Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-08
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
officers Elected at the Annual
Village Meeting Tuesday
Edmond c. Boles Succeeds His Father
r. A. Bolles, as clerk-AdJourned Meet
ing to Be Held March 10.

Edmond c. Bolles Succeeds His Father,
F. A. Bolles, as clerk-AdIourned Meet
ing to Be Held March 10.
The officers elected at the annual viii
lage meeting Tuesday, with a vote aver
aging about $50, the Australian ballot
system being used were as follows: Zina
II. Allbee, moderator; Thomas f.
O'Bren, president; Edmond c. Bolles,
clerk; Charles e. Capron, treasurer;
Daniel j. Mcdonald, collector; Frank G.
Flint and John j. O'Connor trustees for
two years; George II. Gorham and Walter
G. Smith, trustees for one year; Zina II.
Allbee, James e. Byrne, Herbert d.
Ryder, auditors.
The baloting began at nine O'Clock and
the meeting voted that the boxes be
turned a p. m, and business was taken
up at Z p. m, when there were about
500 interested voters present. While there
was considerable interest manifest in the
transactions of the meeting, and some
sharp spaTing, all went smoothly. The
reports of the officers for the past year
were adopted with but little discussion.
1t was voted upon the question of fur
nishng water for sprinkling the streets
that the water be furnished and the
streets sprnkled. The question Of en-
ployng night police was left TO the trus-
tees, 1t was voted that the pay of the
employees of the corporation be raised
from is cents to 20 cents per hour; that
$1,000 be expended in making permanent
highways, under direction of the state,
ms provided in act No. Ill, 1906 that the
salary of the president be SIS and of
the trustees $50 per year; that nothing be
voted for out door band concerts (Which
has been done for the last five or six
years, $500 annually having been appro-
priated); that the tax rate be made 35
cents. in addition to the 20 cent highway
and treasurer be authorized to borrow
money for expenses until the taxes were
available; that taxes be collected by the
treasurer the same as heretofore at 4
per cent. discount; that the matter of
hill of SO of Thomas Walsh for laying n
wall on School street extension be left
to the discretion of the trustees; that the
moderator appoint a committee of five
to draft a new code of bylaws for the
village to correspond with the present
charter, and that the meeting when add
iourned should meet again Tuesday even
ing, March 10, to hear the report OF this
committee The moderator appointed for
this committee T. f. O'Brien, F. A
Bolles, G. A. Weston, f. S. Leonard and
W. c. Belknap.
The new government of the village
under the new charter seems to have be-
come well organized and ready to do bust
ness in the future on solid business
basis, and much satisfaction is expressed
at the outlook for an economical and sat
isfactory administration of it's affairs.
F. A. Bolles has been clerk of the viii
lage many years and the election of his
son to the place this year was due to his
positive declination, brought about by
the greatly increased duties entailed by
The new charter, he being required to act
as clerk ex-officio of the board of trustees
and attend all their meetings, keeping
record thereof. This requires so much
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he relieved, but will retain the Office of
town clerk if elected thereto having held
the latter Office since his first election in
1872.