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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-11-02 State Election Warrant57 TOWN WARRANT (Seal) FOR STATE ELECTION 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 said town who are qualified to vote in elections to vote at the following places designated for the eight precincts in said town, namely: on TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1982 from 7:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the following purpose: To cast their votes in the State Election for the election of candidates for the following offices: U. S. SENATOR for the Commonwealth GOVERNOR /LT. GOVERNOR for the Commonwealth ATTORNEY GENERAL for the Commonwealth SECRETARY for the Commonwealth TREASURER for the Commonwealth AUDITOR for the Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, Seventh Congressional District COUNCILLOR, Fifth Councillor District, Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 COUNCILLOR, Sixth Councillor District, Precincts 3, 4 and 5 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT, First Essex and Middlesex Senatorial District, Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT, Third Middlesex Senatorial District, Precincts 3, 4 and 5 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, Twenty -first Middlesex District DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Northern District CLERK OF COURTS, Middlesex County REGISTER OF DEEDS, Middlesex County Southern District COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex County Also to vote YES or NO to the following questions: QUESTION 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the house of Representatives and the Senate on July 2, 1980 by a vote of 171 -4, and on June 21, 1982 by a vote of 144 -44? Yes No SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the present constitutional prohibition against the use of public funds to aid or maintain private primary or secondary schools. It would permit the Commonwealth, cities and towns to make public funds available to pupils attending private primary and secondary schools in the form of either aid, materials or services subject, however, to three specific limitations. First, the private school could not be one that discriminates on the basis of race or color in its admission requirements. Second, the grant of aid must be consistent with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which guarantees the free exercise of religion and prohibits the establishment of religion. Third, individual pupils would have to request the aid, materials or services. In addition to these three specific limitations, the amendment would authorize the legislature to enact other laws imposing conditions or restrictions on the grant of public aid, materials or services. The proposal would also change the state constitution to allow public money to be spent to aid infirmaries, hospitals, charitable or regligious undertakings if they are either publicly owned or under the control of public officials. The state constitution now prohibits such spending unless these institutions are both publicly owned and under the control of public officials. Precinct I J. Warren Killam School Precinct 2 J.Warren Killam School Precinct 3 Joshua Eaton School Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School Precinct 5 Alice M. Barrows School Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School Precinct 7 Birch Meadow School Precinct 8 Birch Meadow School on TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1982 from 7:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the following purpose: To cast their votes in the State Election for the election of candidates for the following offices: U. S. SENATOR for the Commonwealth GOVERNOR /LT. GOVERNOR for the Commonwealth ATTORNEY GENERAL for the Commonwealth SECRETARY for the Commonwealth TREASURER for the Commonwealth AUDITOR for the Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, Seventh Congressional District COUNCILLOR, Fifth Councillor District, Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 COUNCILLOR, Sixth Councillor District, Precincts 3, 4 and 5 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT, First Essex and Middlesex Senatorial District, Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT, Third Middlesex Senatorial District, Precincts 3, 4 and 5 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, Twenty -first Middlesex District DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Northern District CLERK OF COURTS, Middlesex County REGISTER OF DEEDS, Middlesex County Southern District COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex County Also to vote YES or NO to the following questions: QUESTION 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the house of Representatives and the Senate on July 2, 1980 by a vote of 171 -4, and on June 21, 1982 by a vote of 144 -44? Yes No SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the present constitutional prohibition against the use of public funds to aid or maintain private primary or secondary schools. It would permit the Commonwealth, cities and towns to make public funds available to pupils attending private primary and secondary schools in the form of either aid, materials or services subject, however, to three specific limitations. First, the private school could not be one that discriminates on the basis of race or color in its admission requirements. Second, the grant of aid must be consistent with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which guarantees the free exercise of religion and prohibits the establishment of religion. Third, individual pupils would have to request the aid, materials or services. In addition to these three specific limitations, the amendment would authorize the legislature to enact other laws imposing conditions or restrictions on the grant of public aid, materials or services. The proposal would also change the state constitution to allow public money to be spent to aid infirmaries, hospitals, charitable or regligious undertakings if they are either publicly owned or under the control of public officials. The state constitution now prohibits such spending unless these institutions are both publicly owned and under the control of public officials. Warrant for State Election November 2, 1982 QUESTION 2 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 19, 1980 by a vote of 123 -63, and on June 21, 1982 by a vote of 125 -62? Yes No SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to enact laws authorizing the state courts to impose the death penalty on the conviction of crimes to be specified by law. The proposed amendment would provide that no provision of the state constitution may in the future be construed as prohibiting the imposition of the punishment of death. QUESTION 3 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PEITITON Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the House of Representatives or the Senate before July 7, 1982? Yes No SUMMARY The proposed law would require that before the construction or operation of any new nuclear power plant or low -level radioactive waste storage or disposal facility in the Commonwealth, the legislature must make certain findings and a majority of voters must approve the new facility at a statewide election. Before the question of building a new nuclear power plant could be submitted to the voters, the legislature would have to find that (1) the proposed facility is the best means for meeting energy needs based on certain economic, safety, environmental and social considerations; (2) a federally - licensed facility exists for the disposal of the high -level radioactive waste that would be generated; (3) an approved emergency preparedness plan has been developed; (4) radioactive pollution standards have been promulgated; and (5) a demonstrated, federally- approved technology exists for decommissioning the proposed power plant. Before the question of building and operating a low -level radioactive waste storage or disposal facility or of entering into an agreement with another state to build and operate such a facility in Massachusetts could be submitted to the voters, the legislature would have to find that the technology and site designated for the proposed facility are the best available based on certain economic, safety, environmental and social considerations. The legislature would also have to find that the obligations imposed on Massachusetts by any interstate agreement were no greater than those imposed on any other state. The proposal would not apply to a facility which had obtained all necessary government approvals before August 5, 1981, nor to any facility for disposal or storage of radioactive wastes from medical or bio- research applications in Massachusetts. QUESTION 4 REFERENDUM ON AN EXISTING LAW Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on November 10, 1981 by a vote of 108 -49, and by the Senate on November 16, 1981 by a vote of 29 -10? Yes No SUMMARY The law requires that a refundable deposit be paid for certain beverage containers sold in Massachusetts. Beverage containers of less than 32 ounces must have a refund value of at least five cents and larger containers a refund value of at least ten cents. This requirement applies to non - biodegradable containers of carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, beer and other malt beverages, but not to containers of other alcoholic beverages, dairy products, natural fruit juices or wine. All beverage containers subject to deposit must clearly indicate the refund value on the container. The deposit is paid by the consumer upon purchase and must be refunded when the consumer returns the empty container to a proper dealer or redemption center, so long as the container does not contain any material different from its normal contents. Dealers and distributors are also subject to the same deposit and refund on the beverage containers they handle, and are also entitled to a handling fee of at least one cent per container. No containers can be sold in the state if they are joined together by plastic rings or any other device that cannot be broken down by light or bacteria. The law provides a bottler a reduction in corporate excise tax of one -tenth of one cent for each reusable beverage container which the bottler sells in the first three months of 1983. The law provides for additional unemployment benefits and, if the Legislature appropriates the funds, a job retraining program for employees of bottlers, canners, or manufacturers of beverage containers who lose their jobs as a result of this law. The law takes effect on January 17, 1983. Warrant for State Election November 2, 1982 QUESTION 5 Shall the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts inform the President and the Congress of the United States that it is the desire of the people of Massachusetts to have the government of the United States work vigorously to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction, with appropriate verification, with the Soviet Union and other nations? Yes No QUESTION 6 E. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of alcoholic beverages by restaurants and function rooms having a seating capacity of not less than one hundred persons? Yes No QUESTION 7 THIS QUESTION IS NOT BINDING Shall the Representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution requesting the President of the United States to propose to the Soviet Union a mutual nuclear weapons freeze immediately halting the testing, production, and deployment of all nuclear warheads, missiles, and delivery systems; and to further propose future reductions in the number of these nuclear warheads, missiles and delivery systems? Yes No The polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 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 eight precincts of the town not less than seven days prior to November 2, 1982, 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 18th day of October, A.D. 1982. A true copy. Attest: Marvin M. Rosenthal, Chairman John H. Russell Maureen T. O'Brien John W. Price Paul C. Dustin Lawrence Drew Town Clerk c> n COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on October 20th, 1982, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. Precinct 2. Precinct 3. Precinct 4. Precinct 5. Precinct 6. Precinct 7. Precinct 8. Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street Anton Cleaners, 47 Harnden Street Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Liquors, 345 Main Street Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street Hanson's Service Station, 4 West Street Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D. Tanner Drive Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow Street P & S Convenient Store, 287 Lowell Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Arthur W.Coolidge Jr.High School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than seven days prior to November 2, 1982, 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 October 19th, 1982. William J. Hughes, Jr. Constable of Reading