The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-17
Took UpAttention Of .uthor-
ity Board G sur Hours
HEARING BARRE TAX CASES
Board Listened to 3s Protests, Acted on
IS Duplicated Names and Considered
40 Petitions for Attachments or
Rebates Last Night.

In a session that continued from 7
o'clock until 1880 o'clock last night, the
board OF civil authority received tax
| grievances from 80 persons or their
agents, dealt with the recommendations
CT City Clerk James Mackay on IS du-
| plicated names against which taxes had
been charged and also considered 40 petit
tions for abatements or rebates presented
by the clerk and four requests for extern
sions of time. BY vote of the board, l3
petitions either received by the aggrieved
persons or by communication were dis
missed. +. G. Rowland presided over
the meeting, and IL members of the
board were present when the business
OF the session began When the smaller
hours of Saturday began to approach,
some of the members had withdrawn.
/ Early in the evening. Constable NJ, b.
| Nichols was excused from the session.
| The board acted favorably on SO of
| the grievances presented, granting either
! rebates or abatements, which the recon-
mendations of the clerk in satisfactorily
| explaining the duplication of names on
| the tax list were accepted. Arguments
| that sometimes reached heated pitch
were passed on few of the cases con-
sidered
| In the cases of persons who appeared
before the board or were represented
by agents the following decisions were
reached; Mrs. Joseph Smith asked re-
bate al $500. obliged to work for sup
port of family, rebated; Mrs. Elizabeth
Merchant, petitioned for half abatement
OH S70.50, case dismissed; Mrs. Richard
Ncrcoe. husband unable to work, tax on
real estate abated; Mrs. Mary Cook,
abated as last year; Mrs. Maggie Peruna,
husband unable to work. rebated; Sam
uel Wheeler. poll tax abated by reason
Of illness; Mrs. Margaret Common, taxi
on real estate thought excessive, dis
missed Mrs. Serafni Frontini, husband
III for nine months, poll tax abated |
Mrs. Guiseppino Bottigi, husband de-
censed poll tax rebated; Anthony A.
Carroll, unable to work for past three
years, ahated.
]. r. bowers, disability. poll tax abat-
ed Herbert Lapier, removed to Barrel
Town poll tax related; A. NJ. Celia, forl
Vanetti Granite Co.. abated; George p.
Lund, veteran OF rebellion, rebate on
$500 granted; Charles b. Putnam. vet
eran OF rebellion, rebate On $500 granted; /;
Charles B. Putnam. veteran. of rebellion,
poll tax rebated: John r. Tierney, re-
bate on portion of grand list; Joseph
Celia. so years old poll tax abated ;
Henry Bodreau, taxed too much on real
estate. case dismissed; A. Villa, taxed
uniustlv on real estate, case dismissed;
Frank G. Spaulding, resident of Barre
Town, poll tax rebated; Gichino Albni,
minor, poll tax abated; Giuseppi Sassi,
resident of Italy for past seven years.,
poll tax abated; Harry Fisher, student
OF Norwich university and member of
guard. poll tax abated; A. g.
Powers. real estate on Grant avenue ex-
cessively taxed. dismissed Joseph Rossi,
absent in Italy one year, dismissed.
.Oreste Bonani. absent in Toronto, Ont.,I
one year. case dismissed; w. p. Durkee,l
Mrs. Emma Durkee, deceased, tax on real
estate rebated: c. +. Reed, stock in
Barre Savings bank, abated; A. G. Reed,
stock in Barre Savings bank, abated;
Paul Kingston, excessive tax on real
estate. dismissed; William Miers, excess
sve tax on barber shop property, dis
missed: RAYMOND Gokey, deceased, poll
tax abated; John Patterson, invalid.
abated; Henry Holt, house unfinished
April i. dismissed; Edward Tarbox, tax
on $50 personal property not on list
rebated; William T. Maiden, taxed on
sT5 personal property not on list. abat-
ed Thomas Jeffrey, illness, poll tax
nbated; John Bianchi, i'll health, poll tax
lbated.
Some Cases Aroused Discussion.
A motion to dismiss the petition of
John r. Tierney resulted in a tie vote
and Chairman Howland's vote broke the
deadlock and defeated the motion, The
action favorable to Mr.. Tierney's petit
lion followed.
Attorney L. NJ Harvey of Montpelier
appeared as the representative of Fred
\. Braley, who had paid taxes of S2Q9.06
Inder protest Attorney Harvey stated
hat the listers had added 5000 to the
inventory sworn to by Mr.. Braley. He
,aid that no construction of the statute
,ould the listers arbitrarily add to
,itzens list because of an opinion or
,elief founded on no evidence. lie de-
Jared that at a previous meeting of the
,oard no legal reason had been given
or adding the $4,000 He contended
hat if the assessors were vested with
Lis power they had prerogatives which
qualled those OF the ear of Russia and
ther crowned heads OF Europe. AS
cssor Martin Riley asked counsel for Mr..
,raley why his client hadn't taken an
ppeal from previous decision of the
oard. Attorney Harvey limited at "eon-
ivance," and said that the state tan
had advised the assessors
6 go ahead" in their demands.
When the petition came before the
oard for final decision, w. 7. Calder
loved that the sum requested be abated
nd his motion was seconded by Judge
I. w. Scott d. J. Sullivan opposed the
lotion and c. w. Melcher asked for
eht Mr.. Riley asserted that the as
cssors had not been guessing in the
,atter, nor doing Mr.. Braley an injus-
ice.
Judge Scott didn't believe that the
NV, as interpreted by the assessors.
ould be upheld by the supreme court.
Ir. Riley said that an appeal from the
oard S prior decision could have been
iken to the state tax commissioner,
ho would have appointed three men
ithip the county TO hear the case He