Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-03-08
Town NJ eetine

oWctutl, WHO was lusisithl IN tue pre-
servation Of orderliness aud that the
speakers should confine themselves to
the subject under discussion. The 80
articles in the warning were disposed of
in an exceptionally short space of time
considering the amount of discussion
they evoked and final adjournment was
taken about 430 p. IN.
We publish below a digest of the
days proceedings
j. S. Sweeney and George S. Robin
son were reelected as moderator and
town clerk, respectively, and after OPP
ening the license question to vote the
subject of accepting or rejecting the re-
ports of the various town officers was
taken up, resulting in the acceptance of
them all as printed with the exception
of the Water Commissioners report,
which owing to an alleged discrepancy
between the accounts of the auditors
and the collections as reported, which
showed that the treasurer had accounted
for seventy odd dollars more than his
collections totalled, was not acceptable
to the voters.
The next question was the election of
the various town officers, resulting as
follows:
Town Clerk, G. s. Robinson, who APP
pointed G. l., Dyer as his assistant.
Town Treasurer, q. S. Robinson.
Selsctman, for three years, F. K. Sad
leir, who succeeds DIR. Norcross
School Director for three years, f. }
Parsons, reelected
Lister for three years. F. A. Bemis,
succeeding D. A. Haynes
Road Commissioner, o. l.. Mansur,
reelected.
Overseer of Poor, G. E. Clark, re-
elected.
Collector of Taxes, E. A. Benfs, re.
elected.
Trustee of Public Money, E. NJ. Bart
lett.
Auditors l.. A. Cobb, A. w. Bos-
worth, IL. b. Amey.
Town Grand Jurors, l.. F. Jones, &.
II. Albee.
Constables, j. X. Applebee, NJ Renell
Town Agent, &. X. Powell.
Tree Warden, e. F. Street.
Water Commissioner, {. L. Foss,
reelected.
Library Commissioners, for five
years, Mrs. G. NJ. King for four years,
Mrs. T. G. Carr; for one year, Mrs. II.
f. Randall.
Cemetery Commissioners j. II. Ger
IRISH, to fill unexpired term of f. F.
Johnson, resigned for five years, Mrs.
IL. II. Hobson, reelected.
Trustee of Brighton Water Bonds
Sinking Fund A. w. BosNorth, vice
| w. A. Geeson, resigned; e. G. Smith,
vice 7. j. Corbett, moved from town.
The officers being disposed of, the
various articles in the warning were
taken up, the votes taken on the several
questions being:
Article 6, passed over.
Article 7, taxes to be collected by
town treasurer as heretofore.
Article s, voted to spend 1919 of high.
way fund for the building aud mainte-
nance of sidewalks.
Article 8, voted to elect road COM
missioner instead of appointment by
selectmen.
Article 10, appropriate 500 above
the $50 required by law for the enlarge
ment of the public library.
Article II, $40 appropriated for Men,
orial Day.
Article u, voted 5000 compensation
to fire company aud chief.
Article ID, voted not to put a set
bowl and town water iuto the Pleasant
street school house.
Article IA, voted to raise $500 to take
advantage of State Aid Law.
Article Is, passed over.
, Article l6, ITO see if the town will
: vote to pay its Health Officer an annual
salary of $50 which shall be in lieu OF
all statutory fees payable by the town "
/. brought forth considerable speechify IND
by DR.. Norcross who demanded a yes
3 and no ballot on the matter, resulting
yes, rs no, A.
!, Articles II, IS, 10, 20, and q, passed
1 over.
n Article %, voted not to extend the
town water system to Hawkinsvile.
e Article 90, matter of considerable
s Importance, was voted to be referred tc
= the fire chief, who was to make thorough
investigation and report to the select
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