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571
193
24.91
1899
9376 29
4471 04
2656 42
31 21
19 24
65 45
143,260,253
845
616
194
25.12
1900
10668 57
4915 23
3158 50
33 07
21 25
71 78
148,618,935
876
641
196
25.83
1901
*8941 83
7955 34
3430 35
45 44
19 59
51 00
175,062,920
897
670
196
25.84
1902
11805 21
5787 44
3035 47
40 59
25 63
100 01
118,031,451
934
701
205
29.69
1903
11563 79
7389 44
2922 36
55 5
21 96
133,085,521
958
722
219
30.17
1904
11818 53
6378 96
3004 34
44 25
20 84
144,164,563
981
757
221
30.49
1905
12409 79
7228 82
3426 98
44 03
20 87
75 60
164,150,879
1013
791
223
30.95
1906
13516 47
8121 39
3054 09
45 39
17 29
76 48
176,717,579
1036
813
224
31.03
1907
17267 86
8112 47
4825 63
33 34
19 94
75 48
242,025,757
1060
848
227
31.35
1908
14908 89
7419 65
3750 29
39 52
19.97
79 41
187,750,372
1101
884
257
35.22
1909
1640
21
7499 95
3967 72
36 96
19 55
81 16
202,885,685
1147
926
273
38.07
1910
17613 66
8378 32
4234 61
36 50
18 50
76 93
228,939,882
1187
977
290
40.81
1911
18515 99
7974 79
3584 62
39 21
17 62
91 03
203,401,371
1245
1023
321
44.34
1912
19687 47
8117 57
3583 45
39 58
17 48
95 99
205,097,460
1304
1081
344
46.99
1913
22739 88
8412 89
4471 18
36 84
19 58
96 5
228,344,927
1353
1146
351
47.70
1914
19614 00
10306 80
4434 65
43 86
18 86
83 47
234,973,550
1405
1195
364
49.64
1915
22451 01
9982 98
4464 45
42 49
18 55
93 32
+240,599,178
1465
1262
369
50.08
1916
23496 87
11998 60
4842 20
46 67
21 91
94 02
+220,945,880
1492
1290
377
51.19
1917
24780 82
11538 26
5460 42
52 95
25 06
113 72
+217,894,123
1503
1311
377
51.19
1918
27053 04
15838 48
10092 80
58 93
37 56
100 67
+268,733,008
1470
1328
378
51.19
1919
23864 58
18257 99
7093 30
83 64
37 72
91 46
+218,279,797
1521
1370
378
51.19
1920
31416 47
19924 11
9949 64
78 23
39 06
81 08
+254,727,887
1594
1460
378
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81 98
TOWN OF ANDOVER
1
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
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TOWN
PORATED MAY 6. .......
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1921
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1922
CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Almshouse Expenses
53
Memorial Hall Library 44, 128
Personal Property at
59
Librarian's Report 133
Relief out of
57
Military Aid
56
Repairs on
55
Miscellaneous 50
Special Committee Report
100
Moth Superintendent's Report 63
Superintendent's Report Aiding Mothers
57
Notes Given
45
Animal Inspector
69
Notes Paid
45
Appropriations, 1921
18
Overseers of the Poor
52
Art Gallery
151
Assessor's Report
60
Assets
80
Auditor's Report
95
Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees 93
Ballard Vale School House
48
Board of Health
37,89
Board of Public Works
Appendix
Sewer Sinking Funds
43
Water Sinking Funds
43
Schools
29
Bonds, Redemption of
49
School Conditions in Shawsheen
Village 109
Building Inspectors' Report
70
Selectmen's Report
29
Collector's Account
78
Soldier's Relief
56
Cornell Fund
79
Spring Grove Cemetery
40,67
County Tax
44
State Aid
56
Dog Tax
46
State and Highway Tax 44
44
Fire Department
34, 88
Tax Collector
77
Finance Committee
116
Town Farm Property
48
G. A. R. Post, 99
46 Town House
32
Hay Scales
42 Town Meeting
14
Inspector of Buildings
70
Town Meeting, special
25
Insurance
42 Town Officers
4,31
Interest
43 Town Warrant
111
Jury List
75 Treasurer's Report 80
Liabilities
80 Tree Warden 61
Memorial Day
46 War Memorial Book 48
36, 64
Printing and Stationery 38
Representative Town Meeting 101
Retirement of Veterans 47
Schedule of Town Property
71
Dump, Care of
47
Street Lighting
Brush Fires 35
Police
58
Moth Suppression 39
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TOWN OFFICERS 1921
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman
Term expires 1923
CHARLES BOWMAN
1924
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
66
66 1922
Assessors
WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman
Term expires 1923
CHARLES BOWMAN
1924
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
1922
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector
WILLIAM B. CHEEVER
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee
MARY B. SMITH
Term expires 1922
ROY H. BRADFORD
1922
RALPH W. COLEMAN
66
66
1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1923
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
66
1923
EDWARD C. CONROY
66
1923
EVERETT C. HILTON
60
66
1924
DAVID R. LAWSON
66
66
1924
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires 1922
66
1922
THOMAS E. RHODES
1923
PHILIP L. HARDY
66
1924
WILLIAM D. McINTYRE
1924
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
BARNETT ROGERS
66
1924
MARY W. FRENCH
66
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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
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D.
Term expires 1922
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
66 66 1923
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
66
66 1924
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
GEORGE W. MEARS
Term expires 1922
FRANK M. SMITH
1922
THOMAS F. DAILEY
66
1922
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
CHARLES U. BELL
Term expires 1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
66
1924
E. KENDALL JENKINS
66
66 1925
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
66
1926
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
66
66
1928
-
66
1927
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1922 FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL MYRON E. GUTTERSON
1923
BURTON S. FLAGG
HARRY H. NOYES WILLIAM ODLIN EDMOND E. HAMMOND
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Auditors
JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN HARRY SELLARS
Trustees of Cornell Fund
CHARLES N. MARLAND
Term expires 1922
1923
JOHN C. ANGUS DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER
66 66 1924
Superintendent of Moth Department EDWARD H. BERRY
Tree Warden EDWARD H. BERRY
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED L. RIPLEY
Registrars of Voters
SAMUEL P. HULME 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 JOHN C. ANGUS, Secretary J. HARRY CAMPION
EDWARD V. FRENCH CHESTER W. HOLLAND GEORGE L. AVERILL
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TOWN 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 MONDAY, the SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1921, 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, three members of the School Committee for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, 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 Tree Warden for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, two Trustees of Punch- ard Free School for one year, 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 certain non-intoxicating bever- ages in this town?
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,
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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, and High School 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, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4. - To see if the Town will vote to build a main sewer on Poor Street and North Main Street, a distance of about 1800 feet, and appropriate the sum of $3500 for same. Work to be done under the direction of the Board of Public Works, and to assess betterments upon the estates benefited by said extension, on petition of Carl L. Svenson and others.
Article 5. - To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer from Main Street, westerly through Lowell Street as far as the house of Richard Ward, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Walter M. Lamont and others.
Article 6. - To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer through Haverhill Street from the present sewer at the intersec- tion of York Street, easterly for a distance of about 2300 feet to a point at or near Stirling Street, and appropriate a sum of money therefor on petition of John Traynor and others.
Article 7. - To see if the town will accept and adopt as a part of its sewage system, certain sewers constructed in Shawsheen Village, so called, as follows: - A ten inch sewer on Haverhill Street extending from the Main Sewer west of the Haverhill Street bridge to the centre of York Street and an eight inch sewer on North Main Street starting at a point at or near the property of Dr. George B. Elliott and running southerly along North Main Street and connecting with the Main sewer; also when completed the sewage pumping station at Shawsheen Village and the 12 inch main extending to the filter beds.
Article 8. - To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to make investigations and report at the next An-
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nual Meeting on a system of sewage disposal and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to defray the expenses of such inves- tigation, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 9. - To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to expend the amount of money now in the treas- ury to the credit of the Water Loan for the purpose of relaying pipes and making small extensions, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 10. - To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the residence of Charles G. E. Anderson, Ballardvale Road, to Edward Dimmock, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Charles G. E. Anderson and others.
Article 11. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $5000, to complete the macadam on Lowell Street; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will sever- ally appropriate, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 12. - 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 13. - To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed to consider the question of a suitable memorial to citizens of Andover who served in the World War, the questions for consideration to be as follows:
(a) Will the town approve the recommendation that the said memorial shall take the form of a new civic cen- tre on the land bounded by Main Street, Chestnut Street, Bartlet Street and Punchard Avenue?
(b) Will the town authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court for authority to appropriate, outside of the debt limit now authorized by law, a sum of mon- ey not exceeding $300,000, to be used for the purpose of acquiring and improving said area, and the erection of such buildings as shall be authorized ?
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(c) Will the town authorize the appointment of a committee of seven citizens to be known as a "Com- mittee on War Memorial and Civic Centre," to make a study of all conditions involved in a proper development of such a civic centre, prepare plans for a beginning of the undertaking, to include the immediate construction of a new town building, designed to be later supple- mented by such other development as the town may from time to time authorize, and to further consider and act upon any matters relating to the question ?
Article 14. - To hear and act on the report of the Board of Public Works as to its conclusions and recommendations on the status of the Water Department, covering the question of rates, charges for fire service and other public services, and the advisa- bility of having this Department operated as a self-supporting Department.
Article 15. - To see if the town will accept as a town way, - as laid out by the Selectmen, the street now known as Warwick Street in Shawsheen Village, so called, running from a point on North Main Street northerly about eleven hundred (1100) feet from the Post Office and westerly to Poor Street, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
Article 16. - To see if the town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, the street now known as Windsor Street in Shawsheen Village, so called, running from a point on North Main Street northerly about seven hundred (700) feet from the Post Office and westerly to Poor Street, opposite the residence of Henry Todd, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
Article 17. - To see if the Town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, the street known as Canterbury Street in Shawsheen Village, so called, from a point south of 59 Lowell Street, westerly six hundred (600) feet to an open lot, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
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Article 18. - To see if the town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, the street known as Balmoral Street in Shawsheen Village, so called, from a point on North Main Street about five hundred (500) feet southerly from the Post Office to Burnham Road, on petition of William M. Wood and others.
Article 19. - To see whether the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to release a certain right of way for the maintenance of drainage pipes over the premises of Albert L. Hall and Clyde A. White, located on the northerly side of Park Street, in said An- dover, upon such terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Board of Selectmen and to the Board of Public Works, on petition of Albert L. Hall and others.
Article 20. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2000, to place fire escapes on and otherwise put in a suitable condition the Old Schoolhouse building in Ballardvale to com- ply with the regulations and orders of the Building Inspectors' Department of the State Police.
Article 21. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $6000 for tearing down and reconstructing the tomb in Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of the Board of Trustees.
Article 22. - To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the Steam Fire Engine now located in the Central Fire Station.
Article 23. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to place an electric light on Salem Street between Prospect Hill Road and the Woodbridge Cider Mill, on petition of Ernest A. Braddon and others.
Article 24. - To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for an electric light in front of the Tyer Rubber Company, on petition of Dionisio Michelini and others.
Article 25. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to place a fire alarm box at or near the junction of Salem
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Street and Prospect Hill Road, on petition of Ernest A. Braddon and others.
Article 26. - To see if the town will accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 94, Section 120, as follows: -
"In towns having less than ten thousand inhabitants which accept this Section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws at any Annual Town Meeting, the annual license fee for carrying on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine shall be such sum - not exceeding one hundred dollars as the selectmen fix, on petition of the Board of Health."
Article 27. - To see if the Town will name as Chestnut Lane the town way leading from River Road at a point east of the Shattuck Farm past the property of Jane Devlin.
Article 28. - To see what action the Town will take in regard to a certain fund left by the late Anna Holt for the benefit of the Scotland District School and held in trust by Brooks F. Holt.
Article 29. - To see if the Town will accept as a gift from the late Edward R. Lemon, a native of Andover, an oil painting of "Washington at Monmouth" and a bust of Longfellow.
Article 30. - To fix the pay of the call firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 31. - To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 32. - To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of the revenue of the cur- rent financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 33. - To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 34. - To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
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Article 35. - To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 36. - To transact any other business that may le- gally come before the meeting.
The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 5 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.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of February, A.D. 1921.
WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN ANDREW McTERNEN Selectmen of Andover
ANDOVER, MARCH 7th, 1921.
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 7, 1921
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 Seventh day of March 1921 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 and proceeded to vote for Town Officers and on the Liquor License question by the Austra- lian 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 5 o'clock p.m. The total number of ballots cast was 843.
The result of the balloting was as follows: -
MODERATOR - One year:
Alfred L. Ripley
687
Blanks 156
TOWN CLERK - One Year:
George A. Higgins
709
Blanks 134
TOWN TREASURER - One Year:
George A. Higgins
697
Blanks 146
SELECTMEN - Three Years:
Charles Bowman
705
Blanks 138
ASSESSOR - Three Years:
Charles Bowman 673
Blanks 170
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES - One Year: William B. Cheever Blanks 143
700
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Three Years
Mary W. French
652
Everett C. Hilton 646
David R. Lawson 649
Blanks 582
TRUSTEE PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL - One year (to fill vacancies)
William Odlin
623
Edmond E. Hammond
629
Blanks 434
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION -
Three years:
Philip L. Hardy
674
William D. McIntyre
629
Blanks 383
BOARD OF HEALTH - Three Years:
Franklin H. Stacey
596
John Traynor
1
Blanks 246
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS - One Year :
Walter H. Coleman
642
John S. Robertson
666
Harry Sellars 646
Blanks 575
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Seven Years:
Nathan C. Hamblin
650
Blanks 193
CONSTABLES - One Year :
Thomas F. Dailey
393
George W. Mears
524
Frank M. Smith 575
George N. Sparks
522
Blanks 515
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TREE WARDEN - One year : Edward H. Berry Blanks 178
665
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?
Yes 323
No 451
Blanks 69
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 7th, 1921.
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Warden George L. Averill in charge. Polls closed at 5 p.m. Ballot Box registered at opening 0000. Ballot Box registered when closed 843. Number of ballots re- ceived 3851. Number of ballots cast 843. Number of ballots returned to Town Clerk 3008.
MARK M. KEANE, 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. Charles Bowman elected Sélectman for three years. Charles Bowman elected Assessor for Three years. William B. Cheever elected Collector of Taxes for one year. Mary W. French elected School Committee for three years. Everett C. Hilton elected School Committee for three years. David R. Lawson elected School Committee for three years.
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William Odlin elected Trustee Punchard Free School for one year.
Edmond E. Hammond elected Trustee Free School for one year.
Philip L. Hardy elected Board of Public Works, and Sinking Fund Commission for three years.
William D. McIntyre elected Board of Public Works and Sink- ing Fund Commission for three years.
Franklin H. Stacey 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.
Gcorge N. Sparks elected Constable for one year.
George W. Mears elected Constable for one year.
Frank M. Smith elected Constable for one year.
Nathan C. Hamblin elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
Edward H. Berry elected Tree Warden for one year.
Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years :- W. Dacre Walker.
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, Edward V. French, Chester W. Holland, John C. Angus, George L. Averill.
Voted at 5.10 p.m. that the meeting be adjourned to Monday, March 14, 1921 at 2 o'clock p.m.
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2 O'CLOCK P. M. MONDAY, MARCH 14th, 1921.
Took up Article 3.
Voted - To appropriate the following stated sums of money :-
Almshouse
$ 5000.00
Almshouse repairs
300.00
Almshouse - Relief out
4000.00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent children
2500.00
Board of Health
3000.00
Brush Fires
600.00
Fire Department
23000.00
Hay Scales
125.00
Highway Department
Maintenance
30000.00
New Construction
30000.00
Fire Insurance
3000.00
Workmen's Compensation
2500.00
Interest
17500.00
Library
3000.00
Memorial Day
600.00
G. A. R.
100.00
Miscellaneous
3000.00
Parks and Playsteads
1200.00
Police
9000.00
Printing and Stationery
1800.00
Public Dump
75.00
Retirement of Veterans
300.00
Retirement of Bonds
Water
8000.00 .
Punchard School
6000.00
Sewer
6141.78
Schools
103475.00
Sewer Department
-
Labor and Power
3000.00
Sinking Fund
1000.00
Soldier's Relief
1500.00
Amount carried froward
$269716.78
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Amount brought forward
$269716.78
Spring Grove Cemetery (and receipts) State Aid
1500.00 1000.00
Street Lighting
7900.00
Voted, that the Street Lighting Committee be instructed and authorized to execute a new con- tract for lighting the streets of Andover with the Lawrence Gas Company for a term not exceeding three years and on the best terms possible to obtain. Town Officers
8900.00
Town House
3000.00
Tree Warden and Moth Work
7000.00
Water Department
20750.00
Article 4 - (Poor Street Sewer)
3500.00
Article 6 - (Haverhill Street Sewer)
8750.00
Article 8 - (Board of Public Works)
1000.00
Article 11 - (Lowell Street)
5000.00
Article 13 - (War Memorial)
2000.00
Article 20 - (B. V. Schoolhouse)
2000.00
Article 21 - (Tomb)
6000.00
$348016.78
State Tax and Highway Tax (estimate)
₹ 35000.00
County Tax (estimate)
16000.00
$399016.78
Took up Article 4.
Voted, That Articles 4, 5, and 6 be laid on the table until after the consideration of Article 7.
Took up Article 7.
Voted, at 3.17 p.m., That the town accept and adopt as a part of its sewerage system the sewers named in this article as the same are shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing Shawsheen Village Sewerage System" drawn by John Franklin, C. E. 1920 and ap- proved by the State Board of Health August 26th, 1920.
Said plan has also been approved by the board of Public Works and is on file in the office of said board,
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Took up Article 4.
Voted, at 3.35 p.m., That the town build a main sewer on Poor Street and North Main Street, a distance of about 1800 feet and appropriate the sum of $3500. for the same. Work to be done under the direction of the Board of Public Works, and to assess betterments upon the estates benefited by said extension.
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