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200.00
10. Elector's Salary
10.00
10.00
7
11. Care of Town Hall
2,000.00
1,997.94
2,100.00
2,200.00
12. Police Department
2,200.00
2,176.23
2,200.00
2,200.00
13. Fire Department
1,200.00
1,164.24
1,000.00
1,000.00
14. Sealer of Weights, etc.
132.00
132.00
132.00
132.00
14a. Sealer's Expense
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
15. Moth Work
250.00
162.50
250.00
250.00
16. Tree Work
400.00
399.93
800.00
400.00
17. Health
3,500.00
1,195.15
2,000.00
2,000.00
18. School Physician
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
19. Inspection of Animals
240.00
240.00
240.00
240.00
20. Inspection of Tuberculosis
150.00
76.60
75.00
75.00
21.
Clinic Pre-school Children
50.00
50.00
22.
Highways, Chapter 81
7,050.00
7,050.00
7,050.00
7,050.00
23. Highways, General
2,800.00
2,533.71
2,500.00
2,500.00
24.
Highways, Chapter 90
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
25.
Machinery Operating, etc., from Mach. Earnings Reserve
2,100.00
1,954.20
1,600.00
1,600.00
26.
Highways, Street Lights
2,400.00
2,374.92
2,400.00
2,400.00
27. Public Welfare
5,300.00
5,164.59
4,500.00
4,500.00
28. A. D. C., Town
700.00
573.00
900.00
900.00
29.
Old Age Assistance
7,115.00
6,992.52
8,000.00
8,000.00
00
30. Military Aid and Relief
150.00
120.00
150.00
150.00
31. Soldiers' Aid and Relief
500.00
373.31
500.00
500.00
32. School Committee, Salaries
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
33. Schools
41,549.39
41,549.39
42,900.00
41,500.00
34.
Industrial School, Tuition
1,800.00
1,307.98
1,725.00
1,725.00
35.
Library
1,405.17
1,402.62
1,200.00
1,200.00
36. Works Progress Adm.
4,750.00
4,739.86
3,000.00
3,000.00
37.
Memorial Day
125.00
102.67
125.00
125.00
38.
Care of Town Clock
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
39.
Printing Town Reports
150.00
142.15
150.00
150.00
40.
Telephone
50.00
48.43
50.00
50.00
41.
Unclassified
25.00
12.00
25.00
25.00
42.
Insurance
2,000.00
1,787.37
2,000.00
2,000.00
43.
Land Court Expense
50.00
50.00
50.00
44.
Water Commissioner's Salaries
150.00
150.00
200.00
150.00
45. Water Department
1,650.00
1,625.07
2,193.00
1,350.00
46. Cemeteries
200.00
182.55
200.00
200.00
47.
Interest
150.00
76.57
150.00
150.00
Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus
2,500.00
1,599.26
2,500.00
2,500.00
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48. Interest on Town Hall Notes, from Water Available Surplus 49. Town Hall Notes, from Water Available Surplus
532.12
532.12
318.75
318.75
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
WM. H. DICKINSON, FRANK A. KEMPISTY, JOHN T. SHEA,
Finance Committee.
10
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
TOWN of HATFIELD
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1940
To the Board of Selectmen, Hatfield, Massachusetts. Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of your Town Account- ant for the year ending December 31, 1940.
SOURCE OF EACH $100.00 RECEIVED
Total Receipts
Less Short Term Borrowing's
$176,482.28 50,800.00
Net Receipts $125,682.28
FROM STATE
$ 8.87
OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
CHARITIES
INCOME TAX
HIGHWAYS
$ 1.53
LICENSE
$4.50
WATER SERVICE
F MISCELLANEOUS
$ 1.25
LOCAL TAXES
$ 53.90
8.1 8 837
D. J. RYAN, Town Accountant.
757
11.07
$7.57
$14.20
$ 8.18
SCHOOLS
HOW EACH $100.00 WAS EXPENDED
Total Expenditures Repayment of Short Term Loans Net Expenditures
$177,055.94 44,000.00
$133,055.94
$ 4.21
$ .68
$ 3.62
$4.22
$1.34
GENERAL
TOWN HALL
DEBT SERVICE
MISCELLANEOUS
W.P.A.
$14.82
$11.07
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES
$1.34 $1.05
INSURANCE
TAX RATE $27.60
HIGHWAYS
$16.88
SCHOOLS
CAPITAL OUTLAY
$ 32.82
$ 2.10
VALUATION FUNDED DEBT Population (Estimated)
$2,609,825.00 $10,000.00
2,433
D. J. RYAN, Town Accountant.
$1.28
HEALTH
$ 3.07
PROTECTION PROPERTY
LIBRARY
CHARITIES AND SOLDIER RELIEF
WATER SERVICE
GOVERNMENT
$1.50
14
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies :
Motor Vehicle Excise,
Previous years
$518.09
Year of 1940
3,999.24
Personal and Real,
Previous years
$23,785.00
Year of 1940
37,565.48
Poll, Year of 1940
992.00
In Lieu of Taxes
53.27
$66,913.08
From the Commonwealth :
Corporation Tax
$646.46
Income Tax
8,850.05
$9,496.51
License and Permits :
Liquor
$1,800.00
Beer Permits
7.50
Junk
34.00
All Other
77.25
$1,918.75
Fines and Forfeits :
Court
$157.00
Grants and Gifts:
Federal,
George Deen
$170.00
Smith-Hughes
370.44
From the Commonwealth,
Mass. School Fund
5,415.50
Aid to Industrial Schools
3,239.15
Union Superintendent
936.00
$10,131.09
15
From County : Dog Licenses $205.17
For Outlays : From Individuals $21.60
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
DEPARTMENTAL
General Government:
Town Hall
$178.25
Protection of Persons and Property :
Sealer's Fees $77.53
Health and Sanitation :
Tuberculosis
$265.72
Highway :
Sale of Materials
$11.04
Machinery Earnings
1,901.75
Chapter 81
8,909.09
Chapter 232, Acts of 1939
6,002.79
Chapter 90
1,000.00
$17,824.67
Charities :
Welfare:
State
$494.04
Aid to Dependent Children :
State
$61.19
Federal Grant
357.50
Federal Grant Administration
19.53
$438.22
16
Old Age Assistance:
Federal Grant Administration
$192.00
Federal Grant State
5,761.92
4,261.32
$10,215.24
Schools :
Tuition of State Wards
$74.93
Tuition of Others
73.13
$148.06
Library :
Fines
$40.01
Water Department:
Water Rates
$5,479.08
Service Connections
15.00
Agricultural Conservation
68.67
Hydrant damage
80.50
$5,643.25
Interest on Taxes
$777.84
Cost on Taxes
$8.55
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue $45,000.00
In Anticipation of Reimbursement 5,800.00
$50,800.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care :
New Funds
$150.00
Interest on Income
208.62
$358.62
Dog Licenses due County $265.20
17
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Reimbursement or Recovery : Old Age Assistance
$44.60
Refund :
Schools
$ .30
WPA
58.98
$59.28
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1940
$22,822.73
Total
$199,305.01
RECAPITULATION OF INCOME
1939
1940
$94,761.64
General Revenue
$78,890.36
73.20 Protection of Persons and
Property
77.53
398.57
Health and Sanitation
265.72
15,711.00
Highways
17,824.67
9,779.03
Charities
11,147.50
9,925.44
Schools
10,279.15
33.39 Library
40.01
6,404.31
Water Department
5,643.25
1,326.67
Interest
786.39
39,000.00
Municipal Indebtedness
50,800.00
721.86
Agency, Trust and Investment
623.82
5.80
Refunds, Transfers
103.88
$178,140.91
$176,482.28
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator $25.00
18
Selectmen :
Salaries
$750.00
68.66
Expenses Clerk
88.00
$906.66
Town Accountant:
Salary
$800.00
Expenses
95.85
$895.85
Town Treasurer:
Salary
$600.00
Bond
57.50
Expenses
97.83
$755.33
Tax Collector :
Salary
$700.00
Bond
113.00
Expenses
195.00
$1,008.00
Assessors :
Salaries
$900.00
Expenses
73.79
$973.79
Town Counsel
$135.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
$500.00
Bond
7.50
Expenses
89.60
$597.10
19
Election and Registration : Salaries, Registrars
$65.75
142.00
Salaries, Election Officers Expenses
107.42
$315.17
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Janitor's Salary
$942.00
Fuel
559.25
Light
299.02
Janitor's Supplies
148.79
Repairs
45.73
All Other
2.15
$1,997.94
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police :
Salary of Chief
$1,800.00
Wages of Officers
57.00
Supplies
26.61
Telephone
37.25
Repair of Equipment
75.50
Gasoline and Oil
79.87
Payment on Car
100.00
$2,176.23
Fire :
Salary of Chief
$150.00
Salaries of Men
508.64
Coats, Boots and Hats
193.55
Gasoline and Oil
13.28
Rent
60.00
Equipment
35.68
Repairs
102.55
Fuel
7.50
20
Light
9.73
65.36
Telephones All other
17.95
$1,164.24
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$132.00
Expenses
50.00
$182.00
Moth Work :
Labor
$141.75
Truck Hire
16.00
Insecticide
4.75
$162.50
Tree Work :
Salary and Wages
$337.86
Equipment and Supplies
58.89
Other Expenses
3.18
$399.93
UNPAID BILLS OF 1939
Attorney's Fees
$10.00
Welfare
237.69
Water Department
4.87
$252.56
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health :
Cancer
$110.00
Tuberculosis :
State Institutions
921.00
21
Other Institutions
161.15
Other Expense
3.00
$1,195.15
Inspection of Animals
$240.00
Inspection of School Children
$200.00
Inspection of Tuberculosis
$76.60
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81 :
Salary and Wages
$5,407.36
Machinery Charges
1,745.75
Asphalt and Tar
3,381.19
Sand and Gravel
1,002.98
Culverts
30.11
Cement and Brick
85.36
Outside Trucks
2,447.25
$14,100.00
General :
Salary and Wages
$1,171.04
Sand and Gravel
17.20
Repairs and Supplies
107.04
Other Expense and Supplies
204.82
$1,500.10
Snow and Ice Removal:
Salary and Wages
$928.29
Teams
83.00
Gravel
22.32
$1,033.61
Street Lights
$2,374.92
22
Chapter 90:
Salary and Wages
$527.68
Town Trucks
156.00
Asphalt and Tar
738.83
Outside Trucks
29.25
Sand and Gravel
48.24
$1,500.00
Road Machinery Operating and Repair:
Labor, Parts and Repairs
$1,175.47
Gasoline
719.11
Oil
24.62
Tools
35.00
$1,954.20
CHARITIES
Welfare:
Salary
$180.00
Printing and Postage
15.95
Telephone
5.55
All Other
18.00
Groceries and Provisions
826.18
Fuel
101.00
Board and Care
255.00
Medicine and Medical Care
678.39
State Institutions
443.25
Cash Aid
1,164.00
Burial
100.00
Other Cities and Towns
1,061.56
Car Repairs
69.09
Gasoline and Oil
64.27
Payment on Car
100.00
Travel and Transportation
82.35
$5,164.59
23
Aid to Dependent Children :
Town Appropriation
$573.00
Federal Grant
324.00
$897.00
Old Age Assistance :
Town Appropriation
$6,992.52
Federal Grant
5,787.67
Federal Grant Administrative:
Salary
180.00
Office Supplies
6.50
$12,966.69
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Groceries and Provisions
$33.31
Cash Aid
340.00
$373.31
Military Aid
$120.00
SCHOOLS
General Administrative:
Salaries of Committee
$200.00
Salary of Superintendent
1,600.00
Salary of Truant Officer
270.00
Printing and Postage
23.94
Telephone
104.01
Travel Allowance
218.03
Census
25.00
Nurse
850.11
Certification Clerk
8.32
All Other
25.48
$3,324.89
24
Teacher's Salaries :
High
$11,501.69
Elementary
16,031.75
Music
750.00
Shop
257.00
Federal
572.91
$29,273.35
Text Books and Supplies :
High
$816.27
Elementary
622.67
Agricultural
155.98
Household Arts
120.54
$1,715.46
Transportation :
High
$730.99
Elementary
680.30
$1,411.29
Janitors' Services :
High
$1,487.75
Elementary
1,040.60
$2,528.35
Fuel and Light:
High
$653.67
Elementary
2,065.44
$2,719.11
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs, Eelementary
$897.84
Janitors' Supplies
187.77
Grounds
83.15
$1,168.76
Graduation Expense
$78.72
Physical Education
$68.45
25
Vocational Travel
$33.92
Federal Grant, Travel
$20.00
Tuition to Industrial Schools
$1,307.98
LIBRARY
Salaries :
Librarian
$359.50
Assistant
118.30
Janitor
99.00
Books
582.20
Periodicals
36.65
Binding Books
2.10
Fuel
140.68
Light
31.22
Repairs
6.50
Stationery and Postage
20.47
All Other
5.00
$1,401.62
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$102.67
Care of Town Clock
25.00
Printing Town Reports
142.15
Telephone
50.03
Liquor Advertisements
20.00
Unclassified
12.00
Highway Truck Purchase
2,300.00
Land Purchase
400.00
Purchase of Cement Mixer
150.00
Survey and Plans
105.50
$3,307.35
26
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Administrative :
Travel
$36.10
Telephone
10.30
Plans for Projects
95.83
Clerical Hire
8.00
Gasoline for Transportation
41.59
$191.82
Elm Street Sewer:
Mason, Labor
$107.00
Fuel
196.95
Tile and Brick
694.07
Other Supplies
33.90
Repair of Equipment
53.92
Sharpening Tools
15.60
$1,101.44
Maple, Prospect and Chestnut Street,
Cement Sidewalks :
Labor, Mixer Operator
$161.04
Labor, Truck Operator
7.93
Cement
948.42
Sand and Gravel
687.15
Outside Trucks
81.75
Gasoline and Oil
53.25
Lumber
66.15
Other Supplies
76.75
Repairs
14.06
$2,096.50
Cemeteries :
Outside Trucks
$42.00
Teams
11.00
Loam
9.80
Grass Seed
12.00
$74.80
27
Highway Fencing :
Lumber and Fence Posts
$829.70
Paint
252.45
Creosote
22.50
Other Supplies
10.14
$1,114.79
School Lunch Project :
Labor
$41.40
Supplies
39.27
$80.67
Stream Clearance :
Supplies
$138.82
$138.82
INSURANCE
Town Schedule
$816.00
Town Car
58.50
Highway Trucks
207.50
Workmen's Compensation
498.10
Workmen's and Public Liability
207.27
$1,787.37
WATER DEPARTMENT
1
Salaries :
Commissioners
$150.00
. Collector
218.86
Collector's Bond
10.00
Printing and Postage
6.00
Labor
885.77
Pipe and Pipe Fittings
240.02
Copper Tubing, Gate Boxes, etc.
198.64
All Other Supplies
75.78
$1,785.07
28
CEMETERIES
Wages for care of lots
$279.96
Grass Seed and Fertilizer
68.95
Printing
7.50
$356.41
INTEREST
Town Hall Notes
$530.25
Revenue Notes
62.74
Reimbursement Notes
15.70
$608.69
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Town Hall Notes
$5,000.00
Revenue Notes
40,000.00
Reimbursement Notes
4,000.00
$49,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Taxes :
State
$6,880.00
Audit
120.93
State Parks
94.95
Veteran's Exemption
19.03
County
6,930.61
$14,045.52
Cemetery P. C. Fund :
New Fund
$150.00
Income
34.76
$184.76
29
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Taxes
$21.57
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
199.79
$221.36
Dog Licenses paid to County Treasurer
$265.20
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1940
$22,249.07
Total
$199,305.01
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES
1939
$5,523.85 General Government
1940 $5,611.90
2,084.72 Town Hall Maintenance
1,997.94
4,023.28 Protection of Persons and Property
4,084.90
183.66
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
252.56
3,591.70
Health and Sanitation
1,711.75
22,505.17
Highways
22,462.83
17,004.00
Charities
19,028.28
493.07
Soldiers' Aid and Relief
493.31
44,630.40
Schools
43,650.28
1,432.54
Library
1,401.62
5,341.37
Unclassified
3,307.35
3,818.47 Works Progress Administration Insurance
1,787.37
1,499.90
Water Department
1,785.07
401.70 Cemeteries
356.41
797.04
Interest
608.69
45,000.00 Municipal Indebtedness
49,000.00
14,982.81 Agency, Trust and Investments
14,230.28
400.66 Refunds, Transfers 486.56
$173,714.34
$177,055.94
4,798.84
Appropriation Table
To
Appropriated or Available
Expended
To Revenue
Balance
Overlay
Forward
Surplus
Moderator Selectmen's Salaries Selectmen's Clerk
$25.00
$25.00
750.00
750.00
88.00
88.00
Selectmen's Expense
90.00
68.66
$21.34
Accountant's Salary
800.00
800.00
Accountant's Expense
100.00
95.85
4.15
Treasurer's Salary
600.00
600.00
Treasurer's Expense
100.00
97.83
2.17
Collector's Salary
700.00
700.00
Collector's Expense
200.00
195.00
5.00
Assessor's Salaries
900.00
900.00
Assessor's Expense
75.00
73.79
1.21
Attorney's Fees
135.00
135.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
150.00
89.60
60.40
Election and Registration
315.17
315.17
Bonds of Town Officers
190.00
188.00
2.00
30
Care of Town Hall
2,000.00
1,997.94
2.06
Police
2,200.00
2,176.23
23.77
Fire
1,200.00
1,164.24
35.76
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
132.00
132.00
Expense
50.00
50.00
Moth Work
250.00
162.50
87.50
Tree Work
400.00
399.93
.07
Health
3,500.00
1,195.15
389.85*
School Physician
200.00
200.00
Inspection of Animals
240.00
240.00
Inspection of Tuberculosis
150.00
76.60
73.40
Highway, Chapter 81:
Town
7,050.00
14,100.00
State
7,050.00
Highway, General
2,800.00
2,533.71
266.29
Highway, Chapter 90:
Town
500.00
State
500.00
1,500.00
County
500.00
Road Machinery Operating
2,100.00
1,954.20
145.80
Truck Purchase
2,300.00
2,300.00
31
Street Lights Public Welfare
2,400.00
2,374.92
25.08
5,300.00
5,164.59
135.11
Aid to Dependent Children :
Town
700.00
573.00
127.00
Federal Grant
381.36
324.00
57.36
Federal Grant Adm.
21.00
21.00
Old Age Assistance :
Town
7,115.00
6,992.52
122.48
Federal Grant
5,787.67
5,787.67
Federal Grant Adm.
211.70
186.50
25.20
Military Aid
150.00
120.00
30.00
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
373.31
126.69
School Committee, Salaries
200.00
200.00
Schools
41,549.39
41,549.39
Smith-Hughs, Federal
433.11
422.91
10.20
George Deen, Federal
170.00
170.00
Industrial Tuition
1,800.00
1,307.98
492.02
Library
1,406.17
1,402.72
3.55
Works Progress Administration
4,808.98
4,798.84
10.14
Memorial Day
125.00
102.67
22.33
Care of Town Clock
25.00
25.00
Printing Town Reports
150.00
142.15
7.85
32
Telephone Unclassified
51.60
50.03
1.57
25.00
12.00
13.00
Land Purchase
400.00
400.00
Insurance
2,000.00
1,787.37
212.63
Reserve Fund
2,500.00
1,599.26
900.74
Unpaid Bills, Previous Years
252.56
252.56
Land Court Expense
50.00
50.00
Purchase of Cement Mixer
150.00
150.00
Survey and Plans
105.50
105.50
Water Commissioner's Salaries
150.00
150.00
Water Department
1,650.00
1,625.07
24.93
Cemeteries
373.86
356.41
17.45
Interest on Loans
680.25
608.69
71.56
Town Hall Note
5,000.00
5,000.00
Totals
$125,463.32
$119,919.36
$2,277.34*
$113.76
$1,237.86
* $1,915.00 of the Health Appropriation transferred to other accounts or appropriation.
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TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1940 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1934
$36.00
Levy of 1935
34.00
Levy of 1936
70.88
Levy of 1937
248.40
Levy of 1938
2,655.84
Levy of 1939
12,723.92
Levy of 1940
33,770.99
$49,540.03
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1934
$2.00
Levy of 1935
.07
Levy of 1936
34.26
$22,249.07 Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue $20,000.00
In Anticipation of
Reimbursement 5,800.00
$25,800.00 34
Taxes Overestimated :
State Parks
$7.47
Road Machinery Earnings Reserve $2,014.58
Old Age Assistance Recovery $44.60
Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus)
$5,475.67
Overlay Reserved for Abatement: Levy of 1934 $36.00
Levy of 1935 34.00
Levy of 1937
132.09
Levy of 1936
70.88
Levy of 1938
98.63
Levy of 1937
248.31
Levy of 1939
139.56
Levy of 1940
678.34
Levy of 1939
113.71
Levy of 1940
814.15
Tax Titles
$627.84
Departmental :
Welfare
$522.03
Old Age Assistance 320.31
State and Military Aid 120.00
Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise $1,084.95 Tax Title 627.84
Departmental 962.34
Water 3,401.29
Water:
$6,076.42
Rates
$3,381.29
Miscellaneous
20.00
$3,401.29
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children $57.36
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. 21.00
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Smith-Hughes Fund $10.20
Taxes Underestimated : Veteran's Exemption $2.04
$1,084.95
Levy of 1938
1,380.52
$2,697.57
Water Department Available Surplus $6,278.14
$962.34
Old Age Assistance, Administrative 25.20
$103.56
Surplus Revenue
$29,359.35
$77,867.56
$77,867.56
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$10,000.00 Town Hall Loan
$10,000.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $10,279.92 Hatfield Library Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 8,868.11
$1,411.81
$10,279.92
$10,279.92
Respectfully submitted, DEWEY J. RYAN, Accountant.
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Treasurer's Report
John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with
TOWN OF HATFIELD
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1940
$22,822.73
Receipts for 1940 176,482.28
$199,305.01
Payments per warrants
Balance Dec. 31, 1940
$177,055.94
22,249.07
$199,305.01
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Income Expense Balance
Fund
1940
1940 $10.00
1940 $117.70
Augusta Wells
6.83
6.83
340.48
Oliver Warner
1.04
1.04
52.37
John H. Sanderson
2.11
2.11
105.44
Luman M. Moore
4.02
4.02
200.64
P. M. Wells
2.60
2.60
129.86
Benjamin Waite
1.81
1.81
90.91
Abby Dickinson
2.05
2.05
102.57
Silas G. Hubbard
5.61
6.00
279.57
Levi Graves
3.19
3.19
159.00
Lucy L. Morton
6.45
6.45
321.39
Charles Smith
2.19
2.19
109.05
Lemuel B. Field
2.19
2.19
109.18
Rufus H. Cowles
2.23
2.23
111.44
Charles E. Hubbard
2.29
2.29
114.30
Alpheus Cowles
2.15
2.15
107.18
James Porter
2.19
2.19
109.51
Daniel W. Allis
3.05
3.05
152.22
J. H. Howard
2.15
2.15
107.48
Fannie M. Burke
2.21
2.21
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck
2.21
2.21
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
2.19
2.19
109.45
E. S. Warner
2.40
2.40
204.53
Reuben Belden
2.01
2.01
100.00
Theodore Porter
2.13
2.13
106.18
Charles L. Graves
2.13
2.13
106.22
Roswell Hubbard
2.07
2.07
103.54
Cooley D. Dickinson
2.59
2.59
129.63
Elijah Bardwell
7.98
4.00
401.90
Hannah W. Smith
$12.16
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Joseph D. Billings
2.05
2.05
102.92
Edward C. Billings
26.85
22.50
602.61
Augusta Beals
2.15
2.15
107.29
Anthony Douglas
1.52
1.52
55.24
J. E. Porter
2.05
2.05
102.43
Jonathan Graves
2.09
2.09
104.12
Hugh McLeod
2.05
2.05
102.92
B. M. Warner
4.16
4.16
207.42
Chester Hastings
2.07
2.07
103.14
Lucius & Stearns Curtis
5.10
5.00
254.28
Frary & Gardner
2.01
2.01
100.57
Henry C. Batchellor
2.03
2.03
101.26
T. F. Knight & Jno Porter
8.58
8.00
428.20
H. W. Carl
2.05
2.05
102.73
Scott & Herman Harris
2.50
2.50
200.00
Thaddeus & Solomon Graves
4.04
4.04
201.91
J. D. Brown
2.01
2.01
100.00
Mary E. Hubbard
2.76
2.76
100.00
Samuel H. Field
3.02
3.02
150.53
Lewis S. Dyer
2.03
2.03
101.00
Charles H. Waite
2.65
134.79
Perpetual Care Funds Received,
187.29
Paid Out Care of Lots
172.61
Hatfield Library Fund, Interest
8.10
411.81
Henry R. Holden
4.02
4.02
200.00
Conrad W. Wolfram
4.02
4.02
200.00
William Daugherty
1.25
1.25
251.56
NEW ACCOUNTS
Charles M. Billings
$150.00
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS, 1940 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January
2
2
February
4
1
March
4
1
April
0
0
May
2
0
June
0
2
July
1
1
August
0
2
September
0
1
October
0
2
November
3
1
December
0
3
Total
16
16
BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers
United States
28
29
Poland
2
1
Czechoslovakia
2
2
Total
32
32
BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
24
27
37
36
32
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MARRIAGES BY MONTHS-1940
January
2 First marriage of both 45
February
0 Second marriage of Groom 3
March 2 Third marriage of Groom
0
April 5 Second marriage of Bride
0
May
5
Youngest Groom
21
June 3
Oldest Groom
47
July
8
Youngest Bride
17
August 6
Oldest Bride
38
September 9
Birthplace
Groom
Bride
October 6
United States
48
48
November 2
December
0
Total
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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1940
Barbara O'Dea
John J. Betsold
Patrick W. Mullins
Edwin H. Eldridge
Robert L. Belden
Anthony J. Jablonski John McHugh
Edward Celatka
Dennis P. McGrath
William E. Boyle
Henry W. Rozycki
Josephine Z. Yaroncek
George E. Pelton Kukucka
Stacia Kociela
George Clark
Georgianna P. Pelissier
Josephine T. Gonski
Susan A. Belden
Anna Vachula
Stefan Zawadzki
Carl W. Mikkelson
Homer J. Raboin
Scott Harris Charles Winters
Clarence E. Belden Joseph Godin
Frank Slisz
John W. Kiley
Kathryn E. Szych
Frances G. Ryzewicz Mary Pelc
George T. Wickles Frank Kugler
Anna S. Pellam
J. R. MCGRATH, Town Clerk.
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Assessors' Report
Value of assessed buildings
$1,506,035.00
Value of assessed land
857.130.00
Value of assessed Real Estate
2,363,165.00
Value of assessed Personal Estate
246,660.00
Value of assessed Real and Personal Estate
2,609,825.00
Rate of tax per thousand 27.60
Number of polls assessed
802
Number of horses assessed
205
Number of cows assessed
190
Number of neat cattle assessed
75
Number of sheep assessed
220
Number of fowl assessed
3,250
Number of dwelling houses assessed
479
Number of automobiles assessed
772
Number of acres of land asssessed
8,946
Town Appropriation
$110,644.95
State tax
6,880.00
State Audit tax
120.93
State Parks tax
102.42
Veterans' exemption
16.99
County tax
6,930.61
Overlayings
2,077.37
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income tax
$9,038.13
Corporation tax
249.74
Excise tax
3,500.00
Licenses
1,800.00
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Fines
150.00
Schools
9,500.00
General Government
125.00
Protection of persons and property
300.00
Charities
500.00
Old Age Assistance
3,300.00
Libraries
30.00
Interest on taxes
1,000.00
Available funds
17,642.37
Chapters 232 and 504, Acts of 1939
6,002.79
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Under Chapter 59, General Laws
Church property
$77,850.00
Town property
340,705.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery
3,500.00
Smith Academy
60,000.00
Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. FUSEK,
THOMAS L. MULLANY,
M. LARKIN PROULX.
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Library Report
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To the Trustees of the Public Library :
Through the courtesy of our State Supervisor, Miss E. Louise Jones, of Boston, Massachusetts, we have se- cured the services of the Book Mobile of Greenfield, Mas- sachusetts for the people living along the State Road in North Hatfield and West Hatfield. We hope this service will be made available to the people in all the outlying dis- tricts in the near future.
All circulation resulting from this service will be credited to the Hatfield Library.
During the year 401 were added. Of these books, 131 were for children and 270 for adults. At the present time the library contains 9,280 volumes.
The circulation of books and periodicals for the year was:
Juvenile
6,766
Fiction
10,683
Non-fiction
4,658
A total of
22,107
Honor Reading certificates have been awarded to seventy-three children of the Center School for reading five books on the approved reading list sent out by the Division of Public Libraries of the State Department of Education, and to forty-six for reading twenty on the ap- proved reading list.
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The Library continues to supply the best in Non- fiction, Polish, and Slovak books and will be very glad to supply German books upon request.
The total number of borrowers, including men, women, and children is seven hundred and sixty (760).
The library is open Monday and Friday from 7:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. for adults, Wednesday, from 12:00 m. to 1:00 p. m. for pupils of the outlying districts who at- tend school in the center, and from 3:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. for all adults and children.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Miss Margaret Hayes, my faithful assistant, and to the Trus- tees for their willing cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, THERESA M. GODIN,
Librarian.
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Report of Water Commissioners
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
Our year started out bad with four very expensive thawing-out jobs, due to the excessive cold of January, 1940. This took a large amount from the appropriation.
We repaired dikes at Sadoskis lot to direct surface water from our Watershed.
Considerable brush was cut to enable us to get Fed- eral payment.
Installed a "Bleeder" on the Fitzgibbons main. This "Bleeder" serves a number of purposes. Preventing freezing of main and accumulation of sediment at dead end. Eliminating flushing at frequent intervals. This took 600 feet of one-half inch pipe.
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