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articie '/. mo consider ~ne reports o~ all special co~m~i%'~ees.
ar%~c-e O. %0 see wna~ ;~ction %he '~ov~n ~'~ili take in regard
appointing a con~mit%ee to care i'or '~ne puo£ic patios and ~riangles
of %he ~own. ~e~i'&~on oi Lite ~osrd o'r' oelectmen.
Article 9. To see if ~he tox~nwill take over %hat Part of the
of lamd~at %he *entre~ lying between Nilk Street and the converging
lines of Johnson and Oalem Streets: now otis%ed by J. H. and A. W.
Norse and agree to hold pe~aanently and maintain and care for the
area in common with %he other raod intersection park areas of %he town
a covenant of %he deed of gift being that %~e to~n shall pe~nanently
hold %he given area and main%sin %he s~ae as a part of %he Town rark
System for ornamental purposes: no building or other mon=nents to be
erected thereon and no individual name to be attached thereto. Such
part ss may be needed for the broadening and/ or relocation of either
of the boundry roads may be so used a condition of such useing being
such a public purpose as would m~ke its %aking~nder other conditions
possible by right of eminent domain.
I. am adding %hat any plating~if any, will be of sUCh
a low growing character as will keep at all times the view open and
unobstructed in all directions: all of which is important in %hess
days of fast moving traffic. Petition Board of 'elco%men.
Article lOgo see if the town will vote %o authorize the ~electmen
to appoint a ~ownAccountant in accordance with ~ection ~
Chapter 4~ meneral Lsws ~ to abolish the office of Town Audttor~
or take any ac%ion relative 'thereto. Petition of %he ~elec%men.
Article 11. To see if %he to%0n~will appropriate and raise a
certain sum of money ~o erect suitable markers and such other.
necessities as ~ay b% necessamy%o properly commerate Captain
Thomas ~. ~ilnes and Joseph P. NcDonough. It is also petitioned
that' the Selec%men be empowered %o allot squares~ triangles or
parks for the erection cf the above. ~etition of Commander
E. Barring%on and others.
Article 12. To see what action %he mown will. take upon an offer
made by the ~ev. Clinton W. Uarvell~ as Trustee for a donor-benefactor
who desires his nmue withheld, %o provide a b~ilding on ~he .lot now
used for a playground known'as Grogan's Field; said building to
contain shower baths and dressing rooms for %he use of ~he to%~n~upon
the condition that a suitable sum be provided by %he town for its
maintenance. Petition of ~he Ooard of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see what sum ~he ~own will raise and appropriate
or appropriate from any source available for %he purpose of %he
foregoing article. ~etztmon ~oard of electmen.
Article 14. To see if %he to~n will raise and appropriate %he
sum of one hundred dollars for the observance' of Armistice ~ay.
~ame %o be spent by a committee appointed by the moderator and
seiected from the membership of the Local Post of the nmeric~n ~egion
Petition of harold Barrington~commander~ and others.
Article 1~. To see if the town will vote %o accept the provisions
of Chapter 14~, Section 13A of the ~eneral Laws~ Wercentenary Edition~
Annual To,wu ~eti ~rch 1 1 .
WARRanT
relative to the establishment of a reserve police force in to~n, to
consist of not more than eight(8) men. Petition of John Roche & others.
Article 16. To see if ~he to~n will authorize the ~omrd of Public
Works to use the unexpended appropriation of six hundred ($600)dollars~
under Article 28, of the 1936 appropriation for a water main on
Longwood Avenue and such additional sum from the appropriation for
maintenance and construction of water and sewer departments as will
purchase a coupe automobile. Petition Board Public ~orks.
Article 17. To see if ~he town will raise and appropriate a sum of
money not in excess of eight h~dred ($800) dollars, to purchase an
automobile for the use of the oo~rd of H~alth. Petition Bo~rd of Health.
Article 18. To see if the tov,nwill raise and appropriate the sum
of eight hundred ninety(S890) dollars, to purchase an automobile for
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the use of the olmce ~epartment. Petition Chief of Police.
Article 19. To see if uhe to~rnwill raise and appropriate the sum
of thirty-five hundred~$~500) dollars, ~o purchase two 2~ ton trucks~
for the use of the Highway ~epar~ment. PetitiOn of Highway Surveyor.
Article 20. To see if ~he town wi!l raise and appropriate the sum
of nine thousand ~$9000;dollars, to purchase a new seven hundred and
fifty gallon pump and combination truck to replace ~he old pump and
combination truck now in use and the proceeds received from the old
truck to be paid over to the lo%~nTreasurer. Petition of ~he Board.
of Engineers of the Fire ~ept. by Chas. W. Hinxman& others.
Article 21. To see if %he town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of thirty-five hundred($3~O0) do%lars, to continue the
rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90, of the meneral ~aws,
ssid money to be used in con~unc%ion with ar~ money which m~y be
allo%tedby the Sta~e or County, or both, for this purpose,or take
any other action in relation thereto.~etition of Highway Surveyor.
Article 22. TO see if %he town will vote to rnise and appropriate
the sum of seveh~een hundred($17OO)dollars, to purchase lighting
equipment and truck to transport %he same.Petition Bosrd of Selectmen.
Article 23. To see if ~he town will vote to acceDt the street light
at the dead end of Edmsnds Road and provide payment-for %he sume.
Petition of ~eter White and others.
~rticle 2~. To see if ~he tot,au will vote to install ~nd maintain
a street light on pole No. 277%, on Prospect Street. Petition of
John C. Bushnell and others.
Article 2%. To see 'if ~he town will raise and appropriate the sum
of two thousand ($2000) dollars, for~materi~ls.and services to be
used in constructing six-inch water mains on Little, Young, Buckingham
cud ~yman Boads with the assistance of ~he Works Progress
Administration or oZher such ~'eder~l Agency. Petition Board Public Works.
Article 26. To see if ~he town will appropriate the receipts of 1936,
the sum of four thousand five hundred ~nd seventy-nine dollars and
nine~Y-fcur cents, received from the City of L~wrence for w~ter r~tes
fcr the~.purpose cf making necessary repairs tc the reservoir constructed
in1898 and making necessary repairs and improvements to the Pumping
Station. Petition Board of Public Works.
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Article 27. To see if the to~m will raise and appropriate the
sum of three thousand dollars for mmterials and services to be
used in constructing sewers and manholes on Commonwealth Avenue,
Hodges, ~elmont~ Sargent, Milton and Third Streets~ Richardson Avenue,
Lyman, ~erley, BuckinghamsChapin, Young and Little Roads wi~h the
assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such
~ederal Agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
money to place a six-inch water main on Young Road from ~errick
Road to Lymmn Road. Petition of ~am DiMauro and others.
Article 29. To see if the tovmwill vote to raia~nd appropriate
a sum of money to extend the water service on L~nan Road seventy-
five feet~ s~arting at a point where i~ now enters the residence
of Mr. ~ames ~cCo~mish. Petition of Leonard Firth ~ud others.
Article 30. We, the undersigned,owners of properZy on Innis~
Wesley and Adrian Streeta, in the Town of North ~ndover are making
~his application to the voters of ~he town cf North Andover that
they may accept the above mentioned streets as a par~ of ~he town
proper~y, and thmt they m~y vote to extend ~he town water line to
?each Wesley Street as f~r as Adrian Street in the town of North
Andover. ~etition of Guiseppe ~alsamo ~nd o~hers.
Article 31.. To see .if the to%m will vote to raise and appropriate
a sum of money sufficient to extend %he water service from Herrick
Road to Lym~n Road by way known as Little Road ~ a distance of
two hundred fifty-nine feet.~eti%ion of ~eonard Firth and others.
Article 32. To see .if the to~rn will vote t6 raise and appropriate
a sum0f money tc install a six-inch water main on Dewey Street for
a distance of three hundred and fifty feet, starting at RaiLroad
.Avenue, running westerly to ~arblehead Street. Petition of
E. Dewey Dyer and others.
Ar~icle 332 To see if the to%mwill vote to raise and appropriate
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money to place a sewer on Young Road from errmck Road to Lyman Road.
Petition of Sam DiNauro and others.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
a sufficient sum of money to install a sewer for a dist~ce of three
hundred fifty feet on Dewey Street, starting at ~ailroad Avenue,
running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition 0f E.D..Dyer & others.
Article 3~. To see if the to~nwill vote to raise and appropriate
a sum of money sufficient tc install its sewer system in Bucking-
ham Road from herrick Road,running southerly for a distance of
two hundred feet. ~eti%ion of F.E.Mitchell and others.
Article ~6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer from Merrick Road to
LymanRoad by wuy knc~ as Little Road a distance of two hundred
fifty-nine feet. Petition of Eeo~e~d Firth and others.
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Article 37. To see if the town w~ll vote to raise and appropriate
a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer on Lyman Road for a
distance of seventy-five feet at a point where it now enters the
residence of Mr. Oames ~cCormish. Petition of Eeonard Firth & others.
Article '38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum
of thirty-five hundred($3~00) dollars, to macadamize Hillside Road
between Turnpike Street and Andover by-pass. Peter Turgeon & others.
Article 39. To see if the to~nwill raise and appropriate the sum
of two thousand ($2000) dollars, to resurface Barker Street from its
junction with Osgood Street and continuing as far as appropriation
will allow. Petition of George R. ~arker and others.
Article 40. To see if ~he town will make suit~ole repairs on
Edmands Road and provide money for the same.Philip Sutcliffe & others.
Article ~1. To see if the'townwill vote to raise and appropriate
money to make Young Road passable for vehicles from ~errick Road to
Lyman Ro~d. PetiZion of ~amDiMauro and others.
ArZicle' $2. To see if the town will vote to accept a way k~uovm
as ~rrick Road from ~he intersection of ~assachusetts Avenue to the
intersection of Middlesex Street. Petition of Francis Clarkson & others.
Article 4~ To see if ~he town,ill vote to accept a part of Chapin
Road from the residence of Wi!li~n Waylor mo Middlesex Street.
Petition of Nilliam TaYlor and others.
Article 44. To see if the town will install a surface drain or
catch basin on the East side of Edmands Road at lot line of 1% and
16 and provide pa~,nent for the'same. PeZition of William N. Wilkinson
and others.
Article $~. To see if the town Will vote to accept the remainder of
Edmands Road in accordance wi~h ~helsyout accepted by the Board of
iSurvey. Petition of Peter White and o~hers.
Article $6. To see if ~he tovm will vote to accept Dewey S~reet
for'a distance of Zhree hundred fifty feet. All expense of laying
out and building to be borne by E. Dewey Dyer. Petition of E. Dewey
Dyer and others.
Article %7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum
of money tc install a surface drain on Irvtng Road. Petition of
~atrick Driscoll and others.
Article 48. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the
sum of seven thousand ($7000) dollars ~o carry on the activities
of the W. P. A. work. Petition of -~he Selectmen.
Article 49. To act upon any o~her business which may legally
be considered at this meeting.
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Annual T.__________own Meeting.
?IARRA~T ..
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested
copies thereof at t~e Town ~all and at five or me~e public places in each
voting precinct. Sazd copies to.be posted not moreSkthan fifteen days nor
less than ts? days before the t~me of holding said ~ting.
Herecf fall not and make due return of this warran%~w, ith your
doings thereon, to the To%m Clerk, at the time and place of holding
said meeting.
Given under our hands at North Andover the first day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.
Harry C. Foster
J~nes P. Hainsworth
Arthur A. Thomson
Selectmen of
North Andover,
~assachusetts.
~fficer's Return.
I{or%h Andover, Feb. l~, 1937.
I have notified %he inhabitants of North Andover,qualified
to vote in elections and town affairs,by posting true and
at%es%ed copies of this warran~ at the Town Hall and at five
or more public places in each voting precinct; said copies having
been posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days
before the time of holding s~id meeting.
~'eb. 18, 1937.
Article 1
Augmstine J. Walsh
Constable.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of North
Andover,qualified to vote in Elections ~nd 2ov;nAffairs,convened in
the Engine Rouse in voting precinct one~ %he Merrimack Schoolhouse
in voting precinct two, the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct
three and the Town ~all in voting precinct four:agreeably to the
requirements of the foregoing warrant: business was transacted and
votes for %he officers n~aed in the ballot'were as follows:-
Number of ballots cast'by precinct:
9ne ~wo Three Four ~otal.
.Moderatpr for one yea~-
Cornelius J. I'~ahoney
Fred hane
George Leecock
Blanks 267
?lO 62~ 623 2~36
1
1
266 249 167 9¢9
Annual Town ~ee%ing ~iarch 1~ 157
4 t 7
Article 1
Town Clerk for one
Joseph A. Duncan
Bl~nks
year
P r e,,.,c i n c
654 778 708
191 199 167
Town Treasurer for one
Cornelius S. "~eagan 641
Bl~nks 204
Three Selec%meB fo? one year.
H~rry C. Foster
James P. Hainsworth
Frank Hi!ton
Arthur A. Thomson
Blanks
678
ll2
Totals.
2818
669
772 674 664 2751
205 201 126 736
373 5oo 367 ~12 1752
~ ~31 4~5 507 1937
57O 558 585 395 21o8
~8~ 639 628 ~17 2369
563 7o3 ~90 439 229~
Highway Surveyo~ for one yea~.
Zra D. Carry ~91 735
Philip Donnelly 217 202
Blanks 37 40
~,~,Co!lector for one yesr .
Irving E. Hinton 635 781
Blanks 210 196
Public Works for Shree
William H. Somerville %85 692
Blanks 260 285
Assessor for three years.
Herbert T. Wild 588 691
Blanks 257 286
Suditor for gne Ye6~-
James W. Elliott 610
Blanks .235 246
SchOol Commit%ee for thre~ years.
~aroline ~oddy Ingram 248 446
Harold C. Lacaillade 75 94
Louis H. McAloon 470 382
95
26
716
1~9
232
666
209
652
223
373
73
76
361
462
584
627
591
6~9
Public Welfare, for one year.
Harry C. Foster 370 497
James P. Hainswor~h 443 517
Frank Hilton 576 552
Arthur A. Thomson 571 635
~lanks ~75 730
625
141
135
614
176
604
186
618
172
361
lO~
275
502
492
394
%08
621
169
~ree Warden for one year
John J. Connors 635
Ernest ~airbrother
Blanks 210
745
232
2705
127
2787
700
2534
953
2549
938
2611
876
~28
347
232
173o
1914
21o6
2370
266O
1
826
418
Annual Town meetin march 1 1 .
P r e c i n c % s
! 2 '~ 4
Board of Health B years.
Edward Fieldhouse 346 321 176 197
George E. Jewett 347 480 564 467
Blanks 152 176 135 126
Totals
1040
1858
589
Five Constables for one year.
Frank P. ~eneu
Albert Detora
John H. Fenton
John P. Harrington
John J. Roche
harold W. Tyning
Augustine o. Walsh
Blanks
310 255 287 227 1079
267 33O 233 208 1038
422 528 487 455 1892
495 658 480 508 2141
417 467 387 444 1715
502 492 534 454 1982
563 584 517 505 2169
1249 1771 1450 1149 5419
Question: Placing Chief of Police
under Ctyil ~ervice ~aws.
Yes : 322-- 490 369 435 ' 1616
No : 446 4~2 4~0 289 1617
Blanks 77 45 66 66 254
After a careful canvas made by the Board of Registrars
of Voters of the/returns made by precinct officers in precincts
one, two, three and four, the following persons were declared
elected. ~
Qffice Elected.. (~ualified
MoCera%or Cornelius J. hahoney March 8
Town Clerk
Jcseph A. Duncan
March
To¥~ Treasure~
Cornelius B. -eagan
March 2
Selectmen
James P. Hainsworth
March 2
Frank Hilton
~arch 3
Ar%hut A. Thomson
--arch 3
Highway Surveyo~ Ira D. Carry
Dlarch 2
'~ax Collector
· Irving ~
~. Hinton
march 3
Public WoEks.
Willi~nH. Somervill
March 3
Assessor' Herbert T. Wild March 8
Auditor
Sch6ol Committee.
James W. Elliott
Louis H. McAloon
March 2
~arch 8
Annual
Office
Public, Welfare
Tree Warden
$oard of Health
Constables
Civil
Tov~. ~eetinM March
Elected
e~mes P. Itainsworth
Frank Hilton
Arthur A. Thomson
John J. Co:mots
George E. Jewett
John H. ~'enton
John P. Harrington
John J. Roche
Harold W. Tyning
Augustine J. Walsh
Qualified.
Larch 2
~arch 3
M~rch 3
March 2
I~srch 6
~&urch 9
March 8
March 5
March 2
That the question of placing the Chief of Police under the
Service Laws was lost by one vote.
Petition for a Recount
of votes ~ast on Question of placing
..Chief of. Police under the Civil Service Law~.
To the Town Clerk'i
North Andover,~ass.
Dear Sir:-
We the .undersigned, being ~en or more
qualified'voters of North Andover, hereby declare that
~e. hsve reason to believe and do believe that the records
of the election officers of precincts l, 2, ~ and 4, a~
the Annual Tcwn ~lec~ion held ~arch first,193?%n s~id
Ncrth Andover~ on the questicn.~Shall~an act passed by
the General Courtin the year nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven,entitled 'AnAct placing under the Civil
Service Laws the office of Chief of Police of the town
of ~orth AndoYer' be accepted?~ are erroneous. That
votes counted as negative and as blanks should have
been counted as affirmative votes.
We believe, that a recount of votes cast
in these precincts will affect the question of Placing
the office of Chief of Police of ~he Town of North
Andover under the Civil Oervice ~aws.'
~%~natures
J~mes Glen Todd
Oscar W. Arnold
Albert Detora
Fred Leach
J~es J. Cornell
James M. Barman
Joseph M. Finneran
John S. Farrell
~esidence Jan. 1719~7.
23 'ast Water Street
119 Marblehead Street
85 Saunders S~reet
67 Railrosd Ave.
$5 Oecond Street
59 Cour~ Street
62Railroad Ave.
59 Mass. Ave.
420
~e~iticn for a aecount.
Signatures
Francis Shine
Thomas Car%er
Lil!ian E. Wiswall
Myrtle L. Ingram
Myron B. Lewis
J.P. Mc~ay
Jack Schofield
John T. Campbell
Residence ~an.
18 Stoning~on Street
31 ~iddlesex Street
309 Andover Street
19 Up/and Street
46 Pleasant Street
140 ~ain Street
49 Perry Street
1CO -oaple Ave.
~orth Andover, ~arch 2, 1937.
Personally appeared Lilli~nE. Wiswall and took oath
to ~he foregoing petition~signed by her.
Joseph A. Duncan
Justice of the Peace.
i?e hereby certify that 1% of ~he
foregoing signatures are registered
voters in Lhe Tov~ of North Andover.
Received march 2,1937
at 3:~O o'clock P.M.
Joseph A. Duncan
To~n Clerk.
Harry F. Cmuningham #
F. Orris Rea # l~egistrars of
Patrick C. Cronin #Voters- Town of
# #North Andover.
~I~;arch 6, 19q7.
Recount of Votes cast on %he
Question of placing the. Office
of Chief of Police of the Tovm
of North Andover under the.Civil
~ervice Laws.
In accordance with a petition requesting tha~ a recount
of votes cast at the Annual Town Election, held ~arch first~
1937~ on the question of placing the Chief of Police of ~he
Town of North Andover under ~he Civil Service ~aws, we ~he
members of Lhe Board of Registrars of Voters of Lhe ~o~';n of
North Andover~ have this sixth day of~'~rch A. D. 1937:
caused a recount of votes ~o be made as aforesaid and declare
the following to be our findings in said recoun~ cf vo~es.
Yes$
1618
Blanks
278
%~nole n~noer of ballots
3487
F. Orris ~ea Registrars
of
Harry F. C~nningham Voters
Patrick C. Crontn ~or%h Andover: Nass.