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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19311931 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ~93~ OFFICERS' P~.EPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures AS PRESENTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1931. INCLUDING Report of School Committee and Board of Public Works Tsr C. H. D~v~ Co. 1939. TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1931 Moderator ARTHUR P. CHICKERING Town Clerk JOSEPH A. DUNCAN Town Treasurer ~ORDON CURRIER HARRY C. FOSTER Selectmen JAMES P. HAINSWORTH JOSE~PH V. FLANAGAN Board of Public Welfare HARRY C. FOSTER JAM~ES P. HAINSWORTH JOSEPH ¥. FI~ANAGAN Board of Assessors EDWARD E. CURI~EY Term expires 1932 JAMES P. HAINSWOR~H Term expires 1933 PATRICK P. DAW Term expires 1934 Board of Health FRANK Vf. FRISBEE Term expires 1932 E. W. A. ~OLT Term expires 1933 GEORGE B. BRIGHTMAN Term expires 1934 School Committee CHARLES A. APPLET~ON Term expires 1932 FRED S. SM~JTH Term expires 1933 CHARLES T. WILDE Term expires 1934 Superintendent of Schools FRED E. PITKIN Board of PUblic Works AB]~OT S TEWE'N S BERNARD F. HUGHES WILLIAM H. SOMERVILLE Term expires 1932 Term expires ]933 Term 'expires 1934 Superintendent of Public Works WILLIAM B. DU~FFY Board of Registrars of Voters HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM Term expires 1932 Y. ORRIS REA Term expires 1933 PATRICK C. ORONIN Term expires 1934 JOSEPI~[ A. DUNCAN, Clerk Regular Police ALFRED H. McKEE, Chie£ THOMAS $. MILNES, Captain MYRON B. LEWIS I~ICHARD HI~TON A. HOUGHTON FAi~NHAM Highway Surveyor JOHN IL MILNES Tree Warden JOHN J. CONNORS Supt. Town Infirmary R~CitARD HEIDER Pound Keeper RICHARD HEIDER Matron Town Infirmary MR8. RI. CHARD HEIDER Engineers of the Fire Department CHARLES W. HINXMAN HERBERT W. GRAY THOMAS H. BRODERICK Sealer of Wts. and Measures FREEMAN J. DAVIS Building Inspector M]ARTIN LAWLOR Collector of Taxes JOHN J. COSTELLO Town Auditor JAMES W. ELLIOTT Supervisor of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths JOHN J. CONNORS Agent of the Board of Health L~C.IA G. KATHAN ~IIRAM C. BROWN Public Weighers JAMES $. DOOLEY IRENE LAWRENCE Fish Warden FRED McCORMACK Public Auctione.r JAMES P. HAINSWORTH Burial Agent MARTIN ,CASEY Slaughtering Inspector FRED M. HILL Inspector of Animals DR. WILLIAM GREENLIER Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber ARTHUR H. FARNHA~ CI~ARLES W. PAUL 'CLARENCE FARNUM Fence Viewers ARTHUR H. FARNHAM WILLIAM DUFTON Playground WILLIAM COSTELLO Keeper of Lock Up ALFRED /~/. McKEE Forest Fire Warden CHARLES, W. HINXMAN Police MICYIAEL ,GOLDEN CLARENCE ELLIS GUSTAVE NUSSBAUM GEORGE W. BUSBY RICHARD HEIDER HARRY McI~'HERSON JOHN H. FENTON SAMUEL JENKINS BERTRAM SMITH FRED ATKINSON AUGUSTINE WALSH LAURIE E. KNOWLES, GEORGE W. KANE WALLACE E. TOWNE ARTHUR LAMBERT HORACE CULPON ARTHUR W. BOHNWAGNER CHARLES W. HINXMAN JOHN A. SULLIVAN GEO. WATERHOUSE JOHN W. MAWSON HAROLD W. TYNING ALFRED E. McEVOY ARTHUR H. FARNtlAM Officers WILLIAM HOWARTH HAROLD WOOD CORNELIUS DONOVAN JOSEPH BUMYEA JOHN J. MURRAY LEO KANE NORMAN RICHARDSON FRANK PLUMMER IRVEN ELSTON FRED L. SARGENT ALFRED McKEE CHARLES W. PAUL JOHN ROCHE LEWIS HUMPI~IREYS GEORGE ~TEWART GEO. E. W. KERSHAW HUGH STEWART FREDERICK RABS WALTER CHAMPION MICHAEL HUt~SON MARCUS L. CARE]( JAMES DOLAN W~ALTER KEiNT Committees Advisory Boord IVAB L. S~IOSTROM. Sr., chairman HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM, Clerk ~EORGE R. BARKER WINFIELD H. TWOMBLY STEPHEN N. MASON ~0HN R. PERLEY ROLAND B. ttAMq~IOND Frank H. Storey in place of Winfield H. T~vombly, resigned. MARTIN F. CASEY CLARENCE ELLIS JOHN D. McROBBIE LOUIS P. SAUNDEI~S Memorial Day RALPH CARRY ARTHUR ROBINSON FREDERICK J. HAWKE Swimming Pool ALPHONSO W. BADGER, cl~airman HERBERT E. McQUESTEN IRVING HOWES FRANK SMITH ALFRED H. McKEE JAMES M. BA~qNAN DR. FRED C. ATKINSON Bleachers 50}IN H. TWOMBLY, chairman HE1ZBERT W. ORAY DONALD C. BUCHAN ERNEST ABBOTT Standing Committee on Roads ROLAND W. HARRIS, chairman IVAR L. SJOSTROM FRANK H. STOREY JAMES R. BALDWIN RUDOLPH A. MESSERLI Edward L, Mclnnes in place of James R. B~Idwin, resigned. TOWN OF NOI~TH ANDOVER, MASS. Town Clerk's Report of Town Meeting. Article 1. To elect Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, one member of School Committee, one member o£ the Board of Health, one member of the ]]oard of Public Works, for three years; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot. All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls shall be opened at niue o'clock A. M., and shall be closed at eight o'clock P. M. Preeinei;s Totals 1 2 3 4 Moderator for one year Arthur P. Chiekering 450 627 555 512 2144 Blanks 276 272 201 205 954 Town Clerk for one year Joseph A. Duncan 501 687 605 572 2365 Blanks 225 212 151 145 733 Town Treasurer for one year Gordon Currier 519 690 596 561 2356 Blanks 207 209 170 156 742 Selectmen for one year Alden K. Cogg'ins 28 52 42 143 265 A/fred Dearden 124 156 103 120 503 Joseph V. Flanagan 366 409 325 323 1423 t{arry C. Fosl~er 254 500 350 409 1513 James E. Gillesple 330 328 228 170 1056 James P, t{ainsworth 281 447 460 424 1612 Fred McCormack 146 224 103 75 548 Bu~pie E. NeIson 61 43 44 66 214 Alexander M. White 236 197 195 93 721 Blanks 352 341 418 3~$ 1439 Highway Surveyor for one year Ira D. Carry 269 336 240 246 1091 Andy F. Miehlum 43 17 25 6 91 John H. Milnes 348 497 454 395 1694 John J, Wilcox 60 43 32 65 200 Blanks 6 6 5 5 22 ANNUAL REPORT Preclncts 2 3 Totals 1 School Committee for three years John A. Priel 386 279 224 155 1044 Arthur Robinson 115 108 158 127 508 Charles T. Wilde 161 432 816 822 1231 ~lanks 64 80 58 113 315 Assessor for three years Patrick P. Daw 489 611 540 486 2126 Blanks 237 288 216 231 972 Auditor for one year Mrs. Elizabeth A. Cunio 297 250 169 202 918 James W. Elliott 278 436 336 328 1378 Frederick It, Reddy 114 160 189 108 571 Blanks 37 53 62 79 231 Public. Wks. for three years Edward Dewey Dyer 204 169 187 98 658 Richard A. Boche 230 193 185 213 821 William H. Somerville 233 443 31.7 331 1324 Blanks 59 94 67 75 295 Tax Co]lector for one year John J, Costello 473 532 454 471 1930 Merle P, MaeArthur 203 310 245 191 949 Blanks 50 57 57 55 219 Public Welfare for one year Alden K. Coggins 30 56 39 148 273 Alfred Dearden 128 167 112 126 533 Joseph V. Flanagan 361 387 327 814 ]389 Harry C. Foster 257 479 341 384 1461 J~mes E. Gillesple 326 308 229 170 103~ James P. I-lainsworth 267 430 440 399~ 1536 Fred McCormack 146 217 99 73 535 Burpie E. Nelson 61 53 44 66 224 Alexander M. White 225 194 188 93 ~00 Blanks 877 406 449 378 1610 Constables for one year J,ohn II. Fenton 352 420 420 367 1559 John J. Murray 340 39l 239 340 1310 Gustave Nussbaum 171 405 187 165 928 Fred L. Sargent 857 475 255 538 1725 Wallace E. Towne 357 502 390 375 1624 Harold W. Tyning 301 260 314 199 1074 Augustine J. Walsh 430 878 251 272 1331 IIaroId ~Wood 175 327 467 267 1236 Blanks 1147 1387 1157 1062 4703 Tree Warden for one year John J. Connors 534 660 593 526 2313 Blanks 192 239 163 191 q85 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Precincts Totals 1 2 3 4 Bd. Health for three years ': Arthur W. Bohnwagner 75 68 200 48 32i George B. Brightraan 238 438 195 219 1090 John J. Burke · 247 213 121 234 815 George O. Eaton 103 118 191 123 535 Blanks 63 62 49 93 267 After final action on the preceding article one, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article 1, o£ the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 14, 1931, at 1.30 o'clock P. M., in thc 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. Voted that officials be appointed by th~ Selectmen. .: Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Voted to accept. Article 4. To see what action the town will take as its unexpended appropriations. Voted that all balances be turned in to the treasury with the exception o£ balances of bonds or notes issued and other balances stipulated by special acts, except the balance of the Board of Public Works, Sewer Dept., of $1494.68, and the Kimball School fire balance of $435.97.. The Board of Public Works balance of $1494.68, to be applied to the maintenance and ~onstruction of sewers. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as tO the recommendations o£ the Finance Committee. Voted that all free cash in the treasury be applied to the reduction of the tax levy £or the current year. DEPARTMENTS APPROPI~IATIONS SE'LE:CTNkEN, salaries $750.00, expenses $400.00 : $ 1150 00 Audil,or, salary $600.00, expenses $.110:00 710 00 Treasurer, salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $900.00 1950 Tax Collector, salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $800.00 18'50 00 Assessors, salaries $1,850.00, expenses $1,030.56 (including $180.56, unpaid bill 1930) 2380 56 Town Clerk, salary $350.00, expenses $100.00 450, 06 Election Expenses $1,300.00. Bd. of Registrars, salaries $200.00 1500 0O ANNUAL REPORT Police Dept. and Beacon Lights and motor vehicl~ exchange and equipment 12500 00 Fire Dept. and Engineers salaries 17500 00 Dog Warrant 100 00 Building Inspector, salary 50 00 Sealer of ~¥eights and Measures, sal,ary $250.00, expenses $125.00 375 0O Insect Pest. 3000, 00 Tree Warden, salary $150.00, expenses $500.00 650 00 Brush cutting 500 00 Fish Warden, salary 5 00 Board of Health, salaries $300.00, expenses $4,000.0~ 4399 00 Garbage Disposal 2200 00 Vital S~tatistics 300 00 Refuse Disposal 3750 00 Highway Surveyor, salary 3000 00 Surveying 150 00 Sidewalks 2500 00 Snow Removal 12000 00 Surface Drains 5000 00 (~iling 13000 O0 Streets, Highways and Bridges 14000 00 Macadam Repairs 15000 00 Street Lighting including all night lighting 9200 00 Board of Public Welfare, salaries 300 00 Supt. Town Infirmary, Matron, outside relief and repairs (Including compensation of Pb. Welfare agent $400) 20000 09 Public Parks and Triangles 2500 00 Discount on Notes 7000 00 School Dept. including cafeteria 119400 00 Stale, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 2000 00 State ~nd County Taxes 33000 O0 Stevens Memorial Library 6000 00 Memorial Day 400 00 Board of Public V6orks, salaries 300 00 Maint. and Const. Water Dept. 25000 00 Maint. and Const. Sewer Dept. and Bal, as of Dec. 31, 1985 $1,494.68 1500 00 Contingent and Forest Fire 2500 00 Annual Reports 1100 00 Insurance 4500 O0 MJaintenance County Hospital 2633 35 Assessment County HospitaI 1577 76 Playgrounds 300 00 Town Hall Janitor 300 00 ~aint. Town Building including clerks 5000 00 American Legion for rent 500 00 Interest on High School Bonds 440 O0 Redeeming 4 High School Bonds 4000 00 In~erest on Water Bond 140 O0 Redeeming 1 Water Bond 1000 O0 Interest on Sewer Bonds ~ 280 90 Redeeming 2 Sewer Bonds ' 2000! 00 Interest on Lincoln Street Sewer Notes 106 25 Redeeming 1 Lincoln Street Sewer Not~ 1000 00 Interest on East S.ide Sewer Notes ' 1912 50 Redeeming 2 East Side Sewer Notes 2000 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. Interest on Ne~v Schoolhouse Notes 1593 Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes 3000' 0O Interest on County //ospi~al No,es 743 ~,~ Redeeming 5 County Hospital Notes 5000 0O Inter'est on Town Shed, 'Garage and Police Station 765 09 Redeeming 4 Town Shed, Garage and Police Station Notes 4000 00 Board of Survey 150 90 Forest Fire Warden, salary 100 00 Animal Inspector, salary 200 Redeeming of Tax Titles 200 00 Expenses of Dump 260 0O Town Forest 300 00 Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article $394072 92 8--Christmas Lighting $ 200 00 Il--Highway Truck 1200 00 14--01d Age Assistance 2500 00 15--Playground Bleachers 1000 00 16--Bathing Beach 1100 00 17--Red Cross 500 00 18--Kimball ,School 100 79 19--New Highway 300~) 00 26--Linden Ave. Sewer 5000 00 27--R. R. Ave. Sewer 1500 00 28--Saltonstall Rd. Sewer 750 00 29--Saltonstall Rd. Water 500 00 31--Park St. Water 1000 00 $ 18350 79 Total $412423 71 Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted: that the To~vn Treasurer, with the approval of the .Selectmen, be and hereby is author/zed to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1931, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year from date; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. The vote was unanimous. Article 7. To consider the reports of all special com- mittees. It was voted to consider the reports of committees as presented; also these committees be con- 12 ANNUALREPORT tinued with the exception of committee on Town Sheds, Garages and Police Station. This work having been corn- pleted the committee was discharged with thanks. Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.) dollars for the purpose of arranging a Christmas lighting program along the lines inaugurated by The Chamber of Commerce dur- ing the Christmas holidays of 1930 and place a committee in charge of same. Petition of Maurlce C. Casey and others. Two hundred dollars raised and appro- priated. Committee to be appointed. Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $9,500.00 for a new ladder truck. Petition ef Board of Fire E~gineers. No action taken. It was voted that mvd- erator appoint a committee of three to work in conjunction with the Fire Engineers, who will report to the town in regard to purchase of new ladder truck. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $3,100.00 (three thousand one hundred dollars) for the purchase of an am- bulance with full equipment. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Unfavorable action. Article 11. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), for the purchase of a service truck for the High- way Department, by the Surveyor, with the advice and ap- proval of the Committee on Roads. Petition of Committee on Roads. Twelve hundred dollars raised and appro- priated. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Chief of Police to give preference to the duly elected Constables in making assignments for extra or special police duty· Petition of Timothy L. McAvoy and others. It was the sentiment of the meeting that the Chief of Police be allowed to take care of his department. Article 13. 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 Select- men. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 13 Voted ~hat the members of the Board of Public Works be a committee to care for the public parks and triangles. Article 14. To see if ~he town will raise and appro- priate a sum to meet obligations, estimated at not in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), which may arise under Chapter 118A General Laws, entitled "Adequate As- sistance ;o Certain Aged Citizens." Petition of Selectmen. ~ Two thousand five hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 15, To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum sufficient for the purpose of providing addi- tional accommodations for spectators at Grogan Field, upon estimates to be furnished by the committee appointed at the last annual meeting to repo~-t on the project. Petition of the Committee. Voted that the ~own raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of this article. On a motion made by Mr. Mason. it was vo~ed: that the committee on Grogan Field Bleachers be centinued, with instructions and authority to build and in- stall the structures in substantial conformity with theic rel?ort, and to apl?rove the expenditures therefor within the appropriation. Article 16. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum sufficient to equip a swimming place for young people, on land of Dr. Kittredge lying between Pleasant ~treet and Stevens Pond, near the old Causeway leading from the street to the Gate House, estimated to cost not more than three thousand dollars, ($3,000), and provide a sum not in excess of eleven hundred dollars, ($1,100), for supervision of the place during the ensuing year; upon es- timates to be furnished by the Committee appointed at the last annual meeting to report on the project. Petition of the Committee. Under this article it was voted that the sum of three thousand dollars be taken~ from "Surplus War Bonus Fund of 1924" and that the sum of one t}qousand one hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for purpose of swimming pool for young people. On motion of Mr. Badger, the following was voted: That the committee on Bathing Beach be continued, with addition of two members to be appointed by the Moderator 14 ANNUAL REPORT as representative of the American Legion of North Andover, with instructions and authority to build and install the Beach in substantial confm~mity with their report, and to approve expenditures therefor within the appropriation; to install and supervise until further action by the town, a system of maintenance and operation of the Beach, within the appropriation for that purpose; and to make such Rules and Regulations as they deem advisable, from time to time, subject to the approval of the Selectmen, to define and con- trol the use of the Beach by the public. In furtherance of these general l~urposes, the committee is authorized ~:o make such arrangements, subject to the approval of the Select- men, as the committee de~n suitable to assure the town the use of the premises for a reasonable future time. Actual expenses incmu'ed in the exercise of the foregoing authority ~ha]l be deemed a charge against thc current appropriation. The committee is empowered to name the Beach. The chairman of the committee in his oral report, which was accepted, said that the Beach was to be established as a Memorial to the American Legion. and cz~lled upon Mr. Flanagan to express this in detail. Mr. Flana- gan explained that the Legion favored the application of the War Bonus Fund for the installation of the Beach, with the idea that it should constitute a Memorial to the Legion, and recommended that the place be marked with a boulder commemorating the military and civic virtues of a late deceased member of the Town Government, the matter of naming the memorial to be referred to the enlarged com- mittee. Article 17. To see if the to~vn will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of nine hundred dollars, ($900), to supplement payments by the Red Cross and certain in- surance companies, for the purpose of continuing the ser- vices of the bedside nurse employed by the nursing commit- tee of the Red Cross, the appropriation to be expended by the Board of Health as recommended by said committee. Petition of Chas. A. Appleton and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundre~ dollars. Article 18. To see if the town will vote to apply the $435.97 received by Treasurer on account of the Kimball School fire towards payment of the bills outstanding against this account and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.79 to pay the remaining balance. Petition of Town Treasure~. Tow~q oF NOR?}~ ANnOYeR, MASS. 15 Voted that the sum of four hundred thirty-five dollkrs and ninety-seven cents now held by the Treasurer, be applied, and that the sum o~ one hundred dollars and seventy-nine cents be raised and appropriated for this article. Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise by taxation, or by bond issue or notes, or in part by one and in part by another method, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), and to appropriate so much of the same as may be required to meet the obligations of the town, incurred and anticipated by vote of the special meeting held July 31, 1930, by which the town assumed land damages, not in ex- cess of said amount, arising out of the laying out and con- struetion of the proposed State Highway from the junction of Andover and Peters Street northerly to Osgood Street near/ts junction with Sutton Street. ~. Voted that the sum of three thousand dollars be raised and appropriated and that the sum of twelve thousand dollars be raised either by note or bvnd ~ssue. Voted: that for the purpose of meeting obligations cuffed and to be incurred under previous action by the l~wn, whereby it authorized the selectmen to indemnify SCate against land damages arising out of the laying out and construction of a proposed State Highway :from the junction of Andover and Peters Streets northerly to Osgood Street near its junction with Sutton Street, in an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, there be raised by taxation in the current year the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000.00), and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to bvrrow the additional sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00), and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor in accord- ance with section nineteen of chapter forty-four cf the Cen~ eral Laws, so that the whole loan shall be rayable, in accordance with said section, not more than four year~ after the date of issue of the first bond or note; and that the proceeds of said tax and of said loan be appropriated, and it is hereby appropriated, to meet said obligations on account of land damages. The vote was carried by more than two-thirds, the vote being unanimous in the affirma- tive and so declared. Article 20. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a town way (if it is a town way), the unused portion of Wood Lane from Andover Street, to a point to the north 16 ANNUAL REPORT along the Lane beyond the place where the new State IIigh- way will cross it, as recommenOeO by the ~tate rioara or Public Works. Petition of Committee on Roads. ,. Voted as called for in the article. Article 21. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen, in conjunction with the Committee on Roads, to petition the County Commissioners, under Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1924, for relief from the obligation of keeping Middleton Street in repair. Petition of Committee on Roads. Voted to petition the County Commis- sioners, under 'Chapter 289, of the Acts of 1924, ~or relief from the obligation of keeping Middleton Street in repair. Article 22. To see if the town will accept the laying out of Pilgrim Street, Buckingham Road, Cabot Road ami' Norman Road, or any of said ways, as town ways, upon re- port of the Selectmen to be filed with the meeting. The Selectmen reported through its Mod- erator that they h~d laid out Pilgrim Street, Buckingham Road, Cabot Road and Norman Road as town ways, in accordance with plans approved by the Board of Survey and on file at the Town Office, said ways being described by metes and bounds, and decreed as town ways in conformity with law; and therefore it was voted: that the report of the Selectmen laying out Pilgrim Street as a town way be accepted, and the street established as a town way. Article 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out Cabot Road as a town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Raymond ti. Twombly and others. Voted: that the report of the Selectmen laying out CabOt Road as a town way be accepted, and the road established as a town way. Article 24. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out Norman Road as a town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Eugene Boeglin and others. Voted: that the report of the Selectmen laying out Norman Road as a town way be accepted, and the road established as a town way. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 17 Article 25. To see if the to~vn will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out Buckingham Road as a town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Voted: that the report of the Selectmen laying out Buckingham Road as a town way be accepted, and the road established as a town way. Article 26. To see if the to~vn will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufiqcient to extend the sewer from its present terminus on Massachusetts Avenue, along Linden Avenue to the corner of Sylvan Terrace. Petition of Leonard Oates and ethers. Five thousand 'dollars raised and appro- priate~t to instill sewer as called for in this article. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the sewer from Massachusetts Avenue to Trinity Court, a distance of 510 feet. Petition of Louis Himber and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousan~t five hundred dollars to lay sewer as called for in this article. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money to extend its sewer southerly along Saltonstall Road about two hundred feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars to build this sewer. Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money to extend its water main southerly along Saltonstall Road about two hundred feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. t. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of this article, pro- vided the town is guaranteed 4% based on the cost of installation of a six-inch main, and that a bond acceptable to the Board of Public Works to cover guarantee be filed with the town. Article 30. To see if the town will vote to lay its water main from Hillside Road along Wesley Road, so- called, on plan of Wilbur Land Company, to the residence of Nunzio Marehese, and raise and appropriate money to pay for the same. Petition of Mrs. John Elliott and others. Unfavorable action. 18 ANNUAL REPORT Article 31. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main on Park Street from its present terminus near the Franklin School to Main Street and to raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient therefor. Petition of the Board of Public Works Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousan'd dollars to lay water main in Park Street, near the Franklin School to Main Street. Article 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the six-inch water main on Marbleridge Road from its present terminus near the residence of Albert Fish to Salem Street, a distance of fourteen hundred feet, and will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money sufficient therefor. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Unfavorable action. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to keep the lights of the town lit all night. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Favorable action. Amount necessary in- eluded in item ¢.9, of Article 5, Finance Committee Report. Article 34. To see if the town will authorize the Police Department to replace the cement traffic marker at the in- tersection of R. R. Ave. & Mdsx. St. with an overhead light. Petition of the Police Department. So voted. Article 35. To see if the town will vote to remove the beacon light at the junction of Railroad Ave. and Middlesex Street. And replace xvith an overhead warning light. As it now stands it creates a hazard to motorists. Petition of Edwin G. Frost and others. Cared for in article 34. Article 36. To see if the town will vote to install street lights on Salem Street from the residence of William Phelps to the residence of Joseph Smith. Petition of Charles Peterson and others. ,. Unfavorable action. Article 37. To see if the town will vote to install a street light on Hew/tt Avenue, on Post 1266. Petition of George Deloge and others. Referred to Board of Selectmen for action. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 19 Article 38. To see if the town will vote to install a street light on Bay State Road in front of the residence of Maurice A. Sullivan. Petition of James F. Daw and others. Voted to refer to Board of Selectmen for action. Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money for a surface drain on Elm Street from Water Street to Main Street. Petition of Michael J. Connelly and others. Unfavorable action voted, the street hav- ing been inspected by the Highway Surveyor and a compe- tent engineer and they reported that there is no trouble w/th the present drainage system, so far as they can find, but that they would like more time to locate any possible trouble. Article 40. To see if the town will appropriate and raise the sum of $300.00 to straighten and widen the very bad 'bend' in the road on Forest Street, located about 1,000 feet west from the residence of C. W. Paul. Petition of C. W. Paul and others. Voted favorable action and that the sum of three hundred dollars be taken from the appropriation made for Streets, Highways and Bridges. Article 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $500.00 to concrete Beverly Street on the western side from Union Street to Perry Street. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Voted that the sum of three hundred sixty-five dollars be taken from the appropriation made for sidewalks for the purpose of this article, provided the abutters are willing to pay one-half the cost involved. Article 42. To see if the town ~vill vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $500.00 to top dress Forest Street with cinders where needed to make it safe in mud time. Petition of Frederick Rabs and others. Voted that the sum of two hundred dol- lars be taken 'from the appropriation made for Streets, Highways and Bridges for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to macadamize the following ~treets: Sargent Street, Belmont Street, May Street, Mot- 20 ANNUAL REPORT ton Street, and Hedges Street. Petition of James J. Smith and others. Voted that these streets be retreaded and oiled and that a suificient sum of money be taken from 'the appropriation made for Streets, Highways and Bridges. Article 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or raise by bond issue or otherwise, a sufficient sum of money to macadamize Pleasant Street between Davis Street and Stevens Corner· Petition of Thomas F. Farragher and others· Voted to postpone at this time, until the new State Highway is completed and grade established· it is possible that the town will receive a number of feet of macadam on either side of the highway, at the intersection of Russell Street. Article/15. To act upon any other business which may legally be considered at this meeting. On motion made by Mr. Nathaniel Stevens it was voted :--that the town extend a vote of thanks to its Moderator and Advisory Board for their services to the town. On motion made by Mr. Nathaniel Stevens, it was voted: that the Moderator appoint a committee of three men ~vh¢ will study into the present system of bookkeeping by the town and if necessary consult with the State Auditing De- partment, and report their recommendations at the next annual meeting of the town. It was also voted that the vote of the people taken in the year 1923, in regard to adopting the State System of Bookkeeping be no obligation on the present Board of Selectmen. Voted: under provisions of section four A of Chapter forty-one, of the General Laws, it is voted that membership of a board or committee shall not disqualify from appoint- ment to any position or employment under such body; and the right to fix the compensation of such appointee, subject to the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby delegated to the board or committee having occasion to make such appoint- ment. Unanimously carried. Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TdWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TOWN MEETING AUGUST 24, 1931 21 Article 1. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to insure town officers and employees, under chapter 458, of the Acts of 1931, against their personal liability arising out of the operation by them of me,or vehicles in course of official duty or employment, and for that purpose to draw on the unexpended balance of the general appropria- tion for insurance made at the ]as~ arnual meeting, or upon such other funds as may be made available by the meeting. Voted: that the sum of not in excess of four hundred dollars be applied for the purpose of this article, to be taken from the appropriation made at the last annual meeting for the purpose of insurance. Twenty-six citizens present. JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS Number of deaths recorded during the year 1931, 93. Males 47, females 46. Persons 70 years old and year 1931: Annie Q. Doran J. Frank Foster Procule Carrier James Coates Mary Berry John Fitzgerald Annie Hart Georgia A. Chapman Catherine L. Ward Mary Chipping'ton Samuel W. Elliott John R. Kelley Mary B. Miller over who died during the Carcinoma Heart Disease Tuberculosis Accidental Appoplexy Pneumonia Nephritis Blood disease 90 to 100 years 70 to 80 years 50 to 6.0 years 30 %o 40 years 10 to 20 years 70 John J. Fogarty 72 84 Catherine Carney 71 72 Angetine Bean 85 73 Jennie Leighton 77 70 Mary J. Atkinson 71 75 Thomas J. Coppinger 84 85 John Barker 86 75 Susan C. Redman 71 72 Dan Crowther 75 76 Mary L. Badger 76 75 Henry A. Webster, Sr. 88 80 Rebecca Blades 84 77 Maria L. Goodhue 73 Elizabeth S. Hodge 77 Causes of Death 13 Premature bir~h 3 25 Appendicitis 1 3 Hemorrhage 17 6 Peritonitis 4 1 Meningitis 2 3 Stillborn 2 4 Addison's Disease 1 4 Other causes 4 Deaths by Ages 1 80 to 90 years 9 21 60 to 70 years 12 16 40 to 50 years 10 4 20 to 30 years 3 3 1 to 10 years 7 Under 1 year 7 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Vital Statistics Whole number of Marriages recorded 65 Oldest groom 68 Oldest bride 63 Youngest groom 18 Youngest ,bride 16 Births Whole number recorded 85 Male 46 Female 39 Native parentage 54 Foreign parentage 12 Mixed parentage 19 Dogs Licensed Whole number of licenses 435 390 males at $2.00 each $758 00 40 females at $5.0,0 each 200 00 I breeder's license 25 00 Total Less clerk's fees 435 at 20c each Cash to County Treasurer Sporting Licenses 244 at $2.75 each 3 duplicates at 50c each I non resident fishing 1 minor's $1,013 00 87 00 $926 00 $671 00 I 50 5 50 1 25 $679 25 Less fees 61 50 Paid Division of Fisheries and Game $617 75 Three licenses issued without charge ~o persons 70 year~ old or over. JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. ANNUAL REPORT LIST OF JURORS 1 Bumyea, Joseph, 122 Second Street, Watchman 2 Broadhead, George, Robinson Corn% Weaver 3 Boyle, Duncan, Sr., 310 Middlesex Street, Operative 4 Bradstreet, Fred E., 95 Beverly Street, Overseer 5 Cain, Michael, 285 Middlesex Street, Operative 6 ~Cgsey, Maurice, 82 Pleasant Street, Insurance Agent 7 Carroll, John, 29 Sargent Street, Moulder 8 Clemens, Wm., Jr., 26 Lincoln Street, Painter 9 Currier, H. Dana, 191 High Street, Carpenter 10 CosteIlo, Michael, 63 Maple Avenue, Loom Fixer 11 Cunio, Frank, 3 Railroad Avenue, Clerk 12 Cullen, George, 8 Ashland Street, Reporter 13 Darcy, Patrick, Linden Avenue, Operative 14 Dow, Harry, Jr., 114 Academy P~oad, Auto Salesman 15 Downing, Char]es, 55 Bradstre.et Road, Broker 16 Dick, William, 289 Middlesex Street, Operative 17 Ellis, Luther, 221 H'igh Street, Machinist 18 Emery, Arthur, 152 High S~treet, Operative 19 Everett, John, 1807 Osgood Street, Print Works 20 Elliott, James, 122 Middlesex Street, Barber 21 Ellis, Clarence, Middlesex Street, Operative 22 Farnham, Arthur H., Turnpike Street, Farmer 23 Farnum, Benjamin, 442 Farnum Street, Farmer 24 Flanagan, Christopher, 302 Middlesex Street, Clerk 25 Fieldhouse, Arthur, 62 Saunders Street, Watchman 26 F'oster, Archie, 165 Foster Street, Farmer 27 Foster, Piarry C., 185 Foster Street, Caterer 28 Gerotte, Anthony, 81 High Street, Laborer 29 Gi]e, Daniel, 104 Main Street, Machinist 30 Hamilton, Phillip, Church Street, Salesman 31 Harvey, Judson W., 91 Prescott Street, Machinis~ 32 Hennessey, James, Mass. Avenue, Operative 33 Hinxman, Charles Vq., 41 Railroad Avenue, Clerk 34 Ingrain, Tom, Marbleridge l~oad, Time Keeper 35 Jackson, David PI., Jr., Sutton Street, Carpenter 36 Ke.ough, Frederick, Railroad Avenue, Motorman 37 Kruschwitz, Paul, 1132 Salem Street, Laundry Clerk 38 Lane, James, 120 Union Street, Butcher 39 Lewis, Charles N., 997 Dale Street, Farmer 40 Locke, Charles A., 27 Clarendon Street, Machinist 41 Mahoney, John J., 324 Middlesex Street, Operative 42 Marklin, Patrick J., 287 Middlesex Street, Operative 43 McCarthy, Harold, 26 Clarendon Street, Ca,-pouter 44 McCarthy, Willi,am, May Street, Weaver 45 McCormack, Daniel, 75 Main Street, 0pera~ive 46 McDuffie, Dennis J., 44 Union Street, Motorman 47 MeDuffie, John, "/5 Davis Street, Contractor 48 McMurray, William, 24~ Sutton Street, Weaver 49 McIntosh, Fred, 107 Main Street, Machinist 50 McQuesten, Herbert, 104 High Street, Butcher 51 Morrissey, John, 182 Railroad Avenue, Watchman 52 Murphy, John P.. 39 Sargent Street, Retired 53 Murphy, Dennis J., Jr., 39 Sargent Street, Machinist 54 Murphy, Waiter, 6 ~orton Street, Moulder Murphy, Leo, Sargent S,treet TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. '25 56 Parker, Wrilliam, 821 Middlesex Street, Clerk 57 Phillips, Irving, 24 Hodges Street, Paymaster 58 Phelan, Peter J., 21 First Street, Foreman 59 Prescott, Alexander, 34 Third Street, Dealer 60 Rea, F. Orris, 34 Rea Street; F~armer 61 Rea, George, Chestnut Street, Farmer 62 Rennie, Wallace, Jr., 82 Main Street, Weaver 63 Saunders, Frank, 71 Elm Street, Retired 64 Saunders, Lewis, 213 High Street, Machinist 65 Sanderson, Lewis, 36 Salem Street, Carpenter 66 Smith, Cla~'ence I., 11 Marblehead Street, Clerk 67 Schofield, James H., Marblehead Strec't, Percher 68 Somerville, John, 85 Mass. Avenue, Machinist 69 Stevens, Samuel D., 605 Osgood Street, Mill Owner 70 S~tewart, Alex, 13 Perry Street, Dresser 71 Stott. Itartley, 87 Mass. Avenue, Overseer 72 Sydall, Harold, 13 Marblehead Street, Operative 73 Tacy, ~ames E., 281 Sutton Street, Mouider 74 Thompson, Charles, Pleasant Street 75 Thompson, John G., 217 Appleton Street, Station Agent 76 Towne, Wallace, 34 Elm Street, Machinist 77 Wilton, George, Pleasant Street, 'Operative 78 Wallwork, Frank, 44 Pleasant Street, Card Setter 79 Wentworth, Charles, S.tonington Street, Superintendent 80 Whittier, Fred D., Great Pond Road, Farmer The foregoing is a list of persons, legal voters in the Town of North Andover, presented by the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover, as persons liable for Jury Duty, in accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws. HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, JOSEPH V. FLANAGAN, Selectmen of North Andover. ~OgTH A~DOVEg BY.LAW,5 OF THE TOWN OF NOI TH ANDOVEI ES.fi.EX COUNTY, MA.SS, Article I. Section t. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday in March. Section 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to e~ther of the constables, who shall serve the same by posting a true and attested copy thereof at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each precinct of the Town, not more than fifteen nor less than ten days before the time of holding said Meetings. Section 3. When a Town Meeting shall be adjourned to a time certain that is more than ~ourteen days from the time of adjournment, the Town Clerk shall cause notice of the time and place of such adjourned meeting to be duly posted in three or more public places in each precinct in the Town two days at least before the time of holding said adjourned meet- ing, which notice shall also briefly state the business to come before such meeting. Section 4. After the election of Town Officers whose names appear on the official ballot, and the vote upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, the Annual Meet/rig in each year shall stand ad- journed for the consideration of all other matters in the warrant to 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the second Satur- day next following, at a place to be designated by the Selectmen in the warrant for said meeting. The warrant shall also state the date and hour of said adjournment. Section 5. At said adjourned meeting the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of seven, who shall serve irom the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolu- tion of the Annual Meeting next following. They shall consider the reports of the Town Officers, the recommenda- tions of the Finance Committee for the ensuing year, the several articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meeting next following, and any and all other municipal questions. The Committee shall give at least one public hearing within ten days preceding the date of the Adjourned Annual Meeting, upon all matters to be considered by them. They shall prepare and distribute among voters, prior to said adjourned meeting, printed copies of such findings and recommendations as they see fit to make, and shall report the same to said meeting. For this purpose and for the performance of their other duties hereunder, they may ircur such reasonable expense as may be necessary. Article II. Section i. The Selectmen in addition to their general duties, shall have authority to defend suits brought against the Town, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen shall annually cause a report to be printed which shall contain a statement of their doings during the preceding financial year; the report of the School Committee and of such other officers, boards and committees as are required to make reports; the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen; a report of ail Town Meetings held since the publication of the last Annual Town Report; the regula- tions of the Board of Health and of the Board of Water Com- missioners; the By-Laws of the Town; and such other mat- ters as they deem expedient or as the Town votes to insert. Said report shall be bound in pamphlet form, and shall be ready for distribution among the taxpayers at least twenty-one days before the Annual Town Meeting. Article III. Section r. The Selectmen shall annually, during the month of March, appoint at least five police officers, and a Chief of Police. The latter shall have general supervision and direction of the constables and police officers of the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen may make such rules and reg- ulations as they deem necessary, under the Revised Laws, in relation to the passage of carriages, sleighs, street cars or other vehicles through the streets and ways of the Town, or the use of sleds or other vehicles for coasting therein. Any violation of said rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar or more than twenty dollars. Section 3. No person shall keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metal or second-hand articles, or shall go from house to house collecting or procuring by pur- cl~ase or barter any such articles, without a written license from the Board of Selectmen. The fee for such l~cense shall not be less than one dollar. Each license shall continue in force until the first day of May next ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Selectmen. Section 4. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly manner, nor use loud, profane or indecent language, nor throw stones, snow balls or other missiles in any street or other public place. Section 5- No person shall loiter upon any sidewalk, street or way of the Town, or upon private property thereto adjoining without the consent of the owner thereof, after he has been requested by a constable or police officer to depart. Section 6. No person shall pasture cattle or other ani- mals either with or without a keeper, upon any of the streets or ways of the Town, provided that this By-Law shall not effect the rights of any person to the use o[ the land within the limits of such street or way adjoining his own premises. Section 7. No person shall go through the streets or ways of the town as a hawker or pedler, selling or expos- lng for sale fruits or vegetables, without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen of the Town; provided that this By-Law shall not apply to a person engaged in the pursuit of agriculture who peddles fruits or vegetables. Every licensee hereunder shall cause his name and the number of his license to be plainly and legibly exhibited up- on the vehicle, conveyance, or receptacle in which he carries or transports his wares, and every such license shall upon demand of a constable or other police officer of the Town exhibit his written license to such constable or officer. Petition of Board of Health. Section 8. The following Rules and Regulations shall govern the building and inspection of dwelling houses in North Andover. RULES AND REGULATIONS Construction of Buildings The nature and size of frame shall at least conform So the following specifications: All rooms must be exposed to the outside light, and there shall be no room which is to be occupied as a living or sleeping room that shall have less than seven hundred cubic feet of air space. All build- ings must be set at least four feet from the side lines in every instance. Foundations Foundations for all dwelling houses to be built of brick, cement or stone, to be well bonded together, and the same to be laid in mortar of the following proportions: One part of Portland cement, two parts lime with the proper propor- tion of clear sharp sand; and no cellar to be less than six feet, six inches in the clear, to have at least four windows for light and ventilation, said windows to be not less than three light eight by ten glass. ~ORTH A~DOVER Frames for all houses used for dwellings to be according to the following schedule: On single dwellings, sills to be not less than six by seven inches,; floor joists two by seven inches, placed not more than eighteen inches on centers; and all crossed sills to be mortised and tenoned and pinned together, outside studding two by four inches, six- teen inches in centers, corner posts four by six inches, rafters two by six inches, twenty-four inches on centers. For double houses, sills to be six by eight inches, center sills eight by eight inches, floor joists two by eight inches, no more than eighteen inches on centers, outside studding and the studding under all carrying partitions to be two by four inches, placed not more than sixteen inches on centers, corner posts four by six inches, ceiling joists two by six inches, twenty inches on centers, rafters two by six inches. not more than twenty-four inches on centers, plates four by four inches, ledger-boards one by six inches, all nailed and spiked. Buildings to Be Used for Camp Purposes Only The foregoing Rules and Regulations shall not apply to buildings which are to be built and occupied for camp purposes only: Alteration and Additions Any alteration or addition to any building already erected or hereafter to be built, shall be subject to these regulations, except necessary repairs not affecting the con- struetion of the external or party wails. Penalty Any violation of the foregoing Rules and Regulations shall be considered a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00. Article IV. Section x. The financial year of the Town shall begin with th¢first day of January and end with the 3~st day' of De- cember and for the payment of bills contracted by the several departments for ordinary expenses, during the interval be- tween the close o£ the financial year and the time o£ making the next annual appropriations, the Selectmen shall have auth- ority to draw from any available funds in the hands of the Treasurer, and the amount so drawn shall be charged against the said next annual appropriation for the department for which such draft shall have been made; but in no case shall such expenditure for any purpose exceed one-sixth of the amount appropriated for that purpose at the Annual Town Meeting in the preceding year. Section 2. No money shall be paid from the Town Treas- ury, except the state and county taxes and bank discount, without a warrant therefor signed by the Selectmen. Section 3. All promissory notes of the Town shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. Section 4. AIl Town officers, boards and committees, who in any way receive or expend money belonging to the Town, shall keep a record of their official acts, and an account of their receipts and expenditures; they shall make an annual report to the Town in season to be audited and incorporated into the Annual Town Report. Section 5. Ali To~vn officers, boards and committees, who shall receive money in behalf of the Town, shall pay to the Treasurer monthly, and oftener if so requested by the Se- lectmen, all money so received. All other persons who shall have in their possession money belonging to the Town shall pay the same forthwith to the Town Treasurer. Se'ction 6. The Superintendent or other official charged by the Board of Water Commissioners with the duty of col- lecting and receiving money due the Town, shall give a bond in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the Board of Selectmen. Section 7. The Selectmen and the Auditor shall consti- tute a committee to be known as the Finance Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare a table of estimates of ex- penses for which appropriations are to be made at the next annual Town Meeting, and to report the same in writing on or before the first day of February in each year to the Select- men, who shall incorporate said report in the Annual Town Report. Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to inspect all bills presented against thc Town; to see that they have the approval of the officer, board or committee contracting the same, and are in proper form; to indicate the account to which they. are chargeable; and, if there are funds, to trans- mit said bills with his certificate to the Selectmen, who shall draw their warrant on the Town Treasurer authorizing pay- ment thereof; to examine the books and accounts of all town officers, boards and committees receiving and expending money; to investigate the condition of all funds and trust funds held for the benefit of the Town. He shall verify the amount of funds in the hands of the town officers, boards and committees by actually counting the cash in their possession, and by personal application at banks of deposit, shall ascer- tain the amounts held therein to the credit of the Town. He shall report to the Town in detail under each department all receipts and expenditures by the Town for the previous financial year. Section 9. No office, board or committee of the Town shall have any pecuniary interest, either direct or indirect, person- ally or through another person, in any loan, contract or em- ployment of any sort made by, with or for that department to ~vhich his or its duties appertain. All contracts or employ- ments made in violation of this By-Law shall be void as to the Town, and no bills therefor shall be approved, audited or paid. aY-~ws 83 Article V. Section ~. The assessment of taxes shall be completed and t.he- tax list and warrant shall be delivered to the Collector of Taxes on or before the fifteenth day of August,: and the tax bills shall be distributed :on or before the second day,of Sep~ tember in each year. , · Section 2. The ColleCtor of Taxi~S shall use all means and processes provided by law for the collectiOn of taxes re- maining unpaid after the first day of January in each year. Section 3. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall be fixed annually by vote of the Town. Article VI. Section i. The Board of Selectmen may declare any sewer laid in .any land. street or way, public or private, opened or proposed to be opened for public travel, to be a common sewer: and the same shall not be lald or connected with any existing common sewer except by the board of officers au- thorized by law to lay and maintain common sewers. Section 2. The Board of Health may make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainag'e and .its connection with public sewers, if a pub- lie sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Section 3. No person shall enter his drain into any com- mon sewer without a written license from the Board of Se- lectmen, and any person entering under such license shall comply with such rules and regulations as to material and construction as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe. Said Board may close any drain entering a common sewer for fail- ure to comply with the provisions of this By-Law. No excavation shall be made within a public way in con- necting such private drains.with a common sewer except un- der the direction of the Highway Surveyor or other persons having charge of the streets of the Town. ~ORTH A~DOV~R Article VII ........ Section I. No person shall open any hydrant of the wa- ter-works system of the Town without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Water Commission- ers; provided, howeYer, that nothing in this section shall bc construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. Article VIII. Section I. The following shall be the device of the Town seal: In the center of a double circle the inscription, "Incoro porated April ?th, I855 ;' in the margin without the inner cir- cie the legend, "Town o{ North Andover, Massachusetts.' Article IX. Section x. The violation of these By-Laws, except such as by their terms provide a penalty /or the breach thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Section 2. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed at any Town Meeting, provided an article or articles for that purpose have been inserted in the warrant of said meeting. Section 3. All By-Laws heretofore made and adopted are hereby repealed. North Andover, Mass., January 1, 1932 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the By-Laws of the To~v~ of North Andover. - Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Depart~nent of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts STATE HOUSE, BOSTON February 25, 1931. To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Harry C. Foster, Chairman, North Andover, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of North Andover for the period from January 1, 1929 to November 17, 1930, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward /4. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, TNW/H Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston. ~ir: As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of North Andover for the period from January 1, 1929 to November 17, 1930, the following report being submitted thereon: The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and check~ The books and accounts of the tax collector w~_~ examined and were found to be very poorly kepi. Up to time of the commencement of the audit on November ~, 1930, 'the collector had apparently made no cash 36 ANNUAL REPORT entries o£ taxes collected since the beginning o5 the year 1930, the periodic payments to the treasurer being based on the addition of stubs of receipted tax ~oills. The work o~ the preceding year was found to be inaccurate, the postings to thc commitment books having been made by stamping the ~tate of receipt without recording the amounts received, and the dates as stamped on the commitment books in many cases not being in agreement with those as shown on the cash book records. After the work in the collector's office was brought up to date, the commitment books were added and proved with the assessors' warrants, the posgings to the commitment books were checked in detail to the cash books, the cash books were footed, the recorded collections were compared. with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements as recorded were checked to the assessors' records of abate- ments granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled. A further verification of the outstanding accounts was secured by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct. The process of checking in detail all tax postings in order to locate and adjust the numerous errors in the collector's records prolonged the work of the audit con- siderably and, consequently, increased its cost materially. A more determined effort should be made by the col- lector to secure settlement of the several tax levies of prior years if he is to perform his duties of office faithfully in accordance with the terms of his surety bond. The collection of interest on overdue taxes should be enforced in all cases, as required by Section 57, Chapter 59, General Laws~ As may be seen from the table showing a reconciliation of the collector's cash, there was, in addition to the cash a~tually on hand, $333.31 due from the collector as of November 17, 1930. It was noted that the collector retained for himself the sum of $119.37 representing interest on tax collections deposited in the bank during the period from 1927 to 1930. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 37 In checking the assessors' kecords of abatements, it was noted that many abatement slips had been signed by only one member of the board of assessors and that the tax collector had not been notified promptly of all abatements granted, as required by Section 60, Chapter 59, General Laws, as amended. It was also found that a 1929 7ersonal tax. recorded on ~he valuation book and committed to the collector as $370, was b/lied as $3.70 and collected for thai amount on 0etober 24. 1929. the balance of $366.30 having been abated by the assessors on December 20, 1930. the reason therefor being given that it was an "illegal" tax. The same taxpayer was ~ssessed a personal tax of $366 in 1930, of which sum $292.80 was abated, the abatement slip having been signed by one assessor with the reason given that the property was "overvalued.' The chairman of the board of assessors, however, admitted that no list was filed by the above payer of his personal property no~ exempt from taxation, as required by Section 29, Chapier 59, GeJmral Laws, as amended~ Furthermore. a personal tax of $296 assessed in 1929 '~o a person having the same address as the taxpayer men- tioned above was billed and collected as $2.96. the balance of $293.04 having also been abated on December 20. 1930. as an "illegal" tax. As in the previous ease, the taxpayer did not file the required list of personal property and hence the abasement was not authorized by the provisions of Section 61, Chapter 59, General Laws. The above abatements should be voided and a deter- mined effort be made to collect the'balances due the town. In granting abatements the assessors should be guided by the provisions of law as outlined in Chapter ~59,~ General Laws. . ~ · ' The 6~e~l~y deficits of $6,712.87 as shown on the bal- ance sheet, 'as' well as any additional abatements that may' be granted on the levies of 1923 to 1925 and of 1927 to 1929, inclusive, should be raised by the assessors in the revenue ANNUAL REPORT ef 1931, as required by Section 23, Chapter 59, General Laws. The computation of the tax levy by the assessors in 1929 and 1930 was verified, and it was found that the sum of $2,380, representing appropriations voted by the town in July, 1929, was not included by the assessors in levying th~ taxes of 1929, apparently due to the failure of the town clerk to certify these items to the assessors, as required by ~ection 15A, Chapter 41, General Laws. The town clerk's records of town meeting proceedings were examined, and a comparison of the sums voted by the town for specific purposes with the aggregate amount ex- pended from each of the several appropriations disclosed ,everal overdrafts in 1929 and 1930. This practice is in viola- tion of Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, which reade as follows: No department of any city or town, except Boston, shall incur liability in excess of the appropriation made for the use of such department, except in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in a city of two thirds of the members of the city council, and in a town by a vote of two thirds of the selectmen. Attention is also called to Chapter 248, Acts of 1925, which reads as follows: Any city, town or district officer who knowingly violates, or authorizes or directs any official or employee to violate, any provision of this chapter, or any other provision of general law relating to the incurring of liability or expendi- ture of public funds on account of any city, town or district, or any provision of special law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds as aforesaid, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and the mayor, selectmen, pru- dential committ=e, or cnmmissinners, shall, and five taxpayers may, report such violation to the district attorney who shall investig~ate and prosecute the same. In checking the appropriations it was also found that, although the town voted only $5,500 in 1929 for Railroad Avenue macadam, the sum of $9,498.87 was expended for this purpose, the additional funds having been secured, by transferring $4,000 from the general highway appropria- tion without, according to the town clerk's records, any ap- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOYER, MASS. parent authorization therefor by the town. It was also noted that no appropriation is being voted by the town for sewer department purposes, the depart- mental receipts being used therefor. In accordance with Section 2, Chapter 396, Acts of 1928, a specific appropria- tion for the sewer department should be voted by the town, to be raised either by taxation or by transfer from sewer assessment receipts actually on hand at the time of making the appropriation. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- am/ned and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records in the several departmenta collecting money for the town and with the other source~ from w~.ich money was paid into the town treasury, whil$ the payments, as recorded, were compared with the select. men's orders authorizing the town treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book was footed throughout for the period covered by the audit and the cash balance was proved by an actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconcilia- tion of the bank accounts as, of Novem,ber 17, 1930. The records pertaining to town debt were examined and the payments on account of debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled · ecurities and coupons on file. The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the several trust £unds belonging to the town were examined, the income and disbursements being yeti- fled. In examining the original vouchers and pay4rolls on file, it was found that motor equipment was purchased by sev- eral departments, apparently without any authorization by the town meeting. The purchase of departmental equip- merit should be made on authority of a town vote specifical- ly appropriating money therefor, while the disposal o/' old equipment should also be made in accordance with a tow~ vote. The rent for the American Legion quarters ~hould b, 40 ANNUAL REPORT paid to the lessors of the building and not to the organiza- tion, since towns may not legalIy make payments to pri- vate organizations for such purposes. The books and accounts in the public works department were checked in detail. Thc records of charges were ana- lyzed, the recorded collections were compared with the pay- ments to the treasurer, the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled, and the cash balance was verified. The selectmen's records of licenses granted were ex- amined and the payments To the treasurer were verified. It appears that no charges are being made for certain li- censes issued, such as common victuallers', pool and bowl- ing, or the Lord's Day, and it is recommended that selectmen make a survey of all such activities required to be licensed with a view toward obtaining the revenue to which the town is entitled. The town clerk's records of sporting and of dog licenses issued were examined and the payments to State and coun- ty, respectively, were verified. The books and accounts of the public welfare depart- ment were examined and were found to be incomplete and inadequate, but with the aid of a statement from the State Department of Public Welfare, the accounts due the town for aid rendered were set up as of November 17, 1930. It was found that in November and December, 1928, claims for reimbursement on account of mothers' aid were sent to the State. bug as they were presented after the time limit of October first, they were outlawed under Chapter 241, Acts of 1926, and the revenue from this source was lost to the ~own. It is recommended ~hat strict attention be paid to the charging and billing of all departmental accounts receiv- able, as they are a source of revenue ;o the town that should not be lost through default. In addition to the departments and accounts men- tioned, the records of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and proved, the payments to the treasurer being TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 41 verified with the treasurer's cash book. It was noted that the sealer of weights and measures makes payment of his collections to the treasurer at the end of each year, and it is therefore recommended that such payments be made at least monthly, thereby complying with the provisions of Section 34, Chapter 98, General Laws, Ledger accounts were compiled and analyzed, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on November 17, 1930, was prepared and is appended to this report. The inadequate methods used at present in keeping the accounts of the town are worthy of consideration on the part of the citizens. Under the present method of account- ing it is impossible for the selectmen to know the actual financial condition of the town. The board of selectmen in a town is, in reality, the director of the municipal corpora- . tion and should have at its service certain general account- ing records, centralized in a single department, which show assets and liabilities, the appropriations made and the charges against them, as well as a detail of all receipts and payments. In this connect/on it should be noted that the town voted in 1923, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922, to petition the director of ac- counts for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth, but the selectmen failed to petition "forth- with" for such an accounting system as provided in said statute. The surety bonds of the treasurer, the tax collector, the town clerk, and the public works department collector were examined and found to be in proper form. Appended~ to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's, collector's, town clerk's, and public works department cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, and departmental ac- counts receivable, together with tables showing the sinking and trust fund ~ransactions. 42 ANNUALREPORT For the co-operation received from the various officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. FENTON, Chief Accountant. EHF/H RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CAS~H Balance January 1, 1929, $ 14,225.67 Receipts 1929, 751,846.40 Payments 1929 $753,590.51 Balance December 31, 1929, 12,481.56 Balance January 1, 1930, $ 12,481.56 Receipts January i to Novem~ber 17, 1930, 618,696.20 Paymen~ts January I to Novem,ber 17, 1930, $575,949.77 ~alance November 17, 1930: Merchants Trust Company of Lawrence, $45,226.03 First National IBank of Boston, 4,576.95 Cash in office, 5,339.32 Advance ~payments, 75.69 Memoran~um--overp ayment, 10.00 Merchants Trust Company, Lawrence Balance November 17, 1930, per statement, Balance November 17, 1930, per Check bnok, $45,226.03 OuCstanding checks November 17, 1930, per list, 1,067.79 First National Bank of Boston Balance l~ovember 17, 1930, per statement, Balance November 17, 1930, per cheek book, $ 4,576.95 Outstanding checks November 17, 1930, per list, 72.92 TAXE~1923 Frank A. Mackie, Collector Outstanding August 29, 1927, per previous audit, Re-commitment September 24, 1927, John J. Co~tello, Collector Re-com'mitment per warrant, PaJyments to treasurer: September 24 Vo December 31, 1927, $ 141.44 1928, 144.72 $ 286A6 Outstanding' December 31, 1929, and November 17, 1930, per list, 614.68 $766,072.07 $766,072.07 $631,177.76 $631,177.76 $ 46,293.82 $ 46,293.82 $ 4,649.87 $ 4,649.87 $ 900.84 $ 900.84 $ 900.84 $ 900.84 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 43 TAXES--1924 Frank A. Mackie, Collector Outsta~ading August 29, 1927, per previous audit $ 1,497.25 Re-commitment September 24, 1927. $ 1,497.25' John J. Costello, Collector Recommitment per warrant, $ 1,497.25 Payments to treasurer: Septen~ber 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 2.00 1928, 18.70 $ 20.70 Abatements: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 70.80 1928, 5.40 76.20 Outstanding December 31, 1929, and November 17, 1930, per list, 1,400.35 $ 1,497.25 TAXES--1925 Frank A. Mackie, Collector Outstanding August 29, 1927. per previous audit, $ 3.887.01 Re-commitment September 24. 1927, $ 3,887.01 John J. Costello, Collector Re-commitment per warr'a~t, $ 3.887.01 Payments ~o treasurer: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 505.21 1928, 926.38 1929, 50.00 $ 1,481.59 Abatements: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 23.55 1928, 213.75 237.80 Taxes 1925 reported as taxes 1926, 6.11 Outsta~ding December 31, 1929, 2,162.01 $ 3,887.01 Outstanding January 1, 1930 $ 2,162.01 PaymenSs to treasurer January I to November 17, 1930, $ 150.q6 A~batements January I to November 17, 1930 250.00 Outstanding N~vember 17, 1930, per lis.t, 1,759.25 Cash ~ba]ance Nevember 17, 1930, 2.00 $ 2,162.01' TAXES--1926 Frank A. Mackie, Collector Outsmart.ding August 29, 1927, per previous audit, $ 1,997A5 Re-commitment September 24, 1927, $ 1,997.15 John J. Costello, Collector Re-commitment per warran~ $ 1,997.15 Collections not committed, 11.04 Taxes 1925 reported as taxes 1926, 6.11 44 ANNUAL REPORT Overpayment to treasurer by collector, to be adjusted .03 Payments to treasurer: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 867.89 1928, 631.61 $ 1,499.50 Atbatements: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 164.90 1928, 249.77 414.67 Collection acknowledged by former collector included in re-commitment, 27.84 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 72.32 Outstanding January 1, 1930, Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem- ber 17, 1930, $ 26.13 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per llst 46.19 TAXES--1927 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warrant, $318,137.90 Additional commitment, 684.24 Collections not committed 1928, 8.00 E~cess abatement 1928, 2.00 I.nterest reported as taxes: 1928, $ 12.74 19~9, 16.06 28.80 Overpayment by col'lector to treasurer 1927, to be adjusted, 10.00 Duplicate payment, 1927, to ,be refunded, 13.75 Payments to treasurer: 1927, $276,115.13 1928, 34,584.76 1929, 2,152.86 $312,852.75 Abatements: 1927, $ 2,299.70 1928, 1,641.90 1929, 33.04 3,974.64 Tax titles 1929, 401.67 Taxes reported as interest 1929, .48 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 1,655.15 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $ 1,655.15 Excess abatement, .46 A, batemeni a~ter payment, adjusted, 2.00 Unlocated difference, adjusted, .01 $ 2,014.33 $ 2,014.33 $ 72.32 $ 72.32 $318,884.69 $318,884.69 1,657.62 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 45 P~yments to treasurer January i to No- vember 17, 1930, Abatements January I t'o November 17, 1930, Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, Cash balance Novem;ber 17, 1930, TAXES--1928 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warrant, Additl,onal cormmitme~t, Interest reported as taxes 1928, Collections not com~nitted: 1928, $ 4.00 1929, 4.00 8.00 Overpayment to collector 1928, adjusted, .01 Duplicate paymcnt to collector, to be refunded, 2.00 Payments to treasurer: 1928, $229,042.12 1929, 29,716.38 Abatements: $258,758.50 1928, $ 2,683.50 1929, '169.00 2,852.50 Tax titles taken for town, 317.21 Outstanding Decen~ber 31, 1929, 10,801.40 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $ 10,801.40 Interest reported as taxes 1928, 1.40 Taxes 1929 reported as taxes 1928, 2.00 Payments to treasurer January i to No- ver~ber 17, 1930, $ 5,0,88.54 Abatements January I to November 17, 1930, 26.44 Taxes 1928 reported as taxes 1929, 25.00 Outstand~ing November 17, 1930, per list, 5,538.12 Cash balance November 17, 1930, 126.70 TAXES--1929 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warrant, $310,469.45 102.54 491.35 997.78 65.95 $272,547.89 164.68 7.03 Commitment llst in excess of warrant, 56.00 Erroneous ~batement, 48.00 Overpayment to collector, adjusted, .12 Overpayments lo collector (to be refunded), 100.00 Payments 9o treasurer, $256,995.11 A'b~temcnts, 3,795.23 Outstanding Decem~)er 31, 1929, 49,883.23 1,657.62 $272,729.61 $272,729.61 $ 10,804.$0 $ 10,804.80 $310,673,57 $310,673.57 46 ANNUAL REPORT ~Outstandi~g January 1, 1930, $ 49,883.23 Abatement after payment (refunded), · 232.60 Overpayment to collector, adjusted, .01 Taxes 1928 reported as taxes 1929, 25.00 0verll~ments, to ,be refunded, 4.10 Payments to treasurer January I to vem~ber 17, 1930, $ 26,123.00 Abatement~ January 1 to November 17, 1930, 796.58 Taxes 1929 reported as taxes 1928, 2.00 Outstanding November lq, 1930, per list, 23,205.67 Cash balance November 17, 1930, 17.69 TAXES--1930 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warran$, $308,116.35 Comm}tment list in excess of warrant, 37.36 C~llecti,ons ~og committed, 38.00 Overpayments adjusted, .27 Payment a2ter abatement, adjusted, .92 A~oatement a~ter payment, re~unded by col- lector, 2.00 Pa~rments to treasurer to November 17, I930, $237,830.31 Abatements to November 17, 1930, 3,726.16 Overpayment to collector on motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 applied to taxes 1930, 10.07 Overpayment to collector on motor vehicle excise taxes 1929, applied to taxes 1930, 1.00 Refund 'by collec~or 2.00 0utstand~ng Novem~ber 17, 1930. per list 66,358.06 Cash balance Novem~oer 17, 1930, 267.30 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCrSE TAXES--1929 John J. Costello, Collector CommitmenCs per warrants, $ 16,845.68 Overpayment to collector, adjusted, .82 Aba$ements after ~payment, to be refunded, 21.18 Payments to treasurer, $ 11,71q.44 Abatements, 1,405.87 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 8,748.87 Outsgand~g January 1, 1930, $ 3,743.87 Overpayment to collector, adjusSed, .03 Overpayment to collector applied to taxes 1930, 1.00 Overpayment to 9reasurer by collector, to be adjus~d, 38.13 Duplicate payment, ~o be refunded, 2.37 Payments to treasurer January ! to No- vember 17, 1930, $ 1,037.75 Abatements January 1 to November 17, 1930, 121.19 Outstanding Novemlber 17, 1930, per list, 2,626.46 50,144.94 50,144.94 $308,194.90 $308,194.90 16,867.18 16,867.18 $3,785.40 $3,785.4~ TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 47 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES--1930 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warrants, $ 14,323.50 Overpayments adjusted, .30 Overpayments ~ collector applied to taxes 1930, 10.07 Overpayments, to be refunded, $ 2.33 Abatements a£ter ~ayment, ~o be refunded, 36.19 38.52 Payments to treasurer January 1 to No- vember 17, 1930, $ 9,959.57 Abatements January 1 ~o November 17, 1930, 758.35 Ou,tstanding Nover~:ber 17, 1930, per list, 3,631.11 Cash .balance November 17, 1930, 23.36 MOTH ASSESSMENTS--1927 John J. Costello, Collector Commitment per warrant, Payments to treasurer: 1927, $ 71.00 1928, 34.00 $ Abatements 1928, Outs~randing December 31, 1928, and November 17, 1930, per list, 105.00 7.00 7.50 MOTI~ ASSESSM]~NTS--1928 John J. Costello, Collector Commi~nent per warrant, Payments to treasurer: 1928, $ 130.50 1929, 16.00 $ Outstanding December 31, 1929, and No- vember 17, 1930, per lis't, 146.50 15.50 INTEREST--TAXES 1923 John J. Costello. Collector Collections: September 2~ to December 31, 1927, $ 34.45 1928, 37.63 Payments to treasurer: September 24 ~ December 31, 1927, $ 34.45 1928, 87.63 INTEREST TAXES 1924 John J. Costello, Collector Collections 1928, Payments to treas:u.rer 1928, $ 14,372.39 14,372.39 119.50 $ 119.50 $ 162.00 $ 162.00 $ 72.08 $ 72.08 $ 4.49 $ 4.49 48 ANNUAL REPORT INTEREST--TAXES 1925 John J. Costello. Collector C(~llections: Septem~ber 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 52.22 1928, 137.37 $ 189.59 Pa.yments to treasurer: Septem~ber 24 to Decem~oer 31, 1927, $ 46.56 1928, 142.25 $ 188.81 Interest-taxes 1925 reported as interest-taxes 1926, $ 189.59 Collections January 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 8.66 Payments to treasurer J.an~ary 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 8.66 INTEREST---TAXES 1926 John J. Costello, Collector Collections: Septer~ber 24 to Decem])er 31, 1927, $ 50.36 1928, 52.55 $ 102.91 Interest--taxes 1925 rep,orted as interest- taxes 192.6, .75 $ 103.69 Payments to treasurer: September 24 to December 31, 1927, $ 49.60 1928, 54.09 $ 103.69 Collections January 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 4.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem~oer 17, 1930, $ 4.00 INTEREST--TAXES 1927 John J. Costello, Collector Collections: 1927, $ 56.17 1928, 1,327.42 1929, 223.65 $ Taxes 1927 reported as interest, Payments to treasurer: 1927, $ 56.17 1928, 1,805.52 1929. 217.23 $ I~terest reported as taxes 1927, i,607.24 .48 $ 1,578.92 28.80 C~lections January 1 to November 17, 1930 Payments to treasurer January I ,to November 17, 1930, INTEREST TAXES 1928 John J. Costello, Collector Collections: 1928, $ 55.14 1929, 1,132.29 1,607.72 1,607.72 1.98 1.98 1,187.43 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 49 Payments to treasurer: 1928, $ 45.10 1929, 1,052.39 $ 1,097.49 Interest reported as taxes 1928, 7.03 Cash balance December 31, 1929, 82.01 Cash balance January 1, 1930, $ 82.91 Collections January 1 to November 17, 1930, 361.12 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 414.45 Interest reported as taxes 1928, 1.40 Cash balance Novem,ber 17, 1930, 28.18 INTEREST--TAXES 1929 John J. Costello, Collector Collections 1929, Payments to treasurer 1929 $ 46.13 Cash balance Deeelllher 31, 1929, 30.56 Cash balance January 1, 1930, $ 30.56 Collections Janua~y 1 to Novem~ber 17, 1930, 741.13 Payments to treasurer January 1 to N.ovember 17, 1930, $ 759.79 Cash balance November 17, 1930, 11.90 SEWER ASSESSMENTS Outstanding January 1, 1929, $ 975.83 Commitments, 1,612.14 Payments to treasurer 1929, $ 865.30 0utstandi~g Decem!ber 31, 1929, 1,723.67 0utsta~d~ng' January 1, 1930, $ 1,722.67 Commitments January i to Novem,ber 17, 1930, 1,038.60 Payments to treasnrer January 1 to Novemter 17, 1930, $ 1,891.22 Outstanding Novem~bec 17, 1930, per list, 900.05 SEWER ASSESSMENTS Interest Collections 1929, Payments to treasurer 1929, SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS Outstanding January 1, 1929, Outstanding December 31, 1929, and Novem~ber 17, 1930, per list 1,187.43 444.08 444.03 76.69 76.69 771.69 771.69 .%587.97 2,587.97 2,761.27 2,761.27 5.77 5.77 1,114.26 1,114.26 50 ANNUAL REPORT RECONCILIATION OF CO'LLECTOR'S CASH Frank A. Mackie, Collector Due from co]lector September 3, 1927, per previous audit, $ 157.53 Collection of tax--levy of 1926~ included in re-commitment to new collector, 27.84 Balance due collector November 17, 1930, 127.23 Payments to treasurer Septem, ber 24, 1927, RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH John J. Costello, Collector Cash balances Nove~ber 17, 1930: Taxes 1925, $ 2.00 Taxes 1927, 65.95 Taxes 1928, 126.70 Taxes 1929, 17.69 Taxes 1930, 267.30 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930, 23.36 Interest--taxes 1928, 28.18 Interest--taxes 1929, 11.90 $ Overpayments to treasurer: Taxes 1926, $ .03 Taxes 1927, 10.00 MD~or vehicle excise taxes 1929, 38.13 $ 48.16 Cash on hand Novemher 17, 1930, verified, 161.61 Due from collector November 17, 1930, 333.31 SELECTMEN'S LICENSES Licenses issued 1929: 3rd class liquor, 2 @ $ 1.00, $ 2.00 Junk, 2 @ 14.00, 28.00 Junk, 1 @ 4.65, 4.65 Payments to treasurer, Lice~mes issued Jaauary 1 to Novemher 17, 1930: 3rd class liquor, 2 @ $ 1.00, $ 2.00 Auctioneer's, 1 @ 2.00, 2.00 Junk, 2 @ 14.00, 28.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem- ber 17, 1930, $23.00 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list 9.00 HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES Licenses issued in 1930: 208 Resident sporting @ $2.25, $468.00 2 Resident trapping @ 2.25, 4.50 1 Non-resident citizen's spurting @ 5.25, 5.25 5 Mq~or trapping @ .75, 3.75 312.60 312.60 543.08 543.08 34.65 34.65 32.00 32.00 481.50 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 51 Paid Division o~ Fisheries and Game Janu- ary 1 to November 17, 1930, $407.00 Fees retained January i to November 17, 1930, 54.00 Cash balance November 17, 1930, *20.50 $ 481.50 *In personal ~ank account. DOG LICENSES Licenses issued 1929: 30 Females @ $ 5.00, $150.00 2.61 Males Ca) 2.00, 522.00 Overpayment to county treasurer, 3.00 $ 675.00 Payments to county treasurer, $616.80 Fees retained, 291 @ 20c, 58.20 $ 675.00 Licenses issued January i to November 17, 1930: 39 Females @ $5.00, $195.00 379 Males @ 2.00, 758.00 i Breeder's @ 25.00, 25.00 $ 978.00 Payments to county treasurer Ja~u.ary I to ~rovember 17, 1930, $283.80 Overpayment 1929, 3.00 Fees retained January i tv November 17, 1930, 419 @ 20.c, 83.80 Cash balance November 17, 1930, *607.40 $ 978.00 *lin personal Sank account. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Charges 1929, $ 51.94 Payments to treasurer, $ 51.94 Charges January 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 36.38 Cash on hand November 17, 1930, verified, $ 36.38 MOTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable ' Outstanding January 1, 1928, $251.75 Charges, 365.52 $617.27 Payments 0o treasurer, $131.92 Outsianding December 31. 1929, 485.35 $617.27 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $485.35 Charges January 1 to November 17, 1930, 376.28 $861.63 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 17, 1930, $101.88 Outstanding N,ovember lq, 1930, per list, 759.75 $861.63 52 ANNUAL REPORT HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outs~tanding January 1, 1929, $ 379.29 Charges 1929, 992.40 $1,371.69 Payments to treasurer, $ 452.29 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 919.40 $1,371.69 Outstanding January 1, 1929, $ 919.40 Charges January 1 to November 17, 1930, 807.60 $1,727.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem?oer 17, 1930, $1,137.70 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, 589.30 $1,727.00 Licenses issued 1929: Pas~e:u~izing, 2 @ $10.00, $20.00 Alcohol, 10 @ 1.00, 1O.O0 Slaughtering, 1 @ 10.00, 10.00 Hairdressing, 1 @ .50, .50 Oleomargarine, 6 @ .50, 3.00 Milk, 17 @ .50, g.50 $52.00 Payments to treasurer 1929, $52.00 Licenses issued January 1 to November 17, 1930: Pasteurizing, 1 @ $10.00, $10.00 Alco~ml, 11 @ 1.00, iL00 Slaughtering, 1 @ 10.00, 10.00 Hairdressing, I @ .50, .50 Oleomargarine, 4 ~ .50, 2.00 Milk, 10 @ .50, 5.00 $38.50 Payments bo treasurer January 1 to November 17, 1930, $29.60 Cash ~on hand Novcmber 17, 1930, verified, 9.50 $38.50 $242.00 14.40 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Charges 1929, Payments to treasurer 1929, Charges January 1 to November 17, 1930, Payments to treasurer Ja~:u,ary 1 to Novenrber 17, 1930, Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, PUBLIC WELFARE Accounts Receivable Temporary Aid Oharges 1929, $ 401.17 Sale of produce, etc., 531.17 Payments to treasurer, $ 487.92 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 444.42 $104.25 $104.25 $256.40 $256.40 $ 932.34 $ 932.34 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Ou~tstanding January 1, 1930, $ 444.42 Charges January i to November 17, 1930, 757.61 Sa]e of produce, etc., January i to November 17, 1930, 389.20 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Ni)vem~uer 17, 1930, $1,072.37 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, 518.86 Mothers' Aid Outstanding J~anuary 1, 1929, $ 454.82 Charges 1929, 2,230.55 Disallowances 1929, $ 965.72 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 1,719.65 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $1,719.65 Charges January 1; 1930, to Nover~ber 17, 1930, 3,019.80 Pa~rmer~s ~o treasurer Janual'y i to N~vember 17, 1930, $1,729.65 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per Iis~ 3,009.80 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Water Division Outstanding January 1, 1929, $ 2,177.93 Charges: Rates, $21,176.48 Repairs, 695.35 Connections, etc., 1,995.17 Miscellaneous, 231.75 Interest and costs, 115.62 Payments to tre~s:urer, A~batements, Outstanding, December 31, 19~9, Ou~s6anding January 1, 1930, Cha~es January I to N;ovem,ber 17. 1930: Rates, $19,754.60 Repairs, 96L02 Connecti,ons, etc., 1,298.82 Miscellaneous, 156.00 Interest ~nd costs, 114.51 Overpayment, to be refunded, 24,214.37 $24,213.51 8.92 2,169.87 $ 2,169.87 22,284.95 .74 53 $1,591.23 $1,591.23 $2,685.37 $2,685.37 $4,739.45 $4,739.45 $26,392.30 $26,392.30 $24,455.56 54 ANNUAL REPORT Payments to treasurer January I 5o November 17, 1930, $19,942.28 Abatements January i to November 17, 1930, 1.52 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list: Rates, $2,064.0.3 Repairs, 492.66 Connections, e~c., 498.76 3,055.45 Cash balance November 17, 1930 (Rates), 1,456.31 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Sewer Division Outstanding January 1, 1929, $ 94.65 Sewer connections, etc., 672.33 Payments to treasurer, $315.64 Transferred from sewer connecti,0n depesits, 349.8~ Outstanding December 31, 1929, 101.96 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $101.96 Sewer connections, etc.. January 1 to Novem?oer 17, 1930, 949.68 Payments to treasurer January 1- to November 17, 1930, $843.70 Transferred from sea, er connection deposits January i to November 17, 1930, 537.32 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, 142.79 Cash balance November 17, 1930, 27.83 $24,455.5(; $ 766.98 $ 766.98 $1,051.64 $1,051.64 Sewer Connection Deposits Deposits 1929, $ 428.01 Transferred to sewer construction 1929, $349.38 Refunds to depositors, 33.63 Balance ~December 31, 1929, 45.00. $ 428.01 BalaNce January 1, 1980, $ 45.00 Deposits January i to November 17, 1930, 552.50 $ 597.50 Transferred to sewer construction January 1 to November 17, 1930, $537.32 Refunds to depositors January I to N~over~ber 17, 1930, 60~18 PUIILIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Reconciliation of Cash Balance November 17, 1930: Water rates, $1,456.31 Sewer connections, 27.83 $1,484.14 Interest on bank deposit not entered, 16.80 ]~xcess cash, 11.75 $ 597.50 $1,512.69 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 55 Balance Merchants Trust Company, Lawrence, November 17, 1930, per statement, $1,157.71 Cash ~on hand November 17, 1930, verified, 354.98 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1, 1929, $ 86~q.68 Charges, 1,828.19 Payments to treasurer, $1,823.91 Outstanding December 31, 1929, 8.67.96 Outstanding January 1, 1930, $ 867.96 Charges January i to November 17, 1930, 866.97 Payments 9o treasurer January i to November 17, 1930, $1,459.41 Outstanding November 17, 1930, per list, 275.52 $1,512.69 $2,691.87 $2,691.87 $1,734.93 $1,734.93 $ 247.48 $ 247.48 $ 265.93 LIBRARY DEPARTMENT Fines, E~c. Receipts 1929, Payments 90 treasurer, $ 228.77 Adjustment, 11.47 Cash on hand December 31, 1929, 7.24 Cash on hand January 1, 1930, $ 7.24 Receipts January i to December 9, 1930, 258.69 Payments to treasurer: January 1 to November 17, 1930, $ 236.04 November 18 to December 9, 1930, 19.33 Cash on band December 9, 1930, verified, 10.56 $ 265.93 WATER LOAN SINKING FUND Savings Securities Bank Par Deposits Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $14,901.90 $.27,000.00 $41,901.90 On hand at end o~ year 1929, Receipts Payments 1929 Income, $ 2906.45 Water ~bonds matured Withdrawn from savings and retired, $26,000.00 banks, 14,901.90 Water bond due 1931 Sale of securities, 27,000.00 retired by town vote, 1,000.00 $42,808.35 Transferred to to~vn, 15,808.35 $42,808.35 56 ANNUAL REPORT JOSEPH M. STONE AND SUSAN F. STONE CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $10,120.52 $10,120.52 On hand at end of year 1929, $10,500.17 $10,500.17 On hand November 17, 1980, $10,125.00 $10,125.00 Receipts Payments 1929 Income, $512.30 Added to savings bank deposits, $379.65 $512.30 Transferred to town, 132.65 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Yv'ithdrawn from savings Transferred to town, bank, $375.17 Income, 454.75 $929.92 TAYLOR CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Savings ~ank Deposits $512.30 $829.92 $829.92 Total On hand at,beg'inning of year 1929, $6,062.68 $6,062.68 On hand at end of year 1929, $6,369.50 $6,369.50 On hand Noveraher 17, 1930 $4,050.00 $4,059.99 Receipts Pay,m ents 1929 Income, $306.82 Added to savings bank deposits, $306.82 $66.00 MOSES TOWNE SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Savings Bank Deposits To~al On hand at beginning of year 1929, $1,179.13 $1,179.13 On ha~rd at end of year 1929, $1,112.92 $1,112.92 On hand November 17, 1930, $1,101.57 $1,101.57 Receipts Payments 1929 Withdrawn from savings Transferred to town, $125.88 hank, $ 66.21 Income, 59.67 $125.8:8 $125.88 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Withdrawn ~'rom savings Transferred to town, $66.00 bank, $11.35 Income, 54.65 $66.00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 57 January i to No'f ember 17, 1930 Withdrawn from savings Transferred to town, $2,562.10 bank, $2,319.50 Income, 242.60 $2,562.10 $2,562.10 SARAH BARKER FUND--POND SCHOOL DISTRICT In Custody of George B. F~ster, Trustee Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $1,178.15 $1,178.15 On ~hand at end of year 1929, $1,237.77 $1,237.77 On hand November 17, 1930, $1,268.69 $1,268.69 Receipts Payments 1929 Income, $59.62 Added to savings bank deposits, $59..62 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Income, $30.92 Added to savings bank deposits, $30,92 PHILLIPS EDUCATIONAL FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank C~ash Deposits Total On hand at beginnin,g of year 1929, $100.27 $1,62.6.43 $1,726.70 On band at end of year 1929, $154.10 $:1,2:8~.50 $1,422.60 On han~d November 17, 1930, $1,288.50 $1,288.50 Receipts Payments 1929 Withdrawn from s~avings Expenditures, $463.43 bank, $337.93 Cash balance Income, 62.07 December 31, 1929, 154.10 Gifts, 117.26 Cash ,on hand $617.53 January 1, 1929 100.27 $617.53 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Income, $115.00 Expenditure~ $269.14 Due Phillips Religions Fund .04 Cash on hand $269.14 January 1, 1930 154.10 $269.14 CHARLES WHITNEY DAVIS FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Cash Deposits Securities Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $126.59 $5,924.42 $5,000.00 $11,051.01 On hand at end of year 1929, $5,961.93 $5,000.00 $10,961.93 On hand November 17, 1930, $5,881.25 $5,000.00 $10,881.25 58 ANNUAL REPORT Receipts Due Phillips l{eligious Fund, Cash on hand Janu.ary 1, 1929, Payments 1929 $501.90 Added to savings bank cleposits, 22.64 Expenditures, 126.59 $651.13 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Withdrawn from savings Expenditures, bank, $ 80.68 Due Phillips Religious Fund, 27.36 Income, 431.82 $ 37.51 613.62 $651.13 $539.86 $539.86 $539.86 PHILLIPS RELIGIOUS FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Cash Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year, 1929, On hand at end of year 1929, On hand November 17, 1930, Receipts 1929 Income, $196.83 Cash on hand January 1, 1929, 351.q3 $548.56 $351.73 $1,572.28 $1,924.01 $387.6~ $1,651.85 $2,039.53 $380.97 $1,735.44 $2,116.41 Payments Added to savings bank dep.osits, $ 79.57 Due from C. W. Davis Fund, 22.64 Expenditures, 58.67 Cash on hand December 31, 1929, 387.68 $548.56 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Income, $136.44 Added to savings bank Cash on hand deposits $ 83.59 January 1, 1930, ~87.68 Expenditures, 32.16 Due from C. W. Davis $524.12 Fund, 27.36 Due from Phillips Education Fund, .04 Cash on hand November 17, 1930, 380.97 $524.12 HERMAN KOBER CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $100.00 $100.00 On hand at end of year 1929, $100.00 $100.90 On hand November 171 1930, $100.00 $100.00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 59 Receipts Payments 1929 Income, $5.00 Transferred to Ri,d,gewood ,Cemetery Association, $5.00 January I to November 17, 1930 Introns, $5.00 Transferred t.o Ridgewood Cemetery Association, $5.00 SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1929, $3,742.11 $3,q42.11 On hand at end o£ year 1929, $3,931.53 $3,931.53 On hand November 17, 1930, $4,130.52 $4,130.52 1929 Receipts Payments Income, $189.42 Added to savings ~ank deposits, $189.42 January 1 to November 17, 1930 Income, $198.99 Added to savings bank deposits, $198.99 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER Balance Sheet -- November 17, 1930 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash: General, $55,227.99 Surplus War Bonus F~nd, 4,130.52 Accounts Rece'ivaSle: Taxes: Levy of 1923, $ 614.68 Levy of 1924, 1,400.35 Levy of 1925, 1,~61.25 Levy .of 1926, 46.16 Levy of 1927, 1,039.98 Levy of 1928, 5,662.82 Levy of 1929, 23,119.26 Levy of 1930, 66,625.36 l~otor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1929, $ 2,564.78 lVfotor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1930, 3,615.95 Speeia,1 Assessments: Moth 1927, $ 7.50 Moth 1928, 15.50' Sewer, 900.05 ~dewal~k, 1,114.26 'lax Titles, 59,358.51 100,269.86 6,180.73 2,037.31 225.00 60 ANNUAL REPORT Depa~tmental: Moth, $ 759.75 Health, 589.30 lIighsvay, 14.40 Public Wefare, 518.86 Mothers' Aid 3,009.80 State Aid, 570.00 Mi~litary Aid, 37.50 Soldiers' Relief, 73.47 School, 275.52 5,848.60 Public Works: Sewer, 170.62 Water, 4,511.02 Estimated Receipts--to be Collected, 67,829.28 Overlay Deficits (ts be provided for by assessors): Levy ,of 1923, $ 1,201.86 Levy of 1924, 727.04 Levy of 1925, 2,262.60 Levy of 1927, 1,738.58 Levy of 1928, 24.90 Levy of 1929, 757.89 6,712.87 Overdrawn Accounts: Public Welfare a~d Infirmary, $ 128.90 State, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief, 113.78 Mas:sachusetts Avenue Water Extension, 75.31 J. M. and S. F. Stone Fund Income, 1.12 Moses T.owne School Fund Income, 21.50 340.61 $253,484.41 1,626.75 Revenue 1930, 75.36 Liabilities and Reserves Tem,porary Loans: In Anticipation .of Revenue, $ 90,000.00 Frank A. Mackie, C~llector (Overpayment to treasurer), 127.23 Surplus War Bonus Fund and Accumulations, 4,130.52 Premium on Loans 203.00 Water Loan Sinking Fund (Reserved for Payment of Debt), 1,000.00 Appropriation Balances, 75,167.43 Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy o~ 1926, $ 542~15 Levy of 1930 1,084,60 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 61 Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $ 6,180.73 Special Asse,s,sment, 2,037.31 Tax Title, 225.00 Departmental, 5,848.60 Sewer, 170.62 Water, 4,511.02 18,973.28 Surplus Revenue, 62,180.84 $253,484.41 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Funded or Fixed Debt, $151,000.00 $151,000.00 Town C~arage Sheds and Folice Station Loan $ 20.,000.00 Essex 'County lqospital Loan, 20,000.00 Sewer Lo.ans, 57,000.00 Seho(~l Loans, 50,000.00 Water Loans, 4,000.00 $151,00~].00 TRUST ACCOUMTS Trust and Investment Funds- ,Cash and Securities $30,931.42 Joseph M. Stone and .Susan F: Stone Charity Fu.nd, $10,125.00 Taylor Charity Fund, 1,101.57 Moses T. owne iSchool Fund, 4,050.00 Sarah ~Barker Fund (Pond School I)istrict), 1,268.69 Phillips Education Fund, 1,288.50 Charles Whitney Davis Fund, 10,881.25 Phillips Religious Fund, 2,116.41 Herman Kober Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, 100.00 $30,931.42 62 ANNUAL REPORT SELECTMEN'S REPORT We herewith submit the Annual Report of the Select- men for the year ending December 31, 1931. STATE AND MILITARY AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF Appropriation $2000 00 Military Aid $15 00 State Aid 490 00 Soldiers' Relief 1280 75 1785 75 Discount on Notes Appropriation First National (Old Colony Corp.) Davis Furber Machine Co. First National (01d Colony Corp.) (New Highway) $3548 77 600 00 210 O0 $214 25 $7000 00 4358 77 Redeeming Notes and Bonds Appropriation High School $4000 00 Water 1000 00 Sewers 5000 00 New Schoolhouse 3000 00 County Hospital 5000 00 Garage, Police Station and Town Shed 4000 00 $2641 23 $22000 00 $22000 O0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Interest on Notes and' Bonds Appropriation $5981 25 High School $440 00 Water--1905 140 00 Sewer--1909 280 00 Sewer--1923 1912 50 Lincoln St. Sewer--1923 106 25 Schoo1--1923 1593 75 County Hospital--1924 743 75 Police Station Garage--1930 765 00 $5981 25 Maintenance of County Hospital and Assessment Appropriation $4211 11 Maintenance of Hospital $2633 35 Hospital Assessment 1577 76 $4211 11 American Legion Appropriakion $500 00 Expended $500 00 500 00 Town Hall Janitor Appropriation $300 00 Expended $300 00 300 00 State and County Taxes Appropriation $33000 00 Old Age Assistance $2100 00 County Tax 17054 29 State Tax 10425 00 Auditing Municipal Accounts 1779 49 State I~ighway Repairs 2724 50 State Parks and Reservations 152 86 National Bank Tax, 1926 12 National Bank Tax, 1928 2 05 34,238 31 $1238 31 64 ANNUAL REPORT Dog Warrants Appropriation $100 00 Expended $100 00 100 00 Election Expenses Appropriation (Registrars $200, Expenses $1300) Registrars (Salaries) $200 00 Counters 407 00 Ballots 161 7~ Voting Lists 128 80 Police 37 00 Chairs 38 30 Setting up of Booths 24 00 Incidentals 62 35 Treasurer's Dept. Appropriation (,Salary $1050, Expenses $900) Salary $1050 00 Dept. Corporation & Taxation 30 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 18 A. L. Cole Co. 44 Expenses 202 Stamps 117 Check Books 35 Insurance 68 Check Writer 89 Bond 200 Safety Deposit Box 7 Dept. Corp. & Taxation (Highway) 24 ~merican Bank Note Co. 20 Legal Advice 15 Incidentals 25 O0 35 70 68 O0 O0 O0 50 6O O0 O0 88 O0 11 $1500 00 1059 21 $440 79 $1950 00 1947 22 $2 78 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 65 Auditor's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $600, Expenses $110) Salary $600 00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 36 04 Auditor's Report 49 12 Supplies 13 10 $710 00 698 26 $11 74 Collector's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $1050, Expenses $800) Salary $1050 00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 21 96 Bond 400 00 Stamps 111 20 Insurance 40 00 Excise Poll and Property Bills 74 68 Incidentals 17 77 $1850 00 1715 61 $134 39 Assessors' Dept. Appropriation (Salaries $13.50, Expenses Salaries $1350 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 120 Expenses 46 Adding Machine 150 Valuation Books 130 Street List Books 333 Plans 130 Deeds 49 Supplies 37 Incidentals 30 $1030 56) $2380 56 00 70 55 00 56 50 00 08 98 52 2'378 89 $1 67 6(; ANNUAL REPORT Selectmen's Department Appropriation (Salaries $750, Expenses $400) Salaries $708 33 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 67 74 Legal Advice 53 00 Expenses 60 70 Sheriff 27 35 Record Book 33 50 Printing and Order Blanks 99 65 Supplies 22 76 Incidentals 15 00 $1150 00 1088 03 Maintenance of Town Building Appropriation Clerk $2065 00 Janitor 729 00 Oil 1018 54 Water 21 81 Gas and Electricity 661 03 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 66 78 Boiler Repairs 45 80 Clock 35 00 Electric Wiring 24 66 Oil Garage 29 00 Plumbing 66 65 Supplies 73 03 Incidentals 30 46 $61 97 $5OO0 00 4866 76 Building Inspector Appropriation (Salary) Expended Appropriation Expended Insurance $50 00 $4415 05 $133 24 $50 oo 50 00 $4500 00 4415 05 $84 95 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 67 Contingent and Forest Fires Appropriation $2500 00 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. $17 70' Town Hall Repairs 173 70 Sheriff 79 75 Legal Advice 10'1 O0 Signs 169 25 Oaths 25 00 Incidentals 52 00 618 40 Labor Supplies Forest Fires B~]ance $582 32 54 00 636 32 $1254 72 $1245 28 Street Lighting Appropriation Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Wilson's Corner) $102 74 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Wilson's Corner, Maintenance) 33 60 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Sutton's Corner) 81 78 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. 890.1 05 $9200 00 9119 17 Appropriation Expended Stevens MemorialLibrary $5998 77 $70 83 $6009 00 5998 77 $1 23 68 ANNUAL REPORT Town Clerk's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $351), Expenses $100) Salary $350 00 Dog License Blanks 11 08 Bond 5 00 Envelopes 11 00 Directory 6 00 Supplies 11 80 Incidentals 12 40 $450 00 407 28 $42 72 Playground Appropriation $300 00 Expended $292 03 292 03 $7 97 Bleachers (Art. 15) Appropriation Carpenter Work $5B8.70 Painting 60.00 Expended $598 70 $1000 00 598 70 $401 30 Insect Pests Appropriation $3000 00 Expended $2968 73 2968 73 $~1 27 Tree Warden's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $150, Expenses $500) Salary $150 00 Expended 497 79 $650 00 647 79 $2 21 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 69 Brush Cutting Appropriation $500 00 Expended $482 65 482 65 Water Commissioner's Dept. Appropriation Expended (Salaries) $300 00 $17 35 $300 00 $300 00 Fish Warden Appropria~on Expended (Salary) $5 O0 $5 00 $5 O0 Board of Health Appropriation (Salaries $300, Expenses $4900) Salaries $300 00 Expended 3166 33 $4300 00 3466 33 $833 67 Garbage Appropriation $220,0 00 Expended $2200 00 $2200 00 Sealer of Weights and Measures Appropria~on (Salary $250, Expenses $125) Salary $250 00 Expended 118 73 $375 00 368 73 $6 27 Vital Statistics Appropriation $300 O0 Expended $210 50 210 50 $89 50 70 ANNUAL REPORT Public Welfare Appropriation Expended (Salaries) $300 00 $300 O0 $30O O0 Public Parks Appropriation $2500 O0 Expended $2267 02 2267 02 $232 98 Appropriation Expended Memorial Day Fund $397 84 $400 O0 397 84 $2 16 Animal Inspector Appropriation Expended (Salary) $200 00 $200 00 200 00 Forest Fire Warden Appropriation Expended (:Salary) $100 00 $100 O0 100 O0 Appropriation Expended Tax Refund Appropriation Expended Redeeming Tax Title $5O 00 36 26 Town Forest $297 96 $200 O0 86 26 $113 74 $300 oo 297 96 $2 04 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 71 Red Cross Appropriation Expended $499 99 $500 00 499 99 Appropriation Expended Annual Reports $960 50 $ 01 $1100 00 960 50 Appropriation Expended Dump $260 06 $139 50 $260 00 260 00 New Highway Appropriation Notes $3000 00 12000 00 Expended $15000 00 $150,00 00 $15000 00 Bathing Beach (Art. 16) Appropriation Surplus War Bonus Fund $1100 00 3000 00 Expended $4015 52 $410'0 00 4015 52 Kimball School (Art. 18) Appropriation In Treasurer's Dept. $84 48 $100 79 435 97 $536 76 Expended $536 76 536 76 72 ANNUAL REPORT Approp~ation Expended Total Board of Survey $38 11 $150 00 38 11 $111 89 $144969 58 Respectfully submitted, HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAIN~SWORTH, JOSEPH V. FLANAGAN. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 73 ASSESSORS' REPORT January 13, 1931. To the Auditor, Town of North Andover, Mass.: The Assessors of t~ne Town of North Andover present herewith their report for the year ending December 31, 1931. Aggregate value of real estate Aggregate value of personal property $6,980,740 00 1,338,232 00 Total aggregate value State Tax State Parks State Audit Old Age Assistance State Highway Tax County Tax Overlay Deficit Town Grant Tax Assessed Real Estate 265,268 12 Personal Estate 50.852 81 Poll Tax 4.122 00 01d Age Assistance Tax 2,061 00 Dwellings Assessed 1302 Acres of Land 13,636s~ Horses 196 Cows 514 Other Neat Cattle 122 Value of Fowl 3,030 00 Persons Liable for Military Duty 1081 Dogs--Male 394 Dogs Female 40 The Tax Rate is $38 00 EDWARD E. CURLEY, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, PATRICK P. DAW, $8,318,972.00 $10,425 00 152 86 1,779 49 2,100 00 2.724 50 17.054 29 6,935 41 278,060 78 74 ANNUAL REPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT To Mr. James W. Elliott, Town Auditor: We submit to you our tenth annual report of the Fire Department for the year 1931. Total Number Alarms Value of Properly Endangered Damage ~o Property Insurance on Property Insurance Paid on Property 150 $148,850 00 13,105 62 124,600 00 10,455 62 Telephone Number Central Fire Station 7107 Summary of the Fires for the Last 10 Years No. of Insurance Alarms Value Damage Insurance Paid 1922 101 $152,430.00 $11,670.00 $ 92,100.00 $ 8,401.85 1923 123 227,567.00 19,201.00 140,925.00 12,493.90 ~924 128 266,641.00 25,590.00 209,400.00 20,979.75 1925 138 375,917.00 23,492.00 319,250.00 22,560.00 1926 128 142,045.00 15,619.00 91,400.00 13,694.00 1927 117 183,905.00 3,906.35 162,305.00 3,899.35 1928 121 439,675.00 11,903.23 393,780.00 11,162.24 1929 199 177,595.40 26,702.53 142,640.90 21,777.53 1930 242 897,975.00 13,852.25 853,050.00 13,027.25 1931 150 148,850.00 13,105.62 124,600.00 10,465.62 Total 1447 $3,012,600.40 $165,041.98 $2,529,450.00 Average Loss Per Year Average Loss Per Year after insurance paid $138,461.49 $16,504.20 $2,658.05 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 75 Appropriation Expenditures: Chauffeur's and Company Pay Roll $12,325 38 Engineers 750 00 Autos, Supplies and Incidentals 2,419 24 Fuel 583 80 Repairs 563.28 Lighting, Telephone and Water 293 62 Fire Alarm 532 61 $17,500 00 Total Expenditures Balance December 31, 1931 $17,467 93 $32 07 Respectfu. lly submitted, CHARLES W. HINXMAN, Chief, HEIRBERT W. GRAY, Deputy Chief, THOMAS H. BRODERICK, Clerk, Board of Engineers.' 76 ANNUAL REPORT STREET DEPARTMENT To Mr. James W. Elliott, Town Auditor: I submit to you the report of the Highway Department for the year 1931. Telephone No. Mr. J. II. Milnes, IIighway Surveyor 31784 Telephone No. Highway Su~'eyor's Ol~ice 32234 Appropriations, Expenditures and Balances are as follows: Appropriated ~xpended Une×pended Snow $12,000 06 $16,578 76 $1,421 24 Streets, Highways and Bridges 14,000 00 13,973 78 26 22 Macadam Repairs 15,000 00 14,995 78 4 22 Sidewalks 2,500 00 2,494 96 5 04 Surface Drains 5,000 00 4,994 87 5 13 Oiling 13,600 O0 12,995 70 4 30 Refuse Disposal 3,750 0(~ 3,711 18 38 82 Surveying 150 00 147 46 2 54 New Truck 1,200 00 1,193 50 6 50 Salary 3,000, 00 3,000 00 Total $69,600 00 $68,085 99 $1,514 01 Summary of the Work of the Highway Department for the Year 1931 Snow Removal and Sanding Streets and Sidewalks The amount appropriated for snow was spent ploughing snow and sanding the streets and sidewalks, clearing out gutters and hauling snow away from in front of the churches, stores and public buildings, also screening sand and hauling sand to the town sheds. Having mild weather and no snow during the months of November and December TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 77 1931, we have been able to turn back a balance of $1,421.24 of the snow appropriations. Appropriated $12,000 00 Expended 10,578 76 Unexpended 1,421 24 Streets, Highways and Bridges The streets of ~he outlying districts of the Town were scarified and graded and cinders or gravel were put on where needed and the large stones were removed from several streets. The fences o£ the Town have been repaired and painted and four new fences have been built. The bend on Forest Street was straightened as per vote of the Town to be taken from Streets, Highways and Bridges under Article 40. Cost $311.32. Forest Street was top dressed with cinders as per vote of the Town, ~o be taken £rom Streets, Highways and Bridges under Article 42. Cost $202.50. Appropriated $14,000 00 Expended 13,973 78 Unexpended 26 22 Macadam Repairs Extensive macadam repairs have been made on the streets o~the Town. Appropriated Expended 14,995 78 Unexpended 4 22 Sidewalks $15,000 O0 Tar sidewalks were rebuilt on Beverly Street, Massa- chusetts Avenue, Cross Street, Elm Street, Saunders Street and Stonningion Street. Granolithic sidewalks were repaired in Tavern Acres, Elm Street and Water Street. New sidewalks were built with cinders and stone dust on May Street, Middlesex Street, Pleasant Street, Richard- son Avenue, Trinity Court, Massachusetts Avenue, Buck- ingham Road, Norman Road, Sargent Streei, Herrick Road, 78 ANNUAL REPORT Sutton Street, Union Street, Beverly Street, Marblehead Street, Garden Street, Merrimack Street, Bix.by Avenue, Davis Street, Furber Avenue, Lincoln Street, Osgood Street and Russell Street. A new tar sidewalk was built on the west side of Beverly Street from Union Street to Perry Street as per vote of the Town, to be taken from the sidewalks appro- priation under Article 41. Cost $355.00. Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended 2,494 96 Unexpended 5 04 Surface Drains New service drains were built on Third Street and Green Street near the Public Library. Four new catch basins were built and several old catch basins were rebuilt and general mai~tenance. Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended 4,994 87 Unexpended 5 13 Oiling The following streets were oiled and sanded: Appleton Street, Andover Street, Annis Street, Ash]and Street, Ab- bott Street, Bay State Road, Boulevard Road, Barker Street, Boxford Street, Boston Street, Bradstreet Road, Bix- by Avenue, ]]uckingham Road, Bradford Street, Brightwood Avenue, Berry Street, Brooks Street, Chestnut Street, Court Street, Columbia Road, Chadwick Street, Cleveland Street, Cabot Street, Clark Street, Dale Street, Dudley Street, Essex Street, First Street, Farnham .Street, Forest Street, Foster Street, Green Street, Great Pbnd Road, Grosvenor Street, Garden Street, Gray Street, Herrick Road, Hillside Road, H~dges Street, Harold Street, Hewitt Avenue, High- land Terrace, Johnson Street, Lincoln Street, Linden Ave- nue, Marbleridge Road, Mill Street, North Main Street, Norman Road, Osgood Street, Oxford Street, Pleasant Street, Parker Street, Prescott Street, Pilgrim Road, Perley Road, Russell Street, Railroad Avenue, Richardson Avenue, TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 79 Robinson Court, Rea Street, Salem Street, Sutton Street, Stevens Street, Stonnington Street, Saunders Street, Sal- tonstall Road, Summer Street, Suffolk Street, Trinity Court, Thorndike Road, Troy Road, Toland Road, Tavern Road, Upland Street, Wilson Road and Winter Street. Belmont Street, May Street, Morton Street and Sar- gent Street were retreaded, oiled and sanded as per vote of the Town, under Article 43. Appropriated $13,000 00 Expended 12,995 70 Unexpended 4 30 New Truck A new Diamond T Truck was purchased as per vote of the Town, under Article 40. Appropriated $1,200 00 Expended 1,193 50 Unexpended 6 50 Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. MILNES, Highway Surveyor. $0 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT Organization Mr. Frank Frisbee, 46 Stonington St. Chairman Dr. E. W. A. Holt, 52 Church St. Mr. Geo. Brightman, 41 Troy Rd. Lucia P. Kathan, R. N., agent, 40 Pleasant St. Mr. Jas. Leitch Mr. Geo. Jewett Mr. F. M. Hill Mr. Wm. Smith Office, Town Bldg. Tel. Lawrence 26400, Miss Kathan. Office Hours--9-10 A. M. 1-2 P. M. Regular meetings the last Friday of each month in Milk Inspector Plumbing Inspector Asst. Plumbing Inspector Slaughtering ~nspector Garbage Collector Lobar Pneumonia ...... 2 E:ncetha]itis Lethargica. 1 Anterior Poliomyelitis .. 1 Dog Bite .............. 8 Gonorrohea ........... 2 Mumps ............... 1 Diphtheria ............ 3 Contagious disease cases are visited. Bedside care given when needed, also instruction on proper care and quaran- tine. In certain diseases the houses are carded. School cards are given to children to return to school on recovery from the diseases. Board of Health Office. The following diseases dangerous to Public Health have been reported: Measles ............... 95 Scarlet Fever ......... 22 German Measles ....... 42 Pertussis ............. 44 Varieella ............. 39 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 2 Other forms " .12 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, Tuberculosis is a very important part of our work. At present we have two patients in Essex Sanitarium, and one in Lakeville State Hospital. The arrested Pulmonary T. B.'s as well as other forms of T. ]]. and T. B. contacts are visited and ~ken to Essex for examination when necessary. The report of the Chadwick Clinic for preventing Tu- berculosis which was held Dec. t930~ (report sent in Jan. 1931). With consent o£ parents 917 children were given the Von Pirquet skin test £or Tuberculosis. 274 reacted to test and were X-rayed. From this examination 8 were diagnosed as Hilum T. B.; 1 was diagnosed as Latent T. B.; 27 were diagnosed as Suspects; 8 were diagnosed as Malnutrition (this did not include the cases found among children show- ing positive T. B. and those classified as Suspects). Follo~v up visits are made by the nurse and suggestions given as to proper care, rest, feeding, health habits, etc. These children will be X-rayed at a clinic which will be held here on Jan. 22, 1932. In this way we hope to check the trouble early. Five of the Hilum T. B. children were sent, through differ- ent organizations, to Summer Camps for eight weeks. Three to Middleton and two to Boxford. The report at close of camp showed a gain in weight for them all and improvement in their general condition. A Pre-school clinic was held as usual in the Spring. This clinic is £or the purpose of getting children who are to enter school in the Fall for the first time in as good physical con- dition as possible, giving them the summer months to have defects remedied. Appropriation $4,000 00 Unexpended balance 833 67 $3,166 33 ANNUAL REPORT Mass. General Hospital $ Tewksbury St. Hospital Essex Sanitarium New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Upkeep of car 85 Perkins 36 F. M. Hill 164 Lucia P. Kathan 1,500 F. M. Leitch 46 C. It. Driver 34 Dr. Holt, 95 (contagious) calls @ $1 95 4 dys. @ $5 (Schick test) 20 Mileage @ .50 Mahady Co. 16 Itobbs and Warren 15 Supplies 12 Miscellaneous 31 Town reimbursed License fees Mileage on car Due from State (Subsidy) 107 70 119 00 800 80 81 60 60 96 00 00 00 03 00 00 50 18 29 67 48 50 35 O0 412 85 All milk sold in town is either from tested herds or is pasteurized. In time all herds will probably have the tuber- culosis test, which is given by the State. LUCIA P. KATHAN, R. N., Clerk. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 83 INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING North Andover, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931. To the Board of Health, Gentlemen: My annual report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year 1931 is as follows: I have made (62) sixty-two visits, inspecting 240 car- casses; 238 Swine, 2 Veal, total 240. All clean. Respectfully submitted, FRED M. HILL, Inspector for the Town. ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT Appropriation (Salaries) $ 300 00 Superintendent and Matron and Outside Relief and Repairs 17000 00 Support in the House Superintendent Farm $1200 00 Labor 806 63 Repairs 436 88 Groceries 898 54 Medical Attendance & Supplies 65 04 Clothing 51 52 Live Stock 70 00 Grain 550 10 Auto 220 67 Electricity 52 18 Telephone 57 05 Ice 130 10 Water 20 94 Fuel 213 99 Spraying Trees 30 99 Fu~miture 230 00 tlurial 90 00 Miscellaneous 379 27 $17300 00 Total for 1931 $5503 90 Total for 1930 6138 25 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 85 Outside Relief Cash $6141 00 Medical Attendance & Supplies 581 00 Groceries & Provisions 3391 66 Clothing 79 74 Fuel 791 75 Rent 138 68 Telephone 26 04 Expense 468 44 Paid Commonwealth (Public Institutions) 1113 41 Paid Cities & Towns 2370 91 Burial Expense 261 00 Board 106 00 Total Expended for Outside Relief Total Expended for Inside Relief $15469 63 5503 90 $26973 53 Overdrawn $973 53 Included in Cash, Fuel, and Medical is $4,916.75, which was expended for Mother's Aid. $1010.25 of this amount was paid on account of the Commonwealth and the town will be reimbursed for same. In accordance with Chapter 118, Section 6, of the General Laws, the town will also be reimbursed for one third of the remaining $3,906.50. Also included in the above list of expenditures is $411.43 which was paid on account of the Commonwealth for Temporary Aid, for which the town will be reimbursed; also the amount of $539.42 will be reimbursed to the town by the following cities and towns: City of Lawrence $403 74 Town of North Reading 120 68 Town of Andover 15 00 $539 42 ANNUAL REPORT During 1931 the Board of Public Welfare treated 74 cases, while during 1930 there were 58 cases treated. The town was reimbursed thirty-seven and one-half days labor for assistance given. Joseph Stone Fund Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930 Annual Interest~ ' Expended by Public Welfare $170 13 454 07 624 20 448 61 Cash on Hand December 31, 1931 Taylor Fund Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930' Annual Interest Expended by Public Welfare $175 59 $1101 57 55 74 1157 31 81 50 Cash on Hand, December 31, 1931 Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts Received from Town Infirmary Received from City of Lawrence (for aid granted in current year) Received from City of Lawrence (for previous years) Received from Town of North Reading $1075 81 $2320 86 361 57 213 54 270 36 120 68 Old Age Assistance Number of Applications Received Number of Applications Approved Applications refused for the following reasons: Moved away from North Andover Not of sufficient age Sufficient Resources Not a resident for 20 consecutive years Not a citizen Total $3287 01 34 28 1 1 2 1 1 34 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOYER, MASS. 87 Number of persons whose settlement is in North Andover 24 Number of persons whose settlement is in Lawrence 3 Number of persons whose settlement is in Commonwealth i Number of notices received from other ci~ies and towns: Lawrence Andover Methuen Total Amount appropriated for Old Age Assistance Amount expended for Old Age Assistance 2 1 1 4 $2500 00 3482 89 Amount overdrawn $982 89 Respectfully submitted, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, JOSEPH V. FLANAGAN, HARRY C. FOSTER, Board of Public Welfare. ANNUAL REPORT Town Infirmary Eggs $144 63 Fruit 71 00 Pork 36 00 Cattle 27 00 Poultry 67 85 Vegetables 16 05 Grain bags 2 00 Use of Telephone 20 Cash left by Mrs. Jenney Leighton 3 21 Total $367 94 Amount due Number of Inmates, Jan. 1, 1931 Admitted During Year Deaths Discharges Present Number, Dec. 31, 1931 Males Females Between 50-60 Years Between 60-70 Years Between 70-80 Years Between 80-90 Years $43 25 6 5 1 3 7 6 1 1 4 1 1 Respectfully submitted, RICHARD HEIDER, Superintendent. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. MOTH DEPARTMENT North Andover, Mass. To James W. Elliott, Auditor:-- I herewith submit my annual report of the Moth De- partment, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1931. Appropriation Expenditures Labor $2,336 82 Supplies 631 91 Balance Private Work $3,000 00 2,968 73 $31 27 $251 95 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONNOI~S. TREE WARDEN North Andover, Mass. To James W. Elliott, Auditor:-- I herewith submit my annual report as Tree Warden, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1931. Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures Labor $413 17 Supplies 84 08 497 79 Balance $2 21 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONNORS. 90 ANNUAL REPORT BRUSH CUTTING North Andover, Mass. To James W. Elliott, Auditor:-- I herewith submit my annual report for Brush Cutting, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1931. Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures Labor $468 78 Supplies 13 87 482 65 Balance $17 35 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONN'ORS. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 91 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES North Andover, Mass., Jan. 1, 1932. To James W. Elliott, Town Auditor: I herewith submit to you my ninth annual report as Sealer o£ Weights and Measures. Appropriated Sealer's Salary $250 00 Expense Appropriation 125 00 Total Appropriation Sealing Fees Collected Adjusting Charges Collected $375 00 65 39 10 23 Total $45:0.62 Expended Salary $250 00 Supplies and Truck Hire 118 73 $368 73 Unexpended Balance 81 89 Total $450 62 92 ANNUAL REPORT Work Performed During Year 1931 Inspections /~larking of Commodities put up for sale 15 Transient Vendors 5 Ice Scales 4 Coal Certificates 9 Gasoline Pumps 7 Peddlers' License 8 Oil Trucks 1 Total 49 Trial Weighings of Commodities Put Up For Sale Tested Correct Over Under Coal in Transit 4 8 1 0 Butter 12 12 0 0 Sugar 7 6 0 1 Potatoes 18 16 1 1 Lard 2 2 0 0 Coal in Bags 6 6 0 0 Totals 49 45 2 2 Field Work Not Type Adjusted Sea[ed Condemned Sealed Platform over 5000 lbs. 2 6 Platform under 5000 lbs. 12 40 i 11 Counter Scales 2 15 Beam Scales i 3 Spring Balances 6 23 1 Computing Scales 4 23 2 Slot Weighing Scales 2 Prescription Scales 2 Weights Adv. 172 1 Weights Apothecary 41 Liquid Measures 1 106 7 Oil Measuring Pumps 12 31 4 7 Yard Measures 2 ~l,easuring Ms.hines 4 Vehicle Tanks 2 Quantity Stops on Pumps 17 149 Totals 57 621 16 18 Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN J. DAVIS, Sealer. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TREASURER'S REPORT Year Ending December 31, 1931 Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930 Board of Health R. He/der, Supt. Town Farm Town of Boxford, Schools Notes in Anticipation of Revenue Notes for Land Damages C. J. Mahoney, Trial Justice City of Lawrence ~9377, Welfare Essex County Dog Account Merchants Trust Company, Lawrence, Int. Board of Public Works, N. A. Chas. Fiedall S. F. Dept. A. L. Sargent, Library Fines Mass Bonding Co:, Police Department Smith Cbev. Co., Police Department The Checkwrite Co., Treas. Dept. Haverhill Motorcycle Co., Police Dept. Johnson High School Lunch Counter A. McKee, Transportation, Police Dept. Sewer Collections Jos. A. Duncan, Clerk, Drug Lic. M. J. Casey, Ins. Rebate Jas. Hainsworth, Ins. Rebate J. B. Ewart, Ins. Rebate Quincy Mutual Ins. Co. A. McKee, Sale of Paint J. M. & Susan F. Stone Fund Int. Glen Cove Mutual Ins. Co., Casey, Agt. M. Cohen, Junk License $ 5459 92 367 1931 300000' 12000 435 131 559 336 23524 2 262 80 400 17 50 2356 5 317 2 74 74 79 67 2 579 5 5 69 50 94 41 00 00 00 87 97 28 00 97 68 00 00 50 00 81 00 17 00 85 85 50 27 10 07 50 00 94 ANNUAL REPORT Jas. P. Hainsworth, Auct. Lic. City of Lawrence, ;~5750, Welfare H. Watnick, Junk License J. Shes, Fire Department Town of Reading Broadway Savings Bank, War Bonus Act. A. McKee, Chief of Police, Sale of Junk Licenses (see special list) City of Lawrence (1;8196) F. Davis, Sealer J. tt. Milnes, Supt. Streets John J. Costello, Coll. Taxes First National Bank of Boston, Int. F. E. Pitkin, Sch. Supt., Miscellaneous A~ McKee, Chief of Police, Meth. Sunday School Gate City Brass Foundry Co., Nashua, N. H. Taylor Fund Commonwealth of Massachusetts-- Sub-Cities & Towns, Div. of Tub. Act. Aid to Industrial Schools Proc. Sec. 7, Chap. 172, acts 1931 Aiding Mother's Dep. Children Support Indigent Persons Highway Com. Gypsy Moth Aiding Mothers with Dep. Child. Temporary Aid Div. of Standards Tuition of Children Reim. of Loss of Taxes Div. of Standards Income Tax 1931 Corp. Tax Business Corp. Tax, Railroad & Tel. Co. Trust Co. Tax, Sec. 5, Chap. 222, Acts of 1923 National Bank Tax State Aid Military Aid Veteran's Exempfion. Sec. 11 & 12, Chap. 58, Gen. Laws 2 00 215 54 5 00 84 120 68 3000 00 60 00 175 00 138 49 75 62 133 30 295608 77 52 80 22 30 5 O0 20 O0 81 50 515 71 216 64 3634 52 1589 58 18 70 95 75 554 08 158 50 84 00 108 00 213 67 12 00 33337 00 15781 13 978 09 490 36 958 67 356 00 30 00 21 64 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 95 Trust Company, 1929 Nat. Bank Tax, 1929 Nat. Bank Tax, 1930 Corp. Tax, P. S. 1930 Street Railway Gas &Elec. Co. Tax Gas &Elec. Co. Tax Int. Street Railway Tax Corp. Tax, Public Service Corp. Tax Business National Bank Tax, 1931 14 53 28 1 00 10 75 759 51 152 40 89 191 27 I O4 402 90 29 Merchants Trust Co. Int. $709624 108 $709733 67 36 03 Less Orders Expended by Order Selectmen Cash on Hand, December 31, 1931 Deposited Mer. Trust Co., Law. $3626 55 Deposited First Nat'l Bank, Boston 629 75 $705476 73 $4256 30 $4256 30 96 ANNUAL REPORT List of Notes Given in Anticipation of Revenue During 1931: TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 97 Herman Kilber Fund Deposited Andover Savings Bank Taylor Fund Amount Reported Dec. 31, 1930 Expended by order of Selectmen Annual Interest Deposited Essex Savings Bank Surplus War Bonns Fund 1924 Amount Reported Dec. 31, 1930 Expended by vote March 1930 Annual Interest Deposited Broadway Savings Bank Moses Towne School Fund $100 00 $1101 57 81 50 $1020 07 55 74 $1075 81 $1075 81 $4t30 52 3O00 00 $1130 52 117 39 $1247 91 $1247 91 Total Int. Location Principle Amt. Int. on hand Lawrence Savings Bank $1000 00 $45 00 $45 00 Andover Savings Bank 1000 00 45 66 49 16 Broadway Savings Bank 1000 00 44 02 69 02 Essex Savings Bank 1000 00 51 87 76 87 On Hand Dec. 31, 1930 53 50 Expended by order Sch. Comm. 00 00 Annual Interest 186 55 Balance on Hand Dec. 31, 1931 $240 05 $240 05 98 ANNUAL REPORT $. M. & Susan F. Stone Fund Location Principle Amt. Int. Essex Savings Bank $2500 00 $126 55 Lawrence Savings Bank 2500 00 107 37 Andover Skvings Bank 2500 00 112 50 Broadway Savings Bank 2500 00 107 65 On Hand Dec. 31, 1930 Interest Rec'd during 1931 Expended by order of Selectmen On Hand Dec. 31, 1931 $454 07 448 61 175 59 $170 13 454 07 $624 20 $624 20 Sewer Assessments Collected During the Year Ending December 31, 1931 L. Firth $23 40 L. Firth 32 10 Est. Mifflin 172 32 H. & B. Friedrick--FurberAve. 29 35 J. Harvey 60 00 $317 17 Report of Sewer Assessments 1931 Reported Uncollected Dec. 30, 1930 $1068 87 Added Assessments in 1931 ]$51 278 64 ]$52 816 11 ~53 399 60 Collected in 1931 $ 317 17 Uncollected 2246 05 $2563 22 $2563 22 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 99 Licenses Paid During the Year 1931 Julia Hickinbottom $5 00 H.E. Blodgett R. 'Coppola 5 J. Morrow 5 Grace Hadley 5 Corner Cupboard 5 Ira D. Carry 5 C. Berry 5 Ed. Sarcione 5 O. M. Flagg 5 Ralph Gould 5 M. G. Morse 5 J. E. Dawson 5 Wm. Dryden 5 Old Berry Tea Room 5 McDonald & Nicetta 5 Wm. W. Mann 5 F. Poppalardo 5 5 00 00 M. Martinez 5 00 00 Geo. Houston 5 00 00 Jos. Gaudette 5 00 00 Mary McGee 5 00 00 A.C. Townsend 5 00 00 H. Greenwood 5 00 00 Jos. Walton 5 00 00 Mrs. Hargreaves 5 00 00 A. White 5 00 00 F. Mosley 5 00 00 P. Hennessey 5 00 00 Mrs. Kelly 5 00 00 Mary T. Cavanaugh 5 00 00 J. Donnelly 5 00 00 A. Stott 5 00 00 Total $175 00 Respectfuly submitted, GORDON CURRIER, Treasurer. 100 ANNUAL REPORT AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that I have verified the Treasurer's Cash as of December 31, 1931, and have verified by recon- ciliation of the bank account on Deposit in the bank as of the same date. The total cash balance Dec. 31, 1931, was $4256 30 I hereby certify that I have verified the Board of Public Works, and the total Balance on Hand, Dec. 31, 1931, was 333 96 I further certify that I have examined the Trust funds in charge of the Treasurer and find them to be correct. (Signed) JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. North Andover, Massachusetts, January 15, 1932. Then, personally appeared the above-named "James W. E1Hott" and made Oath that the foregoing statement is correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. (Signed) JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Notary Public. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 101 AUDITOR'S REPORT I herewith submit my report of the receipts and expen- ditures for the twelve months, ending December 31, 1931. Schedule 1. Receipts and Payments. Schedule 2. Balance Account. Schedule 3. Statement of Town Debt, showing in- debtedness incurred and paid during the year, and the out- standing indebtedness. Schedule 1. Sources of Receipts: Revenue of Expenses for Outlays. Taxes Property and Poll From State National Bank Tax $ 960 24 Corporation Tax Business 16,184 03 Trust Co. Tax 504 89 Division o£ Standard 96 00 Mothers' Aid 2,143 66 Division of Tuberculosis 515 71 Aid to Industrial School 216 64 Sec. 7, Chapt. 172, Acts of 1931 (Taxes) 3,634 52 Indigent Persons 18 70 Gypsy Moth 95 75 Temporary Aid 158 50 T,uition of Children 108 00 Loses Taxes 213 67 Income of 1931 33,337 00 Corporation Ry. & Tel. Co. 978 09 State Aid 356 00 Veteran Exemption 21 64 $295,608 77 102 ANN~AL REPORT Military Aid Corp. Tax (Public Service) Street Railway Tax Gas & Electric Co. Tax Gas & Electric Co. Interest Licenses and Permits Sunday All Others Fines and Forfeits Court Car All Others Health and Sanitation Health Sewer Assessment Selectmen Insurance Signs Treasurer All Others Sealer of Weights and Measures Fee Highways General Charity Infirmary All Others School Tuition All Others Lunch 30 00 11 79 950 78 152 40 89 $175 00 14 00 $435 00 457 10 65 00 $92 50 317 17 $381 97 20 O0 $367 94 604 58 $1,931 41 22 30 2,356 81 60,688 90 189 00 957 10 409 67 401 97 21 31 75 62 133 30 972 52 4,310 52 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Library Fines Dog Tax Public Service Enterprises .Sale of Water Interest Merchants Trust Co. First National Bank $444 64 52 80 War Bonus Fund Trust Fund Income from Taylor Fund Income from Stone Fund $ 81 50 579 07 Received from First National Bank Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loan $300,000 00 New Highway 12,000 00 Total Cash in Bank, Jan. 1, 1931 262 68 559 97 23,524 00 497 44 3,00'0 00 660 57 576 95 312,000 00 $704,850 29 4,882 74 Total Cash $709,733 03 PAYMENTS Schedule 1 Object of Payments, Expenses, and Outlays. GENERAL GOVERNMENTS Selectmen Salaries $708 33 Expenses 379 70' Contingent 618 40 $1,706 43 FINANCIAL Auditor Salary $600 00 Expenses 98 26 698 26 104 ANNUAL REPORT Treasurer Salary Expenses $1,050 00 897 22 Collector Salary $1,050 00 Expenses 665 61 Assessors Salaries Expenses $1,350 00 1,028 89 Clerk Salary $350 00 Expenses 57 28 Public Works Water Commissioner's Salary Election and Registrars Salaries $200 00 Expenses 859 21 Municipal Building Town Hail Janitor (Salary) $300 00 Maintenance of Town Building 4,866 76 Protection of Persons and Property Salaries of Police $9,922 50 New Equipment 1,126 50 All Other Expenses 1,443 66 Emergencies 1,947 22 1,715 61 2,378 89 407 28 300 00 1,059 21 5,166 76 12,492 66 892 95 OTHER EXPENSES Fire Department Salaries Other Expenses $13,075 38 4,392 53 17,467 93 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 105 Inspection of Buildings ~Salary of Inspector Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary Expenses $250 00 118 73 Planting and Trimming of Trees Salary TYees Moths Brush $150 497 2,968 482 00 79 73 65 Forest Warden Salary Expenses $100 636 0,0 32 Health & Sanitation Salaries Administration County Hospital Maintenance County Hospital Assessment Garbage Red Cross Vital Statistics $ 300 00 3,166 33 2,633 35 1,577 76 2,200 00 499 99 210 50' Inspection of Animals Salary of Inspector Fish Warden Salary Sanitation Sewer Maintenance and Operation Highways General Administration General Highways Sidewalks Snow Surveying Truck $ 3,000 00 5~671 35 2,494 96 10,578 76 147 42 1,193 50 50 O0 368 73 4,099 17 736 32 1~587 93 200 O0 5 O0 6,780 93 68,085 99 ANNUAL REPORT New Highway Street Lighting Charities Salaries $ 300 00 Infirmary 5,503 90 Outside Relief 4,781 39 Mothers' Aid 3,950 00 Paid Cities and Towns 2,370 91 Paid on Acct. Cities and Towns 539 42 Paid Commonwealth 1,113 41 Paid on Acct. Commonwealth 1,102 50 Cash 1,612 00 01d Age Assistance Joseph Stone Fund Taylor Fund Soldiers' Benefits State Aid Military Aid Soldiers' Relief School Department Salaries Expenses of Committee Attendance Officer Expenses of Officials Books and Supplies Salaries of Janitors Fuel Ol~erating Repairs Health Transportation Tuition New Equipment Miscellaneous Cafeteria $ 490 00 15 00 1,280 75 $80,304 46 1,308 92 360 67 457 69 6,889 71 8,098 62 3,377 82 2,009 06 5,350 61 2,310 34 3,256 50 831 10 1,495 20 132 95 3,146 04 15,000 O0 9,119 17 21,273 53 3,482 89 448 61 81 50 1,785 75 119,329 69 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 107 Library Recreation Parks Playground Bathing Beach Bleachers Unclassified Memorial Day Reporis (Town) Insurance Dog Warrant American Legion Town Forest Tax Titles Dump Kimball School (Art. 18) t]oard of Survey Public Service Enterprises Water (Maintenance) Interest Temporary Loan General Purposes Public Service $2,267 02 292 03 4,015 52 $ 397 84 960 50 4,415 O5 100 00 500 00 297 96 86 26 260 00 $4,148 77 5,981 25 210 00 Agency Trust Transactions O]c] Age Assistance $ 2,100 00 County Tax 17,054 29 State Tax 10,425 00 Auditing Municipal Accounts 1,779 49 State Highway Repairs 2,724 50 State Parks Reservation 152 86 National Bank Tax 1926 12 National Bank Tax 1928 2 05 Municipal 5,998 77 6,574 57 598 70 7,017 61 536 76 38 11 20,465 47 10,340 02 34,238 31 108 ANNUAL REPORT Temporary Loans Public Service Total Payments Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1931 Grand Total $ 42,000 O0 270,000 O0 Schedule: 2 BALANCE ACCOUNT Public Welfare $ 973 53 Old Age Assistance 982 89 Police Department 885 61 State and County Taxes 1,238 31 Excess Transferred to Balance Account 14,472 59 Schedule 3 STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Borrowed during 1931 (Notes) Paid during 1931 $270,000 00 Paid 1930 Note No. 382 due 1931 20,000 00 Note No. 409, due July 1932 Note No. 410, due Dec. 1932 $ 20,000 O0 10,000 O0 312,000 00 $705,476 73 4,256 30 $709,733 03 18,552 93 $300,000 O0 290,000 O0 30,000 O0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS, 109 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Liabilities 1905 Water Bonds, due 1934 ($1000. ce. yr.) $ 3,000 00 1907 Sewer Bonds, due 1934 ($2000. ea. yr.) 6,000 00 1916 High ,School Bonds, due 1933 ($4000 ea. yr.) 7,000 00 1923 Lincoh~ Street ,Sewer Notes, due 1933 ($1000. ea. yr.) 2,000 00 1923 East Side Sewer Notes, due 1953 ($2000. ea. yr.) 44,000 00 1923 New Schoolhouse Notes, due 1943 ($3000. ea. yr.) 36,000 00 1924 County Hospital Notes, due 1934 ($5000. ea. yr.) 15,000 00 1930 Town Shed Garage and Po]ice Station Notes due 1935 ($4000. ea. yr.) 15,000 00 1931 New Highway Notes, due 1935 ($3000. ea. yr.) 12,000 00 Total Assets Cash in Treasury (General) Uncollected Sewer Assessment Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Taxes 1927 Taxes 1928 Taxes 1929 Excise 1929 Taxes 1930 Excise 1930 Moth 1930 Taxes 1931 Excise 1931 Uncollected Moth 1931 Net Indebtedness $140,000 00 $ 4,256 30 2,246 05 821 16 4,283 89 12,359 80 2,554 63 24,289 49 1,641 90 400 70 67,732 86 4,774 49 133 95 14,504 78 $140,000 O0 Respectfully- submitted, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. 110 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1. Selectmen, salaries $750, expenses $300 $1,050 00 2. Auditor, salary $600, expenses $100 700 00 3. Treasurer, salary $1050, expenses $800, including bond 1,850 00 4. Tax Collector, salary $1050, expenses $700, inc. bond 1,750 00 5. Assessors, salaries $1350, expenses $600 1,950 00 6. Town Clerk, salary $350, expenses $75.00 425 00 7. Election E:cpenses, $2100 Bd. of Registrars, salary $200 2,300 00 8. l%lice Dept. and ~eacon Lights, inc. Motor Equipment 12,000 00 9. Fire Dept. and Engineer, salaries 17,000 00 10. Dog Warrant 100 00 11. Building Ins~pect~r, salary 50.00 12. Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary $250, expenses $100 350 00 13. ~nsect Pest 3,000 00 14. Tree Warden, salary $150, expenses $500 650 00 15. Brush Cutting 400 00 16. Fish Warden, salary 5 00 17. Board of Health [Salaries $300, expenses $3,100 3,400 0O 18. Garbage D~sposal 2,200 00 19. Vital Statistics 250 00 20. Re£use Disposal 3,750 00 21. H~ghway 'Surveyor, salary 3,000 00 22. General Maintenance, Street Dept. 35,000 00 23. Snow Removal 7,000 00 24. Street Lighting 10,000 00 25. ]~oard of l~ub~lic Welfare, salaries 800 00 26. Supt. & Matron, Outside Relief & Repairs, inc. Agent $400 21,000 00 27. Pu~blic Parks and Triangles 2,000 00 28. Discount on Notes 13,000 00 29. ,School Department 109,244 00 30. State & Military Aid, and S,o~diers' Relief 2,000 00 31. State and County Taxes 83,000 00 32. Stevens Memorial Library 5,000 00 33. Memorial Day 350 00 34. Board of Puhllc Works, salaries 300 00 35. Maintenance and Construction of Water Dept. 22,000 00 36. Maintenance and Construction of Sewer Dept. 2,000 00 Balance as of Dec. 31, 1931 $ 37. Contingent and Forest Fire 2,000 00 3,8. Annual Report 900 00 39. Insurance 4,200 00 40. Maintenance County H'ospital 2,763 87 41. Assessment County H~spital 50 85 42. Playgrounds 300 0O 43. Town Hall Janitor 300 00 44. Maintenance of ~wn ]~uilding, Including Clerks 5,000 00 45. American Legion 500 00 46. Interest on High School Bond 280 00 47. Redeeming 4 High Igchool Bonds 4,000 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 111 48. Interest on Water Bond 49. Redeeming i Water ~ond 50. Interest ~n Sewer Bonds 51. Redeeming 2 Sewer l~onds 52. Interest on Lincoln Street Sewer Notes 5~. Redeeming i Lincoln Street Sewer NDte 54. Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 55. Redeeming 2 East Side Sewer Notes 56. Interest on New Schoolhouse Notes 57. Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse N~)tes 58. Interest on County Hospital Notes 59. Redeeming 5 County Hospital N~otes 100 O0 1,000 O0 120 00 2,000 O0 63 75 1,000 O0 1,827 50 2,0.0.0 00 1,466 25 3,000 00 531 55 5,000 O0 60. Interest on Town Shed, Garage and Police Station 595 00 61. Redeeming 4 Town Shed, Garage and Police Station Notes 4,000 00 62. Redeeming 3 Bonds on New State tlig~hway 3,000 00 63. Interest on New State Highway 64. Board o~ Survey 65. Forest Fire Warden, salary 66. Animal Inspector, salary 67. Expense en Dump 68. Town F.orest 69. Bathing Beach 70. Old Age Assistance Total 367 50 25 00 100 00 200 00 260 00 100 00 1,000 00 10,000 00 $376,423 81 FiARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, JOSEPH V. FLANAGAN, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Finance Committee. 112 ANNUAL REPORT STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Auditor: We herewith present to you our report of the expendi- ture of money appropriated by the Town for our use, to- gether with the Librarian's report to us of the work of the library for the year 1931. Financial Report Town Appropriation $6,000 O0 Expenditures Salaries $4,089 68 Heat, Light, Water 554 02 Books, Magazines, Papers 1,016 07 Miscellaneous 339 00 Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance $5,998 77 I 23 $6,000 O0 We have collected from Fines and Sale of old papers $262.68 and have turned it over to the Town Treasurer. Our Special Funds are invested as at the beginning of the year. The report of our use of the income from them follows. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 113 Charles Whitney Davis Fund On hand January 1, 1931 Received, Interest Total Receipts Refund to Phillips Fund Paid for Books $ 76 02 406 37 Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance Phillips Educational Fund On hand January li 1931 Interest Total Receipts. Paid for Books Unexpended Balance $ 99 06 111 65 Phillips Religious Fund On hand January 1, 1931 Received from Trustees of Phillips Aeademy Interest Total Receipts Paid for Books $ 63 45 Unexpended Balance 1,210 31 $242 10 465 85 $707 95 $482 39 225 56 $707 95 $153 70 57 01 $210 71 $210 71 $1,132 65 53 29 87 82 $1,273 $1,273 76 114 ANNUAL REPORT LIBRARIAN'S REPORT To the Trustees of Stevens 5~emorial Library: I herewith present the report of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1931. Circulation and Use of Books The Stevens Memorial Library has just closed the busiest year in its history. This is no doubt a result o5 the depression, since more than 50% of the increased circula- tion has come since the first o£ October, when our local situa- tion became more acute. The Library has an opportunity to show its value to the community. People who are out of work come to ns for reading matter. Some read for recrea- tion; others read for practical information--books about their former jobs or about other types of work. The work of the Library, unlike that of many business organizations, grows, rather than diminishes, in times of depression. Circulation of books and the number of borrowers registered are the chief means of showing the increased use of the Library. It is unfortunate that we can not k~ep a detailed record of the number of reference questions answered and of the use of the Reading Room. However, it would seem that the number using the Reading Room has nearly doubled (particularly during the afternoons) and the number of reference questions answered has increased about 25~. The total circulation of books for the year was 47,939. This is 4,173 more than were issued in 1930 and is 19,939 more than the number circulated in 1927. The largest num- ber issued in a single month -was 5,680 the number loaned in November. The circulation for the year was 6.8 books per capita. 15,814 volumes were loaned from the Children's Room. Since last year when we began to charge the books in the Children's Room and to let each child have a card of his own, the use of the children's books has increased largely. It is interesting to note that the children are much more prompt TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 11,~ in getting their books back on time than the adults are. Only rarely do we have to send them an overdue notice. 712 books were sent to schools. If we had a record of how many times each book is read by the pupils, our circu- lation records would be a bit larger. Some teachers keep a record of how many times thc book is taken out, but many of them do not. Since we do not have records for them ali, we have used none of them in compiling our own report for' the year. Registration of Borrowers 524 borrowers were registered during the year. 212 ef these were children under 12 years of age. 24 were children whose names were transferred from the Children's Room to the adult department. 304 of those reported as borrowers last year were "counted out" either because of removal from town, not having used the library for three years, or death. This makes the total number of active borrowers 2,651, with a net gain of 220 during the year. Book Collection 862 new books were added during the year. 273 were juvenile books. 433 old volumes were discarded, worn out, and lost. Many of those discarded were non-fiction that had become obsolete. Some were worn out children's books and fiction. 67 were missing at the time o3 the annual inventory. This makes a net increase of 429 volumes with a total collec- tion of 18,739.66 were gifts. We are grateful to all who have given. They include Marietta Battles, George Col]ins;~Mrs. Frank Frisbee, Fred Pitkin, Moses T. Stevens, Henry J. Stevenson, Mrs. John F. Tyler, and Harry Wilcox.. 2,334 volumes were repaired in the Library. 252 were rebound. Library Reading Club The Library Reading Club, organized in 1929, did not meet during the summer vacation, as the new swimming pool offered out-of-door attractions, but waz reorganized in September and has continued to meet regularly ever since. Through the Club, Book Week was observed in November. 116 ANNUAL REPORT We had a capacity audience in Li'brary Hall when the Club gave three Book-Week plays written and acted by members of the Club, and book title charades in which the titles of well known children's books were acted out. Mrs. Louis Whitchurch came to the Club once and told stories to the girls, which proved so popular that the Club is quite eager to have her come again very soon. At Christmas a small sum was given by the Club from their treasury to be used for the needy of North Andover. Other Activities The Library has sponsored one story hour. Miss Dorothy Michelmore came to us the Saturday before Christmas and told stories to the children for an hour. We should like to have more story hours, in 1932. Exhibits of books on various timely subjects have been featured. A reading contest during the summer months attracted some children to the Library. The Librarian has attended the annual meeting of the American Library Association in New Haven, Connecticut, and a Library meeting in Springfield. She also took one of the University Extension Courses in Library Service. In closing, I should like to express my gratitude to the neighboring Libraries that have loaned us material to fill some of our requests for material which we did not own. These Libraries are the Division of Public Libraries, State House, Boston; Memorial Hall Library in Andover; Boston Public Library; Haverhill Public Library; Lowell 'Uity L}brary; the Library of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; and the Massachusetts Horticul- tura] Society Library. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) MARION F. ]~ATCHELDER, Librarian. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOV~R, MASS. 117 Statistical Report Accessions Books bought from Town Appropriation 489 Books bought from Charles Whitney Davis Fund 251 Books bought from Phillips Educational Fund 34 Books bought from Phillips Religious Fund 17 Gifts 66 Periodicals bound 5 Total accessions Worn out, discarded, or lost Net increase for 1931 Total volumes in Library Juvenile a,ccessions Circulation Fiction General Works and Periodicals Philosophy & Religion Sociology & Folklore Language Science Useful Arts Fine Arts Literature Travel Biography History 35,440 566 760 1,805 23 573 1,287 5'65 1,872 1,792 1,998 1,258 862 433 429 18,739 273 Accessions Classified 469 15 21 54 4 39 44 27 46 39 56 48 Total circulation 47,939 862 118 ANNUAL REPORT Circulation of books from Children's Room Sent to Schools Sent to Camps Pictures loaned Borrowers registered Total Borrowers Books repaired in Library Books rebound Total Receipts 15,814 712 41 51 524 2,651 2,334 252 $262.68 It is a cause of great satisfaction to the Trustees that this has been the Library's best year, that our patrons are finding it increasingly more useful to them, and that we have such an efficient Librarian and assistants. Respectfully submitted, January 16, 1931. NATHANIEL STEVENS, MARY O. TYLER, ANNIE L. SARGENT, CHARLES A. APPLETON, ARTHUR P. CHICKERING, MOSES T. STEVENS, HARRY R. DOW, Trustees. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 119 POLICE DEPARTMENT To James W. Elliott, Auditor :-- I hereby submit the report of the Police Department for the £ollowing year, ending Dec. 31, 1931. Appropriation $12,500 00 Officers' Pay Roll, Regular and Special $9,918 50 Repairs on station 39 20 Supplies 220 20 Gasoline 373 41 Oil 11 55 Rerairs on all machines 112 68 Telephone 213 05 New equipment, New car and motorcycle 1,126 50 Incidentals, overhead beacon, police radio, etc. 431 93 Traffic signs, street marking 43 50 Total Balance, December 31, 1931 Returned to Town Treasurer: Credit on Ford car Credit on Motorcycle Credit on Desk Credit on Junk Credit for Transportation Credit for Paint $12,492 66 $7 34 $400 O0 130 00 5 00 60 O0 5 O0 2 ~0 $602 10 Emergency during strike $892 95 120 ANN~JAL REPORT Total number of miles patroled with police vehicles The following arrests were made: Auto Violations Non-Support Drunkenness Operating under influence of liquor Larceny Receiving Stolen Property Assault and Battery Contempt to Burn Barn Illegal Keeping of Intoxicating Liquors Robbery Violation of Pure Food Laws Assault with Dangerous Weapon Safe Keeping Escaped from State Hospital Arrested for Out of Town Police Total Arrests 33,455 49 2 14 6 4 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 109 Total Number of Court Convictions Total Number of Dogs Licensed Dogs Disposed of Dogs Sent to Nevin Farm Reported Stolen Cars Cars Recovered by Police Reported Stolen Bicycles Bicycles Recovered by Police 84 417 22 17 135 7 4 3 The regular force consisting of four officers and the chief keep the station open twenty-four hours a day, every day in the year. Modern crime is motorized and pays no more attention to the clock than it does to municipal or state boundary lines. Modern police stations, includ!ng our own, are linked by radio with other stations all over the state, for exchange of information and mutual assistance. The speed and spread of crime added to the regulation of TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 121 traffic and investigation of motor accidents requires con- tinuous po]ice service. It is a pleasure for the chief to acknowledge the loyalty of officers, both regular and spec!al, and the friendly cooperation which the town o~cisls and citizens have ex- tended to the department. Respectfully submitted, ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief of Police. ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF SURVEY--PRIVATE WAYS Chap. 41 Sec. 74 General Laws provides that no person shall open a private way for public use until plans showing location and grades have been filed with and approved by the Board of Survey. Section 77 is as follows: "No public way shown on any plan filed as aforesaid shall hereafter be laid out, located anew, altered or widened · . . and no such way, whether already or hereafter laid out, shall be constructed by any public authority except in ac- cordance with the plan duly attested and recorded under said section. If any person shall open for public travel any private way the location, direction, width and grades of which have not previously approved in writing by the board of survey in manner provided in said sections, neither the town nor other public authority shall place any public sewer, drain, water pipe or light in, or do any public con- struction work, or make repairs, on such private way." 'The filing and approval by the board of survey is also a necessary preliminary to the laying out and acceptance of all town ways. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 123 Auditor, Town of North Andover, Mass.: The Beach Committee submit the following report for year ending December 31, 1931. Formal exercises on the afternoon of June 27, 1931, marked the official dedication and opening of the American Legion Beach and the commemoration of the late honored Selectman of the town, Joseph P. McDonough, to whose memory a bronze tablet situated on the premises was con- secrated. Appropriation Painting Lighting Building and Raft Plumbing Water Extension Paint Signs Sand Boat Tablet Hardware Fire Equipment Flag First Aid Kit Sink and Toilet Valve Norman Richardson Arthur Lambert Mrs. McDonough Leo Kane Repairs on Toilets New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. Water Labor Clearing Land $4,100 00 $ 80 57 56 85 1,202 95 235 00 189 86 13 47 6 50 368 50 40 00 52 50 47 01 15 00 6 40 18 65 31 50 404 00 343 00 136 95 75 50 3 00 14 23 2 32 23 76 648 00 Total $4,015 52 124 ANNUAL REPORT Unexpended Balance Attendance Daily Average Largest Day Smallest Day Respectfully submit%ed, A. :W. BADGER, Chairman, FRED C. ATKIN$ON, JAMES /VI. BANNON, IRVING C. I-IOWES, ALFRED H. McKEE, H. E. McQUESTEN, FRANK E. SMITI-I. $84 48 14,081 183 550 5 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVEt~, MASS. 125 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Mr. James W: Elliott, Auditor: I herewith submit my annual report as Collector of Taxes for the year ending December 31, 1931. 1925 Uncollected $54 09 Collected $ 2 00 Abated 52 09 $54 09 $54 09 1926 Uncolle.cted $56 85 Abated $56 85 $56 85 $56 85 1927 Uncollected Taxes $986 30 Uncollected Moth 7 50 Interest 5 75 Collected $161 95 Collected Interest 5 75 Abated 3 19 Uncollected Moth 7 50 Uncollected Taxes 821 16 $999 55 $999 55 126 ANNUAL REPORT Uncollected Taxes Uncollected Moth Interest Collected Collected Interest Abated Uncollected Moth Uncollected Ta~xes Uncollected Taxes Interest Uncol~lected Excise Excise Interest Collected Taxes Interest Collected Excise Exc~se lnterest Uncollected Taxes Uncollected Excise 1928 1929 $5,132 69 15 50 107 31 $5,255 50 $ 787 62 107 31 61 18 15 50 4,283 89 $5,255 50 $20,30'1 85 695 93 2,582 20 I 71 $23,581 69 $ 7,942 05 695 93 27 57 i 71 12,359 80 2,554 63 $23,581 69 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER~ MASS. 1'27 1930 Uncollected Taxes Interest Uncollected Excise Excise Interest Uncollected Moth :Collected Interest Abaled Collected Excise Exci~e Interest Abated Excise Collected Moth Uncollected Moth Uncollected Excise Uncollected Taxes $53,960 16 746 49 3,130 97 17 49 700 25 $58,555 36 $29,067 23 '746 49 603 44 1,391 50 17 49 97 57 299 55 400 70 1,641 90 24,289 49 $58,555 36 1931 Assessors' Warrants Excise Warrants M~th Warrant Interest on Taxes Interest on Excise Collected Taxes interest Abated Collected Excise Excise Interest Abated Moth Uncollected Excise Uncollected Moth Uncollected Taxes $322,303 93 12,364 56 150 95 31 49 20 $334,851 13 $252,293 94 31 49 2,277 13 7,335 67 20 254 40 17 00 4,774 49 133 95 67,732 86 $334,851 13 ANNUAL REPORT Cash Account Collected 1925 Taxes Collected 1927 Taxes C(~llected 1927 Interest Collected 1928 Taxes Collected 1928 Interest Collected 1929 Taxes Collected 1929 Interest Collected 1929 Excise Collected 1929 Excise Interest Collected 1930 Taxes Collected 1930 Interest Collected 1930 Moth Collected 1930 Excise Collected 1930 Excise Interest Collected 1931 Taxes Collected 1931 Interest Collected 1931 Moth Collected 1931 Excise Collected 1931 Excise Interest Gave to Gordon Currier, Treasurer On deposit Lawrence Trust Co. $ 2 00 165 14 5 75 787 62 107 31 7,942 O5 695 93 27 57 i 71 29,067 23 746 49 299 55 1,391 50 17 49 252,293 94 31 49 17 00 7,335 67 20 $$00,935 64 295,608 77 $ 5,326 87 $300,935 64 JOHN J. COSTELLO Tax Collector. TOWN' OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 129 PUBLIC WORKS The Board of Public 5Vorks herewith submits its twenty-fifth annual report containing the thirty-fourth an- nual report of the Water Department and the twenty-fifth annual report of the Sewer Department for the year ending December 31, 1931. WILLIAM H. SOMERVILLE, ABBOT STEVENS, BERNARD F. HUGHES. ANNUAL REPORT Water Department The total amount collected for watar rates, including interest and summons fees during tho year 1931 :mounted to $19,673.23. Main Pipo During the year 1931 the department laid 810 feet of 6 inch main pipe as outlined in the Superintendent's Report. Service Pipe Service pipe laid (1931) on private property 338.20 feet Service pipe laid (1931) on to~vn property 312.50 feet Total Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (1931) on private property Service pipe laid (1931) on town property 650.70 feet 729.30 feet 600.90 feet Total 1330.20 feet Bonds and Notes Outstanding The bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the water system amount to $3,000.00 due 1932 to 1934 $1,000.00 due each year. Statement of Amount to Be Raised in 1932 on Account of Water Debt Already. Incurre~l: For interest $100 00 For retiring bonds and notes 1,000 00 $1,100 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 131 Financial Statement Water Department Debit Balance on h~nd Jan. 1, 1931 $ 195 31 Appropriation for Maintenance and Construction 25,000 00 Appropriation for Saltonstall Road water extension 500 00 Appropriation £or Park Street water extension 1,000 00 Collected water rates, Interest and Summonses 19,673 23 Collected Credit to Water Department Account 136 04 Collected water construction and repairs 2,989 93 Total $49,494 51 Credit Expended for Maintenance and Construction Account: Construction service piping including m~ters sold $ 1,016 07 Construction distribution piping 265 78 Mantenance pumping plant 5,793 36 Maintenance general 11,936 90 Expended for SaItonstall Road water extension $ 453 36 Expended for Park Street water extension 1,000 0O Paid Treasurer water and construction receipts 22,524 51 Balance Saltonstal] Road extension 46 64 Cash balance Jan. 1, 1932 333 96 $19,012 11 $24,358 47 Balance in water department appropriations including credit of $136.04 43,370 58 6,123 93 $49,494 51 132 ANNUAL REPORT Cost of Construction Distribution Piping Suction Main Reservoir Pumping Station Pumping Plant Service Piping and IVleters Incidental Construction Expenses Land and Right of Way Tool Account Fountains $275,525 69 1,943 61 7,024 52 16,910 38 28,434 51 64,660 39 5,471 38 60O 70 2,336 60 590 49 $403,498 27 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 133 EXPENDITUI~E~-=WATEI~ 193 1 Coal Oil Packing Meters Pipe Supplies Miscellaneous Wages Totals Construction Service Dh Pipc I'i!c 167 73 36 308 12 120 4 22 144 536 00 717 016 07 1719 14 Pump. General I'lant 045 63 45 60 124, 40 638 04, 268 39 229 29 1527 26 896 56 1871 90 2451 88 7631 31 5793 86 .1936 90 Sub Total $2045 63 45 60 124~ 40 6~'~ 04 ]172 87 2185 33 2917 02 11336 58 20465 4`7 ~Includcs 7.69 Tons delivered in 1930 and paid for in 1931. ($6.75 per ton) Sewer and Water Receipts for 1931 Balan~ce Jan. 1, 1931 $ 195 31 Water rates 19,590 87 Interest and summonses 82 36 Repairs 794 69 Water construction and meters 2,195 24 Sewer construction 863 45 Miscellaneous 136 04 Paid Treasurer Cash Balance January 1, 1932 $23,857 96 23,524 00 $ 333 96 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Office: Town Office Building. OFFICE HOURS Daily: 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Rules, Regulations and Water Rates All meter rates shall be computed quarterly; in case of a meter stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordi- narily passes through the meter when in operation. Bills for metered water shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October for the amount of water used during the previous quarter, based on the fol- lowing sliding scale: For 1st. 2,000 cu. ft., 20 cents per 100 cu. ft. All over 2,000 cu. ft., 12 cents per 100 cu. ft. All meters read in cubic feet. A cubic is computed as seven and one-half gallons. No service shall pay less than $1.50 per quarter. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 135 Regulations The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. 1. All applications for the use of water must be made at the o/rice of the Board of Public Works and must state fully the purpose for which it is intended to be used. The Water Department will in service pipe from the street wall and provide on the end In any case where an owner all cases furnish and lay the main to and through the cellar thereof a stop and waste valve. shows sufficient reason he may be permitted to lay a pipe on his own property, but pro- vision must be made, at the owner's expense, so that a meter installation can be made where the Water Depart- merit work ceases. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for such service pipe as may be ]aid within his premises, together with the stop and waste valve, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to establish a minimum price for service installations. Payment in full must be made for any service installation before the water is turned on. 2. The Water Department will set meters on all serv- ices and charge a rental of two dollars per year for ~/~-inch meters and a suitable increase for larger sizes. Consumers at their option may purchase said meters when they will be marked on the books as private and no rental will be charged. All meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department at the expense of the owner. No more than one meter may be installed on any service unless the owner agrees to have each additional meter ~for the purpose of billing) considered as a separate service. 3. Ail persons using water must furnish internal pipes, connections and fixtures and keep them and all pipe to the street line in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and the Town will not be liable for any damage resulting from failure to do so. Any expense 136 ANNUAL REPORT incurred in clearing services must be borne by the con- sumer. No person will be permitted to cmmect with any water pipes on the inlet side of the meter in any way or manner without a written permit from the Board of Public Works. 4. Water rates shall be payable at the office of the Board of Public Works quarterly, No abatement of water rates shall be made except when the entire premises are shut off for a period of at least three months. In all cases o£ non-payment of water rates within sixty days after the same are due as well as for any violation of these rules, the supply may be shut off and water will not again be let on except upon payment of the amount due and the sum of one dollar for shutting off and letting on the water. In case of shutting off or letting on the water for repairs, testing of pipes or any other purpose the sum of one dollar will be charged. 5. The water rates shall be paid by the owner or les- see of the whole premises and the owner shall in all cases be responsible for the water rates of his tenants. 6. No water taker shall supply water to parties not entitled to its use, except on written permit from the Board of Public Works. 7. All apparatus and places supplied with water must be accessible at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Board of Public Works or their agents to examine the pipes and fixtures and ascertain the quantiW of water used and the manner of its use, and all pipes and fixtures shall be subject to rejection by said Board of Public Works if considered unsuitable for the purpose. 8. Upon application of an owner a meter will be re- moved and tested. For this service a charge of one dollar will be made. In case the meter in question is found to over-register more than three per cent this charge will be cancelled and a proper adjustment made. 9. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to restrict the use of hose or fountains or to shut off the wa~er TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 187 when it becomes necessary to make extensions or repairs or for violation of any of the Regulations. 10. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Town By-Laws: No person shall open any hydrant of the water works system of the Town, without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Public Works. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hy- drants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department or the person acting in his stead, in ease of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure. Site 1-64 1-8 Diagram Gallona of per _- % · 4890 Day .121 1.66 4.58 ~.5.07 ~ 72.80 135 ANNUAL REPORT SEWER DEPARTMENT Sewer Connections Eighteen connections, totaling 994 feet, were made be- tween buildings and main sewers during 1931. Main pipe laid, 1916.0 feet, as outlined in the Superin- tendent's Report. Financial Statement of the Sewer Department Debit Appropriation £or maintenance and construc- tion of sewers. Balance Dec. 31, 1930 of $1,494.68 and $1,500.00 $ 2,994 68 Appropriation £or Linden Ave. extension 5,000 00 Appropriation for Railroad Ave. extension 1,500 00 Appropriation for Saltonstall Road extension 750 00 $10,244 68 Credit Expended for construction particular sewer $ 574 65 Expended for maintenance of sewers 1,283 18 Expended for Linden Avenue construction 3,348 09 Expended for Railroad Avenue construction 1,010 46 Expended for Saltonstall Road construction 564 55 · Balance Maintenance appropriation $1,136 85 Balance Linden Ave. appropriation 1,651 91 Balance Railroad Ave. appropriation 489 54 Balance Saltonstall Rd. appropriation 185 45 $6,780 93 $3,463 75 $10,244 68 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 139 The total amount of bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the sewer system amounts to $52,000 as follows: $6,000.00 due 1932 to 1934 $2,000.00 due each year. 2,000.00. due 1932 to 1933 $1,000.00 due each year. 44,000.0(~ due 1932 to 1953 $2,000.00 due each year. $52,000.00 Statement of amount to be raised in 1932 on account of sewer debt already incurred: · For interest $2,091 25 For retiring bonds and notes 5,000 00 $7,091 25 Financial Statement of Park Department Appropriation $2,500 00 Expended for supplies $ 322 46 Expended for labor 1,944 56 2,267 02 Balance $ 232 98 Superintendent's Report There were laid during the year 1931, eight hundred and ten feet of six-inch cast iron pipe. Three six-inch gate valves were installed. The water .system now comprises fifty and eighty-four hundredths miles of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, one fourteen-inch gate, nineteen twelve-inch gates, twelve ten-inch gates, fifty-nine eightr inch gates, three hundred and sixty-seven six-inch gates and three hundred and two hydrants. The new water main installations were as follows: Park Street westerly from the previous terminus of the water main to Main Street, four hundred and fifty feet of 140 ANNUAL REPORT six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate, Saltonstall Road south- erly £rom the previous terminus of the water main two hun- dred and 'ten feet of six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate, Edmands Road southeasterly from Herrick Road one hun- dred and fifty feet of six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate. There were installed during the year 1931 twelve new services and thirty-two services were renewed. The policy inaugurated a few years ago of'removing all meters that have been in use over five years, testing, clean- ing, and repairing them before replacing them in service was continued. Two hundred and fifty meters were so in- spected and this is reflected in the increased percentage of water metered. There were forty meters removed and re- paired because they were found to be inoperative, ten be- cause they were broken by frost or other causes, and thirty meters were removed for all other causes. Despite constant inspection for leaks by the meter reader on his rounds of reading and prompt attention to all leaks as they became known, the amount of unknown loss indicates that a Pitometer Survey to locate {mknown losses of water would be advisable. A policy of thorough hydrant inspection was started this year. The hydrant drip, gate, and valve were checked for operation. Caps were graphited and the hydrants painted with special high visibility hydrant enamel. Hydrants which have no gate are painted red and yellow and those with gates are painted red and black. The large number of gated hydrants is at once apparent. An automatic system of lubrication similar to the one on our larger pump was installed on the 1,500,000 gallon a day pump at the Pumping Station. The walls of the shop at the Pumping Station were covered with wall board and painted, making the shop warmer and cleaner and fit for use in any weather. The roof of the coal bin and shop were repaired with an application of Roofkoter. The exterior of the Engineer's house at the Pumping Station was painted one coat and the roof covered with fire resisting shingles. A sign identifying the Pumping Station as such was placed at TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 141 the entrance driveway on Great Pond Road. Several large signs were placed around Lake Cochichewick stating that it was the North Andover water supply and giving the restrictions imposed by the State Board Of Health under authority of Section 160 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws. SixtY-one boats were registered for use on Lake Cochichewick and 165 persons were given permits to boat and fish there. The right of way to the Reservoir from Chestnut Street was cleared of brush and the road made passable. A new five foot woven wire fence was installed around the reservoir to replace the wooden picket fence installed in 1899 which was badly rotted and no longer furnishing adequate protection for our reservoir. The telemeter poles and wiring on our right of way from Chestnut Street to the Reservoir were repaired and cleared of overhanging 'branches of trees. One hydrant near the corner of Sutton and Osgood Streets was moved back six feet and several gate boxes were raised on account of the construction of the Osgood Street cut-off by the State Department of Public Works. Forty- eight feet of six-inch cast iron water pipe were placed under the new O'sgood Street cut-off at Bay State Road and at Beacon I-Iill Boulevard to take care of future extensions of the water mains on those streets without tearing up the new State Highway. Six cranes for filling watering carts located on Sutton, First, Water, Third, Johnson Streets, and Academy Road which have not been used for 15 years were removed and the corporations cocks shut off. There were twenty-eight services cleared and 69 leaks repaired during the year. The leaks may be classified as fellows: 67 leaks in service pipes, 2 joint leaks. In following out a definite construction program in order that the system may be strengthened and improved so as to meet any anticipated requirements in the future it should be recommended: 142 ANNUAL REPORT 1. A new 12-inch main feeder line be laid from the reservoir to the downtown section via Chestnut Street, Hill- side Road, Turnpike Street, and Railroad Avenue. 2. The capacity of the reservoir be increased 500,000 gallons. 3. The original wooden coal bin at the Pumping Station be rep]aced with a larger bin of permanent construction. For 1932 it should be recommended that the following minor extensions and improvements be made to the system. 1. Connect the 8-inch mains from Middlesex Street and from Railroad Avenue on Herrick Road. 2. Connect the 6-inch main on Marbleridge Road at Salem Street with the main at the residence of Albert Fish. 3. Connect the following dead ends in the downtown area: (a) Six-inch erly Street. (,b) Six-inch Herrick Road. (c) Six-inch Middlesex Street. (d) Six-inch Street. (e) Six-inch Road. (f) Six-inch Streel. (g) Six-inch Perley Road. ()h) Six-inch main on Wiley Street with main on Water Street (i) Six-inch mare on Concord Street with main on Os- good Street. (j) Six-inch mmn on Troy Road with main on Thorn- dike Road. 4. Raise, relocate, and place gates on several hydrants throughout the town. main on Harold Street with main on Bev- mare on Buckingham Road with main on main on Buckingham Road with main on ma~n on Perley Road with main on High mare on Irving Road with main on Perley mare on Tavern Road with main on Main mmn on Columbia Road with main on TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 143 Sewer Department The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three divisions: the East Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer following Cochichewick Brook from Lake Cochichewiek to the Merrimack River; the West Side Drain- age Area with its trunk sewer on Railroad Avenue, Greene Street, and along the Shawsheen River to the Merrimack River; the Central Drainage Area bounded by Railroad Avenue, Middlesex, and Water Streets with the trunk sewers ir. Railroad Avenue, Water Street, and Main Street to the Merrimack River. There are fourteen and fifty-five hundredths miles of sewers in the North Andover Sewerage System with over two hundred and fifty manholes. There are nine hundred and seventy-seven particular sewers connected with the main sewers. The main sewers are listed according to size as follows. Size of Sewers (Inches) 24 18 15 12 10 8 6 Length of Sewers (Feet) 4423 7498 1065 3294 6647 13562 40318 The Sewer Department during the year 1931 laid seven- teen hundred and seventy-six feet of six-inch sewer and one hundred and forty feet of ten inch sewer as follows: Linden Avenue southerly from Massachusetts Avenue ten hundred and fifty-two feet of six-inch sewer and five manholes. Massachusetts Avenue southerly from previous termi- nus one hundred and ~rtyfeet of ten inch sewer and one manhole. Railroad Avenue souther]y from Massachusetts Avenue five hundred and ten feet of six-inch sewer and two man- holes. Saltonstall Road southerly £rom Cabot Road two hun- dred and fourteen feet of six-inch sewer and two manholes. A total of eighteen connections, totaling nine hundred and ninety-four feet were made between buildings and the main sewers. ANNUAL REPORT A wall map showing all existing sewers and proposed sewers and the three drainage areas comprising the North Andover Sewerage system has been completed. The entire sewerage system was flushed during March and April. Eighteen particular sewers were cleared during 1931. In March, twenty-six feet of eighteen-inch pipe and in August, forty feet of eighteen-inch pipe were placed in the East Side trunk sewer on the Right of Way near Colonial Gardens where the existing pipes had cracked and collapsed stopping the flow and allowing Cochiche~vick Brook to enter the Trunk Sewer. In August, several hundred yards of fill were carefully placed over the new pipes so as to completely fill the excavation. A manhole on Pleasant Street was raised to the grade of the new State Highway and a manhole on the East Side Sewer at Trenton Street was raised several feet to keep it above the surrounding dump. It should be recommended that a 15-inch sewer be built on Osgood Street from the manhole at the bridge over Cochichewick Brook to Stevens Corner in order that Pleas- ant, Court, Osgood, and Park Streets be sewered directly and that Main Street, Beacon Hill Boulevard, }{ay State, Phillips Brooks, and Academy Roads be subsequently added to the Sewerage System. Further extension of the sewerage system in the West Side Drainage Area must await the extension of the West Side Trunk Sewer from Massachusetts Avenue southerly along the Shawsheen River. Few extensions in the Central Drainage Area remain to be made. Development of the East Side Drainage Area as out- lined above is economically sound and particularly advan- tageous for the further growth of the Town. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 145 Park Department The Center Common, Training Grounds, Memorial Park, and Triangles have been maintained as usual. The care of the plot in front of the Historical Society Building was assumed. Five large flower beds were planted at the Center Com- mon in areas which the Village Improvement Society had planned to plant shrubs. The beds of Zinnias, Four-o-clocks, Cannas, and Castor Oil plants were very favorably eom- mented upon. Dead limbs were removed from all trees and shrubs and several trees removed on the line between the Common and the Village Improvement Society Plot. Beds of shrubs near the corner of Davis and Main Streets and the corner of Greene and Davis Streets in Me- morial Park were removed and replaced with ones more suited to conditions there. The trees and shrubs were all trimmed and the dead limbs removed. The construction of the new State'Highway curtailed somewhat our work on the Triangles adjacent to the con- struction but the others were maintained in their usual satisfactory condition. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. DUFFY. ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 147 ANNUAL REPORT uo~dmnsuoD ~'l!~ e~%~lV P~fl [~oo oo~ ~d ~q~ TOWN OF NOi%TH ANDOVER, MASS. 149 SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1931 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association Board of Public Works, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Population 1930 Census, 6961. System built in 1898 by Water Commissioners. Source of supply, Lake Cochichewick. Mode of supply, pumping direct into system with overflow reservoir. Pumping Statistics L Builders of pumping machinery: Laidlaw-Dunn-Gor- don Company, 2 units--l--2,500,000 gallons a day. 1--1,500,000 gallons a day. 2. Description of fuel used: (a) Bituminous. (b) Average price per gross ton: $6.65~ (c) Percentage of ash. (d) Wood, 0 pounds. 3. Coal on hand January 1, 1931 85 00 Tons Coal purchased 1931 299 81 Tons Coal consumed 1931 254 24 Tons Coal on hand January 1, 1932 130 57 Tons 4. Amount of other fuel used: None, 5. Total equivalent coal consumed for the year (3+4)~ 254.24 Tons. 6. Total pumpage for the year, Venturi meter: 152,424,- 915 gallons. 7. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet. 8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 313.62 feet. 9. Number of gallons pumped per lb. of equivalent coal (5) =265.89. 150 ANNUAL REPORT 10. Duty~gallons pumped (6) X8.34 (lbs.) X100×dynam- ie head (8)+totaI fuel consumed (5)=70,005,480. Cost of pumping figured on Pumping Station ex- penses~$4,925.07. 11. Cost per million gallons pumped_S32.31. 12. Cost per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) $0.01030. Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Population 1930 census 6,961 2. Estimated population on lines of supply 6,680 3. Estimated population supplied 6,680 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons) 152,424,915 5. Passed through meters 79,686,975 Fires, flushings, known losses 3,670,470 83,294,445 6. Percentage of consumption metered 54.65% 7. Average daily consumption 417,564 8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 59.98 9. Gallons per day to each customer 62.50 10. Gallons per day to each tap 279.87 11. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on the total maintenance, plus interest on bonds $111.54 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 18. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 28. 24. 25. Statistics Relating to Distribution System Kind of pipe Cast Iron Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. Extended feet during year 810 Discontinued none Total now in use 50.84 m~les Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter none Number of hydrants added during year none Number of hydrants now in use 302; Number of stop gates added during the year 3 Number of stop gates now in use 457 Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch none Number of blow-offs 5 Range of pressure on mains 26 lbs to 148 lbs. Kind of pipe: Cement lined, lead lined, and cast iron Sizes a/~ in. to 10 in. Extended 650.70 Discontinued one Total now in use 19.29 miles Num'ber of service taps added during the year 11 Number of service taps now in use 1,492 Average length of services 68.29 Number of meters added 11 Number of meters now in use 1,488 Percentage of services metered 99.73 Percentage of receipts from metered water ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMITTEI~ February 1, 1932. To the Selectmen of North Andover, We hereby respectfully submit to you our second an- nual reporL Removal of Unused Car Line RaiIs on Sutton Street After the use of the electric car line on Sutton Street was discontinued this year the dirt on the shoulders of the highway gradually accumulated until it was Ieve] with the top of the steel car rails. Because the wheel of an automobile could drop over the raft but could not easily turn back away from it, a traffic hazard was created. On the recommenda- tion of this committee the offending car rails were removed and the road shoulder then smoothed by the highway de- partment. Wild Bushes Cut Around Intersections Bushes that obstructed the vision of approaching motorists have been cut around several highway intersec- tions on the recommendation of the Safety Committee. Among these intersections are included the corner of Pleas- ant and Osgood Streets, co~mer of Mass. Ave. and the An- dover By-pass, the corner of Park and Main Streets and the corner of Elm and Main Streets. The Establishing of Through Ways After careful study of traffic conditions this Committee has recommended during the year the establishing of two segments of through way, one on Salem Turnpike from Hill- side Road to the Railroad Street, and the other one the Andover By-pass from Peter Street to Osgood Street. These recommendations have both been adopted. TOWN OF NORTH AN'DOVER, MASS. 153 The Study of Traffic Lights The Committee has cooperated with you and the Police Department in the study of the effect on traffic of different combinations of traffic signals, particularly at the intersec- tion of the Andover By-pass and Salem Turnpike. The present combination of lights there are much more satisfac- tory than the original combination. Tours of Inspection At irregular intervals the entire Committee tours the streets and highways of the town to observe the location of trafiqc hazards and to secure first hand in£ormation concern- ing conditions, The Committee wishes to express its gratitude for the cooperation it has received from the Highway Surveybr, Mr. John H. Milnes; Chief of Police, Alfred It. McKee, and the Tree Warden, John J. Connors, and to the owners of property who have given permission for the cutting of road- side shrubbery and the trimming of trees near intersections. Respectfully submitted, JOIIN II. MILNES, ARTHUR P. CHICKE~RING, CHARLES W. HINXMAN, FRED E. PITKIN, JOHN J. CONNORS, ALFRED H. McKEE, HENRY D. ROCKWELL, Chairman ANNUAL REPORT of the 'School Committee Superintendent of Schools of the Town of North Andover For the Year Ending December 31, 1931. COMMITTEE Mr. Fred $. Smith, Chairman 5 Third St. Mr. Charles T. Wilde 105 Middlesex St. Mr. Charles A. Appleton 146 Dale St. Regular meeting the second Tuesday of each month at Supt.'s Office. SUPERINTENDENT Fred E. Pitkin 'Residence, 15 Pleasant St. Tel. 24804 Office in T~wn Building Tel. 5986 Office open: 8:15 a. m. to 12:00 m., 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m., on week days; 8:15 a. m. to 12:00 m. Saturdays. SECRETARY Dorothy E. Currier Residence 191 High St. Tel. 29546 Office Hours of Superintendent 8:30 to 9:00, a. m. and 4:00 to 5:00 p. m., on school days. May general]y be seen at residence between 6:00 and 7:00 p. m. on school days. On Saturdays and during vacation periods people are advised to make appointments before- hand. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 155 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of North Andover: At a meeting of the school Committee held February 1, 1932, it was voted to accept the report of the Superin4 tendent of schools and to adopt ii as following for the report of the School Committee. DR. FRED S. SMITH, Chairman, CHARLES T. WILDE, CHARLES A. APPLETON, School Committee. 156 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS January 27, 1932. To the School Committee of North Andover: The following is respectfully submitted by me as my fifth annual report to you. Do Good Schools Really Pay? Massachusetts and Connecticut spend substantially more per pupil on their public schools than do the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee. What extra values do the first mentioned states receive for the extra money they spend on their schools ? Below those states are called the "high cost" states and others the "low cost" states. Two Two "low cost" "high cost" states states Number of persons per million population that were in federal penitentiaries 52 11 Number of homicides per million popula- tion 226 21 Percent of world War draft infected with venereal diseases 12 % 2½ % Number per million population mentioned in "Who's Who", a carefully selected list of successful people 243 1297 Number of high class magazines sub- scribed to per capita 1/~ 11~ Average per capita income $356 $752 Percent the per capita savings bank de- posits are of the per capita income 8% 50% TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 157 Public School Needs and Costs During Depressions 1--Extravagantly conducted schools may make reason- ably large cuts in their costs and still render efficient service. 2--School systems that have been carefully and effi- ciently operated cannot make such reductions in their budgets without seriously decreasing the service they are rendering. 3--It is reasonable to expect schools to try to meet the economic needs of t'he time, but it is unsound statesmanship and false economy to encourage reductions in the school budget and in the educational program that are not carefully weighed against probable future consequences. 4--Public education differs from private business in these respects: a Private business can store up a surplus in a prosperous period to help tide over a depression. Public education cannot d,o this. b---Private business can curtail production in re- sponse to a decreased demand for goods. There is no decrease in the need for education. 5--The following purposes of maintaining public schools are permanent, and they continue during periods of depressions: a The preparing ef youth for citizenship. b--The preparing of youth fo~ vocations. c--The preparing of youth for colleges and tech- nical schools. d--The building of character and prevention of crime. 6--The demands upon the schools are greater during periods of depression for the following reasons: a--The federal administration, unemployment com- mittees and labor unions advocate keeping all under 18 years of age in school so youth will not occupy positions needed by adults. b--It is much better for boys and girls without jobs to be attending school than to remain in idleness. ANNUAL REPORT Six Financial Reasons for Not Reducing Teachers' Salaries 1--Below is given a comparison of the average salary of .teachers and principals of North Andover, of the towns (not cities) in Mass. with a popuIation over 5000, and of the entire state. All the State ...................................... The 82 Towns ............................... $1638 North Andover ......................... $1542 North Andover is 6 % be]ow the 82 towns North Andover is 18% below the State 2--In the periods of rising costs and rising wages, teachers' wages were among the last to rise. 3--The latest available figures indicated teachers' sal- aries to be about 27% below the average salaries of other professions requiring as much education and training. 4~When wages were reduced in factories it was argued that the wage reductions would result in an increase in the number of days of work received, so that the actual totaI earnings of the worker for the year would not be reduced. Reducing teachers' salaries will not give them more days of work, but it will directly reduce their totaI earnings. 5--Several of our teachers reach the age of retirement during the next few years. The amount of the pension which each will then receive will to a great extent be determined by the average salary she receives during her last five years of service. Any reduction in their salaries now will tend to reduce by the same percentage their incomes for the rest of their lives. 6 There is a considerable number of unemployed or partially employed relatives now dependent on the incomes of teachers. Four Civic and Social Reasons for not Reducing Teachers' Salaries 1--In the long run the higher the salaries of the teachers, the better are the teachers that compose the staff. So important is education for the success of a democracy TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. that it is sound statesmanship to pay the highest salaries ~or teachers that can possibly be afforded~ that our youth may be trained by the best available personalities. 2'A reduction of salary schedules always results in a .gradual loss to the group o5 some of its best personalities. The loss may be slow, but it will nevertheless be real. Those whose ability is below the average can be retained and more of their type are likely to replace the better ones that are lost 3--Because teachers' salaries have not kept pace with the salaries of other professions, the proportion of men teachers has dropped about 50% so that now in this country the youth have about 5 times as many women teachers as 'they have men teachers. In this town there are 12 times as many women teachers as men teachers. 4--For over twenty years the friends of education have been making special efforts to bring the salaries of the teaching profession to a level that is more nearly compar- able to the importance of the work and the high degree of training and ability that is desired and required, Now to lower the salaries of teachers because of conditions that are temporary is to partly undo the progress secured by years of effort. Our School Costs Continue to be About Average for Towns of This Size The school cost figures for the year 1930 (the latest available) as published by the State Department of Educa- tion are given below. Included are the 17 towns with a population of 650,0 to 7500 and the nearby town of Andover. 160 ANNUAL REPORT 1930 Tax Rate 1930 Valuation Per Pupil Dracut $44 60 Bam~sta~le $14,812 Rock]and 39 60 Hingham 12,711 Concord 39 00 Andover 11,759 Millbury 38 00 Walpole 8,95g Shrewsbury 37 20 Concord 7,384 l~orth Andover 36 60 South Hadley 77029 Randolph 35 00 North Andover 6,557 Gra£ton 34 50 Chelmsford 31 00 Franklin 30 80 Hingham 28 80 Agawam 28 80 Ware 28 00 Barnstable 26 60 Maynard 26 00 Andover 25 90 Walpole 23 40 Ware 6,098 Franklin 5,879 Rockland · 5,804 Shrewsbury 5,521 Agawam 5,515 Chelmsford 4,904 Millbury' 5,263 Maynard 4,165 Gra£ton 4,096 Randolph 4,062 South Hadley 22 00 Dracut 2,656 Percent School Support is of Total Town Tax 1930 Maynard 51% Franklin 38% Gra~ton 50% Walpol~ 38% Ware 47% Concord 37% Dracut 47% MiIlbury $5% Agawam 46% Rockland 35% South Hadley 46% North Andover 34% Randolph 43% Andover 31% Shrewsbury 42% Barnstable 27% Chelmsford 41% Hingham 27% 1930 Cost Per Pupil for School Support Concord $127 61 Hingham 118 34 Barnstable 114 32 Andover 102 04 Shrewsbury 99 13 Walpole 93 14 Ware 92 29 Rockland 88 58 North Andover 88 39 Total 1930 Cost Barnstable $172,056 Walpole 159,456 Concord 148,285 Andover 148,160 Agawam 146,968 Shrewsbury 145,620 /~ingham 140,939 Franklin 128,492 B. ockland 127,999 for Agawam 85 90 Grafton 85 24 Franklin 81 53 Millbury 80 42 South Hadley 80 34 Randolph 75 43 Chelmsford 71 30 Dracut 68 46 Maynard 66 33 School Support South Hadley 114.147 North Andover 111,995 Maynard 110,375 Randolph 107,712 Ware 107,838 Dracut 103,991 Graf ton 103,228 Chelms~ord 103,097 Millbury 89,988 TOWN OF NORTtI ANDOVER, MASS. 161 Percent Tawn Debt is of 1929 Valuation Concord 6.5% tting'ham 2.0% A ga,~wa m 4.6% North Andover 1.9% Maynard 4.5% Ware 1.7% Franklin 4.0% Chelmsford 1.6% Shrewsbury 4.0% Randolph 1.5% Rockland 3.1% Gra£ton 1.5% Walpole 2.6% South Hadley 1.4% Andover 2.3% Barnstable 1.2% Dracut 2.3% Millbury .7% The above tables show in several ways the relative costs of school support, and also the wealth and ability of the towns to provide such support. When the several phases are combined, North Andover ranks almost exactly average for the group. The average cost per pupil for the State was $100.82. What Are the Race Lineages of Our Pupils? According to the information furnished by over 400 pupils in grades V to VIII the race lineages of the pupils of this town are approximately in the following proportions: Ar~eriean 26 % English Irish Scotch '71/2 % Canadian .71/,2 % Polish- 6~ % Italian .6 % French -2~ % Lithuanian, -2-t~ % Swedish - la~ % German 1 ~/s % Russian . 12% The above races make up 95% of our pupils. Other races contribute less than 1% each. 162 ANNUAL REPORT How Do the Birthplaces of Our Pupils Differ from the Birthplaces of Their Parents and Grandparents? The chart on the next page shows what a great change immigration has made in the birthplaces of three genera- tions. About 94% of our pupils were born in this country, about 51)% of their parents, and only about 25% of their grandparents. Less than 156 were born in any country not named in the chart. BIRTHPLACES OF OUR PUPILS, THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS ~RA~DPAR~NT~ PARENTS PUPTLS Sweden ~~// Scotland ~ ' ~ ~ ~o~ ////// Poland ~ Italy ~.~ ~ ~.~ ///// Italy Canada States Scotland England / United States so.s~ United States s5.~ 164 ANNUAL REPORT What Percent of Our Foreign Born Parents Can Write English? About 30% of the parents of our pupils were born in non-English speaking countries. Of these a'bout one-eighth can write neither English nor their native language, about one-fifth can write their native language but cannot write English, and the remainder can write both English and their native language. About two-thirds of those who can- not write English would like an opportunity to learn to do so. Most of those who cannot write English are from Polish, Italian, Lithuanian or French descent. What Percent of Our Foreign Born Parents Cannot Speak English7 Of the parents born in non-English speaking countries, about one-eighth cannot speak English, yet in about half of the homes is their native language the common language of the household. Each year an average of bout 6 pupils now enter our first grade that cannot speak English. The Albert Thomson School Has Been Waterproofed From the first year after the Albert Thomson School was erected strong north and east winds accompanied by rain have driven water through the outside brick walls and stained the interior paint. Several masonry experts that in- spected the building said that the rain soaked through the brick and that the brick should be sprayed with a water- proofing material. The masonry department of Massachu- setts Institute of Technology was consulted and their ex- perts said that the water went through the mortar between the brick because the mortar contained too little lime and too much cement. On their advice the old mortar was chiseled out and replaced with a mortar richer in lime. Water has not leaked through the walls since. The Union School Front Yard Has Been Graded and Seeded The front yard of the Union School was in worse con- dition than any other school yard. The yard was stony, rough with small ravines washed out by rains and crossed TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, I~IASS. ]65 By footpaths. The surface has been smoothed, seeded with :grass and surrounded by a protecting hedge. 62% of Our Teachers Have Taken Professional Courses During the Last Four Years A patient likes to feel that his physician is one who by xeading and study is keeping in touch with recent discov- eries and developments in the field o£ medicine. That the teachers of North Andover are endeavoring to keep up with the modern developments in their profession is indicated by the fact that during the past four years a total of 112 ,courses in educational methods have been taken by the 49 teachers and supervisors of North Andover. 62% of the ~eachers have Shared in this. A Marked Decrease in the Number of Failures in Freshman Subjects at Johnson High School Below is a comparison of the percent of Freshman sub- ject enrollments that were failures in two three-year periods. 1926-1928 , , ~2% 1929-1931 .24 % Resnlts of Sta~ford Achievement Tests Given Grades II to VIII During the spring of 1931 all pupils in grades II to VIII inclusive were give the New Stanford Achievement Tests. The percent of pupils that scored higher than the standard (median) score £or their ages was as follows: Standard 50 % North Andover .66~/2 % ,Chorus Singing and Orchestras in Our Schools In her report to the superintendent Miss Flora L. Rich- mond, Music Supervisor, calls attention to the fact that at the high school the student body received bi-weekly instruc- tion in chorus singing, and on the alternate Wednesdays 60 girls received training in glee club singing. After the close of the high school session on Wednes- days a high school orchestra of 17 pieces rehearses. During 166 ANNUAL REPORT the noon hour on Tuesday an elementary orchestra of 7 pieces rehearses. All of these out-of-school rehearsals are conducted by the supervisor. Unusual interest bas been displayed this year in the Music Appreciation Courses, and the test returns in the memory contest were highly creditable. Some of the room and class scores are given on another page. The Influence o4 Art in Life The following are extracts from the annual report of Miss Olive Butler, Art Supervisor, to the superintendent. The art of the past was produced for kings, emperors, princes and aristocrats. The art of the future will be pro- dueed for the people. It will reflect the whole spirit of America. Its purpose will be to bring happiness and beauty to all rather than to create artists. The artistic use of color will transform the outward aspect of our world. It will make pleasing the appearance of, the standardized products of our factory machines. It wilI bring variety back into a world which the machine is de- priving of beauty by extreme standardization. In the elementary schools only the first principles of the arts can be taught, such as the beginnings of free hand drawing which makes drawing a language, bringing forth and developing the child's thoughts and ideas. Construction work gives experience in a variety of materials and develops skill and accuracy in planning and working out simple con- struction problems. I wish again to acknowIedge the hearty cooperation which I have received from all of my associates in this de- partment, and for which I at this time express my hearty appreciation. Respectfully submitted, FRED E. PITKIN, Superintendent of Schools. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 167 Report of Johnson High School To the Superintendent of Schools: Another year at Johnson High School calls for the backward glance just to get one's incentive for a longer jump ahead if possible. We closed last June with the largest number at the end of a school year and, for the first time in our history, found it impossible to have the whole school present at the Seniors' Graduation. There was little change in numbers in Septem- ber and we have now about ten fewer than a year ago. The crowded conditions reported last year still exist. We are all meeting them the best that we can, feeling con- fident that the time will come eventually when relief and improvements will come. We are much pleased with our new courses added to our science department in :September, 1930. Particularly interesting is our new course in biology which began this last September. We feel that our science department has for a long time been strong and this added subject gives just the completion that was needed. Miss Orele J. Scott who came to us this year from Framingham Normal School for biology and domestic arts is deeply interested to make these subjects attractive and useful. Miss Elizabeth Cutler who. had given us good service in teaching English left us this Fall to teach nearer home. We are fortunate to have secured as her successor Miss Elizabeth Oetjen from Middlebury College, who is proving herself efficient. It would be a great pleasure to me to write out in detail the strong points of each of our departments and if, our townspeople should read it undoubtedly many would be surprised at what we are equipped to do and are doing. What I have said in former reports I am prompted to say again. It is true that the girls and boys of North Andover have a splendid opportunity in our high school to develop themselves and receive excellent training in many lines. I68 ~kNNU.~L I~EPORT The pity of it is that some of them do not realize it untiI later in life. Our Johnson Journal had its most successful year. The four issues were very creditable and the training secured by those who care for this paper is worth much to them. In these reports perhaps I am inclined to stress the purely academic; however, I am well aware that much o5 real and lasting value to the girls and boys is being accom- plished in the sewing, cooking, drawing, and manual classes. Some of the girls in our commercial department won prizes at the Essex County Typewriting Contest. The silver cup, now in our Typewriting Room, is ours for at least a year, won by PhyIlis Joyce and Dorothy PaIey of the Class of' 1931 for speed in the Class A Group. If we can win it at the: next contest we shall keep it. It has been a good year for both girls and boys in athletics. Not often does the angel of death enter our school but this year he came to take from us James Costello, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Costello. "Little Jim" was a promising lad in the Freshman class who had been with us only a few months. Good reports have come to me thus far in the year from the schools to which, some of our graduates of last June have gone. And so I am happy to report to you what seems to me for the most part a successful year. Constantly we are endeavoring to improve in all the departments and I trust that 1932 ~qll prove to be our very best. I do not know any better way to close this report than to say to you thus publicly what I have said many times this year: I do not believe that it is possible to find a more loyal, earnest, harmonious high school faculty nor a better school committee and superintendent with whom to work. The conditions for successful teaching are ideal. Respectfully submitted, ANNIE L. SARGENT, Principal. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 169 Report of the School physician and School Nurse The following' are statistical summaries of the 1931 reports of Dr. Fred S. Smith, School Physician, and Miss Grace N. Robinson, School Nurse. Comparative Health :Data 1931 1930 No. of pup/Is given phys. exam. Heart trouble Bites Fingernails Lung trouble Crossed eyes Sore eyes Swollen glands in neck Mucous Mem. trouble Malnutrition Faulty posture Scalp trouble Skin trouble Inspection of Teeth: Bad teeth Teeth need cleaning Eye diseases Throat trouble Nose defects No. of pupils having no physical defects in October Total No. 3 defects corrected by June Percent No. 3 defects corrected by June Results of teachers' tests: Uncorrected sight defects Pupils defective in hearing Work of the School Nurse: 1929 1928 1925 864 923 1272 943 1013 14 24 5 14 47 19 9 75 2 0 0 8 9 7 12 7 2 326 428 347 379 630 75 0 8 364 79 49 23 354 130 86 55 4 4 18 26 20 47 490 338 491 373 330 17 12 0 7 143 238 278 74 101 143 101 138 123 131 27% 19% School visits 54 73 61 7 39 27 15 1931 1930 1929 1928 404 541 442 170 ANNUAL REPORT Days of work ending June No. of pupil inspections Pupil weighings and measurings Classroom inspections Teacher consultations Classroom talks Pupils excluded for sickness, etc. Pupils referred to school doctor Pupils referred to family doctor Pupil visits to habit clinic Pupils taken to oculist Pupils taken to dentist Visits to pupils' homes Cases of communicable diseases Minor treatments Interviews to social agencies Pupils in school that are immunized against diphtheria Pupils in process of immunization Pupils within the Health Range weight (10% below & 20% above average) Summary of Dental Work: Percent of clem. pupils having necessary dental work done Average percent Mass. towns Pupils receiving all necessary dental treatment Number of those treated in local dental clinics Proportion treated by private dentists in No. Andover Proportion treated by private dentists in Mass. Number receiving two dental certificates during year 109 173 181 4905 2742 3069 3743 3270 1380 2943 2184 787 572 602 950 950 865 806 474 538 386 473 46 39 20 17 33 19 11 2 92 52' 18 2 101 30 72 26 5 0 6 11 7 0 i 8 393 364 353 401 60 257 22 103 344 367 414 713 75 9 28 4 1931 1930 1929 1928 41% 55% 46% 24% 25% 31% 424 566 307 94 153 376 248 78% 71% 50% 50% 803 880 841 710 710 177 167 128 252 62 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 171 JANITORS William P. Callahan, 11 Third Street George Lewis, 19 First Street Jeremiah Murphy, 26 Second Street John Wood, 43 Lincoln Street Irven Elston, 58 Marblehead Street James Taylor, 53 Davis Street Mrs. I-[erbert Smith, 1484 Turnpike Street Phyllis Kruschwitz, :Salem :Street NO SCH'OOL SIGNALS Johnson Merrimack Bradstreet Union Thomson Franklin Farnham Kimball Three blasts of the Fire Signal with an interval of five seconds between successive blasts. Street lights will be on for five minutes as a supplementary signal. 7:30 No morning session forl any school. 12:15 No afternoon session for Elementary Schools. SCHOOL CALENDAR 1931-1932 Sept. 9th. Wednesday. Schools reopen. Nov. 25th. Wednesday. Schools close at noon for re- mainder o£ week. Thanksgiving recess. Dec. 23rd. Wednesday. Schools close at night for Christmas vacation. Jan. 4th. Monday. Schools reopen. Feb. 19th. Friday. Schools close at night for mid- winter vacation~ Feb. 29th; Monday. Schools reopen. April 22nd. Schools close at night for Spring vacation, May 2nd. Monday. Schools reopen. June 24th. Friday. Schools close in morning for Sum- mer vacation. June 28th. Tuesday. High School closes for Summer vacation. High School Graduation. The following dates which occur in term-time will be holidays. Monday, October 12; Wednesday, Nov. 11; April 19, Tuesday; May 30, Monday, and Good Friday, March 25. Dates on which to send Elementary report cards to parents, October 30th, December 18th, February 19, April 22nd, June 24th. 172 ANNUAL REPORT REPO,RT OF ATTENDANCE OFF]~CER No. of absentees investigated -*~;o. of truancies reported No. of parents notified No. of pupils taken to schools 1931 i930 1929 1928 1927 22 35 43 41 3 13 15 12 6 3 10 13 8 30 3 6 7 6 9 I · No. of transfer cards investigated 40 38 40 18 Tardinesses investigated 4 0 2 4 Home permits investigated 3 I 3 2 Respectfully submitted, IRVEN ELSTON, Attendance Officer. SCHOOL CENSUS~ OCTOBER, 1931 Number of Children 4~ to 5~ pre-school 82 Number of Chilc!ren 5t,,~ to 7 in North Andover Schools 160 Number of Children 7 to 14 in North Andover Schools 805 Number of Children 14 to 16 in North Andover Schools 191 Number of Children 16 to 18 in North Andover Schools 111 Number of Beys 14 to 16 working, not attending school 8 Number of Girls 14 to 16 working, not attending school 10 Number of Boys 16 to 18 working 79 Number of Girls 16 to 18 working 68 Number of Boys 5 to 7 in other schools ~ Number of Girls ~ to 7 in other schools 6 Number of Boys 7 to 14 in other schools 10 Number of Girls 7 to 14 in other schools 14 Number of Boys 14 to 16 in other schools 9 Number of Girls 14 to 16 in other schools 7 Number of Boys 16 to 18 in other schools 29 Number of Girls 16 to 18 in other schools 25 Number of Children 5~f._, to 7 not enrolled in any school 3 Number of Boys 14 to 16 neither working nor in school 0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 178 Number of Girls 14 to 16 neither working nor in school 2 Number of Boys 16 to 18 neither working nor in school 5 Number of Girls 16 to 18 neither working nor in school 16 Total 872 boys 771 girls 1643 ANNUAL REPORT i TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 175 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, ~IASS. ][77 FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1931 Receipts Appropriation Expenditures Expenses o£ School Committee $ 1,30892 Salaries: teachers and supt. 80,304 46 Attendance Officer 360 67 Expenses of Officials 457 69 Books and Supplies 6,889 71 Salaries of Janitors 8,098 62 Fuel 3,377 82 Expenses of Operating 2,009 06 Repairs and Replacements 5,350, 61 Health Work 2,310 34 Transportation 3,256 50 Tuition 831 10 New Equipment 1,495 20 Miscellaneous 132 95 Cafeteria at High School 3,146 0~4 Unexpended Balance $119,400 O0 $119,329 69 70 31 $119,400 O0 178 ANNUAL REPORT STATEMENT OF NET LOCAL COST OF THE SCHOOLS FOR 1931 Expenditures $119,329 69 Receipts High school tuitions from Boxford $1,931 41 State aid toward teachers' salaries 9,290 00 State aid for vocational education 216 64 Miscellaneous 22 30 Cafeteria at I{igh School 2,356 81 13,817 16 Total from local taxation $105,512 53 MOSES TOWN FUND Location of Funds Lawrence Savings Bank Andover Savings Bank Broadway Savings Bank Essex Savings Bank Unexpended 1931 iht. On Principal interest hand $1000 $45 oo $45 oo 1000 45 66 49 16 1000 44 02 69 02 1000 51 78 76 87 $240 05 Expended by order of the School Committee 00 00 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1931 $240 05 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 179 180 ANNUAL REPORT © TOWN OF NORTH AND0~R, MASS. 151 ANNUAL i~EPORT GRADUATION EXERCISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Stevens Hall, North Andover, Massachusetts, June 23, 1931, Eight o'clock PROGRAM March--The Mannikins Prayer and Response Reverend Raymond Holmes Kendrick Class Salutatory with Essay The George Washington t~i-Ce~tennial Catherine Eleanor Phelan A tIeap O'Livin' Chorus Class Oration--Earnestness is the Soul of Good Work Fred George Bastian The Open Road Chorus Address Mr. Frank Davis Ashburn Headmaster, Brooks School Gray Gulesia~ Chorus Presentation of Prizes The Principal Presentation of S. A. R. Washington and Franklin Medal Presentation of Diplomas Doctor Fred Stevens Smith Chairman of School Committee Essay with ~aledictory The Deeper Significance of the Boston Tea Party _Albert Joseph Juarceys Class Song Graduates and Audience Song of Peace Su]liva~ Stickles ·OWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Class Song, 1931 Dear Johnson High, from you we part With thoughts so good and true, Though we regret with all our hearts The thought of leaving you. Your high ideals we'll always keep Through all the years to come; And trust that from them we shall reap Great good until life's done. You teachers who have gathered here And classmates one and all, We'll hold in memory very dear While answering duty's call. CHORUS: (After Last Stanza) For auld lang syne, my dear; For auld lang syne; We'll have a tho't o' kindness yet For auld lang syne. Words by Ruth Elaine Perley, '31. ANNUAL REPORT GRADUATES 1927--1991 MOTTO: Earnestness is the Soul of Good Work Mary Agnes Dorothy Barbette Fred George Bastian **Milford Bland Bot~omley Katherine Helen May Clements **Edward Everett Curley, Jr. Albert Itwing Currier l~tJoseph Thomas Driver **Joseph Frank Dziadosz tEverett Earl Fletcher 'Charles Douglas Glennie ~ames Watson Glennie ~rElinor Garner Greenwood *Eileen Mary Handy SAlice Johanna Hibblts ~'~Richard Ames H:odges Russell Gardner I-Iumphreys Priscilla Edith Josselyn '~Phyllis Rita J.oyee ~Albert Joseph Juarceys Romana Gertrude Kalinowski Helen Blythe Keighley *Robert Ivar Kelley Enid Muriel Kruschwitz '~Estelle Mildred Kruschwitz Wilbur Joseph Lyons S John Charles Maselunas ~$James Matthew ~cClung $~-William Joseph McDuffie *Robert Joyce MeGuirk *Ralph Augustine Mulligar~ $Sarah Elizabeth Murphy $~Dorothy Paley Ruth Elaine Perley *Catherine Eleanor Phelan Helen Barbara Phelan ~Charlotte Susan Rea *Robert Sutcliffe Rockwell t James MhNab Ryley Helen Catherine Scanlon ~'~Helen May Simpson *Gilbert Wheatland Smith Clarence Richard Smith *William Holdsworth Stea(I Ralph Jennings S~ork Tafille Elizabeth Subatch Francis Joseph Trombly TEileen F~ances Weloh *--Entered 'College or Normal School in September. ** En{ered Preparalory School in September. ~'--Entered some other institution of ~raining. ~--Returned to Johnson for p0~t graduate work. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 185 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES MERRIMACK SCHOOL *Elizabeth M. Atkinson *Everett R. Bennett *Beatrice A. Binns *O. Francis Cashman *Wellington E. Cassidy *Joseph Colby *Helen C. ConneIly *.Catherine F. Daw *M. Elaine Eldredge *John B. Fielding *Roland F. Gesing, Jr. *Raymond C. Gosda **Victor Harris *Gladys Jacobs *Bertha L. Jones *Winifred Baldwin Dorothy Butler *Julie.tte Caron*Jeannette T. Carrier*James F~ Costello Mary J. Desmulier *Wasil G. Frederick*Carroll J. Gill*Edgar R. Kelley*Frank Kmiec*Eileen M. Lavin*Philip ~fcDonald*Vincent F. Miller *Lloyd L. Brightman, *Thelma M. Brightman *M. Virginia Driver *Dorothy A. Elliot *Gertrude A. Gallant *William J. La Belle *Murlel Broughton *Gladys Butterfield *Henry G. Camire *Ralph Champion *Phyllis M. Culton *Ruth S. Dawson *Kenneth H. Dobson *Noreen Dodgson *George Flanagan, Helen G. Goodell Marion A. Goodell *'Clarence E. Jacobs, ~Edith D. Lundquist *Barbara McKenzie *Ruth E. Naiman *Francis S. Montgomery *Joseph F. Cakes, *Arthur R. Ots.on *Alison M. Pitkin *Howard C. Richardson *Marlo J. Russo Edna J. Sieczkowsky *John Subateh *Raymond A. Towne, Jr. *h'ene Wilson *Dorothy R. Woolley BRADSTREET SCHOOL Vincent J. Miller *John P. Scanlon, *Julius Sluskonis *Theodore Smolak *Edward Sullivan *Nellie Szymoszk *Jeamette M. J. Viger, Frances M. G. Walsh Harold Wlndle *Leonard Windle *Doris Wood *Jennie A. Z~bronowicz CENTER SCHOOL *Doris A. Lebel *Kenneth Leighton *Raymond Mandry *Elizabeth M. McRobble *Howard Sidebottom *Frances Whittaker THOMSON SCHOOL *Ida E. Kennedy *Lawrence J~ Lafond *Alice A. MacDonald *James M. McComlsh Donald M. 'McLin *Maud Robinson *C. Helena Roche *Mary M. Roche *Earl D. Smith *Isabelle H. Taylor ~Charles E. Pitman, Jr. *M. ~osephlne Vernile *--Indicates the pupil entered Johnson .High School in Sept. 1931 **--Indicates the pupil entered Lawrence Evening ~-Iigh in Sept. 1931. TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greeting :- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Engine House, in voting precinct one, the Merrimack Portable 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 Seventh day of March, 1932, 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, one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, one member of the 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, and any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot. All 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 shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article 1, of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 19, 1932, at 1:30 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 the 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 and the Advisory Committee in the matter of appropriations. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anti,cipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Article 7. To consider the reports of all special com- mittees. Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.) dollars to be paid, $]00.00 as back salary for 1931 and $100.00 as salary for 1932, to the fish and game warden in accordance with the provisions of Chapter Twenty-one, Section Seven, General Laws ~s amended. Petition of Maurice C. Casey and others. Article 9. To see if the town will vote to establish a planning board and appoint a committee to act until the annual tbwn meeting of 1933. Petition of Isaac 0sgood and others. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to have all Town Departments, elected or appointed, render an itemized account, the same to be inserted in the Town Report. Peti- tion of John Pillion and others. Article 11. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Chief of Police to give preference to the duly elected Con- stables in making assignments for extra or special police duty. Petition of Henry Lefebvre and others. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to accept section forty-nine of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, thus making the chapter and the rules of the civil service applicable to the office of the Chief of Police. Petition of Alphonso W. Badger and others. Article 13. 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 14. To see if the town will vote to set aside a sum not exceeding 4% of the total tax levy of the current year, the same to be held as a Special Sinking Fund, or in such ways as the laws of the Commonwealth will allow, and to be used in accordance with the laws of the Common- wealth, regarding the Treasurer using the same asa fund from which to borrow in anticipation of revenue. Petition of Town Treasurer. Article 15. To see what action the town will take in regard to fixing the compensation of such officers, agents or employees as may be members of the board or committee employing them, under provisions of section 4-A of chapter forty-one General Laws. Petition of Arthur P. Chickering and others. Article 16. To see what sums the town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any source, for the de- velopment and maintenance of the Swimming Beach. Peti- tion of Alfred McKee and others. Article 17. To hear and act upon such report as the selectmen may have to make relative to the laying out of Trinity Court as a town way. Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of nine hundred dollars, to supple- ment payments by the Red Cross and certain insurance com- panies, for the purpose of continuing the services of the bedside nurse employed by the nursing committee of the Red Cross, the appropriation to be expended according to custom by the Board of Health as recommended by said committee. Petition of Henry D. Rockwell and others. Article 19. To see if the town will take any action in the matter of providing for inspection of electric wiring in private and in public buildings.--Petition of Ten or more Voters. Article 20. To see what action the to~vn will take in the matter of sharing with the state in the cost of installing and maintaining stop-and-go lights at the intersection of Main and Park Streets with the new State highway. Peti- tion of Selectmen. Article 21. To see if the town will vote to install a street light at the top of Robinson Court. Petition of Murray Dill and others. Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient to rebuild the sidewalk on Andover Street, from the residence of Mrs. Timothy Murphy to the intersection of Andover and Peters Street. Petition of John D. Driscoll and others. Article 23. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient to macadam Pleasant Street from Davis Street to Stevens Corner. Petition of Thomas Farragher and others. Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and approl~riate a sum sufficient to make repairs on Summer Street from Johnson Street to the Carleton Farm. Petition of William H. Simmons and others. Article 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to put in surface drains and catch basins on Herrick Road, beginning at Silsbee Road and continuing westerly to surface drain at lower end of Herrick Road. Petition o3 J. W. Randall ;md others. Article 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $725 (Seven hundred and twenty-five dollars) £or a sur£ace drain on Milton Street 3rom Middlesex Street to Third Street. Petition of Arthur M. K. Russell and others. Article 27. To see if the town will vote to install a sewer in Edmands Road and raise and appropriate a sum sufficient therefor. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Article 28. To see if the town will vote to install a sewer £rom Massachusetts Avenue along Trinity Court to Greene Street, to the property o3 Elbert O'. Gurdy, a dis- tance of about four hundred feet, and provide for the pay- ment o£ the same. ?etition of Elbert O. Gurdy and others. Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum o3 money sufficient to install a sewer in Trinity Court, £rom Railroad Avenue, to the residence o3 Waiter Gill, a distance o3 about 300 3eet. Petition of Walter Gill and others. Article 30. To act upon any other business 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 more public 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 3ail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover this twenty- fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, JOSEPH V. FLANAGAN, Selectmen of North Andover. CONTENTS. Appropriations Recommended ............................. Assessor's Report ........................................ 7;~ Auditor's Certificate .................................... 1 Auditor's Report ........................................ 101 Board of Public Works Report ............................ 129 Board of Health Report .................................. 80 Fire Department Report ................................. 74 Financial Statement .................................... 109 Highway Surveyor's Report .............................. Moth Dept ............................................. 89 Board of Public Welfare Report ......................... 84 Superintendent's Report .............................. 88 Beach Committee ...................................... 123 Police Department Report ................................ 11.9 Safety Committee Report .............................. 152 School Committee's Report ............................... 154 Selectmen's Report ..................................... 62. Stevens Memorial Library ................................ 114 SeMer of Weights and Measures ........................... 91 State Audit ........................................... 35 Tree~ Warden's Repor'¢ ................................... 89 Treasurer's Report ....................................... 98 Tax Collector's Report~ ................................... 125 Town Clerk.'s Report ..................................... 7 Town By-Laws .......................................... 26 Town Warrant ......................................... 186