Town annual reports of the selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Harwich 1937, Part 4

Author: Harwich (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 200


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Dead 90


Summer 72


Public Hydrants, 110 Sprinkler Systems, 1


Source of Supply :


Four 52" Gravel Packed Wells with 6" well pipe.


Type of Supply : Pumping.


Method of Distribution :


From Elevated Tank, Capacity 250,000 Gallons. Pipe System :


1. Distribution pipes, total : 17.2 miles


2.


10" diam. 5.7


8"


5.2


6"


5.7


2"


.6


.


Pumping Plant :


One diesel driven centrifugal pump, cap. 500 g.p.m. One gasoline driven centrifugal pump, cap. 500 g.p.m.


Gross earnings for the year, $8,516 were equivalent to


Per


Per mile of Per million


Capita


Per Service


Distribution pipe


gallons


$8.52 $51.20


$495.00


$690.00


Water Consumption


Total metered


consumption 5,607,000 gals.


Total used for flush-


ing (estimated) 3,532,000 gals.


9,139,000 gals.


Average daily water supplied :


.33,800 gallons


1.9.


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Maximum rate of consumption for :


1. Month, 2,250,000 gallons


2. Week, 670,000 gallons


Average per capita consumption : 34 gallons per day


Average per service consumption : 200 gallons per day


Unit Construction Costs of Work During Year :


Pipe line extensions


Street


Size


Total Feet


Cost Per Foot


Sisson Rd. from Parallel


St. to New High School


8"


1671


$1.77


Sisson Rd. from New High School to present dead


end west of Alms House


8"


755


$1.99


Park St. (Center) from Oak St.


to present dead end


6"


579


$1.59


SUMMARY


We have endeavored to serve the citizens of the Town of Harwich to the best of our ability and we sincerely hope and believe we have been successful in our effort.


Respectfully submitted,


George D. Maxwell, Theron C. Holmes, Walter E. Cahoon,


Board of Water Commissioners Harwich Water Department.


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REPORT OF HARWICH WATER DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1937.


Receipts


Sale of Water (Schedule Rates)


$2,653.58


1937 Meter Rentals 206.50


Sale of Materials 4.74


Service Connections


7,689.12


Hydrant Rental (Guarantee) 50.00


Turn-on Service


1.00


1937 Total Amount (Collections) $10,604.94


1937 Total Amount Paid to Town Treasurer $10,604.94


January 1st, 1938 - No cash on hand.


Summary


1937 Commitment per Warrant


$10,917.44


Less 1937 Abatements 24.00


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1937


$10,893.44


Collections Dec. 31, 1937


10,604.94


1937 Balance Outstanding Dec. 31, 1937 $ 288.50


Classification of Expenditures ADMINISTRATION


Superintendent


$1,902.86


Clerk


774.00


Asst. Superintendent


327.75


Stationery & Postage


78.61


Printing


27.00


Telephone


76.04


Office Supplies


86.80


All Other


9.25


$3,282.31


- 2


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GENERAL


Labor


$ 74.25


Truck (Repairs)


18.90


Pipe & Fittings


337.36


Meters & Fittings


1,437.66


Gas & Oil (Truck)


104.40


Tower Beacon


49.80


Electricity (General)


34.10


Misc. Supplies


190.03


All Other


28.76


$2,275.26


SERVICE CONNECTIONS


Labor


$ 785.41


Pipe & Fittings


1,619.54


All Other


177.52


$2,582.47


PUMPING STATION


Labor


$ 17.50


Fuel (Pumps)


146.88


Wood & Coal


173.00


Building Repair


7.73


Electricity (Pumps)


72.16


All Other


15.71


$432.98


Total Dept. Disbursements to Jan. 1, 1938 $8,573.02


Respectfully submitted,


Norwood W. Bee, Clerk and Collector.


Approved by : Geo. D. Maxwell, Theron C. Holmes, Walter E. Cahoon,


Commissioners.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


To the Honorable Board of Health :


I submit for your approval the following report for the year 1937.


Number of permits issued


149


Permit fees $392.00


Assessors value of new plumbing $46,225.00


While I have issued twenty-four more permits than in 1936 there have been a great many small jobs and altera- tions in old houses.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN T. WOOD,


Inspector of Plumbing.


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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


To :


The Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town of Harwich, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith respectfully submit my fifth annual report of the Police Department for the Town of Harwich, for the Jear ending December 31, 1937.


Adultery 3


Assault and Battery


6


Assault, attempt to Rape


1


Breaking and Entering


4


Disturbing the Peace


4


.


Driving to Endanger


3


Driving while Intoxicated


7


Drunkenness


38


Fonication


1


Gaming


9


Larceny


12


Motor Vehicle Laws


14


Non Support


5


Peddling without a License


4


Possession of gaming Implements


3


Receiving stolen goods


1


Vagrants


1


Violation of Liquor Laws


3


Violation of the Illegitimate Child Act


1.


Violation of Mattress Law


1


Persons confined to Lockup by :


Harwich Police 74


Outside Police 13


97


Trips to outside Institutions :


House of Correction at Barnstable


19


Taunton State Hospital


1


Reading State Hospital


1


Bridgewater State Farm


1


Boston Hospital


1


Greenfield Police Headquarters


1


District Court-Provincetown


28


Disposition of Cases


Not Guilty


1


Dismissed


1


Filed


22


Sentenced to House of Correction


31


Appealed


6


Fined


40


Total of Fines


$835.00


Bound over to the Grand Jury


3


Automobiles taken without authority, recovered


and returned to owners 2


Automobile accidents investigated


40


Arrests for other Departments


For Larceny, non-support, assault and murder 8


Animals reported missing, found and returned to owner 10


Amount due the Town of Harwich from outside


Towns for the use of lockup $32.00


Complaints received and investigated


473


Distance covered by Patrol car


32,535 Mi.


Fatal accidents


1


Fires attended


28


Missing persons located


18


Permits issued to sell 2nd hand cars


Persons injured in automobile accidents


43


Persons drowned


2


Search Warrants served 8


98


Summons served for Harwich Police 42


Summons served for Outside Police 10


The number of arrests for the year 1937 was less than for the previous year.


There being only one fatal automobile accident, the general routine work of the department has increased.


The Sheriff of our County has proposed a program for the several towns of the County to unite all of the police departments through short wave radio.


I fully realize that at this time the tax payers have a very heavy tax burden, I feel that radio equipment for the police department is of vital importance. The Sheriff pro- poses to have a central police radio station at the County jail and desires the several towns to provide through local appropriation sufficient funds to equip their respective po- lice departments with necessary radio equipment to work in conjunction with the sheriff's department.


Criminals have resorted to modern methods in the commission of crime, and police departments must keep abreast with the ever changing times.


Our present methods of crime prevention and appre- hension of criminals is out of date.


I trust that the people of Harwich, will give this mat- ter serious thought and in the near future devise ways and means to modernize our police department.


EMULOUS E. HALL,


Chief of Police.


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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1938


Abbott, William J .- Painter Barr, Donald G .- Real Estate Bates, Bernard W .- Electrician Bee, Norwood W .- Bookkeeper Cahoon, Archilus H .- Carpenter Cahoon, Howard C .- Cranberry Grower Crosby, Bertram D .- Marble Worker Eldredge, Chester L .- Caretaker Eldredge, Manton C .- Carpenter Eldredge, Webster Urban-Laborer Ellis, Joseph L .- Electrician Grant, Edwin K .- Carpenter Greenwood, Clarence E .- Plumber Hall, Millard P .- Clerk Hall, Albert J .- Clerk Hammond, Robert L .- Carpenter Holmes, Elmer W .- Fuel Dealer Howard, Judson P .- Garageman Knowles, John-Electrician Nickerson, Norman O .- Bank Clerk Maxwell, George W .- Plumber Miller, Anthony L .- Electrician Myshrall, Carl-Mgr. Movie Theatre Phillips, Earle W .- Draughtman


Robbins, Lawrence B .- Artist Small, Watson J .- Laborer Smith, Willard G .- Salesman


South Harwich West Harwich North Harwich Harwich Port


Pleasant Lake Harwich Center Harwich Center East Harwich Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Center Pleasant Lake West Harwich Harwich Center West Harwich East Harwich West Harwich West Harwich Harwich Center Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port


Harwich Center


Harwich Port East Harwich


100


Stetson, Russell G .- Clerk


Thayer, Sheldon J .- Clerk


Turner, J. Arlington-Bookkeeper Whiteley, Robert A .- Carpenter


Harwich Port South Harwich Harwich Port East Harwich


Respectfully submitted,


JABEZ W. CROWELL, CHARLES D. HOLMES, CHARLES T. CHASE,


Selectmen.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT AND ACTION


FEBRUARY 1, 1937


Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treas- urer, Tax Collector, one year ; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare 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 Con- stables, for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library, for three years; one Park Commissioner, for three years; a Moderator for one year; three Water Commissioners, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years.


See 1937 Town Report.


Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees.


See 1937 Town Report.


Article 3. 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, 1937, 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 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees, for the year 1936.


Adopted and accepted as published.


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Article 5. 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 Finance Committee recommend that the follow- ing amounts be raised and appropriated under Article 5. Hearings


Moderator


$200.00 25.00


Selectmen and Assessors' Salaries


3,700.00


Selectmen's Expenses 300.00


Assessors' Expenses


400.00


Treasurer's Salary


500.00


Treasurer's Expense


250.00


Treasurer's Bond


90.00


Tax Collector's Salary


1,800.00


Tax Collector's Expense


500.00


Tax Collector's Bond


190.00


Town Clerk's Salary


500.00


Town Clerk's Expense


100.00


Town Clerk's Bond


5.00


Accountant's Salary


1,000.00


Accountant's Expense


50.00


Stenographer's Salary


600.00


Election and Registration


300.00


Exchange Building


2,000.00


Miscellaneous


400.00


Law


200.00


1936 Unpaid Bills


1,000.00


Police Department


5,175.00


Forestry


3,000.00


Tree Warden


25.00


Harbor Master


25.00


Fire Warden and Department


3,600.00


(To include pay of relief man at station one day each week).


Herring Committee


200.00


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Wire Inspector


100.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


500.00


Board of Health


3,000.00


Dump


1,000.00


Inspector of Animals


75.00


Inspector of Slaughtering


75.00


Highways-General Repairs


10,000.00


Bridges


150.00


Fences and Railings


400.00


Snow removal


500.00


Electric Street Lights


7,200.00


Outside Poor


5,000.00


Infirmary


3,000.00


Poor of Other Towns


1,000.00


Soldiers State Aid


240.00


State Poor


3,000.00


Schools and Transportation


47,648.41


Brooks Library


1,600.00


(Also Amount of Dog Tax refunded)


Park Commissioners


500.00


Town Reports


750.00


Insurance


2,000.00


Repairs to Public Buildings


1,000.00


Soldiers Benefit


1,000.00


Advertising


200.00


Office Equipment


100.00


Old Age Assistance


9,000.00


Foreclosure Tax Titles


200.00


Traffic and Wychmere Harbor Lights


200.00


Bound Stones and Survey


100.00


Dependent Children's Aid


1,000.00


Interest on Water Bonds


2,733.00


Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds


1,750.00


Retirement of Water Bonds


7,000.00


Note for Schoolhouse Land


2,500.00


Interest on Town Notes


119.00


104


Hydrant Rentals


Water Department Cert. Town Notes Reserve Fund Retirement of Schoolhouse Bonds


6,300.00


2,275.00


18.00


1,718.47


7,000.00


$158,086.88


Article 6. 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 as read.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one electric street light in front of the Pumping Station on Chatham Road.


Accepted and adopted. $17.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one street light on a pole near the residence of Jennie Ashley, Depot Street, West Harwich, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted. The light to be established on pole in front of said house and $17.00 issued and appro- priated.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain two electric lights on Wah-Wah-Taysee Road, Harwichport, and two on Hiawatha Road.


Voted to establish lights on 2nd and 5th poles on Hia- watha Road counting from the Lower County Road. To be


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maintained in the summer season only. $36.00 raised and appropriated.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain two street lights on Harbor Road, West Harwich, one to be placed at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Harbor Road, and the other at the other end of Harbor Road.


Voted, that one light be installed on the corner of Harbor Road, and Riverside Drive. $17.00 to be raised and appropriated.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain two street lights to be placed on Forest Street, Harwich Port, between the Golf Club and the residence of Harold Eldredge.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain two street lights on Zylpha Road, Harwichport.


Voted to install one light each on the 2nd and 5th poles, going south on Zylpha Road, to be maintained in sum- mer season. $18.00 raised and appropriated.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain five street lights to be placed on the Lower County Road in West Harwich; one at the intersection of Grey Neck Road and Lower County Road; one half-way between Grey Neck Road and Pleasant Road; one at the intersection of Pleasant Road and Lower County Road; one half-way between Pleas- ant Road and Chase Street; and one at the intersection of Chase Street and Lower County Road.


Voted to install four lights on Lower County Road, beginning at the intersection of Chase Street and extending east. Lights to be placed on the 1st, 5th, 10th and 13th poles. $68.00 were raised and appropriated.


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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain a street light on the third pole on Chase Street in West Har- wich, near the intersection of Pleasant Road. By request.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to continue the construction of the bituminous sidewalk on the south side of Lower County Road, Harwichport, from the shop of Walter Emery to Hiawatha Road.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to build a sidewalk on the East side of Pleasant Lake Avenue, to be hardened with bituminous concrete or hot-mix; to start at the North side of "Exchange Building" and extend northerly as far as money will go.


Accepted and adopted, and $500.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-seven Dollars Fifty Cents ($27.50) to cover the cost of installing four electric lights under each of the balconies in Exchange Hall, providing illumination for Cape musical organizations when playing from the floor.


Accepted and adopted. $27.50 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.) to de- fray the expenses of the Junior Community Band and other Cape musical organizations, in giving free band or orches- tral concerts at Brooks Park, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted. $250.00 raised and appro- priated.


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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.) to reset and repair eleven headstones in the old cemetery at the Cen- tre, which were broken by miscreants during the past year.


Accepted and adopted and $100.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to discon- tinue as a Town Way that portion of Belmont Avenue, be- ing in that part of said Town of Harwich called West Har- wich, lying south of the southerly line of intersection of Chase Avenue, the said portion being located between the Hotel Belmont property on the east, and property belonging to James R. Strong on the west.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend construction of its Town Water System, from the present dead-end at junction of Oak and Park Streets, westward through Park Street to the Harwich-Brewster Road, so call- ed, thence southerly through said Harwich-Brewster Road, connecting with the existing Water System at Main Street in Harwich Centre, near the Exchange Building; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor.


It was voted : That the town extend the water system or water mains from the present dead-end at junction of Oak and Park Streets, westward along Park Street a dis- tance of five hundred and twenty feet to a point abreast the residence of Norman E. Holmes and that the sum of One Thousand Dollars to be raised and appropriated.


Accepted and adopted and $1,000.00 raised and ap- propriated.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to extend construction of its Town Water System from Parallel Street near the present High School location, along Sisson Road


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toward South Street, and raise and appropriate the sum of Forty-seven Hundred Dollars ($4,700.00) therefor.


Accepted and adopted, $4,700.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to extend the Water Main from near the George Fottler homestead to a point called Uncle Venie's Road at Kozy Korner.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted, $500.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of improving the beach at South Harwich.


Accepted and adopted and $300.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-two Dollars ($11,462.) to purchase and equip a 500- gal. Fire Pumper, and to build and equip a Fire Station ; said pumper and station to be located in West Harwich, and to act fully thereon.


Indefinitely postponed.


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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($1,375.) for the purpose of installing a new centrifugal 500-gal. pump on No. 1 fire pumper, and act fully thereon. By request.


Accepted and adopted. $1,375.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.) under the provisions of Sub-Section 21 of Section 1 of Chapter 371 of Acts of 1921, and any and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the employ- ing of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Associa- tion, Inc.


Accepted and adopted, $1,500.00.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars $2,500.) to be used under the direction of the Selectmen for the promotion of public recreation and amusement in the form of Baseball, in accordance with Legislative Acts of 1930, Chapter 12, Section 1, and any acts and amendments thereto.


Accepted and adopted $2,500.00 raised and appro- priated by a 2-3 rising vote of the voters present. Yes, 101, No, 24.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.) for the benefit of Chase Library, West Harwich.


Accepted and adopted. $300.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.) for the benefit of the Harwichport Library Association.


Accepted and adopted. $300.00 raised and appropri- ated.


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Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.) for the use of Harwich Post No. 292. American Legion, in the proper observance of Memorial Day and Armistice Day. and for other purposes. By request.


Accepted and adopted. $600.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for the expense of an officer finding and disposing of unlicensed dogs, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted. $25.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Har- wich-Orleans Road; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto.


Accepted and adopted. $5,000.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the Surplus War Bonus Fund in the amount of One Thou- sand Eighty-one Dollars and Forty-five Cents ($1,081.45) to the Public Welfare Fund, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for jetty work between the Chatham and Dennis lines, the same to be expended under the direction of the Water Ways Department, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted. $1,000.00 raised and appro- priated.


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Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Water Commissioners a salary and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted. $300.00 raised and appropri- ated.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to be expended in connection with W. P. A. work, said money to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen.


Accepted and adopted. $1,000.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 39. To see whether the town will establish a planning board under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A, as added by Chapter 211 of 1936; the board to consist of five members, the first elections to be for one to five-year terms and thereafter one each year for a five-year term.


The Finance Committee recommend that the article be accepted and adopted; the original committee to be ap- pointed by the Moderator and thereafter one member each year to be elected by ballot at the annual meeting. Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee.


On February 19, 1937, agreeably to this article, the Moderator gave out the following list for Committee on the Planning Board : Walter W. Kelley, West Harwich, One year. Lawrence B. Robbins, Harwich Center, Two years. William F. Kershaw, Harwich Port, Three years. Roswell H. Nye, Harwich Port, Four years. Frank E. Joseph, Har- wich Centre, Five years.


Article 40. To see whether the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81F to 81J, inclusive, as added by Chapter 211 of 1936.


Accepted and adopted.


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Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.) for the preparation of a zoning system under the direction of the planning board, or act in any manner thereon.


Accepted and adopted. $1,200.00 raised and appro- priated.


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.) for tuitions to Trade Schools. By request.


Indefinitely postponed.


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended surplus overlay of Twelve Hundred Eighty- one and 53-100 Dollars ($1,281.53) to the Reserve Fund, and act fully thereon.


Accepted and adopted.


Article 44. To see what action the Town will take in regard to its Herring Fisheries.


It was voted to accept and adopt the Finance Com- mittee Report "That the Selectmen be authorized to sell the privilege for one year at public auction or private sale. No sale to be made unless satisfactory terms can be obtained.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT AND ACTION


Thursday, February 25, 1937


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000. to purchase the beach prop- erty belonging to the estate of the late Edward S. Clark, situated on the water front and bordering on Bank Street, comprising about 1 1-7 acres. The same to be held for bath- ing purposes.




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