Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-01-22
ANNUAL VILLAGE MEETING


Middlebury was held in the town hall on
Wednesday night with a rather slim
attendance only 1872 of the 500 and odd
voters in the village being present and
voting.
1t was 1885 when Moderator Button
called the meeting to order. Clerk
Joseph M. Burke read the warning and
then Judge Button was reelected mod
orator unanimously and by acclamation.
Mr.. Burke was reelected clerk in
similar way.
Article 2-"To act upon the reports
of the village officers, submitted by the
auditors" was then taken up and a
protracted discussion followed. Dr. P.
l.. Dorey, chairman of the board of
trustees, stated that there was some
misunderstanding in regard to the re-
ports and that the sum of $1,000 had
been turned over to the village by the
town since the reports had been in
print; and that on the understanding
that this was to be done $4,000 more had
been expended on the highway account.
He explained that of the salary of $3.50
paid Superintendent of Streets Lasher
for / months service the village had
paid only $3.50, the water department
paying the balance; and that of the
S762 50 paid for Mr. Lasher's team and
man the water department had paid a
like proportion. DR.. Dorey explained
that of the road money only $1,000 had
been laid out in the village and the rest
outside under town auspices.
A motion was made to accept the
reports as submitted This was at first
voted down, but after it had been ex-
pained that the motion did not include
the adoption of the recommendations
of the board of trustees the motion was
renewed and was carried.
Article came next. 1t was; ''To
see if the village would adopt an
amendment to the bylaws viz: amend
ing section 10 of article Is relative to
the membership of hose companies and
hdok and ladder companies, and the
substance of the proposed amendment
was to pay each member of such com
panies $5 from the village treasury in
addition to compensation otherwise
provided for, and to pay the chief
engineer and assistant chief engineer of
the fire department a like sum. This
amendment was adopted.
Article was: ''To see if the village
would vote any money to the water
department for the use of hydrants and
water troughs, and if so, how much. "
Dr. Dorey stated that under existing
circumstances $500 instead of the Gus
tomary $1,000 would be enough to ex-
pend for this purpose, and on his motion
the sum of $500 was voted.
Article 5 was: "To see what action
the village will take about oilng the
roads" This matter brought out
lengthy discussion and the whole thing
was finally referred to the discretion of
the board of trustees.
Article g. "To see if the village will
vote special tax on the grand list for
putting in new sidewalks and, if so,
how much, also gave rise to consider
able discussion. A. w. Dickens and
o;hers called attention to the very bad
condition of the sidewalks on some
streets, and finally on motion of Thomas
f. Boyce it was voted that the money
expendedifor highway purposes should
be equally divided between roads and
sidewalks.
Under article 8, upon motion of A.
w. Dickens, a tax of As cents on the
, dollar of the grand list was voted to
' pay the expenses of the ensuing year
P and to pay the outstanding orders and
: obligations of the village, and interest
The election of the remaining officers
that the present board of trustees be
!, reelected as a whole. but subsequently
, withdrew his motion, and the name of
5 Prof. p. N. SWEET was placed in nom
ination for first trustee and he received
an unanimous election by acclamation
p For second trustee three names were
a placed in nomination-E. G. Piper, Ar
thur H. Bristol and Willis N. Cady
q The result of the ballot was: Whole
number of votes cast l2l. OF these Mr..
Bristol had %, Mr.. Piper "a, and Mr..
Cady Ga, with one scattering, and Mr..
Cady was declared elected.
For third trustee Dr. Philip f. Mel
len received 81 votes out of total of
d 126, to 27 for Allan Calhoun and two
scattering.
1t took two ballots to elect the fourth
trustee and the candidates were Phillip
E. Crane, Isaac Lavonche, jr., and
elected on the second ballot with 6s