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462, Mr. Paxton retired at 8:52 P. M. Letter was received from John Brucchi of 72 Hinchey Road applying for the position of Dog Officer for the ' year 1941. Tre Board felt that it preferred to have a police officer serve as Dog Officer and to so notify Mr. Brucchi. Mr. Rowse returned to the meeting at 8:55 P. M. He said that the purpose of the meeting tonight was for Mr. Bauer to explain how the Food Stamp Plan worked and what the expenses were in connection with it. The only expense is that they require a cashier's cage to be built somewhere in one of the Town Buildings or a building that the Town Report on finances, and a clerk bonded to dispense the stamps and to Food stamp keep records. Those who keep the records are W.P.A. workers Plan financed by the Federal Government. The cashier has to be financed by the Town. Mr. Rowse asked Mr. Bauer specifically if a clerk in the Welfare Department could handle this and he replied in the affirmative. This is all the expense involved. The supervisor of surplus commodities would no longer be used. A Devolving fund has to be set up. Mr. Needham, the `own Accountant in Arlington, discussed this subject with Mr. Waddell, Director of Accounts, who said there there was no law which allowed a town to raise the money for this revolving fund. Mr. Bauer said in other cities and towns where the system had been put into effect, banks had supplied ' the money in some manner. He thought the Town of Arlington would have to have a fund of about $15,000.00 and Lexington would need about $$,000.00. There is no risk involved as they have either the cash or the stamps. The Federal Government signs an agreement that it will cash the stamps within ten days at any time. Mr. Rowse asked if there would be a person working in Lexington and Mr. Bauer said he could not say for sure and as a matter of fact could not even say there would be one in Arlington. Mr. Waddell said they would probably have to have a vote of the Town Meeting to authorize a revolving fund. Mr. Rowse said that Arlington gave very little cash to Welfare recipients. They give food orders, but they felt that they were being abused so they ear -marked the money as r much as they could. They have a list of independent stores and they apportion the business as much as possible. The welfare recipient purchases the groceries where he is told to do so. Under the Stamp Plan the food allotment for a family is determined. The recipient goes to the cashier and is given a certain number of orange stamps and receives as a gift 1/2 of that number in blue stamps. The orange stamps are for food to be purchased at the store and the blue stamps are for surplus commodities. '