1939-10-17 Town Meeting Warrant - Laserfiche WebLink

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 elec- tions and town affairs, to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading on Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day ®f ®ct®ber, A. Dv 1939 at seven forty -five 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 com- mittees and to choose all necessary committees and determine what instructions, if any, shall be given Town Officers and special committees. Article 2. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to School Department Maintenance Account, or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee Article 3. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise, by borrowing or by transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for Public Welfare General Aid, Administrative, General Aid and Old Age Assistance, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Welfare Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand (10,000) Dollars under authority of Chapter 458 of the Act of 1939 for the purpose of securing the engineering service, surveys and the design of the drainage system by the State Department of Public Works for draining the low lands adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt, and determine whether the money shall be provided by borrowing or by transfer from available funds or otherwise or what it will do in relation thereto. Drainage Committee .Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 195 of the Acts of 1939, being an Act Relative To Charges For Connecting Estates With The Common Sewers, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the southerly location line of Haven Street, between High Street and Gould Street, said location lines being relo- cated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the relocation or alteration of the said location line as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works Article 7. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by borrow. ing, transfer from available funds or otherwise for the repair, alteration and im- provement of the buildings owned by the Town located on Haven, High and Green Streets and for the grading and improvement of the grounds surrounding such build- ings and for the demolition of the dwelling house located thereon and being the premises known as 8 Green Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. Municipal Light Board