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352, Regular Meeting, August 17, 1926. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in'the Selectmen s Room, Town Hall on August 17, 1926'at'7:30 P.M. Messrs. ' Custance, Burnham, Miles, Robertson and Ballard were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and the Clark were also present. A special police commission was signed for Joseph Kelley of Earle Street for duty on the Bedford Street construction job. The application of the Tax Collector, Byron C. Earle, for renew- al of his bond was signed by the Chairman of the Board, Mrs. Ida H. B.' Capper came before the Board again in regard to securing a gasoline permit. She felt that the request for this 16 feet of land and the holding open of the grass plot on both corners Was asking almost too much insofar as she had already received an offer for the sale of the land opposite the proposed filling station. The holding open of the corner at the proposed filling station was agreeable to her, but the holding open of the opposite corner led her to believe that the Board should grant another gasoline permit on that corner. The Board, however, tnformed her that they would draw up the papers for her to sign giving the towel the 10 foot strip of land and keeping open both corners. Information was received from the towns of Watertown, Wellesley, and Winchester and the Cities of Medford and Cambridge in regard to licensed drain -layers. It was found that the towns did not appoint licensed drain -layers.. The two cities did appoint licensed drain -layers, but the opinion given was that the towns could do this work better them- selves than outside departments. The Board again considered the application of B. J. Harrington to be a licensed drain -layer, and voted not to appoint him as such. In accordance with the request of the Board for bids on $100,000 in anticipation of revenue the following bids were received: Grafton Co. 3.64 Atlantic Nat. Bank 3.72 Old Colony Trust Co. 3.73 Premium $3.00 Lexington Trust Co. 3.69 First National Bank 3.74 The bid was accordingly awarded to the Lexington Trust Company. Letter was deceived from Everett S. Emery informing the Board that an insurance policy of $6,000 was being carried on the house formerly owned by the late Ellen E. Harrington. The Board decided to take no action on the matter of increasing the insurance at the present time. Letter was received from Gordon W. Robinson in which he complained that the sewage from the Fitzgerald cesspool was draining upon his land and asking that the condition be remedied. The Superintendent of Public Works was requested to look into the ' matter, and if conditions were as represented, to request the Fitzgerald owners to have the cesspool cleaned out. The Board again considered replacing the 4" water main in Cedar Street with a 6" main, and voted to authorize the superintendent to make the installation at the approximate cost of $3,037.75.