Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 17

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Publication date: 1925
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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 :


.


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


31


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.


.


32


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


36


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


37


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


38


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.


40


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.


41


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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