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Outstanding December 31, 1943, and January 12, 1944, per list 175.20
$801.44
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1943
Commitment per warrant $3,220.61
Abatement after payment refunded 41.71
Audit adjustment:
Overpayment to collector
.02
$3,262.34
Payments to treasurer 1943
$2,989.14
Abatements 1943 42.62
Audit adjustment:
Warrant in excess of commitment
list 2.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
228.58
$3,262.34
Outstanding January 1, 1944 $228.58
Payments to treasurer
January 1 to 12, 1944 $39.49
Outstanding January 12, 1944, per list 175.53
Cash balance January 12, 1944 13.56
$228.58
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INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES
Cash on hand January 1, 1943, per previous audit
$.50
Collections 1943 :
Interest :
Taxes :
Levy of 1937
$1.74
Levy of 1938
23.73
Levy of 1939
91.94
Levy of 1940
199.43
Levy of 1941
370.15
Levy of 1942
353.05
Levy of 1943
104.51
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1937
.70
Levy of 1938
.45
Levy of 1939
1.60
Levy of 1940
.40
Levy of 1941
15.41
Levy of 1942
24.19
Levy of 1943
.66
1,187.96
Costs :
Taxes :
Levy of 1938
$1.40
Levy of 1939
4.20
Levy of 1940
8.40
Levy of 1941
4.90
Levy of 1942
3.50
Levy of 1943
.70
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1939 1.05
Levy of 1940 .70
115
Levy of 1941
7.70
Levy of 1942
8.40
Levy of 1943
.35
41.30
$1,229.76
Payments to treasurer 1943 :
Interest
$1,187.66
Costs
41.30
Audit adjustment: Interest on taxes reported as taxes 1938
.80
$1,229.76
Collections January 1 to 12, 1944 : Interest:
Taxes :
Levy of 1941
$28.76
Levy of 1942
7.80
Levy of 1943
15.25
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1943 .57
$52.38
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 12, 1944 :
Interest
$40.83
Cash balance January 12, 1944 :
Interest:
Taxes :
Levy of 1941
$7.73
Levy of 1942 .35
Levy of 1943
2.90
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Motor vehicle excise taxes : Levy of 1943 .57
11.55
$52.38
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1943, per
previous audit $807.04
Transfer to tax titles 1943 :
Taxes 1943 89.60
$896.64
Balance December 31, 1943,
and January 12, 1944, per list
$896.64
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES
Licenses issued 1943 :
Junk
$40.00
Auto dealers'
15.00
Cabin
.50
Sunday sales
7.00
Common victuallers'
6.00
Milk
1.00
Special-beer
5.00
Auctioneers'
5.00
Oleomargarine
.50
Slaughtering
3.00
Liquor
2,050.00
Liquor advertising
20.00
$2,153.00
Payments to treasurer 1943
$2,153.00
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Licenses issued January 1 to 12, 1944 :
Auto dealers'
$10.00
Cabin
.50
Sunday sales
1.00
Common victuallers'
3.00
Slaughtering
1.00
$15.50
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
12, 1944 $15.50
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued 1943 :
Males, 130 @ $2.00
$260.00
Females, 10 @ $5.00
50.00
Spayed females, 33 @ $2.00
66.00
$376.00
Payments to treasurer 1943,
$341.40
Fees retained 1943, 173 @ $.20
34.60
$376.00
Sporting Licenses
Licenses issued 1943 :
Resident citizens' fishing, 118 @ $2.00 $236.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 48 @ $2.00 96.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 72 @ $3.25 234.00
Resident citizens' minors' and females'
fishing, 33 @ $1.25 41.25
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Resident citizen minors' trapping, 3 @ $2.25 6.75
Resident citizens' trapping, 8 @ $5.25 42.00
Special non-residents' fishing, 2 @ $1.50 3.00
Non-resident citizens' hunting, 1 @ $10.25 10.25
Duplicates, 6 @ $.50 3.00
$672.25
Payments to Division of Fisheries
and Game, 1943 $601.00
Fees retained 1943, 285 @ $.25 71.25
$672.25
Licenses issued January 1 to 12, 1944 :
Resident citizens' fishing, 21 @ $2.00 $42.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 2 @ $2.00 4.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 39 @ $3.25 126.75
Resident citizen minors and
females' fishing, 4 @ $1.25 5.00
Resident citizens' thapping, 2 @ $5.25 10.50
$188.25
Cash on hand January 12, 1944, verified
$188.25
Gas Permit Renewals
Renewals issued 1943 $3.50
Payments to treasurer 1943 $3.50
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Renewals issued January 1 to 12, 1944 1
$1.50
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 12, 1944
$1.50
TOWN HALL RENTALS
Outstanding January 1, 1943, per
previous audit
$6.00
Charges 1943
50.00
$56.00
Payments to treasurer 1943
$35.00
Abatements 1943
6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943,
and January 12, 1944, per list
15.00
$56.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Charges 1943
$69.95
Payments to treasurer 1943 $67.61
Outstanding December 31, 1943,
and January 12, 1944, per list 2.09
Due from sealer December 31, 1943, and January 12, 1944
.25
$69.95
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1943, per previous audit $14.50
8.00
Charges 1943 $22.50
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Payments to treasurer 1943 $15.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943, and January 12, 1944, per list 7.50
$22.50
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid-Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1, 1943, per previous audit $72.00
Charges 1943 448.47
$520.47
Payments to treasurer 1943
$448.47
Outstanding December 31, 1943,
and January 12, 1944, per list 72.00
$520.47
Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable
Charges 1943
$742.04
Payments to treasurer 1943
$716.04
Abatements 1943 26.00
$742.04
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1943 Audit adjustment-charges not reported 75.68
$4,545.98
$4,621.66
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Payments to treasurer 1943
$4,498.01
Disallowances 1943 1.30
Audit adjustment: Dissallowances not reported 75.68
Outstanding December 31, 1943, and January 12, 1944, per list 46.67
$4,621.66
MILITARY AID Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1943, per
previous audit
$70.00
Charges 1943
65.00
$135.00
Payments to treasurer 1943
$110.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943,
and January 12, 1944, per list 25.00
$135.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Charges 1943
$275.62
Payments to treasurer 1943
$275.62
SCHOOL LUNCH PROJECT
Receipts 1943
$3,774.21
Payments to treasurer 1943 $3,774.21
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Receipts January 1 to 28, 1944
$648.91
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to 12, 1944 $293.25
January 13 to 28, 1944 166.75
$460.00
Cash on hand January 28, 1944, verified 188.91
$648.91
LIBRARY
Fines 1943
$51.11
Payments to treasurer 1943 $46.52
Cash balance December 31, 1943
4.59
$51.11
Cash balance January 1, 1944
$4.59
Fines January 1 to 26, 1944
5.07
$9.66
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
26,1944
$4.59
Cash in office January 26, 1944, verified 5.07
$9.66
WATER RATES
Outstanding January 1, 1943,
per previous audit
$2,650.30
Commitment per warrant 1943 8,640.13
Audit adjustments :
Abatements in error 24.20
Collection without commitment 3.00
$11,317.63
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Payments to treasurer 1943
$7,598.59
Abatements 1943 165.03
Audit adjustment:
Error in reporting commitment 2,148.62
Outstanding December 31, 1943 1,405.39
$11,317.63
Outstanding January 1, 1944
$1,405.39
Payments to treasurer January 1
to 12, 1944
$245.70
Outstanding January 12, 1944, per list
1,093.69
Cash on hand January 12, 1944, verified
60.20
Due from collector January 12, 1944
5.80
$1,405.39
WATER DEPARTMENT Connections and Miscellaneous Charges
Outstanding January 1, 1943,
per previous audit
$30.00
Charges 1943
111.50
$141.50
Payments to treasurer 1943
$111.50
Abatements 1943
15.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
15.00
$141.50
Outstanding January 1, 1944
$15.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 12, 1944 $15.00
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FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$321.89
$321.89
On hand at end of year 1943
$124.09
$124.09
On hand January 12, 1944
$124.09
$124.09
Receipts
Payments
1943
Withdrawn from
Transfers to town
$200.00
savings bank $197.80
Income
2.20
$200.00
$200.00
HATFIELD LIBRARY FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$630.84
$630.84
On hand at end of year 1943
$643.49
$643.49
On hand January 12, 1944
$643.49
$643.49
Receipts
Payments
1943
Income
$12.65
Added to savings deposits $12.65
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
In Custody of State Savings Securities
Treasurer
Deposits
Par Value
Total
On hand at be-
ginning of
year 1943 $300.00
$8,643.12
$500.00
$9,443.12
On hand at end
of year 1943 $300.00
$8,997.58
$500.00
$9,797.58
On hand Jan.
12, 1944 $300.00
$8,997.58
$500.00
$9,797.58
Receipts
Payments
1943
Bequests
$350.00
Added to savings
Income
203.95
deposits
$354.46
Collection expense
.20
Transfer to town
199.29
$553.95
$553.95
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POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Savings
Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943 On hand at end of year 1943 On hand January 12, 1944
ยท
. .
. .
. . . ...
$112.50
$9,000.00
$9,112.50
$112.50
$9,000.00
$9,112.50
Receipts
Payments
1943
Town appro-
priation
$9,000.00 112.50
Deposited in savings bank Purchase of securities
$112.50
Income
9,000.00
$9,112.50
$9,112.50
TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1943 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$60,221.60
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Reimbursement State Parks and Reservations
$4,690.00
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1937
$26.00
Levy of 1938
36.00
Levy of 1939
137.44
Dog Licenses-due County
1.80
Levy of 1940
202.00
Road Machinery Fund
2,621.70
Levy of 1941
984.46
Levy of 1942
3,226.16
School Lunch Reserve
3,774.21
Levy of 1943
13,428.04
18,040.10
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1937 $68.11
Levy of 1938 57.81
Unexpended Balances : Town Hall Landscape $100.00 Town Barn Repairs 456.78
Fire Protection Runways 307.13
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Tav 1943 Overestimate 3.00
Levy of 1940
20.00
Levy of 1941
156.37
Levy of 1942
175.20
Levy of 1943
228.58
Truck Purchase 2,500.00
Sand Bins 600.00
Dike Repairs
108.59
School Landscape
100.00
Defense Vocational Education 27.80
Tax Titles
896.64
School Lunch-
Sponsor's Contribu- tion 194.94
4,395.24
Welfare 72.00
Old Age Assistance 46.67
Military Aid
25.00
Federal Grants :
Aid to Dependent Children Adm. $2.31
Water Department :
Rates
$1,405.39
Old Age Assistance Administration 1.17
Connections
15.00
Smith-Hughes 22.66
1,420.39
George-Deen 92.86
State Aid to Highways $403.73 County Aid to Highways 378.69
119.00
782.42
Water Surplus
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 3,464.09 7,785.41
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151.17
Departmental :
Highway
$7.50
706.07
County Tax 1943 Underestimate 509.91
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1937
$26.00
Levy of 1938
36.00
Levy of 1939
36.14
Levy of 1940
202.00
Levy of 1941
285.56
Levy of 1942
668.21
Levy of 1943
879.98
2,132.89
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise
$706.07
Tax Title
896.64
Departmental
151.17
Water
1,420.39
3,174.27
Surplus Revenue 50,566.69
$82,728.30
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$82,728.30
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $19,677.66
Firemen's Relief Fund
$124.09
Hatfield Library Fund 643.49
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
9,979.58
Post-war Rehabilitation Fund
9,112.50
$19,677.66
$19,677.66
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
INDUSTRY
PROSPERITY
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
Printed by W. E. LONDERGAN Northampton, Mass.
r
WORLD WAR II
DEDICATED
To the Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice :
ANDREW CACKOWSKI FRANK CIMINI LEONARD DEINLEIN
FRANK KACENSKI LEON KORZA ANTHONY PRUCNAL
JOHN ZIEZULEWICZ
Town Officers 1944
SELECTMEN Edward S. Prew, Chairman John W. Mullins George J. Zgrodnik
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER Peter S. Rogaleski
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Thomas L. Mullany Joseph S. Wilkes John J. Fusek, Chairman TAX COLLECTOR
James L. McGrath Thomas L. Mullany
MODERATOR Gordon A. Woodward
SCHOOL COMMITTEE Alex E. Celatka, Chairman George H. Howard Stanley Ziezulewicz
WATER COMMISSIONERS Simeon M. Bourdon, Chairman Thaddeus Kabat Raymond Balise
TREE WARDEN Herbert C. Smith
LIBRARY TRUSTEES Sarah V. Kiley, Chairman Jean Kempisty Constance Mullany
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ELECTOR UNDER WILL OF OLIVER SMITH Gordon A. Woodward FINANCE COMMITTEE Frank Kempisty, Chairman Luther A. Belden John T. Shea
BOARD OF REGISTRARS Thomas W. Ryan, Chairman Howard Abbott Joseph Pelc
RATIONING BOARD John R. Kalloch, Chairman
William Boyle George Delaney Marcus Mullins
Margaret Hayes, Clerk
CHIEF OF POLICE Arthur R. Breor
FIRE CHIEF John T. Shea
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Alfred B. Howard
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Michael Majeskey TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Gertrude B. Rogaleski
CIVILIAN DEFENSE Robert Bieber, Chairman
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Joseph Baceski COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Charles F. Klekot
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS C. J. Eberlein
Selectmen's Warrant
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 19, 1945
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampshire, ss.
To A. R. Breor, Constable of the Town of Hatfield in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Hatfield, on Monday, the 19th 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, one year; Three Select- men, for one year; Town Clerk, one year; Town Treas- urer, one year; One Assessor for three years; Tax Col- lector, one year; One member of the Water Commis- sioners for three years; One member of the Library Trustees for three years; Tree Warden, one year ; Elector under the will of Oliver Smith.
The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the fore- noon and kept open for at least four hours, and for such further time as the majority of the voters present shall direct, but in no case will they be kept open after eight o'clock in the evening.
Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or sub- jects which have to do with the welfare of the Town, and or act anything thereon.
Article 3. To receive and pass on Town Accounts. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
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the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, of Chapter 44, General Laws, and amendments thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the amounts received from the Dog Fund to the Library Account.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as shall be deemed nec- cessary to defray the current expenses of the financial year, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the list of Jurors as submitted by the Selectmen for the ensuing year, or act anything thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the im- provement of Chapter 90 highways, the Town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the State and County share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when re- imbursement is received, or take any action thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the State under the provisions of Chapter 81, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,050.00, the Town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $7,050.00, the State's share, in anticipation of re-imbursement, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the State's share to be taken
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from Surplus Revenue, and returned to same when re- imbursement is received, or take any action thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $2,500.00 from the Machinery Fund to the Road Machinery Account for the purpose of re- pairing and operating road machinery, or act anything thereon. . :
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote under Sec- tion 4A of Chapter 41, to allow the Board of Water Commissioners to employ members thereof to render services to the Water Department, and to fix the com- pensation for such service as provided for in Section 108 of Chapter 41.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to ap- propriate from Water Available Surplus the sum of $4,000.00 for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, this amount to be added to the Water Construction Fund, or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to ap- propriate from Sale of Real Estate Account the sum of $4,000.00 for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, this amount to be added to the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, or act anything thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $10,000.00 for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds which are legal investments for savings banks, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, this amount to be added to the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the purchase and
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installation of a heating apparatus for the Town Barn, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for Town Barn re- pairs, or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for dike repairs, or act anything thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for temporary repair to river bank at Little Ponset meadow, or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to sell and to convey by deed School- houses given over to them by the School Committee: Namely: Bradstreet School, West Hatfield School and North Hatfield School, or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof in five public places, seven days before time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 5th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
EDWARD S. PREW JOHN W. MULLINS GEORGE J. ZGRODNIK Selectmen of Hatfield.
Report of Finance Committee
1944 Appropriation
Disbursed
1945 Request
Recom- mended
1. Moderator
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
2. Selectmen's Salary
750.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
3. Selectmen's Expense
250.00
179.78
250.00
250.00
4. Selectmen's Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
5. Accountant's Salary
900.00
900.00
900.00
900.00
6. Accountant's Expense
100.00
98.97
100.00
100.00
7. Treasurer's Salary
850.00
850.00
850.00
850.00
8. Treasurer's Expense
200.00
197.86
200.00
200.00
9. Collector's Salary
700.00
700.00
800.00
800.00
10. Collector's Expense
350.00
349.91
350.00
350.00
11. Assessors' Salary
900.00
900.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
12. Assessors' Expense
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
13. Attorney's Fees
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
14. Town Clerk's Salary
750.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
15. Town Clerk's Expense
200.00
176.01
200.00
200.00
16. Election and Registration
500.00
497.90
600.00
600.00
17. Elector's Salary
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
18. Ration Board
100.00
99.57
150.00
150.00
19. Care of Town Hall
3,500.00
3,304.19
3,500.00
3,500.00
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20. Police
2,500.00
2,499.72
2,500.00
2,500.00
21. Fire
1,200.00
1,370.69
1,200.00
1,200.00
22. Tree Work
1,000.00
1,200.34
1,000.00
1,000.00
23. Civilian Defense
200.00
92.13
100.00
100.00
24. Moth Work
250.00
250.00
400.00
400.00
25. Sealer of Wts. & Meas., Salary Expense
132.00
132.00
132.00
132.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
27. Public Health
1,500.00
1,456.28
1,500.00
1,500.00
28. School Physician
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
29. Inspection of Animals
240.00
240.00
240.00
240.00
30. Insp. Children-Pre-school Clinic
50.00
50.00
50.00
31. Insp. Children-Tuberculosis
150.00
150.00
150.00
32. Highways-Chap. 81
7,050.00
7,047.76
7,050.00
7,050.00
33. Highways-Chap. 81 fr. Sur. Rev.
7,050.00
5,875.00
7,050.00
7,050.00
34. Highways-Chap. 90
800.00
500.04
500.00
500.00
35. Highways-Chap. 90 fr. Sur. Rev.
1,600.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
36. Highway General
3,000.00
3,255.37
5,000.00
5,000.00
37. Machinery Op't'g fr. Mach. Fund
2,500.00
1,772.08
2,500.00
2,500.00
38. Street Lights
2,400.00
2,379.69
2,600.00
2,600.00
39. Public Welfare
4,500.00
3,924.80
4,000.00
4,000.00
40. Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.00
1,456.42
1,500.00
1,500.00
41. Old Age Assistance
7,000.00
7,082.02
7,500.00
7,500.00
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1944 Appropriation
Disbursed
1945 Request
Recom- mended
42. Soldiers' Benefits
500.00
125.63
500.00
500.00
43. School Committee Exp.
200.00
200.00
200.00
44. Schools
47,200.00
46,934.14
48,000.00
48,000.00
45. School Lunch
7,310.00
4,709.48
46. School Lunch from S. L. Reserve
6,600.00
6,600.00
47. Industrial School Tuition
1,300.00
824.12
1,500.00
1,500.00
48. Library
1,600.00
1,856.21
1,600.00
1,600.00
49. Library Bldg. Repairs
200.00
195.87
200.00
200.00
50. Memorial Day
500.00
150.00
125.00
125.00
51. Care of Town Clock
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
52. Printing, Delivering Town Reorts
250.00
239.50
250.00
250.00
53. Telephone
75.00
48.36
75.00
75.00
54. Unclassified
25.00
20.00
50.00
50.00
55. Binding Town Records
50.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
56. Insurance
2,500.00
1,973.72
2,500.00
2,500.00
57. Reserve Fund fr. Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
775.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
58. Water Commissioner's Salary
200.00
200.00
300.00
300.00
59. Water Commissioner's Salary from Water Available Surplus 60. Water Department
2,000.00
1,969.50
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61. Water Dept. from Water Available Surplus
2,500.00
250.00
445.62
250.00
2,500.00 250.00
62. Cemeteries
50.00
63. Interest
64. Tax Title Expense
200.00
91.55
$122,792.00
$112.512.23
$123,957.00
$123,957.00
FRANK A. KEMPISTY, Chairman JOHN T. SHEA
LUTHER A. BELDEN
Finance Committee.
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Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
Your Board of Selectmen for the year 1944 met the first and third Mondays of each month to conduct your town business which you entrusted to us as your elected officials.
We held two special town meetings to raise addi- tional funds for the chlorinator instalation account.
Due to ill health your tax collector, James McGrath, after a number of years of excellent service was forced to resign; we appointed Thomas L. Mullany to fill out the remainder of Mr. McGrath's term.
Fourth of July again saw another carnival and in addition with proceeds from the Policeman's Ball $2,160 was added to the Victory Fund. The fund now stands at $4,100.
This year the dedication of Hatfield's Honor Roll to the men and women in the armed forces was an outstand- ing event. To those who made the dedication possible we extend a vote of thanks. At the time of the dedication each man in the service was sent a box of cigars and a box of candy to each woman along with a copy of the dedication booklet. A large portion of the cigars were donated by Joseph V. Parada in behalf of the Meyer & Mendelsohn Tobacco Company, to whom we extend our sincere thanks.
The highways have been kept in repair according to war restrictions and a shortage of labor. A large portion of the old wood fences have been replaced with cement posts and it is hoped in the near future to replace the remaining ones. A progressive step in the saving of repairs, labor, and materials. Our road superintendent, Alfred B. Howard, and his men are to be congratulated
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on the splendid way they have kept our highways open this early part of the winter.
The coming year 1945 marks the 275th anniversary of the founding of Hatfield, and providing the progress of the war is such some plans should be made to celebrate our incorporation as a town. With the new year, we hope for the end of the World War II and the return of our men and women who are now in every corner of the world.
The Selectmen take this opportunity to thank all department heads and individuals who made this year a successful one in the conducting of your town business.
EDWARD S. PREW JOHN W. MULLINS GEORGE ZGRODNIK
Board of Selectmen.
Town Clerk's Report
To the Citizens of Hatfield:
In the Armed Forces 303
(Men-293
Women -10) Died in Action 7
VITAL STATISTICS
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
Births
34
36
40
23
32
Marriages
34
34
37
44
48
Deaths
18
28
28
20
35
LICENSES
1944
1943
1942
Dog Licenses
162
172
157
Fish and Game
332
296
268
1944 POLITICAL CALENDAR
Registered Voters December 31, 1944
1,188
Voted
D
R
Town Meeting-Feb. 21, 1944
635
Presidential Primaries-April 25, 1944
24
15
9
Special Town Meeting-June 16, 1944
State Primaries-July 11, 1944
203
171
32
Special Town Meeting-Sept. 19, 1944 State and Presidential Election-
Nov. 7, 1944 955
Special Town Meeting-Dec. 4, 1944
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APPROPRIATIONS
Annual Town Meeting Feb. 21, 1944 Available Funds
$147,543.90 33,650.00
3
$113,893.90
SPECIAL MEETINGS:
June 16, 1944
$1,043.06
Sept. 19, 1944 Dec. 4, 1944
900.00
600.00
$2,543.06
PETER S. ROGALESKI,
Town Clerk.
Treasurer's Report
Peter S. Rogaleski, Treasurer In Account with the Town of Hatfield
Cash on Hand January 1,1944 $60,221.60
Receipts for 1944 :
January
$ 9,992.55
February
5,727.69
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