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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1871 Annual Town ReportTOWN OF NORTH ANDO~ER YF~AR ENDING FEBRUARY 17. 1871. THE AUDITOBS' i:I~EPOlgT OF THE and ~q~nditnr~a OF THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 17, 1871. AUDITORS' REPORT. The following statement of Accounts is submitted: SCHOOLS. Whole amount raised by the ~own for support of schools, $6,000 00 Amount State school fund, Balance due schools: Feb. 18, 18707 Whole amount of orders drawn, Balance due schools. Feb. 14, 1871, 241 78 1,895 50 $8,187 23 6:641 96 $1,495 27 PAID PER ORDER OF THE SC//00/. COMMITTEE. Johnson High School, $1,942 74 Merrimac district school: 2,620 57 Center " 853 76 Farnbam " " 328 79 Kimball .... 278 03 Pond .... 807 95 River .... 310 12 $61641 96 HUDI~OR$' REPORT. SCHOOL HOUSE ACCOUNT. Amount raised by the town for repairs of School ' Houses, $400 00 Amount of orders drawn per approval of School Committee, as follows, viz: :For Johnson High school house, $20 00 Merrimac " " 18 79 Centre " " 82 29 Fanaham " " 882 54 Kimball, ': " 8 50 River :' " 6 80 Paid for insurance on school houses~ $408 92 339 00 $747 92 Appropriation, 400 00 Overdrawn, $847 92 Amount insured on each house, as follows: Merrimac~ 90,0,000 00 Centre, LJ00 00 River, 1,000 O0 Pond, 600 00 Faraham, 1,000 00 Kimball, 600 00 $24,700 00 OFFICERS' SERVICES. Paid Jolm S. Day, services as school committee, $90 O0 B. F. Hamilton," " " " 75 O0 Hiram Berry, " " " " 75 00 Daniel Fernandez, services as Truant Ot/i- cer, 1869, 4 00 Amoun~ carried forward, $244 00 Amo~mt brought forwaxd, $244 00 Paid Yrancis Smith, services as constable, etc., 14 00 Andrew Smith, " ', " ~ 12 00 Joseph F. Allen, " collecting taxes, 146 63 Andrew Smith, " as Trcasurcr~ 50 00 Andrew Smkh, " "Town Clerk, 40 00 Charles F. Johnson, services and expenses taking valuation! 178 17 Charles F. Johnson, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor: 157 00 Wm. S. Co~dery, services and expenses taking valuation, 228 17 Wm. S. Cowdery: services as Selectman~ Assessor: and Overseer of the Poor~ 167 00 Jos. P. Blake: services and expenses taking valuation, 187 17 · .los. P. Blake, services as Selechnan, Asses- sar, and Overseer of the PooL 151 43 $L575 57 INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Paid A. Morrison, printing Auditom' Report, ~46 00 Geo. S, Merrill & 0% printing bills, war- rant's, etc., 1869, 15 50 Geo. S. Men'ill & Co., printing School Re; ports, warrants: etc, 1870~ 53 75 Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing valuation report, etc~ 1871, 178 00 Eben Sutton, land for widening street, 75 00 Al~nson Brigg% paying witness fees, Bed- well cas% 27 78 Joseph Kittrcdge, services in Bodwe]l case, 25 00 Amount carried forward, $415 98 6 ~UDITOR$~ REPORT. Amount brought forward, $415 98 Paid B. F. Hamilton, diplomas and express, 9 45 Wm. S. Cowdery~handcuffs, I 75 H. B. & W. 0. Chamberlain, apparatus for High school, 108 75 H. A. Brown & Co, apparatus for High school, 102 55 John C. Dow & Co, books and stationery, 32 15 Thomas Groom & Co., collector's book, I 50 R. O. Bridges, use of ]and for lock-up, 6 00 A. C. Chadwick, insurance on " 15 00 · D. S. Swan & Son, ': " " 7 50 Henry Cummings, damage caused by defect in highway, 5 00 John F. Kimball: surveying streets~ 5 50 Geo. W. Gould, guide-board and painting, 1 00 Andrew Smith, for express~ stamps and sta- tionery~ 4 23 Andrew Smith: recording births, marriages and deaths: 32 00 Andrew Smith, paying State Aid, 10 00 Chad. F. Johnso% services, State Aid, 10 00 J. F. Allen~ returning thirty-three deaths, 3 30 J. F. Allen, labor on old grave-~ard, 11 40 $788 06 't HIGHWAY TAKES, WORKED AND RE-ASSESSED. Paid Daniel S~evens~ District :No. 1, $40 22 Joseph P. Blake, " " 2, 26 89 Lewis ]]artlett~ " " 4, 5 90 ~Farnham Spoffor~, ': " ~, 2 54 Peter Holt~ Jr., " " 8, 8 40 Amount carried forward, $88 95 Amount brought forward, 883a95 Paid Milton S. Jenkins, District No. 10, 2 59 Abijah P. Fuller, " ~ 11, 3 79 Samuel B. Hill, " "12, 30 99 :Nathaniel Peters, ': "13, 16 59 Jacob L. Farnum~ " "14, 38 61 Hiram P. Goodhu% " "15, 2 96 Joseph Averi]l, Jr., " "16, 17 95 S. Wm. Ingalls, " "17, 7 5I ~dward MoKone, " "18, 79 86 ~ ,9284 -80 ~0WN ttOUSE ACCOUiY~. Paid Orrin F. Spoflbrd, services as Janitor, ~50 00 " " " oil~ &c., 7 39 P. W. Barnes, floor brush, 1 25 Elbridge Gerry: repairs, I 40 Geo. W. Gould, glass and setting, etc., 4 89 Andrew Smith, insurance, 150 00 $214 93 0VI~RWORX/]y HIGH WAY SURVEYORS. Paid Daniel Stevens: Surveyor District 1No. 1, ~10 00 Joseph P. Blak% ,' " " 2, 9 40 John F. Foster, " " ': ,5, (18690 5 50 John C. Gage, ,' " "6, 10 00 Farnham Spofford~ " " " 7, ]0 00 Nathaniel Peters: " " "13, 10 00 Jacob L. Farnum~ " " "14, 10 00 Hiram P. Goo&hue, " " "15, 9 0~ ' Joseph Averill, Jr.:" ': "16, 6 00 S. Wm. Ingalls, " " "17, 2 00 $81 92 SPECIAL BRIDGES. Paid C. P. Jaquith, hauling gravel, District lgo. 1, $219 S. M. Greenwood," " " " 1, 863 APPI~OPRIATIONS FOR ROADS AND 90 92 Daniel Stevens, building bridges, '; " 1, 26 41 John C. Gage~ labor onhighway~ " " 6, 22 00 Wm. J. Cheerer, for gravel, " " 8, 2 50 Jacob L. Farnum~ labor on highway," "14, 51 94 Hiram P. Goodhue," " " " "15, 6 40 A. (J. Hardy, labor and material, " ': 18, 8 00 E. MoKone, planking bridges, " ': 18, 158 $8 John S. Day, building bridge neax ~lethodist church, 80 00 Ward l~oyes, labor on olfl turnpike, 6 90 Fxederick Symonds, grading air line road, 52 O0 $993 35 REHOVING SNOW. Paid Russell B. Jordan: District No. 1, ~41 85 Ward Noyes. " " 2, 8 35 A. C. Hardy, " " 3, 18 50 J. A. Montgomery, " "4, 40 00 John 17. Foster~ " " 5~ 36 98 James Nason, " " 6~ 48 95 Fa~ham Spofford: " " 7, 52 50 C~s. A. ~utterfield, " " 8~ 12 45 James H. Reynol~s~ " " 9, 5 80 William Foster, " " 9, 20 00 WilH~ Foster, " "10, 52 90 Nathan A. B~shop, " ~' 11, 8 40 Abij~ P. Fuller, " :' 11, 12 90 Nathan Foster, " "11, 35 35 Daniel Car]eWn, " "12, 80 30 Amount carried forward, $384 73 ~IUDITORS~ REPORT. 9 Amount brought forward~ $884 73 Paid Henry P. IngMls, District 1%. 12, 14 00 Samuel 1~. Hill, " "12, 7 20 Joseph Farnham, " ': 12, 68 05 ]Nath~ie] Pete~, " "13, 15 80 Frederick Symonds, " "18, 16 00 Seth T. Farnham, :' "14, 91 15 John H. Rea, " "15, 78 48 William H. Kimball, " "16, 49 35 Oliver Fiske, " ': 17: 10 70 Abi~tha 0. Hardy, " "18, 31 40 $791 81 J. F Kirk, to pay members of Company No. 1, 8135 20 Wm. H. Jowett, to pay members of Company No. 2, 175 85 Henry Keniston, services as engineer~ 1869, 5 00 l)aniel Fernandez, " " " 1869, 5 00 Benj. P. Saunders," " " 1869, 5 00 Daniel Fernandez, ': " " 1870, 9 10 Amos 1~. ]~ixby, steward of Company No. 1~ 3 85 Alfred Kershaw~ " " " ]No. 1, 28 00 Ebenezer Fish, " " " 1%. 2, 89 28 Daniel Fernandez, labor on engine 2Nlo. 1, 8 25 John V. Carr, repairing hooks~ Ac., ]No. 1, 1867~ 6 00 ttMliday & Woodbury, oil, Ac., No. 1, I 70 Davis & Furber, oil, ]No. 1, 4 35 Alfred KersMw, chamois, duster, Ac., No. 1, 2 40 Stephen Huse, drawing engine 1%. 1 to Lawrence, 3 50 E. McKone, " " No. 1 to fires, 7 25 McDonald & H~nniford, repairs on engine };Io. 1: 13 40 Amount carried forward~ 8323 18 10 AUDITORS~ REPORT. Amount brought forward~ $323 13 Paid E. H. Goodhue, wood for No. 1~ 12 55 Thomas Carroll, sawed and split wood, No. 1, 6 00 Alfred Hale & Co.: rubber gloves, Co. No. 1, 10 00 A.. G. l{ea~ Jr., stock and labor on engine house No. 1, 64 78 Davis & Furbe~ painting engine house No. 1, 91 75 Sibley & Hamilton, mason works engine house No. 1. 55 65 ]]. R. & Wm. B. Lambs stove, &c., for engine house :No. 1: 12 90 Daniel Fernandez, labor on engine No. 2, 5 75 James L. Kimball~ labor on engine house No. 2s 5 00 T. W. Sargent, drawing engine 1%. 2, 2 00 Samuel ]~. Hill: keys and badges, Co. No. 2s 16 00 Joseph Stowell, repairing hose: &c.: No. 2~ 43 50 McDonald Hanniford, repairs on engine, No. 2s 5 15 ]]. H. Goodhue, wbod for No. 2, 13 11 Warren Stevens, supplies for Company 1%. 2: 31 47 Louis Well & Co, oil suits for firemen: 48 00 John G. ]3rown, enginebrs' badges, 3 50 F. A. Morg~no repairing hose~ 21 9~5 Stephen Huse, tracking hose, 2 00 P. W. Barnes~ suppliess 17 22 Ebenezer Elleawood, stock and labor, 8 86 $924 52 ~4UDITOR8~ REPORT. A~/kTEM~.NT OF TAX~.S. Paid Dane Foster, over-tax, Abraham Kershaw, over-mx, Chas. O. Radcliffe, " Horatio Dennett, trustee, over4ax, David S. Foster: over-~x, John Adams, tax of 1869, by vo~ of Town, REMi~IYTANCE O1~ Paid Joseph F. Allen~ Collector, sundry taxes sessed in 1869, Joseph F. Allen, Collector, sundry taxes as- sessed ls70, DISCOUNT ON TAXES. Paid Joseph_F. Allen, discount on taxes collected previous to l~lov. 1, 1870~ . OVERS~EERS' ACCOUNT. RELIEF OUT OF THE HOUSE. Supplies furnished Mrs. John E. ¥oung~ " " Mrs. John Matron, ,, " James Gilman~ ,, ,, Mrs. Lew, ,, " 6co. MeLaughlin, ,, ': Elijah Long, ;; ~ Mrs. Farmer ~ Amount carried forward, · $40 of this sum for medical attendance. 11 $6 75 8 12 8 69 5 90 15 86 $44 19 $2 74 148 34 $151 08 $1,507 70 $28 20 88 00 *57 39 89 62 45 68 2 30 11 44 $217 68 Amount brought forward, $217 68 Supplies furnished James Leighton, ~47 50 " :' Abby E. Tyler~ 2 00 Paid Worcester Lunatic Hospital for boaxd of Char- ]otte Wallworth, 182 50 Essex County Receptacle for the Insane, for the board of Mary A. Holt. 156 43 City of Boston, for supplies furnished Lucy Brown and Mary A. Stevens, 99 68 City of Salem, for supplies furnished Mrs. Nichols, 21 00 CMrged to Andover, for supplies furnished Eliz- abeth Kimball, :16 56 Paid A. Smith, for getting McMullen children to Tewksbury, 2 00 $745 25 G~.~ERA~'. EXPEIqS~IS A~Y ALI~S HOUSE. Paid Rodney Sargent, services as Superintendent, $525 00 John Faulkner~ bill, blacksmithing, 37 98 Urius Urry, bill, blacksmithing, 31 79 Louis Weft & Co, bill~ clothing, 34 00 Jonas Warren & Co.: bill, grain~ 72 68 Boston & M~ine R. R., for freight, I 79 James Carleton, for stock, 110 50 War~en Stevens: bill, groceries, 176 74 Cobb & Co., bill, groceries~ 95 02 Joseph Kittredg% for medical attendances' 4 00 * $43 of this snm for medical attendance. $1,089 45 i~UNER&T~ EXPENSES. Paid City of Lowell, for funeral expenses of Eliza and Sarah Thompson, $6 00 H. Abbott, for cottiin, shroud, etc., for J. Gilman, and Margaret Marren~ 15 00 ~. Call~Mn~ as undertaker, 4 50 Joseph F. Allen, as under,kef ~t the funerM of J. Gilman and Miss Frye, 8 00 FOUND DEAD IN NORTH ANDOVER. Paid ~. McKone~ for te~m and bu~aI% $10 50 Daniel FcrMndez~ fez removing corpse, 2 00 H. Abbott~ for ~n: shroud and atten~nc% 10 00 J. F. Allen~ as undertaker~ 4 00 5o TOWN O1~ NORTH ANDOVI~,R IN ACCOUNT WITH RODNEY SARGENT. Dr. To cash paid for supplies, to Feb. 17, 1571~ 110 00 " flour, 35 00 " meat, 89 97 " medicine: 6 55 ': grain, 141 38 " clothing, 40 19 " seed, 31 65 ;' stock, 160 00 " labor, 31 40 " tools, 22 43 " manure, 17 95 " incidentals: 39 79 To cash in .my Mnds, 8 27 $780 29 CiR. By cash in my hands, Feb. 18, 1870, $18 71 " received for produce, 494 52 ,, " calves, 41 92 " " pigs, 10 00 " " stock, 146 77 ,, " l~bor, 18 37 $780 29 RODNEY SARGENT, SUr'T. NoT~.--Ninety-six traveling paupers have been accommodated at the Aln~house the past year, at an estimated cost of $96 0O. TAYLOR REPRESENTATIVE FUND, ONE HUNDRED DOL- Interest received on this fund and reported last yem': $7 22 Interest received this year, 6 60 Amount of interest now in hands of Treasurer, $13 82 STOCK OH HAND AT TI]J~ TOWN FARM. Oae yoke oxen, $200 00 One horse, 75 00 Seven cows, '280 00 One pair steers: 120 00 Two heifer~, 50 00 Five swine, 75 00 Twenty-seven fowls, 20 00 $820 00 I5 SUPPLIES ON HAND AT TOWN FARM. Fourteen tons English hay, Five tons .run hay, Nine bushels barley, One bushel beans: for seed, Provisions in the House, Tools on the farm, Furniture in the house, $1350 O0 90 O0 9 O0 4 O0 $453 O0 821 O0 400 O0 250 O0 17 i~INA1VOIAL COi~DITIO1V OF TItR TOWN. LIABILITIES. Notes ~yab]e, Balance due the Sehoolsl $25~315 80 1,495 .?97 $26:811 07 ASSETS. Cash in Treasurer;s hands~ ,98:198 60 ': hands of Superintendent of Alms House, 3 97 Due from the State, ( Soldier's Aid~) 988 00 Due for rent of Town Hall, 10 00 Due from Town of Andover, on pau- per account, Balance due from Collector: Balance against the Town, Balance against the Town last year, " " " this year, Debt reduced this year, 16 56 887 55 $9,553 98 $15:257 09 $24,237 00 15,257 00 $8,979 91 SUMMARY OF EXPENSES OF THE TOWN ORDERS DRAWAI BY THE SELECTMEN PER APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For support: of Primary and Grammar Schools, $4:699 22 For support of Johnson High School, 1,942 74 For repairs on school-houses: 408 92 Amount carried forward, $7:050 88 zlUDITORS~ REPORT° Amount brought forward: Insurance on school-houses, Total for educational purposes, $7,050 88 339 00 $7,389 88 SELECTMEN'S ORDERS. For Officers' services, Incidental expenses, Highway t~xes', worked and re-as- sessed~ ~own I-Iouse account~ Overwork by highway surveyors, Special appropriations for highways, Removing snow, :Fire department, Abatement of taxes: Remittance of t~xes, Discount on taxcs, Total ~monnt of Selectmen's orders, OVERSEERS' ORDERS. For relief out of the House~ General expenses of Alms-house, Funer-&l expenses, Expenses incurred in case of unknown man found deaA in No. Andover, Total amount of Overseers' orders, $1,575 57 783 06 Amount c~rried forward, 284 80 214 93 81 92 998 85 791 81 924 52 44 19 151 08 L507 70 $7:352 93 $14,742 81 $745 '25 1,089 45 88 50 26 50 $11894 70 $16,687 59 19' Amount carried forward, 6,637 51 State tax, County tax, Less Discount, BAlD BY THE TREASURER. $4,700 00 82,868 50 42 63 Discount at bank, Interest to individuals: Selectmen and Auditors, $~°~325 87 56 75 2,318 71 18 00 ,99,419 83 TotM expense of the Town, ~26,056 84 SCHEDULE OF TOW~J PROPERTY. Town House, fixtures, and ]~nd adjoining, $25,000 00 Engine Houses, 1,800 00 Engines and apparatus, 2~000 O0 Lock-up, 500 00 Town farm and buildings, 8,050 00 Personal property at Town farm, 2,244 00 School-house property, 31,800 00 Safe and furnPmre in Seleetmen~s oitlee~ 50 00 ~70,944 00 The Auditors chosen to audit the accounts of the S~lect- men, Overseers of the Poor and Town Treasurer of North Andover= respectfully submit that they have examined the above accounts and find them correctly cast and vouched for. AMOS D. CARLETON, ) NATHANIEL PETERS~f Audib)rs. A. P. CHENI~Y: . 2O _'REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. Thc Committee recommend the following appropriations the ensuing year, viz: For repairs on school houses, Support of schools~ Repairs of roads and bridges, Support of the poor, ,$400 o0 6~000 00 8,000 00 2,500 00 General expenses, and reduction of town debt, 12~000 00 CHARLES F. JOHNSON, ] WM. S. COWDER¥, ~ JOSEPH P. BLAKE, I Finance AMC~S D. CAR~LETON, Committee. NATHANIEL PETERS. :',.' P. CHENEY, J * This sum will be all that is necess;;t'y unless the Town wishes to insure the l~{errirnac school house fbr five years. In that case $800 will be needed. TOWN WARRANT. Town of ~Vo~'~ Andover, GBEET~'~ In the n~me o~~ ~e Commonwealth of Mass~husetts, ~re hereby d]rec~d to notify ~nd warn ~he inhabitants ol~ the town of North Andover~ qualified by law to vote in elections and town ~ff~irs~ to meet ~t the Town t~all~ in said Wwn~ ~onday~ the sixth d~ of M~rch next: at 12 o'clock, ~hen ~nd there to act o~ the kllowing articles, viz: A~. I. To cho~e a Moder~r ~o pres]de at said meeting, A~. IL To choose ~ Town Clerk for the fear ensuing~ A~. Iii. To see if the Town will accep~ the Auditors' report, AgT. iV. To choose Selectmen= Assessors~ Overseers of the Poor~ Town Tre~urer: one School Commkteeman for ~bree years~ Comstabl~ and all other necessary Town o~cers for ~he y~r ensuing. ART, Y. To see wha~ ~e~hod the Town will adopt to p~ir their highways the ensuing Tear. Ag~. VI. To sec wh~t monc~ the Town will raise to re,ir their highways and bridges the ensuing year. A~, VII. To determine wha* compensa,tion the Tow~ will p~y, per hour~ fbr laborers on the highways, A~. YIIL To see what sum of money the Town will ~ise for the support of schools in the Town the ensuing year. A~, IX, To see what sum of money ~he Town will raise for the repair ~nd improvement of the school pro~rty. A~. X, To sec wh~t sum of money the Town w]tl r~ise towa~ reducing the Town debt and defraying thc otber necessary expenses ~rking in s~id Town. Ag~. XI. To see what method the Town will take *o col- lect their public taxes for the year ensuing. A~T. XII. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer of the Town to hire money in anticipation of Utxes, un- der the direction of the Selectmen. AaT. XI'fI. Ira determine what compensation the Town will pay to members of Engine Companies for their services tim year ensuing. A~. XIV. To see if the Town will accept the list of Ju- rors. as prepared and posted by the Selectmen. ARs'. XV. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to building a new school-house in the Centre District, on petition of Moses T. Stevens and others. A~x. XVL To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to naming the principal streets in the Towu. A~t~. XViI. To see if the Town will remit the taxes of E. R. & W. B. Lamb & Co. A~. XVIII. To act on an3, other business that may le- gally come before said meeting. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true · nd attested copies thereof at each of the Churches in s~id town~, two Sundays at least before the time of holding said meeting. HEREOI~ FAIL lq OT, and make due return of' this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town ClerL at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands, at North Andover, this seventeenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, CHARLES F. JOHNSON, ) Selectmen WM. S. COWDERY, Iof JOSEPH P. BLAKE, North Andover A true copy. Attest, TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 17. 1871. OF THE , V TOWN OF NORTH ANDO ER FOR THE YEAR ENDI~TG FEBRUARY 17~ 1871. T~tE AIJDIT02S' 2EPO2T OF THE and O~ THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER FOR THE YEAR ElqI)ING FEBRUARY 17, 1871. AUDITORS' REP R. The following statement of Accounts is submitted: SCHOOLS. Whole amount raised by the town for support of schools: $6,000 00 ~_raount State school fund, 241 78 Balance due schools: Feb. 18, 1870~ 1,895 50 $8,187 28 Whole amount of orders drawn, · 6,641 96 Balance duc sclmols: Feb. 14, 1871, $1~495 27 PAID PER ORDI~]R ~F THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE: Johnson High School: $1:~2 74 Merrim~ district ~hool: 2,620 57 Center ,, ,, 853 76 Yarnham :' " 328 79 Kimball " " 278 08 Pond ,, ,, 307 95 River :, - 310 12 $6,641 96 ~DITOR$~ REPOR~ SOHOOL t/OUSE ACCOUNT. Amount raised by the town for repairs of Scheoi I~otlseS~ Amount of orders drown per approval of School Committee, as follows~ viz: For Johnson High school house~ $20 00 Merrimac " " 13 79 Centre " " 32 29 Faraham " " 332 54 Kimball, " " 3 50 River " ': 6 80 $400 00 $408 92 Paid for insurance on school houses, 339 00 8747 92 Appropriation, . 400 00 Overdrawn, $347 92 Amount insured on each house, as follows: t¢[errimae, Sg0,000 00 Centre, 1,500 00 River, 1,000 00 ~'ona, 600 00 Farnham, 1,000 00 Kimball, 600 O0 $24,700 00 O~FICER8' SERVICES. Paid John S. Day, services as school~committee, $90 00 B. ~F. Hamilton," " " '~' 75 00 Hiram Berry, " " " " 75 00 Daniel Fernandez~ services as Trt~nt Otti- ¢er, 1869, 4 00 Amount carried forward: $244 00 zl~fDITORS~ REPORT. 5 Amount bought forward: $244 00 Paid Francis Smith, services as constable, etc, 14 00 Andrew Smith, " " " 12 00 Joseph F. Allen, " collecting taxes~ 146 63 Andrew Smith, ': as Treasurer, 50 00 Andrew Smith~ " "Town Clerk, 40 00 Char]es F. Johnson: services and expenses taking valuation: 178 17 Charles F. Johnson, services as Selectnian, AssessoL and Overseer of the Poor, 157 00 Wm. S. Cowdery, services and expenses taking valuation, 228 17 Wm. S. Cowdery, services as Selectman: Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 167 00 Jos. P. Blake, services and expenses taking valuation, 187 17 Jos. P. Bl~ke, services as Seleetraan, Asses- soL and Overseer of the Poor, 151 48 $1,575 57 INCIDENTAL ~XPENS~.S. Paid A. Morrison, printing Auditors' Report, ~46 00 Geo. S: Merrill & Co., printing bills, war- rant's, etc., 1869, 15 50 Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing School Re- ports~ warrants, etc., 1870: 58 75 Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing valuation report, crc, 1871, 178 00 ~Eben Sutton, land for widening street, 75 00 Alanson Briggs, paying witness fees, Bod- well case, 27 78 Joseph I~,tredge, services in Bodwell ease, 25 00 Amount carried forward, $415 98 ~UDITOR$~ REPORT. Amount brought forward, $ $415 98 Paid B. F. Hamilton, diplomas and express, 9 45 Wm. S. Cowdery~ handcuffs: 1 75 H. ]3. & W. O. Chamber]aiq, apparatus for High school~ 108 75 H. A. ]3town & Co, apparatus for High school 102 55 John C. Dow & Co., books and stationery, 82 15 Thomas Groom & Co., collector's book~ · 1 50 R. O. Bridges~ use of land for lock-up, 6 00 A. C. Chadwick, insurance on ': 15 00 D. S. Swan & Son, .... " 7 50 Henry Cummings: damage caused hy defect in highway, 5 00 John F. Kimball, surveying streets, 5 50 Geo. W. Gould, guide-board and painting, ] O0 Andrew Smith, for express~ stamps and sta- tionery, 4 23 Andrew Smith, recmqing births, marriages and deaths, 32 00 Andrew Smith~ paying State Aid~ 10 00 Chas. 1~. Johnson, services, State Aid, 10 00 J. F. Alien, returning thirty-three deaths, 3 30 J. F. Allen~ labor on old ~ave-yard~ 11 40 8788 06 HIGHWAY TAX.ES, WORKED AND I~.-ASSESSED. Pa~d Daniel Stevens~ District 51o. 1, $40 22 Joseph P. Blake, " " 2, 26 89 Lewis Baxtlett, " " 4, 5 90 ~'araham Spofford, ~: " 7~ 2 54 Peter Holt, Jr. " " 8~ : 8 40 Amount carried forward, $88 95 Amount b~ought £orward, $83~,95 Paid Milton S. Jenkins, District :No. 10, 2 59 Ahijah P. iFuller, " "11, 3 79 Samuel B. Hill, '~ "12, 30 99 Nathaniel Perm's, ': "13, 16 59 Jacob L. Barnum, " "14, 38 61 Hiram P. Goodhue, " "15, 2 96 Joseph Averill~ Jr, " ': 16, 17 95 S. Wm. Ingalls, " "17, 7 51 Edward McKone, " "18, 79 86 9~84 80 TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT. Paid 0rrJn E. Spofford~ services as Janitor, $50 00 " " :' oil,&c, 7 39 P. W. Barnes, floor brush, 1 25 Elbridge Gerry, repaSrs, 1 40 Geo. W. Gould, glass and setting, etc., 4 89 Andrew Smith: insurance, 150 00 $214 98 OVERWORK BY HIGHWAY SUI~VEYORS. Paid Daniel Stevens, Surveyor District No. 1, $10 00 Joseph P. Blake, " " " 2, 9 40 John iF. Boster,~ " " ': 5, (1869,) 5 50 John C. Gage, " " " 6, 10 00 Farnham Spofford, " ': " 7, 10 O0 Nathaniel Peters, " " "13, 10 00 Jacob L. Barnum, ' ..... 14, 10 00 Hiram P. Goodhue, " " "15,' 9 02 Joseph Averill, Jr., ': " :' 16, 6 O0 S. Wm. Ingalls, " :' "17, 2 00 $81 92 SP~ECIAL A~I~ROPRIATIONS FOR ROA~.S AND ]]I~IDGES. Paid C. P. Jaquith, hauling gra~el~ District 1~o. 1, $219 90 S. M. Greenwood," r " " " 1, 868 92 Daniel Stevens, building bridges, '~ ': 1, '26 41 John C. Gage, labor on highway, " " 6, 22 00 Wm. J. 0heever, for grovel, ': " 8, 2 50 Jacob L. Farnum~ labor on highway," "14, 51 94 Hiram P. Goodhue," " " " "15, 6 40 A. C. Hardy: labor and material: ': "18, 8 00 E. McKone, planking bridges, " ': 18, 158 38 John S. Day, building bridge neax Methodist church, Ward Noyes, labor on old turnpike, Frederick Symonds, gradiag air line rosA, 80 00 6 90 52 00 $993 85 REMOVING SNOW. Paid Russell B. Jordan: District No. 1, $41 85 Ward Noyes, " " 2, 8 85 A. C. Hardy~ " " 3, 13 50 g. A. Montgomery, " " 4, 40 00 John F. Foster, " " 5, 36 98 James l~ason, " " 6, 48 95 Farnham Spofford, " ," 7, 52 50 Chas. A. Butterfield, " " 8, 12 45 James II. Reynolds, :' " 9, 5 80 William Foster, " " 9, 20 00 William Foster, " "10, 52 90 Nathan A. Bishop, " ~' 11, ' 8 40 Abijah' P. Fuller, " "11, 12 90 Nathan Foster, " "11, 85 85 Daniel Carleton, ': "12, 30 80 Amount carried forward~ $884 73 Amount brought forward, $384 73 Paid Henry P. Ingalls, District No. 12, 14 00 Samuel B. Hill, ,, . ,' 19., 7 20 Joseph ~'arnham,° " :' 1'2, 68 05 :Nathaniel Peters, " "18, 15 80 Frederick Symonds, " "13, 16 00 Seth T. Farnham, " "14, 91 15 Jol, n E. Rca, .... 15, 78 48 William H. Kimball~ ': "16~ 49 35 Oliver Fiske, " "17, 10 70 Abiatha C. Hardy, " "18, 31 40 8791 81 Paid J. F Kirk: to pay members of Company ~o, l, $135 20 Wm. H. Jowett, to pay members of Company No. 2, 175 85 Henry Keniston, services as engineer, 1869, 5 00 Daniel Fernandez, " " " 1869: 5 00 Benj. P. Saunders~" ;' " 1869, 5 00 Daniel Fernandez, " " " 1870, 9 10 Amos B. Bixby, steward of Company ]No. 1, 3 85 Alfred Kcrshaw, " " " No, 1, 28 00 Ebenezer Fish, " " " ]No, 2, 89 28 Daniel Fernandez: labor on engine No. 1, 8 25 John V. Carr, repMring hooks: &c., ~o. 1, 1867, 6 00 Halliday & Woodbnry, oil, &c., Ho. 1, 1 70 Davis & Furber, oil, No. 1, 4 35 Alfred Kershaw, chamois, duster, &c., No. 1, 2 40 Stephen Huse, drawing engine Ho. I to Lawrende, 3 50 E. McKone, " " No. 1 to fires, 7 25 McDonald & Hanniford, repairs on engine l~lo. 17 13 40 Amount carried forward: 10 ~UDITOR$~ Amount brought forward, $828 18 Paid E. 1t. 6~oodhue, wood for No. 1, 12 55 Thomas Carroll, sawed and split wood, No. 1, 6 00 Alfred Hale & Co., rubber gloves..* Co. No. 1, 10 00 A. O. Rea, Jr., stock and labor on engine house No. 1, 64 73 Davis & Furber, painting engine house 1~o. 1, 91 75 Sibley & Hamilton~ mason work, engine house ~1o. 1, 55 65 E. R. & ~rm. B. Lamb, stove, &c., for engine house So. 1, 12 90 Daniel Fernandez, labor on engine No. 2, 5 75 James L. KimbM1, labor on engine house No. 2, 5 00 T. W. Sargent, drawing engine No. 2, 2 00 Samuel B. IIill, keys and badges, Co. No. 2, 16 00 Joseph Stowell, repairing hose, &c., 1~o. 2, 48 50 McDonald Hanniford, repairs on engine, Ho. 2, 5 15 E. ti. Goodhue, wood for 1%. 2, 13 11 Warren Stevens, supplies for Company No. 2, 81 47 Louis Weil & Co., oil suits for firemen, 48 00 John G. ]Brown, engineers' badges, 8 50 F. A. Morgan, repairing hose, 21 25. Stephen Iluse, trucking hose, 2 00 P. W. ]Barnes, supplies, 17 22 Ebenezer Ellenwood, stock and labor, 8 86 $924 52 AUDITORS' REPORT. 11 ABATIEMIENT OF TAX~'..S. Paid Dane Foster, over-tax, Abraham Kershaw:,, over-tax, Chas. 0. Radclif~, Ftoratio Dennett~ trustee, over-tax: David S. Foster, over-tax, John Adams, tax of 1869, by vote of Town, $6 75 8 12 3 69 5 90 4 37 15 36 I~EMITTANOE OF TAXiES. Paid Joseph F. Allen~ Collector, sundry taxes sessed h~ 1869, Joseph F. Allen, Collector, sundry taxes sessed in 1870, $2 74 148 34 08 DISCOUNT ON TAXES. Paid Joseph F. Allen, discount on taxes collected previous to Nov. 1, 1870, OVERSEEI~S' ACCOUNT. RELIEF OUT OF THE HOUSE. Supplies furnished Mrs. John E. Young, $28 20 ,, " Mrsk John Matron, 88 O0 ,, " James Gilman, ~57 89 ,, " Mrs. Lew, 89 62 ~' " Geo. McLaughlin, ~ 45 68 ,: " ]~lijah Long, 9. 30 - " · Mrs. Farmer, 11 44 $217 68 Amount caxried forward, $1,507 70 * $40 of this sum for medicM attendance. 12 ~UDITORS' REPORT, Amount brought forward, $217 68 Supplies furnished James Leighton, ~47 50 " ': Abby E. Tyler, ~ 2 00 Paid Worcester Lunatic HospitM for board of Char- ]otte Walhvorth~ 182 50 Essex County Receptacle for the Insane, for the board of Mary A. Holt: 156 43 City of ]~oston, for supplies furnished Lucy Brown and Mary A. Stevens: 99 63 City of Salem, for supplies furnished Mrs. Nichols, 21 0O Charged to Andovcr, for supplies furnished Eliz- abeth Kimball~ !6 56 Paid A. Smith~ for getting McMullen children to Tewksbary, 2 00 $745 25 G~NEltAL ~'.XlmENSES AT ALMS HOUSE. Paid Rodney Sargent, services aa Superintendent~ ~525 00 John Faulkuer, bill, blacksmithing, 87 98 Urius lJrry, bill~ blacksmithing, 31 79 Louis Weft & Co., bill, clothing, 34 00 Jonas Warren & Co., bill: grain, 72 63 Boston &; Maine R. R., fbr freight, 1 79 James Carleton~ for stock~ 110 50 Warren Stevens, bill, groceries, 176 74 Cobb & Co., bill: groceries~ 95 02 Joseph I~tredge: for medical attendance, 4 00 $1,689 45 * $43 of this sum for medical attendance. Paid City of Lowell, for funerM expenses of Eliza and Sarah Thorapson, $6 00 iq. Abbot~, for co~in, shroud, etc., for J. Gilman,. and ~a~g~rct Marren, 15 00 ~ Callahan~ ~s undertaker, 4 50 Joseph F. Allen, as undertaker ~ the funerM of J. Gilman and Miss F~ye, 8 00 888 50 EXPENSES INCURRED IN CASE OF UNKSOWN MAN ~UND DEAD IN NOR.TtI AN~VER. P~id E. McKon% for te~m ~nd buffM% $10 50 Daniel Fernandez, for rcmoving cor~% 2 00 H. Abbott~ for co~n: shroud ~nd at~ndance~ 10 00 J. F. Allen, as undcrt&er, 4 00 TOWN O7 NORTH AI~DOVER IT ACCOUNT WITH RODNEY SARGENT. Dr. To cash paid for supplies, to Feb. 17, 1871, 110 00 ': flour, 85 00 " meat~ 89 97 " medicine, 6 55 " grain, 141 38 " clothing: 40 19 " seed: 31 65 ~' stock, · 160 00 " lab,~r, 81 40 " t~ols, 22 43 " manure, 17 95 " incidentals, 39 79 To cash in my hands~ 8, 27 ~780 29 ~UDITOR$~ RE*PORT. By c~h in my bands, Feb. 18~ 1870, $18 71 ': received for produce, 494 52 .... calves: 41 92 " ': pigs, 10 O0 " " stock, 146 77 " " labor, 18 37 $780 RODNEY SARGENT, Nebr.--Ninety-six traveling paupers have been ~commodated at the Alms-house the past year, at an estimated cost of $96 TAYLOR REPRESENTATIVE FUSED, ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS. ~rest received on this fund and repor~d l~t ye~L ~7 Interest received this ycar~ 6 60 Amount of inter~t now in hands of Treasurer~ ~12 82 STOCK ON HAND AT TIrE TOWN FARM, One yoke oxen~ $200 O0 One horse, 75 00 Seven cows, 280 00 One pair steers, 120 O0 Two heifers~ 50 00 Five swine, 75 00 Twenty4even fowls, 20 00 · $820 O0 15 SUPPLIES ON HAND AT TOWN FARM. Fourteen tons English hay, Five tons run hay, Nine bushels barley, One bushel beans, for seed, Provisions in the House, Tools on the farm, Furniture in ~he house, $$5O 00 90 00 9 00 4 00 ~4~3 oo 321 O0 400 00 250 00 o o © ~UDITOR$~REPORT. 17 FINANCIAL COI~DITIOI~ OF TI~. TOWN. LIABILITIES. Motes payable, Balance due the Schools, $25,315 80 1,495 27 $26,811 07 ASSETS. Cash in Treasurer's hands, $8,198 60 " hands of Superintendent of Alms House, g 27 Duc from the State, ( Soldier's Aid,) 988 00 Due for rent of Town ;iMI~ 10 00 Due from Towa of Andover, on pau- per account, BMance due from Collector, Balance against the Town, Balance against the Town last year, " this year, Debt reduced this yeax, 16 56 887 55 $9,553 98 $15,257 09 $24,287 00 15,257 00 $8,979 91 SUMMARY OF ~.XI?ENS'~.S OF TH]~ TOWN ORDERS DRAW~ BY TIlE SELECTMEN PER APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For support of Primary and Grammar Schools, $4,699 22 For support of Johnson High School, 1,942 74 For repairs on school-houses, 408 92 Amount carried forwa~d~ ,~7,050 88 18 Amount brought forward, Insurance on school-houses, Total for educational purposes, $7,050 88 389 00 For SELECTMEN'S ORDERS. Officers' services, $1,575 57 Incidental expenses, 783 06 Highway taxes, worked and re-as- sessed, 284 80 Town House acconnt~ 214 98 Overwork by highway surveyors, 81 92 Special appropriations for highways, 993 35 Removing snow, 791 81 Fire department, 924 Abatement of taxcs~ 44 Remittance of taxes, 151 Discount on taxes, 1~507 Total amount of Selectmen's orders, $7,389 88 52 19 O8 70 $7,852 98 $14,742 81 OVERSEERS' ORDERS. For relief out of' the House, $745 25 GenerM expenses of Alms-house, 1,089 45 Funeral expenses Expenses incurred in case of unknown man found dead in No. Andover, Total amount of Overseers' orders, Amount carried forward, 88 50 26 50 $1,894 70 $16,687 59 1¸9 Amount carried forward~ State tax~ County tax, Less Discount, Discount at bank, Interest to individuals, Selectmen and Auditors, TotM expense of the Town, 916,637 51 PAID BY THE TREASURER. $4,700 00 89,368 50 42 63 $2,825 87 56 75 2,318 71 18 00 ,q9,419 85 $26,056 84 SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY. Town House, fixtures, and land adjoining, 925,001) 00 Engine Houses, 1,800 00 Engines and appara;us, 2,000 00 Lock-up, 500 O0 Town farm and buildings, 8,050 00 Personal property at Town farm, 2~244 00 School-house property, 81,800 00 Safe and furniture in Seleotmen's office, 50 00 $70,944 00 The Auditors chosen to audit the acc~(mts of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor and Town Treasurer of North Andover, respectfully submit that they have examined the above ~ccounts and find thom con'ectly cast ~nd vouched for. AMOS D. CARLETON, NATHA~IEL PETERS,~ Auditors. A. P. CHE~EY, 2O REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Committee recommend the following appropriations tbr the ensuing ycar~ viz: For repairs on school houses, Support of sehools~ Repairs of roads and bridges, Support of the poor, ,$4oo co 6,000 O0 8,000 00 2~500 O0 GenerM expenses, and reduction of town debt, 12,000 00 CHARLES F. JOHNSON, WM. S. COWDER¥, JOSEPH P. BLAKE, ~ ~FJnance AMC:S D. CARLETON, I' Commitme. NATH 3-NIEL PETERS. A. P. CHENEY, * This sum will be all th:;t is neces*ary unless the Town wishes to insure the Merrhnac school house tbr live 5 cars. In that c~e $800 will be neetletl. TOWI WARRANT. ESSEX. SS. ~b AN~DREW SMITH, one of the O~stabks of the Town of zVorl/~ A~dover, GREETI~VG In thc name of the CommonweMth of M~s~ch~et~, you ~re hereby directed to notif~ ~nd warn the inhabitants of the ~wn of North Andover~ qualified by l~w to vote in elections ~d town ~ffzirs~ to meet at the Town Hall~ in s~d Wwn, on Monday~ the sixth d~y of March next~ ~t 12 o'clock, then and ~here to ~ct on the following ~icles: viz: AnT. I. To choose a Moderato~ to preside at said meeting. A~T, II. To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing. A~. III. To see ff the Town will accept the Auditors' report. A~. IV. To choose ~electmen, Assessors~ Ove~ee~ of the Poor~ Town Treasurer, one School Committeeman for ~h~ee yea~, Constable, ~na M1 o~her necessary Town o~cers for the year ensuing. A~. V. To seo wha~ method the Town will adopt to pair their highways the ensuing year. A~t. VI. To see what money the Town will raise ~o rel-air ~their highways and bridges the ensuing year. Axe. VII. ~o de*ermine what compensation the Town will pay, per hour, for laborers on the highways. Aa~. VIII. To see what sm of ~oney the Town will raise for the support of schools in the Town the ensuing year. Aa~. IX. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repair and improvement of the school property. Ant. X. To see what sum of money the Town will raise toward reducing the Town debt and dekaying the other necess&ry expenses arising in smd Town. AR'r. XI. To sec wt~a~ method the Town will take to col- lect their public taxes for the year ensuing. AnT. XII. To see if the Town will a~thorize the Treas- urer of the Town to hire money in anticil~tion of t~es, un- der the direction of the Selectmen. Aa~. XIII. To determine what compensation the Town will pay to members of Engine Companies for their services the year ensuipg. Aa~. XIV. To see if the Town will accept the list of Ju- rors. as prepared and posted by the Selectmen. A~r. XV. To see what action the Town will t~ke in re- gaxd to building a new school-house in the Centre District, on petition of Moses T. Stevens and others. A~. XVI. To see what action the Town will t~ke in g~rd to naming the principal streets in the Town. AR~. XVIL To see if the Town will remit thb taxes o~' E. R. & W. B. Lamb & Co. Aa~. XVIH. To act on any other business that may le- gally come before smd meeting. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at each of the Churches in s~id town~ two Sundays at least before the time of holding said meeting. HEREOF FAIL N OT~ and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands, at ~orth Andover, this seventeenth day of February: in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. CHARLES F. $OHNSOSI, ) Selectmen WM. S. COWDERY~ tof JOSEPH P. ]~LAKE, Nor~hAndover A true copy. Attest, ConstrAins.