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4,000 00
1,397 90
5,397 90
6,218 46
820 56
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
49 15
49 15
98 65
49 50
City of Woburn
53 40
53 40
99 56
46 16
City of Melrose.
17 00
City of Waltham
96 00
96 00
106 00
10 00
Town of Wilmington
20 63
20 63
Town of Saugus.
117 13
117 13
22,500 00
698 31
23,198 31
22,325 15
873 16
School Incidentals. .
3,500 00
78 95
3,578 95
4,451 67
872 72
Public Library
900 00
554 30
1,454 30
1,454 30
$86,392 50
$13,961 69
$100,354 19
$101,046 56
$2,323 93
$3,016 30
Overdrawn.
$3,016 30
Unexpended
2,323 93
$692 37
Expenses for the year 1903.
101,046 56
Add Temporary Loans ..
77,000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders.
$178.046 56
Expenses Above
$101,046 56
Less following amounts due on account year 1903.
Grace Mckay vs. Town of Reading.
61 60 2,660 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Account Burial Agent ..
35 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Poor Acct.
49 50
City of Woburn.
46 16
City of Melrose.
17 00
City of Waltham ..
10 00
Town of Wilmington
20 63
Town of Saugus.
117 13
Town of North Reading.
44 43
Chas. L. Haag
85 54
3,146 99
Net Expenses.
$97 899 57
Less sundry credits for the year 1903, as above ..
13.961 69
Amount raised by taxation and appropriations from available assets
$83,937 88
17 00
Schools.
State and Military Aid.
234
DR.
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER,
To cash in Treasury, January, 1903.
$ 7,364 69
To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1902.
66
66
66
National Bank Tax, 1902.
278 39
Support of State Paupers
269 70
..
..
66 National Bank Tax, 1903.
1,311 48
Military Aid, 1902.
98 00
State Aid, 1902
2,796 00
..
..
Street Railway Tax, 1903.
1,576 85
.6
66
for Burial of Indigent Soldiers
35 00
for State Highway Repairs
11 60
..
..
County Treasurer, Dog Tax, 1902.
554 30
. .
66
Hired Money in Anticipation of Taxes
.. H. M. Viall, Street Railroad Tax ..
To cash paid Treasurer on orders drawn
To cash received from Selectmen, Concrete and Edgestone Account. .. 66
.6
License Fees. ..
16 00
..
1 88
..
3 92
64
Supt. of Schools, tuition and material sold
87 31
64
.6
Supt. of Schools, bills paid twice.
17 25
66
Town of North Reading, tuition.
101 50
..
City of Waltham,
66
.6
.
Woburn,
.6
66
10 25 353 62
..
740 00
..
66
.6
unexpended income.
417 75
66
Hubbard Copeland, cemetery bequest
150 00
..
.6 John Draffin,
100 00
Walter S. Parker, Et al Trustees, cemetery bequest ..
50 00
..
4 6 Miss Abbie Clapp, cemetery bequest
100 00
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Emma M. Brown,
66
75 00
..
66
F. Eliza Kingman,
66
100 00
..
..
Edward T Pendergrace, cemetery bequest
100 00
..
Fourth District Court, Fines ..
82 00
..
Frank Parker, Sealer of Weights ..
5 71
..
..
Income from Swan Estate.
108 00
..
..
State Board of Charities
25 00
. 6
School Department, check returned.
2 00
..
. .
Danvers Insane Hospital, acct. of Hugh A. Mckenzie
6 00
66
Estate of C. N. Mellen, removing wires.
75
. 6
Hired Money, renewal of notes
2,400 00
. .
4 .
Overseers of the Poor, gravel sold
35 85
..
..
Highway Department, bill overpaid.
1 00
66 Engineers of Fire Department, for one-half of fence, J. B. Lewis, Jr, ...
7 85
..
H. M. Viall, Collector, tax paid after sale
6 00
6 4
66
tax list of 1900.
248 93
..
66
1901
13,614 26
.6
.6
66
66 1902.
16,400 00
..
.. 1903.
569 25
$195,802 47
..
Town of North Reading, outside poor.
64 00 38 50 611 00
..
..
Town of Lynnfield, outside poor
201 00 78 55 128 64
.
Overseers of the Poor, Town Home
Trustees of Cemetery, lots sold .. . . 66 interest on bequests
305 29
Hattie D. Pond, executrix, cemetery bequest
100 00
66
Emily Alice Jones,
100 00
4 6
Account of Mary Gowing.
169 46
46
Material Sold.
30
First National Bank, interest on deposits.
169 61
Supt. of Streets, material sold.
26 35
School Committee, cash refunded
80,000 00
2,075 48
611 91
241 74
..
..
..
Corporation Tax, 1903.
3,169 01
.6
. .
=
66
75 12
..
..
..
Hired Money, Main St. loan.
1,000 0C
Lawrence & Reading St. Ry. Highway Acct ...
38 67
Master of the House of Correction, fines
9 00
66 Brockton, ..
'Town of Wakefield,
Account of Spraying Trees Account of Highway.
235
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING, CR.
By paying County Tax, 1903
$ 4,977 69
State Tax, 1903
3,800 00
.. National Bank Tax, 1903.
304 02
Repairs of State Highway
53 50
Selectmen's Orders ..
178,046 56
Cash in Treasury, Jan., 1904.
8,620 70
$195,802 47
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
.
236
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREAS., IN ACCOUNT WITH
To cash in Treasury, January. 1903.
S 49 41
received from First National Bank, interest .. 30 61
66 Water Commissioners. 17,789 31
$17,869 33
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREAS., IN ACCOUNT WITH
To cash in Treasury, January, 1903.
S 5 66 received from Electric Light Commissioners ..
20,926 79
$20,932 52
237
TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY, CR.
By paying Water Commissioners' Orders. $17,793 40 By cash in Treasury, January, 1904. 75 93
$17,869 33
· WARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
TOWN OF READING ELEC. LT. & POWER PLANT, CR.
By paying Electric Light Commissioners' Orders. $20,906 38 By cash in Treasury, January, 1904. 26 14
$20,932 52
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT
LIABILITIES
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1904
$216,000 00
Interest accrued on same
781 46
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1904
48,600 00
Interest accrued on same
476 68
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1904
40,000 00
Interest accrued on same
590 90
Temporary loans
50,000 00
Interest accrued on same
437 98
Highway notes due Dec. 7, 1907 and 1908
2,000 00
Interest accrued on same
5 56
Due to Fire Department
1,000 00
Miscellaneous debts
1,394 12
$361,286 70
TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
66 Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
66 T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Amount carried forward
$850 00 361,286 70
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Amount brought forward
$850 00 361,286 70
Bequest of Mark Temple 100 00
66 Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman 75 00
66
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00
66
Lavinia Coggin
100 00
Margaret Towne
100 00
66
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman 150 00
66
Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
66
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
66 Rosamond C. Pratt
100 00
66
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
66
Mary B. Wakefield
100 00
66
P. Jane Batchelder
100 00
66 Arthur D. Kingman
50 00
Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
66
Dorinda R. Pratt .
200 00
Mary Ann McAllister .
100 00
Gilman A. Coggin
100 00
Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
Miss Mary Evans
50 00
66
Frederick Bancroft
40 71
Estate of Samuel Pierce
100 00
66
D. W. Berry, executor
100 00 .
66
William L. Crowe
100 00 .
66
George C. Coney
100 00
66 Heirs of Sherman Case
75 00
Estate Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Amount carried forward
$3,340 71 361,286 70
240
Amount brought forward
$3,340 71 361,286 70
Bequest of Estate Mary Butler
150 00
Mary E. Badger
100 00
66
Heil J. Nelson
200 00
66
John Burrill
100 00
66
F. O. Dewey
300 00
S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
Mary J. Kimball
50 00
Alden Batchelder
100 00
Estate Charles A. Weston
100 00
Henry F. Parker
100 00
Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
66
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
Miss Climena Wakefield
100 00
66
Estate Louisa M. Eaton
100 00
Maria E. Waitt
100 49
Adrian Mertens
200 00
Albert B. Gleason
50 00
66
Frances P. Dow
100 00
Estate Thomas Richardson
100 00
Helen M. Sherman 50 00
Susan B. Moseley
50 00
Charles E. Hall
100 00
Lucy W. Parker
75 00
66
Estate Martha R. Temple
100 00
Estate Needham Nichols
100 00
66 Mary W. Pratt 50 00
66
Mrs. James T. Norris
300 00
66
Estate Francis Kingman
100 00
Estate Albert Nichols
100 00
Amount carried forward
$6,371 20 361,286 70
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Amount brought forward
$6,371 20 361,286 70
Bequest of George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
Maria Carter
100 00
66
Hubbard Copeland
150 00
John Draffin
100 00
Hattie D. Pond, executrix
100 00
Trustees of Laura Frost
50 00
Abby C. Clapp
100 00
Emily Alice Jones
100 00
66
Emma M. Brown
75 00
F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
66
Edward T. Pendergrast
100 00
$7,646 20
Interest accrued on the above funds not yet
expended
$320 53
$7,966 73
$369,253 43
AVAILABLE ASSETS
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1902 . $11,168 03
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1903
. 31,249 68
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
1,259 81
Due from State Aid Account
2,660 00
Commonwealth of Mass.
49 50
City of Waltham
10 00
City of Melrose
35 00
" City of Woburn
46 16
Town of Saugus
117 13
Amount carried forward
$46,595 31
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Amount brought forward $46,595 31
..
Town of Wilmington
20 63
6. Town of North Reading 44 43
6. Charles L. Haag
359 15
66 Mary Jane Weinburg
33 50
46
Hospital Account
419 27
Concreting Account
76 53
Street Ry. Account
40 43
$47,589 25
Cash in Treasury
$ 8,620 70
Cash in Treasury, water supply
75 93
Cash in Treasury, electric light
26 14
$56,312 02
Available assets in excess of liabilities. Uncollected taxes and accounts due
$47,589 25
Cash in Treasury
8,620 70
$56,209 95
Bills payable
$2,394 12
Interest on school bonds
590 90
Interest on bequests
320 53
Temporary loans and interest
. 50,437 98
Interest on highway notes
5 56
$53,749 09
$2,460 86 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, GEO. II. CLOUGH, Auditors.
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BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING
SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT WATER
May 1, 1904
$2,000 00
$1,400 00
June 1, 1904
$7,000 00
July 15, 1904
2,000 00
Aug. 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
Mch. 9, 1906
5,000 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
Dec. 7, 1906
1,400 00
June 1, 1907
7,000 00
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
.
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SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT WATER
Mch.15, 1912
June 1, 1912
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 June 1, 1918
2,000 00
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1918
2,000 00
June 1, 1919
12,000 00
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
10,000 00 7,000 00
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SCHOOL ELECTRIC LIGHT WATER 5,000 00
June 1, 1926 June 1, 1927
3,000 00
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX S.S.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lower Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1904, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. 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,
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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 ?"
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 fourth day of February, A. D. 1904.
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Selectmen of Reading.
TOWN WARRANT
OF READ
TOWN
SETTLED
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX S.S.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES
OF THE TOWN OF READING, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
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Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Masonic Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1904, at seven thirty o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engi- neers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Com- mittee, Finance Committee, Tree Warden, and Special Committees.
Art. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 4. 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, Sprinkling Streets, Removing Snow and Ice, Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, Police Department, Forest Fire Wards, Support of 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, Care and Improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters, Repairs of Concrete, for the Committee on Sewer- age, Miscellaneous Expenses, and Tree Warden.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-two hundred and eighty dollars for the purpose of main- taining one hundred and thirty-eight arc lights at sixty dollars per light; and appropriate the same together with receipts of Plant for maintenance and interest accounts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year 1904, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars and appropriate the unex- pended balance of the year 1903 for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year 1904, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Avon street between Ash street and Main street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Walnut street between Curtis and South streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Grand street near Harriman avenue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 10. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Vine street at the foot of Middlesex avenue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 11. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Hartshorn street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to furnish electricity for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars to furnish water for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 14. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen or Board of Health in the suit of the City of Melrose vs. Town of Reading.
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Art. 15. 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, main- tenance of water works and extraordinary repairs.
Art. 16. 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 municipal year.
Art. 17. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 18. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Finance Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Art. 19. 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.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred and forty dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds.
Art. 21. 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.
Art. 22. 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, 1904.
Art. 23. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House Note for two thousand dollars due May 1, 1904.
Art. 24. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Electric Light and Power Plant Note for two thousand dollars due July 15, 1904.
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Art. 25. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Select- men to purchase the playground on Washington street owned by Mr. Kirk Sweetser, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to issue the note or notes of the Town for the sum of seventy-six hundred dollars for the pur- poses set forth in Article 25 of this warrant, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of six thousand dollars for the purpose of installing the block or district system for assessing purposes in this Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to index the old Town Records, and what instructions they will give the Town Clerk in relation to the same.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of setting edgestones around the south-easterly part of the Common, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate sixty- five dollars to lay curbstones on the northerly side of Salem street, formerly Lowell street, against the property of the Old South Church, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars for the purpose of constructing a covered drain from a point on Pearl street near the Town Home, to a point on Charles street near Harrison street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will assume the charge and keep in repair the drain laid by Walter Gerritson, extending from Deer- ing street through Harriman avenue across Grand street and land of one Robinson, High street, and through land of Jacob W. Man-
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ning, also the catch basins connected with said drain, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 33. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to build a wall on the southerly side of ditch from Main street to rear boundary line of the estate of Fred A. Nichols, said ditch being a Town drain, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of Grove street from Lowell street to Forest street, and raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for that purpose. Any expenditure over this amount necessary to complete the work to be taken from the regular highway appropriation, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of grading and putting in good condition the sidewalk on the easterly side of Summer avenue from the driveway at the estate of the late Oliver Lewis to Main street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the further improvement of the Common according to plans suggested by the Civic League.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars toward defraying the expense of band concerts for the coming summer, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an inspector of milk.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to meet the expenses of a milk inspec- tor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will accept the offer of Miss Adelaide Sheak and purchase her estate upon Linden and Sanborn
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streets in accordance with the terms of said offer, as recommended in the report of the School Committee, and how much money they will raise by loan or otherwise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will take any action relieving from taxation property used exclusively for charitable purposes.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to place tower strikers on houses of Hose No. 3 and No. 4, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars to place a new fire alarm box on Haven street near the G. A. R. hall, and relocate box 17 near the corner of Prescott and Arlington streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 44. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five to look into the cost and advisibility of remodeling the pres- ent Town building to accommodate all Town offices, and the build- ing of a new fire station on Town land east of the Town building, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec. 78 and Sec. 79 of Chapter 32 of the Revised Laws, relating to the establishment of an association, society or club by the firemen of the Town of Reading.
Art. 46. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-three and forty one-hundredths dollars to pay the police officers who were on duty at the fair of the Middlesex East Agricultural Association in September, A. D. 1902, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 47. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for a safe for the Town Clerk, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of
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Selectmen to appoint a day patrolman, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 49. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of completing the sidewalk on Oak street from West street to the estate of Joseph S. Robinson, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 50. Te see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec. 24, Chapter 32, and Section 9, Chapter 208, of the Revised Laws, which refer to the setting of fires in the open air between the first day of April and the first day of October, and negligently setting fires and not extinguishing same.
Art. 51. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Beech street from Green street to the private way known as Lake avenue, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars for that purpose.
Art. 52. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the repair of the same.
Art. 53. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of 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 ap- pointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this fourth day of February, A. D. 1904.
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Selectmen of Reading.
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LIST OF NAMES OF JURORS
The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list of persons, who, in their judgment, are qualified to serve as jurors :
Adams, George E. Clerk
Babcock, James
Retired
Bacheller, Warren A.
Carpenter
Baker, William H.
Cabinet Maker
Bancroft, Elmer P.
Laborer
Batchelder, Alden
Retired
Batchelder, Howard W.
Farmer
Beaudry, Charles B. Organ Pipe Manufacturer
Bessom, Charles F.
Farmer
Bosson, Harry P.
Insurance Agent
Brown, Joseph H.
Laborer
Brown, Samuel
Wheelwright
Carter, George
Laborer
Chandler, Alfred D.
Real Estate
Coney, Walter E.
Shoe Worker
Connelly, John
R. R. Employe Bookkeeper
Cook, Walter F.
Painter
Davis, Arthur E.
R. R. Employe
Davis, William Wallace
Farmer
Eames, Charles B.
Shoe Worker
Eames, Edward B.
Salesman
Eames, George T.
Real Estate Electrician
Eames, Leonard T.
Eames, Webster
Laborer
Eaton, John H.
Carpenter
Flint, George L.
Carpenter
Foster, Arthur J.
Farmer
Cook, George W.
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Goodwin, Edwin H.
Horrocks, George E. Horton, William R.
Organ Pipe Manufacturer Real Estate Clerk
Jackson, Charles S.
Johnson, J. Dana.
Organ Pipe Manufacturer Shoe Worker Farmer
Jones, William H.
Kidder, William
Carpenter
Kimball, Charles D.
Machinist
Knight, Edgar M.
Machinist
Krook, Lambertus W.
Cabinet Manufacturer
LaClair, Henry S.
Farmer
Lee, Charles W.
Merchant
Lovejoy, Eugene L.
Merchant
McIntire, Herbert E.
Carpenter
Mack, George
Upholsterer
Manning, Edwin
Clerk
Nichols, Albion G.
Fireman
Nichols, Amos C.
Caterer
Oakes, George F.
Engineer
Parker, Asa
Farmer
Parker, Fred A.
Organ Pipe Manufacturer Expressman Cabinet Maker Retired
Plummer, Henry W.
Merchant
Pratt, David W.
Laborer
Pratt, Wilmot K.
Laborer
Roberts, Joseph A.
Salesman
Runkle, E. Holcombe
Clerk
Sanborn, Daniel C.
Farmer
Sargent, George A.
Shoe Worker
Smith, Benjamin Y.
Organ Pipe Manufacturer
Stinchfield, Charles HI.
Machinist
Parker, Fred H.
Parker, Horace A.
Perkins, Alfred
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Temple, Arthur W.
Real Estate
Temple, Warren K.
Shoe Cutter
Wickens, John
Printer
Wyman, Fernando D.
Shoe Worker WM. I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Selectmen of Reading.
READING, FEBRUARY 13, 1904.
INDEX
PAGE
Town Officers, 1903-1904
5
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered
12
66 66 Marriages Registered 14
66 66 Deaths Registered 18
66 66 Dogs Licensed
20
Report of Town Meetings
23
Selectmen's General Report
66 70
Selectmen's Account
Street Department
91
Fire Department
95
Report of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
104
Police Department
106
66 Board of Health 113
Inspector of Plumbing 117
66 Sealer of Weights and Measures 118
119
66 Tree Warden
122
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
124
Assessors
126
66 Collector 129
66 Overseers of Poor 131
145
66 Electric Light Commissioners
171
School Committee
192
Public Library
Summary of Accounts
Treasurer's Report 234
Auditors' Report 238
Bonds and Notes Outstanding 243
Town Warrant 246
List of Jurors
255
Trustees of Cemetery
Water Commissioners
228 232
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