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Peavey
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Ralph P. E. Thatcher Eaton
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July 10
17 Isaac W. Ray
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19 Ellen A. Parker
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Clarkson Parker
Jeremiah and Lucretia Maddox Smith
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27 Albert Nichols
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Aug. 1
Frederick H. Miller
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John and Henrietta Miller
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Arteris Sclerosis Pericarditis Hemorrhage
Valvular Disease of Heart
Multiple Burns of Body
Cerebral Hemorrhage Stillborn Apoplexy Measles, Broncho Pneumonia
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Alice Needham Goodwin
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David A. and Mary C. Goodwin William and Margaret Carney
Tubercular Mermigetes Pneumonia Cancer
Stillborn
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James Dewhurst
Reuben Arthur Muse
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6
9
John and Sylve Muse
Measles Tuberculosis
Cancer
Thoracic Aneurism
Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebral Softening Multiple Burns of Body
Stillborn Pneumonia
Walter Gates
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4
20
Frank and Jane Ward Gates
Cancer of Stomach
Railroad Accident
9 Edward F. Brooks
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Timothy and Rhoda Emerson Bancroft Benjamin F. Flanders
Gastritus
Pneumonia Capillary Bronchitis Stillborn Plithisis
Infantile Colic
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Irvin C. and Julia E, Keefe Eaton
Hugh and Eliza Ray
General Paralysis Heart Disease
27 Emerson Smith
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Edmund and Bethia Nichols
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Chronic Nephritis Prostatis Hyperterphy
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NAME OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND
George and Betsey B. Putnam Lester J. and Addie E. Fielding
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Charles E. Damon
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Harvey W. and Mary G. Ambler
Peter R. Dulong
Thomas Stockbridge
Charles E. and Carrie S. Stratton
Alex and Rose Muse Doucette
Herman R. and Ethel M. Peavey Stephen and Harriet Preble Thacher
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Aug. 19 Hazel E. DeRonde
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21 Martin JJ. and Emma R. De Ronde
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25 Abigail Eaton Prescott
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3 Joshua and Abigail Eaton Prescott
31 Jeremiah Doucette
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16 Cassimere and Doucette
31 Ida B. Lombard
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69
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0
Owen McKenney
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George B. Mitchell
68
10
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John and Elizabeth Burnell Mitchell Thomas Wall
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Ellen Wall
73
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Oliver W. Austin
27 John A. Grady
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Thomas and Ellen Grady
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Jennie L. Dinsmore
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0 Arthur W. and Annie Dinsmore
66
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29 Charles G. Tucker, Jr.
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11
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Charles G. and Frances (Campbell) Tucker
Electricity Multiple Neuritis
Oct. 1
1 Ann Lambert
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James H. Lambert
Cerebral Hemorrhage
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12 John O. Dane
81
10
15
/ Otis Dane
Senility Bronchitis
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19 Sarah H. McGowan
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2
3
Alexander and Mary McGowan
Typhoid Fever
22 Abby S. Nichols
64
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Edward H. Nichols
Chronic Endo Plumno Oldema
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24 Phoebe D. Kelley
68
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0
Peter and Margaret Dnvous
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25 Augusta M. Morse
69
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Moses Morse
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Anna E. W. Kent
29
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George O. Kent
Convulsions Fracture of Skull
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Harriet Newell Foster
69
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Stephen Foster
Peritonitis
Nov. 9
Waldo J. Bessey
43
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9 Seth and Martha (Nichols) Bessey
Gastro Enteritis
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Frances Phelps Dow
62
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Dr. John O. Dow
66
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Everett C. Parker
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Cyrus and Elizabetlı (Smiley) Parker
Uraemia
Dec. 1
8
Clara B. Kirkland
29
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A. H. Kirkland
Phthisis Pulmonalis Erysipelas Pneumonia
12
James A. Ellison
50
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18
James and Abbie (Randall) Ellison
Pneumonia
66
19 William P. Park
49
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15
Calvin E. and Harriet T. (Pope) Park
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Charles E. Harnden
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12
Elbridge and Abbie (Swain) Harnden
Carcinoma of Lung
66
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Lydia L. Chamberlain
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Louis Chamberlain
Cancer
31 Sarah R. Newhall
72
5
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John Newhall
Endocarditis
RETURNED FOR LAST YEAR.
Dec. 30 Edward Endicott Chase
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Silas P. and Helen W. Chase
Marasmus Bronchitis Senility Intestinal Rupture General Peritonitis Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebral Hemorrhage Chronic Nephritis Myocarditis Bronchitis Embolism
Sept. 00 6 Thomas W. H. Hussey
66
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7 Thomas and Snsan Hale Hussey
19 Etta A. Austin
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9
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66
30 Theodore F. Gould Frank Albert White
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4 Peter and Mary A. White
Phthisis Plumonalis
2 Wilhelmina L. Wentworth
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2
10
Eugene N. Wentworth
Phthisis Pulmonalis
66
29
Mary Jane Weinberg
44
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0 Moses Biettenheimer and Unknown
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Charles M. Cheney
56
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Eben and Mary (Comstock) Cheney
Heart Disease
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Elizabeth W. Marshall
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Freeman H. Marshall
16 Gladys M. Litchfield
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George S. and Cora M. Litchfield
Valvular Disease of Heart
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Thatcher and Lydia Hall Clark
Heart-failure Phthisis Heart Disease
Joshua Clark
73
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10 Henry A. and Sarah Batchelder Gould
Endocarditis Pneumonia
Whole number of deaths, 78; males, 42; females, 36. Born in United States, males, 34; females, 30. Foreign born, males, 8; females, 6. Ages less than a year, 7; one to ten years, 8; ten to twenty years, 4; twenty to thirty years, 5; thirty to forty years, 2; forty to fifty years, 10; fifty to sixty years, 11; sixty to seventy, years 13; seventy to eighty years, 13; eighty to ninety years, 5.
1 Frank Lombard
Bridget McKenney
DOGS LICENSED IN THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1902.
Whole number licenses issued
$442 00
31 females at $5 each
155 00 ·
$597 00
Less fees for 248 licenses at 20 cents each 49 60
$547 40
1902, June 1, paid County Treasurer ·
$313 40
1902, Dec. 1, paid County Treasurer
234 00
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Dogs licensed since date of last return, one $2 00
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Dec. 31, 1902. Town Clerk.
Number of dogs as returned by the Assessors to Town Clerk
Males
229
Females
41
Total
270
248 221 males at $2 each.
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Number of dogs not returned by Assessors and licensed by me
Males
24
Females .
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Total dogs reported and licensed
294
Number reported as dead or left town or owned out of town
23
Number that should be licensed
271
Number of dogs licensed
254
Number of dogs not licensed
18
Dec. 31, 1902
Females unlicensed
5
Males unlicensed
13
Total
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TO THE CITIZENS AND VOTERS OF READING :-
I am not yet fully acquainted with the duties of Town Clerk and errors which I make I hope you will pardon. As the duties of this office are almost wholly of record, I hardly feel like making recommendations, but there is one thing which I think would be of benefit to the public as well as myself. Very frequently I am call- ed on by citizens of Reading as well as other towns to go to the Town Office at all times of the day to give them access to the rec- ords, especially of births, marriages and deaths. Now if I could have a safe procured for my office so that I could keep such records so that they would be easy of access and perfectly safe, I think it would be a fine thing for the town and everyone who needs access
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to such records. This would relieve the safe, in the Town Office, which is now jointly used by the Selectmen, Treasurer and Town Clerk, of quite a number of books and give the Selectmen and Treasurer more room which they need. I would therefore recom- mend that a suitable safe be purchased for the Town Clerk's office.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1902.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD JAN. 13TH, 1902.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the payment of the sum of $10,495.77 to meet the expenses in connection with the water department, to wit: in settlement of the claim for damages brought by the Ipswich Mills and for incidental counsel fees and expenses, said sum to be provided by the issue of bonds in accord- ance with the vote of March 4, 1901, and such portions of said amount as have already been advanced on account out of the Town Treasury to be reimbursed thereto from the proceeds of said bonds-
Voted. That the Town do authorize the payment of the sum of $10,495.77 to meet expenses in connection with the Water Department, to wit : in settlement of the claim for damages brought by the Ipswich Mills and for incidental counsel fees and expenses, said sum to be provided by the issue of Bonds in accordance with the vote of March 4, 1901, and such portions of said amount as have already been advanced on account out of the Town Treasury to be reimbursed thereto from the proceeds of said bonds, and the Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to carry out the provisions of this vote.
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Art. 3. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 482, Acts of 1901, entitled An Act Relative to the Election of Town Clerks and to their duties.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. To see what instruction the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to the suit of the Middleton Paper Co. vs. the Town of Reading.
Voted. That the matter of the settlement of the suits of the Middleton Paper Co. vs. the Town of Reading be referred to the Board of Selectmen and Water Commissioners with full powers.
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy of record.
ATTEST : M. F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 3, 1902.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
George L. Flint was chosen Moderator. The following Election Officers were duly appointed and sworn : Ballot Clerks, Wm. II. Perkins and Walter F. Cook. Tellers, Waldo F. Eaton, Charles W. Lee, Chester McDougall, Merrick A. Stone, Robert A. Carter, Bennie F. Flanders, John Connolly, Frank A. Bessom, Otis B. Ruggles, Daniel T. Bickford.
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, Trus- tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Committee, Committee on Appropriations, Tree Warden and Special Committees.
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Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of Board of Asses- sors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Com- missioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, two trustees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Auditors, and Tree Warden for one year ; also on same ballot Yes or No in answer to the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Voted to proceed to ballot at 6 o'clock and 15 m. A. M.
Voted to close the polls at 5h. 30m. P. M.
Voted that Town business be taken up at 7.30 P. M.
At 5.30 o'clock P. M. the Polls were declared closed.
The Ballots were sorted, counted and declared in open Town Meeting.
The Ballot Box registered at opening of the Polls 0000
The Ballot Box registered at close of Polls . ·
1970
Number of names checked as having voted by Bal- lot Clerks 926
Number of names checked as having voted by Tellers . .
926
Number of women checked as having voted 7
The result of the ballot as declared, to wit :
TOWN CLERK.
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave. 385
George E. Horrocks, 212 Main st. 182
Herbert M. Viall, 88 Prospect st. 326
Blanks . 33
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SELECTMEN.
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st. 404
James Warren Killam, 16 Arlington st. 439
Wm. I. Ruggles, 23 Grand st. 552
George A. Shackford, 118 Ash st.
627
John F. Turner, 147 Woburn st. .
448
Blanks
304
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st. 395
James Warren Killam, 16 Arlington st. 423
William I. Ruggles, 23 Grand st. 525
George A. Shackford, 118 Ash st.
618
John F. Turner, 147 Woburn st. .
435
Blanks
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378
Scattering
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ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st. 642
Blanks
275
Scattering
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TREASURER. .
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st. .
647
Blanks
272
Scattering
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Herbert M. Viall, 88 Prospect st.
704
Blanks ·
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213
Scattering
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BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
Frederick D. Merrill, 27 Highland st. . 670
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27
Blanks . 252
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Two CONSTABLES.
Wm. J. Allen, 106 Main st. 146
Frederick D. Merrill, 27 Highland st. 588
John H. Orr, 31 Village st. 334
Henry Stock, Pearl st.
426
Blanks
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355
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WATER COMMISSIONER FOR 3 YEARS.
Albert P. Dane, 10 Mineral st.
293
Earle Harley Gowing, 50 Woburn st. 514
Blanks 119 .
MEMBER MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR 3 YEARS.
George L. Flint, Highland st. . 452
Walter M. Scott, 24 Pleasant st. . 354 .
Blanks . .
119
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Two TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR 3 YEARS.
Frank L. Edgerley, 17 Grove st. 438
Galen A. Parker, 1 Charles st. .
469
Willie E. Twombly, 35 Highland st. 491
Blanks
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452
Scattering
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Two TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR 3 YEARS.
Cyrus M. Barrows, 281 Lowell st. 665
Frederick E. Whittemore, 56 Linden st. 633
Blanks . 551
Scattering
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Two SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 3 YEARS.
Walter S. Parker, 55 Walnut st. 689
Horace G. Wadlin, 118 Woburn st. 669
Blanks 503
Scattering 5
THREE AUDITORS.
George Hatch Clough, 60 Lowell st. 580
Harry L. Dane, Summer ave. 599
Edgar N. Hunt, 125 Summer ave. 626
Blanks
965
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TREE WARDEN.
A. Chandler Manning, 128 High st. 715
Blanks .
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208
Scattering 3
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING
LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN?
Those voting YES 180
Those voting NO 554
Blanks 192
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for schools, incidental school expenses, Superinten- dent of Schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, remov- ing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, Forest Fire Wards, sup- port of the poor, salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, Printing, Abatement of Taxes, Town Building,
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Cemetery, Public Library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Police Department, care of Old South clock, interest account, care and im- provement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gutters, crosswalks and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for the Committee on Sewerage, miscellaneous expenses and Tree Warden.
Voted to take up Art 5.
Voted to raise and appropriate for general school expenses for present fiscal year . $21,600 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for incidental school expenses for present fiscal year . 4,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks for present fiscal year · Voted to raise and appropriate for concrete sidewalks and edgestones, provided abutters pay one-half, for present fiscal year 300 00
3,000 00
Voted to appropriate from the Street R. R. and Fran- chise Tax for removing snow and ice during the fiscal year
600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Fire Depart- ment for the present fiscal year .
3,600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Forest Fire Wards for the present fiscal year 150 00 · Voted to raise and appropriate for the Support of Poor for the present fiscal year 4,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Salaries of Town Officers for the present fiscal year
3,500 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for State and Military Aid for the present fiscal year
2,800 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief for the present fiscal year
1,200 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Printing for the
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present fiscal year 500 00 . Voted to raise and appropriate for the Abatement of Taxes for the present fiscal year 600 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for the Town Building for the present fiscal year 300 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Cemetery for the present fiscal year 900 00
And appropriate the proceeds from sale of lots. Voted to raise and appropriate for the Public Library for the present fiscal year
1,000 00
And appropriate the proceeds of the annual dog tax.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day for the present fiscal year, to be expended by G. A. R. Post 194
175 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Board of Health for the present fiscal year 600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Police Department for the present fiscal year .
2,600 00
Voted to appropriate for care of Old South Clock for the present fiscal year, to be taken from sum rais- ed and appropriated for Miscellaneous Expenses Voted to raise and appropriate for interest for the present fiscal year 300 00
50 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Care and Im- provement of the Common, Elm and Mayall Parks 150 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Election Expenses for the present fiscal year . 300 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Repairs of Concrete for the present fiscal year . 300 00
For Sewerage Committee voted to pass over. ·
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Voted to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Ex- penses for the present fiscal year 900 00 Voted to appropriate for the Tree Warden to be tak- en from Miscellaneous Expenses 50 00
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand and nineteen dollars, to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for the construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1902.
Voted to raise and appropriate to pay the interest on Bonds and Notes issued for construction of Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1902, $2,019.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars, 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, 1902, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to raise and appropriate $4,000, and appropriate the receipts of the Plant, together with the cash on hand, for the main- tenance of the Electric Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1902.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1902, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to raise and appropriate for the construction and exten- sion of the Electric Light and Power Plant for the year ending Dec. 31, 1902, $2,500.
Art. 9. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for service pipes, hydrant rental, water for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, interest on water loan and maintenance of water works.
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Voted to raise and appropriate for service pipes for the Water Plant for the present fiscal year $1,000. Voted to raise and appro- priate for hydrant rentals $4,830 ; water for street sprinkling $300 ; water for drinking fountains $300; also to raise and appropriate $1,500, and to appropriate from the receipts $2,050 to pay interest on water loan the present fiscal year. Voted to appropriate from the receipts for maintenance the present fiscal year $7,000.
Voted under Art. 4 that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Voted that the Selectmen serve as Fence Viewers for the en- suing year.
Voted that Asa Parker, Wellman J. Moody and Milton D. Parker serve as Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
Voted that Henry Stock be appointed Pound Keeper for the ensuing year.
Voted that James A. Bancroft, Wendell Bancroft, Ora L. Mil- bury, Samuel Brown, Joseph W. Killam and Burton K. Symonds be Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year.
Voted that the Collector of Taxes be instructed to collect all taxes (so far as possible) on or before Oct. 1st, 1902, and upon all taxes unpaid at that time to add interest at five per cent. per annum from said date until tax is paid, also to collect all taxes unpaid .Jan. 1, 1903, forthwith, by process of law unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releasing them from immediate payment.
Voted that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare reports of all Town Meetings during the year for the printed Annual Town Report.
Moved and seconded that the Electric Light Commissioners charge the Town $70 per annum for each arc light on its streets beginning Jan. 1, 1903.
Voted to lay this motion on the table.
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Voted to lay Art. 4 on the table.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to lay a water pipe on Summer avenue from opposite the residence of Frank W. Parsons to connect with the dead end near the residence of L. O. Ferson, and authorize the issue of bonds to pay for the same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted that the Water Commissioners be authorized to lay a water pipe on Summer Ave. from opposite the residence of Frank W. Parsons to connect with the dead end near the residence of L. O. Ferson and be authorized to issue bonds to pay for such exten- sion, and that the sum of $1,071 be appropriated from receipts of sale of bonds to pay cost of same. By a standing vote counted by tellers 58 voted in favor and 3 against.
Art. 11. 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 author- ized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate eighty-two thousand dollars, 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 loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 12. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be & of 1 per cent. on all taxes collected during ensuing year.
Art. 13. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Ap-
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propriation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to appoint five members of the Finance Committee to fill vacancies caused by expired terms of office.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted that the sum of $50 be appropriated, to be taken from Miscellaneous Expense Account, to furnish electricity for G. A. R. Hall, Haven st.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will defray the cost for electric lighting of the Reading Home for Aged Women for one year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted that the sum of $30 be appropriated, to be taken from Miscellaneous Expense Account, for electric lighting of Reading Home for Aged Women.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars to meet the interest on School House bonds, and appropriate the unexpended balance of eighty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1901, to pay four coupons remaining unpaid December 31, 1901.
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,400 to pay the interest on School House Bonds and to appropriate the unexpended balance ($80) in interest on School House Bonds Account of 1901, to pay four coupons remaining unpaid Dec. 31, 1901.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents to meet the in- terest on School House notes.
Voted to raise and appropriate $312.50 to pay interest on
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School House notes.
Art. 18. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Electric Light and Power Plant note for fourteen hundred dollars, due May 1, 1902.
Voted that the Town appropriate $1,400 from available assets to pay Electric Light and Power Plant note due May 1, 1902.
Art. 19. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Howard Place note for twenty-five hundred dollars, due November 27, 1902.
Voted to appropriate from available assets $2,500 to pay Howard Place note due November 27, 1902.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will buy a portable stone crusher, and what appropriation they will make, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate seven hundred fifty dollars to take care of the surface water at the corner of Lincoln and Prescott streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to refer to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 22. To see what action the Town will take to carry away the water which accumulates on the Southerly side of Green street, near the residence of Samuel Brown and others, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose.
Voted to refer to Board of Selectmen with full power.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of constructing a side- walk on the Northerly side of Mt. Vernon street from Linden street to Bancroft avenue in accordance with the survey of 1896, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted to appropriate the sum of $100, to be taken from appro- priations for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars to construct a sidewalk on the Westerly side of Winter street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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