News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
Annual Village Meeting.

ness meeting of the Incorporated
village of Morrisville, held in town
hall last Monday evening.
1t was something like 20 minutes
of eight when President Powers took
a delicate pen-knife from his pocket
and raped to order. He read the
warning and called for the election of
a President for the year ensuing.
g. M. Powers was named, the Clerk
put the vote and he was unanimously
continued in the chair. W. H. Rob-
inson was made Clerk, and then the
meeting turned it's attention to the
Reports of the officers.
Mayor" Whitney made a few re-
marks and interrogated the Water
and Light Commissioners as to what
they meant by the statement that
matters electrically speaking were
practically settled" II. A. Slayton
responded, and in turn interrogated
Mr.. Whitney as to watery things.
This gave the Mayor q chance to
break gently to the assembled hosts
the glad news that the new reservoir
burst last winter. Well, that was
admitted by all, but he stated also
that all haggling as between village
and contractor had come to a glad
end, palm branches of peace are
waving, and everything about the
reservoir will be correct and accord
ing to the latest spring style, by
little past the middle of June. Hon.
2. X. Gleed, attorney for the village,
followed, with a few explanatory
notes on the margin, in the midst of
which he dryly remarked on damp
subject in effect that we were all
pretty green about this reservoir
making, probably the Trustees had
never seen a reservoir before, and
very likely the fellow who built it was
in the same fix. He closed by moving
the adoption of the Auditors report
which motion prevailed. Then there
were elected the following officers =
F. G. Fleetwood, Village Treasurer;
Ellis E. Foster, Collector; A. F. Whit
ney. c. H. A. Stafford, G. W. Clark,
j. W. Spaulding, and w. W. Peck,
were reelected as Village Trustees.
Mr.. Stafford wanted to dodge the
job, but he was not excused. George
NJ. Powers was elected Water and
Light Commissioner for term of
five years to succeed himself; E. W.
Webster is still Chief of the fire de-
partment, with c. B. Green and An
drew j. Smith as his Assistants; the
Auditors are Ellis E. Foster, Il. A.
Slayton and A. L. Cheney.
At the last annual meeting a COM
mittee on revision of the village by
laws was appointed, such committee
being composed of DR.. J. A. Robin
son, Hon. H. C. Fisk, and A. A.
Niles, Esq, together with E. W. Web
ster, G. A. Morse, c. H. Slocum, III. A.
Slayton, and G. NJ. Powers, as Wa
er and Light Commissioners. This
committee reported through the
first named and it was subsequently
voted to defer action upon bylaws
until an adjourned meeting to be
held Monday evening, June /, the
board of five Trustees in the mean
time being associated with the afOre-
said committee in an attempt to
grind out bylaws. If these thirteen
men can't produce the necessary
number and range of bylaws to suit
the most fastidious taste, they had
better throw up the sponge" In
this connection and on divers other
occasions, without just cause or
prOvocation, the aforesaid has will
fully refused to cOhabit-no, that's
not it. What we mean is the Mayor
made numerous remarks touching all
points in village government, from
stopping a team on a crossing to the
forced connection with sewers; and
from the waste of water tc the need
of an electric light at Whitney's
mill
Street sprinkling came next. Re-
marks favorable to sprinkling by
the merchants and others, and in
opposition to such and favoring
sprinkling by the village from village
funds, were made by several. A mo-
ton by Seymour Harris to pass over
the article was lost. A motion to
pass over that clause in the article
referring to sprinkling was declared
lost. An appeal from the decision
and then vote by standing, lost it
overwhelmingly. Then upon motion
of Col. Doty street sprinkling was
voted, the Trustees having instruc-
tions in that line.
The extension Of the sewer system
was Left with the Trustees, with pow
er. The extension of the water sys-
tenn was left with the Water and
Light Commissioners, with power,
and the extension of the sidewalks
and crossings or the repairs of the
same, was left with the Trustees with
power.
The same remuneration will be
given the firemen as heretofore, %
cents per man for a practice meeting
and so cents per hour per man for
service at fires.
The most sprightly affair of the
whole meeting then took shape, the
/ Trustees being instructed to buy a
, hose cart at the best figure they can
, make, have another hose company
organized and then offer a prize oil
| $500 to the company producing the
J first stream at all fires.
1t was voted to raise o. tax of Ga
cents on a dollar of the grand list