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61 The Chairman said that he felt sure the Town Counsel would say that they have no right to withhold any part of the receipts. Mr. Hannah said that officially t he Town Counsel would have to say that all receipts would have to be turned in and money for maintenance appropriatstd. Mr. Gustin asked if the School Committee has been informed of the decision. The Chairman said that the School Committee knows that they stand in a privileged position of being able to charge admission but the money they receive should be turned over to the Town Treasurer. The Chairman said that any money the Recreation Committee takes in would have to be turned over to the Town Treasurer. The question comes up as to what kind of an arrangement they could make letting some group use the enclosed field. He said that he assumed some agree- ment could be made whereby the group would be informed that they have no right to force anyone to pay admission but a voluntary collection could be taken and if that were done the Recreation Committee would expect 'a certain percentage of the money taken in to be turned over to the Town Treasurer. He said he thought this was something that the Committee would like to discuss further. He said that the Board has not discussed this in detail with the Town Counsel but he thought the Town Counsel inferred that this would be all right and the Board let it go at that. Mr. Nickerson said that the Selectmen were not going to discuss this with him in detail. Mr. Gustin suggested that his Committee discuss the matter further and then confer with the Board at some later date. The group retired at 8:30 P.M. Chief John W. Rycroft of the Police Department met with the Board. He explained that letters had been written to all applicants' for the position of patrolman whose names had been submitted by the Division of Civil Service. He stated that he has interviewed e number of applicants and selected five to be interviewed by the Board. The Chairman asked, in view of the fact that the Appoint - appointments must be made this evening, if the Chief had ments to formed an opinion to select two men. Police The Chief said that he doeSnot believe that any more Dept. material will be obtained, but there may be some others who will take the examination in March. He said that he has interviewed quite a few. The Chairman asked if two men were appointed would they go right to work and the Chief replied in the affir- mative. The Chairman asked if they would take the examination and the Chief replied in the affirmative.