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D 1 r_; L NOR SELECTMENIS MEETING FEB. 27, 1939. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held In the Selectments Room, Town Office Building, at 7;30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Clark and Rowse were Present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Lindstrom, the Plumbing Inspector, appeared before the Board. He informed the Board that a certain plumber in town had taken a safety valve off the boiler at the. High School without notifying him of any change to be made. He said that the removal of the safety valve endangered the lives of the school children. The Selectmen informed Mr. Boiler at Lindstrom that the Board had no jurisdiction over the high school, School Department. Mr. Lindstrom stated that he merely Plumbing wanted to report the matter to the Board so whenever any Inspection. work was to be done on public buildings, he would be notified and consulted. He said that he was going to have an engineer go down to the High School with him in the morning to see what could be done to safeguard the boiler without spending a great deal of money. Mr. Rowse moved that the Supt. of Public Works be requested to inform persons under his jurisdiction having charge of public buildings, to notify the Plumbing Inspector when any changes in the plumbing or heating were to be made. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Wrightington appeared before the Board. Mr. Clark moved that the Town Counsel be instructed to contact the Uncollected Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. to request them to do taxes. everything possible to protect the townta interests in the matter of uncollected taxes. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond appeared before the Board. He said he had written the Town Counsel about the negligence of the garbage contractor in conforming to the terms of his con- tract. Mr. Raymond said that he heard today that it was positively true that the contractor had put on some additional trucks. He talked with one of the men to see if he would agree to testify that collections had not been made properly,: but he had not received a reply. Mr. Raymond asked the Health Inspector to come in every day before noontime and get the complaints and check up on them. He said that if the matter was to be taken care of before bids on the new contract were taken, something should be started right away. He said that of course it would be possible to put town employees out and check up on certain parts of the town, and if their judgment was against the contractor, undoubtedly the town could collect from him. Mr. Potter said he believed it would be more Garbage collection effective to hold up on the man's check because it was so late in the year. The Board instructed Mr. Raymond to hold up the whole amount of Mr. Bieren's check.