Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-05
MipDLEeuRY TOWN MEETING.


The annual March meeting, held at the
town hall on Tuesday, brought out near
lv 400 Of the voters of Middebury. Few
changes were made in the officers. The
contests were over first and second con-
stables and overseer of the poor. Charles
j. Seelev was elected constable. K. NJ
Day second constable and j. b. Benedict
overseer. \ tax of 30 cents on the dol
lars of the grand list is to be raised to
cover outstanding current orders, the
expenses of the year, the several state
taxes and the county tax. An adjourn
ment was taken to Saturday. the 2Oth
inst, when a plan for refunding the
town bit and the report of the COM
mttee appointed to investigate the town
free library question will be considered.
c. NJ. Wilds, the moderator. called the
meeting to order and the warning was
read by Town Clerk NJ. y. Brooks.
Messrs. Wilds and Brooks were reelected
moderator and clerk.
1t was voted. on motion of Judge
Slade, to collect the taxes through the
town treasurer in accordance with the
statute.
c. W. Matthews moved and it was
voted. to appropriate $50 for the local
Grand Army post to use in the obserN-
ance of Decoration day and S2j for the
post at East Mddlebury.
The question of buying road ma
chine. stone crusher and roller next
came up. NJ A. Brooks stated that the
old road machine was worn out and that
the road commissioner had leased one
the past wear for 500. The price OF it
was $3.50: if it were bought, the money
already paid would apply on the pur-
chase The old machine is worth S21 in
the trade, making the amount to be eX-
pended, Sl7j. Thad NJ. Chapman and
Judge Slade differed as to whether or
not the purchase money should come
out of the highway fun1. Mr.. Chapman
thought there was none too much high
way money TO keep the roads in shape.
The commissioner was instructed TO buy
the machine, which Is to be paid for out
of the gen, raj fund. Mr.. Chapman said
he had learned that the Cornwall peO-
pie. who had stone crushing outfit,
would supply what crushed stone this
town needed, and he moved to lay the
remainder Of the article on the table,
which was done.
The next article related to the repOr Is
of the town officers, but as these had
been printed and circulated. no action
was thought necessary. NJ. X. Moore,
superintendent of schools, submitted his
report. which was adopted. He, stated
that eight schools, with 10 pupils, had
been maintained in the town outside the
graded district. The schools are well
supplied with books and other appliances
and all the school houses are in good
shape except the one in the poor farm
district which should be rebuilt.
Then came long debate regarding the
the proposition to exempt the real estate
ITf fIn lgtt fpG,n taz-
alton. +. A. Bond presented the case
and Judge Sade, b. S. Beckwith and
Others had something to say. 1t APP
peared that the property was listed at
about $1,000 and that half of it had been
exempted heretofore; also that if the
corporation controlling the property
, were to reorganize Il general law would
exempt the property anyway. 1t was
therefore voted to grant the exemption
asked.
Mr.. Wilds submitted these resolut tions
Resolrtd, That B. 5. Bech with, c. f. Pinney
and f. \. Bond be IA committee to examine
and report what notes issueC by said town
under both OF the following resolutions can
be sold for and such other matters relating
to the funding OF the town Indebtedness as
: they fit. That when this meeting adj
iOurns ii be until 10 Il. m, March 20, lS97, tC
hear the report OF said committee, and take
further action under article OF the warning
ReSOtced, That the town OF Middlebury issue
its twenty-three pTomissOry notes, with in
terest coup )ns attached, under date OF Apu
LIST, 1897, Tor one thousand dollars each. pay
able 10 bearer AT the National bank OF Re
demption in Boston, Massachusetts, in ten
years from date, with interest at the rate OF
four per cent annually, payable semi.6nnnal
ly, at said national bank upon the lst days
, OF April an October tor the purpose OF re
tiring, with the proceeds OF their sale, the
town orders now outstanding in the sum o
Sll $50 issueo tor the construction of the new
town hall, and in the sum OF $ll 200 issued
, Tor the construction OF the stone bridge over
Otter creek, of the numbers, dates and
amounts III the annexed schedule
Resolved, That the town OF Mid ilebury issue
} Its twenty eight promlssory notes under dat
OF April, /, 1897, tor one thousand dolar'
each, with interest coupons attached paya
, BILE to bearer at the National bank of Middle
bury onior before ten years from date, will
interest at the rate OF four per cent annually
pay able semi'annually at said Nat onal bank
upon the first days OF April and DC oOer, tol
: the purpose OF retiring with the proceeds o
their sale the town orders now outstanding
in the sum of 1880, issued tor the cOnstruc
! tion OF the new town hall, and in the sum o
Sll 200, issued tor the construction of tho
stone bridge over Otter creek, of the mum
bers, dates and amounts in the annexed
schedule. said notes to be further cOndi
toned that the interest tor any year shall b'
paid at the rate of five per cent annually
payable semi annually as aforesaid, upon al
such notes as the owners thereof shall re
turn tor taxation in the grand list tor thi
5 town, without claiming any offset ther, to to-
debts owing, and which shall actually be in
= cluded in the grand list OF such owner 10
o such year.
The schedules accompanying the above
resolutions contained lists of the out
standing town hall and stone bridg,
1 orders. Mr.. Wilds stated that in hi
: opinion per cent orders could be floateC
. at such premium as to make the inter
est 81 per cent. The object of leaving
$1,000 of the orders unprovided for In tn,
i second resolution was to enable the towl
5 to pay that much of the debt during tn,
= next ten years If it chose. All the order
included in the schedules now bear pc
g cent interest. President Brainerd oh
0 ected to the assumption embodied in tn