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in SMECTME ►S MEETING JAN. 28, 1939. A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 1:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse and Clark were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Malcolm Clifford, Mr. Leon Truesdell and Mr. Jane's J. Carroll of the Board of Registrars appeared before.the Board. Mr. Clifford stated that although he was Chairman of the Board, he was the junior member and was not pre- pared to explain the budgets to the Board as he had believed Mr. Lowe, the other member, would do so. He stated that the Registrars were asking for $1000. for personal services. Regs. of Mr. Clifford said that the Board had based this estimate Voters on the amount of work they will be required to do because budget of the change in the Statute. The Chairman asked how often it would' be, necessary to meet from now on, and Mr. Clifford said it would be necessary to meet at least once a week. Mr. Carroll said that Chapter 427 of the legislation which was passed last year called for the re -registration of every voter in the Town, and with some 5600 voters, that means that the Registrars will have to be here a great deal. Mr. Clark asked if this re -registration would occur ' annually, and Mr. Carroll said that at the moment the Act was good for this year only and they did not know what would happen next year. Every voter has to come in and register just the same as if he were registering for the first time. Mr. Carroll said it was a foolish thing, but it was the law and would have to be done. The Chairman asked if they would plan to hold a meetinU one night a week for registration and Mr. Carroll said that probably they would, but they could not tell when the people would come in to register but the Board would have to be on the job anyway. Mr. Carroll said that there would be a great deal of clerical work to be done and he would have to do it. Mr. Potter asked him why he had to do all the clerical work when there was _$120. in the Expenses account for clerical work. Mr. Carroll said that this $120 was to pay a clerk now working on the registration cards to complete the job. The Chairman asked why $50. was included under Personal Services and $120 included in the Expenses account for Personal services. He wondered why money should be required in both budgets for the same thing. Mr. Carroll said that his work was split up into eight different accounts, He said he had made a proposition to the Appropriation Committee whereby if he was given another girl, the extra clerical itEms would be cut out. If he ' gets the additional clerk, the $170. for clerical assist- ance on both of these budgets will be eliminated. He said