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i motion was made and seconded that this, request be sent to the Advisory
Board for th&ir decision. "
ADVISORY BOARD~
AvarsI members of the Advisory Board met with the-~electman and diacunsedl;
the transfers requested by various departments. Mr. Xittredga felt that ,the"
bo. ard should act aa a board and not as an individual ami suggested that
when the requests come to the Selectmen, that Mrs. Dearden be allowed to Set
a date for 'a masting'of the Advisory Board to discuss, the requests for transferee
It was felt that the Friday night following the masting,of the Board ,of Selectmen
would be a good time to call, the meeting and each member could be notified.~..' It
was agre'edUthat this method should be tried and if successful, followed in the
future. Char~as W~ntwor~h was present and was agreeable with the above plan.,
The person requesting the transfer .will be no~ified of the meeting and ~ ,.~-.
asked to meet With' the board to explain, the reason -f~r, the transfer.
SPECIAL ¢OES~ABLE--'
Philip T. Miller of 94 Saunders Street'was 'appointed a specia~-oonstmble
by unanimous vote upon presentation of 'the required'application.
The board v,o.~ed.,unahimoualy to accept the invitation from
of America, for tr~e planting exercises aa ,a memotial',i~to be held'on 0ctober'12~
· 19~;'~ C01~mbua :Day,. '? .int. the corner of'Common and. ..... LawrenCe Sire'etS; ....
DEPARTME~' OF ~0BLIC
No~t~ioe. ~e.cei.~nd ,of .a public hearing to,.he held in. Salem on Septembor,
feasting ~o publi, c roads and chaptmrTgO work will also be discuss'e~~ 'M~,
Mr. Co~by came to the meeting and'suggested that the board w~ito a letter
'~he.'a~at, department to speed up the .work on ~ain .and Water 'Stregts...
was taken ,on,this suggestion.' Mr. Tho~son was .not ~resent ,at
.recei~d',that. in order ~hg~' r re~e~ta "'
payments made to injured e~ployeea,, injuries chould be
: within forty-eight' .hours ~om .the time of. injury, ,i ~age' schedule 'is
atti'~hedlto the first report (SF-1); "~' ......
ACCEPTANCE 0F C~APTER ~61,St 19~ and Chapter 592, St 19~ : '
M~, .._iSa!isbury .made a motion that we,accept, on behalf of the To~m ?' ~+i~
.Upon-the acceptance of St. 1946~ :chapter ~61; and of St
nsction2, :,by,/,the 'Selectmen of a town, the local'BOard $f
due:hearing,':andjby .a, unsnimoua',vote; au~horize.a .~arinnce from',the pro~lsions ':.
'o£-, .~the zoning by;laW.a,,:,to..permit 'the':use.of.'a,two',and one-'half.st'or~:t~din~
aa ' ~ 'dwelling. f,°r.:,no~ ~ m0Fe :than: three, families,
. .ma~_oaly' .v.o~te)..aut~iz'e ~th'e~ '~arii~iei from sUCh a':b~aiiw':' t'he 'l'ttmr;~
ent:oroime,nl~ ~f"~hich:i'~uld ,involve; shbSt'ihtial' haraehi~'~
and 'their families. Both thane ata~ea"ceaae to be of effect '0n'~un~
Mr. Finneran seoondnd' thin motion~ and ;the vote wan unanimous, ,the iSelectmenJ
hereby accepting- the above vote~;·, ~ , ' ' '- .
V~S HOUSIItG PROJECT~ ' ': y .~" · - - ' . " ..::
homaon.opened.the maetL~g which had ad.fourned t~ t~ aa..e ~^^..~
accommodate, all. persons preaent~ stating that the Selectmen hsd asked
to ,meet J~lth 'them b.ecsusa of .presentation of t~q~ll~L~.~a? to,what the toen, .
comld~ do, with' respect to; having houses fo~ .veterans; '*.~', ,Pr__ob[em'[a.
of scope 'of the. Sale~tme~ to: ~ndertaks;alo~'?.' and i't ~s~"~otgd ~: invite', :ali,.
departments interested in this project. Mr." Thamaon Said he-feels that this
a pertinant problem and requires sincere and deliberate consideration.; ,,.
~ asked,~ohn Willis who was spokesman at the last masting' fb~ a?Ommitte~::
of five, to reiterate his conversatio~ Of th~ previous week. '" : ' ':'"
Mr. Willis said he was deeply' gratified,,to see all these gentlemen present
and' he ,appreciated the fact that they showed' this interest. He stated that:~the
pr~ble~ is housing for veterans and there has bean so much said regarding 'this
housing that the veterans felt'that their town could plan something which
would help relieve this situation, lit. Willis stated that he' believed that
the matter was not up to. the' vstmralla but =p to the Selectmen; He stated
that if some plan could ~ worked out, each veteran Willing to build' a h~ma'~
could go out and build an average a~d comfortable home at a reasonable, rate.
Be said the average veteran could not afford to pay $12,000 for a home. ~e.
al.so stated that a cope. of the statutes was 'available and. if interpreted
coul~ be done. He feels that all the