The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24

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rslHs year
4. than - Isople appropriated abouI
sse 4 ,hr annual meeting oil the IN
shaal district Tuesday eve
NJ Meeting was held IA the higl
r,na a, usual, aud with the ex
81 u h5lf dozen voters scattered
N, mont seals the attendance was
- "a ruW 81 seats IN the back Of
ll.r Meeting was A. serene al
p al a the seashorc.
u,sn ID. llullon called the meet.
W "rigf sni was reelected moderator
\, sa,ushs scar. Under article ? the
- Il ihe treasurer and prudential
- on tie expense OF the district
~ a.. year and the present eondi.
a Il. school, was accepted and
~ of6tr, were reelected under arti.
"a CIak Walter \, Gilbert; member
q 4, pultuial committee for three
lanes l. Martin; treasurer, George
Elorll; collector Of taxes, William a.
,%slg Whose salary was liked at
a = htptoiorl; auditor Charles a.
n Va. voted 10 leave the matter Of re-
-, uiinn scholars 10 the discretion
| ~ wslsntial committee. Under arti.
t.SrliWe 10 the employment OF a SUI
r., n grades Tor the ensuing year
~, c. Ayenil asked what the wishes
|, ,5s committee were. and Chairman l..
0.eohd replied that there was no
C,.k a 10 the adyisability of continu'
4 10 employ a supervisor, whereupon IT
4, voted TO leave the matter IN the
|,,l. a the prudential committee.
irNle q related TO raising the money
l,s.av 10 dtiray the expenses OF the
fsrd Tor the coming year. The mod.
90 mad imm a printed report a
fermentation Of the committee that the
Ia /, % cents, including the usual 60
4. ux. and an additional tax OF 3
N, made necessary by the establish
En- a commercial course in the high |
"a. At a special meeting in june It
4, voted 10 establish commercial
eEne. but no money was raised, there
N, no provision in the warrant per-
.ftIrs HAT to he done. Sumner b. EN-
',o1 ,aid that it was understood when
u yaluati0n OF property was increased
efniy that the tax rate would be low
MI Mr. 0sgoOd said this would be
M Il the expenses remained as low, but
M on account Of the increased expenses
Vas necessary to raise as high "A tax
Il rear a. before 10 pay current bills;
ii The tax rate could not be reduced
Ithout mpailiuE the efficiency of the
IhM system. The discussion brought
d The tact that there was very slight
ference between this years grand list
II that Of last year. \ question by ii.
Welman made it clear that the added
rensa thi, year was due to the com
srcial course. It will cost about $500
Z The FIST year, including alterations
d improvements in. the high school
lliing. Mr.. Osgood said that the COM
rte was anxious to have the tax rate
bv as possible The tax was made
gible forthwith.
Under article 7 II. B. Chamberlain
ied il it was not possible to hold the ,
boil meetings earlier in order that the
I collector might get his bills out earlier
4 thus save the expense of borrowing
! money DR.. Holton caused a smile
stating that probably somebody would
as town representative on that issue i
then added that the charter of the c
lod district fixed the date of the an t
d meeting for the third Tuesday in '
" it being advisable to get it as far
sy as possible from the town and vii a
{ meetings and the fall elections, in a
ar to prevent school affairs from be- @
ling mixed up with politics. 1t was
re Of satisfaction to him that politics
never entered into the affairs of the
met
be meeting adjourned at 1921, after be- !
in session 20 minutes.