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Article 11. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take up Article 11.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was moved and voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered for and in behalf of the town, to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, two parcels of land owned by the Town as follows : 15,940 square feet of land at the southeasterly corner of Union and Middle Streets, and 15,863 square feet of land at the southwesterly corner of Union and John Streets, and said Board are further author- ized and empowered to execute for and in the name of the Town, Deeds of Conveyance and such other instruments which may be necessary for conveying said lots to the purchasers thereof.
Article 13. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved to take up Article 13.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved and voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and em- powered to sell or otherwise dispose of, upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, the civilian defense equipment, and said Board are further authorized and empowered to execute any and all instru- ments which may be necessary transferring said personal property to the purchasers thereof.
Article 17. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take up Article 17.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was moved and voted that the provisions of Section 111A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, being a law providing for vacations for members of the regular or permanent Police and Fire forces in the Town be and the same hereby are accepted.
Article 18. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved and voted that the provisions of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1945 being an act providing for advances of their vacation pay to officers and em- ployees of the Town be, and the same hereby are accepted.
Article 44. On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was voted to take up Article 44.
On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was moved and voted that the Municipal Light Board be and they hereby are authorized to sell, upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, the generating equip-
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ment at the power station, consisting of boilers, pumps, heaters, turbines, condensers, exciters, piping, valves, generator and other equipment for- merly used in connection with the generating of electricity. Any monies received for such equipment to be expended by the Municipal Light Board toward the purchase and installation of additional transformer capacity at the power station.
Article 19. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was moved and voted that the third paragraph of Section 1 of the By-laws of the Town be and the same hereby is amended, by striking out in the third line thereof 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.
Article 30. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted to take up Article 30.
On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved and voted that the Board of Public Works be and they hereby are authorized to demolish, sell or otherwise dispose of for demolition, upon such terms and con- ditions 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 carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 31. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved and voted that Article X of the Town By-laws be and the same hereby is amended 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 the vehicle.
Article 32. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved and voted that the Board of Public Works be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the machinery and equipment located in the Mill Street Pumping Station and to further authorize said Board to execute in the name and b'ehalf of the Town such instruments which may be necessary transferring said property to the purchasers thereof.
Article 47. On motion of William J. Tonks, it was voted to take up Article 47.
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On motion of William J. Tonks it was moved and voted that the Board of Library Trustees be and they hereby are authorized and em- powered to obtain for and in behalf of the Town an advance from the Federal Government for the preparation of Plans and Engineering Ser- vices for the addition and extension of the Public Library building, and the Chairman of the Board of Library Trustees is further authorized and empowered to execute for and in behalf of the Town such applica- tions, agreements and other documents with the Federal Works Agency Bureau of Community Facilities, which may be necessary for the pur- pose of securing such advance from the Federal Government.
Article 27. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was voted to take up Article 27.
On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved and 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 Cape Cod Avenue and adopt the recommendations contained therein and that the sum of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-One ($1,961.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of the said way. Middlesex, ss. March, 1946
Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Cape Cod Avenue
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all the 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 northerly direction from the present town way known as Middlesex Avenue as accepted April 1878, a distance of 348.50 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of a portion of the Private Way known as Cape Cod Avenue, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a point in the northerly side line of said Middlesex Avenue said point being S 86° - 01' E, a distance of 257.80 feet, measured along said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue, from a stone bound at the point of intersection of the said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue with the easterly side line of Deering Street;
Thence by a curved line East to North, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of Joseph T. McAnulty and Minerva E. McAnulty, a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent;
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Thence N 3º - 59' E, by lands of said McAnulty et ux, by lands of William T. Lydstone and Ella May Lydstone, across the easterly terminus `of a town way known as Wood End Lane and by lands of Charles S. Clapp, a distance of 328.96 feet to a point, said point being the northerly terminus of this the westerly side line of this layout;
Thence turning and running S 84° - 42' - 40" E, across said Cape Cod Avenue, a distance of 40.01 to a point on the easterly side line of said Cape Cod Avenue ;
Thence turning and running S 3º - 59' - 00" W, by lands of Lillian M. Manning, Joseph A. Cummings and Pearl V. Cummings, Francis L. Johnson and Lidie K. Johnson, James E. Waite and Mar- guerite E. Waite, and Robert H. Hodson and Clara M. Hodson, a dis- tance of 328.04 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the left running in a southerly and easterly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of said Hodson et ux, a length of 31.42 feet to a point on the said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue ;
Thence N 86° - 01' W, by said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue, a distance of 80.0 feet to the point herein designated as the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan entitled "Cape Cod Avenue, Reading, Mass." dated January, 1946, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt. said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
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 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 shal: thereafter be known as a Public Town Way and named Cape Cod Avenue, and that the sum of Ore Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-one Dollars ($1,961.00) be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman HAROLD W. PUTNAM EDWARD TEER
Members of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading
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Article 28. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted to take up Article 28.
On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved and 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 Wood End Lane and adopt the recommendations contained therein and that the sum of One Thon- sand Five Hundred and Eleven ($1511.00) Dollars be raised and appropri- ated for the laying out and construction of the said way.
Town of Reading
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1946
Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Wood End Lane
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 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 westerly direction from a town way known as Cape Cod Avenue a distance of 249.18 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Wood End Lane and the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Beginning at a point on the westerly side line of said Cape Cod Avenue said point being further designated as being N. 3º - 59' E., a distance of 212.00 feet measured along said westerly side line of Cape Cod Avenue from its point of intersection with the northerly side line of a public town way known as Middlesex Avenue, and said point of intersection being S. 86° - 01' E., a distance of 277.80 feet, measured along said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue, from a stone bound set at the intersection of said northerly side line of Middlesex Avenue with the easterly side line of Deering Street.
Thence by a curved line to the left, running in a northerly and westerly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of William T. Lydstone and Ella May Lydstone, a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 86° - 01' W., still through lands of said Lydstone et ux, and through lands of James E. MacGrath and Rosetta MacGrath, and through lands of W. Chester Parsons and Claire T. Parsons, a distance
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of 226.55 feet to a point, said point being situated on the division property line between lands of said Parsons et ux and lands of Mary L. Chad- bourne ;
Thence turning and running N. 3º - 30' - 10" W., by lands of said Mary L. Chadbourne, a distance of 40.34 feet to a point ;
Thence turning and running S. 86° - 01' E., through lands of Ruben E. Thelin and Linnaea A. Thelin, Clarence W. Peterson and Ellen M. Peterson, and Charles S. Clapp, a distance of 231.81 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the left, running in an easterly and northerly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, still through lands of said Clapp, a length of 31.42 feet to a point, said point being situated in the westerly side line of said Cape Cod Avenue;
Thence S. 3º - 59' W., by said westerly side line of Cape Cod Avenue, a distance of 80.0 feet to the point designated herein as the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Wood End Lane, Reading, Mass." dated January 1946, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
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 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 Wood End Lane, and that the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred and Eleven ($1511.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman HAROLD W. PUTNAM EDWARD TEER
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
Article 43. On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was voted to take up Article 43.
On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was moved and voted that the subject matter of Article 43 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, and that said Board be, and it hereby is, authorized to install such additional street lights, as in its judgment are required, and to make such changes in the size, type and location of existing street lights,
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as it may deem advisable, the expense of same to be paid from the income of the Plant.
Article 4. On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was voted to take up Article 4.
On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was moved and voted that the sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Charities and Aid as follows :
General Aid
$ 17,500.00
General Aid Administrative
5,100.00
Aid to Dependent Children
13,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative 1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
81,750.00
Old Age Assistance, Administrative 6,650.00
$125,000.00
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson, it was moved and voted that the sum of Thirty-six Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty- four Dollars and three cents ($36,724.03) be raised and appropriated for General Government as follows :
Selectmen's Expenses
$ 1,000.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,069.70
Town Accountant's Salary
1,709.54
Treasurer's Salary
1,575.00
Treasurer's Expenses
800.00
Treasurer's Clerical
480.00
Collector's Salary
2,650.00
Collector's Expenses
1,100.00
Collector's Clerical
1,800.00
Assessors' Salaries, Chm., $1500., 2 members $630 each
2,760.00
Assessors' Expenses
3,500.00
Assessors' Clerical
3,380.00
Town Counsel's Salary
1,500.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
550.00
Town Clerk's Salary
1,102.50*
Town Clerk's Expenses
500.00
Registrars' Salaries
347.29
Registrars' Expenses, Special
1,000.00
Election and Registration Expense
2,000.00
Planning Board Expenses
100.00
Miscellaneous Expense
4,200.00 **
Municipal Building Maintenance
3,600.00
$ 36,724.03
* Fees to Town Treasury
** Including Travel Outside the State
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Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was moved and voted that the sum of One Hundred and Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eighty-three Dollars ($109,983.00) be raised and appropriated for Pro- tection of Persons and Property as follows :
Police Dept. Salaries
$ 43,150.00
Pensions
3,255.75
Police Dept. Maintenance
5,300.00
Police Station Maintenance
1,700.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
28,750.00
. Fire Dept. Call Men
3,500.00
O. O. Ordway, Pension
1,300.00
Fire Dept. Maintenance
2,800.00*
Fire Stations Maintenance
2,730.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance 2,000.00
Fire Alarm Extension
600.00
Hydrant Rentals
500.00
Moth and Tree Depts.
12,399.00
Inspector of Building Salary
551.25
Inspector of Wires Salary 210.00
551.25
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
250.00
Game Warden Salary
105.00
Dog Officer's Salary
330.75
$109,983.00
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson, it was moved and voted that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day Observance, to be expended under the direction of Post 62, American Legion and Post 685 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 4. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was moved and voted that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Interest not including Water, Light and Sewer.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved and voted that the sum of Twenty Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22.500.00) be raised and appropriated for Maturing Debt, not including Water and Light.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson, it was moved and voted that the sum of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred and Six Dollars ($10,806.00) be raised and appropriated for Health and Sanitation as follows :
Board of Health Salaries $
315.00
Board of Health Expenses 275.00
* Includes Travel outside the State
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
525.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
220.00
Inspector of Milk and Food Salary
220.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
5,000.00
Garbage Collection
3,600.00
Dental Clinic
650.00
$ 10,806.00
Article 4. On motion of Henry R. Johnson it was moved and voted that there be included in the tax levy, for electricity used for street lights, the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars, and that said sum and the income from sales of electricity to private consumers and for electricity supplied to municipal buildings, and for municipal power, and from sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year be appropriated for the Municipal Light Plant and that the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars be appropriated from the said receipts of the department for the sale, installation and servicing of merchandise, equipment, utensils and chattels, as provided in Section 34 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, said appropriations to be ex- pended by the Manager of the Municipal Light Dept. under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for the expense of the plant, including the sale, installation and servicing of merchandise, equipment, utensils and chattels, as defined in Chapter 164 of the General Laws, or any amendments thereof or addition thereto, and that if said sum of $15,000 and said income shall exceed said expense for said fiscal year, such excess up to the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars shall be paid into the Town Treasury, and the balance if any, shall be trans- ferred to the Construction Fund of said Plant and appropriated and used for such additions thereto as may thereafter be authorized by the Muni- cipal Light Board.
Article 4. On the motion of Charles E. Wilkinson, it was moved and voted that the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700.00) be raised and appropriated for the further development of the Town Forest.
Article 4. On the motion of Leon G. Bent it was moved and voted that the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Overlay Surplus Reserve Fund to the Reserve Fund and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is au- thorized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was moved and voted that the sum of Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty- seven Dollars and Seventy-three cents ($15,387.73) be raised and ap- propriated for Insurance.
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Article 4. On motion of W. Gardner Long it was moved and voted that the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety-two Dollars and Sixty-five Cents ($350.492.65) be raised and ap- propriated for the School Department as follows :
General Salaries $267.711.65
General Maintenance including travel outside the State 48,781.00
Industrial Tuition 2.000.00
School Lunches 32,000.00
$350.492.65
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved and voted that the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be raised and ap- propriated for the preparation and printing of the Street Lists for the year 1946. such sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was moved and voted that the sum of Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($14,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Veterans Benefits.
Article 4. On motion of James W. Fairchild it was moved and voted that the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12.000.00) be raised and appropriated for Cemeteries, to be expended for Maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery, including travel outside of the State.
Article 4. On motion of Leon G. Bent it was moved and voted that the sum of Twenty Three Thousand and Forty Dollars ($23.040.00) be raised and appropriated for the Contributory Retirement System to be divided as follows :
Pension Accumulation Fund $ 22.340.00
Expense Fund
700.00
$ 23,040.00
Article 4. On motion of William J. Tonks it was moved and voted that the sum of $10.000.00 be raised and appropriated for the Public Library divided as follows :
Salaries $ 6.700.00
Maintenance 3,300.00
$ 10.000.00
Article 4. On motion of Wendell P. Davis it was moved that the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand and Forty Dollars ($178.040.00) be raised and appropriated for the Board of Public Works as follows :
Administrative. Salaries and Office Expenses .$ 6,740.00
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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 other incidental expenses pertaining thereto
48,300.00
Removal of Snow and Ice
20,000.00
Sidewalk Maintenance and Construction
8,000.00
Maintenance of Storm Drains
4,500 00
Construction of Storm Drains
8,000.00
Park Department and Common Maintenance and Supervised Play
6,400.00
Care of Dumps
2,000.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Connecting Estates with the Common Sewer
4,000.00
Maintenance, Operation and Construction of Water Works, Payments of Water Bonds and Interest, including travel outside of the State 55,000.00
Maintenance, Operation and Extension of the Sewer System,
Payments of Interest on Sewer Bonds
15,000.00
$178,040.00
W. Gardner Long moved that the motion be amended to read $176,000.00 as recommended by the Finance Committee as follows : Administrative, Salaries and Office Expenses $ 6,300.00
Repairs, Construction and Maintenance of Highway, Set- ting Curbs, Purchase or Otherwise, acquiring land for Sand and Gravel purposes, Purchase of Materials, Tools and Equipment and other incidental expenses pertaining thereto
47,000.00
Removal of Snow and Ice
20,000.00
Sidewalk Maintenance and Construction
8,000.00
Maintenance of Storm Drains
4,500.00
Construction of Storm Drains
8,000.00
vised Play Maintenance and Super-
6,200.00
Care of Dumps
1,900.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Connecting Estates with the Common Sewer
4,000.00
Maintenance, Operation and Construction of Water Works,
Payments of Water Bonds and Interest, including travel outside of State 55.000.00
Maintenance, Operation and Extension of the Sewer System, Payments of Interest on Sewer Bonds 15,000.00
$176,000.00
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Park Department and Common
Mr. Davis' motion being the larger of the two it was voted on first and was defeated on a voice vote.
A vote was then taken on Mr. Long's substitute motion, and it was carried.
On motion of Carl Pitman it was voted to adjourn at 10:50 P. M. and to meet in Security Hall, Monday, March 18, 1946 at 7:45 P. M.
164 Precinct Members were present.
A true record. Attest :
GUY W. ELLISON, Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall
March 18, 1946
The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March
11, 1946 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted to take Article 2 from the table,
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