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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of making various improvements to the Herring Brook and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the purpose of improving and enlarging the drainage facilities leading from the westerly end of Long Pond to the Herring Brook and to act fully thereon. By request of Louis Fernandes and others.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase or take by eminent domain a certain parcel of land bounded and de-
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scribed as follows: Northerly by land of Ralph U. Brett et ux approximately 83 feet; westerly by land of Charles F. Coleman approximately 145 feet; southerly by Parallel Street, a Town Road, approximately 83 feet; and easterly by land of the Town of Harwich approximately 145 feet and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich School Committee.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) to purchase and accept a deed from Amadee S. Mazzur et ux for certain land lying southerly and westerly of Deep Hole Road in South Harwich and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to negotiate for and to prepare the necessary in- formation and plans for the purchase or taking by eminent domain for municipal purposes certain land adjoining Town property to the east of Queen Anne Road in Pleasant Lake and to act fully thereon. By request of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to extend and improve the parking area to the rear of the Town Office Building and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase from the owners approximately twelve thousand (12,000) square feet of land to the rear of the Town Office Building northerly to Railroad Avenue and to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) for said purpose and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to publish at the earliest possible date the complete list of the Real Estate valuations of the Town as they were committed to the Tax Collector for the year of 1959 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Assessors.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from Marshall Siebenmann et ux granting an easement for the purpose of access between the two recreational areas at Sand Pond in the land bounded and described as follows: Be- ginning at a point on Sand Pond, thence S 16° 45' 30" W., about 20 feet by the land of the Town of Harwich to a con- crete bound, thence same course 43 feet, by land of said Town of Harwich to a point, thence N 73° 14'30" W, 60 feet by the
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land of the grantor to a point, thence N 16° 45' 30", about 49 feet by land of the Town of Harwich to a point on Sand Pond, thence running easterly by said Pond about 64 feet to the point of beginning and to raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully there- on. By request of the Playground and Recreation Commis- sion.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift certain land in North Harwich described in a deed given by Marshall Siebenmann et ux to the Town of Harwich and recorded in the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Book 1044- Page 209 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to be ex- pended under the direction of the Selectmen for recreation and amusement in the form of baseball and to act fully there- on. By request of Arthur J. D'Elia, Jr., and others.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of advertising and promotion in the Town of Har- wich, to be spent by the Harwich Chamber of Commerce, providing that the said Chamber of Commerce raises a like amount and to act fully thereon. By request of the Har- wich Chamber of Commerce.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of installing and maintaining Christmas lights along the main business sections in the Town, said money to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 33. 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. By request of the Trustees of Brooks Free Library.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 70 of the Warrant at the An- nual Town Meeting held on March 4th, 5th, and 6th, 1957, and to terminate and discharge the Committee on Govern- ment appointed pursuant to said article and to act fully thereon. By request of Donald T. Bates and others.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to investigate the feasibility of acquiring by pur-
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chase any lands available in the vicinity of Harwich Port in order to establish playground facilities and to prepare neces- sary information and plans and report to the next annual town meeting and to act fully thereon. By request of the Playground and Recreation Commission.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00) for the purpose of seeding and grading the Multi-Purpose Athletic Field located in the Recreation area north of Brooks Park and to act fully thereon. By request of the Playground and Recreation Commission.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the overall plan of the area and roads as shown on a plan drawn by Alger & Gunn, Architects, Hyannis, Mass., dated Novem- ber 13, 1959, revised December 7 and December 14, 1959 and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for muni- cipal and recreational purposes, to purchase land from John H. Paine et ux, being 15 acres more or less, situated in Har- wich and bounded and described as follows: Southeasterly by a Public Way, and southerly by land taken for Recre- ational use in 1954, westerly by Oak Street and land of own- ers unknown and northerly by land of owners unknown and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for civic or recreational use, the land situated in Harwich and bounded and described as follows: Southeasterly by a Public Way, southerly by property of John H. Paine et ux, westerly by lands of owners unknown about 1,000 feet and northerly by land of owners unknown about 2,000 feet, the above described land being shown on a plan drawn by Alger & Gunn, Archi- tects, Hyannis, Massachusetts, dated November 13, 1959, revised December 7 and December 14, 1959; and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Com- munity Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as Town Ways the following roads: 1. Beginning at a point in the easterly sideline of Pleasant Lake Avenue about 600 feet southerly from Queen Anne Road,
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then running easterly and southerly about 2,500 feet to the northwesterly corner of the land suggested for taking for Recreational and Civic purposes in Article No. 39. 2. Be- ginning at a point in the easterly side of the land of the Town of Harwich (taken for recreational purposes in 1954) about 1,300 feet northerly from Route #39, thence running south- easterly crossing Route #39 about 2,300 feet to a point in the northerly side line of Chatham Road easterly of the house owned by Archibald C. Maclean. Both roads to be laid out 80 feet in width and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of this article and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Multi-Purpose Com- munity Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee and instruct the Plan- ning Board to include in the Protective By-Laws of the Town of Harwich, provision for a minimum size lot of any land bounded by roads as shown on a plan drawn by Alger & Gunn, Architects, Hyannis, Massachusetts dated November 13, 1959, revised December 7 and December 14, 1959, to be of not less than 150 foot frontage and not less than 150 foot depth and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Com- munity Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain, for municipal purposes the land in Harwich Center, bounded and described as follows: South- easterly by land of Anna S. Larkin and land of Charles F. Coleman, southwesterly by Bank Street, a County Way, north- erly and westerly by the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company, northerly and westerly by land of the Town of Harwich and northerly by Main Street to point of begin- ning, as shown on a plan drawn by Gerald A. Mercer & Co., Inc., for Charles F. Coleman and revised by Alger & Gunn, Architects, Hyannis, Mass., and to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-eight hundred dollars ($7,800) for this pur- pose and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi- Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee of seven (7) to study the feasibility of erecting a Municipal Building and Auditorium, within the proposed Civic and Recreational area north of Brooks Park, said Committee to present plans to the 1961 Town Meeting for approval as to location and type of con- struction and that the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars
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($3,500) be raised and appropriated for this purpose which is to be spent for the hiring of architects, the making of plans and for all other incidental purposes and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee as follows: "Upon com- pletion of plans and building of the Municipal Building and Auditorium, the present Town Office Building will be con- verted for use as a Police Station" and to act fully thereon. By request of Harwich Multi-Purpose Community Building and Civic Center Committee.
BEACHES-RIVERS-HARBORS
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept fol- lowing By-Law:
Regulations For Water Skiing, Aquaplaning, Surfboarding, Etc. on Waterways Under the Jurisdiction of the Town of Harwich.
A. Tow boat shall be occupied by at least two (2) competent persons, one of whom shall be twelve years of age or older.
B. Prohibited after dark. Unless otherwise specified, this means the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
C. (A) and/or (B) do not apply to a performer or perform- ers engaged in a professional exhibition.
D. Tow boat shall be operated in a careful and prudent man- ner at a distance of at least 200 feet from shore, and special caution is to be exercised on leaving or returning to the authorized landing area.
E. No person shall manipulate any vessel or tow rope by which the course of water skis or water skier may be in- fluenced in such a way as to cause collision or accident.
F. (E) does not apply to collision with ski jumps, buoys, and like objects normally used in competitive or exhi- bition skiing.
G. Water Skiing in a reckless or negligent manner is pro- hibited.
H. Water skiing while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs is prohibited.
I. Skiers shall be required to wear a life preserver or ski belt while underway.
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Regulations shall be posted in a prominent place where the sport is conducted.
Enforcement: It shall be the duty of all peace officers of the
Town to enforce the provisions of this by-law or regu- lation.
Penalties: Any person who shall violate this by-law or regu- lation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25.00, or by imprisonment of not more than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment within the dis- cretion of the court and to act fully thereon.
By request of the Water Safety Committee.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following by-law:
1. The use of all boats propelled by motor, either in- board or outboard shall be prohibited on Sand Pond, North Harwich.
2. Any violation of this By-Law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) and to act fully thereon. By request of the Playground and Recreation Commission.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to restrict the free use of the Pleasant Road Beach parking area to residents and property owners of the Town of Harwich and their guests only. Said restrictions to be supervised and controlled by a uniformed police officer during the months of July and August each year: and that no persons be allowed to park in said beach parking area without an authorized permit or sticker to be displayed on each automobile or other vehicle: all permits or stickers to be made available to all residents and property owners of the Town of Harwich (Free of Charge) upon proper identification: Section 2-The Board of Select- men shall make rules and regulations to govern the use of all public beaches in the Town of Harwich which shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each beach. To determine what manner the money shall be raised and to act fully thereon. By request of Archie F. Bullock and others.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following new By-Law: 1. Free parking at the Town-owned Beach at Pleasant Road, West Harwich shall be allowed only to residents and property owners of the Town of Harwich and their guests.
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2. No person, however, may be allowed to park in the Parking area without an authorized permit or sticker to be prominently displayed on their vehicle.
3. The Selectmen shall make the necessary rules and regulations in order that sections 1 and 2 above may be carried out and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 49 .- To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to dredge an approved channel to provide access to Wychmere Harbor, the money appropriated to be used in conjunction with such monies as may be allocated by the Department of Public Works Division of Waterways and to act fully thereon. By request of Stanley Barnes and others.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to dredge an approach channel to provide access to Allen Har- bor, the money appropriated to be used in conjunction with such monies as may be allocated by the Department of Public Works Division of Waterways and to act fully thereon. By request of Richard Wales and others.
Article 51 To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to dredge the inner chan- nel at Wychmere Harbor, the money appropriated to be used under the direction of the Selectmen or in conjunction with such monies as may be allocated by the Department of Pub- lic Works Division of Waterways and to act fully thereon. By request of Stanley Barnes and others.
Article 52. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to appoint a committee of ten (10) Harwich residents to serve without compensation as a Waterways Study Commis- sion to study the needs and problems of harbors and water- ways development to encourage commercial and recreational boating and to make such recommendations to the Town at the next annual Town meeting for such harbors and water- ways improvement, development and use as may be appro- priate and to act fully thereon. By request of Richard Wales and others
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a lease with Douglas P. Allison of Harwich (Port) for the use of, during the months of June, July, August and September of 1960 a portion of his beach property which lies adjacent to the Town Beach at Bank Street and to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for this purpose and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to improve the dock at at the Town Landing at Wychmere Harbor and construct a boat ramp and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to improve docking facilities and parking area at the Town Landing at Allen Harbor and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of thirty-eight hundred dollars ($3,800) for the purpose of enlarging the parking area; improving and enlarging the beach and picnic area and erecting a founda- tion for storage building at the Recreation property at Sand Pond, North Harwich and to act fully thereon. By request of the Playground and Recreation Commission.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a boat, motor and equipment to be used under the jurisdiction of the Police Department and to act fully thereon. By request of the Water Safety Committee.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept a check from B. F. C. Whitehouse et al and Grace B. Lane et al in the amount of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be used as the Town's share in conjunction with certain erosion work at the foot of Brooks Road at Harwich Port and to act fully thereon. By request of B. F. C. Whitehouse, et al and Grace B. Lane et al.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept a check from Norman G. MacDonald et ux in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be used as the Town's share in conjunction with certain erosion work at the foot of Grey Neck Road at West Harwich and to act fully thereon. By re- quest of Norman G. MacDonald.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a ramp at "Round Cove" in East Harwich and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a ramp at Fisherman's Landing on the southerly shore of Long Pond and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Select- men.
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Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to construct suitable rest rooms at the Red River Beach in South Harwich, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to construct suitable rest rooms at the Town Landing at Wychmere Harbor and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to abandon the taking of certain par- cels of land at Allen's Harbor namely parcels 1 & 7 taken for the Town under the order of taking entitled "Order of Tak- ing for Recreational Purposes-Land at Allen's Harbor, Har- wich Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts" dated Decem- ber 9, 1957 and filed in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, Book 973, page 116 and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to convey to Frederick W. Crowell so much of the land at Allen's Harbor taken for the Town under the order entitled "Order of Taking for Recreational Pur- poses Land at Allen's Harbor in Harwich Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts," dated December 9, 1957 and filed in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, Book 993, page 116, as was owned by the said Frederick W. Crowell at the time the said taking was made, and to specify the amount to be paid for such conveyance and to act fully thereon. By request of Frederick W. Crowell and others.
Article 66. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the Gen- eral Laws, as most recently amended by Chapter 5, Acts of 1955 for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Select- men.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to be used with whatever State and County funds are available for Chapter 90, Road Construction and to act fully thereon. Customary article.
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Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be used with whatever State and County funds are available for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance and to act fully thereon. Customary article.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifty two hundred dollars ($5,200) to construct a two-bay addition for the purpose of storing equipment on the Highway Department Building and to act fully thereon. By request of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of resurfacing Sisson Road with hot mix, leading from Route #28 northerly and to continue as far as money will allow and to act fully thereon. By request of the High- way Surveyor.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to negotiate for easements for drainage on the west side of Pleasant Lake Avenue (Rte. #124) between the property owned by Joaquim Silva and George Gomes and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Allen Street between South Street and Sisson Road as a Town Road and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Sequattom Road or First Avenue, Pleas- ant Lake from Pleasant Lake Avenue easterly to the residence of Russell E. Bailey as a Town Road and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to change the name of Uncle Venies Road to Skin- equit Road, leading from Route 28 to the waters of Nantucket Sound and to act fully thereon. By request of Norris G. Orchard and others.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of "Grassy Pond Road in Harwich Port leading from Miles Street, northerly, westerly, southerly and easterly to Grassy Pond Road" as reported and recommended by the Se- lectmen under date of October 26, 1959 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent do- main the lands or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1958 Annual Town Meeting.
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Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of "Brettwood Road in South Harwich leading from Uncle Venies Road southeasterly to South Chatham Road" as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of October 26, 1959 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the lands or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1958 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of "Orton Road in South Harwich leading from South Chatham Road north to a turn around" as reported and re- commended by the Selectmen under date of October 26, 1959 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the lands or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1958 Annual Town Meeting.
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