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ANNUAL REPORTS
For The Year 1960
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Town Officers - 1960
ELECTED OFFICERS
Selectmen, Overseers Public Welfare and Board of Health
Douglas Rockwood Emulous E. Hall
Alton E. Walker
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Assessors
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Moderator
Term expires March 1961
Town Clerk
Term expires March 1962
Town Treasurer
Term expires March 1962
Collector of Taxes
Leslie V. Nickerson Term expires March 1962
Alton P. Hall
Surveyor of Highways Term expires March 1961
Walter E. Cahoon
Tree Warden Term expires March 1963
School Committee
Charles H. Monbleau
Term expires March 1963
V. James Nikula
Term expires March 1963
Donald T. Bates Term expires March 1962
Milton L. Cahoon
Term expires March 1961
Margaret Leonard (Chairman)
Term expires March 1961
Park Commissioners
William D. Buckley John R. S. Handren Everett T. Ryder
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Douglas Rockwood Emulous E. Hall Alton E. Walker
Alan T. Hunt
Leslie V. Nickerson
Leslie V. Nickerson
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Water Commissioners
Robert J. Chase Norman O. Nickerson
Francis J. Hibbert
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Cemetery Commissioners
John R. S. Handren
Roger W. Munsey
Rodney O'Brien
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Charlotte P. Sims
Term expires March 1963
Mildred B. Paine
Hillary M. LeClaire
Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Planning Board
C. William Johnson
Term expires March 1965
Esther A. Stidstone (clerk)
Term expires March 1964
Roswell H. Nye
Term expires March 1963
Carlton R. Crosby
Term expires March 1962
Alfred F. Trowbridge
Term expires March 1961
Recreation Commission
Alice C. Morris
Term expires March 1965
Forrest Eaton
Term expires March 1964
William L. Chandler
Term expires March 1963
Virginia S. Doane
Term expires March 1962
Earl F. Bassett
Term expires March 1961
Constables
Horace F. Wixon
Arthur A. Holmes
Joseph S. Barber
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1961
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Finance Committee
William R. Marion
Term expires March 1963
Frederick W. Crowell, Jr.
David M. Davis
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1963
Ralph B. Snow (resigned)
Milton H. Welt (appointed)
Roswell H. Nye Jr.
Dwight W. Sleeper (secretary)
Term expires March 1962
Ralph U. Brett (chairman)
Term expires March 1961
Ralph W. Cashen
Term expires March 1961
Guy O. Putnam (deceased)
Term expires March 1961
Registrars of Voters
Helena T. Maguire
Term expires March 1963
M. Kathleen Wixon (chairman)
Joseph V. Gavin
Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Donald W. Strout
Term expires March 1961
Superintendent of Moth Department
Walter E. Cahoon Term expires March 1961
Inspector of Animals
Winslow B. Sawyer
Term expires March 1961
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber
Winslow B. Sawyer Term expires March 1961
Wire Inspector
Bradford L. Barrett Term expires March 1961
Building Inspector
Winslow B. Sawyer Term expires March 1961
Sanitation and Layout Inspector
Winslow B. Sawyer Term expires March 1961
Plumbing Inspector
Courtenay N. Chase
Term expires March 1961
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
Horace F. Wixon Term expires March 1961 Arthur A. Holmes Joseph S. Barber Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1961
Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
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Subdivision, Building and Protective By-Law and Board of Appeals
Term Expires
Harwich Port:
Member: Donald Hall (chairman)
March 1967
Assoc. Member: Francis S. Gates
March 1967
Harwich:
Member: Charlotte P. Sims (chmn.)-(resigned) March 1966
Member: Charles F. Kirby (appointed) March 1966
Assoc. Member: C. Earl Chase (resigned) March 1966
Assoc. Member: Eleanor M. Tobey (appointed)
March 1966
South Harwich:
Member: Herbert R. Morse Assoc. Member:
March 1965
North Harwich:
Member: John S. Raneo
March 1964
Assoc. Member: William L. Chandler
March 1964
West Harwich:
Member: James J. McHugh Assoc. Member:
March 1963
Pleasant Lake:
Member: Wilbur H. Crowell
March 1962
Assoc. Member: Biddle R. Thompson, Jr. March 1962
East Harwich:
Member: Charles W. Chase
March 1961
Assoc. Member: Charlotte P. Sims
March 1961
Veterans Agent
Harry B. Albro Term expires March 1961
Shellfish Warden
Roger W. Munsey Term expires March 1961
Harbor Master and Wharfinger
Joseph L. Ellis Term expires March 1961
Ass't Harbor Master (Herring River)
Carlton D. Jacobs Term expires March 1961
Chief of Police
George C. Baldwin Term expires March 1961
Fire Chief and Forest Warden
Charles A. Hall Term expires March 1961
Town Accountant
Douglas B. Sawyer Term expires March 1962
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Civil Defense Director
George C. Baldwin Term expires March 1961
Dog Officers
Regular men and officers of the Police Department Term expires March 1961
Health Officer
Dr. F. L. Moore Term expires March 1961 Sanitary Inspector and Collector of Milk Samples Edward H. Tateosin Term expires March 1961
Town Nurse
Georgiana Rix, R.N. Term expires March 1961
Assistant Town Nurse
Adelyn J. Peabody, R.N. Term expires March 1961
Trustees Caleb Chase Fund
Henry L. Smith Ida M. Taylor Wickham Ames
Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1961
Town Forest Committee
Donald T. Bates Term expires March 1961
Town Office Employees
Sec. to Selectmen & Assistant Assessor
Ass't Sec. to Selectmen
Clerk Typist
Clerk Typist
Draftsman
Custodian (resigned)
Custodian
Charlotte W. Morey Helen M. Higgins Elizabeth Sebold Mervyn A. Hall
Francis S. Gates Sulo A. Jusila Eino Wesala
Employees Under Civil Service
Director of Public Assistance Social Worker Jr. Clerk and Typist
Olive L. Williams Lois Warren Barbara S. Hall
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COMMITTEES
School Space Needs Committee
Julius E. Warren, Chairman
Earl W. Sims
Gershom D. Hall Frederick W. Crowell Roswell H. Nye
plus School Committee
Conservation Commission
C. William Johnson
Term expires March 1963
Francis J. Hibbert
Term expires March 1963
Donald T. Bates
Term expires March 1962
Virginia S. Doane
Term expires March 1961
Everett T. Ryder
Term expires March 1963
Mabel Rice (resigned)
Term expires March 1961
Edwina Burnham (resigned)
Term expires March 1961
Mercie Thivierge (appointed) Term expires March 1961
Laura D. Sargent (deceased)
Term expires March 1961
Waterways Study Commission
Richard Wales, Chairman
Rupert L. Nichols
Edward J. Edmunds
Stanley Barnes
Watson J. Small
Sheldon T. Thayer
Biddle R. Thompson Jr.
Bradlee F. Clarke
Leland H. McKenney Ralph B. Snow
Town Government Study Committee
George N. Vagenas Emanuel E. Eagle George W. Stidstone
Calvin B. Eldridge John Alden Ellis Philip Hammond
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Report of the Selectmen
In accordance with instructions of the town meeting, the Selectmen directed the following projects during the year:
A Personnel Board was appointed to administer the sal- ary "Administration Plan" which was voted under Article 6 of the 1960 town meeting.
Bids were put out for the purchase of a new police cruiser, radio ambulance and tires. The bid of eighteen hundred and fifteen dollars ($1,815.00) for the cruiser was awarded to Dennisport Motors Inc. C. and E. Inc. was awarded the bid for the radio at six hundred and seventy-six dollars ($676.00) ; the ambulance was purchased from the Eureka Motor Car Co. at a bid of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) and the tires were purchased at Meservey's Service Station for their bid of five hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents ($594.50).
The 1935 Ford Tank Truck was sold to Emulous E. Hall Jr. - the highest bidder.
A committee of ten were appointed to serve as a "Water- ways Study Commission" to study the needs and problems of the harbors and waterways.
A Police boat and equipment was bought for the Police Department which was publicly advertised for bidders and it was awarded to Allen Harbor Marine Service Inc. for the sum of twenty-one hundred and five dollars and thirty-seven cents ($2,105.37).
As in the past a committee was appointed to observe the 4th of July celebration. Christmas lights were installed at the town office and on the Main Street of Harwich Port and Harwich center.
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Other projects are underway in the town and are going along in. the usual manner.
Detailed reports of various Town Departments and Com- mittees appear elsewhere in this book.
We wish at this time to thank all Department Heads, and all other employees for their co-operation this past year, also all appointed committees who have served without any com- pensation.
Respectfully submitted, ALTON E. WALKER EMULOUS E. HALL DOUGLAS ROCKWOOD
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Report of the Assessors
To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich:
We hereby submit our report as Assessors for the year ending December 31, 1960:
The Assessors have, within the scope of their limited time, attempted to correct some of the inequities in valua- tions and the establishment of a basic formula which is fair to all in arriving at the valuation of all real estate.
Additional work was done on new and old Assessors' Maps this year. The maps have been kept up-to-date by mak- ing necessary adjustments as the result of real estate tran- sfers and the sub-divisions of parcels of land. These maps are being appreciated more and more each year and have been of valuable assistance.
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1960
$16,524,840
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1959
16,218,310
Increase in Valuation
$306,530
Valuation of land exclusive of bldgs.
$2,959,030
Valuation of bldgs. exclusive of land
12,035,400
$14,994,430
Valuation of Personal Estates:
Stock in Trade
$47,050
Machinery
23,240
All other - (Boats & Furniture)
1,460,120
1,530,410
$16,524,840
Taxes on Real Estate
$704,738.21
Taxes on Personal Property
71,929.27
Tax on Polls
2,464.00
Total Taxes $779,131.48
Tax rate $47.00 per thousand
Added valuation on Sept. 12, 1960: Real Estate
$163,070.00
Personal
3,390.00
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Added valuation on Oct. 18, 1960: Personal $500.00
Added valuation on Oct. 21, 1960: Real Estate Personal
$91,410.00
2,760.00
Added valuation on Dec. 20, 1960:
Real Estate $15,050.00
Total added valuation in the year 1960
$276,180.00
Total added Taxes
$12,980.46
Number of acres of land assessed in 1960
7,560.79
Number of dwellings assessed in 1960 3,433
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Recapitulation
Income Tax
$63,719.45
Corporations Taxes
34,527.44
Old Age Tax (Meals)
2,851.00
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
50,274.00
Licenses
6,000.00
General Government
5,000.00
Charities (other than Federal Grants)
17,000.00
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)
42,100.00
Veterans Services
5,000.00
School
17,900.00
(funds from Income Tax not included)
Public Services Enterprises (Water)
75,532.52
State Assistance for School Const. 3,724.45
Court House Rent
1,900.00
Total Estimated Receipts $325,528.86
Total appropriation as certified by Town Clerk $1,193,408.00
Amount used from Available Funds 854.23
$1,194,262.23
Overlay Deficits
$326.40
Final Judgments
23,186.40
State Parks & Reservations
2,461.81
Mosquito Control (Cape Cod)
8,106.15
County Tax
88,392.71
Overlay of Current year
12,000.00
134,473.11
$1,331,249.07
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County Tax Overestimate
$5,459.30
State Recreation Area Overestimate
275.20
Dog Tax Refund
854.23
Article 103-Surplus Revenue
220,000.00
$226,588.73
Estimate Receipts
325,528.86
$552,117.59
Less
$1,331,249.07 552,117.59
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
on Polls and Property
$779,131.48
Tax on Polls
$2,464.00
Tax on Personal Property
71,929.27
Tax or Real Estate
704,738.21
$779,131.48
Respectfullly submitted,
EMULOUS E. HALL ALTON E. WALKER DOUGLAS ROCKWOOD
Assessors of Harwich
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TOWN OF HARWICH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
MARCH 6, 1961
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable, SS:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich in said County,
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in the High School Auditorium in said Town on Mon- day, March 6, 1961 at 12 noon then and there to act on Arti- cle 1 and afterwards on the following day, Tuesday, March 7, 1961 at 7:30 p.m. to meet in Exchange Hall and act on the remaining articles.
Polls will be open at 12 noon and will close at 8:00 p. m.
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Moderator for one year; one Se- lectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health for three years; one Assessor for three years; one Recreation Commission member for five years; three Constables for one year; one Trustee of Broadbrooks Free Library for three years; two School Committee members for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; one Highway Surveyor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; and one Plan- ning Board Member for five years.
Article 2. To chose all other Town Officers and Com- mittees.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1961 and to issue a note or notes therefore 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 of the General Laws.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year of 1960.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the calendar year of 1961 and to act fully thereon. (see budget)
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By- Law adopted under Article 6 of the Warrant of 1960 Annual Meeting by changing the salary for Assessors from sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600.00) to Twenty-one hundred dol- lars ($2,100.00) and to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty- three hundred dollars ($6,300.00) for such purpose, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Personnel Board.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By- Law adopted under Article 6 of the 1960 Annual Warrant and, change the term of the members of the Personnel Board from one year to three years and that the appointments for 1961 shall be one member for one year, one member for two years and one member for three years, and thereafter each successive appointment shall be a term of three years, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Personnel Board.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for cleri- cal hire and office supplies for the Personnel Board for the current year, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Per- sonnel Board.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of installing and maintaining Christmas lights along the main business sections in the Town, said money to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the purpose of planting shade trees along town accepted roads under the direction of the Tree Warden, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Tree Warden.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to continue the Harwich Muliti-Purpose Com- munity Building and Civic Center Committee, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of advertising and promotion in the Town of Har- wich, to be spent by the Harwich Chamber of Commerce, providing that the said Chamber of Commerce raises a like amount, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Chamber of Commerce.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of im- proving the town owned property located on Earle Road in West Harwich, and to act fully thereon. By request of Fran- cis J. Hibbert and others.
Article 14., To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of surveying and bounding various Town pro- perties including roads, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchas- ing signs, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee to study the feasi- bility of installing sewage in the Town, and to act fully there- on. By request of the Board of Health.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to be used under the di- rection of the Selectmen for expense incurred in the condem- nation and destruction of old buildings, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of making various improvements to the Herring Brook, and to act fully thereon. By requeest of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote under Massachu- setts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 121, Section 26k, as amended, to establish a Housing Authority and in that con- nection to make any and all determinations and declarations deemed necessary or desirable, and take any action in rela- tion thereto. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 647 of the Acts of 1960, which is an act increasing the amounts of pensions and retirements allowance payable to certain former public employees and widows of certain deceased for- mer public employees, and act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a suitable monument to the veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean War, and to install the same at Doane Park in Harwich Port, and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Post #292, American Legion.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to improve the parking area to the rear of the Town Office Building, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase and/or take by eminent domain a sixty foot (60') strip of land leading northerly from the Town Parking Lot in the rear of the Town Office Building to Railroad Avenue, According to a plan on file in the Selectmen's Office, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase and/or take by eminent domain the Old Colony Railroad Bed lead- ing easterly from Rte 39 to Depot Street (excluding the part of said bed owned by the Town, according to a sketch on file in the Selectmen's office), and to act fully thereon. By re- quest of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to convey to Louis Fernandes of Queen Anne Road, Harwich, Massachusetts, the following described parcel of land, and to specify the amount to be paid for such convey- ance; said land to be conveyed being situated in that part of Harwich known as Pleasant Lake and being bounded as fol- lows: northerly by Long Pond about 100' (one hundred feet) ; easterly by land now or formerly of C. H. Keene, as shown on hereinafter named plan, about 38' (thirty-eight feet); south- erly by land of Louis Fernandes et ux, as shown on said plan, 100' (one hundred feet); and westerly by remaining land of the Town of Harwich, in a line parallel with and 100' (one hundred feet) westerly from the above mentioned easterly boundary line of the premises, 20' (twenty feet) more or less. The said premises being a small part of the land conveyed to the Town of Harwich by Louis Fernandes et ux deed dated March 29, 1954 and recorded with Barnstable County Regis- try of Deeds in book 870-page 325 and shown on plan entitled "Town of Harwich-Beach and Parking Area at Pleasant Lake January 25, 1954-Chase, Kelly and Sweetser Engineers and Surveyors, Dennisport Mass."-said plan being recorded with Registry of Deeds in plan book 114, page 131, and to act fully thereon. By request of Joseph F. Andrade and others.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By- Laws of the Town of Harwich in the following manner: under Art. VII, Town Counsel insert the following new section.
"Section 1A - if the appointed Town Counsel declines for reasons of conflict of interest to serve in a trial in any court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Selectmen shall have the power to appoint an Assistant Town Counsel in this instance and he shall receive such compensation as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the appropriation of the town therefore," and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to elect Consta- bles for a period of three(3) years, commencing with the year of 1962, and to act fully thereon. By request of Hilma C. Holmes and others.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Law - re: parking at Town owned Beach at Pleasant Road in West Harwich, by inserting the following new section.
"Section 1A - Free parking at the Town owned Beach at Bank Street, Harwich Port shall be allowed only to residents
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and property owners of the Town of Harwich and their guests," and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Planning Board.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the Town of Harwich in the following manner: under Article VI, "Selectmen" after section 3 to insert the following new section:
"Section 4. The Selectmen shall hold an evening meet- ing on the second Tuesday of every month, which meeting shall run from 7:30 p.m. until at least 9:00 p.m., and which meeting shall be open to the public," and to act fully thereon. By request of the Town Government Study Committee.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following By-Law, applicable only to Buck's Pond in East Harwich.
re: Water Skiing -
1. All water skiing shall be prohibted on this pond.
2. All boats propelled by motor shall be limited to seven and one half (71/2) horse power.
3. All motor boats operated after dark shall be equipped with adequate lighting.
4. Regulations shall be posted in a prominent place in the Buck's Pond area.
5. Any violation of this By-Law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) within the descretion of the Court.
It shall be the duty of all peace officers of the Town to enforce the provisions of this By-Law - and to act fully there- on. By request of John H. Williams and others (residents in the Buck's Pond area).
Article 31 To see if the Town will vote to accept the following By-Law:
REMOVAL OF SOIL, SAND AND GRAVEL AND SAND PITS
Section 1. No top soil, sub soil, gravel, sand or other earth may be removed from the Town of Harwich without first having obtained a permit from the Selectmen. A permit, with conditions imposed where necessary, may be issued for the removal of top soil, sub soil, gravel, sand and other earth, if the Selectmen, after a public hearing, shall so order, provi- ded that no such permit shall be granted except upon written application and after a public hearing of parties interested
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and considerations of their evidence by the Selectmen: notice of said hearing being given by publication of the time and place thereof in a local newspaper not less than two weeks before said hearing, the expense of publication to be borne by the petitioner. After such hearing, the Selectmen shall render a decision in writing, stating the decision and reasons therefor and file the decision with the Town Clerk and send a copy thereof to the applicant. Such permit may be renewed.
Section 2. No top soil or sub soil shall be removed from place to place within the Town of Harwich from an area of ground consisting of more than 5,000 square feet unless the person removing such top soil or sub soil shall replant ann- ually the entire area of such removal with rye, vetch, wheat, legumes or other soil improving plants, or plant with a perma- nent cover crop or reforest the area.
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