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In spite of all the dire forecasts of higher taxes and governmental expenses on the rise we are hoping and work- ing toward keeping the Tax rate in Eastham at its present level, and at this point it looks as though this can be accom- plished, and this without cutting any of the items which tend to keep a Town growing.
At this time thanks are expressed to all elected and appointed officials for their cooperation, and as has been said before we are always at your service.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE W. WILEY, GEORGE HOWARD
LUTHER P. SMITH
Board of Selectmen
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Report of Sales of Tax Possession of Land
Case No.
Costs
Price
Gain
Acreage
1
$39.72
$100.00
$ 60.28
.4
2
400.00
400.00
.5
3
9.64
10.00
.36
.13
$49.36
$510.00
$460.64
1.03
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE W. WILEY
GEORGE HOWARD
LUTHER P. SMITH
Board of Selectmen
Report of Board of Assessors
Once again we are fortunate to have ended another year with an increased valuation of approximately $300,- 000.00. This makes us hopeful of another reasonably low tax rate for the year 1951 unless unforeseen circumstances arise which result in higher appropriations.
Following are the comparisons of total valuations for the years 1949 and 1950 :-
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ASSESSORS REPORT
Comparative Figures
Valuation of Town January 1
1949
1950
Land
$476,990.00
$568,510.00
Buildings
1,555,210.00
1,720,230.00
Personal Estate
288,530.00
328,010.00
Real Estate, Land and Build-
ings, December Assessment
1,150.00
5,500.00
$2,321,880.00
$2,622,250.00
Taxes Assessed to December 31
1949
1950
Levied on Real Estate
$57,917.69
$65,229.09
Levied on Personal Estate
8,223.10
9,348.28
Levied on Polls
559.00
598.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,026.00
7,199.33
December Assessment
32.78
285.01
Rate of Taxation
28.50
28.50
Number of Polls Assessed
275
299
Number of Horses Assessed
7
4
Number of Cows Assessed
34
34
Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed
5
5
Number of Fowl Assessed
759
1,160
Number of Goats Assessed
9
10
Acres of Land Assessed
7,579
7,300
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER P. SMITH,
GEORGE HOWARD,
MAURICE W. WILEY, Board of Assessors.
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1950
SCALE IN
$1000 T120
TREND OF APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX RATES
1949
+115
+110 +105 +100 +95 +90
1946
TOTAL APPROPRIATED $86,970
TOTAL APPROPRIATED $ 89.859
AVAILABLE FUNDS $16,171
NET RECEIPTS FROM STATE & COUNTY $ 22,314
+85
TOTAL APPROPRIATED $78,048
AVAILABLE FUNDS
+80
.- 75 +70
AVAILABLE FUNDS $ 20,352
NET RECEIPTS FROM STATE , COUNTY
+65 +60 +55
NET RECEIPTS FROM STATE & COUNTY $16,794
$18,788
TO BE RAISED By TAXES
+50
NET RECEIPTS FROM STATE & COUNTY # 16,073
+45 +40
+35
TO BE RAISED By TAXES
+30
+25
41, 623
48,826
$54,235
$66,693
$75,17
+20
+15
+10
-5
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
ASSESSED VALUATION
$1,535, 840 $27.00
$ 1.790,960 $27.00
$ 1.989,310
$ 2,320,730
$ 2,616,750 $ 28.50
$ 28.50
$ 27.00
TAX RATE PER $ 1000.
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To BE RAISED By TAXES
To BE RAISED By TAXES
TO DE RAISED BY TAXES
AVAILABLE FUNDS $ 16,836
NETRECEIPTS FROM STATE & COUNTY $18.415
$ 21,350
1948
1947
TOTAL APPROPRIATED $ 101,279
AVAILBLE FUNDS $ 19.971
TOTAL APPROPRIATED $117,462
DISTRIBUTION OF THE 1950 TAX RATE OF $28.50
GENERAL TOWN ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH AND RECREATION
26% on $7.40
11% OR $3.13
PUBLIC WELFARE 7% OR $2.00
ROADS AND TOWN LANDINGS
11% or 29€
MISCELLANEOUS
SAFETY:
9% OR $2.57
POLICE AND FIRE DEPT. 4%R $1.14
EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND LIBRARY.
42% OR $ 11.97
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-EASTHAM 1950 RECAPITULATION
Figures used in fixing Tax Rate G. L. Chap. 59 §§ 23, 25
A. CITY OF TOWN: Include all appropriations voted since 1949 Tax Rate was fixed.
1. Total appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, § 15A
$97,491.83
2. Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds: (a) in 1950 $32,715.68. In 1949 since 1949 tax rate was fixed $2,705.00
$35,420.68
$132,912.51
1950 Estimates
1949 Under- estimates
B. STATE: Tax and Assessments:
1. State Parks and Reservations
$95.58
$30.83
2. State Audit Municipal Accounts
661.06
183.10
3. Mosquito Control ....
812.12
4. Sum of totals carried to outside column
$1,568.76
$213.93
$1,782.69
C .- COUNTY TAX AND ASSESSMENTS:
1. County Tax
$8,000.37
$650.60
2. Sum of totals to be carried to outside column
$8,000.37
$650.60
$8,650.97
D. OVERLAY OF CURRENT YEAR
$3,995.12
E. GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED ...
$147,341.29
F.ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
1. Income Tax
2. Corporation Taxes ....
3. Reimbursement on a/c publicly owned land
$6,206.48 6,069.62 17.09 ...
....
....
...
....
....
......
.......
4. Motor Vehicle, Trailer Excise
5,500.00
5. Licenses, fees
6. Fines, Library 36.66
7. Health and Sanitation (Inspection of Animals) ............................ ...
20.00
8. Charities (Other than Federal Grants for A. D. C.)
1,200.00
9. Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants) ..
5,000.00
10. Old Age Tax Meals (Chap. 64B, §10)
414.46
11. Veterans' Benefits .....
1,000.00
12. Schools (Income Tax Funds excluded) ...
9,601.20
13. Dog Officer
30.00
14. Interest (On Taxes and Assessments)
97.00
15. Gas Franchise
133.68
17. TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS ...
$36,743.19
18. Amounts to be taken from available funds: (a) $2,705.00 11/1/49; (b) $32,715.68 3/2/50
35,420.68
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS $35,420.68
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
$72,163.87
G. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS, PROPERTY
$75,177.42
H. Number of Polls 299
@ $2.00 each
Poll Tax
$598.00
J. Total Valuation: Personal Property $328,010.00
[Tax Rate
Real Estate
2,288,740.00
2 $28.50
$2,616,750.00
Personal Property Tax
.... 9,348.285
Real Estate ...
65,229.09
K. Gain a/c fractional divisions tax rate
2.045
.....
L. TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLLS, PROPERTY
$75,177.42
...
...
16. Chapter 804, Acts 1949
1,417.00
..............
Report of Town Treasurer
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Receipts
January 1, 1950 Balance in Treasury
$ 33,033.37
Receipts to December 31, 1950
201,045.41
$234,078.78
Payments
Warrants No. 1 to No. 46 inclusive
$168,564.41
December 31, 1950 On Deposit
64,680.85
December 31, 1950 Cash and Checks on Hand
833.52
$234,078.78
Summary
December 31, 1950
On Deposit Cape Cod Trust Co.
$64,680.85
Cash and Checks on Hand
833.52
Invested Funds :
Rehabilitation Fund, U. S. Bonds
12,000.00
Accumulated Interest
2,021.94
$79,536.31
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
Dr.
Balance due Taxes of 1949 Real Estate
$ 2,762.40
Balance due Taxes of 1949 Personal 428.18
Warrants Taxes of 1950 Real Estate
65,312.02
Warrants Taxes of 1950 Personal
9,478.31
Warrants Taxes of 1950 Poll Tax Title Adjustments 1949
238.61
Refunds Taxes of 1950 Personal
24.51
Refunds Taxes of 1950 Real
41.61
Audit Adjustments
.03
$78,893.67
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1949 Real Estate
$ 2,720.22
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1949 Personal 259.09
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1950 Real Estate
61,964.23
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1950 Personal
9,024.57
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1950 Poll 502.00
Abatement Taxes of 1949 Real Estate
78.38
Abatement Taxes of 1949 Personal
179.27
Abatement Taxes of 1950 Real Estate
706.80
Abatement Taxes of 1950 Personal
31.92
Abatement Taxes of 1950 Poll
106.00
Tax Titles of 1949
202.41
Tax Titles of 1950
37.92
Uncollected Taxes of 1950 Real Estate
2,644.71
Uncollected Taxes of 1950 Personal
436.07
Audit Adjustment 1949 Personal
.08
$78,893.67
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608.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 1949
Dr.
Balance due Excise of 1949
$8,203.58
Additional Warrants
165.69
Warrants 1950 Excise
7,199.33
Refunds 1949 Excise
10.34
Refunds 1950 Excise
228.24
Audit Adjustment
.19
$7,807.37
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Excise of 1949
$ 330.19
Paid Treasurer Excise of 1950
6,674.93
Abatements Excise of 1950
49.42
Abatements Excise of 1950
408.06
Uncollected Excise of 1950
344.77
$7,807.37
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Collector of Taxes.
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Report of Custodian of Trust Funds
MUNICIPAL TRUST FUNDS
Income
January 1, 1950, Invested Funds $11,000.00
Cash on Deposit 18,618.53
$29,618.53
January 3, 1950
Wellfleet Savings Bank Interest 198.35
May 1, 1950
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,Int.
511.36
June 1, 1950
U. S. Bonds, Interest
137.50
June 1, 1950
Cape Cod Trust Co., Interest
5.47
July 1, 1950
Wellfleet Savings Bank, Interest
205.54
October 19, 1950
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Int.
486.97
December 1, 1950
Cape Cod Trust Co., Interest
5.51
1,688.20
$31,306.73
Expenditures
September 30, 1950
Loan
$400.00
December 14, 1950
Library
100.00
Gift Clause
100.00
600.00
$30,706.73
Summary
December 31, 1950 Invested Funds $11,000.00
On Deposit Cape Cod Trust Co. 740.21
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On Deposit Wellfleet Savings Bank
18,966.52
Loans as per 1949 Summary
760.00
Loans 1950
400.00
31,866.73
Timothy Smith Loan Account
Loans prior to 1950
$760.00
Loans 1950
400.00
1,160.00
Robert C. Billings Library Fund
Receipts
January 1, 1950 Invested in U. S. Bonds
$14,000.00
June
Income
$175.00
December
Income
175.00
350.00
$14,350.00
Payments
December 31, 1950
Deposited credit Library
$ 350.00
Invested Funds
14,000.00
$14,350.00
Town Hall Income Fund
January 1, 1950
On Deposit
$679.33
April 14
Interest
7.46
August 2
Deposit
90.12
October
Interest
7.94
$784.85
Payments
Withdrawn
$221.18
December 31, 1950 On Deposit
563.67
$$784.85
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Old Wind Grist Mill Fund
January 1, 1950 On Deposit Interest, January Interest July
$558.93
6.29
6.37
No Payments
Old Grist Mill Operating Fund Receipts
January 1, 1950
On Deposit
$274.23
April Interest
3.00
Aug. 2 Deposit
114.56
September 5 Deposit
252.91
October 31, Deposit
113.70
October Interest
3.61
$762.01
Payments
Withdrawals
$223.13
December 31 On Deposit
538.88
$762.01
Eastham World War Memorial Fund
January 1, 1950
On Deposit
$486.97
January Interest
5.48
July Interest 5.55
$498.00
Withdrawals None
Eastham Christmas Tree Fund
January 1, 1950 On Deposit
$1.54
June Interest
.01
December Interest
.01
$1.56 '
Withdrawals None
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$571.59
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Receipts
January 1, 1950 Invested Funds
$12,000.00
Cash on Deposit
1,682.43
April Interest
18.88
April 18, Deposit
150.00
Sept. 11 Deposit
125.00
Sept. 26 Deposit
15.68
Oct. 3 Deposit
25.00
Oct. Interest
20.63
$14,037.62
Payments
Withdrawals
15.68
Dec. 31, 1950 On Deposit
2,021.94
Invested Funds
12,000.00
$14,037.62
Summary of Account
Invested Funds
$12,000.00
December 30, 1950
2,021.94
$14,021.94
Town Hall Fund Care of Grounds
August 7 Deposited
$2,268.12
Withdrawals None
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Zara Higgins Fund
January 1, 1950
On Deposit
$122.69
January Interest
1.38
July Interest 1.41
Withdrawals None
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Frank O. Daniels Fund
January 1, 1950 On Deposit January Interest July Interest
$51.60
.58
.60
Withdrawals None
$52.78
Mercy A. Mines Fund
January 1, 1950
On Deposit
$56.64
January Interest
.64
July Interest .65
Withdrawals None
$57.93
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Report of Town Clerk
DOGS LICENSED IN 1950
59 Male Dogs
@ $2.00
$118.00
20 Female Dogs
@
5.00
110.00
31 Spayed Female Dogs
@ 2.00
62.00
5 Kennel
@ 10.00
50.00
$330.00
Fees Retained
$ 23.00
May 31 Paid County
193.60
Nov. 30 Paid County
113.40
$330.00
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME FEES
Total
Fees
Paid Division Fish & Game
61 Resident Fishing Licenses ...
@
$2.00
$122.00
$15.25
$106.75
115 Resident Hunting Licenses
@
2.00
230.00
28.75
201.25
27 Resident Sporting Licenses
a 3.25
87.75
6.75
81.00
28 Female & Minor Fishing Licenses
1.25
35.00
7.00
28.00
4 Resident Trapping Licenses ...
a
5.25
21.00
1.00
20.00
46 3-Day Fishing Licenses ...
1.50
69.00
11.50
57.50
1 Non-Resident Minor Fishing License
a
2.25
2.25
.25
2.00
12 Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
a
5.25
63.00
3.00
60.00
3 Non-Resident Hunting Licenses
a
10.25
30.75
.75
30.00
4 Duplicate Licenses
@
.50
2.00
2.00
10 Resident Sporting Licenses ....
No Fee
9 Resident Military Hunting Licenses No Fee
$622.75
$74.25
$588.50
..
...
...
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...
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1950
Date
Name of Child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Jan. 2 William Nelson Eldredge
Luther Marston Eldredge
Virginia Ellen Steele
Feb. 12 Donna Elizabeth Brown
Donald Joseph Brown
Jeanne Elizabeth Clarke
Mar. 8 Janet Susan Morea
Louis William Morea
Evelyn Ruth Wiles
Mar. 30 Marcia Ann Daley
Marston Edwin Daley
Eleanor Mae Pearson
Mar. 30 Melanie Sue Daley
Marston Edwin Daley
Eleanor Mae Pearson
Apr. 2 Victoria Hayes
Julian Charles Hayes
Helena Anna Stowe
Apr. 21 Kathleen Agnes Mickle
Theodore Francis Mickle
Helen Anna McMakin
Apr. 26 Margaret Wiles
Wilton Linwood Wiles, Jr.
Margaret Ann Gilligan
June 21 Duncan Nathaniel Campbell
Charles Newton Campbell
Margaret Jean Milliken
July 21 Eric Norman Lindholm
Roger Philip Lindholm
Edith Priscilla Turner
Aug. 2 Joyce Elaine Collins
Robert Edward Collins
Teresa Elizabeth Stoke
Aug. 8 David Lewis Collins
Bernard Clinton Collins, Jr.
Phyllis Ellis
Aug. 19 Thomas Frederick Hayes
Robert W. Hayes
Dorothy Jean Williams
Sept. 1 Gary Kenneth Lee
Irving Sherwood Lee
June Mary Shakliks
Sept. 11 Susan Isabel Sparrow
Daniel Wilbur Sparrow, Jr.
Leonora Richardson
Sept. 18 Kathleen Louise Moulton
Reginald B. Moulton
Joan Serson
Sept. 24 Jane Elizabeth Thorlin
Reginald Thorlin
Eldora Stevens
Oct. 24 Charles Foster Atwood, 3rd
Charles F. Atwood, 2nd
Jeanne Louise Hogg
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1950
Mar. 28 Anthony Raymond Leonard Maria Flora Tibbals
Provincetown, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Apr. 7 Wendell Rich Hopkins Elsie Eloise Hyde
Eastham, Mass. Calais, Maine
Aug. 16 Robert Jordan Ruth Florence Smith
Eastham, Mass. Wellfleet, Mass.
Aug. 27 Nicholas Douglas Simond Barbara Louise Hopkins
Albuquerque, N. M. Eastham, Mass.
Sept. 10 Philip Armond Deschamps Barbara Ann Walker
Orleans, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Sept. 25 Edward H. Fay Lucy (Hill) Payne
Milton, Mass. Orleans, Mass.
Oct.
6 Louie A. Benner Dorothy M. Pinkos
Eastham, Mass.
Eastham, Mass.
Oct. 7 Cole Smith Carolyn Rose Brownell
Dallas, Tex. Eastham, Mass.
Oct. 11 Howard E. Brewer Marion W. Scott
Oct.
14 Henry Alexander Newbury Edith Carolyn Prentice
Eastham, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Inaker Hill, Conn. Eastham, Mass.
Oct. 27 Robert Edward Chandler Dolores Jean Carpenter
Orleans, Mass. Orleans, Mass.
Oct. 29 Philip S. Horton, Sr. Muriel C. (Boilard) Penniman
Eastham, Mass.
Eastham, Mass.
Dec. 16 Joseph L. Putnam Jean Winifred Wildman
Eastham, Mass.
Swansea, Mass.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1950
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Jan. 7 Georgia F. Gill
43
4
1
Mar. 8 Ellen Wesley Lombard (Hayes)
80
0
10
Apr. 6 Martha Baker (Atwood)
63
6
5
July 4 Otis Howard Barton
56
5
21
July 12 Helen Elizabeth Cunliffe (Jackson)
56
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July 23 Elizabeth S. Brown (French)
81
5
1
Sept. 8 Matilda Almeda Moody
83
7
10
Sept. 16 Orville Orrin Ordway
86
9
20
Oct. 6 Clara P. Higgins (Fulcher)
91
1
7
Nov. 12
George Wendell Howland
75
......
......
Nov. 2
William Hopkins Forrest
74
4
2
Dec.
2 John H. Wisbach
88
9
16
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Annual Town Meeting, February 20, 1950
The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock by the Town Clerk. Call of the meeting read by the Town Clerk, together with the return of the officer who served the Warrant. Tellers appointed to serve at this meet- ing were: Charles W. Chase, Daniel Sparrow, Jr., Charles Hollis, James J. Johnston, Jr., and they were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. To act on the Annual Report, including recommendations of the Selectmen and other Town officers and Committees and see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treas- ury, sums of money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : First to allow Mr. Eugene Zack to use a black- board to show the effect of appropriations as reflected in the tax rate. Voted to accept the budget as submitted by the heads of departments, Item 27 to read : "To be spent in conjunction with Federal Funds." Total Appropriations $77,898.05. Unanimous vote.
Budget accepted as follows:
1. Accountant, Salary Expense
$ 730.00
2. Clerk, Salary
1,220.00
3. Officer, Travel 250.00
4. Selectmen and Assessor Expense 500.00
5. Assessor Abstracts 150.00
6. Finance Committee
10.00
7. Legal Expense
250.00
8. Certification of Notes 10.00
9. Election and Registration 200.00
10. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense 500.00
11. Surety on Bonds 120.00
12. Town Hall 2,000.00
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13. Police
1,000.00
14. Fire Department
1,800.00
15. Ambulance Service
750.00
16. Tree Warden
200.00
17. Moth Truck Expense
200.00
18. Moth Suppression
1,000.00
19. Sealer Weights and Measures
110.00
20. Wire Inspector
270.00
21. Planning Board
100.00
22. Building Inspector
600.00
23. Health
600.00
24. Town Dump
1,100.00
25 Inspector of Animals
40.00
26. Dog Account
26.00
27. Public Welfare
1,000.00
28.
Public Welfare, Adm.
720.00
29. Old Age Assistance
8,000.00
30. Aid Dependent Children
800.00
31. Veterans' Services
2,000.00
32. Highway General
600.00
33. Snow
500.00
34. Town Landings
2,500.00
35.
School
35,320.00
36. School Lunch
3,150.00
37. Vocational Education
1,000.00
38. Interest
50.00
39.
Schoolhouse Note
1,000.00
40. Old Cemeteries
150.00
41. Soldiers and Sailors Lots
50.00
42. Reserve (From Overlay Reserve)
2,500.00
43. Miscellaneous
400.00
44. Tax Titles
100.00
45. Town Reports
500.00
46. Insurance
1,000.00
47. Memorial Day
80.00
48. Christmas Tree
150.00
49. Civic Center
50. Retirement Account
192.05
51. Janitor
1,900.00
52. Library
250.00
53. Sec. Finance Committee
50.00
54. Poison Ivy Control
200.00
$77,898.05
Unanimous vote.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws as amended and raise and appropriate sums of money for same.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,525 for officers' salaries for the ensuing year. Unanimous vote.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Voted : To elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Ex- tension Service. Elected : Joseph H. Putnam, Director. Unanimous vote.
Article 4. To see in what manner the Town will vote to dispose of its refunded Dog Tax.
Voted : That the refunded Dog Tax be turned over to the Public Library Account. Unanimous vote.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1950, and issue a note or notes therefore, payable in 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.
Voted : To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1950 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. Unanimous vote.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $1,000.00 for the
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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, General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass. Unanimous vote.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the protection and propa- gation of shellfish, or take any action relative thereto and act fully thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1200.00 for the protection and propagation of shellfish. Unanimous vote.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken under Tax Title procedure by the Town, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 and to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken under Tax Title procedure by the Town. Unanimous vote.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to pay a bounty of fifty cents each for woodchucks killed within its bound- aries during the ensuing year and raise and appropriate the sum of $20.00 for this purpose, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $20.00 for the purpose of paying a bounty of 50 cents for each wood- chuck killed within the boundaries of the Town.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 to be used for the suppres- sion of tent caterpillars under the direction of Local Boy Scout leaders or take any action relative thereto.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the suppression of tent caterpillars to be expended under the direction of local Boy Scout leaders. Unanimous vote.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : To accept Article 11 as written to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4100.00 for same. Unanimous vote.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the care and improve- ment of the Windmill and lot or take any action, relative thereto.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the care and improvement of the Old Windmill and lot. Unanimous vote.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to make arrangements to notify each qualified voter in the Town of Eastham, by mail, of all proposed Special Town Meetings at least seven (7) days prior to date same is held, incorporating within this notice a text of articles to be acted upon. Also to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for this purpose or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
Voted : That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate this article and to report at a later Town Meeting. Committee appointed as follows: Charles
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Holbrook, Harry W. Collins and Richard C. Nickerson. Unanimous vote.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Planning Board to prepare a zoning by-law for the Town and submit it at a future Town Meeting and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto. (Requested by Planning Board.)
Voted : To accept Article 14 as read and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1 of the By-Laws pertaining to the opening of the Annual Town Meeting to read : "meeting shall be called to order at 7:00 P. M. in the evening," instead of "10:00 o'clock in the forenoon," as the by-law now reads. (Re- quested by the Planning Board.)
Voted : To indefinitely postpone Article 15.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose of pur- chasing, erecting and maintaining signs to be used on pub- lic roads and beaches and that a committee of three be appointed by the moderator for this purpose to function in co-operation with the Selectmen.
Voted : To accept this article as read and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00. Committee appointed as follows: Ralph L. Rogers, Daniel W. Sparrow, Jr., and Howard N. Walker. Unanimous vote.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500.00 for Public Amusements and for Municipal advertising purposes or take any action relative thereto. (By request.)
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Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for Public Amusements and Municipal advertising. Unani- mous vote.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 11 of Section 1 of the by-laws regulating the con- struction, re-construction and location of buildings to read : 'if on land of single ownership, they shall not be nearer to each other than 50 ft., except as defined in Section 2", in- stead of reading "if on land of single ownership they shall not be nearer to each other than 25 ft." as the by-law now reads.
Voted to accept Article 18, Amendment By-law. 82 to 26.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec- tion A, Article 15 of Section 1 of the by-laws regulating the construction, re-construction and location of buildings to read : : "A. Foundation. Foundation shall be of continuous masonry construction extending at least 12 inches below the finished grade with interior supports to the ground of masonry concrete or concrete filled columns", instead of reading: "Foundation shall be of continuous masonry construction extending at least 18 inches below finished grade with interior supports to the ground of masonry concrete or concrete filled steel columns," as the by-law now reads :
Voted : To accept amendment as read. Unanimous vote.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-law regulating the construction, re-construction and loca- tion of buildings by striking out the existing Article 12, Sec. 1, pertaining to chimneys, and accept and insert the following Article 12, Sec. 1, of the Building By-Laws: All chimneys shall consist of masonry construction from the ground. No chimney shall be constructed without fire clay
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