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The Fairfield Weekly Ledger |
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March 23, 1871
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Fairfield Ledger
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa
Transcribed by Sherry Bash
Financial Condition of Fairfield.
Mayor's Office, City of Fairfield, }
March 14, 1871. }
The following is the financial statement of the city for the year now ending :
| The Treasurer received from his predecessor | $710.35 |
| The Treasurer received from the County Treasurer | 1,734.04 |
| The Treasurer received from the Mayor | 965.70 |
| The Treasurer received from the Solicitor on Collections | 273.60 |
| The Treasurer received from the Weighmaster | 73.90 |
| The Treasurer received from the Street Commissioner | 150.27 |
| The Treasurer received from D. R. McCRACKEN | 62.27 |
| The Treasurer received from B. R. PRATHERS | 24.40 |
| ALEXANDER and EVANS, J. P'S. fines | 19.00 |
| Total received | $4,013.50 |
| Treasurer paid-- | |
| Old Warrants | $ 70 30 |
| Street commissioner | 585 22 |
| Culvert on Nebraska street | 75 06 |
| City Solicitor | 242 00 |
| City Marshal | 21 20 |
| Sheriff | 17 84 |
| For plow, scraper, pump, tools and nails | 126 50 |
| R. WATERS for cleaning public wells | 16 00 |
| For Lumber | 1,634 72 |
| Costs | 52 10 |
| Sexton | 40 00 |
| Printing | 36 10 |
| I. H. CRUMLEY, surveying | 22 20 |
| For Hooks and Ladders | 51 50 |
| City Clerk, District Clerk | 102 40 |
| City Treasurer | 66 35 |
| City Council | 197 50 |
| For City Election, &c. | 29 50 |
| Total paid out | $3,384 50 |
| Amount now in Treasury | 629 00 |
$4,013 50 |
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| The Street Commissioner collected for lumber and sidewalks | $242 40 |
| Road Poll Tax | 96 75 |
| Amount received from Treasurer | 585 22 |
| Total received | $924 37 |
| Street Commissioner paid-- | |
| City Treasurer | $150 27 |
| JOY & Co., for lumber | 24 10 |
| CRAWFORD for tiling | 10 05 |
| DEMARCE for corner-posts | 6 35 |
| (explanation lost in paper fold) | ? 25 04 |
| Repairing Tools | 16 25 |
| For Street Labor | 229 70 |
| Amount due him for 185 days' services | 469 50 |
| Total paid out | $925 37 |
| During the year the city used of oak and pine lumber | 31,000 feet |
| And nails | 1,620 lbs |
| Had teams working on the streets | 110 1-2 days |
| And laborers | 340 1-2 days |
| Total length of sidewalks and crossings built during the year | 14,500 feet |
| Amount of lumber used for same | 207,575 feet |
| Aggregate length of sidewalks now in the city | 10 1-4 miles |
| Claims due the city in Solicitor's hands | $617 14 |
| Claims due the city in Mayor's hands | 150 00 |
| Due the city from Jefferson Co. for stove | 8 00 |
| Amount now in the Treasury | 629 00 |
$1,404 14 |
The Solicitor informs me that the claims in his hands will soon be paid. Only a part of the claims in my hands is good.
J. J. CUMMINGS, Mayor.