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REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1940
OF EA
NMOJ
AUSET 1629
651
Annual Town Meeting in the Town Hall - February 3, 1941
Election of Officers - February 4, 1941
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1940
OF EA
TOWN
IN
USET 1620
C
1651
Annual Town Meeting in the Town Hall - February 3, 1941 Election of Officers - February 4, 1941
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TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR 1940
Moderator George Howard
Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Board of Assessors and Board of Health
Ralph A. Chase Edward D. Penniman
Term expires 1941
Maurice W. Wiley
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
Leslie E. Chase
Highway Surveyor Nathan A. Nickerson
Registrars of Voters
Ralph A. Chase Edward D. Penniman
Maurice W. Wiley Leslie E. Chase
Trustees of the Public Library
Otto E. Nickerson Mrs. Sadie Flint Mrs. Charles Gunn
Term expires 1943
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1941
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Constables Harvey T. Moore Charles F. Atwood (Designated Shellfish Constable)
Tree Warden
Ernest M. Moore
Town Accountant L. Isabelle Brackett Weigher of Coal
Samuel H. Brackett
Inspector of Cattle and Slaughtering Harry W. Collins
Fish Wardens
Ommund H. Howes Joseph W. Ryder Norman Dixon
Forest Fire Warden Adin L. Gill
Burial Agent
Herbert D. Nickerson
Sealer of Weights and Measures Stanley M. Walker Special Police
George E. Hardwick J. Curtis Curtin
Walter F. Nickerson Charles S. Whiting
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Milk and Sanitary Inspector George F. Crocker
Assistant Milk and Sanitary Inspector Alton Robbins
Supervisor or Old Cemeteries and Soldiers' and
Sailors' Lots Fred F. Dill
Inspector of Wires
Maurice A. Moore Reuben S. B. Hopkins
Finance Committee
Charles F. Atwood, Chairman and Secretary
Term expires 1942
Herbert D. Nickerson
Term expires 1942
Maurice A. Moore
Term expires 1942
Carl C. French
Term expires 1941
Charles A. Gunn
Term expires 1941
Richard H. Whitford
Term expires 1941
Abbott H. Walker
Term expires 1943
Harvey T. Moore
Term expires 1943
Lewis W. Collins
Term expires 1943
List of Jurors
Richard H. Whitford Charles H. Acorn Ralph L. Rogers
George H. Carlisle Bernard C. Collins Charles W. Whelpley
Charles L. Holbrook
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Assessors' Report
VALUATION OF TOWN JANUARY 1, 1940
Real Estate, Land
$405,770.00
Real Estate, Buildings
867,460.00
Personal Estate
123,160.00
Total Valuation
$1,396,390.00
Taxes Assessed January 1, 1940
Levied on Real Estate
$34,377.21
Levied on Personal Estate
3,325.31
Levied on Polls
430.00
Moth Assessment
30.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,786.82
Rate of Taxation $27.00
Number of Polls Assessed
215
Number of Dwellings Assessed
466
Number of Horses Assessed
5
Number of Cows Assessed
44
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
11
Number of Swine Assessed
1
Number of Fowl Assessed
745
Acres of Land Assessed
7,322.7
Number of persons, partnership and Corporations Assessed
766
Raised for town purposes
30,477.54
Raised for State Tax
3,200.00
Raised for County Tax
4,064.97
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Raised for Mosquito Control tax State Parks 38.08
451.93
Taxes Assessed December 20, 1940
Real Estate Land and Building $8.10
Number of Registered voters, January 1, 1940 381
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN,
RALPH A. CHASE,
MAURICE W. WILEY,
Board of Assessors.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-EASTHAM 1940 RECAPITULATION
Figures Used In Fixing Tax Rate G. L. Chap. 59,
A. CITY OR TOWN: Include All Appropriations Voted Since 1939 Tax Rate Was Fixed
1. Total appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chap. 41, § § 23, 25 § 15A .... $44,600
2. Total Appropriations voted to be taken from available funds :
2,300
$46,903.00
B. STATE: Tax and Assessments:
1940 Estimates $3,200.00
2. State Parks and Reservations
38.08
3. Cape Cod Mosquito Control (Barnstable County only)
451.93
$3,690.01
3,690.01
C. COUNTY: Tax and Assessments:
1. County Tax
$4,064.97
$4,064.97
4,064.97
D. OVERLAY of current year
1,479.84
E.
Gross Amount To Be Raised
$56,137.82
F. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
1. Income Tax
$2,901.15
2. Gasoline Tax (Acts of 1939, Chapters 232 and 504)
3,848.97
3. Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
1,700.00
4. Licenses
400.00
5. Fines
22.00
6. Special Assessments .....
40.00
7. General Government
100.00
8. Charities (other than federal grants for aid to dependent children)
804.00
9. Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
2,800.00
10. Soldiers' Benefits
....
30.00
(a) In 1940 $700 (b) In 1939, since 1939 tax rate was fixed $1,600
1. State Tax
11. Schools
12. Interest: On Taxes and Assessments $497.10
497.10
13. Veterans' Exemptions 37.91
14. Inspection of Animals
12.50
15. Sealer of Weights and Measures
16.90
15. Public Utility Tax
86.60
16.
Total Estimated Receipts $15,675.01
17. Overestimates of previous year to be used as available funds:
(a) 1939 State Parks
5.39
(b) Cape Cod Mosquito Control
24.89
18. Amounts voted to be taken from available funds (a) $900.00 (before any such amount can be used in fixing (b) 700.00 tax rate, the Commissioner's written approval (c) 700.00 must be obtained) 2,300.00
19.
Total Available Funds $2,330.28 Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 18,005.29
G.
Net Amount To Be Raised By Taxation on Polls and Property $38,132.53 $430.00
H. Number of Polls, 215, at $2.00 each Poll Tax
J. Total Valuation: Personal Property $123,160 (Tax Rate $27.00) Personal Property Tax Real Estate $1,273,230 (Tax Rate $27.00), Real Estate Tax
3,325.32
34,377.21
Total Taxes Levied On Polls and Property $38,132.53
L.
M. Items not entering into the determination of the Tax Rate
1. Betterment and special assessments: (a) Private Moth $30.00
N.
Total of All Other Commitments 30.00
O. Total Amount of All Taxes on Polls and Property and Assessments Committed to the Collector to Date of Fixing Tax Rate
$38,162.53
...
20.
2,377.88
$30.00
Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1940, balance in treasury
Receipts to Dec. 31, 1940 inclusive
$810.92 96,302.87
$97,113.79
Payments
Payments Warrants 1-35 inclusive
$89,105.54
December 31, 1940 on deposit
5,037.21
December 31, 1940 cash and checks on hand
2,971.04
$97,113.79
MUNICIPAL TRUST FUNDS
Timothy Smith Fund Income
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$17,637.49
Loans prior to 1940
8,256.87
Income April
462.54
Income October
435.51
Interest Wellfleet Savings Bank
170.84
Interest Cape Cod Trust Co.
189.76
$27,153.01
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Payments
December 31, 1940 on deposit
$18,176.14 8,256.87
Loans prior to 1940
Loans 1940 Library Gift Clause
520.00
100.00
100.00
$27,153.01
TOWN HALL TRUST FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$99.51
Interest 1940
1.87
Nov. 1, 1940 Income deposited
49.62
No charges against this fund in 1940
$151.00
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit
$151.00
OLD WIND GRIST MILL FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$551.74
Interest 1940
13.86
Dec. 4, 1940 Deposit
10.00
$575.60
Withdrawn for repairs to Mill
$20.05
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit 555.55
$575.60
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OLD WIND GRIST MILL OPERATING FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$41.69
Sept. 3, 1940 deposited
119.58
Oct. 4, 1940 deposited
17.55
2.25
Dec. 3, 1940 deposited
Interest 1940
1.28
$182.46
Withdrawn for Operating Expense of Mill $174.28
Dec. 31, 1940, Balance on deposit 8.18
$182.46
EASTHAM WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 on Deposit
$431.60
Interest 1940
10.84
No charges against this account in 1940
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit $442.44
BILLINGS LIBRARY FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 in Trust
$14,000.00
Income January
210.00
Income July
210.00
$14,420.00
Deposited in Town Funds
$420.00
Dec. 31, 1940 In Trust
14,000.00
$14,420.00
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$442.44
EASTHAM COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE FUND
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$72.31
Interest
1.27
$73.58
No charges against this account in 1940
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit $73.58
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$134.93
Interest 1940
3.37
$138.30
No charges against this account in 1940
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit $138.30
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$50.99
Interest 1940
1.26
$52.25
Withdrawn for care of Lot
$2.25
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit 50.00
$52.25
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Mercy A. Mines Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, 1940 on deposit
$53.30
Interest 1940
1.32
$54.62
Withdrawn for care of Lot
$4.00
Dec. 31, 1940 Balance on deposit
50.62
$54.62
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
Dr.
Balance due Taxes of 1938, January 1, 1940 $2,096.95
Balance due Taxes of 1939, Personal, Jan. 1, 1940 831.87 Balance due Taxes of 1939, real estate, Jan. 1, 1940 10,882.04 Balance due Moth Taxes of 1938, Jan. 1, 1940 1.32
Balance due Moth Taxes of 1939, Jan. 1, 1940 11.25
Balance due Poll Taxes of 1939, Jan. 1, 1940
6.00
Warrant Taxes of 1940 Personal
3,325.32
Warrant Taxes of 1940 Real Estate
34,385.31
Warrant Moth Taxes of 1940
30.00
Warrant Poll Taxes of 1940
430.00
Overpayment Taxes of 1938 (Refunded)
.20
Overpayment Taxes of 1939 (Refunded)
.52
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1935
2.70
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1936
5.00
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1937
9.88
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1938
10.26
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1939
10.26
Disclaimed Tax Titles of 1940
4.86
Abatement after payment Taxes of 1940
43.20
$52,086.94
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1938
$1,828.23
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1939 Personal
707.73
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1939 Real Estate
7,371.95
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1940 Personal
2,596.05
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1940 Real Estate
24,082.23
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Paid Treasurer Poll Taxes of 1940
372.00
Paid Treasurer Moth Taxes of 1938
1.32
Paid Treasurer Moth Taxes of 1939
10.00
Paid Treasurer Moth Taxes of 1940
17.50
Abatement Taxes of 1935
2.70
Abatement Taxes of 1936
5.00
Abatement Taxes of 1937
9.88
Abatement Taxes of 1938
183.60
Abatement Taxes of 1939 Personal
1.62
Abatement Taxes of 1939 Real Estate
241.65
Abatement Taxes of 1940 Personal
18.90
Abatement of Taxes of 1940 Real Estate
1,099.71
Abatement Poll Taxes of 1939
6.00
Abatement Poll Taxes of 1940
52.00
Tax Titles of 1938
95.58
Tax Titles of 1939
92.88
Tax Titles of 1940
510.84
Uncollected Taxes of 1939 Personal
122.52
Uncollected Taxes of 1939 Real Estate
3,186.34
Uncollected Taxes of 1940 Personal
710.37
Uncollected Taxes of 1940 Real Estate
8,740.59
Uncollected Moth Taxes of 1939
1.25
Uncollected Moth Taxes of 1940
12.50
Uncollected Poll Taxes of 1940
6.00
$52,086.94
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Dr.
Balance due Excise of 1939, Jan. 1, 1940
$88.68
Additional Warrant (February 5, 1940) 2.00
Warrants Excise Tax 1940
1,786.82
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Abatements after payment (Refunded)
102.85
$1,980.35
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Excise Taxes of 1939 $84.68 Paid Treasurer Excise Taxes of 1940 1,737.65
Abatement Excise Taxes of 1939 Abatement Excise Taxes of 1940
2.00
104.85
Uncollected Excise Taxes of 1939
4.00
Uncollected Excise Taxes of 1940
47.17
$1,980.35
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE
Collector of Taxes
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Report of Town Clerk
DOGS LICENSED IN 1940
39 Male Dogs @ $2.00 $78.00
14 Female Dogs @ 5.00
70.00
11 Spayed Female Dogs @ 2.00 22.00
$170.00
Animal Rescue League Exempted From Fee By Law.
Fees retained by Clerk, 64 @ .20
12.80
June 15, 1940, Paid County Treasurer
113.40
Nov. 15, 1940, Paid County Treasurer 43.80
$170.00
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, DIVISION OF FISHERIES & GAME
Total
Fees
Paid Div. of F. &G.
22 Resident Fishing Licenses
@
$2.00
$44.00
$ 5.50
$38.50
71 Resident Hunting Licenses
a 2.00
142.00
17.75
124.25
9 Resident Sporting Licenses
a 3.25
29.25
2.25
27.00
2 Resident Women's & Minors' Fish. Lic.
1.25
2.50
.50
2.00
1 Resident Trapping License
@
5.25
5.25
.25
5.00
7 Resident Sporting and Trapping Licenses
20 3-Day Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
a
1.50
30.00
5.00
25.00
2 Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
@
5.25
10.50
50
10.00
1 Duplicate License
@
.50
.50
.50
2 Lobster or Crab Licenses
@
5.00
10.00
.50
9.50
$274.00
$32.25
$241.75
BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1940
Date
Name of Child
Name of Father
Name of Mother
-
Mar. 21
Barry Louis Fulcher
Louis Y. Fulcher
Helen Myrick
June 24
Constance Lorraine Whiting
Joseph Robert Whiting Robert Edward Fulcher Franklin W. Ryder
Eleanor Frances Beecher Hazel I. Fulcher
Aug. 30
Suzanne Ryder
Oct. 1
David Allen Schofield
Nov. 3
Althea Wiley Adamson
Winford Lester Schofield James Kilgor Black Adamson James Martin Brown
Ruth Marjorie Richardson Sophia Althea Wiley
Nov. 20
Robert La Mont Brown
Cecelia May Mechan
Nov. 21
Jeanne Elizabeth Whiting
Edward W. Whiting
Frances Anna Newcomb
Dec.
3 |Edith Melanie Willoughby
Foster Milton Willoughby | Eleanor Mary Carazzari
Mildred Florence Paine
July 28
Robert Edward Fulcher
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1940
Aug. 31 Everett W. Gross Virginia D. Small
Eastham
Harwich, Mass.
Oct. 26 Herbert D. Fulcher Elva Healey
Eastham
Cambridge, Mass.
Nov. 24 Carlton F. Mayo Elizabeth E. Stanford (Howard)
Eastham
Yarmouth, Mass.
Nov. 28 Joseph A. King
Eastham
Aurare Doiron Eastham
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DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1940
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D
Cause of Death
Feb. 27
Cornelia Abby Hopkins
83
9 24
Arterio Sclerosis
Mar. 28
Riley Herbert Parker
72 2 11
Nephritis, Arterio Sclerosis
June 3
Frank Ellison
95 (About)
Chronic Nephritis, Arterio Sclerosis
June 25
Hattie Estelle Parker
74
5 22
Coronary Thrombosis, Arteril Scler- osis
Aug. 11
Adeline Davis (Higgins) Eldredge
80
11
11
Artheritis Deformaus, Arterio Sclerosis
Sept. 18
Carrie Elvira (Dill) Chase
75
2
8
Coronary Thrombosis, Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic Artheritis
Oct. 20
Abbie F. (Chipman) Smart
77
11
Coronary Thrombosis, Chalecystitis
Dec. 1
Mary Hale Ayer Cross
69
6 26
Uremia, Myocarditis, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arterio Sclerosis
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
February 5-6, 1940
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of East- ham in the County aforesaid : 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 Town Hall in Eastham, Monday, the fifth day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the articles in this warrant, and to meet in the Town Hall, Eastham, Tuesday, the sixth day of Febru- ary next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to elect all neces- sary town officers.
Article 1. To act upon the Annual Report, including recommendations of the Selectmen and other Town Officers and Committees.
Article 2. To see if the Town will elect a Town Direc- tor for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Article 3. To see in what manner the Town will dis- pose of its refunded dog tax.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, provided the State makes a satisfactory allotment, for repairs and maintenance of town
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ways under Chapter 81, Sections 26-29, General Laws as amended.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Public Library.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, 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, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable in one year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of reimbursement for the financial year, beginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable in one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 69, General Laws.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $500.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Massachusetts, for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be resid- ents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Chapter 111, Section 74, of the General Laws, or take any action thereto and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for free band concerts to
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be given by the Junior Community Band during the ensu- ing year, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the protection and propa- gation of shellfish, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 11. To see what sum of money shall be taken from available funds toward defraying the tax levy of 1940.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the local W.P.A. or any succeeding Government agency of like nature, for the purchase of material or other expenses.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any and all kinds of shellfish and seaworms, as provided under the provisions of Section 48, Chapter 130, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 329, Acts of 1933.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to issue licenses under the provisions of Sec- tion 57, Chapter 130, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1933.
Article 15. To see if the Town will invest the Select- men with the authorization provided for under the provi- sions of Section 55, Chapter 130, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 329, of the Acts of 1933.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the suppression of tent caterpillars, under the direction of the local 4-H Club leaders, or do or act anything thereon.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of paying 1938 bills.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to continue to make a charge on all shellfish per- mits issued, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the road beginning at Samoset Road and running in a north- westerly direction 300 feet over land of Philip J. Schwind to the Herring Brook Road.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $600.00 from the Sale of Real Estate Fund to be used to help pay off the school note.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $500.00 from the New School Land Taking Fund and $200.00 from the Nauset Beach Land Taking Fund for the purpose of paying off the schoolhouse note, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a power sprayer, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to acquire land for the purpose of a town way, beginning at the north end of Nauset Light Beach Road and running in a northerly direction a distance of
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about 3,300 feet, and appropriate a sum of money for same, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to establish a road machinery account to which shall be credited all receipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the Town for road machinery purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to establish a road machinery fund for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road machinery.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift from Mr. Ruben Horton, a parcel of land near Sunken Meadow Landing, so-called, to be used as a public town landing, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money under the provisions of Chap- ter 90, General Laws, same to be used for maintenance of Herring Brook Road, and that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into any contracts necessary.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose of purchas- ing a hydraulic snow plow lift, or do or act anything there- on.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for cleaning up and maintain- ing the Town Dump, or do or act anything thereon.
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Polls will be opened for voting on Tuesday, February 6, 1940 in the Town Hall, Eastham, Massachusetts, from 10 a.m., to 6 p.m., and you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the packing house of Bernard C. Collins in South Eastham, the barn of Harry W. Collins in South Eastham, at the Post Office in North Eastham and the Post Office in Eastham, seven days at least before time of holding said meeting, as aforesaid. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands this 13th day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty.
RALPH A. CHASE EDWARD D. PENNIMAN
MAURICE W. WILEY Selectmen of Eastham
A true copy.
Attest : Harvey T. Moore, Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 6, 1940
Meeting called to order at 10 o'clock by the Moderator, warrant calling meeting read by Town Clerk together with return of the officer who served the same.
Tellers appointed : Charles L. Holbrook and Esther F. Tibbals and sworn by the Moderator.
Article 1. Voted to amend the recommended budget by increasing the amount proposed for Aid to Dependent Chil- dren from $1,000 to $1,500.
Amendment to change proposed budget relating to Office Supplies to $400.00 and Officers' Salaries and Ex- pense to $395.00 was not carried.
Voted informally to request the Selectmen to set up in their budget for 1941 an account of Officers' Salaries, Offi- cers' Expense and Office Supplies.
Voted to request the School Committee to itemize their Miscellaneous Account in their report in future years.
Voted that the Town should not buy a dory for shell- fish purposes.
Voted to accept the Town Report as printed with the exception of change in budget figures for Aid to Dependent Children.
The budget submitted by the Finance Committee and accepted by the town for 1940 with the change as voted by the meeting is as follows:
Office Supplies $200.00
Officers' Salaries and Expenses 4,000.00
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Surety on Bond
125.00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses
600.00
Assessors' Abstracts
75.00
Certification of Notes
10.00
Legal Expenses
75.00
Janitor
648.00
Town Hall
550.00
Suppression of Crime
50.00
Town Fires
50.00
Orleans Fire Department
150.00
Prevention and Suppression of Forest Fires 20.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50.00
Inspection of Wiring
50.00
Moth Suppression
560.00
Private Moth
40.00
Tree Warden
20.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
40.00
Health
400.00
Inspection of Animals
25.00
Dog Account
20.00
Highways General
250.00
Snow
300.00
Public Welfare
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
4,500.00
Soldiers' Benefits
300.00
Schools
16,900.00
Tax Title Account
300.00
Town Landings
100.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Community Christmas Tree
35.00
Town Reports
250.00
Insurance
500.00
Finance Committee
10.00
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Old Mill
100.00
Miscellaneous
125.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Old Cemeteries
150.00
375.00
Interest School House Note
700.00
$36,753.00
Article 2. Voted to elect a Town Director to the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Elected Clayton O. Horton, Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Article 3. Voted to turn the refunded Dog Tax over to the Public Library Account.
Article 4. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,225.00 for care and maintenance of town ways under Chapter 81, Sections 26 to 29 as amended, provided the State will make a satisfactory allotment to the town for same. (Unanimous vote.)
Article 5. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the support of the Public Library.
Article 6. Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to hire money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for period for less than one year.
Article 7. Voted to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to
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time in anticipation of reimbursement for the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 69, General Laws.
Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Massachusetts, as outlined under Article 8 of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
Article 9. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for free Band Concerts during the coming year, 40 in favor, 3 opposed.
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