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Mr 8ates'!s survived by•rile two sons; Samuel B. (sates and Lothar J, l3ntes, and by several grandohlldren OFTHILANDER HATES Mr Bates .waa"bgrn �ennt �s 1 �n South Weymouth. thoutrh• his 11 111Y �1 �"`�"' moved'to Cohasset whan he was 6 Yearn S�x�gd �J� S�leaman .�� old. and be remained hero till his death. IJ 1 In h!s YOU he was, for a few years; aIn 1ki�'he establisheduIn.•Cohasset'•a TOw for 40 Years shoo store-which becarn a general stare'and which he retained for more than M years. He "wasp long a leader Native of South Weymouth—Active !n the Second Pariah Cons;reSatlonal Church and an aative temperance work- or, Me candidacy for Selectman was never sericualy opposed till 100. when Temperance Worker his opponant,.Dzelkel James, with a somewhat-sensational platform.of prih- `---�- olDles, tailed of alectlon by only 29 , Vote[!.' gperlal Wavatch t t e Globe Mr Hates was.for years'superintend CORASSET. Juno 16Iander Bates; ant of streets,,overseer of the poor, and onn of the meat chairman of the Hoard of assessors, Prominent'citizens o! •73e was also•'for a..time, partly by-hi', Cohasaet, died at 6 c'clock,tonight at his own aPPolntment, chief.of police:and I home on South main at. Death was duel :town accountant, to a general breakdown:,".'Ho had boon sick only about a:weak. " � n Ek s hi"6� 3: �+{ 1 tdK�v.�Sf ` Y Y vas r 'il°JLO�'O�yl7VlltX.rRJJNG. PIIII,el�DTflE,•l3ATE8.,' 1 or a number of,years Mr Bates was ,angagod 1n the-shoe business 1n Cohaa- set, but gave up active business,about a year ago. Ho was closely ideiltifled with politics for nearlyca half century ' anti was for aQ years a,member; and for a grcat »art of that time ehairman,- of. the Board of Selectman. IJo.was do- feated for reelection In'1916."The follow- ing year the General Court of Massachu- setts passed a apocial_aot..onabllna the town to pay him a Panslon of. SOU-A year tor'life. The town adogtad.,the Provisions of this sot in 1917. Mr Hates, �N THE COUL1.01T.EALTH OF UASSACHUSETTS DEPARTME01T OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE HOUSE, BOSTON Suggested Minimum Regulations which will be required by the Commis- sioner of Public Safety before approval of Licenses isaued in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 299 , Acts of 1;+06. 1. This license is granted and approved subject to compliance with the laws of this Commonwealth relative to the exposing, sale and keeping of liquor or other intoxicating beverages and with compli- ance with the following conditions: -- S. The premises shall be open at all times to insp ecticn by any police officer or constable of the town, or by any State Police Officer. No person or persons s under the influence of intoxicat .ng liquor or othe~ intoxicating beverage, or having the appearance tY.ereof, shall be granted admittance to or be permitted to remain in or upon any of the premises described in this license. 4. No dialogue , gesture, song, language or conversation of any de- scription which is directly or indirectly obscene, la.sciviouEl or suggestive, shall be permitted to be used by any person or persons while in or upon the premises. 5. Muscle or suggestive dancing of any description or form its pro- hibi.t ed. 6. Gaming of any description, games at which a prize is off$red, any game where money is exposed as a prize or inducement, wheels of chance and jingle boards are prohibited. 7. Private dining rooms , booths or enclosures for the accomodation of less than four persons shall not be permitted and not less than four persons shall be allo-med or permitted to occupy any such room or i.nclosure. �. Rooms used for dining rooms and for dancing shall be so lighted as to render it possible to distinguish any person by every other person therein at all times . 9 . The license will be suspended for non-compliance with any of the laws of this Commonwealth relating to this particular estab- lishment , and may, after a hearing, be revoked. 10. Non--compliance with the provisions of any of the above regula- tions will be sufficient cause for suspension, and after hearing the license may be revoked. • ^S 1 i r TOWN Or C OHASSE T Traffic' Rules and'.'Orders.ad _jilted June 30, 1927, in�:forc a Tuly 8, 1927- WHMAS in the opinion of the , Selectmen of the Town of Cahasset conditions require that, in addition to the State laws regarding the premises, certain rules- or orders should be put in. force for ,the better regulation of traffic of all :�incds upon and over the public streets, roads .and ways of said town, it.-is hereby ORIDE that the following rules or orde.rs .be and the same, hereby are adopted, "the same. to take effect as •provided' by law; 10 No vehicle shall 'stop with its left side to a curb or gutter.• ,`12': No vehicle shall stop .within ten, feet of a fire hydrant. This rule shall not be held to apply to vehicles owned .-or- used -by any ofrthe several Cohasset municipal departments when the same are being actually used for' strict ly. municipal 'purposes 3 ' .All vehicles parking on, the north side of.r Main Street between en- 'trances ".to .Brook Street and Elm Street shall park wi.thin..the spaces .designated and rzar�ed by the Police Department. 4• 1 There, shall be no parking" o�f vehicles on then ways of the town between' the, spaces designated by signs erected by. the Police.:Department �. Police officers may divert vehicular traffic when .necessary to avoid co'ngestion:.or to.":promote. safety and convenience;---and no;_p"erson having charge of a vehicle shall refuse or,neglect to stop or place .,the ,same as directed by a police ; officer.. ' 6. No vehicle, .except commercial vehicles actually engaged in loading or unloading, ' shall remain stationary. on the westerly side of Brook Street. 7 ;No person operating or having' control of a vehicle: shall refuse or neglect to stop," move or change' the position of..'such vehicle when and as directed Sato do by a. police- officer $. The 'word "vehicle," '.as herein. used shall include vehicles of all kinds h6*6ver draw or propelled and whether on wheels or -runners, except such vehi-. cle" s ,as are by law permitted: to , , be drawn or propelled on sidewalks. 9. 'Whoever violates anyt of the provisions -of the foregoin rules or orders shallrbe punished by a' fine of not exceeding .twenty ($20 . ) dollars for each violation• it is further ORDERED; that the foregoing rules and orders be published for one week in the South Shore Life and that the same shall take effect at 12 o'clock noon on the eighth day of.. July, 1927- It is further ORDERED;. that a copy of the foregoing duly attested by.. the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen be filed with the Town Clerk. within ten days after `said July 8, 1927. Read, passed and do d his 30th day. of June, 1927. Darius W. Gilbert, Herbert I-Brown Harry S -Parker Selectmen of the "Towri of Cohasset• A true copy. A 7es z; �t Edward L. Stevens , ' Clerk. of Board of Selectmen- TOWN OF NOHA7SET a Y TRA271C RMES AND ORDERS. ADOWED MY 189 1929 IN FORCE .AUGUST late 1929. Whereas, in the opinion of the Selectmen of the Town of Cohasset., conditions require that in addition to. the State lags and present existing rules and orders .adopted by this .board in regard to the premises, .oertaln .further rules and orders should be put in force for the better regulation of traffic of .all kinds upon , and over the public streets, roads. and ways of said towii, it is hereby,. O_RD= that the following rules and orders be and the same hereby are adopted, the same to take effect as provided by laws- 1. no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or perk any vehicle on either side of ' Jerusalem Road from Nichols Road. to the extreme end of tladleigh Park so-called, and/or the road- way surrounding said Park to the -Hull boundary line, except for the purpose of, or for a period of time no longer than is necessary for loading or unloading goods or passengers. 2. All drivers or operators of vehicles shall go to the right of Beacon lights .or other signs directing them so to do. 3. Whenever traffic signals are installed at an intersection alternately directing traffic to stop and to proceed by the showing of colored lights said lights shall indicate as follows: ' Ae When the color red is exhibited no--traffic shall enter the intersection until a green signal Is displayed* H. The color amber when exhibited shall require all waiting traffic to remain standing until a green signal is displayed an& shall require all- traffic which can stop within its normal braking distance before reaching the line of the intersection to stop at such point, otherwise it shall proceed. G* The color green when exhibited shall require traffic facing the signal to # proceeds except that such traffic shall yield the right of way to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully within a cross-walk or the intersection at the time such signal is displayed or exhibited. D.. The colors amber and red when shown in oonJunation shall indicate a period for the exclusive use or the intersection by pedestrians, and during such period no vehicle shall enter- the intersection. It shall be unlawful for any person operating or having control of a vehicle to disobey the instruction of any traffic control signal, traffic signs or marks on the street placed in accordance with the provisions ' . of any rules or orders adopted by the Board of Selectmen unless otherwise directed by a police officer.. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the foregoing rules and orders shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each violation. It is further. OrtDERED;- that the foregoing f IMS, and MDERS be referred to the Department of Public Works for approval. :and also be published for one week In the SOUTH SHORE LIFE and that the same shall take effect thereafter at twelve W oloek noon on 'the first day of August* 1929. It is further, . ORDERED;- that a copy of the foregoing duly attested by the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen be tiled with the Town, Clerk within five days after said first day of 1,ugust, 1929, Read, passed and adopted this eighteenth day of July, 1929. BOJURD OF SELECTIMT OF T M TOWN Ok' COHI.,SS By oe A true Copy, attest:- C er or t5i or se ec men. 0O1&ONW EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE CF T7.0 BOARD OF SELECTMEN TOWN OF COHASSET April 2B, 1G32 At a meeting of the Board of selectmen held this day upon motion duly .Wade. and seconded, it was VOTEDt That this Board, so far as it has the power so to do,' ' hereby' authorizes and grants its consent to the Department of Public Works for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to lay ' out .,-and construct a State Highway upon or through a portion, of A nd . in the,- rear of Woodside Cemetery, so-called, along-thp route as shown on a plan in profile prepared by the project engineer of said 'Departpent, which layout is contemplated to be within. the twenty four acre 'tract originally pltrebased by the Town- but the particular seat] on through thich the road is to be constructed is not actually eneloaed and need for the burial of the {dead. ti F t r cc ¢ � SELEC It S iI Cohasset, Dec. 1�:', 1932 . The Selectmen, acting under Section 312 Chapter 44 of the General .Zevvrs,, deeming an extreme emergency exists in the matter of snore and ice removal -from the streets, sidewalks and highways of this town, and kno ping that the appropriation for the year 1932 for this purpose is exhausted,- HA'n VOTED that the streets, s iderrralks and highways of the town must be kept safe for travel, and that the cost of such work under the Highway Surveyor be taken from any available balance in the treasury. Selectmen of Cohasset, 17ass . r i1 TOWN OF COHASSET December 15,' 1932. In Office Of The Board of Selectmen*. At a meeting .of the Board -of Selectnen, held this dQy, all members being present, it was upon motion, duly made and seconded unanimously VOTED:- That due to the exhausted funds in the appropria- tionsufor Public Welfare and Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Relief and owing to needy persons in the Town requiring aid and assistance, it is hereby declared and determined that a ' case of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of such persons exists, and therefore the Board of Public Welfare and the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to incur liability in excess of the appropriations made for such departments in the year 1932, so far. cAmo-S r as may be necessary to meet such emergency. BoS/D Z ZZE, 37zC ) Board of. Selectmen. In .Board of Selectmem of the Town of Cohasset. At- a meeting of the Hoard of Selectmen of the Town of Cohasset bold on llth day of April A.D. 1933 it is ordered That -licenees be . granted in the Town of Cohasset for the sale threin -of wines and malt beverages under Chapter 120 of the Acts of the General Court in the ;year 1933 be and the same is hereby aixthori7.ed in the Town of Cohasset. Witness our hands at .Cohasset this 13th day of April A.D. . 1933 =` ) Selectmen of the } Towa of Cohasset. 40 } At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen held this Ir day of 1933, all members of the Board. being present and voting it unianimously VOTED: That by virtue and under the provisions of Section 31 of Chapter + of the General Laws, the Board of SelectmMWdeeming that ; a case of extreme emergency e#sts involving health or safety of per- sons and property caused by and as a result of the cave-in of South Main St. over James Brook, hereby authorizes and instructs the highway surveyor to permanently repair said highway and if necessary to incur . liability for the work Involved herein in: excess of any appropriation made therefor,. if any; tWtaV*A= and, to meet such expense that .transfer from the reserve fused be obtained if possible: -Otherwise, to request the assessors to add the coat thereof or such balance as remains war• provided for, to the current Year a 'tax levy. 1 + r . r TOMT Op COHASSET December "7.1, 1933- In the Office of the. Board of Selectmen: At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen held this- day', all members being present, it was- upon motion, duly made and s,econdecl, unani- mously VOTED That due to the exhausted funds°. in the appropriation for the Depart- ment of Public Welfare, and owing- to needy persons in the town requiring aid: and assistance, it is. hereby declared and determined that a case of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of such persons- exists, and there- for the Board of Public Welfare and the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to incuzr liability in excess of the appropriation made for said • department in the year 1933, so far as may be necessary to meet such emergen- 1 . cy. 7d: .4 Board of Selectmen,' Cohasset Cohasset, ?)ecember 21, 1933. The Selectmen, acting under Section 31, Chapter 44 of tie renera7, Laws, deeming an4 extreme emergency exists in the matter of snow and ice removal from the streets, sidewalks - and -highways. of this town, and knowing that the appropriation for the year 1933 for this purpose is exhausted,- I' AVE VOTED that'. the streets, sidewalks and highways of the town must be kept safe for travel, and that the cost of such work under the Highway Surveyor be taken from any available balance in the treasury. Selectmen, 66 Cohasset, Mass,