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22 REGULAR MEETING, MARCH 1, 1927. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the ' Selectmen s Office, at 8:00 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. A hearing was declared open upon the application of the Ross Tire & Battery Company for permission to replace the present 280 gallon gasoline tank with a 1,000 gallon tank located at 3 Depot Square. No persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant the. permit. Application was received from E. W. Harrod doing business at 149 Mass. Avenue, requesting permission to install a gasoline tank and pump at his store. The Board requested Mr. Harrod to inform them if a permit was granted just what the location and capacity of the tank would be. Letter was received from James Stuart Smith in which he made notation of several slight changes which are to be made in the Memorial Building, and asking the approval of the Board on these changes, and for blanket authority to make other changes. The Board replied that they approved the changes with the exception of the flooring on the stage which was to be 3/16" rift hard pine. Mr. Cus- tance was requested to inquire of the Trustees about this flooring. The Board also suggested that the Trustees file with them a memoran- dum of the changes to be made one copy to be filed with the Board of Selectmen, and the other to be approved by them and returned. The one to be filed in the Selectmen's Office is to be considered an addenda to the specifications. A clipping was received from the Dallas, Texas Journal in which it gave an account of the exhibition of the Lexington flags. This was sent to the Board by Payson Smith, Commissioner of Education. Notice was received from the County Commissioners of a hearing to be held on March 25th, at the County Commissioners Office, Court House, East Cambridge at 10:00 A. M. on the relocation and repairs of Massachusetts Avenue from its junction of Pleasant Xtreet and Follen Road to a point 500 feet easterly from its junction with Oak Street. Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he stated that he had been requested to give an opinion to the Planning Board regarding the ownership by the Town of Robbins Cemetery in East Lex- ington. He stated that in order to give an opinion he would have to. engage a title examiner in the Registry to do this work, but requested the wgproval of the Board before doing so. , The Board replied that inasmuch as this is not a business Section they did not see the necessity of establishing a building line as the Zoning Law automatically establishes a building line of 20 feet. Letter was received from the Hart Motorcoach Company asking that