Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17
JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1876.
County Commissioners Report.

W performing the duties OF County Commits
sioner for the year ending May i-t 1876 visited
nearly every town in the county and those that /
did not visit had direct correspondence with the
sclectmen in regard to the appointment u agents
/ Tor the sale II liquors In their respective towns
Only eight towns in the c'nnt, asked for agents
the others informing me that they did not care
Tor an agent, OF could be accommodated in tho
adjoining towns where they had agents
will now give briefly my doings in tho differ
Ont towns, and also the reports Of the agents u
the amount sold, salary, profits, etc
In the town " Cabot, May "A, appointed Mr.
C. VI scabury, the man that had held the Office
the year previous, and had proved himself worthy
Of the trus, imposed on him, performing the duties
NJ near To the letter Of the law a. any man could
lie reports the total amount Of his sales during
the year 10 he one thousand and seventy lone dol
lars and seventy -four cents. III. report shows
that one-thip Of this amount. has been sold to
people from the towns Of Walden and Marshdeld,
In which towns there has bcen no agent Ills
salary for selling has been seventy-fve dollars
The seloctmen reported, at the last March meet
ing, n0 profit from the sales, mp to February
18th 10 be two hundred and forty-eight dollars
and ffty-one cents
In rlainfed the same date, appointed MIR O.
Knapp, who held the agency until January 1st,
1876 when he resigned and MIR C. b. Gcorge was
appointed 10 On ont the balance Of the year lie
reports tho total amount of sales for the year at
/ eight hundred aud tveuty-six dollar and sixty.
four cents Agents salary, nine-sx dollar. Re-
port to The town Of profits, one hundred and TWEEN
ty-f,e dollars and ten cents This agency sup
piled part Of Marshheld, and also a pant Of
Orange, East Montpelier, and some from Barre.
In Montpelier, three appointments were made
before one could he found to stick, which was j.
Il. soaver, who received the appointment the lst
Of August but did not make any agreement with
the seloctmcn 50 ~ Ia commence selling until the
Goth of October lie then began operations and
reports the total amount Of sales from the 10Th of
October 1879, TO May Isl, 1870, as one hundred
and eighty-onc dollars and hfty-six cents his
salary was one hundred and twenty dollars leave
ing .Ay-one dollars and ffty-.iN cents to pay for
the liquor and other expenses, which will not
leave much balance in favor NJ the town
In Mortified Mr.. John A. Kent received tie
appointment May lth have heard no fault " ith
Mr. Kent Ills quarterly reports are correctly and
promptly made lie reported that he had large
field for labor and mthera large number Of towns
Jamestown, Bmintree, Roxbur, Warren, Waits
field, Moretown and Berlin. and report. the total
amount Of sales to be one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-five dollar and ifty cents. his salary
for selling was one hundred dollars. At the last
March meeting, the seectmen reported the profits
TO be four hundred and two dollars and twenty
eight cents
Mr.. C. C. Corso was appointed in Waterbury.
June 18th, 1875, and also reports a big field for
traffic, being the towns OF Waterbury, DuSbury.
Moretown, Middlesex Waitsfed rayston, part
Of Bolton and Stowe the last seven towns having
no agents lie reports sale amounting Ia one
thousand six hundred and seventy two dollars and
twenty-one cents his salary was one hundred
and fifty dollars To the 18th Of February the
profits were seyenty-eight dollars Mr. Corse APP
pears to have managed it very iudiciously for the
large number Of people with whom he has had
to deal
From the town Of Woodbury. received petit
ton signed hy one hundred and ifty-seycn per-
sons, not to appoint a liquor agent in that town
Also a request from quite number to appoint
an agent After taking good counsel on the sub
iecti concluded that where q number Of citizens
requested the appointment Of an agent the Com
missioner was legally bound to appoint one
accordingly, June ith, appointed Slr Ira 6. jew
ell, and. after the excitement and smoke died
away, think the appointment was satisfactory
lie reported, to February 2Gth, a sale amounting
to four hundred and eleven dollars and ffty-six
cents since which time no report has been made
Of his doings
In Calais, Mr.. Simeon Webb was appointed,
and entered upon the duties Of his office June lth,
since which time he reports a sale amounting to
nine hundred and fory-two dollars and fifty
cents To February lst, 1876, the profits were
ninety-nine dollars and seventy-six cents His
salary amounted to one hundred dollars
After repeated requests and efforts To appoint
an agent in Nlarslideld on the LIST of September
gave Mr.. Erastns Eddy license but failing TO
make any agreement with the selectmen, he never
entered upon the duties Of his appointment.
Iron RoSbury received a petition, signed by
quite a number Of the business men of the place
and Others, requesting me not to appoint an agent
in that town, and receiving no request to make an
appointment ! complied with the request of the
petitioners
The total amount Of liquor, in dollars aud cents,
sold by the agents in this county for the year end
Ing May lst, 1876 is six thousand nine hundred
and twenty-eght dollars and seyent, -one cents
In closing this report, allow me 10 express my
thanks to the good people Of the county for the
interest they have taken in the clnse, being ready
10 give information and advice ~ 10 the discharge
of the duties pertaining to the office thus making
the duties Of Commissioner light and pleasant
This report {. respectfully submitted
j. NJ fisHrH, Count, Commissioner
cabot. May II, iS1G