Town Meeting Votes

Subject

Library Trustees have power to elect a Treasurer from their own number

Town Treasurer charge $2 for letting the Town Hall, except for literary and church purposes, and dancing prohibited

Selectmen shall act as town agents

Choose a Tree Warden for the term of 1 year

Rescind the vote whereby the town increased the School Committee from 3 to 6 and to elect a committee of 3 members

Assessors travel together in their duties as Assessors

Elect 3 Assessors, to be chosen to serve 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively

When the Town Treasurer receives $250, Knight’s Cemetery shall be accepted as town property

Accept the division of the town into voting precincts as prepared by the Selectmen

Chair appoint a committee of 5 to act as a Finance Committee, such Committee to serve without pay of any kind

Pay our town laborers by the hour

Selectmen to see that the town reports be kept in a binder

Establish an emergency fund in the hands of the Finance Committee

All orders to be approved by the Chairman of the Selectmen, except the (2-12-1916) fees for the return of births, and that any bills or orders paid without such approval shall be at the expense of the person paying same and not at the expense of the town

Revoke that part of the vote passed on March

Accept the permanent care of the Arba Randall Cemetery, so-called, if endowed with a fund of $500

Valuation list be printed annually

Elect 3 Cemetery Commissioners for three-year overlapping terms

Board of Selectmen appoint a Highway Surveyor, not a member of the Board of Selectmen, to have charge of roads under their supervision

Board of Selectmen act as Board of Public Welfare (Welfare functions have subsequently been taken over by the state.)

Establish Australian ballot system in voting for town offices; also rescinded the 1929 ATM, Art. 18, vote that nominations be made from the floor

Elect 1 Selectman for 3 years, 1 for 2 years and 1 for 1 year, beginning in 1933, and thereafter to elect 1 each year for a term of 3 years

Recommend that all articles for annual town warrant be placed in the hands of the Town Clerk not later than January 5

Have all roads kept open for travel in winter, where families live on such roads

Elect a Moderator for the term of 1 year by official ballot

Nominate from the floor, and the two highest to have their names appear on the official ballot

Future town meetings to be opened at 1:00 p.m.

Persons digging up a highway for any purpose shall get permission from the Selectmen and pay the cost of having it restored

Voted: “We keep our town by itself and do our own civilian defense.”

Have town warrants posted at Wentworth filling station, Royal Grocery and Knight four corners, and a fourth at a suitable place

Accept Arnold Cemetery as town property

Elect a Board of Health other than the Selectmen, 1 to be elected for 1 year, 1 elected for 2 years and 1 elected for 3 years in 1958, and 1 elected for 3 years each year thereafter

Abandon workmen’s compensation insurance and purchase same from an insurance company

Instruct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for legislation authorizing the town to transfer the balance remaining in the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Fund into a Stabilization Fund, provided for by MGL c. 40, §5B

Accept Pelham Hill Church as a town building

Include school teachers in the coverage provided by workmen’s compensation insurance

Make Pelham a one-precinct town

Authorize the Pelham Historical Society to have the use of the old Congregational Church as a museum

Abolish the practice of electing constables and instead empower the Board of Selectmen to appoint as many as it deems necessary to serve for a term of 1 year

Allow the Selectmen to pay the Road Superintendent for 8 holidays and 2 weeks’ vacation, after 30 weeks of employment

Allow the Keeper of the Dog Pound to retain all fees

Authorize the Pelham Historical Society to be the custodians of the Town Hall and Complex and to use it with the right to repair and restore the premises as conditions permit

Adopt Official Map of the Town of Pelham as provided under MGL c. 41, s 81E

Change the term of office from 1 to 3 years for the Town Clerk, the Treasurer and the Town Collector, starting with the election of 1969

Accept the Pelham Valley Cemetery in its entirety

Change the name under Art. 4 (budget category) 0405A of General Government from Assistant Treasurer to Secretary of Town Offices

Accept road into Laurel Heights (Bray Court) as a public way

Voted to become a member of the Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning District

Change the place of the posting of the town warrant from the nonexisting store to the bulletin board at the Selectmen’s office

Change the date of the Annual Town Meeting from the first Saturday in March to the first Saturday in April

Accept deed to Quaker Cemetery

Accept Pine Tree Circle as a public way

Accept Country Lane as a public way

Accept all school bus shelters given to the town

Direct the Historical Commission to enter agreement with Massachusetts Historical Commission to create preservation restrictions

Hold ATM and elections on the first or second Saturday in May

Open ATM at 10:00 a.m.

Join Pioneer Valley Transit Authority

Change term of Tree Warden from 1 to 3 years beginning with 1980 ATM

Authorize Finance Committee to provide sick leave for hourly employees of the Highway Department and town offices

Authorize Treasurer to establish a sick leave fund according to terms of the program created by Selectmen

Authorize Selectmen to set charge for street list not to exceed $2 per copy; free to departments and elected officials

Require commercial spray companies to notify beekeepers in town at least 24 hours prior to spraying against gypsy moths