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$9,074.65
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TAXES-1937
Commitment per warrants, Additional commitment, 4.00
$68,438.64
Overpayment to collector, to be refunded, 2.00
$68,444.64
Payment to treasurer,
$40,489.14
Abatements, 936.65
Transfer to tax titles,
130.00
Outstanding December 31, 1937, 26,888.85
$68,444.64
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
$26,888.85
Outstanding January 7, 1938, per list, $23,291.51 Cash balance January 7, 1937, 3,597.34
$26,888.85
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES-1931
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previius audit,
$2.00
Abatements 1937,
$2.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES-1932
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $6.00
Abatements 1937, $6.00
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES-1933
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $10.00
Payments to treasurer, $1.00
Abatements, 6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938, per list, 3.00
$10.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1931
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $12.58
Payments to treasurer 1937,
$
.05
Abatements 1937,
12.53
$12.58
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1932
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $40.77
Abatements 1937,
$40.77
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1933
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $31.38
Payments to treasurer,
$16.22
Abatements, 2.00
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938, per list,
13.16
$31.38
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1934
Outstanding January 1, 1937, per previous audit, $179.01
Payments to treasurer,
$56.86
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938,
122.15
$179.01
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1935
Outstanding January 1, 1937,
per previous audit, $252.77
Payments to treasurer,
$86.68
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
Jaanuary 7, 1938, per list,
166.09
$252.77
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1936
Outstanding January 1, 1937,
per previous audit,
$558.94
Commitments,
102.79
Abatements after payment refunded,
2.00
$663.73
Payments to treasurer,
$408.41
Abatements, 2.62
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938, per list,
252.70
$663.73
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1937
Commitment per warrants, $4,434.34
Abatements after payment refunded, 101.96 Audit adjustment : Error in reporting abatement, 6.20
$4,542.50
Payments to treasurer,
$3,509.43
Abatements,
210.32
Audit adjustment :
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1937,
reported as interest, 23.37
Outstanding December 31, 1937,
799.38
$4,542.50
Outstanding January 1, 1938, $799.38
Outstanding January 7, 1938, per list, $771.03
Cash balance January 7, 1938, 28.35
$799.38
INTEREST ON TAXES
Interest collections 1937 :
Taxes :
Levy of 1934, $11.16
Levy of 1935, 446.42
Levy of 1936,
264.78
Levy of 1937,
61.97
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1933, 2.60
Levy of 1934,
7.99
Levy of 1935, 6.64
Levy of 1936,
14.31
Levy of 1937,
17.67
$833.54
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Audit adjustment : Motor vehicle excise taxes 1937, reported as interest on taxes, 23.37
$856.91
Payments to treasurer 1937,
$856.91
Interest collections January 1 to 7, 1938 :
Taxes :
Levy of 1936,
$16.39
Levy of 1937,
35.09
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1937, .45
$51.93
Cash balance January 7, 1938,
$51.93
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1937,
$876.96
Added to tax titles :
Taxes 1937,
130.00
$1,006.96
Tax titles redeemed,
$181.90
Balance December 31, 1937, per list, 825.06
$1,006.96
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued 1937 :
Males,
104 at $2.00, $208.00
Spayed females, 22 at 2.00, 44.00
Females,
8 at 5.00, 40.00
$292.00
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Payments to treasurer 1937, $265.20
Fees retained 1937, 134 at 20 cents, 26.80
$292.00
Sporting Licenses
Licenses issued 1937 :
Resident citizens' fishing,
49 at $2.00, $98.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 67 at $2.00, 134.00
Resident citizens' sporting,
49 at $3.25, 159.25
Resident citizens' minor and
female fishing, 15 at $1.25, 18.75
Resident citizens' trapping,
11 at $5.25, 57.75
Resident citizens' minor trapping,
16 at $2.25, 36.00
$503.75
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game 1937, $452.00
Fees retained 1937, 207 at 25 cents, 51.75
$503.75
Licenses issued January 1 to 7, 1938 : Resident citizens' fishing,
4 at $2.00, $8.00
Resident citizens' hunting,
5 at $2.00, 10.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 18 at $3.25, 58.50
Resident citizens' minor and
female fiishing, 1 at $1.25, 1.25
$77.75
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Fees retained January 1 to 7, 1938, 28 at 25 cents, Cash on hand January 7, 1938, verified,
$7.00
70.75
$77.75
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES
Licenses granted :
Common victuallers',
$7.00
Slaughtering,
2.00
Pool,
4.00
Junk,
75.00
Auto,
10.00
Milk,
2.50
Peddler,
8.00
Oleomargarine,
.50
Liquor advertising,
4.00
Liquor,
1,800.00
Beer and wine special one day,
12.50
$1,925.50
Payments to treasurer 1937,
$1,925.50
TOWN HALL RENTALS
Outstanding January 1, 1937,
per previous audit,
$12.00
Charges,
205.80
$217.80
Payments to treasurer,
$198.80
Outstanding December 31, 1937,
14.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1937,
5.00
$217.80
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Cash on hand January 1, 1938, $5.00
Outstanding January 1, 1938, 14.00
Charges January 1 to 7, 1938, 7.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
$26.00 7, 1938, $12.00
Outstanding January 7, 1938, per list,
14.00
$26.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Charges 1937,
$77.73
Payments to treasurer, $77.08
Cash on hand December 31, 1937, .65
$77.73
Cash on hand January 1, 1938, $.65
Charges January 1 to 17, 1938, 1.40
$2.05
Cash on hand January 17, 1938, verified, $2.05
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1937,
per previous audit, $292.57
Charges, 103.57
$396.14
Payments to treasurer, $261.43
Abatements, 31.14
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938, per list, 103.57
$396.14
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PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1937,
per previous audit,
$358.87
Charges,
254.03
$612.90
Payments to treasurer,
$485.98
Abatements, 26.09
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and
January 7, 1938, per list, 100.83
$612.90
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1937,
$1,439.10
Payments to treasurer 1937,
$1,430.77
Disallowances 1937,
8.33
$1,439.10
LIBRARY
Cash on hand January 1, 1937,
per previous audit, $5.10
Fines 1937, 42.30
$47.40
Payments to treasurer 1937,
$47.40
Fines January 1 to 17, 1938,
$1.32
Cash on hand January 17, 1938, verified, $1.32
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Water Rates-Thomas J. O'Dea, Collector Recommitment April 4, 1937,
per previous audit, $2,417.14
Commitments April 4 to December 31, 1937, 6,239.93
Audit adjustments :
Charges not committed, 76.40
Duplicate abatement, 6.00
$8,739.47
Payents to treasurer April 4 to
December 31, 1937, $5,526.91
Abatements April 4 to December 31, 1937, 547.49
Audit adjustment :
Abatement not reported, 1.50
Outstanding December 31, 1937, 2,663.57
$8,739.47
Outstanding January 1, 1938, $2,663.57
Abatements January 1 to 7, 1938,
$28.20
Outstanding January 7, 1938, per list, 2,547.72
Cash on hand January 7, 1938, verified, 87.65
$2,663.57
HATFIELD LIBRARY FUND 1
On hand at end of year
On hand at beginning of year 1937, 1937,
Savings Securities Deposits Par Value
Total
$664.74 $1,000.00 $1,664.74 $359.85 $1,000.00 $1,359.85
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Receipts
Payments
1937
Withdrawn from
Transfer to town, $400.00
savings deposits, $304.89
Income, 56.81
Transfer from town, 38.30
$400.00
$400.00
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Deposits
In Cuctody In Custody of State of Town Securities Treasurer Treasurer Par Value Total
On hand at be-
ginning of
year 1937, $300.00 $7,063.23
$500.00
$7,863.23
On hand at end
of year 1937, $300.00
$7,205.61
$500.00
$8,005.61
Receipts
Payments
1937
Bequests,
$125.00
Added to savings deposits, $142.38
Income,
206.64
Transfer to town, 189.26
$331.64
$331.64
TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1937 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$12,603.21
Veterans' Exemption Tax :
1937 Overestimated,
$
.41
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1933,
$6.00
Levy of 1934, 61.94
Levy of 1935,
2,108.85
Levy of 1936, 9,074.65
Levy of 1937,
26,886.85
$38,138.29
Old Age Assistance Taxes : Levy of 1933, $3.00
Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance, Administration, 14.24
Aid to Dependent Children, 16.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1933, $13.16
Levy of 1934, 122.15
Levy of 1935, 166.09
$253.66
Road Machinery Fund, $2,095.25
Water Department Available
Appropriations and Balances : Road Machinery Repair, $204.35 82
Work Progress Admin- istration Projects, 19.07
Levy of 1936, Levy of 1937,
252.70
799.38
Tax Titles,
Departmental : Health,
$103.57
Welfare,
100.83
$204.40
Water Rates,
$2,663.57
State Aid to Highways,
$1,200.00
Underestimates to be Raised :
State Tax, $307.50
Tax Title, 825.06
State Parks and
Departmental, 204.40
Reservation Tax, 23.93
Water,
2,663.57
County Tax, 107.97
State Aid to
Highways, 1,200.00
Overdrawn Account :
Highways, Chapter 81,
$1,200.00
Surplus Revenue,
$31,477.50
$58,630.41
Surplus, $5,964.57 Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, $6,230.52
Overlay Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1933, $6.00
Levy of 1934, 61.94
Levy of 1935, 1,043.11
Levy of 1936, 4,034.56
Levy of 1937, 1,216.38
$6,361.99
Revenue Available When Collected : M. V. Excise Tax, $1,353.48 83
$439.40
$6,246.51
$58,630.41
$1,353.48 $825.06
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$25,000.00 Town Hall Loan,
$25,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, $9,365.46 Hatfield Library Fund, $1,359.85
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, 8,005.61
$9,365.46
$9,365.46
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN of HATFIELD
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31
1938
FINDUSTRY
PROSPERITY
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
Selectmen's Warrant
FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 20, 1939
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 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 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. Three Selectmen for one year. One Assessor for three years. One member of the 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. Tax Collector. Tree Warden. Elec- tor under the will of Oliver Smith, and to bring in their votes Yes or No on the following Question: "Shall pri- maries for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at town elections continue to be held in this town."
The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and kept open for at least four hours, and for such further
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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 subjects 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 transfer the amounts received from the Dog Fund to the Library account.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year and in anticipation of reim- bursements beginning January 1, 1939, 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 and Section 6A, of Chapter 44, General Laws, and amendments thereto.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as shall be deemed neces- sary to defray the current expenses of the financial year, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for a Road Machinery account for the purpose of repairing and operating road machinery, or act anything thereon.
Article 8. To see i fthe town will vote to accept the list of Jurors as submitted by the selectmen for the en- suing year, or act anything thereon.
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Article 9. To see what action the town will take in regard to the continuance of a committee to have charge of the Memorial Room in Dickinson Memorial Library.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to bind and repair town records, or act anything thereon.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $183.66 for unpaid bills of 1938.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 403, of the Acts of 1936, an act providing for the inclusion of additional public employes within the provisions of the workmen's compensation law, or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to repeal or modify the following by-law: "A quorum at any annual or special town meeting, except such parts of meeting as are devoted to the election of town officers, shall consist of at least one hundred registered voters of the town, pro- vided that a number less than a quorum may from time to time adjourn the same."
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to purchase a Bus to transport the children as recommended in their budget, or act anything thereon.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to purchase additional land on the water shed, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $272.28 for the purchase of a Homelite Portable gasoline engine driven pump, or act anything thereon.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in five public places in said town seven days before time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 6th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
JOSEPH V. PORADA, FRANK J. BETSOLD, JOHN W. MULLINS, Selectmen of Hatfield.
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Report of Finance Committee
We the Finance Committee wish to submit the follow- ing 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.
Moderator,
$25.00
Selectmen,
750.00
$90.00
Clerk, Board of Selectmen,
88.00
Town Clerk,
500.00
150.00
Town Accountant,
800.00 .
100.00
Town Treasurer,
600.00
100.00
Assessors,
900.00
75.00
Tax Collector,
700.00
200.00
Sealer Wts. and Measures,
132.00
50.00
Election, Registration and Expenses,
500.00
$4,995.00
$765.00
Highways, Sewers, Bridges, Etc.,
$2,000.00
Chapter 81,
7,050.00
Electric Lights,
2,400.00
Bond, Town Officers,
190.00
Inspection, Barns and Animals,
240.00
Inspection, Children,
50.00
Tree Work,
200.00
Moth Work,
250.00
Insurance,
2,000.00
Public Health,
2,000.00
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Welfare and Equipment,
4,000.00
Smith School Tuition,
2,100.00
School Physicians,
200.00
Care of Cemeteries,
200.00
Memorial Day,
125.00
Police Department and Equipment,
2,200.00
Attorney's Fees,
100.00
Care of Town Hall,
1,900.00
Interest Temp. Loans,
150.00
Interest Town Hall Notes,
447.48
WPA,
2,000.00
Land Court Expenses on Tax Title,
50.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance,
500.00
$30,352.48
Unclassified,
$25.00
Printing and Delivering Town Reports,
150.00
Care and Repairs of Town Clock,
50.00
Town Hall Telephone,
50.00
Mothers' Aid,
500.00
Soldiers' Relief,
150.00
Old Age Assistance,
6,000.00
Public Library Maintenance and Repairs,
1,200.00
Fire Department,
1,000.00
Schools,
43,500.00
Committee Salary,
200.00
Water Department Appropriation,
900.00
Salaries, Commissioners and Clerk,
100.00
$53,825.00
We recommend that the following sum be ap- propriated from the available Water Surplus for Town Hall Notes and interest, $5,296.27
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We recommend that the following sum be ap- propriated from the overlay surplus to the reserve fund, $1,200.00
Wm. H. DICKINSON, JOHN T. SHEA,
Finance Committee.
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Report of Town Accountant
To the Board of Selectmen, Hatfield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of your Town Account- ant for the year ending December 31, 1938.
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies :
Previous years, Old Age Assistance, $4.00
Previous years, M. V. Excise, 783.38
Previous years, Personal and Real,
22,817.36
Tax Title Redemptions,
461.54
1938 Poll,
1,108.00
1938 Personal and Real,
35,963.71
1938 M. V. Excise,
3,888.92
In Lieu of Taxes,
50.18
$65,077.09
From the Commonwealth :
Corporation Tax, $983.65
Income Tax,
11,204.50
$12,188.15
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Licenses and Permits :
Liquor,
$1,550.00
Pool and Bowling,
2.00
Milk,
2.00
Junk,
37.00
All Others,
61.00
$1,652.00
Fines and Forfeits : Court,
$133.90
Grants and Gifts :
From the Commonwealth,
Mass. School Fund,
$5,479.77
Union Superintendent,
951.79
Aid to Industrial Schools,
3,383.08
$9,814.64
Federal Grant (Schools),
$959.89
From the County : Dog Licenses,
$227.86
COMMERCIAL REVENUE DEPARTMENTAL
General Government:
Town Clerk,
$256.20
Town Hall,
224.00
$480.20
Protection of Persons and Property :
Sealer's Fees, $73.98
Health and Sanitation :
Tuberculosis, $103.57
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Highway :
Sale of Materials,
$31.75
Machinery Earnings,
2,322.76
Chapter 81,
8,249.95
Chapter 500, Acts of 1938,
2,150.00
Fence Damage,
25.00
Snow Removal,
11.25
$12,790.71
Charities :
Sale of Wood,
$5.00
Reimbursements,
State,
74.32
Aid to Dependent Children, State,
96.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal,
64.00
$239.32
Schools :
Tuition of State Wards,
$135.40
Library :
Fines,
$33.24
Old Age Assistance:
Federal Grant Administrative,
$126.85
Federal Grant Assistance,
3,807.25
From State,
2,816.13
$6,750.23
Unclassified,
$7.06
Water Department:
Water Rates previous year,
$1,218.22
Water Rates current year,
4,069.73
Service Connections,
10.00
$5,297.95
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Interest : On Taxes, On Tax Titles,
$913.31 42.76
$956.07
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue, $27,000.00
In Anticipation of Reimbursement, 3,000.00
$30,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care :
New Funds,
$400.00
Interest Income,
213.86
Withdrawals from funds,
27.57
$641.43
Library Fund :
Income, $33.99
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Highways,
$10.59
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1938,
$12,603.21
Total,
$160,210.48
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen:
Salaries,
$750.00
Expenses,
83.61
Clerk,
88.00
$921.61
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Moderator, Town Accountant : Salary, Expenses,
$25.00
$800.00
60.41
$860.41
Town Treasurer:
Salary,
$600.00
Expenses,
93.53
$693.53
Tax Collector:
Salary,
$550.00
Expenses,
146.00
$696.00
Assessors :
Salaries,
$900.00
Expenses,
49.85
$949.85
Attorney's Fees,
$180.00
Town Clerk :
Salary,
$500.00
Expenses,
61.20
$561.20
Election and Registration :
Salary, Registrars,
$39.00
Salary, Election Officers,
96.00
Expenses,
55.73
$190.73
Bonds of Town Officers :
Treasurer, $51.00
Tax Collector,
112.00
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Water Collector,
10.00
Town Clerk,
7.50
$180.50
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Janitor's Salary,
$954.00
Fuel,
350.74
Light,
245.22
Janitor's Supplies,
63.95
Repairs,
284.65
Miscellaneous,
95.98
$1,994.54
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police :
Salary of Chief,
$1,800.00
Wages of Special Officers,
47.00
Telephone,
38.05
Repair of Equipment,
92.71
Gasoline and Oil,
122.10
Supplies,
5.88
Payment on Car,
150.00
$2,255.74
Fire :
Salary of Chief,
$150.00
Salary of Men,
261.40
Stationery and Stamps,
3.50
Telephone,
27.96
Fuel,
28.62
Hose,
375.00
Repairs,
54.40
Rent,
40.00
Light,
10.18
Miscellaneous Supplies,
161.73
$1,112.79
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Sealer of Weights and Measures : Salary, Expenses,
$132.00 50.00
$182.00
Moth Work:
Superintendent's Salary,
$9.00
Labor,
32.00
Expenses,
13.82
$54.82
Tree Work:
Salary and Wages,
$289.55
Expenses,
9.50
$299.05
1937 UNPAID BILLS
Town Hall,
$4.05
Police,
9.40
Highway,
219.05
Machinery,
26.05
Welfare,
247.76
Schools,
39.69
Unclassified,
6.50
WPA,
221.31
Health,
53.14
$826.95
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health :
Administrative,
$7.31
Cancer,
312.50
Tuberculosis,
State Institutions,
752.00
Other Institutions,
2,238.82
$3,310.63
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Inspection of Animals,
$226.20
Inspection of School Children,
$200.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81 :
Salary and Wages,
$6,702.08
Machinery Charges,
2,162.01
Asphalt and Tar,
3,475.24
Sand and Gravel,
754.92
Tile and Culverts,
516.93
Miscellaneous Supplies,
105.56
Outside Trucks,
383.75
$14,100.49
General:
Salary and Wages,
$745.16
Stone and Gravel,
21.95
Miscellaneous,
381.87
$1,148.98
Bridges:
Salary and Wages,
$15.50
Lumber,
.74
Miscellaneous,
3.50
$19.74
Snow and Ice Removal :
Salary and Wages,
$528.45
Teams,
84.00
$612.45
Chapter 90:
Salary and Wages,
$282.50
Machinery Charges,
160.75
Tar and Asphalt,
940.24
18
Sand and Gravel,
80.52
Other Trucks,
36.00
$1,500.01
Chapter 500:
Salary and Wages,
$1,368.68
Trucks,
238.20
Teams,
71.15
Miscellaneous,
29.08
$1,707.11
Road Machinery, Operating and Repairs :
Labor and Repairs,
$524.02
Gasoline and Oil,
815.75
Parts,
385.39
Tires and Tubes,
203.30
Miscellaneous,
25.19
$1,953.65
Street Lights,
$2,209.99
CHARITIES
Welfare:
Salaries,
$126.25
Postage and Telephone,
6.45
Groceries and Provisions,
766.11
Fuel,
74.00
Board and Care,
691.29
State Institutions,
22.00
Medicine, Medical and Hospital Care, 884.49
Cash Aid,
384.00
Gasoline and Oil,
90.08
Other Cities and Towns,
768.27
Payment on Car,
150.00
$3,962.94
19
Aid to Dependent Children : Town, Federal Grant,
$80.00
16.00
$96.00
Old Age Assistance :
Town Appropriation,
$4,727.27
Federal Grant,
3,807.25
Administrative, Federal Grant,
128.35
$8,662.87
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Groceries and Provisions,
$96.00
Medical Attendence,
12.25
$108.25
SCHOOLS
General Administrative:
Salary of Committee,
$200.00
Salary of Superintendent,
1,600.00
Salary of Truant Officer,
360.00
Printing and Postage,
21.58
Telephone,
98.91
Travel Allowance,
244.81
Census,
25.00
Nurse,
850.00
Office Expense,
15.98
$3,416.28
Teacher's Salaries :
High,
$11,525.76
Elementary,
16,813.76
Music,
776.50
Shop,
219.00
Federal Grant,
575.92
$29,910.94
20
Text Books and Supplies :
High,
$1,134.42
Elementary,
1,233.04
Vocational,
441.74
$2,809.20
Transportation :
High,
$969.31
Elementary,
956.69
$1,926.00
Janitor Service,
$2,568.42
Fuel and Light:
High,
$433.14
Elementary,
2,483.17
$2,916.31
Maintenance :
High,
Janitor's Supplies,
$68.83
Elementary,
Repairs,
555.68
Janitor's Supplies,
140.48
Grounds,
85.12
$850.11
Graduation Expenses,
$81.40
Physical Education,
$126.24
Federal Grant, Travel,
$18.00
Tuition to Smith School,
$1,888.65
LIBRARY
Salaries : Librarian, $349.00
21
Assistant,
124.90
Janitor,
88.00
Books,
581.81
Periodicals,
29.95
Binding Books,
19.20
Fuel,
119.10
Light,
31.23
Repairs,
61.95
Janitor's Supplies,
.75
Stationery and Postage,
20.59
Miscellaneous,
1.32
$1,427.80
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day,
$109.08
Care of Town Clock,
30.50
Printing and Distributing Town Reports,
129.36
Telephone,
46.80
Advertising and Miscellaneous,
13.08
Highway Truck Account,
400.00
Insurance,
1,614.38
$2,343.20
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Salaries and Wages,
$678.14
Rent of Equipment,
113.13
Sand and Stone,
190.10
Telephone,
62.10
Supplies,
2,321.30
Truck Charges,
552.58
Plans and Surveys,
156.15
Freight and Miscellaneous,
1,350.18
$5,423.68
22
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Commissioners,
$75.00
Clerk,
75.00
Collectors,
182.62
Printing and Postage,
13.62
Labor,
971.76
Pipe and Fittings,
121.55
Miscellaneous,
59.39
$1,498.94
CEMETERIES
Wages,
$291.79
INTEREST
Town Hall Notes,
$956.25
Revenue and Reimbursement Notes,
77.30
$1,033.55
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Town Hall Notes,
$5,000.00
Temporary Loans :
Revenue Notes,
7,000.00
Reimbursement Note,
3,000.00
$15,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Taxes :
State,
$7,310.00
State Audit,
423.78
State Parks,
91.04
Veteran's Exemption,
17.48
County,
7,789.85
$15,632.15
23
Cemetery P. C. Fund : New Fund, Income,
$400.00
49.64
Library Fund,
$449.64 $33.99
REFUNDS, TRANSFERS
Taxes,
$2.00
M. V. Excise Taxes,
105.80
$107.80
Dog Licenses paid to County by Treasurer,
$256.20
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1938,
$18,396.16
Total ,
$160.210.48
RECAPITULATION, EXPENDITURES
General Government,
$5,258.83
Town Hall Maintenance,
1,994.54
Protection of Persons and Property,
3,904.40
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years,
826.95
Health and Sanitation,
3,736.83
Highways,
21,042.43
Street Lights,
2,209.99
Charities,
12,721.81
Soldiers' Relief,
108.25
Schools,
44,622.90
Tuition to Smith School,
1,888.65
Library,
1,427.80
Unclassified,
2,343.20
Works Progress Administration,
5,423.68
Water Department,
1,498.94
Cemeteries,
291.79
Interest,
1,033.55
Municipal Indebtedness,
15,000.00
Agency, Trust and Investment,
16,115.78
Refunds, Transfers,
364.00
Appropriation Table
Appropriations
Annual
Special
Transfers
from
Reserve
Total
Available
Expended
To
Revenue
Balances
Brought
Forward
or Special
Accounts
Moderator
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
750.00
750.00
750.00
Selectmen's Clerk
88.00
88.00
88.00
Selectmen's Expense
90.00
90.00
83.61
$6.39
Accountant's Salary
800.00
800.00
800.00
Accountant's Expense
75.00
75.00
60.41
14.59
Treasurer's Salary
600.00
600.00
600.00
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