Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-30
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Attorney Woods Forces Came Ou4
 Victorious

1 Victorious.
 The largest meeting which has haa,
 neid Tor some time in the Town Plot
 scnooi district was held Inst nirht l Ihefc aboutfifty electors prcscnt l when Clerk Germane called the meet 1 ing 10 order. Both l. A. Upson anu
 E. M. Chipman were nominated fo,.
 chairman. Immediately both sides
 claimed that their man had been nom-
 mated hrst and should consequently be l voted on first Finally the matter was 1 settied Dy secret ballot being taken
 l. A. upson winning by vote or %
 70 l6. Clerk Germane then read the 1 call for the meeting as issued by
 Committeeman John Anderson. It
 was as follows:
 There shall be a special meeting
 of the voters of the Town Plot school district on September 29th First l to take action on certain real estate
 now owned by the district as the re- 1 suit of foreclosure proceedings. Sec ond, to set a time limit in which the l back taxes shall be paid"
 1 The minutes of the last meeting was then read and another wrangle was precipitated. Tn the minutes was
 a section which read that it was voted | to set a time limit upon Porter &. l Wood to turn in back taxes collected and present report. Attorney Porter l.. Wood objected to this section stat ing that it was not legal and that the
 meeting had no right to pass any vote like that as it was not included
 in the call. He moved that 1t should be rejected. A vote was taken on the
 motion to strike out that section, re- ferring to Porter L. Wood and back taxes, and it was passed. The min utes were then approved.
 MT Vail then asked s.Is this meeting legal since that clause was stricken
 out He was given assurance that it was
 Hans Rasmussen again brought I'D
 the question about Attorney Woods failure to make a report and said that | if a person would appropriate $200 or
 $500 of the districts money, he would be sent to jail This is a question of dollars and cents, I insist on an ac-
 counting. I have sought legal advice. I have seen two prominent lawyers. do not stand up and fight a profes- sipnaI man without knowing some
 thing. This gentleman has taken upon himself the task of procuring the dis trict money from people. This money is fifteen months overdue now and it's about time an accounting was made. Attorney Wood said that it was the
 second time that he had been charged with not making a report and for the second time he would refute the
 charge. He started to read from the
 clerks book his report when a voice from the distance was heard 'ls the
 clerk of the meeting supposed to read
 reports or is MT Wood the whole meet ing?" The report was then read by l the clerk.
 Attorney Wood then said: "There l is my complete report. The ex-com-
 mittee man has seen two eminent at torneys but he didn't say anything
 about this report Everything he has
 stated out of his own mouth has been complied with for 15 months. I defy him or anybody else to prove anything
 wrong with my report. From 1884 to 1901 I was collector. During that time foreclosure proceeding was un- heard of Tn 1901 foreclosure suits were brought Why were they brought? In the summer and fall oT 1900 there was need of more money.
 It was the unvarying rule of the dis trict to borrow money. The people were paying z and 9 per cent interest on unpaid taxes while the district was only paying per cent on loans. About this time, on order of the ex-committeeman I sent notice to each delinquent that I must place liens on their property. This was
 done by positive order from the ex- committee man. l protested to him a-ainst it and he said that he didn't mean the lists of 1901. Fulthermor&
 he said Wait until after election az then push the cases
 MT Rasmussen denied this sa
 that the statement was very elab but all false.
 The first section was later la
 table. In regard to section
 was finally voted after an # <
 of personalities, threats < during which Rasmussen #
 accused Attorney Wooda
 question was left to a
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