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-2- The Secretary submitted an invoice in the amount of $10.00 and a letter received from the Municipal Finance Officers ' Association of the United States and Canada. After a general dis- cussion it was voted not to continue membership as the service rendered to the Secretary was not sufficient to warrant the ex- penditure x- penditore of $10.00. Mr. John A. Lyons, Chairman of the Board of Public Wel- fare, was admitted at 8:25 P.M. He came to this meeting because he appreciated the letter sent to him by this Committee and stated that the new Board of Public Welfare was doing everything they could to save as much money for the Town as possible, He said that this new Board was ' going to make graphs so that they could try and control conditions. Mr. Lyons also stated that he had checked up and found that the Bureau of Old Age Assistance' could be made up of three members of the Board of Public Welfare, so he expected the present members of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance would resign and three members of the Board of Public Welfare would be appointed so that the welfare' problems would be under one Board. Before leaving the meeting, Mr. Lyons said that the Board would give this Committee all the information they wished and would work with us all they can. Mr. Lyons left at 8:35 P.M. The Board of Selectmen voted at their meeting to request a transfer of the sum of 838.79 from the Reserve Fund to go into the Building and Plumbing By-Laws L Printing Account to take care of the deficiency. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer the sum of 338.79 from the Reserve Fund to the Building and Plumbing By-Laws-Printing Account. Through error, the Board of Selectmen did not ask for an appropriation to print the Building and Plumbing By-Laws in booklet form at the Town Meeting and are now requesting a transfer of the sum of lr108.O0 from the Reserve Fund to take care of this. The Office' of Price Administration rules that if a printer holds type set up, he must charge one half a cent a pound per month to the customer. In this case 400 pounds of type is set up or' a charge of $2.00 a month. Considering all this, a motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer the sum of 0108.00 from the Reserve Fund to the Building and Plumbing By-Laws - Printing Account. Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt read a letter from the Board of Selectmen relative to the purchase of a tractor instead of a heavy truck for the Public Works Department. There was a general dis- cussion and it was suggested that we maintain our position as out- lined in our report. Finally a letter was drafted by Chairman Hoyt to the Board of Selectmen, which reads as follows :