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SRLE:CT?:rEN'S MEETING JAN ,--iRY 6, 1931. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office 15uilding, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Custance, Trask, Blake and Shannon were present. The. Supt. o'' Public Works and the Clerk were also present. The Board voted to grant an Auctioneer's License to Ralph Elveat, 59 No. Hancock St., he 'laving filed the necessary three letters of recommendation as to his character. Officer Barry was called before the Board by r. Trask who called him before the Board to give him the revrard which is ,,ziven by the Farm Bureau. He stated that last summer Mr. Ballard lost some of his oi;-s and reported it and Officer Barry found the boys who were responsible and took them into court; he secured a conviction. The rule of the Farm Bureau is that an award is made to the persons who receive a conviction for an offense of this kind. ',?r. Trask therefore presented Officer Barry with a check in appreciation of his good work. Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which ' he stated that he went to Waltham to Court to prosecute the Brophy case, and the Attorney for the ot',ier side decided that he did not wish to try the case, and therefore it was non -suited. iur. Wrightington had ordered ancexecution of the costs in this case. Letter was received from the Town counsel in .regard to the case of Frank Perkins, in which he recommended that Mr. Perkins receive a copy ol-l' the- lette written to Mr. A. N. Maddison on December 2, 1930, regarding the Perkins application to the ?oard of Appealsp In tegard to the gasoline application, he felt that it was entirely proper for the Selectmen to consider in its decision that the Town holds an execution for over $150 against 1.1r. Perkins which the Selectmen have instructed him to collect, and Mr. Perkins made no answer to his demands and made no suggestion if ever he would pay it. The Board considered the matter of whether or not Mr. Perkins was entitled to continue with the business of repairing automobiles on the premises at 542 Mass. Avenue, Lexington, and inasmuch as the Town Counsel instructed that it was up to the Board of Selectmen to decide the question as tocwhethbr he was_entitled to this use, the Board voted to 7o on record as a,) -,)roving the continuance of the isiness on the property owned by F. W. Perkins at 542 Mass. Avenue, ' for the purpose of repairing automobiles, wagons and other similar conveyances. Reward to Officer Barry. Brophy Case. Perkins Case. In reg-ird to the application of Mr. F. W. Perkins for a permit to instill gasoline tanks in the amount of Perkins 2000 gallons at 542 Mass. Avenue, the Board voted to gasoline give Mr. uerkins leave to *ithdrlw his application to install tanks. the gasoline tanks.