The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-03
ADVISED
NOT TO BUY
City COuncilReceiyes Opinion
From City Attorney
ON HILL STREET COMMON"
Mf. Carver Believes It Wouldn't Be Best
to Take Quit-claim Deed--Another
Transaction with City Officials
Causes a wrangIe.
ON HILL STREET common"


IN his report to the city council last
eyeniug n regard 70 the city's purehas.
ing the Gospel village common" Of the
Congregational church society, City At
toruey ]. Ward Carver advised che coun-
eli not to buy the land nless they
could get warranty deed from the so-
eiety and have inserted in the deed that
the land shall be used as a common Z
He further advised them not to take a
auit-elaim deed On motion Of Alderman
Campbell this report was accepted and
Che report Of the property committee on
their conference with the church society
and the school commissioners, which was
laid on the table last week 10 De read
after tie city attorney had made his
report, was then taken from tile table
and read The property committee stat.
IN that the church would sell the prop
erty for 81 ,000 and give a qlit-elaim
deed Of It and would not sell It other
wise for that money. The committee
recommended that the city buy The land.
Alderman Alexander. q member Of the
property committee. stated that the
school commissioners wanted a quit
claim deed in preference to warranty
decd with provis0 in Il that the prop
erty cpnid not Be used other than for
a common for the reason that the word
common might not Be broad enough
to include the use which they wished to
make 81 The land. The aldermen then
went into a lengthy discussion OF the
merits 81 warranty and quit.elaim deeds,
and the mayor stated chat he considered
that a quit-elaim deed would not be Al
legal title to the property. The clerk
and some Of the aldermen stated that
thu VERY reason the church would sell
the property for $1,000 with a qust-claim
deed and wanted $4,000 with 4 warranty
deed led them 10 believe that they had
something Hp their sleeve.
Alderman Even said that from his
talk with the society he did not think
the land could he bought amy other way
thaH with 4 quit-elaim deed, bnt he sug
gested that the property committee he
given further Time to consult with tie
soeietv Alderman Campbell thought
that If there was ns eAauea IL making
any different trade there was no tse III
carrying the matter any further and he
made motion that the report of the
committee recommending that the land
be bought with a qnit-elaim deed 81 not
accepted By a viva vaee vote the mo
ti0u was lost. To q On motion Of
Alderman Alexander It WIS then voted
I'd instruct The property committee Ia
consult again with The society and see
If it was possible to make any other
trade
The council bad another lengthy ais
oussion over 4 bill OF the city engineer
fof 4 team which Tia had hired "a carry
him back and forth to the Orange brook /
reservoir This bill which amounted To
$50 l0 was read along with q bunch 0f
warrants and added To this bill was the |
engineers expense account for his tript
10 Boston 81 city business Alderman
Alexander moved That the warrants be
paid. and Alderman Thuraton then said /
that The council would get into trouble T
ID they allowed that ill for team hire I
as the engineer had hired the team at /
Even & Cows stable, of which Alder
man Even was one of the propretors /
The city charter distinctly states, said I
the alderman. that no city official shall /
he Interested. directly Or indirectly with +
any trade with the city. ard Iii this /
case both Alderman Even and the engi- /
neer were city officials.
H had bin turned down for team /
hire Under the very same circumstances
declared the alderman, when | thought /
was acting iH good faith and was do.
ing nothing contrary to the charter I
Tie said be had no personal feeling IN the +
matter whatever but he considered he
would he doing wrong To vote To allow
tire bill.
Alderman Alexander who Is chairman 4
af the water committee. then said that
the water committee had instructed the +
engineer to hire the team. but they had L
done 10 after they had discussed thor
oughly the best way 70 Get the engineer
to and from the reservoir,
TIE said they had decided that Il would
not Be advisable To purchase horse and
they then asked for bids from the sta
biemen and they received three bids.
which were sl2 sla and SIS per week
Even & Cows bid was SIS. and they
considered they were acting fer the best
Ill the city to gat the team at
tile cheapest price,
fle said that he had talked with one
of THE city auditors Ii regard 70 the
matter and THE auditor was 0f the 0pin
ion thet the bill would be AIT right and /
he understood that the engineer saw The
city attorney and had baen informed
there that it would be all right The
bil has already been paid, be said. to
Even & Cow by tho engineer and as
the water committee had instructed him
20 engage the team BE considered that
Che committee was under obligations To
see That the engineer got his money but
he thought il was not right that the
should haTe to 80 into their
3wn pockets and pay It.
Alderman Tltnrston said that accord
nQ "a the water committees own state
ment their case was q good deal stronger
than the one ii which he was turned
lown. because they had entered into q
contract in engaging the team and ID his
sase he had been dividing the team hire
lmong the stablemen. among whom was
Il f Cutler. who Was then an alder
man He said that rather than have
The matter 20 any further he was ready
% go into his poclat with the rest Of
lie aldermen and pay the bill and have
& droDped Alderman 84eXander said