Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-03
MARCH MEETINGS.
OFFICERS ELECTED AND TAXES
VOTED IN VARIOUS TOWNS.

Things Went Generally in the Coos
Old Easy Way.--A Few Surprise.
Especially in Burlington, where
the Democrats Won.--cIose in St
Adams and Barre.
RANDOLPH The ''old fashioned towr
meeting" the fine weather and gooC
going combined to bring out a large at
tendance at the annual town meeting Of
Randolph Tuesday. Had there been any
special business of interest, there would
have been a great many more present. As
it was, more than twice as many as last
year were out. Most OF the officers were
elected without contest. The only ballot
ing done was for third lister, which re-
sulted:-C. L. Hodges, 124; j. B. Adams,
7s; scattering, 10; for school director, j. B.
Adams, 70; II. q. Gilbert, 49,; scattering, 8;
and for road commissioner, j. B Wells,
233; II. T. Holman, 30; scattering, 2. The
officers elected were - Moderator, j. ID.
Denison; clerk, II. w. Tewksbury; select
men, M. ID. Church, A. g. Osgood, e. A.
Shattuck; listers, j. p. Cleveland, c. 5.
! Hail, q. l.. Hodges; auditors, j. F. Mead,
G. r. Granger, Il. {. Gilbert: treasurer, w.
| II. Dubois; collector, Q. r. Granger; over
seer, d. H. Morse; trustee public money,
b. Il. Lombard; constable, Luke Parish
second constable, Il. w. Kent; town grand
jurors, G. l.. Hodges, James Hutchinson,
II. q. Waldo; pound kfe fepers, w. II. Baird,
w. 5. Wood, A. w. Emery; surveyors of
wood and inspectors OF lumber, Lemuel
f.lw NJ y ..tr \ A -.
spector OF leather, f. 9. Cone; sections, X.
A. Smith, II. II. Chandler, w. +. Adams,
s. X. Waldo; fence viewers, J. II. Bass, J..
e. Hebard, j. e. Greene; school dir cbor
for three years. j. b. Adams; public Ora
ry trustee to 1903, A. G.. Osgood; to 1901,
Homer White; road commissioner, j. B.
Wells; agent, NJ. ID. Church; cemetery
trustee, A. g. Osgood; grand jury, w. G..
Howard, g. ID. Hyzer, Lyman hutchinson,
g. b. 0sgood, A. @. Wheeler, Luke Parish I;
petit jury, A. E. Edison, N. w. McCollom,
II. II. Wight, q. h. Mann, w. l.. Heoard,
j. Q. Green, q. Il. Cushman, III. c. Waldo,
G.. l.. Haraden, NJ. G. Rowell, Il. A. Shat
tuck. q. II. Temple. The printed report
OF officers was adopted. A little discus
sion took place as to expenditures Of
school money In district No. 2, which was
satisfactorily explained. Fifty dollars
was the amount appropriated for Memo-
rial day and FOO for tue public library.
The school directors were instructed to
collect and preserve the records OF the va
rious distri is. The tax collector was al
lowed one per cent on collections for his
service, based on the tax voted that day,
not including school and highway tax. A
discount of per cent was voted for taxes
paid prior to Oct. 1st. The jurisdiction OF
the state was voted to the constable and
second constable. the tax voted was 10
cents, which includes the state, state
school, state highway and county tax. The
meeting adjourned at l2:40 p. m.
BETHEL:--w B. c. 5ticl<ney was elected
moderator; w. r. Adams, clerk; the audi
tors report was accepted and adopted;
Robert Noble, Vim. IL. Edmunds and FL.
Parsons, selectmen; j. G. Sargent, treas
urer; Robert Noble, overseer of the poor;
A. Lee Cady, constable; f. TwitchelI, w.
g. Whitaker and Alonzo Emery, listers;
4, l.. Martin, j. e. Burnett and s. Nj.
Mashburn, auditors; Levi Kidder, f. l..
Martin ana o. ID. Greene, fence viewers;
Carl d. Cushing and j. @. Sargent, town
grand jurors; M. @. Stafford, inspector OF
leather; J. q. Sargent and A. M. Marsh,
measurers of wood and inspectors OF lum-
Der; e. 5. Davis, road commissioner; W.
b. 4. Stickney, agent to prosecute and de-
fend suits; grand jurors for Windsor
county court, A. A. Brooks, Il. F. Twitcn-
ell, M. NJ. Whipple, ID. q. Torrey, J. c.
Burnett, E. Z. Spaulding, +. l.. Parsons,
w. &. Lattimer, ID. M. Clough, q: II. Tup-
per. L. M. Wood and James ID. Wheeler;
petit Jurors, A. A. Soper, Levi Kidder, G.
Il. Chadwick, J. p. Marsh, 8. Q. Cady,
Alonzo Emery, Ira QuimDy, e. e. Wal
lace. w. NJ. Rogers, Willis Davis, Il. h.
Taggart, r. c. West; town school director
for three years, w. q. Whitaker. Voted
to give the constable jurisdiction of the
state and elected him collector of taxes
- or . ..
voted s25 for Decoration day; voted to pass
over the articles in the warning relative
to building new sShoolhouses at East
Bethel and near Samuel Bowen's, and to
setting the farm of Helen I. Lamson from
the town district TO the graded school dis
trict; voted a tax of II.
RoYALToN The moderator elected was
ID. c. Denison; clerk, VIM. Skinner; Sc
lectmep, Norman Sewall, Charles South
worth. John Button; treasurer, Eben
w1nsloW; overseer, George Ellis; consta-
bic. Chas. T. Southgate; listers, VIM. Skin
ner. n. Winslow and ID. p. Boyd: auditors,
/ n Belknap, VIM. Skinner, Chas. Ly-
man: trustee OF public money, A. g.
Whitman; fence viewers, J. M. Binckley,
Chester f. ClarK, John Mudgett; grand
Jurors, John Mudgett, Chas. Lyman; in
spectors of leather, Z. r; Abbott and John
Hewitt; poundkeeper, Frank Bosworth;
surveyor Of wood and lumber, Elmer
Doyle; road commissioner, George Ellis;
school director for years, M. l.. Paine;
town agent, ]. Ii. Hewitt; trustee Of free
nublic library for 3 years, Ed Ashley;
town tax, SOC Voted to accept provisions
Of statute relative to collection OF taxes by
town treasurer; voted to appropriate SIS
for the maintenauee of the free public
library; voted 10 appropriate $50 for Me-
mortal day expenses; voted to furnish the
town hearse to the citizens OF this town
y hen needed without charge; voted to
raise tax OF l5c. in addition to the sum
~ soe. for the maintenance OF public
Schools. The grand jurors are James NJ.
Rnck- George Taggart, n. @. Preston,
John B. Durkee, Elmer Doyle.
CHE1sEA:-There was good attendance
snd the meeting passed of quietly and ex-
,,sditiouslv. There we're few contests over
The various officers, most OF them being
eiscted nv acclamation. The amount OF
ts~ - he raised caused some discussion
and il was finally placed at lSO cents. The
ossc 90 81 road commissioners was contested
-. Io~ace Moxiey, who held it the past
wear. ys and Milton Nation; Mr.; Moxley
80 -. 'elecfed oy one majority. IL IS the
= = = s---r~x- vofqr to attend his town !