Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-11-10

Several matters of Importance came be-
fore the board of aldermen Monday at
the regular monthly meeting, among them
being statement by ex-Constable Salls's
account with the city, amendments to
the city charter and n bill presented by
s. r. Salisbury. All OF the members of the
board were present.
CONSTABLE SALLS'S ACCOUNT
The account Of former Constable Sails
was brought TO the attention of the
board by Attorney ]. II. Macomber refer
ence beng made only to the taxes for
the years 1894, lSS and 1896 which were
turned over to Sails by w. V. Scully,
who preceded him as constable, Mr.. Ma
| comber said that Mr.. Sails had been &c
| cused of misappropriating much of the
cty's money but that after a careful ex-
animation of the accounts he was unable
to find any mistake in them.
He said there was q wide discrepancy
between the amounts shown by the books
and the statement delivered by Mr..
Scully lie said the amount claimed by
Mr.. Scully to have been turned over to
Mr.. Sails was much larger than was
actually turned over.
Mr.. Macomber further claimed that
that had been collected by him, either
by turning the money over to the city
treasurer or by abatement. He said that
all taxes that were turned over to him
were either collected or abated except
those amounting to $3.50 in 1855 and
s62.42 in 1896 and that these amounts
had not been collected
1t was further claimed that the taxes
h1y Nv
Mr.. Sails and that therefore the latter
was not liable for any Of the uncollected
taxes. Mr.. Macomber was very insstent
on the claim that no such amount of
money as was claimed by Scully was
turned over TO Sails
Mr.. Macomber asked that the matter be
referred to a committee for a complete
investigation and it was finally placed in
the hands Of City Attorney Brown and
| City Treasurer Grant.
EXPERT PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
| When the question of amendments to
the city charter was reached City Attor-
ney Brown offered an amendment to the
effect that the inspection of plumbing be
taken from the hands Of the city health
officer and that an expert plumber be
Appointed to do the WORK. He presented
the necessary changes in the charter to
make the provision.
Mr.. Brown stated that the matter had
been brought to his attention by repre-
sentatives of the plumbersSunion and that
the committee which had In charge the
revision of the charter was unanimously
in favor of the amendment. He said that
only seven inspections of plumbing In new
buildings had been made during the past
|year but that over 100 buildings had been
erected.
| Two representatives Of the union were
at the meeting and stated their side of
| tho case. They were D. j.. Harlan and
| Walter Skinner The former said he had
called upon Dr. Clark and asked why in
Ispcctions had not been made and that he
received a reply to the effect that Dr.
Clark did not wish to stir up u hornets
nest
Mr.. Iarran further said that Or. Clark
told him to make n complaint against
master plumbers and then he, DR.. Clark
would see that the plumbing was done
properly. Mr. Harlan said that from his
conversation with Dr. Clark and from in
IVestigations he was certain that DR.. Clark
was not qualified t. properly inspect
plumbing.
Mr. Harran spoke of defective plumbing
and referred to a case in the Y NJ. c. A.
building where several hundred dollars
worth of good piping had been spoiled be-
cause of additional work that had been
Idone in n defective manner.
When asked why he was in favor of haV-
ing an expert inspector appointed he said
that it was for the purpose of protecting
the plumbers. He said the contractors