Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-07-07
ADJOURNED SCHOOL MEETING.

THE DISTRICT VOTES 20 PER GENT TAX Ann
AUTHORIZES THE EXPENDITURE OF S4O.OOO
FOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
About $50 voters attended the adjourned
school meeting held at the town hall on
Wednesday evening, 9Th inst. the purpose
of which was TO make provision for carving
out the vote passed at the preceding meeting
relative TO the building of a new school house
TO accommodate the three upper grades Of
school in the district. The prudential com.
mittee, through DR.. Holton, chairman. first
made a report of their action in the matter
OF the purchase of the General Phelps place.
the outcome of which was that an appraisal
of the property had been agreed upon and
the sum to be paid by the district for the
same fixed at SO, $50. @. f. Thompson
moved that tax Of 80 cents on the dollar of
the grand list, payable forthwith, be raised
for completing the purchase Of the Phelps
property and making such necessary altera.
tons and repairs thereupon as the Temporary
needs of the district require. An amendment
reducing the tax to % per cont was accepted
and the motion prevailed. The matter Of
choosing q building committee then came up
and after several motions regarding the man.
ner Of choice had been elected a committee
Of Eve was chosen oiUd 0oce. consisting Of
the present prudential committee, Messrs.
II. ID. Holton, W. II. Collins and f. W.
Stoddard, with the addition of Jacob Estey
and George A. Hines. The following reso-
luton was then passed:
That said committee be and are hereby authorized
aud empowered TO borrow for and In behalf Of said
district money for the purpose Of building and COM
pleting said school house in accordance with the vote
passed by said district the 1tth day Of june 1882
aud that said committee be aud hereby authorized
to issue notes and bonds for and in behalf Of said
district bearing interest payable semi-annualy said
money authorized TO be borrowed as aforesaid not
to exceed the sum Of $4,000.
An effort was made by some of those op-
posed to the present plan of building to
thwart the action of the meeting by criticising
the course of the prudential committee, at
tempting TO rescind the vote passed at the
previous meeting, introducing motions 10
adjourn, etc. The committee showed, how.
ever, that their action in the premises had
been guided solely by desire to carry out
the will of the district when known, and that,
in view Of the votes which had been taken at
the previous meetings. no reasonable hope
could be entertained that two.thirds vote
could ever be secured in favor of building
upon q more central site. All efforts to pre-
vent the contamination of the policy adopted
at the preceding meeting proved unavailing,
and the district, therefore, now stands fully
committed to the purpose of providing-what
it has so long sorely needed-a building fit
for the educational wants of its children and
supplying all requirements IN regard to room,
sanitary conditions, etc. The character of
the committee to whom is entrusted the
charge OF erecting this building is a sufficient
guarantee that all the important details con-
nected Herewith regarding plan, materials,
economy OF expenditure, etc, will be we'll
looked to and the building, when completed,
one that the district will be satisfied with and
proud TO own.
RECORD MATCH AT OAK GROVE RANGE LAST
SATURDAY, JULY l.
2 G & O 10