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WARD FOUR.
Joseph Hillson, Alderman-at-large
Edwin Connell
William H. Andrews ·
WARD FIVE.
Fred E. Durgin, Alderman-at-large
William G. Cummings .
Hermon A. Fleming .
WARD SIX.
David H. Fulton, Alderman-at-large
Arthur W. Robinson
James A. Butler
5991/2 Somerville avenue 118 Highland road 286 Highland avenue
WARD SEVEN.
Joseph H. Perry, Alderman-at-large .
Eugene M. Carman
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William P. French
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8 Kenwood street 56 Pearson road 13 Thorndike street
City Clerk-FREDERIC W. COOK. Assistant City Clerk-HOWARD E. WEMYSS.
* Resigned July 7, 1914.
t Elected October 22, 1914.
Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.
13 Edmands street 150 Pearl street 18 Walnut road
52 Albion street 82 Thurston street 51 Heath· street
554
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Aldermen Durgin, Perry, Toomey, Bar- ker and Fleming of Ward 1.
FINANCE-The President, Aldermen Codding, Durgin, Connell, French, Pratt and Sullivan.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS-Aldermen Hillson, McCarthy, (*Morrison), Farrell, Butler and Fleming of Ward 5.
LICENSES AND PERMITS-Aldermen Toomey, McCarthy, (*Morrison), Robinson, Carman, Cummings, Barker and Andrews.
PUBLIC PROPERTY-Aldermen Codding, Carman, Connell, Pratt and Sullivan.
PUBLIC SAFETY-Aldermen Cummings, French, Harris, Robinson' and Andrews.
PUBLIC WORKS-Aldermen Perry, Hillson, Farrell, Harris, Fleming of Ward 1, Fleming of Ward 5, and Butler.
*Alderman Morrison appointed to committee of which Alderman McCarthy was a member.
School Committee. *Chairman .- HENRY H. FOLSOM. Vice-Chairman .- THOMAS M. CLANCY. (Term, two years, except members ex-officiis.)
ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF, Mayor (ex-officio), 29 Powder House terrace.
DAVID H. FULTON, President Board of Aldermen (ex-officio), 5991/2 Somerville avenue.
WARD ONE.
MARY G. WHITING (elected 1913), 7 Wheeler street. THOMAS KELLEY (elected 1912), 8 Rush street.
WARD TWO.
DANIEL, H. BRADLEY (elected 1913), 19 Concord avenue. THOMAS M. CLANCY (clected 1912), 52 Springfield street. WARD THREE.
GEORGE E. WHITAKER (elected 1913), 75 Walnut street. ALBERT C. ASHTON (elected 1912), 33 Columbus avenue.
WARD FOUR.
HARRY A. STONE, (elected 1913), 254 Broadway. MARTIN P. HOGAN (elected 1912), 255 Broadway.
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WARD FIVE
*HENRY H. FOLSOM (elected 1913), 103 Central street. HERBERT A. MACDONALD (elected 1912), 5 Norwood avenue. WARD SIX.
MARY R. BREWER (elected 1912), 170 Summer street. GUY E. HEALEY (elected 1913), 34 Benton road.
WARD SEVEN.
HERBERT CHOLERTON (elected 1912), 94 College avenue. CLARENCE W. WILLIAMS (elected 1913), 205 Morrison avenue.
*Deceased June 20, 1914.
555
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1914.
Superintendent and Secretary-CHARLES S. CLARK. Office, City Hall Annex. Hours: 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., except Saturdays; Saturdays, 8 to 10 A. M.
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Regular meetings, last Monday evening of each month, except July and August, when none are held, and December, when meetings are on the fourth Friday, and on the Friday preceding the first Monday in January.
Assessors. (Term, three years.) GEORGE E. ELLIOTT, Chairman (term expires 1917). NATHAN H. REED (term expires 1915). WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1915). HARRY VAN IDERSTINE (term expires 1917). J. ROBERT FENELON (term expires 1916).
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Assistant Assessors. (Term, one year.)
FRED B. CLAPP. GEORGE I. CANFIELD.
JOHN FRANKLIN STACKPOLE. JAMES WILSON. 1
JOHN J. MCCARTHY. WILLIAM H. WALLIS.
Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Board of Health.
(Term, two members, two years; one member, one year.) WESLEY T. LEE, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1915). JACKSON CALDWELL (term expires 1915). JOHN A. BLASER (term expires 1916). Clerk, Laurence S. Howard. Agent .- CALEB A. PAGE. Medical Inspector .- FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Inspector of Animals and Provisions .- CHARLES M. BERRY.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar .- HERBERT E. BOWMAN. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. (Term, three years.) HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1916). ALBERT W. EDMANDS (term expires 1917). PHILIP KOEN (term expires 1915). Agent .- CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary .- CORA F. LEWIS. Warden City Home-J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN. Matron City Home-CATHERINE COLQUHOUN.
Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
556
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Planning Board. (Term, two years.)
MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT, Chairman (term expires 1915). WILLIAM H. SMITH (term expires 1915). CHARLES F. MAGUIRE (term expires 1915). BARBARA GALPIN (term expires 1914). , CHARLES J. CORWIN (term expires 1914). CHARLES E. GODFREY (term expires 1914). WARREN C. BLAIR (term expires 1914). Secretary, THEDA E. FLEMING.
Registrars of Voters. (Term, three years.) EDWIN D. SIBLEY, Chairman (term expires 1915.) CHARLES LEO SHEA (term expires 1916). DOUGLASS B. FOSTER (term expires 1914). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk (term expires 1917).
Public Library Trustees. (Term, three years.)
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1916). J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1917). FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1915). WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1916). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1917). JOHN M. WOODS (term expires 1915), HERBERT E. BUFFUM (term expires 1917).
WILLIAM H. DOLBEN (term expires 1915). W. DUDLEY YATES (term expires 1916). Librarian and Secretary .- DREW B. HALL.
City Clerk. FREDERIC W. COOK. Assistant City Clerk .- HOWARD E. WEMYSS. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
JOSEPH S. PIKE. Office open: 8 A. M. to 2 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
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City Messenger. FRED E. HANLEY.
Mayor's Secretary. FRED E. WARREN.
557
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1914.
City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN, 1 50 State street, Boston. H
City Auditor. CLARENCE T. BRUCE.
City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
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Commissioner of Streets. ASA B. PRICHARD. Office hour: 9.30 to 10 A. M.
Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings. WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights. WALTER I. FULLER. -
Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street. .
Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Clerk of Committees and Departments. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Chief of Police.
CHARLES A. KENDALL. Office, Police Building, Bow street.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
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SEWALL M. RICH. 1
Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
City Physician. C. CLARK TOWLE, M. D. 24 Prospect Hill avenue.
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Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE. Office hour: 8 to 9 A. M.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
HERBERT E. BOWMAN. Office hours : 9 A. M. to 12 M., except Saturdays
558
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.
inspector of Petroleum. SEWALL M. RICH. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT. Deputy Sealer, BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT. Office, City Hall Annex. Office hours: 9 A. M. to 12 M.
Registration Clerk, City Laborers. HOWARD E. WEMYSS
Fence Viewers.
CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street. ALBERT FISKE, 47 Prescott street.
Burial Agent. UNDER REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79, SECTION 20. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.
Constables.
CHARLES W. BENNETT.
ERNEST W. GAY.
WALTER C. BRIGGS.
JAMES M. HARMON.
GEORGE H. CARLETON.
FRED E. HANLEY.
EUGENE A. CARTER.
CHARLES A. KENDALL.
WINSLOW W. COFFIN.
CHARLES B. PALMER.
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.
ROBERT R. PERRY.
ALBION B. CROCKER.
JOHN F. SCANNELL.
THOMAS DAMERY.
MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT
CHARLES E. WOODMAN.
Measurer of Wood and Bark. BERTRAM C. BABSON. CHARLES A. HARDY. F. FULLER WHITING.
Measurer of Grain.
EVERETT C. EMERY.
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CHARLES L. ELLIS.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
559
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1914.
Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales at City Ledge. WILLIAM H. WHITCOMB.
Weighers of Coal.
DANIEL F. ASH.
JOSEPH E. McGEE.
BERTRAM C. BABSON.
FRANCIS T. McMAHON.
EDGAR H. BARKER.
JAMES C. McMAHON.
JOHN L. BLAKE.
JOHN J. McMAHON.
WILLIAM COLEMAN.
JOHN C. MCNALLY.
EUGENE F. CUMMINGS.
GEORGE H. MARSH.
HARRY H. CUMMINGS.
JOHN A. MARSH.
WILLIAM G. CUMMINGS.
OSMAN T. MARSH.
MARJORIE G. CRIMMINGS
GEORGE H. MOORE.
ALBERTUS L. DAKIN.
MARION NICHOLSON
CHARLES F. DOHERTY.
LEWIS O'BRIEN.
WILLIAM J. DWYER.
JAMES P. O'NEILL.
WILLIAM L. EGAN.
JOHN J. O'NEILL.
EVERETT C. EMERY.
MARK W. PATTEN.
FRED L. ESTEY.
ETHEL POWELL.
CHARLES T. GARLAND.
LEOLA RAMETTI.
WILLIAM E. GERRISH.
WALTER K. SMITH.
JAMES H. GORDON.
JOHN W. STEEL.
HELEN T. GOULD.
FRANK A. TEELE.
CHARLES A. HARDY.
JAMES WALLACE. WILLIAM J. WALLACE.
JOSEPH F. HAUSE.
HARVEY E. HEALD.
THOMAS WALSH.
MILDRED HEWES.
CHARLES H. WARD.
JOHN F. KELLEY.
WILLIAM F. WILSON.
FORREST D. LANG.
JOHN H. WOODMAN.
WILLIAM M. LENNAN.
LUCIEN L. WOODMAN.
Weighers of Beef.
NATHANIEL BAKER, JR.
BERNARD C. NICKERSON.
WALTER BAILEY.
THOMAS S. PARKER.
DAVID BAXTER.
WILLIAM H. PARSONS.
OLIVER BRYANT.
JOHN J. QUINN.
CARL W. BURROWS.
FRANK J. RAMSEY.
CHARLES CALDWELL.
CARL F. SAMPSON.
THOMAS J. CARNEY.
WILLIS B. SARGENT.
GEORGE L. DANIELS.
WILLIAM E. ELDREDGE.
FRANK H. FALLIS.
FRED HARRIS. PAUL B. HILL.
FORREST D. LANG.
ARTHUR F. MASON.
MICHAEL J. MCCORMACK.
· REUBEN W. MEAD. JOSEPH MURPHY.
WALTER SAVAGE. FRANK SHAW. GEORGE E. SMITH. ROBERT E. SMITH. LEONARD STICKLEY. CHARLES SYMONDS. LORENZO D. TRAFTON. JOSEPH F. TYTER. GEORGE C. WILLIAMS. TOBIAS YAVNER.
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INDEX.
PAGE
City Clerk, Report of
516
Receipts
516
Payments
518
Gas and Pole Locations
519
Births
519
Marriages
520
Deaths
520
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters
522
Women's Voting Lists
523
Elections
524-529
Liquor License Question
530
City Engineer, Report of
378
Engineering Department, Statement of Expenses .
378
Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries .
379
Office Records and Value of Instruments .
379
General Work
380
Streets Accepted in 1914
381-
Length of Public Streets in Each Ward .
381
Table of Street Construction
383
Miles of Edgestone, Gravel, Granolithic Sidewalks in Each Ward
and Brick
Statements of Expenses, Grade Crossings
386
City Boundary Lines
387
Statement of Expenses, Sewers Construction
388
Summary of Work .
389
Metropolitan Sewer Connections
390
New Work
390
Statement of Expenses, Sewers Maintenance .
391
Parks and Playgrounds Division
392
Statement of Expenses, Park and Playgrounds Main- tenance
396
Table of Streets
399
City Government and Officers for 1914
553
City Physician, Report of
377
City Solicitor, Report of
515
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of .
27
Public Property
27, 34
Funded Debt
28
Borrowing Capacity
30
Resources
31
Credit Balances
31
Cash
32
Available Assets
33
Liabilities
33
Appendix
39
Service Transfers
42
Refunds
44
Revenue
48
General Accounts and Balances .
Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) +
437
.
32
Balance Sheet
34
Outstanding Bonds
41
384
Licenses and Permits
518
INDEX.
561
Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) .
411
Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner)
448
Electric Lines and Lights, Commissioner, Report of Inspection of Wiring
443
Fire Alarm System .
444
Police Signal System
445
Poles and Underground Conduits
445
Street Lighting
445
Financial Statement
445
Recommendations
446
Alarms of Fire .
485
Showing Probable Causes of Fire
485
In Memoriam
487
Manual Force
488
Apparatus
488
Horses
488
Hose
488
Resume
489
Recommendations
493
Conclusion
494
Health, Board of, Report of
340
Organization, Officers, etc.
340
Nuisances
341
Permits
342
Pedlars
342
Stables
343
Board of Infants
343
Deaths
343, 347
Mortality Statistics
344
Diseases Dangerous to Public Health
346, 347, 349
Medical Inspection of Schools
348
Bacteriological Department
350
Specimens and Anti-toxin
350
Undertakers
351
Examiners of Plumbers
351
Financial Statement
351
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of
352
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of
352
Inspection of School Children
352
Contagious Hospital
352, 354, 441
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of
356
Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner)
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of
358
Financial Statement
358
City Inspection
359
Infantile Mortality
362
Epidemics
362
New Regulations
362
Country Inspection
363
New Legislation
363
Bacteriological
364
Pasteurization of Milk
365
Jury List . ·
533
Mayor's Inaugural Address
3 Finance
3, 21
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363
Dairies
PAGE
443
Fire Department, Chief of, Report of
485
437
562
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PAGE
Auditing Department
4
Departments
4
Public Works
5
Alewife Brook Parkway
8
Refuse Disposal
9
Workmen's Compensation
Acts
9
Electrical Department
10
Building Department
10
Schools
12
Summer Playgrounds
13
Public Library
14
Health Department
14
Poor Department
14
Somerville Hospital
16
Fire Department
16
Police.
18
Intoxicating Liquors
18
Business Organization
19
Retiring Officials
20
Financial Statement
22
Medical Inspector, Report of
354
Scarlet Fever
354
Typhoid Fever
354
Tuberculosis
354, 355
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
354
Contagious Disease Hospital
354
Other Diseases
355
Bacteriological Department
355
Ordinances
531
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
367
Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc. .
367
Report of Overseers of the Poor
368
Report of the General Agent
369
Full Support
370
Partial Support
370
Reimbursements
371
Somerville Hospital
371
Population and Gross Expenditures
372
Overseers of the Poor Since 1885 .
373
Recapitulation
373
City Home, Report of Warden .
374
City Physician, Report of
377
Planning Board, Report of
507
Police, Chief of, Report of
496
Arrests
Crimes and Offenses Against the Person
496
Crimes and Offenses Against Property
496
Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order Recapitulation
498
Miscellaneous Reports
499
Signal Service and Patrol and Ambulance Reports .
501
Police Matron, Report of
502
Roster of Department .
503
Diphtheria
354
370
Aid Under 1913 Law
496
497
Middlesex Avenue
8
563
PAGE
Absence from Duty
504
Performance of Duties
506
Recommendations
506
Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) Population
367
Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of
437
Inspection of Buildings
437
School Department Buildings
439
Fire Buildings
439
Municipal Buildings
440
Public Library
440
Incinerator Building
440
City Home
441
Contagious Hospital
441
Bathing Beach
441
Maintenance Public Buildings
442
Public Grounds (City Engineer) Public Library
318
Board of Trustees, Officers, etc.
318-320
Report of the Trustees .
319 322
Buildings
322, 330
Changing Type of Books and Use Circulation
323
Fiction
323
Accessions
324
High School Library
324,332
The Library Force .
325,328
In General
326
Executive Reports .
328
Children's Department
329
Reference Department
330
Catalogue Department
331
West Somerville Branch
333
East Somerville Branch
334
Union Square Branch
334
Statistical Report
336
Financial Statement
337
School Department
164
Report, School Committee
164
Members, Officers, Committees, etc.
165
Report of Superintendent
167
Pupils and Teachers
167
Accommodations
168
Work of Schools
178
Boys' Vocational School
182
An Intermediate School
183
Work Certificates
187
Night Schools
190
Play
190
Conclusion
192
High School Report
194
Course of Study
194
College Course
195
Commercial Course
196
School Bank
196
School Library
197
INDEX.
227, 372
392, 396
Report of the Librarian
322
564
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PAGE
Gifts to the School .
198
School Lunch
198
Practical Work by Pupils
199
Students' Council
199
Athletics
200
Loss to the School .
200
Vocational School for Boys, Report of
201
Supervisor of Manual Arts, Report of
203
Vocational School for Girls, Report of
205
Atypical Class at the Hodgkins School, Report of .
209
Atypical Class at the Bell School, Report of
210
Report Upon Questionnaire .
211
Recommendations
215
Somerville Playgrounds Association
218
Comparative Financial Statement
218
Somerville Playgrounds Comparative Financial State- ment
218
Summer Playgrounds Comparative Statement Receipts and Expenditures
219
School Savings Bank, Report of
220
School Nurse, Report of
221
School Dentist, Report of
221
Somerville Teachers' Association
222
Somerville Teachers' Club
223
Henry H. Folsom
224
Charles T Murray
225
Nellie L. Quennell .
225
Appendix
226
Population and School Census
227,239
School Buildings
227, 233
Teachers
227, 257, 260, 275
Attendance
227, 240, 251, 285
Cost of Schools
228, 230, 234, 236, 238
Teachers' Salaries
231, 297
Sight and Hearing
231
Per Capita Cost
235-237
High School Statistics
241
Membership
242, 252
Graduation
244, 250, 310
Truancy Department
245, 247
Pupils
255, 256, 263
Books
261
Graduation Exercises
262
Organization School Board, 1915 .
273
Officers
284
Janitors
284
Organization of the School Committee
289
Duties of Secretary
290
Duties of Standing Committee
291
Duties of Superintendent
293
Duties of Truant Officers
296
Election of Teachers
296
Duties of Principals
300
Duties of Teachers
300
Regulations Common to all Schools
307
Kindergartens
310
Evening Schools
312
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.
Promotions
. 253, 310
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INDEX.
565
PAGE
Text-Books and Supplies
313
District Lines, etc .
314
Definitions of Terms
317
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
513
Sewers (see City Engincer)
388-391
Street Commissioner, Report of
411
Highways Maintenance
411
Highways Construction
411
Street Cleaning
412
Street Sprinkling
412
Stone Crusher
412
Bridges
412
Shade Trees
413
Steam Road-Rollers
413
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths
413
Sidewalks
413
Snow and Ice
414
Underground Wires
414
Accepted Streets
414, 424
Sidewalks Maintenance
414
Sanitary Division
415
Miscellaneous
415 416
Statement of Accounts
417-424
Tables
425-436
Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor).
367
Water Commissioner, Report of
448
Statement of Accounts
449
Cost of Water Works .
449
Water Debt
449
Water Works Income and Distribution
450
Income and Appropriations .
450
Pensions
451
Hydrants, Gates
452
Water Services
452
Water Meters
452, 453 454
Water Distribution System, Maintenance
454
Waterposts and Fountains .
454
Services
454
Water Assessments and Consumption
455
High Service Pump
456
New Legislation
458
Gates Set in New Locations
458 459
Fire Hydrants
460
Location of Hydrants
461
Private Hydrants
480
Locations of Waterposts
481
Locations of Drinking Fountains .
482
Summary of Statistics
482
Financial Statistics
484
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Water Distribution System, Construction
451
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures
Gates Removed or Discontinued .
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