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ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to take over from the School Committee the building now known as No. 8 school, and make the necessary repairs and alterations to equip the building to be used for Town offices, and erect a vault, and to appropriate the sum of $13,000.00 or any sum; $600.00 of that amount to be transferred from the Community House Building Fund, and $12,400.00 to be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 or any sum to top dress and seed the area in front of the Pines School and erect a fence at that school, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $4,700.00 or any sum to purchase and install about 1100 feet of 6-inch water pipe with appropriate hydrants on Nokomis Road from Boston Road toward Main Street, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $5,000.00 or any sum to purchase and install about 1260 feet of 6-inch water pipe with appropriate hydrants on Forest Street, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the
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treasury the sum of $2,000.00 or any sum to purchase and install about 500 feet of 6-inch water pipe with appropriate hydrants on Hillcrest Drive, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $1,900.00 or any sum to purchase and install about 475 feet of 6-inch water pipe on Lake Drive from Boston Road to Hillcrest Drive, with easements to be secured from all property owners, said road being a private way, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote taken under Article 28 of the annual town meeting of March 25, 1950, "Voted unanimously to accept as a public way the right of way running easterly from the southerly end of Hillcrest Drive to Lake Drive for a distance of approximately 150 feet more or less, said way being 50 feet in width throughout said length, which 50 feet is made up of the 15 feet width shown as right of way on said plan plus additional land on both the northerly and southerly sides of said way as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk on February 15, 1949, with all of said additional land to be deeded to the Town by each abuttor for the considera- tion of $1.00."
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the right of way running easterly from the southerly end of Hillcrest Drive to Lake Drive for a dis- tance of approximately 150 feet more or less, said way being 40 feet in width throughout said length, which 40 feet is made up of the 15 feet width shown as right of way on said plan plus additional 20 feet on southerly side and 5 feet on northerly side of said way, as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk on February 15, 1949, with all of said additional land to be deeded to the Town by each abuttor for the consideration of $1.00.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way now known as Severyn Street as shown on Plan of Lots, Stony Hill Road, Frank and Louise Severyn, August 1941, William R. Hennessey, Sur- veyor, for a distance of 800 feet more or less, running in a westerly direction from the west side of Stony Hill Road to the Wilbraham-Springfield line, and to raise and appropri-
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ate the sum of $850.00 or any sum to defray the expense of same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to provide 3 street lights on Severyn Street, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way that portion of Dalton Street now a private way as shown on plan of land surveyed by William Hennessey, Land Surveyor, May 1947, beginning at the southerly end of that portion now accepted as a public way, and running southerly for a distance of approximately 365 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to provide 2 street lights on Dalton Street, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way now known as Bruuer Avenue, as shown on a plan of Norman Thurlow surveyed by Merrill & Sears, Civil Engineers, January 21, 1948, running in an easterly direction from Ripley Street for a distance of about 625 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 or any sum to defray the expense of same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept that portion of Ripley Street now a private way, as shown on plan of Norman Thurlow, surveyed by Merrill & Sears, Civil Engineers, January 21, 1948, being the extension of Ripley Street, running in a southerly direction for a dis- tance of 170 feet more or less to Bruuer Avenue, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 or any sum to defray the expense of same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept that portion of Weston Street now a private way, being the ex- tension of Weston Street, running in a southerly direction for a distance of about 125 feet more or less to Severyn Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or any sum to defray the expense of same, or take any action relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Opal Street, as shown on Plan of Land known as "The Pines" as surveyed by William Hennessey, Land Surveyor, April 1950, beginning at Stony Hill Road and running westerly for a distance of approximately 750 feet more or less to the private way now known as Walter Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Walter Street, as shown on Plan of Land known as "The Pines" as surveyed by William Hennessey, Land Surveyor, April 1950, beginning at Severyn Street and running southerly for a distance of approximately 480 feet more or less to the Boston & Albany right of way, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Colonial Road as shown on a plan of land in Wilbraham entitled "Colonial Acres" as surveyed for Harry R. Whyte and Mark Wads- worth by Merrill & Sears, Civil Engineers, dated August 24, 1946, beginning at Springfield Street and running south- westerly for a distance of approximately 800 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Brookside Drive as shown on a plan of land in Wilbraham entitled "Colonial Acres" as surveyed for Harry R. Whyte and Mark Wads- worth by Merrill & Sears, Civil Engineers, dated August 24, 1946, beginning at Colonial Road and running easterly for a distance of approximately 400 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Magnolia Street as shown on a plan entitled "Mountain View Park" as sur- veyed by Durkee, White and Towne, Engineers, April 1916, beginning at Boston Road and running southerly for a dis-
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tance of approximately 600 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $650.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the street now known as Edgewood Road as shown on a plan of lots in Wilbraham, Mass. as surveyed by Cobb, Beesley and Miles, Engineers, for J. Daniele & Sons, beginning at the intersection of Springfield Street and running southerly for a distance of approximately 540 feet more or less, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 or any sum to defray the expense thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to provide 7 electric lights along Boston Road from at or near the Construction Service Corporation west- erly to at or near the property now of Walter and Doris Koscial at No. 2339 Boston Road, a distance of approxi- mately 2900 feet, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to review the real estate valuations of the Town in order to correct any existing inequities, and to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $2,400.00 or any sum, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to relocate a portion of Soule Road, and for that purpose to accept from Y.M.H.A. Day Camp, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, a grant of an easement of way for street purposes, the same to be a town way, over the land of said corporation on Soule Road, and accept also the payment by said corpora- tion of the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars to defray in whole or in part relocation costs, in consideration of which the Town shall grant to said corporation its title to that portion of Soule Road which will be rendered unnec- essary by the relocation of said road, all in accordance with an offer made to the Selectmen by said corporation; and to authorize the Selectmen to accept a deed of said grant and payment of said sum in behalf of the Town, and to execute and deliver in behalf of the Town a deed of that portion of Soule Road rendered unnecessary as aforesaid, and generally to carry out the terms of said offer, and to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 or any sum for expense of relocating said road of which amount $500.00 shall be the
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amount accepted herein from said Corporation, and $500.00 balance to be raised by taxation, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Road Machinery Fund the sum of $4,500.00 to purchase a 2-ton dump truck and sand body, for use of the highway department, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to establish and maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provision of Chapter 74, General Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the amount of $200.00 therefor, said amount to be taken from the school department budget under Article 5, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $325.00 from Wilbraham Grange No. 153 as a gift toward the expense of the flag pole at the Wilbraham Memorial School.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chap- ter 820 of the Acts of 1950 to increase the pensions of former employees of the Town who have had fifteen years of service and who retired prior to November 1, 1949 by $100.00 a year, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town, 14 days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen, or whom- soever they authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Town, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1950.
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ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,500.00 or any sum for a Reserve Fund to be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Account, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote (as authorized by General Laws, Chapter 45, Section 14) to have the Play- ground Commission appointed by the Selectmen instead of having them elected by the voters, and thereby amend the provisions of the Town Meeting vote of February 5, 1945, under Article 20 of the Warrant, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $12,000.00 or any sum to be spent by the Water Department for additional household and busi- ness installations of water service, the cost of which is collected by the Town from the individuals or concerns requesting the installations, and which is returned to sur- plus funds, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 or any sum to be expended for civilian protection and defense by the local committee of Civil Defense, under the direction of the Board of Select- men, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee with authority to arrange a suitable program at Wilbraham Memorial School Building on Memorial Day, at which time plaques will be unveiled dedicating the building to the memory of the men of Wil- braham who have given their lives to their country, dedi- cating the flag pole presented by the Grange to the soldier dead from that organization and dedicating the health room to the memory of Dr. Arthur L. Damon, with the expenses incurred therefor to be met from the Memorial Day appro- priation under Article 5, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $2,000.00 or any sum to pay to the gar- bage collection contractor the amounts received by the town collector from garbage collection subscribers, said receipts to be restored as received by the Town collector to unappropriated available funds in the treasury, or take any action relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to rescind that part of the vote taken under Article 16 of the annual town meeting of March 25, 1950 "voted to accept as a public way the drive running from Main Street, to the Wilbraham Memorial School Building."
ARTICLE 50. To transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Post Office at Wilbra- ham, one at the Post Office at North Wilbraham and one at Glendale Church, seven days at least, before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one.
CARL NELSON IRVING J. CORDNER J. LORING BROOKS, JR. Selectmen of Wilbraham
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Town Services - Telephone Directory
Fire Tel. 24
Town Office Tel. 33
Department
Call
Telephone
Assessors - Property
Assessors
33
Birth Certificate
Town Clerk
33
Board of Health
Selectmen
33
Building Permits
Building Inspector
Mr. Herter
16-11
Charities and Relief
Welfare Department
33
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
33
Dog Roaming
Dog Warden
Mr. Bacon 4-13
Electrical Permits
Building Inspector
Mr. Herter
16-11
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
33
Highways
Superintendent
277
Library
Librarian
275
Marriage Licenses
Town Clerk
33
Police
Constables
Mr. Donahue
116-2
Peddlers, etc.
Selectmen
33
Rubbish, Garbage Disposal
Selectmen
33
Sanitary Inspectors
Selectmen
33
Schools
Pines
Sp. 8-1029
Schools
Wilbraham Memorial
148
School Nurse
Supt. of Schools
E. Long. 436
Taxes
Tax Collector
33
Town Treasurer
Town Office
33
Trees
Tree Warden
Mr. Hayn 232
Visiting Nurse
Visiting Nurse Assoc.
Sp. 2-4145
Water Department
Superintendent
Mr. Keyes 144
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APPENDIX FOR 1950
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This section contains the 1950 Reports and Expenditures of all Departments, publication of which is required by vote of Town Meeting
For Appendix Table of Contents see next page
APPENDIX Table of Contents Reports as filed, and expenditures of all town boards and departments
Page
Page
Aid to Agriculture Report .. 55
Aid to Agriculture Expense
..
55
Aid to Dependent Children Expenditures 55
Aid to Dependent Children
(Adm.) Expenditures
56
Animal Inspector's Report
56
Assessors' Report
56
Assessors' Expenditures
57
Auditor's Report
57
Board of Health Expenditures 57
Building Inspector's Report 58 Building Inspector's Expenditures 58
Cemeteries Expenditures
58
Dental Clinic Report 59 Dental Clinic Expenditures 59
Dog Officer's Report
59
Election Expenditures
59
Fire Department Report 60
Fire Department Expenditures 60 Forest Warden's Report 61 Forest Warden's Expenditures 61 Garbage Collection Service Expenditures 62
General Relief Expenditures
..
Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm
62
Disease Report .
63
Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm
Disease Expenditures
.
63
Gypsy Moth - Destroying
Dead Wood - Expenditures 63 Highways Expenditures - Chapter 81 63
Chapter 90 - Improving
and Rebuilding
64
Chapter 90 - Maintenance
64
Miscellaneous
65
Highland Avenue
66
Mountain View Street
66
Wilson Street
66
Safety Committee -
Protection of Children 66
Safety Committee - Expense 66 Insurance and Bonding Expenditures 67
Legal Expenditures 67 Library Report 67 Library Expenditures 68 Nurse Association Report .. 95 Well Child Clinic Expenditures 95 Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account Ex. . 96
Memorial Day Expenditures
68
Milk Inspector's Report
68
Old Age Assistance
Expenditures
68
Old Age Assistance
(Adm.) Expenditures
69
Parks Expenditures
69
Perry Barn Maintenance
Expenditures
69
Planning Board Report 70 Planning Board Expenditures 70 Playground Commissioners' Report . 70
Playground Commissioners' Expenditures 71
Police Expenditures
72
Printing Town Reports
72
Registrars' Expenditures
72
Reserve Fund Allocations
72
Road Machinery Operating Account Expenditures 73
Schools Report
73
Schools Expenditures 74
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report 86
Selectmen's Contingent
Expenditures
86
Slaughtering Inspector's Report 86
Street Lights Expenditures
86
Town Clerk's Report
87
Town Clerk's Expenditures
87
Town Collector's Report
87
Town Collector's Expenditures 88 Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries Expenditures 88
Town Offices, Rent and
Maintenance Expenditures .. 88
Treasurer's Report
89
Treasurer's Expenditures
91
Treasurer's Trust Funds Report 91
Tree Warden's Expenditures 92
Veterans' Benefits
Expenditures
92
Water Bonds and Interest
Water Department - Chlorination System Ex. 92
Water Department - Installations Ex. 93
Water Department -
Maintenance Expenditures . 93 Water Department -
New Construction Ex. . 94
Water Notes and Interest Ex. 94 Well Child Clinic and Visiting
Wilbraham Memorial School
Bonds and Interest Ex.
96
Wilbraham Memorial School Building Expenditures 96
Delmor Avenue
65
Expenditures
92
Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Report
According to Section 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, any town may appropriate money to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture for carrying out the provisions of the law under which they are appointed.
Agents of the Trustees have made contacts during the past year in your town either by public meetings, individual farm and home visits, group discussions, demonstrations or otherwise in attempting to assist citizens toward improved farm practices, better home man- agement and work with boys and girls in 4-H club work.
The following citizens have been of real assistance in promoting such assigned projects as have been conducted during the year: -
H. C. Heiden, Mrs. C. R. DuBray, Mrs. Howe Newell, Mrs. John K. Nordin, Mrs. J. W. Prendergast, Mrs. George Moore, Mrs. E. W. Hansen, Mrs. C. J. Smith, Jr., and Mrs. Weldon Fellows.
An expense of $44.00 was incurred by these local leaders for either travel or purchase of material needed in carrying on the various projects. Any appropriation made by your town is used exclusively for reimbursing your own citizens for any necessary expenses they may incur in performing such duties as may be assigned to them.
1950 Appropriation
$50.00
Balance carried over from 1949
.10
Total
$50.10
Expended in 1950
44.00
Balance available for 1951
$6.10
Appropriation recommended for 1951
$75.00
Respectfully,
TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE L. B. BOSTON, Clerk
Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Expenditures
Appropriation
$50.00
Expenditures
50.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
Aid to Dependent Children Expenditures
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Federal Grant (Balance from 1949)
658.50
Federal Grant (Received 1950)
2,306.41
$8,964.91
Expenditures - Cash - 7 Cases
7,047.47
Unexpended Balance
$1,917.44
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Aid to Dependent Children (Administration) Expenditures
Federal Grant received in 1950 Expenditures
$208.63 174.07
Unexpended Balance
$34.56
EXPENDITURES: (total $174.07) Helen C. Boden, part salary, $174.07.
Animal Inspector's Report
The annual inspection in Wilbraham of stables for cows, horses and goats and also living quarters for swine was carried out as usual and found to be satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST L. BACON
Assessors' Report
Appropriations to be raised by taxation
$277,504.08
Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds
78,660.95
State Parks and Reservations 1950 estimates
331.56
State Parks and Reservations 1949 underestimates
106.96
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 1950 estimates
779.27
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 1949 underestimates
31.18
County Tax 1950 estimates
8,351.68
County Tax 1949 underestimates
1,596.05
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
148.07
Overlay
9,352.52
$376,862.32
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$26,171.88 22,633.66
Corporation Taxes
Reimbursement on account of
publicly owned land
279.52
Old Age Meals Tax
589.24
Chapter 804, Acts of 1949
822.64
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
18,000.00
Licenses
3,000.00
Fines
200.00
Protection of Persons and Property
50.00
Health and Sanitation
1,300.00
Charities (other than federal grants)
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants) 8,500.00 Veterans' Benefits
1,000.00
Schools (Funds from Income Tax not to be included)
12,000.00
Libraries
100.00
Public Service Enterprises
12,000.00
Interest
100.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
95.04
(overestimates of previous years)
78,660.95
From Available Funds
188,002.93
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ASSESSORS' REPORT (Continued)
Net Amount Raised by Taxation
188,859.39
$376,862.32
Number of Polls 1,282
$2,564.00
Valuation of Personal Property
$494,502.00
Tax on Personal Property
$17,802.07
Valuation of Real Estate
4,680,370.00
$5,174,872.00
Tax on Real Estate
168,493.32
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property
$188,859.39
Tax Rate $36.00 on $1,000.00
Tax on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$37,652.72
Live Stock assessed as follows: Horses 63, Cows 210, Bulls 7, Oxen 6, Yearlings 19, Heifers 65, Swine 192, Sheep 7, Goats 5, Ponies 4, Turkey 440, Fowl 19,845.
Number of Dwellings 1,083.
Respectfully submitted, E. RAY PEASE GEORGE E. EGAN HENRY I. EDSON
Assessors' Expenditures
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$1,400.00
31.00
Expenditures
1,430.21
Unexpended Balance
$0.79
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,430.21) Conklin Office & Supply Co., Inc., supplies, $7.20; Gladys M. Clark, clerical, $119.42; Credit Bureau, $1.00; Broadway Office Supply Co., supplies, $9.80; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $69.79; Mass. Assessors Association, dues, $6.00; Remington Rand, typewritter ribbons, $2.50; Rice & Watkins, Inc., photo enlargement, $4.50; Royal Typewriter Co., repairs, $27.75; E. Ray Pease, reimbursement steel tapes, $9.00; The Huntting Co., bind- ing valuation books, $28.25; The Stoneham Independent, excise table, $1.00; Josephine M. Pease, clerical, $1,144.00.
Auditor's Report
This is to certify that I have made an audit of the financial records of the Town of Wilbraham for the year 1950, and that I found them satisfactory, well taken care of and in good condition.
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