Town of Arlington annual report 1921, Part 2

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921
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SECTION IO. This act shall not abridge the right of the people of Arlington to hold general meeting, as that right is secured to them by the constitution of the commonwealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative town meet- ing in Arlington the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or changing its government, without the action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and check lists therefor.


SECTION II. This act shall be submitted to the registered voters of the town of Arlington at any annual or special town meeting called for the purpose. The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of chapter eight hun- dred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir- teen and any amendments thereof or additions thereto, so far


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as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty entitled 'An Act to provide for precinct voting, representative town meetings, town meeting members, a referendum and an annual moderator in the town of Arling- ton' be accepted by this town?" and the act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon.


SECTION 12. Chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and six being an act relative to town meetings in the town fo Arlington, is hereby repealed.


SECTION 13. So much of this act as authorizes its sub- mission to the registered voters of the town shall take effect upon its passage, and the remainder shall take effect upon its acceptance as aforesaid. [Approved December 22, 1920.'


All business calling the meeting having been transacted, the meeting dissolved at 9.45.


A true record. Attest :


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, 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 Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts in said Town on Monday, the Seventh day of March, 1921, at six o'clock, in the forenoon to act o nthe following articles, namely :


Article I. To elect by ballot the following town officers : Moderator for one year ; a Selectman for three years ; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; a Col-


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lector of Taxes for one year; an Auditor for one year; a member of the Board of Public Works for three years; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Com- mittee for three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one trustee of the Robbins Library for two years ; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; one member of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years ; a Tree Warden for one year; one or more Constables for one year; also, in each precinct, twelve Town Meeting Members for one year, twelve Town Meeting Members for two years, and twelve Town Meeting Members for three years ; also, on the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"


For these purposes the polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon at each of the polling places designated, viz : Precincts One and Two in Crosby School Building, Winter Street ; Precincts Three, Four, Five and Six, in Town Hall ; Precinct Seven in Locke School Building, Park Avenue, Heights.


You are also required to notify and warn the said in- habitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Thurs- day, the 31st day of March, 1921, at eight o'clock in the even- ing, to act on the following Articles :


ART. 2. To choose or appoint all other usual Town Of- ficers not heretofore mentioned in such manner as the Town may determine.


ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen and other Town Officers and Committees hereto- fore appointed.


ART. 4. To make an appropriation for the Robbins Lib- rary for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To make an appropriation for the public schools


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of the Town and determine in what manner the money shall be expended.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, determine, in what manner the money shall be expended or take any action thereon.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate $7000 in accordance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for Water used for public purposes for the ensuing year.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and. for the in- stalling of curbstone for the ensuing year, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Highway Division, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action thereon.


ART. IO. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action thereon.


ART. II. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART .. 12. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Water Mains for the ensuing year, de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Storm Drains, determine in what man- ner the money shal be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the removal of snow and ice from the highways, or take any action thereon.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting or take any action thereon.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation


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for the engineering work of the Town, or take any action thereon.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended for suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, under Chap. 132 of the General Laws, and Amend- ments thereto, determine in what manner the shall be raised, or take any action theron.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the planting of trees, removal of dead and dangerous trees, and for the trimming and general care of existing trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden, or take any action thereon.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance and improvement of the public parks of the Town, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the payment of pensions to persons entitled to such pen -. sions under the provisions of Law accepted by the Town, or take any action thereon.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper grading of the playground at the Crosby School, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended, or take any action thereon.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the furnishing of the New Junior High School Building, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended, ro take any action thereon.


ART. 23. To determine in what manner the town ways, highways and bridges shall be repaired during the ensuing year.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen agents of the Town to institute and prosecute in favor of the Town and appear and defend suits and legal proceedings against or involving the interests of the Town, with power to employ counsel therein, and when necessary in all other legal matters and business appertaining to Town affairs during the year commencing March 1, 1921.


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ART. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the, direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipation of the revenue for the year 1921, the same to be repaid directly from the pro- ceeds of said revenue.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1921, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed , a Collector of Taxes.


ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the appointment or election of a Finance Committee of Twenty-one Citizens for the ensuing year.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee, or Committees, to consider the amendment, alteration, repeal or revision of, or additions to the Town's By-Laws, including By-Laws relating to buildings, or other structures and the "Limitation of particular classes of buildings to specified dis- . tricts or zones" and to report a draft of By-Laws to provide for the foregoing; make an appropriation therefor, or take action relating thereto.


ART. 29 To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 143 of the Acts of the year 1919, entitled, "An Act to provide for the pensioning of public school jani- tors in certain cities and towns," or take any action thereon.


ART. 30. To se if the Town will vote to transfer to Avail- able Receipts the balance of the Tax Title Surplus Account of 1914, or take any action thereon.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide an entrance to Spy Pond Playground from Well- ington Street, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate $500 for janitors salary for extra services performed in connection with the proposed meetings of the Boy Scouts of Arlington in the school buildings of the Town, or take any action thereon.


ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept and estab- lish as a 'Town way, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments the private way known as Bow-


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doin Street, from River Street to Rawson Road, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, make an appropriation for the construction of said way, de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is described as follows :


Begining at the point of the intersection of the westerly side line of River Street and the southerly side line of Bowdoin Street, said point being 455.07 feet northeasterly from a stone bound at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of River Street and the northerly side line of Warren Street ; thence northwesterly on the southerly side line of Bowdoin Street 530 feet to the easterly side line of Rawson Road : thence, northeasterly on said easterly side line of Raw- son Road 40.00 feet to the northerly side line of Bowdoin Street, thence, southeasterly on said northerly side line of Bowdoin Street 530.00 feet to the westerly side line of River Street; thence southwesterly on said northerly 'side line of River Street 40.00 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., approved May 17, 1915, by the Board of Survey, Arl- ington, Mass., and entitled "Plan and Profile of Amherst Street, Bowdoin Street, Cornell Street, Dartmouth Street, through land of H. W. Rawson, Arlington, scales 40 feet and 6 feet equal one inch, May 13, 1915, H. S. Adams, C. E.


ART. 34. To determine what sum of money the Town shall raise by general tax to defray town expenses, interest, debt and State Aid, and make an appropriation for the same.


And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and at the places herein speci- fied, by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in five or more conspicuous public places in the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.


Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this twenty-


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first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.


HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


CONSTABLE'S RETURN


Arlington, March 7, 1921.


By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the times and places, 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, by posting an attested copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in five or more con- spicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the times, places and objects of the meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate.


(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law requires, met in their respective voting places in said Arlington on Monday, the seventh day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon.


By the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1920 the Town had been divided into seven voting precincts, and places assigned as polling places for each pre- cinct as follows : 1


Precincts 1 and 2 (formerly precinct 2) at the Crosby School Building, Winter Street.


Precincts 3, 4, 5 and 6 (the centre section of the Town) at Robbins Memorial Town Hall.


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Precinct 7 (Arlington Heights section) at Locke School Building, Park Avenue.


As the acceptance by the Town of the provisions of the Act creating a limited or representative town meeting form of government marked an epoch in the history of the Town, it seems but proper that a brief outline of the changes neces- sary to be made to adapt the Town to the new form of gov- ernment should be made a part of this record.


By the provisions of the Act the Selectmen, Board of Public Works, and the Board of Assessors were made the Districting Board to divide the Town into "not less than five voting precincts" with the total number of voters in each precinct "approximately" the same. The Districting Board, after conferences with members of the Committee drafting the Bill, the Town Engineer and the Town Clerk, voted un- animously to divide the Town into seven precincts substan- tially in accordance with the plan of division submitted by the Town Clerk. The following is the report of the District- ing Board as filed with the Town Clerk.


Arlington, Mass., February 3, 1921.


Town Clerk of Arlington,


Dear Sir :


On January 24, 1921, after the Town had by vote accepted the Act to provide for precinct voting, the Districting Board, as provided for in that Act, met and organized with Horatio A. Phinney as Chairman and F. Alfred Patterson as Clerk.


The Board voted to divide the Town into seven (7) precincts, as follows :


Precinct I. All odd numbers on Massachusetts Avenue, from the centre line of Teel Street to the centre line of Tufts Street and River Street, and all streets between these points, and the Medford and Somerville lines. The even numbers of Teel Street and the odd numbers of Tufts Street and River Street are in this precinct. Voting place-Crosby School Building, Winter Street.


Precinct 2. Odd numbers on Teel Street and all Hen- derson Street, Cross Street and Cottage Avenue, odd numbers


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on Massachusetts Avenue to centre line of Teel Street, even numbers on Massachusetts Avenue from Cambridge line to centre line of Linwood Street, even numbers of Linwood Street and all streets between these points and the Belmont and Cambridge lines. Voting place-Crosby School Building, Winter Street.


Precinct 3. Even numbers of River and Tufts Streets to Massachusetts Avenue. Odd numbers of Massachusetts Avenue to centre line of Water Street. Odd numbers of Water Street to Mystic Street; through Boulevard to Mystic Lake. All numbers of Mystic Street to numbers 112 and 113 ยท(both sides) and all streets between these points and the Med- ford line. Voting place-Town Hall.


Precinct. 4. Odd numbers on Linwood, Street to Massa- chusetts Avenue and even numbers on Massachusetts Avenue from centre line of Linwood Street to centre line of Academy Street to centre line of Irving Street to centre line of Jason Street and all streets between these points and. the Belmont line. Even numbers of Academy Street, even numbers of Irving Street to No. 76 and even numbers of Jason Street from No. 60 are in this precinct. Voting place-Town Hall.


Precinct 5. From centre of Water Street (even numb- ers) to Massachusetts Avenue, odd numbers of Massachu- setts Avenue to centre line of Forest Street (No. 1173), odd numbers of Forest Street to Winchester Line, including all of Mystic Street from the intersection of Summer Street and the Boulevard to the Winchester Line. Voting place-Town Hall.


Precinct 6. Even numbers on Massachusetts Avenue from centre line of Academy Street (No. 734) to junction of Massachusetts and Appleton Street, even numbers on Apple- ton Street to Oakland Avenue, even numbers on Oakland Avenue to Cedar Avenue, even numbers on Cedar Avenue to Belmont Line, and all streets between these points and the Belmont Line. Odd numbers on Academy Street to Irving Street, odd numbers on Irving Street from No. 47, all odd numbers on Jason Street and even numbers on Jason Street to No. 58 are in this precinct. Voting place-Town Hall.


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Precinct 7. Junction of Massachusetts and Forest Street, all even numbers on Forest Street to Winchester Line. Odd numbers on Appleton Street to Oakland Avenue, odd numbers on Oakland Avenue to Cedar Avenue, odd numbers on Cedar Avenue to the Belmont Line, and all streets between these points and the Lexington Line. Voting place-Locke School Building, Park Avenue.


(Signed) F. ALFRED PATTERSON, Clerk.


The Districting Board was assisted in the work of divid- ing the Town into precincts and rearranging the list of voters so that approximately the same number would appear in each precinct. Owing to the topography of the Town this was almost impossible. The Board made the division, having in mind the convenience of the voters of the precincts rather than adhering too closely to the rather doubtful definition of the word "approximately."


The number of voters in each precinct is as follows : Precinct 1. Eleven hundred eighty-five (1185.)


2. Eleven hundred fifty-five (1155.)


3. Ten hundred eighty-three (1083.)


4. Ten hundred forty-two (1042.)


5. Ten hundred ten (IOIO.)


6. Ten hundred forty-one (1041.)


7. Thirteen hundred ninety-seven (1397.)


The work of making all necessary arrangements and procuring the equipment required to fit up seven distinct vot- ing places was referred to the Town Clerk.


The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the various pre- cincts, as follows :


Precinct One. George H. Lowe, Warden; Albert E. Olson, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers : Ernest Beers, Edmund J. Dug- gan, Elmer Buckley, Lizzie Buckley, William Eager, John J. Roach, Herbert B. Kellogg, Josephine Anderson, Michael J. Coughlin and Ruth M. Kelley.


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Precinct Two. William H. Nolan, Clerk; Herbert W. Rideout, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: Edward A. Smith, M. Cammie Jones, Charles H. Whittier, Elizabeth C. Cain, Carl O. Wenn- berg, John M. Carney, Peter J. McKenna, Urban W. Frink, John B. Meaney, Edwin M. Holian.


Precinct Three. George H. Peirce, Warden; Joseph J. Duffy, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: Charles H. Dunn, David T. Dale, George Duncan, Nelson Jost, J. Merrill Mann, Frank E. Kenney, William E. Robinson, Donald Strout, May Shean and Annie Murray.


Precinct Four. Frank Y. Wellington, Warden; William D. Grannan, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: William J. Sweeney, Jr., Annie D. Wellington, Edward J. Dineen, Emma A. Marsden, Stephen D. Merrill, Joseph W. Emerson, Frank L. Maguire, Jr., Fred N. Bennett, Frank W. Johnson, and Walter D. Grannan.


Precinct Five. Arthur J. Hendrick, Warden; Clarence F. Hill, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: Mary Donahue, Joseph W. Moore, Maurice L. Hatch, George J. White, Richard M. Healy, Walter T. Kenney, George F. McCaffrey, Mrs. C. A. Alden, John M. Hurley and Everett C. Tileston.


Precinct Six. James Doughty, Warden; Ralph W. Day, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: James Moir, Herman Buck- nam, Florrie Kelley, John Kelley, Floyd Battis, F. R. Scan- lon, John Dunn, Roger Dunbar, Margaret C. Moore and Eliza Kirsch.


Precinct Seven. Herbert L. Converse, Warden; F. Leo Dalton, Clerk.


Inspectors and Tellers: Richard Stockdale, George C. Tewksbury, William T. McCarthy, William Furdon, May Currier, George A. Bunton, Charles E. Daley, Chester T. Hoyt, Mary E. Russell and George A. Clark.


The foregoing officers were sworn to the faithful per-


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formance of their duties by the Town Clerk, Thomas J. Robinson.


The necessary ballots prepared for each precinct and all other paraphernalia for the proper conduct of the election were supplied by the Town Clerk and turned over to the of- ficers of the various precincts.


The polls were declared open in each precinct at six (6) o'clock in the morning, and remained open until five (5) o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.


The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total tally sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used.


The ballots cast were, after being counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, encased in a wooden box which was locked and sealed, and the same de- livered to the Registrars of Voters in the Town Clerk's office.


The Registrars canvassed the returns as made by the election officers, and the result was announced by the Town Clerk as follows :


Precinct . .


I 2


3 653


4 566


5 600


6


7 Total


Ballots cast. ... .513


396


533


651 3912


MODERATOR FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct.


I 2


Jacob Bitzer. 183


I38


3 I33


4 342 190


5 250


6 307 206


375 1728


John A. Colbert. 293


223


502


334


230 1978


Blanks


206


SELECTMAN AND OVERSEER OF THE POOR FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct . I


2


3


4


Arthur Birch 79


44


43


57


5 87 235 263


6 100


7 208 618


166 III I388 Timothy F. Collins 225


444


II3


Chas. H. Higgins 198


165


I53


392


94 335


315 IS21 Blanks


85


7 Total


Total


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TOWN CLERK FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct . I 2 3


4


5


6


7 Total


T. J. Robinson. . 428 315 545 467 493 457 557 3262


Blanks


650


TREASURER FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct . . I 2 285 407 488


3


4


5


6


7 Total


Chas. A. Hardy . 386


455 476 533 3030


Blanks


882


COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct . . I 2


3


4


5


6


7 Total


Ed. A. Bailey. . 392


286


435


484


45I


475 542 3065


Blanks


847


AUDITOR FOR ONE YEAR


Precinct. . . I 2


3


4


5


6


7 Total


G.M.Richardson 346


266


428


461


440


455


506 2902


Blanks


IOIO


ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct . . I 2


3


4


5 287


6


7 Total


P. T. Coleman. . 327


234


434


I54


18I


192 1809


F. A. Patterson. . 153


144


I79


372


273


323


423 1867


236 Blanks


BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR ONE YEAR Precinct . . .. . I 6 2


7 Total


Loren W. Marsh 344 265


460


404


444


506 2806


Blanks


1106


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct ..... I 2


3


4


5


6 399


442 2465


J. W. . Downs. .. 384


256


314


385


339


373


430 2481


A. H. Rice. .276


201


308


423


377


430 475


2490


Blanks


370I


7 Total


Carl H. Carroll.291


216


344


4II


362


5


3 383


4


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PLANNING BOARD FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct. I 2


3


4


5


6


7 Total


Caira Robbins .. 353


254 418 463


426 461


484 2859


Blanks


1053


BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct . . I 2 3


4


5


6


7 Total


C. F. Atwood ... 359


274 427 470


437 465 526 2958


Blanks


954


PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct. . I 2


3


4


5


6


7. Total


P. A. Goodale. . 343


255


362


435


404 435


500 2734


Blanks


1178


COMMISSIONER OF SINKING FUND FOR THREE YEARS


Precinct . . . I 2


3


4


H. Hornblower .35I


264


418


470


5 425 469 512 2909


1003 Blanks


TRUSTEE OF PRATT FUND FOR FIVE YEARS


Precinct ..... I 2 3


4


5


6


7 Total


H. Hornblower . 349 Blanks


259


403 467


409 459


50I 2847 1065


TRUSTEE OF EDWIN S. FARMER FUNDS FOR FIVE YEARS Precinct. I 2 6




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