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SELECTMEN'S MEETING MAY 21, 1935. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Offices, Lexington. Messrs. Ferguson, Gilcreast, Lyons, and Potter were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. N. J. Busby of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Company Joint appeared before the Board with a petition for making fifty- ownership six existing poles on Lincoln Street jointly owned with the of poles. Edison Company. It was voted to approve the petition. Mr. George B. Gosbee of Simonds Road appeared before the Board in regard to insurance. He stated that he had been a General Broker for the past fifteen years, and felt that he would like some consideration when the Gosbee on policies which expire in June are renewed. He stated that insure= he did all his business through the John C. Paige Co. who handle the insurance for fifteen cities and towns around Baton. Mr. Gosbee suggested a survey of the policies, so that if there were several policies expiring one year and only a few the next, short term policies might be taken out so that the expirations would come evenly. He stated that he was merely asking that the Board consider his compaby ' when placing the insurance. Mr. Trask submitted a report on the activities of the Report of departments under his jurisdiction for.the past week, and Supt. of the report was approved. Public Wks, Mr. Trask reported that Daniel J. Gorman had given him the following prices on putting partitions in the offices of the Supt. of Public Works and the Town Accountant: For putting up partitions in both offices similar to the one in the Tax Collector's Office, $390.00; For putting up a partition of a different construction in the Supt.'s Partitions office, and the same type as the Tax Collector's in the Auditor's office, $195.00 without glass, and $27.50 additional with glass; if the partition in the'Supt. of Pubic Works office is only eight feet high, that is, with- in two feet of the ceiling, the price would be reduced to $85.00. It was voted that the matter be left to the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and the Supt. of Public Works. It was moved and seconded that the Finance Committee Salary of be requested to approve the transfer of $137.50 from Supt. of the Reserve Fund to pay the salary of the Supt. of Public Public Wks ' Works for his first two weeks in office.