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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to amend the third para- graph of Section 1 of the By-laws by striking out in the third line there- of, the word "second" and substituting in place thereof the word "third": -so said paragraph will read as follows :
Upon completing the election and counting the votes and declaring the result thereof, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the third Monday of March, at such time as the Selectmen shall name in the warrant calling the meeting for the transaction of all other business that may be properly brought before the meeting. Board of Selectmen
Article 20. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the Cemetery Reserve for the permanent development of Laurel Hill and Forest Glen Cemeteries, or what it will do in relation thereto. Cemetery Trustees
Article 21. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, pur- chasing and operating road machinery and equipment for the use of, and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
Article 22. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate by transferring from available funds for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Municipal Garage located on John Street for the Water Department and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town for use in carrying out such project any Federal Funds which may be granted therefor, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
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Article 23. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Main Street from Washington Street Northerly 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. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Charles Street from Pearl Street Northerly toward Haverhill Street under Sec- tion 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 25. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Lowell Street from Grand Street Southeasterly 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 26. To see what sum or sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of completing the construction of West Hill Circle, Wescroft Road and Springvale Road laid out by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting held March 17, 1941 under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
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 Cape Cod Avenue, under 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 require- ments, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Cape Cod Avenue, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construc- tion of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
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 Wood End Lane, under provisions of law author- izing 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 require- ments. and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Wood End Lane, and to see what sum the
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Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the con- struction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 29. To see what sum the Town will raise in part from the Tax Levy and in part by transferring from available funds and appropri- ate, for the purpose of erecting a flagpole on Reading Common or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to demolish, sell or otherwise dispose of for demolition upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the Barn, so-called, in Memorial Park and to further authorize and empower said Board to execute in the name and behalf of the Town any and all instruments which may be necessary to effectuate such demolition or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article X of the By-laws by adding after Section 5 a new Section to be known as Section 5A.
Section 5A. The Superintendent of the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of removing or plowing snow, or removing ice, from any way within the limits of the Town, may remove or cause to be removed to some public garage or other convenient place, any vehicle parked upon such highway in such a manner so as to interfere with such work, and the storage charges and other cost of such removal shall be borne and paid by the owner of such vehicle. Board of Public Works
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the machinery and equipment located in the Mill Street Pumping Station or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 33. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social, educational and recreational activi- ties upon such land and buildings as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Recreation Committee
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, six parcels of land, together with build- ings thereon, lying northerly and being adjacent to the present Senior High School lot and situated on Linden, Lowell and Sanborn Streets, for construction of Senior High School, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee
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Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain tract or tracts of land, with the buildings thereon, in or adjoining Birch Meadow, so-called, and to dedi- cate certain other parcels of land now owned by the Town and situated in or near Birch Meadow, as the School Committee may deem advisable, for the construction of Senior High School, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain parcels of land in Birch Meadow, so-called, being lots 45, a portion 61 and 61A. 62, 63, 65, 99 and 99A, as shown on Town of Reading Assessors' plat 35, for the construction of an elementary school building, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 37. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the preparation of plans, surveys and specifications and the archi- tectural and engineering services which may be necessary for new Senior High School building or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 38. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase and installation of additional bleachers for the Junior High School Athletic Field or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 39. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the transportation of school children for the year 1946 or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee
Article 40. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to provide for cafeterias in the Highland and Pearl Street schools or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee
Article 41. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to pay into the teachers retirement system for the benefit of teachers on military leave of absence during the year 1945 as provided for and under authority of Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 42. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the payment of certain unpaid bills for the year 1945 in the School Department Tuition Account in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 179 of the Acts of 1941, or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee
Article 43. To see what action the Town will take regarding the installation of additional street lights on the public streets during the year 1946, or what it will do in relation thereto. Municipal Light Board
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Article 44. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the generating equipment at the power station, or what it will do in relation thereto. Municipal Light Board
Article 45. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the general expenses of the Capital Expenditures Planning Com- mittee or what it will do in relation thereto.
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), and the Selectmen appoint a Director, the Director to cooperate with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture and work of the Middlesex County Extension Service and the 4-H Clubs, under provisions of Section 40 to 45 Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts, or what it will do in relation thereto. Lois M. Connor and others
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Library Trustees to obtain an advance from the Federal Government for the preparation of Plans and Engineering services for the addition and extension to the Public Library Building and to further authorize and empower the chairman of the Board of Library Trustees to execute for and in behalf of the Town such applications, agreements and other documents with the Federal Works Agency Bureau of Community Facilities which may be necessary for the purpose of securing such advance or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Library Trustees
Article 48. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 685 Veterans of Foreign Wars or what it will do in relation thereto. Lester W. Edwards and others
Article 49. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion or what it will do in relation thereto. Charles A. Moores and others
Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health or what it will do in relation thereto.
Frances K. Wright and others
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the four precincts of the Town not less than seven days prior to March 4, 1946, the date
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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 eighteenth day of February A.D. 1946.
KENNETH C. LATHAM HERBERT K. MILLER CHARLES E. WILKINSON
Selectmen of Reading
Officer's Return
Reading, Mass., Feb. 22, 1946
Middlesex, ss.
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 Street in said Reading, as the designated place for the four precincts of the Town, at the time specified in the warrant, by posting attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading :
Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden Street; Danforth's Drug Store, 1 Harnden Street; Central Fire Station.
Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building; Lyceum Hall Building; M. F. Charles & Sons Store, 610 Main Street; Boston & Maine Railroad Depot.
Precinct 3. Waterhouse Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral Street : Benny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell Street; Fire Station.
Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell Street; Mclaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main Street. the date of posting being more than seven days prior to March 4, 1946, the date set for the meeting in this warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of March 1, 1946, the same being more than one day prior to the date of said meeting.
LEON G. BENT,
Constable of Reading
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereof, a Town Election was held at the time and place specified in the warrant, and was called to order by the Moderator, Samuel H. Davis.
The Clerk partially read the warrant, when on motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant except the Constable's Return which was duly read by the Clerk.
The keys to the ballot boxes were turned over to the Constable in charge, the ballot boxes were examined and found to be empty and registered 000.
The polls were then declared open at 7:30 o'clock A.M. and were closed at 8:00 P.M. with the following result :
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec.
Moderator for one year
1 2
3
4 Totals
Samuel H. Davis, 97 Highland St.
391
415
496
504
1806
Blanks
70
80
72
89
311
461
495
568
593
2117
Town Clerk for one year
Guy W. Ellison, 92 Grand St.
243
300
390
316
1249
Charles W. H. Smith, 155 Wakefield St.
144
130
135
216
625
Ralph E. Wilson, 196 Main St.
63
47
34
40
184
Blanks
11
18
9
21
59
461
495
568
593
2117
Selectman for three years
Carl W. Goodridge, 206 Bancroft Ave ..
194
170
167
225
756
Charles E. Wilkinson, 69 Middlesex Ave.
244
306
391
351
1292
Blanks
23
19
10
17
69
461
495
568
593
2117
Board of Public Welfare for three years
Kittie M. Bangs, 153 Bancroft Ave.
114
114
99
117
411
Miles C. Higgins, 8 Sanborn St.
336
360
456
448
1600
Blanks
11
21
13
28
73
461
495
568
593
2117
Assessor for three years
Arthur S. Cook, 21 Sanborn St.
167
139
150
216
672
Ralph T. Horn, 46 Grand St.
178
204
290
260
932
Carlyle F. Quimby, 42 Pratt St.
106
133
115
105
459
Blanks
10
19
13
12
54
461
495
568
593
2117
23
Treasurer for one year
Preston F. Nichols, 68 Linden St.
410
429
513
533
1885
Blanks
51
66
55
60
232
461
495
568
593
2117
Collector of Taxes for three years
William E. Morrison, 21 Pilgrim Road
415
441
523
538
1917
Blanks
46
54
45
55
200
461
495
568
593
2117
Municipal Light Board for three years
Louis Ellenwood, 326 Haven St.
393
414
467
510
1784
Blanks
68
81
101
83
333
461
495
568
593
2117
Two Constables for one year
Leon G. Bent, 767 Main St.
386
403
483
497
1769
Arthur L. Harris, 59 Oak St.
347
379
466
464
1656
Blanks
189
208
187
225
809
922
990
1136
1186
4234
Two members of the Board of Public Works for three years
Edward A. Brophy, 942 Main St.
377
405
483
496
1761
Harold W. Putnam, 147 Bancroft Ave. ..
366
388
490
500
1744
Blanks
179
197
163
190
729
922
990
1136
1186
4234
Board of Health for three years
Edward M. Halligan, 37 Salem St.
411
436
519
528
1894
Blanks
50
59
49
65
223
461
495
568
593
2117
Two members of the School Committee for three years
Alexander P. Glover, 158 Prescott St.
373
405
489
485
1752
Gladys F. Milton, 281 Summer Ave.
361
384
479
492
1716
Blanks
188
201
168
209
766
922
990
1136
1186
4234
One member of the School Committee for one year Gould B. Ruggles, 224 High St. 388
407
500
493
1788
Blanks
73
88
68
100
329
461
495
568
593
2117
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Two Trustees Public Library for three years
C. Nelson Bishop, 55 Lowell St.
374
390
482
492
1738
Sydney M. Hodson, 51 Oak St.
394
414
497
516
1821
Blanks
154
186
157
178
675
922
990
1136
1186
4234
One Trustee Public Library for one year
Neil C. Robinson, 15 Vista Ave.
382
409
501
508
1800
Blanks
79
86
67
85
317
461
495
568
593
2117
Two Trustees Cemeteries for three years
James E. Calvin, 25 Sanborn St.
208
193
231
236
868
Harold F. Davis, 17 Forest Glen Rd.
271
300
357
397
1325
Fred L. Nutter, 47 Linden St.
295
319
403
390
1407
Blanks
148
178
145
163
634
922
990
1136
1186
4234
Two Members Planning Board for three years
Walter D. Berry, 26 Virginia Road
358
384
474
474
1690
Winthrop D. Parker, 1 Charles St.
376
392
479
480
1727
Blanks
188
214
183
232
817
922
990
1136
1186
4234
Question-"An act relative to equal pay for men and women teachers"
Yes
219
195
247
279
940
No
136
172
219
183
710
Blanks
106
128
102
131
467
1
461
495
568
593
2117
Precinct 1
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Harold M. Rogers, 119 Salem St.
348
Lewis E. Pierce, 13 Elliott St.
344
Karl R. Saunders, 57 Cross St.
343
Lincoln T. Prescott, 28 Thorndike St.
342
Douglas B. Lincoln, 335 Haven St.
340
Harold W. Cogger, 9 Cross St.
337
Harold L. Jones, 19 Belmont St.
337
Thomas A. Ratchford, 19 Wilson St.
336
Robert E. Chapman, 521 Summer Ave.
330
25
Louise B. Jenkins, 161 Salem St. 330
Lester W. Edward, 14 Gardner Rd. 323
Ernest T. Wakefield, 42 John St. 319
Mary F. Daniel, 7 Harnden St.
316
Clarence J. Stalliday, 64 Pearl St.
309
Clinton A. Duff, 5 Fairmount Rd. 302
Charles Wilson, 6 Gardner Rd. 247
Blanks 1710
Total
6915
Precinct 2
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Irving C. Austin, 180 Prescott St. 395
Rudolf Sussman, 187 West St. 387
C. Sumner Teel, 113 Walnut St. 387
Miles C. Higgins, 8 Sanborn St. 387
Lawrence A. Partelow, 17 Pine Ridge Rd.
384
Ernest C. Alward, 450 Summer Ave.
377
Esther Goodale, 129 West St.
376
Roger M. Blood, 15 Oak Ridge Rd.
374
Roger P. Eaton, 22 Echo Ave.
373
De Melle G. Garey, 15 Hopkins St. 372
373
Harrison G. Dodge, 228 West St.
Kenneth G. Hulsman, 284 Woburn St.
372
Marion B. Temple, 32 Hillcrest Rd. 371
Herbert G. Evans, 54 Howard St. 367
Frederick D. B. Ingalls, 1 Hopkins St. 366
Blanks 1764
Total 7425
Precinct 3
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Irving Alger, 144 Woburn St. 433
Melvin S. Crosby, 50 Middlesex Ave. 421
Lester C. Boston, 43 Vine St. 402
Robert F. Perry, 22 Dudley St. 401
Joseph H. Reed, 78 Middlesex Ave. 396
Philip R. White, 189 Summer Ave. 394
Ernest D. Richmond, Jr., 24 Longview Rd. 376
J. Henry Carleton, 163 Woburn St. 373
George B. Pease, 181 Summer Ave.
373
Blanche M. Davis, 155 Woburn St. 372
Harold F. Parker, 76 Vine St. 369
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Clement T. Gleason, 53 Prescott St. 355 Philip E. Mason, 127 Prospect St. 355 Hugh N. Turner, 85 Vine St. 354 William A. Connelly, 129 High St. 321
Stephen A. Abbott, 25 Prospect St. 316
George A. Estabrook, 125 Middlesex Ave. 278
Alfred W. Rooney, 15 Willow St. 267
Philip P. Welch, 10 Lee St. 249
Blanks 1715
Total
8520
Precinct 3
Two Town Meeting Members for two years (to fill vacancy)
Lewis E. Gilman, 119 Summer Ave. 406
John R. Kay, 50 Grand St. 399
Daniel Madio, 24 Pilgrim Rd. 111
Blanks 220
Total
113
Precinct 3
One Town Meeting Member for one year (to fill vacancy)
Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St.
499
Blanks
69
Total
568
Precinct 4
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Florence L. Burnham, 89 Highland St. 402
Robert A. Curtis, 186 Bancroft Ave. 399
William P. Webb, 309 Pearl St. 393
Lawrence E. Frost, 5 John Carver Rd. 386
Robert L. Dean, 561 Pearl St. . 380
E. Whitcomb Woodward, 60 Highland St. 378
Stanley R. Gerard, 101 Hanscom Ave.
373
Charles W. H. Smith, 155 Wakefield St.
370
Dana H. Barber, 12 Hampshire Rd.
370
Walter F. Cutcliffe, 50 Locust St.
370
Benjamin Knudson, Jr., 60 Hanscom Ave. 364 Elbridge A. Lucas, 565 Franklin St. . 361
Lawrence J. Rust, 39 John Carver Rd.
360
Clifford R. Nelson, 83 Hanscom Ave.
358
Arthur B. Eastman, 5 Wells Rd. 309
Earle A. Eastman, 2 Waverly Rd. 260
George E. Durgin, 562 Pearl St. 252
27
Sydney L. Curry, 405 Lowell St. 238
Coleman J. Donahue, 9 Lawrence Rd. 175 Hugh P. McGee, 14 Grove St. 168
Blanks 2230
Total
8895
Precinct 4
One Town Meeting Member for two years (to fill vacancy)
Florence C. Robinson, 1137 Main St.
459
Blanks 134
Total 593
The following persons served as Election Officers :
Precinct 1
Ballot Box
Ballot Clerk Checkers
Jessie N. Thaxter, 11 Winter St.
John W. Goff. 75 Hancock St.
Harriet P. Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St.
Catherine L Doherty, 111 Green St.
Martha Stark, 73 Eaton St.
Jemima W. Clapperton, 161 Pleasant St.
Counters
M. Gertrude Ballou, 71 Green St.
Mary E. Doran. 33 Orange St. Annie C. O'Malley, 74 Minot St.
Margaret J. Curtin, 75 Harrison St.
Precinct 2
George N. Bishop, 60 Hillcrest Rd. Catherine E. Reilly, 64 Minot St.
Harriet R. Cummings, 22 Haven St. Nellie E. Whelton, 7 High St.
Mary C. Barrett, 38 Warren Ave. Catherine A. Greene, 32 School St.
Counters
Sadie D. Kaplan, 93 Washington St. Alberta L. Nichols, 100 Washington St. Rose A. Gadbois, 8 Maple St. Jennie V. Bancroft, 16 Chute St.
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Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers
Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers
Precinct 3
Gladys R. Dickinson, 25 Arlington St. Minnie A. Heselton, 17 Berkeley St.
Rebecca T. Emery, 65 Middlesex Ave. Ina M. Berquist, 3 Berkeley St. Norma P. Perley, 89 Vine St.
Eleanor S. Michelini, 48 Prescott St.
Counters
Catherine V. Wright, 21 Arlington St. Edith Moses, 33 Dudley St. Grace E. Wooldridge, 156 High St. Bertha L. Skinner, 70 Mineral St.
Precinct 4
Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers
Alfred Kimball, 18 Hanscom Ave. Mabel Bennett, 38 Highland St.
Mary C. Horrocks, 63 Highland St. Mary V. O'Brien, 169 Lowell St.
Flora B. Poock, 50 Federal St.
Eva F. Gleason, 37 Woburn St.
Counters
Dorothy Williams, 265 Lowell St.
Elizabeth M. Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. Catherine G. Doucette, 89 Woburn St. Charles C. Wakefield, 22 Mt. Vernon St.
Tabulators
Walter A. Scanlon, 331 Haven St. J. Robert Clark, 81 Ash St. A. L. Mains, 16 Green St. Arthur J. Doucette, 2 Warren Ave.
Harold M. Flater, 33 Minot St. George V. Gaw, 337 Pearl St. William E. Dewsnap, Jr., 326 Franklin St.
Leon G. Bent posted the warrant.
A true record: Attest :
WILLIAM E. MORRISON,
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 11, 1946
Security Hall
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Samuel H. Davis at 7:55 P.M.
The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March 4, 1946 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.
The new Town Meeting Members were requested to stand and be sworn to office by the Town Moderator.
The Town Clerk partially read the warrant when on the motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to lay Article 2 on the table.
Mr. Kenneth C. Latham announced that inasmuch as the Town Meeting Members did not have sufficient time to study the various budgets of Town Departments, that it be the policy of this meeting to defer the consideration of articles calling for appropriations of money until the adjournment of this meeting, which adjournment was suggested for one week. The Moderator thereupon took the sense of the meeting and it was
VOTED: To adopt the policy suggested by Mr. Latham.
Article 3. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year :
Elias B. Currell Fred F. Smith
And that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark:
Percy N. Sweetser Elias B. Currell Thomas F. Brogan
Article 3. On motion of Douglas B. Lincoln it was moved and voted that the Municipal Light Board be, and hereby is, directed to co-operate completely with all other Town Boards and with the Finance Committee on the subject of wages and general employment policy.
Article 5. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take up Article 5.
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On motion of Leon G. Bent it was moved and voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, 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 accord- ance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
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