The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-25
VOTES UNANIMOUS
IN BELLOWS FALLS
Only Rift in Lutte at Village Meeting
Was Over Payment to Mr. O'Brien,
Which Was Explained.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS. Jan. %


About 100 voters attended the an
nual village corporation meeting last
evening in the Opera house 1t had
been predicted that the meeting would
be quiet and the prediction proved
true. There were II articles In the
warrant and each of the II, upon
which a vote was necessary, was acted
upon with 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 18th arti-
cle, that which called for "any other
business was ready for considera-
tion. Stephen J. Cray arose to ask
why Attorney T. 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 inl another part Of the
same department was credited with
| having received 1925, also for retainer
and services. Moderator z. III. 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 $50 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 $7,-
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, Z. H. ALL
bee, 76; president board Of village
trustees, H. G. Bacon, 81; clerk of
board, E. c. Bolles, rs; treasurer, c. f.
Capron, 70; collector of taxes, W. S.
Severance, 73; members board of vii.
lage trustees for two years, DIR. Ed
ward Kirkland, II, Hugh a. Macleod
II; auditors, 4. H. Allbee, 80 Michael
J. Beasley, Il, W. !. Graham, IS; scat
! tering, for trustee, p. E. McAuliffe,
for auditor, G. G. A. Ames, f. J. Plan
tier and DR.. Edward Kirkland, | each
+ Among the important business trans
acted was a vote to raise an additiona
tax of five cents on the dollar Of til,
grand list for highway purposes; thu
appropriation of 5000 for the play
ground, in place of the $500 usual,
: appropriated; the appropriation of $40
for band concerts the coming summer
! and a tax of 30 cents on the dollar o
s the grand list to defray ordinary eX
e penses.
n In asking for an additional tax o
Il FIVE cents for highway purposes Truste
Edward Kirkland said that no villag
l. in Vermont had better streets or side
It walks than Bellows Falls.
Il Article 6 was to hear the report 0
Q the committee on bylaws, which wa
e appointed in 1912 and which has bt
G. come an excuse for community hilarit
r whenever mentioned. Last night Judg
: T. E. O'Brien, as chairman of the con
. mittee, announced that he had a por
folio of some few pages containing 6
? sections of bylaws, besides buildin
- code. The voters were spared Hstenin
:; to the reading of them and Mr. o Brie
= was spared reading them when m,
u . tion to have them printed and circl
= lated was unanimously adopted wit
u righteousness. The voters will az
as upon them after they have been prin
G. ed, circulated, and digested.