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wagons, to remove branches oi trees, I think the surveyor 

 has a right to do it. 



Mr. , I understand he has the right to, and is liable 



to a fine if he doesn't do that, 



Mr. Dickinson. I presume any tree warden, in consul- 

 tation with the surveyor, would come to the same view of it. 



Mr. J. G. AvEKY (of Spencer) . Would it be unreasonable 

 to require that automobiles be numbered as they come from 

 Boston, and have "Boston" on them, and be registered in 

 Boston with that number, so that ^vhen the^^ pass me on the 

 street I can see the number and the place of registration? 

 The State roads make fine places for the automobiles, and 

 when they are going at a fast rate they don't want to slow 

 up for me when lam driving. Last week I was out driving, 

 and my horse, which was never afraid before, was frightened 

 that time. 



Mr. Dickinson. I would join in that recommendation. 

 I believe there will be a great improvement soon. The 

 situation is very much as it was with the bicycle, before the 

 public had learned to adjust itself to it. I certainly think 

 if there were some way of identifying automobiles it would 

 be well. 



Question. What rights have bicycles in the highway? 



Mr. Dickinson. I think those are regulated by municipal 

 by-laws. They have the right to be on the highway, but 

 not on the sidewalk. I think they are excluded in all cases 

 from sidewalks. Their place is on the highway. 



Question. Has it not been decided they are machines, 

 instead of vehicles ? 



Mr. Dickinson. I think it has been decided otherwise. 



Mr. G. M. Whitaker (of Boston) . In case a town widens 

 her highways or rebuilds them, or constructs a sidewalk on 

 the highway, does that work put in the hands of the highway 

 surveyor certain rights as to shade trees? So far as that 

 work is concerned, does it supersede the work of the tree 

 warden ? 



Mr. Dickinson. I should think so. It would be absurd 

 to say that the tree warden, whose office is to preserve shade 

 trees for beautifying the road, should have his office so mag- 



