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The old law of fixtures, for instance, has from time to time received new breadths of construction in the decision of the courts to suit the requirements of business. So the unavoidable pollution of such a stream, long used to receive the impurities of mills and manufactories before the system of sewage by this city was adopted, is a potent reason why the city should be allowed to empty its sewage into the only stream which nature has provided to receive and remove it.
Perhaps a different rule of law will prevail when it is shown that the sewage is allowed to accumulate on lands lying upon the stream, thereby creating a nuisance injurious to public health. The General Court has control of questions affecting public health, and can enact laws to have specific nuisances abated.
In the present case it is not a matter of fact, determined by full investigation, that any injury to health from effluvia exists in an unusual degree when the ponds between Worcester and Millbury are drawn down in the summer months; though there are complaints that the health of citizens of Millbury is affected when such a condition exists and the usually flowed lands are exposed.
To meet these complaints and any such exigencies as exist more or less in other cities or towns of the State, I think a remedy could be applied with some reasonable hope of success.
The question of how far ponds situated near the centre of towns in this State should be controlled by their Boards of Health, so as to keep them full of water during warm weather in the interest of public health, is one which the Commonwealth should investigate at its expense through the State Board of Health.
Entertaining this view, and desiring to urge this consideration before the General Court, I go still farther and recommend, if a general law cannot be obtained, that this City Council should petition for authority to so control the water in the ponds in Millbury, on or near the Blackstone River, that it shall not be drawn down below the race-way of the dams, in order that the low lands may be kept flowed from May to November. Such control to be regulated by a proper Board, who should order
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when the waters may be uesd, and who should cause the ponds to be refilled from the flow of the natural stream.
My suggestion is to ask for an act limited to two or three years, with the provision that any reasonable damage caused to parties should be paid by the State or by the City of Worcester, as might seem just. By such an experiment the fact could be ascertained whether there are just grounds of complaint of a nuisance to public health which could not be remedied without serious expense. I make the above suggestions anticipating the fact that mill owners will object because they may want to use the water in the daytime which collects at night.
I do not wish it understood that I think the city is in fact committing any nuisance, or is responsible morally or otherwise, for a condition of things inseparable from the existence of a large community at this point. In other words, this city has a right to exist and become from its situation and by its enterprise still larger, with an inalienable right to enjoy light, air, and water, with the privilege of drainage added, and that without being subject to pay tribute to any one. I only suggest, since the matter is in controversy, that the facts may perhaps be ascertained, and possibly a remedy found, if any be needed, by a simpler and less expensive method than has hitherto been proposed.
CONCLUSION.
Gentlemen :
Thus briefly I have directed your attention to the reports and some of the needs of the various departments of the city government. Let every question as it arises be met by prompt and prudent action. With your previous experience in municipal affairs and your knowledge of the real wants of our people, I trust that strict economy in the use of money raised by taxation will govern all your acts. At the same time no narrow or hesitating policy will be expected of you in matters touching the welfare and prosperity of our beloved city.
The citizens of Worcester are in earnest in requiring of their chosen public servants such administration as will tend to
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strengthen the city in its progressive march ; and to this end no work should be put off to a more convenient season that ought to be done to-day. It is obvious that until a more abundant supply of water is provided and the complicated questions of sewers and sewage are settled, any great outlay of money for other and less important purposes must be held in abeyance.
I trust, however, that the time is not far distant when suitable accommodations will be furnished for city officers, the district court, and the police department, by the erection of a new City Hall, that shall be adequate to our needs and worthy of the character and reputation of our city.
With the blessings of Divine Providence, whose continued favor we invoke, and with the general prosperity that smiles upon the beginning of the present administration, at a time when there is demand for honest labor, skilled or unskilled, with rates of wages equal to those obtainable in any community in the Com- monwealth, I cannot but hope that Worcester will suffer no harm under our guidance.
The duties this day assumed will doubtless bring in their train burdens of care, perplexity and criticisms, sometimes grievous to be borne. But with honest purpose for your guiding star, you will not fail to receive in due time the reward most prized by every patriotic public servant, namely, the tribute of grateful respect from your fellow-citizens.
May the people have at your hands a government under whose benign rule they may abundantly enjoy "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., January 2, 1882.
To the Honorable City Council :
The undersigned herewith presents his account of Receipts and Payments in the Treasury Department for the year ending November 30, 1881, from which it appears that the
Cash in the Treasury, Dec. 1, 1880, was Received during the year,
$183,791 76 2,138,859 56
Total,
$2,322,651 32
Paid during the year,
2,112,944 96
Balance, Nov. 30, 1881,
$209,706 36
From which deduct unpaid drafts,
73,257 40
Leaving balance, as per Auditor's Account, of $136,448 96
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, 1880,
To authorized payments, charged to City Accounts, as follows :- No. of Acct.
1. Abatements and Discount, $47,496 52
2. Board of Health, . 1,014 67
3. City Hall, . 3,542 99
4. City Hospital, 7,396 13
5. City Hospital Building, . 24,330 60
6. City Hospital, Jaques Fund, 4,535 16
7. Collector's Sales, Surplus Account, .
61
8. Fire Department,
35,290 09
9. Fire Department, Fire Patrol,. 1,200 00
10. Free Public Library, . 12,534 09
11. Highway Department, 74,915 33
12. Incidental Expenses, .
14,145 45
13. Interest,
118,954 79
14. Interest on Sewer Loan,
18,034 00
15. Interest on Water Loan, 21,458 00
16. Lighting Streets, . 30,400 88
17. Liquor Licenses, . 7,412 50
18. Loans, Funded City,
516,000 00
19. Loans, Funded Sewer, 68,900 00
20. Loans, Funded Water,
3,000 00
21. Loans, Temporary, .
350,000 00
22. Lynde Brook Damages,
29,261 58
23.
Pauper Department, City Relief,
17,602 22
24. Pauper Department, Farm,
14,080 14
25.
Pauper Department, House Offal,
6,270 87
27. Police Department,
60,873 66
28. Public Grounds,
5,269 38
29. Real Estate, Lien Account,
29 71
30. Salaries, .
20,210 14
31. School Department,
152,346 53
32. School-Houses, .
47,585 12
33. Sewers, Construction, 19,247 60
34. Sewers, Island Account, 13,633 06
35. Sewers, Maintenance, 7,921 49
36. Sinking Fund, 1875, General Debt,
128,264 15
37. Sinking Fund, 1876, Water Loan, .
2,015 42
38. Sinking Fund, 1877, Lynde Brook Damages,
10,109 64
39. Sinking Fund, 1878, Lynde Brook Damages,
5,804 74
40. Sinking Fund, 1879, Lynde Brook Damages,
3,712 82
41. Sinking Fund, 1879, Island Sewer,
4,314 59
42. Sinking Fund, 1879, Foster Street,
9,328 57
43. Sinking Fund, 1880, Island Sewer,
1,155 56
44.
Sinking Fund, 1880, Foster Street,
2,579 64
45.
Sinking Fund, 1881, Island Sewer,
2,243 01
46.
Sinking Fund, 1881, City Hospital,
2,854 51
47. State Aid,
9,580 00
48. Street Construction,
12,383 06
49. Street Construction, Foster Street,
2,532 01
50. Taxes, 1880, Corporation,
5 89
51. Taxes, 1880, County,
20,742 00
52. Taxes, 1880, National Bank, State Account,
23,314 15
53. Taxes, 1880, State, . 42,765 00
54. Taxes, 1881, County, 17,285 00
55. Water Works, Construction, 38,092 06
56. Water Works, Maintenance, 18,285 71
Balance, Cash in Treasury, Nov. 30, 1881,
$2,112,944 96 209,706 36
$2,322,651 32
26.
Pauper Department, Truant School,
684 12
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
23 to Nov. 30, 1881, with WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer, Cr.
By Cash received and credited to City Accounts, as follows :- No. of Acct.
1. Abatements and Discount, $11 72
2. Bills Receivable,
9,000 00
3. Board of Health,
239 00
4. City Hall,
1,006 00
5. City Hospital,
1,036 23
6. City Hospital Building,
50 00
7. City Hospital, Jaques Fund,
5,155 34
8. City Hospital, Tenney Fund,
132 63
9. Fire Department,
1,182 33
10. Free Public Library,
11. Highway Department,
9,566 63
12. Incidental Expenses, .
7,925 36
13. Interest, .
19,637 80
14. Interest on Sewer Loan, 550 00
15. Lighting Streets,
105 47
16. Liquor Licenses,
29,650 00
17. Loans, Funded City, .
535,000 00
18. Loans, Funded Sewer,
55,000 00
19. Loans, Temporary,
350,000 00
20. Pauper Department, City Relief,
4,640 16
21.
Pauper Department, Farm, .
3,624 04
22. Pauper Department, House Offal, 6,568 28
23. Police Department,
7,584 53
24. Premium on City Bonds,
30,150 00
25. Public Grounds, .
84 10
26. Real Estate, Lien Account,
156 70
27. Real Estate Sales, .
25,176 79
28. School Department,. 244 95
29. School-houses, . 204 50
30. Sewer Assessment, New Account,
2,821 02
31. Sewers, Construction, .
337 48
32. Sewers, Island Account, 217 12
33. Sewers, Maintenance, 80 89
34. Sidewalk Assessment,
7,118 89
35. Sinking Fund, 1875, General Debt,
88,390 00
36. Sinking Fund, 1876, Water Loan, 20 00
37. Sinking Fund, 1877, Lynde Brook Damages, 40 00
38. State Aid,
11,432 00
39. Street Betterment Assessments,
998 06
40. Taxes, 1877,
$5 92
41. Taxes, 1878,
29 40
42. Taxes, 1879,
130 80
43. Taxes, 1880, .
17,490 16
44. Taxes, 1880, Corporation,
41,853 17
45. Taxes, 1880, National Bank Tax, State Acct., .
7,896 76
46. Taxes, 1881, .
753,081 30
47. Water Works, Construction,
15,781 42
48. Water Works, Maintenance, 84,403 17
Balance, Cash in Treasury, Dec. 1, 1880,
$2,138,859 56 183,791 76
$2,322,651 32
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
WORCESTER, MASS., January 2, 1882.
3,019 44
REPORT
OF THE
TREASURER OF CITY TRUST FUNDS.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., January 2, 1882.
To the Honorable City Council:
The undersigned herewith presents the annual statement of Receipts and Payments on account of the several Trust Funds in his custody, as Treasurer, together with a schedule of the Investments, stated at par value, and the Balances as carried forward at the close of the financial year ending November 30, 1881.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.
No.
TITLE OF FUND.
Amount Dec'r 1st, 1880.
Receipts during year.
TOTAL.
Payments during year.
Amount Nov.30th, 1881.
1
A. H. Bullock, High School .. ... 1860.
$1,467 43
$58 92
$1,526 35
$21 40
$1,504 95
2
Hope Cemetery, .1863.
6,470 01
6,063 38
12,533 39
3,543 55
8,989 84
3
Dr. John Green, Library. ,1868.
40,329 99
2,851 99
43,181 98
2,236 97
40,945 01
4
Isaac Davis, Hospital. .1873.
1,647 86
106 70
1,754 56
1,754 56
5
George Jaques, Hospital. .1874.
58,863 10
21,337 02
80,200 12
5,270 74
74,929 38
6
Albert Curtis, Hospital. .1876.
1,081 08
42 59
1,123 67
89 80
1,033 87
7
John B. Shaw, Hospital. 1877.
143 83
24 18
168 01
168 01
8
J. A. Tenney, Hospital. .1881.
5,132 63
5,132 63
132 63
5,000 00
$ 110,008 30
$ 35,617 41 $ 145,620 71
$11,295 09
$134,325 62
.
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INVESTMENTS AND BALANCES.
No.
First Mort- gages on Real Estate.
Stock in National Banks.
Bond of R. R. Co.
Deposits in Savings Banks.
Cash on Deposit.
Balances November 30. 1881.
1
$1,504 95
$1,504 95
2
7,050 00
$1,939 84
8,989 84
3
$31,451 00
$7,300 00
564 02
1,629 99
40,945 01.
4
$1,000 00
754 56
1,754 56
5
72,000 00
1,500 00
1,429 38
74,929 38
6
1,033 87
1,033 87
7
168 01
168 01
8
5,000 00
5,000 00
$ 108,451 00
$8,800 00
$1,000 00
$11,075 41
$4,999 21
$134,325 62
The several items comprised in the foregoing aggregates appear in Sundry Accounts current rendered by the undersigned to the respective Boards and Commissions having the care and management of the City Trust Funds.
Respectfully submitted.
WM. S. BARTON,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
CITY OF WORCESTER, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, January 2, 1882.
To the Honorable City Council :-
GENTLEMEN : - In conformity with the requirements of Sec- tion 4, Chap. 2, of the Ordinances of the City, the undersigned presents herewith his Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures 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, 1881, 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, 1881, are shown in aggregates, as credited to following accounts :-
No. of Acc't.
1. Abatements and Discount
$11 72
2. Bills Receivable.
9,000 00
3. Board of Health
239 00
4. City Hall .
1,006 00
5. City Hospital .
1,036 23
6. City Hospital, Building
50 00
7. City Hospital, Jaques Fund
5,155 34
8. City Hospital, Tenney Fund . 132 63
9. Fire Department
1,182 33
10. Free Public Library
3,019 44
11. Highway Department 9,566 63
12. Incidental Expenses 7,925 36
13. Interest 19,637 80
14. Interest on Sewer Loan
550 00
15. Lighting Streets 105 47
16. Liquor Licenses
29,650 00
17. Loans, Funded City . 535,000 00
18. Loans, Funded Sewer 55,000 00
19. Loans, Temporary 350,000 00
20. Pauper Department, City Relief
4,640 16
21. Pauper Department, Farm . 3,624 04
22. Pauper Department, House Offal . 6,568 28
23. Police Department 7,584 53
24. Premium on City Bonds
30,150 00
25. Public Grounds .
84 10
26. Real Estate, Lien Account
156 70
27. Real Estate Sales
25,176 79
28. School Department 244 95
29. School-houses
204 50
30. Sewer Assessment, New Account
2,821 02
31. Sewers, Construction
337 48
32. Sewers, Island Account . 217 12
33. Sewers, Maintenance 80 89
34. Sidewalk Assessment .
7,118 89
35. Sinking Fund, 1875, General Debt
88,390 00
36. Sinking Fund, 1876, Water Loan . 20 00
37. Sinking Fund, 1877, Lynde Brook Damages 40 00
38. State Aid .
11,432 00
39. Street Betterment Assessment
998 06
40. Taxes, 1877
35 92
41. Taxes, 1878 29 40
42. Taxes, 1879
130 80
43. Taxes, 1880 .
17,490 16
44. Taxes, 1880, Corporation
41,853 17
45. Taxes, 1880, National Bank, State Acc't .
7,896 76
46. Taxes, 1881 . 753,081 30
47. Water Works, Construction 15,781 42
48. Water Works, Maintenance 84,403 17
$2,138,859 56
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR. Expenses.
The Claims for the year ending November 30, 1881, as approved and drawn for in the Auditor's Office, are shown in aggregates, as charged to the following accounts :-
No. of Acc't.
1. Abatements and Discount . $47,496 52
2. Board of Health
1,029 75
3. City Hall . 3,502 26
4. City Hospital 9,159 13
5. City Hospital, Building 27,576 97
6. City Hospital, Jaques Fund 5,155 34
7. City Hospital, Tenney Fund 132 63
8. Collector's Sales, Surplus Account 61
9. Fire Department
44,951 88
10. Fire Department, Fire Patrol
1,200 00
11. Free Public Library . 12,982 89
12. Highway Department 73,914 00
13. Incidental Expenses . 14,136 01
14. Interest
118,954 79
15. Interest on Sewer Loan
18,034 00
16. Interest on Water Loan 21.458 00
17. Lighting Streets 31,292 19
18. Liquor Licenses
7.412 50
19. Loans, Funded City
516,000 00
20. Loans, Funded Sewer
68,900 00
21. Loans, Funded Water .
3,000 00
22. Loans, Temporary
350,000 00
23. Lynde Brook Damages
29,256 33
24. Pauper Department, City Relief
17,723 54
25. Pauper Department, Farm
18,485 62
26. Pauper Department, House Offal .
8,344 17
28. Police Department
61,269 89
29. Public Grounds .
5,581 30
30. Real Estate, Lien Account .
29 71
31. Salaries
20,230 89
32. School Department
152,680 52
33. School-houses .
48,053 44
34. Sewers. Construction
19,927 15
35. Sewers, Island Account
8,803 03
36. Sewers, Maintenance
7,523 78
37. Sinking Fund, 1875, General Debt
128,264 15
38. Sinking Fund, 1876, Water .
2,015 42
39. Sinking Fund, 1877, Lynde Brook Damages
10,109 64
40. Sinking Fund, 1878, Lynde Brook Damages .
5,804 74
41. Sinking Fund, 1879, Lynde Brook Damages .
3,712 82
42. Sinking Fund, 1879, Island Sewer 4,314 59
43. Sinking Fund, 1879, Foster Street 9,328 57
44. Sinking Fund, 1880, Island Sewer .
1,155 56
45. Sinking Fund, 1880, Foster Street
2,579 64
46. Sinking Fund, 1881, Island Sewer
2,243 01
47. Sinking Fund, 1881, City Hospital .
2.854 51
48. State Aid .
9,580 00
49. Street Construction
11,365 10
50. Street Construction, Foster Street
2,182 01
51. Taxes, 1880, Corporation
89
52. Taxes, 1880, County
20,742 00
53. Taxes, 1880, National Bank, State Account .
23,314 15
54. Taxes, 1880, State ยท
42,765 00
55. Taxes, 1881, County 17,285 00
56. Water Works, Construction 42,291 27
57. Water Works, Maintenance 18,528 65
$2,135,32S 83
27. Pauper Department, Truant School
688 27
MAYOR'S DRAFTS AND
TREASURER'S PAYMENTS COMPARED.
The column of Differences, Nov. 30, 1881, 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.
1 29SEANH | NO.
ACCOUNT.
Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1880.
Mayor's Drafts.
TOTAL.
Treasurer's Payments.
Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1881.
Abatements and Discount.
$47,496 52
$ 47,496 52
$ 47,496 52
2 Board of Health ..
$ 57 65
1,029 75
1,087 40
1,014 67
$72 73
3 City Hall.
343 66
3,502 26
3,845 92
3,542 99
302 93
4 City Hospital ..
527 87
9,159 13
9,687 00
7.396 13
2,290 87
5 City Hospital, Building.
5,060 47
27,576 97
32,637 44
24,330 60
8,306 84
6 City Hospital, Jaques Fund.
5,155 34
5,155 34
4,535 16
620 18
7 City Hospital, Tenney Fund ..
132 63
132 63
132 63
8 Collectors' Sales, Surplus Account
61
61
61
9 Fire Department ..
3,154 18
44,951 88
48,106 06
35,290 09
12,815 97
10 Fire Department, Fire Patrol.
100 00
1,200 00
1,300 00
1,200 00
100 00
11 Free Public Library.
1,202 07
12,982 89
14.184 97
12,534 09
1,650 87
12 Highway Department
3,658 23
73,914 00
77,572 23
74,915 33
2,656 90
13
Incidental Expenses
507 89
14,136 01
14,643 90
14,145 45
498 45
14 Interest
15 Interest on Sewer Loan.
18,034 00
18,034 00
18,034 00
16 Interest on Water Loan.
21,458 00
21,458 00
21,458 00
17 Lighting Streets
2,293 05
31,292 19
33,585 24
30,400 88
3,184 36
18 Liquor Licenses
7,412 50
7,412 50
7,412 50
19 Loans, Funded City
516,000 00
516,000 00
516,000 00
21 Loans, Funded Water
3,000 00
3.000 00
3,000 00
22 Loans, Temporary.
350.000 00
350,000 00
350,000 00
5 25
29,256 33
29,261 58
29,261 58
718 79
17,723 54
18,442 33
17,602 22
840 11
25 Pauper Department, Farm ...
1,097 77
18,485 62
19,583 39
14.080 14
5,503 25
26 Pauper Department, House Offal ...
172 18
8,344 17
8,516 35
6,270 87
2,245 48
27 Pauper Department, Truant School
32 55
688 27
720 82
684 12
36 70
28 Police Department
4,720 71
61,269 89
65,990 60
60,873 66
5,116 94
29 Public Grounds.
525 54
5,581 30
6,106 84
5,269 38
837 46
30 Real Estate, Lien Account
29 71
29 71
29 71
31 Salaries
1,562 75
20,230 89
21,793 64
20.210 14
1,583 50
32 School Department.
14,234 49
152,680 52
156,915 01
152,346 58
14,568 48
33 School-houses.
124 53
48,053 44
48,177 97
47,585 12
592 85
84 Sewers, Construction.
890 97
19,927 15
20,818 12
19,247 60
1,570 52
35 Sewers, Island Account.
4,830 03
8,803 03
13,633 06
13,633 06
36 Sewers, Maintenance .
480 21
7,523 78
8,003 99
7,921 49
82 50
37 Sinking Fund, 1875, General Debt ...
128,264 15
128,264 15
124,264 15
38 Sinking Fund, 1876, Water ..
2.015 42
2,015 42
2,015 42
39 Sinking Fund, 1877, Lynde Brook Damages ...
10,109 64
10,109 64
10,109 64
40 Sinking Fund, 1878, Lynde Brook Damages
5,804 74
5,804 74
5,804 74
41 Sinking Fund, 1879, Lynde Brook Damages ..
3,712 82
3,712 82
3,712 82
42 Sinking Fund, 1879, Island Sewer. ..
4,314 59
4,314 59
4,314 59
43 Sinking Fund, 1879, Foster Street ...
9,328 57
9,328 57
9.328 57
44 Sinking Fund, 1880, Island Sewer ....
1,155 56
1,155 56
1,155 56
45 Sinking Fund, 1880, Foster Street ...
2,579 64
2,579 64
2.579 64
46 Sinking Fund, 1881, Island Sewer ...
2,243 01
2,243 01
2.243 01
47 Shiking Fund, 1881, City Hospital ... 48 State Aid ...
2,854 51
2,854 51
2.854 51
49 Street Construction ..
1,080 71
11,365 10
12,445 81
12,383 06
62 75
50 Street Construction, Foster Street ..
350 00
2,182 01
2,532 01
2,532 01
51 Taxes, 1880, Corporation
52 Taxes. 1880, County .
20,742 00
20,742 00
20,742 00
53 Taxes, 1880, National Bank, State Account.
23,314 15
23,314 15
23,314 15
54 Taxes, 1880. State ..
42.765 00
42,765 00
42,765 00
55
Taxes, 1881, County
17,285 00
17,285 00
17,285 00
56| Water Works, Construction.
1,494 24
42,291 27
43,785 51
38,092 06
5,693 45
57
Water Works, Maintenance.
1,647 74
18.528 65
20,176 39
18,285 71
1,890 68
$50,873 53
$ 2,135,328 83
$2,186,202 36 $2.112,944 96| $73,257 40
118,954 79
118,954 79
118,954 79
20 Loans, Funded Sewer
68,900 00
68,900 00
68,900 00
23 Lynde Brook Damages
24 Pauper Department, City Relief.
9,580 00
9,580 00
9.580 00
5 89
5 89
5 89
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SHOWING the Appropriation for each City Account ; the Receipts and Expenses for the year ending November 30, 1881 ; and the balances unexpended at that date.
Abatements and Discount.
Appropriation, $46,500 00
Amount transferred from Incidental Ex-
penses,
1,000 00
$47,500 00
RECEIVED.
For error in bill 1875,
$5 95
66 66 1876, 5 77
Total as per item No. 1 of Receipts,
$11 72
$47,511 72
EXPENDED.
For Abatements allowed by Assessors, $ 2,901 36 Discount allowed for prompt payment, 44,595 16
Total as per item No. 1 of Expenses, $47,496 52
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $15 20
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 36. .
Bills Receivable.
RECEIVED.
From Thos. Reid on Note, $2,000 00 J. A. & O. W. Norcross on Note, 7,000 00
Total as per item No. 2 of Receipts,
$9,000 00
Amount transferred to Sinking Fund, $9,000 00
Board of Health.
Appropriation, $1,500 00
Less amount transferred to Sewers, Main., 442 89
$1,057 11
RECEIVED.
From City of Lynn, for care small-pox case, $225 00
Sundry persons for Licenses, 14 00
Total as per item No. 3 of Receipts, $239 00
$1,296 11
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Thomas Harrington (balance), $ 91 67 66 " A. A. Lovell, 565 83
66 " Henry Griffin, 121 63
Hack and horse hire,
39 58
Advertising,
53 38
Printing,
24 31
Stationery,
13 75
Posting Notices,
2 00
Vaccine Virus,
2 60
Labor on Wyman Street,
2 50
Extra labor as Inspector,
92 50
C.O. Thompson, professional services at Copperas Works, 20 00
Total as per item No. 2 of Expenses,
$1,029 75
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,
$266 36
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
City Hall.
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
RECEIVED.
For Rent of Court Room,
$1,000 00
Material sold, 6 00
Total as per item No. 4 of Receipts,
$1,006 00
$3,506 00
EXPENDED.
For Gas, $1,308 43
Fuel,
535 60
Janitor's assistant,
570 00
Repairs on building,
395 32
Furniture, fixtures and repairs of same, 313 09 Safe, for City Clerk's Office, 175 00
Brooms, brushes, matches, &c.
84 33
Carting ashes and trucking,
21 90
Clocks and repairs of same,
31 25
Ice,
33 16
Rubber Hose,
16 18
Rent of Telephones,
18 00
Total as per item No. 3 of Expenses, $3,502 26
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,
$3 74
City Hospital.
Appropriation, $10,000 00 Less amount transferred to Sewers, Con- struction, 1,589 67 $8,410 33
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 36.
RECEIVED.
For Aid to State paupers, from Common- wealth,
$146 50
Board of patients,
837 58
Swine,
16 00
Produce,
36 15
Total as per item No. 5 of Receipts,
$1,036 23
$9,446 56
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Dr. J. B. Rich (in part), $ 408 35
Services of nurses and domestics, 1,124 48
Groceries and provisions, 1,461 29
Furniture, fixtures and repairing same,
44 58
Furniture and fixtures, New Hospital, 4,368 19
Repairs on building,
19 76
Surgical instruments and repairing same, 40 50 Medicines, 386 02
Coal and wood,
577 55
Gas,
144 70
Printing and stationery,
73 43
Blacksmithing,
5 75
Hay and grain,
221 27
Ice,
99 19
Hack hire,
2 50
Postage, express and telegrams,
10 91
Water rates,
80 58
Dry goods, bedding, &c.,
36 52
Refreshments, for Committee,
6 60
Refunded for board, &c.,
9 00
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