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Trustees of Memorial Hall.
Town of Andover in Account with Joseph A. Smart, Treasurer of Memorial Hall.
DR.
For Cash paid
Clark and Carruth, books,
$761 94
Warren F. Draper, books, 78 08
John H. Chandler, newspapers, 45 25
Little Brown and Co., books,
15 00
H. C. Nash, books,
6 00
W. Willey, books,
3 00
Mrs. G. G. Greenwood, books, 4 50
$913 77
Ballard Holt, salary, $700 00
James O. Bradshaw, salary,
60 00
E. H. Barnard, work on cases,
15 83
W. F. Draper, printing and supplies, 139 93 Ira Bradley and Co., binding, 69 74
Ballard Holt, sundries,
35 85
T. A. Holt and Co., supplies,
19 15
George N. Greive, services,
6 00
G. H. Anderson, services,
3 50
Henry McLawlin, supplies, 1 20
J. H. Chandler, express, 6 85
South Church Society, umbrella stand, 2 00
M. D. Jones and Co., umbrella stand, 6 00
Saunders Brothers, repairs, 2 15
John Cornell, wood and coal,
158 25
Hardy and Cole, repairs,
8 31
Smith and Manning, supplies,
13 85
1248 61
Cash on hand to balance,
338 97
$2501 35
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To balance from last year, To cash received from
$478 17
Town Treasurer, Dog-tax, $514 41
Town Treasurer, Interest on Note, 1200 00
Interest on John Byers Fund, 250 00
Librarian, fines and rents,
58 77
$2023 18
$2501 35
JOSEPH A. SMART,
TREASURER.
ANDOVER, Feb. 2, 1886.
This certifies that we have examined the within account, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
E. K. JENKINS, J. B. SMITH,
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
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We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing accounts for the current year, and that all payments are properly approved and vouched for; and that there remains in the hands of the Town Treasurer, the sum of three thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-six cents ($3656.86).
FELIX G. HAYNES, ARTHUR BLISS, HENRY BOYNTON,
AUDITORS.
ANDOVER, Feb. 10, 1886.
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Appropriations, 1886.
The following Appropriations are recommended for the
coming year.
Schools,
$10000 00
School-houses,
1000 00
School-Books,
1000 00
Highways and Bridges,
8000 00
Sidewalks,
1000 00
Removing Snow,
800 00
Town Officers,
-2500 00
Town House,
600 00
Fire Department, running expenses,
2500 00
Fire Department, new hose,
500 00
Street Lamps,
950 00
Printing and Stationery,
500 00
Spring Grove Cemetery,
300 00
Memorial Day,
175 00
State Aid,
1400 00
Additional Pay to Soldiers,
600 00
Expenses of Almshouse,
4500 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
3000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
500 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
State Tax,
6000 00
County Tax,
6000 00
Adjustment of Taxes,
500 00
Discount on Taxes,
2000 00
Abatement of Taxes,
400 00
Interest on Notes and Funds,
2000 00
Insurance,
200 00
Miscellaneous,
800 00
Total,
$57775 00
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Town 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, - and of the Town of North Andover so far as relates to the election of a Board of Five Trustees for the Punchard Free School, -qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on Monday, the First day of March, 1886, at 12 o'clock, M., to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1st. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2d. - To choose Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collec- tor of Taxes, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, a Board of Health, One member of the School Committee for Three Years, Five Trustees of the Punchard Free School for Three Years, One Trustee of Memorial Hall for Seven Years, a Committee of Seven for the Spring Grove Cemetery for Three Years, Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, One or more Highway Surveyors, or a Board of Three Road Commissioners, Pound Keeper, and Auditors of Accounts.
Article 3d. - To see what action the Town will take on the following question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
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Article 4th. - To see what action the Town will take in regard to unexpended appropriations.
Article 5th. - To see what sums of money the Town will appropriate for the use of the several Departments the cur- rent year, namely : Schools, School-houses, School Books and Supplies, Highways and Bridges, Sidewalks, Removing Snow, Town Officers, Town House, Fire Department, Street Lamps, Printing and Stationery, Spring Grove Cemetery, Memorial Day, State Aid, Indigent Soldiers and Sailor's Aid, Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, Hay Scales, State Tax, County Tax, Adjust- ment of Taxes, Discount on Taxes, Abatement of Taxes, Interest on Notes and Funds, Insurance, and Miscellaneous.
Article 6th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary, upon the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 7th. - To see what method the Town will take for the collection of Taxes the current year.
Article 8th. - To see what compensation the Town will pay the Firemen for their services the current year.
Article 9th. - To see if the Town will revise and accept the List of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 10th. - To see if the Town will vote to pay the Dog- License money received from the County Treasury to the Treasurer of the Memorial Hall, to aid in supporting the Library and Reading-room.
Article 11th. - To hear and act on the Report of the Selectmen.
Article 12th. - To see if the Town will accept the pro-
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visions of Chapter 158 of the Statutes of the year 1871, relating to choosing Road Commissioners, on petition of Jolın O'Connell and others.
Article 13th. - To see if the Town will appoint a Com- mittee to oppose the taking of the waters of the Shawshin River by the city of Boston, and make an appropriation of money for the use of the same, on petition of Moses Foster and others.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Selectmen on widening and straightening River Street in Ballard Vale, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of F. G. Haynes and others.
Article 15th. - To see if the Town will accept and allow a way laid out by the Selectmen, on petition of William H. Greene and others, leading from Lowell Street in Ballard Vale across land of John W. Morrison to a point five hundred feet distant westerly from said Lowell Street, as particularly described in the Report of the Selectmen duly filed in the Town Clerk's office Feb. 19, 1886, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 16th. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) to repair the road which extends from the turnpike, between the house of William Hackett and the Scotland schoolhouse, to the house of Charles E. Jones, on petition of Hezekiah Jones and others.
Article 17th .- To see if the Town will discontinue a small portion of the location of Woburn Street, at the northerly end thereof, adjoining the premises of Lyman A. Belknap, as shown on a plan prepared by Joseph Kimball, and duly filed in the Town Clerk's office, Feb. 13, 1886.
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Article 18th. - To see if the Town will grade and repair the extension of Chestnut Street, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of J. Warren Berry and others.
Article 19th. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to gravel and grade Florence Street, on petition of George T. Abbott and others.
Article 20th. -- To see if the Town will remove obstruc- tions and build the sidewalk on the southerly side of Elm Street, between Elm Square and Summer Street, as laid out by the County Commissioners in October 1825, and appro- priate a sum of money therefor, on petition of John H. Chandler and others.
Article 21st. - To see if the Town will purchase a Steam Fire Engine for Ballard Vale, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Joseph Kintz and others.
Article 22d. - To see if the Town will build a Reservoir near the corner of Punchard Avenue and Bartlett Street, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of George L. Abbott and others.
Article 23d. - To see if the Town will build a Reservoir near the corner of Park and Bartlett Streets, and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) therefor, on petition of E. Pike and others.
Article 24th. - To see if the Town will build a Reservoir on Maple Avenue, and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) therefor, on petition of James Grosvenor and others.
Article 25th. - To hear further the Report of the Com- mittee on Water Supply for fire-extinguishing purposes, and
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to see if the Town will lease from the Trustees of Phillips Academy the privilege of taking water from the pond near the Theological Seminary, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take other action thereon.
[The consideration of the foregoing Article was postponed to this meeting from the Town Meeting of August 3d, 1885.]
Article 26th. - To see if the Town will name the high- way which extends from Salem Street Bend to the North Andover line " Highland Road," on petition of Charles L. Carter and others.
Article 27th. - To see if the Town will accept the pro- visions of Chapter 51 of the Public Statutes, sections one to nine inclusive, relating to betterments, on petition of James H. Smith and others.
Article 28th. - To see if the Town will grant and vote a sum of money to be expended in planting shade trees upon the public squares and highways of the town, on petition of J. Newton Cole and others.
Article 29th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to rent for one hundred and fifty dollars per annum the part of the Town House now occupied by the Post-Office, on petition of Francis H. Johnson and others.
Article 30th. - To see if the Town will repay to William Marland all sums paid by him for rent of Post-office room in excess of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum since July 1st, 1884, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of W. F. Draper and others.
Article 31st. - To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray the necessary expenses the current year.
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Article 32d. - 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 Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands, at Andover, this Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
Selectmen SAM'L H. BOUTWELL, of Andover.
CHARLES S. PARKER, -
CHARLES GREENE,
A true Copy. - Attest :
WALTER S. DONALD,
Constable of Andover.
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CONTENTS.
Abatement of Taxes, 37, 45
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Report, 88
Miscellaneous,
39,46
Almshouse,
49,53
Notes discounted, 37
37
Relief out of,
47
Overseers' Account,
47-51
Remaining in,
53
Overseers' Report,
52-55
Repairs at,
51
Printing and Stationery,
34,46
Appropriations recommended,
116
Punchard Free School,
86,87
Assets,
84 |
Purchard School Bog,
28
Auditors' Certificate,
115
Representative Fund,
51
Board of Health,
34
Reservoirs,
26
Board of Health Report,
61-75
Schedule of Town Property,
85
Cemetery Com., Report of, 78-80
Schools,
3,44
Chief Engineer's Report,
56-60
School Books,
12, 44
Chief of Police, Report,
76, 77
School-houses,
8, 44
Cities and Towns,
48
Selectmen's Account,
3-43
Collector's Report,
81
Selectmen's Report,
44-46
County Tax,
36, 45
Sidewalks,
25, 44
Decoration Day,
31,44
Discount on Taxes,
36, 45
Dog Licenses,
37
Donors of Books, etc.,
90
Spring Grove Cemetery, 38, 45
State Aid, 35, 45
State Tax, 36, 45
State Industrial School, 49
Florence Street,
29
Street Lamps, 29, 44
Hay Scales,
29,45
Highways and Bridges, 13, 44
39
Summary of Overseers' Orders, 51
Interest,
38, 45
Liabilities,
84
Librarian's Report, 89-112
Town House, 31,45
Lunatic Hospitals,
48
Town Officers, 30, 44
Marland Street,
28
Town Warrant, 117-122
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Treasurer's Account, 82-84
Water Committee, 39
Account, 113, 114
pay to, . 36, 45
Fire Department,
32, 44
Snow, Removal of, 22,44
Soldiers and Sailors additional
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Truck,
34
Summary of Appropriations and Receipts, 42
Insurance Account,
Summary of Selectmen's Orders, 43 Superintendent's Account, 55
Additions to Library,
92-112
Adjustment of Taxes, 36, 45
Personal Property at, 54
Notes paid,
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