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$ 5,756.00
Maintenance
3,475.00
$ 9,231.00
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that five thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($5,367.50) be raised and appropriated for interest, not including Water, Light and Sewer.
On motion of Clarence C. White it was voted that the sum of Ninety-eight Hundred (9,800) Dollars be raised and appropriated for cemeteries to be expended for maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery including travel out- side of the state.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Maturing Debt, not including Water and Light.
On motion of J. Warren Killam it was voted that the sum of sev- enteen thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars ($17,655.00) be raised and appropriated for the Contributory Retirement System, to be divided as follows :
Pension Accumulation Fund
$ 17,355.00
Expense Fund 300.00
$ 17,655.00
On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted that the sum of One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty-Five ($156,- 425.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the Board of Public Works as follows :
Administrative, Salaries and Office Expenses $ 6,625.00 Repairs, Construction and Maintenance of Highways, Set-
ting Curbs, Purchase or otherwise Acquiring Land for
Sand and Gravel Purposes, Purchase of Materials,
Tools and Equipment and any other incidental ex- penses pertaining thereto 47,500.00
Removal of Snow and Ice
9,500.00
Sidewalk Maintenance and Construction
4,500.00
Maintenance of Storm Drains 3,900.00
Construction of Storm Drains
4,200.00
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Park Department and Common Maintenance and Super- vised Play 6,000.00
Care of Dumps 1,300.00
Drinking Fountains 100.00
Connecting Estates with Common Sewer 1,800.00
Maintenance, Operation and Construction of Water Works,
purchased or otherwise acquiring land for the further development and protection of the water supply, pay- ment of Water Bonds and Interest, including Travel Outside the State 823.21
Of which appropriation shall be transferred from the unex- pended balance in the Water Filtration Plant Construc- tion Account and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the said account 59,000.00
Maintenance, Operation and Extension of the Sewer Sys- tem Payment of Interest on Sewer Bonds 12,000.00
$156,425.00
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that twelve thou- sand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and seventeen cents ($12,- 719.17) be raised and appropriated for insurance.
On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted that the sum of Seven Thousand ($7,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the employment of labor for the construction and maintenance of highways, sidewalks, drainage, com- mon, parks, waterworks, sewers and other public works.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to lay Article 4 on the table.
Article 5. On motion of Preston F. Nichols it was voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he here- by is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue 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 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 6. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that four thou- sand dollars ($4,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws.
Article 7. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that five hun- dred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-two cents ($577.22) be raised and appropriated to balance over-draft in Care of Contagious Diseases Account.
Article 8. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that the Board
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of Assessors be authorized and directed to use an amount of available free cash not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) in com- puting the tax rate of 1942, provided the same is approved by the Com- missioner of Corporation and Taxation.
Article 9. On motion of Preston F. Nichols it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars be raised and appropriated 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 of any and all real estate taken by the Town for non-payment of taxes.
Article 10. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that 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 Mar- ine 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 11. 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 1942, be and the same is hereby appropriated and that a further sum of $63.75 be and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account thereof. That a further sum of $4,489.23 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 25 G. (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936. Total of $7,552.98.
Article 12. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Six Thousand (6,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for W.P.A. expenses including administrative, truck hire, equipment and materials.
Article 13. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-six (496) Dollars be raised and appro- priated for the preparation and printing of a Street List for the year 1942.
Article 14. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to in- definitely postpone this Article.
Article 15. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that the provisions of Section 11A. of Chapter 85 of the General Laws relative to the registration and operation of bicycles in the Town be and the same hereby are accepted.
Article 16. On motion of Frank D. Tanner it was voted that the Representative Town Government Special Committee be and they hereby are authorized to petition the General Court for special legis-
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lation establishing in the Town the representative town government by limited town meetings.
Article 17. On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was voted that the subject matter of Article 17 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, and that said Board be, and it hereby is, authorized to install such ad- ditional street lights as in its judgment are required and to make such changes in the size, type 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 18. On motion of Clarence C. White it was voted that the Town appropriate the sum of One Thousand (1,000) Dollars from the Cemetery Reserve Fund, being the receipts from the sale of lots and graves in Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery, for the maintenance, care, improvement and embellishment of said ceme- teries under the provisions of Section 15 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 19. On motion of Irving C. Austin it was voted that the sum of $9,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the transportation of school children for the year 1942, such sum to be expended under the control and direction of the School Committee.
Article 20. On motion of Irving C. Austin it was voted that the sum of $564.82 be raised and appropriated under authority of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1941, for the payment of unpaid 1941 bills of the School Department Cafeteria Account. This required a 4/5 vote. 171 voted in affirmative and none in the negative.
Article 21. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted that a Road Machinery Fund be and the same hereby is established and that the sum of Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-Seven Dollars and Seventy-Nine Cents ($9,467.79) be appropriated from the unexpended balance in the Road Machinery Account and transferred to Road Ma- chinery Fund for the maintenance, repairs, purchase and operation of road machinery and equipment for the use of and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account.
Article 22. March Town Meeting, 1942, Town of Reading. Middlesex, ss.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Lewis 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 hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law regarding the
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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 in a Southwesterly direction from the Westerly terminus of the present Town Way known as Lewis Street as accepted May 1, 1940, to the Southerly terminus of the present Town Way known as County Road as accepted March 17, 1941, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Lewis Street Extension, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound set at the Southwesterly terminus of Lewis Street as accepted as a Public Way May 1, 1940;
Thence S. 84°-22'-25" W., by lands of Ruth E. Mathews, a distance of 4.60 feet to a point.
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 287.32 feet, still by said Mathews' land, a length of 32.92 feet, to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 77º-19' W., again by said Mathew's land, the Northerly terminus of a Private Way known as Wentworth Road, lands of Ed- ward A. Brophy, and other lands of said Mathews, a distance of 262.24 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 20.0 feet, still by said Mathews land a length of 32.12 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N. 14°-42'-40" W., still by said Mathews' land and along a portion of the Easterly side line of said County Road, a distance of 80.64 feet to a point;
Thence by a curved line South to East, having a radius of 20.0 feet by other lands of said Mathews' a length of 30.71 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 77º-19'-E., still by Mathews' land, by lands of E. Carle- ton and Arleen B. Bemis, and by other lands of said Mathews', a dis- tance of 264.47 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius of 307.32 feet still by said Mathews' land a length of 37.85 feet to a point of tangent at a stone bound set at the Northwesterly terminus of Lewis Street as accepted as a Public Way May 1, 1940;
Thence S. 12º-14' E., by the Westerly terminus of Lewis Street as accepted aforesaid, a distance of 40.26 feet to the stone bound here- in designated as the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Lewis Street, Reading, Mass.", dated February 1942, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, said Plan being a part of *his 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
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improvement. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provisions 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 Lewis Street, and that the sum of Eight Hundred and Seventy-Nine (879.00) Dollars be raised and ap- propriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way. WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman EDWARD A. BROPHY, Secretary GILBERT LOTHROP EDWARD TEER ALEX LINDSAY
Members of the Board of Public Works, Reading, Mass.
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 Lewis Street, and adopt the recom- mendations contained therein, and that the sum of Eight Hundred and Seventy-Nine ($879.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the lay- ing out and construction of the said way.
Middlesex ss.
Article 23. Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Harvard Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity re- quire the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location here- inafter 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 in a Southwesterly direction from the present Town Way known as John Carver Road to the Southerly terminus of Essex (proposed) Street, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Harvard Street, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a point in the Westerly side line of said John Carver Road, said point being N. 13º-03'-10" W., a distance of 108.00 feet meas- ured along said Westerly side line of John Carver Road from a Drill Hole in a Stone Bound set at the Northerly terminus of a curve in said Westerly side line having a radius of 113.26 feet and a length of 37.03 feet ;
Thence by a curved line North and West having a radius of 19.10
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feet, by lands of Edward B. Halligan and Hope R. Halligan, a length of 38.35 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence S. 51°-54'-30" W., still by lands of said Halligan & ux, a distance of 61.74 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius of 357.00 feet, still by lands of said Halligan & ux, and by lands of Stephen Franklin Wadsworth, a length of 133.56 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 73º-20'-40" W., still by said Wadsworth's land, a distance of 90.00 feet to a point ;
Thence turning and running N. 16°-39'-20" W., through Harvard (Private) Street, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point, said point being the point of intersection of the Easterly side line of Essex (Proposed) Street and the Northerly side line of Harvard (Private Street) ;
Thence N. 73º-20'-40" E., by other lands of said Wadsworth, a dis- tance of 90.0 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the left, having a radius of 317.00 feet, still by said Wadsworth's land, a length of 118.60 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 51°-54'-30" E., by lands of Russell B. Jenner and Gladys E. Jenner, a distance of 82.43 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 43.98 feet, still by lands of said Jenner & ux, a length of 49.86 feet to a point on the said Westerly side line of John Carver ;
Thence S. 13º-03'-10" E., along side Westerly side line of John Carver Road, a distance of 102.15 feet to a point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan En- titled "Harvard Street, Reading, Mass.", dated February, 1942, 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 pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and better- ments 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 Way and Named Harvard Street, and that the sum of One Thousand and Thirty-four (1,034.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman
EDWARD TEER
ALEX LINDSAY
EDWARD A. BROPHY, Secretary GILBERT M. LOTHROP
Members of the Board of Public Works, Town of Reading
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On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted that the Town ac- cept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a public way of a private way known as Harvard Street, and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of One Thousand and Thirty-Four ($1,034.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way.
Article 24.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Reading
Middlesex ss.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Altera- tions of the Southerly Line of Hopkins Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience require that the pub- lic highway be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location here- inafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relat- ing to notice to 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, relocated or altered as a public highway for the use of the Town, a portion of the Southerly side line of Hopkins Street. The boun- daries and measurements of said public highway as so laid out, relo- cated or altered are as follows :
Beginning at a point in the Easterly side line of Main Street, a State Highway in said Reading, said point being S. 4°-11'-50" E., a distance of 168.63 feet measured along said Easterly side line of Main Street from a State Highway Bound set at a point of curve in said Main Street at Station 21-04.37 Right;
Thence by a curved line North to East, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of Nora M. Walsh Estate, a length of 32.22 feet to a point ;
Thence N. 88°-07'-10" E., still through lands of said Walsh Estate, a distance of 88.71 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius of 1200.00 feet, still through lands of said Walsh Estate, lands of Mary A. Jewett Heirs or Devisees, and lands of Katarzyna Sztucinska, a length of 452.38 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence S. 70°-16'-50" E., still through said Sztucinska's land, a distance of 84.85 feet to a point on the Southerly side line of Hopkins Street, said point also being the Easterly terminus of this relocation or alteration.
Thence turning and running N. 68°-08'-40" W., by the former
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Southerly side of said Hopkins Street, as the stone wall now stands, a distance of 97.56 feet to an angle point ;
Thence N. 71º-35'-20" W., still by said former Southerly side line of Hopkins Street and stone wall, a distance of 59.20 feet to another angle point ;
Thence N. 75°-59'-20" W., still by said former Southerly side line of Hopkins Street and stone wall, a distance of 251.80 feet to another angle point ;
Thence N. 79º-59'-20" W., still by said former Southerly side line of Hopkins Street and stone wall, a distance of 32.14 feet to another angle point ;
Thence S. 88°-09'-10" W., still by said former Southerly side line of Hopkins Street and stone wall, a distance of 212.51 feet to a point, said point marking the intersection of the said former Southerly side line of Hopkins Street with the Easterly side line of said Main Street;
Thence S. 4º-11'-50" E., by said Easterly side line of Main Street, and by a stone wall, a distance of 40.82 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Relocation of the Southerly line of Hopkins Street, Reading, Mass.," dated February 1942, 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 re- port is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall thereafter be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan, and that the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar be raised and appro- priated for the said laying out, alteration and relocation of said way.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman GILBERT M. LOTHROP ALEX LINDSAY EDWARD TEER
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 a portion of the location lines of the southerly side of Hopkins Street from Main Street easterly and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar be raised and appro- priated for the said relocation or alteration of said way. A 2/3 vote
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was required on this Article 117 voted in the affirmative and none in the negative.
Article 25. On motion of Carl N. Sargent it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to secure as suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion, the premises situated on the Westerly side of Ash Street known as Victory House and that the sum of Fifteen Hundred (1500) Dollars be raised and appropriated as rent for such premises for the year 1942.
Article 26. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted that three hundred dollars ($300.00) be raised and appropriated for the further development of the Town Forest.
Article 27. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted that the sum of Four Hundred (400) Dollars be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work, such sum to be expended under the control and direc- tion of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to take Article 4 from the Table.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to indefinitely post- pone Article 4.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to take Article 3 from the Table.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to indefinitely post- pone Article 3.
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 Article 2.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to adjourn at 10:25 P. M., until Monday, March 9, 1942.
192 Men and 63 Women, Total of 255 attended this meeting.
A true Record Attest :
NORMAN P. CHARLES, Town Clerk
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, March 16, 1942
Article 1. Final Report with Recommendations of the Planning Board of Reading on the Proposed Amendment to the zoning By-Law Rendered in Accordance with Section 27, Chapter 40 of the General Laws. (Tercentenary Edition) As Amended.
Over a period of years the Planning Board has given serious con- sideration to the matter of amending the existing zoning by-law. With- in the last two years it has become increasingly evident that something needed to be done to control the development of the Town. At a
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special town meeting held early in 1941 the Town voted to appoint a Development Committee of fifteen members to make a study, and re- port on this matter. Two members of the Planning Board were ap- pointed members of the Development Committee. The Planning Board and the Development Committee have cooperated in preparing the proposed amendment to the zoning by-law, which is unanimously ap- proved by both the Planning Board and the Development Committee.
The Development Committee has made a report of its activities and this zoning by-law is being presented as a part of the general pro- gram, the details of which are set forth in the report of the Develop- ment Committee.
A public hearing on the proposed amendment to the zoning by-law was held by the Planning Board as required by law on February 13, 1942.
The Planning Board has voted to recommend the enactment of the amendment as set forth in the warrant for the Special Town Meet- ing to be held March 9, 1942.
SHERBURNE J. WATTS PHILIP R. WHITE A. LLOYD DAVID WINTHROP D. PARKER
On motion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted to accept the report of the Planning Board.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted to lay Article 1 on the Table.
Article 2. On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was voted that the provisions of Section 81 F. to 81 J. both inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Sur- vey be and the same hereby are accepted.
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