Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1916-1930, Part 27

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
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Appropriation,


$3,000 00


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., $148 52


W. G. Bisbee, Exp. Acct., Clerk or Board of Registers, Records to State, Ballot Clerk, 112 59


Ralph Tilton, Labor at Fire,


4 00


Frank Sanderson, Care of Town Scales, 12 50


American Fire Extinguish Co., Soda, 5 48


Eureka Mfg. Co., Hose,


128 25


H. S. Packard, 12 Pails, Fire Dept.,


4 75


L. B. Lawrence, Labor and Paint Engine House, Precinct B,


37 63


George Scott, Wood, Pre. B, Fire Dept., 6 48


Lznecy Kucznoski, Lamps for Clock, 1 92


Anna Watson, Treas .. Exp. Acct., 13 63


20


N. K. Lincoln, Milk Inspector, 15 00


T. F. Lenihan, Board of Health


cases and Sealer of Weights and Measures, 11 50


L. A. Cranston, Serv. as Fish and and Game Warden, 50 00


Frank O'Brien, Serv. as Fish and Game Warden, 50 00


Assessors' Auto Tax, Service, Tax Lists, 5 00


John Graham, Coal, Town Hall, 8 50


Mosier Bros., Chloride of Lime,


1 88


Emma Smith, Ballot Clerk,


8 00


Mary Coogan, Ballot Clerk,


8 00


Edward Larkin, Ballot Clerk,


8 00


Hattie Lincoln, Ballot Clerk, 8 00


Clara La Valley, Ballot Clerk, 8 00


Hattie Metcalf, Ballot Clerk, 8 00


John Marthers, Ballot Clerk, 4 00


Elizabeth Fitch, Ballot Clerk,


4 00


Shaw, Hickey & Cook, Legal Adv.,


7 00


John Nobles, Coll. of Dog Tax,


Traffic Duty, 49 96


Hampshire County Trust Co., Safe Deposit Box, 5 00


Carrol Jenkins, Dust bane for


Town Hall, 6 00


Commissioner of Public Safety, Blanks, 50


Howard Pomeroy, Labor as Tree Warden,


33 60


Raymond Warner, Extra Serv. as Assessor, 17 50


Percey E. Grey, Use of Car at Fire, 2 00


Mertie O'Brien, Spec. Officer July 3 and 4, 5 00


.


21


H. S. Purseglove, Fire Extinguish- er, $17 00


Williamsburg Garage, Rent and


Repairs on Fire Truck, 68 70


Michael Riley, Registrar, 15 00


Henry Baldwin, Spec. Officer July 3 and 4, 15 00


H. S. Gere & Son, Reading Notices, 2 70


R. P. Buck, Auditing Tax Coll. acct. Special, 10 00


Mabel Buck, Ballot Clerk,


4 00


W. G. Loomis, Auditing Tax Coll. Acct. Special, 10 00


Charle H. Chase, Recording Deeds,


Transfers for Assessors, De- scription of Real Estate,


17 25


C. P. Rustermeyer, Stamped Pa- per, 44 32


A. J. Tilton, Registrar, 15 00


Stephen Burke, Registrar, Spec.


Officer July 3 and 4, Ballot Clerk, 33 00


Birth Returns, 7 00


Harry Daniels, Uniform, Officer,


10 00


Director of Accts.,


6 00


A. J. Polmatier & Son, Elec. Light Bulbs, Town Hall, 3 20


Gazette Printing Co., Town Re-


ports and other printing, 173 75


Crawford Detective Agency, Serv.,


50 00


A. W. Brownell, Blanks for Town Clerk, 7 39


Burke & Burdeau, Sup. for Town Hall, 3 56


Carter Ink Co., Ink,


2 75


P. B. Murphy, Legal Blanks,


4 90


J. A. Breckenridge, Inspector of Animals, 66 00


22


Fred La Valley, Ballot Clerk, $4 00


H. E. Bradford, Ballot Clerk, 8 00


W. A. Lee, Ballot Clerk, 12 00


John Campbell, Ballot Clerk,


12 00


James Mansfield, Ballot Clerk, 12 00


Martha Bisbee, Ballot Clerk, 12 00


Josephine Sheehan, Ballot Clerk,


12 00


Harry Warner, Telephone Bill,


18 36


Hattie V. Cone, Typing for Select- men, 50 00


Northampton Commercial College, Paper, 86


O. W. Kelley, Liquor Cases, 24 90


Warner Nash, Janitor and Exp. Acct. Town Hall, 110 95


Hobbs & Warren, Legal Blanks,


28 26


Fred Vining, Inspector of Meat,


63 00


Roswell Jorgenson, Exp. Acct. and Extra Serv. as Assessor, 92 44


A. G .Cone, Court Cases, Board of Health Cases, Postage and Stationary, 146 36


B. L. Dobbs, Police Duty, Exp. Acct. as Officer, and Ballot Clerk, 30 13


G. V. Warner, Police Duty, Liquor Cases and Janitor Town Hall, 132 67


Bridgman & Lyman, Stationary and Ledger, 3 83


R. G. Bradford, Wood, Town Hall and Labor for Board of Health, 31 00


Total $2,191 97


Unexpended,


$808 03


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SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS


Appropriation, $1,925 00


Harry Warner, Selectman, Over-


seer of Poor, Board of Health, $100 00


Thomas F .Lenihan, Selectman, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health,


100 00


Alfred G. Cone, Selectman, Over-


seer of Poor, Board of Health,


250 00


William G. Loomis, Auditor,


15 00


Raymond Buck, Auditor,


15 00


Anna Watson, Treasurer,


200 00


Wells G. Bisbee, Clerk,


150 00


Carl R. Rustmeyer, Tax Collector,


300 00


Homer Bradford, Collector Water Board,


100 00


Walter Kellogg, Assessor,


ยท 85 00


Raymond Warner, Assessor,


85 00


Roswell Jorgenson, Assessor,


100 00


Frank Bisbee, Elector Smith Will,


10 00


John Nobles, Constable,


100 00


Berton L. Dobbs, Constable,


58 33


Expended, $1,668 33


Unexpended, $256 67


FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE TOWN'S TRUCKS TRACTOR AND GRAVEL BANK


DR.


Truck, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1926,


$30 34


Truck, No. 2, Purchased 1926, 771 71


Labor, Gas, Oil and Parts,


709 11


Total,


$1,511 16


CR.


Jan. 1, to Dec. 31. Trucks earned,


$1,251 75


24


DR.


Dec. 31, Trucks,


$159 41


CR.


List Value, 1924 Truck, List Value, 1926 Truck, Total,


$150 00 350 00


$500 00


TRACTOR


DR.


Dec. 31, 1925,


$1,526 25


Labor, Gas, Oil and Parts,


260 42


Total,


$1,786 67


CR.


Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1926.


Tractor earned, (Chap. 81),


$513 00


Snow removal,


475 50


Total, $988 50


DR.


Dec. 31 Tractor, $798 17 List Value, 1926, $1,000 00


TOWN GRAVEL BANK


DR.


Dec. 31, 1925,


$76 20


CR.


Received Chap. 81,


$11 10


Respecfully submitted, Alfred G. Cone, Harry W. Warner, Thomas Lenihan.


Town Clerk's Report


LICENSES


I have issued three junk, three pool and one auc- tioneer's licenses after they were granted by the Select- men, and have paid the Treasurer $35.00 for the same, as per my receipts.


FISH AND GAME


I have issued 244 Sporting and Trapping licenses, for which I have paid the Division of Fisheries and Game State House, Boston, $478.50. Under provisions of Chap- ter 131, Section 12 of the General Laws.


DOGS


I have issued 156 dog licenses. 136 males and 20 fe- males, for which I have paid Kirk H. Stone, County Treas- urer $340.80, as per my receipts. Paid under provisions of Chapter 102, Section 103 of the revised Laws of Massa- chusetts.


MILITARY


The whole number of males subject to Military Duty is 326. A list of the same is on file at my office.


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BIRTHS


Whole number of births recorded as follows :


Jan. 1. Justin Banfied Stone.


Jan. 18. Peter Nicholas Papageorge.


Jan. 22. Lorene Bertha Nietsche.


Jan. 22. Albert Kopka.


Jan. 29. Esther Mathers.


Mar. 14. Helen May Coakley.


Mar. 18.


Kathleen Anna Allaire.


Mar. 31. Soltys.


May 3. Bernard Cross.


May 8. John Guzik.


May 17. Charles Joseph Walsh.


June 13. Agnes Matrishon.


June 16. Norma Eugenia Morin.


June 25.


Marion Eleanor Sylvester.


June 30. Frostine Adella Graves.


July . 16. Cieslaw Lintner.


July 18. Kora Louise Warner.


July 22. Doris Myrtle Thayer.


July 26. Anna Ratinski.


Aug. 5. Carolin Olive Emerson.


Aug. 6. Howard Murtie O'Brien.


Aug. 24. Harlan Wayne Nye.


Aug. 25. Edward Russell Blanchard.


Sept. 2. Ernest Harold Parrow.


Sept. 7. John Golash.


Sept. 18. John Robert Algustosky.


Sept. 26. Edward Earsh.


Oct. 18. Marion Edith Warner.


Oct. 25. Edward William Sincage, Jr,


Nov. 3. Roger Edward King.


Dec. 8. Audrey Elaine Parsons.


Dec. 20. Margaret Ellen Ryan.


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MARRIAGES


Whole number of marriages, 15 ;recorded as follows :


Jan. 11. Dennis J. Clifford, Northampton. Margaret Walting, Williamsburg.


Feb. 17. Leon D. Thayer, Cummington. Olive E. Mory, Cummington.


Mar. 20. Alvin Lorenzo Payne, Williamsburg. Florence Hilda Scott, Williamsburg.


June 1. Charles Nataline Roberge, Williamsburg. Josephine Lillian Rhoades, Williamsburg.


June 17. Louis Henry Adams, Wilmington, Vt. Rachel Viola Hemenway, Williamsburg. June 24. Malcolm Irwin Fairman, Cummington. Jennie Bertha Scott, Cummington.


July 21. Frank S. Chandler, Williamsburg. Ida I. Lyman, Chesterfield.


July 31. Ernest Henry Graves, Williamsburg. Ruth Kathryn Tetro, Williamsburg.


Sept. 8. Walter LeRoy Hathaway, Northampton. Eldora Belle Wait, Northampton.


Oct. 4. Louis Andrew Popp, South Hadley Falls. Fabiola Plourd, Williamsburg.


Oct. 9. Marcus Leroy Holdridge, Williamsburg. Effie Cranson Wells, Williamsburg.


Oct. 21. Charles H. Cross, Williamsburg. Helen M. Greski, Williamsburg.


Nov. 17. Bertrand E. Tower, Northampton. Anna F. Smart, Williamsburg.


Dec. 27. Robert Charles Ferron, Williamsburg. Gladys May Penniman, Northampton.


Dec. 29. James Edward O'Donnell, Northampton. Catherine Veronica Hickey, Williamsburg.


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DEATHS


Whole number of Deaths 22, recorded as follows :


Yrs. Mo. Da.


Jan. 12.


Laurence Moloy,


68


7


5


Jan. 21.


ReubenH. Dewey,


64


3


11


Jan. 23. Jennie L. Baker,


68


5


6


Feb. 2. Alice Miller West,


69


4


23


Mar. 14. Rose Soldavada,


48


3


27


Mar. 31. Soltys.


Apr. 2.


John E. Wade,


56


2


22


May 14. Eveline Litchfield,


80


11


22


May 9. Josephine Dickinson Kingsley,


86


1


26


June 4. Hannah Chandler Hagenlock,


66


7


23


June 9. Henry P. Goddard,


76


June 26.


John Wesley Hill,


79


11


25


June 26.


Margaret C. Walpole Larkin,


36


10


18


July 1. Frank J. O'Neil,


28


11


1


July 20.


Stacia Kmit,


13


11


16


Aug. 23.


Doris Myrtle Thayer,


32


Sept. 1.


Harold E. Wade,


22


1


1


Oct. 6. Wilbur M. Purrington,


62


7 19


Dec. 19.


Emlie Maria Guilford,


87


3


29


Dec. 26.


Matthew Dolan,


77


Dec. 22.


Sophia A. Edwards Mellen,


76


4 13


Dec. 30.


James Burke,


80


2


15


29


REVISED JURY LIST


Fred Dansereau,


Stephen J. Burke,


Charles Roberge,


Arthur J. Tilton, Cecil C. Loomis,


Wells G. Bisbee, Fred Vining,


Cheney Hathaway,


Charles H. Gould,


Frank E. Main,


Mertie O'Brien,


Clarence Larkin,


John E. Walsh,


S. Ellis Clark,


Joseph J. Coakley,


Thomas F. Lenihan,


Raymond P. Buck,


Raymond A. Warner,


Melvin Emerick,


Lionel B. Lawrence,


Painter Farmer


Harold E. Smart,


Mechanic Merchant Mechanic Mechanic Farmer Carpenter Farmer Garage owner Orchardist Asst. Foreman Moulder Teacher R. F. D. Carrier Farmer Insurance Agt. Coal Dealer Merchant Merchant Mechanic


The following were drawn for Court Work for 1926 and 1927, Cheney Hathaway, S. Ellis Clark, W. G. Bisbee, Stephen J. Burke, Harold E. Smart.


W. G. BISBEE,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN OFFICERS


Term Expires


Selectmen,


A. G. Cone,


1927


T. F. Lenihan,


1927


H. W .Warner,


1927


Town Clerk,


W. G. Bisbee,


1927


Assessors,


Roswell Jorgenson,


1928


Raymond A. Warner,


1929


Walter E. Kellogg,


1927


Anna E. Watson,


1927


Elector under


Oliver Smith Will,


Frank L. Bisbee, 1927


J. Clark Foster,


1928


Walter H. Thayer,


1929


Susan Wheeler,


1927


Constables,


Burton L. Dobbs,


1927


John H. Noble,


1927


Tax Collector,


Carl P. Rustemeyer,


1927


Howard C. Pomeroy, 1927


Homer E. Bradford, 1927


George A. Thresher, 1929


Thomas I. Breckenridge,


1928


Sinking Fund


H. W. Graves, 1929


Commission,


Hubert A. Smith,


1927


Leon B. Sanderson,


1928


Trustee Haydenville


Rev. Robert H. Life, 1929


Library,


Elizabeth Purrington, 1928


Hattie Metcalf, 1927


Auditors,


Raymond P. Buck, 1927


William G. Loomis, 1927


Charles R. Damon, 1927


Moderator,


Trust Fund Commission, Wilbur M. Purrington, 1929


Henry M. Graves, 1928


Thomas I. Breckenridge,


1927


Treasurer,


School Committee,


Tree Warden,


Water Commissioners,


Auditor's Report of Tax Collector's


Account as of March 20, 1926


Statement Jan. 1, 1926, Town Report :


Oustanding Taxes of 1923, $34 10


Oustanding Taxes of 1924, 3,244 89


Outstanding Taxes of 1925,


13,043 85


$16,322 84


Statement Mar. 20, 1926, Collector's Accounts :


Outstanding Taxes of 1923, $22 10


Outstanding Taxes of 1924, 1,776 37


Outstanding Taxes of 1925, 10,961 37


$12,759 84


$3,563 00


Taxes Collected Jan. 1, 1926 to Mar. 20, 1926 :


Polls, 1924, $6 00


Real Estate and Personal, 1924,


1,386 78


Polls, 1925, 0 00


Real Estate and Personal, 1925, 1,872 23


$3,265 01


32


Abatements Jan. 1, 1926 to Mar. 20, 1926 :


Polls, 1923, $10 00


Real Estate and Personal, 1923, 2 00


Polls, 1924, 16 00


Real Estate and Personal, 1924, 67 76


Polls, 1925, 60 00


Real Estate and Personal, 1925,


155 25


$311 01


$3,576 02


Abatements and Collections : Jan.


1, 1926, to Mar. 20, 1926, $3,576 02


Outstanding difference: Jan. 1, 1926, to Mar. 20, 1926,


$3,563 00


Overage,


$13 02 W. G. LOOMIS,


R. P. BUCK,


Auditors.


The above is a statement which the Auditors made to the Selectmen, at my request, after an audit of my books Mar. 20, 1926.


Until Mr. Rustemeyer received his warrant and com mitment books Apr. 20, 1926, I collected Taxes for the Town to the amount of $1,669.88, including interest, mak ing a total of $5,070.86 collected after my report of Jan. 1, 1926,which left a balance uncollected of $11,126.52, for which amount, warrants were made and served on our present Tax Collector for collection.


W. G. BISBEE,


Tax Collector for year 1925.


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Collector's Report


1924


Outstanding April 20, 1926,


$915 93


Collected and Paid Treasurer,


$762 04


Abatements,


153 89


$915 93


1925


Outstanding April 20, 1926,


$10,202 53


Outstanding not on books,


8 06


$10,210 59


Collected and Paid Treasurer,


$9,217 82


Abatements,


327 23


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1927, Subject to Abatement, 665 54


$10,210 59


1926


Committed Real and Personal,


$35,897 55


Special December assessment, Real and Personal,


20 25


Committed Poll,


1,100 00


Special December assessment, Poll,


12 00


$37,029 80


3


34


Collected and Paid Treasurer, Real and Personal, $24,316 62


Abatements, Real and Personal, 197 10


Collected and Paid Treasurer, Poll,


1,100 00


Abatements, Poll, 10 00


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1927, Real and Personal, Subject to Abate- ment,


11,404 08


Outstanding Poll, Jan. 1, 1927,


Subject to abtement,


2 00


$37,029 80


INTEREST ACCOUNT


Collected and Paid Treasurer in- terest on 1924-25-26 taxes,


$571 43


Respectfully,


C. P. RUSTEMEYER,


Collector.


Report of Water Commissioners


RECEIPTS


Received for water rents,


$3,184 24


for service connections,


89 24


for moving hydrant,


51 50


for iron pipe,


1 00


from Florence Casket Co.,


449 27


from Lane Construction Co.,


15 00


for waste lumber,


6 00


$3,796 25


EXPENDITURES


Paid Norwood Engineering Co.,


supplies,


$55 25


The Haydenville Co., supplies,


37 19


Northampton Water Dept.,


supplies, 30 21


Metcalf Printing Co., printing,


13 00


H. E. Bradford, stamps and stationary, 14 50


Gazette Printing Co., printing,


12 50


Crane Co., supplies,


160 48


W. J. Sheehan, supplies,


1 50


Cheney, Biglow Co., supplies,


40 50


P. H .McAvoy, repairing, 33 60


Burke & Burdeau, supplies, 5 91


Holden Lumber Co., lumber, 7 35


36


H. S. Packard, supplies, $7 15


Edson Mfg. Co., supplies, 5 10


P. J. Murphy, plumbing,


147 82


R. G. Bradford, trucking,


60 38


S. P. Smiley, express,


95


A. H. Rhoades, express,


75


George A. Thresher, labor with team, 119 81


T. I. Breckenridge, labor,


120 10


Frank Hosford, labor,


100 00


Richard Breckenridge, labor,


70 00


H. E .Bradford, labor,


204 72


Thomas Culver, labor,


3 50


Louis Alexander, labor,


6 25


Charles Dadmun, labor,


1 50


Edward Foran, labor,


2 00


John Quinn, labor,


2 00


L. C. Clark, labor,


18 25


H. H. Nichols, labor,


1 75


Lewis Stephens, labor,


5 00


George A. Thresher, care of reservoir,


50 00


$1,339 02


Balance,


2,457 23


$3,796 25


GEORGE A. THRESHER, H. E. BRADFORD, T. I. BRECKENRIDGE,


Water Commissioners.


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Report of Library Trustees


The Trustees of the Haydenville Library submit the following report :


The number of books taken out during the year was 3,654.


The number of new books purchased and added to the library was 107.


A gift of ten dollars from the Williamsburg Grange will be used for the purchase of new books.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Appropriation,


$250 00


Bridgman and Lyman, Books,


$167 50


W. M. Purrington, Insurance,


16 00


Hattie Metcalf, librarian,


52 50


Alton Warner, librarian,


13 00


A. J. Clough, Book,


11 60


Rev. Robert H. Life, Book,


8 75


Total


$269 35


Overdrawn


$19 35


ELIZABETH PURRINGTON. HATTIE A. METCALF, ROBERT H. LIFE.


Treasurer's Report


RECEIPTS


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1926,


$11,293 31


Received from the State :


Dept. of Public Works, Division of Highways, 4,600 00


Income Tax, 1923,


42 00


Income Tax, 1924,


53 20


Income Tax, 1925,


145 00


Income Tax, 1926,


8,219 83


Income Tax, 1926,


1,212 00


Corporation Tax, Pub. Service,


121 64


Corporation Tax, Business,


1,447 30


National Bank Tax,


251 28


Trust Co. Tax,


64 69


Soldiers' Exemption,


35 33


State Aid,


168 00


Aid for Mothers with dependent children, 658 71


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes,


26 38


Compensation for Inspector of Animals, 33 00


Support of Paupers,


39 00


Massachusetts School Fund,


2,161 23


Vocational Education,


484 06


School Supt. in Small Towns, 966 67


Tuition of Children,


713 21


- - -


39


High School Tuition in Special Cases, $1,008 33


Refund on Teachers' Retirement,


4 00


Director of Standards, 6 00


Refund of Dog Taxes,


252 71


Court Fines and Forfeitures,


61 46


Refund on Poor Acccount,


448 27


From Corticelli Silk Co., Moth


Work, 3 00


Tuition, City of Boston,


689 86


Tuition, Town of Plainfield,


300 00


Tuition, Town of Cummington,


292 50


Tuition, Town of Goshen,


157 50


Tuition, Town of Chesterfield,


350 00


Tuition, Town of Conway,


100 00


Refund on School Account,


7 30


Income, Collins School Fund,


1,266 99


Income, O. G. Spelman School Fund, 1,163 52


Income, A. S. Hills Fund,


212 50


Income, Perpetual Care Funds,


45 98


Rent of Town Hall,


278 00


From W. G. Bisbee, Col.,


5,050 70


From C. P. Rustemeyer,


35,968 45


From Water Dept., (Transfer of


Bal. Jan. 1, 1925,) 2,161 75


From H. E. Bradford, Col.,


3,796 25


Loans, In Anticipation of Taxes, 42,200 00


Interest on deposits, 263 39


Interest on deposits (Water Acct.) 8 99


Damages on Bradford Lumber Co. Bridge, (Highway Dept.) 62 25


From Town of Whately, (Highway Dept.) 5 00


Rebate, Highway Acct., Chap. 81, Town of Goshen, 6 38


Use of Town Trucks, 1,227 75


40


Use of Town Tractor,


$537 00


Gravel from Town Bank,


11 10


Fees, Town Scales,


12 50


Fees, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures, Fees, Licenses,


9 36


13 00


Fees, Licenses, (W. G. Bisbee, Town Clerk),


35 00


$130,752 63


EXPENDITURES


School Acct.,


$31,821 59


Highway,


2,713 93


Contingent,


2,191 97


Poor,


1,374 37


Insurance,


321 10


Salary,


1,668 33


Nurse,


500 00


Highway, Chapter 81,


9,201 82


Mr. Street Cemetery,


43 50


Hampshire Trustees, Aid to Agri- culture,


150 00


Edwards St. Extension,


300 00


Moth Work,


248 31


Sinking Fund Commissioners,


1,000 00


Land Damage,


925 00


County Tax,


5,911 06


Perpetual Care Funds,


45 98


Memorial Day,


60 00


Town Truck,


771 71


Chajec Property,


200 00


Loan Acct.,


46,000 00


Mothers' Pension,


655 00


Street Lights,


2,005 27


Fire Department,


395 90


Interest,


2,987 56


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Coupon,


$1,200 00


State Aid,


216 00


District Court Fees,


182 22


Library B,


269 35


A. S. Hills Fund,


311 00


Water Dept.,


1,339 05


State Tax,


3,480 00


Trust Co. Tax,


29 50


Corporation Tax, 1920,


66 05


Corporation Tax, 1921,


152 33


Corporation Tax, Business 1920,


78


Repairs on State Highway,


536 00


Bal on hand Jan. 1, 1927,


$119,274 68 11,477 95


$130,752 63


Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1927,


$11,477 95


Surplus War Bonus Fund,


$1,029 86


Balance on A. S. Hills Fund,


348 30


Balance on O. G. Spelman Fund,


41 94


$1,420 10


Available,


$10,057 85


ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS ACCOUNT


1926 DR.


Jan. 1, Bal. due on 1925 Loans, $25,000 00


Apr. 1, Borrowed from the Hay- denville Savings Bank, 25,000 00


May 15, Borrowed from the Hay- denville Savings Bank, 1,200 00


May 21, Borrowed from the Hay- denville Savings Bank, 10,000 00


July 20, Borrowed from the Hay- denville Savings Bank, 6,000 00


$67,200 00


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CR.


Apri. 1, Paid Haydenville Savings Bank by renewal of note, $25,000 00


May 21, Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, 1,200 00


Nov. 20, Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, 16,000 00


1927


Jan. 1, Balance due on 1926 Loans,


25,000 00


-


$67,200 00


Statement of Water Dept :


Water Bonds, $50,000 00


Less Sinking Fund,


36,587 92


$13,412 08


WATER DEPT


DR.


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1926, $2,161 75


Rec'd from H. E. Bradford, Col., 3,796 25


Int. on Deposits, 8 99


$5,966 99


CR.


Transferred to Town Acct.,


$3,161 75


Cash expended, 1,339 05


Bal. on hand, Jan. 1, 1927,


1,466 19


$5,966 99


ASSETS


Balance in Treasury,


$10,057 85


Due on Outstanding Taxes,


12,071 62


Sinking Fund,


36,587 92


Surplus War Bonus Fund,


1,029 86


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School Acct., Poor Acct.,


$475 86


928 37


Mothers' Pension,


408 00


State Aid,


48 00


$61,607 48


LIABILITIES


Due Haydenville Savings Bank, Loan of 1926, $25,000 00


Due Hampshire Co. Trust Co.,


Water Extension Loan, 2,400 00


Due 1st Nat. Bk., Northampton,


Cone Bridge Loan,


5,000 00


Water Bonds Outstanding,


50,000 00


$82,400 00


Notes coming due in 1927 :


At Haydenville Savings Bank, Apr. 1, Loan of 1926, Anticipa- tion of Taxes, $25,000 00


At Hampshire County Trust Co.,


July 8, Water Extension Loan, 800 00


At First Nat. Bank, Northampton, Oct. 1, Cone Bridge Loan, 1,000 00


$26,800 00


At the Hampshire Co. Trust Co., 2 Notes, $800.00 each, Water Extension Loan, coming due July 8, 1928 and 1928, $1,600 00


At the First Nat. Bk., Northampton, 4 notes $1,000.00 each, Cone Bridge Loan, coming due Oct. 1, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931, $4,000 00


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INCOME FROM THE COLLINS SCHOOL FUND


Dividends on the following Bank stocks :


20 Shares Northampton Nat. Bk., $340 00 20 Shares Hamp. Co. Trust Co., Northampton, 140 00


21 Shares 1st Nat. Bk., Northamp- ton, 168 00


21 Shares 1st. Nat. Bank, Green- field, 210 00


24 Shares Mechanics Nat. Bank, Worcester, 336 00


Interest on deposit at the Hayden- ville Savings Bank, 72 99


$1,266 99 .. ++


INCOME FROM THE ELECTA WAIT FUND


DR.


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1926, $5,46


Interest, 79 78


$85 24


CR.


Paid Beneficiaries,


$75 00


Service charges at bank,


1 00


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1927,


9 24


$85 24


The Electa Wait Fund amounts to $1,773.51 and is on deposit at the Haydenville Savings Bank.


INCOME FROM THE WHITING STREET FUND


DR.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1926,


$133 03


Intrest transferred, 350 00


$483 03


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CR.


Paid Beneficiaries,


$445 00


Service charges at bank,


3 50


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1927,


34 53


$483 03


The Whiting Street Fund amounts to $5,523.39 and is on deposit in the Savings Department of the Hampshire County Trust Co.


INCOME FROM THE A. S. HILLS FUND


DR.


Cash on hand aJn. 1, 1926,


$446 80


Interest, 212 50


$659 30


CR


Paid Beneficiaries,


$311 00


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1927,


348 30


$659 30


INCOME FROM THE ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND


DR.


Int. on 9 $1,000 Bonds, $490 00


Int. on deposit at Haydenville Savings Bank, 673 52


$1,163 52


CR


Expended to Jan. 1, 1927, $1,121 58


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1927, 41 94


$1,163 52


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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


On deposit in Haydenville Savings Bank :


I. F. Baker Fund,


$300 00


L. C. Graves Fund, 200 00


W. F. Warren, Fund,


100 00


H. W. Warner Fund,


100 00


$700 00


Interest on the first two for 1926,


$28 98


Interest on the last two for 1926,


17 00


$45 98


Expended,


$45 98


SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUND


(Chap. 480-Acts of 1924)


Cash on hand,


$1,029 86


This fund was received from the Commonwealth in 1924 to be held as a special fund until appropriated for one of the purposes specified in Chapter 480.


LYMAN D. WAIT FUND


This fund amounts to $709.25 and is on deposit in the Savings Dept. of the Hampshire Co. Trust Co. The in- come is to be expended by the Overseers of the Poor for the worthy poor of the town.


If we wish to continue our tax rate at the 1926 figure we must keep our appropriations down to last year's total.


ANNA E. WATSON,


Treasurer.


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Assessors' Report


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Williamsburg :


The Board of Assessors take pleasure in submitting to you their annual report-particularly because this year our town enjoyed a $27.00 tax rate, which is a decrease of $4.25 from the 1925 rate.


There is nothing mystifying about this decrease. Contrary to general belief, it was not accomplished by raising the valuation of property. We did raise the valu- ation of real estate $38,000 ; but the total valuation of per- sonal estate was $25,000 less than in 1925. The net in- crease, therefore, was $13,000 and affected the tax rate by approximately 27 cents.


The actual reason for the smaller tax rate may be ex- .pressed in two words "FEWER APPROPRIATIONS."


The amount of money which the Assessors had to raise by taxation of property in 1925 was more than $41,- 000 ; in 1926 it was less than $36,000-a difference of over $5,000. The total valuation of assessed property is ap- proximately $1,330,000. With this valuation remaining constant, for every additional $1,000 appropriation the rate will increase approximately 75 cents.


There are many appropriations sought for every year. Some are absolutely necessary and must be voted upon favorably. Some are desirable, but not necessary. We counsel that you consider carefully every article in the warrant proposing an expenditure of money, and vote "Yes" upon necessary appropriations only.


Provided that the total amount of appropriations does not exceed that of last year, namely $55,000, we should again have a tax rate of $27.00 or less. Your tax bill in October depends upon your voting in March.


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Appropriations, $55,055 00


Payments due in 1926 on bridge


and water extension loans,


3,800 00


State Tax,


3,480 00


State Highway Tax,


536 00


County Tax,


5,911 06


Overlayings,


1,133 55


$ 69,915 61


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income Tax,


$8,219 83


Corporation Tax,


1,565 52


Bank Tax,


254 17


General Government,


1,307 94


Highways,


4,517 65


Schools,


6,864 70


Interest on deposits,


371 60


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$23,101 41


Free cash in treasury (voted by town meeting to be used by as- sessors) $9,816 65


Total deductions,


$32,918 06


Amount raised by poll tax, $1,100 00


Amount raised by taxation of pro- perty,


35,897 55


$69,915 61


Value of assessed land, $308,590 00


Value of assessed buildings, 736,675 00


Total value of Real Estate, $1,045,265 00


Value of assessed Personal estate, $284,256 00


Total value of all property assessed,


$1,329,521 00


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