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50.00
Constable
50.00
Sec. Finance Comm.
50.00
Assessors' and Selectmen's Exp.
159.41
Sal. Treas., Coll., Clerk
1,500.00
Accountant Sal. and Exp.
385.06
Treas., Coll., Clerk Exp.
610.48
Salary Board of Welfare
448.20
Surety on Board
102.50
Assessors' Salaries
500.00
Assessors' Abstracts
48.29
Certification of Notes
2.00
Legal Expense
20.00
Election and Registration
111.10
Janitor
1,248.00
Town Hall
644.59
Suppression of Crime
90.00
Civilian Defense
294.26
Town Fires
3.00
Orleans Fire Dept.
70.00
Prevention and Suppression of Forest Fires
34.01
Moth Suppression
600.06
Private Moth Suppression
100.00
Tree Warden
70.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
30.00
Inspection of Wiring
4.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
5.00
Shellfish Propagation
21.65
Shellfish Protection
457.87
Health
115.00
Town Dump
180.00
Inspection of Animals
40.00
Dog Account
12.00
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114.05
Snow
417.74 8,063.00
Highways Chap. 81
Public Welfare
926.74
Aid to Dependent Children
2,149.00
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant
708.00
Aid to Dependent Children Adm.
11.00
Old Age Assistance
5,656.46
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
6,531.77
Old Age Assistance Adm.
209.96
Soldiers Benefits
180.00
School
16,212.00
School Lunch
1,506.79
School Milk Agency Fund
32.96
Public Library
110.52
Public Library Trust
588.45
Rationing Board
54.74
Tax Title Account
360.76
Miscellaneous
142.25
Finance Comm.
1.48
Insurance
622.48
Town Reports
249.40
Free Bed
300.00
Comm. Xmas Tree
29.27
Memorial Day
22.48
Town Landing
53.40
Expense Selling Tax Possession Prop.
56.03
Road Machinery Acct.
566.15
Old Cemeteries
144.60
Interest
202.45
Schoolhouse Note
1,000.00
Loan
5,375.00
Income Timothy Smith Fund
712.84
Timothy Smith Fund Loan Gift
1,266.40
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund
1.00
Income Town Hall Fund
68.23
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund
3.00
Mercy Mines Cemetery Fund
4.00
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Highway General
Old Mill Operating Fund
19.90
State Tax
1,100.00
County Tax
3,969.90
C. C. Mosquito Control
521.52
State Parks and Reservation
26.53
State Audit
485.40
Tax Refund
35.34
M. V. Excise Refund
16.09
Dog Licenses
151.80
$70,027.33
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1943 REVENUE ACCOUNT
Appropriations $49,666.06
Poll Tax Commit-
County Tax
1,100.00
ment $ 424.00
State Tax
3,525.74
Real and Personal Tax 37,834.37
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
521.52
State Parks and
Reservations
27.71
To Reduce Tax
State Audit
485.40
Levy 1,500.00
Tr. from Surplus Revenue
700.00
Revenue 700.00
Overlay
1,073.37
Dec. Commitment Taxes 86.70
Estimated Receipts
764.24
57,099.80
To Surpus Revenue 7,878.21
Unexpended Balances
7,027.27
$64,978.01
$64,978.01
Surplus Revenue (E. and D.)
To Reduce Tax
Balance (1942)
$16,120.51
Levy
$2,200.00
Tax Title
Tax Titles
1,172.92
Redemption
310.89
Disclaimers
22.23
3,372.92
Sale of Tax
Surplus Revenue
Possessions
1,000.00
(E. and D.)
22,667.25
To Reduce Tax
Levy 700.00
Audit Tax
Adjustments
8.33
18,161.96
Revenue
7,878.21
$26,040.17
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$26,040.17
Estimated Re- ceipts 16,641.43
Tr. from Surplus
CLASSIFICATIONS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Officers' Travelling Expenses
Selectmen's Expenses
R. A. Chase $ 2.00 Appropriation $100.00
E. D. Penniman 15.11
M. W. Wiley 13.00
Assessors' Expenses
E. D. Penniman 1.68
M. W. Wiley 4.68
Treasurer
L. E. Chase 22.25
Accountant
L. Isabelle Brackett 6.25
64.97
Balance to Revenue
35.03
$100.00
$100.00
Selectmen's Salaries
Ralph A. Chase
$400.00
Appropriation
$900.00
E. D. Penniman
200.00
Maurice W. Wiley
300.00
$900.00
$900.00
Moderator
George Howard
$25.00 Appropriation $25.00
Constable
Harvey T. Moore
$50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Nathan Nickerson
Road Surveyor $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
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Salary Secretary Finance Committee
Harold Whitford $50.00 Appropriation $50.00
Asessors' and Selectmen's Expense Appropriation
Assessors
E. D. Penniman, Appropriation $175.00
Use of Car $10.00
Typing Expense 18.00
Printing Stationery, Postage
94.01
Dues
5.00
Selectmen
Typing Expense
15.00
Dues
9.00
Printing Stationery, Postage
8.40
$159.41
Balance to Revenue
15.59
$175.00
$175.00
Salary Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
L. E. Chase
$1,500.00 Appropriation $1,500.00
Accountant's Salary and Expenses
L. Isabelle Brackett
Appropriation $380.00
Salary $350.00 Transferred from Reserve 5.06
Printing Stationery,
Postage 35.06
$385.06
$385.06
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Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
Treasurer
Appropriation
$600.00
Use of Car
$30.50
Transferred from Reserve 10.48
Printing Stationery,
and Postage
110.08
Check Writer
125.00
Check Signer 130.00
Box rent
2.00
Collector
Printing Stationery,
Postage 75.20
B. F. Sears-
Recordings
54.68
Town Clerk
Printing Stationery,
Postage
$40.52
Typewriter Overhaul 33.00
Dues Town Clerks'
Association 3.00
Use of Car 1.50
Deputy Coll. 5.00
$610.48
$610.48
Salary Board of Welfare
Ralph A. Chase $149.40
Appropriation $600.00
Edward D. Penniman 149.40
Maurice W. Wiley 149.40
448.20
Balance to Revenue
151.80
$600.00
$600.00
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Surety On Board
Tax Collector
$65.00
Appropriation
$100.00
Treasurer
32.50
Transferred from
Town Clerk
5.00
Reserve 2.50
$102.50
$102.50
Assessors' Salaries
Ralph A. Chase
$ 50.00
Appropriation
$500.00
Edward D. Penniman 150.00
Maurice W. Wiley
300.00
$500.00
$500.00
Assessors' Abstracts
Shirley B. Chase
$48.29
Appropriation
$75.00
Balance to Revenue
26.71
$75.00
$75.00
Certification of Notes
Certification of Note
$2.00
Appropriation
$10.00
Balance to Revenue 8.00
$10.00
$10.00
Legal Expense
Harold Castonguay
$20.00
Appropriation
$75.00
Balance to Revenue
55.00
$75.00
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Election and Registration
Printing
$38.10
$100.00
May Atwood
4.00
Harold Arnold
4.00
Richard Whitford
5.00
Abbott Knowles
5.00
R. A. Chase
15.00
E. D. Penniman
15.00
M. W. Wiley
15.00
L. E. Chase
10.00
111.10
Balance to Revenue
5.70
$116.80
$116.80
Janitor
Horace Moore
$1,248.00 Appropriation
$1,248.00
Town Hall
Telephone
$ 86.88
Appropriation
$600.00
Fuel
337.65
Transferred from
Lights
42.02
Reserve
100.00
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Flag
8.30
Repairs and Labor on Pump
4.40
Labor and material
renovating Town Hall
148.60
Janitor's Supplies
10.24
Sharpening Lawn Mower
1.50
$644.59
Balance to Revenue
55.41
700.00
$700.00
Appropriation Refund 16.80
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Suppression of Crime
Harvey T. Moore
Appropriation $100.00
Inspection of
Property $90.00
Balance to Revenue 10.00
$100.00
Civilian
Defense Appropriation $700.00
Eastham Share of
Control Center
$251.16
Air Raid Whistle
19.00
Nickerson Lumber Co. 19.60
Painting Signs
4.50
294.26
Balance to Revenue
405.74
$700.00
Town Fires
Labor
$3.00
Appropriation $50.00
Balance to Revenue
47.00
$50.00
Orleans Fire Department
Orleans Fire Dept. $ 70.00
Appropriation $200.00
Balance to Revenue 130.00
$200.00
Prevention and Suppression Forest Fires
Labor
$34.01 Appropriation $100.00
Balance to Revenue 65.99
100.00
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Moth Suppression
Publishing Notice $15.00
Appropriation $600.06
Labor and Trucks 579.03
Gas and Oil
4.03
Escobar Bros. Trucking Arsenic 2.00
$600.06
Private Moth Suppression
Labor and Trucks 100.00 Appropriation $100.00
Tree Warden
Labor and Truck $70.00 Appropriation $70.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Stanley Walker
$30.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Balance to Revenue 20.00
$50.00
Inspection of Wiring
Maurice T. Moore
$ 4.00 Appropriation
$30.00
Balance to Revenue 26.00
$30.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
Bounties
$ 5.00
Appropriation
$30.00
Balance to Revenue 25.00
$30.00
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Shellfish Propagation
Bulldozer Hire $ 21.65 Appropriation $300.00
Balance to Revenue 278.35
$300.00
Shellfish Protection
Philip Schwind
Appropriation
$500.00
Constable
$450.00
Lumber and Signs
7.15
Miscellaneous
.72
457.87
Balance to Revenue
42.13
$500.00
Health
Well-Child Conference $50.00
Appropriation
$200.00
Dental Clinic
50.00
R. A. Chase
5.00
E. D. Penniman
5.00
M. W. Wiley
5.00
115.00
Balance to Revenue
85.00
$200.00
Town Dump
Escobar Bros.
$180.00 Appropriation
$200.00
Balance to Revenue
20.00
$200.00
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Harry Collins
Inspection of Animals $40.00 Appropriation $40.00
Dog Account
Walter Nickerson
$12.00
Appropriation $20.00
Balance to Revenue
8.00
$20.00
Highways General
Gas and Oil
$ 6.85
Appropriation
$200.00
Shovels
30.19
Time Book
3.00
Repairs
23.45
Wheels and Axle
15.00
Tarmac
13.51
Bolts, Hinges, etc.
5.55
Grader Blades
16.50
114.05
Balance to Revenue
85.95
$200.00
Snow
Labor
$356.53
Appropriation
$600.00
Snow Plow Blades
61.19
417.74
Balance to Revenue
182.26
$600.00
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Expenditures
Highway Chap. 81 $8,063.00 Appropriation $3,225.00
See Surveyor's Report
Balance to Revenue 537.00
5,375.00
$8,600.00
$8,600.00
Public Welfare
Groceries and
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Provisions
$256.71
Medicine and Medical Attendance
15.64
Cash Grants
496.56
Coal and Wood
31.10
Trucking
Commodities
24.23
Administration
2.00
Envelopes
5.00
Burial Service
95.50
926.74
Balance to Revenue
273.26
$1,200.00
Aid Dependent Children $2,149.00
Cash Grants
Appropriation $2,300.00
Balance to Revenue 151.00
$2,300.00
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grants
Cash Grants
$708.00
Balance from 1942
$ 77.55
Balance to 1944
835.71
Grants 1943 1,466.16
$1,543.71
$1,543.71
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Aid Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grant
Typing Balance to 1944
$11.00 Balance from 1942 $42.42
79.35
Grants 1943 47.93
$90.35
$90.35
Old Age Assistance
Cash Grants $5,656.46
Appropriation $7,500.00
Balance to Revenue 1,843.54
$7,500.00
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants
Cash Grants
Balance to 1944
$6,531.77 Balance from 519.51 1942
$1,208.94
Grants 1943 5,842.34
$7,051.28
$7,051.28
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
Typing
$21.00
Balance $243.01
Board of Welfare
Grants 1943 194.70
Salary :
R. A. Chase 50.60
E. D. Penniman 50.60
M. W. Wiley
50.60
Printing
3.16
E. D. Penniman
Auto Hire
8.00
Envelopes
26.00
209.96
Balance to 1944
227.75
$437.71
$437.71
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Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid Grants $180.00 Appropriation $600.00
Balance to Revenue 420.00
$600.00
Schools
Expenditures
$16,212.00
Appropriation $16,563.00
See Superindent's Report
351.00
$16,563.00
School Lunch
Labor
$849.44
Appropriation $2,000.00
Groceries
468.00
Milk
126.42
Gas
34.00
Trucking
16.49
Ice
11.64
Miscellaneous
.80
1,506.79
Balance to Revenue
493.21
$2,000.00
Public Library
Blanche Keefe,
Appropriation
$150.00
Librarian
$42.50
Lights
2.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
8.29
Magazines
31.00
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Books 16.69
Labor on Water
Pump
10.04
110.52
Balance to Revenue
39.48
$150.00
Public Library Trust
Blanche Keefe,
Balance from
Librarian
$237.50
1942
$ 88.29
Insurance
30.40
Refunded Dog
Flag Pole
8.00
Tax
128.63
Books
230.70
Income Billings
Fuel
49.50
Fund
420.00
Lights
8.90
Gift
100.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage
12.31
Expense Attending Meeting
1.10
Dues
1.00
Carting Wood
9.00
588.45
Balance to 1944
148.47
$736.92
$736.92
Rationing Board
Expenses Attending
Appropriation
$100.00
Meetings
$28.43
Lumber
3.00
Telephone
10.40
Punch
3.70
60
Ration Board Stamps 2.00 Typewriter Ribbon and Ink Pad 1.46
Pen Holders, Pens
2.20
Miscellaneous 3.55
$54.74
Balance to Revenue
45.26
$100.00
Tax Title Account
Notary Fees and
Appropriation
$400.00
Postage
$ 9.74
Refund 14.09
Register of Deeds- Recordings
98.87
Goss Print
62.40
L. E. Chase, Fees 177.55
R. A. Chase, Notary
Fees 13.00
360.76
Balance to Revenue
53.33
$414.09
$414.09
Miscellaneous
Register of Deeds $ 5.15
Appropriation
$125.00
Binding Town Reports 22.75
Transferred from
Bounty on Seals 65.50
Revenue 35.00
R. A. Chase, Notary
Fees 2.50
Paid Orleans, one-half Shellfish Grant 3.30
Lumber for Honor Roll 6.42
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Advertising 36.00
Elbows for Moth Dept. .63
142.25
17.75
$160.00
$160.00
Finance Committee
Printing, Stationery,
Appropriation $10.00
Postage
$1.48
Balance to Revenue 8.52
$10.00
Insurance
Dill and Chase
$596.08 Appropriation
$500.00
W. G. Smith
26.40 Refund
8.56
Refund
135.00
622.48
Balance to Revenue
21.08
$643.56
$643.56
Town Reports
F. B. and F. P. Goss
$249.40
Appropriation
$300.00
Balance to Revenue
50.60
$300.00
Free Bed
Cape Cod Hospital
$300.00 Appropriation $300.00
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Christmas Tree
Expenditures
$29.27 Appropriation $35 .. 00
Balance to Revenue
5.73
$35.00
Memorial Day
Boston Regalia
Appropriation
$30.00
W. Flags
$ 7.48
Wreaths
15.00
22.48
Balance to Revenue
7.52
$30.00
Town Landing
Tarmac
$35.00
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Labor and Supplies
18.40
Transferred from Revenue
10.00
53.40
Balance to Revenue
6.60
$60.00
$60.00
Expense Selling Tax Title Property
Schofield Bros.
$50.00
Appropriation
$50.00
Notary Fees, etc.
4.03
Transferred from
Typing
2.00
Revenue 6.03
$56.03
$56.03
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Road Machinery Account
Machinery $463.12
Appropriation $500.00 Transferred from
County of Barnstable-
Steel
8.40
Revenue 50.00
Repairs
64.08
16.15
Express
4.69
Gas, oil, grease, etc.
25.86
$566.15
$566.15
Converting Furnace to Coal
Balance to Revenue $50.00 Appropriation $50.00
Old Cemeteries
Labor and Machinery 144.60 Appropriation $150.00
Balance to Revenue $ 5.40
$150.00
Interest
Merchants National
Appropriation
$300.00
Bank
$191.25
Cape Cod Trust Co.
11.20
·
$202.45
Balance to Revenue
97.55
$300.00
Schoolhouse Note
Merchants National
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Bank
$1,000.00
6-4
Temporary Loan
Cape Cod Trust Co.
Loan
$5,375.00
$5,375.00
Reserve Fund
Transfers :
Miscellaneous
$35.00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Town Hall
100.00
Road Machinery
66.15
Town Landing
10.00
Surety on Board
2.50
Accountant Salary and Expenses 5.06
Treas. Coll. Clerk Expense 10.48
Expense Selling Tax
Title Property
6.03
235.22
Balance to Revenue
764.78
$1,000.00
Landing-Nauset Beach
Balance to 1944 $28.37 Balance Jan. 1, 1943
$28.37
Landing-Cape Cod Bay
Balance to 1944 $113.07 Balance Jan. 1, 1943 $113.07
Land Damage-Schoolhouse Road
Balance to 1944
$78.39 Balance Jan.
1, 1943
$78.39
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Taking Land New School
Balance to 1944 $84.53 Balance Jan. 1, 1943 $84.53
Acquire Land Nauset Light Beach Road
Balance to 1944 $31.90 Balance Jan. 1, 1943 $31.90
TRUST FUND CASH SECURITIES LOANS
Balance December 31, 1943 $48,818.80
Balances Dec. 30, 1943 :
World War
Memorial
$
473.11
Cemetery Trust Funds 230.51
Town Hall Trust
Fund
2,646.25
Billings Library
Fund
14,000.00
Town Hall Income 333.59
Old Wind Grist Mill
Operating Fund
29.51
Old Wind Grist Mill Fund 521.58
Eastham Community Christmas Tree
Fund
76.75
Timothy Smith Fund 30,507.50
$48,818 .80
$48,818.80
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GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT
Cash December 31, 1943
$24,265.07
Taxes Personal, 1942
39.50
Taxes Real 1942
32.42
Poll Tax 1943
2.00
Personal Tax 1943
154.84
Real Estate Tax 1943
4,275.71
Moth 1943
14.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1942
4.28
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1943
31.20
Tax Titles
3,488.85
Tax Possessions
4,599.64
Overlay 1940
5.40
Overlay 1941
8.81
Old Age Assistance A/R Board of Health A/R
21.42
State Aid to Highways A/R
1,638.61
County Tax Underestimate-1943
444.16
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
$ 35.48
Special Assessment Revenue
14.00
Tax Title Revenue
7,088.49
Departmental Revenue
126.42
Overlay 1942
324.52
Overlay 1943
658.62
Overlay Reserve
2,359.67
Tailings
85.07
Overestimate State Parks and Reservations
1.18
Sale of Real Estate
2,396.91
Landing Nauset Beach
28.37
Landing Cape Cod Bay
113.07
Land Damage Schoolhouse Road
78.39
Acquire Land Nauset Light Road
31.90
Taking Land New School
84.53
Highway Machinery Fund
226.25
Public Library Trust
148.47
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
519.51
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
227.75
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
835.71
Aid Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grant
79.35
Surplus Revenue (E. and D.)
22,667.25
$38,130.91
$38,130.91
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT,
Town Accountant.
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105.00
Report of the Board of Welfare
The following tables of figures will give you the ap- proximate cost to the town of the three relief agencies.
Old Age Assistance
Number of cases January
1, 1943-30
Number of cases December 31, 1943-27
Federal Government
$5,752.60
State
4,386.98
Town
2,048.66
Total Cash Grants $12,188.24
Aid to Dependent Children
Number of cases January 1, 1943-4
Number of cases December 31, 1943-4
Federal Government
$1,003.00
State
952.33
Town
901.67
Total Cash Grants $2,857.00
Welfare
Number of cases January 1, 1943-4
Number of cases December 31, 1943-1
State and other Towns
$623.11
Town
303.63
Total expenses and aid granted
$926.74
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN RALPH A. CHASE MAURICE W. WILEY
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Report on Tax Possession Land
The following report will show that the Town is in the real estate business. The Town now has over 660 pieces of land for sale, ranging in size from lots 40x80 to area of 33 acres. Included in this are Bay Shore lots, Ocean View and Beach lots, lots in the woods and wood lots.
There is a great deal of work to be done as there are several hundred more lots to look up and check before they can be added to the valuation book.
The following list of sales will show that the Town is beginning to reap a harvest from the Town Survey :
Lot
Cost
Selling Price
Gain
No.
1
$ 8.03
$ 50.00
$ 41.97
No. 2
14.54
50.00
35.46
No.
3
31.16
160.00
128.84
No.
4
40.11
100.00
69.89
No.
5
12.92
15.00
2.08
No.
6
69.94
250.00
180.06
No.
7
41.30
100.00
58.70
No. 8
28.02
60.00
31.98
No. 9
25.00
No. 10
28.91
125.00
96.09
No. 11
14.47
25.00
12.78
No. 12
21.23
40.00
18.77
$311.63
$1000.00
$663.37
No. 9 was a small piece sold from the large piece at the site of the First Encounter.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH A. CHASE
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN MAURICE W. WILEY Selectmen of Eastham.
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Fees of Treasurer, Collector and Town Clerk AS REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Eastham, Mass. Dec. 31, 1943
To the Board of Selectmen, Town of Eastham, Mass.
Gentlemen :
Pursuant to the by-law adopted at the last Annual Town Meeting, February 1, 1943, I hereby submit the amount of fees retained by me in my Town Offices.
Collector of Taxes Demands and Costs $100.00 Tax Titles 174.25
Town Clerk
Recording
$32.50
Pole Locations and
Filing Plans
34.00
Birth Certificates
10.75
Dog Licenses Fees
12.00
Fish & Game Licenses Fees
30.75
120.00
Treasurer
Fees Bounty on Seals
5.50
$409.75
LESLIE E. CHASE, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes.
RALPH A. CHASE
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN MAURICE W. WILEY Selectmen of Eastham.
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Report of the Eastham Finance Committee FOR THE YEAR 1943
The committee was duly organized with Richard H. Whitford elected Chairman and Secretary.
Transfers approved were as follows:
To Miscellaneous
$35.00
To Town Hall
100.00
To Highway Machinery
50.00
To Town Landing
10.00
To Surety on Bond
2.50
To Acountant's Salary and Expense
5.06
To Treas., Collector, Clerk Expense
10.48
To Expense selling Tax Title Property 6.03 To Road Machinery 16.15
Total
$235.22
Reserve Account
$1000.00
Transfers
235.22
Balance
$764.78
Respectfully submitted,
Richard H. Whitford
Raymond N. Knowles
Carl C. French
Charles L. Holbrook
Charles A. Gunn
Alfred O. Stowell
Emerson B. Wentworth Arthur E. Brown
Ralph L. Rogers
Eastham Finance Committee.
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Report of Highway Surveyor
CHAPTER 81
To Appropriation
$2,688.00 By Payment $8,063.00
By State 5,375.00
$8,063.00
Laborer's Wages
$2,445.90
Surveyor's Wages
630.90
Trucks
1,131.00
Power Grader
97.50
Bulldozer
17.50
Gravel Loader
145.00
Sand Spreader
13.00
Sweeper
2:00
Road Tar
3,277.85
Stone
185.43
Sand
37.70
Hardening
10.54
Lumber, Nails, etc.
27.38
Cement
8.80
Grader Operator
32.50
$8,063.00
Under Article 19 in the Town Warrant, the Depart- ment is asking for an appropriation for the Machinery Fund. This appropriation if voted by the Town is for the upkeep and operating expenses of the machinery we have, and also for the buying of a Sand Spreader which we need very much. The past year on account of the shortage of labor we were forced to try covering the tar with a spreader
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which worked out very satisfactory. It saves carting sand out in piles on the sides of the roads, and the cleaning up of the surplus left after the road has been sanded. It also costs less money to cover the tar this way as the sand is taken right from the sand bank as it is needed and does not have to be handled but once.
The price of this Spreader is $190.00 and the balance of the appropriation of $250.00 which we are asking for is for the operating expenses and upkeep of our other machinery we have.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON, Highway Surveyor. 1
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Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center
HEADQUARTERS ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER Office of the Commanding General
Cp Edwards, Mass. 11 January 1944
Board of Selectmen Town of Eastham Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
Upon the completion of the Wellfleet Antiaircraft- Artillery Firing Range, I wish to take this means of thank- ing you and through you the many public-spirited citizens of Eastham for the assistance you so patriotically offered, and the kindly advice so generously given in helping to finish the construction as speedily as possible. Your efforts in our behalf will have a direct bearing on the war effort.
I believe it fitting that our Eastham neighbors should have the opportunity of visiting the Wellfleet Range and seeing something of the training in progress. Accordingly, as soon as the season moderates and an out-of-doors tour becomes more feasible, I plan to hold an "Open House" at the Wellfleet Range. The date will be made known to you in due course of time, and I hope all of you will find it convenient to attend.
Very sincerely yours; J. E. HARRIMAN Brigadier General, USA Commanding
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Librarian's Report
Number volumes catalogued
6,732
Number volumes added
164
Number volumes borrowed
4,795
Total fines received
$19.67
As usual we were able to borrow books from Division of Public Libraries at State House, Boston, both for School and Library.
.
Many summer guests used our Library as usual, and complimented us on the fine books found on our shelves, for such a small Library.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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Annual Report of Shellfish Constable
Shellfishing for family use has assumed a place of im- portance in 1943. With the West Shore closed to commer- cial clamming, the clams planted there in November, 1941 have been a welcome source of food for residents and sum- mer visitors alike. The Salt Pond has been a never-failing source of quahogs and little necks. This fall and winter the oysters planted there late in 1941 have furnished many fami- lies with choice food that, without this planting, would have been unobtainable.
The attitude of nearly everyone I contacted was one of cooperation and appreciation. The number of conscious violations of shellfish regulations has been negligible.
Commercial shellfishing in Eastham this year, with three exceptions, reached a low point. This was due, partly to the small number of men left in Eastham who depend on shellfish for a living, and partly to a number of adverse conditions.
In January and February of 1943, large quantities of quahogs were taken from the Salt Pond River where the "take" exceeded 60 bushels on some days. This in spite of bitter weather. The quahog planting previously done in the River, augmented by a good natural set of quahog seed, proved a valued source of income for at least twenty East- ham men in a period when weather conditions had stopped many usual sources of income.
Billingsgate Island proved an unexpected source of clams for a number of Eastham men late this summer. With clams priced as high as $8 a barrel, several men dug two
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barrels a day for a considerable period. In my estimation, Billingsgate clams and quahogs deserve added attention and protection.
Dragging profits for Rock Harbor boats reached a new high this year, due largely to the new market for sea clams. An increase to $5 for dragging permits was met by most of the fishermen with a cooperative attitude. The number of Eastham-owned draggers was increased, and several Eastham men found work on Orleans-owned boats. The sea clam industry is one which will bear watching and support.
No propagation was carried on this year. Quahog seed was unavailable. The oyster seed in the Salt Pond River was maturing rapidly. And we had an almost unprecedented set of clams over almost all of the Nauset Bay and part of the Town Cove areas.
An attempt was made in conjunction with Orleans to clear Nauset Harborway to increase the flow of water in the Town Cove and Nauset Bay. This experiment was a failure, so the work was stopped before the money allocated had been used up.
With a sufficient appropriation an effort will be made (with the cooperation of the State Bureau of Marine Fish- eries) to reduce the menace of round wrinkles in Nauset Bay. A planting program for 1944 should include: a re- newal of the oyster seed in the Salt Pond River for family use, transplanting of clam seed to the West Shore areas also for family use, and if available, a moderate planting of quahog seed in the Nauset Bay and Salt Pond areas for com- mercial as well as family use.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP J. SCHWIND Shellfish Constable.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
OF EAS
TOWN
INCO
SET 1620
1651.
FOR THE YEAR
1943
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Stanley M. Walker, Chairman
Katherine A. Moore, Secretary
Bernard C. Collins
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1944
UNION SUPERINTENDENT
Charles H. Pratt
ATTENDANCE OFFICER Walter Nickerson
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. A. P. Goff
SCHOOL NURSE
Mary Morris Sullivan
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