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Home My WebLink About1948-09-27 Special Town Meeting Warrant ' �� • 4M✓ 1+t'-.7 s�-� �'�\ i� d � � Special Town �eeting, Sept. 27, 1948 ' T 0 W N W A R R A N T (S`r:AL) 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 the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Security Hall, �ioburn Street, in said Reading, on MONDAY, TH� TWEPdTY-SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1948 at seven fort�-five o�clock in the evening, to act on the follow- ing articles: Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Tovm officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given Town officers and special committees. Article 2. To see what sum the `rown will vote to appropriate ' from available funds and transfer to the Water Department, or what ', it will do in relation thereto. ' BOARU OF PUBLIC �iORKS ! Article 3. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate ; by borrowing or otherwise for the purpose of laying water mains of j not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter � and for the development of additional wells including the suction ' mains or what it will do in relation thereto. � BOAftD OF PUBLIC �YORKS I ; Article 4. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to the �iaintenance of Dumps Account, or what it will do in relation thereto. BOAKD �F PUBLIC Vr"ORKS � Article 5. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate � from the available funds and transfer to the Road T�achinery �per- j ating Account, or what it will do in relation thereto. � � BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS � Article 6. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate � from available funds and transfer to the Snow and Ice Account, or what it will do in relation thereto. BUARD OF PUBLIC ��'ORKS i � Article 7. To see if' the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 588 of the �cts of 1948, being an Act Authorizing In- creases of the Amounts of Pensions Pa9able to Certain Former Public , r'�nployees who have been Retired, and to Beneficiaries of Certain i Retired Public Employees, or what it will do in relation thereto. � CONTI�TI3UTORY RLTIRLP�F_E�tT BOkRD � Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board oP Public Welfare to sell or exchange upon such terms and conditions - as they may determine the 194� Ford �'tation ��agon of the Welfare De- partment; to see what disposition the Town will make of the proceeds thereof and to see what sum the Town will appropriate from available funds for the purchase of a new station wagon for the Welfare Ue- partment, or what it will do in relation thereto. BO1�RD OF PUBLIC r�a 1'1� .;� , � � � Special: �'avrn IVieeting, 5�pt. 2'7, I948 �� ,�� .Article 9. To sse wha� s� the Town will ra3.se by borrowing or otherwise and appropr�.ate for extending and enlarging the T�Iunicipal Li�ht plant by the Ir�stallation of new feEder switcnes to replace present switches of insufficient capacity, rebuild present trans- forrn.er s�vi�ehes, install stEel cub3.cles and s�vitc:n.es., install ad- dit3.onaZ cabie from the Ston.eham-�ieadin.g Line ta the Power Station and sueh other appliances and e�uipment which may be necessary in cannectian therewitn, or wha� it v;rill do in relation thereto, PICtT�'ICIP�IL LZGH�.' B�i�kD iru�� Artic3.e 10. lo see if the 'I'own will vo�e to �.p�ropriate the sum � ? of �101.�6 by transferring said sum fram -the re�ainin,g balanee �.n � the Junior High School Constructian Account to tlze appropriation for the eQnstruct�.an of the n.e� element�.ry schaol on Summer �venue and Oak �treet, 'ar what 3t will do, �.n r elation there�o. SC�TOOL" CO��MT�'1'� ,�nd �ou are directed to serve this t�arrant by posting an attested eapy thareof in at least three publ3.c plac�;s in each pre- cinct of' the To�rn., nat less than. sc�v�n da�s pr3or to Sep�ember 27, 1948, _the date se-t for the meQtin� in said V�arrant, and to publish th�.s ��arrant in the R�adin� Chronicle, one day at Ieast prior to sa�d date. xereof fail no� and make due return° of this V�Tarran�G ��rith ;�our doin�s �hereon, to the Tnvun Clerl�, at or before the time appointed far said meetin;. : Given un�.er our hands this t°nirteenth day of Sep�emb�r, 1948. Chas. �. V'�tilk3.nson G. La�rrence Rober�s Kenneth C. Latham S�l�ctmen of Readin� , j I � Officers �s Return ��Middlese� ss. � Reading, �ep�ember 24, 1.948 � �� By virtue of t'ne within warrant, I on September i8th, 1948 notifit�d- and warned the inhabitants of t'ne `ltoti�vn of He€�.din� qual3.fied to vote in elections and tr�v�n affairs to meet i� the place and at the tiine speci�ied by postin� an attested copy thersof in the folla�- in; places v�ithin said to�vn, Precinet �I. Aust�nts Lunch Hoon1, I7 Harnden St. The �anforth Phar�acy, 1 Harnden St. Central Fire �tatian, Pleasant St. Police 1je�.�.quarters, Pleasant �t. Precincs� �2. h�asonic '�emple Building Lyceum Kall Buildin� �JI. r. Charles � Sans � S�ora, 61� 1t�Iain. St. Baston �c Maine �ailroad �e;not Qdd FeZlows Bu3.ldin� Precinct �3. ��la.terhouse's Neighbor'nood Store, 36 i�fineral St. , �3ennyts Nei�hborhood �tare, 16�3 Lo�uell St. i �,._�, Fire ��at�.on �2, �Toburn 5t. � �j � Precinct �4. Municipal Buildin; � '----' Zi�zow►s Nei�,hbarhood Store, 237 Lo�vell S�. 1V�eLau;hlint s Neighbr�rhood Stora, 1fl51 Main St. the da�e af posting bein� more than sev�n days prior to the date set for the meetin�; in this �varrarst, and I caused an attested copy of this �farrant to be published in the �eadin� Ghronicle in tne issu� of Sep�ter:iber 23, 1948, the date of publication bein� more than ane da�` prior to date of ineEti.n�. . L�,4N G. BENT Ganstable of Reading