The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Important Action Taken by
Voters in Town Meeting
Today
TO ISSUE BONDS
FOR PAYING LOANS
Sidewalk to Be Built on Vernon Street
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carded.
Those who predicted oratory Of the
hot and forid type at the annual town
netting today missed their guesses with
as great measure of completeness as
the weather man does now and then.
There was some little talking but it
came in connection with articles to
which it had not been credited in ad-
vance, while those which were expected
to be the bones of contention slid by
as if on creased rails.
Promptly at 9 O'Clock Town Clerk
Carl s. Hopkins read the warrant and
Moderator Anthony F. Schwenk dc.
clared the polls open for balloting and
proceeded to the consideration Of the
various articles in the warrant.
On motion of John T. Kaine the au-
ditors report was adopted without
comment.
Then came the time to decide
whether the town should elect a road
commissioner, pair of them, or wheth-
or the selectnlen should appoint one or
two.
Lyman E. Holden gained the atten-
tion of the chairman and introduced a
resolution authorizing and empowering
the selectmen to hire competent en-
gineer who has had wide experience in
the building of roads to take charge
of that work. The resolution was
promptly seconded and went through
without single vote against it. Thus
was the prediction of oratory at this
point killed.
Under article j. G. Stafford moved
that the town appropriate 81, 600 in ex
cess of the amount required by law to
be raised for highways, to take advan-
| tage of the state aid law. 8. A. Rich.
nond asked if $4,000 was not the
usual amount and County Highway
Commissioner D. T. Perry replied that
| $1,000 was the limit permitted. Mr..
Stafford's motion then went through
unanimously.
On motion of Herbert B. Chamber.
lain, $4,000, the same as last year, was
appropriated for the public library.
There was no comment.
The usual appropriation of 800 for
the proper observance of Memorial day,
upon motion by Representative George
L. Dunham, was increased to $3.50 after
he had given figures showing that the
actual cost was about that amount and
giving facts concerning larger appro-
priations by towns of about the same
population as Brattieboro.
Mr.. Stafford s motion that $500 be
appropriated for the care of the com.
mons and burial grounds and his mo-
tion that the salaries of the town Of
ficers be the same as last year, were
/ imously Mr. Holden relieved Mr..
Stafford temporarily in the making Of
motions and moved that the selectmen g
/ recommendation of 45cent tax rate
be adopted. The voters, agreed with
him to a man. This is the same rate
as voted last year.
Mr.. Stafford resumed the job of mo-
tion making by moving under article
IL that the town appropriate two per
cent on the grand list for highway
purposes under Act No. 1913, Acts of
1912 There was no opposition.
| D. T. Perry moved under the next
article that the members of Western
Engine company No. l of residents of
West Brattleboro be exempted from
poll taxes and his motion was favored.
/ Frederic c. Adams, town treasurer,
under article IA, to see whether the
town would vote TO issue its bonds to
the amount of $4,000 to pay tempo
rary loans outstanding, introduced a
long resolution which embodied as tho
principal points the issuance of bonds
Of the denomination of $500 each to The
amount of $4,000, $4,000 to become
payable in 1927 and like amounts in
each of the succeeding three years. The
resolution contained the information
that the temporary loans were in pay
ment of $4,000 spent for land damages
ON Flat and Main streets and $4,000
for damages in the matter of straight
ening Main street near the corner of
Fiat street. 1t was voted to bond the
town and no one objected.
The text of the resolutions autlofiz.
ing bond issue follows: I" Resolved
That there is hereby authorized an issue
of 10000 of the bonds of the town. OF
Brattleboro to be sold as hereinaftei
directed at not less than par andstnter
est, to provide funds for, the PURPOSE ol
paying and retiring the notes given By
said town amounting to $4,000 carried
over from 1915 on account of 4Axtra ex
, pense incurred by the payment of land
damages on Flat and Main streets, and
,, for paying and retiring the notes given
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