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Other Accounts Redemption of Tax Titles
2,061 29
2,061 29
2,061 29
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Liquor License Fees
5 00
5 00
5 00
Non Revenue Totals
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$2,432 67
$1,079,634 95
$827,793 16 $251,841 79
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
23
CITY AUDITOR.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Payments.
State Tax
$194,520 00
State Highway Tax . ·
791 50
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment .
106,182 28
Metropolitan · Park Assessment
66,301 30
Wellington Bridge Assessment .
1,860 30
Wellington Bridge Special Assessment
1,391 50
Grade Crossings Assessment
3,507 20
Charles River Basin Assessment
9,843 61
Alewife Brook Assessment
1,054 72
Abatement of Smoke Assessment
403 74
Fire Prevention Assessment
1,086 80
Rapid Transit Assessment
218 34
Soldiers' Exemption Assessment
208 12
Foll Taxes 1923
87,318 00
Liquor Licenses Fees 1923
5 00
Refund Corporation Taxes 1922
125 65
Refund Corporation Taxes 1921
220 58
Refund Corporation Taxes 1920
4 52
$475,043 16
Receipts.
State Aid
$8,256 00
Military Aid
2,191 00
Soldiers' Burials
698 82
Income Tax 1921 and Prior Years
6,456 00
Income Tax 1922
7,294 50
Income Tax 1923
158,721 60
Corporation Taxes 1922 and Prior Years .
11,075 53
Corporation Taxes 1923
90,009 34
National Bank Taxes 1922
23 76
National Bank Taxes 1923
3,919 70
Street Railway Tax
24,874 83
Smith-Hughes Fund
2,833 05
Refund Poll Taxes 1920
99 00
Refund Poll Taxes 1921 .
957 00
Refund Poll Taxes 1922
1,884 00
Account Pedlers' State Licenses
175 00
Account Boxing Licenses
137 40
Vocational School
9,592 10
Continuation School
4,160 31
Americanization
3,715 91
Commission for Blind
500 00
In Lieu of Taxes
88 51
Interest on Corporation Taxes .
1 31
General Aid to Poor .
4,759 66
Mothers' Aid
19,279 70
Tuition State Wards .
2,462 75
Diseases Dangerous to Health .
1,517 34
.
$365,684 12
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Payment.
County Tax
$119,705 93
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
Revenue.
Total amount as per assessors commit-
ments
$2,847,096 48
Less State Taxes .
$195,311 50
County Taxes
119,705 93
Poll Taxes for State
87,318 00
Overlay
.
31,610 56
433,945 99 $2,413,150 49
Amount raised for municipal purposes . Other Revenue:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Income Tax 1921 and Prior Years, Ex- cess
$6,456 00
Income Tax 1922, Excess
7,294 50
Income Tax 1923
158,721 60
Corporation Taxes 1923 .
90,062 84
Corporation Taxes, Prior Years
10,671 28
National Bank Taxes 1923 .
3,919 70
National Bank Taxes, Prior Years
23 76
Account Boston Elevated Deficit .
46,106 54
Revenue from Taxes, Supplementary
Warrants
424 94
Sale of Land on Tax Title Foreclosure ·
519 80
Sale of Land and Buildings, Marshall St.
6,500 00
Sale of Land, Broadway at Mason Street
3,500 00
Sale of Land, Powder House Boulevard Sale of Land, Walthanı
400 00
Excess on Tax Title Sale
102 32
Estimated Revenue
$525,190 00
Excess
57,743 82
582,933 82
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency
50,000 00
968,677 10
/
$3,381,827 59
Expenses.
General Appropriations
$2,902,879 79
Outlay Appropriations
201,400 00
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
192,057 91
Tellers Overs and Shorts .
56 54
3,296,394 24
Excess of Revenue
$ 85,433 35 1
.
.
1,040 00
TEMPORARY LOANS, 1923.
Taken By
Nos.
Issued
Due
Rate
Amount
Paid
Grafton Company
1083
1092
Jan. 30, 1923
Oct.
16, 1923
3.99
$100,000 00
Oct. 16, 1923
Somerville Trust Company
1094
11.00
Feb. 20, 1923
Nov. 2, 1923
3.85
100,000 00 50,000 00
Nov. 2, 1923
Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts
1103
Mar. 7, 1923
Nov. 1, 1923
4.00
300,000 00
Nov.
1, 1923
1104
Mar. 30, 1923
Nov.
1, 1923
4 10
300,000 00
Nov. 1, 1923
. . Old Colony Trust Company ·
1105
@ 1110
Mar. 31, 1923
Nov.
27, 1923
4.06
100,000 00
Nov. 27, 1923
Old Colony Trust Company
1111 a
1116
Mar. 31,
1923
Dec.
14, 1923
4.06
100,000 00
Dec. 14, 1923
Somerville National Bank .
1117
June 29, 1923
Oct. 26, 1923
4.10
25,000 00
Oct. 26, 1923
Somerville Trust Company
1118
June 29, 1923
Oct.
26, 1923
4 10
25,000 00
Oct. 26, 1923
Old Colony Trust Company
1119 @ 1128
July
20,
1923
Dec.
14, 1923
4.25
150,000 00
Old Colony Trust
Company
1129
a
1134
Sept. 10, 1923
Jan.
30, 1924
4.19
100,000 00
Old Colony Trust
Company
1136
1141
Sept. 10,
1923
Feb.
28, 1924
4.19
100,000 00
Estabrook & Co. .
1142
1144
Oct.
29, 1923
Mar.
26, 1924
4 26
50,000 00
Estabrook & Co.
1145
a 1154
Oct.
29, 1923
Mar.
26, 1924
4.20
150,000 00
Old Colony Trust Company
1155
@ 1160
Dec. 4, 1923
Apr.
25, 1924
4.15
100,000 00
Old Colony Trust Company
1161 @ 1166
Dec.
4, 1923
May 28, 1924
4.15
100,000 00
Total amount of 1923 loans Outstanding January 1, 1923
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Outstanding December 31, 1923
$ 600,000 00
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· Massa-
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CITY AUDITOR.
$1,850,000 00
500,000 00
$2,350,000 00
Payments 1923
1,750,000 00
Nov. 2, 1923
Somerville National Bank .
1101 @ 1102
Feb. 20, 1923
Nov. 2, 1923
3.85
Commonwealth chusetts
Dec. 14, 1923
25
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
FUNDED DEBT.
The total funded debt of the city January 1, 1923 was $1,459,000.00. New loans amounting to $450,000.00 were issued. a Schoolhouse loan of $300,000.00 and a City Hall Addition loan of $150,000.00. Maturities paid amounted to $165,500.00. The total debt December 31, 1923 was $1.743,- 500.00, a net increase of $284,500.00.
Classified Debt January 1, 1923;
City Loan
$197,000 00
Municipal Loan
7,000 00
Sewer Loan
179,000 00
Public Building Loan
211,000 00
Highway Loan
247,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan
575,000 00
Bridge Loan
27,000 00
Total within limit
$1,443,000 00
Sewer Loan
9,000 00
Metropolitan Park Loan
7,000 00
Total
outside limit
$ 16,000 00
Total Funded Debt
$1,459,000 00
Loans Increasing the Debt.
Schoolhouse Loan .
$300,000 00
City Hall Additions
.
150,000 00
$450,000, 00
Maturities reducing the debt were as follows :-
City Loan .
$41,500 00
Municipal Loan
·
7,000 00
Sewer Loan
18,000 00
Public Building Loan
18,000 00
Highway Loan
46,000 00
Bridge Loan
1,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan
30,000 00
Total within limit
$ 161,500 00 Sewer Loan
3,000 00
Metropolitan Park Loan
1,000 00
Total outside limit
$4,000 00
Total Maturities
$165,500 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
Classified Debt December 31, 1923.
City Bonds 31/2%
$12,000 00
City Bonds 4% .
143,500 00
City Hall Additions Bonds 4% .
80,000 00
City Hall Additions Bonds 414 %
70,000 00
Sewer Bonds 31/2%
44,000 00
Sewer Bonds 4%
97,000 00
Sewer Bonds 41/4%
20,000 00
Public Building Loan Bonds 4%
133,000 00
Public Building Loan Bonds 41/2%
60,000 00
Highway Bonds 4%
80,000 00
Highway Bonds 41/2%
24,000 00
Highway Bonds 31/2%
22,000 00
Highway Bonds 5%
75,000 00
Schoolhouse Bonds 4%
845,000 00
Bridge Bonds 31/2% .
26,000 00
Total within limit
$1,731,500 00
Sewer Bonds 4%
$6,000 00
Metropolitan Park Bonds 31/2%
6,000 00
Total outside limit .
12,000 00
Total Funded Debt
$1,743,500 00
Debt per capita December 31, 1923 was $18.35. The tax rate $1,000 valuation on account of Reduction of Funded Debt in 1923 was $1.79.
TAXES.
The total amount of taxable property as of April 1, 1923 was $92,519, 400.00. The tax rate was fixed at $29.20 per $1,000 valuation.
State Tax
$194,520 00
State Highway Tax
791 50
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
106,182 28
Metropolitan Park Assessment
66,301 30
Wellington Bridge Assessment .
3,251 80
Grade Crossings Assessments
3,507 20
Charles River Basin Assessment
9,843 61
Alewife Brook Assessment
1,054 72
Abatement of Smoke Assessment
403 74
Fire Prevention Assessment
1,086 80
Rapid Transit Assessment
218 00
County Tax
119,705 93
City Budget
.
3,036,605 00
Overlay
.
31,610 56
Total amount raised
$3,575,082 78
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Less estimated revenue
$525,190 00
Appropriated from Excess and Deficiency
50,000 00
State Income Tax 75,700 70
State Income Tax, School Fund
80,913 60
Corporation Tax
80,000 00
National Bank Tax
3,500 00
Poll Taxes, Proportional Part for City Use
58,212 00
$873,516 30
Net Amount Assessed in Taxes
$2,701,566 48
Special Assessments.
Street Sprinkling
45,504 18
Amount Committed
$2,747,070 66
Appropriations, classified under general headings, were made from revenue, as follows :-
General Government .
$128,235 00
Protection of Persons and Property
499,470 00
Health and Sanitation
275,290 00
Highways
309,705 00
Charities
116,170 00
Soldiers' Benefits
43,040 00
Education
987,050 00
Libraries
64,905 00
Recreation
31,105 00
Unclassified
73,960 00
Municipal Indebtedness
263,675 00
Water Works
244,000 00
Less estimated receipts and appropriation from excess and deficiency . .
815,304 30
Raised by taxation for city purposes ·
$2,221,300 70
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$3,036,605 00
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FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1923
Total
City Loan
City Hall Additions
Sewer Loan
Public Building Loan
Highway Loan
Lowell Street Bridge Loan
Sewer Loan Chap. 357 1895 Chap.
Metropolitan Park Assess- ment Loan 325,
School- house 1902 Loan
By
Maturities Years
1924
$25,500
$8,000
$17,000
$18,000
$46,000
$1,000
$3,000
$1,000
$45,000
$164,500
1925
23,000
8,000
17,000
18,000
35,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
45,000
151,000
1926
19,000
8,000
15,000
18,000
30,000
1,000
1,000
45,000
137,000
1927
19,000
8,000
14,000
17,000
22,000
1,000
1,000
45,000
127,000
1928
17,000
8,000
12,000
16,000
19,000
1.000
1,000
44,000
118,000
1929.
16,000
8,000
11,000
16,000
19,000
1,000
1,000
44,000
116,000
1930
15,000
8,000
10,000
16,000
15,000
1,000
44,000
109,000
1931.
12,000
8,000
10,000
15,000
10,000
1,000
44,000
100,000
1932
9,000
8,000
8,000
15,000
5,000
1,000
44,000
90,000
1933
8,000
8,000
14,000
1,000
43,000
74,000
1934.
7,000
8,000
14,000
1,000
43,000
73,000
1935
7,000
7,000
8,000
1,000
43,000
66,000
1936
7,000
6,000
4,000
1,000
43,000
61,000
1937
7,000
6,000
4,000
1,000
43,000
61,000
1938
7,000
4,000
1,000
43,000
55,000
1939
7,000
3,000
1,000
43,000
54,000
1940
7,000
2,000
1,000
43,000
53,000
1941
7,000
1,000
1,000
43,000
52,000
1942
7,000
1,000
1,000
43,000
52,000
1943
7,000
1,000
1,000
15,000
24,000
1944
1,000
1,000
1945
1,000
1,000
1946
1,000
1,000
1947
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1,000
1,000
1948
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1,000
1,000
1949
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$155,500
$150,000
$161,000
$193,000
$201,000
$26,000
$6,000
$6,000
$845,000
$1,743,500
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CITY AUDITOR.
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INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON PRESENT CITY DEBT
City
City Hall Additions
Sewer
Public Buildings
Highway
Bridges
Metropolitan Park
School- house
Total
1924
$5,850 00
$6,175 00
$6,278 75
$7,820 00
$7,880 00
$892 50
$210 00
$33,160 00
$68,266 25
1925
4,850 00
5,855 00
5,506 25
7,075 00
6,180 00
857 50
175 00
31,360
61,858 75
1926.
4,022 50
5,535 00
4,768 75
6,330 00
4,795 00
822 50
140 00
29,560 00
55,973 75
1927.
3,267 50
5,215 00
4,186 25
5,585 00
3,610 00
787 50
105 00
27,760 00
50,516 25
1928
2,552 50
4,895 00
3,663 75
4,880 00
2,670 00
752 50
70 00
25,980
00
45,463 75
1929
1,897 50
4,575 00
3,196 25
4,220 00
1,790 00
717 50
35 00
24,220
00
40,651 25
1930
1,280 00
4,255 00
2,768 75
3,560 00
1,000 00
682 50
22,460
00
36,006 25
1931
740 00
3,935 00
2,381 25
2,920
00
425 00
647 50
20,700
00
31,748 75
1932
320 00
3,615 00
2,013 75
2,300 00
100 00
612 50
18,940
00
27,901 25
1933
3,295
00
1,701 25
1,700 00
577 50
17,180
00
24,453 75
1934
2,975 00
1,388 75
1,120
00
542 50
15,460
00
21,486 25
1935
2,677 50
1,096 25
620
00
507 50
13,740 00
18,641 25
1936
2,380 00
841 25
360 00
472 50
12,020
00
16,073 75
1937
2,082 50
603 75
180 00
437 50
10,300
00
13,603 75
1938
1,785 00
406 25
402 50
8,580
00
11,173 75
1939
1,487 50
268 75
367 50
6,860
00
8,983 75
1940
1,190 00
168 75
332 50
5,140
00
6,831 25
1941
892 50
106 25
297 50
3,420 00
4,716 25
1942
595 00
63 75
262 50
1,700 00
2,621 25
1943
297 50
21 25
227 50
300 00
846 25
1944
192 50
192 50
1945
157 50
157 50
1946
122 50
122 50
1947
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87 50
87 50
1948
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17 50
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$24,780 00
$63,712 50
$41,430 00
$48,670 00
$28,450 00
$11,830 00
$735 00
$328,840 00
$548,447 50
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52 50
52 50
1949
17 50
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT 1924
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1924
April 1, 1924
July 1, 1924
Oct. 1, 1924
Total
City .
$2,000 00
$14,000 00
$9,500 00
$25,500 00
Sewers
3,000 00
9,000 00
8,000 00
20,000 00
Public Buildings
5,000 00
5,000 00
8,000 00
18,000 00
Highway .
8,000 00
36,000 00
2,000 00
46,000 00
Bridge
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Schoolhouse
15,000 00
17,000 00
13,000 00
45,000 00
City Hall Additions
8,000 00
8,000 00
Total
.
$33,000 00
$82,000 00
$28,500 00
$21,000 00
$164,500 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT 1924
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1924 $1,670 00
$1,410 00
$1,630 00
$1,140 00
$5,850 00
Sewer
760 00
2,495 00
705 00
2,318 75
6,278 75
Public Buildings
2,950 00
1,060 00
2,850 00
960 00
7,820 00
Highway
505 00
3,895
365
00
3,115 00
7,880 00
Bridge
455 00
437 50
892 50
Metropolitan Park
105 00
105 00
210 00
Schoolhouse
6,000 00
10,900 00
5,700 00
10,560 00
33,160 00
City Hall Additions
.
3,087 50
3,087 50
6,175 00
Total
$11,990 00
$23,302 50
$11,355 00
$21,618 75
$68,266 25
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April 1, 1924
July 1, 1924
Oct. 1, 1924
Total
City .
·
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1,000 00
Metropolitan Park
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CITY AUDITOR.
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MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT (SIX YEARS)
Class of Loan
1919
1920
1921
1922 $52,500 00
1923
1924 $25,500 00
Total $360,000 00 39,000 00
Municipal
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
Sewer
.
23,000 00
23,000 00
23,000 00
23,000 00
21,000 00
20,000 00
133,000 00
Public Buildings
24,000 00
24,000 00
24,000 00
19,000 00
18,000 00
18,000 00
127,000 00
Highway
78,000 00
68,000 00
64,000 00
60,000 00
46,000 00
46,000 00
362,000 00
Bridges
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
6,000 00
Metropolitan Park
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
6,000 00
Water
4,000 00
2,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
30,000 00
45,000 00
75,000 00
City Hall Additions
.
...
Total
.
$236,500 00
$211,500 00
$194,500 00
$169,500 00
$165,500 00
$164,500 00 $1,142,000 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT (SIX YEARS)
Class of Loan
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
City
$18,162 50
$14,757 50
$11,767 50
$9,257 50
$7,302 50
$5,850 00
Total $67,097 50
Municipal
1,755 00
1,395 00
1,035 00
675
315 00
5,175 00
Sewer
10,641 25
9,748 75
8,856 25
7,963 75
7,091 25
6,278 75
50,580 00
Public Buildings
12,285 00
11,300 00
10,315 00
9,330 00
8,565 00
7,820 00
59,615 00
Highways
12,162 50
11,457 50
11,345 00
11,050 00
9,800 00
7,880 00
63,695
00
Bridges
1,067 50
1,032 50
997 50
962 50
927 50
892 50
5,880 00
Metropolitan Park
385 00
350 00
315 00
280 00
245 00
210 00
1,785 00
Water
.
240 00
80 00
Extreme Emergency
850 00
637 50
425 00
212 50
2,125 00
Schoolhouse
.
.
......
6,500 00
28,660 00
33,160 00
68,320 00
City Hall Additions
.
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Total
$57,548 75
$50,758 75
$45,056 25
$46,231 25
$62,906 25
$68,266 25
$330,767 50
·
20,000 00
Extreme Emergency
5,000 00
5,000 00
Schoolhouse
.
8,000 00
8,000 00
City
$92,500 00
$79,500 00
$68,500 00
$41,500 00 7,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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6,175 00
6,175 00
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320 00
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6,000 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
BORROWING CAPACITY DECEMBER 31, 1923
Valuation 1921
$86,718,289 60 75,258 00
Supplemetary
$86,793,547 60
Valuation 1922
88,158,139 27
Supplementary
8,400 00
$88,166,539 27
Valuation 1923
92,519,400 00
Supplementary
9,000 00
92,528,400 00
Total
$267,488,486 87
Abatements 1921
$680,158 00
Abatements 1922
484,629 00
Abatements 1923
344,500 00
1,509,287 00
Average valuation for three years .
88,659,733 29
Two and one-half per cent ·
2,216,493 33
Present debt within limit . .
1,731,500 00
Borrowing capacity December 31, 1923 .
$ 484,993 33
Maturities in 1924 :-
January 1,
$33,000 00
April 1,
82,000 00
July 1,.
$28,500 00
Less Outside Limit
4,000 00
24,500 00
October 1. . ·
21,000 00
$160,500 00
·
.
·
.
.
$265,979,199 87
$645,493 33.
34
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ABATEMENTS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PRIOR YEARS
Street Sprinkling 1922
$13 50 Credit:
Excess and Deficiency .
13 50
WATER CHARGES 1922 ABATED
Charges :
Metered 1922
160 16
Annual
1922
.
6 25
Credit:
Excess and Deficiency . 166 41 ·
TELLERS OVERS AND SHORTS
Charges :
Shortage . $56 54
Credit:
Revenue 1923
56 54
Credit:
STATE INCOME TAX 1921 AND PRIOR YEARS
Cash from Commonwealth . $6,456 00
Charges :
Revenue 1923
6,456 00
STATE INCOME TAX 1922
Credit:
Cash from Commonwealth $7,294 50
Charges :
Revenue 1923 .
7,294 50
STATE INCOME TAX 1923
Credit:
Cash from Commonwealth
$158,721 60
Charges:
Estimate Account General School Fund $80,913 60
Estimate Account General Purposes 75,700 70
Revenue 1923
2,107 30
$158,721 60
CORPORATION TAXES
Credits:
Cash, Commonwealth Account 1922 and
Prior Years .
$11,075 53
Commonwealth Account 1923 90,009 34
$101,084 87
Charges:
Estimate for 1923 .
$80,000 00
Refunds to Commonwealth
350 75
Revenue 1923
20,734 12
$101,084 87
.
$166 41
35
CITY AUDITOR.
NATIONAL BANK TAXES
Credits:
Cash, Commonwealth, Account 1922 .
23 76
Commonwealth Account 1923
3,919 70
$3,943 46
Charges:
Estimate 1923 .
$3,500 00
Revenue 1923 .
443 46
$3,943 46
TAX TITLES
Charges:
Balance from 1922 Account .
$3,164 08
Taxes for 1922
770 30
Land Court Fees
00
Credit:
Cash, Titles Sold .
2,573 25
Balance to 1924 Account .
$1,661 13
REAL ESTATE LIENS
Charges :
Balance from 1922 Account . .
$74 43
Taxes 1922
15 30
Credit :
Cash paid city
65 00.
Balance to 1924 Account .
$24 73
GRADE CROSSING ADVANCES
Charges:
Balance from 1922 Account . ·
$427 30
SALE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, MARSHALL STREET
Credit:
Balance from 1922 Account .
$1,500 00
Cash
5,000 00
$6,500 00
Charges:
Revenue 1923 .
6,500 00
TAILINGS
Credit:
Balance from 1922 Account .
$291 65 1
PREMIUMS ON BONDS
Credits:
Balance from 1922 Account . $2,397 50 . ·
Cash, Loan of January 1,
3,270 00
Loan of October 1, .
73 50
Charges:
General Appropriations 1923 .
$2,397 50
..
Balance to 1924 Account
$3,343 50
.
$5,741 00
·
$4,234 38
$89 73
36
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ACCRUED INTEREST ON BONDS
Credits :
Balance from 1922 Account .
$111 11
Cash, Loan of January 1,
2,266 67
Loan of October 1, .
428 82
$2,806 60
Charges :
General Appropriations 1923 .
2,377 78
Balance to 1924 Account .
.
$428 82
REVENUE FROM TAXES, SUPPLEMENTARY WARRANTS
Credits:
Balance from 1922
$528 66
Supplementary Warrants
907 80
Charged to Commonwealth Account
29 00
$1,465 46
Charges:
Abatements
$182 24
Credit Commonwealth, Account of
387 00
Revenue 1923
424 94
994 18
Balance to 1924 Account ..
·
$471 28
REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES
Credit:
Cash received .
$2,061 29
Charges :
Cash paid, Titles redeemed .
2,061 29
OVERLAY ACCOUNTS
Overlay 1917
Credit:
Balance from 1922 account . $766 20
Charges:
772 20
Abatements
.
Debit balance to 1924 account ·
Overlay 1918
Credit:
$141 52 Balance from 1922 account . .
Charges:
Abatements
·
$120 32
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlays
21 20
$141 52
.
.
$6 00
of Abated Polls
Polls 1923
37
CITY AUDITOR.
Overlay 1919
Credit:
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$220 00
Adjustment Taxes 1919 .
3 51
$223 51
Charges:
Balance from 1922 account .
$111 29
Abatements
100 30
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay .
11 92
$223 51
Overlay 1920
Credit:
Balance from 1922 account .
$1,007 13
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
account of abated polls
99 00
$1,106 13
Charges:
Abatements
$791 93
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay .
56 55
848 48
Balance to 1924 account . $257 65
Overlay 1921
Credit:
Balance from 1922 account . $3,603 21
Reserve Fund
600 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
account of abated polls
51 00
Taxes paid after abatement
10 00
Charges:
Abatements
$3,493 39
Adjustment of charges to Common-
wealth on account of polls abated in 1922
592 00
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay .
81 72
$4,167 11
Balance to 1924 account . $97 10
Overlay 1922
Credit:
Balance from 1922 account ·
$15,203 55
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
1,089 00
$16,292 55
Charges :
Abatements
$8,846 83
Adjustment of charges to Common-
wealth on account of polls abated in 1922
440 00
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay . 5,840 04
$15,126 87
Balance to 1924 account .
$1,165 68
1
$4,264 21
account of abated polls
2
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Overlay 1923
Credits:
Taxes 1923
$31,610 56
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
account of abated polls
13,200 00
Tax paid after abatement
5 00
$44,815 56
Charges:
Abatements
$25,169 88
Balance to 1924 account .
$19,645 68
RESERVE FUND, SURPLUS FROM OVERLAYS
Credit:
Balance from 1922 account .
$3,356 45
Overlay 1918
21 20
Overlay 1919
11 92
Overlay 1920
.
.
56 55
Overlay 1921
81 72
Overlay
1922
5,840 04
$9,367 88
Charges:
Overlay 1919
220 00
Overlay
1921
600 00
820 00
Balance to 1924 account . .
$8,547 88
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
Credits :
Balance from 1922 account . $150,005 89
Refunds 1922 accounts .
190 53
Revenue Excess 1923
85,433 35
Charges:
General Appropriations
$50,000 00
Outlay Appropriations
95,000 00
Abatements Special Assessments,
13 50
Water Charges 1922 Abated
166 41
$145,179 91
Balance to 1924 account .
$90,449 86
.
.
·
.
.
$235,629 77
Prior Years
.
39
CITY AUDITOR.
CLASSIFICATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Receipts
General Revenue:
Taxes : -
Taxes 1923
· $2,233,134 46
Taxes 1922 .
401,933 18
Taxes 1921
.
1,207 07
Taxes 1920
64
Taxes 1919
4 00
From State :-
Corporations 1922 and Prior Years
11,075 53
Corporations 1923
90,009 34
National Bank 1922 .
23 76
National Bank 1923
3,919 70
Street Railway 1923
24,874 83
Income 1921 and Prior Years
6,456 00
Income 1922
7,294 50
Income 1923
158,721 60
Excise Tax, Ship Owners
35 66
Licenses and Permits:
Licenses :-
Amusements
1,040 00
Dealers in Motor Vehicles
1,050 00
Junk
845 00
Milk
424 00
Pool, billiards and bowling Sunday
645 50
Innholders and victuallers
146 00
Pedlers
940 00
All other
383 00
Permits :-
Marriage
1,373 00
Buildings
2,639 00
Electrical
3,668 00
All other .
1,793 40
Fines and Forfeits:
Court Fines
9,621 74
Departmental Penalties
229 00
Tax Titles Sold to Individuals
2,573 25
Grants and Gifts
From State :-
Vocational Schools
9,592 10
Continuation Schools
4,160 31
Smith-Hughes Fund
.
2,833 05
Deficit Boston Elevated Railway
46,106 54
Americanization
3,715 91
From County :-
Dog Licenses
2,198 78
.
334 00
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
All Other General Revenue
Sale of Land and Buildings .
10,459 80
State, in lieu of taxes .
.
88 51
Individual, in lieu of taxes
100 00
Bankrupt dividend on taxes
27 81
U. S. Fuel Administrator
35 58
Surplus Tax Title Sale .
102 32
Total General Revenue
$3,046,442 8%
Commercial Revenue-Special Assessments
For Expenses :-
Street Sprinkling 1923 .
·
.
$37,413 84
Street Sprinkling 1922 .
7,532 92
For Outlays :-
Sewers 1921
92 72
Sewers 1922
6,469 13
Sidewalks 1921
1,012 07
Sidewalks 1922
3,341 05
Sidewalks 1923
2,484 54
Street Betterments 1921
864 37
Street Betterment 1922
7,361 02
Street Betterment 1923
5,720 19
Total Commercial Revenue-Spe-
cial Assessments
$72,291 85
Commercial Revenue-Departmental
General Government
Treasurer
·
.
$1,040 00
Collector
.
.
·
6,284 36
Assessors .
5 50
City Clerk
1,796 85
Engineering
11 90
Commissioner of Buildings
15 76
Law Department
4 85
Protection of Persons and Property
Police : -
Cloth . . . . 268 40 .
Rent of Court Room
1,012 50
All other
131 52
Fire :-
Sale of Old Materials . 74 50
·
Sealer of Weights and Measures 619 25
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.
.
-
.
41
CITY AUDITOR.
Health and Sanitation
Contagious Hospital
7,083 14
Health Department
1,169 98
Inspection
·
.
740 35
Sewer Connections
59 35
New Sewer
.
.
Sanitary :-
Collection Ashes and Waste
1,995 60
Incinerator
300 00
Sale of Equipment
.
331 50
Sanitary Buildings
567 04 1
Highways:
Labor and materials
15,241 06
Sidewalk Maintenance
32 53
Street Sprinkling .
24 30
Rent of Tenements .
240 00
Charities
Almshouse : -
Sale of Produce, etc. .
3,194 31
Board
4,497 56
Outside Relief:
Individuals
268 00
Cities and Towns
3,506 15
State .
4,759 66
Mothers' Aid :-
Cities and Towns
3,049 11
State
19,279 70
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
8,256 00
Military Aid
2,191 00 .
Soldiers' Burials
698 82
Education
Tuition State Wards
2,962 75
Other Tuition
7,579 63
High School Hall
1,035 00
School Buildings
309 15
Miscellaneous
48 37
Libraries
Fines, Lost Books, etc. .
2,281 71
Recreation
Shower Baths
437 70
Bathhouse
497 45
Unclassified
Electrolysis
750 00
Real Estate Liens
65 00
Total Commercial Revenue-De-
partmental
.
.
.
1
$104,950 38
.
·
.
233 07
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Commercial Revenue-Public Service Enterprises
Water Department
Sale of Water :-
Metered 1923
$229,731 31
Metered 1922
33,514 27
Annual .
24,655 02
Additional
1,043 08
Service Assessments
12,471 05
Maintenance Bills .
7,617 82
Total Commercial
Revenue
Public Service Enterprises
$309,032 55
Commercial Revenue-Interest
Deposits
$15,366 88
Taxes
14,301 38
Special Assessments
302 42
Tax Titles
399 82
Miscellaneous
140 76
Trust Funds :-
School
228 00
Library
856 83
Poor
75 05
Total Commercial Revenue-In-
terest
$31,671 14
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans :-
Anticipation of Revenue .
$1,850,000 00
General Loans :-
City Hall Additions
150,000 00
Schoolhouse
3.00,000 00
Premium on Loans
3,343 50
Total Municipal Indebtedness
$2,303,343 .50
Agency, Trust and Investment
Redemption of Tax Titles
$2,061 29
Liquor Licenses for State .
5 00
Total Agency, Trust and Invest- ment
$2,066 29
Refunds
General Appropriations
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