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on printed forma are altered and other words
substituted, in manuscript, that bear a different
meaning to the words which are struck out,
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think you were exceeding your duties by alg.ing o'da
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No, I didnt think so at the time, because nearly every one of these letters were practically drafted by myself,
or by the head clerk, and until quite recently they
were never seen by the Board.
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I will give you a specific case, where the words "make
guca" which are in the Ordinance have been struck out,
and the word "reconcrete" substituted. Do you consider
they are synonymous terme ?
They were, if the concrete was in such a state
You have no technical knowledge of concrete; you sit 14678
in the office to sign these notioun.
I have a written report before me.
it is enough
Therefore to alter these forms you think to meet the 14679
case as presented by the Sanitary Inspector, You alter
them to meet the acae as presented by the Sanitary Inspector?
That is ao.
And do you consider a Sanitary Inspector as power to th
alter the wording of an Ordinance. Do you consider his
language better than the language of the Ordinance ▼
As far as the wording is concerned, the wording of the
Ordinance is far preferable.
Why then, were you & party to the wording being
altered ?
The reason is because I thought, from the report of
the Inspector, that the concrete was in such a
condition that the only way to make it good, as far as the requirements of section lll were concaracù, ma to
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