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24.00
Aaron Baker
12.00
Aaron Baker, Horse
9.60
Seth F. Wixon
12.00
Gussie Chase
8.00
Joel Ramos
8.00
John Nunes
8.00
John Nunes, Truck
2.00
James Roderick
8.00
Manuel Roderick
8.00
Andrew Kendrick, 40 Posts @ .50
20.00
Charles Ellis
13 gal. White Paint
48.75
Spirits Turpentine
3.80
40
A. H. Bassett
1 gal. White Paint
4.00
Spirits Turpentine 1.50
Harwich Lumber Company
788 ft. 2x4 Fir
39.40
363 ft. 1x3 Furring
5.45
27 lbs. Com. Nails
1,94
187 ft. Cedar Posts
16.83
53 ft. 4x4 Fir
3.18
75 ft. 2x8 Fir
4.13
$292.58
Appropriation
$300.00
Unexpended
7.42
HARWICH PORT SIDEWALK
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 5.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
6.00
Wallace Harding
4.00
James Roderick
4.00
Manuel Roderick
4.00
Earl Parker
4.00
Otis R. Mann, Concrete
950.00
$977.00
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Unexpended
23.00
HARWICH CENTRE SIDEWALK
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 10.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
12.00
Leon Kendrick
8.00
Manuel Roderick
8.00
41
Ray Chase 8.00
Earl Dean 8.00
Frank Raneo 4.00
Rueben Kendrick, Truck
4.00
John Nunes
4.00
John Nunes, Truck
8.00
Seth Ellis
2.00
Seth Ellis, Truck
4.00
James Cummings
2.00
James Cummings, Truck
4.00
Aaron Baker
2.00
James Roderick
4.00
James Galvin
4.00
Joel Ramos
4.00
Frank S. Rose
4.00
New Haven Trap Rock Co.
165500 lbs Trap Rock Screen, 80 ton
66.20
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
Freight on Trap Rock
128.27
$298.47
Appropriation
$300.00
Unexpended
1.53
HARWICH CENTRE SIDEWALK AND CURBING
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 15.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
12.00
Benjamin Galvin
17.25
James Roderick
17.25
Joel Ramos
2.75
Frank D. Rose
9.50
Manuel Roderick
3.50
Norman Ellis
88.75
Otis R. Mann, Concrete
54.00
42
Fred Crowell, 34 ft. Curbing @ .65 22.10
Harwich Lumber Company
416 ft. 1x6 No. 1 Mat. Rfs. @ 50. 20.80
95 ft. 2x3 Spruce @ 55. 7.22
216 Lim 1x2 Furring @ .01
2.16
112 ft. Reinforcing Rds. @ .05 5.60
32 ft. Angle Iron Rds. @ .06
1.92
112 ft. 1x12 Cov. Bds. @ 50.
5.60
54 bags of Cement @ .80
43.20
5 lbs. Com. Nails @ .07 .35
$328.95
Appropriation
$375.00
Unexpended
46.05
WEST HARWICH SHORE ROAD
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 60.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
80.50
Leon Kendrick
22.00
Manuel Roderick
41.75
Joel Ramos
36.75
Ray Chase
6.00
James Cummings
22.00
James Cummings, Truck
40.00
James Cummings, Horses
3.20
Aaron Baker
21.50
Frank D. Rose
6.75
James Roderick
37.75
Reuben Kendrick, Truck
4.00
John Nunes
2.00
John Nunes, Truck
4.00
Seth Ellis
2.00
Seth Ellis, Truck
4.00
Benjamin Galvin
21.75
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Frank Raneo
2.00
Frank S. Rose
35.00
Earl Dean
15.75
Bertram Crosby
17.25
Bertram Crosby, Truck
34.50
Peter Balla
19.75
Peter Balla, Truck
39.50
Louis A. Bryne
12.00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
310 Cu. Yds. Cinders @ 1.25
387.50
$979.20
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Unexpended
20.80
BRIDGES
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 20.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
17.00
James Roderick
18.75
Earl Parker
16.00
Manuel Roderick
16.75
Wallace Harding
16.75
Ray Chase
12.75
Harwich Lumber Company
64 ft. 2x8 Fir
3.52
24 ft. 1x8 Fir
1.20
20 1bs. Nails and Spikes
1.40
5430 ft. 3x6 Hard Pine
488.70
3650 ft. 2x6 Hard Pine
292.00
28 gals. Cresote
16.80
2 Kegs 60 1b. Nails
14.00
2 Kegs 30 1b. Nails
14.00
1 Brush, 6 in.
1.25
18 ft. 1x6 Rgf.
1.08
44
34 ft. 5-8x4 Fir
2.04
66 ft. 2x10 Fir
3.96
40 ft. 2x12 Fir
2.40
1 Paint Pail
.15
$960.50
Appropriation
$300.00
SNOW
Alonzo Nickerson
$ 20.00
Alonzo Nickerson, Truck
29.50
Isiah Kelley
48.00
Isiah Kelley, Horses
44.80
Frank Hall
10.00
Frank Hall, Horse
8.00
Leon Kendrick
7.50
Reuben Kendrick
3.25
Franklin Kelley
12.00
Seabury Taylor
4.00
Seabury Taylor, Horse
3.20
Benjamin Rose
8.00
Benjamin Rose, Horse
6.40
William Barnes, Tractor
52.00
Eugene Nickerson
4.00
Charles Bassett
19.50
Appropriation
$300.00
Unexpended
19,85
$280.15
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TOWN OF HARWICH BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1929.
Assets
Cash on hand
$33,561.25
Due from Moth Tax 1927
166.94
Due from Tax 1928
2,434.26
Due from Moth Tax 1928
12.87
Due from Tax 1929
20,619.94
Due from Moth Tax 1929
284.48
Due from Excise Tax 1929
2,172.54
Due from State Aid
144.00
Due from State Dept. of Public Health
285.35
$59,681.63
Liabilities
Balance Overlays 1927
$ 375.11
Balance Overlays 1928
264.66
Balance Overlays 1929
926.95
Forest Patrol
300.00
Wychmere Harbor Dock
1,971.50
Dredging Herring River
3,000.00
Mosquitoes
1.000.00
Kelley Lane
300.00
West Harwich Beach
125.00
Milk Inspector
75.00
Soldiers Bonus
1,081.45
Land Damage, B. F. Bee Road
100.00
Land Damage, So. Harwich
60.00
School Building Loans
5,000.00
Selectmen Estimated Bills, different depts.
600.00
$15,179.67
Assets in excess of Liabilities
44,501.96
$59,681.63
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REPORT OF
TRUSTEES CALEB CHASE FUND
INTEREST ACCOUNT December 31, 1929
Received interest for the year $493.35
Paid Overseers of Public Welfare $493.35
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 1929
1,000 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., 5 % Bond $1,000.00
1,000 Middlesex & Boston St. Railway
4. one-half % Bond 950.00
1,000 Boston & Albany Railroad 4 % Bond 917.39
1,000 Mass. Gas Company 4 one-half % Bond 945.00
1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 5 % Bond 980.00
1,000 U. S. Liberty Loan 4 one-quarter % Bond.
1,000.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan 4 one-quarter % Bond
1,892.88
10 Shares W. L. Douglas Shoe Co.
7 % Pref. 1,000.00
Deposit in Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1,317.23
$10,002.50
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Respectfully submitted,
Alton P. Goss,
Walter Emery,
Edwin K. Bearse,
Theophilus B. Baker, Joseph B. Atkins,
Earl B. Eldredge,
J. Freeman Ryder, Trustees Caleb Chase Fund.
I, the undersigned Accounting Officer of the Town of Harwich, have this day examined the Books and Vouch- ers of the Treasurer for the Trustees of the Caleb Chase Fund and found the same correct.
December 31, 1929.
FRANKLIN D. UNDERWOOD,
Accountant.
DOG LICENSES - 1929
189 Males @ $2.00
$378.00
60 Females @ $5.00
300.00
1 Kennel
50.00
Total Received $728.00
Fees 249 Licenses @ 20 Cents
49.80
$678.20
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Clerk.
By Charles T. Chase, Asst.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Year Ending December 31, 1929
Burial Lots
Deposited
Expended
On hand
Daniel H. Smith, H. C.
$$ 100.00
$ 10.89
$ 100.00
Charles T. Bent, H. C.
5000.00
94.52.
5030.48
Herbert Franklin Snow, H. C. 200.00
5.00
200.00
Alonzo T. Overbaugh &
Joseph Butler, H. C.
200.00
14.00
208.26
Nathan Underwood, H. C.
200.00
8.00
210.57
Henry T. & Eliza D. Crosby, H.C. 200.00
14.80
209.90
James McLean, H. C.
50.00
3.00
50.77
Elvira Cahoon, H. C.
125
8.00
128.28
Ebenezer Eldredge, H. C.
100.00
4.00
103.80
Anthony S. Megathlin, H. C.
100.00
8.00
100.00
Lucy E. Underwood, H. C.
150.00
170.15
William F. Crapo, H. C.
150.00
207.41
Love C. Atwood, H. C.
150.00
7.00
160.88
Nathan Foster, H. C.
250.00
11.50
328.85
Cyrus Baker, H. C.
100.00
8.00
100.00
Ruth C. Cook, H. C.
50.00
5.00
50.00
Lawrence Doyle, H. C.
50.00
52.57
Charles W. Dunton, H. C.
25.00
1.50
26.36
Levi Long, H. C.
200.00
12.00
215.45
Huldah Nickerson, H. C.
50.00
57.94
Franklin Snow, H. P.
100.00
100.42
Lewis B. Doane, H. P.
50.00
51.25
Burgess T. Simmons, H. P.
100.00
116.42
Richard Baker, H. P.
100.00
126.62
Agustus C. Snow, H. P.
100.00
126.77
Jonathan B. Young, H. P.
75.00
108.37
Albert D. Long, H. P.
50.00
65.73
49
Eunice B. Kelley, H. P.
100.00
156.09
Henry J. Reed, H. P.
50.00
54.86
Mary T. Ives, H. P.
50.00
54.86
James B. Doane, W. H.
100.00
5.00
100.20
James Berry Sr., W. H.
100.00
5.00
100.20
James C. Berry, W. H.
100.00
5.00
100.20
Henry C. Berry, W. H.
100.00
5.00
100.20
Sarah M. Baker, W. H.
50.00
2.50
50.12
Baxter D. Kelley, W. H.
50.00
2.50
50.12
William E. Ansel, W. H.
100.00
105.21
Ann J. Norris, W. H.
100.00
105.21
Clara M. Long, W. H.
50.00
2.50
50.12
Isaiah K. Eldredge, W. H.
100.00
5.00
100.20
Benjamin F. Kelley, W. H.
75.00
3.75
75.12
Caleb Chase, W. H.
300.00
15.00
300.22
Henry Nickerson, W. H.
50.00
2.50
50.12
Mary Janes, W. H.
2.00
10.00
200.52
Myra L. Cahoon, N. H.
200.00
10.00
200.13
Emma J. Briggs, N. H.
50.00
64.54
Polly M. Eldredge, N. H.
50.00
55.39
Samuel Small, E. H.
125.00
21.00
134.19
Old M. E. Church Cemetery, E.H. 500.00
500.00
George W. Nickerson, S. H.
200.00
200.00
Alonzo Kendrick, S. H.
100.00
4.50
100.13
Isaac B. Eldredge, S. H.
200.00
7.75
224.44
Samuel J. Miles, S. H.
75.00
6.00
93.00
Total
$11,200.00
$322.43 $11732.63
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Births Recorded in the Town of Harwich
1929
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Resid'ce
Mar. 16
Charles Scott Kennedy
William Scott Kennedy Helen H. Hall Kennedy
N. H. H. C.
Mar. 18
Leroy Franklin Silva
Raymond Silva Jennie Fernand Silva Joseph Perry Adaline Allen Bassett Perry
H. C.
May 1
Alfred Bangs Higgins
Albert Wesley Higgins
E. H.
May 2
Engner Faria Andrade
Joseph Faria Andrade Lena Pena Andrade Bertram W. Eldredge Hazel Holman Eldredge Manuel Thatcher
H. C.
June 15 Anthony Francis Thatcher
H. C.
June 16
Precilla Ethel Gonsalves
John Gonsalves Blanche Lopes Gonsalves
H. C.
June 19
Robert Edward Marceline
Charles P. Marceline
Carrie E. Muller Marceline
June 26
June Pina
Adeline Pina
July 3 Stillborn
Joseph Monterio Jennie Vera Monterio
July .10
Herman Joseph Santos
John D. Santos Mary Pena Santos
H. C.
July 28
Calvin Burleigh Eldredge
Calvin Clement Eldredge
P. L.
July 30
Almond Gage Ryder
Almond Gage Ryder Welhemina Ryder (Pyy)
H. C.
July 31
Gwendolyn Sylvia Lee
Cyrus C. Lee Avis Allen Lee
S. H.
Aug. 26
William Sandford Small
Bernard Foster Small Pauline May Sylvester Small
H. C.
Aug. 27
Unnamed Male
Chester Baker Kelley Ada F. Berry Kelley
W. H. W. H.
Sept. 10
Maxine Beatrice Orton
William Richard Orton Florence Gertrude Nevens Orton
Sept. 13
Norwell Robert May
Arthur Howard May
H. C.
Inex I. Phillips May
Sept. 16
Donald Francis Ryder
Everett T. Ryder Louise Chase Ryder
H. C.
Mar. 29
Unnamed Female
Pauline M. Nickerson Higgins
H. C.
May 9 Stillborn
Bessie Walker Thatcher
H. C. P. L. P. L.
Mary Clara Atkins Eldredge
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Births-Continued
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Resid'ce
Sept. 23
Corliss Dustin Peters
Joseph Lewis Peters
H. P.
Sept. 26
Geneva Tavares .
Alice Genevieve Crowell Peters Joseph H. Tavares Rose G. Balla Tavares
H. C.
Sept. 29
Earl Preston Rogers
Preston Algernon Rogers
W. H.
Oct. 1
Charles Clifton Munroe
Joseph Gibbs Munroe M. Evelyn Nickerson Munroe
H. C.
Oct.
3
Caroline Gomes
Frank Gomes Mary Gomes
H. C.
Oct.
15
Bernice Ione Bates
Bernard Wallace Bates Alict E. Miles Bates
N. H.
Nov. 14
Marion Lawrence Selley
George Selley H. P.
Helen L. Selley (Bowen)
Nov. 16
Frank Merriwell Eldredge
Herbert F. Eldredge H. C.
Anna May Silva Eldredge
Nov. 27
Harold Otis Nickerson
E. Gorham Nickerson Elizabeth Wardle Nickerson
E. H.
Nov. 27
Norma Teresa Bearse
Ethan A. Bearse
W. H.
Effie M. Grant Bearse
Dec. 3
George Fredrick James Kelley
Franklin William Kelley Ella T. Beaupre Kelley
H. C.
Ida Ellen Grant Rogers
52
Marriages Registered in the Town of Harwich 1929
Date
Names
Age Residence
Jan. 1
Fredrick L. Grant
24 Harwich
Mary E. Keen
17 Harwich
Jan.
9
Ivan H. Small
21 South Harwich
Doris R. Thayer
23 South Harwich
Jan. 10
Isaiah W. Eldredge
58 Harwich
Emmie F. Kelley
53 Dennis, Mass
Mar.
3
Christian Rose
33 Harwich
Mary Andrews
38 Harwich
Mar. 24
Robley Evans Fulcher
21 Orleans, Mass.
Carmell Louise Harris
20 Eastham, Mass
Apr.
6
Snow J. Rose
27 Harwich
Apr. 7
Alton Russel Barlow Lillian May Nickerson
15 Yarmouth, Mass.
Apr.
9
Walter Ayrault
31 Provincetown, Mass.
Apr. 27
Bernard Wallace Bates
24 North Harwich
Alice Elanor Miles
17 Dennis, Mass.
Apr. 23
Willis Colburn Newcomb
34 Harwich Port
Doris Nickerson Miller
35 Dennis, Mass.
May
30
William Mann Allen Evelyn Edna Nickerson
24 Harwich
June 23
Victor Stanley Ryder Edith Allen Glover
31 Avon, Mass.
June 26
Lester Harrington Bassett
23 Harwich
Lillian Martha Kelley
17 Dennis, Mass.
June 30
Lester Rufus Gray Josephine Francis Bassett
21 Harwich
July 7
Louis George Smith Seviah Nichols
25 Harwich
July 26 John N. O'Brien
26 Yarmouth, Mass.
Stella M. Ellis
23 Harwich
July 28
Chester G. Doane, Jr. Isabel Nickerson Cahoon
24
West Harwich
Aug.
4
Charles Leland Holmes
23 East Harwich
Lillian Louise Berry
17 Dennis, Mass.
Aug. 10
James W. Gomes Edith Andrews
20 Harwich
Sept.
7
Everett E. Smith
54 Brockton, Mass.
Laura A. Eldredge
22 Harwich
Berinda Gomes Rose
18 West Harwich
42 Provincetown, Mass.
Edith May Silva
20 Harwich
33 North Harwich
31 Harwich
38 Brewster, Mass.
25 Harwich Port
25 Harwich
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Marriages-Continued
Date
Names
Age
Residence
Sept. 29
George F. Chase, Jr.
30 Dennis, Mass.
Charlotte A. Chase
22 West Chatham, Mass.
Olat. 6
Joel W. Spencer
58 West Harwich Gloversville, N. Y.
Oct. 21
Willard Gordon Smith
21 Orleans, Mass.
Oct.
29
Marion Eldredge Nickerson John A. Pena
33 Harwich
Erundina Leite
22 Harwich
Oct.
30
Raymond L. Costa
25 Harwich
Nov.
2
Francis James Hibbert Julia Higgins Wixon
22 Harwich
Nov. 18
Lawrence Raymond Small Elanor Chase
22 Harwich
Nov.
25
Oliver William Hallett Marion Louise Dumont
17 Harwich
Nov.
30
John Everett White Emma F. Thompson
23 Dennis, Mass.
Dec. 18
Axel Jepson
62 Harwich Port
Gertrude R. Heron
59 Harwich Port
Dec. 22
Jay Doten Redding Helga Muller Wilson
47 Harwich Port
Dec.
27.
Samuel T. Lima
34 Harwich
Annie M. Fortes
36 Harwich
Dec.
29
William H. Cahoon
59 Onset, Wareham, Mass.
Mary Winchester
40 Onset, Wareham Mass.
20 Harwich
Marion Violet Gomes
19 Harwich
25 Harwich
20 Harwich Port
21 Barnstable, Mass.
24 Great Neck, L. I., N. Y.
48 Harwich Port
Amelia H. Youngren Geiste
Deaths Registered in the Town of Harwich 1929
Date
Name of Deceased
Y.
Age M.
D.
Jan.
9
Ramona N. Hopkins
1
1
5
Whooping Cough
H. P.
13
William Alton Eldredge
71
8
28
Arterio Sclerosis
S. H.
15
Roderick D. Chase
76
5
Organic Heart Desease
H. P.
21
Manuel Lopes
62
..
..
Appolexy
P. L.
28
Richard E. Gray
80
3
2
Appolexy
N. H.
30 John Handren
81
7
3 Parlyses Agitous
H. C.
Feb.
6 Levi Snow
84
19
Arterio Sclerosis
H. P.
9
Isaac B. Bassett
83
6
2
Capellery Bronchitis
H. C.
9
Asa S. Rogers
89
22
LaGrippe
E. H.
14
Frank B. Rogers
64
..
8
19
General Arterio Scleroses
H. C.
21
Nathan Nickerson Bearse
35
7
19
Lobar Pneumonia
H. P.
Mar.
9
William Strong
63
3
11
Double Lobar Pneumonia
P. L.
Apr.
13 Kate T. Bearse
87
1
17
Arterio Scleroses
H. C.
May
4
John D. Santos
28
11
8
Accident
9
Frank H. Thompson
70
4
Accute Diffrese Nephrites
H. C.
9
Eldredge Male
W. H.
10
Harriett R. Chase
10
1 Drowning
27
Stephen Cahoon
82
9
3 Cerebral Hemorrhage
H. C.
July
3 Monterio Male
75
9
6
Appolexy
8
Eliza Moody Eldredge
92
4
19
Appolexy
..
Stillborn H. Hospital
S. H.
6
Edward H. Squibbs
H. C.
....
Septicemia
N. H.
84
25
Dorothy P. Stetson
Arterio Scleroses
W. H.
22 Mary Rose Senna
99
H. C.
Stillborn
H. C.
....
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Residence
Cause of Death
Deaths Registered in the Town of Harwich-1929-Cont.
Residence
Date
Name of Deceased
Y.
Age M. D.
Cause of Death
9
Mary Atwood Small
85
5
Natural Causes
H. C.
24
Andrew K. Chase
80
4
12
Aterio Scleroses
W. H.
Aug.
6
William E. Barnes
83
Arterio Scleroses
H. C.
12
Henry Small
81
10
9
Aterio Scleroses
H. C.
25
Moses Eli Small
80
4
12
Acute Nephites
E. H.
Sept.
10
Sidney Brooks Moody
63
4
25
Chronic Interatetial Nephrites
P. L.
26
John E. Dunlap
73
62
Angina Pectores
H. P.
Oct.
11
Herbert F. Berry
74
11
1
Arterio Scleroses
W. H.
18
William Fisher Sime
85
2
23
Carcenoma of Duodemun
H. C.
Nov.
9
Henreitta Carver
81
24
Arterio Scleroses
H. P.
11
Mary P. Burgess
33
4
16
Suicide
H. P.
19
Francis Abbott Nickerson
83
1 Arterio Scleroses
W. H.
20
William Passaner
36
Hypertensive Heart
H. C.
Dec.
20
Uriah L. Eldredge
93
1
16
Arterio Scleroses
H. C.
25
Howard R. May
54
7
20
Arterio Scleroses
H. C.
55
58
9
26
Gastric Carcenoma
H. C.
Streptococuessepames
H. P.
27
Paul R. Gray
11
Alfred W. Petteren
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
FEBRUARY 3, 1930
Barnstable, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich in said County
GREETINGS :-
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 af- fairs to meet in the Exchange Hall, in said Town, on Mon- day, February 3, 1930 at nine o'clock a. m. there and then to act on the following articles :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose on one ballott the following Town Officers and Committees :- Town Clerk for one year ; Town Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year; one Se- lectman and Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health for three years; one Assessor for three years; three Herring Committee for one year; three Contables for one year ; one School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year and act fully thereon.
Article 6. 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 theron.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs and Scallops within the Town limits, as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts and amendments there to of the revised Laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be deemed expedient and act fully thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to main- tain Electric lights for lighting the whole of Ocean Grove for five months, begining June 1, 1930 and raise and appro- priate the sum of ($96.00) ninety-six dollars to defray the expense of same.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of ($2,000.00) two thousand dollars for dredging and jetty work at Allens Harbor, providing the State will ap- propriate a suitable amount to go with same.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to top coat, or re- construct with bituminous concrete, the Sisson Road, so called, from the Parsonage corner at Harwich Centre to the State Highway at Sisson's Corner.
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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed ($1,000.00) one thousand dollars under the provisions of sub section 21 of Section 1 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1921 and any and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the em- ploying of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association, Inc.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of ($50.00) fifty dollars for the benefit of the Harwich Port Library Association.
Article 13. To see if the Town will elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept a lung motor as the gift of Harwich Post, No. 292, of the American Legion and provide for its maintainence and location at the Fire Station, or some other suitable place, for the use and convenience of its citizens.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($1,500.00) fifteen hundred dollars to harden with Bituminus Concrete, or other material, the Sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, West Harwich, beginning at the Dennis line, and extending Easterly as far as the money will go and act fully thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road in West Harwich as laid out by the Selectmen, be- ginning at Earl road, and extending easterly to Brooks road, and to raise and appropriate the sum of ($300.00) three hundred dollars for making the road passable and safe.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road in West Harwich as laid out by the Selectmen, be- ginning at the Lower County road and extending Southerly
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to Nantucket Sound. This is an extention of Pleasant street, so called, and to raise and appropriate the sum of ($350.00) three hundred and fifty dollars for grading and hardening of this road.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to make a Town ordinance for Main street, Harwich Port, under Chap. 357, Sec. 5 of the Acts of 1928 for one through way traffic from beginning and including Miles street at Beals Corner and extending to and including Snow Inn road, and act fully thereon.
Section 5. Stop Before Entering Through Street.
The following streets and parts of streets are hereby de- clared to constitute through streets for the purpose of this section:
Define streets and extent.
Beginning and including Miles street at Beals corner and extending to and including Snow Inn road, Harwich Port.
Every operator of a vehicle, street car or other conveyance traveling upon any street intersecting any through street above designated, shall bring such vehicle, street car or other conveyance to a full stop at the place where such street meets the prolongation of the nearest property line of such through street, subject, how- ever, to the direction of any traffic control sign, or signal, or any police officer at such intersection.
The operator of any vehicle who has come to a full stop as required above, upon entering the through street, as well as oper- ators of vehicles on such through streets, shall be subject to the usual right of way rule prescribed by law and applicable to vehicles at intersections.
The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen is hereby author- ized and required to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained on each and every street intersecting a through street designated above, and at or near the property line of the through street, appropriate signs upon the street (and in addition thereto may place and maintain any appropriate devices or marks in the roadway), such signs, devices or marks to bear the word "STOP" and to be located in such position and to be provided with letters of a size to be clearly legible from a distance of at least 100 feet along the street intersecting the through street. All such signs shall be illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by street lights or by the headlights of approaching motor vehicles.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($2,543.55) two thousand, five hun- dred forty-three dollars and fifty-five cents to reimburse the State Dept. of Public Works one half, of the amount expended for the protection of the West Harwich beach and act fully thereon.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($10,000.00) ten thousand dollars to build a bridge over Herring River at Lower County road and finish the road. This work to come under Chap. 90 of the general laws where by the Town pays one quarter, the County one quarter and the State one half, total amount ($40,000.00) forty thousand dollars.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to discontin- ue the collection of Garbage and Refuse in the condensed section of Harwich Port and act fully thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($15,000.00) fifteen thousand for the collection of Garbage and Refuse in the Town of Harwich from May 30, 1930 to May 30, 1931 and act fully thereon.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to sponsor the Act filed in the Legis- lature seeking to amend the existing act relating to appro- priations by the Town for Public Amusements so that the Town can raise a sum not exceeding ($2,500.00) two thous- and five hundred dollars for said purpose instead of ($1,000.00) one thousand as now provided.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding ($2,500.00) two thousand five hundred to be used by the Recreation Committee of the Town for promotion of Base Ball providing the Legislature amends the Acts of 1929, Sec. 1 of Chap. 272 enabling such action.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will pass a by-law to provide for an appropriation, advisory or finance commit- tee, as required by Chapter 388 of the Acts of 1923, or to take any action relative thereto.
Voted : that the Town adopt the following by-law :
Section 1. There shall be an appropriation committee for the Town to which shall be referred all articles in any warrant hereafter issued for a town meeting. The selectmen, after draw- ing a warrant for a town meeting, shall immediately forward a copy thereof to each member of said committee, which shall con- sider all articles in the warrant and make such report, in print or otherwise, to the town meetings as it deems for the best interest of the Town. The said committee shall consist of nine persons to be appointed as provided in the following section.
Section 2. The moderator of the town meeting when this by-law is adopted shall, within thirty days after such by-law be- comes effective, appoint from the citizens of the town three per- sons whose term of office shall expire at the adjournment of the first annual meeting following the time when this by-law becomes effective; three whose term of office shall expire at the adjourn- ment of the second annual meeting following the time when this by-law becomes effective; and three whose term of office shall ex- pire at the adjournment of the third annual meeting following the time when this by-law becomes effective. Annually thereafter the moderator presiding at the close of an annual town meeting shall, within thirty days, appoint three members whose term of office shall expire at the close of the third annual meeting after their appointment. Said committee shall choose its own officers and shall, serve without pay.
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