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Nov. 23 Theodore Whitten Grace (Moses) Perreault
DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1963
Date
Name
Age
October
11 (1962)
John P. Grozier
59
November 8 (1962)
Cornelius A. Batts
76
January 1
Sarah J. Ferris
96
January 13
Charles L. Holbrook
84
January 20
Harry Taylor
63
January 24
Daniel W. Sparrow Jr.
45
February 8
Minnie W. Brewer 57
February 13 Sidney J. Adams
79
March
20
Nellie H. Logan
71
March 26
Anders H. Sallstrom
67
April
11
Charles W. Smith
96
April
27
Lois A. Stolaroff
31
July
15
Augusta M. Campbell
79
August
2
Edwin A. Johnson
70
August 17 Melvin E. Anderson
43
August 17
Lauri Lynne Anderson
6
Sept.
25
Marion Louise Campbell
72
October 6
Eugene Simon Zack
72
October 6
Fred Prescott Turner
68
October 22
Stephen W. Bonvouloir
17
October 27
Annie C. Sibley
68
November 3
Zita R. Meacham
79
December 5
Luta M. Burdick
72
December 13
Joseph Peters
5
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 18, 1963
Pursuant to the provisions of the foregoing warrant, the voters, assembled in the Eastham Auditorium, and there being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by the Moderator Fred G. Lapiana Jr. Richard Woodland and Philip J. Schwind were appointed as tellers and were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
The call and the service of the meeting were read by the Town Clerk, and, there being no objections voiced, the reading of the Articles in the warrant was omitted.
Article 1. Voted that the Town place the refunded dog tax at the disposal of the Public Library. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 2. Voted to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1963, and issue a note or notes there- fore, payable in one year and renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accor- dance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 3. Voted to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of reimbursement for the financial year beginning January 1, 1963, and to 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. Unanimous Voice Vote
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Article 4. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $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 persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Chapter III, Section 74, General Laws. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 5. Voted 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. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 6. Voted that the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of Chapter 81 Highways work and that in addition, the sum of $11,000.00 be transferred from available funds in the Treasury to meet the State's share of the work, the reimbursement from the State to be restored upon receipt to unappropri- ated funds n the Treasury. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 7. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $950.00 for the purpose of a Police Cruiser, and the present Cruiser to be traded in as a credit towards the new.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to be paid to the Town of Orleans for Ambulance, Fire and Police Dispatcher Service for the year 1963, and to send a letter of appreciation to the Dispatch officer for services rendered. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 9. Voted to raise and appropriate a sum of $17.30 to pay the unpaid bills of 1962.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 10. Voted to raise and appropriate a sum of $875.00 for the purpose of holding five Band Concerts in the ensuing year. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate, the sum of
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$346.40 for Greenhead Fly Control, as authorized by Section 24, Chapter 252, General Laws, and authorize the Town Treasurer to pay said appropriation into the State Treasury. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 12. Voted to accept the Annual Report, in- cluding recommendations and reports of the Selectmen and other Town officers, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $328,934.75 and to transfer $5,000.00 from Excess & Deficiency for same:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Accountant $ 1,988.00
2. Accountant Expense 350.00
3. Assessors Abstracts 350.00
4. Building Inspector
1,600.00
5. Certification of Notes
10.00
6. Custodian
3,840.00
7. Election and Registration
750.00
8. Finance Committee Expense
75.00
9. Legal Expense
1,000.00
10. Office Clerk
2,172.00
11. Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
12. Selectmen and Assessor Expense
2,400.00
13. Surety on Bonds
-0-
14. Tax Titles
800.00
15 Town Hall
4,500.00
16. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense 1,500.00
Total General Government $ 21,385.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
17. Bounty on Woodchucks $ 30.00
18 Ambulance Hire
1,500.00
19 Appeal Board 600.00
20. Civilian Defense 500.00
21. Conservation Commission 500.00
22. Dutch Elm Disease 200.00
23. Fire Department 5,900.00
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24. Insect Pest and Poison Ivy Control
1,600.00
25 Planning Board
350.00
26 Police Department 16,400.00
27. Sealer of Weights and Measures 180.00
28. Shellfish Protection and Propogation
1,500.00
29. Street Lights
978.00
30. Tree Warden 600.00
31. Wire Inspections 350.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property $ 31,188.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
32. Dog Officer Account
$ 100.00
33. Health
1,000.00
34. Inspection of Animals 80.00
2,700.00
35A. Town and School Nurse
4,700.00
Total Health and Sanitation $ 8,580.00
HIGHWAYS
36. Highways-General
$ 2,000.00
37. Snow
3,000.00
38. Town Landings
8,000.00
Total Highways
$ 13,000.00
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
39. Veterans' Benefits
$ 6,000.00
40. Welfare Administration
2,000.00
41. Welfare Services 25,000.00
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits $ 33,000.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
42. Regional School District
$ 103,408.11
43. School
84,191.00
44. School-Out of State Travel 100.00
45. School Lunch 900.00
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35. Town Dump
46. Vocational Education
2,000.00
47. Library 2,500.00
Total Schools and Libraries
$ 193,099.11
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
48. Auditorium Note
$ 3,000.00
49. Interest
1,650.00
50. School Notes (Addition)
6,000.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt $ 10,650.00
CEMETERIES
51. Old Cemeteries
$ 350.00
52. Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
Total Cemeteries
$ 400.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
53. Christmas Tree and Hall Lights
$ 250.00
54. Insurance
7,575.39
55. Memorial Day
150.00
56. Miscellaneous
1,000.00
57. Old Windmill Care and Improvement
1,000.00
58. Public Amusement and Advertising
2,000.00
59. Recreation Commission
2,000.00
60. Reserve
5,000.00
61. Retirement
2,657.25
62. Town Reports
1,000.00
Total Recreation and Unclassified $ 22,632.64
Total
$ 333,934.75
Less Transfer from Available Funds
5,000.00
Total To Be Appropriated
$ 328,934.75
Unanimous Voice Vote
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Article 13. Voted to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officer's of the Town as provided by Sec- tion 108, Chapter 44, General Laws, as amended, and raise and appropriate sums of money for salary :
Department Head Recommendation
Moderator
$ 50.00
Constable
50.00
Road Surveyor
50.00
Selectmen ($1,150.00 each)
3,450.00
Assessors ($1,150.00 each)
3,450.00
Board of Welfare ($300.00 each)
900.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
4,500.00
$ 12,450.00
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing and equipping a Patrol Fire Truck, the old one to be sold by bids.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 15. Voted that the town assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachu- setts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach out- side of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Con- necticut Rivers, in accordance with Section II of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemntiy therefor to the Commonwealth. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 16. Voted to raise and appropriate, the sum
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of $3,300.00 for the purchase of "Tone Control" alerting receivers, for the use of the Firemen.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 17. Voted to raise and appropriate, the sum of $1,500.00 for the purpose of painting traffic lines on the Town roads and for the purchase and erection of signs, under direction of the Police Department, or take any action relative thereto. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 18. Voted that the Town will deed, without consideration, to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, that parcel of land and beach known as "Coast Guard Beach" and more particularly described as parcels No. 25, No. 26, No. 27 and No. 31, Block 17, Sheet 4-A, as shown on the Eastham As- sessors' Map; on the express condition that the taxpayers of the Town of Eastham, and their families shall have the right to use the above-described beach and other beaches developed by the National Park Service within the Town of Eastham together with the adjacent parking areas with- out charge. And reserving to the property owners the right to pass and repass over the same by existing or future ways between the Town road and the property lying southerly of the above-described premises, and to use said ways as ways are commonly used in the Town of Eastham; and whenever the Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service does not use same for the purposes as stated, the said beach and land are to revert to the Inhabitants of the Town of Eastham, and authorize the Selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto. Yes 109 No 18
Article 19. Voted that the Town will transfer to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Depart- ment of the Interior, its rights-of way and easements in the below-described Town ways, reserving full rights of way to the taxpayers of the Town of Eastham, and their families and/or tenants, the right to use the same as now located and as they may hereafter be relocated by the National
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Park Service, as ways are commonly used in the Town of Eastham, viz: Nauset Road from its intersection with Route 6 running thence Easterly and Northerly a distance of about eight-tenths (.8) mile to the intersection of Doane Road; and Doane Road from the intersection of Nauset Road run- ning thence Easterly and Southerly a distance of about one and one-tenth (1.1) mile to Coast Guard Beach, so-called, said roads to be maintained, policed, and kept in good repair by the National Park Service; and whenever the Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service does not use for the purposes as stated, the said Town Ways are to re- vert to the Inhabitants of the Town of Eastham; and au- thorize the Selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto. Yes 111 No 4
Article 20. Voted to accept an invitation to parti- cipate in Wellfleet's two hundredth Anniversary Celebra- tion and raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for this purpose. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 21. Voted to amend Article 21 by deleting in Section 5b, paragraph 11, the words "40,000 square feet" and inserting three acres in their place.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted to amend the Zoning by-law of the Town of Eastham as adopted February 18, 1952, and as amended from time to time as follows:
Section 11. Establishment of Districts.
1. CLASSES OF DISTRICTS. The Town of Eastham is hereby divided as shown on the Zoning Map dated February 18, 1952 and amended to date, and filed with the Town Clerk, into 5 classes of districts, the effect of which will be to add a Seashore District and to place all the area of such town lying within the Cape Cod National Seashore in a Seashore District. The classes of districts shall hereafter consist of the following :
a. Residential and Agricultural, District A.
b. Residential and General Farming, District B.
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c. Commercial, Districts C & D.
d. Permissive Use.
e. Seashore District.
A new section is inserted to read as follows:
SECTION 5-B SEASHORE DISTRICT
The Seashore District is intended to further preserva- tion and development of the Cape Cod National Seashore in accordance with the purposes of the Act of Congress of August 7, 1961 (75 Stat. 284, 29) ; to prohibit commercial and industrial uses therein; to preserve and increase the amenities of the Town; and to conserve natural condi- tions, wildlife and open spaces for the education, recreation and general welfare of the public.
Permitted Uses.
1. Conservation of land, water, wildlife, vegetation. and other natural features and values.
2. Facilities deemed by the Secretary of the Interior to be necessary for the administration and public use and enjoyment of the Cape Cod National Seashore or deemed to be necessary by the Town of Eastham.
3. Recreation, including but not limited to, hunting, fishing, swimming and boating.
4. Gardening and traditional agricultural uses of cleared land, but excluding such objectionable uses as a piggery or the commercial raising of livestock, fur-bearing animals and poultry, or other uses injurious, noxious or offensive to the neighborhood.
5. Traditional commercial fishing activities, the open- ing of shellfish, and storage and use of fishing equipment.
6. Uses of existing dwellings as residences and acces- sory uses customarily incidental to the principal resi- dential use on the same premises, provided such uses are not deterimental to a residential neighborhood and do not alter the essential character of the dwelling as a residence. Residential uses of dwellings may include the renting of rooms and furnishing of board by residents of the premises
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to overnight guests, if such uses do not alter the essential character of the dwellings as residences.
7. Customary or self home occupations as defined in Section III, paragraph 7, of the Town of Eastham By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, but this shall not include the use of accessory structures as stores or for the display of goods to the passing public.
8. Moving, alteration, enlargement, maintenance, or repairs of existing one-family residential dwellings or the erection of customary structures which will be accessory to the existing principal residential use provided that such improvements to existing dwellings and the erection of ac- cessory structures will afford not less than the setback re- quired by the By-Laws of 1962 from all streets and from the abutters' property lines and further do not alter the essential character of the dwelling as a residence in appropriate cases, the Board of Appeals may approve lesser set back or side yard requirements for improvements to existing dwellings or for the erection of accessory structures, provided they do not alter the residential character of the premises.
9. Religious and educational use.
10. Municipal use and public utilities.
11. Detached one-family dwellings and accessory struc- tures, provided that no lot may be used for their construction which has a frontage of less than 150 feet, and an area of less than 3 acres, and no dwelling or building may be located in such manner as to provide less than a 50-foot setback from all streets measured at a right angle with the street line and a 25-foot distance from abutters' property lines.
12. The display of not more than one single-faced or one double-faced sign on property of a residential occupant which shall pertain to the occupancy, sale or rental of such property as herein authorized and such sign shall not ex- ceed two square feet in area and shall not be of a type or style employing or using neon, fluorescent, or other direct illumination; provided that the above limitation shall not apply to facilities deemed by the Secretary of the Interior
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to be necessary on federally owned property for administra- tion and public use and enjoyment of the Cape Cod National Seashore or to facilities of the Town of Eastham on town owned land.
Except as provided above there shall be in the Sea- shore District :
1. No burning of cover unless determined by the Fire Chief to be necessary for the welfare and safety of the town and such burning shall be in accordance with the requirements of Section 13. Chapter 48 of the General Laws.
2. No filling of land, dumping, or removal of soil, loam, sand, or gravel in excess of 5 cubic yards.
3. No cutting of timber except: (a) by an owner for the purpose of reasonably controlling brush or trees ; (b) maintenance cutting in pastures ; and (c) cutting for clearance or maintenance on rights-of-ways including those pertaining to public utilities or public highways.
4. No building or structures.
5. No commercial or industrial venture or activities.
6. No drainage, damming or relocation of any water course except by a publicly authorized agency for the purpose of pest control.
7. No continuous storage of materials or equipment.
Applicants for variances or exceptions shall be prompt- ly notified by the Board of Appeals that the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to withdraw the suspension of his authority to acquire, by condemnation, property which is made the subject of a variance or exception that, in his opinion, fails to conform or is in any manner opposed to or inconsistent with the purposes of the Cape Cod National Seashore. The Secretary of the Interior shall be given notice by the Board of Appeals, of all applications or petitions made for variances or exceptions to the by-laws for the
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Seashore District and he shall be provided notice by the Building Inspector of all applications for building permits involving the Seashore District within seven (7) days of receipt of the applications or petitions. The Secretary may be consulted at any time by zoning authorities or by the owner of "improved property" regarding the effect of a proposed variance or exception upon the status of the af- fected property with regard to the suspension of the Secre- tary's authority to condemn. The Secretary, within 60 days of the receipt of a request for such determination, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, shall advise the owner or zoning authorities whether or not the intended use will subject the property to acquisition by condemnation. Sub- sequently, to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress of August 7, 1961, the Secretary shall be given notice by the apprporiate board of any variance, or exception, or building permit, granted or denied for the area within the Seashore District. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 22. Voted to take a sum of money not to ex- ceed $10,000.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to stabilize the Tax Rate for 1963.
Unanimous Voice Vote Article 23. Voted to amend Article 14 by adding the words "by bids" to the paragraph. Unanimous Vote
Voted to grant permission to the Boy Scout Committee to place a monument over at Nauset Light Beach in memory of those who died at sea, said project to be under the super- vision of the Selectmen.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Mr. Robert Gibbs of The National Seashore Park Ser- vice was present and when Articles 18 and 19 were under discussion answered questions of the taxpayers.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes.
Unanimous Voice Vote
There being no more business to come before the meeting adjournment was voted at 10:15 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION FEBRUARY 19, 1963
The annual election of officers was held on February 19, 1963 in the Eastham Town Hall, the meeting being called to order at 10:00 A.M. The following persons, having been appointed to act as Election Officers and tellers were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk :
Walter E. Gavin, Alfred Mills, Lorna Horton, Helen Carron, Esther Turner and Eleanor Ullman.
The Polls opened at 10:00 A.M. and closed at 6 P.M. The ballot box was examined and found to register zero (0). At 6:00 P.M. when the Polls closed, the ballot box registered 285, and the voting list showing a like number as having voted.
Following is a result of the voting :
MODERATOR-One Year
*Fred G. Lapiana Jr. 259
Blanks 26
SELECTMEN. ASSESSORS, BOARD OF PUBLIC WEL-
FARE, & BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
*Luther P. Smith 265
Blanks 20
TREASURER, TAX COL-
LECTOR & TOWN CLERK -- Three Years
*L. Isabelle Brackett 274
LIBRARY TRUSTEE-Three
Years
*Frederick H. Jewell
262
Blank's
23
LIBRARY TRUSTEE-One
Year
*Otto E. Nickerson 270
Blanks 15
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Elementary)
*Theodore L. Hicks 144
Edward L. Philbrick Jr. 52
Barbara Woodland 86
Blanks 11 Blanks 3
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR -One Year
REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Two Years
*Nathan A. Nickerson Blanks
267
*Robert M. Burrill 249
18 Blanks 36
RECREATION COMMISSION
PLANNING BOARD-Five Years
-Five Years
*Guy Farrell
258 *Charles N. Deane 254
Blanks
27 Blanks 31
*Elected
As the Town Clerk read the results of the election, those having the largest number of votes were declared elected by the election officers.
The total number of votes cast was 285 in a possible total of 883.
The meeting adjourned at 8:10 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
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 warn and notify the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, the Sixteenth day of December at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men in accordance with the provisions of Section 21, Chapter 41 of the General Laws of Massachusetts to include in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for 1964. to be placed on the official ballot the following questions :
1. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as Road Commissioners.
Yes No
2. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as Park Commissioners.
Yes- No
3. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen ap- point a Tree Warden.
Yes- No
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and authorize the Selectmen to take any action necessary thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and take from available funds the following sums of money to be transferred to the following accounts :- $1.000.00 to Welfare Services
$1,000.00 to the Insurance Account $1,000.00 to the Fire Department
Article 3. And to act upon any other business that may legally come before the 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 holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this ninth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Three.
MAURICE W. WILEY LUTHER P. SMITH MAURICE A. MOORE
MINUTES SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT December 16, 1963
Pursuant to the conditions of the foregoing warrant, the Special Town Meeting was called to order at 8 P.M. by the Moderator Fred G. LaPiana Jr. There being a quorum present, the call and service of the meeting were read by the Town Clerk. Joseph King, and John Alexander were appointed to act as tellers, and were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
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Article 1. Voted : to instruct the Selectmen, in accor- dance with the provisions of Section 21, Chapter 41 of the General Laws of Massachusetts to include in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for 1964, to be placed on the official ballot the following questions :
1. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as Road Commissioners ?
Yes No-
2. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as Park Commissioners ?
Yes- No- -
3. Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen appoint a Tree Warden ?
Yes-
and authorize the Selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto.
Unanimous Vote Article 2. Voted : to indefinitely postpone Article 2.
Article 3. Voted: that a committee of three be ap- pointed by the Moderator for the purpose of investigating the need of additional office space for Town Offices, sub- mitting a report and recommendation at a future Town Meeting. Unanimous Vote
Under this article the following persons were appointed.
There being no further business to come before the meeting adjournment was voted at 8:12 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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INVENTORY OF TOWN PROPERTY
Land and Building
Furniture and other Property
Town Hall
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