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I wish to thank the faculty for their helpful attitude, ever generous assistance, and good will in all activities connected with the school.
Finally, may I express my appreciation of the loyal support and cooperation of the superintendent, members of the School Committee, the Board of Trustees and Board of Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD J. BURKE,
Principal.
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School Health Report
To the Superintendent and
Members of the School Committee, Hatfield, Massachusetts.
The School Health Program varies but slightly from year to year, except for shift of emphasis as indicated through the annual physical examination and the general welfare of students and public.
The need for a close and definite effort in detecting early sypmtoms of tuberculosis, is evident. During this year Dr. O'Brien and staff gave the von-Pirquet skin test to the High School group and reported as follows:
No. of students tested, 54
No. of students x-rayed and examined, 12
No. to be followed up 1939, 4
The Chadwick Clinic report of follow-up-
No. of students x-rayed and examined, 7
No. of students showing improved health, 7
No. discharged, 1
For x-ray and examination 1939, 6
No. of private x-ray and examinations, 10
The second feature emphasized was Dental Health. The Red Cross Dental Service report-
No. of dental operations, 898
No. of students receiving correction, 238
No. receiving private care, 36
No. of visual corrections,
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No. of nose and throat corrections, 5
No. of nutritional corrections,
9
No. of nutritional improvements, 16
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The 6 school children under the supervision of the Shriner's Hospital were examined during the year, and reported as improving. One boy was discharged to adult clinic supervision.
Health Teaching Service- Centre and North Grammar School- First Aid and Safety classes.
High School-
First Aid and Safety- Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. Personal and Community Hygiene.
The school health department is indebted to the Hampshire County Public Health Association for the splendid facilities of Camp Hodgkins as a health building institute and recomeend liberal support for the sake of the children needing this type of special supervision.
To the Hampshire County Chapter, American Red Cross-The State and Local health departments-The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co-Parents, Teachers- Members of the School Committee and all others interest- ed and cooperating with us in making the schools an in- teresting and healthful invironment in which to live.
Respectfully submitted,
MARION HOLMES, R. N.
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Report of the Supervisor of Music
To the Superintendent of Schools and the School Com- mittee :
Music education had its humble beginning in our public schools in Boston about one hundred years ago when Lowell Mason first introduced singing in the gram- mar schools. Twenty-six years later a relative of Mason, Luther Mason carried music into the primary grades. Then in 1869 Julius Eichberg first taught music in the high schools of Boston. The progress of music has been extensive and now reaches most of the youth of America.
The plan of music education is to teach our children the proper use of the singing voice: to cure monotones as far as possible; to develope song singing and song rep- ertory ; to give preparation and practice in the principles and reading of music; and an understanding of rhythmic principles. Harmony, a phase much enjoyed by the classes is presented in the singing of two, three and four part music.
Our musical activities during the past year in Smith Academy included programs for prize speaking contest, Memorial Day, Class Day and Graduation. In the grades we prepared programs for Memorial Day Center School program in June and a Christmas pageant.
The schedule of the music supervisor includes a visit weekly to each room in the Center and School Street build- ing-two visits monthly to the other elementary schools and two periods weekly in Smith Academy.
The sincere cooperation and interest of the superin- tendent, members of the school committee, principals, teachers and pupils is indeed an inspiration, and I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to them all.
Respectfully submitted,
MAUDE E. BOYLE, Supervisor of Music.
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TEACHER DATA, JANUARY, 1939
Smith Academy, Vocational,
E. J. Burke, Holyoke $2,800.00
Dorothy Allaire, Hatfield, 1,150.00
John H. Kalloch, Hatfield 1,800.00
Academic,
Clarence J. Larkin, Haydenville 1,700.00
Mary E. Ryan, Hatfield
1,450.00
Pauline R. Lyons, Methuen
1,150.00
Helen E. Benjamin, Sunderland 1,000.00*
Margaret Stoddard, Hatfield
950.00
Elementary, Center Schools,
Raymond N. Jenness, Hatfield
1,550.00
Margaret A. Ryan, Hatfield 1,150.00
Sarah V. Kiley, Hatfield 1,100.00
Grace W. Bardwell, Hatfield
1,100.00
Constance Mullany, Hatfield
1,100.00
Catherine T. Shea, Holyoke
1,100.00
Ellen M. Larkin, Holyoke
1,000.00
Peter G. Staszko, Agawam
1,050.00
Katherine I. Hayes, Hatfield
1,100.00
Anna Osley, Hatfield
1,100.00
Marie A. Proulx, Hatfield
1,100.00
Martha K. Pelissier, Hatfield
1,100.00
Mary D. Donelson, Hatfield
1,100.00
Helen F. Boyle, Hatfield
1,000.00
Lena P. Fitzgerald, Hatfield
1,100.00
Maude E. Boyle, Hatfield
750.00*
Hill, North, Hatfield, Bradstreet, Music, Nurse and Health Education,
Marian Holmes, R. N., Northampton 850.00+
*Afternoons in the elementary schools as supervisor of penmanship. ¡An equal amount and equal time is allotted to Hadley.
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HENRY F. LONG COMMISSIONER
THEODORE N. WADDELL DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Arrounts
State House, Boston
January 19, 1939
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Joseph V. Porada, Chairman Hatfield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Hatfield for the year ending December 31, 1938, made in accordance with the provis- ions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman D. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, Theodore N. Waddell,
Director of Accounts.
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Hatfield for the year ending December 31, 1938, and submit the following report there- on :
The financial transactions, as entered on the records of the several departments receiving or disbursing town funds or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by a comparison with the books of the town accountant and the treasurer.
The surety bonds of the town officials required to furnish them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The receipts for licenses granted by the selectmen were checked with the record of licenses issued. The pay- ments to the treasurer were verified and the surety bonds filed with the town by individuals to whom liquor licenses were issued were examined and checked.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the treasurer's books, while the re- corded payments were compared with the treasury war- rants and with the treasurer's record of disbursements. The appropriation accounts, as recorded on the ledger, were checked with the town meeting records of the town clerk, the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the authorizations of the finance committee, and all other accounts were checked with information in the de- partments in which the transactions originated. The
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ledger was analyzed, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town on De- cember 31, 1938.
The tax title deeds in the custody of the treasurer were listed and checked with the accounts of the treasurer, collector, and town accountant.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The receipts, as recorded, were compared with the departmental records of pay- ments to the treasurer and with the other sources from which money was paid into the treasury. The payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants, the cash book addition was verified, and the cash balance on De- cember 31, 1938, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from the bank of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The payments on account of debt and interest were checked with the cancelled securities on file and with the amounts falling due during the period audited.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The tax accounts out- standing at the time of the previous examination were audited and all subsequent commitment lists of taxes were added and proved with the assessors' warrants. The col- lections, as recorded, were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements as entered were checked with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the ac- countant's ledger. The cash on hand was proved by actual count.
The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, and from
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the replies received it appears that the outstanding ac- counts, as listed, are correct.
It is recommended that a determined effort be made to collect the taxes of prior years.
The receipts of the sealer of weights and measures were checked with the record of work done and the pay- ments to the treasurer were verified.
The recorded receipts from rentals of town property were compared with the payments to the treasurer.
The receipts of the town clerk for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the record of licenses issued. The payments to the Division of Fisheries and Game and to the town treasurer were verified.
It was noted that at the annual meeting in 1938 the town voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 403, Acts of 1936 which permits the inclusion of additional public employees under the Workmen's Compensation Act. At- tention is called to the fact that the above statute provides that the additional classes of employees to be covered by the act should be specified by town vote, and that the De- partment of Industrial Accidents should be notified in writing of the action taken by the town.
The records of accounts receivable of the highway, public welfare, health, and water departments were ex- amined and checked. The departmental records of charges were analyzed, the collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements and disallow- ances were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger.
The records of receipts of the librarian for fines were checked, the payments to the treasurer being compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.
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The securities and savings bank books representing the investment of trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the payments being verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental ac- counts, as well as tables showing the condition and tran- sactions of the trust funds.
While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was received from the several town officials, for which, on be- half of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1938, per previous audit, Receipts,
$12,603.21 147,638.77
$160,241.98
Payments,
$141,845.82
Balance December 31, 1938 :
First National Bank of Northampton,
Cash in office, verified,
$16,962.44 1,433.72 $18,396.16
$160,241.98
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NORTHAMPTON
Balance December 31, 1938, per statement, $20,714.34
Balance December 31, 1938,
per check book, $16,962.44
Outstanding checks December 31, 1938, per list, 3,751.90
$20,714.34
TAXES-1933
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $6.00
Payments to treasurer 1938,
$6.00
TAXES-1934
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit, $61.94
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Payments to treasurer, Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 51.94
$10.00
$61.94
TAXES-1935
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $2,108.85
Payments to treasurer,
$1,887.82
Abatements,
58.30
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 162.73
$2,108.85
TAXES-1936
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit, $9,074.65
Payments to treasurer,
$5,229.26
Abatements,
52.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 3,793.39
$9,074.65
TAXES-1937
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit,
$26,886.85
Overpayment to collector, refunded,
2.00
$26,888.85
Payments to treasurer, $15,684.28
157.17
Abatements, Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 11,047.40
$26,888.85
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TAXES-1938
Commitment per warrant, $68,952.39
Additional commitments, 6.00
$68,958.39
Payments to treasurer,
$37,071.71
Abatements,
1,144.26
Added to tax titles, 83.20
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 30,658.68
Cash on hand December 31, 1938, verified, .54
$68,958.39
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES-1933
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $3.00
Audit adjustment :
Collection after abatement, 1.00
$4.00
Payments to treasurer 1938, $4.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1933
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit,
$13.16
Payments to treasurer 1938, $13.16
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1934
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $122.15
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Payments to treasurer, $24.87
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 97.28
$122.15
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1935
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit, $166.09
Payments to treasurer,
$36.83
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 129.26
$166.09
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1936
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $252.70
Payments to treasurer,
$126.07
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 126.63
$252.70
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1937
Outstanding January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $799.38
Additional commitment,
28.43
$827.81
Payments to treasurer, $582.45 Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 245.36
$827.81
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1938
Commitment per warrants, $4,199.04
Abatements after payment, refunded, 105.80
Duplicate collection, to be refunded, 2.00
$4,306.84
Payments to treasurer,
$3,888.92
Abatements, 191.65
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list,
226.27
$4,306.84
INTEREST ON TAXES
Interest collections 1938 :
Taxes :
Levy of 1935,
$183.05
Levy of 1936,
315.41
Levy of 1937,
326.64
Levy of 1938,
18.84
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1933,
1.74
Levy of 1934,
3.09
Levy of 1935,
5.47
Levy of 1936,
16.35
Levy of 1937,
26.77
Levy of 1938,
15.95
$913.31
Payments to treasurer 1938,
$913.31
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1938, per previous audit, $825.06
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Added to tax titles : Taxes 1938, 83.20
$908.26
Tax titles redeemed,
$461.54
Balance December 31, 1938, per list, 446.72
$908.26
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES
Licenses granted 1938 :
Common victuallers',
$6.00
Pool,
2.00
Slaughtering,
2.00
Junk,
37.00
Auto, .
5.00
Milk,
2.00
Peddlers',
8.00
Roadside stand,
1.00
Oleomargarine,
.50
Liquor,
1,550.00
Beer and wine, special,
22.50
$1,636.00
Payments to treasurer 1938, -
$1,636.00
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued 1938 :
Males, 108 at $2.00,
$216.00
Spayed females, 20 at $2.00,
40.00
Females, 5 at $5.00,
25.00
Overpaid to treasurer, 1.80
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$282.80
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Payment to treasurer 1938, $256.20
Fees retained 1938, 133 at $.20,
26.60
$282.80
Sporting Licenses
Licenses issued 1938 :
Resident citizens' fishing, 82 at $2.00, $164.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 43 at $2.00, 86.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 44 at $3.25, 143.00
Resident citizens' minor and
female fishing, 34 at $1.25, 42.50
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Resident citizens' trapping,
9 at $5.25, 47.25
Resident citizens' minor trapping, 5 at $2.25, 11.25
Special non-resident fishing,
1 at $1.50,
1.50
Duplicates, 2 at $.50,
1.00
$496.50
Payments to Division of Fisheries
and Game, 1938, $442.00
Fees retained 1938, 218 at $.25, 54.50
$496.50
TOWN HALL RENTALS
Cash on hand January 1, 1938, $5.00
Outstanding January 1, 1938, 14.00
Charges 1938, 217.00
$236.00
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Payments to treasurer 1938,
$224.00
Abatements 1938,
12.00
$236.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cash on hand January 1, 1938, $ .65
Charges 1938, 73.33
$73.98
Payments to treasurer 1938, $73.98
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit, $103.57
Charges,
1,086.22
$1,189.79
Payments to treasurer,
$103.57
Outstanding December 31, 1938,
per list, 1,086.22
$1,189.79
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1938, $11.25
Payments to treasurer 1938, $11.25
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PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1938,
per previous audit,
$100.83
Charges, 199.37
Audit adjustment:
Charges not reported,
147.00
$447.20
Payments to treasurer,
$96.00
Audit adjustment:
Disallowance not entered, 4.83
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 346.37
$447.20
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1938,
$2,847.89
Payments to treasurer 1938,
$2,816.13
Disallowances 1938,
31.76
$2,847.89
LIBRARY
Recepits :
Fines 1938,
$33.24
Payments to treasurer 1938,
$33.24
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WATER RATES
Outstanding March 10, 1938,
per previous audit, $2,238.54
Commitments March 10 to December 31, 1938, 6,309.12
Audit adjustment:
Abatements duplicated, 51.90
$8,599.56
Payments to treasurer March 10 to December 31, 1938, $4,900.48
Abatements March 10 to December 31, 1938, 278.56
Audit adjustment:
Erroneous commitment,
30.10
Outstanding December 31, 1938, per list, 3,256.22
Cash on hand December 31, 1938, verified, 134.20
$8,599.56
HATFIELD LIBRARY FUND
On hand at beginning of year 1938, On hand at end of year 1938,
Savings Securities Deposits Par Value
Total
$359.85 $1,000.00
$1,359.85
393.84
1,000.00
1,393.84
Receipts
Payments
Income,
$33.99
Added to savings deposits, $33.99
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Savings Deposits
In Custody In Custody of State of Town Securities Treasurer Treasurer Par Value
Total
On hand at be-
ginning of year 1938,
$300.00
$7,205.61
$500.00
$8,005.61
On hand at end
of year 1938,
$300.00
$7,627.68
$500.00
$8,427.68
Receipts
Payments
Bequests,
$400.00
Income,
213.86
Added to savings deposits, $422.07
Transfer to town, 191.79
$613.86
$613.86
TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1938 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$18,396.16
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1934, $51.94
Levy of 1935, 162.73
Levy of 1936,
3,793.39
Levy of 1937, 11,047.40
Levy of 1938,
30,659.22
$45,714.68
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1934,
$97.28
Levy of 1935,
129.26
Levy of 1936, 126.63
Levy of 1937,
245.36
Levy of 1938,
224.27
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue, 1938,
$20,000.00
County Tax-Overestimate, 158.49
Road Machinery Fund,
$2,918.01 75
Federal Grants : Old Age Assistance-
Administration, $12.74
Aid to Dependent Children, 64.00
$76.74
$822.80
Unexpended Balances : Chestnut Street Bridge, Repairs, $1,125.00
Tax Titles, $446.72
Departmental : Health, $1,086.22
Public Welfare, 346.37
$1,432.59
High ways, Chapter 500, Acts of 1938, 442.89 Works Progress Admin- istration Projects, 1,195.39 Smith-Hughes Fund, 365.97
$3,129.25
Water Rates, $3,390.42
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus,
$3,153.59
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1934,
$51.94
Levy of 1935, 162.73 76
Levy of 1936, 3,793.39
Levy of 1937, 1,059.21
Levy of 1938,
1,391.62
$6,458.89
Underestimates-To be Raised :
State Tax,
$3,870.00
Parks and Reservations Tax, 8.89
Veterans' Exemption
Assessment,
1.20
$3,880.09
Water Department Available Surplus, $5,296.27
Revenue Available When Collected :
M. V. Excise Tax,
$822.80
Tax Title,
446.72
Aid to Highways :
State,
$500.00
County,
500.00
$1,000.00
Overdrawn Account: Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance,
Departmental,
1,432.59
Water, 3,390.42
$1,000.00
State and County Aid to Highways, 1,000.00
$7,092.53
Surplus Revenue,
$27,799.69
$76,083.46
$76,083.46
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$20,000.00 Town Hall Loan,
$20,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, $9,821.52
Hatfield Library Fund, Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, 8,427.68
$1,393.84
$9,821.52
$9,821.52
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN of HATFIELD
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31
1939
HATFIELD
INDUSTRY
PROSPERITY
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
Selectmen's Warrant
FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
FEBRUARY 19, 1940
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 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. Town Clerk. Three Selectmen for one year. One Assessor for three years. One member of the Water Commissioners for Three years. One member Library Trustees for three years. One member of the School Committee for three years. Town Treasurer. Tax Collector. Tree Warden. Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith.
The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon 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.
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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, 1940, 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 if the town will vote to accept the list of Jurors as submitted by the selectmen for the en- suing year, or act anything thereon.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $133.16 for unpaid bills of 1939.
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Article 10. To see if the town will vote to purchase land of Daniel P. Sheehan to build or rebuild a road on Kelloggs Hill, so-called, which was washed away by the flood, and raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to de- fray the expense of said purchase, or act anything thereon.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to purchase a truck for the Highway Department and transfer from the Road Machinery earnings the sum of $1,500.00, and raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 to pay for same together with old truck, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to make a Public Way out of the road on the left opposite Melchior Kulesza's house, on North Street leading to a point South of the residence of Alexander Donnis, on Prospect Street, or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to cooperate with the Selectmen in revising the present By-Laws of the town, and to recommend such additional By-Laws as they consider necessary, and report their doings to the town, or act anything thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Select- men to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
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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.
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