1952-06-16 Special Town Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Junior ,High School;- June 16, 1952 In the absence of the Moderator, the Town. Clerk, Boyd H. Stewart, called the meeting to order at 8;00 P. M. and asked for nominations for _a temporary moderator to act at this meeting. Kenneth C. Latham moved that Samuel H. Davis be elected to act as temporary moderator. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the nominations be closed. Samuel H. Davis was then elected by those present to act as temporary moderator. Article 1. On motion of Edward C. Emslie it was voted that the School Committee be instructed to submit a bi-®monthly report in the local, newspaper of progress on the construction of the new high school. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to place Article 1 on the table. Article 2. On motion of Kenneth. C. Latham it was voted that the provisions of the Trust created in the Tenth Clause of the Will of the late Arthur N. Mansfield be and the same hereby are accepted and that such Fund when received be held in Trust for the benefit of the Reading Public Library upon the terms provided in such Will and to be known as the "A.pple ton®Mansf ield Fund" and the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to execute for and in behalf of the Town Receipt and such other documents which may be necessary in connection therewith. Article 3. Can motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Trust created in the Second Paragraph of the Fourth Clause of the Will of the late Francis E. Appleton providing for Fund of Five Thousand ($5000. ) Dollars to be held in Trust for the benefit of the Reading Public Library upon the terms provided therein, be and the see hereby is accepted, such Fund to be known as "The Edward Appleton Fund" and the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to execute for and in behalf of the Town Receipt and such other documents which may be necessary in connection therewith. Article 4. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 4 be indefinitely postponed. Article 5. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted that the sum of Eight Thousand ($8000.) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Welfare General Aid Account to the Public Welfare Disability Assistance Account and the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account. Article 6. On motion of Philip R. White it was voted that Article 6 be indefinitely postponed. Article 7. On motion of Harold L. Jo#es it was voted that the action of the Personnel, Board in the exceptions made under Regulation 7, Para=graph (a) of the Wage and Hour Classification flan by the payment of. Thirty 330.) Dollars weekly compensation-to a, Junior Clerk entering the employ of the Town in the Municipal Light Department and by the pay- ment of Thirty-two 332.) Dollars to a Junior Clerk entering the employ of the Town in the Pubic Works Department, which sums are in excess of the minimum rate fixed by the Schedule under said flan, be and the same hereby is approved. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that Article 1 be taken from the table, Article 1. Kenneth C. Latham submitted the following report of progresar In line with previous town meeting instructions we have pe- titioned the Probate Court for interpretation under the trust clause of Dr. Grant'& will in which we are endeavoring to have the swimming pool; funds released to the Town of Reading in trust so that at some future date, either when compounded interest on the trust had reached a point where we could build, or when the town saw fit to appropriate