Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-05
VOTES FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
st. Albans AnnuaS Meeting Passed or
Very Quietly.


The annual town meeting was held Tues
day and passed off quietly ana without
contention. The attendance was light, ow-
ing 10 the severe weather prevailing, and
there were only about so in the hall when
Moderator Hall called the meeting to
order. The principal business done was 10
extend the jurisdiction of the State to
the town constables. Messrs. d. D. Ram
lett, d. c. Smith and Nathan n. Post were
elected trustees for three years of the
public library, and j. II. Mimms for two
years; Chauncey Temple was elected to
succeed himself as trustee of the Bellows
Free Academy fund, and $50 was appropri-
ated for tho services of the board; 500
was voted for proper observance of Me-
mor'al day; SG23.6O was voted for town Of
hcers' services, as recommended by the
auditors; $500 was appropriated for music
ON the park: the firemen are TO receive 80
cents an hour for services rendered out
side the village and within town limits !;
provisions of sections $50 10 iSi of tho
State statutes relating TO the collection
of taxes by the treasurer. adopted; $1,000
in addition to the $3.50 usually voted, was
appropriated for the library; the Fletcher
Granite company We're exempted from tax
alton for five years more, from April l.,
1896 We will hereafter hold our meetings
under the Australian ballot law system
$4,000 was voted for a graded school at ST.
Albans Bay; a sidewalk VIII be built from
the village limits down Lake street to the
Brigham road and a tax of rs cents on tho
dollar was voted on the grand list of 1896
Every nominee on the union ticket was
elected, as follows:
Moderator, Alfred A. Hall; town clerk,
b. D. Hopkins selectmen, Henry w.
Hatch, Stevens Lawrence, George c..
Story; town treasurer, B. d. Hopkins;
overseer of poor, James Scott; first con-
stable, Bennett C. Hall; second constable,
]. w. Morrill,; collector of taxes, Bennett
c. Hall; listers. w. H. II. Greene: w. T..
Merritt, M. II. Sullivan; trustees of public
money, Francis j. Houghton; fence View
ers, John r. Corliss, James NJ. Mooney;
town grand Jurors, Fuller c. Smith, Geo
S. Stevens, A. II. George, Il. A. Ashland
auditors, John Branch, ]. B, Wiley, Clark
L. Pierce: inspector of leather, Richard
r. Sweeney: pound keeper, 3. r. Rugs,
George Younger, A. c. Woodruff survey
ors Of wood and inspectors OF lumber,
Frank w. Fonda, l. s. Bostwick; town
agent, Ralph Sherwood; road commission
er, E. d. Brooks; county grand Jurors,
Fred w. Hyde Fay II. Herrick, w. s.
Bailey, Stevens Lawrence Charles II.
Clark. Alvah w. Prindle; county petit jur-
ors, e. ]. Alexander, Guy b. Meigs, Nelson
Goodspeed. w. II. Washburn, Martin L..
Brooks Walter s. Clark, Fred e. Greene.
VIII ]. Samson, Charles II. Hale; school
director for three years, ID. s. Danforth.
Randolph Bidding For New Industrles.
Randolph, VT, March 4, 1S96-The SMALL
est attendance In years was that at town
meeting here yesterday. There were only
142 votes cast out of over 900 voters
Everything passed along smoothly and
there was hardly dissenting voice and
that was in regard to purchasing of a
school house that was formerly sold. 1t
was voted to purchase fire-proof safe
for the town records to accept the offer
from the state of 500 for town library
and voted to appropriate like amount
and this with $50 recently voted by the
Kings Daughters will make $3.50 as q
nucleus for town library. These library
trustees were elected: Prof. N. y. WlAse-