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TOWN WARRANT
(Seal)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Reading, Greet-
ings:
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 elections and Town affairs, to meet
in the following places designated for the eight precincts in
said Town, namely:
Precinct 1.
Precinct 2.
Precinct 3.
Precinct 4.
Precinct 5.
Precinct 6.
Precinct 7.
Precinct 8.
J. Warren Killam School
J. Warren Killam School
Joshua Eaton School
Joshua Eaton School
Alice M. Barrows School
Alice M. Barrows School
Birch Meadow School
Birch Meadow School
TUESDAY, the EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY A.D., 1991,
from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to vote YES or NO on the following
question:
Question No. 1
"Shall the Town of Reading be allowed to exempt from the provi-
sion of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts re-
quired to pay for the bond issued in order to fund renovations
and additions to the Birch Meadow School on Arthur B. Lord Drive
and the Joshua Eaton School on Summer Avenue, including the
costs of original furnishings and equipment, engineering and ar-
chitectural fees, inspection fees, contingencies and related
facilities incidental thereto and necessary in connection
therewith."
Yes No
a
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at-
tested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each
precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to
January 8, 1991, the date set for the election in said Warrant,
and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town,
fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with
your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time ap-
pointed for said election.
Given under our hands Uis~ 4th
d ~f December, 1 90.
1 raham, Chairman
Daniel A. Ensminger, Vice Chairman
George V. Hines, Secretary
1 M J% Hoy
Eugene R. Nigro
SELECTMEN OF READING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on
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 election warrant in the following public places within the
Town of Reading:
Precinct 1. Carolans' Variety, 1349 Main Street
J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street
St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street
Precinct 2. Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street
Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street
JoAnn's Variety, 143 Salem Street
Precinct 3. Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street
Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street
Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street
Precinct 4. Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue
Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street.
Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street
Precinct 5. Reading Library, Local History Room,
64 Middlesex Ave.
B & M Railroad Station, High Street
Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street
Precinct 6. Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street
Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D. Tanner
Drive
Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue
Precinct 7. Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street
P & S Convenient Store, 287 Lowell Street-
Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road
Precinct 8. Arthur W. Coolidge, Jr. High School, 89 Birch
Meadow Drive
Birch Meadow School, Arthur B. Lord Drive
Marshall's, 1342 Main Street
The date of posting being not less than seven (7) days prior
to January 8, 1991 the date set for the election in this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be pub-
lished in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of.~ 99a -
ATRWCOPYATTEST:
p Constabl of Reading
K CLEW
SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION
January 8, 1991
Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon,
a Special Town Election was held at the time and places specified
in the Warrant, and was called to order by the Wardens in the
precincts as follows:
Precinct
1.
J. Warren Killam School
Barbara I. Takach
Precinct
2.
J. Warren Killam School
Eleanor M. Brown
Precinct
3.
Joshua Eaton School
Carol Beckwith
Precinct
4.
Joshua Eaton School
Lawrence Drew
Precinct
5.
Alice M. Barrows School
Mary Andreola
Precinct
6.
Alice M. Barrows School
Louis R. Gardner
Precinct
7.
Birch Meadow School
Henry A. Murphy, Jr.
Precinct
8.
Birch Meadow School
Mary S. Ziegler
who then partially read the Warrant, when on motion of Dorothy A.
McHugh, Precinct 1; Anthony Rickley, Precinct 2; Rosemond E.
Robinson, Precinct 3; Dorothy Somers, Precinct 4; Olive L.
Thompson, Precinct 5; Elizabeth Hancock, Precinct 6; Remo G.
Vinci, Precinct 7; and Rita Shaw, Precinct 8, it was voted to
dispense with the further reading of the Warrant, except the
Constable's Return, which was then read by the respective War-
dens.
The ballot boxes were examined by the Wardens and each found
to be empty and all registered 000.
The polls were then declared open at 7:00 A.M. and were
closed at 8:00 P.M. with the following results:
for a total of 6,838 votes as follows:
Question No. 1
"Shall the Town of Reading be allowed to exempt from the provi-
sion of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts re-
quired to pay for the bond issued in order to fund renovations
and additions to the Birch Meadow School on Arthur B. Lord Drive
and the Joshua Eaton School on Summer Avenue, including the
costs of original furnishings and equipment, engineering and ar-
chitectural fees, inspection fees, contingencies and related
facilities incidental thereto and necessary in connection
therewith."
Pr 1
Pr 2
Pr 3
Pr 4
Pr 5
Pr 6
Pr 7
Pr 8
Total
Yes
323
195
228
523
289
348
432
425
2763
No
635
459
430
520
393
530
507
538
4012
Blanks
1
5
5
22
5
11
6
8
63
TOTAL
959
659
663
1065
687
889
945
971
6838
(continued)
Special Election - 1/8/91 - continued
The-votes were publicly announced in open meeting, locked in
ballot cases and placed by the Town Clerk in the vault for safe
keeping.
Voted to adjourn 10:15 P.M., January 8, 1991.
A true copy.. Attest:
Catherine A. Quimby-
Town Clerk