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the sum of =X500.00 from the Reserve Fund to the Care of Dumps and Removal of Ashes Account. At 9:25 P.M. this Comm .ttee vent down to meet with the Board, of Selectmen relative to the request of the Public ?Welfare for additional funds for Old Age Assistance for the remainder of the year. John Lyons, Chairman of the Public Welfare Board, was present and said that additional money was needed due to the increased cost of living and the additional amount given to the recipients. Mr. Lyons stated that last year to October 1, 1944, ' 40,000.00 was expended in Old Age Assistance. The Payroll to Old Age Assistance recipients has increased about X1,000.00 a month over last year. Fe stated that they will have to expend about 310,000.00 to the end of the year. There was a generel discussion relative to the request of ;x7,500.00 and John Lyons, Chairman, ftnally stated that all he would request at the present time was ;34,000.00, and that he and his Comm.' ttee would like to in- vestilate the matter further as ton-i..[?ht was the first time they knew of the request. After John Lyons and his Comm' ttee left, the Board of Selectmen voted to request the Appropriation Comm'ttee to transfer the sum of `,:4,000.00 from the Reserve :Fund. Also the Board of Selectmen su€;L'ested that the request of 'x:500.00 for Sewer Services be reduced to the sum of 250.00 as they felt that that would be sufficient to the end of this year. This amount was so voted by the Board of Selectmen. At 9 :50 P.M. , the Appropriation Committee reconvened in the Town Accountant 's office to consider the remainder of the requests. The first item that Chairman Moyt brow-ht up was to reconsider the .500.00 transfer from the Reserve Fund to the Care of Dumps and Removal of Ashes Account, as at the joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen, it was suggested that this a_runt coup'. be eliminated as the building of the road at the Dump was really h=ighway and should be so charged. A motion was made, seconded and voted to rescind the previous vote of ':500.00 from the Reserve Fund to the Care of Dumps and Removal of Ashes Account. A motion was made, seconded and voted that 1250.00 be transferred from the Reserve Fund to the Serer Services Account to provide for any future installations to the end of the year. Chairman T-Toyt spoke about the request for Old Age Assistance and this Committee a'*reed to carry along as su - sested at the meeting. A mots. an was made, seconded and voted that the sum