Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
STATE NEWS
City of Rutland Sued fors13, 900 by State

Papers have been served on the city
of Rutland and Will L. Davis as
treasurer. in which the state of Yer
mont, by an action in both general and
special assumpsit. seeks to recover
$13, 900, the amount of money claimed
to have been paid over to the city by
the liquor dealers in the city in pay
ment for their licenses. In the action
the state is represented by Attorney
General Herbert G. Barber of Brattle
boro and States Attorney G. V. Poulin
of Rutland. City Attorney Walter S.
Fenton will represent the city. The
suit is the result of an attempt by thu
liquor license commissioners, Charles
H. Harrison, F. I'll. Burnham and
James O'Brian, and the liquor licensees
into the city treasury and keep within
the law, which was changed four years
ago so that all revenue from the
licer~e money is turned into the Golfers
OF the state The. cay has fer Narled :,
check of $10,00 to the state treasurer
claiming this was the amount received
by him for the liquor licenses given
out, but it is said this check has never
been cashed.
For the last few years license fees
have been as follows: First class,
5000; second class. $1,000; third class,
and seventh class $500. The license
board this year fixed the fees as fol-
lows: First class, $500; second class
$500; third class, 5000 and seventh
class, $3.50. AS near as can be learned
these men paid the license fee as set
by the local commissioners and in
excess presented TO the city of Rut-
land honus, representing the d IF r.
L, / g
1915 and 1914, thus making present
of the city of $3.50 TITS money
came into the city treasury as follows:
From ght first-class licens es, $500 );
from four sacond-c!ass licenses. 81, 500:
from one third class licel :. $3.50; M
from one seventh class license $500.
State Boys Conference.
The 9th an ual conference Of Oder
Boys Of Vermont will be held a. Rut-
land, j an. 14-l6. il will begin with the
supper session on Friday evening.
Saturday will be filed with addresses.
group conferences, recreatiOna! period.
and an attractive evening program.
On Sunday morning the conference
speakers will give addresses at tie
church services In the afternoon
there will be a decision meeting for
boys. and the clio sing session will be a
union meeting in tie evening. The
people Of Rutland kindly offer free
entertainment in their homes to the
delegates, who must be boys who have
passed their fifteenth birthday Dele
gates are Included from all churches
Sunday schools, Y. NJ G. 4. s. Boy
Scouts, high ami preparatory schools,
clubs anu similar organizations Bot
the delegates should be boys who
would be interested in a conference Of
this kind, whose main purpose is
instruction and inspiration for Chris
| Ii ian life and work by boys T, e
conferences of the past five years ha> e
been attended by over 1900 of the lead
ing Older boys of the state and d
great number of them are now doing
splendid work in their homes, church
es, schools and other places. because
OF the help the conferences nave been
to them. The singing will be led by
Rev. J. Harrison Thompson, Of Ran
dolph, and there will be other special
music al features. The speakers in
clude most of the best known men in
the United States, men who know boys
and how to talk to them and who are
always helping and inspiring them.
Among them are; Albert E. Roberts.
dean of the county department, Inter
national committee Y. M. C. A.
George ]. Els err, M. D, dean Of the
physical department. International
committee Y. M. c. A Jared Van
Wagenen, Jr, of the New York de-
partment Of agriculture; James E
West, chief Scout executive in the
United States; Governor Charles w
Gates; and others to be announce:
! later.
! Lectures on Preventive Measures.