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we SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 309 1926, A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the 8eleot. mems office at 7:30 P. M, Messrs, Custance, Burnham Riles and Robertson -were present. The Superintendent of Public *orke and clerk_ were also present, The -Milk Inspector, Russell L. Prentiss, come before the Board in reference to conditions at -Dennis Varroll*s -place on Grove Street, Nwth Lexington. It appears that Mrs Carroll is keeping four cows in a shed that was hardly bigenoughfor one cow, and the place wasnotvery clean, Mr. Carroll has a large family and ° is in need of all the -income he; can get on the sale of milk, and Mr; Prentiss realized the conditions._ .He real- ized also what it would mean to force the man to put the place in proper condition for his license. Mr. Prentiss wanted to know if the Board would sanction his enforcement -Df proper 4,onditions under the circumstances, The matter was laid- on the table until the next meeting. Dr. John H. Kane, Town Treasurer, came before the Board and presented the bide on -bonds on $20,300, The bids were of-- follows: Lexington Trust Co. 0.14, Atlantic National Bank 0.28, Old Colony Trust Co. 0,012, Merrill Oldham no bid, Grafton Co. 0.11 The bid was aecord#ngly given to the Atlantic National, Bank; In accordance with the purpose of which the.meeting-was called, Mr. Slredeti ck L. Emery and Mr., William D.- Milne of the Planning Board ;,together with 4Kr. Francis Chamberlain- of the Appropriation Committee > and -Mr. William R., S, Eaton,."oretary of the Appropriation Committee, .and Mr: Sydney R. irightington, Town Counsel, same before the Board to discuss the Getter of lay out of streets under the Betterment Aot Mr. liner' gave the reasons why the Planning Board felt that the rules for acceptance of -streets- should be a by law of the Town rather than rules for the Selectmen, owing to - the fact that in certain cases rules may be stretched, The Planning Board felt that 100% of the betterments should be assessed to the abuttors, that developers .should be asked to bring their streets to grade before asking for the acceptance of `them, that the roads should be laid out for the entire width, and that no sewer or water or other public utilities- should be put in until the ,developers- have graded the streets in accordance with instructions or the Town Engineer, Mr. Eery stated that this would do away with ~the instances when the grade was not required and water pipes were put in. so that in some p180 the pooelfatvep the top ado er plaews they wuld baroodewhnetrtwasproptly graded. Mr, Emery stated that in instances where the developers lay out land which is not in accordance with the Board of Survey Rules and Regulationsg that the Selectmen should -post signs: near the property, and in this waiy� warn the purchasers p that the property will have no ublic utilities. also stated that it was proposed to amend the Board of Survey Acct this year and it may be possible that more authority will be given to the Board of -Survey when this Act is amended, Mr. Emery stated that he felt that the Selectmen should lay cut ' Fletcher Avenss sll being a street near the felttthater f theeTown Board*couldand adoethis betterments to the abutting owners, be a areaosineeytheavalue reuest f of the rom eproperty insbuttore athe nd tvicinityis d -would bengreatly en® hanced. Several questions were asked by those present so that a clearer