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The' meet i~g 'came~ ~*0 °rde~ ' at 7.30 PM' all "'members"' ·'~':' 'of ::":the:' "Board'~ '~
being present, except Ch. Pease, Mr ~' Meilbye served 'as Ch.
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Minutes of the previous mee*ing were read and approved.'
~arrant No. 6, totalling $28,318.61 was presented'by Town Acc~.
Barrett and checked and-approved by, ~he Board.
Mr..Nestor Rishards repr~esen~ing the Pishermens ASSO. was presen~
and requested ~hat ~he Board through the shellfish warden
ask ~he s~ate to make a survey of the soq~ shell'claim areas
~Mr. El~yn*P=ancis Shellfish Warden was present and stated
lhat he had a prog~am~in which he ~planned~to harrow various
soft shell clam flats in lhe sp~ing and ~ha~ he would have
the assistance of a state biologist, ~and that'he would feel
tha~ ~h{s should cover this matter, and .further that he,would
hope the Board w~ld not open ~he season on clams un~il the
fall so that the results-if any of his program might be-studit
The Board were~in accord with'~he sugges~ions'of'the Wa~den
and voted to approve his program.
Mr. George Andrews'spoke'on House~Bill No.'2191'with..~efere~nce
to netting about ~he sho~es e~c. stated he felt .~he old
regulalion which is now in force should ~.retained. Warden
P~ancis suggested that we ask Rep. Mooney to obtain for us
from~the Div. of,Pisheries their'opinoion on ~he .contr. of
the present regulation and it was so vo~ed.
Miss Giadys Wood[was granled a permit to haneda Sign over ~he
st~ee~ at her.new place of bysiness on S. Wa~er St.~same
having been~approved as to form by the H. Dist. Comm.
It was called to the attentlon.'of the Board tha~ a meeting had~
been set up in Edgartown, Sa~. PM with members of the Selectm,
of Palmouth, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, all '.members of
the Board sta~ed they would be able to a~end, and the Secy.
was requested to make ~he necessary arrangements
Mr."Killen suggested ..that'.we reactivate .~he~Tr~n~po~tat{on,
committee,, and' that we request lhe~Rotary Club,~ and'~the
Chamber of Commerce to suggest or nominate one of. their ~ ~ '
~members to serve'on this Committee~along with-four o~hers
~ to be appointed by the Board.~n motion made-and-secnded it
'was sos voted, with the addition tha~ same be sci up b~vore
1 March if possible. '~. .
Ther~ b~ing no further business the B0a~ went in~o e~ecu~iee
~ session and adj' a~ 9.30 PM. ~
Bxecutive sesSion:~. ~- .... ~, .~
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,,, . Applications were received fromMarjorie~'Andrews
and'Mrs Margaret R0binson-for-the P0Si~ion of~Jr.Clerk and,~
Typist at ~he OAA and ~C office-to replace Mrs Burchell who
is getting through-the 15th; ~s ~rs Clu~e.is on the~Civil Set.-
vice list for this position which is un4er Civil Service it was
voted that she be appointed to this position.
The mat~er of, the,in6ormati0n bureau maps~printed2 by th~ Town
Crier was agai-n discussed, Mr. '~eilbye advised ~hat he had gone,
over some of same and ~hat he found a few that he would call
unacceptalbe but that by 'and~ large he felt ~hey were OK and
tha~ inasmuch as ~he Bureau was 'out of maps and needed same
for mailing ~hat we should accep~ same provided the paper
would weed out the ones ~hat were not OK. So Voted.
Secy.