The Newtown bee., 1895-10-11
FL Z R D. S,
423.
Fairfield County News.
FAIRFIELD.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
The annual town meeting has come
and gone-and gone with such rush,
that it feels as II cyclone had struck
US, and now we are pulling ourselves to-
gether and wondering "where we are
question. That was foregone conclu-
sion. 1t was generally remarked that it
was fearfully dry election, but the
Initiated seemed to be able to slake their
thirst without going to the York state
line. The afternoon meeting In the hall
tested the capacity of the building.
Many could not get in. After scoring
the town fathers and adopting several
drastic reform measures, the meeting
suddenly and very unexpectedly ad-
journed, with no appropriations made
and several other important matters not
acted upon. 4 14-mill tax was voted
after several had called attention to the
fact that the 20-mill tax failed to pay OF
but $4,000 Of the debt. The remark was
also made that while the interest on the
bonded debt had been reduced $240, that
the floating debt had been increased
$3.50. 1t was also voted: THAT the Sc
lectmen did unwisely and wrong in pay
for the construction of the Ash Creek
road, near Mr. French's;'' and they were
instructed to proceed at once to recover
on Mr. French's bond all money paid out
for that work, with interest. They were
also instructed to collect the subscrip-
tions given two years ago for the new
beach road, and none of which as yet
have been called for. 1t was voted that
hereafter the town officers should be
paid as follows: First selectman, $500
per year; other selectmen, $50; treas
urer, $3.50 (now 5000; school commit
tee, ~ per day; secretary, $2.50 per day
(now $3.50 per year). Election expenses !:
Booth tenders and checkers, 81 per day ;
counters, nothing. These are now paid
$5 and "a respectively. In the voting
nothing like it was ever known for
FASTING and scratching. There were
very few straight ballots cast. This was
due to the feeling engendered by the
republican caucus, and fought out be-
tween Southportiand Fairfield, in cutting
and supporting Oliver =. Jennings for
first selectman. The count revealed q
majority Of about 25 for the republicans.
as follows: Whole number of votes cast
GAL. Selectmen, Simon G. Bradley 333,
Henry Horn 306, Oliver G. Jennings r
292, Rufus B. Jennings r 328; town
clerk, Arthur NJ. Oakley 23s, Gilmore
s. Banks 1896; town treasurer, Abram
B. Sturgea d 32s, Edwin w. 8. Pickett +
BOZ; collector of taxes, Arthur NJ. Oak
ley 238, Gilmore S. Banks 394; asses
sors, Ed win NJ. Buckley d 308. Francis L.
Sherwood d 294, Andrew B. Wakeman r
32S, Edward Osborn r $40; board Of re-
lief, Seth Wakeman 305, William Burr
d 306, Horace B. Burr 326, Sherwood
Banks 323; constables, James Malone
d 281, Dwight B. Adams d 306; David
III. Fallon d 2s7, Dennis Connors d 294,
Frederick e. Pratt 329, Frederick Dis
brow 326, Thomas Carey, Jr., 325;
Thomas j. McCann 323; grand jurors,
Edward NJ. Buckley 3O6, Richard B.
Jennings d 800, 81. Marcus Wheeler d
3O6, John n. Smith d 800; Henry Treedy
1 325, Henry n. Perry 327, Bacon
Wakeman 328, William J.. Sherwood r
328; treasurer school society fund,
Abram B. Sturges d 322, Edwin w. s.
Pickett 300; treasurer town deposit
fund, William Burr 287, Edwin w. s.
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