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JOHN J. SMALL FUND FOR BROOKS FREE LIBRARY In Custody of Trustees
Savings
Deposits
Total "
On
hand May 28, 1946,
$248.78
$248 78
On hand December 31, 1946,
$251.26
$251.26
On hand February 15, 1947,
$251.26
$251.26
Receipts Payments May 28 to December 31, 1946
Income,
$2.48
Added to savings deposits, $2.48
January 1 to February 15, 1947 No transactions recorded. HAROLD LOVELAND FUND FOR BROOKS FREE LIBRARY In Custody of Trustees
On hand May 28, 1946,
On hand December 31,1946,
1.74
1.74
On hand February 15, 1947,
1.74
1.74
Receipts Payments May 28 to December 31, 1946
Withdrawn from savings deposits, $98.59
Expended for books, $99.42
Income,
.83
$99.42
$99.42
January 1 to February 15, 1947 No transaction recorded HENRY C. BROOKS MEDAL FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand May 28, 1946,
$1,216.90 $1,216.90
On hand December 31, 1946,
$1,203.02 $1,203.02
On hand February 15, 1947,
$1,203.02 $1,203.02
Receipts Payments May 28 to December 31, 1946
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town, $26.04
deposits,
$13.88
Income,
12.16
$26.04
$26.04
January 1 to February 15, 1947 No transactions recorded.
Savings Deposits $100.33
Total
$100.33
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JOHNSON-ULM SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Securities Par Value Total
On hand May 28, 1946,
On hand December 31, 1946,
$35,000.00
$35,000.00
On hand February 15, 1947,
$35,000.00
$35,000.00
Receipts Payments
May 28 to December 31, 1946
Bequest,
$35,000.00
Securities purchased $35,000.00
January 1 to February 15, 1947 No transaction recorded.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Deposits Total
On hand May 28, 1946,
$24,345.20
$24,345.20
On hand December 31, 1946,
$24,780.39
$24,780.39
On hand February 15, 1947,
$24,780.39
$24,780.39
Receipts Payments May 28 to December 31, 1946
Bequests,
$600.00
Added to savings deposits,
$435.19
Transferred to town, 407.70
$842.89
$842.89
January 1 to February 15, 1947 No transactions recorded
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Cash
Savings Deposits
Securities
Par Value $15,000.00
Total $15,750.00
On hand May 28, 1946, $750.00 On hand December 31, 1946, $187.50
$750.00
$15,000.00
$15,937.50
On hand February 15,
1947,
$187.50
$750.00
$15,000.00
$15,937.50
Income,
242.89
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Receipts Payments May 28 to December 31, 1946
Income,
Cash in general
treasury May 28,
1946,
$187.50
Deposited in savings bank,
$750.00
Cash in general
750.00
treasurery December 31, 1946, 187.50
$937.5.
$937.50
January 1 to February 15, 1947
Cash in general
treasury January 1
1947,
$187.50
ยท
Cash in general
treasury February
15, 1947,
$187.50
TOWN OF HARWICH Balance Sheet - December 31, 1946 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$106,523.99
Federal Withholding Taxes, $1,835.94
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
2,587.25
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1946:
Personal Property,
Real Estate,
$659.06
13,443.66
Trust and Investment Funds Income: Caleb Chase Charity Fund, $392.94 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, $187.50
14,102.72
580.44
Premium on Loans: School,
$1,159.88
Water,
79.27
18.92
1,239.15
Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration, $107.05
Aid,
6.22
Old Age Assistance :
Administration, 476.16 Assistance, 136.72
726.15
Unexpended Appropriation Balances, 54,620.30
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, 2,899.50
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Special Assessments: Moth 1946, Tax Titles,
158.05
Tax Possessions,
807.46
Departmental: Schools, 38.28
Water Rates and Services, 1,109.22
Underestimates 1946: State Parks and Reservations Assessments, $105.29
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1946, 492.67
Cape Cod Mosquito Control Assessment County Tax,
80.42 1,805.00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $492.67
Special Assessments, 18.92
Tax Title and Tax Possessions, 965.51
Water, Departmental,
1,109.22
Overlay Deficit: Levy of 1946,
330.34
2,624.60 58,459.03
$125,572.36
$125,572.36
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$100,000.00
School Loan,
$70,000.00 30,000.00
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$100,000.00
$100,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities,
$92,134.39
Caleb Chase Charity Fund, Brooks Free Public Library Funds, Henry C. Brooks Medal Fund, Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
$10,108.02
5,292.96
1,203.02
35,000.00
24,780.39
15,750.00
$92,134.39
$92,134.39
1,990.71
38.28
Surplus Revenue,
Water Loan,
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Dr.
Cash on hand January 1, 1947
$106.523.99 462,206.78
Received during 1947
Total
$568,730.77
Cr.
Payments 1947
$451,788.04
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1947
4,670.61
Cash on hand Checking acct. C. C. Trust Co.
112,272.12
Total
$568,730.77
BROOKS MEDAL TRUST FUND
Amount of the fund January 1, 1947 1947 interest added
$1,203.02
23.91
Total
$1,226.93
Withdrawn for school medals 1947
26.70
Total of fund Dec. 31, 1947
$1,200.23
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Deposited in the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Harwich, Mass.
Name
Principal
Int. Ex- Int. Not pended Used. $ 2.11
Ansell, William E.
$100.00
Allen, Jairus
50.00
$ 1.00
Allen, Mercy K.
100.00
16.61
Atkins, Prince A.
100.00
3.40
2.37
Atwood, Love C.
150.00
3.00
4.63
Baker, Aaron E.
50.00
.85
.23
Baker, Austin
50.00
.85
.28
74
Baker, Cyrus B.
100.00
3.40
1.44
Baker, Richard
100.00
5.00
13.73
Baker, Sarah M.
50.00
.85
.83
Bassett, Alvin H.
200.00
5.95
.29.41
Bassett, Heman E.
100.00
6.65
Bassett, Isaac
300.00
4.25
4.64
Bee, Benjamin F.
100.00
2.12
.56
Bearse, Isaac M.
150.00
3.82
.46
Bassett, Vincent C.
250.00
4.25
.80
Bent, Charles T.
5,000.00
74.15
506.23
Berry, Herbert F.
100.00
1.91
.78
Berry, Henry C.
100.00
2.97
.62
Berry, James C.
100.00
1.91
.43
Berry, James, Sr.
100.00
1.91
.65
Berry, Judah, Jr.
100.00
1.91
.28
Briggs, Emma J.
50.00
2.55
.01
Brown-Phillips
100.00
2.00
.04
Bullard, Maud S.
250.00
3.00
19.32
Butler-Overbaugh
200.00
2.12
7.08
Cahoon, Alpheus
75.00
2.55
9.76
Cahoon, Elvira R.
125.00
3.00
12.69
Cahoon, Emulous A.
50.00
4.14
Cahoon, Joel B.
150.00
3.00
3.42
Cahoon, Myra L.
200.00
12.20
30.87
Chase, Arthur F.
100.00
3.40
.73
Chase, Benjamin R.
100.00
2.55
1.60
Chase, Caleb
300.00
12.75
7.12
Chase, Edgar W.
50.00
.85
.28
Chase, Henry N.
100.00
2.55
1.60
Chase, Joseph W.
100.00
1.91
.51
Chase, Robert W.
100.00
2.55
1.60
Chase, Reuben R.
300.00
2.00
Chase, Sylvanus
100.00
2.00
.72
Chase, Albert Thatcher et al
300.00
5.95
5.00
Cobb, Frederick E.
100.00
.85
1.49
Cobb, Frederick
200.00
5.10
2.24
Cole, Stephen
200.00
3.00
13.87
Crapo, William F.
150.00
3.40
1.53
Cook, Ruth S.
50.00
1.00
Crowell, George F.
50.00
3.00
3.04
Crowell, Joseph W.
100.00
24.96
Crosby, Henry T.
200.00
4.00
.04
Cummings, James W.
50.00
1.15
.01
75
Cummings, Ralph
100.00
1.91
.31
Davis, Amy B.
100.00
1.91
.14
Doane, Franklin S.
100.00
5.95
1.83
Doane, James B.
100.00
1.91
.04
Doane, Lewis B.
50.00
1.00
6.42
Doyle, Lawrence
50.00
.09
Dunton, Charles W.
25.00
1.27
Eldredge, Benjamin F.
100.00
2.55
5.29
Eldredge, Eben
100.00
2.12
.47
Eldredge, I. B.
200.00
5.00
19.58
Eldredge, I. K.
100.00
2.55
1.16
Eldredge, James H.
50.00
.85
.18
Eldredge, Milton L.
100.00
3.00
5.49
Eldredge, P. M.
50.00
2.98
.31
Ellis, Albyron
200.00
22.00
5.65
Emery, Frank H.
50.00
2.00
2.22
Ellis, Theodore
100.00
1.80
.42
Emery, Frank A. and Anne B.
50.00
.03
Foster, Nathan
250.00
3.40
21.87
Hall, Daniel
100.00
2.55
1.98
Harris, John and Everett
100.00
1.91
.20
Hayward, S. A.
100.00
1.91
.87
Hooks, Gilman
100.00
1.91
.45
Hopkins, Giles
50.00
3.00
1.16
Hurd, Irene
110.00
8.78
Ives, Mary T.
50.00
1.00
.21.
Janes, Mary
200.00
10.20
9.71
Jones, Asa L.
100.00
13.52
Kelley, Baxter D.
50.00
.85
.70
Kelley, Benjamin F.
75.00
2.00
.08
Kelley, E. B.
100.00
5.00
12.15
Kelley, Gustavus & Jonathan
200.00
3.82
.33
Kendrick, Alonso
100.00
4.00
6.04
Kendrick, Capt. Benjamin
50.00
1.00
.14
Kendrick, Mary B.
100.00
2.00
.20
Long, A. D.
50.00
1.00
.06
76
Long, Abner F.
100.00
2.00
.01
Long, C. M.
50.00
.85
.29
Long, Levi
200.00
63.15
Lopes, John M.
100.00
3.40
2.31
Lothrop, John D.
150.00
2.55
1.76
Lothrop, Davis
200.00
3.82
1.89
Loveland, Elizabeth
25.00
2.04
Megathlin, Anthony S.
100.00
2.00
.04
McLean, Jas.
50.00
2.58
Miles, Samuel J.
75.00
3.00
3.61
Moody, J. M. and S. B.
100.00
2.55
1.74
Mullins, Daniel J.
200.00
3.68
Nickerson, Alonzo, Jr.
150.00
3.00
.53
Nickerson, Darius M.
100.00
1.65
.02
Nickerson, Henry
100.00
3.82
2.60
Nickerson, George W.
200.00
5.00
18.13
Nickerson, Huldah
50.00
2.08
Nickerson, Joshua
250.00
5.00
2.33
Nickerson, Nanthan & Thankful
150.00
3.00
.26
Nickerson, Philip L.
400.00
5.00
18.17
Nickerson, Samuel T.
100.00
3.00
9.99
Norris, Ann J.
100.00
2.11
Old M. E. Church
500.00
60.00
117.66
Oliver, Charles B.
50.00
.85
.72
Pachard, Charles H.
200.00
4.29
Phillips, Lewis L.
200.00
11.00
Phillips, Jacob L.
100.00
5.10
17.46
Potter, E. A. and M. D.
200.00
4.25
6.38
Ritchie, Gordon
200.00
3.82
1.28
Robbins, Joseph K & Nathaniel
250.00
5.00
52.13
Rogers, Bessie R.
50.00
.17
Sears, Edith E.
50.00
2.55
.52
Sewall, Susan B.
200.00
5.10
2.27
Sleuman, Frederick
150.00
2.97
.05
Shaw, Susan D.
50.00
1.00
.04
Simmons, Burgess T.
100.00
2.00
.09
Sisson, John R. & Phebe W.
200.00
5.10
1.09
Small, Aaron
100.00
2.55
4.36
Small, Abner L.
150.00
3.00
.03
77
Small, David L.
200.00
4.00
.09
Small, Elizabeth H.
50.00
3.00
3.51
Small, Samuel
125.00
3.00
20.80
Small, Thomas G.
100.00
2.00
.52
Small, Zebina H.
200.00
4.00
.06
Smalley, Ebenezer
150.00
3.00
.57
Smith, Daniel H.
100.00
8.40
1.01
Smith, Joseph
100.00
1.91
.28
Smith, Warren
100.00
2.55
1.32
Snow, A. C.
100.00
4.00
7.35
Snow, Chester
100.00
2.00
.01
Snow, Ernest L.
100.00
2.55
1.22
Snow, Franklin
100.00
2.00
.29
Snow, Franklin D. and
Stearns Ward
100.00
3.00
8.17
Snow, Herbert Franklin
200.00
2.55
14,30
Snow, John L.
100.00
1.91
.14
Snow, Levi
50.00
1.00
.04
Snow, Laban
100.00
2.00
.61
Sparrow, Henry L.
100.00
2.12
.38
Sparrow, Phebe & George L.
25.00
2.04
Taylor, Edwin F.
200.00
3.82
1.10
Taylor, George B.
50.00
1.00
.17
Tripp, Gideon H.
200.00
3.00
21.90
Underwood, Lucy E.
150.00
5.10
60.35
Underwood, Nathan
200.00
8.10
39.65
Watkins, Annie F.
100.00
6.37
4.31
Wixon, Euphemia and Amos F.
50.00
3.39
Young, J. B.
75.00
4.00
2.58
$552.59
HENRY K. BEARSE, Treasurer.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 1947 DOG ACCOUNT
Registered :
193 Males @ $2.00
$386.00
45 females @ $5.00
225.00
67 Spayed females @ 2,00
134.00
3 Breeders @ 10.00
30.00
Total 308
$775.00
Fees retained
61.60
Deposited with County Treasurer
$713.40
FILLING STATIONS, GASOLINE PUMPS AND STORAGE TANKS; LICENSES
27 issued at 50 cents each
$13.50
Paid to the Treasurer
13.50
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 3-4, 1947 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 Com- mittees.
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, 1947, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one vear 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 1946.
It was unanimously voted to accept the report of the town officers and committees as printed in the 1946 report, with the request from Joshua A. Nickerson that the cont- plete auditor's annual audit be printed in the 1947 town report.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to
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defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
The 1947 budget presented and recommended by the Finance Committee was accepted and adopted after several changes had been made in the Water and School appropria- tions, together with the increased pay granted to several elected officers.
BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF HARWICH AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 3-4,1947
Selectmen's Expense
$ 250.00
Assesors' Expense
600.00
Treasurer's Expense
300.00
Treasurer's Bond
164.00
Collector's Expense
700.00
Collector's Bond
243.00
Accountant's Salary
1,200.00
Accountant's Expense
100.00
Clerk for Selectmen,Salary
1,200.00
Election and Registration
800.00
Certifying Town Notes
10.00
Repairs of Public Buildings
1,000.00
Office Equipment
100.00
Exchange Building
4,000.00
Law
200.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
Police Department
9,297.00
Fire Department
5,366.00
Forestry * (including Tree Warden)
2,800.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
500.00
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
Wire Inspector
300.00
Board of Health
3,000.00
Dump
1,500.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highways-General Repairs
17,000.00
Bridges
500.00
Fences and Railings
800.00
Snow Removal
3,000.00
Street Lights
8,066.60
Park Commission
1,000.00
Welfare-Outside Poor
4,000.00
Poor of other Towns
1,500.00
State Poor
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
,
41,000.00
Veteran's Benefits
3,000.00
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Aid to Dependent Children
10,000.00
Schools
95,935.00
Vocational Education
600.00
Brooks Library
1,500.00
Reserve Fund
4,000.00
Insurance
2,000.00
Advertising
200.00
Herring Committee
200.00
Town Reports
635.00
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
Retirement of School Bonds
6,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,330.00
Interest on School Bonds
525.00
Water Department
26,205.00
Welfare Agent's Salary
780.00
Welfare Agent's Expense
400.00
Cemetery Commission
600.00
Harbor Master
50.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Interest on Tax Anticipation Loans
20.00
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the sal- aries of the elected Town Officers for the year 1947.
Complete list printed on first pages of this town report.
Salaries of Elected Officers
Moderator
50.00
Selectmen
4,100.00
Assessors
2,000.00
Treasurer
1,500.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Collector
2,000.00
Surveyor of Highways
2,000.00
Water Commissioners
300.00
School Committee
450.00
1947 Budget
$288,381.60
* Footnote to Budget; $8,820.00 of this sum to be considered as Hydrant Rental appropriated for operating expenses.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shellfish and sea worms within the Town limits, as provided in Chapter 130, Section 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws and to make any regula- tions in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum not in excess
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of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.) for the purpose of reducing the 1947 tax rate and act fully thereon.
Accepted, $20,000.00 to be taken or transferred from surplus revenue to reduce 1947 tax rate.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for unpaid bills of 1946, as provided for in Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1941.
Voted to take $3,250.41 from surplus revenue for pay - ing 1946 bills.
Article 10 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 thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 to meet the Town's share for the cost of Chapter 90, Highway Mainten- ance and that in addition the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work, the re-imbursements from the State and County to be re- stored upon their receipts to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used with whatever State and County funds are available under Chapter 90 Road Construction and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $7,500.00 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90, Road Construction and that in addition the sum of $22,500.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work, the re-imbursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for recreation and enter- tainment in the form of base-ball, by local players.
Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 for this article.
Article 13. To see what action the Town will take in regards to the Herring Fisheries for the year 1947 and act fully thereon.
Voted that the herring privilege be sold at public
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auction at a time and place to be set by the Herring Com- mittee.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for Band Concerts to be held in Brooks Park in 1947.
Voted to raise and appropriate $250.00 for band con- certs in Brook's Park for 1947.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used for the Dental Clinic in the Schools of Harwich, according to provisions of Chapter 3, Section 50 of the General Laws.
Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 for Dental Clinic in the Harwich Schools.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to be used with the unex- pended $2,000.00 appropriated in 1946 with whatever State funds that may be available for the purpose of dredging at Allen's Harbor and act fully thereon.
Voted to rasise and appropriate $4,000.00 to be used with the un-expended $2,000.00 appropriated in 1946, and with whatever State funds that may be available for the purpose of dredging at Allen's Harbor.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 to be used with the unex- pended $5,000.00 appropriated in 1944 and with whatever .. State funds that may be available for the purpose of dredg- ing Wychmere Harbor and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $7,000.00 to be used with the un-expended $5,000.00 appropriated in 1944, and with whatever State funds that may be available for the dredg- ing of Wychmere Harbor.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed one thousand ($1,000) dol- lars to be paid the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment 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 III of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of keeping the beaches clean and for the repair of the Board Walks on the Town Beach and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $400.00 for the purpose of keeping the Town Beaches clean and to repair the Board Walk on the beaches.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the care and repair of the Town Docks and Floats and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 to repair Town Docks and Floats.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $300.00 (three hundred dollars) for the proper observance of Memorial Day and other patriotic purposes by request of the Harwich Post American Legion and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day and other patriotic purposes.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Supervisor of Highways to the sum of two thousand dollars and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to increase the wage for Town labor to eighty five (85c) cents per hour. and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to resurface and widen Great Western Road starting from Lothrop Ave. and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars to resurface and widen the road in West Harwich known as Lothrop Ave. from State Highway to Town Dump, and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 to widen and re-surface Lothrop Ave. from Rt. 28 to the Town Dump.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars, to resurface and widen from the Brewster Line, Route 137, and continue as far as money will allow.
Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000.00 to re-surface and widen the road Rt. 137 from Brewster line as far as the money will allow.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars to re- surface and widen the so called Bay Road in East Harwich and act fully thereon-
Voted to raise and appropriate $2,500.00 to re-surface and widen Bay Road in East Harwich.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town Way at Harwich Port known as Doane Way leading from Route 28 southerly to Lower County Road, as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 7th, 1947 and will authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain, in be- half of the Town, the lands or interests in the lands within said layout for a Town Way and will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted, no appropriation necessary.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the North side of Main Street from the inter- section of Maine and South Streets, extending to the grade of the bridge on Kelly Road; to appropriate money there- for and act on all matters relating thereto.
Voted to construct a sidewalk on the North side of Main Street, Harwich Center from the intersection of South Street to the grade of the bridge over the railroad, and to raise and appropriate $500.00.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to lay out and con- struct a sidewalk of suitable material on the North side of Park Street, Harwich Center extending from Oak Street to Pleasant Lake Avenue and act fully thereon.
Voted to construct a sidewalk on the North side of Park Street, Harwich Center extending from Oak Street to Pleasant Lake Avenue and to raise and appropriate $500.00.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide suitable settees and steps leading to the beach at the foot of Sea Breeze Avenue for the convenience of the residents of the street and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to resurface with oil, Hiawatha Road from the Lower County Road to the Beach and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 with which to resurface with oil, Hiwatha Road from Lower County Road to the Beach.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $500.00 to harden Shore Road Extension and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a side- walk on the North or South side of Pleasant Street in Har- wich Port and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for building of steps to Beach and act fully thereon.
Limited to Town owned Beaches it was voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 for this article.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of reloca- tion, alteration, laying out of Town Ways, engineering and surveying of Town property, and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000.00 for the purpose of this article.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars to put in a leach basin on Sea Street, near residence of Lucy E. Kelley, and to act fully thereon.
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