News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-03-08
TOWN MEETING
Unusually Large Attendance. One More
Vote P0lIed Than In 1908

Unusually Large Attendance. One More
Vote PolIed Than In 1908
The largest attendance in recent
years was present at theannual town
meeting in MorrisviIle yesterday there
being just one more vote cast than
in 1903, the vote that year being
545. OF the 546 votes cast yesterday
33l were for license and 215 voters
cast the ballot against it, giving a
mojOrity of 116 for license, The Ii
cense majority last year was "a
The meeting was called to order
shortly after ten O'Clock and as has
been the custom for the past 20 years
Judge George NJ. Powers was nomi-
mated for Moderator. In a few we'll
worded remarks Mr.. Powers asked to
be excused and F. g. Fleetwood was
chosen. After the warming was read
A A Niles was nominated for Clerk
and elected by reclamation.
A Board of Selectmen was elected
as follows: N b Blair, firsU Henry
Small, second. and George H TerriIl,
third. AS the name of George Smith
was also put in nomination a ballot
was called for and resulted as follows: !:
-TerriIl, 81 Smith, 65.
A A Niles was elected Treasurer.
For OVerseer of Poor, George A
Cheney was elected by acclaim alton.
For First Constable the names OF
George Towne and j r Parker were
put in nomination and the former
was elected the ballots resulting as
follows-Fowne, 1877; Parker, II.
A Smith was elected 2nd Constable
by acclamatiOn.
CoIector7fH D Bryant.
Board OF 1isters-Oscar Sherwin, A
j Smith and Eli GiIe.
Auditors--H A Slayton, Fl NJ Rich,
A K Campbell.
Trustee Public Money-H NJ Rich.
Fence Viewers-C e Borden, Henry
Slcer, George W Clark.
Town Grand Jurors--T c Cheney,
j Il AtchIDson.
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber-G
A Morse.
Legal Agent--F G Fleetwood.
For Road COMMISSIONS the names
OF g A Barrows and e II Eggleston
were presented and a ballot resulted
as follows :--whole number of votes
cast 298 OF this number G A Bar
rows received 225 and Mr. EggIeston
II and Mr. Barrows was declared
elected.
George | Az Smith was elected to
succeed himself as a member OF the
Board of SCHOOL Directors. The
nl..Ii5, vi Il - IiCa ana Fraax sttrcng
were presented for the office and u
ballot was proceeded with as follows:
whole number of votes cast 90, of
which number Smith received &C !;
Rich % and Strong 8.
Article four of the warming. in re,
gard to appointing a Tree Warden
and apprOpriating money for plant.
ing shade trees, was passed over.
1t was vot4d to appropriate $50
tor Memorial Day; $175 Tor the Cen
tennial Library ana 500 for the Fire
Department.
Cemetery Commissioner Geo W
Clark was elected a Cemetery Com
missioner for five years.
Taxa tax of $3.50 on dollar of
the Grand List was voted, the man.
ner of collection and time ofpayment
to be the same as heretofore.
1t was voted to instruct tho Select
men to borrow such sums as the in
terdst of the town required.
Under article 10, Judge George NJ
Powers made the motion, which was
carried, That the Seectmen be in
structed to make arrangements for
the preservation of the original town
charter and records of the proprie-
tors meetings. Under this article
Overseer G A Cheney made some
timely remarks in regard to the man.
ner OF caring for the towns poor,
urging that a suitable place be pro-
vided where the aforesaid unfOrtu.
mates might be properly taken care
of. In this connection it was voted
that the Sclectmen and Overseer look
up a suitable farm to be used for the
above purpose.
County Grand Jurors-E K Seaver,
G A Morse, Chas A Rand, D II Lam
berton, H Waite and l. S Small.
Petit Jurors-C S Wilder, c b Davis
W H Towne, l. Smith, Henry Small,
D 2 Smith, Will White, & w Gates,
Charles Herrick, Orlo Crowell, Henry
Sturges, H A Slayton.