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Committee on Almshouse and Poor.
ALDERMAN. GEORGE PETTEE. COUNCILMEN.
EDMUND T. WISWALL.
GEORGE F. RICHARDSON
Committee on Assessors' Department. ALDERMAN. WILLIAM F. HARBACH. COUNCILMEN.
EVERETT E. MOODY. ELLIOTT J. HYDE
*WILLIAM C. BATES appointed to fill vacancy. +Resigned. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy September 16. #Resigned July 8. EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy September 16.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
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Highway Surveyors. ALDERMEN.
WILLIAM F. HARBACII.
GEORGE PETTEE
EVERETT E. MOODY.
ALBERT W. RICE.
Committee on Parks, Squares, and Burial Grounds.
ALDERMEN.
GEORGE PETTEE. FREDERICK JOHNSON
ALBERT W. RICE.
ERMUND T. WISWALL
ALBERT H. ROFFE.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Sewerage. ALDERMEN.
N. HENRY CHADWICK. ADAMS K. TOLMAN
ALBERT W. RICE.
FRANK J. HALEŤ
FREDERICK J. RANLETT.
Rules and Orders.
EDWIN O. CHILDS. WILLIAM F. HARBACH .
FREDERICK J. RANLETT.
JOHN A. FENNO
FRANK J. HALE.Į
Read Fund. ALDERMEN.
JOHN C. KENNEDY.§ EDWIN O. CHILDS
COUNCILMEN.
ALBERT W. RICE.
EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN .**
REUBEN FORKNALL LOUIS A. HALL.
Revision of the Ordinances. At Large, EDWARD H. MASON .*** From the Board of Aldermen, EDWIN O. CHILDS. From the Common Council, FREDERICK J. RANLETT.
*Resigned September 3. WILLIAM C. BATES appointed to fill vacancy.
+Resigned July 8. ELLIOTT J. HYDE appointed to fill vacancy. #Resigned July 8. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy September 16. §Resigned July 8. EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy September 16. ** WILLIAM C. BATES, Vice HAMBLEN.
*** Resigned September 16. WILLIAM B. FOWLE appointed to fill vacancy, declined. ELIJAH W. WOOD appointed to fill vacancy.
N. HENRY CHADWICH. COUNCILMEN, EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN* ARTIIUR F. LUKE.
COUNCILMEN.
COUNCILMEN.
ALDERMEN.
COUNCILMEN.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
Removal of Almshouse. THE MAYOR. ALDERMEN.
N. HENRY CHADWICK.
GEORGE PETTEE COUNCILMEN. REUBEN FORKNALL. EDMUND T. WISWALL
ALBERT H. ROFFE.
LOUIS A. HALL.
GEORGE F. RICHARDSON.
STANDING COMMITTEE, BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Committee on Police. THE MAYOR.
FREDERICK JOHNSON.
JOHN C. KENNEDY .*
Committee on Licenses, Weights and Measures.
ALDERMEN.
N. HENRY CHADWICK FREDERICK JOHNSON.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 'BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Committee on Elections and Returns.
ALDERMEN.
GEORGE PETTEE.
EDWIN O. CHILDS
Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.
ALDERMEN. JOHN C. KENNEDYt
EDWIN O. CHILDS.
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.
COUNCILMEN.
EVERETT E. MOODY.
EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN. # ELLIOTT J. HYDE. Clerk of Committees. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.
*Resigned July 8. ADAMS K. TOLMAN appointed to fill vacancy September 16. +EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy.
#Resigned September 3. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy.
DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
THE following are the important provisions of the Ordi- nance 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 Com- mittee, or the proper certifying officers authorized on behalf of the City to make the contract, or cause the expenditure to be made. He shall carefully examine all such 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 ( pensation.
The Aud on or before the first day of March annu- ally, shall makt report to the City Council of the receipts and expenditure 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 17, 1890.
To THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL:
Gentlemen,-In conformity with the requirements of the several sections of the City Ordinances, I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Report of the receipts and ex- penditures of the City of Newton for the financial year commencing Jan. 1, and terminating Dec. 31, 1889, 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 when notes and bonds are payable, another showing appropriations, mayor's drafts, treasurer'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 number of polls, real and personal estate, town, city, county, and state taxes, rate of taxation, appropriations, etc., with the number of houses from year to year for twenty-nine consec- utive years. Among the remaining tabulations will be found a schedule of the City property so arranged as to show in separate classification the property belonging to the alms- house, fire, highway, school, and other departments. In addition to these, is also given such other information apper- taining to the fiscal interests of the City as may possess general interest.
Very respectfully, BENJAMIN F. OTIS, Auditor.
CITY OF NEWTON, DEC. 31, 1889 TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL :
Gentlemen :- In accordance with Section 11, Ordinance 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 31, 1889.
Very respectfully yours, JOHN A. KENRICK, Treasurer and Collector.
CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
CITY OF NEWTON in account with JOHN A. KENRICK, Treasurer and Collector. YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1889. DR.
Almshouse expenses and repairs
$4,111 40
Armory
1,222 79
Bemis bridge
8,745 57
Books, stationery and printing
3,940 48
Board of Health
6,792 69
Burial lot, Newton Cemetery
3,500 00
Burial grounds
719 18
Claflin school
4,666 52
Curbing
1,888 29
City Hall
2,106 43
City Engineer's department
8,101 59
County tax
26,406 19
Drains and culverts
12,919 93
Elections and registration of voters
4,799 02
Evening schools
659 75
Fire department
28,933 32
Funded debt, 4 per cent. note
23,000 00
Funded debt, 4 per cent. note, school loan
5,150 00
Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note
4,500 00
Amount carried forward
$152,163 15
26
Amount brought forward
$152,163 15
Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note, Free Library, 4,600 00
Gravel land 2,445 10
Highways, general repairs
73,480 55
Highways, widening
15,200 90
Interest on city loans, permanent
13,616 00
Interest on city loans, temporary
5,866 34
Interest on water bonds
61,340 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors
1.013 00
Kenrick fund
667 50
Land damages
550 00
Memorial Day
500 00
Miscellaneous expenses
10,280 69
Morse field drain
408 36
Newton Cottage Hospital
1,500 00
Newton Free Library
10,350 76
National bank tax
1,544 52
Overlay, 1887
20 54
Overlay, 1888
1,507 18
Overlay, 1889
3,945 76
Parks and squares
1,926 48
Police department
25,984 14
Poor out of almshouse
8,320 43
Public property
13,949 15
Read fund income
1,883 16
Removal of ashes
3,702 86
Salaries .
19,654 08
Schools .
107,529 34
School incidentals
10,382 73
Sanitary improvement, City Hall
2,200 00
Sewerage
117 84
Amount carried forward
$556,650 56
27
Amount brought forward
$556,650 56
Sidewalks
15,953 79
Sinking fund, city debt
23,000 00
Sinking fund, school loan
4,000 00
Sinking fund, water bonds
22,000 00
State tax
34,060 00
Street lights
22,043 10
State aid
1,126 00
Temporary loans
469,700 00
Thompsonville school-house
1,149 18
Use of hydrants
11,320 00
Water construction
51,403 92
Water maintenance
15,627 63
Water maintenance, meter and service pipe
3,521 68
Water rebate .
414 51
Watering streets
6,104 84
Watering troughs and drinking posts
1,078 23
Washington street bridge
4,440 32
$1,243,593 76
Balance in the treasury Dec. 31, 1889
68,130 24
$1,311,724 00
CR.
Balance in the treasury December 31, 1888
$64,817 46
Almshouse
1,784 17
Armory
400 00
Board of Health
102 66
City Engineer's department
189 96
City Hall
1,069 50
Collector's fees
380 49
Amount carried forward
$68,744 24
28
Amount brought forward
$68.744 24
Corporation tax
59,216 53
Curbing
1,199 01
Dog tax
2,708 52
Drains and culverts
350 00
Druggists' licenses
21 00
Fire department
1 50
Foreign ships
821 83
Funded debt, 4 per cent. water bonds
52,000 00
Highways
2,555 82
Interest on bank deposits
772 24
Interest on taxes
2,892 49
Interest on water scrip
244 45
Indigent soldiers and sailors
455 00
Kenrick fund income
127 50
Meter rents
3,193 05
Milk licenses
65 00
Miscellaneous
157 63
National bank tax
13,480 35
Newton Centre play-ground committee
6,000 00
Police department
998 98
Poor out of almshouse
1,761 58
Public property
276 93
Premium on water scrip
4,964 00
Record and other fees
353 75
Read fund income
1,614 22
Sinking fund commissioners (to pay note)
23,000 00
School incidentals
84
State aid
974 00
Taxes, 1883
20 00
Amount carried forward
$248,984 46
Newton Free Library, catalogue account
14 00
29
Amount brought forward
$248984, 46
Taxes, 1884
4 80
Taxes, 1885
146 53
Taxes, 1886
164 67
Taxes, 1887
2,859 18
Taxes, 1888
91,902 85
Taxes, 1889
433,910 88
Tuition of non-resident pupils
473 50
Temporary loans
460,000 00
Washington street bridge
174 77
Water maintenance, meter and service pipes
5,907 70
Water rates
19,429 81
Water rates by meters
47,145 21
Water construction
7 60
Watering streets
612 04
$1,311,724 00
CITY OF NEWTON, CITY HALL, West Newton, Jan. 6, 1890.
The Joint Committee on Finance beg leave to report that in pursuance of Section 13, Ordinance 4, they have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Collector for the financial year ending December 31, 1889, and find them correct in all respects and all payments properly vouched. Cash on hand December 31, 1888 $64,817 46
Total cash receipts for the year ending Dec. 31,
1889 1,246,906 54
$1,311,724 00
Payments for the year
1,243,593 76 .
Cash on hand at close of business, Dec. 31, 1889 2
$68,130 24
30
This balance has been verified by the examination of the bank balances, to the credit of the eity, and cash and cash items in the office.
They further report that there remains due and uncol- leeted the following taxes and assessments :
Taxes, 1883, and previous years
$2,013 09
Taxes, 1884
1,527 78
Taxes, 1885
1,456 26
Taxes, 1886
2,749 52
Taxes, 1887
2,050 73
Taxes, 1888
5,109 10
Taxes, 1889
93,043 74
$107,950 22
Curbing assessments
456 98
Betterments on drains, Wards 1 and 2, esti-
mated
700 00
.
$109,107 20
Respectfully submitted,
ADAMS K. TOLMAN. LAWRENCE BOND. EVERETT E. MOODY. JOHN A. FENNO.
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LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF NEWTON TO DEC. 31, 1889, INCLUSIVE.
Water loan, 6 per cent. . $600,000 00
Accrued interest on same
18,000 00
Water loan, 5 per cent. . Accrued interest on same
250,000 00
6,250 00
Water loan, 4 per cent.
367,000 00
Accrued interest on same 3,670 00
Town notes, 6 per cent. . Accrued interest on same
$97,000 00
1,444 49
98,444 49
Municipal bonds, 5 per cent. $34,000 00
Accrued interest on same
850 00
Public park bonds, 4 per cent. $25,000 00
250 00
25,250 00
School house notes, 4 per cent.
*25,750 00
Accrued interest on same
446 33
26,196 33
School loan bonds 4 per cent. .
$44,000 00
Accured interest on same
440 00
High School loan, 3 1-2 per cent. $31,500 00 Accrued interest on same 257 25
31,757 25
Newton Free library loan, 3 1-2
per cent.
$9,200 00
Accrued interest on same
77 82
9,277 82
Temporary loans ฿100,000 00
Accrued interest on same
. 133 33
100,133 33
Amount carried forward,
$1,615,269 22
$1,244,920 00
34,850 00
Accrued interest on same
44,440 00
32
Amount brought forward, Uninvested portion of principal of Kenrick Fund
$1,615,269 22
$2,750 00
Accrued interest on same 115 00
2,865 00
Suspense account, amount in treasury subject to call by sundry parties 738 05
Read Fund income
626 19
Premium on tax sale .
109 00
Special deposit made by Newton Centre Play Ground committee for purchase of land for Play Ground . 6,000 00
Mayor's warrants unpaid, ap-
propriation
33,524 19
Mayor's warrants unpaid, water construction,
1,851,72
Amount carried forward, $1,660,983 37
33
DETAILED STATEMENT OF ASSETS.
Amount brought forward,
$1,660,983 37
Balance of taxes
1883 and previ- vious years · $2,013 09
Balance of taxes 1884
1,527 78
Balance of taxes
1885
1,456 26
Balance of taxes
1886
2,749 52
Balance of taxes
1887
2,050 73
Balance of taxes
1888
5,109 10
Balance of taxes
1889 93,043 74
$107,950 22
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows : - On account of aid to soldiers and sailors under Chapters 301 and 279 Acts of 1889 . 1,500 00
Balance of corporation tax 2,719 37
314 69
Balance of National Bank tax . Due from miscellaneous sources, namely : -
Due from county treasurer, dog tax 1889 2,911,94
Amounts carried forward $115,396 22
$1,660,983 37
34
Amounts brought forward $115,396 22 $1,660,983 37
From sundry persons for bet- terments on drains, Wards 1 and 2, estimated 700 00
From sundry persons, sidewalks, curbing assessments, etc. 456 98
Cash on hand
68,130 24
Sinking Funds.
Water debt sinking fund ; - City of Newton
water bonds, 5
per cent. . . $73,000 00 City of Newton water bonds, 4
per cent. . . 179,000 00
City of Newton schoolhouse note, 4 per cent. 5,150 00
Cash on deposit on
interest
30,180 40
$287,330 40
. City debt sinking fund : - Cash on deposit on interest, $306 31
Public Park sinking fund : - City of Newton water bonds 4
per cent. . . $14,000 00
Cash on deposit on
interest
1,250 15
1
$15,250 15
Am'ts carried forward $487,570 30 $1,660,983 37
35
Am'ts brought forward $487,570 30 $1,660,983 37
School loan sinking fund : -
City of Newton water bonds 4
per cent. . $14,000 00
Cash on deposit on interest 4,480 74
$18,480 74
506,051 04
$1,154,932 33
RECAPITULATION. Water Debt.
Water loan . . $1,217,000 00
Accrued interest on same
27,920 00
Mayor's warrants unpaid for construction 1,851 72
$1,246,771 72
Sinking fund
287,330 40
Net water liability .
$959,441 32
City Debt, exclusive of Water Debt.
Town notes .
$97,000 00
Accrued interest on same
1.444 49
$98,444 49
Municipal Bonds
$34,000 00
Accrued interest on same
850 00
34,850 00
Publie Park bonds
$25,000 20
Accrued interest on same
250 00
25,250 00
Schoolhouse notes .
$25,750 00
Accrued interest on same
446 33
26,196 33
Amount carried forward
$184,740 82
36
Amount brought forward School loan bonds
$44,000 00
Accrued interest on same
440 00
44,440 00
High school loan .
#31,500 00
Accrued interest on same
257 25
31,757 25
Newton Free Library loan
$9,200 00
Accrued interest on same
77 82
9,277 82
Temporary loans .
$100,000 00
Accrued interest on same
133 33
Uninvested portion of principal
of Kenrick fund
$2,750 00
Accrued interest on same
115 00
2,865 00
Suspense account, amount in treasury subject to call by sundry parties
738 05
Read fund income
626 19
Premium on tax sale
109 00
Special deposit made by Newton Centre play ground committee for purchase of land for play ground 6,000 00
Mayor's warrants unpaid, appropriations, etc.,
33,524 19
$414,211 65
Cash on hand
$68,130 24
Sinking fund
306 31
Public park sinking fund
15,250 15
School loan sinking fund
18,480 74
Balance taxes uncollected
107,950 22
Other assets uncollected
8,602 98
218,720 64
Net city liability
$195,491 01 .
$184,740 82
100,133 33
37
RECEIPTS.
The receipts for the year ending Dee. 31, 1889, are shown in the aggregates, as credited in the following accounts : -
Number of Account.
1. Almshouse $1,784 17
2. Armory . 400 00
3. Board of Health 102 66
4. City Engineers department 189 96
5. City Hall
1,069 50
6. Collector's fees 380 49
7. Corporation tax
59,216 53
8. Curbing 1,199 01
9. Dog tax . 2,708 52
10. Druggists' license fees 21 00
11. Drains and culverts . 350 00
12. Fire department 1 50
13. Funded debt, 4 per cent. water bonds 52,000 00
14. Highways, general repairs
2,555 82
15. Interest on deposits 772 24
16. Interest on taxes
2,892 49
17. Interest on water bonds
244 45
18. Indigent soldiers and sailors
455 00
19. Kenrick Fund income 127 50
20. Milk licenses 65 00
21. Miscellaneous . 157 63
22. National bank tax 13,480 35
23. Newton Centre play ground committee 6,000 00
24. Newton Free Library, catalogue account 14 00
25. Police department 998 98
26. Poor out of almshouse 1,761 58
27. Public property 276 93
Amount carried forward,
$149,225 31
38
Amount brought forward, #149,225 31
28. Premium on water bonds . 4,964 00
29. Record and other fees 353 75
30. Read fund income 1,614 22
31. Sinking fund commissioners 23,000 00
32. School incidentals
84
33. Ships engaged in foreign trade
821 83
34. State aid .
974 00
35. Taxes 1883 20 00
36. Taxes 1884
4 80
37. Taxes 1885
146 53
38. Taxes 1886
164 67
2,859 18
40. Taxes 1888
39. Taxes 1887 91,902 85
433,910 88
42. Tuition for non-resident pupils .
473 50
43. Temporary loans
460,000 00
44. Washington street bridge
174 77
45. Water meters, rents
3,193 05
46. Water maintenance, meters and service pipe 5,907 70
47. Water rates 19,429 81
48. Water rate by meters 47,145 21
49. Water construction . 7 60
50. Watering streets
612 04
41. Taxes 1889
$1.246,906 54 Total receipts
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EXPENSES.
The claims of the year ending December 31, 1889, as approved and drawn for in the anditor's office, are shown in the aggregates as charged to the following accounts :-
Number of Account.
1. Almshouse expenses and repairs $4,147 71
2. Armory expenses 1,066 69
3. Bemis Bridge . 6,979 77
4. Books, stationery and printing . 3,910 03
5. Board of Health 6.848 16
6. Burial lot ( Soldiers and Sailors ) 3,500 00
7. Burial grounds 388 06
8. Claflin school building 4,666 52
9. City Engineer's Department 7,986 35
10. City Hall expenses 2,092 66
11. Elections and registration of voters 4,905 98
12. Fire Department
28,778 85
13. Funded debt, town note 23,000 00
14. Funded debt, schoolhonse note 5,150 00
15. Funded debt, High school building 4,500 00
16. Funded debt, Newton Free Library building 4,600 00
17. Highways, curbing 1,979 91
18. Highways, drains and culverts 12,706 26
19. Highways, general repairs 72,080 05
20. Highways, gravel land
789 55
21. Highways, land damages . 50 00
22. Highways, removal of ashes 3,702 86
23. Highways, sidewalks and street crossings . 14,245 90
24. Highways, widening, reconstruction and improvements 15,323 90
Amount carried forward,
$233,299 21
40
Amount brought forward,
#233,399 21
25. Interest on city loans, permanent
13,616 00
26. Interest on city loans, temporary 5,866 34
27. Interest on water bonds .
61,340 00
28. Indigent soldiers and sailors
985 00
29. Kenrick Fund income+
167 50
30. Memorial Day
500 00
31. Miscellaneous expenses
11.097 53
32. Newton Free Library 10,294 89
33. Newton Cottage Hospital 1,500 00
34. Parks and squares
1,659 74
35. Police Department
26,663 44
36. Poor out of almshouse
8,371 73
37. Public property 18,537 46
38. Read Fund income 1,686 96
39. Salaries .
18,140 00
40. Schools, evening
659 75
41 Schools, general appropriation
107,529 34
42. Schools, incidentals 10,527 29
43. Sanitary improvement of City Hall . 2,300 00
44. Sewerage 117 84
45. Sinking fund, city debt
23,000 00
46. Sinking fund, school loan 4,000 00
47 Sinking fund, water bonds
22,000 00
48. State aid 1,126 00
49. Street light department
22,134 43
50. Taxes 1889, county
26,406 19
51. Taxes 1889, National Bank
1,544 52
52. Taxes 1889, state 34,060 00
53. Temporary loans 469,700 00
54. Water construction
49,704 33
Amount carried forward
$1,188,635 49
41
Amount brought forward $1,188,635 49
55. Water maintenance 15,420 78
56. Water meters and service pipe 3,532 00
57. Water rebate on bills 408 01
58. Watering streets and water for same 6,204 84
59. Watering troughs and drinking posts 1,078 23
60. Water, use of hydrants 11,320 00
61. Washington street bridge, Lower Falls 3,897 06
Total Expenses,
$1,230,496 41
Table showing Appropriations, Transfers, Mayor's Warrants, Treasurer's Payments, Differences, Excess and Deficiency Accounts.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Appropria- tions for 1889.
Trans- fers.
Total Appropria- tions.
Mayor's Treasurer's Warrants. Payments.
Differ- ences.
Over- drawn.
Unex- pended.
Almshouse expenses and repairs
$4,000 00
$200 00
$4,200 00
$4,147 71
$4,111 40
$36 31
$52 29
Armory expenses
1,000 00
200 00
1,200 00
1,066 69
1,222 79
-156 10
133 31
Books, stationery and printing
4,500 00
4,500 00
3,910 03
3,940 48
-- 39 45
589 97
Board of Health
.
$4,000 €0 )
6,750 00
6,750 00
6,848 16
6,792 69
55 47
$98 16
Additional by order of City Council
2,750 00 )
400 00
400 00
388 06
719 18
-331 12
11 94
Burial grounds
City Engineer's department
8,000 00
8,000 00
7,986 35
8,101 59
-- 115 24
13 65
City Hall expenses
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,092 66
2,106 43
-13 77
92 66
42
Elections and registration of voters
1,900 00
3,000 00
4,900 00
4,905 98
4,799 02
106 96
5 98
Fire department
28,100 00
238 50
28,338 50
28,778 85
28,933 32
-154 47
440 35
Highways, curbing
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,979 91
1,888 29
91 62
20 09
Highways, drains and culverts
$11,500 00 }
12,350 00
500 00
12,850 00
12,706 26
12,919 93
-213 67
143 74
Additional by order of City Council
850 00)
Highways, general repairs
·
$60,000 00 }
71,611 00
500 00
72,111 00
72,080 05
73,480 55 -- 1,400 50
-
30 95
Additional by order of City Council
11,611 00)
1,000 00
1,000 00
789 55
2,445 10
-1,655 55
-
.
.
500 00
450 00
50 00
50 00
550 00
-500 00
-
.
5,000 00
1,000 00
4,000 00
3,707 74
3,702 86
4 88
292 26
Highways, sidewalks and street crossings
14,000 00
450 00
14,450 00
14,245 90
15,953 79 -1,767 89
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15,500 00
15,500 00
15,323 90
15,200 90
123 00
176 10
Indigent soldiers and sailors
1,000 00
1,000 00
985 00
1,013 00
-28 00
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15 00
Interest on city loans, permanent
14,000 00
14,000 00
13,616 00
13,616 00
384 00
Interest on city loans, temporary
10,000 00
3,500 00
6,500 00
5,866 34
5,866 34
633 66
Interest on water bonds .
61,500 00
61,500 00 500 00
500 00
500 00
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Memorial day
500 00
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210 45
Highways, gravel land
Highways, land damages
Higliways, removal of ashes
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204 10
Highways, widening, reconstruction and improvements,
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61,340 00
61,340 00
EXCESS AND DEFI- CIENCY ACCOUNT.
Miscellaneous expenses
$7,000 00}
Additional from City Treasury per order
7,157 63
1,861 50
9,019 13
11,097 53
10,280 69
816 84
2,078 40
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157 63
10,295 00
10,295 00
10,294 89
10,350 76
-55 87
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4,600 00
4,600 00
4,6 0 00
4,600 00
Newton Cottage Hospital
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1.500 00
Parks and squares .
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,659 74
1,926 48
-266 74
340 26
Police department .
33,195 00
33,195 00
26,663 44
25,984 14
679 30
6,531 56
Poor out of almshouse
8,800 00
200 00
8,600 00
8,371 73
8,320 43
51 30
228 27
Public property
$10,000 00}
17,950 00
17,950 00
18,537 46
13,949 15
4,588 31
587 46
Additional by order of City Council
7,950 00 )
Salaries
18,099 00
18,099 00
18,140 00
19,654 08
-- 1,514 08
41 00
Schools, evening
1,000 00
1,000 00
659 75
659 75
340 25
Schools, general appropriation . Dog tax, 1889, by order of City Council
$106,215 00 }
108,923 52
700 00
108,223 52
107,529 34
107,529 34
694 18
Schools, incidentals
10,000 00
700 00
10,700 00
10,527 29
10,382 73
144 56
172 71
School note (addition to High school building)
4,500 00
4,500 00
4,500 00
4,500 00
School-house note (Williams and Eliot)
5,150 00
5,150 00
5,150 00
5,150 00
Sinking fund, city debt
23,000 00
23,000 00
23,000 00
23,000 00
Sinking fund, school loan
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
Sinking fund, water bond
22,000 00
22,000 00
22,000 00
22,000 00
State aid .
1,000 00
200 00
1,200 00
1,129 50
1,126 00
3 50
70 50
Street light department
27,000 00
2,000 00
25,000 00
22,134 43
22,043 10
91 33
2,865 57
Use of hydrants
11,320 00
11,320 00
11,320 09
11,320 00
Water maintenance
14,800 00
14,800 00
15,420 78
15,627 63
-206 85
620 78
Water meters and service pipe
3,500 00
3,500 00
3,532 00
3,521 68
10 32
32 00
Water, rebate on bills .
500 00
500 00
408 01
414 51
-6 50
91 99
Watering streets and water for same
6,500 00
6,550 00
6,204 84
6,104 84
100 00
345 16
Watering troughs and drinking posts
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,078 23
1,'78 23
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121 77
. Additional appropriation on account of Newton Centre play ground, by order of City Council ·
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
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Additional appropriation on account of Bemis bridge, by order of City Council
1,000 00
1,000 00
1.000 00
1,000 60
Amounts carried forward
$624,651 15
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817,903 70 83,996 79 14,873 84
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