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261 SELECTMEN'S MEETING ' JAN. 27th, 1936. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectman was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Ferguson, Lyons, Potter, Giroux and Clark werepresent. The Clerk was also.present. At 7:30 P.M., Mr. Charles E. Hadley appeared before the Board to discuss his salary as Sealer of Weights and Measures. Mr. Hadley informed the Board that he had been working for the Town in this capacity for 36 years and had not had an increase in salary since Sealer's •1930. His present salary is $400. Mr. Potter salary asked Mr. Hadley how much time he had to put in on the job and Mr. Hadley stated that he had never reckoned it up as his work was spasmodic. The Chairman asked if there had not been an increase in the number of scales and pumps to be tested and Mr. Hadley replied in the affirmative. Mr. Clark asked if Mr. Hadley checked out of town trucks and he stated that he did. He stated that he received $100. for expenses besides his salary. The Chairman advised Mr. Hadley that the Board would discuss the matter and he vio uld be advised. Mr. Hadley informed the Board that he had received notice from the Civil Service Commissioner that due to the fact that the population of the town exceeded 10,000, he was now under Civil Service. Mr. Hadley then retired. Mr. Eugene Viano appeared before the Board to discuss the matter of snow removal in front of his garage at 1668 Mass. Avenue. Mr. Viano stated that always in Removal, previous years, the snow had been removed from in front of snow of his property. He stated that when the snow started in front to melt, the gutters running past his drives were filled of with water and they usually froze again and then the Colonial Town came in with picks and shovels to chop the ice, Garage and he thought that it would be more expensive in the end than if the snow were removed in the first place. The Chairman asked if there was any particular reab9n why the Town should remove the snow in front of his garage. He replied that he kept open all night and had to keep his drivesropen, but that the trucks kept going up and down and filling them in. He thought that there was an element of danger in the huge banks of snow and stated that a woman was nearly knocked down there this past week. The Chairman asked if it would be possible for Mr. Viano to dump the snow in Vine Brook and he replied that he had ' often thought of it but had never dared try it. Mr. Giropx stated that if Mr. Vianots property was cleared that all the stations in Town would want theirs cleared, and it would be a very expensive propo- sition. Mr. Viano stated that the real problem was