The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-19
Barre Board of Civil Au-
thority Took That Posi-
ton Last Night
AND RECONSTRUCTED
FORMER ABATEMENTS
A Number of Poll Taxes
Were Crossed Off
Last Evening

A majority opinion held by the board
of civil authority in session at the city
court room last evening resulted in the
dismissing of several petitions for tax
abatements on real estate and the re-
consideration of petitions presented for
similar purpose at the meeting last
| Tuesday night. Action taken on the
cases reconsi Tered was consistent with
the disposition made in the petitions
forwarded last night, since it seemed to
| be the prevailing sense of the board that
the city pursued an unwise policy in
abating assessments on real estate
Not all of the members concurred in
this feeling, however, for when the ques.
( -on came to test in the case of Mrs.
Katherine Dineen, three of the board,
Alderman Michael keefes d. J. Sullivan
and Martin Riley voted in favor of
granting the request. A majority of the
board voted to dismiss the petition and
dismissals in the remaining cases with
out opposition.
The session was called to order at
O'Clock for the purpose of going over the
remainder of the tax books of Constable
NJ. b. Nichols, but the requests OF sew
eral petitioners We're heard before the
board got down to the real business Of
the evening. F. G.. Rowland presided
and to the original seven who responded
to the call at the hour of seven, four
more were added as the evening pro-
gressed. Mrs. Katherine Dineen asked
that a tax on her house and land on Pike
street be abated. She declared that she
was about to place her five small chill
dren in a home outside the city and that
she herself planned to leave Barre. 1t
was on her petition that the issue of
abating on real estate was raised, the
vote TO dismiss following lengthy
discussion.
On behalf OF Mrs Mary Reid of Maple
avenue, J. X. Anderson asked that the
tax on her property be abated. The
request was dismissed. J. n. Carroll
asked that the tax on the real estate
of his brother, A. A. Carroll, lately de-
ceased, be abated, and the request was
dismissed, although the board voted to
abate Mr. Canoll's poll tax. Sam
Wheeler appeared in person and denied
any report that he had money in the
bank. He asked that he be allowed the
month of August in which to pay his tax
without the customary fee attached to
each tax bill unpaid after August IL.
His request was dismissed.
C. l.. Currier came before the board
for rebate of last years poll tax on
the ground that he was over 10 years
old. The rebate was made. Mrs, Oreste
Bonani asked that her husbands poll
tax be abated on account of his declin
ing health Her request was granted.
Morton A. McAllister, in a letter to the
clerk, enclosed receipt for his taxes
in the town of Richmond. His local
assessment was abated. George Pithie's
poll tax was abated on account of in
iuries which have confined him to the
house for several months. Francis
Grady's poll tax was abated because OF
his proven minority. Abatements were
also made on the following names,
which were found to be duplicates;
George Allies. duplicate for George Elias;
John Amos, for Amos John; John Carl
son for John Karlson; Joe Gavain for
Joe Geuvin; Frank Provost, for Frank
Provost; George Rithie, for George
Pithe.
Real estate abatements requested by
Mrs. Mary Cook, Mrs. Lizzie Cook and
Mrs. John d. Patterson at prior ses-
sion of the board We're reconsdered and
then dismissed by vote. On account of
MS decease, the poll tax of Norman B.
York for 1918 was abated and the board
urned its attention to the books OF
ormer Constable Nichols. Books COW
ring a period which extended from 1909
through 1912 were examined and abate-
nents made in number of instances.
Before adjournment at 10 o'clock, a mo-
ion was carried to instruct the clerk to
mark the abatements on each book as
ordered by the board.
For causes as described, abatements
we're made as follows:
la09-,Ioseph 0'Heron, moved to Nir-
-inia: Timothy Dineen, unknown.
lgl0-Ben A. Bylow, deceased; Robert
mlah. jr.. minor; L. E. Wiley, moved
o Waterbury.
l9ll-Iohn Cruickshank, deceased; w.
; Day, incapacitated; James Grant, de-
eased.
l9l2-Wallace Bruce, deceased; Charles
ain, duplicate for Charles Cane; Carlo
7astano, duplicate; Charles Clark, war
eteran and 90 years old; Leon Farms
gorth, moved away; Peter Porchetti,
duplicate; Joseph NJ. Gilbertson, inca
acitated; Robert Maitland, deceased;
lawrence Mazzoni, deceased; John Me-
.ennon, deceased; William Nicol, de-
eased; Levi Rowel. deceased; David
tickle. removed; Isaac Simon, dupli
ate; l.. f. Wiley. removed; Luigi Cera-
uzzi, minor; Luigi Venetti, duplicate.
.batement in the case of William Doug
rs deceased. was reconsidered when it