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.50
Keystone Envelope Co.
5.18
Massachusetts Reformatory
33.25
Frank L. Young
8.49
D. F. Munroe Co.
17.52
The Horace Partridge Co.
82.77
Underwood Typewriter Co.
85.00
E. L. Pinkham
11.00
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
1.95
151
Schools-Payments
The John C. Winston Co.
40.49
M. B. Gillespie
19.65
M. Witmark & Sons
10.80
The Bayfield Shop
1.75
Lydia Corllett Corp.
8.00
Dalman Co., Inc.
34.94
E. C. Lane
6.82
Della C. Lightburn
5.75
Lorenz Pub. Co.
1.88
Rand McNally & Co.
50.10
Satuit Garage Co.
3.91
Yale University Press
30.27
Front St. Sales & Service Co.
12.52
A. R. C. Cole
19.78
Anne L. Cunneen
5.00
Brockton Gas Light Co.
25.11
W. W. Wade
7.00
George V. Yenetchi
3.00
Lena Curran
5.32
Seaverns Pharmacy
7.67
R. H. White Co.
8.50
Helen L. Jones
48.00
Town of Marshfield
62.50
Liba F. Litchfield
2.00
A. R. Merritt, P. M.
10.94
Mitchell Brothers
9.00
Mitchell Bros.
40.00
Eben E. Bearce
1,804.73
Fred Harris
36.35
William M. Wade
412.00
The Arlo Pub. Co.
21.96
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
304.70
T. F. Bailey & Son 306.93
Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lovell Co.
77.00
A. A. Clarke Co.
43.95
Jordan Marsh Co.
28.75
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
389.63
Benj. H. Sanborn
66.13
Thompson-Winchester Co.
235.80
J. D. Wallace & Co. 17.60
Irving E. Whiting & N. E. Withem
184.95
Wright & Potter Printing Co ..... 14.92
152
Schools-Payments
Louis H. Madore
15.25
W. R. Schultz
280.00
Scituate Hardware & Plumbing Supply Co.
15.89
C. C. Birchard & Co.
97.96
C. W. Carlander
5.40
Central Scientific Co.
387.98
Illustrated Current News, Inc.
19.00
John M. Ruth & Co.
3.74
William Stanley
31.75
The Boston Music Co.
8.40
John Hood Co.
39.00
Hall-Gregg Co.
8.00
Charles T. Fish
2.25
High School Cafeteria
23.46
J. G. Blount Co.
34.37
William F. Ford
96.60
William A. Manson
2.00
Marion Collier Alexander
80.06
Belle Howes Chaffin
83.00
W. Cleveland Cogswell
79.00
Thomas B. Alexander
15.00
T. B. Alexander
46.00
Dr. T. B. Alexander
30.00
Sumner Crane
20.00
James Gillis
13.00
Walter Flaherty
13.00
Richard Jenkins
13.00
Bartley Curran
13.00
Am. Oil Products Co.
117.00
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
.81
17,255.59
$79,235.17
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Expenses:
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
$4.87
Lewis W. Perkins
59.10
Howard H. Young
100.00
Audrey Bartington
5.00
The Rockland Standard Pub. Co.
27.86
James A. Ward
10.22
$207.05
153
Schools and Libraries-Payments
ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS, HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Expenses:
John M. Hartwell
$93,999.19
Mclaughlin & Burr
2,664.75
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
330.38
Brayton, Wilson, Cole Corp.
115.00
J. G. Blount Co.
640.00
Carl Olson & Sons
121.64
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
1,376.25
Thompson-Winchester Co.
1,475.50
L. M. Glover Co., Inc.
1,300.00
Maurice Tuttle Studio
1,480.00
Western Waterproofing Co., Inc.
1,135.00
Eben E. Bearce
36.12
Edward P. Breen
77.79
Massachusetts Reformatory
1,190.50
F. Lester Sylvester
295.23
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
39.62
$106,276.97
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND GRADING GROUNDS, HIGH SCHOOL
Expenses:
Edward P. Breen
$8,000.00
Franklin Pub. Co.
4.75
Globe Rubber Works, Inc.
25.90
W. W. Wade
210.00
A. G. Spalding & Bros.
680.00
Mclaughlin & Burr
671.42
Lynn Metal Products, Inc.
1,075.52
Scientific Equipment Co.
2,614.80
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
1,216.50
14,498.89
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Frank L. Young
$220.00
John T. Fitts
278.36
Edith A. Freeman
135.00
J. Edward Harney
34.43
Library Book House
56.72
154
Miscellaneous Payments
Elec. Lt. & Power Co.
25.65
Charles Scribner's Sons
50.00
R. W. Wagner Co.
47.50
Edgar W. Hood
6.00
De Wolfe & Fiske Co.
64.13
Harold W. Cole
24.75
Scituate Water Co.
7.50
R. H. Hinkley Co.
49.50
$999.54
PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Charles F. Andrews
$15.00
Wm. Dorr
44.00
Elec. Lt. & Power Co.
42.00
William F. Mitchell & Co.
82.95
Scituate Electric Co.
5.78
Sarah H. Knowles
168.42
Mrs. George E. Knowles
80.50
The H. R. Huntting Co., Inc
247.40
A. L. Littlefield
175.00
Lorenzo Jacobucci
58.50
The New Eng. News Co.
60.30
Scituate Water Co.
4.20
Mass. Audubon Society, Inc.
10.00
Gaylord Bros.
5.95
$1,000.00
PARK COMMISSION
Trucks:
Fred G. McCarthy
$54.00
Lloyd A. Turner
16.00
Edwin A. MacLean
1.75
$71.75
Team:
Fred L. Wheeler
5.40
Labor:
Ernest F. Litchfield
$993.85
James L. McCarthy
345.80
James McCarthy
15.60
John F. Dalby
118.30
C. H. Pratt
837.20
155
Miscellaneous Payments
William Pepper
....
914.55
Edwin MacLean
5.20
$3,230.50
Expenses:
Elec. Lt. & Power Co.
$49.86
M. F. Ellis & Co.
10.89
Thomas W. Emerson Co.
27.15
J. Edward Harney
60.81
Scituate Water Co.
53.17
Joseph Breck & Sons
4.85
Front St. Sales & Service Co.
13.13
Wm. A. Manson
653.75
James A. McCarthy
90.00
Fred Harris
123.75
Thomas F. Hernan
368.57
The Seaverns Store
14.37
Egypt Garage & Mch. Co.
2.50
Chesley Biasey
10.00
Joseph Cerilli
6.00
Harold R. Burbank
15.00
Michael O'Hara
44.20
Fred T. Waterman
20.00
Geo. F. Welch Co.
23.20
Franklin Pub. Co.
3.50
Mercy Manson
10.00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
1.50
Daniel Sylvester
20.30
Norman E. Withem
38.50
Geo. V. Yenetchi
40.00
William G. Ford
6.00
Howard H. Young
12.00
James L. McCarthy
15.00
Iver Johnson Co.
58.40
$1,796.40
$5,104.05
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses:
H. F. Bates
$69.12
John B. Washburn, Reg.
35.70
Rothery, Delano & Young
78.15
William F. Mitchell & Co.
414.21
City of Boston
26.14
156
Miscellaneous Payments
Carlton Merritt
45.00
William A. Burton
524.89
The Boundbrook Press
1,313.88
Shawmut Business Service
24.75
Jetson Wade
270.72
C. B. Carpenter
53.25
William A. Bishop
2.00
E. W. Jones
6.00
Michael E. Stewart
5.00
J. Edward Harney
11.49
Nettie E. Elliott
5.81
John F. McJennett
375.00
Franklin Pub. Co.
170.00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
118.30
J. F. McJennett
61.60
William M. Wade
71.65
Anthony Gonsalves
7.45
Ethel Darr
10.00
E. A. Keene
29.65
The Rockland Standard Pub. Co.
83.40
Scituate Electric Co.
98.80
Geo. F. Welch Co.
5.75
William Pepper
1.95
Ralph Conte
13.00 ·
$3,932.66
REPAIRS TO BUILDING, JAMES L. MCCARTHY James L. McCarthy
$212.70
LAND DAMAGE-OLD PUBLIC LANDING George H. Adams
$700.00
BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Seaverns Pharmacy
$2.65
Franklin Pub. Co.
32.00
Greenbush Co.
28.23
Laurence J. Wade
13.27
Harry T. Handy
5.00
Town of Rockland
1,106.00
$1,187.15
EMPLOYERS' AND PUBLIC LIABILITY William A. Burton $1,885.48
157
Miscellaneous Payments
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Trustees Plymouth County Aid to
Agriculture $250.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Expenses:
American Legion Scituate Post
No. 144
$5.60
The Boundbrook Press
8.50
Edward W. Cobbett
45.00
H. G. Damon
30.00
American Legion Auxiliary
10.62
Mace Gay, Treas.
319.00
Lester D. Hobson
7.60
George T. Otis
38.20
Plymouth Rock Ice Cream Co.
17.45
Charles E. Staples
40.00
Thomas R. Stearns
10.00
Fannie Totman
7.44
Fred T. Waterman
69.00
Geo. F. Welch Co.
1.00
Whiting Milk Companies
3.30
J. A. Ward
.96
Perez L. Young
25.00
$638.67
ARMISTICE DAY
Expenses :
James C. Calkin, Treas.
$50.00
Brockton American Legion Band
146.50
Rockland Post No. 147 American
Legion
50.00
Perez L. Young
5.00
$251.50
MASS. BAY COLONY TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
Expenses :
Roger Bates
$40.70
George Yenetchi
5.00
Jared Gardner
5.00
American Pennant Co.
100.00
The Rockland Standard Pub. Co.
216.43
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158
Miscellaneous Payments
The Bayfield Shop
150.00
S. Russell Walker
370.45
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
106.43
Litchfield's Express, Inc.
5.37
Massachusetts State Prison
12.00
Archie W. Torrey
2.00
Merrill's Auto Express
1.75
C. H. Buck & Co.
274.00
Frederic T. Bailey
182.00
$1,471.13
REFUNDS
The Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts
$10.25
Frank H. Barry
4.47
Paul F. Ives
.94
Jesse G. Swift
14.82
Howard H. Young
2.84
Madeleine Kent
6.67
Florence S. Ure
3.16
Alan C. Litchfield
1.11
Henry L. Stoddard
1.48
William A. Cooke
2.00
Fred L. Fisher
4.00
Mary E. and Rosa G. Madore
4.44
William R. Schultz
8.01
Arnold N. Weeks
2.91
Arthur H. Damon
7.55
A. Willis Totman
7.61
Arthur N. Colman
6.55
Stella L. McLean
6.21
William F. Smith
4.85
Charles W. Searles
3.82
Ralph W. Bergengren
2.37
Merrill E. Hodgdon
6.79
Frederic A. Hennigan
6.46
William L. Gowin
1.49
Russell P. Keyes
3.33
Waldo F. Bates
6.46
Roy C. Merritt
6.46
S. S. Pierce Co.
6.99
James B. Hanson
7.84
159
Miscellaneous Payments
Thomas Ashley
2.89
Annie E. Shaw
1.79
Dana A. Smith
3.78
Eugenie V. Albrecht
1.16
Leighton G. Chipman
5.09
Vincent Aieta
2.33
Helen E. Roy
7.64
Barbara J. O'Connor
3.76
Josephine M. Hagerty
4.54
Fred A. Conroy
3.04
Webster C. Clark
7.46
Clara N. Mayo
5.27
Philip L. Schuyler
.80
Philip Schuyler
.53
Joseph A. Donovan
2.62
John Bianchi
1.79
Sumner H. Cobbett
5.00
Hamilton B. Rencurrel
2.91
Herbert W. Peterson
1.82
Allen D. Creelman
4.97
Guy R. Lowe
2.42
Ronald C. Coursen
1.17
John E. Callahan
3.64
Jeremiah F. Bresnahan
1.02
William T. Wilson
1.79
Robert P. O'Hern
4.61
Nelson W. W. Lee
2.82
Horace L. Bailey
8.73
Harry D. Perry
3.64
Oscar Ahola
2.66
Edward J. Whitmarsh
1.65
Ada E. Robbins
5.10
Walter C. Brooks
1.65
Vernon W. Marr
5.24
Carl B. Smelzer
1.53
Evelyn B. Trask
2.08
Edward P. Breen
6.19
$278.90
CHANNEL BUOYS-N. RIVER
1.89
Dorothy B. Shoemaker
Robert S. Boles
$100.00
160
Miscellaneous Payments
RESTORING OLD LANTERN TOWER
Expenses:
George L. Litchfield
$1,340.32
Carl F. Schafer
50.00
Lester D. Hobson
96.00
$1,486.32
ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO OLD LIGHT HOUSE
Expenses:
James A. McCarthy
$42.00
Lester D. Hobson
922.10
Scituate Water Co.
9.59
Fred G. McCarthy
39.50
$1,013.19
$2,499.51
REPAIRING OLD LIGHT HOUSE
Expenses:
Lester D. Hobson
$297.86
James A. McCarthy
102.00
$399.86
REPAIRS ON CUDWORTH HOUSE
Expenses :
George S. Bailey
$720.43
Horace H. Peters
56.60
Blanche E. Clark
21.00
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James A. McCarthy
46.95
Arthur L. Power
13.05
Geo. F. Welch Co.
5.20
$863.23
PLANTING PERMANENT CHRISTMAS TREE-LAWSON PARK Truck:
William F. Ford
$12.00
Team:
Fred Wheeler
25.00
Labor:
John Ford
$31.20
Ralph Conte
31.20
62.40
Expenses:
William M. Wade
25.00
$124.40
161
Miscellaneous Payments
OLD CEMETERY
Labor:
Walter E. Bailey
$52.00
PUBLIC LANDING
Salary:
George F. Dwyer
$400.00
Trucks:
Mitchell Bros.
$37.80
David W. O'Hern
42.00
George Mitchell
43.50
$123.30
Labor:
Edgar Whittaker
$48.00
Sumner Crane
40.00
Frank Cole
26.00
Harry Ewell
26.00
Harold Blanchard
18.20
Frank Quinn
20.80
Arthur Withem
19.50
C. N. Mitchell
19.50
Charles E. Mitchell
18.20
Robert Kinsley
18.20
Harold Turner
19.50
Walter Flaherty
19.50
Frank Cook
18.20
Cecil Burleigh
19.50
Clifford Brown
18.20
Richard Gargon
19.50
John Jellows
19.50
Wm. Manley
19.50
Bartley Curran
14.30
Allen Levange
14.30
Expenses:
Thomas L. Dwyer
$25.00
Front St. Sales & Service Co.
10.00
Fred Wheeler 20.00
Thomas Harris
10.40
Jerry McCarty
38.50
Geo. F. Welch Co.
72.53
M. F. Welch
20.00
$436.40
162
Miscellaneous Payments
J. F. Dwight
5.00
Frank H. Barry
10.00
Harrington, King & Co.
7.20
Am. Oil Products Co.
362.85
Frank H. Cole
26.50
The Scituate Water Co.
166.88
Trefry & Welch
3.75
C. W. Carlander
2.25
$780.86
$1,740.56
DREDGING HARBOR
Expenses:
The Commonwealth of Mass.
$20,000.00
INTEREST ON MATURING DEBT
Abington Savings Bank
$350.00
National Rockland Bank
800.00
Rockland Trust Co.
628.13
Merchants National Bank
6,300.00
$8,078.13
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Merchants National Bank
$1,618.75
Rockland Trust Co.
2,304.84
Lee, Higginson & Co.
381.88
$4,305.47
MATURING DEBT
Abington Savings Bank
$1,250.00
National Rockland Bank
10,000.00
Rockland Trust Co.
5,500.00
Merchants National Bank
28,000.00
$44,750.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
The Merchants National Bank
$100,000.00
Rockland Trust Co.
75,000.00
Lee, Higginson & Co.
50,000.00
$225,000.00
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Agency-Payments
AGENCY STATE TAX
The Commonwealth of Mass. ...... $11,060.00
COUNTY TAX
County of Plymouth $25,278.26
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
The Commonwealth of Mass.
$815.85
STATE HIGHWAY-SNOW REMOVAL
The Commonwealth of Mass.
$178.19
AUDITING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS
The Commonwealth of Mass. ........
$234.63
TRUST
William F. Ford
$15.70
Elisha Litchfield
36.40
John Ford
5.20
Ralph Conte
5.20
Fred Wheeler
10.00
Cash Aid
944.56
$1,017.06
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT, Town Accountant.
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Report of Scituate Memoriam Fund
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCITUATE MEMORIAM FUND
January 1, 1930 : Cash on hand $8,176.91
Interest on checking account. 8.31
Interest on savings account. 325.00
Totals amount available. $8,510.22 $8,510.22
Disbursements :
Burrows family . $780.00
McDermont family 780.00
Hall family
780.00
$2,340.00 ..
$2,340.00
December 31, 1930 : Balance in Fund. $6,170.22
December 31, 1930 : Statement Rockland Trust Com-
pany
$6,170.22
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. SMITH,
Treasurer.
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Treasurer of Pierce Memorial Library
REPORT OF TREASURER OF PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY For the Year Ending December 31, 1930
Receipts
Balance January 1, 1930.
$463.08
Received from Town of Scituate
1,000.00
Received from Secretary (Dues)
70.00
Received from Librarian (Cards)
123.00
Received from Rummage Sale
7.25
Gifts
.90
Interest
$1,739.24
Expenditures
Librarian
134.50
Janitor
255.85
Water
82.95
Insurance
283.69
Books
64.80
Periodicals
5.95
Printing
5.78
Repairs
23.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
Transfer to Repair Fund
$1,328.39
Balance January 1, 1931
410.85
Fuel and light
4.20
$267.67
75.01
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Report of Committee on By-Laws
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BY-LAWS
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ELECTED BY THE TOWN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 4, 1929
1929-" ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee consisting of the Chairman of the Board of Select- men, Town Counsel, Chairman of the Advisory Com- mittee and two other citizens- to be appointed by the Moderator, to act in the matter of revising, compiling, printing and publishing the by-laws of the Town and the rules, regulations, and orders of the Board of Selectmen and the other Town officers as described in the preceding article, or act thereon. Selectmen."
It was so voted that two other citizens appointed by the Moderator, be the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire De- partment.
Under Article 56, as follows, it was so voted, but no appro- priation was made:
" ARTICLE 56. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of revising, compiling, printing and publish- ing the by-laws of the Town and the rules, regulations and orders of the Board of Selectmen and other Town officers, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for said purposes, or act thereon. Selectmen."
1930-Annual Town Meeting-report of committee by Vernon W. Marr, Secretary :
"VOTED to continue committee and its work in accord- ance with Articles 56 and 57-1929 Annual Meeting.
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PART I
(A) BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE AS APPROVED BY THE SUPERIOR
· COURT, NOVEMBER 20, 1899
(B) AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL BY-LAWS.
(A) BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I
General Conduct of Town Affairs
Section 1. The financial year shall begin with the first day of January and end with the thirty-first day of December.
Section 2. The annual meeting shall be held the first Monday in March.
Section 3. Town meetings shall be notified by posting an attested copy of the warrant, calling the same, in the Post Offices, at the Town House, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting, and by publication in a newspaper, if any be published in the town.
Section 4. At the annual meeting the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and all other Town officers, and all standing committees shall be first in order, after the choice of a Moderator.
Section 5. All motions shall be submitted in writing at the discretion of the Moderator or Clerk.
Section 6. Twenty-five voters shall constitute a quorum for the raising and appropriating of money under an article in the warrant providing for such action. See Amendment, Annual Town Meeting-1929.
Section 7. The annual report of the Town Officers shall be printed and distributed at least ten days before the Town Meeting.
Section 8. The duties of all Town Officers not specially pro- vided for by law nor by these rules shall be determined by the rules of parliamentary law contained in Cushing's Manual, as far as they are adapted to town meetings.
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ARTICLE II Streets and Public Lands
Section 1. The Selectmen or Road Commissioner may grant permits to any persons to build sidewalks in front of their own land, or on any of the streets or ways of the town, whenever the public safety will permit; which permit shall specify the width and mode of constructing the same.
Section 2. ' Whenever complaint shall be made to the Select- men that the practice of coasting on any of the streets or side- walks in the town has become dangerous to the public safety they may, if they shall judge it expedient, post up a notice in some conspicuous place, on the side or corner of such streets, for- bidding all persons to coast upon the same; and if any person shall be found coasting upon the same after the posting of such notice he shall pay a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars for every such offense, to be recovered of the offender, his parent or guardian.
Section 3. No person shall wheel, drive or draw any hand- cart, bicycle, handsled or any other carriage of burden or pleas- ure, baby carriages excepted, nor permit any horse or other beast to go upon any sidewalk, nor to encumber the same with any boxes, barrels or any articles whatever to interfere with the convenient use of the same.
Section 4. Every owner or occupant of premises in the town shall keep the same free from all nuisances and sources of filth injurious to the public health and safety; and any nuis- ance, source of filth or cause of sickness found on private prop- erty must be removed upon notice of the Board of Health and within such time as it may designate. If upon notice from this board any premises are not put in proper sanitary condition, the same shall be vacated upon the order of the Board.
Section 5. No person shall place or cause to be placed in any public or private way of the town the contents of any sink, cesspool or privy, nor place any dead animal, or dead animal or
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vegetable substance, rubbish or garbage in the same, except for the purpose of immediate removal therefrom, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 6. The words "public or private way" in the fore- going section shall be understood to include alleys, lanes, yards, beaches, or any other place where the presence of such refuse shall give offense to neighbors.
Section 7. One or more persons standing on any sidewalk or crosswalk, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, who shall not disperse immediately when ordered by any of the Selectmen, police officers or constable of the town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine of three dollars for any violation of this By-Law.
Sections 8 and 9 not approved.
Section 10. No person shall move any buildings through any street, lane or alley without license from the Selectmen.
ARTICLE III Miscellaneous
Section 1. Whoever posts, affixes or in any way attaches any poster, handbill, notice, advertisement or placard to or upon any wall, fence, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offense a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars.
Section 2. Whoever paints, draws or stamps any letter, notice, figure, advertisement or marks upon any wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure not his own, without the permission of the owner thereof, or without said permission, mars, defaces or disfigures in any way, such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for cach offense a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
Section 3. Any persons congregating together in a dis- orderly manner, who shall not disperse when ordered by any con- stable or police officer, and any person or persons congregating
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or loitering about in any school house yard, or outbuilding, not being a member of the public schools, who shall not immediately disperse and leave the premises when ordered or requested to by any school official, constable or police officer of the town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars for every such offense. See Amendment, Annual Town Meeting, 1930.
Section 4. No person in a nude state shall bathe or swim in any public or exposed place in the town.
Section 5. It is ordered that it shall be the duty of the constable and police officers to enforce the foregoing By-Laws.
Section 6. These By-Laws may be amended at any annual town meeting, articles for that purpose having been inserted in the town warrant.
See Annual Reports 1898 and 1899.
(B) AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL BY-LAWS
1900 ANNUAL REPORT
See Annual Town Meeting, Article XXXIV.
It was voted :
"To amend Sections 4, 5 and 6 of Article II of the Town's By-Laws."
1904 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Town Meeting, Article XXVI, page 66 :
"To see if the town will cause an addition to its present By- Laws, a clause making it legal for its Selectmen to grant licenses for the purchase and sale of old junk, or act thereon. "Voted, Yes."
1905 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Town Meeting, Article LI.
It was voted :
"That the town instruct its constables to enforce the town
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By-Laws upon the written request of any citizens of the town."
1910 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Town Meeting, Article XIX, page 60.
In re advisory committee it was voted :
"That this town do choose an advisory committee of seven non-officeholding taxpayers, who shall serve without pay, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and consider all financial propositions or articles to be brought before the town, and to report or advise thereof in open town meeting before action thereon by the town.
"Committee chosen in open town meeting : Joseph A. Ward, Charles H. Tilden, Albert D. Spaulding, John T. Fitts, Clifton B. Lee, John Cummings, Edgar Tilden."
REPORT OF ADVISORY BOARD
To the Citizens of Scituate :
An Advisory Board of seven members was elected by the town at its annual meeting in March, 1910. Early in our de- liberations it became evident that if such a Board or Committee was to be of any real value to the town, its constitution and the by-laws governing its service must be placed upon some reason- able, permanent basis. While, therefore, your Board may make suggestions regarding financial articles in the warrant for 1911, we beg leave to suggest the adoption of a code of by-laws under Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1910. These by-laws, if adopted by the town, properly approved by the Attorney-General and published, will provide for the perpetuation of such an Advisory Board after March, 1912.
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PROPOSED ADVISORY BOARD
Town of Scituate, Mass.
Section 1. An Advisory Board to consist of nine non- officeholding taxpayers shall be elected at the annual town meeting following the adoption, approval and publication of these by-laws, who shall serve without pay, and whose term of office shall be as follows : three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years; and there shall be elected to said Board at each annual town meeting thereafter three members to serve for the term of three years, or until the close of the town meeting at which their successors are elected.
Section 2. After the close of each annual town meeting said Advisory Board shall organize by the choice of a Chairman and Clerk.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Advisory Board to investigate and consider all financial propositions or articles to be brought before the town, and to report and advise thereof in open town meeting before action thereon by the town.
Section 4. The Selectmen shall transmit to the Advisory Board a copy of every town warrant issued by them on or before the day the same is posted.
Section 5. The Advisory Board may require the Selectmen and other town officers, under whose directions appropriations of money are expended, to submit to them, at least thirty days before the annual town meeting, an estimate of the appropri- ation necessary to be made for their various departments, and to come before them for consultation regarding the same, at such times and places as said Board shall determine.
Section 6. The Advisory Board shall grant a hearing to the several voters whose signatures first appear as petitioners upon all articles under which appropriations of money are pro- posed.
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Section 7. All reports and advice or recommendations of said Board, as provided in Section 3, shall be submitted in writing, signed by the Chairman and Clerk, and together with the records of the proceedings of said Board, which it shall be the duty of the Clerk aforesaid to keep, shall be filed with the town's records in the office of the Town Clerk.
Section 8. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Signed)
Albert D. Spaulding, Chairman, Clifton B. Lee, Secretary, Charles H. Tilden, John Cummings, Joseph A. Ward,
Edgar Tilden, John T. Fitts.
1911 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Town Meeting, Article XXXIII.
"Voted, That the town do adopt By-Laws under Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1910, providing for a permanent Ad- visory Board as proposed by the Town Advisory Committee in their printed report."
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