Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1941-1950, Part 18

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
Number of Pages: 1142


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Fees retained Feb. 15 to Dec. 31, 1944, 258 @ 25¢ 64.50


$535.25


Licenses issued Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:


Resident citizens' fishing,


100 @ $2.00 $200.00


Resident citizens' hunting, 16 @ 2.00 32.00


Resident citizens' sporting,


76 @ 3.25 247.00


Resident citizens' minor and female fishing, 44 @ 1.25 55.00


Resident citizens' trapping,


1 @ 5.25 5.25


98


Special non-resident citizens' fishing, 1 @ 1.50 1.50


Non-resident citizens' fishing, 1 @ 5.25 5.25


$546.00


Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $474.50


Fees retained Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945, 239 @ 25¢ 59.75


Cash balance Sept. 11, 1945 11.75


$546.00


JUNK LICENSES


Issued by Town Clerk Nellie L. Wells, Clerk


Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $8.00


Licenses issued Sept. 24 to


Dec. 31, 1943 2.00


$10.00


Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to


Dec. 31, 1943 $10.00


Edward C. Foster, Clerk


Licenses issued 1944, $4.00


$4.00


Payments to treasurer 1944


Licenses issued Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $2.00


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $2.00


99


Reconciliation of Clerk's Cash


Cash balances Sept. 11, 1945,


per tables :


Dog licenses


$1.80


Sporting licenses


11.75


Selectmen's licenses


1.50


$15.05


Cash in office Sept. 11, 1945, verified


$13.50


Cash discrepancy Sept. 11, 1945


1.55


$15.05


SELECTMEN'S LICENSES Issued by Town Clerk


Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $4.00


Licenses granted 1944:


Liquor $1,300.00


Common victuallers'


9.00


Second-hand auto dealers' 3.00


Sunday


10.00


Ice cream manufacturing 2.00


Gasoline


8.50


1,332.50


$1,336.50


Payments to treasurer :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


$4.00 1,332.50


1944


$1,336.50


100


Licenses granted Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:


Liquor


$1,800.00


Common victuallers'


12.00


Second-hand auto dealers'


3.00


Ice cream manufacturing


2.00 ·


Gasoline


2.50


Sunday


8.00


$1,827.50


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $1,818.00


Licenses granted, but not isuued Sept. 11, 1945


8.00


Cash balance Sept. 11, 1945


1.50


$1,827.50


COURT FINES


Receipts :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


$287.30


1944


58.20


$345.50


Payments to treasurer :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


$287.30


1944


58.20


$345.50


Receipts Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$29.70


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$29.70


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Cash on hand Oct. 7, 1943, per previous audit $22.77


101


Fees :


Oct. 7 to Dec. 31, 1943 $3.60


1944 21.72


25.32


$48.09


Payments to treasurer :


Oct. 7 to Dec. 31, 1943 $26.37


1944


20.63


$47.00


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944


1.09


$48.09


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945


$1.09


Fees Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


.10


$1.19


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list $1.09


Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified


.10


$1.19


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Accounts Receivable


Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943


per previous audit


$260.61


Commitments 1944


260.61


$521.22


Payments to treasurer 1944


$260.71


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944


260.51


$521.22


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945 $260.51 Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 203.57


102


Audit adjustment: Collection in excess of commitment 1944 .10


$464.18


Audit adjustment:


Commitment 1944 reported in error $260.61 Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 203.57


$464.18


Licenses


Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $4.00


Licenses granted :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 :


Oleomargarine .50


1944:


Oleomargarine.


$1.00


Milk 3.00


4.00


$8.50


Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $4.00


License cancelled Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


.50


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1944


4.00


$8.50


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1945 $4.00


Licenses Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 :


Oleomargarine $.50


Milk 3.00


3.50


$7.50


103


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $4.00


Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified 3.50


$7.50


SNOW REMOVAL-STATE Chapter 560, Acts of 1945


Commitment Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$1,448.63


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list $1,448.63


PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Temporary Aid Accounts Receivable


Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $236.91


Commitments Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 27.20


$264.11


Payments to treasurer Sept. 24


to Dec. 31, 1943 $27.20


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944


236.91


$264.11


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945


$236.91


Commitments Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945 1,261.45


$1,498.36


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $442.00


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list


1,056.36


$1,498.36


104


PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable


Commitments :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $102.65


1944


286.94


$389.59


Credit balance December 31, 1944


7.55


$397.14


Payments to treasurer : Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


$110.20


1944


286.94


$397.14


Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $299.35


Audit adjustments :


Commitments not entered Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 110.20


Federal Grant-Aid to Depend-


ent Children reported as aid to dependent children accounts receivable 86.50


Credit balance Jan. 1, 1945


$7.55


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 385.85


$496.05


Audit adjustment : Aid to dependent children ac- counts receiable reporter as federal grand-aid Sept. 24 to Dec 31, 1943 102.65


$496.05


105


BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable


Commitments :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 1943


$5,477.83


1944 11,649.38


Credit balance Dec. 31, 1944


$17,127.21 2,819.15


$19,946.36


Payments to treasurer :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


$7,293.95


1944


12,652.41


$19,946.36


Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $8,371.61


Audit adjustment:


Commitments not reported


2,737.44


Credit balance Jan. 1, 1945 $2,819.15


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 5,053.35


Audit adjustments :


Old age assistance account re- ceivable reported as Federal Grant-old age assistance, Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 3,130.61


Abatements not reported :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $62.81 1944 16.46


79.27


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list


26.67


$11,109.05


$11,109.05


106


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943


per previous audit


$394.10


Commitments 1944


3,930.31


$4,324.41


Payments to treasurer 1944


$4,190.50


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 133.91


$4,324.41


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945


$133.91


Commitment Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


2,762.46


Audit adjustment:


Commitments not reported in 1944


447.78


$3,344.15


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945 $2,762.30


Audit adjustment :


School accounts receivable credited


to estimated receipts, 1944


541.69


Abatements not reported, 1944 40.00


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list


.16


$3,344.15


Miscellaneous Receipts


Receipts :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 :


Sale of oil drum $15.00


Rent of hall


4.00


Sale of waste paper 4.70


Damage to books


1.00


Telephone


.73


$25.43


107


1944:


Sale of oil drum


$2.50


Rent of hall 19.50


Sale of waste paper


3.50


Damage to books


.60


Telephone 1.58


27.68


$53.11


Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


25.43


1944


27.68


$53.11


Receipts Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:


Sale of oil drum


$2.50


Rent of hall


23.00


Sale of waste paper


4.95


Damage to books


1.12


Telephone


2.10


$33.67


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945


$33.67


HAYDENVILLE LIBRARY


Cash on hand Oct. 2, 1943,


per previous audit $2.50


Fines :


Oct. 2 to Dec. 31, 1943 $3.56


1944


21.99


25.55


$28.05


Payments to treasurer in 1944


$17.95


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1944 10.10


$28.05


108


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1945


$10.10


Fines Jan. 1 to Sept. 21, 1945


14.40


$24.50


Payments to treasurer :


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $10.10


Sept. 12 to 21, 1945 13.98


$24.08


Cash on hand Sept. 21, 1945,


verified .42


$24.50


WATER DEPARTMENT


Rates


Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943


per previous audit $1,003.37


Commitments :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $9.15


1944


4,409.62


4,418.77


$5,422.14


Payments to treasurer :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $645.32 1944 4,282.14


$4,927.46


Abatements :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 12.48


1944 167.72


180.20


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944


314.48


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945 $314.48


Commitment Jan. 1 to


$5,422.14


Sept. 11, 1945 2,175.29


109


Audit adjustments :


Commitments not reported :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $70.09


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 2,076.00


2,146.09


Error reporting abatements 1944 3.50


Overpayment to collector to be adjusted .50


$4,639.86


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $3,670.56


Abatements Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 46.16


Error in reporting commitments,


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 4.96


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 847.68


Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945,


verified 70.50


$4,639.86


Miscellaneous Sales


Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $19.23


Commitments :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $13.00 1944 623.59


636.59


$655.82


110


Payments to treasurer:


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


1944


$13.00 392.13


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944


$405.13 250.69


$655.82


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945


$250.69


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$31.46


Audit adjustment:


Error in reporting com- mitments in 1944 200.00


Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 19.23


$250.69


Interest


Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,


per previous audit $.30


Collections :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $1.91


1944 36.70


38.61


$38.91


Payments to treasurer :


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $2.21


1944 36.70


$38.91


111


Collections Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$22.74


Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$20.66


Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified


2.08


$22.74


TOWN HISTORY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings


Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$66.34


$66.34


On hand at end of year 1943


$66.34


$66.34


On hand at end of year 1944


$17.67


$17.67


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$17.67


$17.67


Receipts


Payments Transfers to town 1944


$50.00


Withdrawn from sav-


ings bank 1944


$48.67


Income 1944


1.33


.


$50.00


$50.00


112


WHITING STREET WORTHY POOR FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings


Deposits Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$5,574.25


$5,574.25


On hand at end of year 1943


$5,574.25 $5,574.25


On hand at end of year 1944


$5,574.25 $5,574.25


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$5,574.25


$5,574.25


Receipts


Payments


Income :


Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,


Sept. 24 to


Dec. 31, 1945


$55.74


1943


$55.74


1944


111.48


1944


111.48


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 55.74


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 55.74


$222.96


$222.96


MARY L. MAIN WORTHY POOR FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


Securities Par Value Total


On hand at beginning of year 1945 On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$3,000.00 $3,000.00


Receipts


Payments


Bequest January 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


$3,000.00


Income January 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


37.50


Purchase of securities Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $3,000.00


Transfers to town Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 37.50


$3,037.50


$3,037.50


113


ELECTA WAITE CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings


Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$1,773.51


$1,773.51


On hand at end of year 1943


$1,773.51


$1,773.51


On hand at end of year 1944


$1,773.51


$1,773.51


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$1,773.51


$1,773.51


Receipts


Payments


Income:


Transfers to town:


1944


$35.46


1944


$35.46


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,


1945


35.46


1945 35.46


$70.92


$70.92


LYMAN D. WAITE CHARITY FUND


Savings Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$700.00


$700.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$700.00


$700.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$700.00


$700.00


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$700.00


$700.00


Receipts


Payments


Income:


Sept. 24 to Dec 31,


1943


$7.00


$7.00


1944 14.00


1944


14.00


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 7.00


1945 7.00


$28.00


Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec 31, 1943


$28.00


114


ALBERT S. HILLS CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings


Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


On hand at end of year 1943


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$5,000.00 $5,000.00


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


Receipts


Payments


Income :


1944


$112.50


$112.50


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


100.00


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 100.00


$212.50


$212.50


HENRY M. HILLS HOSPITAL BED FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings Securities


Deposits Par Value $5,000.00


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943 $10,046.40


$15,046.40


On hand at end of


year 1943


$10,046.40


$5,000.00


$15,046.40


On hand at end of year 1944 $10,046.40


$5,000.00


$15,046.40


On hand Sept. 11, 1945 $10,046.40


$5,000.00 $15,046.40


Receipts


Income:


1944


$325.92


Payments Transfers to town: 1944


$325.92


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


325.92


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 325.92


$651.84


$651.84


Transfers to town: 1944


115


C. J. HILLS CHARITY FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings


Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


On hand at end of year 1943


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$5,000.00 $5,000.00


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$5,000.00


$5,000.00


Receipts


Payments


Income:


Transfers to town:


$100.00


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


100.00


1945


100.00


$200.00


$200.00


COLLINS SCHOOL FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings Securities


Deposits Par Value


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$3,766.70


$7,600.00


$11,366.70


On hand at end of year 1943


$3,766.70


$7,600.00


$11,366.70


On hand at end of year 1944


$3,766.70


$7,720.00


$11,486.70


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$3,773.45


$8,650.00


$12,423.45


1944


$100.00


1944


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,


116


Receipts


Payments


Sale of rights Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $6.75


Added to savings


deposits Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945


$6.75


Stock distribution :


1944 $120.00


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11,


1945 930.00


Sept. 11,


1,050.00


1945 930.00


$1,050.00


Income:


Sept. 24 to


Dec. 31,


1943


$30.58


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,


1944


281.97


1943


$30.58


Jan. 1 to


1944 281.97


Sept. 11,


Jan. 1 to


1945 331.56


Sept. 11,


644.11


1945 331.56


644.11


$1,700.86


$1,700.86


ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings Securities Deposits Par Value Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943 $25,933.07 $11,000.00


$36,933.07


On hand at end of year 1943 $25,933.07 $11,000.00


$36,933.07


On hand at end of year 1944 $26,947.77 $10,000.00 $36,947.77


On hand Sept. 11 1945 $26,947.77 $10,000.00 $36,947.77


Value of stock distributed :


1944


$120.00


Jan. 1 to


Transfers to town:


117


Receipts


Sale of securities 1944


$1,000.00


Premium on sale of


securities 1944 15.00


Accrued interest on securities sold 1944 6.11


Income:


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,


1943


$112.75


1944


845.35


1944 839.24


1945 691.05


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945 691.05


1,643.04


$2,664.15


$2,664.15


BYRON LOOMIS SCHOOL FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$7,436.51


$7,436.51


On hand at end of year 1943


On hand at end of year 1944


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$7,436.51


$7,436.51


Receipts


Income :


1944


$148.72


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,


1945 148.72


Payments


Transfers to town: 1944 $148.72


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 148.72


$297.44


Payments


Added to savings deposits 1944 $1,014.70 Administration expense .30


Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $112.75


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11,


1,649.15


Savings


Deposits Total


$7,436.51 $7,436.51


$7,436.51 $7,436.51


$297.44


118


HELEN E. JAMES SCHOOL FUND


In Custody of Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company Savings Securities Income Deposits Par Value Total


On hand Sept. 24,


$341.17 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,488.80


On hand at end of year 1943


$341.17 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,488.80


On hand at end of year 1944 On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$405.01 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,552.64


$468.85 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,616.48


Receipts


Payments


Income:


1944


$67.20


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 67.20


Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,


Income 341.17


$475.57


$475.57


ETHEL CURRY SCHOOL FUND


In Custody of Town Treasurer


Savings Deposits


Total


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


On hand at end of year 1943


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


Trustees' compensation : 1944 $3.36


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 3.36


Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, Income 468.85


119


Receipts


Payments


Income:


Transfers to town:


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,


1943


$10.00


$10.00


1944


20.00


1944


20.00


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945


10.00


Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 10.00


$40.00


$40.00


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


In Custody of Town Treasurer


On hand Sept. 24, 1943


On hand at beginning of year 1943


$1,075.00 $1,075.00


On hand at end of year 1944


$1,225.00 $1,225.00


On hand Sept. 11, 1945


$1,325.00


$1,325.00


Receipts


Payments


Bequests :


1944 $150.00


Added to savings deposits : 1944 $150.00


Jan. 1 to


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11,


Sept. 11,


1945 100.00


1945


100.00


$250.00


$250.00


Income :


Transfers to town : 1944 $21.50


1944


$21.50


Jan. 1 to


Jan. 1 to


Sept 11, 1945 23.67


Sept 11, 1945 23.67


45.17


45.17


$295.17


$295.17


Savings


Deposits $1,075.00


Total


$1,075.00


-


Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943


120


POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer


Cash in General Savings Securities Treasury Deposits Par Value Total


On hand at be- ginning of year 1944


·


. .


.


. . ...


On hand at end of year 1944 $125.00 $10.000.00 $10,125.00 On hand Sept. 11, 1945 $10,000.00 $378.34 $10,000.00 $20,378.34


Receipts


Town appropriations :


1944


$10,000.00


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11,


1945


10,000.00


$20,000.00


Income:


1944


$125.00


Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11,


1945


253.34


378.34


$20,378.34


Payments


Purchase of securi-


ties 1944


$10,000.00


Deposited in savings


bank 1944


125.00


Added to savings de-


posits Jan. 1 to


Sept. 11, 1945


253.34


Cash in general


treasury Sept. 11,


1945


10,000.00


$20,378.34


TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG Balance Sheet-September 11, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash


$22,728.58


Dog Licenses-Due County


$163.80


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1941


$2.00


Levy of 1942


5.19


Levy of 1943


719.23


Levy of 1944


7,153.00


County. Tax, 1945


3,755.31


51,757.12 Trust Fund Income:


Federal Disaster Loan Corporation-Taxes 1941


607.05


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1942


$40.76


Henry M. Hills Hospital


Bed Fund


$1,173.02


Whiting Street Worthy


Poor Fund


126.89


Mary L. Main Worthy


Poor Fund


37.50


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121


State Parks and Reservations


Tax 1945


62.60


Levy of 1945


43,877.70


Pay-Roll Deductions for Federal Taxes 412.20


Levy of 1943 42.31


Levy of 1944 55.85


Levy of 1945 671.94


810.86


Tax Possessions


306.31


Electa Waite Charity Fund 61.86


Albert S. Hills Charity Fund 134.56


C. J. Hills Charity Fund 131.54 Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund 25.08


Departmental :


Health


$203.57


Snow Removal, State


Chapter 560, Acts of 1945 1,448.63


Public Welfare


1,056.36


Old Age Assistance 26.67


Schools


.16


State Aid to Highways


2,836.40


Water:


Rates


$917.68


Miscellaneous


19.23


936.91


Revenue 1945


1,000.00


Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children : Aid $75.35


Administration


9.97


Old Age Assistance :


Administration


34.47


122


3,501.43


2,735.39 Road Machinery Fund 2,239.50


Ethel Curry School Fund 91.67


Collins School Fund


331.56


Onslow G. Spelman


School Fund


691.05


Byron Loomis School


Fund


696.70


Estimated Receipts to be Collected 8,827.19


Overlay Deficit-Levy of 1941 22.85


Overdrawn Accounts : Highway Construction- Hosford and Walpole Road $397.23


Federal Grant:


Old Age Assistance-


Assistance


29.29


Post-War Water Project: Survey and Plans 655.00


774.79


Unexpended Appropriation Balances :


General


$35,213.22


Post-War Rehabilitation


Fund


10,000.00


45,213.22


Water Available Surplus


2,324.79


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


2,221.99


123


426.52


Overlays Reserved for Abatements :


Levy of 1942 $5.19


Levy of 1943


326.65


Levy of 1944 481.03


Levy of 1945


41.77


854.64


Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $810.86


INDEX


Office Hours


3


Warrant


5


Selectmen


11


Finance Committee


14


Budget Recommendations


15


Treasurer


19


Town Clerk


20


Town Accountant 26


Water Commissioners


38


Tax Collector


42


Assessors


45


Haydenville Library 47


Mountain Street Cemetery 48


Moth Work 48


Tree Warden


48


Fire Department 49


Sealer of Weights and Measures 50


Trust Fund Commissioners


51


Recreation 54


American Legion 56


School Department 57


State Audit


75


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WILLIAMSBURG MASSACHUSETTS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st


1946


INDEX


Office Hours


3


Warrant 5


Selectmen 11


Finance Committee 14


Budget Recommendations 16


Treasurer


20


Town Clerk 21


Town Accountant


30


Water Commissioners


45


Tax Collector


50


Assessors


53


Fire Department 56


Sealer of Weights and Measures 58


Trust Fund Commissioners


61


Haydenville Library


65


Mountain Street Cemetery 66


Moth Work . 66


Tree Warden 67


Board of Health .68


Recreation 59


School Department 73


State Audit


93


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Williamsburg


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946


GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.


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OFFICE HOURS


The various town officers may be reached at the time and place as stated.


Selectmen-Town Hall, Monday evening, 8 P. M.


Assessors-Feb., March, April, every Monday, 7 to 9 P. M. May to January, first Monday of the month. Home of J. O. Jones.


Treasurer-Tuesday, 9 to 12 A. M. Home of A. Watson.


School Committee-Last Friday of each month. High School.


Tax Collector-Monday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Jenkins' Store.


Water Commissioners-By appointment.


Town Clerk-Thursday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Home of E. Foster.


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting


Article 1. To elect a Moderator. To elect three Select- men, who shall be Overseers of Public Welfare. To elect one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., two Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year; one Water Commissioner, one Assessor, one School Com- mitteeman, one Commissioner of Trust Funds one Recreation Commissioner, all for three years; one Library Trustee for three years and one Library Trustee for one year; also one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years.


Article 2. To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to 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, 1947, 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 Section 17, Chapter 44 of General Laws.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the expenses of the current financial year.


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Article 5. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treas- urer, School Committee, Water Commissioners, and other Committees and act thereon.


Article 6. To choose a committee to expend the income from the Whiting Street Fund.


Article 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $798.62, to pay the unpaid bills of 1946, namely : Public Welfare $80.20, Tree Warden $30.00, Winter Highways $24.91, Bridge Account $81.04, Truck and Tractor $582.47, or take any action thereon.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars to pay the note which is due in 1947 on the Spelman Annex to the High School and to instruct the Assessors to use the income from the Onslow G. Spelman School Fund (not to exceed one thousand dollars) as an estimated receipt in determining the tax rate.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate the balance of $2,572.74 in the Road Machinery Earnings Account of 1946 to the Road Machinery Account of 1947.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use from Free Cash a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars to reduce taxation.


Article 11. 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 of the General Laws, for construction, and to vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 the Town's share of the expense,


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and to vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, the County and State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement, from the County and State under the provisions of this Chapter, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the County and State's share to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account and returned to the Surplus Reve- nue Account when received from the County and State, or take any other action thereon.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the State under the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, and to vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,150.00, the Town's share of the expense, and to vote to ap- propriate the State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement under this Chapter, such sum to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count, the State's share to be returned to the Surplus Revenue Account when received, or take any other action thereon.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend its by-laws in accordance with Article 21 of the last annual town warrant, by adding thereto the follow- ing section: "The Board of Selectmen, consisting of three members, shall be elected for a term of three years. However, at the annual meting in 1948, one shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, and thereafter one shall be elected at each annual meeting for a term of three years", or take any other action thereon.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to use funds from the Veterans' Benefits


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Account of 1947 to pay the Town's share of the ex- pense of operating a Veterans' Service Center.


Article 15. To see whether or not the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $446.60 to pay the overdraft on Winter Roads Account, and the sum of $325.66 to pay the overdraft on the Bridge Account.




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