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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1946-12-23SPECIAL TO%~N MEETING December 23, 1946. ,7;30 p.m. 409, Town Clerk Coffin: The hour having arrived, I will call the meeting to order, and in the absence of the elected moderator I will call for nominations from the floor ~o~ a moderator. Mr. Soverino: I would like to nominate Mr. Roy sanguinetti'. Second. Clerk: Mr. Roy Sanguinetti has been nominated as moderator for this meeting. All those in favor-- Aye. ThoseOpposed-,-- Clerk: Mr. Sanguinetti. Moderator: Thank you, voters. Before we start to take up what is properly before the meeting, there is a question-I wbuld like to draw to your attention. There is a by-law where ~he recommendations of the Finance Committee shall be publisheA seven days before the meeting. · ...... ' ,The bUsiness at hand is not to,appropriate, but is J6st a question of transferring funds. The by'law appointing the Finance Committee goes on to say that there shall be a finance committee and defines the ~uties of the finance committee: "The duties'of the Finance Committee shall be'to thoroughly'-inL vestiga~e all-articles of the 9arrant of~the.annual and. special town'meetings and have their decisions or recomm~pdation~ of approval~printed on the warrant~' to be published at least one. week before the town meeting." That'is under where it..is the duties of~the Finance Committee. -There is also'a by:lag.of the town whereby a special town meeting can be called :' "A town,~.~' meeting'can be called within'forty-eight hours notice;'namely, by ringing and crying through'the'street." The by-law meetings?are legally called by ringing:the bells and:catting ,.t through'-the-streets and forty-eight hours public n~tice-shall be giv~n~ · ' Since this law clearly states that a special town meeting can be called on forty-eight hours public notice and the'other by-law requires the recommendations of: the Finance Committee to be.published at least seven days before the meeting.therelis a I think that the instruction about,the publishing &f~he~: recommendations of the Finance Committee where it says_that,they shall.be published seveq days~in advance Of the~meeting--~s~s6me- thing'that does not affect the iegality of the town meeting.. The legality governed~by:_your'general~aws,_.~the ommission,of .the Finance. COmmittee to-publish their recommendations within seven days is ~ot something~that goes, you could say, to the a regularlY called meeting, as the statute reads "to carefully~ investigate~" suppose somebody says'that the Finance Committee did no~ investigate thoroughly. :It does not go to the core~of the matter. ......... I am ruling that the meetiAg is properly 'called and'that it is proper for a vote to be taken on any of the articles before it. There can be no question if this meeting is unanimous in 410 having this matter to be ~eard~ 'Then th~'e can be'no question at all. So, before we proceed with the meeting, is it the unanimous consensus of opinion Of the inhabitants of Nantucket that we continue with this special town meeting? All those in favor say "Aye." Aye~ All those oPposed-- It is a unanimous vote. Mr. Clerk will you read the warrant? .The Warrant was read by the Town Cle'rk. 'Moderator: Article Two is before the meeting. The' article 'is~ to receive reports from committees which shall come before this meeting. Mr. Killen: Mr. Moderator. Moderator: Mr. Killen .... Mr. KilleD: I w~uld like to present the findings of the finance committee "Moderator: Thank you. A~ticle Three. To see what sums the- town will vote to transfer from available funds to the following accounts: Tax Collector, Selectmens Dept., Town Buildings, Police Dept., Fire Dept.,Tree~Dept.,.Forest Fires., Public.. Health ~urse, Old Age AssistanGe~ Soldier's Relief,~State Parks, Ma~uring Debt, Chap.' 90 Maintenance, Public Welfare Dept., General Repairs Highway, and the recommendation of. the Finance Committee is: "We recommend that the amount of $?,?OS.ll be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund ~o the following Accounts: '~ Forest Fires $328.11 (Three~'+ 'Hundred'twenty eight dollars and eleven~centsi,'iS~ectmens~;'" Department $200.00 (Two hundred Dollars), Tax Collector~$80.OO. (Eighty Dollars), Old Age Assist.ance $2600.00 (Two.Thousand ~six hundred Dollars), Sol~iers Relief. $1250.OO (One thousand · two hundred fifty dollars), Maturing Debt $2000:00 (Two thousand Dollars)~ Welfare Department_$11OO. OO (One,thousand one hundred dollars), Highway Department $150200:(O~e hundred~ fifty ~ollarsi' These recommendations exhaust all available funds,~since all available funds have been exhausted ~he balance of.these request will have to be' met in the next Financial year. " '~rticle Three is 9efore the'meeting. Mr.~Fisher: Mr~'Moderat0r~' .~ Moderator:.~ Mr. Fisher .,. Mr. Fisher: I move that the f~nance committee's report be accepted and its recommendations be adopted.. I think:they have done a good Job'on what they had to do. ~' ' : - Moaera~ori.-~ O6es anybody have ~ny~hing~to'say?"-~;2.'~ The~:it,is';~ moved and seconded that the recommendation of .the finance'icommittee be'adopted and its report accepted.' All those in favor say Aye. AYe. Those opposed, Nay The Ayes have it. Moderat 6r: the meeting-.- Moderator: Mr. Tice. Mr. Tice: Second. Moderator: If there is no further b~msiness tO 'come before If there is no further business I move we adjourn adJ cum. The motion has been made and seconded that We All those in favo~ 'SaY "Aye" Aye . :~; 7 Those opposed-- Moderator: Meeting adjourned. Meeting adjourned -?:40 p.m. WAtm~T SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 23, 1946. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Nantucket ~' ': ' '~ , SS.- ........... ' ":'-To"either of the Constables of the Town Of Nantucket,' greeting: .- .. _ ~ In the name of ~he Commonwealth of MasSachusetts you ~me directed to notify the inhabftants of the Town of Nan-' ~ucket, Gualifled to vote in Town Affairs, to meet at the American Legion Hall in said Nantucket, on Monday 23rd of December'-at -?:30 P.M;' o'clock in 'the afternoon, then and there to act on the.following articles: .... Article 1--To choose a Moderator to oreside at said meeting.~ .... ~' ~.'~- .Article 2--To receive reports from committees which shall.come before this meeting. -- ~ A~i'cle'3[-To see what ~sums'the town will'v0te fer from available funds to the following accounts--Tax. Collector'; Selectmens Dept.,' Town' Buildings,~'Police Dept., Fire Dept., Tree Dept., Forest Fires, Public Health Nurse, Old Age Assistancs, Soldiers' Relief, State Parks,~ Maturing Debt, Chap. 90 Maintenance,.Public.W~lfare Dept~, General - Repairs'Highway. And'to a~t on and transact all bU~in;ss ~h~t may arise in ~elation to the foregoing articles And you are directed to serve this warrant by'~tlng a copy of the same at the corner of Main and Federal Streets, in the Post Office in Siasconset, and by publishing the ssme 412 'in The Inquirer and Mirror, 'at lea~t'seven day~ before the date. ....... of. said meeting.~ I $~ ~ i ~ .... $ ~ ~ ~i ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ] ~ I Hereof fail not, and make due return of this' warrant, with your doings thereon,~ to the Town Clerk,. at the:time and place of meeting, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this 5th d~yOf 'DecemB'er ~n the year one thousand nine hundred and 46. ~" ~ Irving A. Sove lng ' '~' : John L. Ha~dy Walter D. Glidden~ '" Selectmen of Rah'tucker December 23, 1946. Nantucket, ss. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notifled tho inhabitants of tho Tom-t of Nantucket qualifed to vote in Town Affairs, to meet at the time and place snd for the purposes within mentioned,~ by posting and publishing the' same as herein directed seven days before the date of said meeting. ., Lawrence F. Mooney Constable of Nantucket · ~ - ~ ~:--RECO14MENDATIONS-OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Article ~Th~ee: ~ We. recommend that~the amount~of Sy,yOg.ll be ~ransfe~red frsm the Excess and Deficiency Fufid'to~_.~0~ing Accounts: ~ · Three Hundred twenty.~ight, dollars (and eleven cents) Selectmen's Department2OO.'OO w~ Hun D0~l s · , ., '(Eigh~~' ~) '"'" Tax Collector 80 GO Della Old'Age[As~istmnce ':'2600.OO (TWO Tho~s~hd'Si~ H~ndred Dollars) Sol~rs.Relief 1250.OO (One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Maturing Debt-. 2000.00 (Two Thousand Dollars) ~elfa~-O0pa~tment' 1100.OO {O~e thousand One hundred dollars) Highw~y Department 150.OO ":i(One,hundred fifty.d011a~) all availab~ funds have been exhausted the balance~of these requests will have to be merlin next Financial y~ar.~ .~ote~ by the me,ting as recommended by the'~inane'e' Committee AN ' ' TING.* March 10~ 1947. ' ' .I. Pursuant to Warrant the Inhabitants of the town of Nantucket met'in the'American'Legion'Hall, March 10, 1947 at 7:30 A.M. Monday March 10, 1947. Wesley A. Fordyce was sworn in as Warden. Cards of instructions to V0ters,'penaltY cards~ voting lists and specimen ballots were'posted outside the guard rail. Instructions to Voters and Penalty cards were posted in the booths. The following Ballot Clerks were*sworn in: Edward P.'Ti6e, Ira W. Appleton,. John j. Driscoll, and Charles H. Blount. The Official Ballots in three packages said to contain 2000 Official Ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks and their receipt taken therefore. Constable Lawrence Fi l~0oney presented the Official Warrant of the. Meeting to Warden, Wes!ey.A..For~YCe~_ The Ballot box was inspected by/Franklin S~ Chadwick~ Edward P~ Tice~'John J.'Driscoll, Charles H. Blount and' Wesley A.'Fordyceand found to'be empty. -The'register the ballot box was Set at 0000, th& ballot'box locked and the keys turned over to Franklin S. Chadwick, Constable in charge. ........ At 7:30 A.M. the Warde~ called order and read Article of the Official Warrant. ~Upon motion of Irving A. So~e~in( duly 2nd.'it was VOTED that the polls close at 8:00 P;M~ and that when this meeting adjourn it b6 until 7:30 P.M. Monday, March 24th at Dreamland Theatre. The Warden'the~ declared the Polls open and voting started at once. At'l~:15 A.M~ the register on the ballot box standing at 400, the'ballot box was'opened and the'ballots removed to the Emergency Ballot Box by'Franklin'S.~Chadwick,~C0nstabl~, Edward-P~ Tice'and Wesley A.' FOrdyc~.~This ~s-~epeated at 3:06 P.M. the regisher, then. standing at-80~,' ~ . At-~O0 P.~, the'polls were declared closed. People inside the guard rail Were given ten minutes in which to complete and cast their ballots. The register'on the ballot*bo~ s~anding at 103~ the ballol box was opened by Constable, Charles C. Chadwick and the ballots removed. The following.Tellers were.sworn in: 'Fr&nk W.' Ramsdell, Walter J.*Royal~ Philip L. Moore~ J~mes Mb.Killen, George E. Grimes,'Melvin*L. Ray,*Charles C. Barr,'Charl&s W. Elliz, Eugene*Souza~ Harold W. Killen,~John E~'Moore Jr.,*Stuart* B. Day, Clarence-Hb SWift~ G&orge R.'Grimes, Herbert C.'Wo¢.d, Seddon W~'Legg Jrt, Robert*C. Murray, Norman Wilson, Lesli P. Martin,*~John F.' McGr~dy, Frank M. Miller, Robert M.' Ray~ Stanley Smith, ~ Edward A. 01derich. Thomas Rupert Warren, and Henry B, Coleman. The Absentee Ballots were then'voted. There Were 20 men and 31 women, a total~of §l, giving the total of 1083 on the ballot box register.~ The ballots were sorted and counted and' foUnd to be 1032 and the Absentee ballots 51 a total of 1083. The ballot'clerks at the gate and at the ballot box checked their lists'and found 599 men and 484 women voted,-a total of 108~. At 8:30 P.M.'the canvas of,the votes having been'~c6mplet~d the following results were read by Warden, Fordyce. MODERATOR~ Roy E. sanguinetti. _,,~:Blanks? ~,SELECTMEN Ernest R. Coffin Harry Duces' ~'~' ~ Roger F.'Dunham ~ Walter D. Glidden Kenneth R. Hammond Arthur C~ Hayden Sidney H.'Killen Winslow G~ Pearl Earl S. Ray Cecil Ric~rod ~ Herbert P. Smith Irving A~ Sovertno GordOn E. Stewart Henry R.'Terry ~' Thomas W. Williams Blanks "S~x~hundred sixty nine Four hundred fourteen Seven hundred twenty one 'Ten ~ ~L~' ~ Two hundred eighty six Six hundred sixty seven Eighty four One hundred nineteen · One hundred sixty four One hundred two 669 elected 414 '~ V21 elected 10~ ~ 286 ' ' 66~ elec ~ed 84 ll9 16'4 102. Four hundred'ninety'seven 49V elec One hundred'twenty'one' "121 Five hundred eighty seven 58V elec Six hundred-~eventy six, 676 elec Thirty six .36 Two hundred forty seven 24V TWo hundred eighty seven Eight hundred eleven 811 .41'5 .. TOWN TREASURER J~mes Allen Backus Blanks COLLECTOR OF TAXES Clifford R. Morris Blanks TOWN CLERK Charles Clark Cof~in Joseph A. Viera Jr. Blank~ Eight hundred thirty nine 839 elect Two hundred forty four 244~ ~ie~Il Eight hundred eighty two 882 ed Two hundred one 201 Nine hundred eighteen 918 elected Eighty four 84 Eighty one 81 ASSESSOR John J. Gardner 2nd Donald M. Gibbs Blanks WATER COMMISSIONER Charles F. Handy Blanks S~¥ER COMMISSIONER Nallace B. Dea~on~ Blanks TREE WARDEN Frank B~'Gardner Scattering' Blanks SCHOOL C0~flTTEE Della S~Chapel~ Vera Jaeckle'--:-: Ernest H. Menges Blanks Eight hundred sixty eight 868 elected One hundred thirty 130~ Eighty five 85 Seven hundred seventy six 776 elected _Three hundred seven 307 Eight ' hUndred'~ nine '~ 809 elect;ed Two hund~ seventy four 2V4' Seven h~und~ed ~ixtY_.nine V69 elect;ed Three hundred eleven 311 Six hundred ~eighty~ seven 68V Five hundred ninety -' 890 elected Five' hundre~ fifty six ~ ~ .556. Three hundred thirty three333' ' Charles' C:~Ch~dWi~k': .~ Seven h~dred fifty nine ..~7~9 elected Fra~lin S~ 'C~dwick Seven h~ed seventy bne'yY~::elected Law~ence'F,' Nooney . Seven"h~ed thirty six Y~8 elected ~arcus L. 'Ramsdell :~.. ~ Six h~d~ed' sixt~'~.:~.' ' ' .~'~ 886 elected Charles H. Talford ~. ~ :~:.Seven h~d~ed seventeen ~l~ elected EdYthe C, .Day F~ty f~e ~,' ~8 elecbed scattering ~ ~ ~ SixtY°ne .... ~ ~ -. ':.-:' .:~.' 81~:~:~.. Blanks ~o thous~d seven forty~ t~ee ~.