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SELECTMEN'S REPORT. 5 are in good condition and will not need much of an outlay for some years, except some of the school -houses. LAW SUITS. The suit at law with the town of Arlington, which has been in litigation for several years past, which resulted from taxation, has been settled by the payment of a portion of the tax assessed. The settlement of this suit closes up all cases of litigation in which the town has been engaged for the past five or six years. GUIDE BOARDS. A large number of guide boards are made and new posts purchased, which would have been put up had the ground not frozen before their completion, which defers their erection until next season. STREET LIGHTS. A re -location of the street lamps has been made which has distributed the light more uniformly, and if a few more lamps could have been added, Main street, from Arlington line to Concord Hill, would be contin- uously lighted. DRAINAGE. The drainage subject, which was supposed to have been closed, has been revived by a Mr. Coffin, who, as administrator to the Woods estate, commenced an action against Mr. Hudson just prior to being debarred by the act of limitation. Upon investigation, it was ascertained that costs had accrued to the amount of 6 SELECTMEN'S REPORT. $toy, a proposition was made by the attorney of Mr. Coffin for a settlement for Poo, oo, which we accepted as the surest course to save expense. It can now with certainty be stated that the drainage matter, which has been very expensive and annoying, k now effectually settled We believe the town ought to feel thankful that the Drainage Act was declared illegal, thereby escaping what would have been a perpetual source of vexatious trouble, and if it has happened that some lands have been made productive and valuable by drainage at your expense, whose owners are not honest or magnanimous enough to acknowledge it, it is hop- ed the assessors will kindly remember them. STATE AIII. The matter of State Aid for several years past has been unsatisfactory to the Selectmen on account of not being reimbursed to the full amount paid out. The Treasurer, the past year, not receiving from the State the amount paid out into $142.50. a request was made to the board of Commissioners of State Aid for a hearing; upon investigation, it was ascertained that the amount of $388 had been withheld on account of a small and unimportant requirement. After several interviews, the amount of $266.5o has been acknowl- edged and payment promised; another sum of $Io4 is yet under consideration, with a reasonable expect- ation of its being paid. These claims are prior to a law which took effect June rst, 1879 ; since then, and under the new law, all payments of State Aid are examined monthly, and any errors are rectified at once. Three hundred and seventy-four dollars was paid for