The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

Tabor grade crossing. Is cents; for thu
payment OF current expenses, Sl.55i vot
ed 10 place 10 per cent of the tax In the
sinking fund.
After acting favorably upon the re-
ports of the city officers. article Z was
taken, il being voted to make a contract
with lleaton hospital directors for the
care OF the needy poor and the city conn-
ell was authorized TO appropriate the
usual amount for the general support OF
the hospital. II was voted also To APP
propriate the usual sum for the proper
observance of Memorial day and TO re.
tain the services of the district nurse
and TO appropriate sum for the support
4 of the band. the amount not to exceed
per cent of the grand list.
Article 10, relating to the sinking fund,
was passed over on motion of William
Lord, and articles IL, IL and Ia were
taken up together, the tax being voted
and plan No. 3. so called, before the pub.
lie service commission, was adopted as
the most feasible and in the final analy-
sis the cheapest plan for the city. Plan
No. 3 calls for the construction OF a
bridge across the river on the Montpelier
side OF the traction company carbarns
and the city must bear % per cent of the
total expense. IL is expected that the
commission will make an order soon,
having been waiting to see what action
the city would take.
Ii was voted to take advantage OF the
public statutes relating to state high
ways by appropriating $1,000 out of the
street department for work ON state
roads.
Upon explanation by City Clerk Mer
rill that the uniform system of account
ing differed but little from the present
method, requiring only that detailed re-
ports of expenditures and receipts be
made, the article was dismissed along
with the one following relating to a
form of government.
The Green Mountain Granite company
and Beadette & Doucette Granite com
pany, manufacturing plants recently
erected, were exempted from taxation |
for the usual period of FIVE years, it be-
ing the sense of the meeting that en-
should be given to those
who wish to build
The poll taxes of the state militia were |
lbated, according to custom, and grand |
and petit jurors were quickly elected,
The meeting was the quietest one in
years and in spite of the amount of bus
ness occupied only little over an hour.
Waitsfeld.
Moderator G. w Wallace; clerk. w. f.
Jones; selectmen, three years. II. w.
,LcAllister 1.-TWO years. S. b. Joslin, tone
lear) Il. IL. Jones; listers, three years.
!. w. Wallace, two years. w, }. Pal
ner, tone year. p. b. Joslin; school d.
eetors, three years. ID. II. Skinner,
two years. w. j. Howard, lone year.
j. r. Andrews; library commissioner,
7. H. McAllister; cemetery commission
r, 2. b. Gaylord; overseer, F. S. Wilder;
treasurer, Henry n. Bushnell; grand jur-
II, ID. r. Bisbee; law agent, ID. r. Bis
zee; auditors, George Jones, d. r. Bisbee
nd James A. Nell; first constable, A. f.
Carr; second constable, Ernest Chase;
DAD commissioner, w. c. Joslin Town !
TX 20 cents, highway tax 20 cents, school i
ak 70 cents. Adopted uniform town ac
state aid on highway, $500 for !
ew work and 500 for resurfacing; I
Perry" law, yes 81, no 40; local option, :
s yes, SO no; primary law, yes SO, no |
/ F.; tifth-class license, yes 8, no 81.
East Montpelier,
Moderator, Harry Daniels clerk, Clark ! !,
ibley; school director, Walter II. Little;
sleetman, l.. w. Sibley; lister, George q
elton; oyerseer of the poor, Harry Dan
Is; trustee public money, Clark Sibley; !
,wn treasurer Clark Sibley; auditors,
. Lee Templeton, A. g. NIhitcher and
. G. Hammett; grand juror, A. G. "
cemetery commissioner, G. ?. !, -
udley; road commissioners, VIII La !. !.
oint and G. b. Gallison; grand jurors, =
l.. Sparrow, R. c. Collins; petit jur- a
5, S. E. Morse, c. X. willard, +. II. u
ould, II. Lee Chandler, G.. Y. Templeton,
:. f. Hayford, Fred York. The report
the selectmen was read and accepted, al
Id it was voted to have taxes paid di- a.
ct to the treasurer Voted one con- n
able, C. B. Gallison; town agent, H. L. N
,arrow. Authorized selectmen to Dor II
W money to meet expenses; 81 900 vot- g
for permanent highways; voted to Y,
" school commissioner $40 per year T
voted to exempt North n
1
airs; also village hall Tax rate, Sl.S5 T.
50 cents for schools, 80 cents for high o.
avs, balance for general purposes; To- or
option vote, yes IS, no 81; Perry" u
W, yes A., no II; fifth-class licenses, h,
s Is, no As; primary law, yes 81, no 10
!; public accounting, yes 40, no 4. f,
Waterbury ce
Other officers elected yesterday at the "a
wn meeting not in yesterdays issue -
e: Overseer, f. w. Powers; collector, 20
s. Blaisdell; constable, Frank Eaton; u
I'd commissioner, Harry Harvey; school ~ ~
'ector for three years, Harvey p. Rob =. 70
son; auditors, John Parker, George ~ ~
lie and c. c. Graves. A tax of 81 was =, ",
ted, $1,000 for permanent highways, "a
) to each of the G. A. R., 5000 TO the NJ NJ
e public library. ni
Duxbury 30
other. officers in Duxbury were: II. j. dr
rcher, constable and collector; f. w. we
ntley, trustee of public moneys; b. r. ma
merritt, town grand juror; b. R. De Iol
rift, Alva Butler and A. I. Canerdy. sal
litors. The tax raised was 81 90; Sl00 Ioi
$ voted for improved highways and pa
was voted that the rent of the new ing
I be left to the discretion OF the Sc. lee
.men. W.
Bethel. enc
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