Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-21
A 65-OEN TAX VOTED
At the Annual Meeting of
School District No. 2.

J. Gray Estsy Elected Member of the
Prudential Committee for Three Years
---AlI the Old Omcers Reelected.
All the business of the annual meeting
OF school district No was transacted in
less than 20 minutes at the High school
room at o'clock Tuesday evening. The
voters of the district paid little attention
to the warning for the meeting as no bust.
ness out of the ordinary was mentioned
therein, and only about 40 persons were
present. District Clerk S. w. Klmball
read the warrant, after which l.. f. Adams
was elected moderator on motion of c. r.
Thompson.
5. W. Kimball was reelected clerk. G.
+. Thompson moved that j. Gray Estey be
elected member of the prudential COM
mlttee for three years. DIR. Hamilton
thought, in view of the difficulty experience
ed year ago in securing prudential COM
mittee, that it would be we'll to know
whether Mr.. Estey would serve. Mr..
Thompson was unable to give any informa-
ton on that point Mr.. Estey was elected.
g. G. Averill, DR.. H. d. HolIon and r. L.
Gordon were reelected treasurer, auditor
and collector respectively, and Mr.. Cor
don's salary was fixed at $500, the same as
heretofore
The question under article 4, to deter
mine the number of schools the district
would have the ensuing year and to see
now long they should continue, was left
to the dissection of the committee. This
vote was rescinded under article o. Col.
hlttredge Haskins making the motion at
the suggestion of G.. II. Thompson. who
said that the committee would have to
| comply with the statutes In any event.
| Col. Haskins stated that the law required
the schools to keep at least 2S weeks in
order to be entitled TO part of the public
money, and he moved that the district
maintain at least 20 schools of three
terms each, each term to continue not less
than IL weeks, 20 being the number of
school salready maintained. The motion
| was carried.
Z. +. Thompson moved that the district
continue to receive tuition scholars on the
same terms as heretofore. Under article I
Z. +. Thompson moved that the matter of
employing a supervisor be left to the dis
erection OF the committee Mr.. Thompson
also moved that the matter of EMPLOYING
music teacher be left discretionary with
the committee. The motion was carried in
each instance
Article eight was: "To raise money
necessary to defray the expenses of
the district for the ensuing year"
The moderator called attention to
the fact that the. committee had recon-
mended tax of 05 cents, which was 10
cents more than last year. G. f. Thomp-
son moved that 65 cent tax be raised.
Col. Haskins offered an amendment pro-
viding that the tax be made payable on de-
| mand.
5. b. Emerson asked why the extra tax
was necessary and g. II. Thompson re-
piled that some of the expenditures of the
past year were made with the moral GER
tainty that the district would win its law
suit with the town district, which suit in
volved large sum of money, and that had
that suit been lost to the incorporated dis
trict there would have been deficit at the
end OF the year. Mr.. Thompson said that
in 1895 the district received about $4,000
as its share of state school moneys and in
| 1896 about 5000. The money was then
divided on the ratio of attendance. The
last legislature revised the school law.
dividing the public money in the future on
the ratio of the number of legal schools, SO
that, beginning this year, the districts
share will be only about $500. After that
explanation it was voted TO raise the tax
recommended by the committee, and the
meeting adjourned.