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-3 `-_ „- F A nomination was made by Carl F. Bryant and seconded by George Hynes to elect Ronald D. Brown as Vice Chairman. Mr. Ronald D. Brown felt that he had to decline the nomination, due to business reasons which he explained to this Committee. Raymond A. Bond then proceeded to nominate Richard '"`. Maynard as Vice Chairman which was seconded by Ronald D. Brown. A motion was then made that nominations be closed. The Committee then proceeded to vote for the Vice Chairman and all ballots were cast in favor of Richard r", Maynard as Vice Chairman. After this election, Yr: George "`. Emery, Finance Officer of the Committee on Public Safety, was admitted to the meeting. Mr. . Emery came to explain the reason for the transfer requests. Mr. Emery stated' that he was not on the Committee when it was originally organized, but became a member in March 1942. Mr. Emery stated that he checked the Committee' s repords in November and December 1942 and found that the various secretaries had charged a number of items to either the wrong clas ification or to the mis- cellaneous account. It developed that some of the accounts had been overdrawn and he would like to start the year 1943 on an even keel which means that the surplus of some of the accounts should be trans- ferred to the accounts underdrawn. The transfers are only between the classification accounts and do not call for additional expendi- tures. At 8:52 P.M. Mr. Emery left the meeting. After Pr. Emery' s departure, a motion• was made, seconded and voted to rescind the vote of March 15, 1943, which transferred the surplus into the Committee on Public Safety - Expenses Account. A new motion was then made, seconded and voted to make the following transfers : ' 400.00 from Auxiliary Fire to the Observation Tower Account 250.00 from Sirens to the Observation Tower Account 1()0:00 from Auxiliary Police to the Report Center Account ,100.00 from Auxiliary Police to the ledical Division Account. A further motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer ;3300.00 from the ;;15,000.00 Fund to the Report Center Accbunt. A letter was read from the Board of Selectmen requesting the setting aside of the sum of ;900.00 to be used to defray expenses incurred by the Victory Garden Committee. The Secretary stated that such setting aside was to be made from the Unclassified - Mar Activi- ties Account and not from the Reserve Fund. The Secretary was in- structed to get further information from the Selectmen. After a discussion with the Selectmen, it was discovered that the transfer