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Explanation: It will be noted that the Committee approves the Department's request for maintenance and general ex- penses, and has increased the amount requested for care and repair of streets, in order that our highways may not in any degree deteriorate.
In view of general conditions, notably the high cost of ma- terials, the committee does not recommend an appropriation for new work at this time.
Article 24 taken up. (Snow and Ice.)
Voted: That the sum of $6.000 be appropriated for the re- moval of snow and ice from the highways.
Article 25 taken up. (Engineering.)
Voted: That the sum of $3,500 be appropriated for Town Engineering, $1,500 of which is to be expended for the salary of the Town Engineer.
Article 26 taken up. (Storm Drains.)
The Committee recommended and it was so
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 29 taken up. (Care of Parks.)
Voted: That the sum of $500 be appropriated for the main- tenance and improvement of the public parks of the Town, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article 7 taken up. (Town Expenses, Interest, etc.)
Voted: That the sum of $6,210 be appropriated to be ex- pended under the Board of Health, $3,000 of said sum for the
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care of contagious disease, and $3,210 to be expended for the general uses of the Department.
Voted: That the sum of $14,550 be appropriated for the Sinking Fund.
Voted: That the sum of $38,000 be appropriated for the payment of interest during the year 1918.
That for this purpose the sum of $10,792.50 be taken from the receipts of the Water Department, $5,660 from the Sewer Assessments collected, $298.38 from unexpended balance now in the Treasury and the balance, $21,249.12 be raised by general tax.
Voted: That the sum of $63,450 be appropriated for the payment of bonds and notes maturing in 1918. That for this purpose the sum of $20,000 be taken from unexpended balance now in treasury, $15,550 to be taken from the receipts of the Water Department, $6,000 from the Sewer Assessments col- lected and $21,900 be raised by general tax.
Voted: That the sum of $12,575 be appropriated for salaries of elective and appointive officers of the Town for the ensuing year to be paid to the following officers of April 1, 1918.
Selectmen, six hundred fifty dollars $650.00
Town Clerk, fees and twelve hundred dollars 1,200.00
Treasurer, seven hundred dollars 700.00
Collector, fourteen hundred dollars
1,400.00
Auditor, thirteen hundred dollars
1,300.00
Board of Public Works, six hundred fifty dollars
650.00
Assessors, two thousand dollars
2,000.00
Board of Health, four hundred dollars
400.00
Tree Warden, one hundred dollars
100.00
Inspector of Buildings, seven hundred fifty dollars 750.00
Town Physician, two hundred dollars 200.00
Registrars of Voters, two hundred twenty-five dollars 225.00
Superintendent of Wires, one thousand dollars 1,000.00
Inspector of Animals, one hundred fifty dollars 150.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, two hundred dollars
200.00
Town Counsel, two hundred fifty dollars 250.00
Secretary, Finance Committee, fifty dollars 50.00
Inspector Plumbing, seven hundred fifty dollars 750.00
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Inspector of Milk, four hundred dollars
$400.00
Inspector of Slaughtering, two hundred dollars 200.00
The following amounts were then appropriated for the purposes indicated :
Outside Poor, ten thousand dollars 10,000.00
Board of Survey, five hundred dollars 500.00
Cemeteries, twenty-five hundred dollars 2,500.00
Fire Department, twenty-one thousand five dollars 21,005.00
Health Department, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars 19,800.00
Incidentals :
Selectmen, six thousand three hundred dollars
6,300.00
Finance Committee, two hundred dollars 200.00
Assessors, fifteen hundred dollars
1,500.00
Auditor, one hundred twenty-five dollars
125.00
Collector, twelve hundred twenty-five dollars
1,225.00
Town Clerk, nineteen hundred dollars
1,900.00
Treasurer, four hundred fifty dollars
450.00
Insurance, five thousand dollars
5,000.00
Planning Board, three hundred dollars
300.00
Police Department, twenty-five thousand fifty-one dollars 25,051.00
Soldiers' Relief, four hundred dollars 400.00
State and Military Aid, two hundred fifty dollars 250.00
New Town House, forty-five hundred dollars
4,500.00
Old Town House, seven hundred fifty dollars 750.00
Wire Department, twenty-one hundred dollars 2,100.00
Reserve Fund, three thousand dollars
3,000.00
Article 14 taken up. (Summer Street.)
Voted, by a two-thirds vote: That the sum of $15,000 is hereby appropriated for the relocation and construction of Summer Street from Mystic Street to Brattle Street; three thousand dollars of said sum to be raised by general tax and the balance of twelve thousand (12,000) dollars be raised by issuing six serial notes each for the sum of $2,000, the first one payable in 1919 and one payable in each year thereafter; said notes to be issued in accordance with Chapter 616 of the
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acts of the year 1910 and all amendments thereto and be designated on the face thereof "Summer Street Loan of 1918," and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed four (4) per cent payable semi-annually. This appropriation is to be expended under the direction of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, and to be expended only in the event that the State Highway Commission and the County Commissioners join with the Town in defraying the expense of said relocation and construction.
Article 16 taken up. (Land Takings.)
Voted: That the sum of $2,300 be appropriated for the pur- pose of paying for land takings on Albermarle Street, Florence Avenue and Park Avenue Extension.
Article 30 taken up. (Free bed in Symmes Hospital.)
Voted: That the sum of $500 be appropriated for the main- tenance during the year 1918 of a free bed in Symmes Arlington Hospital, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Acts of 1915.
Article 31 taken up. (New Schoolhouse Site.)
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise the lot of land herein described for municipal purposes, and a sum of not exceeding $3,800 is hereby appropriated for the purpose of acquiring said land. Said lot is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Bow Street, at land now or formerly of Norman C. Hitchcock and Madelaine S. Chakmakjian and Archibald A. Freeman and John E. Lantz, a distance of 181.12 feet to an angle point, thence north 50 degrees, 33 minutes and 35 seconds, west by land now or formerly of said Archibald A. Freeman and John E. Lantz and Archibald A. Freeman a distance of 80.31 feet to land now or formerly of Marguerite G. Baker, thence north 45 degrees, 55 minutes, and fifty-one seconds, east by land now or formerly of said Marguerite G. Baker a distance of 94.7 feet to an angle point, thence north 43 degrees, 18 minutes, 21 seconds, east by land now or formerly of said Marguerite G. Baker a distance of 187.82 feet to an angle, thence north 42 degrees, 31 minutes, 21 seconds, east by land now or formerly of said Marguerite G. Baker and the southerly side line of a private way known as
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Thorn Road a distance of 134.41 feet to an angle point, thence north 41 degrees, 28 minutes, 21 seconds, east on the northerly side line of said private way known as Thorn Road, a distance of 165.95 feet to the westerly side line of Summer Street Extension, on a curve to the right with a radius of 740.36 feet, a distance of 226.3 feet to a stone bound on the westerly side line of Forest Street, thence south 11 degrees, 36 minutes, 42 seconds, east on the westerly side line of said Forest Street, thence south and south- westerly, on a curve to the right on the westerly side line of Forest Street with a radius of 213.38 feet, a distance of 195.83 feet to a stone bound on the northwesterly side line of said Forest Street, thence south 40 degrees, 45 minutes, 27 seconds, west on said northwesterly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 129.5 feet to the northerly side line of said Bow Street, a dis- tance of 167.47 feet to the point of beginning, said lot of land containing 3.48 acres, as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington Heights owned by Charles A. Pierce as prepared by George E. Ahern, Town Engineer, for the School Site Committee."
Article 35 taken up. (Public Safety Committee.)
Voted: That the sum of $3,500 be appropriated for the pro- tection of the Town in the present emergency, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 32 taken up. (School Accommodations.)
Voted: That the sum of $300 be appropriated to be used under the direction of the School Committee for a further study and survey of the future needs for school accommodations, said Committee to make a report at the next Town Meeting.
Article 34 taken up. (Saturday half holiday.)
Voted: That the employees of the Highway, Sewer, Water and Health Departments be granted a Saturday half-holiday throughout the year without loss of pay.
Article 36 taken up. (Compensation of Call Firemen.)
Voted, by a two-thirds vote: That the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 79 of the Special Acts of the year 1918 relating to the compensation of call members of the Fire Depart- ment for injuries received during the actual performance of duty as such call men.
Article 37 taken up. (Establishment of Voting Precincts.)
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Voted: That the Town adopt the recommendation of the Selectmen for the establishment of a voting precinct at East Arlington and that the sum of $500 be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this vote, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 38 taken up. (Town Budget.)
Voted: That the several amounts appropriated at this meeting, indicated by the various votes and not otherwise provided for, amounting to $455,607.29, be raised by general tax the present year.
And that all notes issued under the authority of any vote passed at this meeting shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910, or amendments thereto.
Article 3 taken from the table. (Reports of Committees.)
Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary of the Committee on forms of Town Government made a verbal report for the Committee, stating that the Committee were still investigating such forms as were presented but owing to the various war activities were not prepared to make a final report.
On motion of Mr. Howard the report was accepted as pro- gressive and the Committee given further time.
Voted, on motion of Mr. Howard: That the reports of the various Town Officers, as presented in their own reports, to- gether with the addition of tables of Statistics of Assessors and Committees heretofore appointed, be accepted.
Meeting adjourned at 9.30 P.M.
Attendance, three hundred seventy-nine. (379).
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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PRIMARY ELECTION
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of September, 1918, at 2 o'clock, P.M., for the following pur- poses :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomi- nation of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.
United States Senators in Congress for this Commonwealth.
Congressman for Eighth Congressional District.
Councillor for Sixth Councillor District.
Senator for Sixth Senatorial District.
Representative in General Court, for Twenty-Seventh Rep- resentative District.
County Commissioner for Middlesex County.
County Treasurer for Middlesex County.
Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County. And for the election of the following officers:
District Member of State Committee for each political party for the Sixth Senatorial District
Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Members of the Republican Town Committee.
Members of the Socialist Town Committee.
Delegates to State Convention of the Democratic Party.
Delegates to State Convention of the Republican Party. Delegates to State Convention of the Socialist Party.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one Ballot.
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The polls will be open from 2 to 7 o'clock I .M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof, fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this ninth day of September, A.D., 1918.
WILLIS P. HOWARD, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, September 23, 1918.
By virtue of this Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed, attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy of said Warrant at the door of the Town Hall in said Arlington, seven days at least before said day of meeting. Notice of the time, place and object of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate and the Arlington Weekly News.
(Signed,) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in primaries, met in the Town Hall in said Arlington, Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and were called to order at two o'clock in the afternoon by Willis P. Howard, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the constable, who served the same upon the inhabitants.
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Under the law governing primaries, Mr. Howard continued to act as Chairman of the meeting.
As the same law that governs elections governs primaries the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and voting booths provided for the use of the voters to examine and mark their ballots. All booths were supplied with suitable facilities for this purpose. Cards of instructions to and penal- ties on voters were posted in accordance with law.
The following primary officers, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk, and assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks - David T. Dale, James Moir, William D. Grannan and James E. Sweeney.
Checkers at Ballot Boxes - Frank Y. Wellington, George C. Tewksbury, Charles A. Paine and Joseph M. Moore.
Tabulators - George H. Peirce and George McK. Richard- son.
As the law governing primaries does not allow the counting of ballots until the close of the polls the above officers acted as tellers and counters.
Sealed packages of ballots, supplied by the Commonwealth. were then delivered to the election officers by the Town Clerk. These ballots were publicly opened and given to the Ballot Clerks for distribution to the voters.
Specimen ballots and cards of instruction were posted in conspicuous places about the polling place for the information of voters, as required by law.
The ballot boxes were examined by the presiding officer and the Town Clerk and were found to be empty and the registers set at zero.
Lists of registered voters were supplied by the Registrars of Voters.
At six minutes after two o'clock the polls were declared open and they remained open until seven o'clock at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed. In accordance with law the ballot boxes were not opened until the close of the polls.
At the close of the polls at seven o'clock, the register on the ballot boxes showed that 390 ballots had been cast, which, on
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being sorted and counted, were found to be divided as follows: Republican, 338; Democratic, 51; Socialist, 1.
The ballot clerks and tellers counted the names checked by them and found the number to agree with the number regis- tered by the ballot boxes, 390.
The ballots were sorted, counted and announcement made of the result at five minutes after nine o'clock P.M., as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY (338) Calvin Coolidge had three hundred twenty (320); blanks, 18.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Channing H. Cox had two hundred forty-seven (247). Guy A. Ham had eighty-six (86).
Blanks, 5.
SECRETARY
Albert P. Langtry had three hundred twenty-one (321). Blanks, 17.
TREASURER
Charles L. Burrill had two hundred ninety-five (295). Frank W. Thayer had twenty-eight (28).
Blanks, 15.
AUDITOR
Alonzo B. Cook had two hundred eighty-seven (287). Alonzo P. Grinnell had thirty-eight (38).
Blanks, 13.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
J. Weston Allen had eighty-eight (88).
Henry C. Attwill had two hundred forty-one (241). Blanks, 9.
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
John W. Weeks had three hundred four (304). Blanks, 34.
CONGRESSMAN
Frederick W. Dallinger had three hundred eight (308). Blanks, 30.
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COUNCILLOR James G. Harris had three hundred one (301). Blanks, 37.
SENATOR Edwin T. McKnight had one hundred thirty-six (136). Winfield F. Prime had one hundred ninety-three (193). Blanks, 9.
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Jacob Bitzer had two hundred sixty-five (265). Francis J. Williams had fifty-nine (59). Blanks, 14.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Charles Bruce had eighty-eight (88). Joseph O. Hayden had two hundred twenty-nine (229). Blanks, 21.
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY William G. Andrew had sixty (60). Frederick M. Estey had two hundred fifty-six (256). Blanks, 22.
STATE COMMITTEE Charles C. Warren had three hundred eight (308). Blanks, 30.
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Henry Hornblower had three hundred ten (310). Jacob Bitzer had three hundred seven (307). Willis P. Howard had three hundred seven (307). George H. Shirley had three hundred ten (310). Nelson B. Crosby had three hundred nine (309). Max H. Meyer had three hundred eight (308). Charles S. Parker had three hundred eleven (311). Olvin H. Lufkin had three hundred eight (308).
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Charles W. Tilton had three hundred eight (308). Eben F. Dewing had three hundred seven (307). Robert N. Turner had three hundred eight (308). Blanks, 318.
TOWN COMMITTEE
Charles C. Warren had three hundred eight (308). W. Forbes Robertson had three hundred five (305). William P. Dale had three hundred three (303). William E. Adams had three hundred one (301). Arthur P. Wyman had three hundred eleven (311). George H. Shirley had three hundred three (303). Wilder N. Hodgkins had three hundred four (304). Clinton W. Schwamb had three hundred three (303). John E. Woodend had three hundred (300). Nelson B. Crosby had three hundred four (304). Max H. Meyer had three hundred four (304). John Z. Lawson had three hundred five (305). Charles A. Paine had three hundred six (306). Oman E. Bennett had three hundred five (305). Alexander S. Jardine had three hundred three (303). Blanks, 505.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Total, 51)
GOVERNOR Edward P. Barry had thirteen (13).
William A. Gaston had twenty-three (23).
Richard H. Long had ten (10). Blanks, 5.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Joseph H. O'Neil had seven (7). Blanks, 44.
SECRETARY
Charles H. McGlue had six (6). Blanks, 45.
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TREASURER. Charles Giddings had six (6). Blanks, 45.
AUDITOR Francis M. Costello had six (6). Blanks, 45.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Joseph L. P. St. Coeur had six (6). Blanks, 45.
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
David I. Walsh had forty-three (43). Blanks, 8.
CONGRESSMAN James F. Aylward had twenty-three (23). John F. Daly had twenty-one (21). Blanks, 7.
COUNCILLOR
All blanks, 51.
SENATOR
Whitfield L. Tuck had twenty-six (26). Blanks, 25.
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT All blanks, 51.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
All blanks, 51.
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COUNTY TREASURER
All blanks, 51.
REGISTRAR OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY All blanks, 51.
STATE COMMITTEE
Thomas S. Lawrence had thirty-six (36). Blanks, 15.
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Daniel F. Ahern had thirty-nine (39).
Timothy F. Collins had thirty-eight (38).
Thomas J. Green had thirty-eight (38).
Daniel W. Grannan had forty (40).
Augustus F. Crowley had thirty-four (34). Blanks, 66.
TOWN COMMITTEE
Daniel F. Ahern had thirty-three (33). Timothy F. Collins had thirty-three (33).
Thomas E. Duffy had thirty-two (32).
Thomas J. Green had thirty-one (31). Louis F. McKenna had thirty-five (35). Daniel W. Grannan had thirty-two (32). Augustus F. Crowley had thirty (30).
Thomas D. Kennedy had thirty-two (32).
Frank J. Lowder had thirty (30).
Jeremiah C. Coughlin had thirty-two (32). James M. Mead had thirty-four (34). Blanks, 229.
SOCIALIST PARTY (Total, 1)
GOVERNOR
Sylvester J. McBride had one (1). All other offices were blank.
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The primary returns were filled in, signed by the primary officers and the Town Clerk, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded by him to the Secretary of the Common- wealth.
All business calling this meeting having been disposed of, the presiding officer at ten minutes after nine o'clock declared the meeting dissolved.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX, SS. To any of the Constables of the Toum of Arlington,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble at their respective voting places in said Town, Tuesday, the fifth day of Novem- ber, next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at six o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes for the following State and County officers, to wit:
Governor of this Commonwealth; Lieutenant-Governor for this Commonwealth; Secretary for this Commonwealth; Treas- urer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth; Auditor of the Commonwealth; Attorney-General for this Common- wealth; Senator in the Congress of the United States; Con- gressman in the Congress of the United States from the Eighth Congressional District; Councillor for the Sixth Councillor District; Senator for the Sixth Senatorial District; Representa- tive in General Court for the Twenty-Seventh Middlesex
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District; a County Commissioner for the County of Middlesex; a County Treasurer for the County of Middlesex; a Register of Probate and Insolvency for the County of Middlesex.
Also for the purpose of bringing in their votes "yes" or "no" on the acceptance of the following articles of amend- ment submitted by the Constitutional Convention:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 1
The establishment of the popular initiative and referendum and the legislative initiative of specific amendments of the Constitution.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 2
The conservation, development and utilization of the agri- cultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the Commonwealth, are public uses, and the General Court shall have power to provide for the taking upon payment of just compensation therefor, of lands and easements or interest therein, including water and mineral rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conservation, development, utilization and control thereof, and to enact legislation necessary or expedient therefor.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 3
Advertising on public ways, in public places and on private property within public view may be regulated and restricted by law.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 4
The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use, and the Commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein under such regulations as the General Court may prescribe.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 5
The General Court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than
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thirty days; but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth day from the date of their first assembling.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 6
To authorize the General Court to prescribe, subject to cer- tain restrictions, the manner of the appointment and removal of military and naval officers to be commissioned by the Gov- ernor.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT NO. 7
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