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Article 3. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be taken from the table.
Article 3. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that a Committee be and hereby is established consisting of five registered voters to make a study of the amount to be contributed by the Munici-
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pal Light Board each year in lieu of taxes, and to recommend a definite standard method to be followed each year for the establishment of the amount to be paid into the Treasury by the Electric Light Department; such Committee to consist of one member of the Municipal Light Board; one member from the Finance Committee, such members to be chosen by the respective Board and Committee, and three, members to be ap- pointed by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and such Committee is to report at Special Town Meeting to be held not later than December 31, 1949.
Article 9. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) 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 10. On motion of Fred L. Nutter it was voted that the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars be appropriated from the Ceme- tery Reserve Fund receipts from the sale of lots and graves in Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery for maintenance, care, improvement and embellishment of said cemeteries, under the provisions of Section 15 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 11. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to sell and convey to the Reading Antiquarian Society upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, a lot of land situated on the southerly side of Washington Street and containing by estimation 29,750 square feet of land, or such portion thereof as the Selectmen may deem advisable, and said Board of Selectmen are further authorized and em- powered to execute for and in behalf of the Town deed or other instru- ment of conveyance in such form and upon such conditions as they may determine conveying said premises to the Reading Antiquarian Society.
Article 12. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and em- powered to sell or exchange upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, the 1946 Plymouth automobile used by the Police De- partment and that the sum of Eleven Hundred and Twenty-five ($1,125.00) Dollars together with the proceeds from such sale or ex- change be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police Department.
Article 13. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and em- powered to sell or exchange upon such terms and conditions as they
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may determine, the 1936 Chevrolet truck used by the Fire Department, and that the sum of Nineteen Hundred ($1,900.00) Dollars together with the proceeds from such sale or exchange be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new truck for the Fire Department.
Article 14. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Ten Hundred and Twenty-five ($1,025.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for remodelling and improving the building located on the easterly side of John Street and used for the purpose of garaging the trucks and equipment of the Moth Department.
Article 15. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted that Section 2 and 3 of Article X of the General By-Laws of the Town be and the same hereby are repealed.
Article 33. On motion of William J. Tonks it was voted that the sum of One Hundred and Thirty-five Thousand ($135,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Public Library Building situated on Lowell Street, and for origin- ally equipping and furnishing such addition; and to meet said appro- priation the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated from the tax levy; Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from available funds in the Surplus Revenue account, and the Town Accountant be and here- by is authorized and empowered to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of One Hun- dred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine, and said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen; and the Library Trustees are hereby authorized to proceed with the construction of said addition and to enter into all contracts and agreements in respect thereto and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of this vote.
104 voted in the affirmative; 17 voted in the negative.
Article 16. On motion of Emerson A. Willard it was voted that Article VIII-A of the By-Laws of the Town be and the same hereby is amended by adding certain positions or classes in Schedule A of the Job Classifications in the manner following:
Insert after the classification of "Foreman",
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Supervisory Employees, Mechanic and Shovel Operator
Skilled workman who for at least two thirds of his time supervises small groups of employees while performing similar work himself or skilled workman who makes repairs on all types of motorized equip- ment including primary and heavy duty equipment or skilled workman who operates power shovel.
Insert after the classification of "Unskilled Labor",
Unclassified Labor
Workman performing manual tasks requiring strength and endur- ance for short emergency periods or for certain seasonal work.
Under the Title BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS insert after the classi- fication of "Assistant to Superintendent and Relief Pumping Station Engineer",
Chief of Survey Party
A skilled, trained professional workman who directs the work of transitmen and rodmen, makes surveys for roads, sewers, water mains, storm drains, etc. Drafts plans from field notes and makes layouts re- quiring technical knowledge. Makes measurements of all construction and prepares therefrom record plans.
Insert after the classification of "Transit, Rodman and Draftsman",
Meter Repairman
A trained workman who removes, tests, machines parts for, repairs, reassembles, and resets water meters.
Under the title MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT insert after the classification "Lineman - 2nd Class",
Lineman - 3rd Class
Apprentice, learning to climb poles and do secondary work on pole lines. Is not allowed to work without a first-class lineman or foreman on job.
Under the title LIBRARY insert after the classification of "Assistant Librarian",
Library Clerical
Temporary help who performs various library clerical tasks under supervision of Librarian or Assistant Librarian.
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Article 35. On motion of Laurence A. Cate it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred ($900.00) Dollars for printing and publishing the list of real estate valuations as of Janu- ary 1, 1949, such list to be prepared by the Board of Assessors under whose direction such sum is to be expended. The publication is to be sold at thirty- five cents a copy.
69 voted in the affirmative; 55 voted in the negative.
Article 17. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the sum of Thirty-seven Thousand Four Hundred ($37,400.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated by transferring Eighteen Thousand ($18,000.00) Dollars of said sum from the Road Machinery Fund to the Road Machin- ery Operating Account and the remaining sum of Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred ($19,400.00) Dollars be raised from the Tax Levy and that the total sum of Thirty-seven Thousand Four Hundred ($37,400.00) Dollars be appropriated for the maintenance, repair and operation of road machinery and for the purchase by the Board of Public Works of two large trucks, two small trucks, one pickup truck, one coupe and one back hoe attachment for Town owned gas shovel and the proceeds received from the old equipment not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hun- dred ($2,500.00) Dollars shall be appropriated in addition to the above mentioned sum of Thirty-seven Thousand Four Hundred ($37,400.00) Dollars as part of the purchase price for the above mentioned equip- ment and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said amount to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 18. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Low- ell Street from near Highland Street 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.
Article 19. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of improving a portion of Charles Street from near Pearl Street Northeasterly toward Haverhill Street together with sums as may be provided by the State and County under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Article 20. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the sum of Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred ($16,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the construction of a sewer for the new elementary school on Summer Avenue.
Article 21. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the Town
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accepts the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as John Carver Road and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of One Thous- and Nine Hundred and Eighty-Three ($1,983.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construc- tion of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Nine Hundred ($900.00) Dollars for salaries and One Thousand Eighty-three ($1,083.00) Dollars for expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose fo this vote.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1949
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying out of John Carver Road
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 requirements of law relating to no- tice to the owners of land thercof 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 and Northeasterly direction from the Northerly terminus of a town way known as John Carver Road as accepted at an Adjourned Town Meeting held the fifth day of April, 1948, at a point on the Southerly side line of Woodland (Private) Street, a distance of 167.91 feet to a dead end, sub- stantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as John Carver Road formerly called Yale Avenue, the boundaries and measure- ments of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Westerly side line of said John Carver Road at its intersection with the Southerly side line of said Woodland (Private) Street, said point being further described as being Station 9- 77.57 Left on said April 5, 1948 acceptance of John Carver Road;
Thence N. 13º-03'-10" W., across said Woodland (Private) Street, a distance of 75.01 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right having a radius fo 168.45 feet, running in a Northerly and Northeasterly direction, and by lands of Daniel Madio and Florence W. Madio, a length of 87.95 feet to a point of tangent;
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Thence N.16°-51'-40" E., still by lands of said Daniel Madio et ux, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point, said point being the Northerly terminus of the Westerly side line of this layout;
Thence turning and running S. 73º-08'-20" E., across said John Carver Road formerly known as Yale (Private) Avenue, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on the Easterly side line of said layout;
Thence turning and running S. 16°-51'-40" W., by lands of John William Mulley and Marjorie Mulley, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 128.45 feet, still by lands of said John William Mulley et ux, a length of 67.06 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 13º-03'-10" E., across said Woodland (Private) Street, a distance of 75.79 feet to a point, said point being at the point of inter- section of the Easterly side line of John Carver Road as accepted April 5, 1948, with the Southerly side line of said Woodland (Private) Street;
Thence turning and running S. 78°-30'-50" W., by the said Northerly terminus of John Carver Road, a distance of 40.01 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan titled "John Carver Road, Reading, Mass." dated February 1949, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this descrip- tion 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 John Carver Road, and that the sum of One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-three ($1,983.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman WILLIAM J. WEBB, Secretary JAMES E. CALVIN C. J. DONAHUE
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading, Mass.
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Article 24. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the Town accepts the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Barrows Road and adopts the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars and Fifty cents ($3,677.50) be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: One Thousand Seven Hundred ($1,700.00) Dollars for salaries and One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars and Fifty cents ($1,977.50) for expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he here- by is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose of this vote.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1949
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Barrows Road
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 requirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and hav- ing met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town running in a Northeasterly direction from the public Town Way known as Lowell Street, a distance of 352.0 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Barrows Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a Stone Bound situated on the Northeasterly side line of said Lowell Street, said Stone Bound being S. 51º-50'-00 E., a distance of 72.18 feet, measured along said Northeasterly side line of Lowell Street, from a County Stone Bound;
Thence by a curved line to the Left having a radius of 20.0 feet, running in an Easterly direction, and by lands of Daniel J. Brady and Mary E. Brady, a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 38° -10'-00" E., still by lands of said Daniel J. Brady et ux, and by lands of Paul J. Crowley and Virginia R. Crowley, Richard B. Henderson and Marvette E. Henderson, Lionel L. Barnes and Lou E. Barnes, and lands of Edwin N. Sanborn and James R. Sanborn a dis- tance of 332.0 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running S. 51°-50'-00" E., still by lands of said
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Edwin N. Sanborn et al, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running S. 38°-10'-00" W., still by lands of said Edwin N. Sanborn et al and by lands of Cletus G. Buddenhagen and Edna M. Buddenhagen, Herbert D. Marsh and Lucille N. Marsh, Carl W. Pinkham, sometimes known as Carl W. Pinkham, Jr. and Alice G. Pinkham, and lands of Gerald Smithson and Edith C. Smithson a dis- tance of 332.0 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 20.0 feet, running in a Southwesterly direction, still by lands of said Gerald Smith- son et ux, a length of 31.42 feet to a point on the said Northeasterly side line of Lowell Street;
Thence N. 51°-50'-00" W., along said Northeasterly side line of Low- ell Street, a distance of 80.0 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan titled "Barrows Road, Reading Mass." dated January, 1949, Board of Pub- lic 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 im- provement. 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 Barrows Road, and that the sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars and Fifty cents ($3,677.50) be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said Way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman WILLIAM J. WEBB, Secretary JAMES E. CALVIN COLEMAN J. DONAHUE Members of the Board of Public Works, Town of Reading.
Article 23. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted that the Town accepts the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Fielding Road and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Two Thous- and Five Hundred Sixty ($2,560.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said
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Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: One Thousand Two Hundred ($1,200.00) Dollars for salaries and One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty ($1,360.00) Dollars for expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose of this vote.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1949
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Fielding Road
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 requirements of law relating to no- tice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town running in a Southwesterly di- rection from the public Town Way known as Lowell Street a distance of 293.88 feet, more or less, to a Private Way known as Bradford Road, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Field- ing Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point of the Southwesterly side line of said Lowell Street, said point being situated N. 49°-11'-00" W., a distance of 127.82 feet, measured along said Southwesterly side line of Lowell Street from a County Stone Bound;
Thence by a curved line to the Left having a radius of 20.0 feet, run- ning in a Westerly direction, and by lands of William H. Henderson, Jr. and Eva F. Henderson, a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 40°-49'-00" W., still by lands of said William H. Hender- son, Jr., et ux, and by lands of Lindsay W. Sutherland and Margaret K. Sutherland, lands of Donald L. Coleman and Thelma Coleman, and lands of Harold W. Copp and Marie W. Copp a distance of 258.09 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left having a radius of 30.0 feet, run- ning in a Southwesterly direction, still by lands of said Harold W. Copp et ux, a length of 38.05 feet to a point on the Easterly side line of said Bradford (Private) Road;
Thence turning and running N. 31°-51'-50" W., along said Easterly side line of Bradford (Private) Road, a distance of 91.15 feet to a point;
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Thence by a curved line having a radius of 20.0 feet, running in a Southeasterly direction, and by lands of Wallace W. Weaver and Mar- jorie W. Weaver, a length of 37.46 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 40°-49'-00" E., still by lands of said Wallace W. Weaver et ux, and by lands of Ralph B. Coleman and Olga B. Coleman, and lands. of William F. Murphy and Edwina J. Murphy a distance of 240.49 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 20.0 feet, running in a Northeasterly direction, and still by lands of said William F. Murphy et ux, a length of 31.42 feet to a point on the said South- westerly side line of Lowell Street;
Thence S. 49° -11'-CO" E., along said Southwesterly side line of Lowell Street, a distance of 80.0 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan titled "Fielding Road, Reading, Mass." dated January 1949, 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 un- der 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 Fielding Road, and that the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty ($2,560.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said. way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman WILLIAM J. WEBB, Secretary COLEMAN J. DONAHUE JAMES E. CALVIN Members of the Board of Public Works, Town of Reading.
Article 25. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accepts the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Plymouth Road and adopts the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Four Thous- and Eight Hundred Forty-three ($4,843.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand Two
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Hundred ($2,200.00) Dollars for salaries and Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty-three ($2,643.00) Dollars for expenses, and that the Town Account- ant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose of this vote.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1949
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Plymouth Road
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 requirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and hav- ing met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town running in a Southwesterly direc- tion from the public Town Way known as Lowell Street a distance of 726.43 feet to a dead end at land of the Boston and Maine Railroad Com- pany substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Plymouth Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
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