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To the Honorable City Council
of the City of Fort Worth:

Gentlemen:

In accordance with the custom of the Mayor's office I
herewith submit my annual report showing what has been done in the munici-
pal affairs during the past year; and I shall incidentally set out
what was accomplished during the four years that the present
administration (almost without exception) has had control of the
affairs of Fort Worth.

Finances-

When the fiscal year of the city closed March 21st there was a
deficit in the General Fund of 13.128.59 and in the interest fund of
29.861.31 caused by the settlement with the bond holders some months
since. The total expenditures for the City for the past year, including
$10,000. transferred to the Water Works General Fund, and charged on
the D.W.Mead contract for fuel amounted to $489.508.40 and the total
receipts from all sources amounted to $446.097.53., said expenditures
were apportioned among the various departments as follows:-