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-2- 1`. - .•the•changes,inthe 1967 -Budget -were --noted by- BUDGET the Board. The car allowance of the Director was reduced from *800. to $LOO. because it is expected that a Town car will be provided by July lst. The Clerk - Stenographer's position was reclassified from a S-5 to S-7. This reclass- ification was done by the Selectmen to all Clerk - Steno- graphers in the Town employ. The letter to Mrs. Joseph Hyatt, Hyattsville Maryland, 303 ordering her to correct the sewage situation at the dwelling CONCORD owned by her at 303 Concord Avenue was approved by the AVENUE Board. Mrs. Jones reported that Mrs. Hyatt had called the Health Department and stated that she had instructed Mrs. Silva, tenant, to calla contractor to have the system repaired. Mrs. Jones said she had talked with Mrs. Silva who will get estimates of the job from two or three contractors and then let Mrs. Hyatt decide who would do the job. Mrs. Jones said she realized that this would hold up the correction of this problem for a few days but the tenant did not want to take the responsibility of hiring a contractor without the owner►s okay. The preliminary subdivision plan entitled "Bowser BOWSER Saddle Club Estates, Section III" was approved by the SADDLE CLUB Board with the conditions as stated in the Whitman & ESTATES III Howard Report. The letter to Bryant Land Corporation regarding lots LOWELL originally in the. "Lowell Estates" subdivision was approved.ESTATES Mrs. Jones explained that the President, H. R. Zeller, Jr., of Bryant Land Corporation had been in to the Office and also wrote a letter stating that c.rtain lots that were rejected in the original survey of the subdivision had been filled in and he wanted these lots rechecked and possible released for building. Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard, Inc. went out to check on these lots with new plans submitted by Mr. Zeller but they did not include the lot grades in these plans so Mu. Lucas could not approve or disapprove the lots in question. Mr. Zeller was notified that lot grading plans would have to be submitted before approval could be given. The letter to Clifford Magee, owner of an apartment 703 at 703 Massachusetts Ave. was approved by the Board. MASS. AVE. Mrs. Jones explained that the tenant called complaining the landlord had turned off the water in the apartment. Upon checking with the landlord it was found that the plumbing in the basement was blocked and a plumber was fixing it and that was why the water was turned off. The letter to Mr. Magee cited regulations of the Sanitary Code dealing with the owner's resonsibility to provide water for household use for tenants. The Board again discussed the problem of Air Pollution AIR and it was decided that laws would be drawn -up to help POLLUTION control some of the outside burning in Town. Further study will be done before these rules can be drawn -up.