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$6,771 85
$94,778 35
$96,118 80
$2,326 38
$3,666 83
City of Malden.
79 55
79 55
15 82
15 82
Town of Wakefield.
School Incidentals and Manual Training ..
Public Library
6,061 35
Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters
500 00
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS (Continued.)
Overdrawn.
Unexpended ..
$3,666 83 2,326 38
$1,340 45
Expenses for the Year 1900.
96,118 80
Add Temporary Loans
75,000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders.
171,118 80
Expenses above.
96,118 80
Less Following Amounts Due on Account of Year 1900 :
State and Military Aid
2,455 00
Estate Eliza C. Swan.
38 04
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
98 40
C ty of Waltham.
106 00
City of Malden ..
79 55
City of Melrose ..
7 15
Town of North Reading.
95 55
'Town of Swampscott ..
15 82
2,895 51
Net Expenses ..
93,223 29
Less Sundry Credits for the Year 1900 as above ..
6,771 85
Amount Raised by Taxation and Appropriations from Available Assets.
$86,451 44
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DR.
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER,
"To cash in Treasury January 1st, 1900
$5,100 70
"To cash rec'd from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1899.
66
66
National Bank Tax, 1899
66 46
Corporation Tax, 1900
2,989 66
66
66
National Bank Tax, 1900.
754 68
Military Aid, Chap. 78 Acts 1894
96 00
State Aid, Chap. 301 Acts 1894. 6 6
500 1898
12 00
66
66
66
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
70 00
66
66
Support of State Paupers.
13 45
66
66
66
Street Rail Road Tax
1,012 28
66
61
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1899
349 20
Hired Money, temporary loans
80,000 00
66
Selectmen, edgestone and concrete account.
281 41
66
66
License Fees from Selectmen
16 00
520 15
66
66
Fourth Dist. Court, fines
89 00
41 00
6 6
66
66 insurance
90 95
66
66 66 " Wakefield,
66
56 35
66
66 66 66
66 school account
51 00
66
66
" Wilmington, police services
3 90
66
City of Waltham, outside poor
24 00
66
66
" Melrose, 66
66
21 15
Mary W. Pratt, cemetery bequest
50 00
66
..
Climena Wakefield, “
100 00
Rodney M. Bancroft and estate Louise M. Eaton, cemetery bequest
100 00
66 Maria E. Waitt, cemetery bequest
100 49
66
School Committee, tuition .. 66 bill paid twice and returned
5 25
46
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co ..
2 75
James A. Bancroft, Collector of Taxes, 1872
3 88
Frank Parker, Sealer, services
4 88
24 23
46
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Harley Prentiss, Collector of Taxes, 1898
8,729 77
1899
15,675 00
، 4
66
66 66
1900.
57,150 00
$178,594 38
60
66
Cash Paid Treasurer ou orders drawn
151 10
355 00
.6
Supt. of Cemetery, lots sold.
Overseers of the Poor, Almshouse account. .6
961 05
66
Town of North Reading, outside poor
2 00
66 " " Fall River, 66
25 00
66
66
First National Bank, interest on deposits
893 12
Supt. of Schools, material sold
4 80
66
66
2,174 00
66
.6
16 Rent of Swan Place
..
Herbert M. Viall, 66 66
422 77
County Treasurer fines and expenses.
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IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. CR ..
By paying County Treasurer, County Tax.
$4,068 35
66 State 66 State Tax 2,280 00
16
66 66 National Bank Tax 304 02
16
66 Selectmen's orders ...
171,118 80
Cash in Treasury Jan. 1, 1901
823 21
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer. $178,594 38
.
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DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
'To cash in Treasury January 1, 1900
$1,233 18
66 received from Water Commissioners.
16,416 82
.6 First National Bank, interest
57 25
66
66 bonds sold ...
10,000 00
premiums on bonds sold.
1,439 00
66
66 interest accrued on bonds sold. 16 44
$29,162 69
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, IN ACCOUNT WITH READ-
To cash in Treasury Jan. 1, 1900.
$13 04
received from Electric Light Commissioners .. . 15,668 14
.6 66 First National Bank, interest on deposits. 65
$15,681 83
66
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WITH THE TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY. CR.
By paying Water Commissioners' orders By cash in Treasury .
$29,113 76 48 93
$29,162 69
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
1
ING ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT. CR.
By paying Electric Light Commissioners' orders .. $15,646 48 By cash in Treasury ... 35 35
$15,681 83 EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
LIABILITIES.
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1901
$219,000 00
Interest accrued on water bonds
730 00
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1901 58,900 00
Interest accrued on electric light bonds
569 17
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1901
48,000 00
Interest accrued on school bonds
686 29
Due to Fire Department (estimated)
1,000 00
Miscellaneous debts
610 50
Temporary loans
43,000 00
$372,495 96
TRUST FUNDS.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
66 Geo. L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
Amount carried forward
$650 00
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Amount brought forward $650 00
Bequest of T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Mark M. Temple
100 00
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman
75 00
" Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson
100 00
Savina Coggin
100 00
Margaret Towne
100 00
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman 150 00
Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
Rosamond C. Pratt
100 00
" Mary F. Harnden
100 00
"
Mary B. Wakefield
100 00
P. Jane Batchelder
100 00
Arthur D. Kingman
50 00
66
Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt
200 00
Mary Ann McAllister
100 00
Gilman A. Coggin
100 00
66 Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
Miss Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft
33 50
Estate Samuel Pierce
100 00
D. W. Berry, executor
100 00
William L. Crowe + 100 00
66 Maria Carter 100 00
George C. Coney
100 00
Amount carried forward $3,558 50
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Amount brought forward Bequest of Heirs of Sherman Case
$3,558 50
75 00
Estate Isaac M. Clark
100 00
of Mary Butler
150 00
Mary E. Badger
100 00
Heil J. Nelson
200 00
John Burrill
100 00
66
F. O. Dewey .
300 00
66
S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
60 Mrs. Mary J. Kimball 50 00
66
Alden Batchelder
100 00
Estate Chas. A. Weston
100 00
66 Henry F. Parker
100 00
66 Sarah D. Eaton 100 00
heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
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Mary W. Pratt
50 00
66 Miss Climena Wakefield
100 0c
66 Rodney N. Bancroft and estate of Louisa M. Eaton . 100 00
Interest accrued on the above funds not yet
expended
223 69
5,682 19
$378,178 15
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1898 $1,303 37
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1899
.
11,051 91
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1900 . 29,483 99
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
1,205 92
Due from State Aid account
2,376 00
6. Military Aid account 79 00
66 estate of Eliza C. Swan 64 83
Amount carried forward
$45,565 02
66
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Amount brought forward
$45,565 02
Due from Guardian of Charles W. Kelly
475 37
Commonwealth of Mass. 25 93
Town of North Reading
95 50
66 Town of Swampscott
15 82
66
66 City of Waltham
106 00
66
66
City of Malden
79 55
6.
City of Melrose 7 15
66 Hospital account 85 44
66
Concreting account 459 03
Cash in treasury
714 28
66 66 Mass. School Fund
108 93
66. water supply
48 93
66
66 electric light
35 35
$47,822 30
Available assets in excess of liabilities, un- collected taxes and accounts due . $46,914 81
Cash in treasury
714 28
;
$47,629 09
Bills payable
$1,610 50
Interest on school bonds
686 29
... .
Interest on bequests
223 69
Temporary loans
43,000 00
$45,520 48
$2,108 61
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Water Commissioners, and Electric Light Commissioners, and found satis- factory vouchers for all expenditures.
We have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk, Collector, and Treasurer, and found them correct.
EDGAR N. HUNT, ALBERT P. DANE, WALTER M. SCOTT,
Auditors.
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BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING.
SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT WATER
March 9, 1901
$5,000 00
May 1, 1901
2,000 00
$1,400 00
June 1, 1901
$7,000 00
July 15, 1901
1,000 00
Aug. 1, 1901
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000 00
May 1, 1902
1,400 00
June 1, 1902
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1902
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000 00
Nov. 27, 1902
2,500 00 ~
May 1, 1903
1,400 00
June 1, 1903
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1903
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000 00
Nov. 27, 1903 Y
1,000 00 -
May 1, 1904
2,000 00
1,400 00
June 1, 1904
7,000 00
July 15, 1904
2,000 00
Ang. 1, 1904
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000 00
May 1, 1905
1,400 00
May 10, 1905
2,000 00
June 1, 1905
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1905
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1905
2,000 00
May 1, 1906
1,400 00
June ·1, 1906
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1906
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1906
2,000 00
June 1, 1907
7,000 00
22 900.00
3500
C 19400,00
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SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT
WATER
Aug. 1, 1907
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1907
2,000 00
June 1, 1908
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1908
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1908
2,000 00
June 1, 1909
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1909
3,000 00 -
Oct. 1, 1909
2,000 00
June 1, 1910
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1910
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1910
2,000 00
June 1, 1911
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1911
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1911
2,000 00
June 1, 19,12
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1912
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1912
2,000 00
June 1, 1913
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1913
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1913
2,000 00
June 1, 1914
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1914
-3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1914
2,000 00
June 1, 1915
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1915
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1915
2,000 00
June 1, 1916
12,000 00
· Oct. 1, 1916
2,000 00
June 1, 1917
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1917
2,000 00
June 1, 1918
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1918
2,000 00
2,4000.00
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SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT
WATER 12,000 00
June 1, 1919
Oct. 1, 1919
2,000 00
June 1, 1920
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1920
2,000 00
June 1, 1921 .
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1921
2,000 00
June 1, 1922
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1922
2,000 00
June 1, 1923
10,000 00
Oct. 1, 1923
2,000 00
June 1, 1924
10,000 00
Oct. 1, 1924
2,000 00
June 1, 1925
10,000 00
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1900.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD JAN. 30, 1900.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider the matter of a system of Sewers and the advisability of uniting with the Town of Wakefield in entering the Metropolitan Sewer System, and what instructions they will give such committee or what action they will take in reference thereto.
Voted. That a committee be appointed by nomination by the- Chair to consist of five members. The Chair nominated Lewis M. Bancroft, Chas. F. Brown, Horace G. Wadlin, E. Harley Gowing, Henry R. Johnson as said committee.
Voted. That the committee be instructed to investigate the whole subject of the various methods of disposing of the sewage of the Town ; the possibility and desirability of connecting with the Metropolitan sewer system or uniting with any other Town in build- ing and maintaining a sewer system, the relative expense, both of construction and maintaining sewer systems under the various plans that may be suggested. To keep informed of legislative action that may be proposed whereby this Town may be affected, and be instructed to report as soon as they may be able, in whole or in part, the results of their investigations, with any recommenda- tions they may think best to make.
Voted. To adjourn.
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PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 5, 1900.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George I. Flint was chosen Moderator. Ephraim Wight and Hor- ace A. Parker were appointed by the Clerk to distribute License ballots.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewer- .age Committee, Committee on Appropriations, and Committee on Amendment to By-Laws.
REPORT OF SEWER COMMITTEE.
Since our appointment the Town of Wakefield has ap- plied to the Legislature for permission to enter the Met- ropolitan Sewer System, and at the time of writing a bill granting the desired authority has been introduced and without opposition has been passed to be engrossed in the House of Rep- resentatives. We have scrutinized this bill carefully and investi- gated the matter as well as we were able, and finding that Reading's interests have been considered in everything that has been done, made of course no attempt to oppose this move on the part of Wakefield. The results of our investigations so far have been to strongly impress upon us the necessity of studying the whole matter in a thorough and comprehensive manner and examining the ques- tion from every possible point of view, in fact, carrying out literally the broad instructions given us by the Town. Our Town is so situated that it cau avail itself of several different methods of sewage disposal, and it is our belief that every one of these should be carefully and impartially considered before a decision is reached. "To do this it is necessary to have at hand such data as can only be
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obtained by means of careful surveys, and we also need the advice of engineers experienced in this special line of work. We have conferred in an informal manner with several of such engineers and our desire now is to have such surveys made and reports and esti- mates prepared by a suitable engineer as will enable us to lay before the Town at the proper time a report which will show the merits and demerits of the several methods of sewage disposal of which Reading is in a position to avail herself, and the first cost and cost of maintenance of each. The appropriation asked for is to defray the expense of such surveys and estimates.
Respectfully submitted, LEWIS M. BANCROFT, Chairman, CHAS. F. BROWN, HORACE G. WADLIN, HENRY R. JOHNSON, E. H. GOWING.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO PROCURE THE APPROVAL OF BY-LAWS. Reading, March 1, 1900.
Jas. Reid, Esq., Town Clerk,
Dear Sir :- I have procured the approval of the Superior Court of the By-Law passed by the Town at the Meeting held Nov. 7, 1899, and which you transmitted to me with the vote of the Town. I return herewith a certified copy attested by Clerk of Courts.
Respectfully yours, SOLON BANCROFT.
Commonwealth of Mass., Middlesex ss. At the Superior Court within or for the County of Middlesex, A. D. 1900.
The following By-Law of the Town of Reading in said County is presented to this Court for approval, to-wit. The sealer of Weights and Measures shall be paid by a salary to be fixed by the
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Selectmen at the time they make the appointment and he shall ac- count for and pay into the Treasury of the Town the fees received by him by virtue of his office. Which said By-Law being seen and understood by the Court is on this 28th day of February, A. D. 1900, approved. In testimony whereof the foregoing is a true copy of record, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 28th day of February, A. D. 1900.
( Signed) RALPH N. SMITH, Assistant Clerk of Court.
ACTION IN REGARD TO SALARIES UNDER REPORT OF APPRO- PRIATION COMMITTEE.
Voted. That the salary of the Electric Light Commissioners and Water Commissioners be $225 for each board of three.
Voted. That three of the board of Registrars of Voters re- ceive $30 each.
Voted. That so much of the report as refers to the salary of Inspector of Plumbing be referred to Board of Health.
Voted. That such part of the report as refers to the salary of Inspectors of Animals and Provisions be referred to the Board of Selectmen. Voted. That the compensation of the Moderator be $10 for each annual meeting and $5 for each special meeting.
Voted. That the report of Appropriation Committee be ac- cepted and placed on file.
Voted. To accept reports under Article 2 not already dis- posed of.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, one member of Board of Assessors for three years, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constables, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Munic- ipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of the Public
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Library for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, one member of Board of Health for three years, Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors; also on separate ballot, two members of the School Committee for three years; also on separate ballot, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" each ballot to be received at the same time in sepa- rate boxes.
Voted. That the polls be closed at 5.30 p. m.
Voted. That the Town business be taken up at 2.30 p. m.
The following Town Officers were chosen: Polls closed at 5.30 p. m. Whole number of ballots cast; males, 747; females, 15, and were for the following persons:
TOWN CLERK.
James Reid
. 741
Scattering
SELECTMEN.
Wm. I. Ruggles
. 715
Oliver L. Akerley
. 707
Geo. A. Shackford
. 692
Scattering
4
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Wm. I. Ruggles
730
Oliver L. Akerley
721
Geo. A. Shackford
719
Scattering
2
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
Wm. Wallace Davis
. 733
Scattering
3
TREASURER.
Edw. F. Parker
. 725
Scattering
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2
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Herbert M. Viall . 731
Scattering
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3
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
Calvert H. Playdon . 749
CONSTABLES.
Henry Stock . 723
Frederic D. Merrill
. 692
Scattering
4
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
Edward B. Drake 424
James Warren Killam . 318
MEMBER MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS.
Wm. S. Kinsley
. 424
Frank E. Crafts
. 315
Two TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR THREE YEARS.
Henry A. Wright
741
Alfred W. Danforth . 737
Two TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Henry G. Kittredge
. 740
Harley Prentiss . 735
Two SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Ellen M. Bancroft
. 367
Gilman L. Parker
. 362
AUDITORS.
Albert P. Dane
. 739
Edgar N. Hunt
. 737.
Walter M. Scott
. 735
Scattering
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4
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TREE WARDEN.
Willard A. Bancroft
. 737
Scattering
2
LICENSE.
Yes
· 32
No
. 472
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Voted. That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint measur- ers of wood and bark.
Voted. That the Selectmen serve as Fence Viewers.
Voted. That Asa Parker, Willard A. Bancroft and John Stock serve as field drivers the ensuing year.
Voted. That Henry Stock be pound keeper for the ensuing year.
Voted. That James A. Bancroft, Wendell Bancroft, Ora L Milbury, Samuel Brown, J. Warren Killam and Arthur G. Ban- croft be Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year.
Voted. That the Collector be instructed to collect all taxes so far as possible on or before Oct. 1 and upon all taxes unpaid at that time to add interest at 5 per cent. from said date until paid, and also to collect all taxes unpaid Jan. 1 forthwith by process of law unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releas- ing them from immediate payment.
Voted. That in the preparation of the report of miscellaneous expenses, expenses for forest fires and upon streets the Selectmen are hereby instructed to condense the presentation so as to show in the place of individual payments for labor and for labor and teams the lump sums expended for each of said purposes respectively. And they are hereby instructed to print in the annual report here-
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after the Town Clerk's record of Town Meetings held during the year.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to enforce Section 4 of Art. 9 of the By-Laws.
Voted. That the Board of Water Commissioners be instructed and endeavor to remedy the evil of the water gates obstructing travel on the sidewalks by being above the level thereof.
Voted. That the engineer of the Fire Department be in- structed to carry out their suggestions in their report in regard to replacing the' reel at Hill End with a wagon and putting the reel in that part of the Town called Elmdale, where it will be kept without expense to the Town.
Voted. To instruct the Trustees of the Cemetery to place suitable signs at the several avenues and paths in the Cemetery, ap is done by all our neighboring Towns.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for schools, incidental school expenses, superin- tendent of schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, removing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, hydrant rentals, Forest Fire Wards, support of the poor, salaries of Town Officers, State and Military aid, Soldiers' Relief, printing, abatement of taxes, town building, cemetery, public library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, care of Old South clock, interest account, interest on water loans, maintenance of the Water Works, service pipes, water rental for drinking fountains, care and improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gutters, crosswalks and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for committee on sewerage, and miscellaneous expenses.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for schools $18,500 00 To raise and appropriate for incidental school expenses 350 00
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To raise and appropriate for Superintendent of Schools 1,000 00
for manual training in schools 500 00
66 for repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks 5,500 00
To appropriate from available assets and receipts, for removing snow and ice 600 00
To raise and appropriate (provided abutters pay one- half), for concrete sidewalks and edgestones
400 00
To raise and appropriate for Fire Department
3,200 00
for hydrant rentals
3,930 00
for Forest Fire Wards
150 00
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66 for support of poor
4,000 00
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for State and Military Aid 2,300 00
6.
66
for Soldiers' Relief
800 00
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66
for printing
500 00
66
66
for abatement of taxes
400 00
66
for Town Building expenses
and Town Office 250 00 To raise and appropriate for Cemetery, and receipts from sale of lots be appropriated, 900 00
To raise and appropriate for Public Library, and ap- propriate dog tax 1,000 00
To raise and appropriate for Memorial Day to be ex- pended by Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. All sol- diers' graves to be decorated 175 00
To raise and appropriate for Board of Health
450 00
To appropriate from miscellaneous expenses for care of the Old South clock 50 00
To raise and appropriate for interest account 66 66 66
200 00
2,470 00
from receipts for water for in-
terest on water loans 2,200 00
for salaries of Town Officers 3,300 00
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To appropriate from receipts of water for maintenance of water works 5,500 00
To appropriate from cash balance on hand Jan. 1, 1900, for service pipes 1,000 00
To raise and appropriate for water rental for drinking fountains 300 00
To raise and appropriate for care and improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park 150 00
To raise and appropriate for election expenses 66 for concrete gutters, cross walks - 500 00
200 00
and paved gutters
To raise and appropriate for repairs of concrete 300 00
for Committee on Sewerage 1,000 00
.6 for miscellaneous expenses 800 00
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-two hundred and seventy-six and fifty hundredths dollars, to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construc- tion of Municipal Light and Power Plant, for the year ending December 31, 1900.
Voted. To raise and appropriate to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, $2,276.50.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars, and appropriate the receipts of the plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Munici- pal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $4,500 and appropriate the receipts of the plant together with cash on hand for maintenance of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum
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of fifteen hundred dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for construction and exten- sion of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, $1,500.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at the Special Town Meeting held Nov. 7, 1899, under Article 6 of the Warrant, calling said meeting, viz : "Voted, that the Town do. extend the water pipes as called for, and that the Water Commis- sioners be instructed to lay said pipes from Main Street through Franklin Street to Haverhill Street, thence through Haverhill Street to its junction with Wakefield Street, thence through Wake- field Street to Pearl Street," or what they will do in relation. thereto.
Voted. That the Town do extend the water pipes as called for and that the Water Commissioners be instructed to lay said pipes from Main Street through Franklin Street to Haverhill Street, thence through Haverhill Street to its junction with Wake- field Street, thence through Wakefield Street to Pearl Street.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Reading in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of a majority of thé Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $75,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a.
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