HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-10-23Sele~tmens Meeti~g,'23 Oct. 1958
The meeting came to Order at 7.3b PM ali members of the Board
being present except Mr. Blair and'Mr. Meilbye
~Min~ates of the previous'meeting wer~ read and approved.
Warrant No. 43 totalling $17,451.96'was presented by_town acct~
Barrett and checked and approvedl by the Board.
The Board signed the warrant for the State election on Tues 4
Nov. 1958 and set the hours for th~ polls to be ope~ as
from 7 AM to 5 PM.
An invitation was received from the American Legion to'attend the Veterans day services and placed on file.
The Board approved the shellfish regulations for the taking
of Scallops for Commercial use for'the 1958 1959 season
as attachedhereto and made a part.of' these minutes.
Mr' Roger King'submitted an applicationn f~r a.peddlers license
from the state and the Board approved same as to his char-
acter and citizenship.
The application Of Clinton andi'Agnes Murray for a c~ange of
location of their package goods store licenses from 29 Main
street to 23 Main street having been advertised and no
objections having been received was approved.
An application was r~ceiv~d from ~Zlan J. R~yal for the positon
of deputy shellfish warden and placed on file at this time.
A letter was received f~om the State Health Dept. advising that
their tests on the sewer force main pipe indicated that
the probable cause of the breaks was a chemical action betwe m
the sulpher bearing calking compound and the~salt water whic!t
'deterioted the strength of the' pipe. Thgy advised that the
cast iron research bureau had been requested by them to
look at the ~ipe sample and the states tests and see if they
"could give us a recommendation as to rehabilitating the pipe
and ,that they would advise. '
Tmvn counsel Sanguinetti, advised that he was in receipt of a
telegram from Arty Dodge stating that the Supreme Court had
refused to rule on the appeal on the authority question on
the basis that their was no federal consitutional question.
envolved.
' T~ere being no further business the Board went into executive
session to discuss welfare matters and adj. at 8150 PM.
Welfare:
Approved vacation pay for Frances s~arr who h~d been dis-
charged from Our Island Home. ~
Vo%ed write tree commisiion that we are opposed to the
policy of purchasing clothing for employees.,
....... '~- ,- 24 October 1958
Certified to be ,a true copy:
~ K. Gli"ddemT--sefiyj' 'B6ara Of
-i~ Selectmen
SHELLFISH REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL USE
For the Town of Nantucket, adopted by the Selectmen under
authority delegated by the Annual Town Meeting.
Section 1. No person shall
take from %he waters of Nantuc-
ket, Clams, Quahogs, Oysters, Eels,
or Scallops, without a permit is-
sued by the Selectmen as Public
Welfare may require. Whoever
shall take from the waters of
Nantucket, Clams, Quahogs, Oy~-
tots, Eels or Scallops without ~
permit issued ~by the Selectmen,
or after sa~d permdt has ,been
.: revoked by the Selectmen, or who-
ever for the purpose of procur-
ing a license falsely makes any
· ' representation or statement re-
' quired shalI be .punished ,by a fine
of fifty ($50.00) dollars for each
offense.
' Section 2. The ,Select;men shall
issue permits as directed in Ar-
ticle 1~30 of %he General Laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts.
Section 3A. The ,Selectmen s!~all
allow the tal~ing of legal scallops
. for commercial purposes du~ing the
period from November 1st . to
March 31st, inclusive.
Section 3B. ,Scallops shall be
taken by hand only for family
use and not over one bushel per
person per week, and not for com-
mercial purposes during the month
of October.
Section 3C. The use of dredges
between the hours of Sunset ~nd
Sunrise, and on Sunday, is pro-
h~bited during the legal scallop
'.~eason, nor shall scallops 'be taken
'on Sunday ,by hand for commer-
cial purposes.
' Section 3.D. No scallops shall be
taken under this permit unless they
shall have a well defined raised an-'
nual growth line, as provided by
Section 70 of Chapter 130 of the
General Laws, Annotated. '~ ~:
Section 4. The use of ~o or
more dredges connected together
by an iron ,bar or any similar de-
vice is prohibited. No dredge or
dredges of freater xvidth than
twenty-eight inches across the
mouth will be ,permitted. Power
hoisting of dredges is authorized
provided no dredge is more than
t~venty-eight inches wide, seven
rings deep, the bar on dredge is
not over eighteen mesh long and
the complete dredge does not ex-
ceed fifty lbs. in weight.
Section 5. Not over four stand-
ard bags (provided 'by the Town)
of scallops shall be taken per man
per day, including shells, and not
over eight bags of scallops in-
cluding shells shall be taken per
boat per day. This limit of four
and eight shall be interpreted as in-
cluding scallops taken under this
commercial permit and any family
permit. All bags shall be tied se-
cutely in such manner that the
top is completely closed.
Section 6. No clams, quahog, s,
oysters, or scallops shall be taken
by hand er otherwise from such
seed areas as are now set off or
closed '.by action of the Selectmen
or from such areas as may be set
off or closed 'by the Selectmen dur-
ing the .podded these regulations
remain m force. Clams must
measure 2~ inches or more and
quahogs must measure 2 inches or
more. · - ,.
Section 7A. ~ first violation of
any of the sections two to six in-
clusive shall be punishable by rev-
ocation of license for not more
than thirty (30) days from the
date of the Board's act:.on revoking
said license. If said penalty should
carry over the end of the season,
the balance of the penalty remain-
lng shall be carried over and be
effective in the hext scallop sea-
son. / ,. ~.
Section 7B..A_ second violation
of any'of the sections ~vo to six
inclusive shall 'be punisha`ble by
revocation of license for one year
from the date of the Bor. rd's action
revoking said license. .
Section 8. The fee for license
to operate under the above regu-
lations shall be $5.00.
Section 9. As may seem neces-
sary, and at any time, the above
regulations may be altered, or new
regulations put in force by the
Selectmen.