Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1942, Part 10

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 398


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Article 3. The Clerk read a portion of the Article, when on mo- tion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted to dispense with further reading of the Article.


A. Lloyd David started to read the zoning By-Law, whereupon, Samuel H. Davis moved to dispense with further reading. This re- quired unanimous consent of the meeting.


Herbert A. Tibbetts requested the reading of Section V and VI, but was willing to dispense with the further reading, and it was voted.


A. Lloyd David then read Article V and VI.


Robert B. Mount moved that the proposed zoning By-Law and zoning Map, dated February 13, 1942, be amended so that the entire area described below shall be changed from a residence "A-2" district


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(single family houses 15,000 square feet lot areas) to residence "A-1", district (single family houses 10,000 square feet lot area.)


Beginning at the Southerly corner of the premises at the boundary line between Stoneham and Woburn, near Walnut Street; thence Northwesterly along the boundary line between Woburn and Reading to a corner at the Wilmington boundary line; thence Northeasterly along the boundary line between Wilmington and Reading to a corner ; then turning and running Northerly along the boundary line between Wilmington and Reading to the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence turning and running in a Southerly direction along the Railroad to Wil- low Street; thence Southwesterly along Willow Street to West Street; thence in a Southerly and Southwesterly direction along West Street and County Road; thence turning and running Easterly to Pine Ridge Road; thence turning and running Southerly to Walnut Street; thence Southwesterly along Walnut Street to the boundary line be- tween Woburn and Stoneham and the point of beginning.


The motion was defeated on voice vote.


Herbert A. Tibbetts moved that the proposed zoning law be amended to read as follows: Part 1. Section 5. Paragraph 1.


In Residential A. 1 District and Residential B. district no principal building shall be erected unless there shall be provided for each such building a lot area of not less than 7000 square feet.


Part 1. Sec. 5. Paragraph 2.


In Residential A. 2 districts no principal building shall be erected unless there be provided for each such building a lot area of not less than 7000 square feet.


Part 1. Sec. 5. Paragraph 3.


In Residential A. 3 districts no principal building shall be erected unless there be provided for each such building a lot area of not less than 7000 square feet.


Part 1. Sec. 6.


In all Residential Districts, no lot shall have a frontage of less than 70 ft. on a frontage street.


This motion was defeated on voice vote.


Article 3. On motion of A. Lloyd David it was voted that the zoning By-Law be amended by striking out said Zoning By-Law with all amendments and additions thereto and that there be and hereby is established under authority of Section 25 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended, the following zoning By-Law.


MOTION UNDER ARTICLE 3


Moved : That the Zoning By-Law be amended by striking out said Zoning By-Law with all amendments and additions thereto and that there be and hereby is established under authority of Section 25 of


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Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended, the Zoning By-Law here- inafter set forth.


(Zoning By-Law as adopted is set forth in Article 3 of the Warrant and is incorporated herein by reference and forms a part hereof, with the same legal effect as though it was specific- ally contained herein)


This required a two-thirds vote and 119 voted in the affirmative and 8 in the negative.


Article 4. On motion of Gardner G. Long it was voted that the By-Law for the Construction of Buildings and the regulations therein relating to wires, be amended by striking out said By-Law with all amendments and additions thereto and that in lieu thereof there be and hereby is established under authority of law the following By-Law for Construction of Buildings and the regulations relating to wires.


MOTION UNDER ARTICLE 4


Moved: That the By-Law for the Construction of Buildings and the regulations therein relating to wires, be amended by striking out said By-Law with all amendments and additions thereto and in lieu thereof there be and hereby is established under authority of law the By-Law for Construction of Buildings and the regulations relating to wires hereinafter set forth.


(By-Law for construction of Buildings and Regulations relat- ing to Wires as adopted is set forth in Article 4 of the War- rant and is incorporated herein by reference and forms a part hereof, with the same legal effect as though it was specifically contained herein)


On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to take Article 2 from the Table.


On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to indefinitely post- pone this Article.


On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to take Article 1 from the Table.


On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to indefinitely post- pone this Article.


On motion of Herbert K. Miller it was voted to adjourn this meet- ing sine Die.


159 persons were checked as attending this meeting. Meeting closed at 9:45 P. M.


A true record Attest :


NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk


The foregoing Zoning By-Law and Building Laws approved by the Attorney General, April 13, 1942.


ROBERT T. BUSHNELL, Attorney General


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The following served as checkers for the Annual Town Meeting March 9, 1942 and Adjourned Town Meeting March 16, 1942:


Harriette Leuchtman


Vaughan F. Burnham


Catherine L. Doherty


Sylvester S. Spellman


18 Belmont St. 89 Highland St.


111 Green St. 82 Green St.


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Reading, Massachusetts


This is to notify you that the Board of Selectmen, at its meeting on January 19, 1942, voted to rescind the vote of December 29th, and voted as follows :


"That there be and hereby is established a committee to be known as the Reading Civilian Defense Committee, consisting of the members of this Board and the local Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, for the duration of the National Emergency, for the purpose of plan- ning, preparing and taking measures for the protection of persons and property in the Town during the war or any invasion or other hostile activities, and that all funds appropriated by the Town for such pur- pose shall be expended under the control and direction of said com- mittee and all such expenditures shall be first authorized by said com- mittee and such authorized expenditures shall be duly approved for payment by such committee as required by law."


Board of Selectmen


LEON G. BENT, Clerk A true record Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk


WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. (Seal)


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street.


Tuesday, the Fifteenth Day of September, 1942, at seven o'clock A.M. for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :


Governor for this Commonwealth.


Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.


Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.


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Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth.


Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth. Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.


Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth.


Representative in Congress for 8th Congressional District. Councillor for 6th Councillor District.


Senator for 7th Senatorial District.


2 Representatives in General Court for 18th Middlesex District.


District Attorney for Northern District.


Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County.


County Commissioners for Middlesex County.


County Treasurer for Middlesex County.


The polls will be open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M., and you 'are di- rected to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in at least ten public places in the Town not less than seven days prior to September 15, 1942, and by causing an attested copy 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 before the time or at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this 31st day of August, A. D., 1942. CARL W. GOODRIDGE HERBERT K. MILLER KENNETH C. LATHAM Board of Selectmen of Reading 1


Officers Return


Middlesex, ss Reading, Mass., September 5, 1942


By virtue of this Warrant, I this day notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in primaries to meet at the place and at the place specified in this Warrant by post- ing attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading :


Fire Station No. 1 Fire Station No. 2


M. F. Charles' Store Haven Spa


Police Station


B. & M. R. R. Sta. Austin's Lunch Danforth's Drug Store


D. M. Ainsworth's Store Masonic Building Lyceum Hall Building Odd Fellows Building


The same being not less than seven days prior to Sept. 15, 1942, the date set for said meeting.


I also caused the same to be printed in the Reading Chronicle, date of Sept. 11, 1942, the same being at least one day prior to said date. Signed, J. W. SIAS,


Constable of Reading


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STATE PRIMARY September 15, 1942


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, Norman P. Charles.


The warrant was partially read, when on motion of James W. Sias, it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant ex- cept the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.


The ballot boxes were examined by the Constable James W. Sias and found to be empty, and each registered 0.


The polls were then declared to be open in due form.


The following persons were appointed by the Selectmen to serve as election officers and were sworn in by the Town Clerk.


Ballot Box Clerks


R. Gladys R. Dickinson


25 Arlington St.


D. Charles A. Sullivan


11 Winthrop Ave.


Ballot Clerks


D. William Carney


35 Park Ave.


R. Jessie N. Thaxter


11 Winter St.


Checkers


R. Mabel E. Bennett


D. Nellie E. Whelton


D. Catherine E. Reilly


R. Winifred E. McClintock


188 Wakefield St.


R. Harriette Leuchtman


18 Belmont St. 111 Green St.


Counters


R. Sadie W. Morris


D. Mary C. Barrett


R. Harold M. Flater


R. John W. Goff


D. Margaret Thornton


R. Charles C. Wakefield


R. Helen A. Titcomb


R. Dorothy Ambler


D. Rose A. Gadbois


R. Edward W. Briggs


D. John Murray


R. Marie M. Day


D. Annie G. Linder


D. Catherine V. Wright


R. Sadie Riseman


36 Woburn St. 38 Warren Ave. 35 Minot St. 19 Lincoln St. 10 Minot St. 22 Mt. Vernon St. 68 Longfellow Rd. 256 Lowell St. 8 Maple St. 42 John St.


52 Village St. 18 Elm St. 187 High St. 21 Arlington St. 96 Washington St.


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38 Highland St. 7 High St. 67 Mineral St.


D. Catherine L. Doherty


Tabulators


R. Nils Nordberg 753 Main St.


R. James R. Mercer, Jr. 218 West St.


The polls were opened at 7 A. M. and closed at 8:00 P. M. with 'the following results :


Whole Number of Votes Cost 1506


Republican 14:00


Democratic 106


VOTE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY


Governor


Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton 1341


Blanks 59


Lieutenant Governor


Horace T. Cahill, 60 Arborway Dr., Braintree 1333


Blanks


67


Secretary


Frederick W. Cook, 75 Benton Rd., Somerville 1330


Blanks 70


Treasurer


Lawrence Curtis, 15 River St., Boston 663


Edgar A. French, off Main St., Marshfield 182


Sybil H. Holmes, 68 Taylor Crossway, Brookline 239


Richard E. Johnston, 183 Huntington Ave., Boston 107


Wallace E. Stearns, 110 Gainsborough St., Boston 43


Blanks 166


Auditor


Russell A. Wood, 11 Whittier Rd., Cambridge 1302


Blanks 98


Attorney Genera!


Robert T. Bushnell, 193 Fuller St., Newton


1326


Blanks 74


Senator in Congress


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 275 Hale St., Beverly 1171


- Courtenay Crocker, 314 Marlboro St., Boston 140


Blanks 89


Congressman, Eighth District


Lester W. Bowen, 16 Foskett St., Somerville 10


Alonzo B. Cook, 245 Highland Ave., Somerville 155


Angier L. Goodwin, 52 Sheffield Rd., Melrose 459


William A. Hastings, 11 Upham Ter., Malden 84


William S. Howe, 33 Chester St., Somerville 579


John J. Irwin, 129 High St., Medford 36


Lawrence Mitchell, 9 Grove St., Medford 16


Blanks 61


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Councillor, Sixth District


William G. Andrew, 472 Cambridge St., Cambridge 248


Ward Cramer, 81 Woburn St., Medford 111


Theodore P. Hollis, 12 Phillips Rd., Stoneham 809


Blanks 232


Senator, Seventh Middlesex District


Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Ave., Reading 1330


Blanks 70


Representatives in General Court


Herman P. Peterson, 133 Montvale Ave., Woburn 680


Earle L. Coolidge, Park St., West., North Reading 164


Logan R. Dickie, 86 Walnut St., Reading 865


Louis Ellenwood, 326 Haven St., Reading 421


Charles W. H. Smith, 155 Wakefield St., Reading 357


Blanks 313


District Attorney, Northern District


Robert F. Bradford, 106 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge


1283


Blanks 117


Register of Probate and insolvency


Loring P. Jordan, 12 Church St., Wakefield 1277


Blanks 123


County Commissioner, Middlesex County


Charles C. Warren, 15 Maple St., Arlington 551


Robert H. Adams, 4 Strathmore Rd., Wakefield 656


Francis D. Collings, 23 Clarence St., Everett 54


Blanks 139


County Treasurer, Middlesex County


Charles P. Howard, 186 Summer Ave., Reading 1319


Blanks


81


DEMOCRATIC VOTE


Governor


Francis E. Kelly, 1184 Morton St., Boston 44


Roger L. Putnam, 216 Central St., Springfield 61


Blanks 1


Lieutenant Governor


John C. Carr, 30 Burnside St., Medford


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Blanks 25


Secretary


Thomas E. Barry, 49 Bayswater St., Boston 35


Francis X. Hurley, 11 Prince St., Boston 43


William F. Hurley, 56 Mt. Pleasant St., Boston 10


John F. Welch, 63 Homer St., Boston 5


Blanks 13


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Auditor


Thomas J. Buckley, 15 Pinckney St., Boston 66


Leo D. Walsh, 43 Savin Hill Ave., Boston 26


Blanks 14


Attorney General


James E. Agnew, 92 Wallingford Rd., Boston 78


Blanks 28


Senator in Congress


Joseph E. Casey, 295 Church St., Clinton 43


Daniel H. Coakley, Parker House, 60 School St., Boston 9


John F. Fitzgerald, 21 Beacon St., Boston 37


Joseph Lee, 43 South Russell St., Boston 12


Blanks 5


Congressman, Eighth District


Frederick T. McDermott, 10 Water St., Medford 23


Francis E. Ryan, 118 Highland Rd., Somerville 32


Raymond A. Willett, Jr., 6 Winter St., Stoneham 31


Blanks 20


Councillor, Sixth District


Edward J. Coughlin, 239 Tremont St., Somerville 31


Harold A. Palmer, 86 Ten Hills Rd., Somerville 20


Francis J. Roche, 406 Broadway, Cambridge 32


Blanks 23


Senator, Seventh Middlesex District


William E. Flanagan, 4 Hildreth St., Lowell 80


Blanks 26


Representatives in General Court


Blanks 106


District Attorney


Northern District


Blanks


106


Registry of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex Co.


Blanks


106


County Commissioner, Middlesex County


Thomas B. Brennan, 47 Madison St., Medford 63


Blanks 43


County Treasurer, Middlesex County


Blanks 106


The results of the foregoing Primary were declared in open Town Meeting. On motion of the Town Clerk, it was voted to adjourn, 9:45 P. M.


Attest : NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk


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TOWN WARRANT


(Sea1)


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are here- by required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Read- ing, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading on Monday, the Twenty-Eighth Day of September, A. D., 1942, at seven forty-five o'clock in the eve- ning, to act on the following articles :


Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees, and to choose all necessary Committees and deter- mine what instructions, if any, shall be given Town Officers and Spe- cial Committees.


Article 2. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the repair of the damage to the Municipal Building caused by the recent fire or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 3. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the purchase of coal for the schoolhouses and other public buildings or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 4. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to Miscellaneous Expense Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 5. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to Elections and Registration Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Article 6. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to School Department General Main- tenance Account and to School Cafeteria Account and Industrial Tui- tion Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee.


Article 7. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the payment of the medical expense of Lewis C. Holden, a fireman, incurred as result of injuries sustained on March 5, 1942, while in the performance of his duty or what it will do in relation thereto.


Hugh L. Eames.


Article 8. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to Aid to Dependent Children Ad-


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ministrative Account and to Old Age Assistance Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Welfare.


Article 9. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to the Special Drainage Construction Ac- count, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Special Drainage Committee.


Article 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer for the purpose of installing surface drains in Wescroft Park, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in at least ten public places in the town not less than seven days prior to September twenty-eighth, the date set for the meet- ing in said warrant and to publish this warrant in the Reading Chron- icle one day at least prior to said date.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.


Given under our hands this seventeenth day of September, A.D. 1942.


CARL W. GOODRIDGE HERBERT K. MILLER KENNETH C. LATHAM Selectmen of Reading


A true copy Attest :


Constable of Reading


Officers Return


Middlesex ss.


Reading, Mass., September 21, 1942


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By virtue of this warrant I this day notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn St., Reading, Mass., Sept. 28, 1942 at 7:45 P. M. by posting attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading :


Municipal Bldg.


Ainsworth Store


Reading Police Sta. Haven Spa


Reading Fire Sta. No. 1


B. & M. R. R. Sta.


Reading Fire Sta. No. 2 M. F. Charles' Store


Austins Diner Lyceum Hall Bldg.


Danforth's Drug Store


Masonic Hall Bldg.


Odd Fellows Building


The same being not less than seven days prior to Sept. 28, 1942, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant.


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I also caused the same to be published in the Reading Chronicle, date of September 25, 1942, the same being at least one day prior to the said date.


Signed, J. W. SIAS, Constable of Reading


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Security Hall, September 28, 1942


Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a Special Town Meeting was held at the time and place specified there- in, and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard.


The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on mo- tion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to dispense with further read- ing of the Warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.


The Warrant being in proper form, it was ordered placed on file.


Article 1. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to lay Article 1 on the Table.


Article 2. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Eight Hundred (800) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Fire Loss Special Account for the repair of damage to the Municipal Building caused by the recent fire, and the Town Ac- countant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum to carry out the purposes of this vote.


Article 3. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Eighteen Hundred (1800) Dollars be appropriated by trans- ferring said sum from the Overlay Reserve Account for the purchase of coal for the schoolhouses and other public buildings, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum to carry out the purposes of this vote.


Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Insurance Account to the Miscellaneous Expense Account, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum to said Account.


Article 10. On motion of George M. McSheehy it was voted to take up Article 10. Harmon D. Smith moved that the sum of Six Hull- dred (600) Dollars be appropriated from the proceeds of the Sales of Real Estate, Eight Hundred (800) Dollars from the unexpended bal- ance in the Fire Alarm Extension Account and Eight Hundred (800) from the unexpended balance in the Sewer Department Account and transfer said sums aggregating Twenty-two Hundred (2200) Dollars for the construction and installation of surface drainage in Wescroft Park, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and


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empowered to make the necessary transfers to carry out the purposes of this vote.


After much discussion on this Article the motion was lost on a voice vote. The Clerk was then instructed to read Article 5 and started, when James R. Mercer rose, and asked the Moderator if it was in order to doubt the vote on Article 10.


The Moderator said they had lost the chance but that he would allow it if someone did not object. There was one objection however, so there was no action taken on Mr. Mercer's request.


Article 5. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars be appropriated from the unex- pended balance in the Soldier's Relief Account and Two Hundred (200) Dollars from the unexpended balance in the Fire Alarm Extension Ac- count and transfer said sums aggregating Seven Hundred (700) Dollars to the Elections and Registration Account, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sums to said Account.


Article 6. On motion of Irving C. Austin it was voted that the sum of $2600.00 be appropriated from School Department Salaries Ac- count and transfer said sum as follows : $1800.00 to School Department Maintenance Account, $500.00 to School Cafeteria Account and $300.00 to Industrial Tuition Account, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum to said Ac- counts.


Article 7. On motion of Hugh L. Eames it was voted that the sum of Forty-four (44) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Insurance Account for the payment of the medical expense of Lewis C. Holden, a fireman, incurred as a result of injuries sustained on March 5, 1942, while in the performance of his duty, and the Town Ac- countant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum for the purpose of this vote.


Article 8. On motion of Edward E. Harnden it was voted that the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty (250) Dollars be appropriated by trans- ferring said sum from Welfare General Aid Administrative Account to Aid to Dependent Children Administrative Account and that the sum of Four Thousand (4,000) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from Welfare General Aid Account to the Old Age Assistance ac- count, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to transfer said sums to said Accounts.


Article 9. On motion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted that the sum of Twenty-two Hundred (2200) Dollars be appropriated by trans- ferring said sum from the proceeds on hand of Sales of Real Estate to the Special Drainage Construction Account, such sum to, be expended under the direction of the Special Drainage Committee for any and all


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expenses in connection with the construction of the Quannapowitt Drainage System and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized to make the transfer to carry out the purpose of this vote. 49 voted in the affirmative and 20 voted in the negative.


Article 10. On motion of Harmon D. Smith it was voted to recon- sider the vote under Article 10. 45 voted in the affirmative and 41 voted in the negative.


Harmon D. Smith moved that the sum of $600 be appropriated from the proceeds of the Sales of Real Estate; $800 from the unexpended balance in the Fire Alarm Extension Account and $800 from the unex- pended balance in the Sewer Department Account and transfer said sums aggregating Twenty-two Hundred (2200) Dollars for the construc- tion and installation of surface drainage in Wescroft Park, and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to make the necessary transfers to carry out the purposes of this vote. The motion was defeated on a rising vote. 28 voted in the affirmative and 51 voted in the negative.




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