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Given under our hands this 6th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty.
JOSEPH V. PORADA, FRANK J. BETSOLD, JAMES S. BARDWELL, 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
300.00
$4,795.00
$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
Board of Health, Inspection of Tuberculosis
150.00
Tree Work
400.00
Moth Work
250.00
Insurance
2,000.00
Public Health
3,500.00
18180,00
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Welfare and Equipment
4,500.00
Tuition, Industrial Schools
1,800.00
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
2,000.00
Interest Temp. Loans
150.00
WPA
2,500.00
Land Court Expenses on Tax Title
50.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance
500.00
+
$32,505.00
Unclassified
$25.00
Printing and Delivering Town Reports
150.00
Care and Repairs of Town Clock
25.00
Town Hall Telephone
50.00
Aid, Dependent Children
150.00
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
Old Age Assistance
6,500.00
Public Library Maintenancand Repairs
1,200.00
Fire Department
1,000.00
Schools
41,500.00
Committee Salary
200.00
Water Department Appropriation
1,500.00
Salaries, Commissioners and Clerk
100.00
$52,900.00
We recommend that the following sum be ap- propriated from the available Water Surplus for Town Hall Notes and interest $5,530.25
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We recommend that the following sum be ap- propriated from the overlay surplus to the reserve fund $2,500.00
Wm. H. DICKINSON, JOHN T. SHEA, FRANK A. KEMPISTY, Finance Committee.
32,505.00 52,9000 4795,00 765.00 90865,20
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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, 1939.
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies :
Motor Vehicle Excise,
Previous years
$184.02
Year of 1939
3,380.78
Personal and Real,
Previous years
33,488.80
Year of 1939
45,559.27
Poll, Year of 1939
998.00
In Lieu of Taxes
55.97
$83,666.84
From the Commonwealth:
Corporation Tax
$293.59
Income Tax
8,281.00
$8,574.59
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Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
$1,775.00
Beer Permits
21.50
Junk
29.00
All Other
72.50
$1,898.00
Fines and Forfeits : Court
$150.00
Grants and Gifts :
Federal (Schools)
$394.86
From the Commonwealth,
Mass. School Fund
5,386.84
Aid to Industrial Schools
2,986.52
Union Superintendent
946.63
$9,714.85
From the County :
Dog Licenses
$223.31
For Outlays :
From Individuals
$14.00
COMMERCIAL REVENUE DEPARTMENTAL
General Government:
Collector
$3.15
Town Hall
231.75
$234.90
Protection of Persons and Property : Sealer's Fees
$73.20
Health and Sanitation : Tuberculosis $398.57
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Highway :
Sale of Materials
$2.80
Machinery Earnings
2,514.50
Chapter 81
5,190.91
Chapter 232, Acts of 1939
6,002.79
Chapter 90
2,000.00
$15,711.00
Charities :
Welfare:
Sale of Wood
$5.00
Reimbursements :
Cities and Towns
482.71
State
157.00
$644.71
Aid to Dependent Children :
State
$144.00
Federal Grant
90.00
Federal Grant Administration
26.47
$260.47
Old Age Assistance :
Federal Grant Administration
$177.73
Federal Grant
5,334.00
State
3,285.62
From Individuals
76.50
$8,873.85
Schools :
Tuition of State Wards
$70.98
Tuition of Others
137.35
Sale of Materials
2.26
$210.59
Library : Fines, $33.39
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Water Department:
Water Rates previous years
$362.50
Water Rates current year
5,966.81
Service connections
10.00
Sale of materials
35.00
Hydrant damage
30.00
$6,404.31
Interest:
On Taxes
$1,326.67
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue $35,000.00
In Anticipation of Reimbursement
4,000.00
$39,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care :
New Funds
$253.00
Interest Income
235.46
$488.46
Dog Licenses due County
$233.40
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Reimbursement:
Overpaid School bill $5.80
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1939
$18,396.16
Total
$196,537.07
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RECAPITULATION OF INCOME
1939
1938 $79,503.00 General Revenue
$94,761.64
73.98 Protection of Persons and
Property
73.20
103.57
Health and Sanitation
398.57
12,790.71
Highways
15,711.00
6,989.55
Charities
9,779.03
10,909.93
Schools
9,925.44
33.24
Library
33.39
5,297.95
Water Department
6,404.31
956.07
Interest
1,326.67
30,000.00
Municipal Indebtedness
39,000.00
931.62
Agency, Trust, and Investment
721.86
17.65
Refunds, Transfers
5.80
$147,607.27
$178,140.91
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selctmen :
Salaries
$750.00
Expenses
91.43
Clerk
88.00
$929.43
Moderator
$25.00
Town Accountant :
Salary
$800.00
Expenses
90.21
$890.21
Town Treasurer:
Salary
$600.00
Expense
97.97
$697.97
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Tax Collector : Salary Expenses
$700.00 191.99
$891.99
Assessors :
Salaries
$900.00
Expenses
74.71
$974.71
Attorney's Fees
$100.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
$500.00
Expenses
40.64
$540.64
Election and Registration :
Salaries, Registrars
$172.00
Salaries, Election Officers
45.00
Expenses
81.40
$298.40
Bonds of Town Officers:
Treasurer
$56.00
Collector
102.00
Water Collector
10.00
Town Clerk
7.50
$175.50
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Janitor's Salary
$918.00
Fuel
723.76
Light
274.67
Janitor's Supplies
65.83
Repairs
100.66
All Other
1.80
$2,084.72
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police :
Salary of Chief
$1,800.00
Wages of Special Officers
51.00
Telephone
36.20
Repair of Equipment
92.58
Gasoline and Oil
79.93
Supplies
21.27
Payment on Car
100.00
$2,180.98
Fire :
Salary of Chief
$150.00
Salaries of Men
445.40
Stationery and Stamps
3.00
Telephone
27.96
Fuel and Gasoline
13.55
Hose
500.08
Repairs
34.25
Rent
60.00
Light
9.02
All Other
12.79
$1,256.05
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
$132.00
Expenses
50.00
$182.00
Moth Work:
Superintendent's Salary
$14.50
Labor
185.60
Truck and Care Hire
27.25
$227.35
Tree Work :
Salary and Wages
$165.00
Expenses
11.90
$176.90
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1938 Unpaid Bills
Welfare
$43.95
Schools
10.70
Fire
24.44
Health
104.57
$183.66
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health :
Administrative
$5.00
Cancer
115.00
Tuberculosis :
State Institutions
1,764.00
Other Institutions
1,417.70
$3,301.70
Inspection of Animals
$240.00
Inspection of School Children
$200.00
Inspection of Pre-School Children
$50.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81 :
Salary and Wages
$5,176.02
Machinery Charges
2,399.00
Asphalt and Tar
3,469.57
Sand and Gravel
705.75
Tile and Culverts
1,396.34
Cement
53.32
Outside Trucks
900.00
$14,100.00
General :
Salary and Wages
$1,089.23
Trucks
142.50
Repairs and Supplies
242.79
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Sawing Lumber
123.87
All Other
53.65
$1,652.04
Bridges :
Wages
$9.26
Lumber
235.62
All Other
2.55
$247.43
Snow and Ice Removal :
Salary and Wages
$619.10
Teams
87.25
$706.35
Chapter 90:
Salary and Wages
$237.18
Machinery Charges
115.50
Tar and Asphalt
1,008.00
Sand and Gravel
73.32
Other Trucks
66.00
$1,500.00
Chapter 500:
Salary and Wages
$279.75
Road Machinery Operating and Repair:
Labor, Repairs and Parts
$735.16
Gasoline
847.38
Oil
55.00
All Other
7.14
$1,644.68
Street Lights
$2,374.92
CHARITIES
Welfare: Salary Postage and Telephone
$125.00
7.20 .
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Travel 39.50
Groceries and Provisions
1,090.06
Fuel
100.50
Board and Care
469.00
State Institutions
59.14
Medicine, Medical and Hospital care
204.80
Cash Aid
733.50
Burial Expense
81.00
Other Cities and Towns
1,204.34
Payment on Car
100.00
Gasoline and Oil
72.12
Car Repairs
29.25
$4,315.41
Aid to Dependent Children :
Town
$462.00
Federal Grant
154.00
Federal Grant Administrative
25.00
$641.00
Old Age Assistance :
Town
$6,568.57
Federal Grant
5,308.25
Federal Grant Administrative
170.77
$12,047.59
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Groceries and Provisions
$33.07
Cash Aid
435.00
Rent
25.00
$493.07
SCHOOLS
General Administrative:
Salaries of Committee
$200.00
Salary of Superintendent 1,600.00
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Salary of Truant Officer
360.00
Printing and Postage
83.83
Telephone
101.05
Travel Allowance
310.39
Census
25.00
Nurse
850.45
Office Expense
23.49
$3,554.21
Teacher's Salaries :
High
$11,205.77
Elementary
16,433.25
Music
750.00
Shop
303.50
Federal
698.16
$29,390.68
Text Books and Supplies :
High
$531.57
Elementary
703.15
Vocational
164.09
$1,398.81
Transportation :
High
$863.00
Elementary
802.50
$1,665.50
Janitor Service
$2,506.85
Fuel and Light:
High
$739.55
Elementary
2,489.66
$3,229.21
Maintenance :
High,
Janitor's Supplies $108.07
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Elementary, Repairs
476.45
105.20
Janitor's Supplies Grounds
25.16
$714.88
Graduation Expense
$73.99
Physical Education
$75.21
Federal Grant, Travel
$20.00
Tuition to Smith School
$1,801.06
LIBRARY
Salaries :
Librarian
$356.50
Assistant
119.35
Janitor
96.00
Books
600.70
Periodicals
31.90
Printing
3.97
Fuel
133.46
Light
36.83
Repairs
16.14
Janitor's Supplies
2.94
Stationery and Postage
24.75
All Other
10.00
$1,432.54
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$93.20
Care of Town Clock
125.00
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
131.40
Telephone
46.80
Advertising and Miscellaneous
15.14
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Highway Truck Purchase
425.00
Insurance
1,924.05
Stump Removal
1,734.00
Portable Pump Purchase
272.28
Land Purchase
500.00
Binding Town Reports
74.50
$5,341.37
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expense and Travel
$261.37
Telephone
24.25
Supplies
2,737.46
Plans and Surveys
67.09
Freight and Miscellaneous
728.30
$3,818.47
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Commissioners
$75.00
Clerk
75.00
Collector
193.44
Printing and Postage
9.50
Labor
962.73
Pipe and Fittings
154.98
All Other
29.25
$1,499.90
CEMETERIES
Wages Markers
$311.70
90.00
$401.70
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INTEREST
.
Town Hall Notes
$743.75
Revenue and Reimbursement Notes
53.29
$797.04
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Town Hall Notes
$5,000.00
Temporary Loans :
Revenue Notes
40,000.00
$45,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Taxes :
State
$7,740.00
State Audit
484.34
State Parks
125.74
Veteran's Exemption
16.99
County
6,327.98
$14,695.05
Cemetery P. C. Fund :
New Fund
$253.00
Income
34.76
$287.76
REFUNDS, TRANSFERS
Taxes
$68.95
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
98.31
$167.26
Dog Licenses paid to County Treasurer
$233.40
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1939
$22,822.73
Total
$196,537.07
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RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES
1938
1939
$5,258.83 General Government
$5,523.85
1,994.54
Town Hall Maintenance
2,084.72
3,904.40 Protection of Persons and Property
4,023.28
826.95
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
183.66
3,736.83
Health and Sanitation
3,591.70
21,042.43
Highways
20,130.25
2,209.99
Street Lights
2,374.92
12,721.81
Charities
17,004.00
108.25 Soldiers' Relief
493.07
44,622.90
Schools
42,829.34
1,888.65 Tuition to Smith School
1,801.06
1,427.80
Library
1,432.54
2,343.20
Unclassified
5,341.37
5,423.68
Works Progress Administration
3,818.47
1,498.94 Water Department
1,499.90
291.79 Cemeteries
401.70
1,033.55 Interest
797.04
15,000.00 Municipal Indebtedness
45,000.00
16,115.78
Agency, Trust and Investment 14,982.81
364.00
Refunds, Transfers 400.66
$141,814.32
$173,714.34
Appropriation Table
Annual
Special
Transfers
from
Reserve
Total
Available
@ Expended
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
$1.43
91.43
91.43
Accountant's Salary
800.00
800.00
800.00
Accountant's Expense
100.00
100.00
90.21
$9.79
Treasurer's Salary
600.00
600.00
600.00
Treasurer's Expense
100.00
100.00
97.97
2.03
Tax Collector's Salary
700.00
700.00
700.00
Tax Collector's Expense
200.00
200.00
191.99
8.01
Assessor's Salary
900.00
900.00
900.00
Assessor's Expense
75.00
75.00
74.71
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Election and Registration
500.00
500.00
298.40
201.60
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
150.00
150.00
40.64
109.36
Attorney's Fees
100.00
100.00
100.00
Bonds of Town Officers
190.00
190.00
175.50
14.50
Care of Town Hall
1,900.00
184.72
2,084.72
2,084.72
Police Department
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,180.98
19.02
Fire Department
1,000.00
$200.00
56.05
1,256.05
1,256.05
Funds
To
25
Moth Work
250.00
250.00
227.35
22.65
Tree Work
200.00
200.00
176.90
23.10
Sealer of Weights Salary
132.00
132.00
132.00
Sealer of Weights Expense
50.00
50.00
50.00
Inspection of Children
50.00
50.00
50.00
Health
2,000.00
1,100.00
201.70
3,301.70
3,301.70
School Physician
200.00
200.00
200.00
Inspection of Animals
240.00
240.00
240.00
Highway, Chapter 81
7,050.00
7.050.00a
14,100.00
14,100.00
Highway, General
2,000.00
1,013.14
3,013.14
2,605.82
407.32
Highway, Chapter 90
500.00
500.00a
500.00b
1,500.00
1,500.00
Road Machinery Repair
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,644.68
$355.32h
Street Lights
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,374.92
25.08
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Highway Chapter 500, 1939
279.75c
279.75
279.75
Public Welfare
4,000.00
315.41
4,315.41
4,315.41
Aid to Dependent Children:
Town
500.00
500.00
462.00
38.00
Federal Grant
154.00
154.00
154.00
Federal Grant Administrative
26.47
26.47
25.00
1.47c
Old Age Assistance:
Town
6,000.00
1,400.00
7,400.00
6,568.57
831.43
Federal Grant
5,334.00
5,334.00
5,308.25
25.75c
Federal Grant Administrative
190.47
190.47
170.77
19.70c
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
200.00
700.00
493.07
206.93
Schools:
Committee Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town 41,800.00 Federal
41.800.00
41.711.18
88.82
780.83
780.83
718.16
62,67c
Tuition to Smith School 2,100.00
2,100.00
1,801.06
298.94
Library
1,200.00
223.31f
9.23
1,432.54
1,432.54
Works Progress Administration 2,000.00
1,195.39c
350.00
282.73
3,828.12
3,818.47
9.65d
Memorial Day
125.00
125.00
93.20
31.80
Care of Town Clock
50.00
75.00
125.00
125.00
Printing Town Reports
150.00
150.00
131.40
18.60
Telephone
50.00
50.00
46.80
3.20
Truck Purchase
425.00
425.00
425.00
Unclassified
25.00
14.00g
39.00
15.14
23.86
Insurance
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,924.05
75.95
Reserve Fund
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,052.27
147.73d
Unpaid bills of 1938
183.66
183.66
183.66
Stump Removal
1,734.00
1,734.00
1,734.00
Bind and Repair Town Reports
100.00
100.00
74.50
25.50
Portable Pump
272.28
272.28
272.28
_ Land Purchase
50.00
500.00
500.00
Lond Court Expense
50.00
50.00
50.00
Water Department
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,499.90
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Cemeteries
200.00
200.70e
1.00
401.70
401.70
Interest
893.75
893.75
797.04
96.71 .
Town Hall Note
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Totals
$98,639.69 $22,946.06 $1,052.27 $122,638.02 $119,383.14
$2,632.59
$622.29
a State Aid: b County Aid. c Balance brought forward. d Overlay Surplus. e From P. C. Fund. f Dog license refund. h Machinery Reserve,
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TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1939 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1934
$44.00
Levy of 1935
83.46
Levy of 1936
242.14
Levy of 1937
1,964.66
Levy of 1938 9,871.72
Levy of 1939
27,484.14
$39,690.12
$14.98
Road Machinery Earnings
Reserve
$3,362.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1934
$93.28
Federal Grants:
. Levy of 1935 122.64
Schools $62.67
Levy of 1936 103.45
Aid to Dependent Chil-
dren, Administrative
1.47
Levy of 1937 195.53
$22,822.73 Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue $15,000.00
In Anticipation of
Reimbursement 4,000.00
$19,000.00 28
Taxes Overestimated : State Parks $14.49
Veterans' Exemption .49
Levy of 1938
120.58
Levy of 1939
464.59
$1,100.07
Old Age Assistance 25.75 Old Age Assistance Administrative 19.70
$109.59
Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus)
$5,734.08
Departmental :
Health
$1,001.38
Overlay Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1934 $44.00
Levy of 1935
83.46
Levy of 1936
242.14
Water Rates
$2,866.55
Levy of 1938
1,387.07
State Aid to Highways
$1,859.09
Levy of 1939
215.21
$3,031.09
Overdrawn Accounts :
Highway Chapter 81
$444.25
Water Department Available Surplus $6,329.31
Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $1,100.07
Tax Title
539.52
Departmental 1,256.99
Water 2,866.55
Welfare
175.61
Old Age Assistance 80.00
$1,256.99
Levy of 1937
1,059.21
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Tax Titles
$539.52
State Aid to Highway 444.25
Surplus Revenue
$6,207.38 $26,790.06
$70,579.32
$70,579.32
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $15,000.00 Town Hall Loan $15,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $10,108.39 Hatfield Library Fund $1,403.71 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 8,704.68
$10,108.39
$10,108.39
Respectfully submitted, DEWEY J. RYAN,
Accountant.
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31
Treasurer's Report
John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with TOWN OF HATFIELD
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1939
$18,396.16 178,140.91
Receipts for 1939
$196,537.07
Payments per warrants
173,714.34
Payment in excess of warrant
.50
$22,822.23
Cash in office, verified $2,263.97
Check book balance
20,558.26
$22,822.23
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Income Expense Balance
Fund
1939
1939 $10.00
1939 $115.54
Augusta Wells
8.55
8.55
340.48
Oliver Warner
1.31
1.31
52.37
& John H. Sanderson
2.64
2.64
105.44
- Luman M. Moore
5.04
5.04
200.64
P. M. Wells
3.25
3.25
129.86
Benjamin Waite
2.28
2.28
90.91
Abby Dickinson
2.57
2.57
102.57
Silas G. Hubbard
7.01
6.00
279.96
Levi Graves
3.99
3.99
159.00
- Lucy L. Morton
7.97
4.00
321.39
Charles Smith
2.74
2.74
109.05
Lemuel B. Field
2.74
2.74
109.18
> Rufus H. Cowles
2.79
2.79
111.44
Charles E. Hubbard
2.87
2.87
114.30
- Alpheus Cowles
2.69
2.69
107.18
James Porter
2.73
2.73
109.51
Daniel W. Allis J. H. Howard
3.83
3.83
152.22
2.69
2.69
107.48
Fannie M. Burke
2.77
2.77
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck
2.77
2.77
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
2.73
2.73
109.45
E. S. Warner
3.04
3.04
204.53
@ Reuben Belden
2.51
2.51
100.00
-7 Theodore Porter
2.66
2.66
106.18
Charles L. Graves
2.66
2.66
106.22
Roswell Hubbard
2.59
2.59
103.54
C Cooley D. Dickinson
3.25
3.25
129.63
+
~ Elijah Bardwell
9.85
4.00
397.92
-
Hannah W. Smith
$12.69
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Joseph D. Billings
2.58
2.58
102.92
Edward C. Billings
27.19
22.50
598.26
& Augusta Beals
2.69
2.69
107.29
- Anthony Douglas
1.52
1.52
55.24
-J. E. Porter
2.57
2.57
102.43
Jonathan Graves
2.61
2.61
104.12
- Hugh McLeod
2.58
2.58
102.92
- B. M. Warner
5.21
5.21
207.42
Chester Hastings
2.59
2.59
103.14
- Lucius & Stearns Curtis
6.34
5.00
254.18
Frary & Gardner
2.51
2.51
100.57
Henry C. Batchellor
2.53
2.53
101.26
-T. F. Knight & Jno Porter
10.68
8.00
427.62
H. W. Carl
2.58
2.58
102.73
Scott & Herman Harris
3.00
3.00
200.00
Thaddeus & Solomon Graves
5.06
5.06
201.91
- J. D. Brown
2.51
2.51
100.00
Mary E. Hubbard
2.76
2.76
100.00
Samuel H. Field
3.78
3.78
150.53
Lewis S. Dyer
2.53
2.53
101.00
Charles H. Waite
3.21
132.14
Pereptual Care Funds Received,
227.70
Paid Out Care of Lots
200.70
Hatfield Library Fund, Interest
9.87
403.71
X Henry R. Holden
5.45
5.45
200.00
¿Conrad W. Wolfram
5.45
5.45
200.00
NEW ACCOUNTS
William Daugherty
1.56
3.00
$251.56
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS, 1939 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January
2
2
February
3
0
March
2
0
April
1
2
May
3
2
June
2
0
July
0
2
August
0
0
September
0
0
October
1
1
November
2
1
December
5
1
Total
14
9
BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers .
. United States
20
21
Poland
2
2
Czechoslovakia
1
0
-
-
Total
23
23
BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
29
24
27
37
36
35
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS-1939
January
0 First marriage of both 34
February
3 Second marriage of Groom
1
March
1 Third marriage of Groom
1
April 3 Second marriage of Bride
2
May
6
Youngest Groom
19
June
5
Oldest Groom
64
July 1
Youngest Bride
17
August 2
Oldest Bride
33
September 4
Birthplace
Groom
Bride
October 5
United States
34
36
November
6
Poland
1
December
0
Canada
1
Total
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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1939
Jakub Paszek
Annie Bokun
Riley
Frank O. Bardwell
William H. Warriner
Grace A. Kelly
Frank J. Russell
Johanna R. Smith
Marya F. Yanginski
Anthony E. Malinowski
Margaret A. Ryan
Edwin Adamski
Richard J. Whalen
Joseph Liebl
Howard A. Ranney
Mary Ellen O'Dea
J. R. McGRATH. Town Clerk.
36
Assessors' Report
Value of assessed Buildings
$1,459,670.00
Value of assessed Land
848,445.00
Value of assessed Real Estate
2,308,115.00
Value of assessed Personal Estate
231,375.00
Value of assessed Real and Personal Estate
2,539,490.00
Rate of tax per thousand
29.00
Number of polls assessed
788
Number of horses assessed
202
Number of cows assessed
205
Number of neat cattle assessed
96
Number of sheep assessed
220
Number of fowl assessed
3,540
Number of dwelling houses assessed
478
Number of automobiles assessed
736
Number of acres of land assessed
8,946
Town appropriation
$108,764.69
State tax
11,610.00
State audit tax
484.34
State Parks tax
149.12
Veterans' exemptions
18.68
County tax
6,327.98
Overlayings
1,916.73
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income tax
$9,978.04
Corporation tax
249.74
Excise tax
3,500.00
Licenses
1,600.00
3,0
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Fines
130.00
Schools
9,500.00
General Government
400.00
Protection of persons and property
100.00
Charities
230.00
Old Age Assistance
2,800.00
Libraries
30.00
Interest on Taxes
700.00
In lieu of taxes
50.00
Available funds
18,621.27
Over estimate on County Tax
158.49
Chapter 404, acts of 1939
6,002.79
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Under Chapter 59, General Laws
Church property
$79,600.00
Town property
340,205.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery
3,500.00
Smith Academy
60,000.00
Respectfully Submitted,
4830528
JOHN J. FUSEK, JOHN E. RAFFA.
THOMAS L. MULLANY,
38
Library Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library :
January 1, 1939, the library contained 8,438 volumes. During the year 441 books were added. Of these books, 184 were for children and 257 for adults.
There were 20 periodicals in circulation. The circu- lation of books and periodicals for the year was : juveniles, 6,0000 ; fiction, 11,625 ; non-fiction, 4,468 ; a total of 22,093.
Honor Reading certificates have been awarded to sixty-eight children of the Center School for reading five books and to thirty-four for reading twenty books on the approved reading list sent out by the Division of Public Libraries of the State Department of Education.
The library continues to supply the best in non-fiction, . German, Polish and Slovak books.
The total number of borrowers, including men women and children, is 704.
The library is open Monday and Friday from seven p. m. to nine p. m. for adults, Wednesday from twelve noon to one p. m. for pupils of the outlying districts who attend school in the center, and from three to five for all children and adults.
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.
39
Report of Water Commissioners
During 1939 the following work was done:
1. Installation of two new services and renewal of eighteen.
2. All necessary repairing was completed.
3. The small reservoir was cleaned six times.
4. The large reservoir was cleaned twice.
5. All hydrants were flushed twice.
6. Through the aid of the U. S. Forestry Service, we were able to clean up and remove the fire hazard from the Kusick lot which was purchased shortly after the Town meeting last February. This project was completed with no expense to the town.
7. Six small samples of water were sent to Lawrence, Mass., and two large samples were sent to Boston. These sample passed the health specification tests.
Another year has passed with no complaint from the State Department of Public Health.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. EBERLEIN, ARTHUR E. SMITH,
MICHAEL DULASKI,
Board of Water Commissioners.
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Police Report
Hatfield, Mass. December 31, 1939.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The report of the Police Department for the year end- ing December 31, 1939 and the number of arrests made in the Town of Hatfield is herewith respectfully submitted.
Drunkness
18
Motor vehicle laws, violated
31
Driving so as to endanger
5
Cruelty to animals
1
Disturbing the peace
1
Driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated
7
Gaming
1
Illegitimate Child Act
2
Lewdness
1
Neglect of Children
2
Vagrants
6
Assault and Battery
2
2
Breaking and entering in the night time Larceny
4
-
83
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR R. BREOR,
Chief of Police.
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN FOR 1940
Stanley T. Rogalewski
Peter P. Backiel
Peter Raffa
Alfred E. Breor
Alexander Celatka
John A. Betsold
Raymond Labbee
John Pelis, Jr.
William E. Boyle, Jr.
Herman N. Harris
George L. Goller
Fred T. Bardwell
Robert Field
Edward F. Porada
George M. Deinlein.
Joseph M. Slusars
John R. McGrath
Raymond W. Gore John Osley, Sr.
Anthony Malinowski
Stephen Majesky
John J. Fusek
Frank Kusekoski
David Mullany
Anthony W. Jandzinski
Albert S. Kirejczyk
Thomas E. Sheehan
Thomas L. Mullany
John J. Betsold
Leonard H. Vollinger
Frank Malinowski . Harold J. Morse
Clifford L. Belden
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Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Payments, January 1, 1939 to January 1, 1940
January
Town $427.50
Federal $362.50 387.50
Total $790.00
February
519.50
907.00
March
976.00
976.00
April
534.00
387.50
921.50
May
539.00
446.00
985.00
June
567.50
462.50
1,030.00
July
491.50
453.50
945.00
August
437.62
482.50
920.12
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