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Article 7. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of $970.00 for the purchase 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 appropiate the sum of $4,000.00 to be paid to the Town of Orleans for Ambulance, Fire and Police Dispatcher service for the year 1964.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 9. Voted: to raise and appropiate the sum of $1.681.10 to pay the Unpaid bills of 1963.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 10. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $875.00 for the purpose of holding five (5) band concerts in the ensuing year. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 11. Not Carried.
(This Article was reconsidered later in the meeting.)
Article 12. Voted: not to decrease the Firemen's budget by $1,550.00 Unanimous Voice Vote
A motion to decrease the Recreation budget by $800.00 was not carried.
Voted: to increase the Tax Title Account by $3,900.00 and the Insurance Account by $150.00.
Unanimous Voice Vote
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A motion to increase the salary of the Office Clerk by $400.00 was not carried.
Voted: to accept the recommendations and reports of the Selectmen and other officers, to raise and appropriate the sum of $369,872.34 and to transfer from Overlay Reserve the amount of $5,000.00 to the Reserve Account.
Unanimous Voice Vote
This Article was reconsidered later in the evening and the Snow Account was increased by $3,000.00 (Item 37).
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Accountant
$ 2,200.00
2. Accountant Expense 600.00
3. Assessors Abstracts 350.00
4. Building Inspector
1,600.00
5. Certification of Notes
10.00
6. Custodian
4,000.00
7. Election and Registration
1,500.00
8. Finance Committee Expense
75.00
9. Legal Expense
1,000.00
10. Office Clerk '
2,400.00
11. Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
12. Selectmen and Assessor Expense
3,600.00
13. Tax Titles
5,000.00
14. Town Hall
4,000.00
15. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
1,500.00
Total General Government $ 27,885.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
16. Bounty on Woodchucks
$ 30.00
17. Ambulance Hire
3,000,00
18. Appeal Board 6.00.00
19. Civilian Defense
250.00
20. Conservation Commission
100.00
21. Dutch Elm Disease
200.00
22. Fire Department
8,150.00
23. Insect Pest and Poison Ivy Control
1,600.00
24. Planning Board 300.00
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25. Police Department 15,100.00
26. Sealer of Weights and Measures 200.00
27. Shellfish Protection and Propogation 1,500.00
28. Street Lights
1,150.00
29. Tree Warden
600.00
20. Wire Inspections 350.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property $ 33,130.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
31. Dog Officer Account
$ 100.00
32. Health 2,500.00
33. Inspection of Animals 80.00
34 Town Dump
3,500.00
35. Town and School Nurse
4,800.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 10,980.00
HIGHWAY
36. Highways-General
$ 4,000.00
37. Snow
3,000.00
38. Town Landing
8,000.00
Total Highways
$ 15,000.00
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
39 Veterans' Benefits
$ 6,000.00
40. Welfare Administration 2,000.00
41. Welfare Services
27,000.00
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$ 35,000.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
42. Regional School District
$119,024.54
43. School
94.634.00
44. School-Out of State Travel
100.00
45. Library
3,500.00
Total School and Library
$217.258.54
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INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
48. Auditorium Note
$ 3,000.00
49. Interest
1,400.00
50. School Notes (Addition)
6,000.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt
$ 10,400.00
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
54. Insurance
8,450.00
55. Memorial Day
150.00
56. Miscellaneous
1,000.00
57 Old Windmill Care and Improvement
1,500.00
58. Public Amusement and Advertising
2,000.00
59. Recreation Commission
3,135.00
60. Reserve
5,000.00
61. Retirement
2,333.80
62. Town Reports
1,000.00
Total Recreation and Unclassified
24,818.80
Total
$364,872.34
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
5,000.00
Total To Be Appropriated
$369,872.34
Article 13. Voted: to eliminate the Road Surveyor salary of $50.00 from Article 13. Unanimous Voice Vote
Moderator
$ 50.00
Constable
50.00
Selectmen (1,150.00 each)
(Chairman $1,350.00) 3,650.00
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$ 250.00
Assessors ($1,150,00 each)
3,450.00
Board of Welfare (300.00)
900.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
4,700.00
$ 12,800.00
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 14. Voted: to amend Article 14 by inserting the following clause after "Land Court Plans 14663A and 8939E"; road to be open to property owners abutting same so long as said property remains in private ownership."
Unanimous Vote
Voted : to transfer to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, its rights of way and easements in the below-described Town ways : Viz: that part of Little Creek Road, (so-called) from its intersection with the southerly side line of Doane Road (so- called) and running southerly to the marsh, thence Easterly intersection with southerly side line of Doane Road (so- called). as shown on Land Court Plans 14669A and 8939E. the road to be open to property owners abutting same so long as said property remains in private ownership; also two spur roads that are shown as Town Roads near the southern terminus of Doane Road, on Land Court Plan 8939E, and authorize the Selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto. Unanimous Vote
Article 15. Voted: to 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 Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers,
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in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a . bond of indemnity therefore to the Commonwealth.
Unanimous Vote
Article 16. Voted : to deed, without consideration, to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, that parcel of land and beach known as "Nauset Light Beach" and more particularly described as :
Parcel 1, being Lots 4 and 6 in Block 16, Nauset Beach Plan 2, Parcel 2 being Lots 1 to 8 inclusive in Block 14, Nauset Beach Plan 2; Parcel 3, being shown as Lot B on Land Court Plan 17649B, filed with Land Court Plan 6751 and being Land Court Plan 30192; Parcel 4 being Lots 4 and 5 in Block 13, Nauset Beach Plan 2 as shown on the Eastham Assessor's maps; reserving to the taxpayers of the Town of Eastham and their families the right to use the above described beach and adjacent water for swimming, the adjacent parking area and without charge, in perpetuity ; and whenever the Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service does not use the 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.
(This Article was reconsidered later in the meeting and the words in perpetuity deleted) 156 Yes No 25
Article 17. Voted : that the Town will transfer to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, De- partment of the Interior, its rights and ways and easements in the below-described Town ways, reserving full rights of way to those persons legally entitled thereto and to the taxpayers of the Town of Eastham and their families and/or tenants the right to use the same as ways or commonly used in the Town of Eastham both now and hereafter over the same, viz: Cable Road from its intersection with Nauset
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Road and running East to its termination at the Atlantic Ocean ; said road to be maintained, policed and kept in good repair by the Nation Park Service as a free point of access for the taxpayers of the Town of Eastham and their families and/or tenant to the bathing beaches; and whenever the Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service does not use the same for the purpose as stated, the Town ways are to revert to the Inhabitants of the Town of Eastham; and authorize the selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto.
Yes 174 No 3
Article 18. Voted: 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 the direction of the Police Department.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 19. Voted: that the sum of $6,091.64 be ap- propriated for the permanent construction of Samoset Road and to meet said appropriation the sum of $6,901.64 be trans- ferred from the proceeds received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 782 of the Acts of 1962.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 20. Not carried. (This Article reconsidered later in the meeting.)
Article 21. Voted: to indefinitely postpone. Unanimous Voice Vote (This Article reconsidered later in the meeting.)
Article 22. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of $2.000.00 for a multi-sports court to be located near the Eastham Elementary School athletic field.
Yes 68 No 55
Article 23. Voted : to raise and appropiate the sum of $1,100.00 for the purchase of a Rescue Boat, Motor, Trailer and Gear. Unanimous Voice Vote
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Voted : to recess this meeting until 7:00 P.M. on Wed- nesday evening in the Eastham auditorium because of the late hour. Unanimous Voice Vote
At this time Mr. Maurice W. Wiley retiring Selectman expressed his appreciation to the Townspeople for being allowed to serve them in the Selectmen's capacity for thirty years.
A rising vote of thanks was given by the meeting to Mr. Wiley and to Mr. Nathan A. Nickerson who had acted as our Road Surveyor for thirty seven years for their past service.
The meeting recessed at 11:30 P.M.
The Annual Town Meeting reconvened at 7:00 P.M. in the Eastham Auditorium and was called to order by the Moderator, Fred G. Lapiana.
Voted : to reconsider Article 12.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted: to increase the Snow Account by $3,000.00
Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted : to reconsider Article 11.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $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. Yes 99 No 38
Voted: to reconsider Article 16.
Yes 87 No 51
Voted: to amend Article 16 by deleting the words "in perpetuity."
Voted : to deed, without consideration to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, that parcel of land and beach known as "Nauset Light Beach" and more particularly described as : Parcel 1, being Lots 4 and 6 in Block 16 Nauset Beach Plan 2; Parcel 2 being Lots 1 to 8 inclusive in Block 14, Nauset Beach Plan 2; Parcel 3 being shown as Lot B on Land Court Plan 17649B filed with Land Court Plan 6751 and being Land
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Court Plan 30192 : Parcel 4, being Lots 4 and 5 in Block 13, Nauset Beach Plan 2 as shown on the Eastham Assessor's Maps; reserving to the taxpayers of Eastham, and their families the right to use the above described beach and adjacent water for swimming, the adjacent parking area, and without charge; and whenever the Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service does not use the same for the pur- poses 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.
Unanimous Voice Vote Voted : to reconsider Article 20. Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing, repairing, and operating Road Machinery. Yes 87 No 51
Article 21. Voted : to reconsider Article 21. Unanimous Voice Vote Voted : to reconsider Article 21. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 21. Voted : to establish a Road Machinery ac- count to which shall be credited all receipts for the use or rental of road machinery the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the Town for Machinery purposes.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 24. Voted : to establish a permenant committee on Public Buildings and Parks. Duties of this committee will be to determine the present and future needs of the Town in regard to all Public Buildings, except schools, and all public Parks and Landings. The committee shall be com- posed of five members, three of whom shall not be officers or employees of the Town. The Board of Selectmen shall appoint members of the committee annually. The findings and re- commendations of the committee shall be made to the
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Board of Selectmen from time to time and an annual report shall be submitted by the committee to the Town.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 25. Voted: that the Town vote to raise and appropiate the sum of $1,300.00 for the purpose of including toilet facilities in the present fire station.
Unanimous Vote Article 26. Not carried (This article reconsidered later in the evening.)
Article 27. Voted. to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for supervision, safety and control of recreation at Great Pond. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 28. Voted : to raise and appropiate the sum of $1,600.00 for the purchase of a Volkswagen (sedan) for the Town Nurse. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 29. Voted. to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $15,500.00 to be spent under the direction of the Board of Assessors for pro- fessional equalization of land and buildings in the Town of Eastham. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 30. Voted: to accept the following by-law as authorized under Chapter 40, Section 21, sub-section 1 of the General Laws:
"No person except an officer of the law in performance of his duties, shall enter upon or remain upon the premises of another with the intention of peeking, spying, or looking into the window, door or other aperture of a house or structure in any manner or upon any person or persons therein. Any person found violating this law shall be subject to arrest and any person convicted of this offense shall be fined in an amount not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense." Unanimous Voice Vote
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Article 31. Voted: to accept the following by-law as authorized under Chapter 40, Section 21, Sub-section 1, of the General Laws: It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages on Public Highways or in Public parking places including vehicles thereon, within the Town of Eastham. Whoever violates the provisions of this by-law shall be fined in an amount not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 32. Voted: to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $20,000.00 for the purchase of the following lots from Florence Dorrie and Ernest and Helen Kirst, being shown as Lots 47, 48, 49 and 50 on Land Court Plan 10513-A, for a parking lot and bathing beach; said lots adjoin Town owned land at Cook's Brook Beach (so-called). Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 33. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the purpose of installing flood lighting in the Town Hall parking lot, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of three to make said installation.
Unanimous Voice Vote
The Moderator named Winfred J. Knowles, Luther P. Smith, and John Hilferty to this committee.
Article 34. Voted : to amend Article 34 as follows: to add after Article 5 the words "Section 1" and to delete the words "of a permanent type" in A.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted; to add to Article 5, Section 1 of the Building By- laws and hereafter provide that all applications for building permits will be required to submit to the Building Inspector the following :
A. A suitable scaled plot plan showing actual dimen- sions of the lot to be built upon the size of buildings to be erected there and their location within the lot.
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B. To show the proposed location of wells and sewerage disposal facilities.
C. To require sufficient permanent concrete bounds in order to clearly define the lot limits on the street or way.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 35. Voted : that the Town require any building or premises to be occupied, either partially or in its entirety, for whatever purpose shall require a certificate of occupancy to be issued by the building inspector stating that such building or buildings or premises is in compliance with the Town by-laws. Such certificates of occupancy shall be filed with the Town Clerk and kept a permanent part of the record. This requirement shall apply to any change, alter- ation or extension of existing use of land or buildings for which a building permit is henceforth issued. The certificate of occupancy shall be applied for at the same time as the building permit is requested. Such certificate shall be issued only upon the completion and compliance of the by-laws.
Unanimous Vote
Article 36. Voted : to add to Article 6 Section 1 of the building by-laws: "the value of the building shall be com- puted at the rate of $12.00 per square foot in area of the first floor and at the rate of $6.00 per square foot for each additional floor designed for living purposes. Garages breezeways and other buildings in connection with resident- ial use not for habitation shall also be computed at $6.00 per square foot. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 37. Voted : to amend Article 7, Section 1 of the building by-laws by adding the following: "work must commence within a 60 day period of the date of issuance of the building permit and the exterior of any building shall be completed withing a year of that date. Failure to do so will void the permit and work shall not be resumed until a new permit has been issued.
Unanimous Voice Vote
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Article 38. Indefinitely postponed by unanimous vote.
Article 39. Indefinitely postponed by unanimous vote. Voted : to reconsider Article 26. Unanimous Vote Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the purpose of hiring a professional planner in an advisory capacity on per diem basis and the purpose of suggesting any necessary amendments to the zoning by-laws. Said planner to be responsible to the Planning Board.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 40. Voted : to require a fee in the amount of $10.00 shall accompany each application that is petitioned of the Board of Appeal. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 41. Voted that the Town will amend the zoning by-law as adopted February 18, 1952 and as amended Feb- ruary 18, 1963 by striking out from Paragraph 8, Section V-B the following words :
"the setback required by the by-laws of 1962 from all streets and from the abutters' property lines" and sub- stituting therefor the words :
"a fifty foot setback from all streets measured at a right angle with the line of the streets and a twenty-five foot distance from abutters' property lines"
Unanimous Vote
Article 42. Voted : to amend the Zoning By-Law by deleting Paragraph 4, Section 5 of the zoning by-laws and substitute the following: "In Districts C and D, business buildings shall have a minimum set back of 100 feet from all streets and highways. The side and rear lot lines of all commercial buildings regardless of class structure shall not be less than 12 feet from such lines.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 43. Voted to accept Chapter 478 of the Acts of
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1963 relative to increasing the amounts of pensions and retirement allowances payable to certain former public
Unanimous Voice Vote employees.
Article 44. Voted: accept a gift of $500.00 to the Eastham Public Library given under the will of Andrew C. Merrill in memory of Andrew Carver Merrill and Eugenia Hatch Merrill. Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 45. Voted : to amend Article 45 by adding the following: after the words "Nauset Road (so-called" the clause : "said road may be re-located if necessary to Park plans but not abandoned, and shall be maintained and policed by the National Park Service as a public way for all persons legally entitled to use the same both now and hereafter. Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted: to transfer to the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, its rights of ways and easements in the below described Town Way, Viz: the southerly end of Schoolhouse Road (so-called) from its intersection with the State Highway (Route 6), thence running Northerly about (900) nine hundred feet to its intersection with Nauset Road so called, said road may be re-located if necessary to Park plans but not abandoned, and shall be maintained and policed by the National Park Service as a public way for all persons legally entitled to use the same both now and hereafter, and authorize the Selectmen to take any and all action necessary thereto.
Yes 116 No 5
Article 46. Voted: to adopt the following by-law as authorized under Chapter 40 Section 21 sub-section 1 of the General Laws:
"It shall be unlawful for any person who has not at- tained the age of twenty one years to consume or have in his or her possession alcoholic beverages in public places within the Town of Eastham. Whoever violates the pro-
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visions of this by-law shall be fined in an amount not ex- ceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense."
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 47. Mr. Lapiana, Moderator, was duly sworn to the faithful performance of his duties as Selectman, As- sessor, Board of Public Welfare member and Board of Health member, by the Town Clerk. Mr. Wiley retiring Selectman presented him with the keys to the Selectmen's office and wished him well in his new duties.
Voted: to dispense with reading of the minutes of the meeting. Unanimous Voice Vote
Voted : to adjourn the meeting.
Unanimous Voice Vote
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 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 notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the Twenty-Fourth (24) day of June at 7:00 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 vote to transfer a sum of money from available funds in the treasury for re- novating one office and the heating system in the town hall and for the purchase of equipment for the existing town hall building.
Recommended $9,900.00
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to appropiate a sum of money for constructing an addition to the Town Hall and for originally furnishing and equipping said addition ; to determine whether the funds shall be provided by transfer from available funds in the treasury or by borrowing under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause (3), or a combination thereof, and to authorize the select- men to execute contracts and do all things necessary to construct, furnish and equip said addition.
Recommended $57,000.00.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in the treasury the sum of $194.00 to pay unpaid bills of 1963.
Recommended.
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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purpose of converting the small Town Hall Auditorium, so-called, into town offices and build a vault for record storage and for the purchase of equipment for said offices and for installing a new heating system for said hall.
Not recommended.
Article 5. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before the meeting.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attest- ed copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham seven days at least before date of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this Seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four.
LUTHER P. SMITH
MAURICE A. MOORE
FRED G. LAPIANA, JR. Board of Selectmen.
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MINUTES SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
June 25, 1964
Pursuant to the conditions of the foregoing warrant, the voters assembled in the Eastham Auditorium, and, there being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order at 7:10 P.M. William Hokkenan and Wallace S. Woodworth were appointed to act as tellers and were duly sworn to their duties by the Town Clerk.
The call and service of the meeting were read by the Town Clerk and there being no objections, the reading of the Articles in the Warrant omitted.
Article 1. It was unanimously voted to suspend the rules in order that two plans could be discussed and debated in connection with the proposed addition of office space to the existing Town Hall.
Under this discussion Mr. Maurice A. Moore submitted his plan for utilizing the so-called small hall by dividing it into offices.
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