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356 Old ,Paint Shop. Pool Roan License. Assessors Department. SELECTMEN'S MEETING MARCH 29, 1932. - A pegular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. _Trask, _Custance, Gilcreast, Ferguson and OPConnell were present. j r; Mr. O'Connell reported in regard to the Shea property in East Lexington known as the Old Paint Shop*He presented copies of the title references to the Board. The Board requested Mr. O'Connell to communicate with the owner requesting him to tear down the Old Paint Shop building. Mr. John A. Murray of 19 Theresa Avenue came before the Board and stated that he understood an application had been made by Max Bluestein for a pool room at #2 Bow Street. He stated that there were at least fifteen persons in the neighborhood who would come up and object to sn y pool room license being granted end he felt that if the Board was to take any action on this application it should be delayed until sucin_time as the persons in the nei s_rhbor- hood could be given a hearing. The Chief of Police reported as not being in favor of the grantin of a permit to Max Bluestein to operate a pool room at�2 Bow Street and in view of the Chiefts report and ,the objection,_ the Board voted not to grant the permit, The new Board of Assessors came before the Board at the Selectmen's request. Dir. Trask informed them that inasmuch as they had an entirely new board that the Board of Selectmen f elt that they sould talk with them to convey some ideas that the Selectmen had about the Assessing Department. He explained tb them that the Board desired to come as near as possible to the tax rate of $30. as suggested by the Appropriation Committee report, and that they felt that if the Board should see fit to reduce the assistants in the Board of Assessors Office, they might do so. After they had discussed the matter, the Selectmen desired to know whether or not they felt another assistant assessor should be appointed. The suggestion was made to the Board that theres-.Wiould be two men on each side of the Street. Othersise the two_men.would be waiting for one on the otherside of the street and the cost would not be any more expensive but the duties would be completed mush faster. Mr. Ferguson felt that the matter of personal property assess- ments could be gLven special attention and also called attention to the Ryder suit and the Swenson suit which will come up this year for trial. The question of lowering valuations was discussed, and the Selectmen felt that if any drastic lowering was considered by the Board of Assessors., that it should be considered by the Selectmen also. Mr. OtConnell felt that the Board should. give consideration to the reduction of the salary of the present assestant assessor. He compared this work with the work of the Town Clerk and Town Treasorerts Dept. U 1