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176 SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 1, 1943 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, March 1, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke, and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the joint petition of the Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for permission to locate Pole three poles on Reed Street, northwesterly from a point ap- locations proximately 95 feet northwest of Centre Street. Mr. Locke moved that the locations be approved and the order signed. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion. At 7:31 P.M. Mr. James J. Carroll appeared before the Board for the drawing of two jurors. Mr. John F. Ballard, Jurors engineer, of 12 Glen Road was drawn for criminal business, drawn first session, at Cambridge on Monday, April 5, 1943. Mr. Thomas, J. Donnelly, Jr., of 16 Smith Avenue, was drawn to serve on civil business, Monday, April 1, 1943. Mr. Carroll retired at 7:40 P.M. Mr. Wrightington appeared before the Board relative to the question of Civil Service in connection with the Chief of Police. Mr. Wrightington said that he had talked with Major Heyworth, secretary to the Commissioner of Civil Service. He went to Major Heyworth at the suggestion of Joseph Cotton. Mr. Wrightington told him that we had ac- cepted General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 48 and 49, and part of Section 20, applying to the Chief. He asked what Chief would happen if we did not have four applicants, and he of said the Commissioner had the discretion to hold an exam - Police ination anyway. Mr. Wrightington explained to Major Heyworth that Chief Sullivan had been given a leave of absence up to the .time his retirement was to become effective, and that an acting chief had been appointed during his absence. Major Heyworth told Mr. Wrightington that the Civil Service Com- missioner.should have been notified, and the next step should have been to complete a blank, now in the office of the Town Accountant, informing the Department that the Chief had applied for retirement, and also requesting au- thority to make a provisional appointment. Mr. Wrightington was informed that an examination could be held inside of three months, and a provisional appointment would last for six months if an appointment was not completed in that time. Mr. Wrightington called absi 1