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TOWN OF ANDOVER, MASS. 1901
ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN OFFICERS, Including Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JANUARY 14, 190I
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1901
CONTENTS
Abatement of Taxes, 57 Almshouse, 76
Marking Graves, Report of 102 Memorial Hall Trustees'
Report, 110
Farm Account,
77
Memorial Day, 53
Personal Property at,
77
Military Aid, 62
Relief out of,
72
Miscellaneous, 63
Remaining in,
76
Notes given,
59
Repairs on, 72
Notes paid, 59
Appropriations, 1900,
13 Overseers of Poor, 69
Assessors' Report,
97
Park Commission, 52
Assets,
89 Park Commissioners' Report, 98
Auditors' Certificate,
107 Printing and Stationery, 54
Board of Public Works, maintenance,
57
Rogers Brook, Report of Committee, 105
Bonds, Redemption of,
58
School-houses, 26
Brick Yard, Purchase of,
54
Schools, 23
Cemetery Com., Report of,
83
School Books and Supplies, 28
Chief Engineer's Report,
78
Chief of Police, Report,
81
Selectmen's Account, 23
Cities and Towns,
74
Sewer Department,
93
Collector's Account,
Commonwealth,
74 Sinking Funds, 94
Cornell Fund,
86 Snow, Removal of, 36
County Tax,
57 Soldier's Relief, 73
Dump, Care of,
52
Spring Grove Cemetery, 53
Dep't Recommendations,
118
State Aid, 60
Dog Tax,
58
State Highway, 55
Earnings, Town Horses,
43
State Tax,
57
Fire Alarmı,
51
Street Lighting,
52
Fire Department, 49
Street Grades. Readjustment of, (Expenses) 54
Hay Scales, 53
30
Summary of Appropriations
Highway Surveyor,
40
Horses and Drivers,
33
Summary of Selectmen's Orders, 67
Insurance,
60
Town House, 48
Interest on Notes and Funds,
58
Town Meetings, 5
Liabilities,
88 Town Officers, 45
Librarian's Report,
115 Town Warrant, 113
Lunatic Hospitals,
75 Treasurer's Account,
88
Macadam Roads,
37
Tree Warden, 100
Markers for Graves,
60 Waterworks maintenance, 92
Punchard Free School, 108
Board of Public Works, construction,
57
Schedule of Town Property, 68
87 Sidewalks, 35
Highways and Bridges,
and Receipts, 66
Expenses, 69
TOWN OFFICERS, 1900
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
WILLIAM G. GOLDSMITH,
Term expires March, 1901
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
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JOHN S. STARK, Secretary, 66
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Town Clerk and Tax Collector. ABRAHAM MARLAND. Town Treasurer. GEORGE A. PARKER. School Committee.
J. NEWTON COLE. Chairman,
Term expires 1903
MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,
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MRS. ELLA S. MORRILL,
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JOHN L. BREWSTER.
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1901
JOHN ALDEN, JOHN N. COLE,
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1902
THOMAS DAVID,
6.
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1902
*GEORGE D. PETTEE, WILLIAM SHAW, *Resigned.
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1903
Superintendent of Schools. G E. JOHNSON. Board of Public Works.
JOHN H. FLINT, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1902
FELIX G. HAYNES, Secretary, .
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1902
JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD,
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WILLIAM S. JENKINS,
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1901
JOHN L. SMITH,
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1903
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1902
Superintendent of Public Works. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON.
Park Commissioners.
ALBERT POOR, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1903 ARTHUR BLISS. 66 66 1901 CHARLES L. CARTER.
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Highway Surveyor.
JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY. Term expires 1901
Board of Health.
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D .. Chairman, Term expires 1901 HOWELL F. WILSON.
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J. A. LEITCH. M. D .. 6. 1903
Chief of Police.
WILLIAM L. FRYE. Appointed.
Constables.
GEO. W. MEARS. WILLIAM L. FRYE JOHN FALLOWS. JR. Trustees of Memorial Hall.
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
Term expires 1901
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,
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1902
JOSEPH A. SMART,
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1903
E. KENDALL JENKINS,
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1904
GEORGE W. FOSTER.
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1905
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL,
1906
C. C. CARPENTER,
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Trustees of Punchard Free School .- Terms expire 1901.
GEORGE H. POOR.
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL.
HORACE H. TYER. MYRON E. GUTTERSON.
GEORGE A. PARKER.
Auditors.
CHARLES B. JENKINS, GEORGE A. HIGGINS
TOWN MEETING
Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1900
WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble in the Town House, in said Andover, on Mon- day, the fifth day of March, 1900, at eight o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles:
Article 1st. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2nd. - To choose Town Clerk, Treasurer, Col- lector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor for one year, one mem- ber of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of the Memorial Hall for seven years, one Trustee of the Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, one or more Auditors of Accounts, Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Sur- veyors of Lumber, a pound keeper, Fire Wards, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
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Article 3rd. - 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, Macadamized Roads, Side- walks, Removing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Public Works, Sinking Fund for Memorial Hall Notes, Fire Department, Town House, Almshouse, Re- pairs on Almshouse, State Aid, Military Aid, Relief out of Almshouse, State Tax, County Tax, Abatement of Taxes, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Bonds, Voted Oct. 21, 1889, Notes Payable, Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cem- etery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Public Dump and other town charges and expenses.
Article 5th. - To see if the Town will authorize the issue of twenty thousand dollars of Sewer Bonds for construction purposes on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6th. - To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to readjust the grades of the streets and appropriate a sum of money therefor on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7th. - To see if the Town will purchase the land adjoining the Town Farm owned by J. C. Foster of Oakland, Cal , and known as the Brick Yard property (containing about twenty-two acres) and appropriate a sum of money therefor on petition of T. F. Pratt and others.
Article 8th. - To see if the town will locate and maintain three incandescent lamps on Main street in Scotland District,
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one near B. F. Holt's, one at four-corners near the late resi- dence of John B. Abbott, one at four-corners near Wm. H. Carter's, and appropriate a sum of money therefor on pe- tition of Newton Jaquith and others.
Article 9th. - To see if the Town will locate and main- tain an incandescent lamp on Lowell street near James H. Kibbee's, and appropriate a sum of money therefor on pe- tition of C. H. Kibbee and others.
Article 10th. - To see if the town will put all shrubs and bushes on the roadsides in charge of the Tree Warden on petition of the Park Commissioners and others.
Article 11th. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to place a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, at the grave of each revolutionary soldier or sailor buried in this town, the expense not to ex- ceed one dollar each, on recommendation of the above named society.
Article 12th. - To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen in regard to appropriating a sum of money suf- ficient to widen Chester street in Ballardvale, beginning at a point on Lowell street and running southwesterly about six hundred feet.
Article 13th. - To see if the Town will vote that official ballots shall hereafter be used in town elections according to section 360, Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898, on petition of B. M. Allen and others.
Article 14th. - To see if the Town will vote to lower the bed of Roger's Brook, so called, and appropriate a sum of money therefor on petition of A. P. Richardson and others.
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Article 15th. - To see if the Town will appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars to lower the Culvert on School street between the residences of Mrs. Esther H. Byers and E. K. Jenkins.
Article 16th. - To see if the Town will accept and adopt the new town Seal as recommended by the State Commis- missioner of Public Records.
Article 17th. - To act on the reports of the Town Officers.
Article 18. - To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of Jurors prepared and posted by the Se- lectmen.
Article 19th. - To fix the pay of the Firemen for the en- suing year.
Article 20th. - To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 21st. - To determine the disposition of unex- pended appropriations.
Article 22nd. - To authorize the Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of Taxes, upon the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 23rd. - To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 24th. - To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this sixteenth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred.
WM. G. GOLDSMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, JOHN S. STARK,
Selectmen of Andover
Officer's Return
ANDOVER, March 5, 1900.
ESSEX, SS :
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes stated in said Warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each School house, and in not less than five other public places, where bills and notices are usually posted, said Warrants have been posted two Sundays.
GEO. W. MEARS,
Constable of Andover.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of An- dover qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover on the 5th day of March, 1900, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant, and after reading part of the same by the Clerk it was
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Voted, to dispense with the further reading of the War- rant.
Took up Article 1st.
Chose George H. Poor Moderator, by ballot, he receiving all of the two ballots cast.
Voted, To elect three Constables.
Voted, To elect two Auditors.
Took up Article 2d and 3d together.
The Chair appointed William G. Goldsmith, John S. Stark and Samuel H. Boutwell tellers of votes for town officers and Barnett Rogers teller on the license vote, and they were all duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duty.
At ten minutes past eight the polls were opened and the meeting proceeded to vote for town officers and to vote on the Liquor License question.
The polls were closed at two o'clock P. M.
Whole number of votes cast 630
Necessary for a choice where there were two or more candidates for the same office, 316
FOR TOWN CLERK AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES :
Abraham Marland had 626
Harry A. Ramsdell had 2
Blanks 2
FOR TOWN TREASURER :
George A. Parker had 629
Blanks 1
FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR :
B. Frank Smith had 300
Samuel H. Boutwell had 630
John S. Stark had 577
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Wm. G. Goldsmith had 337 Charles Greene had 4 John H. Campion had 1
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years : John A. Leitch had 630
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
John Newton Cole had 625
George D. Pettee had 630
William Shaw had 614
John Adams had
1
John L. Brewster had 1
FOR TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL,-7 years :
Charles C. Carpenter had 627
Blanks 3
FOR AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS :
George A. Higgins had 630
Charles B. Jenkins had 630
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
Albert Poor had 630
TREE WARDEN :
Charles L. Carter had
629
Blanks 1
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,-3 years :
John L. Smith had 628
Blanks 2
FOR CONSTABLES :
George W. Mears had 627
William L. Frye had 629
John Fallows, Jr. had 621
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TRUSTEE CORNELL FUND,-3 years :
Frank E. Gleason had 630
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR:
Joseph T. Lovejoy had 626
George W. Chandler had 2
Blanks 2
All the foregoing officers elected were chosen by ballot, the check list being used.
And the Moderator declared -
Abraham Marland elected Town Clerk and Collecter of Taxes.
George A. Parker elected Town Treasurer.
William G. Goldsmith elected Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for one year.
Samuel H. Boutwell elected Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for one year.
John S. Stark elected Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for one year.
John A. Leitch elected Board of Health for three years.
John Newton Cole, George D. Pettee, William Shaw elected School Committee for three years.
Charles C. Carpenter elected Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years.
George A. Higgins, Charles B. Jenkins elected Auditors of Accounts.
Albert Poor elected Park Commissioner for three years.
Charles L. Carter elected Tree Warden.
John L. Smith elected to Board of Public Works for three years.
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William L. Frye, George W. Mears, John Fallows, Jr., elected Constables.
Frank E. Gleason elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
Joseph T. Lovejoy elected Highway Surveyor.
The result of the vote on the Liquor License question was declared by the Moderator to be as follows:
" Yes," 61. " No," 241. Total, 302.
Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Henry Gray, Charles H. Marland, George W. Chandler, Charles G. Hussey, Edward S. Moulton, Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter, Henry Boynton, Lewis T. Hardy, Edward S. Hardy.
Chose Field Drivers : J. Warren Mooar, George W. Mears.
Chose Pound Keeper : George L. Burnham.
Voted, that the Town barn and barn yard be 'the Pound.
Chose Fire Wards : Anthony Ward, William H. Tucker.
Chose Fence Viewers : William H. Carter, George Buchan, Michael T. Welch.
Took up Article 4th.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Schools, $21,500 00
School-houses, 2,500 00
School Books and Supplies,
1,500 00
Highways and Bridges,
3,500 00
Macadamized Roads, and the amount received
from Street Sprinkling and from the Street
Railroad and for the use of Town Teams, 3,000 00
Sidewalks ($750 00 of this amount is to be expended under the " Betterment Act" ) 1,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$33,000 00
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Amount brought forward,
$33,000 00
Removing Snow,
500 00
Horses and Drivers,
3,500 00
4,200 00
Street Lighting, Town Officers, Of this amount salaries to be paid as follows :
6,000 00
Clerk, $1,000 00
Treasurer,
400 00
Selectmen, (3)
325 00
Overseers of the Poor, (3)
350 00
Assessors, (3)
1350 00
Auditors, (2)
60 00
Board of Public Works, (for ex- penses)
50 00
School Committee, (for expenses)
50 00
Public Works,
Maintenance,
6,000 00
Construction,
1,000 00
Sinking Funds,
750 00
7,750 00
Sinking Fund, (Memorial Hall Notes)
300 00
Fire Department,
Maintenance,
$3,000 00
Fire Alarm,
300 00
New Hose,
500 00
3,800 00
Town House,
1,500 00
Almshouse,
5,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
300 00
State Aid,
1,600 00
Military Aid,
250 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
6,000 00
State Tax,
4,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$77,000 00
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Amount brought forward,
$77,000 00
County Tax,
4,000 00
Abatement of Taxes,
1,000 00
Interest on Notes, Funds, and Bonds,
14,000 00
Redemption of Bonds,
5,000 00
Notes Payable,
Sewer Loan,
3,000 00
Park Loan,
1,700 00
4,700 00
Printing and Stationery,
1,500 00
Miscellaneous,
1,500 00
Memorial Day,
200 00
Insurance,
600 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, and proceeds of sale of lots,
300 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
Park Commission,
500 00
Public Dump,
50 00
Tree Warden, (salary and expenses)
500 00
Readjustment of Street Grades, (expenses)
200 00
Markers for graves of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors,
50 00
$111,850 00
Voted, That the matter of Street Lighting be under the same Committee as last year as follows : William G. Gold- smith, Barnett Rogers, John L. Smith, John W. Bell, Colver J. Stone.
Voted, That fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated for the Town House and a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to look into the matter and report at a future meeting. The Chair appointed as that Committee William S. Jenkins, Jacob W. Barnard and John N. Cole.
Voted, That a Finance Committee of fifteen, as last year, be appointed by the Chair to make recommendations for next
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year, and that it consist of one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of Board of Public Works ; one mem- ber of the School Committee ; one member of the Engineers of the Fire Department. the Highway Surveyor, and the re- mainder from the citizens at large. The Chair appointed the following persons as that Committee: John L. Brewster. School Committee: John L. Smith. Public Works : Samuel H. Boutwell. Selectmen : Lewis T. Hardy, Fire Department ; Joseph T. Lovejoy, Highways ; E. Kendall Jenkins, John W. Bell. Bancroft T. Haynes, Arthur Bliss. Barnett Rogers. Howell F. Wilson. Walter S. Donald. George T. Eaton, Peter D. Smith and Edgecomb J. Rowe.
Took up Article 5.
Voted. That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the Town to be designated on their face as the Andover Sewer Loan to the amount of twenty (20) thousand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore issued, for this purpose, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of constructing a system of sewers for the Town as author- ized by Chap. 386, Acts of 1895. and Chap. 139 Acts of 1897.
The bonds hereby authorized shall be twenty (20) in num- ber and shall be of the denomination of one thousand (1000) dollars each. They shall be numbered from one hundred and eleven (111) to one hundred and thirty (130) both numbers inclusive, they shall bear date of June 1st. 1900; and mature and be paid June 1st., 1905 ; they shall bear interest at the rate of four (4) per centum per annum and the interest 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 times aforesaid ; the principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable at some convenient bank or office in the City of Boston. Said bonds shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by the Board of Public
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Works as required by law in this behalf, and shall be issued from time to time as the proceeds may be required by the Board of Public Works. 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 principle of said bonds at their maturity, a sinking fund is hereby established in ac- cordance with the provision of law in this behalf, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay into said sinking fund whatever premium may be received from the sale of said bonds in excess of their face value and there shall be raised by taxation and contributed annually such sums as shall be sufficient with the excess from receipts from assessments and payments, together with the accumu- lations thereof, to pay the principle of said bonds at their maturity, but said sinking fund shall remain inviolate and pledged to the payment of said bond and not to be used for any other purpose.
The vote stood, yes, 130 ; no, 1.
Took up Article 6.
Voted, That the Board of Public Works have charge of the matter of readjusting the grades of the streets, and that the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be appropriated for that purpose.
Took up Article 7.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase the Brick Yard property, if, in their judgment it is desirable, at a price not to exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).
Took up Article 8.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 9.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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Took up Article 10.
Moved, That all shrubs and bushes on the road sides be put in charge of the Tree Warden.
This motion was not carried.
Took up Article 11.
Voted, That fifty dollars ($50) be appropriated for the purpose of placing a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the grave of each Revolutionary Soldier and Sailor buried in the Town, to be expended under the direction of the local chapter, Daughters of the Revolu- tion.
Took up Article 12.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 13.
Moved, That official ballots shall hereafter be used in Town elections according to Section 360, Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898.
This motion was not carried ; the vote stood, yes, 86 ; no, 143.
Took up Article 14.
Voted, That the matter of lowering Rogers' Brook, so called, be referred to the Board of Park Commissioners and the Board of Public Works, to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Took up Article 15.
Voted, To report the matter of lowering the culvert on School Street to the Highway Surveyor.
Took up Article 16.
Voted, To adopt the new Town Seal as recommended by the State Commissioner of Public Records.
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Took up Article 17.
Voted, To accept the report of the Town Officers. Mr. J. Newton Cole, for the committee appointed to look into the methods of book-keeping employed by the Town, reported that they found the system very good, but suggested the dis- continuance of making an order on the Treasurer for each bill, and instead, making one order for the total footing of each department. It was also suggested that all bills be en- tered and ready for payment by noon of pay day.
Took up Article 18.
The names of George H. Pearson and Richard J. Dodson- were stricken from the Jury List at their request.
Voted, To accept the Jury List as revised here following :
List of Jurors-1900.
Abbott, Stephen E.
Farmer
Abbott, Allen F.
Carpenter
Anderson, James
Hackle maker
Averill, George L.
Farmer
Bailey, Samuel H.
Farmer
Bailey, Frank E.
Farmer
Bailey, Nathan R.
Farmer
Billington, Charles F.
Wool sorter
Boutwell, Samuel H.
Farmer
Boynton, Henry
Farmer
Brown, George A.
Clerk
Burnham, George L
Farmer
Burns, William J.
Merchant
Chandler, Joshua H.
Farmer
Cole, Joseph F.
Contractor
Cole, Roscoe K
Carpenter
Collins, Daniel A
Rubber worker
Daley, James E.
Daley, Patrick J.
Rubber worker Merchant
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Dane, Louis A. Davey, John
Dear, Alexander
Dodge, George K. Doherty, William J.
Donald, Walter S.
Downing, Emanuel
Eastman, Ira A.
Farnham, Moses L.
Feeney, Michael J.
Flint, James S.
Foster, Frank M.
Gould, Henry E.
Grosvenor, James
Hackett, William H.
Hardy, Albert A.
Hardy, E. Gerry
Hardy, Frank H.
Hardy, Fred. S.
Hill, Ira B.
Hayward, Henry A.
Herrick, George W.
Holt, John M.
Howarth, Edward
Hurley, John F.
Hussey, George E.
Jenkins, Charles B.
Kibbee, Charles H.
Livingston, William Lowd, Joseph H.
McDermitt, Charles Mears. Nathan E.
Mooar, J. Warren Moody, A. Herbert
Newton, Fred Phelps, Frank C.
Printer Engineer Farmer
Photographer
Carpenter Manufacturer
Farmer
Farmer
Clerk
Farmer
Farmer
Carpenter
Farmer
Clerk
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Brush man'f'r
Farmer
Stable keeper
Farmer
Watch maker
Stone mason
Overseer
Carpenter
Clerk
Clerk
Farmer
Farmer
Clerk
Flax dresser
Overseer
Painter
Carpenter
Operative Farmer
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Poor, Daniel H.
Riley, Lawrence F,
Riley, John A.
Wool sorter Wool sorter Wool sorter Machinist
Robinson, Charles W.
Schneider, Louis H.
Moulder
Stiles, George W.
Carpenter
Stack, John, Jr.
Janitor
Stark, John S.
Provision dealer
Stott, Thomas E.
Wool sorter
Swanton, Fred A.
Farmer
Thayer, Samuel
Farmer
Tuck, M. Warren
Shoe maker
Ward, Wilbur F.
Overseer
Waldo, Joseph W.
Carpenter
Way, Fred C.
Farmer
Welch, Michael T.
Mason
White, Herbert L.
Salesman
WILLIAM G. GOLDSMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, of JOHN S. STARK, Andover.
Selectmen
Took up Article 19.
Voted, That the pay of Firemen be the same as last year, twenty-five dollars per year.
Took up Article 20.
Voted, That the Tax Collector be paid a salary of one thousand dollars as Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and Clerk of the Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, and all fees collected be turned into the Town treasury.
Took up Article 21.
Voted, That all unexpended appropriations be turned into the Town treasury.
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Took up Article 22.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of taxes, upon the ap- proval of the Selectmen.
Took up Article 23.
Voted, To raise eighty-seven thousand dollars (87,000.00) by taxation the ensuing year.
Took up Article 24.
Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
The meeting was dissolved at 4.30 o'clock P. M.
The foregoing is a true copy of the Warrant and the Offi- cer's Return thereon, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.
Attest :
ABRAHAM MARLAND, Town Clerk.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT
SCHOOLS
Appropriation, March 5th, 1900,
$21500 00
George E. Johnson, Superintendent,
$1749 96
Anna E. Chase, teaching, 750 00
Frances B. M. Wilgoose, teaching,
104 20
Katherine Robinson, teaching, 300 00
Frances I. Brown, teaching,
300 00
Carolyn A. Dean, teaching,
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