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Total amount of Sewer Loan Bonds under debt limit $186,000
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
SEWER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 357, ACTS OF 1895, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1895
117 to 119
4
July 1, 1907
$1,000
$3,000
July 1, 1895
120 to 122
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
123 to 125
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
126 to 128
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
129 to 131
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
132 to 134
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
135 to 137
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
138 to 140
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
141 to 143
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
144 to 146
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
147 to 149
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
150 to 152
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
153 to 155
4
July 1, 1919
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
156 to 158
4
July 1, 1920
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
159 to 161
4
July 1, 1921
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
162 to 164
4
July 1, 1922
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
165 to 167
4
July 1, 1923
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
168 to 170
4
July 1, 1924
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
171 to 173
4
July 1, 1925
1,000
3,000
Total amount
of Sewer Loan
Bonds
under above
Act . .
$57,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
City Loan Paving Bonds.
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 153, ACTS OF 1892, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
October 1, 1892
71 to 75
4
Oct. 1, 1907
$1,000
$5,000
October 1, 1892
76 to 80
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
81 to 85
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
86 to 90
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
91 to 95
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
96 to 100
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
5,000
Total amount of
Paving
Bonds
$30,000
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Water Loan Bonds.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
$1,000
$10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
b458
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
b459
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
....
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1. 1909
1,000
1,000
.
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 102
4
Oct. 1, 1909
. .....
..
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
423 to 424
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
294
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
.
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 103
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
.
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
...
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 104
4
Oct. 1, 1911
..
. .
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
296
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
.. .
Oct. 1. 1889
Reg. 105
4
Oct. 1, 1912
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
2,000
Amounts
carried
forward . .
$33,000
$15,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 101
4
Oct. 1, 1908
·
. .
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
428 to 429
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
WATER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount. Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
July 1, 1888
297
4
July 1, 1913
$1,000
1,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 106
4
Oct. 1, 1913
.
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
298
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 107
4
Oct. 1, 1914
. ....
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
434 to 435
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
299
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
.. .
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 108
4
Oct. 1, 1915
. . .. .
...
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
300
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 109
4
Oct. 1, 1916
. .....
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
..
July 1, 1888
301
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 110
4
Oct. 1, 1917
...
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
...
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 111
4
Oct. 1, 1918
...
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
442 to 443
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 112
4
Oct. 1, 1919
..
2,000
()ct. 1. 1890
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
446 to 447
4
Oct. 1, 1920
1,000
2,000
. .....
$55,000
$31.000
Coupons Bonds
$55,000
Registered Bonds
31,000
Total amount Water Loan Bonds
$86,000
. ..
.
$33,000
$15,000
Amounts
brought
forward . .
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds. ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 225, ACTS OF 1902, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
July 1, 1902
5
1
31/2
July 1, 1907
$1,000
$1,000
. .. ..
July 1, 1902
6
31/2
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
Reg. 160
31/2
July 1, 1909
..
·
$1,000
July 1, 1902
8
31/2
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
Reg. 161
31/2
July 1, 1911
..
..
1,000
July 1, 1902
Reg. 162
31/2
July 1, 1912
..
....
1,000
July 1, 1902
11
31/2
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
12
31/2
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
13
31/2
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
14
31/2
July 1, 1916
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
15
31/2
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
16
31/2
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
......
July 1, 1902
17
31/2
July 1, 1919
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
18
31/2
July 1, 1920
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
19
31/2
July 1, 1921
1,000
1,000
· .
July 1, 1902
20
31/2
July 1, 1922
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
21
31/2
July 1, 1923
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
22
31/2
July 1, 1924
1,000
1,000
...
July 1, 1902
23
31/2
July 1, 1925
1,000
1,000
· .....
July 1, 1902
24
31/2
July 1, 1926
1,000
1,000
......
July 1, 1902
25
31/2
July 1, 1927
1,000
1,000
.....
July 1, 1902
26
31/2
July 1, 1928
1,000
1,000
......
July 1, 1902
27
31/2
July 1, 1929
1,000
1,000
$20,000
$3,000
Coupon Bonds
$20,000
Registered Bonds
3,000
Total amount Met. Park Assessment Loan Bonds . $23,000
.....
.. .
......
...
.. .
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
:
Recapitulation.
City Loan Bonds
$1,082,500 00 ·
Sewer Loan Bonds .
186,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
.
·
$1,268,500 00
Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895
$57,000 00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892
30,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902 .
23,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts
Water Loan Bonds .
.
.
110,000 00 86,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt
. $1,464,500 00
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE C .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRI- ATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1906.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes .
$864,675 00
Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issue of bonds
100,000 00
$964,675 00
DEBIT.
Appropriations from tax levy :-
Assessors
$10,000 00
City Auditor
725 00
City Clerk .
5,500 00
City Engineer .
11,500 00
City Messenger
2,000 00
City Solicitor
2,350 00
City Treasurer
9,300 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,200 00
Contingent Fund
3,450 00
Election Expenses :---·
City Clerk
1,650 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
900 00
Pay of Election Officers .
2,500 00
Registrars of Voters
1,650 00
Electrical Department
8,500 00
Executive Department
4,000 00
Fire Department
45,500 00
Health Department
6,400 00
Health Department, and Offal
36,600 00
Health Department, Hospital
6,000 00
Inspection of Buildings
4,100 00
Interest
58,000 00
Military Aid
1,000 00
Police
41,600 00
Printing and Stationery
2,100 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :---
City Buildings
11,000 00
Janitors' Salaries
27,000 00
Schoolhouses
27,700 00
Public Library
14,500 00
Public Grounds
10,400 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
102,000 00
School Contingent
25,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
260,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,050 00
Sidewalks Maintenance
3,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
.
22,000 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
67,000 00
Support of Poor, City Home
2,500 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
14,000 00
Suppression of Gypsy and
Brown-tail
Moths
3,000 00
$864,675 00
Amount carried forward
$864,675 00
·
Collection of Ashes
Contagious Disease
.
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Appropriations on Funded Debt account :-
Sewers Construction $20,000 00
Public Buildings Construction, High School Building Completion 15,000 00
Highways Construction .
25,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
17,500 00
Highways, Shade Trees
500 00
Sidewalks Construction .
12,000 00
Renewal of Funded Debt
10,000 00
100,000 00
$964,675 00
Assessors.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$10,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 171 31
$10,171 31
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Albert B. Fales, salary as chair- man of the board of assessors ·
$725 82
George W. Perkins, salary as chairman of the board of assessors
1,150 00
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor
800 00
Nathan H. Reed, assessor
800 00
Harry A. True, assessor
155 56
George E. Elliott, assessor
800 00
Winsor L. Snow, assessor .
644 44
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
250 00
John J. Sheeran, assistant assessor
250 00
James Wilson, assistant assessor
250 00
John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor 250 00
700 00
Jennie L. Jones, first assistant clerk carfares
16 80
Mabel E. Hall, second assistant clerk Aunita N. Fales, third assistant clerk carfares
4 60
Abbie D. Southworth, third assistant clerk
136 21
William M. Elliott, clerical services
50 00
Raymond A. Farr, clerical services .
52 00
Marcella F. Kendall, clerical services
136 00
Florence R. Kenneson. clerical services Eleanor L. Kittridge, clerical services Theodore H. Locke, clerical services
.
90 67
54 00
Mildred A. Merrill, clerical services
156 00
Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services
88 00
Loena A. Snowman, cierical services
82 66
Abbie D. Southworth, clerical services
134 80
William H. Todd, clerical services Eva V. Tukey, clerical services carfares
117 34
L. Emma Clayton, stationery
90
Fred I. Farwell, stationery
75
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Amount carried forward
$9,034 61
$864,675 00
600 00
363 79
106 67
60 00
3 60
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Amount brought forward
$9,034 61
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
3 95
E. F. Hicks, lunch
10 00
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
29 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
41 57
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
1 84
Somerville Post-office, postage
41 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
788 35
Webcowit Press, printing .
14 00
S. Ward & Co., books
203 19
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery
3 30
$10,171 31
Cash.
CREDIT.
Payments as follows :-
Assessors
$10,171 31
City Auditor
705 37
City Clerk
7,204 61
City Engineer
11,581 82
City Messenger
2,008 49
City Solicitor
2,464 67
City Treasurer
13,547 38
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,200 00
Contingent Fund
2,296 26
County of Middlesex
61,272 24
Coupons Unpaid
58,002 50
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,343 37
Commissioner of Public Buildings
883 95
Pay of Election Officers
2,524 00
Registrars of Voters .
1,396 33
Electrical Department
8,344 66
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
2,760 20
Excise Tax
223 01
Executive Department
3,903 39
Fire Department
71,799 13
Grade Crossings
603 79
Health Department .
9,946 39
Health Department, Collection of Ashes and Offal
48,411 73
Health Department, Contagious Disease Hospital
5,723 74 116 69
Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools, Highways Construction
39,952 94
Highways Maintenance
71,479 04
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
10,760 14
Highways, Paving Broadway, Pow and Summer Streets
14,072 41
Highways, Shade Trees
416 60
Highways, Watering Streets
4,135 47
Inspection of Buildings
19,832 65
Military Aid
1,777 00
Overlay and Abatement
146 15
Police
Printing and Stationery
1,706 09
Public Buildings Construction :--- Contagious Disease Hospital .
8,006 29 34,457 82
High School Building
22,427 97
Interest
82,428 78
Amount carried forward
$638,033 88
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Luther V. Bell School Fire Escapes
Sanitary Systems in Bell, Bingham, and Edgerly Schools
4,986 08
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
13,852 20
Fire Department
4,426 00
Janitors' Salaries
28,149 57
Schoolhouses
32,481 60
Public Grounds
11,082 52
Public Library
19,726 09
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Art
99 37
Public Library, Isaac Fitman Fund Income, Poetry
21 88
Real Estate Liens
82 25
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,012 02
Reduction of Funded Debt
140,500 00
School Contingent
27,989 07
School Teachers' Salaries
260,823 46
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,527 51
Sewers Construction
19,948 96
Sewers Maintenance
12,850 23
Sewer Loan Interest
210 00
Sidewalks Construction
27,767 65
Sidewalks Maintenance
4,126 59 455 00
Soldiers' Relief
22,367 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
State Aid
15,559 00
State of Massachusetts
152,942 61
Street Lights
64,558 81
Support of Poor, City Home .
6,806 79
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
18,237 53
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths
6,932 86
Temporary Loans
740,000 00
Water Maintenance
45,201 61 443 00
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges
19,310 86
Balance to debit of account, 1907 .
92,876 74
$2,441,064 25
DEBIT.
Balance from 1905
$116,483 89
Receipts as follows:
City Clerk
2,183 21
City Engineer
82 24
City Treasurer
3,872 04
Contingent Fund
358 13
County of Middlesex
4,986 83
Election Expenses. Pay of Election Officers
5 00
Electrical Department
1,086 29
Executive Department
2 68
Fire Department
1,147 36
Funded Debt
100,000 00
Health Department .
370 97
Health Department, and Offal
Collection of Ashes
7,122 67
Health Department,
Contagious Disease
2,717 05
Highway Betterment Assessments
3,690 62
Amount carried forward
.
$244,108 98
.
·
Hospital
.
$638,033 88 675 51
Water Works Extension
Soldiers' Burials
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Amount brought forward .
$244,108 98
Highways Construction . 7,168 46
Highways Maintenance .
13,029 54
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
557 75
Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow Summer Streets 661 21
Highways, Watering Streets
113 00
Inspection of Buildings
42 00
Interest
11,545 88
Metered Water Charges
19,178 99
Overlay and Abatement
160 35
Police
5,018 25
Public Buildings Construction, Sanitary
Systems in Bell, Bingham, and Edg- erly Schools
10 15
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
255 50
Schoolhouses
142 06
Public Grounds
682 89
Public Library
856 24
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Art
173 28
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Poetry ·
43 32
Redemption of Tax Liens
994 05
Reduction of Funded Debt
649 00
School Contingent
357 66
School Teachers' Salaries
82 25
Sealer of Weights and Measures
438 86
Sewer Assessments
4,863 78
Sewers Construction
1,190 30
Sewers Maintenance
925 91
Sidewalk Assessments
11,844 64
Sidewalks Construction
253 93
Sidewalks Maintenance
127 18
Soldiers' Relief
88 00
State Aid
29 00
State of Massachusetts
11,731 79
Street Lights
3 60
Support of Poor, City Home
3,908 32
Support of Poor. Miscellaneous
4,421 25
Suppression of Gypsy and Moths
Brown-tail
407 63
Taxes
1,133,108 84
Temporary Loans
740,000 00
Water Maintenance
17,254 85
Water Service Assessments
3,929 80
Water Works Extension
115 00
Water Works Income
200,590 76
$2,441,064 25
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$725 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
19 63
$705 37
and
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEPIT.
Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor ·
$700 00
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps 5 37
$705 37
City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$5,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
478 00
$5,021 40
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Frederic W. Cook, city clerk :-
Recording mortgages
$484 50
Dog licenses
395 40
Marriage certificates
425 50
Licenses for billiards and pool .
88 00
Licenses for amusements
39 00
Licenses for street musicians
10 50
Copies of records
49 00
Junk licenses
410 00
Licenses for slaughtering
7 00
Licenses for private detectives
20 00
Liquor licenses
32 00
Licenses for sale of fireworks
40 00
Licenses for intelligence offices
16 00
Auctioneers' licenses
50 00
Roller skating
25 00
Interest on deposits
13 81
Harold F. Thompson, refund
50
Express licenses
52 00
Small loans licenses
25 00
2,183 21
$7,204 61
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk
$2,200 00
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk,
1,200 00
Clara B. Snow, first assistant
700 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant
600 00
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant
550 00
Mabell M. Ham, fourth assistant
106 17
Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant
363 87
Allen, Doane, & Co., stationery
2 80
American Express Co., expressing .
17 07
Alfred W. Blake, census of births
9 90
T. H. Ball, mortgage forms
2 62
L. H. Brown, carriage hire Carter's Ink Co., supplies .
2 26
Duren & Kendall, repairing machine
3 70
Charles E. Davis, census of births
54 40
John Donnelly & Sons, posting bills
, 00
Clara Z. Elliot, census of births
24 10
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
14 50
Amou -: carried forward
$5,856 39
.
2 00
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Amount brought forward .
$5,856 39
Gilman Express Co., expressing 15
Seth Mason, census of births 32 80
Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising
35 32
McGrath & Woodley, binding and sta- tionery
116 25
John S. Mitchell, reporting births
50
John S. McGowan, return of deaths
9 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
174 74
Oliver Typewriter Co., repairs .
60
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
3 48
Somerville Post-office, postage, etc.
37 00
L. C. Smith & Brothers, coupon book and typewriter 68 50
Sampson, Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs
1 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
168 25
Sundry persons, reporting births
330 50
Sundry undertakers, reporting deaths
150 50
Richard H. Tucker, census of births
55 10
Thorpe's Express, expressing
35
Webcowit Press, printing
1 75
S. Ward Co., stationery
97 93
Elisabeth S. Webster, census of births
58 50
$7,204 61
City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$11,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
42
$11,499 58
Receipts :--
Cash, received of Ernest W. Bailey, tele- phone service
$31 24
William H. Grant, et al., plan
8 00
Abutters on Mead street, plan .
5 00
Abutters on Granite street, plan
5 00
Edward Pynn, et al., plan .
5 00
James A. Cunningham, et al., plan
8 00
Clifton A. Kennedy, et al., plan
5 00
W. L. Waugh, plan
5 00
James S. Mullin, et al., plan
5 00
William H. Smith, plan
82 24
$11,581 82
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$2,800 00
Engineer's assistants
8,045 77
Engineer's assistants, carfares .
236 05
American Express Co., expressing .
2 30
Amount carried forward
$11,084 12
.
·
5 00
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$11,084 12
Ames Plow Co., vise .
1 85
Boston Nickel Plating Co., plating .
· 2 55
E. T. Bynner, spikes .
5 80
L. E. Clayton, cotton cloth
4 26
Carter's Ink Co., carbon paper .
83
Davenport, Brown Co., lumber
22 37
Eyelet Tool Co., punch
1 50
Frost & Adams Co., supplies
57 28
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
10 30
Library Bureau, cards
1 05
G. G. Ledder, supplies
5 10
Charles E. Moss, blue print paper
1 90
Municipal Publishing Co., subscription
3 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
118 20
Perham's Express, expressing
15
Wilbur P. Rice, stakes
4 00
George O. W. Servis, photographs .
3 50
Sprague & Hathaway Co., mounting map,
1 25
Somerville Post-office, postage
17 50
James Tevlin, use of teams
102 05
Charles L. Underhill, supplies
. 80
A. M. Wood Co., wheels
44 10
Whitney & Snow, hardware
5 20
Waldo Brothers, cement
6 66
$11,506 32
Sewers Maintenance account, setting stone bounds
75 50
$11,581 82
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 . ·
$2,000 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance transferred .
8 49
$2,008 49
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann,
salary as city
messenger
$1,500 00
disbursements
11 20
J. H. Atkinson, repairing wagon
14 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
81 00
D. J. Bennett, repairing harness
63 75
Somerville Post-office, postage
5 50
· The Two Jamesons, board of horse and shoeing
256 60
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire 21 00
: 00
Morgan & Bond, blanket .
2 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
22 42
Pearl-street Shoeing Forge, shoeing ..
17 80
Charles L. Underhill, repairing 2 50 .
4 72
I. B. Walker, repairing buggy
·
$2,008 49
M. A. Mann, work on invitations
.
59
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
City Solicitor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$2,350 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 114 67
$2,464 67
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$1,800 00
office rent ·
150 00
disbursements
137 38
Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent . disbursements
3 90
Isaac I. Doane, court stenographer .
28 00
Dennis Kelley, fee paid as justice of the peace
5 00
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
70 00
John C. Miller, stenographer
·
$2,464 67
City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$9,300 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 343 47
$9,643 47
Receipts :.-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting National Bank tax
$16 87
Redemption of Tax Liens, fees for releasing tax liens
15 00
Cash, received of Charles L. Ellis, telephone service
15 90
Joseph S. Pike, telephone extension
1 77
Sundry persons, costs on taxes and
assessments .
3,854 37
3,903 91
$13,547 38
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid James F. Beard, salary as city treasurer
$1,516 13
expenses to comptrollers' and ac- counting officers' convention at Washington ·
36 00
1,262 90
Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer . expenses to comptrollers' and ac- counting officers' convention at Chicago .
68 00
disbursements
62
Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector taxes
of
.
1,350 .00
disbursements
20 30
Amount carried forward . $4,253 95
i
.
170 39
.
100 00
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $4,253 95
Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant 1,000 00
Louise B. McLaughlin, second assistant . 700 00
Florence M. Grow, third assistant . 600 00
Marion C. Kendall, fourth assistant . 600 00
Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical assistant 225 33
Susan L. Briggs, clerical assistant 182 66
Lilla A. Johnson, clerical assistant
194 66
Roberta B. McDonald, clerical assistant,
104 00
Ruth G. Butters, clerical assistant .
48 00
F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes ·
246 50
. Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes 113 50
Malcolni E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes 983 96
C. B. Palmer, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes
4 98
Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes . 356 00
National Security Bank, clearing house charges .
4 18
Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges .
2 99
American Surety Company of New York, treasurer's bond
160 00
deputy collector's bond
24 00
American Express Co., expressing
25
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., supplies,
3 25
Boston News Bureau, subscription .
6 00
Somerville Post-office, postage, etc.
643 86
Carter's Ink Co., ink
2 25
City Trust Company, registered bonds
125 00
E. O. Childs, Registrar, recording docu- ments 15 00
Dennison Míg. Co., bill straps .
2 40
H. C. Dimond & Co., pad stamps
48
"Daily Banker & Stockholder." tising adver-
2 10
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
8 00
Glines & Co., expressing
1 50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
224 05
J. C. Hall Co., checks .
5 75
William Franklin Hall, examining ac- counts
689 25
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
2 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
38 50
McGrath & Woodley, book
12 00
J. T. Mahoney, Registrar, docket entries,
25
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
104 48
Outlook Envelope Co., envelopes
48 56
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps 10 50
D. W. Riley, deputy sheriff, serving war- rants 3 10
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., machine,
116 05
Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising tax sales, etc. .
1,126 00
Greenleaf W. Simpson, cost of suit .
30 84
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory . 6 00
Amount carried forward
$13,032 13
.
61
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $13,032 13
Arthur B. Tyler, postmaster, stamps 10 00
Webcowit Press, printing tax bills, etc. . 492 75
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning time lock 12 50
$13,547 38
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .
$4,200 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as
clerk of committees and departments .
$2,000 00
Laurence S. Howard, assistant .
800 00
Lucia A. Manning, assistant
600 00
Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant .
550 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
65 65
Glines & Co., expressing
40
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Gilman Express Co., expressing
25
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
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