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Charles and Annie (Hughes) Dennen.
David and Nellie (Crowley) Murphy. Pat and Catherine.(Sliney) Connors. Frank and Ellen (Cleary) O'Neil.
Frank and Rebecca ( Clark) Bowman. Wm. and Mary (Connors) Merrigan. James and Mary (Rowe) Teehan. Ed. F. and Marion (Monto) Zerega. John W. and Elizabeth (McGovern) Carroll
Louis and Mabel (Rice) Guibord. E. W. and Mabel W. (Snow) Nicoll. Jeremiah and Nora (Mahoney) Sullivan.
Eugene and Norah (Lawton) O'Neil. John and Rose (Prella) Mastascusa. William and Mary (Gillis) Broderick. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) O'Brien.
Benj. and Minnie (Bonnell) Edwards. F. S. and Mabel ( Bennett) Hunt.
Robert and Annie (Reistman) Pemble- ton.
Chas. and Catherine (Vizella) Ardo- lino.
Alphonse and Louise (Frank) St. Coeur.
John and Urina (Elliot) Moakley.
Geo. and Alice D. (Gilbert) Howland. George M. and Ellen ( Grady) Horner. Patrick and Julia ( Mahoney ) Merrick. Dennis and Anna ( Welch) Griffin.
John and Nellie ( Maloney ) Leary. Fred E and Jenny ( Reed) Pearse. Thomas and Ellen ( Ahern) McCarthy.
Charles and Louise (Wilkins) Reid.
189
TOWN CLERK,
BIRTHS - Concluded.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Nov. `4 Helen G. McCarthy
66
8 Thomas Joseph White.
68 9 Florence Gertrude McNamee.
.66
11 George Thomas Ayers
.. 6
14 Ross Edwin Hutchinson.
14 Lester Bertram Marshall
66 20 Barbara Tufts Moore.
.66 23 Edward D. Buckley.
24 David Foley, Jr
25 Frances Kathleen Jennings.
26
66 26 Dorothy May Kelly .
66 26 Frederick Anderson
6. 29 Rosella Shea .
Dec. H len Gladys Hatfield
2 Benjamin W. H. Parris
66 3 Donald William Dickie
66
4 Dorothy Reid.
4 Elinor May Hanson .
66 James A. Bailey, 3rd .
.66 7 Mary Donavon .
Elizabeth Lane.
9 Gladys Mary Fitzmaurice
66
9 Christena Foohey
.66 12 Mary Ellen Farrington.
17 Charles W. Allen
66 17 Alice Linton Waage.
66 21
66 21 Ethel Eugenia Marshall
66 21 Louise Mary Hanlon .
66 21 Irene Gay. .
66 23 John Sherman Parks
66 24 Walter Crosby
66 24 Esther Alsen.
66 25 Charlotte Curtin .
66 31 Michael Joseph Kelly
J. W. and Julia (Toomey) McCarthy. J. G. and ('laramond (Shea) White Christopher and Elizabeth (Keniston) McNamee.
Thomas and Annie (Luckman) Ayers. Ross and Marion (Harrington) Hutchinson.
Minso and Jennie (Ferness ) Marshall. M . E. and Alice Maud ( Illsley ) Moore. Dennis and Mary A. (Halloran) Buckley.
David and Catherine (O'Brien) Foley. F. H. and Mary J. (Arnold) Jennings.
W.J.and Johanna (McPherson) Kelly. Nils and Anna ( Ericson) Anderson. John and Rose (McCahey ) Shea. J. V.N.and Sarah (Rogers) Hatfield. Chas L and Katie (Currie) Parris. Matthew P and Sarah E. Dickie.
J. H , Jr , and Mary E. (Ford) Reid. M.C.and Margaret (Randall) Hanson. J A.,Jr , and HelenG. ( Dollver ) Bailey. Timothy and Mary (Sheehan) Dona- von.
Frank E. and Anna (Baston) Lane. Albert and Catherine (Wade) Fitz- maurice.
John and Theresa (IIayes) Foohey.
Thomas and Theresa (Hurley) Far- rington.
W. Stuart and Marjorie(Whittemore) Allen.
JohnC. and Mary (Linton) Waage.
W. E. and Ida (Fisher) Marshall. Edw. and Margaret ( Roach) Hanlon. E V. and Susan J (Dinsmore) Gay. Herbert and Mary N (Gee) Parks. Chas F and Edith (Denton) Crosby. C. W. and Anna W (Anderson) Alsen. Arthur and Christina (Whalen) Curtin.
Michael P. and Nora ( Mulcahy ) Kelly.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
The Board of Registrars of Voters for 1903 organized with John W. Bailey as Chairman pro tem, (Wm. H. Pattee being through illness unable to attend) and Thomas J. Robinson as clerk. Frank C. Allen was appointed a member of the Board on May 1st, Wm. A. Fitzpatrick retiring after nine years of service on the Board.
The whole number of Registered Voters on May 1, 1903, was 1,577. At the meeting of the Board, September 14, for the purpose of revising the voting list, 121 names were stricken from the list, a very large proportion of this number not hav- ing been assessed.
At the meetings held by the Board for registration the num- ber of voters were added as follows : -
Town Hall. September 17, 8
Town Hall, October 15, 39
Union Hall, Heights, October 19, 27
Town Hall, Heights, October 24, 89
The list as revised to January 1, 1904, is as follows : -
Whole number registered, 1,743
Whole number males, 1,619
Whole number females, 124
1,743
WM. H. PATTEE,
JOHN W. BAILEY,
FRANK C. ALLEN,
THOMAS J. ROBINSON,
Registrars of Voters.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
HARVEY S. SEARS, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
DEBITS.
Balance, Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1903.
Main Cash,
$16,298 51
Water Cash, 4,040 94
$20,339 45
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
Temporary Loan, Feb. 20, 1903, for six months, 4 1-4 per cent.,
20,000 00
Receipts from Collector : -
Taxes, $21,120 36
Apportioned Sewer Assessments, 1,460 55
Street Watering Assessments,
1,186 91
Water rates,
18,295 87
Interest on Taxes,
1,353 53
66 " Sewer Apportionment, 155 09
" Street Watering Ass'ts, 4 74
43,577 05
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
Almshouse : -
For Board,
$27 00
Sale of Manure,
8 00
35 00
Cemeteries,
547 20
Highways,
48 47
Incidentals,
5 04
Amount carried forward
$84,552 21
192
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$84,552 21
Interest : -
On Bank Balances,
$69 59
On Sundries,
10 32
79 91
Outside Poor,
38 07
Police,
3 00
Robbins Library - Dog Tax, 1902,
712 51
Sewers,
221 30
Telephones,
15
Town House,
17 57
Town House Site,
433 32
Town Hall Rents,
147 00
Medford Street Estate,
70 95
Water Department,
71 10
Total,
· $86,347 09
CREDITS.
Treasurer's Unpaid Coupon Acct.,
$660 00
Interest on Water Loans,
3,660 00
Interest on Loan Feb. 20, 1903,
$20,000, 6 months, at 4} per cent., 425 00
Temporary Loan due Feb. 20, 1903,
20,000 00
Auditor's Warrants, Nos. 1 to 27,
26,113 60
Total Disbursements,
$50,858 60
Cash balance paid over to William A. Muller, Treasurer, March 14, 1903, 35,488 49
$86,347 09
193
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ARLINGTON, December 31, 1903.
I have examined the accounts of Harvey S. Sears, Treasurer of the Town of Arlington, covering the period from January 1, 1903, to March 14, 1903, and find them correct and agreeing with the Auditor's books.
J. W. BUHLERT, Auditor.
194
TREASURER'S REPORT.
JANUARY 1, 1904. To the Selectmen of Arlington : -
I give below a full account of all my receipts and disburse- ments for the financial year ending December 31, 1903, and also the report of the Committee on Appraisal of the Public Property of the Town, appointed at the annual meeting in 1903.
WILLIAM A. MULLER,
Town Treasurer.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WILLIAM A. MULLER, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
DEBITS.
Cash received from Harvey S. Sears, Treasurer,
March 14, 1903,
LOANS. $35,488 49
Water Loan, Sinking Fund Commissioners, Dec.
15, 1903, 30 years, 4 per cent, 4,000 00
In anticipation of Taxes, 1903 :-
Cambridge Trust Co. Apr. 22, 1903, 6 months, 4 4-10 per cent, 10,000 00
Sinking Fund Commissioners, June 1, 1903, 1 year, 4 per cent, 4,000 00
1
Amount carried forward, $53,488 49
195
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $53,488 49
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, June 16, 1903, 6 months, 4 1-4 per cent, 20,000 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Aug. 20, 1903, 3 months, 4 3-4 per cent, 20,000 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Dec. 16, 1903, 6 months, 4 1-2 per cent, 20,000 00
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 17,466 40
Trustees Henry Mott Bequest, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 5,200 00
Trustees Wm. Cutter School Fund, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 5,354 00
Trustees Poor Widows' Fund, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 613 11
Trustees Citizens Soldiers' Fund, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 349 85
Trustees Timothy Wellington Fund, Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 100 00
Temporary Loans, Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, May 20, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 25,000 00
Special Loans :-
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, May 20, 1903, 6 months, 4 per cent, 30,000 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Nov. 20, 1903, 6 months, 4 6-10 per cent, 12,000 00 Medford Street Estate Loan, Sinking Fund Com- missioners, Oct. 20, 1903, 1 year, 4 per cent, 3,000 00 In anticipation of Sewer Assessments, Somerville Co-operative Bank, Nov. 20, 1903,6 months, 4 4-10 per cent, 10,000 00
Amount carried forward
$222,571 85
196
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $222,571 85
Trustees Pratt Fund, Dec. 31, 1903, 1 year, 4 per cent, 6,300 00 In anticipation of Street Watering Assessments,
First National Bank, Arlington Dec. 31, 1903, 6 months, 4 1-2 per cent, 1,465 40
Henderson Street District Sewer Loan, Trustees of Cemeteries, Dec. 31, 1903, 20 years, 4 per cent, 10,500 00
RECEIPTS FROM COLLECTOR.
Taxes : - 193,955 87
Apportioned Sewer Assessments,
3,308 78
Street Watering Assessments,
682 00
Water Rates,
20,758 26
Street Railways' Excise Tax, 309 27
Interest on Taxes,
1,732 52
66 " Apportioned Sewer Assessments,
788 19
66 " Street Watering Assessments, 16 92
66 " Bank Balances, 70 98
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
Almshouse :-
Board,
$315 42
Sales of manure, etc.,
35 92
351 34
Board of Health :-
Fumigating,
$50 16
City of Boston for Wetmore
Small-pox case,
115 00
165 16
Amount carried forward,
$462,976 54
197
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $462,976 54
Cemeteries :-
Care and sale of lots,
$3,201 60
Trustees Perpetual Care Fund, 536 00
66 S. C. Bucknam “ 70 61
66 Soldiers' Monument
Fund,
44 50
3,852 71
Cemeteries, Perpetual Care Fund :-
Mrs. H. T. Elder,
$200 00
Alvord Butler, 200 00
400 00
Court Fees,
467 25
Expense of Collecting Back Taxes :- Constables fees collected,
55 50
Edgestone and concrete account,
876 78
Fire Department.
87 54
Fire alarm, 3 24
Highway Department :-
Crescent Hill avenue,
$2,500 00
Health Department,
3,520 67
Street watering,
326 75
Sale of cart,
125 00
Grading Locke school lot,
187 75
Sundries,
514 59
Street Railway tax,
71 86
7,246 62
Incidentals :-
Licenses,
$139 00
Engineer's services,
26 71
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
35 18
Transfers to other departments,
697 70
898 59
Amount carried forward,
$476,864 77
198
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $476,864 77
Incidentals for Town Clerk :-
Transfer to incidentals, 42 00
Incidentals for Treasurer :-
Bank allowance for checkbooks,
18 75
Insurance :-
Return premiums,
1,977 75
H. A. Bellamy & Co.,
76 00
2,053 75
Interest :
Sundries,
$30 69
On Bank balances,
489 20
On Sewer assessments, (Not apportioned, ) 280 05
799 94
Irving Street Extension : 一 Betterments, 15 00
Income Poor Widows' Fund :-
From Trustees,
180 46
Julia Fillebrown Bequest :- Income,
4 00
Medford Street Estate, Rents,
285 00
Outside Poor : -
Board, etc.,
$1,002 82
Trustees Pratt Fund,
224 39
Trustees Martha M. W. Russell Fund, 391 64
1,618 85
Park Commission,
15 00
Particular Sewers,
46 15
Amount carried forward,
$481,943 67
199
TREASURER'S REPORT,
Amount brought forward,
$481,943 67
Robbins Library : - Fines, etc.,
$157 04
Trustees Elbridge Farmer Fund,
2,048 82
66 Pratt Fund,
448 79
66 Henry Mott Bequest,
208 00
66 Timothy Wellington
Fund, 7 00
2,869 65
Salaries, Transfer to Outside Poor, Sale of Offal, Contract, 400 00
Schools : -
For Books spoiled, $1 90
Rent of barn, Locke School lot, 95 00
Trustees E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Fund, 100 00
Trustees Pratt Fund, 66 Wm. Cutter School
125.44
Fund, 613 81
Trustees Martha M. W. Russell
Fund, 197 17
1,133 32
Sidewalks,
57 79
Sewers : -
$943 70
Sundries, · Particular Sewers,
2,038 26
2,981 96
Street Lighting, Town of Belmont,
64 58
State Aid : - Refunds,
$16 00
From State Treasurer, for 1902, 1,278 00
1,294 00
Amount carried forward,
$490,769 97
25 00
200
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $490,769 97
Street Watering, 1903 : -
Boston Elevated Ry. Co., $200 00
Transfer to Highways, 94 50
294 50
Suspense, Settlement of Locke Suit,
18,000 00
Telephones,
25
Town Hall Rents,
308 66
Town House Site Rents,
833 49
Town House Site Fire Loss,
802 25
Town House Improvements,
19 00
Tree Warden,
55 29
Water Department : -
Fees, etc.,
$1,071 34
Metropolitan Water Sinking
Fund Income, 171 90
Metropolitan Water Com., Care of Standpipe, 25 00
For excavating peat at meadows,
100 00
Winchester Country Club, 130 00
1,498 24
Water Dept., Guarantee Acct. : - Transfer from Water Dept.,
363 74
Sewer Assesesments not appor- tioned, 2,131 59
Received from State Treasurer : -
Street Railway Tax,
15,438 18
Boston Elevated Ry. Tax,
2,481 83 .
Corporation Tax,
5,455 21
National Bank Tax,
3,216 49
Total Receipts,
$541,668 69
201
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CREDITS.
Fixed loans paid : -
Locke School Bond due Apr. 1, . 1903, $1,450 00
Cutter School Bond due June 1, 1903, 4,000 00
Crosby School Bond due Nov. 1, 1903, 3,800 00
Crosby School Bond due Nov. 1, 1903, 600 00
Storm Drains note due Apr. 1, 1903, 3,000 00
Temporary Loans paid : -
Note due May 20, 1903, Special Note due May 20, 1903, old loan, Note due June 16, 1903, 1902 taxes,
30,000 00
25,000 00
20,000 00
Note due Aug. 20, 1903, old loan
20,000 00
Note due Oct. 20, 1903, Medford Street,
3,000 00
Note due Nov. 20, 1903, 1903 taxes,
20,000 00
Note due Nov. 20, 1903, Special, Note due Nov. 20, 1903, old loan, Note due Oct. 22, 1903, 1903 taxes,
30,000 00
25,000 00
10,000 00
Note due Dec. 16, 1903, 1903 taxes,
20,000 00
Note due on demand, Henderson St. sewer, 10,500 00
Amount carried forward, $226,350 00
202
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $226,350 00
Interest : -
On Water Loans,
8,940 00
Sewer Loan,
4,000 00
Henderson Street Sewer Loan,
490 00
Park Loạn,
600 00
Storm Drains Loan,
300 00
Locke School Loan,
957 00
High School Loan,
2,584 00
Crosby School Loan,
528 00
Cutter School Loan,
1,040 00
Town House Site Loan,
1,820 00
Medford Street Estate Loan,
120 00
Cutter School Lot Loan,
107 94
On notes issued in 1903,
3,120 55
Sinking Fund Comr's,
788 65
Trust Funds,
525 74
Locke School Playground Loan,
226 67
Paid Auditor's Warrants Nos. 28 to 120, 202,563 80
Paid State Treasurer : -
State Tax,
7,400 00
National Bank Tax,
285 85
Abolition of Grade Crossings Tax,
2,099 47
Metropolitan Park Tax,
5,050 01
Sewer Tax,
7,436 89
66 Water Tax,
11,549 55
Trust Funds Paid : -
Trustees Henry Mott Bequest, 5,200 00
" Wm. Cutter School Fund, 5,354 00
Amount carried forward, $499,438 12
.
203
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $499,438 12
Trustees Timothy Wellington Fund, 100 00
66 Citizens Soldiers' Fund, 349 85
66 Poor Widows' Fund, 613 11
66 " Income
Account, 150 30
66 Wmn. Cutter School Fund Income Account, 384 28
66 E.Nelson Blake, Jr., Memo- rial Fund Income Acct., 127 17
Paid Sinking Fund Commissioners,
Town Grant from Water Receipts 4,000 00
Paid County Treasurer, County
Tax, 9,693 40
Total Disbursements, 514,856 23
Cash balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1903, 26,812 46
$541,668 69
Deposited as follows : -
In First Nat. Bank, Arlington, $16,055 22
" Fourth Nat. Bank, Boston, 5,114 57
" Faneuil Hall Nat. Bank, Boston, 5,642 67
I have examined the accounts of William A. Muller, Treas- urer of the Town of Arlington, and find the same correct, and agreeing with the Auditor's books.
Amount of cash on hand December 31, 1903, is $26,812.46, as stated.
J. W. BUHLERT,
Auditor.
204
TREASURER'S REPORT.
APPRAISAL OF THE PUBLIC PROPERTY OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON, JANUARY 1, 1904, AS PER VOTE OF THE TOWN AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN 1903.
Water Works.
Real. $263,328 96
Personal.
Total.
Sewerage System
219,335 43
12,264 57
231,600 00
High School
40,916 ft.
$12,310 00
Building
72,000 00
$14,660 00
98,970 00
Locke School.
55,216 ft.
7,500 00
Building
30,000 00
Cutter School
28,941 ft.
2,900 00
4,770 00
50,670 00
Russell School
27,600 ft.
6,900 00
Building
44,000 00
Contents
3,770 00
54,670 00
Crosby School.
75,478 ft.
9,057 00
Building
38,100 00
Contents
4,120 00
51,277 00
Parmenter School ....
21,870 ft.
5,000 00
Amount expended on
6,800 ft.
6,800 00
Building
15,500 00
Contents
3,833 00
26,133 00
Public Library.
64,191 ft.
38,500 00
Building
115,000 00
Contents
14,000 00
167,500 00
Almshouse, 4.2 a.
182,952 ft.
2,100 00
Buildings
13,300 00
Contents
1,500 00
16,900 00
Wm. Penn Hose. . .. ..
3,200 ft.
500 00
Building
5,000 00
Contents
3,765 00
9,265 00
Highland Hose
16,000 ft.
2,000 00
Buildings
6,450 00
Contents
... . .
...
2,425 00
10,875 00
Amounts carried forward,
$959,261 64
$76,088 61 $1,035,350 25
. .
5,680 25
Bldg. to Jan. 1, 1904
680 25
Town House.
Building
43,000 00
Contents
Contents
3,330 00
40,830 00
Contents
$7,651 04
$270,980 00
205
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
Real. $959,261 64
Personal. Total.
$76,088 61 $1,035,350 25
Park Ave. Hose. 3,100 ft.
500 00
Building
2,300 00
Contents
..
850 00
3,650 00
Hose Four
500 00
500 00
Estate on Medford St.
12,584 ft.
2,500 00
Building
2,200 00
4,700 00
Blue Gravel Lot .
13.5 acres
13,500 00
13,500 00
588,060 ft.
Grove St. Lot.
29.630 ft.
800 00
800 00
Land on Mystic St ....
89,449 ft.
1,700 00
1,700 00
Training Field .. ... Public Parks :-
12,637 ft.
500 00
....
500 00
Monotomy Rccks
Park (29.36 acres) 1,278,922 ft.
Medford St. Tri- angles
6,200 ft.
Meadow Brook Park ..
(15.52 acres)
676,051 ft.
Standpipe Park.
75,398 ft.
21,000 00
21,000 00
Town House Site.
118,395 ft.
47,000 00
60,000 00
Russell Park.
65,200 ft.
8,000 00
8,000 00
Cemetery Lands :-
Unsold Portion
(12.5 acres).
544,500 ft.
21,600 00
21,600 00
Stone Crushing Ma-
chinery and Bldg. Highway Machinery,
Tools, etc., Steam
Roller, Portable
Boiler, Steam
Drill, Tools, Horses, Wagons,
Carts, Road Ma- chines, Harness, etc
9,500 00
9,500 00
Stone on hand at
Crusher.
1,400 00
1,400 00
Town Scales.
·
..
200 00
200 00
Town Clock.
500 00
500 00
Fire Alarm System ...
13,410 00
13,410 CO
Storm Drains ...
.. . . . 34,000 00
..
34,000 00
$1,127,861 64 $105,448 61
$1,233,310 25
3,000 00
..........
. ........
3,000 00
Buildings
13,000 00
...
.
206
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
Trust Funds :-
Timothy Wellington Library
Fund. .
$100 00
Elbridge Farmer Library Fund ..
50,000 00
Nathan Pratt Library Fund .....
10,000 00
Henry Mott Library Fund. ...
5,200 00
Nathan Pratt High School Fund
$10,000 06
High School Income Fund ......
14,878 03
Wm. Cutter School Fund. . . . . .
5,354 00
Martha M. W. Russell School Fund
5,641 81
35,873 90
Natlian Pratt Poor Widows' Fund
$5,000 00
Martha M. W. Russell Poor Widows' Fund .
2,302 53
Poor Widows' Fund
613 11
7,915 64
Cemetery Lots Perpetual Care
Fund.
$11,311 63
Robbins Cemetery Fund. ... . .
5,524 90
Samuel C. Buckman Cemetery Fund ..
2,000 00
Soldiers' Monument Fund .
3,018 70
21,855 23
E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund
2,653 21
Citizens Soldiers' Fund .
349 85
Military Fund
201 36
134,149 19
Sinking Fund. .
$47,778 22
47,778 22
$1,415,237 66
EDWIN S. FARMER, Chairman Board of Selectmen. PETER SCHWAMB, Chairman Board of Water Commissioners. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, Chairman Board of Sewer Commissioners. LUCIAN C. TYLER, Chairman Board of Assessors.
HOWARD W. SPURR, ) H. A. PHINNEY,
WILLIAM N. WINN,
Committee of Five.
CHAS. T. SCANNELL,
GEORGE G. ALLEN,
Total. $1,233,310 25
$65,300 00
REPORT OF HARVEY S. SEARS, COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
1902 TAXES.
DEBITS.
Amount uncollected Dec. 31, 1902,
$40,083 80
Additions to 1902 list, not com-
mitted, 648 49
Reassessments,
45 40
Additional charges, 7 78
Overpayments,
3 19
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, Abatements, 664 91
$39 537 87
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1903 (includ-
ing Real Estate Taxes, $35.36),
585 88
$40,788 66
$40,788 66
1903 TAX.
DEBITS.
Amount committed by the Asses-
sors,
$211,242 59
Additional Commitments, 186 68
Reassessments, 13 69
Commitment Non-resident Bank Tax, 262 53
208
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer,
$155,409 09
Abatements, Uncollected Dec. 31, 1903,
1,331 18
54,965 22
$211,705 49
$211,705 49
TAXES PREVIOUS TO 1902.
DEBITS.
Amount collected, 1896 tax,
$68 99
1897 ‹‹
455 72
66
66
1898 “
418 78
66
66
1899 “
428 85
66
1900 66
633 76
66
1901 66
18,123 17
CREDITS.
Amount paid to Town Treasurer,
$20,129 27
$20,129 27
$20,129 27
STREET RAILWAY EXCISE TAX.
DEBITS. Amount committed by Assessors.
Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.,
$280 56
Lexington & Boston Street Rail-
way Co., 28 71
CREDIT.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, $309 27
$309 27
$309 27
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
INTEREST.
DEBITS.
Amount collected on Taxes,
$3,086 05
66 " Street Water-
ing,
21 66
Amount collected on Sewer Ac-
counts,
943 28
Interest on Bank Deposits,
70 98
CREDIT.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, $4,121 97
$4,121 97
$4,121 97
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
DEBITS.
Amount charged to the Collector, Jan. 1, 1903,
$2,437 95
Apportionments for 1903, 2,659 71
Assessments paid in full, 407 20
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer,
$3,902 01
Transfer to Town Treasurer, 200 55
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1903,
1,402 30
$5,504 86
$5,504 86
210
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS, 1896 TO 1901.
DEBITS.
Amount charged to the Collector
as unpaid Jan. 1, 1903, $570 38
Additional charges, 3 33
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer,
$322 95
Abatements,
156 96
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1903,
1896,
$4 41
1897,
46 01
1898,
9 74
1899,
12 38
1900,
12 01
1901,
9 25
93 80
$573 71
$573 71
STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS, 1902.
DEBITS.
Amount committed by the Asses-
sors,
$1,687 83
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer,
$1,545 96
Abatements,
2 91
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1903,
138 96
$1,687 83
$1,687 83
211
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS, 1903.
Amount committed by the Asses- sors, December 30, 1903, $1,465 40
WATER RATES.
DEBIT.
Amount of Commitment January · 1, 1903,
$19,348 89
Additional Commitment, 747 57
Amount collected on bills dated previous to 1903, 119 15
Amount of Commitment, July 1, 1903, 20,060 35
Additional Commitment, 444 84
Amount collected on bills dated
previous to 1903, 68 58
CREDITS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, Rebates,
$39,054 13
1,735 25
$40,789 38
$40,789 38
HARVEY S. SEARS, Collector of Taxes.
ARLINGTON, December 31, 1903.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
The Auditor, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16, of the Town's By-laws, adopted in March, 1903, presents his report for the financial year 1903.
The salaries, with the exception of the Board of Assessors, have been paid up to December 31, 1903. It seemed desirable to establish a uniform period so that each financial year will show the amount expended. Heretofore salaries were paid re- spectively to December 31st, March 1st and April 1st.
The appropriations for Robbins Library, State Aid, Watering Streets and Public Schools do not furnish sufficient available funds for the entire year. The deficiency of Robbins Library and Public Schools is made good by receipts of Trust Funds and State Aid's by the Commonwealth's payment in December each year, of the amount paid for State Aid by the Town during the preceding year, which may not even then be sufficient to make up the deficit, as is the case this year. The Watering Street expenses during the summer are met in December hy note of the Town in anticipation of street watering assessments. How- "ever, as the by-law relating to the Auditors' duties says, " To transmit bills to the Treasurer for payment only if there are "available funds " the Town either should furnish the amount needed, in which case the reimbursements when received at the end of the year would revert to the Treasury ; or the Auditor should be instructed in each instance to approve bills in the an- ticipation of the respective receipts. In the latter case the above accounts will show an overdraft part of the year. A similar condition exists in the Sewer Department. Under the present method it is impossible for the Auditor to determine to what extent the commitments of Sewer assessments, against which the
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Town Treasurer can borrow, will reimburse the Town Treasury for construction expenses.
The simplest remedy for the conditions shown would be, of course, to make a sufficient straight appropriation, and not to count on funds before they are in the Treasury.
It might also be well to determine in how far the provision for approving bills may be applied regarding Outside Poor, Board of Health or other departments in cases of calamity or distress, for a strict interpretation might lead to unnecessary delay, expense or friction.
The credits which the departments receive during the year are of two kinds. One, a reimbursement for work done or for expenses incurred, paid out of the appropriations of the cur- rent year. The other is a reimbursement to the Town for money expended and made good by previous appropriations ; that is to say, a credit collected for which there has been no outlay ; for instance, if the Outside Poor Dept. collects during 1904 a bill paid by the Overseers of the Poor during 1903, such re- ceipts not having been taken into account in making up the yearly budget, are not available funds for the respective de- partments. Your Auditor recommends that he be authorized to open a Treasury account, and that such credits as above de- scribed be passed to its credit, with the provision, however, that the balances shown at the end of the year be available only for the Sinking Fund. Rents, licenses, sale of offal might be included in this account.
The Auditor has examined the securities and accounts of the following trust funds, and finds the securities on hand as stated and the accounts as printed by the Treasurer elsewhere, correct :
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