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75.00
Representing Doctor
50.00
Secretary, Board of Public Works
100.00
Treasurer, Library Trustees
100.00
Treasurer, Punchard Trustees
200.00
Moderator, per meeting
10.00
ARTICLE 4-To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for the following purposes: Appropriation for the Asses- sors, Board of Selectmen, and all departments under their control :
Voted-to appropriate the following stated sums of money :
American Legion
600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
600.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
920.00
Aid to Dependent Children
8000.00
Soldiers' Relief
3000.00
Military Aid
300.00
State Aid
600.00
Old Age Assistance
29000.00
Public Welfare
23500.00
Retirement Fund
11574.00
W. P. A. Materials
1000.00
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
3475.00
Insurance
10700.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
7015.71
Portion of Purification Clam Plant
118.77
Pomps Pond
2200.00
Public Dump
550.00
Printing Town Report
651.00
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Town Officers:
Selectmen
2247.00
Treasurer
2550.00
Collector
4842.00
Accountant
2640.00
Assessors
4624.00
Town Clerk
2606.00
Moderator
10.00
Town Counsel
750.00
Finance Committee
20.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
250.00
Building Inspector
525.00
21289.00
Town Scales
125.00
Inspector of Wires
410.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
575.00
Municipal Buildings
3500.00
Infirmary
9300.00
Moth Suppression
4500.00
Police Department
30191.00
(to include $50.00 for out-of-state travel)
Fire Department
29081.00
Brush Fires
1000.00
Interest
12800.00
Retirement of Bonds
41000.00
Appropriation for Tree Warden
5000.00
Appropriation for Board of Health Including $55.00 unpaid bill
Care and Treatment of Tubercular patients
2500.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Memorial Hall Library-plus Dog account refunds 11585.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
9965.00
Appropriation for Street Lighting Committee 18513.72
Appropriation for School Committee
181328.00
(after School appropriation it was moved and voted to take up Article 51-see action under Article 51)
4798.00
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Appropriation for Playgrounds Committee 1985.00
(after this appropriation it was moved and voted to take up Articles 5, 13, 14, 15 and 24- see action under each article)
Appropriation for all departments under the
control of the Board of Public Works:
Highway Maintenance 38650.00
Water Maintenance 27870.00
Water Construction 10560.00
Parks and Playgrounds
4708.00
Sewer Maintenance 5876.00
Snow Removal and Sanding 13373.00
Voted-that thirteen thousand three hundred and seventy- three ($13373.00) dollars be appropriated for sanding and snow removal, twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars of which is to be available for the purchase of snow removal and sanding equip- ment if necessary at the discretion of the Board of Public Works, one hundred and eighteen ($118.00) dollars of which is to be used to reimburse the State for the Town's share for plowing Lowell and Haverhill Streets in 1938.
Total departmental
$594937.20
ARTICLE 12-Purchase of auto-Police Department 475.00
ARTICLE 13-Remodelling second floor-Town House 1500.00
ARTICLE 14-Purchase Grader 1231.53
ARTICLE 15-Purchase five dump trucks-B.P.W. 7500.00
ARTICLE 16-Hard Surface Gravel Roads
4600.00
ARTICLE 17-Material, supervision, truck hire
(Federal and Town Welfare) 10375.00
ARTICLE 18-Water Main (Whittier and Chestnut)
1200.00
ARTICLE 22-Chapter 90 (Highway Maintenance) 1000.00
ARTICLE 23-Remodelling Barn and Shed- Lewis Street 3000.00
ARTICLE 25-Purchase Compressor and Second- hand truck chassis 3200.00
ARTICLE 26-Curbing and sidewalks East side
High Street from Walnut Aveune 1600.00
ARTICLE 27-Straightening Osgood Road
150.00
ARTICLE 30-Andover Skating Area 400.00
ARTICLE 34-Water main purchase (Flint Circle)
468.00
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ARTICLE 36-Water main purchase (George Cairns) 3398.70
ARTICLE 37-Hard surface Cairns accepted roads 1150.00 ARTICLE 39-Water main purchase (Gould) 1030.73
ARTICLE 48-Water extension Sunset Rock and Ballardvale Roads
1425.00
ARTICLE 51-North School
500.00
Total Special Articles Grand Total
44203.96
$639141.16
ARTICLE 5-To see if the town will vote to use for any legal purpose $13150.00 received from the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts under the provisions of Chapter 500, Acts of 1938 as amended by Chapter 2, Acts of 1939.
Voted-that the $13150.00 received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the provisions of Chapter 500, Acts of 1938 as amended by Chapter 2, Acts of 1939 be used in conjunc- tion with the appropriation for highway maintenance.
ARTICLE 6-To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted-to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 7-To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Overlay Reserve, the sum of $110.96 to cover 1935 taxes abated in 1938, on petition of the Board of Assessors.
Voted-to transfer from the Overlay Reserve, the sum of $110.96 to cover 1935 taxes abated in 1938.
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ARTICLE 8-To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to acquire by purchase the property at 85 Main Street, Andover, formerly the residence of Lucy C. Shaw, comprising approxi- mately 87050 square feet of land, for the purpose of erecting thereon a municipal office building and other public buildings and will raise and appropriate $20450.00 therefor. To meet said appropriation the amount of $4450.00 shall be included in the tax levy of the current year and the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow $16000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the town therefor under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, payable in not more than four years, on petition of Committee on Centralization of Municipal Offices.
Voted-to indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 9-To see if the town will vote to authorize and in- struct the Board of Selectmen to rent or sell the buildings at 85 Main Street, Andover, formerly the residence of Lucy C. Shaw for such sum or sums as the Board of Selectmen may deem best and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to give a good and sufficient bill of sale in the name of the town for the aforesaid buildings.
Above article ruled out of order by Moderator after Article 8 indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 10-To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to acquire by purchase or right of eminent domain the property at 77 Main Street, Andover, formerly the residence of Mary G. Grout, comprising approximately 14580 square feet of land, for the purpose of erecting thereon a municipal office building and other public buildings and will raise and appropriate $12000.00 therefor. To meet said appropriation the amount of $2000.00 shall be included in the tax levy of the current year and the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow $10000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the town therefor under the provision of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, payable in not more than four years, on petition of Com- mittee on Centralization of Municipal Offices.
Voted-to consider Articles 10 and 11 together.
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ARTICLE 11-To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to rent or sell the buildings at 77 Main Street, Andover, formerly the residence of Mary G. Grout for such sum or sums as the Board of Selectmen may deem best and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to give a good and sufficient bill of sale in the name of the town for the aforesaid buildings.
Voted-that these two articles be withdrawn from the warrant.
ARTICLE 12-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate four hundred seventy-five ($475.00) dollars to be used with the turn-in value of a 1936 Plymouth Sedan, for the purchase of an automobile for the Police Department.
Voted-as printed.
ARTICLE 13-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1500.00 to be expended by the Board of Select- men as follows: $1200.00 for remodelling the second floor in Town House, and $300.00 for lighting and heating same.
Voted-as printed.
ARTICLE 14-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase one used Austin Model "77" Grader and appropriate a sum not to exceed one thousand two hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-three cents ($1231.53) therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-as read.
ARTICLE 15-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase five dump trucks and appropriate the sum of seventy-five hundred ($7500.00) dollars therefor, on peti- tion of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-as read.
ARTICLE 16-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars to be used to hard surface gravel roads which have been built with Federal Funds under the direction of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-six hundred dollars to be used to hard surface gravel roads which have been
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built with Federal Funds under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 17-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen thousand ($15000.00) dollars to be used for material, supervision and truck hire in conjunction with Federal and Town Welfare labor which may be allotted, and to be spent in any department at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to raise and approprite the sum of ten thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars to be used for material, supervision and truck hire in conjunction with Federal and Town Welfare which may be allotted, and to be spent in any department at the discretion of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 18-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of Whit- tier Street to the corner of Whittier Court thence along Whittier Court to the water main in the Park and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars therefor, providing W.P.A. labor is available on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-as read.
ARTICLE 19-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars for the improvement of Elm Street between the Square and Washington Avenue; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose, at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Pub- lic Works.
Voted-to postpone to next annual town meeting.
ARTICLE 20-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct Tarvia-Lithic sidewalks on Elm Street between Maple Avenue and Walnut Avenue on the north side and between Whittier Street and Washington Avenue on the south side and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred ($1700 .- 00) dollars therefor, using W.P.A. labor if available on petition of the Board of Public Works provided the Town Meeting votes favorably on the Elm Street Article.
Voted-that article be withdrawn.
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ARTICLE 21-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars to renew water services on Elm Street from Andover Square to Washington Avenue on petition of the Board of Public Works provided the Town Meeting votes favorably on the Elm Street Article.
Voted-that article be withdrawn. .
ARTICLE 22-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate one thousand ($1000.00) dollars to be used for maintaining, repairing and improving Town Highways under the provision of Chapter 90 of the General Laws on petition of the Board of Pub- lic Works.
Voted-to approve as printed.
ARTICLE 23-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to change over the barn and carriage shed located off Lewis Street into a garage and appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3000.00) dollars, using W.P.A. Labor if available on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as printed.
ARTICLE 24-To see if the town will grant permission to the Board of Public Works to sell two horses, two dump carts, three pungs, harnesses and appurtenances on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as read.
ARTICLE 25-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of thirty-two hundred ($3200.00) dollars to purchase a compressor, appurtenances and also a second-hand truck chassis to mount same on, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-as printed.
ARTICLE 26-To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixteen hundred dollars for curbing and sidewalks on east side of High Street from Walnut Avenue to the property next to the Infirmary, on petition of the Planning Board.
Voted-as printed.
ARTICLE 27-To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars to acquire by eminent domain or
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otherwise to straighten Osgood Road at or near the Harrington Estate, on petition of the Planning Board.
Voted-to approve as printed.
ARTICLE 28-To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 13A of Chapter 147 General Laws, providing for the establishment of a Reserve Police Force.
Voted-adopted as printed, establishing Reserve Force of four.
ARTICLE 29-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty-two hundred and fifty ($2250.00) dol- lars for the purpose of purchasing from New England Cities Ice Company, Hussey's Pond, so-called, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make said purchase.
Voted-that article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 30-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to provide and maintain an Andover Skating Area during the cold weather and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Committee for Co- ordinated Recreation.
Voted-that $400.00 be appropriated for an Andover Skating Area, under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 31-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000.00 for the purpose of purchasing an installing portable steel bleachers on the Playstead, under the direction of the Board of Public Works, on petition of Thomas Dea and others.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 32-To see if the town will vote to re-establish the custom at all town meetings in the future on the principles of true Christian Americanism upon which they were once conducted, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to invite a clergyman to invoke Divine guidance over all the deliberations of the meeting, after the Moderator has opened the town meeting. Following the invocation, the Moderator shall direct the assembly in the salute to the flag of the United States, on petition of Paul L'Antigua and others.
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Voted-to adopt article as read but striking out the word "Christian."
ARTICLE 33-To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way and name Flint Circle as laid out by the Board of Survey as shown on plan entitled "Acceptance Plan of Flint Circle, Andover Mass., made January 1939 by Morse & Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass." Both plan and description referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's office.
Voted-that article be accepted as read.
ARTICLE 34-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase 208 feet of six inch water main, with their appurtenances from Edward P. Hall constructed and laid in Flint Circle, if said street is accepted as a Town Way and to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred sixty-eight ($468.00) dollars for this purpose, on petition of Edward P. Hall and others.
Voted-that article be accepted as read.
ARTICLE 35-To see if the town will vote to accept as Public Ways as laid out by the Board of Survey and name them as fol- lows: George Street (southerly extension) approximately 220 feet southerly from Princeton Avenue. Princeton Avenue approxi- mately 769 feet easterly from land of John J. Hurley. Dartmouth Road, southerly from Corbett Street approximately 350 feet to northerly line of Princeton Avenue. Yale Road, southerly from a Right of Way 200.4 feet westerly from George Street a distance of approximately 674 feet.
All the above as shown on a plan with description entitled "Plan of Yale Road, Princeton Avenue, George Street Extension and Dartmouth Road located in Shawsheen Village, Andover, Mass." made January 1939 by John Franklin, C. E. on file at the Town Clerk's office.
Voted-that article be approved as read.
ARTICLE 36-To see if the town will vote to purchase from George R. Cairns, the water mains with appurtenances thereto belonging, now laid in the southerly section of George Street, Yale Road, Princeton Avenue and Dartmouth Road, providing the town votes to accept said ways as public ways, and to raise
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and appropriate the sum of three thousand three hundred ninety- eight dollars and seventy cents ($3398.70) for said purpose, on petition of George R. Cairns and others.
Voted-that article be approved as read.
ARTICLE 37-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to shape up and hard surface sections of Yale Road, George Street, Princeton Avenue and Dartmouth Road, and appropriate the sum of $1150.00 for this purpose, on petition of George R. Cairns and others.
Voted-that article be approved as read.
ARTICLE 38-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of River Street from the corner of Andover Street to a point in front of the property of Mrs. Ethel C. Abbott and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and fifty ($950.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Mr. Lester F. Abbott and others.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 39-To see if the town will vote to purchase of Fred A. Gould, four hundred (400) feet of water main with their appur- tenances, constructed and laid in Salem Street, and to appro- priate the sum of $1030.73 for this purpose, on petition of Fred- erick W. Gould and others.
Voted-not to adopt (Yea 80; Nay 104)
This article was voted to be reconsidered after Article 48 and it was voted as read.
Voted-to take up Articles 40, 41, 42, 44 and 45 collectively :
ARTICLE 40-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of River Road and Brundrett Avenue along Brundrett Avenue a distance of sixteen hundred feet to the property of Jacob Shlakis and ap- propriate the sum of forty-four hundred ($4400.00) dollars there- for, on petition of Arthur H. Maddox and others.
ARTICLE 41-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from a point on Chandler Road near Garabedian's house, along Chandler Road to a point opposite Johnson's property and appropriate the sum of twelve
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thousand eight hundred ($12800.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Albert Washington and others.
ARTICLE 42-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to hard surface High Plain Road from a point in front of the property of Mr. George Carter to the corner of Green- wood Road and appropriate the sum of thirty-three hundred ($3300.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Charles Muller and others.
ARTICLE 44-To see if the town will appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty ($1750.00) dollars to install curbing and build a hard surface road on Sutherland Street for a distance of three hundred and sixty-five (365) feet west of Liberty Street, on petition of Norman Howard and others.
ARTICLE 45-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of River Street from the steps leading to High Street to a point in front of the property of Mr. Harry Trow and appropriate the sum of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Peter D. Quinn and others.
Voted-that these articles be referred to next town meeting.
ARTICLE 43-To see if the town will vote to petition the legisla- ture to establish a reserve force of firemen in the local department. Appointees to be governed by Civil Service rules and regulations as stated in the Civil Service laws, on petition of Charles A. Young and others.
Voted-not to adopt.
ARTICLE 46-To see if the town will vote to change the pro- cedure of electing the Spring Grove Cemetery Board of Trustees, as follows, to be elected by ballot at the Annual Town Election in 1940: 3 for a 3-year term, 3 for a 2-year term, 1 for a 1-year term and thereafter all members of said board to be elected for a three- year term on petition of Robert V. Deyermond and others.
Voted-that the present method of electing the Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery be discontinued forthwith, and that within one week after the annual Town Meeting in 1940, five (5) Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery be appointed by the Board of
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Selectmen, two for a term of three years, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Thereafter all vacancies, whether by expiration of term of office, by death, or by resigna- tion to be filled by appointment by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 47-To see if the town will appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars to make a survey, plans and studies including a report on the area which is bounded on the west by High Street, Cheever Circle and Pine Street, on the north by Haverhill Street, on the east by the North Andover Town Line and on the south by Summer Street with a view of providing suitable sanitary and surface drainage structures to adequately serve this area in accordance with the local and State Board of Health requirements on petition of Winthrop B. Frye and others.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 48-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of Sunset Rock Road and Ballardvale Road westerly along Ballardvale Road a distance of five hundred feet and appropriate the sum of one thousand four hundred and twenty-five ($1425.00) dollars therefor on petition of Ruth M. Jenkins and others.
Voted-as read with the provision that a house be started this current year on this land.
ARTICLE 49-To see if the town will vote to accept from John Bolten and Katherine Bolten a deed of a triangular piece of land bounded easterly 35.6 feet more or less by the Town Way leading from Bancroft Road to the reservoir; southerly 15.6 feet more or less by other land of Bolten ; westerly 36.6 feet more or less by land of Cheever; and in consideration thereof will grant to said John Bolten and Katherine Bolten a Right of Way over a strip of land 15.6 feet more or less wide leading from Bancroft Road southerly to said land of John Bolten and Katherine Bolten and adjoining said land of Cheever on petition of Harold T. Houston and others.
Voted-that article be adopted as read.
ARTICLE 50-To see if the town will appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars for materials, truck hire, etc., to build cement sidewalks using W.P.A. Labor on petition of Michael Donovan and others.
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Voted-that article be referred to next town meeting.
ARTICLE 51-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars to be expended by the School Committee for the purpose of the continued use of the North School on petition of Albert A. Hardy and others.
Voted-as read.
ARTICLE 52-To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Voted-that all unexpended balances be turned into the treas- ury with the exception of the following: Article 19 (1937) War Bonus Surplus $787.33, Article 15 W.P.A. Materials and truck hire $10.65, Article 38 High Street Diverting Drain $58.23, Article 7 (October 1938) Hurricane-Emergency Relief $917.90, Article 2 (October 1938) North Main Street $500.00, that $7500.00 of the Overlay Reserve and $7500.00 Free Cash be trans- ferred to the Reserve Fund; and that $25000.00 Free Cash be voted the assessors to reduce the 1939 tax rate.
ARTICLE 53-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Voted-that they be accepted and placed on file.
ARTICLE 54-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Voted-at 11 :25 o'clock p.m. that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting NOVEMBER 9, 1939
WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover,
GREETINGS:
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 Me- morial Auditorium in said Andover, on Thursday, the ninth day of November, 1939 at 7:30 o'clock P.M., to act on the following articles :
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