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Salaries
$ 5,550.00
Maintenance 3,375.00
Article 4. On motion of Clarence C. White, it was voted that the sum of nine thousand ($9,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for Cemeteries, eight thousand ($8,000.00) dollars to be expended for main- tenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and one thou- sand ($1,000.00) dollars for maintenance, care and development of Forest Glen Cemetery, including travel outside the State.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day Ob- servance, to be expended under the direction of Post No. 62, American Legion.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of $6,093.50 be raised and appropriated for interest not including Water Light and Sewer.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of $53,600.00 be raised and appropriated for Maturing Debt not including Water and Light.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of $11,979.08 be raised and appropriated for Insurance.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to lay Article 4 on the table.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Town Treasurer.
Article 5. On motion of Preston F. Nichols, it was voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one (1) year, and to renew any
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note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one (1) year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 6. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of foreclosing in the Land Court pursuant to provisions of Section 65 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws, the right of redemption to any and all real estate taken by the Town for non-payment of taxes, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Town Treasurer.
Article 6. On motion of Preston F. Nichols, it was voted that the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of perfecting titles in the Land Court by foreclosure of all rights of redemption to real estate taken by the Town for non-payment of taxes previous to the year 1938, and the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to take all necessary proceedings to perfect such titles in the Land Court.
Article 7. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Town Accountant.
Article 7. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws.
Article 8. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the payment of unpaid bills of 1938, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Town Accountant
Article 8. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of one thousand nine hundred dollars ($1,900.00) be raised and appro- priated for the payment of unpaid bills of 1938.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the care of graves of any persons who have served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, in time of war or insurrection, and who have been honorably discharged from such service, as provided by Section 22, Chapter 115, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 9. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) be raised and appropriated for the care of graves of any persons who have served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, in time of war or insurrection, and who have been honorably discharged from such service, as provided by Section 22, Chapter 115, General Laws.
Article 10. 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 Middlesex
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County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932 bonds matur- ing in 1939, 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 1939, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said Hospital for 1938 and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in ac- cordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable therefor, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, including Chapter 400, Section 25G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936, determine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 10. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, 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 Funding Loan, Acts of 1932, bonds maturing in 1939, be and the same is hereby appropriated, and that a further sum of $446.25 be and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account thereof. That a further sum of $4,371.17 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 ac- cordance with Sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, applicable thereto, including Chapter 400, Section 25G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936.
Total $ 7,817.42 Article 11. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to balance overdraft in the Snow and Ice Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Town Accountant.
Article 11. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of eight hundred and forty-four dollars and ten cents ($844.10) be raised and appropriated to balance the overdraft in Snow and Ice Account.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Assessors to use an amount of available free cash not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) in computing the tax rate of 1939, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Town Accountant.
Article 12. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the Town authorize the Board of Assessors to use the sum of $15,000.00 of Excess and Deficiency Account in fixing the tax rate of 1939, provided such sum is approved in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 428 of the Acts of 1931.
Article 13. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise by bor- rowing or otherwise, and appropriate for the purchase of a ladder truck for the Fire Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
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Article 13. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge to indefinitely post- pone this article, Mr. Ernest Brown amended the motion to postpone this article until the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1940, and it was so voted.
Article 14. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise by bor- rowing or otherwise, and appropriate for W. P. A. expense, including Administrative, Truck Hire, Equipment and Materials, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to indefi- nitely postpone this article.
Article 15. To see what action the Town will take regarding the installation of additional street lights on the public streets during the year 1939, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board.
Article 15. On motion of Henry R. Johnson, it was voted that the subject matter of Article 15 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, and that said Board be and it hereby is authorized to install such addi- tional street lights as in its judgment are required and to make such changes in the type, size and location of existing street lights as it may deem advisable, the expense of same to be paid from the income of the plant.
Article 16. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or otherwise and appropriate, for the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain, lease or otherwise of land and buildings suitable for providing quarters for the offices and show rooms of the Electric Light Depart- ment and the remodeling, repair or improvement of any buildings or structures so acquired, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board.
Article 16. On motion of Henry R. Johnson for reference to Muni- cipal Light Board for further study and report, Robert B. Mount moved to amend the motion of Mr. Johnson by substituting therefor the following :---
"Moved that the Municipal Light Board of this town be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to renew the expired lease be- tween the town and Martin B. Hartshorn covering the premises at number 177B Main Street, Reading, Mass., as suitable quarters for the offices and showroom of the Electric Light Department, such ex- tension to be for a term of three years and at an annual rental of three (3%) per cent net of its cost price of $18,970.97, such rental to be paid from the income of the Municipal Lighting Plant.
On a standing vote, ninety (90) voted in favor of the amendment and forty-four (44) against so that the amendment was carried.
Article 17. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or otherwise and appropriate for the purchase of materials and equipment
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to be used in co-operation with the Federal Government for a W. P. A. project for the extension of the underground system of the Municipal Light Plant on the following streets : High Street from Woburn Street to Lowell Street; Lowell Street from High Street to Grove Street; Lin- den Street from Haven Street to Woburn Street; Woburn Street from Linden Street to Sanborn Street; Sanborn Street from Haven Street to Lowell Street; or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board.
Article 17. On motion of Henry R. Johnson that the Municipal Light Board be authorized and empowered to extend and enlarge the Municipal Light Plant by the installation of underground ducts and cables, including the necessary manholes and service connections and remove the overhead distribution wires, on the following streets : High Street from Woburn Street to Lowell Street; Lowell Street from High Street to Grove Street; Linden Street from Haven Street to Woburn Street; Woburn Street from Linden Street to Sanborn Street; San- born Street from Haven Street to Lowell Street and that there be raised and appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars for the purchase of materials and equipment necessary for the above purposes, such appropriation to be used in co-operation with the Federal Government for a W. P. A. project and to be expended by the Manager of Municipal Lighting under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board, and that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized and directed, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the town, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all amendments thereof and additions thereto so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than twenty years from the date of the first bond or note issued or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
One hundred thirty (130) voted in the affirmative and none (0) in the negative making in an unanimous vote.
Article 18. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the Cemetery Reserve for the permanent development of Laurel Hill Cemetery, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Cemetery Trustees.
Article 18. On motion of Clarence C. White, it was voted that the Town appropriate from the Cemetery Reserve Fund receipts from the sale of lots and graves in Laurel Hill Cemetery, the sum of eleven hundred ($1,100.00) dollars for the maintenance, care, improvement and embellishment of Laurel Hill Cemetery, under the provisions of Sec- tion 15 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 20. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for
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the purchase of equipment for use by the Board of Public Works, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 20. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of eight thousand ($8,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purchase of equipment for use by the Board of Public Works.
Article 21. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the further development of Storm Water Drainage, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 21. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of six thousand five hundred ($6,500.00) dollars be raised and ap- propriated for the further development of Storm Water Drainage.
Article 22. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the Town Dump on John Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 22. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of one thousand two hundred ($1,200.00) dollars be raised and ap- propriated for the care and maintenance of the Town Dump on John Street.
Article 23. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate: for the purpose of improving and constructing Charles Street from the- property line of Main Street toward Haverhill Street, under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be. provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 23. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of improving and constructing Charles Street from Main Street toward Haverhill Street, together with such sums as may be allotted by the State and County under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Article 24. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing Lowell Street from the end of the 1938 construction on Lowell Street toward Reading Square, under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 24. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing Lowell Street from the end of the 1938 construction on Lowell Street toward Reading Square, together with such sums as may be allotted by the:
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State and County under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Article 25. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing Washington Street from Main Street toward High Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works.
Article 25. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of one thousand five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing Washing- ton Street from Main Street toward High Street.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to petition the General Court for enabling legislation by amendment of Chapter 314 of Acts of 1909 or otherwise, so as to provide that the actual cost of construction of particular sewers with the common sewer shall constitute a lien upon the real estate using the sewer with power to apportion the same over a period not exceeding ten years, and to ratify and confirm any action of the Board or the members thereof in connection therewith, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 26. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, is was voted that the Board of Public Works be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to petition the General Court for enabling legislation by Amendment of Chapter 314 of the Acts of 1939 or otherwise, so as to provide that the actual cost of construction of connecting particular sewers with the common sewer shall constitute a lien upon the real estate using the sewer, with power to apportion the same over a period not exceeding ten years and that any previous action of the Board or the members thereof in connection with the filing of such petition be and the same hereby is ratified and confirmed.
Article 27. 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 Prospect Street, 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 as Prospect Street, and to raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars ($480.00), or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
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Article 27.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Reading
Middlesex ss.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Prospect Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location herein- after described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to owners of the 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 Public Town Way now known as Prospect Street, substantially as and in the location of a portion of the private way known as Prospect Street Extension, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a Stone bound in the Westerly sideline of said Pros- pect Street, said bound marking the Northerly terminus of the Wester- ly sideline of Prospect Street as accepted as a Town way March 7, 1927, and being N. 15 degrees-04' W., a distance of 208.48 feet measured along the said Westerly sideline of Prospect Street, from a stone bound marking a point of tangent to a curve on the northerly sideline of Longview Road ;
Thence N. 15 degrees-'04' W., by lands of Melville F. Weston and Marion Weston, a distance of 184.00 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N. 74 degrees-56' W., across the Northerly extremity of this layout, a distance of 49.50 feet to a point on the Easterly sideline of this layout;
Thence turning and running S. 15 degrees-04' E., by lands of Nellie K. Brown and a portion of a private way known as Woodbine Street, a distance of 184.00 feet to a point ;
Thence turning and running S. 74 degrees-56' W., by the North- erly extremity of said acceptance of Prospect Street, dated March 7, 1927, a distance of 49.50 feet to the stone bound marking the point of beginning.
The above-described lines being fully shown on a Plan entitled "Prospect Street, Reading, Mass." dated, February, 1939, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, 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. All acts in connection with said laying out are done
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under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefor.
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 Prospect Street, and that the sum of four hundred and eighty ($480.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of the said way.
ALEX. LINDSAY HAROLD W. PUTNAM WENDELL P. DAVIS EDWARD A. BROPHY
Members of the Board of Public Works of 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 laying out as a public way of a private way known as Prospect Street and adopt the recom- mendations contained therein, and that the sum of four hundred eighty ($480.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and con- struction of the said way.
Article 28. 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 Belmont Street, under the provision 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 Belmont Street, and to raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way the sum of eight hundred and ninety-six dollars ($896.00), or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 28.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Town of Reading.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Bel- mont Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location herein- after 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 present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the town running Northerly from a.
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public town way now known as Orange Street, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Belmont Street Extension, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a point on the Northerly sideline of said Orange Street, said point being N. 2 degrees-35' E., a distance of 40.04 feet, and due West a distance of 59.50 feet, from a Stone Bound set at the Southeasterly corner of Belmont Street and Orange Street;
Thence the Westerly line runs Easterly and Northerly, by a curved line having a radius of 20.0 feet, a length of 30.90 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 1 degree-29'-30"E., by lands of Pearl F. Messinger and lands of Minnola R. Tucker, a distance of 454.87 feet to a drill hole in a stone wall at lands of Elizabeth Walker et al;
Thence turning and running N. 70 degrees-22'-50" E., by said stone wall and land of said Walker et al., a distance of 42.88 feet to a drill hole' in said wall;
Thence turning and running S. 1 degree-29'-30" W., by other lands of said Pearl F. Messinger, a distance of 468.23 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line South and East, having a radius of 20.00 feet, still by lands of said Messinger, a length of 31.94 feet to a point of tangent situated on the Northerly sideline of said Orange Street;
Thence due West along said Northerly sideline of said Orange Street, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point of intersection with the East- erly sideline of said Belmont Street, said point being N. 2 degrees- 35'-00" E., a distance of 40.04 feet from the stone bound set at the Southeasterly corner of said Orange Street and Belmont Street pre- viously herein referred to;
Thence still due West along the Northerly sideline of Orange Street, a distance of 59.50 feet to the point of beginning.
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Belmont Street, Reading, Mass." dated, January, 1939, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent 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. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefor.
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