Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-28
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
The Annual Village Meetino.

The annual village meeting took place
Monday There We're no matters which
had excited great interest and the atten-
dance was small, only 100 votes being
cast in the ballot for officers Moderator
z, H. Allbee called the meeting to order
at 10 o'clock and the election of officers
was proceeded with, the polls remaining
open until o'clock i'm accordance with
the law, and it was decided to take up
the different articles of the warming in the
evening at 100. At o'clock the result
of the ballot showed that the Citizens
caucus nominees. the only ticket in the
field, had been elected as follows: Mod
orator, u. H. Allbee; president, Thomas
E. O'Brien clerk, e. c. Bolles; reasurer,
c. p CaprOn; trustees, j. G. Dennison and
W. L. Mandigo (the terms of O. NJ.
George and Edward Lawlor did not
eXpire); tax collector, Geo. II. Thompson;
auditors, u. II. Allbee, j. T. Byrne and
w. a. Graham. All were reflections ex-
cept that of w. L. Mandigo, who sue
ceeded l.. ]. Royce. who declined a re-
election, and that of w. A. Graham as
auditor who took the place of H. D..
Ryder who also declined.
In the evening the different articles were
disposed of. The trustees were author
lied to sprinkle the streets. and five
cents on the grand list was voted TO pay
the expense. Upon recommendation Of
President O'Brien the village declined to
appropriate the additional amount to be
expended upon the streets 10 secure the
services of the state engineer, as he
could not see where such expenditure was
necessary during the coming year. The
sum of $500 was appropriated. the same
as in past years, to pay for band con-
certs during the summer of 1910. The
trustees and treasurer were authorized
10
settlement of litigation about water rights
and 10 buy all his land adjacent to
Minard's pond, in accordance with the
terms of settlement entered into by the
trustees month or more ago It was
directed that this amount be charged up
to the water department.
1t was voted that the village accent the
provisions of Chapter 100 of the Vermont
Statutes, regulating the erection of build
ings in the village limits, and authoriz-
ing the trustees to appoint a building in
spector for the purpose of controlling the
character of the buildings and the safety
of the village and its residents The
committee upon bylaws for the village
appointed at the last annual meeting had
framed "A code and was ready to report
but the meeting directed that the report
be printed and circulated that the voters
might study II more closely after which
another meeting win be called for its
adoption, or rejection.
committee of the board of trade.
through its chairman, c. w. Osgood. in
troduced this resolution: Resolved, that
a committee of three, consisting of NJ II.
Ray, T. e. O'Brien and e. s. Leonard
be hereby chosen to take into considera-
tion the matter Of a public playground
and park for the village and to report
at a future meeting" This action is
along the lines of the movement described
in The Phoenix of last week Although
the board of trade committee had definite
terms from the Williams estate upon the
WILLIAMS Orchard" property, and those