St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-22
TWO TOWN MEETINGS.

A Tax of 700 Cents on the Dollar Voted.
An adjourned town meeting was
held in the town hall on Tuesday al
ternoon The warrant was read by
the moderator, Alex. Dunnett. The
meeting was called to raise funds for
the year and Treasurer E. ID. BlOd-
gett said there was now no money
in the treasury. The Legislature
had imposed state tax OF 20 cents
on the dollar and county tax of 8
cents on the dollar; by law a state
school tax of - cents on the dollar
must be raised the installments on
funded debt due next January and
July called for $4,000, and the inter
est due at those times was $5162.5
necessita a ting % cents more on the
grand list. Besides the 6S cents on
dollar just enumerated the current
expenses of the town must be met.
Mr.. Blodgett thereupon introduced
the following resolution and moved
its adoption:
Resolved, That tax of 100 cents
on the dollar be assessed upon the
grand list of the tax payers of the
town of st. Johnsbury for 1889, to
be collected as soon as may be and
paid into the treasury of said town,
or any part of it so soon as collected,
for the purpose of paying the state
tax and county tax assessed by the
last state Legislature, and the state
school tax and county tax as requ1r-
ed by law, and any county tax which
may be lawfully assessed upon said
town; also to pay the installment of
principal and the interest on the
town funded debt which comes due
and payable January 1 and July l,
1890; the annual interest on public
money held by the town; also to
pay the current expense of the town
including the support of the poor
and specific sums heretofore voted
for other purposes, or so much of the
same as said sum will pay.
This resolution was passed and the
meeting declared adjourned.
A special village meeting had been
called at the same time and place and
the warrant was read by the mod
orator. The first article was in rela-
ton to heating the town hall in con-
nection with the court house.
Judge Ross as one of the court
house commissioners said that they
proposed to run a pipe about IS
inches in diameter up to the court
room beside the northeast post of the
hall. If the town allowed this the
heat could be taken from this pipe
whenever the hall was used. BY do
ing this the town would get rid of
the stoves and pipes and have the
room hea ted very easily.
Prof. Henry Fairbanks asked if
steam heat could not be used and
radiators placed around the room in
stead of pipe.
Judge Ross said steam heat was
not practical for a court house. Rut-
land county had tried it and then
given it up. The court houses at
Chelsea and Woodstock had the
town hall on the first floor and heat
ed them in that way.
On motion of Dr. Billiard it was
voted to erect a pipe as above spec1-
fed for heating the hall.
The next article in the warrant
was in relation to erecting a stair
way on the southeast side of the
town hall to the judges room.
Judge Ross said the commissioners
would pay for the privilege of erect
ing this stairway by sheathing the
town hall and frescoing it. The
platform would also be extended and
fixed so that the seats could be stored
away under it. All this would cost
some $4OO or $500, but the county
was willing to do it for the convent
ence to them in having the stairway.
Prof. Fairbanks asked why the
county could not erect an outside
stairway. Judge Ross said this
would mar the symmetry of the
building and make it very incon-
venient for the judges to have to en-
ter their room from the outside of
the building. On motion of Judge
Ross the matter was left with the Sc
lectmen to decide after a conference
with the commissioners.
Adinn1-ned