The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-29
TO SIMPLIFY
OUR GOVERNMENT
Draft of Measure Providing
for Abolition of Village
and School District
WILL BE
PUBLICLY DISCUSSED
And Desired Change Made in Form Of
Amendments General Act Provid-
ing for Town Manager Also to be In
troduced in Legislature.

@A~SS
troduced in Legislature.
The Reformer presents herewith the
tentative draft of bill providing for the
consolidation of the village and incorpor
ated school district with the town, of
Brattleboro. This bill will be given to the
revision committee Of the legislature this
week and will be published in The Re-
former again with such changes as that
committee sees fit to make.
Before any effort is made to push the
measure through the legislature it will be
taken up and thoroughly discussed at
public meeting, and any changes that are
deemed desirable as a result of this dis
cussion will be made in the form OF
amendments
The bill in its present form provides that
they must receive favorable action at the
hands OF the town, village and school dis
trict separately
\ general bill giving towns the right, if
they SO vote, to employ managers and
delegate to them the powers now held by
certain town officers will also be intro
duced in the legislature this week This
in way will be a companion measure to
that providing for a consolidation of Brat
teboro's present governments, since it
will give the town the right, if it see fit,
to adopt something in the nature of a
commission form OF government to take
the place OF the three separate govern.
ments which are now in effect.
| The text of the consolidation bill fol
lows:
An act to consolidate and amalgamate
the Brattleboro graded schol district, and
the village Of Brattleboro, with the town
Of Brattleboro.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the state of Vermont:
See, l. The village of Brattleboro anc
the Brattleboro graded school district are
hereby consolidated and amalgamateC
with the town OF Brattleboro and shall
except as hereinafter provided, cease t
exist as a separate political entities o.
bodies corporate.
Sec 2 The selectmen of the town o
Brattleboro shall, in addition to the pow
ers and duties now conferred upon then
by law, so far as they may legally do SO
perform the duties and exercise the func
tions heretofore conferred upon the com
missioners of the village Of BrattlebOro
Sec 3. The school directors Of the tow
school district of the town of Brattlebort
shall, III addition TO the powers and dutie
now conferred upon them by law, so IA
! as they may legally do SO, perform tn
duties and exercise the functions hereto
fore conferred upon the prudential com
mittee of the Brattleboro graded schoo
district.
Sec. 4 The officers of the village O
Brattleboro and the officers of the Brat
tleboro graded school district shall prio
to the date when this act goes into effec
settle, SO far as possible, the pecuniar
affairs of the village of Brattleboro an
the Brattleboro graded school district, n
! spectively, and shall, except as hereinafte
provided, on or before said date turn owe
, and deliver to the clerk of the town c
Brattleboro for safe keeping all the ret
ords books and documents of the vilae
/ of Brattleboro and the Brattleboro grade
! school district
See. 5. All Of the lands, buildings, pro,
erty and funds of the village of Brattl
boro, except as hereinafter provided. sha
on. the date when this act goes into effe,
become vested in and be the property {
the town of Brattleboro, and all indeb
Il ! edness, bonded and otherwise, of said Vi
J lage of Brattleboro shall on said date
, assumed by the town of Brattleboro.
Sec 6. All Of the lands, building
property and funds of the Brattlebol
graded school district, except as herei
after provided shall on the date when tn
J act goes into effect become vested in ar
be the property of the town school distri
4 of the town of Brattleboro, and all ti
Indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,
said Brattleboro graded school distric
shall on said date be assumed by said tow
school district of the town of Brattlebor
!, See. I. The foregoing sections are su
{ jeet, however, to the provision that as
| property rights in the village of Brattl
boro or the Brattleboro graded school d
| trct, II any there be, not subject to d
| struction, Investment or impairment
| state legislation, said village of Brattlebo
| and said Brattleboro graded school distri
| shall be deemed and treated as having co
| tinued in existence for the purpose of d
] ing and performing any trust, duties
obligations respecting said property righ
| for the benefit, however, of said town
Brattleboro and said town school distri
of the town of Brattleboro, respectivel
in so far as by law can be done witho
] destroying, divesting or impairing t
y said property rights.
For the purpose of carrying out t