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SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 25, 1946 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room Town Office Building, on Monday evening, March 25, 1946 at 7:00 P.M. Chairman Potter, Messrs. Locke, Rowse and Paxton were present. The Clerk was ,also present. A letter was received from the Metropolitan State Hospital requesting the appointment of Mr. Eugene T. Varley as a Special Police Officer. Mr. Rowse moved' that Mr. Eugene. T. Varley be appointed a Special Police Officer in the Town of Lex- ington for a term expiring March 31, 1947. Mr. Paxton seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Upon motion of Mr. Locke, seconded by Mr. Rowse, it was voted to grant the following licenses (Quote' ** Votes to be presented at the Town Meeting were then considered. Upon motion of Mr. Rowse, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was voted to eliminate the words "Eminent Domain" in Article 48. Upon motion of Mr. Rowse, seconded by Mr. Paxton, it voted that Article 52 be indefinitely postponed. Upon motion of Mr. Rowse, seconded byMr. Locke, it was voted to request an appropriation f�'20,000 for Snow Removal. was 453 Appoint Eugene T. Varley Special Police Change Certain Votes for Town Meeting Mr. Rowse suggested that the Board of Selectmen obtain a sense of the meeting vote as to whether or not the Town Meeting would go on record in favor or in opposition to the proposed race track in Burlington. Inasmuch as the Town Counsel has ruled that the Board of Selectmen has no right to cthnsider the East Lexington Fire Station except in relation to the original bids, it was decided to ask Town Meeting for a total appropriation of $75,000, increasing the amount requested under Article 22 from $11,500 to $20,000. The Chairman informed the Board that Mr. Charles Goodwin of Coolidge Avenue was very much distuirbed because the sewer had not been completed in Coolidge Avenue, and that money had been made available for this work. The balance in the account of $19,517.24, according to the note prepared for Town Meeting, is to be used for the North Lexington Sewer. The Chairman felt that this amount should not be transferred, but should be used for the Coolidge Avenue sewer.