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SO) Further Voted : That the present Commander of George G . Meade Post , Grand Army of the Republic , the present Uommander of Stanley Hill Pbst , the American Legion , and a Veteran of the Spanish ' '!ar with two other citizens , the last three to be appointed by the Moderator , be named as a ( , ommittee of five to investigate and report on the question of establishing a permanent Memorial , the said Committee to be permanent , any vacancies to be filled by the then Moderator by the selection of a member of the organ 7ation or group In which the vacancy may occur , and in case no member of the Grand Army Post is able to serve , its representative shall he selected from the Sons of Veterans . " Art . 14 . Voted that the Trustees of Public Trusts he authorized and directed to pay and return the Veterans Memorial Fund to the Town Treasurer together with all accumulations of interest or in - come received by them thereon . Art . 1 . Under this article the Com : ittee appointed to investigate the advisability of establishing a Wire Inspection department reported as follows . REPORT OF THE COI'11AITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A .VIRE INSPECTION • DEPARTMENT FOR TEE TOWN of LEXI GTON . Atter due consideration of this subject , the Committee recom- mentlaaVsuch a department be established , and cites as reasons the following : The town of Lexington requires inspection of buildings and plumbing , whereas the almost equally important work of electric wiring may be performed without specific authority or subsequent inspection . As a very considerable fire hazard is present when electri - cal wiring or associated electrical apparatus are wrongly installed , we believe t,� at the property owner is oI. ti tied tr the added pro - L ction of his property , which an authorized wire Inspection will give . With the rapidly increasing use of electrical devices in the home , many of which require considerably more electrical tower than that ordinarily consumed by lighting circuits , the possibility of fire hazard is like wise increased . Not only will the property owner benefit by this propos :3d wire inspection system , but the architect , builder , and general contractor will be assured of proper and satisfactory work on the part of the electtical contractor . The proposed establishment of a wire inspection department has received the hearty endorsement of the Edison Electxic Illuminating Company , Charles H . Tenney & Company , and C . D . Parker & Company , operators and managers of electric power systems . Our own Fire Department thru its Chief , Mr . Taylor , is strongly in favor of an adequate wire inspection department . The New England Insurance Exchange advises that the establish - ment of such an inspection system would have a direct bearing upon the Insurance classification schedule of the town , and the Exchange most naturally favors the inbtallation of such a department . Lexington is one of the very few towns and cities in the vicinity of Boston that does not maintain its own wire inspection department . The neighbor%ing towns of jinchester , Belmont , '"ater- town , Arlington and Concord all provide this service at a cost varying between $ 100 . 00 to $3000 . 00 per annum paid the Inspector . The wide variance in the amounts Offered as salaries depends on whether the Inspector devotes his entire time to the position , or