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105.35
Ralph Green
200.00
243.42
Meriva L. Capen
100.00
104.54
Minerva R. Olds
100.00
105.08
Otis C. Lyon
100.00
106.72
Hitchcock-Graves
100.00
105.71
Minerva M. Gates
200.00
225.57
Rogers-Paine
150.00
173.96
Elizabeth D. Moore
100.00
107.56
Mary W. Bailey
100.00
102.78
M. M. Rogers
100.00
104.44
Nellie S. Hooker
75.00
82.90
Ethan Warriner
100.00
103.29
Lizzie E. Fletcher
100.00
111.62
Andrew Pinney
100.00
121.33
Frank F. Marcy
500.00
504.38
Thomas McDougall
100.00
110.18
Sarah J. Winter
200.00
211.74
C. B. Fiske
200.00
227.82
Minnie B, Converse
500.00
548.19
Amelia M. Culver
100.00
106.72
Omer W. Marcy
100.00
104.26
Frank M. Eager
250.00
257.32
Maria Ritchie
100.00
111.81
Charles H. Burleigh-A. B. lot
100.00
103.64
Julia A. Burleigh-B. B. lot
100.00
110.18
C. H. & J. A. Burleigh-J. W. C. lot
25.00
26.83
Emily M. Holdsworth
100.00
104.51
Sarah D. Smith
100.00
109.69
Hollowell P. Marcy
100.00
107.96
Josie M. Northrop
300.00
309.69
Ellis & F. M. Dodge
200.00
213.02
Calvin Childs
100.00
102.01
Joseph A. Brown
500.00
542.05
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Present
Name
Principal
Condition
Sarah I. Lee Snow
50.00
51.03
Abby J. Peirce
100.00
107.18
D. W. Taft
75.00
85.33
Henry Graves
50.00
50.12
William H. Osborne
50.00
52.87
Sarah E. Ward
50.00
53.93
George F. Sedgwick
100.00
103.32
George H. Cobb
50.00
52.23
B. M. Griswold
50.00
53.23
Thomas Bruce
100.00
108.63
H. H. Paine
50.00
50.69
Susan M. Page
100.00
107.32
Peebles Fund
100.00
106.06
George F. Merrick
100.00
104.76
Maria M. Hastings
200.00
215.42
Walter E. Stone
200.00
220.63
Mary A. Thayer
50.00
50.01
Lucy M. Shaw
100.00
108.18
Samuel Sharratt
100.00
103.02
George Robinson
200.00
232.72
Joseph F. Gerald
100.00
102.29
James F. Fenton
100.00
115.63
Liberty Jenks
200.00
221.69
Martha J. Mooers
200.00
201.11
Byram Woodhead
100.00
104.02
Almenia Hastings
100.00
105.89
Clara B. Fisherdick
100.00
106.39
Austin E. Gould
100.00
106.54
Susan Beebe
100.00
100.53
James I. Milliken
200.00
230.38
Christen Christiansen
50.00
55.13
Millie G. Rose
100.00
106.50
Mary E. Murdock-F. M. M. lot
100.00
103.21
Mary E. Murdock-L. B. lot
100.00
102.08
Robert Chambers
100.00
105.08
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Josiah P. Stevens
100.00
105.18
William A. Bennett
100.00
104.08
Charles W. Bennett
100.00
101.36
Charles E. Fuller
100.00
109.12
Frederick H. Conant
100.00
104.66
Joseph V. Clark
100.00
105.51
Robert Reid
100.00
103.47
Edwin B. Newell
100.00
105.08
Martha A. Shaw
211.00
294.21
August Carlson
100.00
112.51
Elizabeth R. Macomber
200.00
221.18
Thomas D. Frame
200.00
215.15
O. P. Allen
100.00
109.49
Albert A. Sherman
100.00
103.72
Charles A. Royce
100.00
106.43
Martin L. Farrington
100.00
103.61
Joseph H. Jones
150.00
161.50
Mary S. Moore
100.00
108.63
Horace R. Paine-H. H. lot
50.00
51.45
Arthur W. Holbrook
100.00
106.20
James S. Morgan
200.00
214.53
Silas B. Keith
100.00
103.14
James H. Davis
100.00
103.77
George S. Peck
100.00
103.58
Nettie O. Coleman
50.00
51.95
Jennie C. Carpenter
100.00
102.87
Esther A. Graves
100.00
101.69
Nellie M. Bond
100.00
103.13
Cyrus W. Cross
100.00
106.48
Lucy A. Hitchcock
100.00
102.41
John C. Green
100.00
102.08
Charles E. Fish
100.00
108.49
Lewis E. Royce
200.00
220.14
Henry McMaster
50.00
50.96
Bessie C. Jenks
100.00
102.67
27
Present
Name
Principal
Condition
Samuel W. Lyon
100.00
107.95
Orissa L. Merrifield
100.00
100.84
Edwin J. Duncan
50.00
50.40
Elizabeth Dyson
100.00
103.55
James Metcalf
100.00
103.86
Agnes Larkin
50.00
51.46
Hitchcock-Rice
100.00
103.88
Lewis A. Conant
100.00
104.37
Julia F. McKendrick
100.00
101.29
Nellie M. Sizer
100.00
104.93
William J. Smith
100.00
104.82
John W. Smith
50.00
51.22
Thomas J. Chalk
100.00
104.85
Edward T. Prindle
100.00
110.74
Justin W. Keith
200.00
230.69
Willis E. Shaw
100.00
102.78
John J. & Sarah J. McAdam
100.00
101.02
Charles E. Nicholson
100.00
104.32
Minnie Smith
100.00
104.45
Thomas W. Cole
100.00
106.80
George A. Branford
100.00
103.71
Merriam
100.00
106.08
Joseph M. Allen
200.00
208.83
Charles M. Kempton
100.00
103.30
A. M. Billings
100.00
103.23
Charles K. Gamwell
100.00
103.82
Grosvenor-Brown
50.00
50.09
Luther H. Gager
100.00
109.41
L. Augusta Thompson
100.00
100.86
John M. Ramsdell
100.00
107.59
Henry S. Howe
200.00
217.90
Charles Duane Fuller
100.00
103.48
Albert S. Geer
50.00
52.09
Clara V. Pendleton
100.00
108.15
Henry W. Calkins
50.00
51.99
28
Present
Name
Principal
Condition
Charles H. Hobbs
100.00
101.39
Albert D. Thomas
100.00
102.39
Hiram Converse
100.00
102.19
Isabella H. Ballantine
200.00
217.34
Herman M. Kendall
50.00
50.30
Myron K. Chamberlin
100.00
104.33
Clara L. Converse
100.00
101.35
William A. Weld
100.00
103.69
Martin Salmonsen
50.00
52.58
Willis D. Geer
100.00
107.68
Charles F. Smith
200.00
210.71
Ocran Hanks
100.00
101.48
William H. Heald
100.00
100.69
Cora Forte
100.00
103.48
Jason B. Thomas
100.00
101.37
Martin M. Thomas
100.00
104.42
Caroline B. Talmadge
100.00
102.21
Agnes F. Wilson
200.00
206.56
A. Blanche LeGro
100.00
101.47
L. W. Caryl
100.00
103.71
Charles R. Russell
100.00
103.41
Mary C. Cummings
100.00
103.41
Thomas H. Cole
100.00
102.61
Anna M. Wakefield
100.00
102.47
Clara B. Kendall
200.00
209.54
Emerson J. Loy
100.00
103.14
W. O. Twogood
100.00
100.81
Willard F. Fillmore
100.00
101.83
B. F. Clark
100.00
100.81
Mary J. Cole
100.00
102.17
Emma F. Blair
100.00
100.81
Leon Henrichon, Sr.
100.00
100.86
Frank B. Waite
200.00
203.21
Timothy D. Potter
100.00
101.06
Nettie L. Davis
100.00
100.77
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Frederick D. Thompson
150.00
151.47
Edith R. Nordstrom
100.00
100.77
Gerda V. Anderson
100.00
100.77
Calvin W. Johnson
100.00
102.04
Ida M. Lloyd
100.00
101.54
Nettie E. Hurd
100.00
101.01
Charles T. Brainerd
100.00
101.01
Louis J. Brainerd
400.00
402.14
Louis R. Wheeler
100.00
101.78
Ellen S. Leach
100.00
101.01
William J. Thompson
50.00
50.49
Fred K. Thayer
50.00
50.36
Elizabeth Holden Pope
200.00
200.02
Ethel R. Weeden
192.83
196.85
Edward B. Sparrow
50.00
50.93
Mattie A. Jencks
100.00
100.72
Charles E. Trout
100.00
101.46
Josephine H. Ham
100.00
101.04
Rufus W. Stimson
100.00
100.83
Cyrus F. Stimson
100.00
100.00
Martha F. Swann
100.00
100.00
Anna J. Collis
100.00
101.14
Katherine T. Warren
100.00
100.00
Sidney H. Calkins
100.00
100.00
Angelina Adams
150.00
150.00
Fred C. Gamwell
200.00
200.00
Anna L. Fuller
100.00
100.00
Jonathan Marshall
100.00
100.00
$ 32,788.83
$ 34,809.99 $ 1,300.00
Gain in Perpetual Care Fund
Respectfully submitted, DAVID L. BODFISH, LOUIS J. BRAINERD, ROBERT E. FAULKNER
Cemetery Commissioners
30
Report of Neglected Graves
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report for the expenditure of the fund for the care of the graves of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who fought in the wars of the United States. Appropriation : $ 250.00
Expenditure : Paid P. Coache-
St. Anne's Cemetery, 18 lots $18.00
Rev. D. E. Hennessey- St. Thomas Cemetery, 26 lots 52.00
Cemetery Commissioners : Palmer Center Cemetery, 35 Iots $35.00
Oak Knoll Cemetery, 71 lots 103.00
Four Corners Cemetery, 35 lots 40.00
Three Rivers Cemetery, 2 lots 2.00
$180.00
$ 250.00
Respectfully submitted, DAVID L. BODFISH, Superintendent of Graves
31
Report of Assessors
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Palmer, the Board of Assessors, respect- fully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1938 :
Town Appropriations :
To be raised by taxation $389,204.64
To be taken from available funds 7,930.23
Maturing Debt and Interest
16,121.25
State Tax 10,000.00
1937 State Tax Underestimate
990.00
State Audit
1,034.42
Civil War Veterans
12.50
State Parks and Reservations
278.77
1937 State Parks and Reservations underestimate
84.92
County Tax
12,062.40
Overlay
6,786.89
$444,506.02
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$39,364.53
Corporations Taxes
53,450.19
Reimbursement, State owned lands
136.73
Motor Vehicle Excise
13,000.00
Licenses
8,500.00
Fines
800.00
General Government
500.00
Health and Sanitation
900.00
Highways
300.00
Charities
11,000.00
Old Age Assistance
4,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
500.00
32
Schools 7,500.00
Cemeteries
2,400.00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
3,300.00
Veterans Exemptions 11.32
Total Estimated Receipts $145,662.77
Overestimates of previous years :
Civil War Veterans
$612.00
County Tax .01
Transfers
7,930.23
Available Funds
30,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$184,205.01
Net amount to be raised by taxation
$260,301.01
Less 2694 Polls at $2.00 each 5,388.00
Total amount to be raised by taxation on property
$254.913.01
Assessed valuation for 1938:
Personal Estate $1,039,625.00
Buildings, exclusive of land 4,406,153.00
Land, exclusive of buildings 1,635,139.00
Total Valuation : $7,080,917.00
Tax Rate :
$36.00 per M
All
Number of persons Assessed Individuals Others* Total
On Personal Estate only 282
10
292
On Real Estate only 1107
27
1134
On Both Personal & Real Estate 491
10
501
Total Number of Persons assessed *Partnerships, Associations, etc.
1927
33
Number of horses assessed
75
Number of cows assessed
675
Number of yearlings assessed 157
Number of swine assessed
33
Number of sheep assessed
7
Number of fowl assessed
3,975
Number of dwelling houses assessed 1,546
RECAPITULATION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE FOR THE YEAR 1938
Commitments
Total No.
Total Value
Excise
April 30th,
1094
$223,840.00
$7,910.20
June 22nd,
515
136,390.00
4,419.11
Sept. 15th,
211
52,360.00
1,167.54
Oct. 14th,
61
17,300.00
249.73
Nov. 17th,
63
15,690.00
202.19
Dec. 29th,
66
30,365.00
225.51
Total : 2010 $475,945.00 $14,174.28
Excise Tax Rate $35.15 Per M
Abatements on Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
1936 Excise Tax Levy
$ 10.01
1937 Excise Tax Levy 82.67
1938 Excise Tax Levy
870.46
Abatements granted on 1936 Tax Levy :
Poll Tax
$ 20.00
Personal
371.88
Real Estate 73.80
Abatements granted on 1937 Tax Levy :
Poll Tax
$ 74.00
Personal
13.60
Real Estate
282.00
34
Abatements granted on 1938 Tax Levy :
Poll Tax
$ 14.00
Personal
123.12
Real Estate
3,697.62
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL V. FOGARTY
OSCAR F. BRESSETTE
DAVID B. SMITH
35
Report of The Board of Public Welfare
-
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer :
The annual report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1938 is hereby respectfully submitted :
Aided in this town
No. of No. of Cases Persons
Amount
Account of :
Town Infirmary
20
20
$ 4,157.55
In Homes, Private Families and Institutions
203
956
25,421.00
Aid to Dependent Children
13
75
5,822.83
For Other Cities and Towns
34
103
2,328.66
For State
47
126
6,765.40
By Other Cities and Towns
26
77
3,511.65
RECEIPTS
Appropriations :
General Administration
$ 46,800.00
Salaries of Board
600.00
Salary of Secretary
1,100.00
Salary of Physician
500.00
$49,000.00
36
Federal Grant
For Aid to Dependent Children :
Balance January 1, 1938
$34.55
Received during 1938 1,645.06
$1,679.61
Town Infirmary
$1,280.97
$1,280.97
Reimbursements :
Cities and Towns
$2,945.13
State
4,896.71
Individuals
50.00
$ 7,891.84
$59,852.42
Total Receipts
Abatements :
1928 Bills
$ 69.90
1931
46.03
1932
26.69
1933
"
107.00
1934
533.50
1936
"
39.64
1937
111.65
1938
11.00
$ 945.41
37
PAYMENTS
Salaries :
Board of Public Welfare
$ 600.00
Secretary
1,100.00
Physician
500.00
$ 2,200.00
Administration Expenses :
Trans. and Travel Expenses
$192.06
Postage and Supplies
87.02
Telephones
153.45
Transients
2.25
Express
.37
$ 435.15
Emergency Flood Relief :
Transportation
$ 16.00
Labor
8.00
Provisions
13.37
$ 37.37
Town Infirmary :
Warden and Matron's Salaries $1,500.00
Provisions
747.82
Fuel
234.85
Light
85.32
Grain
496.39
Labor
227.33
Transportation
132.50
Telephone
42.09
Veterinary
25.00
Sawdust
5.00
38
Live Stock
26.00
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Dental
3.00
Spray
10.70
Clothing
35.18
Seed and Fertilizer
137.72
Equipment
129.58
Trucking
5.13
Medicine
140.56
Repairs
127.20
Pasture
26.00
Papers
15.18
$4,157.55
Aid to Dependent Children:
Cash
$5,822.83
$5,822.83
Outside Poor:
Town Cases :
Cash
$328.00
Rent
3,662.59
Light
91.19
Provisions
14,175.35
Fuel
1,368.98
Medical
351.30
Medicine
584.18
Clothing
601.92
Board Private Families
597.00
Board Private Institutions
614.00
Private Hospitals
2,812.09
Seed and Fertilizer
7.25
Household Necessities
12.15
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Transportation
52.00
Burials
163.00
$25,421.00
Outside Poor:
For State:
Cash
$ 510.72
Rent
1,401.50
Light
31.84
Provisions
3,264.70
Fuel
660.97
Medical
43.00
Glasses
34.00
Medicine
134.28
Clothing
192.66
Household Necessities
.65
Private Hospital
430.83
Seeds
4.45
Transportation
5.80
Burials
50.00
$6,765.40
Outside Poor :
For Other Towns:
Cash
$1.00
Rent
195.00
Light
19.83
Provisions
786.64
Fuel
142.61
Medical
69.50
Medicine
27.75
Clothing
19.11
Private Hospital
939.22
Moving
11.00
40
Transportation
9.00
Burial
108.00
$2,328.66
Outside Poor :
By Other Towns :
Cash
$890.52
Rent
499.66
Provisions
1,002.72
Fuel
282.72
Medical
187.52
Medicine
42.80
Clothing
95.20
Private Hospital
403.45
Moving
41.00
Board
65.71
Household Necessities
.35
$ 3,511.65
Total Expenditures $50,679.61
NET COST OF CHARITIES
Total Expenses $50,679.61
Less Receipts of Town Infirmary $1,280.97
" Reimbursements 7,891.84
" Federal Grant (A.D.C.)
1,679.61
" Outstanding Bills 5,470.41
$16,322.83
$34,356.78
Plus Receipts for previous years $1,194.32
Outstanding bills for
previous years 1,101.76
41
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1938 Aid to Dependent Children Fed. Grant 34.55
$ 2,330.63
Actual Net Cost for 1938 $36,687.41
Balance on hand December 31, 1938
Federal Grant Aid to Dependent Children
$5.68
REPORT OF WARDEN TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
RECEIPTS
Milk
$947.27
Produce
11.00
Stock
207.75
Board from State
104.00
A. A. A. Farm Program
10.95
Total Receipts $1,280.97
Disbursements :
Paid Town Treasurer
$1,176.97
Balance Paid Town
Treasurer-Direct
104.00
$1,280.97
BILLS RECEIVABLE
Milk
Board
$ 30.64 185.00
$215.64
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INVENTORY
Furniture
$600.00
Food and Supplies
163.50
Live Stock
1,130.00
Hay and Grain
675.00
Farm Implements
800.00
Wood, Coal and Lumber
700.00
$4,068.50
Number of Inmates registered during year
20
Largest number at one time 15
Number of Inmates December 31, 1938
9
Respectfully submitted, MAURICE F. LAWLOR, Warden NORA D. LAWLOR, Matron
NET COST OF TOWN INFIRMARY
Total Expenses
$4,157.55
Less Receipts " Outstanding Bills
$1,280.97
215.64
$1,496.61
$2,660.94
Plus Receipts for 1937
$51.44
$ 51.44
Net Cost
$2,712.38
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman WILLIAM C. DALY, Secretary JOHN K. McKENZIE Board of Public Welfare
43
Report of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance
For the year ending December 31, 1938
Aided
Amount
Town Cases
136
$31,183.51
For Other Cities and Towns
14
4,047.15
For State
15
3,627.10
By Other Cities and Towns
8
415.46
Number of Active Cases December 31, 1937
108
Applications Received during the Year
49
Applications Accepted during the Year
40
Applications Rejected during the Year
9
Cases Closed during the Year
20
(15 by death)
Palmer settled Cases in Other Towns
11
Number of Active Cases December 31, 1938
128
RECEIPTS
Appropriations $21,725.00
Federal Grants for Old Age
Assistance only ;
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
1,035.53
Received during the Year
17,511.39
Refund
17.50
Federal Grant for Old Age
Assistance Administration only ;
Received during the Year 583.65
$40,873.07
44
Reimbursements :
Cities and Towns
State
$
548.45
11,539.17
$12,087.62
Total Receipts $42,160.69
PAYMENTS
From Town Appropriations
Town Cases :
Cash
$16,335.42
Board and Care
35.00
$16,370.42
For Other Towns:
Cash
$2,117.00
Board and Care
21.00
Burial
112.00
$2,250.00
State Cases :
Cash
$1,849.03
$1,849.03
By Other Towns :
Cash
$341.67
$341.67
45
Administration :
Salaries :
Supervisor
Bureau
$675.00 76.89
$751.89
Transportation
$110.80
Postage and Supplies
39.61
Telephone
11.58
$ 161.99
Total Payments from Town Appropriations
$21,725.00
PAYMENTS From Federal Grant for Old Age Assistance only
Town Cases :
Cash
$14,140.16
Board and Care
15.00
Burials
600.00
Medical
75.43
$14,830.59
For Other Towns:
Cash
$1,691.75
Board and Care
15.00
Medical
23.40
Hospital
17.00
Burials
50.00
$1,797.15
46
State Cases :
Cash
$1,565.57
Medical
12.50
Burials
200.00
$1,778.07
By Other Towns :
Cash $73.79
$73.79
Total payments from Federal Grant
for Old Age Assistance only $18,479.60
PAYMENTS
From Federal Grant for Old Age Administration only
Salaries :
Supervisor
$425.00
Bureau
23.11
$448.11
Transportation
$86.15
Postage and Supplies
37.31
Telephone
11.88
$135.34
Total payments from Federal Grant for Old Age Administration only $583.45
47
NET COST OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total Expenditures
$40,788.05
Less Reimbursements
$12,087.62
Refund
17.50
Federal Grants
19,130.37
Outstanding Bills 196.45
$31,431.94
$ 9,356.11
Plus Federal Grant on hand Jan. 1, $1,035.53
" Receipts for 1937 71.67
$ 1,107.20
Net Cost
$10,463.31
Federal Grant:
Unexpended Balance for
Old Age Assistance only $84.82
Federal Unexpended Balance for Administration only .20
$85.02
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. CALLAHAN
WILLIAM C. DALY
CHARLES H. GIROUX, M.D. Bureau of Old Age Assistance
THOMAS W. MANSFIELD
Supervisor
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Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1, 1938, $80,149.24
Anticipation of Revenue Loans, $250,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan, 27,000.00
Dutton Bridge Loan, 10,000.00
John T. Brown, Tax Collector :
Taxes, 1935, 67.99
Interest and Demands 1935,
10.38
Taxes, 1936, 8,076.87
Interest and Demands 1936, 673.41
Taxes, 1937,
53,292.51
Interest and Demands 1937,
2,002.88
Taxes, 1938, 178,638.89
Interest and Demands 1938,
293.71
Tax Title Redemptions,
878.71
Sale of Land of Low Value,
39.22
Sale of Tax Possession,
720.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Taxes, Reimbursements and Licenses, 135,243.13
Highway Fund, Chapter 500,
Acts of 1938, 6,250.00
Chapter 90;
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road (1937 account) 889.54
Maintenance (1937 account) 999.99
Maintenance (1938 account) 103.86
Forest Lake Road account, 1,500.00
Dutton Bridge account, 1,310.87
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County of Hampden,
Chapter 90;
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road (1937 account)
454.46
Maintenance (1937 account)
999.98
Maintenance (1938 account)
103.96
Forest Lake Road account,
750.00
Dutton Bridge account,
655.43
All Other Sources,
27,249.16
$708,204.95
$788,354.19
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid out on Selectmen's
warrants,
$729,844.16
Balance on hand
December 31, 1938, 58,510.03
$788,354.19
ROBERT L. McDONALD,
Town Treasurer
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Report of Board of Selectmen
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report.
The Board organized with William F. Griswold as Chairman and George B. Cheney as Secretary.
The following appointments were made: Ernest E. Hobson, Town Counsel; Harriette Paine as Bookkeeper; Ralph E. Canning, Burial Agent; David L. Bodfish, Sup't of Graves; M. Scott French, Chief Engineer; Joseph L. Marhelewicz, Inspector of Animals; Harold B. Meader, Temporary Sup't of Streets ; August Ammann Jr., Super- visor of W. P. A .; Robert L. McDonald, Clerk of High- way Matters.
The Board has attended to the several matters of Highway Appropriations, and repairs voted at the last annual town meeting. Under Oil Appropriation for 1938, the following streets were oiled: Baptist Hill Road, South High St., Barker St., Spring St., Foster St., Maple St., Pinney St., Breckenridge St., Shearer St., Foundry St., Fenton St., and Warren St., under Chapter 90 Main- tenance, Forest Lake Road, and Thorndike St. were oiled.
Dutton's Bridge is under construction by the Hos- mer Construction Co. of Greenfield. This is a Chapter 90 Project voted at the last annual town meeting.
On Chapter 90 Shearer's Corner to Bondsville Road, the Town contracted to build this road but the contract was not awarded until October, and only work that was done was drainage, the balance of this work will be
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completed in the Spring as soon as conditions are favor- able for road construction.
The Board has arranged with the Dep't of Public Works and County of Hampden for assistance in the construction of a new Bridge on Main St., Three Rivers at a cost of $40,000.00, the State to pay $20,000.00 the County and Town $10,000.00 each.
The Board has arranged with the Dept. of Public Works and County of Hampden for the Shearer's Corner- Bondsville Road at a cost of $28,000.00, the State to pay $14,000.00, the County and Town to pay $7,000.00 each.
The Board has arranged with the Dep't of Public Works and County of Hampden to build the Three Rivers- Thorndike Road at a cost of $16,000.00 the State to pay $8,000.00, the County and Town to pay $4,000.00 each.
The Board has arranged for State and County assistance for the Maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads so- called at an estimated cost of $3,000.00, the State to contribute $1,000.00, the County and Town $1,000.00 each.
During the year of 1938, there was an approximate total of $289,000.00 spent in the town on Work Relief Projects. Of this amount, the Federal Government spent $239,403.31 and the Town of Palmer $49,596.69 which is a ratio of 82.8% to 17.2% or nearly 5 to 1. There has been an average of 335 persons on Work Relief during the year, but a large part of the year the personnel has been about 400.
We have tried just as far as possible to work projects which were worth while and which would be of permanent benefit to the town.
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The Employees of the W. P. A. after the Flood and Hurricane in September rendered valuable assistance in clearing up the damage caused by the storm, and saved the Town thousands of dollars. The Board wishes to extend thanks to M. J. Daley in charge of the Spring- field office for his fine cooperation.
Recommendations for 1939 appropriations are not published herewith in order to save expense, but they have been filed with the Finance Committee.
At the last annual town meeting no appropriation was made for Snow Removal and snow removal cost the Town in excess of $8,000.00, during 1938, and it was necessary that the money used for snow removal be taken from the Highway fund. We respectfully request that a separate snow removal fund be appropriated for the year of 1939, and ask that the Voters and Finance Committee give this matter their earnest consideration.
The Board appreciates the cooperation and assist- ance given it by all officials of the Town and others during the past year.
WILLIAM F. GRISWOLD AUGUST AMMANN GEORGE B. CHENEY
Selectmen
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Report of Town Bookkeeper
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Palmer, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report of Receipts and Expendi- tures for the town for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1938.
RECEIPTS
Taxes for Current Year
Poll
$ 5,176.00
Personal
28,974.31
Real Estate
131,353.12
Motor Vehicle Excise
13,135.46
$178,638.89
Taxes for Previous Years
Poll
Personal
$ 967.07 3,895.72
Real Estate
55,682.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
892.58
$ 61,437.37
Tax Titles Redeemed
Sale Price Fire District No. 2 Tax
$783.74 61.83
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Interest on Taxes
63.36
Deeds of Release
9.00
$ 917.93
Tax Possessions
Sale Price
$720.00
$
720.00
Taxes from State
Income Tax
$19,052.76
Income Tax
18,727.88
Income Chapter 362 Sect. 4
1,259.02
$ 39,039.66
Corporation Tax $52,724.87
Corporation Tax Gas, Elec. & Water 2,373.28
Corporation Tax Business 325.36
$ 55,423.51
Fines and Forfeits
Court Fines $478.70
$
478.70
Grants and Gifts
From County :
Dog Licenses
$1,131.97
$
1,131.97
From State:
Old Age Assistance
$11,048.33
$ 11,048.33
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From Cities and Towns :
Old Age Assistance $611.62
$ 611.62
Licenses and Permits
Dog Licenses
$1,254.60
Junk Licenses
154.00
Peddlers' Licenses
105.00
Circus License
40.00
Used Car Dealers
14.00
Pool and Billiard
66.00
Agents
8.00
Auctioneer's
2.00
Sunday
86.00
Inn Holders
1,433.00
Common Victualers
3,274.00
Club
1,800.00
Roadside Stand
250.00
Package
575.00
Drug
750.00
$ 9,811.60
General Government
Rent of Town House
$50.00
Law and Claim
245.00
Sale of Old Papers
1.00
$ 296.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Sealing of Weights and Measures
$40.20
Rent of Town Property
47.50
$ 87.70
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Health
Reimbursement for care of
Tubercular Patients from :
State
$756.89
Cities and Towns
269.15
$ 1,026.04
Licenses :
Alcohol
$ 3.00
Ice Cream
65.00
Pasteurization
20.00
Bottling
40.00
Milk and Oleo
66.00
Undertakers
5.00
$ 199.00
Highways
Sewer Connections
$525.00
Sale of Old Materials
78.75
Driveway Repairs
19.05
Shovel and Tractor Repairs
183.95
Loading Gravel
267.00
Miscellaneous
23.40
1,097.15 $
Construction :
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road
State
$889.54
County
454.46
$ 1,344.00
Forest Lake Road
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State
County
$1,500.00 750.00
$
2,250.00
Chapter 90 Roads
State
$1,103.85
County
1,103.94
$ 2,207.79
Chapter 500 Acts of 1938
$6,250.00 $ 6,250.00
Dutton Bridge
State
$1,310.87
County
655.43
$ 1,966.30
Public Welfare
Infirmary :
Sale of Milk and Produce
$959.27
Sale of Stock
206.75
A. A. A. Farm Program
10.95
1,176.97 $
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered:
Cities and Towns
$2,886.69
State
5,595.05
$
8,481.74
United States Grant:
Aid to Dependent Children $1,650.74
Emergency Relief
138.87
$ 1,789.61
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Old Age Assistance
United States Grant:
For Old Age Assistance $17,511.39
For Old Age Administration 583.65
$ 18,095.04
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
$188.00
Military Aid
150.00
$ 338.00
Soldiers' Relief :
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