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It is recommended that one hundred trees be set out annually, over a period of three years, in the seven sections of the town, as follows :
Harwich Center 21 trees
Pleasant Lake 6
East Harwich 12
South Harwich 14
Harwich Port 21 "
West Harwich 14
North Harwich 12
None of these are to be set out on the state road, Route 28.
Maple, plane, linden, elm, pin oak and willow are vari- eties recommended. These are to average ten or twelve feet in height, and are to be set out far enough from the roadbed so that laying of pipes or erection of telephone poles will not injure the trees at any time during their growth.
Respectfully submitted,
ASAHEL E. DRAKE. Chairman of Committee.
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COMMITTEE ON FEEDING AND PROPAGATION OF GAME
The committee wish to thank the citizens who so ably helped bird feeding during the heavy snow this winter.
We are in hopes of being able to buy birds this year for re-stocking.
WM. ORTON, CHAS. TAYLOR, RALPH W. DOANE, Committee on Feeding and Propagation of Game.
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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Citizens of Harwich :
The past year has been a difficult year for your Highway Surveyor. Labor has been short and materials even shorter.
The appropriations have been spent in the following manner :
General Repairs
Labor
$5,705.88
Appropriation
$12,000.00
Trucks
1,151.92
Grader
886.00
Socony Vac. Oil
3,348.99
Materials of
various kinds
646.91
Bull Dozer
96.00
Crane Shovel
164.30
Cahoon Road
Socony Vac. Oil
$354.39
Appropriation
$500.00
Grader
105.00
Payments
499.89
Truck
16.00
Labor
24.50
Unexpended
.11
Bridges
Appropriated
$200.00
Payment
61.12
Labor
$36.40
Material
24.72
Balance
$138.88
Fences
Labor
$15.75
Appropriated
$200.00
Material
183.99
Payment
199.74
Balance
$.26
I have articles in the Annual Warrant calling for the' purchase of new equipment. There is also an article calling for a building to house this equipment. Our present build- ing is inadequate for this purpose. I believe that it is essen- tial to have more equipment and a building to keep it in- in order to hold our good roads in their present condition and to improve and repair the roads that need repairs and im- provements.
ALTON P. HALL Surveyor of Highways.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Dr.
Cash on hand January 1, 1945
$110,005.70
Cash received during 1945
295,629.54
Total
$405,635.24
Cr.
Payments during 1945
$304,078.17
Cash on hand in office Dec. 31, 1945
306.61
Cash in checking account
Cape Cod Trust Co., Dec. 31, 1945
101,250.46
Total
$405,635.24
BROOKS SCHOOL MEDAL ACCOUNT
Trust Funds
Amount of Fund January 1, 1945 Interest 1945
$1,206.80
23.98
$1,230.78
Paid for School medals
25.92
Amount on hand Dec. 31st, 1945
$1,204.86
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Deposited in the Cape Cod Savings Bank, Harwich
Name
Principal
Int. Exp. 1945
Allen, Jairus
$50.00
$1.50
Allen, Mercy K.
100.00
Atkins, Prince A.
100.00
1.95
Atwood, Love C.
150.00
Baker, Aaron E.
50.00
1.00
Baker, Austin
50.00
1.00
Baker, Cyrus B.
100.00
1.95
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Baker, Richard
100.00
4.00
Baker, Sarah M.
50.00
1.00
Bassett, Alvin HI.
200.00
4.25
Bassett, Heman E.
100.00
Bassett, Isaac
300.00
Bassett, Vincent C.
250.00
5.00
Bearse, Isaac M.
150.00
3.00
Bee, Benjamin F.
100.00
2.92
Bent, Charles T.
5,000.00
72.90
Berry, Herbert F.
100.00
1.00
Berry, Henry C.
100.00
2.00
Berry, James C.
100.00
2.00
Berry, James, Sr.
100.00
2.00
Berry, Judah, Jr.
100.00
1.50
Briggs, Emma J.
50.00
Brown-Phillips
100.00
Bullard, Maud S.
250.00
Butler-Overbaugh
200.00
7.50
Cahoon, Alpheus
75.00
Cahoon, Elvira R.
125.00
1.62
Cahoon, Emulous A.
50.00
Cahoon, Joel B.
150.00
1.50
Cahoon, Myra L.
200.00
5.00
Chase, Arthur F.
100.00
Chase, Benjamin R.
100.00
Chase, Caleb
300.00
6.00
Chase, Edgar W.
50.00
1.00
Chase, Henry N.
100.00
Chase, Joseph W.
100.00
2.00
Chase, Robert W.
100.00
Chase, Sylvanus
100.00
2.00
Chase, Albert Thatcher et al
300.00
6.00
Cobb, Frederick E.
100.00
2.00
Cobb, Frederick
200.00
4.00
Cole, Stephen
200.00
2.27
Cook, Ruth S.
50.00
1.00
Crapo, William F.
150.00
1.62
Crowell, George F.
50.00
Crowell, Joseph W.
100.00
Crosby, Henry T.
200.00
4.29
Cummings, James W.
50.00
1.00
Cummings, Ralph
100.00
2.00
Davis, Amy B.
100.00
2.00
Doane, Franklin S.
100.00
2.00
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Doane, James B.
100.00
2.00
Doane, Lewis B.
50.00
1.00
Doyle, Lawrence
50.00
Dunton, Charles W.
25.00
.65
Eldredge, Benjamin F.
100.00
1.62
Eldredge, Eben
100.00
1.95
Eldredge, I. B.
200.00
Eldredge, I. K.
100.00
2.00
Eldredge, James H.
50.00
1.00
Eldredge, Milton L.
100.00
Eldredge, P. M.
50.00
Ellis, Albyron
200.00
Emery, Frank H.
50.00
Foster, Nathan
250.00
2.92
Hall, Daniel
100.00
Harris, John & Everett
100.00
2.00
Hayward, S. A.
100.00
2.00
Hooks, Gilman
100.00
2.00
Hopkins, Giles
50.00
Hurd, Irene
110.00
Ives, Mary T.
50.00
1.00
Janes, Mary
200.00
4.00
Jones, Asa L.
100.00
Kelley, Baxter D.
50.00
1.00
Kelley, Benjamin F.
75.00
1.75
Kelley, E. B.
100.00
4.00
Kelley, Gustavus & Jonathan
200.00
4.00
Kendrick, Alonzo
100.00
Kendrick, Capt. Benjamin
50.00
1.00
Kendrick, Mary B.
100.00
2.00
Long, A. D.
50.00
1.00
Long, Abner F.
100.00
2.60
Long, C. M.
50.00
1.00
Long, Levi
200.00
Lopes, John M.
100.00
Lothrop, John D.
150.00
Loveland, Elizabeth
25.00
Megathlin, Anthony S.
100.00
2.25
McLean, Jas.
50.00
1.62
Miles, Samuel J.
75.00
Moody, J. M. & S. B.
100.00
1.62
€
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Nickerson, Alonzo, Jr.
150.00
Nickerson, Henry
100.00
2.00
Nickerson, George W.
200.00
Nickerson, Huldah
50.00
1.00
Nickerson, Joshua
250.00
Nickerson, Nathan & Thankful
150.00
1.50
Nickerson, Philip L.
400.00
Nickerson, Samuel T.
100.00
Norris, Ann J.
100.00
Old M.E. Church
500.00
Oliver, Chas. B.
50.00
1.00
Phillips, Lewis L.
100.00
Phillips, Jacob F.
100.00
2.92
Potter, E. A. & M. D.
200.00
Ritchie, Gordon
200.00
4.00
Robbins, Joseph K. & Nathaniel
250.00
Sears, Edith E.
50.00
Sewall, Susan B.
200.00
Sleuman, Frederick
150.00
Shaw, Susan D.
50.00
1.00
Simmons, Burgess T.
100.00
2.00
Sisson, John R. & Phebe W.
200.00
4.00
Small, Aaron
100.00
4.06
Small, Abner I.
150.00
3.00
Small, David L.
200.00
3.00
Small, Samuel
125.00
Small, Thomas G.
100.00
Small, Zebina H.
200.00
Smalley, Ebeneezer
150.00
2.50
Smith, Daniel H.
100.00
Smith, Joseph
100.00
1.50
Smith, Warren
100.00
2.00
Snow, A. C.
100.00
4.00
Snow, Chester
100.00
2.92
Snow, Ernest L.
100.00
2.00
Snow, Franklin
100.00
2.00
Snow, Franklin D. & Stearns Ward Snow, Herbert Franklin
200.00
Snow, John L.
100.00
2.00
Snow, Levi
50.00
1.00
Snow, Laban
100.00
2.00
Sparrow, Henry L.
100.00
2.60
100.00
Small, Elizabeth II.
50.00
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Sparrow, Phebe & George L.
25.00
Taylor, Edwin F.
$200.00
4.00
Taylor, George B.
50.00
1.00
Tripp, Gideon H.
200.00
Underwood, Lucy E.
150.00
3.90
Underwood, Nathan
200.00
6.12
Watkins, Annie F.
100.00
2.00
Wixon, Euphemia & Amos F.
50.00
Young, J. B.
75.00
4.00
Grand total
$22,335.00
$286.77
HENRY K. BEARSE, Treasurer.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
DOG ACCOUNT 1945
Registered :
186 Males @ $2.00
$372.00
41 Females @ $5.00
205.00
53 Spayed @ $2.00
106.00
3 Kennels @ $10.00
30.00
Total 283
$713.00
Fees Retained
56.60
Deposited with County Treasurer
$656.40
FILLING STATIONS, GASOLINE PUMPS AND STORAGE TANKS
28 licenses at 50 cents each $14.00
Paid the Town Treasurer 14.00
HENRY K. BEARSE, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 5-6, 1945
HELD IN EXCHANGE HALL, HARWICH CENTER
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer. Collector of Taxes, for 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; Mod- erator for one year; one Water Commissioner for three years; Surveyor of Highways for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers and Committees.
Complete list is printed on the first pages of this 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, 1945, 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.
This article was accepted and adopted as read.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1944.
It was unanimously voted to accept the report of the town officers and the committees as printed in the 1944 town report.
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.
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The following budget, recommended by the Finance Committee, was accepted and adopted. In the original report an increase of $2,500.00 was given for the general repairs on roads.
Selectmen's expense
$ 250.00
Assessors' expense
450.00
Treasurer's expense
250.00
Treasurer's bond
109.00
Collector's expense
400.00
Collector's bond
161.25
Town Clerk's expense
100.00
Town Clerk's bond
5.00
Accountant's salary
1,200.00
Accountant's expense
100.00
Stenographer's salary
1,092.00
Elections and registrations
800.00
Certifying town notes
10.00
Repairs of public buildings
800.00
Office equipment
100.00
Exchange building
2,200.00
Law
200.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
Police Department
7,000.00
Fire Department
4,000.00
Forestry
3,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
500.00
Tree Warden
50.00
Wire Inspector
200.00
Board of Health
1,500.00
Dump
1,100.00
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highways-General repairs
12,000.00
Bridges
200.00
Fences and railings
200.00
Snow removal
3,000.00
Electric street lights
7,756.80
Park Commissioner
600.00
Outside poor
3,000.00
Poor-other towns
400.00
State poor
1,500.00
Infirmary
2,700.00
Old age assistance
28,000.00
Soldier's benefit
1,000.00
Aid to dependent children
4,600.00
State aid
700.00
Schools
63,050.00
Vocational education (supervision of Sch. Com.
. 500.00
Brooks Library
1,375.00
Reserve fund
2,500.00
Insurance
2,000.00
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Advertising
100.00
Herring Committee
225.00
Town reports
600.00
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,610.00
Retirement of school house bonds
7,000.00
Interest on school house bonds
770.00
Retirement of water extension note
1,000.00
Interest on water extension note
24.00
Water Department
9,700.00
Interest on tax anticipation loan
20.00
Welfare Agent's salary
780.00
Welfare Agent's expense
100.00
Cemetery Commissioner
500.00
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the sal- aries of the elected Town Officers for the year 1945.
Moderator
25.00
Selectmen
2,500.00
Assessors
1,800.00
Treasurer
900.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Collector of Taxes
1,800.00
Surveyor of Highways
1,500.00
School Committee
450.00
Water Commissioners
300.00
1945 Budget
$200,663.05
Special appropriations
30,006.24
Grand total of appropriations
$230,669.29
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 130, Section 57, as amended by Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1933 and to make any regula- tions in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient, and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum not in excess of twenty thousand dollars, ($20,000.00) for the purpose of reducing the 1945 tax rate and act fully thereon.
Voted "That $20,000.00 be transferred from surplus revenue or available funds in the treasury for the purpose of reducing the 1945 tax rate.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and .
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appropriate a sufficient sum of money to defray the ex- penses of Harwich Ration Board and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. Raised and appropri- ated $1,400.00.
'Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the use of Har- wich Post 292 American Legion in the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day and Armistice Day and other proper patriotic purposes.
It was voted to raise and appropriate $100.00 under this article.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell by public sale any property the Town may acquire or has acquired by the foreclosure of tax titles and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for care and treatment of person's 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.
Raised and appropriated $1,000.00.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate certain sums of money to repair hurricane dam- age, said money to be used by the Park Commissioners, the Cemetery Commissioners, School Committee and Tree War- den and Highway Department and act fully thereon.
$6,150.00 raised and appropriated.
Accepted and adopted. Allocation: Park Commission $750.00. Cemetery Commission $500.00. School Committee $400.00. Tree Warden $3,000.00. Highway Commission $1,500.00.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 to continue work on Asses- sors' Maps and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. $700.00 raised and appropri- ated.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
Accepted and adopted as read. $750.00 raised and ap- propriated.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the prevention of Beach erosion, said money to be used with money from State or County.
Accepted and adopted as read. $3,000.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $659.64 to be used for the extending water mains where requested, providing that the income from such extensions will be at least 6% of the cost.
Accepted and adopted as read. $659.64 raised and ap- propriated.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of laying a water main on Neel Road and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. $2,100.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the pur- pose of laying a water main on Gorham Road and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. $1,950.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of laying water mains on Brooks Road and Lower County Road and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. No appropriation. $6,350.00 to be transferred from available cash to do the work.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of extending the water main on Earle Road and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of extending the water main on Hiawatha Road and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. Raised and appro- priated $1,250.00.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of laying water mains on Sisson Road and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, not to exceed three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars, to defray the expenses of main- taining a certified life guard on the Town Beach, during the Summer Season of 1945. and act fully thercon.
Accepted and adopted as read. $350.00 raised and ap- propriated.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed sixteen hundred ($1.600.00) 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 employment of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association, Inc.
Accepted and adopted as read. $1,600.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to remove the debris washed up by the hurricane onto the shores of Wychmere Harbor.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for unpaid bills as provided for in Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1941.
Accepted and adopted. $478.80 raised and appropriated.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction (Allen's Harbor Bridge) or take any action in relation thereto.
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Accepted and adopted as read. It was voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 to meet the town's share of the cost of Chapt. 90 Highway Construction, and that in addi- tion the sum of $1,500.00 to be transferred from unappro- priated available funds in the treasury, to meet the State's and County's share of cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their re- ceipts, to the unappropriated available funds in the treas- ury.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Harwich Veteran's Rehabilitation and Re-employment Committee and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read and $100.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise ($300.00) three hundred dollars for the purpose of straight- ening road, beginning at the Southeast corner of Route 137 opposite the Evergreen Cemetery and extending Northerly to approximately three hundred feet.
It was voted that $150.00 be taken from the General Repairs account of the Highway Department for doing the work as outlined in this article.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars to purchase and equip the Police Department with a new Pa- trol Car, to replace the old Patrol Car now in use, and to authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade the Patrol Car now owned by the Town and the sum received therefrom to be used towards the purchase of a new car, and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to increase the wage for Town labor to seventy-five ($.75) cents per hour.
It was voted under this article that 70 cents an hour should be the wage for town labor.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 to widen and harden the road in East Harwich (known as the Schoolhouse Road) from the Harwich Center to South Orleans Road East to corner of Bay Road and Main Street which is a short cut to Pleasant
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Bay and Route 28.
It was voted that $500.00 be raised and appropriated to widen and grade the traveled surface of the road described in this article. (The road is known as Cahoon Rd.)
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars for the purchase of a sand loader.
Accepted and adopted as read. $1,200 raised and appropriated.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred fifty ($450.00) dollars for the benefit of the Chase Library Association, and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read. $450.00 raised and appropriated.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars for the feeding and propagation of game within the Town Limits and that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to have charge of the work.
'Accepted and adopted as read. $100.00 raised and appropriated for propagation of game and fish.
Committee : Charles H. Taylor, Ralph W. Doane and Wm. R. Orton.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect on the Town Beach at the foot of Bank Street flush toilets for the use of the Bathing Public and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. $1,500.00 raised and appro- priated.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($350.00) for the purpose of keep- ing the beaches clean and for the repair of the board walks used on the Town Beach and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. $350.00 to be raised and appro- priated.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($350.00) for the care and repair of the Town Docks at Round Cove and Wychmere Harbor and act fully thereon.
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Accepted and adopted. $350.00 to be raised and appro- priated.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay members of the State Guard for hurricane duty.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars for the benefit of the Harwichport Library Association.
Accepted and adopted as read. $600.00 to be raised and appropriated.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to expend the Refunded Dog Tax for the support of Brooks Free Li- brary.
Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to reshingle the roof of Brooks Block and to repair the gutters and interior leak- age damage.
Accepted and adopted as read. $1,000.00 to be raised and appropriated.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road leading from Lower County Road, Southerly to Shore Road as a Town Way, as laid out on a plan of the late Henry N. Chase, said road being forty feet wide.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the purpose of planting shade trees along the Public High- ways of the Town, under the provisions of Chapter 87, Section 7, of the General Laws.
The Finance Committee's report was accepted- which was; "That the sum of fifty dollars be raised and appro- priated.
Article 46. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the Herring Fisheries for the year 1945 and act fully thereon.
It was voted "That the herring privilege be sold at public auction after proper notice at a time and place to be set by the Herring Committee.
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Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a new Honor Roll, said Honor Roll to be erected at Wheeler Park, Harwichport, and that a committee consisting of three members of the American Legion and the Selectmen be authorized to make such purchase and provide for its main- tenance and upkeep.
Accepted and adopted as read. $500.00 to be raised and appropriated.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one street light on Chatham Road in front of the residence of William J. Reid and act fully thereon.
It was so voted and $17.50 was raised and appropriated.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain one street light on Woodland Road between Bank and Bayview Avenue in Harwichport and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to continue the con- struction of the asphalt sidewalk on the West side of Cross Street between Pleasant Street and Miles Street.
Accepted and adopted and $300.00 to be raised and appropriated.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to change the present elective term of Collector of Taxes, Town Treas- urer and Town Clerk from one to three years.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken at the Regular Town Meeting on February 2, 1931, whereby it accepted Section 1, 3, 6 and 7 and Sec- tions 11 to 16 inclusive of Chapter 142 General Laws and all amendments and additions thereto; said act being relative to the Supervision of Plumbing to take effect at once.
Acceptance and adoption of this article was not voted by the meeting and the measure to rescind was lost. Plumb- ing laws and restrictions remain the same.
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