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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-02-19MINUTES '. OF.:. THE' ANNUAL: TO~'/N:.MEETiNG OF,':-' T~L~ JTO~D, ' '~ ,Held1' in ,:,.the ~ Dreamland '.' The T~ r, day,',:, Februa y . :"-' Nantucke' HIRHLAND AS$OCiATE~ .1430 Massachusetts Avo, Harvard Squaze Oambridge 38, l~,fassachu£e~:~ .'` 7u. ')~' ,-', '.' .., ~'...... ,,..,,~,:, '-~ ...... , ,'_,,,,,,'.,., ,,: ? ', ,'.. '," ,'',". ' .'~.-'',:,' ~ ,,,. '~ . -. : . ." '. ', -~ ~ " ".~, , '." ,-, '.' ' , . ,' ', . ",.':' , '. . , · ' .-' ' , ' ~.; :,, L'..' .... · ' ', , ."-, - .' "' -, "" ,' ,'. ': -: ~", '".:'' ' ,.'. ',:/ ' '' '-~ ' .'.,,~ ,"~' ",. -' ~,-'," ".~',' ",A','-.' " "., :!-'',h'- "' ''~ '.',' -~ ~' '-'-"."' ' .'- .'.' .,' ' ' ' '.; . '..'.. '.' .'. ~.. h., : ,' '. ~. v - ' f ,." ' "...,' ,_'-' .-. :..v..'.: ...,... "......',~ ,.i: ':" V-f-. ' )" '...' ',. ' ,. _". .... " .... ' .... ' .... ANN~AL 'TOWN ~ETiNG-'oF' THE TOWN OF NANTUCKET 'convened "in., .... ., ' · THE . . .' ,..,,. ...................... -.'-. ' ' "'"" ' '.' ' ' the'" Dreamland Theater,~ Nantucket, Massachusetts,' at ,.,_,,.. , . ,., ,. _.______", ,,,,,__ '",, ' '.'.'"'.. '"-eight' o clock," Tuesday evenl, n~,' . y. ~, ~5 ,' '-~ :" '.'.: "/.: )~...,' . .... u- "'.:',. ,, ,~ The MODERATOR '. '~ The' meeting will- please i come to order. --":' .: '- -' '.' '-'. .iThe Town Clerk will read the minutes, ":.. '" ' ~' ."' ·~: '~ ' ' Mr.' Coffin. / 'i'-'"-'~ i~ '-~' ~ ':"' '~ .......... ' '" ""' · . . , .,.. :..: ,,,: . ,:, , ',/',- ,., .- , ~ , . . ".-. :" '"'"" ., '--'. [ T~'e~' minutes. :'~' "' were:"'" '"'~ead~ bY'~ 'M; ,' ~h~i~-" ¢ ". ~O£fin, ., ~. ,, ),.'..), '.:',.', ,i "" :.'. ' '? '~'~" " · : .L .... '," ,. '" ...... " :. :i~._' .. '-. ,~ .: '. ..'.. ', :.: The MODERATOR.-", Article 2'of the Warrant is. ' ,T...O' receiv '" ." '. :"'. Y.-reP'orts ~ of. the various departments and committees, which shall .. -' ' . ...~ '.... ·'. .' %'. "'--'. /'-::' .',"/.-.:.,~ !::t::~: ~ ': ...' ...... : ~, '~ ':." '.' :'" .'._ ..... . i'-',['.~:" 1' ''1''--' '''''' '1' .('.-: .: ? Are there 'any reports ,,to be'received at .this-meeting? ...:-,'.:}.'. :~`~ . ~:~.:..` ~`:~:/~c~ Wariant~°`[~:~ (.:`~`. :i::;~:~[ ~. `~i ~:[:~`:`~::.~``. .-?.'.,.?) ::V--:~:' ):.;:[.-': : (f !'"": :'." ..... . . ( ,. ". ': ': - The MODERATOR,'":' Changes '-to be ~ade in 'Article. 8, :.';[i_ ":":- '.:"( :/_' apparently upon the,i'reco~endati..o,n~' 0£..~he'F!nanc.e C,°~t~e,.:." ' ' · which is different from what was published.. ....... . i . ""~ '. '. '.. ' ': ..:.' .:'"-".' ':. ' ': ~?.".'::::~] ']: ': ::...-['...) :.:. (:[,.'.: j!-'-...:j-~.:': -' :-:'b.F'%?~.:."[:. :'~ ::l-~/.l ~[:.:~:~A;.'.":, :"-'"-'.:! :: '"' ;:' : ~ [ "":-':.' ." (':"'-} S'~f:~'~~ Of 'the'.'Kee~'jof~the'Dt~"t0''be'' $2,050,00; -.,~ [.' · - .~-'. ." l' . .. i: :v >'...,../. ?...,- . .,.:.:...~,-........: :-,_?:,_ ..t:-?,i; :.,:~:?~.:::~,,-,:.-....,.~-::z,:?,:..:.'.;:>l/':.:;-.e.??'~%?~[[:.:.-: " ": '"' ' .'.:":.':',,,' ' -" .' ." ,,:'-'" : "' :i O. [ 'Clerk should ~e $1;600.00.instead'of,$1, g00.00. :,",-,.:;',':,...,. a~k-~''. that' '~ch'' anff' '~ch :"a~U'a'~ti~le'-:'lbe .'tak~':' ~Ut','; ~Rd ~' it::.':,(, discussed in rotation; ' ' ,.. :_.,-.-.... :' ,:-? ':'.: ,.:' :. ,v ' ' ,:,.,,,?..;'.',: '.l,/,',,. '."~Ses'a~one-wish ~o'~V~'~ny',a~i~i~'~aken'o~,"-',;:.~ '.-.,,~ ~" "~'; ,,, '-' -~-*' t~ ,-' .., ',, ~ .. '" -.',, -,, ' ,'. 't, ,',~, ;. ; ,':: ',-, , ... ,,. - ,' , '.,,, ,.,.~]-" ':tMr. TOP~.:-,'..I 'would,:like to ~ve. Article'30'taken out. "The .MODERATOR ;"1" Article.' B0 · :.,~ t': :_' :"?,: .: [,, ,:,~:.~ ?: ?.':' 7-.;:.: '.' ,' :~-::_ .,.:.; ~:'-:,.' :. , Mr.': ~GE~USS. ;"Article .67. ':" ~.%~'., [~ ;'.,',.' , :.., ':?'"¢ ;?t:', '.,, :..;.':" . ' :,' /- . .:. .- ,%;;;~ ,"-':,] .M~.':BA~ER;-. 'Article' 2; :Article 8, 'A~ticle. 69,':and ':.:?:~e MODE~TOR.'-~::,Mr. :Royal. ,;'~--,:: ,-,, '-,:, :,: ~.-,, ,,. .., - ..... '.',.'"'"M~;: ROYAL;':~. 'Article t74, ' please...':~ zq.:'.~'2~::',:,~,:..:~:,.,. .' :.-. '. "'-: ~::' ~'--:? :, ~e MODE~TOR.'i'~Are.:the~e any more articles to ~ no~;'.~he '~uaI p~ooed~e ~ill' be.' ~ollo~ed,-"'A~ '~he end'. ; ~:i .. ' ~ ". :"..Co~mlttee,':'Which h~s':be'en'submitted'and'ls n~ before'the meeting. ,' ~. '~ "..-'-~ . "~,,~"" ,. ~, .~:i.'~The 'MODERATOR:"/.,"That~is right~ '., The meeting can take up '- : : , ' ~ : ."i'::,,'"'i,~ ~:' ~tiC~'~' 2'0~' this ,'r~e'~'"O'~t ' now~i:i'''O~ :it'"c~""~ke ':~P' ~e'i F'~n~c'e 'i';!.~!~ !,. i' "[' i.'" :. ',"~.'~ i -'" Committee' s '-report.,': If you' care ' to take' uP 'the Report of., the ~ '~'~',~:.',~"" .':~ .,."i. '~ ,~ ~:',:i', S'cho0i' c~ittee }': it ~is in` 'order.'' !:'~,~'~.,.i",~} :'~:~:~:-'~:~_,, ,,?, )':<',!:ii'ii ii.~i~.i,'i-.."ii}%,~.:,:, !~'~ · . .' yesterdaY, regarding the £inancial ~[~ ~ .... Jjl i'.::-,'.':i:!i-:"Pr°~osit'ioh,"L Which' 9;~S ~ep'~e'd, ?~nd/it w~s'~ de~e~ted~ :i~,! Th,~'t" · · "%'"-,-,'.:"~"'/;:ii'( i,'i "!: di~o'se~$' ~f "g~ab' "~t~'~.'-~'O~':i the":~ ~lm~ i~b~ing'~'' i}':'"Th~tt~d~s":'~'0~:i''~' iVe us' · , ,,- .~, a-~ilities :"~,;.:' ~, . '- :'.% :~ "'~ ~!~'._.;'...which' the::c~ildren' of,~this ,'to~n should have~-and which 'I ~belleve'' .,. ~ · :~:. ~ ~: ,: ":~ generally are admi~ted~ .they should" have o~. To leave ~.the ~atter, ,... . .' .... . .... foolhardy. :- :: ~. ....... .- . ',-.,: '.~..' -:.-'.,,:,,, ~,-,~' '~ '~: ..... "' ':--,: ......... ?;.-:'.. "': ·.., :,: ~,--:'. : ~:. ' .... ., ._ ,.., ,: .... . ,.:'~ One: other,'point,'] which I-state':purely as an individual;' : :." :; '~ ' ' ':- .',. '~.:, ': ".~,: ,,. ':'-? .? ",,; .';~.'.',[/,-...::'::': '~::.':..-:.',"-.i:.:":'i':':.:;,:' . :.;.?".":.:~'/:~ -t:.,-,;,( ;[; ',?-:"?:b'?.'i[: ~: -'?-,,' ?.'"',f'--?-:"'-,'"':,; ,, ~"~'.:.. ' '., ~. ~ represent nobody and' there has ~een no such agitation' re~arding .... ,: ' ' : :/ ~...:' ' .. '.' .'.' ;.~? ';?',' ,'...' -:'.~ -'"'!-::%b,.'-:' .. '-.,~.'~:-:':,'~""',""~".3'.'~" ..'~%,','~" %"~-'.' ':" ~'~ ~'?'J/' ~'%' ' a ~m, . . ~-~ail meehi~ piaee £'~ennett .- ', ,;/. ' . ~ ' : ,,. ':.~.Haii~ ',-. )' ...: i?t:., - ?.,'..-. :?-..:'..q,,/- 'i i. ". :..'"../..'::i:(.'::-,;.'/:;i.~,',-:.!-.".":','i-~,. .' ':::",.'?'~ I therefore-move you that~ ou~ thanks be given the''..-- Co~ittee..and that .thei~ report be referred to ~the Boa~d-of.~. . Selectmen~: With' instructions to appointed co~ittee ~0-carry tdrt~eb ~t dy ~d rep0rt,:".a a that ? in that 'co~ection, withi u n , the dis'~t~0n o f'.'the. B6ard'0f ' selectmen , [~. that ~b~ittee be t d to the s~ of. O0 in neces y expenses. '..,': Was Seconded; ] '.,...~ .. The~ MODE~TOR..:'-You Cannot make any. appropriations', ", ' ' '~,"~ .... ,:' ~ :,'"' :' "~ .:,',:L,' ".:~.":" "~ ' ,~ '~' '~'. ..... ~. ~Barber. There~.a~e' Probably only', tWo. or three thins you Can 'do with' this. report, . Moue' can move to a6cept it,' place' it ........ 0n'f~ie, .with thanks. ':. You 'can move to:have the whol~ -" ct' ;'~tter' reco~ltted to tne co~Ittee,,fo~, further: Ii h p ".b Check'-'0n] the'ea~lie te the:.l Annual To~.MeetinE.-.:' Article .~8~ at the.Annual To~ .Meeting 'of: 1949, ,was :~.'."To ~ee. if ~e' T?w~ will'vote to authorize the To~' ~ee~i~ ~_ ~'- ~ ~n~e ', l~S", ~a~"' r0E, ~n": ~'~'i~e ~.' "~ recommendations, '. further., pr0vidi~g.. · that 'any vacancies ~ in said ~ ,, ,,." ',.'.-. ,,~ .,,'.:'~'~i ,.~::: ~:r .~:/,~,~ .' ::; :~ir .~."'~ .':i:~~' ii ! :::)i '"" :'.~' ~i:-; ::'i''~il %~:~. :' ~'~ "~' ~-t' ~ Z.':: ~''.'.'~ ~ ~'~"~ /~ ~" :~%'~ ~r./ ::~_~,/. ,:.' · -~[ i-.' ;: co~ittee be 'filled' in'the~ samelma~e~..~d by.?the...same-bg~' .:. v-~. -. -~ o~iginally appointi~ any retiring membe ..... :,?,'z '.,'- ?, c:. _ ;'.~ -- ::..-.:':i .... " . 'to make a motiOn t~t the co~ittee' 60ntlnue with .the' study,-so /~ ..thatcher d0~:S';'~t~ die~:11' t~ke it th~.t' th!s~yote of-:lg~8 made ,:~-. ':~.this ~committee almost a standing cg~mm,~ ~, ~ ~'~ ~.. ,- .. ~ ~ ~ ~E~.:' I ~nde~sta~.d~ that $ th~ '~p~esent "committee ~ '~ has put in its report~ with a request ~for. its didcharge.~ . The MODE~TOR. ~' The last paragraph~ of th~ report ~of the ~.:'~6~itt~ia~d z"~d~g~e '~oU ha~'e'~re~d itl~'~Y~ ~ ?~T~is' ?i~'~t~e~.'~ last report ~t0 be~'submittedJby the Co~ittee on the Ex~nsion~ ofc school Facilities. Its task ~s been.t° prepare and' submit -.'a' plan for the new.high 'school 'of. the T0~J ',This task ~s been F~0~r :of the ~'~in~ Town'Meeting, acC'omplished~ From the' ~/bhe C6~ittee will submit its 'r~p°rt and move. that it be dis- ~,- ..that '~ou"canno~"~pp~0'~'riate any' money' Under' ~ur motion.' ~.'~:~-::(.....~ i' ~- ':~ :".'.-?~- i'. Mr."BA~BER~' i' i.will withdraw~:' if I may, with~ the' agreement -/of the .seconde~,'~the 'Part ~ega~di~.$5OO,'.an~t~uat some way some ' ' ' ,' : :.,'" .,- 'receiv~"it'and refer it 'to the' Board Of setec W :' '- "' .-',, "- instructions ~to appoint a co~ittee to.continue, the. study.o~ j'~: :':..l.-" ." oDER that motion: ,.that no members of,~that former co~nitteem be on the,., '~ 'new 'comm,'stye, ~since~ they.~ere~ ~o~ ~er~h~im~iY'. °utv~t~ed~ ~t' /. ,'.. :-:' :"~ Mr.'-B~. ~ I~suppose I have got.to in~nd what "~"';~'~ ~:'~ /"~" ' "~ '~ ~' .... '~ ~" :'':"~ int'" %'~'~" ~'/'rpret '~ ?:?~ '~/:"~:J'~'~' '~*'~' * ~a lot of~ thins :':/?~''~ ~intoJ'''(~';'::[': J ~('it. ~/))"~)'~: "~-The` language :says;-' 'I 'can't ~ :;'~,:: ': ~:'i" '~' "~,?,:~' high school is the real problem and-that'is what the study should continue ' i~."-. "i 'a&':~iO~'' filing anY'.'b°~da~'~Of' Sic 'a~itte'e,s dis~re ti°n: O~~ ~he ~t~er ~'k~ ' ail ::d~n"-$ '~nten~ :'.'t~::a~d'. f' ' d~'~, t. ~,.[it, th~ de'ire ~'of the 'C6~ittee~ t° be discharged? ,': I would'add ~': a~n- a'~'~dm~nt 'there ~'" to the, effect: that ~-' g~a~t: the- ~ommittee' s'"(j '/" .- {' :'" ~-'-"; '-:-~f'::'" -' "; '::~:':-:':;:?: - :':"' '~: - ;' ..... ~::, :'".-~.:': :' ~.:~T':c?- ",..., .j.,:'.:, ,'.',',:,,.~::,-': ,~,,,.,'::-~..:.. haa been made' ~d seconded la ~. :Barber's. mo~lon~.-.: Are -~ou ~: ~ ~ ' Article 8 is the next article to come up for considera- ~ S' 1'~ ~:' Mr' BA~ER; ,"Mr.'.'M°deratom- and ladies and gentlemen: " , ' this'moment; .~ I have I... am. starti~ -..°n....-a delicate. ?missi°n"at-t ~. '. :' :: heard .a-: substantial ~mo~nt ' Of co~ent and ' cr!ttclsm regardi~ '~'the r~l~e~'.~p0sed 9Y the ~lnanc~'.committee,~ regarding 'one' perhaps see what :I Could do about, that,_ and:I wish' to'state. the outset that .there :is ~bsolutely no personal attitude ~'/:.~.'.:.'. "... ~he '0rigin~i':'~tlcle"~alls f6~ ~-'lS'.'~r cent :r~ise i -thr'0ughout,",' The Finance Co--ittee,1 fo. reasgns~which t.' I..do ~hat'~enerally ~he .largest and neares~ ~o' 15 Per cent.were ~hom I s~ak of as whatever`, a~e the offlce~ in the In ,~' all 'about'. ~ privately paid'work. /~iHowever,':thosel ~salaries /.~ ~ N~ no qu~m~rei -gith-i_the~'P01i~e the Fire~Department,'~who are out g~ving a day's work each day and d0~nE~it~Under~ ~il~in~s' Of 9e~the~8~diti0ns and ~i~$~$~ ~$~L~1~ 'risk~,J b~t~-~t~ ~s~S~ to~, ~L't~he~e'~rtL~ ~j~bS~?th~?f~gu~es ~m~t~~ ~i~m' the ~thin~s-'whi~h h~ve'-~n' S~id ~t~me .~ .,~..~ ~:. Now,", I do not propose cutting: them out en~irely~ I will .make a motion, and if~ you ~ote against ~it~:'it is'.all right with~me~' but' it~ seems-' to me :that reductions :~nd' were raised'to $2500~ ~',': I would move.~ that these officers, ~th~s~~ ~hr~;~ b~"~ ~'ed6'e~d-'tO': $2300; :~ that .. the'.'colle~to~ -_ ~ :~.~ -/~-.- The -MODEST ..~ , -, : ..... -- ' ,-' ,-, ,~. and the Town Clerk. Those are .pa~t-time Jobs' .The actual there,; generally,' appears' to be.not sufficient to keep of other work, and"Z do not mean that' there is,,anything impr6pe~ ,,, ., :,,.1;.,~/,,:.,. ,,';, , ,"',.::-:'"-~' ;',',". ','-,, ;-. ..... "V', · ~each of the Assessors~ ~$15OO;~ and: the ,Town Clerk, ' · ,, ii,' ,-~',~ i ~ [Thel ~'Otion'_~a~/~se~Onded.-] ~' Mr ~ KLINGELFUSS. ' Mr ~ Moderator ...... ~' ~}/Mr. Kli elf uss. h ~ ~ ~ 1~ "~ ~,, Er;~ ~KLINGELFUSS. ~,, I have had the~opportunityLto~visit with some of those so-called'unofficials time and~again those~ so-called people~ that only work part are called on-the~phone, or asked~, Can you do something he~e?"~ l°~"'aS' Mr ;;"Barb~r~ w~id .W~t"th~'w~ $O dollars' does not make~ a; g~eat deal of. difference, to. the taxpayers ' ~ '% , *~ '' ; ~'. ~' ~'--.... L'-;, -'~-~ "~',', ,-,~'-;.. -}%'~,,:'%;. j::,.'-' ~ ;" ,GRAY. :<; I make an amendment; to' M~ ~'- ~rber ' s motion: not~- you~are .about .to ~vote' on 'the amendment of. MrJ'~ Gray: t~t ....: - '.; Mr.'Young, did you' want ~to.'say. somethi~? - ~ ~ :.~ · ~. ~ ; ' - Mr '~ YO~G; :~ Didn't~ Mr.-' Ba~be~ make a motion? ,' ~ - Mr, YO~G.'. ~y: Wasn't the motion.voted' on? ..... ,~ .-:: ,',:: .. .... : 'The.~ODERATOR.,:, It .wa.sf~men~ed by.~,:,Parke~. Gray and . ers, o~. ~self, '~ to~ Cag~ any.reflection' ... ~tever .. on the Finance C o~ittee, _but to try and.~bring to:the meeting." tho"subject matter. L:,..:>¢z b-'.'i 2 :.:,:.~ ~, ',-..u, - ......... ' ',: :.. :;.% Fo~. the' ~St~ three years,'~ the ~Sank~ty- G01f Club ~has asked for an. increase, in .their,water supply .to' the club 'grounds, an increase in the. pressure; ":' WeI understand that some, of- their.;-:. yea~) .' in. installing the' new .pi~s ~'),: I ~is' a'~ six~ -inch main .that' goes' alo~ Salary .Avenue .and Polpis 'Road 'to the Golf~Club grounds; --As pact_of-the grounds are-'o~ quite an.. ,'J.:j~.? '~,:~i~ A recent :test~ of~ the ~ hydrant sho,w.,s :only ~thirty pounds ! -' pressure, with' the tower full and very little water.being drawn from this main at the tim's'of the~test~ ~': There are "~pieces~of~property being serviced ~off this main in the summer ~, g~eens, the pressure is cut-do~m for the several buildings' .~ '~which are in user. by the Club during,their~o~n~season~~ This~ , new~'six-lnch extensi6n down~ the Old North Road,~ focally ~own as B~nell~ Street;~ would greatly reliev~ ~this condition. :~j~ - ~There are members~of the Club who. have done many, nice-: like to from the Acts .... ':':'~ -",L- and' such ' loan~ shall, be payable- in not mo~e than thir ,. be appropriated for this main extension,' and that the vote. on." nor are we mean, '.in-the sense that we don'.t want-to'give the. S~asconset Sankatz Golf~Club 'everything it~should have./~I ,feel~'~':: ~'~ that.we ~ow that'the~u~er ~esiden~s 'of Siasconset contribute .... consultation With 'one hydpaulic engineer ln'_to~;'-we found %he -" static pressure minus, the: flow pressure ! gives' us the .volume.' ?: It '~ ~..' ~' proved~'-.beyond a~ doubt w~t~oever, ,tha~ was all the.volume'.that " could be dell~m~d b~.a slxhineh main. a~'the p~essure developed ~.'~.~by a gravity, feed ~system 'and'..the ~pressure~:'.~he weight -Ofm~ the: ~.)~ water alone .between ~ two points," one" slightly :lower than ~ t~e .i(I' ./':' ~:': g~he~'; ? it:"P~'~Ved i that' 'the ~ S~iX~inch~"main 'wa'~ ?cle~'~' and ~'p~e ~'a:t , ~that time.'~ This-bei~ mid-winter~.we noticed.there was' very.:' ;little bel~ drawn off.'.that matnC~"An open hydrant test showed:" .... -a'full flow at the clubhouse grounds 'dl~c~!y in front of mthe "~ ~ from~ the Siasconset Water Company's main was a two.-inchJ line ~' That two-inch line supplies the 'caddy house'and the ~sprinkle~s in that vlclnlty.~ - It was laid down, I .Understand,~'from my_. ~:i i'n~e~i~'a~l~n';~ a'PP~x~m~t~'i'~ l~3i,':'a ~i~a~i~d:~':Pi~e~2~:/It ~:~'.:.:~:~. ~" :-~ of. rust 'and scale.~.'~Members of the Club have~.t~ld?~'~'~t~iV~. ~ new pipi~~is planned for this. year and your Co~ittee would-:: :~ ~, .,:~~'--1 J U~ ~ like to go along in not:reco~ending it for/this year,..but' ": :~-f/we:.do-""feel':that the~trouble:ltes, more:.than in part,"fin their '.: '~wn :'Pi~i~gJ s~Stem'~and~ gao .:'~dltlo'~~'~ th;' pl~;' a;;'¥ I~'~. ~od~'' and :: ~ ~.the.size of the .taps used.' -L We:: feel'that ~an°ther main~'~' on :the-.; gravity pressure 'op.'static pressure," at any-given point, .would ,_' be the same' fo~ both mains ;-:~ .,' It ~is~ a-ll, uphill and" do~hill :::~;, ', agat~.: (}:'stati6 '~roSSU~. wo~ld' be"/'id~tlcal:'at ~hy ~gt~~ ~'oi~ ;",: '-,,whether .there was one main or two mains ."::. ~e fire chief~ in ":, ~,:~:~' answer t° a request;:"establis~ed'a"pum~'f°P lt~":a h~drant at'the': .-' .:. :-'::' '...',. -~ , ~.-- ¢:,~';~ ~:jd- :"~.',:~-- (:~?~i,',~'~C)-,,'.- ','~ '. :.)". , ',~./~ ~-'~,:C~'..-;:.: : -.:.': :-',,. ~...':-J-. .: c!ubhou~e, and was 'absolutely satlsfied~ in his o~ mind,"with - ','the supply of water, a~d the pressure,: at.the time .' o~...h;i,S,.,,i,.te,!!." -'.C'L'./." If' b~e s~nkatY Golf.clUb,s b~a~a 6f directors goes :;~.:L[..: .. t~ough With its plans of ,laying new,pipes and'~ing 'to correct the ~ituation on th~i~ side and th~Y,"still" haven ti 'got endugh ~a~¢r¢ ~ Ceel I can 8peak tor_~he Co~ee in'say,s' ~e 'shal~: '''', r: ' ' ~" ; ~ee'. that ~the sias n~ ~ tY reco~end a~thi~ necessarY, to , co et Sa a Go~ ~lub ~has everythi~ we can provide for'them. ~,:' We 'fe~l that ~'" that side of the fence must,be investigated before.the Town',?;, ,,-",'.'..?:: -,'~, ,:,-,, _,, ...... -:, , : , , ,'~ ,~n',sPena-" ' , [ Pp Seisa:':', .., ', :-..i- '' ., .' '"::'. ,. '.:;','::..'..~.,./., .'.::,."~'::~',:':.;:..t'l :~ ::,'.-".'.' ---.-, -/ ; '"' , - . .- ' , -.~ "v,./~ ~.' -; In vle~ o~.. ~ha repor~ 'o~ ,~he board' of.~he. '. Finance Co~ittee~', I make a motion that'the report of,:the Finance Co~ittee .be accepted,~ . .: .... : .~,, :-?. .... . . ,,.:: :,,.-:...: . :..~... ,.,.-,.:.; ... ,~,. ,., ' ,--&::: :. '::':.,' Nr.' B~ER:' Would the chai~an state ~the.motion again? ......... -' ~' :'-'~--'-'"-'~?q:~?' "',:- . .... ; -',-'::':- ' :' "',: /'- ~'~r : ""'n.~"'4'---'.'-~; ' :'~'-- "o~ ~he 21nanoe,. Oo~l~ee be aooep~ed,',and.~he:'r~'~'~e~da~n"~f -',. " "~';/'-":..1'.. :'-~. L'.'..::','::':._',,'-.,, ..... ~ : .~ '~ " ' ' :'' : "" :' '- [ ;:' : ". ' i!,.'.'...'.:.~. -. "'.~ ~.. ~ ..".'iii.;'..~:.'~-.i....~.~,',.~ ...... ' .... :' ' ~i'li .:~0 t ~t~ ' ' '~r op~ia'~e' he ':" e . .- ..., . .... ,, . ., ,,, '., ."~'"'::~:-:'j ,. ,?.',~ "~.:-~,:' ,' . .',~".'.~-~.'. .":: ,-. ', by the Finance C om~ttee'as '.thoroughly as..it-should have ~been,--. . ~at the time it ~am~up~.but it:is an'essential.thing, as far' ." a, A~e~i~'~n~m ~o~,';~'~n~"~,~'"~a~' w~"~ ,ome o~..'Od~-mO~'~ ..... .~. . ~., ~ ~.~. . .... .,., ~.. ~ '.,~.~ F~'..' ~. '.'.; ~ '... '...... .... , ...... ......~.. ..% . .... . .-. 'Permanent visitors, to. the-Island~" and ',outstanding .in 'every" . .'. '~"..~. ' ~o~e' ~0 ~ ~ ~0~'. ~ :Is. something that, the To~:is .upheld for and~It is allowed to :. ' respect to them,~we should not vote'for, this' amendment.'" ..~-~'-i'-'.~'~. /".. !i .". ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $~ m ~ ~ .... ~ Mr~~ ~E~:-:~': There are licensed operators, who come from ~," , .' i'~h~:'fac$o~,':~'Wh~';~et'' Off th~'S'e' fireWOrks',''' We'have nothin~ .to ~:' ' ~ d~ W~t~ t~i~ ~ ~ ~ '~The touc~ eve~yehin ~a~le 'eve~yt~'~n that they~bring there. '.-They are. licensed men. -.~ "-. '-~ :~ :,. $ ' ' .~.-~.. , Mr. ANDE~ON. :.. I shgu!d like ~t poin~ out, in regard to 'this article, .that prior to the .war,', perhaps as-far.back as'I. can remember, we~had~ fireworks in Nantucket. -:'*But 'I should like to point, out that I don't think eve~, In the history of the ~ · ,T~;/has the ToWn been asked t0 ~y.for it~ ~-.I believe~ that, any fireworks we had here; Thro~h'donations and whatnot, last '~ yea~ fireworks ~were ~put 'on; :... I ~be!leve ..the Co~lttee that/-(.';'L. inser~ted this' article feels tha' h y didn 'g .e~ough money. : j' To me~ that would ~ indicate, that' they;', pe~s,- dld not ,care. to , ' ..... ~"L' ~.-?~: .:,,.: ,/r-'"- ','.t,:~:-- ::,,-".1 ...... ,,-, ~:,'L~,,::~,,-,- ':,,' ',[."-t';-'~,'-: ', 4~'--.' .~-:-/,"':3'/-.re,t,,,.. :...-'t firewor~s:on Nantucket ~s.prino,~lly a prot~ctio: fgr. youP a~lld~e~ .... this i~"~a~i~d'-:8~t b i~S' d' : , -: ':i:~ ',',L '.. ' ;' :', "- '; /L ' ''. "'" - ' ,-'-~r ,.. ,'.: :',': -.' . ";:' ,'" ".'-~:'~.' ': t %,/,.~f"] ' The: iaw' d0e~: n~'~ "p~-~lt 'a~y:'c~iid ' t° 'U~e)'ri~e~:'6~' dlS~iay ,~.~,:~; ..... : · - '-" -'. ~:::-'-/':':-c'." .)q..:..-. - '- ' : ' ~'] ; ' ' ' '~' : ' ' - ~ , ,--. -, .,' : .- ..'~ ,: .. -. ,, .,'~, This~ brings out what the ~ast veterans went through,,and it is~ their day. ~..:This :island has~ always.~ patronized ,this, and our )'i summer visitors have gone.ahead with it, '-We are not asking for~ ran ~a. ~ and '~01!~r ,:any mo~e th~n"~e:had, li~f t~e TOwn Will~g t tho s ~ it will'be.sufficient to carry it.' iWe carried it'on that basis "~ast :y~:ar 'ind the.people~that backed . us. .... asked us~to see,'if the To~ would notr do something, in ,the interest'of it. : We a~e -: not aski~ for~ROOO;'.~we are asking f~r $1000. ,' .'. ~:'.~ ~:' The MODERATOR. ~' Christen' "~: ,,-.,. Mr; C~IST~N. ~st year an awful ' lot ~ of people enjoyed th~'flrew0rRs'dg~'ag th&"jetti~s,~nd'th~ w~ ~ '~'~isi~S ~the:-' '~lot' of people enjoy those fl~ewo~ks. I don'tuthlnk that"amount. of work should fall"on a'few.-people, when'.the who~ town'gets ~,'s~me enJ°~ent or :Americanism or.whatever you might call'it..~:'. .: .that.the American ~gion's~arted lt,';so don't~worry~that,they -were the On~s that had to do .the work, .-';:..~.~-.-. ~:':~ ..-:~:'.- ~ ', .....: .'.. ::': service of ~he. coun~:~od.a¥, ~'~ecom~end.' that'~he ['/,:. :" i '. ', ';.':' -, "". The MODERATOR; ,'Is',there an~ further 'discussion?,' If ,, -, ,,!~ ' .,,.~ ,~:., . ,-,' : -,, , .... , ( · ii .'.. ~ .-;:"" ',:"~: ,., the-re~6~ehdati~'n' Of the' Pinan~'e , ,,. -.-,, :,. ,- .... . : ...,,: .~.: ::,,.. ,., .:::i , .::, ,. ..' "'.'i !::.'--'-::-.-,, ~". ::: :'~ ;,'a'cc'e~t'ed ;,t and: the .¥ec0~JnaatlSh · f. ~, ' -' . , ,' i - .,"'. -'.. ->, ,,.,: "','~ - "-' :. ,,:" , .~, ,'.' .', -_.'/,.: :]'-Z ' . - , .,~., .:'.,; :'3 ~.;>:"..:;,.*,.' .... ',:'t,';- ,,, -,.--, . .... :,. :.-' ~e do not ~ecom~endo :.' . . . -:.,,,,-...- 'say aye ;.those opposed will say,, no. :' ~ ':" ..::'; '"' >: ," '~ . ': the'-a~eHa~e'nt': is"aa~riedo '.... - '( ' : ',.: : ',.'. ~ ,.. . .'-:, ',,- .,,',:" .-,: ':':-..': ::'.::'::., ' :r ~ ~ ' '' '' ~ :' '":: ':: "~:. ", ".:::::":. ":' :~' >The next article' is 'Article 67.-, .-- To'see 'if: the..Town i~:;?" ":i'-':~t'''': :" . , -:widen four'feet,..,, and.resurface%North:.. Beach Street '-',' ~,:,,,-....'.: ,.. The':reeo~ndatlon 'of.. the' FinanCe`.. Co. it tee'.; is: '. ~, . .'_' ,.. , : , .' ::. ..-.': :', :-: :.:',,'(.';::?:.:: ~..: :',-::??:-:,'~'.:t.':..._[:(::. ::::::::::::::::::::::: :'?t: ~-"-:~": . ': '. - . :' .' - '- . ' - ":.: .:::.:::.-"::: i...::..[?.:~:.~, ~.,'~'.: .-?'..3:.::¥..' ,~¥:'. '::~':.': ' ......'. reason. As:a matter of; fact,: I~ have~ lived~ on that · street and ~paid taxes~ for my, property ~down~ there and I know.the .condition ~of the ~0ad d6wn'.there; -.:-"in'~idening' the ~0ad,'y~u will ~Just '~"':~ J '~" i'en~'~lrage: the.,peopi~e '~'0 make'~ ~""'~P~:~lwa~~ O~t O~ it'?'~.Y~'u~ h~ "Walk back' ~nd"fo~th?; The '"wlder~'the"~aad;~: t~e :m0ra-' p'e0ple"~iii eed~: the more accidents, you'~r~'': ii&bie'"'to'hav'~':1 a~e walkl~' thepe'," and elderly people.. 'I suggest you keep it . d°wn~th~'~e;"':'Leg~the'~esg 6f it go .' ,,-'- i~ m~Y Call"f~~', less onliI don't ~W:-but :1I am In" faPo~', tO' le'ave the .' _road as.wide'as i is "' t:~y'' '": :' -,..~ ,... :, . : -.~ ':.,:,~ ,'.'.~,:,..:~ - . -., .; -;.'.-: ....... , - . '"" ,- .--.: . .. ~' ......... ', .. '-,i., ', ':Z' :;~.:'L~-,'~ , ':.: :, :~, '-::?,, ".. ~''.,', "' "" "' ' ,. · ,_ !,..!.~;:,-,.~: .:/.'? ;.. - various and' Sund~ other vehicles.that travel'that .. .. ",":' '".':' In' ~avelt~ ~ha~ r'oad"In"~.~'~'~a'St :s~' ~ ' *JUst" a f ~ n~s The~ Gid ha~e" ,/than ;~hey'we~e; :;: M6r~?Of our local':children'could, have<been · :: :.-,":. '.'.~:"~p~'r~priatio~,:' if:I am not mistaken';":' That was done'away.with.' 'only have: two that 'are equipped with~ bath' houses .that are open :, , :. :' ,,,,.. ,,!','a'~e ~<"~:mb~P'One:att:action:to th~ tou~ists..-:The~ co~e before,. ];.'.. (. j': '? -.-.; '.-:....; ~0'~d ~;w.~:~i;h '~s' bee~"negi~ted'.f0r ..~h~ pa~g.~f~.~en y~a~s : .-, ,-: . -..: '- - "i; '~Aw2 ~''-':~d~d be s~ric~l~'foolish, ':We'h~ve ~ved roads :,:' :...:-,'~::": "': to~' that":, lead'to n~Where: .~.:we h~v~.'imp~ove~ a.' %?t...of ?h?~..: .... .... : -:: .: - . ~-.::::-:~:::..:~.;:-":. ~'-~ Th~ MODERATOR, :~; Is' there'' any. other question?./: Does .anybody:.. ,". , ':. ~. :'." :~ ,..,., '< :??.::~: '.: :, :',.:::.'-:' ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ;:-]~'.: 3:::' :::, ~: ':::.-' '.-' :'.: .:~?~':'::":. ~": ~ :' :: ':' ~': "": ::::- ': '~ ':": ''.?:'' <''':'' .... : '" . . . . . . ::.:: ... :... .-: ..:-... :: ....-.,..: :,,. , /::-... .': .:..: ..... ,.: ,.:,,.:.:::::.:,: )::.. -,....:: ?--:-_:., -..::-_: /:: '::: ..:~: .. ' ' I' $'~'I ' ' ''~:'~--J I JJ ' ~ : ~'''" The MODERATOR. :". I didn'~ hear a~ second .to your motion.  : ' "~.~ ';:: ,' Mrs' ~INGE~USS ' That is~right' i,m~sorry. '~.-~::::~.-:. '-~'.~' ~ ~: .., . ~ .' The MODE~TOR. : YOU ame 'about ready..to ~vote 'on' the' motion., ~,' ~. of Mr.. Pea~e: '~ that.the recommendation of. the Finance C~mmittee ~., ~ ~1. : , ~.. ': :be accepted:and adopted~ on'Article .6T. ~:All' those in' favo~ say~ · ,-'.. appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred:Dollars"'($1~500..00).i~o ".~ ~'' .'....u extend the sewer from Mrs. Harold Killen's'house~to a new-house''' '.being-built. for' Mr~ Robert"Grant 'on cliff R°ad~'a distance 'of ', ~. ~00'.feet~ '.'~.: And"the' recommendation-of'the Finance. Co~ittee is: we :-~'g~d. that" the... S~ h~ !~ ~ ' .... a~pr0~ia-~e~'L-'t~' ~xt~d:.th~' Se~e~'' ~'~' --. ~, ~.J':': .':s:,..~.: :,...:.:,.:.,'. ~:'.~.::~ :' . '~.-~;::::.:'-'.:'~ ' .1 .;:¢}.:.. :.:.:'~he MODE~TOR.'-:-~A~tlele 72 is.now before the~meetl~: :".' : Open-season of.. two } months ," November-and Decembe~,":for ~taklng :'..,.::'. , . ;> ::,...:,:::...'::':':'.: . . ?.;.., , ,. . . of. Deer with bow'and'a~row on the Island of' Nantucket,"... And the that':'' .... : , , . u .. ~. . :': ,. L : ~._ : ,-. ~ -: ~ ,:_. .v. ~ '., }~.} .~..': ~.:.' :. . : .:. ~..:,.. ..:.~ - - %.:.~ - ::-._ :.'..~ :.... :.: ' ~ ~: .:,.:': ..... ,..:.,-~...:.., ..~:",,.. . -, .-- : ;.:. ... ,.-..,: .... .-. . . ~ -~..: t0 sec~e the ;passage, of ,a law. provid,~ng an open ,season Of:two ;, weeks,' before the o~ni~ of the regu!a~, dee~ season¢'fo~ taking :,:-, of Deer with bow and'a~row on the Zsland'of'. Nantucke'i~."'. 'Article :,72 ~is' before ,the',meeti~'g'.'%': ;-~ ': ~.,,: ,- ':~_. ;<:' - :( :.. 'Mr".'~:BA~ER.'''' I,understood at the Finance Co~ibtee. '.:.' .'. ":, they, calZ' it playi~ Indians¢, but-, they. like ,to use :them for. ' -: ,. :,.geapons'. 'They.can affo~d,to"pay.inyt~ing- that is neces,~a~,: ':.: -for.deer shooting aZZ by themselves ," I don t know. ,'. [Applause] J:. :':"~ome:dSm he'~e" it:tha~'~rlod}":~so:thit w~:c'*uld ~ake Off ::: :':"':: :'- ;:: c:-:: The~e was 'a 'q~e~tion: that .~ came Up at that ~ time about :¢_ "-. :-.,p . . . :.. , . -.' 'But if you, open up you~ deer s~ason for. a'bunch cf.,specialists -" from off. the'Island, :you are"going -t°' Open'it '~p for everybody.-.. ,..-..'...::- -.:. j::,,,...::..-:. :,. ::.- ~,.,.. ,~.; -: ... :., ,.: :. <:::.~:...., ..,,:.:: ,.,,,:.. ..... .::~:.:: .. ,.,,:.: ..:-::. .... ':" '~°~'<"9'~ I~land Wh$ W~nts:t~'"sh~ot'with a b~W ~nd :i~,},~nd~ '.: :.'.. :": ' ~-.'~-' -7: :'.~.,.. :-":-". , .?:-' ?'-:,>-'::::::: : :'"': : -" '"':' :"'"'-":":'"?:::':?': :'":': "":-""-""'" ,,., .... .,. ,, ,. ~... :., .:,, : .,:Y, .... ._. .-. .. . .-: .... ...... ,,-. . ..... -: ..... . .... ..::..:_:. ;~'it ~is funny ~self."~And the next thing'~'all' the.men who shoot~ ~h :~n~ will' say another year, Well, why~ should we give/two weeks~for these guys off-Island and we .only have one. - Don~t you ' t~t ~"do n~t'a6~pt rec0~endati0n:of .the ''~ ' ~ ' - ' .0 0 archers in.these Un ,. -- .. ~ .~-.=~' · ~ very little ?b6siness-:-.taking place around .the :. Is~:,l_and 'of Nantucket :~'.:in.lo0ki~ around~ for s°m~thing t~bring some business ~to :the. :"~"V~i'~= what vou'calI Y0ur'off~season'~-I don't~9~ h9w ,many ~ow. that .when Labor'.Day rolls around, ~'~.~:-the' Su~er_tourist'is going;.: :'He i n?t-coming back until';~the next'~m~'r;".: Y u lo a~ound t to find out What. :" Othe~ f~' Of bU~lne~: Yo~brlng here' to ,.the~ Island;~:, In .looki~: , it all over,'~.;.why,'' ~he .bo~ and':ar~ow ~an,':~.~he. fellow, with ~he~_' :', "sh~kelS~'' Can well 'afford ~o 'come "dO~n' here.~:.': If~ you' ~an" go'ahead -and'get half or one-third: of the,b0w and arrow :peopl~ d0~-here ,' whys' g lik Aug ' ' ' on the =Island you have got somethin e- ust'.,all '. ~ 1 over. again.'." Your r00mi~ houses ~ill': be filled 'up;'~' ~0Ur' ~-'~'.~ .. :~:; '~re'~ta6~hts 9i'l~ be'"~ing"'ful'i'' ~'l~'~t,-"~d~/~h~':~"~::m" what ~6~"~e~ i won,t s~y.':that you will get-those people down-here.":':. B~t y~u don't go sh0otinE':pr0mis6~~'~,~it'h'a'~b0w"a~'a'~'0~'~"? 'and you will'" never', ha~e half: the ~ number deer Wibh'~'~'m~~'~ s~O0~'~ ~h~ ~a':b~°~"~d/'~r~ ~'a~ ~'~' ,"!~' :~ ~ '.'.': ':.,- ~ '"",~r -" --" :: ''~ ~?~':::'? a" man',"~fl'0~ti~E'~ ~ w th bu~ksh6t~'?;It'~iSn't '~0sting:.the To~ ' 'anythi~--not one si~le'~nny wild:ir'cost the is worth a t~-,': ladies :-and gentlemen, ' to .see' if yoU:,can 'get .:-: ~ ,/'~.', , '.':, ~?:-~ ~-,'~'. :,~'-..,,"-' .'-,?;,',/ -:':~ ',~ .~. %.~: .'~-'~-~',~ "~ ~ .... ;,~% ~".'.~;::;:',-.,:::~".::~, '~ '- ~ome business ~do~ heretO: Even-~ you ,:: onl7.~o~ a .hundred do~ and l~ I~ ~or~h "a '~. :': ~'.,~,, ::~:':':':'~.:':2:' ~':,; ',~/, ~:'~,- ' ~ , . ,,... :., ..'G.:-",.:~',' ' .:.. /.'~. -.-,."'t'; ,' rJr '.' :.:, ": :, -,::' ':,'?<- Mr, ', ~; :,: I have' followed'hunting all ',~y, '~ife ;'",'~"~: I 'h~t only with 'a gun ~self, This deer ~eason, .taki~ two weeks of ~ ,,~ ~", ,'~ '.~ L ' -. .' f. ', .~" ,,~ ',~ ,'.,~,~c3~.,~,.',~ '.,.', ~',.~,..'~,~ ,~, ,,'>?:', ,:,,,',Ac,~?~?.~?:',t ',~'"?.:~,-~..,~,~,i>, ;,',,.,-'.c'~ ,~?.,~, .:.',.,J.~ ~ ].~ ~ ~ ..'~" ..:~:' ' '~:'~ '~, .,'~,':.' '., the. season' and lettl~ a~chers come- to~ the Island and~get ' the .... ::~',~". '~ ~ ' . advantage'of, the' deer and 'drive :them all over the, Island and..': ~,.' ."-~.' ~' :~ta~e away~what ~ht'to be'left;~.I~oppose it,'~,for the~simple :'.'~ '- - .~. . ', ~- ., ,-,..,~ 'r~'~~ t'ha't~ ,~our:,'p~sent de~r '~eas~h~iS~'~bds~d~ ho~.,~- ,:/~.. ,?,' , .~. . :., .,. ,. :" '~ :"'" : ' : ~:' ' Su~fslde,'" at~ five "~, clock.' ~i~' Bel~' a~ h~t~' "I '~t°~ped ;':~':'~h~g ..: :,'": ~,:, .,,: ' [ [ I :.. ' ~' ' ' ' '' , ' ' : [ , ' [ deer Went into .that':,area:,. ':' Th~' hext da[," at dayligh~;...'I was the~e ' "~,. ' "' ',-'-2but~the dee~ lay half on newspapers and the, other~half had'-, I" :' ' '.~-.:, ':":- I'&m not a car'gu~er; 'I am.a hunter.~':!'go lnto.those~woods!: .:' ',,:'..,' ~' .~:'-:-~ "~.~ ~',. '::::', ~ and~ ~W ~e:~y ~'~c'h~' ~.~,,'t,. lea've'~s~f ~6'di,~:,~t~,~e~'.I ,:~,~ ~,:,., . .... ,,, :+, .:., ,,,-., ~f~er i~' ~o .use. !~. ,-'.,~',.." :~ ~?-, ,,-':'~ .,:.':?, ~' ,:.,,,.,~' ..:.,~, ..., '-~: ',~ -.,.'.,,:~::, ,,.:.?,:.,::-,,.:~ :,' ~ : ~;'?~ ~.'~:'"""-' ~' :':,'"~'-",': ~,~ "if-~me"of"'t~e':'~r~he~s a~'e',s~'?'inte~es'ted2:In ~he" time ~-' ' ., ,. .... on this ~Island has.' a~che~s on.'~he . ,,, ?,., ~een,: at:any ,' one, time;': five ':'~"::~>'~.,'~?'~-~.~' '. ~'~'~:{,'~'~,~,~',?~ :,'./.,; '...':.":::. :...:". - ,::,. ...... . .....:,.,,.:,,,~.,,,~,..-., ;.~..~ ,,..~¥ ~ ......... ,.. ...... ,,. .... . . ~, .-, ~ '"'.~ ,',":: Island ,"-'[':There, was' one at' Hdm~Ock Pond ~t one t Ime .'<~- That was ;L .' :,'~' if they come in any great',.' number. · ' '~' - ' ..... '. ...... - :~' '~.' - '.'::-',. ,,,"-,.- .: "'". ~ ""?'..:-.~" ." I think our game- needs to be protected,',, and 'if anyth~g ':, ::; ::: ,,,.~-; ~, ~, ,,,~. ~ · jj, ~.~ 17 ,~ F~'i. ~,~ The~'MODERATOR.~i! Is' the~e ~any further discussion on th~s ~? '~ ;~'an~'annuAl~ license fee, of~ Two ~ Hundred Dolla~s: ($200.00):' to Five Hundred Dollars '($500.00): to" any person, :, persons; ~: co~poratl0n; o~ otherwise, who o~ o~ operate a' seasonal business on the for ¢~,'months of~ the .year. "L Hotels 'and Bathing ~stabliShments excepted.~-~ This-license to be additional~ to all:othe~ fees'or ', '~'"",":~:~"'~ :'', ...... :~- ', ': ~, ,' ~, .... ,- .' , ' ,- t'::,LJ' J9~ ,"-J :'- '~ "' '',~, '- "~ -', licenses. ~ ~;~ .... ~.:: .~;~ ?'~.~':/,-~!?~ - :~%.:',',:;:~'~' ,'.,:, '.'~?:'.'~,~'~,~'~?'~'~'~: ~ ~.~.','~:"~:~ ,"~,~,'-~'"' .:,. ~'.;?:~' ....... ~,:-' ::,:,:' And .the 'repo~t 'of the Finance Co~lttee 'Is: ?':"We reco~end ,that a 1 cense fee of Thr e Huhared D'ol ~S: ($3 O' O) cha~e :L'-: t0' any.: person~' persons ;', corporation or, otherwise .t that 11 is' neithe~ '~rotect .the Nantucket merchants~' the business~people" ..~~ N~t~cket..: It was not'lntended~-In any.way~'~to inJ~e any /-.,- , all know gha~ du~lng ghe month of ~une~ we havo:an, ~,,' ~ infl~ of people on ,the :/:Island ~, w~o ~ope~ate.:: ),-/'~',: ?~:~(~):.a:~?seasonal~;~jjfj(~):~j?~:.`:).%:~`;~:~`;:~:~business : ,-I believe .that any business: one'he Island of Nantucket/: the ~ e o erated successfully bY'a Nantucket ~rson. su~e~, can b p ~' ....... '" '/'~/~, '.~ 6therwise,' who: own or operate a ·season.a -,,-; ;..... .:,:: i...,~,! j,- i,~:~.'.: iL ~h~ Sland of~Nantuck~t- unless-' said busi person 6r persons' live on"th~' Island of N, antu~ket-for ..: ,~ sl~"m~nt':": ' :":: ' '~5~s,:"u~f: SaCh ---ear,~-,'~ o~ unless said: person o~ persons. ::"-.~ : :' ,s~'own'~'~eal' ~'sg~te' .oh' the 'Island.:of Nantuckeg and .the real ..': :,. ,......, . ......... ..,.......,.,_ .,... ...... ..., .:...~.,..........~, .- ..... ,...%. ?.,~ :,. .... ...,., ?,.. .. -~..%L'?."."~ estate~tax,blll'on/said real estate ls~equal'~ o .the ?.,):c,~,.:./... ' . license fee cha~ged~: Ho~els and Ba~hi~ establishments '".'. ,(-' ,..'/ex, eDt'ed,':'T~i~:licSnse td' be' additional to'all othe, ,,:-.': craftsmen, who come.doE here to mak~.~il~er to ¢;". ~';id? .'Doe~ ~ it include that ',type, of.business?: :_'~,,. .... ..~-'.~' ~,c, :' J~,',"'.., ,-. :.. ~ '.X,;";:;* * .- ;>C//. : [The Moderator-re-re~d the amendment.-] The MODERATOR; -- MrS. ~' -~ ~-?~ Mr.~ KLINGELFUSS. ~.~_ From what~ you read ~there,~ I understand that all romming houses would probably, have to pay a $300 licensee Fee. That would be' fine for' the hotel people;*-- ~' ~' ~ ~ .... · :~ . ', 'Mr. GRAY.' Mr.~; Moderator. ~ ~ ~ ...... ~ ~' 'Mr. GRAY. -~ Granted, we like to keep our money~ this side~ '//0f Bmant Point, ~but if Article-74 is pass~d,~or .the amendme~t~ ~ '. I think~YoU~e~goi~ t°~ ~ee quite~a few~v~cant stores on Federal' ~nd C'~nte~ ~streets~ and~ a~ fe~'-°thers, for~ the~ Simple reason that 00~~ r O0~what e~ the case may be, might.be Just~the ~ thi~ that makes them~about .b~eak even-or-lose money. ~ ~They come~. dO~ ~here,~ they rent a Store ~Some sell rugs, some sell ~inen~ 1: some sell men~ s ~clothing~~ what-have-you. ~. Granted~ ~they~ are ~:~? ~?~ 'have got to eat~ and She~ have got to~ sieeP'~and~,they have got'to~ :.take the money.out~oS Nantucket at all,' absolutely will not. ~. p~operty here and they pay t~es here, so that doesn't worry~ .- ', them;. , It ~ just d6e'sn't make~sense'; ;,v Maybe~ you ca~ g6 ahead 'a~d ..sell.~ugs and~thi~s like~that~ but'I don't think they take a tremendous am6~t of money out of he.es Met they~paM ~ent ~o the owners .of the property, on Federal and Cente~ Streets. .- year, bY a rec0~endation of. the~ Finance Co~lttee? ~, /./[.-('~/"' -. ..... The MODE~TOR :' Ten ........ 'c :" ' par . . thousand dollars is right; ap entlY. ]t0"~ome on this Island,~at"the'~ate of $10~O00j~and then"asklng' ' ~'t° be:- ]~ ~this wlnter~'(I~don't~,_~ ~, -~ . ,, ~think- -~. ~.the,, -~ $10,000, ~ . ~.~Is'-disgrlbuted~ .... .'~,:~ []..ve~.we~l, because it Is ,d!scouragl~ Today you have not the-businessmen coming :to' this' ~s~and 1. that-you had a'few years ~' of good c1~izens who came 1n.~h~ough,~hose Buslnesses.~ ~t seems .to me if you~t~ to:assess-everybody. $300,~ simply, because of~'%-.., 'lodging.houses and eating places,-then you may be putting In.' the d~Inklng places;~ whlch'w~'"have~ °n. eve~ c0~ner~'~and we will have them on every street If we keep up, we won't'have to · : ..... ' ..":' Mr: ROYAL~ :'i~ Mr. Moderator; "-. · I -- ' ' T~e' EODERATOR.~ ': Mr.'. ROYal;' sta~es who is ~ho, Ir'will be:lef~ ~uP to,the.Board of S~lec~me'n~..,: ' .." Mr, CHRISTiaN. " Is it~fair that everyone .should pay '~ .~.~/~"~'.'~.~..::.'M~';':C~IG;:"~:As'~ I understa~d;~'I might be ~wrong last ?Oouple """tis which 'me, :that J~.~·~ ~ :~ .~.~ ~-' '~ ~-...don't know .whether, anybody/is more .familiar with .that.~1,, ,I would · ~.~'l · ~ ~ ~ ' ,' ~'F .?-.~ '.~ .~" '% '~' J.. ~'? ~" ~"~'~/" '~"~""~D'..'.¥' '' J'~-,,'~ · ~'i"'~ '?J'F?,,'~ G. .~',~' ',~ ,'.~j '¥L,'~"~. ;, ~',., ,., ,, ' · ,i ~'~ ,~ ' ~, "~"- 'like ,to h~ar.lhow,thab ~actice'wouldr, fit in;if Mr. RoYal's ~. ~,,'~," "' ~ ~ , ~ ~ ' ,'L , ~' , , " ", amendment'- is~!-~dO-pted ;'~:~"~ ~:'~.: ,.,, ~:~' , ,.'~ :~, ~,~, ~.: .,,~ ,, ~ ~',~,, ~,i.~, '~" '? :.~,, ~ ~ ~,.,~';,~ , ' ",' ..... ,~' ~ .~ .~:' ,~,,' Mr.~ROYAL.,-~ I~will ask the'last~speaker to go down to '~ ~ ~ Florida ~d start his tonic business down ,there 'and~see what he. 'V. · ' ,-; - Mr. - SILVA ~.- This - was · intended ,. to ' apply, t o transient · vendors, and under, the ~. transient 'vendors '4 law,- anybody- operating a new business can call-the assessor either at the'beginning.i'~,.; · ~."~.",, '. ~.r, .,or end of the season and have~ his~stock assessed and he cani'~. ~. pay an assessment 'on his stock; ,o~ if he ~prefe~s~ he' can' pay~ SBO0 ' $*~ mm ~ * ~ ~ $~ ~~m ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ $ transient ,~vendors! and' ngt ,~to anybody on i the~ Island doing business ' '.~...~',~-~ ',, ,-now.'~ i The ,maJority..of. them P~obably.would'ask for an assessment ,,L,'~ :it has' been sO Small' that it~is-n&t ~orth ~h~ii'~ · ": '", they, should 'at :least do somethi~,'for 'the Nantucket: treas~y. U '~ , .,. ';',, :.', '?". The MODE~TOfi.'~-,Is'there.,any ~rther discussion'on:this ~. :, ,, p~etty bad'about this article because we have no ,right' to~ change ~eal :of time .on it and came up with~the recommendation,~ as.close- as possible,': to reach the .intent of the. article;'~which was to'~:, :):"tS'u~h'~ th~'-ta~,: th~. individual:"ar' ~pe~on'} a'~ ~a~6'6'~ati0'n-' who :came d~~ here ~for .a period 'of three months-or-six weeks, and maybe~ ' "' There are two kinds of business.people. ':.in" %h~ Wo~d ,"'/ We¥ 'th~"~Other k%nd Who;" fiP~t':of alii'rent" a store'2hat I p~obabl~.would~[ke 2o,have had, peopl~ here unless' you-want to get up into high rent. ~/.. That pay something for the priv~lege;.~. He-receives rite protection,~_ Police p~otection; the receives ~the benefit of the 'roads'q-:-J.:: - ~ ~ .(~ :~hat" ySU"'~ll:d0n,'t want; he:'~e'~eiv~'s ~:i°t',$~.thin~s;:'-,~:L'.':~]-,:':, all he does for that receiving i's~to.eat'and sleep'and'he has ':? :'..,/.."? ./'-..~' :.:~. '.(..-':.'~.:./::..f-:' '~.-:.:~:.'?.' :'~b~. (. ~:f_('f. '~,::'[':: ~:'",:tn?': =/':((~ ~o do ~hat whe~ever he isj---~e'li~le fellow on Nantucket ~us~ , '. [2.:., ,' "~ [',--':' :,:;~':'-, -,' ", -:.:'f .... , ¥' ' / "-.',' . .-.. :-.....-..--- ..... -......: ,.-., :;":':-~.".:..-'- be P~otected.' He pays'tax bills and he pays a'lot of.other bills."' - I wager the smallest.business:in Nantuoket'w~ites $10,000~ ~ minimum,; in" Checks:a,-yea~.'~ ~ And~ fu~thermo~e~ he ~ives more than ..'-~ a~nybody,~ '~He~ gives you all; he has got~ 'He gives you your fire- Works and 'puts~on teas~:°n Mai~'St~et~-~' That'~b~si~sS~a~is ~ ~:'~'~-,'-'~2, ~ ~ :~,:-'".~ ~'"~ ~ ~'~f~ ~UU:'.'" . 2~"-' '":2 :'~:~'~ c"%:'/~' t~d. fOr'everything-. '-If 'a businessman-~n this .side ,of street owns'his, store~"~ pays taxes~ 'pays up his bills' promptly~ .'which is even more~ imp°~nt,'"and he sells clothes, and somebody. ~ mo~es ~8n thiS~e~rner' 'and .sell~ clot~e~,: and~ he ~di~pp~'~S~,' :it ' isn't~fair to our fellow over here. There is no one,in business the Town Office. ~' They shouid' in Nantucket ~that is'~egis~ered in ': '~ ~/be registe~ed~ ' If their business wamrants ~egistering, ,.th~ the~ ,' ~....".. ~.We a~e on~ dolng wha~ mos~ ~eso~s have been" forced . :~. '.- '.':. :- - .-:.:.." .:' .~ "/(;: :... :..':'.:-~ : ;"~ ~)" '. :: ~. ':?.': ~. -'.~ ~::?:" .-.~:?:.::':' "-: ,: :-'2';:'::::"T..:Q ...... -:and going along.wl~h the:.proponent of, this article, that we believe :'it :'is' a ~g06d~ ~de~'~1~ a~d I' do believe it ~'is ~a; good ./idea~ . E~ I B "g~{ 2" Bo~e~hl~ f~om ~eB ~o~ {h~ schools ~o~ ~h~ peop:~ ,:2:-,'. of M ;'Royal,':, .' I ~ :: .... :::--. :'-'/,2"~--' :, :_ '2:::-::':',, '--" -. '- The MODE~TOR~: All those In favo~ or,that amendment will S~y,i'a~e";'all~ those;opposed will say~"n~.",; The ayes have ~ ~ ~, ?. i, it:i~' n6w/in '0~der~that,~ 0n 'all other articles 'n0~t'~i. :,:~., -'otherwise dispose'd '0f,~'the ~ecommendation ~of the Finance. Committee. · ,Mr o BARBER.-. Mr..' Eod~r~t~.i~,-.'J':~ ~-~-~ '~ '. ~.' .......... . ~ The EODERATOR."~. Mr, Barber.' .~ ~'. ~' ~ :~'' Mr. BARBERL This bei~..an a~endment~ don'~ you, pass ~ ." , -~ OR ~ Was, in theow~ the motion itself, The MODERAT .~ hi~''~ ~_.-, There wasn't any other motion that had been made.'~'~ ·This was the ~, ~_, only motion on this question,-' There was no other mo¢ion made- ~,- o~ se onded'on~it.', ~.~Royal'headed the thi~ up'a ~,An.,,..'~'./~ Amendmenb to A~ticle 47." ~ That was the- way it was 'handed ~ to me ~ ~',',~, ~:~/ "The MODERATOR."~.~That 'is right;'it ,was a motion itself. -.~ '-:;~ ',/ ~. The MODERATOR. 'All, thOse in favor of. that motion will-~ ' . ,, Li,,. . . . 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