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ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in antici- pation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will employ night watchmen the ensuing year, and how much money they will raise for the purpose.
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ART. 10. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
ART. 11. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the enforcement of the liquor law.
ART. 12. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the care and improvement of the Common, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 13. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance of water works for the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to use any unexpended balance in their hands to extend water mains in such streets as in their judgment is for the best interest of the Town.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will allow the Water Com- missioners to use a part of the lot of land on Parker street to erect a shop upon, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will introduce water into the cemetery and establish two or more drinking fountains in such places as the trustees may select, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the suit of the Reading Water Company against the Town.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will authorize their treasurer to deposit money of the Town in his hands in the First National Bank of Reading, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will authorize the selectmen to finish off an additional room in the town building and fur- nish the same, and that the sum of two hundred and fifty dol- lars be raised and appropriated for the purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will change the time of hold- ing the Annual Town Meeting from the first Monday in April to the first Monday in March, said change to take effect in 1892.
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ART. 21. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of fire hose.
ART. 22. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to purchase an extension ladder for fire purposes.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to procure coats for the use of the Hook and Ladder Company and hosemen of the Steamer and Hancock Company, or see what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will erect a fire alarm box near the residence of Charles A. Weston, on West street and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate five hundred dollars for concrete sidewalks and edgestones, provided the abutters pay one-half.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate three hundred dollars for concrete gutters and crosswalks.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate two hundred dollars to repair concrete sidewalks when worn and broken.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take in regard to clearing the ditch from Haven street under Green street to the railroad at Washington street.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate two hundred dollars to change the grade of street and build a side- walk on the southerly side of Lowell street, from Sanborn street to Linden street, or what they will do.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate six hundred dollars to pipe for the purpose of draining Woburn street from the residence of Miss Annie E. Appleton, into the brook at the foot of Appleton's Hill "so called."
ART. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate
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seventeen hundred dollars to build the extension of Middlesex avenue, from Bancroft avenue to Lowell street as ordered by the County Commissioners.
ART. 32. To see what action the Town will take in regard to changing the grade of the street and sidewalk on Woburn street, in front of Benjamin M. Boyce's residence, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to meet such change.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate three hundred dollars for incidental highways.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will build a wall and sidewalk on the east side of Main street, from land of George A. Ver- mille, about 300 feet southerly, and raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for the purpose of defraying the expense of the same or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 35. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to construct a sidewalk on Main street, from the residence of Arthur E. Davis, to the residence of Oren N. .Jones.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred dollars to enlarge culvert across Woburn street at the junction of High street, or what they will do.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will raise the sidewalk of Main street from the house formerly owned by Cephas Parker to Washington street, and raise and appropriate fifty dollars for the same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate the unex- pended balance of the money raised at the last annual town meeting, towards lowering the drain pipe located on Main street, between Patrick Devaney's house and the brook which runs through Moses Morse's field.
ART. 39. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to concrete the sidewalk on Ash street, com-
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mencing at Lyceum Hall extension, and extending to Robert C. Totten's line, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to build a crosswalk across Woburn street on the northerly side of High street, and one across Chute street from High street to Haven street, also a concrete sidewalk on the northerly side of High street from Woburn street to Chute street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to grade and concrete the sidewalk on the westerly side of Main street, across Minot street to the railroad crossing, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to construct a drain to take away the surface water from the corner of Main and Hopkins streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 43. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to repair the sidewalk on Ash street from the railroad crossing to its end at the house of William Lovejoy, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purchase and planting of shade trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Town Improvement Association, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 45. To see if the town will erect and maintain two street lights on Prescott street, one at the bridge near the residence of Mrs. Cunningham, and one at the corner of Pratt and Prescott streets.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to erect curbstones, and build a concrete walk on the northerly side of Washington and High streets, between the catch-basin at the junction of Washington
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and Ash streets, to the junction of High and Haven streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will sell that portion of the cemetery which lies between land owned by G. W. Atkinson heirs and A. J. Barr, the same to be sold for building pur- poses, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 48. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to widen the street and make a sidewalk on Charles street, from Main to Pearl streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate five hundred dollars to buy crushed stone for the streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate fifty dollars for the care of the Town Clock on the Old South Church.
ART. 51. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 386, Acts of 1890, in relation to the Australian ballot system for election of municipal officers, and determine what officers they will vote for under said system.
ART. 52. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to lay a concrete walk over Washington street from Minot street to east side Lincoln street with necessary curbstones, and make opening from gutter on Lincoln street to culvert, also grade sidewalk on Lincoln street from proposed concrete crossing to R. R. station, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will instruct the proper officers to lay out and make a sidewalk on the southerly side of Woburn street from West street to the residence of Needham Nichols, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 54. To see if the Town will lay concrete walk with edgestones from E. F. Parker's on Salem street to Pleasant
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street, through Harnden street, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
ART. 55. To see if the Town will lay concrete walks with edgestones on Salem street, from Hill's Brush Factory to Main street at T. B. Pratt's, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 56. - To hear and act on the report of the Road Com- missioners on widening and grading Elliott street, and deter- mine if the Town will raise and appropriate four hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose.
ART. 57. To hear and act on the report of the Road Com- missioners on laying out and building Winthrop avenue, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate two hundred dollars for the purpose.
ART. 58. To hear and act on the report of the Road Com- missioners on widening Hopkins street, and raise and appro- priate three hundred dollars for the same.
ART. 59. To hear and act on the report of the Road Com- missioners in relation to guide-posts.
ART. 60. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, this twenty-fifth day of March, A. D. 1891.
STILLMAN M. PRATT, CHARLES W. ABBOTT, R. DEXTER TEMPLE,
Selectmen of Reading.
A true copy .- Attest :
Constable
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LIST OF NAMES FOR JURORS.
The subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Reading, have pre- pared the following list of persons who, in their judgment are quali- fied to serve as jurors, and respectfully submit the same for the action of the town :-
Austin, Henry K.
Ford, Lafayette.
Bancroft, Frederick.
Jones, Oren N.
Barrows, Cyrus M.
Lovejoy, Eugene L.
Bassett, Edwin.
McKay, James.
Batchelder, Howard W.
Martin, Calvin L.
Blood, Edwin W.
Meader, George C.
Boyce, George A.
Moulton, Wilder C.
Brown, Henry M.
Nichols, D. Henry.
Brooks, Edward F.
Nichols, D. Marshall.
Canty, John D.
Nichols, Richard B.
Coney, Charles S.
Parker, Frank.
Cook, Walter F.
Parker, Henry F.
Cox, Charles H.
Parker, Fred H.
Crowe, William L.
Parker, Stillman E.
Damon, George H.
Parker, Horace A.
Deadman, Henry.
Perkins, William H.
Danforth, Alfred W.
Pratt, Harland P. Putnam, George L.
Eaton, John H.
Richardson, David G.
Eames, Charles B.
Sargent, George A.
Eames, Rufus C.
Sawyer, Addison A.
Eames, Edward B.
Emerson, Arthur G. .
Swain, Charles H. Spinney, William F. Temple, Arthur W.
Gleason, Rodney H.
Griggs, James H.
Twombly, Willie E.
Harrington, Edward B.
Wadsworth, George F.
Foss, Jacob K.
Weston, Charles A.
Fairbanks, Charles E.
Wight, Ephraim.
STILLMAN M. PRATT, CHARLES W. ABBOTT, R. DEXTER TEMPLE.
Selectmen of Reading.
Davis, William W.
INDEX.
Town Officers, 1890-91 . 3
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered . 6
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Marriages Registered 8
66 Deaths Registered . 10
66 Dogs Licensed 11
Report of the Overseers of the Poor 12
Assessors' Report, Valuation 17
Selectmen's Account
19
Road Commissioners' Account and Report
34
Collector's Report 45
Treasurer's Report
46
Auditors' Report .
50
Report of the Board of Engineers
53
Police Report . 57
Cemetery Report 58
Library Report 60
Report of Water Commissioners 63
Report of School Committee . 83
66 66
Organization of the Committee 84
66
66 66 Table of Salaries . 91
66
General Statistics 96
66
Financial Report 96
Town Warrant
103
List of Jurors
111
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