The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-30

truck must be purchased, as well as new
lot of hose also new reservoir had been
recommended to be put in the coming year.
These would be extraordinary expenses and
Is per cent. would not be sufficient to pay
for ALL
DIR. Woodhouse said the purchase Of n
truck had not been ordered.
Mr. Dyer said the chief engineer had rec
commended it in his report and that 81 800
would have to be appropriated for that
purpose, while thousand feet of hose
must be purchased, as at the last fire 1t was
found necessary to borrow that amount in
order TO save the serious spread of the fire
DIR. Woodhouse then withdrew his
amendment, and the question recurring
under the motion for a 80 per cent. tax,
the motion was lost.
Miner billiard then moved that 30 per
cent. be applied to pay the debts and 90
per cent. for current expenses.
THIS motion was adopted on a division of
the house
Mr. billiard then moved that the trustees
be authorized TO purchase 1000 feet of
hose for the fire department if found neces-
sary. Adopted.
\. H. Tuttlc moved that the trustees be
authorized tot pay the fire companies for their
services the past year as usual Adopted.
James Barrett said it was voted at the
last annual meeting that the water commits
sioners should give bonds, but through the
neglect of the trustees no bonds were re-
quired. lie suggested that such bonds
should be given as would indemnify the vilx
lagc from loss and that the trustees should
attend to it.
This being an established law of the vii
lage, DIR. Woodhouse suggested that no vote
was needed.
John Q. Ryan moved that the water COM
missoncrs be not empowered to act until
they have given requisite bonds. Adopted.
Moved by Dr. Woodhousc that no more
than 50 90 per day he paid to street com
missioner for labor.
The chair ruled that that was Il matter
for the trustees alone to settle
The following resolution was then of
lered in writing:
Resolced That the trustees be instructed
to pay no more than $3.50 per day to the
superintendent of highways for the ensuing
year
\. u. S;mons opposed the resolution.
claiming it he unfair and unwise to tic up
e lao t,t m etto1, a
They should be trusted to secure good men
to do the work and to pay them what was
right under the circumstances.
EX-Gov. Page moved to amend the rcso-
luton by substituting ''25 cents per hour
in place of $3.50 per day" This was
adopted, when the Governor suggested that
the resolution was now in good shape, and
moved it be laid on the table, and il was so
ordered.
Ex-Goy Page then offered the follow
ing:
ReS0lg6d That the trustees be and are
hereby instructed to make application TO
tine next session of the general assembly of
the state for authority to enable the village
to borrow money to fund its present in
debtedness, incurred in supplying the VII
lagc with water.
The governor explained the purpose of
the resolution to give authority to fund the
notes given for the outstanding and over
due bonds given for the purpose of sup
plying water, and that said obligations may
not be put along in the future The reso-
luton was adopted.
Gen. w. Y. w. Ripley said suit Lad
been brought and was now pending against
the former trustees of the village. He
would inquire its object and how the mat
ter stood.
n. p. Simons being called for said, that
during the past year at the last meeting of
the village certain committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the trustees reports
for the former year and to bring suit
against them if found necessary He, as
one of the committee had undertaken the
duty. Nothing appeared which accused
the trustees of any fraud, while everything
| expended by them was shown upon their
report An amount had been transferred
and used by them on the highways and
streets which was diverting it from its
! special purpose, and for that diversion the
trustees were liable. Accordingly a suit
had been brought by Edwin Edgerton, in
behalf of the village, and was now pend
d, ing against the trustees. He would simply
say that the course pursued by these trust
tees had been no different from that taken
by their predecessors year by year. But
the village had been drifting farther into
debt, and for that reason the investigation
had been ordered. This year the village is
out of debt and with fair prospects ahead.
DIR. Woodhouse believed that all reforms
instituted by the village had been accom-
plished, and he would therefore move that
the trustees be directed to discontinue said
suit against the former trustees of the
village The motion was adopted
Moved by C ii Forbes that the trustees
be instructed to build a suitable street
crossing from the Town hall building to
the north side of Washington street.
Adopted.