The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-07
NORTHFIELD.

Moderator, c. d. Edgerton; town clerk
Claude l.. Morse; selectman for three
years, o. +. Preston; first constable anC
collector, j. NJ. Donahue; second con
stable, Morris W. Ryan; lister for three
years, w. Il. Dunsmoor; auditor for one
year, William ri. Hardin, for two years
Floyd NJ. bearing, for three years f. l.
Field; trustee of public money Charles
d. Edgerton; town grand jurors, Il. O.
Freeman, John l.. Moseley and d. b.
Adams; trustee of Brown public library
for five years Frank Plumley; cemetery
commissioner for five years, Fred A.
Jones. road commissioner, +. L. Kelly /;
town agent. Charles A. Plumley; over.
seer of poor, William H. Dillingham; /;
town treasurer, Claude L. Morse. There
were four contests, as follows: For Sc
lectman, whole number cast 305, neces
sary for choice 1853, o. +. Preston had
1865 and John l.. Greenwood had l40
for lister the whole number cast was
1884, necessary for choice SO, w. +. Duns-
moor had l0l. J. M. Donahue had 80 and
Samuel j. Kingston had II; for first
town grand Juror, whole number east
1903, necessary for choice 80, Il. o. Free
man had 81, John L. Moseley had 80,
scattering 4 for third town grand jur-
or, whole number cast 1872, necessary for
choice 81, d. b. Adams had 100, William
G. White had ID; $3.50 was voted to take
advantage of the state aid law, $50 for
the expenses of Memorial day, $3.50 for
the Mortified cornet band for public
concerts, $500 for Brown public library; a
town tax of 100 cents was voted to be
applied IS cents for current expenses
and Is cents to be applied on the town
debt, a highway tax of 30 cents was vot
ed. The selectmen were authorized to
borrow money to defray the expenses of
the town in anticipation of taxes. On
recommendation of the board of civil
authority the following grand jurors
were elected: j. l.. Moseley, William II.
Dillingham;, r. l.. Field and Sanford H.
Kent, with the following petit jurors,
Samuel F. Thompson, f. A. Field, George
R. Coffrin, A. Il. Winslow, Warren s.
Clark, Alfred J. Donley, +. n. Carpen
ter, Ward l.. Jones, Seth c. Rich, X. r.
b. Flint. r. A. Silver A. NJ. Bissonette,
T.. A. Shaw and George w. Durham. On
the motion of Heber C. Cady the follow
ing resolution was carried: The select
men at the end of each year prepare an
itemized estimate of the necessary ex-
penses of the town for the year ensuing
so far as practicable and have the said
estimate printed with the annual report |
Df the town officers. On motion of |
Frank Plumley the following resolution
was carried: Resolved, That the thanks
IF the town of Mortified are due and are
hereby rendered to George Brown for |
lis highly valued aid in helping so MUM
icently in making beautiful and impos- !
ng the Northfield Center cemetery, also
or his continued contributions OF books
ind periodicals for the library" The
own clerk was instructed to forward to
Mr.. Brown a certified copy of the above
On motion of Frank Plum
ey the following resolution was carried;
Resolved, That we hereby extend our
hanks to George H. Montgomery of st.
.ouis, Mo-, for his appreciated gifts to
ur public library" A certified copy of
his resolution will be sent to Mr. Mont
omery by the town clerk as instructed
" the voters. The license vote: No
25, yes 1876, fifth-class license, no 1855,
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