The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
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tielc did not develop and motion by
l.. T. Holden that the selectmen appoint
| one experienced road man as commits
sioner went through with whoop. Pat
! rick II. Lynch asked if Commissioner
| Wallace would serve another year at
the same salary as the past year. and
I Mr.. Holden replied that it was for the
selectmcn to make whatever arrange
mentS they could. There was no fur
Their talk ON the subject and only two
or three voted no.
Then came the election of officers,
which required but few minutes, al
though at one time it gave promise Of
| causing a delay. \. F. Schwenk was
elected moderator and Carl S. Hopkins
clerk. l.. +. Holden nominated John L.
II Howard lister to succeed H. II. Dunklec,
who had said he would not serve longer
There was a little wait for other nom
nations, as it had been understood that
c. B. Crowell was to try for the Office
but no other name was presented and
as 1t was necessary to ballot for this of
flee a motion that the clerk cast one
ballot for Mr.. Howard was carried by
a unanimous vote. 4. w. J. wilkins was
elected selcctman for three wears to sue
eecd himself, without opposition.
Mr.. Holden introduced Il resolution
that the selectmen perform the duties
of oyersccr of the poor to succeed W. NJ.
Robbins, who did not care to serve long
CT. Arthur p. Carpenter thought the Sc.
leetmen had troubles enough without
adding those of overseer and he nom
mated Harry b. Haus. The chair ruled
LII,
resolution and called for q ballot,
but Mr.. Haus prevented delay by stat
ing that he would not enter a contest
and that he would withdraw Mr.. Hol-
den then moved the election Of the Sc
lectmen as overseers of the poor by the
clerk casting one ballot for them
which was done.
Several more officers were reelected
4 without opposition, as follows: Collec
h tor Of taxes w. 4. SUBWAY; treasurer
4 +. G. Adams; auditor for three wears
4 Dana II. Stafford; grand jurors, +. d
& +. Stowe and Harrie b. Chase; first con
stable, Chauncey |. Knapp; second con
stable, Herbert L. Harris; town agent
\ Arthur +. Carpenter.
The chair said the town had Il right
4 to elect tree warden, but none wa>
I elected last year. The sclectmen wcr,
! given Il right to appoint a tree warden
\ on motion Of John T. Kane.
Z The women were heard from and car
L ried the day when it came to the elec
4 tion Of one Of three trustees of the Brat
\ tleboro Free library for three years
Arthur Z. Simonds nominated Fred {
Adams and DR. S. +. Lawson to succec,
; themselves and F. .. Z. Stowe TO sue
4 ceed the late Hermon +. Eddy. Mrs
& Fremont Hamilton urged the electio
4 Of a woman, stating that two-thirds o
4 the patrons OF the library were wome
y and that the women ought to bc repre-
4 scented on the board. She nominate
4 Miss Florence L. Pratt, who has bee
\ acting librarian. The chairman put tn
Z names of Mr.. Adams and Dr. Lawto
4 separately and they were elected unan
4 mouslv. Then he called for 4 ballot 2
\ between Mr.. Stowe and Miss Pratt, bu
on motion Of Mai. +. w Childs lie OF
3 dercd division Of the house and Mis-
Pratt was elected by an oyerwhelmin
I ma iority.
AZ The next three articles caused no di
= cussiou On motion OF David T. PER-
- s 1000 was voted for highways, to tax
Of advantage of the state aid law, in c,
of cess Of the amount required by law. \
ne appropriation of $4,000 for the librar
lie the same rs last year, was voted on IN
re ton OF Rev. d. +. Trout, and $50 ";
nd voted for the obs arVancC Of Memoirs
L. day, ON motion of l.. u. TAYLOR.
j. G. Stafford moved that $500
voted for the care of commons and bu
ial grounds. Z. L. Knowlton said e
, iperience had shown that $500 was n
IN enough. but that amount was vote
which is the same as last year. II
-. usual salaries were voted for the TOW
- officers.
Nv, Wv. A tax rate Of 46 cents, rs reeommcn
- ed by the salcctmcn. payable at the US
=, al time, was voted on motion of l..
IL !" Holden. There was no discussion.
This brought the business down TO
ticle Il, to see how much the toy
~. ,i would appropriate for highway ~
=" poses under Act No. l3S. Acts Of 10
~ Twenty per cent is required by the sta
law. Last year two per cent addition
. was voted. W. L. Walker moved that
per cent he voted. It was explained
the chair that % per cent would be
sessed without any vote, and if 20 !
n cent were voted that would mean
B addition to what the law required.
q B. Crowcll then moved to amend J
4 Walker motion by making it two
cent. l.. f. Holden moved a furtl
amendment making it nothing. I
last amendment was carried and it V
u voted that nothing be appropriated.
Under the next article w. l.. Wall
n moved that the members of Westt
Engine Co. OF West Brattleboro be
empted from the payment of poll tax
n S. \. Richmond wanted to know h
many members there were and w.
q Stellman said the number was betw,
n % and IS. John I. Kainc asserted
they were not required to do fire Il
outside their own district and
thought they should be takcH ear Of
u the district they served. He mo
Z that the article be dismiss u, which
u done.
3 A resolution was introduced bv Trt
urer r. G. Adams, and carried by
unanimous vote, directing the selectl
b TO issue bonds to the amount Of $2l
for the purpose of refunding bonds
4 $4,000 due July | and for paving So