The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-28
FORMER SALARIES
WERE DECIDED ON
AT CITY MEETING
Evening Drawing School to Be Continued
and Blanket Bonding Policy Was
Favored by the Voters
of Barre.

-Four and twenty legal voters were il
the opera house last night at 1880 o'clocl
when the city clerk called the annua
city meeting to order. Twenty minute.
later, when a motion to adjourn had beer
made and quickly carried, there were
fewer than forty freemen making shif;
to leave the house. Reckon for yourself
the percentage present of those who were
privileged to exercise the franchise whed
the board of civil authority closed il:
books just before the March elections
There We're some over 1000 Except when
| j. t. Callaghan chose to descant on the
| folly of providing blanket bond for
city Office holders who are getting no
more than part of their salary, none
of the eight articles called by the clerk
in the warning was made the subject
Of debate
Il. G. Howland was elected chairman
and in less time than it took TO draft the
warning, action had been taken on every
article. 1t wasn't the smallest audience
in years by any means, but it was a
crowd typical of the city meetings that
have been held in "of'' years, "off' years
designating those few occasions in the
past decade when there were no school
houses 10 build
Article one having been disposed of by
the election of Mr.. Howland, as moder-
ator, Edwin keast's motion to pay the
city clerk and treasurer the salary re-
ceived in the past took care of the Sec
ond article. On the motion of W. 4.
Calder, under article 3, the aldcrmanic,
auditors and assessors are TO receive the
same compensation given them in the
past.
The motion of William Mcdonald of
Addison street, under article four, to
continue the free evening drawing school
was followed in the fifth article by
motion, made by Mr.. Mcdonald to as
sess a special tax of four cents for the
maintenance of the school, Commissioner
l.. r. Hutchinson of the school board
having explained that a four-cent tax
will be necessary to continue along the
lines followed in the past.
Under article six. Daniel J. Sullivan
moved that the city pay bin of $l37.53
for advertising in the Barre Times dur
ing the municipal year of 1915. The mo-
tion was seconded by Edwin Keast and
carried unanimously.
When the seventh article was read, "to
see if the city will vote to take out
blanket bond to cover all the city off
,ials required to give bond" J. T. Cal |
Iaghan arose to inquire whether blank !
Il bond would be of any benefit to the |
,ity. The moderator asked if the mayor |
was present in the audience and after |
waiting a few moments for response, |
President f. c. Glysson of the alderman.
C board was asked to answer the ques- /
ion. Mr. Glysson stated that the bonds !
we're, primarily. for the protection of the
ity, that blanket bond may be OBJ |
aimed at a lower rate than individual |
,onds, and that the city, in a sense, is
he sole beneficiary of the bond. r. s
Mrrier supplemented Mr.. Glysson's re-
marks with a statement to the effect
hat he had always favored plan where
" municipalities should be required to
urnish the bonds and he moved that
he blanket bond be secured at the ex-
ense Of the city.
Mr.. Callaghan's amendment TO limit
he blanket bond, as he said, to those
iiicials who are getting more than a
art of a salary was not seconded. d.
Sullivan, being one of the men who
the motion made BY Mr.. Cur
ier, went on record as favoring the
lanket bond and the motion was carried
ithout a dissenting vote Adjournment
Dllowed.