Town annual reports of the selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Harwich 1935, Part 3

Author: Harwich (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 190


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Henry M. Crosby


4.00


Walter Cahoon, Sr.


8.00


Manuel Pena


8.00


Joseph Roderick


134.25


Manuel Lopes


2.00


George Gomes


6.00


Frank F. Rose


4.00


Ozias Bassett


48.50


James Gomes


18.50


Joseph Andrade


1.50


Benjamin Phillips


19.00


Arthur Bassett


10.00


69


Adolph Galvin


19.00


Louis Fernandes


38.50


Rufus Gray


28.00


Joshua Doane


48.00


Nelos Vagenas


62.00


Joseph Silva


8.00


Vincent P. Souza


16.00


Frank S. Rose


38.00


Anthony Naves


62.00


Bertram Eldredge


12.00


Henry Gomes


38.00


Albert Saunders


12.00


Manuel Lopes


4.00


John Nunes


58.25


Earl Parker


12.00


Byron Small


28.00


Earl Bassett


10.00


Earl Dean


120.50


Everett Eldredge


32.00


Everett Eldredge, truck


55.00


John C. Our


179.55


John Monterio


14.50


Benjamin Pena


10.00


Domingo Rose


12.00


John Erbes


74.00


Benjamin Galvin


16.50


Isaac Kendrick


6.00


James Cummings


22.50


James Cummings, truck


24.00


Roy Lopes


18.50


Henry Coulson


10.00


Harold Hopkins


20.00


Byron Oliver


12.00


Francis Oliver


6.00


Raymond De Costa


12.00


70


Howard Nunes


12.00


Oliver Fosdick


8.00


Jeffrey Delorey


12.00


Ludgern Pierce


16.00


Alton Bearse


.50


Rudolph Nunes


20.00


Manuel Nunes


16.00


Linwood Fratus


1.00


Isaiah Kelley


42.00


Frank Hathway


.50


Frank Pena


24.00


Louis Byrne


11.00


Emerson Holmes


18.50


James Roderick


23.25


Fratus Motor Service


7.25


Arthur Ellis


36.50


Arthur Grace


4.00


Manuel Thatcher


8.00


Joseph Monterio


12.00


Downey's Garage


.50


John Roderick


5.00


John Pena


8.00


Charles Joselyn


2.00


Harwich Motor Service


.25


Taylor's Garage


16.50


Walter Cahoon


4.00


Harwichport Garage


4.75


Manuel Silva


4.00


Roscoe Chase


10.00


Robert B. Snow


19.00


Stephen Eldredge


10.50


Fred Crowell


2.87


Carl Scott


2.00


Perkins Bros.


6.45


Taylor's Garage


98.58


71


B. I. Hanley


1.87


Alonzo Nickerson, Registrations


4.00


Little Tree Farms


31.50


Traffic Equipment Co.


34.45


Fratus Motor Service


2.50


Donald Bates


82.43


Brown and Brown


8.48


E. L. Stokes.


1.72


Nickerson Drug Co.


30.19


Nickerson Lumber Co.


25.99


Downey's Garage


2.50


Harwich Lumber Co.


210.08


Standard Oil Co.


2,260.91


Independent Coal Tar Co.


306.08


Louis Byrne


144.52


Ellis Garage


7.28


Harwich Motor Service


28.43


R. H. Files & H. J. O'Keefe


19.90


Orick Hall


6.00


Dyer Sales & Machinery Co.


2.40


Morris Handler


5.00


Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.


179.05


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Freight


113.77


American Brush Co.


8.85


Millard Hall


4.40


General Municipal Equipment Co.


9.00


Nathaniel Doane


22.70


Fred Chase


4.50


Norman Ellis


27.02


Andrews Transportation Co.


4.77


American Bituminous Co.


16.80


M. E. Mulcay


32.87


Harwichport Garage


51.69


Watson B. Eldredge


60.33


72


$6,998.53


Appropriation Unexpended


$7,000.00 1.47


SNOW


Alonzo Nickerson


$ 80.00


Alonzo Nickerson, truck


55.00


Reuben Kendrick, snow plough


240.00


Laurence Homer, snow plough


273.75


Fred Crowell, snow plough


259.50


William Barnes, snow plough


196.50


William Barnes, tractor plough


16.00


Leon Kendrick


31.25


Earl L. Small


6.25


Norman Ellis, Jr.


38.62


Earl Dean


34.25


Isaiah Kelley


10.50


Isaiah Kelley, horses


19.00


William Nichols


8.50


Walter S. Cahoon


17.75


Rufus Gray


24.50


Ray Chase


9.00


H. M. Crosby


4.25


Alton Hall


11.25


Henry Barstow


17.75


George Johnson, Jr.


1.75


John W. Hall


2.50


George Stearns


8.25


Walter Wilson


9.00


Calvin Parker


11.50


Alonzo Cahoon


13.50


Albert Sanders


4.00


Seth F. Wixon


10.50


James Kirkby


11.25


73


Antone Saunders


2.00


Joseph Gallagher


2.00


Joseph Roderick


5.50


John J. Silva


5.50


John Pena


5.50


Leon Walker


5.50


Alton Walker


5.50


Joseph Cahoon


5.50


William B. Walker


5.50


John Cummings


2.00


John Wesala


1.75


Reginald P. Kendall


23.50


Lester Swift


16.50


Everett Swift


18.00


F. O. Smith


6.50


Robert Snow


24.75


Russell Stetson


3.00


Arthur Cahoon, Jr.


1.75


Edward Gomes


.75


John Nunes


5.50


Henry Gomes


4.75


Benjamin De Costa


8.50


Sam Wesala


7.00


Ilami Wesala


11.75


Edward Chipman


7.25


Raymond De Costa


9.75


John Hall, Jr.


5.25


Emio Wesala


.75


Mark Broughton


4.75


Lester Gray


2.50


Charles Lombard


4.00


Albert Warren


3.50


Joseph Perry


10.00


Albert Bassett


2.50


Charles Bassett


2.50


74


Charles Hall


5.75


Benjamin Rose


5.25


James Gomes


7.50


John Roderick .


3.75


John J. Gomes


7.75


Joseph F. Andrade


3.75


Manuel Lopes


5.25


Manuel Silva


8.00


Joseph Lopes


6.00


Louis Fernandes


5.25


Raymond Rose


6.00


Gideon Lopes


2.00


Rudolph Nunes


2.50


Frank Monterio


5.50


Chester Baker


5.00


Manuel Jason


4.50


Joseph Pena


2.25


Adolph Galvin


2.25


John Daluz


6.75


Sam Perry


2.00


Rufus Pena


5.50


Joseph Gomes


2.25


J. Higgins


6.25


Philip Silvia


2.00


George Gomes


2.00


Byron Oliver


9.00


Francis Oliver


8.50


George W. Cooper


12.50


Ernest Cummings


7.50


Robert Cummings


2.00


F. J. Hibbert


5.50


F. E. Crowell


4.75


R. E. Joyce


4.25


F. Emery


3.50


James Cummings


11.25


75


John Kendrick


2.00


John Kendrick, horse


1.00


Ralph Saley


10.00


Robert Ellis


8.00


Albert Hall


8.50


Joseph Dumont


10.00


Robert Small


8.00


Earl Parker


7.75


Fred Crabe


12.00


William Derwin


12.50


Francis Nickerson


7.00


Theron Holmes, truck


2.50


Elmer Holmes


2.50


Lawrence Nickerson


2.50


Theron Holmes


2.50


Melville Small


11.00


Charles Daniels


9.50


Lester Crowell


11.25


Sheldon Beattie


6.50


Nelson Bouchard


6.50


Merrill Small


4.00


Leon Our


13.75


Douglas Sawyer


2.00


Walter Cahoon


15.50


James Monroe


.


4.00


Milton Ellis


6.00


Henry Coulson


12.00


Antone Nunes


4.00


Benjamin Pena


8.00


Augustus Grace


8.00


Arthur Baker


4.50


Joseph Baker


4.00


Ralph Eldredge


16.00


John Gamon


7.50


John Keaneally


6.00


76


18.00


William Keene


Oliver Fosdick


10.00


Arthur Thivierge


4.00


Richard Cummings


7.00


Harry Chase


4.00


Frank Wixon


8.00


Joshua Doane


8.00


Lincoln Small


14.50


Norman Ellis, Sr.


12.00


John Pena


1.50


Guerruo Lopes


1.50


Annabel Lopes


1,50


Augustus O. Gomes


1.50


John Silvia


1.50


Marshal Lopes


1.50


Edward Neves


1.50


T. F. Monterio


1.50


Louie Pena


1.00


Carlton Chase


2.25


Charles Ellis


2.50


Eugene Nickerson


4.00


Walter Baker


4.00


Arthur Ellis


11.75


W. David Perry


4.00


Arthur Small


2.00


Walter Snow


5.00


Laurence Small


26.75


Everett Eldredge


1.75


Everett Eldredge, truck


3.50


Gorham Nickerson


4.00


Vincent P. Souza


1.50


Thomas Crabe


3.50


Joseph Monterio


5.25


Henry Pierce


2.25


Everett Ryder


12.00


77


Jeffrey Delorey


16.50


Lawrence Homer


7.00


Warner Sisson


.75


William Silva


8.00


Roger Nunes


8.00


Benjamin Galvin


3.00


Everett Cahoon


4.00


Francis Kendrick


1.50


Earl Small


2.00


James A. Cummings


4.75


Nathaniel Doane


6.75


Maurice Eldredge


4.75


Peter Dumont


4.50


Arthur Doane


7.00


Roland Banson


1.00


Raymond Sears


1.75


Josiah Chase, Jr.


2.75


Charles Joselyn


2.75


Joseph Souza


3.50


Louis Greenberg


2.50


George Moody


2.50


Richard Chase


1.00


Roscoe Chase


1.00


Roscoe Chase, Jr.


1.00


Arthur Curtin


.75


Nelson Bouchard


1.25


C. Taylor


1.50


Roy Thornton


1.00


Herbert Robinson


1.00


William Cummingham


15.50


Charlie Chase


.75


L. R. Joyce


3.25


Earl Blanding


1.00


Manuel F. Rose


8.00


Henry Pierce


1.50


78


Frank A. Monterio


1.50


Donald T. Bates


5.45


Harwichport Garage


2.45


M. E. Mulcay


3.26


S. Linwood Moore


1.75


Nickerson Drug Co.


8.59


Ellis Garage


.40


Taylor's Garage


4.00


Charles Lombard


5.50


Good Rds. Machinery Co.


32.80


$2,491.57


SEAL COAT SIDEWALK


Alonzo Nickerson


$50.00


Alonzo Nickerson, truck


15.00


John Nunes


24.00


Manuel Lopes


4.00


Frank Wixon


8.00


Joseph Roderick


12.00


Lewis Fernandes


6.00


Anthony Naves


16.00


Henry Gomes


10.00


Frank S. Rose


14.00


Adolph Galvin


4.00


Joshua Doane


6.00


Earl Bassett


2.00


Byron Small


2.00


Rufus Pena


4.00


John J. Roderick


12.00


James Roderick


16.00


Everett Swift


12.00


Joel Ramos


12.00


Nelos Vagenas


12.00


79


Robert Snow


4.00


Roscoe Chase


4.00


James Gomes


4.00


Stephen Eldredge


4.00


Independent Coal Tar Co.


216.34


Nathaniel Doane


1.40


Louis A. Bryne


24.75


Appropriation


$500.00


Unexpended


.51


BRIDGES


Richard Cummings


$ 8.00


Ernest Cummings


14.00


Albert Saunders


14.00


Aaron E. Baker


14.00


James Cummings


14.00


James Cummings, truck


14.00


Caleb Chase, supplies


12.00


Harwich Lumber Co.


8.09


1


$98.09


Appropriation


$150.00


Unexpended


52.00


FENCE AND RAILING


Everett Eldredge


$24.00


Everett Eldredge, truck


30.00


Frank Wixon


22.00


Bertram Eldredge


8.00


Byron Small


8.00


William Cunningham


4.00


Ozias Bassett


20.00


$49.9.49


80


8.00


Arthur Bassett


Harold Hopkins


4.00


Earl Parker


4.00


Berger Metal Culvert Co.


198.00


Harwich Lumber Co.


9.50


Donald Bates


8.00


A. H. Bassett


1.73


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.


$432.03


Appropriation


$450.00


· Unexpended


17.97


STOMACH ROAD


Alonzo Nickerson


$20.00


Manuel Nunes


8.00


James Galvin


10.00


Joseph Roderick


11.50


Joshua Doane


9.50


Rufus Pena


7.50


Gideon Lopes


4.00


John Nunes


1.50


Roy Lopes


9.00


William Cunningham


1.50


Nelos Vagenos


7.50


Norman Ellis


21.00


Everett Swift


5.50


Earl Dean


8.00


Ozias Bassett


5.50


Walter Cahoon


5.50


Nathaniel Doane


35.20


Nickerson Lumber Co.


22.75


82.80


81


Norman Ellis


6.50


Standard Oil Co.


99.00


$298.95


Appropriation


$300.00


Unexpended


1.05


ALONZO NICKERSON,


Supt. of Streets.


82


REPORT OF THE FIRE AND FOREST WARDEN DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1935


To the Hon. Board of Selectmen and


To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich :


I herewith submit my second Annual Report of the activities and expenditures for the above departments and wish to express, for the members of the Department and myself, our appreciation for the support and co-operation which you have given us the past year.


The Department responded to forty-eight alarms, as follows :


House


17


Forest


12


Grass


6


Auto


2 3


Chimney


Dump


1


Uncared for permit fires


2


Investigating fire hazards


3


Camp fires not cared for


2


Real Estate and Personal Property Involved $58.000 Estimated loss 8,690


Loss to wood land 20.00


Due to a misunderstanding in regard to Permits for Open Air Fires and Storage of Oil and Installation of Oil Burners, the following is inserted :


83


Permits must be obtained from the Forest Warden for all open air fires except when the ground is covered with snow.


Permits are required for the storage of oil in excess . of ten gallons.


Permits are required for the installation of all oil burners.


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE M. MOODY,


Chief of Fire Dept. and Forest Warden.


84


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


TO :


The Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town of Harwich,


Gentlemen :


I herewith respectfully submit my third annual re- port of the Police Department for the Town of Harwich, · for the year ending December 31, 1935.


Following is a list of cases brought before the 2nd District Court :


Assault and Battery


11


Assault and attempt to murder


1


Assault and attempt to rape


3


Breaking and entering


1


Concealing leased property


1


Larceny


7


Disturbing the peace


1


Driving to endanger


2


Driving intoxicated


9


Drunkenness


35


Lewd Cohabitation


4


Liquor laws


3


. Violation of the Illegitimate child act


1


Lottery laws


3


Motor vehicle laws


3


Neglect & non-support


8


Stubbornness


1


Vagrants


2


101


85


Persons confined to the Lockup by


Harwich Police Dennis Police State Police Brewster Police


45 18


3 .


1


67


Disposition of cases' :


Guilty


74


Not Guilty


14


Filed


19


Dismissed


6


Placed on Probation


3


Bound over for Grand Jury


7


Sentence to House of Correction


16


Sentence to State Farm


1


Fined 36


Total of fines $705.00


Summons served for other Departments


14


Arrest for other Departments 8


Search warrants served for liquor and stolen goods


12


Complaints received and investigated 341


Automobile accidents investigated


46


Persons injured in Automobile accidents


42


Disable cars assisted


14


Permits issued to sell second hand cars 91


Automobiles taken without authority recovered and returned to owners


7


Missing persons located 16


Lost dogs reported missing, located and returned to owners 24


Fires attended 16


Buildings found open 71


Sick or injured persons taken to Cape Cod Hospital 4


86


Sick person (emergency case) taken to a


Boston Hospital 1


Persons found sick, assisted to Doctor or home 3


Trips to Barnstable with prisoners 12


Trips to Provincetown with prisoners 30


Distance covered by Police cars 39713 miles


Due to the Town of Harwich for the use of Lockup


Dennis $73.50


Brewster


4.00


$77.50


A detail statement of the number of cases brought before the Court is hereby submitted, together with a state- ment of other activities that do not result in Court action.


The general routine work of this department has in- creased during the past year.


Over three hundred complaints were received by this department for investigation, this is an item which involves considerable time as there is a possibility of a violation of law.


Attention is also called to the fact that in 1934 only 18 automobile accidents were investigated, whereas in 1935 we investigated 46 accidents in which 42 persons were in- jured. These investigations also require considerable time to determine if there is criminal negligence. I am pleased to report that Harwich has not had a fatal accident, being one of the few towns in the state.


You will note that the number of arrests for drunk- enness has decreased from last year, despite the fact that Harwich had its second year of liugor license.


There has been an increase in a few cases of a serious nature, over which this department had no control until


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after it had happened, in each case the guilty parties were promptly apprehended.


The night patrol has proven its worth during the past year, on one occasion a life was saved when a night patrol officer found a man overcome by carbon monoxide gas.


The ordinary method of reporting arrests in the an- nual police report is by no means a measure to determine the efficiency of a police department.


This department is trying to accomplish its purpose in the prevention of crime, but when a crime has been com- mitted, it is proper for the police to arrest and it is ful- filling its full duty to the public.


Respectfully submitted,


EMULOUS E. HALL,


Chief of Police


88 REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


TO: The Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town of Harwich,


Gentlemen :


I herewith respectfully submit my annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Harwich, for the year ending December 31, 1935.


I wish to express my appreciation of the splendid cooperation received from the Board of Selectmen and all others that I have come in contact with in the performance of my duties.


Not Con- Adjusted Sealed Sealed demned


Tested


Platform Scales over 5000 lbs.


1


4


Platform Scales under 5000 lbs.


7


21


1


Counter Scales over 100 lbs.


4


Counter Scales under 100 lbs.


11


15


3


2


Beam Scales under 100 lbs.


1


Spring Scales over 100 lbs.


9


1


1


Spring Scales under 100 lbs.


20


36


3


5


Computing Scales under 100 lbs.


6


20


1


Personal Weighing Scales


4


Prescription Scales


1


3


Avoirdupois Weights


34


134


6


Metric Weights


27


Apothecary Weights


12


Vehicle Tanks


2


Liquid Measures


134


3 20


Oil Jars


15


89


Dry Measures


5


Gasoline measuring Pumps


13


30


10


4


Gasoline measuring meters


8


15


2


Kerosene measuring Pumps


2


15


Oil measuring Pumps


4


81


Grease measuring Devices


8


Molasses measuring Pumps


2


Quantity measures on Pumps


46


189


Yard Sticks


11


Total


149


718


110


35


Money received for Sealing Fees


$73.34


Money received for Adjusting Charges


8.30


Money received for Transient Vendors Local License Fees


45.00


Total


$126.64


Paid Town Treasurer


$126.64


Inspections made of Peddlers' Licenses :


State


16


County


3


Town


8


Total 27


Inspections made of


Milk Jars


197


Coal Certificates


8


Marking of Bread


42


Marking of Food Packages


460


Coal in paper bags


139


Charcoal in paper bags


27


Kindling Wood in paper bags


18


Transient Vendors


3


90


Transient Vendors Licenses


3


Clinical Thermometers


24


Glass Graduates


18


Peddlers' Scales


12


Ice Scales


14


Junk Scales


4


Oil Jars


203


Wood Certificates


3


Vehicle Tanks


7


Retests of Gasoline devices after Sealing


12


Retests of Platform Coal Scales after Sealing


3


Measured Truck body for Town of Harwich


1


Trial Weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale :


Beans


11


Bread


27


Butter


22


Charcoal in paper bags


5


Coal in paper bags


55


Coal in transit


6000 lbs.


Confectionery


3


Dry Commodities


42


Flour


39


Fruit and Vegetables


23


Grain and Feed


26


Kindling Wood in paper bags


5


Lard


10


Liquid Commodities


2


Meat


10


Potatoes


21


Cheese


2


Respectfully submitted,


VICTOR S. RYDER, Sealer of Weights and Measures


91


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


Harwich Board of Health :


Gentlemen :


I submit for your approval the following report for 1935 :


Number of permits issued


52


24


$5.00 permits


$120.


8


-


3.00 permits


24.


5 -


2.00 permits


10.


4


- 1.00 permits


4.


11


- No fee


52


$158.


The amount of new plumbing amounts to $14,641. Not as much as last year but of a higher quality.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN T. WOOD,


Inspector of Plumbing


92


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF BROOKS LIBRARY


Through the year 1935 Brooks Library has had a cir- culation of 12,055 books, 2,272 of the number going to East, South and North Harwich. Four hundred and fifteen books have been added to the library, one hundred ten being non- -fiction. Twenty-five magazines have been subscribed for including two subscriptions of the National Geographic, one of which is kept for binding, the other for circulation and general enjoyment. The Harwich Independent has been bound to date and placed with other years for reference.


Through the kindness of Mrs. Bernard Andrews the library has acquired a very splendid and expensive book on Early American Pressed Glass by M. W. Lee. Mrs. Re- becca Smith has also presented books of worth while non- fiction.


Mr. A. J. Mansville of Rye, N. Y. gave the library a number of popular fiction books during his visit last summer.


Another Rogers group has been added to the library's already extensive collection.


The trustees at this time heartily thank Miss Eliza- beth Nickerson of Harwich Port for the very fine picture, beautifully framed, of her brother-in-law, Mr. George W. Nickerson who gave the fund $5000 to the library, the in- terest from that sum to be used for non-fiction books.


It is a most appropriate gift, and is displayed with great reverence in connection with the fine non-fiction li- brary growing out of Mr. Nickerson's generosity.


The greatest need of our library today is a children's


93


room. Not only do the children need a place of their own to read and study but such a department would greatly relieve the congestion of the present library where reading table, charging desk and stacks filled with all classes of books, are crowded together in one room.


Respectfully submitted,


MILDRED B. PAINE, MADELEINE M. CROWELL, HILLARY M. LeCLAIRE, Trustees of Brooks Library


George W. Nickerson Fund For Non-Fiction Books


Amount on hand Dec. 31, 1934


$5131.75


Dividend to Apr. 1935


76.97


Expended for books


181.90


Amount on hand Dec. 31, 1935


$5026.82


Respectfully submitted,


MILDRED B. PAINE,


MADELEINE M. CROWELL, HILLARY M. LeCLAIRE,


Trustees of Brooks Library


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HARWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION


Receipts and Expenses, 1935


Town Appropriation $2,500.00


Collections at games and memberships 1,552.90


Total


$4,052.90


Balance on hand from 1934


1.45


Total


$4,054.35


Expenses


Salaries


1,459.14


M. E. Mulcay, Board


1,302.10


G. D. Hall, Rooms


501.00


Umpires


175.00


Baseballs & Bats


228.39


Uniforms


42.45


Schedules


34.12


Telephone


41.14


Signs


15.96


Laundry-uniforms


15.52


Transportation, gas and oil


94.02


Com. of Mass. Fee for filing returns


2.00


Paid Note to Cape Cod Trust Co. a/c 1934


25.00


Miscellaneous Expenses


9.15


Total Expenses 3,944.99


Unspent balance, Town Appropriation 33.91


Balance in Association Treasury


75.45


Total Balance on hand


109.36


$4,054.35


JABEZ W. CROWELL,


Treasurer


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT


FEBRUARY 4, 1935


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 Exchange Hall in said Town on Monday, Feb. 4th, 1935, at Nine O'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following Articles :-


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to Act at said Meeting.


John H. Paine chosen Moderator and after being sworn in by Town Clerk Henry K. Bearse, began the work of the day.


Article 2. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treas- urer for one year; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Wel- fare and Board of Health for three years; one Assessor for three years; three Herring Committee for one year ; one School Committee for three years; three Constables for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years.


The election of town officers began at 9.12 o'clock. The following tellers being duly sworn assisted during the balloting :- Lawrence B. Robbins, Ray H. Chase, Deborah C. Phillips, Isaac B. Kendrick, P. William McCourt, Lester


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P. Case and Alton A. Bearse, the latter had charge of the ballot box. The Polls were kept open until 3.00 o'clock p. m.


806 ballots were cast. This number agreed with the checking list used by the tellers. The counting was com- pleted at 6:30 o'clock with the following result :


The election of :


Henry K. Bearse, Town Clerk for one year,


Edwin K. Bearse, Town Treasurer for one year,


Charles D. Holmes, Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health for three years,


Charles D. Holmes, Assessor, for three years,


Ralph W. Doane, School Committee for three years,


Emulous E. Hall, Isaiah Kelley and Robert A. Whiteley, Constables for one year,


Emulous A. Cahoon, Alton P. Hall and Daniel B. Oliver, Herring Committee for one year,


Walter, Emery, Park Commissioner for three years,


Mildred B. Paine, Trustee Broadbrooks Free Library, Three years.


The Steel Trap Law as accepted.


After the announcement of the ballot, the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1935. Meeting re- assembled at 9:30 o'clock a. m., Tuesday.


Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Offi- cers and Committees.


The following nominations were made from the floor and confirmed by voice vote :


Trustees of the Caleb Chase Fund :- Theophilus B. Baker, H. P .; Walter Emery, E. H .; Earl B. Eldredge, S. H .; Roger W. Tillson, H. C .; Joseph B. Atkins, P. L .; and James F. Ryder, N. H.


Surveyor of Wood and Lumber : Roswell H. Nye.


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Field Drivers, Fence Viewers and Pound Keepers : Robert


A. Whiteley, Isaiah Kelley, and Emulous E. Hall. Members of the Finance Committee for Three Years : Victor S. Ryder, Wilbur H. Crowell, Ellsworth G. Eldredge.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer 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, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


So voted.


Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1934.


Reports of all Town Officers and Committees for 1934 were accepted.


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 thereon.


The budget presented by the Finance Committee for 1935 was accepted after increasing the amounts under the Selectmen's Salaries, Town Clerk's salary, Forestry Work and Snow Removal.


It was also voted that $10,000.00 be taken from the Surplus Fund and the balance raised by taxation.


1935 Budget


Hearings


$200.00


Moderator


20.00


Selectmen' and Assessors' Salaries


3,700.00


Selectmen's Expense


400.00


Assessors' Expense


400.00


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Accountant's Salary


1,000.00


Accountant's Expense


35.00


1934 unpaid bills


800.00


Police Department


4,000.00


Forestry


3,000.00


Tree Warden


25.00


Fish Warden


100.00


Fire Warden and Dept.


2740.00


Wire Inspector


100.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


500.00


Board of Health


4,000.00


Dump


1,000.00


Inspector of Animals


75.00


Inspector of Slaughtering


75.00


Highways, General Repairs


7,000.00


Bridges


150.00


Fences and Railings


450.00


Snow


2,500.00


Street Lights


7,000.00


Outside Poor


7,000.00


Infirmary


3,000.00


Poor of other Towns


2,000.00


Soldiers' State Aid


120.00


State Poor


2,500.00


Herring Committee


200.00


Schools and Transportation


40,000.00


Brooks Library


1,000.00


Park Commissioners


500.00


Town Reports


750.00


Insurance


1,200.00


Repair of Public Buildings


1,500.00


Treasurer's Salary


1,800.00


Treasurer's Expense


750.00


Treasurer's Bond


87.00


Town Clerk's Salary


500.00


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Town Clerk's Expense


125.00


Election and Registration


300.00


Exchange Building


2,000.00


Miscellaneous


400.00


Law


200.00


Soldiers' Benefit


1,000.00


Advertising


500.00


Office Equipment


100.00


Stenographer's Salary


500.00


Old Age Assistance


5,000,00


Town Clerk's Bond


5.00


Collector's Bond


174.00


Foreclosure Tax Titles


300.00


Wychmere Harbor Light


40.00


Bound Stones and Survey


200.00


TOTAL


$112,921.00


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 thereto to the revised Laws of Massachusetts and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted.




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