Excerpt from The Finance Commission of the City of Boston, Vol. 14: Reports and Communications The finance commission opposed the mayor's bill for a $3 increase in the tax limit, arguing that with the introduction of economies in the city's administration an increase of would be all that was needed. The mayor insisted upon his request and the legislation was passed, granting $1 for street repair improvements and $2 for general municipal purposes. That the $1 for street improvement was not necessary, as the commis sion stated, is borne out by the fact that Of the appropriated for street improvements, the value of the work done this year, as stated on December 30, 1918, will be approximately and that 385 will remain unexpended, although contracted for. Thus this latter sum was unnecessarily appropriated, the tax rate was unnecessarily raised, and the money remained unexpended although contracts had been made at the extraordinarily high prices of last year, and the work will not be done until next year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Finance Commission of the City of Boston, 1920, Vol. 15: Reports and Communication The finance commission submits herewith its report for the year 1919 - 20, as required by sec. 18 of ch. 486 of the Acts of 1909. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Finance Commission of the City of Boston, Vol. 6: Reports and Communications The Mayor accepted the findings of the commission in three cases referred to the commission by him, namely, the charges of collusion between officials of the Health Department and milk contractors, the reasonableness of the fees of the architect employed in the reconstruction of Curtis Hall and the question of apportioning more equitably the cost of bridges in the city or connecting it with other municipalities. The recommendation of the commission that the Board of Assessors be reduced from nine to seven was immediately accepted by the Mayor, and the City Council passed the ordinance requested in his message; but none of the reductions in the number of employees in the Assessing Department or the changes in administrative methods recommended by the commission were accepted either by the Mayor or the Board of Assessors, and consequently the wasteful methods of the Assessing Department continue to exist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vol. 1-4 contain miscellaneous reports made to the Commission, 1907-1908.