HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-03-04"Auxiliary of'the American'Legion to attend.their Easter
dance...' '.: '-' .' '~ ~ :~ .... .-;... '~'" .' ':,~. '.' ~. .'. : ,"
The~BoaPd'also~received an invitation'to luncheon at ~t~e Nantucket
Cottage Hospital with their trustees on Tuesday, March 9, at 12:3£
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It was v~ted to' authorize an overdraft Of the Snow and Sand,and
'Court Fees and Expense appropriations.. '.
I'~' was vSted that.the shellfish Per'its be'issued' ''~'''thei''[~''''~'isame'''as''
last year. ,.
~r'.' Huntley D. Taylor made application for a Pe~it"[to'convert a
building which has been used ~s'a shop into a one-c~r private~
garage~ on his premises on Vest~l':Street. It w~s votedthat the
same be granted, it.bearing the approval'of the Fire Chief.
~r..William Voorneveld 'made application for a petit'to inst~ll
and ~intain a five hundred 6~llon.~asoline.tank and 'computing-
p~mp on his premises ~t the first ~ile stone on the ~d~ket .Eo~d.
It w~s voted ,..that..~ he,ring be held on the premises.at 10:80..
,,,..on Saturday the gVth .... :- ..
The N~ntucket Gas & Electric Company m~d.e.applio~ion:~o~'a'perr
mit ~o.erect one'new'pple on Sp~fng'St~eet,abutting.th'e property.
of ~r. Antone F. ST/lvia. It was.:voted'th~t the se~e take'the'
course prescribed by law, the he. ring to be held o~ ~,[arch 18,'
-at 8 P. ~ff. in t?e Selectmen's Office.
The' Board then proceeded t0 act upon the various articles in the
Annual Warrant which come under their direction. ,,, - , .
'Under Articl~ 42, Section F~'the T~Vn appropriated.~3o°o t0 elim-
inate- a dangerous corner. '.~
It was voted that the' ToW counsel Prep'~re a'bill 0f.'sale 66r~he
property known as'"Wesco"
Under Article 21,' the Term voted the change'of the ne~e of Gard-
ner's Lane to Lucretia Coffin Mott Lane.~. It was voted that ~'~r.,:l.
Tice be instructed, .to have'.a sign painted "and'placed;~ ,., .'" :."':.'.-'.~.'"':: :~:;:.": .
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It was voted.to view the Beach Road' in Siasc0nset for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of Article 42, Section I.~ .;"~.
under A'rticle'4s,: Section K, the Tot'~ a~o~is~e8 ~25
chase-suitable benches to be placed near the'.w~lk to the main ' :. ~.-
beach '(Siasconset). ' ...... ' ......
it .was voted-.th~t the' Same be purchased fr0~ the Cha~lesto~.~ ",-,
State Prison . .'" " ' ~- .: '" : ...... ~,~
It was voted that'~,, '~'r.'''N~tthew 'Jaeckle be i~truote~ to carry
the pr~vision~ of ~rti~le'.~9, for ~leanlng up~':reseeding and re-'
storing't~e land Used as a. Co--unity Garden.. ~ ..... ' .... :'--.--'~
It w~s 't~oted that M~. W~lte~ O!id~en,', I~r.' Edward. P.. T~ce, :~d
I. A'.-$ovorino be-a committee of_three to find.some'suitable ~ean:
of d~spos~ng of Town' refuse,'hnd repo~t, to the selectme'n' in time
for some actio~ to. be t~lceu at t~e next Annual Town Meeting.
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Zt 'was voted.that.~r. Adelbert Baker.be instrUcted'to o~rry OUt
the provisions of, Ar.t'icle ~; ~ep~f~s-t6 t~e equipment ~k the
Children's Beach; under the direction of ~r. H. P. Smith.' ..,
It was'~'voted that ~r, Cherles Elmball, ~Nr. F~ahk O~rdner ~'anfl -.
Chief Blair~be appginted a committee to determine what'areas are
suitable for a Town forest,and report their recommendations at
the next ~ov,~ me. eting.
. .::~' '~: It was~voted',that~Mr.-Tice'~be'instructed-'to move-'one:'of,tbe metal
' :' ~,~':garages from the Cliff to,the'To~'s lot'on PleaSant ~St~eet.~- ~':'
· It was. voted :'that Mr. 'George 'J0~es be "~'i'~'~':the" work Of establi
. lng albound'at Madaket near Eel Point. (Art!cie'67). .
It was .voted tO Prohibit all 0u~side' liquor,'beer or v~ne signs.
(Article 75)" ,: , , ' ' :. -
'It':~'v0ted.that the Chairman'.be'-a Committee 0f one to See that'
the three mile buoys ~re. properly reconditioned. I ~ ~
A complaint ~ms ~eceived regarding"t~e brgsh-piled near the Noba-
deer Pond.' ,
It was voted .that the Chief of the Fire Department be instrUcted
to dispose of the same with the aid of Public .Welfare help; also'
that he do likewise with any otter pile of brush which is, or
might begone.in dry weather~ a fi~e hazard.
A cOmplaint
was received that' George Gebo is o~yin$ ~ revolver
o~ pistol:, This info~ation was i~edi~tely given to Sergeant
of the Poli0e Department.
It was voted that the matte~ of publishing the annual report
less detail be left !n the h~nds of the Town Accountant.
It'~as v0ted'to ~djou~n ~t"10:45 ~. ~.'
Respectfully submitted,
March 11, 1937
was held
"The"re~lar we'ekly' me'ting of t~e Board-of Selectmen" '
~Thu sday evening a~ 7:30 P. . ~.~th a full attendance
'(L~/:.~.pvm-tcc-ountant'Barrett >'"" ' ~.- '.:..'.....-. .... ':/ .... '/, .....
presented treasu~ warrant nt~ber eleven
~-~[~'and bills ~o~mtins to $14,SD2.SS.~'It was 'voted~ to waive the
'-re~din~ of the warrant, that. the bills be approved and'ordered
paid. ~ ..~..:.. ~ ~ - - . , ' ....-
.. '..j.:':..,,./~:..-.. :,::.. t: :~: .., C ~lth'.'Nu j presented her report
Miss 'Florence Farre~l,' Publi' ~He ~'se
_for~the, month of FebruarT(,.:showing 290' caius_ made and ~25.25 in
~fees collec~ed.~..She notified/~the Board that the Child Welfare~
Conference will.be held'the week,of May third and,. she asked;-:'
wo~ld the Board be willing to assist in the' cost of the same as~
in previous years. ,~
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It was voted'that the report be'r'e'~i~d 'sna 'PlaCed'on ri~e, ~
to assist'in the costs of the conference. . ~'
I5 ~/a's ."V0~:~d "that the road work .be .given ~o Mr. John C.'. Ring';'-that
'he prepare~and p~esent contracts in duplicate. ",";'-: -'~ '~ -
In compliance' with 'Artlcle~v? of the;A~'~ual Warr~t;': Walt~r w. _'~
Lindquist presented a lease of the:~erican Legion Hall which was
.signed by the ~o~rd~. ...... -:"-'. ~ ~ ~ ~ ]~[[~ ~ $~ ~ ~ I~ ~ ~
Mr.' Everett" FolEer Was~pr~'sent and~requested that 'the B0a~d ~e2
'consider their action of last weeki' ;It was voted that the ~ub-
ject matter be studied another week.~ ,~" .~ .
.,'I~[r. Page', for' I~t0'0'~'8'~ Te~Py';' ~nc., reqUssted '~uth0rt~y to change~
..the n~me of the business to "P~e's, IDc.".. It was voted that
the request be granted .... :
' ~Jr.Arthur' ~,:cclea~e"and !Jr;Edward' Tre~ov :~ad~.'aP~li~atlou f'or per-
mits to set mackerel nets and for flounder ~ dragging wlthiD~' the
prescribed area. It was voted that the same be granted.