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TOWN OF ANDOVER, MASS.
1904
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 12, 1904
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1904
CONTENTS
Abatement of Taxes, Almshouse,
59
Military Aid,
64
78
Miscellaneous, 65
Farm Account,
79
Notes given, 62
Personal Property at,
78
Notes paid,
62
Relief out of,
73
Overseers of Poor, 71
Repairs on,
73
Appropriations, 1903,
14
Assessors' Report,
Assets,
91
Phillips Academy, Taxes, 61
Police, 49
Printing and Stationery, 54
Bonds, Redemption of,
63
Punchard Free School, Re- port of Trustees, 115
Punchard High School, 31
Schedule of Town Property, 68
Collector's Account,
90
School-houses, 29
Commonwealth,
76
Schools, 25
Cornell Fund,
114
School Books and Supplies, 32
County Tax,
60
Selectmen's Account, 25
40
Dump, Care of,
53
Dep't Recommendations,
118
Sinking Funds, 59
Dog Tax,
60
Small Pox Loan, 60
Earnings, Town Horses,
47
Snow, Removal of,
42
Fire Alarm,
51
Soldier's Relief,
75
Fire Department,
51
Spring Grove Cemetery,
55
Hay Scales,
56
State Aid,
63
Highways and Bridges,
35
State Highway,
56
Highways, Loans,
60
State Tax,
59
Highway Surveyor,
45
Horses and Drivers,
41
Street, Pine,
60
Insurance,
62
Signs
61
Interest on Notes and Funds,
61
Street Lighting,
54
Liabilities,
91
Town House,
50
Librarian's Report, 111
Loan,
59
List of Jurors,
100
Town Meeting, 5
Lunatic Hospitals,
76
Town Officers, 48
Macadam,
38
Town Warrant, 121
Memorial Day,
55
Treasurer's Account, 91
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Tree Warden, 56
Report,
106
Report,
88
Park Loan, . 59
89
P. H. Phillips Chapter, D. R. 60
Auditors' Certificate, 100
Board of Public Works, Appendix
Cemetery Com., Report of, 84
Chief Engineer's Report, 80
Chief of Police, Report, 82
Cities and Towns,
75
Park Commissioners' Report, 87
Remaining in,
78
Park Commission, 53
Sidewalks,
Street Bounds,
104
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1903
B. FRANK SMITH, Term expires March, 1904
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, Secretary,
1904
SAMUEL H. BAILEY, 66 66 66 1904
Town Clerk and Tax Collector. ABRAHAM MARLAND.
Town Treasurer. GEORGE A. PARKER.
School Committee.
JOHN ALDEN, Chairman,
Term expires 1905
THOMAS DAVID,
1905
COLVER J. STONE,
66 1905
MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,
1904
MRS. ELLA S. MORRILL,
66
66
1904
WILLIAM A. TROW,
66
66
1904
CHARLES W. CLARK,
1906
CHARLES H. SHEARER,
66
66 1906
GEORGE T. EATON
1906
Superintendent of Schools. CORWIN F. PALMER.
Board of Public Works.
JOHN L. SMITH, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1906
JOHN W. BELL,
LEWIS T. HARDY,
66
66 1904
FELIX G. HAYNES,
66
1905
JAMES C. SAWYER,
66
66 1905
66
1904
Superintendent of Public Works. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON.
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Park Commissioners.
Term expires March, 1904
JOHN N. COLE, T. FRANK PRATT, . 66 1906
CHARLES L. CARTER, Chairman, 66 66 1905
Highway Surveyor.
JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY, Term expires 1904
Board of Health.
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D., Chairman, Term expires 1904 J. A. LEITCH, M. D., 1906 66
HOWELL F. WILSON,
1905
Chief of Police. WILLIAM L. FRYE. Appointed.
Constables.
GEO. W. MEARS, WILLIAM L. FRYE, ELMER H. SHATTUCK.
Trustees of Memorial Hall.
E. KENDALL JENKINS, Term expires 1904
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
1905
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL,
1906
CHARLES C. CARPENTER,
66
6
1907
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
66
1908
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,
66
66
1909
JOSEPH A. SMART,
1910
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.
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TOWN MEETING
Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1903
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 second day of March, 1903, at 7.30 A. M., to act upon the following articles :
Article 1st .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. 1
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, and one member for one year to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. John L. Brewster, resigned, one Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Com- missioner for three years, one member 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 of Lumber, Fire Wards, a
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Pound Keeper, one or more Surveyors of Highways, if the town so votes, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 3rd .- To take action on the following question : " Shall license 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 (Maintenance, Construction, and Sinking Funds), Sinking Fund for Memorial Hall Notes, Fire Department (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House (Maintenance), Almshouse, Repairs on Alms- house, 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, Town House Improvement, Small Pox, and Drainage of Main Street), Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Public Dump and other town charges and expenses.
Article 5th .- To see if the town will vote to pay the transportation of pupils from Ballardvale to Punchard High · School, the expense to come out of the appropriation for maintenance of Schools.
Article 6th .- To see if the town will instruct the Board of Public Works to extend the Sewerage System from its present terminus on Summer Street to the residence of G. E. Morse, and levy assessments the same as under the present system.
Article 7th. To see what action the town will take to
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establish the street bounds, and if necessary appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 8th .- To see if the town will instruct the Highway Surveyor to use a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars from the appropriation for sidewalks to complete the side- walk from Peter D. Smith's to West Parish Church, on petition of Arthur T. Boutwell and others.
Article 9th .- To see if the town will instruct the Highway Surveyor to raise the grade of Haverhill Street on both sides of the River Bridge, on petition of Thomas H. Bentley and others.
Article 10th .- To see if the town will purchase a suitable site for the Bailey School-house, move said building, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 11th .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money with which to make certain changes in the Pun - chard School Building.
Article 12th .- To see if the Town will locate and maintain four street lights on Chestnut Street, on petition of David M. May and others.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will locate and maintain two or more street lights on Haverhill Street.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will locate and maintain one street light at the west end of Gardner Avenue, on peti- tion of Mrs. James N. Smart.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will reappropriate the unexpended amount of one hundred dollars for the further marking and designation of graves of Revolutionary Patriots, under the direction of Phoebe Foxcroft Phillips Chapter, D. R., on petition of the Chapter.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will reappropriate the
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unexpended balance of one hundred dollars for the new street from Elm Street to Summer Street, being balance of amount due.
Article 17th .- To hear and act upon the report of the committee on new barn at Town Farm.
Article 18th .- To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen in regard to names of streets.
Article 19th .- To see if the Town will appropriate two thousand seven hundred and one 28-100 dollars, ($2,701.28) to reimburse Trustees of Phillips Academy for the amount of their tax and street sprinkling for 1902.
Article 20th .- To hear and act upon the report of the committee on Town House Improvement.
Article 21st .- To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to employ a competent Veterinary Surgeon as Cattle Inspector, on petition of George H. Pearson and others.
Article 22nd. - To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 23d. - To see if the Town will concur with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in the proposed change in the boundary line between the towns of Andover and Tewksbury as recommended by said Board, or to take any other action thereon.
Article 24th .- To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 25th .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 26th .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
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Article 27th .- 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 28th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 29th .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this fourteenth day of . February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three.
B. FRANK SMITH, SAM'L H. BOUTWELL, Selectmen of S. H. BAILEY, Andover
ANDOVER, March 2, 1903.
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.
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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 second day of March, 1903, at seven thirty o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the require- ments 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 ballots cast (2).
Voted, To chose three Constables.
Voted, To take up Articles 2 and 3 and act upon them together.
Appointed Nesbit G. Gleason, B. F. Smith, Jr., Michael J. Crowley, Samuel H. Bailey, B. Frank Smith, Samuel H. Boutwell, and Barnett Rogers tellers, and they were sworn by the Moderator.
Voted, To close the polls at 2 o'clock P. M.
The polls were opened at 7.35 o'clock A. M.
The Standard Ballot Box failed to work properly and an open box was substituted in its place.
The polls were closed at 2 o'clock P. M.
Whole number of votes cast 853
Necessary for a choice where there were two or more candidates for the same office, 427
FOR TOWN CLERK,-1 year :
Abraham Marland had 561
Edward E. Trefry had 290
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FOR TOWN TREASURER,-1 year :
George A. Parker had 840
George F. Cheever had 10
Joseph A. Smart had 1
FOR TAX COLLECTOR,-1 year :
Abraham Marland had 560
Edward E. Trefry had 289
FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,-1 year :
B. Frank Smith had 847
Harry M. Eames had 4
Samuel H. Bailey had 851
Samuel H. Boutwell had 433
Walter S. Donald had 417
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years :
Dr. John A. Leitch had 849
Lewis A. Buxton had 1
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
George T. Eaton had
853
Charles H. Shearer had 851
Charles W. Clark had 849
George W. Mears had
2
William L. Frye had
1
Elmer H. Shattuck had 1
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,- 1 year :
William A. Trow had 853
FOR TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL,-7 years :
Joseph A. Smart had 853
FOR TRUSTEE OF CORNELL FUND,-3 years :
Frank E. Gleason had 851
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,-3 years :
John L. Smith had 849
George A. Higgins had
2
John H. Playdon had 1
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FOR PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years : T. Frank Pratt had 853
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-1 year : Joseph T. Lovejoy had 852
FOR TREE WARDEN, -1 year : J. H. Playdon had 853
FOR AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-1 year :
Charles B. Jenkins had 853
George A. Higgins had 852
Nesbit G. Gleason had 852
George W. Mears had 1
FOR CONSTABLES, -1 year :
George W. Mears had 852
William L Frye had 851
Elmer H. Shattuck had 847
Chas. Mayer had
3
Nesbit G. Gleason 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 for one year.
George A. Parker elected Town Treasurer for one year. Abraham Marland elected Tax Collecter for one year.
B. Frank Smith, Samuel H. Boutwell, Samuel H. Bailey, elected Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor for one year.
Dr. John A. Leitch elected Board of Health for three years.
George T. Eaton, Charles H. Shearer, Charles W. Clark elected School Committee for three years.
William A. Trow elected School Committee for one year.
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Joseph A. Smart elected Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years.
Frank E. Gleason elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
John L. Smith elected Board of Public Works for three years.
T. Frank Pratt elected Park Commissioner for three years. Joseph T. Lovejoy elected Highway Surveyor for one year. J. H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.
Charles B. Jenkins, George A. Higgins, Nesbit G. Gleason elected Auditors of Accounts for one year.
George W. Mears, William L. Frye, Elmer H. Shattuck 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," 143. "No," 463. Total, 606.
Chose Fence Viewers : William H. Carter, George Buchan, Alexander Dear.
Chose Field Drivers : Michael T. Welch, George L. Burnham.
Voted, That George L. Burnham be Pound Keeper, and that the Town barn and barn yard be the Pound.
Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Lewis T. Hardy, Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter, Charles H. Marland, Herbert A. Moody, Albert B. Burtt, Edward S. Hardy, Albert A. Hardy, Henry Gray.
Chose Fire Wards : Allen Simpson, George D. Ward.
The Moderator appointed the following persons as Street Lighting Committee : John L. Smith, Barnett Rogers, Charles N. Marland, Colver J. Stone, J. William Stark.
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The Moderator appointed the following persons as Finance Committee: Arthur Bliss, Walter S. Donald, Michael F. D'Arcy, Barnett Rogers, J. Newton Cole, for three years ; J. Warren Barnard, M. J. Curran, J. Warren Berry, Frank T. Carlton, Andrew McTernen, for two years ; Harry M. Eames, John H. Flint, Patrick J. Scott, Bernard M. Allen, Alexander Lamont, for one year.
The above Committee was appointed in accordance with the following vote :
Voted, That a Finance Committee of fifteen be appointed by the Moderator, none of whom shall be office holders, five for three years, five for two years, five for one year, and that hereafter the Moderator shall appoint five at each annual meeting to serve three years, until the town otherwise vote.
Voted, That town horses be under control of Board of Engineers of Fire Department.
Voted, That office hours of Town Clerk be from 9 A. M. to 12 M. and 3 P. M. to 5 P. M., and two evenings from 7 to 9 P. M. (Sundays and legal holidays excepted.)
Voted, That the Selectmen establish one regular day in each week with such office hours as shall accommodate the public need.
Took up Article 4th.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Schools, maintenance,
$28,000 00
School-houses, 2,000 00
2,000 00
School Books and Supplies,
1,500 00
Miscellaneous,
2,200 00
Repairs on Highways and Bridges,
3,000 00
And the amount received from street sprinkling and from street railways and for the use of the town teams.
Amount carried forward,
$38700 00
Printing and Stationery,
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Amount brought forward,
฿38700 00
Macadam,
2,700 00
To Establish Street Bounds,
300 00
Sidewalks,
750 00
Horses and Drivers,
4,000 00
Removing Snow,
1,000 00
Fire Department,
3,800 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
5,000 00
Almshouse, Running Expenses,
5,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
600 00
Tree Warden,
500 00
Public Dump, (to be expended under the direction of Village Improvement Society),
50 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
Public Works,
7,520 00
Interest,
11,000 00
Redemption of Water Bonds for $5,000,
5,000 00
Redemption of Water Bond for $1,000. (Balance $192 50), 192 50
Notes Payable :
Park Loan,
1,700 00
Town House Improvement,
1,700 00
Drainage, Main Street,
3,000 00
Street Lighting,
4,500 00
Additional Street Lights (and unexpended balance of last year, $67.31),
50 00
Memorial Day,
225 00
Insurance,
650 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, and proceeds of sale of lots,
300 00
Sinking Funds :
Water Bond,
750 00
Memorial Hall, 100 00
Police Department, salaries and incidentals,
2,400 00
Town House, Maintenance,
2,500 00
Amount carried forward,
$104037 50
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Amount brought forward,
$104,037 50
Town House Improvement Balance,
853 00
Park Commissioners,
500 00
Abatement of Taxes,
500 00
Bailey School Changes,
1,000 00
Punchard School Changes,
1,800 00
Small Pox Expenses,
4,700 00
Phillips Academy, Reinbursement of Taxes,
2,701 28
State Aid,
1,600 00
Military Aid,
250 00
State Tax,
4.000 00
County Tax,
6,000 00
Phoebe F. Phillips Chapter, D. R., Marking Graves, 100 00
Town Officers :
Selectmen balance to March, 1903, $ 75 00
Town Clerk and Tax Collector, 1 year, to March, 1904, 1,000.00
Clerk for Selectmen, 1 year, to March, 1904, 200 00
Town Treasurer (and furnish his own bond), 1 year, to March, 1904, 600 00
Selectman, chairman, to March 1st, 1904, 700 00
Selectmen, two others, $600 each, 1 year, to March, 1904, 1,200 00
Highway Surveyor, 1 year, to March, 1904.
1,000 00
Three Auditors, 1 year, to March, 1904, 150 00
Tree Warden, 1 year, to March, 1904, 50 00
Milk Inspector, 1 year, to March, 1904, 75 00
Amounts carried forward, $5050 00 128041 78
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Amounts brought forward,
$5,050 00 128,041 78
Registrars of Voters,
100 00
Election Officers, 100 00
Three Members of Board of Health, 1 year, to March, 1904, 150 00
Board of Public Works, incidentals, to March, 1904, 50 00
School Committee, incidentals, to
March, 1904, 50 00
Total for Town Officers, 5,500 00 .
New Street from Elm Street to Summer street, Balance, 100 00
Sign Boards for Street Names,
300 00
Amount abated for Street Lighting Contract,
67 31
$134,009 09
Took up Article 5th.
Voted, That the School Committee transport pupils at Ballard Vale and wherever they can be taken by steam or electric cars, the expense to be paid from the appropriation for schools.
Took up Article 6th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 7th.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to ascertain and establish street bounds so far as $300.00 voted for the pur- pose will permit.
Took up Article 8th.
After discussion, was referred to the next annual meeting.
Took up Article 9th.
Voted, That matter be referred to the Selectmen to ex- amine and report to next annual meeting.
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Took up Article 10th.
Voted, That a suitable site be procured for the Bailey school-house and school-house moved, and that $1000.00 be appropriated for the same.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to dispose of the Abbott school-house and land, the Bailey school lot, the Scotland school lot, the Holt school-house and lot, and give deeds of same in name and behalf of the town.
Took up Article 11th.
Voted, That the sum of $1800.00 be appropriated for nec- essary changes in Punchard School Building.
Took up Article 12th, 13th, and 14th together.
Voted, That the matter be referred to the Street Lighting Committee, with instructions to use $67.31, the unexpended appropriation of last year, (this amount being received by the town as a rebate), and an additional appropriation of $50.00, now voted, which is deemed sufficient to cover the expense of all these lights.
Took up Article 15th.
Voted, To reappropriate the unexpended amount of $100.00 for the further marking and designation of graves of Revolutionary patriots, under the direction of Phoebe Fox- croft Chapter, D. R.
Took up Article 16th.
Voted, To reappropriate the unexpended balance of $100.00 for the new street from Elm street to Summer street, being balance of amount due.
Took up Article 17th.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on the New Barn at the Town farm be accepted, here following :
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The Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meet- ing, to consider the expediency of building a new barn at the Town farm, have attended to their duty, and beg leave to report as follows :
The Committee is unanimous in their opinion that some- thing must be done soon to improve the condition of the old barn, if it is to serve the requirements of the farm. The building needs shingling and other quite extensive repairs and should be enlarged if the present amount of business is to be continued. It is not thought advisable to add to the old building, but whenever anything is done to build new.
The estimated cost of a new barn, with cellar and modern conveniences, removing the old barn, and the necessary grading, would cost between five and six thousand dollars. Your committee, therefore, owing to the many extras to be met by taxation the present year, and not deeming it wise to unduly increase the tax rate, recommended that the whole matter be postponed to some future time.
B. FRANK SMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
S. H. BAILEY, GEO. L. AVERILL,
H. M. EAMES, GEORGE S. COLE.
COMMITTEE.
ANDOVER, Feb. 21, 1903.
Took up Article 18th.
Voted, That the name of Missionary Lane be retained in place of Woodland Road.
Voted, That the report as amended be accepted and adopted, except so far as it names private ways, and that the Selectmen strike from the list all ways that are found to be private ways.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to place sign boards at every street in town and $300.00 be appropriated therefor.
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Took up Article 19th.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of two thousand seven hundred and one and twenty-eight one hundredths dollars ($2,701.28) to reimburse Trustees of Phillips Academy for the amount of their tax and street sprinkling for 1902.
Took up Article 20th.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 21st.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 22nd.
Voted, To accept the report of the Town Officers.
Took up Article 23rd.
Voted, That the Town of Andover concurs with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in the proposed change in the boundary line between the towns of Andover and Tewksbury, so that the same shall be as follows : Beginning at the corner of Andover, Tewksbury and Wilmington, at a granite monument, marked A T W, standing in pasture about 500 feet southwesterty from the house of Wm. A. Frost, in latitude 42° 35' 53.09", and longtiude 71º 09' 55.35"; thence north 49° 57' west, about 5.488 feet to a granite monument, lettered A T, standing in open meadow about 1,000 feet north of the house of Wallace Burt ; thence in the same direction to the middle of Shawsheen river ; thence down the middle line of Shawsheen river about 10,000 feet (as the river runs) to a point south 56° 56' east and about 750 feet from a granite monument, lettered A T, standing in woodland 75 feet south of Vale street, in latitude 42° 37' 03.81", and longitude 71° 10' 28.22"; thence north 56° 56' west about 26,679 feet, passing through said monu- ment 75 feet south of Vale street to a granite monument set flush with the ground on the south bank of Merrimac river,
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in latitude 42º 39' 23.45", and longitude 71° 15' 19.01" ; thence in the same direction to the channel of Merrimac river at the corner of Andover, Dracut, and Tewksbury.
Took up Article 24th.
Voted, That the pay of the Firemen shall be the same as last year, fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
Took up Article 25th.
Voted, That the taxes be collected in the same manner as last year. The Town Clerk and Tax Collector to receive a salary of $1000 per year.
Took up Article 26th.
Voted, That all unexpended appropriations be turned into the Treasury, except balance from electric lighting and the several amounts reappropriated in Article 15 and 16, and unexpended balance of appropriation for River Road in 1902.
Took up Article 27th.
Voted, To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of taxes, upon the ap- proval of the Selectmen.
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