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x,18 TOWN MEETING , JUNE 28 , 1928 . Meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk , John H . Kane , at 8 P . M . The Moderator , Robert H . Holt , not being present , on motion of George E . Briggs , Senator Joseph R . Cotton was nominated and elected as Moderator . Art . 2 . On motion of Albert H . Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen , a voted to take up Article 2 . Under this article , Mr . Burnham offered the following motion : "Voted that the Board of Selectmen , acting as a Board of Health , be and hereby are authorized to undertake the collection of garbage in such portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time , and that the sum of $3 , 000 . be appropriated and assessed to cover the cost of such collection. Dr . Clarence Shannon then offered the following as a substitute motion : "Voted that the Board of Selectmen , acting as a Board of Health , be and hereby are authorized to undertake the collection of garbage in such portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time , and that the sum of $1 . 000 . be appropriated and assessed and that such collection be by contract . " Mr . Elwyn G . Preston spoke on the subject expressing the thought that he did not believe that the Selectmen would be able to make a good contract , if the vote stated that the collection should be done by contract . Mr . James G . Robertson of the Selectmen also spoke against the appropriation of $1 , 000 . inasmuch as this would tie the Selectmen up to collecting the garbage by contract only , and as the proposition was new to the Board , he felt that they should be given an opportunity to find out the best way to handle the garbage collection, ' and he hoped the substitute motion would not prevail . Vote was taken on the substitute motion of Dr . Clarence Shannon , and the amendment was lost . The original motion offered by Mr . Albert H . Burnham was then passed by vote of the meeting at 8 : 16 P . M . Art . 3 . Under this arti ole Mr . Burnham offered the following motions sac o be taken up separately . "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Glen Road from Upland Road to Oakland Street , a distance of approximately 320 feet . " The above vote was passed unanimously by the meeting. Under this article Mr . Burnham offered the following motion : "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Eliot Road , from Massachusetts Avenue through land of James P . Munroe and Sumner Robinson , Trustees , to Tavern Lane , thence in Tavern Lane to Eliot Road , and in Eliot Road from Pelham Road to Warren Street , a distance of approximately 2 , 000 feet . " Under this article , Mr . Galt F . Parsons stated that he did not believe there was any necessity of a sewer up Warren Street and offered the motion that this article be indefinitely postponed . Mr . Custance of the Selectmen explained that there were applications for the sewer