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THE
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 14, 1869.
LAWRENCE: GEO. S. MERRILL & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 120 Essex St. 1869.
THE
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 14, 1869.
LAWRENCE: GEO. S. MERRILL & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 120 Essex St.
1869.
REPORT.
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SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
PAID PER ORDER OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Grammar School,
$1,334 26
Centre South District,
56 92
Phillips
66
61 85
Village
174 80
Ballard Vale 66
40 75
Scotland
19 85
Holt
198 45
Centre West
66
15 20
Frye
66
52 02
North and Abbott
66
3 50
Bailey,
2,121 11
Osgood
30 83
Sum total expended,
$4,109 54
Appropriation per town vote,
3,200 00
Exceeding appropriation,
$909 54
4
SCHOOLS.
PAID PER ORDER OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Grammar School,
$1,460 59
Centre South District,
778 40
Phillips
498 81
Village 66
920 38
Ballard Vale 66
954 00
Scotland
310 10
Holt 66
308 40
Centre West
66
299 02
Frye 66
479.29
North and Abbott 66
296 06
Bailey
66
310 82
Osgood
66
355 82
Punchard School,
700 00
7,671 69
1868, Appropriation per Town Vote,
7,200 00
Exceeding Appropriation,
$471 69
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Henry Dane, police service,
$4 00
Daniel Eames,
20 00
John O. Connell,
18 00
Amos C. Abbott, 66
18 00
Geo. F. Baker, 66
5 00
Geo. S. Cole,
66
40 00
D. C. Litchfield, School Committee,
100 00
B. B. Babbitt,
12yrs.,
150 00
S. H. Boutwell, 66
100 00
P. M. Jefferson, 66
90 00
N. S. Berry, 66
75 00
H. S. Greene,
70 00
585 00
$690 00
Amount carried forward,
$105 00
66
$6,971 69
5
Amount brought forward,
J. W. Poor, engineer's service,
$10 00
John Cornell, 66
10 00
John Underwood, 66
10 00
H. A. Bodwell, 66
10 00
E. H. Barnard, 66
10 00
50 00
Wm. S. Jenkins, Selectman, &c.,
$275 00
John B. Abbott,
225 00
Hermon Phelps,
250 00
750 00
E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer,
$50 00
66 collecting taxes,
325 22
recording births, mar- riages and deaths,
53 95
429 17
$1,919 17
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
State Aid paid by E. K. Jenkins, $2,486 00
TOWN HOUSE.
Thomas Smith, Janitor,
$120 00
H. P. Beard & Co., supplies,
40 80
Upton & Gile, repairs,
9 00
Wm. Barnett,
41 70
R. M. Abbott, painting,
191 88
Cornell & Chandler, coal,
42 00
S. D. Abbott, wood,
6 00
$690 00
Amount carried forward,
$451 38
6
Amount brought forward, $451 38
Wm. S. Jenkins, and others, re- pairs, 7 57
T. Smith, and others, labor and sup- plies,
18 79
George Wood, furniture, 40 00
$517 74
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ENGINE NO. ONE.
Engine Company, for labor, 181 50
remittance of taxes, 78 00
J. C. Morse, for labor,
20 90
T. A. Holt & Co.
44
J. Boyd & Sons, 66
14 75
Hunneman & Co., hose,
335 67
L. Beach & Co., supplies, 10 00
R. M. Abbott, painting engine house,
90 36
H. P. Beard & Co., supplies,
10 75
J. H. Smith, repairs,
3 15
William Barnett, «
3 80
E. P. Higgins, varnishing engine, 12 00
G. H. Parker, supplies,
6 00
$767 32
ENGINE NO. TWO.
Engine Company, for labor, 98 40
remittance of taxes, 78 00
P. B. Eager, for supplies, 18 25
194 65
$961 97
7
HIGHWAYS.
Expended.
Removing Snow. $6 50
Special Ap- propriation.
District
No. 1. James H. Smith,
$174 02
$30 11
2. Robert Callahan,
153 00
5 18
3. E. K. Jenkins,
157 21
12 75
19 40
4. Nathan B. Abbott,
27 60
23 83
5. Hezekiah Jones,
28 64
21 42
6. Henry Brownell,
30 00
35 26
7. Geo. F. Mason,
50 00
20 50
8. Wm. Jenkins,
16 00
9. Henry J. Gray,
59 58
10 46
10. Nathan F. Abbott,
69 52
30 08
18 36
11. Sam'l C. Frye,
75 56
12.
Charles M. Abbott,
58 90
16 48
14. Benj. Boynton,
20 00
9 57
15. P. M. Jefferson,
119 54
19 50
16.
A. W. Livingston,
69 32
17. Wm. Hardy,
85 00
18. Joseph Chandler,
52 48
18 78
19. Henry Hardy,
35 20
13 51
20. Omar Jenkins,
85 26
26 45
21. S. G. Bailey,
55 00
25 66
22. Hartwell B. Abbott,
72 22
11 00
23. Wm. D. Stark,
142 15
22 31
24, Edward H. Boutwell,
26 50
25. C. C. Blunt,
60 60
39 71
26. John Chandler,
219 67
15 75
27. C. O. Cummings,
81 15
19 46
28. Wm. Allen,
80 00
11 00
Abbott Bridge,
37 28
Bart. Shea, removing snow from sidewalk,
18 00
Henry Burtt, removing
snow from sidewalk,
31 00
$2,237 42
$469 73
$126 08
13. Joshua Chandler,
159 80
8
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
E. K. Jenkins, 1867, $29 41
1868, 296 00
$325 41
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Rufus Bailey,
$1 20
Amos Abbott,
6 00
Sam'l T. Cooper,
2 00
Hobart Clark,
14 00
H. P. Holt,
2 16
H. W. French,
5 40
$30 76
LIQUOR DEPARTMENT.
J. I. Baker, liquor,
731 40
A. F. Lawton,
309 12
Thomas Smith, agent,
80 00
Expenses of agency,
48 39
$1,168 91
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Henry Dane, notifying town officers, 7 00
H. P. Holt, damage to wagon,
10 00
Town officers, for postage and revenue stamps,
19 40
Thomas Smith, notifying town officers,
1 50
T. Groom & Co., books and stationery,
35 15
Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing,
272 25
J. H. Morgan, damages to horse and carriage,
117 60
A. N. Bean, damages to carriage,
25 00
Herman Phelps, cash paid for stationery,
1 00
T. E. Mayberry, expense of culvert,
160 00
J. L. Fairbanks, books, 3 50
Amount carried forward, $652 40
9
Amount brought forward, $652 40
Charles Mears, distributing envelopes, 1 50
E. K. Jenkins, notifying land owners, 2 00
T. Henry, returning deaths, 2 90
Wm. S. Jenkins, repairing hay-scales,
2 00
S. G. Bean, dinners for selectmen and checkers,
15 75
Thomas Smith, clearing sidewalk, 12 00
Hodges' Express,
40
George H. Parker, stationery,
5 15
W. F. Draper, printing and stationery, 66 school books,
34 84
Herman Phelps, returning deaths,
2 00
Town officers, railroad fares,
20 70
E. K. Jenkins, notifying land owners,
3 00
66 returning militia,
4 00
collecting liquor tax,
4 00
Almond Clark, stationery,
9 50
Robert Callahan, returning deaths,
4 10
E. P. Higgins, painting,
9 00
Geo. S. Cole, notifying town meetings,
14 00
Geo. P. Wilson, damages on account of defect in highway, 43 50
Herman Phelps, bridge plank,
110 28
John Cornell, services in case of J. H. Morgan,
5 00
E. P. Higgins, services as weigher,
20 00
S. Raymond, Post Office box,
1 00
$1,027 50
LAWRENCE BRIDGE.
To cash paid for Lawrence Bridge, per order of County Commissioners, $4,010 00
48 48
10
SUMMARY OF SELECTMEN'S ORDERS.
School Houses,
$4,109 54
Schools,
7,671 69
State Aid,
2,486 00
Services of officers,
1,919 17
Liquor Department,
1,168 91
Highways,
2,237 42
Removing snow,
469 73
Special appropriation, roads and bridges,
126 08
Remittance of taxes,
325 41
Abatement,
30 76
Fire Department,
961 97
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,027 50
Town House,
517 74
Lawrence Bridge,
4,010 00
$27,061 92
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
RELIEF OUT OF THE ALMS HOUSE.
Mrs. Thomas Davis,
$10 00
Thomas Platt,
5 00
William McCommick,
7 00
Ann Hackett,
6 00
Catherine Farrington,
72 00
Ann E. Bean,
99 00
Abial Upton,
44 56
Warren Mears,
30 00
James Wood,
6 50
Joseph Salkeld,
6 00
M. Joice,
6 95
Mary J. Abbott,
33 50
Mrs. Edward Mason,
76 54
Charles W. Lovejoy,
144 00
Patrick Qualey,
4 00
Patrick Bannan,
11 50
John Bowling,
5 00
Harriet B. Gile,
71 94
Mrs. Thomas Mason,
37 28
Julius Bostwick,
6 00
Margaret Margans,
6 00
David Goodwin,
2 00
Henry Palmer,
7 00
Mrs. Patrick Farrall,
13 96
Hannah B. Russell,
96 00
Phebe A. Palmer,
33 63
Stephen Abbott,
25 24
Sewell Pearson,
18 18
Mrs. Wiley,
3 50
C. Parker,
22 00
Amount carried forward,
$910 28
12
Amount brought forward,
$910 28
The family of W. T. Jones,
23 03
Thomas Skidmore,
3 00
Charles Stringer,
3 00
Patrick Carroll,
90
Osmore Jeffcock,
5 00
Anna Jones,
39 00
Mrs. Burke,
2 00
Robert Callahan, burial of Martha Abbott,
5 00
$991 21
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Ella J. Parker,
26 28
Julia Wiley,
37 84
$64 12
LUNATIC HOSPITAL, WORCESTER.
Samuel W. Holt,
$208 59
COMMITMENTS.
Arthur N. Bean, Dyson,
5 00
$5 00
PAID CITIES AND TOWNS.
Boston, John Abbott,
17 28
North Andover, Elizabeth Kimball,
21 06
$38 34
DUE FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Newburyport, Rebecca Merrill, 39 00
Haverhill, Mr. John B. Pecker, 26 00
Boston, Elizabeth Spear, 23 00
$88 00
13
EXPENSES OF ALMS HOUSE.
C. O. Cummings, salary,
500 00
Valpey Brothers, meat,
305 :6
T. A. Holt & Co.,
43 88
David Gray, boots and shoes,
24 90
C. O. Cummings, stove,
30 00
Benjamin Cheever, labor,
180 60
John H. Flint,
246 86
Lydia A. Runnals,
156 00
Holt & Higgins,
492 47
H. P. Beard & Co.,
642 99
W. O. Lynes,
32 06
Dyer & Frost,
12 82
Dove, Parks & Co.,
356 78
Baker & Downs,
5 37
H. W. Abbott,
91 55
Oliver Hunt, blacksmithing,
13 75
James H. Smith,
46 81
James H. Cochran, “
10 52
B. F. Holt, ice,
15 00
Samuel B. Locke,
57 50
Walter H. Kimball, medical attendance,
25 00
Cornell & Chandler, coal,
135 00
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
50 00
George H. Parker, medical supplies,
20 70
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
6 07
Wm. Corse & Son,
39 30
Herman Abbot, coffin,
6 50
Herman Abbott, repairs,
8 21
Robert Callahan, burials,
10 00
$3,565 80
EXTRA EXPENSES AT THE ALMS HOUSE.
Walter B. Allen, whitewashing,
134 64
R. M. Abbott, painting,
3 25
Wm. S. Jenkins, repairs and lumber,
58 32
Wm. Barnett, repairs,
49 21
Amount carried forward,
$245 42
14
Amount brought forward, Eben P. Higgins, Joseph Farnham, E. R. & W. B. Lamb,
$245 42
10 50
14 19
84 45
$354 56
SUMMARY OF OVERSEER'S ORDERS.
Relief out of the Alms House,
991 21
Paid to cities and towns,
38 34
Due from cities and towns,
88 00
Commitments,
5 00
House of Correction,
64 12
Alms House expenses,
3,565 80
Repairs and improvements,
354 56
Lunatic hospital,
208 59
$5,315 62
REPRESENTATIVE FUND, $100.00.
In accordance with the wishes of the donor, Edward Tay- lor, the interest of the above has been applied to the families of Sewall Pearsons and Mrs. John Trull.
WM. S. JENKINS, OVERSEERS JOHN B. ABBOTT, OF
HERMAN PHELPS, THE POOR.
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT.
Dr.
-
To balance from last account,
$36 62
To Cash for labor,
548 13
66 vegetables,
42 99
66
pigs,
56 00
66
milk,
98 95
66 services of bull,
31 50
66
pork and lard,
48 87
66 oats and rye,
5 92
66
lodging prisoners,
6 50
66
clay and gravel,
2 33
hides and tallow,
35 21
$973 36
Cr.
By Cash paid for clothing, etc.,
24 59
66
fresh fish,
65 36
grinding corn,
2 07
toll to Lawrence,
20
66
tools, hardware, etc.,
76 71
66
labor,
332 07
school books,
2 87
66
potatoes and seeds,
30 46
66
pigs,
13 40
railroad freights and fares,
9 36
66
meal,
12 50
66
sawing lumber,
7 31
66
oil,
1 00
lime and plaster,
2 00
cider and vinegar,
14 00
Amount carried forward,
$593 90
calves,
60 34
16
Amount brought forward,
$593 90
By Cash paid for alcohol and medicines,
11 40
66
grinding corn and coffee,
6 32
66
crackers,
10 69
66
express,
25
66
threshing grain,
4 00
66
making cider,
4 86
66
drain till,
21 57
66
fresh meat,
18 00
66
washing,
17 06
66
one bull,
33 00
66
Town Treasurer,
200 00
52 31
$973 36
C. O. CUMMINGS, SUPERINTENDENT.
ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of Paupers in Almshouse during the year,
26
Whole number weeks' board,
1259
66
foreign paupers entertained,
293
66
weeks' board,
84
66
persons held in custody, waiting trial,
20
Whole number weeks' board of prisoners,
9
REMAINING IN ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years old,
3
Between seventy and eighty,
2
66 sixty and seventy,
2
fifty and sixty,
2
66 forty and fifty,
3
thirty and forty,
1
ten and twenty,
4
66 one and ten,
4
Not one year old,
1
Balance due the town,
22
17
DEATHS IN ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
James Hovey, aged 76 years, Herman Jones, aged 75 years.
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Fifty iron bedsteads, $150 ; nine stoves, $90, $240 00
Glass and crockery ware, jugs and jars, 55 00
Chairs, benches, tables and wooden ware,
114 70
Beds and bedding, 409.00; tin ware, 30.00
439 00
Table and teaspoons, knives and forks, 16 00
Meat block, meat benches, saw and axe,
12 00
Kettles, sadiron, clocks and bells,
15 00
Meat, cider and apples, bbls.,
23 83
$915 53
PROVISIONS.
Flour, $36.00; 170 lbs. butter, $85.00; oil, $2.50
$123 50
68 lbs. lard, 16.32; sugar and spices, 64.00 80 32
Potatoes, beets, turnips, carrots and apples,
151 00
Vinegar and cider, 31.00; pickles, cranberries, and can fruit, 20.00 51 00
Fresh beef, salt pork, hams, sass., and salt fish,
210 68
Soap and candles, 28.75 ; salt, 10. 00; squashes, 2.00,
40 75
Coffee, tea, crackers, rice and cheese,
36 35
Tobacco, 11.90
11 90
$705 50
CLOTHING.
Pants, shawls, dresses and cotton batting,
$39 60
Balmoral skirts, suspenders and leather,
9 75
12 crash rollers, 4.80
4 80
$54 15
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Two horse wagons, harnesses, pung and sleigh, Ox-wagon, two ox-carts, sleds, scraper and har- rows,
$177 00
194 00
Amount carried forward,
$371 00
18
Amount brought forward, $371 00
Hay-wagon, stone drag, chains, yokes and wheel- barrow, 110 00
Scythes, sickles, corn cutters, peat knives and hoes,
23 50
Horse, hay, and garden rakes,
25 00
Horse, hay, and manure forks,
30 00
Horse hoe,cultivator, mowing machine and plows, 170 00 Shovels, spades, axes, iron bars and blasting tools, 34 00 Carpenters' tools, wood saws, beetle wedges and ladle, 16 50
Feed trough, hay cutter, measures and feed boxes,
11 50
Ladders, grindstone, blocks and ropes,
33 70
Nails, spikes, old iron, bricks and vise,
14 50
Winnowing mill, meal bags, and salt sacks,
9 50
8 50
Snow plow, grain cradle, ox muzzle, and pig box, Grain chests, scalding tub, steelyards, and brushes,
30 50
Drain Tile, 10.50,
10 50
$898 70
FARM PRODUCE.
Corn, barley, rye, oats and wheat,
$78 20
Meal, fine feed, and beans,
50 15
English and meadow hay, straw and stalks,
331 00
Manure,
300 00
$759 35
FARM STOCK.
Four oxen, five cows, one bull, one horse,
1010 00
Nine swine and twenty-one fowls, 192 00
$1202 00
FUEL AND LUMBER.
Twenty-three and a half cords hard pine, and fifteen and a half cords maple wood, 171 50 Dry wood, cut and split, peat and coal, 155 00
Bridge plank, boards and cart spires,
100 00
$126 50
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SUMMARY.
Inventory of household furniture,
$915 53
66
provisions,
705 50
66
clothing,
54 15
farm implements,
898 70
farm produce,
759 35
66
farm stock,
1202 00
66
fuel and lumber,
426 50
$4,961 73
The Auditors were invited to examine some six acres of land adjoining the house lot, lying north of the brook, a part of which was formerly used as a brick yard. The sur- face has been leveled, and the whole has been thoroughly under-drained with two and a half and three inch drain tiles, and some stone covered drains. There was a good crop of vegetables and corn upon this reclaimed land the past sea- son. Although a wet season, the corn crop was good, show- ing the good effect of drainage, to raise a crop of corn where, two years ago, flags, rushes and bunch grass, were the principal growth. One-half of this land has been seeded to grass the past autumn; the remainder was plowed last Octo- ber, after the crops were taken off, aud will be in fine condi- tion for cultivation the present season, or for seeding to grass. We think the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the Overseers, has made a judicious expenditure in re- claiming this waste land, as it is admirably suited for grass crops, of which the town farm needs a greater supply.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in account current with E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer.
Dr.
To paid County tax for 1868,
$3,441 00
State tax for 1868,
5,700 00
66 Andover National Bank, money hired, 3,000 00
66
66 Int. on same, 43 88
66
sundry persons, money hired, 2,500 00
66
66 Interest on same,
45 83
66 Interest on Town Notes,
579 04
66 discount on taxes at 6 per ct., 1,510 71
66
66 66 4 89 94
1,600 65
66
Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
15,280 69
66 66 66 Schools,
7,671 69
66
66 66 School houses,
4,109 54
66
Overseers of the Poor, orders,
5,315 62
66
Selectmen and Auditors, 27 00
To balance of taxes, unpaid, (Whipple File Co., 1,884 00), To cash on hand to balance,
2,034 98
4,912 72
$58,562 64
Cr.
By balance of taxes unpaid, Feb. 14, 1868,
$184 28
By cash on hand Feb. 14, 1868, 9,160 92
42 00
66 from Haverhill pauper account, 66 County Treasurer, discount on County tax, 34 41
Amount carried forward, $9,421 61
2,300 00
66 Town Notes,
-
21
Amount brought forward, $9,421 61
By cash from Thomas Smith, liquor agent,
815 22
rent of Town House, 397 00
rent of stores and hall at Ballard Vale, 387 47
66 Bailey school house, 40 00
County Commissioners, licenses, 125 00
66 drainage per order Board of Health, 72 00
hired of Andover National Bank,
3,000 00
sundry persons, 2,500 00
from tax on liquor sales, 13 33
one town map,
1 25
66 pump, stove, etc.,
6 00
Thomas Smith, liquors,
92 15
66
casks,
9 00
Proprietors Fund,
96 00
66
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 5,566 59
66
State aid,
3,000 00
66
school fund,
234 86
66 C. O. Cummings, superintendent,
200 00
Hardy Brothers, loam, 5 25
66 Hay Scale fees,
57 43
66 Assessors' warrant for taxes, 1868, 32,522 48
$58,562 64
E. K. JENKINS, TREASURER.
ANDOVER, Feb. 11, 1869.
22
LIABILITIES.
Notes payable,
$9,860 00
Due interest not called for,
570 00
$10,430 00
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$4,912 72
Taxes unpaid,
2,034 98
Cash in Superintendent's hands,
52 31
Due from Cities and Towns,
105 75
Due from Commonwealth, for burial of State paupers,
30 00
Due for State Aid,
5,760 50
$12,896 26
Balance in favor of town,
$2,466 26
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town house and fixtures,
$15,000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2,000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Safe in Town House,
166 00
Hay scales,
300 00
Engine house and land,
1,000 00
Engine and apparatus,
1,000 00
Hose at Ballard Vale,
500 00
Town Farm and buildings,
6,200 00
Personal property, as per inventory,
4,961 73
School house property,
25,140 00
Library,
250 00
$56,717 73
23
PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, here- with render to the Town their Annual Account of the condition of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures thereof for the year ending February 1st, 1869 :-
Of the Permanent Fund of Forty Thousand Dollars, there is invested in Valid Notes and Real Estate Securities, the sum of Thirty-eight Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars, $38,700 00
And the Balance of Thirteen Hundred Dollars is de- posited to their credit in the Andover National Bank, 1,300 00
$40,000 00
RECEIPTS.
Balance of Cash on hand as per last Report, $1,129 62 Interest received since said Report, 2,430 49
Appropriation received from the Town, 700 00
Cash received of T. E. Mayberry, for rent of Land, 41 50
$4,301 61
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid Wm. G. Goldsmith, Principal, Salary, $1,500 00
66 Miss P. H. Wilder, Assistant, " 316 00
66 Abby S. Hervey, 66 218 33
66
S. A. Vinton, 66
66 250 00
Abby M. Bailey, 66 133 00
66 A. B. Carter, Music Teacher, 37 00
66 " S. E. Bachman, French Teacher, 24 00 M. Foster, Treasurer, Salary, 100 00
Geo. L. Abbott, 31 25
66 W. S. Jenkins & Co., 48 32
66 R. M. Abbott, 23 91
Mary Devine, 50 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,731 81
24
Amount brought forward,
$2,731 81
Cash paid J. O. Cheever,
157 50
J. S. Hunt & Co.,
100 00
W. F. Draper,
20 00
66
E. P. Abbott, Janitor,
75 00
Thos. Smith,
18 29
66 R. Callahan,
8 00
Boston & Maine Railroad,
4 75
66
Damon, Sherburne, & Co.,
8 05
66
W. G. Goldsmith, sundries,
18 15
66
H. P. Beard & Co.,
13 76
F. A. Dewson,
12 00
E. P. Abbot,
8 00
Chas. Smith,
2 60
60
Geo. Foster, 4 00
60
Edward Carter,
2 00
66
Geo. S. Merrill & Co.,
2 00
66
J. H. Cochran,
70
$3,186 61
Cash deposited in Andover National Bank,
to balance,
1,115 00
$4,301 61
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JOHN ABBOTT,
MOSES FOSTER,
JAMES H. MERRILL,
ISAAC CARRUTH,
ANDOVER, FEBRUARY 1, 1869.
The foregoing accounts having been carefully examined, and found to have been correctly kept and well vouched, we respectfully present our Report to the Town for acceptance.
WILLIAM CHICKERING, JOHN CORNELL, AUDITORS. J. H. FLINT,
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS. To GEORGE S. COLE, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, the first day of March next, at twelve o'clock, at noon, to act on the following articles, viz :-
ART. 1st. To choose a Moderator, to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2nd. To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing.
ART. 3rd. To hear and act on the report of the Auditors.
ART. 4th. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Over- seers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, School Com- mittee, Constables, Fence Viewers, and all other necessary and usual Town Officers.
ART. 5th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of highways the ensuing year.
ART. 6th. To see what methods the Town will adopt for the repairs of the highways.
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ART. 7th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the maintenance of their public schools for the ensuing year.
ART. 8th. To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the school money among the public schools.
ART. 9th. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will raise for the repair and improvement of the school property, and for incidental expenses of the school houses.
ART. 10th. To see if the Town will empower the Selectmen to build, sell, and if necessary, buy school houses in connection with the School Committee on petition of David Auther and sixteen others.
ART. 11th. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase land for a cemetery, choose a committee for that purpose, and raise money therefor.
ART. 12th. To see if the town will sell a piece of meadow land connected with the Town Farm.
ART. 13th. To see what action the Town will take in regard to coasting on the public streets, on petition of Edward Buck and others.
ART. 14th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray the necessary expenses the year ensuing.
ART. 15th. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of the public taxes the ensu- ing year.
ART. 16th. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary.
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ART. 17th. To determine what compensation the Town will pay to firemen for their services the ensu- ing year.
ART. 18th. To see if the Town will accept and revise the list of Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 19th. To see what action the Town will take concerning licenses, as provided by Section Six, Chap- ter 141, Laws and Resolves of 1868.
ART. 20th. To act on any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, at Andover, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
WM. S. JENKINS, Selectmen JOHN B. ABBOTT, of
HERMAN PHELPS. Andover.
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