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$30 00
30 00
30 00
Soldiers' Relief Account, Town of Marblehead
48 00
$48 00
Burial Agent's Account.
37 00
37 00
Decoration and Care of Soldiers' Graves ..
175 00
175 00
175 00
State and Military Aid
2,800 00
2,800 00
2,490 00
310 00
Account Charles L. Haag
76 66
Rent of Playground .
342 00
5 00
347 00
347 00
Care and Improvement of Common and Parks
150 00
150 00
67 12
82 88
Polly Connell vs. Town of Reading.
12,280 00
500 00
12,780 00
12,780 00
Municipal Light and Power Plant ..
8,187 21
8,187 21
8,187 21
6 59
Interest on School House Notes and Bonds. .
4,155 00
4,155 00
4,055 00
100 00
School House Notes.
8,000 00
2,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
School House Bonds.
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
High School Building
250 00
1,076 83
1,326 83
1,321 12
5 71
Main Street Note.
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Interest . .
700 00
2,866 21
3,576 84
710 63
Abatement of Taxes
700 00
710 60
861 41
150 81
Taxes on Property Taken.
71 32
71 32
526 06
454 74
Miscellaneous Expenses.
1,000 00
127 75
1,127 75
1,137 13
9 38
Highways, Bridges and Repairs on Sidewalks Street Sprinkling .
450 00
450 00
455 18
5 18
Removal of Snow and Ice
389 23
389 23
389 23
Fire Department.
5,000 00
3 00
5,003 00
5,346 40
343 40
Forest Fires.
150 00
150 00
706 67
556 67
Fire Dept. - Spec. Ap. Sou'wester Hats, Rubber Boots
275 00
275 00
248 46
26 54
Fire Dept .- Special Ap. New Floor in Steamer Room
150 00
150 00
144 11
5 89
Police Department . .
3,800 00
335 20
4,135 20
3,983 23
151 97
Board of Health
600 00
600 00
863 91
263 91
398 84
398 84
Reading Water Works ..
Municipal Light and Power Plant, Special Committee
19,170 26
19,170 26
19,163 67
4,000 00
5,493 51
9,493 51
9,493 51
2,166 21
10 60
76 66
Laurel Hill Cemetery ..
700 00
937 75
1,752 80
115 05
Tree Warden.
100 00
20 00
1.637 75 120 00
120 00
Moth Account
1,997 00
9,180 95
11,177 95
11,177 95
Overseers of the Poor.
3,000 00
1,148 86
4,148 86
4,214 98
66 12
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
97 21
97 21
333 40
236 19
City of Cambridge
169 12
169 12
Town of Wilmington
63 61
63 61
63 61
Town of Norfolk ..
120 17
120 17
Town of Andover
6 85
6 85
Middlesex County Truant School .
108 00
Town of Canton .
80 93
80 93
80 93
Schools ...
29,000 00
1,281 26
30,281 26
30,281 26
4,000 00
968 06
4,968 06
39
Public Library
800 00
685 22
1,485 22
1,485 22
$101.711 21
$45,842 76
$147.553 97
$150.299 98
$1,130 71
$3.876 72
Overdrawn Unexpended
3,876 72
2,746 01
Expenses for Year 1908.
$150,299 98
Add Temporary Loans .
87,000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders
$237,299 98
Expenses above .
150,299 98
Less following amounts due on'account Year 1908 State and Military Aid ...
2,490 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Account Burial Agent.
37 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Poor Account ..
236 19
Property Owners, Moth Account
213 84
City of Cambridge
169 12
Town of Marblehead.
48 00
Town of Norfolk ..
120 17
Town of Andover.
6 85
Charles L. Haag
76 66
3,397 83
Net Expenses .
$146,902 15
Less Sundry Credits for 1908, as above.
45,335 76
Amount raised by Taxation and[ Appropriation from Available Assets
$101,566 39
.
.
School Incidentals
4,967 67
1,130 71
108 00
Dr.
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer,
January 13, 1908, To cash in Treasury
$6,536 91
To cash received from County Treasurer, Dog Tax
€85 22
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax Balance, 1907.
1,059 11
National Bank Tax Balance, 1907
7 72
Corporation Tax, 1908
4,892 01
National Bank Tax, 1908
553 00
Military Aid, 1908
51 50
State Aid, 1908 ..
2,525 00
Temporary Aid
76 94
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
179 00
Street Railroad Tax, 1908
2,665 29
..
Moth Account ..
7,765 09
Outside Poor Account
206 55
211 00
44
Hired Money, Temparary Loans
100,000 00
H. M. Viall, Collector, Redemption Tax
71 32
H. M. Viall, Collector, Taxes paid after Abatement.
143 17
H. M. Viall, Collector, Postage Returned .
68
H. M. Viall, Collector, List, 1906.
9,012 04
H. M. Viall, Collector, List, 1907.
30,025 00
Merrick A. Stone, Collector, 1908
72,252 84
Merrick A. Stone, Collector, Street Railroad Tax, 1908 ...
2,392 40
Overseers of the Poor, Town Home
1,148 86
License Fees .. .
100 00
First National Bank, Interest.
147 42 12 83
Supt. of Schools, School Tuition and Material Sold
65 17
Supt. of Moths, Moth Account.
1,226 92
Fourth District Court, Fines.
328 00
Trustees of Cemetery, Lots Sold.
460 00
6 4
Trustees of Cemetery, Interest Account-
477 75
44
Estate of Milton D. Parker, Cemetery Bequest ..
100 00
44
Margaret O. Pinkham, Cemetery Bequest
150 00
44
Mrs. Eunice E. Damon, Cemetery Bequest.
100 00
Estate of Ellen M. Damon, Cemetery Bequest
75 00
Estate of Susan Bancroft, Cemetery Bequest
100 00
..
Town of No. Reading, Tuition and Outside Poor
2,005 50
Town of Canton, Outside Poor ..
125 21
Town of Wilmington, Outside Poor
265 10
Town of Norfolk, Outside Poor
113 25
Town of Marblehead, Outside Poor
48 00
City of Cambridge, Outside Poor
168 74
.
Estate of Henry S. Buck
284 46
Henry Stock, Edgestone Account
15 34
Frank W. Parker, Sealer.
27 07
Mechanics' Savings Bank, Renewal of Note
2,000 00
Tree Warden. .
20 00
44
E. J. Roundy, Edgestone Account.
27 31
Boston & Northern St. Railroad, Repairs
842 97
44
Police Department
7 20
Water Department, Payment on Bond.
500 00
Engineer of Fire Department.
3 00
School Committee, Building Sale.
75 00
School Committee, Bill Overpaid. 65
Selectmen, Use of Playground 5 00
$252,737 54
. .
64
Mary I. Harris, Cemetery Bequest .. .
50 00
Mary I. McIntire, Cemetery Bequest.
50 00
Irma E. Mayo, Cemetery Bequest.
100 00
Mrs. A. B. Matthews, Cemetery Bequest
100 00
Abby C. Spokesfield, Cemetery Bequest
100 00
Supt. of Streets, Material Sold ..
Tuition of School Children ..
6 4 6 4
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IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING, Cr.
Oct. 31, 1908,
By Paying County Tax .
$4,994 08
Nov. 14, 1908,
State Tax, 1908
7,920 00
Nov. 14, 1908,
National Bank Tax, 1908.
492 03
Nov. 14, 1908,
Wellington Bridge Tax, 1908. .
370 64
Nov. 14, 1908,
Wellington Bridge, Interest, 1908.
54 04
Nov. 14, 1908,
Wellington Bridge, Cost of Maintenance.
68 57
Selectmen's Orders, Nos. 1 to 1319.
237,299 98
Repairs of Highways
186 80
By Cash in Treasury, January, 1909
1,351 40
$252,737 54
EDWARD F. PARKER,
Reading, January, 1909.
Treasurer.
224
Dr.
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1908.
.. Received of Water Commissioners. . .
$10 80
24,653 87
Received of First National Bank, Interest 39 46
$24,704 13
Dr. EDWARD F. PARKER, Treas., IN ACCOUNT WITH
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1908
$23 21
Received of Municipal Light Commissioners
29,386 45
Received First National Bank, Interest
8 49
$29,418 15
225
WITH TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY, Cr.
By Paying Water Commissioners' Orders.
By Cash in Treasury, January, 1909. .
$24,454 46 249 67
$24,704 13
EDWARD F. PARKER,
Treasurer.
Reading, January, 1909.
TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, Cr.
By Paying Municipal Light Commissioners' Orders.
$29,263 80
By Cash in Treasury, January, 1909.
154 35
$29,418 15
EDWARD F. PARKER,
Treasurer.
Reading, January, 1909.
AUDITORS' REPORT
LIABILITIES
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1909
$192,000 00
Interest accrued on same
702 35
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1909
57,000 00
Interest accrued on same .
601 25
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1909
106,000 00
Interest accrued on same .
801 76
Cemetery notes (non-interest bearing)
500 00
Temporary loans
50,200 00
Interest accrued on same
563 16
Road roller notes
850 00
Miscellaneous debts
1,500 00
Miscellaneous debts, Electric Light ( special )
1,000 00
TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield $100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
.. Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
6.
T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Mark Temple .
100 00
66
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Pres-
ton and Margaret Gilman 75 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson . 100 00
Sevena Coggin
100 00
Margaret Towne
100 00
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman
150 00
227
Bequest of Sarah Smith $100 00
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
Rosamond C. Pratt .
100 00
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
Mary B. Wakefield .
100 00
66 James A. Bancroft, Ex. P. Jane Batchelder . 100 00
66
Arthur D. Kingman, Ex. Gard- ner French 50 00
Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt, Ex. T. B. Pratt
200 00
Mary Ann McAllister
100 00
66
Gilman A. Coggin
100 00
66
Mary Ann McAllister for Jo- seph Bryant
50 00
Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft, Ex. Harriet B. Bancroft . 54 55
Estate of Samuel Pierce . 100 00
66
D. W. Berry, Ex. Caroline Hammond 100 00
66
William L. Crowe .
100 00
66
Heirs of George C. Coney
100 00
Heirs of Sherman Chase .
75 00
66
Estate of Isaac M. Clark .
100 00
Anna G. Butler
150 00
66
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
66 Alden and Lois D. Batchelder . 100 00
66
Estate of Charles A. Weston .
100 00
66 Henry F. Parker 100 00
228
Bequest of Sarah D. Eaton
$100 00
66 Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
Mary W. Pratt 50 00
יר Climena Wakefield .
100 00
Estate Louisa M. Eaton
100 00
Maria E. Waitt 100 49
Adrien Mertens
200 00
Albert P. Gleason
50 00
66
Frances P. Dow
100 00
Estate Thomas Richardson
100 00
"
Helen M. Sherman .
50 00
Fannie Cottrell 50 00
100 00
Lucy W. Parker
75 00
66
Estate Martha R. Temple
100 00
Estate Needham Nichols .
100 00
יו Mary W. Pratt
50 00
66
Mrs. James T. Norris
30 00
יי
Estate Francis Kingman .
100 00
Estate Albert Nichols
100 00
George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
Maria Carter
100 00
66
Hubbard and Elbridge Copeland and Leander Willey 150 00
66
John Draffin
100 00
66
Hattie D. Pond, Executrix
100 00
66 Trustees of Laura Frost
50 00
Abby C. Clapp
100 00
Emily Alice Jones
100 00
Emma M. Brown
75 00
66
F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
66 Edward T. Pendergrast
100 00
66 Fannie A. Morton . 100 00
Lewis M. Bancroft . 50 00
Caroline L. White . 50 00
-
Charles E. Hall
229
Bequest of Hannah C. Cochrane
$50 00
Charles W. Cochrane
200 00
Edgar M. Knight
100 00
66 Reuben Weston
100 00
66 J. B. Hopkins .
100 00
66
T. P. M. Wiggin
100 00
66
Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
66 Mary Norwood
50 00
66
Lyman Whiting
50 00
66
Ellen M. Carr
100 00
Emma S. Nelson
100 00
66
Henry E. Holden, Adm. .
50 00
66
C. E. Skillings
100 00
Isaac Munroe .
100 00
66 William H. Wightman
100 00
66
Lizzie B. Davis
100 00
Hubbard E. Cox
80 00
Helen C. Prentiss
100 00
Louise Leathe .
100 00
66 Arthur M. Coons
75 00
Thomas and F. E. Appleton
150 00
Mary A. Gilman
100 00
A. Newell Howes
100 00
Mrs. Frances Todd .
100 00
66
James F. Wright
100 00
Ella M. Damon
100 00
M. Elizabeth Broad .
100 00
Walter H. Norris
75 00
Mary J. Harris
50 00
66
Estate of Milton D. Parker
100 00
Mary G. McIntire 50 00
66
Margaret O. Pinkham
150 00
Irma E. Mayo
100 00
Mrs. A. B. Matthews
100 00
66
Eunice E. Damon
100 00
Estate of Ellen M. Damon
75 00
230
Bequest of Abby C. Spokesfield
$100 00
Estate of Susan Bancroft . 100 00
$11,415 04
Interest accrued on above funds not yet expended $773 02
$12,188 06
Total liabilities .
$423,906 58
ASSETS
Unpaid taxes due Oct. 1, 1907 . . $8,924 36
Unpaid taxes due Oct. 1, 1908 . . 37,341 18
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes 1,229 45
Due from State Aid account 2,490 00
Commonwealth of Mass. (Burial) 37 00
66 Commonwealth of Mass. (Poor) 236 19
66 Property Owners (Moth) . 213 84
$50,472 02
Due from City of Cambridge
169 12
Town of Marblehead .
48 00
Town of Norfolk
120 17
Town of Andover
6 85
Charles L. Haag
752 25
Concreting account
76 53
Cash in Treasury
1,351 40
Cash in Treasury ( water supply )
249 67
Cash in Treasury (electric light)
254 35 --- $53,500 36
AVAILABLE ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES Uncollected taxes, accrued interest and accounts due
$51,644 94
Cash in Treasury
1,351 40
$52,996 34
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Interest on school bonds
$801 76
Interest on bequests
773 02
Temporary loans and interest
. 50,763 16
Miscellaneous debts . 2,500 00
Unexpended balance Street Railway tax
available for Highway purposes only . 966 22
Unexpended balance of proceeds of Elec- tric Light bond issue . 4 59
Deficit
$55,808 75 2,812 41
BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING
MATURITY
SCHOOL ELEC. LIGHT WATER
1909
April 21
$2,000 00
June 1 .
$7,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
$3,000 00
November 1
5,000 00
December 3 .
1,000 00
December 21 .
1,000 00
1910
April 21
2,000 00
June 1 .
7,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1 .
5,000 00
December 3 .
1,000 00
December 21 .
1,000 00
1911
June 1 .
7,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1 .
4,000 00
December -21 .
1,000 00 .
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MATURITY
SCHOOL ELEC. LIGHT WATER
1912
March 15
$10,000 00
June 1 .
7,000 00
August 1
$3,000 00
October 1
$3,000 00
November 1 .
4,000 00
December 21
1,000 00
1913
June 1 . 8,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
December 21
1,000 00
1914
June 1 . 8,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1 .
4,000 00
December 21
1,000 00
1915
June 1 . 8,000 00
August 1
3,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
December 21 .
1,000 00
1916
June 1 .
13,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
December 21 .
1,000 00
1917
June 1 .
13,000 00
October 1
3,000 00 1
November 1
4,000 00
December 21 .
1,000 00
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MATURITY
SCHOOL ELEC. LIGHT WATER
1918
June 1 .
October 1
$12,000 00 $3,000 00
November 1
.
$4,000 00
1919
June 1 .
12,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
1920
June 1 .
12,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
1921
June 1 .
12,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
4,000 00
1922
June 1 .
12,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1
.
4,000 00
1923
June 1
10,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1 .
4,000 00
1924
June 1 .
10,000 00
October 1
3,000 00
November 1 . . 4,000 00
1925
June 1 .
10,000 00
October 1
1,000 00
November 1 .
. 4,000 00
1926
June 1 .
5,000 00
October 1
1,000 00
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MATURITY
SCHOOL ELEC. LIGHT WATER
1927
June 1 .
$5,000 00
October 1
$1,000 00
1928 ·
June 1 .
4,000 00
October 1
1,000 00
1929
October 1
1,000 00
1930
October 1
1,000 00
1931
October 1
1,000 00
1932
October 1
1,000 00
1933
October 1
1,000 00
$106,000 00 $57,000 00 $192,000 00
CEMETERY NOTES
MATURITY
1909
April 28
$100 00
1910
April 28
100 00
1911
April 28
100 00
1912
April 28
100 00
1913
April 28
100 00
$500 00
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ROAD ROLLER NOTES
June 20, 1909
$450 00
June 20, 1910 .
400 00
$850 00
Total Bonds and Notes
$356,350 00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Water Commissioners and Electric Light Commissioners, and found satis- factory vouchers for all expenditures.
We have examed the accounts of the Town Clerk, Collectors, Treasurer, and found them correct
WILLIAM S. BADGER, EDWARD F. PARKER, JR., CARL M. SPENCER, Auditors.
TOWN WARRANT
OF REA
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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 first day of March, A. D. 1909, 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 Assessors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of 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 Trus- tees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Auditors
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and one 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?" also, on same ballot, Yes or No, in answer to the following question : " Shall the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 476 of the Acts of 1908, entitled ' An act relative to vacations of Members of Police Department, etc .? " and, also, on same ballot, Yes or No, in answer to the following question : " Shall the Town accept the provisions of Section 5, Chapter 209, of the Acts of 1908? "
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 second day of February, A. D. 1909.
OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE L. PRATT, JAMES W. KILLAM, Selectmen of Reading.
TOWN WARRANT
OF
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: IN
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 Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the first day of March, A. D. 1909, at seven forty-five 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 Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Munici- pal Light Board, Engineers of Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Finance Committee, Tree Warden, and Special Committees.
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers, and to deter- mine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
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Art. 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for Schools, Incidental School Expenses, 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, Moth Department, Forest War- den, Support of Poor, Salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, Printing, Abatement of Taxes, Town Buildings, Cemetery, Public Library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Care of Old South Clock, Interest Ac- count, Care and Improvement of Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Work, Miscellaneous Expenses, Tree Warden and Rent of Playground.
Art. 5. To see what sum the Town will raise and appro- priate, with the receipts of the Municipal Light and Power Department for the year 1909, for maintenance, operation, repairs, and new construction of said plant, and for payment of Bonds, Interest and Depreciation due by said plant during this year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to charge the street lighting to the Town at cost per Kilowatt, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to extend its lines to the Town of Lynnfield, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) to extend the lines of the Municipal Light and Power Department to the Town of Lynnfield, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install a forty (40) candle-power series incan- descent lamp opposite No. 15 Sanborn Street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Munic- ipal Light Board to install a street light at the corner of Chute and Mt. Vernon streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the town will authorize the Munici- pal Light Board to install a street light on Kingston street, midway between Middlesex avenue and Mt. Vernon street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 12. To see what instructions the Town will give the Municipal Light Board in regard to the insurance at the lighting plant, or what action they will take in regard to same.
Art. 13. 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, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to lay a water main in Haven street, between Main and Parker streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to extend the water main on South street in order to connect with the water main on West street, and provide suitable hydrants for the protection of property in that section against fire, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 16. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for said year, such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding
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the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 17. To determine the compensation of the Col- lector.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars to meet the interest on School House notes and bonds.
Art. 20. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of the High School house lot note for two thousand dollars due April 21, 1909.
Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment on the High School house note for three thou- sand dollars due August 1, 1909.
Art. 22. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of the High School house note for five thousand dollars due November 1, 1909.
Art. 23. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment on High School house note for one thousand dollars due December 3, 1909.
Art. 24. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of the High School house note for one thousand dollars due December 21, 1909.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will purchase land for a playground, and how much money they will raise and appro- priate or otherwise provide for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to concrete the sidewalk on the north side of Woburn street, from Temple street, running easterly to the present concrete, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to build a sidewalk on the westerly side of Bel- mont street, and how much money they will raise and appro- priate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of properly draining Pleasant Street from its junction with Main to Parker street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to purchase one thousand 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. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to lay a floor in the room which is occupied by Hook and Ladder No. 1, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars for the purpose of laying out and preparing a portion of the new land in Laurel Hill Cemetery for burial purposes, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to purchase the Bank Building and land at the corner of Main and Pleasant streets, now owned by the estate of the late William Proctor, to be used by the Town for town offices or for any other public pur-
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pose, at a price not exceeding ninety-seven hundred dollars ($9,700), the assessed valuation of said property ; and to repair and make such alterations and additions to said building as in such manner the Town shall deem meet, or do anything else in relation thereto.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to furnish creosote free to citizens of the Town to paint gypsy moth nests, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. 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. 35. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling vacancies on the Finance Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
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 second day of February, A. D. 1909.
OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE L. PRATT, JAMES W. KILLAM, Selectmen of Reading.
INDEX
Town Officers, 1908-1909 .
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered
12
66 Marriages Registered
16
66 66 Town Meetings
66 66 Dogs Licensed .
Selectmen's Report
Selectmen's Account .
Street Department
Report of Chief of Police
Police Financial Statement
Laurel Hill Cemetery .
Fire Department
Report of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
Sealer of Weights and Measures
66 Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
96 98 100
66 Board of Health .
Inspector of Plumbing
102
66 Assessors
Collector
104 106
66 Electric Light Commissioners
109 119 131 165 205
Water Commissioners
66 School Committee
66 Special Electric Light Committee
Public Library
Summary of Accounts
213 220
Treasurer's Report
222
Auditor's Report
225
Town Warrant .
237
20
23 48
Deaths Registered
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51 55 71 76 80 82 83 90 92 94
Tree Warden
66 Overseers of the Poor
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