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Rental & Maintenance of equipment
524.37
Telephone
103.58
Auto allowance
200.00
Binding
768.00
All other
70.56
14,435.77
Equipment:
Adding Machine
468.70
79,897.82
Assessors' Department
Personal Service:
Chairman
4,499.74
Assessors
8,799.32
Clerks
24,763.06
38,062.12
Carried forward
38,062.12
55
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
38,062.12
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
1,376.09
Printing & advertising
470.15
Rental & maintenance of equipment
605.81
Binding
276.98
Disbursements ยท
117.95
Telephone
141.22
Title work
902.53
Auto allowance
250.00
All other
141.20
Equipment:
Typewriter 162.50
42,506.55
Licensing Commission
Personal Service:
Commissioners (3)
2,100.00
Clerk
3,070.63
5,170.63
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
899.62
Auto allowance
800.00
Expense of meetings
156.00
Commissioner's expense
207.10
All other
37.00
2,099.72
7,270.35
Pedlers' License
Ordinary Maintenance:
Supplies
14.25
14.25
Certification of Notes and Bonds
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cost of Certifying
3,468.66
3,468.66
City Clerk's Department
Personal Service:
Clerk
6,150.00
Assistant City Clerk
4,650.00
Bookkeeper & clerks
19,912.89
30,712.89
Carried forward
30,712.89
4,281.93
56
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
30,712.89
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
564.56
Printing & advertising ...
67.50
Binding
160.00
Telephone
127.63
Bonds
35.00
Maintenance of equipment
61.50
All other
103.72
1,119.91
31,832.80
Law Department
Personal Service:
City Solicitor
5,150.00
Assistant City Solicitors
7,800.00
Clerical Services
3,070.69
16,020.69
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
768.89
Telephone
202.47
Auto allowance
200.00
Fees
26.60
All other
122.00
1,319.96
Special Items:
Surveys, reports and Tax
Expert
5,662.50
Payment of judgment
731.50
Transcript
95.00
6,489.00
23,829.65
Land Court Proceedings on Tax Titles and Recording Fees
Ordinary Maintenance:
Recording
780.40
780.40
City Messenger
Personal Service:
City Messenger
4,950.00
Assistant City Messenger 3,010.00
7,960.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Auto Maintenance 1,200.00
9,160.00
57
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Engineering Department
Personal Service:
City Engineer
5,250.00
Assistants
18,834.43
Bookkeeper and Clerk
6,478.29
30,562.72
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
626.47
Auto allowance
500.00
Telephone
116.73
Instruments & supplies
124.84
All other
54.55
Special Item:
Out of State Travel
450.00
32,435.31
Public Buildings Department Commissioner of Public Buildings
Personal Service:
Commissioner
5,250.00
Inspectors of Plumbing & Gas
4,118.63
Plan Checker
4,062.71
Clerks
12,125.32
25,556.66
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
655.37
Auto allowance
800.00
Telephone
121.32
All other
140.45
1,717.14
Special Item:
Out of State Travel
450.00
27,723.80
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Municipal Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitors
13,116.40
Telephone Operators
5,748.45
18,864.85
Labor
7,286.99
Carried forward
26,151.84
1,422.59
58
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
26,151.84
Ordinary Maintenance:
Light
1,647.58
Furniture & furnishings
1,671.63
Janitors' supplies
1,181.74
Electrical and building re- pairs
1,145.77
Insurance
110.50
Hardware & materials
939.18
Rental of water coolers
432.00
Telephones
7,142.33
Christmas Decorations
441.14
All other
228.88
14,940.75
41,092.59
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Municipal Garage
Personal Service:
Light
219.85
219.85
Somerville Municipal Garage
Architect's Fees
24,750.00
Surveys
1,800.00
Rental of equipment
196.00
All other
54.10
City Planning Board
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,500.00
City Planner
4,081.82
Secretary
1,790.57
Research Clerk and
Draftsman
4,431.49
12,803.88
Ordinary Maintenance:
Supplies, printing and
postage
291.99
Photos, maps, supplies
443.65
Traveling expense
64.82
Telephone
127.18
All other
32.38
Equipment:
960.02
Typewriter
155.00
Maps and cabinet
364.00
Display Board
128.17
Furniture
272.45
919.62
26,800.10
14,683.52
59
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Board of Appeal
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,142.00
Secretary
540.00
Assistant Secretary
1,046.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing & advertising
67.96
Supplies & postage
204.48
All other
20.85
293.29
4,021.29
ELECTION EXPENSES
Board of Election Commissioners
Personal Service:
Chairman
5,150.00
Commissioners (3)
1,982.90
Clerks
18,929.98
Registrars for confined
voters
200.00
26,262.88
Ordinary Maintenance:
Postage & supplies
2,384.12
Printing & advertising
6,577.08
Refreshments
188.27
Posting, car hire and trucking
757.05
Repairs to ballot boxes
248.42
Telephone
143.29
All other
35.50
10,333.73
36,596.61
Pay of Election Officers
Personal Service:
Wardens and Clerks
2,531.00
Inspectors
4,863.00
Extra Clerks
3,987.00
11,381.00
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Polling Places
Personal Service:
Janitors services
1,042.50
Labor
2,568.83
Carried forward
3,611.33
3,728.00
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
3,611.33
Ordinary Maintenance:
Rent
850.00
Lumber
357.44
Hardware & materials
164.39
Rent of chairs
80.20
1,452.03
5.063.36
PROTECTION PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Personal Service:
Chief
5,850.00
Deputy Chiefs
10,700.00
Captains
24,250.00
Lieutenants
42,549.41
Sergeants
50,261.00
Patrolmen
470,069.28
Garage mechanic
2,812.34
Matrons
5,415.10
611,907.13
Ordinary Maintenance:
Auto maintenance
3,311.29
Equipment for men
190.99
Police signal
242.78
Shooting range
107.94
Gasoline and oil
5,042.92
Garage supplies
531.49
School Patrol
107.42
Printing, postage and sup- plies
3,082.86
Maintenance office equip- ment
126.72
Care of prisoners
120.56
Telephone
3,895.26
Laundry
107.15
Photo supplies
588.02
Disbursements
241.90
Reimbursements
for in-
juries
420.63
All other
225.32
18,343.25
Equipment:
Automobiles
6,155.00
Patrol Wagon
4,100.65
10,255.65
Special Item:
Out of State Travel
500.00
Uniform allowance
11,775.00
12,275.00
652,781.03
61
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Police Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitors
8,498.96
Labor
3,569.86
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
2,237.93
Light
1,714.62
Janitors' supplies
930.55
Telephone
318.98
Furniture & furnishings
103.50
Repairs to building
124.50
Heating and plumbing re-
pairs
489.01
Rental of water cooler
60.00
Hardware & materials
289.70
Insurance
228.74
6,497.53
18,566.35
Fire Department
Personal Service:
Chief Engineer
808.07
Deputy Chiefs
21,091.93
District Chiefs
14,550.00
Captains and Master
Mechanic
26,700.00
Lieutenants
128,160.50
Mechanics
8,607.69
Firemen
670,499.68
870,417.87
Ordinary Maintenance:
Apparatus and equipment
6,990.23
Tires and tubes
832.20
Hose
1,715.00
Equipment for men
529.51
Furnishings
204.14
Hardware, tools, etc.
89.50
Grease and oil
186.65
Gasoline
3,090.11
Printing, postage and sup- plies
1,006.56
Telephone
2,139.73
Janitors' supplies
617.23
Laundry
844.04
Reimbursements
873.97
Medical examinations
60.00
Insurance
95.14
Convention
90.00
All other
189.39
19,553.40
Carried forward
889,971.27
62
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
889,971.27
Equipment:
Truck
1,191.00
Automobiles
3,193.00
Adding Machine
331.20
Lathe
533.76
5,248.96
Special Item:
Uniform Allowance
17,400.00
Medical Expenses
1,029.72
18,429.72
913,649.95
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Fire Buildings
Labor
7,926.03
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
6,001.85
Light
5,534.48
Janitors' supplies
399.95
Electrical and building re- pairs
919.23
Heating and plumbing re- pairs
1,519.91
Furniture & furnishings Hardware & materials
1,202.87
Insurance
717.01
Fence
155.00
Flags & flag poles
133.57
16,663.23
Weights and Measures
Personal Service:
Sealer
4,450.00
Assistants
11,530.00
15,980.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
240.40
Auto allowance
300.00
Gas, oil & repairs
188.32
Dies, tools, etc.
63.70
792.42
Electrical Department
Personal Service:
Commissioner
5,150.00
Assistant Inspectors
8,132.12
Fire Alarm Operators
36,222.34
Carried forward
49,504.46
79.36
24,589.26
16,772.42
63
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward 49,504.46
Radio Operators
15,036.60
Traffic Men
11,188.94
Other employees
12,056.11
Clerk
3,390.46
91,176.57
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fire Alarm System
1,794.70
Police Signal System
922.45
Radio
303.05
Auto allowance
300.00
Maintenance of trucks
1,574.32
Telephone
257.41
Printing, postage and sup- plies
446.41
All other
18.66
5,617.00
Special Items:
Batteries
537.10
Cable
553.31
1,090.41
Equipment:
Radio, Transmitter, etc. ... 1,948.75
99,832.73
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Electrical Dept. Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitor
3,437.43
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
495.86
Rental of water cooler
60.00
Insurance
102.41
Furniture & furnishings
189.58
Hardware & materials
61.51
909.36
4,346.79
Rifle Practice
Ordinary Maintenance:
Use of range
112.50
Civil Defense
Personal Service:
Director
2,950.00
Engineer
1,725.00
Clerks
3,332.64
8,007.64
Carried forward
8,007.64
112.50
64
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
8,007.64
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
1,474.63
Telephone
232.94
First aid books & supplies
161.85
Labor
561.80
Map
77.80
Hardware & materials
378.13
All other
68.74
2,955.89
Equipment:
Sirens and horns
1,008.84
Mimeograph
366.65
1,375.49
12,339.02
FORESTRY
Highway Department, Suppression of Moths
Labor
2,981.90
Ordinary Maintenance:
Insecticides
412.85
Hardware & materials
100.55
Printing
12.50
525.90
3,507.80
Highway Department, Care of Trees
Labor
14,837.43
Ordinary Maintenance:
Tools and equipment
265.02
Rent of equipment
54.20
Truck Maintenance
18.31
337.53
15,174.96
HEALTH
Health Department
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,250.00
Clerk (1/2 salary)
1,825.00
Medical Inspector
4,050.00
Acting Medical Inspector
210.00
Bacteriologist (1/2 salary) .
1,825.00
Health Nurses
8,925.00
19,085.00
Carried forward
19,085.00
65
CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward
19,085.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage and sup- plies
408.03
Carfares & telephone calls
188.00
Laboratory supplies
96.19
Ear clinic
92.00
Care of premature babies
5,739.27
All other
77.30
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Infantile Paralysis
689.05
Diphtheria Immunization
168.64
Cities and towns
2,503.55
Other Institutions
554.00
Tuberculosis:
Cities & Towns
1,470.50
State
11,564.00
Middlesex Sanitarium
29,349.00
Other Institutions
528.22
Medical attention
68.45
All other
77.97
53,574.17
City Clerk's Department Vital Statistics
Ordinary Maintenance:
Reporting births
345.00
Reporting deaths
201.75
Printing, Postage & Supplies
656.86
Binding
292.25
1,495.86
Inspection of Animals and Provisions
Personal Service:
Inspectors ...
16,763.45
Veterinarian .... .....
3,150.00
19,913.45
Ordinary Maintenance:
Carfares
284.53
20,197.98
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
Personal Service:
Inspector
1,872.23
Bacteriologist (1/2 salary)
1,825.00
Clerk (1/2 salary)
1,825.00
5,522.23
Carried forward ... 5,522.23
Expenses
Outlays
72,659.17
66
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
5,522.23
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
234.06
Laboratory equipment and supplies
195.80
Auto allowance
137.20
All other
3.00
570.06
Division of Dental Hygiene
Personal Service:
Inspectors & Assistants .... 20,419.25
Ordinary Maintenance:
Doctor's supplies
1,230.73
Laundry
396.23
Supplies, printing, postage
234.00
Repairs to equipment
29.85
1,890.81
22,310.06
Inspection of School Children
Personal Service:
Inspectors & Assistants
3,200.00
Nurses
11,440.00
Diphtheria clinic
200.00
14,840.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
30.00
Carfares
71.15
101.15
14,941.15
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Contagious Hospital
Ordinary Maintenance:
Insurance
177.29
177.29
SANITATION
Sewers Maintenance
Labor
48,533.11
Ordinary Maintenance:
Trucks maintenance
1,512.57
Telephone
94.13
Tools, equipment & repairs
1,953.61
Materials & supplies
2,215.54
Care of Medford St. Pump
129.38
Gas & oil
1,372.70
Carried forward 55,811.04
6,092.29
67
CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward
55,811.04
Repairs to catch basins
945.45
Castings
1,433.30
Rent of equipment
476.56
Mystic Avenue Sewer
745.75
All other
23.94
10,902.93
Sewers Construction
Construction Catch Basins
3,176.82
Castings
61.06
Materials & supplies
303.42
3,541.30
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Sewer Buildings
Labor 37.67
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
828.15
Insurance
114.78
All other
2.57
945.50
983.17
Sanitary Department
Personal Service:
Superintendent
5,250.00
Bookkeeper
3,507.63
8,757.63
Labor
372,520.69
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
263.15
Auto allowance
400.00
Telephone
179.07
All other
144.00
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage:
Trucks, maintenance and supplies
29,888.19
Gas & oil
13,234.71
Rental and maintenance of dump
29,564.33
Materials & supplies
1,737.84
75,411.29
Equipment:
Truck
1,736.00
Automobile
1,502.00
3,238.00
Expenses
Outlays
59,436.04
459,927.61
68
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Sanitary Buildings
Labor 245.24
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
628.09
Materials & supplies
175.78
803.87
Highway Department, Street Cleaning
Labor ... 39,381.04
Ordinary Maintenance:
Maintenance of equipment
3,531.16
All other
18.00
3,549.16
Equipment:
Street Sweeper
9,786.00
52,716.20
HIGHWAYS
Highway Maintenance
Personal Service:
Commissioner
4,446.51
Assistant to Commissioner
4,531.08
Clerks
6,375.60
15,353.19
Labor
108,720.07
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
524.15
Telephone
290.47
Tools, equipment & repairs
1,103.30
Trucks, maintenance and supplies
2,891.63
Broken, stone, brick, ce- ment
189.76
Lumber
590.77
Resurfacing materials
4,925.18
Weather reports
50.00
Oil & waste
83.45
Hardware & paint
653.60
Gasoline & motor oil
3,797.98
Medical examinations
320.00
Insurance
66.41
Rent of land and track
27.00
Signs
260.86
Fences
98.93
All other
65.35
15,938.84
Carried forward
140,012.10
1,049.11
69
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward 140,012.10
Equipment:
Truck
1,495.00
Typewriter
383.38
1,878.38
Special Item:
Relocating Edgestone .. 488.27
142,378.75
Sidewalks Maintenance
Labor
8,290.19
8,290.19
Snow Removal
Labor
3,607.75
Sand, cinders & salt
1,858.45
Tools, equipment & repairs
250.50
Gas & oil
287.27
Rental of trucks, plows, etc.
640.00
Repairs to trucks, plows, etc.
2,444.09
All other
9.00
9,097.06
Equipment:
7,615.00
16,712.06
Street Lighting
Ordinary Maintenance:
Electricity
116,038.81
Supplies
99.23
116,138.04
Special Item:
Christmas Lighting .. 2,633.92
118,771.96
Traffic Light Maintenance
Ordinary Maintenance:
Electricity
2,238.75
Supplies
2,917.80
Repairs
514.18
Signs
247.00
All other
63.31
5,981.04
Special Item:
Cable
853.70
6,834.74
Sandspreaders
70
ANNUAL REPORTS
Parking Meters
Personal Service:
Supervisor
778.79
Collectors
1,337.37
Repair Men
10,001.74
Ordinary Maintenance:
Tools
1,022.48
Repairs & parts for meters
2,152.47
Office supplies
282.19
Truck maintenance
257.48
Other supplies
640.37
Rent of equipment
315.00
All other
58.80
4,728.79
16,846.69
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Highway Buildings
Labor
25.54
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
828.07
Light
248.33
Repairs & materials
43.70
Insurance
245.90
1,366.00
1,391.54
Chapter 90-Highways
Labor
119.95
Resurfacing materials
80,923.93
Placing resurfacing mate- rials
2,515.36
Reconstruction section of
Broadway
26,217.71
Excavating, manholes, etc.
7,012.47
Traffic officers
1,843.75
Signs ..
487.00
Other materials
184.91
119,305.08
WELFARE
Welfare Miscellaneous
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,550.00
Agent
5,800.56
Clerks
8,988.72
Social Workers
17,756.43
City Physician
4,010.00
Carried forward
39,105.71
Expenses
Outlays
12,117.90
71
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward 39,105.71
Assistant to City Physician
5,674.78
Nurse
2,935.69
Dental & medical assistant
1,949.90
Surplus Commodities Workers
3,996.48
53,662.56
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
785.78
Carfares & auto allowance
1,953.94
Telephone
419.79
Truck hire
5,240.00
Maintenance office equip.
67.80
Outside Relief:
Cash payrolls
62,120.36
Board & care
3,986.50
Groceries & provisions
9,459.00
Dry goods & clothing
967.81
Medicine and medical at- tendance
7,928.03
Doctors' supplies
6,325.74
Somerville Hospital
15,804.25
State Institutions
20,502.06
Other Institutions
16,616.27
Laundry
140.15
Burials
750.00
Relief by Cities & Towns
34,610.97
Disbursements
72.70
All other
107.98
Surplus Commodity Charges
175.20
188,034.33
Equipment:
Filing Cabinet
104.50
241,801.39
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Surplus Commodities Store
Ordinary Maintenance:
Rent
720.00
Fuel & light
107.84
Telephone
83.73
911.57
Disability Assistance
Personal Service:
Social Workers
4,161.42
Clerk
1,042.86
5,204.28
Carried forward
5,204.28
72
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
5,204.28
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash pay roll
137,748.11
Carfares & auto allowance
172.00
Supplies, printing & postage
1,343.26
All other
83.14
139,346.51
Equipment:
Typewriters & stands
315.00
Adding Machine
289.20
Desks
340.00
Filing Cabinet
104.50
1,048.70
145,599.49
Federal Grant-Disability Assistance Administration
Social Workers
5,005.93
Clerk
1,270.80
6,276.73
Federal Grant-Disability Assistance
Cash pay rolls
41,939.14
41,939.14
Aid to Dependent Children
Personal Service:
Social workers
7,467.40
Clerks
3,268.59
10,735.99
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
1,159.93
Carfares & auto allowance
750.75
Cash pay rolls
256,978.19
Social Service Index
80.14
All other
109.30
259,078.31
Equipment:
Typewriters
310.00
Desks & chairs
456.00
766.00
270,580.30
Federal Grants-Aid to Dependent Children Administration
Social Workers
13,030.40
Clerks
5,324.83
18,355.23
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CITY AUDITOR
Federal Grant-Aid to Dependent Children
Cash pay rolls 189,278.71
189,278.71
Old Age Assistance
Personal Service:
Clerks
13,307.68
Social Workers
23,023.34
36,331.02
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
5,780.63
Carfares & auto allowance
1,222.00
Telephone
91.45
Maintenance of equipment
256.67
Social Service Index
374.00
All other
53.58
Outside Relief:
Assistance
970,708.99
Relief by Cities & Towns .. 51,857.18
1,030,344.50
Equipment:
Accounting machine
5,005.00
Filing cabinet
94.50
Typewriters & stands
863.70
Desks
1,360.00
7,323.20
1,073,998.72
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance Administration
Clerks
15,107.91
Social Workers
25,424.34
40,532.25
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance
Assistance
845,958.17
845,958.17
Welfare-City Home
Personal Service:
Superintendent & matron 4,850.00
Domestic Labor 18,480.83
Ordinary Maintenance:
Office supplies and news-
papers
57.65
Disbursements
155.65
Groceries & provisions
14,974.43
Carried forward
38,518.56
74
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
38,518.56
Bedding, dry goods and
clothing
540.11
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,711.88
Barbers' services
192.00
Household furnishings and supplies
550.74
Telephone
237.02
Power
224.01
All other
34.43
18,677.92
42,008.75
Public Buildings Department Maintenance City Home Buildings
Labor
761.76
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
2,830.94
Light & power
934.94
Heating & plumbing repairs
626.90
Electrical & building repairs
84.39
Hardware & materials
252.16
Furniture & furnishings
392.09
Exterminating
480.00
Insurance
146.12
5,747.54
6,509.30
VETERANS' SERVICES
Veterans' Services
Personal Service:
Agent
4,850.00
Clerks
8,015.57
Investigators
19,650.00
32,515.57
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
493.51
Carfares & auto allowance
1,920.00
All other
42.00
2,455.51
Equipment:
Typewriter
145.00
35,116.08
75
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Veterans' Benefits-Somerville
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
35,408.29
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,541.95
Hospital care
3,093.83
Groceries & provisions
1,209.50
Board & care
3,559.29
State
343.31
Cities & Towns
539.50
All other
16.45
45,712.12
Veterans' Benefits-State
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
35,441.30
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,542.02
Hospital care
2,990.32
Groceries & provisions
1,199.50
Board & care
3,559.32
State
343.31
Cities & Towns
539.50
All other
16.44
45,631.71
War Allowance
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
1,081.00
Medical care
495.05
Groceries
25.00
1,601.05
Soldiers' Burials
Ordinary Maintenance:
Burials-Somerville
569.27
Burials-State
664.28
1,233.55
Public Building Department Maintenance Veterans' Services Building
Ordinary Maintenance:
Rent
4,000.00
Light
177.84
Rent of water cooler
54.00
Janitors supplies
90.52
4,322.36
76
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Veterans' Grave Registration
Personal Service:
Graves Registration Officer
750.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Materials & supplies
150.78
Burial vaults
88.20
Digging graves
168.10
407.08
1,157.08
EDUCATION
School Contingent
Personal Service:
Superintendent
9,200.00
Assistant Superintendent
7,900.00
Clerks
48,549.42
Attendance officer
4,675.00
Other employees
396.45
70,720.87
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
2,158.93
Telephone
6,296.98
Auto allowance
1,440.00
All other
160.64
Textbooks and supplies:
Text & reference books ...
20,208.30
School supplies
23,865.53
Equipment & repairs
6,321.71
Manual training & supplies
10,703.94
Musical instruments and supplies
912.24
Binding
844.43
Other Expenses:
Diplomas and graduation expenses
855.23
Support of truants
104.00
Printing annual report
867.25
Disbursements
842.87
Catering
524.04
Swim periods
285.00
Athletics
4,372.95
Out of State Travel
270.09
81,034.13
Special Item:
Bus Service 13,091.00
164,846.00
77
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
School Department-Outside Tuition
Ordinary Maintenance:
City of Boston
3,017.02
Other Cities
3,386.50
6,403.52
School Teachers' Salaries
Personal Service:
Day Schools
2,356,131.54
Evening Schools
9,904.50
Americanization
5,839.52
Payment to Retirement
Military Service
4,000.00
2,375,875.56
School Department-Hot Lunch Project
Supervisor
813.05
Cooks
1,267.30
Helpers
1,828.50
Groceries
3,428.41
Telephone
43.35
Kitchen supplies
118.85
7,499.46
Hot Lunch Receipts-Elementary Schools
Supervisor
998.20
Cooks
1,654.16
Helpers
2,239.00
Groceries
3,306.79
Milk
20,506.21
Telephone
39.65
All other
47.61
28,791.62
Hot Lunch Receipts High and Junior High Schools
Salaries:
High School
8,415.69
Northeastern
3,299.55
Southern
1,283.45
Western
3,274.66
Groceries:
High School
39,466.86
Northeastern
15,637.39
Southern
8,166.19
Western
15,895.09
Kitchen & cafeteria supplies
942.94
Repairs to equipment
170.80
Carried forward 96,552.62
78
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
96,552.62
Surplus commodity charges
101.00
Telephone
242.88
Printing & office supplies
148.76
Exterminating
130.00
Services in cafeteria
1,600.10
Laundry
112.95
Freight & express charges
156.57
All other
53.47
99,098.35
Cafeteria and Hot Lunch High and Junior High
Salaries:
High
1,276.44
Northeastern
467.39
Southern
181.56
Western
455.38
2,380.77
High School Athletic Acccount
Transportation
413.50
Services at games
120.00
Equipment & repairs
2,874.43
Food
164.72
Tickets
3,201.00
Medical Services
558.86
Telephone
70.06
All other
97.43
School-Athletic Receipts
Transportation
1,424.70
Services at games
1,435.00
Insurance
33.54
Equipment & repairs
9,613.44
Printing & postage
102.38
Medical attention and sup- plies
853.60
Telephone
88.85
Registration fees
177.00
Rent of rink
230.00
Food ..
509.59
Supervision
100.00
Janitor's services
133.00
All other
289.28
14,990.38
Public Buildings Department Maintenance School Buildings Janitors' Salaries
Personal Service:
Janitors' Salaries 205,471.71
205,471.71
7,500.00
79
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Public Buildings Department Maintenance School Buildings Fuel and Light
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
71,406.71
Light
34,588.88
All other
15.00
106,010.59
Public Buildings Department Maintenance School Buildings Buildings and Grounds
Labor
109,447.14
Ordinary Maintenance:
Furniture & furnishings
2,404.57
Janitors' supplies
10,928.23
Laundry
1,937.23
Electrical & building repairs
7,922.40
Heating & plumbing repairs
9,802.38
Equipment & repairs
1,791.91
Glass, hardware & paint
29,503.04
Lumber
10,642.29
Night watch service
365.20
Flags & flag poles
128.82
Care of grounds
855.18
Truck maintenance
5,096.19
Power
2,424.10
Electric bulbs
944.09
Insurance
5,222.02
Carfare allowance
287.50
Exterminating
515.00
Medical Exams
245.00
All other
313.15
91,328.30
Special Items:
Oil burning equipment, Forster & Hodgkins
11,958.14
Temperature control- Northeastern
799.04
12,757.18
Equipment:
Refrigerator
985.00
Truck
3,000.00
3,985.00
217,517.62
Chapter 44-School and Municipal Bldgs.
Lumber 400.37 400.37
80
ANNUAL REPORTS
School Trust Funds
Smith-Hughes Fund:
Teachers' Salaries 2,328.33
Georg Barden Fund:
Teachers' Salaries 1,026.24
S. Newton Cutler Fund:
Books
171.75
3,526.32
LIBRARIES
Central and Branch Libraries
Personal Service:
Librarian
5,750.00
Assistants
108,548.97
114,298.97
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books
15,694.12
Periodicals
1,025.59
Music
729.97
Binding
715.17
Postage & office supplies
2,044.12
Printing & advertising
967.00
Telephone
1,415.91
Auto allowance
200.00
Express
811.88
Meetings, etc.
137.80
Repairs to equipment
225.61
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