Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-10
REFORM IN BOOK ACCOUNTS
Three City Departments Must Fol.
low Auditors Suggestions.
tltirrotUm Issued ny Mayor Burke and
Members OF ir.uancc Committee
Grand Juror Webster Defends
Hip,scIf In Justice Cases.


n regular meeting "aa mn exceedingly
snort one. The asbont board members
We're Aldermen Clarke Barnes and
Noih
After tho monthly department state
moh'S hau been read, Mayor Burke
stated mat he and the membera Of tho
n'",'cc committee were going to sec to
u .hH' 'h"' inc city departments Kept
th'ir pook accounts as suggested In tn"
"""'to' recent report. Inc departments
SeiS"Ic" u'e tho street department.
SCHOOL department ard palmer depart
mont nc reports submitted by these
'hF'e departments Tor inc r'ontn OF
January GO H"' conform 10 the s"SEes-
'iouS Oh inc "uu''"rS' INC mayor said
tho' IN me p"uP'r 'dep7r'ncn, ~J''
Wh'ch should nave been gwen IN tho
settlements 81 inc year l'o'' mao oo"n
brought over to the month OF January,
i'''' "'' ms "PeH ""'c l'' Il re""o'''
he said, In tho J'n'nr! statement Of
th' poor "'P"'l -nl c'''"'" sum Oh
money Is ftuteo Pdld for potatoes al"
'"""3" j "o'S ho' S,''e no" "''E
potatoes were Puf'iaS'u "' from WHOM
th'l were pur''''e"' Inc expenses "t
inc poor "'Pt' '"'c''' '''e "''H'' '"o"e.'.
were "''0"''lE '"' 49, "l'' ""u 'H'"'U
nc 'i"rouEi"! HNeS''S@'eu az may Vi
views were oo''''i'e'NV" ~ ''e o"i"
!" c""He''o" WI" '"c ""u' ms VI ''o
cll] Reports Ai''ol MA" "l'l'"" SuS
t'slcN '"aV some 'o'"i " "'d'' ""'
90 '"1 "piN' "s "e co's'"e'eu VIC cN-
l''9Vs ~ ''c NC" i''N pow ''.9 Wv
/ I"'@c' "'' "''"".''"S 10 ''o,'''S So''
/ rms ma'''' was "'ScuS''u I'm" '"e o'"-
c'NHloh "'' "i''Ne" 1T '''' IL" pei ao''
! IN inc state wills c"i'"'e VI "o'ns vac
""'h us "''' "S wv f''i''9''''"' "'''
/ t"is'
!" 'c'e''i ms ~ ia.
poor uepar'lno"'' 'ue'''an |o"'''N"''
stated That ior the year '''o 'ie eh-
penscS "i 'he department W. ''oo'''
N"ic" ""S " P'0'P'
ne 9"''' many '0Ir'N ','',S '','.,-
| i''S' III aol'i@ ~ ~. lII vi WI
NJ ooi'''i'No"' "' ''"''C 'I''
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GRAND JUROR AND JUSTICE
COURTS
,, r. u.ot.r .h otto. ra,d Juror
,9fa,.a ,na ,aara ana do.
ra'.,-, 1,in,sa,e ~ ors,.a, Ia the allie
-..io. ,,,.,,..t, a,.,t,.t 1,,, /, rafor-
-. ,ri,.rir ,,risorors haforo the
s.,.,a ll,,,.,s can,a,i,o ogo Alder
49,, c,,,.,o p,r,, and Drou MORO
n,,,,a,,,.,, oo,,,i..oo 70 irvostigote
no ,,,o++ar oe i,.tico courts and re-
,,ort suhrittod which consured Mr..
yv,. . rooT hafora tbo hoard
49,, Aldermen, Co,vies Mr. Webster
,to+od that This rcnort was 50 unfair
IN MIN that Aldermen Barnes and
Dro,,. ro,used 70 sign fine renort.
Alderman CowIes's report stated
that iustice courts were only patron
lied in Rutland. st. Adams and Bur-
liurtoc. In defense of this Mr.. Web
stor stated that the number of prose
. cutions brought in 1909 in Bellows
Falls were 1o7. in Brattlcboro. 1o4
in Porro. oOq. in Rutland. 23S: and in
. st Adams. 2o4 For the same year
Mr.. webster BROUGHT % eases before
: Justice Stearns, 235 cases before JUS
tice peberville and 507 cases before
the city court. The number of cases
, brought before the city court was OF
= r no no,.+ ,oro
est places outside of Burlington.
Alderman Cowles charged that thf
States attorney. the sherif"9 depart
ment, the city attorney. lana inc ponce
= department brought all OF 'helr cases
before the city court MI WehS'c'
stated that the states attorney """o
led the cases or th' N''''" "'P"'
lnont ana that curing 'ie P''' N'"' ~
mad brought onE 80 'a' ~
city court ne 'i,' ~