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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDING JANUARY 15, 1896
MEOL S
ANDOVER
FLERARY.
47 009
THE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 15, 1896.
ANDOVER, MASS. : THE ANDOVER PRESS PRINTERS, 1896
TOOVER THEOL SEMINARY MAR 2 1896
LIBRARY.
CONTENTS.
Abatement of Taxes, Almshouse,
54
Miscellaneous, 58
70
North Schoolhouse, 31
Personal Property at,
71
Notes discounted, 55
Relief out of,
65
Notes paid, 55
Remaining in,
70
Overseers of Poor, 63
Repairs at,
65
Printing and Stationery, 52
Assessors' Report,
86
Punchard Free School,
91
Assets,
80
Representative Fund, 69
Auditors' Certificate,
87 Schedule of Town Property,
62
Board of Health,
88
School-houses,
29
By-Laws,
19
Schools,
26
Cemetery Com., Report of, 76
School Books and Supplies,
32
Chief Engineer's Report, 72
74
Sewer Commissioners' Report, 94
Cities and Towns,
67
Sidewalks, 42
Collector's Account,
78
Sinking Fund, 56
Commonwealth,
67
Snow, Removal of, 39
Cornell Fund,
90
Soldier's Relief, 67
53
Finance Committee,
103
State Aid 56
Fire Department,
50
State Highway, 36
Grammar School Building,
31
State Tax, 56
Hay Scales,
54
Street lighting,
53
Highways and Bridges,
33
Streets, Superintendent of, 42
Horses and Drivers,
46
Summary of Appropriations and Receipts, 60
Insurance,
54
Summary of Selectmen's Orders, 61
Interest on Notes and Funds, Liabilities,
80
Town Land Improvement, 56
Librarian's Report,
114
Town Meetings, 5
Lunatic Hospitals,
68
Town Officers, 48
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Town Warrant, 105
Report,
109
Treasurer's Account,
80
Memorial Day,
53
Water Bonds, 55
Military Aid,
58 Waterworks maintenance, 53
Selectmen's Account,
26-61
Chief of Police, Report,
Sewerage,
56
County Tax,
56
Spring Grove Cemetery,
Horses and Drivers, Earnings,
47
54
Town House, 52
47.857
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1896.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
ARTHUR BLISS, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
Term expires March, 1896
1897
JOHN S. STARK, Secretary,
66 66 1898
Town Clerk and Tax Collector. ABRAHAM MARLAND.
Town Treasnrer. GEORGE A. PARKER. School Committee.
J. NEWTON COLE, Chairman,
Term expires 1897
MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,
66 1898
MISS CLARA .A. PUTNAM,
6. 1898
THOMAS DAVID,
1898
GEORGE D. PETTEE,
66
66 1897
WILLIAM SHAW,
1897
JOHN ALDEN, JOHN N. COLE,
.6 1896
WILLIAM ODLIN,
6.
6. 1896
Superintendent of Schools. G. E JOHNSON.
Water Commissioners.
JOHN H. FLINT, Chairman, Term expires March, 1896
FELIX G. HAYNES, Secretary,
66 1897
JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD, 66
1898
Waterworks Superintendent. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk. ANDREW MOTERNEN, NATHAN E. MEARS.
1896
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Superintendent of Streets. JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY. Appointed. Board of Health.
HOWELL F. WILSON,
.. 1896
ARTHUR BLISS, Chairman,
.. 1897
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D., Secretary. Term expires 1898 Sewer Commissioners.
WILLIAM S. JENKINS. Chairman, JOHN L. SMITH, JOHN E. SMITH,
Term expires 1897
..
6. 1896
.‹
66 1898
Chief of Police. GEORGE W. MEARS. Appointed.
Constables.
BARNETT ROGERS, WILLIAM L. FRYE,
JOHN H. CLINTON.
Trustees of Memorial Hall.
JOSEPH A. SMART,
Term expires 1896
E. KENDALL JENKINS,
..
66
1897
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
6.
1898
JAMES B. SMITH,
6.
1899
C. C. CARPENTER,
..
..
1900
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
66
66
1901
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON
1902
Trustees of Punchard Free School.
GEORGE H. POOR, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL
HORACE H. TYER, GEORGE GOULD,
GEORGE A. PARKER.
Auditors.
LEWIS T. HARDY, GEORGE A. HIGGINS,
LOUIS A. DANE.
Town Meetings.
Monday, March 4th, 1895.
WARRANT.
Article 1st. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2d. - To choose Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, One member of the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor for three years, Board of Health, three members of the School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Sewer Commis- sioner for three years, One Trustee of the Memorial Hall for seven years, Five Trustees of the Punchard Free School for three years, One or more Auditors of Accounts, Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, a Pound Keeper, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 3d. - To take action on the following question : " Shall Licenses be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town ?"
Article 4th. - To determine what sums of money shall be appropriated for Schools, School-Houses, School Books and Supplies, Highways and Bridges, Sidewalks, Removing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Town Officers, Town House, Hay Scales, Fire Department, Insurance, Street Lighting, Printing and Stationery, Spring Grove Cemetery, Memorial Day, State Aid, Military Aid, Waterworks, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, State Tax, County Tax, Discount on Taxes, Abate-
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ment of Taxes, Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Alms- house, Repairs on Almshouse, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 5th. - To hear the report of Sewer Commissioners and see what sum of money the Town will appropriate for the construction of a system of sewerage, and adopt the pro- visions of laws relating to sewers, and sewer assessments.
Article 6th. - To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the present Superintendent of Streets and appoint three high- way surveyors, on petition of John Sweeney, Jr., and others.
Article 7th. - To see if the Town will cause an incan- descent light to be erected at the corner of Park Street and Punchard Avenue and appropriate a sum of money to main- tain the same, on petition of T. J. Farmer and others.
Article 8th. - To see if the Town will authorize the issue of fifteen thousand dollars ($15000) of water bonds for the purchase of a new pumping engine, on petition of the Water Commissioners.
Article 9th. - To determine the method of collecting the taxes the ensuing year.
Article 10th. - To fix the pay of the Firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 11th. - To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names for Jurors, prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 12th .- To hear and act on the Reports of the Selectmen and other Town Officers.
Article 13th. - To hear and act on the Report and Rec- ommendations of the committee on the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of Andover.
Article 14th. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to transfer the scholars from the Holt District School to the Centre Schools, on petition of the School Com mittee.
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Article 15th. - To see if the Town will revise and amend its By-Laws.
Article 16th. - To see if the Town will build a new School Building in the North District and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of School Committee.
Article 17th ..- To see what measures the Town will adopt for the better care of the public dump, and appropriate a sum of money tlierefor, if found necessary, on petition of Village Improvement Society.
Article 18th. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be used to improve its land at the Railroad Station, on petition of Village Improvement Society.
Article 19. - To authorize the Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town, in anticipation of taxes upon the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 20. - To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 21st .- To determine the disposition of unexpended appropriations.
Article 22d. - To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Took up Article 1st.
Chose George H. Poor Moderator by ballot, he receiving the only ballot cast.
Voted, To choose three Constables.
Voted, To choose three Fence Viewers.
Voted, To close the polls at two o'clock P. M.
Voted, To choose a Board of Health.
The Moderator appointed Arthur Bliss, Samuel H. Bout- well and John S. Stark, tellers to check the names of voters for Town Officers, and Barnett Rogers and George W. Her- rick tellers to check names and count the License Votes, and they were all duly sworn by him to the faithful performance of their duty.
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Took up Articles 2 and 3.
Voted on the same together.
At fifteen minutes past nine the polls were opened and the meeting proceeded to ballot for Town Officers and to vote on the Liquor License question, the check lists being used on both articles.
The Standard cancelling ballot box failed to work properly and it was set aside, an open box being substituted therefor in taking the vote on the Liquor License question.
The Moderator appointed George W. Foster, John J. Sweeney, and Edward W. Burtt, to count the ballots for Town Officers.
The polls were closed at 2 o'clock P.M., as previously de- termined.
Whole number of votes cast, 621
Necessary to a choice where there were two or more candidates for the same office, 311
FOR TOWN CLERK :
Abraham Marland, 618
FOR SELECTMAN, ASSESSOR, AND OVERSEER OF POOR,-3 years :
John S. Stark, 402
Maynard E. Clemons, 204
Felix G. Haynes, 1
FOR TOWN TREASURER :
George A. Parker, 619
FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES :
Abraham Marland, 620
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
Mrs. Lizzie A. Wilson, 619
Miss Clara Putnam, 618
Thomas David, 618
FOR WATER COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
James P. Butterfield, 616
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FOR SEWERAGE COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
John E. Smith, 609
Charles E. Abbott, 9
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH :
Charles E. Abbott, 356
Arthur Bliss, 355
Howell F. Wilson, 355
Samuel H. Boutwell,
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FOR TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL,-7 years :
Francis H. Johnson, 618
FOR FIVE TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL,-3 years :
George H. Poor, 619
Horace H. Tyer, 619
Samuel II. Boutwell, 619
George Gould, 435
George A. Parker,
604
Charles H. Gilbert,
277
FOR THREE AUDITORS :
George A. Higgins,
618
Lewis T. Hardy, 619
Louis A. Dane,
356
Charles A. Booth,
262
FOR THREE CONSTABLES :
Barnett Rogers,
615
Willliam L. Frye,
358
John H. Clinton,
603
George W. Mears,
264
FOR FENCE VIEWERS :
George Buchan,
615
Michael T. Welch,
616
William H. Carter,
616
All the foregoing officers declared elected were chosen by ballot.
And the Moderator declared Abraham Marland elected Town Clerk ; John S. Stark elected Selectman, Assessor, and
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Overseer of the Poor for three years; George A. Parker elected Town Treasurer ; Abraham Marland elected Collector of Taxes ; Mrs. Lizzie A. Wilson, Miss Clara A. Putnam, and Thomas David, elected School Committee for three years ; James P. Butterfield elected Water Commissioner for three years ; John E. Smith elected Sewer Commissioner for three years ; Charles E. Abbott, Arthur Bliss, and Howell F. Wilson, elected Board of Health ; Francis H. Johnson elected Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years ; George H. Poor, Horace H. Tyer, Samuel H. Boutwell, George Gould, and George A Parker, elected Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years ; George A. Higgins, Lewis T. Hardy, and Louis A. Dane, elected Auditors ; Barnett Rogers, William L. Frye, and John H. Clinton, elected Constables ; George Buchan, Michael T. Welch, and William H. Carter, elected Fence Viewers.
The result of the vote on the Liquor License question was declared by the Moderator to be as follows :
" Yes," 17. " No," 375. Total, 392.
Chose Field Drivers : Samuel Thayer, Plato Eames, and Horace S. Neal.
Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Joshua H. Chandler, Charles H. Marland, George H. Coffin, Joseph F. Cole, Charles G. Hussey, Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter, George P. Pillsbury, and Edward Hardy.
Chose Pound Keeper : Superintendent of Town Farm, and Voted, That the town barn and barn yard to be the pound.
Took up Article 4th.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money : For Schools,
$17,500
School-houses,
3,250
School Books and Supplies,
1,500
Highways and Bridges,
5,000
Amount carried forward,
$27,250.00
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Amount brought forward,
$27,250.00
For Sidewalks ($700 to be used for concrete
under betterment act)
1,000
Removing Snow,
500
Town Officers,
5,000
Town House,
1,000
Water-works, maintenance,
4,400
Fire Department,
2,700
Horses and Drivers,
3,000
Street Lighting, (details to be left with Selectmen)
3,700
Printing and Stationery,
700
Spring Grove Cemetery, (and proceeds of sale of lots)
300
Memorial Day,
200
State Aid,
1,600
Military Aid,
300
Almshouse Expenses,
4,000
Relief out of Almshouse,
5,000
Repairs on Almshouse,
400
State Tax,
6,000
County Tax,
6,000
Abatement of Taxes,
300
Interest on Notes, Funds, and Bonds,
9,000
Insurance,
500
Hay Scales,
50
Miscellaneous,
1,500
New Schoolhouse, North District,
1,500
Public Dump, on Old Railroad $100, at Ballard Vale $50, 150
Improvement of land opposite R.R. Station
under supervision of Village Improve- ment Society, 200
$86,250
Voted, That one thousand dollars be appropriated for side- walks, seven hundred dollars of which shall be used for concrete walks under the betterment act.
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Voted, That thirty-seven hundred dollars be appropriated for street lighting, the details of which are to be left at the descretion of the Selectmen.
Took up Article 5th.
Voted, That further consideration of the sewerage question be deferred until an adjourned meeting.
Took up Article 6th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone the same.
Took up Article 7tlı.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone the same.
Took up Article 8th.
Voted, That the Treasurer of the Town be and he is here- by authorized to issue the bonds of the Town to be designated on their face as "Andover Water Loan" to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in addition to the amount heretofore issued for this purpose, the proceeds to be used to pay the expense of supplying the Town with water as author- ized by law. The bonds hereby authorized to be issued shall be fifteen in number and of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, they shall be numbered from 181 to 195 both numbers inclusive, they shall bear date of June 1st, 1895, and shall mature and be paid June 1st, 1925, they shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, and the in- terest shall be paid semi-annually on the first day of June and December of each year, they shall have coupons attached to them providing for the payment of said interest at the time authorized. The interest and principal of said bonds shall be paid at some convenient bank or office in the City of Boston.
Said bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer and counter- signed by the Water Commissioners as required by law in this behalf, and shall be issued from time to time as the pro- ceeds may be required by the Water Commissioners.
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They shall be sold by the Treasurer to the highest bidder therefor in proposals to be solicited by him from bankers and others.
For the purpose of paying the principal of said bonds at their maturity, a sinking fund is hereby established in ac- cordance with the provisions of law in this behalf, and the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay into the sinking fund whatever premiums he may receive from the sale of said oonds in excess of their face value, and there shall be raised by taxation and be contributed annually to said sinking fund, such sums as shall be sufficient with the accumulations there- of to pay the principal of said bonds at their maturity, and said sinking fund shall remain inviolate and pledged to the payment of said bonds, and shall be used for no other purpose.
Took up Article 9th.
Voted, That taxes be collected by the same method as last year, except that a discount of 5 per cent. be allowed on all taxes paid on or before Sept. 1st, and interest to be paid on all unpaid taxes from and after Dec. 1st, as per By-Laws.
Voted, To reconsider the above.
Voted, To collect taxes as heretofore, interest to be charg- ed as per By-Laws.
Took up Article 10th.
Voted, To pay firemen same as last year.
Took up Article 11th.
Voted, To strike the following names from the Jury List at the request of the persons : Cassius W. Buck, Ovid Chapman, John Maddox, William Miller, Terrence Riley, Peter D. Smith, George F. Swift, and to accept the List of Jurors as amended, here following :
Abbott, Allen F. Abbott, Almon P.
Hanson, Eugene A.
Hardy, Fred. S.
Haynes, Bancroft T.
Abbott, Warren G. Abbott, Edward F. Hayward, Henry M.
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Abbott, Stephen E. Anderson, James.
Bowman, Charles.
Boutwell, Samuel H.
Boynton, Henry.
Loud, Joseph H.
Burtt, Edward W.
Lovejoy, Stephen A.
Billington, Charles F.
Livingston, William.
Blunt, Charles C.
Murray, John W.
Bean, Jonathan M.
Mooar, J. Warren.
Bailey, Nathan R.
Moody, A. Herbert.
Boutwell, Edward W.
Moulton, Charles N.
Caldwell, Albert W.
Matthews, Thomas A.
Chandler, George W.
Newton, Charles H.
Cole, Joseph F.
Neal, Horace F.
Cummings, Brainard.
Phelps, Frank C.
Chandler, Joshua H,
Poor, Daniel H.
Caffrey, Owen F.
Riley, Lawrence F.
Claflin, John M.
Russell, Henry A.
Donald, Walter .S.
Schneider, Louis H.
Daley, James E.
Sweeney, John J.
Dodson, Richard J.
Spence. James.
Dane, Louis A.
Stott, Joshua H.
Daley, Patrick.
Stark, John S.
Dear, Alexander.
Stott, Thomas E.
Davey, John.
Scott, John W.
Erving, Abbott.
Shaw, Benjamin.
Foster, Frank M.
Simpson, Allen.
Flint, Henry K.
Tucker, William H.
Flint, James S.
Tuck, M. Warren.
Goodwin, Sherman.
Wiggin, George W.
Grosvenor, James.
Weeks, John
Hardy, Elbridge G.
Ward, Wilber F.
Hoffman, Carl.
Welch, Michael T.
Holt, Ballard.
Hayward, Henry A. Jaquith, Newton, Jr. Kibbee, Charles H. Keeland, John E.
Took up Article 12th.
Voted, To accept the Report of the Selectmen and other Town Officers.
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Took up Article 13th. Voted, To lay on table until 4.30 o'clock P. M.
Took up Article 14th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone the same.
Took up Article 15th.
Voted, That further consideration of revision of the Town By-Laws be deferred until the adjourned meeting.
Voted, To take from the table Report and Recommenda- tions of the Committee on the 250th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Andover, (Article 13th).
Voted, To accept the Report of the Committe and that recommendations suggested therein be adopted.
Report of the Committee on the 250th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Andover.
The Committee of Fifteen appointed by the town at the last annual meeting to formulate a plan for the proper obser- vance of the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of And- over beg leave to report as follows : -
The members of the Committee as appointed are :
C. F. P. Bancroft, Ballard Holt,
Joseph M. Bradley,
William Marland,
Samuel H. Boutwell,
George H. Poor,
John N. Cole,
Alfred L. Ripley,
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William C. Donald,
Joseph W. Smith,
George W. Foster,
Jolın P. Taylor,
Frederick W. Greene, Howell F. Wilson.
George Gould,
The first meeting of the committee was held for the pur- pose of organization, at the School Committee Room, March 17th, 1894. C. F. P. Bancroft was chosen chairman, and John N. Cole, secretary. The general purpose of the com- mittee and the main features of the proposed celebration were considered and further action postponed to a subsequent meeting.
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A second meeting was held Feb. 18th, 1895, and a third on Feb. 21st, 1895, and it was voted to report to the town the following recommendations :
1. That the celebration be held on Wednesday, the 6th of May, 1896, this day being the two hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of the incorporation of the town by the General Court.
2. That the town of Andover invite the town of North Andover, and the citizens thereof, to participate in such way as may be convenient and agreeable to them in the celebra- tion of the incorporation of the original township in which they have a common pride and inheritance.
3. That on the Sunday preceding the 6th of May, 1896, the ministers in the several churches in Andover and North Andover be invited and requested to preach memorial ser- mons to their respective congregations.
4. That Albert Poor, Esq., a lineal descendant of one of the original proprietors, and a native citizen of this ancient township be invited to deliver a commemorative historical address.
5. That Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs be invited to prepare a poem for the occasion, and that Professor John Wesley Churchill be invited to read the same.
6. That all further details, including whatever is desirable in a civic celebration of this character and suitable to this community and to our history, such as the ringing of bells, the firing of cannon, the decoration of public and private buildings, vocal and martial music, athletic games, children's festivals, processions, invitations and hospitality, transporta- tion, finance, historical and antiquarian collections, printing and publication, and any and all other things proper and necessary for the worthy celebration of the quarter millenial history of this town be entrusted to the committee, appointed by the town for the purpose, to report at the next annual meeting, or at such other time as may be found convenient to the committee.
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7. That the town authorize the committee to appoint sub- committees and fill vacancies.
Respectfully submitted.
For the Committee.
CECIL F. P. BANCROFT,
Chairman.
Andover, Mass., March 4th, 1895.
Took up Article 16th.
Voted, To appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) for a new Schoolhouse in North District.
Took up Article 17th.
Voted, That one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) be ap- propriated for the public dump, one hundred dollars ($100) to be laid out on the dump on the old railroad, and fifty dollars ($50) be used for a dump at Ballard Vale, the same to be expended under direction of the Board of Health.
Took up Article 18th.
Voted, To appropriate two hundred dollars ($200) for im- provement of town land opposite railroad station, the same to be expended in co-operation with the Village Improve- ment Society.
Took up Article 19th.
Voted, To authorize the Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of taxes of the current year and payable therefrom upon approval of the Selectmen.
Voled, That when this meeting adjourns that it be to three weeks from today at 7.30 P.M.
Took up Article 20th.
Voted, To raise seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000) by taxation.
Took up Article 21st.
Voted, That all unexpended appropriations except $182.39 balance of the new Grammar School appropriation, be return-
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ed to the treasury, and that sum be used by the School Committee to defray the remaining bills on that building, and that the Committee on New Grammar School be dis- charged.
Took up Article 22d.
Voted, That a Finance Committee shall be appointed at this meeting to consist of the three Selectmen, Chairman of boards of Water Commissioners, School Committe, and Chief of the Fire Department, and ten other citizens to be appoint- ed by the Moderator, they to consider town matters and make recommendations for 1896, same to be printed in next annual report.
The Moderator appointed the following persons as the Committee of Citizens to act with the Selectmen and others :
John W. Bell, John J. Sweeney,
J. Warren Berry, Felix G. Haynes,
Joseph M. Bradley,
George W. Foster.
John N. Cole,
John L. Smith,
Joseph A. Smart, William Marland.
Voted, That Punchard School Building be used for no purposes other than those immediately connected with the School, and for educational purposes.
The meeting adjourned at five o'clock P. M.
Attest :
ABRAHAM MARLAND,
Town Clerk.
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Adjourned Meeting, March 20th, 1895.
The meeting opened at 7.30 P. M.
The Moderator declared the vote by which a Board of Health was chosen, void, for noncompliance with the Statute of 1894, and it was
Voted, To proceed to choice of Board of Health.
A ballot was taken, the check list being used, the polls were closed at forty minutes past seven o'clock, and the vote was declared by the Moderator.
Charles E. Abbott, for three years, 5
Arthur Bliss, for two years, 5
Howell F. Wilson, for one year, 5 and they were declared elected.
Voted, To proceed to consider the By-Laws.
The following is a copy of the By-Laws as amended.
ARTICLE I.
OF TOWN MEETINGS AND RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF.
SECTION 1. The annual Town Meeting for the election of Town Officers, and for other purposes, shall be held on the first Monday of March.
SECT. 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the Constables of the Town, and meetings shall be notified by posting attested copies of the warrant on the Town house, on each school- house, and in not less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted, two Sundays at least before the day of meeting.
SECT. 3 The Town Officers, which are required by law to be chosen by ballot, and their respective terms of office, shall be designated in the warrant for the Annual Meeting.
SECT. 4. At the Annual Meeting, after the choice of Moderator, the polls shall remain open for the choice of officers at least four hours. At any election, after the balloting has begun, no vote fixing the time for closing the polls shall be reconsidered, except for the purpose of extending such time.
SECT. 5. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be re- ceived, but, to adjourn the meeting, to lay on the table, to commit or amend, to refer or to postpone to a day certain, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are named.
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