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";~'~"' " : ':~; '": "We "~'~mm~nd~ ~f li~i 'amounts be
: ..... ~ raised and appropriated:'.',_, (ahd' following'.we~".,
· ~listed all' departmental expenses 'and salaries"
~' ~ at the present scale of wages.')
'~e main,questi°n for 'discUssion'~der Article 64 was
wheth~r'~r not the. Town',wanted'to increase salaries
how much. After a' thonough' and lengthy dZscussion,' it vo~d
an increase of fifteen percent,'the' appropriation for which"
was to be embodied in A~ticle 8.
0~' 80urts~ have held that 'Town War~ants '~EoUld be
construed' liberally and without tec~ical precision ~d a
Meeting may legally-act upon any subject of which the Warrant
not oe to
Tccke~an v Noynihan, ~8~ M~ss. st page 565
coffin v Lawrence,' 143 Mass'.'
Kitt~edge v North Bro0kfield, 138 Mass.
Article 8 embodies th~ fixe~ annual expenses of the
Town at the time of the issuing of the Warrant and the effect
of the vote unde~'A~ticle 34 wa.s."to increase by fifteen per-~
cent those'items of'Article.8 that were affected. In comput-
ing the 'amount ~propriat~d under. Article 8, you will take the
total as reco~ended by'the Finance Co~ittee and voted by the
Town and add the additional amo~ts as voted ~der Article 34.
Very truly yours,
'~ ~ Grace M. Henry
R.E.S.
....... With ~ef&rence' to Article 26, the Moderator appointed
M&~rs. ~' Willi~ 'J~' Blair, Archibald- Ca~twright 'and Lawrence. F.
M0oney t6' serve as a co~itte"of three~' 'The following notice
was issued by the Town Clerk's'office under date of March 14th,
1944 :'
' ' OFFICE 0F T~
, TOWN CLE~
To Willi~m'~.~ 'Elai~ ~ ""
~rchibald'Cartwright~. ~"
Lawrence' F. 'Mooney ' '
Dear Sir:
Article ~8 of the Town Warra~t"P~ovides'by: vote' 0~
the town that the Moderator appoint a committee of three to
invg~tigate'the .pension and retirement laws'as may be best
for the' p01-ice ~and. permanent members of the'lire'department
and to report at the next special or annual'town meeting.
You have been duly appointed by the Moderator a
member of this committee. ~ ~
" '~' · Very truly yo~rs,
Charles Clark Coffin
Town'Cle~k ....... " ":~:~
March 21~ 194~4. .,
Th~resignation~of Wallace B."Deacon from' the-board'of
Siasconset ~¥ater Commissioners, effective as of~March
20~ 1944, was received and the Selectmen duly notified.
Charles Clar~-Coffin, ~Wh clerk
GRAND JURY Nay 2, 1944.
By force of a writ of Venire Facias emanating from our
Superior Court'for the County of'Nantucket, the Selectmen,
the. Town Clerk, and Paul M.-Frye; Deputy Sheriff, met in
the town Clerk's office ~farch 30, 1944. at 10.30 A.M.;
whereupon Irving A, Soverin0, chairman of the Board of
Selectmen, in the presence of the Selectmen~'the Town
Clerk and the Deputy Sheriff serving the writ, drew from
the Jury Box the names of'the following'persons'to act
as Grand'Jurors at our Superior Court'to be held the
2nd day'of May 1944,-it being the first.~esday~ To'wit:
Frank P.'Hanlon-Fletcher Ro~s-Edgar Adams-He,bert L. Brown
Arthur L. 01derich-Thomas'F.~.Gibson_Reuben G. Coffin-
James N.'Gardner-Robert D. Congdon-Elwyn R. Francis-
Edward B. Hamblin-0scar Ceeley-Arthur D.'Chase-0scar
Hamblin-George R. ohnson-~allace E Cr~sby-Charles
Perreiraz John E. Moore-Oliver C. Fisher-Adelbert R. Baker
George E. Andrews-James K. Coghill-Lester C. Ayers.
Town C~M
TRAVERSE JURY Nay 2, 1944.
By go~cecofo~.writ of Venire Facias emanating from our
SuperiOr Court for the Codnty-0f Nantucket, the'Selectmen
th~ Town Clerk and Pa~I M.'Frye,~Deputy Sheriff, met in
the T0wn'~Cl~rk's office March 30~'1944 at 10:30'A4M.~
whereupon-Ir?ingA. Soverino, chairman of the Board of
Selectmen, iS.the presence of the Selectmen, the Town
Clerk and the'Deputy Sheriff serving the'writ, drew from
the Jury Bbx.the' names of the following person~ to act
as Traverse 'Jurors at the Superior Court to be held the
2nd day of May 1944;_.it being the first Tuesday, to wit:
Alonzo Chase-Carl E.'Anderson-John-G. ~!acDonald-Kenneth
C. Coffin-William C. Brock, J. H.'Gib~s-Frank W. Ramsdella
John Egle-Reub&n S. Glidden-Eugene F. Burgess-Charles W..
Ellis-Ernest R. Coffin-Allison Holmes-Charles B. Flemming
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