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C.O. 537

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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,

dont you

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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