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INCREASE OF TAX RATE.
The increase in the tax rate during my administration has been a great disappointment to me as well as to our citizens
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generally ; but it was due in part to temporary causes, and a reduction next year may be confidently expected. I base my prediction of a lower tax rate upon the following facts : -
1. That no unpaid bills will be carried forward this year to burden the incoming administration.
2. That the new method of apportioning the tax on stock of street railway corporations will give the city a large additional revenue.
3. That it will not be necessary, as it has been this year, to use all the surplus water revenue for storm-water drains.
4. That a much smaller appropriation will be required for reduction of the funded debt.
5. That there are but few public improvements of an urgent character to call for appropriations on funded debt account.
I have already pointed out several causes contributing to the high tax rate of the present year. One of the most impor- tant, however, has not yet been mentioned, and is found in the comparatively small increase in the taxable valuation of the city. The widespread depression in business, continuing already for several years, has retarded building operations and checked the rise in the value of real estate. The increase in taxable property during the last three years has been as follows : - 1896, $2,564,500 ; 1897, $1,160,200 ; 1898, $508,700. The foregoing increases in valuation represent the following decreases in tax rate, or would do so if there were no other factors in the problem :- 1896, eighty-five cents on $1,000; 1897, forty-one cents on $1,000 ; 1898, eighteen cents on $1,000.
DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZENS.
During the present year Somerville has lost several of her most distinguished citizens, some of them men who had served the city with great ability and fidelity in positions of public trust. Among the number who have passed away, you will recall the names of Ex-Mayor Mark F. Burns, Public Librarian John S. Hayes, and Ex-Aldermen Ezra D. Souther and J. Leland Norcross. Each one of them I was proud to call my friend, and with all of them I had been closely associated in
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official service. They were men of sterling qualities, giving the best of their thought and labor to advance the interests of the city in which they dwelt, On other occasions I have paid them my humble tribute of just and loving praise, and it is not meet that encomiums should be repeated at this hour. I only hope that when the last page of our several records is written, we may, like them, merit the gratitude and respect of those from whose hands we have received public honors.
I venture at this time to express the hope that before another mayor retires from office we shall see a suitable monu- ment standing on Central hill to commemorate the valor of the soldiers of the Union army.
Gentlemen of the City Council : -
While, in my present state of health, it is a satisfaction to be relieved from public duties, let me say in all frankness that I do not quit the office of mayor without a twinge of sadness. In a city like Somerville, it is not only a position of great honor, but it has also many delightful features which fully compensate for the responsibilities its incumbent must assume and the burdens he must bear.
When I entered the office, I promised to give the full measure of my ability and strength to the service of my fellow- citizens. I have tried to keep my pledge. The meagreness of the ability has brought more shame to me than to them, for they have looked upon my efforts with a charity that has never failed. The strength has been far less than I had hoped, but it has all been used for what I conceived to be the welfare of my city and my fellowmen. If the work were again to fall to my hands, I might escape many errors of the past, but I could not act with any greater honesty of purpose.
It is only simple justice to say that the pleasures of my official service have been greatly enhanced by the unvarying courtesy and consideration accorded to me by the several city councils with which I have been associated. During the three years I have gone in and out among the members of the city government, I do not recall a single act or word, directed to me personally, that has caused a moment's pain or left the slightest
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sting. On the contrary, I have been led to feel that I was act- ing not only with official associates, but also with warm personal friends.
You have not agreed with me at all times on public meas- ures. It would not have been reasonable to expect such unbroken accord. But whenever you have expressed dissent from my opinions, you have done so in a way that could not cause offence to the most sensitive mind. Some of you may have felt that my use of the veto power was too frequent, and not always wisely exercised ; but no one of your number has ever questioned the sincerity of my motives in applying to legis- lation the one check which the statutes of the Commonwealth have placed in the mayor's hands. The same confidence you have had in the honesty of my. purposes has characterized my feelings toward you. We have simply differed in judgment on a few matters of public policy, as is the wont with men every- where and at all times. In this connection, it may be of interest to you to learn that since the veto power was given to mayors in this Commonwealth, twenty years ago, just forty-eight veto messages have been presented to the city councils of Somer- ville. Of this number, seventeen were written by my prede- cessors in office, and thirty-one by myself. As evidence of the good feeling which has existed between the legislative and exec- utive branches of the city government during the last three years, I will add that all but three of my vetoes have been sustained, and the objections raised in two that were overruled were fully met by subsequent legislation.
Considering some of the political conditions attending the election of city councils and mayor in Somerville of late, it · would not have been strange if antagonisms had arisen from time to time between the legislative and executive depart- ments. Happily, however, this has not been the case, and for harmony of action in all branches of the public service the record of the last three years has never been surpassed. I do not call to mind a single appointment which I have made that has failed of unanimous confirmation. The members of the city councils with whom I have been associated have trans- acted public business in a spirit of mutual confidence and
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respect. Their discussions have been characterized by courtesy and good feeling. They have seemed to be imbued with the sentiment which breathes in the lines of our revered Quaker poet :-
" To differ is not crime, The varying bells make up the perfect chime."
Not only have my relations with the several city councils been most cordial, but I have at all times received the kindest treatment from the executive officers of the city. They have responded cheerfully to every request for counsel or service, and their cooperation has been a source of strength and courage in the performance of my duties. If I should refer to them by name, the list would include every official and head of depart- ment. Not one of them has ever spoken a word or done an act to cause the slightest friction between his office and my own. Never was a city more highly favored than is Somerville in the character of its officers and employees.
While our leave-takings to-night are not without an element of sadness, there are many things in which we may find incite- ments to hope and joy. The present condition and future prospects of our city are such as to make glad the hearts of its friends. We have a right to be proud of Somerville. It is a city beautiful in its situation and surroundings. It is blest with a population which embodies the best qualities of man- hood and the noblest traits of womanhood. Its public affairs are managed in an honest and intelligent manner. Its citizen- ship is protected by every legal and moral safeguard. It will be still more attractive as a place of residence in the years to come, when, as I trust, its river valley will be transformed into a beautiful parkway, its public grounds be still further embel- lished, its highways made clean and smooth, the advantages of its schools and library extended, and all its agencies for the physical, intellectual, and spiritual welfare of mankind enlarged by the superior wisdom of that new century, whose messenger is already knocking at the door. To have shared for a time in the government of such a city is an honor which no one of us lightly esteems.
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Our official relations, gentlemen, will soon be at end, but I am sure the friendly ties which have been formed in this build- ing will not be broken while life lasts. In all the coming years, whether they be few or many, I shall look back with unfeigned pleasure to the public service which we have shared together. The uniform kindness and courtesy which you have extended to me will not be forgotten, and in private life I shall cherish the friendship of the men whose confidence and sup- port have been of such great value to me in the performance of arduous public duties. If my desires could bring prosperity and happiness to your future days, each one of you would be assured of a life resplendent with sunshine and joy.
REPORT
OF THE
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
OF TAXES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 18, 1899.
Referred to Committee on Finance, and sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 18, 1899. Referred to Committee on Finance, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, February 10, 1899. TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE : -
The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the report of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, for the year 1898, report that in compliance with Section 10 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Ordinances, they have, in conjunction with the Auditor, examined and audited the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year ending December 31, 1898, and in the manner prescribed by said section. In connection with this examination, a careful com- parison has been made with the books of the City Auditor and with the financial statements received from the several committees, boards and officers of the city accountable for the use of the city funds. The cash account of the Treasurer has been verified by actual count of the cash on hand, and the balances shown to be in the banks of deposit have been confirmed by the officers of the several banks.
We are pleased to report, as a result of the examination, that no errors were discovered in the accounts and books of the Treasurer and Collector, which are models of neatness and care, and we recommend that his report be accepted and printed in the Annual Reports of 1898.
GEORGE O. PROCTOR, FREDERICK M. KILMER, ISAAC M. STORY, Committee
CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, on
ROBERT BURNS,
ARTHUR P. VINAL,
Finance.
W. H. CUSHMAN, PAUL J. SMITH,
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 15, 1899. Accepted and sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 16, 1899.
Accepted, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, January 12, 1899.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE : -
Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the twenty-seventh annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a statement showing, in detail, the receipts and dis- bursements for the year ending December 31, 1898.
The value of the property of the city December 31, 1897, was $2,638,100.12. The property acquired during the year was as follows : -
Fire Alarm and Police Patrol Boxes . $ 1,500.00
Fire Station, Clarendon Hill 7,350.00
Highway Department, Steam Road Roller 3,190.00
Public Grounds, Lincoln Park 4,987.87
Public Grounds, Prospect Hill Park 20,356.21
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District (M. W. Carr) 40,041.60
Schoolhouse, Ward Two 9,872.53
Somerville Water Works 26,970.22
Total amount of property acquired during the year $114,268.43 Making the value of the public property December 31, 1888, as per Table A, $2,752,368.55.
The Funded Debt December 31, 1897, as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,548,000.00.
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows : -
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District (M. W. Carr) $6,000.00
Schoolhouse, English High 1,000.00
Amount carried forward $7,000.00
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Amount brought forward 7,000.00
Schoolhouse, Prescott, Heating and Ventilating 6,000.00
Schoolhouse, Ward Two 34,000.00
Schoolhouse, Burns, Addition 12,000.00
Public Grounds, Lincoln Park 5,000.00
Public Grounds, Prospect Hill Park
20,000.00
Highways, Steam Road Roller .
3,500.00
Highways, Paving Webster avenue, Fitchburg Railroad to Cambridge line 7,000.00
Sidewalks .
5,000.00
Electrical Department, Police Patrol Boxes
1,500.00
Support of Poor, Almshouse
20,000.00
Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill . 15,000.00
Sewers, Construction 25,000.00
Armory
15,000.00
Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt account
$176,000.00
To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations the fol- lowing bonds were issued, viz. : -
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,365 to 2,375, payable 1899, interest 4 per cent.
$11,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,376 to 2,386, payable 1900, interest 4 per cent.
11,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,387 to 2,396, payable 1901, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,397 to 2,406, payable 1902, interest 4 per cent.
10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,407 to 2,416, payable 1903, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,417 to 2,426, payable 1904, interest 4 per cent.
10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,427 to 2,436, payable 1905, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,437 to 2,446, payable 1906, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00
Amount carried forward
$82,000.00
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 79
Amount brought forward $82,000.00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,447 to 2,456, payable 1907, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,457 to 2,465, payable 1908, interest 4 per cent. 9,000.00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,466 to 2,470, payable 1909, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,471 to 2,475, payable 1910, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,476 to 2,480, payable 1911, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,481 to 2,485, payable 1912, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,486 to 2,490, payable 1913, interest 4 per cent.
5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,491 to 2,495, payable 1914, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,496 to 2,500, payable 1915, interest + per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,501 to 2,505, payable 1916, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,506 to 2,510, payable 1917, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,511 to 2,515, payable 1918, interest 4 per cent. 5,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 199 to 223, payable 1898 to 1902, $1,000 annually, interest 4 per cent. 25,000.00
Total amount of bonds issued in 1898 $176,000.00
The following bonds became due and were paid during the year, viz .: -
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,274 to 1,283, interest 4 per cent. $10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,611 to 1,619, interest 4 per cent. 9,000.00
Amount carried forward
$19,000.00
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Amount brought forward $19.000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,772 to 1,790, interest 4 per cent. 19,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,068 to 2,077, interest 4 per cent. 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2,223 to 2,233, interest 4 per cent.
11,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 970 to 993, interest 4 per cent.
24,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,073 to 1,082, interest 4 per cent.
10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,131 to 1,134, interest 4 per cent.
4,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,189 to 1,195, interest 4 per cent.
7,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,421 to 1,444, interest 42 per cent.
24,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,284 to 1,293, interest 4 per cent.
10,000.00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 57, interest 4 per cent.
1,000.00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 174, interest 4 per cent. . Sewer Loan Bond No. 40, interest 42 per cent. .
1,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 82 to 85, interest 4 per cent.
4,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 26 to 30, interest 4 per cent.
5,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 152 to 166, interest 5 per cent. ·
15,000.00
Water Loan Bond No. 287, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000.00
Water Loan Bond No. b449, interest 4 per cent.
1,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 327 to 329, interest 4 per cent.
3,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 407 to 408, interest 4 per cent. ·
2,000.00
Total amount of bonds paid during the year . $172,000.00
1,000.00
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 81
Leaving the net Funded Debt, December 31, 1898, as per Table B, $1,552,000.00, classified as follows : - City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. $907,000.00 City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 42 per cent. 137,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. 153,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 42 per cent.
13,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent.
70,000.00
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. . Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent.
234,000.00
28,000.00
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 52 per cent. 10,000.00
Total Funded Debt, City Loan . $1,122,000.00 Total Funded Debt, Water Loan . 272,000.00 Total Funded Debt, Paving Loan (outside legal limit) 70,000.00
Total Funded Debt, Sewer Loan (outside legal limit) . 88,000.00
$1,552,000.00
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RESOURCES.
The assessors' warrant for the tax levy, assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants, was received.
The total amount of taxable property was $50,739,700, and the rate of taxation was $17.90 on each $1,000 valuation as follows : -
Real Estate, valuation . $47,015,775.00
Personal Estate, valuation 3,723,925.00
Total valuation . $50,739,700.00 At a rate of $17.90 on $1,000 valuation $908,240.63
Polls, 16,281 at $2.00 . 32,562.00
Street Watering, 334,612 linear feet at 4 cents . 13,384.48
Total amount of tax levy
$954,187.11
Borrowed on Funded Debt account to provide for cost of public improvements
176,000.00
Water Works income
200,735.03
National Bank and Corporation Taxes
27,463.89
Court Fees, Fines, etc.
3,776.50
County of Middlesex, dog licenses
2,268.86
Unexpended balance of 1897
60,450.80
Received from all other sources
50,474.98
Total amount of resources $1,475,357.17
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 83
The appropriations, credits and balances of the various accounts were as follows : -
Expenditures
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
and Balances.
Armory : -
Appropriation, Fund-
ed Debt account . $15,000.00
Transferred to other
accounts
4,877.24
$10,122.76
Balance to 1899 .
$10,122.76
Electrical Department :
Appropriation
6,400.00
Old material sold
$42.70
Expenditures
Deficiency
6,797.74
355.04
Electrical Department, Fire Alarm and Police Patrol Boxes : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
1,500.00
Expenditures
1,500.00
Engineering Department : -
Appropriation
9,000.00
Received for services .
61.50
Expenditures
9,040.21
Excess
21.29
Excess and Deficiency, 1898 : -
Appropriation
8,400.00
Deficiency of 1897
8,369.38
Excess to 1899 .
30.62
Fire Department : -
Appropriation 56,000.00
Horses sold, etc.
332.40
Expenditures
57,388.65
Deficiency .
1,056.25
Fire Department, Fire Station No. 3, Improvement : -
Balance from 1897 52.00
Excess
52.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
Fire Department, Fire Station, Clar- endon Hill : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
$15,000.00
Expenditures
$ 7,350.00
Balance to 1899 .
7,650.00
Health Department :-
Appropriation
20,000.00
Offal and permits
$1,603.92
Expenditures
25,020.80
Deficiency .
.
3,416.88
Highways : --
Appropriation .
$65,000.00
Transferred to other
accounts .
167.41
64,832.59
Labor, materials, and
teaming
$4,384.13
Transferred to High-
ways, Subway at Kent street account 99.65
4,284.48
Expenditures
68,761.01 356.06
Highways, Paving Somerville ave- nue from Park street, west- terly : -
Balance from 1897
.
$466.28
Transferred to High-
ways, paving Web-
ster avenue account
256.60
209.68
Expenditures
209.68
Highways, Paving Webster avenue, Fitchburg Railroad to Cam- bridge line : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac- count
7,000.00
Transferred from Highways, pav- ing Somerville avenue account Edgestones
256.60
30.35
Expenditures
Balance to 1899 .
·
7,033.70 253.25
Excess
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 85
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
Highways, Subway at Kent street : -
Balance from 1897
$257.99
Transferred from other accounts
148.81
Expenditures
$406.80
Highways, Subway at Sacramento
street : -
Balance from 1897
$561.50
Transferred to High-
ways, Subway at
Kent street account
49.16
512.34
Expenditures
512.34
Highways, Steam Road Roller : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
$3,500.00
Expenditures
3,190.00
Excess
310.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors :
Appropriation
400.00
State of Massachusetts
269.00
Expenditures
538.00
Excess
131.00
Interest : -
Appropriation
.
$80,000.00
Transferred to other
accounts
12,200.00
67,800.00
On taxes, etc.
13,315.54
Expenditures
Excess
·
66,498.27
14,617.27
Miscellaneous : -
Appropriation
·
$9,000.00
Transferred from In-
terest account
5,000.00
14,000.00
Costs on taxes, etc.
5,429.09
Expenditures
Excess
17,208.61
2,220.48
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
Overlay and Abatement :-
Appropriation
Taxes .
$20.70
Abatements in 1898 less balance of $2,539.04 from 1897
Deficiency
Police : -
Appropriation 48,500.00
Court fees, fines, etc. .
3,776.50
Expenditures
Deficiency .
52,616.34 339.84
Police Station Incidentals : -
Appropriation
2,000.00
Rent of Police Court .
600.00
Expenditures
2,098.46
Excess
501.54
Printing and Stationery : -
Appropriation
$6,500.00
Transferred from In-
terest account 1,500.00
8,000.00
Expenditures
7,575.60
Excess
424.40
Public Grounds : -
Appropriation · $6,000.00
Transferred from In-
terest account 400.00
6,400.00
Labor on Lincoln Park and care
of Parkway
1,317.76
Expenditures
7,688.79
Excess
Public Grounds, Lincoln Park : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
5,000.00
4,987.87
.
Excess
12.13
Public Grounds, Prospect Hill Park : --
Appropriation, Fund- ed Debt account $20,000.00
Transferred from Ar- mory account 356.21
20,356.21
Expenditures
20,356.21
.
.
28.97
Expenditures
$1,823.64
$3,373.77 1,529.43
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 87
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
Public Library : -
Appropriation
.
$7,500.00
Dog licenses, fines, etc.
Expenditures, including balance
of $139.01 deficiency in 1897 .
·
Balance to 1899 .
$2,790.24
$10,282.84 7.40
Reduction of Funded Debt :
-
Balance from 1897
6,823.36
Appropriation
.
$155,200.00
Transferred to School
Teachers' Salaries
account
12,946.83
142,253.17
Water
Works Income, trans-
ferred
22,000.00
Premium on bonds, etc.
10,023.10
Expenditures
Balance to 1899 .
172,000.00 9,099.63
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors : -
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Transferred from In-
terest account
2,000.00
11,000.00
State of Massachu-
setts, burials
455.00
Expenditures
Excess
11,358.93
96.07
Salaries : -
Appropriation
8,000.00
Bank and Corporation taxes
27,463.89
Expenditures
Excess
32,158.00
3,305.89
School Contingent :
-
Appropriation
18,000.00
Tuition, etc.
294.25
Expenditures
Deficiency
19,685.59
1,391.34
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts. Appropriations.
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
School Contingent, Janitors' Sal- aries :
Appropriations $17,000.00
Expenditures
Deficiency
$17,372.58 372.58
School Fuel :-
Appropriation 10,000.00
Expenditures
9,765.58
Excess
234.42
Schoolhouse, Burns Addition : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
12,000.00
Balance to 1899 .
12,000.00
Schoolhouse, English High : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
1,000.00
Furniture and gas fixtures $114.30
Expenditures
1,114.30
Schoolhouse Incidentals : ---
Appropriation .
17,000.00
Insurance, old materials, etc. 313.31
Expenditures
16,935.60 357.71
Excess
Schoolhouse, Prescott, Heating and Ventilating : -
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac-
count
6,000.00
Expenditures
3,516.23
Balance to 1899
2,483.77
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District :
Appropriation, Funded Debt ac- count $6,000.00 Transferred from Ar- mory account . 521.03
6,521.03
Balance from 1897 32,920.57
Transferred from Sewers, Con- struction account 600.00
Expenditures
40,041.60
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 89
Expenditures
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Credits.
and Balances.
Schoolhouse, land in Ward Two : -
Balance from 1897
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