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$18,128 87
Public Service, 1913
$8,156 42
Refund, 1912 account
82 19
8,074 23
National Bank Tax, 1913
$5,494 78
Refund, 1912 account
.
148 39
Street Railway Tax
5,346 39 36,224 76
Boston Elevated Railway Tax
10,661 18
Amount carried forward .
.
$78,435 43
$23 16
.
$26,203 10
.
4 43
4 00
34
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Court Fees and Fines.
Police Court
$1,941 00
County Court .
65 00
Dog Licenses, from County .
2,006 00 3,610 34
Interest.
Taxes
$8,335 49
Assessments
590 40
Bank Balances, Treasurer
$4,460 36
City Clerk . 9 54
4,469 90
13,395 79
Licenses.
Liquor
$21 75
Business, City Clerk
.
.
2,177 50
Fireworks
13 00
Health Department
337 00
Milk
285 00
Permits, Marriage
915 00
All others (from
City Clerk) 195 00
3,944 25
Departmental Accounts.
Treasury Department :-
Costs: Taxes
$3,970 28
Costs: Assessments .
186 03
Certificates: Tax Lien
302 00
Redemption
17 00
Collecting National Bank Tax
17 07
Telephone, Joseph S. Pike
12 00
4,504 38
City Clerk's Department, receipts
1,130 73
Commissioner of Public Buildings, telephone tolls
2 90
Engineering Department, plans for sundry streets . Police Department :-
59 00
Cloth and equipment .
$350 95
Services of officers
22 50
Sundries
28 95
Maintenance Police Building: Rent, from County .
Fire Department :-
Fines, callmen
$673 00
Sale of old material .
35 08
Weights and Measures Department, fees .
475 90
Electrical Department :-
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires .
$250 00
Damage to automobile
60 00
310 00
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination Assessments (in taxes) .
580 04
Amount carried forward
$110,815 24
.
·
402 40 1,250 00
708 08
.
$78,435 43
35
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Amount brought forward
$110,815 24 Health Department :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$46 00
Cities and Towns .
22 86
68 86
Inspection of Animals and Provisions, telephone tolls Inspection of Milk and Vinegar :-
H. E. Bowman
$24 00
Sundry persons, analytical work
168 00
Contagious Hospital :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $2,767 30
County of Middlesex
93 47
Cities and Towns
7,207 97
Sundry persons .
1,518 97
Highways, Refuse Disposal :-
D. DeStefano, use of incinerator
$1,020 00
City Home, garbage .
504 70
Sundry persons, garbage . ·
8,990 45
Highways Maintenance :-
Sundry persons, constructing and dis- continuing driveways
$673 90
Sundry persons, labor and materials . 549 39
Sidewalks Maintenance, sundry persons, repairs Highways, Street Sprinkling :-
Assessed in taxes
$34,854 95
Abutters on sundry streets
223 36
Maintenance Highway Buildings, rent of tenements Poor Department, Miscellaneous :- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,275 88
Cities and Towns
3,285 61
Sundry persons
36 15
City Home :-
J. Foster Colquhoun, produce
$4,681 86
Contagious Hospital, produce . .
243 25
Cities and Towns, board .
540 05
Sundry persons, board .
60 99
Soldiers' Benefits :-
Soldiers' Relief, Cities and Towns . .
$60 00
Military Aid, Common-
wealth of Massachusetts $224 50
State Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
15,033 50
Soldiers' Burials, Com-
monwealth of Massachu-
setts
635 00
Cash advanced in 1913 15,893 00
School. Contingent :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-- Separate Industrial Schools . $7,004 87
Amounts carried forward .
$7,004 87
$195,818 31
.
10,515 15
1,223 29 20 26
35,078 31 240 00
.
4,597 64
·
.
5,526 15
15,953 00
70
192 00
11,587 71.
36
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$7,004 87 $195,818 31
Tuition, Boston Evening Schools 130 59
Tuition state wards .
258 00
Sundry persons, tuition .
260 61
Cities and Towns, tuition
415 84
Forfeiture of deposits, evening schools .
187 00
Supplies sold
28 79
8,285 70
Maintenance School Buildings :-
Walter T. Littlefield . .
$116 14
Sundry persons, rent of ward rooms, etc. 98 35
214 49 .1,154 20
Parks Maintenance, Boston Elevated Railway .
100 00
Playgrounds Maintenance, Somerville High School
Athletic Association
50 00
Somerville Field :-
Somerville High School Athletic Asso- ciation
$450 00
Sundry persons
39 00
489 00
Maintenance Bathhouse :-
Walter T. Littlefield, Commissioner of Public Build-
ings, bathhouse receipts
815 53
Miscellaneous .
112 80
Water Maintenance :----
Sundry persons, pipe, fittings, etc. . $3,700 31
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires
250 00
3,950 31
Water Service Assessments :-
Sundry persons, water services .
5,079 51
Water Works Income :-
Sales of Water :- Metered Water Charges, fourth
quarter, 1913, uncollected $19.634 64
Received of sundry water takers . 212,673 80
$232,308 44
Less refunds and abatements
246 67
232,061 77
$448,131 62
Revenue received in cash
$377,646 24
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Assessments
(in taxes) .
$580 04
Street Srrinkling Assessments (in taxes) .
34,854 95
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :--
Military Aid
$224 50
State Aid .
15,033 50
Soldiers' Burials
635 00
Metered Water Charges, fourth quarter, district 1 19,634 64
$448,608 87
Amount carried forward
$448,608 87
·
·
35,434 99
.
15,893 00
Libraries, fines .
37
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
$448,608 87 Cash Refunds :-
$82 19
National Bank Tax
148 39
Water Charges .
245 27
$475 85
Abatement Water Charges ·
1 40
477 25
$448,131 62
TABLE F .- GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES.
Cash.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1912
$223,792 03
Revenue (See Table E)
$377,646 24
Taxes, 1910
$98 65
1911
776 29
1912
268,580 63
1913
1,217,545 87
1,487,001 44
Metered Water Charges
19,144 50
Highway Betterment Assessments
4,775 82
Sewer Assessments
7,989 70
Sidewalk Assessments .
17,554 36
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :- Account liquor licenses
$7 25
Due for advances, 1912 . 16,275 00
16,282 25
Temporary Loans: Taxes
$860,000 00
Grade Crossings 75,000 00
935,000 00
Grade Crossings (cash advances) .
18,784 00
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,399 37
Guarantee Deposits
1,500 00
Funded Debt. .
222,000 00
Trust Funds, Income :-
Public School: S. Newton Cutler . 100 00
Public Library: Isaac Pitman, Art 90 14
Isaac Pitman, Poetry .
22 54
Frances A. Wilder
Children's Depart- mment
4 04
Martha R. Hunt, Books
494 24
S. Newton Cutler
20 00
Gifts: Carnegie Corporation
75,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt, premium bonds
1,836 90
Credits to Appropriation accounts :-
Refunds (See Table D)
2,203 30
Offsets to Outlays (See Table D) .
2,301 11
$3,191,149 95
Service Transfers (See Table C) . 45,018 13
3,236,168 08
$3,459,960 11
.
on
Amount brought forward .
Corporation Taxes, Public Service
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PAYMENTS.
Refunds of Revenue (See Table E)
$475 85
Board of Aldermen Expenses
789 82
Clerk of Committees and Departments
3,950 00
Executive Department .
4,762 62
Auditing Department
1,345 00
Treasury Department
13,680 90
Assessors' Department
11,092 80
City Clerk's Department
7,723 20
Law Department
2,318 80
City Messenger's Department
2,717 38
Engineering Department
11,567 35
Commissioner of Public Buildings .
4,469 92
Maintenance Municipal Buildings .
5,573 17
Certification of Notes and Bonds
637 50
Registration of City Laborers
330 70
Election Expenses, City Clerk
1,898 56
Registrars of Voters
2,313 44
Pay of Election Officers, Polling Places
687 89
Police Department
103,792 20
Maintenance Police Buildings
3,118 19
Police Signal System
7,750 00
New Cells, Police Station
953 19
Fire Department
109,361 92
Maintenance Fire Buildings .
5,377 66
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus Militia
500 00
Weights and Measures Department
2,533 53
Electrical Department
9,406 73
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction
2,333 53
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,
2,400 00
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
734 06
Care of Trees
3,526 40
Shade Trees
596 03
Health Department
10,648 07
Inspection of Animals and Provisions .
1,233 38
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .
1,770 41
Inspection of School Children
1,775 26
Vital Statistics .
887 72
Contagious Hospital
16,990 97
Maintenance Contagious Hospital
3,384 59
Sewers Construction
26,694 91
Sewers Maintenance
14,170 44 89 38
Refuse Disposal
81,824 86 993 19
Maintenance Refuse Buildings
Street Cleaning
22,601 30
Highways Construction .
36,823 92
Highways Maintenance
61,826 86
Highway Department, Steam Roller
4,400 00
Sidewalks Construction .
41,620 01
Sidewalks Maintenance
4,519 77
Street Sprinkling
26,321 85
Street Lighting
56,000 00
Maintenance Highway Buildings
1,256 50
Amount carried forward
$753,599 73
3,248 00
5,800 00
·
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
39
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$753,599 73
Alewife Brook Bridge
3,500 00
Poor Department, Miscellaneous .
21,827 73
Poor Department, City Home
10,948 15
Maintenance City Home Buildings
2,437 71
City Home Addition
120 10
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief .
21,555 99
Military Aid
449 00
State Aid
15,037 50
Soldiers' Burials
635 00
School Contingent .
35,999 36
School Teachers' Salaries
318,957 18
Maintenance School Buildings
73,412 72
S. Newton Cutler School
4,474 59
High School Addition
113,617 98
School Buildings, Fire Exits .
2,155 04
S. Newton Cutler School, Grading Land
1,063 90
Bell School, Additional Window Space 1,188 53
Bingham School, Construction of Hall
1,950 46
High School, Furnishing and Equipment
12,130 75
Central Heating Plant
20,416 00
Public School Trust Funds, Income
20 00
Public Library Construction .
90,570 22
Central Library
25,005 80
Maintenance Central Library Building
3,349 77
West Somerville Branch Library .
5,999 90
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary Building .
1,637 16
East Somerville Branch Library .
2,499 45
Maintenance East Somerville Branch brary Building ·
Li-
642 85
Union Square Branch Library
2,499 05
Maintenance Union Square Branch Library Building
897 62
Public Library Trust Funds, Income :-
Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
259 67
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry
67 68
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books
561 50
S. Newton Cutler .
44 51
Engineering Department, Parks Mainten- ance
7,757 55
Maintenance Park Buildings
299 39
Playgrounds Maintenance
3,433 70
Playgrounds Extension
704 23
Lincoln Park Shower Baths
994 50
Summer Playgrounds
2,499 60
Maintenance Bathhouse .
2,297 40
Memorial Day .
425 00
Independence Day
500 00
Municipal Documents
1.609 62
Contingent Fund
273 54
Interest
80,797 24
Reduction of Funded Debt
222,000 00
Water Maintenance .
53.429 18
Water Works Extension
20,332 70
Maintenance Water Buildings
989 35
Amount carried forward .
$1,952,875 60
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$1,952,875 60 15 84
Overlay and Abatement, 1913
.
Coupons
27,072 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, taxes,
etc.
.
25 per
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cent. of liquor licenses
7 25
County of Middlesex
63,565 14
Temporary Loans
860,000 00
Grade Crossings
49,165 59
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,399 37
Sundry Persons
100 00
Guarantee Deposits
1,500 00
$3,326,216 65
Balance to debit of account, 1914 .
133,743 46
$3,459,960 11
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received for taxes of 1910
$98 65
66
60 66 66 1911
776 29
66
66 66 66 1912
268,580 63
66
66 66 66 1913
1,217,545 87
1,487,001 44
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatement on taxes of 1910 ·
$560 30
1911
1,663 64
66
66 66
66 1912
5,566 03
66
1913
7,219 91
Balance to debit of account, 1914 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1910 .
$2 00
66
66
66
66 1912
919 61
66
66 66 1913 . 287,883 15
288,967 68
$1,790,979 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$278,330 07
Tax levy, as per assessors' warrant of
August 5, 1913 .
1,507,418 41
Supplementary Warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement, 1913 ac-
5,230 52
$1,790,979 00
Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and Prior Years.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$13,608 55
Real Estate Liens account, amount transferred .
691 43
$12,917 12
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
5,134 33
$7,782 79
.
.
15,009 88
1911 . 162 92
count
370,515 36
41
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements
.
.
$7,789 97 7 18
Refunds, taxes refunded . .
$7,782 79
Overlay and Abatement, 1913.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant $19,552 04 Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants, 1913 . 5,230 52
$24,782 56
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
17,546 81
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements
$7,219 91
Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded, 15 84
$7,235 75
Real Estate Liens.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912
$691 43
Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior years account,
amount transferred .
691 43
Revenue.
1
CREDIT.
Excess and Deficiency account; balance from 1912 trans- ferred .
Revenue (See Table E) .
.
.
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account .
899 60
$462,450 92
Appropriated in Budget .
$446,760 34
Unexpended balance, 1912 ·
13,419 70
$460,180 04
Metropolitan Water Assessment, in excess of estimate
1,120 88
Transferred to the following accounts :- Contagious Hospital .
1,000 00
Parks Maintenance
50 00
Playgrounds Maintenance
50 00
Engineering Department .
50 00
$462,450 92
Metered Water Charges.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry water takers .
$19,144 50
Water Works Income, abatements (See Revenue, Table E)
1 40
Balance to debit of account, 1914 . ,
$19,145 90 19,634 64
$38,780 54
.
$13,419 70 448,131 62
$461,551 32
.
$7,235 75
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$19,145 90 Last quarter, district No. 1. uncollected, .
$38,780 54
Highway Betterment Assessments.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons . .
.
$4,775 82
Balance to debit of account, 1914 . .
4,949 32
$9,725 14
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912
.
$2,589 69
Highways Construction account, assess-
7,135 45
$9,725 14
Sidewalk Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons . .
$17,554 36
Balance to debit of account, 1914 .
13,492 98
$31,047 34
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912 .
.
$12,865 21
Sidewalks Construction ac- count, assessments levied,
$18,198 89
Less abatements
16 76
18,182 13
$31,047 34
Sewer Assessments.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons . .
$7,989 70
Balance to debit of account, 1914 . .
1,969 05
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912 .
.
.
$8,242 54
Sewers Construction account,
assessments
levied .
1,716 21
$9,958 75
*Coupons.
CREDIT.
Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1913 .
$14,765 00
Coupons maturing April 1, 1913 :--
Water Loan
$320 00
Sewer Loan
1,785 00
City Loan .
8,942 50
Bridge Loan
560 00
Municipal Loan
700 00
12,307 50
. 1
$27,072 50
* Beginning with July 1, charges have been made direct to Interest account instead of to Coupons account.
.
.
$9,958 75
.
.
ments levied
19,634 64
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DEBIT.
Cash, paid coupons .
.
$27,072 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State Tax and Assessments.
State Tax .
$126,000 00
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment :-
Sinking Fund
$15,317 16
Serial Bond Requirements .
356 24
Interest
29,138 47
Maintenance and Operation
24,913 50
Metropolitan Park Assessment:
Sinking Fund
$4,555 46
Serial Bond Requirements .
221 50
Interest
13,465 99
Maintenance and Operation
17,914 65
Wellington Bridge Assessment
Charles River Basin Assessment :-
Serial Bond Requirements .
$200 64
Interest
2,729 77
Maintenance and Operation
3,419 15
Alewife Brook Assessment :-
Assessment
$750 00
Interest
472 50
Abatement of Smoke
247 44
Metropolitan Water Assessment :-
Sinking Fund
$24,930 94
Serial Bond Requirements .
491 92
Interest
70,206 83
Maintenance and Operation ·
20,691 19
State Highway Tax .
Grade Crossings Assessments :-
Assessment
$9,354 19
Interest
2,737 08
12,091 27
Tax on Non-resident Bank Shares
1,711 43
$370,515 36
Cash paid .
$370,515 36
Soldiers' Benefits.
Military Aid, 1912
$342 00
State Aid, 1912 .
15,563 00
Soldiers' Burials, 1912
370 00
Military Aid. 1913
$224 50
State Aid, 1913
15,033 50
Soldiers' Burials, 1913
635 00
15,893 00
$32,168 00
Cash received
16,275 00
$15,893 00
.
.
.
.
$16,275 00
- -
69,725 37
36,157 60 631 31
6,349 56
1,222 50
116,320 88 58 00
44
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Liquor License Fees.
25 per cent. of liquor license fees . $7 25
Cash paid .
$7 25
County of Middlesex.
CREDIT.
Taxes. 1913, county tax .
$63,565 14
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid county tax
$63,565 14
Temporary Loans.
In Anticipation of Taxes. CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
$350,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board
of Aldermen on notes as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 151, 153-160, 266 days, 3.43 per cent., discounted .
$150,000 00
City Note No. 161, 233 days, 41/4 per cent., discounted
20,000 00
City Note No. 162, 239 days, 41/4 per cent., discounted
50,000 00
City Note No. 163, 7 months, 21 days, 412 per cent., discounted City Notes Nos. 164-171, 224 days, 412 per cent., discounted
60,000 00
City Notes Nos. 172-173, 229 days, 41/2 per cent., discounted
20,000 00
City Note No. 174, 232 days, 472 per
10,000 00
City Notes Nos. 175-180, 227 days, 4.68 per cent., discounted
60,000 00
City Notes Nos. 183-188, 218 days, 41/4 per cent., dicounted
60,000 00
City Notes Nos. 189-199, 314 days, 45% per cent., discounted
140,000 00
City Notes Nos. 200-211, 254 days, 514 per cent., discounted . City Notes Nos. 202-203, 249 days, 43/4 per cent., discounted .
50,000 00
· City Note No. 204, 265 days, 4.59 per cent., discounted .
60,000 00
860,000 00
$1,210,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 145-150
$150,000 00
City Notes Nos. 120-125
.
.
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 129-135
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 151, 153-160
.
150,000 00
Amount carried forward
· $500,000 00
80,000 00
cent., discounted
100,000 00
45
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$500,000 00
City Note No. 161
20,000 00
City Note No. 162
50,000 00
City Note No. 163
80,000 00
City Notes Nos. 164-171
60,000 00
City Notes Nos. 172-173
20,000 00
City Note No. 174
10,000 00
City Notes Nos. 175-180
60,000 00
City Notes Nos. 183-188
60,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
$860,000 00 350,000 00
$1,210,000 00
Abolition of Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen, 99 days, at 3.93 per cent. .
$75,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
$75,000 00
Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Decree on Auditor's Fifth Report, Certain Grade Crossings :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts · $13,759 00
Decree on Auditor's Eighth Report, Somerville Avenue :- Commonwealth of Massachusetts $3,725 52
Boston & Albany Railroad . 1,299 48
5,025 00
Balance to debit of account, 1914 .
48,613 61
$67,397 61
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Balance from 1912
$18,232 02
Cash, paid Horace W. Andrews, settlement,
$1,900 00
American Tube Works, settlement .
2,025 58
William Arınstrong, settlement .
1,400 00
Cesare Bacci, settlement
575 00
Edward A. Binney, appraising
11 25
Mary Buckley, settlement .
1,250 00
Frank W. Crocker, Mabel Swift Moore,
and Fred E. Bailey, Trustees, set- tlement
1,300 00
Bridget Crotty, settlement .
1,200 00
Mary C. Crotty, settlement
1,200 00
William T. Crotty, settlement .
1,205 00
Catherine C. Cotter, settlement .
40 00
Estate Catherine J. Flaherty, settlement .
1,750 00
Matilda Gosse, settlement .
1,515 00
Eugene H. Jones, photographs
12 00
John C. Madden, Attorney for Luigi Fer- razani, settlement .
150 00
Amounts carried forward .
$15,533 83
$18,232 02
$18,784 00
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$15,533 83 $18,232 02
Charles S. McGlone, settlement . 40 00 .
Julia A. McGlone, settlement
350 00
J. Edward L. McLean, experts .
271 50
New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co., settlement
26,000 00
Bernard O'Neil, settlement
1,450 00
James J., William A., Ellen V. and Mar-
garet O'Brien, settlement
40 00
Nathan H. Reed, services .
60 00
F. E. Rollins, copy and evidence
77 10
Patrick J. and Mary Russell, settlement .
30 00
J. Walter Sanborn, settlement .
2,900 00
Anthony Sheridan, settlement
225 00
Augustus L. Sylvester and Mary O. de Guglielmo, settlement .
1,750 00
Frank Sloane and Elizabeth G. Sloane, settlement . ·
375 00
Harry Van Iderstine, services .
63 16
49,165 59
$67,397 61
Redemption of Tax Liens.
CREDIT.
Receipts :--
Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens,
$1,399 37
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens .
$1,399 37
Overplus on Tax Sales.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
.
$118 13
DEBIT.
$118 13
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
Sundry Persons.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
$719 56
Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .
619 56
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons
$100 00
Guarantee Deposits.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of J. II. Fannon, guarantee deposits .
$1,500 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.) Cash, paid J. H. Fannon, deposits returned . $1,500 00
$100 00
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Public Library Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 . ·
·
.
Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .
.
$21,414 58
Public Library Trust Fu.ids, Investment.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account. 1914 .
$21,414 58
DEBIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$21,414 58
Public School Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
·
$5,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .
$5,000 00
Public School Trust Funds, Investment.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1914 .
$5,000 00
Balance from 1912 .
$5,000 00
Public Property.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1914 .
. $5,977,905 82
DEBIT.
Property and Debt Balance, property ac-
quired in 1913
$300,867 19
Balance from 1912 .
. 5,677,038 63
$5,977,905 82
Funded Debt.
CREDIT.
Funded Debt, January 1, 1913
. · $1,674,000 00 Issues of 1913 :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 4461 to 4565
$105,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 564 to 593 . 30,000 00
Muncipal Loan Bonds Nos. 4566 to 4652 . 87,000 00
222,000 00
$1,896,000 00
DEBIT.
Bonds maturing in 1913 .
$222,000 00
Present Funded Debt, balance of account .
1,674,000 00
$1,896,000 00
Property and Debt Balance.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$4,003,038 63
Public Property, property acquired in 1913 . 300,867 19
Funded Debt, bonds maturing in 1913 .
222,000 00
$4,525,905 82
.
.
$21,414 58
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Funded Debt, issues of 1913 .
$222,000 00 Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
$4,525,905 82
Excess and Deficiency.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$13,419 70
Revenue account, amount transferred . .
$13,419 70
Balances of 1913 accounts :-
Debit. Credit.
Board of Aldermen Expenses
$10 18
Executive Department
37 38
Auditing Department . .
5 00
Treasury Department .
98 60
Assessors' Department .
7 20
City Clerk's Department
1 80
Law Department
98 70
City Messenger's Department
13
Engineering Department
22
Commissioner Public Buildings
7 60
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
76 83
Registration City Laborers
119 30
Election Expenses, City Clerk
3 72
Registrars of Voters
1 56
Polling Places
12 11
Police Department .
249 03
Maintenance Police Buildings
31 81
Fire Department
30 51
Maintenance Fire Buildings
72 34
Electrical Department
593 27
Health Department
124 67
Inspection of Animals and Provisions .
16 62
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .
29 59
Inspection of School Children
24 74
Contagious Hospital
9 03
Maintenance Contagious Hospital Building,
15 41
Sewers Maintenance
05
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
35 62
Maintenance Refuse Buildings .
6 81
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
32 85
Maintenance City Home Building
2 29
Soldiers' Relief
62 01
Military Aid
251 00
State Aid .
966 50
Soldiers' Burials
265 00
School Contingent
28 94
School Teachers' Salaries
2 82
Maintenance School Buildings
8 28
Maintenance Central Library Building.
23
West Somerville Branch Library .
10
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary Building .
22 84
East Somerville Branch Library
55
Amount carried forward .
.
$3,376 82
.
C
4,303,905 82
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Amount brought forward .
$3,376 82
Maintenance East Somerville Branch Li-
brary Building ·
57 15
Union Square Branch Library
95
Maintenance Union Square Branch Li-
brary Building
2 38
Parks Maintenance .
33
Maintenance Park Buildings .
.
.
31
Summer Playgrounds
40
Maintenance Bathhouse
2 60
Municipal Documents
15 38
Contingent Fund
2,346 02
Interest
494 70
Water Maintenance
1,015 35
Water Works Extension
1,275 56
Maintenance Water Buildings
83 13
Revenue
$899 60
$8,671 69
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
7,772 09
$8,671 69
$8,671 69
Balances.
General Accounts.
Cash
$133,743 46
Taxes, 1910
2 00
1911
162 92
1912
919 61
1913
287,883 15
Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior
years
Overlay and Abatement, 1913
Metered Water Charges .
19,634 64
Highway Betterment Assessments
4,949 32
Sidewalk Assessments
13,492 98
Sewer Assessments
1,969 05
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
15,893 00
Temporary Loans :-
In anticipation of Taxes
350,000 00 75,000 00
Grade Crossings
48,613 61
Overplus on Tax Sales
.
.
Sundry Persons
619 56
Maintenance Accounts.
See Excess and Deficiency account, pre- ceding
899 60
8,671 69
Non=Revenue Accounts.
See Credit Balances, Funded Debt Appro- priations, in first part of report
68,949 03
Reduction of Funded Debt . .
1,836 90
Amounts carried forward . · $528,163 34
$527,876 45
.
1
.
$5,134 33 17,546 81
Abolition of Grade Crossings
118 13
.
.
.
61
Playgrounds Maintenance
.
$899 60
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$528,163 34
$527,876 45
Trust Funds.
Public School .
5,000 00
Public School, Investment
.
Public Library · .
21,414 58
Public Library, Investment
21,414 58
Income :-
Public School, S. Newton Cutler . ·
205 00
Public Library :-- Isaac Pitman, Art
6 88
Poetry
1 14
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