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Grove Street SELECTMEW S MEETING 0 February 2, 1942, A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Monday, evening, February 2, 1942 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux and Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke, and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P.M. Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Treasurer, appeared before the Board. The Chairman read ec..letter from Adams & Blinn, at- torneys, requesting that the Selectmen, acting as the Board of Survey, endorse a plan of that part of the Franklin P. Simonds Estate situated on Robinson Rdad, and a•plan of that part of the Franklin P. Simonds Es- tate located on Grove Street. He also read a letter from Mr. Wrightington on the subject. Under Statute 1935 Chapter 354, Section 2 amended by Statute 1939 Chapter 161, a land owner may file a petition in the Land Court for redemption of part of a larger tract sold for taxes. The Land Court urges the petitioner to bring with his petition an agreement by the Town Treasurer advising the amount to be paid for the release of that part of the land from the tax lien. The 1939 Act requires that if a Town has accepted Sections 81-F to J of the new Board of Survey Act, as Lexington has, the Board of Survey shall approve the plat of the proposed subdivision and file the approval in the office of the Board of Survey. The reason for requesting the approval of the Board of Survey is probably because such subdivision usually Included proposed streets. Mr. Wrightington said that an important factor was the amount of money to be paid in redemption and this is to be decided by the Town Treasurer. He suggested that the Board confer with Mr. Carroll on the matter. The Chairman said that he be- lieved Mr. Wrightington's suggestion that the Board con- fer with the Town Treasurer was so that the best part of a tract might not be redeemed and the Town would find itself holding only the poorest part. Mr. Carroll said that no tracts had been redeemed'since the law went into effect. This is the first one. He7said that the Board of Assessors subdivided the land. Adams & Blinn asked him the amount of money necessary to redeem, and he fur- nished these figures based on the Assessors' subdivision. Mr. Carroll said that Mr. Wrightington preferred that he confer with the Selectmen as it is necessary that the Board of Survey approve the action before the petition is taken into the Land Court. The Chairman said that the matter would be left that whenever there is a large tract being subdivided, and Mr. Carroll wished to confer with • the Board, he would do so.