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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1949
Birth
Marriage
Death
Male
23
33
14
Female
26
10
Total
49
33
24
Preceding Five Years
1948
44
50
21
1947
53
44
29
1946
45
61
28
1945
28
48
28
1944
34
34
18
Highest Rate
1916
124
1946
61
50
LICENSES
Dog Licenses
Fish & Game
1949
158
416
1948
142
387
1947
127
361
-
-
1922
42
1946
175
403
1945
170
307
1944
162
332
ELECTIONS
Registered Voters, December 31, 1949
1,261
Voted At Annual Town Meeting, February 21, 1949
583
No Special Town Meetings held during 1949.
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VALUATION, GROSS DEBT AND TAX RATE of
All Towns In Massachusetts Comparable To Hatfield In Valuation And Population
1949
1949
Town
Valuation
Gross Debt
1949 Tax Rate
Ashland
$4,139,614.00
$228,240.00
$44.00
Ayer
4,128,225.00
251,000.00
46.00
Barre
3,005,878.00
98,000.00
48.00
Bedford
3,820,395.00
106,000.00
42.00
Bellingham
4,138,465.00
185,000.00
39.00
Carver
3,542,950.00
None
29.00
Dighton
3,523,709.00
21,000.00
35.00
Groton
3,843,628.00
9,000.00
45.00
Hadley
3,290,940.00
None
35.00
Hanover
3,982,402.00
125,000.00
46.00
Hanson
3,533,350.00
38,000.00
44.80
HATFIELD
3,353,955.00
None
32.00
Holbrook
3,571,824.00
12,000.00
52.00
Holliston
4,051,295.00
206,000.00
43.00
Hopedale
3,483,749.00
275,000.00
42.00
Hopkinton
3,666,960.00
5,000.00
42.00
Lancaster
3,176,444.00
3,000.00
55.00
Lincoln
4,149,219.00
330,000.00
40.00
Littleton
3,334,560.00
13,500.00
30.00
Lunenburg
4,519,015.00
4,000.00
43.00
Medfield
3,179,265.00
134,000.00
50.00
Medway
3,868,598.00
134,297.00
45.00
Monson
3,242,962.00
26,000.00
50.00
North Brookfield
2,947,805.00
80,000.00
48.00
North Reading
3,761,240.00
587,300.00
48.00
Norton
3,891,030.00
99,000.00
42.40
Oxford
3,876,599.00
320,000.00
61.00
Pembroke
3,795,970.00
349,000.00
46.70
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Rehoboth
3,415,536.00
19,000.00
35.00
Salisbury
3,627,925.00
236,000.00
56.00
Sandwich
3,283,505.00
None
37.00
Southborough
3,171,760.00
116,500.00
47.00
Templeton
3,656,818.00
54,000.00
48.00
Wenham
3,973,650.00
270,000.00
30.00
Westford
4,065,321.00
None
42.00
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Treasurer's Report
Peter S. Rogaleski, Treasurer
In Account with the Town of Hatfield
Cash on Hand January 1, 1949
$66,817.79
Receipts for 1949:
January
$19,367.72
February
10,730.80
March
7,878.05
April
25,892.03
May
5,186.61
June
5,934.15
July
19,796.32
August
17,887.69
September
34,207.47
October
28,354.32
November
51,347.98
December
39,027.17
$265,610.31
$332,428.10
Payments per Warrants:
January
$7,216.51
February
11,995.63
March
33,588.56
April
14,065.08
May
12,465.50
June
15,649.31
July
16,296.27
August
27,882.34
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September
30,354.22
October
21,424.75
November
15,763.57
December
38,471.88
$245,173.62
Cash on Hand December 31, 1949
$87,254.48
$332,428.10
P. S. ROGALESKI,
Treasurer.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL AND OTHER FUNDS
1949
Fund
1949 Income
1949 Expense $3.53
Balance
Hannah W. Smith
$11.03
$180.05
J. D. Brown
2.01
2.01
100.00
Lewis S. Dyer
2.03
2.03
101.00
Charles H. Waite
2.75
2.75
137.49
Charles M. Billings
3.01
3.01
150.00
James Porter
2.19
2.19
109.51
Fannie M. Burke
2.21
2.21
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck
2.21
2.21
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
2.19
2.19
109.45
Reuben Belden
2.01
2.01
100.00
Theo Porter
2.13
2.13
106.18
Charles L. Graves
2.13
2.13
106.22
Augusta Beals
2.15
2.15
107.29
B. M. Warner
4.16
4.16
207.42
Henry Batcheller
2.03
2.03
101.26
Reuben H. Belden
2.03
2.03
101.00
Edwin H. Eldridge
4.02
4.02
200.67
David Wells
2.01
2.01
100.00
Otis Wells
3.01
3.01
150.00
Carrie L. Graves
2.01
2.01
100.00
Harriet S. Marsh
4.10
4.10
204.35
Clarence E. Belden
2.01
2.01
100.00
Alfred J. Bonneville
2.01
2.01
100.00
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Roswell Billings
3.01
3.01
150.00
Houghton - Douglas
3.01
3.01
150.00
E. S. Warner
1.01
1.01
204.53
William Dougherty
1.24
1.24
251.56
Scott and Herman Harris
1.00
1.00
200.00
Mary E. Hubbard
2,26
2.26
100.00
Anthony Douglas
1.24
1.24
55.24
E. C. Billings
10.89
10.89
620.27
Hugh McLeod
1.80
1.80
102.92
Lucius and Stearns Curtis
4.47
4.47
254.28
H. W. Carl
1.80
1.80
102.73
J. Franklin Knight
7.52
7.52
428.20
Silas Hubbard and J. Hastings
4.90
4.90
279.57
Levi Graves
2.79
2.79
159.00
Jonathan Graves
1.82
1.82
104.12
J. E. Porter
1.80
1.80
102.43
Chester Hastings
1.80
1.80
103.14
Frary - Gardner
1.76
1.76
100.57
Thaddeus and Solomon Graves
3.54
3.54
201.91
Samuel Field
2.64
2.64
150.53
Samuel Field
2.64
2.64
150.00
Alpheus Cowles
1.87
1.87
107.18
Daniel Allis
2.67
2.67
152.22
P. M. Wells
2.27
2.27
129.86
Benjamin Waite
1.59
1.59
90.91
Joseph D. Billings
1.80
1.80
102.92
Cooley Dickinson
2.27
2.27
129.63
Lemuel B. Field
1.92
1.92
109.18
Roswell Hubbard
1.81
1.81
103.54
Abby Dickinson
1.80
1.80
102.57
Rufus H. Cowles
1.95
1.95
111.44
Charles E. Hubbard
2.01
2.01
114.30
Luman M. Moore
3.52
3.52
200.64
Israel and Lucy Morton
5.64
5.64
321.39
Elijah Bardwell
7.05
7.05
401.90
Luther Wells
5.98
5.98
340.48
Oliver Warner
.91
.91
52.37
John H. Sanderson
1.85
1.85
105.44
Charles Smith
1.91
1.91
109.05
J. H. Howard
1.88
1.88
107.48
Conrad W. Wolfram
3.51
3.51
200.00
Henry R. Holden
3.51
3.51
200.00
Fannie Allis
3.51
3.51
200.00
Charles A. Byrne
2,64
2.64
150.00
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N. T. Abels
3.51
3.51
200.00
Arthur C. Bardwell
2.64
2.64
150.00
Fred Schepp
1.31
1.31
75.00
Joseph Schepp
1.31
1.31
75.00
General Care Fund
8.44
8.44
480.99
John R. Sauergapf
2.64
2.64
150.00
Lorenzo Cutter
2.64
2.64
150.00
Roswell G. Billings
2.64
2.64
150.00
Charles Wight
1.75
1.75
100.00
General Care Fund
.18
.18
10.00
Stephen Omasta
2.64
2.64
150.00
G. Raymond Billings
3.51
3.51
200.00
Frederick A. Pease
2.64
2.64
150.00
Arthur Smith
1.38
1.38
100.00
Curtis Waite
1.38
1.38
100.00
$230.86
$223.36
$12,747.83
Hatfield Library Fund
$14.13
$717.89
Firemen's Relief Fund
.77
42.85
Interest on War Bonds:
Water Construction Fund
1,436.32
4,623.81
Rehabilitation Fund
653.34
3,025.33
War Bonds:
Water Construction Fund
62.000.00
Rehabilitation Fund
24,000.00
P. S. ROGALESKI,
Treasurer.
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Assessors' Report
-
Value of Assessed Land
$915,075.00
Value of Assessed Buildings 2,054,680.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate
2,969,755.00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
384,200.00
Value of Assessed Personal and Real Estate
3,353,955.00
Tax Rate Per Thousand 32.00
Number of Polls Assessed
783
Numebr of Horses Assessed
132
Number of Cows Assessed
210
Number of Neat Cattle Assessed
96
Number of Sheep Assessed
350
Number of Fowl Assessed
3,100
Number of Dwellings Assessed
510
Number of Automobiles Assessed
1,104
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
8,940
Town Appropriation
$196,030.93
State Audit
337.70
State Park Tax
219.21
County Tax
14,204.39
Overlayings
5,000.00
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$23,688.45
Corporation Tax
8,557.90
Excise Tax
6,600.00
Licenses
4,600.00
Schools
2,500.00
General Government
313.54
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Charities
500.00
Old Age Assistance
5,000.00
Interest on Taxes
200.00
Available Funds
53,852.00
Chapter 729, Acts of 1941
487.78
Health and Sanitation
300.00
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Under Chapter 59 General Laws
Church Property
$108,600.00
Town Property
378,000.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery
3,500.00
Smith Academy
60,000.00
Respectfully yours,
JOSEPH S. WILKES, Chairman. MITCHELL W. KEMPISTY, Sec. EDWARD S. PREW.
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Board of Public Welfare
PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration
Agent's Salary
$196.80
Printing and Postage
4.39
Tolls
17.20
Equipment
108.00
All Other
10.00
Total Administration
$336.39
GENERAL RELIEF
Board and Care
$778.50
Groceries and Provisions
21.63
Medicine and Medical Attendance
560.20
State Institution
877.75
Cash Grants to Individuals
1,899.65
Total General Relief
$4,137.73
Total Public Welfare
$4,474.12
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Grants from Town
Appropriation
$3,299.90
Cash Grants from Federal Funds 1,447.24
Tolls
.25
Agent's Salary from Town Appropriation 42.05
Agent's Salary from Federal Funds 46.75
Total Aid to Dependent Children
$4,836.19
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cash Grants from Town
Appropriation $8,486.81
Cash Grants from Federal Funds
9,201.38
Agent's Salary from Town Appropriation
329.25
Agent's Salary from Federal Funds
285.15
Tolls
2.45
Other Cities and Towns from
Town Appropriation 271.62
Other Cities and Towns from Federal Funds 64.60
Total Old Age Assistance
$18,641.26
RECEIPTS - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Federal Funds
$1,455.76
State
1,423.08
Total A. D. C. Receipts
$2,878.84
RECEIPTS - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Federal Funds
$9,558.17
State
6,016.95
Total O. A. A. Receipts
$15,575.12
RECEIPTS -PUBLIC WELFARE
Other Cities and Towns $500.05
LUCILLE H. GODEK,
Welfare Agent.
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Police Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1949 and number of arrests made in the Town of Hatfield, is respectfully submitted.
Total number of Arrests
68
Driving as to endanger
8
Operating, influence of liquor
7
Drunkenness
15
Motor Vehicles laws, Violating
28
Larceny
1
Disturbing the Peace
1
Possession of stolen goods
1
Violating game laws
7
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH S. WILKES,
Constable.
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Report of Water Commissioners
To the Citizens of Hatfield:
That the year just passed has been completed with much satisfaction is the belief of your water commission- ers. A number of new services were installed and many old ones renewed. All the services on West Street from the old New Haven railroad crossing on Route 5 through North Hatfield have been renewed.
The Board of Water Commissioners wish to announce that Leonard Vollinger of West Hatfield has been appoint- ed temporary water superintendent, with Charles Eberlein acting in an advisory capacity.
The project of clearing the watershed has been start- ed, and the immediate area around the reservoir has been cleared of all hardwood up to a diameter of four inches. We would like to suggest that commissioners in the fu- ture do not allow the watershed to be neglected as it has been in the past. Any resident who would like to cut some hard wood may contact the water commissioners.
Respectfully submitted,
THADDEUS KABAT, Chairman. HENRY F. KULESZA, CHESTER S. PRUCNAL,
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Report of Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Slaughtering for the year 1949 has decreased.
I have received many complaints about the Tuber- culin tests as many farmers have their stock in distant pastures when the veterinarian arrives here. We have no veterinarian for Hampshire County since the retire- ment of Dr. McGuire. We have had a veterinarian from Greenfield, one from Chicopee and a Federal Government veterinarian from Lancaster, Massachusetts. The latter tested the majority of the cattle stock in town.
We have fifteen large herd farms in town and their names and addresses have been forwarded to the Live Stock. Disease Control Division for winter tests.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL M. MAJESKEY,
Inspector of Animals.
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Library Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library :
The statistical report for the year ending December 31, 1949 is as follows:
Five hundred and thirty new books and 39 periodicals have been catalogued and put into circulation. Of these books, 303 were for adults and 227 for children. The cir- culation of books and periodicals for the year was :
Juvenile Fiction
8,537
Juvenile Non-fiction
2,911
Adult Fiction
8,248
Adult Non-fiction
3,987
Book Mobile
342
24,025
The total number of registered borrowers, men, wo- men, and children is 830.
Circulation resulting from the book mobile is very small. Due to the poor condition of the vehicle, its' services had to be discontinued. In September the Divi- sion of Public Libraries received a delivery of another book mobile for the State Regional Library Center of Greenfield, Massachusetts. This book mobile is much larger than the former one with a book capacity of from 1,200 to 1,500 volumes. Services have been resumed with a larger collection of books to choose from. With a new book mobile, we look forward to a number of years of uninterrupted service.
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Meetings attended during the year were: Connecticut Valley Library Club, Greenfield Public Library, June 2; Western Massachusetts Library Club, Robert E. Pray Hall, Greenfield Massachusetts, June 9; Connecticut Val- ley Library Club, Fall Meeting, Millers Falls Library, October 27.
Two hundred and seventy-eight (278) honor reading certificates have been awarded to the children of the Cen- ter School for reading five books on the approved reading list sent out by the Division of Public Libraries of the State Department of Education and to thirty-two (32) for reading twenty books on the approved list.
We are always willing to borrow non-fiction books not found on our shelves and any foreign language book on request.
The library is open Monday and Friday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for pupils of the outlying districts who attend school in the center, and from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for all adults and children.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Mrs. Margaret Cantwell, the Trustees and to the Teachers for their hearty cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
THERESA M. GODIN,
Librarian.
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Report of the Fire Department
To the Selectmen of Hatfield:
During 1949 we purchased four self-contained masks for $580.00 which were required by a new state law. These masks enable the men to remain in a building one -. half hour under any smoke condition. They can also be used under water for the same length of time, and at some future time may help in rescue work.
During the year the department answered 42 calls. Most of these were grass and brush fires.
We urge the people to obtain permits for all outdoor fires.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR BRASSORD, Assistant Fire Chief.
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Tree Warden's Report
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To the citizens of Hatfield :
The care of our town's trees is of utmost importance. Everything possible is being done to preserve and main- tain the health of our valuable shade trees.
In other towns and cities, Dutch Elm disease con- tinues to spread, and many who formerly belittled the effects of this malady are now viewing the picture with considerable alarm. Our town-owned Elms are free of Dutch Elm disease. In the past year, all trees were sprayed once, the elms twice.
Thirty Norwood Maples were planted. Three were taken down. Two were damaged by storms, and one in- fected with Dutch Elm disease found on private property was taken down and burned.
Trimming elms is very important. Last year more money was spent on our elms than any other trees, but we must continue to do so until our elm trees are out of danger. Once an elm is infected with Dutch Elm disease, nothing can save it.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD ZALINSKI,
Tree Warden.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
OF THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1949
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Report of Town Accountant
RECAPITULATION OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
RECEIPTS
1949
1948
General Revenue
$157,150.20
$139,418.83
Town Hall
673.00
569.00
Protection of Persons and Property
171.44
Health and Sanitation
568.50
668.25
Highways
36,165.29
36,042.29
Charities
18,954.01
17,611.82
Veterans' Benefits
362.90
149.00
Schools
23,302.06
9,821.17
School Lunch
10,523.31
9,286.34
Library
86.45
77.12
Water Department
8,829.23
7,683.91
Cemeteries
357.00
386.68
Interest
2,616.97
2,093.71
Agency, Trust and Investment
5,838.96
6,281.18
Refunds and Transfers
10.99
63.91
$265,610.31
$230,153.21
EXPENDITURES
General Government
$7,930.72
$8,147.89
Town Hall Maintenance
5,479.42
5,308.63
Town Hall-Remodel Basement
2,844.65
1,674.54
Protection of Persons and Property
5,560.17
5,808.01
Health and Sanitation
1,032.75
788.65
Highways
64,119.51
69,220.47
Charities
27,951.57
26,730.82
Veterans' Benefits
376.00
601.55
Schools
68,184.27
63,533.00
School Lunch
9,901.99
9,646.13
Library
2,274.48
2,537.99
Unclassified
2,330.80
3,167.02
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Insurance
2,355.55
2,513.60
Water Department
5,491.54
4,527.09
Cemeteries
794.86
1,118.09
Outlays
74.32
41.00
Agency, Trust and Investment
37,436.55
35,386.06
Refunds
1,034.47
268.62
$245,183.62
$241,019.16
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes:
Poll 1949
$994.00
Personal 1949
9,972.16
Real 1949
74,673.60
Poll Previous Years
242.00
Personal Previous Years
2,094.84
Real Previous Years
19,733.63
$107,710.23
In Lieu of Taxes 1949
$61.76
In Lieu of Taxes 1948
$63.69
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1949
$14,366.00
Levy of Previous Years
1,899.79
$16,265.79
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Meal Tax-Old Age Assistance
$463.29
Corporation Tax
16,021.51
Income Tax-(Includes $17,148.12 for Chap. 643 of Acts of '48- Schools)
28,522.12
Franchise Tax-Public Service
223.47
Vocational Education
2,278.40
$47,508.79
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$4,450.00
Milk
2.00
Junk
32.00
All Other
100.00
Court Fines
$4,584.00 $62.15
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RECEIPTS
Grants from Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance
$9,558.17
Aid to Dependent Children
1,455.76
Smith-Hughes and George-Barden
670.29
Commodity Distribution Funds
4,051.61
Veterans Agriculture Schools
695.58
$16,431.41
Grants from State:
Department of Education
$1,928.25
Highways Chapter 81
11,889.94
$13,818.19
Hampshire County:
Dog Licenses
$247.64
Outlays
$67.32
Telephone Tolls
$5.35
Total General Revenue
$206,826.32
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Town Hall
$673.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$171.44
Health and Sanitation:
Slaughter Inspection Fees
$227.50
Sewer Connections
99.00
$326.50
Highways:
Joint Maintenance-County
$500.00
Highway Machinery Fund
3,003.75
Joint Construction-State
13,825.50
Joint Construction-County
6,912.76
Individuals
33.34
$24,275.35
Reimbursement for: Public Welfare: Other Cities and Towns
$500.05
Aid to Dependent Children: State $1,423.08
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RECEIPTS
Old Age Assistance: State
$6,016.95
Veterans Benefits: State
$362.90
Schools:
Tuition and Transportation
$577.82
Sale of Supplies
3.60
$581.42
School Lunch:
Sale of Lunches
$6,471.70
Dental Clinic
$242.00
Library Fines
$86.45
Dividend on Purchases
$1.12
Insurance Premium
$9.87
Water Department:
Water Rents
$8,581.88
Water Conn. & Misc.
247.35
$8,829.23
Care of Cemetery Lots
$357.00
General Interest:
Interest on Taxes
384.92
Demands on Taxes
18.90
Interest Motor Vehicle Excise
19.79
$ 423.61
Interest on Trust and Investment Funds:
Cemeteries
$230.86
War Bonds
1,962.50
$2,193.36
Total Commercial Revenue
$52,945.03
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Dog Tax Due County
$333.20
Withholding
3,885.30
Retirement
1,010.88
Blue Cross
609.58
Total Agency, Trust and Investment
$5,838.96
Total All Receipts Cash on hand January 1, 1949
$265,610.31
$66,817.79
Total
$332,428.10
66
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$25.00
Elector Under Oliver Smith Will
$10.00
Selectmen:
Salary
$750.00
Clerk
$150.00
Expenses :
Printing, Postage and Stationery
$56.51
Travel
11.10
Dues-Selectmen's Association
31.00
Tolls
37.26
Filing Fee
3.00
$138.87
Accountant:
Salary
$1,050.00
Expenses :
Printing, Postage and Stationery
$52.70
Conferences
38.79
Dues-Accountants' Association
3.00
$94.49
Treasurer:
Salary
$1,150.00
Expenses :
Printing, Postage and Stationery
$86.83
Surety Bond
88.00
Dues-Treasurers' Association
1.00
Tolls
12.75
Travel
56.30
$244.88
Tax Collector:
Salay
$1,000.00
Expenses :
Printing, Postage and Stationery
160.34
Typewriter Rental
22.50
Dues-Collectors' Association
1.00
Surety Bond
135.50
$319.34
.
67
PAYMENTS
Assessors:
Salary
$1,168.30
Expenses :
Clerical
$41.50
Printing, Postage and Stationery
18.74
Travel
61.86
Dues
6.00
All Other
66.10
$194.20
Attorney's Fees
$180.00
Town Clerk: Salary
$950.00
Expenses:
Recording
$105.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
22.92
Surety Bond
7.50
Conferences
44.83
Travel
43.80
Tolls
16.00
Dues-Town Clerk's Association
3.00
$243.05
Election and Registration:
Registrars
$30.00
Registrars' Clerk
100.00
Election Officers
72.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
56.59
All Other
4.00
$262.59
Total General Government
$7,930.72
Town Hall:
Janitor
$2,100.00
Fuel
992.55
Lights
629.96
Janitor's Supplies
233.21
Repairs
1,444.70
All Others
79.00
Remodel Basement, Town Hall: Labor and Supplies
$5,479.42
$2,844.65
Total Town Hall
$8,324.07
68
PAYMENTS PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department:
Salary of Chief
$900.00
Wages of Men All Other
38.00
$1,270.50
Fire Department:
Salary of Chief
$150.00
Salary of Clerk
100.00
Wages of Men
356.50
Care of Fire Truck
100.00
Masks
581.35
Miscellaneous Equipment
284.54
Hose
140.00
Gas and Oil
38.21
Repairs
87.21
Fuel
75.83
Light
44.43
Rent
135.00
Telephone
129.51
$2,222.58
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salary
$150.00
Expenses:
Travel
16.14
Tolls
.55
$16.69
Moth Work:
Labor
90.50
Spraying
455.00
545.50
Tree Work:
Labor
$815.46
Trees
98.70
Equipment
25.61
Truck
71.00
Trimming Trees
344.13
$1,354.90
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$5,560.17
332.50
69
PAYMENTS
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Public Health:
Printing
$1.75 166.00
Board and Treatment Tuberculosis
$167.75
Inspection of Children-Tuberculosis
$40.00
Inspection of Children-Pre-School Clinic
$70.00
Inspection of Animals
$480.00
Dental Clinic
$275.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$1,032.75
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81:
Labor
$8,520.02
Town Machinery
2,858.75
Other Machinery
2,174.43
Gravel and Sand
1,008.16
Patch and Tar
5,672.06
Culverts
466.85
Signs
121.60
Cement and Tile
69.25
$20,891.12
Chapter 90, New Construction:
1948 Contract
$4,747.99
1949 Contract
$21,990.87
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Labor
$858.76
Town Machinery
145.00
Tar
511.30
Stone
78.49
$1,593.55
Highway General:
Wages
$2,457.72
Stone and Tar
123.78
Posts
575.00
Miscellaneous Supplies
218.22
Survey
163.45
Telephone
76.36
Fuel
123.84
70
PAYMENTS
Lights
21.51
All Other
94.20
$3,854.08
Snow and Ice Removal:
Salaries
$600.47
Sidewalks
222.75
Sand and Salt, Etc.
313.62
$1,136.84
Total Highway General
$4,990.92
Bridge Repairs:
Salaries and Wages
$113.96
Lumber, etc.
20.43
$134.39
Purchase and Erect Fencing
$335.27
Street Lights
2,757.71
Drain Chestnut Street West from Balise's
$2,000.00
Purchase Sand Spreader
$365.00
Purchase Tar Kettle
$500.00
Purchase Cement Mixer
467.40
Town Barn Repairs
352.54
Machinery Operating:
Parts and Repairs
$2,066.50
Gasoline
847.30
Oil and Grease
78.95
$2,992.75
Total Al Highways
$64,119.51
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare:
General Administration:
Salary of Agent
$196.80
Printing and Postage
4.39
Tolls
17.20
Equipment
108.00
All Other
10.00
$336.39
71
PAYMENTS
Relief by Town:
Groceries and Provisions
$21.63
Board and Care
778.50
Medicine and Medical Attendance
560.20
State Institution
877.75
Cash Grants to Individuals
1,899.65
$4,137.73
Total Public Welfare
$4,474.12
Aid to Dependent Children:
Cash Grants from Town Appropriation
$3,299.90
Cash Grants from Federal Funds
1,447.24
Tolls
.25
Agent's Salary from Town Approp. 42.05
Agents Salary from Federal Funds
46.75
Total Aid to Dependent Children
$4,836.19
Old Age Assistance:
Cash Grants from Town Appropriation
$8,486.81
Cash Grants From Federal Funds
9,201.38
Agent's Salary from Town Approp.
329.25
Agent's Salary from Federal Funds
285.15
Tolls
2.45
Other Cities and Towns-Town Approp.
271.62
Other Cities and Towns-Federal Funds
64.60
Total Old Age Assistance
$18,641.26
Soldiers' Benefits:
Agent's Salary
$100.00
Veterans' Benefits
276.00
Total Soldiers' Benefits
$376.00
Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
$28,327.57
SCHOOLS
General Administration:
Superintendent's Salary
$3,500.04
Clerk-Superintendent's Office
90.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
78.02
Telephone
202.98
Travel
326.53
72
PAYMENTS
School Census
18.00
Dues
89.50
Equipment Repairs
$4,350.07
Teachers' Salaries from Town Appropriation:
High
21,378.43
Elementary
900.08
Music
400.00
Drawing
350.00
Penmanship
100.00
Nature Course
$42,574.42
Text and Reference Books:
$288.56
High
819.94
Elementary
$1,108.50
Supplies:
$681.94
High
590.32
Elementary
49.01
Household Arts
152.40
Agriculture
431.69
Physical Education
45.58
Health
$1,950.94
Transportation:
$1,636.20
High
1,680.90
Elementary
196.56
Athletic
$3,513.66
Janitors' Services:
High
1,930.80
Elementary
$3,850.80
Fuel and Light:
High
1,687.55
Elementary
54.00
Agriculture Power
$1,920.00
$1,099.10
$2,840.65
45.00
$19,445.91
73
PAYMENTS
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Janitor's Supplies, High
$178.84
Janitor's Supplies, Elementary
207.05
Elementary Repairs
1,837.36
Playground
411.44
$2,634.69
New Equipment
$1,007.50
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
$60.46
Athletic and Liability Insurance
$111.09
School Nurse
$1,140.00
Total Schools from Town Appropriation
$65,142.78
School Committee Expense
$49.20
School Physician
$300.00
Teacher's Salary from U. S. Grant: Agriculture-George Barden funds
$483.32
Travel Expense of Agriculture Teacher from George Barden funds
$176.22
Industrial School Tuition
$1,977.42
Veterans' Books Purchase-On Farm Training
55.33
Total Schools
$68,184.27
SCHOOL LUNCH
School Lunch Maintenance-Town Appropriation:
Wages
$1,787.48
Food
3,740.35
Fuel
68.50
Repairs
111.79
Travel
34.89
Supplies
76.85
$5,819.86
School Lunch-Commodity Distribution Fund:
Wages
$1,254.52
Food
2,254.15
Fuel
42.50
Misc. Supplies
139.76
Equipment
391.20
$4,082.13
Total School Lunch
$9,901.99
74
PAYMENTS LIBRARY
Librarian's Salary
$900.00
Asst. Librarian's Salary
336.00
Janitors
157.60
Books
695.46
Periodicals
12.50
Fuel
94.87
Light
20.51
Stationery and Postage
23.52
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