Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-06
MI0oLeBURY TOWN MEETING.
WHAT THE VOTERS do ON TUESDAY.


turned out in iurce un Tuesday tor their
annual meeting. 1T was an exceptional
ly orderly and business-like gathering.
1t was voted to adopt the system of col
lectng the taxes through the town treas
ury and to raise tax of 80 cents on the
dollar, this tax to cover the Stale, the
State school, the State highway and the
county taxes and to pay outstanding
orders and current expenses. Officers
were elected MS follows: Moderator, c..
NJ. Wids clerk, NJ. A. Brooks; select
men, James M. Sade, G.. NJ. Remele,
George II. Eldridge; treasurer, G. f..
PInney; Overseer of the poor. |. l.. Rog-
ers; first constable, NJ. A. Munroe {;
second constable, f. NJ. Day; listers,
Oliver Severance, Allen X. FOotc, G. w.
Mathews; auditors, b. ). Beckwith,
George Hammond, J. @. Wellington !;
trustee of public money, &. f. Pinney !;
feuce-viewers, the selectmen; road cOm-
missioner (for three years., II. j. Phil
lips; town agent, G.. NJ. Wilds; town
grand jurors, j. NJ. Slade, w. w. Tur-
ner, +. II. Button; in, pectOr of leather,
L. kdder; pOund-keeper, Paul T.. Cor
melt; Inspector of wood, etc, John
Spencer; school director for three years,
Julius o. Secley.
Moderator G. NJ Wilds called the meet
ing to order at 10 o'clock and Clerk NJ. A.
Brooks read the warning. The mOdera-
ator and clerk were reelected.
The reports of the various town otli-
GERS, which had been printed and circu-
lated, were taken up. Judge Shade called
attention to two items charged to the
town by Ovcrseer of the Poor Rogers for
account of Mrs. DAVIS and stated that
the money had been paid back to the
Z h.tt I,,.t t,aI
man had property and Mr. Rogers having
been made her guardian. Mr. Shade also
said that Mrs. Falcs. whose husband had
been buried at the expense of the town.
had given tn, town "A note secured by
mortgage on her place to cover the dis
burSement. The legal residence of Jerry
Hunt. whom MIR. Rogers had furnished
with clothing, was discussed by +. +.
Sumner. Mr.. Rogers, l.. b. Boardman, +.
b. ClOyeS and others 1t was stated that
Hunt was born in Salisbury and always
up to a very recent date lived there. A.
j. Piper moved that the town officers re-
ports be accepted and adopted. The clerk
read Il letter he had received from Prof.
BOYce, who wanted to know what had
become of TWO barrels of alcohol. costing
S2jl.jS, which were bought after he re-
ports were made up in lN9l. He could
uNt d~N'l ihill ll'ill tlIi- 'hl IVll " ifAi
disposition had been made of the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the >tutl and he
suggt Sted that committee be- appointed
TO loOl; into the matter unless II could be
explained There being no satisfactory
explanation made, Mr. Buyce was ap
pointed It committee to investigate and
report To the ~clectmen. Hon j. W.
Stewart asked about the income from dog
profits, which he thought must be large
Judging from the number of dogs he saw.
Town Clerk Brooks said the income from
this source last wear was Slj3 10. W. NJ.
jackson interrOgatcd Scltctman j. H.
Stewart concerning rents from the town
hail. some OF which he had understood
were larger than appeared from the re-
port. Mr. Stewart told of one error that
had been made in figuring the town hall
account. in which the amount of the dis
crepancY had been paid back to the town.
He also explained other items. +. +.
sumner, manager of the town farm.
called attention to The fact that in some
instances both the goods furnished the
poor and the orders by which they were
paid for were charged against the farm,
thus making the cost of running the farm
greater than it was in fact. Judge Slade
thought the difference was slight and in
another part of the report that the poor
farm account was set right. lt was voted,
on motion of j. w. Stewart, that in max
ing up the next report the auditors place
the account of supplies for the farm by
itself, so that it can readily he seen wheth.
er the farm contributes 10 the support of
the poor, and, if so, how much. The mo-
ton to accept and adopt the reports was
then passed.
The clerk read the report of the super
f.,t. g
said that in the town schools there were
II teachers. most OF whom had been re-
tanned through the year; the new books
were on the whole far superior to the old;
several of the school houses need repairs.
while in others new seats are required:
parents should give more attention to the
schools. The report was accepted and
adopted
Harrison j. Phillips, Who has held the
office Tor year, was, on motion of i. b.
Cloyes. made road commissioner for
three years. +. VI. Chapman suggested
that the comms~ Toner be requested to
keep the sides of the highways free from
instructions and provide places for 20
ing upon the sides of the roads from the
main track, 50 that teamug might more
easily be done in winter The >ugges-
ton was adopted.
AIHclc oi lic warning, 10 see II the
town will vote to pay the taxes to the
town treasurer. a. the law directs" was
debated at considerable length. \ mo-
ton was first made to lay it on The table
w. NJ. jackson asked the moderator
whether or not there was any way to
make Mr.. Munr0e collect the taxes. MT
Wilds answered that the town could do
various things: it might even put the
collector in iail or it might proceed
against his bondsmen. There is law
enough to straighten things out if the
seectmen, whose business 1t is 10 take
action, see fit to 90 ahead Mr.. Jackson
said he had heard of several men up at
BeldcnS, all able to pay, who up to with
in few days had not had their tax bills
b. ). Beckwith asked whether collect
or who had not settled his account with
the treasurer and paid the balance due