Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-01-19

1t was nearly 2:30 p. m, W ednesday
afternoon when Moderator, Frank A.
Bond called the annual village meeting
to order in the town hall and 10 minutes
later Clerk Joseph NJ. Burke had finished
reading the warrant and with his col
league, Mr.. Bond, had been reelected
to office
Following a short speech of recon-
mendation and suggestion by VIM. H.
Davis the auditors report of the finances
of the village was accepted and adopted.
Mr.. Davis urged that more modern
methods for the transaction of the
municipal business should be inaugural
ed and said that the system now in
vogue in the various departments was
antiquated and that it was the same
as was used by the grandfathers of the
men now administering the public busi-
ness. He advocated a revision of the
rates now charged to users of village
water. Upon motion of I. NJ. Chapman
a tax of 80 cents, as per the recommen-
dation of the board of auditors, was
voted to be levied upon the taxable
property of the village, to meet the
current expenses for the coming year.
Upon motion of Ira H. LaFleur the
meeting voted to appropriate $500 to the
Middlebury Band.
Proceeding to the election of board
of seven trustees Col. S a. Ilsley nom
mated Thomas p Burns for first trustee
and with the name seconded from all
parts of the room the election of Mr..
Burns was unanimous. For second
trustee Colonel Ilsley nominated the
Rev. J. d. Shannon who likewise was
unanimously elected by viva voce vote
amid great enthusiasm. For third
trustee W. H. Davis placed in nomna-
ton Fred Nj. Foote, and John A. Flet-
cher nominated DR.. E. H. Martin. A
ballot being necessary the char appoint
ed as tellers G. E. Marshall, VIM. Jack
son, Allan Calhoun and j. A. Fletcher
Out of the whole number of votes cast,
265, Mr.. Foote received 157 and was
declared elected. Col. A. A. Fletcher
nominated for fourth trustee, DR.. W. H.
Sheldon and a viva voce vote unani-
mously declared Mr.. Sheldon a member
of the board. For fifth trustee Robert
Cartmell nominated Colonel Ilsley and
F. M. Foote nominated John A. Lovett.
Colonel Ilsley declined to stand the
nomination with an opponent stating
that he did not care to make any con-
test for the place and that if it came
to him it must be unanimously. Mr..
Lovett was elected by viva voce vote.
E. j. Buttolph nominoted DR.. d. c.
Noble and his election vas unanimously
made by viva voce vote and he was
declared elected as sixth trustee. For
the seventh and last member of the
board L. C. Russell nominated L. S.
Knight and A. X. Carr nominated DR..
E. II. Martin. The resulting ballot gave
DR.. Martin 1913 votes and Mr.. Knight
115 and DIR. Martin was declared the
seventh trustee.
The interest Immediately centered in
the election of two water commissioners
anu llh WV OOlll
H. Sargent and C. C. Wells, for the
2-year commissiOnership a ballot was
necessary. Mr.. Sargent received 1872 of
the 239 votes cast and was declared
Merrill was unanimously the choice of
the meeting for the 3-year commissioner
ship.
Two ballots were necessary to decide
upon chief engineer of the fire depart
ment and the first resulted in tir,
81 votes each for George Kdder and
Frank r. Stone. The second ballot gave
Mr. Stone l04 of the lSS votes cast and
J accordingly elected him to the head
of the fire fighting force of the munici
pality.
A viva voce vote reelected Charles E
Pinney as village treasurer and like
ceed A. X. Carr as auditor and Geo. f
, Marshall was reelected as the seconC
auditor.
DIR. w. H. Sheldon introduced reso
luton to the effect that the collector
of water rents furnish a bond in thu
sum of $1,000 to indemnify the village
against any possible loss. The meeting
adopted the resolution and also another
introduced by DIR. Sheldon empowering
and ordering the board of water com
missoners, in conjunction with tn,
board of trustees, to make such revision
of the water rates as may seem prope
and necessary.