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Thence turning and running S. 84°-06'-20" E., by the Southerly terminus of said Public Way known as Oak Ridge Road, a distance of 40.00 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Oak Ridge Road, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1948, 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 Oak Ridge Road, and that the sum of Nine Hundred and Seven ($907.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB Members of the Board of Public Works
Town of Reading
Article 25. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that Article 25 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 26. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocation or altering of the location lines of a portion of Washington Street on the Northerly side line between Ash Street and High Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein and that the sum of Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the re- locating and construction of said street, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand and One Hundred Dollars ($2,100.00) for salaries and One Thousand Nine Hundred ($1,900.00) Dollars for expenses.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
Town of Reading, March 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Alteration of The Northerly Line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High Street
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that the public highways be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all require- ments of law relating 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 public highways for the use of the Town, the Northerly line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High Street. The boundaries and measurements of said highways as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North-Easterly side line of said High Street, said point being further designated as being S. 48°-40'-00" E., a distance of 444.46 feet measured along said North-Easterly side line of High Street from a Stone Bound set at a point of curve with the Southerly side line of a public town way known as Green Street;
Thence S. 48°-40'-00" E. along said North-Easterly side line of High Street, a distance of 34.65 feet to a Stone Bound set at the intersection of said North-Easterly side line of High Street with the Northerly side line of said Washington Street;
Thence turning and running S. 88°-20'-00" E., along said Northerly side line of Washington Street, a distance of 254.01 feet to the point of intersection of said North-Easterly side line of Washington Street with the Westerly side line of said Ash Street;
Thence N. 12°-14'-30" E., along said Westerly side line of Ash Street, a distance of 26.86 feet to a point;
Thence by a curved line running in a South-Westerly direction, hav- ing a radius of 25.00 feet, through lands of Arthur L. Gray, Inc., a length of 34.65 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 88°-20'-00" W., still through lands of said Arthur L. Gray, Inc., a distance of 216.36 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a North-Westerly direction, having a radius of 70.00 feet, still through lands of said Arthur L. Gray, Inc., and lands of Leo O. Arsenault, a length of 48.46 feet to the point of beginning.
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The approximate area taken is One Thousand Seven Hundred and Five and Eighty One Hundredths (1705.81) square feet.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Relocation of the Northerly Line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High Street, Reading, Mass." dated January 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Board of Public Works of the town of Reading, Mass.
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.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB Members of the Board of Public Works
Town of Reading
Article 27. On motion of Stanley H. Beaman it was voted that Article 27 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 28. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted that the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred ($4,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social, educational and recre- ational activities upon such land and building as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws, with authority to exercise all powers conferred therein including the purchase of the necessary equipment and the employment of teachers, supervisors and other officers and employees and the fixing of their compensation.
Article 29. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that a new committee consisting of the members of the Board of Selectmen, Charles F. Trevor and Herbert K. Miller be established for the adminis- tration and expenditure of the Salvage Fund for the purposes set forth in the Motion adopted by the Town under Article 12 of the Annual Town Meeting held on March 18, 1946.
Article 30. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Twenty-five Hundred (2500) Dollars be raised and appropriated for remodeling the building formerly used by the Welfare Department
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and located on the Easterly side of John Street for the purpose of garaging the trucks and equipment of the Moth Department.
Article 33. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that Article 33 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 34. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that article 34 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. On motion of Louis Ellenwood it was voted that the subject matter of Article 35 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 36. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) be raised and appropriated for the general expenses of the Capital Expenditures Planning Committee.
Article 37. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) be raised and appropriated under the provisions of Section 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to appoint a 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.
Article 38. On motion of Charles W. H. Smith it was voted that the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($650.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 685, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 39. On motion of Charles W. H. Smith it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 American Legion.
Article 40. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 2 be taken from the table.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.
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On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be taken from the table.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 4 be taken from the table.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 4 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to adjourn sine die. Adjourned 9:35 P.M. Attendance 126.
A true record. Attest:
GUY W. ELLISON
Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT For Presidential Primary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Seal)
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet in Odd Fellows Building, Woburn Street, in said Reading, as the polling place designated for the four precincts in said Town, on Tuesday, The Twenty-seventh Day of April, 1948 at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
16 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
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16 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party-8th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party-8th Congressional District.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party-8th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party-8th Congressional District.
District Members of State Committee (One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District.
25 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
The Polls will be open from 2 P.M. to 8 P.M.
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 April 27, 1948, the date 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 5th day of April, A.D., 1948.
CHARLES E. WILKINSON G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS KENNETH C. LATHAM
A true copy. Attest: April, 1948.
Selectmen of Reading
Officer's Return
Middlesex, ss.
Reading, April 24, 1948
By virtue of the within warrant, I, on April 17th, 1948, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and in the place designated for the four precincts of the Town, by posting an attested copy of this warrant in each of the following public places in said Town of Reading.
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Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden St .; The Danforth Pharmacy, 1 Harnden St .; Central Fire Station.
Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building, Lyceum Hall Building, Bos- ton and Maine R.R. Depot, Odd Fellows Building, M. F. Charles and Sons' Store, 610 Main St.
Precinct 3. Waterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral St .; Ben- ny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell St .; Fire Station Engine 2, Woburn St.
Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell St .; Mclaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main St.
the date of posting being more than seven days prior to 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 April 22nd, 1948, the date of publica- tion being more than one day prior to the date of the meeting.
LEON G. BENT
Constable of Reading
Presidential Primary Election
Security Hall
April 27, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon a Party Primary was held at the time and place specified, and was called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Charles E. Wilkinson. The Town Clerk then read the warrant and the officer's return. The ballot boxes were duly examined by the Constable in charge and found to be empty and registered 000.
The polls were then declared open at 2 P.M. and were closed at 8 P.M. with the following result: 26 Democrat Votes and 180 Republican Votes for a total of 206, as follows:
Seven Delegates at Large to the Republican National Convention
Pr. I
Pr. 2
Pr. 3
Pr. 4 Total
Robert F. Bradford
30
38
64
40
172
Leverett Saltonstall
33
40
63
41
177
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
31
39
63
40
173
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
31
39
63
40
173
Clarence A. Barnes
30
39
64
40
173
Katherine G. Howard
31
37
64
41
173
Edwin L. Olander
28
36
64
40
168
Blanks
17
12
17
5
51
Total Votes Cast
231
280
462
287
1260
73
Seven Alternate Delegates at Large to Republican National Convention
Esther W. Wheeler
29
36
65
41
171
Carroll L. Meins
28
35
64
40
167
Clara F. Roberto
27
36
64
40
167
Richard V. Wigglesworth
28
36
63
41
168
Florence G. Claussen
27
33
64
40
164
Anne M. Zyfers
28
35
63
40
166
Milton P. Higgins
26
36
65
40
167
Blanks
38
33
14
5
90
Total Votes Cast
231
280
462
287
1260
Two District Delegates to the Republican National Convention Eighth Congressional District
Frederick Bancroft Willis
13
20
30
24
87
Kenneth Hutchins
12
17
30
25
84
Lester W. Bowen
7
0
2
2
11
John W. Justice
4
0
2
2
8
Blanks
30
43
68
29
170
-
Total Votes Cast
66
80
132
82
360
Two Alternate District Delegates to the Republican National Convention Eighth Congressional District
Ruth C. Thompson
12
17
30
25
84
Aurelia J. Grace
10
15
30
24
79
Carroll B. Bickford
4
0
2
2
8
Charles A. Farley
6
0
2
2
10
Blanks
34
48
68
29
179
Total Votes Cast
66
80
132
82
360
Republican State Committee (Man) 7th Middlesex District
Vincent Hockmeyer
25
29
59
39
152
Blanks
8
11
7
2
28
Total Votes Cast
33
40
66
41
180
Republican State Committee (Woman) 7th Middlesex District
Marion R. Symonds
29
36
60
41
166
Blanks
4
4
6
0
14
Total Votes Cast
33
40
66
41
180
-
-
-
74
Republican Town Committee (Twenty-five Members)
Oliver H. Currier
31
37
62
38
168
Otis L. Anderson
29
36
64
38
167
C. Nelson Bishop
30
37
63
40
170
Marcia C. Foxcroft
31
34
64
39
168
Betty L. Lynch
30
34
64
38
166
Newell H. Morton
33
40
65
40
178
Marion R. Symonds
31
37
65
40
173
Eleanor C. Bishop
30
35
63
39
167
Clarissa P. Blake
30
35
62
37
164
Edward J. Taylor
31
36
63
39
169
Arthur W. Coolidge
32
39
63
40
174
Catherine C. Gordon
31
37
63
39
170
Marjorie L. Schoppelry
31
35
64
39
169
Mollie A. Sweetser
33
38
64
38
173
Alfred H. Dolben
31
37
65
38
171
Madeleine Reed
30
36
63
39
168
George E. Durgin
32
38
64
39
173
Robert S. Ralston
33
39
63
38
173
Henry A. Murphy, Jr.
31
35
63
38
167
Louis Ellenwood
30
36
63
38
167
G. Warren Cochrane, Jr.
29
37
63
38
167
Sara G. Harnden
31
37
63
39
170
Jemima L. Wellman
31
36
63
38
168
Charles S. Hasty
33
36
65
39
173
Frances E. Myott
32
35
62
38
167
Blanks
49
88
64
59
260
Total Votes Cast
825
1000
1650
1025
4500
Sixteen Delegates at Large to the Democratic National Convention
Group 1
Pr. 1
Pr. 2
Pr. 3
Pr. 4 Total
John W. McCormack
3
8
0
1
12
James M. Curley
3
2
0
1
6
Thomas J. Buckley
3
7
0
1
11
William J. Foley
3
2
0
1
6
Chester A. Dolan, Jr.
2
4
0
1
7
Joseph E. Casey
3
3
0
1
7
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
2
2
0
1
5
Daniel B. Brunton
2
2
0
1
5
Margaret M. O'Riordan
3
4
0
1
8
Roger L. Putnam
2
6
0
1
9
Maxwell B. Grossman
2
1
0
1
4
Francis E. Kelley
2
2
0
1
5
John T. McMorrow
2
2
0
1
5
75
David J. Brickley
2
2
0
1 5
Joseph A. Scolponetti
2
2
0
1
5
Edward P. Gilgun
3
2
0
1
6
Group 2
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
1
4
0
3
8
John George Asiaf
1
1
0
3
5
Stanley Borsa
0
1
0
3
4
Gerald T. Bowler
0
1
0
3
4
Jeremiah D. Crowley
1
1
0
3
5
Joseph T. Conley
1
1
0
3
5
Walter A. Cuffe
0
1
0
3
4
C. Gerald Lucey
1
1
0
3
5
Francis V. Matera
0
1
0
3
4
Harvey A. Pothier
0
1
0
3
4
William H. J. Rowan
1
1
0
3
5
Colin J. Cameron
0
1
0
3
4
Charles J. Artesani
0
0
0
3
3
Francis X. Casey
1
2
0
3
6
Daniel Rudsten
0
0
0
3
3
John M. Shea
1
1
0
3
5
Not Grouped
James A. Bowes
0
2
0
0
2
Francis E. Cassidy
0
2
0
0
2
Lawrence W. Caton
0
2
0
0
2
Joseph H. Downey
0
2
0
0
2
Leo A. Gosselin
0
2
0
0
2
Thomas A. Keating
0
2
0
0
2
Mathies LaPierre
0
1
0
0
1
Leo F. McGrath
0
1
0
0
1
James Leo O'Connor
0
3
0
0
3
James F. Reynolds
0
1
0
0
1
George W. Stanton
0
2
0
0
2
Alice D. Sullivan
0
0
0
0
0
Blanks
65
103
32
16
216
Total Votes Cast
112
192
32
80
416
Sixteen Alternate Delegates at Large to Democratic National Convention Group 1
William R. Conley
2
2
0
1 5
Frank T. Y. Goon
3
2
0
1 6
Michael A. O'Leary
2
3
0
1
6
Bernard J. Killion
3
3
0
1
7
Clementina Langone
2
2
0
1
5
Michael LoPresti
2
2
0
1
5
76
Mary E. McDonald
3
2
0
1
6
Charles H. McGlue
2
2
0
1
5
Thomas F. Graham
2
2
0
1
5
Samuel Michelman
2
2
0
1
5
Rita M. Moylan
3
2
0
1
6
Mary Higgins
3
2
0
1
6
Charles Collatos
2
2
0
1
5
Silas F. Taylor
2
2
0
1
5
James T. Violette
2
2
0
1
5
Daniel F. Donovan
3
2
0
1
6
Group 2
James A. Burke
1
2
0
3
6
Joseph E. Duffy
1
0
0
3
4
Howard B. Driscoll
1
0
0
3
4
Gerald P. Lombard
0
0
0
3
3
John J. Toomey
1
0
0
3
4
Robert G. Connolly
0
0
0
3
3
Edward J. Mulligan
1
0
0
3
4
James J. Twohig, Jr.
1
1
0
3
5
Anthony Parenzo
0
0
0
3
3
John G. Curley
1
0
0
3
4
Patrick Cronin
0
0
0
3
3
Harold C. Nagle
1
0
0
3
4
Thomas F. Reilly
0
0
0
3
3
John H. O'Connor, Jr.
0
1
0
3
4
James E. Hannon
0
0
0
3
3
Frank B. Oliveira
0
0
0
3
3
Not Grouped
Marie F. Akey
0
0
0
0
0
Thomas B. Brennan
0
1
0
0
1
Joseph J. Buckley
0
0
0
0
0
John C. Carr
0
2
0
0
2
Lawrence E. Corcoran
0
0
0
0
0
Frederick M. Kelley
0
0
0
0
0
Ida C. McDonough
0
0
0
0
0
Edward McLoughlin
0
0
0
0
0
Wilfred J. Paquet
0
1
0
0
1
Luke Ryan
0
0
0
0
0
Anna A. Sharry
0
0
0
0
0
Jacob W. Shinberg
0
0
0
0
0
Wanda Walczak
0
0
0
0
0
Blanks
66
150
32
16
264
-
-
-
-
Total Votes Cast
112
192
32
80
416
77
Two District Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Eighth Congressional District
Burton F. Faulkner
5
7
2
5 19
John F. Cahill
6
8
2
5
21
Blanks
3
9
0
0
12
Total Votes Cast
14
24
4
10
52
Two Alternate District Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Eighth Congressional District
Fred C. Harrington
6
8
2
5 21
John P. Clair
5
7
2
5
19
Blanks
3
9
0
0
12
-
-
-
Total Votes Cast
14
24
4
10
52
Democratic State Committee (Man) 7th Middlesex District
Frank A. Cassidy
3
4
2
1 10
George B. Murphy, Jr.
2
3
0
2
7
Blanks
2
5
0
2
9
Total Votes Cast
7
12
2
5
26
Democratic State Committee (Woman) 7th Middlesex District
None
0
0
0
0
0
7
12
2
5
26
Blanks
-
-
-
-
-
Total Votes Cast
7
12
2
5
26
Ten Members Democratic Town Committee
None
0
0
0
0
0
Blanks
70
120
20
50
260
Total Votes Cast
70
120
20
50
260
The following persons served as Election Officers:
Precinct 1
Ballot Box
Ola M. Pomfret
Ballot Clerk John J. Murray
Checkers
Catherine L. Doherty
Jessie N. Thaxter
Counters
M. Gertrude Ballou
-
-
-
-
-
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Mary E. Doran Annie C. O'Malley Margaret J. Curtin
Precinct 2
Ballot Box
George N. Bishop
Ballot Clerk Catherine E. Riley
Checkers Nellie E. Whelton
Mary C. Barrett
Eleanor S. Michelini
Counters
Rose A. Gadbois
Ethel D. Gowing Mary A. Painting
Precinct 3
Ballot|Box
Gladys R. Dickinson
Ballot Clerk Minnie A. Heselton
Checkers Rebecca T. Emery
William M. Thayer
.Counters
Edith Moses
Frank E. Ward
Frances S. Snyder Bertha L. Skinner
Precinct 4
Ballot Box
Bertha A. Perkins
Ballot Clerk Mabel Bennett
Checkers Winifred E. McClintock
Counters
Eva F. Gleason
Dorothy Williams
Elizabeth M. Bates
Catherine G. Doucette
H. Nelson Bates Gooch Sargent
Tabulators Walter A. Scanlon J. Robert Clark
A true record. Attest:
GUY W. ELLISON,
Town Clerk
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TOWN WARRANT
(Seal)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading, on Wednesday, the Sixteenth Day of June, 1948 at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given Town officers and special committees.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws and Zoning Map by changing the area hereinafter described from the A-2 residence district to the business district:
Beginning on the Easterly side of Pearl Street at the Northwesterly corner of the premises owned by Shirley and George R. Dugan, Jr., thence Easterly 200 feet along the Northerly boundary line of said Dugan's land;
thence turning and running southerly by a line parallel with and 200 feet distant from the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street to the Southerly boundary line of the premises owned by the Town of Reading, Pearl Street School property;
thence turning and running Westerly along the Southerly boundary line of the Pearl Street School premises 200 feet to the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street; and thence turning and running Northerly along the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street and the point of beginning so that the above described area shall be re-zoned and changed to and become part of the business district.
Shirley M. Dugan and others
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey or abandon upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the easement consisting of a right of way for foot travel over a strip of land approximately 8 feet in width running in a general Westerly direction from Main Street to the Municipal Parking Area and through land formerly of Emma I. Chamberlain and land now of Aaron L. Levin and to further authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute for and in behalf of the Town such conveyance or abandonment of such easement together with such other instruments and agreements
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which may be necessary in connection therewith, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article 4. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate from the Tax Levy or from Available Funds for prosecuting or defending the proceedings before the Department of Public Utilities relative to the price of gas sold and delivered in the Town of Reading, or what it will do in relation thereto. Edward C. Emslie and others
Article 5. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the payment of a certain unpaid account due in 1947, under authority of Section 64 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and covering an item for professional medical service for an individual aided by the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Welfare
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way known as John Carver Road under provisions of law authorizing: the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accord- ance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as John Carver Road and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each precinct of the Town, not less than seven days prior to June 16, 1948, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in the Reading Chronicle, one day at least prior to said date.
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