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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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