Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-08
QUIET TOWN MEETING
SPECIAL 10 CENT TAX FOR I'M
PROVING MAIN AND CA
NAL STREETS.
Regular Tax of 80 Cents on Dollar
of the Grand List to be Raised-old
officers Re-elected-For Road Com.
missioner. Perry All, Warren 222.

Officers Re-elected-For Road Com
missioner, Perry All, Warren 222.
Town meeting, like Congress, was
a short session. The entire time oc-
cupied was 21a hours, and l and a
hour of this was devoted to balloting
for road commissioner. No flights
of oratory were INDUCED in, no stri-
dent appeals were made to sway the
convictions of the voters, there was
no clashing of opinions, and no out
bursts of temper. 4 he whole pro
Ceedings were marked by quietude
and good humor
About $50 voters were present at
9 o'clock when Moderator Hooker
called to order and read the warrant.
There were steady accessions, how.
ever, and when the vote for road com
missioner was announced at 1890
about coo citizens were present. The
report of the auditors was promptly
accepted and adopted on motion of
G.. r. Thompson. Then the officers
were reeled off with Gatling-gun IA
pidty, the whole list down to road
commissioner having been chosen at
913. The officers who were elected
unanimously by reclamation were as
follows:
Moderator-George w. Hooker.
Town Clerk-Wm. s. Newton.
SeleCtmcn-Wm. Il. Ninton, Fred
F.. Gleason e. II. Putnam.
Treasurer-W. II. Bracket.
Overseer of the poor. l.. Stock
well.
First Constable-Thomas Harmon.
Second constable, >. l.. Stockwell.
Collector of taXes-R. f. Gordon.
Listers-John S. Cutting, II. b.
Chamberlain, Azor Marshall, T. J. q.
CudwOrth, F. II. Spaulding.
Auditors-H. b. Chamberlain, T. j..
b. Cudworth, c. G. Staples.
Trustee of Public money-Wm. S.
Newton.
Fence viewers-Robert C. Bacon,
Carl p. Johnson, David Carey.
Town grand jurors-W. H. Minor,
H. +. Weatherhead.
Inspector of leather-H. w. Kinson.
Pound keeper-B. F. Pratt.
Surveyors of wood and inspectors
of shingles and lumber. E. Holden
and A. w. Rockwell.
The election of road commissioner
was by ballot, as provided by law.
| The voting seemed to be over shortly
after 10 o'clock, aud the moderator
started to close the polls, but straglers
| appeared at intervals of few seconds
a half hour longer The board of
| civil authority had been counting the
votes while being cast, and the result
was announced within two or three
minutes after the boxes were turned,
as follows:
Total vote, 683
| Necessary to a choice, 81
| Gilman Warren had 222
| ID. T. Perry had All
Mr.. Perry was declared elected, the
result being received with some APP
| plause.
On motion of r. L. Gordon the CON
stables were given jurisdiction
| throughout the state.
j. q. Stafford, who had served as
| school director of the town school dis
| trict six years, declined farther SER
vice, and on his motion one ballot was
cast for II. f. Weatherhead for "a term
of three years.
The following drawn by the board
| of civil authority were selected as
| grand and petit jurors:
Grand jurors-W. II. Ninton, John
| p. Sargent, j. II. Pratt, II. F. Weather
| head w h. Geddis, Fred'k f. Gleason.
Petit jurors-James h. LeRay, F. l..
| Hunt, L. d. Whitney, Warren Fessen-
| den, II. ID. Waterman, o. j. Pratt,
| John Calvin, Edward c. Dunklee, H. +.
/ Weatherhead, \. q. Barnes, c. ].
| Knapp, +. Ii. Davenport, a. j. Currier,
NJ. j. Moran, E. +. Fisher, E. H. Put
nam, c. f. Reed, w. l.. Walker, l.. w.
| Hawley.
J. G. Stafford moved that tax OF
| 80 cents on the dollar of the grand list
be raised, payable July l. C. f.
| Thompson pointed out that the taxa
| ton falls too heavily on the great mass
of people, many of small means being
| taxed on the full value of their hold
ings, which are in sight of the listers.
| Mr.. Thompson thought the grand list
of the town was smaller than that of
| other towns of equal wealth. He
| spoke of the judgment of well-known
| men who estimated the correct Valua-
| tion at SS,00000- - $l2 900 900. He
| thought the valuation was $4,000, 900
at least, and that the grand list ought
| to be brought up to 100000. In show
| ing the way wealthy residents avoid
taxation Mr.. Thompson spoke of one
man who in lifetime never paid taxes
| on over $4,000, but the value of his
estate after death jumped up at once
| to $125,000; of another similar case
where the figures were $4,000 for the
| individual and $37 900 when the COM
missioners appraised the estate. Mr..
! Thompson also spoke of a family liv-
ing at the rate of $4,000 a year which
was wholly from income, but with a
| small taxable list. Mr.. THOMPSON
had no particular plan to offer but
| thought it desirable to bring the pres
ent condition to more general public
| attention. After Mr.. Thompson fin
ished speaking Mr.. Stafford's motion
prevailed.
On motion of j. l.. Martin c. H.
Thompson was elected trustee of the
free library for a term of two years
to fill a vacancy, and c. A. Miles, p.
Cunningham and James Conland.
trustees whose term expires this year,
were reelected for three years.
On motion of c. F. Thompson, $1,000,
the usual sum, was appropriated for
the support and maintenance of the
Brattleboro Free library. One hum
dred dollars was appropriated, on mo-
ton of John Calvin. for the proper OBJ
servance of Memorial day, and an
equal sum, on motion of c. f. Thomp-
son, for the care of the Common.
On motion of j. G. Stafford the
salaries of town officers were fixed
the same as last year, and on motion
of Col. Harmon the polls of the men,
bers of Western Engine company, No.
l, of West Brattleboro, We're exempt
from taxation. w. H. Vinton was
chosen agent to sell the Witham prop.