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BONDS DUE IN 1911.
ISSUE.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
City.
Sewer.
Sewer, Outside limit.
Water.
Paving.
Metropolitan Park Assessment
Lowell Street Bridge.
Total.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Recapitulation.
City Loan Bonds
$1,050,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds .
287,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds
39,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
$1,376,000 00 .
Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895 under · City Loan Paving Bonds, issued Chapter 153, Acts of 1892 .
10,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902
19,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special acts
74,000 00
Water Loan Bonds .
50,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt
$1,500,000 00
TABLE C. - STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRI- ATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1910.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes .
$988,875 00
Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issue
160,000 00
$1,148,875 00
DEBIT.
Appropriations from tax levy :-
Assessors .
$11,000 00
City Auditor
725 00
City Clerk
6,000 00
City Engineer
11,500 00
City Messenger
1,900 00
City Solicitor
2,450 00
City Treasurer
9,700 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,700 00
Contingent Fund
1,950 00
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk .
1,700 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
1,000 00
Pay of Election Officers . Registrars of Voters
1,600 00
Electrical Department
8,500 00
Executive Department
.
4,000 00
Fire Department
32,000 00
Health Department
8,550 00
Health Department,
Collection of Ashes
and Offal
50,000 00
Amount carried forward
$159,975 00
2,700 00
of bonds .
$45,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . . $159,975 00
Health Department, Contagious Disease
Hospital 1,000 00
Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools
1,450 00
Highways :-
Suppression of Elm-Leaf Beetle
1,000 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths
1,800 00
Inspection of Buildings
4,600 00
Interest
80,000 00
Military Aid
700 00
Police
50,000 00
Printing and Stationery .
650 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings .
12,000 00
Fire Department
4,500 00
Janitors' Salaries
31,000 00
Schoolhouses
35,000 00
Public Grounds
11,800 00
Public Library
17,000 00
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
4,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
150,000 00
School Contingent
27,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
300,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,900 00
Soldiers' Relief
23,000 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
50,000 00
Support of Poor, City Home
3,000 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
12,500 00
Appropriations on Funded Debt account :- Highways, Construction
$43,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
5,000 00
Public Buildings Construction, Building Public Buildings 70,000 00
Sidewalks, Construction
12,000 00
Sewers, Construction
30,000 00
160,000 00
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$1,148,875 00
Assessors.
1 CREDIT. 1
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 $11,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 172 46
$10,827 54
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid George W. Perkins, salary as
chairman of the board of assessors .
$2,000 00
Nathan H. Reed, assessor
800 00
George E. Elliott, assessor .
800 00
Winsor L. Snow, assessor .
800 00
Amount carried forward .
$4,400 00
$988,875 00
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$4,400 00
Harry Van Iderstine, assessor
644 46
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor .
250 00
John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor
250 00
James Wilson, assistant assessor ·
250 00
James A. Butler, assistant assessor
250 00
George S. Canfield, assistant assessor
250 00
J. Robert Fenelon, assistant assessor
250 00
Jennie L. Jones, first assistant clerk carfares
7 80
Mabel E. Hall, second assistant clerk carfares
1 80
Abbie D. Southworth, third assistant clerk
600 00
carfares
6 80
Stanley C. Converse, clerical services
62 00
Frank H. Smith, clerical services .
60 00
Theodore H. Locke, clerical services
58 00
Raymond A. Farr, clerical services
58 00
Lois E. Chickering, clerical services
141 34
May F. Dutton, clerical services
150 68
Josephine M. Sander, clerical services
181 34
Bertha M. Boyd, clerical services
298 34
Hazel M. Etter, clerical services
177 35
Blanch M. Benson, clerical services
53 34
Edith H. Bradford, clerical services
112 00
Lula E. Chapman, clerical services
131 34
The Carter's Ink Co., ink .
75
L. E. Clayton, stationery .
1 10
Glines & Co., expressing .
70
. Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
255 13
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory ·
4 00
E. F. Hicks, lunch
11 00
M. Allen Lindsey & Co., precinct lists
542 00
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising, etc.
48 25
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
54 58
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
40
Somerville Journal Co., printing, etc.
138 75
Somerville Post-office, postage
60 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing
25
Williams & Neiley, blanks
9 60
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
31 46
Yawman, Erbe Mfg. Co., indexes
2 80
$10,827 54
Cash.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1909
$112,839 55
City Clerk
$2,710 07
City Engineer .
135 00
City Treasurer
5,485 21
Contingent Fund
58 00
County of Middlesex
4,535 76
Electrical Department
300 00
Electrical Department,
Underground Con-
struction
300 00
Amount carried forward
$13,524 04
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422 18
600 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$13,524 04
Fire Department
1,452 53
Funded Debt
160,000 00
Grade Crossings
20,577 86
Health Department
734 40
Health Department, Collection of Ashes
10,082 95
Health Department, Hospital
5,196 37
Highway Betterment Assessments
7,466 27
Highways, Construction .
661 30
Highways, Maintenance .
22,188 35
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
149 87
Highways, Sprinkling Streets
59 07
Inspection of Buildings
3 95
Interest
11,810 51
Metered Water Charges
15,658 30
Overlay and Abatement .
11 50
Police
4,600 77
Public Buildings Construction :-
Sanford Hanscom School, Land Addi- tion
2,025 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
849 00
Schoolhouses
242 27
Public Grounds
2,028 34
Public Library
846 32
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
381 47
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
165 02
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
41 26
Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Chil- dren's Department Fund, Income
1 75
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,696 77
Reduction of Funded Debt
507 20
School Contingent - 578 59
13 12
Sealer of Weights and Measures
509 22
Sewer Assessments .
9,675 64
Sewers, Construction
415 30
Sewers, Maintenance
559 91
Sidewalk Assessments
12,750 79
Sewers, Construction
15 00
Sidewalks, Maintenance
158 88
Soldiers' Relief
78 00
State Aid .
16 00
State of Massachusetts .
29,406 25
Support of Poor, City Home
5,239 65
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
2,770 81
Taxes, 1905
11 15
1906
44 54
1907
250 10
1908
2,105 99
1909
259,483 54
1910
1,030,415 99
Temporary Loans
650,000 00
Water Maintenance
16,709 80
Amount carried forward
$2,304,170 71
and Offal . Contagious Disease
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School Teachers' Salaries
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 37
Amount brought forward
$2,304,170 71
Water Service Assessments
2,829 13
Water Works Extension
58 63
Water Works Income
210,683 17
2,517,741 64
$2,630,581 19
PAYMENTS.
Assessors
$10,827 54
City Auditor
708 25
City Clerk
8,337 09
City Engineer
11,634 93
City Messenger
1,886 76
City Solicitor
2,490 29
City Treasurer .
15,029 94
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,699 66
Contingent Fund
4,966 70
County of Middlesex
64,730 82
Coupons
47,940 00
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,496 44
Commissioner of Public Buildings .
598 10
Pay of Election Officers
2,631 00
Registrars of Voters .
1,524 76
Electrical Department
8,790 47
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction
4,359 53
Executive Department
3,953 78
Fire Department
82,840 54
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus
4,958 37
Grade Crossings
70,724 17
Health Department
11,620 38
Health Department, Hospital for Con- .
8,966 35
Health Department, Medical Inspection
1,400 00
Highways, Construction
53,936 82
Highways, Lowell Street Bridges
9,109 95
Highways, Maintenance .
82,441 94
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
6,885 99
Highways, Suppression of Elm-Leaf Beetle,
757 31
Highways, Suppression of Gypsy and
Brown-tail Moths
2,319 42
Highways, Sprinkling Streets
28,408 46
Inspection of Buildings
4,512 74
Interest
27,955 81
Military Aid
756 00
Overlay and Abatement .
89 95
Playgrounds
708 87
Police
94,429 66
Printing and Stationery .
1,816 49
Public Buildings Construction :-
Benjamin G. Brown School, Land Addi- tion
2,783 75
Bennett School Addition
·
10 00
Burns School Addition
5 00
Davis School, Vocational Equipment
1,448 93
Amount carried forward
$766,214 15
Health Department, and Offal .
Collection of Ashes
70,721 19
tagious Diseases
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
· Amount brought forward .
$766,214 15
English High School, Additional School Equipment 2,560 13
Martin W. Carr School, Land Addition
6 45
New Sanitaries and Drinking Fountains, High School Buildings
5,820 74
Sanford Hanscom School, dition
Land Ad-
4,985 98
Schoolhouse in Ward Seven
7 45
William H. Hodgkins School, Addition .
19 45
Addition to Contagious Disease Hos- pital .
8,198 32
Park Buildings, Broadway and Lincoln Parks
3,522 76
Polling Booths
1,783 14
Tuberculosis Hospital
3,145 35
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings 19,219 89
Fire Department
6,246 41
Janitors' Salaries
31,531 30
Schoolhouses
42,571 85
Public Grounds
12,916 45
Public Grounds Construction
1,200 00
Public Library
21,932 08
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
5,381 28
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, In- come, Art
119 77
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, In- come, Poetry ·
35 80
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,670 77
Reduction of Funded Debt
163,180 00
School Contingent
32,313 91
School Teachers' Salaries
292,398 47
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2,318 39
Sewers, Construction
19,469 32
Sewers, Maintenance
12,538 65
Sidewalks, Construction
23,350 29
Sidewalks, Maintenance
2,059 68
Soldiers' Burials
592 00
Soldiers' Relief
24,226 57
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
State Aid .
16,705 00
State of Massachusetts
206,054 07
Street Lights
53,484 88
Support of Poor, City Home .
7,695 89
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
16,110 42
Temporary Loans
650,000 00
Water Loan Interest
1,000 00
Water Maintenance
41,111 96
Water Works,
Water
220 81
Water Works Extension
13,872 39
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$2,522,792 22
107,788 97
Charges Abatements of
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Balance to debit of account, 1911 .
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$2,630,581 19
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 .
$725 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 16 75
$708 25
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DEBIT.
Cash, paid Clarence T. Bruce, salary as
auditor
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$700 00
disbursements .
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Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps ·
7 90
$708 25
City Clerk.
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CREDIT.
Appropriations ,from Taxes, 1910
$6,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
372 98
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Cash, received of Frederic W. Cook, city clerk :-
Recording mortgages
$510 00
Dog licenses
361 80
Marriage certificates
833 00
Amusements
171 00
Transporting liquors
12 00
Junk licenses
265 00
Badges
2 25
Street musicians .
10 00
Copies of records
117 75
Wagon licenses
115 00
Liquor licenses
33 00
Billiards and pool .
144 00
Intelligence offices
22 00
Auctioneers' licenses
50 00
Slaughtering
5 00
Drivers' licenses
4 00
Wagon stands
4 00
Private detectives
30 00
Sale of old ballots
3 28
Interest on deposits
12 99
Hackney carriages
3 00
Certificates of registration
1 00
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$8,337 09
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk .
$2,700 00
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant : city
clerk
1,400 00
Clara B. Snow, first assistant .
800 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant
590 41
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant
588 50
Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant .
588 50
Amount carried forward
$6,667 41
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$5,627 02
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2,710 07
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
American Surety Co. of New York, premium
8 00
American Express Co., expressing . 17 20
Allen, Doane & Co., badges 3 08
3 56
T. H. Ball, forms
5 60
Robert Burlen, book covers
17 20
May G. Canfield, canvassing
39 20
The Carter's Ink Co., ink .
9 08
Dennison-Pratt Paper Co., Inc., paper
2 80
Damon of Boston, year book
2 00
John Donnelly & Sons, posting
3 00
Duren & Kendall, repairing machine
12 00
Clara Z. Elliot, canvassing
12 90
Elliott Fisher Co., repairing machine
2 95
Annie M. Gilcrease, canvassing
51 70
Glines & Co., expressing
1 15
A. C. Gordon, lettering
2 00
Thomas Groom & Co., book
5 50-
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Morton B. Howard, canvassing
33 20
Munson Supply Co., pneumatic keys
7 00
McGrath & Woodley, binding .
22 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising .
39 65
The Monarch Typewriter Co., machine and repairs
45 10
P. B. Murphy, posters
1 75
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
168 80
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., numbering machines, etc. .
19 21
Clinton I. Prouty, canvassing .
24 80
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing advertising
121 98
Somerville Post-office, postage
313 90
Sundry persons, reporting births '
396 25
Sundry persons, reporting deaths
164 00
Richard H. Tincker, canvassing
62 30
Thorpe's Express, expressing
1 05
Whitney & Snow, supplies
55
Samuel Ward Co., office supplies
39 22
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$3,337 09
City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 .
$11,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 07
1
$11,499 93
Receipts :- ,
Cash, received of Messrs. Slocum, Boutwell, Kaan, and Elder, city solicitors of Newton, Malden, Somer- ville, and Medford, services of men taking account of travel, etc. 80 00
Amount carried forward
$11,579 93
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and
$6,667 41
American Multigraph Sales Co., repairs,
41
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$11,579 93
Cash, received of abutters, as follows: -
Russell road, plan
8 00
Victoria street, plan
8 00
Fremont street, plan
10 00
Paulina street, plan
8 00
Hill street, plan
5 00
Lawrence street, plan .
8 00
Fairmount avenue, plan
8 00
55 00
1
$11,634 93
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$3,000 00
allowance for team
205 00
Engineer's assistants .
7,234 25
Engineer's assistants, carfares .
188 25
American Express Co., expressing. .
1 85
D. J. Bennett, repairing
1 65
Robert Burlen, bookbinding
45 90
L. E. Clayton, cloth
2 70
Davenport-Brown Co., stakes
15 68
Frost & Adams Co., tracing cloth, etc.
16 56
Thomas Groom & Co., office supplies
40 77
Glines & Co., expressing
30
Gilman Express Co., expressing
30
P. J. Kinneen, shoeing
12 00
Library Bureau, cards
3 15
Ledder & Probst, supplies and repairing,
155 22
Municipal Journal, subscription
3 00
B. L. Makepeace, paper, etc. .
4 34
Caroline W. Maynard, repairing weights,
4 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
113 74
Old Corner Book Store, books
11 40
Stimpson & Co., paper
9 68
Somerville Post-office, stamps, etc. .
14 00
Spaulding Print Paper Co., paper
1 08
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., ribbons and repairs
27 25
James Tevlin, board of horse
90 00
The Underhill Co., repairing automobile,
33 64
Charles L. Underhill, sharpening
80
A. M. Vincent, typewriting
10 00
Waldo Brothers, cement
4 05
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., ink, pen- cils, etc.
5 71
Whitney & Snow, spikes, etc.
9 10
William J. Wiley, paint
45
$11,266 32
Highways Maintenance account, crushed
stone, etc.
.
13 57
Public Grounds account, labor setting
stone bounds
296 54
Sewers Maintenance account, labor setting stone bounds ..
58 50
$11,634 93
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 .
$1,900 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 13 24
1
$1,886 76
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger
$1,500 00
H. A. Brownell, blanket, etc.
7 15
Jameson Brothers, carriage hire and
board of horse
310 00
Morgan & Bond, mat .
2 75
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
25 06
Pearl Street Shoeing Forge, horse-
30 55
A. P. Rockwood, carriage hire .
.
1 75
Charles L. Underhill, bolts, etc. .
3 50
$1,886 76
City Solicitor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 . .
$2,450 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 1
$2,490 29
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$2,100 00
disbursements
231 02
Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent .
24 99
James M. Harmon, salary as claim agent
75 01
Edward E. Elder, proportion expendi-
ture for experts, etc., relating to ap- portionment of cost of Charles-river dam
36 27
George S. Fletcher, making · photo-
graphs, Colbert case 3 00 .
Eugene H. Jones, photograph .
6 00
McGrath & Woodley, printing state-
14 00
ment
$2,490 29
City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910
$9,700 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 194 95
1
$9,505 05
1
Amount carried forward
$9,505 05
.
40 29
shoeing
6 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
·
.
43
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$9,505 05
Receipts :- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting Na- tional Bank tax , ·
13 68
Redemption of Tax Liens, fees for releasing tax liens .
26 00
Cash, received of sundry persons, certifi-
cates . $174 00
Sundry persons, costs on taxes and as-
sessments
5,311 21
. 5,485 21
1
$15,029 94
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer
$3,000 00
expenses to convention of account- ing officers
31 75
Charles L. Ellis,
deputy collector of
1,450 00
revolvers
8 65
disbursements
19 90
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
) 00
Winnifred P. Briggs, fifth assistant .
541 19
Susan L. Briggs, clerical services
346 66
Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services
351 83
Genevieve L. Fosdick, clerical services .
62 67
May G. Canfield, clerical services
94 67
Marjorie Loring, clerical services
56 00
Roberta B. McDonald, clerical services .
56.00
George S. Canfield, fees for collecting delinquent taxes .
105 00
Franklin W. Hopkins, fees for collecting delinquent taxes 18 50
Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes
397 48
Theodore H. Locke, services
227 98
Beacon Trust clearing house
10
City Trust Co., clearing house charges .
82
National Security Bank, clearing house charges
3 61
Old Colony Trust Co., clearing house charges
99
Somerville National Bank, clearing
1 10
American Surety Co. of New York, pre- miums on collectors' bonds
224 00
American Express Co., expressing . ·
70
Charles E. Berry, repairing machine
2 40
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., paper, etc.
2 80
Carter's Ink Co., ink and ribbons .
.
13 50
Edwin O. Childs, Register, recording documents
23 50
Amount carried forward
$9,944 80
·
taxes .
Co.,
charges :
house charges .
44
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$9,944 80
Oatman A. Covill, interest and costs
.3 80
George E. Damon, year book . 2 00
Thomas Groom & Co., office supplies
384 97
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
8 00
William H. Gleason, blocking
4 00
Glines & Co., expressing
30
Globe-Wernicke Co., cabinet
8 95
J. C. Hall Co., lithographing checks
101 79
E. F. Hicks, lunch
11 00
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
109 00
Henry Lorentzen, repairs on safes .
6 50
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
296 10
McGrath & Woodley, printing .
40 00
John S. McDonald, interest and costs abated ·
3 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 131 90
10 00
National Association Comptrollers and Accounting Officers, membership . · Old Colony Trust Co., preparation and certification of city notes ! 216 00
Edwin L. Pride & Co., auditing
·
350 00
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
5 89
A. G. Renner, expressing
75
R. H. Rhodes, lunches
5 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing and
1,525 19
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs . 11 20
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory 6 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
1,702 20
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
2 25
Turner & Co., coin envelopes .
124 35
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and
15 00
$15,029 94
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
1 ! CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 $4,700 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 34
$4,699 66
1 1 DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as
clerk of committees and departments .
$2,100 00
Laurence S. Howard, assistant 1,200 00
Lucia A. Manning, assistant
600 00
Florence A. Ham, assistant
506 67
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
65 07
Gilman Express Co., expressing
35
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
65 03
Amount carried forward
$4,541 12
advertising tax sales, etc.
insuring lock .
abated .
45
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$4,541 12
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
3 98
Somerville Journal Co., printing
17 85
Sampson-Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., writer
type-
69. 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
59 00
Samuel Ward Co., carbon paper
2 71
$4,699 66
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1
CREDIT.
State Tax
$93,335 00
National Bank Tax .
1,368 28
Metropolitan Sewer Tax :- Sinking Fund Requirements
$14,626 48
Interest
25,835 72
Maintenance
20,689 01
61,151 21
Metropolitan Park Tax :-
Sinking Fund Requirements
$4,246 09
Interest
12,024 44
Maintenance
17,087 76
Grade Crossings Tax :-
Assessment .
$2,687 72
Interest
766 44
Middlesex Avenue or Wellington Bridge Tax :-
Special Assessment
$4,632 94
Interest
162 15
Maintenance
876 29
5,671 38
Metropolitan Water Assessment, 1910 :-
Sinking Fund Requirements
$25,018 52
Interest
66,825 45
Maintenance and Operation
18,212 28
110,056 25
State Highway Tax .
58 00
Overlay and Abatement account, abatement of smoke
316 65
$308,769 22
DEBIT.
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
$1,110 65
Contagious Disease Hospital
1,788 56
Health Department .
476 00
School Contingent
281 00
Grade Crossings
25,762 69
Corporation Tax
22,398 07
National Bank Tax .
3,323 78
Boston Elevated Railway Tax
9,737 32
Street Railway Tax .
49,645 15
State Aid, 1909
16,592 00
Soldiers' Burials, 1909
481 00
Military Aid, 1909
510 00
Military Aid, overpaid
1 50
Fees for collecting National Bank Tax
13 68
Amounts carried forward
$132,121 40
$308,769 22
1
33,358 29
3,454 16
.
.
·
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $132,121 40 29,406 25
$308,769 22
Received in cash on account of above .
$102,715 15
Paid balance due on November 15, 1910
206,054 07
$308,769 22
State Aid, 1910 .
$16,689 00
Soldiers' Burials, 1910
592 00
Military Aid, 1910 .
$378 00
Less overpaid on 1909 accounts, 1 50
376 50
Balance to debit of account, 1911 .
Contingent Fund.
1 CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1910 . $1,950 00
Excess and Deficiency account, amount transferred . 3,500 00
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