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21 May 15, 1963 The Appropriation Committee met Monday evening, May 13th at 7:30 P. M. in the office of the Town Accountant. Present: Logan Clarke, Jr. , Chairman J. Harper Blaisdell , Vice Chairman Richard H. Battin Robert H. Kingston John R. Bevan Oscar R. Carlson Donald T. Noyes Raymond L. White, Secretary The other two members, Frank T. Parrish Jr. and Ralph Fifield Jr. telephoned the Secretary and Chairman and stated they had to be out of .4. Town so could not be present, and were very sorry. f""= Donald T. Noyes and Oscar R. Carlson, t,o of the new members of this Committee were greeted by the other members. The first business which was considered were letters of request for transfers from the Reserve Fund, which are as follows. A letter from the Chief of Police requesting a transfer of $150.00 from the Reserve Fund as the Parking Meter Fund has been overdrawn in the amount of $ 2. 60. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer from the Reserve Fund the sum of $100.00 to Police Department Parking Meter account. A letter from James J. Carroll requesting a transfer of $1,004.31 from the Reserve Fund to Town Clerk-Election account. This request — is necessary due to unexpected expenses for the School Referendum elections held February 25, 1963 and the special election to be held June 17, 1963. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer from the Reserve Fund the sum of S1,004.31 to Town Clerk-Election account. A letter from the Board of Selectmen requesting a transfer of $275.00 from the Reserve Fund to Public '$forks-Out of State Travel account. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer from the Reserve Fund the sum of $275.00 to Public Works-Out of State Travel account. The next matter of business was to elect a Chairman for the ensuing year. Logan Clarke Jr. said he was not a candidate as he did not have the time necessary. Then a motion was made, seconded and voted Donald T. Noyes as Chairman. A vote of thanks was extended to Logan Clarke Jr . for the good work he did as Chairman. The rest of the meeting was spent discussing the Capital Expenditure Committee and Appropriation Committee and just how these Committees would function as one unit and how many members etc. It was finally decided to consider the matter of the Comr, ittees and the number of members to function properly, whether we would be one Committee or two Committees, the number of members on each Committee or number of