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Income
98 33 Transferred to Town 98 33
$2.532 33
$2,532 33
$16,866 28
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Eastham World War Memorial Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$350 51 Dec. 31, balance $364 65
Interest 14 14
$364 65
$364 65
Old Wind Grist Mill Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$564 52 Dec. 31, balance $587 31
Interest
22 79
$587 31
$587 31
Billings Library Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$14,000 00 Dec. 31, balance $14,000 00
Income
560 00 Tr. to Library Fund 560 00
$14,560 00
$14,560 00
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$126 31
Dec. 31, balance
$129 41
Interest
5 10
Care of lot
2 00
$131 41
$131 41
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$56 20
Dec. 31, balance
$55 66
Interest
2 26
Care of lot 2 80
$58 46
$58 46
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Mercy Mines' Cemtery Fund
Jan. 1, in trust
$55 67
Dec. 31, balance
$55 89
Interest
2 22
Care of lot
2 00
$57 89
$57 89
Revenue Account
Cash, Dec. 31, 1933
$6,965 18
Taxes 1932
7,457 70
Taxes 1933
13,406 11
Motor Vehicle Excise taxes 1932
34 42
Motor Vehicle Excise taxes 1933
160 35
Old Age Assistance 1932
1 00
Old Age Assistance 1933
15 00
Balance Old Age Assistance 1933
21 00
State Aid to Highways
300 00
Moth Assessment 1932
11 01
Moth Assessment 1933
18 90
Tax titles
584 46
Overlay 1931
613 48
Appropriation Deficits
432 06
$30,020 67
Tailings
$61 30
Library
37 30
Overlay 1932
223 33
Overlay 1933
1,087 22
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Overlay Reserve
500 71
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax revenue
194 77
Special Assessment revenue
29 91
Tax titles
584 46
Town road
50 00
Town landing
150 00
Excess and deficiency
27,101 67
$30,020 67
Respectfully submitted,
JENNIE B. SPARROW,
Town Accountant.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Office Supplies
$ 200 00
Officers' Salaries and Expenses
3,600 00
Surety on Bond
100 00
Assessors' Salary and Expenses
700 00
Assessors' Abstracts
25 00
Certification of Notes
10 00
Legal Advice
150 00
Janitor
1,248 00
Town Hall
700 00
Suppression of Crime
100 00
Town Fires
100 00
Orleans Fire Department
150 00
Inspection of Wiring
40 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50 00
Moth Suppression
502 26
Private Moth Spraying
150 00
Board of Health
800 00
Inspection of Animals and Slaughtering
50 00
Herring Brook
75 00
Clearing Snow
200 00
Board of Public Welfare
2,500 00
Old Age Assistance
2,000 00
State Aid
200 00
Soldiers' Relief
250 00
Schools
14,639 00
Insurance
300 00
Miscellaneous
200 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots and Old Cemeteries
150 00
Interest
200 00
Town Reports
250 00
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Report of Road Surveyor
CHAPTER 81
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation
$3,075 00
By payment
$7,174 69
By State 4,100 00
Unexpended
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$7,175 00
$7,175 00
Surveyors' wages
$553 95
Trucks
1,301 50
Tractor and bulldoza
338 00
Laborer's Wages
2,226 72
Material and supplies
2,754 52
$7,174 69
NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Road Surveyor.
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1933
$10,467 66
Receipts to Dec. 31, 1933 48,123 66
$58,591 32
Disbursements
Payments, Warrants #1-31 inclusive
$51,626 14
Dec. 31, 1933, on deposit Cape Cod Trust Co.
4,661 49
Dec. 31, 1933, cash and checks on hand
2,303 69
$58,591 32
TIMOTHY SMITH FUND
Income
Cash on deposit Jan. 1, 1933
$13,313 28
Loans
3,553 00
Income, April
558 86
Income, October
574 65
Interest, Wellfleet Savings Bank
176 69
Interest, Cape Cod Trust Co.
294 37
$18,470 85
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Disbursements
Cash on deposit Dec. 31, 1933 Loans before 1933 Loans in 1934 Federal tax
$14,092 77
3,553 00
825 00
08
$18,470 85
TOWN HALL TRUST FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance
$2,434 00
Income
98 33
$2,532 33
Dec. 31, 1933, balance
$2,434 00
Deposited in Town Funds
98 33
$2,532 33
EASTHAM WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance on deposit, Wellfleet Sav- ings Bank
$350 51
Interest
14 14
$364 65
Dec. 31, 1933, balance on deposit
364 65
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OLD WIND GRIST MILL FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance on deposit, Wellfleet Savings Bank
$564 52
Interest
22 79
$587 31
Dec. 31, 1933, balance on deposit
$587 31
BILLINGS LIBRARY FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance in trust
$14,000 00 560 00
Income
$14,560 00
Dec. 31, 1933, in trust
$14,000 00
Treasurer to Library Account
560 00
$14,560 00
ZARA HIGGINS CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance on deposit, Wellfleet Savings Bank
126 31
Income
5 10
$131 41
Dec. 31, 1933, balance on deposit
129 41
Care of lot 1933
2 00
$131 41
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FRANK O. DANIELS CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance on deposit, Wellfleet Savings Bank
$56 20
Income
2 26
$58 46
Dec. 31, 1933, balance on deposit
$55 66
Care of lot 1933
2 80
$58 46
MERCY A. MINES CEMETERY FUND
Jan. 1, 1933, balance on deposit, Wellfleet
Savings Bank
$55 67
Income
2 22
$57 89
Dec. 31, 1933, balance on deposit
$55 89
Care of lot 1933
2 00
$57 89
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE, Treasurer.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
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Dr.
Balance due taxes of 1931, Jan. 1, 1933
$2,215 91
Balance due taxes of 1932
16,878 74
Balance due Moth taxes of 1932
45 42
Warrants taxes of 1933
30,178 91
Moth taxes of 1933
63 00
Abatements after payment 1931 (refunds)
93 48
Abatements after payment 1932 (refunds)
44 50
Abatements after payment 1933 (refunds)
18 45
$49,538 41
Cr.
Paid Treasurer taxes of 1931
1,322 67
Paid Treasurer taxes of 1932
9,222 94
Paid Treasurer taxes of 1933
16,765 19
Paid Treasurer Moth taxes of 1932
34 41
Paid Treasurer Moth taxes of 1933
44 10
Abatement of taxes of 1931
631 41
Abatement of taxes of 1932
242 60
Abatement of taxes of 1933
26 06
Uncollected taxes of 1932
7,457 70
Uncollected taxes of 1933
13,406 11
Uncollected Moth taxes of 1932
11 01
Uncollected Moth taxes of 1933
18 90
Tax Titles of 1931
355 31
$49,538 41
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Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Dr.
Balance due 1931, Excise Jan. 1, 1933
$13 59
Balance due 1932 Excise
238 30
Warrant April 8, 1933
792 69
Warrant Nov. 10, 1933
250 17
Warrant Dec. 30, 1933
35 65
Abatement after payment 1932 (refund)
16 08
Abatement after payment 1933 (refund)
26 53
$1,373 01
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 1932 Excise
$112 34
Paid Treasurer 1933 Excise
918 16
Abated 1931 Excise
13 59
Abated 1932 Excise
107 62
Abated 1933 Excise
26 53
Uncollected 1932 Excise
34 42
Uncollected 1933 Excise
160 35
$1,373 01
Old Age Assistance Tax
Dr.
Balance due 1932 Old Age Assistance Tax Jan. 1, 1933 Warrants Old Age Assistance 1933 194 00
$13 00
$207 00
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Cr.
Feb. 23, 1932 Refunded by State Old Age Assistance
$8 00
Paid Treasurer Old Age Assistance Tax 1932 4 00
Paid Treasurer Old Age Assistance Tax 1933
179 00
Uncollected Old Age Assistance Tax 1932 1 00
Uncollected Old Age Assistance Tax 1933
15 00
$207 00
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE, Collector.
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Report of Town Clerk
DOGS LICENSED IN 1933
25 males @ $2.00
$50 00
3 Females @ $5.00
15 00
7 Spayed Females @ $2.00
14 00
$79 00
Fees Retained 35 @ $ .20
$7 00
July 17, 1933 Paid County Treasurer 63 60
Nov. 29, 1933 Paid County Treasurer
6 60
Dec. 30, 1933 Paid County Treasurer
1 80
$79 00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF FISHERIES & GAME Licenses issued in 1933
Fees
Paid Div. of F. & G.
12 Resident Fishing Licenses
@
$2.00
$24.00
$3.00
$21.00
65 Resident Hunting Licenses
2.00
130.00
16.25
113.75
3 Resident Sporting Licenses
3.25
9.75
.75
9.00
3 Women and Minors' Fishing Licenses (a)
1.25
3.75
.75
3.00
7 Resident Sporting Licenses
Free
1 Duplicate License (Sporting)
.50
.50
.50
1 Resident Citizen Lobster License
5.00
5.00
.15
4.85
1 Resident Citizen Crab License
5.00
5.00
.15
4.85
$178.00
$21.05
$156.95
BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1933
Date
Name of Child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Jan. 7
Constance Dill
Herman A. Dill
Bertha M. Stone
Jan. 9 Vernon Roscoe Nickerson
Theodore R. Nickerson
Blanche W. S. Chase
Feb. 3 Anne Drew Wetherbee
Andrew W. Wetherbee
Bessie R. Dickie
Apr. 26
Henry Willis Nickerson
Kenneth C. Nickerson
Apr. 30 Maynard Winslow Walker
Stanley M. Walker
Evelyn B. Knowles Edna M. Dill
May 6
Leliana Oliver
Joseph Oliver
Alda A. Amaral
May 25 Ernest Benjamin Smith
Ernest B. Smith
Phyllis V. Baker
June 11 Murray Doane Larkin
Elroy M. Larkin
July 31 Russell George Boynton
Jerome E. Boynton
Sept. 13 John Ellsworth Massachi
Frank Massachi
Emma J. Fulcher Addie Ryder Avis E. Eldredge
Dec. 1
John Melbourne Clark
Henry E. Clark
Dorothy C. Freeman Ida Silva
Dec. 5 Clarence Henry Smith
Clarence H. Smith
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1933
June 17 Thomas Hay Stronach
Raleigh, N. C.
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Anna Putnam
Raleigh, N. C.
June 24 Alton C. Crosby
Eastham
Harriet Newton Lester
Ware, Mass.
Aug. 29 Floyd James Worth Lucille W. Mayo
Chatham, Mass.
Eastham
Dec. 16 Cavalier H. Robbins Sarah E. (Colby) Schaffer
Eastham
Newton, Mass.
Dec. 23 Eugene L. Snow
Emma F. Atwood
Orleans, Mass. Eastham
DEATHS RECORDED EASTHAM IN 1933
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause
1932
Dec. 27
Emma G. Walton
69 0 6 Carcinoma of Cervis with local exten- sion, Rectovaginal Fistula, Pyelone- nephritis
1933
Mar. 18 Hattie Mudge Cole
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8 1 Carcinoma of Breast
Apr. 18 Alfred L. Oliver
65
- Carcinoma of Bladder
May 10 Jennie A. Horton
72
4
9 Chronic Myocarditis Cerebral Hemorrhage Chronic Myocarditis
May 15 Olive M. Smith
90
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10
Aug. 22 Emily Carter Anderson
78
Sept. 17 Roscoe S. Walton
77
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- Incised wound of left wrist with asso- ciated hemorrhage. Self inflicted.
Oct. 5 Bertha Howard (Brewer) Higgins 54 8 26 Diabetes, Bright's Disease
Dec. 17 Obed W. Horton
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6 16 Chronic Myocarditis, Chronic Inter- stitial Nephritis, general Arterioscler- osis.
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3 - Myocarditis
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 6, 1933
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in 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 said Eastham, on Monday, the sixth day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to elect all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year and to meet in the Town Hall in said Eastham, at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, the seventh day of February next, then and there to act on the following articles.
Article 1. To hear the reports of the Selectmen and all reports and committees and act thereon.
Article 2. To see if the Town will elect a Town Direc- tor for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the Public Library and make an appropriation for the same.
Article 4. To see in what manner the Town will dis- pose of its refunded Dog Tax and act thereon.
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Article 5. To see in what manner the Town will sup- port its poor for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,075.00, provided the State makes a satisfactory allot- ment for the upkeep and maintenance of Town Roads, under Chap. 81, Sections 26-29 Gen. Laws as amended.
Article 7. To see in what manner the Town will repair its roads and bridges and appropriate money for the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will give the Collector of Taxes the same power which the Treasurer has when Collec- tor
Article 9. To raise such sums of money as may be ne- cessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year be- ginning Jan. 1, 1933, an amount not to exceed $16,000.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and the pur- chase of flags for Soldiers' and Sailors' graves and Monu- ment grounds.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the prevention and sup- pression of forest fires.
Article 13. To see if the Town will pay a bounty of 50 cents each for all woodchucks killed within its limits,
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after satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Treas- urer, and appropriate sum of $25.00 for the same.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150.00 for free Band Concerts, to be given by the Junior Community Band during the ensuing year.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for care and treat- ment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for care and treatment, in ac- cordance with Section 74 of Chapter 111 of the Gen. Laws, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of continu- ing the plotting, surveying and making of Assessors maps of the Town of Eastham.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the layout of a Common Landing on Great Pond in the village of East- ham over land of Freeman C. Hatch, between Pond Road so- called and the waters of said Great Pond, with the boundar- ies and measurements as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 1933, and will authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain, in behalf of the Town, the lands or interests in lands, within the lines of said layout of said Common Land- ing and for that purpose will raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding One Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dollars.
Article 18. To see what action the Town will take re-
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garding the discontinuance of the Town Dump in South? Eastham.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation in excess of the Mosquito State Tax. (By re- quest).
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the salaries of its officers and wages of its employ- ees, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Article 21. To see what action the Town will take on the proposed new school building, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Article 22. To see what action the Town will take re- garding the repairing of the Old Grist Mill and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500.00, the same to be used by the Board of Public Welfare as wages, to be paid to applicants for aid who are able to work and who are given work by the Board on var- ious town improvements, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to lay out a Town Landing on the shores and on land adjacent to the Salt Pond, so-called, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the Community Christmas Tree, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to take
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$3,000.00 of the free cash now in the Treasury for the pur- pose of reducing the tax rate of 1933.
Polls will be open for voting on Monday, February 6, 1933, in the Town Hall, Eastham, Mass., from 10 o'clock A. M., until 3 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Blacksmith Shop of Chas. A. Feltis in South Eastham, the Post-Office in Eastham and the Post-Office in North Eastham, seven days before time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Eastham, this twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-three.
ARTHUR W. PARNELL, EDWARD D. PENNIMAN, RALPH H. CHASE,
Selectmen of Eastham.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 6, 1933
Elected :
Edward D. Penniman, Selectman, Assessor, Board of Health and Board of Public Welfare, for 3 years.
Leslie E. Chase, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for 1 year.
Nathan A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor for 1 year.
Arthur W. Parnell, Trustee of the Public Library for 3 years.
Harvey T. Moore, Constable for 1 year.
Henry E. Clark, Tree Warden for 1 year.
M. Louise Knowles, School Committee for 3 years.
Charles F. Atwood, Moderator for 1 year.
February .7, 1933
Meeting called to order by Town Clerk at 10 o'clock, warrant calling meeting duly read together with the return of the officer who served the same.
Article 1. Voted to waive the reading of the Town Report and to accept the report as printed.
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Article 2. Voted that the Town do elect a Town Direc- tor for the Cape Cod Extension Service and that the Town Clerk cast one ballot for Ralph A. Chase.
Elected Ralph A. Chase, Town Director of the Cape Cod Extension Service for one year.
Article 3. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 toward the support of the Public Library.
Article 4. Voted the refunded Dog Tax be used to- ward the support of the Public Library.
Article 5. Voted to leave the care of the Poor in the hands of the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,075.00, provided the State will make a satisfactory al- lotment to the Town for care and maintenance of Town Roads under Chap. 81, Sec. 26-29, Gen. Laws as amended.
Article 7. Voted that the repairs of the Town's roads and bridges be left in the hands of the Road Surveyor and to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the same.
Article 8. Voted to give the Collector of Taxes the same power which the Treasurer has when Collector.
Article 9. Voted to appoint a committee of five (by the Moderator) to retire during recess period and bring in recommendations of appropriations for the ensuing year, not covered by this warrant. Committee appointed Nathan A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor, Ralph A. Chase, Selectman, Stanley M. Walker, Chairman of School Committee, Albion F. Rich, Sr., and George R. Wiley.
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Committee reported. the following recommendations of appropriations which were unanimously accepted.
Interest Account
$150 00
Board of Public Welfare
1,500 00
Board of Health
500 00
Miscellaneous Account
300 00
Clearing Snow
200 00
Inspection of Animals and Slaughtering
50 00
Town Hall Account
600 00
Abstracts of Transfers and Probate Records
30 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots and Old Cemeteries
150 00
Weights and Measures
50 00
Officers' Salaries and Expenses
3,200 00
Surety on Bonds
75 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses
600 00
Legal Advice
150 00
Schools
15,562 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
502 26
Soldiers' Relief
100 00
Town Janitor
1,250 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
Certification of Notes
10 00
Town Fires
50 00
Orleans Fire Dept.
125 00
Inspection of Wiring
35 00
Suppression of Crime
100 00
Insurance
500 00
State Aid
150 00
Office Supplies
150 00
Old Age Assistance
2,000 00
Private Moth Work
150 00
Care of Herring Brook
25 00
$29,264 26
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Article 10. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1933, an amount not to exceed $16,000.00 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the purchase of flags and markers for Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots and Monument Grounds, to be expended under the Supervisor of Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots.
Article 12. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the prevention and suppression of Forest Fires.
Article 13. Voted to pay 50 cents each for all wood- chucks killed within the limits of the Town, after satisfac- tory evidence has been presented to the Treasurer and to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the same.
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for three or more Band Concerts to be given by the Junior Community Band in the town the ensuing year. Money to be paid to Mr. Chas. E. Ingersoll, Orleans, Mass., treasurer of said Band.
Article 15. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the establishment of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for care and treatment of persons resident of the town, certified to be residents by the Select- men and unable to pay for such care and treatment in ac- cordance with Chap. 111 Sec. 74 of the Gen. Laws. The Selectmen as a committee are instructed to confer with the
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authorities of the hospital and make known that the Town will not pay over the amount appropriated unless they are first assured that should occasion arise the Town will re- ceive credit for the amount paid in.
Article 16. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of continuing the plotting, survey- ing and making of Assessors maps of the Town of Eastham.
Article 17. Motion to take 730 feet on the Great Pond over land of Freeman C. Hatch for Common Landing, amended to take 300 feet from the northerly boundary of Hatch's land southerly between the road and pond as out- lined in plan.
Motion withdrawn to take 730 feet for Common Land- ing on Great Pond on land of Freeman C. Hatch.
Voted that the Town accept the layout of Common Landing on Great Pond in village of Eastham over land of Freeman C. Hatch between Pond road so-called and the waters of the said Great Pond, from creek as shown in lay- out a distance of 300 feet south as reported and recommend- ed by the Selectmen under date of Jan. 30, 1933.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands or interests in the lands within the lines of said layout described in the foregoing motion in behalf of the town for a Common Land- ing.
Voted that the sum of $150.00 be appropriated for this purpose.
Article 18. Voted to discontinue the Town Dump in
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South Eastham, that refuse be cleaned up, burned or buried. That the Town do not sell the land.
Article 19. Voted unanimously to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $200.00 for Mosquito Control. to be paid to the Treasurer of the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project. This appropriation is in addition to the State Levy.
Article 20. Voted to take no action under this article. Article 21. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for repairs of the Old Wind Grist Mill, beginning with first replacing the shaft and continue with repairs as far as the money will allow so to do.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used under the direction of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, to aid those persons of the town, able to work and who have applied to the Board for aid.
Article 24. Voted to petition the Selectmen to survey a Town Landing on the shores and on land adjacent to the Salt Pond so-called, beginning south of the clam house where the original fence stood. thence northerly along the shore and land east of the road to the boundary of the land of the heirs of Maurice II. Richardson, and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $75.00 for the same.
Article 25. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the Community Christmas tree.
Article 26. Voted to use $3,000.00 of the free cash now in the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the tax levy of 1933.
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ORDER OF TAKING FOR A COMMAN LANDING PLACE
By the Selectmen of the Town of Eastham
We, Arthur W. Parnell, Edward D. Penniman and Ralph A. Chase, as the duly elected and qualified Selectmen of the Town of Eastham, a Municapl Corporation located in the County of Barnstable, in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, acting for and on behalf of said Town of Eastham, under the Provisions of Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1930 and all other statutes in addition thereto, and under the power conferred upon us as such Selectmen by vote of the said Town of Eastham while acting under Article 17 of the Warrant for a Town Meeting of the inhabitants of said Eastham, duly called and held on the Seventh day of February, 1933, as will more particularly appear by reference to the records of the Town Clerk of said Eastham, and by virtue of every other power us hereto enabling, having complied with all the preliminary requirements prescribed by law, do adopt and decree the order of taking and do hereby take a public easement of a Common Landing Place by eminent domain on behalf of said Town of Eastham under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws and Acts and amendment thereof or in addition thereto, in the land situate in said Eastham on Great Pond, so-called, more particularly bound- ed and described as follows :
Beginning at a point on the west side of the Town Way called Pond Road in the middle line of a ditch at Registered Land now or formerly of Arthur C. Chipman and Abbie F Stuart, thence running in a generally southerly di- rection by the west side line of said Pond Road 340.81 feet to
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land of Freeman C. Hatch ; thence running south 87 degrees, 19 minutes, 40 seconds west by said Hatch 1 and 41 and more feet to the waters of said Great Pond; thence running: in a generally northerly direction by the waters of said Great Pond 300 feet to the middle of line of the aforesaid ditch at the southwest corner of said Registered Land of said Chipman or Smart; thence running in a generally northeasterly direction by the middle line of said ditch and said Registered Land 58.26 and more feet to said Pond Road at the first mentioned bound or place of beginning. Said. land contains 9.810 square feet and is the same marked "Land Taken as per Vote of the Town" as shown and Delineated on a plan made by Nelson Bearse, Surveyor, en- titled "Plan of a Common Landing on Great Pond in the Town of Eastham laid out by the Selectmen under date January 30th, 1933, to be recorded with this "Order of Taking" in the Registry of Deeds for said County of Barn- stable. Any trees or Structures upon the land above de- scribed or affixed thereto are not included in this taking and the owner is allowed to remove such trees or structures from the land above described on or before April 1st, 1933. And we award as damages to Freeman C. Hatch, the owner of the land for the Taking of this Public Easement of a Common Landing Place therein, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dollars.
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