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The following list of transfers from the reserve ac- count were approved :
To Shellfish Protection Account $60 00
To Herring Brook Account 2 00
To School Account 375 00
To Mother's Aid Account
75 00
To Soldiers' Relief Account
50 00
To Insurance Account
2 10
Total Transfers
$564 10
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. ATWOOD,
HERBERT D. NICKERSON,
ARTHUR T. BENNER,
CARL C. FRENCH,
CHARLES A. GUNN,
RICHARD H. WHITFORD,
ABBOTT H. WALKER,
HARVEY T. MOORE,
ALBION F. RICH, SR.
Eastham Finance Committee,
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The Eastham Finance Committee hereby makes report of its recommendations on articles contained in the warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held February 3, 1936.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the county of aforesaid : Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham, on Monday the third (3rd) day of February next at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the articles in this warrant, and to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon on Tuesday the fourth day of February next, then and there to elect all necessary town officers.
Article 1. To act upon the Annual Report, including recommendations of the Selectmen and other Town Officers or Committees.
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Recommendations of Recomendations Selectmen and Other of Finance Committee Officers of 1936
Office Supplies
$200 00
$150 00
Officers' Salaries and Expenses
3,500 00
3,150 00
Surety on Bond
125 00
125 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses
600 00
550 00
Certification of Notes
4 00
4 00
Legal Advice
100 00
75 00
Town Hall
700 00
600 00
Janitor
648 00
583 20
Suppression of Crime
50 00
25 00
Town Fires
50 00
50 00
Orleans Fire Department
150 00
150 00
Sealers of Weights and Measures
50 00
50 00
Inspection of Wiring
20 00
20 00
Supression of Gypsy and
Brown Tail Moths
502 30
502 30
Private Moth Spraying
25 00
25 00
Board of Health
600 00
400 00
Inspection of Animals
35 00
35 00
Snow
800 00
400 00
Public Welfare
2,000 00
2,000 00
Old Age Assistance
3,000 00
3,000 00
State Aid
250 00
250 00
Soldiers' Relief
400 00
400 00
Schools
16,492 00
15,874 00
Community Christmas Tree
25 00
25 00
Town Reports
250 00
250 00
Insurance
400 00
400 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
100 00
Old Cemeteries
150 00
150 00
Interest
50 00
No appropriation
Mothers' Aid
500 00
500 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
1,000 00
Tree Warden
25 00
25 00
Dog Account
50 00
25 00
Finance Committee Expense
25 00
10 00
Assessors' Abstracts
30 00
30 00
Total
$32,906 00
$30,933 50
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Article 2. To see if the town will elect a Town Direc- tor for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
No action taken by Finance Committee.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the Public Library and make an appropriation for same.
Recommended $100.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 4. To see in what manner the town will dispose of its refunded dog tax, and act thereon.
Recommended that the refunded dog tax be awarded the Library, by unanimous vote.
Article 5. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3,150.00 provided the State makes a satisfactory allot- ment for the upkeep and maintainence of town roads, under Chapter 81, Sections 26-29. General Laws as amended.
Recommended $3,150.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 6. To see in what manner the town will repair its roads and bridges, and appropriate money for same.
Recommended $300.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 7. 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 rev-
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enue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1936 and to is- sue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
No action taken under this article.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and the pur- chase of flags for soldiers' and sailors' lots and monument grounds.
Recommended $60.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the prevention and sup- pression of forest fires.
Recommended $50.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to pay a boun- ty of 50 cents each for all woodchucks killed within its lim- its, after satisfactory evidence has been presented the Treasurer, and appropriate $25.00 for same.
Recommended $25.00 appropriation.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., 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 Chapter 111, Section 74, of the
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General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon.
Recommended $300.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the protection and propagation of shellfish or do or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the su mof $150.00 for free band concerts to be given by the Junior Community Band during the ensuing year, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Recommended $150.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 14. To see what sum of money shall be taken from the free cash towards defraying the tax levy for 1936. (By request).
Recommended $5,000.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to recommend a rate of wage for labor for all town work, Chapter 81, in- cluded. (By request).
Recommended 50 cents per hour.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote new or con- firm old salaries of town officers, and to define the duties that such election shall cover, or do or act anything there- on. (By request).
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Recommended an immediate general ten per cent cut in salaries with the exceptions of the offices of Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and Treasurer, which salaries are recom- mended to a flat rate of $500.00 for each office and also rec- ommended that all fees retained by these three offices be turned into the town Treasury. Unanimous vote.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to recommend that beginning in the year 1937, the Tree Warden shall be appointed Moth Superintendent. (By request).
Recommended that beginning in 1937 the Tree Warden be appointed Moth Superintendent.
Article 18. To see what action the town will take to- wards providing work for needy persons who are not eligi- ble to work on the WPA; any appropriation under this ar- ticle to be raised by taking from unexpended appropri- ations, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Recommended by unanimous vote that $900.00 be ap- propriated from available funds. Also recommended that any employment under this article be subject to WPA con- ditions as to wages and hours.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the local WPA or any succeeding government agency of a like nature, for the purchase of material and general expense.
Recommended $700.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of continuing
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the plotting, surveying and making Assessors' maps of the Town of Eastham.
Recommended $500.00 appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 21. To hear the report and recommendations of Attorney James A. Vitelli, regarding the control of our shellfisheries, and act fully thereon.
No action taken under this article.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $969.92 for the purpose of reimburs- ing the County for one half of the expenses of laying out Bridge Road and Herring Brook Road.
Recommended $969.92 appropriation to be raised by taking from available funds.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of erecting a roof on the band stand, or do or act anything thereon.
Recommended no appropriation by unanimous vote.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the improvement of Town Landings.
Recommended no appropriation, by unanimous vote.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take re- garding the leak in the roof of the Town Hall.
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Recommended that a committee of three be appointed to report at a later meeting with an estimated cost.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed under Article 2 of the warrant for the special town meeting held on September 12, 1935, the Federal Government having failed to make a grant in accordance with said vote.
Recommended that vote be rescinded by unanimous vote.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for acquiring land for and the construction and originally equipping of a school building, determine how the same shall be raised, select committees to carry out any vote of the town, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Recommended that $1,500.00 be appropriated for the taking of land for school purposes.
Recommended that $28,500.00 be appropriated for a new school and that the total recommendations of $30,000.00 under this article be raised by taking $7,000.00 from avail- able funds and $23,000.00 by the issuance of a series of fifteen year notes.
Recommended that no construction be authorized un- der this article until such time as title to land is free and clear.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell after first giving notice of the time and place of the sale by posting such notice of sale in some con-
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venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended that Selectmen be given required author- ity
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to be used to foreclose tax titles.
Recommended $150.00 appropriation.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay 1935 bills which were received too late to be paid out of the regular appropriations, or do or act anything thereon.
Recommended that any appropriation under this arti- cle be raised out of available funds by unanimous vote.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $100.00 for the purpose of disposing of one of the scows in the Town Cove near the Orleans line.
Recommended no appropriation.
Polls will be opened for voting on Tuesday, February 4, 1936 in the Town Hall, Eastham, Mass., from 10:00 A. M. until 6:00 P. M.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Packing House of Bernard C. Collins in South Eastham, the barn of Harry W. Collins in South Eastham, the Post Office in Eastham and the Post Office at North Eastham, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this warrant, with your doings, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-six.
RALPH A. CHASE,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN,
MAURICE W. WILEY,
Selectmen of Eastham.
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SUMMARY OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS
To be raised from available funds
$8,869 92
By issuance of notes
23,000 00
By tax levy 1936
36,768 00
Total Recommendations $68,637 92
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. ATWOOD,
Secretary Eastham Finance Committee.
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NEW TOWN BY-LAW
By-Law adopted under Article 29, at the Annual Town Meeting held February 4, 1935, and approved February 28, 1935, by the Attorney-General.
Section 1. There shall be a Finance Committee for the town to which shall be referred all articles in any warrant hereafter issued for a town meeting. The Selectmen, after drawing a warrant for a town meeting, shall immediately forward a copy thereof to each member of said committee, which shall consider all articles in the warrant and make such report, in print or otherwise, to the town meeting as it deems for the best interest of the town.
The said committee shall consist of nine persons to be appointed as provided in the following section.
Section 2. The Moderator of the town meeting when this by-law is adopted shall, within thirty days after such by-law becomes effective, appoint from the citizens of the town three persons whose term of office shall expire at the adjournment of the first annual meeting, following the time when this by-law becomes effective, three whose term of office shall expire at the adjournment of the second annual meeting following the time when this by-law becomes effective, and three whose term of office shall expire at the adjournment of the third annual meeting, following the time when this by-law becomes effective. Annually there- after the Moderator presiding at the close of an annual town meeting shall, within thirty days, appoint three mem-
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bers whose term of office shall expire at the close of the third annual meeting after their appointment. Said com- mittee shall choose its own officers, and shall serve without pay.
Whenever a vacancy occurs in said Committee, said vacancy shall be filled by said Committee by the appoint- ment of a person to serve until the close of the next annual meeting, when the Moderator thereof shall appoint in the same manner as the original appointment, a successor to fill out the unexpired term of the person whose office has been vacated.
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REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1936
Annual Town Meeting in the Town Hall - February 1, 1937
Election of Officers February 2, 1937
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REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1936
Annual Town Meeting in the Town Hall - February 1, 1937
Election of Officers February 2, 1937
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TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR 1936
Selectmen, Assessors, Board of Public Welfare and Board of Health
Ralph A. Chase Edward D. Penniman
Maurice W. Wiley
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1937
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
Leslie E. Chase
Highway Surveyor Nathan A. Nickerson
Registrars of Voters
Ralph A. Chase Maurice W. Wiley
Edward D. Penniman Leslie E. Chase
Trustees of Public Library
Mrs. James P. Knowles Mrs. Sadie F. Flint Mrs. Charles A. Gunn
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1937
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Town Accountant Mrs. Daniel W. Sparrow
Constable Harvey T. Moore
Sealer of Weights and Measures Stanley M. Walker
Inspector of Cattle and Slaughtering Harry W. Collins
Weigher of Coal Samuel H. Brackett
Fence Viewers
Albion F. Rich
Edgar E. Rich
Pound Keeper William B. Steele
Adin L. Gill
Field Drivers Obed A. Fulcher Arthur E. Brown
1.
Fish Wardens
Ommund H. Howes Joseph W. Ryder
Edwin W. Horton
Tree Warden Henry E. Clark
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Finance Committee
Charles F. Atwood, Chairman and Secretary
Term expires 1939
Herbert D. Nickerson
Arthur T. Benner
Term expires 1939 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1938
Carl C. French
Charles A. Gunn
Term expires 1938
Richard H. Whitford
Term expires 1938
Abbott H. Walker
Term expires 1937
Harvey T. Moore
Term expires 1937
Albion F. Rich, Sr.
Term expires 1937
List of Jurors
Carroll O. Gross
Maurice A. Moore
Lewis W. Collins
Luther M. Ryder
Clayton O. Horton
Trueman F. Brewer
Henry H. Howland
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TOWN OFFICERS' REPORT
The officers of the town respectfully submit their annu- al report for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Assessors' Report
VALUATION OF TOWN JANUARY 1, 1936
Real Estate, Land
$400,560 00
Real Estate, Buildings
765,700 00
Personal Estate
97,950 00
Total Valuation
$1,264,210 00
Taxes Assessed January 1, 1936
Levied on Real Estate
$29,156 50
Levied on Personal Estate
2,448 75
Levied on Polls
396 00
Moth Assessment
44 07
Rate of Taxation, $25.00
198
Number of polls assessed
.
Number of dwellings assessed 411
12
Number of horses assessed
40
Number of cows assessed
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 12
7
Number of swine assessed
6
Number of fowls assessed
1,613
Acres of land assessed
7,550.26
Number of persons, partnerships and cor- porations assessed 624
For town purposes
$26,251 01
State tax
1,700 00
County tax
3,641 26
Mosquito control
437 77
Moth assessment
44 07
State parks
15 24
Moth tax
.04
Taxes Assessed December 20, 1936 (Omitted taxes)
Real Estate, Land and Buildings
$180 50
Registered voters, January 1, 1936 353
RALPH A. CHASE,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN,
MAURICE W. WILEY,
Assessors.
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1936, balance in treasury Receipts to Dec. 31, 1936
$25,612 07
70,157 23
$95,769 30
Payments
Warrants #1 to #39
$79,459 13
Dec. 31, 1936 on deposit Cape Cod Trust Co.
15,764 17
Dec. 31, 1936 cash and checks on hand
546 00
$95,769 30
MUNICIPAL TRUST FUNDS Timothy Smith Fund
Income
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$15,125 76
Loans previous to 1936
5,888 00
Income April 543 44
Income October
524 43
Interest Wellfleet Savings Bank
157 92
Interest Cape Cod Trust Co.
246 54
Loans repaid 75 00
$22,561 09
9
Expense
Dec. 31, 1936, on deposit
$15,621 09
Loan previous to 1936
5,888 00
Loans 1936 Library Gift Clause
852 00
100 00
100 00
$22,561 09
TOWN HALL TRUST FUND
Jan. 1, 1936 in Trust
$2,434 00
Income, 1936
49 93
$2,483 93
Deposited in Town Funds
$49 93
Dec. 31, 1936, in Trust
2,434 00
.
$2,483 93
OLD WIND GRIST MILL FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$585 81
Interest, 1936
16 34
$602 15
Care of Mill
90 00
Dec. 31, 1926, on deposit
512 15
$602 15
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OLD WIND GRIST MILL OPERATING FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$127 80
Interest, 1936
3 02
Deposited in 1936
36 65
$167 47
Operating Expense
102 84
Dec. 31, 1936, on deposit
64 63
$167 47
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$388 92
Interest, 1936
11 73
400 65
No expense in this account
$400 65
BILLINGS LIBRARY FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, in Trust
$14,000 00
Income, 1936
490 00
$14,490 00
Deposited in Town Funds
490 00
Dec. 31, 1936, in Trust
14,000 00
$14,490 00
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS, PERPETUAL CARE Zara Higgins, Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit $125 07
Interest, 1936
3 77
$128 84
Care of Cemetery Lot
$2 60
Dec. 31, 1936, on deposit
126 24
$128 84
FRANK O. DANIELS CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$54 42
Interest, 1936 1 64
56 06
No expense in this account
Dec. 31, 1936, on deposit $56 06
MERCY A. MINES CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1936, on deposit
$55 50
Interest, 1936
1 67
$57 17
Care of Cemetery Lot
2 00
Dec. 31, 1936, on deposit
55 17
$57 17
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
Dr.
Balance due Taxes of 1934, Jan. 1, 1936
$2,393 15
Balance due Taxes of 1935, Jan. 1, 1936 8,517 61
Omitted Taxes of 1935 4 05
Balance due Moth Taxes of 1934, Jan. 1, 1936
8 75
Warrant Moth Taxes of 1936 44 07
Warrants, Taxes of 1936
31,785 75
Warrant Poll Taxes of 1936
396 00
Abatements after payment (Refunds) Taxes of 1936
18 00
Abatements after payment (Refunds)
Poll Taxes of 1936
2 00
Error in Abatement of Taxes of 1936
48 00
$43,217 38
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1934
$1,781 70
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1935
5,791 24
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1936
21,503 39
Paid Treasurer Poll Taxes of 1936
372 00
Paid Treasurer Moth Taxes of 1934
8 75
Paid Treasurer Moth Taxes of 1936
22 04
Abatements of Taxes of 1934
319 10
Abatements of Taxes of 1935
31 86
Abatements of Taxes of 1936
997 40
Abatements of Poll Taxes of 1936
26 00
Tax Titles of 1934
292 35
Tax Titles of 1935
127 71
Tax Titles of 1936
270 00
Uncollected Taxes of 1935
2,570 85
Uncollected Taxes of 1936
9,080 96
Uncollected Moth Taxes of 1936
22 03
$43,217 38
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Dr.
Balance due 1933 Excise, Jan. 1, 1936
$3 79
Balance due 1934 Excise, Jan. 1, 1936
9 62
Balance due 1935 Excise, Jan. 1, 1936
107 55
Warrant 1935 Excise in 1936 (Order of Commissioner) 6 50 Warrants 1936 Excise
1,112 71
Abatements after payment (Refunds) 1935
2 40
Abatements after payment (Refunds) 1936
24 51
$1,267 08
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 1933 Excise
$3 79
Paid Treasurer 1934 Excise
4 00
Paid Treasurer 1935 Excise
93 85
Paid Treasurer 1936 Excise
1,065 83
Abatement 1934 Excise
5 62
Abatement 1935 Excise
22 60
Abatement 1936 Excise
24 51
Uncollected 1936 Excise
46 88
$1,267 08
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Collector.
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Report of Town Clerk
DOGS LICENSED IN 1936
44 Males @ $2.00 $88 00
13 Females @ 5.00 65 00
7 Spayed Females @ 2.00
14 00
I Kennel Free*
$167 00
* Animal Rescue League exempted by law.
Fees 64 @ $.20 $12 80
June 1, 1936 Paid County Treasurer 99 00
Oct. 31, 1936 Paid County Treasurer 55 20
$167 00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, DIVISION OF FISHERIES & GAME
Total
Fees
Paid Div. of F. & G.
20 Resident Fishing Licenses
@ $2.00
$40.00
$5.00
$35.00
59 Resident Hunting Licenses
@
2.00
118.00
14.75
103.25
16 Resident Sporting Licenses
a
3.25
52.00
4.00
48 00
5 Female & Minor Fishing Licenses
a
1.25
6.25
1.25
5.00
4 Resident Trapping Licenses
@
5.25
21.00
1.00
20.00
1 Minor Trapping License
@
2.25
2.25
.25
2.00
6 Resident Sporting Licenses
Free
7 Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
@
1.50
10.50
1.75
8.75
4 Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
@
5.25
21.00
1.00
20.00
1 Lobster & Crab License
@
5.00
5.00
.25
4.75
Residents of Massachusetts 70 years of age or over, Sporting License free.
$276.00
$29.25
$246.25
BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1936
Date
Name of Child
-
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
March 5
Margaret Howe Pope
Lemuel Pope Jr.
Julia Bauher Bard
Smith
Clarence H. Smith
Ida Silva
October 25
Sharon Ann Tarvers
Leonard E. Tarvers
Barbara N. Atwood
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1936
Apr. 23 John Edward Folk Waycross, Ga. June J. Woolaner Eastham
May 18 Seraphine Gabriel Steele Provincetown, Mass.
Mary Madeline King Eastham
June 14 William C. Gundersdoff Edith Pear Knowles Long Island, N. Y., RVC.
Long Island, N. Y., RVC.
June 20 Howard E. Sherman Brewster, Mass.
Rebecca A. Knowles Eastham
July 3 Clarence R. Fullerton Eastham
Emma I. Chase Eastham
Oct. 10 Leonard Edwin Tarvers Provincetown, Mass
Barbara Nickerson Atwood Eastham
Oct. 12 Roscoe Richard Lee Eastham
Marion Louise Ryder Chatham, Mass.
DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1936
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause
Jan. 13
Mary Minerva Smith
87 6
1
Chronic Myocarditis
Arterio Sclerosis
Feb. 11 Josephine Taylor
87 10
8
Found dead in bed, probably Car- diac Disease
Feb. 28 Helen Rachael Clark
78
4
11
Cardio Renal Disease
Arterio Sclerosis
Mar. 7 Infant Smith
2 hrs.
Prematurity, Placenta Praevia
June 18 James Edwin Young
80
1 6
Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic, Nephritis, Hypostatic Pneumonia
July 2 Ann Marie Lavin
10
Convulsions, cause not determined
July 4 Jennie Eads Crosby
61
5
14
Arterio Sclerosis
Nov. 9 Chester E. Pierce
67
2 27
Arterio Sclerosis Myocardinal degeneration
Dec. 4 George Carlton Smith
57
2
1
Probably Coronary Thrombosis
Dec. 7 Elizabeth Josephine Hinckley 70 11 23
Carcinoma of Liver Arterio Sclerosis
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
February 3-4, 1936
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss .:
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County aforesaid : Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham, on Monday the third (3rd) day of February next at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the articles in this warrant, and to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham at 10 o'clock in the fore- noon on Tuesday the fourth (4th) day of February next, then and there to elect all necessary town officers.
Article 1. To act on the Annual Report including rec- ommendations of the Selectmen and other town officers and committees.
Selectmen's recommendations.
Office Supplies
$200 00
Officers Salaries and Expenses
3,500 00
Surety on Bonds
125 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses
600 00
Certification of Notes
4 00
Legal Advice
100 00
Town Hall
700 00
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Janitor 648 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
502 30
Suppression of Crime
50 00
Town Fires
50 00
Orleans Fire Department
150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50 00
Inspection of Wiring
20 00
Private Moth Spraying
25 00
Board of Health
600 00
Inspection of Animals
35 00
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