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Services of engine and crew at Frank Avila's residence 29 00
$126 75
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CERTIFICATION OF NOTES
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $10 00
Division of Accounts, certification of note #32-1929 $2 00 Certification of note #33-1930 2 00
$4 00
Unexpended
6 00
$10 00
WIRE INSPECTOR
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation
$100 00 From Reserve Fund $28 00
Exceeded
28 00
$128 00
R. S. Hopkins, inspecting in 22 houses $44 00 Inspecting wiring in 34 houses 68 00
C. D. Walker, inspecting wiring in 8 houses
16 00
$128 00
28
FIRE PROTECTION
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation
$200 00
From Reserve Fund $3 75
Exceeded
3 75
$203 75
Adin L. Gill. freight
$ 58
Adin L. Gill, posting fire notices
4 00
Division of Forestry, fire equipment
25 10
Adin L. Gill and car. fire patrol
19 00
Adin L. Gill and others, installing water boxes
in creek at center and North Eastham 30 00
Adin L. Gill and others, brushing out wood roads 101 00
Adin L. Gill, care of fire equipment for year 1930
10 00
Nickerson Lumber Co .. material for building water boxes 14 07
$203 75
ENDOWED LOTS
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation None
Charles A. G. Hopkins. Frank Daniels' lot
$2 00
John G. Fulcher. Zara Higgins' lot
2 00
$4 00
29
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' LOTS
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $100 00
Alice L. Knowles. Sec. Evergreen cemetery, fertilizer
for soldiers' and sailors' lots
$10 00
Boston Regalia Co., markers and flags
23 03
C. A. G. Hopkins. labor
6 00
John G. Fulcher, labor
23 00
C. A. G. Hopkins. labor
12 50
John G. Fulcher. labor
18 00
Nathan Nickerson, labor and loam
3 00
$95 53
Unexpended
4 47
$100 00
EASTHAM AND WELLFLEET LINE
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation None
Nickerson Lumber Co., lumber $ 75
E. D. Fulcher, resetting bound stone, Billinsgate Island 5 00
A. W. Parnell, two trips to Wellfleet, setting buoys Wellfleet and Eastham line 4 00
A. R. and Richard Lee, use of boat and labor. resetting bound stone at Billinsgate Island 50 00
Abbott H. Walker. labor and auto service. asssisting state engineer in relocating and resetting bound stone at Billinsgate Island 25 00
$84 75
30
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation
$100 00
From Reserve Fund $ 61
Exceeded 61
$100 61
W. and L. E. Gurley, mdse. $12 23
Stanley M. Walker, services as sealer of weights and measures and use of car 35 50
American R. R. Express Co., express charges 1 57
Chadwick & Carr Co., repairing one test beam and express charges 25 31
Stanley M. Walker, services as sealer of weights and measures and use of car
26 00
$100 61
LEGAL ADVICE
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation $500 00
Charles Sumner Morrill, legal services $11 00
Heman A. Harding, legal services, joint shell fish permits between Eastham and Orleans 200 00
$211 00
Unexpended
289 00
$500 00
31
SUPRESSION OF CRIME
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $100 00
Harvey T. Moore,2nd Dist. Court Order
$15 40
Unexpended
84 60
$100 00
CAPE COD TRUST CO.
Dr
Cr.
To appropriation None
Cape Cod Trust Co., note No. 33
$5,000 00
LAYOUT OF TOWN ROADS
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation
$75 00
Layout of road from Rose B. Nickerson's easterly to
State highway
Unexpended $75 00
To appropriation
$75 00
Layout of road from Rose B. Nickerson's northerly to Locust Road
Unexpended $75 00
32
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
To. appropriation $250 00
Cape Cod Trust Co., interest on note No. 33
$78 54
Unexpended 171 46
$250 00
FLAG POLE
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $100 00
W. B. Higgins
$70 00
Unexpended
30 00
$100 00
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE
Dr.
Cr.
No appropriation
County Tax
$4,044 04
33
AUTO EXCISE TAX ABATEMENTS
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation None
D. W. Sparrow $2 77
Albert D. Moore
6 08
Mary A. McFarland
1 63.
Edgar E. Rich
3 63
George T. Dill
12 01
Rebecca A. Knowles
8 53
Albert D. Moore
12 01
Nathan E. Clark
60
George I. Herbolt
11 86
George I. Herbolt
19 69
Herman E. Mahoney
8 13
Fred F. Dill
1 79
Charles A. G. Hopkins
3 40
Ina M. Rogers
6 55
George I. Herbolt
11 16
Edward L. Clark
6 74
Harvey T. Moore
7 09
Alfred L. Gill
2 91
Great Pond Camp
10 43
Nathan E. Clark
8 34
Vernon F. Clark
10 80
Vernon F. Clark
6 55
$162 70
34
OLD MILL REPAIRS
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $600 00
John F. Crosby, labor
$40 80
Harvey T. Moore, repairs
553 88
$594 68
Unexpended
5 32
$600 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $75 00
Fred F. Dill, expenses of Memorial Day services
$55 83
Unexpended 19 17
$75 00
WOODCHUCKS
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $50 00
Leslie E. Chase, reimbursement, account of woodchucks
$32 00
Unexpended
18 00
$50 00
35
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation $25 00
Unexpended $25 00
RESERVE FUND
Dr Cr.
To appropriation
$900 00
Soldiers Relief
$246 26
Office Supplies
32 10
Assessors
71 05
Insurance
02
Orleans Fire Department
26 75
Wire Inspectors
28 00
Fire Protection
3 75
Weights and Measures
61
Public Welfare
105 99
Snow Account
385 47
$900 00
36
RECOMMENDATIONS
Interest Account $200 00
Board of Public Welfare
1,200 00
Board of Health
300 00
Miscellaneous Account
400 00
Clearing Snow
300 00
Inspection of Animals and Slaughtering
75 00
Town Hall Account
1,000 00
Abstract of Transfers and Probate Records
50 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
100 00
Weights and Measures 100 00
Officers Salary and Expenses
2,900 00
Surety on Bond
75 00
Assessors Salary and Expenses
600 00
Legal Advice
300 00
Schools
13,852 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
455 57
Soldiers' Relief
300 00
Town Janitor
1,250 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
Certification of Notes
10 00
Town Fires
100 00
Orleans Fire Department
100 00
Inspection of Wiring
100 00
Suppression of Crime
100 00
Insurance
175 00
State Aid
200 00
37
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Approp. Expended
Janitor
Town appropriation $520 00
Credit by schools
648 00
Credit by library
80 00
$1,248 00
$1,248 00
Abstract of Transfers and Probate
75 00
41 90
Miscellaneous
400 00
261 36
Officers Salary and Expenses
2,900 00
2,789 19
Chapter 81
Town appropriation $3,075 00
State appropriation 4,100 00
7,175 00
7,174 40
Soldiers' Relief
500 00
746 26
Office Supplies
275 00
307 10
Town Hall
600 00
600 25
State Aid
None
95 00
Special Legislation
150 00
76 32
Animal Inspection and Slaughtering
85 00
35 00
Surety on Bond
75 00
60 00
Asessors' Salary and Expenses
500 00
571 05
Insurance
450 00
450 02
Town Fires
100 00
45 50
Snow Account
200 00
650 09
Mosquito Eradication
315 00
314 80
Town Survey
500 00
500 00
Orleans Fire Department
100 00
126 75
Certification of Notes
10 00
4 00
Wire Inspector
100 00
128 00
Fire Protection
200 00
203 75
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Endowed Lots
None
4 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
100 00
95 53
Moth Account
455 57
475 47
Eastham and Wellfleet Line
None
84 75
Town Roads
300 00
291 91
Eastham Public Library
25 00
25 00
Board of Health
200 00
152 50
Weights and Measures
100 00
100 61
Legal Advice
500 00
211 00
Suppression of Crime
100 00
15 40
Memorial Day
75 00
55 83
Woodchucks
50 00
32 00
Repairs to World War Memorial
25 00
None
Interest Account
250 00
78 54
Board of Public Welfare
900 00
1,005 99
Flag Pole
100 00
70 00
County of Barnstable
None
4,044 04
Cape Cod Trust Co.
None
5.000 00
Layout of Town Roads
150 00
None
Old Mill Repairs
600 00
594 68
Reserve Fund
900 00
900 00
Excise Auto Tax Abatements
None
162 70
ARTHUR W. PARNELL,
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN,
Selectmen.
:
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TIMOTHY SMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1930
In Trust
$25,000 00
Cash on hand
45 00
Accumulating Fund 10,361 34
Interest on Deposits
494 92
Interest on Loans
44 52
Loans Retired
63 88
Income Boston Safe Deposit & Trust
Co. 1,101 66
$37,111 32
Expenditures
Orders of Trustees
$340 00
Accumulating Fund 11,771 32
In Trust
25,000 00
$37,111 32
40
Loans Outstanding
1922
320 00
1923
286 13
1924
40 00
1925
340 00
1926
365 00
1927
300 00
1928
173 77
1929
410 00
1930
140 00
$2,374 90
ARTHUR W. PARNELL,
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN,
Trustees.
41
Auditor's Report
I, the undersigned, Auditor of the Town of Eastham, have this day examined the accounts and vouchers of the Selectmen, Treasurer, School Committee, Library Trustees and the Timothy Smith Fund and find the same to be correct. Eastham, Mass., January 15, 1931.
FRED F. DILL,
Auditor.
42
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
SCALES
Platform 100 to 5000 lbs :
Adjusted
7
Sealed
17.
Counter 100 lbs. or over:
Sealed
3
Beam 100 lbs. or over:
1
Adjusted Sealed
2
Beam under 100 lbs. :
Adjusted
1
Sealed
1
Spring 100 lbs. or over:
Sealed
2
Spring under 100 lbs. :
Adjusted
2
Sealed
9
Computing under 100 lbs. :
Adjusted
2
Sealed
2
WEIGHTS
Avoirdupois : Sealed 70
43
CAPACITY MEASURES
Liquid :
Sealed 11
Oil Jars : Sealed 96
AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICES
Gasoline Measuring Pumps :
Adjusted
15
Sealed 24
Non-Sealed
3
Condemned
3
Kerosene Measuring Pumps :
2
Adjusted Sealed
5
Oil Measuring Pumps :
Adjusted
6
Sealed 13.
Quantity Measures on Pumps :
Adjusted 54
Sealed 161
LINEAR MEASURES
Yard Sticks : Sealed 2
44
Report of Treasurer
Jan. 1, 1929, Cash in Treasury
$10,877 02
Overlay Balance 738 33
Reserve Fund 26 29
$11,641 64
RECEIPTS
State Treasurer
Income Tax
$76 20
Income Tax, 1929
208 00
Income Tax, 1930
3,840 00
Income Tax, 1930 Educational
641 15
Corporation Tax (Business)
112 95
Corporation Tax (Public Service)
144 24
Compensation Inspection of Animals
17 50
State Aid 72 00
Division of Highways (1929)
496 55
Division of Highways, (1930)
3,900 00
Division of Forestry
12 55
School Superintendency
173 49
Transportation of High School scholars 1,383 92
$11,078 55
County Treasurer
Refunded Dog Tax
$67 50
Mammal Nuisance 189 88
$257 38
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Town Clerk
Permits (Shellfish) :
Bay 20 @ $1.00
$20 00
Dredging (1929) 1 @ $10 00 10 00
Dredging (1930) 27 @ $25 00
675 00
Eel dredging 13 @ $1 00
13 00
(Treasurer, Town of Orleans as per
agreement of Selectmen of Eastham and Orleans) 200 50
$918 50
Licenses
Denatured alcohol, 1 @ $1 00
$1 00
Gasoline (Renewals), 13 @ $ 50
6 50
Gasoline, 1 @ $1 00
1 00
Pool Room, 1 @ $2 00
2 00
Victuallers, 3 @ $1 00
3 00
Innholders, 6 @ $1 00
6 00
Milk, 11 @ $ 50
5 50
$25 00
Director of Standards
Pedlers Licenses
2 @ $3 00 $6 00
Collector of Taxes
1928
$191 86
1929
5,487 80
1929 Excise
214 97
1930
15,108 94
1930 Excise
1,575 89
$22,579 46
46
Interest on Deferred Taxes
1928
$14 95
1929
167 64
1929 Excise
6 19
1930
17 15
1930 Excise
6 87
$212 80
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Income Town Hall Trust Fund
$104 68
Cape Cod Trust Co.
Interest on deposits :
January
$21 04
February
19 12
March
14 79
April
13 70
-
May
10 74
June
6 96
July
3 84
August
8 11
September
11 67
October
9 64
November
20 38
December
25 58
$165 57
Wellfleet Savings Bank
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund $2 00
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund 2 00
$4 00
47
Cape Cod Trust Co.
Loan Note No. 33
$5,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Fees
$34 94
Rentals
Oyster Leases, R. R. Higgins Co.
$157 33
Town Hall
Eastham Grange No. 308
$224 78
Other Rentals
68 00
$450 11
Reimbursements
Use of telephone
$10 90
Railroad fires
23 60
R. H. Whitford, account fire extinguisher 4 90
Sale of voting list
75
Cape Cod Trust Co. 61 30
$101 45
Refunds
School Department (janitor)
$648 00
School Department
4 85
Library (janitor)
80 00
Road Surveyor (Snow account)
6 00
Wm. F. Garcelon (Legal advice)
50 00
$788 85
48
Second District Court
Fines
$35 00
Overlay Deficit
201 54
$53,605 47
EXPENDITURES
Orders of Selectmen
$29,351 00
School payroll
13,618 24
State Tax
1,120 00
Repairs of State Highway
646 00
Veterans' Exemptions
3 80
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
4 67
Snow removal (State)
111 80
Abatements
201 54
$45,057 05
December 31, 1930
Cash in treasury
$7,704 75
Overlay balance
817 38
Reserve Fund
26 29
$8,548 42
$53,605 47
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Resources
Taxes of 1929
$1,489 22
Taxes of 1929 Exeise
41 81
Taxes of 1930
6,673 89
Taxes of 1930 Excise
306 48
State account Highways
200 00
State account State Aid
95 00
Refunded Dog Tax
113 40
Overlay balance
817 38
Reserve Fund
26 29
Cash in treasury
7,704 75
$17,468 22
Liabilities
M. Meads, plumbing
$330 27
Brackett & Young, sundries
3 47
Total net resources
17,134 48
$17,468 22
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
50
Report of Collector of Taxes
Taxes Outstanding
Jan. 1, 1930
1928
$427 94
1929
7,170 57
1929 Excise
233 66
Additional 34 39 268 05
Committed in 1930
1930
21,782 83
1930 Excise
1,889 98
$31,529 37
Collected
1928
191 86 Less Overpayment 4 06 187 80
1929
5,487 80
1929 Excise
214 97
1930
15,108 94
1930 Excise 1,575 89
Less Overpayment 50
1,575 39
$22,574 90
51
Abatements
1928
240 14
1929
183 55
1929 Excise
11 27
1930 Excise
8 11
$443 07
Balance to Collect
1929
1,489 22
1929 Excise
41 81
1930
6,673 89
1930 Excise
306 48
8,511 40
$31,529 27
Interest Collected
1928
14 95
1929
167 64
1929 Excise
6 19
1930
17 15
1930 Excise
6 87
$212 80
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Collector of Taxes.
52
Report of Custodian of Trust Funds
ZARA HIGGINS CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1930, in trust $50 00
Balance un- expended div. 62 05
Jan. 1, 1930 Dividend 3 08 Jul. 1, 1930 Dividend 3 17 68 30
$118 30
Expenditures
Dec. 26, 1930 Care of Cemetery Lot 2 00 Dec. 31, 1930 Cash on deposit 116 30
$118 30
FRANK O. DANIELS CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1930, in trust $50 00
Balance un- expended div 6 18
Jan. 1, 1930 Dividend 1 54 July 1, 1930 Dividend 1 57 9 29
$59 29
53
Expenditures
Dec. 26, 1930 Care of Cemetery Lot 2 00
Dec. 31, 1930 Cash on deposit 57 29
$59 29
MERCY A. MINES CEMETERY FUND
(For care of Capt. Joshua W. Nickerson Lot)
Jan. 1, 1930, in trust $50 00
Jan.
1, 1930 Dividend
91
July
1, 1930 Dividend
1 38
2 29
$52 29
No Expenditure
EASTHAM WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Jan. 1, 1930, in trust $268 38
Jan. 1, 1930 Unexpend-
ed div.
38 92
Jan. 1, 1930 Dividend
8 45
July
1, 1930 Dividend
8 67
56 04
$324 42
No Expenditure
54
OLD WIND GRIST MILL FUND
Jan. 22, 1930, in trust $500 00
July 1, 1930 Dividend 11 46
$511 46
No Expenditure
TOWN HALL TRUST FUND
Jan. 1, 1930, in trust
$1,600 00
Oct. 10, 1930 Income
104 68
$1,704 68
Expenditures
Orders drawn for care of Town Hall Grounds 104 68
In Trust
1,600 00
$1,704 68
TIMOTHY SMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1930
In Trust
$25,000 00
Cash on hand
45 00
Accumulating Fund
10,361 34
Interest on Deposits
494 92
Interest on Loans
44 52
55
Loans Retired 63 88 Income Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 1,101 66
$37,111 32
Expenditures
Orders of Trustees
$340 00
Accumulating Fund
11,771 32
In Trust
25,000 00
$37,111 32
Loans Outstanding
1922
$320 00
1923
286 13
1924
40 00
1925
340 00
1926
365 00
1927
300 00
1928
173 77
1929
410 00
140 00
1930 .
$2,374 90
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
56
Report of Town Clerk
Vital Statistics
BIRTHS
1930
Parents and Residence
Mar. 14 Everett Donald William D. and Georgia A.
McCray (Clark) McCray, Eastham
Apr.
2
Milton Rogers
Joseph W. and Ethel (Rogers)
Sherman
Sherman,
Orleans
Apr. 7 Lois Marjorie
Steele
C. Malcolm and Freida (Moulton) Steele, Eastham
Apr. 13 Charlotte Lor- Noel P. and Mary M.
raine Giradin (McInnes) Giradin, Orleans
May 6 Stillborn
May 12 Florence Moore Mayo
Cecil R. and Charlotte (Moore) Mayo, Orleans
June 7
Irene May El-
Walter C. and Gertrude (Ry-
dredge
der) Eldredge,
Chatham
June 19 Burnham Rich- Carl B. and Ellyn S. (Richard- ardson Gross son) Gross, Orleans
57
Jul. 6
Reginald B.
Moulton
Reginald B. and Beatrice May (Stowell) Moulton, Eastham
Jul. 8 Lucy Jane Hop-
kins
Reuben S. and Lucy F. (Knowles) Hopkins Orleans
Aug.
6
Hilda Linwood
Forrest
Herbert Lester and Aili E. (Hautanen) Forrest, Eastham
Aug. 6 Hilma Eugenie Forrest
Herbert Lester and Aili E. (Hautanen) Forrest, Eastham
Aug. 22
Isabel Barry
Friend
John L. and Dorothy (Walk- er) Friend, Eastham
Leroy and Elizabeth (Mac-
Dougall) Richardson, Orleans
Oct. 5 Warren George Estlin May (Smith) Estlin, Orleans
Oct. 9 Jean Frances Knowles
Winfred J. and Alta H. (Nick- erson) Knowles, Eastham
Oct. 18 Judith Isabelle Brackett
Samuel H. and Leah I. (Dick- ie) Brackett, Eastham
Nov. 9. Jean Mary Lennon Leighton
Edgar W. and Elva L. (Mac- Farland) Orleans
Dec. 5 Jeannette Fran- ces Nicker- son
Earl B. and Martha V. (Hamil-
ton) Nickerson,
Eastham
Dec. 7 Jean Forbes At- wood
Charles F. and Edna M. (Nick- erson) Atwood, Eastham
Dec. 26 Marjory Elisa- beth Walsh
John A. and Helen D. (Hig- gins) Walslı, Orleans
Oct. 2. Leroy Franklin Richardson
William Frederick and Leila
58
MARRIAGES
1930
Residence
Jan. 19 Andrew Wetherbee Bessie Rowe Dickie
Eastham Orleans
Feb. 20 Ralph James MacDonald Cora Frances Fulcher
Brewster
Eastham
Feb. 27 £ Herbert L. Forrest Aili Hautanen
Eastham
Wellfleet
June 21 Alvers Benson Gould Vesta Lincoln Gross
Orleans
Eastham
Oct. 17 Herman A. Dill Bertha M. Stone
Eastham
Malden
DEATHS
Cause -Age- Y. M. D.
Feb. 23 Juliette E. Perry
Arterio Sclerosis Broncho Pneumonia Chronic Myocarditis Cerebral Hemor- rhage 52 1 29
May 12 Julia Franklin Smith
Cerebral Throm-
bosis
Arterio Sclerosis
87
1 28
59
Jun. 4 Eleanor L. Cobb
Exhaustion from Chronic Intersti- tial Nephritis and Diabites Mellitus 64 1 9
May 6 Stillborn
June 25 Skull of Un- known Person
Found by Tony Peters in the Bay. Date of death un- known. June 25 date when found.
Aug.
6
Hilma Eugenia
Forrest
Premature
21 hours
Aug. 11
Charles Allen
Rogers
Chronic Myocarditis Cerebral Hemor- rhage 61 9 25
Aug. 17. Frank J. King
Pulmonary Tuber- culosis Intestinal Tuber- culosis 22 9 17
Aug. 17
Phebe Williams
Perry
Chronic Myocardi- tis 92 6
Aug.
6
Carrie Louise
Howes
Arterio Sclerosis Angina Pectoris 67 5
Nov. 1
George T. Dill
Cancer of Intest- ines Diarrhea and Dehy- dration 66 7 1
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QUAHAUG LICENSES
Flats
Charles E. Lee
Eastham
George E. Berrio
Eastham
Lillian M. Wainwright
Eastham
Abbott H. Walker
Eastham
Clarence R. Fullerton
Eastham
Harry E. Young
Eastham
Harlan P. Lombard
Eastham
Charles W. Chase
Eastham
Ommund H. Howes
Eastham
Chester F. Horton
Eastham
Ezekiel D. Fulcher
Eastham
George A. Nickerson
Eastham
Warren L. Wilson
Eastham
Eleanora A. Engley
Eastham
Earl B. Nickerson
Eastham
Fred D. Fullerton
Eastham
Richard F. Smith
Eastham
Alfred L. Oliver
Eastham
David F. Fullerton
Eastham
Nathan A. Nickerson
Eastham
DREDGING LICENSES
Richard R. Lee (for 1929)
Eastham
Charles N. Campbell
Eastham
Alton C. Crosby
Eastham
James R. Howland
Eastham
Fred P. Turner
Eastham
John L. King
Eastham
61
Wm. Bradley Steele Alvah L. Murphy
Eastham
Eastham
Edward W. Whiting
Eastham
Wilton I. Hopkins
Eastham
Earl K. Horton
Eastham
Louis Y. Fulcher
Eastham
Trueman F. Brewer
Eastham
Franklin Ryder
Eastham
George W. Ryder
Orleans
Charles F. Atwood
Eastham
Nehemiah P. Hopkins
Eastham
William B. Steele
Eastham
Richard R. Lee
Eastham
Asa R. Lee
Eastham
S. Frank Lee
Eastham
Tony Peters
Eastham
Frank King
Eastham
William D. McCray
Eastham
Walter F. Nickerson
Eastham
Charles L. Holbrook
Eastham
John Hopkins
Eastham
Henry J. McCone
Eastham
GASOLINE LICENSES
Obed W. Horton
Fred F. Dill
George P. Brackett
Roscoe S. Walton
Charles A. Gunn
William H. Forrest
Daniel W. Sparrow
Nellie Nickerson
Richard H. Whitford
John F. Crosby Brackett & Young. Frank King
Herman A. Dill
Lewis H. Collins
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DENATURED ALCOHOL LICENSES Richard H. Whitford
W. B. Hysler Lyndhurst Villa R. H. Whitford
INNHOLDERS' LICENSES Mary C. Kelley Walton Inn
Mrs. W. H. Atwood and Mrs. Blanche A. Keefe
VICTUALLER'S LICENSES
Otis H. Barton
Obed W. Horton
Lillian P. Butterfield
POOL LICENSE Obed W. Horton
MILK LICENSES
William H. Forrest (Expires June 1, 1930 O. H. Barton (Expires June 1st, 1930) R. H. Whitford (Expires June 1st, 1931) Wallace B. Hysler (Expires June 1st, 1931) W. H. Forrest (Expires June 1st, 1931) O. H. Barton (Expires June 1st, 1931) A. F. Rich (Expires June 1st, 1931) C. A. Gunn (Expires June 1st, 1930) Wm. H. Balfour (Expires June 1st, 1931) Cape Cod Creamery Co. (Expires June 1st, 1931)
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DOG LICENSES
Sarah E. Dill
1 Male
Edward D. Schwartz
2 Male
Yngve E. Rongner
1 Male
Mrs. Nahum M. Fuller
1 Male
Mrs. Frank Avila
1 Male
George P. Brackett
(Spayed)
1 Female
Edward D. Penniman
1 Male
Chas. L. Holbrook
1 Female
Wilton I. Hopkins
1 Male
Irwin R. McKov
1 Male
Bertha E. Keefe
1 Male
Bernard C. Collins
(Spayed)
1 Female
William E. Dill
1 Male
Mrs. Emma G. Walton
1 Female
Clyde Wilson
1 Male
Brooks Hurd
1 Male
Riley H. Parker
1 Male
Samuel F. Brackett
1 Male
George R. Wiley
1 Male
Herman E. Mahoney
1 Male
Mary C. Smith
1 Male
Edwin W. Horton
1 Male
Harry F. Engley
1 Male
Amy A. Cobb
1 Male
Ralph A. Chase
2 Male
George E. Hardwick
1 Male
George E. Goff
1 Male
A. E. Doane
1 Male
Harry E. Young
1 Male
Chas. A. Gunn
1 Female
Asa R. Lee
1 Male
Aaron W. Chadbourn. Jr.
1 Male
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1 Male
Abbott S. Knowles William H. Forrest Albert Watson
1 Male
1 Female
1 Male
Lydia P. Anderson
1 Male
Christine Sullivan
1 Male
John F. Crosby
1 Male
Harry E. West
1 Male
Nathan A. Nickerson
1 Male
Great Pond Camp
1 Male
1 Female
Roger D. Cole
2 Male
Arthur E. Brown
1 Male
Antone P. Escubar
1 Male
Winfred J. Knowles
1 Male
Henry E. Clark
1 Female
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Elected : Ralph A. Chase, Moderator.
Leslie E. Chase, Clerk of By-Law Committee read the proposed by-laws for the information of the house.
Motion that action on the report of said by-law commit- tee be deferred until our next Annual Town Meeting and that the proposed by-laws be printed in the Town Report for 1930 was not carried.
Then voted to accept the proposed by-laws as reported by the committee elected at the Special Town Meeting, Feb. 27, 1929, and that a copy of the said by-laws be sent to the Attorney General for his approval.
William B. Higgins reported for the selectmen, relating to locating the Salt Pond road (so-called), owing to the pro- posed changes in the State Highway, which would, if accept- ed, cover a portion of the said road, it was deemed inadvis- able to proceed under the vote taken for that purpose.
Voted to waive the reading of the Town Report.
Voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers and committees with corrections noted (page 62) omission of names of New England Creamery Co., and Brackett & Young, (Milk Licenses).
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to continue their efforts to obtain the town records from the Town of Or- leans which pertain to the Town of Eastham previous to
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1797, when the south part of Eastham was set off and incor- porated as the Town of Orleans.
Voted that the person elected Selectman shall serve also as Assessor, member of the Board of Health and member of the Board of Public Welfare.
Elected :
Edward D. Penniman, Selectman for 3 years.
Leslie E. Chase, Town Clerk for 1 year.
Leslie E. Chase, Treasurer for 1 year.
Leslie E. Chase, Collector of Taxes for 1 year.
Nathan A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor for 1 year.
M. Louise Knowles, Member of School Committee for 3 years.
Arthur W. Parnell, Trustee of the Public Library for 3 years.
Fred F. Dill, Auditor for 1 year.
Harvey T. Moore, Constable for 1 year.
Charles A. Rogers, Tree Warden for 1 year.
Samuel H. Brackett, Weigher of Coal.
James P. Knowles and Albion F. Rich, Fence Viewers for 1 year.
William B. Steele, Pound Keeper, for 1 year.
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Roger D. Cole, Adin L. Gill and Obed A. Fulcher, Field Drivers for 1 year.
Ommund H. Howes, Joseph W. Ryder and Edwin W. Horton, Fish Wardens for 1 year.
Ralph A. Chase, Town Director Cape Cod Extension Service, for 1 year.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 toward the support of the Public library.
Voted the refunded Dog Tax be placed to the credit of the School Department for use of the schools.
Voted the care of the town's poor be left in the hands of the Board of Public Welfare.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,075.00 for care and maintenance of Town Ways under Chapter 81 of the General Laws, provided the State will make a satisfac- tory allotment to the town for the same.
Voted to leave the care of the Town Roads and Bridges in the hands of the Road Surveyor, and to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300.00 for the same.
Voted to give the Collector of Taxes the same power which the Treasurer has when Collector.
Voted to appoint a committee of five to recommend ap- propriations for the ensuing year to be one Selectman, one member of the School Committee, the Road Surveyor and two members from the floor. Committee appointed as fol- lows : Arthur W. Parnell, Selectman, Stanley M. Walker,
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School Committee, Nathan A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor, from the floor, Abaelino E. Doane and M. Louise Campbell. The committee reported the following recommendations which were unanimously accepted, plus the appropriations of this meeting.
Interest Account
$250 00
Board of Public Welfare
900 00
Board of Health
200 00
Miscellaneous Account
400 00
Clearing Snow
200 00
Inspections of Animals & Slaughtering
85 00
Town Hall Account
600 00
Abstracts of Transfers & Probate Records
75 00
Soldiers & Sailors Lots
100 00
Weights & Measures
100 00
Officers' Salaries
2,900 00
Surety on Bonds
75 00
Assessors' Salaries & Expenses
500 00
Legal Advice
500 00
Schools
13,650 00
Suppression of Crime
100 00
Suppression of Gypsy & Brown Tail Moths
455 57
Soldiers' Relief
500 00
Janitor
520 00
Reserve Fund
900 00
Certification of Notes
10 00
Town Fires
100 00
Orleans Fire Department
100 00
Inspection of Wiring
100 00
Insurance
450 00
Office Supplies
275 00
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Voted to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year in an amount not to exceed in the ag- gregate the sum of $16,000.00. And to issue a note or notes therefor payable in one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes from the said muni- cipal year.
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