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Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. Frank A. Starratt, Minister, Stoneham, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass.
J. A. Crowley, Priest, Wakefield, Mass. E. B. Marshall, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. Denis F. Lee, Priest, Reading, Mass. Stephen A. Norton, Minister of the Gospel, Woburn, Mass. Francis William O'Brine, Minister of the Gospel, Bath, Me. W. C. Myers, Minister of the Gospel, Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. Robert W. Haskins, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. C. Guy Robbins, Clergyman, Wakefield, Mass.
Jonathan and Phila A. (Porter) Haselton William W. and Fannie Smith Henry Morton and Martha H. (Appleton) Brown F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman,
Fannie Amelia Smith
At Home
19
Lottie Frances Cummings 30 22 19
Frederick Ainsworth Bertha Newell Parker Herbert Austin Tibbetts Ethelyn Jamesina Bancroft
33
30 32 At Home Letter Carrier
Book Keeper
Dover, N. H.
Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Jarvis and Elizabeth (Surette) Babine
James J. and Maria (Reagan) Hogan John A. and Mary Ida (Chapman) Preston Charles L. and Mary A. (Boutwell) Miller Daniel F. and Mary (Smith) Hutchinson James and Sarah (Blackleigh) Powers Robert H. and Elizabeth (Robertson) Barrie Zebulon S. and Hannah E. (Fluent: Knight William F. S. and Sarah A. (Bent) Wilson John C. and Harriet L. (Weston) Gleason J. Dexter and Julia E. (Haley) Jones Charles and Katherine (Kennedy) McCarthy August F. and Julia (Matchmacher) Keiley Henry and Evelyn (Comeau) Huteau
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1906.
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM
AGE OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
NAME OF PARENTS
BY WHOM MARRIED
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Charles S. Blake
26
Salesman
Holland, Vt.
Alvah L. and Eva S. (Andrews) Blake Benjamin N. and Myra (Stone) Coates Alexander A. and Lucy M. (Teel) Stubbs
Reading, Mass.
29
Charles A. Stubbs
27
Fireman
Wakefield, Mass.
Mary C. Hoar
24
At Home
Treley, Ireland
Thomas and Nellie (Brien) Hoar Alden S. and Clara E. (Gray) Johnson
Dec. 4
William Edwin Johnson
26
Brakeman
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Cabot, Vt.
19
Horace B. Keizer
32
Nurseryman
31
Agency
24
James H. Bolton
24
Organ Pipe Builder
Agnes Estella Thorburn
22
At Home
Newark, N. J. Canning, N. S.
25
Ervin Nehemiah Babcock
25
Teacher
18
At Home
St. Louis, Mo.
31
Ralph Wardwell Thaxter
29
Brakeman
Machias, Me.
Jessie Nason Cummings
29
Bank Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Cyrus and Mary A. (Jameson) Thaxter Charles W. and Susan (Murphy) Cummings
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman,
Elna G. Coates
22
Teacher
Marblehead, Mass.
16
Charlotte Gertrude Parker Don C. Clark
19
At Home
21 Blacksmith
Alice Ethlyn Nichols
24
Compositor
Reading, Mass. Kings Co., N. S. Woodbury, Vt. Liverpool, Eng.
Flora L. Batchelder
Asa and Sarah (Lythgoe) Parker Carl and Bessie (Metcalf) Clark Howard P. and Sarah M. (Lewis) Nichols Irad D. and Rosanna (Corkum) Keizer Ira and Onnette (Brennan) Batchelder Fred and Alice (Bromlow) Bolton George J. and Hattie M. (Miller) Thorburn Freeman and Emma S. (Porter) Babcock Joseph C. and Marie (Kluender) Braun
Armintine Braun
Denis F. Lee, Priest, Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading, Mass. Walter C. Myers, Minister, Reading, Mass. William I. Lawrence, Minister of the Gospel, Winchester, Mass. W. C. Myers, Minister, Reading, Mass. George A. Downey, Minister of the Gospel, No. Dana, Mass. E. B. Marshall, Clergyman, Reading, Mass.
Whole number of marriages, 73. Nativity of persons married: Born in the United States, 117; Males, 55, Females, 62. Number born out of the United States, 29; Males, 18, Females, 11.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1906.
DATE
NAME
AGE
PARENTS OR HUSBAND
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan.
3 William H. Nash
78
.
0
16
4 Frances Adeline Gould
88
5
19
Jesse Gould
Cerebral Hemorrhage
4 George H. Parker
67
9
16
Samuel and Harriett (Allen) Parker
Pneumonia
5 Fred H. Chapman
19
0
0
Thomas W. and Mary (Boyd) Chapman
..
16
Timothy Riordan
70
8
6
Michael and Mary (Duffy) Riordan
17
Emma G. McIntire
16
0
0
Frederick C. and Cora (Dwight) McIntire
28
Viola Young
0
6
22
Frank W. and Lillian F. (Eames) Young
Feb. 9 George A. W. Vinall
72
3
23
William D. and Naomi Symmes Vinall Edgar O. and Bertha U. (Brooks) Dewey
14 Edward Brooks Dewey
0
0
1
16
Alice E. Parker
54
9
4
Frederick H. Parker
16
Sarah L. McCallar
65
1
12
Daniel C. McCallar
24
Luthera E. Parker
88
0
25
Henry F. Parker
28 George Sawin
68
4
17
Daniel A. and Sarah (Maun) Sawin Howard Lowerison
Hannah Lowerison
71
3
19
Herbert Y. Mudgett
0
4
13
John H. and Mary E. (Jackson) Mudgett
10
Harold F. Mudgett
0
4
19
51
9
15
14 William J. Bride
74
7
6
16
Roxana A. Hall
85
5
21
17
Bridget McDonald
75
6
0
18
Foster M. Hill
0
9
8
20 Clara Ann Leathe
63
11
14
Charles B. Leathe
1
3
0
11
Emily R. Wightman
54
10
0
14
True B. Badger
25
7
4
18
Louisa Catherine Zanni
0
5
9
25
Heman S. Gill
71
11
4
1
6
23
Frank A. and Mabel B. (Jones) Butters
June 3 Gilman D. Kingman
86
0
17
9 Howard A. Colby
13
11
7
16 Eliza J. Safford
83
0
0
Edward Safford
Pernicious Anemia
19
Harriet Newell Wilson
43
0
0
26
William H. Bancroft
24
11
4
July
1 Eliza P. Hood
78
11
0
Harvey and Rebecca (Smith) Hood Charles E. Warren
2 Mary I. Warren
52
1
19
6
..
17 Bartholomew Ganley
0
0
3
18 Calvin L. Martin
54
0
20
19 Mary P. Batchelder
94
3
0
75
11
0
William H. Nash
Acute Pneumonia
25 Adelaide A. Nash
33
2
7
Millard F. Charles
Placenta Pravea Valvular Disease of Heart
Hit by R. R. Train
Heart Disease
Phthisis Plumonalis Heart Failure
Valvular Disease
Acute Pneumonia Myocarditis Senility
Mch. 3 4
Acute Indigestion
John H. and Mary E. (Jackson) Mudgett
Malnutrition
Chronic Nephritis
April 7 Effie J. Skillen
James and Keziah (Jewett) Bride
Horace Hall
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Louis G. and Harriett E. (Oakes) Hill
Cerebral Meningitis
Myocarditis
Whooping Cough and Measles
May 10 Harold F. Richardson
Exothalmic Goitre
William H. Wightman
Henry B. and Clara A. (Payne) Badger
Typhoid Fever Gastro Enteritis
Apoplexy Intestinal Obstruction
30 Marion Butters
Henry and Sophronia (Parker) Kingman Frank A. and Elizabeth F. (Noyes) Colby
Appendicitis and Peritonitis
Pernicious Anemia
James and Elizabeth J. (Berry) Wilson
1 Bridget Clark
79
2
0
Marcus M. and Julia (Owens) Bancroft Francis Clark
Valvular Disease of Heart Senile Bronchitis Fatty Heart and Fright
Leucaemia Probably Cardiac
7 John E. Sheedy
49
1
Michael and Mary (Hines) Sheedy James and Sarah (Bemon) Ganley Samuel and Sarah (Freeze) Martin David Batchelder
Premature
Valvular Disease of Heart
Fractured Hip
Francis J. Skillen
Arterio Sclerosis
Old Age
John McDonald
William H. and Maggie E. (Carter) Richardson
Angelo and Catherine (Cunio) Zanni Nathan and Iamson (Gould) Gill
Sarcoma of Stomach
3 Etta C. Charles
William and Elizabeth (Smith) Nash
Valvular Disease of Heart
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Fracture of Hip
2
Aug. 9 Emeline L. Gibson
94
2
28
James Gibson
10 Julia E. Barrelle
59
10
0
Almond Barrelle
12 Donald Christie Prentiss
2
2
6
Archer R. and Mabel (Thomas) Prentiss
27 Margaret Carney
40
0
0
William Carney
Sept. 1
Hugh W. Doherty
0
6
27
7
Peter G. Froton
5
9
18
14
Grace E. Day
0
10
6
49
11
8
26
10
24
Oct. 4
Emma M. Swain
53
0
0
James A. and Elizabeth (Smith) Doucette
Diphtheria
12
George R. White
0
4
10
Peter J. and Mary A. (Surette) White
Gastro Enteritis
14
Ruben L. Beers
79
1
24
Ruben and Edea (Richardson) Beers
Pneumonia
17
Frank Pippin
1
0
12
25
Robert H. Borthwick
46
10
25
Nov. 1
Lawrence B. Butler Cyrus Hadley
79
7
0
8
Edward A. Kingman
88
11
12
13
Sarah J. Mason
84
1
16
Josiah Mason
Valvular Disease of Heart Railroad Accident
15
James Robinson
55
0
0
Father Unknown, Hattie (Morris) Robinson Parents Unknown
Cerebral Hemorrhage
22
William B. Tyler
75
3
9
Moses C. and Susan (Baldwin) Tyler
=
25
Arabella S. Emerson
77
3
25
John A. Emerson
27
Sarah Ganley
39
0
0
James Ganley
10
Margaret Ann Hale
77
8
15
Charles S. Hale
11
Ruben J. Lefave
13
2
0
19
William J. Bridger
77
1
.4
William and (mother unknown) Bridger
Apoplexy
21 Caroline F. Davis
86
0
0
Noah Davis
Bronchitis Myocarditis
26 Ethel M. Bryden
0
11
10
Henry W. and Edith A. (Fillmore) Bryden
General Peritonitis
27
Abbie Perkins Granger
56
1
0
Edmond H. Granger
Carcinoma of the Spine
30
Margaret M. Cummings
70
0
0
Martin M. Cummings
Chronic Bronchitis
31 Edmond Johnson
82
3
0
John Johnson (mother unknown)
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
7
17
Herman C. and L. Francis (Howard) Skinner
Gastro Enteritis
20
Herbert Russell Skinner
0
0
0
16
William H. Burnham
81
0
3
John M. and Margaret (Burnett) Butler
Diabetis Coma
3
Wiloby and Massy (Wheeler) Hadley
Cerebral Softening
Henry and Nancy (Carpenter) Kingman
Gangrene of Foot
11
Joseph L. Doucette
16
0
1
Joseph B. and Kathryn L. (Cullinane) Doherty Simon P. and Albener (Dndevver) Froton William R. and Eleanor (Goodwin) Day George and Annie (Osgood) Adams Charles H. and Emma (Sanborn) Swain Charles H. Swain
Fractured Hip and Senility Poisoning (Wood Alcohol) Entero Colitis Phlebitis Pyreueis Gastro Enteritis Diphtheria
Meningitis Cirrosis of Liver Phthisis
19
24
George E. Adams Percy A. Swain
Nervous Exhaustion
Frank R. and Mattie (Williams) Pippin James and Catherine (McFarland) Borthwick
Meningitis Cerebral
Dysentery
Tumor of Prostrate
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mitral Regurgitation & Stenosis
Dec.
John and Mary (Muse) Lefave
8 Multiple Sarcoma Pulmonary Tuberculosis
11
Whole Number of Deaths, 84; Males, 50; Females, 34; Born in United States, Males, 42 ; Females, 27; Foreign Born, Males, 8; Females, 7.
DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1906
Whole number of licenses issued 338.
45 female licenses issued at $5.00 $225 00
293 male licenses issued at $2.00 586 00
Total receipts
$811 00
Less fees for 338 licenses at 20c. . 67 60
Total due County Treasurer $743 40
June 1, 1906, paid Country Treasurer $429 00
Dec. 1, 1906, paid County Treasurer
307 80
Total paid Country Treasurer $736 80
Balance in hands of Town Clerk 6 60
$743 40
No. of dogs returned by Assessors to Town Clerk :
Total males reported .
290
Total females reported
46
Total reported
336
I licensed two more dogs than was reported to me by the Assessors, but those two were licensed after Dec. 1st, 1906, when I made my last payment to the County Treasurer.
More dogs were licensed this year than any previous year, being an increase of thirty over last year, which was the highest before.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
December 31, 1906.
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TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1906
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD JANUARY 15, 1906.
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 raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred and forty-six dollars for the purpose of exterminating the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six dollars and appropriate seventy-nine 59-100 dollars, the amount received by the Selectmen from the Treasurer of the Citizens' Committee, to be used in suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, the same to be ex- pended under the general direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will elect the members of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Overseers of the Poor for the terms of one, two and three years, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted not to elect the Selectmen and Board of Overseers of the Poor for terms of one, two and three years.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 405, Acts of 1903, an Act to authorize the Town of Read- ing to elect a Board of Public Works to have control of its Water Works, Public Lighting and Highways, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted that a committee of five be appointed to investigate the question of having a Board of Public Works and to report at the
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Annual Town Meeting, this committee to be appointed by the Moderator.
The Moderator appointed the following citizens on the com- mittee : Eugene L. Lovejoy, William I. Ruggles, Millard F. Charles, C. Winthrop Smith, Alfred D. Chandler.
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy of record.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 5, 1906.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
William I. Ruggles was duly chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one mem- ber of the Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Commissioner 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 ?"
The following ballot clerks were duly sworn by the Moderator: William S. Badger, Arthur E. Nichols, Charles H. Stinchfield, George E. Horrocks, Walter K. Badger, Melvin H. Loud, Charles I. Alger, Henry M. Donegan, Otis B. Ruggles, John Connelly, Henry R. Johnson, J. Clarence Oxley.
Voted to close the polls at 4h. 25m. p. m. No objection being made votes were taken out at various times during the day. The polls were duly closed at 4h. 25m. p. m. and the count of
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votes showed that 873 men and 19 women had voted. The votes were counted and declared with the following result :
TOWN CLERK
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave.
571
Blanks .
302
SELECTMEN
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st.
502
Samuel W. Bowker, 8 Linden st.
53
William C. Buck, 46 West st.
465
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
671
Lambertus W. Krook, 28 Salem st.
158
George L. Pratt, 71 Salem st.
475
Blanks
295
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st.
491
Samuel W. Bowker, 8 Linden st.
.
53
William C. Buck, 46 West st.
465
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
650
Lambertus W. Krook, 28 Salem st.
158
George L. Pratt, 71 Salem st.
470
Blanks
349
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave.
734
Blanks
138
Scattering
1
TREASURER
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st.
687
Blanks
186
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Herbert M. Viall, 42 Bancroft ave.
682
Blanks
191
.
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BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
Calvert H. Playdon, 8 Gould st.
696
Blanks 177
Two CONSTABLES
Frederick D. Merrill, 27 Highland st. 618
John H. Orr, 31 Village st.
493
Herbert G. Stock, 8 Ash st. 347
Blanks
288
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
George A. Shackford, 118 Ash st.
683
Blanks 190
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
George L. Flint, 42 Highland st.
731
Blanks
142
TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR THREE YEARS
Alfred W. Danforth, 28 Woburn st.
625
Henry T. Leavis, 164 Main st. . 632
Blanks 489
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS
Edward P. Guild, 14 Bancroft ave. 609
Henry G. Kittredge, 57 Prospect st. 593
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
Gilman L. Parker, 64 Washington st. 399
John H. Robinson, 197 High st.
601
Elizabeth H. Brown, Prospect st. 363
Blanks
421
AUDITORS
Edgar O. Dewey, 76 Main st. 654
Albert R. Shepardson, 48 King st.
631
John F. Turner, 147 Woburn st. 665
Blanks .
669
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TREE WARDEN
Guy A. Hubbard, 255 Main st. 255
George F. Sawyer, 15 Prescott st. .
493
Blanks .
125
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED
Yes
145
No
555
Blanks .
173
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy, attest:
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
' ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 5, 1906
READING, MASS., MARCH 5, 1906.
Pursuant to the appended warrant a Town Meeting was held at the place and time therein specified and was called to order by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frank S. Hunnewell. The warrant was read in part when it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Proceeded to the election of a Moderator by ballot. George L. Flint received six votes, all that were cast, and was declared unanimously elected Moderator.
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 Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Finance Com- mittee, Tree Warden, and Special Committees.
Art. 2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
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Art. 3. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as Fence Viewers for the ensuing year.
Voted that Asa Parker, Willard A. Bancroft and Herbert G. Stock serve as Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
Voted that John H. Orr be appointed Pound Keeper for the ensuing year.
Voted that the following persons serve as Surveyors of Lum- ber for the ensuing year: James A. Bancroft, Ora L. Milbury, Wendell Bancroft, Joseph W. Killam, Warren M. Whitehouse, Samuel Brown, William R. Zwicker, Burton K. Symonds, Edward B. Eames and George L. Flint.
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to refund that portion of the original tax assessed on the Haskins property on Salem st. which shall exceed the amount of fifty dollars in each of the years 1904 and 1905.
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
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 Depart- ment, 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 Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Work, Miscellaneous Expenses, Tree Warden and Rent of Playground.
Art. 4. Voted to raise and appropriate for general · . $27,000 00 School Expenses .
Voted to raise and appropriate for Incidental School
Expenses 5,500 00
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Voted to raise and appropriate for the Public Library and appropriate the proceeds of the dog tax
900 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks 2,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Sprinkling Streets 450 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Removing Snow and Ice 300 00
Voted to pass over Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abuttors pay one-half).
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Fire Department $4,300 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for the Police Depart- ment : 2,800 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Forest Fire Wards 150 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Support of Poor 3,300 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Salaries of Town Officers 3,600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for State and Military Aid 2,800 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief 1,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Printing 700 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Abatement of Taxes 600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Town Building 400 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Care of Cemetery 800 00
and appropriate proceeds of sales of lots and unex- pended balance of 1905, viz : 38 24
Voted to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day 175 00
to be expended under the direction of Post 194, G. A. R.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Board of Health 600 00 Voted to appropriate fifty dollars for care of Old South Clock to be paid from Miscellaneous Expenses.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Interest Account 700 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Care of Common, Mayall and Elm Parks 150 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Election Expenses 300 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Concrete Work 350 00
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Voted to raise and appropriate for the General Expenses
of the Tree Warden 100 00
and appropriate the unexpended balance of 1905, viz: 101 23
Voted to raise and appropriate for Misc. Expenses · 1,000 00 Art. 4. Voted to lay on the table.
Voted that the Town of Reading extend a vote of thanks to the Reading Rubber Mills, as an expression of its appreciation of the service rendered the Town in having given the free use of steam for the Fire Whistle during the past seventeen years.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise the sum of twelve thousand dollars and appropriate the same, together with the receipts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant, for the year 1906, for the maintenance, operation and repair of said Plant, and for the payment of the bonds, notes, interest and depreciation due by said Plant during the year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 5. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 2. Voted to take up.
Art. 2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars for construction, extension, enlarge- ment and addition to the Municipal Light and Power Plant, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 6. Voted to pass over.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixty dollars for the purpose of placing an electric light near Hose 5 House on Forest street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 8. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the junction of Salem and Winter streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. Voted that the arc light situated at the foot of Bel- mont street on Salem street be moved one hundred and ten feet from
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its present location. The Municipal Light Board to consider its advisability.
Art. 12. 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. 12. 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 sums 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 vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to furnish electricity for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 9. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 10. 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 10. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art 11. 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. 11. Voted that there be raised and appropriated for Hydrant Rentals, $4,950.
Voted to raise and appropriate for water for Drinking Foun- tains, $300.
Voted to raise and appropriate for water for Street Sprink- ling, $500.
And that the above named sums together with the receipts for water be appropriated for interest on Water Loans, maintenance of Water Works and for Service Pipes.
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Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of School House Note for five thousand dollars, due March ninth, 1906.
Art. 21. Voted to take up.
Art. 21. Voted to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Note due March 9th, 1906, $3,300 ; and appropriate $1,700 from available assets to pay balance of said note.
Art. 5. Voted to take from table.
Art. 5. Voted that the Town raise the sum of $9,082, and that said sum and the unexpended balance for the year 1905, to wit: fourteen hundred thirty 20-100 dollars, together with the receipts of the Plant for the year 1906, be appropriated for the operation, maintenance and repair of the plant, interest on bonds and notes issued to pay for the Plant, depreciation and the requirements of the debt incurred for the Plant, and that of the amount so appropriated, the sum of twenty-six hundred fifty dollars, being not less than three per cent. on the cost of the Plant, which percentage has been approved by the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners, be the amount raised for depreciation as provided in Section 4 of Chapter 410 of the Acts of 1905 and to be used as provided in and by said Act.
Voted to adjourn to Monday evening, March 12, 1906, at 8 MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk. p. m.
READING, MASS., MARCH 12, 1906.
Pursuant to the adjournment of the Town Meeting held March 5, 1906, the Town Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, George L. Flint.
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