Connecticut western news., 1909-10-07
NORTH CANAAN'S
 ANNUAL MEETING
LONG BUT COMPARATIVELY QUIET
Large Attendance People Baked at State Roads SeIectmen Instructed to Put Bridges in Good Shape Town Reports Accepted.

H~SSPASNs
 Mondays annual town meeting, at town hall, was largely attended, and while it was quite protracted, it was a comparatively quiet and uneventfrl affair. The subject of greatest import. ance, the one which it was thought would kick up a great cloud of dust, that of state roads, was voted down and out.
 Town Clerk Norton called the meet ing to order at 2:1O p. m.. and read the town call. John B. Reed was then chosen moderator.
 Article 3 of the call, to receive and act upon the report of the officers of the town for the fiscal year ending Septem- Der 1st, was gone over, the treasurer's s and selectmen S reports aud the towns indebtedness and so forth, being dis cussed at some length. The report was accepted.
 Item four, to lay tax to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year. called forth some discussion. The motion of George Fuller, that the assess ors be instructed to reassess the town to the very best of their ability, was car ried and therefore the laying of the tax rate was postponed until the second Sat urday in January, next year. It was voted that the Selectmen be instructed to borrow such amounts as shall be needed to meet the existing and future expenses of the town.
 When article six came up, which article was to see if the town should vote to make any specific appropriations for any purposes, a letter was read from &. c. Beckley, calling attention to the fact that the call had overlooked an appro- priation for Memorial day. Where. upon, the motion was made and seconded that fifty dollars be set aside for thl purpose.
 Rev. E. O. Gillette spoke briefly on the library appropriations, after whicl the motion that $50 be appropriated fo. the library, was carried.
 Doctor Camp called attention to the fact that the New England Lime com pany is to vacate its West Main street office and said that would make an ideal spot for the library. The doctor moved that a committee of three be appointed to see how much the building can be bought for; what the old building cal be sold for, and how much can be raised by popular subscription. The motion was carried and it was decided that John B. Reed appoint the committee and that this committee report at the January meeting.
 Article seven, to see whether the town shall vote to instruct its selectnen to build certain bridges in said town as follows: one near the residence of Dr. c. W. Camp on West Main Street; one near the site formely occupied by the Barnes Bros. Lime Kilns; one near the village of Clayton; and one near the residence of Henry E. Lyles in the village of Canaan, called for considerable talk, and it was finally decided after the motion had been made by MT. Fuller, that the selectmen be instructed to examine the bridges of the town and put them in good order, making such repairs and rebuilding i'll such manner as they might deem necessary.
 Dr. Camps, motion that the town build concrete bridge on West Main street, below the Methodist church, was lost
 The meaning of article eight, to vote upon any questions which may be pro- vided for or required to be voted upon by the General Statutes of the state of Connecticut and especially any require ments or provisions passed at the last session of the General Assembly. which may in any way effect said town, was declared to be puzzling and MT. Fuller's motion, that said article be postponed indefinitely, was carried.
 On motion of Wallace Garfield, a resolution was passed that the selsctmen be instructed not to bid on any more state roads MT. Fuller's motion that the selectmen be instructed to build no roads at all, was unanimously carried.
 In the matter of the fifty dollar legacy of MT. Pelton, of East Canaan, it was decided to accept the same, rate of legacy to be per cent.
 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned until Saturday, January 6th 1910.