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SFr:CI ,L IrIEE'TINCI , JA UARY 16 ,1924 .
A special meeting; of the Board of Selectmen was held in
the Selectmen's Room, Tovm hall, Lexington, on Wednesday,
January le, 1924, at 9:50 F. �— The follo,ving members of the
Board were prevent: namely, iersrs, Scamman, 31ake, Burnha-d and
Moulton; the Town Clerk was also prevent.
After consideration of the hearing on the discharge of
Andrew T. Bain, the Board voted not to sustain the charges. The
Board also notified ir. Bain that they felt hir work was done in
a proper manner and that they ref,retted to lose his services
inasmuchas he declined to verve further under Superintendent Rove
or Superintendent Harrison.
Petition of the Edivon Elec. Ill. Co. for attachment of
wirer on pole of the iiddlesex &- BDston St. Ewy Qo. on ?Maes. Ave.
near t;ii.ddle ::street was granted.
ar. harrivon had requested that the compiling of the Town
Report be turned over to the Town clerk after he had started the
rale. The Board, however, informed him that he must firish the
work as he had started it, he was also requested to report the-
' Department delinquents on the 'Town Reports by Tuesday next.
Discussion of the way of handling the water department
affairs was entered into with the Supt. of Public +Yorke.
Mr. Blake prepared some ruler which he felt should be put into
effect, and which read as follows:
method of Handling dater Bills by the Tax Collector
and According to the By -Laws of the Town of Lexington.
+eater Department will take voting list, and put oppo7ite
the name, the amount of water bills Due. Thin would be the Tax
collector's warrant.
If Special .attention is desired on any particular amount,
Let the Memorandum be put in Red, with explanations.
3i.11e to be rent out by the 4ater Department as heretofore,
and the Warrant gi-*en to the Tax Collector as stated above.
As paymente are made, the name can be crossed off of the
'Warrant in Red pencil.
Then the time of payment has expired, said 00arrant is
returned by the Tax Collector to the Water Department for final
notice. Lhia notice is that "Unless tax is paid within ten days,
the water will be shut off."
After the notice is rent out, the warrant it again returned
to the Tax Collect -r and after the ten days have expired, and any
' water tax is still remaining unpaid, the Tax Collector returns
the war -rant to the eater Department for final action on their
part, i e. turning off the water service.
The Town by-laws state plainly what may be done to pr-)perty
owners l+ho neglect to pay their water charger. Let us follow
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Under thin Procedure, the collection of water rates will
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be wholly in the kande of the 'i'ax Collec_or. NO money is
collected by the'nater Department pertaining to -rater ra-ter.
the above arrangement would seem to me to obviate the
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dietreseing conditions that now exi^t.
At the next toren meeting an article will be in theTarrant,
making water ratee a lien or. the real estate.
Suggested that list be printed to correspond vrith the
water takers, with room for additional names, before April lst.
and the above would be too cramped on voting list.
the Board considered the Eules and Regulations in regard
to the jitneys drawn up by the Town Couneel, but no d6finite
action war taken upon eame.
Deeds of land at the corner of r'orest and Luzzey Streets
were received from Frederick L. Lmery. the Board promised to
remove the hump that Lr. Lmery called to their attention in
1924, and on that condition he turned the deeds over.
,n true record,-,ttert:
Clerk.
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