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Keeping unlicensed dogs
3
Persons confined to the Lockup by
Harwich Police
85
Dennis Police 15
Trips to Barnstable with prisoners
23
118
Trips to Provincetown with prisoners 41
Trips to Sherborn with prisoners 1
1
Trips to Lancaster with prisoners Automobiles taken without authority, recovered and returned to owners Automobile accidents investigated
32
Arrest for other Departments
5
Buildings and doors found open
132
Complaints received and investigated
568
Lost animals reported missing, located and returned to owners 30
Missing persons located
22
Permits to sell second hand cars issued
75
Persons injured in Automobile accidents
28
Persons killed by automobile
1
Search warrants served for liquor and stolen goods
23
Summons served
47
Fire attended
69
Drownings
3
Articles reported lost and found
5
Sick or injured persons assisted to Doctor or home
11
Persons given a nights lodging
6
Due to the Town of Harwich for the use of Lockup $35.25
Distance covered by Patrol Car
24,139 miles
Disposition of Cases
Guilty 140
Not Guilty
8
Dismissed
3
Filed
26
Sentence suspended or placed on probation
35
Sentence to House of Correction
43
Appealed
4
Bound over to Grand Jury
2
Fined
47
Total of fines $980.00
3
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A detailed statement of the number of cases brought before the Court is hereby submitted, together with a state- ment of other activities that do not result in Court Action.
Attention is called to the fact that there has been an increase in the number of complaints received for investiga- tion, some of which are proven to be groundless, takes con- siderable time of our department, but must be attended to. It is self evident that by the very nature of at least a part of our population, many complaints are received, more so than in other towns of a similar size.
I have heretofore called attention to the condition of the lockup, of which we are required to maintain. The cells in our lockup are totally unfit for use and should be replaced by moveable steel cages. There is no water supply in the lockup at present, all water is brought in, in buckets. I pre- sume that with the completion of the water system, provi- sions will be made for a supply for the lockup.
The work of the police department cannot be wholly judged by the number of Court cases. A police department can be and should be useful for the purpose of discouraging crime in our midst, if the criminally inclined are conscious of the fact that a well equipped and alert police department is functioning in a town, that town will be avoided by those who seek to prey on their fellow men.
The night patrol has again proven its worth during the past year, as it has undoubtedly discouraged many from breaking and entering buildings. There were only two cases of breaking into buildings during the past year and that being two buildings used for storing of cranberries. There were also some pilfering of cranberries during the fall, un- til an officer was assigned to patrol all cranberry swamps. This swamp patrol will again be taken up next fall.
The inspection of the closed cottages has continued and we feel that a summer resident who pays large taxes, is
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entitled to this protection of his property in his absence. The frequent inspection by this department has had the effect of lessening the number of depredations on closed estates.
Attention is also called to the fact that in comparison with other towns in this County having a Police Department the pay of the officers in our department is exceedingly low. They are getting but slightly more than P. W. A. workers and are working at a job that compels them to be on duty at least 12 hours per day, besides being on call at all times. A police department can be no better than its officers and good men should be adequately paid:
Our regular officers are men of experience and I am pleased to say are competent men and I can heartily recom- mend that provisions be made to pay them a living wage.
Respectfully yours,
EMULOUS E. HALL,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To :
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Harwich,
Gentlemen :
I herewith respectfully submit my third annual re- port as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Harwich for the year ending December 31, 1936.
I wish to express my appreciation for the continued cooperation received from the Board of Selectmen and all others that I have come in contact with in the performance of my duties.
Following is a list of work accomplished by this de-
partment :
Platform Scales over 5000 1bs.
1
3
Platform Scales under 5000 1bs.
7
22
3
2
Counter Scales over 100 lbs.
3
Counter Scales under 100 lbs.
10
16
5
Beam Scales under 100 lbs.
1
2
Spring Scales over 100 lbs.
3
8
2
Spring Scales under 100 lbs.
32
45
3
5
Computing Scales under 100 lbs.
12
21
1
4
Personal Weighing Scales
4
Prescription Scales
3
Avoirdupois Weights
38
145
30
2
Apothecary Weights
10
Metric Weights
27
Liquid Measures
155
7 29
Oil Jars
4
Dry Measures
14
Gasoline Measuring Pumps
21
27
10
4
Gasoline Measuring Meters
18
21
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Kerosene Measuring Pumps Oil Measuring Pumps
6
15
1
1
1
79
Grease Measuring Devices
10
1
2
79
184
8
Total
228
748
144
49
Total number Adjusted, Sealed, Not Sealed and Con- demned 1369.
Money received for Sealing Fees
$71.49
Money received for Adjusting Charges
6.90
Money received for Transient Vendors
Local License Fees
75.00
Total
$153.39
Paid Town Treasurer $153.39
Money returned to Treasurer by State
Director of Standards for Peddler's License Fees
$48.00
Total
$201.39
Inspections made of Peddler's Licenses :
State 18
County 4
Town 7
Total 29
Inspections made of
Milk Jars 106
Coal Certificates
6
Marking of Bread 32.
Marking of Food Packages
124
Coal in paper bags 146
Molasses Measuring Pumps Quantity Measure. on Pumps Yard Sticks
123
Charcoal in paper bags
8
Kindling Wood in paper bags
21
Transcient Vendors
5
Transcient Vendor's Licenses
5
Clinical Thermometers
9
Glass Graduates
14
Ice Scales
16
Junk Scales
9
Oil Jars
170
Wood Certificates
2
Vehicles Tank
18
Retests of Gasoline devices after Sealing
10
Retests of Platform Coal Scales after Sealing
1
Trial Weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale :
Beans
12
Bread
32
Butter
24
Charcoal in paper bags
8
Coal in paper bags
68
Coal in transit
5000 lbs.
Confectionery
8
Dry Commodities
53
Flour
32
Fruit and Vegetables
36
Grain and Feed
29
Kindling Wood in paper bags
5
Lard
14
Liquid Commodities
4
Meat and Provisions
12
Potatoes
33
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR S. RYDER, Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
Honorable Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I submit for your approval the following report for 1936 :
Number of Permits issued
125
55 @ $5.00
$275.00
26 @ 3.00
78.00
5 @ 2.00 10
10.00
19.@ 1.00
19.00
20 No Fee
$382.00
Assessed value of new plumbing $37,793.64
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. WOOD,
Inspector of Plumbing.
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HARWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Payments $2,500.00 Appropriation $2,500.00
Goss Print-Schedules $15.00
Puritan Clothing Co .- Uniforms 168.00
ยท Cape Cod League-Umpires
175.00
M. E. Mulcay-Board
1,158.00
Wm. 'Boehner-Salaries
414.98
D. T. Bates-Supplies
.70
.G. 'D. Hall-Room Rent
196.00
Eastman's Hardware Co .-
Baseballs and Bats
283.36
Kenney's Sport Shop-Supplies
23.75
Wm. Ryan-Transportation
21.00
Nickerson : Drug Co .- Supplies
19.66
Perkins Bros .- Transportation
24.55
$2,500.00
Collected at Games $1,193.90
Paid Wm. Boehner, Mgr. for player's salaries $1,193.90
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
FEBRUARY 3, 1936
Article 1. To choose a Moderator .- John H. Paine chosen. 1
Artice 2. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treas- urer, Tax Collector, for one year ; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health, for three years ; one Assessor, for three years ; three Herring Committee, for one year; one School Committee, for three years; three Con- stables, for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library, for three years ; one Park Commissioner, for three years ; a Mod- erator for one year .- See 1936 Town Report.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees .- See 1936 Town Report.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the rev- enue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1936, 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 one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter . 44, General Laws. So voted.
Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees, for the year 1935.
Accepted with the request that the Housing (School) Committee make its report previous to action on Article 41.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to de- . fray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully there- on.
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The Finance Committee recommend that the following amounts be raised and appropriated under Article 6 :
Hearings
$200.00
Moderator
20.00
Selectmen and Assessors' Salaries
3,700.00
Selectmen's Expenses
300.00
Assessors' Expenses
400.00
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
Treasurer's Expense
250.00
Treasurer's Bond
90.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,800.00
Tax Collector's Expense
500.00
Tax Collector's Bond
180.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
Accountant's Expense
50.00
Stenographer's Salary
600.00
Election and Registration
850.00
Exchange Building
2,000.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
Law
200.00
1935 Unpaid Bills :
County of Barnstable, Surveying, land
damage, titles, Harwich-Orleans Road $1,540.19
Same, Great Western Road
1,024.24
Police Department
1,223.32 4,750.00
Forestry :
For Town Work
2,000.00
For Private Work
1,000.00
2,500.00
Tree Warden
25.00
Fish Wardens
100.00
Harbor Master
25.00
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Fire Warden and Department
3,000.00
(To include pay of relief man at station one day each week.)
Herring Committee
100.00
Wire Inspector
500.00
Board of Health
3,000.00
Dump
1,000.00
Inspector of Animals
75.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
75.00
Highways-General Repairs
8,000.00
Bridges
150.00
Fences and Railings
450.00
Snow Removal
1,000.00
Electric Street Lights
7,000.00
Outside Poor
7,000.00
Infirmary
3,000.00
Poor of Other Towns
2,500.00
Soldiers State Aid
120.00
State Poor
3,000.00
Schools and Transportation
42,500.00
Brooks Library
1,000.00
(Also Amount of Dog Tax refunded)
Park Commissioners
500.00
Town Reports
750.00
Insurance
1,600.00
Repairs to. Public Buildings
1,500.00
Soldiers Benefit
1,000.00
Advertising
350.00
Office Equipment
100.00
Old Age Assistance
7,500.00
Foreclosure Tax Titles
200.00
Traffic and Wychmere Harbor Lights
200.00
Bound Stones and Survey
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200.00
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Mothers' Aid
500.00
123,302.75
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to Instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs and Scallops, within the Town limits as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85 and acts and amendments thereto to the revised Laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient, and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted. So Voted.
Article 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to assign tax titles owned by the town.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted.
Town voted against this article.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain three street lights on Queen Ann Road, North Har- wich, from Main Street to the residence of John Nunes, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose.
The Finance Committee recommend that two lights be installed, one each on the second and sixth poles from the Main Street, and that the sum of thirty-five dollars be raised and appropriated therefor.
Report accepted and adopted.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain a street light on the last pole on Oak Street.
The Finance Committee recommend that no new light be installed, but that the last light now on this street be moved one pole further north.
Report accepted and adopted.
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Article 11. To see if the town will vote to place and maintain one street light on Willow Street, West Harwich, at a point about midway between Riverside Drive and Bel- mont Road.
The Finance Committee recommend that one light be installed on the fourth pole in the Belmont Road easterly, and the sum of $17.50 be raised and appropriated for the same.
Report accepted and adopted.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain two street lights on Sisson Road, between the resi- dence of James T. Woodward and Carl A. Carlson. By re- quest.
The Finance Committee recommend that one light be installed on the fourth pole south from the present light, and the sum of $17.50 raised and appropriated for the same.
Report accepted and adopted.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on Bank Street, about opposite the residence of Arthur W. Tobey, Jr., and act fully thereon. By request
The Finance Committee recommend that no new lights be installed, but that the first light south of the house be moved one pole north, and the pine limbs blanketing the next light south be removed.
Bank Street near residence of Arthur W. Tobey, Jr.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain one street light on Satucket Road, Harwichport, midway be- tiveen Ayer Lane and Pine Street. By request.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be indefinitely postponed.
So voted.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to maintain a street light at the junction of Lower County Road and
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Brooks Road, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted and one light installed, and that the sum of $17.50 be raised and appropriated for the same.
So voted.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain one are light in front of the West Harwich Post Office. By request.
It was voted to remove the light in front of the West Harwich Post Office and place it in the center of the street to increase the the magnitude of said light to serve the pur- pose of properly lighting the thoroughfare. $12.50 was raised and appropriated.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the side- walk in North Harwich, from the Post Office to the School Building, on the South side of Main Street, and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.) Dollars to con- struct a sidewalk to be hardened with bituminous concrete or hot mix, on the East side of Pleasant Lake Avenue in Harwich Center, from or near the Exchange Hall, thence northerly as far as the money will go.
At 11:20 o'clock A. M. this article was accepted and adopted. At 1:37 o'clock P. M., the Moderator allowed a reconsideration of this articleo. It was then indefinitely postponed.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to construct a bituminous concrete sidewalk on the East side of the Har-
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wich-Brewster road in Pleasant Lake, beginning at a point thereon abreast the residence of Carrie A. Cahoon and thence continuing northerly to a point abreast the residence of J. Burleigh Atkins ; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to build a curb and sidewalk on the East side of Bank Street, Har- wichport, from the State Highway to the Public Library, and make an appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.) Dollars to build the sidewalk from where it left off near the property of Ziek Nickerson on Cross Street, to the intersection of Miles and Cross Streets.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to fill in sidewalk, raise to street level and macadam finish, for a distance of about four hundred (400) feet on the easterly side of Pine Street, from a point opposite Shell Station at Lower County Road to Satucket Road, Harwichport. By request.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the lay-out of a Town Way in Harwichport, with the bound- aries as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 23, 1936, and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain, in behalf of the Town' the land, or interest in land, within lines of said lay-out, to wit : A thirty (30) foot lay-out extending from lower County road to the shore, being an extension of Hiawatha Road into Western Avenue, so-called.
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The Finance Committee recommend that this layout be accepted and that the sum of $2,200.00 be raised and ap- propriated to purchase the Nellie Barrett property necessary for the completion of the same, and that the selectmen be authorized to move or sell the cottage and furnishings after purchase, all road work necessary to be done from general highway funds.
Accepted and adopted Finance Committee Report.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to harden with bituminous concrete or "hot mix" the unfinished por- tion of the sidewalk on Bank Street, Harwich Center, ex- tending from a point opposite Gorham Road to the base of Moody's Hill, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor. By request.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to top coat the sidewalk from the residence of Everett B. Mecarta to South Street, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for said work.
Indefinitely postponed. .
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to discon- tinue as a Town Way the road in West Harwich, known in our town records as the Thomas Ellis Road, more re-cently called the Old Mill Point Road, leading southerly from Low- er County Road into the property of the Old Mill Point Club Inc., and to act fully thereon.
At 11:53 o'clock A. M., this Article was accepted and adopted as read.
Article 27. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.) Dollars for the purpose of completion of the Town Dock at Pleasant Bay, East Har- wich, and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted.
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Accepted and adopted-$300.00 raised and appro- priated.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-five ($225.) Dollars for a new concrete mixer for town use and act fully thereon. By request.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted.
Report accepted and adopted.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Thirty-five ($135.) Dollars to purchase a power mower and grass catcher; the said mower to be used at Brooks Park.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.) Dollars, under the provisions of sub-section 21 cf section 1 of chapter 371 of acts of 1921, and any and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the employing of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association, Inc.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred ($500.) Dol- lars to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establish- ment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
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Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five ($75.) Dollars for heat- ing the Nursery School.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 33. To see if the Town of Harwich will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred ($100.) Dollars or suitable sum, to place markers to point out the interesting and historical places in Harwich; the markers to be placed by a committee chosen by the Moderator.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred ($600.) Dollars for the use of Harwich Post No. 292, American Legion, in the proper observance of Memorial Day and Armistice Day, and for other purposes. By request.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.) Dollars for the benefit of the Chase Library, West Harwich.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.) Dollars for the benefit of the Harwichport Library Association.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500).) Dol- lars to be used under the direction of the Selectmen for the promotion of public recreation and amusement in the form of Baseball, in accordance with Legislative Acts of 1930, Chapter 12, Section 1.
Accepted and adopted. Rising vote 186 for 2 against.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.) Dollars
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for the purpose of providing five Band Concerts, to be given in Brooks Park, during July and August.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to pay the Collector of Taxes Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.) Dollars and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed. Taken care of in Budget for 1936.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 51 of the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1931, so far as it affects the East parlor of the Legion quarters in Brooks Block and the rooms connecting it with the Library, and to restore said two rooms to the use of the Trustees of the Library for library purposes.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to build, furnish, and equip a Senior and Junior High School building and to de- termine how and in what manner said sum shall be raised and to take any other necessary action relative thereto.
Under this article, the following motion with two amendments duly seconded was acted upon at 2:55 o'clock P. M. by a rising vote which resulted in an unanimous vote- namely ; 285 in favor none against.
Motion with amendments :
Voted "That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $120,000.00 for the purpose of building, furnishing and equipping a Senior-Junior High School Building and to meet such appropriation that there be transferred from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $20,000.00 and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $100,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town there- for said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the
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provisions of Chapter 44 of the Gen: Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years, or such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen shall determine.
That a building committee consisting of the School Committee, and four citizens to be appointed by the Moderator shall have full authority to construct, furnish and equip said building and do all things necessary there- fore within the sums appropriated; that the Committee be instructed to report at a future Town Meeting the plan and specifications for the proposed building and on the question of site for action and approval of the Town.
Committee appointed by the Moderator :
Superintendent of Schools, Charles H. Pratt, Charles T. Chase, Henry M. Small and Edwin M. Surprise.
Article 42. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.) Dollars, the same to be used at Wychmere Harbor to get same in usable condition.
The Finance Committee recommend that this article be accepted and adopted and the sum of $2,500.00 raised and appropriated for rip-rapping the jetty with small stone or other suitable material and for dredging the harbor en- trance ; said sum, or any portion thereof, to be used in con- junction with any money which may be alloted by state or county or both for this purpose.
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