Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
ANNUAL REPORTS FILED
Four City officials Give Account
Of Their Stewardship.
Rluubing Inspector Enumerates Per-
z,its Issued, Chief Of Police and
i, Clerk Of City Court Tell Of
- Crime-vital Statistics.

Reports Of the activities of d. e.
Harran, inspector of plumbing, p. j.
Russell, chief Of the police department,
Jed p. Ladd. clerk Of the city court,
and F. ]. Ennis. health officer. for the
wear 1917 are on file at the city clerks
once.
Mr. Harran's report shows that he
issued 20 plumbing permits for new
buildings, Is for old buildings. permits
for renewals 46. permits for additional
Axtures in old buildings 203. plumbing
MIXTURES installed in new buildings 252.
old buildings in which there previous
" had been no former plumbing 81. re-
newals in old buildings 81, additional
fixtures for buildings ASS: total, S4s.
Mr.. Harran also reports 74S inspections
and 90 water tests. He says that the
plumbing and drainage at the new
Cathedral high school is OF the best. as
10 also the drainage and plumbing OF
the Vermont Milk Chocolate company,
now under construction.
Chief Of Police Russelrs report shows
that there are on his books for the
years 1917 the large number Of 1,275
complaints. 1ntoxication led. with
$50. one and fraction for each day Of
the year. Next in order were breach
Of the peace complaints, there being
rs Of these the police had to contend
with. The remaining S12 complaints
were for various causes, such as lar
ceny. forgery, night walking, etc. The
amount appropriated for the police and
criminal department for the 1917 was
$4,000. The payroll Of the police de-
pertinent amounted to $22.430.32. The
department has paid to the city treas
urer for the service of warrants w.
1881.
The report Of the clerk Of city court.
Jed p. Ladd. shows that the number OF
prosecutions Gin which fees are to be
disbursed out Of the city treasury dur
ing the year 1917 are IS. They are classed
as follows: Keeping house of ill-fame
I'VE; passing street cars In automobiles
IS; driving automobiles in negligent man.
ner I'VE; night-walking one; selling Ice
taken within restricted area of the lake
three; permitting dogs to run at large
two; violation of plumbing law one;
allowing dense black smoke to issue from
chimney one; unlawful behavior in the
streets one. These cases were disposed
Of as follows: Convicted II; fines and
costs paid "a. OF the number convicted
disposal was made as follows: Commit
ted to Jail three to Industrial school
one; nolle prosequi three; discharged one;
fines and costs paid "a; pending three.
The total disbursements we're $32O45: the
total receipts were $Sls.4S. The loss to
the city. therefore, for the year was
$lN.
The report Of the health officer, F. j.
Ennis, shows that there was a falling
of in the death rate in the city. and
remarks on the absence Of any severe
epidemic. There were Coz birth certifi-
Gates filed during the year. Of which 81
were born to nonresident mothers. Death
certificates to the number Of Ais were
Med. OF which 9S were deaths Of nom
residents. There was a marked increase
IN the number Of marriage certificates.
as being returned for the year. This
increase Is accounted for. because of
the large number Of military men who
married in this city the past year.
Ninety-seven Of the infants born were
born to nonresident mothers in the city's
institutions. OF the COS infants born
81 were males and 81 were females
Five pairs Of twins were born. OF the
marriage licenses issued. rs were issued
to persons seeking their second marriage
and four to persons desiring to marry
Tor the third time. Forty-two of the
contracting parties were divorced per-
sons.