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$37,000
27.000
87,000
151,000
April 1, 1910 .
4
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110,000
138,000
April 1, 1911 .
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154,000
173,000
Jan. 1, 1912
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118,000
133,000
July 1, 1912
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164,000
164,000
Oct. 1, 1912
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$38,000
$35,000
$17,000
$37,000
$292,000
$39,000
$1,216,000
$1,674,000
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11,000
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30,000
41,000
July 1, 1899
4
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49,000
65,000
Oct. 1, 1903
4
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17,000
41,000
58,000
April 1, 1905
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$35,000
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16,000
July 1, 1894
$12,000
14,000
July 1, 1895
4
28,000
28,000
July 1, 1897
4
$17,000
15,000
16,000
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4
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26,000
28,000
19,000
15,000
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35,000
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312
23,000
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10,000
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F
BONDS DUE IN 1913.
ISSUE.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
City. 1
Sewer.
Sewer (Outside of limit) Chap. 357, Acts 1895.
Water.
Municipal Loan.
Metropolitan Park Assessment (Outside) Chap. 325, Acts 1902.
Lowell Street Bridge.
Total.
July 1, 1888
4
Oct. 1, 1889
4
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3,000
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2,000
July 1, 1894
4
$6,000
$1,000
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4
13,000
$3,000
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4
7,000
1,000
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5,000
July 1, 1898
4
5,000
1,000
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6,000
July 1 1899
4
1 4,000
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. ... ..
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4,000
July 2, 1900
3 12
4,000
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4,000
July 1, 1902
312
3,000
1,000
$1,000
5,000
July 1, 1903
4
9,000
1,000
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9,000
April 1, 1905
31/2
9,000
1,000
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. .
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10,000
April 1, 1907
4
11,000
2,000
.
. . . . . .
13,000
April 1, 1908
4
7,000
1,000
....
.
8,000
April 1, 1909
312
11,000
1,000
· ...
. .
13,000
April 1, 1910
4
10,000
1,000
11,000
April 1, 1911
4
14,000
1,000
15,000
Jan. 1, 1912
4
11,000
1,000
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·
. . . . ..
· · ·
12,000
July 1, 1912
4
11,000
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11,000
Oct. 1, 1912
4
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$160,000
$16,000
$3,000
$6,000
$35,000
$1,000
$1,000
$222,000
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$1,000
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4
7,000
1,000
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$35,000
35,000
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10,000
Oct. 1, 1903 .
4
2,000
2,000
July 1, 1904
4
8,000
1,000
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.
5,000
July 1, 1901
3 12
4,000
1,000
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7,000
July 1, 1897
4
4,000
.
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ANNUAL
REPORTS.
32
$1,000
Oct. 1, 1890
4
2,000
7,000
July 1, 1895
16,000
July 1, 1896
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8,000
July 1, 1906
·
·
·
$1,000
....
·
3,000
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE C .- SERVICE TRANSFERS (Departmental Transactions).
City Clerk's Department :-
Police Department .
$2 00
Election Expenses, City Clerk .
305 00
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters .
562 67
Health Department
3 01
Vital Statistics
1,210 00
$2,082 68
Engineering Department :-
Sewers Construction
330 00
Police Department :-
Playgrounds Maintenance
42 50
Fire Department :-
Police Department
$106 00
Electrical Department
196 48
Sewers Maintenance
39 11
Highways Maintenance
175 00
Electrical Department :-
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
97 63
Health Department :-
Contagious Disease Hospital
14 40
Sewers Construction :-
Sidewalks Construction
11 83
Sewers Maintenance :-
Sewers Construction
$810 00
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
40 00
Water Maintenance
14 40
Highways Construction :-
Paved Gutters and Crossings
$1,590 74
Highways Maintenance
187 27
Sidewalks Construction
11 63
Sidewalks Maintenance
33 10
Highways Maintenance :-
City Messenger's Department .
$241 60
Police Department
271 34
Care of Trees
628 88
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermina- tion .
102 74
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination .
61 60
Sewers Construction
17 07
Cleaning Streets
3,580 32
Refuse Disposal .
3,301 08
Highways Construction
6,307 64
Paved Gutters and Crossings
429 24
Sidewalks Construction
5,285 36
Sidewalks Maintenance
610 50
Street Sprinkling .
2,792 34
Parks Maintenance
713 90
Playgrounds Maintenance .
52 61
Maintenance School Buildings
113 06
Water Maintenance
179 35
24,688 63
Amount carried forward .
$30,471 40
516 59
864 40
1,822 74
34
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Paved Gutters and Crossings :-
Care of Trees
$0 58
Highways Construction
4,823 99
Highways Maintenance
10 80
Sidewalks Maintenance
1 20
Water Maintenance
96
4,837 53
Sidewalks Construction :-
Sewers Construction .
$4 20
Highways Maintenance
299 81
Paved Gutters and Crossings
5 70
Sidewalks Maintenance
31 20
Highways Construction
8 10
349 01
Sidewalks Maintenance :-
Highways Maintenance
90
Street Sprinkling :-
Playgrounds Maintenance .
72 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous :- Health Department
6 10
School Contingent :-
Maintenance School Buildings .
$56 82
Summer Playgrounds .
68 09
124 91
Central Library :-
School Contingent
29 74
Parks Maintenance :-
Sidewalks Construction
$75 46
Playgrounds Extension
295 16
Somerville Field .
74 68
445 30
Playgrounds Maintenance :-
Playgrounds Extension
$274 62
Summer Playgrounds .
73 39
Water Maintenance :-
Engineering Department
$147 07
Police Department
84 86
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .
50 59
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
20 56
Sewers Construction
12 52
Sewers Maintenance
8 59
Refuse Disposal
25 50
Highways Maintenance
61 74
Street Sprinkling .
202 80
Support of Poor, City Home
6 00
Maintenance School Buildings
19 93
Central Library
30 00
Parks Maintenance
62 43
Summer Playgrounds .
7 35
Water Works Extension
15,036 09
15,776 03
$52.460 93
1
$30,471 40
348 01
.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE D .- REFUNDS.
Law Department: Costs Paul N. Raymond suit .
$53 26
Health Department: Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
bill paid twice .
12 86
School Teachers' Salaries: Annie E. McCarthy overpaid . · .
11 00
Soldiers' Relief: Sundry persons, money not called for . 20 00 State Aid: Sundry persons, money not called for 18 00
Maintenance School Buildings: General Electric Company, credit on motors
1 02
Maintenance Bathhouse: Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, bill paid twice .
4 00
Interest: Accrued on bond issues .
1,751 89
Overlay and Abatement: Taxes refunded
6 00
$1,878 03
Offsets to Outlays.
Sewers Construction :-
George C. Brayley, sewer entrance fee .
$130 74
Eastern Clay Goods Company, bags re- turned
93 51
$224 25
Sidewalks Construction :-
Abutters on Powder-house boulevard
$1,000 00
Sundry persons, constructing sidewalks .
321 36
Eastern Clay Goods Company, bags re- turned
806 49
2,127 85
Bennett School Addition: P. J. Sullivan, old building .
75 00
$2,427 10
TABLE E .- REVENUE.
Corporation Taxes.
Business, 1911 .
1912
$150 19 16,464 18
16,614 37
Public Service, 1911
$64 16
1912
10,410 80
10,474 96
$27,089 33
National Bank Tax, 1911
$14 28
1912
3,440 61
3,454 89
3,454 89
Street Railway Tax
47,313 98
Boston Elevated Railway Tax
.
Court Fees and Fines.
Police Court -
$1,963 00
County Court
$223 00
Less refund (cash) .
50 00
173 00
Dog Licenses, from County .
2,136 00
3,872 05
Amount carried forward
$93,717 74
9,851 49
36
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $93,717 74
Interest.
Taxes (cash) .
$8,242 35
Real Estate Liens (journal) .
24 15
$8,266 50
Assessments
318 56
Bank Balances, Treasurer
$3,183 45
City Clerk 13 24
3,196 69
11,781 75.
Licenses.
Liquor (Druggists')
$28 50
Business, City Clerk
.
2,126 00
Fireworks
15 00
Health Department
310 00
Milk
274 00
Pedlers (State)
50 00
Permits, Marriage
913 00
All other (from City Clerk) .
200 00
3,916 50
Departmental Accounts.
Treasury Department :-
Costs: Taxes (cash)
$3,897 17
Real Estate Liens
(journal) . 4 50
$3,901 67
Assessments
62 70
Tax Lien certificates
217 00
Redemption certificates
14 00
Collecting National Bank Tax .
15 48
City Clerk's Department: Receipts
1,054 38
Engineering Department: Plans for sundry streets .
68 00
Maintenance Municipal Buildings: G. A. R., rent . Police Department :-
1 00
Cloth and equipment .
536 05
Services of officers
396 20
Sundries
1 30
933 55
Maintenance Police Building: Rent, from County Fire Department :-
750 00
Fines, callmen
$628 00
Edison Electric Illuminating horses
Company,
1,000 00
Boston Elevated Railway Company, ·
53 00
Sale of old material
129 25
Weights and Measures Department: Fees . Electrical Department :-
465 12
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires
$250 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, fire alarm box
150 00
400 00
Amount carried forward
$119,109 14
1,810 25
damages .
.
4,210 85
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 37
Amount brought forward .
$119,109 14
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination Assessments (in taxes)
398 86
Health Department :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$11 00
Cities and Towns .
94 95
Wesley A. Maynard
50
106 45
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar :-
H. E. Bowman
$48 50
Sundry persons, analytical work
208 00
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital :-
Cities and Towns .
$5,330 90
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1,092 60
County of Middlesex .
15 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
30 00
Sundry Persons
1,286 06
7,754 56
Highways, Refuse Disposal :----
Paul N. Raymond, use of incinerator, 1911
$225 00
D. D'Stefano, use of incinerator, 1912
1,020 00
Sundry Persons, offal .
10,498 65
Highways Maintenance :-
Sundry persons, constructing driveways .
$503 13
Sundry persons, labor and material . 488 04
991 17
Assessments (in taxes)
$34,143 95
Abutters on sundry streets .
36 50
34,180 45
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,471 70
Cities and Towns .
2,620 33
4,092 03
City Home :-
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital,
$239 99
J. Foster Colquhoun, produce
4,043 17
Cities and Towns, board
786 00
Sundry persons, board
31 52
5,100 68
Soldiers' Relief, Cities and Towns
126 00
Military Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
342 00
State Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
15,563 00
Soldiers' Burials, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . School Contingent :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In-
dustrial Schools
$4,743 30
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tuition state wards
225 00
Sundry persons, tuition
60 96
Cities and Towns, tuition .
400 63
Amounts carried forward
$5,429 89
$200,394 71
·
Sidewalks Maintenance, Vernon H. Worster, repairs Street Sprinkling :-
20 22
Maintenance Highway Buildings, sundry persons, rent . Support of Poor, Miscellaneous :---
240 00
produce
.
.
370 00
.
256 50
11,743 65
.
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$5,429 89 $200,394 71
Lumber sold .
2 25
Evening High School, registration fees forfeited .
198 00
5,630 14
Maintenance School Buildings :-
Walter T. Littlefield, telephone tolls $47 66 old iron . 2 50
5 25
damage to property, rent of ward rooms,
17 00
Sundry persons, rent of ward rooms . damage to property, etc.,
9 25
J. P. Flaherty, old boiler . .
25 87
Sundry persons, teaming .
4 00
Libraries :-
Fines
$1,554 69
Books
8 55
Telephone tolls
2 87
Catalogues
2 60
Parks Maintenance, M. A. Philpots, sods . Somerville Field :-
Somerville High School Athletic Associa- tion .
$1,000 00
New England Baseball Association .
250 00
Clarendon Club
10 00
Sundry persons
45 00
1,305 00
Maintenance Bathhouse :-
Walter T. Littlefield, Commissioner of Public Buildings, bathhouse receipts
643 42
Water Maintenance :-
Sundry persons, pipe, fittings, etc. .
$13,052 66
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires
250 00
13,302 66
Water Service Assessments :-
Sundry persons, water services .
4,863 82
Water Works Income :- Sales of water :-
Metered Water Charges, fourth quarter, 1912, uncollected $19,145 90
Received of sundry water takers . 215,026 33
$234,172 23
Less Refunds of Water Charges .
320 16
233,852 07
$461,691 61
Revenue received in cash
$392,069 41
Taxes (Special Assessments) :-
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermina- tion . $398 86 34,143 95
Street Sprinkling .
34,542 81
Amount carried forward
$426,612 22
120 28
1,568 71 10 80
8 75
REPORT. 39
Amount brought forward .
$426,612 22 Journal Charges :--
$24 15
Treasury Department, Real Estate Liens (costs)
4 50
28 65
Metered Water Charges .
19,145 90
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Aid
$15,563 00
Military Aid .
342 00
Soldiers' Burials .
370 00
16,275 00
$462,061 77
Refunds :-
Court fees and fines, cash .
$50 00
Metered Water Charges :-- Abatements
$1 00
Cash
319 16
320 16
370 16
$461,691 61
TABLE F .- GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES.
Cash.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1911 .
$110,329 09
Revenue (See Table E)
$392,069 41
Taxes, 19,04
$216 72
1908
102 80
1909
275 78
1910
1,010 65
1911
259,207 84
1912
1,114,275 30
1,375,089 09
Metered Water Charges .
16,458 80
Highway Betterment Assessments
3,773 36
Sidewalk Assessments
16,789 74
Sewer Assessments
4,470 71
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :- Account liquor licenses $9 50
Due for advances, 1911
17,113 00
17,122 50
Temporary Loans
750,000 00
Grade Crossings
109,305 55
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,502 05
Sundry Persons
22 23
Public Library Trust Funds
1,000 00
Public School Trust Funds .
5,000 00
Funded Debt .
332,000 00
Trust Funds, Income :-
Public School: S. Newton Cutler
125 00
Public Library: Isaac Pitman, Art .
170 14
Poetry
42 54
.
Amounts carried forward . $3,024,941 12
$110,329 09
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S
Interest, Real Estate Liens
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $3,024,941 12 $110,329 09
Frances A. Wilder Chil-
dren's Department 7 16
Martha R. Hunt, books . S. Newton Cutler 25 00
495 27
Reduction of Funded Debt, premium on
bonds
6,220 70
Credits to Appropriation accounts :
Refunds (See Table D)
1,878 03
Offsets to Outlays (See Table D) .
2,427 10
Service Transfers (See Table C)
52,460 93
$3,088,455 31
$3,198,784 40
PAYMENTS.
Refunds of Revenue (See Table E)
$369 16
Board of Aldermen Expenses
882 56
Clerk of Committees and Departments
3,761 44
Executive Department .
4,234 28
Auditing Department
1,288 56
Treasury Department
13,221 40
Assessors' Department
11,005 71
City Clerk's Department
7,667 02
Law Department
2,432 55
City Messenger's Department
1,479 31
Engineering Department
11,898 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
4,369 86
Maintenance Municipal Buildings .
6,468 10
Municipal Buildings, Vaults .
2,778 07
City Hall, Additional Accommodations
150 00
Election Expenses, City Clerk
1,646 71
Registrars of Voters .
2,422 62
Pay of Election Officers, Polling Places
3,688 00
Police Department .
103,997 25
Maintenance Police Buildings
3,920 18
Police Department, Additional Equipment .
1,715 00
Police Building, Vault
143 10
Police Signal System
157 74
Fire Department
98,426 96
Maintenance Police Buildings
4,736 70
Fire Station, Winter Hill
6,038 20
Militia
500 00
Weights and Measures Department
2,450 51
Electrical Department ·
8,748 38
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction
2,736 02
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,
2,345 47
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
697 12
Care of Trees .
2,598 20
Health Department .
10,818 12
Inspection of Animals and Provisions .
1,254 81
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .
1,786 56
Inspection of School Children
1,530 85
Vital Statistics
2,305 58
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
16,052 28
Amount carried forward
$353,433 48
1
711 10
41
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$353,433 48
Maintenance Contagious and Tuberculosis
Hospital
3,520 59
Sewers Construction
27,074 33
Sewers Maintenance
13,864 37
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
121 51
Refuse Disposal
79,880 11
Maintenance Refuse Buildings
962 18
Refuse Disposal, New Equipment
4,950 00 596 07
Street Cleaning
20,937 79
Highways Construction
56,507 35
Highways Maintenance
59,087 80
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
5,829 15
Sidewalks Construction
38,575 43
Sidewalks Maintenance
3,775 05
Street Sprinkling
27,667 43
Street Lighting
54,500 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous City Home
8,998 97
Maintenance City Home Buildings
1,389 48
City Home Addition
7,862 74
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
22,317 56
Military Aid
684 00
State Aid .
15,581 00
Soldiers' Burials
370 00
School Contingent
37,030 37
School Teachers' Salaries
305,889 97
Maintenance School Buildings
72,797 13
Bennett School Addition
1,098 29
William H. Hodgkins School Addition
4,109 18
Industrial School for Girls
1,146 28
S. Newton Cutler School ·
54,558 14
Schoolhouses, Additional Window Space
374 12
High School Addition
751 67
School Buildings, Fire Exits .
2,677 66
Public Library Construction .
25,021 71
Central Library
21,929 72
Maintenance Central Library
3,532 98
West Somerville Branch Library .
5,499 99
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary .
1,705 95
Ward One Branch Library
79 44
Union Square Branch Library
801 31
East Somerville Reading Room .
1,999 99
Maintenance East Somerville Reading
Room
785 60
Union Square Reading Room
2,398 38
Maintenance Union Square Reading Room,
610 07
Public Library Trust Funds, Income :--
Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
279 02
Poetry
78 52
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books .
871 48
Parks Maintenance .
8,722 38
Maintenance Park Buildings .
234 87
Playgrounds Maintenance
3,647 86
Amount carried forward
. $1,392,484 57
.
19,201 33
Maintenance Highway Buildings
1,164 77
Incinerator Building
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$1,392,484 57
Playgrounds Extension .
1,997 42
Somerville Field 74 68
Summer Playgrounds
2,500 00
Maintenance Bathhouse .
2,060 10
Memorial Day .
425 00
Independence Day .
500 00
Municipal Documents
2,352 47
Contingent Fund
561 80
Interest
28,914 52
Reduction of Funded Debt
177,372 50
Water Maintenance .
56,198 10
Water Works Extension
23,410 48
Maintenance Water Buildings
460 78
Overlay and Abatement .
300 69
Coupons
48,382 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Taxes,
etc. .
333,651 35
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 25 per cent. liquor licenses .
9 50
County of Middlesex
58,374 94
Temporary Loans .
750,000 00
Grade Crossings
87,405 37
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,502 05
Sundry Persons
53 55
Public Library Trust Funds, Investment
1,000 00
Public School Trust Funds, Investment
5,000 00
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
223,792 03
$3,198,784 40
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :--
Cash, received for taxes of 1904 .
$216 72
1908
102 80
66 66 66 66 1909
275 78
1910
1,010 65
66
66
66
1911
259,207 84
66
66
66 1912
1,114,275 30
$1,375,089 09
Overlay and Abatement :--
Abatements on taxes of 1903 and prior years . .
Abatements on taxes of
1904
66 66 4
1905
1900
66
66
66
1908
1,026 72
66 1909
2,377 78
1910
3,756 40
66
66
66 1911
7,545 07
66
66
1912
7,156 56
25,551 47
Amount carried forward
$1,400,640 56
.
$2,035 72
369 12
424 56
419 68
1907
439 86
66
66
.
$2,974,992 37
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Amount brought forward .
$1,400,640 56 Balance to debit of account, 1913 :-- Being uncollected taxes of 1910 .
$660 95
66 1911 2,602 85 66 66
66 1912 . 275,066 27
278,330 07
Real Estate Liens, sale of unredeemed estate . 30 95
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$282,503 45
Tax Levy, as per assessors warrant of
August 10, 1912
1,390,824 93
Supplementary warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement account 5,673 20
$1,679,001 58
Overlay and Abatement.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$20,308 49
Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant 18,973 02
Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants, 1912 5,673 20
$44,954 71
Reduced by the following transfers :-
School Teachers' Salaries account $2,500 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous account
2,500 00
City Home account .
500 00
5,500 00
$39,454 71
Balance to credit of account, 1913 .
13,608 55
$25,846 16
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements
$25,551 47
Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded, 300 69
$25,852 16
Refunds, taxes refunded .
6 00
25,846 16
Real Estate Liens.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 . ·
$631 83
Taxes, Interest and Costs, sale of unredeemed estate .
59 60
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
691 43
Metered Water Charges.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry water takers .
$16,458 80
Water Works Income account, abatements, 1 00
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
$691 43
$16,459 80 19,145 90
$35,605 70
$1,679,001 58
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 .
19,145 90
$35,605 70
Highway Betterment Assessments.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons .
$3,773 36
Lowell Street Bridges account, abatements
2,050 00
Highways Construction account, abatements
115 00
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
2,589 69
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$2,604 14
Highways Construction
account, assess-
5,923 91
$8,528 05
Sidewalk Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons .
$16,789 74
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
12,865 21
$29,654 95
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 .
·
$13,101 95
Sidewalks Construction ac-
count, assessments levied,
$17,195 62
Less abatements .
642 62
16,553 00
$29,654 95
Sewer Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons . .
$4,470 71
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
8,242 54
$12,713 25
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$4,872 53
Sewers Construction account, assessments levied .
$8,669 52
Less abatements . 828 80
7,840 72
$12,713 25
Coupons.
CREDIT.
Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1912 . Coupons maturing April 1, 1912 :--
$11,087 50
Water Loan
$360 00
Sewer Loan
1,842 50
Amounts carried forward .
$2,202 50
$11,087 50
.
.
$8,528 05
ments levied
.
$16,459 80 Last quarter, district No. 1, uncollected
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45
Amounts brought forward .
$2,202 50
$11,087 50
Paving Loan
100 00
City Loan .
9,755 00
Bridge Loan
577 50
12,635 00
Coupons maturing July 1, 1912 :-
City Loan .
$9,807 50
Sewer Loan
3,072 50
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
297 50
Water Loan
140 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1912 :-
City Loan .
$8,982 50
Sewer Loan
1,785 00
Bridge Loan
560 00
Paving Loan
100 00
Water Loan
360 00
Coupons maturing January 1, 1913 :-
City Loan .
$11,047 50
Sewer Loan
2,855 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan .
297 50
Water Loan
120 00
14,320 00
$63,147 50
Cash, paid coupons .
$48,382 50
Coupons of 1912 unpaid .
14,765 00
$63,147 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State Tax and Assessments.
State Tax .
$106,062 50
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment:
Sinking Fund Requirements
$15,364 74
Interest
27,206 08
Maintenance .
23,058 30
65,629 12
Metropolitan Park Assessment :-
Sinking Fund Requirements
$4,618 39
Serial Bond Requirements .
87 43
Interest
13,350 94
Maintenance
14,992 60
Wellington Bridge Assessment
Charles River Basin Assessment:
Serial Bond Requirements
$200 64
Interest .
2,771 33
Maintenance
2,102. 89
Alewife Brook Assessment :-
Assessment
$750 00
Interest .
498 75
Metropolitan Water Assessment :- Sinking Fund Requirements
$24,469 82
Amounts carried forward .
$24,469 82
$211,592 12
.
13,317 50
11,787 50
DEBIT.
.
·
33,049 42 527 47
5,074 86
.
1,248 75
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$24,469 82
Serial Bond Requirements .
445 46
Interest
68,205 16
Maintenance .
16,111 70
State Highway Tax
Abatement of Smoke in Boston and vicinity
158 32
Grade Crossings Assessment :-
Assessment
$9,088 87
Interest
1,973 53
11,062 40
Tax on Non-resident Bank Shares
1,548 37
Cash paid .
Soldiers' Benefits.
Military Aid, 1911
$414 00 16,218 00
Soldiers' Burials
481 00
Military Aid, 1912 .
$342 00
State Aid, 1912
15,563 00
Soldiers' Burials, 1912
370 00
16,275 00
$33,388 00
Cash received .
17,113 00
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
$16,275 00
Liquor License Fees.
25 per cent. of liquor license fees .
$9 50
Cash paid . . .
9 50
County of Middlesex.
CREDIT.
Taxes, 1912, county tax .
$58,374 94
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid county tax
$58,374 94
Temporary Loans.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911
$350,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :- City Notes Nos. 99 to 104, 254 days, 2.79 per cent. and $2 premium, discounted . City Notes Nos. 105 to 116, 264 days, 2.79 per cent. and $2 premium, discounted . City Notes Nos. 117 to 119, 230 days, 2.75 per cent., discounted City Notes Nos. 120 to 125, 343 days, 3.68 per cent. and $1 premium, discounted .
$100,000 00
200,000 00
50,000 00
100,000 00
Amounts carried forward .
$450,000 00
$350,000 00
$211,592 12
109,232 14 58 00
$333,651 35 333,651 35
State Aid, 1911 .
$17,113 00
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Amounts brought forward . $450,000 00
City Notes Nos. 126 to 128, 126 days, 3.40 per cent., discounted 50,000 00 . . City Notes Nos. 129 to 135, 293 days, 3.58 per cent., discounted 100,000 00 City Notes Nos. 145 to 150, 152 days, 4.75 per cent., discounted 150,000 00
$350,000 00
750,000 00
1
$1,100,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 68 to 85 .
$250,000 00
City Notes Nos. 86 to 91 .
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 99 to 104 .
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 117 to 119 . 50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 126 to 128 .
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 105 to 116 .
200,000 00
$750,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1913 .
350,000 00
$1,100,000 00
Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Decree on Seventh Report, Somerville Avenue :- .
Boston & Maine Railroad, Lessee .
$3,618 71
Boston Elevated, Lessee
784 06
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 723 74
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on ac- count of City of Somerville 603 12
New York Central & Hudson River Rail- road, Lessee .
301 56
Decree on Third Report, Certain Grade Crossings :- Boston Elevated, Lessee
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