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Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Thirty-six Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty One Dollars and Fifty Cents ($36,951.50) be raised and appropriated for General Govern- ment as follows :
Selectmen's Expenses
$ 1,000.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,820.00
Town Accountant's Salary
3,300.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,700.00
Treasurer's Expenses
800.00
Treasurer's Clerical
525.00
Collector's Salary
2,915.00
Collector's Expenses
1,100.00
Assessor's Salaries
3,000.00
Assessor's Expenses
1,500.00
Assessor's Clerical
3,640.00
Town Counsel's Salary
1,625.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
550.00
Town Clerk's Salary
1,200.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
1,071.50
Registrars' Salaries
450.00
Registrars' Expenses
955.00
Election and Registration Expense
1,000.00
Planning Board Expense
100.00
Miscellaneous Expense
5,500.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
1,640.00
Janitor's Services, Municipal Building
1,560.00
$ 36,951.50
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Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Five Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($128,705.16) be raised and appropriated for Protection of Persons and Property as follows :
Police Dept. Salaries
$ 47,120.00
Police Dept. Pensions 4,483.16
Police Dept. Maintenance
6,200.00
Police Station Maintenance
2,175.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
35,900.00
Fire Dept. Callmen Salaries
3,850.00
Fire Dept. Pensions
3,850.00
Fire Dept. Maintenance
3,025.00
Fire Stations Maintenance
2,080.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance
2,275.00
Fire Alarm Extension
800.00
Hydrant Rentals
500.00
Moth and Tree Dept. Salaries
10,866.25
Moth and Tree Dept. Maintenance
3.133.75
Inspector of Building Salary
1.000.00
Inspector of Wires Salary
210.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
551.25
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expense
250.00
Game Warden Salary
105.00
Dog Officer's Salary
330.75
$128,705.16
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Eight One Dollars ($11.281.00) be raised and appropriated for Health and Sanitation as follows :
Board of Health Salaries S 315.00
Board of Health Expenses 300.00
Inspector of Plumbing Salary 525.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
220.50
Inspector of Milk and Food Salary
220.50
Care of Contagious Diseases
5,000.00
Garbage Collection
3,600.00
Dental Clinic
1,100.00
$ 11,281.00
Article 4. On motion of Clarence J. Stalliday it was voted that the sum of One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand, Four Hundred and
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Seventy-Five Dollars ($138,475.00) be raised and appropriated for chari- ties and aid as follows :
Salaries for General Aid, Administrative $ 4,000.00
Office Expense for General Aid, Administrative
600.00
General Aid
17,500.00
Salaries for Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative
1,700.00
Aid to Dependent Children
16,675.00
Salaries for Old Age Assistance, Adm. 7,000.00
Old Age Assistance
91,000.00
$138,475.00
Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Veterans' Benefits as follows : Salaries
$ 1,644.00
Office Expense
575.00
Aid
8,781.00
$ 11,000.00
Article 4. On motion of Alexander Glover it was moved that the sum of $440,413.94 be raised and appropriated for the School Depart- ment as follows :
General Salaries including Superintendent, teachers, clerks,
janitors, matrons, and compulsory attendance $331,718.94
General Maintenance, including travel outside State 61,695.00
Industrial Tuition 2,000.00
School Cafeteria 45,000.00
$440,413.94
Article 26. Motion made by Gilbert Lothrop to take up Article 26 together with Article 4 was voted unanimously. On motion made by Gilbert Lothrop that the School Committee's appropriation be amended under General Salaries by substituting $358,061.46 thereby changing the total School Department appropriation from $440,413.94 to $466,756.46. Voted in the negative.
The original motion of Article 4 as made by Mr. Glover was then voted in the affirmative.
Article 4. On motion of Fred Nutter it was voted that the sum of fifteen thousand two hundred dollars ($15,200.00) be raised and appro- priated for salaries for the maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery, including travel outside the State.
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Article 4. On motion made by William J. Tonks that the sum of eleven thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars ($11,353.00) be raised and appropriated for the Public Library to be divided as fol- lows :
Salaries $ 8,003.00 3,350.00
Maintenance
$ 11,353.00
Article 4. Substitute motion made by Gardner Long that the sum ($10,650.00) ten thousand six hundred fifty dollars be raised and appro- priated for the Public Library to be divided as follows : Salaries
$ 7,300.00
Maintenance 3,350.00
$ 10,650.00
The vote on Mr. Tonk's motion was in the negative.
The vote on Mr. Long's motion was in the affirmative.
Article 4. On motion of Harold Putnam it was voted that the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty- five ($224,925.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the Board of Public Works as follows :
Salaries for Administration $ 6,050.00
Supplies and Office Expenses
875.00
Salaries for Construction and maintenance of highways
32,500.00
Expenses for Repairs, construction and maintenance of high- ways, setting curbs, purchase or otherwise acquiring land for sand and gravel purposes, purchase of material, tools and equipment and other incidental expenses pertaining thereto
29,500.00
Salaries for Removal of snow and ice
11,000.00
Expenses for Removal of snow and ice
9,000.00
Salaries for Construction and maintenance of sidewalks
7,400.00
Expenses for Construction and maintenance of sidewalks . . Salaries for Maintenance of Storm Drains
3,000.00
Expenses for Maintenance of Storm Drains
2,600.00
Salaries for Construction of Storm Drains
5,800.00
Expenses for Construction of Storm Drains
3,800.00
Salaries for Maintenance of Dumps
2,400.00
Expenses for Maintenance of Dumps
200.00
Salaries for Maintenance of Park Dept. and Common and Supervised Play 6,000.00
Expenses for Maintenance of Common and Park and Super- vised Play
2,500.00
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2,400.00
Salaries for Maintenance, Operation and Extension of the Sewer System
9,000.00
Expenses for Maintenance, Operation and Extension of the
Sewer System, Payment of Interest on Sewer Bonds .. Salaries for Connecting Estates with the Common Sewer .. Expenses for Connecting Estates with the Common Sewer .. Drinking Fountains
11,000.00
3,700.00
1,100.00
100.00
Salaries for Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Water Works 35,000.00
Expenses for Maintenance, Construction and Operation of Water Works, Payment of Water Bonds and Interest including travel outside of State 40,000.00
of which amount the sum of Eleven Thousand ($11,000.00) Dollars shall be transferred from Water Department Available Surplus to Water Department Maintenance, Construction and Operation and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to said account.
Total $224,925.00
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was 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 No. 62, American Legion and Post No. 685, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of Two Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,127.50) be raised and appropriated for Interest not including Water, Light and Sewer.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) be raised and appro- priated for Maturing Debt, not including water and light.
Article 4. On motion of Boyd Stewart, it was voted that the sum of Twenty Six Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Seven Dollars and Forty Seven Cents ($26,527.47) be raised and appropriated for the Contributory Retirement System to be divided as follows : Pension Accumulation Fund $ 25,777.47
Expense Fund 750.00
$ 26,527.47
Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Nine Dollars and Seventy One Cents ($14,749.71) be raised and appropriated for In- surance.
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Article 4. On motion of Herbert Evans it was voted that there be included in the tax levy, for electricity used for street lights, the sum of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00), and that said sum and the in- come 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 appro- priated 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 expended by the Manager of the Municipal Lighting, under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board, for the expense of the plant, including pay- ments of Bonds and Notes, the sale, installation and servicing of mer- chandise, 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 $16,000 and said income shall exceed said expense for said fiscal year, such excess up to the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars shall be paid into the Town Treasury, and the balance, if any, shall be transferred to the Construction Fund of said Plant and appropri- ated and used for such additions thereto as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board.
Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted that the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) be appropriated by trans- ferring said sum from the Overlay Surplus Reserve Fund to the Re- serve Fund, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is author- ized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) be raised and appropriated for the preparation and printing of the Street Lists for the year 1947, such sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00)) be raised and appropriated for the further development of the Town Forest, as follows :
Salary $ 1,700.00
Materials and Supplies 100.00
$ 1,800.00
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to lay article 4 on the table.
On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted to adjourn, to meet in Security Hall on Monday, March 24, 1947 at 7:45 P. M.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall
March 24, 1947
The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March 17, 1947 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.
Article 5. On motion of Kenneth Latham, it was 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, 1948, 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.
Article 6. On motion of Kenneth Latham, it was voted that the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) 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 7. On motion of Boyd Stewart it was voted that a sum not exceeding One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars be transferred from General Highway appropriation and that a sum not exceeding Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for maintenance of various streets previously constructed under Chapter 90 General Laws; and that a further sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the construction under Chapter 90 General Laws of a portion of Lowell Street provided however, that such sums re- ceived as reimbursements from the State and County shall be credited to Surplus Revenue.
Article 8. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted that the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) be raised and appropriated for the care of graves of any persons who have served in the Army, Navy or Marine 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 9. On motion of Boyd Stewart it was voted that the sum of Eight Hundred and Ninety Six Dollars and Forty-three cents ($896.43) be raised and appropriated to pay into the Contributory Retirement System for Municipal Employees, excluding school teachers, for the benefit of municipal employees on military leave of absence during the year 1946 as provided for and under the authority of Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943.
Article 10. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted to in- definitely postpone Article 10.
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Article 11. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted that Article III of the By-laws of the Town be and the same hereby is amended by adding after Section 2 the following sections :
Section 3. The Collector of Taxes shall collect, under the title of Town Collector, all accounts due the Town which are committed to him.
Section 4. Every department of the Town shall deliver to the Town Accountant at least once in every month a separate statement of each account due the Town arising through any transaction with such department. Upon receipt of such statements of accounts the Town Accountant shall commit such accounts to the Town Collector for col- lection. This section shall not apply to taxes and special assessments, licenses and permits issued or granted by the various departments of the Town nor to costs and fees charged by said departments, nor to interest on investments of sinking or Trust funds, nor to accounts due the Municipal Light Department.
Section 5. Any account committed by the Town Accountant which the Town Collector is unable to collect by ordinary efforts may be referred by the Town Collector to the Town Accountant or Town Counsel for instruction as to procedure. So far as permitted by law any account or portion thereof may be abated by the department in which such account originated. The Town Accountant shall be notified in writ- ing of the abatement of any such committed account or portion thereof.
Section 6. The Town Collector shall, once in each week or oftener, pay over to the Treasurer all money received by him during the preced- ing week or lesser period on every such account, including any sums received as interest on moneys received by him on such accounts and deposited in any bank. He shall give bonds to the Town for the faith- ful performance of his duties in a form approved by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation and in such sum, not less than the amount that may be established by said Commissioner, as shall be fixed by the Selectmen.
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to take Article 4 from the table. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600.00) be raised and appropriated for Tax Collector's Clerical Expense.
Article 4. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted to lay Article 4 on the table.
Article 12. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted to take up Article 12.
Article 12. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized and empowered to petition the Direct- or of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
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Article 13. On motion of Fred Nutter it was voted that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be appropriated from the Cemetery Reserve Fund receipts from the sale of lots and graves in Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery for the Maintenance, care, improve- ment and embellishment of said cemeteries, under the provisions of Section 15 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 14. On motion of Fred Nutter, it was voted that the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the pur- chase of a motor truck for the use of the Cemetery Department.
Article 15. On motion of Harold Putnam it was voted that the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars be appropriated from the unexpended balance in the Road Machinery Account and transferred to the Road Machinery Fund for the maintenance, repair and operation of road machinery and for the purchase by the Board of Public Works of one trailer, one clam shell bucket, one tractor with front mounted bucket and one truck and that the proceeds received from the old equipment shall be appropriated in addition to the $20,000.00 as part of the purchase price for the above mentioned equipment, and that the Town Accountant, be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account.
Article 16. On motion of Harold Putnam it was voted that the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars be appropriated for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Lowell Street from Winthrop Avenue Southeasterly toward Reading Square together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars of said $5,000.00 shall be raised from the tax levy and Four Thousand Five Hundred ($4,500.00) Dollars shall be appropriated by transferring said amount from the unexpended balance in the Charles Street Chapter 90 Construction account, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to carry out the pur- pose of this vote.
Article 17. On motion of Harold W. Putnam 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 Curtis Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March 1947
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Curtis Street
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
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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 Southerly direction from the present Town Way known as South Street as accepted April 3, 1876, a distance of 1010.90 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Curtis Street, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
Begininng at a point in the Southerly side line of said South Street, said point being N. 74°-13' 30" W. a distance of 308.95 feet, measured along said Southerly side line of South Street, from a Drill Hole in a stone wall on said Southerly side line of South Street;
Thence by a curved line West to South, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of Hiram A. Tobey, Trustee of the Keeling Village Trust, a length of 31.97 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence S. 14°-10' 30" W. by lands of said Tobey, Trustee, and by lands of Jose Coelho, Maria Coelho, Anthony J. Braga, Jr. and Mary Braga, a distance of 442.58 feet to an angle point ;
Thence S. 17°-10' 30" W., still by lands of said Coelho et al, lands of Jesse D. Martin and Agnes Q. Martin, and lands of Pinecroft Develop- ment Trust, George J. Farpelha, Trustee, a distance of 547.15 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly terminus of the Easterly side line of this layout;
Thence N. 75°-55' 50" W., a distance of 40.06 feet to a point, said point being situated at the Southerly terminus of the Westerly side line of this layout ;
Thence N. 17º-10' 30" E., by lands of Martin Butt and Ellen E. Butt, Raymond G. Iverson and Helen E. Iverson a town way known as George Street, other lands of said Pinecroft Development Trust, and lands of Dana R. Perkins, a distance of 521.56 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 1,000.0 feet, still by lands of said Perkins, a length of 52.36 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 14°-10' 30" E .. still by lands of said Perkins, lands of Edward D. Weadick and Mabel B. Weadick, and lands of Alice E. Doyle and George L. Doyle a distance of 417.07 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 20.0 feet through lands of said Alice E. Doyle and George L. Doyle, a length of 30.86 feet to a point, said point being situated on the said Southerly side line of South Street;
Thence S. 74°-13' 30" E., along said Southerly side line of South Street, a distance of 80.03 feet to the point therein designated as the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Curtis Street, Reading, Mass.," dated January 1947, Board of
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Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this des- cription 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 provision 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 Curtis Street.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY, Secretary HAROLD W. PUTNAM Members of Board of Public Works
Town of Reading
Article 18. On motion of Harold W. Putnam 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 George Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March 1947
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying out of George Street
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 des- scribed, 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 North-Westerly direction from a Town Way known as Curtis Street a distance of 368.53 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as George Street, 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 Curtis Street, said point being N. 17°-10' 30" E., a distance of 141.50 feet measured along said Westerly side line of Curtis Street from a stone wall mark- ing the South-Westerly terminus of said Curtis Street at Station 10 and 11.98 West;
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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 Ray- mond G. Iverson and Helen E. Iverson, a length of 32.25 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 75°-30' 50" \V., still by lands of said Iverson et ux, and by lands of Joseph W. Brown and Gladys Brown, Harry R. Livingston and Judith R. Livingston, and Clayton N. Hirtle and Georgina C. Hirtle, a distance of 325.75 feet to an angle point ;
Thence turning and running S. 59°-27' \V., still by lands of said Hirtle et ux, a distance of 31.37 feet to a point, said point being the Westerly terminus of the Southerly side line of this layout ;
Thence turning and running N. 16°-14' E., by lands of Mary S. Jewett and by lands of Alice E. Doyle and George L. Doyle, a distance of 62.23 feet to a point, said point being the Westerly terminus of the Northerly side line of this layout.
Thence turning and running S. 75°-30' 50" E., by lands of Jake A. Ballentine and Virginia N. Ballentine, Edward J. Dinan and Catherine S. Dinan, and Pinecroft Development Trust, George J. Farpelha, Trustee, a distance of 349.76 feet to a point of curve ;
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