The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-27
VILLAGE or RUTLAND.
Report of the hoard of Trustees.

Report OF the Hoard OF trustees.
To the Valdge IF Rutland The board
of trustees whose term of service COM
menced In April 1873, was organized by
the election of Albert H. futile as presi-
dent and John NJ. Otis rs clerk. And in
accordance with the vote of the village in
annual meeting, that no trustee should hold
the office of street commissioner, Isaac
Gibson was elected to that office.
Your trustees have endeavored to keep
the expenses for the past year within the
amount realized from taxes and other
sources, and find upon a settlement that
they can not draw the orders amounting to
$3.50 which are due the fire department
and which IL has been customary TO rive
them at the last meeting of the board of
trustees in April without exceeding the APP
preparations, and have decided not TO draw
the orders leaving it for the citizens to vote
them at the annual meeting The amount
realized from the tax voted to dcfray the
current expenses and received from other
sources amounts to $3,147.12, the amount
expended for the current expenses amounts
to Ss2,527.92 leaving a balance of 500 90,
which leaves a deficit of $3.50 so of being
enough to pay the amount due the fire de-
partment
There are no other outstanding bills
for the current expenses of the past year
that your trustees are aware of except for
the current expenses of the present month.
There has been expended upon the high
ways of the village the past year $4,22S. OS
which is 1910 less than the amount real
lied from the highway tax.
Your trustees feel it to be their duty tc
recommend that the trustees for the COM
ing year be instructed to cover the drain
from Main street 10 point little below
the store of w. H. b. Owen on Center
street, it being confirmed nuisance and
one that every citizen of the village is in.
terested in by reason of its close proximity
to the High school and thereby cndangering
the life and health of every scholar attend.
ny there by reason of the poisonous eilluvia
which arises from said drain during the
warm season.
We also desire to call your attention tc
the sewer on the west side of Merchants
Row from Ripley's block TO West street
and the sewer near the railroad track n
Chair factory, which no citizen, after in
vestigation can deny but what it is q NUS
ance that should be abated.
At special meeting of the village, hel(
June 2lst, the trustees were instructed tC
issue notes of the village for sum suflici
ent to provide for the water bonds thel
coming due. Your trustees executed note
to the amount of $14, 900 and upon offer
ing the same for disposal their legality wa
questioned
Edwin Edgerton, Esq, was therefore re
quested to give his written opinion on tn,
same, which he did, holding that the will
age could not legally issue the same with
out the trustees being personally respon
sible, it was then decided not to issue then
and they were thereafter DESTROYED in tn
presence of the full board of trustees an,
the treasurer of the village.
The following is a summary of the ex
penses of the village during the ycar
ORDERS draw" 70" ~" '"'- ........s 9oI !
current expenses. 1881 0
r.o.s, 1928 !
treasurer mas paid inst on orders. GG7 s
1891 3
Amount realized from taxes and other
SourctS. ............... ............., 1862 &
Receipts over expenses for the year $50 s
orders outstanding at last report. . oO,OsO 4
Amount OF orders outstanding at pres
emu tlue. ...................Sll,9i9 3
We estimate the expenses for the coming yea
as follows
Gas for lighting village ........ 200 On
| Night watch and lampighter ...... 900 o.
current expenses. Observation-Disclosures. 600 On
5000 o.
Which would require a tax OF about 20 cents OF
the dollar.
The trustees have settled with Geo. Willis
collector, who has paid over the entire amount
OF taxes for the past year to the treasurer
we would refer to the reports OF the trea
surer auditor, chief engineer and water com
missioner annexed
SAMUEL TERRII,
| JOHN NJ. OTIS
ALBERT H. FUTILE,
| n. +. PAGE, Trustees
J. W. CRAMToN,
| JAS G. DUNN,
| JAS. LEvINs,
Rntland, Vt. April, 1874.