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M, REGULAR MEETING, MARCH 6,'1928. ' k regular meeting of the hoard of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.L. Messrs. Burnham Custance, Ballard, Robertson, and Chamberlain were present. The Supt. of Public ;'.'orks and the Clerk were also present. Hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Edison Elec. Ill. Co. and the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for joint location of poles on Meriam Street southeasterly from Adams Street. No persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant the petition. Mr. Walter G. Black and Galt F. Parsons of the Committee on Housing the Fire Alarm a-;-�paratus came before the Board at the Board's request. They stated that they had not had a meeting, and that they had no suggestions to offer. The Board requested that they come before them at the meeting on Tuesday evening next. John W. Leary together ,-tith his attorney, Daniel J. OTConnell came before the Board in response to their request that Mr. Leary appear before them. The Board informed Mr. Leary that they had had complaint that one of his men was driving a taxi while under the influence of liquor, and that they wished to call the matter to his attention. Inasmuch as complaint had been received they felt that they should call the matter to his attention as they are responsible for granting him a license to operate a_public carriage. Mr. O'Connell stated that Mr. Leary discharged two of his men before receiving the letter from the Board. These two men, he felt, were indulging in liquor and it may be that one of these men was the .one the complaint was Pbout. The Chief of Police came before the Board at the request of the Board to give a report as to i=;hat had been done in regard to the restraint of dogs. He premented a report from Mr. Maguire as to the visits he had made inasmuch as the Chief had designated him to take care of the dogs. He stated that all the Police Officers did this work while on duty, but that Mr. Maguire investigated all calls of compl^ints of stray dogs. The Chief was requested to bring in a statement as to just how many dogs had been killed, and how many had been brought in and reclaimed, etc, the same to cover the period of dog restraint order which v, -Ill expire on -;arch 15, 1928. Suggestion was made to the Chief that he have printed a report of all the work done on dogs in the local paper. Letter was received from the Chiu of Police in regard to the complaint of Mrs. Ida H. B. Capper sta ing that he had made investi- gation and could not find anyone who attempted to do any damage on the Capper premises. The Board decided to send Mrs. C_•.pper a copy of the Report which had been received. It wass voted to appoint the following as the April 19th Com- mittee, 7illiam F, Youn;, EUward L. Child, and Converse Hill.