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288 The substitute motion cln offered by Dr . James O J ''Ialsh was ndopted by vote of tile meeting at 8 : 58 P . M . as follows : " Voted. : That the sum or >3100 be apnronriated 2nd assessedfor ins tsl l sti -' n on 10 new fire alarm boxes .n '= the rerincement or 10 old fire alarm boxes of the non - infe » rering Fyne anr' thnt this sum he exnen ' ed unser the Board of Jelectmen . " Art . 31 . On mntinn or mieodore A . Cus Lance at 9 : � 3 I' . '•' , it "uas " Voted : Th t the sum nr x750 be annronriater' nnA assessedto nurnhase eguirment for fire al. ^ rrr araratus pro ': ective devices . " Art . 31 . Mr . George 11 . Ross of the Appropriation Com- mittee offered the motion : That a committee o.0 five unpaidcitizens be appointed annually by the Selectmen to serve as a Board of Fire Engineers , no member of which shall be a permanent or call member of the Fire Department . " Mr . Harold 13 . Lamont asked whether or not the Committee of five would all be appointed annually or whether the appointment shouldnot be designated as to term of years of the members . Town Counsel , Sydney i . ":'rightington , stated that in his opinion under C:napter 48 , Section 45 of the General Laws , it was the duty of the Board. of Selectmen to annually aproint the Board. of Fire Engineers . Mr . Hallie C . Blake then made the exnlanntion that the Town h ? djust mqr e various anrronriaticns for fire dennrtment equipment , most of which were requested by the Fire Engineers in 1928 . He sttted that he felt that the present Fire Engineers should be given - n opportunity to carry out their recom' endn tions m ' de in 1928 of these appropriations , and offeredthe fol1owinF motion : " Voted : That the Town continue to or. erate the Fire Dep2rtment under the present system of a Board of Firn Engineers . " Mr . George M . Ross statedthat the int er_ tien of the Apnropri at ion Committee wn s to hflve an - annaid Board of Engineers and to separate the working end of the densrtment from the executive end . Mr . Jo "es G . Hobertson stated thnt he believed. the Board of Fir - Engineers should act in an gdmin - i s tr7 ti ve caoa ct ty rather than an a uor'ri n : force and that Vie felt the nres ' nt moti^n , althnnrh it w^ s not in aceorclarce with the ifess of the Committee on Inve ^ ti gating i-be Fire Dens. rtment , that it w ^ s , roll:ever , a sten in the right direction . Mr . William F . Ballard confirmed the statements of lir . Robertson . Remgr' ' s were made by Dir . '"'esley T . Wadman and mr . Eugene H . Partrir ge in favor of Mr . Bla're ' s motion . Yr . Pierre Northrup reviewed the stedus of the Fire Department andstated that in 1917 the statute was passed providing for a permanent chief of the Fire Department through the Tenure of Office Act accepted by the Town , and it eras his understanding that the chief engineer then became the permanent chief of the department , andthat this vote could not go into effect inasmuch as it could not change the statute accepted by the town .