April 20, 1917, 
MANCHESTER TOWN MEETING 
By-Laws Out oF Way at LAST AND 
MEETING Disso_veD For Goon. 
It took just 28 minutes to clean up 
all unfinished business on the Man- 
chester town warrant and _ dissolve 
the town- meeting, Monday evening, 
after having held several adjourn- 
ments of the annual meeting. The 
motion to reconsider Art. 18, relative 
to dredging the harbor, was lost, a 
Fourth of July committtee was ap- 
pointed, part of the finance commit- 
{ee named, reports received from two 
committees, the sum of $3,000 appro- 
priated to add to the reserve fund, 
$350 appropriated for the town 
clerk’s department, $50 for the mod- 
erator and the use of town lands 
granted for food production this sum- 
mer. A 
The following were appointed on 
the Fourth of July committee: Al- 
bert Cunningham, Dr. F. A. Willis, 
Hollis A. Bell, Allan P.. Dennis. 
James Murray, James Kehoe, Wil- 
liam Craig, Edward W. Baker and 
Frank L. Floyd. The following mem- 
bers of the finance committee were 
nared for one, two and three years 
respectively: George S.  Sinnicks, 
_ Arthur E. Olsen and Everett L. Ed- 
-mands. The remainder of the com- 
_ mittee will be appointed by the board 
of selectmen in the following man- 
/ ner: two for one year, two for two 
_ years and two for three years. 
Albert Cunningham moved the re- 
consideration of Art. 18 in regard to 
the dredging of the harbor. Edward 
S. Knight explained in behalf of the 
selectmen that a petition had been 
presented to the Mass. Commission 
of Waterways and Public Lands in 
December, but that no word was re- 
ceived until a few days before the 
hearing which the commission grant- 
ed. The adjourned town meeting was 
held on the Monday preceding the 
hearing and the board asked for the 
sentiment of the town in regard to 
the dredging. At that meeting, he 
said, the vote in favor of postponing 
action on the dredging was unani- 
mous. He added that the board had 
requested a survey of the harbor by 
the commission and that had been 
promised. Until the survey was fin- 
ished no work could be done anyway 
and it would probably be fall before 
it was finished. If the survey were 
made this year, he suggested, the 
work could be carried out easily next 
spring. Mr. Knight said he had re- 
ceived word from the commission 
‘Monday afternoon that no allotments 
had yet been made, but that they 
would be made Wednesday. When 
he appeared before the committee 
Mr. Knight emphasized the import- 
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ance of Manchester harbor as a base 
for the activities of small boats of 
the size used as submarine chasers. 
If the commission is guided by U. S. 
naval authorities in the dredging 
work there is a possiblity of Man- 
chester being chosen as an auxiliary 
base in spite of its proximity to Mar- 
blehead. The only difficulty in the 
way is the need of dredging, Mr. 
Knight said he favored dredging 
when advisable and declared he had 
done more for the improvement of 
Manchester harbor than anybody in 
town, but at present prices he thought 
it better to wait. 
The motion to reconsider was lost 
26 to 20. 
Patrick H. Boyle reported that the 
committee on a soldiers and_ sailors 
monument appointed to act with the 
Relief corps committee was making 
progress. 
Chester L. Crafts, chairman of the 
committee on improvements at Tuck’s 
Point, reported that the committee 
had investigated the conditions, but 
was of the opinion that no action be 
taken until the next annual meeting 
in view of the financial condition of 
the town. His recommendation was 
adopted. 
On motion of George R. Dean it 
was voted to adopt the new by-laws 
as a whole, Art. 10 as originally sub- 
mitted having been stricken out, and 
refer them to W. O. Underwood, the 
town counsel, for revision. The vote 
was 61 to o for adoption. 
On motion of Edward S. Knight 
the sum of $3,000 was added to the 
appropriation for the reserve fund to 
take care of any emergency that 
might arise such as the protection of 
the water department property, addi- 
tional police protection, or an appro- 
priation for use of the public safety 
committee. ‘ 
Lyman W. Floyd asked for $50 
for the maintenance of: the office of 
the town clerk and $300 for the pur- 
chase of new and additional equip- 
ment. It was voted. 
On motion of Edwin P. Stanley 
the report of the finance committee 
was accepted. Thomas Baker thought 
that the extra duties which had fallen 
to the moderator on account of the 
unusual number of adjournments de- 
served some recognition. He moved 
that $50 be given the moderator and 
it was so voted. A rising vote of 
thanks was also given. 
On motion of Austin Morley it 
was voted to instruct the several de- 
partments of the town to use the land 
in their charge for the cultivation of 
food products by the town this sea- 
son. 
The motion to dissolve the meeting 
was made by Thomas Baker at 8.05. 
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