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Article 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for the fire truck delivered to the town following a vote to purchase a fire truck passed at special town meeting held May 25, 1931.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Account, to which shall be credited all receipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the town for road machinery purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to establish a Road Machinery Fund for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road mach- inery.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to change the method of electing its Board of Selectmen from three every year to one each year beginning at the next Annual Town Meeting in 1933, or act any thing thereon.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the excess and deficiency account $150.68 for revenue deficit in 1930.
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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 returns 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 30th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred thirty-two.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN, JOHN J. BETSOLD, TOSEPH V. PORADA, Selectmen of Hatfield.
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Town Accountant
To the Board of Selectmen,
Town of Hatfield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith the report of your Town Accountant for the year ending December 31, 1931.
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies-Previous years. $29,753.23
Current year, poll.
1,286.00
Current year, excise. 3,925.32
Current year, personal and real. .
41,900.67
Current year, old age. 539.00
$77,404.22
From the Commonwealth:
Income Taxes 1931
$18,285.00
Corporation Tax Business
1,990.13
Corporation Electric Light Co. .
319.13
Corporation Railroad, Tel. & Tel.
321.32
Corporation Bank & Trust Co .. . 80.71
Corporation Bank & Trust Co.1930
3.56
Massachusetts School Fund.
3,668.28
Union Superintendent
960.87
High School.
3,596.95
Gasoline Tax
1,150.00
$30,375.95
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License Fees and Permits:
Gasoline, alcohol, auto
$33.00
Junk and Fruit.
60.00
Pool
8.00
Sewer entrance
33.00
Wild West Show
2.00
$136.00
Court Fines :
District Court and Jail
$403.20
$403.20
From County Treasurer:
Dog Tax.
$246.56
$246.56
Northampton Water Works:
In lieu of taxes, on reservoir land $51.15
$51.15
Total general revenue.
$108,617.08
DEPARTMENTAL
Inspector and Sealer's Fees
$81.75
Highways:
Use of cement mixer and sale of materials .
$59.57
Truck and roller earnings
744.00
St. Joseph's Church cleaning ditch
13.60
From State, Chapter 81.
4,550.00
From State, Chapter 90. .
2,000.00
From County, Chapter 90
2,000.00
$9,367.17
Charities :
From Individuals .
$105.49
From State, T. B. Subsidy.
60.00
From Mother's Aid
176.66
$342.15
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Schools :
City of Boston, Tuition
$47.56
Rent of grounds Wild West Show
10.00
Sale of School Tickets
5.85
$63.41
Library Fines, for nine months
$44.05
$44.05
Town Treasurer, unclaimed check ....
$35.21
$35.21
Water Department:
Water rents.
$5,979.10
Sale of wood .
137.00
$6,116.10
Cemeteries :
Sale of lot. $.50
From State,
Hannah W.
Smith lot.
12.00
$12.50
Interest :
Northampton National Bank &
Trust Co. (deposits) $279.30
Taxes . 1,626.34
Protested check. 31.93
Perpetual Care Funds
194.00
$2,131.57
Temporary Loans.
$50,000.00
Refund, Registration on Police Car . . 3.00
Town Hall Committee Fund :
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1931.
$684.59
From Program space 224.02
From Miss Margaret McGrath, Treas. 32.20
From Mrs. Theresa M. Godin, Treas. 70.83
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From Smith Academy A. A.
$81.75
From Primary School play
82.90
Committee dance.
107.00
$1,283.29
Town Hall Fund:
Balance from sale of land and
buildings. .
$725.00
Sale of furniture
80.00
$805.00
Dickinson Memorial Hall (Donation)
5.00
Rent of Town Hall
476.50
Total receipts
$179,383.78
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1931. . .
12,862.48
Total
$192,246.26
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen:
Salaries
$300.00
Expense .
87.09
$387.09
Clerk of Board of Selectmen:
Salary
100.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
$500.00
Office expense
84.95
$584.95
Town Accountant:
Salary . .
$800.00
Office expense, supplies
10.35
$810.35
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Tax Collectors :
Salary for years 1929, '30, '31 . $915.00 Office expense, supplies and ad- vertising 120.86
M. H. Dwight, balance on 1925, '26, '27 . 410.00
$1,445.86
Assessors :
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Salaries, J. R. McGrath . $545.25
Salaries, J. E. Raffa. 450.00
Salaries, A. Toczko
204.75
Expenses
24.23
$1,224.23
Town Treasurer:
Salary.
$600.00
Expense
29.48
$629.48
Attorney's Fees
$338.80
Election and Registration :
Salaries, Registrars
$20.00
Salaries, Election Officers
30.00
Expense .
37.66
$87.66
Town Hall Maint., from Feb. 12, 1931:
Janitor .
$816.44
Fuel
603.37
Light and Power
248.56
Janitor supplies.
154.85
Repairs and improvements.
124.14
Police for dances
48.00
Miscellaneous .
1.35
$1,996.71
Total for General Government
$7,822.63
Bonds of Town Officers. 217.50
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police:
Salary of Chief
$1,999.92
Extra Officers
91.25
Telephone.
39.97
Garage rent.
35.00
Equipment and repairs.
161.49
Gas and oil .
183.28
Miscellaneous
83.03
$2,593.94
Fire Department:
Salaries and wages
$506.00
Telephone.
9.11
Fuel and light.
10.03
Repairs.
98.24
Equipment.
304.74
Hose.
300.00
Storage of hose wagons
45.00
Gas and oil .
16.26
Registration
1.00
$1,290.38
Sealer:
Salary
$150.00
Expense
50.00
$200.00
Forestry :
Moth work, salary 7 wages
$155.75
Expense
4.44
$160.19
Tree work:
Salary and wages
$653.44
Supplies and tools
60.79
$714.23
Total for Protection $4,958.74
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Inspection of school children.
$200.00
Inspection of animals, barns and meat
249.37
Inspection expense. 50.63
$500.00
HIGHWAYS
General Bridges, Sidewalks, Sewers:
Salary and wages
$580.20
Gravel and stone. 4.15
Equipment and repairs
791.20
Gas and oil .
424.57
Bridges, wages
137.60
Lumber.
704.89
Miscellaneous supplies
121.05
Snow removal (wages and teams)
221.65
Beacon lighting and repairs.
30.64
Rent of sand lot (Mrs. Smith) .
15.00
Registration
3.00
$3,033.95
Chapter 81:
Salaries, wages, trucks and teams
$7,525.39
Oil and tar.
2,327.01
Stone and gravel.
1,060.68
Culverts
473.73
Catch-basins
46.25
Supplies
112.07
Coal .
16.99
$11,562.12
Chapter 90, Bradstreet Road:
Salary, wages, trucks and teams.
$2,022.47
Stone and gravel
2,950.84
Tar
812.80
Coal
102.27
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Supplies
$25.20
Miscellaneous 5.70
$5,919.28
Total for Highways.
$20,515.35
Street Lights
$4,641.09
CHARITIES
Public Welfare:
To other cities and towns, gen. aid .. .
$967.65
180.00
To other cities and towns, mother's aid Mother's aid, Hatfield.
520.00
Groceries and provisions
247.95
Fuel
111.99
Medical attendance
26.00
Traveling expense
26.50
Cash .
38.28
Leeds Sanatorium
394.28
Office supplies.
.87
$2,513.52
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SCHOOLS
General Administration:
Salary of Committee for 1930-1931
$400.00
Salary of Supt. (part year)
1,550.03
Salary, Nurse.
999.97
Salary, enforcement officer
400.00
Committee supplies (magazine) ..
3.00
Printing, postage, stationery .
116.96
Telephone .
161.76
Traveling expense.
320.62
Census (1930-31).
50.00
$4,002.34
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Teachers' Salaries :
High .
$11,709.69
Elementary
23,416.07
Substitutes
543.50
Manual training
190.00
$35,859.26
Text Books and Supplies :
High, books.
$427.25
High, supplies .
892.85
Elementary, books
475.30
Elementary, supplies
867.90
Commercial, books and supplies
101.67
$2,764.97
Household Arts:
Supplies .
$112.83
Transportation .
76.06
Traveling expense
4.79
Books and supplies
63.96
Equipment.
51.00
$308.64
Tuition :
City of Northampton (Continua-
tion school)
$17.16
Transportation:
High.
$1,158.10
Elementary
277.85
$1,435.95
Janitors:
High .
$600.00
Elementary
2,740.93
$3,340.93
Fuel, Light and Power:
High .
$986.75
Elementary
3,194.54
$4,181.29
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Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Janitors supplies, High . $125.90
Janitors supplies, Elementary 146.68
Miscellaneous supplies, High 31.94
Repairs, Elementary
481.97
Miscellaneous supplies, Elm.
33.35
$819.84
Graduation Expenses :
Diplomas, programs, etc.
$53.99
Speaker.
25.00
$78.99
Total for Schools. $52,809.37
Hatfield Students at Smith's Agricultural School
Tuition
$863.75
Ten students attending Jan. 1, 1932. Tuition, $3.75 per student per week.
LIBRARY
Salaries :
Librarian .
$298.40
Assistants and branch librarians
120.40
Books .
382.12
Periodicals
40.10
Supplies .
70.68
Postage
2.34
Janitor
90.62
Fuel.
152.40
Light.
21.90
Furniture.
93.22
Janitor supplies
19.23
Repairs.
2.90
Inspection of boiler
5.00
$1,299.31
Remodeling Library:
McCallum Co., floor covering .. . $263.84
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INSURANCE
Schools. $671.06
Town Hall. 1,656.00
Tool House 303.60
Workmen's compensation
374.64
Trucks and police car
119.65
Boiler .
44.50
$3,169.45
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
$80.00
Flags
30.00
$110.00
SAFETY COMMITTEE EXPENSE Signs and markers
$69.55
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing Town Reports.
$144.40
Delievery of Town Reports
10.58
Care of town clock.
25.00
Survey of school dyke line
16.25
Elector salary
10.00
$206.23
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Department:
Commissioner's salary .
$150.00
Superintendent's salary (part).
96.68
Postage.
5.00
Survey and maps
293.83
Labor
2,450.30
Pipe and fittings
252.33
Equipment.
158.31
Pine seedlings .
123.00
Purchase of land, protection of water supply .
500.00
Collector's bond. 5.00
$4,034.45
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CEMETERIES
Labor, Main St., W. Hatfield and North Hatfield . $83.92
INTEREST
Town Hall Loan.
$2,443.75
School House Loan 135.00
Temporary loans
481.64
$3,060.39
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Town Hall Notes No. 53 to 57 incl.
$5,000.00
School House Note No. 31. 2,000.00
Temporary Loan Note No. 114. 25,000.00
Temporary Loan Note No. 115.
25,000.00
$57,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Taxes, State.
$3,375.00
Taxes, County
9,788.82
Taxes, Audit.
663.22
Taxes, Soldiers Exemption .
13.50
Taxes, Parks and Reservations
52.87
Taxes, Trust Co ..
7.18
Taxes, Old Age Assistance.
693.00
Perpetual Care Cemetery Funds
206.00
$14,799.59
REFUNDS
Excise Taxes .
$72.84
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
Dickinson Memorial Hall (Upper Hall) :
Painting
$88.55
Lumber
5.17
Miscellaneous labor
61.28
.
$155.00
.
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Town Hall Building Fund :
Putnam & Steward (balance due) $1,042.90 Anthracite Coal Burner Corp. (stokers) 1,190.00
McCallum Co., floor covering .
18.78
R. E. Davies & Son, plumbing . . 120.94
$2,372.62
Town Hall Improvement Fund:
Cookman Lumber Co .. $53.27
The Touhey Co., electric work . . 41.00
Yawman & Erbe Co., bookcases 55.35
W. L. Graves, electric work.
44.53
Electrolux Co., cleaner
75.00
Jos. Yarrows, painting.
78.00
Humidors (cash)
5.45
R. E. Davies & Son, plumbing ...
47.40
$400.00
TOWN HALL COMMITTEE FUND
Western Counties Electric Co., light and power .
$61.67
J. Russell Co., hardware and supplies
24.94
Touhey Elec. Co., equipment 57.57
Chase & Coolidge Co., supplies
9.25
Jos. Yarrows, painting
111.65
J. H. Pierce, paint.
34.65
LaFluer Bros., paint.
2.00
Merrick Lumber Co., paint
141.87
J. H. Quinn, furniture for community room .
243.90
B. J. Shea, payment on piano
200.00
Foster-Farrer Co., name plates and supplies .
48.60
Chilson's Auto Top Shop, pads.
81.75
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R. E. Davies & Son, showers (balance)
$28.46
J. L. McGrath, police duty 4.00
$1,050.31
Total payments
$182,771.95
Cash balance on hand
9,474.31
$192,246.26
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APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, BALANCES.
Appro- priations
Reserve Fund Transfers
Receipts Expended
Balances
Selectmen's Salaries. .. .
$300.00
$300.00
Selectmen's Expenses . .
100.00
87.09
+12.91
Clerk, Board, Selectmen.
100.00
100.00
Town Accountant. .
800.00
800.00
Town Accountant Exp ..
10.00
$.35
10.35
Town Treasurer, Salary . . . .
600.00
600.00
Town Treasurer Expense .. .
50.00
29.48
120.52
Collector's Salary 1929℃. . .
200.00
200.00
Collector's Salary (Dwight).
410.00
410.00
Collector's Salary, 1931
800.00
415.00
F385.00
Collector's Expense. .
80.00
40.86
120.86
Assessors' Salary .
1,200.00
1,200.00
Assessor's Expense.
25.00
24.23
1.77
Attorney's Fees . .
400.00
338.80
161.20
Town Clerk, Salary.
.
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk, Expense.
90.00
84.95
+5.05
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Election and Registration $100.00
$50.00
$50.00
Election and Reg., Expense.
30.00
$7.66
37.66
Bonds, Town Officers. .. . .
220.00
217.50
$2.50
Town Hall Maintenance ... .
2,000.00
1,996.71
+3.29
Town Hall Committee. .
400.00
400.00
Memorial Tablets.
350.00
F350.00
Dickinson Memorial Hall. .
150.00
*5.00
155.00
New Fire Truck.
1,000.00
F1,000.00
Police. ..
2,600.00
2,590.94
+9.06
Fire Dept ..
1,300.00
1,290.38
+9.62
Sealer, Salary
150.00
150.00
Sealer, Expense. .
50.00
50.00
Moth Suppression .
200.00
160.19
+39.81
Tree Warden ; .
800.00
714.23
+85.77
Inspection. .
300.00
300.00
Highways, General .
3,000.00
33.95
3,033.95
Highways, Chap. 81.
6,900.00
62.12
*4,600.00
11,562.12
Highways, Chap. 90.
2,000.00
*4,000.00
5,919.28
+80.72
Street Lights. ..
4,662.00
4,641.09
+20.91
Public Welfare.
2,500.00
13.52
2,513.52
Schools.
55,500.00
*411.55
52,809.37
+3,102.18
School Physicians.
200.00
200.00
. .
.
.
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Agricultural Tuition.
$900.00
$863.75
$36.25
Library . . .
1,300.00
1,299.31
1.69
Unclassified .
200.00
$6.23
206.23
Memorial Day . .
125.00
110.00
$15.00
Safety Committee.
575.00
69.55
+505.45
Insurance ..
3,315.35
3,169.45
+145.90
Reserve Fund.
1,000.00
+643.67
Water Dept ..
5,000.00
4,034.45
WS965.55
Cemeteries.
100.00
83.92
₹16.08
Interest. .
2,868.75
191.64
3,060.39
School Debt.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Hall Debt.
5,000.00
5,000.00
$112,461.10
$356.33
$9,016.55
$113,909.75
$7,567.90
*Donation.
*Schools, Smith Hughes Fund and Geo. Reed Fund.
*Highway, from State and County. +To Revenue. F-Forward. WS-Water Reserve.
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BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1931 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Cash. .
$9,474.31
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1929 889.93
New Fire Truck .. . .. .
1,000.00
Levy of 1930
6,149.19
Memorial Tablets . .
350.00
Levy of 1931. 33,784.44
$40,823.56
$1,795.94
Old Age Assistance Taxes: Levy of 1931
154.00
Truck & Tractor Earnings Reserve Water Dept. Available Surplus ..... 8,431.31
Reserve, Overlay Surplus. . .. 3,504.26
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1929. $2.53
Levy of 1930.
110.87
Overlays, reserved for abatements:
Levy 1929. $889.93
$758.58
Levy 1930 638.15
Tax Titles .
100.80
Levy 1931. 1,013.62
2,541.70
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744.00
Levy of 1931.
645.18
Town Hall Bldg. Com. Funds .... $232.98 Unexpended Appropriation Balances: Collector's Salary . ... $445.94
Departmental:
Health .
$83.57
Highways. . 5.43
Public Welfare. .
203.34
Schools ...
386.51
Revenue Available when Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $758.58 Tax Title. . . 100.80
Departmental. .
678.85
Water ..
471.89
$678.85
$2,010.12
Water Charges ..
$771.89
Surplus Revenue. .
$33,402.36
State Aid to Highways. . 50.00
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Revenue Deficit 1930 (to be provided for in 1932). . 150.68
$52,662.67
$52,662.67
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded and Fixed Debt.
$59,000.00
School House Notes . $4,000.00 New Town Hall Loan .. 55,000.00
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities . . . .
$8,219.48
Hatfield Library Fund . $1,400.00
Cemetery P. C. Funds. 6,819.48
$8,219.48
$8,219.48
Respectfully submitted, VERNET H. KELLER, Town Accountant.
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE SELECTMEN OF HATFIELD FOR 1932
Alfred Allair Howard L. Belden Roswell G. Billings John B. Bitner
Fred T. Bardwell
William P. Boyle
Samuel F. Billings
James F. Donlin
John Donnis
Michael Hayes
Philip Harris Ercent Godin James L. McGrath
Charles Klekot
Harry E. Graves
Murray B. Graves
Richard F. Fitzgerald
Joseph Liebl John Stoddard
John F. Sheehan
John L. Sheehan Henry Wolfram
Leonard Vollinger
John L. Stenglein
George A. Deinlein Charles Pfiffer Malcolm Crawford
Michael Yarrows Alexander T. Rogalewski John M. Wentzel
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Treasurer's Report
Francis W. Lovett, Treasurer, in account with
TOWN OF HATFIELD
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1931. $12,862.48
Receipts for the year 1931 . 179,383.78
$192,246.26
Payments 1931, per warrants $182,771.95
Balance December 31, 1931:
Northampton Bank & Trust Co 9,359.48
Cash in office, verified 114.83
$192,246.26
Northampton National Bank & Trust Co .:
Balance December 31, 1931, per bank statement. $10,555.33
Balance December 31, 1931, per check book.
$9,359.48
Outstanding checks Dec. 31. 1,195.85
$10,555.33
FRANCIS W. LOVETT, Treasurer.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer and find them correct as listed.
MORTON E. WALKER, State Accountant.
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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Fund
Income 1930
Expense 1930
Balance 1930 $111.53
Hannah W. Smith
$16.50
$4.00
Augusta Wells
17.76
10.00
398.11
Oliver Warner.
2.41
2.00
53.81
John H. Sanderson
5.00
4.00
111.39
Luman M. Moore.
10.76
8.00
239.68
P. M. Wells.
5.74
5.00
127.68
Benjamin Waite.
3.92
2.00
88.65
Abby Dickinson .
4.64
3.50
103.39
Silas G. Hubbard
12.49
4.00
283.46
Levu Graves .
7.63
4.00
171.83
Lucy L. Morton
14.92
4.00
339.07
Charles Smith.
5.22
4.00
116.28
Lemeul B. Field
5.18
4.00
115.53
Rufus H. Cowles
5.27
4.00
117.52
Charles E. Hubbard.
5.54
4.00
123.59
Alpheus Cowles
5.07
4.00
112.90
James Porter.
4.91
4.00
109.11
Daniel W. Allis
8.19
5.00
183.96
J. H. Howard.
4.89
4.00
108.74
Fannie M. Burke.
4.95
4.00
110.38
Charles S. Shattuck.
4.95
4.00
110.19
Seth W. Kingsley
4.91
4.00
109.05
E. S. Warner.
8.00
211.55
Reuben Belden
5.09
117.28
Theodore Porter
4.77
4.00
105.92
Charles L. Graves
4.77
4.00
105.92
Roswell Hubbard
4.73
4.00
105.28
Cooley D. Dickinson
5.92
5.00
131.77
Elijah Bardwell
17.40
4.00
396.39
Joseph D. Billings
4.73
4.00
104.76
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Memorial Town Hall, Int.
Edward C. Billings
$29.76
22.50
615.36
Augusta Beals.
4.82
· 4.00
106.99
Anthony Douglas
3.08
4.00
60.14
Received :
J. E. Porter.
4.66
4.00
103.44
Jonathan Graves
4.66
3.50
103.96
Hugh McLeod.
4.68
4.00
103.88
B. M. Warner
9.70
4.00
219.09
Chester Hastings
4.59
3.50
102.66
Lucius & Stearns Curtis.
12.38
8.00
277.09
Perpetual Care Funds Received
206.00
Paid out Care of Lots
206.00
Frary & Gardner, new acct ..
4.55
4.00
100.93
Henry C. Batchellor, new acct. .
4.55
4.00
101.18
F. W. LOVETT, Treasurer.
.
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Tax Collector's Report
1929 POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1931. $7,538.15 Payments to Treasurer. $6,647.92
Outstanding December 31, 1931. 890.23
Cash on hand December 31, 1931. 377.60
Outstanding December 31, 1931 .
$512.63
1930 POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1931. $27,403.47
Payments to Treasurer . $20,755.08
Outstanding December 31, 1931. 5,493.44
Cash on hand December 31, 1931. 660.75
Outstanding December 31, 1931.
$4,832.69
1931 POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES
Commitment per Warrant $76,996.43
Payments to Treasurer
$43,168.67
Abatements. 6.64
Transfer to Tax Title.
18.68
Outstanding December 31, 1931.
33,461.03
Cash on hand December 31, 1931 324.41
Outstanding December 31, 1931 .
$33,136.62
1929 MOTOR VEHICLE TAX
Outstanding January 1, 1931.
$71.41
Payments to Treasurer 10.47
58.41
By Abatements.
Outstanding December 31, 1931. 2.53
$71.41
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1930 MOTOR VEHICLE TAX
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$806.80
Payments to Treasurer
$677.41
By Abatements.
18.52
Outstanding December 31, 1931
110.87
$806.80
1931 MOTOR VEHICLE TAX
Commitment per Warrant
$4,741.21
Payments to Treasurer
$3,925.32
By Abatements.
233.40
Outstanding December 31, 1931
582.49
$4,741.21
1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES
Commitment per Warrant.
$693.00
Payments to Treasurer .
539.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
154.00
$693.00
INTEREST ON TAXES
Cash on hand January 1, 1930
$2.14
Collections 1931:
Levy 1929 .
$592.20
Levy of 1930
630.96
Levy of 1931.
48.24
Excise 1929 .
.49
Excise 1930 .
10.43
Excise 1931
23.46
$1,305.78
$1,307.92
Payments to Treasurer
$1,307.92
JOSEPH YARROWS, Tax Collector.
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TAXES 1925 M. H. DWIGHT, Collector
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931 per previous audit. $273.48
Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931. $33.18
Abatements Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931. . 4.00
Recommitment March 27, 1931 to James
L. McGrath, Special Collector. 236.30
$273.48
JAMES L. MCGRATH, Special Collector
Recommitment March 27, 1931 per
warrant. $236.30
Payments to Treasurer March 28 to
Dec. 31, 1931. $234.30
Abatements March 28 to Dec. 31, 1931
2.00
$236.30
TAXES 1926 M. H. DWIGHT, Collector
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931 per previous audit $833.47
Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931 $72.00
Abatements Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931. . 409.60
Recommitment March 27, 1931 to James
L. McGrath, Special Collector 351.87
$833.47
JAMES L. McGRATH, Special Collector
Recommitment March 27, 1931 per warrant $351.87
Payments to Treasurer March 28 to Dec. 31, 1931. $349.87
Abatements March 28 to Dec. 31, 1931 2.00
$351.87
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TAXES 1927 M. H. DWIGHT, Collector
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931 per previous audit.
$1,049.65
Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931 $179.44
Abatements Jan. 1 to March 27, 1931. . 67.30
Recommitment March 27, 1931 to James
L. McGrath, Special Collector 802.91
$1,049.65
JAMES L. McGRATH, Special Collector
Recommitment March 27, 1931 per warrant.
$802.91
Payments to Treasurer March 28 to Dec. 31, 1931. $793.01
Abatements March 28 to Dec. 31, 1931 9.90
$802.91
Interest collected by J. L. McGrath from March 28, 1931 to Dec. 31, 1931. . . $283.99
Payments to Treasurer from March 28, 1931 to Dec. 31, 1931. $283.99
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Assessors' Report
Value of assessed buildings.
$1,559,836.00
Value of assessed land.
979,670.00
Value of assessed real estate.
2,539,506.00
Value of assessed personal estate
314,214.00
Value of assessed real and personal estate
2,853,720.00
Rate of tax per $1,000
26.50
Number of polls assessed. 686
Number assessed old age assistance tax ..
693
Number of persons assessed on property
566
Number of horses assessed .
308
Number of cows assessed
266
Number of neat cattle assessed
66
Number of sheep assessed
425
Number of fowl assessed.
435
Number of dwelling houses assessed.
467
Number of automobiles assessed
653
Acres of land assessed .
8,943
State tax.
$3,375.00
State audit tax.
663.22
State parks and reservation tax.
52.87
County tax.
9,788.82
Overlayings
1,019.41
Town tax.
96,900.56
Old age assistance tax
693.00
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income tax.
$17,626.30
Excise tax
4,100.00
Corporation tax.
3,167.00
Bank tax.
102.19
Licenses .
100.00
Fines
800.00
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Schools.
$6,300.00
Highways Chap. 122, Acts of 1931 1,150.00
693.00
Old age assistance tax All others.
1,696.32
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Under Chap. 59, General Laws
Church Property
$68,000.00
Town property
338,900.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery 3,500.00
Smith Academy .
66,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN R. MCGRATH, JOHN E. RAFFA, ADOLPH M. TOCZKO, Assessors of Hatfield
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1931 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January .
2
1
February
1
1
March .
0
3
April
1
0
May
2
2
June.
1
3
July.
0
0
August.
3
1
September
1
1
0
October
0
0
November
0
0
December
0
0
Total
11
11
BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers
United States
8
12
Poland.
11
7
Czecho-Slovakia
2
2
Lithuania
1
1
Total
22
22
BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
46
47
54
35
40
39
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS
January . 1 First marriage of both 21
February . .
0 Second of Groom
1
March 0 Second of Bride. 1
April
0
Youngest Groom
20
May
0
Oldest Groom. 36
June
1
Youngest Bridge 17
July 3 Oldest Bride.
32
August. 0
Birthplace Groom Bride
September. . 5
United States. 22
22
October.
6
November . . 6
December ... 0
Total.
22
22
22
NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1931
Barszcz, Michael
Fitzgerald, Dennis
Morton, Mary Kellog Lithanstanski, Irene Celatka, Alexander
Malinoski, Leonard Podmayerski, John
Walpuk, Alex Deinlein, Margaret
Kurasiewicz, John Sadoski, Joseph Harris, Carlton A. Smith, Antoinette
Schwarting, Mary
Fitzgibbons, Elizabeth A. Vollinger, Frank G.
Lemire, Antoinette Kapinski, Clara
Dombrowski, Adela
Breor, John J. Carl, Henry W.
Holley, Edward
Total deaths, 22.
- -
Oldest person (female) 85 years.
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DOGS LICENSED
155 Males at $2.00 each
$310.00
9 Females at $5.00 each. 45.00
$355.00
Less 164 fees at 20 cents each
32.80
$322.20
Paid Treasurer Hampshire County. · $322.20
VERNET H. KELLER,
Town Clerk.
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Report of Historical Room Committee
The committee appointed by the Moderator at the last Annual Town Meeting to Redecorate, Restore Order and Classify the various articles of historical value in the Dickinson Memorial, have completed their work, keeping within the ap- propriation provided. Your committee was very fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. Clifton Johnson, who with her experience in such matters, has classified and arranged these objects handed down to us by our ancestors, with artistic skill, making the room interesting and attractive to the visitor.
There is yet more room for other interesting creations of Colonial times, and we would be pleased to have more of them added as reminders of a past of which we may well be proud.
We would also take the liberty to suggest that the Dick- inson Memorial be placed under the supervision of the Library Trustees and an appropriation of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) be made at our coming Town Meeting to provide for any un- forseen expenses which may occur during the ensuing year.
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