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A reRulax meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the
Selectmen's Room, Town mall, Lexington, on Tuesda7T, January 29.19214,
at F:00 P. ,. The following members of the Soard were present;
namely �"esere. Sca man, flake.'Hutchinson and Burnham. The Town
Clerk and Ass't Tod,:,n Clerk were also present.
Pitt F. Lrew, President of the aiddlesex 8- Boston St. RWY Co.
and Harry h. f.aneon, General Lanaper of that company, came before
the Board to again diecuse the regulations in regard to jitneYs.
Lr. Dretir felt it wap unjust for the town to request him to
file a bond in connection with taking up the tracks e.nd all other
towns would probably requer,t him to do the came thing and that
would be a :ardship on the company, me felt too that the Public
Service Commission would throw that part out of the regulations
and was willing to hive the same submitted to th=m for their opinion.
i e �^rae Trilling also to Lave a petition presented to the Public
Service �)ommiesion for lower fares.
rie agreed that when ter. Stone returned from the Y'Veet he
Trould take this matter up with him and endeavor to come to some
final agreement.
Precinct One.
. ilber P. "twood
Edgar -W. Harrod
i,chael A. Pero
Donald Cameron
Bartlett J. harrington
Thomas J. Doherty
Mrs. Evelyn C. Brougfall
Elizabeth C. Wilkinson
Joseph A. '++atere
'Earle L. Hadley
Finlay Mclsaac
`iilliam E. nnderron
r Precinct Two.
William S. Scammsn
xlbert H. Burnham
Patrick P. Dacey
Dr. John h.10
Palph Farehall
Johntj
. Czurri ty
Deputy Warden
garden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
t
%eputy Inspector
Teller
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4 arden
Deputy aarden
Clerk
)eputy Clerk
Inspector
On the matter of decision to be rendered by ter. Clapp
relative to.Joseph Trani's perLzit, _he ma -,ter was laid over
Yr. Clapp
as,
did not his
present
opinion.
thefollowing
the rinnuaI
Hlection,
election officers were appointed to serve at
March 3, 1924.
Precinct One.
. ilber P. "twood
Edgar -W. Harrod
i,chael A. Pero
Donald Cameron
Bartlett J. harrington
Thomas J. Doherty
Mrs. Evelyn C. Brougfall
Elizabeth C. Wilkinson
Joseph A. '++atere
'Earle L. Hadley
Finlay Mclsaac
`iilliam E. nnderron
r Precinct Two.
William S. Scammsn
xlbert H. Burnham
Patrick P. Dacey
Dr. John h.10
Palph Farehall
Johntj
. Czurri ty
Deputy Warden
garden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
t
%eputy Inspector
Teller
11
4 arden
Deputy aarden
Clerk
)eputy Clerk
Inspector
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'Ii.
; rs . ",,larian Jackson
: eputy Inspector
alirp la4h(_rine A. 1.iernan
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Ezra F. Breed
feller
James VS.Lc�arthy
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allston,ul. Redman
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'++allace i. Liller
"
James L. SicLenzie
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Samuel B. Bigelow
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U ay 0. Richar, de
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Charlee F. Vaughan
Fred E. nutters
William ; . I!Xl liken
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Wrancir E. Burke
"
Edward L. Lelley
The Board signed the tvarrant for a Town eeting to be :-:eld
x'ebruary 16 .1y 4. the ...rrant c-nt.a'ned only two articles, one
on receiving the report oftheIsaac rlarri'p teary-ducational Fund
regarding prnpoeed j.I,.emorial 3ui1ding, the other on the ZonirF*,
ryptem.
1l0tice of a hearing on January 31, 1944 at 10:30 y.-. it the
estate Houre, on the electrif_c.,.t_on of steam railro,xdr in the
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etropol-tan Jirtrict Y'ar re cei.,cd.
Letter war received from Samuel :oar, �i.air ,:n of the
Board of Selectmen of the town of V':)ncord, in vrhich he enclosed '
cony 0" r.ulep and 1�egulationv in regard to'2'_lboardr, rigne
and other advEt,riring devices. 1._re roar urged the -Delectmen
to have an article inverted in the .'arrant for the annual
town meeting ro that he was trying to get all ,he towns :zbout
as intererted ar po-rible ro th;zt there rehulatione could be
adopted by a number of the towns.
.Letter war received from Sydney drightinFj Ptating that
he could not be pre„ gent to preridie ac,.oderator at the Town
11eeting on Llonday, lebruary 18, but th :t he had requE sted
Mr. :%otton to be prevent if they dEsired to have him act as
lZoderator.
Claim Wa^ received from ter. Fred S. Piper of 20 Clarke St.
for 10.00 for damage to the top of hir automobile Wr:ilereturning
from an accident on Lar- atreet. He claimed that a large branch
bro'_�en from a tree rtruck nip automobile top and tore a hole
about 4 by 10 inches and he felt the town should pay for came.
n long letter in reply to the letter of the 30�ird to the
Supt. of Public Jorkp telling him that hic work -:--r unnatirfactory
wap received from the Supt. ,
Copy of the bill for the F. 1.. Reed cattle pars l,,ich has
been filed and is now in the hams of the Waye and Leans Com- '
mittee war received fro,.,,. t.- -r-epentative.
Petition for the reuoval of snow on ood Street crap referred
to th- Superintendent of Public .,orks.
Petition for three Ptreet lights on Burlington Street
Brae received frori +4illiam �;orwjn. iie desired to uee electricity
for watering 1)ir garden and felt that only three etreet I'Rhtn
' -sere needed to have the electricity extending to hie place and
he could aleo use it on hie place.
Th Supt. of Public Works war requested to to^k into the
matter and report to the Board the number of liRhtr needed,
The Board voted to allow helen C. Gallagher the $200 paid
her on the Moth Department for clerical hire, on the Selectmen'e
iccount, mlaki�ip; the amount paid her from the SFlectmen'r Account,
$1200 per year. 2hf,re gill there Fore be no payment for Clerical
'hire on the Loth Department.
n true record. Mttent:
Clerk.
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