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Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way called Adams street as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established.
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Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way called Columbia street as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way leading off Middlesex ave. at the prem- ises of Mrs. Gertrude H. Eames as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established. and to choose a name for the same.
Art. 21. To see what name the Town will choose for the new road leading to the house of Andrew Larson.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Main street from the resi- dence of S. R. McIntosh to the residence of J. Arthur Taylor.
Art. 23. To see what method the Town will adopt to obtain additional accommodations for the classes now in the High School Building.
Art. 24. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to carry out the method adopted under the previous article.
Art. 25. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase a steam gong for fire alarm pur- poses.
Art. 26. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase one or more horses for the Fire Department.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $15.000 to install a pole line and necessary electrical apparatus upon the highways for street lighting and commer- cial purposes.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to borrow said sum of $15,000. appropriated under Article 27. and issue therefor the note of the Town signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. said note to be dated June 1. 1908, payable in annual instalments of $1.000 each, the whole sum payable in fifteen years from date with interest
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at the rate of not exceeding five per centum per annum, pay- able semi-annually upon unpaid balances.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will establish by vote a committee to be called Electric Light Commissioners, to serve for one year ; said Commissioners to have full power to expend said sum of $15,000 appropriated under Article 27, in constructing and equipping said pole line and apparatus upon the highways, to purchase all needed supplies and material, to contract for the purchase and sale of electricity, and to manage and direct said service during the ensuing year.
Art. 30. To see what method of choosing Electric Light Commissioners in future years the Town will adopt.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to exchange with Mr. Robert H. Gowing certain land adjacent to the old cemetery for certain land of his also adjoining the old cemetery.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the Town this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
GTO
THE
730
WHITEFIELD ELM
GEORGE W. BUCK, ARTHUR T. BOND, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Selectmen of Wilmington.
A TRUE COPY-ATTEST :
WILLIAM E. SWAIN, Constable of Wilmington.
TOWN MEETING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, HELD MARCH 2, 1908.
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing war- rant, the voters assembled on the above date; the votes taken as declared by the Moderator are as follows :
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read, and Article 1 taken up.
Art. 1. Hon. Chester W. Clark was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot, and the check list being used.
Art. 2. The Moderator examined the ballot box, which was found empty, the register indicated 000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable. The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk. The Moderator announced that the polls for the election of officers were open, and that balloting might proceed. Under this article later on it was voted that the polls for the election of officers be closed at 4 o'clock p.M. At the appointed time the Moderator declared the polls closed. The names checked upon the list num- bered 177, and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered 177, and the register indicated 177.
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The following is the vote as declared by the Moderator :
FOR SELECTMEN, " TO ACT AS OVERSEERS OF THE POOR"
Arthur T. Bond (elected )
Edward N. Eames ( elected)
John W. Hathaway (elected)
140 66
Dudley B. Purbeck
93
Patrick Kellet
66
1
Blanks
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FOR ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
James E. Kelley (elected)
Blanks
had 134 votes 43
FOR ASSESSOR, TWO YEARS
George W. Buck (elected)
Blanks
.
.
had 144 votes 33
FOR ASSESSOR, ONE YEAR
Henry L. Carter (elected )
had 111 votes
Howard H. Horton
44
Blanks
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FOR TOWN CLERK
James E. Kelley (elected )
Blanks
had 135 votes 42
FOR TREASURER
Fred A. Eames (elected)
Blanks
had 164 votes 13
FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Joseph Patchett (elected )
.
had 164 votes
Blanks
13
.
.
had 123 votes
115
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FOR AUDITOR
Bernard F. Doucette (elected)
Blanks
had 148 votes 29
FOR CONSTABLE
William E. Swain (elected )
had 142 votes
Blanks
.
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FOR FENCE VIEWERS
Arthur T. Bond (elected )
had 90 votes
Edward N. Eames ( elected) .
66 110
Caleb S. Harriman
66
78 66
John W. Hathaway (elected)
66 85 66
Dudley B. Purbeck
66
72 16
Blanks
96
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THREE YEARS
Robert H. Gowing ( elected )
had 151 votes
Blanks
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FOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, THREE YEARS
Joseph Patchett (elected )
had 152 votes
D. Fred Waite (elected)
130
Blanks
72
FOR SINKING FUND COMMISSIONER, THREE YEARS
Chester W. Clark (elected )
had 135 votes
Blanks
42
LICENSE VOTE
Yes
18 votes
No
132 "
Blanks
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Art. 3. Motion made that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names as nominations for the
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several offices to be filled under the article. Carried. Committee, Joseph Patchett, William H. Carter and E. C. Folkins, who sub- mitted the following list which, on motion, was accepted and adopted and the nominees declared elected.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Herbert C. Barrows James E. Kelley Donald K. Colgate
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK
Walter D. Carter
Herbert C. Barrows
James E. Kelley J. Henry Buck
MEASURER OF LEATHER J. Arthur Taylor
Michael J. McMahon
FIELD DRIVERS
Francis Nichols
Warren Eames
George A. Hart
W. Warren Carter
POUND KEEPER Warren Eames
COMMON COMMITTEE Joseph Patchett
TREE WARDEN Howard M. Horton
Art. 4. Motion that the School Committee report, on page 50, be amended by striking out the figures $1000 and inserting in place thereof the figures $900, salary of Principal of High School. Carried. Motion to amend the Fire Department report, on page 78, by striking out the figures $695.57 and inserting in place thereof the figures 8698.57. Carried. As amended the printed reports were accepted.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
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Art. 5. Voted to re-appropriate the sum called for by the article.
APPROPRIATIONS
Art. 6.
Schools, including books and supplies and salary of Supt. $8,000 00
Salary of School Committee 150 00
Highways, Roads and Bridges 1,800 00
Support of Poor . 800 00
Repairs of Public Buildings ($300 of which is to be spent on the Whitefield School)
700 00
Cemeteries .
350 00
Support of Public Library
Motion that $400 and the unexpended balance from last year's appropriation be the amount, decided in the negative by the Moder- ator. Motion that three hundred and fifty dollars and the unex- pended balance from last year be the amount, and that the Trustees be instructed to expend the accumulated interest on the Buck Fund. Not carried. Motion to raise and appropriate $400 and appropriate the unexpended balance from last year, and that the Trustees may use the interest on the Buck Fund. Carried. $400 00
Police .
200 00
Salaries of Town Officers
1,800 00
Printing
200 00
Outstanding indebtedness
350 00
Notes payable
690 00
Sinking fund
850 00
Interest 300 00
Memorial Day 125 00
Miscellaneous (the unexpended from last year and ) 400 00
Abatement of taxes (the unexpended from last year and) 150 00 Fire Department (the unexpended from last year and) 600 00
Suppression of moths .
508 97
Art. 7. Motion : That a committee of three appointed by the chair retire and bring in later a list of salaries for the
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several town officers. Carried. Committee, William E. Gowing, Lawrence C. Swain, Eugene G. Shaw. The com- mittee reported recommending that the salary of the Chair- man of the Selectmen should be $175; of each of the other Selectmen, $125 ; of the Assessors, $90 each ; of the Treasurer, $125; and that the salaries of all other officers be the same as they were last year. It was voted to accept the report. A motion was made that the recommendations contained in the committee's report be adopted. Mr. Hathaway then moved to amend the motion in such a manner as to make the salary of the Town Clerk $75 and the salary of the Treasurer $150. After debate the amendment to the motion to amend was adopted. The motion to amend, as amended, was then put to vote and carried. The question recurring on the original motion as amended, it passed in the affirmative.
Art. 8. Motion : That the sum of $125 be raised and appropriated, and that a committee of three appointed by the chair have charge of expending the same. Carried $125. Chair appointed Charles E. Littlefield, Robert H. Gowing and Donald K. Colgate as said committee.
Art. 9. Motion: That two per cent. be paid the Col- lector on all taxes collected by him; and that the same method employed in the past be adopted. Carried.
Art. 10. Motion : That the Treasurer be authorized under the direction of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year, to be ex- pressly payable therefrom within one year from borrowing the same. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative. At this point the following vote was carried in the affirma- tive: That the Selectmen be authorized to use any money remaining in the treasury from appropriations not used in full, "after the purposes for which the money was raised have been accomplished," to pay any liabilities incurred for other objects in excess of appropriations.
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Art. 11. Voted to install both telephones. At this point an intermission was taken to give all who wished an opportunity to partake of a first-class dinner served in the vestry of the church by the Ladies' Benevolent Society. A motion was made and carried that the Moderator extend to the ladies the courtesy of the meeting. They availed them- selves of the opportunity at the afternoon session by visiting the meeting in a body.
Art. 12. Motion: That a committee of three be ap- pointed by the chair to consider the question and report at a future meeting. Carried. Committee appointed, H. M. Horton, S. R. Rice and L. C. Swain.
Art. 13. Voted, not to purchase the lot of land.
Art. 14. Voted, to pass the article.
Art. 15. A motion was made in the words of the article to instruct the Selectmen to sell said timber, which, on being put before the meeting was declared in the negative.
Art. 16. Voted, to raise and appropriate $75 to pay William L. Kincaid for horse fatally injured while in use of the Fire Department.
Art. 17. Motion : That the Selectmen be instructed to sell the land specified in the article at a price not less than its appraised value, and execute to the purchaser thereof in the name of the Town, a quitclaim deed thereof.
Art. 18. On motion it was voted to accept and allow said street to be established.
Art. 19. On motion it was voted to accept and allow said street to be established.
Art. 20. On motion it was voted to accept and allow said street to be established, and that it be called Mystic avenue.
Art. 21. On motion it was voted the new road leading to the house of Andrew Larson be called Miller street.
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Art. 22. Motion : That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and instructed to construct a sidewalk not less than seven feet wide on the easterly side of Main street, from the residence of S. R. McIntosh to the residence of J. Arthur Taylor, the cost of said work to be charged to electric rail- road tax. After debate on the motion, it was voted not to construct at the present time.
Art. 23. Motion : That the School Board be authorized to make such changes at the high school building as in their judgment are necessary at an expense not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) decided in the negative.
Art. 24. Voted to pass the article.
Art. 25. Motion : That $150 be raised and appropriated to purchase a gong. Carried.
Art. 26. Motion : That $200 be raised and appropriated to purchase a horse for the Fire Department, said horse to be kept at North Wilmington. Carried.
Art. 27. The committee made the following report which was read by Mr. Harriman :
To the Citizens of the Town of Wilmington, Mass. :
GENTLEMEN : The committee appointed at the last Town meeting on street lighting respectfully submits the follow- ing report :
We have gone over this matter in a very careful man- ner, have talked with different parties, and while it may seem that we ought to have been able to have made our report before this date, yet we have found this a subject that needed much thought and consideration before we could arrive at a plan that would be a permanent improvement to the Town and also a satisfactory method of lighting the Town at a reasonable expenditure of money.
The committee have considered different methods of lighting, and they are unanimously in favor of electricity.
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With this method in mind we have gone over the matter with the Edison and Lowell Electric Light Companies, to get from them a different proposition to establish a pole line in Town and do the lighting, both street and commercial. at a defi- nite fixed charge for a term contract. with very unsatisfactory results.
We next took up the proposition of the Town building its own pole line. and wiring for street lights and commer- cial work. taking care of the maintenance of same themselves and buying the power from some outside source at a fixed rate per kilowatt hour on a short contract.
This method has proved the most satisfactory, every- thing considered. and we therefore. as a committee, unani- mously adopted it as a basis to work from.
We find we can get from the Town of Reading a five- year contract to furnish the Town of Wilmington electric power at their switchboard at six cents per kilowatt hour. which is a very good rate.
It will cost to erect and wire a pole line of from 10 to 12 miles, and connect with private residences. $15.000.
It will cost a private individual to wire his house for electric lights from $30 to $100.
It will cost the Town to connect with a private individ- ual's house approximately $40.
With these figures in mind. we unanimously recommend the following :
1st. That the Town borrow on its note $15.000 at not over 5 per cent. interest per year. the principal payable in 15 years, $1.000 to be raised each year by taxation to meet these payments.
2d. That the Town appoint a committee of five with full power to expend the same in building a pole line. wiring same for street lights and commercial lights, with the neces- sary apparatus to operate the system in a satisfactory man- ner.
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3d. That this committee be instructed to contract with the Town of Reading for power at their switchboard at the best possible rate for a term of five years, the rate not to exceed 6 cents per kilowatt hour for continuous service ; also that the committee be instructed to contract with any other party or parties, if in their judgment it seems best to do so.
4th. That this committee be instructed to make the best possible arrangements with the New England Tel. & Tel. Co. for the use of their poles, if it seems feasible to do so.
We estimate it will cost the Town of Wilmington for the first year $4,000, less the profit on the commercial lighting.
Our estimate is made up as follows :
Payment on note
$1,000 00
Interest on note .
600 00
Power .
1,200 00
Maintenance
1,000 00
Contingencies
200 00
$4,000 00
The following streets are included in the 10 miles of pole line as laid out by the committee :
Lowell St .. from Reading line
to Main St.
Woburn St.,
Perry's Corner.
" Buck's Corner.
Wildwood St.,
Buck's Corner
" Middlesex Ave.
Main St .. .. Town Farm
" Lake St.
Lake St., Main St. Main St.
" J. T. Wild's house.
Burlington Ave.,
" Boutwell's Corner. South School
Chestnut St.,
Burlington Ave.
Middlesex Ave ..
Main St.
" Andover St.
Church St ..
", Main St.
" Middlesex Ave.
Clark St., 66 Church St.
" Middlesex Ave.
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Andover St., Salem St., High St.,
from Middlesex Ave. to Brown's Crossing
Andover St.
Woburn St.
" Middlesex Ave.
" Woburn St.
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D. B. PURBECK. D. T. BUZZELL. HERBERT N. BUCK. CHAS. J. SARGENT. E. S. HARRIMAN.
After the reading of the report a motion was made to pass the article : decided in the negative. A motion was then made by Mr. Harriman in the words of the article. which he later withdrew, no objection being made, and the following motion was made : That the report of the commit- tee on public lighting be accepted as a partial report. and that the committee be continued with instructions to report further at a future meeting. Carried.
Art. 28. No action taken. Art. 29. No action taken.
Art. 30. No action taken.
Art. 31. Motion that the Selectmen be authorized to make the exchange of land referred to in the article.
After a declaration of the vote under article 2, the meet- ing adjourned, sine die.
A TRUE COPY - ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Esquire, Constable of the Town of Wilming- ton,
Greeting : -
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in accordance with the By-laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the sixteenth day of March current, at eight o'clock P. M., to act upon the following articles, namely : -
Art. 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to construct and main- tain within its limits a plant for the manufacture and distribution of electricity for furnishing light for municipal use, or light, heat or power for the use of its inhabitants, or for either of said purposes ; to borrow for a term not exceeding thirty years such sum of money as may be deemed necessary for such construction, and appropriate the same therefor ; to establish a sinking fund on account thereof ; and to elect by ballot a municipal light board of three citizens to serve for one, two and three years, respectively, with the powers given to such boards by the statute; all in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 34 of the Revised Laws, and all acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto ; or to take any action in rela- tion to the subject.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to sell any of thé unredeemed land now held by the Town, or what they will do in regard to the same.
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Art. 4. To hear the report of the Committee on the Cemetery Fence and to see how much the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate to extend the cemetery fence, or what they will do in regard to the same.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
THE
730 .:
WHITEFIELD ELM
JOHN W. HATHAWAY, EDWARD N. EAMES, ARTHUR T. BOND,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 16, 1908
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the war- rant read and Article 1 taken up.
Art. 1. Hon. Chester W. Clark was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot and the check list being used.
Art. 2. After extended remarks by the Chairman of the Com- mittee, Mr. Dudley B. Purbeck, in favor, and by Dr. Alfred M. Allen and others, against, a motion was presented by Mr. Herbert N. Buck and was read by the Moderator, who decided the same should be divided into two parts, each part to be acted on separately. Part one was as follows : -
That the Town construct and maintain a plant with all the requisite appliances for the distribution of electricity for lighting the streets and for furnishing light, heat or power for the use of its inhabitants in the following named streets and parts of streets, to wit: Lowell street; Woburn street from Perry's corner to Buck's corner; Wildwood street; Main street from the Town Farm to Lake street; Lake street from Main street to the residence of J. T. Wild; Burlington avenue from Main street to Boutwell street ; Chestnut street from Burlington avenue to the south school house ; Middlesex avenue ; Church street; Clark street from Church street to Middlesex avenue; Andover street from Middlesex avenue to Brown's Crossing ; Salem street from Andover street to Woburn street ; High street ; and that if the officials of the Town to be charged with the duty of constructing said plant shall deem it expedient to extend the same into other streets or parts of streets, they are hereby authorized to do so as far as the appropriation of money that may be made therefor will admit.
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The vote was taken by ballot, all names being checked on the list before voting. The result was as follows: Whole number of votes, 143; yes, 52; no, 91; and the Moderator declared the motion not carried. As a result of the vote the Moderator ruled the second part of the motion not in order.
Art. 3. Voted, that the Selectmen for the present year be authorized and instructed to sell any of the unredeemed land now held by the Town.
Art. 4. After some remarks in regard to the expense, etc., the Moderator put a motion to raise and appropriate six hundred dollars, which on being put to a vote was decided in the negative. The vote was doubted and on a standing vote 6 voted in the affirm- ative and 24 in the negative, so the motion was lost.
On motion, voted the meeting be dissolved.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilmington : Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in the manner provided by Section 2 Article 1 of the By-Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Saturday, the fourth day of April next, at 7.45 in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the highway known as " Miller Street " to " Marion Avenue," or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $350 for the purchase and maintenance of six self gas generating street lamps for experiment in demonstrating the utility of such lamps for street lighting, and authorize the Select- men to purchase and locate and maintain the same, or what it will do in regard to the matter.
Art. 4. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to extend the cemetery fence.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provis- ions of Chapter 191, Acts of 1907, creating a Board of Survey.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and the seal of the Town, this twenty- fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eight
TO
S .:
730
I THE
WHITEFIELD ELMI
J. W. HATHAWAY, EDWARD N. EAMES, ARTHUR T. BOND, Selectmen of Wilmington.
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 4, 190S
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk, the warrant read, and under Article 1 Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator.
Art 2. On motion it was voted to change the name of Miller street to Marion avenue.
Art. 3. Motion : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $350 for the purchase and maintenance of six (6) or more street lamps, and authorize the Selectmen to select, purchase, locate, and maintain same at their best discretion. On being put to a vote the motion was declared not carried.
Art. 4. Motion : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars to extend the Cemetery fence, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen. On being put to a vote the motion was declared carried.
Art. 5. On motion to accept said chapter creating a Board of Survey, by a viva voce vote, it was declared by the Moderator accepted.
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