Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-01
SOME CHANGES IN
CITY GOVERNMENT
Commissions Organize and Elect
superintendent. E. Hop
kins Takes Office as City At
t0rney and C. F. Black Be-
comes City Grand Juror

CITY Officers and various commissioners
and members of boards controlling city
departments assumed offices Friday
Tor the year 1920. For the most part the
commissions and boards conducted their
annual election of officers and effected
tneir organizations, with the exception
OF the electric light department and the
board of health
Iheodore E. Hopkins assumed the Of
nee or city attorney Friday. succeeding
Hamilton s. Peck. and Charles F. Black
assumed the office of city grand juror.
succeeding Clarence r. White. Edward
b. Corley, city clerk, l.. C.. Grant, city
treasurer, and j. S. Denning, constable,
with Henry Todd as assistant constable,
also took office, the position of Assistant
Constable Todd being a new one this
year.
The commissions and boards follow:
WATER COMMISSIONERS
At 1:30 O'Clock the board of water com
missioners met in the office of the de-
partment in City Hall and organized
FOR the year. c. H. Jones was elected
chairman. the other members Of the board
being Jules Simays and A. H. Rutter.
j. Frank Kidder was reelected SUPER
intendent Of the department for another
year.
LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
Although Friday was the official date
set for the organization of the electric
light commissioners this action has been
postponed until tonight, that being the
regular meeting date for the month Of
May.
LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS
At five o'clock the library commits
sioners met in the Fletcher Free library
The commissioners present were: j.
Holmes Jackson, ex-officio chairman
Eugene A. Luck, Mrs. Mollie e. Mower,
w. j. Van Patten and H. L. Ward.
Librarian George Dana Smith, by virtue
of his office, was selected as clerk.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Friday night the police commissioners
met at the station in City Hall and orga-
nized with Edward Lavallee as chairman
and James NJ. Campbell, the new member,
as secretary. f. N. Latour Is the other
commissioner.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS
Friday night the board Of fire commits
sioners met in their rooms In fire sta
ton No. 1, and selected F. e. Perkins
as chairman and Chief Carl D. Stockwell
as clerk. F. A. Deyette is the new men,
Der Of the board. The city council will
have to appoint a successor to Frank
Rafter. a member Of the board, who is
deceased.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
The cemetery commissioners met Fri
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
j. II. Middlebrook, 239 South Union
street. John F. Holloran was elected
chairman and Prof. M. r. Cummings as
secretary, Mrs. Middlebrook being the
other member. The commissioners re-
elected Arthur Charles superintendent of
all cemeteries.
PARK COMMISSIONERS
No change in the personnel of the park
commissioners or in the officers for the
year was made at meeting of the
commissioners for organization purposes
at the residence of Dr. D. c. Hawley,
2N Pearl street. DR.. Hawley was re-
elected chairman for the ensuing year
with Prof. George p. Burns as secre
tary for another term. The other men,
bers of the commission are: Thomas F.
Conlon, reelected this year, f. S. Isham
and Mrs. ]. J. Flynn. Edward NJ. Long
was appointed superintendent Of parks.
BOARD OF CHARITIES
The board Of charities met Friady night
in its rooms in the City Hall and
effected an organization. DR.. P. f.
insolvency was reelected chairman and
DR.. j. H. Dodds was reelected secre-
tary. George ]. Grafton being the third
member. T. A. Delany was the unani-
nous choice Of the board for re-appoint-
ment to the position as overseer Of the
poor. The board also favored the city
poor to be cared for by the medical de-
partment of the University Of Vermont,
as heretofore.
STREET COMMISSIONERS
c. L. Dolan has been elected as chair
man of the board Of street commissioners.
The other members Of the board are
Howard Crane. who starts his initial
term of service. and j. L. Bergeron. No
superintendent of streets has been
selected to take the take the place of
j. w. Coffey. who has resigned.