HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-16'~Selectmens Meeting 16 OCt 1968 : : ~"" ;~" .... ' ''::"~': ~-
The meetingcameto order at 7,30 Pbf all members of the Board beingpr~s'ent.'
War;antNo. 43 totalling $3S,'621:21 ~as~'~es~nted bF '"~ .....
Town^cct.-Barrett and
checked and approved by the Board. ~..
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. ':.
Hr..R°bert~ Christmln' Oas p~eSe~t ~nd'discussed with~th~' B~ard its action in'
' issuing a permit to keep pigs in a ·residential area near premises owned
by him. Stated that he did not want to enter a formal protest but merely
',,' wished to discuss the 'merits of the situation with the Board. ," '
~r. Warren Yale~o~was p~es~" ~ ............ '"~ ":~'~"
' ~ ~': ....... ~elative 'to~pemission to tak~ down two trees
' ' .'. 'on the~property o~'Marjorie Burgess on Liberty St~and same was voted
~ ,. appr09ed it appearing that said trees had no value as shade'trees.
'I~ was voted to have a Siow sign erected on Orange street, near Bea~er.
+he l~arrant for 'the'pre~idehtial election was'presented by_Town Clerk Coffin
with hours for polls to be open 12 noon to 8Pt and same was voted
approved.~
The Board'aP~oved ~he '~
regulati;ns for th; taking 6~ se'all0ps for C0mmercial
~. use as appearing on the copy attached hereto and made a part of these
minutes. , : :~ , ~ ~.,~, :,, .-,~ , ,~,,, .,: ~,.
On motion duly made and seconded it was ~voted t~' adopt .the regulations relative
to lodging houses, as attached hereto and made a part of.these minutes;
:-:'"':It was further,Voted-that-said regulations be advertised in the local .....
paper and that copies be sent to each holder of a,~odging house license
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There. being no furthe~ busines's'the Bo~d went into ~ecutive session and'
adjourned at 9P~.' ...... ,.- ,
SHELLFi$'H 'REGuLATiONS
" ' COMMERCIAL USE
~ For'the Town of Nantucket, adopted by the Selectmen under
authority delegated by the Annual Town Meeting. ,:
' Section I. No person shall take ':' the complete dredge does not ex-
from the~ waters of .~-Nantdcket, · ceed-fifty lbs. in Wej. ght,.
Clams, Quahogs, Oysters, Eels, or ~ Section 5. N6t ov~."~ik., standard
Scallops, without a permit issued '. type b~gs .(provided by, ~he...Town) of
by the Selectmen as public Wel- ~ scallops~ shall be taken,
fare may require. Whoever shall ' day, including shells,'~an'd'_' ~ot over
take from the waters of l~antu'cke~,, twelve standard type ba§J£of scallops
,Glams, Q~'~l~ogs, Oysters, Eels, ~r ~ including shells sJaal_l be tak~h per boat
Scallops wibhout a permit issued:i per day;.This~lir6it .of~ik..~nd twelve
by the S'el'e'ctmen, or~ after;said ~ shall be %~terb~ed~'~a's including
p~rmit has been revol~ed by ~he.~ scallops takefi under-this commercial.
~$eleetmen, or whoever ~or~the'pur-~. permit and any family permit. Bags
pose o£ procuring a license falsely will have to be tied at the top and
~akes any representation or sta~e- completely closed .....
'ment required shall be punished by
'~.fine of fifty ($50.00) /dollars for
e~aeh offense. '. ', '' -
~Section 2. The Selee~m~n-~sh~ll
issue permits as directed in A~ticle
130 of the General Laws of the
Co~onwealth of Massachusetts.
~3 Section 33~.' The Selectmer/~ sh~ll
~llow the taking of legal ~scallops
gSr commercial purposes: during
the ~riod from Novembe~ lst~to
March 3lsd, inclusive.
'~'Section 3B. ~callops shall .be
taken by hafid only for ~family use
.~nd not over 'one bushel~per p~rs~n
per week, and not for commercial
ph~oses during the mdnth ~f Oc-
'~ Section 3C.' The use 'of~ dr~dges
: b~een the hours of~nset and
.~[ ' S~nrise, and on Su~is-'
~ibi~ed during the
~easan, nor shall sca]~p~:ta[en
5~ Sunday by hand'~off:"edmmer-
emi purposes. -
.... Section SD.' No scallops-~sh~H
b~ taken under this .pe~it unless
'they shall have a well defined
ra~ed annual' troth line; ag pro-
vided by Section 70 of Chapter 130
of the GenerM Laws,
. Section 4. ~he use'.of ~o [or
more dredges connected .together
by an iron bar or any-slmilar de-
~ee is prohibited. No dredge.or
dredges of ~a~r width .th~n
twenty-eigh~ inches across ~e
mouth will be pemitted. Power
hoisting of dredges is authorized
prodded no dredge is more than
twenty-eigh~ inches ~de, seven
~ngs deep, the Bar on dredge is
not over eigh~en mesh long and
Section SA. No Scallops shall be
taken from the waters of Nantucket ~
when the air temperature is 25 degrees.~
Fahrenheit or 1ess. ,', - ~ ', : ,.- '. '-';:'
· Section 6. No clams, quahogs
oysters, or scallops shall be taken
by hand or otherwise from such..
seed areas as are now set off or
closed by action~of the Selectmed
o~-from such areas as may be set
off. or closed by the Se~ctmeh'
du~ing the .period these regula-.
tio~s remain in force. Clams must
m6asure 2% inches .or more and
qu~ahogs must measure 2 inches 6r
''. Secti6n 7A. A: first vio.Iation of
any of .f~he-sections t~o to six in:
elusive shall be-punishabl, e-by re-
vocation of license' for not more
than thirty. (30) days from thee
date of. the' Board's action revok-
ing said license. If said penalty
'should ,carry 'over the end of the
season,.the:balance, of the penalty
remainfng [~halY be carried over
and be .effe.ctive in the next scallop
of any'.of the sections two to six
inclusive s]aall-be' punishable by
revocation ~of li6~n~e for one year '
from the date of :the Board's ac-
tion re~o~ng -said- license. · .....
Section 8. The ~fee for license ~.
to ope~atedunder the above
.' Section 9. As may seem neces-
sa~, and at any ~ime, the above
~la~ons may be altered, or new
re~lations pu~ in force by the
Selectmen