The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-28
IN OLNEYvILLE.
Some Discussion Over Different Tick.
cts in Johnston.
the NEWS BUREAU,
OLNEYvILLE, RooML LIBRARY BUILDING,

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| There Is considerable confusion now in
regard 20 the Independent tickets put In
thefield last week as TO whether they
were legal or not. The Budiong lnde-
pendent party have been In
the field for several campaigns and poiieo
| a two per cent. vote last year anu IL con-
sidered by some to be political party
/ within the meaning OF the ballot reform
| law. t r 80
The Bennett party, it is said, should
! have filed nomination papers, put hleo
caucus nominationsinstead. III isaisosaio
| by some that the town clerk cannot legally
present this ticket to the electors.
| Members OF the Bennett party say II must
| be presented at the polls ana iurther
state that their caucus was attended py
majority of those independent voters VINO
by their two per cent vote created the III
dependent party last year.
| Town Clerk Cough has not decided what
he will do in the matter, other than that
he will seek legal advice anc Try 10 ACT
| within the statute.
Then comes question as to whether
| any one of the four tickets Is legally nleo
with the Town Clerk.
| The statutes reads that nominations
! shall be filed 10 days before election.
The Bennett ticket IL the only one put
in on time, If 10 full days must be between
| the filing OF the papers and the day set
for the election, having been deposited
before midnight on Thursday. The cleo
tion day is Jnne4. All of the other ticket
were filed on Friday night.
| Johnston's Financial Meeting.
The Johnston financial town meeting Is
| to be held in Woods Hall day.
| The following is the annual report OF
Town Treasurer James Davis which has
| been proposed for presentation this meet
ing showing the receipts and expenditures
| of the past year and containing informa-
tion in regard to the towns indebtedness:
Summary of receipts-Cash balance,
| S13, ,467. 81; entertainment licenses, 600;
pool table licenses, 20; dog licenses, $l,'
045; town taxes for year 1871, s6l9.4O; IN
terest on same, $57.a2; town taxes for year
1892, sS,S44.35; interest ON same, S4oO,14;
liquor licenses, 81 ,515; Gilbert X. Parker,
| clerk of school committee, 1888. AS;
Samuel Clark, State Treasurer, s3,623.-
76; auctioneers' returns, 1886; Eighth
District Court returns, Sl50.30; town notes
Tor lights at Thornton, s153.60; miscella-
neous, s691 80; for curbing, s6547.76; inter-
est on curbing, S296: poll taxes, s21S; town
farm, S301s.O4 town taxes for year 1893,
s67, 1925; interest on same, s16O.64; total
receipts, s14S, $3.50
States share OF entertainment Licenses,
$3.50; Samuel Clark, States share
of pool table licenses, 80; Central pike
appropriation, S272.67; Gallows Bridge
bills, s2557.9i; dog damages S197.45; High
School Building, S99.34; general highways,
funds, s145.39; legal expenses, $l37s.oO;
Samuel Clark, States share liquor licenses,
s2491 10; superintendent OF schools, 1910;
text books for public schools, s3S37 II;
public schools, OILS 9, s26oli0S; Lighting 5srH
s,ssa sisss's tax. sii S5sSa oinsyrile Free
I Library, S60U; city or -frUvruence wHter
bill, S27s235; Dyer avenue appropriation,
500; towns notes, S22 900; town officers,
$685.. .2S; setting curbing, $3720.10; police
department, 5000; curbing, S2335. .26 ;iinter-
Farm bills, s5is7 80; miscellaneous, sSO1s.-
10; highway snow bills Of w. ID. Harris,
S964.S9; award of damages, Rocky Hill
road, s119719; cash balance on hand,
Si40023; total payments, Sl4s, ,3b7b0.
Town indebtedn dness-Town bonds, $780,
600; interest on same, $3055; town notes,
siO'259. 40; interest on same, Sl077.05; gem
eral SC chool fund ,s1003. 20; Hig h School fund,
s3S7. .54; dog fund, S1715.55; Gardner Pettis
fund, Sll0O; Kelly Buryng Ground fund,
s337. .0s; Celia EstHbrook's fund, S200.37;
State OF Rhode Island, $3.50; officers
salaries, $3.50; general highways and
bridges, s4163, 80; estimate of outstanding
bills, $500; police department., S232.66;
total debt, 1901, ,229.76.
Towns credit--Town bond sinking
fund, Sli, ,545.91; amount owing Tor curb
ing, S5634.69; uncoilected taxes for 1891,
s42.40; interest on same, Ss.43; uncol-
iected taxes for 1892, S125.30; interest on
same, s53.75; uncollected taxes for 1893,
Sl3, sos 80; interest ON same, $540.53; cash
on hand, $4,000 total, SS9,5T .2S
Towns Indebtedness, May 20, 1894, $751;
652 SO; towns Indebtedness, May 20, 1898,
s261, 1850; towns Indebtedness, May 70,
iss2, s237, 7,12535; towns Indebtedness,
MAY iScrss.e 1ss,, ssJ'db Of debthn 1sg $685. oa in
crease OF debt in 1893, S2i, 31.25; increase
OF debt in 1892, s72, ,706.37; increase OF debt
in 1891, Ss0,629.S3; increase OF debt in 1880,
fS3,7S915.
The overseer OF poor then read his re-
port in which he stated that 404 persons
had been helped by the town and stated
that the repair shop building was in
danger of collapsipg and asked for an ap-
preparation for that. IL was received and
ordered printed in, the tax book. School
committee report, read by q. II. Parker,
which was received and with the super
intendent of schools report was ordered
printed in pamphlet form and distributed
among the taxpayers. The question Of
rates OF taxation was then brought up. Mr..
Farrell thought sl.25 hundred was suf-
fcient and made such motion. Amend
ments were mWie, uuu at ct and another
at 81. 10 hundred. This includes a sink
ing fund of 10 cents. The check list was
resorted TO and the rate was finally de-
cided at 81 hundred.
Then came the regular appropriations.
The appropriation FOR lights was the same
as last year, sli 500; for police fund, $1,000,
the same as last year; for poor farm a
sum sufficient is TO, be used; State Tax.
sum sufficient 5000 for miscellaneous
purposes. For water taxes, sum sufficient.
For interest on town notes and bonds, q
sum sufficient. A motion was made for
an appropriation OF 5000 to pay
for curbi1g and also TO pay for
setting, indefinitely postponed; $500 was