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256 • SELECTMEN'S MEETING February 14, 1948 • A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room on Saturday morning, February 14, 1948 at 10:00 A.M. Chairman Paxton, Messrs. Locke, Emery, Gay and Driscoll were present. The Clerk was also present. The meeting was called to order and the following members of the Board of Assessors met with the Select- men: Chairman Steeves, Messrs. Emery, Burnham and Spencer. The Chairman said that, as he recalled, the Assessors were going to check up on some of the localities where the George B. Horan Company has done appraising work in an effort to determine whether or not their work was satisfactory. It was also understood that a representative of the company would be sent to Lexington and have a firm bid before the Town Meeting. DIr. Steeves said that his Board has not heard anything from the Horan Company. He said -that he learned they have only done small towns and his Board has not done anything. Mr. Leland Emery stated that the bulk of Horants work has been with towns the size of Carlisle, and he personally thought his work is in towns where some- thing must be done and done'in a hurry. Mr. Spencer said that the Assessors have gone over every street in Lexington and checked every car and the Board will not find a house in .Lexington that is not assessed, The Chairman said that the fact remains, whether the Assessors approve of an outside group coming in or not, there is an article in the warrant and citizens have requested that it be inserted. If the Town Meeting members vote for it, it is beyond the control of the Board of Assessors or theBoard of Selectmen and will have to be done. He said that if it has to be done, it should be done by the best organization that can be obtained. The Chairman said that the Board must go on the assumption that the Town Meet- ing will approve having an appraisal made and if the Board is not prepared, it will be very'embarrassing.