Town of Newton annual report 1878-1879, Part 3

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 476


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MAYOR'S ADDRESS.


No board or officer entrusted with duties and the power to perform such duties, by the State, can alienate those powers or those duties; the responsi- bility must rest with those and those only upon whom the law places it. Agencies in the form of commit- tees may be used, but the responsibility for the acts of such agents cannot be evaded, the holders of the power should and must at all times keep control of its agents.


The legislation of the last year has plainly shown that constant attempts have been made by a majority of the Common Council to procure powers which the Statutes confer upon the Board of Aldermen. From this cause, the greater powers conferred by law upon the Board of Aldermen, has grown a jealousy of that branch, which should, for such cause, have no place in municipal affairs. In addition to the pro- posed amendment to the Finance Ordinance already alluded to, I cite another case in point.


The Legislature, session of 1878, enacted a law providing for additional pay to indigent soldiers and sailors, this additional pay the law says distinctly shall be paid "under the direction of its Mayor and Aldermen," and then goes on to say that " all sums of money so paid out or expended shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth."


The law says that money shall be raised for this purpose, in accordance therewith an order originated


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MAYOR'S ADDRESS.


in the Board of Aldermen appropriating money, this order was returned from the Common Council with an amendment passed by that body to this effect, " provided that the money shall be disbursed by the Committee on State Aid," or words to that effect. This amendment ignored entirely the power given by law to the Mayor and to the Aldermen, and would, if it were passed and were legal, have substituted for the Mayor and Aldermen, a Committee composed of one Alderman and two members of the Common Council. Again, if it had passed and the matter had been understood by the State authorities, the money paid out under the law could not have been recovered from the State, because it would not have been dis- bursed in the manner required by the provisions of the law. Both the Mayor and Board of Aldermen intended to employ the Committee on State Aid as agents; to this there was no possible objection, but neither the Mayor nor the Aldermen had the power, even if they had the inclination, to substitute that committee and alienate to that committee their own powers and the duties imposed upon them by the Legislature.


Similar legislation has, during the year 1878, been the rule rather than the exception; in this case, the Common Council receded from its action, neverthe- less it was such legislation as should never passed its own body.


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MAYOR'S ADDRESS.


Members of the Common Council have this day sworn "to the best of their ability and understanding" to perform the duties of a Common Councilman; Aldermen have, in the same words, sworn to perform the duties of an Alderman, and the Mayor has, in a similar manner, sworn to perform the duties of a Mayor. The laws establish the duties of these sev- cral positions. To the study of the Statutes we must look for a knowledge of those duties and of the power essential to their performance, and none of us have the right to waive or alienate any portion of those duties. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen have no more right and power to say, we transfer to the Committee on State Aid, all our rights and duties un- der the law affording additional pay to indigent soldiers and sailors, than has the Common Council to invite twenty-eight citizens to vote with them upon the subject of appropriations, and agree to abide by the result; and those citizens not being invited, have- as good reason for jealousy as has the Common Council at not receiving from the Board of Aldermen, powers which that Board has not the right to bestow.


If the Mayor and all the members of the City Coun- cil of 1879, will carefully and earnestly enlighten themselves upon the points of municipal government, that principal cause of ill-feeling, which in 1878, defeated many useful measures, provoked personal attacks and destroyed all harmony, will sink into the oblivion it deserves.


AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


FINANCES


OF THE


CITY OF NEWTON


For the Year ending December 31, 1878.


TOGETHER WITH


REPORTS OF THE CITY CLERK, THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND . THE CITY MARSHAL.


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BOSTON : L. F. LAWRENCE & CO., PRINTERS, DEVONSHIRE STREET. 1879.


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CONTENTS.


City Government, 1878


· v, viii


City Government, 1879


. ix, xvi


Auditor's Report


1


City Treasurer's Account .


2-5


Report of Committee on Finance


5-6


Liabilities


6-7


Assets and Recapitulation


7-9


Receipts .


9-10


Expenses


. 10-11


Table showing Appropriations, Mayor's Warrants, etc. . 12-13


Table showing Permanent Debt


14


Taxes and Taxable Valuation . .


15


Statement of Sinking Funds .


. 15-17


Detailed Statement of Receipts and Expenses .


. 25-74


RECEIPTS.


Almshouse


17


Armory ·


17


Black Bass Pond


17


Books, Stationery, and Printing


17


City Clerk's Fees


17


City Hall .


18


Criminal Fees


18


Dog Tax .


18


Highways


18


Interest on Daily Balances, Taxes and Water Account


18


Kenrick Fund Income


19


Non-Resident Pupils .


19


Premium on Water Bonds


19


Poor Out of Almshouse


19


Public Property


20


State Aid .


21


Sidewalks and Curbing


21


Taxes, 1871 to 1878 .


21-23


Temporary Loans


23


Water Bonds


23


Water Rates


24


EXPENDITURES.


Almshouse


. 24-25


Armory ·


26


Books, Stationery, and Printing


. 26-27


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CONTENTS.


Burial Grounds


27


City Clerk's Salary .


27


City Engineer's Department


28


City Hall .


28-29


Taxes, State and County .


29


Conveyance of Pupils


· 30


Curbing and Concrete Walks


. 30


Commissioners for Sewerage and Drainage


· 30


Drains and Culverts .


. 30-31


Evening Schools


· 31


Fire Department


. 32-39


Gravel Lands .


. 39-40


Highways, General Repairs


. 40-44


Highways, Widening and Improvements .


. 44-45


Industrial and Mechanical Drawing .


45


Interest on City Loans


46


Interest on Water Bonds


Land Damages .


.


47


Memorial Day .


47


Miscellaneous Expenses


47-51


Newton Free Library


. 52-53


Police Department .


. 53-55


Poor Out of Almshouse


· 55-58


Public Property


. 58-60


Public Squares .


60


Salaries


. 60-61


State Aid .


61-62


Sinking Funds, City Debt


.


62


Sinking Funds, Water Bonds .


62


Schools - General Appropriation for


62-66


Schools - Incidentals and Repairs


. 67-69


Use of Hydrants


·


69


Water Construction .


69-71


Water Maintenance . 72-74


Ledger Balances


75


Statement of the Kenrick Fund


75-76


Report of City Clerk, vital statistics


. 77-84


Table Showing Number of Polls, Real and Personal Estate, etc. .


85


Table Showing Amount Paid for Support of Poor Out of Alms- house from 1851 to 1878, inclusive 86


Salaries of City Officers for 1878 86-89


. Schedule of City Property, Real and Personal . 89-93


Report of Overseers of the Poor


97-104


Report of City Marshal


107-111


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46


Lighting Streets


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·


. OFFICERS


OF THE


NEWTON CITY GOVERNMENT,


1878.


Mayor. WILLIAM B. FOWLE.


Aldermen. JAMES F. EDMANDS, President.


WARD ONE. F. G. BARNES.


WARD TWO. W. W. KEITH.


WARD THREE.


WARD FOUR.


ELIJAH W. WOOD.


WM. I. GOODRICH.


WARD FIVE.


OTIS PETTEE.


WARD SIX. JAMES F. EDMANDS.


WARD SEVEN. GEORGE S. BULLENS.


COMMON COUNCIL. GEORGE E. ALLEN, President.


WARD ONE.


GEORGE E. PIKE.


C. BOWDITCH COFFIN.


WARD THREE. GEORGE E. ALLEN.


JOS. B. WHITMORE.


WARD FIVE. HORACE BACON.


GEO. D. ELDRIDGE.


WARD TWO. J. WESLEY KIMBALL. JOS. W. STOVER.


WARD FOUR. RUFUS MOULTON. NATHAN MOSMAN.


WARD SIX. JOHN WARD. DWIGHT CHESTER.


WARD SEVEN. JOHN Q. HENRY. WM. P. ELLISON (v)


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Clerk of Common Council. HOSEA HYDE.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes EDWARD J. COLLINS.


City Clerk and Clerk of Board of Aldermen. EDWIN O. CHILDS.


City Auditor and Clerk of Committees. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.


City Solicitor. PETER THACHER.


City Engineer. ALBERT F. NOYES.


Superintendent of Streets. A. R. CARTER.


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.


Assessors.


ISAAC HAGAR, Chairman, .


HOWARD B. COFFIN, Secretary,


Term expires January, 1880. Term expires January, 1881


SAMUEL M. JACKSON, Term expires January, 1879.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


WILLIAM B. FOWLE, Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio.


GEORGE E. ALLEN, President Common Council, ex-officio. REV. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE, D.D., Chairman.


ISAAC HAGAR, Secretary.


EPHRAIM HUNT, LL.D., Superintendent of Schools.


ELECTIVE MEMBERS.


Ward 1 .- BRADFORD K. PEIRCE, . HENRY C. HARDON, 2. - HENRY O. MARTIN, HORATIO S. NOYES, . Expires January, 1880.


PRESENT TERM OF OFFICE. . Expires January, 1880. . Expires January, 1880. Expires January, 1880.


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ELECTIVE MEMBERS.


Ward 3. - JULIUS L. CLARKE, . EDWARD D. HINCKLEY, .


4. - JAMES E. LATIMER, ISAAC HAGAR,


" 5 .- JOHN A. GOULD, CHARLES E. ABBOTT, " 6. - JAMES S. NEWELL, AMOS E. LAWRENCE, .


" 7. - GEORGE W. SHINN, LINCOLN R. STONE, . Expires January, 1879.


PRESENT TERM OF OFFICE. Expires January, 1879.


. Expires January, 1879. Expires January, 1879. Expires January, 1879. Expires January, 1881. . Expires January, 1881. Expires January, 1881.


. Expires January, 1881.


Expires January, 1881.


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers. THE MAYOR, ex-officio, Chairman. Ward 1. - CHARLES F. RAND. Ward 4. - ISAAC W. BIRD.


2. - AUSTIN T. SYLVESTER. " 5. - HOSEA C. HOYT.


" 3 .- OSCAR F. LUCAS. " 6 .- GEORGE WARREN. Ward 7. - JOHN WARNER.


JOHN WARNER, Clerk of Board. NATHANIEL D. MOODY, Warden of Almshouse.


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


GEORGE H. ELLIS, Chief Engineer. HENRY L. BIXBY, Assistant Engineer. .


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. From the Board of Aldermen. WVM. I. GOODRICH.


From the Common Council. GEO. D. ELDRIDGE.


GEORGE H. JONES. JOHN S. FARLOW.


At Large.


REV. B. K. PEIRCE, D.D. HON. JAS. F. C. HYDE. HON. JULIUS L. CLARK.


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POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIVILO L. HINDS, City Marshal. CHARLES O. DAVIS, Sergeant of Police.


Police Officers.


JAMES D. HENTHORN. JOHN RYAN.


GEORGE W. RIGBY.


CHARLES P. HEUSTIS.


WILLIAM C. EMERSON. ROBERT S. HARRISON.


NOAH F. BOSWORTH.


CHARLES E. DAVIS.


GEORGE E. F. BAKER. GEORGE H. MARSH.


. CHARLES F. RICHARDSON. CHARLES S. BOOTHBY.


EDWIN G. HURD.


WARD OFFICERS.


WARD ONE.


Warden, JOHN M. FISK ; Clerk, WILLIAM C. EMERSON ; Inspectors, DEXTER WHIPPLE, JOHN E. BUTLER, SAMUEL W. KENDALL.


WARD TWO.


Warden, WINFIELD S. SLOCUM ; Clerk, ROBERT P. GOULD; Inspec- · tors, GEORGE E. BRIDGES, WILLIAM H. LUCAS, HENRY F. ROSS.


WARD THREE.


Warden, STEPHEN THACHER; Clerk, WILLIAM E. BARKER ; Inspec- tors, OSCAR F. LUCAS, IRA D. VAN DUZEE, JOHN W. CARTER.


WARD FOUR.


Warden, BENJAMIN B. CLARK ; Clerk, H. H. MATHER; Inspectors, HENRY G. HILDRETH, JAMES H. DOLLIVER, CHARLES A. MOULTON.


WARD FIVE.


Warden, WILLIAM S. CARGILL; Clerk, CHARLES H. NOYES; In- spectors, A. F. COTTRELL, GEORGE E. WALES, JOHN T. THOMASON.


WARD SIX.


Warden, LEWIS E. COFFIN ; Clerk, EDWARD H. MASON; Inspec- tors, FRANK EDMANDS, EDWARD A. ELLIS, BENJAMIN F. TYLER.


WARD SEVEN.


Warden, ISAAC N. PEABODY ; Clerk, JOHN A. EVANS ; Inspectors, LYSANDER A. ELLIS, FREDERICK JACKSON, HENRY B. WELLS.


OFFICERS


OF THE


NEWTON CITY GOVERNMENT, 1879.


Mayor. WILLIAM B. FOWLE.


1


BOARD OF ALDERMEN. JAMES F. EDMANDS, President.


WARD ONE.


WARD TWO.


FRANCIS G. BARNES.


WILLIAM W. KEITH.


WARD THREE.


WARD FOUR.


EDWARD R. SECCOMB.


CHARLES C. BURR.


WARD FIVE.


WARD SIX.


GEORGE D. ELDRIDGE. JAMES F. EDMANDS.


WARD SEVEN. GEORGE S. BULLENS.


COMMON COUNCIL. JOHN Q. HENRY, President.


WARD ONE. C. BOWDITCH COFFIN. EDWARD SAWYER.


WARD TWO. J. WESLEY KIMBALL. JOSEPH W. STOVER.


WARD THREE. DAVID W. CHILD. WILLIAM DIX.


WARD FOUR. NATHAN MOSMAN. BENJAMIN BOURNE.


WARD FIVE. GEORGE E. WALES. ALLISON O. SWETT.


WARD SIX. CHARLES C. BARTON. EDWARD B. BOWEN.


WARD SEVEN. JOHN Q. HENRY. WILLIAM P. ELLISON.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Clerk of Common Council. HOSEA HYDE.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. EDWARD J. COLLINS.


City Clerk and Clerk of Board of Aldermen. EDWIN O. CHILDS.


City Auditor and Clerk of Committees. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.


City Solicitor. PETER THACHER.


City Engineer. ALBERT F. NOYES.


Superintendent of Streets. -


Water Registrar. MOSES CLARK, JR.


Superintendent of Water Works. H. N. HYDE, JR.


City Messenger. JOSEPH D. WELLINGTON.


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.


Assessors.


ISAAC HAGAR, Chairman, . Term expires January, 1880.


HOWARD B. COFFIN, Secretary, . Term expires January, 1881.


SAMUEL M. JACKSON, . Term expires January, 1882.


Assistant Assessors. - Elected Annually.


Ward 1. - ORRIN WHIPPLE. Ward 4. - I. R. WORCESTER.


2. - JOSEPH WALKER. 66 5. - S. N. WOODWARD.


" 3 .- OSCAR F. LUCAS. 66 6. - GEORGE WARREN. Ward 7. - JOHN WARNER.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


WILLIAM B. FOWLE, Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio.


JOHN Q. HENRY, President Common Council, ex-officio. REV. AMOS E. LAWRENCE, Chairman.


ISAAC HAGAR, Secretary.


EPHRAIM HUNT, LL.D., Superintendent of Schools.


ELECTIVE MEMBERS.


Ward 1. - THOMAS S. SAMSON,1 HENRY E. COBB,1


2. - HENRY O. MARTIN,


HORATIO S. NOYES, .


3. - JULIUS L. CLARKE, ELIJAH W. WOOD, " 4. - WILLIAM S. SMITH, ISAAC HAGAR, .


5. - JOHN A. GOULD, CHARLES E. ABBOTT, 6. - JAMES S. NEWELL, AMOS E. LAWRENCE,


PRESENT TERM OF OFFICE. . Expires January, 1880. Expires January, 1880.


. Expires January, 1880. Expires January, 1880. Expires January, 1882. Expires January, 1882. . Expires January, 1882. Expires January, 1882. . Expires January, 1881. Expires January, 1881. Expires January, 1881. Expires January, 1881.


7. - GEORGE W. SHINN, . Expires January, 1881. LINCOLN R. STONE, . Expires January, 1882.


1 Elected in joint convention of City Council and School Committee.


District Committees.


NEWTON-CENTRE DISTRICT.


JAMES S. NEWELL, Newton Centre. JOHN A. GOULD, Newton Upper Falls.


AMOS E. LAWRENCE, Newton Centre. CHARLES E. ABBOTT, Newton Highlands. GEORGE W. SHINN, Newton.


UPPER-FALLS DISTRICT.


JOHN A. GOULD, Newton Upper Falls. JAMES S. NEWELL, Newton Centre.


CHARLES E. ABBOTT, Newton Highlands. AMOS E. LAWRENCE, Newton Centre. ISAAC HAGAR, Newton Lower Falls.


LOWER-FALLS DISTRICT.


WILLIAM S. SMITH, Auburndale. ELIJAH W. WOOD, West Newton. ISAAC HAGAR, Newton Lower Falls.


WEST-NEWTON DISTRICT.


JULIUS L. CLARKE, West Newton. ELIJAH W. WOOD, West Newton.


HORATIO S. NOYES, Newtonville. WILLIAM S. SMITH, Auburndale. HENRY O. MARTIN, Newtonville.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


NEWTONVILLE DISTRICT.


HORATIO S. NOYES, Newtonville. LINCOLN R. STONE, Newton.


HENRY O. MARTIN, Newtonville. THOMAS S. SAMSON, Newton.


HENRY E. COBB, Newton.


NEWTON DISTRICT.


LINCOLN R. STONE, Newton. GEORGE W. SHINN, Newton. HENRY E. COBB, Newton. JOHN Q. HENRY, Newton.


THOMAS S. SAMSON, Newton.


Standing Committees of the Board.


High School. - Amos E. Lawrence, Thomas S. Samson, Horatio S. Noyes, Julius L. Clarke, William S. Smith, John A. Gould, George W. Shinn, Mayor, ex-officio.


Rules and Regulations. - George W. Shinn, Henry E. Cobb, Charles E. Abbott.


Accounts and Printing. - Isaac Hagar, Elijah W. Wood, Julius L. Clarke.


School-houses. - Isaac Hagar, John A. Gould, Lincoln R. Stone. Salaries. - James S. Newell, John Q. Henry, Henry O. Martin. Text-Books. - Amos E. Lawrence, William S. Smith, Julius L. Clarke. Music. - Amos E. Lawrence, Lincoln R. Stone, Elijah W. Wood. Drawing and Writing. - Horatio S. Noyes, John Q. Henry, Thomas S. Samson.


Industrial Drawing. - James S. Newell, Charles E. Abbott, Henry O. Martin.


Evening Schools .- Geo. W. Shinn, Lincoln R. Stone, Henry E. Cobb.


POOR DEPARTMENT. Board of Overseers.


THE MAYOR, ex-officio, Chairman.


Ward 1. - CHARLES F. RAND. Ward 4. - ISAAC W. BIRD. " 2 .- AUSTIN T. SYLVESTER. " 5 .- HOSEA C. HOYT.


" 3 .- OSCAR F. LUCAS. " 6. - GEORGE WARREN. Ward 7. - JOHN WARNER.


JOHN WARNER, Clerk of Board. JOHN WARNER, City Almoner. NATHANIEL D. MOODY, Warden of Almshouse.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. HENRY L. BIXBY, Chief Engineer. WILLIAM BEMIS, Assistant Engineer.


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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. From the Board of Aldermen. GEORGE D. ELDRIDGE.


From the Common Council. NATHAN MOSMAN.


At Large.


GEORGE H. JONES. REV. B. K. PEIRCE, D.D.


JOHN S. FARLOW. HON. JAMES F. C. HYDE. HON. JULIUS. L CLARKE.


GEORGE H. JONES, President.


REV. B. K. PEIRCE, D.D., Superintendent.


HANNAH P. JAMES, Librarian.


POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIVILO L. HINDS, City Marshal. CHARLES O. DAVIS, Sergeant of Police.


Police Officers.


JAMES D. HENTHORN. JOHN RYAN.


GEORGE W. RIGBY.


CHARLES P. HEUSTIS.


WILLIAM C. EMERSON.


ROBERT S. HARRISON.


NOAH F. BOSWORTH.


CHARLES E. DAVIS.


GEORGE E. F. BAKER. GEORGE H. MARSH.


CHARLES F. RICHARDSON. CHARLES S. BOOTHBY. EDWIN G. HURD.


WARD OFFICERS.


WARD ONE.


Warden, JOHN M. FISK; Clerk, CHARLES A. DREW ; Inspectors, JOHN E. BUTLER, SAMUEL W. KENDALL, GEORGE B. ULLMAN.


WARD TWO.


Warden, GEORGE E. BRIDGES ; Clerk, R. P. GOULD; Inspectors, HENRY P. DEARBORN, LAWRENCE H. CRANITCH, JAMES D. BILLINGS.


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WARD THREE.


Warden, STEPHEN THACHER ; Clerk, WILLIAM E. BARKER ; Inspec- tors, FRANK E. HUNTER, THOMAS B. FITZ, OSCAR F. LUCAS.


WARD FOUR.


Warden, JAMES H. DOLLIVER ; Clerk, HENRY H. MATHER ; Inspec- tors, CHAS. A. MOULTON, EUGENE B. BAKER, HENRY G. HILDRETH.


WARD FIVE.


Warden, WILLIAM S. GARGILL; Clerk, CHAS. H. NOYES ; Inspec- tors, JOHN T. THOMASON, HARLEY A. SMITH, ARTHUR T. COTTRELL.


WARD SIX.


Warden, LEWIS E. COFFIN ; Clerk, EDWARD H. MASON ; Inspectors, FRANK EDMANDS, EDWARD A. ELLIS, SAMUEL M. JACKSON.


WARD SEVEN.


Warden, LYSANDER A. ELLIS ; Clerk, HENRY B. WELLS ; Inspectors, FREDERICK JACKSON, EDWIN M. GAY, J. EDWIN WARNER.


JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.


Committee on Finance and Salaries.


The MAYOR, ex-officio. The President of the Common Council, ex-officio. Alderman William W. Keith. Alderman George S. Bullens.


Councilman William P. Ellison. Councilman Charles C. Barton. Councilman Joseph W. Stover.


Committee on Accounts. Alderman George S. Bullens.


Councilman C. Bowditch Coffin. Councilman William P. Ellison.


Committee on Public Property and Burial-Grounds. Alderman Edward R. Seccomb. Councilman David W. Child. Councilman Benjamin Bourne.


Committee on State Aid, Soldiers' Relief, and Military Affairs. Alderman Charles C. Burr.


Councilman J. Wesley Kimball. Councilman Allison O. Swett.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Committee on Fuel and Street Lights. Alderman William W. Keith. Councilman Edward B. Bowen. Councilman William Dix.


Committee on Fire Department.


Alderman Francis G. Barnes. Alderman James F. Edmands.


Councilman J. Wesley Kimball. Councilman William P. Ellison. Councilman Charles C. Barton.


Committee on Highways, Sidewalks, Drains, Sewers, Culverts, and Bridges.


Alderman James F. Edmands. Alderman F. G. Barnes.


Councilman Nathan Mosman. Councilman William Dix. Councilman E. B. Bowen.


Committee on Printing. Alderman Charles C. Burr. Councilman Joseph W. Stover. Councilman Benjamin Bourne.


Committee on Ordinances.


Alderman Charles C. Burr. Alderman James F. Edmands.


Councilman Charles C. Barton. Councilman David W. Child. Councilman C. Bowditch Coffin.


Committee on Claims.


Alderman F. G. Barnes. Alderman George D. Eldridge. President John Q. Henry.


Councilman Edward B. Bowen. Councilman George E. Wales.


Committee on Water.


Alderman George D. Eldridge. Alderman Edward R. Seccomb. Councilman J. Wesley Kimball. Councilman Nathan Mosman. Councilman Edward Sawyer.


Committee on Almshouse and Poor. Alderman Charles C. Burr.


Councilman Edward Sawyer. Councilman George E. Wales.


Committee on Assessors' Department. Alderman George S. Bullens. Councilman C. Bowditch Coffin. Councilman A. O. Swett.


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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


Committee on Police. The MAYOR.


Alderman William W. Keith. Alderman Edward R. Seccomb.


Committee on Elections and Returns. Alderman George S. Bullens. Alderman Charles C. Burr.


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. Alderman James F. Edmands. Alderman Charles C. Burr.


Committee ou Highways, Sidewalks, Drains, Sewers, Culverts, and Bridges.


Alderman James F. Edmands. Alderman F. G. Barnes. Alderman George D. Eldridge.


Committee on Licenses, Weights, and Measures. Alderman George D. Eldridge. Alderman F. G. Barnes.


Committee on Healthi.


Alderman Edward R. Seccomb. Alderman Charles C. Burr.


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. Councilman D. W. Child. Councilman William Dix. Councilman E. B. Bowen.


Committee on Judiciary.


Councilman Charles C. Barton. Councilman Edward Sawyer. Councilman William P. Ellison.


Committee on Appropriations.


Councilman Nathan Mosman. Councilman A. O. Swett. Councilman J. Wesley Kimball.


Committee on Highways. Councilman George E. Wales. Councilman C. Bowditch Coffin. Councilman Benjamin Bourne.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


CITY OF NEWTON.


AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT, NEWTON, Feb. 1, 1879.


TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL : -


Gentlemen, - The third Section of Ordinance No. 4 requires the Auditor to lay before the City Council, annually, an exhibit of the financial transactions and results of the preceding year : first, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the year, with details under appropriate heads, showing the names of the persons to whom paid, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred ; second, a schedule of all property belonging to the City, and of all leases thereof; third, an exhibit of loans or debts bearing interest due from the City, with rates of such interest, and dates when payable ; the whole to conform as near as practicable to the accounts of the City Treasurer.


In obedience to this requirement I have the honor to present the annexed Report, exhibiting the transactions of the financial department of the City Government for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1878. Detailed statements of Liabilities and Assets, Receipts and Expenditures, Sinking Funds, City Property, etc., with other information of public interest, will be found under its appropriate classifications.


Respectfully submitted,


BENJAMIN F. OTIS, Auditor.


CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


THE CITY OF NEWTON IN ACCOUNT WITH EDWARD J. COLLINS, Treasurer and Collector.


DR.


To Cash Paid as per following Accounts : -


Almshouse Expenses and Repairs, $2,944 67


Armory rent and Expenses, 1,172 42


Books, Stationery, and Printing, 2,057 88


Burial-Grounds, 118 87


City Engineer's Department,


2,771 85


City Hall Fuel, Light, and Contingent


Expenses, 2,050 23


Commonwealth Massachusetts State


Tax, 1878, 16,080 00


Commonwealth Massachusetts Non- Resident Bank Tax, 1,318 56


Commissioners of Sewerage,


2,000 00


Concrete Sidewalks,


3,000 00


Conveyance of Pupils,


900 00


County of Middlesex Tax, 1878,


11,615 58


Curbing, 999 47


Drains and Culverts,


4,615 67


Evening Schools, 532 39


Fire Department,


19,886 12


Gravel Land,


1,266 13


Highways, General Repairs,


48,011 07


Highways, Widening and Improve- ments, 6,229 26


Interest on City Loans, 29,267 08


Interest on Water Scrip, 44,800 00


Amount carried forward, $201,637 25


3


Amount brought forward, $201,637 25


Industrial and Mechanical Drawing,


110 50


Kenrick Fund,


180 00


Land Damages,


1,061 41


Lighting Streets,


22,319 94


Memorial Day,


300 00


Miscellaneous Expenses,


4,301 26


Newton Free Library,


7,270 02


Overlay and Abatement Taxes, 1876, 18 70


Overlay and Abatement Taxes, 1877,


1,121 20


Overlay and Abatement Taxes, 1878,


3,203 51


Police Department,


15,161 58


Poor out of Almshouse,


8,444 92


Public Property,


7,904 36


Public Squares, Improvements,


500 00


Salaries (including City Clerk, $1,800), 9,518 25 State Aid, 1,278 00


Schools, General Appropriation,


72,339 05


School Incidentals and Repairs,


8,693 94


Sinking Fund on City Debt,


12,250 00


Sinking Fund on Water debt, 12,750 00


Temporary Loans, 200,000 00


Use of Hydrants,


5,000 00


Water Construction,


30,129 35


Water Maintenance,


10,196 07


$635,689 31


Balance in Treasury Dec. 31, 1878,


77,275 60


$712,964 91


CR.


Balance in the Treasury, December 31, 1877,


$77,013 72


Almshouse,


703 66


Armory, Black Bass Pond,


500 00


25 00


Amount carried forward, $78,242 38


4


Amount brought forward, $78,242 38


Books, Stationery, and Printing, 10 50


City Clerk Fees, 203 85


City Hall, 1,047 50


Criminal Fees, Police Court,


680 55


Corporation Tax, Commonwealth Mas- sachusetts, 14,759 76


Dog-Tax, County of Middlesex,


811 33


Funded Debt, Water Scrip, Sale of Water Scrip, 19,000 00


Highways,


2,844 05


Interest on Deposits Newton National Bank, 1,523 16


Interest on Deposits National Bank North America, 271 68


Interest on Taxes,


3,612 89


Kenrick Fund, Interest on Loans,


230 00


National Bank Tax from Common- wealth Massachusetts, 10,248 90


Non-Resident Pupils' Tuition, 523 50


Premium on Water Bonds, 665 00


Poor out of Almshouse, 2,251 62


Public Property,


406 45


State Aid from Commonwealth Mas- sachusetts,


1,300 00


Sidewalks and Curbing,


799 79


Taxes, 1875, $9 26


Taxes, 1876, 2,528 47


Taxes, 1877, 67,258 38


Taxes, 1878, 294,332 51


364,128 62


· Temporary Loans,


180,000 00


Water Rates, 1877, 655 62


Water Rates, 1878, 20,129 11.


Water Rates by Meter, 1878, 2,710 34


Amount carried forward, $707,056 60


5


Amount brought forward, $707,056 60


Water Construction, Service-Pipe Assessment, 3,217 15


Water Construction, Meters sold, 2,366 90


Water Construction, Old Materials Sold, 27 43




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