HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-03-24 ~ ~,~ Meeting of March 24; 1948,~ ~
~'~'~ Neeting~0ailed~to~der~at~v:25 with all members present
With exception of Mr. Coffin who'was a little late.
The Chatham~Bend-co~mit~ee,co~sisting ~f Me~srs~Du~ham,
Pease,~Blount, Yerxa, and Winslow confered with the Board. ~
Mr. Dunham stated the~the Committee had been unable to 8etermin
Just who owned the land where the cut was to be made and the
only thing that could be used for a marker was pole 141 of the
Govt. line. He'felt that the Selectmen should take over the~
taking of the land as p~ovited~for in Article 50. After some
01scussion on the taking of land by Eminent Domain it~was
vote8 to request the Town Counsel to determine, if possible,
the lawful owners and see what arrangement could be made with
them for the purcha~e'"%r option oN the land in question. ~.
Mr. Soverino~suggested sending the Chatham Bend committee
toEether with some of the Selectmen to Boston to confer with
State Conservation Board, The Department of Public Works, and
the U. S. Engineers about the digging of~this opening.~Mr.
~Todd was of the opinion that a letter~M~uld be less expensive.
After.some discussion it was voted that Mr. Soverino would
call either the State Conservation Boar8 o~ Dept. of Public~
Works, to line the work up,with the Committee to take the trip
to Boston immediately if it was felt necessary.
The regular Meeting of the Board opened at 830 P.M.
Mr. Blount objected to Mr. Indic over article in To~m Crie~
which stated the bed of oyeters at Nadaket had been pilfered
as it was'a reflection on him as Shellfish Inspector. The
Board assured Mr. Blount it was very satisfied with the work
he was ~oing.
.On motion of Mr. Soverino it was voted to move 150 bu; of
oysters into shallow water for the public.
~r. Mather c0nfered with the Board stating that Rep. Barnes
wanted official letter stating the term of-office~for the Tree
Commission to be~appointed under Article 8V. Upon advise of
Mr.'Sanguinetti that'the Board could designate the term of
office, it was voted that~one member should be appointed for
three years, one for two years, and one for one~year..There-
after one member to be appointed annually for a term of
three years. The two members appointed by the above three
to be appointed for a'term of one.year.
~r. Sanguinetti:reported on the 01d Colony hearing he had
just attended. The break dowm or.figures shown bff~the New
Haven showed the Cape figures to be better than other sections
of the line. The request of the New Haven to,stop all'service
for~the next six weeks was opposed by Mr..Samguinetti. He
stated that the schedule for the summer was better than last
year with the trains making better connections with'the boat.
It Was voted that the following seasonal'All Alcoholic
l~cense applications take the usual course p~scribed by law.
v~ite Elephant - Inn Holder
Stasconset Beach !Iouse- Inn Holder
Sankaty Head Golf Club - Club
It was voted to grant Lnn Holders licenses to the Sia-
sconset Beach House and The Roberts House.
'Warrant # 12~in the amount of~$i5,~25.vo was approved and
bills ordered paid.
It was voted to have the Chief Of Police request all
Merchants to close and all Mechanics to cease work on Good
Friday from noon to 3 P. ~. in order to attend services of the~
choice.
It was voted to make no change in the fees for family and
Commercial Shellfish licenses.
~qeeting adjourned 10:10 P.
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