The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-07
Annual Town Meeting.

The annual town meeting was held ct
the town hall on Tuesday at 10 o'clock a.
M, Hon. Martin G. Eyerts moderator; O..
l.. Robbins town clerk.
The warning was read by the town clerk
and the meeting open for business. The
following petition demanding ballot on
general ticket was presented to the moder-
ator.
We demand ballot with the record of
the names of the persons voting for the
following officers, to wit one town clerk
three selectmen, one town treasurer, one
overseer of the poor, one first constable,
three listers or assessors, three auditors,
one trustee OF public moneys, three fence
viewers, three grand jurors, one inspector
of leather, one town agent, one superin-
tendent of common schools. l.. W..
RReeddinsston, William L. Ferguson
j. Q. Ryan, j. ID. Hsnrahan, ]. d. Coll
ins, John A. Sanford, G. j. Calkins, John
O'Neil, James Battles, A. Ii. Abraham,
James Mullen, p. L. Gilrain, Francis
Fem, V. q. Meyerhoffer, Thomas Cadeu,
John O'Rourk, Patrick Caghall, John
NORTON, NJ. Quin, L. A. Morse, L. A.
Morse.
Three voting places were opened at diff
ferent points in the hall. The main boxes
were at the platform under the charge Of
Horace II. Dyer, selectman, assisted by
Charles Fl. Granger and John A. Sanford.
The second box was in charge of Samuel
Boardman, assisted by A. f. Davis. The
third was in care of N, L. Davis.
The voting proceeded with little excite
ment, save an occasional wrangle between
the ticket distributors. The people were
good natured, and the election may be said
to have been among the most orderly in its
conduct and satisfactory in its results thai
has taken place for years.
At three o'clock the boxes were closed
aud given over 10 tho board of civil au.
thority to canvass.
On the motion OF John Cain the meeting
proceeded to the transaction of its legsla.
tive business in accordance with the warn,
ihg.
. The third article, "To see If the town viii
vote TO raise money by tax or otherwise t.
pay current expenses and the Indebtedness
OF the town" WAS taken up.
]. ID. Hanrahah called for the reading o
the report of the board of auditors. TIT
moderator read so much of the report as re
lated to the towns liabilities. Liabilities
s79,42l.36. Assets so, 270. 23; leaving The
sum to be provided for, $40, 15l.13. The
estimate of tax was 81 SO on the grand list
John B. Page said that last year, fifty
cents on the dollar raised $4,000. i
would require SLIGO on tho dollar which
would be large tax, but IL was desirable
10 pay as much as possible. He was viii.
ling to pay what was thought best
He did not wish it regal
cd by our newspapers every veal
about tue condition of the town of Rut
land. 1t was about time this debt wal
wiped out SO that the people who desired
to settle in our midst would not be can.
wasting the question OF our indebtedness az
one of the hindrances TO a settlement. HC
only desired to call attention to this mat
ter, and did not propose to make any mo-
ton relative to II.
u. Grafton Griggs moved TO raise tax Of
100 cents on the dollar.
Jesse L. Billings moved to amend Il
make the tax 70 cents on the dollar. HI
dld not believe that the people in thes'
umoS, AFTER severe and trying winter
ought to be called upon to pay large
sum The question was discussed further
BY Measrs. Billings and Griggs
Gov. Page said a hundred cents woult