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Article 3. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for Aid, Board and Care, Temporary Aid and Old Age Assistance, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Welfare
Article 3. On motion of Myrtle L. Leman, it was voted that $5,000.00 from Interest Account, $2,000.00 from amount received from Municipal Light Department and $13,000.00 from amount received from municipal employees be appropriated for aid, board and care and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instruc- ted to transfer said amounts to said account.
On motion of Myrtle L. Leman, it was voted that $6,000.00 be ap- propriated from amount received from Municipal Light Department for temporary aid and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to said account.
On motion of Mrytle L. Leman, it was voted that $4.000.00 be ap- propriated from amount received from the Municipal Light Depart- ment for old age assistance and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to said account.
Article 4. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for Soldiers' Relief, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 4. On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted that the sums of money in the aggregate not exceeding $3,500.00 as and when received from voluntary contributions from municipal employees from December 13, 1932 to December 31, 1932 inclusive, be and the same are hereby appropriated for Soldiers' Relief and that the Town
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Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer such amounts as and when received to said account.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to pay for medi- cal treatment for Officer Earl Hutchinson, for injuries received in line of duty, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 5. On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted that the sum of $25.00 be appropriated by transferring the same from the Police Department Maintenance Account for the payment of medical expenses incurred by Officer Earl Hutchinson, resulting from injuries sustained while actually performing useful police service for the Town, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instruc- ted to make such transfer.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the Hose House property on North Main Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 6. On motion of W. Homer Morrison, it was voted that the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and in- structed to sell on such terms and conditions as they may determine, the Hose House property located on the easterly side of North Main Street and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, em- powered and instructed to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town a deed conveying such property to the purchaser thereof and to execute any and all instruments which may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to place upon the official ballot used for the election of Town Officers at the next annual Town election to be held on March 6, 1933, the following question :
"Shall licenses be granted by the Selectmen for the exhibition of moving pictures on the Lord's Day in accordance with Section 4 of Chapter 136 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof?" 'Yes' or 'No,' or what it will do in relation thereto."
Article 7. On motion of Robert B. Mount that the following question be placed upon the official ballot used for the election of Town Officers at the next annual Town election to be held on March 6, 1933, "Shall licenses be granted by the Selectmen for the exhibition of moving pictures on the Lord's Day in accordance with Section 4 of Chapter 136 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof, Yes or No. It was not a vote.
Article 8. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chap- ter 391 of the Acts of 1923, being an act relative to imposing a lien upon real estate for the collection of water rates, and all acts and
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amendments thereof, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 8. On motion of William T. Fairclough, it was voted that the Town hereby accepts the provisions of Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1923 and all Acts in addition or amendment thereof, being an act rela- tive to imposing a lien upon real estate for the collection of water rates.
One hundred ten (110) voted Yes and None, No.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way heretofore known as Longfellow Road, such highway be- ing 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 pub- lic highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Longfellow Road, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 9. Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Longfellow Road.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity re- quire that a Town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to 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 present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town way for the use of the Town running northerly from land of Ada DeLaskey substantially in the location of the private way known as Longfellow Road.
The boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
The Westerly line of Longfellow Road commences at its southern extremity at land of DeLaskey, said point being S. 12 degrees-48'- 10" E. a distance of 341.80 feet from a stone bound marking the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Weston Road as accepted as a Town way, March 17, 1930 and the westerly side line of Long- fellow Road :
Thence the line runs N. 12 degrees-48'-10" W. a distance of 969.77 feet by land of the heirs of Sarah L. Putnam, Heirs of Fred E. Richards, a Town way known as Weston Road, lands of David E. and Doris K. Hersee, the Homestead Realty Trust, a private way known as Tower Road and land of the Homestead Realty Trust to an angle point :
Thence N. 15 degrees-28'-10" a distance of 269.66 feet by lands of the Homestead Realty Trust and Leon Surette to land of the in- habitants of the Town of Reading and at the end of this layout :
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Thence the Easterly line of said Longfellow Road runs S. 15 de- grees-28'-10" E. by land of Surette, Morash and the Homestead Realty Trust a distance of 279.03 feet to an angle point :
Thence S. 12 degrees-28'-10" E. by land of the Homestead Realty Trust, a private way known as Tower Road, other land of the. Homestead Realty Trust, land of Sillars, a private way known as Wes- ton Road, lands of the said Homestead Realty Trust, Arthur C. Gas- coigne and Alban F. Ellsworth a distance of 977.05 feet to land of De- Laskey :
Thence turning and running S. 86 degrees-13'-00" W. a distance of 40.52 feet to point of beginning, the last-described course being the southern extremity of this layout :
Thence northeasterly by said land of the inhabitants of the Town of Reading a distance of 40 feet to a drill hole at the northwesterly corner of land of Leon Surette, being the line of the northern extrem- ity of this layout.
The above-described lines being fully shown on a plan entitled "Longfellow Road," under date of October, 1932, by the Board of Public Works, Reading, Mass., Alexander Birnie, Supt., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person of persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public town way and named "Longfellow Road."
HAROLD W. PUTNAM
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH
FRANK M. MERRILL
Members of Board of Public Works
On motion of William T. Fairclough, it was voted that the Town accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out of Longfellow Road as a public way.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way heretofore known as Parkview Road, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Sur- vey 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 heretofore known as Parkveiw Road, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 10. Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Parkview Road.
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The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and neccessity require that a Town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter de- scribed, 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 present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town way for the use of the Town running northerly from a Town way known as Auburn Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Parkview Road, the boundaries and measure- ments of said way as so laid out are as follows :
The easterly line of said Parkview Road commences at a point of curvature on the northerly side line of said Auburn Street, said point being S. 81 degrees-26'-50" W. a distance of 160.71 feet from a stone bound set at Park Street :
Thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 31.60 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 8 degrees-02'-10" W. a distance of 945.34 feet by lands of Horace W. and Abbie E. Fellows, Homestead Realty Trust, a pri- vate way known as Weston Road and Homestead Realty Trust to a point of curvature :
Thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 20.00 feet, a length of 27.93 feet to a private way known as Tower Road and at the end of this layout :
The westerly line of said Parkview Road is, parallel with and forty feet distant from the above-described easterly line and passes through- out its length by lands of Clarence A. Estey, Homestead Realty Trust, a private way known as Weston Road, lands of J. E. Richardson and Homestead Realty Trust to a private way known as Tower Road:
The northwesterly corner of Auburn Street and Parkview Road is hereby rounded with a curve of a 20.00 feet radius and a length of 31.24 feet and the southwesterly corner of Parkview Road and Tower Road is hereby rounded with a curve of a 20.00 feet radius and a length of 36.62 feet :
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled "Parkview Road" under date of October, 1932, by the Board of Public Works, Reading, Mass., Alexander Birnie, Supt., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known
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as a public town way and named "Parkview Road." HAROLD W. PUTNAM WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH FRANK M. MERRILL
Members of Board of Public Works
On motion of William T. Fairclough, it was voted that the Town accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out of Parkview Road as a public way.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way heretofore known as Tower Road, and being an extension of the present Town Way known as Tower Road, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Sur- vey 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 heretofore known, as Tower Road, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 11. Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Tower Road.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a Town way be laid out, as and in the location hereinafter de- scribed, 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 there and then heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town way for the use of the Town, running between Hanscom Avenue and Bancroft Avenue and being an extension of the present Town way known as Tower Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Tower Road:
The boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
The southerly line of said Tower Road commences at a point of curve on the easterly side line of said Hanscom Avenue as shown on a plan hereinafter mentioned, by land of Isabelle S. Nichols :
From thence the said southerly line runs across land of the said Nichols on a curve to the right on a radius of 20 feet a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 72 degrees-59'-10" E. by land of the said Nichols and by land of John O. Leighton a distance of 150.00 feet to a point of curve :
Thence by a curve to the right across land of the said Leighton on a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent on
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the westerly side line of said Bancroft Avenue and the end of this lay- out :
The northerly line of said Tower Road commences at a point on the easterly line of said Hanscom Avenue, said point being N. 17 de- grees-00'-50" W. a distance of 80.00 feet from the above point of commencement of the southerly line and thence by a curve to the left, across land of Harold I. Fleming, having a radius of 20.00 feet, a length of 31.42 feet, to a point of tangent :
Thence parallel with and forty feet distant from the above-de- scribed southerly line by lands of said Fleming and William H. Ter- hune a distance of 150.00 feet to a point of curve :
Thence by a curved line to the left across the land of William H. Terhune, having a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent and the end of this layout.
The above-described line being more fully shown on a plan en- titled "Portion of Tower Road, Reading, Mass." made under date of July, 1932 by Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way and named, "Tower Road."
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN
HAROLD W. PUTNAM
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH
FRANK M. MERRILL
Members of Board of Public Works
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way heretofore known as Smith Avenue, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Sur- vey 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 heretofore known as Smith Avenue, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 12. Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Smith Avenue.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a Town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter de- scribed, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice
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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 present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town way for the use of the Town, running easterly from a Town way known as Eaton Street substantially in the location of the private way known as Smith Avenue :
The boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
The northerly line of said Smith Avenue commences at a point of curve marked by a stone bound being S. 5 degrees-00'-00" W. a dis- tance of 199.16 feet from a stone bound marking the southeasterly cor- ner of said Eaton Street and Pleasant Street :
From thence the said northerly line runs with a curve to the left on a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 34.22 feet to a point of tangent marked by a stone bound :
Thence N. 86 degrees-58'-00" E. a distance of 471.08 feet to a stone bound at land of Eric P. Matson :
Thence the line runs S. 4 degrees-18'-00" W. by land of said Matson 40.33 feet to a stone bound being the line of the easterly ex- tremity of this layout :
Thence the southerly line runs S. 86 degrees-58' -00" W. a dis- tance· of 477.22 feet to a stone bound at point of curve :
Thence by a curved line to the left having a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 28.61 feet to a stone bound on the easterly line of Eaton Street at the end of this layout :
Said Smith Avenue being bounded throughout on its northerly and southerly lines by land of Fred F. Smith.
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled, "Smith Avenue," made under date of May, 1932 by Davis & Ab- bott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public town way and named "Smith Avenue."
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN
HAROLD W. PUTNAM
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH
FRANK M. MERRILL
Members of Board of Public Works
On motion of William T. Fairclough, it was voted that the Town accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works upon the
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laying out of Smith Avenue as a public way.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocating or altering of Longwood Road, such highway being relocated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the relocation or alteration of Longwood Road as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 13. Report of the Board of Public Works of the reloca- tion or alteration of Longwood Road.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience require that the pub- lic highway be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to 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 present who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as a public highway for the use of the Town, Longwood Road.
The boundaries and measurements of said public highway as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows :
The southerly line of said Longwood Road as altered commences at a point on the westerly side line of West Street, said point being N. 9 degrees-01'-40" W. a distance of 1.49 feet measured along the westerly side line of said West Street from the point of curvature of the first-described curve as accepted and laid out, March 21, 1932:
From thence the said southerly line runs in a northwesterly direc- tion on a curved line having a radius of 17.23 feet a length of 38.99 feet to a point of compound curvature :
Thence in a westerly direction with a curve bearing to the left hav- ing a radius of 533.66 feet a length of 50.00 feet to a point of reverse curvature :
Thence in a westerly direction with a curve bearing to the right having a radius of 985.77 feet a length of 78.76 feet to a point of re- verse curvature, said point being at the westerly terminus of the course being described as S. 40 degrees-31'-40" W. still through land of Gray a distance of 129.10 feet to a point of curve in the description of said Longwood Road as accepted, March 21, 1932.
The northerly line of said Longwood Road as hereby altered is parallel with and 40.00 feet distant from the above-described southerly line and begins at a stone bound marking the same point of com- mencement on the westerly side line of West Street as laid out, March 21, 1932 :
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From thence it runs in a westerly direction by land of George E. Whelpley on a curve bearing to the left having a radius of 573.65 feet a length of 120.48 feet to a point of reverse curvature :
Thence still in a westerly direction by land of George E. Whelpley, a passage way and land of J. Felix Arsenault, with a curve bearing to the right having a radius of 945.77 feet a length of 75.56 feet to a point of reverse curvature at the end of this alteration :
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled, "Alteration in Longwood Road, Reading, Mass." made under date of April, 1932 by Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this re- port is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall thereafter be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN HAROLD W. PUTNAM WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH FRANK M. MERRILL
Members of Board of Public Works
Article 14. 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 Fair Road, under the provisions · of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statu- tory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works and heretofore known as Fair Road, and to appropriate from available funds, for the said laying out and the construction of said way the sum of Seven Hundred Thirty- Seven and Twenty-four one hundredths ($737.24) Dollars, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 14. Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Fair Road.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined 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
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time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the town running in a southwesterly direction from a town way known as Salem Street.
The boundaries and measurements of said way so laid out are as follows :
The northerly line of said Fair Road commences at a point on the southwesterly side of said Salem Street at land of Frank J. Torre, said point being S. 53 degrees-31' E. a distance of 276.42 feet, measured along the said southwesterly side line of said Salem Street from a stone bound set marking the southeasterly end of a curve of 2054.54 feet radius :
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