The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-07
CHARGES AGAINST
CHIEF BRAZIL
DISMISSED
Trustees Bought Head Of Police
a New Club
ALL MEMBERS ATTENDED
Village Fathers Paid Usual Bills and
Discussed Highway Finances
Routine Business.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the village board of trustees last
evening at the village rooms at 7.45,
the charges preferred against Chief
Patrick Brazil by Village Attorney
| Charles A. Maurer at the July meet
| ing were dismissed. Trustees Kel-
ley, HOLSTER, Nash, Morrissey, Gun
shannon, Buss and Holden were pres
ent, President Ward being in the
chair and Clerk Hogan in attendance.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and accepted.
/ The charges against Chief Brazil
were then taken up. They were en-
tered against the head of the village
police at the July meeting by the viii
lage council who was ordered to
have witnesses appear before the
| board. Chief Brazil appeared before
the board with number o: witnesses
but action was delayed pending the
appearance of Mr.. Maurer who, upon
his arrival, stated that he had no wit
nesses and would not press the com
plant. The board voted to purchase
police club and pair of handouts
for Chief Brazil from Harry Chase,
| former game warden.
Ii was voted that orders be drawn
for the budget of bills presented by
Clerk Hogan with the exception of a
bill for automobile hire presented by
Joseph Garreau. The bill to the
amount of S12 was for auto service
at the Fourth of July parade. The
1 .. a.
| feeling that the bill was too high.
Mr.. Garreau appeared before the
board explained that the bill was
for the rent and driving of two auto
mobiles for two and one-half hours
! and expressed himself as satisfied if
the village only paid him dollar.
The board reduced the bill to $40
| and ordered IL to be paid.
A petition from Fred w. Spear rep
resenting the Sons of Veterans was
| offered. That organization proposes
to hold carnival at Hunts Grove
August %, 90 and "a and present a
vaudeville bill of nine acts from out
of town. The petition requested that
the board rule as to whether or not
the village license for a circus should
be charged. The matter is still in
the hands of States Attorney Meagh-
er and the board ruled that If the
state did not hold the carnival to be
circus the village would not. The
matter was left in the hands of the
clerk.
II was voted that the Fire Commit.
tee be given power to change the
plans for the repairs of the w. H.
Bradford Hook and Ladder Company.
1t was voted that the charges against
Officer Murphy, preferred at the spec
ial July meeting by Peter Patois, al
leging unnecessary roughness In max
ing an arrest, be dismissed
Chief of Erie Department John E.
Gibney appeared before the board to
state that the regular annual inspec-
ton of the fire department will be
held August 10th at p. m, starting
at the Bradford Hook and Ladder
House and following the usual line of
march.
Trustee Holden OF the finance COM
mittee made a report on the highway
fund. The fund amounted to $4,000
OF which sum $4,000 has been ex.
pended, leaving $4,000. Il is made
necessary that $1,000 of this sum be
expended in the construction of per-
manent highway, thus leaving $1.2Ou
Eight hundred dollars will be required
for the streets from September LIST to
the end of the year, thus leaving but
$500
The village is under a tentati e
agreement to install waterbound
macadam road on Mill street as the
trolley company has raised its tracks
TO grade. Considerable discussion
was aroused as to whether the village
could finance this with the funds now
voted. II was pointed out, however,
that the highway fund has assets of
nearly $1,000 in sums to be paid by
the state and by the railway compa-
MES and others for their assessments
in improvements made. The matter
was laid on the table.
Attorney W. ]. Meagher. repres-
enting George r. Burgess, presented
a claim on the village for horse in
lured on a road of the village. IL al
legged that on June s horse owned
by George X. Burgess of the Burgess
road and valued at s125 fell as the re-
suit OF bad hole in the road. that
the horses leg was broken and that
II had to be shot. Claim WIS made
TO the value Of the horse and for the
expense resulting from the accident.
The question was raised as to the
liability Of the village. Street Com
missioner A. r. Dunn was instructed
TO investigate and report on the con-
dition OF the road at the scene of the
accident and to report at the Septem
Der meeting.
Trustee Holden took up the matter
OF the drainage OF surface water. He
presented a communication from r
w. BOvditch Of Boston Offering to
send an expert 90 look over the local
situation and make a report. Mr..
Holden pointed out the problem in
volved in the damage done byl
surface water after a heavy rain.
The matter was laid on the table un-
III the next meeting
II was voted that the clerk be given
power TO grant a license to Albert
Rice Of Cambridge. n. Y. to sell
popcorn on Main street on August Is
and Is. Il was voted that the matter
OF the painting Of the Eagle Hose