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Article 33. To hear report of the Memorial Town Hall Committee and vote on the acceptance of same.
Article 34. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the construction, original equip- ment and furnishing of a town hall, to be known as the Hatfield Memorial Hall; and to authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow any or all of the money so appropriated ; and provide for a committee to supervise the construction of said building, or take any action thereon.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate as follows for the construction and equipment of a town hall :
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From Overlay Reserve $7,000.00
From Available Water Surplus of 1929 5,998.06
From receipts from sale of old town hall site 500.00
From Surplus War bonus 1,339.41
$14,837.41
Article 36. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money from the Insurance account and Truck and Roller earnings to construct a new tool house for the use of the highway department, amount in the two accounts. $3,880.34
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate a sum of money for water department expense, from the available water revenue of 1928 and prior. Amount asked for $5,000.00
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in five public places in said town seven days before time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this 24th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
JOHN J. BETSOLD, JOSEPH PORADA, DANIEL P. SHEEHAN,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
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Town Accountant
To the Board of Selectmen:
Herewith is submitted the first annual report of the town accountant. It includes a statement of the cash receipts and payments of the town; showing the source and nature of the receipts and the purpose of the payments; a table showing appropriations; transfers, expenditures and balances of the appropriation accounts, as well as a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town on Dec- ember 31, 1929.
The report is considerably different from former re- ports but conforms closely to the state system of account- ing adopted by vote of the town and installed in 1929. The fact that the method of carrying on business was new, added to the fact that the appropriations as made, did not conform to the requirements of the system have created some slight difficulty this year but it is hoped that the method of making appropriations will be changed and that, as the voters become more familiar with the new method of doing business, the difficulties will be minimized.
The system being followed requires all bills to be pre- sented to the department which incurs them for approval, after which bills are transmitted to the town accountant who places them on a warrant, to be paid by the treasurer, after the approval of the selectmen is obtained. No other person than the treasurer may pay bills, and the treasurer may pay only such bills as are submitted to him on a prop- erly approved warrant.
It is obvious that a sufficient length of time must elapse after the bill is presented and before it is paid, to permit
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the necessary procedure to be followed. The balance sheet shows the town to be in excellent financial condition.
Respectfully submitted, VERNET H. KELLER, Town Accountant,
Balance January 1, 1929
$24,140.56
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies,
Previous years
$68,782.66
. Current year
41,575.39
Auto Excise
4,005.73
Poll
1,304.00
$115,667.78
From The Commonwealth,
Corporation Tax
$2,423.09
Income
19,375.27
Bank
250.58
School fund
2,218.20
High and Vocational
3,145.77
Supt. of Schools
949.76
Federal Aid
434.34
-$ 28,797.01
License Fees,
Bus
$25.00
Junk and fruit
68.00
Pool
8.00
Gas and Alcohol permits
10.00
$
111.00
Court Fines
$
348.00
Hampshire County Dog Fund
$
331.50
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DEPARTMENTAL
Health and Sanatation Highways,
$ 27.14
Work done, use of cement mixer etc.
$484.80
From State Chapter 81
4,700.00
Truck and roller
1,474.00
$ 6,658.80
Charities,
From other Cities and Towns
$42.60
State, Mothers' Aid
312.67
$
355.27
Schools,
Tuition, City of Boston
$119.65
Tuition, City of Northampton
257.12
Sale school tickets
15.00
Rent of grounds
9.50
Treas. Smith Academy
1,000.00
$
1,401.27
Miscellaneous,
Library fines
$4.50
Contingent
10.96
Sewer entrance (Penkoski)
33.00
Damage to hydrants
50.75
Sealer's Fees
98.70
Sale Town Hall Lot
500.00
Insurance of tools and tool house 2,406.34
Water rents
5,998.06 -$
9,102.31
Interest,
From taxes
$4,181.15
Deposits
759.96
-$ 4,941.11
Temporary Loans,
Anticipation of revenue
$ 10,000.00
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Memorial Town Hall Building Fund,
Sale of land and buildings $2,179.66
Interest
131.80
-$ 2,311.46
Trust Funds,
Frary-Gardner Cemetery Plot
$100.00
Batchelor Cemetery Plot
100.00
Income Hannah W. Smith
12.00
-$
212.00
Income Perpetual Care Funds
$
201.00
Refunds,
Schools, overpayment
$50.75
Police
5.00
$
55.75
Transfers,
Water bills
$11.50
Memorial Town Hall Fund
6,557.94
$ 6,569.44
Total Receipts
$187,090.84
PAYMENTS SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen
$300.00
Treasurer
500.00
Auditor (Town)
10.00
Town Clerk, Clerk Board Selectmen
and Town Accountant
1,200.00
Tax Collectors
700.00
Assessors
740.25
Elector
10.00
Election and Registration
70.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150.00
$ 3,680.25
Bonds, Town Officers 217.50
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salary of Chief
$2,000.00
Salaries of Special Officers
114.00
Telephone
34.88
Garage rent
35.00
Repairs, Gas and Oil
83.86
Auto
415.82
Tires
70.03
$ 2,753.59
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salary of Chief
$150.00
Salary of Firemen
310.50
Storage of truck
120.00
Repairs, gas, oil and supplies
261.94
$
842.44
TREE WORK
Salaries and wages
$104.50
Equipment Supplies
375.50
27.02
$ 507.02
MOTH WORK
Salaries and wages
$202.85
Supplies
1.67
$ 204.52
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS, BARNS AND STAMPING Salary $300.00 $ 300.00
HIGHWAYS, CHAP. 81
Salaries and Wages
$4,088.05
3,792.89
Trucks, Teams and Roller
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Stone, Gravel
1,332.57
Tar and Road Oiling
2,128.99
Supplies, tools and cement
64.60
10.50
Freight Culverts
606.22
$12,023.82
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, SEWERS AND SIDEWALKS
Salaries and wages
$1,198.97
Equipment and repairs
626.06
Gas and oil
607.90
Lumber
254.35
Snow Removal
292.46
Street Signs and Markers
270.06
Miscellaneous, freight, fuel, tile, etc.
234.18
Insurance of truck
43.46
$ 3,527.44
PUBLIC WELFARE
Relief by other Cities and Towns
$1,204.52
Mothers' Aid
520.00
Cash
150.00
Medical Aid
60.00
Provisions
17.51
Coal
16.90
Expense
94.20
board and care
61.72
$ 2,124.85
SCHOOLS
General Administration
Committee Salaries, 1928-29
$460.00
Superintendent
1,700.00
Attendance Officer
400.00
Office expense
43.08
Stationery and printing
82.50
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Telephone
81.89
Traveling expense
220.45
Miscellaneous
35.87
$ 3,023.79
Teachers
High
$10,951.75
Elementary
24,022.90
Vocational
272.20
$35,246.85
Text books and supplies High .
$1,144.14
Elementary
1,981.37
$ 3,125.51
Tuition Elementary, (Continuation)
$88.04 $
88.04
Transportation
High
$881.00
Elementary
171.02
$ 1,052.02
Janitor Service ®
High
$672.00
Elementary
2,623.81
$ 3,295.81
Fuel and Light,
High
$738.84
Elementary
2,986.76
$ 3,725.60
Repairs High Elementary
$51.35
1,991.31
$ 2,042.66
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Janitors' supplies
$141.44 $
141.44
Furniture and furnishings
$603.70 $
603.70
Rent, Smith School Arena
$42.00 $
42.00
Graduation expenses
$49.23 $ 49.23
$52,436.65
Smith's Agricultural School Tuition Hatfield Students
$
738.75
LIBRARY
Salaries
Librarian
$242.20
Assistants
103.40
Cataloging
60.50
Books
292.85
Periodicals
55.35
Supplies ·
59.89
Light
36.83
$ 851.02
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries of Commissioners
$100.00
Sup't and Collector
215.37
Labor
2,722.13
Pipe and fittings
. 2,504.43
Freight
204.29
Teams
68.00
Seedling Pines
36.00
Stationery and printing
101.34
Equipment
19.75
Miscellaneous
52.25
$ 6,023.56
CEMETERIES
Labor
$45.06
Pipe and fittings
29.96
$ 75.02
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INTEREST
Northampton National Bank $1,266.00 $ 1,266.68
SCHOOL HOUSE NOTE AND INTEREST
Northampton Nat'l Bank, note #29 $2,000.00 Northampton Nat'l Bank. Interest 360.00
$ 2,360.00
CONTINGENT
Office expense
$167.70
Town reports
148.00
Election expense
37.65
Care of Town Clock
25.00
Dept. Correction
13.14
Birth returns
1.50
Inspector
21.20
Assessors' expense
15.23
Sealers' expense and mileage
50.00
Tax Collector's expense
78.10
Treasurer's expense
13.82
Care Wilkie Lot
3.00
Fighting forest fires
119.65
Survey Old Town Hall Lot
24.75
Attorney's Fees
266.10
Damage claim (Highway)
125.00
$ 1,109.84
TEMPORARY LOANS
Loans in anticipation of revenue repaid $60,000.00
ACCOUNTS PAID FROM TAXATION
County Tax
$7,758.14
State Tax
3,825.00
State Highway and Snow Rem." 877.83
State Audit and Installing System
1,655.54
$14,116.51
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STREET LIGHTS
Amherst Gas Co.
$ 4,560.12
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. Bonneville
Dr. Byrne
$100.00 100.00
$ 200.00
MEMORIAL HALL
Fuel
$112.76
75.00
Janitor Supplies
3.95
$ 191.71
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
$80.00
Flags, etc.
30.00
$
110.00
COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
W. M. King, Treas
$ 150.00
INSURANCE
Memorial Bldg.
$200.00
Workman's Compensation
329.40
Schools
119.42
Liability
30.00
Roller, truck and tools
86.54
$
765.36
MEMORIAL TOWN HALL BLDG. FUND
Pease Lot
$6,500.00
Survey
30.00
Insurance
6.65
Advertisement
9.75
$ 6,546.40
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MISCELLANEOUS
Interest on Trust Funds deposited
$12.00
Trust Funds, perpetual care
200.00
Income perpetual care funds
201.00
Motor vehicle excise refund
58.74
Overlay 1928
3.84
Soldiers" Exemption
1.50
Bank Tax
1.87
$ 478.95
Total Payments
$178,162.00
Cash balance
$ 33,069.40
Note : Highway department had use of gas and oil on hand Jan. 1, 1929, value of $80.00.
Police department had use of gas and oil on hand Jan. 1, 1929, value of $42.43.
Police department used gas and oil shown as charged to highways, value $76.74.
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APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, BALANCES Etc.
Balances
Receipts Transfers Transfers Available
Etc.
To $ 180.25
From
For Use $ 3,680.25
Expendi- tures
Balance
Town officers
$ 3,500.00
Officers' bonds
220.00
220.00
217.50
2.50+
Memorial Hall
200.00
200.00
191.71
8.29+
Police
2,800.00
$
5.00
67.76
$ 76.74
2,796.02
2,796.02
Fire department
900.00
900.00
842.44
57.564
Moth
400.00
400.00
204.52
195.48+
Tree Warden
600.00
600.00
507.02.
92.98+
Inspection animals, etc.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Chap. 81
8,050.00
4,700.00
1,114.93
13,864.93
13,864.93
Highways, bridges, sewers, etc.
2,950.00
181.60
76.74
1,114.93
2,093.41
1,766.33
327.08+
Street lights
4,630.00
4,630.00
4,560.12
69.88+
Public welfare
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,124.85
375.15+
Schools
51,950.00
500.09
52,450.09
52,436.65
13.44+
School Physician
200.00
200.00
200.00
Smith Agr. School
1,200.00
1,200.00
738.75
461.25+
Public library
850.00
1.02
851.02
851.02
Town Hall building fund
8,869.40
8,869.40
6,546.40
2,323.00±
Memorial Day
125.00
125.00
110.00
15.00+
Insurance
870.00
870.00
765.36
104.64+
Aid to agriculture
150.00
150.00
150.00
Appropria- tion
$ 3,680.25
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Contingent
1,000.00
10.96
98.88
1,109.84
1,109.84
Reserve fund
500.00
347.91
152.09
152.09+
Insurance bldg. & plow
2,406.34
2,406.34
2,406.34±
Sale of hall site
500.00
500.00
500.00±
Truck & roller earnings
1,474.00
1,474.00
1,474.00±
Cemeteries
100.00
100.00
75.02
24.98+
Interest
3,000.00
3,000.00
* 1,376.43
1,623.57+
School note & interest
2,360.00
2,360.00
2,360.00
$89,355.00
$18,647.39 $1,539.58 $1,539.58 $108,002.39
$97,775.16 $10,227.23
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t Closed to Surplus. # Carried Forward. * Includes 109.75 overdraft 1928.
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BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 1929 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$33,069.40
Surplus War Bonus Chap. 480, Acts 1924.
$1,339.41
Taxes:
Town Hall Building Fund
2,323.00
Levy of 1925
341.72
Sale of Land (Town hall site)
500.00
Levy of 1926
1,064.89
Insurance (Tool house and Plow)
2,406.34
Levy of 1927
2,376.32
Truck and Roller Earnings
1,474.00
Levy of 1928
11.53
Water Available Surplus 1928 and prior
11,855.05
33,720.05
1929
5,998.06
Motor Vehicle Excise
301.54
17,853.11
Departmental:
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
8,870.35
Highway
158.00
Revenue Available when collected:
Public Welfare
314.19
Motor Vehicle Excise
301.54
Schools
699.38
Departmental
3,486.91
Town Hall Bldg. Fund
2,315.34
Water
.95
3,486.91
Overlays Reserved for abatements .
3,789.40
Water Rates 1927 and 1928 Overdrawn Account:
.95
Levy of 1925
341.72
Levy of 1926
1,064.89
Overlay 1927
29.50
Levy of 1929
1,684.43
3,091.04
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Levy of 1929
29,925.59
Accounts Receivable:
Surplus Revenue 1928 and prior 1929
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17,541.29 11,420.41
28,961.70
$70,608.35
$70,608.35
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt
$8,000.00
Schoolhouse Loan
$8,000.00
$8,000.00
$8,000.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities
Charlotte Wilkie Library Fund
$1,411.88
$8,010.12
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 6,598.24
$8,010.12
$8,010.12
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE SELECTMEN OF HATFIELD FOR 1930
Clifford L. Belden
Frank J. Betsold
John B. Bitner
Roswell G. Billings
William P. Boyle
Edward L. Boyle
John L. Stenglein
George A. Deinlein
William F. Englehardt
Ercent Godin
Walter H. Hadley
Herman Harris
James L. McGrath
Fred A. Pease
Charles Pfiffer
Daniel F. Riley
Charles Slattery
John M. Wentzel
Malcolm Crawford
Henry Carl
Murray B. Graves
M. Larkin Proulx
G. Raymond Billings
Joseph Parada
Alexander T. Rogaleski Charles Klekot
Oscar E. Belden John Mullins
Myron H. Dwight
Howard L. Belden
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Treasurer's Report
FRANCIS W. LOVETT, Treasurer, in account with TOWN OF HATFIELD
Balance in Treasury Jan. 1st., 1929 $ 24,140.56
Receipts for the year 1929
187,090.84
Total
$211,231.40
Disbursements for the year 1929
178,162.00
Balance in Treasury Dec. 31st, 1929
$ 33,069.40
Hatfield, January 20, 1930.
I have examined the accounts of the treasurer on Jan- uary 20, 1930, and reconciled his bank account with a statement furnished by the bank. The cash is over $32.05.
GEORGE W. SEARLE, Examiner Division of Accounts.
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Tax Collector's Report
To Warrant
$71,524.53
By cash paid Treas., Col. and Interest
41,575.39
Balance uncollected 1929
29,949.14
1929 POLL TAX
To Warrant
1,324.00
By cash paid Treas.
1,304.00
Uncollected
20.00
1929 EXCISE TAX
To Warrant
4,907.46
By cash paid Treas
$4,005.73
. By abatements
658.94
$ 4,664.67
Uncollected $ 242.79
JOSEPH YARROWS,
Collector.
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Tax Collector's Report
Dewey J. Ryan, Collector
1928 PROPERTY TAX
To uncollected December 31, 1928
$37,814.03
To warrant
28.13
To interest collected
892.72
Overpayments to Collector
.16
$38,735.04
By cash paid Treasurer
$38,696.51
By abatements
38.53
$38,735.04
Uncollected December 31, 1929
None
PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Income Expense · Balance
Fund
1929
1929
1929
Hannah W. Smith
$15.45
$86.93
Augusta Wells
17.04
$10.00
382.00
Oliver Warner
2.36
2.00
52.88
John H. Sanderson.
4.91.
4.00
109.16
Luman M. Moore
10.51
8.00
233.71
P. M. Wells
5.69
5.00
125.91
Benjamin Waite
3.74
2.00
84.69
Abby Dickinson
4.53
3.50
100.93
Silas G. Hubbard
11.75
4.00
266.20
Levi Graves
7.31
4.00
164.32
Lucy L. Morton
13.95
4.00
316.96
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Charles Smith
5.11
4.00
113.62
Lemeul B. Field
5.07
4.00
112.96
Charlotte G. Wilkie
61.43
1,411.88
Rufus H. Cowles
5.15
4.00
114.77
Charles E. Hubbard
5.38
4.00
120.28
Alpheus Cowles
4.97
4.00
110.54
James Porter
4.82
4.00
107.07
Daniel W. Allis
7.93
5.00
177.23
J. H. Howard
4.79
4.00
106.75
Fannie M. Burke
4.86
4.00
108.25
Charles S. Shattuck
4.86
4.00
108.06
Seth W. Kingsley
4.82
4.00
107.01
E. S. Warner
9.83
7.00
219.55
Reuben Belden
5.69
24.00
107.06
Theodore Porter
4.68
4.00
104.16
Charles L. Graves
4.68
4.00
104.20
Roswell Hubbard
4.66
4.00
103.58
Cooley D. Dickinson
5.83
5.00
129.65
Elijah Bardwell
16.24
4.00
369.25
Joseph D. Billings
4.64
4.00
103.09
Memorial Town Hall, Int.
Edward C. Billings
29.24
22.50
590.80
Augusta Beals
4.73
4.00
105.13
Anthony Douglas
2.85
59.58
Received :
J. E. Porter
4.59
4.00
101.91
Jonathan Graves
4.55
3.50
101.45
Hugh McLeod
4.59
4.00
102.31
B. M. Warner
9.19
4.00
207.44
Chester Hastings
3.77
3.50
100.27
Lucius & Stearns Curtis
17.78
8.00
267.86
Perpetual Care Funds Received
201.00
Paid out Care of Lots
201.00
Frary & Gardner, new acct.
100.00
Henry C. Batchellor, new acct.
100.66
F. W. LOVETT, Treasurer.
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Police Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The report of the Police Department for the year end- ing December 31st, 1929, is herewith respectfully submit- ted.
Total number of arrests during the year 1929 73
Drunkenness 14
Violation of Liquor Laws
2
Larceny
7
Motor Vehicle Violations
24
Assault and Battery
5
Hawking and peddling without a license
2
Dusturbing the Peace
3
Vagrancy
2
Cruelty to animals
0
Begetting illegitimate child
2
Violation of school laws
2
Dogs not licensed
0
Committed to State Farm
2
Committed to State Hospital
2
Return to State Hospital
2
Returned to Veterans' Hospital
4
Burning to Defraud 2 Total 73
Total Fines, District Court
$1,475.00
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR R. BREOR, Chief of Police.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1929
BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January
2
6
February
0
3
March
2
2
·. April
1
.
1
May
2
1
June
0
1
July
1
0
August
4
1
September
1
1
October
2
0
November
1
1
December
1
5
Total
17
18-35
· BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers
United States
21
24
Poland
10
9
Czecho-Slovakia
2
2
Germany
0
Canada
2
Italy
Total
33
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BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
88
52
46
47
54
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MARRIAGES BY MONTHS
January
1 First marriage of both 18
February
4. Second of Groom
1
March
0 Youngest Groom
18
April
1 Oldest Groom
37
May
0
Youngest Bride
18
June
3
Oldest Bride
34
July
1
Third of Bride
1
August
1
September 5
Birthplace
Groom
Bride
October
2
United States
15
18
November
1
Poland
2
1
December
0
Canada
2
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Total
19 Total
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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1929
Mullen, James E.
Kingsley, Henry H.
Gardocki, John
Yarrows,
Dannis, Mary
Dippolt, Cooney G.
Szych, Boleslaw
Smith, Marion Proulz
Ziezulewicz, William
Merrick, Alfred
Gendrin, Catherine C.
Borowski, John
Lampron, Frank E.
Baczewski, Laura J.
Jaworowski, Zygmont
Sanderson, Abbie B.
Kacinski, Stanislaw
Niewinski, Edmond
Mastowicz, Seslaw
Sakowicz,
Pasczyk, Frank
Vining, Frederick
Age of oldest person deceased (female) 90 years, 9 mos., 21 days.
DOGS LICENSED
162 Male Dogs at $2.00
$324.00
10 Female Dogs at $5.00 each
50.00
$ 374.00
Less 172 fees at 20c each
34.40
$ 339.60
$ ,339.60
Paid County Treasurer
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Water Commissioners' Report
The past year 1929 has been one of extension and improvement in our water system.
We have laid new mains on Chestnut St. and Porter Place in Hatfield and from Fields corner to the foot of the hill on the plain road in Bradstreet all of which pipe wa's put in to; replace one and two inch pipe which formerly, served these streets there by giving about a dozen pieces of property fire protection.
We have also continued the work started last year on our water shed by cleaning up the brush and dead wood also wild current and gooseberry bushes which are the cause of the blister rust on our pines.
It has been very gratifying to all of us to see the way in which our supply held out during the dry spell last sum- mer. We were one of the few towns in the state that did not have to curtail their users.
J. W. KILEY, R. G. BILLINGS, L. A. DEINLEIN.
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Assessors' Report
Value of assessed buildings
Value of assessed land
$1,553,261.00 987,604.00
Value of assessed real estate
2,537,515.00
Value of assessed personal estate 208,146.00
Value of assessed real and personal estate 2,745,661.00
Rate of Tax per $1,000.00 $26.00
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Number of polls assessed 662
Number of persons assessed on property
551
Number of horses assessed 298
Number of cows assessed 259
Number of neat cattle assessed
54
Number of sheep assessed
383
Number of fowl assessed
1,114
Number of Dwelling houses assessed
465
Number of automobiles assessed
628
Number of acres of land assessed
9,050
State Tax
$3,825.00
State Highway Tax
708.00
State Audit Tax
1,655.54
State Snow Removal Tax
169.83
County Tax
7,758.14
Overlayings
1,677.74
Town Tax
89,355.00
Addition to Warrant
137.28
Estimated Receipts :
Corporation Tax
$3,000.00
Bank Tax
250.00
Income Tax
17,300.00
Licenses
240.00
Fines
325.00
Highways
2,000.00
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Schools Excise Tax All others
4,500.00
3,864.00
959.06
Value of Property Exempt from taxation under
Chap. 59, General Laws:
Church property
$ 68,000.00
Town property
257,000.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery
3,500.00
Smith Academy
66,000.00
Respectfully submitted, 1
MYRON H. DWIGHT, JOHN R. MCGRATH, JOHN E. RAFFA,
Assessors of Hatfield.
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Report of Librarian
To the Trustees of the Public Library:
I take pleasure in submitting to you my thirteenth annual report. During these thirteen years the patronage of the library has been steadily growing. The circulation has increased from 6,411 in 1917, when my first report was given, to 16,891 during 1929.
The town has always been generous in appropriating the amount of money asked for. The last increase in ap- propriation was, I think, in 1922. Then the circulation was 13,188. This year during the month of November over 2.000 books went out.
This increase means that more new books are needed and that many worn out copies need to be replaced.
We stand greatly in need of a larger appropriation for next year 424 books have been added to the library during 1929. Of these 189 were for the juvenile depart- ment
I wish to express my appreciation of the encourage- ment and cooperation given me by the Trustees, and in particular my gratitude to Mrs. Thomas Mullany, who has so admirably served as Librarian during my absence for the winter months; also for the loyalty and helpfulness of my assistants, Dorothy Allaire and Katherine Howard.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLEN A. WAITE,
Librarian.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
Town of Hatfield
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1929
87
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School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Joseph F. Chandler, Chairman Term expires 1930
J. Henry Charlebois, Secretary Term expires 1931
Frances W. Lovett
Term expires 1932
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Orion A. Morton
19 Bates St., Northampton Telephone 1088
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
A. J. Bonneville, M.D. (Center and North Hatfield Schools) C. A. Byrnes, M.D. (Hill and West Hatfield Schools)
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Chief Arthur R. Breor
SCHOOL CENSUS Oct. 1, 1929
Boys
Girls
Total
Between 5 and 7 years
62
62
124
Between 7 and 14 years
253
259
512
Between 14 and 16
60
69
129
Totals
375
390
765
.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR Elementary and Smith Academy
First Winter Term-7 weeks
Opens December 30, 1929 Closes February 14, 1930
Second Winter Term-8 weeks
Opens February 24, 1930 Closes April 18, 1930
Spring Term-8 weeks
Opens April 28, 1930 Closes June 20, 1930
Fall Term-15 weeks
Opens September 8, 1930 Closes December 19, 1930
Winter Term Opens December 29, 1930 No school on legal holidays and Good Friday.
Schools close Wednesday noon of Thanksgiving week
and reopen the following Monday.
When a legal holiday occurs on Sunday the following
Monday is observed as a holiday.
Legal holidays in Massachusetts include January first, February twenty-second, April nineteenth, May thirtieth, July Fourth, the first Monday in September, October twelfth, November eleventh, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Hatfield :
The total membership of all the schools for 1926 was 739; for 1927, it was 762, or a gain of 23; for 1928, it was 766, or a gain of 4; for 1929, it was 740, or a loss of 26. The entering grade last September was 93 or a gain of 26 over the year before which makes up the loss. The crest of the increase which occurred several years ago is now in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. This increase will begin to reach the Academy in 1931, when the size of the freshmen class will be more than doubled.
Because of the agricultural conditions in the Connecti- cut Valley during the last few years, the school depart- ment has economized at every point, saving $1760 of the regular budget in 1927; $1712 in 1928; and reducing the 1929 budget $1000. No new historical or political maps have been purchased since the World War changed the whole map of Europe and caused many readjustments in other countries. We are using the same textbook in arith- metic that was introduced some ten or twelve years ago. Strange as it may seem to those who studied arithmetic thirty years ago, the Superintendent of Schools says that more advancement has been made in the kind of material used and the methods employed in arithmetic than almost any other branch in the elementary schools. The textbook in use has been supplemented by placing in the hands of the teachers the newer textbooks with which they have tried to bring the work in this branch up to date. A mod- ern book should be introduced and copies supplied in Sept- ember to the children in the third, fifth and seventh grades.
For a series of years, the expenditure for each child enrolled in the schools has been much less than the average
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in all the towns in the State of similar population and valu- ation, and below the cost in adjoining towns in the Valley.
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