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Home My WebLink About1964-11-03.. ' ~ :Pursuant to-warrant ~the .Inhabitants of the,-Town of .%~e-,.:-:,-'~-. .... 'A~,'/rican Legion' Hall~~ Washing%on St,' TuesdaY~ November '.' to"'~e~ect the candidate's 'for. ~le~tion 'to::tHe'.bffice~: Cards of instructions to voters~ penalty cards. ~ voting lists and~ s .p~,.ci~e~ bal'iot$ wer~ posted outside the guar'd'raLl'~"Instructions to voters~'~ penalty cards'were posted in the booths. ~.,1~, 'The follow'in~ ballot clerks were~, swon~, in: '$.lbe:~.'~ O. ~rock.~ Joh~ J: ~i,scoll ' Se~dd6n W. ~.~gg Jr.', Ed~" F~"S~',~!y,: Her~ert-C. Wo0d,',.Ches~er; S~'.B.arrett Jr., John H;~ Bartlett,. Frank W. Ra~sdellj' Charles/F. Davis. package said %o ¢on"'c.,a~"~, 25 short form l~,llo'lm were delive:~"~d to ihs ballot clerks and their receipt t~ak~n the ,ref~e. '. ~:"o ,. ', .,:~: .,.. ~'::;~zi~.~4.. .,.:~:;;%'s?,:~t.~~ ~':.~?- - ~ -i'~J~'-'~,*,;:i. · L~?..G'?~ ' The ·ballot bom'and'Emergency Ballot b6~'W6~e'~'~pened for ~bli& '~n~'C%i.'0n; . They were examined by Seddon W. Legg. 'John 'J." D~iscoll Wendell H. Howes and found to be empty.. The register on the' ballot' b6x was '.set at oo000, both boxes locked and 'the ke~' turned over to WendelT!H.".Howes, 'Constable. ' ' Constable Howes pre~en~te~ the-Warrant £o9 'the State Election to Town.Clerk~ Cha'~Res Clark Coffi~;",~ The: w~rrant was 'read'b~ Clerk C0ffi~' ~nd- ~:' 7".00:A.~. th'~ polls were declared open. ''At 10:15 A.M;" and 1:15 P.Njthe register on · the ballot box standing resPectively at 5~0 and 1054 th'~' ballot ~'~wab~': ' ope~n~d by the officials in 'charge" and the:ballots removed tp the Em&'rge-ncy Ballot box~ ~,JA~:.;~.::~. .... . ......... (, , ,', . ;- , A ~5[."~0 M. the polls were~ declared cl'osed~ the reg ter;:o'n- 6 ~all~I box Th~ absentee ballots were then checked ~:' "" "''~ voted~ the re~is.,ter on 'the, ~1io%' box then standing at 1823. ':%?" ., '"~ ' ~ '-~ '. ', .:- .'-'. :r.i.~ 0.'~ The ~0ll0w~n~ Tellers Wre' ~.en'sworn in:, William ~. ~ri~d,..~l'es· ~e.!s; ..' ' .. wallace B. Deacon," Chari~'s F.:.~Sayleg"Jame~ F~'.Egan, Kenneth Wb 'HDldg~te'~'-'...< Ro~er A. Young,' Joseph X~ McHugh&' Leonard' E..Godfrey, Edward :' StroJr~, :. i-,'-- · james M.; Killen,-~verett V.-Lamb Jr., Allan:,D..Wood, Le~Y F:"'Ryder~. 0harles w. · Ellis, 'Albert A. Fee, Albert P.-Glowacki~ Herbert Crowell~"Victor J. Ferrantella, I Frank L. Hardy, Clarence H: ,Swift, 'Ja~es HJOlderich, Charles F. Da~is~': ' -. Benson C. Cha~e,Walter J. Eoyal,' Frank W. Ram~dell. "~ .... ,~v,'-':.~'. - The ballots were then s69ted and-counted and fonnd'to be:",)?:-~'-;~::;'~ :-'~:-'z":°~:' '" .-. Short Ballots :-". "- .... .~.';:- 2' ·:' ......... ' · War Ballots :'.:'- -.:-b~27" Th'6ballot 01erk,s at ~tHe-'gate' 'an~ a~,~h&' ~'~lot ~ox count~d'-'-the' names' Checked · on the voting lists and found.. .- . . - -..' ~.-. ', -"' ..-."~-'- u ~.'-.' Official Absentee _"-War Ball6ts' ?':'- Short~' :b.a. ,1,1'ots -. Totals MEN:' 764 .- ' ~"?' 7985' ' .... , ........ ~' ": 19 '. ' . 1 .'- ......... - 869'. . .-. '·'845 . - 10o . ' ', ' 8 : j.: ' . ..1 -.. ~,,.L .i: [. - 954 Th~eq.Teliers s~rted ~ou~tin:g' ~nd' at '~0.-'~67.~. the folloWing'resultS.':'~re r~aa in open meeting by ,the Town Clerk ............ - .. ,' .... .' 't .. , ass. ~nd. mome.:j ",>,'..~r~,~.:,~,,on~.~;;~9?~.',~R~',.::,~/':'~...7~:.i..~',~,'~., -m ";? :',~.~",~i~,i::'~.~ '~ ~-~. . '. 7'~'~dshaw'~ ~"- "..'~ ~.~o'.~ "'- ~-;'~,'?..' :'- ..~.>" ' .' :-'...~ .' ~ ?,. ' ' ' ~a~s .....'~.'~-"~-'.-~.-' '- ,' ...... ~.~ five ,: ~,: ~'..~...,-~,~.: ' ~ .............~ " ',... ~d.M.'.K~e~'- .. ~.'~Ten h~ed sixty one '; , , ., '~. ~.- ,,,1061 ' , , ~. Hqw~ ~i~ore Jr. , r'...' S~ h~dred eighty ,five ~,~, ,/.: ....,, ' ',?-.,~5 ' L~e~e G~fedd~., .~.>- . ~. ~..:j~ . ~ ....... -~ .-'.;.,' ... .,.,.'~.~ .~j ~..-2,,~ Grace F.' Luder ' ' ~: ........... T~e~:~'~" ~- ' ~"~"~'~'" '~': '~ '.' .' '.'?' .:.':.'~' :"'~':' '_ '"~"?~ Fr~c[s ~.' Bellott~ '. S~ h~d ~ ff~ve ... '.,-, 'Jo~ ~.,, Costell~.,~i...,,..~.; ~.,~ ,~ ~ Five h~ed. six ~-4':' .~?~rr~,~.,':~', .-,'s'~ ;' ' ~ :~.~'d~'5~ .',;.: ~liot~ L~ RicHard.. ;. ~:.~. ~even h~ ~..eig~t .... ~' ,' ,, ~:1138 , % .'.,.. .._ :~ ,.-'.:'. ~. ..... , . . -~ . ., ~.~ ~,: ~ard, W., Brooke ~ ;[; ,,(, ~.~ ~.~r ~een h~ed ..... , ~- ;~ '~, r ~-~...:' ~. ~:,~ .-~ ,t r' 1300, W~y N. Hogseth ' T~ee ., . 3 . ,~,'~H~d B. R~d..,,,,~. ;,.~' .... Five .j ~,..: ........ ~,.~,_,,r,. ....... ':: ,~-~'r,,': ~:~ -~.-,-~.z~'~, ., ' ~o~e~ ~. ~ '~." "~ ~e~ ~e~~ ~0 .... '~ ; ....... '7',9' Thaddeus ~czk0 ~':' ' ,' '" Five h~ed S'~enty ',' ' - . ] r .-/' -- 570 , ' :" Jo~ Charles- He~es ~ - Five ~- - ~ - . -.'4,%.~'%~.,¥[.: -,..~[:-.[:/~'-~;],~.'~'.,:,/:,SJ/- ~: ~.~:~.~? .E~elber~ ,L~- N~ens, ~ ~..~ -.~ ~e ' .-:'~ ~>~J~-/,:~jJ,~:~. :"~["'"/' ' "'-". "" "/~:~'~.~ '~J/' 1'~ . " ~s~ Kei~h ', ",.,',' ~e~e h~d 'fo~ ei~h~. .,:.~...:.~!. 1~8 C~is B~on ,: T~ h~ed for~ ~o , -1042 _ Nicholas W. Mitchell Four hundred sixty, three Blanks Three hundred sixteen SENATOR. cape & Pl~0uth District .. ' . Allan F. Jones -- Thirteen hundred'ninety four Blanks Four hundred twenty seven- h63 321 ,' 1449 !' 2 370 1 REPRESENTATIVE IN GEN~P~L Arthur L. Desrocher Scattering Blanks COURT' First Nantucket District Sixteen hundred fifty nine One~ One hundred sixty one CLERK OF' Wesley A. Fordyce Scattering Blanks REGISTER' OF DEFDS, Josiah S. Barrett Scattering Blanks Nantucket County Fourteen hundred ninety nine One Three hundred twenty One Nantucket ,District ' ' ' Fourteen hundred forty nine Three hundred seventy QUESTION NO. 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution s.mroarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held March 29, 1961, received 219 votes in the affirmative and 26 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963, re- ceived 244 votes in the affirmative and 14 in the negative? SUMMARY Th~ prgposed amendment provides that the terms of omce of me Governor, Lieutenamt Governor, Secrelary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General, Attorney General and Auditor be four years. ExecUtive Counc~ors, Senators amd Representatives shah continue to serve for ~wo years. The four-year term for cons~- tution,l o~cers wo~d become e~ective at the ~me of the November election in,the year 1966. -._. ~x ,; .... QUESTION NO. 2 · PROPOSED 'AMENDMENT TO' THE 'CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adopti6n of an amendment to the constitution s,,mmarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held July 18, 1962, received 2~8 votes in the ~i~irmative and 1 in the negative, and in a joint session- of the two branches held May 8, 1963, re~- ceived 246 votes in the affirma~ve and 2 in the negative? - .. .,' .' .... - -,,',' , ',, ' ~ ,.,., .,,- SUMMARY /I.i~.' . ~, ,, . ,., - In the event that any public office, whether elective or appointive, shall become vacant as a result of enemy altack, the proposed amend- ment would enable the General Court lo.provide for prompt and tem- porary succession to }he powers and duties of such otces, and to take · steps to.insure ¢ontinuily of government of the Commonwealth and ils politicalsubdivisions,.~ ' ' .'L~i,'~ . ,- .'- '- ;-';' PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONS~i~TION ,':..~ D~ you approve of the ad. opti~r~ of an amendme~nt to the con~stitutlon s-mmarized below which was approved by .the General Court in a joint session of ~e ~o branches heldand M~Chln ~e29' 1961~ recelved~d ~ I~ 251 votes ~ the ~a~ve 0 negative, a jolt session of ~e ~o branches held May 8, 1963, re- ~ celved 252 votes ~ ~e ~a~ve ~d 3 in ~e negative? ' T~e p~o~osed ~e~e~l ~des t~t't~ credit-of t~ ~o~on- weal~ may be ~ven~ lo~ed o~ pledged o~y by a ~o-~rds vote of each brauch of ~e Le~sla~r~. ~ no event sha~ ~e cre~t 'of ~om~onwe~ be ~van or lo~ed to or for ~y ~divldu~ p~vate assocla~on or co.craYon p~v~ely o~ed or m~aged. ,. :'{'" D0. you appr~'-of the ado'pti~n of ~n'~ndment to the constitution s-mmarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two' branches held July 15, I962, received 220 votes in the affirmative and 24 in the negative, and in [~[:S V/ a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963, re-, I ~,, ~_ ceived 258 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative? ' [ aU Executiv~ Council to require oifinions of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on questions of law. The present requirement that the Governor and Council a~ree before a question may be submitted · '_ . LAW PROPOSED BY Ii~IITIATIVE PI~TITION -:' Do you aP'prove of a laws-~marized below which was disapproved in the House of,Representatives by a vote of 109 in the ' . affirmative and 109 in the negative and was disapprovedI YES in the Senate a vote of in the ative in NO ,, The P~0~sed m~asure provide~ that henceforth appointments in the executive branch of the government shall not require the advice and consent of the Governor's Council. l~xceptions to this provision in- clude appointments to the Youth Service Board~ Industrial Accident .., Board~ Commission of the Department of Public Utilities, Parole Board and Appellate T~x Board~ which'appointments shall continue to require Council action. However~ should the Council fail to act upon such pointments within thirty calendar days~ then the person involved shall be deemed to have been lawfully appointed. Any appointment in the executive branch by an officer other than the Governor which hereto- fore required Council approval shall henceforth require approval by the ' Governor. .-,. ' 'r~ :- -:':. .- '/.'~ ' :, Removals' from office shall no longer require the advice and consent of the Council~ except in the case of the Youth Service Board~ which re- ' ! · .-* .:,, ( CONTINUED ) "movals must still receiv* Council appr;{al. 'As in'the ca.~e'of a~poini- ments still requiring Council approval~ such recommended removal from the Youth Service Board must be acted upon b~ the Council within thirty calendar days; 'otherwise the proposed removal shall become effective as if approval had been given. In the'case of any ap- - pointment which heretofor~ required Council approval the Governor may~ within fifteen days of the maldn§ of the appointment~ remove the , The Council shall no longer be ~required to 'approve the 6~ing of any compensation for' services rendered in the executive department.. . And henieforth there need be no approval by the Council of actions or a~reements by executive officers~ including but not limited to borrgw-' . ings and Ioans~ investments~ leases~ licenses~ purchases and convey-.' _ ances~ and contracts~ and also including the promulgation' of rules and regulations.'.,, -~'-~: - ," -,' .,' --. ,.. .- -... , _, ~'.~:. ., >,/..,.., "Notwithstanding the fo~'~goin§~ the Governor .shall at ali times re- main free'io, s~ek the advice "and coi~ent ~)f 'th'e TM Council upon any · matter.': ,"-'-:%:' ?' ~' ' ~-;;-'~' ~-.~'-,~'-,:~ :~:! ~'~.W SUBMITTED UPON 1LRFEI~NDUM AFTER PASSAGE :.: Do.you approve of a I~W 's~ized belo~ w~ch W~S approved'~ ~e.~House~,of Representatives by a vote of 180 ~ ~e.. ~afive :~d 40 ~ ~ negative ~d was approved ~ ~[ ~e Senate by a vote of 28 ~..~e ~afive ~d 5 h ~e - ~de~'~e tct~'~eC~e as o~ J~ 1, 19~, each member '-~e=e~ Cou~ sh~ receive se~en~-eilht h~dr~d do~s for each re~'~u~ ~ession~ ~e President of ~e Senate ~d SpeWer of House of Representa~ves sha~ each receive ~e ~e ~ount as addi- ~on~ compensagon~ ~d ~e floor l~aders of each of ~e maior po~ p~es ~ ~e Senate ~d House~ ~e Ch~ of ~e Senate Com- ~ee on Ways ~d Me~s ~d ~e Ch~ ~d Vice-Ch~ '"~at commi~ee of ~e, House~ sh~ each receive ~-~e h~ed do~s a~ ad~on~ compensa~on~ to be p~d as prodded ~ ~e Act. ~er ~e s~e date ~ a~u~ e~ense ~ow~ce is to be s~ h~dred do~s ~or each member ~d ~e ~avel ~ow~ce is to be eight cents per ~e wi~ a s~ted minimum ~d ~ ~tema~ve~ ~d a member chosen to ~ a vacancy or who resi~s d~[ a sessio~ is-to be en- ~ed to per diem compensa~on at ~e rate ~or each re~ ~ual ses- sion ~d to the ~ow~ces for ~avel ~d o~er expenses for ~e ~e of '.' It i~ ~so p~ovided ~at ~ addison to ~e compensa~on for ~e 196~ ~u~' session ~e President of ~e Senate ~d SpeWer of sh~ b'~: p~d ~-~e h~d do~s, ~e floor leaders of each major po~c~ p~ ~ ~e Senate ~d House~ ~e Ch~ of 5enat~ Commi~ee on Ways ~d ~e~s ~d Ch~ ~d Vic~- Ch~ of ~at commi~ee of ~e House~ sha~ be pad h~dred and ~en~-tve-do~s ~d each o~er member sh~ be p~d ~teen h~dred ~ ~ do~sl ~ach member sh~ ~so be en- ;'~ed to ~ ad~onal ~xpense ~ow~c~ of ~o hundred doll.s for ,~e c~end~ ye~ 196~ ~d ~e ~avel ~ow~ce sh~ be at ~e rate of eight cents per ~e ~ a s~ted mi~im~ ~d ~ ~temagve for the Sale' therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic bever- ages)?...-.:-.' .-: .' ':, - . ' ' '-. '. ' . ,.,.. :- . :_ .:: -.....:., ,,.,. ,:..,:,'.:...,.:_ .:, .,, _,.- .': Eo Shall licenses be ~ranted in this city (or town) for beer, ale a~cl all other malt beverages). , - ...... :, .,. ,,, :~, . ,,, .. ,,,. ,::.,..,-.-,.,:, : /:::,--~,: !':'::' ~o Shall license.~ be granted in-this cft~ (or tow~) for ~,~,.,ed, not. to be drunk on .the premises? . . ' -; ...... ' "Z: ','.. '." .:- -~ - - ' ' -- '-. :,I' :': :~","'.'::~ ...... · ' ' 'q'.{, ' ,- "4'. ' ~','-'i.-~ -", ~ -·.: -' '- :,,':~-~!'.'! ~'"''-,~ WARRANT' FOR SPECIALTOWN MEETING ,-WITH RECOMMENDATiONS '0F THE ACCEPTED BY ':THE TOWN Nantu ss. : ' ' '- ' ~: ',' : ~ ..,,... .':?)'-.. ~ ~e ~am~ 'of ~ ~o~w~al~' of Mas~u~m , you are ~rected to 'notify ~e ~'habi~nts of ~e To~ of , N~ucket, qu~fied to vote ~ Town ~airs, to meet at &e Lemon Ha~ in said 'Nan~cket,' on Tuesday &e 24th of- . November, 1964, at 8:00 o'clock ~ ~e aftemoofi, ~en ~d · ' there to act on the fo~o~ng a~cles: · " Arti'cle i' To receive repom from co--trees which shall come ~before this meeting.- ,~: . ., ,, , " We ~comm~nd that ~e repo~ from ~e eo~e~ ~ , received. :, ,~':"''--- : ; Voted by the meeting ~ recommended by the Committee. ,-; ~tiele 2 '-- To' see if the Town will vote to raise and apPrOpriate, - borrow or ~ansfer the sum of Ten ~omand Four Hundr~ Eigh~- · '-, '~ee and 00/100 ($10,483.00) doll~s, to ~ added ,to a~cle ~/(~ No.'57 of the ~st ~nual Town Meeting Wa~ant '~d for ~e - - purpos~ ~ specified ~erein. ,,~ .',,. "..';,".':'~ , ~,~ : '- . ' ' ",~ ,'.[, We' recommend ~at the To~ 'vote to ~er ~e ~m of ' ',, Ten ~om~d Fo~ Hundred Elgh~-~ee do~ ($10483.00) from the Vetem~ Benefi~ Depment aeco~t to ~ele 57 of ,. the l~ a~u~ To~ M~g W~h ~d ~o~t to ~ add~ to the ~o~t appmp~ated under ~d ~cle ~7 and for ~e , ~erem. "; Foted ~ the ~eeting ~ r~ommended by the ~ommtttee. ~ ' ~ticle ~ '"T0'see ~ ~d To~ will vote' to ~aise ~d appropriate , ,bo}f6W or Wansfer, ~e sum of Two ~omand and 00/100 ($2;- 000.00) doll,s for ~e put, se of cons~cfing ~d ~staBing'a, ' cenWal elec~ical utili~ ~ansfomer, with nece~a~ wk~g -, .' -panels to semite ~e new Town and ~unty Building; Fire Station, ' .... Police Station, and ~m~o~ ~tion and ~foma~on B~eau , Bu~ding.':~,:.:' ..,:.~ : ~;, :': ,' ", ~,,'"":' ,' ',-:" ':,~' - ~-" 'We r;e~mmehd ~ai-'me To~ vote ~ ~er ~ ~m of . TWO' ~o~d Do~ ($2,000.00) ~om ~e Vete~ Benefi~ D~ ' p~ent accost for ~e p~o~ of co~c~g ~d ~g a ' cen~ elec~cM u~ ~omer ~ nec~ ~g ~d p~ to ~ce ~e new~To~ ~d Co~ b~g; ~e - Police S~fion, ~ Co~o~ S~fion ~d ~o~fion B~ B~d- , Voted by the m~eting ~ ra~ommended by.the Comm~tte~. Ke~c~ W.' Holdgate " -( Pa~-V. Hoadley ' ':{;:- : '" : ~ E. Buffer :: - ,'~,,r ,. ' . ", ?~'i:' ' :?~,4~2~ - ':' '.' '"- ..... '-z ,';' -