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Audit adjustments :
Commitments entered in error 68 76
Transfers to water liens not entered 40 05
Outstanding December 31, 1940 480 48
$3,491 17
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $480 48
Commitments January 1 to August 6,
1941 2,248 05
Audit adjustments :
Commitment not entered 2,007 00
Collection water interest reported as water rates 80
Abatements entered in error 3 50
Abatement after payment 4 50
$4,744 33
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to August 6, 1941 $3,115 32
Abatements January 1 to August 6, 1941 119 05
Outstanding August 6, 1941, per list 1,276 01 Cash on hand August 6, 1941, verified 233 95
$4,744 33
120
WATER DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Charges George A. Thresher, Collector
Audit adjustments :
Commitments not entered $53 54
Overpayment to treasurer per previous audit 06
$53 60
Overpayment to treasurer per
previous audit
$
06
Payments to treasurer:
July 18 to December 31,
1937
$42 28
January 1 to February 23,
1938
7 51
49 79
Audit adjustment :
Water miscellaneous reported as water rates 1 00
Outstanding February 23, 1938, re- committed to Charles A. Powers, Collector 2 75
$53 60
Charles A. Powers, Collector
Recommitment February 23, 1938
$2 75
Commitments :
February 24 to December 31, 1938 $65 65
1939 112 95 178 60
121
Audit adjustment:
Commitments not entered 245 32
$426 67
Payments to treasurer 1939 $89 35
Audit adjustments :
Collections water miscellaneous reported as water rates : February 24 to De- cember 31, 1938 $67 40 1939 99 05 166 45
Outstanding February 26, 1940, re- committed to Martin J. Dunphy, collector 170 87
$426 67
Martin J. Dunphy, Collector
Recommitment February 26, 1940 $170 87
Commitments February 27 to December
31, 1940 345 32
$516 19
Payments to treasurer February 27 to December 31, 1940 $82 50
Audit adjustments :
Error in commitments 260 07
Water miscellaneous reported as water rates 2 00
Outstanding December 31, 1940 171 62 $516 19
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $171 62 Commitment January 1 to August 6, 1941 51 32
122
Audit adjustment-commitment not entered 28 48
$251 42
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to August 6, 1941 $23 00
Outstanding August 6, 1941, per list
228 42
$251 42
WATER DEPARTMENT
Interest George A. Thresher, Collector
Collections :
July 18 to December 31, 1937 $62 12
January 1 to February 23, 1938 11 29
$73 41
Payments to treasurer:
July 18 to December 31, 1937
$62 12
January 1 to February 23, 1938 11 29
$73 41
Charles A. Powers, Collector
Collections :
February 24 to December 31, 1938 $44 81
1939
52 69
January 1 to February 26, 1940 12 07
$109 57
Payments to treasurer:
February 24 to December 31, 1938 $44 81
1939 50 32
January 1 to February 26,
1940 12 07
$107 20
123
Audit adjustment:
Water interest reported as water rates 1939
2 37
$109 57
Martin J. Dunphy, Collector
Collections February 27 to December 31, 1940 $70 06
Payments to treasurer :
February 27 to December 31, 1940 $61 22
Audit adjustment:
Water interest reported as water rates 8 84
$70 06
Collections January 1 to August 6, 1941
$14 42
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to August 6, 1941 $13 62
Audit adjustment:
Water interest reported as water rates 80
$14 42
WATER LIENS Leslie H. Packard, Collector
Outstanding July 17, 1937, per previous audit $188 70
Charges 1938 297 08
$485 78
124
Payments to treasurer:
July 18 to December 31,
1937 $118 85
1938 153 52
$272 37
Abatements 1938
18 68
Audit adjustments :
Water liens transferred to tax titles entered as water rates transferred to water liens 71 01
Water liens transferred to tax titles not entered 68 12
Outstanding February 23, 1939, re-
committed to Helena M. Breguet, collector 55 60
$485 78
Helena M. Breguet, Collector
Recommitment February 23, 1939, per warrant $55 60
Charges February 24 to December 31, 1939 21 81
Audit adjustments :
Charges not entered :
February 24 to December 31, 1939 $18 39
1940 50 20
68 59
Tax title redemption credited to water liens, February 24 to De- cember 31, 1939 54 03
$200 03
125
Payments to treasurer:
February 24 to December 31,1939 $70 68
1940 68 24
$138 92
Audit adjustment:
Water liens transferred to tax titles not entered February 24 to De- cember 31, 1939
21 81
Outstanding December 31, 1940 39 30
$200 03
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $39 30
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to August 6, 1941 $20 91
Outstanding August 6, 1941, per list 18 39
$39 30
TOWN HISTORY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$58 20
$58 20
On hand at end of year 1937
$58 20
$58 20
On hand at end of year 1938
$59 75
$59 75
On hand at end of year 1939
$61 30
$61 30
On hand at end of year 1940
$61 91
$61 91
On hand August 6, 1941
$61 91
$61 91
126
Receipts
Payments
Income :
Added to savings deposits :
1938
$1 55
1938
$1 55
1939
1 55
1939
1 55
1940
61
1940
61
$3 71
$3 71
WHITING STREET CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$5,574 25
$5,574 25
On hand at end of year 1937
$5,574 25
$5,574 25
On hand at end of year 1938
$5,574 25 $5,574 25
On hand at end of year 1939
$5,574 25
$5,574 25
On hand at end of year 1940
$5,574 25
$5,574 25
On hand August 6, 1941
$5,574 25
$5,574 25
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town:
July 18 to Dec.
July 18 to Dec.
31, 1937
$69 67
31, 1937
$69 67
1938
139 34
1938
139 34
1939
139 34
1939
139 34
1940
111 48
1940
111 48
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6,1941
55 74
6,1941
55 74
$515 57
$515 57
127
ELECTA WAITE CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$1,773 51
$1,773 51
On hand at end of year 1937
$1,773 51
$1,773 51
On hand at end of year 1938
$1,773 51
$1,773 51
On hand at end of year 1939
$1,773 51
$1,773 51
On hand at end of year 1940
$1,773 51 $1,773 51
On hand August 6, 1941
$1,773 51
$1,773 51
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town:
1938
$48 76
1938
$48 76
1939
44 32
1939
44 32
1940
35 46
1940
35 46
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6,1941
35 46
6, 1941
35 46
$164 00
$164 00
LYMAN D. WAITE CHARITY FUND
On hand at end of year 1937 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1939 On hand at end of year 1940 On hand August 6, 1941
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00 $700 00
$700 00 $700 00
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00
128
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town : July 18 to Dec.
July 18 to Dec.
31, 1937
$8 75
31, 1937
$8 75
1938
17 50
1938
17 50
1939
17 50
1939
17 50
1940
14 00
1940
14 00
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
7 00
6,1941
7 00
$64 75
$64 75
A. S. HILLS CHARITY FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
On hand at end of year 1937
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
On hand at end of year 1938
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
On hand at end of year 1939
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
On hand at end of year 1940
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
On hand August 6, 1941
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
Receipts
Payments
Income :
July 18 to Dec.
31, 1937
$62 50
31,1937
$62 50
1938
125 00
1938
125 00
1939
125 00
1939
125 00
1940
125 00
1940
125 00
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
62 50
6, 1941
62 50
$500 00
$500 00
Transfers to town : July 18 to Dec.
129
HENRY M. HILLS HOSPITAL BED FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$15,046 00
$15,046 00
On hand at end of year 1937
$15,046 40
$15,046 00
On hand at end of year 1938
$15,046 40
$15,046 40
On hand at end of year 1939
$15,046 00
$15,046 00
On hand at end of year 1940
$15,046 40 $15,046 40
On hand August 6, 1941
$15,046 40
$15,046 40
Receipts
Payments
Income :
Transfers to town:
1938
$413 77
1938
$413 77
1939
376 16
1939
376 16
1940
· 300 92
1940
300 92
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
300 92
6, 1941
300 92
$1,391 77
$1,391 77
C. J. HILLS CHARITY FUND
On hand at end of year 1937 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1939 On hand at end of year 1940 On hand August 6, 1941
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00 $5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00 $5,000 00
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
130
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town :
1938
$137 50
1938
$137 50
1939
125 00
1939
125 00
1940
100 00
1940
100 00
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6,1941
100 00
6,1941
100 00
$462 50
$462 50
COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
Savings
Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand July 17,1937
$3,766 70
$7,020 00
$10,786 70
On hand at end of year 1937
$3,766 70
$7,020 00
$10,786 70
On hand at end of year 1938
$3,766 70
$7,020 00
$10,786 70
On hand at end of year 1939
$3,766 70
$7,260 00
$11,026 70
On hand at end of year 1940
$3,766 70
$7,440 00
$11,206 70
On hand August 6, 1941
$3,766 70
$7,440 00
$11,206 70
Receipts
Payments
Value of stock distributed :
1939 $240 00
1940 180 00
1940 180 00
$420 00
$420 00
Stock distribution :
1939 $240 00
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Income :
Transfers to town:
July 18 to Dec. 31,
July 18 to Dec. 31,
1937
$37 70
1937 $37 70
1938
273 37
1938
273 37
1939
263 26
1939
263 26
1940
277 82
1940
277 82
Jan. 1 to
Jan. 1 to
Aug. 6,
Aug. 6,
1941
334 76
1941 334 76
1,186 91
1,186 91
$1,606 91
$1,606 91
ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND
Savings Securities Par Value
Total
On hand July 17, 1937
$35,287 02
$6,000 00
$41,287 02
On hand at end of year 1937
$31,007 21
$6,000 00
$37,007 21
On hand at end of year 1938
$33,206 53
$4,000 00
$37,206 53
On hand at end of year 1939
$34,256 07
$3,000 00
$37,256 07
On hand at end of year 1940 On hand August 6,1941
$34,256 07
$3,000 00
$37,256 07
$35,281 07 $2,000 00
$37,281 07
Deposits
132
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from
Added to savings deposits :
savings deposits,
1938
$2,199 32
July 18 to Dec.
1939
1,049 54
31, 1937 $4,279 81
Sale of securities :
1938
2,000 00
Expense of sales of
1939
1,000 00
securities :
Jan. 1 to Aug.
1938 68
6,1941
1,000 00
1939
46
Premium on se- curities sold :
Jan. 1 to Aug. 6,1941 49
1938
200 00
Transfers to town :
1939
50 00 July 18 to Dec.
Jan. 1 to Aug. 6, 1941
25 00
1938
1,124 91
Accrued interest
1939
995 57
on securities
1940
877 62
sold, Jan. 1 to
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Aug. 6, 1941
25 00
6,1941
730 88
Income :
July 18 to Dec.
31, 1937
206 25
1938
1,124 91
1939
995 57
1940
877 62
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941 706 37
$12,490 53
$12,490 53
31, 1937
4,486 06
Jan. 1 to Aug. 6, 1941 1,025 00
133
BYRON LOOMIS SCHOOL FUND
Cash In Savings Securities Gen. Treas. Deposits Par Value Total
On hand July 17, 1937 · $5,452 26 $2,000 00 $7,452 26
On hand at end of year 1937 $5,452 26 $2,000 00 $7,452 26
On hand at end of year 1938
$5,509 57 $2,000 00 $7,509 57
On hand at end of year 1939
$25 00 $7,411 51
$7,436 51
On hand at end
of year 1940
$25 00 $7,411 51
$7,436 51
On hand August 6,1941
$25 00 $7,411 51
$7,436 51
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from
Added to savings deposits : 1938 $57 31
savings deposits 1939
$98 06
1939
2,000 00
Sale of securities 1939
2,000 00
Transfers to town : July 18 to Dec. 31, 1937
92 26
July 18 to Dec.
1938
184 52
31, 1937
92 26
1939
284 56
1938
241 83
1940
143 34
1939
186 50
Jan. 1 to Aug.
1940
143 34
6, 1941
148 22
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
148 22
Cash on hand Aug. 6, 1941: Principal cash
*25 00
Premium on se- curities sold 1939
25 00
$2,935 21
$2,935 21
* In general treasury.
Income:
134
HELEN E. JAMES SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Trustee
Cash $147 88
Savings Deposits $3,936 69
Total $4,084 57
On hand at end
of year 1937
$2 88
$3,612 57
$3,615 45
On hand at end
of year 1938
$37 37
$3,152 53
$3,189 90
On hand at end
of year 1939
$104 24
$3,152 53
$3,256 77
On hand at end
of year 1940
$168 79
$3,147 63
$3,316 42
On hand August 6, 1941
$288 29
$3,147 63
$3,375 92
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from
Trustees' compensation :
savings deposits :
1938
$4 23
July 18 to Dec.
1939
3 94
31, 1937
$324 12
1940
3 14
1938
460 04
Jan. 1 to Aug.
1939
6,1941
3 14
1940
4 90
Transfer to town :
Income:
July 18 to Dec.
July 18 to Dec.
31, 1937
475 00
31, 1937
5 88
1938
500 00
1938
78 68
Cash on hand Aug.
1939
70 81
6, 1941 :
1940
62 79
Income
228 29
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
62 64
Cash on hand
July 17, 1937 :
Income
147 88
$1,217 74
$1,217 74
On hand July 17, 1937
135
ETHEL CURRY SCHOOL FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1940
On hand at end of year 1940
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
On hand August 6, 1941
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
Receipts
Payments
Bequest 1940 $1,000 00
Added to savings deposits : 1940 $1,000 00
Income :
Transfers to town:
1940
1 67
1940 1 67
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6,1941
10 00
6,1941 10 00
$1,011 67
$1,011 67
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On hand July 17, 1937
On hand at end of year 1937 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1939 On hand at end of year 1940 On hand August 6, 1941
Savings Deposits Total $1,064 09 $1,064 09
$1,264 09 $1,264 09
$1,264 09 $1,264 09
$1,264 09 $1,264 09
$1,075 00 $1,075 00
$1,075 00 $1,075 00
136
Receipts
Payments
Bequests July 18 to
Dec. 31, 1937 $200 00
Added to savings deposits : July 18 to Dec. 31, 1937 $200 00
Withdrawn from savings deposits 1940
189 09
Transfers to town:
Income:
1938
34 25
1938
34 25
1939
31 60
1939
31 60
1940
214 35
1940
25 26
Jan. 1 to Aug.
Jan. 1 to Aug.
6, 1941
21 50
6, 1941
21 50
$501 70
$501 70
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG Balance Sheet-August 6, 1941 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash
$19,789 87
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1938 $6 10
Levy of 1939 2,327 82
Levy of 1940 10,530 88
Levy of 1941 41,944 23
54,809 03
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1938 2 00
Levy of 1939 7 84
Levy of 1940 29 83
Levy of 1941
777 10
816 77
Tax Titles $100 47
Liabilities and Reserves
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue
$15,000 00
State and County Taxes :
State Tax 1941
$4,290 00
State Parks and Reser-
vation Tax 1941
73 89
County Tax 1941
4,942 73
137
9,306 62
Overpayment to Treasurer-Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1937 2 00
Dog Licenses-Due County
124 20
Trust Fund Income :
Henry W. Hills Hospital
Bed Fund
$151 84
Whiting Street Charity
Fund
140 97
Tax Possessions
306 31
406 78
State Aid to Highways $6,851 30
County Aid to Highways 1,500 00
8,351 30
Departmental :
Public Welfare
$408 88
Aid to Dependent Children 89 61
Old Age Assistance 93 00
Schools
648 80
1,240 29
Water Department:
Rates
$1,522 16
Miscellaneous 228 42
Liens 18 39
Electa Waite Charity
Fund
39 87
Albert S. Hills Charity
Fund®
75 06
C. J. Hills Charity Fund 116 39 Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund 15 08
Hyde Saunders Charity
Fund
1 04
Byron Loomis School
Fund
295 53
Ethel Curry School
Fund
11 67
847 45
Byron Loomis School Fund to be
Invested
25 00
Road Machinery Earnings Reserve
1,924 37
Water Available Surplus
612 77
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
1,768 97
General $37,587 68
138
Revenue 1941 Estimated Receipts to be Collected State Penalty
1,732 94
15,250 66
25 00
Works Progress Administration 1,156 88
New Sidewalks 350 00
Highway Equipment 800 00
Water Chlorinator
1,633 79
Overdrawn Accounts : Overlay Deficit-Levy of 1938 $31 72
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance : Assistance 1,793 14
O. G. Spelman School Fund Income to be Withdrawn from Fund 269 12
Administration
58 07
Aid to Dependent Children : Aid 137 62
Town Dump 60
Highways-Chapter 81 2,142 49
43,521 18
2,443 93
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
68 74
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1939
$1,293 08
Levy of 1940 360 84
Levy of 1941 79 16 1,733 08
139
Administration
4 00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $814 77
Tax Title
406 78
Departmental
1,240 29
Water
1,768 97
State and County Aid
to Highways
8,351 30
12,582 11
Surplus Revenue
20,888 02
$106,635 54
$106,635 54
140
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$19,000 00
Haydenville School Loan
$6,000 00
High School Addition Loan
13,000 00
$19,000 00
$19,000 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Town Treasurer $91,155 35
In Custody of Trustee 3,375 92
Town History Fund $61 91
Whiting Street Charity Fund 5,574 25
Electa Waite Charity Fund 1,773 51
Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund 700 00
Albert S. Hills Charity Fund 5,000 00
Henry W. Hills Hospital Bed Fund 15,046 40
C. J. Hills Charity Fund 5,000 00
Collins School Fund
11,206 70
Onslow G. Spelman School Fund
37,281 07
Byron Loomis School Fund
7,436 51
Helen James School Fund 3,375 92
Ethel Curry School Fund 1,000 00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,075 00
$94,531 27
$94,531 27
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WILLIAMSBURG MASSACHUSETTS
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Town Warrant
Article 1. To elect a Moderator. To elect three Select- men, who shall be Overseers of Public Welfare 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 Water Com- missioner, one Assessor, one School Committeeman, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, one Library Trus- tee, all for 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 Janu- ary 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able 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 finan- cial year.
Article 5. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treas- urer, School Committee, Water Commissioners, and other committees and act thereon.
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Article 6. To choose a committee to expend the income from the Whiting Street Fund.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to pay the unpaid bills of 1942 out of the 1943 appropriation.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Onslow G. Spelman School Fund the sum of one thousand dollars to pay off the note which is due in 1943 on the Spelman Annex to the High School.
Article 9. To see if the balance of $148.47 in the Road Machinery Expense Account of 1942 may be trans- ferred to the Road Machinery Earnings Account of 1942, showing a balance of $2,426.65, and the total be appropriated to the Road Machinery Expense Account of 1943.
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 raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the maintenance of our Chapter 90 roads; said money to be used in conjunc- tion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Road Machinery Expense Account a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars for the purchase of highway machinery equipment.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to request an audit of the books and ac- counts of the Town of Williamsburg, by the State Director of Accounts, during 1943.
Other articles may be added to the posted warrant.
The Polls may close at 3 P. M.
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Selectmen's Report
Your Selectmen herewith submit the following re- port :
The Board organized on February 9th, 1942, and elected Leon B. Sanderson, Chairman, and Oakley Ames, Clerk. Meetings have been held every Monday evening, except on holidays, and then have been held the following evening. The following officials were re-appointed: Mr. L. H. Cranson as Superintendent of Roads, Bridges and Fences ; Mr. Albert Lawton as Inspector of Barns, Animals and Meats; Mr. C. K. Hathaway as Fire Chief and Forest Warden; Mr. B. L. Dobbs as Moth Superintendent; Mr. Leslie Taylor as Sealer of Weights and Measures; and Mr. A. J. Polmatier as Inspector of Dairies.
We were unable to complete our Chapter 90 construc- tion work on Mountain Street this year, due to the fact that practically all new construction work in all Towns has been discontinued probably for the duration. How- ever, we had Chapter 90 maintenance last year, and expect to have it this year, so that we will be able to keep what Chapter 90 roads we have constructed in good condition. Due to the fact that we could not procure sufficient road tar or asphalt, we were unable to complete the hard surface road on South Street this year, with our Chapter 81 money, but if the materials are available this next year we hope to be able to complete the road.
We were able to construct the new sidewalks, one in each village, which were voted at our last Town Meeting, and your Board feels that good sidewalks in needed places are an added asset to the Town.
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As the number of WPA workers which we had de- creased to only six, which we were transporting to West- over Field, we decided about the first of December to dis- continue it entirely, and the only WPA which we now have is the Surplus Commodity Program.
We expect that every family in this Town has heard about rationing by this time, but we do not believe that every family realizes how important rationing really is, or how much work it entails, or how necessary it is. We believe that we have in this Town a very efficient Ration- ing Board, and with the cooperation of the School Board in allotting the use of a room in the Haydenville School building for this purpose, we feel that the citizens of this Town are being properly taken care of, and we wish at this time to express our appreciation to the members of the Rationing Board for the service which they have rendered and are rendering, and hope that the citizens will realize that this is a war time measure and that the members of the Board are doing this work in a spirit of duty and with- out remuneration.
Due to the shortage of man labor, we recommend the purchase this year (from our Road Machinery Earnings) of a Sand and Gravel Loader.
We again wish to express our appreciation of the co- operation which we have had from all Town officials dur- ing the past year.
LEON B. SANDERSON, OAKLEY AMES, SILAS SNOW,
Selectmen.
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Report of Finance Committee
The Finance Committee has held four meetings the past year, to transfer sums of money from the Reserve fund as needed and to meet the officials of the different departments and consider and recommend their requests for the coming year.
The committee respectfully requests that each de- partment submit a tentative budget prepared in detail, when called upon to meet the committee next year.
The Finance Committee strongly recommends the de- letion of the $500 item labelled "Adjustment Account" from the school budget. The term "Adjustment Account" in plain terms means "Extra money in case it is needed."
In our opinion this is not a reasonable justification for requesting money from the taxpayer. Attention is called to the fact that the school committee can make ad- justments within its budget by transferring moneys from one account to another.
The finance committee feels that the expenditures of the Fire Department should be expressly justified yearly by means of a detail report, of the years activities and expenditures.
This practice, common in most towns in the vicinity would keep the community informed about the activities, expenditures and fire losses.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN MEEHAN, Chairman, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER, Secretary, MRS. IDA RHOADES, MRS. CLARA RUSTEMEYER, MISS MARY DUNPHY,
CHARLES R. DAMON, NEAL B. DeNOOD, RODERICK A. MacLEOD,
Finance Commitee.
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Budget Recommendations, 1943
1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1942
1942
1943
1943 Recom'd.
a. Moderator
$10 00
$10 00
$10 00
$10 00
b. Selectmen's Salaries Maintenance
450 00
450 00
600 00
450 00
250 00
250 00
250 00
250 00
c. Accountant's Salary Maintenance
300 00
300 00
300 00
300 00
50 00
30 96
50 00
50 00
d. Treasurer's Salary Maintenance
150 00
129 49
150 00
150 00
e. Elector, Oliver Smith Will 10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
f. Collector's Salary Maintenance
285 00
248 21
360 00
360 00
g. Assessors' Salaries Maintenance
205 00
86 15
200 00
200 00
Clerk
25 00
25 00
h. Finance Committee
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
i. Town Clerk's Salary Maintenance
100 00
99 40
100 00
100 00
j. Elections and Reg.
300 00
268 65
200 00
200 00
k. Town Hall
500 00
213 89
500 00
500 00
1. Consultation Fees
50 00
40 00
50 00
50 00
$3,810 00 $3,306 75 $3,955 00
$3,805 00
2. PROTECTION, PERSONS AND PROPERTY
a. Police Salaries
$200 00
$200 00
$200 00
$200 00
Maintenance
400 00
377 44
400 00
400 00
b. Fire Dept. Salaries Maintenance
700 00
553 17
900 00
900 00
c. Sealer
50 00
49 65
50 00
50 00
d. Moth Work
500 00
410 00
500 00
500 00
e. Tree Warden
185 00
183 70
100 00
100 00
f. Spraying Trees
150 00
110 80
150 00
150 00
250 00
250 00
250 00
250 00
300 00
300 00
300 00
300 00
150 00
150 00
150 00
150 00
180 00
180 00
180 00
180 00
425 00
425 00
425 00
425 00
Appro.
Exp'd.
Request
$2,365 00 $2,064 76 $2,480 00 $2,480 00
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3. HEALTH AND SANITATION
a. Public Health
$1,400 00 $1,363 39
$1,400 00 $1,400 00
b. District Nurse
500 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
c. Barn and Animal Insp. 200 00
88 50
150 00
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