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Toxin-antitoxin was obtained from the state the lat- ter part of December, with the intention of instituting a clinic early in January, but owing to the large number of children sick with the prevailing respiratory infections the clinic has not yet been held.
Nearly all the pupils are vaccinated against Small- pox and there is practically no objection to the procedure in this town. Hence the importance of producing Small- pox immunity in our children before they leave school and take up their residence in a town which, perhaps, is not properly protected against this dread disease.
Small pox often appears in epidemic form in towns where vaccination has been neglected. Small pox cannot gain a foot hold in properly vaccinated communities, neither can it be stopped by isolation without vaccination nor prevented without vaccination.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. WHEELER, M. D.
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Mr. L. A. Merritt,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :- Fllowing is my annual report as school physician of the Village of Williamsburg :
Number pupils examined, 195
Number Cases of Decayed Teeth,
21
Number with Diseased Tonsils and Adenoids, 11
Respectfully,
J. G. HAYES, M. D.
REPORTS OF WILLIAMSBURG TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
1929
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1929
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
1930
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator. To elect three Select- men who shall be Overseers of Board of Public Wel- fare and act as Board of Health. To elect one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Tax Collector, one Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., two Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year. One Assessor, one School Committee, one Water Com- missioner, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, one Library Trustee, all for three years.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $60.00 for Memorial Day and choose a committee to expend the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,095.00 for maintaining Street Lights, also installing three new lights on Bullard Road, Myrtle Street, and South Main Street.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the Town.
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ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue beginning Jan. 1, 1930, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable one year, any debt or debts. incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenues of said financial year of 1930.
ART. 7. To fix the amounts of the salaries of all elected and appointed officers.
ART. 8. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, School Committee, Water Commissioners and other committees and act thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in 1930.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the use of the Haydenville Public Library.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the employment of a district or other nurse.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for Winter Highways and Bridges, authorizing the Selectmen to expend $300.00 of this amount for sanding icy roads and work on mud holes, and if there be a balance on this appro- priation the same may be used to purchase a cab for the tractor.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the care of the Mountain Street Cemetery.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws of 1926 to raise and appropriate $4,300.00 to maintain roads ex- clusive of State Highways.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $500.00 for additional road work on Hemenway Road beginning at State Highway in Searsville, the County to contribute an equal amount.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,748.00 for the contingent account.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the Fire Department.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $602.00 for Fire and other Insurance, and Bonds of Town Officers.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200.00 for the Interest Account, $2,000.00 of this Interest on Water Bond to be raised according to provision of Section 7 of Chapter 349, Acts of 1901.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 for the Department of Public Welfare.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,100.00 for Mothers with dependent children.
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ART. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Soldier's Relief.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the Sinking Fund, as pro- vided in Section 7, Chapter 349, Acts of 1901.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for repairs on Town sidewalks.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Accountant to transfer the surplus revenue of 1929 to overdrawn appropriations of 1929.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for repairs and maintenance of Town clocks.
ART. 27. To choose a committee to expend the income of the Whiting Street Fund.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,659.64 for Public Health.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the office of Town Auditors.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take toward the purchase of a truck or trucks and raise and ap- propriate the money for same.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to change the an- nual Town meeting from the first Monday in March to the first Monday in February, beginning February, 1931.
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ART. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $216.00 for State Aid to Civil War veter- ans and widows.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $34,866.00 for Public Schools.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to appoint a committee to collect and put in the Town's keeping all Historical data possible, with view to compiling the Town History.
Polls may be closed at 3 o'clock P. M.
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Selectmen's Report
Your Selectmen herewith submit the following re- port :
The Board organized on March 5th with Howard Baker as Chairman, and Oakley Ames as clerk. Meet- ings to be held every Monday night.
Hallock Nichols and Gilbert Bradford were reap- pointed superintendents of Highways and Bridges re- spectively.
A section of High St. near John Walsh's residence was gravelled over a stone base which we hope will be continued toward Haydenville center this coming year.
A new culvert was placed on Valley View Ave. to replace a stone culvert which had become clogged, making it impossible to take care of all the water.
Three manholes were constructed and about 200 feet of tiling were laid to carry off surface water at the top of hill on South St.
Cone bridge abutment was repaired and the top re- laid with cement.
The planking on Bradford bridge was bolted down, and a two inch coating of hot patch laid which should last for at least two years.
Hemenway bridge stringers were replaced with iron I beams, which makes this ready for a cement covering any time in the future.
The surface drain in front of the Haydenville engine house was extended across the road.
There are several small bridges and culverts which should be replaced by new cement ones, a few each year, as local bridge plank and wooden stringers are becoming expensive.
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A new truck and road grader must be purchased in order to carry on our present highway program as efficiently as in the past.
A cement walk was laid on North St. and several bad places of cement walk were repaired. About one thousand feet of new cement walk were laid and we wish to thank the abutters who so willingly contributed toward its construction, and recommend that this policy be con- tinued.
We regret that Spring mud holes and Winter's icy roads were neglected, but there being no appropriation for these, could not handle the situation any differently. We suggest that if the voters expect to have these con- ditions taken care of, that appropriations be made for same.
Scarlet Fever and Measles seemed to be the outstand- ing diseases for the year, with several cases of Diphtheria and Chicken Pox.
Our Public Welfare expense was high for the year but we hope it will be some lower for 1930.
HOWARD F. BAKER, OAKLEY AMES, LOUIS CRANSON,
Board of Selectmen.
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Report of Finance Committee
This committee has met with the Selectmen, Town Accountant, and the School Committee for the purpose of discussing the expenditures made during the past year, and arranging a budget for the ensuing year.
A study has been made of the financial requests pre- sented by the town officers for the year of 1930, and the amounts recommended, pertaining to the various expense items as shown, represent the result of the committee's investigations.
The following table has been arranged for the con- sideration of the citizens :
GENERAL TOWN ACCOUNTS
Item No.
No. of Article in Warrant
Item
Requested
1930
Recommended
1930
Expended
1929
Appropriated
1929
1
16
Contingent Account
$1,747 50
$1,750 00
$2,266 46
$2,306 00
2
7 Officers' Salaries
2,340 00
2,340 00
2,240 00
2,270 00
3
17
Fire Department
700
00
500
00
770 58
747 40
4
11
District Nurse
500
00
500
00
500 00
500 00
5
4 Street Lights
2,095 00
1,800
00
1,982 64
2,049 60
6
12
Winter Highways and Bridges
2,500 00
2,000
00
2,314 62
2,501 10
7
20
Public Welfare
1,400 00
1,400
00
2,801 84
2,710 00
8
24
Sidewalk Repair
1,000
00
1,000 00
917 73
800
00
9
21 Mother's Aid,
1,100
00
1,100
00
1,638 00
1,650
00
10
9 Moth Control
500 00
500
00
281 00
500 00
11
32
State Aid
216 00
216
00
216 00
216 00
12
22
Soldier's Relief
200
00
200
00
200
00
200
00
13
18
Fire Ins. and Officers Bonds
565 00
565 00
313 00
400 00
14
26
Clocks, Care and Repair
100
00
75
00
67 60
100
00
15
23
Sinking Fund
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
16
14 Chapter 81
4,300
00
4,300
00
4,300 64
4,306 38
17
13
Mt. Street Cemetery
25
00
25
00
24 60
25 00
18
10
Haydenville Library
300 00
300
00
238 58
300 00
19
3
Memorial Day
.60
00
60
00
60 00
60 00
20
28 Public Health
1,659
64
1,660 00
21
19 Interest Account
3,200 00
3,200 00
3,241 25
4,000 00
22
Tractor Loan
500 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
23
30 Town Trucks
24
15 Hemenway Road
500 00
500 00
25
Cone Bridge Loan
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Total
$27,508 14 $26,491 00 $26,874 54 $28,141 48
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Item No.
No. of Article in Warrant
Item
Requested
1930
Recommended
1930
Expended
1929
Appropriated
1929
26
33 Teachers
$18,800 00 $18,800 00 $18,426 93 $18,500 00
27
33
Janitors
2,236 00
2,236 00
2,095 00
2,200
00
28
33
Janitor's Supplies
300 00
275 00
269 92
350 00
29
33
Music Teacher
800 00
800
00
680 00
800 00
30
33
Music Supplies
00
25
00
6 53
75 00
31
33
Superintendent
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
32
33
Union Expense
200 00
200
00
200 00
200
00
33
33
Nurse
500 00
500
00
500 00
500
00
34
33
Nurse's Supplies
25 00
25
00
6 18
25
00
35
33
Physicians
250 00
250
00
348 15
350
00
36
33
Transportation
3,750 00
3,750 00
3,643 48
3,750
00
37
33
Fuel
1,500 00
1,350
00
1,204 19
1,500
00
38
33
Repairs
1,000 00
1,000
00
967 24
1,250 00
39
33
Sundries
800 00
800 00
696 01
900
00
40
33
Books
500 00
500 00
435 12
600 00
41
33 School Room Supplies
700 00
500
00
338 97
800
00
42
33
Smith School
1,500 00
1,250 00
933 13
1,500
00
43
33 Freight
35 00
30 00
18 98
35 00
44
33 Lights
175 00
150 00
96 72
225 00
45
33
Truant Officers
20 00
20 00
20 00
30 00
46
33
New Equipment
250 00
250 00
Total, Schools
$34,866 00
$34,211 00
$32,386 55
$35,315 00
Total Items (1 to 25) Brought forward 27,508 14
26,491 00
26,874 54
28,141 48
Total Town Budget
$62,374 14
$60,702 00 $59,261 09
$63,456 48
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Comment on Expense Items shown by Table :
Under item No. 3 the committee feels justified in ad- vising a reduction in the 1930 appropriation owing to the fact that a considerable proportion of the 1929 appropria- tion was used in purchasing new equipment, and no new equipment is requested for the coming year.
Under item No. 5 reports show that there are some unnecessary street lights which could well be removed resulting in a considerable saving.
Under item No. 6 the committee recommends a re- duction due to unusual permanent bridge repairs made from the 1929 appropriation.
Under item No. 14 it seems that the town clocks can be properly cared for with the sum recommended judging by the expense incurred in past years.
No specified sums are mentioned under item No. 23 as the committee feels that a general discussion at the town meeting will be the best means of deciding the re- quirements of the Highway Dep't regarding the truck problem. The Finance Committee recommends however that the sum appropriated for this purpose shall not ex- ceed $1,600.00.
Referring to the School Department the committee agreed that a large saving on the fuel expense has been made by the installing of new blowers. For this season it seems that the request is decidedly more than is re- quired.
The other differences indicated between the sums desired and the Finance Committee's recommendations are due mainly to the belief that a smaller appropriation will adequately care for the needs of the item in question, judging by the requirements during preceding years and changes due to particular circumstances.
The committee notes that only a small part of the annual income derived from some of the funds left to the town by benefactors, for specific purposes has been used.
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It is their belief that provision should be made for the annual expenditure of the proceeds of these funds in ac- cordance with the specifications of the will.
The committee feels that the officers of the town who are responsible for the decided reduction in the town debt during the past year, are to be highly commended for their efforts.
C. J. HILLS, Chairman,
R. P. BUCK, Secretary, MARY MAIN, MARGARET SHEEHAN,
ELIZABETH PURRINGTON,
WM. G. LOOMIS, THOS. F. DUNPHY,
WALTER TETRO,
SERENO CLARK,
Finance Committee.
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Treasurer's Report
DR.
1929
Jan. 1. Cash on hand, $13,211 37 Receipts for the year, 116,684 70
$129,896 07
CR. Payments for the year, $108,216 28
1930
Jan. 1. Balance on hand, 21,679 79 $129,896 07
ANNA E. WATSON,
Treasurer.
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Town Clerk's Report
FISH AND GAME
I have issued 274 Sporting and Trapping Licenses, for which I have returned the Division of Fisheries and Game, State House, Boston, $552.00, as provided for in General Laws.
DOGS
I have issued 170 dogs licenses, 145 males and 25 females, for which I have returned to Kirk H. Stone, County Treasurer, $381.00.
I wish to call the attention of the citizens, to Chapter 140, of the General Laws and amendments thereto: "That all dogs are taxable on or before April first, for the fol- lowing year," also "That between July 1st and 10th a warrant shall be issued to the constables to kill all dogs not licensed and to prosecute the owners thereof."
MILITARY
There are 314 males subject to military duty. A list of the same is on file at my office.
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BIRTHS
Whole number of births 19 and recorded as follows :
Jan. 31. Doris Evelyn Clary.
Mar. 9. James Lloyd Fraser, Jr.
Mar. 26.
Robert Warren Weeks.
April 10.
Helen Moore Sylvester.
April 10.
Elizabeth May Gately.
April 24. Bernice Ruth Lawton.
May 22. Stella Golash.
June 8. Kenneth Edward Algustosky.
June 8. Ruth Eleanor Feron.
June 13. Albert Edwin Spitzer.
June 13. Mildred Frances Adams.
June 13. Morris Frederick Adams.
July 16. Elizabeth Irene Kulas.
July 18. Leo Lintner.
Aug. 20. Arlene May Dewey.
Aug. 28. Harriet Inez Ice.
Sept. 14. Francis LaDuc.
Oct. 18. Gilbert Mason Smith.
Oct. 26. Thomas Francis Larkin.
MARRIAGES
Whole number of marriages, 24, recorded as follows :
Jan. 7. Edward M. Morton, Whately. Amy Graves, Whately.
Jan. 7. Wladyslaw Gromelski, Williamsburg. (H.) Maryianna Kztewski Taradina, Williamsburg.
Jan. 26. Alton M. Pearl, Chesterfield. Clara F. Ames, Williamsburg.
Feb. 9. Edward H. Blake, Williamsburg, (H.) Ermine Childs Wattie, Williamsburg.
April 7. George Lincoln Thouin, Northampton. Elizabeth Lenona Morris, Williamsburg, (H.)
April 21. Robert C. Denison, Colrain. Lyndal H. Cranson, Williamsburg.
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April 28. George L. Fuller, Williamsburg, (H.) Mary M. Howe, Northampton.
May 9. Raymond F. Miller, Williamsburg. Marion E. Lawton, Williamsburg.
June 17. Martin J. Dunphy, Williamsburg, (H.) Nora Cecelia Sheehan, Lowell.
June 23. Charles A. Tiley, Williamsburg. Ethel Harlow, Amherst.
June 26. Paul W. Brown, Hadley. Ruth F. Loomis, Hadley.
June 27. Manley P. Bourne, Northampton. Sarah Helen Clark, Williamsburg.
July 1. Louis Frank Chrystal, Northampton. Thelma Myrtle Graves, Whately.
July 17. Arthur Wilfred Foster, Northampton. Gladys Mary LaFoe, Northampton.
July 20. Marcellus D. Cook, Williamsburg, (H.) Geraldine T. Rock, Northampton.
Aug. 17. Fred A. Weeks, Williamsburg, (H.) Mildred Veronica Noyse, Northampton.
Aug. 10. Fredrick L. Smith, Williamsburg, (H.) Lula Bisbee, Williamsburg.
Aug. 24. Wilfred Harold Graves, Williamsburg. Marion Coe Hiller, Fairhaven.
Sept. 23. Walter Victor Demerski, Williamsburg, (H.) Beatrice Marie Carrier, Northampton.
Oct. 5. Donald Earl Powers, Northampton. Daisy May Waite, Northampton.
Oct.
15. James Robert Kearney, Williamsburg, (H.) Mary Tomaszewski, Easthampton.
Nov. 20. Leon M. Shumway, Williamsburg. Mabel G. Bartlett, St. Andrews, N. B.
Nov. 28. Edward John Foley, Northampton. Lucy Anita Smith, Williamsburg, (H.)
Dec. 21. Harvey Eugene Cranston, Northampton. Ruth Ellen Smart, Williamsburg.
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DEATHS
Whole number of deaths, 33, recorded as follows :
Yrs. Mo. Da.
Feb. 3. David H. Degray,
75
Feb. 15. Frebun E. White,
75
11 28
Caroline H. Nichols,
90
6 13
Feb. 8. James McClearin,
70
Feb. 13. George Hartmann,
61
9 20
Feb. 14.
Ann Jane Vinton,
96
1 26
Mar. 23.
Walter H. Dansereau,
8
May
11.
Geraldine Crome Tritton,
64
5
4
June
7. Florence Isabel Brown,
54
8
10
June
9. Theresa Stone,
68
7
6
June 25.
Walter E. Pillinger,
76
9
26
June 30.
Louis A. Alexander,
70
1
9
June
7.
William E. Bramble,
80
10
23
July
6. Homer E. Bradford,
74
9
July 15. Albert E. Spitzer,
July
7. Eva Clark Stafford,
24
9
29
Sept. 26.
Richard J. O'Neil,
58
Oct. 10. Amelia Hoffman,
79
4
4
Nov. 9. Theresa Neitsche,
79
28
Nov. 13.
Helen Marr Hayden,
82
10
16
Nov. 17. Chester W. Cross,
24
8
Nov. 26. Parmelia Drake Rood,
68
8
2
Dec.
3. Jessie Brace Trask,
74
7
5
Dec. 12. Julia Porter Buck,
77
6
6
Dec. 15. George H. Rood,
68
7
30
Dec. 27. Lemuel Leavitt,
69
10
Dec. 29. Mary Ann Strong,
71
11
ยท 2
Dec.
14. Lizzie Adel Staab,
71
4
18
Aug
1. Jane Noble,
58
1
4
Nellie Chadwick,
69
6
Aug. 17. Nichols,
Aug. 7. John Coffey,
60
1
2
Oct. 27. Frances Jane Sharpe,
93
4 29
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REVISED LIST OF JURORS
Fred Dansereau,
Fred Vining,
Charles H. Gould,
Clarence J. Larkin,
John E. Walshe,
Raymond A. Warner,
Lionel B. Lawrence,
James F. McAllister,
Frank L. Bisbee,
Fred W. Sanderson,
Charles P. Otis, John J. Lenihan,
Bronislaw Kmit,
Charles A. Tiley,
Frank O'Brien,
Henry Brown, Merton P. Bickford,
C. Murray Damon,
Frank B. Hosford,
John H. Graham,
Thomas F. Dunphy,
Mechanic Farmer Orchardist Teacher R. F. D. Carrier Milk Dealer Painter Mechanic Clerk Farmer Farmer Mechanic Brass Worker Manufacturer Brass Moulder Fireman Carpenter Civil Engineer Farmer Ice and Coal Dealer Foreman
The following were drawn for Court work: in 1929, James C. Ryan and R. G. Bradford; in 1930, Frank L. Bisbee and Fred Dansereau.
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TOWN OFFICERS
Term Expires
Howard F. Baker, Chm., 1930
Oakley Ames, Clerk, 1930
Louis H. Cranson, 1930
Wells G. Bisbee, 1930
Anna E. Watson, 1930
Raymond A. Warner, Chm., 1932
Roswell S. Jorgensen, 1931
Walter E. Kellogg, 1930
Frank L. Bisbee, 1930
Walter H. Thayer, Chm., 1932
Edward P. Larkin, 1931
Charles H. Gould, 1930
Carl P. Rustemeyer, 1930
Frederick LaValley, 1930
Wilfrid F. Johndrow, 1930
Newton K. Lincoln, 1930
George A. Thresher,
1932
Frank L. Hosford, 1931
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Patrick J. Murphy, 1930
Sinking Fund Commissioners,
Henry W. Graves, 1932
Leon B. Sanderson, 1931
Hubert A. Smith, 1930
Trustee Haydenville Library,
Hubert A. Smith, 1932
Elizabeth Purrington, 1931
Hattie Metcalf, 1930
Raymond P. Buck, 1930
William G. Loomis, 1930
C. J. Hills, 1932
Trust Fund
Commissioners,
H. W. Graves, 1931
R. S. Jorgensen, 1930
Moderator,
Charles R. Damon, 1930
Selectmen,
Town Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors,
Elector under the will of late Oliver Smith, School Committee,
Tax Collector,
Constables,
Tree Warden,
Water Commissioners,
Auditors,
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Report of Town Accountant
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report for 1929.
The report contains classified lists of the receipts and payments; a table showing the expenditures of ap- propriations, with the resulting balances and overdrafts ; a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the Town at the end of the year; a report of Trust Funds; and a statement of the Town Debt.
A comparison of this report with the one for the year before will show that the total of expenditures was less in 1929 than in 1928 by more than $18,000.00. This is due to the fact that the amount paid for Revenue Loans in 1929 was $21,000.00 less than the corresponding pay- ment in the previous year. Aside from this the expendi- tures in 1929 were somewhat more than in the year be- fore.
The unexpended balances of appropriations amount to $4,324.93.
In the Estimated Receipts account, the actual re- ceipts exceeded the estimate by $6,361.79, although the estimate was $4,776.47 more than the estimate of the previous year.
These amounts, together with some items that were paid out of Department earnings, instead of the taxes, account for the surplus.
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I wish to thank the members of your Board and the other officials of the Town for their courtesy and assist- ance.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT H. LIFE,
Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1929, $13,211 37
Taxes, 1929 :
Poll,
$1,114 00
Personal,
5,270 69
Real,
28,303 86
Excise,
3,249 95
$37,938 50
Taxes, previous years :
1927, Real,
$348 32
1928, Personal,
2,408 67
Real,
10,818 40
$13,575 39
Taxes from the State :
Trust Co.,
$94 27
Corporation, Business,
1,662 96
Corporation, Public Service,
161 03
National Bank,
127 54
Income Tax,
10,976 49
Reimbursement for loss of taxes,
28 17
Reimbursement for Soldiers' Exemption, 29 40
$13,079 86
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Licenses :
Liquor,
$2 00
Junk,
30 00
Pool and Bowling,
4 00
Milk,
1 00
Sunday,
11 00
Victualer,
8 00
All others,
32 50
Court Fines,
$88 50 $38 80
Grants and Gifts :
From the State,
Massachusetts School Fund,
$3,709 29
High School Special,
958 33
Union Superintendent,
959 41
Vocational Education,
840 14
$6,467 17
From the County, Dog licenses,
$337 00
Sale of books,
4 50
Rent of Town Hall,
202 00
Rent of Engine house,
2 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees,
34 73
Compensation of Inspector of animals,
73 00
Highways :
Sale of material,
$32 30
Use of trucks and tractor,
1,912 25
Sale of equipment,
10 00
Town of Goshen, for labor,
6 38
Rebate on snow guards,
1 10
From Hampshire County,
100 00
From the State,
4,374 79
25
Assessments for sidewalk construction, Traffic signs returned,
360 00
20 00
$6,816 82
Reimbursements from the State:
Temporary Aid,
$202 00
Mothers' Aid,
1,375 03
State and Military Aid,
216 00
Public Welfare, check returned,
2 00
$1,795 03
Schools :
Commonwealth of Mass., Tuition, $673 85
City of Boston, Tuition, 1,203 39
Town of Goshen, Tuition, 500 00
Town of Conway, Tuition,
50 00
Town of Chesterfield, Tuition,
1,150 00
Town of Plainfield, Tuition,
50 00
Searsville School House,
200 00
Lights in High School Hall,
3 50
Rebate on cancelled insurance,
10 44
Check returned,
2 20
$3,843 38 $12 56
Haydenville Library fines,
Water Department:
Water rents,
$3,361 77
Tapping Main,
43 08
Anticipation of Revenue loans,
$3,404 85 $25,000 00
Interest :
Deposits in banks,
$348 14
Dividend on policy,
2 10
Taxes, 652 79
26
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds :
Warren & Warner, $15 00
Baker & Graves, 35 89
$50 89
School Trust Funds, income :
Collins,
$1,419 97
Spelman, 886 13
$2,306 10
Charity Trust Funds, income :
A. S. Hills, $225 00
Whiting Street,
250 84
Electa Waite,
97 51
L. D. Waite,
31 84
$605 19
$3,965 21
Refunds, not elsewhere included :
Checks returned, 5 40
Total Receipts,
$129,896 07
PAYMENTS
General Government:
Moderator, salary,
$10 00
Selectmen, salaries,
$450 00
Postage, stationery, printing,
41 19
Telephone, carfare,
67 45
All other,
21 85
$580 49
27
Accountant salary, Postage, stationery, Telephone,
$300 00
14 85
13 30
$328 15
Treasurer, salary,
$200 00
Surety bond,
30 00
Postage, stationery,
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