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SELECTMENIS MEETING March 9, 1942 A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the office of the Supt. of Public Works on Mon- day afternoon, March 9, 1942, at 4:00 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Arthur McMenimen, State Auditor, Mr. Ed*i:n L. Needham, Mr. William C. Paxton, and Mr. S. R. Wrightington were present. The members of the Board were notified of this meeting by the Clerk by telephone today, in accordance with instructions of the Chairman. The Chairman said that in talking with Mr. McMenimen the other day the latter raised the question of the Road legality of the Road Machinery Fund. Originally the Town Machinery voted to establish the Road Machinery Account and the Fund Road Machinery Fund, but in the last couple of years this practice has been dropped and the appropriation for the Road Machinery Account has been included in the general appropriation Article. Mr. McMenimen said that the original vote was set up by the State Department of Public Works to reimburse the cities and towns for equipment rental on Chapter 90 jobs. There is nothing in the Statute covering it, but the Division of Accounts has allowed it to go along. The various departments charge a set price for rental of equipment and the money received goes back into the Road Machinery Fund, subject to appropriation. Mr. McMenimen said the appropriation for 1942 is all right -- $15,000. for the maintenance of equipment. After a lengthy dis- cussion it was decided to have Mr. McMenimen and Mr. Wrightington meet with Mr. Searle, of the Division of Accounts, to straighten out the matter. Mr. Needham and Mr. McMenimen retired. The Chairman said that Mr. Wrightington spoke•to No. Lex. him about the North Lexington sewer where it meets the sewer old trunk line sewer on the Leary farm. It was re- ported to Mr. Wrightington that the North Lexington .sewer was some nine feet lower than the trunk line sewer and he wondered if this was known to the Select- men. The Chairman had no recollection of this fact, but he talked with the Town Engineer who said that it was correct, that the North Lexington sewer was nine feet lower. He said however, that there was sufficient pressure to carry all the material from the basin into the main trunk line although it may be necessary once in a number of years to clean out at the junctions.