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180 SELECTMENtS MEETING FEB. 13th, 1939 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7=30 P.M. Chairman Giroux and Mr. Rowsd were present. Mr. Potter arrived at 8;00 P. M. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Ralph E. Chadwick, Sealer of Weights and Measures in the Town of Belmont appeared bdfore the Board. He said that no one in Lexington was eligible to serve as Sealer because no one passed the examination. of the three men that did pass the examination, only two took the physical test. Mr. Chadwick presented a letter from the Director of Standards suggesting that Lexington join with Belmont and have Mr. Sealer of Chadwick act as Sealer for both towns. The Director Weights & recommended Mr. Chadwick very highly. Mr. Chadwick said Measures that he had the approval of the full Board of Selectmen of Belmont in requesting the position in Lexington as his own is only a part-time job. The Chairman said that an error had been made in not- ifying the Civil Service Commission that the salary for the position was $500.00 as he said that it had always'been 4450. and was raised the last year of Mr. Hadley's service to $500. The Clerk said that it was not an error and that the ' Commission had asked what the salary was, and inasmuch as it was $500.00, that was the information given them. Mr. Chadwick said that his understanding was that once a salary was posted for a civil service position, it could not be increased or decreased. Mr. Rowse said that if Mr. Chadwick was hired, it would be a permanent position. He said that in the past, the Town had had a Plumbing Inspector who did not live in Lexington and there was a great deal of criticism. He asked who checked on the work of the Sealer, and Mr. Chadwick said that all the inspectors came under the supervision of the State'. He re- tired. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Morse appeared before the Board' relative to welfare matters. The matter of reducing the charities account to $115,350. (the amount appropriated in 1938) was discussed, and the Chairman said he thought that most of the reduction would Welfare have to come from Public Welfare. He asked Mr. Mitchell if budget he had revised his estimates, and Mr. Mitchell said that he had no figures to revise, that the amount as submitted by him was his estimate and he could not reduce it. He said that he was almost certain that the amount requested under A. D. C. would not be sufficient. Mr. Rowse said that the Board wished to place some of the responsibility of watching the charities appropriation and reducing the expenses on Mr. Mitchell. He told him