Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1926-1930, Part 19

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 628


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$ 303.43


Culverts


Metal Culverts


$


836.72


Street Lighting


Contract $ 9,268.95


Other Street Lights


381.62 $ 9,650.57


Street Signs


Material for Same


$ 4.05


Other Expenses


State Highway Tax


$


2,433.74


All other expenses


$


65.50


$ 29,032.64


Construction


Silver Street


$ 29,458.66


School Street


10,214.60 39,673.26


Numbering of Houses $ 100.00


PUBLIC WELFARE


General Administration


$


308.53


Outside Relief by Town 4,573.58


Relief by Other Cities and Towns 2,579.96 $ 7,462.07


Other Outside Relief, later reimbursed


from Pyne Fund


$


20.26


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SOLDIERS BENEFITS


State Aid


$


114.00


Military Aid


30.00


-


$ 144.00


SCHOOLS


General Administration


Salary of Superintendent


$


4,549.97


Salary of Clerk


1,633.36


Salary of Truant Officer


650.00


Printing, stationery and


postage


58.66


Telephone


64.43


Traveling Expenses


158.35


All Other general expenses


30.00


$ 7,144.77


Teachers Salaries


High


$ 23,947.00


Elementary


62,249.00


Supervisors


4,080.00


$ 90,276.00


Principal's Salary $ 2,940.00 $ 2,940.00


Agriculture Department


Salaries


$ 1,040.00


Books and Supplies


222.67


$ 1,262.67


Text Books and Supplies


High


Text and Reference Books ... $ 1,712.96


All Other


758.51


Elementary


Text and Reference Books


2,139.21


All Other


2,685.21 $ 7,295.89


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Tuition


Elementary


$


432.87


Vocational


1,654.65 $ 2,087.52


Transportation


Elementary


7,234.04 $ 7,234.04


Support of Truants


78.01 $


78.01


Janitor's Services


High


2,063.73


Elementary


7,142.26


$ 9,205.99


Fuel and Light


High


$ 2,029.25


Elementary


6,741.75


$ 8,771.00


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds High


Repairs


$ 620.58


Janitor's Supplies


94.41


All Other


245.21


Elementary


Repairs


3,973.11


Janitor's Supplies


496.11


All Other


393.12


$


5,822.54


Furniture and Furnishings


High


$ 571.32


Elementary


539.02


$ 1,110.34


Other Expenses


Diplomas and Graduation $ 202.93


Miscellaneous printing


179.91


All Other


210.16 $ 593.00


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Library


Books


$ 127.30 $ 127.30


Health


High


$


125.00


Elementary


1,925.50 $ 2,050.50


$145,999.57


Buildings


Addition to High School $ 75,188.82


Alterations to present High School building


5,378.07 $ 80,566.89


$226,566.46


PUBLIC LIBRARY


ยท Salaries and Wages


Librarians


$ 400.00


Other Salaries


1.75


Books and Periodicals


Books


1,304.84


Periodicals


16.60


Binding Books


18.60


Fuel and Light


Lights


10.01


Repairs to buildings


29.64


All other expenses to buildings


1.50


Stationery and Postage


33.58


Printing


5.43


$


1,821.95


UNCLASSIFIED


Surety Bonds


Town Clerk bond


$ 5.00


Treasurer bond


175.00


Tax Collector's bond


350.00


$ 530.00


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Aid to Agriculture


$ 400.00


Land Damage


5.00


Damage to Property


35.00


Memorial Day Observance


150.00


Liability Insurance


563.70


Printing and Distributing Town Reports


403.55


CEMETERIES


Care of North Cemetery $ 25.00


-


$ 25.00


WATER DEPARTMENT


Administration


Commissioners $ 300.00


Supt. and Registrar


1,560.00


Collector


479.10


Printing, stationery and postage


204.45


All other expenses


52.45


$ 2,596.00 -


General Department


Construction on Silver St.


Pipe, fittings, etc.


$ 5,808.10


Pay Rolls


1,599.00


$ 6,807.10


Construction on Line St. $ 3,496.04


Construction on Moore St. .. 109.56


Construction on Rowley St.


1,000.00


Water purchased


7,779.87


Meters and Repairs to Same 767.26


All other expenses


369.48


-


$ 20,329.31


Refund for pipe returned on water entrance $ 18.00


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Service Pipe


Labor


$ 1,530.50


Pipe and Fittings


1,183.03


All Other


374.62


$ 3,088.15


Payment of bonds


$ 5,500.00


Interest on bonds


3,248.75 $


8,748.75


$ 34,780.21


INTEREST AND MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Interest


Anticipation Revenue loans $ 6,285.75


High School loan


11,950.00


Other Schools


3,121.25


Memorial Bridge loan


2,000.00


Highway loans


680.00


Sewer


600.00


$ 24,637.00 -


Municipal Indebtedness


Anticipation Revenue Loans


$230,000.00


High School


13,000.00


High School Addition


10,000.00


Other Schools


8,000.00


Memorial Bridge


4,000.00


Highway


11,000.00


Sewer


1,000.00


$277,000.00


AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT


Taxes


State


$ 10,795.00


County


14,059.89


Private Trust Funds


774.44


Other Public Trust Funds


37.75


Trust Co. Tax 1926


18.40


Trust Co. Tax 1927


1.94


$ 25,687.42


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REFUNDS


Taxes


$ 85.23


Interest


.42


Excise


16.26


-


$ 101.91


RECAPITULATION


Payments for the year 1929


General Government


$ 11,110.55


Municipal Buildings 919.48


Protection to Persons and Property


14,122.32


Health and Sanitation


5,652.79


Highway Department


14,931.74


Highway Construction


Silver Street


29,458.66


School Street


10,214.60


Street Lighting


9,650.57


Sidewalk Construction


2,016.59


Numbering of Houses


100.00


State Highway Tax


2,433.74


Charities and Soldiers Benefits


7,626.33


Schools


145,999.57


School Buildings


80,566.89


Library


1,821.95


Unclassified


2,087.25


Cemetery


25.00


Public Service Enterprises


34,780.21


Interest and Maturing Dept.


Interest


24,637.00


Municipal Indebtedness


277,000.00


Agency Trust and Investment


25,687.42


Refunds


101.91


Cash and Other Public Trust


funds


5,116.84


-


$706,061.41


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TRIAL BALANCE AFTER CLOSING BOOKS DECEMBER 31, 1929


Cash


$ 5,116.84


Taxes 1927


2,792.21


Taxes 1928


40,152.00


Taxes 1929


98,549.30


Motor Vehicle Tax


5,044.08


Accounts Receivable


Health


708.62


Sewer Entrances


257.80


Public Welfare


1,088.84


Schools


87.50


Sidewalks 1928


212.83


Sidewalks 1929


914.85


County Aid to Highways


4,721.20


State Aid to Highways


4,721.20


Airport Aid to Highways


12,000.00


Water Rates


2,200.42


Water Entrances


291.58


Tax Titles


1,671.35


Revenue Loan


80,000.00


Surplus War Bonus


2,701.14


Overlay 1927


151.41


Overlay 1928


885.60


Overlay 1929


711.89


Phelon Library Fund


27.80


Income Old Cemetery Fund


97.31


Income Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


48.05


Overlay Reserve


5,718.63


Departmental Revenue


3,776.47


Special Assessment Revenue


1,127.68


Water Revenue


2,487.80


Tax Title Revenue


1,671.35


Est. Receipts A/c Rec. Motor Vehicle Tax


3,808.70


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Motor Vehicle Tax Revenue


Excess and Deficiency


Silver Street Construction


5,035.92 57,550.66 18,541.34


Alteration to High School


20.00


High School Addition


85.14


Libraries


73.03


Water Maintenance


4,479.70


School Street Construction


214.60


Interest


637.00


$185,190.92 $185,190.92


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Treasurer's Report


Cash on hand January 1, 1929


$ 74,109.79


Receipts of 1929 631,951.62


$706,061.41


Payments of 1929 $700,944.57


Cash on hand December 31, 1929


5,116.84


$706,061.41


TRUST FUNDS


Whiting Street Fund


On Hand January 1, 1929


Cash $ 1,130.06


Securities


5,500.00


Received


Income from Fund 322.19


$ 6,952.25


Paid by order of Trustees $ 388.63


On Hand December 31, 1929


Cash


$ 1,063.62


Securities


5,500.00 $ 6,952.25


Desire A. Pyne Fund


On Hand January 1, 1929


Securities


$ 2,000.00


Cash


238.31


Income


93.55


$ 2,331.86


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Paid orders of Selectmen $ 159.43 On Hand December 31, 1929 Securities $ 2,000.00


Cash 172.43


$


2,331.86


Phelon School Fund


On Hand January 1, 1929


Securities


$ 4,150.00


Cash


996.35


Sale of Securities


1,000.00


Income of Fund


226.29


$ 6,372.64


Expenditures


Orders of School Committee $ 100.00


Purchase of Securities


1,000.00


Premium on Securities


21.25


Accrued Interest and Com- mission


13.25


On Hand December 31, 1929


Securities


4,150.00


Cash


1,088.14


$ 6,372.64


Phelon Library Fund


On Hand January 1, 1929


Securities


$ 500.00


Income received


24.03


$ 524.03


Paid Trust Fund Income ..


$ 24.03


On Hand December 31, 1929


Securities


500.00


$ 524.03


Davis Library Fund


Income from Fund for 1929 $ 774.44 $ 774.44


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Paid F. A. Worthington Treasury $ 774.44


$ 774.44


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


Securities on Hand Jan. 1, 1929 $


500.00


Income from Fund


24.03


$ 524.03


Paid Town Treasury


$ 24.03


Securities on Hand Dec. 31, 1929


500.00


$ 524.03


Old Cemetery Fund


Securities on Hand Jan. 1, 1929 $


700.00


Income from Fund


33.63


$ 733.63


Paid Town Treasury


$ 33.63


Securities on Hand Dec. 31, 1929


700.00


HENRY E. BODURTHA, $ 733.63


- -


Treasurer


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LIABILITIES, DECEMBER 31, 1929


Thirteen bonds of $1,000, payable annu- ally Oct. 1, 1930-1942 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%, water loan $ 13,000.00


Bonds of 1913 water loan payable $3,500, annually July 1, 1930-1943 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 44,000.00


Bonds of 1917 water loan payable $1,000, annually Oct. 1, 1930-1942 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 13,000.00


Bonds of 1916 Schoolhouse loan, $1,000, payable annually July 1, 1930-1934 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% 5,000.00


Bonds of 1917 Schoolhouse loan $1,000, payable annually Sept. 1, 1930-1932 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 3,000.00


Bonds of 1916 Sewer loan $1,000, pay- able annually Dec. 1, 1930-1943 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% 14,000.00


Bonds of High School $13,000, payable annually Sept. 1, 1930-1931, $12,000, annually Sept. 1, 1932-1941 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 5% 146,000.00


Bonds of School house loan of 1924 pay- able annually $3,000 June 1, 1930; $2,000 payable annually June 1, 1931-1944 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/4% 31,000.00


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Bonds of Schoolhouse loan of 1925 pay- able $3,000, annually June 1, 1930- 1940 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


32,000.00


Bonds of Memorial Bridge loan payable $4,000, Oct. 1, 1930; $3,000, annual- ly Oct. 1, 1931-1944 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


46,000.00


Bonds of Highway loan payable $2,000, annually Oct. 1, 1930-1933 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% 8,000.00


Bonds of High School addition of 1928, payable $10,000, annually Nov. 1930- 1938 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


90,000.00


Temporary loans 80,000.00


- $525,000.00


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REPORT OF Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare and Board of Health


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


This year there has been about three thousand feet of rock base placed under the gravel roads. The purpose of this is to make a foundation that will hold the automobile travel somewhere near the surface during the mud season.


There are many more places where the mud is impassable to automobiles for a long period of time in the Spring and we believe that these places should be given the same treatment.


We have erected several new wooden guard rails this year.


In the Agawam section especially on Leonard and Adam Streets about one thousand yards of cinders have been placed, while North Agawam has received some cinders in the worst places. In West Agawam and Feeding Hills section about fifteen hundred yards of gravel were placed on the highways.


A large car of Calcium Chloride was purchased and used on the cinder and gravel roads this Spring as this chemical preserves the road as well as holding the dust down in the Summer.


One more year should complete the hardening of School Street, as we were able to get a very low price on the section that was done this year and we would like to see the same plan used on Suffield Street that has worked out so satisfactory this year on School street.


The Silver Street project was started this year and will be completed this next Spring. With the aid of the Airport we have built a much longer strip of macadam road than would have been possible with only the State and County aid.


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Very little new equipment has been purchased by the High- way Department this year. There should be one new truck this coming year possibly two. The Chevrolets are giving good service but they cannot last forever as they have been used continually for two and three years respectively and we would recommend if a new truck is purchased it should be large enough to carry a snow plough.


One of the heaviest expenses this year was the repairs on the Mittineague Bridge as we found it necessary to give it a complete overhauling.


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


The calls made upon this department have been many this year due in most instances to the unemployment situation. Many of the families aided were of a temporary nature, while others were for a longer period of time; and at the present time we have cases which are expensive to the town. We have made it a practice to place in private homes some of our cases as we find it more satis- factory and cheaper than placing them in institutions.


In our road program this year the highway department stone based about three thousand feet of graveled roads and many of those that applied for aid were given at least part time work, there- by making them self-supporting and at the same time keeping them off of the welfare books.


In our nineteen thirty program we are planning to do the same work on a much larger scale, thereby giving work to many more men, and as business conditions do not seem to improve we cannot see any let up in our welfare work for a while.


While we have employed every means to keep within our appropriation an out side bill for a large amount put us over a little.


Included with this report are the expenditures of this depart- ment.


EXPENDITURES


Groceries


1,058.67


Rent


261.63


Fuel, Coal and Wood


445.75


Clothing


251.88


Medical attendance


181.20


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Artificial Limbs


58.65


Cash


128.00


Board and Care


1,942.01


Burial


50.00


Hospital


185.89


Paid other cities and towns


2,579.96


Administration-salaries and expenses four men 308.53


Due the town on State cases


508.96


Due from other cities and towns


579.88


During the year 43 families for a total of 151 persons were aided by this department.


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


We have been very fortunate this year in not having an alarm- ing number of contagious diseases. Our Scarlet Fever cases were scattered so did not cause much fear of an epidemic, and they were fewer in number than the previous year.


The Clinics given for the immunization were very gratifying to the Board. Owing to the strong cooperation of the School De- partment, the School Nurse, the Community Nurse, our local Physician, the State Physician for this district, and the parents of the children, we were able to administer the three immunization inoculations to seven hundred and sixteen school and pre school children.


We have been extremely fortunate in our Diphtheria cases in Agawam during the past year as we have had only three cases and one since the Clinic; that being one brought here from out of town.


Our Tuberculosis cases are very expensive and Agawam's share or apportionment for the County Sanatorium at Leeds is eleven hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventeen cents and then we are called upon to pay the expenses of all the patients who are unable to pay. We admitted three during the year, and fortunately we have but a few cases.


ZONING DEPARTMENT


During this year this department saw an increase in the num- ber of buildings erected. Nearly two hundred applications were made and the number of permits granted were one hundred and seventy while twelve were denied. Two buildings were erected


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which were not in conformity with the applications and they were condemned and rebuilt in a satisfactory manner. Three cellars were moved back from the street or from the side lines and the foundations of one house was forced back from the street about twelve feet, all due to the fact that the building operations were started with out procuring the necessary permits first.


A few violations were found but in most instances the resi- dents are willing to cooperate with the department and we feel sure that any violations found were not deliberate but rather from ignorance of the zoning laws.


The law in its original state was found to be without teeth but at a special town meeting this was corrected, making it neces- sary to get a permit to build before starting to build.


Three things are necessary to remember, first get your appli- cation and fill it out, then get your permit and before the building is occupied get a certificate of occupancy.


The number and kinds of buildings, etc., that permits were granted for are as follows:


Airport Hangar


1


Signs


1


Tool House


1


Additions and Alterations


26


Gas Stations


1


Gas Pumps


2


Flower Display Stand


1


Pump House


1 3


Ice Houses, Natural


2


Ice Plant, Artificial


1


Poultry and Brooder Houses


21


Garages


64


Dwellings


43


All Others


3


Barns


Total 171


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Report of the Chief of Police


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit to you the annual report of the Police De- partment from January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1929 inclusive.


ARRESTS


Assault


6


Assault and Battery


2


Adultery


1


Alien in Possession of Fire Arms


1


Automobile Violation


45


Breaking and Entering


4


Bribing Police Officer


1


Bastardy


2


Cruelty to Animals


1


Carrying Revolver


1


Drunkenness


60


Fugitive from Justice


7


Fornication


1


Hunting without License


1


Insane


1


Lewd and Lascivious Co-habitation


2


Larceny


19


Larceny of Automobile


3


Liquor Violation


13


Malicious Breaking of Glass on Public Street


2


Non-Support


3


62


Neglected Children


2


Possessing of Pheasants Illegally


1


Peddling without License


1


Run-a-way Boys


3


Receiving Stolen Property


1


Setting Fire without Permit


1


Stubbornness


2


Suspects


7


Vagrancy


4


Violation Probation


5


Total number of Arrests 203


DISPOSITION


Continued Day to Day


12


Committed to State Institution


1


Discharged


4


Filed


3


Fined


100


House of Correction


2


Northampton (Insane Hospital)


1


Ordered Out of Town


3


Probation


11


Restitution


9


Released


12


Secured License


1


Sentenced to Jail


7


Sentenced to Concord


1


Sentenced to Lyman School


1


Sentenced to Shirley


1


Suspended Sentence


18


Turned to Other Police


16


Total 203


Total Amount of Fines Imposed $ 4,449.50


Total Amount turned back to Town Treasury 1,399.50


Restitution


1,327.00


Value of Automobiles Recovered


4,600.00


Summons served for other Police Depts.


236


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In submitting this my third Annual Police Report to the Town of Agawam, I wish to state that we have had an extremely busy year in Police work. There have been numerous cases of lar- ceny, breaking and enterings as well as other cases, which I believe have been taken care of satisfactorily. It has been extremely gratifying to me for the help and assistance I have received from the Special Police, the State Officers and all others, for the sup- port and co-operation rendered.


We have installed a traffic signal at Feeding Hills Center which I feel will solve the traffic problem at this point and will also be of great assistance to school children and pedestrians from a safety standpoint. I am in hopes more can be accomplished along this line the coming season to help solve our traffic problems and in the interest of Safety.


Respectfully submitted,


PERLEY J. HEWEY,


Chief of Police


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Report of Board of Fire Engineers


For the Year Ending December 31, 1929


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


In submitting our report this year, we feel that the Depart- ment has had a very successful one.


The calls made on the Department were less this year than last. The loss by Fire was slightly larger, but this is no reflection on the members of the Fire Department.


One very bad fire on Meadow Street which destroyed a dwell- ing and store, occurred on the night of the Annual Fire Works dis- play in West Springfield. Company No. 3 of the Center Station had a very difficult time to reach the scene of the fire due to the crowded condition of all roads leading to the fire.


The new fire truck for which money was appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting has been purchased and has given excellent service. We feel that it is only fair to all residents of our town that another piece of apparatus be purchased in 1930, and another in 1931. This will put Agawam on a par with any town which has a strictly Volunteer Fire Department, and this we recommend.


Each member of all three Companies have been provided with a warm waterproof coat. It has taken three years to do this, buy- ing a few each year.


Some new hose will have to be purchased in 1930.


It is our earnest desire to see each member of the Department receive Twenty-five dollars per year. We feel that this is small enough considering what they do in the course of a year. This will mean only $300.00 more. Please give this your careful con- sideration.


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Following is a list of calls made upon the Department dur- ing the year 1929.


Dwellings


19


Barns


3


Stores


1


Garages


3


Hen House


1


Brush


6


Grass


16


Telephone Poles


1


False


2


Automobile


1


Total 53


North Agawam


14


Feeding Hills


12


Agawam Center


27


Total 53


Total loss


$ 28,925


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. GOSSELIN. Chairman JAMES W. SHEA, Purchasing Agent FRANK T. GOSS, Secretary


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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


To the Selectmen.


Gentlemen :


Your Sealer of Weights and Measures reports in a condensed form the following work done the last year.


No. Sealed


524


No. Condemned


26


Commodities Inspected


Total Tested


280


Correct weight


193


Under weight


55


Over weight


32


Respectfully submitted,


EDWIN U. LEONARD


Sealer of Weights and Measures


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Report of Superintendent for Gypsy Moths and Allied Pests


To the Selectmen.


Gentlemen :


In this, my first report as Superintendent for Gypsy Moths and allied insect pests, I wish to thank those who worked with me for their whole-hearted co-operation.


We found 3,011 egg clusters which were destroyed, but I am sorry to say it can not, as yet, be called a hundred per cent job.


To the best of my knowledge, there are in town no brown- tail moths, silver moths or Japanese beetles.


Thanking you for your help and assistance, I am,


Very truly,


EDWIN U. LEONARD


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Assessors' Report


During the past year the new law regarding excise taxation of motor vehicles was put in effect, and, in general, we believe it has proven satisfactory although naturally under these new condi- tions, there has been a certain amount of misunderstanding.


In this connection we would call to your particular attention the sixty day clause in this law, requiring that applications for abatement or refund must be made within sixty days from date of sale or from date of tax bill. Proper blanks for such applications may be obtained at the Town office.


With the increasing valuation and number of persons listed and properties assessed, it has become necessary to readjust some of the work of this department. This is being done in conformity with the recommendations and requirements of the State Depart- ment of Taxation under whose direction the assessors work. The sole object of such changes as are thus being made is to provide more efficient service to you and improvements in the line of more equitable taxation.


In this connection also, we can report that progress is being made in the preparation of maps of the properties in town and that these are proving of great value in our work.


We again call to your attention the provisions of law requir- ing the filing of true lists of all property owned in town by each individual. This includes personal property as well as real estate. Proper blanks for filing such statements may be obtained at the Town office and should be filed with the Assessors between April first and May fifteenth of each year.


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STATISTICAL REPORT


Horses


293


Cows


526


Sheep


50


Neat Cattle


165


Swine


309


Fowls


8,4,92


Value of Fowls


$8,492.00


Houses


1,515


Acres of Land


13,845


VALUATIONS


Buildings


$5,164,967.00


Land 2,871,853.00


Total Real Estate


$8,036,820.00


Personal Estate


1,066,284.00


Total Valuation


$9,103,104.00


Upon which taxes have been levied as follows :


County Tax $ 14,059.89


State Tax


10,795.00


State Highway Tax


2,433.74


Town Appropriations


307,195.00


Overlay for Current Year


1,416.74


$ 335,900.37


Less estimated receipts :


Income Tax


38,292.90


Corporation Tax


6,500.00


Bank Tax


200.00


Licenses


1,800.00


Fines


1,600.00


Special Assessments


500.00


General Government


100.00


Highways


100.00


Protection of Persons and


Property


100.00


70


Health and Sanitation


50.00


Charities


1,000.00


Soldier's Benefits


96.00


Schools


1,000.00


Libraries


75.00


Interest on Deposits


500.00


Interest on Taxes and


Assessments


6,500.00


Rentals


300.00


Bills in Lieu of Taxes


800.00


Auto Excise Taxes


13,000.00


$ 72,513.90


Net amount to be raised on Polls and property $ 263,386.47


Number of Polls-1974 at $2.00 each 3,948.00


Tax on Personal and Real Estate at $28.50 per 1000 $ 259,438.47


To Howard W. Pond, Tax Collector, was commit- ted for collection, the sum of $ 263,386.47


Omitted Assessments 65.85


$ 263,452.32


ADOLPHUS PROVOST, CLARENCE H. GRANGER, PAUL B. JOHNSON,


Assessors


71


Report of Tax Collector


1929


Tax committed


$263,386.47


Omitted assessments


65.85


Adjustments


74.32


-


$263,526.64


Cash paid the treasurer


$163,931.22


Abatements and tax titles


1,046.12


Uncollected taxes


98,549.30


$263,526.64


Previous Years


January 1, 1929 balance due


$158,467.23


Adjusted balances


68.12


$158,535.35


Cash paid treasurer


$112,765.15


Abatements


1,639.65


Tax titles


1,186.34


Balance due, 1927


2,792.21


Balance due, 1928


40,152.00


$158,535.35


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax of 1929


Tax committed


$ 15,641.60


$ 15,641.60


Abatements


$ 1,398.01


Cash paid to Treasurer


9,199.51


Balance due


5,044.08


$ 15,641.60


72


Auditor's Report


February 24, 1930


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and Treasurer and the Tax Collector for the year of 1929 as set forth in his annual report and to the best of my knowl- edge they are correctly and accurately recorded.


LEAFIE N. MAYNARD,


Auditor


73


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE COOPERATING WITH THE HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE 1929


To the Voters of Agawam :


Agawam annually appropriates $400 to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture working through the Hampden County Improvement League. This money is all spent in behalf of Agricultural and Home Economics Extension work in this town. The service and assistance given is free to all home owners, to farm and urban alike, also to all boys and girls interested in any of the 4-H Club projects such as Gardening, Dairy, Poultry, Fruit, Flowers, Canning, Cooking, Pigs, Baby Beef and Bees.




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