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fl 1 instructed to go down and look into the matter and make a report and recommendation to the Board, and he retired, Notice was received from the Town Accountant stating that the Police Department Salaries Account would be in- sufficient to cover the payments for payrolls for the year by the sum of $89.51. Mr. Russell said he assumed that this was due either to the fact that the extra day in 1936 was not taken into consideration or else the rate increase applying to some of the patrolmen was not proper- ly computed. Mr. Giroux moved that the Appropriation Committee be requested to transfer the sum of 89.51 from the Reserve Fund to the Police Dept. appropriation to cover this shortage. Mr. Potter sedonded the motion and it was so voted. 207 Police Dept. Shortage. Notice was receised from the Town Accountant stating that the appropriation for Highway Construction, Pleas- Shortage - ant and Watertown Streets, would be short by $160.01. Pleas. & This is due to differences in the allotments by the Watertown St State and County and the amounts actually received and account to the fact that approximately 475 feet of curbing was installed on Pleasant Street which was charged to this appropriation but not included in the estimate. Mr. Giroux moved that the Approriation Committee be requested to transfer the sum of 160.01 from the Reserve Fund to the Highway Construction, Pleasant and Wat�erittown Street 4ccount. Mr. Potter seconded the motion an was so vote . Letter was received from the Chief of Police stating that car #31 wastaken off the road on December 24th asp it was unsafe to operate. The car has been owned by the Dept. since January, 1935 and has gone 79,800 miles. The Chief said that the Department would manage to get along with one car for the time being. The Chairman stated that there was a balance of approximately $10000 in the Reserve Fund. F. K. Johnson's mechanic told him that the Police car was dangerous to operate and that it would cost more money to fix it than it was worth. The Chairman suggested that the Board ask the Appropriation Committee to transfer sufficient funds from the Reserve Fund to buy a new car. Mr, Giroux moved that the Appropriation Committee be requested to transfer sufficient funds to the Police Department appropriation to cover the purchase of a new car, it being understood that an allowance be made on the old car. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted, Letter was received from the Town. Counsel stating that the estimate for the budget of the Law Dept. for the year 1937 would be the same as 1936, i.e., 2500. made up as follows: Salary, $925.00; Expenses, 1575.00. Mr. Wrightington suggested that the sum of. 1,000. be appropriated for expenses of the Ryder Drainage Case. No action was taken on the matter. Police Dept. car Law Dept. budget.