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1552 PROPERTY OF THE EMORIAL HALL LIBRARY ANDOVER, MASS.
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 11, 1910
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1910
97.1 A532 1910-14
CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses, 70
Farm Account,
80
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Personal Property at,
79
Report, I30
Relief out of,
75
Milk Inspector's Report, 94
Remaining in,
79
Miscellaneous, 48
Repairs on,
73
Notes Given, 60
Superintendent's Report,
79
Notes Paid,
61
Animal Inspector,
95
Overseers of Poor,
70
Appropriations, 1909,
I6
Park Commission, 57
Art Gallery
I60
Park Commissioners' Report
87
Assessors' Report,
8I
Police,
84 57
Auditors' Report,
II4
Public Works, Maintenance,
65
Board of Health,
IIO
Board of Public Works, Appendix
Bonds, Redemption of,
65
Schedule of Town Property, 89
Cemetery Com., Report of 96
School-houses, 29
Chief Engineer's Report, 82
Schools, 23
Chief of Police, Report,
84
School Books and Supplies, 31
Collector's Account,
97
Cornell Fund, 109
64
Sidewalks,
39
Dog Tax,
59
Sinking Funds, 66
Dump, care of,
60
Soldiers' Relief, 78
Earnings, Town Horses,
47
Snow, Removal of,
41
Finance Committee,
I24
Spring Grove Cemetery, 58
Fire Department,
52
State Aid,
74
Hay Scales, 60
State Tax,
64
Haverhill Street Sidewalk, 41
Street Lighting, 52
Highways and Bridges,
33
Sewer, Maintenance, 66
Highway Surveyor,
45
Town House, 56
Horses and Drivers,
37
Town Meetings,
7
Insurance,
66
Interest on Notes and Funds,
62
Town Warrant, 126
Treasurer's Account, IOI
49
Lincoln Street Sidewalk, 40
Report 93
Water Works, Construction, 66
111AL 2 1915
Assets,
IOI
Printing and Stationery,
· Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees, I18
Selectmen's Account, 23
Selectmen's Recommendations, 121
County Tax,
Town Officers, 48
Liabilities, 10I
Librarian's Report, I34
Tree Warden,
Macadam, 36
Memorial Day, 59
TOWN OFFICERS, 1909
Selectmen
HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman,
Term expires 191I
WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary,
1910
SAMUEL H. BAILEY
66
66
1912
Town Clerk ABRAHAM MARLAND
Tax Collector
GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Town Treasurer
GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee '
GEORGE A. CHRISTIE
Term expires 19II
GRANVILLE K. CUTLER
66
66
I9II
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
66
1910
JOHN P. TORREY
66
66
1910
WILLIAM A. TROW
1910
CHARLES W. CLARK
1912
DANIEL H. POOR
66
66
1912
ALBERT W. LOWE
66
66
1912
Superintendent of Schools SHERBURN C. HUTCHINSON
Board of Public Works
Term expires 191I
JAMES C. SAWYER
I9II
JOHN W. BELL
1910
LEWIS T. HARDY
66
66
1910
ANDREW McTERNEN
66
1912
66
19II
COLVER J. STONE
66
66
WILLIS B. HODGKINS
66
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Superintendent of Public Works JOHN E. SMITH
Engineers of Fire Department
LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief WALTER I. MORSE, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON
Park Commissioners
MYRON E. GUTTERSON
Term expires 1911
FRED S. BOUTWELL
66
66 1910
GEORGE W. CANN
66
1912
Highway Surveyor
MILO H. GOULD
Term expires 1910
Board of Health
JEREMIAH J. DALY, M. D.
Term expires 1911
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D.
1910
JOHN A. LEITCH, M. D.
66
66
1912
Chief of Police GEORGE W. MEARS, Appointed
Constables
JOHN H. CLINTON
Term expires 1910
GEORGE W. MEARS
1910
LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY
1910
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
GEORGE F. SMITH
Term expires 1915
CHARLES C. CARPENTER
66
66
1913
JOHN ALDEN
66
66
1912
E. KENDALL JENKINS
19II
JOSEPH A. SMART
1910
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
1916
66
1914
FREDERICK S. BOUTWELL
66
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Trustees of Punchard Free School-Terms expire 1910
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL
HARRY H. NOYES
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY M. EAMES FRANK T. CARLTON
Auditors
JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN NESBIT G. GLEASON
Finance Committee
JOSEPH SHAW
Term expires 191I
DAVID SHAW
66
66
19II
PERLEY F. GILBERT
66
66
19II
FRANK H. HARDY
66
I9II
J. TYLER KIMBALL
66
I9II
BERNARD M. ALLEN
66
66
1910
WILLIAM J. BURNS
60
66
1910
ALEXANDER LAMONT
1910
PATRICK J. SCOTT
66
66
1912
GEORGE W. CANN
66
66
1912
JOHN H. CAMPION
66
66
1912
MICHAEL F. D'ARCY
1912
GEORGE L. AVERILL
66
1912
Spring Grove Cemetery Committee-Terms expire 1912
JOHN L. SMITH
GEORGE W. FOSTER FELIX G. HAYNES
OLIVER W. VENNARD
DANIEL H. POOR
GEORGE D. MILLETT JOHN W. BELL
Trustees of Cornell Fund
JOSEPH A. SMART
Term expires 191I
ALLEN SIMPSON
1910
FRANK E. GLEASON
1912
66
1910
JOHN H. FLINT
66
1910
BURTON S. FLAGG
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TOWN MEETINGS
Annual Town Meeting, March 1st, 1910
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
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 and of the Town of North Andover, as far as relates to the election of two Trustees of the Punchard Free School, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble in the Town House in said Andover on Monday, the first day of March, 1909, at six o'clock, a.m., to act on the following articles : Article Ist .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2nd .- To choose Moderator for one year, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of the Board of Se- lectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Highway Surveyor for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, two Trustees of Punchard Free
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School for one year, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Horace H. Tyer and Mr. George A. Parker, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of lumber, Fire Wards, and Pound Keeper, 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 take action on the following question, "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this town ?"
Article 5th .- To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Schools, School-houses, School-books and Sup- plies, Highways and Bridges, Macadamized Roads, Sidewalks, Removing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Police, Public Works (Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds), Fire Department (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House, Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, State Aid, Relief out of Almshouse, Soldiers' Relief, State Tax, County Tax, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds and School-house Bonds, Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Tree Warden, Public Dump, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 6th .- To see if the Town will vote to revoke its ac- ceptance of the Acts of 1895, in accordance with which a high- way surveyor is elected annually. On recommendation of the Finance Committee.
Article 7th .- To see if the Town will vote to equip the Bradlee and Indian Ridge Schools with fire escapes, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 8th .- To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on the easterly side of Lincoln Street, from Shawsheen Road to the property of Mrs. James Magee, and appropriate a
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sum of money therefor, on petition of Robert O'Hara and others.
Article 9th .- To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on Haverhill Street from the town's private way on the west side of the property of George Mander to that of Thomas T. Clark, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Thomas T. Clark and others.
Article 10th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from its present terminus on Salem Street to Wildwood Road thence to George D. Millett's, on petition of George D. Millett and others.
Article IIth .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from the house of H. W. Whipple down Main Street to Orchard Street and up Orchard Street to Michael F. D'Arcy's house, on petition of Michael F. D'Arcy and others.
Article 12th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from Salem Street down Woodland Road to a point opposite the residence of John Franklin, a distance of about 1000 feet, on petition of John Franklin and others.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from Burnham Road down High Street to the residence of Arthur R. Stevens, corner of High and Haverhill streets, on petition of George C. H. Dufton and others.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will grant permission to the West Parish in Andover, to use for Cemetery purposes, the following described land, to wit: A parcel of land situated in the West Parish in said Andover, bounded and described as follows ; on the north by Lowell street and the Old Cemetery in the said West Parish in Andover, and by Shawsheen Road; on the east by Reservation Road, and on the south and southwest by Cutler Road, on petition of Granville K. Cutler and others.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will grant permission to the "United Syrian Society Cemetery Corporation" to use for
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cemetery purposes the following described land to wit: A parcel of land situated in the northerly part of the Town of Andover bounded and described as follows; westerly by Corbett street, about 250 feet, southerly by land now or late of Curran & Joyce, about 250 feet ; easterly by land of Skeirik, formerly of Stevens, 250 feet ; northerly by land of Skeirik, about 250 feet, on petition of the United Syrian Society Cemetery Corporation.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will vote to erect and main- tain four electric lights on Lincoln street at such places as will best light said street, on petition of William W. Eaton and others.
Article 17th .- To see if the Town will vote to erect and main- tain an electric light at the junction of High street and Burnham Road, on petition of H. Sumner Wright and others.
Article 18th .- To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Public Works to lay a sewer from the corner of Main and Lewis streets, through Lewis street to the corner of Buxton Court and through Buxton Court to the sewer now in use on Railroad street, on petition of Ira Buxton and others.
Article 19th .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
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 for the current year 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 Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this seventeenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and nine.
SAMUEL H. BAILEY, HARRY M. EAMES, WALTER S. DONALD, Selectmen of Andover.
ESSEX SS. ANDOVER, March Ist, 1909.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhab- itants of said town to meet at the time and place and for the purposes stated in said Warrant, by posting a true and attested Icopy of the same on the Town House, on each school-house, and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted. Said Warrants have been posted two Sun- days.
LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Constable of Andover
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover on Monday, the first day of March, 1909, at six 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 warrant. Took up Article Ist.
Chose Harry A. Ramsdell Moderator, by ballot, he receiving all of the seven votes cast.
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Voted, To take up Articles 2nd, 3rd, and 4th together, and that the polls be closed at 2 o'clock P. M., and that all other busi- ness be deferred until after the polls are closed.
Took up Articles 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
Proceeded to vote for town officers and on the liquor license question, also on the "Act to provide for the protection of forest and sprout lands from fire," by the "Australian Ballot System."
The Ballot Box was found to be empty and registered 0000, at the close of the polls it registered 1028, the check list showing whole number of votes cast 1032.
The polls were opened at 6.03 A. M., and closed at 2.00 P. M. One vote was cast for School Committee exclusively. Number of ballois cast, whole 1029. School Committee only I.
MODERATOR,-I year :
Harry A. Ramsdell had 750
J. N. Cole had I Blanks 278
TOWN CLERK,-I year :
Abraham Marland had
877
Blanks 152
TOWN TREASURER,-I year :
Charles W. Clark had
183
George A. Higgins had 52I
Charles B. Jenkins had 234
Blanks 91
SELECTMAN,-3 years :
Samuel H. Bailey had
538
Charles Bowman had
445
Blanks 46
ASSESSOR,-3 years :
Samuel H. Bailey had 527
Charles Bowman had 423
Blanks 79
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES,- I year : George Higgins had Blanks .
838
19I
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
Charles W. Clark had 473
George T. Eaton had 447
Albert W. Lowe had 528
684
Daniel H. Poor had Blanks
958
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION,- 3 years :
Andrew McTernen had 772
Joseph L. Burns had
I
Blanks
256
PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
Jacob W. Berry had
664
Blanks 365
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-I year :
William Gillispie had
22
Milo H. Gould had
540
Joseph T. Lovejoy had
425
Dionesio Michelini had 20 Blanks 22
BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years :
John A. Leitch had
671
W. D. Walker had
I
Blanks 357
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-I year :
Walter H. Coleman had
576
David L. Coutts had
50I
Nesbit G. Gleason had 516
John S. Robertson had
514
Blanks 980
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CONSTABLES,-I year : 805 John H. Clinton had 679 George W. Mears had Llewellyn D. Pomeroy had 741 Blanks 862
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY,-7 years :
Alfred E. Stearns had 715
Blanks 314
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL,-I year :
Frank T. Carlton had 614
Harry M. Eames had 687
Blanks 757
TREE WARDEN,-I year :
Warren L. Johnson had 447
John H. Playdon had 457
Blanks 125
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes
294
No
53I
Blanks
204
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to provide for the pro- tection of forest or sprout lands from fire" be accepted by this town?
Yes 442
No
61
Blanks 526
All the foregoing officers elected were chosen by ballot, the Check List being used.
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And the Moderator declared-
Harry A. Ramsdell elected Moderator for one year. Abraham Marland elected Town Clerk for one year. George A. Higgins elected Town Treasurer for one year. Samuel H. Bailey elected Selectman for three years. Samuel H. Bailey elected Assessor for three years.
George A. Higgins elected Collctor of Taxes for three years. Albert W. Lowe elected School Committee for three years. Charles W. Clark elected School Committee for three years.
Daniel H. Poor elected School Committee for three years.
Andrew McTernen elected Board of Public Works and Sink- ing Fund Commission for three years.
Jacob W. Berry elected Park Commissioner for three years. Milo H. Gould elected Highway Surveyor for one year.
John A. Leitch elected Board of Health for three years. Walter H. Coleman elected Auditor of Accounts for one year. Nesbit G. Gleason elected Anditor of Accounts for one year. John S. Robertson elected Anditor of Accounts for one year. John H. Clinton elected Constable for one year.
George W. Mears elected Constable for one year.
Llewellyn D. Pomeroy elected Constable for one year.
Alfred E. Stearns elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
Frank T. Carlton elected Trustee of Punchard Free School for one year.
Harry M. Eames elected Trustee of Punchard Free School for one year.
John H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.
Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund-Frank E. Gleason, for three years ; Allen Simpson, for one year.
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Fence Viewers, for one year
Voted, To leave the appointment to the Board of Selectmen.
Field Driver, for one year Voted, To leave the appointment to the Board of Selectmen. Pound Keeper, for one year
Voted, To leave the appointment to the Board of Selectmen.
Chose Surveyors of Lumber. for one year-Frank E. Gleason, Henry Gray.
Chose Fire Wards, for one year-Allen Simpson, George D. Ward.
Chose Spring Grove Cemetery Committee, for three years- John L. Smith, Oliver W. Vennard, George W. Foster, Felix G. Haynes, George D. Millett, Daniel H. Poor, John W. Bell.
Street Lighting Committee, for one year
Voted, That the appointment be left with the Moderator. And the Moderator appointed the following persons as that Com- mittee-Barnett Rogers, Walter H. Coleman, Colver J. Stone, John V. Holt, Charles N. Marland.
Finance Committee, for three years
Voted, That the appointment be left with the Moderator. And the Moderator appointed the following persons on that Commit- tee-Burton S. Flagg, George W. Cann, John H. Campion, Michael F. D'Arcy, George L. Averill; also, two members to serve out the unexpired terms of Andrew McTernen and Jacob W. Berry, they having been elected to office; two years-Joseph Shaw, J. Tyler Kimball.
Voted, That the Town Barn and Barn-yard be the pound.
Took up Article 5th.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Almshouse Expenses $ 4000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
500 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
3300 00
Alexander Crockett Verdict,
1291 51
County Tax,
9400 00
Amount carried forward,
$18491 5I
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Amount brought forward, $18491 51 Fire Department, 4000 00 Hay Scales 50 00
Highways, Bridges and Macadam, 3000 00
(Also Street Railway Tax, amount received from use of teams and street sprinkler.)
Horses and Drivers,
5000 00
Insurance,
800 00
Interest on Bonds, Funds, and Notes,
15000 00
Library, Memorial Hall.
1000 00
Memorial Day, (To be expended under direction of Post 99, G. A. R.,) 275 00
Miscellaneous,
2000 00
Park Commissioners
750 00
Police,
3000 00
Printing and Stationery,
I200 00
Public Dump,
50 00
Redemption of Bonds, (water and sewer)
8000 00
Schools,
32000 00
School Books and Supplies,
2200 00
School Houses, ($500 to be spent on grounds at Bradlee School) ·
3000 00
School House Bond,
4000 00
Sewer Department, Maintenance,
1350 00
Sewer Department, Sinking Fund,
3000 00
Snow,
600 00
Soldiers' Relief,
800 00
Special Town Meeting Appropriation,
5200 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, (and receipts for sale of lots ) 700 00
State Aid,
2250 00
Amount carried forward,
$117716 51
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Amount brought forward,
$117716 51 II200 00
State tax,
Sidewalks, ($250 to be spent under the betterment
act, unexpended balance to be turned into the treasury) 1000 00
Street Lighting,
5250 00
Town Officers,
6500 00
Town Hall,
1600 00
Tree Warden,
3000 00
Water Department, Construction,
1500 00
Maintenance,
7500 00
Sinking Fund,
750 00
Sidewalks on Lincoln Street,
200 00
Sidewalks on Haverhill Street,
75 00
$156291 51
Voted, That it is the sense of the meeting that upon the close of the present school year in June, the School Committee shall cease to employ a special teacher in Manual Training, Physical Culture, and Sewing and Cooking.
Took up Article 6th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 7th.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone. Took up Article 8th.
Voted, To appropriate $200 for a sidewalk on Lincoln Street on easterly side from Shawsheen Road to property of Mrs. James Magee.
Took up Article 9th.
Voted, To appropriate $75 for a sidewalk on Haverhill Street from the Town's private way on west side of property of George Mander to that of Thomas T. Clark.
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Took up Article 10th.
Voted, To refer the matter to the Board of Public Works.
Took up Article IIth.
Voted, To instruct the Board of Public Works to extend the water system from the house of H. W. Whipple down Main Street to Orchard Street and up Orchard Street to Michael F. D'Arcy's house, provided it will pay two per cent on cost of con- struction.
Took up Article 12th.
Voted, To instruct the Board of Public Works to extend the water system from Salem Street down Woodland Road to a point opposite the residence of John Franklin, provided it will pay two per cent on cost of construction.
Took up Article 13th.
Voted, That the extension of water pipe be referred to the Board of Public Works with instructions to exclude the cost of construction where the pipe passes by town land, and that the completion of the circuit from the dead end on Haverhill Street to the dead end on High Street be left to their discretion.
Took up Article 14th.
Voted, That the Town grant permission to the "West Parish in Andover" to use for cemetery purposes the following described land, to wit: A parcel of land situated in the West Parish in said Andover, bounded and described as follows: on the north by Lowell Street and the Old Cemetery in the said West Parish in Andover and by Shawsheen River; on the east by Reserva- tion Road, and on the south and southwest by Cutler Road.
Took up Article 15th.
Voted, That the Town grant permission to the "United Sy- rean Society Cemetery Corporation" to use for cemetery pur- poses the following described land, to wit: A parcel of land situated in the northerly part of the Town of Andover, bounded and described as follows : Westerly by Corbett Street, about 250 feet, southerly by land now or late of Curran and Joyce, about
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250 feet; easterly by land of Skeirik, formerly of Stevens, 250 feet ; northerly by land of Skeirik, about 250 feet.
Took up Article 16th.
Voted, To refer the matter to the Street Lighting Committee.
Took up Article 17th
Voted, To refer the matter to the Street Lighting Committee.
Took up Article 18th.
Voted, That the Board of Public Works be instructed to lay a sewer on Lewis Street and Buxton Court connecting with sewer on Railroad Street, crossing land of Hardy and Cole and the Boston and Maine Railroad, as shown by plan by John E. Smith dated Feb. 24th, 1909, and that said sewer be accepted as a part of the Sewer System as accepted by the Town of Andover here- tofore, the estates benefitted by said sewer to be assessed in ac- cordance with the plan of assessment adopted by the Board of Public Works Feb. 5th, 1900.
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 ten (10) thousand dol- lars in addition to the amount heretofore issuing for this purpose, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of constructing a system of sewers for the Town as authorized by Chap. 386, Acts of 1895, and Chap. 139, Acts of 1897. The bonds hereby authorized shall be ten (10) in number and shall be of the denomination of one thousand (1000) dollars each. They shall be numbered from one hundred and thirty-one (131) to one hundred and forty (140) both numbers inclusive, they shall bear date of April Ist, 1909; and mature and be paid April Ist, 1919; 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 April and October of each year; they shall have coupons attached to them providing for the payment of said interest at the times aforesaid ; the princpal 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
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of Public 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 principal of said bonds at their maturity, a sinking fund is hereby established in accordance 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 accumulations thereof, to pay the principal of said bonds at their maturity, but said sinking fund shall remain inviolate and pledged to the payment of said bonds and not to be used for any other purpose.
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