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�r REGULAR MEETING, January 25,, 1927. Rte. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectments Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Miles, , Robertson, and Ballard were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. The records were approved. Mr. Thomas S.Grindle, Supt. of Schools, came before the Board at the request of the National Education Association. Letter was also received from the National Education association in which they.re- quested the use of the state flags owned by the Town at their meeting in Dallas, Texas, from February 260 to March 3,-1927. They stated that the meeting was foreducational purposes and greatly urged the loan of these flags. They offered to insure the flags and return them in as good condition as when loaned. The Board voted to grant permission to this Association to use the flags, and requested them to provide insuranee.to the amount.of $1,000. from the time the flags leave "exington until they are returned, and also informed them that they would have to replace the flags if they were destroyed. The Board deed to adopt the following rules and' regulations for the Water Department, provided the same met with the approval of the Town Counsel. WATER DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE; SHALL BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE CONTRACT''WITH EVERY PERSON WHO USES WATER. 1. All meters shall be computed quarterly; in the case of a meter ' stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordinarily passes through the.mater when in operation. 2. The applications for -the use of water must be made at the office of the Water Department, and these applications must state fully the purpose for which the watet',is to be used. The Town will in all cases (except by written permission of the Superintendent) furnish and lay the service pipe from the street main, and through the cellar wall, and provide on the end thereof, a stop and waste valve. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for such ser- vice pipe as may be laid within his premises and on Town property to the curb -cock together with the Stop and Waste valves, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of kublic Works. The owner must in all cases pay his part of the estimated cost of the sertice construction before the work is started. When the work is completed and the cost determined, the applicant will pay for any excess cost of the work above the estimated cost or if the actual cost is less than the esti- mated cost, the difference will be refunded -to the applicant. 3. TheTown will set meters on all services at no charge to the owner