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75 <br /> Town Clerk's Report <br /> To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and <br /> to the Inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee <br /> I take this opportunity to convey to you several important <br /> things, a few of which I'll bring to your attention. <br /> First, I would like to impress on every member of the <br /> community how important it is to have your birth and mar- <br /> riages properly recorded. Verification of the birth of your <br /> child should be sent back to the Town Clerk as promptly as <br /> possible, so that any error can be corrected at the time. <br /> Your birth certificates are absolutely necessary when ap- <br /> plying for social security, retirement, soldiers benefits, old <br /> age assistance, and for other reasons too numerous to mention. <br /> I have known payments or benefits to be delayed because <br /> of the fact a birth or marriage has not been properly re- <br /> corded and sometimes not at all. <br /> Since I've been in office I have established dates of births, <br /> deaths, and marriages for retirement and other legal pur- <br /> poses. <br /> Some of these cases have been long drawn out affairs <br /> but we accomplished it in the end, but this could have been <br /> avoided if the records were taken care of promptly at the <br /> proper time. <br /> I have made it my first duty to record these vital records <br /> as soon as they come into my office because I have learned <br /> how important these records are when needed. <br /> I shall be ever grateful to Deputy Secretary of State <br /> Arthur Hassett of the Division of Vital Statistics whose <br /> many years of service in that department has given me <br /> valuable aid in solving some difficult problems. <br />