The Newtown bee., 1903-10-09
Ten Pages.
TOWN TOPICS
MONDAYS TOWN MEEYlNG.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET SUCCESSFUL.

Mondays annual town meeting was
the most quiet and orderly gathering
held in years. The total vote cast was
SOB, the democrats sweeping the deck
and electing their full ticket. S. A.
Blackman, elected first Selectman, re-
ceived the largest number of votes on
the democratic ticket, having 335. e.
l.. johnson acted as moderator of the
electors meeting, and later served as
chairman of the business meeting, held
at p. m. The laying Of the annual
tax was postponed to the second Satur-
day in March at p. NJ, and the col
lection of the tax will be begun in
September. The salary of the first
selectman was raised to $500, the Sec
ond to $3.50, and third placed at the
present rate of compensation, $3.50.
Attorney w. J. Beecher offered the
following resolutions, which were
adopted: That the se]ectmen draw NO
orders until proper bill has been pre-
Sented to them and passed by all mem
bers of the board, and that no order be
issued until sighed by all members of
the board; that the selectmen meet at
the Town clerks office on the last Sat-
urday of each and every month to
transact business, and that orders be
drawn there and nowhere else: that
no order be cashed or honored by the
town treasurer until endorsed by the
party in whose favor it is drawn; that
the Selectmen incorporate into their
report for:the fiscal year of 1908 and
1904, the names of all persons receiving
aid from the town during said year;
that all books and papers relating to
the affairs of the town be kept in the
vault in the Town clerks Office, access
sible for inspection by taxpayers at all
reasonable times; that the tax collect
or be directed to properly enforce his
warrant for the collection of taxes and
that the selectmen be directed to
promptly settle the,collector's books.
The vote was as follows:
Town clerk, Michael j. Houlihan, d,
3O8; William A. Leonard, CT, 1873.
throp, d, POI; Frank Wright, CIR, pol.
Selectmen, Samuel A. Blackman, d,
1886, Thomas ]. Bradley, d. 316; Charles
e. Beers, CIR, 173, George Winton, CIR,
100. :.
Assessors, William J. Brew, d, pol,
Johh Finnell, d, 293; Edgar G. Page, c.
r, 191, James Coles, CIR, 1877.
Board of relief, John Leavy, d, 269,
Asa H. Hawley, d, 300; Albert W.
Fairchild, CT, 1877, John Donlon, CT,
1873.
Grand jurors, Patrick Cannon, d,
3O4, Michael J. Ryan, d, 302; William
G. Johnson, CT, 1872, Daniel G.. Keane,
CIR, 178.
Constables, Michael J. White, d, 300,
Charles J. Blackman, d, BOB, Charles. A.
Peck, d, 3O2, John Corey, d, 285: Josiah
A. Tilsop, CIR, 1872, Thomas F. Cava-
naugh, c, 1o2, Harry Coger, CT, 191.
Jesse A. James, CIR, POI, @. W. Bris-
coe, r, 90.
School visitor, William J. Brew, d,
266; Charles S. Platt, CIR, 1914.
High school committee, Charles Fl.
Northrop, d, 3o2, James W. Gordon. d,
3O2, James H. George, CT, 1911, Otis
W. Barker, CIR, 100.
Tax collector, Robert A. Clark, d,
3O7; Hermon H. Peck, CIR, ISL.
Registrars of voters first district
Thomas F. Bradley, d, 301, second dis
trict, John f: Heating, d, BOB; first dis
trict Wilson M. Reynolds, CIR, 1913, sec
ond district John'L. Sanford, CIR, 191.
Auditor, Milo A. Todd, d, 3O3: Charles
M. Beresford, CIR, 100.