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394''. REGULAR MEETING, December 7, 1926* A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the "'=7 Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Cuetance, Miles, and Burnham, were present. The Supt. of Public. Worke and the Clerk ' were also present. The records of last moreting were read and approved, Hearing was declared open upon the application of Caroline E. -burns of 953 Winthrop Avenue, Beachmont, for permission to install two 1,000 gallon gasoline tanks at the corner of Middle and Bridge Streets at 8:00 P.M. No persons appeared for -:or against -the applieation, and it was voted not to grant the permit. Mr. Neil McIntosh came before the Board in reference to his request for extensi-on of water pipe in the Fair Oaks property and on Spring and Shade' Streets. He urged the Board to recommend to the Town the extension of these mains. The Board informed him that the cost of this extension of 9300 feet is approximately $28,000. Mr- McIntosh felt that the increased valuation would more than offset the expenditure of this amount. Notice was received from the Boston Chamber of Commerce of a Civic Luncheon on Wednesday, December 8, 1926 at 12:30 P.M. at which time William B. Munro, Professor of Government at Harvard University, would give a talk on *Our Increasingly Expensive Government - Will It Ever Stop?", and invit ng -the -Selectmen to attend. Invitation was also received from the Town Protective Committee ' of 3 Joy Street, Boston, to a luncheon conference at the Twentieth Century Club, December 8, 1926 at 1:00 P.M. at which time Mr. Custgnce, of the Board of Selectmen, was to speak. The Chairman informed the meeting that he had instructed the Town Treasurer to advertise for bids on loan of $1000000, dated December 16, 1926 and payable June 16, 1927, bids to be opened= 'December -14, 1926. Letter was received from the Metropolitan District Commission in which they stated that they would be glad to discuss the matter of engineering services to the Town for sewer, water, and park systems. The Clerk was instructed to secure bids for_ths printing of the Town Report for the'year 1926. Class I Agents license=was granted -to John A. Svedlund to do business at 35 Bedford Street, Minute Man Garage, Letter -wan received from Town Counsel advising -the Board of the decision on the Ballard piggery case4 He advised the Board -that Ernest K. Ballard was found not guilty, and; that the gxound upon which the dourt acted in substance was that the piggery regulations are valid only under General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 163, and that the only method of procedure is by means of an order of prohibition as had been taken in the case of'Miskell. The following jurors were drawn: Civil Session Jol Calling 100 Chase Ave Criminal Sewsion Samuel H. MacFarland Concord Ave. Grand Juror Gault F. Parsons 12 Warren St,