The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24
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Secretary of State.

secretary was moved from Essex juno
ton to Morrisville, several employees
severing their connection with the Of !
fee at that time. The resignation of
Guy w. Bailey from the office Of sec
rotary of state took effect the last day
of August and on the same day Fred |
erick G. Fleetwood assumed the duties |
of the office During the month the |
engrossing of the acts of 1917 has been |
completed There have been three
creamery licenses and two oleomarga-
rine licenses issued and four domestic |
corporations have been chartered In
the automobile department there have
been 1897 cars registered as contrasted
with 321 for the same month five years
ago. There were 3525 operators Ii
censes issued, 672 chauffeurs' licenses
issued and 13 licenses suspended or
revoked during the month. There have
been 1000 new number plates ordered
during the month making total or
dered for 1917 of 10000.
State Highway Commissioner.
The policy of the department in re-
cent years has been to do as much
permanent improvement work as pos
sible early in the season, but this year,
because of the scarcity of labor, much
Of this work was not started as early
as usual. However up to and includ-
ing the month of August permanent
improvement work had been started in
152 towns. Special attention has been
given to maintenance work, there hav-
ing been established 151 patrol routes
in 129 towns covering 1882 miles of
road The expenditure for this work
previous to August first was $50, 275.70
and during the month of August
$12,2975 SO was expended.
The federal aid road law provides
for the expenditure of federal funds in
cooperation with the state in perma.
nent road work. Under the regula
tons, projects must be submitted te
the federal government for approval
after which plans and specifications
| are prepared. OF the projects sub
| mitted by the state, there have been
accepted and plans and specifications
/ for the work on these projects are
now being prepared.
During the month OF August the de
partment has furnished engineering as
sistance on II bridges and has re
ceived applications for state aid on
bridges.
An act of 1917 made an appropria
ton of $4,000 for unsolicited high
ways This money has been appol
toned TO the towns for their unse
lected highways each town receiving
$3.50 for each mile of such highway
Commissioner of Agriculture.
During the month there has bee
taken = postal card census of the pur
bred live stock in the state to ascel
tain the number of pure bred cattl
for sale. Fifty fields of potatoes wer
inspected with a view to qualifying 70
seed purposes. The marketing agen
has looked up markets for cheese an
honey; assisted creameries in dispo!
ing of butter; assisted dealers in Il
eating supplies of butter, cheese. egg
and poultry; looked up dealers
beans, potatoes. ETC., for the purpos
of securing the names of firms VIII
will receive these products in We
mont. Seventy creame-ies. cheese fa
tories and shipping stations, and So
farms were inspected by creamery il
, spectors. In the live stock inspectio
| work Is herds containing 2S3 head {
5 cattle were tested by the state veteI
| ! marian and 8 herds and 436 head
| cattle by the federal veterinarian
Commissioner Of Taxes
e The completion of TIE compilatic
of the grand list shows that the tot
! grand list of the state Is $3.50. $50
/ the largest grand list in the history
!. the state, indicating an increase
nearly four million dollars of taxab
property over 1916. The commissio
err has determined and certified to Il
!. various towns the proportional amou
! to be paid by the various towns al
:, cities for the support of tie coun
i agent work as provided for by numb
. 103 of the acts of 1871 The comm
o sioner has issued since June 31st,
d peddlers' licenses, Is auctioneers'
e censes and 142 partnership registl
A tons
: Public Service Commission.
v During the month of July the pub
&c service commission issued orders
u lating to raHoad rates. investigates
y accidents on railroads. disposed of fo
70 matters relating TO telegraph and tie
v phone companies, issued orderseor C
le tifcates in cases, and informally
v vestigated 6 complaints relating
N service and practice of utilities d
II ing the same, month there were issu
1t and delivered to tele~-aph and te
phone companies sew fo-~ls of