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446 -� y SELECTMENtS MEETING T] MARCH 100, 19310 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held , at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office, Building at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Trask, Shannon, Blake, Custance and Gilcreast were present. The Supt. of. Public Works and the Clerk were also present. The Board met with the newly elected member Organization Mr. John E. Gilcreast who was elected for the term of three years in the place of Mr. Albert H. Burnham. The Board organized with Mr. Robert P. Trask as Chairman. M-. Hallie C. Make and Dr. Clarence Shannon refused to accept the chairmanship. The Board appointed the following as the April 19th Committee: Major Edward L. Child, 41 Lincoln St. George M. Davis, 64 Woodland Rd. April 19th Eugene Loupret, 205 Bedford St. committee Mr. Trask reported having communicated with Major Child requesting him to attend the meeting of the Citizens Public Celebration Association at 9 Park St., Boston held on Tuesday, March 10, to discuss the April 19th celebration, in connection with the rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes. He stated that Major Child accepted the.,appoint- ' ment to the April 19th Committee. Mr. Albert,H. Burnham, Representative, came before the Board and presented Senate bill #1374, which is an'' Act to provide for the aecelerstion of the State highway and building construction to be financed by an increase ' Senate in the gasoline tax in order to eleviate the present Bill unemployment emergency and temporarily relieving cities and towns from certain highway and boulevard assessmetits. Mr. Burnham explained that the Act was not a very clear one.. The Act provided for an increase of one cent on a gallon of gasoline. Mr. Burnham stated that he believed the Act would not pass the Legislature. Mr. Custance reported having attended the meeting called by Mayor Curley to discuss the advisability of passing the Act to distribute the proceeds received by the State from the sales of gasoline. At this meeting they discussed the subject or raising the money to care for the unemployment''situation and the Old Age pension. Senate Bill #47 provides for the payment of 50% of the gasoline tax to be paid to cities and towns Senate in proportion to be used by cities and towns for highway Bill #47. construction and reconstruction of existing highways. Letter was received from...Miss. Ellen_ A._ Stone ' in which she stated in regard to the Town taking land by eminent domain adjoining the Adams School, held by her, that she did not object to the taking of the land