The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-30
Three Proposals to Make to
Legislature
BY BARRE CITY COUNCIL
One of Them Relates to Giving the AS
SCISSORS More Time in Which
to Make Out the Tax
Bills.

At the meeting Of the city council
last evening the legislative committee
was given several proposed changes in
the city charter to be applied for at
the coming session OF the state legis.
lature. The first change as proposed
by the city clerk was that the time Of
issuing the tax notices be cut down
from 40 days to 30 days before the time
OF collection for the reason as stated,
that the assessors did not have sufii-
cient time under the 40 days limit TO
get the tax notices and bills made out.
Another change was proposed by Al
derman Ladd that the building inspec-
tor be given the charter right to issue
minor building permits direct without
having TO report them to the aldermen
or city council for their action thus
doing away with the aldermen having
to act on such small permits as for
retopping cnimneys and patching hen
houses.
\ third change, also proposed by AL
derman Ladd, was that the city be Civ
en- power to control the building of
houses in relation TO street lines and
in line with other buildings, and further
that buildings put up on unoccupied
streets snail be placed so that three
rod street can be laid out when the
city accepts them.
The committee on streets and the
city engineer reported the running Of
the street numbers on Trow avenue and
the report was accepted.
In his report of the quarterly inspec-
tion Of the city reservoirs the city en-
gineer stated that he found on Sept.
"a that the streams running into the
reservoirs were just about holding their
own. A communication signed by
seven residents on Berlin and Smith
streets was read asking the council to
take immediate action in regard to re-
moving what tney claimed to be a
nuisance on the property owned by S.
u. Sibley. What the so-called nuisance
is was not stated in the communication
but it is said to be pig pen. On mo.
tioD Of Alderman Ladd the matter was
referred 70 the health committee.
Joseph Parker was granted permit
to move a men house from 113 Hill
street to West street. Alderman
Hoyt, to whom had been referred al
the last meeting Of the aldermen,
Casellini's application for permit t
move hen house on Maple avenue, re
ported that Mr.. Casellini wanted Il
move the building into the center Of
his lot and it was then voted to grant
his permit
The following reports Of the building
inspector were read and on motion Of
Alderman Alexander permits were or
dered granted: Rizzi Bros to build two
chimneys at their plant on Blackwell
street; II. f. Reynolds to build dwell
ling on Liberty street; J. S, Collins Il
cover shed at 5 Hill street; Bennett
Julian to reshingle house at SIS Pleas
ant street: John Clerry to reshingle
louse at % River street; E. Falcetti to
Geo Humphrey to patch roof of house
al Glenwood place; John Glib to re-
cover hen house on Grant avenue; Mich
ael Brown to build a hen house on
avenue; v. c. Goodrich to
make alterations on house at 90 Wash
ington street; o. H. Hale to extend
the front of the Vermont Fruit store
building out ~ feet.
The Orange County Telephone COM
pany was granted permit to string
wires on Brook street and Maple avenue
W. S. Littleiohn appeared before the
council in regard to having the street
line Strengthened opposite property
owned by him on Orange street, be-
tween the intersection of Trow avenue
and w. Patterson street. On motion OF
Alderman Alexander this matter was
referred to the street committee to in
vestigate and report. The council then
went into executive session.