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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE TO'.'N 'DFKLCE BUILDING, MONDAY EVENING, March 11, 1946 The meeting was opened in the Selectmen' s Room at 8:10 P.M. , with the following members in attendance : Lewis L. TT-oyt, Chairman Ronald D. Brown Fred C. Newhall J. Milton Brown Harvey F. Winlock George M. Hynes Michael J. Hopkins Thacher Jenney Jasper A. Lane Raymond L. White, Town Accountant This mePt4 ng is called in accordance with the Town By-laws requiring that the Chairman of the School Committee, Chairman of the Cemetery Commissioners, Chainnian of the Board of Assessors, Board of Selectmen and the Appronration Com- mittee get together to rro over the Appronriati -m Budgets for the year 1946. The Board of Selectmen stated that Mr. G. Potter had been elected as Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year. The first ; tem discussed was the request for 6,000.00 adliti.onal for the Road Machinery Account. The order for the bulldozer was cancelled which made 136,000.00 available in the i_^hway Road Ma chi ne ry Fund. At this coming Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen are asking f at .)18,500.00 instead of 1'312,500.00 he transferred from the Road Machinery Fund, and the balance of 1313,500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. The next item' discussed was Article 30 - Lexington manor Sewer. Mr. Lode , Chairman at this meeting°, said the abutters are assessed for their proportionate amount for the Serer which is based on a five-year average cost. It is estimated that i-he abutters will pay only about 20% and the Town rill be required to nay the remaining 80%.