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Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum
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of fifty dollars to install an arc lamp on Bancroft avenue, midway between Mt. Vernon street and Middlesex avenue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Arts. 6, 7, 8, 9. Voted to pass over,
Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the' sum of fifty dollars to furnish electricity for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 10. Voted to raise and appropriate for electricity for- Home for Aged Women, $50.
Art. 11. 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. 11. Voted to raise and appropriate for water for Home for Aged Women, $25.
Art. 12. 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.
Art. 12. Voted to raise and appropriate for hydrant rentals, $4,920.
Voted to raise and appropriate for drinking fountains, $300.
Voted to raise and appropriate for street sprinkling, $500.
Voted that these sums voted for hydrant rentals, drinking fountains and water for street sprinkling, together with the receipts of the water plant, be appropriated for maintenance of water works, interest on water loan and service pipes.
Art. 13. 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. 13. 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 the Board of Selectmen, a sum or
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enms not exceeding in the aggregate ninety 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 note shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 14. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 14. Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall be three-fourths of one per cent. on each dollar col- lected during the fiscal year and amount of postage expended for collection.
Art. 15. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Fi- nance Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Art. 15. Voted to instruct Selectmen to fill all vacancies in Finance Committee.
Art. 16. 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. 16. Voted to raise and appropriate for electricity G. A. R. Hall, $50.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eleven hundred and sixty dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds.
Art. 17. Voted to raise and appropriate for interest on School House Bonds, $1160.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty cents to meet the interest on School House Notes.
Art. 18. Voted to raise and appropriate for interest on School House Notes, $482.50.
Art. 20. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House Note for two thousand dollars due May 10, 1905.
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Art. 20. Voted that for the purpose of paying the School House Note for $2000, due May 10, 1905, the Town Treasurer, un- der the direction of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $2000, and issue the note of the Town therefor bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to purchase the playground on Washington street owned by Mr. Kirk Sweetser, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to instruct Selectmen to lease a suitable playground and that $342 be raised and appropriated therefor.
Art. 22. 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 21 of this warrant, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 22. Voted to pass over.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will authorize the School Com- mittee to dispose of the school house on North Main street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. Voted to take up and the following vote was passed :
Voted that the School Committee is hereby authorized to dis- pose of the school house on North Main street.
Voted to adjourn to meet in Lyceum Hall at 7.30 o'clock p. Thursday, March 16, 1905.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
READING, MASS., MARCH 16, 1905.
Pursuant to the adjournment Town Meeting met and was called to order by the Moderator, Geo. L. Flint, at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars (the amount raised and appropriated last
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year ) for the purpose of taking care of the water on Pearl street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 23. Voted to appropriate the sum of $350 from the amount raised in 1904 for Pearl street drain.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to drain West street at a point near John H. Knights', said drain to be laid across land of Henry Livermore ; and raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 24. Voted that the subject matter of this article be referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will allow Dr. H. B. Howard to lay a drain from Manning's Block, so called, along Main street to a point near the Y. M. C. A. building, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 25. Voted to allow Dr. H. B. Howard to lay a drain from Manning's Block, so called, along Main street to a point near the Y. M. C. A. building, under the direction of the Board of Select- men.
Art. 26. 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 appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars, which was raised and appropriated last year. 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. 26. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 39. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Grove street, from Lowell street to Forest street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for that purpose.
Art. 39. Voted to take up.
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The Selectmen made the following report :
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYING OUT OF GROVK STREET FROM LOWELL STREET TO FOREST STREET.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Reading, after giving due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for use of the Town as a public way described as follows : Beginning on the northerly side of Lowell street at land of Mary F. Bessom, then the line runs N. 28° 24' W. twenty (20) feet, then by a curve to the right, with a radius of one hundred fifty-nine 60-100 (159.60) feet, forty-five 21-100 (45.21) feet ; then N. 12º 10' W. seventy 33-100 (70.33) feet; then N. 10° 30' W. two hundred and sixty (260) feet, then N. 7º 28" W. one hundred and sixty-seven (167) feet ; then by a curve to the right, with a radius of one hundred and sixty 75-100 (160.75) feet, ninety-two 35-100 (92.35) feet, all against land of said Bessom ; then N. 25° 27' E. one hundred ninety-one 10-100 (191.10) feet against land of said Bessom and land of W. H. Becker; then N. 34° 09' E. one hundred and thirteen (113) feet against land of said Becker ; then N. 36° 38' E. one hundred and seven (107) feet against land of said Becker and land of E. J. Roundy ; then N. 39º 56' E. one hundred and twenty-three (123) feet ; then by a curve to the left with a radius of one hundred and sixty-one (161) feet, one hundred and eighty-eight 76-100 (188.76) feet ; then N. 27° 14' W. ninety-six 47-100 (96.47) feet, all against land of said Roundy ; then N. 20° 21" W. one hundred and ninety- three 54-100 (193.54) feet over land of said Roundy and land now used as a highway to land of B. L. Spiller ; then N. 41º 26' W. ninety-six (96) feet, then N. 48" 07' W. seventy-eight (78) feet ; then N. 50° 41' W. sixty-seven (67) feet; then N. 43º 54' W. one hundred and twenty-two 50-100 (122.50) feet; then by a curve to the right with a radius of thirteen (13) feet, twenty 42-100 (20.42) feet to Forest street. The above description is for the easterly and northeasterly line.
The westerly and southwesterly line is described as follows, viz : Beginning on the northeasterly side of Lowell street one hun- dred and forty-seven 15-100 (147.15) feet from the first point ; then
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by a curve to the left with a radius of thirty-five (35) feet, the chord of which is forty 50-100 (40.50) feet, forty-three 19-100 (43.19) feet to a point opposite the northerly end of the third- mentioned course and thirty-three (33) feet distant therefrom ; then the line runs parallel to and thirty-three (33) feet from the line on the easterly and northeasterly line to the end of the last mentioned course of N. 43º 54' W.
The whole to conform to the lines shown in red on a plan made by James A. Bancroft dated Feb. 21, 1905, and which is considered a part of this report. We have estimated the cost of building said Town way at one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars. No damages being claimed we have allowed none. We recommend that when the above report is accepted and adopted by the Town the said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way.
JAMES W. KILLAM, Selectmen of
OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Reading.
Reading, Mass., March 4, 1905.
Voted that the Selectmen's report be accepted and adopted and that the sum of $150 necessary to carry out their recommenda- tions be appropriated from the regular highway appropriation.
Art. 26. Voted to take from the table and the following vote was passed :
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of Grove street, from Lowell street to Forest street, and to appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars raised and appropriated at the annual meeting of 1904. Any expenditure over the amount necessary to complete the work to be taken from the regular highway appropriation.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will concur with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in the proposed change in the boundary line between the towns of Lynnfield and Reading as recommended by said Board, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted that the Town of Reading hereby concurs with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in the proposed change. in the boundary line between the towns of Lynnfield and Reading, so that the same shall be as follows : Beginning at the corner of the towns of Lynnfield, North Reading and Reading at a granite mon- ument marked NR R, in latitude 42º 33' 21.41 " and longitude 71º 04' 17.32"; thence south 38° 50' east (true bearing), 2910 feet, to a granite monument marked LR, in latitude 42º 32' 59.02" and longitude 71° 03' 52.94"; thence south 88° 09' west (true bearing), 3283 feet to a granite monument marked LR, in latitude 42° 32' 57.97" and longitude 71° 04' 36.77"; thence south 52º 44' west (true bearing), 1177 feet to a granite monument marked LR, in latitude 42° 32' 50.93" and longitude 71° 04' 49.28" ; thence south 20° 44' east (true bearing), 3307 feet to a granite monument marked LR, in latitude 42° 32' 20.38" and longitude 71° 04' 33.64" ; thence south 1º 58' east (true bearing), 2883 feet, to a granite monument standing at the corner of the towns of Lynnfield, Reading and Wakefield in latitude 42° 31' 51.92" and longitude 71° 04' 32.32".
Art. 29. 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. 29. Voted to raise and appropriate $100 towards paying the expenses of band concerts for the present fiscal year.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to purchase of the Old South M. E. Church the lot of land adjoining the cemetery, lying northerly of a line parallel to and twenty-five feet distant from the northerly end of the chapel belonging to said church, containing fourteen thousand square feet, for the sum of one thousand dollars, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 30. Voted that the Town choose a committee of three to confer with the trustees of the Old South M. E. Church in regard to the matter of purchase and report to the Town on or before the next annual meeting.
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The following were appointed as the committee : Edward F. Parker, Henry R. Johnson, Lemuel W. Allen.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars for the Police Department for the ensuing year, or otherwise provide for the same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. Voted to pass over.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to purchase one thou- sand feet of fire hose, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 33. Voted to raise and appropriate $550 to purchase 1000 feet of hose for the Fire Department to be expended under the direction of the engineers of the Fire Department.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Life Saving Apparatus, and how much money they will raise and appro- priate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. Voted to purchase a Life Saving Apparatus and the amount necessary be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the Fire Department for 1904, the amount being $87.98, and the same be expended under the direction of the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to establish a fire aların box at the corner of Main and Forest streets, and raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 35. Voted to raise and appropriate $50 to establish a fire alarm box at the corner of Main and Forest streets.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixty dollars for the purpose of placing a hydrant on South Main street, opposite the house of A. P. Oliver, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 36. Voted to pass over.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of
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Selectmen to purchase a steam road-roller at a cost not exceeding three thousand dollars, and raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for payment of a portion of the purchase price, and give the note or notes of the Town for the balance, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 37. Voted that the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to purchase a steam road-roller at an expense not exceed- ing $3000, and that $400 be appropriated from the unexpended appropriation made in 1904 for Pearl street drain, and $400 be paid from regular highway appropriation for 1905, and the Town Treas- urer is authorized under the direction of the Selectmen to issue the notes of the Town for the balance, the same to be paid from the highway appropriation for the next five years after 1905.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the purpose of shingling the barn at the Town Home, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 38. Voted to raise and appropriate $125 to shingle Town Home barn.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will appoint a committee for the purpose of revising the By-Laws, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 40. Voted to pass over.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of installing a heater in the Town Building, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. Voted to raise and appropriate $200 to install & heater in the Town Building on Pleasant st.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will adopt the report of the Committee on Building Laws which was appointed at the annual Town Meeting, March, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 42. Voted that the Report of the Committee on Building Laws be published in The Reading Chronicle and an article in-
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serted in next Warrant for a Town Meeting by the Selectmen calling for action on the same.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of paying the amount due the attorney in the Nowell case, (Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts vs. Town of Reading), or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 43. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the purpose of paying the attorney in the Nowell case, Common- wealth of Massachusetts vs. Town of Reading.
Art. 44. 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.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN ON GUIDE POSTS :
Guide Posts, or suitable substitutes therefor, are erected and maintained at the following locations, viz :
Corner Walnut St. and South St.
" Walnut St. and Summer Ave.
" Main St. and Summer Ave.
Woburn St. and Summer Ave.
West St. and Summer Ave.
West St. and Woburn St.
" Lowell St. and Willow St.
Lowell St. and High St.
Lowell St. and Middlesex Ave.
Grove St. and Franklin St.
Main St. and Franklin St.
Mill St. and Short St.
Franklin St. and Haverhill St.
16 Charles St. and Haverhill St.
", Haverhill St. and Pine St.
Pine St. and Salem St.
Charles St. and Main St.
Charles St. and Pearl St.
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Corner Main St. and Pearl St.
Main St. and Salem St.
" Salem St. and Lowell St.
Woburn St. and Lowell St.
Salem St. and Harnden St.
Main St. and Pleasant St.
Pleasant St. and Parker St.
Haven St. and Village St.
Main St. and Ash St.
Main St. on the Common.
Harnden St. near Pleasant St.
JAMES W. KILLAM, Selectmen OLIVER L. AKERLEY, of
H. R. JOHNSON, Reading.
Reading, Mass., March 4, 1905.
Voted to accept report of Selectmen on Guide Boards and that $50 be appropriated from Miscellaneous Expenses for same for fiscal year.
Art. 2. Voted to take from the table, and it was voted to accept the report of the several Town Officers as printed in the annual Town Report.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
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
Allen, William J. Clerk
Badger, Henry B.
Church Organ Worker
Batchelder, Warren A.
Carpenter Batchelder, Howard W.
Farmer
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Batchelder, Adelbert E.
Beaudry, Charles B.
Bessom, Charles F.
Bosson, Harry P.
Insurance Agent Restaurateur
Brown, Samuel
Wheelwright Contractor Broker
Bailey, Willard L.
Merchant
Carter, George
Laborer
Connelly, John
R. R. Employe Bookkeeper
Cook, Walter F.
Painter
Davis, Arthur E.
R. R. Employe R. R. Employe Shoe Worker
Eames, Charles B.
Eames, Edward B.
Merchant Real Estate Laborer
Eames, Webster
Carpenter
Flint, George L.
Carpenter
Horrocks, George E.
Real Estate . Shoe Worker Farmer
Hanscom, Edwin C.
Contractor
Kimball, Charles D.
Machinist
Knight, Edgar M.
Machinist
Krook, Lambertus W.
Cabinet Maker
LaClair, Henry S.
Farmer
Lee, Charles W.
Merchant
Lovejoy, Eugene L. MacDougal, Chester W.
Plumber
McIntire, Herbert E.
Carpenter
Mack, George .
Upholsterer
Mears, William H.
Merchant
Nichols, Amos C.
Caterer
Farmer Organ Pipe Worker Farmer
Brown, Joseph H.
Bowker, Samuel W.
Bancroft, Frederick
Cook, George
Devaney, Patrick, Jr.
Eames, George T.
Eaton, John H.
Johnson, J. Dana
Jones, William H.
Merchant
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Nichols, Parker
Farmer
Oakes, George F.
Engineer
Parker, Asa
Farmer
Parker, Fred A.
Parker, Horace A.
Organ Pipe Worker Cabinet Maker Clerk
Peabody, Dean
Pratt, David W.
Laborer
Pratt, Wilmot K.
Runkle, E. Holcombe
Laborer Clerk Farmer
Roundy, Elwin J.
Sargent, George A.
Shoe Worker Clerk
Stewart, Spencer G. Smith, Benjamin Y.
Organ Pipe Worker Machinist Farmer
Trask, Charles W. C.
Manufacturer
White, Thomas J.
Merchant
Quillen, William
Carpenter
JAMES W. KILLAM,
Selectmen of
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Reading.
Reading, February 11, 1905.
By vote the following names were stricken off of the foregoing list : Dean Peabody, Adelbert E. Batchelder, Samuel W. Bowker. The following names it was voted to add to List of Jurors :
Baker, William H. . Carpenter
Prichard, Augustus D.
Farmer
Roberts, Joseph A. Clerk
Voted to accept list of jurors as prepared and amended. Voted to adjourn sine die. A true copy of record, attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Stone, Merrick A.
Builder
Stinchfield, Charles H.
Temple, Joseph S.
OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 28, 1905.
Pursuant to a Warrant duly issued and returned a Town Meeting was held, being called to order by the Town Clerk, Mil- lard F. Charles. The Warrant was read and the return thereof and acting under Art. 1 :
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
George L. Flint was unanimously chosen Moderator.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise or otherwise provide and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and twenty-five ($925.00) dollars to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden for the purpose of exterminating the Brown Tail Moth, the Gypsy Moth, and other injurious pests, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 5. Voted to take up.
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate $925.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for the purpose of exterminating the Brown Tail Moth, the Gypsy Moth, and other injurious pests.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the report of the committee of the new High School building.
The Committee on the building of a new High School on lot lately purchased between Sanborn and Linden streets, known as the Sheak or Wight property, reported favorably upon building the same and the following vote was passed : 65 voting yes and none no.
Voted that the School Committee, together with Henry R. Johnson, Charles A. Loring and Albert J. Francis, are hereby created a Building Committee with full power to act for the Town in the erection of a High School building on the lot owned by the Town on Linden street, known as the Wight lot, in accordance with the plans prepared by Adden & Parker, Architects, with such modifications as the Committee may consider necessary in the pro- gress of the work; and to complete and furnish the same ready for occupancy at an expense not exceeding in the aggregate $85,000, and said amount is hereby appropriated for the purpose
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specified, and the said Committee is further authorized to dispose of the buildings now on the lot by sale or to transfer them to the custody of the Selectmen as they may deem best, any money re- ceived therefor to be turned into the treasury.
Art. 3. To see if the Town, for the purpose of providing funds for the erection of a High School building, will authorize its Treasurer to borrow under the direction of the Selectmen the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars and issue the bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable at such times as will extinguish the debt within twenty years.
Art. 3. Voted that for the purpose of providing funds for the erection of a new High School building it was voted that the Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow under the direction of the Selectmen the sum of $85,000, and to issue the bonds or notes of the Town therefor bearing interest at four per cent. per annum and payable at such times as will extinguish the entire indebtedness hereby authorized within a period of twenty years from date of issue.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to change the water rates, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 6. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in regard to the discontinuance of the Tower gate house at the Main- Ash St. crossing of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
Art. 4. The Selectmen reported that they had been unable to accomplish the discontinuance of the Tower gate house at the B. & M. R. R. crossing at Ash and Main streets and asked to be re- lieved from further responsibility in the matter.
Voted to accept report of Selectmen and that they be relieved from further responsibility in the matter.
Voted to indefinitely postpone further action on this article.
Art. 7. To hear and act on the report of the Committee on Building Laws, which was appointed at the annual Town Meeting, March, 1901.
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