1885-02-16Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. Greeting:
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth to notify and warn, in the usual
manner, the qualified voters of said town, to meet at the Town Hall in said Beverly, on Monday the
sixteenth day of February instant at half past seven o'clock in the afternoon for the following
purposes, viz.;
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To take such action as may be deemed expedient upon the petition now pending before
legislature for a grant of authority to the town of Beverly to take water directly from Wenham Pond
for the use of its inhabitants and to erect suitable works therefor.
3d. To take action upon the petition of the city of Salem also now pending before the
legislature with reference to Sewerage in and from North River in said city.
Hereof fail not, but made to return of this warrant in your doings thereon before said time.
Given under our hands and seal this seventh day of February in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty five
John I. Baker
Nathan H. Foster Selectmen
Isaac Ober of
Henry W. Foster Beverly
Freeborn W. Cressy
Essex, ss. Beverly, Feb. 9, A.D. 1885.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named as therein
directed, by posting notifications stating the time, place, and objects of said meeting in each of the
several places in town required by the Town Regulations.
Gardner Haskell, Constable of Beverly.
A true copy of the original warrant in the return thereon.
Attest. Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk
At the legal meeting of the qualified voters in the town of Beverly held, or in pursuance of
the warrant recorded above, at the Town Hall in said town on Monday the sixteenth day of February
in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five at half past seven o'clock in the afternoon,
the meeting having been called the to order at the time appointed, by the Hon. John I. Baker,
chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the warrant therefor, the Clerk being absent, it was
Voted, by ballot, that Charles L. Dodge be Town Clerk pro tem, to serve during this meeting,
and was then duly sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties before John I. Baker, Justice of the
Peace.
It was
Voted that the Moderator be chosen by hand vote.
It was
Voted that Andrew E. Story be Moderator.
Upon Article 2. Independent Water Supply.
It was
Voted that the Selectmen together with Messrs. John T. Morse Jr., Augustus N. Clark,
Edward L. Giddings, Robert R. Endicott, Francis Norwood, Dennis W. Quill, John B. Hill, John H.
Woodbury, Peter E. Clark and John H. Watson be a committee to represent the town before the
committee of the Legislature on Water Supply in favor of the petition of John I. Baker and others
to take water directly from Wenham Pond for the use of its inhabitants, and to erect suitable works
therefor.
Upon Article 3. Sewerage from City of Salem.
It was
Voted the subject of this article be referred to the Selectmen with authority to employ counsel
in opposition to the city of Salem discharging its sewerage into Beverly harbor.
It was
Voted that this Meeting be dissolved.
A true record.
Attest. Charles L. Dodge
Town Clerk pro tem.