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$21,786 62
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on ac- count of City of Somerville . · ·
20,935 39
42,722 01
Decree on Fourth Report, Certain Grade Crossings :-
Boston Elevated, Lessee
$4,247 95
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
10,890 14
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on ac- count of City of Somerville . ·
6,055 23
Boston & Maine Railroad, Lessee ·
39,359 03
60,552 35
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
18,232 02
$127,537 57
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
.
$39,314 11
Cash, paid E. G. Butman, services at Med- ford street
$42 00
Amounts carried forward.
$42 00
$39,314 11
$6,031 19
$109,305 55
Balance from 1911 .
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts . brought forward .
$42 00 $39,314 11
Ella A. Blood, settlement .
3,000 00
Carrie F. Bent, Administratrix, ment settle-
1,550 00
Edward A. Binney, appraising .
77 50
Joseph M. and John M. Bettencourt, settlement
500 00
Lydia J. and Ada L. Briggs, settlement .
200 00
Catherine C. Cotter, settlement .
3,700 00
James F. Connelly, services as watchman,
18 00
Mary Grady and Margaret A. Cullen, settlement 600 00
D. A. Carr, expert witness .
25 00
Peter Carrigan, services
18 00
John P. Commins, et al., settlement .
1,800 00
Jeffrey Donahue, settlement
1,000 00
Emily H. Doherty, transcript of evidence,
99 60
Saetano and DiCiacchio Cavecchio, settle- ment
1,400 00
Mary E. Dunlee, settlement
1,300 00
Elphonso I. Everton, et al., settlement
6,000 00
Mary E. Fitzgerald, settlement .
2,200 00
J. P. Foley, services as stenographer Rosa Freeman, settlement .
300 00
John D. Flynn, settlement . .
1,350 00
Joseph J. Giles, services as expert .
100 00
Phillipena Hunzelman, damages
1,700 00
James M. Harmon, services
10 00
John Higgens, settlement .
5,025 00
Frederick E. Jones, making surveys .
197 00
Eugene H. Jones, photographs .
63 00
Margaret A. Kenney, settlement
800 00
Frank W. Kaan, special counsel
4,598 02
Walter T. Littlefield, professional vices .
ser-
95 00
Thomas and Hannah Laffin, settlement
400 00
Henry Locke, settlement
100 00
Louis Miller, settlement
2,400 00
William A. McLean, settlement
50 00
J. Edward L. McLean. estimates
978 50
Jose F. and Maria Mello, settlement
1,150 00
Lawrence J. Meaney, settlement
1,800 00
Margaret McDonough, settlement
900 00
William E. McNamara, settlement ..
1,800 00
Andrew Mulcahey, Administrator, settle- ment
2,200 00
Margaret J. Mccullough, settlement
1,600 00
Frank L. Nicod, settlement
1,600 00
Daniel O'Hern, settlement .
600 00
Nathan H. Reed, estimates .
200 00
Mary J. Riley, Executrix, settlement
800 00
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, settlement .
7,353 67
St. Joseph's School Corporation, settle- ment
13,646 33
Somerville Journal Company, advertising, 3 75
Amounts carried forward .
$75,417 87
$39,314 11
7 50
J. Robert Fenelon, services as expert
60 00
49
Amounts brought forward . $75,417 87
$39,314 11
Somerville Savings Bank, settlement 800 00
Ezra A. Stevens, settlement 300 00
W. A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., testimony, 10 00
Johanna E. and Mary J. Savage, settle- ment 2,500 00
Mary A. Savage, settlement
1,900 00
Levi L. Tower, Trustee, settlement .
4,500 00
Arthur P. Vinal, et al., settlement
500 00
Harry Van Iderstine, services .
77 50
Frederick C. Waite, settlement .
1,400 00
Grade Crossings Expenses account, amount transferred .
818 09
$127,537 57
Redemption of Tax Liens.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens, $1,502 05
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens .
$1,502 05
Overplus on Tax Sales.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$118 13
Balance to credit of account, 1913
$118 13
Sundry Persons.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911
$750 88
Cash, received of sundry persons
22 23
$773 11
DEBIT.
Cash, paid tellers' shorts and overs
$53 55
Balance to credit of account, 1913 . 719 56
$773 11
Public Library Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$20,414 58
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund
1,000 00
$21,414 58
Balance to credit of account, 1913 .
21,414 58
Public Library Trust Funds, Investment.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1913 .
$21,414 53
DEBIT.
Balance from 1911 . $20,414 58
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund . 1,000 00
$21,414 58
DEBIT.
87,405 37
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Public School Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
S. Newton Cutler Fund . ·
$5,000 00 Balance to credit of account, 1913
5,000 00
Public School Trust Funds, Investment.
Balance to debit of account, 1913 . CREDIT.
DEBIT.
S. Newton Cutler Fund .
$5,000 00
Public Property.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1913 . .
$5,677,038 63
DEBIT.
Property and Debt Balance, property ac-
quired in 1912 .
$158,036 96
Balance from 1911
· 5,519,001 67
$5,677,038 63
Funded Debt.
CREDIT.
Funded Debt, January 1, 1912
$1,519,000 00 .
Issues of 1912 :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 4144 to 4425 .
$282,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 549 to 563 .
15,000 00
Municipal Loan Bonds Nos. 4426 to
4460
35,000 00
332,000 00
$1,851,000 00
DEBIT.
Bonds maturing in 1912 .
$177,000 00
Present Funded Debt, balance of account . 1,674,000 00
$1,851,000 00
Property and Debt Balance.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$4,000,001 67
Public Property, property acquired in 1912 .
158,036 96
Funded Debt, bonds maturing in 1912 .
177,000 00
$4,335,038 63
DEBIT.
Funded Debt, issues of 1912
$332,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1913 . .
4,003,038 63
$1,335,038 03
Excess and Deficiency.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$4,932 37
Amounts transferred to the following :-
Municipal Documents
$1,500 00
Board of Aldermen Expenses
200 00
Fire Station, Winter Hill
50 00
Amounts carried forward .
$1,750 00
$4,932 37
·
.
.
.
$5,000 00
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Amounts brought forward
$1,750 00
$4,932 37
Contingent Fund
300 00
Pay of Election Officers .
1,400 00
Union Square Reading Room
500 00
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
· 982 37
$4,932 37
Balances of 1912 accounts :-
Debit.
Credit.
Board of Aldermen Expenses .
$117 44
Clerk of Committees and Departments
.
288 56
Executive Department
165 72
Auditing Department
61 44
Treasury Department
78 60
Assessors' Department
$5 71
City Clerk's Department
165 66
Law Department
20 71
City Messenger's Department
79 31
Commissioner of Public Buildings
30 14
Maintenance Municipal Buildings .
168 10
Election Expenses, City Clerk
246 71
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters
122 62
Election Expenses, Pay of Election
Officers
224 00
Election Expenses, Polling Places .
11 10
Police Department
545 25
Maintenance Police Buildings
520 18
Fire Department
89 63
Maintenance Fire Buildings
136 70
Weights and Measures .
50 51
Electrical Department
99 25
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,
154 53
Elm Leaf Beetle Extermination
52 88
Health Department .
1,009 14
Inspection of Animals and Provisions .
4 81
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
86 56
Inspection of School Children
19 15
Vital Statistics .
5 58
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
1,069 91
Maintenance Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
20 59
Sewers Maintenance
03
Maintenance Sewer Buildings .
21 51
Refuse Disposal
316 39
Maintenance Refuse Buildings Street Sprinkling
62 18
Maintenance Highway Buildings
35 23
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
195 23
Support of Poor, City Home
1 03
Maintenance City Home Buildings
89 48
Soldiers' Relief
102 44
Military Aid
166 00
State Aid
737 00
Soldiers' Burials
130 00
School Contingent .
694 54
School Teachers' Salaries
121 03
Maintenance School Buildings
1,601 55
Central Library
02
Amounts carried forward .
$3,213 18
$7,115 54
.
404 57
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $3,213 18
Maintenance Central Library Building
WVest Somerville Branch Library .
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library Building ·
55 95
East Somerville Reading Room
01
Maintenance East Somerville Reading
Room .
35 60
Union Square Reading Room
1 62
Maintenance Union Square Reading Room,
39 93
Parks Maintenance .
477 08
Maintenance Park Buildings
34 87
Playgrounds Maintenance
15
Maintenance Bathhouse .
43 90
Contingent Fund
7,038 20
Interest
517 37
Water Maintenance
6,422 07
Water Works Extension
410 48
Maintenance Water Buildings
139 22
Revenue
9,055 96
$10,649 23
Balance to credit of account, 1913 .
13,419 70
$21,068 93
$24,068 93
Balances.
General Accounts.
Cash
$223,792 03
Taxes, 1910
660 95
1911
2,602 85
1912
275,066 27
Overlay and Abatement
$13,608 55
Real Estate Liens
691 43
Metered Water Charges
19,145 90
Highway Betterment Assessments
2,589 69
Sidewalk Assessments
12,865 21
Sewer Assessments
8,242 54
Coupons
14,765 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16,275 00
Temporary Loans
350,000 00
Grade Crossings
18,232 02
Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Sundry Persons
719 56
Maintenance Accounts.
See Excess and Deficiency account, pre-
ceding
$10,649 23 $24,068 93
Non=Revenue Accounts.
See Credit Balances, Funded Debt Ap- propriations, in first part of report .
181.175 46
Reduction of Funded Debt .
5,848 20
Trust Funds.
Public School .
$5,000 00
Public School, Investment
$5,000 00
Amounts carried forward .
$595,813 12
$595,303 83
$7,115 54 117 02 01
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Amounts brought forward $595,813 12 $595,303 83 21,414 58
Public Library .
Public Library, Investment Income :-
21,414 58
Public School, S. Newton Cutler .
125 00
Library :-
176 41
Isaac Pitman, Art Poetry
46 28
Frances A. Wilder, Children's Depart- ment
13 31
70 79
Martha R. Hunt, Books Art
52 50
S. Newton Cutler
25 00
$617,227 70
$617,227 70
TABLE G .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1912.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes
$1,054,514 95
From Estimated Revenue
. 439,412 05
Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issues of bonds
332,000 00
$1,825,927 00
DEBIT.
Appropriations :-
General Government.
Board of Aldermen Expenses
$800 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,050 00
Executive Department
4,400 00
Auditing Department
1,350 00
Treasury Department
13,300 00
Assessors' Department
11,000 00
City Clerk's Department
5,800 00
Law Department
2,400 00
City Messenger's Department
1,400 00
Engineering Department
11,500 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
4,500 00
Maintenance Municipal Buildings .
6,300 00
Total General Government .
$66,800 00
Election Expenses.
City Clerk
$1,400 00
Registrars of Voters
2,300 00
Pay of Election Officers .
2,512 00
Polling Places .
700 00
Total Election Expenses
$0,912 00
Protection of Life and Property.
Police Department .
$96,500 00
Maintenance Police Building
2,700 00
Fire Department
93,000 00
Amounts carried forward .
$192,200 00
$73,712 00
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REPORT.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$192,200 00
Maintenance Fire Buildings . 5,300 00
$73,712 00 Militia
500 00
Weights and Measures Department
2,400 00
Electrical Department .
8,750 00
Total Protection of Life and Property
209,150 00
Forestry.
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,
$2,500 00
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
750 00
Highways, Care of Trees
3,000 00
Total Forestry .
6,250 00
Health and Sanitation.
Health :-
Health Department
$9,800 00
Inspection of Animals and Provisions . 1,250 00
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar . 1,700 00
Inspection of School Children
1,550 00
City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics .
2,250 00
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
12,000 00
Maintenance Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital .
3,500 00
Sanitation :-
Engineering Department, Sewers Mainte- nance
13,000 00
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
100 00
Highways, Refuse Disposal .
73,000 00
Maintenance Refuse Buildings
900 00
Highways, Street Cleaning .
23,000 00
Total Health and Sanitation .
$142,050 00
Highways.
Highways Maintenance .
$32,000 00
Highways, Sidewalks Maintenance
4,000 00
Street Sprinkling
31,000 00
Street Lighting
54,500 00
Maintenance Highway Buildings.
1,200 00
Total Highways
122,700 00
Charities.
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous .
$16,500 00
Support of Poor, City Home
8,500 00
Maintenance City Home Buildings
1,300 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Total Charities .
31,300 00
Soldiers' Benefits.
Soldiers' Relief
$23,000 00
Military Aid
850 00
State Aid .
16,300 00
Soldiers' Burials
500 00
Total Soldiers' Benefits
40,650 00
Amount carried forward
$625,812 00
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Amount brought forward .
$625,812 00 .
School Contingent .
$32,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
303,500 00
Maintenance School Buildings
64,000 00
Total Education
399,500 00
Libraries.
Central Library
$21,900 00
Maintenance Central Library
3,900 00
West Somerville Branch Library .
5,500 00
Maintenance West Somerville Branch
Library
1,750 00
East Somerville Reading Room
1,750 00
Maintenance East Somerville
Reading
Room
800 00
Union Square Reading Room
1,750 00
Maintenance Union Square Reading Room,
700 00
Total Libraries
38,050 00
Recreation.
Engineering Department, Parks Mainte-
nance
.
$7,800 00
Maintenance Park Buildings .
300 00
Engineering Department, Playgrounds
Maintenance
3,300 00
School Department, Summer Playgrounds .
2,500 00
Maintenance Bathhouse .
2,200 00
Total Recreation
16,100 00
Celebrations.
Memorial Day .
Unclassified.
Municipal Documents
$600 00
Contingent Fund
800 00
Total Unclassified
1,400 00
Municipal Indebtedness.
Interest
$80,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
166,000 00
Total Municipal Indebtedness .
246,000 00
Water Works.
Water Maintenance
$30,000 00
Interest on Water Loan Bonds .
1,740 00
Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Bonds
Loan
Metropolitan Water Assessment
(esti-
mated) .
111,100 00
Water Works Extension
17,000 00
Maintenance Water Buildings
800 00
Amount carried forward
$1,327,287 00
.
6,000 00
.
Education.
425 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,327,287 00
Total Water Works 166,640 00
$1,493,927 00
Appropriations on Funded Debt account (see first part of Treasurer's Report) 332,000 00
:
$1,825,927 00
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Board of Aldermen Expenses. -
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Excess and Deficiency account,
amount
transferred
$200 00
Less balance returned
117 44
82 50
DEBIT. -
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Boston Regalia Co., gavels $3 00
Bicknell & Fuller Paper Box Co., box . 6 00
John F. Biggs & Co., printing . 197 00
Boulevard Auto Co., Inc., automobile hire .
112 50
F. M. Crosby Co., dinners .
42 00
Glines Express Co., expressing .
15
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
14 71
E. F. Hicks, luncheon .
25 00
Drew B. Hall, Librarian, expenses of
aldermen to Springfield 15 85
Richard J. Keyes, services as stenog- rapher 47 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising
75 35
G. F. McKenna & Son, carriage hire
25 00
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
5 16
The Quincy, dinners
42 00
Revere House, dinners
69 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
51 84
Walter H. Snow & Sons, catering
105 00
A. Stowell & Co., mounting gavel .
7 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
27 00
Somerville Enterprise Publishing advertising
Co ..
6 50
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., rent
5 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
50
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$4,050 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 288 56
$3,761 44
$882 56
$800 00
$882 56
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DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as
clerk of committees and departments .
$2,100 00
7 00
appointment as justice of peace Laurence S. Howard, assistant . clerical services
249 17
Richard A. Keyes, assistant
602 45
Lucia A. Manning, assistant
600 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
29 25
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Globe-Wernicke Co., cabinet and cards .
5 10
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
57 08
Remington Typewriter Co., repairing
5 25
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., platen
9 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
10 00
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .
6 00
Somerville Post-office, postage .
45 22
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
7 92
$3,761 44
Executive Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$4,400 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
165 72
$4,234 28
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles A. Burns, salary as mayor
$2,500 00
Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor .
1,400 00
Edward O. Arnold, stenographic work .
5 00
Albert C. Aldrich, professional services . A. R. Andrews, typewriter supplies .
50
American Express Co., expressing
40
Boulevard Auto Co., rental .
10 00
George C. Burpee, report .
30
Somerville Enterprise, printing .
42 00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Drew B. Hall, Librarian, disbursements
.
15 85
Hill-Michie Co., auto hire .
20 75
Jameson Bros., coach hire .
10 00
Charles A. Kendall, disbursements
38 00
Richard A. Keyes, reporting .
9 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
63 26
Somerville Post-office, postage .
26 00
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .
6 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
14 90
Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies
2 00
Union Stamp Works, stamps
95
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
28 77
Somerville Young Men's Christian As- sociation, rent of hall .
20 00
24 00
$4,234 28
5 00
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Auditing Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
·
$1,350 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 61 44
$1,288 56
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Clarence T. Bruce, salary auditor
$800 01
American Express Co., expressing .
70
Baker-Vawter Co., ledgers .
21 39
Carter's Ink Co., ink .
38
Thomas Groom & Co., warrants
85 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
5 50
Edwin L. Pride & Co., auditing
350 00
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps .
13 73
F. M. Reed, pens and pencils .
1 25
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
2 25
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., guide sets
8 35
$1,288 56
Treasury Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
.
$13,300 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 78 60
$13,221 40
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer
$3,000 00
expenses to convention of account- ing officers
45 50
Charles L. Ellis, deputy
collector of
1,500 00
disbursements
29 40
Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant
1,000 00
Louise B. McLaughlin, second assistant, postage stamps
10 00
Florence M. Grow, third assistant .
650 00
Marion C. Kendall, fourth assistant
650 00
650 00
453 00
350 69
22 67
Marion F. Foster, clerical services .
22 67
Florence W. Earle, clerical services . Florence M. Shaw, clerical services . Lillian M. Hildred, clerical services Gladys Taylor, clerical services
8 00
Alice M. Keeler, clerical services
1 33
Zillah Campbell, clerical services
8 00
Lillian C. Scriven, clerical services
10 66
Amount carried forward
$9,295 24
.
taxes
750 00
Winnifred P. Briggs, fifth assistant Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services . May G. Canfield, clerical services . Jeanette Hutchins, clerical services Helen M. Keeler, clerical services .
66 66
29 33
24 00
13 33
as
.
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Amount brought forward .
$9,295 24
Theodore H. Locke, services and collect- ing 86 39
Charles B. Palmer, fees for collecting . expense of defending suit . 60 00
22 25
Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing
16 00
National Security Bank, clearing house charges ·
43
Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges
5 67
American Surety Company of New York, bonds of treasurer and deputy col- lector
224 00
Andrews Paper Co., coin envelopes
23 03
S. H. Abbott, paper .
1 80
Boston News Bureau, subscription
12 00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., atten- tion to machines
14 15
Carter's Ink Co., ink .
2 25
Edwin O. Childs, Register, recording
17 55
Dennison Mfg. Co., bill straps
1 60
Davenport-Brown Co., wooden box
2 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., voucher checks
82 45
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
11 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .
274 87
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
120 00
Henry Lorentzen, services as safe ex- pert
9 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing.
493 87
Morris-Ireland Safe Co., repairing .
4 00
McGrath & Woodley, record books
33 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
117 94
National Association of Accounting
Officers, membership dues, and re- ports .
14 00
Old Colony Trust Company, certifica- tion of bonds, etc. . bond book
150 00
Remington Typewriter Co., repairing
6 50
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repair- ing
1 00
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
6 50
Somerville Journal Co., advertising tax sales, and printing deeds printing
36 65
Sprague & Hathaway Co., framing .
8 30
Somerville Post-office, postage
1,456 86
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
25
Turner & Co., envelopes
46 27
Union Stamp Works, repairing
8 15
Samuel Ward Co., paper .
7 50
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and insuring time lock .
15 00
$13,221 40
18 00
515 93
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Assessors' Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . $11,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
5 71
$11,005 71
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
Harry Van Iderstine, assessor
800 00
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
250 00
James Wilson, assistant assessor
250 00
John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor
250 00
George I. Canfield, assistant assessor
250 00
J. Robert Fenelon, assistant assessor
250 00
William H. Wallis, assistant assessor 250 00
750 00
Mabel E. Hall, assistant disbursements
3 70
Bertha M. Boyd, assistant
525 07
Stanley E. Converse, street clerk
64 00
Raymond A. Farr, street clerk
63 00
Theodore H. Locke, street clerk
60 00
Leonard C. Spinney, street clerk
78 00
Eleanor P. Turner, clerical services
101 33
Lula E. Chapman, clerical services .
150 67
Eleanor Given, clerical services
57 33
Edna L. Goodwin, clerical services
33 33
Lillian M. Hildred, clerical services
189 33
Jeanette Hutchins, clerical services .
144 00
Gertrude B. Roome, clerical services
136 00
William C. Abbott, use of automobile Carter's Ink Co., ink .
1 50
L. E. Clayton, elastic .
1 10
Glines Express Co., expressing
45
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Harriott Co., badges .
5 40
E. F. Hicks, catering .
10 00
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
108 47
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
31 87
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
95
Somerville Journal Co., printing
761 03
Somerville Enterprise, advertising .
37 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
40 08
Winter Hill Motor Co., automobile hire,
10 00
Samuel Ward Co., stationery .
253 08
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery .
6 22
$11,005 71
Abbie D. Southworth, assistant disbursements
13 80
650 00
10 00
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 61
City Clerk's Department.
Appropriation .* CREDIT.
$5,800 00 50 00
Vital Statistics account, amount transferred
$5,750 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
165 66
$5,584 34
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk .
$2,700 00
7 00
appointment as justice of the peace, Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk, appointment as justice of the peace,
7 00
Clara B. Snow, first assistant . ·
850 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant
637 58
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant
479 59
Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant .
507 98
Susie G. Geist, clerical services
89 34
Gertrude Crowe, clerical services
1 33
Agnes M. Fitzmaurice, clerical services .
123 33
Marguerite M. Scriven, clerical services .
113 33
American Multigraph Sales Co., supplies,
20 49
American Express Co., expressing .
55
Allen, Doane & Co., badges
5 75
T. H. Ball, mortgage blanks
6 00
Robert Burlen, binding
18 00
Carter's Ink Co., ink .
13 53
John Donnelly & Sons, posting
36 00
Denison, Pratt Paper Co., paper
16 10
Glines & Co., expressing .
1 69
Gray & Turner, premium
8 00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Hobbs & Warren, forms .
2 82
Library Bureau, index cards
9 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
20 40
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service
136 71
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
2 07
Remington Typewriter Co., supplies
32 40
Renner's Express, expressing .
1 65
Somerville Post-office, postage
207 24
Somerville Journal Co., printing
64 00
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
1 35
Samuel Ward Co., stationery .
36 22
F. S. Webster & Co., stationery
75
Service Transfers, from sundry accounts . 2,082 68
$5,584 34
Law Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,400 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
20 71
$2,379 29
1
1
$7,667 02
1,500 00
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$2,100 00
disbursements
160 05
James M. Harmon,
100 00
disbursements
3 00
Addison C. Getchell & Son, printing
47 50
Middlesex Co., printing
22 00
$2,432 55
Refund, costs in Raymond suit . 53 26
$2,379 29
City Messenger's Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 79 31
$1,479 31
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city messenger .
$142 24
Fred E. Hanley, salary as city mes- senger disbursements
863 39
D. J. Bennett, repairing harness
85
H. A. Brownell, blanket, etc.
2 75
Gray & Turner, bond
30 00
Jameson Bros., board of horse
58 30
J. A. Kiley, repairing buggy
55 40
Morgan & Bond Co., repairing harness .
17 11
G. F. McKenna & Son, use of buggy
6 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .
29 67
Pearl Street Shoeing Forge, horseshoe- ing
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