News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-04
Hyde Parks Town Meeting.

Hyde Parks Town Meeting.
Town meeting opened on time yes
terday. Capt. Waite was elected
Moderator and Noyes Wood, Clerk.
The matter of reports of town off
GERS was taken up and DR.. SIayton,
Health Officer, spent some time in
explaining his account. The other
reports were not discussed and the
matter of electing officers proceeded
with. c. E. Denio was reelected first
Selectman and E. A. Wedge second.
John Gray was nominated for the
that place, but declined. Charles
Whitcomb was chosen for the third
place.
For Treasurer F. FL. Strong, who
has held the office the past u years,
was nominated, as was also Arthur
Grimes. The ballot resulted Strong
1919, Grimes S5.
j. T. Stevens and L. P. Butts were
elected COnstables and W. c. Max
field Collector of Taxes.
For Listers L. P. Butts, H. c. Lam
pher and A. NJ. Whitcomb, the old
board, were reelected.
E. L. Noyes, r s. Page and E. W.
Smith were selected as Auditors.
Z. 5. Page was re elected Trustee of
Public Money and W. D. Strong Over
seer of the Poor.
The usual amount of fun was pro-
vOked in electing Hazan Horner, E.
V. Lilley and j. s. Scofeld as Fence
Viewers.
E. G. White, Peter Parin and Geo.
Mudgett were elected Town Grand
Jurors. V. A. Gilmore was elected,
but declined to serve.
For Inspector of Leather, Peter
Parin was elected and for Inspector
of Lumber and Shingle, John Thomp-
son.
Every mans barn yard a pound
and ever y man pound keeper" was
for the goth time q motion made
ty Almon CrowelI and the same pre-
vailed.
Col E. B. Sawyer was elected Town
Agent and c. B. swift School Director.
At noon a recess was taken for din
ner and at one O'Clock the Modera-
tors. gavel resumed business. The
first thing in order was the election
of Road Commissioner.
The first ballot resulted al follows:
JOS Foss 67. j. T. Stevens So, W. M.
Whitcomb At, NJ. II. Manning -, B.
W. Mudgett II, A. G. Sherwood 6, A.
NJ. Whitcomb 2, R. Gibson 2, A. c.
Davis, W. c. Maxtield and S.N. Whit
comb | each.
The second ballotwas Jos. Foss 81,
J. T. Stevens 81, W. M. Whitcomb 56,
B. W. Mudgett 3, R. Gibson 4, A. G.
Sherwood 2, :. n. Whitcomb l.
The third ballot was Foss 94,
Stevens SO, Whitcomb57 ,scattering2.
Fourth ballot-Foss 90, Stevens
81, Whitcomb, ". M, A, Whitcomb,
S. n, 20, Scat, 2.
Fifth ballots. n. WhitcOmb 129,
Foss As, Stevens 81, W. NJ. Whit
comb &, and S. n. Whitcomb was
elected. The election of Road Com
missioner took several hours and it
was four O'Clock before an election
was reached. There was some dis
cussion as to the advisability of hav-
ing two Commissioners, but the town
Wisely, we think, decided that one
was enough.
The tax voted was 165 cts. on the
dollar, divided as follows: Schools,
40 cts, Highways, 40 cts, School
House Debt 25cls., Miscellaneous 3
cts, Poor IA cts, Bridges 4 cts,
State school cts, State Highways
3 cts, County Tax l ct, with the u.s.
ual four per cent, discount if paid on
or before Nov. lat next.
The sum of $25.OO was voted for
Memorial Day. Col. Sawyer was elect
I'd Cemetery Commissioner and R. W.
Hulburd. Miss Blanche Brigham,
Mrs. A. V. Wiswell, Mrs Geo. B, Allen
and Y. L. Griswold Library Trustees.
This completed the business of the
meeting and at Eve O'Clock ended one
of the longest meetings the town has
had in mary year. The meeting
was good natured throughout and
eve yDody, defeated candidates and
all, vent home happy.
Following is the list of Grand and
Petit Jurors - Grand H. j. Lilley,
Geo. P. Randall, Chas. d. Noyes, V. A.
Gilmore.
Petit-W. G. Bassett, C. S. Page,
Joseph Foss, Geo. E. Mudgett, B. g.
Ronnev, F. R. Child, E. D. Wood,
A. A. Darling, j. T. stevens, E. W.
Smith, c. E. Whitcomb, ii. c. Lam
pher.
Another Town Meeting,