of a secretary who may, or may not, at their discretion, be one of their number. No trustee, nor any person in the employ of said trustees, shall be interested in a private capacity, directly or indirectly, in any contract or agreement for labor or for articles furnished for said department. Said trustees shall have charge of the expenditure of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be raised by a loan heretofore authorized, and shall have authority to purchase land suitable for such a hospital. The said trustees shall have authority to erect upon said land and to furnish in a suitable manner a building or buildings suitable for a consumptives’ hospital, the total expenditure for such purposes not to exceed the amount of said loan. They shall, after the erection and furnishing of said building or buildings, have charge of the same and the care and maintenance thereof, shall purchase all fuel and other supplies needed therefor, shall make all needful improvements to the lands and grounds connected with said hospital, shall have charge of all real estate held for purposes connected with said hospital, and pay, or cause to be paid, to the city collector any income thereof. Sect. 2. Said trustees shall admit to said consumptives’ hospital only persons who have been inhabitants of Boston for at least two years preceding the date of their application for admission to said hospital, preference to be given to those persons having a legal settlement in Boston. The trustees shall have power to make all necessary rules and regulations for the carrying on of said hospital, and for the admission of patients. The charges for the support of such inmates of said hospital as are of sufficient ability to pay for the same, or have persons or kindred bound by law to maintain them, shall be paid by such inmates, persons or kindred at a rate to be determined by the trustees of said hospital and all amounts so received shall be paid to the city collector. Sect. 3. Said trustees shall, in their annual report, include a statement of the condition of the hospital, the number of its inmates, the admissions thereto and the discharges therefrom, and the deaths therein during the year. Sect. 4. Chapter two of the Revised Ordinances of 1898 is amended in section one by inserting after the words “bath trustees,” the words “consumptives’ hospital trustees.” Sect. 5. Chapter six of the Ordinances of 1903 is hereby repealed.

IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 29, 1906. Passed. Sent down for concurrence. John T. PRIEST, Asst. City Clerk.

In Common Council, February 15, 1906. Concurred. WILLIAM J. BARRETT, President.

Approved February 24, 1906.
JoBN F. FITZGERALD, Mayor.

A true copy,
Attest : EDWARD J. DONovAN, City Clerk.

HON. JOHN F. FITZGERALD, Mayor of the City of Boston : SIR, - The undersigned, in compliance with chapter 6, section 7, Revised Ordinances of 1898, herewith presents an exhibit for the present financial year of 1906–1907, as shown in the books in his office, March 1, 1906, including the March draft — being two months’ drafts — exhibiting the balances brought forward from 1905–1906, the amounts drawn March 1, and the total expenditures; also a statement of the Debt, Sinking-Funds, and Right to Borrow February 28, 1906. The March Draft comprises special payments and weekly pay-rolls during the month of February, and pay-rolls and bills payable March 1, 1906. The Appropriation bill for the financial year 1906–1907 not having been passed, payments are made under authority of chapter 320 of the Acts of 1889.

Respectfully submitted,
J. ALFRED MITCHELL,
City Auditor.

REGULAR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.

Palances Revenue | Loans issued Appropria- Total March Expendi- Balances
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATIONS. from received dur- tions, ture.8
1905–1906. |ing 1906–1907.] in 1906–1907. 1906–1907. Credits. Draft. for 1906–1907. Unexpended
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Art Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AB8385ing Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,355 25 $12,414 77
Auditing Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,083 96 5,226 44
Bath Department.............|.... e - it e o se $405 25l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $405 25 11,253 25 13,401 68
BOard Of Aldermen:
Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792 00 3,584 00
Contingent Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
Building Department:
Department Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,149 33 13,430 40
Board of Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cemetery Department........|..............|... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,696 21 6,923 62
City Clerk Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,239 70 6,259 26
City Council:
City Council Proceedings...|... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262 45 2,523 83
Incidental Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 00
City Debt Requirements:
ity Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,790 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,790 22 2,188 88 2,188 88 $113,601 34
City Messenger Department...l..............|... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,712 04 3,816 33
Clerk of Committees Depart-
ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650 17 2,546 03
Collecting Department... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,711 99 22,540 78
Common Council:
Salaries of Councilmen. . . . . . . . . . to to go to to o $ so to a to to * * * * * * * * * * is a is is a s e s to e o e s so e o e s I & a e s e e s e o is s = * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1,875 00 3,750 00
Contingent Expenses.......] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to e o e o 'o e * I e e s e s is s = e o e s to . I e o is e o 'o a e o e s s a s 00 114 93
Salaries of Clerk and Assist-
ants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 70 828 02
Carried forward.......... $115,790 22 $405 25l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $116,195 47 $62,446 93 $99,727 51

* The Appropriation bill for the financial year 1906–07 not having been passed, payments are made under authority of chapter 820 of the Acts of 1889.