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N_ REGULAR ME TING, FEBRUARY 14, 1928. ' A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 8 P.I. Messrs. Custance, Ballard, Chamberlain, and Robertson were present. The Supt. of Public ',,Yorks and the Clerk pro -tem were also present. Mr. Eliot Hadley came before the Board at 8 P.M. in response to a request of the Board of Selectmen to discuss several matters. The first item which was discussed was in regard to what matters should be published in the local paper, and Mr.Hadley stated that if a letter.was received by him signed, he published it in the.paper, because he felt that the signature relieved him of any responsibility. But . if he received an article which was anonymous, he does not publish same. When asked about the article published in the paper on Feb.'3, 1928 relative to bus service, Mr. Hadley replied that it was a letter signed by the Lexington Civic Association publish it. , and he felt that it was his duty to Mr. Hadley stated that he has not been satisfied with the infor- mation received from the Selectmen and if an article is published in his paper that may not be the correct opinion of the Board, he is not altogether to blame as he secures information from different sources. The Chairman stated that the Board is willing to give any information to the Town that is reasonable, but there has not been much news lately to give to the citizens. 1dr. Hadley suggested that the Board give him the records of the meeting to look over, but it was.felt that they are private records, and that they should not*be given to ' anyone. It was decided that the Chairman should look over the records and give Mr.Hadley anything he sees fit. Mr. Hadley stated that he had been inquiring from different towns, in regard to publishing the town warrants in thepaper as a paid add, and when asked by.Xr. Ballard for an estimate of the cost of the March Warrant as a paid add, he replied that it would probably cost between $24.00 and $25.00.. -.The Board could not see any special advantage in doing this and Mr.Hadley stated that some people who are not voters may be interested in town affairs. Mr. Hadley also said that for the past year the Milk Inspector has not had his monthly reports published in the paper, and he felt that by printing them the milk dealers would try to raise the grade of their milk, and.therefor it would be a good thing for the tgwn. It was decided to ask Mr. Prentiss why a copy of his monthly repor•'t has not been given to Mr. Hadley. The matter of printing the ballots for the Town Electionwas also brought up by Mr.Hadleyy, as he felt that he had bought the Minute Pian, which was published.by C. S. Parker & Son, and he thought that he should do that printing rather than having C. S. Parker & Son do it. 'V,4"r. Rob- ertson stated that a special column should be had for any Town notices, such as garage hearings, gasoline hearings, Board of Survey hearings, registration dates etc., and they should be published in that column instead of in any corner of the paper. At 8.30 P.M. Mr. Everett N. Montague came before the Board and ' presented two finished plans of the Block Plan system, one on the 40' scale and one on the 80t -scale. Mr. Montague stated that he could com- plete eleven sheets with the ;1500 appropriated for this purpose.