The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-07

Orders, except on account of overseer OF
the poor, have been drawn for the aggregate
sum of S24 SOS 50. The leading items are
the following: Salaries of town officers,
SSlq.60; salaries and expense of listers,
S349.40; account of liquors, S446,7S; school
fund, S3.973S2; state school tax Give per
cent? 81, ,7S2 80; state highway tax (hve per
cent?, S1,7S2.99; labor on highway, S57S7l;
state tax, S3,59l S6; account OF state school
tax, S4 $50 ST. The treasurer has received
from taxes and various other sources, in
Guiding $4,000 temporary loan, S50,o79.76.
Aside from the current expenses he has
paid $4,000 funded debt, $4,000 tempo
rary loan, 81 45306 interest, and has S52041
on hand. From the road commissioners
itemiZed account it appears that Mr.. Roberts
has expended S464 53 Adding $50 for his
services, the total cost of the roads to the
town is 1924 SO, Overseer Irish has taken
care of the public poor for the sum OF
$3.50 %, having in his hands S203 Is of the
cash drawn for his department. A. c. Gill
man, liquor agent, has turned into the town
treasury $3.50 % He has on hand liquors
invoiced at S439.SS. The profit on the liquor
! for the year is reported 81, ,477.53, The COM
missoners of Green Mount Cemetery have
| expended So, ,4j4 20 and have on hand S453 Sc.
The balmy and spring'like weather of
! Tuesday brought ont full complement OF
voters The town meeting was called TO
order by Clerk T. r. Merrill. III. A. Huse
| was appointed moderator, After voting
that the number of listers and selectmen be
three each, the further transaction OF busi-
ness, except that of voting was postponeo
till two o'clock The box was turned about
two o'clock, and, after count by the boar d
of civil authority that lasted three hours,
the moderator announced the following
officers elected: Moderator, II. A, Huse
clerk, T. 4. Merrill; selectmen, j. w.
Brock NJ NJ. Cutler, John Mooney; treas
urer, l., ii. Bixby; overseer Of the poor f.
NJ Irish first constable and collector e.
NJ. Irish second constable, L. j. Keegan;
listers, Willis Blanchard, Charles Def,
Bancroft, j G. Brown; auditors II n.
Tapln, NJ, + Smile, A. w Ferrin; fence
viewers, + A. Mutt, + A. Roleau, E. +.
Piper; town grand jurors, j. II. Lucia, W.
A. Lord ID. A. Guptil town agent, s. q.
Shurtleff; road commissioner, c. b. Rob
erts; trustees of public money, Albert Jo-
honnott, F. e. Smith, Thomas Marvin;
wood and inspector of lumber and shingles,
Denson Taft commissioner of Green
Mount Cemetery, G, p. Pitkin; Inspector of
leather, w. n. Peck.
L. w Shedd received 221 votes for treas
urer, against 234 for Mr.. Bixhv Mr.. Brock
received 400, Mr.. Cutler 21S, and MIR.
Mooney 433, votes for selectmen, with 1856
for Il. A. Dwinell. For listers, Mr.. Blanch-
ard received 30l votes, Mr.. Bancroft 80, and
Mr.. Brown 245. +. l.. Laird polled 234, and
George w. Parmenter 1853, votes for lister.
The reports Of the town officers were ac-
cepted, adopted and ordered recorded. On
motion of f. l.. Eaton, the poll taxes Of
the members of the state militia were
abated. A highway tax of twenty cents
was voted TO be paid in money for the re-
pairs of highways and bridges, to be paid to-
the treasurer on or before july l. Is was
also voted that the taxes be collected by the
| town treasurer,
Colonel A. Q, Brown was opposed to
frittering away 500 a year in tinsel aud
show in the observance OF Memorial
| Day, but favored saving the money to erect
a soldiers monument. j. III. Senter favored
the motion TO appropriate the money, and
/ 1t was carried by a large majority. On mo-
ton OF Chief Engineer Clark, the select
men we're authorized to draw an order on
Company, No. 4, for their services At tho
loosTIHUsp ON youRTa PAsRj