Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-25
Report of County Commissioner.


me county commissioner for the
County OF Rutland reports as follows:
During the year ending January LIST,
1864, there have been agents duly ap-
pointed for selling spirituous liquors
agreeably to law, in seventeen towns in
the County, to wit Benson, Fairhayer.
Poultney, Pawlet, Wells Dandy, Middle
town, Wallingford, Clarendon, shrews-
bury, Mountholly, Rutland, Pittsfeld,
Mendon, Pittsford, Brandon and Castle
ton.
The Commissioner has reason to know,
that, with perhaps a single exception,
these agents have executed the duties Of
their agency in faithful, and accepta
bic manner, and that the liquors which
have been procured and sold by them
have been of as pure and wholesome a
quality as could be procured in the mar
ket.
Returns Of sales have been in most
cases made TO the Commissioner monthly,
although few Of the towns, where small
quantities have been sold have made re-
turns once in three or four months.
The Commissioner has also reason to
know that but small portion Of the spir-
ituous liquors sold and drank in the coun-
ty during the year has been furnished by
the town agents. Many persons hold
ing a license under the Internal Revenue
laws of the United States, and many
Others having no license whatever, have
been engaged In the business, and have
sold in large quantities. To remedy this
terrible evil the statute laws of our State
should be so amended as to make it
the business and the positive duty of
County Commissioners to prosecute for
all offences and violations of the statute
prohibiting the sale otherwise than by
town agents.
The amount of sales in each town
above named as reported and compared
with sales in 1862, is as follows:
Benson Returns not full for 1868. May to
Janusry, 1862 $3.50.
Fairkaven-one year, 1868, s22o 40. May to
January, 1862, $l7072.
Castleton 1863, 81 263. 81. May to January,
1862, S6s5.l4
PouItney One year, 1858, s5O4s4, May to
January, 1862. Sj5625.
Pswlet One year, 1858, ssS4sO June to Jan
Gary, 1862, sl2l l6.
AiddletQwn- Returns not full for 1853. MAY to
Augost, 1852, s72.92
Danby--one year, 1868, S265.25 May to Jan
uary, 1862, Sl4076.
Shrewsbury 1868, s35225 May to Fe ruary,
S22s,l5, ,.''
Mountholly-Ten months, 1868 s220 az. Six
months ls6s ss0.46.
wallingford- One year, 1858, 1857. .s6 May to
February, 1861 s2le.8S.
Wels-0ne year, 1858; Sls4.62 Nav to De-
eember, 1882, $3.50.
Mendon-Returns not .mplete for 1868. Five
months, 1862, $500. -
Pttsford-is6s, s722.7S. May to January,
1852 S369.54. -
Pit,sfeld-lssS, s3l6.2s. One year, 1862, $50 So.
Rutland-Nine months, 1868, sl,s6425. One
year, 1862, s2 2,O56.s5. go
Brandon : One year 1868, s2,S4i,8i, June. to
January, 1862, S9S3.52, "
observation-disclosures not complete. es
The compensation provided by law for
services of County Commissioner, is so
meager and insufficient, as a compensa-
tion for time, labor, and expense, neces-
sarily spent in the proper discharge of |
his official duties, that no person can af-
ford to perform the duties for any great
length of time without loss or injury
The undersi gned has, in his own opin-
ion, performed his share OF this service
for a compensation SO small and there
fore respectfully declines being a can
lidate for reelection for the ensuing |
year.
Very respectfully
WIN. G. KITrREDGE,3
.EfB.. Cnuuty Commits sionor