Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-10

The Franklin t0ulfJ Tax Convention.
we eoi'leH>e Ii'll 'Ne -N'>'' ''y''' tl'e
i0lOwins report % the convention at St.
Alban~. of which We received a brief re-
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On Tuesday, the se.ectmen and some
other citizens from every town in this coun-
" except Montgomery. assembled AT the
Melden House
: H. B1vnton. Of -. Adams. was elected
chairman. and NJ b. Caruenter. secretary.
After the reading Of letter from Henry
Gillett. of Richmond. I'm regard % the ac-
tion being taken In Chittenden county.
Hon. Geo. 4. Ballard. of Fairfax. was in
vited Ia aive his views.
Senator Ballard rave a brief account of
the manner i'm which the iuequalitv was
perpetrated two wears AGO. with which
most of our renders are familiar and then
recounted the efforts made In the l.eriSla
ture at the last session 10 have the wrong
updoue. In the Senate. the bin for relief
wa carried bva vote of - to :. several
Senator's from other counties admitting that
we had been wronced. and senator Nor
riH. of Caledonia. stating that a gentleman
Of his county. who was member Of the
House committee two Years ago. had since
b,os.a5 ,vhor , fn. i,h +hev h9d NM nm an
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tHe~e 'til'c '"uHtle-- 'F'aAoI 'ii '''iAH
asked tine senators from these counties To
give him names Of such persons a. they
7,,,lJ III, - b,,. ,,,,,.,i,i+.3 .,,, tho com
"v'i" my '' "" "II'' va ','
mlttee TINS year, put When tncN ull 50. ne
did not appoint one of them but. on the
contrary saa-ne1 q, saIeet ,neri ihe~s known
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~ "c iiO>'HI /. 'ite ilt1 SURF "liV Va NOM
Mr.. hltcomn, ul Ludlow. was one ui the
ring who did the wrong two wears ago. \
hearing was had. and a fall exhibit made.
but in vain. The committee admitted that
we We're in the list relatively too high. but
said the other counties We're not in high
enough. and on such sophiS;ry a> that they
based their report. In the House. discussion
was choked down bv the " previous ques-
tion. - and 50 these counties were again de-
MED the privilege of appealing % the heart
and Judgment Of the House. Now what
shall be done = In other parts of the State
thev think we don't mean business. and
that we are only making a little buster
that will soon Sub-ide Ii i for this con-
vention to show that NJ. will have our
right, if there is any peaceable way to oh
tain them.
e.. < Fas-ett Es1.. who WAS this year
representative from EnoShureh. offered the
following resolutions
Resolred, BY the Selectmeu the several towns
IN 4. Franklin County IN convention assembled. that
9g IeD5,S o. 5 Gy m g,s S T.r HV people & o
State taxas now assessed upon the Grand Li.t as
eequalized by the State Equalzins Committee OF the
House OF keRTessn'91uyes Pre-. IN ~;
TO with siIoilar asnittee from Cbitfep5en
County. and from Grand lsle County. If such com
mittee shall be appointed, in regard to the manner
o such .aHai..n and report 70 the next
Cant. Albert Clarke believed that If the
peopte Of these three counties sbould an
Stand - one /, resistance IN the tvronn,-
the Inhabitants in other narts of tbe STATE
would oive the sIb;ect a ,nora c,nd;d anS
les nreiudiced atfention and his his, would
lead To the discovery an their mart or tbe
erross inennoIitv and would ;psn;ra tber,
fhrongb their o,vn qood sense of inetice a,j
fair nav to he Themselves the nat;ti,norS
either for \ snecioI session ar for \ SneeJ,.
hearing before the Sunreme Court Srcb !.
course W. d,s,as+aS.i ta y ia,. 49,
neonle bnt Il nov seerood ~ he .So oniS5.
way left to the neonle Of tbess tbres '' conn, os
ties
Edward A So,vles Fso tbororbt tho +ox
could be successfully resisted 6efore tho
Sunreme Court nnde- the rro,i,;o,, - IL
Constitution which deciares tbat toya.;a,,
ought to be apportioned eonalIv among The
ne9nIe ACCORDING n tbs;r ,,ro,,ort,, Tb;s
would of course invalidate the whole I;.t