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L EE TIY:G, FEB. 19 , 1923 .
iu.esere . ecarman. Blake and Burnham Present.
The Board signed the '+arrant for the Annual Larch ieeting,
to be held : arch 5 , 1923.
William Roger Greeley and George A earner were drawn ae
Jurors .
Petition of the Edison Electric I11 . Co. to attach to poles
of the N . e. 2. & . T . co . on Lowell St . near Reed street was
granted.
Legal opinion was received from lawn Counsel in which he
wrote as folloTe "I have your letter of _ebru.ry 14th, 1923 ,
requesting my opinion as to whet .er or not the articles suggested
in ler. eayley' s letter to the Board of . electmen under date of
February 12th. 1923 would be the pro er articles to clear up the
situation created by the action of the so-called 'By-Law Committees
In my opinion they would not yelp the situation at all and I
suggest that tete following article be inserted in the warrant for
the Annual sown leeetinw whic'r I understand v.ill be closed at your
meeting tonight as the simplest and most effective met..od of
correcting the situation welch in m- oeine _n is hoeelesrly in-
volved with illegalities and uncertainties which should not be
permitted to e} int.
The article which I will suggest is 'To see if the ?o-n will
vote to rescind the so-called Bode of ey-eawe and all .action re-
lating thereto taker at the adjourned Town ..-eetin 's held Junel9th,
27th , 28th, 1922 , respectively . '
..y further opinion upon the cueetione raised in your letter
of . anuary 30th, 1923 and in aner:er to some of the points raised
by .er. Bayley in hie letters of January 31st , and _ebruary 12th
respectively, I hope to hard to you to-morrow. "
Owing to the fact that eallace E. Liller could not serve at
the Annual election. Ired e . butters was appointed ae a Teller
to take his place .
Notice was received from Alice braul _ine stating that her
duties were such th. t she could not serve as eeeuty Inspector
at the Larcn Election.
Common dictualle r' e Licence ryas granted to ere . .- . U. Patch,
237 Lass . Ave . , leeenf ton ( cor . ,..aple et . ' learn . Ave . )
Legal opinion was received from Torn Counsel in, ti.nich he
stated that he did not see ane reason why a portal clerk could
not serve as a hegistrar of Voters owing to the fact that a
postal clerk is not an office holder as stated in chapter 51 ,
Section 25 of the general Laws . ihic the.lefor oualified Francis J
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Toye ae hegistrar.
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Lotice was received fr..m e-eorge L . Jilmore rtating that
he had arranged for helrey .-. Reed to take the porition of Fuel
Administrator in Lexington, while he war on a trip to the south
until April .
estimate war received from edward . _,.ara fe_ the painting
of the Police ,tation, the rale oeing $175 .
Letter war received from the Supt. of Public .yorke in which
he requested that the Board notify departmente that bef6re placing
orders for material and rupplies they receive the recommendation
of the Supt of Public forks .
i'he clerk war therefor requested to notify the departments
effected. ( ihe following departments were notified Police ,
..treetr , dater an sewer, lown snginee r, free .garden, and Park
Department, ,oth Department and Down hall ) .
Application was received from Joseph A. .,atere for a filling
station to be located at the corner of Bow Street and blare . Ave.
her. seaman reported that he could cell the old horse at
the eamehouee ler $50 , and that he could buy a truck for the
:.i; hway Department at a vera reasonable price .
The Supt. of Public ovorke called attention to the work that
juin was doing in the dater Lepart Bent, ani that he war mak-
ing on an average of ,e05 pr . wk. he ruegerted that someone in
Lexington be placed in the poei tions w _ic . he holds , as Plumbing
Inspector and .w_ilk Inspector .
Ur. sca.:mian informed the oupt . that thin matter was talked
over last year and no one war round to be able to take Er. Bain' s
place .
The matter war also laid on the table until the ap-"ointments
are t: be made in arca.
ri true record, Attert
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