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Moth
1,991 50
1
$38,274 35
1
$1,785,540 99
Non-resident Bank Shares at $21.40
2,190 74
Total tax levy $1,787,731 73
Appropriations, classified under general headings, were made from revenue, as follows :-
General Government
$88,119 00
Protection of Persons and Property
258,800 00
Health and Sanitation
186,205 00
Highways
152,900 00
Charities
72,300 00
Soldiers' Benefits
38,750 00
Education
487,790 00
Libraries
45,075 00
Recreation
19,315 00
Unclassified
40,225 00
Amount carried forward
$1,389,479 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,389,479 00
Municipal Indebtedness 302,475 22
Water Works
186,640 00
$1,878,594 22
Less estimated revenue
495,011 40
Amount raised by taxation for city purposes $1,383,582 82
State and County Taxes, Metropolitan and Other Assess- ments, etc. :-
State Tax
$127,360 00
State Highway Tax
790 00
Metropolitan Sewer Tax .
67,511 00
Metropolitan Park Tax .
40,259 07
Wellington Bridge Tax
1,292 32
Special Wellington Bridge Tax
1,795 17
Grade Crossing Tax .
13,861 56
Charles River Basin Tax
6,616 78
Alewife Brook Tax .
1,255 23
Gas and Electric Light Commission
294 67
Auditing Municipal Accounts
823 40
Fire Prevention Tax
1,363 54
County Tax
82,190 71
Overlay
18,270 37
$363,683 82
Collected for State on Non-resident Bank
Shares
2,190 74
Total $365,874 56
It may be of interest to show the percentage of increase in the valuation, tax rate, state and county taxes, etc., using as a basis of comparison the figures for the years 1906 and 1916.
Valuation
31.3%
Tax Rate
22.4
State Tax
108
County Tax
34.1
Interest
53.3
Reduction of Funded Debt .
51.2
Metropolitan Water Assessment
13.7
Departmental Maintenance :-
Poor Department
157.9
Sanitary Department
116.8
Libraries
92.6
Health Department
81.4
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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Maintenance School Buildings
61.
Fire Department . 53.2
Parks and Playgrounds
42.5
Sewers Maintenance
40.
School Teachers' Salaries
39.9
Police Department
32.8
School Contingent
28.6
Sidewalks Maintenance
21.1
Water Maintenance
19.4
General Government
19.3
Highways Maintenance
9.4
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The following tables, giving a condensed history of the city's finances, are herewith presented for reference :-
Year.
Amount of Funded Debt.
Increase of Funded Debt.
Reduction of Funded Debt.
Tax Rate per $1,000 Valuation on Account of Reduc- tion of Funded. Debt.
Town
$593,349
Dec. 31, 1872
643,354
$50,005
. . . . . . . .
. ...
1873
809,354
166,000
1874
1875
1876
1.606,854
45,000
*$55,130 62
$2 07
1877
1,606,854
10,000
*58,828 58
2 30
1878
1879
1,585,000
64,915 76
3 42
1881
1,585,000
. . . . .
58,498 64
2 59
1882
. .
1,585,000
. . . . .
61,390 59
65
1883
1,585,000
. . . . . .
64,479 01
2 70
66
1884
1,585,000
. . . . . .
67,719 33
2 78
1885
11,525,000
. ... . .
71,305 66
2 87
1886
..
1,525,000
130,000
38,000 00
1 27
1890
1,057,500
45,000
57,000 00
1 55
1892
. ...
1,194,500
253,000
104,000 00
2 73
1893
. ...
1,279,500
222,000
137,000 00
3 27
1894
. ...
1,344,500
172,000
107,000 00
2 42
66
1895
. ...
1,506,500
247,000
85,000 00
1 83
66
1896
. ...
...
....
1,552,000
176,000
172,000 00
3 99
1899
...
1,492,500
110,000
169,500 00
3 30
1900
...
1,478,000
152,000
166,500 00
3 17
1901
1,461,000
146,000
163,000 00
3 02
1902
1,447,000
175,000
159,000 00
2 86
66
1903
1,505,500
197,500
169,000 00
2 96
190
1,498,500
132,500
139,500 00
2 40
1905
1,510,000
148,000
136,500 00
2 30
1906
1,464,500
100,000
145,500 00
2 41
1907
1,508,000
198,000
154,500 00
2 51
1908
1,466,500
110,000
151,500 00
2 06
1909
1,503,000
190,000
153,500 00
2 42
1910
1,500,000
160.000
163,000 00
2 26
1911
.
.
.
1,674,000
222,000
222,000 00
2 92
1914
1,616,000
145,000
203,000 00
2 63
1915
1,650,500
240,000
205,500 00
2 57
1916
1,729,000
291,000
212,500 00
2 60
...
61,004 64
2 91
1880
1,585,000
. . .
. . . . . .
70,252 88
2 56
1888
...
+860,500
25,000
37,000 00
1 28
1889
. ...
.
952,500
150,000
45,000 00
1 38
1891
. . .
1,045,500
1,531,000
177,000
152,500 00
3 11
1897
1,548,000
167,000
150,000 00
2 39
1898
....
..
..
1,519,000
188,000
169,000 00
2 41
1912
1,674,000
332,000
177,000 00
2 54
*10,000 applied to payment of bonds; balance to sinking funds.
+Sinking fund applied,
....
1,419,854
610,500
. .....
....
1,571,854
152,000
55,739 35
2 72
1,525,000
66,894 23
2 57
1887
1.596,854
..
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1913
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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Year.
Valuation.
Tax Levy.
Rate.
1872
$22,755,325
$274,374 45
$13 00
1873
29,643,100
389,214 48
12 80
1874
30,837,700
473,235 50
15 00
1875
31,317,000
518,161 40
16 20
1876
26,573,400
504,475 24
18 60
1877
25,479,400
471,789 14
18 10
1878
20,976,900
409,497 10
19 00
1879
18,950,100
352,553 80
18 00
1880
20,458,100
402,927 71
19 10
1881
22,569,100
452,945 45
19 50
1882
23,162,200
425,721 16
17 80
1883
23,812,900
411,645 43
16 70
1884
24,331,100
418,750 26
16 60
1885
24,878,400
428,605 44
16 60
1886
26,003,200
416,987 28
15 40
1887
27,471,800
424,309 14
14 80
1888
28,765,400
421,458 60
14 00
1889
30,004,600
440,324 40
14 00
1890
32,557,500
447,704 00
14 00
1891
36,843,400
539,137 10
14 00
1892
38,093,100
596,357 50
15 00
1893
41,873,600
675,886 80
15 50
1894
44,142,900
721,165 54
15 70
1895
46,506,300
745,609 02
15 40
1896
49,070,800
786,412 32
15 40
1897
50,231,000
913,574 42
17 30
1898
50,739,700
954,187 11
17 90
1899
51,262,400
882,580 96
16 30
1900
52,578,200
889,916 08
16 00
1901
53,924,200
907,439 82
15 90
1902
55,558,300
964,535 80
16 40
1903
57,062,000
1,038,849 84
17 20
1904
58,137,900
1,059,292 56
17 20
1905
59,233,000
1,144,000 14
18 30
1906
60,371,500
1,114,023 62
17 40
1907
61,627,200
1,144,434 92
17 40
1908
63,158,400
1,237,694 72
18 40
1909
63,658,953 20
1,260,144 32
18 60
1910
·
66,376,338 70
1,306,888 71
18 50
1911
67,284,066
1,366,240 92
19 10
1912
69,632,540
1,390,824 93
18 80
1913
71,906,464
1,505,706 98
19 80
1914
74,946,894
1,665,289 46
21 10
1915
77,217,399
1,764,448 81
21 70
1916
79,304,329
1,785,540 99
21 40
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR, January 25, 1917.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen,-In accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of Ordinance Number 44, I herewith submit a re- port of the expenditures and receipts during the year 1916, showing in detail the appropriations and expenditures, and the receipts from each source of income, also a statement of the funded debt and temporary loans together with a balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the financial year.
Respectfully submitted, HOWARD E. WEMYSS, City Auditor.
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BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1916. Revenue Accounts.
ASSETS.
Cash :-
In banks and offices
$79,354 03
Advance to poor department 1,500 00
1,466 77
Tailings .
127 11
Premiums on bonds
2,698 43
Accrued interest .
169 45
Taxes, 1915 ·
2,707 54
Special assessments, 1916 ·
24,000 92
Special assessments, 1915
6,217 97
Departmental bills receiv-
able
20,822 74
Water revenue
21 19
chusetts, Soldiers' Bene- fits, 1916
16,958 36
Overlay, reserved for abatements :- Levy of 1916
$8,274 87
Levy of 1915
4,322 92
$440,013 94 104 27
Reserve Fund, surplus from overlays ·
3,224 45
Grade crossings
3,428 42
Excess and deficiency . .
.
.
.
80,006 77
$524,400 66
$524,400 66
Non-Revenue Accounts.
Cash in banks and offices .
$121,186 86
Unexpended balances :- Appropriations .
$121,186 86
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$121,186 86
$121,186 86
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·
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12,597 79
Real estate liens ·
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.
.
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CITY AUDITOR.
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.
Accounts receivable :-
Taxes, 1916
· $343,800 71
Revenue from taxes, supplementary rants .
war-
3,265 96
Revenue reserved when collected :- Departmental bills receiv- . · able ·
$20,822 74
Commonwealth of Massa .
20,843 93
Water Department ac-
counts, 1916
25,505 70
.
.
Temporary loans . Unexpended balances :- Income of trust funds ·
$80,854 03
LIABILITIES. .
· $400,000 00
·
·
.
BALANCE SHEET .- Continued. Municipal Indebtedness.
Net bonded debt . .
. $1,729,000 00
Loans within statutory debt limit :- .City bonds
$714,000 00
Municipal bonds . Sewer bonds .
57,000 00
293,000 00
Highway bonds ·
321,000 00
Bridge bonds
33,000 00
Public building bonds . .
255,000 00
$1,673,000 00
Loans outside statutory debt limit :-
Sewer bonds ·
.
$27,000 00
Metropolitan park
assess-
ment bonds .
13,000 00
Water bonds
16,000 00
56,000 00
$1,729,000 00
$1,729,000 00
Trust Funds.
Investments :- Cash and securities .
Trust funds :- School funds
$5,000 00
Library funds
20,414 58
$25,414 58
$25,414 58
ANNUAL
REPORTS.
22
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1
$25,414 58
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CITY AUDITOR.
CASH STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1916. REVENUE.
Receipts.
General :-
Taxes
$1,714,556 08
Corporation and Bank Taxes
78,895 26
Licenses
3,023 50
Permits
1,437 00
Fines and forfeits
2,847 19
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, count Vocational Schools .
5,894 15
County of Middlesex, dog licenses
.
$1,809,484 58 88,816 05
Special assessments
Departmental :-
General government
$8,104 59
Protection of persons and property
2,172 80
Health and sanitation
24,607 73
Highways
4,431 59
Charities
27,602 61
Soldiers' benefits
15,364 50
Schools
5,990 03
Libraries
1,422 61
Parks
125 00
Baths and bathhouses
661 20
Miscellaneous
886 86
Water Department Accounts
Interest :-
On deposits, taxes, etc. .
$22,404 35
Income from trust funds
1,132 21
23,536 56
Temporary loans
1,220,000 00
Premiums on general loans
2,698 43
Refunds
2,473 45
Trust funds :-
Martha R. Hunt fund, principal
702 77
Total receipts
$3,482,697 59
Transfer from non-revenue account_service trans- fers
11,937 21
Balance at beginning of period
145,331 62
$3,639,966 42
ac-
2,831 40
.
91,369 52 243,616 23
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CASH STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1916 .- Continued. Payments.
Appropriations
$1,853,055 47
Temporary loans
1,320,000 00
State taxes and assessments
265,459 76
County tax .
82,190 71
Income of trust funds
2,118 19
Advance to poor department
300 00
Refunds
917 34
Real estate liens
·
70 92
Total payments .
$3,524,112 39
Transfer, revenue for outlays
36,500 00
Balance on hand
79,354 03
$3,639,966 42
NON-REVENUE. Receipts.
Departmental accounts
$842 50
Redemption of tax liens
2,124 09
Funded debt loans
291,000 00
Refunds
58 17
Total receipts
$294,024 76
Transfer, outlays from revenue
36,500 00
Balance at beginning of period
95,899 50
$426,424 26
Payments.
Appropriations .
$291,176 10
Redemption of tax liens
2,124 09
Total payments .
$293,300 19
Transfer to revenue account service transfers 11,937 21
Balance on hand
121,186 86
$426,424 26
SUMMARY.
Total revenue receipts
$3,482,697 59
Total non-revenue receipts
294,024 76
Total cash receipts
$3,776,722 35
Cash balance January 1, 1916 .
241,231 12
$4,017,953 47
Total revenue payments
$3,524,112 39
Total non-revenue payments
293,300 19
Total cash payments
$3,817,412 58
Cash balance December 31, 1916
200,540 89
$4,017,953 47
.
Taxes.
Taxes uncollected January 1, 1916 Commitments .
1912. $2 00
1913. $233 64
1914. $2,361 14 2 26
1915. $323,680 97 . .
1,752,723 34
Total. $326,277 75 1,752,725 60
Total to collect in 1916 .
$2 00
$233 64
$2,363 40
$323,680 97
$1,752,723 34
$2,079,003 35
Collections (less refunds) Abatements ·
$2 00
$115 62
$864 37
$314,171 03
$1,398,927 13 9,995 50
$1,714,080 15 18,414 95
Total collections (less refunds) and abatements .
$2 00
$233 64
$2,363 40
$320,973 43 $2,707 54
$1,408,922 63 $343,800 71
$1.732,495 10 $346,508 25
Special Assessments.
Street Sprinkling.
Moths.
Sewer.
Sidewalk.
Highway Betterment.
Total.
Assessments levied 1914, balance Jan- uary 1
$683 60
$1,555 28
$383 75
$2,622 63
Assessments levied 1915, balance Jan- uary 1
$8,212 30
$838 75
766 80
14,687 44
18,837 15
43,342 44
Assessments levied 1916
36,282 85
1,991 50
2,253 39
12,401 39
8,938 59
61,867 72
Totals
$44,495 15
$2,830 25
$3,703 79
$28,644 11
$28,159 49
$107,832 79
Collected
$35,769 05
$2,324 75
$1,450 40
$18,795 70
Abatements .
136 70
60 25
60 75
$18,602 80 413 50
$76,942 70 671 20
Collections and abatements Uncollected · .
$35,905 75
$2,385 00
$1,450 40
$18.856 45 $9,787 66
$19,016 30 $9,143 19
$30,218 89
Uncollected 1915
assessments ·
$6,217 97
Uncollected 1916
assessments ·
·
.
.
24,000 92
·
. .
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
$8,589 40
$445 25
$2,253 39
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·
..
.
·
118 02
1,499 03
6,802 40
Uncollected January 1, 1917 :
·
$30,218 89
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CITY AUDITOR.
1916.
$77,613 90
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DEPARTMENTAL BILLS.
Departmental Accounts, Pledged to Revenue.
Balance Jan. 1, 1916.
Committed 1916.
Total to Collect.
Collected and Abated. $35 00
Uncollected.
Engineering .
$35 00
$35 00
Law Department .
7 81
7 81
$7 81
Police Department
·
$125 40
437 31
562 71
437 31
125 40
Maintenance Police Buildings
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department .
175 40
175 40
175 40
Health Department, contagious diseases
234 85
121 16
406 01
277 86
128 15
Contagious Hospital ·
10,326 53
11,054 74
21,381 27
14,242 79
7,138 48
Inspection of Milk
·
73 50
318 50
392 00
313 50
78 50
Refuse Disposal ·
34 83
2,099 80
2,134 63
1,908 33
226 30
Sewers Construction
. .
490 67
490 67
490 67
Highways Maintenance
119 95
6,740 92
6,860 87
3,898 41
2,962 46
Street Sprinkling
30 00
60 00
90 00
90 00
98 13
Sidewalks Construction
35 00
241 25
276 25
276 25
New Streets .
179 30
179 30
87 20
92 10
Maintenance Highway Buildings
240 00
240 00
240 00
Poor Department, miscellaneous
11,300 30
19,828 95
31,129 25
23,172 18
7,957 07
Poor Department, City Home
167 96
2,654 07
2,822 03
1,861 43
960 60
Soldiers' Relief
24 00
24 00
24 00
School Contingent
518 13
4,374 66
4,892 79
4,142 47
750 32
Maintenance School Buildings
3 75
1,252 25
1,256 00
1,192 25
63 75
Library Department
36 79
36 79
12
33 67
Parks Maintenance
100 00
100 00
100 00
Somerville Field
200 00
25 00
225 00
25 00
200 00
Bathhouse
·
100 00
100 00
100 00
Totals
$23,399 50
$51,516 41
$74,915 91
$54 093 17
$20,822 74
Construction Accounts, Pledged to Appropriations.
Macadam Pavement
$25 60
$25 60
$25 60
Permanent Pavement .
92 50
$594 40
686 90
686 90
. . . . . . . .
Sewers Construction
·
.
.
150 00
150 00
150 00
· .....
Totals
$118 10
$744 40
$862 50
$862 50
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ANNUAL
REPORTS.
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98 13
98 13
Sidewalks Maintenance
.
WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS:(REVENUE).
Commitments. $187,588 4€
Abatements. $468 01 1,129 53
Collected. $161,635 94 52,773 47
Balance. $25,484 51
Annual rates
.
·
·
·
.
.
·
2,896 56
1 60
2,873 77
21 19
Service assessments
3,837 53
3,837 53
Total
· $250,341 05
$1,892 57
$222,942 78
$25,505 70
Receipts
$222,942 78
Metered rates last quarter 1916
25,484 51
Water revenue, 1916 .
.
·
·
.
$248,427 29
.
·
53,903 00
Additional rates
2,115 50
293 43
1,822 07
Maintenance bills
·
·
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·
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.
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CITY AUDITOR.
Metered rates
·
2.7
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Estimate.
Receipts.
Excess.
Deficit.
Taxes from State :-
Corporation taxes ·
$24,300 00
$47,822 64
National bank tax .
4,000 00
4,127 73
$23,522 64 127 73
Street railway
40,000 00
38,619 13
$1,380 87
Licenses and Permits :-
Milk
300 00
295 50
4 50
Health department
400 00
361 00
39 00
City Clerk
3,150 00
3,015 00
5 00
Executive
600 00
786 00
186 00
Miscellaneous
3 00
3 00
Fines and Forfeits :-
' Court fines
1,500 00
2,602 19
1,102 19
Departmental
250 00
245 00
5 00
Grants and Gifts :-
County, dog licenses
2,831 40
2,831 40
. .
·
.
6,000 00
5,894 15
105 85
Special Assessments :-
Moths
3,000 0
1,935 25
1,064 75
Sewer
2,000 00
2,744 06
744 06
Street sprinkling
36,030 00
36,210 20
180 20
Sidewalks .
13,000 00
12,669 0
330 91
Betterment
9,000 00
8,525 09
474 91
General Government :-
Treasury department
5,200 00
6,942 59
1,742 59
Assessors' department
10 00
13 00
3 00
City Clerk's department
1,150 00
1,114 00
36 00
Engineering department
75 00
35 00
40 00
Protection of Persons and Property :-
Police department .
600 00
437 31
162 69
Rent of court room .
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire department
350 00
187 78
162 22
Sealer of weights and measures
.
.
500 00
547 71
47 71
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ANNUAL
REPORTS.
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State, Industrial School
Health and Sanitation :-
Health department
Contagious Hospital
·
600 00 16,000 00 400 00 10,500 00
277 86 12,962 08 350 00 10,504 65
.....
322 14 3,037 92 50 00
Inspection of milk and vinegar Refuse disposal
4 65
Sewer department
22 47
22 47
.
Highways :-
Highway maintenance
1,000 00
3,803 14
2,803 14
Highway buildings .
240 00
240 00
Charities :-
City Home
5,000 00
5,513 17
491 74
Poor department, miscellaneous
12,000 00
22,089 44
10,110 87
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Soldiers' Benefits :---
State aid
15,000 00
14,108 00
892 00
Military aid
200 00
155 00
45 00
Soldiers' burials
1,000 00
464 00
536 00
State aid special
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2,231 36
2,231 36
Soldiers' relief .
25 00
24 00
1 00
Education :-
School department
3,000 00
4,104 43
1,104 43
Maintenance school buildings
1,800 00
1,885 60
85 60
Libraries :-
Library department
1,400 00
1,422 61
22 61
Recreation and Unclassified :- Electrolysis
500 00
500 00
State, in lieu of taxes ·
64 86
64 86
Parks maintenance
50 00
100 00
50 00
Playgrounds maintenance
25 (
25 00
Bathhouse
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600 00
482 15
117 85
Shower baths
150 00
179 05
29 05
Public Service Enterprises :- Water department .
. 232,000 00
248,427 29
16,427 29
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Deficit.
36 77
37 65
$9,018 03
$475,011 40 531,304 33
$56,292 93
Excess.
4,178 77
$65,310 96
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Receipts.
11,178 77
10,763 23
462 35
$531,304 33
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Estimate.
7,000 00
10,800 00
500 00
$475,011 40
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Special assessments
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Excess
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 1916 (REVENUE).
Appropriation.
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit.
Expenditures.
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
General Government.
Board of Aldermen, ex- penses .
$800 00
$216 25
$1,016 25
$1,016 25
Clerk of committees ·
1,900 00
$16 25
1,883 75
1,870 48
13 27
Executive department ·
4,800 00
4,800 00
4,697 33
102 67
Auditing department ·
4,150 00
139 21
4,289 21
4,289 21
Treasury department
14,150 00
282 50
146 25
14,578 75
14,578 75
Assessors' department
12,680 00
84 32
12,764 32
12,764 32
Certification of notes
and bonds
600 00
125 00
725 00
725 00
Recording assessments .
400 00
253 75
146 25
146 25
City Clerk's department
7,150 00
139 21
1,254 80
8,265 59
8,095 25
170 34
Registration city laborers
315 00
315 00
314 70
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Law department
2,400 00
42 25
2,442 25
2,442 25
City Messenger's depart- ment
3,100 00
3,100 00
3,064 36
35 64
Engineering departmen
12,500 00
93 41
12,406 59
12,328 15
78 44
Commissioner of Public Buildings
5,030 00
35 36
4,994 64
4,918 35
76 29
Maintenance buildings
8,500 00
425 00
8,925 00
8,922 91
2 09
City planning board
50 00
50 00
17 40
32 60
Election expenses, City Clerk .
2,250 00
125 81
2,124 19
1,992 84
131 35
Election expenses, regis- trars of voters
2,650 00
125 00
2,525 00
2,517 32
7 68
Pay of election officers .
3,854 00
... .
3,854 00
3,822 00
32 00
Maintenance
polling
places
840 00
282 50
557 50
555 51
1 99
Totals .
$88,119 00
$89,763 29
$89,078 63
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1916 (REVENUE).
Appropriation.
Appropriation Trans. from
Appropriation Trans to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit.
Expenditures.
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police department
$109,500 00
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$109,996 84
$109,965 31
31 53
Maintenance buildings
police
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Fire department
3,500 00 110,000 00
213 49
878 88
3,508 44 110,665 39
3,508 44 110,217 58
447 81
Maintenance fire ings · ·
7,900 00
35 36
7,935 36
7,935 36
Militia
500 00
84 32
50 00
465 68
462 22
3 46
. Weights and measures department
2,700 00
7 19
12 03
2,704 84
2,711 78
*6 94
Electrical department
9,500 00
425 00
9,075 00
9,028 44
46 56
Maintenance electrical
500 00
271 84
228 16
213 20
14 96
Suppression of moths
4,000 00
20 10
240 74
4,260 84
4,260 84
Care of trees .
3,200 00
20 10
11 58
3,191 48
3,157 10
34 38
Totals
$251,300 00
$252,032 03
$251,460 27
Health and Sanitation.
Health department
$11,350 00
$447 21
$11,797 21
$11,797 21
Vital statistics
1,100 00
1,100 00
1,062 60
$37 40
Contagious Hospital
20,575 00
2,375 12
$135 94
18,335 82
17,824 62
511 20
Maintenance Contagious Hospital
3,300 00
322 27
3,622 27
3,622 27
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Inspection of animals and provisions
1,350 00
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1,350 00
1,326 38
23 62
Inspection of milk and vinegar
3,125 00
2 65
3,122 35
3,120 84
1 51
Inspection
school chil-
dren
2,430 00
2 65
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2,432 65
2,432 65
Sewers maintenance
18,000 00
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98 36
18,098 36
17,442 79
655 57
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496 84
7 19
1 25
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Maintenance sewer build- ings .
175 00 98,000 00
21 51 56,863 51
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153 49 41,136 49 64,063 51
133 83 41,136 49 64,063 28
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Maintenance refuse buildings
800 00
1,274 61
Highways, street cleaning
24,000 00
8 86
474 61 1,000 00
1,274 61 24,991 14
24,899 57
91 57
Totals
$24,800 00
$90,329 26
$90,237 46
Highways.
Highway maintenance ·
$39,000 00
$1,500 00
$25,563 88
$66,063 88
$65,875 56
$188 32
Sidewalks maintenance
5,000 00
125 80
5,125 80
5,125 80
Street sprinkling ·
35,000 00
S 86
48 00
35,056 86
35,056 86
Street lighting
61,000 00
Maintenance
highway
buildings
900 00
595 06
1,495 06
1,495 06
Totals
· $140,900 00
$168,741 60
$168,553 28
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
Poor department, mis- cellaneous
$40,000 00
$11,759 62
$26 45
$51,786 07
$51,786 07
Poor department, City Home
11,500 00
93 41
11,593 41
11,593 41
Maintenance City Home buildings ·
1,800 00
125 81
1,925 81
1,925 81
Somerville Hospital
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
Soldiers' benefits, eral administration
1,050 00
1,050 00
1,031 58
$18 42
Military aid
700 00
83 40
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616 60
310 00
306 60
State aid
15,000 00
400 00
20 00
14,620 00
14,108 00
512 00
Soldiers' relief
21,000 00
40 00
21,040 00
21,034 90
5 10
Soldiers' burials
1,000 00
.1,000 00
464 00
536 00
State aid special .
3,000 00
3,000 00
2,384 36
615 64
Totals
$99,050 00
$113,631 89
$111,638 13
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61,000 00
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Highways, refuse disposal
Sanitary department
64,063 51
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1916 (REVENUE).
Appropriation.
Appropriation Trans. from
Appropriation Receipts and Trans to
Service Trans.
Total Credit.
Expenditures.
Balance to Excess and Deficiency.
Education.
School contingent
$36,000 00
$478 19
$26 50
$36,504 69
$36,504 69
School teachers' salaries
364,890 00
$5,237 11
359,652 89
359,602 15
50 74
Janitors' salaries
31,600 00
122 27
1,875 00
33,352 73
33,326 34
26 39
Fuel and light
24,300 00
2,85S 92
27,158 92
27,158 92
Buildings and grounds .
28,000 00
213 49
191 65
28,405 14
28,401 14
4 00
Central library
25,000 00
7 00
25,007 00
24,999 97
7 03
Maintenance Central li- brary .
3,900 00
83 40
191 50
4,174 90
4,174 90
West Somerville Branch library .
6,700 00
6,700 00
6,700 00
Maintenance West Som-
erville Branch library
1,500 00
42 25
300 00
1,757 75
1,745 14
12 61
East Somerville Branch library
3,100 00
3,100 00
3,099 28
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Maintenance East Som- ·
erville Branch library
675 00
12 40
687.40
687 40
Union Square Branch
3,200 00
3,199 39
61
Square Branch library
1,000 00
125 80
874 20
855 15
19 05
Totals
. $529,865 00
$530,575 62
$530,454 47
Recreation and Unclassified.
Parks maintenance
$10,000 00
$10,000 00
$9,798 86
$201 14
Maintenance park build-
685 00
$21 51
706 51
706 51
Playgrounds maintenance
3,500 00
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3,500 00
3,424 41
75 59
Summer playgrounds
2,300 00
2,300 00
2,300 00
Maintenance bathhouse
2,330 00
$568 26
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1,761 74
1,743 30
18 44
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Maintenance
Union
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library
Independence Day Memorial Day
500 00 425 00
500 00 425 00
500 00 425 00
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Reception to Companies K and M . ·
685 00
685 00
683 98
1 02
Municipal documents
1,800 00
250 00
1,550 00
1,489 57
60 43
Contingent fund .
10,000 00
10,000 0
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4,300 00
2,440 59
1,859 41
Pensions
18,000 00
685 00
2 87
17,317 87
15,659 91
1,657,96
Damage to persons and
personal property
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,252 18
747 82
Totals
$59,540 00
$48,046 12
$43,424 31
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest
$95,880 00
$4,600 00
$1,729 73
$93,009 73
$90,167 42
$2,842 31
Reduction of funded debt
206,595 22
904 78
207,500 00
207,500 00
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Totals
$302,475 22
$300,509 73
$297,667 42
Enterprises.
Water maintenance
$44,000 00
$950 00 10,000 00
$10,000 00
$12,708 91
$65,758 91
$65,685 01
$73 90
Water works
extension
23,000 00
3,250 00
852 10
17,102 10
17,087 84
14 26
Maintenance water build- ings .
1,300 00
60 06
121 50
1,361 44
1,346 06
15 38
Interest on water bonds
840 00
840 00
840 00
debt, water .
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5,000 00
5,000 00
Metropolitan water as- sessment · · .
112,500 00
2,031 71
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110,468 29
110,468 29
Totals
$186,640 00
$200,530 74
$200,427 20
$1,842,094 22
$97,220 74
$105,220 74
$45,214 70
$1,895,308 92
$1,882,840 85
$12,468 07
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Workmen's compensation
5,000 00
700 00
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