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School Committee
James K. B. Adamson, Chairman Catherine A. Moore, Secretary Elizabeth F. Collins
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1950 Term expires 1949
Constable
Harvey T. Moore Term expires 1949
Tree Warden
Elmer W. Lloyd
Term expires 1949
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Town Accountant L. Isabelle Brackett
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering Harry W. Collins
Moth Superintendent Elmer W. Lloyd
Pound Keeper Harry W. Collins
Field Drivers
Adin L. Gill
Nathan E. Clark Horace .C. Moore
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Custodian of Town Dump Antone P. Escobar, Sr.
Forest Fire Warden Nathan A. Nickerson, Sr.
Fire Chief Nathan A. Nickerson, Sr.
Burial Agent Herbert D. Nickerson, Sr.
Supervisor of Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots Ralph A. Chase
Sealer of Weights and Measures Stanley M. Walker
Veterans' Agent Ralph A. Chase
Chief of Police Maurice W. Wiley
Police Winfred J. Knowles, Deputy Chief
Horace C. Moore Leslie E. Chase Robert L. Deschamps
Alfred O. Stowell
Sanitary and Milk Inspectors
George F. Crocker Ernest C. Eldredge, Assistant
Inspector of Wires
Maurice A. Moore Frank A. Fuller
Special Agent Board of Health Dr. Fred L. Moore
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Finance Committee
Richard C. Nickerson, Chr. and Sec.
Term expires 1950
Herman A. Dill
Term expires 1949
Winford L. Schofield
Term expires 1949
Philip J. Schwind
Term expires 1949
Clarence E. Walker
Term expires 1950
Ralph L. Rogers
Term expires 1950
Frank B. Lincoln
Term expires 1951
Eugene S. Zack
Term expires 1951
Harry S. Young
Term expires 1951
LIST OF JURORS
Name
Occupation
Residence
Frank B. Lincoln
Retired
Orleans R.F.D.
Herman A. Dill
Garage Owner
Eastham
Robert E. Collins
Telephone Lineman
Orleans R.F.D.
Alfred W. Nickerson Alfred B. Mills
Salesman
Orleans R.F.D. Eastham
George A. Nickerson
Foreman
No. Eastham
George B. Sibley
Painter
Caretaker
Orleans R.F.D.
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Assessors' Report
Comparative Figures
Valuation of Town January 1
1947
1948 $460,320.00
Real Estate, Buildings
1,167,750.00
1,287,560.00
ยท Personal Estate
176,540.00
241,430.00
Real Estate, Land-
December Assessment
2,620.00
7,740.00
$1,793,580.00 $1,997,050.00
Taxes Assessed to December 31
Levied on Real Estate
1947 $43,589.34
1948 $47,192.00
Levied on Personal Estate
4,766.58
6,518.16
Levied on Polls
470.00
524.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,992,64
3,037.86
December Assessment
78.30
208.98
Rate of Taxation
27.00
27.00
Number of Polls Assessed
235
262
Number of Horses Assessed
3
3
Number of Cows Assessed
32
38
Number of Neat Cattle other
than Cows Assessed
6
0
Number of Fowl Assessed
1,680
770
Number of Goats Assessed
17
16
Acres of Land Assessed
7,157
7,283
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman GEORGE HOWARD, MAURICE W. WILEY,
Board of Assessors
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Real Estate
$446,670.00
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - EASTHAM 1948 RECAPITULATION
Figures Used in Fixing Tax Rate
A. CITY OR TOWN: Include all appropriations voted since 1947 Tax Rate was fixed, G. L., Chap. 59, 23, 25 1. Total appropriations as certified by Town Clerk to be raised by Taxation, Chap. 41, 15A ...... $72,224.95
2. Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds: a. In 1948, $14,340.33; b. In 1947 since 1947 Tax Rate was fixed, $2,495.00 ...
16,835.33
3. Treas., Coll., Clerk, $600.00; Veteran Benefit, $56.83; Int., $1.25; Barns. County Retirement, $140.46
798.54
B. STATE TAX AND ASSESSMENTS:
1. State Tax ...
$
2. State Parks and Reservations ...
59.30
3. State Audit of Municipal Accounts
300.81
4. Cape Cod Mosquito Control .... 626.84
986.95
C. COUNTY: TAX AND ASSESSMENTS:
1. County Tax
5,853.74
718.80
D. OVERLAY OF CURRENT YEAR
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$97,412.40
E.
F. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
1. Income Tax $2,395.43
2. Corporation Taxes ...
2,049,30
3. Reimbursement on account publicly owned land ......
7.25
4. Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise ...
2,000.00
00
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5. Licenses ...
623.46
6. Fines-Library
17.41
7. Health and Sanitation, Inspection of Animals ...... ...
20.00
8. Charities (other than Federal Grants for ADC) 1,000.00
9. Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)
3,400.00
10. Old Age Tax (Meals) ...
218.05
11. Veterans' Benefits
1,000.00
12. Schools
5,498.28
13. Recreation-Dog Officer
24.00
14. Interest on Taxes and Assessments
50.00
15. Gas-Electric Franchise Tax
82.00
16. Personal Income Tax .........
6,445.12
17. Business Corporation Tax ..
709.25
18. Old Age Meal Tax ...
190.79
19. Overestimates previous year :
a. County Tax
581.71
b. State Parks and Reservations
16.00
c. Mosquito Control ...
13.65
20. Amounts voted to be taken from available funds
16,835.33
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
$43,177.03
G. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY
H. Number of Polls, 262 @ $2.00 each Poll Tax
$524.00
J. Total Valuation. Personal Property $241,430.00 (Tax Rate) Personal Property Tax
6,518.61
Real Estate 1,747,880.00 ( $27.00 ) Real Estate Tax .... 47,192.76
K. TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLLS AND PROPERTY
$54,235.37
...
$54,235.37
Report of Sales of Tax Possession Land
Case No.
Costs
Sale Price
Gain
Acreage
1
$ 31.42
$ 36.75
$ 5.33
1
2
21.51
100.00
78.49
.25
3
27.65
150.00
122.35
.25
4
19.00
150.00
131.00
.15
5
19.15
30.00
10.85
.15
6
58.90
346.75
287.85
.80
7
16.72
100.00
83.28
.14
Totals
$194.35
$913.50
$719.15
2.74
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE W. WILEY
GEORGE HOWARD
LUTHER P. SMITH
Selectmen
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Report of Town Treasurer
Receipts
January 1, 1948 Balance in Treasury
$ 31,047.28
Receipts to December 31, 1948
106,337.83
$137,385.11
Payments
Warrants No. 1 to 41 inclusive
$112,090.05
December 31, 1948 on deposit
24,696.71
December 31, 1948 Cash and checks on hand
598.35
$137,385.11
Summary
December 31, 1948
On deposit Cape Cod Trust Co.
$24,696.71
Cash and Checks on hand
598.35
Invested Funds
Re-habilitation Fund U. S. Bonds
12,000.00
Accumulated Interest
1,315.07
$38,610.13
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
-
Dr.
Balance due Taxes of 1947 Real Estate
$2,403.03
Balance due Taxes of 1947 Personal 247.59
Warrants Taxes of 1948 Real Estate
47,401.74
Warrants Taxes of 1948 Personal 6,697.08 Warrants Taxes of 1948 Poll 524.00
Refunds Taxes of 1948 Real Estate
15.96
Refunds Taxes of 1948 Personal
6.74
$57,296.15
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1947 Real Estate
$ 2,311.23
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1947 Personal 237.33
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1948 Real Estate
44,144.70
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1948 Personal
6,282.75
Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1948 Poll
456.00
Abatement Taxes of 1947 Real Estate
16.74
Abatement Taxes of 1947 Personal
10.26
Abatement Taxes of 1948 Real Estate
441.14
Abatement Taxes of 1948 Personal
71.43
Abatement Taxes of 1948 Poll
68.00
Tax Titles of 1947
75.06
Tax Titles of 1948
150.39
Uncollected Taxes of 1948 Real Estate
2,681.47
Uncollected Taxes of 1948 Personal
349.65
$57,296.15
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Motor Vehicle Excise
Dr.
Balance due Excise of 1947
$ 97.87
Additional Warrant February 1948
4.00
To Excise of 1948
3.05
Warrants Excise of 1948
3,037.96
Refunds Excise of 1948
84.24
$3,227.12
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Excise of 1947
$ 86.81
Paid Treasurer Excise of 1948
2,798.31
Abatements Excise of 1947
18.11
Abatements Excise of 1948
127.92
Transfer, 1947 to 1948
3.05
Uncollected Excise of 1948
192.92
$3,227.12
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Collector of Taxes.
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Report of Custodian of Trust Funds
MUNICIPAL TRUST FUNDS
Timothy Smith Fund
Income
Jan.1, 1948-Invested Funds
$11,000.00
Cash on Deposit
16,273.66
$27,273.66
January 1, 1948-
Wellfleet Savings Bank, Interest
155.65
Cape Cod Trust Co., Interest
5.30
April 17, 1948-
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Income 473.97
July 2, 1948-
U. S. Government Bonds, Interest 137.50
Wellfleet Savings Bank, Interest 177.77
October 20-
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Income 407.81
25.00
Dec. 1 Cape Cod Trust Co., Interest
5.35
U. S. Government Bonds, Interest 137.50
1,525.85
$28,799.51
Payments
June 1 Loans
$ 50.00
June 30 Loans
50.00
August 24 Loans
225.00
December 31 Library Gift
100.00
425.00
Dec. 31-Invested Funds
11,000.00
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November 6 Loan Repaid
On deposit Cape Cod Trust Co. Wellfleet Savings Bank
718.42 16,656.09
28,374.51
$28,799.51
Summary
Cash on Deposit
$17,374.51
Invested Funds
11,000.00
Loans as per 1947 Summary
200.00
Loans 1948
325.00
$28,899.51
Loan Account
Loans Prior to 1947
200.00
Loans 1948
325.00
$525.00
BILLINGS LIBRARY FUND
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1948 Invested in U. S. Bonds
$14,000.00
June Income
$175.00
December Income
175.00
350.00
$14,350.00
Payments
December 31, 1948
Deposited Credit Library
350.00
Inres'ed Funds
14,000.00
$14,350.00
Summary
Invested in U. S. Government Bonds
$14,000.00
To Library Account
350.00
$14,350.00
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TOWN HALL INCOME
Income
January 1, 1948 On Deposit
$693.13
Interest, April
6.24
Interest, October
4.93
Nocember 16 Deposit (Income)
97.97
$ 748.27
Payments
Withdrawn
$158.42
Dec. 31, 1948 On Deposit
589.75
$748.17
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Zara Higgins Fund
Jan. 1, 1948 On deposit
$125.20
Interest, January
1.25
Interest, July
1.42
$127.87
Payments
Dec. 17, 1948
Withdrawn
$ 4.00
Dec. 31, 1948
123.87
$ 127.87
FRANK O. DANIELS FUND
Income
Jan. 1, 1948. On Deposit
$54.23
Interest, January
.54
Interest, July
.61
$55.38
No Payments
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MARY A. MINES FUND
Jan. 1, 1948 On Deposit,
54.22
Interest, January and July
1.15
$55.37
OLD WIND GRIST MILL FUND
Jan. 1, 1948 On Deposit
$535.11
Interest, January
5.35
Interest, July
6.08
$546.54
No Payments
EASTHAM WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Income
Jan. 1, 1948 On deposit
$486.02
Interest, January
4.86
Interest, July
5.29
$496.17
Payments
Withdrawn
$ 20.00
December 31 On Deposit
476.17
$496.17
EASTHAM COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE
Income
January 1, 1948 On Deposit
$13.47
Interest
.20
$13.67
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Payments
Dec. 31, 1948 Withdrawn
$12.15
Dec. 31, 1948
On Deposit
1.52
$13.67
OLD GRIST MILL OPERATING FUND
Income
January 1, 1948
$51.24
Interest, April
.46
Interest, October
.06
August 17 Deposited
78.48
September 15 Deposite
174.89
October 8 Deposite
97.56
$402.69
Payments
June 29, 1948
Withdrawn
$50.00
Aug. 12, 1948
Withdrawn
- 50.00
Aug. 25, 1948 Withdrawn
50.00
Oct. 20, 1948
Withdrawn
39.60
Nov. 15, 1948 Withdrawn
52.21
On Deposit December 31, 1948
160.88
$402.69
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Income
.Jan. 1, 1948 On deposit
$1,029.82
Interest, April
10.25
Interest, October
11.45
Aug. 22, 1948 Deposit
268.86
Sept. 16, 1948
125.00
Oct. 15, 1948
25.00
$1,470.38
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Payments
April 14, 1948
On Deposit
$118.86 1,351.52
$1,470.38
Respectfully submitted
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Town Clerk
DOGS LICENSED IN 1948
45 Male Dogs
@ $2.00
$90.00
17 Female Dogs
@
5.00
85.00
35 Spayed Female Dogs @ 2.00
70.00
$245.00
Fees Retained 1
$ 19.40
May 31, 1948 Paid County
201.60
Nov. 30, 1948 Paid County
24.00
$245.00
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Divisions of Fisheries
Total
Fees
Paid Div. of F. & G.
16 Resident Fishing Licenses
@ $2.00
$152.00
$19.00
$133.00
107 Resident Hunting Licenses
a
2.00
214.00
26.75
187.25
39 Resident Sporting Licenses
a
3.25
126.75
9.75
117.00
22 Women and Minors Fishing Licenses
a
1.25
27.50
5.50
22.00
31 Non-Resident 3 Day Fishing Licenses
a
1.50
46.50
7.75
38.75
8 Resident Trapping Licenses
a
5.25
42.00
2.00
40.00
1 Non-Resident Minor Fishing Licenses
a
2.25
2.25
25
2.00
9 Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
a
5.25
47.25
2.25
45.00
4 Non-Resident Hunting Licenses
@
10.25
41.00
1.00
40.00
4 Duplicate Licenses
a
.50
2.00
2.00
7 Resident Sporting (70 years)
No Fee
$701.25
$74.25
$627.00
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1948
Date
Name of Child
Feb. 25
Charles Howard Hollis
March 15
Daniel Wilbur Sparrow, 3rd
March 25
Robert Elmer Rongner
April 22
Robert Paul Hayes
April 26
Christine Louise Becker
May 22
Joyce Earle French
June 7
Sandra Lorraine Case
June 15
Susan Margaret Elgie Campbell Ellsworth Everett Brown, Jr.
July 1
July 6 Mariana Tsaoussis
Aug. 1 Militsa Sikelianos
Aug. 3 Barbara Ann Blasi
Aug. 3 Kathleen Helen Duffy
Aug. 12
Paul Lucier
Oct. 25 Peggy Eileen Turner
Oct. 30 Paul Allen Burton
Oct. 17 William Henry Ormsby
Nov. 14 | Nancy Jeanette Pearson
Name of Father
Charles Henry Hollis
Daniel Wilbur Sparrow, Jr. George Emil Rongner Robert Warren Hayes Clyde Lynton Becker Roy Edward French Donald Wilfred Case Charles Newton Campbell Ellsworth Everett Brown
Spyros Tsaoussis Glaukos Sikelianos
Victor Blasi
George Stanley Duffy, Jr. Paul Frederick Lucier Warren Bradford Turner Adelbert Stanley Burton
Ralph Lyons Ormsby
Robert William Pearson
Maiden Name of Mother
Meredith Alice Walker Leonora Richardson Frances Evelyn Darling Dorothy Jean Williams Gertrude Mabel Vickery Ida Earle Evelyn Lorraine Case Margaret Jean Milliken Ethel Mae Harper Cleo Tossalfoglu
Marion Beatrice Tyron Margaret Katherine Hughes Adeline Theresa Fuoco Dorothea Constance Perry Hattie Burham Saunders Evelyn May Woodward Dorothy Earl Corliss Dorothy Elizabeth Madden
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1948
Feb. 27 George Stanley Duffy Adeline Theresa Fuoco
Eastham, Mass. Hyde Park, Mass.
Mar. 4 Russell Clark Wiley Virginia Eve Marie Lund
Eastham, Mass. Orleans, Mass.
July 19 Luther Marstons Eldredge Virginia Evelyn Steele
Eastham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
July 21 Charles A. W. Gunn, Jr. Jean Louise Wylde
Eastham, Mass. Yarmouth, Mass.
Aug. 8 Alvin E. Arnold Anna Wilcox Greene
Aug. 8 Charles W. Chase Norma Acorn
Eastham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Aug. 13 Harry W. Collins Alice Freeman
Eastham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Sept. 11 Richard Humphrey Genevieve Casey
Eastham, Mass. Orleans, Mass.
Oct. 16 Leonard D. Maza Jocelyn M. Nickerson
Donners Grove, Ill. Eastham, Mass.
Eastham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Dedham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Dec. 2 Gordon Merwin Nickerson Helen Madden
Dec. 5 Angelo J. Carpenter Elsa M . (Harper) Peters
Eastham, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1948
Yrs. Mos. Days
Feb. 28 Nell M. Dill
75
5
12
June 7 Samuel Francis Brackett
83
5
10
June 11 Abbie Doane (Linnell) Freeman
90
11
25
July 19 George Winslow Moore
82
9
6
Aug. 6 Augustus L. Cross
88
7
4
Oct. 12 Flora Belle Lee
60
0
1
Oct. 15 Charles Sidney Whiting
75
5
8
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Including Recommendations of the Eastham Finance Committee
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham in the County of Barnstable :
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 at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday the six- teenth day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles in this War- rant, and to meet in the Town Hall in said Town at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of February next, then and there to elect all necessary town officers.
Polls to be open at 12:00 and may be closed at 5:30 P.M.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, G. L. as amended.
Recommend that elected officers salary commence as of Town Meeting day. Unanimous vote.
Article 2. To act upon the Annual Report, including rec- ommendations of the Selectmen and other Town officers and Committees and see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds in the treasury sums of money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
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Recom- mendations by Department Heads
Recom- mendations by Finance Committee
SALARIES:
Moderator
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Road Surveyor
50.00
50.00
Constable
50.00
50.00
Sec. Finance Comm.
50.00
50.00
Selectmen
1,200.00
1,200.00
Board of Welfare
900.00
900.00
Assessors
1,500.00
1,500.00
Town Clerk, Treas., Coll.
2,600.00
2,600.00
EXPENSES:
Accountant
500.00
500.00
Clerk
1,000.00
1,000.00
Selectmen and Assessors
300.00
300.00
Accountant Adm.
30.00
30.00
Treas., Coll., Clerk
450.00
450.00
Officers' Travel Exp.
250.00
250.00
Election and Registration
200.00
200.00
Surety on Bond
100.00
100.00
Assessors' Abstracts
150.00
150.00
Certification of Notes
10.00
10.00
Legal
150.00
150.00
Janitor
1,700.00
1,900.00
Town Hall
900.00
900.00
Police
500.00
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
40.00
40.00
Inspection of Wiring
270.00
270.00
Moth Suppression
1,000.00
1,000.00
Moth Truck Expense
200.00
200.00
Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
Health
500.00
500.00
Inspection of Animals
40.00
40.00
Dog Account
24.00
24.00
Highway General
500.00
500.00
Snow
300.00
300.00
Public Welfare
1,000.00
1,000.00
Public Welfare Administration
300.00
300.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.00
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
6,500.00
6,500.00
Veterans' Benefits
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Dept.
1,300.00
1,300.00
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Tax Title
100.00
100.00
Town Landings
1,000.00
1,000.00
Memorial Day
75.00
75.00
Community Christmas Tree
75.00
75.00
Town Reports
400.00
400.00
Finance Committee
10.00
10.00
Insurance
800.00
800.00
Reserve
2,000.00
2,000.00
(It is recommended that this be taken
from Overlay Reserve.)
Old Cemeteries
200.00
200.00
Interest
100.00
100.00
Schoolhouse Note
1,000.00
1,000.00
(To be taken from Available Funds.)
Town Dump
850.00
850.00
Youth Center
125.00
125.00
Schools
28,856.00
28,856.00
School Lunch
3,300.00
3,000.00
Vocational Education
800.00
800.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
200.00
Library
250.00
250.00
Planning Board
100.00
100.00
$68,630.00
$68,530.00
Recommendations of the Committee on all items were unanimous.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Town director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Recommend that one be elected. Unanimous vote.
Article 4. To see in what manner the Town will dispose of its refunded Dog Tax.
Recommend that the Town place the refunded Dog Tax at the disposal of the Library. Unanimous vote.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue
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of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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, G. L.
Recommend that the Treasurer be so authorized. Unan- imous vote.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $1,000.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for the care and treatment of per- sons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accord- ance with Chapter 111, Section 74, G. L., or take any action relative thereto and act fully thereon.
Recommend the appropriation of $400.00. Unanimous vote.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the protection and propaga- tion of shellfish or take any action relative thereto and act fully thereon.
Recommend the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, $500.00 of this to be used for protection and $500.00 for propagation. 5 to 1 vote.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken by the Town under Tax Title procedure, and raise and appropriate sum of money for this purpose or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend the appropriation of $500.00. 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-
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aries during the ensuing year and raise and appropriate a sum of money for this purpose or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend that $50.00 be appropriated for this pur- pose. Unanimous vote.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay 1947 bills under the pro- visions of Chapter 1791, Acts of 1941.
Recommend that a sum of money to pay 1947 bills be appropriated. Unanimous vote.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the suppression of tent caterpillars under the direction of local 4-H Club leaders or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend the appropriation of the sum of $50.00 Unanimous vote.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Road Machinery Operation Account, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend that a transfer of $200.00 be made. Unan- imous vote.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend the appropriation of $3,225.00 as the Town's share and $9,675.00 to be transferred from available funds to cover the State's share which will be reimbursed to the Town later. Unanimous vote.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the free Band Concerts to be given by the Junior Community Band during the ensuing year or do or act anything thereon.
Recommend the appropriation of $150.00. 5 to 1 vote.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care and improvement of the Windmill lot or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend that the sum of $600.00 be appropriated for this purpose. Unanimous vote.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to lay out, locate anew, and widen to forty feet the Town Road from Massasoit Road to Sunken Meadow, and to accept from the abutters whatever land is needed and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for this purpose or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend the appropriation of $200.00 for this pur- pose. Unanimous vote.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to transfer title, possession and control of the Ambulance purchased jointly under authority of Chapter 438 of the Acts of 1945 by the Towns of Orleans, Brewster and Eastham, and any funds remaining over and above the purchase price appropriated under Article 17 of the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1947 to a committee of seven citizens, consisting of three from Orleans, two from Brewster and two from Eastham, and that such committee be author- ized and empowered to form a charitable corporation under the provisions of Chapter 180 to which corporation will be transferred title possession and control of said ambulance all to the best interests of said town.
Recommend the Town so vote. Unanimous vote.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chap- ter 41, Section 97, G. L. and Acts amendatory thereto or dependent thereon to establish and maintain a police depart- ment or take any action relative thereto.
No recommendation. Unanimous vote.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury a sum of money to purchase land for public use at Nauset Light Beach, Old Coast Guard Station site and at the end of Doane Road or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend the transfer of $1,000.00 from available funds to be used for this purpose. Unanimous vote.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chap- ter 649, Acts of 1947, G. L. to adopt a 40-hour week or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend that the Town not accept Chapter 649, Acts of 1947, G. L. to adopt a 40-hour week. Unanimous vote.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to elect and establish a three-man Park Commission under Chapter 45, Section 1-9, G. L. Tercentenary Edition 1932 and any amend- ments thereto.
Recommend that the Town so vote. Unanimous vote.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a Committee of three to work in con- junction with the Selectmen, Planning Board, and School Committee for the purpose of reporting at the next Annual Town Meeting with plans and estimates on a gymnasium to be known as World War II Memorial and to be located on the Eastham school lot or take any action relative thereto.
Recommend that the Town so vote. Unanimous vote.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the by-laws regulating subdivisions in the Town as proposed by the Planning Board acting under Chapter 41, Section 81K to 81U inclusive, G. L. as inserted by Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1947, or take any action relative thereto and act fully thereon.
Recommend the adoption of the by-laws regulating sub- divisions in the Town as proposed by the Planning Board. Unanimous vote.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to adopt by-laws regulating the construction and location of buildings as proposed by the Planning Board under Section 3, 4 and 5 of Chapter 143 of G. L. and raise and appropriate a sum of money to carry out the provisions or take any action relative thereto and act fully thereon.
Recommend the adoption of the by-laws regulating the construction and location of buildings as proposed by the Planning Board and further recommend the appropriation of $100.00 to be used for Building Inspections. Unanimous vote.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Packing House of Bernard C. Collins in South Eastham; at the Post Office in North East- ham and at the Post Office in Eastham, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting as aforesaid. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
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