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All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 5 o'clock p.m.
After final action on the preceding Article one, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of the General Laws, to Monday, March 12th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following Articles, namely :
Article 2 .- To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Article 3 .- To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Hay Scales, Highway Depart- ment, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post 99, G.A.R., Miscellaneous, Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing and Stationery, Election and Registration, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, Main Street and Shawsheen Bridge Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance, Sewer Sinking Funds, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden, Moth Department, Water Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds, Andover Post No. 8, American Legion, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $6000.00 to pay the unpaid bills contracted by the Alms- house Building Committee, and to build a combination Barn and Garage, on petition of the Selectmen.
Article 5 .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase a com- bination truck and ambulance for the use of the Police Depart- ment and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the same, on petition of the Selectmen.
Article 6 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $14,157.15 in addition to the balance on hand of $1140.29 to pay for bills due for extra work done in the reconstruction of Main Street, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for granolithic sidewalks on either side of Main
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Street and do necessary grading, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8 .- To see if the Town will accept the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of 1923 "Authorizing the Town of Andover to construct an Outfall Sewer for the Disposal of its Sewage."
Also to see if the Town will vote to issue bonds or notes of the Town in the aggregate amount of one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000.) dollars for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under this act, the indebtedness under this act to be in excess of the statutory limit, but, except as otherwise provided therein, subject to Chapter Forty-four of the General Laws, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 9 .- To see if the Town will authorize and direct the School Committee to petition the General Court of 1923 for authority to borrow the sum of two hundred and sixty-eight thousand ($268,000.) dollars outside the statutory limit of in- debtedness, by bond issue or otherwise, for the following purposes.
To grade and loam the lot and to build and equip a new grammar school building, to be located on the land given by the American Woolen Company and accepted by the town, situated at the junction of and between Corbett Street and Magnolia Avenue, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 10 .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Motor Ladder Truck for the Fire Department and appropriate a sum of $15,000.00 for the same, on petition of William C. Crowley and others.
Article 11-To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present termina- tion of same on Corbett Street at premises of Antonio Catanzaro, a distance of seventeen hundred (1700) feet along said Corbett Street to the main entrance to the Sacred Heart Cemetery, and appropriate a sum of money sufficient therefor, on petition of Edward Topping and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of $10,000.00 to lay a 6-inch water main on Chandler Road, to the residence of William F. Trauschke and others, on petition of William F. Trauschke and others.
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Article 13 .- To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 85 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachu- setts entitled "Pensions for Policemen and Firemen," on petition of Colver J. Stone and others.
Article 14-To hear and act on the report of the War Memo- rial Committee.
Article 15-To see if the Town will deed back to the Boston & Maine Railroad a certain piece of land situated in Ballard Vale, deeded to the town from the said Boston & Maine Railroad September 16th, 1871, on the express condition that neither the land nor the building thereon be used for any other purpose than housing fire apparatus, on petition of the Selectmen.
Article 16 .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 17 .- 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 18 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 19 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 20 .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 21 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
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.
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 twenty-first day of February, A.D. 1923.
WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN ANDREW McTERNEN Selectmen of Andover
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ANDOVER, March 5th, 1923
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 places 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. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
FRANK M. SMITH, Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1923
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four in said Andover on Monday, the Fifth day of March 1923, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, took up Article One and proceeded to vote for Town Officers and on the License and Accounting questions.
The ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls opened at 6 o'clock a.m. and closed at 5 o'clock p.m. The total number of ballots cast was 2306. Viz: Precinct One 1308, Precinct Two 245, Precinct Three 451, Precinct Four 302.
The result of the balloting was as follows:
MODERATOR - One year :
Precincts
1
2
3 4
956
182
362
275
Alfred L. Ripley
1775
1
John Traynor
1
352
63
88
27
Blanks 530
TOWN CLERK - One Year :
984
198
365
269
George A. Higgins
1816
324
47
86
33
Blanks 490
TOWN TREASURER - One Year :
944
188
360
268
George A. Higgins
1760
364
57
91
34
Blanks 546
SELECTMAN - Three Years :
139
30
70
47
George L. Averill 286
324
58
35
26
Martin Doherty
443
435
95
282
179
Frank H. Hardy
991
47
2
2
1
William G. McDermitt
52
334
54
57
47
James C. Souter
492
29
6
5
2
Blanks
42
12
.
ASSESSOR - Three Years:
145
28
69
56
George L. Averill
298
316
56
32
24
Martin Doherty
428
413
91
273
163
Frank H. Hardy
940
48
1
3
1
William G. McDermitt
53
333
52
56
46
James C. Souter
487
53
17
18
12
Blanks
100
COLLECTOR OF TAXES - One Year:
948
185
368
265
William B. Cheever
1766
360
60
83
37
Blanks 540
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Three Years:
875
158
306
268
Frederick E. Cheever 1607
934
153
301
247
Edward C. Conroy
1635
902
150
310
264
Alfred E. Stearns 1626
1213
274
436
127
Blanks
2050
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Seven Years:
915
164 357
275
Alfred E. Stearns 1711
1
John Traynor
1
393
81
93
27
Blanks 594
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Six Years (to fill vacancy) :
889
150
343
269 Philip F. Ripley 1651
419
95
108 33
Blanks 655
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION Three Years:
242 179
71
56
Edward P. Hall 548
557
19
186
145
Walter I. Morse 907
455
44
156
94 Thomas E. Rhodes 749
54 3 38
7 Blanks 102
BOARD OF HEALTH - Three Years:
866 201
354
257
Bancroft T. Haynes 1678
442
44
97
45
Blanks 628
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AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS - One Year:
824 169 310 251
Walter H. Coleman
1554
901 157 288 239
John S. Robertson
1585
872
153
288
245
Harry Sellars
1558
1327
256
467
171
Blanks
2221
CONSTABLES -
- One Year:
815
143
292
242
James Napier
1492
835
149
317
246
Frank M. Smith
1547
851
196
304
250
George N. Sparks
1601
1423
247
440
168
Blanks
2278
TREE WARDEN - One Year:
931
177
355
255
Edward H. Berry
1718
1
John Traynor
1
377
68
95
47
Blanks 587
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain Non-Intoxicating
Beverages in this town?
492
75
146
71
Yes
784
532
101
210
195
No
1038
284
69
95
36
Blanks
484
Shall the town petition for the installation of an Accounting System by the Commonwealth? (This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922.)
254
49
148
63
Yes 514
520
74
141
159
No
894
534
122
162
80
Blanks 898
All the foregoing officers and questions were voted on by ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT ONE
ANDOVER, March 5th, 1923
Polls opened at 6 a.m. closed at 5 p.m. Ballot box registered at opening 0000, when closed 1307, being one less than the actual number cast. Number of ballots received 2099, number of bal- lots returned 791. Number of ballots cast 1308. Number of female votes cast 483. Number of male votes cast 825.
MARK M. KEANE, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT TWO
BALLARDVALE, March 5, 1923
Polls opened at 6 a.m. and closed at 5 p.m. Ballot box reg- istered at opening 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 245. Number of ballots received 450. Number of ballots cast 245. Number of ballots returned 205. Warden Clester Mat- thews in charge. Constable George N. Sparks on duty.
JOSEPH P. LYNCH, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT THREE
SHAWSHEEN VILLAGE, March 5, 1923
Polls opened at 6 a.m. and closed at 5 p.m. Ballot box reg- istered at opening 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 451. Number of ballots cast 451. Number of ballots received 700. Number of ballots returned 249.
HENRY J. LAVERY, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT FOUR
ANDOVER, March 5, 1923
Polls opened at 6 a.m. at the Phillips Club on Main Street, with Warden H. S. Hopper in charge. Ballot box read 0000. The polls closed at 5 p.m. with a total of 302 votes cast. Total number of ballots received 650. Total number of ballots re- turned 348.
R. J. WINTERS, Clerk
After final action on Article One, the said meeting was ad- journed by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, to Monday, March 12th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall.
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1.30 O'CLOCK P. M. MONDAY, MARCH 12TH, 1923
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.
Frank H. Hardy elected Selectman for three years.
Frank H. Hardy elected Assessor for three years.
William B. Cheever elected Collector of Taxes for one year.
Frederick E. Cheever elected member of School Committee for three years.
Edward C. Conroy elected member of School Committee for three years.
Alfred E. Stearns elected member of School Committee for three years.
Alfred E. Stearns elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
Philip F. Ripley elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for six years (to fill vacancy).
Walter I. Morse elected member of Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission for three years.
Bancroft T. Haynes elected member of 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. James Napier elected Constable for one year.
Frank M. Smith elected Constable for one year.
George N. Sparks elected Constable for one year.
Edward H. Berry elected Tree Warden for one year.
Took up Article 2 : and chose
John C. Angus, Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
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Chose Finance Committee for one year (appointed by the Moderator): George Abbot, Henry A. Bodwell, Edward V. French, Chester W. Holland, George H. Winslow, John C. Angus, George L. Averill.
Chose Street Lighting Committee for one year (appointed by the Moderator): Walter H. Coleman, Fred G. Cheney, Henry J. Gardner, Frederic G. Moore, James C. Souter.
Chose Memorial Committee for one year (appointed by the Moderator) : Walter M. Lamont, John F. O'Connell, Claude M. Fuess, Henry A. Bodwell, Burton S. Flagg, E. V. French, E. Barton Chapin.
Took up Article 3.
Voted to appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Almshouse
$ 6600.00
Almshouse, Relief Out of
5000.00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children
2500.00
Board of Health
3600.00
Brush Fires
1000.00
Elections and Registration
600.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
2823.50
Fire Department
24000.00
G. A. R.
100.00
Hay Scales
125.00
Highway Department
Maintenance
45000.00
New Construction
30000.00
Interest
20500.00
Insurance
6000.00
Fire
3500.00
Workmen's Compensation
2500.00
Library, Memorial Hall
4000.00
Memorial Day
550.00
Miscellaneous
1200.00
Parks and Playsteads
1200.00
Police Department
14500.00
Amount carried forward
$169298.50
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Amount brought forward
$169298.50
Printing and Stationery
2000.00
Public Dump
75.00
Retirement of Veterans
300.00
Retirement of Bonds
35500.00
Sewer
7000.00
High School
6000.00
Shawsheen Bridge
2500.00
Main Street Construction
20000.00
Schools
111883.00
Sewer Department
4000.00
Labor and Power
3000.00
Sinking Fund
1000.00
Soldiers' Relief
1500.00
Military Aid
200.00
Spring Grove Cemetery
5200.00
State Aid
600.00
Street Lighting
10000.00
Town House
3000.00
Town Officers
10400.00
Tree Warden and Moth Work
15000.00
Water Department
37000.00
Water Department, Service Pipe
2500.00
Andover Post No. 8, American Legion
900.00
Article 4 - New Almshouse
6500.00
Article 5 - Police
700.00
Article 6 - Main St.
14157.15
Article 7 - Main St. Sidewalks
3000.00
Article 10 - Fire Dept., Ladder Truck
10000.00
Article 12 - Water, Chandler Road
10000.00
$453713.65
State Tax (estimate) County Tax (estimate)
30000.00
20000.00
$503713.65
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Took up Article 4.
Voted, at 2.50 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $6500. to pay the unpaid bills contracted by the Almshouse Building Commit- tee, and to build a combination barn and garage.
Took up Article 5.
Voted, at 3.05 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $700. for the purchase of a combination truck and ambulance for the use of the Police Department.
Took up Article 6.
Voted, at 3.10 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $14,157.15 in addition to the balance on hand of $1140.29 to pay for bills due for extra work done in the reconstruction of Main Street.
Took up Article 7.
Voted, at 3.35 p.m., To appropriate a sum not exceeding $3000. for granolithic sidewalks on either side of the business section of Main Street from Chestnut Street to Elm Square.
Took up Article 8.
Voted, at 3.37 p.m., That the town accept the provisions of Chapter 69 of the Acts of 1923, "Authorizing the Town of Andover to construct an Outfall Sewer for the Disposal of its Sewage." The vote stood Yeas 266, Nays none.
Also voted, at 3.42 p.m., That under authority of and in com- pliance with Act of 1923, Chapter 69, entitled "An Act Authoriz- ing the Town of Andover to construct an Outfall Sewer for the Disposal of its Sewage," which has been duly accepted by the town, and for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under said Act the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) dollars be and the same is hereby ap- propriated, and to raise said amount the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to prepare, issue and sell bonds or notes of the town in said principal amount of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) dollars bearing on face the words "Andover Sewer Loan, Act of 1923," signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum payable semi-annually. Said bonds or notes
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shall be payable in accordance with section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole of said loan shall be due and payable in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of issue. All other particulars as to the form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen. The vote stood Yeas 261, Nays none.
Took up Article 9.
Voted, at 4.00 p.m., That the Town authorize and direct the School Committee to petition the General Court of 1923 for authority to borrow the sum of two hundred and thirty thousand (230,000) dollars outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, by bond issue or otherwise, for the following purposes:
To grade and loam the lot and to build and equip a new gram- mar school building, to be located on the land given by the American Woolen Company and accepted by the town, situated at the junction of and between Corbett Street and Magnolia Avenue. The vote was unanimous.
Took up Article 10.
Voted, at 4.04 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $10,000. for the purchase of a Motor Ladder Truck for the Fire Department.
Took up Article 11.
Voted, at 4.07 p.m .. To refer to the Board of Public Works.
Took up Article 12.
Voted, at 4.23 p.m., That the town appropriate the sum of $10000. to lay a 6-inch water main on Chandler Road to the residence of William F. Trauschke and others.
Took up Article 13.
Voted, at 4.24 p.m., That the article be stricken from the warrant.
Took up Article 14.
Voted, at 5.22 p.m., To accept the report of the Committee and that the work of the Committee be extended and they be re- quested to bring in a recommendation for a distinct War Memo- rial, omitting any plan for a civic center.
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Took up Article 15.
Voted, at 5.27 p.m., To deed back to the Boston & Maine Railroad a certain piece of land situated in Ballardvale deeded to the town from the said Boston & Maine Railroad, September 16, 1871.
Took up Article 16.
Voted, at 5.28 p.m., That the taxes be collected by the Col- lector, that he receive a salary of $1800. per year and that in- terest be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from October 15th, on all taxes remaining unpaid after November 1st.
Took up Article 17.
Voted, at 5.29 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 1st, 1923, 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 18.
Voted, at 5.30 p.m., That all unexpended appropriations be turned into the treasury with the exception of the balances named in the Treasurer's Report, viz: Water Loan, Special Sewer Survey, Main Street Loan, North Main Street appro- priation, Soldiers' Memorial Committee.
Took up Article 19.
Voted, at 5.31 p.m., That the Report of the Town Officers be accepted.
Took up Article 20.
Voted, at 5.32 p.m., To raise by taxation $353,000. plus an amount sufficient to meet the State and County Taxes, after deducting receipts from the State Income Tax.
Took up Article 21.
Voted, To add the word "private" in the Assessors' Street List to all streets which have not been accepted by the town.
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Voted, That a vote of thanks be extended to the War Memo- rial Committee for their faithful work as shown in the plans presented to the town.
Voted, at 5.40 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 regular and adjourned meetings.
Attest:
GEORGE A. HIGGINS Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 12, 1923 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 Twelfth day of June, 1923, at 8 o'clock p.m., to act on the following articles :
Article 1. - To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of two hundred thirty thousand ($230,000.) dollars for the purpose of building a new school building in that part of Andover known as Shawsheen Village and of purchasing furnishings and original equipment therefor, and for the purpose of raising all or a portion of said sum will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to prepare, issue and sell under author- ity of Chapter 272, Massachusetts Acts of 1923, bonds or notes outside the debt limit but otherwise subject to Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 2. - To see if the Town will appoint and authorize a Committee to procure plans and specifications, obtain bids, let contracts, and approve bills for building, purchasing the furnish- ings, and equipping the new schoolhouse mentioned in Article One, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 3. - To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take in fee by eminent domain for school purposes, and award damages therefor, the land situated on Magnolia Avenue in Andover, and being lot numbered six (6) as shown on plan of land known as "Oakhurst Knolls," recorded in Essex
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North District Registry of Deeds, book 238, page 600, said lot being bounded Northerly by lot numbered 7, as shown on said plan, 80 feet; Easterly by Magnolia Avenue, as shown on said plan, 50 feet; Southerly by lot numbered 5, as shown on said plan, 80 feet; Westerly 50 feet as shown on said plan. Containing 4000 square feet of land; and to appropriate a sum not exceeding Seven hundred and fifty ($750.) dollars therefor, the same to be raised by taxation, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 4. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of nine thousand ($9000.) dollars for the purpose of reconstructing Haverhill Street from North Main Street to a point near the Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge, provided the State and County severally appropriate a like sum, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 5. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.) dollars for putting in a new pump- ing unit at Haggetts Pond Station on recommendation of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6. - To see if the town will accept as a Town Way, as laid out by the Selectmen, a street running from a point on Chestnut Street northerly about 716 feet and 48 feet in width to a point on Summer Street in accordance with a plan on file, on petition of Llewellyn D. Pomeroy and others.
Article 7. - To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $2500.00 for the purpose of lowering the bed of Rogers Brook from a point near center of the Public Park, to the opening of culvert at east side of Bartlet Street and installing necessary pipes and retaining walls, and such other work in the deepening and widening of Rogers Brook as may be found necessary, said work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works, in cooperation with the abutting owners, on petition of W. Dudley Yates and others.
Article 8. - To see what action, if any, the town will take in regard to the collection and disposal of its garbage and ashes, on petition of the Board of Health.
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Article 9. - To act on any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
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.
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 thirty-first day of May, A.D. 1923.
FRANK H. HARDY
CHARLES BOWMAN
ANDREW McTERNEN
Selectmen of Andover
ANDOVER, MASS., June 12, 1923
ESSEX, SS.
Pursuit to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabi- tants 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.
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