Town annual reports of the several departments for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1875, Part 6

Author: Worcester (Mass.)
Publication date: 1875
Publisher: The City
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ART. 3. The Teacher shall labor to inspire the pupils with self-respect, and, to this end, shall insist on cleanliness of person; and shall strive to in- culcate principles of morality and justice.


ART. 4. The teacher shall assemble them every Sunday forenoon, and spend an hour with them in the reading and study of the New Testament, but shall strictly abstain from all sectarian comment.


ART. 5. Vacations of two weeks each, in the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, may be allowed at a time fixed by the Committee. And the regu- lar exercises of the school may be omitted on Saturdays.


ART. 6. It shall be the duty of the teacher to assemble and meet the pupils at other times than the hours of School, and especially on Saturdays and Sun- days, that she may acquaint herself with their character and needs, in order tbereby the better to effect their reform.


ART. 7. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to see that all regula- tions of the school are faithfully enforced.


GENERAL REGULATIONS


FOR THE


TRUANT SCHOOL.


ARTICLE 1. From the 1st of April to the 1st of October there shall be only one session of the Truant School each day, which shall invariably begin at 8 A. M., and close at 12. M. No boy shall be kept out of the school for any pur- pose whatever, except in cases of emergency in the busy farming season, and every such case shall be recorded as provided in Sec. 3, Article 1, and re- ported by the Superintendent at the next meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Poor. It shall also enter in the next quarterly report of the teacher. From the 1st of October to the 1st of April, there shall be two daily sessions of the school, from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 4 P. M. ; and on no account shall a boy be taken from the school during this season, except by permission previously obtained from the Mayor or some member of the Committee on the Truant School.


ART. 2. The use of tobacco, in any form, by the boys is prohibited, and both the Superintendent and Teacher are held responsible for the enforce- ment of this prohibition.


ART. 3. The teacher shall be employed and the salary fixed by the Com- mittee on the School, subject to the approval of the Board; but no teacher shall be engaged without previously passing a satisfactory examination, according to the laws of the Commonwealth and the rules of the School Committee of the City of Worcester.


ART. 4. Each pupil, whose deportment and scholarship have been satis- factory for one month, shall be entitled to some privilege or reward not otherwise granted; and continuous good-conduct shall be rewarded by a recommendation for pardon one month or more before the expiration of the sentence.


These regulations shall be made known to each boy when he enters the school.


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ART. 5. The rate of board per week to be charged by the Superintendent against the teacher and pupils of the truant school shall be fixed annually by the Overseers of the Poor at their regular meeting in January, but they may change it at any time they deem it necessary by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board. The price per hour of the services of the boys shall also be fixed at the same time and in the same manner, subject likewise to the same condition of change.


GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.


No. 310.


HOUSE DOCUMENT, -


Reported with the new Pauper Law of 1874.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 30, 1874.


The Committee on Public Charitable Institutions, to whom was recommit- ted the bill for the more efficient relief of the poor, have carefully reviewed the whole subject, and sought such additional information as seemed desira- ble.


They find that any scheme for the relief of the poor, or any radical change in the laws of settlement, is beset with great difficulties, and is likely to be productive of more harm than good to those whom it is sought to benefit. They believe that it is safe to make haste slowly, and to test by experience the effect of moderate changes. If these prove successful further legislation can readily be had in the direction they indicate.


We therefore report a bill, in a new draft, which we explain as follows, premising that the main object thereof, in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, is to make better provision for the unsettled poor :


First. It does not change existing settlements. Every settled person is to remain where he now belongs, until that settlement is defeated and a new one gained in the ordinary course of law.


Second. It does not interrupt or defeat any settlement in process of acqui- sition. This is to be completed, as before, under existing laws.


Third. It does not change the principles underlying the present laws, but merely adapts them to the exigencies of the present day, by shortening the time and lessening the number of taxes required for settlement.


Fourth. It gives all settled persons a fair and equal start, by allowing them to commence now to gain a new settlement under its provisions.


Fifth. It provides liberally for the unsettled by giving all a settlement who can show a continuous residence of five years and the payment of three taxes within that time, whether the residence and taxation be wholly before, or wholly after, or partly before and partly after its enactment.


Sixth. It relieves the most pressing claim brought to the attention of the legislature, by giving women a settlement of five years' residence, providing within that time they have been neither paupers nor criminals.


And finally, it exempts from its benefits the present state pauper inmates of the public institutions-to the end that no injustice may be done to any city or town.


It will be seen that the bill bears alike upon all the municipalities, by main- taining, as nearly as possible, the same proportion of residence and taxation as at present, and that the provisions of its third section obviate the danger of confusion, and the objections that would arise as between the towns on account of any sudden change.


The Committee deem it proper to add that the bill as reported has the unanimous sanction of the Board of State Charities, who agree that no fur- ther change is at present desirable.


For the Committee,


L. J. COLE.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four. AN ACT


For the more efficient Relief of the Poor.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :


SECT. 1. Any person of the age of twenty-one years, who resides in any place within this State for five years together, and pays all state, county, city or town taxes duly assessed on his poll or estate for any three years within that time, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place.


SECT. 2. Any woman of the age of twenty-one years, who resides in any place within this state for five years together, without receiving relief as a pauper, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place. The first section of the three hundred and ninety-second chapter of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy is hereby repealed.


SECT. 3. No existing settlement shall be changed by any provision of this act, unless the entire residence and taxation herein required shall have ac- crued after its passage ; but any unsettled person shall gain a settlement upon the completion of the residence and taxation herein required, though the whole or a part of the same may have accrued before the passage of this act.


SECT. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any person who at the date of its passage shall be an inmate of either of the state lunatic hos- pitals, the asylum for insane and the state almshouse at Tewksbury, the state workhouse, or the state primary school, until such person shall have been duly discharged from said institution. [Approved, May 28, 1874.]


OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE NEW PAUPER LAW OF 1874.


The Board of State Charities asked the Attorney General of the Common- wealth for an interpretation of the first clause of the second section of this law. His response was as follows :


ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BOSTON, September 19, 1874.


To the Board of State Charities :


Prior to Acts of 1870, chapter 392, an unmarried woman could obtain a set- tlement only under the provisions of the General Statutes, chapter 69. By


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the Act of 1870, "any unmarried woman" obtained a settlement by a residence of ten years together, in any place, under certain conditions. By chapter 274, section 2, of the Acts of 1874, section 1 of chapter 392, Acts of 1870, is repealed, and a new provision substituted. The substitute changes the law of 1870 in three particulars; the effect of one only is material for me to consider under the question submitted by your Board for my opinion. In the Act of 1874, the word "unmarried" is omitted. The plain and obvious intention of the Legislature by this change of the law, is to so arrange the law of settle- ment as that women shall have the same rights irrespective of any condition of marriage. The language of the Act, taken in connection with the Act re- pealed, does not allow of any other construction, and the intention of the Legislature, if it can be ascertained, is to govern. In the present instance, the omission of the word "unmarried," and the use of the word "woman" only, makes it appear manifestly to have been the intention of the Legislature to use the word "woman" in the Act, so as not to be affected or modified by the condition of marriage; and in my opinion, no other construction can be given the act. The intention of the Legislature being manifest, no considera- tion of presumption can arise.


Yours very respectfully,


CHARLES R. TRAIN.


CLARK JILLSON, Mayor. W. A. WASHBURN, City Marshal. ALBERT P. MARBLE, Supt. of Schools.


GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.


GEORGE GEER.


CALVIN L. HARTSHORN.


JAMES DRAPER. EDWARD KENDALL. JOHN J. O'GORMAN.


Overseers of the Poor of the City of Worcester for 1875.


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REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON THE TRUANT SCHOOL.


Gentlemen of the City Council :-


THE Committee on the Truant School respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Nov. 30, 1875.


The laws under which this school was established, and the Rules and Regulations governing it may be found in the report of your Committee for the year 1872; and the observations of that report on the practical aims and workings of the school still hold good. Truancy from school, and idleness among boys in a city, are the fruitful parents of crime. What is expended in prevent- ing this evil will save many times the amount in punishing criminals a few years later. There can be no reasonable doubt that the Truant Officers and this school-by both its direct and its indirect influence-do as much, or more, for the public peace as ten policemen and a jail. It must be borne in mind that of thousands who are caught playing truant only tens go on far enough in the downward course to reach a conviction and sen- tence to this reformatory school. The influence of the school is therefore not confined to the tens ; it reaches each one of the thousands.


It is sad to notice that parents themselves are chiefly at fault when children go astray. In nearly every instance a little judi- cious care from the parents would prevent the evil with which this school has to deal. In some cases the parents themselves are morally delinquent; in other cases they are merely weak.


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TRUANT SCHOOL.


The long history of a boy in school before he reaches the Truant School always shows numerous points at which parental authority could easily have arrested the progress in evil. In some cases the defence of a child from some fancied grievance in school has opened the way, which lands the child in this school.


The object of this school is purely reformatory. No disgrace attaches to it, as to a prison. Every boy who graduates here may be proud of his school if only he has reaped the full benefit it is designed to give and has been made studious and industrious. A majority of those who leave here, it is believed, show this character ; and no good teacher who receives one of them back into school will turn the cold shoulder to him or look upon him with any suspicion. He will rather be treated like the lost sheep found.


To show how necessary such a school is-and when it is smallest then it is strongest, having best accomplished its preven- tive mission-the following statistics are introduced :-


WORK OF THE TRUANT OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR.


Number of cases reported by teachers 2,775


Number returned to school 1,160


Out with good excuse 1,615


Taken to school from street . 124


Visits to buildings 2,276


Sent to Truant School 14


Runaways returned . 6


Found and returned to parents 4


Boys arrested for disturbing school


4


Arrested for larceny


3


Besides this, these officers have visited the manufacturing establishments in the city where children are employed, and found :-


Children under 15 years of age . 116


Of these, were sent to school 81


Not in school for one year previous 14


Not in school for eighteen months previous


3


Not in school for two years previous 2


The number of pupils in the school 13, or, double the number last year. This is doubtless owing partly to the depression in


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business. Several applications have been made from other towns to allow their truants to be sentenced to this school ; these were were refused, because there is no room for more than may be sent from our own city.


For this school a separate appropriation has always been made till the year just closed. There was a balance left from the previous year ; a transfer had to be made from a department of the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor. This school, though located at the City Farm, is no part of the pauper establishment, and should not be chargeable to it. We recom- mend for the present year an appropriation for the expenses of this school of $2,500.


The yearly financial statement is as follows :-


RESOURCES.


Unexpended balance, 1874 $1,406 79


Appropriation, 1875 . 500 00


Transfer from City Relief .


400 00


Total


$2,306 79


EXPENDITURES.


Board of pupils and teacher


$1,428 17


Clothing and other expenses


356 03


Teaching and supervision .


500 00


Gross expense $2,284 20


Value of boys' labor on the farm


58 00


Net cost $2,226 20


Unexpended balance


80 59


$2,306 79


Property of the school


$380 25


All which is most respectfully submitted.


A. P. MARBLE, Sup't of Schools. W. ANSEL WASHBURN, City Marshal, JAMES DRAPER, Chairman Com. on Farm,


Committee on the Truant School.


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.


To the City Council of the City of Worcester:


GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with the ordinance relating thereto, I herewith respectfully submit my Report as City Physician for the year 1875.


Owing to causes consequent upon general business depression, necessary idleness, and the evils resulting, the number of calls for my services has been large, although there has been no serious epidemic.


There has been one case of small-pox. After conference with the Board of Health, the patient, with his family of wife and one child, was removed, within a few hours, to the Small-Pox Hospital. The other inmates of the house were vaccinated, and the usual hygienic measures resorted to. The patient recovered, and no further cases followed. The disease was evidently imported from Montreal, where, a fortnight before, the patient had superintended the burial of a brother dead of small-pox.


At the Alms-House there has been little acute disease. Some of the oldest residents have died of chronic complaints.


During the year, the regular office hours for the vaccination of school children have been held twice weekly, at the office of the Superintendent of Schools.


The number of professional visits made has been six hundred and sixty-three (663). Of these, forty-one (41) were at the Alms- House, fourteen (14) at the Police Office. Ten (10) were cases of accouchement. Eighty three (83) office consultations have been given.


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At the Alms-House and elsewhere there have been fifteen (15) deaths under my care as City Physician, as follows :-


Feb. 9, Julia Clifford,


aged 75 years, Heart Disease.


Feb. 21, Mary Matthews,


35


Consumption.


Mar. 24, Joseph G. Ware,


42


Suicide.


Mar. 24, Reuben Titus,


62


Paralysis.


Mar. 31, Michael Britt,


66


3


Tubercular Meningitis.


April 4, Samuel Willard,


75


Heart Disease.


May 20, William Griffin,


May 22, Philip Whalen,


22


Scarlet Fever.


May 26, Margaret Sullivan,


19


Consumption.


July 31, Bridget O'Brien,


66


1


Cholera Infantum.


Aug. 7, Mrs. Hines,


47


Cancer.


Sept. 8, Lucy Barber,


66


57


Consumption.


Nov. 13, Albert Parker,


66


44


Typhoid Fever.


Dec. 11, Morris Flynn,


66


25


Pneumonia.


40


Consumption.


May 24, John Barry,


15


66


The City Hospital has been a great blessing to many destitute and friendless patients, though it has too often happened that applications for admission have been necessarily refused for lack of room, and I find cause for congratulation, therefore, in the additions now being made there.


My thanks are publicly due Dr. Ball and Dr. Peabody, for friendly assistance rendered me in the duties of my office during my recent illness.


Respectfully submitted.


LEONARD WHEELER,


City Physician.


REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.


WORCESTER, MASS., JAN. 3, 1876.


To the Honorable City Council :-


GENTLEMEN : I herewith present the Annual Account of Receipts and Payments in the Treasury Department, for the year ending November 30, 1875, from which it appears that the Cash in the Treasury, Dec. 1, 1874, was $444,635 94 1,942,753 70 Received during the year,


Total,


$2,387,389 64


Paid during the year,


2,112,342 73


Balance, being the Cash in the Treasury, November


30, 1875,


From which deduct unpaid drafts,


$275.046 91 62,951 65


Leaving a balance, as per Auditor's Statement, of $212,095 26


The several items comprised in above amounts, unpaid drafts excepted, appear in the accompanying account current.


I also present the following statement, showing the par value of the several Trust Funds, in my charge, Nov. 30, 1875, viz :


GREEN LIBRARY FUND.


Invested,


Cash on deposit, Book Account,


$35,724 23 2,022 56


$37,746 79


JAQUES HOSPITAL FUND.


Invested,


HOPE CEMETERY FUND.


Invested,


$3,500 00 1,073 27


$4,573 27


BULLOCK HIGH SCHOOL FUND.


Invested,


$1,239 51


Invested,


$1,165 85


Total,


$61,733 27


Respectfully submitted,


WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer.


$17,007 85


Cash on deposit,


DAVIS HOSPITAL FUND.


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Dr. CITY OF WORCESTER, in account current from Dec. 1, 1874, to


To authorized payments charged to City Accounts, as follows :


NO.


1. Abatements and Discount,


$52,167 32


2. Armory,


16,504 92


3. City Hall, 5,251 29


4. City Hospital,


8,720 77


5. Collector's Sales, " Surplus Acc't,"


5 33


6. Committee on Reduction City Debt,


7. Elm Park,


52,044 26 338 40


8. Fire Department,


48,509 81


9. Free Public Library,


14,573 24


10. Highway Department,


66,369 64


11. Incideutal Expenses,


42,095 43


12. Interest,


141,833 66


13. on Sewer Loall,


21,774 00


14. 66


" Water Loan,


33,541 00


15. Lighting Streets,


28,171 42


16. Loans, Funded City,


6,000 00


17. 66


Sewer,


20,000 00


18. 66 66 Water,


133,800 00


19.


66 Temporary,


877,324 26


20. Pauper Department, " City Relief,"


12,540 59


21. 66


" Farm,"


15,377 07


22. 66


" Truant School,"


2,252 28


23. Police Department,


51,216 87


24. Real Estate, "Lien Acc't,"


2,153 60


25. Salaries,


22,891 64


26. School Department,


152,932 20


27. School Houses,


24 04


28. Sewer Assessment, old acc't,


26 52


29. Sewers, "Construction Acc't,"


16,878 06


30. " Maintenance Acc't,"


10,185 13


31. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,


4,173 33


32. State Aid,


12,889 25


33. Street Construction,


32,741 89


34. Taxes, 1874, County,


25,152 28


35. 66 Nat'l Bank, " State Acc't,"


26,331 83


36. State,


51,020 00


37. 66 1875, County,


20,960 23


38. Water, Construction,


54,577 49


39. 66 Maintenance,


25,993 68


$2,112,342 73


Balance, Cash in Treasury, Nov. 30, 1875,


275,046 91


$2,387,389 64


ยท


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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.


Nov. 30, 1875, with WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer. Cr.


By cash received and credited to City Accounts, as follows :


NO.


1. Bills Receivable,


$19,000 00


2. City Hall,


1,501 00


3. " Hospital,


861 74


4. Collector's Sales, "Surplus Acc't,"


4 36


5. Committee on Reduction of City Debt,


53,393 92


6. Fire Department,


2,169 71


7. Free Public Library,


3,019 53


8. Highway Department,


18,105 76


9. Incidental Expenses,


37,667 61


10. Interest,


17,989 19


11. Lighting Streets,


50 40


12. Loans, Temporary,


642,044 26


13. Pauper Department, "City Relief,"


3,329 59


14. 66 6


" Farm,"


5,880 77


15. Police Department,


8,274 63


17. " Sales,"


36 00


18. School Department,


717 36


19. Sewer. Assessment, " Old Acc't,"


42,188 53


20.


66 "New Acc't,"


34,656 42


21. Sewers, "Construction,"


17,287 19


22. " Maintenance," 66


22 85


23. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,


262 75


24. State Aid,


12,604 99


25. Street Construction,


17,486 72


26. Taxes, 1872,


19 48


27


1873,


580 46


28. 66 1874, " Corporation,"


46,744 74


29. 66 Nat'l Bank, " State Acc't,"


7,095 12


30. . 66


28,824 99


31. 66 1875,


821,741 57


32. Water Works, " Construction Acc't,"


18,543 98


33.


" Maintenance Acc't,"


79,046 42


Cash in Treasury, December 1, 1874,


$1,942,753 70 444,635 94


$2,387,389 64


WM. S. BARTON,


City Treasurer.


WORCESTER, MASS., January 3, 1876.


.


13


16. Real Estate, " Lien Acc't,"


1,601 56


MAYOR'S DRAFTS AND TREASURER'S PAYMENTS COMPARED.


The column of Differences, November 30, 1875, in the following Statement, shows the amount drawn for and charged to City Accounts in the Auditor's office, but not paid by the City Treasurer at that date.


NO.


ACCOUNT.


Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1874.


Mayor's Drafts.


TOTAL.


Treasurer's Payments.


Diff 'nces, Nov. 30, 1875.


1.


Abatements and Discount.


$ 52,167 32


$52,167 32


$ 52,167 32


2.


Armory


$2,504 92


14,000 00


16,504 92


16,504 92


3.


City Hall.


514 85


5,149 87


5,664 72


5,251 29


$413 43


4.


City Hospital


852 30


8,725 29


9,577 59


8,720


856 82


5.


Collector's Sale, (Surplus Account),


5 33


5 33


5 33


6.


Committee on Reduct'n City Debt,.


52,044 26


52,044 26


52,044 26


7. Elm Park


97 00


241 40


338 40


338 40


8.


Fire Department.


11,829 45


49,191 11


61,020 56


48,509 81


12,510 75


9.


Free Public Library


1,035 77


15,190 85


16,226 62


14,573 24


1,653 38


10.


Highway Department.


8,544 41


63,776 81


72,321 22


66,369 64


5,951 58


11.


Incidental Expenses.


559 98


43,307 00


43,866 98


42,095 43


1,771 55


12.


Interest


141,833 66


141,833 66


141,833 66


13.


Interest on Funded Sewer Loan.


21,774 00


21,774 00


21,774 00


14.


Interest on Funded Water Loan


33,541 00


33,541 00


33,541 00


15.


Lighting Streets.


2,852 16


28,269 65


31,121 81


28,171 42


2,950 39


16.


Loans, Funded City


6,000 00


6,000 00


6,000 00


17.


Loans, Funded Sewer


20,000 00


20,000 00


20,000 00


18.


Loans, Funded Water


133,800 00


133,800 00


133,800 00


19.


Loans, Temporary ...


877,324 26


877,324 26


877,324 26


20.


Pauper Department, (City Relief) ..


789


12,315 24


13,104 24


12,540 59


563 65


21.


Pauper Department, (Farm).


1,455 37


15,125 14


16,580 51


15,377 07


1,203 44


22.


Pauper Depart'nt, (Truant School) ..


81 71


2,226 20


2,307 91


2,252 28


55 63


23.


Police Department.


4,291 68


54,426 39


58,718 07


54,216 87


4,501 20


24.


Real Estate, Lien Account.


2,153 60


2,153 60


2,153,60


25.


Salaries


1,869 41


22,849 59


24,719 00


22,891 64


1,827 36


School Department.


13,345 87


153,210 57


166,556 44


152,932 20


13,624 24


26. 27.


School Houses


1,601 24


1,601 24


24 04


1,577 20


28.


Sewer Assessment, (Old Acc't)


26 52


26 52


26 52


29.


Sewers, (Construction)


783 50


23,720 96


24,504 46


16,878 06


7,626 40


30.


Sewers, (Maintenance)


913 41


10'502 01


11,415 42


10,185 13


1,230 29


31.


Shade Trees and Public Grounds


279 32


4,265 03


4,544 35


4,173 33


371 02


32.


State Aid.


12,389 25


12,889 25


12,889 25


Street Construction.


1,339 10


32,869 34


34,208 44


32,741 89


1,466 55


33. 34.


Taxes, 1874, County


25,152 28


25,152 28


25,152 28


35.


Taxes, Nat'l Bank, (State Acc't) ..


26,331 83


26,331 83


26,331 83


36.


Taxes, 1874, State.


51,020 00


51,020 00


51,020 00


37.


Taxes, 1875, County.


20,960 23


20,960 23


20,960 23


38.


Water Works, Construction


4,675 75


51,253 09


55,908 84


54,577 49


1,331 35


39.


Water Works, Maintenance,


1,138 12


26,320 98


27,459 10


25,993 68


1,465 42


$ 59,573 08 $2,115,541 30 $2,175,294 38: $ 2,112,342 73 $ 62,951 65


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


CITY OF WORCESTER,


AUDITOR'S OFFICE, JANUARY 1, 1876.


To the Honorable City Council :


GENTLEMEN :- In conformity with the requirements of Section 16 of the "Ordinance relating to Finance and establishing Sink- ing Funds," the undersigned presents herewith, his Annual Report of the Receipts, and Expenses of the City of Worcester, exhibiting the same as classified in the several Department Accounts, in connection with the Appropriations for the financial year, ending November 30, 1875, and showing the Balances unexpended at that date, the Liabilities and Cash Assets then existing, and a Schedule of the City Property.


Respectfully submitted.


HENRY GRIFFIN,


Auditor.


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