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me - ' SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 27th, 1941. 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, Rowse, Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. The Chairman said Mr. Pulliam R. Greeley had filed, as a report of progress, the Planning Board's study 6f - budgets for the five year period, 1935-1939. He asked if the Planning Board could discuss the Survey with the Selectmen but the Chairman suggested it was difficult for the Board to do it this evening as there was only one copy and the Selectmen had no chance to go over it. The Chairman asked Mr. Greeley to have copies made and forwarded to the Board. He agreed to do this. At 7:30 P.M. the Registrars of Voters appeared before the Board. The Chairman said that there was some confusion in the minds of the Selectmen as to why the extra x100.00 for per- sonal services was requested last year. He said some members of the Board seemed to think this extra x100.00 was to cover the re - registration of all voters. Mr. Truesdell said that his Regis - Board appeared before the Selectmen and the Appropriation trars Committee and asked for an increase in salary of 25.00 of each. He said that it would be necessary to ask for much Voters. more money if the re -registration of voters went through. He said his Board is asking for just enough to bring it up to a parallel with towns of the same size around here. He said it was necessary to put in a lot of extra time last year as they had several registrations on account of the four elec- tions. There was an extra election and a recount. The Chairman said that the Appropriation was split up into two parts, 0200.00 - $100.00. He said that the Selectmen did not understand that the registrars were asking for a permanent increase. Mr. Truesdell said that Lexingtonts population had increased 30% in the last ten years and there was a great deal of work for the registrars to do. Mr. Lowe said that the re -registration would have to be started not later than December 1, 1940 if it was going . through so that was not an issue now. He said however that it was not a factor last year in asking for an increase of $100.00. .He read.a list of salaries paid to Registrars in towns around Lexington and all were over that paid here. He said that each election involved about thirty-eight hours work for each Registrars and last year there were four elections plus