Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-04
LARGE VOTE CAST IN TOWN MEETING
No. License Won by Majority Three Times that Of Last Year. Little
Interest Except on Liquor Question David Perry Elected
Road Commissioner. Col. HaskinS on Board Of Listers

I receiving BPS votes to POS for Mr. Walker
After the unanimous election OF Arthur
| i. Carpenter as town agent the tree
! warden question was taken up. The
| meeting voted to elect a tree warden ana
| George Bishop. warden last year. was
! elected. Mr. Bishop made a motion to
| appropriate $500 for the care of the public
| shade trees. COL G. \. Miles offered an
amendment that the appropriation should
| he 5000. l.. f.. Holden offered Il further
amendment that the matter should be
| left to the Selectmen. j. c. Stafford
| spoke against tle appropriation on the
| ground that the expenses should be kept
| down and that wherever il was necessary
! to trim or care for the public trees the
selectmen would do it without special
authority as 1t was part of their regular
work. col Haskins spoke in favor of an
appropriation, speaking especially of the
need of systematic care as a protection
against the gypsy and brown tail muths
which had wrought SO much havoc in
Massachusetts and were nearing Vermont.
First Selectman John Calvin spoke
against the appropriation on the ground
that it was a matter for the selectmen
to handle as they thought best. 1t was
voted 10 leave the whole question with
the selectmen.
The auditors report of the town
finances was adopted without comment.
Under article five in the warrant in re-
gard to raising money for the expenses
of the coming year, MIR Calvin made a
statement ip explanation Of the recon-
incubation Of tax of e. cents on a
dollar of the grand list made by the
seleCtmen. lie said that the town aad a
floating Indebtedness due to the smallpox
epidemic, the extra expenses of the suit
against the town 10y George H. Barrett
on account of the failure of u bridge in
tine west part of the town and other
things unprovded for in the estimates
lie called attention to the $500 which had
to be brought forward uS a floating debit
from last year. as it was uuproy idtd for
i'm the estimates and stated that tu clean
up all this floating indebtedness the COM
ing year a tax of 10 cents would b,
needed. There was no further discussion
and the tax was voted as recommended
ON motion of Col Haskius
Under article six Col. c. A. Miles, T.
II. Crane ana Rev. Father NJ. j CarmudN
were. reelected trustees of the Hrattleboru
Free library for a term of three years
They were placed in nomination lay H.
r Chamberlain. ON motion of Col. Miles
the usual appropriation $500 WAS made
for the library. ON motion of II. g. Bar
her tine usual amount. 800. was appIu-
priated for the observance of Memorial
day ON motion of q. L. Durham $3.50
was voted, as heretofore for the
care of the commons and burial
grounds There was brief discussion
of article TO- to see what salaries should
be paid the town officers tae coming year
w L. Walker made a motion that the
Selectmcu receive 5000 each which me-
said Was no more than a Just comprusa-
ton for the time they put in. Hereto
fore the secretary of the board mas been
paid $500 and the others $50. After
brief discussion col HaskinS moved mat
the town officers be paid the same salaries
as heretofore and it was so voted
In accordance with the custom of many
years it was voted to exempt from poll