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338 Wet Meeting July 13, 1926. +M A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Hiles, ' and Robertson were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and the clerk were also present. Hearing was declared open upon the application of John J. McNeil of Hillside Avenue, East Lexington, for permission to erect a one car private garage on -his premises. No persons appeared to object, and it was understood from the Building Inspector that the building would comply with the regulations, and it was therefor voted to grant the permit. Mr. Jay 0. Richards and Mr. Hallie C. Blake came before the Board in reference to securing their signatures upon plans of Blake Road and - that of the general plan of lots of the entire layout of the Building Trust property. Letter was received from the Town Engineer in which he recommended that the Board sign the plan of Blake Road but that they do not sign the plan of the entire layout until such time as the plans of every street are on file in the Engineer's Office. Mr. Richards informed the Board that -the Building Trust would guarantee that the individual plans of the streets on -the general blue print would be filed at a later date. He stated that if the Board re- fused to sign this plan which he had to file at East Cambridge that they would be held up on the sale of the lots. Under the circumstances, therefor, the Board signed both plans. Letter was received from the Yiddlesex & Boston St. RV. Co. in , answer to the Boards request as to the granting of a permit to any bus company to run busses over the State Road to the Arlington line. They stated, in substance, that they had no objection to the Boston & Maine Transportation Company, and were willing to cooperate with them if they desired to operate on the State Road. They did not feel, how- ever, that other permits should be granted. It was voted to lay the matter of action upon the applications of the Boston & Maine Transportation Company and the Lovell Bus line, Inc. on the table. The Chairman signed the warrant directed to Patrick J. 11aguire as Dog Officer for the killing of all unlicensed dogs in the town, The Board signed the State Aid pay roll for the month of July. It was voted to appoint Lillian McClure as Measurer of Wood and Bark for the Town of Lexington for the year ending March 31, 1927. 1 Roland E. Garmon, who lives with his father, the janitor of the Stone Building, verbally requested permission to erect a steel garage on the property of the town in the rear of the Stone Building. It was voted not to grant him permission to erect a garage. Letter was received from Walter E. Jones of Winter Street, in which he called attention to the fact that he called the Fire Departmen to a brush fire in Lexington Park back of his house, and one truck and one man responded. At 11:15 P.M. the fire got away again and burned over one -halt acre of his land. He called the department and told them the condition, and they informed him that they could do nothing. Twelve men and four women in the neighborhood then turned out and subdued the