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�,' in Town all the time and that he, the Chairman, was apt to be out of town two or three days at a time. , Mr. .Giroux stated that there had been complaints and he thought that the Chief should be told so frankly and snap the Department up to where it ought to be. In the last year and a half or so, the Chief has not been able to take care of it on account of his health, The Chairman stated that with the Board of Selectmen changing every year or two you get a change of ideas and of opinion and with the Supt. of Public 'Works.. you have the same man for 'yea rs on and. Mr. Giroux thought that the change of the Board might be a good thing as a new member would get the trend of feeling of the towns- people. He suggested that the Chief deal directly with the Board and that he come before them when he had ai*- thing to talk over or when the Board wanted to talk to him. Mr, Ross asked the Chief if for a time he had appeared before the Board each Tuesday evening, and he replied in the negative but said that he would be glad to do so. Mr. Ross asked himifhe would give the reasons for the shifts that he had made. The Chief replied that he had put Sergeant Rycroft on the last half and Buckley on the first half at night and that he changed them all around. Some of the men had asked to be changed, Mr. Ross asked if he felt that Rycroft was of more benefit to him on the last half than during the day. The Chief replied that he was taking over the Department to run and was not turning it over to anybody else. He sdid that Ryerof t had been on the force for nine years and Buckley has been on for twenty-seven years, The Chair- man asked him who was going to handle the Court work inasmuch as Rycroft had done it for one and a half years, The Chief replied that he felt capable of doing the Court work now. Mr. Clark asked if Rycroft had done a good job. The Chief replied that he had done very well and that he was a smart fellow, Mr. Clark asked him when he was going to get after the speeding and he stated that he was going to start tomorrow. Mr, Clark asked the Chief if he had the impression that a great many of the tags were torn up during the drive, and he replied in the negative.. The Chief then retired, The Hibbert Street order was signed as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Town of Lexington. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington held on the 21st day of April, 1936, it is ORDERED: Whereas the Board of Selectmen of the town of Lexington, having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a town way be' laid out in the location hereinafter described and having 1 L_