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62 03
Due from cities and towns,
169 50
Due from Commonwealth for State paupers,
50 58
Due for State aid,
2486 25
$16417 76
Balance against the Town,
$34717 85
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY. 1
Town House and fixtures,
$16000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Safe in Town House,
166 00
Hay scales,
300 00
Engine-houses and land,
3636 00
Steam fire-engine and apparatus, 5564 00
Shawshin fire-engine and apparatus at Ballardvale, 1000 00 Town farm and buildings, 6200 00
Personal property, as per inventory,
4953 68
68139 00
Schoolhouse property, Library,
250 00
$108408 68
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, herewith render to the Town their Annual Account of the condition of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures thereof for the year ending February 1st, 1872.
Amount of Permanent Fund as per last Report, $40,000 00
Amount added thereto from Building Fund, 14,800 00
ยท Present Amount, $54,800 00
All of which is invested in Valid Notes and Real Estate Securities.
RECEIPTS.
Balance of cash on hand, as per last Report, $1051 00
Interest received since said Report from investments, 3428 48
Interest received of Trustees under the Will of B. H. Punchard, on Twenty Thousand Dollars from
March 30, 1871, to January 1, 1872, 903 33
Cash from Building Fund account, 4162 19
$9545 00
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid :
William G. Goldsmith, Principal, $916 67
Fanny L. D. Strong, Assistant, 233 33
Ellen T. Brown, Assistant, 166 67
Moses Foster, Treasurer, 100 00
Cyrus Brown, agent, for Insurance, 645 00
Hallett, Davis, and Co., Piano Forte, 367 00
Tucker Manufacturing Co., Chandeliers, etc., 119 03
A. Clark and Son, Telescope, 300 00
James L. Ross, School Furniture, etc., 1501 92
H.B. & W.O.Chamberlain, Philosophical Apparatus, 206 75
G. B. Cartwright, Venetian Blinds, 524 80
E. T. Ritchie and Son, Philosophical Apparatus, 466 14
J. F. Babcock and Co., Chemical Apparatus, 49 36
Amount carried forward, $5596 67
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Amount brought forward,
$5596 67
C. Stodder, Microscope,
98 75
C. Wakefield, Mats and Matting, 86 86
S. Williams and Co., Globe, 44 00
D. Pratt and Son, Clocks, 56 50
George Terrill, Curtains, 99 70
W. P. Prescott, account,
7 00
Thomas Groom, and Co., Stationery, 6 00
American Tablet Co., account, 6 75
Cole and Young, Rubber Moulding,
80 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, Freight,
30 40
John Cornell, coal, 190 00
Thomas Smith, Janitor, etc.,
75 00
William Barnett, account,
30 24
N. W. Hazen, Globes, etc., lost at fire,
42 00
John Sullivan, labor,
23 50
B. S. White, account,
9 88
Abbott and Jenkins, balance of account, 118 60
J. H. Cochran, account, 3 00
Samuel Woodman, account, 2 40
Henry Jaquith, account,
2 00
Thomas Hall, Chemicals,
14 50
George S. Merrill and Co., account,
4 00
Cash deposited in Andover National Bank to balance, 2917 25
$9545 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE,
JAMES H. MERRILL, JOHN ABBOTT,
JAMES THOMPSON,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
MOSES FOSTER, BENJ'N BOYNTON.
ANDOVER, February 1st, 1872.
$6627 75
REPORT
OF THE
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
THE undersigned Cemetery Committee, chosen July 6th, 1869, respectfully report that at a Town Meeting, held May 2d, 1871, the following resolution and votes were passed.
Resolved, That the votes of the Town heretofore passed, setting apart a portion of the Town land and certain ad- ditions to be purchased of Messrs Flint and Foster for a Cemetery be, and are hereby, rescinded.
Voted, That the Cemetery Committee be authorized to purchase of John H. Flint et als., their lot of forty-one acres, more or less, situated on the east side of the old road leading to Ballard Vale, for a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, and that the same be dedicated to the purposes of a Cemetery, and be improved by the Committee for that purpose.
Voted, That all sums of money heretofore voted by the Town for the improvement of the " Carmel Hill " lot, be transferred and expended in the improvement of the new lot this day designated for a Cemetery ; and that the Selectmen be authorized and directed to draw their warrant on the Town Treasurer for a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, to pay for the above-named land, and the improve- ments to be made upon it, when requested so to do by the Committee.
In accordance with the authority and instruction given us by the foregoing votes, the Committee purchased of John H. Flint and others, the lot of land referred to, consisting of forty-one acres, for three thousand dollars. They then com- menced improvements, by laying out the grounds, making
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avenues sixteen feet wide and paths nine feet wide, the length of both being about half a mile. The soil, to the depth of eight inches, was taken out, and gravel put in ; the old rail- road track has been cleared of brush, and the lower parts of it filled up. Nearly three hundred feet of wall on the eastern side of said track have been re-set, draining laid, and the underbrush cleared from three fourths of the premises west of the track. A portion of the land has been laid out into nearly one hundred lots, of various sizes, so arranged as to leave ample space in front, rear, and sides of the lots.
At a Town Meeting held August 7th, 1871, By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations for the proper care, improvement, and pro- tection of said Cemetery were passed. The first section reads as follows : "The location selected and purchased by the Cemetery Committee under the authority of the vote of the Town of Andover shall be designated and known as 'Spring Grove Cemetery.'" A part of the seventh section is as follows : " It shall be the duty of said Committee to submit annually a written Report of their doings, comprising a state- ment of all monies received and expended on account of said Cemetery, which Report shall be printed in connection with the Auditors' annual Report."
The Grove was formally dedicated, October 15th 1871, and a very able and interesting address was delivered on the occasion by Rev. William E. Park, of Lawrence, a native of this town. A few days subsequently the choice of lots was offered at auction, and several were taken. The number selected by parties is eleven, and the deeds of conveyance of five have been passed.
Amount received from the Town Treasurer, $4000 00
Amount received for lots,
100 00
$4100 00
Paid to John H. Flint, and others, for
land, - - - - 3000 00 Paid for improvements and expenses, 1099 63
$4099 63
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In hands of Committee,
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There are now outstanding bills against the Committee amounting to about one hundred and thirty dollars. It will be necessary the ensuing year to lay out and improve other portions of the land ; cut a head avenue, procure and erect stone posts and gates ; trim up the grove ; set out ornamental trees, build wing walls, and repair fences. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Town make an appropria- tion, not exceeding two thousand dollars, for the purposes indicated.
WM. G. MEANS, EDWARD TAYLOR, NATHAN FRYE, MOSES FOSTER, GEORGE FOSTER, WILLIAM S. JENKINS, E. FRANCIS HOLT.
ANDOVER, Feb. 14, 1872.
The foregoing Accounts having been carefully examined, and found to have been correctly kept and well vouched, we respectfully present our Report to the Town for acceptance. In taking the inventory of the per- sonal property at the Almshouse the Auditors noticed the need of painting and papering the rooms, and that there is a deficiency of furniture in the house. An expenditure for these purposes seem to be desirable.
GEORGE H. VALPEY GEORGE FOSTER, AUDITORS. HENRY BOYNTON,
ANDOVER, Feb. 17, 1872.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS. To JOHN CLARK, one 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 elections and town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on Monday, the Fourth day of March, 1872, at One o'clock, P. M., to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article Ist. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2d. - To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing.
Article 3d. - To hear and act on the Report of the Auditors.
Article 4th. - To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, School Committee, Constables, Fence Viewers, and all other neces- sary and usual Town Officers.
Article 5th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of Highways the ensuing year.
Article 6th. - To see if the Town will choose Road Commissioners to take charge of the repairs of the Highways, Roads, and Bridges of the Town, or what method they will adopt for said repairs.
Article 7th. - To see if the Town will require the appointment of a Super- intendent of Schools, as provided in Chap. 38, Sec. 35 of the General Statutes of Massachusetts.
Article 8th .- To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the maintenance of their Public Schools for the ensuing year.
Article 9th. - To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the School money among the Public Schools.
Article 10th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs and improvement of the School Property, and for Incidental Expenses of the Schoolhouses.
Article 11th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray the necessary Expenses the year ensuing.
Article 12th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise towards paying the Town Debt.
Article 13th. - To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of the Public Taxes the ensuing year.
Article 14th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary.
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Article 15th. - To see what compensation the Town will pay the Firemen for their services the ensuing year.
Article 16th. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars to defray the expense of decorating Soldiers' Graves.
Article 17th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase the Land under and adjoining the South Centre Schoolhouse.
Article 18th. - To hear a Report and recommendation from the Memorial Hall Building Committec, and to see what action the Town will take in relation thereto.
Article 19th. - To hear a Report of the Selectmen on building a Reservoir in Elm Square.
Article 20th. - To see if the Town will make an appropriation in behalf of the Cemetery, as recommended in the Report of the Committee.
Article 21st. - To see if the Town, will instruct the Selectinen to make a suitable entrance from Central Street to the New Road leading from Centre Schoolhouse to the Boston and Main Railroad, and to remove the gravel and other materials at the Northerly end of the new Strect which has not been already provided for, and to finish the Street according to the directions of the County Commissioners.
Article 22d. - To see if the Town will discontinue a piece of old Road near the house of Asa W. Livingston.
Article 23d. - To see if the Town will accept and revise the List of Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 24th. - To act on any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thercon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands, at Andover, this Twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
JOHN H. FLINT, Selectmen BENJ. BOYNTON, of
LEWIS G. HOLT, Andover.
A true Copy. - Attest :
JOHN CLARK,
Constable of Andover.
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