55 ; water-service assessments, $413.80 ; highway betterment assess- ments, $2,831.75 ; public park betterment assessments, $1,573.84 ; State of Massachusetts, on State aid and indigent soldiers and sailors' accounts, $5,447.25 ; and cash, $7 448.50: a total of $193,348.28.
The unfunded liabilities are : temporary loans, $210,000 ; school- house on Highland Avenue (unexpended balance), $7,166.72; public library (unexpended balance), $499.22 ; public park (con- tingent upon the collection of assessments), $1,524.18 ; sundry persons, $631.10 ; and overplus on tax sales (money received on sales of estates for non-payment of taxes, over amount of taxes, interest, and costs, and payable on demand to the owners of the property), $131.00 : a total of $219,952.22.
Excess of unfunded liabilities over available assets, $26,603.84.
The tax levy for 1880 was on a valuation of $20,458,100, at $19.10 on a thousand dollars' valuation, and 6,089 polls at $2.00 each, amounting to $402,927.71.
The appropriations for the year, provided for by the tax levy, and the expenses, were : -
Fire Department, appropriation ·
Health Department, appropriation
$20,000 00 Expended $20,763 50 ' 2,700 00 66 3,442 35
Highways, including transfer from Sidewalks, appropriation . . 31,033 25 66 31,474 40
[$1,500 additional was transferred
from Public Park account.]
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Indigent Soldiers and Sailors (appro- priation omitted by an oversight of the City Council)
$1,147 00
Interest, appropriation .
$66,000 00
Expended over and above $8,868.47 re- ceived from the State as bank and cor- poration taxes, and carried to credit of this account by order of City Council .
Miscellaneous, appropriation $2,500, less transfer of $300 to Salaries
2,200 00
Expended over and above $2,945.33 re- ceived for liquor licenses, and trans- ferred to this account
5,331 16
[$4,000 additional was transferredfrom Public Park account.]
Police, appropriation
22,500 00 Expended
22,282 03
Police Station Incidentals, appropria- tion
2,300 00
2,300 25
Public Library, appropriation
1,500 00
1,500 00
[$934.23 additional was received from the county on dog licenses, and the unexpended balance carried to ac- count of 1881.]
Public Park Maintenance, appropria- tion
1,200 00
66
1,592 97
Salaries, including transfer from Mis- cellaneous account, appropriation
16,750 00
66
16,961 00
School Contingent, appropriation
8,000 00
66
9,103 45
School Fuel, appropriation
3,200 00
66
3,249 19
School-House on Highland Avenue, ap- propriation .
4,186 80
66
4,186 80
[$10,000 additional was transferred from Public Park account, and the unexpended balance carried to ac- count of 1881.]
School-House Repairs, appropriation . School Teachers' Salaries, appropria- tion
63,000 00
66
60,715 71
Sewers, appropriation
7,500 00
66
11,078 29
Sidewalks, appropriation $2,500, less transfer of $1,033.25 to Highways .
1,466 75
66
1,466 75
Sinking Fund Contributions, appropri- ation .
45,525 00
Paid
45,525 00
Soldiers' Relief, appropriation
1,000 00 Expended
552 81
Street Lights, appropriation
7,500 00
66
7,765 70
Support of Poor, appropriation
13,000 00
66
14,241 59
66
6,556 50
5,800 00
·
·
67,273 16
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Water Maintenance, appropriation . Expended over and above $12,999.79 received from the city of Boston, return on water rates
$14,000 00
$12,333 35
Excess and Deficiency of 1879, appro- priation . ·
21,197 82
Applied 21,197 82
State of Massachusetts, State tax, ap- propriation .
23,160 00
Paid
23,100 00
· County of Middlesex, county tax, appro- priation
11,638 19
66 11,638 19
Overlay and Abatement, appropriation,
6,569 90
Applied
11,622 60
Totals ,
. $402,927 71
$418,461 54
Excess of current expenses over appropriations
$15,533 83
In settlement of the contract for building the Beacon and Elm Street sewer, there was paid in addition to the sum to the credit of the account, Dec. 31, 1879
15,779 10
And abatements were made from highway betterment assess- ments, amounting to
791 01
Increasing the deficit to
· $32,103 94
Deducting the sums transferred from Public Park account to the Current Expenses, Highways, and Miscellaneous accounts, as already noted
5,500 00
Leaves the net deficit
$26,603 94
Being the disparity between the available assets and the unfunded liabilities ; and which must, by law, be provided for by taxation the present year.
Two of the largest Current Expenses appropriations, - Interest (mainly), and Sinking Fund Contributions (entirely), - exist as consequents upon the funded debt ; and the sums paid and charged to these accounts the past year were, on
S. F.
Fire Department debt
Interest. $1,330 00
Contributions. $780 00
Highway debt
14,130 00
10,710 00
Miscellaneous debt
17,067 50 3,250 00
8,850 00
Police Station debt
1,500 00
Public Park debt
12,550 00
6,000 00
School debt
9,375 00
4,650 00
Sewer debt
13,255 00
6,810 00
Sidewalk debt
2,600 00
1,200 00
Water Works dept (charged in Water Mainte-
nance account)
20,375 00
5,025 00
Total
. $93,932 50
$45,525 00
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The rates of taxation applicable to the several accounts were - on a thousand dollars' valuation - as follows : -
Fire Department $0.99₺
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund
Contributions
$1.09₺
Health Department .
.13₺
Highways 1.54
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund
Contributions 2.70
Interest
3.28
Miscellaneous . .11
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions 1.31
Police
1.12
Police Station Incidentals .11₺
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions .33
Public Library .
.074
Public Park Maintenance
.06
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions .92
Salaries
.
.83
School Contingent .40
School Fuel
.16
School-House on Highland Avenue
.21
School-House Repairs
.29
School Teachers' Salaries
3.13
Total for school purposes
4.19
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions
4.84
Sewers
.37
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions 1.30
Sidewalks
.07
Including proportion of Interest and Sinking Fund Contributions .24₺
Sinking Fund Contributions
2.26
Soldiers' Relief
.05
Street Lights
.37
Support of Poor
.65
Water Maintenance, including Interest . .69₺
Including proportion of Sinking Fund Contributions, Excess and Deficiency, deficit in accounts of 1879 . 1.05₺
.94₺
State of Massachusetts, state tax
.85
County of Middlesex, county tax
.28
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The financial condition of the city, aside from the public prop- erty, is : -
Funded debt
Excess of unfunded liabilities over available assets
$1,585,000 00 26,603 94
Amounting to .
$1,611,603 94
The amount of the Sinking Funds, as per report of the Commissioners, is
253,764 95
Leaving the net debt, Dec. 31, 1880
$1,357,838 99
The gross cash receipts for the year, including the bal- ance from the year 1879. were
$1,241,009 72
And the gross cash disbursements
1,233,561 22
Leaving the sum of
$7,448 50
In the treasury at the close of the year.
Respectfully submitted,
AARON SARGENT, Treasurer.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Table A.
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1880.
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Central Hill Land (12 acres, 27,920
feet), City Hall,
$10,000 00
Furniture,
3,000 00
13,000 00
Public Library,
8,500 00
Steam Fire Engine House,
$10,000 00
Furniture,
500 00
Steam Fire Engine and Appa- ratus, 4,000 00
Steam Fire Engine Hose Car-
riage and Apparatus, 2,000 00.
16,500 00
High School House,
$40,000 00
Furniture,
3,500 00
Philosophical Apparatus,
500 00
44,000 00
Prescott School House Land (21,444
feet) and Building,
$40,000 00
Furniture,
2,000 00
42,000 00
Luther V. Bell School House Land
(23,396 feet) and Building, $40,000 00 Furniture, 3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$267,000 00
$100,000 00
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Amount brought forward, Forster School House Land (32,693 feet) and Building, Furniture,
$267,000 00
$40,000 00
1,500 00
41,500 00
Morse School House Land (29,109 feet) and Building,
$25,000 00
Furniture,
1,000 00
26,000 00
Lincoln School House Land (18,000
feet) and Building,
$11,000 00
Furniture,
500 00
11,500 00
Prospect Hill School House Land (25,- 313 feet) and Building,
$20,000 00
Furniture,
600 00
Jackson School House Land (11,212 feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Bennett School House Land (20,560
feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Webster School House Land (11,050
feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Union School House Land (9,360
feet) and Building,
$2,500 00
Furniture,
100 00
2,600 00
Harvard School House Land (9,810
feet) and Building,
$2,500 00
Furniture,
100 00
2,600 00
Amount curried forward,
$396,700 00
20,600 00
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Amount brought forward, Edgerly School House Land (26,428 feet). and Building, Furniture,
$396,700 00
$25,000 00
500 00
25,500 00
Brastow School House Land (10,019
feet) and Building,
$6,000 00
Furniture,
250 00
6,250 00
Franklin School House Land (33,017
feet) and Building,
$14,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
14,300 00
Beach Street School House Land
(6,000 feet) and Building,
$4,500 00
Furniture,
250 00
4,750 00
Spring Hill School House Land (4,991
feet) and Building,
$1,600 00
Furniture,
100 00
1,700 00
City Farm Land (10 acres, 12,523 feet),
30,000 00
Cedar Street School House, $700 00
Furniture,
100 00
800 00
City Stables and Dwelling Houses,
7,000 00
Equipments for Highway Repairs,
3,000 00
Watering Carts and Sheds,
2,300 00
No, 1 Hose House Land (4,312 feet) and Building,
$2,300 00
Furniture,
400 00
John E. Wool Hose Carriage and Apparatus, 2,000 00
4,700 00
No. 2 Hose House Land (5,400 feet)
and Building,
$7,500 00
Furniture,
300 00
Winter Hill Hose Carriage
and Apparatus, . 2,000 00
9,800 00
Amount carried forward,
$506,800 00
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Amount brought forward,
$506,800 00
1 No. 3 Hose House Land (5,226 feet) and Building,
$9,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
Geo. H. Foster Hose Carriage and Apparatus, 2,000 00
R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Truck and Apparatus, 3,400 00
Prescott Hook and Ladder Truck and Apparatus, 100 00
14,800 00
No. 4 Hose House Land (9,100 feet)
and Building,
$11,000 00
Furniture,
400 00
Geo. O. Brastow Hose Car: riage and Apparatus, 2,000 00
Relief Hose Carriage, 600 00
14,000 00
Fire Alarm Telegraph,
15,800 00
Police Station Land (15,232 feet) and
Building (Bow Street),
$40,000 00
Furniture,
3,000 00
43,000 00
Prospect Street Land (7,918 feet) and Building, 7,000 00
Public Park (cost $212,993.20),
125,000 00
Joy Street Land (2,960 feet),
500 00
Walnut Hill Land (10,890 feet),
1,000 00
Ledge Land on Bond Street (39,732 feet),
2,500 00
Holland Street (5 a., 6,806 feet),
12,000 00
Somerville Ave. (39,456 feet),
5,000 00
Gravel Land in Waltham (about 35 acres), 15,000 00
Gravel Land in Wakefield (about 1 } acres), 5,000 00
Gravel Land' in Winchester (about 2 acres), 500 00
Amount carried forward,
$767,900 00
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Amount brought forward,
$767,900 00
Somerville Water Works (cost $342,- 608.76),
341,000 00
Tufts Street Land (29,584 feet),
5,000 00
Oliver Street Land (63,069 feet),
7,500 00
Total value of Public Property,
$1,121,400 00
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Table B. FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1880.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1871. April 1, Oct.
1,
City, Water, City,
School 3, 8 to 11, Town 6,
62
1881. April 1, Oct.
1,
10,000
40,000
66
66
66
7,
6
2,000
2,000
8,
62
66
11,500
11.500
School 4,
25,000
25,000
1874.
Sidewalk,
9,
66
10,000
10,000
April 1,
City,
1,
66
July
1,
5,000
10,000
5 & 6,
66
66
50.000
50,000
66
66
40,000
40,000
66
City, 6.
9,
5,000
5,000
66
11 & 12,
Oct.
1,
5,000
10,000
1874.
Oct.
1,
Sidewalk,
10,
66
66
10,000
10,000
Oct.
1,
City,
349,
5
Oct.
1,
36.500
36,500
Water,
36,
7,500
7,500
1874.
City,
49,
1884. April 1,
10,000
10,000
66
2,000
2,000
66
66
10,000
20,000
1872.
7,
53
July
1,
20,000
20,000
1874.
66 .
66,
2,000
2,000
66
66
72 to 79,
66
5,000
40,000
1872.
1,
City,
13, 14 to 17,
6
Oct.
1,
6,000
6,000
1874.
Oct.
1,
80 to 86,
62
66
5,000
50,000
66
66
5,000
5 000
99,
66
66
2 500
2,500
100,
66
66
1,000
1.000
101 to 103,
3.000
9,000
104,
.€
66
1 000
1,000
105.
66
2,000
2,000
5,000
30 000
Oct. 1,
Water,
32,
5
Oct.
1,
5,000
5,000
1878.
1885.
Jan. 1,
City,
337,
Jan.
1,
5,000
5,000
1876.
66
188,
April 1,
4,500
4,500
1879.
66
342,
5
66
6,000
6,000
Oct.
1,
66
350,
66
6,000
6,000
Amount
carried forward
$880,000
1,
17,500
17,500
July 6.
1,
3 & 4,
60
10,000
20.000
Water,
12,
13,
66
10,000
20,000
1880.
1883.
5,000
15,000
July 1,
July
1,
67.
5,000
5.000
16 to 18,
66
5,000
15,000
Oct. 66
66
5.000
35,000
66
87 to 96,
98,
106 to 111, 116,
3.000
3,000
66
5,000
125,000
117 to 121, 123 to 142, 147 to 156,
66
5,000
50,000
1877.
66
66
66
April 1,
April 1,
1880
Water,
5,000
20,000
April 1,
52 to 54,
55,
57 & 60,
1882.
66
April
60,000
$60,000
10,000
10.000
Oct. 1, 1872.
8 & 10,
66
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Table B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1875.
July
1,
Water, City,
19 to 22,
6
July
1,
5,000
20,000
157,
158,
3,000
3,000
159,
66
5,000
5,000
66
66
160 to 162,
5,000
15,000
1876.
April 1,
175 to 182,
April 1,
5,000
40,000
183 to 185,
¥
66
5,000
5,000
66
1,000
1,000
23 to 27,
10,000
50,000
66
28.
66
5,500
5,500
1880.
66
37 to 45,
5
Oct.
1,
1,000
9,000
1881.
66
57 to 65,
Jan.
1,
1,000
9,000
1880.
16
46 to 54,
Oct.
1,
1,000
9,000
66
66
55,
Oct.
1,
9,000
9,000
Jan
1,
66 to 76,
Jan.
1,
1,000
11,000
Jan.
1,
City,
335,
Jan.
1,
37,000
37,000
336,
66
66
2,000
2,000
Jan.
1,
Water,
34,
66
25,000
25 000
.6
66
340,
66
66
1,500
1,500
1880.
Jan.
1,
346.
66
66
2,000
2,000
$6
66
347,
66
66
1,000
1,000
66
348,
66
5,500
5,500
1876.
66
189, 190 to 194,
52
April 1,
35,500
35,500
Oct.
1.
16
195 to 334,
66
1,000
140 000
1879.
April 1,
343,
66
4,000
4,000
Oct.
1.
344,
8,000
8,000
66
25,000
25,000
1880.
Oct.
1,
66
351,
1.000
1,000
66
66
42,500
42,500
July 1,
Sewer,
1 to 7,
July 1,
5,000
35,000
1877.
1904.
Oct.
1,
5,000
5,000
1879.
66
35,
Jan. . 1,
5,000
5,000
April 1,
29,
52
April 1,
4,500
4,500
1880.
Oct.
1,
56,
5
5,500
5,500
1876.
1906.
uly
1,
30 & 31,
July
1,
5,000
10,000
Total
Funded Debt
$1,585,000
1881.
1892.
1895.
66
1,000
1,000
1879.
City,
339,
12,000
12,000
1,500
1 500
66
341,
5
5,000
25,000
1876.
1896.
Oct.
1,
Water,
33,
1905.
Jan.
1,
1876.
66
186,
187,
Water,
163 to 174,
5,000
60,000
1886.
Amount
brought forward
$880,000
1885.
..
4,000
4 000
-
66
5,000
15 000
Oct.
1,
1887.
1889.
Jan. 1,
Oct. 1,
1890.
66
66
1878.
338,
April 1,
345,
66
352,
66
2
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Table C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT, SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1880.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for current expenses,
$361,559 62
PROPERTY and DEBT BALANCE, appropriated in 1880, 154,500 00
$516,059 62
Debit.
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
$20,000 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
2,700 00
HIGHWAYS,
30,000 00
INTEREST,
66,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS,
2,500 00
POLICE,
22,500 00
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,300 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,500 00
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,200 00
RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT,
154,500 00
SALARIES,
16,450 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
8,000 00
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
5,800 00
SCHOOL- HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE,
4,186 80
SCHOOL FUEL,
3,200 00
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
63,000 00
SEWERS,
7,500 00
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
1,000 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,500 00
SUPPORT OF POOR,
13,000 00
SIDEWALKS,
2,500 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
14,000 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY (1879),
21,197 82
$516,059 62
35
CASH.
Credit.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
$11,638 19
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
20,878 72
FUNDED DEBT,
154,500 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
3,442 35
HIGHWAYS,
33,437 12
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
2,294 00
INTEREST,
86,652 91 .
LIQUOR LICENSES,
981 77
MISCELLANEOUS,
7,836 70
MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS),
3,939 67
POLICE,
23,682 43
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,547 78
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
2,252 31
PUBLIC PARK,
411 70
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,592 97
SALARIES,
16,961 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
9,148 50
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
60,715 71
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
7,355 02
SCHOOL-HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE,
7,020 08
SCHOOL FUEL,
3,249 19
SEWERS,
21,052 58
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREET SEWER),
22,422 02
SIDEWALKS,
2,765 60
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
552 81
STATE AID,
4,422 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
23,160 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,975 70
SUNDRY PERSONS,
1,233 76
SUPPORT OF POOR,
16,704 19
TEMPORARY LOANS,
595,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
29,895 73
WATER SERVICES,
2,313 26
$1,233,561 22
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1881,
7,448 50
Amount carried forward,
$1,241,009 72
36
Amount brought forward, $1,241,009 72
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1879,
$5,757 07
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
115 22
FUNDED DEBT,
154,500 00
HIGHWAYS,
1,841 17
. HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,
1,979 34
INTEREST,
19,703 37
LIQUOR LICENSES, 3,927 10
MISCELLANEOUS,
1,339 98 .
MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS),
2,032 78
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES,
131 00
POLICE,
1,400 40
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
247 48
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,212 89
PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENT ASSESS-
MENTS, 13,318 77
REAL ESTATE LIENS,
6,315 92
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
45 05
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
798 52
SEWERS,
145 79 .
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREET
SEWER), 229 40
SEWER ASSESSMENTS,
13,180 94
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTŚ,
2,670 97
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, - INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, 302 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, - STATE AID,
4,425 25
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, -- SUPPORT OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
625 00
STREET LIGHTS,
210 00
SUPPORT OF POOR,
2,462 63
TAXES,
387,332 82
TEMPORARY LOANS,
595,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
17,737 69
WATER SERVICES,
422 06
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS,
1,598 61
$1,241,009 72
37
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for county tax,
$11,638 19
Debit,
CASH, paid county tax,
$11,638 19
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, for deficit of 1879,
$21,197 82
HIGHWAYS, credit balance of account,
1,058 85
MISCELLANEOUS, 66
868 84
POLICE, 66
217 97
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES, credit balance of account, 2,284 29
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, credit balance of account, 447 19
WATER MAINTENANCE, credit balance of account,
1,666 65
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1881,
26,603 94
$54,345 55
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1879,
$21,197 82
FIRE DEPARTMENT, debit balance of ac- count, 763 50
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, debit balance of account, 742 35
HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE), debit balance of account, 105 88
HIGHWAYS (WINTHROP AVENUE), debit balance of account, 685 13
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, debit balance of account, 1,147 00
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