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Home My WebLink About1874 Annual Town Report~ eCelpt~ ,~nd Town OF NORTH ANI: YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY ~t. ~874. 874. THE AUDITORS' REPORT ~edeipt~ ~nd ~xpe~ditu.fes TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY t~, ~874, AUDITORS' REPORT. TttE AUI)iTOR8 have examined the accounts of the Seleet- ~ren, Overseers of the Poor and Town TreasureL and respect- fully submit that they find them correctly and carefully kept, anti properly 'vouched for. The following is a sta~emen~ of accounts showing the expenses for the past year and p~esent financial condition of the town: SCHOOL DEiPARTMENT. Amount paid for teachb~g since last report: HIGH SC~IOOL. Paid P. J. Parris, $t.200 00 Miss E. P. Hood, 337 50 Martha .g. Smith. 9.17 50 MERRIM^C SCHOOLS. P~id A. L. Smith, Miss Emma J. Cheney, Sarah S. Barnes. Maria F, Stevens. Iq. C. Carleton, Mary'F. Foye, $1,150 00 858 00 858 00 858 00 353 00 275 00 Amount ea?~rled forward. 91.755 00 2,887 O0 $4,592 O0 AUDITORS~ REPOBT. Amount brought fo~:ard, CENTfR SCHOOLS. Paid Miss Lucy J. Kimball, $396 00 Emily F. Carle~on, 310 50 Mabel E. Blake, 303 50 FARSHAM SCHOOL. Paid Miss Hannah Prime, 819 20 M. R. Smith, 128 80 Belle H. Lewis~ 108 00 KIMBALL SCItOOL. PaidMiss M. A. Dame, $91 00 Belle H. Greaves, 200 00 PO~*D SCHOOL Paid Miss Annie F. Foster, RIVER SCHOOL. Paid Miss Carrie P. Manning, Total for teaching~ FUEL AND ~ANI~ORS. HIGH SCHOOL. PaidE. McKone for coal, $~95 00 E. P. Bailey for vmod,. 6 00 O. F. Spofford, janitor, 110 00 Amount carried forward: $4.o9, 00' 1,010 O0 256 O0 291 00 259 O0 266 00 $6 674 O0 311 00 $811 O0 A,m'ount brou~htforwa'rd, ' 8311 O0 MERRIMAC SCHOOLS. Paid E MeKone tbr coal. $292 27 William Brown for sawing wood, 5 11 A. D. Norcross for wood, 9.8 75 Eugene Jo~'ce~ janitor, 107 50 J. Q. Moulton for sweeping, 74 7,5 5O8 38 ~ENTER SCHOOL. Paid E. McKone for coal, Albert Berry for C. P. Bailey " Jol~n Q. Farnham" Eben Fish, j~nitor. W. It. Rea. 8208 98 17 48 6 O0 6 75 79 O5 I0 60 328 86 FARNttAM SCHOOl,. Paid Albert Berry For wood, 840 09 Frank Il. Goo~lhue for wood, 1 65 John J. Foster janitor. 5 50 47 24 KIMBALL SCHOOL, Paid IL L. Ilill for wood. $7 00 C. P. Bailey " 3 00 Julius Bo(tie -~' 10 ]E. Long ibr sawing woo& 8 00 W. C. Russ41l, janitor, 5 00 Lois Russell. " 4 50 38 12 Amount carried forward. $1.~28 60 AUDIT0g8~ REPORT, Ama~tnt brou~dht forward, POND $CltOOL. PaidJ. P. Foster for wood~ Wm. foster E. Long for sawiag wood, Geo. B. Foster, janitor~ Paid RIVER SCIIOOL. J. A. Montgomery for wood, R. C. Thornton, janitor, Martha P. Thornton," Total for fuel and janitors, 81,228 $21 75 8 00 8 00 5 00 87 75 $84 O0 8 25 5 O0 47 25 $1,~18 60 REPAIRS, FIXTUP~ES, SCHOOL BOOKS. &c. Paid HIGIf SCHOOL. Carter & Wiley for acids. J. G. Brown for books, P. J. Parris " for tuning piano; Rand, Avery & Co. for diploraas~ E A. Fisk for fixtures, Geo. S. Merrill & Co. for printing, G, W. Gould for repairs~ H. Kdniston, $1 7O 12 02 4 5O 2 50 12 2,5 2 40 7 5O 1 00 2 00 MERRIMAC .~HOOLS, paid G. P. Ellingwood for repairs~ 16 77 J. G, Brown for books, Il 61 Amounts carried forward: $28 38 $45 87 $45 87 AUDITORS' R I~.P0 RT. ~ Amau.ts brought forward, $28 38 Paid Bishop Brothers for repairing old ' furnaces. 18 62 G. B Smart & Co new furnaces. 504 99 Henry Sarggnt for repairs. 40 00 P. W. Barnes for fixtures. 10 07 H. Keniston for labor and s'mck set- ting new furnaces and repairs. 85 00 Town & l~'uller for fixtures, 4 95 Davis & Furbcr for ret~ring pump, 1 00 CENTER SCHOOLS. Paid J. G. Brown for books, J. L. Kimball for repairs~ C, H. Butterfield " S. F. Holt for fixtures and repairs. G. W. Gould for glass and setting, LT. Urry for fixturos, Brastow Stove Co. for d~mpers, lq. B. Seavey for pump, Geo. French for trucking pump, J. H. Rea for platform [o well~ W. H. Re~ for cleaning well. H. Berry for gr~ing yard. $14, 21 9 58 4 60 16 50 18 O0 4 60 4 50 9 00 4 00 6 34 3 00 18 13 FARNHAM SCHOOL~ Paid J. G. Brown for books, $3 13 O. W. Gould for paintiug, 2 O0 Amount carried forward, $45 87 698 0t 107 46 5 13 8851 47 AUDITORS: REPORT. Amount brought forward, KIMBALL Paid G. W. Gould for painting, J. G. Brown for books, $1 25 90 POND SCHOOl, PaidJ. P. Foster for repairs, $1 57 J. G. Brown for books~ 1 15 RIVER SCHOOL. Paid J. (3. Brown for book& $2 12 L. Huntoon.for repairing clocl~, 1 00 P. W, Barnes for fixtures, 82 Total for repairs, fixtures, bOOks, &c., Whole amount of orders drawn in School Department, Yiz: For ~ea~hing, Fuel and janivors' services, Repairs, fixtnres, books~ &e., $6,674 00 · i,818 60 860 28 $851 47- 2 15 2 72 3 94 $860 28 $8,847 88 $8,847 88 AUDI~O~S~ REPOET. O SELECTMEN'S REPORT. OFFICERS~ SERVICES. Paid Hiram Berry, services as School Com, &c., $115 00 Linus Fish, " " 100 00 John H. Clifford, " " 90 00 C. P. Morrill " " fi'om · May to 0~tober, 1873, 40 00 Francis Smith, services as Constable? ~1 25 Andrew Smith~ " " 10 00 Samuel F- Holt, " " 6 00 John ¥. Carl services as Truant Ot~cer, ,5 00 A. D. Carteton, services colJecting taxes, 127 81 Andrew Smith, services as ~['own Clerk, 40 00 " " Treasurer. 60 00 Charles F. Johnson~ services as Select:man and Overseer of the Pool 56 00 Charles F. Johnson, services as Assessor~ 71 00 James C. Carleton, services as .Selec[man and Overseer of the P~or, 79 James C. Carletom services as Assessor, 89 00 Joseph F. Allen, services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor~ 90 00 $1,000 O6 FIRE DEPAltTMI]IN~, STEA. MIgR EBEN SUTTON, No. 1. Paid J. F. Kirk, to pay members of Company, $110 85 S. F. McQuesfion, Engin~h 148 85 Jetty Kelley, S~w~'d, 139 65 Amount c~ried f~ard, 8894 85 Paid Edward McKone, coal, " teaming, A. D. Nomross, wood, Davis & Father, H. P. Ingalls, hen ing steamer, Urias Urry, " H. P. Chandler, patent nozzle, James Boyd & Sons, hose pipe, Bishop Brothers, lantern globc~, R. & W. Sherburne, fluted glass, &¢., Wm tlouttom setting glass, John V. Cart. iron work, G. B. Ellingwo~t, stock and labor on house, Henry Sargent, Henry Keniston, "· 95 37 Z 50 5 50 5 45 1 O0 l O0 95 00 19 00 8 00 6 00 75 14 00 5 0;5 " 8 50 " 1872, 2 00 $588 47 COCHICitEWICK. No. Z Paid F. R. Bishop, to pay members of Company, $176 50 Wm. G. Kimball, Stew~mt, 40 05 Samuel Dewhurst, services ~ Fireman, 2 00 Wm. Barnett, air tight stove, 18 00 S. F. Holt, stock and labor, 11 0) H. Keniston, " "' 19 00 J, L. Kimball, labor, 1 75 $263 30 ENGINEERS. Paid Joseph N. Taylor, services, 1872~ $10 00 John V. CarL - ,, 10 00 Samuel F. Iiolt, " " 10 00 F. P. ttanaford, " - 10 00 Jacob C. Rea, " 1871-2, 10 00 $50 oo AUDITORS' ~EPORT. 11 AHOUNT PAID TO HIGHWAY SURVEYOR~. Paid Isa~c F. Osgood, District No. ]. Sg00 00 George French. " 2, 135 00 Moses T. Stevens. " 3. 300 00 S. B. Bodwelt. " 4, 70 00 John P. Fos~er, " 5, 45 00 George L. Bu. rker. " 6. 80 00 Henry L. ltill, " 7, 50 00 CMs A. Butterfield. " 8, 100 00 Samuel B. Hill. " 8. 1872. ~50 00 Rodney Sargent, 9, 40 00 M. S. Jenkins, 10~ 55 00 A. P. Fuller. " 11. +50 00 John I. Burnham. " 12. 200 00 Frederick Symonds, " 18, 50 00 Albert Berry, " 14, 200 00 Jacob C, Rea, " 15. 50 (~0 Joseph Averill, jr., ' 16. 50 00 Wm. B. Chadwick. " 18, 1,180 00 $3,005 O0 SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES. P~d Enos E. He~n. labor on brklge near I. F. Osgeed's~ $10 87 W. P. Phillips, drain pipe, Dist. No. 1, 11 70 Imac F. Osgood, labor on high'y~ Dist. No. l. 47 00 Joseph F. Allen, labor on Turnpike street~ 40 25 John i. Burnham, " " 30 00 Amount carried forward~ $189 82 * BMance appropriation, 1872. t $~0 of appropriation for 1873, remMns unpaid. ~o. 17 not worked -- $25 appropriated. AUDITORS' REPORT, Amount brou.~ht forward, $189 82 Paid Henry P. Ing~dts. labor on Turupike street: 28 00 J. F Allen, clearing stones from road, Dist. :No 2, 5 00 M. T. Stevens, }gbor and materlal~ Dist No. 3, 109 40 S. B. Bodwell, labor on highway Dist. No. 4, 43 20 J. F. Allen, etearing stones from ro~d, Dist. Iqo~ 8~ I 20 Rodney Sargent~ labor on high'y, Dist. No. 9, 27 00 M. S. Jenkins, " " 10, 55 00 Nathaniel Peters. ~ " 13, 4 20 Edward Adams, haaling gravel, Dist. No. 18, 24 75 Joseph Averill, jr, labor on highway~ Dist. No. 16, 14 00 William B Clm~iek, labor on highway, Dist. No. 18, 14 50 J. H. Davis, l~bor and material, Dist. No. :I$, 37 50 J. F. AIlen, labor on bridge near E. Barker's, 5 00 Lawrence Lumber Co,, lamber for bridgo, No. 18~ 61 16 $559 OVERWOI~K ~BY HIGHWAY SURVEYORS. 73 Paid Isaac F. Osgood, Surveyor Dist. No. 1, $7 26 John P. Fos[er, "~ " 5, 50 Rodney Sargent, " " 9, l0 00 M. S. Jenkins, " " 10, 10 00 Frederick Symonds," " ]3~ 8 75 Albert Berry, " " 14, 5 00 Jacob C. Rpa, " " 15, 10 00 Wm. ~B. Ch'oxlwick, " " 18, 10 O0 $61 51 ~UDITO~~ REPORT, 18 Paid PATHIi~'G SNOW. Enos E. Homan, District No. 1, Edward Adams, · :' 1, George French. " 2, Wm. B. Reynolds, " 3, J. A. Montgomery, " 4, John P. Foster, " 5, Nathan Barker. " 6. Daniel K. Gage, " 6, Daniel B. Rugg, " 7, Samuel B. Hill. " Rodney 8argent, " 9~ William Foster, '; 9, ~athan Foster, " 11, Daniel Carleton. " 12, John I. Farnham, ' 12, Henry P. Ingalls, " 12, Nathaniel Peters, " 18, Frederick Symonds, " 13, Albert Berry, 14, T. C. Shattuck, ': 15, Joseph Averill, jr., " 16, S. Wm. Ingalls, 16. Horace Berry, " 16: S. Wm. Ingalls, " 17, Wm. B. Chadwick, " 18, $35 O0 27 40 61 O0 141 90 91 20 52 60 59 60 29 20 106 30 29 '20 61 20 80 O0 85 20 65 65 35 20 41 O0 14 20 17 O0 83 23 108 55 77 20 55 60 2 40 5 00 4 40 101 60 $1,370 83 14 AUDITOR~ REPORT. BUILDING AND REPAIR.IBYG ROADS. Paid ]~._ McKone: land damage and fencing, $338 00 John F. Kimball, surveying road, 4 00 John Town, grading road, 100 00 J. C. Carleton, building bridge, 881 19 " grading old railroad, 298 77 Isaac F. Osgood, repairing road near C. P. Bailey's, 801 22 Xs~ F. Osgooa, gravelling road near C. P. Bailey's, 60 00 Isaac F. Osgood, services, 64 00 $1,997 18 'POWN ~OUSE ACCOtJ_a/T. Pakl Orin F. Spofford, oil, mats and brush, $9 93 " " supplies for hall, 26 50 $36 43 ON ACCOUN'P _OF COMMON. Paid Joseph F. Allen~ r~moving fence, $6 00' " " setting posts, 15 00 A. H. Plummet & Co., lumber, 104 26 J. F. Allen~ labor bklilding fence, 26 80 C. H. Butterfield, " " 14 50 Urias Urry, iron work, 15 31 Abbott & Jenkins, lumber for reservoir, 27 29 J. F. Allen, labor on reservoirj 3 ,65 $212 81 AUDITORS~ REPORT, INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Paid A Morrison. printing Auditors' Report. Ac.: $55 50 Geo. S. Men'ill & Crocker, p¥iating School Report. fcc.. 42 50 Thomas Groom. tax books, 3 00 Whitford fc Rice. books and stationery, 18 15 Alanson Briggs, services and paying witness fees in Bodwell case. 62 50 :\ndrew Smith. paying witness fees and of- fleers' services in Bodwell case, 114 81 Joseph Kittredge~ services ~n Bodwell ease. 35 00 George Hedges, damage laying out road. 25 00 J. F. Allen, building fence, burying ground, 27 95 Geo. W. Gould. guide boards, posts and setting: 11 00 John F. Kimball. writing deed, 1 00 Wm. Peters. gravel from 1866 to Sept., 1873, 27 40 E. McKonc. gravel from 18'70 to Dec. 24. '78, 60 00 Nathan F. Abbott. damage caused by defect in highway, 10 00 D. S. Swan & Son. insurance onstation~house, 7 50 Thomas Dawe use of land .... · 12 O0 A. C. H~rdy Fish Warden. 25 00 Andrew Smith. paying State aid. 10 00 C. F. Johnson, services " 10 00 J K Norwood, ~nsurance on town property, 24'2 50 Andrew Smith. Treasurer, assessments by in- surance Co. 284 25 S. F. Holt, taking up and housing school fur- nimre. 8 00 C. H. Sargem, building and repairing fence in Merrimao District. 825 48 Amount carried f*rward~ $1,417 9~ AUDITORS~ REPORT. Amount brougkt forward, $1,417 99 Paid J. C. Carleton, ear fare, 12 15 C. F. Johnson, " 2 60 J. lq'. Allen, returning thirty de~ths, 7 50 Andrew Smith, recording births, marriages and deaths, 56 80 Andrew Smith, stamps, telegrams, stationery . and express, 9 51 _REMITTANCE OF TAX~.S. Paid M. S. Jenkins~ Colloctor, sundry taxes assess- ed in 1572~ A. D. Carleton, Co]]ectoL sundry taxes sensed in 1873, DISCOUNT ON TAXES. Paid A. D. Carleton~ discount on taxes collected previous to Nov. 1, 1873, ABATEMENT Paid James H. Davis, over tax, $1,506 55 $85 52 145 20 $230 72 $1,742 96 $25 67 AUDITOR8~ R~PORT. ~7 OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT. Whole amount of orders drawn by the Overseers of the Poor for supplies furnished ~rut of the house: Paid Mrs. James B. Failer, and charged to Boston. 840 95 City of Boston for a.id furnished Lucy Brown. 66 00 " ': " M, A. Stevens.- 32 50 ...... A.E. Tyler. 81 0(} .... N.A. Lew, 4 00 City of Salem for aid furnished A. A. Nichols, 19 50 Lunatic HospitM at Worcester. for board of Charlotte Wallwork. 182 50 Receptacle for Insane at Ipswich. for board of Henry Elvey, 119 57 Treasurer State Reform School at Westboro', for board of' Michael F. Coulon, 19 50 For board of Sophia Freeman at the State work house, in Bridgewat~er. 20 84 Town of Saugus for aid furnished the Barrows family, 153 44 Town of Middleton for aid furnished the family of Daniel J. Kimball, 55 00 For aid furnished Mrs. Betsey Fish, and charged to Danvers, 64 49 Town of Ipswich for aid furfiished Caroline Goodhne, 17 90 8877 19 amount carried forward, 18 AUDITORS' REPORT. Amount brought fox,yard: $877 19 ~. S. Porter for coffin, for child of Emma Long, 2 50 Jos. F. Allen for services as undertaker in case of child of Emma Long, 2 50 8882 19 For expenses and supplies at the house: Paid Rodney Saxgent as Superintendent of Town Farm, . $575 00 Roclney Sargent for supplies, 299 03 Rodney Sargent for pump, paint, &e., 45 28 John F. Carleton for grass and pasturing, 170 00 D. S. Swan for insurance, 187 50 G. W. Gould for painting, at Alms House, 54 47 Henry Fish for whitewashing, &c., 19 50 Samuel F. Holt, carpenter work, 11 50 Joseph Kittredge, medical attendance, 1872-8, 88 50 J. F. Allen, services as undextaker, Jazaes Leighton, 4 00 $1,899 78 AUDITORS~ ~EPORT. 19 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER IN ACCQUNT WITH ltODNEY SARGENT. DH. To cash paid for supplies to l~ebruary I1, 1874, $445 81 " "meat. 94 54 .... fish, 18 1~ " "clothing, 49 13 .... grain, 897 13 .... seed, 4 60 .... stock, 66 00 .... tools, 22 21 .... medicine, 2 45 "blaeksmithing, 84 48 .... repairs. 26 87 .... incidental, 46 25 " in my hands. 89 97 $1,293 51 CR. By cash received for produce to Feb. 11. 1874. $994 48 " from Treasurer, '299 03 $L293 51 NOTE.--Two hundred and twenty-seven traveling paupers have been accommo&~ted at the Almshouse tho past year. at an estimated expens~ of ~227 00. RODNEY SARGENT, AUDITORS~ REPOP~T. I~MATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE. Age. Age. James II. Freeman, 80 H~naah Frye, 37 Benjamin Farnh~m, 79 George McLanghlin, 22 B~rzeli~ Lew, 69 goseph A. Hadley, 10 Enoch B~iley, 68 STOCK ON HAND AT TOWN FARM. ! horse, $50 00 1 pair oxen, 165 O0 I " 200 O0 10 cows, 400 O0 30 fowls, 30 O0 I hog and 6 shotes, 50 O0 $895 O0 SUPPLIES ON ~AND AT TOWN 15 tons English hay, $880 O0 8 tons run hay, 100 O0 Meadow hay, 10 O0 Provisions, pork, h~ms~ eider, turifips, potatoes, &c., 237 50 Tools on hand, Furniture in Almshouse, $677 50 400 00 250 O0 Total, $2,222 60 FINANCIAL CONDITION OF 'i'VE TOWN, LIABILITIES. Notes payable,' ASSETS. Cash in Treasurer's hands, $4,196 99 :: Superintendent's h~nds, 89 97 Due from State for soldiers' aid, 640 50 " Collector, balance of taxes, 1873, 1,231 63 ': Collector, balance of taxes, 1872, 200 00 " M.F. Conlon, for board of his son, 19 5O City of Boston, pauper ~ccount, '[6 53 Committee on Common, 140 00 Balance against the town, $26,700 00 6,595 12 $20,104 88 TAYLOR REPRESENTATIVE FUND. Amount of fund, $100 O0 Income of fund ~nexpeaded in hands of Tream~rer : Interest ~ceived in 1869, $7 ~2 " " 1870, 6 60 " ". 1871~ 6 58 " " 1872, § 80 " " 1873~ 6 68 AUDITORS~ REPORT. SUMMARY OF EXPENSES 01~ THE TOWN. ORDERS DRAWN' BY THE SELECTMEN'. PER APPROVAL OF~THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For teaching, $6,674 O0 Fuel and Janitors' services~ 1,313 60 Repairs, fixtures and books, 860 28 $8.847 88 SELECTMEiq'S GENERAL ORDERS. officers' services, SL 000 06 90l 77 3.005 00 Total amount of Selectmen's orders, Fire department, Paid to highway surveyors: Special appropriations for ro~ds and bridges, 559 73 Overwork by highway surveyors. 61 51 For pathing snow, 4,870 88 Building and repairing roads. 1,997 18 Town House account, 86 48 On account of common, 212 81 Incidental expenses, 1,506 55 Remittance of rexes, 280 72 Discount on taxes. 1,742 96 Abatement of taxes, 25 67 12, 851 22 82i 499 10 OVERSEER'S ORDERS. For relief out of the Almshouse, $889. 19 General expenses of Almshouse, 1,399 78 2,281 97 Amount carried forward, $2&78! 07 AUDITOB$f ~RPORT.' Amount brought fo~vard~ $23:781 07' Stat~ tax, County ma: Less fliscount~. PAID BY THE TREASURER. $3,442 50 $2,102 10 21 02 Interest and discount on notes: Selectmen and Auditors, Total running expensas of the Town, 2,081 08 2,399 42 20 O0 7,943 O0 $31,724 07 Town I~ouse, fixtures and land adjoining~ $25,000 Two engine houses, 1,250 00 00 Steamer engine ho,~s% 4~000 00 Steamer Eben Sutton and apparatus, 4,000 O0 Two hand engines ,, 1,000 00 Lvckup, .500 00 Town farm and buildings, 7,000 00 Personal property at town farm, 2,222 00 Safe and furniture in Sclectmen's office: 25 00 Standard weights and measures, 150 00 School house property, 48,000 00 $88,147 00 A. D. CARLETON, ) LOUIS WEIL. t Auditors. WILL/AM FOSTER, . lqorth Andover, Feb. 11, .1874, REPORT OF FINANCE REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. ~l~he Cqmmitlee recommend l]~e followln,q approprt~ations for ti~e ensuing gear, viz: For School rlcp~rtment. Repairs of roads and bridges, Support of poor. Genera] expenses and reduction of debt. $7,800 O0 4.000 O0 2,500 O0 12.000 O0 CHARLES F. JOHNSON, JAMES C. CARLETON, JOSEPH F. ALLEN. A. D CARLETON, LOUIS WEIL. WILLIAM FOSTER. HIRAM BERRY, JOHN H. CLIFFORD. CHARLES P. MORRILL. North Andover, Feb. 11, 1874. Committee. J 26 REPORT OF' ASSESSORS~ ~ REPORT OF ASSESSORS. The whole number of ratable polls, Aggregate of personal estate, Aggregate (;f real estate, Amount of State tax, $3,442 " County tax, 2,102 " Town grant, 28,300 " Overlay, '223 790 $570,679 90 1,459~842 00 $2,030,5Zl 00 50 10 00 73 -- 847068 33 Poll tax, $1,580 00 Tax on personal estate, 9,130 86 " Real estatc~ 28857 47 Rate of taxation per $1,000, $16 00 Total number of dwelling houses, 587 " Horses~ -°81 " Cows, 588 " Sheep, 66 " Acres of land taxed, 15,390 C. F. JOHNSOn, ~ J. C. CARLE'fON,I A~sessors. J. F. ALLEN, North Andover,.Fob. 11, 1874. $84,068 88 VITAL STATISTICS. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE TOVJI~ OF NORTH ANDOVER FOR THE YEAR 1873. Number of births registered, 87 Males. 47 Females. 40 Number born of American parents. 88 : Irish " 26 " English ll .... Canadian " 1 The' others are those where the father and mother are of dif- ferent nations. The number of deaths registered in 1873 was 41 Males: 21 Females. 20 Of tbis number there were of American birth " ': Foreign " I ..... ' Unknown " I Number under 10 years. 9 '~ between l0 and 20. 2 " 2(I" 30. 7 80" 40, 6 40" 50. " 50" 60, 4 " 60" 70, 8 .... 70" 80. 5 " ever 80, 4 The oldest person was 87 years, 7 months and ll days. Number of marriages registered. Eight greoms and two brides have been married before, American grooms, Foreign American brides, Foreign " 83 2'2 1,1 20 18 TOWN WARRANT. ~SSRX 88. To ANDREW SMIT~t~ OltE OF 'IltE OF THE Town or NORTH ANDOVER: OREETINO: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of North Andover. qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the second day of March next, at 12 o'clock, noon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz.: Aa'r. I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Aa~. II. To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing. Aa~. III. To see it' the town will accep; the Auditor's por~. Amc. IV,. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers ~he Poor, Town Tre~urer, ~e School Commit~o for three years, Constables, and all o[he~ necessary town o~eers for the year ensuing. Aa~. V. To de~ermine wha~ method the town wit1 ~op~ to repair their highways ~na bridges the ensuing y~r. A~. VI. To see what sum of money *ho Wwn will rai~ ~o repair their high~ys ~nd bridges~ and how the same bo appor6oned the coming year. A~. VII. To ~eo wha~ sum of money the town will raise tbr the support of seh~h in ~ho town the ensuing year. TOWN WAIIRANT. Agx'. VIII. To see what sum of' money the town will raise for the support of thc poor the ensuing year. Aa'r. IX. To see what sum of money the town will raise to reduce the town debt and to defray the necessary expenses arising in said town. . A~tT. X. To sec what method the town will take to collect their public taxes for the ensuing year. Ar:r. X[. To see it' the town will authorize the Treasurer of the town to hire money in anticipation of taxes under the diree0on of the Selectmen. AaT. XII. To determine what compensation the town will' pay to members of engine companies for their services the year ensuing. Ar~. XIII. To see if, the town' .will accept of the list of jurors, prepared acd posted by the Selectmen. A~T. X[V. To hear and act upon the report of the com- mittee appointed at a previous meeting in regard to discontinu- ing a road near tho house of J. D. W. ~'rench. At~'c. XV. To see if the town will tmcept of the ro;~d a~ laid out by the Selectmen on petition of Geo. L. Davis ~nd others. Au'r. X¥I. To hear the report of the committee appointed at our las~ annual meeting in regard to procuring a library. Agr. 'XVI[. To see what action the town will, take in re- gard to fitting up the hall in the Merrimac Engine House for the use of the library. Aa~. XVIIL To see if the'town will instruct their Se- lectmen, and Engineers to loc~te and {onstruet two suitable reservoirs in the Merrimac School District for the use of the town in ease of fire. Aa~. XIX. To see if the town will accept of the road as laid out by the Selectmen on petition of Albert Berry end others. TOWN WARRANT. 8]. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof au each of the churches in said town. two' Sundays at least, before thc time of holding said meetin?. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, [o the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover, this seventeenth day of February in the year cue thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. CHAS. F. JOHNSON. Selectmen J. C. CARLETO~. of JOSEPH F. ALLEN. North Andover. A true copy. Attest, ANI)REW SMITH. Constable of North Andover~ AUDITORS' REPORT ~eeeipt~ iuqd ~xpe~ditmSe¢ TOWN OF NOR.TH ANDOVER; YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY ~. ~874. ~g74. THE AUDITORS' RF.PORT OF THE ~edeit?l;~ /md ]~xpex/dituPe~ TOWN OF. NORTH ANDOVER, YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY T~. ~874. AUDITORS' REPORT. Tut Aul)rroRs have examined the ~ccounts of the SeJect- ~en, Overseers of the Poor and Town Treasurer. and respect- fully submit that they find them correctly and carefully kept, and properly vouched for. The following is a statement of · ecoun~s showing the expenses for the past year and Dresent financiM condition of the ~own :. SO~OOL DEPARTMENT. Amoun! paid for teachi.ag since last report: HIGH SCHOOL. Paid P. J. Parris. $1.9~00 00 Miss E. P. Hood. $37 50 M~rtha R. Smith, 217 50 81.755 00 MERRIMAC SCHOOLS. Paid A. L. Smith. Miss Emma J. Cheney, Sarah S. Barnes: Maria F. Stevens. H. C. Carleton: Mary F. Foye, $1,150 00 353 00 358 00 353 00 358 00 275 00 Amount carried forward: 2,887 84,592 00 4 AUDITORS) REPORT. Amount brought forward, CENTER SCHOOLS. Paid M~s Lucy J. Kimball, $396 00 Emily F. Carleton, 810 50 Mabel E. Blake, 308 50 FARNHAM SCIIOOL. Paid Miss Hannah Prime, $19 20 M. R. Smith, 128 80 Belle H. Lewis~ 108 00 KIMBALL SCHOOl,. Paid Miss M. A. Dame, $91 00 Belle H. Greaves, 200 00 POND SCHOOL Paid Miss Annie F. Foster, RIVER SCHOOL. Paid Miss Carrie P. Manning, Total for teaching, FUEL AND JANITORS. HIGH SCHOOL. Paid E. McKone for coal, $195 00 l~. P. Bailey for wood, 6 00 O. F, Spofford~ janitor, 110 O0 Amount ca~ried forward, $4.592 00 1,010 00' 256 00 291 O0 259 00 266 00 $6:674 00 811 O0 $311 00 AUDITORS~ REPORT. 5 Amount brought dforward., , $811 O0 MERRIMAC SCHOOLS. Paid E McKone for coal. .9292 27 William Brown for sawing wood. 5 11 A. D. Norcross for wood, 28 75 Eugene Joyce, janitor. 107 50 J. Q. Moulton for sweeping, 74 75 508 38 CENTER ~ CHOOL Paid E. McKone for coal Albert Berry for wood C. P. Bailey " Johu Q. Faruham :' Eben Fish. janitor. W H. Rea. " $208 98 17 48 6 O0 6 75 '79 05 10 60 FARNtIAM SCHOOL. Paid Albert Berry for wood, 940 09 Frank H. Goodhue for wood, 1 65 John J. Foster janitor. 5 50 KIMBALL SCHOOL. Paid H. L. Hill for wood. $7 00 0. P. Bailey " 8 00 Julius Bodie '" 10 62 E. Long for sawing wood. 8 00 W. C. Russell, janitor, 5 00 Lois Russell, " 4, 50 Amount carried forward. 828 86 47 24 83 12 $1,228 60 Amount brougi~t forward, POND SCitOOiJ. Paid J. P. Foster tbr wood: Wm. Foster '~ E. Long for sawing wood, Geo. B. Foster, j.a.nitor, AUDITORS~ R~PORT. . $1,228 60 RIVER SCHOOL. Paid J. A. Montgomery for wood, R. C. Thornton, janitor. Martha P. Thornton," Total for fuel .and janitors, · 921 75 8 00 3 00 5 0O 87 75 884 00' 8 25 5 00 47 25 $1,313 60 REPAIR~S, FIXTURES, SCHOOL BOOKS. &c. HIGH SCHOOL. Paid Carter & Wiley for acids, J. G. Brown for books, P. J. Parris " " for tuning pian% Rand, Avery & Co. for diplomas, E A. Fisk for fixtures, ' Geo. S. Merrill & Co. for printing, G. W. Gould roi repairs, H. :Keniston, " $1 70 12 02 4 50 2 50 12 25 2 40 7 5O 1 00 2 00 MERRIMAC SCItOOLS. Paid G. P. Ellingwood for repairs, J. G. Brown for books, Amounts carried forward, 16 77 11 61 $28 38 $45 87 $45 87 AUDITORS~ REPORT. Amounts brought, f omvard, Paid Bishop Brothers for repairing old G. B. Smart & Co new furnaces. Henry Sargent for repairs. P. W. Barnes for fixtures. H. Keniston for labor and stock ung new furnaces and repairs. Town & Fuller for fixtures, Davis & Father for repairing pump, 928 88 $45 87 CENTER SCHOOLS. Paid J. G. Brown for books~ $. L. Kimball for repairs, C. H. Butterfield -- S. 1~~. Holt for fixtures and repairs~ G. W. Gould for glass and settiug, U. Urry for fixtures. Brastow Stove Co. for dampers, N. B. Seavey for pump, Geo. French for trucking pump, J. H. Rea for platform to well, W. H. Rea for cleaniug well, &e.. H. Berry for grading yard, 18 62 504 99 40 00 ]0 07 85 00 4 95 I 00 693 01 2l 814 9 58 4 6O. 16 50 13 00 4 60 4 50 9 00 4 00 3 00 18 13 rARNHAM SCHOOL. PaidJ. G. Brown for books, $3 18 G. W. Gould for painting, 2 00 107 46 5 18 Amount carried forward~ $851 47 · Amount brought forward, KIMBALL SCHOOL. Paid G. W. ~)ould for painting, J. G. Brown for books: AUDITORS~ REPORT. $85~ 47 POND SCHOOL Paid J. P. Foster for repairs, J. G. Brown for books, $1 25 90 2 15 $1 57 1 15 2 72 RIVER SCHOOL. Paid J. G. Brown for' books, $2 12 L. Huntoon for repairing clock~ 1 00 P. W. Barnes for fixtures, 82 3 94 Total for repai~% fixtures: books, &c., $860 28 Whole amount of o~xlers drawn in School Department, Viz: For te~ching~ $6,674 O0 Fuel and janitors' services, 1,31~ 60 Repairs~ fixtures, books, &c., 860 28 $8,847 88 $8~847 88 REPORT. SELECTMEN,S REPORT. OFFICERs~ S]gR'VIOEso Paid Hiram Berry, services as School Com., &c., $115 00 Linus Fish, ~, . 100 00 John 1t. Clifford, " ,, 90 00 C. P. Morrill :, " from May to October, 1878, 40 00 Francis Smith. services as Constable, 9.1 25 Andrew Smith, .. 10 00 .Samuel F Holt,' .... 6 00 John ¥. Carr, services as Truant Officer. 5 00 A. D. Carleton, services collecting taxes, 127 81 Andrew Smith. services as Town Clerk, 40 00 :' ' Treasurer. 60 00 Charles F. Johnson, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 56 00 Charles F. ,Johnson, services as Assessor, 71 00 James C. Carleton, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 79 00 James C. Carleton. services as Assessor, 89 00 Joseph F. Allen, services as Selectman. Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. 9O $1,000 O0 06 I~IRE DEPART3~..N~,. STEAMER EBE~ SU'rTON', bio. 1. Paid J. F. Kirk, to pay members of Company, $110 85 S. F. McQuestion, Engineer, 148 85 Jeffrey Kelley~ Steward, 139 65 Amount carried forward, $894 85 10 AUDITOR$~ REPORT. Amount' bro~tght forward, $894 85 Paid Edward MeKone, coal, 95 37 " teaming, &e., 2 50 A. D. Norcross, woed~ 5 50 Davis & Furber, oil: 5 45 H. P. Ingalls~ hauling steamer, i 00 Urias Urry, " " [ 00 H. P. Chandler, paten~; nozzle, 25 00 James Boyd & Sons, hose pipe, 19 00 Bishop Brothers, lantern globes, 8 00 R. & W. Sherburne, fluted glass, &c., 6 00 Wm. Houston, setting glass, 75 John V. Carr, iron work, 14 00 G. B. Ellingwoed, stock and labor on house~ 5 05 Henry S~rgent, " " 8 50 Henry Keniston, " ~:" 1872~ fl 00 $588 47 COCHICHEWICK. No. 2. Paid F. R. Bishop, to p~y members of Company, $176 50 Wm. G. :Kimball, Steward, 40 05 Samuel Dewhurst, services as Fireman, 2 00 Wm. B~rnett, air tight stove, 13 00 S. F. Holt, stock and labor, 11 03 H. Keniston, " " 19 O0 J. L. Kimball, labor, 1 75 $263 80 ENGINEERS. Paid Joseph N. Taylor, services, 1879., $10 00 John V. Carr, " ': 10 00 Samuel F. Holt, " " 10 ~0 F. P. HanafordI " " 10 00 Jacob C. Rea, " 1871-2, 10 O0 $50 O0 &UDI~0RS~ REPORT. 1.1 AMOUN~ PAID TO HIGHWAY SURVEYOR~. Paid Isaac F. Osgood~ District No. 1, 9300 00 George French :' 2. 135 00 Moses T. Stevens, " 3, 300 00 S. B. Bodwell " 4, 70 00 John P. Foster, " 5, 45 00 George L. Barker, " 6, 80 00 Henry L. ttill. " 7. 50 00 Chas. A. Butterfield. " 8. 100 00 Samuel B. Hill, 8, 1872. '50 00 Rodr ey Sargen~;~ ' 9, 40 00 M. S. Jenkins: " 10. 55 00 A. P. Ih,u]ler~ " 11, '~50 00 John I. Farnham. " 12: 200 00 Frederick Symonds, :' 13, 50 00 Albert Berry~ " lZt, 200 00 Jacob C. Rea, " 15~ 50 {JO Joseph Averill, jr., " 16, 50 00 Wm. B. Chadwick, " 18, 1,180 00 $3,005 O0 BRIDGES. Paid Enos E. Iloman, labor on bridge near L F. Osgood's, $10 87 W. P. Phillips, drain pipe, Dist. No. l, 11 70 Isaac ih'. Osgood, labor ori high'y, Dist. No. 1. 47 00 Joseph F. Allen: labor on Turnpike street, 40 2.5 John I. Farnham, " " 80 00 Amount carried forward, $139 82 Balance appropriation. 1872. $9-0 of appropriation for 1873, remains unpaid. No. 17 not worked -- $25 appropriated. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS I~OR ROADS AND 12 AUDITORS' E~POR% Amount brought forward, $189 82 Paid Henry P. Ing~dls, labor on Turnpike street, 28 00 J. F. Allen, clearing stones from rcad, Dist. No. 2, 5 00 M. T. Stevens, labor and m~terial. Dist. No. 3, 109 40 S. B. Bodwell~ labor on highway' Dist. No. 4~ 43 20 J. F. Allen, clearing stones from road, DistJ No. 8, I 20 Rodney Sargent, labor on high'y, Dist. No. 9, 27 00 M. S. Jenkins, " " 101 55 00 Nathaniel Peter% " " 13, 4 20 Edward Adams, hauling gravel, Dist. No. 13, 24 75 Joseph Averill, jr, labor on highway, Dist. No. ]6, 14 00 William B. Chadwick, labor on highway, Dist. No. 18, 14 50 J. II. Davis, labor and material, Dist. No. ] 8, 87 60 J. F. Alien, labor on bridge near E. BarkeFs, 5 00 Lawrence Lamber Co., lamber for bridge, :No. 18, 51 16 $559 P~d ~c F. Osgood, S~ve]or Dist. No. 1, ~ John P. Foster, " " Rodney Sargent, " " 9, l0 1~. S. Jenkins, " " 10, 10 Frederick Symoad%" " 13.. 8 Albert ]3erry~ - " 14, 5 Jacob O. Rea, ', " 15, 10 Wm. B. Chadwick~ " " 18, 10 $61 73 26 5O 00 00 75 00 00 00 51 AUDITORS' REPORT. 13 Paid Edward Adams, George French. Wm. B. Reynolds, J. A. Montgomery, John P. Foste~, Nathan Barken Daniel K. Gage, Daniel B. Rugg, Samuel B. Hill. Rodney Sargent, William Fos;er, Nathan Foster. Daniel Carleton, John L Farnham, Henry P. Ingalls, Nathaniol Peters, Frederick Symonds. Albert Berry, T. C. Shattuck, Joseph Averill, jr., S. Wm. Ingalls, Horace Berry, S. Wm. Ingalls, Wm. B. ChMwiek, PATttI1VG SNOW. Enos E. Homan, District No. 1, 6. 9, 10. " 11, " 13 " 18 " 14 " 15 " 16 " 16 " 16 " 18, $85 00 9,7 40 61 00 141 90 91 20 52 60 59 60 29 20 106 80 29 20 61 20 80 00 85 20 65 65 85 20 41 00 14 20 17 O0 33 23 108 55 77 20 55 60 2 40 5 O0 4 40 101 60 $1,370 88 AUDITORS~ I~EPORT. BI]Ir, DING AND REPAIRING ROADS. Paid E. McKone, land damage and fencing, $338 00 'John F. Kimball, surveyin§ road, 4 00 John Town, grading road, 100 00 J. C. Carleton, bulhting bridge, 331 19 " grading old railroad, 298 77 Isaac F. Osgood, repairing road near C. P. Bailey's, 801 22 Isaac F. Osgood, gravelling road near C. P. Bailey's, 60 00 Isaac. F. Osgood, services, 64 00 $1,997 18 TOWN ~IOUSE ACCOUNT. Paid Orin F. Spofford, oil, mats a~d brush, .... supplies for hall, $9 93 26 50 $36 43 ON ACCOUNT OF COMMON. Paid Joseph F. Allen, removin§ fence, " " setting posts, A. H. Plummet & Co., lumber, J. F. Allen, labor building fence, C. H. Butterfield, " " Urias Urry, iron work, Abbott & Jenkins, lumber for reservoir, J. F. Allen, labor on reservoir, $6 15 104 '26 14 15 27 3 O0 O0 26 80 50 81 29 65 $212 81 AUDITORS~ REPORT, ]5 Paid A. Morrison, printing Auditors~ Report. &c.. 1555 50 Geo. S. Merrill & Crocker. priating School Report, &c.. 42 50 Thomas Groom, tax books, 3 00 Whitford & Rice. books and stationery, 18 15 A]anson Briggs, services and paying witness fees in Bodwell ease, 62 50 Andrew Smith. paying witness fees and of- ricers' serwces in Bodwell ease. 114 31 Joseph Kittredge, services in Bodwell case. 35 00 George Hedges, damage laying ou[ roaA. 25 00 J'. F. Allen, building fence, bm'ying ground. 27 95 Geo. W. Gould, guide boards, posts and setting, 11 00 John F. Kimball. writing deed~ I 00 Wm. Peters. gravel from 1866 to Sep% 1878, 27 40 E. McKone, gravel from 1870 to Dec. 24. '73. 60 00 Nathan iq'. Abbott. damage caused by defect in highway, 10 00 D. S. Swan & Son. insurance on station house. 7 50 Thomas Dawe. use of ]and. 12 00 A. C. Hardy, Fish Warden. 25 00 Andrew Smith. paying State aid, 10 00 C. F. Johnson, services " 10 00 J. K. Norwood. insurance on town pr~per~y, 242 50 Andrew Smith. Treasurer, a~sessments by in- surance Co.. 284 25 S. F. Holt: taking up and housing school fur- niture, 8 00 C. H. Sargent, building and repairing fence in Merrimae District, 825 48 Amount carried f*rward, $1,417 99 ¸16 AUDITORS~ REPORT. Amount bro%qht forward, $1,417 99 Paid J. CB Carleton, car' f~are, 12 15 C. F. Johnson, " 2 60 J. F. Allen, returaing thirty deaths, 7 50 Andrew Smith, recording births, marriages and deaths, 56 80 Andrew Smith, stamps, telegrams, stationery and. express, 9 51 REMITTANCE OF TA~.S, Paid M. S. Jenkins, Collector, sundry taxes assess- . ed in 1872, A. D. Carleton~ Collector, sundry taxes as- sessed in 1873, DISCOUNT ON TAXES~. P~d A. D. Carleton, discount on taxes collected previous to Nov. 1, 1873, $1,506 55 $85 52 145 20 $280 72 $1,742 96 ABATEMENT O1~ TAX. Paid James H. Davis, over tax, . AUDiTOrS~ ~EPORT. ]7 OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT. Whole amount of orders drawn by the Overseers of the Poor for suppSes furnished out of the house: Paid Mrs. James B. Fuller, and charged to Boston, $40 95 City df Boston for aid furnished Lucy Brown. 66 00 .... M.A. Stevens, 32 50 ...... A.g. Tyler, 81 00 ...... N.A. Lew~ 4 00 City of Salem for aid furnished A. A. Nichols, 19 50 Lunatic Hospital a~ Worcester, for board of Charlotte ~Wallwork, 182 50 Receptacle for Insane a~ Ipswich, for board of Henry Elvey, 119 57 Treasurer St}~te Reform School at Westboro', for board of Michael F. Conlon, 19 50 For hoard of Sophia Freeman at the Sta~e work house, in Bridgewater, 20 '84 Town of Saugus for aid furnished the Barrows family, 153 44 Town of Middleton for aid furnished the family of Daniel J. Kimball: 55 O0 For aid furnished Mrs. Betsey Fish. and charged to Danvers, 64 49 Town of Ipswich fbr aid furnished Caroline Goodhue, 17 90 Amount carried .forward, $877 19 AUDITORS~ REPORT. Amount brought forward, $877 19 K. S. Porter for coffin, for child of Emma Long, 2 50 Jos. F. Allen for services as undertaker in case of child of Emma Long, 2 50 $882 19 For expenses and supplies at the house: Paid Rodney Sargent as Superintendent of Town Farm, $575 00 Rodney Sargent for supplies, 299 03 Rcdney Sargent for pump, paint: &c., 45 28 John F. Carleton for grass and pasturing, 170 O0 D. S. Swan for insurance, 187 hO G. W. Gould for painting, at Alms House, 54 47 Henry Fish for whitewashing, &o., 19. 50 Samuel F. Holt, carpenter work, 11 50 Joseph Kittredge, medical attendance, 1872-3, 88 50 J. F. Allen, services as uadertaker, James Leighton, 4 00 $1,399 78 AUDI~0RS~ REPORT. 19 TOWI~ O1~ NORTH ANDOVER IN ACCOUNT WITH RODN~IY SARGENT. DR. To cash paid for supplies to February 11, 1874, $445 81 " "meat, 94 54 .... fish, 18 12 " "clothing, 49 13 .... grain. $97 13 " '~ seed, 4 60 .... stock~ 66 00 .... tools. 25 21 .... medicine, 2 45 " ': blacksmithing~ 34 48 " "repairs. '~6 87 .... incidental. 4~ 25 " in my hands. 89 97 $1~293 51 By cash received for produce ;o Feb. 11, 1874. $994 48 " from Treasurer, ~99 03 $1,298 51 No?~.--Two h.andred and twenty-seven traveling paupers have been :~ccomrnodated at the Almsaouse the past year, at an estimated expense of $227 00. RODNEY SARGENT, AUDITORS) REPORT. INMATES OF T~ ALMSHOUSE. Age. Age. James ti. Freeman, 80 H,qnnah Frye, 37 Bpnjamin Farnham, 79 George MeLaughlin, 22 B~rzelia Low, 69 Jo.seph A. HadJey, 10 Enoch Bailey, 68 STOCK ON HAND AT TOWN FAR~. horse, ~50 00 I p~dr oxen, 165 00 1 " BOO 0.0 ' 10 cows,. 400 00 30 fowls, 30 00 I hog and 6 shotes, 50 00 $895 00 SUPPLIES ON ~D AT TOWN FARM. 15 tons English hay, * $330 00 15 tons ran h~y~ 100 00 Meadow hay, 10 00 Provisions, pork, hams: eider, turnips, potatoes, &e., 237 50 Tools on hand, . Furniture in. Almshouse, $677 50 400 O0 250 00 Total, $2,222 50 22 AUDIT0~S' FINANCI. AL CONDITION OF TH~ TOWN. LIABILITIES. Notes payable, ASSETS. Cash in Treasurer's bands, " Superintendent's hands: · Due from State for soldiers' aid~ Collecter~ balance of taxes, 1873: Co]lector, balance of taxes, 1872, " M.F. Conlon~ for board of his son, $26,700 00 $4,196 99 89 97 640 50 1,231 63 200 00 19 50 City of Boron, pauper account, 76 58 Commit~e on Common, 140 00 Balance ag~ins~ the town, 6,595 12 $20,104 88 Amouut of fund, $100 00 Income of fund unexpended in Imnds of Treas~trer' :~ In,rest ~ceivedin 1869, $7 22 " " 1870~ 6 60 " " 1871, 6 58 " " 1872, § 80 " " 1873, 6 63 $83 83 AUDITORS: REPORT. SUMMARY 01~ EXPENSES OF THE TOWN. ORDERS DRAWN BY THE SELECTMEN'. PER APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For teaching, $6,674 00 Fuel and Janitors' services, 1:313 60 Repairs. fixtures and books, 860 28 $8,847 88 For SELECTMEN~S GENERAL ORDERS. For of~cers' services, $1.000 06 Fire department~. 901 77 Paid to highway surveyors, 3,005 00 Special appropriations for roads and bridges, 559 73 Ovcrwork by highway surveyors, 61 51 pathing snow. 1,370 83 Building and repairing roads, 1,997 18 Town House account, 36 48 On account of common: 912 81 Incidental expenses, 1,506 55 Remittance of t~xes, 230 72 Discount on taxes, 1,742 96 Abatement of ~axes, 25 67 Total amount of Selectmen's orders, 12,651 $2i 499 10 OVERSEER'S ORDERS. For relief out of the Almshouse, $882 19 General expenses of Alnmhous¢, 1:399 78 2,281 97 Amount carried forward, $23,781 07 24 AUDITORS) REPORT. Amount brought forward, $23fl81 07 PAID BY THE TREASURER. State tax, County tax, Less discount, $2,102 10 21 02 Interest and discount on notes, Selectmen, and Auditors, Total running expensas of the Town, $3,4i2 50 2,081 08 2,399 42 20 00 7,943 00 $31,724 07 SCHEDULE O1~ TOWN PROPERTY. Town House, fixtures and land adjoining, $25,000 00 Two engine houses, 1,250 00 Steamer engine house, 4,000 00 Ste~mer Eben Sutton and apparatus, 4,000 00 Two hand engines " 1,000 00 Lockup, 500 00 Town farm and buildings: 7,000 00 Personal property at town farm~ 2,222 00 Safe and furniture in Selectmen's office, 25 O0 Standard weights and measures, 150 00 School house property, 43,000 00 $88,147 O0 A. D. CARLETON, ) LOUIS WELL. I A~dit~rs. WILLIAM FOSTER. North Andover, Feb. 11, 1874, REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Committee recommend t]~e [ollowing appropriations for th[ e~,sui~g year. viz: For School department. Repairs of roads and bridges, Support of poor. General expenses and reduction of debt,. $7,800 00 4,000 00 2,500 O0 12.000 00 CHARLES F. JOHNSON. JAMES C. CARLETON. JOSEPH F. ALLEN. A. D CARLETON. ~ Finance LOUIS WELL. WILLIAM l~X)ST ER. Committee. HIRAM BERRY, JOIIN H. CLIFFORD, CHARLES P. MORRILL. J North Andover, Feb. 11, 1874. REPORT OF ASSESSORS. REPORT OF ASSESSORS. Tho whole number of ratable polls: Aggregate of personal estate~ Aggregate of real estate, Amount of State tax, 83,442 50 " County tax, 2,102 10 " Town grant, 28,300 00 ': Overlay, 2'23 73 790 $570,679 O0 1,459,~42 O0 $2,030,521' O0 84,068 38 Poll tax, $1,580 00 Tax on personal estate, 9,130 86 " Real estate, 23~857 47 $34,068 83 Rate of taxation per $1,000, $16 00 Total number of dwelling houses, 587 " Horses, °81 " Cows, 588 " Sheep, 66 " Acres of land taxed, 15,890 C. F. JOHNSON, J. C. CARLE'I~ON, J. F. ALLEi~I, North Andover, Feb. 11, 1874. VITAL STATISTICS. 9.7 VITAL STATISTICS O1~ THE TOWN OP NORTH ANDOVER FOl~ THE YEAi~ 1873. Number of births registered. 87 Males, 47 FemMes, 40 Number born o£ American parents, 88 .... Irish " 26 " English " 11 .... Canadian " 1 The otb'ers are those where the father and mother are of dig- ferent nations. The number of deaths registered in 1878 was 41 Males, 21 Females, 20 Of this number there were of American birth. 81 .... " Foreign " 11 .... Unknown ~Number under 10 years, 9 " b~tween 10 and 20, "'2O" 80, 7 .... 80" 40, 6 .... 40" 50. 1 .... 50 :' 60, 4 60" 70, 70" 80, 5 " over 80. 4 The oldest person ~as 87 years, '/months and ll d~ys. Number of marriages registered, 33 Eight grooms and two brides have been married before. American grooms. 22 Foreign " 11 American brides, 20 Foreign 18 TOWN WARRANT. EssEx ss. To .'~kNDEEW SMITH~ ONE OF q-'liE CONSTABLES OF '~ltE TOWN OF I~ORTH /~.NDOVEE. GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.. you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of North AndoveL qualified by law m vol;e in elections' and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday~ the second day of March next: al; 12 o'clock, noon, then and there to gel; on tho folldwing articles, viz.: AB~. I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Aa~. II. To choose a Town Clerk for tho year ensuing. Ar;T. III. To see if the town will accept the Auditor's re- port. AaT. IV. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, one School Committee for three years~ Constables, and all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing. AaT. V. To determine what method the town will adopt to repair their highways and bridges the ensuing year. ART. VI. To see what sum of money tho town will raise to repair their highways and bridges, and how the sapac shall be apportioned the coming.year. ;taT. VII. To ~ee what sum of money the town will raise tbr the support of schools ia tho town the ensuing year. WARRANT. ART. VIII. To see what 'sum of money the town will raise for the support of the poor the ensuing year. AnT. IX. To see what sum of money the town will raise to reduce the town debt and to defray the necessary expenses axising in said town. AltT. X. To see what method the town will take to collect their pub]ia taxes for the ensuing year. ART. X[. To see if tb~ town Wil] authorize the Treasurer of the town to hire money in anticipation of't~xes under the direction of the Selectmen. AnT. :XII. To determine what compensation the 'town will pay to members of engine compahies for their selvices the year ensuing. AsT. XIII. To see if the town will accept of the list of jurors~ prepared and posted by the Selectmen. AliT. XIV. To hear and act upon the report of the com- mittee appointed at a previous meeting in regard to discontinu- ing a road near the house of J. D. W. French. AliT. XV. To see if the town will accept of the ro~d as laid out by the Selectmen on petition of Geo. L. Davis and others. ART. XVI. To hear the report of the aommittee appointed at our last annual meeting in regard to procuring a library. A~T. XVII. To see what action the town will' take in re- gard to fitting up the hall in the Merrim~ Engine House for the use of the library. AR~. XVIII. To see if the town will instruct their Se- leetmen and Engineers to Ioc,~te and construct two suitable reservoirs in the Merrimac School District for the use of the town in case of fire. ART. XIX. To see if the town will ~ccept of the road as laid out by the Selectmen on petition of Albert Berry mad others. TOWN WARRANT. 81 And you are directed ;o serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at each of the churches in said town.;two Sundays at least, before the time of holding smd meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warran~ with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk a~ 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 e~ght hundred ~nd seventy-four. CHA~. F, JOHNSON, t ~elec~en J. C'Y CARLETO N. of JOSEPH F, ALLEN.~ North A~gtover. A true copy. Attest, ANDREW SMITH. Constable of North Andover.