Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-13
CHICHESTER TOWN REPORT
bebt Decreased from $37, $685.
to $35,S9S.37 Past Year
|eIectmcn's Orders unpaid Amount 10
500, s65.6s Compared with S3s,7oo.oo
in Iai2-Cost of Poor Sf,S'5.s7
-6s Municipal Court Cases.

The 5Oth annual report of the Sc
ectmen and other officers of the town
Colchester made it's appearance
tuesday. The report shows the
resent debt Of the town to be s35,-
qS.87 The liabilities are S45,623.25
nd are divided as follows Unpaid
vorscer's orders, s2531.61; unpaid
elcctmen's orders S29,S65.jS unpaid
Dad commissioners orders, $1.4j3.S4;
Ticers' claims, s1,351.5O; amount of
$. deposit fund due the trustee of
aid fund, $1O,42O.G2. The assets
mount to S9.724SS, which shows II
ash balance in the treasury, January
II, 1913. of $GS0.36. The town debt a
year ago was $37,3S5.S2, while tho Ii
hilities amounted to S54.33729 and
hssets to s16.95t47. The overseer's
recount shows the total amount Of
property on hand as per inventory
January 3, 1912, as s9.91G.50; orders
Drawn to January -. 1913, $5,51969.
This with the overseer's salary aud
the interest on the t. $. deposit fund
invested in the farm bring the total
to SS,9S1.95 Tho credits show the
mount on hand as per inventory Jan
uary .. 1913. as &3,259S5 and tn"
pmount of cash paid to the treasurer
sSS6.23 total of $411G1S. The cost
Df the poor tho year just closed
amounted to $4S25.77, as against So
| 500 Of a year ago.
The selectmon have drawn orders on
| the town treasurer amounting to $t1,-
|13H.37 and the orders remaining un-
paid are 500 NG5.GS as against s3S.-
II
pended h., the roal commissioner dur
| ing the year totallcd S2.55422 while
There are remaining orders unpaid to
the amount Of $1.453.Si. There was
paid into the treasury for dog licenses
.hs year $4,000 The account of the
town treasurer shows cash balance
on hand January, 1912, Of $79204 "a,
md the receipts amounted to &2o.557.-
-: total S2S.4JS15 The dishursc-
ments were $27777.70, leaving cash
balance in the treasury of $GN0.%G.
Last years report shows the receipts
together with the amount on hand ut
the beginning of the year to be S23.-
2o125 while the disbursements amount
cd to s25,37O.S5. The trustees fund
amounts to s1O,42O.G2 and this amount
IS loaned to the town.
MUNICIPAL COURT REPORT.
Sixty-eight prosecutions were brought
before the Wtnoosk municipal court, in
of which the respondents either pleaded
guilty or were convicted while in II the
respondents We're discharged. Fines and
costs of s527.14 were paid in A. cases while
IN seven the respondents were committed
Costs amounting to sn99i have been
=
Der of prosecutions were divided as fol-
lows: Breach Of peace, 81; larceny, nine;
violation of the Sunday law, two; cruelty
70 animals and selling food by short
weight, one each.
The report of Health Officer J. G
Thabault states that an epidemic OF
measles was increased by a large number
Of unrepOrted cases, where there was nc
physician in attendance. But the present
conditions are better He respectfully
calls the attention of the village to the
matter of sewers on the Heights and
East Center street, and that the system
has not kept pace with the progress OF
the village. The district schools are with
out proper light and ventilation and the
State board of health urges the adoption
of iacketed stoves which permit of d
system of ventilation that would be OF
benefit to the pupils He calls the atten
tlon OF owners of all public building:
and tenement houses. more than tive
stories high, that to comply with the law
of the State they must equip them will
fire escapes.
The amount received from lease lan'
fund, year of 1911, and to be divided
among the school districts was SI.S6 AM
was divided between the towns MIN
school districts and the Winooskt grade'
school district, eight schools The inter
est paid by the treasurer on orders take
up amounted to S23l 70, and he paid to tn
State treasurer all liquor license receipts
SO The total amount of selectmen's or
ders, old and new, paid by the treasure
amounted to s2O,136S7 while the oVerseer'
orders both old and new, were $500 49,
An addition to the town report TINS yea
Is the list of trustees of the Colcheste
town library. printed with the list of TN
Town officers. They are: Myron Shaw, ON
wear; Mrs NJ e. Thompson, two years
Mrs A. McNeal, three years; Mrs. Il.
Wright, four years, and r. l., Virgin
five years.