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sum the Town will raise and appropriate for such purpose, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Health.
Article 24. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for 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 25. 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 26. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the resurfacing and the construction of an over hanging sidewalk on Mineral Street Bridge, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 27. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing Lowell Street, from High Street towards 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 28. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing Charles Street from 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 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the lo- cation lines of Green Street and High Streets at their terminus at the Southeasterly corner of Green Street and High Street, said location lines 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 the said location lines as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the location lines of Prescott Street and Washington Street at their termi- nus at the Southwesterly corner of Prescott and Washington Street, said location lines 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 the said
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location lines as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation there- to.
Board of Public Works.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the loca- tion lines of John Street and Union Street at their terminus at the Southwesterly corner of John Street and Union Street, said location lines 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 the said location lines as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 32. 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 Coolidge 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 statutory re- quirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Coolidge Road, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 33. 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 Springvale 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 statutory re- quirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Springvale Road, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 34. 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 County 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 statutory re- quirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as County Road, and to see what sum
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the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 35. 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 Pilgrim 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 statutory re- quirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Pilgrim Road, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 36. 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 Bond Street, under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in ac- cordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of Town Clerk in accordance with statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Bond Street, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 37. 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 West Hill Circle, 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 statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as West Hill Circle, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 38. 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 Wescroft 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 statutory re- quirements, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Wescroft Road, and to see what sum
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the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocation or altering of the corner of Bancroft Avenue and Highland Street, said corner being relocated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Pub- lic 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 re- location or alteration of the corner of Bancroft Avenue and Highland Street as shown on said plan and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate therefor, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Committee consisting of five members for the purpose of investigating and study- ing the advisability of the Town adopting the representative form of town meeting government and to report at a subsequent Town meet- ing, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Neighborhood Betterment Assn.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to secure as headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion the premises situated on the Westerly side of Ash Street known as Victory House and to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars as rent for such premises for the term of one year, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Richard A. Skane and others.
Article 42. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for further development of the Town Forest, or what it will do in re- lation thereto.
Committee on Re-Forestation.
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.
Josephine L. Fowler and others.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws for the Construction of Buildings by inserting at the end of Section 30 a new section as follows : Section 36 A. "New roof coverings, regard- less of type or composition, shall not be laid over existing wood shingles. All existing wood shingles must be removed before new roof- ing is laid. Fire resisting roof covering may be placed over fire resist- ing roofing provided the existing fire resisting roofing has not been laid over wood shingles."
Chief Hugh L. Eames.
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The polls at the election March 3rd will open at seven o'clock a. m. and will close at eight o'clock p. m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least ten public places in the Town not less than seven days prior to March 3rd, 1941 the date set for the meeting in said warrant, and to cause this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, A. D. 1941. NEWELL H. MORTON ROBERT E. FOWLE CARL W. GOODRIDGE
Selectmen of Reading.
OFFICERS RETURN
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Reading, Mass., February 24, 1941
By virtue of this warrant I, this day, have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in the place and at the time specified in this war- rant by posting attested copies in the following Public Places within the Town of Reading :
Municipal Building
Danforth's Drug Store
Odd Fellows Building
Weadick's Drug Store
Masonic Building M. F. Charles Store
Annual Election of Town Officers
Lyceum Hall Building
Austin's Lunch
Police Station Haven St. Spa
Reading Fire Station No. 1 B. & M. R. R. Station
Reading Fire Station No. 2 Sanborn Hill Filling Station
The same being not less than seven days prior to March 3, 1941, the date set for the meeting in said warrant.
I also caused this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle date of February 28, 1941 the same being at least one day prior to said date.
Signed, J. W. Sias,
Constable of Reading.
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ANNUAL ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 3, 1941
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, and the Constable's Return, a Town Meeting was held at the time and in the place therein specified, and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of J. Winthrop Sias it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant, except the Constable's Return thereon, which was duly read by the Town Clerk Norman P. Charles. The ballot boxes were ex- amined and found empty, and the keys were delivered to the Constable J. Winthrop Sias.
The following persons were appointed by the Selectmen to serve as Election Officers and sworn.
Ballot Boxes
R. Helen DeCoster
14 Grand St.
D. Charles A. Sullivan
11 Winthrop Ave.
Ballot Clerks
R. Gladys R. Dickinson
25 Arlington St.
D. William Carney
Checkers
D. Nellie Whelton 7 High St. 188 Wakefield St.
R. Winifred E. McClintock
D. Catherine E. Reilly
R. Harriett Leuchtman
R. Catherine L. Doherty
R. M. Louise Classen
D. Mary C. Barrett
D. Charles McKenney
R. May C. Horrocks
R. Vaughan F. Burnham
R. Jessie N. Thaxter
R. Mabel E. Bennett
D. Catherine V. Wright
D. Marie M. Day
Counters
R. Elizabeth M. Brown
R. Robert F. Nichols
D. Francis J. Thornton
29 Minot St.
D. John F. Cummings
25 Temple St.
R. Harold Flater
33 Minot St.
R. Herbert A. Tibbetts
R. Joseph Mount
R. Merle H. Pollitz
18 Belmont St. 111 Green St. 13 Chute St.
38 Warren Ave.
18 Arlington St.
63 Highland St.
89 Highland St.
11 Winter St. 38 Highland St. 21 Arlington St. 18 Elm St.
309 Haven St.
65 Lowell St.
187 High St.
10 Linden St.
130 Woburn St.
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35 Park Ave.
67 Mineral St.
D. Edwin J. Doherty George R. Dunn Albert R. Maines Edmund C. J. Burke Charles Laetsch, Jr. John E. Toner
D. Charles H. Sullivan Eleanor Taylor Leland P. Hilts
R. Charles C. Wakefield
10 Linden St. 137 Pleasant St. 16 Green St. 18 Hartshorn St. 13 Percy Ave. 11 Winthrop Ave. 100 Van Norden Rd. 507 Main St. 66 Green St. 22 Mt. Vernon St.
Tabulators
John Walsh Wilfred B. Sylvester
Counters Continued
D. Arthur Bernstein
R. Harriett P. Leutchman
10 Temple St. 155 High St.
7 Harnden St.
18 Belmont St.
Annual Election of Town Officers Checkers
R. Winifred McClintock
D. Nellie E. Whelton
D. Charles J. McKenney
R. Vaughan F. Burnham
R. Albert Graupner
D. David J. Whelton
R. Bernard Schimpfke
R. Dorothy Ambler
D. Melvin Talbot
D. Margaret M. Sumner
R. Eleanora Crowe
D. Virginia M. Doiron
D. Rose A. Gadbois
R. Sadie B. Riseman
R. John W. Goff
D. George Robbins
R. (Mrs.) Charles F. Herrick
D. S. S. Spellman
R. Robert Hickman
R. Joseph R. Clark
D. Edward Fleming
R. John G. Rideout -
D. Margaret Greene
R. Oren L. Crowe
D. Edgar Davis
188 Wakefield St. 7 High St. 18 Arlington St. 89 Highland St. 64 Pleasant St. 7 High St. 179 West St. 256 Lowell St. 87 Green St.
1 Center Ave. 114 Ash 'St. 71 Curtis St. 8 Maple St. 96 Washington St.
9 Arlington St. 9 Mineral S .. 1243 Main St. 37 Mt. Vernon St. 65 Charles St. 81 Ash St. 16 Green St. 94 Pleasant St. 7 Warren Ave. 114 Ash St. 7 Michelini Lane
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D. Margaret Thornton
R. Eleanor V. Chase
D. Catherine Winslow
10 Minot St. 79 Woburn St. 2 Warren Ave.
D. George Meaney, Jr. 42 Hancock St.
The polls were duly opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and closed at 8 o'clock P. M. with the following results. Whole number of votes cast.
Moderator for One Year
Charles P. Howard, 186 Summer Ave. 3024
Blanks 430
Scattered 2
Town Clerk for One Year
Norman P. Charles, 83 Bancroft Ave. 3190
Blanks 264
Scattered
2
Selectman for Three Years
Kittie M. Bangs, 42 Main St. 854
Herbert K. Miller, 443 Summer Ave. 2154
Roy C. Skidmore, 69 Hanscom Ave. 359
Blanks
89
Board of Public Welfare for Three Years
Kittie M. Bangs, 42 Main St. 1313
Charles E. Wilkinson, 1127 Main St. 2015
Blanks
98
Board of Public Welfare for One Year
Joseph D. Knight, 20 Perkins Ave. 2885
Blanks 569
Scattered
2
Assessor
Harold B. Currell, 22 Woodward Ave. 975
Frank E. Gray, 119 Middlesex Ave. 934
Harold W. Putnam, 147 Bancroft Ave. 911
Alexander Williamson, 79 Grand St. 561
Blanks
75
Treasurer
Preston F. Nichols, 68 Linden St.
3093
Blanks
363
Tax Collector
Grace V. Viall, 52 Bancroft Ave. 2993
Blanks 461
Scattered 2
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Board of Public Works for Two Years
Roland B. Hoag, 836 Main St. 945
Gilbert M. Lothrop, 13 Longfellow Rd. 1295
Andrew A. Zanni, 658 Main St. 873
Blanks 343
Tree Warden for Three Years
Maurice H. Donegan, 236 Walnut St. 2308
Edward H. Emerson, 1457 Main St. 552
Eldridge F. Munnis, Off Pearl .St. 506
Blanks 90
Board of Public Works for Three Years
Edward Teer, 308 Lowell St. 1470
Elmer Turkington, 63 Locust St. 1453
Blanks 531
Scattered
2
Constables for One Year
Leon G. Bent, 767 Main St. 2855
J. Winthrop Sias, 43 Salem St. 2822
Blanks 1232
Scattered
3
Municipal Light Board for Three Years
Henry R. Johnson, 15 Woodward Ave. 1643
Arthur D. Moulton, 36 Prospect St. 811
Harold P. Snow, 72 Cross St. 845
Blanks
157
Board of Health, for Three Years
Robert B. Shepardson, 12 Pratt St.
3042
Blanks 413
Scattered
1
School Committee for Three Years
Irving C. Austin, 180 Prescott St. 2879
Bernard L. Maxwell, 24 Highland St. 2857
Blanks 1175
Scattered
1
Trustees of Public Library for Three Years
A. Imrie Dixon, 186 Bancroft Ave. 2865
Isabelle G. Hedges, 124 Prescott St. 2830
Blanks 1216
Scattered
1
Trustees of Cemetery for Three Years
W. Fletcher Twombly, 47 Highland St. 2929
Clarence C. White, 40 Sanborn St. 2948
Blanks 1034
Scattered
1
25
Planning Board for Three Years
Philip R. White, 189 Summer Ave. 2830
Sherburne Watts, 7 Fremont St. 500
Blanks 3536
Scattered 46
The votes were counted and declared in open Town Meeting and the ballots were sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk whereupon it was voted to adjourn, to meet at 7:45 o'clock p. m. Monday, March 10, 1941.
Town Clerk.
PETITION FOR RECOUNT OF VOTES
March 6, 1941
To the :
Secretary of the Board of Registrars,
Reading, Massachusetts.
We the undersigned citizens of the Town of Reading, Mass., do hereby respectfully petition your Honorable Board for a recount of the votes cast for the office of Assessor of the Town of Reading, Mass., at the town election, March 3, 1941.
The above being filed by Frank E. Gray, at 7:10 p. m. and within the 3 day time limit as prescribed by law and being signed by ten regis- tered voters, one being notarized, the Board of Registrars were present- ed with the petition and proceeded to hold a recount forthwith.
Recount of Votes, Sunday, March 9th, 1941
Victor E. Cullington, 23 Eaton St., Catherine Winslow, 35 Warren Ave., Virginia W. Doiron, 71 Curtis St., Harriett Leutchman, Belmont St., Donald C. Tuttle, 129 Pleasant St., Sadie B. Riseman, Washington St., Catherine Whelton, 7 High St., Charles J. McKenney, 20 Arlington St., Margaret Sumner, 8 Center Ave., Lillian Drew, 158 Salem St., Ed- win Wendell, 21 Minot St., Frances B. Draper, 633 Main St., Eleanor Dissel, 141 Summer Ave., John E. Rideout, Haven St., Helen DeCoster, 9 Grand St., John Wendell, 104 Pleasant S., Tabulator-J. Robert Clark, 81 Ash St.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 10, 1941
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. How- ard. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, but on motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant except the Contable's Return, which was then read by Norman P. Charles, Town Clerk.
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The following were appointed Checkers :
R. John W. Goff R. Harriett Leutchman R. Helen DeCoster R. Joseph R. Clark
9 Arlington St.
18 Belmont St. 14 Grand St. 81 Ash St.
Article 2. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to lay Article 2 on the table. On motion of Arthur W. Coolidge it was voted to take up Article 14.
Article 14. On motion of Rudolph Sussmann it was voted that the gift of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars from Marion H. Raymond for the purchase of educational literature and books for the library in the Senior High School be and the same hereby is accepted and the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute in the name and behalf of the Town, receipt for such fund and to execute any and all other documents which may be necessary in connection therewith.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis the meeting gave a rising vote of thanks to Marion H. Raymond for the gift to the school library.
Article 3. On motion of Richard F. Drew it was voted that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to rep- resent the Town at the Legislative hearing upon House Bill 1068 being a petition of the planning board of the Town of Stoneham for the con- struction by the State Department of Public Works of a new highway in the towns of Stoneham, Wakefield and Reading and the Selectmen are further authorized and empowered to have the Town of Reading recorded in favor of the enactment of such legislation and to take such other action as they may deem necessary and advisable for the passage of the proposed law by the General Court.
Article 3. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that a committee consisting of five members be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of arranging for a suitable program or exercise to com- memorate the observance of the 300th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Town, and that such committee report at a subsequent Town Meeting to be held not later than December 31, 1942.
Article 3. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year :
Burton K. Symonds, William R. Zwicker, Edward A. Brophy. and that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark :
Percy N. Sweetser, Burton K. Symonds, Thomas F. Brogan.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
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Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that twenty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars be raised and ap- propriated for General Government as follows :
Selectmen's Expenses
$ 500.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary
2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses
700.00
Treasurer's Clerical
375.00
Collector's Salary
2,300.00±
Collector's Expenses
1,000.00
Collector's Clerical
600.00
Assessor's Salaries
1,800.00
Assessor's Expenses
1,500.00*
Assessor's Clerical
2,600.00
Town Counsel's Salary
1,000.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
550.00
Town Clerk's Salary
1,000.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
600.00
Registrars' Salaries
315.00
Registrars' Expenses Special
800.00
Election and Registration Expenses
700.00
Planning Board Expense
400.00
Miscellaneous Expense
3,500.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,200.00
$ 26,950.00
¿Fees to Town Treasury.
Including Block System.
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that ninety-two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three dollars ($92,933.00) be raised and appropriated for Protection of Persons and Property as follows :
Police Dept. Salaries
$ 36,740.00
Police Dept. Maintenance 4,950.00
Police Station Maintenance 1,415.00
Fire Dept. Salaries 20,000.00
3,546.00
O. O. Ordway Pension
1,300.00
Fire Dept. Maintenance
3,455.00
Fire Stations Maintenance
1,290.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance
1,625.00
Fire Alarm Extension 2,500.00
New Boxes
400.00
Fire Dept. Callmen
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Hydrant Rentals
5,562.00
Moth Dept.
5,100.00
Tree Warden Maintenance 3,200.00
Inspector of Building's Salary
500.00
Inspector of Wires Salary
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
250.00
Game Warden Salary
100.00
Dog Officers Salary
300.00
$ 92,933.00
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of eight thousand and seventy-five dollars ($8,075.00) be raised and appropriated for Health and Sanitation as follows :
Board of Health Salaries
$ 300.00
Board of Health Expenses
225.00
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
500.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk and Food Salary
200.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
6,000.00
Dental Clinic
650.00
$ 8,075.00
Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that eleven thousand six hundred dollars ($11,600.00) be raised and appropriated for Soldiers' Benefits as follows :
State Aid
$ 600.00
Military Aid
1,000.00
Soldiers' (Aid) Relief
10,000.00
$ 11,600.00
Article 4. On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was voted that the sum of one hundred fourteen thousand, two hundred dollars ($114,200.00) be raised and appropriated for Charities and Aid as follows :
General Aid Administrative
$ 6,700.00
General Aid
40,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children Administrative
500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
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