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The second is an article asking for money to complete the heating system. A new boiler with oil burner has been installed to take care of the heating demands of the new addition, but due to increased costs, and revision of plans, sufficient funds were not available to complete the system. These additional funds are for three blower units, to heat the apparatus floor, and necessary valves and piping to make these units separate from the rest of the heating system.
I wish to thank all men and women of the department for the aid and assistance given me since my appointment as Acting Chief; to the members of other town depart- ments, and to the citizens and summer residents for their cooperation, thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. HALL, Acting Chief H. F. D. and Forest Warden
Report of Park Commission
To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich:
We hereby submit our report of the various appro- priations made in 1950 for the Parks of the Town of Har- wich :
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation Refund 103.50
$2,400.00
$2,503.50
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Labor Supplies All other
$1,726.19 181.93 49.81
Total Expenditures $1,957.93
Returned to Revenue
$545.57
BROOKS PARK - BASEBALL FIELD
Balance January 1, 1950
$2,000.00
Appropriation 3,500.00
$5,500.00
Contracts
$3,830.00
Labor
502.69
Materials
293.24
Total Expenditures $4,625.93
Balance Carried to 1951 $874.07
CLEARING PORTION - SCHOOLHOUSE LOT - H. PORT
Appropriation Contract
$500.00
$175.00
Labor
325.00
Total Expenditures $500.00
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD E. TAYLOR, Chairman WILLIAM C. CHASE, EMULOUS E. HALL, JR., Park Commissioners.
Report of Board of Health
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Over a period of several decades, there has been a gradual downward trend in the severity of many of the common acute contagious diseases of childhood so that control of such diseases is no longer to be considered an important part of the work of any health department. Futhermore, modern medical science has demonstrated
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that some of the measures, such as isolation and quaran- tine, formerly thought to be effective means of control, are not by any means adequate. Efforts of this department have largely been aimed at decreasing the susceptibility of children by active immunization against diphtheria and whooping cough.
For the second consecutive year, the number of cases of infantile paralysis reported has been above normal. Of the seven cases reported, all except one, were permanent residents of the county and six of the seven developed some degree of paralysis. There was one death reported as the result of this disease.
SANITATION
The Department continued its efforts for the protection of private water supplies and adequate sewage disposal. Laboratory, as well as sanitary survey work, was carried on at about the same level as during previous years. Sev- eral of the Town Boards of Health have adopted new regulations during the year. Contacts have been made with Town Planning Boards to promote more adequate attention to water supplies and sewage disposal when new subdivisions were under consideration.
By the employment of a part time sanitarian during the summer months, we were able to cover more adequately, the increased work entailed by the influx of summer visi- tors. Our attention has been particularly directed toward the sanitation of food handling establishments, many of which are only in operation for a brief period of time dur- ing the summer. By augmenting the laboratory services, concerned with the examination of swabs taken from multiuse utensils in restaurants, we were able to exercise better control over the important item of cleaning and sanitizing, glasses, cups, and other such equipment.
We have followed closely the studies carried out re- cently on methods for the control of wood ticks. At the completion of the work, done this year by the Mass. De- partment of Public Health, as well as the United States Department of Agriculture, it would appear that effective means for curtailing the number of ticks are available. We feel that the control work should be carried out by the moth superintendents in the various towns of the County since many of them already have the necessary equip- ment.
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CHILD HYGIENE
During the year, we have continued our promotional work in this field and many clinics have been conducted under the auspices of this Department for the health evaluation of children of ages from one to six.
In February, we were able to secure the services of a dental hygienist, and institute a program for the control of dental caries among school children by the application of sodium fluoride. We have also been able to secure the aid of workers from the United States Public Health Serv- ice and the Mass. Department of Public Health, and expect to have completed all schools in the County at the end of the year following the beginning of the work.
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1950 F. L. Moore, M.D., County Health Officer
Mr. George F. Crocker, Sanitary Inspector
Mr. Ernest C. Eldredge, Sanitary Inspector
Miss Mildred Wye, R.N., Field Nurse
Mrs. Alice Dalzell, Dental Hygienist
Miss Ruth Crocker, Clerk
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Administration :
Automobile Mileage
43,761
Individuals Interviewed
1,522
Meetings Attended
99
Lectures, etc.
16
Communicable Disease Control:
Visits to cases and contacts
35
Consultations with Physicians
7
Smallpox Vaccinations
164
Diphtheria Immunizations
752
Tetanus Immunizations
635
Whooping Cough Immunizations
376
Child Hygiene :
Pre-school children examined
359
School children examined
255
School children inspected by Dental Hygienist
1,661
School children given fluorine treatments
1,661
Total Fluorine Treatments
6,600
Visits to Crippled Children's Clinics
257
Sanitary Inspections :
Water Supplies 146
100
Sewage Disposal
169
Camp Sites
10
Dairy Farms
131
Pasteurizing Plants
82
Restaurants
610
Markets, Groceries, etc.
77
All others
14
Laboratory Specimens Examined :
Water Supplies
115
Milk (Bacteriological)
76
Milk (Fats and Solids)
96
Milk (Phosphatase Tests)
30
Mastitis
5
Cream
2
Ice Cream
2
Food Handling Utensils
1,246
Cases of Reportable Diseases:
Chicken Pox
75
Dog Bite
165
Infantile Paralysis
7
German Measles
183
Measles
75
Meningitis
1
Mumps
25
Scarlet Fever
12
Tuberculosis
38
Tularemia
2
Whooping Cough
50
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. MOORE, M.D., County Health Officer.
Treasurer's Report
Dr. Cash on hand January 1, 1950 Received during 1950
$187,445.33 664,133.54
Total
$851,578.87
Cr.
Payments 1950
Cash on hand December 31, 1950
$685,913.46
5,202.65
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Cash on hand Cape Cod Trust Co.
160,462.76
Total
$851,578.87
BROOKS MEDAL FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1950
$1,188.37
Interest accrued in 1950
26.65
Total
$1,215.02
Paid for medals
20.99
On hand December, 1950
$1,194.03
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Treasurer.
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
(Lots having perpetual care) Deposited in the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Harwich, Mass.
Name of Lot
Principal
Interest expended $1.00
Interest not used
Allen, Darius H.
$50.00
$ .18
Allen, Mercy K.
200.00
16.93
Ansell, William E.
100.00
8.00
.71
Atwood, Love C.
150.00
4.00
Atkins, Prince A.
200.00
3.00
2.24
Bassett, Alvin M.
200.00
2.50
31.28
Bassett, Isaac
300.00
4.00
12.81
Baker, Cyrus B.
100.00
2.50
1.40
Barnes, William P.
200.00
4.00
2.83
Bearse, Isaac M.
150.00
3.00
1.07
Briggs, Emma J.
50.00
3.27
Baker, Richard
100.00
5.00
5.82
Bassett, Vincent C.
250.00
4.50
6.10
Berry, Judah, Jr.
100.00
2.00
.70
Berry, James C.
100.00
2.00
.83
Berry, James, Sr.
100.00
2.00
1.11
Baker, Aaron E.
50.00
1.00
.41
Bassett, Heman E.
100.00
2.50
7.97
Bee, Benjamin F.
100.00
2.00
.50
Berry, Henry C.
100.00
2.00
1.04
Butler and Overbaugh lots
200.00
5.00
6.84
Bullard, Maude S.
250.00
8.00
12.32
Brown-Phillips lot
100.00
3.00
1.50
Berry, Herbert F.
100.00
2.00
1.21
Baker, Austin
50.00
1.00
.46
Baker, Sarah M.
50.00
1.00
1.04
Bent, Charles T. A.
5,000.00
51.75
622.68
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Crapo, William F.
150.00
3.00
2.74
Chase, Arthur F.
100.00
2.00
1.13
Chase, Benjamin R.
100.00
2.00
1.06
Chase, Caleb
300.00
5.00
3.58
Chase, Edgar W.
50.00
1.00
.46
Chase, Henry M.
100.00
2.00
1.06
Chase, Joseph W.
100.00
2.00
.93
Chase, Robert W.
100.00
2.00
2.08
Chase, Alfred, Thatcher J. W.
300.00
5.00
3.41
Cobb, Frederick E.
100.00
2.00
.93
Cobb, Frederick
200.00
4.00
1.09
Chase, Reuben R.
300.00
5.00
6.41
Cummings, James W.
50.00
1.00
.19
Cummings, Ralph
100.00
2.00
1.79
Crowell, Joseph W.
100.00
33.10
Cahoon, Myra L.
200.00
33.22
Crowell, George F.
50.00
5.47
Cahoon, Joel B.
150.00
9.54
Chase, Sylvanus
100.00
2.00
1.15
Cahoon, Alpheus
75.00
1.50
10.16
Cahoon, Elvira R.
125.00
4.00
13.02
Cahoon, Emulous A.
50.00
3.00
4.66
Cook, Ruth S.
50.00
1.75
.01
Cole, Stephen
200.00
4.00
18.15
Crosby, Henry T.
200.00
4.00
.85
Dunton, Charles W.
25.00
1.00
.70
Davis, Amy B.
100.00
2.00
.56
Doane, Franklin S.
100.00
2.00
1.29
Doyle, Lawrence
50.00
10.07
Doane, Abisha
250.00
Doane, Abisha M.
250.00
Doane, Lewis B.
50.00
1.00
.22
Doane, James B.
100.00
2.00
1.00
Eldredge, Benjamin F.
100.00
3.00
3.97
Eldredge, Eben
100.00
2.50
.39
Emery, Frank A.
50.00
1.00
.61
Eldredge, Milton L.
100.00
11.32
Emery, Frank H.
50.00
5.09
Eldredge, Isaac B.
200.00
29.01
Eldredge, Polly M.
50.00
2.51
Eldredge, Isaiah K.
100.00
2.00
.60
Ellis, Theodore R.
100.00
2.00
.45
Eldredge, James H.
50.00
1.00
.36
Ellis, Albyron
200.00
6.00
3.75
Foster, Nathan
250.00
6.00
26.93
Gorham, Nathaniel T.
150.00
.56
Handren, Moses
300.00
1.50
.19
Harris, John and Everett
100.00
2.00
.62
Hayward, Sylvanus
100.00
2.00
1.31
Hooks, Gilman
100.00
2.00
.87
Hall, Daniel
100.00
3.00
.96
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Hopkins, Giles
50.00
1.35
.02
Hurd, Irene
110.00
4.00
6.84
Hays, Samuel L.
100.00
2.00
.65
Ives, Mary T.
50.00
1.00
.39
Jones, Asa L.
100.00
20.92
Janes, Mary
200.00
3.00
3.82
Kelley, Eunice B.
100.00
5.00
57.40
Kendrick, Benjamin
50.00
1.00
.32
Kendrick, Mary B.
100.00
2.00
.62
Kelley, Baxter D.
50.00
1.00
.91
Kelley, Benjamin F.
75.00
1.50
.37
Kelley, Gustavus
200.00
3.50
1.64
Kendrick, Alonzo
100.00
4.50
8.47
Long, Abner F.
100.00
1.00
1.93
Lopes, John M.
100.00
2.50
.27
Loveland, Elizabeth
25.00
1.50
.19
Long, Albert D.
50.00
1.00
.24
Long, Levi
200.00
80.36
Long, Clara M.
50.00
1.00
.47
Lothrop, John D.
150.00
4.00
.93
Lothrop, Davis
200.00
3.50
3.29
McLean, James
50.00
1.00
2.96
Megathlin, Anthony S.
100.00
3.00
2.56
Moody, J. M. and S. B.
100.00
4.00
1.80
Miles, Samuel J.
75.00
10.99
Mullins, Daniel J.
200.00
16.98
Norris, Ann J.
100.00
8.00
.71
Nickerson, Alonzo, Jr.
150.00
3.00
2.18
Nickerson, Joshua
250.00
5.00
3.48
Nickerson, Nathan and Thankful
150.00
5.93
Nickerson, Nathan E.
100.00
2.83
Nickerson, Samuel T.
100.00
15.10
Nickerson, Philip L.
400.00
10.00
16.81
Nickerson, George W.
200.00
30.32
Nickerson, Huldah
50.00
2.32
Nickerson, Henry
100.00
2.00
1.06
Nickerson, Darius M.
100.00
2.00
.44
Old Methodist Church E.H.
616.84
41.00
.14
Oliver, Charles B.
50.00
1.00
.93
Phillips, Lewis L.
200.00
3.00
18.41
Phillips, Jacob F.
100.00
2.50
19.55
Paine, Walter I.
400.73
13.64
Packard, Charles H.
200.00
4.00
6.81
Potter, Eugene A.
200.00
3.50
4.96
Rogers, Bessie R.
50.00
1.00
.35
Robbins, Nathaniel and Joseph K.
250.00
71.89
Ritchie, Gordan
200.00
3.50
2.65
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Sisson, John and Phebe
200.00
4.00
1.75
Smith, Warren
100.00
2.00
.76
Snow, Ernest L.
100.00
2.00
.66
Snow, John L.
100.00
2.00
.56
Small, Samuel
125.00
8.00
10.95
Smith, F. Otto
200.00
1.50
8.76
Sherman, Freeman, Taylor lot
600.00
7.00
4.30
Snow, Herbert Franklin
200.00
3.00
20.65
100.00
2.00
.58
Sparrow, Phebe and George L.
25.00
1.00
.73
Sparrow, Henry L.
100.00
3.00
.82
Snow, Chester
100.00
2.00
.43
Small, Aaron
100.00
2.00
6.04
Shaw, Susan B.
50.00
1.00
.22
Simmons, Burgess T.
100.00
2.00
.51
Small, Abner L.
150.00
3.00
.63
Small, Thomas G.
100.00
2.00
.94
Small, Zebina H.
200.00
4.00
.87
Snow, Augustus C.
100.00
4.00
2.07
Snow, Franklin
100.00
2.00
.71
Snow, Laban
100.00
2.00
1.03
Snow, Levi
50.00
1.00
.22
Snow, Franklin D. (Ward) S.D.
100.00
7.00
Small, Elizabeth H.
50.00
4.40
Sears, Edith E.
50.00
2.76
Smith, Daniel H.
100.00
4.49
Sleuman, Frederick
150.00
3.00
.65
Sewall, Susan B.
200.00
4.00
3.29
Smith, Joseph
100.00
2.70
Sears, Burton G.
100.00
.56
Small, David L.
200.00
4.00
.90
Smalley, Ebeneezer
150.00
3.50
2.25
Taylor, Edwin F. (Jeremiah Parks)
300.00
6.00
1.97
Tripp, Gideon H.
200.00
33.32
Taylor, Daniel B.
100.00
3.75
Taylor, George B.
50.00
1.00
.35
Underwood, Lucy E.
150.00
6.00
58.25
Underwood, Nathan
200.00
6.00
25.90
Watkins, Annie F.
100.00
2.50
1.40
Willett, Wallace
200.00
2.00
5.85
Wixon, Amos F., Sr.
50.00
6.85
Wixon, Davis E.
50.00
1.50
Young, Jonathan B.
75.00
1.70
$27,252.57
$469.05
$1,680.96
HENRY K. BEARSE, Treasurer.
Starbuck, George W.
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Town Clerk's Report 1950
DOG REPORT
Registered
206 Males @ $2.00
$412.00
43 Females @ 5.00
215.00
72 Spayed @ 2.00
144.00
5 Kennels @ 10.00
50.00
$821.00
Fees 326 @ 20 cents
65.20
Deposited with County Treasurer
$755.80
LICENSING FILLING STATIONS, GASOLINE PUMPS, AND STORAGE TANKS
30 licenses issued at 50 cents each $15.00
Paid to Treasurer 15.00
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Clerk.
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Report of Annual Town Meeting
HELD IN EXCHANGE HALL, HARWICH CENTER February 6-7, 1950
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; one School Committee for two years; three Constables for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commis- sioner for three years; one Park Commissioner for two years; Mod- erator for one year; one Water Commissioner for three years; Sur- veyor 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 page 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, 1950, and to issue a note or notes therefor pay- able 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 Commit- tees for the year 1949.
It was voted to accept the annual report of the Town Officers and Committees as printed in the 1950 town report. Motion by Joshua A. Nickerson: "That a written report of the Selectmen, Overseers of Public Welfare and Board of Health for the year 1949 be sent to each voter in the Town." This was carried by voice vote.
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 to act fully thereon.
The 1950 budget submitted by the Finance Board was accepted and adopted after five changes had been made.
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1950
Selectmen's Clerk-Salary
$1,700.00
Selectmen's Expense
300.00
Accountant's Salary
2,000.00
Accountant's Expense
200.00
Treasurer's Expense
450.00
Treasurer's Bond
212.00
Collector's Expense
600.00
Collector's Bond
310.50
Assessors' Expense
900.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Law
600.00
Settlement of Claims
250.00
Elections and Registrations
3,000.00
Office Equipment
300.00
Exchange Building
5,000.00
Tax Title Expense
100.00
Certification of Town Notes
10.00
Police Department
12,000.00
Fire Department
15,269.00
Moth Department
2,500.00
Forestry (including Tree Warden)
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
700.00
Wire Inspector
700.00
Life Guard at Beach
450.00
Board of Health
2,000.00
Dump
1,700.00
School Dental Clinic
1,000.00
Town Nurse
2,500.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,500.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highways (General Repairs)
30,000.00
Snow Removal
4,000.00
Fence and Railings
600.00
Bridges
1,500.00
Boundstones '
150.00
Repairs-Town Docks and Floats
500.00
Street Lights
9,255.00
Harbor Master
50.00
Welfare Agent's Salary
2,310.00
Social Worker
1,575.00
Junior Clerk and Typist Salary
1,522.50
Welfare Expense
600.00
Public Welfare
14,000.00
Old Age Assistance
58,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
10,500.00
Veterans Benefit
4,000.00
Free Bed-Cape Cod Hospital
1,000.00
Schools
131,297.00
Vocational Education
800.00
Brooks Free Library
2,000.00
Harwichport Library
900.00
Chase Library
900.00
Park Commission
2,400.00
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Repairs on Public Buildings
2,000.00
Cleaning Beaches-Repairs to Board Walks
600.00
Beach Erosion
1,000.00
Planting, Protection and Propagation of Shell Fish
1,000.00
Propagation of Fish and Game
100.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
Insurance
6,000.00
Advertising
300.00
Cemetery Commission
1,000.00
Herring Committee
200.00
Town Reports
1,100.00
Reserve Fund
8,000.00
Memorial Day Observance
250.00
Water Department
47,220.00
Retirement of School Bonds
6,000.00
Interest on School Bonds
210.00
Interest on Anticipation Loan
200.00
Retirement of Elementary School Bonds
18,000.00
Interest on Elementary School Bonds
6,460.00
Barnstable County Retirement System
$434,756.00
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the year 1950 and to appropriate the money therefor.
Board of Public Welfare
$600.00
Moderator
50.00
Selectmen
3,300.00
Chairman (extra)
100.00
Treasurer
1,700.00
Collector of Taxes
2,300.00
Assessors
3,000.00
Town Clerk
600.00
Surveyor of Highways
2,700.00
School Committee
450.00
Water Commissioners
300.00
$15,100.00
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 the General Laws by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient.
Accepted and adopted as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Article 8. 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.
It was voted "That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90, highway mainten- ance and that in addition the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to
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meet the State and County's share of the cost of the work, the re- imbursement from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 9. 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.
It was voted "That the sum of seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars be transferred from unappropriated funds in the treasury to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90, road construction, and that in addition the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00) be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's share of the cost of the work. The re-imbursement from the State and County to be restored upon re- ceipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take in regards to the Herring Fisheries for the year 1950 and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the number of Trustees of the Caleb Chase Fund from seven to three members and to determine the manner in which they shall be elected, the change to take effect at the Annual Town Meeting of 1951.
Accepted and adopted on official ballot in 1951, when one Trustee shall be elected for one year, one Trustee elected for two years, and one Trustee elected for three years. When each term expires, one elected for three years.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote not to change Edgewood Road to the name of Nickerson Court.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy dollars ($270.00), to purchase an electric adding machine to be used in the Accountant's Depart- ment.
Article accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $270.00.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to dispose of by auction at this Town Meeting a building 6 ft. by 10 ft. with pump therein and the water tank outside and also a shed on Earle Road approxi- mately 16 ft. by 18 ft. and formerly used as a tool shed on Town property, these buildings to be moved away and cleaned up by June 1st, 1950. This article desired by the Park Commissioners.
Accepted and adopted. The building, shed and equipment to be sold at public auction by the Park Commissioners at a time and place set by them.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to waterproof the exterior of the Harwich High School and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. It was voted that $5,000.00 be taken from surplus funds.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500.00), to continue re- modelling and improving the grounds at Brooks Park.
Accepted and adopted. It was voted that $3,500.00 be taken from surplus funds.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appoint three citizens to recommend to the Selectmen a reorganization of the Police De- partment. That the Selectmen shall not make any appointments until this recommendation is received.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to expend the refunded Dog Tax for the support of Brooks Free Library and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Dog tax to support Brooks Free Library.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to establish a Recreation Commission under Chapter 256 of the Acts of 1949, said commission consisting of five persons, residents of the Town, appointed by the Board of Selectmen to serve until the next Annual Town Meeting, thereafter being elected for a term of five years with the exception that the term of one commission shall expire annually, vacancies in said commission, occuring other than by expiration of term, shall be filled in the same manner at the next regular or special election. In the interim, however, appointments shall be made by the Board of Selectmen for the unexpired term. The said commission is to specifi- cally manage the old Grammar School building and grounds on the south side of Sisson Road as a Community and Recreational Center and to make such rules and regulations as may be expedient under said Chapter 256 of the Acts of 1949.
Accepted and adopted as printed. It was voted to transfer one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from unappropriated available funds for this article. Members of Commission elected at next Annual Town Meeting. Committee: Earle F. Bassett, Chairman; George W. Stidstone, Jr., Priscilla D. Baldwin, Elton A. Tripp, Raymond L. Grayson.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to execute a lease to the Rotary Club of Harwich of the prop- erty known as the Old Grammar School Building, said building to be used as Community Center for all age groups.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to convert the school house building in the Town parking lot in Har- wich Port into suitable rest rooms and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon.
Voted to sell the building at public auction at a time and place set by the Board of Selectmen. Said building to be moved from the premises on or before July 1, 1950.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will recommend that the School Committee grant the free use of the High School Gymnasium and showers to one Harwich Town basketball team.
Voted to grant use of the High School Gymnasium and showers to Harwich basketball teams.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the School Com- mittee to establish and maintain State-aid Vocational Education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, General Laws and acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) there- for.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate five hun- dred dollars ($500.00) for this article.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to sell at public auction the building known as the Town In- firmary Building, said building to be moved away and said sale to be conducted according to terms set up by the Board of Selectmen.
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