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SEC. 17. As many engine, hose, and hook and ladder companies shall from time to time be formed by the Mayor and Aldermen as they shall deem expe- dient ; and each company shall consist of as many officers and members as shall be thus appointed and duly qualified according to the provisions of this ordinance; and vacancies in the department may be filled at any time by the Mayor and Aldermen; and each company shall meet for general business on the first Monday of each month.
SEC. 18. Every company using a hand engine, shall have a first, second and third Foreman, and a Clerk; those using a hose carriage or hook and ladder carriage shall have a first and second Foreman, and a Clerk; those using a steamer shall have a first and second Foreman, Clerk, Engineer and an Assistant Engineer. These officers shall be chosen by ballot by their respective companies, together with such other officers as may be necessary, at meetings specially held for that purpose in the month of December, annually, and the Chief Engineer, or some member of the Board of Engineers, to be designated by the Chief Engineer, shall preside at all meetings for tlie election of officers.
SEC. 19. Every officer and every member of the Fire Department shall sign the following agreement, to be deposited with the Board of Engineers : " I, A. B., having been appointed as a member of the Worcester Fire Department, do hereby agree to abide by all the ordinances of the City Council, and the rules and regulations of the Mayor and Aldermen and of the Board of Engineers relating thereto." And any officer or member who shall neglect or refuse to sign the same shall not be qualified as a member of the Department.
SEC. 20. Whenever any person shall have been elected to any office, as aforesaid, he shall perform all the duties thereof for the year for which he was chosen and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless discharged therefrom, either by death, resignation or otherwise.
SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the foremen to see that the several engines
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and other apparatus intrusted to their care, and the several buildings in which the same may be deposited, and all things in or belonging to the same, are kept neat, clean, and in order for immediate use; to preserve order and disci- pline at all times in their respective companies and houses, and require and enforce a strict compliance with the city ordinances, the rules and regulations of the Department, and the orders of the Engineers.
SEC. 22. The Clerks of the several companies, before entering upon their duties, shall be sworn to the faithful performance thereof. They shall make quarterly returns to the Chief Engineer of all absences of the members of their respective companies from fires, or fire alarms, or from meetings for the choice of officers, and, if it shall appear that any member has failed to perform his duties satisfactorily to the Board of Engineers, no compensation shall be allowed him for such length of time as he may have been delinquent; and if any Clerk shall make a false report, he shall be expelled from the Department, and any pay that may be due him at the time shall be forfeited to the city. They shall also keep, or cause to be kept, by the Clerk of their respective com- panies, fair and exact rolls specifying the time of admission and discharge of each member, with their age and residence, and accounts of all the city prop- erty intrusted to the care of the several members, in a book provided for that purpose by the city, which rolls or record books shall always be subject to the order of the Board of Engineers, the Mayor and Aldermen, or the Com- mittee on the Fire Department. They shall also make or cause to be made to the Chief Engineer, true and accurate returns of all the members and the ap- paratus intrusted to their care, whenever called upon so to do. They shall have the care and custody of all books, records, papers and documents be- longing to the Company, and shall record all the doings of the Company in a book to be furnished by the city; and they shall deliver said books, records, papers and documents to their successors in office.
SEC. 23. For every absence or tardiness at any roll call there shall be deducted from the pay of the absent or tardy officer or member the sum of twenty-five cents, and at an alarm of fire, one dollar, which amount so de- ducted shall be paid to meet the incidental expenses of the Company. And if any officer or member shall have been absent or tardy at more than one-third of the fires, or alarms of fire occurring during the year, if more than five, except in case of sickness, such absence or tardiness shall be considered good cause for his discharge from the Department.
SEC. 24. Any officer or member of the Fire Department who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform his duty, or shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or disobedience to his superiors in office, shall for such offence, besides being subjected to the penalty hereinafter provided, be dismissed from the Depart- ment ; and any officer or member of the Fire Department may, at any time be removed or dismissed from the Department, or deposed from any office that he may hold therein by the Mayor.
SEC. 25. In all cases of removal from office, or from the Department by the Mayor, the name of the person removed, with a statement of the reasons therefor, shall be transmitted to the Board of Aldermen at their next regular meeting, and no officer who may have been dismissed or removed from the
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Fire Department, shall be reinstated therein, unless by a two-thirds vote of the Aldermen.
SEC. 26. It shall be the duty of the officers and members of the several engine, hose and hook and ladder companies, whenever a fire shall break out in the city, to repair forthwith to their respective engines, hose, hook and ladder carriages, and other apparatus, and to convey them, in as orderly a manner as may be, to or near the place where the fire may be, and, in con- formity with the direction of the Chief or other Engineers, to exert themselves in the most orderly manner possible, in working and managing the said engines, hose, and hooks and ladders, and other apparatus ; and in performing any duty that they may be called on to do by any Engineer; and, upon per- mission of the Chief or other Engineers, shall, in an orderly and quiet man- ner, return the said apparatus to their respective places of deposit. Provided, in the absence of all the Engineers, such direction and permission may be given by their respective Foremen.
SEC. 27. No company shall draw water from the reservoirs, except in case of fire, unless by special permission of the Chief Engineer, nor shall any engine, hose, or hook and ladder be taken to a fire out of the city, without permission of an engineer; nor shall any apparatus of the Fire Department be taken from the city, other than to a fire, without permission from the Mayor and Aldermen. 1
SEC. 28. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed or act as a member of the Fire Department; nor shall any person be so employed or so act unless he is a citizen of the United States.
SEC. 29. There shall be paid to each member of the Department, such sum, in semi-annual payments, as the City Council may from time to time deter- mine; and any member of the Fire Department who shall perform the duties for a less term than one year, shall be paid pro rata, for the number of months he may have been in service ; but no compensation shall be allowed for a less term of service than three months.
SEC. 30. The members of the several companies shall not assemble in the houses intrusted to their care on the Sabbath, except for the purpose of taking the engine or apparatus, on an alarm of fire, and of returning the same to the house, and taking the necessary care of said apparatus after its return, and any member violating this regulation herein made, shall be liable to be discharged from the Department by the Mayor and Aldermen. This regula- tion shall not apply to the officers and stewards of the several companies.
SEC. 31. No person shall bring into, or suffer to remain in, any building occupied by any Company in the Fire Department, any cards, dice or other articles used for gaming, nor shall any intoxicating liquor be kept or used therein, and no person not a member of the Fire Department shall frequent the house of any fire company; nor shall any person under the age of eighteen years run with any such company.
SEC. 32. No person shall insult, menace, hinder, obstruct, oppose or give on order to an Engineer or fireman while on duty, nor shall any person presume to act as a member of any company belonging to the Fire Department of the City of Worcester, until he has been duly appointed and qualified.
SEC. 33. No fire engine, hook and ladder truck, or hose carriage shall, in
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going to or returning from any fire, or at any other time, be run, driven, wheeled, drawn or placed on any sidewalk, except by the special order of the Chief Engineer, or of an Assistant Engineer.
SEC. 34. In case of an alarm of fire the several bells of the city shall be rung or tolled and the whistles sounded under such rules and regulations as the Board of Engineers shall from time to time prescribe, and no person shall knowingly give a false alarm of fire, or knowingly proclaim that any fire is extinguished or out when it is not.
SEC. 35. No person shall keep or suffer to be kept in any building or tene- ment occupied by him within the limits of said city any friction match, or matches, unless the same be kept enclosed and well secured, in a box or ves- sel of iron, or some other incombustible material.
SEC. 36. No person shall keep ashes in any vessel made of wood; nor shall any person set on fire any straw, shavings, or other combustible materi- als, in any street, lane, alley, or other place in said city, except between sun- rise and sunset.
SEC. 37. No person shall carry fire in or through any street, highway, lane, alley, or public place in said city, except in some covered, secure vessel; nor shall any person have in his possession in any rope-walk, barn or stable in said city, any fire, lighted pipe or segar, nor lighted candle or lamp, except such candle or lamp is kept in a secure lantern.
SEC. 38. No person shall carry into, or use in any barn, stable, hay-loft or other place in said city in which hay or straw is kept or used, any lighted candle, or lamp, not inclosed in a lantern, nor any lighted pipe or segar.
SEC. 39. No person shall leave any shavings, straw or other combustible matter, in any highway, street, lane, or other public place, or in any other situation in said city, exposed to fire.
SEC. 40. The tenant of each and every workshop in said city, shall, at least once in six days, cause all shavings in such shop to be removed therefrom to some suitable or safe place.
SEC. 41. The municipal year of the Fire Department shall begin on the first Monday in January annually at 6 o'clock P. M.
SEC. 42. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay to the use of the city of Worcester a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
SEC. 43. The nineteenth chapter of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Worcester is hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not affect any act done, or the tenure of office of any person holding office at the time it takes effect.
SEC. 44. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage.
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
CITY OF WORCESTER,
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, JANUARY 1, 1877.
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, 1876, 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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Receipts.
The Receipts for the year ending November 30, 1876, are shown in the aggregates, as credited in the following accounts :-
No. of Acc't.
1. City Hall,
$1,113 24
2. City Hospital, 1,937 06
3. Collector's Sales, Surplus Account, 2,648 21
4. Fire Department,
934 89
5. Free Public Library,
3,150 12
6. Highway Department,
20,481 82
7. Incidental Expenses,
37,343 08
8. Interest,
20,462 50
9. Lighting Streets,
19 90
10. Loans, Temporary,
600,000 00
11. Pauper Department, City Relief,
3,260 99
12. Pauper Department, Farm,
4,711 27
13. Police Department,
6,412 78
14. Real Estate, Lien Account,
1,857 99
15. Real Estate Sales, Surplus Account,
2,013 57
16. School Department,
1,442 28
17. Sewer Assessment, Old Account,
36,916 79
18. Sewer Assessment, New Account,
11,618 76
19. Sewers, Construction,
2,985 10
20. Sewers, Maintenance,
238 23
21. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
12 45
22. Sidewalk Assessment,
4,414 74
23. Sinking Fund, General,
197,400 00
24. State Aid,
26,117 07
25. Street Betterments,
7,747 05
26. Street Construction,
135 00
27. Taxes, 1872,
19 40
28. Taxes, 1873,
162 08
29. Taxes, 1874,
972 00
30. Taxes, 1875,
44,804 44
31. Taxes, 1875, Corporation,
44,061 23
32. Taxes, 1875, Nat'l Bank, State Acc't,
6,769 41
33. Taxes, 1876,
723,297 79
34. Taxes, 1876, Corporation,
34,653 70
35. Taxes, 1876, Nat'l Bank, State Acc't,
6,228 42
36. Water Works, Construction,
17,556 72
37. Water Works, Maintenance, 73,243 85
Total Receipts,
$1,947,143 93
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Expenses.
The Claims for the year ending November 30, 1876, as approved and drawn for in the Auditor's Office, are shown in the aggregates, as charged to the following accounts :-
No. of Acc't.
1. Abatements and Discount,
$44,877 99
2. City Hall,
3,992 67
3. City Hospital, 12,690 90
4. Collector's Sales, Surplus Account,
2,276 00
5. Fire Department,
40,741 94
6. Free Public Library,
14,147 52
7. Highway Department,
78,805 34
8. Incidental Expenses,
24,673 22
9. Interest,
121,136 90
10. Interest on Sewer Loan,
21,114 00
11. Interest on Water Loan,
25,513 00
12. Lighting Streets,
26,954 05
13. Loans, Funded City,
8,000 00
14. Loans, Funded Water,
79,400 00
15. Loans, Temporary,
610,000 00
16. Pauper Department, City Relief,
14,936 01
17. Pauper Department, Farm,
16,220 78
18. Pauper Department, Truant School,
2,512 80
19. Police Department,
51,239 33
20. Real Estate, Lien Account,
1,657 70
Real Estate Sales, Surplus Account,
2,013 57
21. 22. Salaries,
22,641 47
23. School Department,
149,593 01
24. School Houses,
2,208 90
25. Sewer Assessment, Old Account,
83 19
26. Sewers, Construction,
31,959 03
27. Sewers, Maintenance,
7,612 92
28. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
3,005 65
29. Sidewalk Assessment,
4,414 74
30. Sinking Fund, General,
242,540 96
31. Sinking Fund, 1876, Water,
1,500 00
32. State Aid,
13,093 75
33. Street Construction,
18,306 08
34. Taxes, 1875, County,
20,960 23
35. Taxes, 1875, Nat'l Bank, State Acc't,
26,558 46
36. Taxes, 1875, State,
51,020 00
37. Taxes, 1876, County,
17,285 08
38. Taxes, 1876, Nat'l Bank, State Acc't,
22,683 12
39. Taxes, 1876, State,
51,318 00
40. Water Works, Construction,
150,217 89
41. Water Works, Maintenance,
15,815 91
Total,
$2,055,722 11
MAYOR'S DRAFTS AND TREASURER'S PAYMENTS COMPARED.
The Column of Differences, November 30, 1876, 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, 1875.
Mayor's Drafts.
TOTAL.
Treasurer's Payments.
Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1876.
1.
Abatements and Discount.
$ 44,877 99
$ 44,877 99
$ 44,877 99
2. 3.
City Hospital .
856 82
12,690 90
13,547 72
12,758 15
789 57
4.
Collector's Sales, Surplus Acc't ...
2,276 00
2,276 00
2,276 00
5.
Fire Department.
12,510 75
40,741 94
53,252 69
42,327 81
10,924 88
6.
Free Public Library
1,653 38
14,147 52
15,800 90
14,672 92
1,127 98
7.
Highway Department.
5,951 58
78,805 34
84,756 92
79,464 60
5,292 32
8.
Incidental Expenses
1,771 55
24,673 22
26,444 77
26,050 54
414 23
9.
Interest.
121,136 90
121,136 90
121,136 90
10.
Interest on Sewer Loan
21,114 00
21,114 00
21,114 00
11.
Interest on Water Loan
25,513 00
25,513 00
25,513 00
12.
Lighting Streets.
2,950 39
26,954 05
29,904 44
27,708 80 .
2,195 64
13. 14. 15. 16.
Loans, Funded Water.
79,400 00
79,400 00
79,400 00
Loans, Temporary
610,000 00
610,000 00
610,000 00
Pauper Department, City Relief ..
563 65
14,936 01
15,499 66
14,816 85
682 81
17.
Pauper Department, Farm ..
1,203 44
16,220 78
17,424 22
16,252 84
1,171 38
18.
Pauper Departm't, Truant School.
55 63
2,512 80
2,568 43
2,451 91
116 52
19.
Police Department.
4,501 20
51,239 33
55.740 53
51,627 01
4,113 52
20. 21.
Real Estate Sales, Surplus Acc't ..
2,013 57
2,013 57
2,013 57
23. 24. 25.
Sewer Assessment, Old Account ..
83 19
83 19
. 83 19
26.
Sewers, Construction
7,626 40
31,959 03
39,585 43
37.867 51
1,717 92
27.
Sewers, Maintenance.
1,230 29
7,612 92
8,843 21
8,355 87
487 34
28.
Shade Trees and Public Grounds .
371 02
3,005 65
3,376 67
3,257 05
119 62
29.
Sidewalk Assessment.
4,414 74
4,414 74
4,414 74
30.
Sinking Fund, General.
242,540 96
242,540 96
242,540 96
31.
Sinking Fund, 1876, Water
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
32.
State Aid
13,093 75
13,093 75
13,093 75
33.
Street Construction
1,466 55
18,306 08
19,772 63
19,762 63
10 00
84.
Taxes, 1875, County
[20,960 23
20,960 23
20,960 23
35.
Taxes, 1875, Nat'l B'k, State Acc't.
26,558 46
26,558 46
26,558 46
36.
Taxes, 1875, State.
51,020 00
51,020 00
51,020 00
37.
Taxes, 1876, County
17,285 08
17,285 08
17,285 08
38.
Taxes, 1876, Nat'l B'k, State Acc't.
22,683 12
22,683 12
22,683 12
39.
Taxes, 1876, State.
51,318 00
51,318 00
51,318 00
40.
Water Works, Construction.
1,331 35
150,217 89
151,549 24
139,191 53
12,357 71
41.
Water Works, Maintenance
1,465 42
15,815 91
17,281 33
16,303 51
977 82
$ 62,951 65
$2,055,722 11
$2,118,673 76
$2.057,427 20
$ 61.246 56
22.
Salaries
1,827 36
22,641 47
24,468 33
22,647 08
1,821 75
School Department
13,624 24
149,593 01
163,217 25
146,611 78
16,605 47
School Houses.
1,577 20
2,208 90
3,786 10
3,786 10
Real Estate, Lien Account.
1,657 70
1,657 70
1,657 70
Loans, Funded City
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
City Hall
$413 14
3,992 67
4,406 10
4,086 02
$320 08
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., January 1, 1877.
Tothe Honorable City Council :
The undersigned herewith presents the annual account of Receipts and Payments in the Treasury Department for the year ending Nov. 30, 1876, from which it appears that the
Cash in the Treasury, Nov. 30, 1875, was Received during the year,
$275,046 91 1,947,143 93
Total, Paid during the year,
$2,222,190 84
2,057,427 20
Cash balance, Nov. 30, 1876,
$164,763 64
From which deduct unpaid drafts,
61,246 56
Leaving balance, as per Auditor's Account, of
$103,517 08
The several items comprised in the above aggregates, appear in the accompanying account current.
Respectfully submitted.
.
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
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Dr. CITY OF WORCESTER, in account current from Dec. 1, 1875, to
To authorized payments, charged to City Accounts, as follows :-
No.
1. Abatements and Discount,
$44,877 99
2. City Hall,
4,086 02
3. City Hospital,
12,758 15
4. Collector's Sales, "Surplus Acc't,"
2,276 00
5. Fire Department,
42,327 81
6. Free Public Library,
14,672 92
7. Highway Department, 79,464 60
8. Incidental Expenses,
26,030 54
9. Interest,
121,136 90
10.
66 on Sewer Loan,
21,114 00
11. 66 on Water Loan,
25,513 00
12. Lighting Streets,
27,708 80
13. Loans, Funded City,
8,000 00
14.
Water,
79,400 00
15. Temporary,
610,000 00
16. Pauper Department, "City Relief,"
14,816 85
17.
"Farm,"
16,252 84
18.
66
"Truant School,"
2,451 91
19. Police Department,
51,627 01
20. Real Estate, "Lien Acc't," 21. 66 66 Sales, "Surplus Acc't,"
2,013 57
22. Salaries,
22,647 08
23. School Department,
146,611 78
24. Houses,
3,786 10
Sewer Assessment, "Old Acc't,"
83 19
Sewers, "Construction Acc't,"
37,867 51
8,355 87
Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
3,257 05
30.
Sinking Fund, "General,"
242,540 96
31. 32. State Aid,
1876, "Water,"
1,500 00
13,093 75
33. Street Construction,
19,762 63
34. Taxes, 1875, County,
20,960 23
35.
Nat'l Bank, "State Acc't,"
26,558 46
36. 66 " State,
51,020 00
37. 1876, County,
17,285 08
38.
66 Nat'l Bank, "State Acc't,"
22,683 12
39. 40.
Water Works, "Construction,"
139,191 53
41.
66 "Maintenance,"
16,303 51
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Balance, Cash in Treasury, Nov. 30, 1876,
$2,057,427 20 164,763 64
$2,222,190 84
66 66 State,
51,318 00
"Maintenance Acc't,"
4,414 74
25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Sidewalk Assessment,
1,657 70
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Nov. 30, 1876, with WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer. Cr.
By Cash received and credited to City Accounts, as follows :-
No.
1. City Hall,
$1,113 24
2. City Hospital,
1,937 06
3. Collector's Sales, "Surplus Acc't,"
2,648 21
4. Fire Department,
934 89
5. Free Public Library,
3,150 12
6. Highway Department,
20,481 82
7. Incidental Expenses,
37,343 08
8. Interest,
20,462 50
9. Lighting Streets,
19 90
10. Loans, Temporary,
600,000 00
11. Pauper Department, "City Relief,"
3,260 99
12. 13. Police Department,
"Farm,"
4,711 27
6,412 78
1,857 99
66 Sales, "Surplus Acc't,"
2,013 57
Sewer Assessment, "Old Acc't,"
36,916 79
66 66 "New Acc't,"
11,618 76
2,985 10
238 23
Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
12 45
4,414 74
197,400 00
24. State Aid,
26,117 07
Street Betterments,
7,747 05
66
Construction,
135 00
Taxes, 1872,
19 40
29. 1874,
972 00
30. 1875,
44,804 44
31. "Corporation,"
44,061 23
32.
66 Nat'l Bank, "State Acc't,"
6,769 41
33. 1876,
723,297 79
34. 66 "Corporation,"
34,653 70
35. Nat'l Bank, "State Acc't,"
6,228 42
36. Water Works, "Construction,"
17,556 72
37.
"Maintenance," 73,243 85
Cash in Treasury, Dec. 1, 1875,
275,046 91
$2,222,190 84
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
WORCESTER, MASS., January 1, 1877.
$1,947,143 93
1873,
162 08
25. 26. 27. 28.
14. Real Estate, "Lien Acc't," 15. 16. School Department, 17. 18. 19. Sewers, "Construction," 66 "Maintenance," 20. 21. 22. Sidewalk Assessment, 23. Sinking Fund, "General,"
1,442 28
REPORT OF TREASURER OF TRUST FUNDS.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., January 1, 1877.
To The Honorable City Council :
The undersigned respectfully submits the following statement of Receipts, Payments, Investments at par value, and Balances carried forward on account of the several Trust Funds in his hands as Treasurer, at the close of the financial year, ending November 30, 1876.
Dr. John Green Library Fund.
Investments, Dec. 1, 1875,
$35,724 23
Cash on deposit, book account, Dec. 1. 1875,
2,022 56
$37,746 79
Income during year,
2,407 80
Total,
$40,154 59
Payments during year,
1,965 12
Balance carried forward, viz :
Investments : First Mortgages,
$22,548 50
Bank Stock,
6,700 00
16 Savings Bank deposits, 7,067 82
$36,316 32
Cash on deposit, book account,
1,873 15
$38,189 47
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George Jaques Hospital Fund.
Investments, Dec. 1, 1875; Income during year,
$17,007 85 1,545 41
Total,
$18,553 26
Payments during year,
468 81
Balance carried forward, viz :
Investments : First Mortgages,
$3,900 00
Bank Stock,
1,500 00
R. R. Co. Stock,
1,300 00
Gas Co. Stock,
1,400 00
City Bond,
5,000 00
Savings Bank deposits, 4,984 45
$18,084 45
Hope Cemetery Fund.
Investments, Dec. 1, 1875, Cash on deposit, 1,073 27
$3,500 00
$4,573 27
Income during year,
2,607 28
Total,
$7,180 55
Payments during year,
2,460 30
Balance carried forward, viz:
Investments : Savings Bank deposits, $3,612 71
Cash on deposit, 1,107 54
$4,720 25
Alex. H. Bullock High School Fund.
Investments, Dec. 1, 1875, Income during year,
$1,239 51 . 74 83
Balance carried forward, viz :
Investments : City Bonds,
$1,100 00
Savings Bank deposits,
214 34
$1,314 34
Isaac Davis Hospital Fund.
.
Investments, Dec. 1, 1875, Income during year,
$1,165 85
90 36
Balance carried forward, viz :
Investments : R. R. Bond,
$1,000 00
Savings Bank deposits,
256 21
$1,256 21
186
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31. / Albert Curtis Hospital Fund.
Cash received, Feb. 24. 1876,
$1,032 33 17 20
Income during year,
Balance carried forward, viz : Investment : Savings Bank deposits,
$1,049 53
Total amount of Funds,
$64,614 25
Respectfully submitted.
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
1
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SHOWING the Appropriation for each City Account; the Receipts and Expenses for the year ending November 30, 1876 ; and the balances unexpended at that date.
Abatements and Discount.
Appropriation, ยท
$46,000 00
EXPENDED.
For Abatements allowed by Assessors, $ 2,071 98
Discount allowed for prompt payment, 42,806 01
Total as per item No. 1 of Expenses,
$44,877 99
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $1,122 01
City Hall.
Appropriation,
$6,000 00
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