The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-26

WAR; FIVE.
Whole number of votes cast. .."...."...1 07
IL. j.. VeTder.... ......"""."."."..n
D, w. Cramton. ~
Scattering. 4
VAR sIX.
Whole number of votes cast. ..............100
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d. y.
scattering. I
WARD SEVEN.
Whole number of votes cast..."...."..".116
James Le0tnS..
John L. Colllns..... ..... ...."..."...55
The fifth article in the warning, "To see
if the village will vote a tax TO pay the
debts and current expenses of the year en-
suing" was next taken up.
J. II. Remington moved a tax of fifteen
cents on the dollar.
j. w. Cramton moved a tax of twenty
five cents.
W. Y. W. Ripley and DR.. Charles
Woodhouse supported a tax of twenty-five
cents, saying it was NJ more than was
needed to pay current expenses and the
village debt.
The motion for twenty-five cents was
put to a Ui0a 0Oce vote and declared carried.
A division of the house being called for
was enforced and confirmed the previous
decision.
Under the sixth article, "to see if the
village will alter or amend any Of its by
laws or ordinances, or make any new by
laws" Charles Woodhouse inquired if
there was a bylaw prohibiting the street
commissioner from employing his aunts,
couslrs, ETC., from working on the high
way. 1t there was he wanted it repealed,
as no attention was paid to it. A search
among the records unearthed the following
vote passed in 1874
thereafter no team owned, kept OF in
charge of the superintendent Of streets and
sidewalks, or owned, kept or in charge of
any relative of the street commissioner
within the third degree of c~onsaDguinity or
affinity, or no team in which said superin-
tendent shall have any pecuniary interest
ehall be employed to work on the streets or
sidewalks"
Charles Woodhouse moved that the by
law be repealed. On motion it was dis
missed.
Under the last article, to transact any
other necessary business, w. Y. w. Rip
ley called attention to the fourth page of
the village report, from which he read the
following
There has been paid since 1870, out of
the taxes voted upon the grand list of the
village (ncluding INTEREST," the sum of
$6,342,4 o for payment of coupons on the
water debt of the village. The trustees be-
lieve this sum should be refunded by the
water commissioners, 30 that ell the debt,
with the interest incurred for procuring a
supply of water, shall be paid from the in
come received for the use of the water.
We therefore recommend such action as
will insure this result, and thereby provide
for the present current Indebtedness, re-
lievipg the village of any tax upon the
grand list except to meet the expenses of
the coming year, which we estimate as fol
lows
Fire department..........."""..$2,0 900 90
Gas Tor streets. 900 90
Other expenses, including night
atch'.'''.'"'".. '.',..'..,. l,lOO W
s 1000 90
He continued Twenty years ago the
village issued water bonds to be paid from
the water receipts. Seven years ago
100000 of "reservoir bonds" were issued,
also to be paid from the income. Some
time since the commissioners refused to pay
the interest on the water bonds. This
$6,3i0 has been paid by the village, and
ought to come back. To this end l present
the following resolution ;
Whereas, there has been paid since 1870
from the amount received from the taxes
voted upon the grand list of the village,
Including interest, the sum OF $6,342 AZ
in payment of the coupons on the water
debt or bonds of the village, therefore,
ReSOloed, That the treasurer be directed TO
transfer from the account he is required by
law to keep of the moneys paid into the
treasury by the water commissioner, of the
collection OF taxes for water rents, such
sum as has been paid as aforesaid, and
place the same to the credit of the account
kepto money paid in for taxes lcollected
on the grand list, and the water commits
sioners are hereby directed to draw the
proper order to accomplish such transfer.
The object of lhis resolution is to get the
money back into til village treasury where
1t belongs and lot the water take care OF
itself as it ought to do. Some of the
bonds become due this year, but it is known
that the parties holding them would prefer
to let them run. That being the case
would offer the following resolution;
Resolced, that the trustees be, and hereby
are, instructed 30 negotiate for the extern
| sion of the water and reservoir bonds due
In 1877, so hat the treasurer will be re-
quired to pay only the interest on th'
water debt from the assessed water rents
for the coming year.
Charles woodhouse supported the reso
: lutions and they were adopted.
] j. ID. Hanrahan said that a year ago
resolution was passed instructing the trds