Town of Newton annual report 1885, Part 2

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 570


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CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.


The duties of the Engineer are to make all plans and surveys pertaining to the streets, drains, lands, sewers and Water Works, and to inspect all plumbing.


In addition to the work as defined by ordinance he has made a sanitary survey of the City for the Joint Special Committee on Sewerage.


He is also engaged, as the routine work of the office will allow, in extending the general survey of the City topo- graphically, and the making of a complete set of sectional maps.


This work will be of great value to the City when finished, in the economic design and development of all internal improvements. Its importance warrants a sufficient appropriation to effect its early completion.


The cost of this department for the year 1884 was $6,750 00.


POOR DEPARTMENT.


The interests of the City and the needs of the destitute may safely be left in the control of the Board of Overseers.


Persons who by reason of infirmity or other misfortune apply for aid are properly treated. Care is also taken that the City is reimbursed for assistance rendered persons, chargeable to other cities and towns.


The City Farm and Almshouse are well carried on and the buildings are in good order.


The inmates number at present 28; many are feeble and advanced in years; the ages of twelve of them range from


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seventy-two to one hundred and six years.


The provisions made for their comfort are liberal. The house is heated by steam, the rooms neatly kept and plenty of wholesome food provided.


The cost of maintaining the Almshouse for 1884 was $4,120; the cost of assisting poor out of Almshouse for 1884, $7,076 00.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


The regular force consists of the City Marshal, a sergeant and fourteen patrolmen.


This department has been well conducted, good order preserved, with increased harmony of action.


The large area to be covered and the growing demands upon the department make it necessary, to insure prompt and efficient enforcement of the laws, to employ more men ; during most of the year it was found necessary to employ two special officers. I recommend they be appointed perma- nently.


A private telephone line has been put up for the use of the police only, which is of great advantage, securing speedy and private communication with headquarters and each other, -an important feature in police work.


It will be my endeavor as heretofore, through the aid of the police, to execute and enforce without exception, all the rules, ordinances and laws governing the City.


The cost of this department for the year 1884 was $17,752 00.


CLAFLIN GUARD.


Our military organization, Company C, Fifth Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Militia, maintains its high rank in the regi-


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ment to which it belongs, as well as in the estimation of our citizens.


While no exigency is apprehended that will demand their services, it is nevertheless a wise economy to be prepared for emergencies which may arise requiring prompt and vigorous treatment.


The City made a good purchase of the old Channing Church, which is now being fitted up for an Armory for the Claflin Guard, and will probably be ready for occupancy about April first.


It is centrally located, easily accessible, and when completed will be one of the best in the State.


The land and buildings completed will cost about $11,500 00.


The State pays the City for rental $400 per annum.


The building contains a large hall which will be a great convenience for Newton, being a suitable place for entertain- ments and a ward room for Ward One.


The net cost to the City for the year 1884 was $1,052 00.


REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.


Chapter 298 of the Acts of 1884 required the appoint- ment of a Board of Registration to be composed of three " able and discreet persons " and the City Clerk, the two leading parties to he equally represented in the appointments made.


A strict interpretation of the law would have made it necessary to erase all names on the voting lists and compel an entire new registration.


The Board fortunately was able to pursue a course which saved the citizens such inconvenience.


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Ample opportunity has been given at the City Hall and in the several wards for registration.


The Board has actively and faithfully performed the duties devolving upon it and the many changes from the usual course required by the statute have been carefully executed.


ELECTIONS.


Chapter 299 of the acts of 1884 provided for the appoint- ment instead of election of the ward or election officers.


The two parties casting the largest vote at the preceding election to be entitled to equal representation.


The use of the patent ballot box was also required, and the method of conducting the elections radically changed.


CIVIL SERVICE.


Chap. 320 acts of 1884 creates a Civil Service Com- mission for the Commonwealth and provides for appointment to office under the rules of such Commission. A limited number of offices in this city will be affected by the Statutes and a board of examiners will be duly appointed to act under the rules which go into effect early in the year.


CONCLUSION.


Having been entrusted by our fellow-citizens with the management and control of the City's affairs, we should endeavor by the continual exercise of diligence and intelli- gent care, to execute these important trusts to the best advantage of the City and benefit to our citizens.


CITY OF NEWTON.


AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


FINANCES


OF THE


CITY OF NEWTON,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1885.


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PRESS OF THE NEWTON JOURNAL.


CONTENTS.


City Government, 1885


vi-xx


Duties of the Auditor of Accounts


1


Auditor's Report


3


City Treasurer's Account


5-9


Report of Committee on Finance


9-10


Liabilities


10-12


Assets and Recapitulation


12-16


Receipts


16-18


Expenses


18-20


Table showing Appropriations, Transfers, Mayor's War- rants, etc.


21-23


Table showing Permanent Debt


24


Statement of Kenrick Fund


25


Taxes and Taxable Valuation


25-26


Ledger Balances


26-27


Report of Commissioners of Sinking Funds


28-30


Report of the Trustees of the Read Fund


30-31


Detailed Statement of Receipts and Expenditures


31-153


RECEIPTS.


Almshouse


31


Armory


31


Betterments


32


Collector's Fees


32


Corporation Tax


32


City Hall


32


Dog Tax


32


Druggists' License Fees


33


Fire Department


33


Funded Debts-Water Bonds


33


Funded Debt-School Loan


33


Highway Department


33-34


Interest on Deposits


35


Interest on Betterments


35


Interest on City Loans


35


Interest on Farlow Park Betterments


35


Interest on Sidewalk and Curbing Assessments


35


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CONTENTS.


Interest on Taxes


35


Interest on Water Bonds


35


Indignant Soldiers and Sailors


36


Kenrick Fund Income


36


Miscellaneous


37


National Bank Tax


37


Newton Free Library


37


Police Department


37


Peddlars' Licenses


37


Poor out of Almshouse


37-39 39


Premium on School Loan


40


Read Fund Income


40


Record and Other Fees


40


Schools, general appropriations for


40


School Incidentals


41


Ships Engaged in Foreign Trade


41


Sidewalks and Curbing


41


Street Light Department


41


Sinking Fund Commissioners


41


State Aid


42


Taxes, 1879-'85 .


42-43


Temporary Loans


43-44


Tuition for Non-Resident Pupils


44


Water Meters and Service-Pipes


44


Water-Rates


45


Water-Rates by Meters


45


EXPENDITURES.


Almshouse


45-18


Abatement of Betterments


48


Armory, rent and expenses


48-49


Armory Hall


49-50


Auburndale Schoolhouse


50-51


Books, Stationery and Printing


51-53


Board of Health


53-55


Burial-Grounds


55


Conveyance of Pupils


55


Curbing


56


City Hall


56-57


City Engineer's Department


57-58


Drains and Culverts


59-60


Evening Schools


60


Public Property


CONTENTS.


V


Fire Department


61-75


Funded Debt


76


Funded Debt, Schoolhouse Note


76


Gravel Land


76


Highways, General Repairs


77-86


Highways, Widening, Reconstruction and Improvements


86


Improvements on Public Squares


87-88


Interest on City Loans


89


Interest on Water Bonds


89


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


90


Land Damages -


90-91


Memorial Day -


91 91-102


Miscellaneous Expenses -


102-105


Newton Centre-(Rice) Schoolhouse


106


Nonantum Schoolhouse


107


Police Department


107-110


Poor out of Almshouse


111-116


Public Property


117-122


Removal of Ashes


123


Read Fund Income


123


Salaries


123-124


Schools, General Appropriation for


124-132


Schools, Incidentals


133-138


Sidewalks


138-139


Sinking Fund, City Debt


139


Sinking Fund, Public Park Loan


139


Sinking Fund, Water Bonds


140


State Aid


140


Street Light Department


141


Taxes, State, County, National Bank Corporation


141-142


Temporary Loans


142


Use of Hydrants


142


Water Maintenance


143-146


Water Meters and Service Pipe


146-148


Water Construction


148-152


Water Rebate


153


West Newton-(Shaw-street) Schoolhouse


153


Schedule of City Property, Real and Personal


153-160


Table showing the Number of Polls, Real and Personal Estate, etc. 161


Table showing Amount paid for Support of Poor out of Almshouse, from 1851 to 1885 inclusive


162


Salaries of City Officers, 1885


162-165


City Government 1886


167-175


Births, Marriages and Deaths, Fees, Dogs


-


177-185


Newton Free Library


OFFICERS


OF THE


NEWTON CITY GOVERNMENT,


1885.


Mayor. J. WESLEY KIMBALL.


BOARD OF ALDERMEN. JOHN Q. HENRY, President.


Ward One. ENOS C. SOULE.


Ward Three. JAMES H. NICKERSON.


Ward Five. GEORGE PETTEE.


Ward Two. BENJAMIN S. GRANT. Ward Four. NOAH W. FARLEY. Ward Six. EDWARD H. MASON.


Ward Seven. JOHN Q. HENRY.


Clerk of Board of Aldermen. ISAAC F. KINGSBURY. COMMON COUNCIL. SAMUEL L. POWERS, President.


Ward One. RANK A. DEARBORN HERBERT F. BENT.


Ward Three. GEORGE D. DIX. ANDREW J. FISKE.


Ward Two. ALBERT F. UPTON . HENRY F. ROSS.


Ward Four. GEORGE M. FISKE. WINTHROP B. ATHERTON.


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CITY GOVERMENT.


Ward Five. JOHN F. HECKMAN. EDWARD M. BILLINGS.


Ward Six. FRANK EDMANDS. CHARLES W. ROSS.


Ward Seven.


SAMUEL L. POWERS. JAMES W. FRENCH.


Clerk of Common Council. ALBERT S. GLOVER.


City Clerk. ISAAC F. KINGSBURY.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. JOHN A. KENRICK.


Deputy Collector. MOSES CLARK, JR.


City Auditor. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.


City Solicitor. WINFIELD S. SLOCUM.


City Engineer. ALBERT F. NOYES.


Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM E. FULLER.


Water Registrar. ALBERT S. GLOVER.


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


Agent of the Board of Health. NATHAN MOSMAN.


City Messenger. JOSEPH D. WELLINGTON.


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CITY GOVERNMENT. 1x


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.


Assessors.


ISAAC HAGAR, Chairman Term expires January, 1886 HOWARD B. COFFIN, Secretary 66 1887


SAMUEL M. JACKSON 66


64 1888


Assistant Assessors (Elected Annually).


Ward 1 .- DEXTER WHIPPLE. Ward 4 -RUFUS MOULTON.


Ward 2 .- ELIHU SMEAD. Ward 5 .- WILLIAM E. CLARKE.


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


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


HON. J. WESLEY KIMBALL, Mayor, Chairman ex-officio. SAMUEL L. POWERS, President Common Council ex-officio. FISHER AMES, Chairman.


ISAAC HAGAR, Secretary. THOMAS EMERSON, Superintendent.


Elective Members.


Present Term of Office.


Expires January, 1886


66 1886


66


1886


66 1886


66


66


1888


66


1888


Ward 4 .- WILLIAM S. SMITH


1888


ISAAC HAGAR


66


1888


Ward 5 .- JOHN A. GOULD


66


66


1887


Ward 6 .- CHARLES C. BARTON WILLIAM D. PHILBRICK


66


66


66


1887


Ward 7 .- GEORGE W. SHINN


1887


ALONZO S. WEED


-


66


1888


Ward 1 .- EDMUND W. CONVERSE


CHARLES H. STONE


Ward 2 .- JOHN W. DICKINSON A. AMELIA SMEAD Ward 3 .- GEORGE A. WALTON FISHER AMES


66


66


1887


ALBERT B. PUTNEY


1887


66


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


District Committees.


NEWTON CENTRE DISTRICT.


CHARLES C. BARTON - Newton Centre.


WILLIAM D. PHILBRICK -


Newton Centre.


JOHN A. GOULD -


Newton Upper Falls.


ALBERT B. PUTNEY - Newton Highlands.


SAMUEL L. POWERS -


Newton.


UPPER FALLS DISTRICT.


JOHN A. GOULD -


Newton Upper Falls.


ALBERT B. PUTNEY -


Newton Highlands.


ISAAC HAGAR


-


Newton Lower Falls.


WILLIAM D. PHILBRICK -


Newton Centre.


CHARLES C. BARTON


Newton Centre.


LOWER FALLS DISTRICT.


WILLIAM S. SMITH


-


Auburndale.


FISHER AMES


- West Newton.


ISAAC HAGAR


-


Newton Lower Falls.


WEST NEWTON DISTRICT.


FISHER AMES


West Newton.


J. W. DICKINSON


- Newtonville.


GEORGE A. WALTON


- West Newton.


WILLIAM S.SMITH


- Auburndale.


A. AMELIA SMEAD


Newtonville.


NEWTONVILLE DISTRICT.


J. W. DICKINSON


Newtonville.


A. AMELIA SMEAD


Newtonville.


ALONZO S. WEED - Newton.


EDMUND W. CONVERSE Newton.


CHARLES H. STONE -


- Newton.


NEWTON DISTRICT.


GEORGE W. SHINN Newton.


CHARLES H. STONE,-


Newton.


ALONZO S. WEED Newton.


EDMUND W. CONVERSE - Newton.


SAMUEL L. POWERS -


Newton.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Standing Committees of the Board.


HIGH SCHOOL.


FISHER AMES. J. W. DICKINSON.


GEORGE W. SHINN.


EDMUND W. CONVERSE.


WILLIAM S. SMITH. CHARLES C. BARTON.


WILLIAM D. PHILBRICK. THE MAYOR, ex-officio.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


GEORGE W. SHINN. ALONZO S. WEED. GEORGE A. WALTON.


MUSIC. GEORGE W. SHINN. A. AMELIA SMEAD. ALBERT B. PUTNEY.


DRAWING AND WRITING.


A. AMELIA SMEAD. CHARLES H. STONE. ALBERT B. PUTNEY.


INDUSTRIAL DRAWING.


JOHN A. GOULD. CHARLES H. STONE SAMUEL L. POWERS.


SEWING.


A. AMELIA SMEAD. GEORGE W. SHINN. WILLIAM D. PHILBRICK.


TEXT-BOOKS.


CHARLES C. BARTON. WILLIAM S. SMITH. ALONZO S. WEED.


ยท RULES AND REGULATIONS.


WILLIAM S. SMITH. ALONZO S. WEED.


GEORGE A. WALTON.


SALARIES. EDMUND W. CONVERSE. SAMUEL L. POWERS. JOHN W. DICKINSON.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


SCHOOLHOUSES.


ISAAC HAGAR.


CHARLES H. STONE. JOHN W. DICKINSON.


ACCOUNTS AND PRINTING.


ISAAC HAGAR. FISHER AMES. GEORGE A. WALTON.


WATER BOARD.


At Large.


EDWARD W. CATE, President. FRANCIS A. DEWSON. CHARLES FRED CREHORE.


From the Board of Aldermen. NOAH W. FARLEY.


From the Common Council. ALBERT F. UPTON. ALBERT S. GLOVER, Clerk.


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers.


THE MAYOR, ex-officio, Chairman. Ward 1-DEXTER WHIPPLE. Ward 4-NATHAN MOSMAN.


Ward 2-EDWARD S. COLTON. Ward 5-HOSEA C. HOYT.


Ward 3-GEORGE H. INGRAHAM. Ward 6-GEORGE WARREN. Ward 7-JOHN WARNER. NATHAN MOSMAN, Clerk of Board. NATHAN MOSMAN, City Almoner. NATHANIEL D. MOODY, Warden of Almshouse. MRS. ELIZA A. MOODY, Matron.


CITY GOVERNMENT. xiii


BOARD OF HEALTH. THE MAYOR, ex officio.


From the Board of Aldermen. BENJAMIN S. GRANT, President.


From the Common Council. JOHN F. HECKMAN.


At Large.


J. FRANKLIN FULLER. JESSE F. FRISBIE. *CHARLES C. BARTON.


Agent of Board. NATHAN MOSMAN.


Clerk. ISAAC F. KINGSBURY.


Agent for Inspection of Plumbing. ALBERT F. NOYES.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. HENRY L. BIXBY, Chief of Department. WALTER B. RANDLETT, Assistant Chief of Department and Fire Alarm Telegraph Operator.


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.


At Large. JOHN L. FARLOW, President. B. K. PEIRCE, Superintendent. WILLIAM CLAFLIN. A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS. JULIUS L. CLARKE. HANNAH P. JAMES, Librarian.


*Resigned Sept. 1. Otis Pettee appointed to fill vacancy Oct. 19.


+Resigned Oct. 12. Frank Edmands appointed to fill vacancy Oct. 19.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Sinking Fund Commissioners and Trustees of the Read Fund.


GEORGE S. BULLENS, Chairman.


ALDEN SPEARE. GEORGE C. LORD.


BENJAMIN F. OTIS, Secretary.


Registrars of Voters. GEORGE E. BRIDGES, Chairman. ISAAC F. KINGSBURY, Clerk. GEORGE H. BOURNE. RICHARD T. SULLIVAN.


CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS. LUCIUS G. PRATT, Chairman. EZRA S. FARNSWORTH, Secretary. ARTHUR W. POPE.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


DANIEL M. HAMMOND, City Marshal. CHARLES F. RICHARDSON, Sergeant of Police.


Police Officers.


JAMES D. HENTHORN. CHARLES P. HUESTIS.


WILLIAM C. EMERSON.


ROBERT S. HARRISON.


NOAH F. BOSWORTH.


CHARLES E. DAVIS.


GEORGE E. F. BAKER.


FRANK B. FLETCHER.


CHARLES O. DAVIS.


JOHN PURCILL.


EDSON C. HOLMES. RUFUS H. MOULTON.


JOHN RYAN.


W. G. BOSWORTH.


JOHN W. CONROY, Jr.


AMBROSE M. FULLER.


ELECTION OFFICERS 1885.


Ward One.


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


JESSE F. FRISBIE. R. ORLANDO EVANS. . SETH C. STEVENS. GEORGE R. ASTON. EDWARD L. LEMON. DEXTER WHIPPLE. GEORGE LANE, 2D.


MICHAEL HURLEY.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Ward Two.


Warden


. HENRY P. DEARBORN. EZRA S. FARNSWORTH.


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


. WILLARD S. HIGGINS.


Deputy Clerk


ALFRED B. TAINTER.


Inspector


LAWRENCE H. CRANITCH. JAMES D. BILLINGS.


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


J. H. WILLIAMS.


Deputy Inspector


J. CLIFTON WHITNEY.


Ward Three.


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


GEORGE H. INGRAHAM. FRANK E. HUNTER. J. HARRIS REED. JOHN A. GAW. HARVEY C. WOOD. CHARLES F. TUTTLE. ARTHUR R. COE. . F. H. HUMPHREY.


Ward Four.


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


GEORGE W. CHAMBERLAIN.


Ward Five.


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


ALBERT J. GROVER JOHN W. HOWE. . CHARLES H. HALE. G. H. OSBORNE. WILLIAM T. LOGAN. JOHN BRUNDRETT.


. JOHN P. TENNEY. PHILIP T. BEGLEY. .


.


GEORGE E. JOHNSON.


. BERNARD EARLY. HENRY H. MATHER. G. LYMAN SNOW. HENRY WASHBURN. EVERETT E. MOODY. WILLIAM A. LEONARD.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Ward Six.


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


SAMUEL M. JACKSON. JAMES D. GREENE ROBERT R. BISHOP, JR. STEPHEN BARTLETT. JAMES W. HILL. HENRY H. READ. R. M. SALTONSTALL. B. W. CROCKER.


Ward Seven-


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk .


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


. J. EDWIN WARNER. CHARLES W. BASSETT. MOSES CLARK, JR. HENRY C. DANIELS. GEORGE W. LAMSON. GEORGE S. WOODBRIDGE.


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


FRED'K A. WETHERBEE.


Deputy Inspector


EDWIN HOLMAN.


JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.


Committee on Finance and Salaries.


ALDERMEN.


JOHN Q. HENRY.


BENJAMIN S. GRANT. PRESIDENT SAMUEL L. POWERS.


GEORGE M. FISKE.


COUNCILMEN. FRANK A. DEARBORN.


Committee on Accounts.


ALDERMEN.


NOAH W. FARLEY.


BENJAMIN S. GRANT.


COUNCILMEN.


JOHN F. HECKMAN. FRANK EDMANDS.


HERBERT F. BENT.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Committee on Public Property and Burial Grounds.


ALDERMEN. GEORGE PETTEE.


ENOS C. SOULE. COUNCILMEN.


WINTHROP B. ATHERTON. JAMES W. FRENCH. HENRY F. ROSS.


Committee on State Aid, Soldiers' Relief and Military Affairs.


ALDERMEN.


ENOS C. SOULE. JAMES H. NICKERSON. COUNCILMEN.


ALBERT F. UPTON. GEORGE M. FISKE. EDWARD M. BILLINGS.


Committee on Fuel and Street Lights.


ALDERMEN. BENJAMIN S. GRANT. NOAH W. FARLEY. COUNCILMEN.


JAMES W. FRENCH. FRANK EDMANDS. JOHN F. HECKMAN.


Committee on Fire Department.


ALDERMEN.


ENOS C. SOULE. GEORGE PETTEE. COUNCILMEN.


WINTHROP B. ATHERTON. FRANK EDMANDS. ANDREW J. FISKE.


Committee on Highways, Streets and Ways, Sidewalks, Drains and Sewers.


ALDERMEN.


JAMES H. NICKERSON. JOHN Q. HENRY


COUNCILMEN.


GEORGE M. FISKE. ALBERT F. UPTON CHARLES W. ROSS.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Committee on Printing. ALDERMAN. EDWARD H. MASON. COUNCILMEN. WINTHROP B. ATHERTON. EDWARD M. BILLINGS.


Committee on Ordinances.


ALDERMEN. BENJAMIN S. GRANT. EDWARD H. MASON. COUNCILMEN.


JOHN F. HECKMAN. HERBERT F. BENT. ANDREW J. FISKE.


Committee on Claims.


ALDERMEN. JOHN Q. HENRY.


EDWARD H. MASON.


COUNCILMEN.


GEORGE D. DIX.


HENRY F. ROSS. HERBERT F. BENT.


Committee on Almshouse and Poor.


ALDERMAN. GEORGE PETTEE. COUNCILMEN. HENRY F. ROSS. GEORGE D. DIX.


Cominittee on Assessors' Department.


ALDERMAN. N. W. FARLEY. COUNCILMEN.


EDWARD M. BILLINGS. ANDREW J. FISKE.


Highway Surveyors.


ALDERMEN. JAMES H. NICKERSON. JOHN Q. HENRY. COUNCILMEN.


GEORGE M. FISKE. ALBERT F. UPTON. CHARLES W. ROSS.


CITY GOVERNMENT. xix


JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.


Committee on Parks.


ALDERMEN. BENJAMIN S. GRANT.


GEORGE PETTEE. N. W. FARLEY.


COUNCILMEN.


JAMES W. FRENCH. GEORGE D. DIX.


CHARLES W. ROSS. FRANK A. DEARBORN.


Committee on Sewerage.


ALDERMEN.


EDWARD H. MASON. JAMES H. NICKERSON.


COUNCILMEN.


JAMES W. FRENCH.


GEORGE D. DIX. HENRY F. ROSS.


Committee on Rules and Orders.


ALDERMEN.


BENJAMIN S. GRANT. EDWARD H. MASON.


COUNCILMEN.


FRANK A. DEARBORN. EDWARD M. BILLINGS.


ANDREW J. FISKE. JAMES W. FRENCH.


STANDING COMMITTEE. BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.


Committee on Police. THE MAYOR.


ENOS C. SOULE. EDWARD H. MASON.


Committee on Licenses, Weights and Measures.


ALDERMEN.


JOHN Q. HENRY.


NOAH W. FARLEY.


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CITY GOVERNMENT.


Committee on Elections. ALDERMEN.


JAMES H. NICKERSON. GEORGE PETTEE.


STANDING COMMITTEE, BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. ALDERMEN.


EDWARD H. MASON. BENJAMIN S. GRANT.


STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.


COUNCILMEN.


GEORGE D. DIX. JOHN F. HECKMAN. HENRY F. ROSS.


Clerk of Committees. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.


DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.


The following are the important provisions of the Ordinance setting forth the duties of the City Auditor:


The Auditor shall receive all accounts and claims against the City, after the same shall have been certified by the Committee, or the proper certifying officers authorized on behalf of the City to make the contract, or cause the expen- diture to be made. He shall carefully examine all suchi accounts and claims, see that they are correctly cast and duly authorized by the City Council or its order, and having certified to the same, shall present them properly filed and labelled to the Committee on Accounts.


The Auditor shall act as Clerk of the several standing and joint standing committees, and as secretary of the Sink- ing Fund Commissioners, and Trustees of the Read Fund without extra compensation.


The Auditor, on or before the first day of March annu- ally, shall make a report to the City Council of the receipts and expenditures of the past financial year, in detail, and shall give, in his report, a schedule of the property of the City and of leases thereof, and an exhibit of the loans or debts, bearing interest, due from the City, the rates of interest, and the time when payable. He shall each month transmit to the Mayor, and each member of the City Council, a statement showing the amounts expended and unexpended of each appropriation.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


CITY OF NEWTON.


AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT, MARCH 1, 1886.


To the Honorable City Council.


GENTLEMEN,-In conformity with the requirements of the several sections of the City Ordinances, the undersigned has the honor to present herewith the Annual Report of the receipts and expenditures of the City of Newton for the financial year commencing Jan. 1, and terminating Dec. 31, 1885, with a detailed account of each department, a statement of the liabilities and assets, a table showing the funded debt, the rates of interest, and times the notes and bonds are paya ble, another showing appropriations, Mayor's drafts, treas- urer's payments and balances, a statement of the Sinking Funds, and of the Read Fund, a summary statement of receipts and expenditures for the year, a statistical table, showing the numberof Polls, Real and Personal Estate, Town, City, County and State Taxes, Rate of Taxation, Appropria- tions, etc., with the number of houses from year to year, for twenty-five consecutive years. Among the remaining tabu- lations will be found a schedule of the City property so arranged as to show in separate classification the property belonging to the Almshouse, Fire, Highway, School, and other Departments. In addition to these is also, given such other information appertaining to the fiscal interests of the City as may possess general interest.


Respectfully Submitted,


BENJAMIN F. OTIS, Auditor.


CITY OF NEWTON, DECEMBER 31, 1885. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council.


GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with Section 11 of Ordi- nance 4, I have the honor to lay before you the statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Treasury Department for the year ending December 31st, 1885.


Very respectfully yours, JOHN A. KENRICK.


Treasurer and Collector.


CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


City of Newton in Account with JOHN A. KENRICK, Treas- urer and Collector.


DR.


Almshouses, expenses and repairs $4,882 10


Armory, rent and expenses 884 77


Auburndale School House


1,449 51


Books, stationery and printing


1,826 60


Board of Health


2,319 50


Burial grounds


250 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State tax


24,135 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Nat. Bank tax


954 47


Corporation tax


16 02


County of Middlesex, county tax


18,302 55


Conveyance of pupils


900 00


Curbing


1,549 14


City Hall expenses .


1,350 29


City engineers' department


6,826 57


Drains and culverts


8,663 26


Evening schools


717 54


Farlow Park betterments abated


56 00


Fire department


23,946 25


Funded debt, 4 per cent. school note


5,150 00


Funded debt, 6 per cent. town note


20,000 00


Amount carried forward $124,179 57


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Amount brought forward . $124,179 57


General appropriation for schools 92,138 76 Gravel land 3,322 33


Highways, general repairs 68,371 77


Highways, widening and improvements


17,813 78


Improvements on public squares


9,096 80


Interest on city loans, temporary and permanent


25,141 03


Interest on water bonds


53,100 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors


900 00


Kenrick fund .


165 20


Land damages


2,536 96


Memorial day


400 00


Miscellaneous expenses


15,644 48


New armory


5,397 08


Newton free library


7,063 62


Newton Centre school house


9,019 63


Nonantum school house


945 16


Overlay, 1882


1 78


Overlay, 1883


2 00


Overlay, 1884


1,107 94


Overlay, 1885


2,406 85


Police department


19,725 30


Poor out of Almshouse


8,182 68


Public property


11,037 77


Removal of ashes


3,502 13


Read fund


1,594 27


Salaries


14,386 62


School incidentals


13,018 80


Sidewalks and street crossings


8,397 40


Sinking fund on city debt




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