The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-31
The Commissioners
Report
ON COUNTY WE ALTH.
Cuttings From Advance
Sheets Now In Press.

The sum of Sill, 1869 was the ball
ance on hand in the county treasury
Jan. LIST of the present year. These
are the approved figures given in the
annual report of County Treasurer Ed
ward A. Brown which, with the report
of the county commissioners, appears
from the press today From the ad-
vance proof sheets of the report, many
interesting facts are CLEANED relating
to the condition of the county treasury,
the work done by the commissioners in
the county at large, and the progress
made in the completion of the new court
house buildings, which will give Wor-
cester county front rank in the state.
A year ago the cash on hand was $751;
S72.11. of which $10,262.45 was the court
house construction fund alone
The total amount received from taxes
in the past year was $273,O00, of which
Worcester itself contributed $119,747.
The receipts from the various county
courts last year were as follows:
Central district court, Worcester,
$S15.27; police court. Fitchburg, 1892 10;
first southern district court, $65.72; sec
ond southern district court, S9S IS; third
southern district court, $6l02; first
eastern court $3.50; second eastern dis
trlct court. S1I2.6O; first northern court,
$257.40; trial justices, S1S05. In fines
from masters of houses of correction,
$3.50 was received from r. II. Chamber
lam and 500 from Maj. b. d. Dwlnnell,
tltchburg. The receipts from Col. T.
). Johnson, on fees as clerk of the
courts, was $4,112.45, Of which 1925 was
in forfeited bail.
During the past year the receipts
from the registry of deeds in this city
were $lO,42l.45; Fitchburg, 1882. 10. The
naturalization fees for the county were
SI55o, and the total receipts from the
Worcester house of correction We're
$l6i.2l, over $4,000 being from labor. The
mousse of correction at Fitchburg con-
trlbuted $5453,94 One of the remark
able facts connected with the report is
the amount of $S753.47, contributed by
the truant school under the excellent
management of Superintendent john
son. The total receipts were 1864, =
646.79
In the salary list for county officers,
the total remuneration for the guar
dlanship of the interests of the county
was S23, $50. Clerical service in the off
amount, the cost Of the service in the
several offices being as follows: Clerk
OF the courts, $5413.95; probate office,
Sl620; register of deeds, $7577 registry
OF deeds. Fitchburg, $1973.S9; indexing
In Worcester office, 81, 269. 04, the
clerical service in the county treasur-
ers office being the smallest, Treasur-
er Brown having performed the multi
pie duties of the office with one assist
ant which stands in bas relief in all
the counties of the state for economi-
cal management.
The cost of the central district court
last year was $11,93O.20
The house of correction in this city
cost in salaries s12,619, in subsistence
supplies, sSO2l74. The salaries of the
officers at the Fitchburg Jail were
$764797.
The cost for the grand jury of the
past year was $1,372. 90. The jury pay
roll of the January criminal term last
year was the heaviest, rising to $10S3. &C.
while the others were less than $1,000
I The jury pay roll for the supreme judi
cial court was the lightest for long
period, amounting to but STA "a.
The expent<s on the court house con-
struction show the great advance that
has been made. Among the principal
items are; Webb Granite & Construc-