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218 REGULAR MEETING, MARCH 29, 1928. � A regular meting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectments Ofiice at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnh,^m, Cust,nce, B�.11ard, Robertson and Chamberlain wee °resent. The Supt. of Public Worms ' and the Clerk were Iso present. In regard to the organization it was decided not to carry the organization out as in former years, and therefor, it wls toted: That on and after M rch 29, 1928, the Selectmen will discontinue their former practice of assigni.hg to individual members definite responsibility'or the riork of the various departments. That hereafter the Supt. of Public Works will, subject to tha direction of the Selectmen undertake full res)onsibility for the following departments, Street - Water - Sewer - Engineering - Parks - Public Buildings - Inspectors, Building, Plumbing, and Wiring. That he will, as soon as possible, present -in person to the Selectmen, at their meetings on Tuesday nights, a brief written report of the progress of his work during the.last_calendar week, and.his plans and recommendation for work to be commenced in the succeeding calendar weeks, together with such other matters as he feels may require the approval of the Selectmen or may be essential in determining a definite policy for the conduct of the department. In regard to the signing of schedules, it was decided that the Chairman should sign all the schedules for bills _:sayable for the Board. Bids were received on the $150,000. loan in anticipation of ' revenue dated April 2, 1928 and payable November 26,`1928 as follows: Old Colony Corp. 3.725 Lexington Trutt Co. 3.68 Bank of Comm_rce-& Trust Co. 3.695 Atlantic-Merrili Oldham Corp. 3.70 First National Bank of Boston 3.71 prem. 4.00 The bid was awarded to the Lexingt=_Trust Company. Letter was received from the Town Accuntant calling attention to the fact that only $1700 remained in the water construction account, and th@r4for he thought that a request for bids should be made on the authorization voted at the Town Beeting, March 12, 1928. It was therefor voted that they issue bonds for wat,sr construction in the amount of $31,000. for 15 years. Hearing was declared open at 8 P.B. upon the application of Neil McIntosh for approval of plans of streets upon the property formerly known as the Warren Davis property on Bedford Street. The Board felt that if the Planning Board and the Acting Town Engineer approved of the plans, they would be willing to sign the same. ' It was undarstond from a letter from the Planning Board that they were in favor of the layout and the Acting Town Engineer felt