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BOARD OF RETIREMENT
George C. Napier, Chairman
Term expires 1949
Edmond E. Hammond
Term expires 1949
George H. Winslow, Secretary
Term expires 1950
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Sidney P. White, Chairman
Term expires 1950
Fred W. Doyle
Term expires 1948
Edward A. Doyle
Term expires 1948
John H. Kelly
Term expires 1949
Sanborn A. Caldwell, Secretary
Term expires 1949
Charles T. Gilliard, Town Engineer
Edward R. Lawson, Superintendent
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dorothy T. Partridge
Term expires 1950
Katharine A. Baldwin
Term expires 1950
Vincent F. Stulgis
Term expires 1950
Arthur R. Lewis, Chairman
Term expires 1948
Gordon C. Colquhoun
Term expires 1948
Barbara A. Loomer
Term expires 1948
John S. Moses
Term expires 1949
Malcolm B. McTernen
Term expires 1949
William A. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1949
Kenneth L. Sherman, Superintendent
ATTENDANCE OFFICER John Campbell
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Philip W. Blake, M.D.
ATHLETIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR John J. McArdle, Jr.
SCHOOL NURSE Ruth E. Westcott, R.N.
DIRECTOR, CONTINUATION SCHOOL Carl M. Gahan
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Percy J. Look, M.D., Chairman
Term expires 1949
William V. Emmons
Term expires 1950 Term expires 1948
Charles O. McCullom
Lotta M. Johnson, R.N., Nurse and Agent
Robert A. Walsh, Milk Inspector
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Ray S. Youmans
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Ralph W. Coleman
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING Alexander Thomson
PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF SURVEY
Sidney P. White, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Leon A. Field
Term expires 1948
Walter Tomlinson
Term expires 1949
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1950
Kirk R. Batcheller
Term expires 1951
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
William J. Young
George W. Baker, Deputy
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES Lewis N. Mears Wilson Crawford, Deputy
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Hartwell B. Abbot
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL
Winsor Gale, Chairman Term expires 1948
Arthur W. Reynolds, Treasurer
Term expires 1950
William N. Perry, Secretary Caroline P. Leavitt
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1949
*Henry G. Tyer Leo F. Daley Alan R. Blackmer *Deceased
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1952 Term expires 1953
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TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
Rev. Frederick B. Noss, President
Rev. John S. Moses
Rev. Leslie J. Adkins
E. E. Hammond, Clerk and Treasurer Term expires 1949 William A. Trow Term expires 1949 Roy E. Hardy Term expires 1949
*Henry G. Tyer Charles C. Kimball
Term expires 1949
Term expires 1949
TRUSTEES OF CORNELL FUND
Edward P. Hall
Term expires 1950
Arthur W. Cole
Term expires 1948
Frederick E. Cheever, Treasurer
Term expires 1949
TRUSTEES OF SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Frank R. Petty, Chairman
Term expires 1948
Malcolm E. Lundgren
Term expires 1950
Albert E. Curtis
Term expires 1948
Clifford E. Marshall
Term expires 1949
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1949
Jesse E. West, Superintendent
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Ralph A. Bailey, Chairman
Term expires 1948
Walter F. McDonald
Term expires 1950
Eugene A. Zalla
Term expires 1949
George H. Winslow, Clerk
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Howell M. Stillman, Chairman Hugh Bullock Harold G. Bowen Ellsworth H. Lewis
Stanley F. Swanton, Secretary Victor Mill, Jr. Dr. Harry V. Byrne
*Deceased
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RECREATION COMMITTEE (including Pomp's Pond)
Stafford A. Lindsay, Chairman
Alan F. Dunlop
George A. Stanley, Jr.
Francis P. Markey
Edward J. Lefebvre
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT
George R. Abbott Appointed Annually
TREE WARDEN
George R. Abbott Term expires 1950
BOARD OF APPEALS
James S. Eastham, Chairman
Term expires 1949
Roy E. Hardy, Secretary
Term expires 1950
Edward P. Hall
Term expires 1948
Walter C. Tomlinson, Associate Member
Leon A. Field, Associate Member
FIRE DEPARTMENT Charles E. Buchan, Chief Charles E. Buchan, Forest Warden
POLICE DEPARTMENT George A. Dane, Chief George A. Dane, Dog Officer
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TOWN OF ANDOVER Population, 1945 Census-11920 Registered Voters 1947-6914
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING ANDOVER
SENATORS Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly
Leverett Saltonstall, Newton
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell
FIFTH COUNCILLOR DISTRICT
Alfred G. Gaunt, 56 Pleasant Street, Methuen
FOURTH ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT Philip K. Allen, 1 Highland Road, Andover
FOURTH ESSEX REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT J. Everett Collins, 35 Summer Street, Andover Frank S. Giles, 375 Lowell Street, Methuen Raymond W. Schlapp, 19 Hemenway Street, Methuen
ESSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Arthur A. Thompson, Methuen
C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus J. Fred Manning, Lynn
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Annual Town Meeting MARCH 3, 1947
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, Febru- ary 12th, 1947, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, met and assembled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; The Sacred Heart School, Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale, in Precinct Five and the Peabody House, Phillips Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover on
MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1947 at 7:00 o'clock A.M. to act upon the following articles.
ESSEX, SS. ANDOVER. MARCH 1, 1947
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 and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
George N. Sparks, Constable
ARTICLE 1. Election of Officers.
Took up Article One and proceeded to vote for Town Officers. The Ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The Polls were opened at seven o'clock A.M. and closed at seven o'clock P.M. The total number of ballots cast was 2488-viz: Precinct 1-787, Precinct 2-548, Precinct 3-390, Precinct 4-207, Precinct 5-200, Precinct 6-356.
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MODERATOR-For One Year
Precincts
1 2
3 4 154 52
100
100
John F. O'Connell
978
439
258
208
141
86
240 Arthur Sweeney
1372
36
30
28
14
14
16
Blanks
138
TOWN TREASURER-For Three Years
673 468
335 183 175 336
Thaxter Eaton 2170
114
80
55
24
25
20
Blanks
318
SELECTMAN-For Three Years
238 264 146
76
92 107
Elizabeth L. Buchan
923
534 270
233
126
106
248
J. Everett Collins
1517
15
14
11
5
2
1
Blanks
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ASSESSOR-For Three Years
243 264
147
80
89 110
Elizabeth L. Buchan
933
524
270
229
122
106
242
J. Everett Collins
1493
20
14
14
5
5
4 Blanks
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-For Three Years
331
246 161
71
79 112
Leon Davidson
1000
403
273
201
124
109
230
Sidney P. White
1340
53
29
28
12
12
14 Blanks
148
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For Three Years
381
267
199 116 114 218
Katharine A. Baldwin 1295
267
194
249
117
75
164
Norman L. Miller
1066
471
334
215
139
131
285
Dorothy T. Partridge 1575
416
242
167
106
86
215
Vincent F. Stulgis
1232
370
275
128
45
93
89
Harold W. Wennik
1000
456
332
212
98
101
97
Blanks
1285
BOARD OF HEALTH-For Three Years
662
465
337
175 165 331
William V. Emmons
2135
125
83
53
32
35
25
Blanks 353
5
6
312
260
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PLANNING BOARD-For Five Years
Precincts 3 4 5 6
1 2
532 368 298
159
142 313
Sidney P. White
1812
1
Leon Davidson
1
225 180 91
48 58 43 Blanks 675
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-For Seven Years
585 413 322
165
151 322
William N. Perry 1958
202 135
68
42
49
34
Blanks 530
TREE WARDEN-For Three Years
631 435
330
171
168 332
George R. Abbott 2067
156
113
60
36
32
24
Blanks 421
CONSTABLES-For One Year
242
210
144
50
64 107
Benjamin C. Brown
817
625
418
303
168
157
297
George A. Dane
1968
518
319
277
148
121
162
J. Lewis Smith
1651
568
375
259
147
170 269
George N. Sparks
1788
408
322
187
108
88
127
Blanks
1240
QUESTION-EQUAL PAY
Shall the provisions of section forty of Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, as amended rela- tive to equal pay for men and women teachers be in force in this town?
395
270 201 107
112 195 YES 1280
209
119
113
44
37
96 NO
618
183 159
76
56
51 65 Blanks 590
All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 1
March 3, 1947
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Rowland W. Luce. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when closed 787. Number of ballots received 1620. Number of ballots re- turned 835. Absentee ballots 2. Number of ballots cast 787.
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Police Officer on duty Joseph E. O'Brien. Voted to count ballots at 9 A.M.
Joseph W. McNally, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 2
March 3, 1947
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Mark Keane. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 548. Number of ballots received 1402. Number of ballots re- turned 856. Number of ballots cast 548. Police officer on duty, David Nicoll. Voted to count ballots at 10 A.M.
Norman K. MacLeish, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 3
March 3, 1947 Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge-Stafford A. Lindsay. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 390. Number of ballots received 1515. Number of ballots returned 1125. Number of ballots cast 390. Police officer on duty, Joseph A. Davis. Voted to count ballots at 7.40 A.M.
HAROLD P. KITCHIN, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 4
March 3, 1947
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge-Francis E. Wilson. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 207. Number of ballots received 702. Number of ballots returned 495. Number of ballots cast 207. Police officer on duty, Roy Russell. Voted to count ballots at 11.55 A.M.
FREDERICK J. KEARN, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 5
March 3, 1947
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge-Chester E. Matthews. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls
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closed 200. Number of ballots received 617. 1 A.V. Num- ber of ballots returned 218. Number of ballots cast 200. Police officer on duty, George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 1.35 P.M.
EUGENE A. ZALLA, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 6
March 3, 1947
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge-Ralph A. Bailey. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 356. Number of ballots received 1195. Number of Absentee ballots 6. Number of ballots returned 845. Number of bal- lots cast 356. Police officer on duty-James R. Lynch. Voted to count ballots at 9 A.M.
JOHN M. LYNCH, Clerk
After final action of Article One, the said meeting was adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the Gen- eral Laws to Monday, March 10th, at 7 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 10, 1947
J. Everett Collins, Selectman for three years.
J. Everett Collins, Assessor for three years.
Sidney P. White, member Board of Public Works for three years.
Katharine A. Baldwin, member School Committee for three years.
Dorothy T. Partridge, member School Committee for three years.
Vincent F. Stulgis, member School Committee for three years.
William V. Emmons, member Board of Health for three years.
Sidney P. White, member Planning Board for five years. William N. Perry, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
George R. Abbott, Tree Warden for three years.
George A. Dane, Constable for one year.
J. Lewis Smith, Constable for one year.
George N. Sparks, Constable for one year.
The Moderator declared section 40 of Chapter Seventy- one of the General Laws to be in force in this town.
Article 2-To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy and duly seconded, it was · VOTED, that Edward P. Hall be elected Trustee of the Cornell Fund for three years.
Article 3-To establish the salary of elected Town Offi- cers for the ensuing year.
Mr. Hardy, Mr. Moderator, "before we establish the sal- aries of elected officers for the year 1947 I wish to propose a motion covering a general wage increase for all full time employees of the Town. That motion reads as follows :
"That a general wage increase, not to exceed $4.00 per week to any individual, be granted to all full-time employ-
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ees, except as hereinafter noted, and that funds, to meet the increases referred to, be included in the departmental bud- gets. This additional compensation, a cost of living bonus, shall start April 1, 1947, and end March 31, 1948 Annual Town Meeting. This increase does not apply to the School Department."
This motion was duly moved and seconded and amended by Mr. Daley : moved and seconded and VOTED-that a general wage increase, not to exceed $4.00 per week to any individual, be granted to all full-time employees, except as hereinafter noted and that funds, to meet the increases re- ferred to, be included in the departmental budget, and a permanent increase of $250. per year be given to the fire- men and policemen.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED to establish the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year as follows: (each item being voted on separately)
Chairman, Board of Selectmen, per annum $ 400.00
Two members at $300. each, per annum
600.00
Board of Assessors
Three members at $400. each, per annum
1,200.00
Board of Public Welfare
Three members at $100. each, per annum
300.00
Town Clerk
2,600.00
Collector of Taxes
2,950.00
Town Treasurer
2,950.00
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden combined salary for both per week
52.00
Board of Health
Three members at $100. each, per annum
300.00
Secretary of the Board of Public Works 100.00
Treasurer, Library Trustees
100.00
Moderator, per meeting
10.00
Article 4-To determine what sums of money shall be appropriated for the following purposes :
Upon motion made and duly seconded, it was VOTED to appropriate the following sums of money, each item being voted on separately :
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Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control :
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
600.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
1,125.00
Aid to Dependent Children
8,700.00
Veterans' Services (this to include $12.46 un- paid 1946 bill) (unanimous vote)
8,800.00
Old Age Assistance
50,000.00
Public Welfare (see Article 47)
7,000.00
Retirement Fund
10,000.00
Damages to Persons and Property
2,000.00
($500 of that damage by reason of heavy
rains, if they are a liability on the part of the town)
Elections and Registration
2,700.00
Insurance
11,600.00
Essex T. B. Hospital
10,484.82
Recreation
7,104.00
Public Dump
1,200.00
Printing Town Report
943.50
Selectmen (inc. $1.80 1946 unpaid bill) (unanimous vote)
2,438.00
Treasurer
3,710.00
Collector of Taxes
6,091.00
Accountant (inc. 60c unpaid 1946 bill) (unanimous vote)
4,340.50
Assessors
7,769.00
Town Clerk
3,890.00
Moderator
20.00
Town Counsel
750.00
Finance Committee
20.00
Planning Board and Survey
200.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
350.00
Building Inspector
550.00
Town Scales
425.00
Inspector of Wires
425.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
450.00
Municipal Buildings Infirmary
6,170.00
9,800.00
Moth Suppression
6,220.00
¿Police Department (this amount to include out of State travel) 42,347.00
Fire Department (this amount to include out of State travel)
56,190.00
Brush Fires
1,800.00
Interest
4,933.75
Retirement of Bonds
41,000.00
Tree Warden
9,300.00
Board of Health
5,072.00
Care of T. B. patients
5,000.00
Trustees of Memorial Library
23,659.00
(plus Dog tax)
Spring Grove Cemetery (inc. $168.51 unpaid
1946 bills) (unanimous vote) 14,434.51
267,131.00
Appropriations under control of the Board
of Public Works :
53,120.00
Water Maintenance
49,100.00
Parks
5,000.00
Sewer Maintenance
5,960.00
Snow removal and sanding
18,000.00
$2,000.00 to be available for use of equip- ment, if necessary in the discretion of the Board of Public Works-and above amount to cover removal of snow from private ways as designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop
10,160.00
Street Lighting
20,000.00
: Engineering
1,500.00
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Total Departmental $810,558.08
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Article 5-Installing new pump intake suction pipe-Haggetts Pond Station 12,000.00
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School Committee
Highway Maintenance
Article 6-Ext. Sewer System-$27,000.00 (available funds) -
Article 7-New Police Car with turn-in of 1942 Plymouth sedan 1,200.00
Article 8-New conduit-Traffic Lights Main- Chestnut Streets 480.00
Article 9-New car-Fire Department 1,800.00
Article 10-Fire Alarm Transmitter 1,000.00
Article 11-New oil burner-Ballardvale Fire Station 500.00
Article 17-Chapter 90 Work-$3,000.00 (available funds) -
Article 18-Board of Public Works auto-price allowed for Plymouth Coupe to be used as part payment 1,200.00
Article 19-New sidewalks
5,000.00
Article 20-New dump truck-Board Public Works 4,000.00
Article 21-Rogers Brook (repair and clean Chestnut St. to Brook St.) 1,100.00
Article 22-Rebuild Stevens Street Bridge 6,000.00
Article 23-Board of Public Works-new gar- age
4,500.00
Article 25-Lowell Street drain
750.00
Article 26-Widening Shawsheen Road
2,500.00
Article 27-Improving Ballardvale Playground
1,500.00
Article 29-Purchase-Stack land
600.00
Article 31-State-aided Vocation Education
900.00
Article 32-Shawsheen School grading
2,500.00
Article 34-New power lawn mower-Spring Grove Cem. 600.00
Article 35-Pomps Pond-land purchase 1,000.00
Article 36-Repairing bath houses-Pomps Pond 1,500.00
Article 1-(Supplementary Warrant) 750.00
Power chain saw-Tree Department
Article 38-Retaining wall-Green Street 1,450.00
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Article 41-Water Extension-South Main Street along County Road
2,650.00
Total Special Articles
$ 55,480.00
Total Appropriated
$866,038.08
School Committee
267,131.00
Appropriations under control of the Board of Public Works :
Highway Maintenance
53,120.00
Water Maintenance
49,100.00
Parks
5,000.00
Sewer Maintenance
5,960.00
Snow removal and sanding
18,000.00
$2000.00 to be available for use of equip- ment, if necessary in the discretion of the Board of Public Works-and above amount to cover removal of snow from private ways as designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop
10,160.00
Street Lighting
20,000.00
Engineering
1,500.00
The check lists showed that 905 persons entered the Auditorium. The meeting was called to order by Arthur Sweeney, Moderator, at 7 P.M. It was the unanimous con- sent of the meeting to admit Charles T. Irwin, Shorthand reporter, to record the meeting, also to admit Thomas Burns, Attorney; Mr. and Mrs. John Hart; Donald Look, to take a picture of the gathering, and the following High School students: Charles Anderson, Charles Brennan, Joseph Bulla, Peggy Collins, Patricia Collins, Mary Colom- bosian, Fred Davideit, James Gillen, George Haselton, Dor- othy Keith, Alex Meek, John Petty, Alan Petty, Mildred Richards, Frank Serio, Eileen Stevens, Marjorie Weeks, LeRoy Wilson, John Wirtz, John Wormwood, Lewis Skei- rik, Gregory Arabian, Joseph Ratyna, and Miss Mary Don- ahue, Miss Ansi Angelo, Miss Anna Walsh, teachers.
Invocation by Reverend Father Henry Smith.
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Mr. J. Everett Collins with the audience gave the salute to the flag.
The Clerk read the return of the services of the warrants and then read Article 1-To elect a Moderator for one year, a Town Treasurer for three years, a Selectman for three years, an Assessor for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, a member of the Plan- ning Board for five years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall Li- brary for seven years, a Tree Warden for three years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be' elected by ballot. Also to vote on the following question : Shall the provisions of section forty of Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, as amended relative to equal pay for men and women teachers be in force in this town ?
All the above candidates to be voted for on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
The announcement of the balloting was read by the Clerk and the Moderator declared elected the successful candi- dates as follows :
Arthur Sweeney, Moderator for one year.
Thaxter Eaton, Town Treasurer for three years.
Article 5-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fourteen thousand ($14,000.00) dol- lars for the purpose of installing a new pump intake suction pipe at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station in accordance with plans of Weston and Sampson, Engineers, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works; and no work to be started until approved by a ma- jority vote of each of the following boards: The Board of Public Works, The Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.
Upon motion of Mr. French, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the town raise and appropriate the sum of
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$12,000. for the purpose of installation of intake works at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station in accordance with the plans of Weston and Sampson, Engineers, under the direc- tion of the Board of Public Works; no work to be started until approved by a majority of each of the following boards : The Selectmen, the Board of Public Works, and the Finance Committee.
Article 6-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, or raise by issue of bonds or notes, the sum of $45,000. for the purpose of extending or improving the sewer system of the Town of Andover in accordance with the plans of Wes- ton and Sampson, Engineers, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works; and no work to be started until approved by a majority of each of the following boards: The Board of Public Works, The Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.
Upon motion of Mr. McCarthy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the town appropriate from available funds the sum of $27,000. for the purpose of extending the sew- erage system in accordance with the general plan of Weston and Sampson, Engineers, under the direction of the Board of Public Works; no work to be started until approved by a majority of each of the following boards : The Selectmen, the Board of Public Works, and the Finance Committee.
Article 7-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1200.00, with the turn in of the 1942 Plymouth Sedan, for a new automobile for the Police Department, on the petition of Chief George A. Dane.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $1200.00 be appropriated in ac- cordance with the article.
Article 8-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $480.00 for the purchase and in- stallation of new underground conduit and cables at the Main and Chestnut Street Traffic Lights, on petition of Chief George A. Dane.
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Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $480.00 be raised and appropri- ated in accordance with the article.
Article 9-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1800.00) to cover the purchase price of an automobile for the chief of the Fire Department.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was: VOTED, that the sum of $1800.00 be raised and appropri- ated for, the article as read.
Article 10-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for the purchase and in- stallation of a new fire alarm transmitter, on petition of the Chief of the Fire Department.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose set forth in the Article.
Article 11-To see if the town will vote to raise and' .... appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for the purchase and in- stallation of oil burners in the Central Fire Station and the Ballardvale Station, on petition of the Chief of the Fire - Department.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for installation in the Ballardvale Station.
Article 12-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the property known as the Osgood. School.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to adopt Article 12 as read.
Article 13-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to use the land between town-owned property at the junction of High Street and Burnham Road . for a Veterans' Housing Project.
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Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that Articles 13 and 14 be withdrawn from the warrant.
(Article 14 -follows)
Article 14-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4000.00 for grading, installation of water and sewer and incidental expenses in connection with the development of the area included in Article 13.
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