Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04
THE PRACTICE ON TUESDAY, MAR. /.
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TOWN MEETING.

The attendance At the town meeting on
Tuesday was smaller than usual, and the
business was transacted without unusual fric-
ton or excitement. The officers elected are
given in the list for the whole county. Bal
lots were necessary for the first and second
seleotman and for listers the other elections
were all UiUG UOce. j. w. BurnAp was elected
third lister, but declined TO serve, and G.. A.
Boyden was chosen in his place by acclama-
ton. In the discussion upon the auditors
report the fact appeared that the taxes as
sessed upon First National bank stock have
not been abated, as supposed by many II
requires a majority Owe Of the whole board
OF civil authority to abate tax, and the
vote by the board in favor of abatement OF
these taxes was to q 80 that the abatem ent
was not carried. Queries with regard to the
non-collection of certain taxes in 1879 and
1880 brought out the spirited statement from
Mr. G. II. Stevens, collector for 1879, that
nobody could have any idea of the difficulties
which had been met with in collecting the
taxes of the past two years. The list of both
years vas illegal and not dollar of the taxes
could have been collected by legal procedure.
II had been necessary to proceed with the
greatest care, and the town might think it.
self fortunate that SO much Of the taxes had
been collected. The lists for 1879 and 1880,
Mr. Stevens said, had been made up precisely
as the First National bank business was con.
Quoted. A sharp passage.at- arms arose over
| a question from j. W. Frost one of the list
ers of 1879 and 1880, as to whether J. Estey
& Co. 8 taxes for 1879 had been paid, and, If
not, why not-Mr. Frost affirming that Es-
tey Il Co. had testified that they were worth
a million dollars To this statement Dea.
Estey and Col. Fuller Indignantly replied
that it was false, that their list for 1879 was
illegally raised and that they had paid taxes
on all property that they felt themselves
bound to pay on.
Itrwas voted to exempt the polls of firemen,
as heretofore. The articles with regard to
the sale of the town farm and the election of
road commissioners were dismissed With
regard to setting certain portion of District
No. over TO No. p the following vote was
passed "That the real estate and the in
habitants thereon lying in District No. 4,
bounded as follows south of Milestone
brook to Henry Woods line. thence southwest
to the road running by o. L. Miners farm to
the south line of District No. and west OF
District No. 2, be set of to District No. 2 in
said town"
1t was voted not to accept the provisions
of the new law relative to the collection OF
taxes by the town treasurer. Mr. Stevens
stated that he would not attempt TO collect the
taxes this year at less price than $500. This
sum was thought too high, and the matter OF
compensation was left discretionary with the
seleotmen. The question as to the size OF the
grand list under the new law, and the amount
of tax to be required being entirely problem.
attic, an adjournment was had to the first
Tuesday In June, when the tax for the year
will be voted 1t was voted to buy q stone
erusher TO crush cobble stones for use on the
highways.
The result of the meeting so far AZ the cleo