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330 Continued Page 13 May 12, 1975 Article 58: To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the care and custody of the Conservation Commission the Town Forest containing two hundred ten (210) acres, being the same premises described in Article 28 of the 1972 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action thereon. ACTION: Motion duly made and seconded to accept Article 58 as read. A unanimous vote. Article 59: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By -Laws by adding an additional section to read asEfollows: "No land acquired by the Town through tax title proceedings shall be sold or otherwise disposed of until it shall have first ' been determined by a vot6 at a Town Meeting whether or not said land shall be held by the Town as Conservation Land, with the custody and control thereof being transferred to the Conservation Commission for all purposes included in Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as it now reads or may hereafter be amended, shall be held by the Town for some other municipal purpose." ACTION: Motion duly made and seconded to accept Article 59 as read. So voted. Article 60: To see if the Town will vote to delete Chapter III - Article IV of the Town By -Laws: Rules and Regulations, relative to the dredging or filling of waterways and marshlands within the Town which reads as follows: Section 1. All applications for a permit to dredge or fill must conform with State and Federal statutory rules or requirements with reference to navigable waters. Section 2. All applications must be in writing or on a form prepared by the Board of Selectmen and available at the office of the Town Clerk and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of ten dollars. Section 3. An application for a permit shall state: a. The name and address(s) of the land affected. b. The exact area sought to be dredged orfilled, identifying by landmarks or monuments or by an accurate plan or survey of the land, marsh, or waterway affected. Section 4. A public hearing shall be held on every application, which hearing ' shall be advertised at least seven days before the date of the hearing. Section 5. Any person violating the provisions of the By -Law shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $20.00 for each offense. ACTION: Motion duly made and seconded to accept Article 60 as read. So voted. Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to add to and adopt the following amendment to the Mashpee Conservation By -Law, the following: The Conservation Commission may require the posting of a bond with surety, running to the municipality, anc sufficient as to form and surety in the opinion of the Commissions' Counsel, to secure faithful and satisfactory performance of work required by any final "Order of Conditions" in such sum and upon such conditions as the Commission may require. Other evidence of financial responsibility which is satisfactory to the Commission may be accepted in lieu of bonding. Notwithstanding the above, the amount of such bond shall not exceed the estimated cost of the work required or the restoration of affected lands and property if the work is not performed as required, whichever is the greater. Forfeiture of any such bond shall be recoverable at the suit of the municipality in the Superior Court, or take any other action thereon. ACTION: Motimn duly made and seconded to accept Article 61 as read. So voted. Article 62. To see if the Town of Mashpee will vote to authorize the Town by its Historical Commission to apply for and receive Federal, State and Private I Grants and accept donations from public or private sources for museum purposes, with the approval of the Selectmen or take any other action thereon. ACTION: Motion duly made and seconded to except Article 62 as read. So voted.