Hatfield Annual Town Report 1951-1957, Part 21

Author: Hatfield (Mass)
Publication date: 1951
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One of the duties of the school nurse is to examine the child's ability to see. This is done locally by means of the Massachusetts Vision Test, a device for screening visual difficulties in schools. Pupils found to be failing this test should, through their parents, seek competent advice from eye doctors. The following table presents a complete summary of these examinations during the last three years.


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1952-3 1953-4 1954-5 Grade Tested Referred Tested Referred Tested Referred


1


44


1


54


0


37


0


2


32


2


43


1


53


0


3


37


2


.


42


0


4


31


3


36


4


33


4


5


37


7


2


2


38


0


6


26


6


35


3


34


5


7


20


4


35


4


8


21


1


21


4


26


6


9


18


3


3


3


21


3


10


24


3


12


3


19


1


11


22


3


3


3


17


2


12


18


4


14


0


23


0


Total


330


39


223


23


378


25


The following summaries give totals for the action taken regarding those students who failed their tests.


1952-3


1953-4


1954-5


New Lenses


6 New Lenses 1 Glasses


8


Glasses


12


Glasses 13 New Lenses 2


Corrective


Corrective


care


13


care 3


Nothing done


8


Nothing done 4


The following comments are in order in consider- ing the above figures :


1. The 1952-3 school year was the first year of ex- tensive use of the Massachusetts Vision Test and there- fore more cases than ordinarily discovered were re- vealed.


2. In conformity with the regulations of the Mas- sachusetts Department of Public Health, during the


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1953-4 school year most of the testing was done in the even-number grades. The testing done in the other grades was done on new students to the Hatfield schools.


3. Some parents whose children failed in the screening test did not follow through with an examina- tion by a competent eye doctor. This would naturally reflect in the total number of failures in the following year.


4. The total number of failures for 1954-5 are con- siderably less than 10% of those tested.


5. Inasmuch as the vision testing has been but re- cently completed for this school year, the totals for 1954- 5 corrective procedures are incomplete.


Dr. Glade Hall, of Florence, conducted a Dental Clinic for ten weeks in the spring. A total of 240 oper- ations were completed. Funds for needy children who needed dental correction were provided by the American Legion Auxiliary.


The following communicable diseases were reported to this office:


Scarlet Fever 1 Mumps 14 Chicken Pox 34


In accordance with the State Health Laws, all per- sonnel having contact with school children are required by law to be X-rayed every three years. Because of this law, all personnel were X-rayed and reports are as fol- lows :


Teachers -19


Negative School bus drivers-4


Music supervisor


Negative


Negative


Janitors-2


Negative


School Nurse Negative


.


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Your school nurse attended conferences during the year relating to the following topics :


New rules pertaining to the Massachusetts Vision Test.


Newer trends in school nursing


Emotional problems of school children-a series of eight lectures.


My sincere appreciation is extended to the school officials, teachers, parents, and physicians for their co- operation in the Health Program, and to the Lions Club and the American Legion Auxiliary for their financial assistance rendered to needy students for the correction of defects.


Respectfully submitted,


LUCILLE H. GODEK, R. N.


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Visiting Nurse


To the Citizens of Hatfield :


The Directors of the Visiting Nurse Association pre- sent the following report :


We feel very proud that our nursing service is now starting its eighth year, and has really become a vital part of our health program in Hatfield.


The total number of visits made by the Visiting Nurse, Mrs. Lucille Godek, were 503. They are classi- fied as follows :


Clinical Medical


306


Acute Medical


95


Surgical


32


Child Welfare


35


Public Health


19


Maternity


16


Total


503


A "Well Child Clinic" was held in the Community Rooms May 24 and 25, when 55 children were examined by Dr. Fredrika Smith, pediatrician, of Northampton. Follow up on these patients was done by the nurse. Mrs. William Clave of Greenfield was nutritionist at this clinic.


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Expenses and receipts for 1954 were :


Balance as of Jan. 1, 1954


$461.05


ยท Receipts from :


Visiting Nurse


$317.00


Town


1,365.00


Total receipts for 1954


1,682.00


Expenses :


Nurse's salary


$1,325.00


Mileage


123.95


Telephone


109.96


Social Security


26.50


Bank charge


.74


Total expenses for 1954


1,586.15


Balance as of January 1, 1955


$556.90


Respectfully submitted,


ETHEL I. BYRNE,


Chairman, Nursing Advisory Committee.


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School Lunch


To the Superintendent and the School Committee of Hatfield :


In February, 1954, a Hatfield Food Habit Study was made under the direction of Mrs. Gerda N. Horst, state nutritionist. The diet records were not intended to give a complete and accurate picture of the eating habits of individuals but the composite points up some of the tendencies prevalent in the schools.


The school nurse, teachers, and some parents helped with the tabulation of results. "It is unfortunate that more parents did not have the opportunity of working with the food records for those who did discovered sur- prising facts about the eating habits of children."


The items in which deficiencies were indicated are 1. Meats, fish or poultry ; 2. Fats. 3. Not less than 3 cups of milk per day. The school lunch, with only A type meals served, fulfills many of the child's dietary needs, but the records indicate that the children may not be eating all the meal or drinking the milk.


We are placing added emphasis on the drinking of milk not only at lunch time but throughout the day. Milk is now available to children in the School Street School at recess periods. The cost is partially covered by fed- eral funds and the balance by the youngsters at 2 cents per day.


Fortunately, the kitchen corps, headed by Mrs. Mul- lins, remained intact thus insuring a continuance of approved meals.


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Lunch was served 176 days in 1954. This was one day less than 1953, but lunches rose from 47,473 in 1953 to 52,840 in 1954.


1954


From Collections :


Wages


$4,022.00


Food


4,648.17


Fuel


102.05


Misc. Supplies


84.92


Misc. Equipment


236.79


Telephone


23.60


Repairs


34.57


All Others


16.19


Total Payments


$9,168.29


From Commodity Distribution Fund :


Wages


1,263.20


Food


2,720.47


Fuel


109.90


Misc. Supplies


130.53


Misc. Repairs


62.10


Equipment


118.64


All Other


39.89


Total Payments


4,444.73


Payments from All Funds :


13,613.02


Receipts :


Received from Commodity Distribution


Fund 4,827.79


Received from Collections, 1954 7,391.96


RAYMOND N. JENNESS


Director, Hatfield School Lunch.


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January 26, 1955.


To the Board of Selectmen Mr. John Cernak, 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, 1954, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours, HERMAN B. DINE, Director of Accounts.


Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation


State House, Boston


Sir :


In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Hat- field for the year ending December 31, 1954, and submit the following report thereon :


The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting or disbursing mon- ey for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked in detail.


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The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The ledger accounts were analyzed, the recorded receipts were checked with the town treasurer's cash book, and the payments were com- pared with the approved treasury warrants.


The appropriations, as listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings, were checked with the ledger appropriation accounts, the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the authorizations of the finace committee, and all other accounts were checked with information in the departments in which the trans- actions originated.


The necessary adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1954.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were an- alyzed and checked with the records of the departments making payments to the treasurer and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treas- ury, while the payments were compared with the treas- ury warrants approved by the board of selectmen au- thorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash balance on December 31, 1954 was proved by recon- ciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.


The records of payroll deductions for Federal taxes, county retirement system, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield were checked, the payments to the proper agen- cies were verified, and the balances in the general treas- ury on Dcember 31, 1954 were proved.


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The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income was proved, and the amounts paid to the town were verified.


The payments on account of maturing debt and in- terest were proved by comparison with the amounts fall- ing due during the period of the audit and with the can- celled securities and coupons on file.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The tax and excise ac- counts outstanding at the time of the previous examina- tion, as well as all subsequent commitment lists, were audited and proved with the assessors' warrants. The recorded collections were checked, the payments to the town treasurer were verified, the abatements as record- ed were compared with the assessors' records of abate- ments granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger.


The appropriations as listed from the town clerk's records of town meetings were compared with the ag- gregate amount raised in the determination of the 1954 tax rate.


The receipts for dog and sporting licenses and gaso- line renewals issued by the town clerk were checked with the records of licenses issued, and the payments to the Division of Fisheries and Game and to the town treasurer were verified.


The surety bonds of the town officials required to furnish them for the faithful performance of their du- ties were examined and found to be in proper form.


The receipts for licenses and permits issued by the board of selectmen were checked with the record of li- censes granted and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


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Th records for the rental of town property were ex- amined. The charges were listed and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The recorded receipts of the sealer of weights and measures were checked with the record of work done and the payments to the trasurer were verified.


The records of accounts receivable of the inspector of slaughtering and of the public welfare, highway, vet- erans' services, and cemetery departments were exam- ined and checked. The charges were listed and com- pared with the accountant's record of commitments, the payments to the treasurer and the abatements were veri- fied, and the outstanding accounts on December 31, 1954 were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger.


The recorded receipts of the school lunch and athle- tic programs were audited and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The books and accounts of the water department were examined and checked. The commitments of wa- ter rates and services were proved, the recorded collec- tions were compared with the payments to the treasur- er, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The outstanding tax, water, and departmental ac- counts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies re- ceived it appears that the accounts, as listed, are cor- rect.


The records of receipts of the library were exam- ined and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


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The charges for the use of town-owned highway equipment were checked with the highway department payrolls. The recorded collections were listed and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing reconciliations of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental ac- counts, as well as schedules showing the transactions and condition of the several trust funds.


For the cooperation received from all officials dur- ing the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ,


Assistant Director of Accounts.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF HATFIELD


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1955


Printed by Gazette Printing Co., Inc., Northampton, Mass.


The Athenian Dath


We will never bring disgrace to this our city, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever desert our suffering comrades in the ranks; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the city's laws and do our best to incite a like respect in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty, thus in all these ways we will transmit this city not only less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.


Town Officers for 1955


SELECTMEN Joseph J. Wendlowski, Jr., Chm. Philip Z. Maiewski Edward S. Prew (7/5/55)


MODERATOR Gordon A. Woodward


TOWN CLERK


Peter S. Rogaleski


TOWN TREASURER


Peter S. Rogaleski


BOARD OF ASSESSORS Mitchell W. Kempisty, Chm. John W. Mullins, Jr. Lewis Wendolowski


TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Edward S. Kowalski, Chm. Zygmont S. Jaworski Eugene Proulx


WATER COMMISSIONERS Rupert Harubin, Chm.


Michael Yanginski Arthur Smith


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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Luther A. Belden, Chm. Henry W. Wolfram Edward S. Kowalski


LIBRARY TRUSTEES Frank T. Woodward, Chm.


Sarah V. Kiley


Jean Kempisty


ELECTOR UNDER THE WILL OF OLIVER SMITH


Frank T. Woodward


TREE WARDEN


Francis E. Godin


FINANCE COMMITTEE George J. Zgrodnik, Chm.


Luther A. Belden


William E. Boyle


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Joseph Pelc


Howard B. Abbott, Chm. Peter S. Rogaleski Edward T. Kostek


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Gertrude B. Rogaleski


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS


Francis E. Godin


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTER


William J. Sheehan


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SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES Peter Novak


SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Charles J. Eberlein, Jr.


COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Stanley J. Filipek


WELFARE AGENT Lucille Godek


DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Thomas P. Mullins


WOOD SURVEYORS


Henry Donnis Edward T. Kostek


FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS


Michael M. Majeskey Charles J. Eberlein, Jr.


CHIEF OF POLICE Henry Sliwoski DOG OFFICER Henry Sliwoski CONSTABLES


Henry Sliwoski James E. McGrath Joseph S. Wilkes Henry Kosakowski


Stanley J. Filipek John Brennan Peter Kubosiak Mitchell Kempisty


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POLICE OFFICERS


Francis Godin Anthony Malinowski Stanley Malinowski Peter Malinowski William Podmayer Stanley Prucnal


Peter Backiel George Omasta Waclaw Yanucik Simeon M. Bourdon Kenneth Carpenter Alfred E. Breor


FIRE CHIEF


Michael J. Yarrows


FIREFIGHTERS


Hatfield


Arthur Brassord, Asst. Chief


Francis McGrath, Capt.


Arthur Smith, Lieut. Thomas Mullany


Herbert Smith Raymond Balise William Boyle


Marcus Boyle


Joseph Wendlowski, Jr,


Henry Kosakowski


Peter Kubosiak Alfred Proulx John Fortsch Bernard Pelis


Bernard Shaw


John Cernak Francis Godin Mitchell Kempisty Joseph Krawczyk Martin Brassord William Betsold John Gizienski Frank Zawacki Thomas Sheehan Raymond Jenness Marcus Mullins Edward Skarpetowski Edward Kempisty Frank Filipek Charles Petrowicz


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North Hatfield


Ralph Pickett, Capt. Rudolph Mathieu


Donald Mathieu, Eng. Richard Belden


Clifford Belden, Jr.


Philip Maiewski Charles Belden


Louis Kubilis


Albert Omasta Michael Omasta Steve Duga Edward Wroblewski Herman Southard John Maslowski Merrill Siemionko Teddy Smiarowski


SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE


John Osley, Jr., Chm.


Dorothy Boyle Bernard Donnis Luther A. Belden


Thaddeus Kabat Pauline Burda George Zgrodnik


TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS


Incorporated 1670


Area - 8900 Acres


Elevation - 132 feet at Main Street


Population 1955 Census - 2236


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Second Hampshire District


Charles A. Bisbee, Jr. Chesterfield, Mass.


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STATE SENATOR Franklin and Hampshire District Ralph C. Mahar Orange, Mass.


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Second Congressional District Edward P. Boland Springfield, Mass.


SENATORS IN CONGRESS


Leverett J. Saltonstall Dover, Mass. John F. Kennedy Boston, Mass.


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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; one Select- man for three years; one Selectman for two years; one Selectman for one year; Town Treasurer for one year; Tax Collector for one year; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; Tree Warden for one year; Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith for one year and one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for three years.


The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the fore- noon and kept open until eight o'clock in the evening.


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Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or sub- jects which have to do with the welfare of the town, or act anything thereon.


Article 3. 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, 1956, 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 the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and amendments thereto.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $271.70 received from the dog fund to the Li- . brary Account, or act anything thereon.


Article 5. 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 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate and/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 offi- cials in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, or act anything thereon.


Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,955.12 as allocated by the actu- ary and certified by the county commissioners to the Town of Hatfield under the provisions of Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended and pay said amount to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Retire- ment System.


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Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the county and state under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 for the im- provement of Chapter 90 highways, the town's share, or take any action thereon.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate 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, or take any action thereon.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to author- ize the selectmen to co-operate with the county and state under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00, the town's share, for new construction on Elm Street, or take any action thereon.


Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for reconstructing the sidewalk on the northerly side of Elm Street, from Dwight Street in an easterly direction, or act anything thereon.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450.00 for a Dental Clinic, or act anything thereon.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for a Well Child Clinic, or act anything thereon.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 for the support of a vis- iting nurse, or take any action in relation thereto.


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Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the recreation pro- gram, or act anything thereon.


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate from the Machinery Fund, the sum of $5,000.00, said sum, together with the trade-in value of the 1946 Ford truck with plow, to be used to purchase a new truck, equipped with snow plow and other winter equipment, for the highway department, or act anything thereon.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Dike repairs, or act anything thereon.


Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Fence repairs, or act anything thereon.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 to extend the North Street Sewer, approximately 1600 feet in a northerly direction, or act anything thereon.


Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to construct a sewer on Old Farms Road in Bradstreet, approximately 700 feet in an easterly direction from River Road, or act anything thereon.


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $200 for the purchase of land, abutting Main Street Cemetery on the east, from Arthur C. Bard- well for an addition to the Main Street Cemetery, and ap- propriate the sum of $800.00 for drainage, grading and


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driveways in conjunction with this addition, from the unexpended Cemetery Land Purchase appropriation made at the Annual Town Meeting in 1955 under Article 32, or act anything thereon.


Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, under the provisions of Section 64 of Chap- ter 44, General Laws, the sum of $62.50 for the payment of unpaid bills of the Water Department, or act anything thereon.


Article 23. To see if the town will vote to elect the Moderator, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector and Tree Warden for a term of three years, or act anything there- on.


Article 24. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following By-Laws:


FRONT YARDS


1. No building shall be built less than twenty-five (25) feet from the street line. Provided that no major buildings need be set back more than the average of the set-backs of the buildings on the next lots on either side.


In the case of corner lots the front yard depths shall be observed from all bordering streets.


SIDE YARDS


2. No building shall be built or placed within fifteen (15) feet of a side lot line.


PROJECTIONS


3. Nothing herein shall prevent the projection of steps, roofless porches, chimneys, eaves, or other ornamental features into any required yard.


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And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof in five public places in the Town of Hatfield, 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 1st day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.


JOSEPH J. WENDLOWSKI, JR. PHILIP Z. MAIEWSKI


Selectmen of Hatfield


Report of Finance Committee


1955 Approp.


Amount Spent


1955 Requested


Recom- mended


1. Moderator, Jan. 1, 1956


$25.00


$25.00


$25.00


$25.00


2. Selectmen's Salaries, Jan. 1, 1956, 3 @ $300.00


900.00


753.26


900.00


900.00


3. Selectmen's Expense


150.00


118.26


150.00


150.00


4. Selectmen's Clerk


200.00


200.00


200.00


200.00


5. Accountant's Salary


1,475.00


1,475.00


1,475.00


1,475.00


6. Accountant's Expense


125.00


113.44


125.00


125.00


7. Treasurer's Salary, Jan. 1, 1956


1,875.00


1,875.00


1,975.00


1,875.00


8. Treasurer's Expense


475.00


458.55


475.00


475.00


9. Tax Collector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1956


1,400.00


1,400.00


1,400.00


1,400.00




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