Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-03-31
SCHOOL MEETING.
Attendance was Large. Much Interest In
School Affairs Manifested.

School Affairs Manifested.
The annual school meeting of District
No. 4, which was held at the Graded
School building on Tuesday evening,
was one of the most largely attended i'll
several years and it was a decidedly in
terested audience that listened to the
proceedings and transacted the busi-
ness
The meeting was called to order at
7:45 o'clock by the moderator, John E.
Weeks, who was reelected as was j. NJ.
Burke, the clerk of the district.
Upon motion of Frank A. Bond, the
auditors report was read showing that
orders to the amount of S10,9S1 had
been drawn for the year ending March
IL and that there are outstanding orders
to the amount of 81 500. The estimate
OF expense for the ensuing year as pre-
sented in the report is S9,754 and the
district has as resources $2,503.47 aside
from the amount to be raised by taxa
ton.
Upon motion of Frank A. Bond the
report was accepted and adopted.
Judge VIM. II. Bliss offered resolu-
ton in appreciation of the services of
the committee having in charge the re-
building of the school house which
called for an appropriation of $500 to be
divided equally among the members of
the committee for their services. Mr..
Bliss spoke of the conscientious work
of Messrs. Robert NJ. Cartmell, Isaac
Rogers and Gideon D. Miner, the men,
bers of the building committee, referring
to the fact that balance of over $500
remained of the appropriation which had
been entrusted to them for the purpose
of restoring the building.
The report of the building committee
was read showing that all bills had been
paid and stating in a particularly ex-
plicit manner just where all funds had
been expended. The report was &C.
cepted by unanimous vote.
The resolution of Judge Bliss pro-
voked some discussion, F. A. Bond speak
ing in support of it and DR.. E. H. Mar
tin in opposition, the latter maintaining
that in paying this committee for
services the district was reversing its
policy and establishing precedent for
paying officers which heretofore have
received no compensation.
A viva voce vote upon the resolution
was declared by the chair to be in favor
of sustaining the resolution which was
followed by a motion to rescind and a
ballot was taken resulting in the rescind-
ing of the vote.
Debate was again opened upon the
original question and another ballot was
taken to sustain or reject the original
resolution as offered by Judge Bliss and
resulted in the resolution being lost.
Proceeding to the election of the Pru-
Dental committee, DR.. d. C. Noble,
Rev. j. d. Shannon, Allan Calhoun,
DIR. E. II. Martin and Ira II. LaFleur
were chosen. a ballot was necessary
to decide the fifth member as the names
of John II. Stewart and L. C. Russell
were put in nomination. During the
election of the Prudential committee
several names were mentioned and the
parties declined to stand for the office.
DIR. l.. f. Mellen, who has served up
wards of 10 years upon the Prudential
committee, declined to allow his name
to be used again and John H. Stewart
declined nomination.
A. X. Carr was elected auditor and
&. +. Pinney, treasurer.
a rising vote of thanks was extended
the building committee and, upon mo-
ton of Rev. Thomas Simms, a vote of
thanks was also extended to the several
churches and societies, who, during the
past year, have given the use of their
buildings for school purposes during the
rebuilding of the. school house Rev.
j. ID. Shannon amended Mr.. Simms'
resolution to include among the organi-
cations named the Congregational church
and it was so voted.
The recommendation of the auditor
that a tax of 50 cents upon the district
grand list of SASS be raised was
adopted as that amount was considered
necessary to raise S7241, the amount re-
qured to be raised by taxation.
1t was voted to hold all future school
meetings in the town hall.
The article in the warning to see if
the district would vote to reduce its in
debtedness was tabled as was a resolu-
tion that all school supplies to the value
of $500 or over be contracted for with
local dealers and such contracts awarded
20 the lowest bidder.
1t was voted to make Mar. 12, the end!
ing of the fiscal school year in the
future.
Adjournment was taken at o'clock.