Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-13

doA he banner town IN old Caledonia
or even IN NcrmoLt-as regards TAT oSer,
Ii not, "who goes one better"
Heper' OF the County Commissioner.
Hoa John H,.,5, Poitn II he Rat |
had g. Tuyraae, Sat,'g There are
Il agencies for tho sale ul Intoxicating |
liquors in Rutland County IA, present
time, The agents are at Bru,ton. Sey- !
mour Bush Castlc,ou, ", II, Nc,throp |
nauhy, q. b. Iladwm; Ftirhaycn, \, /.
kellogg Mt Holly, ", A. Foster; Paw
let, Daniel Cuslmsn; Pnt,fnrd, II, I, |
Tiffany; ritt>acld, W Days; Rutland,
r. W Marshall; WalGngiard, Harvey
shaw The gscncy in Benson which eN- !
ist,d last -car, wa, by a vote Il The town
discontinued, did mot r~apuoint an
agent IN Clarendon, asa large aud respect.
able portion OF the mhabit,ut, of the
, vicinity deemed the agency net needed.
The sale, Of the Pitt,taG agent have been
sulv g4l, which wa, m the liquor they
had on hand, aud the agent and sclcctmen
I thought bes, not 10 procure any mor.. II
have appointed agent, IN Pawl,, and Fair.
haven, whore thsre MLxn nann- !-..t-,-,-,f-
have received fun and accurate r,onthly
reports from the several agents since NJ,
LIST, The amount Of sale, have been some
what less than heretofore, the average
monthly sales OF the r. ag,at, being about |
36o gallons, at acost about $1,000 Thi, |
sum at first may look rather large, bu. il
Is only dne, gallon per day fnr each agent,
OF an average OF less than oue-third Of
gill per month for each inhahitant in the
county. have visited most of the agents
and believe they are cndcavoriug 20 con- ,
ply with the requirement., Of the law in
regard To the sale Of liquors Several OF
them hove informed me they have had
trouble IL conducting the sale by ncrson,
falsely representing the purpose for
which the liquors by them bought was
intended To be used To protect The
agents against deception, have thought f.
it best to have printed copy Of the !ltb l
section Of the 9th chapter @! the General |
Statutes posted up in each agency, that
those persons who apply for liquor may
know the penalty if they shall procure or
attempt to procure OF the agent any in,
toxicating liquor by falsely representing.
the purpose for which it is intended TO b.
used 5 ID. WrNsIow.
Section II OF chapter 81 of the General /
Statutes, referred TO by the Commissioner.
reads as follows:
If any person shall procure or attempt |
to procure of any autEoyizcd agent in the |
State, any intoxicating liquor by falsely I.
representing the purpose for which it is /
intended by him to b. used, such person ST. |
procuring or attempting to procure it shat,
forfeit and pay into the Treasury of the
State the sum OF ten dollars for each ,
otfense, 'ogethcr with costs Of prosecu- !
ton" |
COURT AUDITOR Barnes Frisbie |
Of Poultney, has been appointed Court
Auditor in place Of Hon. John Prout. who |
has been elected Judge of the Supreme !
Court
WMTEHALI. AND PLATsB-RGu Rail.
RoAp.-The annual meeting Of the stock !
holders Of the Whitehall and Plattspurg} |
Railroad Company, was held at the Com
pany'~ Office, in Platt,burgh, February
9TH, ana resulted in The choice Of the fol- /
lowing gentlemen:
Gen. JohuHammond Crown Point H. .
G. Burlaigh ESQ, Ticonlerora: A. B. /
Waldo. Esq, Port Horny; Hon Matthew
Hale, Elizabethtawn: James Rogers, Esq,
Ausable Forks Hon \. Lupham, Peru 4
Hon NJ. X. Platt, Pittsburgh, C. I .
Norton. Esq, Albany Hon r. Iioylc, .
Champaign ". J. Myers, Esq, Whitehall 4
Hon. John A. Gri,wold Troy Eeward /
Bach. Esq, Poughkeep'ic.
At a meeting Of the new Board of
Directors Gen. John Hammond wa-
chosen President, Hon. y, Iapham, Vice
President, and Hon. T. lToylo, Secretary
and Treasurer.
The meeting placed under contract the
grading and bridging II about sixteen
mile, of their road, from Port Henry to
Ticondcroga, To be completed ready for
the ties by the l>t Of November next
Messrs Geo, +. Harris x Co.. the parties
who are constructing the northern poi.ten
OF the road, are the contractors.