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

voted 10 have two road commissioner
and r. q. Dutton was elected % hay
charge Of selected highways and Pearl A
Bowen 10 have charge OF the town roads
George $. Harlow was elected lister 70
three years 10 succeed o. r. Godfrey
George Il. bearing was elected school di
rector for three years by the town schoo
district, 10 succeed C., +. Noble. Thu
question of voting additional money fol
state highways was well debated ant
was settled by appropriating ~ 600. A
Memorial day appropriation of 500 wal
made and library appropriation of $3.50
The vote on license was ''yes" l45, mo
222i on ilfth-olass license, Eyes" 1853. mo
1872; on the Perry act, yes 1855. mo
247; on the primary act, yes" 2lo, mo-
1856. Town tax Sl.l0, town school tax
rs cents.
The town meeting. which was held in
Dubois & Gays hall on Tuesday, was
well attended, Notwithstanding the Sc.
we're storm of the early part of the day.
The following is the report: n l.. Boy
den, who, next July, will reach his
s0th birthday, presided over the meeting,
with efficiency as moderator; town clerk,
Il. F. Briggs; selectmen, c. c. Clifford,
A. NJ. Smith and A. NJ. Gilman, the lat
ter being reelected; listers, II. NJ. Gay
lord w. A. Clifford, G.. II. Temple; audi.
tors, A. c. Wells, j. l.. Hutchinson, A. A.
Priest; treasurer, A. NJ. Hubbard; col
lector A. ii. Beedle; overseer, A. II. Bee
die; trustee of public money, T.. A.
Thomas; first constable, ID. ID. Howe;
town grand jurors, /. N. Harrington,
NJ. NJ. Wilson, Z. ID. Camp; pound keep
ers. Charles Chadwick, c. r. Granger,
Earl Riford; fence viewers, Julius He
bard, A. A. Priest, julius Greene; sur
veyors of wood, j, B. Adams, i. C. Hay
ward; weigher of COAL II. NJ. Gaylord;
agent to prosecute and defend suits, G.
c. Clifford; road commissioner, c. w.
Danyou; cemetery commissioners, S. s.
Banister, II. NJ. Totman, II. A. Allen;
sections, S. n. Homan, W. f.. Adams,
+. 5. Banister; trustees of public library,
f. w. Tewksbury, f. G.. Sprague, j. w.
Fargo, +. A. Thomas, Rev. Homer White
A. A. Priest, +. w. Williams,
Everett Edison; $500 was voted for Ii
brary purposes and S75 for Memorial day
purposes. The Dix J. Camp mill prop
erty was exempted from taxation for
five years and the East Randolph Light |
& Power company was also exempted for
five years. The vote on the question, |
Shall an act of the general assembly in |
1915, entitled an act to prohibit the sale |
Of intoxicating liquors, become a law |
May LIST, 1872" was, III yes and 2l9 |
10. The vote on the question, "Shall Ii
-ense be granted for the sale of intoxi
,ating liquors ?" was, 262 no and 50 yes,
md the vote in answer to the question,
Shall license of the fifth class be grant
d in this town, was 1855 no and 80 yes.
Shall an act of the general assembly of
9l5 entitled an act to provide for direct
primaries, become law March Goth,
9l6?" was answered by vote of 240
-es and 1877 no. A tax of so cents on
he dollar was raised for town expenses.
Groton.
At the annual town meeting held yes
erday the following officers were elect
d: Moderator, R. A. Davidson; clerk,
rank NJ. Page school director for three
ears, NJ. M. Carter; selectman for three \
ears, c. J. Bailey; road commissioner, s
ohm II. Darling; overseer of poor, A. S.
lark; treasurer, f. +. Clark; town
rand Juror L. G. Welch; lister for three !
ears, NJ. d. Coffin; constable and col
,ctor, George n. Clark; voted to raise {
2 tax to be divided thus, 65 cents for :
,hools, 35 cents for roads, 81 for town. Z
list of county grand jurors, B. s. East s
ian, p. r. Clark; petit jury, NJ, II. 3
w. N. Clark, r. T. Heath,
j. N. James, M. d. Cofrrin and Alex. S
avidson. Perry act, yes II, no IA; pri 9
AIRY law, yes GA, no 90; license vote, yes 4
), no &c. At the annual town meeting 9
year ago vote was carried to invite IL
les ladies to attend the meeting this z
ear, and in accordance with that vote, 0
le opera house was engaged in which q
hold the meeting for their convenience
I'd comfort. Many ladies and the gram A
ar room of the village school awaited c
emselves of the privilege, passed in at a
e stage door to seats upon the stage 0
ID were interested spectators to the an O
lal proceedings.
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