Town annual report of Andover 1906, Part 1

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 174


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TOWN OF ANDOVER, MASS. 1906


ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN OFFICERS, Including Report of


BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


TOWN OF ANDOVER


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF


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DOV


PORATED MAY


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6. 1646.


MASSA


'TS


FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING


JANUARY 9, 1906


ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1906


TOWN INCORPO


CONTENTS


Abatement of Taxes,


58


Military Aid,


61


Almshouse Expenses,


66 Milk Inspector's Report, 80


Farm Account,


74 Miscellaneous, 61


Personal Property at,


73


Notes given,


56


Relief out of,


69


Notes paid,


56


Remaining in,


73


Overseers of Poor,


66


Repairs on,


68


Park Commission,


55


Appropriations, 1905,


13


Park Commissioners' Report, 84


Assessors' Report,


85


Pipe Line, 57


Assets,


91


Police, 46


Auditors' Certificate, 102


Printing and Stationery, 50


Board of Public Works, Appendix


Bonds, Redemption of,


56, 58


Punchard Free School, Re- port of Trustees, 103


Chief Engineer's'Report,


75


Schedule of Town Property, 63


School-houses, 25


Cities and Towns, 70


Schools, 21


School Books and Supplies, 28


Collector's Account,


86


Selectmen's Account, 21


Cornell Fund, 83


59


Dump, Care of,


58


Snow, Removal of,


36


Dog Tax,


58


Soldier's Relief,


72


Earnings, Town Horses,


44


Spring Grove Cemetery,


51


Fire Department, 47


State Aid,


59


Hay Scales,


51


State Tax,


59


Highways and Bridges,


30


Street, Pine,


54


Highway Surveyor,


42


New,


53


Insurance,


57


Street Lighting, 50


49


Liabilities,


91


Town House, Loan,


57


Librarian's Report,


111


List of Jurors,


115


Lunatic Hospitals,


71


Macadam,


33


Memorial Day,


54


Treasurer's Account, 93


Tree Warden,


52


Memorial Hall Trustees'


Report, 106


Report,


79


Public Works, Maintenance, 58


Cemetery Com., Report of, 81


Chief of Police, Report, 77


Coal Shed, 48


Sidewalks, 35


County Tax,


Sinking Funds, 57


Dep't Recommendations, 118


Snow Roller,


48


Horses and Drivers,


35


Reservation, 55


Interest on Notes and Funds,


57


Town Meeting, 5


Town Officers, 45


Town Warrant, 120


TOWN OFFICERS, 1905


B. FRANK SMITH,


Term expires March, 1906


WALTER Ș. DONALD, Secretary,


66


1906


SAMUEL H. BAILEY,


66 1906


Town Clerk ABRAHAM MARLAND.


Tax Collector.


GEORGE A. HIGGINS.


Town Treasurer. GEORGE A. PARKER. School Committee.


BURTON S. FLAGG,


Term expires 1908


THOMAS DAVID,


1908


MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,


66


66 1907


MRS. ELLA S. MORRILL,


66


66 1907


WILLIAM A. TROW,


66


66


1907


CHARLES W. CLARK,


66


1906


CHARLES H. SHEARER,


66


66


1906


GEORGE T. EATON


66


66 1906


Superintendent of Schools. CORWIN F. PALMER.


Board of Public Works.


JOHN L. SMITH, Chairman,


Term expires March, 1906


66


. 1907


LEWIS T. HARDY,


66


1907


FELIX G. HAYNES,


66


66


1908


JAMES C. SAWYER,


66


66


1908


66


1908


COLVER J. STONE,


JOHN W. BELL,


Superintendent of Public Works. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk, ALLEN SIMPSON.


Park Commissioners.


JOHN N. COLE, T. FRANK PRATT, MYRON E. GUTTERSON,


Term expires March, 1907


66


1906


66


66 1908


Highway Surveyor. JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY, Term expires 1906


Board of Health. CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D., Chairman, Term expires 1907 J. A. LEITCH, M. D.,


1906


HOWELL F. WILSON,


66


66 1908


Chief of Police. WILLIAM L. FRYE. Appointed.


Constables.


JOHN H. CLINTON, WILLIAM L. FRYE, GEORGE W. MEARS.


Trustees of Memorial Hall.


E. KENDALL JENKINS,


Term expires 1911


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL,


66


1906


CHARLES C. CARPENTER,


1907


JOSEPH W. SMITH,


66


66 1908


FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,


66


1909


JOSEPH A. SMART,


66


66 1912


Trustees of Punchard Free School .- Terms expire 1907.


GEORGE H. POOR, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, HORACE H. TYER, MYRON E. GUTTERSON,


GEORGE A. PARKER.


Auditors.


CHARLES B. JENKINS, WALTER S. COLEMAN, NESBIT G. GLEASON.


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1910


JOHN ALDEN,


TOWN MEETING


Annual Town Meeting, March 6, 1905


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 at the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1905, at six 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 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 Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Commis - sioner for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors of Accounts, three Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, Fire Wards, a Pound Keeper, one Surveyor of Highways, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.


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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 Light- ing, Town Officers, Police, Public Works (Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds), Sinking Fund for Memo- rial Hall Notes, Fire Department (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House, Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, State Aid, Military Aid, Relief out of Almshouse, Soldiers' Relief, State Tax, County Tax, Abatement of Taxes, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds and School-house Bonds, Notes Payable (Town House Im- provement), Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memo- rial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Tree Warden, Public Dump, and other town charges and expenses.


Article 5th .- To see if the Town will establish and main- tain a fire alarm box to be located at the corner of Spring Grove and Porter Roads, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, on petition of Henry A. Hayward and others.


Article 6th .- To see if the Town will establish and main- tain a fire alarm box to be located at the corner of Elm and Pine Streets, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, on petition of H. M. Eames and others.


Article 7th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for hose to connect with the nearest hydrant on Porter Road for the safety of buildings in case of fire, on petition of Henry K. Flint and others.


Article 8th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to put the sidewalk and gutter on North


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Main Street in perfect condition, on petition of C. H. Jowett and others.


Article 9th .- To see if the Town will instruct its High- way Surveyor to expend on Morton Street, between School and Main Streets, a sum of money sufficient to put said street in a condition equal to other streets in the centre of the town, on petition of Walter Buck and others.


Article 10th .- To see if the Town will construct a walk from corner of Whittier Street across Punchard and John Dove School grounds to the Stowe School, for the benefit of school children, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of John H. Soehrens and others.


Article 11th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend its water service to the house of George L. Averill on Reser- vation Street and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of George L. Averill and others.


Article 12th .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to observing " Old Home Week ", and appropriate a sum of money therefor.


Article 13th .- To see if the Town will locate an incan- descent light on River Street, Ballardvale, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Thomas E. Stott and others.


Article 14th .- To see if the Town will rename that portion of Gardner Avenue between Main Street and Holt Street, calling it Reservoir Street, on petition of Mrs. Abbie M. Smart.


Article 15th .- To see what Town Officers shall hereafter be chosen by ballot in addition to those already so chosen.


Article 16th .- To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.


Article 17th .- To see what action the Town will take in


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regard to the matter of the Bailey School-house, carried over from last Annual Town Meeting.


Article 18th .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to establishing street bounds, and, if necessary, appropriate a sum of money therefor.


Article 19th .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.


Article 20th .- To fix the pay of the Firemen for the en- suing year.


Article 21st .- To determine the method of collecting 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 for the current year, upon the approval of the Selectmen.


Article 24th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the ensuing year.


Article 25th .- 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 thirteenth day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five.


B. FRANK SMITH, SAM'L H. BOUTWELL, S. H. BAILEY,


Selectmen of Andover.


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ANDOVER, March 6, 1905.


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 And- over qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover, on the sixth day of March, 1905, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreebly to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant, and after the reading of part of the same by the Town Clerk it was


Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the War- rant.


Took up Article 1st.


Chose George H. Poor Moderator, the check list being used, and he receiving the one vote cast.


Took up Articles 2nd and 3rd.


Proceeded to vote for Town Officers and on the Liquor License Question by the Australian Ballot System, the Offi- cial Ballot Box was examined and found to be empty.


George W. Foster and Matthew S. Hannon were sworn in as checkers of votes.


At two o'clock, P.M., it was voted : To close the polls in fifteen minutes and the polls were closed at 2.15 A.M.


The polls were opened at 6.05 A.M.


Whole number of votes cast : male, 1070 ; female, 1.


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FOR TOWN CLERK,-1 year :


Abraham Marland had Blanks


903


167


FOR TOWN TREASURER,-1 year :


851


George A. Parker had Blanks 219


FOR SELECTMEN,-1 year :


Samuel H. Bailey had 629


Samuel H. Boutwell had 476


Martin Doherty had 351


Walter S. Donald had 509


B. Frank Smith had 676 Blanks 569


FOR BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years :


Howell F. Wilson had 729


Blanks 341


FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years : (Three Members)


Thomas David had 601


Burton S. Flagg had 642


John H. McDonald had 471


Colver J. Stone had


644


Blanks 852


FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,-3 years : (Two Members)


Felix G. Haines had


785


James C. Sawyer had 745


Blanks 610


FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-1 year :


William H. Carter had


146


George F. Cheever had


253


Milo H. Gould had 153


Henry A. Hayward had 10


Joseph T. Lovejoy had 489


Blanks 19


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FOR PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years : Myron E. Gutterson had 766 Blanks 304


FOR AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-1 year : (Three Members)


Walter H. Coleman had 482


Nesbit G. Gleason had 526


Charles B. Jenkins had 553


Charles N. Marland had


397


John S. Robinson had 373 Blanks 897


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FOR CONSTABLES, -1 year : (Three Members)


John H. Clinton had 626


George S. Cole had 516


William L. Frye had


735


George W. Mears had 618 Blanks 715


FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES,-1 year :


Charles W. Clark had 448


George A. Higgins had 519


Blanks 103


Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?


Yes 338


No 527


Blanks 205


All the foregoing officers 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.


Samuel H. Bailey, Walter S. Donald and B. Frank Smith elected Selectmen for one year.


Howell F. Wilson elected Board of Health for three years.


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Thomas David, Burton S. Flagg and Colver J. Stone elected School Committee for three years.


Felix J. Haynes and James C. Sawyer elected Board of Public Works for three years.


Joseph T. Lovejoy elected Highway Surveyor for one year.


Myron E. Gutterson elected Park Commissioner for three years.


Walter S. Coleman, Nesbit G. Gleason and Charles B. Jenkins elected Auditors for one year.


John H. Clinton, William S. Frye and George W. Mears elected Constables for one year.


George A. Higgins elected Collector of Taxes for one year.


The Town voted No License.


Chose Fence Viewers : William H. Carter, George Buchan, Alexander Dear.


Chose Field Drivers : Michael T. Welch, George L. Burnham.


Chose Pound Keeper : George L. Burnham and, voted, that the Town barn and barn yard be the Pound.


Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Lewis T. Hardy, Frank E. Gleason, Albert B. Burtt, Edward S. Hardy, Albert A. Hardy, Henry Gray.


Chose Fire Wards : Allen Simpson, George D. Ward.


Voted, That the Street Lighting Committee be appointed by the Moderator, and the Moderator appointed the follow- ing persons as that committee : Barnett Rogers, Charles N. Marland, Colver J. Stone, John V. Holt, John H. Campion.


Voted, That the Finance Committee be appointed by the Moderator, and the following persons were appointed by him on that Committee to serve three years : Andrew McTernen, David Shaw, Perley F. Gilbert, J. Warren Berry, Frank H. Hardy.


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Chose Tree Warden : John H. Playdon.


Chose Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years : John Alden.


Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund for thee years : Joseph A. Smart.


Chose Committee on Accounts : John N. Cole, Alfred L. Ripley, John Tyle: Kimball, George A. Parker, B. Frank Smith.


Took up Article 4th.


Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :


Schools, maintenance,


$30,000 00


School-houses, 2,500 00


School Books and Supplies,


2,000 00


Printing and Stationery,


1,300 00


Miscellaneous,


1,500 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.


Sidewalks, ($250 of which to be spent under the betterment act)


500 00


Macadam,


3,000 00


Horses and Drivers,


4,500 00


Removing Snow,


2,000 00


Snow Rollers,


200 00


Fire Department, maintenance and Fire Alarm,


3,700 00


Relief out of Almshouse,


3,300 00


Soldiers' Relief, 1,200 00


Almshouse Expenses,


5,000 00


Repairs on Almshouse,


1,000 00


Tree Warden, 1,500 00


$500 and $1000 appropriated Jan. 2nd.


Public Dump, 50 00


To be spent by Andover Village Improvement Society.


Amount carried forward,


$66,250 00


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Amount brought forward, Board of Public Works :


$66,250 00


Maintenance,


6,600 00


Pipe Account, 1,000 00


For Coal Shed,


600 00


To reimburse Mrs. Emma G. Whipple,


716 80


Expense of laying water pipe to G. L. Averill's, 1,300 00


Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes,


12,000 00


Redemption of Water Bonds,


6,000 00


Redemption of School Bonds,


2,980 00


Notes Payable, Town House,


1,700 00


Memorial Day,


250 00


Spring Grove Cemetery, and proceeds of sale of lots,


500 00


Police Department,


2,500 00


Town House,


1,600 00


Park Commission,


1,000 00


State Aid,


2,000 00


Military Aid,


200 00


Insurance,


750 00


Town Officers,


6,650 00


Street Lighting, (and $229.04 unexpended last year),


4,800 00


Abatement of Taxes,


500 00


State Tax,


6,000 00


County Tax,


6,000 00


Sinking Funds : (Water Bond),


750 00


Hay Scales,


200 00


Fire Alarm Box, Corner Spring Grove and Porter Roads,


175 00


Fire Alarm Box, Corner Elm and Pine Streets,


175 00


$133,196 80


Took up Article 5th.


Voted, To appropriate $175.00 to establish and maintain a fire alarm box, corner Spring Grove and Porter Roads.


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Took up Article 6th.


Voted, To appropriate $175.00 to establish and maintain a fire alarm box, corner Elm and Pine Streets.


Took up Article 7th.


Voted, To indefinitely postpone.


Took up Article 8th.


Moved, That the Town appropriate a sum of money suf- ficient to put the sidewalk and gutter on North Main Street in proper condition.


This motion was not carried.


Took up Article 9th.


Voted, To instruct the Highway Surveyor to expend on Morton Street between School and Main Streets, a sum of money sufficient to put said street in a condition equal to other streets in the center of the town, the expense to be taken from the appropriation for highways.


Voted, To refer the matter of a walk from Whittier Street across Punchard and John Dove School grounds to the Park Commissioners.


Took up Article 11th.


Voted, To lay water pipe through the street from present pipe to house of George L. Averill, he to pay four per cent, of cost of same for use of water.


Voted, An additional appropriation of $1300.00 to pay the cost of laying pipe to house of George L. Averill.


Took up Article 12th.


Voted, To indefinitely postpone.


Took up Article 13th.


Voted, To refer the matter of a light on River Street, Ballard Vale, to the Street Lighting Committee.


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Took up Article 14th.


Voted, To rename that part of Gardner Avenue between Main Street and Holt Street, calling it Reservoir Street.


Took up Article 15th.


Voted, That Trustees of Memorial Hall and of Punchard School, and the Tree Warden be hereafter chosen by ballot.


Took up Article 16th.


Voted, To erase the names of the following persons from the Jury List at their own request, Horace C. Bodwell, Samuel P. Hulme, Albert W. Mott, John E. Pitman, Alvin Tough.


Voted, To accept the Jury List prepared by the Selectmen as amended.


Jury List as Revised and Accepted


Abbott, Allen F.,


Carpenter


Abbott, Stephen E.,


Farmer


Averill, George L.


Farmer


Bailey, David M.


Rubber worker


Bailey, Frank E.,


Farmer


Barton, Elisha R.


Machinist


Billington, Charles F.


Wool Sorter


Boutwell, Chester N.


Farmer


Boutwell, Samuel H.


Farmer


Brown, George A.


Clerk


Buchan, John S.


Plumber


Burnham, George L.


Farmer


Burns, William J.


Merchant


Carter, George M.


Farmer


Chase, Herbert F.


Merchant


Chase, Omar P.


Merchant


Clinton, John H.


Janitor


Cole, Roscoe K.


Carpenter


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Cropley, William W. Cutler, Abalino B.


Daley, James E. Dear, Alexander


Dick, Alexander L.


Dodge, George K.


Donald, Walter S.


Donovan, Charles E.


Donovan, Patrick


Eames, Harry M.


Farmer


Blacksmith


Metal polisher


Farmer


Flynn, Thomas B.


Rubber worker


Gray, Ira O.


Carpenter Janitor


Gledhill, William F.,


Grosvenor, James


Retired


Hardy, Edward S.


Farmer


Hardy, Albert A.


Farmer


Hanson, Sylvester W.


Farmer


Haynes, Roy M.


Clerk


Higgins, Fred W.


Stable


Hayward, Henry A.


Farmer


Hilton, Henry Holt, John M.


Operative


Mason


Holt, Maurice G.


Carpenter


Horan, Thomas J.


Operative


Hurley, John F.


Carpenter


Jackson, Arthur R.,


Clerk


Knight, Isaac M.


Horseman


Leslie, David C.


Livingston, Charles W.


Lovejoy, S. Arthur Matthews, Clester E.


May, James S.


McDonald, James


Farmer B. & M. Car Shop Rubber worker Farmer


Overseer


Farmer


Manufacturer Painter


R. R. foreman


English, Patrick


Fallows, John, jr.,


Flint, George E., 2nd,


Flax Dresser Farmer


Farmer


Wool Sorter Painter


Rubber worker


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Morse, John F.


Murphy, Charles H.


Neal, Horace S. Newton, Charles H. Nice, John


Farmer


Florist


Noyes, John L.


Farmer


Peters, Thomas


Operative


Pearson, Walter B.


Operative


Poland, Austin S.


Carpenter


Poor, Daniel H.


Wool sorter


Reed, Richard C.


Painter


Saunders, Leonard G.


Clerk


Schneider, Louis H.


Moulder


Scott, John W.,


Overseer


Shaw, George


Retired


Shaw, Benjamin


Operative


Stack, John,


Janitor


Stiles, George W.


Carpenter


Stott, Thomas E.


Wool sorter


Symonds, Frederick


Farmer


Thomes, Samuel


Carpenter


Tuck, M. Warren


Carpenter


Walker, Walter


Carpenter


Watson, Robert A.,


Farmer


Farmer


Way, Clarence J.


Farmer


Barber Operative


B. FRANK SMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, SAMUEL H. BAILEY. Selectmen of Andover.


Took up Article 17th. Voted, To indefinitely postpone. Took up Article 18th. Voted, To indefinitely postpone. Took up Article 19th. Voted, That a Committe of five be chosen by the meeting,


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to include one member of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, and three others to be named by the Moderator, to look into the Methods of town book-keeping, and the Con- duct of the town's business. To further investigate methods used in other towns and to report in print upon these investi- gations with recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting.


Voted, That the expenses of this Committee be paid out of the appropriation for "Miscellaneous."


The Moderator appointed as that Committee, John N. Cole, Alfred L. Ripley, J. Tyler Kimball, B. Frank Smith and George A. Parker.


Voted, To accept the Report of the Town Officers.


Took up Article 20th.


Voted, That the Firemen be paid same as last year, $50.00 per year.


Took up Article 21st.


Voted, That the Collector of Taxes be paid three-fourths of one per cent on all taxes collected.


Took up Article 22nd.


Voted, That all unexpended balances be returned to the treasury, except balance on Street Lighting, on New Street and on Pine Street.


Took up Article 23rd.


Voted, To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of taxes for the current year, upon the approval of the Selectmen.


Took up Article 24th.


Voted, That Ninety-five thousand dollars (95,000.00) be raised by taxation the current year.


Took up Article 25th.


Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to hold all public


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meetings of general interest to the town not earlier than 7.30 P. M.


Voted, To allow Punchard Alumni Association the use of Town Hall for Alumni Reception to graduating class in June.


Voted, That the adjustment of the Memorial Hall Sinking Fund be referred to the Board of Selectmen and Town Treas- urer to report recommendations upon the same at the next Annual Town Meeting.


Voted, That the Finance Committe be furnished by the Board of Selectmen with printed copies of all money voted, expended and required for the year next ensuing. And the said copies be placed in the hands of the Committee as soon as possible after the books are closed.


Voted, That the meeting be dissolved. And the meeting was dissolved at 7.08 P. M.


The foregoing is a true copy of the Warrant and of the Officer's Return thereon, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.


Attest :


ABRAHAM MARLAND, Town Clerk.


Report of Clerk of Election Officers


Polls opened at six o'clock A. M. All officers present. George H. Poor elected Moderator. Ballot box registered 0000. Box registered at closing 1058, check list showed 1070. Polls closed at 2.15 P. M.


DANIEL J. MOYNIHAN, Clerk.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


SCHOOLS


Appropriation, March 6th, 1905,


$30000 00


Received for Tuition,


45 00


$30045 00


Corwin F. Palmer, Superintendent,


$1833 32


Charles L. Curtis, teaching,


867 50


Susan L. Austin, teaching,


800 00


Blanche S. Jacobs, teaching,


800 00


Florence E. Bailey, teaching,


520 00


Anna E. Chase, teaching,


800 00


Lillian S. Adams, teaching,


308 75


Grace Hill, teaching,


550 00


Gertrude J. Green, teaching,


490 63


Caroline J. Burtt, teaching,


433 75


Carolyn A. Dean, teaching,


500 00


Ida E. Jenkins, teaching,


425 00


Annie M. Downes, teaching,


708 75


· Alice S. Coutts, teaching,


481 97


Mary E. Milligan, teaching,


508 75


Jennie S. Abbott, teaching,


498 13


Adele H. Duval, teaching,


517 50


Marie Howard, teaching,


450 00


Evelyn P. Reed, teaching,


339 64


Mary E. Scott, teaching,


475 07


Marcia S. Richards, teaching,


390 00


Alice Turner, teaching,


458 75


Jean A. Birnie, teaching,


500 00


Ethel R. Coleman, teaching,


433 75


Amount carried forward,


$14091 26


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Appropriation, March 6th, 1905,


$30045 00


$14091 26


Amount brought forward, Helena M. Lindsay, teaching,


408 75


500 00


Florence Prevost, teaching, Elizabeth S. Dodson, teaching,


325 86


Clara A. Putnam, teaching,


717 50


Mabel A. Richardson, teaching,


338 16


Cecilia A. Kydd, teaching,


450 07


Ruby S. Copeland, teaching,


508 75


Florence I. Abbott, teaching,


496 25


Helen W. Battles, teaching,


608 75


Emily F. Carlton, teaching,


500 00


Mabel S. Robinson, teaching,


500 00


Julia A. Brine, teaching,


453 71


Anne J. Caton, teaching,


461 88


Elizabeth Hoar, teaching,


550 00


Katherine D. Whitman, teaching,


550 00


Bessie P. Goldsmith, teaching,


425 00


Edna P. Carrett, teaching,


200 00


Annie J. McIntosh, teaching,


90 00


Ethel R. Clark, teaching,


34 14


Amy Goff, teaching,


8 25


Mary H. Gardner, teaching,


105 76


Katherine Barnett, teaching,


3 75


Miriam Clark, teaching,


94


Eva A. Hardy, teaching,


12 00


Dorothy Logan, teaching,


4 00


Jean David, teaching,


149 63


Emily Torrey, teaching,




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