St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-03-07
CAN Sell,
TOWN FARM
Voters Authorized Town
Clerk To Deed Property
To Builders and Others
PUBLIC BUILDING
COMMITTEE. NAMED
viii Report To Special Meeting on
Acvisability CT lis Construction
Town Voted E'No, on License
john Il. Finley, Second
Constable

With practically no opposition the
voters authorized tho sale of all the
town farm except the buildings and
about ten acres Of land, a part Of the
land to be divided into building lots
and sold to home builders, appointed
a committee to investigate the matter
of constructing q public building and
report to q special meeting, aDDroDri-
ated $1,000 extra road money to he
matched dollar for dollar by the state,
fixed the town tax rate at S1.55 on a
dollar of the grand list, voted against
HccnSo in any form, elected town Of
flcers in the annual town meeting YES
terday. a fairly large vote Waa-cast
the total number of votes On the IL
ccnse question being sos of which 23S
we're yes and 517 no, majority of
333 against license. On fifth class Ii
cense the vote was 131 yes and 481
no. The meeting was unusually quiet,
no bitterness being ahown and the
forensic display of the days of John
Mcdonald being entirely lacking
The officers elected Were:-lModcra
tor, David Il. Porter; town clerk and
treasurer, Charles G.. BraIey; lister,
/ Charles n. Whitney; selectman, A. +.
/ Lawrence; road commissioner, Will
liam G. McCrac; overseer Of the poor,
! Charles w Farr; first constable and
collector Of taxes, Preston E. May;
second constable, John 8. Finley; au-
ditors, John Il. Puffer, Morton J. Reed
and Wilbur J. Farr; town grand jur-
ors, David E. Porter and r. w. ST.
d al
! school director, William G. Kicker;
/ grand jurors, Fred w. Taylor and
! Welcome b. Eastman; petit jurors. D
NJ. Bacon, Arthur Young, Modiste La
j chance, Edwin C. Potter, W f. Welch
Austin Annie, S. b. Chickering, e. e
/ Grant, A. +. Stone, Charles Salman
George A. Chase, Frank NJ. Abbott
Ernest p. Brown, f. e. Potts and
James Brunette.
At the business session at 2 o'clocl
/ in the afternoon on motion Of A F.
! Lawrence the sum OF $50 was voted
for the observance Of Decoration DAY
and on motion of Rev g. a Martir
an appropriation of $500 for the dis
trict nurse was voted.
The article relating to medical in
spection Of the public schools was laid
on the table.
1t was voted to exempt from tax
alton for period of 10 years any
buildings constructed for manufacture
ing purposes within two years by tht
/ r. and L. Fairbanks and Co. Later
in the meeting +. II. Brooks, presi-
dent of the company thanked the vo.
ters for this act, stating it had no.
been asked by any official Of tht
company and that it was not proba blt
any new buildings would be erected
during the present year.
When the matter of selling the toWr
farm was reached, H. H. Carr moVel
that part of the farm not availa bl,
for building lots be sold. George w
Caldbecls offered an amendment tina
the town clerk he made agent to sci
building lots, Elisha May added tina
he be authorized to convey the prop
erty and Charles Weeks that he be :su
thoriZed to convey any of the prop
erty sold. This was too complicate.
and the motion and amendments wcr
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