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1,000.00
Treasurer's Clerical
250.00
Collector's Salary
*2,066.00
Collector's Expenses
1,500.00
Collector's Clerical
500.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,761.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,800.00
Assessors' Clerical
2,165.80
Town Counsel's Salary
1,000.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
200.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
600.00
Board of Public Works, Salaries and Expenses
5,200.00
Registrars' Salaries
237.50
Election and Registration Expenses
675.00
$ 24,152.74
*Fees to be turned in to Treasury.
Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that $92,136.00 be raised and appropriated for General Accounts as follows :- Miscellaneous Expenses $ 2,500.00
Municipal Building Maintenance 2,500.00
Fire Stations, Maintenance 850.00
Police Station Maintenance
1,100.00
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Interest, not including water, light and sewer 19,186.00 Maturing Debt, not including water and light 66,000.00
$ 92,136.00
Article 4. On motion of Robert B. Mount, it was voted that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the General Expenses of the Planning Board.
Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that $70,073.37 be raised and appropriated for Protection of Persons and Property as follows :-
Police Department Maintenance $ 4,000.00
Police Department Salaries and Special Officers 32,096.00
Fire Department Maintenance
2,375.00
Fire Department Salaries
17,802.22
Fire Department Call Men Salaries
3,200.75
Fire Alarm Maintenance
1,500.00
Hydrant Rentals
1,500.00
Moth Department Maintenance
4,231.00
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,500.00
Forest Warden Maintenance
150.00
Inspector of Buildings Salary
475.00
Inspector of Wires Salary
176.60
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
481.80
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
190.00
Game Warden Salary
95.00
Dog Officer
300.00
$ 70,073.37
Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that $11,055.25 be raised and appropriated for Health and Sanitation as follows :-
Board of Health Salaries
$ 300.00
Board of Health Expenses
400.00
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
565.25
Inspector of Animals Salary
190.00
Inspector of Food and Milk Salary
200.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
6,500.00
Garbage Collection
2,400.00
Dental Clinic
500.00
$ 11,055.25
Article 4. On motion of Harry J. Barclay as amended by Robert B. Mount, it was voted that $7,600.00 be raised and appropriated for the
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Public Library as follows :
Library Maintenance Library Salaries 4,800.00
$ 2,800.00
$ 7,600.00
Article 4. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the town raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for connecting estates with the common sewer.
Article 4. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the town raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-seven thousand five hun- dred ($37,500.00) dollars for highways and sidewalks as follows :- Repairs, const. and maint. of highways, setting curb, pur-
chase of materials, tools and appliances and any other incidental expenses pertaining thereto $ 25,000.00
Sidewalk Construction 2,000.00
Removal of Snow and Ice 10,000.00
Maint. of storm drains and waterways 500.00
$ 37,500.00
Article 4. On motion of Henry R. Johnson, it was voted that there be included in the tax levy for electricity used for street lights the sum of seventeen thousand three hundred dollars ($17,300.00), and that said sum and the income from sales of electricity to private consumers and for electricity supplied to municipal buildings and for municipal power, and from sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year, be appropriated for the Municipal Lighting Plant, the whole to be expended by the Manager of Municipal Lighting, under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board, for the expense of the plant for the fiscal year as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, and that if said sum and said income shall ex- ceed said expense for said fiscal year, twenty thousand dollars of such ex- cess shall be transferred to the general funds of the town and the balance shall be transferred to the Construction Fund of said plant and appropriated and used for such additions thereto as may there- after be authorized by the Municipal Light Board.
Article 4. On motion of Myrtle L. Leman, it was voted that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) be raised and ap- propriated for Charities and Aid for the year 1935 as follows :
Administrative Expense $ 7,282.00
Aid, Board and Care 52,000.00
Temporary Aid 14,718.00
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Mothers' Aid
Old Age Assistance
6,000.00 20,000.00
$100,000.00
Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that $13,300.00 be raised and appropriated for Soldiers' Benefits as follows : State Aid $ 1,000.00
Military Aid 800.00
Soldiers' Relief
11,500.00
$ 13,300.00
Article 4. On motion of Harold W. Putnam as amended by Rob- ert B. Mount, it was voted that $2,100.00 be raised and appropriated for Recreation as follows :
Park Dept. $ 2,000.00
Drinking Fountains 100.00
$ 2,100.00.
Article 4. On motion of Philip H. Tirrell, it was voted that the sum of eight thousand six hundred dollars ($8,600.00) be raised and appropriated for cemeteries; eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) to be expended for maintenance of Laurel Hill Cemetery and six hundred dollars ($600.00) for maintenance and development of Forest Glen Cemetery.
Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that $500.00 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day observance, to be expended under the direction of Reading Post No. 62, American Legion.
Article 4. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, as amended by Robert B. Mount, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $50,000.00, of which sum $2,809.13 is to be taken from the unexpended balance on hand in the Water Reserve on January 1, 1935, said appro- priation to be used by the Board of Public Works for the payment of water bonds and interest, maintenance and operation and construc- tion of water works.
Article 4. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, of which sum, $1,255.97 is to be taken from the unexpended balance on hand in the Sewer Reserve on January 1, 1935, said appropriation to be used by the Board of Public Works for the payment of interest due the current year on sewer bonds, and the charges incident to the maintenance, operation or extension of the sewer system.
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Article 4. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr. it was voted to lay Article 4 on the table.
Article 13. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assess- ments levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middle- sex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan Acts of 1932 bonds maturing in 1935, issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due in 1935, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said hospital for 1934, and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of $3,000.00, this being the Town's share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan Acts of 1932, bonds maturing in 1935, be and the same is hereby appropriated and that a further sum of $956.25 be and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account thereof. That a further sum of $1,973.61 be and hereby is appropriated for the town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance and repairs of the Middlesex County Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws appli- cable thereto. Total ($5,929.86).
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general muni- cipal purposes under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, or take any action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,- 000.00) for the general maintenance expense of the town, including revenue loans due in 1935, but in no event to exceed a sum in excess of the amount of the tax titles taken or held by the Town, and to issue a note or notes of the town therefore, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 and the proceeds of the loan be and the same hereby are appropriated for the general main-
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tenance expenses of the town, including the payment of revenue loans due in 1935.
Two hundred twelve voted "Yes" and none "No".
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell on such terms and conditions as they may determine, any and all real estate acquired by the town for taxes, wherein such title has been duly perfected as provided by law, and to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the town deeds and such other instruments which may be necessary conveying such property to the purchasers thereof, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 15. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, empowered and instructed to sell on such terms and conditions as they may determine, any and all real estate acquired by the town for taxes wherein such title has been duly perfected as provided by law, and that the Select- men be and they hereby are further authorized, empowered and in- structed to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the town, deeds and such other instruments which may be neces sary, conveying such property to the purchasers thereof.
Article 16. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Select- men to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain tract or tracts of land adjoining or near the public dump owned by the town on the easterly side of John Street, for the purpose of enlarging and increasing the area of the public dump, and to see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for such purchase or taking, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 16. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article.
Article 17. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of two (2) motorcycles for the Police Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 17. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that eight hundred dollars ($800.00) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of two (2) motorcycles for the Police Department.
Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) for the purchase of a pump for the Forest Warden, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
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Article 18. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article.
Article 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) for the purchase of a one-ton truck for the Moth Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 19. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a one-ton truck for the Moth Department.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 223 of Acts of 1930, being an act Relative to Municipal Ad- vertising, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 20. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the provisions of Chapter 223 of the Acts of 1930, being an Act Rela- tive to Municipal Advertising, be and the same hereby is accepted by the Town.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6 of the By-Laws of the Town for the construction of buildings by striking therefrom the first sentence as appearing in said section 6 and inserting in place thereof the following :
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a committee of three citi- zens of Reading to be called the Board of Appeal. The initial members thereof shall be appointed one to serve for one year, one for two years and one for three years, from the first day of April 1935, and there- after when the term of any member expires, his successor shall be ap- pointed to serve for a term of three years. In all cases the members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Board of Selectmen shall in like manner appoint three associate mem- bers of the Board of Appeal; and in case of a vacancy, inability to act, or interest in the subject matter on the part of a member of said Board, his place may be taken by an associate member to be designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the By-Law of the Town for the construction of buildings be and the same hereby is amended by striking from Section 6 thereof, the first sentence as appearing in said Section 6 and inserting in place thereof the following :
Section 6. The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a committee of three citizens of Reading to be called the Board of Appeal.
The initial members thereof shall be appointed one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, from the first
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day of April, 1935, and thereafter when the term of any member ex- pires, his successor shall be appointed to serve for a term of three years. In all cases the members shall serve until their successors are appoint- ed and qualified. The Board of Selectmen shall in like manner ap- point three associate members of the Board of Appeal; and in case of a vacancy, inability to act, or interest in the subject matter on the part of a member of said Board, his place may be taken by an asso- ciate member to be designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the Town by inserting after Article V the following new article :
Article V (a)
Section 1. The Board of Selectmen shall annually on or before the fifteenth day of April, and whenever a vacancy shall exist appoint a duly registered physician to be known as the Town Physician who shall be paid such a salary as may be determined by the Board of Selectmen, but not exceeding the annual appropriation therefor.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Town Physician to attend and treat such needy persons as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Public Welfare and Board of Selectmen; to per- form such professional services as may be required by the Board of Health and such other departments of the Town requiring his services ; and to perform such other professional duties and services as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Selectmen.
Section 3. Such appointment shall not bar the Town Physician from the general practice of his profession.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 22. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to. lay this Article on the table.
Article 23. To see if the Town will amend the By-Law for the Construction of Buildings by adding at the end of Section 36, the following new section to be known as Section 36A.
"36A. All new or remodeled buildings to be used as stores and hav- ing a basement, shall have one eight (8) by eight (8) inch opening in the floor for every five hundred (500) square feet of floor space, covered with a glass plate the thickness of the top floor and located at points which will be accessible to the fire department in case of a fire in the basement. The space directly below these glass covered open- ings shall be free from all obstructions which might interfere with the use of a cellar pipe.'
Board of Selectmen.
Article 23. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the By-Law of the Town for the construction of buildings be and the
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same hereby is amended by adding at the end of Section 36 thereof. the following new section to be known as Section 36A :
Section 36A. All new or remodeled buildings to be used as stores and having a basement shall have one eight (8) by eight (8) inch open- ing in the floor for every 500 square feet of floor space, covered with a glass plate the thickness of the top floor and located at points which will be accessible to the fire department in case of a fire in the base- ment. The space directly below these glass covered openings shall be free from all obstructions which may interfere with the use of a cellar pipe.
Article 24. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or otherwise provide for the purchase of materials for Town, County, State and Federal unemployment relief projects, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 24. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purchase of materials to be used in connection with Town, State and Federal unemployment relief and other pro- jects, such sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the settlement of the litigation of Ida C. Smith against the Town for damages result- ing from an accident which occurred on February 3, 1930, on the South- erly side of Pleasant Street, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate therefor, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Law Committee.
Article 25. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the Law Committee be and hereby is authorized and empowered to settle the litigation of Ida Smith against the Town for damages. resulting from an accident which occurred on February 3, 1930, on the Southerly side of Pleasant Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of thirteen hundred and sixty ($1360.00) dollars for such set- tlement.
Article 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to make a study of the Zoning By-Law of the Town in connection with Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1933, being an Act Revising the Muni- cipal Zoning Laws and to make report at subsequent Town meeting, in- cluding in said report such recommendations as they deem necessary relative to revision of the present Town Zoning Law in so far as the same may be inconsistent with the requirements of said Act, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Planning Board.
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Article 26. On motion of Philip R. White, it was voted to indefi- nitely postpone this article.
Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate for the development of Storm Water Drainage, the sum of Four Thou- sand Dollars ($4,000.00), or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 27. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the sum of two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the development of Storm Water Drainage.
Article 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, ($4,500.00), for the purchase of new equipment for the highway department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 28. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the sum of four thousand five hundred ($4,500.00) be raised and ap- propriated for the purchase of new equipment for the Highway De- partment.
Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purchase of new equip- ment, to be used for Snow Removal, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 29. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, that the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of new equipment to be used for Snow Removal, the same was not voted.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocating or altering of a portion of Grove Street, such highway being relocated or altered in ac- cordance 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 al- eration of a portion of Grove Street as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 30. Report of the Board of Public Works on the Relo- cation or Alteration of a portion of Grove Street
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity re- quire that the public highway be laid out, relocated or altered, as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all require- ments of law relating to notice to owners of land thereof, and of a
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hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing, and then and here heard all persons who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as a public highway for the use of the Town, a portion of Grove Street.
The boundaries and measurements of said public highway as so laid out are as follows :
First Section
The Easterly line of Grove Street as hereby altered starts at a point on the Northerly side line of Intervale Terrace, said point be- ing N 75 degrees-37'-30" E., a distance of 47.06 feet, measured along the prolongation of the said Northerly line of Intervale Terrace from the Easterly side line of Lowell Street, as shown on a plan hereinafter mentioned :
From thence the said Easterly line runs with a curve to the right on a radius of 62.56 feet, a length of 80.69 feet to a point of compound curvature :
Thence with another curve to the right on a radius of 341.38 feet, a length of 122.16 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 9 degrees-58' -20" W., a distance of 395.18 feet to a point of curve :
The line to this point passes through land of Charles F. Bessom, Frank L. Edgerley and Frank A. Bessom.
Thence with a curve to the right, having a radius of 240.00 feet, a length of 146.63 feet through land of the said Bessom, said Edgerly and said Bessom, and land of William H. Becker to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 25 degrees-02' E., a distance of 151.85 feet through land of the said Becker and land of Chester D. Stevens to a point of curve :
Thence with a curve to the right, having a radius of 600.00 feet, a length of 171.39 feet through land of the said Stevens, land of Rose C. Kerr and land of Thomas H. Ratchford, to a point of tangent :
Thence turning and running in a Northwesterly direction across Grove Street, a distance of 40.00 feet, to a point of curve at land of Mary A. Fyfe Heirs and Devisees :
Thence with a curve to the left having a radius of 640.00 feet, a length of 182.82 feet through the land of said Fyfe Heirs and Devisees, Annie Garcelon Freeman and Rita W. Emerson, to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 25 degrees-02' -00" W., a distance of 151.85 feet through land of said Emerson and Leafie F. Dustin to a point of curve ;
Thence with a curve to the left, having a radius of 280.00 feet, a length of 171.07 feet, through land of said Dustin, and land of Benjamin J. and Marion A. Downs to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 9 degrees -58' -20" W., a distance of 372.12 feet through
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and by lands of said Downs, and by land of Nellie P. Beaton to a point of curvature ; said point conforming to a County Alteration of 1915 as shown on plan hereafter referred to :
Thence with a curve to the right, having a radius of 26.15 feet, a length of 65.63 feet, still by land of said Beaton, to a point of tangent situated on the Easterly side line of Lowell Street, and the Southerly end of the first section as hereby described.
The above lines describe the first section of Grove Street as re- located in this layout.
Second Section
The second section is described as follows.
The Easterly line of said second section begins at a point marking the Southeasterly boundary of the relocation of Grove Street, of 1934. said point being located at the intersection of Forest Street at land of Melora C. Shepard.
Thence S. 44 degrees -03' -10" E., a distance of 88.90 feet to an angle point :
Thence S. 51 degrees -30' -30" E., a distance of 94.25 feet to a point of curve, said last two-described lines being by lands of said Shepard :
Thence with a curve to the right, having a radius of 500.00 feet, a length of 231.24 feet through lands of said Shepard, Alvina Pettine and Angelo Zanni to a point of tangent :
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