Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 20

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Publication date: 1925
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2, 1932. 284.22


Cash variation Jan. 2, 1932 . 52.26


$6,784.40


HATFIELD LIBRARY FUND


Securities


Par Value Total


On hand at beginning of year 1931 .. .


$1,400.00 $1,400.00


On hand at end of year 1931.


$1,400.00 $1,400.00


No transactions in 1931.


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Savings Deposits In Custody In Custody of State of Town Securities Treasurer Treasurer Par Value Total


$300.00 $5,917.79 $500.00 $6,717.79


On hand at beginning of year 1931. . . On hand at end of year 1931. $300.00 $6,019.48 $500.00 $6,819.48 Receipts Payments Added to savings deposits. . $101.69 Transfer to town. 194.00


Income. .


$295.69


$295.69


$295.69


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TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1931 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Cash ..


$9,474.31


Accounts Receivable :


· Taxes :


Levy of 1929 $889.93


Levy of 1930. . 6,149.19


War Memorial Tablet.


350.00


40,823.56


90


Old Age Assistance Taxes : Levy of 1931 $154.00


Truck and Tractor Earnings Reserve 744.00


Water Dept .- Available Surplus. ... 8,431.31


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1929. $2.53


Levy of 1930. 110.87


Levy of 1931. 645.18


Overlays-Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1929 $889.93


Levy of 1930. 638.15


Levy of 1931 1,013.62


Tax Titles . . . Departmental:


100.80


2,541.70


Health .


$83.57


Highways.


5.43


Liabilities and Reserves


Town Hall Building Committee Fund $232.98 Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Collector's Salary . . $445.94


New Fire Truck. . 1,000.00


Levy of 1931. 33,784.44


1,795.94


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus. 3,504.26


758.58


Revenue Available When Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ... $758.58


Public Welfare ... . $203.34 Schools ... 386.51


$678.85


Tax Title. . . . $100.80


Departmental. 678.85 Water .. 471.89


$2,010.12


State Aid to Highways.


50.00


Surplus Revenue. .


33,402.36


Water Charges. . .


471.89


Revenue Deficit 1930 (to be pro-


vided for in 1932 Levy) . .


. .


150.68


$52,662.67


$52,662.67


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Debt Accounts


Net Funded or Fixed Debt. . ....


$59,000.00


New Town Hall Loan. $55,000.00


School House Loan . .


4,000.00


$59,000.00


$59,000.00


Trust Accounts


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities . $8,219.48


Hatfield Library Fund. . $1,400.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.


6,819.48


$8,219.48


$8,219.48


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN of HATFIELD


For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31


1932


HATFIEL


INDUSTRY


PROSPERITE.


ANKER PRINTING CO.


Holyoke, Mass.


Selectmen's Warrant For Town Meeting, February 20, 1933


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Hampshire, ss.


To A. R. Breor, Constable of the Town of Hatfield in said County : Greetings :-


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hatfield qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 20th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles.


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year. Moderator, Town Clerk. One Selectman for one year. One Selectman for two years. One Selectman for three years. One Assessor for three years. One Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years. One Member of the Library Committee for three years. One Member of the School Committee for three years. Town Treasurer. Tree Warden. Tax Collector. Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith. Six Constables. All of the foregoing to be voted for on one ballot.


The Polls will be open at ten o'clock in the forenoon and kept open at least for four hours, and for such longer time as the majority of the voters present shall direct, but in no case will they be kept open after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening.


Article 2. To hear the reports of the town officers and committees.


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Article 3. To receive and pass on town accounts.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer the amounts received from the Dog Fund to the Library Fund.


Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to pay the over draft on interest account Amount . $1,220.00.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the unpaid bills of the school account for 1932. Amount. $1,398.09


Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for street lights, or act any thing thereon.


Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize its Selectmen or Superintendent of Highways to employ resident real estate taxpayers on the highways, wages for said work to be applied against back taxes that might be owed by those so employed or take any action thereto.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to direct the School Committee to discontinue Household Arts Education in June, 1933.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article 11. To revise and accept the list of jurors sub- mitted by the Selectmen.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to credit all money received by the department of public welfare for the current year, back into the department of public welfare account.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to accept any voluntary contributions by the teachers, in lieu of salary thereof, and that these voluntary contributions be credited to the School account.


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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 7th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred thirty-three.


DANIEL P. SHEEHAN, JOHN W. MULLINS, ALEXANDER T. ROGALEWSKI,


Selectmen of Hatfield.


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Report of the Finance Committee


To the Voters of the Town of Hatfield:


We, the finance committee wish to submit the following report. Be it recommended that you raise and appropriate the following amounts for the conduct and operation of your town business for the ensuing year.


Ordinary repair and maintenance of highways,


bridges, sewers, sidewalks and equipment. $2,000.00


Bonds of town officers


205.00


Inspection of animals, barns and slaughtering


240.00


Tree work


640.00


Moth work.


150.00


Maintenance of Fire Department


800.00


Insurance.


1,400.00


Public Welfare


4,000.00


Interest.


1,000.00


Salaries and expenses of town officers as follows:


3,785.00


Salaries Expenses


Moderator


$20.00


Selectmen.


240.00 $100.00


Clerk of Board of Selectmen.


80.00


Town Clerk .


400.00


90.00


Town Accountant.


640.00


20.00


Town Treasurer


480.00


50.00


Assessors.


680.00


35.00


Tax Collector, 4-5's of 1 per cent


of the levy, estimated at ....


640.00


80.00


Sealer of Weights & Measures


120.00


50.00


Election & Registration


60.00


$3,360.00 $425.00


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Employment of School Physicians. $160.00 Maintenance of Schools. 42,000.00


Care of cemeteries & rearrangement of Hill Cemetery


200.00


Maintenance of Public Library 960.00


Memorial Day Services. 100.00


Tuition of students at Smith's Agricultural School . 1,500.00


Police protection and equipment. 2,000.00


Reserve Fund .


500.00


Unclassified accounts


200.00


Attorney's fees .


300.00


Care of Town Hall


2,000.00


Soldiers Aid and Relief . 200.00


Maintenance of Water Department.


1,000.00


School House Note No. 33 and interest 2,090.00


Interest on Town Hall notes (not in water revenue)


1,419.50


TOTAL $68,849.50


Be it recommended that the following sums be appropriated for the ensuing year.


Town Hall notes and interest (from available water revenue) $5,600.00


Total $74,449.50


Respectfully submitted, DANIEL F. RILEY, JOHN W. MULLINS, DEWEY J. RYAN,


Finance Committee.


REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE


Additional Report


To the Voters of the Town of Hatfield:


We, your finance committee wish to submit this additional report: In regards to street lights, which will be taken up under Article 7 in the Warrant, we would like to state that at present we are paying $4,693.00 a year for this service. This seems like an enormous amount of money for these times when you consider the service which we receive. This sum represents about $1.70 of your tax rate, per thousand of valuation. It appears that a considerable saving, on our taxes, can be made by this elimination. Therefore we suggest that you see fit to do without street lights for this year.


Respectfully submitted,


DANIEL F. RILEY, JOHN W. MULLINS, DEWEY J. RYAN,


Finance Committee.


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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, 1932.


RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE


Tax Levies-Previous years


$21,409.23


Current year, Poll


858.00


Current year, Excise .


2,302.06


Current year, Personal and Real. 30,343.91


Current year, Old Age Assistance. . 414.00


Previous year, Old Age Assistance . 56.00


$55,383.20


From the Commonwealth:


Income Taxes . $15,738.58


Corporation Tax Business 965.97


Corporation Tax, Elec. Lt. Co. 412.41


Corporation Tax, Ry. & Tel. & Tel .. .


162.74


Corporation, Bank & Trust Co. 45.28


Massachusetts School Fund. 3,179.30


Union Superintendent 840.12


High School


3,208.87


Gasoline Tax.


2,300.00


Smith Hughes Fund


511.32


George Reed Fund. 84.17


$27,448.76


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License Fees and Permits :


Gasoline, Alcohol, etc.


$28.00


Junk and Fruit


32.00


Pool 4.00


$64.00


Court Fines :


District Court and Jail


$659.49


From County and Town Treasurer:


Dog Tax from County


$255.15


Town Treasurer


113.40


$368.55


Northampton Water Department: In lieu of Taxes on Reservoir Land. . .


$51.15


Protested Checks. Paid .


37.80


Telephone Tolls .


7.17


DEPARTMENTAL


General Government:


Town Hall Rent.


$366.60


Sealer's Fees.


68.96


Fire Dept. Sale Old Material


15.00


$450.56


Highways:


Sale of Materials


$20.45


Miscellaneous .


12.00


From State, Chapter 81


4,650.00


Fence Damage.


71.43


Snow Removal.


8.00


Earnings of Road Machinery


1,391.88


$6,153.76


Charities:


From Individuals.


$403.42


Other Towns and Cities


368.10


State.


84.29


State, Mother's Aid


173.34


Sale of Wood


75.75


$1,104.90


10


Schools :


City of Boston, Tuition


$50.88


Miscellaneous . .


18.21


Sale of Lunches


37.09


$106.18


Unclassified : Unclaimed checks $4.00


Water Department:


Collection of Water Rents, 1931


$441.51


Collection of Water Rents, 1932


4,884.60


Hydrant Damage.


60.00


$5,386.11


Interest:


From Deposits .


$251.26


From Taxes.


953.02


Cemetery, Funds


61.00


Library Fund


91.87


$1,357.15


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Temporary Loans. $65,000.00


AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS


Perpetual Care, ne accounts $900.00


Interest P. C. Funds . 247.46


$1,147.46


REFUNDS


Taxes .


$29.07


Schools


9.00


P. C. Funds


8.00


$46.07


Town Hall Committee Earnings


$139.60


Library Fines


72.92


Total Receipts.


$164,988.83


Balance on hand, January 1, 1932.


9,474.31


Total


$174,463.14


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PAYMENTS


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Selectmen:


Salaries.


$300.00


Expenses.


99.59


$399.59


Clerk of Board of Selectmen:


Salary.


$100.00


Town Clerk:


Salary


$500.00


Expense


80.56


$580.56


Town Accountant :


Salary®


$800.00


Expense .


10.00


$810.00


Tax Collector:


Salary a-c 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932


$525.00


Expense .


73.60


$598.60


Assessors :


Salaries.


$850.00


Expense


26.28


$876.28


Town Treasurer :


Salary.


$600.00


Expense


50.12


$650.12


Attorney's Fees


$389.66


Election and Registration :


Salaries of Registrars.


$55.70


Salaries of Election Officers


76.00


Expense .


16.50


$148.20


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Town Hall Maintenance:


Janitor .


$828.00


Fuel . €06.20


Light and Power


306.18


Janitor Supplies .


104.24


Repairs and Improvements


144.54


$1,989.16


Bonds of Town Officers.


$217.50


Total for General Government $6,759.67


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police:


Salary of Chief


$2,000.00


Extra Officers


66.75


Telephone


27.50


Garage Rent.


50.00


Equipment and Repairs


322.64


Gas and Oil


128.29


$2,595.18


Fire Department:


Salaries and Wages


$624.54


Telephone


28.76


Fuel and Light.


78.51


Repairs.


61.62


Equipment


69.61


Hose .


156.00


Storage Hose Wagons


55.00


Gas and Oil


33.87


$1,107.91


Sealer:


Salary


$150.00


Expense


50.00


$200.00


Forestry :


Moth Work, Salary and Wages


$144.35


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Tree Work:


Salary and Wages


$671.95


Supplies and Tools.


51.01


$722.96


New Fire Truck :


American La France Co. $6,000.00


Total for Protection $10,770.40


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Inspection of School Children


$200.00


Inspection of Animals, Barns and Meats


259.40


Inspection Expense 40.60


$500.00


HIGHWAYS


General, Bridges, Sidewalks and Sewers:


Salaries and Wages


$836.29


Teams.


12.00


Stone and Gravel.


47.62


Equipment and Repairs


340.80


Gas and Oil .


686.00


Lumber for Bridges.


273.35


Repair, Riverside Bridge, Auto Dam- age.


84.46


Paint.


6.85


Snow Removal


306.09


Signs.


7.74


Mowing, Bridge St. Common


25.00


Supplies .


59.07


Registration


4.00


$2,689.27


Chapter 81:


Salaries and Wages.


$3,401.10


Trucks


3,364.39


Stone


281.04


Gravel.


647.20


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Tar. $2,303.17


Cement 8.40


Signs.


57.00


Tools and Supplies.


52.41


Repairs on Tools


7.00


Culverts .


197.44


Freight.


33.00


$10,352.15


Total for Highways. $13,041.42


Road Machinery :


Chevrolet Truck.


$700.00


Street Lights


$4,689.68


CHARITIES


Cash


$619.81


Printing and Supplies


3.07


Traveling Expenses and Transportation


302.18


Groceries and Provisions


670.09


Fuel.


170.65


Board and Care.


66.00


Medical Aid and Hospital


434.05


Sanatoriums.


979.44


Relief by other Cities and Towns


1,484.84


Mother's Aid.


200.00


Miscellaneous 56.30


$4,986.43


SOLDIER'S RELIEF


State.


$15.97


Town of Hadley


47.95


$63.92


Total for Charities


$5,050.35


SCHOOLS


General Administration:


Salary of Superintendent


$1,650.00


Salary of Nurse


949.98


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Salary of Enforcement Officer


$362.00


Printing, Postage, Stationery 9.41


Telephone. 140.51


Traveling Expense


131.30


Census, 1932 .


25.00


$3,268.20


Teacher's Salaries:


High.


$12,516.73


Elementary


25,133.21


Substitutes


60.00


Manual Training


462.50


$38,172.44


Text Books and Supplies :


High, Books.


$327.23


High, Supplies.


215.52


Elementary, Books.


401.39


Elementary, Supplies.


682.01


Commercial, Books and Supplies


33.99


$1,660.14


Household Arts:


Supplies


$128.11


Lunches, Materials For Sale


27.47


{ Books and Supplies


21.42


Equipment.


27.75


Traveling Expense


41.96


$246.71


Agricultural and Vocational:


Supplies .


$276.46


Equipment and Tools


54.46


Books .


8.47


Transportation


36.00


$375.39


Tuition :


City of Northampton


$9.60


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Transportation :


High .


$846.00


Elementary


200.00


$1,046.00


Janitors :


High .


$600.00


Elementary


2,612.27


$3,212.27


Fuel, Light and Power:


High .


$726.16 -


Elementary


3,266.29


$3,992.45


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:


Janitor's Supplies, High $32.27


Janitor's Supplies, Elementary


166.06


Miscellaneous Supplies, Elm.


46.97


Repairs, Elementary


448.85


$694.15


Graduation Expenses :


Diplomas, Programs, etc.


$27.80


Speaker.


20.00


$47.80


Athletics:


High


$276.68


Elm


10.50


$287.18


Total for Schools. $53,012.33


Hatfield Students at Smith's Agriculturai School:


Tuition.


$1,417.50


Ten students attending Jan. 1, 1933.


Tuition, $3.75 per student per week.


LIBRARY


Salaries :


Librarian .


$404.64


Assistant and Branch Librarians


139.85


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Books .


$400.92


Binding Books


29.36


Supplies


25.38


Janitor


90.00


Fuel


86.00


Light.


18.00


Janitor Supplies


5.85


$1,200.00


INSURANCE


Schools . $94.00


Workmen's Compensation


389.59


Trucks and Police Car


200.85


$684.44


MEMORIAL DAY


F. Machalik, Band.


$80.00


F. G. Howard, Flags


22.50


Transportation .


29.92


$132.42


UNCLASSIFIED


Printing Town Reports, Madsen


$154.70


Delivery of Town Reports


10.56


Care of Town Clock.


25.00


Repair of Town Clock.


55.00


Elector, Salary .


10.00


Protested Checks


74.83


$330.09


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


Water Department:


Commissioner's Salaries


$150.00


Salary of Superintendent and Labor.


364.94


Postage


5.00


Labor. .


1,684.40


Pipe and Fittings


355.42


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Pine Seedlings $83.50 Equipment. 51.71


Purchase of Land, For Protection of Water Supply 50.00


Collector's Bond


5.00


$2,749.97


CEMETERIES


Labor, Main Street, W. Hatfield, North


Hatfield, Bradstreet and Hill Cem- eteries.


$95.38


New Fence, Main Street Cemetery.


204.62


$300.00


INTEREST


Town Hall Loan


$2,231.25


School House Loan


180.00


Temporary Loans.


1,981.25


$4,392.50


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Town Hall Notes, Nos. 58 to 63, incl. ..


$5,000.00


School House Note No. 32


2,000.00


Temporary Loan Note No. 116.


25,000.00


Temporary Loan Note No. 117


15,000.00


$47,000.00


AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT


Taxes, State


$3,997.50


Taxes, County


8,915.94


Taxes, Audit.


374.89


Taxes, Parks and Reservations 5.65


Taxes, Old Age Assistance.


691.00


Perpetual Care, Cemetery Funds


316.46


Perpetual Care, New Accounts .


900.00


Library Fund Income. 91.87


$15,293.31


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REFUNDS


Excise Taxes $50.05


Real Estate Taxes


15.90


$65.95


TOWN HALL COMMITTEE FUND L. Bamberger, Rugs.


$197.00


Music House, Payment of Piano 100.00


$297.00


WAR MEMORIAL TABLET


Thos. F. McGann & Sons $308.65


Dog Taxes Paid to Town Treasurer by Town Clerk 106.80


Total Payments $168,802.48


Cash Balance on Hand 5,660.66


$174,463.14


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APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, BALANCES


Appropria- From


tions and Reserve Receipts


Expended


Balances


Carry overs Fund


Selectmen's Salaries . .


$300.00


$300.00


Selectmen's Expense. .


100.00


99.59


$.41


Clerk of Board of Selectmen.


100.00


100.00


Town Accountant.


800.00


800.00


Town Accountant Expenses.


10.00


10.00


Town Treasurer.


600.00


600.00


Town Treasurer's Expenses.


50.00


$.12


50.12


Collector's Salaries '30, '31, '32 .


1,245.94


$200.00


525.94 F.


920.94


Collector's Expenses .


80.00


73.60 R.


6.40


Assessor's Salary . .


850.00


850.00


Assessor's Expenses.


25.00


1.28


26.28


Town Clerk. .


500.00


500.00


Town Clerk's Expenses.


90.00


80.56 R.


9.44


Attorney's Fees . .


400.00


389.66 R.


10.34


Election and Registration.


180.00


148.20 R.


31.80


Bonds, Town Officers . .


220.00


217.50 R.


2.50


Town Hall Maintenance.


2,000.00


1,989.16 R.


10.84


Memorial Tablet . .


$350.00


$308.65 R.


$41.35


Dickinson Memorial Hall


25.00


F. 25.00


New Fire Truck. .


6,000.00


6,000.00


Police Department.


2,500.00 95.18


2,595.18


Fire Department .


1,000.00 107.91


1,107.91


Sealer, Salary and Expenses.


200.00


200.00


Moth Suppression .


150.00


144.35 R.


5.65


Tree Warden .


800.00


722.96 R.


77.04


Inspection . .


300.00


300.00


Highway, General


3,000.00


2,689.27 R


310.73


Highway, Chapter 81


5,750.00


*4,600.00


10,352.15 O.D.


2.15


Street Lights. .


4,693.20


4,689.68 R.


3.52


Road Machinery


744.00


700.00 R. M.


44.00


Charities .


5,000.00


13.57


Soldier's Relief.


500.00


4,986.43 R. 63.42 R.


436.08


Schools.


52,500.00


*595.49


53,012.33 R. 200.00


83.16


School Physicians


200.00


Smith School Tuition


1,500.00


1,417.50 R.


82.50


Library . .


1,200.00


1,200.00


Unclassified .


200.00 55.26


255.26


Memorial Day


125.00


7.42


132.42


Insurance. .


700.00


684.44 R. 15.56


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Reserve Fund.


$600.00


$467.05 R.


$132.95


Water Department. 3,000.00


2,749.97 W.R. 250.03


Cemeteries .


300.00


300.00


Interest.


3,172.50


4,392.03 O.D.


1,220.00


School Debt .


2,000.00


2,000.00


Town Hall Debt ..


5,000.00


5,000.00


Town Hall Com'e Fund .


232.98


139.60


297.00 F.


75.58


$109,293.62 $467.05 $5,335.21 $113,728.64


$2,589.39 Bal. 1,222.15 O.D.


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23 F .- Carried forward. R .- To Revenue. W. R .- Water Reserve. R. M .- To Road Machinery. O. D .- Overdrawn. *- Smith Hughes and Geo. Reed Fund. *- State Highway Department.


BALANCE SHEET


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Cash . .. .


$5,660.66


Protested Checks. 37.03


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes :


Levy of 1930 $1,961.02


Levy of 1931 . 17,693.13


Levy of 1932 . 43,303.43


62,957.58


Old Age Assistance 'Taxes :


Levy of 1931 $98.00


Levy of 1932. 263.00


361.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1929 . . $.28


Levy of 1930 89.45


Liabilities and Reserves


Taxes 1929, Overpayment. . $1.30


Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue. 25,000.00


Special State Tax . . 1.00


Dog Licenses. 6.60


Town Hall Committee. 75.58


Road Machinery Account. 1,435.88


Available Water Surplus. 5,657.45


Appropriation Balances :


Collector' Salary . . . . .. $920.94


Dickinson Memorial Hall


25.00


945.94


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus . . . . .


875.43


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Levy of 1931. 378.46 Levy of 1932 .


Overlay Reserved for Abatements:


Levy of 1930. . $638.15


2,083.05


Levy of 1931 989.77


100.80


Levy of 1932. 1,586.50


Departmental:


Highways .. $5.43


Public Welfare. 215.57


Schools . . 721.25


Tax Titles 100.80


942.25


Departmental. 942.25


Water Rates


1,529.05


Water. . 1,529.05


Overdraft:


4,655.15


Interest.


1,220.00


Surplus Revenue.


33,022.67


To be raised 1933 ..


$74,891.42


$74,891.42


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1,614.86


Tax Titles .


3,214.42


Revenue Available When Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ... $2,083.05


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt. . $52,000.00


Town Hall Loan.


$50,000.00


School Loan .. 2,000.00


$52,000.00


$52,000.00


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TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities . . . .


$9,262.02


Hatfield Library Funds. . . $1,492.50


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds. ... 7,769.07


$9,262.02


$9,262.02


Respectfully submitted, VERNET H. KELLER, Town Accountant.


Treasurer's Report


F. W. Lovett, Treasurer, in account with TOWN OF HATFIELD


Balance, Jan. 1st, 1932 $9,464.31 Receipts, Jan. 1st to Feb. 23rd, 1932. . . 8,008.81


$17,473.12


Payments, Jan. 1st to Feb. 23rd, 1932. . $12,625.27


Balance Northampton National Bank,


February 23rd, 1932, transferred to J. R. McGrath, Treasurer 4,847.85


$17,473.12


Northampton National Bank & Trust Co.


Balance, February 23, 1932, per statement. $6,537.49


Balance Feb. 23, 1932, per check book .. $4,847.85 Outstanding checks Feb. 23, 1932, per list 1,689.64


$6,537.49


FRANCIS W. LOVETT, Treasurer.


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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS


Fund


Income 1932


Expense 1932


Balance 1932


Hannah W. Smith


$16.71


$4.00


$124.24


Augusta Wells


16.08


13.50


400.69


Oliver Warner


2.14


2.00


53.95


John H. Sanderson


4.48


4.00


111.87


Luman M. Moore


9.66


8.00


241.34


P. M. Wells.


5.14


5.00


127.82


Benjamin Waite.


3.56


2.00


90.21


Abby Dickinson


4.16


3.50


104.05


Silas G. Hubbard


11.44


4.00


290.90


Levi Graves


6.92


4.00


174.75


Lucy L. Morton


13.68


4.00


348.75


Charles Smith.


4.68


4.00


116.96


Lemeul B. Field


4.64


4.00


116.17


Rufus H. Cowles


4.72


4.00


118.21


Charles F. Hubbard


4.98


4.00


124.57


Alpheus Cowles


4.54


4.00


113.44


James Porter.


4.40


4.00


109.51


Daniel W. Allis


6.72


38.96


151.72


J. H. Howard


1.36


1.00


109.10


Fannie M. Burke.


4.44


4.00


110.82


Charles S. Shattuck


4.44


4.00


110.63


Seth W. Kingsley.


4.40


4.00


109.45


E. S. Warner.


6.22


8.00


209.77


Reuben Belden


4.72


122.00


Theodore Porter


4.26


4.00


106.18


Charles L. Graves


4.26


4.00


106.22


Roswell Hubbard


4.24


4.00


105.52


Cooley D. Dickinson


5.30


5.00


132.07


Elijah Bardwell


16.00


4.00


408.39


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Joseph D. Billings


$4.20


$4.00


$104.96


Edward C. Billings


29.61


22.50


622.47


Augusta Beals.


4.30


4.00


107.29


Anthony Douglas


2.87


4.00


59.01


J. E. Porter


4.16


4.00


103.60


Jonathan Graves


4.18


3.50


104.64


Hugh McLeod.


4.16


4.00


104.04


B. M. Warner .


8.84


4.00


223.93


Chester Hastings


4.12


3.50


103.28


Lucius & Stearns Curtis


11.18


8.00


280.27


Frary & Gardner


4.04


4.00


100.97


Henry C. Batchellor


4.08


4.00


101.26


NEW ACCOUNTS


T. F. Knight & Jno Porter. .


$9.35


$8.00


$401.35


H. W. Carl


100.00


Scott & Herman Harris. .


200.00


Thaddeus & Solomon Graves


2.67


202.67


Perpetual Care Funds Received


239.46


Paid Out Care of Lots . . ..


239.46


Hatfield Library Fund, Inter-


est on Mortgage.


92.95


J. R. McGRATH, Treasurer.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with TOWN OF HATFIELD


Balance, February 24, 1932 per pre-


vious audit. $4,847.85


Receipts February 24 to December 31, 1932 156,990.02


$161,837.87


Payments February 24 to December 31, 1932 $156,177.21


Balance December 31, 1932, in office


Balance December 31, 1932 in office verified $0.40


Northampton Nat. Bank &


Trust Co.


$5,660.26


$5,660.66


$161,837.87


Northampton National Bank & Trust Co.


Balance December 31, 1932 per state- ment.


$6,792.16


Balance December 31, 1932 per check book.


$5,660.26


Outstanding checks December 31, 1932 per list. 1,131.90


$6,792.16


JOHN R. MCGRATH, Treasurer.


Audited and found correct,


GEORGE W. SEARLE, State Examiner.


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Assessor's Report


Value of assessed buildings


$1,547,560.00


Value of assessed land .


975,565.00


Value of assessed real estate.


2,523,125.00


Value of assessed personal estate 238,992.00


Value of assessed real and personal estate


2,762,117.00


Rate of tax per $1000.


$26.50


Number of polls assessed . 691


Number assessed old age assistance tax


691


Number of persons assessed on property


567


Number of horses assessed


308


Number of cows assessed. 292


Number of neat cattle assessed


67


Number of sheep assessed


400


Number of fowl assessed .


398


Number of dwelling houses assessed


467


Number of automobiles assessed


618


Acres of land assessed


8,943


State tax.


$3,997.50


State audit tax.


$374.89


State parks and reservation tax.


$5.65


County tax


$8,915.94


Overlayings


$1,672.82


Town tax.


$107,415.38


Old age assistance Tax


$691.00


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income tax


$14,968.18


Excise tax.


3,400.00


Corporation tax.


2,039.71


Bank tax


22.05


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Licenses


$100.00


Fines.


300.00


Schools


7,000.00


Highways, Chap. 122, Acts of 1931


2,300.00


Old age assistance tax


691.00


All others.


2,723.00


Available funds


16,332.18


VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Under Chap. 59, General Laws


Church Property


$68,000.00


Town Property .


339,605.00




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