Brought forward . . to e . $4,637,162 78 July 1, 1903, Interest on Investments & * 48,362 25 October 1, 1903, Interest on Investments . . 111,108 05 October 1, 1903, Debt paid from appropriation . 17,000 00 November 1, 1903, Appropriation for debt . 1,005,675 00 November 30, 1903, Interest on Investments . 4,470 00 January 1, 1904, Interest on Investments. * 48,362 25 January 1, 1904, Interest on Bank Deposits . • 70,000 00 $5,942,140 33 Less loans authorized but not issued (inside limit), 3,255,300 00 Borrowing capacity . o & { * . $2,686,840 38 EXHIBIT V. LAYING—out AND Construction of HIGHways. Balances December 1, 1902: St. 1891, Ch. 323 . g . $27,076 21 St. 1897, Ch. 346 (Charlestown street) te e e e 2,089 84 St. 1899, Ch. 443: Brighton. . $132,106 83 Dorchester . 109,252 20 East Boston . 155,226 18 Roxbury & W. Roxbury, 134,232 10 —— 530,817 31 St. 1900, Ch. 478 . * . 202,115 26 St. 1901, Ch. 199 . e . 333,614 58 St. 1902, Ch. 521 . e . 894,829 65 Total Balances December 1, 1902 © . $1,990,542 85 Carried forward . e & o . $1,990,542 85 Brought forward . . . . . . . $1,990,542 85 Liabilities: - . - Estimated amount necessary to

complete Street construction. $1,456,485 30 Sewer construction, 557,948 67 $2,014,433 97 Estimated amount of unpaid land damages c e . 671,735 57 Interest due January 1, 1903 . 126,000 00

Estimated amount necessary

. . above special appropriation to complete Rutherford avenue, 3,710 24

—— 2,815,879 78

A R T D EP A R T M. ENT

FOR THE YEAR 1902.

BosTON, February 12, 1903. HON. PATRICK A. COLLINS, Mayor of the City of Boston :

DEAR SIR, - The Art Commission submits the following report for the year beginning February 1, 1902, and ending January 31, 1903:

March, 1902. — Ten portrait medallions of the Mayors of Boston, framed in green cloth and oak, were approved by the Commission, and hung in the Mayor's office at the City Hall. A bronze portrait medallion of Mayor Collins was subsequently approved, and hung near the aforesaid medallions. - April, 1902. — The Art Commissioners, on behalf of the City of Boston, entered into a contract with Paul W. Bartlett, sculptor, for the design, execution and erection of a monument of Gen. Joseph Warren, to be placed in the Roxbury District, on the triangular lot bounded by Warren, James and Regent streets; said monument to include a bronze statue, a pedestal with inscription, the foundation for pedestal and statue, a bronze basrelief representing a scene in the life of Warren to be

placed upon the pedestal, and a suitable semi-circular stone background with the foundation therefor. The contract calls for the completion of all of the above work, erected and in place to the satisfaction of the Art Commissioners, on or before October 1, 1903. April, 1902. — A bust of ex-Mayor Lincoln, previously placed in the Boston Public Library, was, with the approval of the Mayor, placed in his office at the City Hall by order of the Commission. May, 1902. — The Commission approved final plans and models for the William Ellery Channing monument, by ' Herbert Adams, sculptor (to be placed in the Public Garden), including the full-sized plaster model of the statue of said Channing. June, 1902. — A statuette in plaster of Paul Revere, by Cyrus E. Dallin, sculptor, was approved in its position in the Chapman School, East Boston. October, 1902. — The Commission approved the replica of a bust of Wendell Phillips, the gift of Rev. Tesse H. Jones, and of its location in Faneuil Hall. November, 1902. — The Commission in behalf of the city agreed with Herbert Adams, sculptor, for an extension of the time for the completion of the William Ellery Channing monument until July 1, 1903. December, 1902. — The Commission approved the plan of placing a boulder in Belmont square, East Boston, as a monument to mark the spot where Fort Strong stood in 1812–13, provided the inscription be satisfactory to the Commissioners.

A S S E SS IN G D EP A R T M E N T

FOR THE YEAR 1902.

Assessors' OFFICE, CITY HALL,
BOSTON, MASS., January 31, 1903.

HON. PATRICK A. COLLINS,
Mayor of the City of Boston:

SIR, - In accordance with the requirements of the existing ordinance, the Board of Assessors respectfully submit the following report:

For convenience of assessment, and as authorized by chapter 115 of the Acts of the year 1889, which provides that the Assessors may “divide any ward . . . into convenient assessment districts,” the twenty-five wards of the city are divided into forty-four districts—four of them into three each, eleven of them into two each, and ten are undivided.

The several assessment districts, and the wards of which they are a part, together with the names of the first and second assistant assessors assigned to each of said districts, are shown in an appendix at the end of this report.

TAX WARRANTS.

Warrants for the assessments of taxes in the City of Boston for the financial year commencing February 1,