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4.80
Edward Baker,
2.40
Frank Hall,
8.00
Arthur N. Kinney, services,
2.00
Thomas W. Hammond, services,
2.00
S. P. Hall and horse,
8.40
M. E. Chase and horse,
8.40
R. W. Rogers and horse, 5.60
E. B. Rogers and horse,
5.60
James Nickerson, 100 loads sand at '3c. load,
3.00
67
The Acme No-Co-Ro culvert,
93.60
J. M. & S. B. Moody, lumber,
2.05
$162.65
Repairs on Bridges on Horse Jockey Road.
Eldorus D. Cahoon and horse,
$16.80.
C. Parker,.
3.20
Ahira Chase,
4.00
Frank Hall, 8.80
Roger W. Cahoon,
3.20
Eldorus D. Cahoon, 4 spiles at 50c. each,
2.00
J. M. & S. B. Moody, lumber and nails,
31.70
$69.70
FENCES AND RAILINGS.
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation,
$150.00
By payments, East
Section, $14.37
By payments, West Section, 27.26
By payments, Middle
Section, 59.56
Unexpended, 48.81
$150.00
$150.00
EAST SECTION. Arthur N. Kenney, Commissioner.
A. N. Kenney, $3.33
Jabez Crowell, 5.83
68
.41
Jabez Crowell, stock, Winfred C. Higgins,
2.00
A. N. Kenney, posts,
2.80
$14.37
WEST SECTION. Eldorus D. Cahoon, Road Commissioner.
Eldorus D. Cahoon,
$7.90
Roger W. Cahoon,
4.40
Frank Hall,
2.40
J. M. & S. B. Moody, lumber and nails,
10.04
Eldorus D. Cahoon, 21 posts at 12 cents each,
2.52
$27.26
MIDDLE SECTION. Thomas W. Harriman, Commissioner.
T. W. Harriman,
$28.70
J. M. & S. B. Moody,
19.06
Harry B. Eldredge,
7.20
James Sullivan,
1.20
Otis Rogers,
1.60
Wm. Chase,
.40
J. G. Ryder,
1.40
$59.56
69
TOWN MACADAM.
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation,
$250.00
By payments West Section, $46.54
By payments Middle Section, 196.93
Unexpended, 6.53
$250.00
$250.00
WEST SECTION. Eldorus D. Cahoon Road Commissioner. Sanding Macadam Road.
Eldorus D. Cahoon and horse, $28.44
Herbert Berry,
5.10
Elmer Robbins and horse,
2.63
David Cummings and horse,
5.95
E. B. Rogers and horse,
1.40
R. W. Rogers and horse,
1.40
James Cummings, 44 loads sand at 3c. load,
1.32
Cyrus Chase, 10 loads sand at 3c. load,
.30
$46.54
MIDDLE SECTION. Thomas W. Harriman Commissioner.
T. W. Harriman, $93.50
R. K. Hamer, 8.73
70
Wm. Walker,
1.60
Alfred Nickerson,
7.88
A. F. Long,
6.13
James Nickerson,
1.40
D. A. Eldridge,
3.50
U. D. Phillips,
3.50
C. H. Taylor,
3.50
Levi Snow,
2.45
H. B. Ellis,
2.45
Urban Ellis,
1.40
Joseph Ellis,
1.40
B. G. Phillips, sand,
2.00
Everett L. Ellis,
5.25
Freeman E. Ellis,
5.95
B. F. Eldridge,
3.50
S. S. Smith,
3.85
Joseph Butler,
2.25
John Winn,
3.59
Joseph Bassett, sand,
2.00
Ralph Ellis,
2.10
Harry B. Eldridge,
5.80
James Sullivan,
1.80
Otis Rogers,
4.60
Henry Bassett,
.80
Chas. C. Allen,
.60
Henry Kendrick,
1.00
Wm. Chase,
3.40
Geo. Stearns,
2.80
J. M. & S. B. Moody, drain pipe,
4.80
Ahira Chase,
2.00
A. K. Drew,
1.40
$196.93
71
BREWSTER ROAD REPAIRS. .
Dr.
Cr. $256.40
Appropriation,
$250.00
By payments,
Exceeded,
6.40
$256.40
$256.40
Paid T. W. Harriman, Commissioner.
$251.40
Wm. P. Hammersley, Supervision, 5.00
$256.40
Amount Expended on Brewster Road.
Zachariah Deluz,
$10.40
Lawrence Jacent,
22.60
Manuel Jacent,
11.20
Chas. C. Allen,
22.60
S. S. Smith,
22.60
Joseph Pena,
11.20
B. F. Eldridge, 1
21.20
Joseph Chase,
11.20
Joseph P. Clark,
22.60
T. W. Harriman,
23.00
Everett Fish,
11.20
Joseph F. Clark,
22.60
Harry B. Eldridge,
8.60
James Sullivan,
9.80
Obed E. Nickerson,
.60
Cornelius Eldridge,
2.40
Henry Bassett,
1.60
J. N. Atkins, loam,
12.00
T. B. Baker,
4.00
$251.40
Amount appropriated,
250.00
Exceeded appropriation,
$1.40
72
Other Expenditures on Brewster Road and Charged to the General Appropriation.
Zachariah Deluz,
$4.00
Lawrence Jacent,
4.00
Manuel Jacent,
4.00
Chas. C. Allen,
4.00
S. S. Smith,
4.00
Joseph Pena,
4.00
B. F. Eldridge,
4.00
Joseph Chase,
4.00
Joseph F. Clark,
4.00
Joseph P. Clark,
4.00
Everett Fish,
4.00
T. W. Harriman,
4.00
: $48.00
LABOR ON ISLAND ROAD.
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation,
$200.00
By payments,
$171.87
Unexpended,
28.13
$200.00
$200.00
Paid T. W. Harriman, Commissioner,
$171.87
Labor on Island Road.
Appropriation,
$200.00
Chas. H. Taylor, 43 hours at 50c. $21.50
Chas. H. Taylor, using road machine, 2.00
U. D. Phillips, 43 hours at 50c, 1 · 21.50
Levi Snow, 43 hours at 50c, 21.50
73
Chas. C. Allen, 44 hours at 35c.
15.40
T. W. Harriman, 40 hours at 35c, 14.00
T. W. Harriman, using road machine, .75
Henry B. Snow, 34 hours at 20c, 6.80
Barney Taylor, 32 hours at 50c, 16.00
Barney Taylor, using road machine,
1.50
Rinaldo Eldridge, use of road machine, 1.00
Harry B. Eldridge, 24 hours at 20c,
4.80
Henry B. Ellis, 223/4 hours at 35c, 7.97
Geo. Stearns, 13 hours at 20c. 2.60
Ozias H. Bassett, 8 hours at 20c,
1.60
Lewis Phillips, 8 hours at 20c.
1.60
James Nickerson, clay, 4.35
N. Y .. N. H. & H. R. R., 2 cars cinders.
27.00
$171.87
No charges for two cars cinders.
CHARLES T. CHASE ROAD REPAIRS.
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation,
$50.00
By payments,
$49.83
Unexpended. .17
$50.00
$50.00
Paid Eldorus D. Cahoon, Commissioner,
$49.83
Article 24. Special Appropriation.
The sum of fifty dollars to repair the road leading from the Main street south to the ocean west of the residence of Charles T. Chase, West Harwich.
Dec. 29.
R. W. Rogers and horse, $5.95
E. B. Rogers and horse, 5.95
74
M. E. Chase and horse,
5.60
Eldorus D. Cahoon and horse,
8.75
Simon Kendrick,
6.40
Simon Kendrick's horse,
2.48
Warren Doane,
4.90
Andrew Chase,
3.30
Thomas Snow,
4.50
Frank Small, machine one day,
2.00
$49.83
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. HARRIMAN, ARTHUR N. KENNEY, ELDORUS D. CAHOON,
Road Commissioners.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Jan. 4, 1911.
We, the undersigned Auditors of Harwich, have this. day examined the books, bills and vouchers of the town officers for the year 1910, to the amount of $53,654.67. Finding the same substantially correct we approve the same.
LOUIS B. PHILLIPS, LEVI SNOW,
Auditors of Harwich.
Report of the Brooks Park Commissioners
Dr.
Cr.
No appropriation
Bal. from season of
1909,
$ 22.08
Paid for cutting 28
cords wood,
$49.01
Received from sale
of wood for 1909, 112.50
Received from sale
limbs, 1910, 3.00
Received from grass
sold from park, 4.00
Paid Alfred Nicker- son, Wm. E. Chase, Ahira S. Chase, for labor in care of park, 16.15
Bal. · unexpended, 73.30
$141.58
$141.58
Value of wood on hand cut, 1910, about $115.00
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Harwich, have this day examined the accounts of the Commissioners of Brooks Park for the year of 1910, and approve the same.
LOUIS B. PHILLIPS, LEVI SNOW,
Auditors of Harwich.
Harwich, Mass., Jan. 4, 1911.
Paid T. W. Harriman for carting sand, clay and rubbish, 3.12
76
The Park Commissioners do not consider it advisable to make improvement in the park by making any radical changes, and it is a matter of doubt if any practical work could be done that is desirable and would serve to add much to the natural beauty of that part of the park which was so carefully considered and improved by members of the Brooks family many years ago.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, · JOSEPH W. RAYMOND,
Brooks Park Commissioners.
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Report of Brooks Library Trustees
At the Annual Meeting on February 8, 1910, the town voted to accept as a gift from the Brooks Library Associa- tion the real estate known as the Brooks Block Property, and including books, statuary, and all other personal prop- erty therein belonging to the said association, to be held and supported as a free public library under the provisions of the Statutes of the Commonwealth in this behalf made and provided. At the same meeting the town elected three li- brary trustees, as follows: Messrs. Asa L. Jones for three years. Theo. B. Baker, two years, and Charles H. Ham- mond, one year. Pursuant to this vote and · election, on April 7, 1910, the Brooks Library Association transferred through its chairman, A. L. Weekes, Esq., to the duly elected trustees for the town, in the presence of the board of selectmen and a number of citizens, the property as here- tofore described. An investigation of its condition by the trustees showed the property to be as described to the town at the time of its acceptance of the gift. Careful super- vision has been given to necessary repairs, and, barring the fact that the roof is in urgent need of shingling, the build- ing is in good condition. Reasonable economy on the part of the town in the care of its public property would suggest the necessity of an appropriation at the coming Annual Meeting to remedy this defect.
Library Statement.
No. of books in the library April 1, 1910, 4396
No. of books purchased, 45
No. of books given by friends and state, 78
No. of books given by government. 9
Total, 4528
78
No. of books given out from April 1, 1910, to Jan. 1, 1911, 2698
No. of books given out average per week, 67
Thanks are due to those who have shown their interest in the library by the presentation of books and magazines. An effort has been made to secure not only readable and proper books of fiction, but to place upon the shelves such books as are, and will be, of use in our schools, and the trustees are pleased to report that pupils are availing them- selves of this privilege. That the benefits of this library may accrue to every person in this town, to whom they be- long by right, there should be established a system of effi- cient rural delivery, and the trustees respectfully recom- mend that such appropriation be made as will provide for this necessity.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. HAMMOND, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CALEB CHASE FUND, SO-CALLED.
In accordance with the votes passed at the annual town meeting held in February, 1910, your trustees secured from the town the $10,000.00 known as the Chase Fund. and afterwards, on March 28, 1910, loaned the money back to the town, taking the town's note therefor with interest at 4% per annum, payable semi-annually. Upon this note there has been interest paid amounting to $200, which your trustees turned over to the. Overseers of the Poor, taking their receipt therefor. The remaining interest comes due in February next.
December 31st, 1910.
CHARLES M. ROBBINS, AUGUSTUS C. SNOW, CLENRIC H. CAHOON,
Trustees.
Treasurer's Report
N. Carryl Underwood, Treasurer, in account with Town of· Harwich.
Dr.
Balance, January 11, 1910,
Town funds,
$6,725.66
Mary Jane's lot,
200.00
Henry C. Berry lot,
100.00
$7,025.66
Received from State :-
Mass. School fund,
$883.35
National Bank Tax,
260.99
Inspection Animals,
25.00
Corporation Tax,
699.17 .
State Aid,
1,486.00
Burial Soldiers,
37.00
Tuition Children,
206.50
$3,598.01
Henry Nickerson lot,
50.00
Dog Licenses,
287.00
N. Y., N. H. & H, fire, .
189.85
Caleb Chase fund,
10,000.00
Loan Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank,
6,500.00
Edgar F. Bassett, gasoline,
5.25
James Berry lot,
100.00
Anticipation Taxes,
1,000.00
City Boston,
86.00
Mrs. Reed's lot,
50.00
Mrs. Ives' lot,
50.00
81
Herring Brook,
700.00
Bank Tax,
4,140.00
South Harwich School Hall,
2.00
Telephone, Leston Small,
.10
Weights and Measures,
24.88
Income Caleb Chase fund,
200.00
Rebate Supt. 's, $336.20; Rebate Teachers, $224.16,
560.36
Town Farm Beets,
3.00
Town Dennis,
61.15
Almshouse, board Harry Bassett,
84.00
Second District Court,
47.00
Rent :- - .
J. F. Tobey & Son,
$200.00
Gas,
49.63
A. Howes,
200.00
Gas,
14.25
Theatre,
155.00
$618.88
Licenses,
49.00
A. H. Matson,
1906,
$ 50.00
1907,
307.34
$357.34
Chas. D. Hall,
1908,
$ 527.52
1909,
3,625.00
1910,
7,400.00
$11,552.52
J. B. Kendrick,
1907,
$ 160.83
1908,
624.60
1909,
4,576.59
1910,
5,886.34
$11,248.36
$58,590.36
82
Cr.
By Town Orders,
$53,654.67
Balance, Town funds,
$4,935.69
Burial lots,
$4,385.69 550.00
$4,935.69
Respectfully submitted,
N. CARRYL UNDERWOOD,
Town Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, a committee to settle with the Treasurer, have this day examined his books and find the same correct.
JOHN H. DRUM, LOUIS B. PHILLIPS, LEVI SNOW,
Committee.
January 4, 1911. .
Town Clerk's Report
Town Clerk's Report of Births Recorded in the Town of Harwich in 1910
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Jan Apr
12 Katherine Dudley Hackstoff 8 William Edward Walker
16 Edward A Kendrick
22 Female Infant
May
24 Adelyn Ellen Bassett 6 Male Infant 7 Merle Jeanette Gray
June 6 Warren Wesley Cook
17 Doris Sabra Latch
July 24 Female Infant
Aug
27 Vivian Hazel Eldredge 4 Ruth Cordelia Tobey 7 |Jean Margaret Thompson
10 Chester Wayland Baker
14
William John Smith
15 Nathan Henry Smith
30 Annie Lucille Smalley
Emily Henrietta Whitemore 31 13 Inez Isadore Phillips
Sept
17 Isaiah Everett Higgins
Elizabeth Warren Nickerson 25 Donald Winn Miller
25 21 Eleanor Almira Bassett
Oct Nov 24 Myra Clark Nichols
Dec 15 Wilhelmina Doane
John D Hackstoff, Kate Florence Baker Wm Walker, Florence Chase Andrew M Kendrick, Victoria A Allen Danforth S Steele, Gertrude Marson Benj F Bassett, Myra T West Benj Sears, Emma E Bassett Richard E Gray Jr, Myra Sears Herbert E Cook, Lillian E Seaver John Latch, Euphemia Nickerson Edwin G Harding, Junietta Crowell Harry Eldredge, Laura Handy Arthur W Tobey, Minerva Handren Gordon B Thompson, Harriet K Sterling Chester T Baker, Bertha Buck David S Smith, Annie Agnes O'Neil Nathan B Smith, Mary Spindle Abner N Smalley, Annie T Nickerson Eugene C Whitemore, Agnes V Gibbs Jacob F Phillips, Inez H Ellis Curtis Higgins, Clara Ellis W Sears Nickerson, Imogene H Small Percy F Miller, Hannah T Wilson Ozias H Bassett, Elizabeth N Bassett Wm H Nichols, Ada L Cahoon Carroll F Doane, Hope R Nickerson
84
BIRTHS-Continued
PORTUGUESE
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Jan
2 Dominga Rose
21 Mary Ann Gomes
23 David Rose
Mch 6 Irene Gomes
14 Joseph Perrie
Apr 18 Lewis J. Lima
30 Arthur Grace
May 5 Norman Robert Monteiro
6 Peter Taber
June 10 John Gomes
30 Joseph Gomes
July 13 Joseph J Pierce
25 Mary Rose
30 Rose Pina
Sept 25 Frank J Nunes
26 Frank J Morris
Dec 19 Rosie Rose
20 Henry Lopes
John Rose, Amelia Rose Isaac Gomes, Isabel Monteiro William Rose, Julia Pina William Gomes, Rose Monteiro Joseph Perrie, Rose Pina John Lima, Mary J Gibou John Grace, Isabel Lopes Ceasar Monteiro, Jennie Ferdnandes Manuel Taber, Mary Lopes Manuel Gomes, Fannie Diaz John Gomes, Mary Barlow John J Pierce, Mary J Silva Manuel Rose, Minnie Burros Anthony Pina, Jennie Fortes Antone J Nunes, Elvira S Nunes Anthony Morris, Alvira Nunes Gideon Rose, Kate G Santos John Lopes, Justa Roderick
85
Town Clerk's Report of Marriages Recorded in Harwich in the Year 1910
DATE
NAME OF PARTIES
AGE
RESIDENCE
Jan
12
Amos O. Eldredge Elizabeth Cavanagh
56
Harwichport Boston
Feb
5
Herbert A. Ryder
26
Harwich
Julia M. Anderson
35
Wareham
Feb
25
Jack M. Silva
28
Fairhaven Harwich
June 7
Walter H. Berry
26
West Harwich
Mary A. Walsh
24
West Harwich
June
9
Ernest I. Bassett
27
Harwich Harwich
June 12
Carl Louis Bearse
21
Sagamore Harwich
June 15
James F. Chase
56
Dennisport North Harwich
July 7
Richard E. Bullock
22
Alice C. Gray
24
South Harwich South Harwich
July 25
James C. Young
16
Chatham Wellfleet
July 26
Benjamin C. Bassett Louise Wallace Love
19
Harwich Dennis
Aug
7
Lewis D. Rogers Bertha F. Russell
40
East Harwich
Aug
9
John G. Gomes Mary Barrows
35
Harwich Harwich
Aug
9
Howard Warren Peck
34
Dorchester Chatham
Aug 10
Henry Baptiste Emma Corea
25
18
New Bedford Harwich
Tamson Chase
25
Clara May Rogers
18
22
Selena Taylor
46
Elizabeth J. Taylor
24
Eliza Amanda Small
24
Annie M. Lopes
17
27
48 East Harwich
38
86
MARRIAGES-Continued
DATE
NAME OF PARTIES
AGE
RESIDENCE
Aug 25
Perry S. Howe
30
Holyoke South Harwich
Sept
6
Ensign Rogers
66
Harwichport
Susan Nickerson
62
Dennisport
Sept 28
Conant W. Udell
24
Dracut
Eva B. Wixon
22
West Harwich
Sept 28
Albert K. Chase
25
Marie V. Buck
19
Harwich Harwichport
Nov
24
Clifton G. Gilpatrick Pamelia B. Baker
24
Dorchester Harwichport
Dec
20
Elijah L. Stokes Emily D. Whittemore
32
South Harwich Dennisport
Dec
21
Ralph Cahoon May Gertrude Bassett
22
17
West Dennis Harwich
Mary E. Smith
27
25
33
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87
Town Clerk's Report of Deaths Recorded in the Town of Harwich in the Year 1910
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan
17 Almenah Spindle
65
1
8
Cancer (abdominal)
23 Marinda N. Berry
76
9
15
Pneumonia
29 Abbie R. Miles
65
0
27
Carcinoma of Left Breast
Feb
4 Sabra F. Baker
53
3 [21
Uraemia
10 Gladys C. M. Clark
17
6
13
Tuberculosis Pharyngitis
14 Albert G. Parker
64
4
Chronic Nephritis
.20 Clara Kelley
59
0
5
Acute Indigestion
Mch
5 Domina Naves
11
5
0
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
20
Tryphena F. Chase
80
4
6 Broncho Pneumonia
31 William Wentzell
65
3
6 Acute Indigestion
19 Huldah L. Nickerson
44
8
7
Carcinoma of Uterus
22 Female Infant (D. S. Steele)
66
9
3
Diabetes Mellitus
May 3 Rebecca S. Chase
68
10
9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
10 Sabra Nickerson
69
3
1
Cancer of Liver
13 Susannah M. Doane
69
7
0
Organic Heart Disease
16 Wilfred A. Nickerson
36
8
24
Sarcoma of Intestines
19 Charles Tuttle
82
6 14
20 Sarah L. Allen
87
6
12
June 8 Ziba Cahoon
77
7
3
Arterio Sebrosis
14 James B. Nelson
73
4
0
July
1 Timothy F. McKay
47
5
3
Acute Nephritis
1 Mehitable N. Studley
82
6
8
Vital Degeneration
14 William Mulcahey
76
0
0
Organic Heart Disease
24 Female Infant (E. G. Harding)
Stillborn
27 |Jerusha N. Smith
80
4
19
Chronic Valvular
Heart
75
11
5
Cancer (Uterine)
13 Melissa G. Nickerson
78
9
9
Arterio Selerosis
24 Albert J. Streeter
56
6 12
Cerebral Haemorrhage following bathing
Haemorrhage Larynx
Sept 11
29 Almena H. Eldredge Rhoda C. Hulse
70
9 11
Cerebral Haemorrhage
1
26
Abscess of Face
15|C. Alonzo Clark
10
1
25
Acute Tonsilitis
16 Eben Phillips
79
0
0
Lobar Pneumonia
Apr
5 Louise B. Crowell
68
7
27 Paralysis of Heart
21 Rufus P. Butler
Stillborn
Pulmonary Oedema
31 Seriah C. Nichols
61
10
7
Cerebral Haemorrhage
Paresis
Disease
Aug
10 Laura M. Baker
Y
M
D
Old Age
17 Mary Louise Doane
61
88
DEATHS-Continued
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
Sept 17 Barbara W. Raymond
72
9
29
Arterio Selerosis
18 Celia Lawrence
72
0
0
Carcinoma of Uterus
Oct
10 Browning B. Crowell
78
9
13
Valvular Disease of Heart Stillborn
20 Mary K. Gifford
71
10 29
Indigestion
25 Amanda Jenkins
76
3
21
Chronic Ulceration of Stomach
27 Male Infant (Frank E. Eldredge)
0
0
24
Congenital Heart Disease
28 Alfred K. Mayo
63
5
8
Cerebral Haemorrhage
4 Joseph H. Penno
67
5
0
Cerebral Haemorrhage
8 Eunice B. Kelley
70
5 11
Chronic Valvular Heart
22 Benjamin F. Kelley
68
7
23
Paralysis of Brain
25 Dorothy Sabra Latch
0
6
8
Congenital Heart Disease
28 Bethiah Allen
85
3 20
Atrophy of Brain
Dec
9 Adaline Doane
91
2
7
Cerebral Haemorrhage
8 Jane Freeman Taylor
73
8 29
Ulceration of Stomach
25 Drucilla T. Swift
43
11
22
Pleurisy
30 Sarah Annie Chase
72
11
15
Brights Disease
Y
M
D
17 Infant (Arthur L. Megathlin)
Nov
Disease
89
DOG LICENSE ACCOUNT.
13 Female Dogs at $5.00, $ 65.00
111 Male Dogs at $2.00,
222.00
124 Dogs,
$287.00
Clerk's fees,
24.80
Paid County Treasurer, $262.20
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD,
Town Clerk.
Town Meeting Warrant, 1911
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 the inhabitants of the Town of Harwich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Exchange Hall, Harwich, in said town, on Monday, February 6, 1911, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To determine the rate per cent. to be paid the Tax Collector for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 3. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees for the term of one year : Town Clerk and Treasurer, three Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health, one Assessor for three years, three Herring Committee, two Auditors, three Constables, one Tax Collector for the term of one year, one School Committee for the term of three years, one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, one Park Commissioner for the term of three years, one Trustee for Brooks Library for the term of three years. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ? Vote Yes or No.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Committees, and act fully thereon.
Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1910, and act fully thereon.
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Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs, Oysters and Scallops within the town limits, as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts in amendment thereto, of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as they deem expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to repair or build the lower bridge on Herring River and appropriate a sum of money for the same, and determine in what manner the said money shall be raised for the same.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the im- provement of Wychmere Harbor, at Harwichport, provided the State will furnish and use five thousand dollars for that purpose.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to accept as a gift all avenues and private ways that were laid out and controlled by the stockholders of the Ocean Grove Associa- tion at Harwichport, Mass., (plan of avenues and private ways on record at Barnstable), providing the stockholders of said Association will give the town a deed of the same, and act fully thereon.
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Article 12. To see if the town will vote to empower, authorize and direct the School Committee to provide trans- portation for certain pupils residing in the town, attending the Harwich High School, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 13. To know if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of building in part a fence around the Old Burying Ground, near the East Harwich Methodist Meeting House, in East Harwich, and act fully thereon.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to build a piece of stone and iron fence at North Harwich Cemetery.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden and improve with oil, four miles of road in said town, designated as fol- lows: One mile of the Brewster road, so-called, beginning at the terminus of the macadam construction on said road, at or near the residence of Nathan B. Walker, and thence continuing north; also, one mile of the main road running through the village of East Harwich, beginning at a point on said road at a point known as Nathan Nickerson's cor- ner, thence continuing southerly through said village; also one mile of road through the village of North Harwich, beginning at the location of N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Com- pany, near the North Harwich Station, and thence con- tinuing northerly over said road, through said village to the Four Corners, so-called, and thence easterly over said road, over the Herring Brook, toward Harwich Center; also, one mile of road, beginning at the junction of the
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macadam construction in Harwich Center, near the Congre- gational Church Parsonage, and the road leading by the Harwich Almshouse, to West Harwich, thence southerly and westerly over said road, and to determine in what manner the money shall be raised and the payment thereof met, and to act fully thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to construct a road laid out by the Road Commissioners, beginning near the residence of the late Braddock G. Phillips, to connect with another road near the shore.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow the lay-out of the road in South Harwich opposite the residence of George Doane, southerly and southeasterly to land belonging to Wm. P. Neil, as appears by plan and records on file in the Town Clerk's office of said Harwich, and to make an appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be used in connection with a like sum contributed by subscription, to erect a Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument to the memory of the Har- wich soldiers and sailors of the great Civil War of 1861-65, and act fully thereon.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to sell grants in Herring River for shell-fisheries, and said grantees to improve grants each year, and act fully thereon.
Article 20. To see if the town will instruct the Select- men to so arrange the warrant for the annual town meeting for 1912 that the town's business, or that portion relating to Report of Town Officers, at least, shall be acted on before election of officers.
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Article 21. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Assessors for the year 1911, to insert in the next annual Town Report the names of all persons and amounts wholly and partially exempt from taxation.
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