Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-08

| iail AMI the SelectllcH were dutioliNNN
to conclude a bargain, which Reuben
Hatch. Elias Carter, stephen BuhonoI
and Shuman Allen had initiated with
Elijah Hubbard for building the jail
If was TO have two rooms, II fol
debtors and one for criminals.
We now seem TO have our court
house and Jail. but it is quite evident
from the following transcripts OF rec
ords that they either were not pald l0f
or that the town of Chelsea, rs Is
now frequently done under similar
circumstances. sought 10 reimburse
itself at the expense ofthe state.
We first give the petition OF the Sc
lectmen of the town at fun length, as
it narrates the events in their order
and then we give the vote of the town
asking for a tax and the action OF the
house of representatives and governor
and council granting it.
Whereas, Reuben Hatch, Esq. OF
Chelsea, in the county OF Orange and
state of Vermont, preferred his petition
TO the honorable legislature of the
state of Vermont at a session holden
at Veroenncs in said state on the sec
ond Thursday Of October, in the year
of our Lord Christ. 1898, praying for
a tax of six cents, TO be ASSESSED on
each acre Of land in the township of
Chelsea in said county, for the pur-
pose Of building a court house in said
Chelsea, which said petition was or
dered by the said legislature, ut the
recommendation of the land tax com
mittee appointed by the said legiSla-
mrc. 10 he referred to the next session
OF the legislature Of the state OF YER
mont. then next to be convened at
| Windsor i'm said state, because the in
habitants and land owners Of said
town had not signiiied their assent 10
the assessment Of said tax.
And whereas, AZ a meeting Of the
inhabitants and land owners of said
and holden in said Chelsea on the
fourth day Of October instant, it was
unanimously voted BY the inhabitants
and land owners of said town, that the
selectmen of said town Of Chelsea be
requested to prefer "A petition to the
! General Assembly OF the state next to
be convened at Windsor on the see
omd Thursday OF October instant, TO
grant il tax of six cents on each acre OF
land in said town, public rights Y
cepted, for the purpose OF building a
court house in said town:
We. the subscribers, selectmen of
said town Of Chelsea, therefore do re-
quest, in behalf Of the inhabitants and
land owners OF said town, that said
tax be granted for the purpose afore-
said.
''Chelsea, October >, 1893.
TnEo. HUNTINGTON, Selectmen Of
HEMAN ALLEN, the town OF
JosnrA LArnRor, Chelsea.
'.To the honorable the General As
scmbly of the state Of Vermont next,
to be convened ut Windsor on the sec
ond Thursday of October, instant.
AT Il town meeting legally warned
and held 1t Chelsea in Orange county,
Vermont. on the 18th day OF October,
1893.
Unanimously voted by said town
that the selectmen ofsaid Chelsea prefer
a petition to the General Assembly Of
this state at their next session to he
holden at Windsor, in behalf of the
town and land owners, 10 grant a land
tax Of six cents on the acre, public
rights excepted. for the purpose Of
building Il court house in this town.
REUBEN HATCH. Town Clerk.
In the records of the proceedings Of
the governor and council for Monday.
October Is, 1899, we find the following
entry, viz.
The following bills passed in the
house of Representatives were sent up
to the governor and council for revis-
ion and concurrence or proposals of
amendment"
Among them appears "An act asses
sing six cents on each acre of land i'm
the township of Chelsea, in the county
of Orange, for the purpose therein
mentioned The said bills being sew
orally read.
Resolved, To concur with the house
in ~passingthe same respectively"
\ question of great interest is, Who
were the men who did the business in
these new buildings ? Who were the
courts and who were its officers? Who
were the attorneys and what manner
of men were they ?
The record of the first Orange coun-
" Noult uClu III 1llclStd II rs HOW |
Estate of Vermont, s..
At a county court holden at Chelsea
within and for the county of Orange on
the Monday next preceding the second
Tuesday of December (being the 18th
day) in the year of our Lord, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety
six.
Present.
The Hon. Cornelius Lynde, Esq,
Chief Judge.
The Hon. Beriah LOOMS, Side or
and Elisha Allis, Esq. Asst. judges.
Josiah Edison, Esq. of Randolph sheriff.
Isaac Bayley, Esq, of Newbury, clerk.
The court was opened on Monday
the 18th of Dec, 1896, and adjourned
till Tuesday, the 18th instant. at 9
O'Clock in the forenoon. when it was
opened and continued to sit from dav
to day till Saturday, the 18th. and then
adjourned till Monday. the 10Th inst.
at 9 O'Clock a. m. and then opened and
continued sitting till Tuesday noon, the
10Th, when it was adjourned without
day. Attest, |. Bayley, clerk"
"Then follows the docket of 154 cases
from tha limo form, - A.