Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

printed in the town report. The
treasurer's report was taken up and
accepted. The road commissioner
report was accepted.
The law does not permit one person
to hold both the offices of lister and
selectman, and Mr.. Foss resigned as
lister. His resignation was accepted
and A. G. Wentworth was elected
lister. The next officer in order of
election was road commissioner, un-
der Article 7. 1t was voted to lay
Article on the table and take up
Article II, to see if the town will
vote to empower and authorize its
selectmen to appoint a road commits
sioner, etc. This article was passed
over and Article 7 taken up, and
w. L. Currier elected road commits
missioner. E. A. Bemis was elected
overseer of the poor; F. E. Russell,
collector of taxes; L. A. Cobb, trus-
tee of public money; G. L. Dyer,
trC asurer; Fred Paquette, W. F.
Morong, J. w. Carroll, auditors;
E. M. Bartlett, J. w. Ihurston, town
grand jurors; j. R..Applebee, first
constable, w. B. Hand, second con-
stable; H. B. Amey, town agent;
c. P. Streete, tree warden; A. Stott,
water commissioner; L. A. Cobb,
library trustee; O. L. Mansur was
elected cemetery commissioner to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of E. J. Steele, and E. F. johnson
was elected water commissioner for
three years; E. F. Johnson, trustee
of water bonds sinking fund.
Article s was passed over. Voted
to collect taxes same as two years
ago. Ten per cent was voted for
sidewalks, same to be expended on
or before the first day of August,
1917.
The sum Of $125 was voted TO
maintain the public library, and an
additional sum of $375 to be avail
able, should the public library build
ing be built according to a PROPOSE
ton now under consideration.
Article 13 was passed over. Voted
$40 for observance of Memorial day
and $3.50 for fire department. APP
propriated $500 to take advantage
of the State Aid law. Passed over
Article Is.
Total tax $2.15, divided as follows:
Ten cents for poor, two cents county
tax, Is cents State school and State
highway, State five cents, town high
way 20 cents, schools rs cents, town
63 cents, town debt 25 cents.
Under Article 20 resolution was
psesented by Harry B. Amey, set
ting forth the unsanitary and vermin
infected condition of the village
lookup and instructing the constable
to clean and renovate the lookup and
keep it clean, and the chairman of
the board of selectmen be instructed
to inspect said lookup once each
fortnight. The necessary expense
for this to be taken from the general
fund of the town. This resolution
was accepted.
In the matter of the Water Bonds
Sinking Fund it was voted to have
Representative Sweeney introduce 8
bill amending the law now covering
same, as follows: No. 290 of the
Laws of Vermont for the year 1910
hereby amends so as to read as fol
lows: First, striking out all of sale
Act beginning with Section 2 anC
substituting therefor the following
Sec. 2. The treasurer of the Water
Commission for the said town O
Brighton shall semi-annually, Janu
ary lst and July lst of each year pay
from the collected income from tn,
water system for the prior six month
such of the outstanding bonds of tn,
town as may be offered for redemp
tion at par and any balance in hi
| hands shall be paid on January Is
and July 1st Of each year into tn
general funds Of the town, the tow
treasurer giving him a receipt 70
the same. Sec. 3. The trustees O
the Brighton Water Bonds Sinkin
| Fund shall Immediately upon passag
| of this Act, surrender to the treas
urer of the Water Commission G
said town of Brighton all papers
| deeds, cash and securities of sal
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