Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-06-27
TOWN.MEETING.

An adjourned Town Meeting was hell
at the State House in this town, on Mon
day morning last, at 10 o'c!ock-H. Y
Cransion, Esq. Moderator.
The Finance Committees Report wa
read and received.
A tax Of eight thousand dollars wa
assessed on the inhabitants Of the town
and taxable property theren,t to be collect
ed and paid into the Town Treasury on OF
before the first day Of December next
The following persons were appointed as
SCISSORS Of said tax, viz: Thomas Bush
George Engs, and Nathan b. Hammett
A vote passed directing the Town
Council to apply to the Legislature for
the passage Of an act 10 regulate the sale
OF goods by itinerani merchants or ira
ders, and to authorise the town to impose
tax, or inhict penalties upon them.
Several gentlemen expressed their
sentiments in reference to the Importance
Of the passage Of an act by the Legisla-
ture, regulating the sale Of goods as a.
bove mentioned.
Robinson Potter observed, that these
itinerant merchants come here from Pro-
vidence with quantity of refuse goods,
and after staving two or three months,
interfering with the regular dealers of
the town, they finally 60 of and pay no.
thing. He thought there was no reason
why such people should not bear some
part of the burden Of taxation. MrP. al
so observed, that the pockets Of the peo-
pie Of the town were enormously taxed,
in consequence Of these itinerant mer-
chants coming here. They were gene
rally re,y handsome young men, and the
young ladies of the town were fond of
hocking to such stores to lay out their
money.
Mr. Potter did not state whether he in
tended to cast any reflections.
II was voted, that ont of the tax which
has been assessed, the sum Of fifteen
hundred dollars be appropriated for re-
pairs of streets and highways--cisht
hundred dollars for public Schools, and
two hundred dollars for repairs of the
Aqueduct.
Resolutions in relation TO Bathing on
Easton's Beach, sc after some debate,
were indefinitely postponed.
The committee heretofore appointed
10 number the houses and allix the names
OF streets, were discharged-Maj. Bull,
VIM. Stevens, and Elnathan Manches-
ter, composed that committee.
Maj. Bull stated that the committee
had not done the duty which had been
required of them, and gave it as his o.
pinion that men never ought to be plac-
cd on a committee to do any business in
which they were interested. for instance,
a painter was not a proper person to be
appointed on committee TO number hou-
ses, nor carpenter to make sign-boards
He gave these as his general views, ad-
ding that it did not appear to him proper
that the town should be at the expense
Of numbering the houses, but thought
that private individuals ought 10 do that
Mr. Freeborn did not care any thing
about numbering houses, but the names
of the streets he certainly thought ought
10 be attended to.
The Committee being discharged,
The Town Council were then author
sed to cause to be affixed tho names of
The streets at the different ends thereof,
and to give names TO such streets as are
bow nameless
Thomas Bush and Michael Free born
we're authorised 10 sell the old engines
70. 7, and No. 8, and the old engine !