The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-07

considerably after the hour set, $50
O clock, by Scion a Richmond of the
board of bailiffs. w. H. Perry. clerk.
read the warrant and it was promptly
voted to accept and approve the re-
ports of the bailiffs, treasurer and
chief engineer as printed.
Then came the. question of the
adoption of the new charter and Her
bert B. Chamberlain, lister. wanted to
know if the new charter provided for
defining more definitely the village
boundaries. He said that the listers
were having all kinds of trouble over
the boundaries of the village. The
chair replied that the old boundaries
were kept.
Then John I. Kaine developed as
the real floor leader of the opposition.
He moved that the charter be re-
jected.
Lyman Z. Holden wanted to know if
it could not be amended so that the
commissioners would not be elected for
three years. He and others objected
to such a long term of office. He
/ thought the charter could be adopted
as it stood and the commissioners
elected on their pledges to petition the
/ Legislature for an amendment to the.
charter to make their terms only one
year each.
Linn ID. Taylor said he understood
that If the charter were to be adopted
at all it must be in its entirety, and
a. p. Carpenter, town attorney, was
asked for his legal opinion.
/ He said that if it were adotcd by
! the meeting at all it must be in the
/ form presented There was no ques-
1 tion but that it could be amended
later, he said. lie asked that Judge
Tyler, who was of the committee who
1 drew up the charter, be heard from.
!. Judge Tyler went into the history
1 of the village charter and maintained
/ that the new one was not very radical,
the three-year term for commissioners
being a modern Improvement in gov
eminent provisions recognized every
where. The granting of the privilege
to the village of having the streets
watered by a general tax assessed up
on the abutters, and 4 like provision
as to the disposal of garbage were to
him sufficient reasons for the accept
ance of the instrument.
Mr.. KANE again took the floor, say
ing that there were other objections
than the three-year term. The village
lines had not been extended and there
were many residents III the newly de
veIoped territory Just outside the vii
lage lines who were enjoying all the
privileges of the village and not pay
ing for them.
He made the point that the charter
was not reported to the citizens of tht
village for criticism and amendment
before presentation to the legislature
as the resolution under which the com
mittee did the work provided. He
registered an objection because there ha
been no such opportunity granted tn
I citizens. He wanted the patching o
t the charter done now and not after /
= was adopted.
i Judge Tyler came back by sayinl
that an exception Of the village limit
! to take in Centreville or the west vii
o lagc could not be made without tn
consent of the residents there and pub
lie hearings He doubted if Brattle
bore was ready to increase terrltora
limits He said that he as membe
of the committee had not thought h
was disobeyiug any of the provision
of the resolution under which the con
mittee was appointed.
The chairman at this point said tn
adoption of the charter would not nee
: essarily mean that the village shoul
: do the street sprinkling or the garbag
z collections; it merely. would give tina
E privilege in the event that the yillag
wanted to have it done.