Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-24
TRUST COMPANY STOCK.
Constable Ordered to Try and Collect
Unpaid Taxes,

Constable Ordered to Try and Collect
Unpaid Taxes.
! A resolution was adopted at a special
meeting Of tho board OF Aldermen Monday
evening instructing tho city constable to
proceed TO collect the 1918 and 1914 tax
against tho 6l shares OF Burlington Trust
| list to Louise n. Ward, but which is
claimed as exempt by the Trust com
pany on the grounds that the stock
named Is held as a trust fund by them
| for Mrs. Ward.
The matter was called to the attention
of the board In q communication from
| Mayor Burke. The communication refer
red to tho fact that the board of alder
men had adopted a resolution last Febru-
airy instructng the assessors to place
the stock in the list for taxation and that
exemption had been claimed by the Trust
company, who claimed they were trustee
OF the shares. The mayor stated that he
learned from what he considered good
authority that the stock was assessable
and he had also been Informed by the
assessors that the Trust company had
not been appointed by any competent
court as trustee. He considered the re-
fusal to pay as an attempt to evade the
tax He advised that the city constable
go ahead and collect the taxes due.
1t appeared during the discussion that
Constable Denning had attempted to col
lect the tax in the afternoon, had not
succeeded and had been informed that
the tax would not be paid and that the
bank would stand suit. The tax amounts
There was some discussion as to
whether or not 1t would be of any effect
to adopt a resolution such as the mayor
suggested as It was the duty OF the con-
stable to 90 ahead with the collection of
unpaid taxes In the usual manner and
without recourse to other than his own
authority. The mayor thought, however.
that resolution would give the affair
some prestige to have the authority of
tho aldermen behind the conetabs and
the resolution was adopted
REPEATER FOR FIRE ALARM SYS-
TEN.
The special committee to whom wa 8
referred the matter of buying q new
six circuit repeater for the city fire
alarm system reported that they had
held several sessions and had been in
communication with the Gamewell
company who install such systems.
and their opinion was that it would
be poor economy to attempt to repair
the present repeater as the operation
would be an expensive one The
Gamewell company, they further re-
ported, would install an up-to-date
siX-crCuit repeater for s1.450 and
would allow 5000 for the present re-
peater which would make the cost to
the city Of the now apparatus $3.50,
exclusive Of the pedestal.
a resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the fire commissioners to install
the repeater in accordance with the
terms recommended in the committees
report.
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
A resolution to build sidewalk on
South Union street between Pearl and
College streets which was laid on the
table at recent meeting of the board
because certain residents Of the street
had put In protest, was taken from
the table on motion OF Alderman
Crane. II appeared that the people of
the street who had made objection to
the new sidewalk had understood that
the walk also included placing new.
curbinG, which they were not in favor
or. without that feature they were
not against installing a sidewalk. In
this connection Alderman Buell. stated
that he was not going to vote to build
any more sidewalks until he was Ger
tam that the people on the streets
where the walks We're to be laid gave
assurances that the work was to be
paid for. He said that one wen-to-do
man had stated that he wns not going
to pay his sidewalk assessment if
other people similarly assessed did not
pay their share. Alderman Buell.
again referred to the fact that there
were $4,000 of uncollected assess
ments at the present time. 1t was
voted to refer the resolution to the
street commissioners to hold a hearing
on the subject
This completed the business Of the
special meeting and the board adj
journed