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PROPERTY OF THE MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY 974.45 ANDOVER A 552 1920-25
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1920
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1921
1921- 4
CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses
60
Liabilities
77
Personal Property at
64
Memorial Day 54
Relief out of
63
Memorial Hall Library 51, 118
Repairs on
62
Librarian's Report 124
Special Committee Report 100
Miscellaneous 57
Superintendent's Report 65
Moth Superintendent's Report 68
Aiding Mothers
64
Moth Suppression 47
Animal Inspector
73
Notes Given
52
Appropriations, 1919
17
Notes Paid
53
Art Gallery
143
Overseers of the Poor
59
Assessors' Report
66
Police
43, 69
Assets
77
Printing and Stationery 46
Auditors' Report
94
: Board of Health
45, 91
Punchard Free School, Report of
Board of Public Works Appendix
Trustees 97
Sewer Sinking Funds 50
Retirement of Veterans 55
Water Sinking Funds 50
Schedule of Town Property 75
Bonds, Redemption of 56
Schools
29
Brush Fires 41
Selectmen's Report
29
Collector's Account
81
Soldiers' Relief
63
Cornell Fund
96
Spring Grove Cemetery 48, 71
County Tax
51
State Aid
63
Dog Tax
54
State and Highway Tax 51
Dump, Care of
55
Street Lighting 51
81
Finance Committee
108
Town House
36
G. A. R. Post, 99
54
Town Meeting 11
Hay Scales
49
Town Meeting, special
23
Inspector of Buildings
74
Town Officers 35
Insurance
49
Town Warrant 102
Interest
50
Treasurer's Report 83
Jury List
79 Tree Warden 67
Fire Department
38, 90
Tax Collector
33192
TOWN OFFICERS 1920
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman
Term expires 1923
CHARLES BOWMAN
1921
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
66
1922
Assessors
WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman
Term expires 1923
CHARLES BOWMAN
1921
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
1922
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee
EVERETT C. HILTON
Term expires 1921
MARY W. FRENCH
،،
1921
MARY B. SMITH
1922
ROY H. BRADFORD
66
1922
RALPH W. COLEMAN
1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1923
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
1923
EDWARD C. CONROY
60
1923
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires 1921
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE
1921
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
1922
BARNETT ROGERS
1922
THOMAS E. RHODES
16
1923
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PHILIP L. HARDY
66
1921
DAVID R. LAWSON
Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks FRANK L. COLE
Engineers of Fire Department
CHARLES F. EMERSON, Chief
LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Clerk HARRY E. WELLS
Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
Term expires 1921
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D.
66 1922
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
66
1923
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
GEORGE W. MEARS
Term expires 1921
FRANK M. SMITH
1921
THOMAS F. DAILEY
66
66 1921
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
Term expires 1921
66
66
1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1923
BURTON S. FLAGG
1924
E. KENDALL JENKINS
66
1925
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
1926
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
1927
GEORGE F. SMITH
Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1922 FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY H. NOYES
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Auditors
JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN HARRY SELLARS
Trustees of Cornell Fund
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER
Term expires 1921
CHARLES N. MARLAND 1922
JOHN C. ANGUS
1923
Superintendent of Moth Department EDWARD H. BERRY
Tree Warden
EDWARD H. BERRY
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED L. RIPLEY
Registrars of Voters
CHARLES W. CLARK
JOHN F. HURLEY
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
WALTER I. MORSE DANIEL H. POOR
GEORGE D. MILLETT WARREN L. JOHNSON
FRED E. CHEEVER DAVID R. LAWSON
JOHN W. STARK
Street Lighting Committee
WALTER H. COLEMAN
HENRY J. GARDNER
FREDERIC G. MOORE JOSEPH L. BURNS
FRED G. CHENEY
Finance Committee
HENRY A. BODWELL, Chairman GEORGE ABBOT EDWARD V. FRENCH, Secretary GEORGE B. FROST
CHESTER W. HOLLAND J. HARRY CAMPION
WILLIAM B. CORLISS
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TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, SS .: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andc- GREETING.
ver,
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town House, in said Andover, on MONDAY, the FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1920, at 6 o'clock a.m., to act on the following articles: -
Article 1. - To choose a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for two years (to fill vacancy), three mem- bers of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for two years (to fill vacancy), one member of the Board of Public Works for one year (to fill vacancy), one member of the Board of Health for three years, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Trustee of Me- morial Hall Library for two years (to fill vacancy), one Trustee of Punchard Free School for two years (to fill vacancy), one Tree Warden for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 2. - To take action on the following question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
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Article 3. - To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Almshouse Expenses, Repairs on Almshouse, Relief out of Almshouse, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Hay Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post 99, G. A. R., Miscellaneous, Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing and Stationery, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School and Andover Loan Act Bonds, Schools, Sewer Mainten- ance, Sewer Sinking Funds, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Ceme- tery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden, Moth Department, Water Maintenance Con- struction and Sinking Funds, and other town charges and ex- penses.
Article 4. - To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $5000.00, to continue the macadam on Lowell Street; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will severally appropriate, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 5. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4000.00) to complete the work of reconstruc- tion on Wolcott Avenue which was started in 1919, on petition of John F. O'Connell and others.
Article 6. - To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed to consider an Andover Memorial to those engaged in the World War.
Article 7. - To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed to consider the sale of the Andover Town Farm, or change in method of operating the same.
Article 8 - To see if the town will accept and maintain thirty- four (34) street light standards and lights in Shawsheen Village as per plans submitted to Lighting Committee and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
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Article 9. - To see if the town will accept as a gift from William M. Wood, a granite drinking-fountain to be located in Shawsheen Village, to take the place of the iron fountain now located there, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
Article 10. - To see if the town favors the granting, by the Selectmen, of a Sunday License for Moving Pictures, on petition of Samuel Resnik and others.
Article 11. - To see if the town will instruct and authorize the Board of Public Works to arrange and supervise the collection of ' ashes from houses of residents of the town, on petition of David R. Lawson and others.
Article 12. - To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year
Article 13. - To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 14. - To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 15. - To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 16. - To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 17. - To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 18. - To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
The polls will be open at 6 o'clock a.m., and may be closed at 2 o'clock p.m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by the By-Laws of the town.
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Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February, A. D. 1920.
ANDREW McTERNEN . CHARLES BOWMAN Selectmen of Andover
ANDOVER, MARCH 1, 1920
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 schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places, where bills and notices are usually posted, and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
FRANK M. SMITH
Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1920
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in the Town House in said Andover on Monday the first day of March, 1920, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant, Moderator Alfred L. Ripley presided and after reading a part of the Warrant, it was
Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the Warrant.
Voted, To take up Articles 1 and 2 together.
Voted, That the polls be closed at 2 o'clock p.m.
Took up Articles 1 and 2 and proceeded to vote for Town Offi- cers and on the Liquor License question by the Australian Ballot System.
The ballot box was found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls opened at 6 o'clock a.m., and closed at 2 o'clock p.m. as voted. The total number of ballots cast was 1209, forty-two (42) of which were female ballots for School Committee only.
The result of the balloting was as follows: -
MODERATOR - One year :
Alfred L. Ripley
922
Blanks 245
TOWN CLERK - One year :
George A. Higgins 929
Blanks 238
TOWN TREASURER - One year :
George A. Higgins 895
Blanks 272
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SELECTMEN - Three years: George A. Christie William C. Crowley 323 Walter S. Donald 458 Blanks 20
366
ASSESSOR - Three years :
George A. Christie
370
William C. Crowley
317
439
Walter S. Donald Blanks 41
ASSESSOR - Two years (to fill vacancy) :
Andrew McTernen 854
David S. Burns
1
Joseph B. Scott 1 Blanks 311
COLLECTOR OF TAXES - One year :
William B. Cheever
919
Blanks 248
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Three years:
Fred E. Cheever
615
Edward C. Conroy 621
Ella S. Morrill 536
Alfred E. Stearns 750
Walter H. Thompson.
415
Blanks
690
TRUSTEE PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL - Two years (to fill vacancy) :
Frederic S. Boutwell 886
Blanks 281
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION Three years :
Thomas E. Rhodes
814
Blanks 353
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION - Two years (to fill vacancy) : Arthur T. Boutwell 872 Blanks 295
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION One year (to fill vacancy) :
William D. McIntyre Blanks 401
766
.
BOARD OF HEALTH - Three years :
Bancroft T. Haynes
810
Blanks 357
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS - One year :
Walter H. Coleman
820
John S. Robertson
863
Harry Sellars 835 Blanks 983
CONSTABLES - One year :
Thomas F. Dailey
804
George W. Mears
792
Frank M. Smith 835
Blanks 1070
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Seven years:
Frederic S. Boutwell 859
Blanks 308
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Two years (to fill
vacancy) :
Charles U. Bell
865
Blanks 302
TREE WARDEN - One year:
Edward H. Berry
860
Blanks 307
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Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this town?
Yes 548
No
486
Blanks
133
All the foregoing officers and questions were voted on by ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF THE PRECINCT CLERK
ANDOVER, MASS., March 1, 1920
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Voted to close polls at 2 p.m. Ballot box registered 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1208. Number of male ballots received 1850. Number of fe- male ballots received 200. Number of male voters voting 1167. Number of female voters voting 42. Number of votes cast 1209. Number of male ballots returned 683. Number of female ballots returned 158.
DANIEL A. COLLINS, Clerk
The Moderator declared :
Alfred L. Ripley elected Moderator for one year.
George A. Higgins elected Town Clerk for one year.
George A. Higgins elected Town Treasurer for one year. Walter S. Donald elected Selectman for three years. Walter S. Donald elected Assessor for three years. Andrew McTernen elected Assessor for two years. William B. Cheever elected Collector of Taxes for one year. Fred E. Cheever elected School Committee for three years. Edward C. Conroy elected School Committee for three years. Alfred E. Stearns elected School Committee for three years.
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Frederic S. Boutwell elected Trustee Punchard Free School for two years.
Thomas E. Rhodes elected Board of Public Works and Sink- ing Fund Commission for three years.
Arthur T. Boutwell elected Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission for two years.
William D. McIntyre elected Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission for one year.
Bancroft T. Haynes elected Board of Health for three years.
Walter H. Coleman elected Auditor of Accounts for one year.
John S. Robertson elected Auditor of Accounts for one year.
Harry Sellars elected Auditor of Accounts for one year.
Thomas F. Dailey elected Constable for one year.
George W. Mears elected Constable for one year.
Frank M. Smith elected Constable for one year.
Frederic S. Boutwell elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Li- brary for seven years.
Charles U. Bell elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for two years.
Edward H. Berry elected Tree Warden for one year.
Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years: - John C. Angus.
Chose Street Lighting Committee for one year (appointed by Moderator): Walter H. Coleman, Fred G. Cheney, Henry J. Gardner, Joseph L. Burns, Frederic G. Moore.
Chose Finance Committee for one year (appointed by Mod- erator) : George Abbot, Henry A. Bodwell, John H. Campion, William B. Corliss, Edward V. French, George B. Frost, Chester W. Holland.
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Upon opening the business meeting, the Moderator, Mr. Rip- ley, spoke as follows relative to the chair left vacant by the death of Selectman Eames:
"Fellow Townsmen : - None of us can gather here to- day without a conscious sense of loss and a strange feel- ing of bewilderment. The loss is both personal and civic; a sterling man, of uprightness and sagacity, is gone from our midst. His thought and effort on behalf of the town were ceaseless and unstinted; he gave his best and his best was always good. He was of a type on which we like to pride ourselves as native and belonging to New Eng- land soil and traditions; simple, clear, painstaking and unselfish. There was none of the modern advertising manner in his work or character; nothing betrayed either self-consciousness or self-seeking. We can ill spare him; we need more like him. If this meeting sees fit to commemorate in its record the public service of the late Harry M. Eames, it seems to me the fitting mo- ment."
Upon motion of Hon. John N. Cole, the following resolution was adopted by a rising vote: -
"Whereas the Divine Ruler has in his wisdom called from earthly service one to whom had been entrusted large responsibilities in the affairs of Andover, the citi- zens of the town assembled in Annual Meeting desire to unite in expressing their appreciation of the high charac- ter and the long and honorable public service of the late Harry Millett Eames.
"Under the guidance of Mr. Eames as Selectman for thirteen years, the finances of the town have been skill- fully directed, and the agencies for carrying on local government have been chosen with care and superior judgment. As a Representative in the General Court he ever exemplified by word and vote the purpose of his town and the desires of his constituency to promote the best ideals of Massachusetts.
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"As a citizen he was a true friend, a kindly neighbor, and an unfailing exemplar of the sort of sturdy New England manhood that for three centuries has been molding the destinies of the United States.
" Resolved - That the Town of Andover has suffered a serious loss by the death of one who, through a broad love for his town, through a high conception of the purpose of public service, through a deep loyalty to public duty, had lifted office-holding to a high stand- ard and made public service a contributor to a better community.
"Resolved - That the sympathy of this gathering be extended to the widow of Mr. Eames and his near rel- atives, and that a copy of this minute be spread upon the town records."
Voted - To appropriate the following stated sums of money :-
Almshouse Expenses
$ 4500.00
Almshouse Repairs
300.00
Relief out of Almshouse
4000.00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children
3000.00
Board of Health
3000.00
Brush Fires
600.00
Fire Department
18000.00
Hay Scales
125.00
Highway Department
Maintenance
30000.00
New Construction
30000.00
Insurance (fire)
2000.00
Insurance (Workmen's Compensation)
2200.00
Interest
15000.00
Memorial Hall Library
3000.00
Memorial Day
450.00
Post 99, G. A. R.
100.00
Miscellaneous
3000.00
Amount carried forward
$119275.00
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Amount brought forward
$119275.00
. Parks and Playsteads
1200.00
Police
7800.00
Printing and Stationery
3000.00
($1400 for Printing Report of Real Estate Valuations)
Public Dump
75.00
Retirement of Veterans, Acts of 1912
300.00
Redemption of Water Bonds $8000.00
Redemption of Punchard School Bonds 6000.00
Redemption of Andover Loan Act Bonds 5000.00
Redemption of Sewer Bonds 5000.00
24000.00
Schools
92000.00
Sewer Department Maintenance
2500.00
Sewer Department Sinking Fund
1000.00
Soldiers' Relief
1200.00
Spring Grove Cemetery (to include receipts)
2500.00
State Aid
1500.00
Street Lighting
6700.00
Town Officers
8815.00
Town House
3000.00
Tree Warden, Gypsy and Browntail Moth Dept.
4250.00
Water Department
Maintenance
17000.00
Construction
2000.00
Sinking Fund
750.00
In connection with the Water Department ap- propriations it was voted - That the Board of Public Works be instructed to investigate the whole status of the Water Department, covering the question of rates, the charges for fire service and other public services and the advisability of having the Water Department operated as a self-supporting department and to report its con- clusions and recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting or at a Special Town Meeting.
Amount carried forward
$289865.00
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Amount brought forward
$298865.00
Lowell Street, (Article 4) Wolcott Avenue, (Article 5)
$5000.00 1500.00
State Tax and Highway Tax (estimate) County Tax (estimate)
$305365.00
28000.00
15000.00
$348365.00
Took up Article 4.
Voted, at 3.30 p.m., To appropriate a sum not exceeding $5000.00, to continue the macadam on Lowell Street; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will severally appropriate.
Took up Article 5.
Voted, at 3.50 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $1500.00 to continue the work of reconstruction on Wolcott Avenue which was started in 1919.
Took up Article 6.
Voted, at 4.24 p.m., That the Committee on War Memorial be continued for the purpose of formulating a program to carry into. effect as much of the recommendation submitted at this meet- ing by report and plans of its committee as it believes can be financed through taxation, supplemented by private subscription. That for the purpose of learning what private subscriptions might be available, said committee be authorized to increase its members and arrange an organization for canvassing the town. That the committee report its recommendations to the town, but that the committee have no authority to bind the town to any expenditure from taxation or otherwise unless and until authorized so to do by the town at a future town meeting.
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Took up Article 7.
Voted, at 4.25.p.m., That the committee appointed to consider the sale of the Andover Town Farm, or change in method of op- erating the same, be continued.
Took up Article 8.
Voted, at 4.26 p.m. to lay on the table.
Took up Article 9.
Voted, at 4.32 p.m., That the town accept with pleasure and satisfaction as a gift from William M. Wood, a granite drinking fountain to be located in Shawsheen Village, to take the place of the iron fountain now located there, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works.
Voted, at 4.34 p.m., To reconsider Article 8 and voted at 4.40 p. m. to refer to the Lighting Committee with the understanding that the committee be co-operative with the petitioner in con- sideration of the matter.
Took up Article 10.
Voted, at 5.06 p.m., That it is the sense of this meeting that Sunday License for Moving Pictures be not granted.
Took up Article 11.
Voted, at 5.08 p.m., Not to instruct and authorize the Board of Public Works to arrange and supervise the collection of ashes from houses of residents of the town.
Took up Article 12.
Voted, at 5.09 p.m., That the pay of the firemen be the same as last year, viz .: $150 per year.
Took up Article 13.
Voted, at 5.10 p.m., That the taxes be collected by the Tax Collector, that he receive a salary of $1800.00 per year, and
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that interest be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from October 15 on all taxes remaining unpaid after November 1.
Took up Article 14.
Voted, at 5.12 p.m., That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1920, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said finan- cial year.
Took up Article 15.
Voted, at 5.13 p.m., That all unexpended appropriations be turned into the Treasury.
Took up Article 16.
Voted, at 5.14 p.m., That the report of the Town Officers be accepted.
Took up Article 17.
Voted, at 5.15 p.m., To raise by taxation $214,000.00 and also an amount sufficient to meet the State and County Taxes after deducting receipts from the State Income Tax.
Took up Article 18.
Voted, at 5.25 p.m., That the Moderator appoint a committee of seven, two of whom shall be officers of the town, one a member of the Board of Selectmen, another a member of the Board of Public Works, with instructions to attend the hearing before the Committee on Roads and Bridges on March 9th, and to request that Bill 845 be withdrawn, unless it is so amended as to provide for a referendum of its legislation to the voters of Andover at a regular or special town meeting, for approval and ratification. The Moderator appointed, The Chairman of the Board of Se-
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lectmen, the Chairman of the Board of Public Works, E. V. French, Judge Charles U. Bell, Henry A. Bodwell, John C. An- gus, E. Barton Chapin.
Voted, at 5.28 p.m., That the Selectmen be instructed to con- fer with Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Officials in regard to better car service for Andover.
Voted, at 5.30 p.m., That the meeting be dissolved.
The foregoing is a true copy of the Warrant and of the Officers' return on the same, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.
Attest:
GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Town Clerk 1
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 20, 1920, WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, SS .: To either of the Constables of the Town of An- dover,
GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House, in said Andover, on TUESDAY, the TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY, 1920, at 7.30 o'clock p.m., to act on the following articles:
Article 1. - To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 475 of the Acts of 1920 in relation to the construction of a new bridge on Haverhill Street over the Shawsheen River under the direction of the County Commissioners.
Article 2. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $12,- 500 to meet its part of the cost of said new bridge over the Shaw- sheen River and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum by the issuance of bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 475 of the Acts of 1920.
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