Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-28
BELLOWS FALLS
VOTES WE'RE UNANIMOUS.
Only Rift in Lutte at Village Meeting
Was Over Payment to Mr.. o'Brien,
Which Was Explained.

About 100 voters attended the an
nual village corporation meeting Mon
day night in the Opera house. 1t had
been predicted that the meeting would
be quiet and the prediction proved
true. There were 12 articles in the
warrant and each of the 10, upon
which vote was necessary, was acted
upon with a unanimous vote upon
whichever motion was presented. The
meeting was harmonious, so to speak,
and there was only one rift in the
lutte. That came when the 10Th arti
Gle, that which called for "any other
business" was ready for considera-
ton. Stephen j. Cray arose to ask
why Attorney Il. E. o 'Brien received
$25, as retainer and for services, in
one part of the printed annual report
under the head of the miscellaneous
department and in another part of the
same department was credited with
having received 1925, also for retainer
and services. Moderator Y. II. Allbee
informed Mr.. Cray that the report had
been accepted as presented under pre-
ceding article and that discussion of
the matter would not be in order At
torney o 'Brien volunteered the infor-
nation that the first 1928 was money
which the village owed him for 1914
and which was not paid that year and
that he received 1925 this year as re-
tainer and for collecting between So
600 and $4,000 in taxes from the In
ternational Paper company. This termi-
mated the meeting.
The voters elected these officers, the
figures showing the number of votes
each received: Moderator, u. II. All
bee, IS; president board of village
trustees, H. c.. Bacon, 81; clerk of
board, E. C. Bolles, rs; treasurer, C. f.
Capron, 70; collector of taxes, w. S.
Severance, 10; members board of vii
lage trustees for two years, DR.. Ed
ward Kirkland, II, Hugh A. Macleod,
II; auditors, Z. II. Allbee, so, Michael
j. Beasley, II, w. A. Graham, rs; scat
tering, for trustee, p. f. McAuliffe, !;
for auditor, G.. G. A. Ames, E. j. Plan
tier and DR.. Edward Kirkland l each.
Among the important business trans
acted was a vote to raise an additional
tax of five cents on the dollar of the
grand list for highway purposes; the
appropriation of 5000 for the play
ground, in place of the $500 usually
appropriated; the appropriation of $500
for band concerts the coming summer;
and tax of 40 cents on the dollar OF
the grand list to defray ordinary ex-
penses.
In asking for an additional tax of
five cents for highway purposes Trustee
Edward Kirkland said that no village
in Vermont had better streets or side
walks than Bellows Falls.
Article was to hear the report of
the committee on bylaws, which was
appointed in 1912 and which has be
come an excuse for community hilarity
whenever mentioned. Monday Judge
T. f. O'Brien, as chairman of the COM
mittee, announced that he had port
folio of some few pages containing 60
sections of bylaws, besides a building
code. The voters were spared listening
to the reading of them and Mr.. o 'Brien
was spared reading them when a mo-
ton to have them printed and circu-
lated was unanimously adopted with
righteousness. The voters will act
upon them after they have been print
ed, circulated, and digested.