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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-03-03529 19~1 Town Warrant Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greetings:- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed %o notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the ~gine House in voting precinct one; the Merrimack Schoolhouse in voting precinct two; the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Town Hall in voting precinct four, in said North Andover, on Monday the third day of March 1941, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following articles: Article 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare for one year; one Assessor of taxes to fill vacancy for one year, one Assessor of Taxes, one member of School. Committee, one member of Board of Health, one member of Board of Public Works for three years; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Tree Warden and five Constables for one-year, also a member of the Planning Board to serve for five years, and to vote upon any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected byballot. Ail to be voted for on one ballot. The polls shall be opened at nine o'clock A.M. and shall be closed.at eight o'clock P.M. After final action on the preceding 'Article one, the said meeting ~ball stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article one of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 15th, 1941, at one ttttrty o'clock P.M., in the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles:- 'Article 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Article 4. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the finance'committee. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the mpproval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942, 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 1V, Chapter 44, General Laws. Article 7. To consider the report of all special committees. Article B. To see what action the town will take in regard to appointing a committee to care for the public-parks and triangles of the town. Petition of the Selectmen. Article 9. To see if the town will vote: (t) to authorize the Selectmen to sell, by bid or public auction', a parcel of laud known as the "Town Sand Bank". Said land is situated between Massachusetts Avenue, Beverly Street and Marblehead Street and bounded by land owned, now or formerly, by John Newton, Davis & Furber Machine Company, Edward Espey, John R. and Elizabeth McEvoy, Murray Dill and Robert Milue, and Hildred~.and' Eva Sharp. Town Meetin~ Narch ~ 1941 In the event of a sale, that the Selectmen be authorized to execute a proper deed for the town. (2) To authorize the Selectmen to accept a gift for the' conversion of the said sand bank into a playground, and to appoint a committee composed of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Advlsory Board, and the Superintendent of the Board of Public Works to investigate the cost of work necessary to convert the sand bank Into a playground. Said~commlttee to report its fludings at a special.town meeting, or otherwise as the town may direct. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 10. To see if the town will .vote to raise and ~propriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars (150.00), to cover the cost of making au engineering survey of the above.mentioned land and having plans prepared. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article ll. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and thirty-£1ve dollars ($~5.00)¥ to provide for a revaluation of all buildiugs owned by the town, to. the end that the amount of fire insurance thereonmay be reduced. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate three hundred and fifty dollars ($380.00) to install a ~ sewage disposal system at the Town Infirmary. Petition o~ the Board of Public Welfare. Article lB. To see if the town will vote to.raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to erect a sixty foot steel flag pole on Memorial Park. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Article 14. To see if the town'will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) to carry on the activities of the W.P.A. work. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 15. To see if the town will'vote to raise and. appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for payment of land damages to Miss Ida Atkius, said laud having been taken by the town September 6, 1925. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Article 16, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate th~ sum of fou~ hundred fifty-one dollars and five' cents ($451.0§) for unpaid bills of 1959 and 1940 which were received too late to be paid iu the proper year. Petition of Board of Public Welfare. Article !~. To see if'the town will raise.and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for unpaid medical bills of the Soldiers' Relief Department, one hundred dollars for 19~@ and o~e hundred dollars of 19~9. Petition of Board of selectmen. Article lB. To see what action the town will take on the following unexpended balances: Article 19- 1940 Warrant - Highway - State Engineers Survey - $560.00. Article 28- 1940 Warrant - Water - Narblehead Stree~ Water System Extension - $500.00~ The above appropriations were voted March lB, 1940. Petition of James W. Elliott, Town Auditor. · 1921 WARRANT. Town Meetln$ March 5~ 1941. A~ticle 19. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectm~n or Town Treasurer to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale, by posting such notic'e of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public suction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or .take any action relative thereto. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Article '20. To see if the town will vote to accept the following addition to its by-laws: "Previous to the erection of a new building or the alteration of any existing one, notice shall be fileffwith the Board of Assessors by the person responsible for such work." Petition 'of Board. of Assessors. Article 21. To see if the town wil~ raise and appropriate ~he sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for the purchase of a new chlorinator for the Pumping Station. Petition of Board of Public Works. Article 22. TO see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2000.00) to replace the water services to the property lines, place gate valves on hydrant ~' .branches, repair valves and valve boxes and replace manhole frames and covers on Main Street. from Sutton Street to Water Street before the street is reconstructed. Petition of Board of ~'~blic Works. Article 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00)~ for a fence, retaining wall, surface drain with catch:basins~ and grading along the northwest boundary o~ the Bradstreet School g~OUnds. Petition of School Committee. ~ Article 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding three hundred and ninety dollars ($~90.00)for cem~nt walks at the Union School.~i Petition of School Committee. Article 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to complete the grading and seeding of the groUnds at Johnson High School, to construct a walk along the northern boundary of the same grounds, and to construct a drain cpnnecting the southwest rainspouts with the Main~Street, surface drain. Petitionof School Committee. Article 26. To see if the town will r~ise and appropriate .the sum of six hundred and thirty-five dollars (6~5.00) to be used with the present one-half t0u truck to purchnse a new one-half ton truck. Petition of Board of Public Works. Article 2V. To' see if the. town will raise the sum of three ~hundred dollars ($500.00) for a new Petition ~of Chief McKee and others. and aopropriate police car. Article 2B.~ To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty-thre.e hundred and sixty dollars($4~60.O0) to purchase one 2-ton and One 2~-~ .ton truck f'or the use of the Higbwsy Department. An allowance of four hundred dollars ($400.00) will be made on two D$dge trucks. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 29. To 'see if ~he town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-two hundred and forty-five dollars $2245.00) for 'the purchase of a sidewalk tractor for th~ Highway Department. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. 532 19 i i9 1 WARRANT. Town Meetin~ March 3~ 1941 Article 30.' To see if the town wilt raise and appropriate the sum of fifty-eight hundred and forty-five dollars ($8845.00) to purchase cue 12-ton Buffalo-Springfield Gas Rollar with attachments, to replace Buffalo-Springfield steam roller which is twenty-two years old. Au allowance, of three hundred and forty-five dollars ($345.00) will be made for the old roller. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500.00) for the rebuilding of Main Street under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to~ be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose; or take any action lu relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2000.00) for maintenance on any street in town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used Au conjunction with any mouey~which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 33. To see if the town wAil'vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500.00) to rebuild Boxford and Salem Streets under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said sum to be used in conjunction with auy~mouey which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or to take any other action iur~lation thereto. Petition of the Plauulug Board. Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) by the issue of bonds or otherwise to reconstruct Main Street from its Junction with Sutton Street as far as the money will allow. Petition of the Planning Board. Article 35. ~o see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sponsor a W.P.A. Project for the improvement of the Center ~layground to be done with. the town and federal funds; Town's proportionate cost to be $3,500; $~,000 of which to be appropriated at the 1941 Annual Town Meeting and the balance at subseGuuut Annual Town Meetings as the need may require. Petition of the North Andover Center Playground Association. Article 36. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money, for the purpose of Elooding and maintaining a skating surface at Grogans Field. Petition of Charles Laureudeau and others. Article 3~. To see ~f the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for a surface drain on. Camden Street and have the work done by the W.P.A; the town to provide the material. Petition of John J. S!ipkowsky and. others. Article 3B. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extendthe water system eight hundred feet on Boxford Street from Salem Street, or make some other provision for the same. Petition of James P. Rice and others.. Article 39. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to extebd the water system on Woodbrldge Road or make some other provision for the same. Petition of Louis H. McA!con and others. Article 40. To see if the town will raise and appropriete a sum of money to extend the sewer from William Street, to take care of the houses ou Dewey Street, without sewer conuections.,~. Petition ' of Mary Stead and others. ' ~AR. RANT. Town Neetin$ March ~ 1941 Article 41. To see if the to'~will raise and appropriate, or otherwise PrOvide., a sum of money to install a sewer on Greene Street from Nassachusetts Avenue to Parker Street. Petition of Thomas E. NcDuf~e and others. Article 42. To see if the town will raime and appropriate a sum of money to install a sewer on Parker Street from Greene Street to Faulkuer Road, or m~ke some other provision'for the same. Petition of Louis H. NcAloonand others. Article 4~. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a sewer~on Woodbridge Road or make some other provision for the same. Petition of Louis H. NcAloon and others. Article 44. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the water ~ystem on. Faulkner Road, or make some otherprovisiou for the same. Petition of Louis H. NcAloon and others. Article 45. To see if the town will'raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a sewer on Greene Street from Parker Street to Woodbridge Road, or make some other provision for the sama. Petition of Louis H. NcAloon and others. Article 46..To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a sewer ou Tavern Road from Bradstreet Road to Faulkner Road or make some other provision for the same. Petition of Loi~ls H. MeAloon and others. Article 4V. To see if the to~ra will raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a sewer on Faulkner Road or make some other provision for the same~ Petition of Louis H. NcAloon and others.~. Article 48. To.see if the town will vote to accept another portion of Lyman Road from Little Road to Buckingham Road. Petition of James H. Twist and others. Article 49. To see if the town will vote to accept Buckingham Road from Herrick Road to Lyman Road. Petition of Glades Taylor Houghton and others. Article 50. To see if the town will vote to accept the ~emaining portion of Toung Road, i.e. approzimately 22S feet between Lyman Road and Herrick Road. Petition of Ralph T. Ver~ile and others. Article S1. To see if the town will vote to accept School Street for a distance of about ~46 feet from Main Street, according to the lay-out filed with the Planning Board. Petition of James Farrell and others. , Article 52. To see if the town w{ll vote to place ~wo street lights on Buckingham Road, from Herrick Road to Lyman Road. Petition of Gladys Taylor Houghton and others. Article S~. To see if the town will vote to install a street light at 1210 Osgood Street, in from of the property of .Antonio Forgetta and others. Article 54. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a' sufficient sum of money for two street lights on Camden Street. One light to be installed on pole #2119 and the other at the corner of Camden and Concord Street. Petition of ~ohn ~. Slipkow~ky and others. 534 WA R R A,,,N T ~own M,eting March 5~ 19~1 Article 55. To see if the.town will vote street light on Dana Street near Marblehead Street. Anthony Lisi and others.. to install a Petition of Article 56. To act upon any other:bus~e ss which may legally be considered at this meeting. ., And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at the Town Hall and at five or mo~e ~ublic places in each voting precinct. ~Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due retur~a of this warrant with .your doings thereon, to the gown Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover this twenty-seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. Arthur A. Thomson Harry C. Foster. Selectmen of North Andover Officer's Return. i have notified the inhabitants of the town of North Andover, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the Tdwn 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 said meeting. North Andbver, Mass., February 19, 1941. John P. Harrington Constable Article 1. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, convened in the Engine House in voting precinct one; the M~rrimack Schoolhouse in voting precinct two; the Union Schoo~cuse in voting precinct three and the To~m Hall In~.votlng precinct four, agreeably to the requirements of the fcreg6ing wa2rant, business was transacted and'votes for the officers named in the ballot were as follows:- Number of ballots by precincts. Office ~-~or for one year. Cornelius J. Mahoney Blanks ~own umerk for- one year. Joseph A. Duncan Blanks Town ~reasurer for one year. James J. Maker Blanks One Two Three Four Totals One Two Three Four Totals. 556 696 6 6 25~9 259 297 2~ ~0~6 1045 621 788 726 710 2845 194 205 19~ 1~7 729 258 162 762 'Precincts Three Selectmen for one year. Joseph M. Finneran 535 585 385 Harry C. Foster 569 547 Frank Hilton 5~2 556 ElwynA. King 119 258 278 Fred McCormack 175 95 Alfred W. J. Taylor ~ 92 Arthur A. Thomson 5v~ ~'~'~Surveyor for one year. Ira D. Carty 519 616 609 John J. McDuffie Jr. 275 542 280 Blanks 25 55 Public Works for Three Years John T. Campbell 295 260 290 Edward McCarthy 155 156 75 C. Mason Tucker 561 2 Blanks 84 Assessor of Taxes for three years. Edward'E. Curley 491 5~7 625 Raymond Gallonl 195 2 5 Blanks 129 Assessor 'of Taxes, to fill vacancy-one year. John J. Costello 211 21~ 176 Lawrence O'Brien i~ 551 207 Oscar L. Soucy Carl A. Thomas 1~ ~ 1~ Blanks Town Auditor for one year. , ~ames W. Elliott 527 606 576 John H. Munro 212 294 47 Blanks 76 95 70 ~ommit~ee for three years. Fred C. Atkinson 516 708 50~ Harry Cohen 60 29 29 Blanks 94 Public Welfare three for one year. Joseph M. Finneran 555 5~5 584 Harry C. Foster 575 5~0 587 Elwyn i.Frank HiltonKing, 5577 550 n 168 91 77 Fred McCormack Arthur A. Thomson 5~ 416 456 Frank E. Wallwork,Jr. 125 218 178 Blanks 559 446 465 Tax Collector for one year. Irving E. Hinto~ 591 780 Blanks 224 215 1~7 Tree Warden for one ~ear. ~ohn J. uonnors 611 763 692 Blanks 204 250 227 Beard of ~ealth for. three years.' Edward Fieldhouse 197 211 201 Fred Kiesltng 217 1~5 101 Herbert E. McQuestenBlanks 5~ 112 567 Totals 545 1~o5 40o 157~ ~lo ~55~ 207 1102 50 n8 57 ~ 120o. 75 5o6 58~ ~aT~ 226 167 822 lO5 222 1041 65 2o9 480 198~. 589 2517 5ot 1276 825' ll5 15~5 l~o 659 402 1672 656 2~02 211 ~72 511 ~ I 112 535 536 Precincts One Two Three Four. Totals. Five Constables for one year samuel H. Bevin 172 292 183 229 Frederick A. Butler 239 214 268 15~ George Everson ,.~ 150 111 50 William C. Ritchie 519 27 : 5 6 201 Harold W. Tyning 5 42 ~3 562 HaroldWood ~ 464 Blanks 1050 1 1379 1217 Planning Bosrd for five years J0hn J. Costello 463 5~ ~ 502 Louis R. Miller 250 29 225 Blanks 102 154 148 15ou llS 5 [99 105y After a careful canvass of the returns made by the Precinct 0fficers in precincts One, Two Three and Four, the Board of Registrars of Voters declared the following persons to be elected~ to office: Moderator Cornelius J. Mahoney Town Clerk Joseph A. Duncan Town Treasurer James J. Maker Three Selectmen Joseph M. Finneran Harry C. Foster Arthur A. Thomson Highway Surveyor Ira'D. Cart~ P~lic W6rks C. Mason Tucker Assessor of Taxes. Edward E..Curley Assessor of Taxes To fill Vacancy. Oscar L. Soucy. Town Auditor James W. Elliott School Committee Fred C. Atkinson Pu$1ic Welfare Joseph M. Finneran Harry C. Foster Arthur A. Thomson Tax Collector Irvin~ E. Hinto~ Tree Warden John J. Conners Board of Health Herbert E. McQuest~n' Five Constables Ge6rge F. Cunni~gham John P. Harrlngton John J. Roche Harold W. Tyning Ausustine J. Walsh Plannin~ Board John J. Cost~llo Date Sworn B~Whom March 10,19.~1' Town Clerk March 10~ 19~1 Moderator March 4, 19~1 Town Clerk March ~, 1941 " " March 19.~1" " " March 6~ 1941 " " March ' 4, 194~1 " " March 1941 "" " March 15, 1941 " " March 6, 19~1 March 4, 1941 March 13, 19~1 March ~, 19~1 March 19~l March 8, 19~l March 20, 1941 If March 8, 1941 March 10, 1941 March 4, 19~l ti t!