The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

The announcement of the result was
received with vigorous applause.
which lasted for several minutes.
The other business of the meeting
was done while the vote was being
counted. Under Art of the warrant
! the reports of the bailitfs, treasurer
and chief engineer, on motion of Col.
| Hooker were accepted and adopted.
| Under Art 32to raise money TO defray
/ he expenses for the coming year Dea.
i c. f. Thompson took the floor and
pointed out items in the town re.
port aggregating $1,000 in round
numbers, that represented permanent
improvements for the fire department,
S5l6 more for sewers, also permanent
improvement and to be collected in
the future as abutting property is
improved, and over 5000 more in
temporary or unusual expenses that
had necessarily been incurred in the
past year, $500 for extra police and
some $500 for moving the lookup, rent
of temporary quarters, etc. Deducting
this from the estimates submitted by
the bailiffs and deducting also the
cash assets now on hand, would enable
the village to get along with a 30 per
cent tax instead of 40 as had been rec
commended, and if the school district
requires the same as last year, as it
probably will, this reduction will make
Brattleboro's whole tax Sl.50 on the
dollar instead of Sl.SG as last year.
Therefore, he argued, following, but
even better, the line of the Reformer
last week, that the tax should be made
80 cents and the floating debt funded.
Ii is not uncommon to thus fund debt
for permanent improvements and it is
not unfair because it requires those
coming after us to help pay for what
they enjoy equally with us. The plan
he proposed of 5-1J bonds, payable $500
year after ) years, would begin pay
ment after the last of the present
bonded debt is cleared off. He offered
successfully two resolutions which
were both passed as follows.
That the bailifTs OF the village Of Brattleboro
are hereby directed and empowered TO borrow
upon the credit of said village the sum Of three
thousand five hundred dollars (s3,j00}, the same
amount TO be used to pay the existing floating
Indebtedness OF said village: and the bailifs
with the treasurer are hereby authorized TO
issue 5-l5 bonds therefor, at rate of interest
not exceeding per cent, payable semlannu.
ally, said bonds 10 be five hundred dollars $500
each, and dated june LIST, 1886.
That a tax be raised of thirty cents on the do
lar of the present grand list, payable on or be
fore July LIST; and that the baills are hereby +,
Instructed to appropriate no more money the !
current year than the amount % reccipts.
Dea. Thompson explained with ref, /
ercnce to the latter that it was not of |
fered in criticism of the past, but to in
auguratc policyIthat should guide the /
future, and said that if he we're bail /
i'll he would be glad to have such in |,
struction.
Under act with reference to salary
Of the Extinguishcr company in Estey
vile, Get Turner explained, in answer
10 an inquiry, that the company con
sisted of 10 men and it was proposed to
)ay them SlO a year each. or half what
it paid the other tiremen. and that
hey should not have TO respond to
Harms except in Esteyvillc and on
Prospect Hill He moved the payment
If $40 each G. B. Kirwan opposed,
md said that he thought they ought
Q be paid, but that we ought TO get
ome reduction of insurance rates in
eturn for all these fire department en-
enditures. Turner's motion. howev
r. was adopted and kirwan later met
hc insurance problem with a motion
Or the election of committee of
property owners, TO consist of j. J..
lartin, Gen. J.J. Estey, John Calvin,
:. G. Crosby, S. II. Sherman. 4. W.
'hilds and III. +. Taylor 10 confer
18th the New England Insurance Ex-
hange and if possible secure reduc.
ion of rates. It was adopted without
dissenting voice and it ought to re-
alt IN good. The committee is GER
iinly made up in a way TO present the
'se as strongly aud yet justly, as I'M
Ne stionably it ought to he presented.