Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1930, Part 4

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 358


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H. Raymond Johnson and others


Article 35. On motion of H. Raymond Johnson, it was voted that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to report at any subsequent Town Meeting upon a suitable location and approxi- mate costs of development and equipping an athletic field in the Town of Reading, and that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of said committee.


Article 36. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to renew the present lease for suitable headquarters for Reading Post No. 62 of the American Legion, for a further term of one year, and will raise and appropriate therefor the sum of one thousand dollars, ($1,000.00) or what it will do in relation thereto.


Forest H. Bryant and others


Article 36. On motion of Forest H. Bryant, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, em- powered and directed to renew or extend the present lease providing for suitable quarters for Reading Post No. 62 of the American Legion for a further term of one year, and to sign and execute said renewal or extension thereof in the name and behalf of the Town of Reading, and that the sum of one thousand dollars be and hereby is raised and appropriated therefor as rent for such premises.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to request the officials in charge of the various public buildings to have the ashes taken from such buildings dumped on Libby Avenue.


Arthur A. Gilmet and others.


Article 38. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted to request the officials in charge of the various public buildings to have the ashes taken from such buildings and dumped on Libby Avenue.


Article 2. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to take Article 2 from the table.


On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to accept the Report of Town Officers as printed and the Report of the Finance Committee.


Article 3. On motion of Louis Ellenwood, it was voted to take Article 3 from the table.


On motion of Louis Ellenwood, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen and all other town departments give preference to our


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townspeople and a clause to that effect be incorporated in all contracts let by town officials.


On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to adjourn sine die. MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk


STATE PRIMARY


Security Hall, Woburn St., Sept. 16, 1930


Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a Primary was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Charles F. Trevor. The warrant was duly read, the ballot boxes duly examined and the keys thereof delivered to the Constable in charge, James W. Sias. The polls were duly declared open and were duly closed with the following result :


REPUBLICAN PARTY


Governor


Frank G. Allen, Norwood


2018


John D. Devir, Malden


86


Blanks


101


Lieutenant Governor


William Sterling Youngman, Boston


1954


Blanks


231


Secretary


Frederick W. Cook, Somerville


1923


Blanks 282


Treasurer


James William Bean, Cambridge


292


Fred Jefferson Burrell, Medford


449


Charles Lawrence Burrill, Boston


415


Russell D. Chase, Longmeadow


268


Ezra D. Whitaker, North Adams


54


George B. Willard, Brookline


162


John W. Withington, Dedham


54


Russell Abner Wood, Cambridge


121


Blanks


390


Auditor


Joseph N. Carriere, Fitchburg


470


Alonzo B. Cook, Boston


1463


Blanks


272


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Attorney-General


Joseph E. Warner, Taunton Blanks 304


190


Senator in Congress


William M. Butler, Boston 1252


Eben S. Draper, Hopedale


807


Andrew Joseph Gillis, Newburyport


49


Blanks 97


Congressman, 5th District


Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell


2023


Blanks 182


Councillor, 6th District


Joseph O. Knox, Medford 669


George E. Marchand, Lowell


80


Walter Perham, Chelmsford


632


George W. Pratt, Somerville 300


524


Senator, 7th Middlesex District


John F. Brown, Bedford 222


1095


Alice F. D. Pearson, Lowell


597


Blanks 291


Representatives, 18th Middlesex District


Frederick H. Bowser, Jr., Woburn


680


Norman L. Duncan, Woburn 795


Louis Ellenwood, Reading 1182


Harold F. Parker, Reading


849


Charles F. Trevor, Reading 429


Blanks 475


District Attorney, Northern District


1049


Kenneth C. Dunlop, Newton


251


George Stanley Harvey, Malden


615


Register of Probate and Insolvency


Loring P. Jordan, Wakefield


1816


Blanks 389


County Commissioner, Middlesex County


1444


Erson B. Barlow, Lowell


John Ernest Quigley, Everett Blanks 472


289


Blanks


Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington


Warren L. Bishop, Wayland


43


Associate Commissioners, Middlesex County


Daniel D. Gorman, Somerville


463


John M. Keyes, Concord


1274


Melvin G. Rogers, Tewksbury


1310


Blanks 1363


County Treasurer


Charles E. Hatfield, Newton


1720


Blanks 485


State Committee, 7th Middlesex District


Mary F. Daniel, Reading


1577


Blanks


628


Delegates to State Convention


Arthur S. Cook, Reading


1828


Annie E. Patrick, Reading


1796


Louise B. Maxwell, Reading


1777


Edward B. Eames, Reading


1775


Edward E. Harnden, Reading


1815


Louis Davis, Reading


1782


Ruth W. Currier, Reading


1757


Arthur S. Nesmith, Reading


1770


Robert H. Hodson, Reading


1812


Laura S. Gordon, Reading


1781


Charles E. Tasney, Reading


1757


Mae A. Tanner, Reading


1779


Town Committee


Mary F. Daniel, Reading


1751


Annie E. Patrick, Reading


1733


Louis Ellenwood, Reading


1812


Arthur S. Cook, Reading


1754


Harold F. Parker, Reading


1764


Edward B. Eames, Reading


1715


Louis Davis, Reading


1726


Louise B. Maxwell, Reading


1715


Katherine G. Howard, Reading


1719


Edward E. Harnden, Reading


1744


Ruth W. Currier, Reading


1705


Arthur S. Nesmith, Reading


1712


Robert H. Hodson, Reading


1753


Myrtle L. Leman, Reading


1678


Jenny F. Weeks, Reading


1705


Blanks 7071


Total Republican Primary Vote-2205


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DEMOCRATIC PARTY


Governor


John J. Cummings, Boston


11


Joseph B. Ely, Westfield


79


John F. Fitzgerald, Boston Blanks


75 4


Lieutenant Governor


Strabo V. Claggett, Newton


51


John F. Malley, Newton


34


Charles S. Murphy, Worcester


20


Michael C. O'Neill, Everett


48


Blanks


16


Secretary


Arthur G. Flynn, Revere


45


Chester J. O'Brien, Boston


56


Joseph Santosuosso, Boston


39


Blanks .. 39


Treasurer


John H. Dorsey, Boston


24


Charles F. Hurley, Cambridge


74


Fred H. Rourke, Lowell


32


Blanks


39


Auditor


Francis X. Hurley, Cambridge


60


Francis J. O'Gorman, Boston


33


Jerome J. Shea, Greenfield


29


Blanks


47


Attorney-General


Henry P. Fielding, Boston


18


William R. Scharton, Reading


93


Harold W. Sullivan, Boston


39


Blanks


19


Senator in Congress


Marcus A. Coolidge, Fitchburg


63


Eugene N. Foss, Boston


14


Peter J. Joyce, Boston


4


Thomas C. O'Brien, Boston


26


Joseph F. O'Connell, Boston


45


Blanks


17


45


Congressman, 5th District


Joseph M. Halloran, Lowell 109


Blanks 60


Councillor, 6th District


John H. Connor, Lowell


48


Edward J. Coughlin, Somerville


27


Perina J. Delorey, Everett


15


Jeremiah F. McGrath, Somerville


25


Blanks


55


Senator, 7th Middlesex District


Rena M. Colson, Wakefield


72


John J. Gilbride, Lowell


52


Blanks 45


Representatives in General Court,


18th Middlesex District


Bernard J. Flaherty, Woburn


49


Patrick J. Foley, Woburn


61


Edward G. Quinlan, Reading


114


Blanks


114


District Attorney, Northern District


James J. Bruin, Lowell 20


John F. Daly, Cambridge


58


Charles H. McGlue, Cambridge


41


Blanks


50


Register of Probate and Insolvency,


Middlesex County


John J. Butler, Wakefield


121


Blanks


48


County Commissioner, Middlesex County


Robert F. Donavan, Somerville


57


Joshua T. Nowell, Melrose


32


John Ernest Quigley, Everett


29


Blanks


51


·


46


Associate Commissioners, Middlesex County


E. Perry Johnson, Arlington 91


John J. Norean, Jr., Somerville


80


Blanks 167


Treasurer, Middlesex County


J. Frank Facey, Cambridge 59


Charles E. Hatfield, Newton 45


Blanks 65


State Committee, 7th Middlesex District


James A. Manning, Lowell


Blanks 74


Delegates to State Convention


James H. Fleming, 18 Green St. 115


George F. A. McDougall, Layfayette Road 111


Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave. 114


12


Joseph C. Schimpfke, 123 West St.


108


· Catherine E. Reilly, 19 Middlesex Ave. Ext.


119


Joseph P. Maguire, 15 Locust St.


111


Frank E. Gray, 91 Middlesex Ave.


127


Irene F. Donahue, 4 Minot St.


113


Blanks 579


Town Committee


Margaret A. Canty, 39 Mineral St.


24


John J. Carney, 19 Park Ave.


22


Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.


25


James H. Fleming, 18 Green St.


26


James E. Lewis, 10 Park St.


20


Owen McKenney, 116 John St.


21


Edward G. Quinlan, 23 Oak St.


23


Catherine E. Reilly, 19 Middlesex Ave. Ext.


23


James A. Waters, 9 Chute St.


22


Mary J. Weafer, 163 High St.


20


Blanks


1460


Whole number Democratic votes


169


Whole number Republican votes


2205


Total vote Republican and Democratic


2374


The vote was declared in open town meeting with the foregoing MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk result.


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Margaret A. Canty, 39 Mineral St.


47.


STATE ELECTION


Security Hall, Woburn St., Nov. 4, 1930


Pursuant to a warrant duly issued and the Constable's return, thereon, a State Election was held at time and place therein men- tioned and was called to order by the Chairman of the Selectmen, Charles F. Trevor. The ballot boxes were examined and found empty and the keys delivered to the Constable in charge, James W. Sias. The polls were duly opened and it was voted to close the polls at 6.30 o'clock P. M. at which time they were duly closed with the following result. Whole number of ballots cast was 3646 divided as follows :


Governor


John W. Aiken of Chelsea


45


Frank G. Allen of Norwood


2738


Harry J. Canter of Boston


4


Joseph B. Ely of Westfield


828


Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge


10


Blanks


26


Lieutenant Governor


Strabo V. Claggett of Newton


784


Maria C. Correia of New Bedford


3


Stephen J. Surridge of Lynn


14


Edith M. Williams of Brookline


15


William Sterling Youngman of Boston


2696


Blanks


134


Secretary


Daniel T. Blessington of Somerville


8


Frederick W. Cook of Somerville


2745


Albert Sprague Coolidge of Pittsfield


48


James W. Dawson of Boston


3


Chester J. O'Brien of Boston


707


Blanks


135


Treasurer


Fred Jefferson Burrell of Medford


2125


Eva Hoffman of Boston


8


Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge


1152


Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield


36


Charles S. Oram of Boston


12


Blanks


313


48


Auditor


Alonzo B. Cook of Boston


2521


Harry Fieldman of Springfield


20


Francis X. Hurley of Cambridge


858


Albert Oddie of Brockton


2


Fred F. Oelcher of Peabody


12


Blanks 233


Attorney-General


Morris I. Becker of Boston


5


John W. Janhonen of Gardner


2


John Weaver Sherman of Boston


20


Harold W. Sullivan of Boston


696


Joseph E. Warner of Taunton 2746


Blanks 177


Senator in Congress


William M. Butler of Boston


2594


Marcus A. Coolidge of Fitchburg


957


Oscar Kinsalas of Springfield


3


Max Lerner of Worcester


1


Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown


9


Blanks


82


Congressman, 5th District


Joseph M. Halloran of Lowell


623


Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell


2911


Blanks 112


Councillor, 6th District


678


Joseph O. Knox of Medford


2699


Blanks 269


Senator, 7th Middlesex District


2708


John J. Gilbride of Lowell


691


Blanks 247


Representatives in General Court, 18th Middlesex District


2587


Norman L. Duncan of Woburn


2488


Bernard J. Flaherty of Woburn


663


Patrick J. Foley of Woburn


557


Blanks 997


District Attorney, Northern District


Warren L. Bishop of Wayland


2710


John F. Daley of Cambridge 635


Blanks 366


John H. Connor of Lowell


Joseph R. Cotton of Lexington


Frederick H. Bowser, Jr., of Woburn


49


Register of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex County


John J. Butler of Wakefield


712


Loring P. Jordon of Wakefield


2630


Blanks 304


County Commissioner, Middlesex County


Erson B. Barlow of Lowell


2612


Robert F. Donavan of Somerville


668


Blanks 366


Associate Commissioners, Middlesex County


E. Perry Johnson of Arlington


623


John M. Keyes of Concord


2432


John J. Norean, Jr. of Somerville


565


Melvin G. Rogers of Tewksbury


2325


Blanks 1347


County Treasurer, Middlesex County


J. Frank Facey of Cambridge 650


Charles E. Hatfield of Newton


2526


Blanks


470


Proposed Amendment to Constitution relative to the Apportionment of Senatorial, Representative and Councillor Districts


1465


No


479


Blanks


1702


Repeal of Baby Volstead Act .. Shall Chapter 138, Section 2A be Stricken Out ?


Yes


1282


No


1997


Blanks


367


Law Restricting Trapping and Kind of Traps a Trapper can use. Amendment to Chapter 131 by inserting Section 59 A


Yes 2055


No


887


Blanks


700


A true record. Attest.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk


Yes


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Security Hall, Woburn St., Dec. 1, 1930


Pursuant to a warrant duly issued with the Constable's return thereon, a town meeting was held at the place and time mentioned therein and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk when it was moved by Charles F. Trevor to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return and it was so voted. The Constable's return was then read and the meeting duly opened.


Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of town officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given Town officers and special committees.


Article 1. On motion of Charles F. Trevor it was voted to lay this article on the table.


Article 2. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Excess and Deficiency Account the following sums. Four thousand five hundred dollars for aid, board and care. Five hundred dollars for temporary aid, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Welfare


Article 2. On motion of Mary F. Daniel, it was voted that four thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for aid, board and care and that five hundred dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for temporary aid and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is author- ized and instructed to transfer said sums to the above-mentioned accounts.


Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate from Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of twelve hundred dollars for Soldiers' Relief or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Article 3. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that one thousand two hundred dollars be appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Account for Soldiers' Relief and that the Town Accountant be, and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the above account.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Excess and Deficiency Account, four hundred fifty dollars for payment of Vocational School Tuition, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Town Accountant


Article 4. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that four hundred fifty dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency


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Account for Vocational School Tuition and that the Town Accountant be, and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the above account.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Excess and Deficiency Account thirteen hundred dollars for the care of contagious diseases or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Health


Article 5. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that one thousand three hundred dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for the care of contagious diseases, and that the Town Accountant be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the above account.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Excess and Deficiency Account two thousand dollars for the Reserve Fund or what it will do in relation thereto. Finance Committee


Article 6. On motion of Robert B. Mount, it was voted that two thousand dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for the Reserve Fund and that the Town Accountant be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the above account.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Committee appointed to revise the Building Laws and will vote to adopt the rules and regulations as a By-Law of the Town or what it will do in relation thereto. Committee on Building Laws


Article 7. On motion of Elias B. Currell it was voted to lay this article on the table.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to re-zone the area bounded as follows: Beginning approximately 588.02 feet distant from the northeasterly corner of Main Street and a proposed street called Willard Road; thence running northeasterly along the eastern line of Main Street to Pearl Street; thence southeasterly along the westerly line of Pearl Street to the said proposed street called Willard Road and thence westerly along the northerly line of Willard Road to the point of beginning, so that the entire area described above shall be changed from a Multiple Residence District and a Single Residence District to a Business District, or what it will do in relation thereto.


M. E. Brande and others


Article 8. On motion of George E. Larrabee, it was voted that Article 8 of the Town Warrant and the objections therero filed with the Town Clerk be referred to the Planning Board in accordance with Chapter 39 of the Acts and Resolves of 1929, such board to report at the adjournment of this meeting to be held on the date to be set for the next regular annual business meeting of the Town.


Article 9. To see if the Town will accept a gift of meadow land of approximately two acres situated in Hundred Acre Meadow, so-


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called, offered to the Town by Mahlon E. Brande, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Article 9. On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted that the Town accept the gift of land of approximately two acres situated in Hundred Acre Meadow, so-called, offered to the Town by Mahlon E. Brande, the same to be used under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works for the development of the water supply.


Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver in behalf of the Town a release unto Frank M. Merrill of Reading and his successors to title, the grant of easement for drainage purposes in land located on the westerly side of Bond Street acquired by the Town from Frank M. Merrill by instrument dated, July 23, 1929. The said ease- ment being no longer necessary because of the relocation of the drain in Bond Street, now a public way, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Article 10. On motion of Martin B. Hartshorn, it was voted that the Board of Public Works be and it hereby is authorized and instructed to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver in behalf of the Town a release unto Frank M. Merrill and his successors in title of the easement in land located on the westerly side of Bond Street acquired by the Town from said Frank M. Merrill by instrument dated, July 23, 1929.


Description of easement for Brook through land of Frank M. Merrill off Bond Street.


Beginning at the southeasterly corner of lot ten on a plan here- inafter referred to on the westerly side line of a private way now known as Bond Street and at the northeasterly corner of land of Martin B. Hartshorn, the said easement or way runs S. 77 degrees and 26' W. along the property line of the said Martin B. Hartshorn and Benjamin M. Hartshorn a distance of 145.00 feet to an angle; thence turning at a right angle and running N. 12 degrees and 34' W. through land of Frank M. Merrill a distance of 388.12 feet to the wall at other land of said Martin B. Hartshorn.


Said easement to be ten feet in width and to lie on the northerly side of the first-described course and the easterly side of the second and last-described course. All of the said easements or ways being more fully shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing proposed Reloca- tion of Brook and Easements to the Town of Reading" made under date of June, 1929, by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., said plan being a part of this description.


Article 11. To see if the Town will accept a gift of land from the Reading Masonic Temple Corporation and an easement of land of Friend Brothers Realty Trust and Anna Goldberg for the purpose


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of straightening and widening Main Street between Haven and Woburn Streets, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 11. On motion of Martin B. Hartshorn, it was voted that the Town accept the gift of land from the Reading Masonic Temple Corporation and an easement in land of Friend Brothers Realty Trust and Anna Goldberg, located on the westerly side of Main Street, between Haven and Woburn Streets, the same to be placed when received, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works.


Description of Land of Reading Masonic Temple Corporation.


Beginning at a stone bound at the junction of Haven and Main Streets; thence running northerly by other land of the Reading Masonic Temple Corporation by two courses, fifty and 06/100 feet and eighty-five and 50/100 feet to land now of Arthur D. Gordon; thence easterly along said Gordon's land five feet to a stone bound on the present line of Main Street; and thence southerly by two courses sixty-two and 29/100 feet and seventy-three and 90/100 feet to a point of beginning. Estimated to contain according to said plan 241 square feet of land more or less. Said strip being as shown upon a plan entitled "Town of Reading, Plan showing lots assessed for Sidewalk Betterments, Main and Haven Streets," dated, August, 1930, which plan was duly recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds on August 18, 1930.


Description of land of Friend Brothers Realty Trust.


Beginning at an iron bolt on Main Street at the northeast corner of land of Arthur D. Gordon; thence running northerly along Main Street thirty-nine and 33/100 feet to an iron bolt at the southeast corner of the land of Anna Goldberg; thence turning Westerly by land of Anna Goldberg two and 75/100 feet; thence turning and running southerly by other land of grantors thirty-nine feet to land of Arthur D. Gordon and thence turning and running easterly one foot by Gordon's land to the point of beginning. Estimated to contain 73.5 square feet of land. Said strip being shown on a plan entitled, "Town of Reading. Plan showing lots assessed for Sidewalk Betterments, Main and Haven Streets," dated, August, 1930, and duly recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan No. 887-1930.


.Description of Anna Goldberg Land.


Beginning at an iron bolt on Main Street at the northeast corner of the land of Friend Brothers Realty Trust; thence running northerly along Main Street one hundred and five feet to an iron bolt; thence turning and running southerly by other land of said grantor, one hundred five feet to land of Friend Brothers Realty Trust; thence turning and running easterly by land of said Friend Brothers Realty Trust two and 75/100 feet to the point of beginning. Estimated to


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contain one hundred and forty-four square feet of land. Said strip being as shown upon a plan entitled, "Town of Reading, Plan showing lots assessed for Sidewalk Betterments, Main and Haven Streets," dated, August, 1930, and duly recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 887-1930.


Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by eminent domain a tract or tracts of land in and about Birch Meadow, so-called, as they may deem suitable for the purpose of a public playground and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of such taking or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 12. On motion of Martin B. Hartshorn, it was voted that the Board of Public Works be and it hereby is authorized to acquire by Eminent Domain, such tract or tracts of land in and about Birch Meadow, so-called, as it may deem suitable for the purposes of a playground and to appropriate for such takings the sum of one hundred dollars by transferring from the unexpended balance of the $3,000.00 previously raised and appropriated for Birch Meadow by vote of the Town at the annual meeting held in March, 1930. And that the Town Accountant be and hereby is ordered to make this transfer.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Palmer Hill Avenue, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the Public Highway laid out by the Board of Public Works and here- tofore known as Palmer Hill Avenue, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 13. Laying out of Palmer Hill Avenue.


The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a Town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town running easterly from West Street substantially in the location of the private way known as Palmer Hill Avenue, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :




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