Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-23
VILLAGE MEETING.
The Business Promptly and Harmoniously
Dispatched.

Dispatched.
Owing to the very inclement weather
Wednesday the attendance at the village
meeting Wednesday afternoon was not
quite as large as las. year, but large
number of the voters were present and
the business was dispatched rapidly and
the utmost harmony prevailed. only one
or two ballots being required.
F. A. Bond was unanimously reelected
moderator and j. NJ. Burke unanimously
reelected clerk. After the latter had
thanked the voters In neat speech
both were sworn in by o. 2. Moore,
notary public.
water commissioners and water COM
mittee were all accepted and adopted.
F. A. Bond was reelected water com.
missioner for two years and T. E. Boyce
for three years.
On motion of Col. Joseph Battell
seconded by John A. Fletcher tax of
40 cents on the dollar was voted, which
is 25 cents in the dollar less than last
year.
Col. Battel presented the name of
Rev. j. d. Shannon for first trustee and
he was unanimously reelected by ac-
clamation. J. +. Weeks was unanimous
ly reelected as second trustee; DR.. L. f.
Mellen was unanimously elected third
trustee Issac LavOnche, Jr. was uuan-
imOusly elected fourth trustee; Gavin
| Mnffot xxac nlaatpd tfth truc 81 toa
imously; G.. II. Balm was unanimously
elected sixth trustee. There was little
scrap over the seventh trustee, there
being three names presented, and a
ballot was had which resulted in the
choice Of Fred NJ. FoOte who had 1873 to
So for II. w. Hammond and DR.. +. II.
Martin.
For chief engineer the names of
George Kiddcr and Frank Stone were
presented and the former was elected by
a vote of l30 to So.
Charles +. Pinney was unanimously
reelected treasurer.
G. f. Marshall and A. X. Carr were
elected auditors.
On motion of John A. Fletcher which
was numerously seconded. 1t was voted
to eXpend certain amount of money
each year in macadamizlng the streets
and in permanent road improvements.
The resolution was as follows
Resolved, That it be the sense of this meet
ing that the trustees of the village build each
year piece Of macadamized road, keeping
the highways in as good repair as possible
until the whole village has macadami1ed road,
and tha the village having n valuable and
well equipped road machine plant, the trus-
tees should employ competent road maker
to build these macadcmized roads, it being
possible to accomplish this easily and keep
within the appropriation.
The annual report of the village. which
was in the hands of every voter Friday
shows that 12S orders were drawn
amounting to S5,S74.0S divided as fol-
lows: For roads. Sl,770.S4; walks. ST.
02l A.; parks, so 25; sewers. Sl92.GG /;
fire department, S3Si.57; lights, 81 ,54l. :
50; sprinkling, S93.l5; police, S394.40 ;
miscellaneous, S395.9G. The auditors
estimate that S6.GSl.79 will be required
to run the village next year. There is
81 ,2Gl 62 in the hands of the village
treasurer, and 5000 uncollected taxes.
There are few, If any, municipalities
in the state whose affairs are better
managed than Mddlebury, and the new
officers are all man whose standing in the
community is guarantee that this
proud standing will be continued. The
rule has eyer been to elect the best men.
Any municipality that does this will
prosper.