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$7,544 59
Protection of Persons and Property
2,958 48
Health and Sanitation
24,531 40
Highways
5,872 12
Soldiers' Benefits
30,461 43
Charities
29,740 74
Schools
5,475 88:
Libraries
1,438 01
Baths and Bathhouses
838 70
Miscellaneous
517 18
109,378 53
Water Department Accounts
271,123 92
Temporary Loans
1,484,000 00
Interest: -
Deposits, Taxes, etc.
22,619 66
Trust Funds .
1,116 06
23,735 72
Smith-Hughes Fund
1,048 24
Refunds
1,387 88
Total Receipts .
$4,171,492 56
Transfer from non-revenue account of service transfers 4,933 50
Balance on hand, January 1, 1918
119,347 62
$4.295,773 6S
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CITY AUDITOR.
CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1918 .- Continued.
Payments.
Appropriations
$2,184,505 35
Income Trust Funds .
830 97
Refunds
865 86
Temporary Loans
1,385,000 00
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
73 25
Real Estate Liens
2,413 29
Grade Crossings Advances
36,850 00
State Taxes and Assessments
329,211 31
County Tax .
87,003 63
Advance to Poor Department
3,000 00
Total Payments
. $4,029,753 66
Transfer to non-revenue cash for outlays
51,500 00
Balance on hand .
214,520 02
$4,295,773 68
NON-REVENUE. Receipts.
Carnegie Corporation
$2,000 00
Redemption Tax Liens
2,522 59
Refunds
2,399 44
Total Receipts
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$6,922 03
Transfer from revenue cash for outlays
51,500 00
Balance on hand January 1, 1918 . 117,898 61
$176,320 64
Payments.
Appropriations ·
$143,388 41
Redemption of Tax Liens .
2,522 59
Total Payments
$145,911 00
Transfer to revenue on account of service transfers 4,933 50
Balance on hand
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25,476 14
$176,320 64
SUMMARY.
Total Revenue Receipts
$4,171,492 56
Total Non-Revenue Receipts
6,922 03
Total balance at beginning of period
$4,178,414 59 237,246 23
$4,415,660 82
Total Revenue Payments .
$4,029,753 66
Total Non-Revenue Payments
145,911 00
Total balance on hand .
$4,175,664 66 239,996 16
$4,415,660 82
TAXES - SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
Excise Tax Ship Owners
1915 $8 68
1916 $2,911 32 492 54
1917 $359,205 97 2 00
1918 2,015,783 68
Total $362,125 97 2,016,523 92
Total to collect in 1918 ·
$245 70
$8 68
$3,403 86
$359,207 97 $2,015,783 68 $2,378,649 89
Collections (less refunds)
791 74
350,533 64 5,940 00
1,642,040 63
1,993,366 01
Abatements .
233 03
8 68
1,195 20
8,729 66
16,106 57
Total collections and abatements Uncollected December 31, 1918
233 03
8 68
1,986 94
356,473 64 2,734 33
1,650,770 29 365,013 39
2,009,472 58 369,177 31
Street Sprinkling
Moths
Sewer
Sidewalks
Highway Betterment
Total
Assessments levied 1916, Balance Jan- uary 1, 1918
*$9 80
$1,414 07
$1,587 77
$954 65
$3,966 20
Assessments levied 1917, Balance Janu- ary 1, 1918
8,771 15
316 75
3,172 20
5,904 92
8,726 09
26,891 11
Assessments levied 1918
36,982 10
1,096 75
663 60
13,004 70
51,747 15
Totals
$45,763 05
$1,413 50
$5,249 87
$7,492 69
$22,685 44
$82,604 55
Collections (less refunds)
$37,265 35
$1,171 90
$2,666 86
$6,587 99
$13,383 21
$61,075 31
Abatements .
335 25
1 75
66 10
403 10
Collections and Abatements .
$37,600 60
$1,173 65
$2,666 86
$6,587 99
$13,383 21
Uncollected ·
$8,162 45
239 85
2,583 01
904 70
9,236 13
$61,478 41 21,126 14
*Includes charges acct. Real Estate
Liens.
Uncollected 1916 Assessments .
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Uncollected 1917 Assessments .
. Uncollected 1918 Assessments
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Total Uncollected Assessments ,
$21,126 14
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Total Uncollected January 1, 1918 . Commitments . .
$245 70
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12 67
1,416 92
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DEPARTMENTAL BILLS
Departmental Accounts, Pledged to Revenue.
Balance Jan. 1, 1918
Committed 1918
Total to Collect
Collected and Abated
Uncollected
Law Department
$7 81
$7 81
$7 81
Police Department
17 53
1,218 18
1,235 71
1,203 38
32 33
Police Buildings .
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
9 75
44
54 55
54 55
Health Department
66 00
387 86
453 86
72 00
381 86
Contagious Hospital
7,204 63
6,403 53
13,608 16
9,446 54
4,161 62
Inspection of Milk
38 50
642 00
680 50
664 50
16 00
Sanitary Department .
115 00
3,533 80
3,648 80
3,533 80
115 00
Highway Maintenance
687 85
3,705 13
4,392 98
4,224 01
168 97
Street Sprinkling
770 61
770 61
770 61
Sidewalks Maintenance
92 66
92 66
92 66
Sidewalks Construction
656 78
656 78
656 78
Highways Buildings
240 00
240 00
240 00
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
6,755 80
22,367 45
29,123 25
20,096 05
9,027 20
Poor Department, City Home
395 50
4,627
63
5,023 13
4,721 49
301 64
School Contingent
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862 48
3,621 30
4,483 78
4,023 91
459 87
School Buildings
60 00
1,368 64
1,428 64
1,409 89
18 75
School Buildings, Fuel
262 68
262 68
262 68
Somerville Field
200 00
200 00
200 00
Totals .
$16,513 51 .
$50,850 39
$67,363 90
$52,680 66
$14,683 24
Outlay Accounts, Pledged to Appropriations.
Extreme Emergency .
$755 46
$755 46
$552 37
$203 09
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WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS (REVENUE).
Commitments $221,936 26
Abatements Collections (Net) Balance
Metered Rates
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$2,269 16
$192,106 59
$27,560 51
Annual Rates .
44,527 32
1,181 71
43,345 61
Additional Rates
2,076 10
824 48
1,251 62
Maintenance Bills
3,980 53
8 16
3,972 37
Service Assessments
1,040 27
1,040 27
Totals
. $273,560 48
$4,283 51
$241,716 46
$27,560 51
Receipts
$241,716 46
Metered Rates Last Quarter, 1918
27,560 51
Water Revenue, 1918
$269,276 97
Metered Rates Last Quarter, 1917.
Uncollected January 1, 1918
$29,148 71
Abated
$97 28
Collected
29,051 43
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$29,148 71
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Taxes from State :-
Corporation Taxes .
National Bank Tax .
Estimate $52,000 00 4,000 00
Receipts $50,371 72 4,734 94 35,278 36
Excess
Deficit $2,628 28
Street Railway Tax
20,100 00
Licenses and Permits :-
Milk
250 00
288 00
38 00
Health
90 00
124 00
34 00
City Clerk
3,000 00
2,914 00
86 00
Executive
600 00
530 00
70 00
Pedlers' License Commission
700 00
600 00
100 00
Building Department
133
00
133 00
Electrical Department
218 50
218 50
Fines and Forfeits :-
Court Fines
2.500 00
3,705 11
1,205 11
Departmental Penalties
150 00
171 00
21 00
Grants and Gifts :-
County, Dog Licenses
2,100 00
2,168 85
68 85
State, Industrial School .
7,500 00
8,181 67
681 67
Special Excise Tax (Ship Owners)
245 70
245 70
Special Assessments :-
Moths
1,000 00
1,095 00
95 00
Sewers .
600 00
663 60
63 60
Street Sprinkling
37,000 00
36.882 15
117 85
Street Betterment
14,000 00
13,004 70
995 30
General Government :-
Treasury Department
6,700 00
6.541 30
158 70
City Clerk'u Department
1,000 00
988 98
11 02
Protection of Persons and Property :-
450 00
1,203 38
753 38
Rent of Court Room
1.000 00
1.000 00
Fire Department
250 00
222 73
27 27
Fire Buildings .
10 60
10 60
Sealer of Weights
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500 00
521 77
21 77
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Police Department
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... $734 94 15,178 36
STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Health and Sanitation :---
Estimate 275 00
Receipts 70 00 8,591 28
Excess
Deficit
Health Department .
205 00
Contagious Hospital
9,500 00
908 72
Inspection of Milk
350 00
681 00
331 00
Sanitary Department
12,500 00
15,184 80
2,684 80
Sewer Department .
4 32
4 32
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Highways :-
Highway Maintenance
$2,500 00
$4,192 38
$1,692 38
Sidewalks Construction
631 22
631 22
Highway Buildings) .
240 00
240 00
Street Sprinkling
770 61
770 61
Sidewalks Maintenance
37 91
37 91
Charities :-
City Home
7,000 00
10,043 73
3,043 73
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
18,500 00
19,697 01
1,197 01
Soldiers' Benefits :-
State Aid
15,000 00
12,746 00
2,254 00
Military Aid
175 00
85 00
90 09
Soldiers' Burials
1,000 00
150 00
850 00
German War
45,000 00
67,280 53
22,280 53
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Education : -
School Department
4,000 00
3,998 91
1 09
Maintenance of School Buildings
1,300 00
1,476 97
176 97
Library Department
1,250 00
1,438 01
188 01
Recreation and Unclassified :-
Electrolysis
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800 00
609 95
190 05
Shower Baths
200 00
228 75
28 75
State, in Lieu of Taxes
70 32
70 32
Miscellaneous .
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31 83
31 83
Public Service Enterprises :- Water Department .
260,000 00
269,276 97
9,276 97
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500 00
500 00
Bathhouse
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Interest :- Bank Deposits . :
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11,200 00
9,980 54
1,219 46
11,500 00
12,088 83 539 67
588 83
500 00
39 67
$559,780 00
$612,445 60
$62,578 34
$9,912 74
Total Actual
Total Estimate
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$612,445 60 559,780 00
Excess
$52,665 60
Deferred Taxes Special Assessments
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1918 (REVENUE).
Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and Service Trans. Credit
Total
Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
General Government.
Board of Aldermen Expenses
$1,100 00
$1,100 0
$861 28
$238 72
Clerk of Committees
2,400 00
2,400 00
2,363 88
36 12
Executive Department .
6,550 00
6,550 00
6,304 48
245 52
Auditing Department
4,840 00
4,840 00
4,828 70
11 30
Treasury Department .
17,050 00
28 80
17,078 80
16,555 32
523 43
Assessors' Department
14,650 00
610 00
18 75
14,058 75
13,884 43
174 32
Pedlers' License Commission
50 00
50 00
22 28
27 72
Bonds
450 00
450 00
192 05
257 95
City Clerk's Department .
8,250 00
85.00
1,210 69
9,375 69
8,901 33
474 26
Registration City Laborers .
420 00
420 00
411 28
8 72
Law Department
2,480 00
2,480 00
2,437 37
42 63
City Messenger's Department
2,500 00
128 00
2,628 00
2,627 66
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Engineering Department
12,750 00
12,750 00
11,931 58
818 42
Commissioner
of Public
Buildings .
5,850 00
140 00
2 40
5,992 40
5,988 22
4 18
Maintenance Municipal Build- ings
10,425 00
505 00
9,920 00
9,780 62
139 38
City Planning Board
50 00
50 00
50 00
Election Expenses, City Clerk
2,250 00
85 00
2,335 00
2,333 90
1 10
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters . .
2,600 00
2,600 00
2,533 23
66 7.
Pay of Election Officers
4,400 00
4,400 00
4,392 00
8 00
Maintenance Polling Places
715 00
715 00
496 11
218 89
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Certification of Notes and
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department
$136,200 00
2,230 00
· 133,970 00
133,092 65
877 35 2 85
Fire Department .
131,000 00
300 00
1,543 68
132,243 68
4,737 15 130,850 64
1,393 04
Maintenance Fire Buildings
10,000 00
300 00
10,300 00
9,621 11
678 89
Weights and Measures .
2,900 00
2,900 00
2,884 38
15 62
Electrical Department
13,800 00
374 08
14,174 08
13,816 09
357 99
Maintenance Electrical Dept Building
650 00
275 00
925 00
897 69
27 31
Suppression of Moths .
4,200 00
4,200 CO
4,163 81
36 19
Care of Trees
3,950 00
1,200 00
40 00
129 84
2,919 84
2,889 23
30 61
Health and Sanitation.
Health Department
12,520 00
85 00
89 00
12,694 00
12,692 98
1 02
Vital Statistics
1,300 00
1,300 00
1,061 49
238 51
Contagious Hospital
19,700 00
410 00
62 15
19,352 15
17,623 89
1,728 26
Maintenance Contagious Hos- pital
3,800 00
365 00
4,165 00
4,163 79
1 21
Inspection of Animals .
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1,735 00
3 00
1,732 00
1,731 55
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Inspection of Milk
3,400 00
325 00
3,725
00
3,701 80
23 20
Inspection of School Children
1,675 00
1,675 00
1,651 46
23 54
School Nurses' Salaries
1,650 00
1,650 00
1,650 00
Sewers Maintenance
20,850 00
288 36
21,138 36
19,856 08
1,282 28
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
200 00
40 00
160 00
156 73
3 27
Sanitary Department
115,200 00
2,230 00
117,430 00
117,420 18
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Maintenance Sanitary Build- ings
800 00
800 00
703 99
96 01
Street Cleaning
28,700 00
3,500 00
25,200 00
25,195 92
4 08
Highways.
Highways Maintenance
46,360 09
170 00
6,100 00
20,618 96
72,908 96
72,168 24
740 72
Sidewalks Maintenance
7,000 00
1,400 00
610 00
6,210 00
6,207 51
2 49
Street Sprinkling
36,500 00
130 00
36,630 00
36,626 26
3 74
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Maintenance Police Buildings
4,200 00
540 00
4,740 00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1918 (REVENUE).
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Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Street Lighting Maintenance Highway Build- ings
1,300 00
225 00
24 09
1,099 09
891 82
207 27
Charities.
Poor Department, Miscellane- ous .
64,500 00
1,000 00
88 20
63,588 20
63,420 48
167 72
Poor Department, City Home
14,500 00
1,000 00
21 00
15,521 00
15,411 20
109 80
Maintenance City Home
Buildings .
2,800 00
540 00
3,340 00
3,334 15
5 85
Soldiers' Benefits.
General Administration
1,150 00
1,150 00
1,144 79
5 21
Military Aid
350 00
350 00
170 00
180 00
State Aid
15,000 00
1,780 00
46 00
13,266 00
12,792 00
474 00
State Aid, German War
70,000 00
547 06
70,547 06
67,827 59
2,719 47
Soldiers' Relief
22,000 00
430 00
31 00
22,461 00
22,456 77
4 23
Soldiers' Burials .
1,000 00
1,000 00
150 00
850 00
Education and Libraries.
School Contingent
44,375 00
130 00
11 03
44,516 03
44,511 65
4 38
School Teachers' Salaries
416,255 00
7,310 00
55 00
409,000 00
408,740 58
259 42
Janitors' Services
39,275 00
550 00
39,825 00
39,817 44
7 56
Fuel and Light
47,500 00
13,840 00
262 68
61,602 68
61,600 73
1 95
Buildings and Grounds .
35,250 00
5,900 00
800 00
518 30
30,668 30
30,639 75
28 55
Central Library .
23,000 00
9 20
23,009 20
23,008 92
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Maintenance Central Library
4,125 00
815 00
4 75
3,314 75
3,088 00
226 75
West Somerville Branch Li- brary
6,770
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6,770 00
6,768 30
1 70
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64,000 00
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Education and Libraries.
Maintenance West Somer- ville Branch Library .
2,330 00
2,330 00
2,277 55
52 45
East Somerville Branch Li- brary
3,340 00
6 40
3,346 40
3,344 80
1 60
Maintenance East Somer-
1,600 00
1,600 00
1,506 18
93 83
ville Branch Library . Union Square Branch Library
3,735 00
3,735 00
3,734 91
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Maintenance Union Square Branch Library .
1,570 00
275 00
1,295 00
1,260 64
34 36
Recreation and Unclassified.
Parks Maintenance
10,150
00
10,150 00
8,344 42
1,805 58
Maintenance Park Buildings
1,070 00
1,070 00
842 72
227 28
Playgrounds Maintenance
4,375 00
78 95
4,453 95
3,541 90
912 05
Playground and Recreation Commission
3,500 00
48 45
3,548 45
3,512 21
36 24
Maintenance Bathhouse
2,725 00
760 00
1,965 00
1,915 15
49 85
Victory Day Celebration
700 00
700
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680 50
19 50
Memorial Day
425 00
33 00
458 00
421 22
36 78
Municipal Documents
1,450 00
1,450 00
1,252 19
197 81
Contingent Fund .
10,000 00
10,000
00
10,000 00
Workmen's Compensation
5,000 00
825 00
4,175 00
2,492 91
1,682 09
Pensions
19,575 00
7 49
19,582 49
18,017 82
1,564 67
Damage to Persons and Per- sonal Property .
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,336 14
663 86
Municipal Indebtedness.
Interest .
114,600 00
3,874 97
1,310 94
119,785 91
114,516 41
5,269 50
Reduction of Funded Debt
245,429 60
1,070 40
246,500 00
246,500 00
Water Works
Water Maintenance
58,400 00
4,947 89
63,347 89
60,959 44
2,388 45
Water Works Extension
10,000 00
3,874 97
92 33
6,217 36
5,914 12
303 24
Maintenance Water Buildings
1,385 00
87 19
1,472 19
1,154 63
317 56
Interest on Water Debt
440 00
440 00
440 00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1918 (REVENUE).
Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Reduction of Water Debt Metropolitan Water Assess- ment .
5,000 00
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125,358 55
$2,217,678 15 $33,217 97
$33,217 97
$33,668 06 $2,251,346 21 $2,209,508 92
$41,837 29
Balance from 1917
Receipts
Total Credits
Expenditures
Balance to 1919
Other Accounts.
Income of Trust Funds :-
School :-
S. Newton Cutler
$400 88
$214 50
$615 38
$104 09
$511 29
Smith-Hughes
1,048 24
1,048 24
260 00
788 24
Library :-
S. Newton Cutler
33 23
42 88
76 11
50 00
26 11
Martha R. Hunt, Art .
219 29
95 00
314 29
314 29
Martha R. Hunt, Book
41 28
495 29
6 57
257 23
279 34
Hunt Fund for Expenses
202 77
202 77
202 77
Isaac Pitman, Art
55 48
171 32
226 80
139 40
87 40
Isaac Pitman, Poetry .
7 27
2 82
50 05
20 25
29 84
Frances A. Wilder
7 01
4 25
11 26
11 26
Poor :-
Olive C. Cummings
50 00
50 00
50 00
Tellers' Overs and Shorts .
3 97
79 56
83 53
73 25
10 28
Temporary Loans
1,385,000 00
1,385,000 00
Grade Crossings
36,850 00
36,850 00
Real Estate Liens
2,413 29
2,413 29
State Taxes and Assessments
329,211 31
329,211 31
County Tax
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87,003 63
87,003 63
Advance to Poor Department
3,000 0
3,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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125,358 55
Cash Refunds :-
Taxes . Special Assessments .
306 90
306 90
179 70
179 70
Water .
379 26
379 26
Total Other Accounts . Revenue Totals
$971 18
$2,243 86 $1,848,045 73 $1,845,734 91 4,098,905 34 4,054,757 23
$2,310 82
44,148 11
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1918 (NON-REVENUE).
Balance Appro- Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and
Total
Balance to.
from 1917 priation Trans. from Trans. to
Service Trans. · Credit Expenditures 1919 .
Protection of Persons and Personal Property.
Electrical De- partment, Un- derground Wires $303 14
$303 14
$303 14
Extreme Emer- gency, Health and Safety 15,430 45
3,135 98
18,566 43
9,417 76
9,148 67
Health and Sanitation. Sewers Con- struction
769 27
4,500 00
65 15
5,334 42
4,288 65
1,045 77
Highways.
New Streets
641 80
30,000 00
30,641 80
30,367 61
274 19
Permanent Pavement
1 62
1 62
1 62
Macadam Pave- ment
263 64
263 64
263 64
Sidewalks Con-
43
43
43
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CITY AUDITOR.
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struction
·
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1918 (NON· REVENUE).
Balance from 1917
Appro- Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and priation Transfer from Transfers to
Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to 1919
Bennett School Addition S. Newton Cut- ler School Ad- dition · · New School Building, East Somerville .
166 71
445 34
445 34
445 34
1,046 70
1,046 70
1,046 70
Schoolhouses
Sprinkler Sys- tems ·
3,539 88
3,539 88
3,539 88
New School '
Building, Hol- land Street
2,765 72
2,765 72
2,565 72
200 00
Southern Junior High School . 82,420 76
34 20
82,445 06
82,209 26
245 SO
Building Connections,
Forster School house
2,000 00
14 75
1,985 25
1,985 25
Boys' Industrial School Addi-
tion No. 1,
896 84
Boys' Industrial
School Addi- tion No. 2,
17,000 00
4 38
17,004 38
13,289 04
3,715 34
Libraries.
East Somerville Branch Li-
brary
2,714 91
...
2,000 00
4,714 91
4,714 91
..
..
166 71
166 71
.
.
..
896 84
324 08
572 76
32
ANNUAL REPORTS.
..
Recreation. Field House, Somerville Field
2,982 50
14 75
2,997 25
..
2,997 25
Unclassified.
Building Public Buildings .
548 11
548 11
548 11
Grade Crossing Expenses
960 79
960 79
960 79
Total Appropri-
ations
$117,898 61
$51,500 00
$14 75
$14 75
$5,239 71
$174,638 42
$149,162 28
$25.476 14
Redemption Tax Liens
2,522 59
2,522 59
2,522 59
Totals
$117,898 61
$51,500 00
$14 75
$14 75
$7,762 30
$177,161 01
$151,684 87
$25,476 14
.
.
.
.
CITY AUDITOR.
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34
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Payments.
State Tax
$175,560 00
State Highway Tax
1,310 01
Non-Resident Bank Tax
2.863 34
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment .
80,430 29
Metrololitan Park Assessment
43,457 01
Wellington Bridge Assessment
1,529 28
Wellington Bridge Special Assessment
1,644 50
Grade Crossings Assessment
12,354 20
Charles River Basin Assessment
7,457 52
Alewife Brook Assessment .
1,197 94
Abatement of Smoke Assessment
307 55
Fire Prevention Assessment
975 33
Soldiers' Exemption .
124 34
Metropolitan Water Assessment .
125.358 55
Total
$454,569 86
State Aid
$13,218 14
Military Aid
165 00
Soldiers' Burials
500 00
State Aid, German War
16.578 29
Income Tax, 1918
68,628 00
Income Tax, 1917
6,384 00
Mothers' Aid
9,460 60
Aid to Poor
3,082 61
Tuition of State Wards
609 75
Smith Hughes Fund
1.048 24
In Lieu of Taxes
70 32
Total
$119,744 95
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
County Tax
$87,003 63
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES. Revenue.
Total amount as per assessors' commitments
$2,015,076 64
Less State Taxes
$179,733 35
- County Tax
.
30,735 96
297.472 94
Amount raised for municipal purposes
$1.717.603 70
Other Revenue : -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Income Tax 1918
$74,405 52
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Income Tax 1917, Additional
7,980 00
Estimated Revenue Receipts
559,780 00
Excess of Estimated Revenue
52,665 60
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency .
30.000 00
724,831 12
Total
$2.442.434 82
Expenses.
Revenue Appropriations
$2.212.319 60
Outlay Appropriations 51.500 00
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
149.477 96
$2.413,297 56
Excess of Revenue
$29.137 26
87,003 63
Overlay
Receipts
TEMPORARY LOANS, 1918.
Taken By R. L. Day & Co.
Nos.
Issued .
Due
Rate
Amount $200,000 00
Nov. 5, 1918
F. S. Moseley & Co.
601
@ 604
Feb.
19, 1918 Nov.
5, 1918
5 20
50,000 00
Nov.
5, 1918
Old Colony Trust Co.
605
Mar. 7, 1918
Dec. 20, 1918
5 20
20,000 00
Dec. 20, 1918
Old Colony Trust Co.
606
@ 611
Mar. 20, 1918
Oct. 15, 1918
5 18
100,000 00
Oct. 15, 1918
Old Colony Trust Co.
612 @ 617
Mar.
25, 1918
Oct.
18, 1918
5 28
100,000 00
Oct. 18, 1918
Old Colony Trust Co.
.
624
Apr.
1, 1918
Apr.
1, 1919
5 25
25,000 00
Estabrook & Co.
625
Mar.
29, 1918
Nov.
1918
5 35
5,000 00
Nov. 6, 1918
Estabrook & Co.
626
@
630
Mar.
29, 1918
Nov. 20, 1918
5 35
50,000 00
Nov. 20, 1918
Highland Trust Co.
631
@
633
Apr.
29, 1918
Apr. 29, 1919
5 25
25,000 00
Old Colony Trust Co.
634
@ 635
May
9, 1918
Nov. 20, 1918
5 27
50,000 00
Nov. 20, 1918
Old Colony Trust Co.
636
a 637
May
9, 1918
Dec.
12, 1918
5 27
50,000 00
Dec. 12, 1918
*Old Colony Trust Co.
C-1
@ C-50
May
10, 1918
May
10, 1919
5 25
50,000 00
* Blodgett & Co.
C-51
@ C-70
May
10, 1918
May
10, 1919
5 25
100,000 00
*Zelwyn C. Bowman
C-71
June
5, 1918
June
5, 1919
4 50
2,000 00
C-72
June 10, 1918
June
10, 1919
4 50
5,000 00
638
643
June 14, 1918
Apr.
3, 1919
4 62
150,000 00
644
649
July
8, 1918
Nov. 20,
1918
4 37
50,000 00
Estabrook & Co.
650
a
651
Aug. 27, 1918
Aug. 27, 1919
4 30
100,000 00
Old Colony Trust Co. .
652
@ 659
July 12, 1918
June 25, 1919
4 39
125,000 00
FF. S. Moseley & Co.
661
665
Sept. 13, 1918
Sept. 13, 1919
4 35
27,000 00
Old Colony Trust Co. .
666
667
Sept. 27, 1918
Dec. 23, 1918
4 59
100,000 00
Dec. 23, 1918
Total amount of 1918 loans Outstanding January 1, 1918.
$1,484,000 00 510,000 00
$1,994,000 00
Payments, 1918 .
1,385,000 00
Outstanding December 31, 1918
. $609.000 00
·
.
618
623
Mar. 25, 1918
Nov. 20, 1918
5 35
100,000 00
Nov. 20, 1918
J. B. Tilton .
6,
* Coupon notes.
; Interest payable semi-annually.
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CITY AUDITOR.
Paid
584
@ 600
Jan. 16, 1918
Nov. 5, 1918
5 19%
·
·
.
.
.
*Zelwyn C. Bowman Salomon Bros. & Hutzler F. S. Moseley & Co.
Nov. 20, 1918
.
.
.
.
.
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
FUNDED DEPT.
The total funded debt of the city January 1, 1918, was $1,757,500. No new loans were authorized. The debt was re- duced by maturities amounting to $251,500, leaving a total debt on December 31, 1918, of $1,506,000.
Classified Debt January 1, 1918.
City Loan
$595,500 00
Municipal Loan
47,000 00
Sewer Loan
279,000 00
Public Building Loan
326,000 00
Highway Loan
406,000 00
Bridge Loan
32,000 00
Emergency Loan
25,000 00
Total inside limit
$1,710,500 00
Sewer Loan
$24,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
12,000 00
Water Loan
11,000 00
Total outside limit
47,000 00
Total funded debt
$1,757,500 00
Debt reductions by maturities were as follows :-
City Loan
$105,500 00
Municipal Loan
8,000 00
Sewer Loan
20,000 00
Public Building Loan .
24,000 00
Highway Loan
79,000 00
Bridge Loan
1,000 00
Emergency Loan
5,000 00
Total inside limit
$242,500 00
Sewer Loan
$3,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
1,000 00
Water Loạn
5,000 00
Total outside limit
9,000 00
Total reduction .
$251,500 00
Classified Debt December 31, 1918.
City Bonds, 31/2 per cent. .
$73,000 00
City Bonds, 4 per cent.
367,000 00
City Bonds, 41/4 per cent.
50,000 00
Municipal Bonds, 41/2 per cent.
39,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 31/2 per cent.
74,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 4 per cent. .
160,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 41/4 per cent.
25,000 00
Public Building Bonds, 4 per cent
217,000 00
Public Building Bonds, 41/2 per cent.
85,000 00
Highway Bonds, 41/2 per cent.
8,000 00
Highway Bonds, 4 per cent.
231,000 00
Highway Bonds, 31/2 per cent.
88,000 00
Bridge Bonds, 31/2 per cent ..
31,000 00
Emergency Bonds, 41/2 per cent.
20,000 00
Total within limit
$1,468,000 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
Sewer Bonds. 4 per cent. . $21,000 00
Metropolitan Park Bonds, 31/2 per cent.
11,000 00
Water Bonds, 4 per cent .
6,000 00
Total outside limit
38,000 00
Total Funded Debt .
$1,506,000 00
FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1918.
City
Mature
Loan
Municipal Loan
Sewer Loan
Public Building Loan
Highway Loan
Lowell Street Bridge Loan
Sewer Metropolitan
Loan Park Assess- Chap. 357, ment Loan 1895 Chap. 325, 1902 Loan
Water
Emergency Loan
ities By Years
1919
$92,500
$8,000
$20,000
$24,000
$78,000
$1,000
$3,000
$1,000
· $4,000
$5,000
$236,500
1920
79,500
8,000
20,000
24,000
64,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
2,000
5,000
207,500
1921
68,500
8,000
20,000
24,000
55,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
185,500
1922.
52,500
8,000
20,000
19,000
46,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
155,500
1923
41,500
7,000
18,000
18,000
27,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
116.500
1924
25,500
17,000
18,000
27,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
92,500
1925.
23,000
17,000
18,0.00
16,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
79,000
1926.
19,000
15,000
18,000
11,000
1,000
1,000
65,000
1927.
19,000
14,000
17,000
3,000
1,000
1,000
55,009
1928.
17,000
12,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
47,000
1929
16,000
11,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
45,000
1930
15,000
10,000
16,000
1,000
42,000
1931
12,000
10,000
15,000
1,000
38,000
1932
9,000
8,000
15,000
1,000
33,009
1933
8,000
14,000
1,000
23,000
1934
8,000
14,000
1,000
23,000
1935
7,000
8,000
1,000
16,000
1936
6,000
4,000
1,000
11,000
1937
6,000
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