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ART. 24. - To see if the town will appropriate four hundred and fifty dollars for completing and gravelling Winthrop, Central, and
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Prospect Avenues, from Warren Avenue around to the Baptist Church at Wollaston Heights.
ART. 25. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars for the completion of the extension of Billings Street.
ART. 26. - To see if the town will change the name of Contest Avenue to Newbury Avenue.
ART. 27. - To see what action, if any, the town will take toward securing wider rims to the wheels of our heavy stone teams, and appro- priate money therefor.
ART. 28. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men, laying out Woodbine Street and Atlantic Avenue, and appropri- ate money therefor.
ART. 29. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men, laying out Newbury Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 30. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men laying out a footway from Hancock Street to Atlantic depot, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 31. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men laying out Academy Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 32. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men laying out Liberty Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 33. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men laying out Penn Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 34. - To see what compensation the town will allow the engi- neers, members, and stewards of the Fire Department for their services during the past year.
ART. 35. - To see if the town will locate a hydrant corner of Cen- tre and Granite Streets, if the Water Company extends its pipe to that location.
ART. 36. - To see if the town will make the Selectmen and Engi- neers a committee to locate any addditional hydrants that may be needed.
ART. 37. - To see if the town will establish other watering places for horses, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 38. - To see if the town will borrow money for the purpose of beginning to construct its highways in a permanent manner.
ART. 39. - To see if the town will purchase a lot of land at Atlantic, and erect a building thereon, for the use of the John Quincy Adams Chemical Engine No. 2, and appropriate money therefor.
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ART. 40. - To see if the town will purchase a lot of land at Wol- laston, and erect a building thereon for the use of hose No. 2, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 41. - To see if the town will cause a fire alarm box to be placed on the factory of the Tubular Rivet Co. at Wollaston, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 42. - To see if the town will purchase two thousand feet of hose for the use of the Fire Department, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 43. - To see if the town will cause to be located seven addi- tional hydrants on the line of the pipe of the Quincy Water Co., as follows : One on Goffe Street, three on Adams Street, two on Water Street, and one on Washington Street.
ART. 44. - To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chap. 158, of the Acts of the year 1871, and choose a Board of Road Com- missioners.
ART. 45. - To see if the town will cause the whistle at the pumping station of the Quincy Water Works to be connected with the fire alarm by an automatic attachment, and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars therefor.
ART. 46. - To see if the town will vote thoroughly to rebuild or construct some one mile of the road on Washington or Hancock Street, between the Point and Neponset bridge, and provide surface drainage therefor, by the laying of the necessary pipe provided with suitable catch basins, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 47. - To raise money to defray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 48. - To hear and act upon the report of any committee, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, on or before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Quincy, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
GEORGE H. FIELD, ELIAS A. PERKINS, CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR,
Selectmen of Quincy.
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OFFICER'S RETURN.
QUINCY, February 18, 1885.
NORFOLK, SS.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Quincy herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant, in ten or more public places, ten days before the time set for said meeting ; and I have likewise caused the substance of said warrant to be published in the Quincy Patriot, a public newspaper printed in said town.
GEORGE H. LOCKE,
Constable of Quincy.
A true copy. Attest :
GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1885.
The annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Quincy was held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, on Monday, March 2, 1885.
Chose John Quincy Adams for Moderator, the vote being by ballot and the check-list used.
Voted, That after the election of town officers, under Article I of the warrant, and the disposition of Article 3, the Moderator, without entertaining any other motion, shall declare this meet- ing adjourned, to meet at this place on Monday, March 23, 1885, at I o'clock P. M,, at which time the remaining articles of the war- rant shall be considered.
Voted, That the Moderator of this meeting, with the retiring Selectmen, the Selectmen elect, and fifteen citizens to be ap- pointed by the Moderator, - three of whom shall be inhabitants of the Centre District, three of the South District, three of the West District, two of the Wollaston District, two of the Atlantic District, and two of the Quincy Point District, - shall constitute a committee who shall consider the remaining articles of the warrant, and report at the adjournment of this meeting what action they consider it advisable for the town to take thereon, with suitable form of votes for carrying out their recommenda- tions. They shall also publish in the Quincy Patriot and
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Quincy Advertiser, previous to said adjourned meeting, the action they intend to propose for the consideration of the town on the several articles submitted to them.
Voted, That the Moderator be requested to exclude from the hall, at said adjourned meeting, all non-voters, excepting repre- sentatives of the press and such other persons as he may think entitled to especial courtesy.
Voted, That this meeting proceed to vote for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen and Assessors, two School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year, two Trustees of Thomas Crane Library for three years, two Managers of Adams Academy for three years, two Managers of Mount Wollaston Cemetery for two years, one Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years, Collector of Taxes, five members of a Board of Health, and fourteen Constables, all on one ballot, also to proceed to vote under Article 3.
The Town Clerk appointed George H. Field, Elias A. Perkins, and C. A. Spear, to act as Tellers during the election of Modera- tor, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk ; also, the Modera- tor appointed George H. Field, Elias A. Perkins, C. A. Spear, H. A. Keith, Edwin W. Marsh, and Josiah Quincy as Tellers, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To close the polls at 4 o'clock P. M.
The result of the voting was declared by the Moderator to be the election of the following officers, viz : -
George L. Gill for Town Clerk, and the oath of his office was administered to him by Edwin W. Marsh, Esq., a Justice of the Peace.
Horace B. Spear, for Town Treasurer ; George H. Field, Elias A. Perkins, and Christopher A. Spear, for Selectmen and As- sessors.
John A. Gordon and Sigourney Butler, for School Committee for three years.
Francis L. Hayes, for School Committee for one year.
Charles F. Adams, Jr., and Charles A. Foster, Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library for three years.
Charles H. Porter and Luther W. Anderson, Managers of Adams Academy for three years.
John Hall and Edward A. Spear, Managers of Mt. Wollaston Cemetery for two years.
George H. Locke, for Collector of Taxes.
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Charles F. Adams, Jr., Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years.
John A. Gordon, Joseph L. Whiton, Samuel M. Donovan, George W. Huse, and William Lyman Faxon, for Board of Health.
Walter H. Ripley, Joseph Warren Hayden, Edward H. Rich- ardson, Napoleon B. Furnald, Francis A. Spear, George O. Langley, Marcus E. Wight, George H. Locke, Edward A. Spear, William C. Seelye, Charles N. Hunt, Mark E. Hanson, Samuel B. Turner, and Robert J. Williams, for Constables.
The following is the number of votes cast for the several can- didates for Town Officers, as declared by the Moderator : -
Town Clerk.
George L. Gill, 1,712
Town Treasurer.
Horace B. Spear, 1,7II
Selectmen and Assessors.
George Harvey Field, 954
Elias A. Perkins,
9II
Christopher A. Spear,
882
William N. Eaton, 833
William A. Hodges, 809
E. Emery Fellows,
692
Scattering,
2
School Committee, 3 years.
John A. Gordon, 987
Sigourney Butler, 975
John Federhen, 3d, 736
John E. Burns,
694
Scattering,
4
School Committee, I year.
Francis L. Hayes,
1,696
Scattering, 5
Trustees of Thomas Crane Pub- lic Library, 3 years.
Charles F. Adams, Jr., 1,692
Charles A. Foster,
909
Benjamin Warren,
788
Scattering,
3
Managers Adams Academy, 3 years.
Charles H. Porter, 965
Luther W. Anderson,
973
Josiah Quincy,
741
Samuel M. Donovan,
722
Scattering,
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Managers Mount Wollaston
Cemetery, 2 years.
John Hall,
1,709
Edward A. Spear,
985
William Parker,
724
Tax Collector.
George H. Locke,
995
John Chamberlain,
702
Scattering,
I
Commissioner Sinking
Fund,
3 years.
Charles F. Adams, Jr., 975
Joseph W. Robertson,
726
Scattering,
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Board of Health.
John A. Gordon,
1,700
Joseph L. Whiton,
1,585
Samuel M. Donovan,
1,076
George W. Huse,
958
W. L. Faxon,
874
Joseph M. Sheahan,
78 1
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John H. Gilbert,
777
Samuel B. Turner, 891
Robert J. Williams, 870
Patrick F. Lacy,
720
Amos L. Litchfield, 860
John T. Hunt, 846
Constables.
Walter H. Ripley,
1,617
Nathan G. Glover,
748
J. Warren Hayden,
1,016
Joseph T. French,
728
Edward H. Richardson,
1,00I
Jonathan S. Paine, 726
Napoleon B. Furnald,
988
Joseph Walker, 7II
Francis A. Spear,
968
Charles H. Damon, 710
George O. Langley,
957
Joseph W. Lombard,
706
Marcus E. Wight,
957
William Powers, 705
George H. Locke,
954
John C. Kapples, 699
Edward A. Spear,
95 I
Samuel Oxford,
691
William C. Seelye,
946
James Haverhan,
688
Charles N. Hunt,
944
Charles A. Hunt, 27
Mark E. Hanson,
941
Scattering, 23
The following Town Officers were also elected : -
Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways. - Geo. H. Field, Elias A. Perkins, and Christopher A. Spear.
Pound-keeper. - Christopher A. Spear.
Fence Viewers. - Chas. S. French, Ebenezer Adams, and George Veazie.
Field Drivers. - Frank L. Merrill, Samuel B. Turner, Thomas Kennon, and Bartholomew Reardon.
Auditors. - Wm. A. Hodges, H. A. Keith, and John Feder- hen, 3d.
Committee to whom the remaining articles of the warrant were referred. - John Q. Adams, George H. Field, Elias A. Perkins, Christopher A. Spear, Charles H. Porter, Theophilus King, Jr., William A. Hodges, Edwin W. Marsh, Joseph M. Glover, William G. A. Pattee, William N. Eaton, William B. Barry, Michael F. O'Brien, Herbert M. Federhen, James H. Slade, George F. Pinkham, Jason G. Witham, William A. Moseley, and Thomas Gurney.
The vote of the town on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" was as follows, viz. Yes, 510 ; No, 1,002.
In accordance with the vote of the town, the meeting adjourned to Monday, March 23, 1885, at I o'clock P. M.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
Scattering,
6
Thomas F. Ferguson, 769
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WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Quincy, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Quincy, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Quincy, on Monday, March 23, 1885, at 12.45 o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles, namely :-
ARTICLE I. - To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. - To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec. 74, 75, 76, and 77, of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes, relating to the election of Road Commissioners.
ART. 3. - To choose three Road Commissioners, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, on or before the day appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
GEORGE H. FIELD, ELIAS A. PERKINS, CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR, Selectmen of Quincy.
OFFICER'S RETURN.
NORFOLK, SS.
TOWN OF QUINCY, March 14, 1885.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Quincy herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant, in ten or more public places in said town, seven days before the time set for said meeting ; and I likewise caused the substance of said warrant to be published in the Quincy Patriot, a public newspaper printed in said town.
GEORGE H. LOCKE,
Constable of Quincy.
A true copy. Attest :
GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
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RECORD OF A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
A meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Quincy was held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, March 23, 1885, at quarter before one o'clock in the afternoon.
Voted, That a moderator be elected by ballot and the check-list used.
The Town Clerk appointed George H. Field, Christopher A. Spear, and Elias A. Perkins as Tellers, to assist in receiving and counting the votes, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk, and John Quincy Adams was elected Moderator.
Voted, That Articles 2 and 3 be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest :
GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. - BY ADJOURNMENT.
MONDAY, March 23, 1885.
THE annual town meeting was held this day, by adjournment from March 2, 1885.
John Quincy Adams, Moderator.
Voted, That no motion to reconsider a vote shall be in order unless the mover thereof shall give notice of his intention so to do, before the town has passed from the consideration of the article under which the question was taken.
Voted, That debate on the main question shall be in order pending the verification of a doubtful vote.
Voted, That during the discussion of any measure, it shall be in order for any voter, rightfully in possession of the floor, to move that the main question be now put. Such motion shall be submitted to the meeting without debate, and if carried by a two-thirds vote, the main question shall be put to vote without further debate.
The Moderator appointed Messrs. Sigourney Butler, John A. Duggan, John H. Dee, William L. Faxon, Joseph H. Vogel, and Josiah Quincy to count and report the number of votes upon all matters when, by reason of doubt, the Moderator may find it necessary to order a count.
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The following articles of the warrant, which were acted upon in their due order, were by vote indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 13. - Concerning acceptance of sections of Chapter 27, Public Statutes.
ART. 18. - Concerning petition of W. J. R. Evans on boundary line.
ART. 25. - Concerning completion of the extension of Billings Street.
ART. 44. - Concerning acceptance of Chapter 158, Acts of 1871.
ART. 45. - Concerning connection of whistle at water works and fire alarm.
Voted, To accept the reports of Auditors of Accounts, Select- men, School Committee, Trustees of Library, Adams Academy, and Managers of Mount Wollaston Cemetery, and that they be filed with the town documents.
Voted, That the highways be repaired under the supervision of the Surveyors of Highways.
Voted, That the town lands be improved under the supervision of the Overseers of the Poor.
Voted, To accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Select- men, after amending by striking out the names of Luther S. Anderson, Alfred Thayer, James Thompson, and George W. Brooks.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen on guide-boards be accepted, and placed on file.
Voted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of keeping in repair or decorating the graves, within the limits of Quincy, of soldiers and sailors who died in the military service of the United States, or the monuments or other memorials erected to their memory, the same to be expended under the direction of Post 88 of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic ; and the treasurer and commander of said Post shall furnish to the Selectmen a true and detailed account, duly itemized and certified by them, of the manner in which said sum was expended, within thirty days after Decoration Day.
Voted, That the Selectmen may lot off, and sell by plan and lots, or in gross to one or more purchasers, or in such other manner as they may deem most for the public interest, the land on Adams Street known as the "Newcomb lot," or any part thereof, and the proceeds, after deducting therefrom the neces-
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sary expenses of the sale, shall be paid over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, who shall receipt therefor, and forthwith apply the same to the purposes of said fund.
Voted, That the Selectmen grant the free use of the Town Hall whenever it is requested in writing by not less than two citizens of the town, for a free lecture on any scientific, literary, or moral topic, subject to such regulations as they may deem expedient ; and that two hundred dollars be appropriated to defray the cost thereof.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint special officers to enforce all laws bearing on the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ; and that one thousand dollars be appropri- ated for that purpose.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on Sewerage be referred to the Selectmen for their information, and in case that Board should adjudge it to be necessary for the public con- venience or the public health to lay main drains or public sewers for the use of the inhabitants of the town, that then the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated to defray the neces- sary engineering expenses thereof.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be given to the Com- mittee for their valuable services.
Voted, That it is expedient to join Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook in the publication of the ancient records of the original town of Braintree, and to contribute a proportional share of the expense, and that the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, and the town's copy of said records, be appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the town appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the payment of the bounty of one hundred and twenty- five dollars each, to the following named ex-soldiers : Daniel F. French, Francis P. Loud, Thomas Smith, and Samuel B. Turner.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen on straightening the boundary line between the town of Quincy and the town of Milton be accepted, and they be instructed to favor their proposed line (as shown on map herewith presented) before the Com- mittee on Towns of the present General Court; also, that the Selectmen of Quincy are hereby instructed to confer with the Selectmen of Milton in regard to changing the boundary lines of Quincy and Milton on the Randolph turnpike.
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Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to establish a free evening industrial or mechanical drawing school, and that one thousand dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the matter of repairing the town way on Mt. Pleasant be referred to the Surveyors of Highways.
Voted, To appropriate two hundred dollars for repairing Kidder Street, from Quarry Street to Garfield Street.
Voted, To appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars for repair- ing the driftway leading from Granite Street, near the junction of Quarry Street, through land of Adams Temple and School Fund, and the Surveyors of Highways are instructed to expend so much of said sum as may be necessary.
Voted, To appropriate seventy-five dollars for repairing the private way leading from Granite Street, near the house of Blaisdell, to a point near the house of John Peterson, known as " Parkerville," and the Surveyors of Highways are instructed to expend so much of said sum as may be necessary.
Voted, That the matter of completing and gravelling Winthrop, Central, and Prospect Avenues, from Warren Avenue around to the Baptist Church at Wollaston Heights, be referred to the Surveyors of Highways.
Voted, That the name of Contest Avenue be changed to New- bury Avenue.
Voted, That the matter of securing wider rims to the wheels of our heavy stone teams be referred to the Surveyors of High- ways to investigate and report upon the best practicable plan of relieving the wear and tear of very heavy teaming over our roads.
Voted, That the report of the Seleetmen, laying out Woodbine Street and Atlantic Avenue, be accepted, and the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the construction thereof, provided that all claims for land damages be first released, and that the part called Atlantic Avenue be named Greenwood Avenue.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen, laying out Newbury Street, be accepted, and the sum of one hundred dollars be ap- propriated for its construction, provided all claims for land dam- ages be first released.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen, laying out a foot way from Hancock Street to the Atlantic Station of the Old Colony
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Railway, be accepted, and that the sum of seventy-five dollars be appropriated to construct the same, and the sum of thirty-five dollars in full for all land damages.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen be accepted, laying out Academy Street, and that fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated, to be expended in carrying out the plan of said report, provided all claims for land damages be first released ; and that the name be changed to Dimmock Street.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen, laying out Liberty Street, be accepted, and that the Surveyors of Highways be in- structed to expend three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon the construction and repair thereof, pro- vided all claims for land damages shall have been first released.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen, laying out Penn Street, be accepted, and that the Surveyors of Highways be in- structed to expend two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon the construction and repair thereof, provided all claims for land damages shall have been first released.
Voted, That the location of the hydrant at the corner of Centre and Granite Streets be referred to the Selectmen and Engineers.
Voted, That the Selectmen and Engineers be constituted a committee with full powers to locate any additional hydrants which they may deem necessary upon the line of water pipes in the town.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to establish a water- ing place at a point in West Quincy where they may deem it most necessary, and that the sum of one hundred dollars be ap- propriated to pay for the trough or basin.
Voted, That the Selectmen be empowered to fix upon suitable spots for setting fountains or watering troughs in cases where such gifts may be offered to the town by liberal and public- spirited citizens, and to cause the name of the giver to be en- graved thereupon with the date, and that they be further au- thorized to engage the town to supply the same with water when finished, provided they may deem the service to be for the public convenience and welfare.
On a statement in writing received by the Moderator from Henry H. Faxon, to the effect that he would present the town
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with four additional fountains at an expense of not over one hun- dred dollars each, to be placed in suitable localities by the Select- men, it was
Voted, That the fountains offered by Mr. Henry H. Faxon be gratefully accepted, and the thanks of the town be presented to the generous giver, and that the matter of location and supply be referred to the Selectmen.
Voted, That Article 38, relative to borrowing money for the purpose of beginning to construct the highways of the town in a permanent manner, be referred to a committee of ten persons to be named by the Moderator, with the Moderator, three of whom shall be resident in the Centre District, three in the South, two in the West, and one each in Wollaston, the Point, and Atlantic respectively, who shall consider the same and report in full upon the needs of the town highways, and the best method of dealing therewith, with the probable cost of the plan adopted, the best agents to execute it, and the financial methods most suitable to meet the expense thereof, with such other facts as they may deem necessary for the information of the town; and that the committee report in print in the Annual Town Report ; and Messrs. Theo. King, Jr., Charles F. Adams, Jr., John Q. A. Field, Edwin W. Marsh, Joseph H. Vogel, Jonas Shackley, Herbert M. Federhen, Herbert T. Whitman, John A. Duggan, and George Cahill, and John Q. Adams, the Moderator, added by a vote of the meeting, constitute said committee.
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