Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-06
MIDDLEBURY TOWN MEETING.
WHAT WAS DONE BY THE VOTERS AT TIf
ANNUAL MEETING ON TUESDAY.

WHAT VAS DUNE 81 1HE VOTERS Al TlfE
" ANNUAL MEETING ON TUESDAY.
The annual meeting of the voters of the
town, on Tuesday, the Sd inst, was well
attended. 1t was, in the main, har-
mOnious gathering. Comparatively few
changes of officers were made.
G. NJ. Wilds, Esq, the moderator, call
ed the assemblage to order and Town
Clerk NJ. A. Brooks read the warning.
Mr.. Wilds was reelected moderator and
Mr.. Brooks town clerk.
The next article of the warning related
TO the reports of officers for the past
year. They were accepted and adopted
as printed, on motion of John Houston.
The auditors report showed that the
total expenses of the town for the year
had been SIC, 0,204.57, divided as follows {:
Roads and bridges, S4OS4.0S; State
Sl45.l6; town hall, S2S6.79; liquor for
agency, Sl362.59; town farm, Sll40.55 !;
salaries of officers, ETC., S290.34; orders
issued by justices of the peace, S9sl {;
orders issued by the Overseer of the poor
for the support of poor not on town farm,
S6SS.l0; support of poor on farm, S94. .32.
The receipts were $2,66S.S7, as follows !:
From town hall rent, $l9l 40; sales from
town farm, S456.07; sales of liquor,
Sl9l3.9l; dog licenses, S96.40; Justices
fines, Sll. Interest on town hall and
other orders had been paid to the amount
of Sl393.20, making the total net expens-
es Of the year SS92S.90. The debt, aside
from the town hall orders, was S734l.O .O5,
and the estimated expenses for the COM
ing year were S4l75, making a total of
Sll ,5l6.05 to be provided for. The as
sets were S549l.7l, leaving a balance of
SG024.34 to be paid by tax.
The question of providing for the State
tax was debated by Messrs. Upper,
Bliss and Slade. 1t was finally voted to
instruct the selectmen to divide this tax
of Is per cent between the lists of this
and next year if they can legally do so,
and to include enough in the tax of this
year to cover also the State school and
the county taxes.
Article of the warning, with refer
ence to the payment of the highway tax
in work or money, gave rise to some talk.
Charles LandOn moved that it be paid in
work. f. A. Bond moved an amendment
that ii be paid in money. Artemas Mich
OILS favored Mr.. Landon's motion. Willis
n. Cady thought that those who wanted
to work it out were usually the men who
would do but half a days work. Lewis
Russell wanted it paid in labor; the
work, he said, was done no better under
the money system. l.. z. Boardman ex-
pressed the same opinion, but G. b. She'd
rick was for Mr.. Bonds motion. Ii was
voted to have the tax paid in money.
There was some difficulty in arriving
at satisfactory basis for the exemption
of the polls of firemen except from high
way tax, as there are now two lch
companies. Messrs. Tupper, Bliss, f.
A. Bond, Albert Chapman and IL. c.
Royce all took hand in framing mo-
tion that would cover the ground; as
carried it was, in substance, that exemp-
ton, except from highway tax, be al
lowed the polls of those tiremen waom
the selectmen shall decide to be in active
service and that the companies be re-
quired to submit list of their active
members to the selectmen by April l.