Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-03

Deld, George Dearborn, Gavin Murray;
auditors George w Burnham, Harvey Fsrr,
Charles L Pope; trustee, Elihu Purinton;
grand juror, NJ Colby; superintendent, A
e Merrill; town tax voted, 50 cents; high
way tax, 20 cents, payable in work.
MONTPELIER.
Residents of tho Capital Transact Com
siderable Busine at Town Meeting.
MONTPELIER, March 1.-Town meeting
was we'll attended on Tuesday and the only
strife was In elsctng treasurer. 1t was
voted to appropriate $500 for the year i'll
quarterly payments to the Montpelier pub
lie library; voted to raise a highway tax of
Is per cent payable on July /; to abate the
tax of the State militia for the coming
year; after considerable discussion and vot-
ing down 70 cents it was voted to raise a
tax of 90 cents on the dollar to pay debts
and expenses and interest on bonds; appro-
priated $50 for Memorial day; authorize
treasurer to borrow sum not to exceed SO, :
900 to pay any immediate liability and re-
fund part of bonds; to give first and second
constables jurisdiction OF State aud to re-
quest commissioners to place telephone in
house at the Green Mount cemetery.
The officers elected Hiram A Huse,
moderator; T X Merrill, town clerk; A j
Sibley and Charles II Hestou, commits
soners for Green Mount cemetery; j W
Brock Morton Marvin and Henry s Town,
selectmen. Fred l. Eaton, treasurer, by a
vote Of 419 against 2O4 for his opponent; +
NJ Irish, overseer Of poor ana first consta-
ble; T keegap, second constable; G De +
Bancroft, w & Walker and Orrin Daley,
listers; NJ Smile, II w Taplin and j II
Lucia, auditors; a Johonnott, + Il Smith
and Thomas Marvin, trustees OF public
money: G Lowe, II NJ Cutter and j u
Brown, fence viewers; A 6 Fay, H
Lucia and 7 j Boynton, grand
jurors; w n Peck inspector of leather
+ A Adams, poundkeeper; S c Shurtleff,
town agent to prosecute and defend suits;
Dennison Taft, surveyor Of wood and in
spector of lumber and shingles: j w Brock,
Morton Marvin and H s Town, commission
, ers of streets and highways. The list for
grand jurors are Thomas Marvin. l. B
Brooks, "A Nelson, A d Farwell, George
E Taplin, George o Brown; for petit jurors,
George II Guernsey, James NJ Rowland,
w Guernsey, L d Hyde, a Johonnott, \
Blanchard, j W + Washburne, . Adams,
Charles II Heaton, I K Merrill jr, A I
keath, A o Cummns, NJ Chase, G {
| Whittier, II G Holmes, W Wright, G
Alexander, d F Long. g W Skinner, j {
Lucas, f NJ Irish, G ID Brainerd, A
Smith, G T Lane and Ill NJ Cutler
MODLEBU1Y.
! M1pDLEBuRY, March There was {
large attendance at the annual town meet
ing to-day. The business was gone through
with quickly and the meeting took its flna
adjournment at o'clock c. VI. Wild
was chosen moderator and NJ C. Brooks
town clerk. Ex-Gov Stewart reviewed tn,
town report He said many of the OK
penses had been too large. There had beer
paid $50 for doctoring the town pool
aud $lG5 for services of the selectmen
The meeting voted to pay no doctor
bills unless they were authorized by tn
overseer of the poor and to pay tho select
men salary of $l5.
The town also voted to pay the Stat
taxes direct from the treasury, to re Use tn
highway tax in labor, to exempt for II
years the new Industry Of burning lime a
the Addison county marble quarry; -
was voted Tor the observation OF Memoria
day in the village, and 30 at Fast MIDI e
bury. a tax OF $4,000 was voted for lii
expenses of tho next year, aud $4,000 10 b
paid on the new bridge The polls of tn
iiremon were not exempted from taxation
as has Desn customary.
Prof. Boyce, Josiah Dewey and J. g
Benedict were appointed comuiittee to &C
with the seectmen and contract for al
erect an iron bridge over tho creek in til
Village at the lowest possible price
The officers for tho ensuing year wer
elected Is follows: Seiectmeu, L Mathew,
ex Gov. Stewart and S is Seeley; treasurer
L L Pinney; oyerseer poor, Benedict
first constable, III \ Munroe; second COT
stable, & q Peck; town superintendent,
L Boyca; listers, Otto Moore, y j lw!tcl
ell, 7 Cloyce; auditors, ) e Wellington
6 i Marshall; trustee public money, &
Plnney; fence viewers, Albert Austin, c
LArgworthy, " Ii Kingsley; town gran
jurors, james ii SlaIe, " W Chapman
" W Turner; inspector leather, T Il kiL
der; pound keeper Il Ii Clay; inspecto
wood, John Spencer; town agent, Willal
Ii Bliss.
MILTON.
John " Brown, moderator, L r Ho
brook, town clerk; c S Ashley, George !
Granger, Frank 4 Blake, selec,men; +
Whitney, treas 4rer; William I.andon, cor
stable; j S Bu.ham, c l. nandersou, Cort,
Mayviie, listers; Q A Irett John
Brown, c | Ladc, auditors Rev + + de-
Sci, superintendent of schools. 4 tax
% certs was voted to deiray the expense
of the town and Lunding Il new road.
WlLLlSTO
Moderator, George w Whitney; clel
and treasurer, Charles ID Warren; se.ec
men, Charles johnson, George " Blownei
K T. Brown; overseer OF poor, Nathan Allei
cons, able j ii Bushnell; Listers, w Dou,
lass Marvin Clark, Bertr4m Brown; aud
tors, Wright, Ira b Stevens, George '
Patten; trustee OF public n)ney, a Il Bin
ham; town grand jurors, a ID Barber, w
Whitney; town agent, George II Rec,
superint ndent of schools, Mrs. Carrie Lo
gins. Voted to pay highway tax in lab,
and town tax Of Az cents.
RICHMOND.
Moderator, c W Jacobs; town clerk, Sa
mon Green; selectmeu, & + Rhoades, Ell
Stevens and Stafford Fay; treasurer, A
Jacobs; overseer poor, Albert Town; tr,
, constable, b Norton; second, Ira Tow
/ listers, A Il Ellis, A Z Stevens and G
t Fay; auditors, F Gillett, II l. Sayles