Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-03-08

The number present in the after
noon seemed t. be greater than in
the forenoon, 50 that As . whole the meetings
was fully up to the mark, 50 far rs numbers
were concerned, to any one we ever saw.
Great good humor prevailed 20 tho ,o,y close,
withdrawing to the ''irreprsssibe con-
hlct," annually repeated, on the relations of
taxation and expenditure, 50 far as they con
Germ the residents Of the thickly and thinly
settled parts Of the town-was continued TO a
later hour than usual. As usual, after the
Town .Gee,s were all elected there was
marvellous thinning cut in attendance, and
the mos, important questions Of expenditure
and tax-raising were discussed and decided
upon by comparatively few persons.
Tho reports Of the Auditors aud Of the
Trustee Of The L. S. Deposit fund we're rad
and approved As they had not b.en fur
uished ia time for publication with the 9TH
yr reports, the meeting ordered them to he
published with the printed reports Of next
year When this was proposed an earnest
effort was made by Mr.. G. B Sawyer 30 have
the future publication of the annual reports
done away with, as useless expcnse-"he
would bet that not one in five hundred had
seen the book or cared for 1.-THE publica-
ton was d humbug TO which Mr.. C. Rich
ards3n replied that he would 'bet that there
was not one in a thousand Of the voters who
had not seen it and read it attentiyely.' The
absurd proposition, practically, to keep ont
Of sight Of the voters ana taxpayers just
the information which hey need to have,
was voted for by the mover, and we believe
one more, and voted against by 4 rousing No
from all over the hall.
The subject Of lighting some OF the streets
Of the village, according TO the power given
to street commissioners ana selectmen by
the act Of last year, ELECTED a good deal Of
discussion. \ resolution to have the streets
lighted introduced BY Mr. CIV. Morse after
amendment, whereby designation was made
Of the places where the lights should be
placed. was adopted. The places are as
fellows
Corner Of South and Water Streets (Van
Sieklen & Walker, store)
2 Corner OF Main and Water Streets (S.Beach's |
BakeIy.)
Corner of Church and College Streets q. W.
Roby Co.'S store.)
Corner Of Pearl and Church Streets.
/ Y W corner Of Ccurt HousP eousra fFarrner'e l
& Mechanics Bank.l
Corner Of Church and Maple streets (Vt. Cen !
trail r. Il. crossing.)
College Street Bridge.
Corner Of st. Paul and Cherry streets (5t.Ma-
rys Church.
Corner of Cherry and Church streets (J. A.
10 Corner of Church and Main streets (Pos,
0fice)
The entire expense for this object was
limited to $500, tor the year.
Mr.. Edmunds introduced the following
resolution
Res7lr d, That the Street Commissioners are
hereby requested to expend, of the highway tax,
in each 6 the districts out of tho village
for the highways in said districts. al ieast much
money such district pays on the highway tax;
and this rule shall be continued.
This led to a long discussion, but finally it
was adopted.
There was a considerable discussion on the
subject Of having the meeting decide on
of opinion between the Selectmen
and the Street Commissioners, as to the
amonnr tn he nroperlv allowed some of the
latter for services but the meeting decided
that they had Leither time nor information
on the subject, and it was left to be adjusted
between the parties.
The usual annual accounts of the Select
men, the Town Treasurer, Auditors, Over
seer of the Poor, and Town Agent for their
services respectively were ordered to be paid.
A Tax of thirty-three cents on the dollar