St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-09-26

Financial Summary.
Cash balance July 81, 1917 $56e,sso.s1
Receipts for august 5570,9 SO,
- E. ss31,soe.S4
Auditors orders paid in Au-
f,Ist $3.50, 004 20
Cash balance, August 81,
1917 % .of
$ss1.sos.s4
| Secretary Of State.
On August 25th the Office of the
secretary was moved from Essex juno
ton to Morrisville, several employees
severing their connection with the of
Ace at that time. The resignation Of
Guy w. Bailey from the Office OF sec
Rotary OF state took erect the last day
Of August and on the same day Fred
erick q. Fleetwood assumed the duties
OF TIE. office. During the month the
engrossing of the acts Of 1917 has been
COMPLETED. There have been three
creamery licenses and two o1eomarga-
rine licenses issued and four domestic
corporations have been chartered In
the automobile department there have
been 1887 cars registered as contrasted
| with 321 for the same month five years
| ago. There were 1926 operators Ii
Gems IS issued, 672 chauffeura licenses
| issued and 10 licenses suspended or
revo.1ed during the month There have
been 1000 new number plates ordered
| during the month making a total or
derel for 1917 Of 10000. ii.
State Highway Commissioner.
| The policy. Of the department in re-
cent years has been to do as much
permanent improvement work as pos.
siblc early in the season, but this year,
bece use 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 1,9 towns covering 1O38h miles. OF
road. The expenditure for this work
prev ious to August first was $59,275. 70
So was expended.
The federal aid road law provides
| for the expenditure of federal funds in
cooperation with the state in perma
| nent road sRork Under the regula
lions, projects must be submitted te
the federal government for approval
after which plans and specifications
are prepared. OF the projects sub
mittcd by the state, there have been
accepted and plans and specifications
for the work on these projects arc
now being prepared. 49,,
/ During the month Of August the de
partment has furnished engineering as
sistance on IL bridges and has re
ceivcd 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 appor
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 beef
taken postal card census Of the pur'
1 bred live stock in the state to ascer
tain the number of pure bred cattl'
for sale. Fifty fields of potatoes wer,
Inspected with view to qualifying 70
4 seed purposes. The marketing agen
has looked up markets for cheese an,
honey; assisted creameries In dfspos
:, ing Of butter; assisted dealers In Ii
eating supplies of butter, cheese, egg
and poultry; looked up dealers il
beans, potatoes, etc, for the purpos
of securing the names of firms VIII
will receive these products in Vel
; mont. Seventy creameries, cheese fae
: tories and shipping stations and So
farms were inspected by creamery II
' spectors In the live stock inspectio,
work 10 herds containing 283 head @
cattle were tested by the state yeter
} MARIAN and 9 herds and 1876 head g
cattle by the federal veterinarian.
:" Commissioner Of Taxes.
The completion Of the compilatio
+ Of the grand list shows that the tots
grand list of the state is $3.50, 860.4'
: the largest grand list in the history {
: the state, indicating an increase {
nearly four million dollars of taxabl
It property over 1915 The commission
r er has determined and certified to tn
n various towns the proportional amour
g Ito be paid by the various towns an
: cities for the support OF the count
: agent work as provided for by humble
;, 103 Of the acts of 1917. The commit
sioner has issued since June 31st,
peddlers' licenses, Is auctioneers'
censes and 142 partnership registr
.. lions.
Il Public Service Commission.
E. During the month Of July the publ
3 service commission issued s orders r
k. lating to railroad rates, Investigated
a accidents on railroads, disposed OF FOR
a matters relating to telegraph and tel
s phone companies, issued orders or ce
tffcates In 5 cases, and Informally
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