Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 43

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 956


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$66.79


Gardner Files, rent


5.00


R. F. Gurney, stamped envelopes and stamps


111.72


C. Wesley Hale, recording fees


13.00


Hobbs & Warren, forms


14.02


Frank Moskal, deputy collector's bond


10.00


Springfield Union, advertising


131.92


Edward Szczebak, notices, demands, tax bills 69.00


$421.45


Unexpended balance


$27.51


92


Treasurer's Report


January 1, 1940 to February 14, 1940


RECEIPTS


Taxes 1938


$425.20


Warrants: Number 1 $61.00


Taxes 1939


3,783.77


Number 2


1,398.25


Poll Tax 1939


2.00


Number 2A


658.50


Excise Tax 1939


178.20


Number 3


569.73


Tax Titles


394.78


Number 4


2,377.03


Federal Grant


Number 4A 825.19


Old Age Assistance


628.15


Number 5


398.46


Old Age Administration


20.94


County


Dog refund


737.76


Balance Jan. 1, 1940


$26,205.94


Dog Officers Fees


18.00


Court Fines


17.00


Licenses


6.50


Town Clerk


$33,587.00


Dog Licenses


1.80


Highway


10.00


Public Welfare


192.55


Dental Clinic


3.00


Bal. Feb. 14, 1940


Interest on Taxes


39.96


Palmer National Bank


Collector's Fees


2.10


Interest on Tax Titles


55.17


Water


759.18


Refunds


Health TB County


(1939 payment)


90.00


Land Court


15.00


$33,587.00


$7,381.06


Payments Jan. 1 to Feb. 14, 1940 per Warrants $6,288.16


General Account


$25,733.16


Water Account


759.18


Road Machinery


806.50


27,298.84


Respectfully submitted,


GEO. MILO GREEN,


Treasurer.


PAYMENTS


$6,288.16


Receipts to Feb. 14 per cash book 7,381.06


93


Treasurer's Report


February 15 to December 31, 1940


Taxes 1937


$172.56


Taxes 1938


1,876.20


Taxes 1939


16,307.16


Taxes 1940


69,508.34


Excise Tax 1939


138.72


Excise Tax 1940


6,988.20


$94,991.18


Treasurer of the Commonwealth:


Income Tax


$8,557.19


Corporation Tax


9,282.65


Loss of Taxes


119.03


Schools :


Tuition and transportation


179.01


Supt. salary in small towns


859.25


Vocational Education


4,469.36


English speaking classes


142.50


Gas tax refund-Chapter 504


6,532.37


Highway-Chapter 90


700.00


Highway-Chapter 81


6,587.52


State Licenses


8.00


Public Welfare


110.27


Old Age Assistance


5,990.06


Aid to Dependent Children


12.00


Veterans' Exemptions


18.75


$43,567.96


Federal Grants:


Old Age Assistance-Aid


$7,456.59


Old Age Assistance-Administration


248.51


Aid to Dependent Children -- Aid


297.17


Aid to Dependent Children-Admin.


5.75


Treasurer of Hampden County:


Court Fines Highway-Chapter 90


$183.45


700.00


$8 008.02


$883.45


94


Trust Fund Income:


Beebe School Fund


$5.85


School Lot Fund


90.00


Deacon Warriner School Fund


27.86


Bell Library Fund


.80


Cutler Library Fund


20.10


Stebbins Library Fund


2.01


Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund


6.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


155.72


$308.34


Refunds :


Gas Tax


$5.91


Elections (checks returned)


5.50


Schools


151.88


Collector's Expense (check returned)


48.96


$212.25


Miscellaneous :


Tax Title Redemptions


$505.70


Sale of Tax Possessions


300.00


Selectmen's Licenses


2,323.50


Dog Licenses


811.80


Sale of Town Histories


11.00


Rent of Town Office


144.00


Forest Warden


3.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


35.71


Dental Clinic


95.20


Road Machinery Earnings


102.00


Public Welfare-Cities and Towns


2,014.48


Old Age Assistance-Cities and Towns


734.69


School Miscellaneous Receipts


29.62


Library Fines


43.05


Rent of Sanding Machine


4.40


Loan in Anticipation of Taxes


50,000.00


Water Rents


4,315.00


Water Installations and Miscellaneous


3,338.25


Water Connection Deposits


625.00


Interest on Taxes


607.07


Collector's Fees :


On Poll Taxes


44.15


On Other Taxes


58.83


95


Penalty Interest on Tax Title Redemp- tions


Telephone Calls


$46.16 .50


$66,193.11


Total Cash Receipts


$214,164.31


Cash on hand February 15, 1940


27,298.84


$241,463.15


Payments February 15 to December 31, 1940:


By Selectmen's Orders


$208,042.60


Cash on hand December 31, 1940 33,420.55


Of the cash in the treasury, the following amounts have been received for specific purposes and can be used for noth- ing else.


Road Machinery Fund $908.50


Appropriation Balances :


Water Extension, Springfield Street $3,495.76


Water Extension, Stony Hill Road 354.49


W. P.A. 370.96


Federal Grants:


Aid to Dependent Children, Administration 4.01


Old Age Assistance, Administration 155.22


$5,288.94


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER F. BERRY, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Expense


Appropriation $350.00


Walter F. Berry, reimbursement for cash paid for expenses to Treasurer's meet- ings, registering letters, etc. $9.35


Sara M. Connors, notary fees 5.00


96


Conklin Office & School Supply Co., post binder, wire basket, stamp pad and dater $8.10


J. Sewell Day, 1940 dues, Treasurer's Asso. 2.00


F. & E. Check Protector Sales & Service Co., extension of protection two years, dating from Dec. 12, 1940


45.00


James B. Logan, stamped envelopes


120.99


W. C. Rackliffe, repairs on safe


6.00


$196.44


Unexpended balance


$153.56


TREASURER'S REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS


Cash or Hand during Year


Interest 1940


Paid Out 1940


Balance on Hand Dec. 31, 1940


Clark, Henry


$100.11


$2.01


$2.00


$100.12


Adams, G. Frank


383.75


7.70


6.00


385.45


Baldwin, John W.


200.00


5.02


5.00


200.02


Baldwin, John W.


200.00


5.02


5.00


200.02


Brewer, Ed. H.


407.40


8.18


6.00


409.58


Bruuer, Laura


1,019.15


20.48


6.00


1,033.63


Bryant, Albro


101.54


2.53


2.00


102.07


Butler, James A.


165.87


3.31


169.18


Butler, Phillip M.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Butler, William


100.00


2.01


2.01


100.00


Calkins, Abel B.


153.15


3.85


3.00


154.00


Calkins, Charles M.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Copeland, Evalina M.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Dane, Lucy M.


101.31


2.53


2.00


101.84


Danks, Hiram


109.56


2.19


6.00


105.75


Fuller, F. A. & Lane, M. A.


337.86


6.78


12.00


332.64


Gates, Charles H.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Gates, Harriet


215.80


5.41


6.00


215.21


Green, B. Franklin


100.04


2.51


2.50


100.05


Green, Fred W.


100.21


2.51


2.51


100.21


Green, Lora M.


50.00


1.24


1.24


50.00


Jones, Eliza U.


100.00


2.01


2.01


100.00


Kibbe, Anna C.


102.79


2.05


2.25


102.59


Knowlton, Abraham


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Knowlton, Charles R.


100.00


2.01


2.01


100.00


Knowlton, George E.


219.42


5.51


12.00


212.93


Morgan, Angeline P.


75.00


1.88


1.88


75.00


Parker, Charles J.


300.17


7.54


7.00


300.71


Perry, Iness E.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


97


Perry, Iness E.


$100.00


$2.51


$2.51


$100.00


Potter, Ira G.


113.07


2.27


6.00


109.34


Potter, P. P.


104.98


2.62


2.00


105.60


Read, William H.


200.00


4.02


2.50


201.52


Rice, Jesse L.


208.12


4.18


6.00


206.30


Rindge, Frank R. & Hattie


56.54


1.41


2.50


55.45


Smith, Martha E.


50.10


1.24


1.24


50.10


Spencer, Nellie


100.22


2.51


2.50


100.23


Stebbins, Chloe B.


101.45


2.03


2.00


101.48


Stebbins, Francis E.


200.88


5.04


5.00


200.92


Stebbins, L. & M.


220.39


4.42


12.00


212.81


Tupper, Elizabeth B.


65.91


1.31


6.00


61.22


$6,855.97


SCHOOLS


School lot


755.73


9.44


90.00


675.17


Warriner Deacon


681.95


13.69


27.86


667.78


$1,342.95


LIBRARY


Bell, Abner E.


40.00


.80


.80


40.00


Cutler, Henry


500.00


10.05


10.05


500.00


Cutler, Henry


500.00


10.05


10.05


500.00


Stebbins, Chloe B.


100.00


2.01


2.01


100.00


$1,140.00


CHARITIES


Stebbins, Chloe B.


174.73


3.50


178.23


Soldiers' Bonus


2,121.90


42.64


-


2,164.54


Summary


Account


Appropriation Expenditure


Balance


Aid to Agriculture


$75.00


$75.00


$0.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,000.00


543.83


456.17


Federal Grant


297.175


297.17


.00


Aid to Dependent Children Administration


5.75


1.74


4.01


Americanization Class


375.00


373.41


1.59


Assessors' Expense


100.00


93.65


6.35


Board of Health


4,000.00


2,531.97


1,468.03


Building Inspector's Expense


10.00


.00


10.00


-


98


Cemeteries:


$500.00


From Trust Funds


161.72


From Reserve


62.40


$720.38


$3.74


Contingent ยท


700.00


From Reserve


150.00


Checks returned


5.50


852.09


3.41


County Tax


4,352.23


County T. B. Hospital


437.50


437.27


.23


Dental Clinic


600.00}


From Reserve


50.00


649.93


.07


Dog Tax


811.80


Fees:


Dog Officers


33.00


Town Collector's


63.03


Fire Department


3,000.00


2,994.51


5.49


Forest Warden


100.00


From Reserve


4.78


104.78


.00


Gypsy Moth


500.00


420.54


79.46


Highways:


Miscellaneous


1,400.00


From Reserve


306.17 1,706.17


.00


Chapter 81:


Town


6,600.00}


From Reserve


.04


State


6,587.52


Due from State


12.48


13,200.04


.00


Chapter 90:


Town


700.00


From Reserve


1.00


County


700.00


State


700.00


2,100.77


.23


Pomeroy and Ripley Streets From Reserve


16.00


315.25


.75


Hydrants


2,190.00


2,190.00


.00


Insurance and Bonding From Reserve


37.25


837.25


.00


Interest


300.00


37.15


262.85


Legal Appropriation From Reserve


2,000.00


2,931.08


68.92


Library


1.000.00


From Dog Tax


737.76


From Trust Funds


22.91


1.439.22


321.45


Liquor Law Enforcement


300.00


.00


300.00


Memorial Day


75.00


71.00


4.00


Office Rent


144.00


144.00


.00


Old Age Assistance


12,000.00


9,765.39


2,234.61


Federal Grant


8,084.74


8,084.74


.00


300.00


800.00


1,000.00


99


Administration


$372.87


$217.65


$155.22


Parks


225.00


221.10


3.90


Police


300.00


35.50


264.50


Printing Town Reports


265.25


265.25


.00


Pines School, Grading Grounds


200.00


183.67


16.33


Public Welfare


12,000.00


8,509.35


3,490.65


Refunds:


Collector's Costs


.35


Excise


197.33


Interest on Taxes


.54


Personal Property and Real Estate


5.62


Water Deposits


13.19


Registrar's Expense


75.00


From Reserve


17.18


92.18


Road Machinery


300.00


Refund


5.91


285.92


19.19


Safety Committee:


Protection School Children


600.00


540.00


60.00


Expense


50.00


31.50


18.50


Schools:


63,200.00


Trust Funds


123.71


Refunds


151.88)


60,342.74


3,132.85


School Bond and Interest


3,120.00


3,120.00


.00


Soldiers' Relief


1,200.00


893.56


306.44


State Aid


100.00


.00


100.00


State Audit


538.07


State Parks and Reservations


115.17


State Tax


8,160.00


Street Lights


2,692.50


2,610.64


81.86


Town Collector's Expense Check Returned


48.96


421.45


27.51


Town Clerk's Expense


60.00


60.00


.00


Town Loan


50,000.00


Town Officers


5,800.00


5,545.35


254.65


Treasurer's Expense


350.00


196.44


153.56


Tree Warden


250.00


244.40


5.60


Water Bond and Interest


5,040.00


5,040.00


.00


Water Department


3,500.00


From Reserve


360.00


3,853.06


6.94


Water Main Extension-Stony Hill


Road (Carried from 1939)


536.54


182.05


354.49


Water Notes and Interest


3,337.50


3,337.50


.00


Well Child Clinic


300.00


263.75


36.25


W. P. A. & Work Relief


1,000.00


629.04


370.96


$214,330.76


400.00


100


Auditor's Report


I have made an examination of the books and accounts of the Town of Wilbraham for the year ending December 31, 1940. In my opinion, subject to further comment and infor- mation of the State Auditor, in his report, found elsewhere in this Town Report, they have been fairly and well kept.


WM. E. PORTER,


Town Auditor.


State Auditor's Report


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell


Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston.


Sir:


In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Wilbraham for the year ending December 31, 1940, and submit the following report thereon:


The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting money for the town or com- mitting bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified.


The books and accounts of the town collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The poll, property and motor vehicle excise taxes outstanding according to the previous examination were audited and the lists of all subsequent taxes committed were added and reconciled with the warrants given by the board of assessors for their collection. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment lists, the pay- ments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book, the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed.


101


The departmental accounts receivable, including the water accounts, outstanding according to the previous exam- ination were proved and the subsequent commitments of departmental accounts receivable were added, the recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed.


Verification of the oustanding tax and departmental accounts was obtained by mailing notices to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town.


The reconciliation of the collector's accounts as of Decem- ber 11, 1940, the date on which the audit was commenced, showed that the collector was accountable for a cash balance of $2,039.48, but the actual cash presented by him for count on the above date was $528.79, leaving a balance of $1,510.69 unaccounted for. On December 13, 1940, the collector pre- sented cash of $1,370.20 for count, claiming that this cash was in addition to the $528.79 previously offered for count.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were again examined as of December 31, 1940. The additional commit- ments of tax and departmental accounts were added, the recorded collections and abatements for the period from De- cember 12 to 31, 1940, were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the outstanding accounts were listed and proved, and the cash on hand as of December 31, 1940, was verified by actual count.


It was found that the collector has failed to pay over to the treasurer once in each week all money received by him during the preceding week, as required by Section 2, Chapter 60, General Laws.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The receipts, as recorded, were analyzed and checked with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were compared with the treasury warrants approved by the selectmen and authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds, and with the selectmen's classified record of payments. The addition of the cash book was verified and the cash balance December 31, 1940, was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements received from the bank of deposit.


102


The payments on account of debt and interest were proved by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved and the with- drawals were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book.


The record of tax titles was examined. The tax title register was analyzed and checked with the collector's and treasurer's accounts and with the records at the Registry of Deeds.


The financial transactions of the town clerk were exam- . ined. The receipts for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the record of licenses issued, the payments to the State and town treasurers were verified and the cash on hand Decem- ber 31, 1940, was proved by actual court.


The surety bonds of the town clerk, treasurer, and collector were examined and found to be in proper form.


Attention is called to the fact that expenditures for highway projects carried on by the town in conjunction with the State and County may not exceed the aggregate amount of the appropriations voted by the town, together with the amounts actually received on account of allotments. Whenever the re- imbursements from the State and County are not received in time to provide funds for payment of payrolls and materials, temporary loans under the provisions of Section 6A, Chapter 44, General Laws, may be issued by the treasurer.


The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures were examined. The recorded receipts were checked with the record of work done and the payments to the treasurer were verified. The surety bonds filed with the town by persons to whom liquor licenses were issued were examined and found to be in proper form.


The recorded receipts of the dental clinic were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The records of accounts receivable of the forest warden and of the highway, public welfare, school and cemetery de- partments were examined. The recorded charges were added and compared with the commitments given to the town col- lector, the recorded collections and abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


103


The recorded receipts of the school department for sales and for miscellaneous charges were added and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's record of receipts.


The recorded receipts of the librarian for fines, etc., were checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The savings bank book representing the investment of the Morton I .. Day Library Fund in the custody of the library trustees, was examined, the income being proved and the expenditures being verified.


The books and accounts of the water department were examined. The recorded charges for the sale of water and for water services were added and compared with the commit- ments given to the collector. The recorded collections and abatements were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's record of receipts, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The recorded receipts for water connection deposits were checked, the transfers to the water accounts receivable and the refunds to depositors were verified, and the deposits on hand December 31, 1940, were listed and proved.


Ledger accounts were compiled, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1940.


For the cooperation received from all town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE,


Assistant Director of Accounts.


TOWN OF WILBRAHAM Balance Sheet -- December 31, 1940 General Accounts


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash:


Road Machinery Fund,


$908.50


General


$33,420.55


Dog Licenses-Due County, 1.80


Surplus War Bonus Fund,


2,164.54


Collector's Fees,


2.10


$35,585.09


Surplus War Bonus Fund and Accumulations,


2,164.54


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes:


Levy of 1937,


$103.42


Levy of 1938,


1,275.39


Levy of 1939,


7,382.82


Levy of 1940,


30,007.80


$38,769.43


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


Levy of 1938,


61.94


Water Main-Springfield Street,


3,495.76


Levy of 1939,


324.44


Levy of 1940,


922.53


1,308.91


Tax Titles,


19,377.36


Tax Possessions


73.17


Aid to Dependent Children Administration 20.63


4,413.39


Departmental:


Selectmen's Licenses


502.50


Overlays Reserved for Abatements:


Forest Warden,


.50


Levy of 1937, $103.42


Sewers Permits,


5.00


Levy of 1938,


893.75


Aid to Dependent Children,


241.46


Levy of 1939,


1,791.03


104


Works Progress Administration,


$370.96


Grading Pine School Grounds 16.33


Water Main-Stony Hill Road,


354.49


Federal Grants:


Old Age Assistance Administration, 155.22


19,450.53


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus,


10,091.84


State Parks and Reservations Tax 1940, Overestimate, 9.06


Water Connection Deposits, 44.97


Unexpended Appropriation Balances:


Excess from Sale of Land of Low Value, Section 79, Chapter 60, General Laws, 15.13


Old Age Assistance, Cemeteries,


623.08 9.00


Levy of 1940, 2,197.27


4,985.47


Water,


1,381.54 1,529.80


Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1,308.91


State Aid to Highways,


12.48


Tax Title, 19,450.53


Dog Officer's Fees Due From County,


33.00


Water,


1,484.83


Overdrawn Accounts:


Highway-Chapter 81,


12.48


Surplus Revenue,


51,808.17


$98,083.26


$98,083.26


Debt Accounts


Net Funded or Fixed Debt,


$60,000.00


$60,000.00


105


Trust Accounts


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:


Chloe Stebbins Charity Fund,


$178.23


$9,517.15


Deacon Warriner School Fund,


667.78


School Lot Fund,


675.17


Chloe Stebbins Library Fund,


100.00


Abner E. Bell Library Fund,


40.00


Henry Cutler Library Fund,


1,000.00


Morton L. Day Library Fund,


601.72


Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund,


1,033.63


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,


5,822.34


$10,118.87


$10,118.87


Departmental, 1,381.54


State and County Aid to Highways, 12.48


23,638.29


Water Loans, (Water Bonds-$48,000.00 Water Notes-$12,000.00)


In Custody of Treasurer,


In Custody of Library Trustees,


601.72


106


Report of Finance Board


Available in Reserve Fund


$4,894.00


To-Contingent a/c $150.00


Chapter 90 a/c 1.00


Highway, Pomeroy & Ripley Sts., a/c


16.00


Cemeteries a/c


62.40


Insurance and Bonding a/c


37.25


Legal Claims a/c


2,000.00


Chapter 81 a/c


.04


Forest Warden a/c


4.78


Misc. Highways a/c


306.17


Dental a/c


50.00


Water Dept. a/c


360.00


Registrars Expense a/c


17.18


$3,004.82


Balance $1,889.18


Your Finance Board has endeavored to diligently canvas the affairs and problems of each department of the town. Each transfer from reserve has been most carefully considered. The Board is this year continuing the policy established in the 1940 Town Meeting of furnishing each voter with a printed list of The Board's specific recommendations on each article and each item carrying an appropriation.


In making these recommendations, the Board has inter- viewed representatives of the town's departments and has en- deavored to recommend a conservative course, seeking a bal- anced tax rate without overlooking the constructive needs of a growing town.


J. LORING BROOKS, Chairman, CARL NELSON, Secretary, L. A. JEWELL, IRVING CORDNER, W. E. BELL, F. N. BODEN, J. J. LYONS.


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Town Warrant


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HAMPDEN, S. S.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden.


GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilbraham qualified to vote in town affairs to meet in Grace Union Parish House in said town on Monday, the third day of February next at 9 o'clock A. M. to bring in their votes for town officers and act on the following articles. The polls will open at 9 A. M. and may be closed at six o'clock P. M. All business of said meeting and election of town officers except the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot shall be considered after ten o'clock A. M.


Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.


Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, and Tree Warden for the ensuing year; one Selectman for three years who shall be a member of the Board of Public Welfare; one Assessor for three years, five Constables for the ensuing year; one Auditor for the ensuing year; one School Committee member for three years; Town Collector for the ensuing year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one member of the Water Commissioners for three years; one Library Trustee for three years; one member of the Planning Board for three years, one member of the Planning Board for one year. All on one ballot. Also all other town officers.


Article 3. To hear and act on reports of the Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee and other officers.


Article 4. To fix the compensation of all elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.


Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for defraying the expenses of the Town for the en- suing year and appropriate the same and vote how the same shall be raised.


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Article 6. 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, 1941, 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, General Laws.


Article 7. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any person selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, or take any action in regard to same or raise any money for the same.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for necessary costs of materials and trucking on the local Works Progress Administration projects or on local projects operated under the successor, if any, of the Works Progress Administration, or take any action upon same.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads, provided the State and County contribute toward the same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of Springfield Street, provided the State and County contribute toward same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, Gen- eral Laws, or take any action thereon.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the ob- servance of Memorial Day, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the following sums for the payment of unpaid bills incurred in 1940 within the limitation of the 1940 appropria- tions for said purposes :-


Board of Health $31.00


Well Child Clinic 30.00


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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take whatever action they deem necessary for the clarification and determination of title in the various school house lots located in the town which are no longer in use for school purposes, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the care of the Parks at Wil- braham, North Wilbraham and Glendale, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be expended in the Town by the Hampden Courty Trustees for Aid to Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, Chapter 128, Section 42, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town, fourteen days at least before sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, pro- vided that the Selectmen, or whomsoever they authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem in- adequate, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to be expended by the Safety Committee, with the approval of the Selectmen, in accordance with the Laws of the Commonwealth, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) to be used to protect the school children from traffic hazards, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) or any sum to be expended in the so called follow up work arising from the Well Child Conference, or take any action relative thereto.


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Article 20. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Town and to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for same, or take any action thereon.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following cemetery trust fund left to the Town since the last annual meeting; Henry C. Butler and Herbert F. Greene, one trust fund of $100.00, East Wilbraham Cemetery, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.


Article 23. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1940.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the operation of three playground projects in the vicinity of each of the schools in the town, during the months of July and August, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 25. To see if the Town will accept as a public way that portion of Manchonis Road described as follows :- Be- ginning at the intersection of Manchonis Road and Forest Street at a point which now terminates the western boundary of that portion of Manchonis Road which has been accepted and is now a public way, and extending in a westerly direction for a distance of approximately twenty-two hundred and fifty feet (2250) more or less, to the point where said Manchonis Road intersects with the western boundary of a private way known as Mohawk Street, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to establish and lay out and determine the boundaries for an additional voting precinct to include the northwestern section of the Town where the polling place for said additional precinct shall be located, said precinct to be known as precinct C, and to be used in all State and Federal


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primaries and elections and to make such changes in the bound- aries of the existing precincts A and B as they may deem nec- essary for the establishment of said additional precinct bound- aries, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the pur- chase of a ballot box and such other voting equipment as is necessary, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to have the water main extended from its present terminus near the Boston and Albany underpass at North Wilbraham to the Palmer town line, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the cost of same, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 28. To see if the meeting will vote to have the water main on Stony Hill Road extended north from its present terminus to the junction of Boston Road and Stony Hill Road, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the cost of same, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public highway the rest of Ripley Street beginning at the intersection of Ripley and Pomeroy Streets and running south- erly for five hundred and twenty feet (520) more or less to the northerly boundary of property now or formerly of M. Luther Bruuer, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) or any sum to be used to purchase about five hundred and twenty feet (520) of six inch (6) water pipe and fittings, to be laid on Ripley Street from the intersection of Pomeroy Street to the north boundary of the property now or formerly of M. Luther Bruuer, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the road running southerly from the corner of Monson Road opposite the intersection of Monson Road with Ridge Road, for a distance of about twelve hundred feet (1200) southerly to a point fifty feet (50) beyond the north line of the property now or formerly of one Charkoudian, or any distance in said direction or take any action relative thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the installation of one street light on Dalton Street, or take any action relative thereto.


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Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 15 of the Zoning By Law of the Town by the adoption of the following amendment to be known as paragraph F of Section 15 of said Zoning By Law-"In residence districts the removal for sale of sod, loam, clay, sand, gravel or quarried stone, except when incidental to and in connection with the con- struction of a building for which a permit has been issued or except where it is to be used within the limits of the Town shall be deemed a non conforming use of land and shall be per- mitted only if written permission of the Board of Appeals be obtained, and under such conditions as the Board of Appeals may impose and make a part of the permit. The Board of Appeals shall in each instance impose such conditions as will protect the neighborhood and town against permanent and temporary hazards because of conditions which may be left after operations are completed or because of the methods of handling such material at the site or of transporting such materials through the town."


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to request the Selectmen to appoint a committee of not less than five nor more than seven members with authority to investigate, formu- late and recommend for action at the next regular or special town meeting a building code and revision of the exisiting zoning ordinance, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 35. To transact such other business as may prop- erly come before said meeting.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Post Office at Wilbraham, one at the Post Office at North Wilbraham and one at Glen- dale Church, seven days at least, before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time for holding said meeting.


Given under our hands this twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty- one.


WM. H. McGUIRE, ALBERT L. MARTIN, GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR.,


Selectmen of Wilbraham.


Table of Contents


Page


Aid to Dependent Children


25


Assessors' Report.


59


Auditors Report.


100


Balance Sheet


104


Barn, Animal, Slaughtering Inspector's Report.


51


Board of Health Report.


26 50


Building Inspector's Report.


Care of Parks


Cemetery Commissioners .


County Aid to Agriculture.


Dental Clinic.


Dog Officer's Report


Facts.


Financial Committee's Report.


Fire Department Report .


48


Gypsy Moth Report


Hydrants. .


Insurance and Bonding.


Interest .


Legal Advice.


Library Trustee's Report


40


Memorial Day Report .


Memoriam.


Milk Inspector's Report.


Office Rent .


Old Age Assistance .


Police Department.


Printing Town Reports


Public Welfare Report . .


Registrar's Report.


Safety Committee Report.


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Selectmen's Report .


Selectmen's Contingent


School Bonds and Interest


School Committee Report.


School Nurse Report. .


School Physician Report.


Soldier's Relief .


State Auditor's Report.


Street Lights


Summary.


Superintendent of Schools Report.


Superintendent of Streets Report


Surplus Commodities


Town Clerk's Report.


25 13 89


Town Collector's Report


Town Officers.


3 20 7


Town Warrant.


107 92


Tree Warden's Report .


42


Visiting Nurse Association (Well Child Clinic)


28


Water Bonds and Interest. .


57


Water Notes and Interest .


56


Water Commissioner's Report.


36


Works Progress Administration


30


81 29 100 35 97


70 31


Town Officer's Salaries


Town Meeting.


Treasurer's Report.


56


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment .


43 36 56 27 52 58 106 44


Forest Warden Report .


51 56 55 56 43


43 6 51 56


23 29 57 21 52 57 50 14 53 57 61 81


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