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Total Health and Sanitation
$394,166 00
$5,365 00
$19,637 38
$2,442 85
$410,881 23
$408,926 34
$1,954 89
Highways:
Highway Maintenance
$182,029 00
$1,500 00
$21,119 94
$20,038 94
$221,687 88
$221,155 64
$532 24
Sidewalks Maintenance
26,475 00
26,475 00
26,422 95
52 05
Street Sprinkling
27,650 00
10,000 00
5,576 84
23,226 84
23,213 51
13 33
Street Lighting
95,000 00
20,612 24
115,612 24 5,000 00
115,479 57
132 67
Traffic Light Maintenance .. ...
5,000 00
4,949 85
50 15
Maintenance Highway Build- ings
3,982 00
500 00
3,482 00
3,473 77
8 23
Total Highways
$340,136 00
$12,000 00
$41,732 18
$25,615 78
$395,483 96
$394,695 29
$788 67
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
Welfare - Miscellaneous
$360,400 00
$21,409 65
$50,000 00
$1,596 00
$390,586 35
$381,332 93
$9,253 42
Old Age Assistance
10,000 00
6,000 00
16,000 00
13,710 61
2,289 39
Welfare - City Home
12,800 00
600 00
13,400 00
13,374 66
25 34
Maintenance City Home Build- ings
3,646 00
85 90
3,731 90
3,675 38
56 52
Soldiers' Benefits
6,020 00
25 00
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5,995 00
5,992 91
2 09
Military Aid
6,500 00
2,544 00
313 00
4,269 00
4,105 00
164 00
Soldiers' Relief
74,000 00
33,163 87
3,930 00
2,720 50
47,486 63
46,485 62
1,001 01
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (REVENUE)-Continued
Appropria- tions
Appropria- tion Transfers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts and Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
State Aid
5,000 00
170 00
92 00
5,262 00
5,261 50
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Soldiers' Burials
400 00
300 00
100 00
100 00
Total Charities and Soldiers'
Benefits
$478,766 00
$57,442 52
$60,700 00
$4,807 40
$486,830 88
$474,038 61
$12,792 27
Education :
School Contingent
$95,000 00
$291 00
$95,291 00
$95,041 87
$249 13
Outside Tuition
10,500 00
10,500 00
7,678 79
2,821 21 29,529 00
School Teachers' Salaries
1,137,649 00
$56,600 00
245 10
1,081,294 10
1,051,765 10
Janitors' Services
98,000 00
5 00
98,005 00
97,770 52
234 48
Fuel and Light
62,000 00
950 00
61,050 00
60,557 36
492 64
Buildings and Grounds
54,330 00
$2,532 93
518 03
57,380 96
57,355 63
25 33
Total Education
$1,457,479 00
$57,550 00
$2,532 93
$1,059 13 $1,403,521 06 $1,370,169 27
$33,351 79
Libraries :
Central Library
$47,485 00
$106 79
$47,591 79
$47,548 90
$42 89
Maintenance Central Library
8,911 00
$300 00
9,211 00
9,189 90
21 10
West Branch Library
13,400 00
13,400 00
13,398 01
1 99
Maintenance
West Branch
Library
3,757 00
3,757 00
3,715 78
41 22
East Branch Library
9,780 00
9,780 00
9,779 77
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Maintenance
East Branch
Library
2,462 00
2,462 00
2,457 39
4 61
Union Square Branch Library
10,346 00
1 80
10,347 80
10,344 47
3 33
Maintenance
Union Square
Library
2,245 00
2,245 00
2,117 42
127 58
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (REVENUE)-Continued
Appropria - tions 2,441 00
Appropria- tion Transfers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts and Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Winter Hill Branch Library ...
25 52
2,466 52
2,464 88
1 64
Total Libraries
$100,827 00
$300 00
$134 11
$101,261 11
$101,016 52
$244 59
Recreation and Unclassified :
Parks Maintenance
$27,900 00
$18,553 36
$ 45 92
$46,499 28
$45,904 35
$594 93
Maintenance Park Buildings
2,810 00
100 00
103 53
3,013 53
3,012 01
1 52
Playgrounds Maintenance
15,900 00
3,305 04
10 07
19,215 11
18,739 08
476 03
Recreation Commission
33,000 00
43 92
25 00
33,068 92
33,068 45
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Maintenance Bathhouse
3,025 00
264 00
2,761 00
2,760 70
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Celebrations
7,600 00
7,600 00
7,585 38
14 62
Memorial Day
1,600 00
1,600 00
1,481 29
118 71
Municipal Documents
3,300 00
156 87
3,456 87
3,456 87
Maintenance Bandstand
400 00
1 46
401 46
400 12
1 34
Rifle Practice Co's. A & B ...
1,650 00
425 00
2,075 00
2,029 94
45 06
Quarters, Spanish War Vet- erans
100 00
100 00
40 00
60 00
Quarters American Legion ...
340 00
340 00
330 00
10 00
Quarters Geo. Dilboy Post, V. F. W.
930 00
930 00
930 00
Contingent Fund
10,000 00
10,000 00
1,900 00
15 00
9,420 00
8,806 95
613 05
Pensions
73,350 00
7,400 00
65,950 00
65,916 65
33 35
Retirement System
20,000 00
20,000 00
20,000 00
Damage to Persons and Prop- erty
8,500 00
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8,500 00
8,481 35
18 65
Total Recreation and Un- classified
$217,910 00
$17,664 00
$24,484 19
$200 98
$224,931 17
$222,943 14
$1,988 03
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Workmen's Compensation
7,505 00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (REVENUE)-Continued
Appropria - tions
Appropria- ' tion Transfers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts and Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Municipal Indebtedness:
Interest
$187,961 11
$13,475 00
$174,486 11
$172,258 16 288,000 00
$2,227 95
Reduction of Funded Debt ....
266,240 00
$21,760 25
288,000 25
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Total Municipal Indebted- ness
$454,201 11
$13,475 00
$21,760 25
$462,486 36
$460,258 16
$2,228 20
Public Service Enterprises:
Water Maintenance
$107,289 00
$5,000 00
$1,465 22
$13,798 47 1,086 27
$117,552 69
$114,152 43 25,669 28
$3,400 26
Water Works Extension
20,750 00
5,000 00
26,836 27
1,166 99
Maintenance Water Buildings
2,530 00
2,530 00
2,402 53
127 47
Metropolitan Water Assess- ments
249,830 42
249,830 42
249,830 42
Total Public Service Enter- prises
$380,399 42
$5,000 00
$6,465 22
$14,884 74
$396,749 38
$392,054 66
$4,694 72
Total Appropriations
$4,857,024 53
$172,878 39
188,036 15
$51,802 80 $4,923,985 09 $4,859,990 50
$63,994 59
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1930
Receipts Total Credit Expenditures
Balance to 1932
OTHER ACCOUNTS: Income of Trust Funds:
School:
S. Newton Cutler Fund
$96 18
$214 50
$310 68
$78 36 30 00
$232 32
Caroline G. Baker
22 50
15 00
37 50
7 50
Smith-Hughes Fund
3,482 07
3,383 28
6,865 35
3,482 07
3,383 28
Sarah Winslow Fox
20 30
20 30
40 60
25 00
15 60
Geo. Reed Fund
19 25
34 22
53 47
53 47
Library :
S. Newton Cutler Fund
6 30
42 88
49 18
18 21
30 97
Hunt Art Fund
73 45
64 96
138 41
33 70
104 71
Hunt Book Fund
124 53
495 30
619 83
604 96
14 87
Pitman Art Fund
161 36
209 25
370 61
242 65
127 96
Pitman Poetry Fund
120 25
52 29
172 54
144 88
27 66
Sarah Lorane Graves
30 36
20 00
50 36
30 50
19 86
Wilder Children's Fund
3 21
5 00
8 21
8 21
Buffum Memorial
81 26
50 00
131 26
96 74
34 52
Thomas J. Buffum Fund
60 59
60 59
60 59
Eunice M. Gilmore Fund
89 24
100 00
189 24
103 39
85 85
Welfare:
Cummings Fund
959 46
75 05
1,034 51
1,034 51
Temporary Loans
4,100,000 00
2,800,000 00
1,300,000 00
Tailings
2 45
2 45
State Taxes and Assessments
332,144 19
332,144 19
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Old Age Assistance Tax
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32,172 00
32,172 00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1930
Receipts
Total Credit Expenditures
Balance to 1932
County Tax
238,155 51
238,155 51
Advance, Executive Department
200 00
200 00
Advance, City Home
100 00
100 00
Advance, Soldiers' Benefits
100 00
100 00
Advance, City Messenger
300 00
300 00
Advance, School Department
200 00
200 00
Tellers' Over and Shorts
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98 71
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Cash Refunds:
Taxes
4,139 10
4,139 10
Water
126 92
126 92
Excess and Deficiency
4 50
4 50
Special Assessments
13 26
13 26
All Other
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344 20
Total Other Accounts Revenue Totals
$5,289 72
$4,842 62 $4,718,233 18 $3,412,991 30 $1,305,241 88 9,642,218 27 8,272,981 80 1,369,236 47
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (NON-REVENUE)
Balance from 1930
Appropria- tion
Appropria- Appropria- tion Transfer tion Trans- From fer To
Receipts and Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to 1932
General Government:
Municipal Garage ...
$44,000 00
$44,000 00
$195 00
$43,805 00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Station
247,500 00
247,500 00
4 35
247,495 65
Underground Wires .. $114 31
114 31
65 03
49 28
Health and Sanitation:
Sewers Construction .. 3,748 85
5,500 00
14 62
9,263 47
8,697 57
565 90
Tannery Brook Drain 985 13
985 13
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Highways:
New Streets
15,010 56
1,500 00
16,510 56
8,313 44
8,197 12
Permanent Pavement 76,860 89
1,000 00
77,860 89
76,422 09
1,438 80
Sidewalks Construction 2 11
6,000 00
354 00
6,356 11
6,300 63
55 48
Reconstruction and Resurfacing
6,000 00
258 62
6,258 62
6,258 10
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Traffic Signal Light Installation
11,108 16
17,000 00
28,108 16
27,369 50
738 66
Overhead Way, Kent Street
6,000 00
6,000 00
6,000 00
Garage, City Stables ... 4 19
4 19
4 19
Extension and Widening,
Cutter Avenue ..
93,500 00
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93,500 00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1931 (NON-REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1930
Appropria- tion
Appropria- Appropria- tion Transfer tion Trans- from
fer To
Receipts and Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to 1932
Education :
High School Additions and Alterations
27 33
Schoolhouse, Ten Hills
280 73
15 54
27 33 296 27
27 33 296 27
Schoolhouse, Sprinkler Systems
632 21
632 21
632 21
Western Junior High School Additions and Alterations
219,738 45
91,397 29
311,135 74
305,598 33
5,537 41
Southern Junior High School Additions and
Alterations
.333,307 06
70,397 28
5,475 00
13,384 85
422,564 19
360,153 63
62,410 56
Elementary School ....
110,000 00
110,000 00
46,273 11
63,726 89
Recreation:
Playground, Foss Park
328 06
328 06
73 50
254 56
Improvement W. E.
Shaw Playground ....
745 81
745 81
225 00
520 81
John M. Woods Play- ground
501 25
501 25
501 25
Playground Improve-
ment and Extension 20,981 54
5,000 00
15,000 00
10,981 54
10,848 55
132 99
Field House, Glen St.
15,000 00
15,000 00
14,778 91
221 09
Non-Revenue Totals $690,376 64
$697,294 57
$15,985 13
$22,587 62
$13,415 01 $1,407,688 71
$871,900 34
$535,788 37
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Payments
State Tax
$129,600 00
Metropolitan Water Assessment
249,830 42
North Metropolitan Sewerage Assessment
77,111 74
Metropolitan Parks
98,781 40
Wellington Bridge-Maintenance Tax
2,801 05
State Highway
487 30
Charles River Basin
15,338 10
Alewife Brook (Acts 1911)
75 57
Abatement of Smoke
1,991 39
Metropolitan Planning
584 01
Southern Traffic Route
50 05
Auditing Municipal Accounts
46 34
Needy War Veterans, etc.
912 72
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham
1,315 02
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
142 82
Broadway-Revere Beach Parkway Crossing
968 12
Canterbury Street Highway
62 68
Metropolitan Transit District
1,539 20
Old Age Assistance
32,172 00
Veterans Exemption
336 68
Refunds Trust Company Tax
103 72
Refunds National Bank Tax
240 48
$614,490 81
Receipts
Income Tax 1931
$394,352 67
Corporation Tax
152,516 56
National Bank Tax
1,314 52
Trust Company Tax
1,846 51
Refunds on State Assessments, Prior Years
1,171 69
Gasoline Tax
45,183 09
Street Railway
5,134 77
Boston Elevated Deficit
59,555 34
Industrial School
12,251 47
Continuation School
4,538 00
Americanization
2,805 54
Outside Tuition
5,093 42
Pedlers' Licenses
500 00
Boxing Licenses
434 05
In lieu of Taxes
92 75
Smith-Hughes Fund
3,383 28
State Aid
3,556 00
Military Aid
3,374 00
Soldiers' Burials
100 00
Mothers' Aid
18,354 56
General Aid to the Poor
63,548 58
Tuition State Wards
5,593 42
$784,700 22
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COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
Payments
County Tax $215,291 45
County Tax, Tuberculosis Hospital 22,864 06
$238,155 51
Receipts
Dog Licenses 2,350 65
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ANNUAL REPORTS
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES
Total Taxes Assessed in 1931
$3,860,688 48
Less State Taxes
$129,600 00
County Taxes
238,155 51
Overlay
21,958 16
389,713 67
Amount raised for municipal purposes ...... ..
$3,470,974 81
Additional Revenue:
Supplementary Poll Taxes
$ 688 00
Income Taxes, 1931
394,352 67
Corporation Taxes
154,259 35
Bank Tax
1,074 04
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
146,298 27
696,672 33
Estimated Revenue
883,644 15
$5,051,291 29
EXPENSES
General Appropriations
$4,675,997 83
Outlay Appropriations
72,500 00
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
201,720 21
Old Age Assistance Tax
32,172 00
4,982,390 04
Excess Revenue, 1931
$68,901 25
TEMPORARY LOANS, 1931
Numbers
Issued
Due
Rate
Paid
Shawmut Corporation
109
Jan. 28, 1931
- Sept. 15, 1931
2
Amount $100,000 00 350,000 00
Sept. 15, 1931 Oct. 23, 1931
Shawmut Corporation
110
@ 113
Jan. 28, 1931
Oct. 23, 1931
2
Merchants National Bank
114 @ 121
Mar. 16, 1931
Nov. 9,1931
1 94
200,000 00
Nov. 9,1931
Merchants National Bank
122
@ 132
Apr. 9,1931
Nov. 16, 1931
1 94
250,000 00
Nov. 16, 1931
Merchants National Bank
133 @ 143
Apr. 9,1931
Nov. 23, 1931
1 94
250,000 00
Nov. 23, 1931
Merchants National Bank
144
@
148
May 6,1931
Nov. 30, 1931
1 83
100,000 00
Nov. 30, 1931
Merchants National Bank
149
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153
May
6,1931
Dec. 7, 1931
1 83
100,000 00
Dec. 7, 1931
Merchants National Bank
154
@ 158
May 6,1931
Dec. 14, 1931
1 83
100,000 00
Dec. 14, 1931
Merchants National Bank
159 a 167
June 24,1931
Dec. 28, 1931
1 40
150,000 00
Dec. 28, 1931
Merchants National Bank
168 a
176
June 24,1931
Jan. 25, 1932
1 40
150,000 00
Merchants National Bank
177
@
182
July 10, 1931
Dec. 21, 1931
1 57
100,000 00
Dec. 21, 1931
Merchants National Bank ..
183
189
July 10, 1931
Feb. 15, 1932
1 57
150,000 00
National Shawmut Bank
190
193
Aug. 12, 1931
Mar. 4, 1932
1 64
100,000 00
National Shawmut Bank
194
a
197
Aug. 12, 1931
Mar. 26, 1932
1 64
100,000 00
National Shawmut Bank
198 @
201
Aug. 12, 1931
Apr. 23, 1932
1 64
100,000 00
Merchants National Bank
202
a
209*
Sept. 21, 1931
Feb. 29, 1932
1 56
150,000 00
Merchants National Bank
210
216
Sept. 21, 1931
Apr. 11, 1932
1 56
150,000 00
Merchants National Bank
217
219
Oct. 1,1931
May 9, 1932
2 50
100,000 00
Merchants National Bank
220
222
Oct. 1,1931
May 23, 1932
2 50
100,000 00
Merchants National Bank
223
@ 224
Dec. 21, 1931
June 14, 1932
4 75
200,000 00
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FUNDED DEBT
The funded debt of the city January 1, 1931, was $3,- 384,000.00. Three loans were authorized: Southern Junior High Loan, $54,000.00 ; Western Junior High Loan, $75,000.00, and Elementary School Loan, $100,000.00. Maturities paid during the year amounted to $288,000.00 The total debt Decem- ber 31, 1931, was $3,325,000.00, a decrease of $59,000.00.
Classified debt January 1, 1931:
City Loan
$ 21,000 00
City Hall Addition Loan
94,000 00
Sewer Loan
95,000 00
Public Building Loan
74,000 00
Highway Loan
275,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan
533,000 00
High School Loan
1,048,000 00
Southern Junior High Loan
475,000 00
Western Junior High Loan
300,000 00
Bridge Loan
19,000 00
Total Within Limit
$2,934,000 00
Northern Traffic Artery Loan
450,000 00
Total Outside Limit
450,000 00
Total Funded Debt
$3,384,000 00
Loans increasing the debt:
Southern Junior High Loan
54,000 00
Western Junior High
75,000 00
Elementary School
100,000 00
229,000 00
$3,613,000 00
Maturities reducing the debt:
City Loan
$12,000 00
City Hall Additions Loan
8,000 00
Sewer Loan
16,000 00
Public Building Loan
15,000 00
Highway Loan
42,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan
44,000 00
High School Loan
61,000 00
Southern Junior High Loan
24,000 00
Western Junior High Loan
15,000 00
Bridge Loan
1,000 00
Total within the limit
238,000 00
Northern Traffic Artery Loan (outside limit)
50,000 00
Total Maturities
$288,000 00
Total Funded Debt, December 31, 1931 ....
$3,325,000 00
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Classified as follows:
City Bonds 4%
$ 9,000 00
City Hall Additions 4%
16,000 00
City Hall Additions 41/4 %
70,000 00
Sewer Bonds 31/2 %
12,000 00
Sewer Bonds 4%
55,000 00
Sewer Bonds 414 %
12,000 00
Public Buildings Bonds 4%
35,000 00
Public Buildings Bonds 41/2%
24,000 00
Highway Bonds 4%
233,000 00
Schoolhouse Bonds 4%
489,000 00
High School Bonds 334
500,000 00
High School Bonds 4%
487,000 00
Southern Junior High Bonds 4%
451,000 00
Southern Junior High Bonds 31/2%
54,000 00
Western Junior High Bonds 4%
285,000 00
Western Junior High Bonds 31/2%
75,000 00
Bridge Bonds 31/2%
18,000 00
Total within the limit
$2,825,000 00
Elementary School Bonds 41/2%
100,000 00
Northern Traffic Artery Bonds 41/2%
400,000 00
Total Outside the limit
500,000 00
Total Funded Debt
$3,325,000 00
The debt per capita December 31, 1931, was $31.91. The debt was 2.577% of the assessed valuation for 1931. The ratio of debt to tax income was 71.18%. The tax rate per $1,000 valuation on account of reduction of funded debt was $2.225.
TAXES
The total taxable property as of April 1, 1931, was $123,- 051,300. The tax rate was fixed at $30.60 per $1,000 valuation.
State Tax
$129,600 00
North Metropolitan Sewerage Tax
77,111 74
Metropolitan Parks
98,781 40
Wellington Bridge
2,801 05
State Highway
487 30
Charles River Basin
15,338 10
Alewife Brook (Acts 1911)
75 57
Abatement of Smoke
1,991 39
Metropolitan Planning
584 01
Southern Traffic Route
50 05
Auditing Municipal Accounts
46 34
Needy War Veterans
912 72
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham
1,315 02
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
142 82
Broadway-Revere Beach Parkway Crossing
968 12
Canterbury Street Highway
62 68
Metropolitan Transit District
1,539 20
Old Age Assistance
31,828 00
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County Tax
County Tax, Tuberculosis
215,291 45 22,864 06
City Appropriations
$4,045,546 42 63,634 00
Less Polls
3,981,912 42
Overlay
21,958 16
Total Amount to be Raised
$4,605,661 60
Less Estimated Revenue
$766,946 00
Automobile Excise Tax
140,596 00
State Income Tax
404,930 77
Corporation Tax
152,706 27
Bank Tax
5,492 35
Estimated Receipts
1,470,671 39
Net Amount Assessed in Taxes ...
$3,134,990 21
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Street Sprinkling Assessment
$48,705 72
Apportioned Betterment Assessments, due in 1931
4,361 14
Apportioned Sidewalks Assessed, due in 1931
369 20
Apportioned Sewer Assessed, due in 1931
91 64
Unapportioned Betterment Assessments 1930 and 1931
2,059 68
Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments, 1931
4,117 52
Apportioned Interest-Special Assessments
1,635 00
Unapportioned Interest-Special Assessments
42 34
Total Commitment
$61,382 24 $3,196,372 45
Appropriations, classified under general headings, were made from revenue as follows :
General Government
$239,358 00
Protection, Persons and Property
793,782 00
Health and Sanitation
394,166 00
Highways
340,136 00
Charities
386,846 00
Soldiers' Benefits
91,920 00
Education
1,457,479 00
Libraries
100,827 00
Recreation
90,235 00
Unclassified
127,675 00
Municipal Indebtedness
454,201 11
Water Works
380,399 42
Total budget appropriations
$4,857,024 53
Less Estimated Receipts
1,470,671 39
Raised by Taxation
$3,386,353 14
MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT, 1932
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1932 $2,000 00 4,000 00
July 1, 1932 $7,000 00 6,000 00
Oct. 1, 1932
Total
City
Public Buildings
$5,000 00
Schoolhouse
15,000 00
16,000 00
$13,000 00
14,000 00
Highway
5,000 00
37,000 00
Bridge
1,000 00
1,000 00
Western Junior High School
4,000 00
15,000 00
19,000 00
Southern Junior High School
3,000 00
24,000 00
27,000 00
High School
61,000 00
61,000 00
City Hall Additions
8,000 00
8,000 00
Northern Traffic Route
50,000 00
50,000 00
Elementary School
7,000 00
7,000 00
Total
$21,000 00
$42,000 00
$136,00000
$93,000 00
$292,000 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT, 1932
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1932
April 1, 1932
July 1, 1932
Oct. 1, 1932
Total
City
$ 180 00
$ 140 00
$ 320 00
Sewer
480 00
$1,085 00
480 00
$928 75
$2,973 75
Public Buildings
980 00
260 00
900 00
160 00
2,300 00
Highway
4,560 00
100 00
4,560 00
9,220 00
Schoolhouse
3,600 00
6,180 00
3,300 00
5,860 00
18,940 00
High School
18,490 00
18,490 00
36,980 00
Southern Junior High School
9,020 00
945 00
9,020 00
892 50
19,877 50
Bridge
315 00
297 50
612 50
City Hall Additions
1,807 50
1,807 50
3,615 00
Northern Traffic Route
9,000 00
9,000 00
18,000 00
Western Junior High School
7,012 50
6,942 50
13,955 00
Elementary School
2,250 00
2,250 00
4,500 00
Total
$37,310 00
$28,955 00
$36,890 00
$28,138 75
$131,293 75
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$9,000 00 15,000 00 44,000 00
Sewer
8,000 00
6,000 00 32,000 00
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April 1, 1932
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Total
City
$19,000 00
$17,000 00
$16,000 00
$15,000 00
$12,000 00
1932 $ 9,000 00
$ 88,000 00
Sewers
20,000 00
18,000 00
17,000 00
16,000 00
16,000 00
14,000 00
101,000 00
Public Buildings
17,000 00
16,000 00
16,000 00
16,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
95,000 00
Highway
35,000 00
32,000 00
32,000 00
28,000 00
42,000 00
37,000 00
206,000 00
Bridge
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
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
48,000 00
Schoolhouse
45,000 00
44,000 00
44,000 00
44,000 00
44,000 00
44,000 00
265,000 00
High School
50,000 00
61,000 00
61,000 00
61,000 00
61,000 00
294,000 00
Northern Traffic Route
50,000 00
50,000 00
150,000 00
Southern Junior High
24,000 00
27,000 00
51,000 00
Western Junior High
15,000 00
19,000 00
34,000 00
Elementary School
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Total
$146,000 00
$187,000 00
$196,000 00
$239,000 00
$288,000 00
$292,000 00 $1,348,000 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT (SIX YEARS)
Class of Loan
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
Total
City
$3,267 50
$2,552 50
$1,897 50
$1,280 00
$ 740 00
$ 320 00
$10,057 50
Sewers
6,346 25
5,583 75
4,876 25
4,208 75
3,581 25
2,973 75
27,570 00
Public Buildings
5,585 00
4,880 00
4,220 00
3,560 00
2,920 00
2,300 00
23,465 00
Highway
8,090 00
6,630 00
5,230 00
3,920 00
10,825 00
9,220 00
43,915 00
Bridge
787 50
752 50
717 50
682 50
647 50
612 50
4,200 00
Metropolitan Park
105 00
70 00
35 00
210 00
City Hall Additions
5,215 00
4,895 00
4,575 00
4,255 00
3,935 00
3,615 00
26,490 00
Schoolhouse
27,760 00
25,980 00
24,220 00
22,460 00
20,700 00
18,940 00
140,060 00
High School
36,500 00
43,550 00
41,360 00
39,170 00
36,980 00
197,560 00
Northern Traffic Route
20,250 00
18,000 00
60,750 00
Southern Junior High
19,000 00
19,877 50
38,877 50
Western Junior High
12,000 00
13,955 00
25,955 00
Elementary School
4,500 00
4,500 00
Total
$57,156 25
$87,843 75
$89,321 25
$104,226 25
$133,768 75
$131,293 75
$603,610 00
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7,000 00
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MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT (SIX YEARS) 1927
Class of Loan
1928
1929
1930
1931
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ANNUAL REPORTS
3,000 00
City Hall Additions
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
50,000 00
22,500 00
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CITY AUDITOR
BORROWING CAPACITY, DECEMBER 31, 1931
Valuation
1929
$118,840,900 00
Supplementary
1929
Motor Vehicle Excise
1929
7,334,205 00
$126,175,105 00
Valuation
1930
122,420,200 00
Supplementary
1930
3,300 00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1930
7,272,520 00
129,696,020 00
Valuation
1931
123,051,300 00
Supplementary
1931
Motor Vehicle Excise
1931
6,352,140 00
129,403,440 00
Total Three Years
$385,274,565 00
Abatements
1929.
$609,950 00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1929
357,800 00
Abatements
1930
700,138 00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1930
299,290 00
Abatements
1931
424,650 00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1931
199,420 00
2,591,248 00
Average Valuation Three Years
127,561,105 66
Two and one-half per cent
3,189,027 64
Present Debt within limit
2,825,000 00
Borrowing Capacity, December 31, 1931 ..
$ 364,027 64
Maturities :
January 1
$21,000 00
April 1
42,000 00
July 1
136,000 00
October 1
$93,000 00
Less Outside Limit
57,000 00
36,000 00
235,000 00
$599,027 64
$382,683,317 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
ABATEMENTS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PRIOR YEARS
Charges:
Street Sprinkling 1930 $ 39 66
Credit :
Excess and Deficiency 39 66
TELLERS' OVERS AND SHORTS
Charges :
Shorts 98 71
Credit:
Excess and Deficiency 98 71
STATE INCOME TAX, 1931
Charges:
Estimate 1931 404,930 77
Credits:
Cash from Commonwealth 1931
$394,352 67
Revenue
10,578 10
404,930 77
CORPORATION TAXES
Charges :
Estimate 1931
152,706 27
Credits :
Cash from Commonwealth
$152,516 56
Revenue
189 71
152,706 27
TRUST COMPANY TAX
Charges:
Refund prior years
$ 103 72
Revenue
1,742 79
1,846 51
Credits :
Cash from Commonwealth
1,846 51
NATIONAL BANK TAX
Charges:
Estimate Receipt 1931
$5,492 35
Refund prior years
344 20
Transfer to Trust Company
1,846 51
7,683 06
Credits :
Cash
$3,161 03
Transfer to Trust Company
103 72
Revenue
4,418 31
7,683 06
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CITY AUDITOR
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Charges :
Cash to Commonwealth
$32,172 00
Credit:
Revenue
32,172 00
SALE OF LAND
Credit:
Balance from 1930 account
243 51
Charges:
Balance to 1932 account
243 51
SALE OF BUILDINGS
Credit:
Balance from 1930 account ....
1,575 00
Charges:
Balance to 1932 account .... ....
1,575 00
TAX TITLES
Charges:
Balance from 1930 account
$21,001 52
Recording Fees
8 30
Taxes 1930
19,230 77
Taxes 1931
6,227 10
Street Sprinkling
403 08
Apportioned Highway Assessments
48 32
Unapportioned Highway Assessments
116 72
Interest and Costs
1,743 14
Adjustment, Tailings
21 60
Credits:
Cash Sales
$8,430 70
Recording Fees
106 50
Excess and Deficiency
1 24
Taxes and Assessments 1930
18,092 08
Tax Title Revenue
1,581 70
Balance to 1932 account
20,588 33
48,800 55
TAX TITLES-RECORDING FEES
Charges:
Tax Title Fees
$106 50
Transfer from Tailings
25 70
Credits:
Cash Receipts
$42 60
Adjustments
8 30
Balance to 1932 account
81 30
132 20
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48,800 55
132 20
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TAILINGS
Credits :
Balance from 1930 account
$845 57
Cash
85 56
Transfer Tax Titles
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