Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
STATE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
In Reamendment to the Charter of til
village of Orleans

$3.50 !
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed
with the Clerk OF the Public Service Com
mission of the State Of Vermont, which is
In the words and figures following:
''To the Public Service Commission
within and for the State OF Vermont:
Comes F. Fl. Churchill, o G. Page
and j. b. Cotton, trustees Of the iDcor-
porated Village OF Orleans, In the County
of Orleans and State of Vermont and say
tha9 the said Village is q municipal cor
poration duly chartered, organized and
existing under and by virtue of a Charter
granted by the General Assembly Of the
State OF Vermont; that amoung the neces-
stiles Of said village, recognized in it's char
ter, is a supply of water Of sufficient guam
tity and quality for the use of it's ciLlzens
for both public and domestic purposes;
that said charter grants to said village the
right to take the waters OF any fountains,
springs, ponds, rivers and streams in the
several Jowns of Barton, Bloomington and
Irasburg in said County for the purposes
aforesaid; that for the many years last
past the scources of water from said towns
have been sufficient for the purpos afore-
said and have ben 8 used by tie
said Village Of Orleans; that during the
few years last past the demand for water
by the ~sc1tiZens of said village has been
equal to the supply available from such
sconrses as may oe found in the said town
of Barton, Bloomington and Irasburg,
that the said village is now facing q callIfor
q greater quantity and a better quality OF
water for public and domestic purposes
than can be obtained from the said towns
under It's present charter; that the town
OF Westmore situated adjacent to the said
town Of Bloomington and within a reason
able distance from said Village of Orleans,
has within its territorial limit vast guam
titles Of water rf suitable quality for the
uses OF the citizens of the SAID Village of
Orleans and that such Use will not be to
the inconvenience or detriment of any
nr0n4rtU OunPr or rpGtnnnf nf cold tnun
of Westmore.
Your petitioners further say that
under lis charter as granted by the Gener-
al Assembly Of the State of Vermont it
is permitted to issue bonds to the extent
of ltwenty- five thousand dollars for the
purposes OF carrying out the provisions OF
it's charter; that since he amount was so
limited by charter the Village of Orleans
has experienced considerable growth both
as to It's number of Inhabitants and as to
its grand list; that more and be sitter pn bile
utilities are demanded and have become
necessary and that an Indebtedness i'm
tied in amount to twenty-five thousand
dollars will and must hinder and delay
further growth and progress on the part of
the said village and will seriously hinder,
delay and check further necessary ex-
tensions of its water system. And your
petitioners aforesaid further show that
the said Village of Orleans is in good fl
nanciaI conoltlou; that its total indebted
ness is represented In income and revenue
producing properties and that it's total as
sets exceed in amount it's total liabilities.
Your petitioners further show that
at a meeting duly warned and holden on
the 18th day OF June A. D. 1912, the said
Trustees were duly authorized TO petition
your Honorable Commiss Oh for the fol-
lowing amendments to the Charter Of the
Village of Orleans:
FIRST. By adding the word "West-
more" between the wtrds "Barton" and
bloomington" in thefourth line of Section
~ of Act Number la of the Acts and Re-
solves of the General Assembly at the
Bienniel Session of A. D. 1882 as printed
for distribution, so tnat the section as a.
mended will reed;-
SECTION 27. Said Village is hereby
authorized and empowered through it,
Board of Water Commissioners to be elect
ed as hereinafter provided to take the
waters from any fountains springs, ponds
rivers, or streams in the town of Barton
WestmOre, Bloomington and Irasburg for
the purpose of applying, etc.
SECOND. By striking out the word
twenty ii We" in the second line of 81 cg1on
81 OF the Act Number Ia of the Acts and
Revolves of the General Assembly at the
Bienniel Session of A.. ID. 1892 as amended
by Section l OF Act No. 218 of the Acts ano
Resolves of the General Assembly at the
Biennial Session Of A. D. 1902 as printed
for distribution, and inserting in lieu
thereof the Woro 'forty" o that SAID Sc.
tion as amended will read as foliows;-
SECTION 81. Said Village is hereby
authorized TO issue bonds not exceeding
fourty thousand dollars, on sucn terms,
etc.
THEREFORE, the said F. FL Churchill.
o. G. Page and j. b, Cotton, trustees as
aforesaid, having been duly authorized sc
to do by an affirmative vote of said village e.
do petition your Honorable Commission
to amend said Charter IN the particulars
above set forth and in such other manner
as to the Commission may seem wise, tC
the end that the said Village of Orleans
may make the necessary extension of its
water system in the town of Westmore
aforesaid and that the said Village may is,
sue it's bonds agreeably to its wish as ex.
pressed by its vote authorizing this' petit.
ton.
And your petitioners further request
your Honora BILE Commissi, II to fix d Time
and place, when and where the saiu petitt
oners and all other persons interested IL
the subj CT matter of this petition may be
heard, and to give notice thereof agreeably
to he provisions of the statute in such cas-,
mad and provided.
Dated at Orleans in the County o
Orleans and Stage Of Vermont, this 21s
day of June A d 1912.
F.H CHURCHILL
o. G. PAGE
J. Is. COLTCN
Trustees of the Village Of Orleans
OuGs IN 10 AOIOOy OIu0IC'
that sad petition be, and the same is, re
ferred for hearing and decision thereon, t
a session or this Commission to be held a
the Village Hall, in the Village of Orleans
In the town Of Barton, County OF Orlean
and State Of Vermont, on the 9Th da
Of August, 1912, at nine o'clock in tn
forenoon.
AND it Is further ordered that notice O
said hearing be given to all persons inter
ested by publication of a copy of this or
der at least three weeks successfully /
the Orleans County Monitor, a newspape
published In said town of Barton, the las
publication thereof to be at least six day
before the date of said hearing.
And it further ordered that q copy {
this order be posted at least fourteen cay
before the date of said hearing In fou
public places in said town of Barton, to
wit at the Office of the Town Clerk of sal
town of Barton; at the Office Of the Cler
OF the Village OF Orleans; at the Post Offic
and at the Village Hall, IN said Village
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