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TOWN OF ANDOVER, MASS. 1903
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 13th, 1903
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1903
CONTENTS
Abatement of Taxes, 75 Almshouse, 95
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Report, 132
Farm Account,
96
Military Aid, 79
Personal Property at,
95
Miscellaneous, 80
Relief out of,
91
Names of Streets, 122
Remaining in,
95
New Hose,
73
Repairs on, 90
Appropriations, 1902,
Assessors' Report,
107
Notes given, 77
Assets,
109
Notes paid, 77
Auditors' Certificate,
118
Overseers of Poor,
88
Board of Public Works, Appendix
Park Commission,
68
Bonds, Redemption of,
77
Park Commissioners' Report, 104
Cemetery Com., Report of, 101
Park Loan,
74
Chief Engineer's Report, 97
Chief of Police, Report,
99
Punchard Free School, Re-
Cities and Towns,
93
port of Trustees, 140
Collector's Account,
108
Commonwealth,
93
Schedule of Town Property, 85
Cornell Fund,
106
School-houses, 37
32
Culvert on Chestnut Street,
73
School Books and Supplies, 39
Dump, Care of,
68
Selectmen's Account, 32
Sidewalks,
51
Dog Tax, 76
62
Sinking Funds, 75
Fire Alarm, 66
66
Snow, Removal of, 53
Soldier's Relief, 92
70
Highway Surveyor,
59
State Aid, 78
Horses and Drivers,
52
Insurance,
76
State Tax, 75
Street, New,
74
Liabilities, 109
Librarian's Report, 137
List of Jurors,
119
Lunatic Hospitals,
94
Town Meetings, 5
Town Officers, 63
Town Warrant, 146
River Road, 48
Treasurer's Account, 109
Memorial Day, 69 Tree Warden, 105
Town House, Improvements, 74
Macadam-
Main Street and Drainage, 44
76
Street Lighting, 69
65
Hay Scales,
70
Highways and Bridges, 41
76
Schools,
Dep't Recommendations, 143
Porter Street, 50
Earnings, Town Horses,
Small Pox, 82
Fire Department,
Spring Grove Cemetery,
State Highway, 71
Interest on Notes and Funds,
Police,
64
Printing and Stationery, 69
Punchard High School, 35
County Tax,
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New Shed, Engine House, (Ballard Vale) 75
TOWN OFFICERS, 1902
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
B. FRANK SMITH,
Term expires March, 1903
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
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66 1903
SAMUEL H. BAILEY Secretary,
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66 1903
Town Clerk and Tax Collector.
ABRAHAM MARLAND.
Town Treasurer. GEORGE A. PARKER. School Committee.
J. NEWTON COLE, Chairman,
Term expires 1903
WILLIAM SHAW,
66
66 1903
CHARLES H. SHEARER,
66 1903
*GEORGE T. EATON
1903
MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,
66
66
1904
MRS. ELLA S. MORRILL,
66
1904
JOHN ALDEN,
66
1905
THOMAS DAVID,
66
66
1905
COLVER J. STONE,
66
66 1905
Superintendent of Schools. CORWIN F. PALMER. Board of Public Works.
JOHN L. SMITH,
Term expires March, 1903
JOHN W. BELL,
66
66
66
1904
LEWIS T. HARDY,
66
1904
FELIX G. HAYNES,
66
66
1905
JAMES C. SAWYER,
66
66
66
1905
Superintendent of Public Works. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON.
*Chosen Sept. 8, 1902 at a joint meeting of the Selectmen and School Committee in place of John L. Brewster, resigned, whose term of service would have expired in 1904.
Park Commissioners.
WILLIAM MARLAND, JOHN N. COLE, CHARLES L. CARTER, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1903
66
66 1904
66 1905
Highway Surveyor.
JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY, Term expires 1903
Board of Health.
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D., Chairman, J. A. LEITCH, M. D., HOWELL F. WILSON,
Term expires 1904
66
1903
66
1905
Chief of Police. WILLIAM L. FRYE. Appointed.
Constables.
GEO. W. MEARS, WILLIAM L. FRYE, JOHN FALLOWS, JR.
Trustees of Memorial Hall.
JOSEPH A. SMART,
Term expires 1903
E. KENDALL JENKINS,
"
1904
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
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66 1905
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL,
66
66
1906
CHARLES C. CARPENTER,
66
1907
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
66
66
1908
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,
66
1909
Trustees of Punchard Free School .- Terms expire 1904.
GEORGE H. POOR,
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
HORACE H. TYER, MYRON E. GUTTERSON, GEORGE A. PARKER.
Auditors.
CHARLES B. JENKINS, GEORGE A. HIGGINS, NESBIT G. GLEASON.
TOWN MEETINGS
Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1902
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 third day of March, 1902, at 8 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, Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Selectmen, Asses- sors and Overseers of the Poor for one year, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years, one Trustee of the Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors of Accounts, one or more Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors
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of Lumber, Fire Wards, a Pound Keeper, one or more Sur- veyors of Highways if the town so votes, and any other offi- cers the town may determine to choose.
Article 3rd .- To take action on the following question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Li- quors 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 (Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds), Sinking Fund for Memorial Hall Notes, Fire Department (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House (Maintenance), Almshouse, Repairs 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 Water Bonds (Voted Oct. 21, 1889), Notes Payable (Park Loan), 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 hear the report of the special committee of conference with the Trustees of the Punchard Free School in reference to the high school question for the town of And- over and to act thereon.
Article 6th .- To hear the report of the committee on im- provements at the Town House and, if advisable, appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 7th .- To see if the Town will accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen from a point on Elm street near Wm. S. Lawson's to a point on Summer street near Maurice Collins's and appropriate a sum of money for constructing the same and for land and fence damages.
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Article 8th .- To see if the Town will vote to dispose of the surface water on Main street, from School street to Elm Square, and macadamize the westerly side of the street in accordance with plans of the State Highway Commission and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 9th .- To see if the Town will vote to build a shed for the use of the J. P. Bradlee Engine Company at Ballard- vale and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Chas. H. Shattuck and others.
Article 10th .- To see if the Town will vote to rebuild the Scotland District schoolhouse and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 11th .- To see if the Town will accept the bequest of the late David Middleton.
Article 12th .- To see if the Town will appropriate one hundred dollars for the further marking and designation of graves of revolutionary patriots, under the direction of the Phoebe Foxcroft Phillips Chapter, D. R.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of the street from Main street past Prof. Forbes's to Samuel H. Bailey's, and to widen the travelled way at the junction of these streets, on petition of H. Bradford Lewis and others.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will vote to macadamize the road known as the River Road, beginning at the Law- rence line, thence westerly to the corner of the road leading to Warren Bailey's, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, on petition of John Maddox and others.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will amend its By-laws
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by requiring that no building more than eight feet in length, breadth and height shall be erected in the town, unless a special permit in writing is granted therefor by a majority of the Selectmen, and is recorded in the records of the town.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will authorize the issue of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars of Water Bonds on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 17th .- To act upon the report of the Selectmen in regard to the names of the streets of the town.
Article 18th .- To act on the reports of the Town officers.
Article 19th .- To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of Jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 20th .- To fix the pay of the Firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 21st .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 22nd .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 23rd .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of taxes, upon the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 24th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 25th .- 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 fifteenth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred and two.
WM. G. GOLDSMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, of Andover.
Selectmen
JOHN S. STARK,
ANDOVER, March 3, 1902.
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.
WILLIAM L. FRYE,
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 3rd day of March, 1902, 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
Voted, to dispense with the further reading of the War- rant.
Took up Article 1st.
Chose George H. Poor Moderator, he receiving all the votes cast.
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The Moderator appointed Nesbit G. Gleason, Michael J. Crowley and Allen Simpson tellers of votes for town officers, and Barnett Rogers teller on the liquor license question, and all were duly sworn.
The polls were opened at 8.05 o'clock A. M.
Voted, To take up Articles 2 and 3 together.
The Standard Ballot Box failed to work properly and an open box was substituted in its place.
The polls were closed at 2.00 o'clock P. M.
Voted, to chose three Constables.
Whole number of votes cast 842
Necessary for a choice where there were two or more candidates for the same office, 422
FOR TOWN CLERK AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES,-1 year : Abraham Marland had 840
FOR TOWN TREASURER,-1 year :
George A. Parker had 842
FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,-1 year :
John S. Stark had 400
B. Frank Smith had 820
William G. Goldsmith had 4
Samuel H. Bailey had
441
Samuel H. Boutwell had 833
Frank C. Phelps had 1
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years : Howell F. Wilson had 839
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
John Alden had 842
Colver J. Stone had 842
Thomas David had 842
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FOR TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL,-7 years : Francis H. Johnson had 842
FOR TRUSTEE OF CORNELL FUND,-3 years : Joseph A. Smart had 842
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,-3 years : With duties of Commissioners of Sewer Sinking Fund.
James C. Sawyer had 841
Felix G. Haynes had 839
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
Charles L. Carter had 841
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-1 year :
Joseph T. Lovejoy had 838
FOR TREE WARDEN, -1 year :
J. H. Playdon had 842
FOR AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-1 year :
George A. Higgins had
841
Charles B. Jenkins had 842
Nesbit G. Gleason had 840
FOR CONSTABLES, -1 year :
William L. Frye had 839
George W. Mears had
841
Elmer H. Shattuck had
378
John Fallows, Jr., had
464
John Nice had 1
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 for one year.
George A. Parker elected Town Treasurer for one year.
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B. Frank Smith, Samuel H. Bailey, Samuel H. Boutwell, elected Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor for one year.
Howell F. Wilson elected Board of Health for three years.
John Alden, Colver J. Stone, Thomas David elected School Committee for three years.
Francis H. Johnson elected Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years.
Joseph A. Smart elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
James C. Sawyer, Felix G. Haynes, elected Board of Public Works for three years, with duties of Commissioners of Sewer Sinking Fund.
Charles L. Carter elected Park Commissioner for three years.
Joseph T. Lovejoy elected Highway Surveyor for one year.
J. H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.
George A. Higgins, Charles B. Jenkins, Nesbit G. Gleason, elected Auditors of Accounts for one year.
William L. Frye, George W. Mears, John Fallows, Jr.,. elected Constables for one year.
The result of the vote on the Liquor License question was declared by the Moderator to be as follows:
" Yes," 64. "No,". 492. 'Total, 556.
Chose Fence Viewers : William H. Carter, George Buchan,. Alexander Dear.
Chose Field Drivers : Michael T. Welch, George L .. Burnham.
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Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Lewis T. Hardy, Frank E. Gleason, Charles H. Marland, Herbert A. Moody, William H. Carter, Albert B. Burtt, Edward S. Hardy, Henry Gray, Samuel H. Boutwell.
Chose Fire Wards : Allen Simpson, George D. Ward.
Voted, That George L. Burnham be Pound Keeper, and that the Town barn and barn yard be the Pound.
Voted, That the Moderator nominate the Street Lighting Committee, and the following persons were appointed by him as that Committee : B. Frank Smith, Barnett Rogers, Charles N. Marland, John L. Smith, Colver J. Stone.
Took up Article 4th.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Schools, $22,500 00 School-houses, 1,700 00
And that the School Committee see that each
school in town be supplied with a flag and storm flag.
School Books and Supplies, 1,500 00
Highways and Bridges, 3,000 00
Macadamized Roads. ($2000 of this to be ex-
pended on River road, see vote under Art.
14th). And the amounts received from Street Sprinkling and from Street Railroads and for use of Town Teams,
4,000 00
Sidewalks ($750 to be expended under the "Better- ment Act") 1,000 00
Removing Snow,
1,200 00
Horses and Drivers,
4,000 00
Culvert on Chestnut Street,
858 35
Amount carried forward,
$39,758 35
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Amount brought forward,
$39758 35
Town Officers :
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Select- men balance to March, 1902, $ 787 50
Town Clerk and Tax Collector to March, 1903, 1,000 00
And that his office be open for business daily (Sundays and legal holidays ex- cepted) from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. and two evenings each week from 7 to 9.
Clerk for Selectmen to March, 1903, 200 00
Town Treasurer (and furnish his own bond) to March, 1903, 600 00
Selectman, chairman," to March, 1903, 700 00
Selectmen, two others, $600 each, to March, 1903, 1,200 00
Highway Surveyor to March, 1903, 1,000 00
Three Auditors to March, 1903,
150 00
Tree Warden to March, 1903,
50 00
Milk Inspector to March, 1903,
75 00
Three members of Board of Health to March, 1903, 150 00
Board of Public Works, incidentals, to March, 1903, 50 00
School Committee, incidentals, to March, 1903, 50 00
Total for Town Officers, 6012 50
Public Works :
Maintenance, $6,540 00
Construction, (If Bonds are not is- sued), (1,000 00)
Bonds were issued and this sum was not used.
Sinking Funds, 750 00
Amounts carried forward, $7190 00 $45770 85
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Amounts brought forward, Redemption of Water Bonds (voted Oct. 21, 1889),
$7190 00 $45770 85
5,000 00
12,290 00
Fire Department :
Maintenance,
$3,000 00
Fire Alarm,
300 00
New Hose,
300 00
3,600 00
Police Department, salaries and incidentals,
2,250 00
Street Lighting,
4,500 00
Sinking Fund, Memorial Hall Notes,
600 00
Town House, Maintenance,
1,000 00
Almshouse, Running Expenses,
5,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
300 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
6,000 00
State Aid,
1,600 00
Military Aid,
250 00
State Tax,
4,000 00
County Tax,
5,000 00
Abatement of Taxes,
1,000 00
Interest on Notes, Funds, and Bonds,
11,000 00
Notes Payable, Park Loan,
1,700 00
Printing and Stationery,
1,500 00
Miscellaneous,
2,200 00
Memorial Day,
225 00
Insurance,
700 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, and proceeds of sale of lots,
300 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
Park Commissioners, (survey of Park, etc.),
700 00
Public Dump, (to be expended under the direction of Village Improvement society),
50 00
Tree Warden, Expenses,
200 00
Punchard High School,
2,500 00
Amount carried forward,
$114,285 85
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Amount brought forward,
$114,285 85
Town House Improvement, 1,700 00
Shed for J. P. Bradlee Engine Co., 350 00
Marking of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, 100 00
Sidewalk from Main Street to S. H. Bailey's,
500 00
Total,
$116,935 85
Voted, That seventeen hundred dollars be appropriated for School Houses, and that the School Committee see that each school be supplied with flag and storm flag.
Voted, That the motion to appropriate $4000 for macad- amizing roads be laid on the table.
Voted, That Article 4 be laid on the table.
Moved, That we do not elect a highway surveyor. This motion was not carried.
Voted, That the appropriation for macadamized roads be taken up with Article 8.
Moved, That we take up salaries of town officers together. This motion was not carried.
Voted, That the Town Clerk's office hours be from 2 to 5 P. M., and two evenings a week from 7 to 9. (Sundays and legal holidays excepted).
Voted, That the appropriation of $1000 for Public Works be laid on the table until Article 16 be acted upon.
Took up Article 5th.
Voted, That the report of the Special Committee of Confer- ence with the Trustees of the Punchard Free School in ref- erence to the high school question for the town of Andover be accepted. For copy of report see Annual Report of Town Officers for year ending January, 1902, page 132.
Voted, That its recommendations be adopted in three counts :
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(a) That the School Committee be and hereby is author- ized to establish a high school for the town of Andover, said school to be known until otherwise ordered as the Punchard High School.
(b) That the School Committee be authorized to enter into an arrangement with the trustees of the Punchard Free School on the general lines of this Report, by which the Punchard High School and the Punchard Free may be car- ried on as one school.
(c) That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the expenses of the Punchard High School for the current year.
Took up Article 6th.
Moved, That the Committee on Town House Repairs be authorized to remodel the Town House according to plans presented, at an expense not exceeding $8500.
That the town appropriate $1700, for the first payment of the same, and the Selectmen be authorized to give the notes of the town with interest at 4 per cent. per annum for the balance of the amount, same to fall due one-fourth each year for four years.
Moved, The following amendment to the above motion : That the report of the Committee be accepted and that a sum not to exceed $2500 be expended in repairing and renovating the Town House.
This vote was not carried.
The original motion in regard to Town House Improve- ments was then taken up and voted upon, and the vote car- ried in the affirmative.
Took up Article 7th.
Voted, To accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen from a point on Elm Street near Wm. S. Lawson's to a point on Summer Street near Maurice Collins's, and that $1700 be appropriated for the same.
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Voted, That money appropriated for Public Dump be ex- pended under the supervision of the Village Improvement Society.
Took up Article 8th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Voted, That the matter of macadamizing roads be taken from the table.
Moved. That the question of an appropriation of $4000 for macadamized roads be indefinitely postponed.
This motion was not carried.
Moved, That $4000 and the amounts received from street sprinkling and from street railroads and for the use of town teams be appropriated for macadamized roads.
Voted, The following amendment to the above vote : That the town appropriate $2000 and the various amounts received on account of the highway department for macadamized roads, to be spent at the discretion of the Highway Surveyor.
Took up Article 14th.
Voted, That $2000 be added to the appropriation for macadamized roads and this amount be expended on the River Road so called, between the Lawrence line and the corner of road leading to Warren A. Bailey's.
Took up Article 9th.
Voted, That the sum of $350 be appropriated to build a shed for the use of the J. P. Bradlee Engine Company at Ballardvale.
Took up Article 10th.
Moved, That $2500, including insurance on destroyed school house, be appropriated to build a new school house in Scotland District.
This motion was not carried.
Voted, That this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Took up Article 11th.
Moved, That the town accept the bequest of the late David Middleton.
Voted, That this article be indefinitely postponed, the conditions of the bequest being such that it is doubtful if the town could legally accept it.
Took up Article 12th.
Voted, That the town appropriate $100 for the further marking and designation of graves of revolutionary patriots, under the direction of the Phebe Foxcroft Phillips Chapter, D. R.
Took up Article 13th.
Voted, To appropriate $500 to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of the street from Main Street near Prof. Forbes's to Samuel H. Bailey's, and to widen the travelled way at junction of these streets.
Took up Article 15th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 16th.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to issue the Bonds of the town, to be designated on their face Andover Water Loan, to the amount of thirty thousand (30,000) dollars, in addition to amounts heretofore issued for this purpose, the proceeds to be used to pay the expense of supplying the town with water as authorized by law. The Bonds hereby authorized shall be thirty (30) in number, and of the denomination of one thousand (1,000) dollars each. They shall be numbered from 201 to 230, both numbers inclusive. They shall bear date of April 1st, 1902, and shall mature and be paid to the amount of one thousand (1,000) dollars in each year for the next thirty years from this date. They shall bear interest at the rate of three and one-half (3 1-2) per centum per annum, and said
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interest shall be paid semi-annually on the first days of April and October of each year. They shall have coupons at- tached to them providing for the payment of said interest at the times aforesaid. The principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid at some convenient bank or office in the city of Boston, Mass. Said Bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Board of Public Works as required by law in this behalf, and shall be issued from time to time as the proceeds shall 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.
If any of said Bonds are sold after one or more interest coupons have matured, such matured coupon shall be de- tached and cancelled before the delivery of the Bonds, and all interest accrued, but not due, and payable at the time of sale of Bonds, shall be added to the price.
All premium received on sale of said Bonds in excess of their face value shall be applied to the payment of the prin- cipal of the Bonds first maturing.
The vote was unanimous.
Voted, To reconsider Article 7th.
Yoted, That the matter be indefinitely postponed.
Took up Article 17th.
Voted, That the report of the Selectmen in regard to names of streets in town be referred back to the Selectmen to be acted upon at next Annual Town Meeting, and that people who object to names as they appear, have one year to bring the matter before them.
Took up Article 18th.
Voted, That the reports of the Town Officers be accepted.
Voted, To erase the following names from the Jury List at their own request : William A. Allen, Nathan R. Bailey, Albert W. Caldwell, John H. Campion, William B. Cheever,
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