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42-6 The Board told him that they would advise him on the matter and he and Mr. Lyons retired. The Chairman read the Health Inspector's report ' which stated that the henhouse was kept clean and in a sanitary condition. The nearest residence is about 300 feet away and he thought it could not be affected by any odor. There are about 15 roosters which he thought would make a lot of noise when they all started crowing. The Health Inspector called the crowing of the roosters a nuisance but stated that there was no health menace. The Town Counsel stated that if the neighbors= -did not approve of the Board's decision on the health menace, they had recourse to the Courts. He t6ld the Board that they could advise Bidwell that there was no health menace. Mr. Giroux moved that Roberts be advised that he would be given thirty days from April 15th in which to dispose of his roosters in order to comply with Article 26, Section 1 of the Town By-laws. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Giroux moved that the Selectmen advise Bidwell of"the Board's decision. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. At 8;30 P.M. Town Engineer Cosgrove appeared before the Board. The Chairman told him that the Board was disturbed about the method he used in getting signatures on the petition for the construction of Tower Road and ' the method of handling the construction of the street itself and the fact that he did not arrange for the construction of the road past his vacant lot. Mrs Cosgrove stated that the layout as presented to the Town Meeting was the result of three petitions. A. Mrs. Simonds of Plymouth Road presented a request containing the signatures of persons living on Plymouth Road and Cosgrove told her that it was not the Board's procedure to construct streets unless they connected with another street that has already been constructed. A.petition was presented for the construction of Tower Road from Mass. Avenue to Richard Road and then Mr. Grush asked to have the street in front of his house constructed,, and this made a difference of 40 feet to Cosgrove, but it did not bother him. He stated that it was not his prac- tice to go beyond the petition as presented to him. Cosgrove's share of the betterment on the first libt was $420.00 and it would be $350, for the second lot, and if it were not for this fact, he probably would have contacted the bank. The Chairman stated that the Selectmen would be criticised for placing the vote to the Town in the manner in which they did leaving out one house and not giving the Bank an opportunity to act on the matter. The bank thought that the reason for this ' was that Cosgrove was interested and they were not given an opportunity to express any opinion in the matter. J Mr. Cos trove stated that at the time if it had been a