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Thence S. 3 degrees-35'-30" E., along the present Westerly side- line of said Kingston Street, a tangent distance of 28.03 feet to the
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point of intersection of the said Westerly line of Kingston Street and the Northerly line of said Mt. Vernon Street;
Thence S. 82 degrees-31'-30" W., along the northerly side line of said Mt. Vernon Street a tangent distance of 28.03 feet to the point of beginning ;
The approximate area taken is one hundred sixty-five (165) square feet ;
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled, "Proposed Widening of Mt. Vernon and Kingston Streets, Read- ing, Mass.," February, 1937, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, 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, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highways shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
CLINTON L. BANCROFT WENDELL P. DAVIS, HAROLD W. PUTNAM, EDWARD A. BROPHY ALEXANDER LINDSAY Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading.
On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocating or altering of the corner of Mt. Vernon Street and Kingston Street, and to adopt the recommendation therein contained.
Aricle 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to cover the expense of publishing a list of valua- tion of all real and personal estates in the Town of Reading for the year 1937, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Leone F. Quimby and others.
Article 37. On the motion of Leone F. Quimby that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and fifteen dollars for the preparation and printing of 2000 copies of the assessed valuation of Real and Personal Property in the Town of Reading in the present year, and that the Board of Assessors be, and hereby is instructed to publish a list at an early date, the same was not voted.
Article 38. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate
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for the installation of a two-way radio system for the Police Depart- ment, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 38. On motion of Newell H. Morton that the sum of twelve hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the installation of a two-way radio system for the Police Department, one hundred seven voted "No" and eighty-six voted "Yes" and the motion was not car- ried.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 21 to 25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, which said sections permit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day and the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections at any such sport or games or the receiving of remuneration by any person in charge of, or participating therein, or what it will do in relation thereto. Herbert J. Ryland and others.
Article 39. On motion of Herbert J. Ryland that the provisions of Section 21 to 25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws per- mitting certain sports and games on the Lord's Day and the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections at any such sports or games, or the receiving of remuneration by any person in charge of, or participating therein, be and the same hereby are accepted.
Fifty-six voted "Yes", and one hundred twenty-five (125) voted "No" and the motion was lost.
Article 40. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to reimburse Patrolman Gordon G. MacIntire for medical attendance and care occasioned by injuries received in line of duty November 11, 1936, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Chief J. Cullinane.
Article 40. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of one hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-five cents ($163.35) be raised and appropriated to reimburse Patrolman Gordon G. MacIntire for medical attendance and care occasioned by injuries received in line of duty, November 11, 1936.
Article 41. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to reimburse Patrolman Earl R. Hutchinson for medical attendance and care occasioned by injuries received in line of duty on May 9, 1936, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Chief J. Cullinane.
Article 41. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of one hundred twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents ($129.50) be raised and appropriated to reimburse Patrolman Earl R. Hutchinson for medical attendance and care occasioned by injuries received in line of duty on May 9th, 1936.
Article 42. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate
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for further development of the Town Forest or what it will do in re- lation thereto.
Committee on Re-forestration.
Article 42. On motion of Orville O. Ordway, it was voted that the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) be raised and appropriated for the further development of the Town Forest.
Article 43. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association, and the Board of Health, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Inez H. Damon and others.
Article 43. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that four hundred dollars ($400.00) be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.
Article 44. 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 thou- sand dollars ($1,000.00), or what it will do in relation thereto.
Arthur M. Curtin and others.
Article 44. On motion of Arthur M. Curtin, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and are hereby authorized, empowered and di- rected to renew or extend the present lease for providing suitable quar- ters 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 of the Town of Reading and that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be and hereby is raised and appropriated for said lease.
Article 2. On motion of Newell H. Morton, Article 2 was taken from the table and Newell H. Morton moved and it was voted that the report of Town Officers and the report of the Finance Committee be received and accepted.
Article 45. To see what action the Town will take to consolidate the overlapping office of Sponsor's Agent with the Welfare Board and their Superintendent and Certifying Agent for W. P. A.
John Strickland and others. Article 45. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to indefi- nitely postpone this article.
On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to adjourn.
A true copy, attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., Tuesday, March 30, 1937.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a town meeting was held at the time and place specified therein and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read when it was moved by Newell H. Morton that fur- ther reading be dispensed with except the Constable's Return which was duly read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Law Com- mittee to settle the litigation of Waiter J. Anderson against the Town for damages to premises on the westerly side of Main Street and to see what sum the town will raise and appropriate therefor, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Law Committee.
Article 1. On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted that the Law Committee be and hereby is authorized and empowered to settle the litigation of Walter J. Anderson against the Town for damages to premises on the Westerly side of Main Street, and that the sum of three hundred fifty ($350.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for such settlement.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Law Com- mittee to settle the litigation of Mabel Corindia against the Town now pending in the Middlesex Superior Court and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate therefor, or what it will do in rela- tion thereto.
Law Committee.
Article 2. On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted that the Law Committee be and hereby is authorized and empowered to settle the litigation of Mabel Corindia against the Town, now pending in the Middlesex Superior Court, and that the sum of three hundred fifty ($350.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for such settlement.
Article 3. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for the erection of a permanent World War Mem- orial, such amount to be added to and expended in accordance with the appropriation previously voted at the Annual Town Meeting held in March, 1928, or what it will do in relation thereto.
World War Memorial Committee.
Article 3. Elias B. Currell moved that this article be indefinitely postponed. Same was put to a vote and was not voted.
On motion of Arthur M. Curtin, it was voted that the sum of one thousand three hundred forty-eight and 25/100 ($1,348.25) dollars be appropriated for the erection of a permanent World War Memorial, such amount to be added to and expended in accordance with the ap-
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propriation previously voted at the Annual Town Meeting held in March, 1928, and that said sum be transferred from the available pro- ceeds of the sale of land and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to make said transfer. It is the opinion of many that Forest Glen Cemetery is not the proper place for placing a World War Memorial so the matter of a site for a World War Mem- orial is left in abeyance for the present.
Article 4. 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 known as Fairmount 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 statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Fairmount Road, and to appropriate for the sa d laying out and the construction of said way, the sum of Nine Hundred and Eighty-five Dollars ($985.00), or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 4. On motion of Clinton L. Bancroft that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Fair- mount Road, and to adopt the recommendation contained therein, and to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and eighty-five dol- lars ($985.00) therefor, the same was not voted.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out of a certain percel of land located in Great Island, so-called, containing approximately 9 1-2 acres and owned by Efford E. Taylor and Arthur W. Stone, said land when acquired to be used for the purpose of removing therefrom ma- terials necessary for the construction, repair or improvement of public ways in the Town and also upon the laying out of a certain way necessary for convenient access thereto, running North-Easterly from a private way which runs Northerly from Grove Street, through land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 38 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws; such land and way being laid out in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk as required by law; and to see if the Town will accept the land and the way so laid out by the Board of Public Works, and to see if the Town will also vote to authorize and empower the Board of Public Works to take by right of Eminent Domain for such purposes under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, said land of Efford E. Taylor and Arthur W. Stone an . a in nt for said way for convenient access thereto through land of said Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation, and to see what
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sum the Town will raise and appropriate for said taking, laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 5.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. Town of Reading.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of a par- cel of land for a gravel pit and of a certain way necessary for conveni- ent access thereto.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading by virtue and in pursuance of Section 38 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, having laid out a certain parcel of land for a gravel pit and a certain way necessary for convenient access thereto, having complied with all re- quirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and thereupon having heard all persons present who de- sired to be heard, have laid out the parcel of land located in Great Island, so-called, and containing approximately 9.46 acres, for the use of the Town for the purpose of taking materials necessary for the construction, repair or improvement of public ways, and also have laid out a right of way through land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation necessary for convenient access thereto, running North- easterly from a private way which extends Northerly from Grove Street, the boundaries and measurements of said parcel of land and said way as so laid out are as follows :
Said land being located in the Northwesterly part of Reading, con- taining 9.46 acres, more or less, known as the "Back Lot" in a deed recorded in the Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 3878, Page 443, running from Frank Gray to Efford E. Taylor, and being shown on a plan entitled, "Proposed Land Taking-Land of Efford E. Taylor and others-for Gravel Pit-Land of Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation- for access thereto", made under date of March, 1937, by Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., and being bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the Southwesterly corner thereof at an iron pipe set in a pile of stones at land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club Cor- poration :
Thence N. 19 degrees-12' E., a distance of 257.63 feet by said Golf Club land to an iron pipe and stones at land of the Town of Reading :
Thence N. 76 degrees-53' E., a distance of 204.00 feet to an iron pipe and stones :
Thence N. 84 degrees-19' E., a distance of 140.70 feet to an iron pipe and stones :
Thence S. 72 degrees-19" E., a distance of 180.40 feet all by land
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of the Town of Reading to an iron pipe and stones at land of Lena B. and Grace B. Nichols :
Thence S. 78 degrees-37' E., a distance of 154.40 feet to an iron pipe and stones :
Thence S. 70 degrees-40'-10" E., a distance of 168.09 feet to a stake and stones, all by land of the said Nichols' to land of Orville O. Ordway, formerly of Charles Wakefield Estate :
Thence S. 17 degrees-52'-10" W., by land of said Ordway, a dis- tance of 634.24 feet to an iron pipe and stones at land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation :
Thence N. 59 degrees-01'-50" W., a distance of 130.63 feet to a pile of stones :
Thence N. 64 degrees-37' W., a distance of 98.70 feet along the line of a dry ditch to an angle :
Thence N. 51 degrees-31'-50" W., a distance of 187.47 feet along said dry ditch to an angle :
Thence N. 57 degrees-52'-10" W., a distance of 202.92 feet along said dry ditch to the end of said ditch :
Thence N. 62 degrees-57' W., a distance of 114.86 feet to an iron pipe and stones :
Thence N. 58 degrees-17' W., a distance of 104.10 feet to the point of beginning :
The last six courses being all by land of said Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation :
Said way is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound set on the easterly side of said pump- ing station road, so-called, and at the northerly end of a curve of 140 foot radii noted on a plan entitled "Right of Way in Reading, Mass., through lands of Silas Henry Carroll and Meadow Brook Golf Cor- poration of Reading, Mass." dated May, 1931 and on file in the office of the Board of Public Works :-
Thence the Northerly line of said taking runs southeasterly by a curve of 31.72 foot radius and length of 49.83 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 84 degrees-46' E., a distance of 111.99 feet to a point of curve :
Thence by a curve to the left on a radius of 170.00 feet, a length of 89.01 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence N. 54 degrees-46' E., a distance of 83.09 feet to land of Efford E. Taylor and others and the terminus of this the said Northerly line :
Thence S. 62 degrees-57' E., by land of said Taylor a distance of 45.18 feet to the Southerly line of this taking :
Thence S. 54 degrees-46' W., a distance of 104.13 feet :
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Thence by a curve to the right on a radius of 210.00 feet, a length of 109.96 feet :
Thence S. 84 degrees-46' W., a distance of 72.01 feet :
Thence by a curve to the left on a radius of 222.38 feet, a length of 138.76 feet to a stone bound set on the Easterly side line of said Pumping Station Road, so-called, and the terminus of this the said Southerly line :
Thence Northerly by the curve of 140.00 foot radii as aforesaid and by the Easterly line of said Pumping Station Road, a length of 132.56 feet to the point of beginning.
Said taking to be 40.00 feet in width, containing 14,970 sq. ft. of land, and to run through land of the said Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation of Reading, Mass.
Said lines being more fully shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Land Takings, Land of Efford E. Taylor and others, for Gravel Pit, land of Meadow Brook Golf Club Corp., for Access Thereto", made under date of March, 1937 by Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mass., said plan being a part of this description.
We award damages to Efford E. Taylor and the heirs or devisees of Arthur W. Stone in consequence of said taking of the parcel of land so laid out in the sum of one ($1.00) dollar and to the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corp., in the sum of one ($1.00) dollar for the taking of the easement of said right of way.
This laying out of the above described parcel of land and of the right of way for convenient access thereto we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that the undersigned Board of Public W . M. b~ authorized ? ak ยท b inent Domain for such purposes under Chapter 79 of the General Laws said land of Efford E. Taylor and the Heirs or Devisees of Arthur W. Stone and an easement through land of said Meadow Brook Golf Club Cor- poration for convenient access to such land, and that the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for said taking, laying out and the construction of said way.
CLINTON L. BANCROFT, HAROLD W. PUTNAM, WENDELL P. DAVIS ALEXANDER LINDSAY, Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading.
On motion of Alexander Lindsay, it was voted that the Town accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out of the parcel of land located in Great Island, so-called, containing approximately 9.46 acres for a sand and gravel pit and also upon the laying out of a right of way for convenient access thereto, and that
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said Board be and hereby is authorized and empowered to take for such purposes by right of Eminent Domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws said parcel of land and easement for right of way as described in said report, and that the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for said taking's and land damages incident thereto, and for the construction of said way.
Sixty voted "Yes" and thirteen (13) voted "No".
On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to adjourn sine die.
A true copy attest.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk,
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn Street, Nov. 15, 1937.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a Town Meeting was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The war- rant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles, when on motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's Return, which was duly read.
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees, to choose all necessary special committees, and de- termine what instructions will be given Town Officers and special com- mittees.
Article 1. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. 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 now or hereafter 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 2. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to sell on such terms and conditions as they may determine, any and all real estate now or hereafter acquired by the Town for Taxes, wherein such title has been duly perfected as provided by law, and that the Selectmen be and they are further authorized and empowered to sign, seal, acknow- ledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town deeds and such
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other instruments which may be necessary conveying such property to the purchasers thereof.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote additional appropriations for Public Welfare, including Aid, Board and Care, and Old Age As- sistance, and for W. P. A. expenses, including, Administrative, Truck Hire, Equipment, and Materials, and determine how the money shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. On motion of Orville S. Poland to change the Welfare amount from $10,000.00. to $16,000.00, the same was not carried by a vote of "Yes" forty (40) and "No" sixty-six (66).
A vote was then taken on the original motion and it was voted that ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be appropriated for public welfare, in- cluding aid, board and care, and two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars for Old Age Assistance, and ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars for W. P. A. ex- penses, including administration, truck-hire, equipment and materials, and to meet said appropriations, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow twenty-two thou- sand ($22,000.00) dollars under the provisions of Chapter 107 of the Acts of 1937, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, pay- able in not more than five (5) years from the date thereof.
One hundred one voted "Yes" and None (0) "No".
Article 4. To see what sum the town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to the Police Department Maintenance Account. or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted that $200.00 be appropriated from the unexpended balance in Police Department Salaries Account to Police Department Maintenance Account and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized to make the necessary transfer to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 5. To see what sum the town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to the Fire Alarm Maintenance Account or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 5. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted that $75.00 be appropriated from the unexpended balance in Fire Alarm New Boxes Account and $75.00 from the unexpended balance in Fire Alarm Extension Account to Fire Alarm Maintenance Account, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized to make the necessary transfers to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 6. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the unexpended balance in Public Welfare Aid to Dependent Child-
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ren Account and transfer to the Public Welfare, Administrative Ac- count, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Welfare.
Article 6. On motion of Orville S. Poland, it was voted that $300.00 be appropriated from the unexpended balance in Aid to Dependent Children Account and transferred to Public Welfare Administrative Account, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to make the transfer to carry out the purpose of this vote.
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