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March 18, 1974
Thence by a curved line to the left, having a radius of 25.00
feet, a distance of 42.06 feet to a Granite Stone Bound;
Thence S. 83° 32' 53" W., a distance of 95.42 feet to the point
of beginning of this description.
The above described lines being more fully described on a plan en-
titled "Street Acceptance Plan - Deborah Drive ", dated February 1974,
E. Roger Louanis, Superintendent, said plan being a part of this des-
cription.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or per-
sons 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 assessmsnt of betterments, and
betterments are to be assessed therefor.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for ac-
ceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a
public town way and named DEBORAH DRIVE, and that the sum of One Thou-
sand and Fifty -Eight Dollars ($1,058.00) be raised and appropriated
for construction of said way.
Lawrence R. Blood, Chairman
Nathan C. White, Secretary
John H. Russell
Paul C. Dustin
Malcolm E. Reed
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted that this meeting stand
adjourned until Thursday, March 21, 1974, at 8:00 P. M., to meet in
Memorial High School Auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 10:51 P. M.
185 Town Meeting Members were present.
A true copy. Attest:
Lawrence Drew
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School Auditorium
March 21, 1974
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Kenneth C.
Latham, at 8:00 P. M.
The invocation was given by Rev. Frederick E. Emrich of the Church
of the Good Shepherd.
ARTICLE 52. On motion of James R. Boucher it was voted that the
sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) be raised from the tax levy
and appropriated for the Conservation Fund for Conservation purposes
under General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, as amended.
ARTICLE 53. On motion of James R. Boucher it was voted that the
Town acquire by purchase, right of eminent domain, deed of gift, ded-
ication, or otherwise for conservation purposes under General Laws
Chapter 40, Section 8C, as amended, the following described parcel of
land, and that the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) be raised
from the tax levy and appropriated for such acquisition.
The land in Timberneck Swamp, Reading, shown as Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
on the Assessors Plat 117, and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southerly side line of Charles Street,
at an easement and at land of Clifton P. Englund et al;
From thence the line runs by the Southerly line of said Charles St.
N. 55° 27' 30" E., a distance of 699.68 feet to a stake at land of
Anthony V. Sarcone;
Thence S. 34° 32' 30" E., by Sarcone, a distance of 141.44 feet to
an iron in the swamp;
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Thence N. 550 27' 30 "' E., still by Sarcone, a distance of 117.30
feet;
Thence N. 81° 08' 30" E. by lands of Robert M. Jenney and David G.
Steeves, a distance of 225.14 feet;
Thence N. 17° 13' 00" E., a distance of 142.79 feet;
Thence S. 52° 46' 00" E., a distance of 81.59 feet;
Thence S. 65° 37' 30" E., a distance of 102.41 feet to the center
of an easement leading from Timberneck Drive;
Thence S. 69° 23' 30" E., a distance of 80 feet;
Thence S. 71° 56' 40" E., a distance of 76.10 feet;
Thence S. 59° 23' 30" E., parallel with and 187.50 feet distant
from said Timberneck Drive, a distance of 1196.98 feet and continuing
on the same course, a distance of 340.94 feet to an angle in the center
of another easement;
Thence S. 83° 56' 55" E., a distance of 232.78 feet and N. 78° 35' 30" E.,'
123.23 feet to land of David L. Richards et ux;
Thence S. °
11 24' 30" E._ a distance of 50 feet to an irnn nines-
Thence N. 78° 35' 30" E., still by said Richards, a distance of
155.00 feet to an iron pipe set on the Westerly side line of Haverhill
St.;
Thence by theA esterly line of Haverhill St., S. 110 24' 30" E.,
180.13 feet to a stake;
Thence on a radius of 785.33 feet, an arc of 165.01 feet to an iron
pipe at land of Arnold C. Hult;
Thence in a general Westerly direction by various angles as shown
on a plaryhereinafter mentioned, and by the swamp, a total of 987.61 feet
to land of the Town of Reading and shown on said plan as Lot A;
Thence N. 460 05' 30" W., by Lot A, a distance of 251.49 feet to
Lot 4 of said plan;
Thence S. 74° 54' 00" W., still by said Lot A and bounded on the
North by said Lot 4, a distance of 297.54 feet to a corner;
Thence N. 34° 53' 50" W., a distance of 14.64 feet to the most East-
erly terminus of the Southerly line on F St.;
Thence in a general Northwesterly direction by several courses as
shown on said plan, a total of 498.09 feet to the Northwest corner of
said Lot 4;
Thence in a general Northerly and Westerly direction as shown on
said plan, a distance of 152.03 feet to the most Northerly terminus of
the Easterly line of Libby Avenue;
Thence by the end of said Avenue, a distance of 51.20 feet;
Thence continuing in a general Westerly direction by several courses,
a total of 220.63 feet to land of the said Englund.
Thence N. 60 38' 40" E., by said Englund, a distance of 603.99 feet
to an iron pipe at land of Emillio Pica et ux;
Thence by land of said Pica N. 24° 33' 45" W., a distance of 96.49
feet and N. 5° 36' 10" W., a distance of 431.50 feet to an iron pipe at
said Pica's Northeast corner;
Thence S. 89° 53' 50" W., 675.51 feet to a ditch and by the ditch
S. 170 27' 50" W., 146.24 feet and S. 87 02' 33" W., a distance of
476.44 feet to an iron pipe at an easement;
Thence N. 88° 54' 30" W., 22.57 feet to a point withirh aid easement
and land of the said Englund;
Thence through the easement and land of said Englund N. 870 12' 35" W.,
a distance of 205.98 feet to said Charles St. and the point of beginning.
Said Lot 3 of this description contains 38.203 acres, more or less,
and Lot 4 contains 8.7 acres, more or less, and said Lots being more fully
shown on plan made for the Conservation Commission of the Town of Reading
dated May 1973 by H. Kingman Abbott, Registered Surveyor, which is to be
recorded herewith.
123 voted in the affirmative
10 voted in the negative
12/3 vote required)
`' Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 21, 1974
On motion of Douglass L. Barker it was voted to take Article 3
from the table.
ARTICLE 3. On request of Douglass L. Barker a report was presented
by James R. Boucher as to the projected plans by the Conservation Com-
mission for future land purchases.
ARTICLE 3. On motion of Leonard F. Westra it was voted that the
Board of Public Works be instructed to submit an alternative proposal
for a leaf collection system to the next Special Town Meeting or the
subsequent Annual Town Meeting.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to lay Article 3 on the
table.
ARTICLE 54. On motion of James R. Boucher it was voted that the
Town acquire by purchase, right of eminent domain, deed of gift, dedi-
cation, or otherwise for conservation purposes under General Laws
Chapter 40, Section 8C, as amended, the following described parcel of
land, and that the sum of Fifty -Eight Thousand Dollars ($58,000.00) be
raised from the tax levy and appropriated for such acquisition.
A certain parcel of land in Reading, Massachusetts, being a portion
of Cedar Swamp, so- called, lying Easterly of a Town and County Way
called Haverhill Street, containing 420 acres, more or less, and being
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of said parcel said point
being 488.82 feet, more or less, Easterly of the said Easterly line
of Haverhill Street at its junction with the Town Line of North Read-
ing and Reacting;
Thence the line runs Easterly by the said Town Line 358.85 feet to
the Town Angle Bound (NR -R -1);
Thence still Easterly and bounded Northerly by the Town of North
Reading 4,250 feet, more or less, to land of the Commonwealth of Mass-
achusetts, being the Camp Curtis Guild Rifle Range;
Thence the line turns and runs Southerly 55 feet by said Commonwealth on
land, Westerly 766 feet, Southerly 110 feet, Easterly 885 feet, South-
erly 526.9 feet, Westerly 256 feet, Southerly 976 feet, Westerly 260
feet, Southerly 460 feet, Westerly 230 feet, Southerly 440 feet, West-
erly 277 feet, Southerly 910.7 feet, Southwesterly 473 feet, Westerly
508.50 feet, Southerly 213.0 feet and 876.85 feet and still Southerly
87.12 feet, all by land of the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
land of owners unknown;
Thence Westerly 893 feet, Southerly 154.28 feet by land of owners
unknown to land of the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading Conservation
Commission and formerly part of the Reading "Niki Site ";
Thence Westerly 692.95 feet and 250.57 feet by said "Niki Site" to
land of Eugene S. Blanchard; thence Northerly by said Blanchard 508.30
feet to land of William D. Mathieson;
Thence Easterly 153.75 feet and 96.25 feet, and thence Northerly
210.00 feet, still by said Mathieson to land of Anson L. Strong;
Thence Easterly 372.0 feet and Northerly by said Strong and Bar-
bara Ann Folger 258 feet and 161.03 feet to a corner;
Thence Westerly, bounded Southerly by land of said Barbara Ann Fol-
ger 595.15 feet to land of Curt E. Nitzsche;
Thence Easterly, bounded Northerly by said Curt E. Nitzsche 116.97
feet and Northerly, bounded Westerly by said Nitzsche 340.51 feet and
thence Westerly 36.0 feet, thence Northerly 171.11 feet, 45.78 feet,
261.47 feet and 515.75 feet, all bounded by said Nitzsche to land of
Patrick M. Procopio;
Thence still Northerly 478.88 feet by land of said Procopio to land
of Allen E. Kenney;
Thence still Northerly by said Kenney, 288.91 feet to land of Albert w.
Malphrus and still Northerly 146.50 feet and Westerly by said Malphrus
74.25 feet to land of Francis M. McDermott;
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Thence Northerly by said McDermott and lands of Robert E. Mellen,
Albert J. Rotondi, Albert C. Thomas, Anna'C. Fonseca, Carl W. Soule Jr.
and Margaret M. MacDonald, a distance of 860.02 feet;
Thence Westerly by land of said MacDonald 185.0 feet to land of
Charles S. Longley;
Thence turning and running Northerly again 1,000.00 feet by various
owners and being 500.00 feet parallel with and Easterly of the side line
of Haverhill Street to the Southeasterly corner of land of Arthur G.
Gard;
Thence still Northerly by land of said Gard 80.13 feet to land of
Edward J. Johnson;
Thence the line runs still Northerly by said Johnson 80.87 feet;
land of George T. Wolfe 82.33 feet; land of Manton R. Spear, William F.
Russell & Sons Inc., a total of 423.05 feet to the point of beginning
at the North Reading Town Line.
Said parcel being shown on a plan entitled "Plan of proposed taking
of a portion of Cedar Swamp by the Town of Reading for Conservation Pur-
poses", made under date of December 1973, Scale 1 inch equals 200 feet,
made by H. Kingman Abbott, Registered Surveyor, Reading, Massachusetts.
The said parcel is subject to an easement 30 feet wide to the North-
east Gas Transmission Co., Inc., also a 250 foot easement at the North-
east corner of said parcel to the New England Electric Co.
124 voted in the affirmative
23 voted in the negative
(2/3 vote required)
J ARTICLE 55. On motion of Nancy Wilson Anderson it was voted that
the-Town acquire by purchase, deed of gift, dedication, or otherwise
for conservation purposes under General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C,
as amended, the following described parcel of land and that the sum of
Twenty -Three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) be transferred from funds
previously appropriated under Article 25 of the Adjourned Annual Town
Meeting, March 17, 1973, and that the sum of Eighty -Two Thousand Dollars
($82,000.00) be raised from the tax levy and that said sums totalling
One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($105,000.00) be appropriated for
such acquisition.
-Three parcels of land in Reading, lying Southerly from Franklin
Street and being bounded and described as follows:
The First Parcel begins on the Southerly side of said Franklin
Street at the Northwesterly corner of land of Anna L. Vickery and Lois
Connor. From thence the line runs Southerly by said Vickery and Con -
nors land, a distance of 184.14 feet to a stake;
Thence Easterly and still by said Vickery's et al land, a distance
of 253.19 feet to a ditch at land of Roland J. Boyd;
Thence Southerly by said Boyd's land, a distance of 413.25 feet to
an angle; this point being the Northwesterly corner of the Second Par-
cel herein described;
Thence still Southerly by said Second Parcel, a distance of 739.05
feet to a drill hole at an angle;
Thence continuing Southerly by said Second Parcel, a distance of
437.64 feet to a drill hole in the wall at land of John B. Fairchild
et ux;
Thence turning and running Westerly by the wall and land of said
Fairchild, a distance of 369.00 feet to a corner of a wall at land of
Jay F. Dailey et al;
Thence turning and running Northerly by the wall and land of said
Dailey et al, the following distances: 277.97 feet, 105.47 feet,
23.11 feet, and 89.54 feet to an angle in the wall;
Mence running Westerly by the wall and land of said Dailey et al,
distances of 143.70 feet and 104.58 feet to a drill hole at land of
Miriam A. Barclay;
Thence Northerly by said Barclay, a distance of 427.66 feet to an
angle and thence Westerly still by said Barclay, a distance of 264.16
feet to a stake and stones at land of Horace F. Ryder et ux;
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting
March 21, 1974
Thence again Northerly by land of said Ryder, a distance of
182.66 feet and 131.02 feet to a stake and stones at land of Robert
G. Mallion and at other land reserved by said Harry K. Kurchian;
Thence Southeasterly by said other land of Kurchian by two lines,
130 feet and 240 feet to a corner;
Thence Northeasterly still by
feet, more or less, to a corner;
Thence Northwesterly still by
400.00 feet, more or less;
said other land, a distance of 510
said other land, a distance of
Thence still Northwesterly by said other land and parallel with
the Thirty Feet distance from the first line herein described, a dis-
tance of 190 feet, more or less, to said Franklin Street;
Thence Northeasterly by the Southerly side line of said Franklin
Street on a curved line, the radius of which is 520 feet, a length
of 30 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing by estimation 14.987 acres of land, more or less, and
to be shown on a separate plan for the Land Court, Case Number 15881
and being a portion of the land contained in Cert. of Title 39336.
Said Parcel is subject to an Easement, Thirty Feet in width, given
to the Tennessee Valley Gas Transmission Corp., and also to a Drain-
age Easement to the Town of Reading, Twenty Feet in width, all to be
shown on said plan.
The Second Parcel commences at the Northwesterly corner of the
granted premises at land of said Roland J. Boyd and runs Easterly by
land of the said Boyd, a distance of 675.77 feet to the Third Parcel
hereinafter mentioned;
Thence Southerly by a wall and by the said Third Parcel, a distance
of 79.60 feet to a drill hole at the corner of the wall, said corner
being the Southwesterly corner of said Third Parcel;
Thence continuing Southerly by the wall and land of John E. and
Carl I. Engberg the following distances: 164.18 feet, 154.87 feet,
108.12 feet and 161.36 feet to a drill hole at land of Eleanor L. Zanni;
Thence still Southerly by the wall, a distance of 193.91 feet by
said land of Zanni and thence 190.50 feet by land of C & J Homes Inc.
to a drill hole at the corner of the wall;
Thence Westerly by the wall and land of the said John B. Fairchild
et ux the following distances, 103.69 feet, 103.00 feet, 100.25 feet,
62.00 feet, 118.84 feet and 57.50 feet to a drill hole at the corner
of the wall, said point being the Southeasterly corner of the First
Parcel above described;
Thence Northerly by the said First Parcel 437.64 feet and 739.05
feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 15.603 acres, more or less, and being shown as Lot 2
on a plan hereinafter mentioned.
This Parcel is also subject to an Easement, Thirty -Feet in width,
given to the Tennessee Valley Gas Transmission Corp. as described in
the First Parcel above.
The Third Parcel commences at a drill hole in the corner of the
wall at land of the said Engberg and the Second Parcel above described
and runs Easterly by land of said Engberg, John R. Rivers et ux, and
Robert A. Zanni et ux by the wall, a distance of 435.57 feet, more or
less, to a drill hole at the corner of the wall;
Thence Northerly by the wall and land of Wilbur S. Sias, Jr., a
distance of 308.22 feet to a drill hole at land of William E. Chapman
et ux;
Thence still Northerly by the wall and land of said Chapman, a dis-
tance of 283.0 @'i an iron rod at land of Edward C. Donnelly, Jr. et al;
Thence Northwesterly by said Donnelly by three lines, viz., 122.72
feet, to a stake and stones; 182.38 feet to a stake and stones; and
170.50 'feet to a stone bound at land of John E. Magazzu, Tr.;
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 21, 1974 61
Thence Southerly by land of said Magazzu, a distance of 236.53
feet to a drill hole at the end of a wall;
Thence still Southerly by the wall, a distance of 218.16 feet to a
drill hole at land of the said Roland J. Boyd;
Thence still Southerly by said Boyd, a distance of 136.17 feet to
a drill hole and thence still Southerly by said Boyd and the Second Par-
cel above described, a distance of 157.74 feet to the point of beginning.
Said Third Parcel contains 6.877 acres of land, more or less, and
to be shown as Lot 3 on a plan to be made for the Conservation Commis-
sion of the Town of Reading by H. Kingman Abbott, Reg. Surveyor, said
plan to be recorded.
The First Parcel was formerly owned by Susan B. Scott, the Second
Parcel was formerly owned by the said Scott and the Third Parcel, form-
erly of Julia A. Hughes.
123 voted in the affirmative
28 voted in the negative
(2/3 vote required)
ARTICLE 56. On motion of James R. Boucher it was voted that the
Town acquire by purchase, right of eminent domain, deed of gift, dedi-
cation, or otherwise for conservation purposes under General Laws Chap-
ter 40, Section 8C, as amended, the following described parcel of land,
and that the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) be raised from the
tax levy and appropriated for such acquisition.
Description of land off Haverhill Street in Cedar Swamp, Reading:
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of said parcel on the East-
erly side line of Haverhill Street and near Bear Meadow Brook, so- called;
From thence the line runs Easterly by Lot 18 as shown on a plan
hereinafter mentioned, a distance of 500.00 feet;
Thence turning and running Southerly, a distance of 83.70 feet;
Thence running Westerly by Lot 16, a distance of 500.00 feet, more
or less, to said Haverhill Street;
Thence running Northerly by the said Easterly side line of Haverhill
Street by two lines, 15.25 feet and 68.63 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 40,000 sq. ft. of land, more or less, and being shown as
Lot 17 on Plat 241 of the Assessors Maps of the Touln of Reading and to
be more fully shown on a plan to be made for the Conservation Commission
of the Town of Reading.
145 voted in the affirmative
1 voted in the negative
(2/3 vote required)
ARTICLE 57. Nancy Wilson Anderson moved that the Town acquire by
purchase, deed of gift, dedication, or otherwise for conservation pur-
poses under General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, as amended, the fol-
lowing described parcel of land, and that the sum of Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($30,000.00) be raised from the tax levy and appropriated for
such acquisition:
The land off North Main Street, Reading, shown as Lot 5 on Plat 224
of the Assessors Maps of the Town of Reading.
This motion did not pass. 0 voted in the affirmative
134 voted in the negative
(2/3 vote required)
ARTICLE 59. On motion of William H. Parker, III, it was voted
that the subject matter of Article 59 be referred to the Municipal
Light Board, and that said Board be, and it hereby is authorized to
install such additional 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.
',. Adjourned Annual Town Meeting
March 21, 1974
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 164A of the
General Laws entitled "New England Power Pool: or take any other
action with respect thereto.
On motion of William H. Parker, III, it was voted that this Arti-
cle be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board
of Selectmen, upon the written request of the Municipal Light Board,
on behalf of the Town, to acquire a certain parcel of land situated
on Main Street, known as Route 28 in Reading, containing 9.4 acres,
more or less, as shown on a plan filed in the office of the Town Clerk
entitled "Plan of Land in Reading, Massachusetts, prepared for Reading
Municipal Light Department" and dated August 30, 1973, by Dana F. Per-
kins and Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading - Lowell,
Massachusetts and to take said land, or any part thereof, in fee or
rights or easement therein by eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the
General Laws, as amended, or acquire the fee in said land or any part
thereof by purchase or otherwise, and to make entry for the purpose
of construction before all claims for damages by reason thereof shall
have been finally adjusted or determined, and to authorize the transfer
of the care, custody, management and control of such land to the Muni-
cipal Light Board to lease or grant easements in such land to carry
out the purposes of acquisition, and to see what sum the Town will
raise and appropriate for such purpose, or take any other action
with respect thereto.
On motion of William H. Parker, III, it was voted that this Arti-
cle be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 62. On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted that the
Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen,
to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of
the financial year beginning July 1, 1974, in accordance with the pro-
visions of General Laws Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or
notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or
notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance
with General Laws Chapter 44, Section 17.
ARTICLE 63. On motion of Edouard N. Dube it was voted that the
Town raise from the tax levy and appropriate for the re- purchase and
release of previously sold surplus graves or lots from current owners,
the sum of Six Hundred Five Dollars ($605.00)
ARTICLE 64. On motion of Edouard N. Dube it was voted that the
sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be raised from the tax
levy and appropriated for the continued development of Forest Glen and
Charles Street Cemeteries, including site clearing, the construction
of drainage, the extension of the road systems, the water systems and
the preparation of lots for sale, such sums to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Cemetery Trustees.
�. emotion of William E.. Clark it was voted that the
ARTICLE 65: ��:.�.
of Twenty -Eight Thousand Dollars ($28t300.00) be raised from the
levy, for.the purpose of engaging a4 Planning Consultant to initi-
e and prepare a report of future MBTA impact and dump site re -use,
be expended under the direction of the Planning Board.
k 87 voted in the affirmative
62 voted in the negative
r ARTICLE 66. To see what sum th8 Town will raise by borrowing or
E.. from the tax lety or transfer from avails le funds, or otherwise, and
appropriate for the purpose.of constructifig a park in Glen Meadow,
tto be expended under the direction of the Recreation Committee, or
take any other action with respect thereto.
On motion of Edward P. Camer'9n it wa4,..Voted that this Article be
,,indefinitely postponed.
TICLE 67 On motion of
ABC Jr., it was voted that
M 000.00) be raised from
ser Find for expenditures
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Richard J. Ogden, as amended by Carl H.
the sum of Eighty -Five Thousand Dollars
the tax levy and appropriated to the Re-
under the dir on of the Finance Co e.
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Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 21, 1974
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to take Article 4 from
the table.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to lay Article 4 on
the table.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to take Article 3 from
the table.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to lay Article 3 on
the table.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to take Article 2 from
the table.
On motion of Edward P. Cameron it was voted to lay Article 2 on
the table.
On motion of Carl H. Amon, Jr., it was voted that the meeting
stand adjourned, sine die, at 11:25 P. M.
163 Town Meeting Members were present -.—�
A true copy. Attest: \)
Lawrence Drew
Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT FOR
STATE PRIMARY
Seal
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 Primaries, to meet in
the following places designated for the four precincts in said Town, namely:
Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School
Precinct 2 Joshua Eaton School
Precinct 3 Community Center Building
Precinct 4 Memorial High School
on
TUESDAY, the TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1974
at eight o'clock, -A.M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates
of Political Parties for the following offices:
GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth
ATTORNEY GENERAL for this Commonwealth
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH for this Commonwealth
TREASURER AND RECEIVER - GENERAL for this Commonwealth
AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH for this Commonwealth
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for Seventh Congressional District
COUNCILLOR -for Fifth Councillor District