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sewer. He said that the sanitary engineers engaged by the Board of Health to design sewer systems for individual lots would not guarantee - and it was apparent no-one could be sure how long these systems would last; that said board consideredallsuch installations only as temporary solu- tions to the sewerage problem and recommended that the whole town be severed. Mr. McQuillan then discussed the 1935 sewer sur- vey made by Metcalf and Eddy whose recommendations he un- derstood had not been followed. He suggested that the Planning Board might carry on this survey from which a sewer program might be developed. Members of the Planning Board expressed the opinion that Metcalf and Eddy should bring its previous study up-to-date and the town appropri- ate a given amount each year to carry out a program based on such a survey. Mr. Stevens came to the meeting at 9:00 p.m. at which time Chairman Adams summarized the discussion of the town's sewer problems. Mr. McQuillan then asked if the town could pass a by-law which stated that no houses could be built without being connected to a sewer. Mr. Stevens replied that he would be skeptical about such a by-law, thought such a law would be going too far, and doubted if the Attorney General would approve it. He said that he ' would prefer that the Board of Health continue to handle the matter as in the past by stating, when it had reason- able grounds to do so, that in its opinion it doubted that a lot could be used as a building site without injury to the public health. Mr. McQuillan asked the Planning Board to recom- mend to the Selectmen that a sewer survey be made of the town. It was decided that both boards should meet in joint session with the Selectmen, the Planning Board to make arrangements for such a meeting. Thereupon Messrs. Mc- Quillan and Lurvey left the meeting at 9:25 p.m. It was reported that a group of people repre- sented by and including Mr. George Mathieson wished to finance the Seabury motel and wished to know what would be required in the way of plans for a public hearing. It was understood that they did not wish to pay for coml:lete bu__ V _i- plans prior to a hearing. Mr. Stevens advised the Board to take no final action in regard to the matter until the group could submit a plan showing just where the sewer connecting the motel to the town sewer system is to be located, have the plan approved by the Town Engineer and the School Committee, and ob- tain a grant of a sewer easement from the Selectmen. The Board next considered matters in regard to the Constitution Road subdivision of the Battle Green SEABURY MOTEL