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18
Bounty on Woodchucks
$ 15.00
$
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
19
Ambulance Hire
3,000.00
3,000.00
20 Appeal Board
600.00
67.79
900.00
21 Civilian Defense
250.00
500.00
22 Conservation
-0-
449.52
-0-
23
Dispatcher Service
4,000.00
5,000.00
24
Dutch Elm Disease
200.00
200.00
25
Fire Department
7,520.00
214.03
8,845.00
26
Gas Inspections
750.00
750.00
27
Harbormaster
-0-
350.00
28 Insect Pest and Poison Ivy Control 1,600.00
.26
1.800.00
29 Planning Board
800.00
256.34
550.00
30
Police Department
18,283.00
1,299.20
230.35
1,800.00
32
Shellfish Protection & Propogation 1,500.00 1,980.00 Street Lights
372.89
2,200.00
33 Telephones: Police, Fire, Highway and Civil Defense
725.00
33.62
725.00
34 Tree Warden
600.00
1.50
1,000.00
35 Wire Inspections
450.00
54.00
650.00
$ 42,273.00
$1,513.23
$ 1,481.27
$ 52,735.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
36 Dog Officer Account
$ 100.00
$ 70.00
$ 51.00
$ 100.00
37 Health
2,500.00
1,908.86
1,500.00
38 Inspection of Animals
80.00
80.00
39 Town Dump
3,500.00
575.22
2,750.00
40 Town and School Nurse
5,300.00
3.87
5,500.00
$ 11,480.00
$ 70.00
$ 2,538.95
$ 9,930.00
14
3,600.00
360.00
290.26
2,300.00
1,000.00
24,450.00
31
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HIGHWAY
41 Highways - General
$ 4,000.00 $ 132.70
$
$ 5,500.00
42 General Maintenance
9,800.00
1,043.73
13,700.00
43 Snow
8,000.00
280.00
8,000.00
44 Town Landings
4,000.00
81.20
4,000.00
$ 25,800.00 $ 412.70
$ 1,124.92
$ 31,200.00
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
45
Veterans' Benefits
$ 5,950.00
$ 4,429.28
$ 4,150.00
46 Welfare Administration
2,000.00
1,096.00*
2,000.00
47 Welfare Services
32,000.00
390.91
36,000.00
*From Federal Grants
$ 39,950.00 $1,486.91
$ 4,429.28
$ 42,150.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
48
Regional School District
$125,433.89
$
$
$133,059.23
49 School
99,512.00
2,505.61
111,106.00
50 School-Out of State Travel
150.00
113.86
200.00
51 Library
2,500.00
2,500.00
$227,595.89 $
$ 2,619.47
$246,865.23
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
52
Interest
$ 1,600.00
$ 205.00
$ 1,300.00
53 School Notes (Addition)
6,000.00
6,000.00
$ 7,600.00 $
$ 205.00
$ 7,300.00
CEMETERIES
54
Old Cemeteries
$ 450.00
$
$ 1.60
$ 450.00
55 Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
50.00
50.00
$ 500.00 $
$ 51.60
$ 500.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
56 Christmas Tree and Town Hall
Lighting
$ 300.00
$ 23.97
$
$ 350.00
57
Insurance
9,200.00
1,200.98
9,200.00
58 Memorial Day
150.00
.67
200.00
59 Miscellaneous
1,000.00
79.84
1,000.00
60 Old Windmill Care and Improvement
1,500.00
1,500.00
61 Public Amusement and Advertising
2,000.00
100.00
2,500.00
62 Recreation Commission
4,456.00
34.20
5,361.00
63 Reserve
5,000.00
319.30
6,000.00
64 Retirement, County
3,530.23
5,260.80
65 Town Reports
1,200.00
28.50
1,500.00
$ 28,336.23
$ . 23.97
$ 1,763.49
$ 32,871.80
TOTAL
$410,920.12
$5,776.70
$ 14,597.49
$454,962.03
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus 5,000.00
6,000.00
TOTAL APPROPRIATION
$405,920.12
$448,962.03
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,100.00 for the purchase of a Police Cruiser, and the present Cruiser to be traded in as a credit towards the new.
Recommended.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay the unpaid bills of 1965.
Recommended.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of holding five Band Concerts in the ensuing year, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $875.00.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $519.60 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.
Recommended.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing an additional light on the Town Hall Parking Lot, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 12. To act on the Annual Report, including recommendations and reports of the Selectmen and other Town Officers, and see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury sums of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto :
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Recommendations of Department Heads and Finance Committee 1966
Item No.
$ 2,500.00
2. Accountant Expense
3. Assessors' Abstracts 400.00
4. Assessors' Clerk
3,100.00
5. Building Inspector 3,200.00
6. Certification of notes
10.00
7. Custodian
4,400.00
8 Election and Registration 1,675.00
9. Finance Committee Expense 75.00
10. Legal Expense
1,500.00
11. Office Clerk
2,700.00
12. Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
13. Selectmen & Assessor Expense
2,300.00
14. Tax Titles
1,400.00
15 Town Hall
5,500.00
16. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
1,850.00
17 Treasurer Collector, Clerk Out of State Travel
150.00
18. Bounty on Woodchucks
15.00
19. Ambulance Hire
3,000.00
20 Appeal Board
900.00
21. Civilian Defense
500.00
22 Conservation Commission
-0-
23. Dispatcher Service
5,000.00
24. Dutch Elm Disease
200.00
25. Fire Department
8,845.00
26. Gas Inspections
750.00
27. Harbor Master
350.00
28. Insect Pest and Poison Ivy Control
1,800.00
29. Planning Board
550.00
30. Police Department
24,450.00
31. Shellfish Protection and Propagation
1,800.00
32. Street Lights
2,200.00
33 Telephones : Police, Fire, Highway, Civil Defense 725.00
34. Tree Warden
1,000.00
1. Accountant
600.00
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35. Wire Inspections 650.00
36. Dog Officer Account 100.00
37. Health 1,500.00
38. Inspection of Animals
80.00
39. Town Dump
2,750.00
40. Town and School Nurse 5,500.00
41. Highways-General
5,500.00
42. General Maintenance
13,700.00
43. Snow
8,000.00
44. Town Landings
4,000.00
45. Veterans' Benefits
4,150.00
46. Welfare Administration
2.000.00
47. Welfare Services
36.000.00
48. Regional School District Expense
113,059.23
49. School
111.106.00
50. School - Out of State Travel
200.00
51. Library
2,500.00
52. Interest
1,300.00
53. School Notes (Addition)
6,000.00
54. Old Cemeteries
450.00
55. Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
56. Christmas Tree and Town Hall Lighting
350.00
57. Insurance
9,200.00
58. Memorial Day
200.00
59. Miscellaneous
1,000.00
60. Old Windmill Care and Improvement
1,500.00
61. Publie Amusement and Advertising
2,500.00
62. Recreation Commission
5,361.00
63. Reserve
6,000.00
64. Retirement, County
5,260.80
65. Town Reports
1.500.00
TOTAL
$454,962.03
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
6,000.00
TOTAL TO BE APPROPRIATED $448,962.03
Recommended, except Item 42, General Maintenance : Finance Committee recommends $13,500.00.
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Article 13. 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, Chapter 44, General Laws, as amended, and raise and appropriate sums of money for salary :
Moderator
Department Head Recommendation $ 50.00
Constable
50.00
Selectmen ($1,350.00 each, Chairman $1,700.00)
4,400.00
Assessors ($1,200.00 each)
3,600.00
Board of Welfare ($300.00 each)
900.00
Treasurer, Collector, Town Clerk
5,200.00
$14,200.00
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend and change the By-Law regulating the construction, reconstruc- tion and location of buildings by adding further regula- tions to Section I as follows :
Article 1
A. Building Lines
In the first sentence add the words "raised terraces, sundecks" between the words "piazzas" and "and" and add the words "whether roofed or uncovered" following the word "projections" so that the sentence will read: The exterior walls of a building at or above the ground, in- cluding bay windows, porches, piazzas, raised terraces, sun- decks and similar projections whether roofed or uncovered.
D. Altered or Alteration
(2) Substitute the words "in which the value of such rebuilding or change is in excess of five hundred dollars" for the words "which exceeds 20 percent of the assessed value" so that the sentence will read: The rebuilding or change of any nature in structures of every kind, in which the value of such rebuilding or change is in excess of five hundred dollars and which is not in the nature of ordinary repair or maintenance.
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E. Additions
Add after the word "increased" the following words "or the relationship of the building and lot lines are changed" so that the sentence will read: The addition to a structure by which its floor area is increased or the re- lationship of the building and lot lines are changed.
Article 4. Delete the first sentence.
Article 5. Paragraph 1
Delete existing wording and substitute the following :
Application for permit to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter or add to a structure shall be on forms provided. Applicants shall be required to give such information re- garding the proposed work as the Board of Selectmen shall ascribe in addition to the following requirements : Applicant shall provide a suitably scaled plot plan showing the following: Streets or ways on which the lot fronts. Location of sufficient permanent concrete bounds to clear- ly define the lot limits on the streets or ways. Location of the building lines of the proposed structure or struc- tures relative to all lot boundary lines. Proposed location of all wells and all sewage disposal facilities.
Article 11 Building Lines
Add the word "detached" between the words "of" and "structures" in the second sentence so that the sentence shall read: The building lines of detached structures which are necessary to wood framed structures for human habi- tation shall not be nearer to side and rear lot lines than 12 feet, nor nearer to the nearest boundary of any way than 30 feet.
Article 13 Fire Prevention
Add: "Motels - Fire partitions shall be installed as described herein :
(a) In one story motels, fire partitions shall be in- stalled between each five (5) units.
(b) In two story motels, fire partitions shall be in- stalled between each two (2) units per floor.
(c) Fire partitions shall consist of 8 inch masonry block
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or brick, covered on both sides with plaster or gypsum board, or fire partitions may be constructed of gypsum block (such as "Pyrobar" as manufactured by U. S. Gypsum Company) and nogging full height in wood stud partitions with plaster or gypsum board applied on both sides of the partition.
(d) Attic spaces shall be cut off to prevent the spread of fire by extending the fire partitions from the ceiling line of the top story to the underside of the roof decking. Those attic fire partitions may be a single wall of either five-eighths inch gypsum board or five-eighths inch plywood.
(e) In basement or crawl spaces fire partitions shall be installed in locations as specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. Fire partitions shall be of the same con- struction as specified in paragraph (c) above.
Article 15 Minimum requirements for Dwellings
A Foundations :
Delete the existing wording and substitute the fol- lowing :
Excavations : 1. All excavations shall extend to stabi- lized ground. 2. All excavations shall extend to at least eighteen (18) inches below the finished grade.
Footings: 1. All footings must be constructed of con- crete. 2. Footings must be installed under all concrete block walls and under all poured concrete walls less than ten (10) inches thick. Minimum size of footings shall be six (6) inches thick under one story buildings and eight (8) inches thick under all buildings over one story, with a minimum projection of four (4) inches on either side of wall in all cases. 3. Footings under all solid masonry or concrete filled steel columns shall be a minimum of eight (8) inches thick by a minimum dimension of twenty (20) inches whether square or circular. 4. Footings under all chimneys shall be at least twelve (12) inches thick and shall extend at least eight (8) inches in all directions from the outside of the chimney base.
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D Framing :
Add: 1. First floor girders must rest on solid masonry or concrete filled steel columns. 2. Floor joists shall be doubled under all partitions running parallel to the floor joists. 3. All floor joist headers over four (4) feet long shall be doubled. 4. All floor joists on which headers bear shall be doubled. 5. Floor joists shall be cross bridged when span exceeds eight (8) feet. Bridging shall be lo- cated in the center of the span. At least one by three or stronger stock shall be used. Metal bridging or solid blocking may be substituted for stock specified. 6. Ex- terior wall studs and bearing partition studs shall be at least two by four stock spaced not over sixteen (16) inches on center. Two by four shoes and double two by four, or equivalent, plates shall be used for all exterior walls and bearing partitions. 7. All openings in exterior walls and bearing partitions shall have headers sized in accordance with the following table : Up to 4 feet long - 4 inch nominal depth by full thickness of wall -- 4'-0" to 5'-6" long - 6 inch nominal depth by full thickness of wall -- 5'6" to 7'-0" long 8 inch nominal depth by full thickness of wall -- over 7'-0" long - 10 inch nominal depth by full thickness of wall. 8. All ceilings shall be strapped with stock at least one by three inches spaced at a maximum distance of sixteen (16) inches on centers.
Recommended.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to negotiate a contract with the United Ap- praisal Company for the purpose of assessing new build- ings and land, for the year 1966, and raise and appro- priate the sum of $700.00 to meet the cost of the contract, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1 of the Town By-Laws, pertaining to the date of the Annual Town Meeting, to read "the first Monday in
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March" instead of the "third Monday in February." as it now reads.
Recommended.
Article 17. 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 the purpose of constructing and equipping a Highway Garage Building, on Town owned property, and authorize the Selectmen to execute contracts and do all things necessary thereto, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 18. To sec if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for constructing and equipping an addi- tion to the Town Hall and 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 Committee to execute con- tracts and do all things necessary to construct and equip said addition.
Recommended. 6 Yes 1 No
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to have the existing Highway Garage Build- ing, located on the Town Hall grounds, demolished, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to have the existing Band Stand, located on the Town Hall grounds, demolished, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treas- ury, the sum of $4,000.00 to be spent under the provisions of Chapter 90, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 to grade and surface part of Camp Ground Landing parking lot, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Public Access Board of the Department of Natural Resources to permit the Board to construct a boat ramp, and related parking facilities, at Rock Harbor, to provide public ac- cess to the waters within the Town of Eastham and that such agreement shall include an acceptance and police responsibilities on the part of the Town and the facilities shall be open to the general public on equal terms.
Recommended.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $9,500.00 for the pur- pose of driving, or drilling, test wells in order to locate a supply of water for a future public water system, or take any action relative thereto.
Requested by the Conservation Commission Not recommended.
Article 25. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Chapter 5, Acts of 1955, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, main- tenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Common- wealth.
Recommended.
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Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money, to be used in conjunction with State and County funds, under Chapter 91, to construct two (2) stone jetties at South Sunken Meadow Town Landing, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $6,000.00
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning map, and the zoning By-Laws, by adding the following sentence to Description of "Permissive Use" area : "To a depth of 500 feet on the Westerly side of Route 6 from the Southerly bound of Commercial Area C southerly to the ditch in land of Obed Fulcher, and to a depth of 500 feet on the easterly side of Route 6 from the Southerly bound of Commercial Area C southerly to the ditch dividing the land of Clayton O. Horton and Mary A. Chase", or take any action relative thereto.
No recommendation. By request.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of pur- chasing road equipment, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,370.00 for the purpose of pur- chasing two (2) short-wave radios and a base station to be used by the Highway Department or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 to purchase a radio for the Fire Department, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treas- ury, the sum of $1,500.00 for the purchase of new fire hose, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
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Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the purchase of a new fire truck, fully equipped, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 received from the Commonwealth for use of the Eastham Public Library, to be available to the Trustees for the purchase of books or any other lawful expense, in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 672 of the Acts of 1963.
Recommended.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the completion of the "H" dock at Great Pond, or take any action relative thereto. Recommended.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated funds in the Treasury, 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 Depart- ment, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used as compensa- tion for a Plumbing Inspector, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, for a professional personnel pay survey, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to enforce Chapter 14, Section 173 of the
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General Laws, pertaining to the restraining of all dogs, or take any action relative thereto.
Not recommended. By request.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept and enforce the following by-law :
A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons occupying or having charge of any building or premises or any part thereof in the Town, other than that section of any establishment licensed under Chapter 138 of the General Laws, between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 A. M. to cause or suffer or allow any unnecessary, loud, excessive or unusual noises in the operation of any radio, phonograph or other mechanical sound making device or instrument, or reproducing device or instrument, or in the playing of any band, orchestra, musician or group of mu- sicians, or in the use of any device to amplify the afore- said. or the making of loud outcries, exclamations or other loud or boisterous noises or loud and boisterous singing by any person or group of persons or in the use of any de- vice to amplify the aforesaid noise, where the noise is plan- ly audible at a distance of one hundred and fifty feet from the building, structure, vehicle or premises in which or from which it is produced. The fact that the noise is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred and fifty feet from the vehicle or premises from which it originates shall constitute Prima Facie evidence of a violation of this by-law. Any person violating this by-law shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offense.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons being present in or about any building, dwelling, premises, shelter, boat or conveyance or any part thereof, other than that section of any establishment licensed under Chapter 138 of the General Laws, who shall cause or suffer or coun- tenance any unnecessary, loud, excessive or unusual noises including any unnecessary, loud, excessive or unusual noises in the operation of any radio, phonograph or other mechan-
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ical sound making device or instrument, or reproducing device or instrument, or in the playing of any band, orchestra, musician or group of musicians, or the making of loud outeries, exclamations or other loud or boisterous noises or loud and boisterous singing by any person or group of persons, or in the use of any device to amplify the aforesaid noise, where the aforesaid noise is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred and fifty feet from the building, dwelling, premises, shelter, boat or convey- ance in which or from which it is produced. The fact that the noise is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred and fifty feet from the premises from which it originates shall constitute Prima Facie evidence of a violation of this by-law. Any person shall be deemed in violation of this by-law, who shall make, or aid and abet, or cause or suffer or countenance, or assist in the making of the aforesaid and described improper noises, disturbance, breach of the peace or a diversion tending to a breach of the peace, and the presence of any person or persons in or about the building, dwelling, premises, shelter, boat or convey- ance or any part thereof during a violation of this by-law shall constitute Prima Facie evidence that they are a countenancer to such violation. Any person violating this by-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offense.
Not recommended.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to surface the original Parking Lot at First Encounter Beach, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to surface a portion of the new parking lot at Cook's Brook Town Landing, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
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Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-Law :
"It shall be unlawful to fill, dredge, grade, place any structure or sewerage disposal unit below a point four (4) feet above mean high water in the case of salt water areas or four (4) feet above average heights of fresh water areas within the Town of Eastham. High water marks and average fresh water heights shall be decided by a major- ity vote of the Selectmen, acting as the Board of Health, and the Conservation Commission".
Not recommended.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to execute a deed running to Virginia C. Wholly in order to clear up title deficiency and remove any cloud from the title there- on caused by the Town of Eastham, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept a triangular piece of property, consisting of about 21,000 square feet, more or less, located on the northerly boundary of the Eastham Fire Station and Route 6 from the Cape Cod National Seashore in exchange for Town owned land located on Nauset Beach Plan 1 Block B 2 Lots 1 & 2, Block C 3 Lots 3, 4, 5 & 6, Block D 4 Lots 3, 4 & 5, Block W 21 Lots 1, 2 & 4 and Ocean View Plan Block F Lots 8 & 10, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to grant a piece of land to the State for highway access in order to widen the State Highway, or take any action relative thereto.
Not recommended.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, to be used together with funds provided by the Towns of Orleans and Wellfleet, to purchase a school bus to be jointly owned and con- trolled by the school committees of School Union 53, and
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authorize the school committees to take any action rela- tive thereto.
Not recommended.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept a private road, known as Western Avenue on the Carlton Shurtleff Plan, under the provisions of Section II Clause D of the Town of Eastham By-Laws, and the General Laws of Massachusetts, and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for said purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended, Yes 6 No 1 By request.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 to pave Western Avenue, so called, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended, Yes 6 No 1.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in Highways, Chapter 679, the sum of $6,091.64 for the following project on Depot Road and Route 6, work to consist of reconstruction, widen and re- surface with 3" Type C-1 mix, also to pay for any work by Town for land damages, layout costs, fire house traffic control box and ducts to proposed state highway traffic light system, or take any action relative thereto.
Not recommended.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $20,000.00 to reduce the tax rate, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by gift land to be used as an entrance to Hay Road at Route 6, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 52. To hear the reports of Committees and to
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do or act on anything which may legally come before this meeting.
No recommendation required.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the post office in North East- ham and the post office in Eastham seven days at least before the 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 seals this Twenty-First day of January, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Six.
LUTHER P. SMITH Chairman
FRED G. LaPIANA, JR.
ROBERT J. ERICKSON Board of Selectmen
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INDEX
Accountant's Report
13
Ambulance Association Report
67
Appeal Board Report
70
Assessors' Report
10
Balance Sheet
32
Births
42
Building Inspector's Report
81
Civilian Defense Report
99 38
Collector's Report
158
Conservation Commission Report
121
Deaths
44
Dog Licenses Sold
41
Election, Annual Town
45
Fee's Collected
40
Finance Committee Report
74
Fire Chief's Report
83
Fish and Game Licenses Sold
41
Gas Inspector's Report
82 3
Harbormaster Report
122
Health, Barnstable County Report
106
Health, Board Report
104 85
Historical Society Report
118
Insurance in Force
65 66
Librarian's Report
90
Library Trustee's Report
87
Marriages
43
Nurse's Report
91 2
Officials, Elected and Appointed
4
Planning Board Report
94
Police Chief's Report
96
Public Buildings and Park Committee
76
Recapitulation Sheet
11
Recreation Commission Report
115
Registrar's Report
100
Salaries and Wages Paid
36
School Report
123
Selectmen's Report
8
Shellfish Constable's Report
101
Special Town Office Building Committee Report
78
Telephones
2
Town Meeting, Annual
46
Town Meeting, Special, April 8, 1965
57
Town Meeting, Special, November 16, 1965
62
Treasurer's Report
33
Veteran's Agent Report
102
Warrant, Annual Town Meeting
155
Welfare Worker's Report
103
Windmill Report
93
Government Representatives
Highway Surveyors' Report
Juror List
Office Hours
Comparative Figures of Article 12
The Massachusetts Selectmen's Association PRESENTS
Second Prize
IN THE FIFTH POPULATION GROUP
0
To the Town of
EASTHAM
In Recognition of the Excellence of its TOWN REPORT For the Year 1964
AND in witness thereof has caused its seal and the signatures of its President and Secretary to be affixed hereto at Plymouth on the First day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.
PRESIDENT
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SECRETARY
THAM. +
N OF EASTH
1651.
Q INCORPORATED
INCO
NMOL
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