Official reports of the town of Wayland 1948-1950, Part 1

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1948
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 698


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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948


Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1949


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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


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Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1949


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND


Term Expires


MODERATOR


Howard S. Russell 1949


TOWN CLERK


M. Alice Neale


1949


SELECTMEN


Gerald Henderson 1949


John W. Leavitt


1950


William A. Loker


1951


TOWN TREASURER


Frank G. Mackenna 1949


TAX COLLECTOR


Theodore H. Harrington


1949


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Mabel T. S. Small 1950


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


J. Sidney Stone 1949


Carlisle D. Scotland


1950


Gustaf M. Blomgren


1951


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Harvey C. Newton 1949


Allan R. Finlay 1950


Cornelius J. Maguire


1951


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Term Expires


ASSESSORS


1949


Charles M. Mathews


1950


Willard C. Hunting


1951


CLERK OF BOARDS


Dorothy W. Harrington 1949


WATER COMMISSIONERS


George W. Lewis 1949


Fern A. Taylor


1950


Alfred C. Damon


1951


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


Richard M. Francis 1949


Theone H. Morgan 1949


Helen C. Morgan 1950


J. Sidney Stone


1950


Arthur H. Dudley


1951


Hugh F. Colliton, Jr. 1951


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Ernest W. Schleicher 1949


Martin R. Edwards


1950


Warren D. Valentine


1951


TREE WARDEN


Charles L. Fullick 1949


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR


Albert E. Potvin 1949


BOARD OF HEALTH


Waldo L. Lawrence 1949


Ernest H. Damon


1950


Thomas Francis Linnehan


1951


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Frank S. Tarr 1949


Alton L. Flanders, Jr.


1950


Nathaniel Hamlen


1951


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J. Fred Wheeler


Term Expires


ROAD COMMISSIONERS


William J. Scotland Alvin B. Neale Joseph H. Decatur


1949


1950


1951


PLANNING BOARD


Chester H. Hobbs


1949


Howard S. Russell


1949


Carl T. Emery


1950


B. Allen Benjamin


1951


Frank S. Tarr


1952


Gerald B. Liscombe


1953


CONSTABLES


Clarence O. Baker


1949


John P. Butler


1949


George A. Celorier


1949


Wilfred L. Celorier


1949


Alfred C. Damon


1949


Ernest H. Damon


1949


Thomas Francis Linnehan


1949


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


J. Sidney Stone 1949


John W. Leavitt


1950


J. Reed Morss


1951


TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND


John Connelly 1949


Frederic A. Gibbs


1949


George W. Shepard


1949


FENCE VIEWERS


Selectmen 1949


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Term Expires


FIELD DRIVERS


Constables 1949


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Thomas F. Linnehan Melville Loker


1949


1949


Arthur F. Marston


1949


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


Joseph Decatur 1949


Thomas F. Linnehan


1949


Arthur F. Marston


1949


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


Frank C. Moore


Richard M. Francis


William G. Curley


Edward Burke


B. Allen Benjamin


John C. Bryant


F. Clifton Haynes


James J. Bolton


Wallace E. Decker


Charles T. Morgan


Cornelius J. Maguire


Charles L. Fullick


DOG OFFICER


Ernest H. Damon 1949


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Warren F. Lawrence 1949


DISTRICT NURSE


Mary E. McNeil 1949


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Term Expires


SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION Charles L. Fullick 1949


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Edward T. Damon 1949


PUBLIC WEIGHER


Thomas Francis Linnehan 1949


FOREST FIRE WARDEN


Theodore H. Harrington


1949


FINANCE COMMITTEE


John F. Yeager


1949


George V. Deverell


1950


Robert M. Morgan


1950


John R. McEnroy


1951


James Otis Post


1951


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Warren F. Lawrence 1949


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Charles F. Goodale, Dem.


1949


M. Alice Neale, Rep.


1949


Waldo H. Russell, Rep.


1950


Joe Perodeau, Dem.


1951


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BURIAL AGENT


John W. Leavitt 1949


AGENT VETERANS' BENEFITS


John W. Leavitt 1949


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Term Expires


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Theodore H. Harrington, Chief 1949


Ernest H. Damon, Clerk and Deputy Chief 1949


F. Clifton Haynes, Engineer 1949


Homer L. MacDonald, Electrician 1949


Frank H. Carter 1949


COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS' SERVICES


Ronald S. Campbell, Chairman


Sara H. Stites


Carlisle D. Scotland


Richard M. Francis


Frederick S. Whiteside


J. Fred Wheeler


J. Penteado Bill


J. Reed Morss


J. Otis Post, Jr.


J. Warren Olmstead


ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


B. Allen Benjamin (Resigned) 1949


George G. Bogren 1949


L. Frank Perkins (Deceased) 1950


Archibald Cox 1950


Roger E. Ela 1951


ASSOCIATE MEMBER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Kimball G. Powning


TOWN COUNSEL


Roger E. Ela 1949


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Homer L. MacDonald 1949


INSPECTOR OF WIRING


Homer L. MacDonald 1949


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Term Expires


INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


J. C. Massie 1949


ELECTION OFFICERS


PRECINCT 1


Willard B. Dik, Warden


1949


Elizabeth C. Raymond, Clerk 1949


Charles R. Harrington, Inspector 1949


Annie R. Costello, Inspector 1949


James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden


1949


Ethel H. Edwards, Deputy Clerk


1949


Philip Burbank, Deputy Inspector 1949


Francis M. Dowey, Deputy Inspector


1949


PRECINCT 2


Alvin B. Neale, Warden


1949


Madeline T. Hampstead, Clerk


1949


Orpha E. Bradshaw, Inspector


1949


Sebastian Selvitella, Inspector


1949


Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden


1949


Frank S. Tarr, Deputy Clerk


1949


Arthur E. Peck, Deputy Inspector


1949


Charles L. Smith, Deputy Inspector


1949


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County:


GREETINGS :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town election to meet at their respective polling places on


MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949


at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year ;


One Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Water Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Road Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one mem- ber of the Board of Health, one Park Commissioner, one Com- missioner of Trust Funds, all for three years ;


Two members of the Planning Board for five years.


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until 7:00 in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949


at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles.


Article 1. To hear reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.


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Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.


Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes. See Finance Committee Report.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town, as pro- vided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and set the effective date of such salary and compensation.


In 1947, the Legislature passed an act requiring the town meeting to fix annually the salary or compensa- tion of each and every elective officer and further re- quiring that if the salary be effective from January 1, the town so state.


The Finance Committee recommends that the sal- aries for the elective officers be set as indicated in the budget and that they be effective from January 1, 1949.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of the present police car in connection with the purchase of a new car and to sell the present moth spraying equipment and authorize the Road Commissioners to sell or otherwise dispose of the 1936 International truck and two old snow blades in connection with the purchase of a new truck and two new high-speed snow blades, respectively, provided for in the budgets of these two departments, or do or act.


Sale or disposal of equipment requires a vote of the Town. The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year, in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate sums of money for the following : (1) water coupon notes, water bonds


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and water registered note-maturing in 1949-payment of principal; (2) water coupon notes, water bonds and water regis- tered note-payment of interest due in 1949; (3) water depart- ment maintenance; (4) town office and clerical expense-the entire amount to be taken from Water Available Surplus, or do or act.


The appropriations here requested are for the normal operation of the Water Department and in- clude the first substantial payments on principal and interest as a result of funds voted for the expansion of the water system.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Chapter 90 roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, the work to be done by the Road Com- missioners, or take any action in relation thereto.


The State and County failed to match the full amount of the appropriation voted in 1948 for this type of work, with the result that there were not sufficient funds to complete the surfacing of Old Con- necticut Path to the junction of Cochituate Road at the Five Paths. In recent years, the Town has regu- larly appropriated $6,000 to $8,000 toward Chapter 90 work totalling $24,000 to $32,000, with the balance of the money coming from the County and State. At the time of writing its report, the Finance Committee finds that the contemplated expenditure for Chapter 90 work in 1949 is but $15,000-$3,750 to be contributed by the Town, $3,750 by the County and $7,500 by the State. The Road Commissioners and the Selectmen are endeavoring to have the State and County agree to a larger figure, but unless the State's contribution is increased, there will be no point in the Town's voting more than the amount indicated.


The Finance Committee continues to feel that there is nothing for which the Town gets back so much as for what it appropriates for Chapter 90 construc- tion work and it therefore recommends that there be


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appropriated $3,750 for the purpose outlined above, the work to be done under the supervision of the Road Commissioners.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess, or transfer from other available funds, a sum of money for "Road Machinery Account," or do or act.


The "Road Machinery Account" is set up to pro- vide funds for maintaining equipment when work is being done for construction on Chapter 90 roads. The Town secures rental income from its equipment while work is in progress, the payments going directly to "Road Machinery Fund."


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $1,000.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a parcel of land located on the southerly side of Mathews Drive and the westerly side of Main Street, Cochituate owned, or said to be owned, by Rosalthe C. Robertson, and having an area of about ten acres, more or less, and for such purpose appropriate and assess a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.


It is presently estimated that the area to the north and in the rear of the highway garage remaining avail- able for use as a dump for the Village of Cochituate will be completely filled within a period of one or two years at the outside. Under these circumstances, the Town is faced with the necessity of arranging for a new area which will be convenient to the largest num- ber of people and at the same time, not be a nuisance to abutting property owners. The site here proposed consists of low, swampy land on which there are no buildings and which, because of location, would be convenient, and yet can be shielded from the highways and from the view of other property owners at little or no expense. The area is large enough to provide for long-term use and is directly across the road from the Highway Department garage where it can be easily serviced.


The Finance Committee and the Highway Depart- ment have investigated the various aspects of the site


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and are satisfied that the purchase should be recom- mended to the Town.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $2,000 for the purchase.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the collection of garbage for the Town of Wayland, or do or act.


The Town voted in 1946 to initiate a system of garbage collection at Town expense. The collection has been handled for three years under a bonded con- tract at $3,000 a year. The Selectmen and the Board of Health have called for informal bids for a contract for one year, with an option for two successive renew- als at the price established for the first year. They have obtained from three separate contractors prelim- inary estimates which range from $2,500 to $3,900. If collection is to continue, it will be necessary to authorize the Selectmen and the Board of Health to negotiate a contract within this range and for the Town to appropriate the funds.


The Finance Committee recommends the appropri- ation of $3,500.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, in that part of the Town known as Riverview Terrace, the roads known as "Riverview Circle" and "Shore Drive," or either of them, or any portion of them, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and as shown on a plan or plans on file with the Town Clerk ; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, by purchase, gift or otherwise; and to appropriate a sum of money for acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.


The matter of improvement of roads and the exten- sion of water lines in the Riverview Section was cov- ered fully at the last Annual Town Meeting. At the time, $13,000 was voted for road work and water extensions in Overlook Road and Riverview Avenue, all work to be done under the Betterment Act. At the


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subsequent Special Meeting, the Town voted to install water in Stonebridge Road from Old Connecticut Path to the entrance of Riverview Terrace, thereby bring- ing town water to the area. A portion of the better- ment work is now in process and will be finished this spring.


The present article and the next one cover an addi- tional section of about 2,300 feet of road and water on Riverview Circle and Shore Road. The Finance Com- mittee has conferred with petitioners, who recognize that a betterment project of this size might be more than the Town would care to undertake in one year and that the project could logically be divided into two parts-about 1,000 feet of the two roads for this year and 1,300 feet of the lower part of Riverview Circle for some other year in the future. According to esti- mates prepared by the Highway and Water Depart- ments, the cost involved in doing the road and water work for about 1,000 feet in the upper part of River- view Circle and Shore Road would be about $8,400, divided as follows: Riverview Circle (Overlook Road to Shore Drive) water, 700 feet-$2,100, road, 800 feet-$3,800; Shore Drive (Riverview Circle to Over- look Road) water, 230 feet-$700, road, 350 feet- $1,800. There are twelve houses on the sections of road involved. If the job is done under the Better- ment Act, as requested by the residents themselves, and the betterment is assessed at 50% of the cost to abutters, to be repaid to the Town over a period of ten years, which is our customary arrangement, the cost to individuals will be about $350 per house and a simi- lar amount to the Town.


Whenever the residents of a street are ready to pay their share of betterments, the Finance Committee has regularly recommended that the Town do its share by making the necessary appropriation.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article and the approriation of $5,600 for the road portion of the program.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to install water pipes and hydrants in the ways named in the foregoing article, or in any portion thereof, and to appropriate a sum of money


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for the expense thereof and determine how the money shall be raised ; and will authorize such sum, or any portion thereof, to be included in any betterments that may be assessed under the preceding article, or take any action relative thereto.


The Finance Committee, under the previous article, fully covered the matter here involved and therefore recommends the approval of the article and the appro- priation of $2,800 for the water portion of the pro- gram.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the roads known as "Rich Valley Road" and "Hayward Road," or either of them, or a portion of them, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by purchase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.


These streets were laid out and plans for them approved by the Planning Board. At the time of writ- ing this report, the preliminary work required had been finished on Rich Valley Road only through lot 8, and in a portion of the street there is still water line to be laid, roadway brought to grade and culverts installed. The application for acceptance was not signed by a few of the abutters who, together, have a rather large portion of frontage. On these roads there are still a large proportion of lots on which no houses have been built and, as a result, there will have to be a number of new openings for water service at a later date.


Because of hearings yet to be held as this report goes to the printer, the Finance Committee will omit any recommendation at this time, and report at the coming Town Meeting.


Article 15. To see whether the Town will vote to author- ize the use for burial purposes of the land adjoining Lakeview Cemetery acquired by the Town from Bessie G. Holcomb and Blanche Schleicher.


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This land was purchased by the Town for use for cemetery purposes in accordance with votes adopted at prior Town Meetings. The purpose of this vote is to conform with requirements of the General Laws, which require specific authorization of use for burial purposes after hearings by the Board of Health. Hearings have been held by the Board of Health in this connection and the purpose of this article is to complete these formalities.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to approve regu- lations of the Cemetery Commissioners relating to the sale of lots and prices, to interment charges and charges for annual care of cemetery lots and the collection of such charges and to restricting the right of burial when payment of such charges is in default, or other regulations of the Cemetery Commissioners, or take any action relative thereto.


The Cemetery Commissioners state that new regu- lations are desirable to eliminate inequities with respect to charges for annual care and interment. This matter is presented for action at the Town Meeting because regulations of the Cemetery Commissioners require approval by vote of the Town.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning ordinance as follows: To change from a residential to a Roadside Service District that portion of the land on the northerly side of State Road East owned by Thomas F. Mc- Manus, bounded and described as follows: easterly by Rich Valley Road, westerly by property now or formerly of Charles B. and Ellen A. Enstrom, and to have a depth of one hundred and fifty feet (150 feet) from said State Road, or do or act.


This article seeks to effect a change for a piece of property from a Residential to a Roadside Service Dis- trict. The matter comes under the jurisdiction of the Planning Board which will have held a public hearing and will have made a complete investigation prior to the Town Meeting and for that reason, the Finance Committee feels that the Town should be guided by the report of the Planning Board.


Article 18. To see whether the Town will vote to amend Section 3 of Article 1 of the Town By-Laws by striking out


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the date "January 10th" and substituting therefor the date "December 15th" so that said Section 3 shall read as follows :


"Section 3. All articles for insertion in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting must be presented in writing to the Board of Selectmen in accordance with law on or before December 15th or such earlier time as may be fixed by the Board of Selectmen, and all such articles for Special Town Meetings must be so presented at least twenty-one days before the date set for such meeting."


Under our By-Laws, the present date for the clos- ing of the Warrant is January 10. There is insufficient time between January 10 and the Town Meeting in the first week of March to give proper consideration to preparing and to obtaining necessary estimates of cost or to hold the required hearings. Frequently there- fore, articles submitted near the closing date involving acceptance of streets, betterments, water, etc. have had to go over until the following year and until the Town could properly act upon them. There is considerable merit to the thought that it would be preferable to have the Warrant closed on December 15, the same date on which the departments are required, under the present By-Laws, to submit their estimates of expense and revenue for the following year.


The Finance Committee endorses the proposal here made and recommends the approval of the article.


Article 19. To see if the Town, in order to rectify certain irregularities relating to the numbering of certain sections of the Zoning By-Laws, will vote to amend Article IX of said Zoning By-Laws so that paragraph (g) thereof shall read as set forth in full in the vote adopted under Article 23 at the Annual Town Meeting held on March 5, 1947 and so that para- graph (h) thereof shall be as set out as paragraph (g) in the original Zoning By-Laws adopted September 5, 1934 and so that the paragraphs thereof heretofore lettered (h), (i) and (j) are relettered paragraphs (i), (j) and (k), respectively.


This article was included in the Warrant at the suggestion of the Town Counsel to clear up confusion resulting from the numbering of sections of the Zon- ing By-Laws in connection with amendments at prior Town Meetings. The Town Counsel states that the


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text is in the same form and that the only change is in the numbering of the paragraphs.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 20. To see whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by designating the By-Law entitled "Con- trol of Dumps" as Article 9 and by adding an additional article as follows :


"Article 10. - Snow Removal"


"Section 1. The superintendent of streets or other officers having charge of ways of the Town shall have the authority for the purposes of removing or plowing snow, or removing ice, from any way in the Town, to remove, or cause to be removed, to some convenient place, includ- in such term a public garage, any vehicle interfering with such work."


"Section 2. The owner of any such vehicle so removed shall be liable for the reasonable cost of such removal and storage, and delivery of the vehicle to said owner may be withheld by the Superintendent of Streets or other officer having charge of ways in the Town, until such reasonable costs shall be paid."


Most towns and cities are finding it necessary, in order to properly handle snow removal work, to have the authority given in the above proposed article. The Finance Committee recommends the renumbering of our By-Laws as suggested and the acceptance of the addition of a snow removal section to the By-Laws.


Article 21. To see whether the Town will vote to amend the first sentence of Section 1 of Article 3 of the Town By- Laws to read as follows :


"The Board of Selectmen shall have full authority as agents of the Town to employ counsel to appear for and defend suits brought against the Town, and to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the Town, unless otherwise especially ordered by a vote of the Town."




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