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.'BELECTP+EN I S MEETING
MARCH 20, 1939.
A regular meeting of the Board'of Selectmen was held
in the Selectments Room, Town Office Building, at 7:00
P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Sarano and
Locke were present. The Clerk was also present.
The Secretary and seven members of the Appropriation
Committee appeared before the Board.
The Chairman said that he had talked with Senator
Cotton who informed him that he believed the Bill to re-
register every voter would be repealed almost immediately
and would apply to the City of Boston only. He sugested
that it might nbt be necessary to appropriate the 600.
for the Registrars of Voters. Mr. Rowse moved that the
$600. extra compensation in the appropriation be indefin-
itely postponed. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it
was so voted.
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account.
The Chairman stated that a bill in the amount of
$791.10 had been received for printing the Town Report. Town
It is an unchecked bill, but he suggested that that amount Report.
be appropriated. Mr. Potter moved that the sum of $791.10
be approved for this account. Mr. Rowse seconded the
motion and it was so voted.
The Chairman asked permission to submit to the Tow.
Meeting the following resolution:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, at a time when the right of people to select
their own rulers and to be governed according to their
own desires is being seriously impaired in many parts of
the world, it is well for us, the Citizens of Lexington,
to pause in the transaction of our own affAirs and give
some consideration to the benefits which we enjoy from
the perpetuation in this country of that freedom to which
the very soil of our Town was dedidated by the first blood
shed for freedom on this continent; and
WHEREAS, the survival of government with the consent
of the governed has guaranteed to every citizen the right
to express himself on any question of Public policy without
fear of personal harm and with the confidence of respect
of his knighbors however they may differ in their own
opinions; and
' WHEREAS, in this process it has been the privilege
of this Town to have its townsman JOSEPH R. COTTON
elected for six terms to the Massachusetts Senate, and it
is with a great sense of pride that this Meeting records
Resolution
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the fact that Senator Cotton has been selected by the Senate
to preside over its deliberations;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it --
RESOLVED that we, the Citizens of Lexington in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Town Meeting assembled,
hereby express our congratulations to our fellow townsman
JOSEPH R. COTTON upon his election as President of the
Massachusetts Senate, and by this Resolution express our
concurrence in the confidence thus expressed in his
sagacity, judicious wiSciom and qualities of leadership
which have marked his progress from Moderator and Selectman
of this Town to the high office in the Commonwealth which
he now holds.
Mr. Potter moved that the Resolution be submitted to
the Town Meeting Members for consideration. Mr. Rowse
seconded the motion and it was so voted. .
The Chairman explained that the Appropriation Committee
Snow
had approved $18,000.00 for Snow Removal. He asked what
Removal.
the Board wished to do about it. Mr. Rowse moved that the
$18,000. be approved. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and
it was so voted.
Upon motion of Mr. Potter., seconded by Mr. Rowse, it
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was voted togrant the following licenses;
Patrick J. Shanahan - 52 Pleasant St. - Past. of Milk
Leslie J. Wood - 62 Webb Street- Auctioneer's
Licenses
Louis J. Reynolds - 1736 Mass. Ave. - Overhanging Sign
Theatre Pharmacy, Inc. - 1792 Mass. Ave.- rr If
Ernest C. Martin, 11 Eliot Road - rr rr
Edgar J. Thivierge, 1620 Mass. Ave.
Calvin W. Childs, 409 Mass. Ave.= rr rr
Ida B. Harmon, 150 LowAAell Street. - Common Victuallers
la v�.
J. ReynoldsP,al
Louisa ,A�Mass. - Auctioneer's.
Radio
The radio contract for the year 1939 with the Town of
contract.
Arlington was signed in triplicate.
Next
It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Board
Meeting.
on Monday evening, March 27th, at 7;30 P.M.
Commitment of water miscellaneous charges in the
Commitment.
amount of 020.93 was signed by the Board.
Highway Betterment Assessment"abatement in the amount
Abatement.
of 0175.70 was signed by the Board.
Letter was received from the Town Counsel calling the
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Board's attention to Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1939 which
required a bond from the Town Collector corresponding with
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' the bond he gives as the Collector of Taxes. The amount of Bond for
the bond is to be fixed by the Selectmen but shall not be Town
less than that established by the Tax Commissioner. The Collector
Act will not be in effect for 90 days from March 4, 1939.
The Chairman reported that the Clerk had talked with
the office of the Commissioner of Taxes and was informed
that the bond as Town Collector would amount to 250 of the
bond for Tax Collector.
Inasmuch as the bond for the Tax Collector was in the
sum of $47,300.00, it was voted to add $120. to the expenses
for Tax Collector's appropriation to pay the premium on
the bond for the Town Collector.
The meeting adjourned at 7;40 P.M.
A true record, Attest: p
Clerk.
At 10150 PM. the Board returned to the Selectmen's
Room from the Town Meeting.
' The Chairman said that the Legislation on Storm Emer-
gency had been passed and signed by the Governor. He
suggested that the Assessors be requested to give the Storm
Selectmen at least thirty days' warning prior to setting Emergency
the tax rate for 1939, so that a Town Meeting could be Act.
called, if necessary. Mr. Potter moved that such a request
be made of the Assessors. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion,
and it was so voted.
Messrs. Mitchell and Morse appeared before the Board Welfare
to discuss Welfare matters.
The meeting adjourned at 11;30 P.M.
A true record, Attest;
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