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1,611.00.
Licensing
2,276.50
Marriage
2,173.80
Building
808.00
Electrical
2,582.50
Plumbing and Gas
568.00
Motor
1.00.
Fines and Forfeits:
Court
6,428.10
Departmental
269.00
Grants and Gifts:
From State;
Vocational Education
22,832.05
Lieu of Taxes
134.27
Interest refund
4,353.11
Americanization
2,916.75
From County;
Dog Licenses
3,358.06
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Special Assessments:
Street Sprinkling 1934
20.37
Street Sprinkling 1933
9.84
Street Sprinkling 1932
51.42
Street Sprinkling 1931
8.70
Street Sprinkling 1926
.30
Street Sprinkling 1925
.30
Street Sprinkling 1924
.30
Street Sprinkling 1923
.30
Street Sprinkling 1922
.30
Apportioned Assessments paid in advance
23.34
Betterments in Taxes 1937
$1,027.84
Betterments in Taxes 1936
436.34
Betterments in Taxes 1935
12.53
Sidewalks in Taxes 1937
112.85
Sidewalks in Taxes 1936
74.56
General Government:
Treasurers Fees
530.00
Treasurers Costs
10,109.46
City Clerk
3,627.14
Commissioner of Public Buildings
5.75
Appeal Fees
530.00
Election Commission
43.87
Planning Board
21.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police
51.50
Fire
149.07
Electrical
110.66
Weights and Measures
798.08
Health and Sanitation:
Health
12,331.26
Contagious Hospital
3,900.75
Milk Inspection
1,546.50
Dental Clinic
92.25
Sewer, Sale of Materials
17.84
Sanitary
27.00
Maintenance Sanitary Buildings
240.00
Highways:
Highway Maintenance
606.00
Welfare:
City Home;
Sale of Produce
687.80
Board
4,634.54
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CITY AUDITOR
Miscellaneous ;
General Aid,-Individuals
57.50
Cities and towns
105,680.96
State
223,151.51
5,596.72
Mothers Aid,-Individuals and cities and towns State
22,938.73
Old Age Assistance
83,181.69
Soldiers Benefits:
State Aid.
5,649.00
Military Aid
4,293.50
Soldiers Burials
500.00
Soldiers Relief
259.25
Education :
Tuition, State Wards
$ 7,892.17
Other Tuition
10,192.18
School Buildings
1,290.00
Vocational Education
737.32
Libraries :
Fines, rentals and sales
1,974.73
Recreation :
Shower Baths
448.08
Unclassified:
Electrolysis
500.00.
Public Service Enterprises :
Sale of Water,
Metered 1937
224,859.83
Metered Monthly 1937
183,731.05
Metered 1936
31,879.16
Metered Monthly 1936
18,613.47
Metered 1935
430.92
Metered 1934
108.16
Metered 1933
43.70
Metered 1932
1.00
Additional rates
119.10
Service Assessments
1,373.67
Water Maintenance
942.75
Water Liens
513.12
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Interest:
Deferred Taxes
49,332.44
Excise
3,476.39
Tax Titles
31,488.08
Special Assessments:
Sidewalks
30.92
Highways
286.55
All Other:
Accrued Interest
1,167.54
Loans:
Tax Title Loan
115,000.00
Total
$1,958,568.73
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)
Balance from 1936
Appropria- tions
Appropria- tion Trans- fers From
Appropria - tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance
General Government:
Board of Aldermen
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$1,135.00
$65.00
$10,875.00
$10,872.86
$2.14
Clerk of Committees
5,700.00
200.00
5,900.00
5,845.01
54.99
Executive Dept.
19,560.00
100.00
750.00
20,210.00
20,208.11
1.89
Auditing Dept.
10,510.00
4,000.00
35.03
14,545.03
10,544.91
4,000.12
Treasury Dept.
814.07
55,462.07
55,416.71
45.36
Expense of Advertising September Sale
1,379.60
1,379.60
183.25
1,196.35
Assessors Dept.
25,875.00
200.00
26,075.00
26,074.13
.87
Investigation and Appraisal of Tax Appeal Cases
5,000.00
200.00
4.800.00
4.800.00
Pedlers License Comm.
20.00
20.00
6.09
13.91
Licensing Commission
3,235.00
100.00
3,335.00
3,328.09
6.91
Certification Notes and Bonds
3,250.00
750.00
4.000.00
3,975.00
25.00
City Clerk
16,532.00
1.80
16,533.80
16,525.98
7.82
Law Dept.
7,525.00
850.00
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6,675.00
6,168.05
506.95
Land Court Proceedings on Tax Titles and Recording Fees
3,500.00
950.00
2,550.00
2,277.45
272.55
City Messenger
5,950.83
5,950.83
5,930.84
19.99
Engineering Dept.
16,500.00
16.500.00
16,388.79
111.21
Commr. Public Buildings
16,284.00
16,284.00
16,274.76
9.24
Maint. Municipal Bldgs.
17,653.00
500.00
334.41
18,487.41
18,481.86
5.55
Maint. Munic. Garage
715.00
715.00
631.72
83.28
City Planning Board
250.00
250.00
249.95
.05
Board of Appeal
2,405.00
2,401.50
3.50
Board of Election Comm. ....
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14,885.00
175.00
14,710.00
14,708.66
1.34
Pay of Election Officers ..
4,240.00
4,240.00
4,240.00
Maint. Polling Places ..
1,325.00
250.00
1,075.00
1,074.08
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Total General Government .....
$1,379.60
$245,237.83
$2,525.00
$7,635.00
$1,250.31
$252,977.74
$246,607.80
$6,369.94
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936
Appropria- tions
Appropria- tion Trans- fers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance
Protection of Persons a n d
Property :
$100.00
$353,000.00
$1,600.00
$2.40
$351,502.40
$351,496.12
$6.28
Maint. Police Buildings
8,853.00
300.00
8,553.00
8,528.67
24.33
Damages for Taking Land at Police Station ..
8,900.00
8,900.00
8,900.00
Fire Department
432,368.70
385.00
862.57
432,846.27
430,676.40
2,169.87
Maint. Fire Buildings
10,619.00
10,619.00
10,458.16
160.84
Weights and Measures
7,475.00
25.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
Electrical Dept.
3,291.12
50,396.00
3,900.00
1,158.69
58,745.81
56,371.64
2,374.17
Electrical
Dept .- Unpaid
bills 1936
111.06
111.06
111.06
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2,455.00
21.25
2,476.25
2,448.52
27.73
Suppression of Moths
2,400.00
220.51
2,620.51
2,617.15
3.36
Care of Trees
5,135.00
5,135.00
5,132.91
2.09
Total Protection of Persons
and Property
$3,391.12
$881,712.76
$2,285.00
$3,925.00
$2,265.42
$889,009.30
$884,240.63
$4,768.67
Health and Sanitation:
Health Department
$70,570.00
$1,000.00
$71,570.00
$71,562.26
$7.74
Health Dept .- Unpaid Bills 1936
71.38
71.38
71.38
Vital Statistics
1,155.00
100.00
1,255.00
1,254.98
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Contagious Hospital
19,000.00
2,000.00
10.60
21,010.60
20,851.52
159.08
Maint. Contagious Hospital
4,510.00
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173.92
4,683.92
4,679.25
4.67
Insp. Animals & Provisions
5,900.00
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5,900.00
5,737.85
162.15
Insp. Milk & Vinegar ..
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6,700.00
6,291.36
408.64
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936
Appropria - tions 14,700.00 7,735.00
Appropria - tion Trans- fers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance
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14,700.00 7,735.00 22,300.00
14,691.03
8.97
Insp. School Children
7.732.30
2.70
Sewers Maintenance
23,000.00
700.00
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22,112.92
187.08
Maint. Sewer Buildings ....
275.00
275.00
261.45
13.55
Sanitary Department
253,465.00
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457.32
253,922.32 847.00 30,449.17
253,922.17 840.69 30,448.68
6.31
Street Cleaning
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$437,520.38
$700.00
$3,100.00
$1,499.01
$441,419.39
$440,457.84
$961.55
Highways:
Highway Maintenance ... .....
$156,643.00
$325.00
$1,516.79
$157,834.79
$157,231.58
$603.21
Sidewalks Maintenance
22,875.00
3,175.00
19,700.00
19,699.09
.91
Snow Removal
50,000.00
43,000.00
7,000.00
5,340.50
1,659.50
Snow Equipment
11,430.00
11,430.00
11,430.00
Street Lighting
76,222.00
1,500.00
77,722.00
77,722.00
St. Lighting, Unpaid bills 1936
5,659.37
5,659.37
5,659.37
Traffic Light Maintenance
2,975.00
2,975.00
2,956.78
18.22
Maint. Highway Buildings ..
3,249.00
3,249.00
3,243.16
5.84
Total Highways
$329,053.37
$46,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,516.79
$285,570.16
$283,282.48
$2,287.68
Welfare:
Welfare-Miscellaneous ...
$282.53
$904,150.00
$7,500.00
$35,000.00
$4,638.35
$936,570.88
$926,631.51
$9,939.37
Aid to Dependent Children ..
110,150.00
35,000.00
2,500.00
137.00
77,787.00
77,221.14
565.86
Federal Grant, Aid Depend- ent Children
3,062.00
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18,800.92
21,862.92
20,290.49
1,572.43
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Maint. Sanitary Buildings ...
847.00
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857.17
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936 8,483.04
Appropria- tions 510,000.00 1,000.00 500.00
Appropria - tion Trans- fers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To 40,000.00
Receipts & Service Transfers 752.30
Total Credit 559,235.34
Expendi- tures
Balance
W. P.A. Projects
W. P. A. White Collar Pr. ..
1,000.00
931.34
68.66
W. P. A. Music Project
500.00 10,000.00
306.92
193.08
W. P. A. Adm. & Truck Hire
10,000.00
9,750.28
249.72
W. P. A. Materials & Rent.
13,500.00
13,500.00
12,093.44
1,406.56
W. P. A. Materials for Side- walks
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
F. G. Old Age Assist. Adm.
5,749.98
5,749.98
5,308.08
441.90
F. G. Old Age Assistance
172,501.19
172,501.19
172,501.19
Old Age Assistance
25,000.00
187,400.00
5,000.00
3,904.51
221,304.51
219,394.47
1,910.04
Welfare-City Home
15,460.00
1.500.00
16,960.00
16,957.13
2.87
Maint. City Home Bldgs. ..
3,485.00
130.44
3,615.44
3,565.56
49.88
Total Welfare
$36,827.57 $1,758,645.00
$42,500.00
$84,000.00
$206,614.69 $2,043,587.26 $2,019,305.99
$24,281.27
Soldiers Benefits :
Soldiers Benefits G. A.
$275.00
$13,085.91
$13,360.91
$13,085.68
$275.23
Soldiers Relief
1,708.64
57,400.00
$1,500.00
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64,591.79
64,328.67
263.12
Military Aid
9,000.00
180.00
9,180.00
9,120.35
59.65
State Aid
5,900.00
30.00
5,930.00
5,825.00
105.00
Soldiers Burials
500.00
96.00
596.00
443.00
153.00
Total Soldiers Benefits
$1,983.64
$85,885.91
$1,500.00
$4,289.15
$93,658.70
$92,802.70
$856.00
Education :
School Contingent
$78,329.00
$5,500.00
$25.00
$83,854.00
$83,696.30
$157.70
Outside Tuition
5,000.00
1,350.00
6,350.00
6,113.59
236.41
School Teachers Salaries
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1,286,000.00
12,975.00
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1,273,025.00 1,271,153.64
1,871.36
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936
Appropria- tions 107,000.00
Appropria- tion Trans- fers From 1,500.00
Appropria - tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers 627.46
Total Credit 106,127.46 56,500.00
Expendi- tures
Balance
Janitors Salaries
98.33
Fuel and Light
55,500.00
1,000.00
56,480.87
19.13
Buildings and Grounds
54,000.00
9,250.00
687.55
63,937.55
63,771.12
166.43
Total Education
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$1,585,829.00
$14,475.00
$17,100.00
$1,340.01 $1,589,794.01 $1,587,244.65
$2,549.36
Libraries :
Central Library
$44,427.00
$463.82
$44,890.82
$44,890.29
.53
Maintenance Central Library
9,184.40
500.00
8,684.40
8,635.13
49.27
West Branch Library
11,986.00
26.90
12,012.90
12,008.73
4.17
Maint. West Branch Library
3,387.00
3,387.00
3,299.81
87.19
East Branch Library
9,118.00
72.00
9,190.00
9,188.47
1,53
Maint. East Branch Library
2,980.00
2,980.00
2,811.99
168.01
Union Sq. Branch Library ..
7,690.00
7,690.00
7,689.87
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Winter Hill Branch Library
2,393.00
41.53
2,434.53
2,430.65
3.88
Total Libraries
$91,165.40
$500.00
$604.25
$91,269.65
$90,954.94
$314.71
Recreation :
Parks Maintenance
$13,400.00
$200.00
$13,600.00
$13,520.74
$79.26
Maint. Park Bldgs.
5,428.00
$500.00
$51.00
4,979.00
4,965.03
13.97
Playgrounds Maint.
15,375.00
500.00
15,875.00
15,497.23
377.77
Recreation
Commn.
17,025.00
17,025.00
17,025.00
Recreation
Comm. Unpaid
Bills 1936
11.83
11.83
11.83
Maint. Bathhouse
2,990.00
1,820.00
1,170.00
1,169.73
.27
Celebrations
1,000.00
1,000.00
881.79
118.21
Total Recreation
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$55,229.83
$2,320.00
$700.00
$51.00
$53,660.83
$53,071.35
$589.48
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936
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Receipts Transfers & Service
Credit Total
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Balance
Unclassified :
Maint. Old Police Bd.
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$2,369.51
$2,369.51
$2,369.51
Mt. Bow St. Mun. Bld.
$6,100.00
$200.00
5,900.00
5,898.57
1.43
Memorial Day
1,000.00
100.00
1,100.00
1,083.72
16.28
Municipal Documents
3,800.00
1.13
3,801.13
3,797.84
3.29
Maint. Bandstand
400.00
230.00
170.00
165.25
4.75
Rifle Practice
1,520.00
225.00
1,295.00
922.89
372.11
Qrtrs. Am. Legion
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50.00
50.00
50.00
Qrtrs. Am. Legion-Unpaid Bills 1936
55.00
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500.00
500.00
496.00
4.00
Damage Persons & Prop. ...
20,000.00
6,950.00
475.00
13,525.00
13,465.94
59.06
Judgment against J. L. Smith
600.00
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225.00
200.95
24.05
Total Unclassified
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$35,885.00
$7,605.00
$800.00
$2,370.64
$31,450.64
$30,945.67
$504.97
Compensations and Pensions :
Workmen's Compensation ....
$175.00
$7,500.00
$1,000.00
$6,675.00
$6,674.96
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$1,200.00
95,200.00
94,895.70
Emma Sterling Annuity
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1,000.00
Ellen Z. Collins Annuity .. ....
1,000.00
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1,000.00
Margaret M. Andersen An-
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1,000.00
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860.00
840.00
20.00
Qrtrs. Dilboy Post
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600.00
600.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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1,000.00
1,000.00
F. A. Johnston Annuity ........
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860.00
Qrtrs. Dis. Am. Veterans
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94,000.00
304.30
1,000.00
1,000.00
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1,000.00
1,800.00
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Middlesex County American Legion Conv.
Tellers Overs and Shorts
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (REVENUE)-Continued
Balance from 1936
Appropria- tions 1,000.00 30,633.00 2,865.00
Appropria- tion Trans- fers From
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance
Ellen C. Chichester Annuity Pension Accumulation Fund Retirement-Expense Fund ..
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1,000.00 30,633.00 2,865.00
1,000.00 30,633.00 2,862.24
2.76
Total Compensation and Pensions
$175.00
$140,798.00
$1,000.00
$1,200.00
$141,173.00
$140,865.90
$307.10
Municipal Indebtedness:
Interest
$165,646.25
$1,100.00
$5.21
$166,751.46 549,000.00
$166,727.48 549,000.00
$23.98
Reduction of Funded Debt ..
548,650.00
350.00
Total Municipal Indebted-
ness
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$714,296.25
$1,100.00
$355.21 $715,751.46
$715,727.48
$23.98
Public Service Enterprises:
Water Maintenance
$104,990.00
$1,530.03
$106,520.03
$106,505.55
$14.48
Water Works Extension
8,300.00
8,300.00
8,300.00
Maint. Water Buildings
2,370.00
$150.00
2,220.00
2,204.62
15.38
Total Public Service En- terprises
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$115,660.00
$150.00
$1,530.03
$117,040.03
$117,010.17
$29.86
Total Appropriations ....
$43,756.93 $6,476,918.73
$120,560.00 $122,560.00
$223,686.51 $6,746.362.17 $6,702,517.60
*$43,844.57
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STATEMENT OF OTHER REVENUE ACCOUNTS, 1937
Balance from 1936
Receipts
Total Credit
Transfers
Expendi- tures
Balance to 1938
Other Accounts: Income of Trust Funds; Contagious Hospital Charles M. Berry Fund
$25.15
$25.15
$25.11
$ .04
School:
S. Newton Cutler Fund
$633.89
203.22
837.11
365.90
471.21
Caroline G. Baker Fund
4.50
7.50
12.00
8.25
3.75
Smith-Hughes Fund
3,863.64
2,927.53
6,791.17
3,863.64
2,927.53
Sarah Winslow Fox Fund
12.12
12.12
12.12
J. Frank Wellington
163.93
55.06
218.99
218.99
Library :
S. Newton Cutler Fund
5.89
47.98
53.87
40.98
12.89
Hunt Art Fund
215.70
37.48
253.18
71.55
181.63
Hunt Book Fund
7.73
125.66
133.39
107.19
26.20
Pitman Art Fund
890.37
191.97
1,082.34
68.41
1,013.93
Pitman Poetry Fund
24.62
47.99
72.61
11.00
61.61
Wilder Children's Fund
1.90
2.50
4.40
1.66
2.74
Sarah Lorane Graves Fund
7.35
10.00
17.35
10.50
6.85
Buffum Memorial Book Fund
41.68
25.00
66.68
66.68
Eunice M. Gilmore Fund
32.30
50.00
82.30
82.30
Thomas J. Buffum Fund
51.78
40.24
92.02
45.89
46.13
J. Frank Wellington Fund
182.38
110.13
292.51
117.19
175.32
Edward C. Booth Fund
36.32
75.00
111.32
109.27
2.05
Welfare:
Cummings Fund
1,337.19
39.40
1,376.59
1,376.59
Recreation:
Mary A. Haley Fund
49.25
101.04
150.29
148.95
1.34
Total Income Trust Funds
$7,550.42
$4,134.97
$11,685.39
$5,007.61
$6,677.78
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STATEMENT OF OTHER REVENUE ACCOUNTS, 1937-Continued
Total Credit
Transfers
Total Charges
Balance to 1938
Other Accounts:
Temporary Loans
$7,350,000.00
$4,400,000.00
$2,950,000.00 25,435.47
Tax Title Loans
370,822.41
$197.87
345,189.07
Health-Bottling Licenses
80.00
40.00
40.00
Middlesex County Assessment
46,969.66
46,969.66
Middlesex County-Dog Licenses
5,111.60
5,093.00
18.60
City Clerk's Deposits
4,059.46
3,484.50
435.50
139.46
Water Deposits
887.73
858.75
28.98
Highway Deposits
618.00
606.00
12.00
Retirement Deductions
24,960.78
24,960.78
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
55,326.10
55,326.10
State Taxes and Assessments
782,564.47
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797,145.14
*14,580.67
Middlesex County Tax
184,661.02
186,777.70
*2,116.68
Loan in Anticipation of Munc. Rel. Loan
75,000.00
75,000.00
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Cash Refunds :
Taxes
16,147.85
16,147.85
Excise
1,996.02
1,996.02
Tax Titles
1.65
1.65
Water Rates
61.83
61.83
Estimated Receipts
1,639.48
1,639.48
Bills Receivable
502.38
502.38
Excess and Deficiency
18.49
18.49
Total Other Accounts
$8,921,428.93
$3,722.37
$5,958,769.40
$2,958,937.16
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Revenue Totals
$15,679,476.49
$3,722.37 $12,666,294.61
$3,009,459.51
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (Non-Revenue)
Balance from 1936
Appropria- Appropria- tion Trans- tions
Appropria - tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi-
Balance to 1938
Sanitation:
Sewers Construction
$570.72
$570.72
$570.72
P. W. A. Sewers
138.34
$2,806.91
2,945.25
2,945.25
Chapter 44-Sewers
$84,000.00
299.19
84,299.19
$82,995.63
1,303.56
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Highways:
P. W. A. Highway
24,701.38
13,372.55
38,073.93 109,046.00
30.00 108,575.02
38,043.93
Chapter 44-Highways
109,000.00
46.00
470.98
Education :
Vocational School Eq.
22,469.96
22,469.96
17,379.77
5,090.19
P. W. A. School
23,268.37
23,268.37
23,268.37
Recreation:
Playground, Foss Park
254.56
254.56
254.56
Impr. W. E. Shaw Playgrd ..
110.93
110.93
110.93
Playgrd. Impr. & Extension
132.99
132.99
132.99
Glen St. Playground
300.00
300.00
300.00
Public Service Enterprises :
P. W. A. Water Mains
612.07
Chapter 44-Water Mains ....
82,000.00
55,016.08
612.07 26,983.92
Totals
$72,559.32
$275,000.00
$16,524.65
$364,083.97
$263,996.50
$100,087.47
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612.07 82,000.00
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1937 (Non-Revenue)-Continued
Balance from 1936
Appropria- Appropria- tion Trans- tions
Appropria- tion Trans- fers To
Receipts & Service Transfers
Total Credit
Expendi- tures
Balance to 1938
Other Accounts:
Loan in Anticipation of Fed- eral Grant
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
Redemption of Tax Liens ....
4,043.53
4,043.53
4,043.53
Non-Revenue Totals
$72,559.32
$275,000.00
$24,068.18
$371,627.50
$271,540.03
$100,087.47
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ANNUAL REPORTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Payments
State Tax
$222,582.50
Charles River Basin Assessment
12,191.25
Metropolitan Parks Assessment
53,785.16
Metropolitan Planning Assessment
810.94
Metropolitan Parks Assessment
8,974.98
Wellington Bridge Assessment
108.70
Metropolitan Sewerage Assessment
84,313.96
Metropolitan Water Assessment
306,983.26
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
1,206.59
Auditing Municipal Accounts
7,302.05
Hospital or Home Care for Civil War Veterans
832.66
Veterans Exemption
66.40
Boston Metropolitan District-Expenses
401.61
Boston Elevated Railway Deficiency
88,639.58
Boston Metropolitan District, Elevated Rail- way Deficiency
6,146.90
Land Takings, Revere Highway
409.28
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham
.20
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
629.43
Special Wellington Bridge Maintenance
1,759.69
Health, Bottling Licenses
40.00
$797,185.14
Receipts
Income Tax
$405,166.97
Corporation Tax
70,461.26
Refund a/c Boulevards Maintenance
200.38
Refund a/c Northern Traffic Construction
11,766.94
Aid to Dependent Children
21,797.37
Support of Paupers
166.50
Old Age Assistance
77,053.26
State Aid
5,649.00
Military Aid
4,293.50
Soldiers Burials
500.00
Pedlers Licenses
1,325.00
Refund Gas Tax
241.92
Tax Title Interest Refunds
4,353.11
Vocational Education
22,832.05
Lieu of Taxes
134,27
Americanization
2,916.75
Welfare, General Aid
223,151.51
Mothers Aid
22,938.73
Tuition, State Wards
7,892.17
Health Department
836.60
Contagious Hospital
1,084.50
$884,761.79
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CITY AUDITOR
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
Payments
County Tax 1937
County Assessment 1937
$184,661.02 46,969.66
$231,630.68
Receipts
Dog Licenses
3,358.06
$3,358.06
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ANNUAL REPORTS
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES
Assessed in Taxes 1937:
Real Estate and Personal
$5,028,001.27 61,208.00
Poll
Estimated Receipts
1,971,794.54
Deficit Receipts
17,410.55
1,954,383.99
$7,043,593.26
Expenses
Revenue Appropriations
$5,930,939.95
State Taxes and Assessements 1937
782,564.47
State Taxes and Assessments 1936
752.20
County Tax
184,661.02
County Assessment
46,969.66
Overlay 1937
71,125.34
Overlay 1936
4,955.86
Overlay 1935
13,341.34
Overlay 1934
8,218.62
Overlay 1932
533.19
Overlay 1931
635.30
Deficit Revenue 1937
$7,044,696.95 1,103.69
$7,043,593.26
TEMPORARY LOANS 1937
Number
Issued
Due
Rate .66
$250,000.00
First National Bank
19 to
36
Jan. 12, 1937
Dec. 15, 1937 66
250,000.00
First National Bank
37 to 64
Feb. 11, 1937
Nov. 26, 1937
.72
500,000.00
First National Bank
65 to 82
Mar. 2, 1937
Nov. 15, 1937
.97
250,000.00
First National Bank
83 to 100
Mar. 2, 1937
Dec. 15, 1937
97
250,000.00
First National Bank
101 to 118
Mar. 26, 1937
Nov. 5, 1937
.97
250,000.00
First National Bank
119
to 136
Mar. 26, 1937
Dec. 30, 1937
.97
250,000.00
Somerville Trust Co.
137 to 138
Apr. 29, 1937
Jan. 10, 1937
.97
100,000.00
First National Bank
139 to 146
May 14, 1937
Oct. 25, 1937
.89
100,000.00
First National Bank
147 to 158
May 14, 1937
Dec. 30, 1937
.89
150,000.00
First National Bank
159 to 176
May 14, 1937
Jan. 20, 1938
.89
250,000.00
First National Bank
177 to 194
Jun. 21, 1937
Jan. 20, 1938
.86
250,000.00
First National Bank
195 to 212
Jun. 21, 1937
Feb. 18, 1938
.86
250,000.00
First National Bank
213 to 220
Aug. 5, 1937
Mar. 18,
1938
.88
100,000.00
First National Bank
221
to 228
Aug. 24, 1937
Apr. 18, 1938
.88
100,000.00
First National Bank
229 to 236
Aug. 24, 1937
Apr. 18, 1938
.88
100,000.00
First National Bank
237 to 244
Aug. 30, 1937
Apr. 18, 1938
.88
100,000.00
First National Bank
245 to _52
Sep. 10, 1937
May 20, 1938
.98
100,000.00
First National Bank
253 to 260
Sep. 21, 1937
Jun. 15, 1938
.98
100,000.00
First National Bank
261 to 268
Sep. 25, 1937
Jul. 15, 1938
1.
100,000.00
First National Bank
269 to 276
Sep. 25, 1937
Jul. 28, 1938
1.
100,000.00
First National Bank
277 to 284
Sep. 25, 1937
Aug. 15, 1938
1.
100,000.00
First National Bank
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