The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-03-06
TIE TRANSCRIPT.
FRIDAY. March 6, 1868.
Turn Meeting.

,,e,-er seen assembled in our hand
some and well arranged Town House,
and here we should say that ifthere are
any towns which purpose TO erect a
town house the contractors should visit
4 Albans and pattern after our elegant
structure. On the first named day the
meeting was called to order by Mr.. c.
d. Farrar, the Town Clerk. Romeo III.
Hoyt and George G.. Hunt were named
IA. suitable gentlemen TO preside over
the deliberations. The clerk declared
Mr.. Hunt the fortunate individual, and
he took the post of honor amid much
excitement. Aspunky gentleman nomi-
mated DR.. r. r. Sherman for clerk, and
ballots were called for. As DIR. Sher-
man was a candidate against his wishes,
there was no serious attempt made to
defeat Mr. Farrar, and he was therefore
elected by a large majority.
After Mr.. Farrar's election came the
" tug of war the election Of the first
selectman. The names Of Victor At
wood and a. o. Brainerd were very
modestly suggested by their friends
Ballots were called for. and Mr. At
wood was elected d. r. Potter was
then elected ID, and :. II. Boynton
3rd selectman. Thomas Faiey was
then elected lst Constable and Collec-
tor by four majority; after which the
meeting adjourned till 10 o'clock on
Wednesday.
The peoples" were on hand on
"Wednesday morning and proceeded to
elect the following officers without
much difficulty:
Orerseer Of The Poor.-A. II. Hunt
ington.
Second ConstaJ5c.-Nelson Cook.
Listers.-C. F. Stafford, H. Maynard,
A. Tinker.
The following officers were elected by
acclamation:
Auditors.-A. 5. Hyde, c. f. Stafford,
c. II. Huntington.
Trustees L. S. Deposit Fund.-A. 5.
Hyde, c. F. Stafford, c. H. Huntington.
Fence ViewerS.-E. A Smith, ID. r.
Bailey, Z. p Brainerd.
ToUn Grand Jurors. Hiram fuller,
John Whittemore, A. G. Stafford, Rev.
w. f. Stearns, Fred. butcher.
Scatter Of Weights and Measures. Bill
dad Paul.
Inspector Of Leather.-Nathan \. Dra-
per.
Pound Keepers.-Hiram Clark, John
Rixon, Geo. H. Sheltus.
IOa0R AgeRt.-A. c. Stafford.
SuY't. Of Schools. :. ID. TAYLOR.
Tr~e; ICES Of Public Library.-G. G.
Hunt, ]. W. Hobart, : H. Boynton.
We give the report of the Selectmen:
The amount of orders
outstanding, a. per re-
port of March, 1867, 81 ,952 80
Orders drawn the past
year, and for the follow
ing purposes, viz: For
Town BOunties under
Act Of 1866 81 poo 90
For Town Bounties-
Special votes. 900 90
For Poor Expenses, 1886 90
Fer allowances made
AT March Meeting, 1867.
and ordinary expensesof
town. S4g45
For extra repairs of
Highways, sos >
s,458 So
lO,4O6,2
Orders taken up and
cancelled, s. os1 o.
Leaving outstanding
orders 10 be paid in eur
rent year. s, 345 Is
The Selectmen would further report.
that in their opinion there will be re-
quired for the expenses for current
year, the sum OF S52l, for allowances to
he made at this meeting.
Payment required To
build additional build
ings, and poor house. SOL o.
Estimated expense for
poor, 5000 %
FOR ordinary expenses
oi town, including cost
Of suit now pending, $4,000 90
For rent of Town
Clerks Office and libra
~ rooms and salary Of
Librarian, $500 90
-, III 10
Due school Fund, 81 800 90
Due Balance for work
ing High Street. 500 90
Due on Bounty Tax.
1864, Il 45o65
Due on Bounty Tax
1856 q 900 O0
Sl3, 776 -
Assets ofTowns avail
able
Cash in Treasury, $3.50 10
Due from A II. Ma
son, $40 u
Due from Trustees of
United States, S30o 90
Que from Land Rents, $1l7 SO
s., 1879 20 |
Leaving balance to be
provided for, S7577 O5
me Selectmen would recommend a