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~ 6'April 1955
The m~etiug came to order,~at ~.30 Pl'~I al~~ m~n~bers of the Board
except ~,~.' Hardy being ._bresent, The Board having first met as
County Co~aissioners. ~ ~. :~ ~
~arrant No.~ 14,~totalling ~1~,5~0.25 was presented'by
Acct. Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
lginutes 0f the previous meeting were read and approved.
Shellfish v~ards~' Uinslow was before the .Board and submitted
a g~oup of charts he had compiled showing the incidence
soft shell clams.
}~im. I~erwin Blou~t, Harbor I.~aster was present and reoorte~~ on
action he had taken on a sunken boat in i~adaket creek~ and~
also ~recon~ended to the board that Elliot ~,~eldeu be appointed
deputy harbor m~ster at D1adaket.~ It ~7as so voted.
Capt. Leland Topham ~?as present' and requested in behalf of the
Red Lien a pe~it to parade u~sr arms over various streets of
the town on 16 April 1955. ~The route encor~pases the area
the ~peri~ueter of S. Water ~Iain Center and Broad streets and
includes the steamboat wharf. 0u motion made and seconded it
was vot~ to a~oprov~ same.
Wm. Byron Snow and Ellison Pease, pres. ~.nd secy of the Fisher-
n~ens Asso. were present and preteuted-various recomendations
voted by the association. 1. That power hoisting be al!owed
in scalloping with the ,condition that~d~sdges~be not over 26"
wide nor over 72 inches dSep. One dredge,to bo hoisted at a
time. No action was taken on this matter at this:time.
2. It was recomn~euded~that spar buoys be~ placed~iu madaket
in the winter and pipe iu the su~ner and this was refmrred to
t~ harbor master. ~. It was rec0nnuended t~t a bent pipe
be removed f~om I'~adaket harbor and this was also referred to
the harbor master, who was oreseut at'the meeting. ., ~
~im. Snow and I~ Pease ~resented g~id chamts~of Nadaket and~
Nantucket harbor to be used in conjunction wtth~a'seed'scalloP
so~vey and' it~was ,voted to authorize the Shellfish warden
proceed with Same and to hime~uecessa~y boats and men at the
rate of ~.50 pe~ hour. ~ ~
Bid~ ~vere- received~ on bulldozing oF the ~d~ps ~last week ~nd t
~boamd having inspected the equipment voted to'award the co~tmac
to ~alter~Glowacki at ~the mmte of ~9.00 pe~ houm on the job. '
Pole~' locations 6n Hoo~e~ F~'~m ~0m~ were appmoved by the Board.
P~eston I~Iauchester and Nanuel Come~a were g~anted ~re~ewal of
thei~ ente~tai~ent licenses,~ week days only.~ .
~r Lewis~. R~-_ ~-~as
. appointed a special polic~ office~ sub~1ect
to approval of the~ chief.
Applications fsr renewal of alc~0holic beverage licenses were
received ~ro~u T~e ~'~ad Hatter and Saukaty Beach Club and voted
to take ~the course prescribed by law.
It was voted to write Commissioner Voipe~re~sting ~hat the
centerliuing progran be continued, and to have contracts drawn
up for the truc~an engaged for snow plowing.
It was voted to s~bmit'soectficati0ns to Nantucket Const. Co.
and ~alter F. Glowackt for bids on road work, same to be in
by.April 20th. 195~.
Ale tter ~was ~ received ~from th~~ Finance. C onmnLtte, with~ reference
to their~ intentions~ as ~to the decrease ~in the~.budget, of ~the.
Public Relations Committee and placed[on file.''~ They
stated that they felt the appropriation under'Article 86 and 9(
sho~zld be expended e~actly as specified in the article as vote(
Na'~tucket,Construction' Co'.", V;as granted a~ pe~it to move a
of Jo~ KJttila 500 feet.along the Madaket Road' the Chief of
Police to be notified of the ti~ue~and'date
Wil~ lam~ Wasic~o' Wr~beapplying" 'for. the job of Life 'Guard
Siasconset and this r~tter was tabled.
A l~tteP was received'from Samuel ~te~' in behalf of Pra~~-'
Sylvia prote~ting the' iss~nce of a license to the Ropewalk..
,It was'voted to advise that M~ Sylvia was free to come to
B~d meeting and voice~his p~otests. ::- ',: ~ ~,~ ,~ -..: ,
'A letber ~s"~c~iv~d'fmo~ Mr.' !{~'y Pass'of th&~ 5ist~ict:Pubi
lic Wo~ks~office with reference.to the road.around the Navy
project at Tom Nevers, advising that he ~had foPward a ~equest '
for approval of'a road as laid out, to W%sh%ngton and would
keep us advised. ~, ~' ,~ ? ~ , ,:
There being no x~rther business t~e meeti~~ adj. at lO
" '~ ~ ~ James K'.'Glidden, S~cy.
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