Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-17
HINSDALE, N. H.
BUSINESS OF TOWN MEETING.
selectmen Re- elected -. Appropriations
Less-Presidentia Primary.

'hV lUWH HttllHH WIS Htl'
Tuesday at o'clock and was ATTENDED
by larger number of voters thai
usual. The 30 articles contained il
the warrant were disposed of i'll tn,
comparatively short time of three hour
and half, due to the fact that only
one balloting for town officers wa
necessary and that there were no ar
ticles which caused much discussion, al
though many were important and OF
vital interest to the town. The ap.
preparations were much less than last
year.
Moderator Fred \. Buckley called
the meeting to order, following which
f. j. Temple was unanimously rcelect'
ed town clerk. The report of the Sc
lectmen was accepted and adopted, as
printed The balloting for sclcctmcn
brought out two tickets, one being W.
T.. Fay, w. n. Pike and n. O. Maynard
last year board, the other being W.
f. Fay, n. o. Maynard and p. l..
o Conner. Last year g board was re-
elected as follows: w. L. Fay l27
votes, w. n. Pike 73, n. O. Maynard
a. The second mentioned board re-
ccivcd votes as follows: w. +. Fay 1877,
n. o. Maynard 90, p. l.. O'Connor 30.
G. f. Kcvou. treasurer, II. w. Tay-
lor, auditor, and F. A. Buckley chief of
the fire department. were reelected
unanimously. Road agent was voted
for by ballot and resulted as follows
w. II. Barrett 1875, w. G. Smith "a,
Floyd Spraguc 81 The office of tax
collector and all other minor offices
were left in the hands of the selectmen.
This brought the business down to
-, al, Il =. p-1I
appropriations were made: Ordinary
town charges $4,000; support of the
poor $500; maintenance of the fire de-
partment $500; for lighting the streets
300; for the library and reading
room $500, with an additional sum of
$3.50 for alterations and new equip
mcnt. Under article 5, the sum of So
1929, the amount necessary to raise
this year to secure state aid for per-
manent highways was appropriated and
it was voted to use the money to
complete the state road to Brattleboro
finishing the entire job this year and
borrowing whatever sum is needed
above the appropriation, extending the
payments over a period of years. The
only extra expense incurred in this pro
cedure will be the interest on the bor-
rowed sum, which is small indeed com
pared to that of assembling the work
ing equipment, material and men each
year, to say nothing of the inconven-
fence to traffic.
Under article the sum of $500 was
raised for state aid maintenance and
81 800 for trunk line maintenance.
The offer of $500 by c. A. Jones of
Keene and F. H. Jones of Los Angeles
to the town as trust fund in memory
of their brother, Henry Abbott Jones,
the income to be used for buying mag
azines, periodicals and pamphlets for
the public library, was accepted with
rising vote of thanks to the donors,
under article I. Article 8, calling for
an additional street light on ! Glen
street, was combined with article II
calling for light on River street near
+. j. Temples, and both were grant
ed with additions of an extra light OH
Snow avenue and one at the east end
of the covered bridge near Brattleboro.
Under article 9 it was voted to is
sue annually a printed list of 1.-THE in
voices and taxpayers of the town. to
be distributed on or before July | each
year, and the sum of 500 was raised
for this purpose.
Under article 10, after being amend
ed, it was voted to turn over the sum
of $50 to Phil Sheridan camp, Sons of
Veterans, and SD to North Hinsdalc
for Memorial day purposes.
Article IL, asking for an appropria
ton to build a concrete cement side
walk on Depot hill, was indefinitely
postponed, but the prevailing senti
ment seemed to be in favor of con
Structing this walk in combination with
Il new permanent road on this hill next
year.
Under article II the sum of S4OO was
raised to construct a reinforced con
crete bridge in place of the wooden
bridge near the Mason lumber ward on
the Chesterfield road, and it was voted
that the balance of this sum, if any re-
MAINS, be used to repair the highway
south of the school house on Chestnut
MI, SO that the water from the brook
winch flows under the road at that
point will not flood the highway in
trcshct time.
Under article l3 it was voted to use
an uneXpended balance of about $3.50
from last year s road money to harden
the Plain road, beginning at the south
END OF the new strip put in last year
and go as far as this sum will allow.
Under article Is it was voted to take
from the road agent S district the com.
pleted sections of state highway on
the Bratteboro road and accept the
plan Of the state highway department
to maintain this road under state pa
troll system. When the new sections
are completed this will mean a patrol
for the entire Brattleboro road.
Under article l6 it was voted to re
scind the vote to exempt manufacture
ers from taxation for a period of years,
under certain conditions. Article II
brought an appropriation of 5000 to
maintain and equip public play.
ground Under article Is board Of
trustees for holding and disbursing all
trust funds of the town was elected as
follows: c. +. Keyou, w. L. Todd and
c. d. Fay for one, two and three
years. respectively, 1t was voted to
place this board under bonds of $1,000,
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