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due to three Elections in the year 1946 against one in the year 1945. Registrations Department - Personal Services. This Budget has not as vet been submitted to th' s Committee. Included in t-.is Budget is 3600.00 for the Assistant Registrars and 300.00 for the Registrars, making a t )tal Budget of 900.00. Mr. Carroll stated that he believes he can reduce this Budget so that the average .Mould be about )700.00 a year, Registrations Department - Expenses. The total of t' s Budget is $440.00. This Budget is more than last year due to the printing of Voting Lists . This year the amount asked for is ` 225.00 against t"5.00 last year. This increase is accounted for by the fact that there re to be three Voting Lists instead of one required last year. The Advertising this year is A81.00 against )27,00 last year. This is due to three advertisements next year against one in 1945. Mr. Carroll was asked about the '12,500.00 approved this year for Foreclosure and Redemption of Tex Titles. Mr. Carroll explained that this amount is carried over each ye -r and he :Pelt that he had sufficient money to take care of the Foreclosures wh` ch mi.raht come up for the remainder of the year, and next. Mr. Carroll stated that he is making very good headway on 'orecl)sures at the Present time. Mr. Carroll left tr' s meeting at 9:09 P.M. At 9:12 P,M. , Chief Rycroft was admitted to this meeting to discuss his Budgets. The first Budget discussed was the Police Department - Personal Services Bud-et. This Bud-et is for 145,637.50 against the Budget of last year amlunt; ng to p38 533.13, plus Bonus from January 1 to March 31, 1945 of 1,257.39, or a total Budget for Pers:anal Services of A39,790. 52. Chief Rycroft stated that the increase in this Budget is due to the Inclusion of salary for one Service- man returning, and for two additional Patrolmenfrom April 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946. Chief Rycroft said that the Police Department in 1941 and 1942 had a complement of seventeen men, and what he is trying to do now is to have a complement of eighteen men. Chief Sullivan was retired In 1243 and was not replaced. Frank Mowat came to the Department in 1942, and the two patrolmen now in Service were not replaced. Chief Rycroft stated that they have a total of twelve patrolmen at present. The Patrolmen have one day off in e' ,ht. The Chief said that most towns have one day off in six, some have one day in seven, and ethers one in eight. He would l'.ke to be able to give his men one day off in six, but will not be able to do so until