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Payments
Income
$10.44 Added to savings deposits $10.44
HILL CEMETERY GENERAL CARE FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1948
$480.99
$480.99
On hand at end of year 1948
$480.99
$480.99
On hand January 22, 1949 Receipts
$480.99
$480.99
Income $7.23
Payments Transfer to town $7.23
MAIN STREET CEMETERY GENERAL CARE FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1948
$10.00
$10.00
On hand at end of year 1948
$10.00
$10.00
On hand January 22, 1949
$10.00
$10.00
Receipts
Payments
Income
· $.16
Transfer to town $.16
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1948
$12,191.84 $12,191.84
On hand at end of year 1948
$12,549.34 $12,549.34
On hand January 22, 1949 Receipts
$12,549.34 $12,549.34 Payments
Bequests
$350.00
Added to savings deposits $357.50
Income
181.04
Transfer to town 173.54
$531.04
$531.04
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value Total
On hand at beginning of year 1948
$3,892.49 $57,000.00 $60,892.49
On hand at end of year 1948
$5,559.48 $71,000.00 $76,559.48
On hand January 22, 1949 $5,559.48 $71,000.00 $76,559.48 Payments
Receipts
Town appro- priation
$14,000.00
Added to savings deposits $1,666.99
Income
1,666.99
Purchase of se- curities 14,000.00
$15,666.99
$15,666.99
TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1945:
Personal Property, $21.00
·Real Estate, 15.30
Levy of 1946:
Poll,
$28.00
Personal Property, 42.16
Real Estate, 563.48
633.64
Levy of 1947:
Poll, $102.00
Personal Property, 276.80
Liabilities and Reserves
$66,817.79 Police Association Gift, $450.00
Road Machinery Fund, 4,691.21
School Lunch Reserve, 6,377.00
Old Age Assistance Recovery,
55.00
Federal Grants:
$36.30 Aid to Dependent Children : Aid, $38.34
Administration, 2.35
Old Age Assistance :
Assistance, 35.76
Administration, 3.55
Federal Commodity Distribution Fund- School Lunches, 30.52
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Real Estate,
1,761.73
2,140.53
Smith-Hughes and George-Barden Funds, 364.18
474.70
Levy of 1948:
Poll,
$358.00
Personal
Property 3,422.59
Real Estate, 22,064.13
25,844.72
$28,655.19
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1946, $41.25
Levy of 1947, 567.15
Levy of 1948, 2,489.99
3,098.39
Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Remodeling Town Hall Basement, $2,852.13
Highways, Chapter 90 Construction, 853.77
Repair to Riverbank- Little Ponsett, 500.00
Bridge Repair, 4,574.77
Town Barn Repair, 363.49
Library Building Repair, 381.19
Post-War Plans,
500.00
Honor Roll- World War II, 1,400.00
Water Main-
Sunset Avenue, 78.88
Cemeteries-Purchase of Land, 300.00
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11,804.23
Departmental :
Slaughter Fees,
$33.50
Highways, 43.00
Temporary Aid,
40.00
Aid to Dependent
Children,
423.03
Schools,
234.89
Cemeteries,
203.32
Levy of 1945 , $36.30
Levy of 1946, 633.64
Levy of 1947, 825.22
Levy of 1948,
1,002.24
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Water:
Rates, $1,938.01
Connections and
Miscellaneous, 15.00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
1,953.01
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $3,098.39
Departmental, 977.74
Water, 1,953.01
County,
1,780.42
Aid to Highways, 6,960.68
6,960.68
Elm Street Sewer Extension Auhorized from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, 6,000.00
Water Available Surplus, 7,815.25
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, 4,111.43
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
977.74
2,497.40
Aid to Highways:
State,
5,180.26
12,989.82
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund for Elm Street Sewer Extension, 6,000.00
Underestimates 1948: State Parks and Reservations Assessment,
26.43
County Tax,
1,211.21
Surplus Revenue, 58,434.40
$115,700.44
$115,700.44
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
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Trust and Investment Funds,
Cash and Securities, $90,345.65
Firemen's Relief Fund, $42.08
Hatfield Library Fund, 703.76
Hill Cemetery General Care Fund, 480.99
Main Street Cemetery General Care Fund, 10.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, 12,549.34
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, 76,559.48
$90,345.65
$90,345.65
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1949
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
Massachusetts Town Report Contest
This Certifies that the Coum of Hatfield
has been awarded Honorable Mention
in poplation rlass Three for the year 1948
This Contest is sponsored by the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association of the Bureau of Public Administration of the University of Massachusetts
EDWIN H. LOMBARD, President of the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association.
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Town Officers For 1949
SELECTMEN
Henry M. Kugler, Chairman
Henry S. Bokina
John Cernak
TOWN CLERK
Peter S. Rogaleski
TOWN TREASURER
Peter S. Rogaleski
MODERATOR
Gordon A. Woodward
BOARD OF ASSESSORS Joseph S. Wilkes, Chairman Mitchell W. Kempisty Edward S. Prew
TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany
SCHOOL COMMITTEE John P. McLeod, Chairman Robert C. Byrne, M.D. Joseph F. Baceski
WATER COMMISSIONERS Thaddeus Kabat, Chairman
Henry F. Kulesza Chester Prucnal
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Luther A. Belden, Chairman Mary B. D. Cutter Henry W. Wolfram
LIBRARY TRUSTEES Sarah V. Kiley, Chairman Jean Kempisty Constance B. Mullany
TREE WARDEN Edward Zalinski
ELECTOR UNDER WILL OF OLIVER SMITH
Gordon A. Woodward
HATFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY
Joseph V. Porada, Chairman
Frank T. Woodward Leon W. Gutfinski
Michael M. Majeskey Clifford L. Belden
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Joseph Pelc
Thomas W. Ryan, Chairman P. S. Rogaleski Howard Abbott
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Gertrude B. Rogaleski
FIRE CHIEF
Michael J. Yarrows
CHIEF OF POLICE
Joseph S. Wilkes
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Alfred B. Howard
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Michael M. Majeskey
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Theodore E. Celatka
COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Stanley J. Filipek
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Charles J. Eberlein
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Leon Maksimoski
WELFARE AGENT Lucille Godek
DOG OFFICER
Joseph S. Wilkes
CONSTABLES
Joseph S. Wilkes
Thomas Shea
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POLICE OFFICERS
Stanley Baranowski
Edward Cialek
Joseph Filipek
Stanley Filipek
Francis Godin
Henry Kosakowski
Alphonse Maksimoski Anthony Malinowski Peter Malinowski George Omasta Steve Vachula Waclaw Yanucik
FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Henry W. Wolfram
James S. Bardwell
WOOD SURVEYORS
Bernard Donnis John C. H. Richards John M. Wentzel
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TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Incorporated 1670 Area 8900 Acres Population 1945 Census - 2188
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
Foster Furcolo Second Congressional District
SENATORS IN CONGRESS Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Leverett J. Saltonstall
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Charles A. Bisbee, Jr. Second Hampshire District
STATE SENATOR Ralph C. Mahar
Franklin-Hampshire Senatorial District
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS John R. Callahan, Jr. Hiram Brownell Raymond Lyman Hampshire County
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Selectmen's Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampshire, ss.
To either of the Constables 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 Memorial Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 20th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to take action under Article 1, and to meet at seven o'clock in the evening to take action on all other articles :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year; Moderator for one year; three Select- men for one year; Town Clerk for one year; Town Treas- urer for one year; one member of the Board of Assesors for one year; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; Tax Collector for one year; one member of the Water Commissioners for two years; one member of the Water Commissioners for three years ; one member of the Library Trustees for two years; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; Tree Warden for one year; Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith for one year; one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for two years; one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for three years; one member of the Hatfield Housing Authority for five years.
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The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and kept open until eight o'clock in the evening.
Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or sub- ject 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 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 beginning January 1, 1950, 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 or transfer such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the current expenses of the financial year, and set the salaries of all elected officials in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108, General Laws, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see of 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 cooperate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to
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raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the improve- ment of Chapter 90 highways, the town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $1,200.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of reimbursement 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 reimbursement is received, or take any action thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the State under the pro- visions of Chapter 81, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, the Town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $12,500.00, the State's share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the State's share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, or take any action thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90 General Laws, and to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $15,000.00 for the construction of a new bridge at Elm and Maple Streets (Riverside), or take any action thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the revised list of Perpetual Care Cemetery Funds and other Trust Funds as per the Town Treasurer's Report.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $753.95 as allo- cated by the actuary and certified by the County Com- missioners to the Town of Hatfield under the provisions of Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, and pay said
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amount to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Retirement System.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $1,300.00, said amount together with the trade-in value of the present Oshkosh truck body, to be used to purchase a Sanding Body for the Oshkosh truck, or act anything thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $350.00 for the pur- chase of a sewer cleaning machine, or act anything there- on.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of conducting a Well Child Clinic, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from the Police Association Gift Account the sum of $450.00 for a Dental Clinic, or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $2,500.00 for the purpose of draining Chestnut Street from the residence of Apolonia Filipek, 500 feet in an easterly direction, or act anything thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to install a street light at the southerly end of Porter Avenue, or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to install a street light at the southerly end of Sunset Avenue, or act anything thereon.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Water Available Surplus the sum of $2,300.00 for laying a four inch main (approximately 1,175 feet) and setting two hydrants on Sunset Avenue, or take any action thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Water Available Surplus the sum of $1,200.00 for laying a four inch main (approximately 725 feet) on Raymond Avenue, or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Water Available Surplus the sum of $650.00 for laying a one inch water service (approximately 1,000 feet) to the residence of Chester Pelis on Jericho Road, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $10,000.00 for the purchase of War Bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for saving banks, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, this amount to be added to the Water Construction Fund, or act anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint an Inspector of Wires under the provisions of Chapter 166, Section 32, General Laws, as inserted by Chapter 529, Acts of 1949; to adopt the regu- lations relative to wiring listed below and to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $50.00 for this pur- pose, or act anything thereon.
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TOWN OF HATFIELD ELECTRICAL WIRING and
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Sec.
1. Powers and duties of inspector. Exception.
2. Wiring and equipment to conform to this chapter. Exceptions.
3. Electrical wiring defined. Exception.
4. National Electrical Code (1947) to be conformed to. Made part of chapter by reference. Exceptions.
5. Duties of inspector as to applications, permits, etc., changes in National Electrical Code and plans and specifications.
Permits
6. Application, with specifications, required. Excep- tion.
7. When permit to be granted. Wiring not to be started prior thereto.
8. Permits for stated periods.
9. Temporary permits.
Inspections
10. Notice to inspector. Lathing in or concealment before approval forbidden. Prefabricated hous- ing excepted.
11. Certificate of approval issued if work conformable. Withheld if defective.
12. Duties and authority of inspector as to buildings.
Service Entrances
13. Requirements for service entrance conductors and service equipment.
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Liability For Damages
14. Individual liability for damages not affected. No liability assumed by town.
Penalty
15. Maximum penalty, $20.
Section 1. The inspector of wires, herinafter called the inspector, shall have control of the supervision and inspection of electrical wiring and shall enforce all laws, ordinances and regulations that relate thereto. He shall have full charge and supervision of all electrical wires and apparatus of the town, and shall see that the same are at all times in good repair and working order, but all work shall be done by and charged to the department to which such wires and apparatus belong.
Section 2. All materials, fittings or apparatus used in a system of electrical wiring for light, heat or power, or in a signalling system, not including that used in the installation, alteration or repair of equipments employed by a railroad, electric or communication utility company in the exercise of its functions as a utility and located out- doors or in buildings used exclusively for that purpose, shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
Section 3. Electrical wiring shall include the in- stallation of conductors, raceways, apparatus, fixtures or other appliances within or on a building or other structure for carrying or using electricity for light, heat, or power. or for a signaling system, and the repair, extension, or alteration of conductors, raceways, and fixtures within or on a building or other structure for carrying or using electricity for light, heat or power, or for a signaling system; except, unless otherwise provided by law, in county, state and federal buildings and in stations, sub- stations and vaults where such are under the sole control of the electric utility company.
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Section 4. Except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter, all electrical work (including equipment) shall be in conformity with the regulations of the 1947 National Electrical Code, approved on the fourth day of October, nineteen hundreed and forty-six, by American Standards Association, published by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, a copy of which code, duly certified on the second day of January, nineteen hundred and forty- seven, by the general manager of the National Board of Fire Underwriters as a true copy thereof, is filed in the office of the town clerk and is made a part hereof by reference as though herein set forth in full.
Section 5. The inspector shall keep careful and comprehensive records of applications received, of permits granted, of certificates issued and of reports rendered, and of notices and orders issued. It shall be the further duty of the inspector to keep informed on the revisions of said National Electrical Code, hereafter approved by said American Standards Association, and to call to the at- tention of the town clerk such revisions in order that they may be considered by the town relative to being incorporated in the town by-laws. He shall preserve all the copies of the plans or specifications of wiring systems which are required to be filed in his office and the same shall be indexed with the name of the owner of the property or the name of the building in order that refer- ence may be readily made thereto.
Permits
Section 6. Before any person shall install any electrical wiring, said person shall make application to the inspector for a permit for that purpose, and shall file with the inspector such information or specifications as may be required. Such application shall be made upon a form approved by the inspector, except that no applica- tion or permit will be required to execute any of the class- es of electrical work defined in the paragraphs numbered
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1, 2 and 3 next following, except that these exemptions shall not apply to permanent wiring :
1. The replacement of lamps, fuses or the connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable per- manently installed outlets.
2. The installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment installed by or for an electric utility company for the use of such company in the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of electricity.
3. Any work involved in the manufacturing, testing, servicing, or repairing of electrical equipment or apparatus.
Section 7. If it shall appear from said application that the statutes of the commonwealth and the provisions of this chapter are, and will be, complied with, a permit shall be granted by the inspector authorizing such elec- trical wiring. No electrical wiring requiring a permit shall be started until a permit has been granted.
Section 8. For emergency repairs and maintenance of electrical wiring in establishments or power plants where a licensed electrician is employed continuously on the premises, permits will be issued for stated periods. The period for such a permit shall not exceed one year.
Section 9. The inspector may issue a temporary permit allowing the use of certain specified circuits or parts of an installation while the work of constructing, altering or repairing the same is in progress; or for tem- porary work, experimental or emergency work and work for fairs, exhibitions and similar purposes. Such a per- mit may be renewed or cancelled at the discretion of the inspector subject to considerations of public safety and public welfare.
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Inspections
Section 10. When any work which requires a certi- ficate of approval is completed or ready for inspection. the inspector shall be so notified, and a time shall be set for inspection. Conductors, raceways, cables or fittings shall not be lathed in or concealed from view until ap- proved by the inspector, provided, however, that ob- servance of this provision shall not be required so far as inspection thereof is rendered impracticable in the erec- tion, construction or assembling of prefabricated housing.
Section 11. If, upon inspection, the work is found to conform to the requirements of this chapter, the wiring may then be lathed in or concealed, and a certificate of approval shall be issued by the inspector giving authoriza- tion to the electric utility company for connection to the electrical service lines and the energizing of the wiring installations. But, if the work is defective, all defects shall be remedied before such certificate is issued.
Section 12. The inspector shall examine all buildings in the course of erection, construction or repair, and, except as otherwise forbidden or restrained by law, shall have authority to enter any building, structure or premises at any reasonable hour in the discharge of his official duties for the purpose of making any inspection, reinspec- tion or test of electrical equipment contained therein, or of its installation, and shall see that the provisions of the statutes of the commonwealth and the ordinances of the town in relation to electrical wires and electrical wiring are fully complied with as the building progresses. He shall immediately report every violation thereof, with the name or names of the violator or violators, to the board of selectmen. When any electrical equipment or wiring is found by the inspector to be dangerous to persons or property because it is defective or defectively installed. the person responsible for the electrical equipment or
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wiring shall be notified in writing to make changes or re- pairs which in the judgement of the inspector will put such equipment in safe condition. If such changes or repairs are not completed within fifteen days, or within any longer period that may be specified by the inspector in said notice, the inspector shall have the authority to disconnect or order the discontinuance of use of such electrical equipment or wiring. In cases of emergency, where necessary for safety to persons or property, or where electrical equipment and wiring may interfere with the work of the fire department, the inspector shall have the authority immediately to disconnect or to cause the disconnection of any electrical equipment or wiring.
Service Entrances
Section 13. All service entrance conductors shali not be smaller than No. 6 American Wire Gauge.
Service equipment used to connect two or more light- ing circuits to a three-wire source of supply shall have a capacity of not less than sixty amperes, shall include a connection cabinet for each meter, and shall terminate in approved switches of not less than sixty-ampere capacity or in approved circuit breakers.
Liability for Damages
Section 14. This chapter shall not be construed to relieve from responsibility or liability any party owning, operating, controlling or installing any electrical equip- ment or wiring for damages to persons or property caused by any defect therein, or to lessen such responsibility or liability, nor shall the town of Hatfield be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection or reinspec- tion authorized herein or the certificate of approval issued as herein provided or by reason of the approval or dis- approval of any equipment authorized herein.
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Penalty
Section 15. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $99.71 for the payment of unpaid bills of the previous year, or act any- thing thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in five public places, 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 2nd day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty.
HENRY M. KUGLER. HENRY S. BOKINA, JOHN CERNAK,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
Report of Finance Committee
1949 Approp.
Amount Spent
1950 Request
Recom- mended
1. Moderator, Jan. 1, 1950
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
2. Selectmen's Salaries, 3 @ $250.00, Jan. 1, 1950
750.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
3. Selectmen's Expense
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