Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-03-06
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Middiebury Votes in Favor OF Di-
rect Primary-No License by s.

rect Primary-No License by S.
The annual March town meeting was
held in the town hall here on Tuesday.
1t was not pleasant day for the coun-
try voters to get out but something
more than half of the voters in town
made their appearance during the day,
as was shown by the vote on the license
issue, the total vote on which was 452.
The meeting was quiet and orderly
throughout and but very little time
was wasted in useless talk.
Moderator James B. Donoway called
the meeting to order at 10:15 O'Clock
and Clerk Joseph M. Burke read the
warning. Mr.. Donoway and Mr.. Burke
were at once unanimously reelected as
moderator and clerk.
Article 2, of the warning "to hear
the reports of the town officers and to
take proper action thereon" was ac
cepted and adopted on motion of Judge
John E. Weeks.
Article 8, "to determine what sum of
money, if any, should be appropriated
for the observance of Memorial day"
was next in order, and on motion of
Charles F. Rich the sum of 500 was
voted of which $65 is to be expended
in this village and $35 in East Middle
bury, according to the custom for the
past several years.
| ,.t,o 4 70 hn
will vote tax, and if so, how much, to
maintain in cooperation with the Ladies
Library association the Free Public
Library in Middlebury." Charles E.
Harris moved that tax of three per
cent on the grand list be appropriated
for this purpose and the motion was un-
animously carried.
Next came article ''to see what
action the town will take in regard to
repairing the roadway on the stone
bridge in Middleburv village and to
vote sum of money therefor, if such
repairs are made" There was brief
discussion of this matter, participated
in by William M. Jackson. Selectman
julius o. Seeley and Allan Calhoun.
Mr.. Calhoun finally moved that the
whole matter be referred to the in
coming board of selectmen, and the
motion was carried.
Under article 6, Ito see if the town
will vote any money for permanent
| highways, to take advantage of the
State Aid law" it was moved that the
sum of $500 be appropriated for this
purpose, the same as last year, and this
vote was unanimously carried.
Article Z, "to see if the town will vote
to authorize the selectmen to lease the
town hall for term of years. was
taken up and brought out some little
discussion. Judge Weeks stated that
w. F. Bentley was willing to give $3.50
per year rental for three or five years
and to see that the windows were fixed
up air tight and that the seats should
be repaired and kept in good order at
his expense. On motion of Mr.. Weeks
the whole matter was referred to the
instructions to give the lease to Mr..
Bentley with reservation of dates for
the use of the Grand Army post and the
customary exercises of the High and
Graded schools.
Article 8, "to see if the town will vote
to have the quadrennial appraisal of
real estate for the year 1914 printed and
distributed to the voters, was laid on
the table after a brief discussion.
Under Article the sum of $500 was
voted for band concerts for the coming
season, the concerts to be divided be-
tween Middlebury village and East
Middlebury in accordance with the Gus
tom of recent years.
The remaining matters concerning
taxation were got away with in an ex-
peditious manner. A tax of Go cents on
the dollar Of the grand list was voted on
the motion of Auditor George E. Mar
shall, for the payment of outstanding
orders of the town, for the support of
the poor and other expenses for the en-
suing year Then an additional tax of
81 cents on the dollar was voted for the
purposes of laying out and repairing
highways and further tax of so cents
on the dollar was voted for the support
of the schools in the districts outside of
the village.
The article about the giving of
authority to the selectmen to appoint
one or more road commissioners went
on the table by unanimous vote, and
the election of the remaining officers
came next in order.
The first contest was for selectman
to succeed julius o. Seeley, sr.. for a