Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-12

unanimous vote and took the oath
OF Office. A rising vote Of thanks was
cNtcnfcl to the out going Mayor, for
his fai! ful service as first may" of
the city. II was niovcd By II. $. tCDt
that the officers Of clerk, constable,
listers, auditors, grand juror; Il I'd
ovcrsccl' be elected by the city coun-
ell and the motion prevailed. a
motion was made and carried that the
reports Of the several officers be &C
cepted as printed. Later this notion
was discussed to some length and Il
vote was carried to reconsider this
motion. A vote was then taken to
rcscind the motion of accepting the
reports as printed and each officers
report was taken up and discussed
and then adopted. a motion at that
time was carried to adjourn until l.30
in the afternoon. At the opening of
the afternoon session c. S. Emery
placed in nomination the name Of W.
W. True for alderman for two years,
and he was unanimously elected. J.
r. Akin then placed in nomination the
name of J. A Aubin for alderman for
two years, and there being no contest
Mr. Aubin received Il unanimous vote.
Dr.. Harry F. Hamilton nominated
Bert Longuway for alderman for
one year to complete the uncxpircd
term of Harry A. Black resigned, and
he also received the unanimous vote
of the meeting. w. Z. Tripp was
elected a school trustee to complete
the unexpircd term Of M. c. Avery
resigned. 1t was voted that the city
collect it's taxes through its treasurer
as usual. The article to authorize tho
city council to appoint a city man
ager, was passed over, also to issue
bonds for the purpose of funding the
city'S Indebtedness was passed over.
Two cents on the dollar of the Grand
list was voted for the maintenance
of the Goodrich library. One thousand
dollars was voted to take advantage
of the state aid law for permanent
roads, also $1,000 was voted for resui-
facing roads under the same state aid
offer. Article IA, to appropriate a
sum Of money for Memorial day was
left with the city council. Three per
cent of the grand list was voted to be
divided between the Newport Band
and District Nurse. The sum of
5000 was voted for the purpose Of
maintaining parl: III 1919 and 20
for winter sports. The voters autho-
rized the city to accept the provisions
of the Wolkmen's Compensation law
Article Is, to see if the city would
vote to have the city council appro-
pirate sum of money for the sup
port of nonsectarian hospital, was
passed over. The city was instructed
to abatc the poll taxes of members of
the fire department. The compcnsa
ton for the collecting of delinquent
taxes in addition to the fees allowed
by law was left with the city council.
A vote was taken to have schools, and
the length of same was left with the
school trustees The article instruct
ing the school trustees to employ
medical inspectors for its schools was
passed over. Article "a relating to
the new high school building brought
forth some discussion as to the Local
ton Of such a building, and it was
voted to have the committee who
were elected one year ago to further
investigate and recommend suitable
location, type, size and approximate |
cost and report at some future meet !,
ing. This closing the matter of bus
mess the meeting adjourned. The
vote on tho license question resulted 4,
in 14o no and 81 yes. Fifth class
vote was 1875 no and AZ yes.
Mayor James Talbot Gardner
James Talbot Gardner is receiving =
the congratulations of his many
frier DIS upon his election Tuesday to !
the honor of mayor of Newport ci,.
Mr.. Gardnc" is one of Ncwpor..
hustling your@ men, As years of age,
and he carne to Newport in 1906 from
Machas, Nc, where he entered the !
employ of A. l.. Bailey of st Johns +
bury rs piano salesman, $ STONED ut |
the Newport branch store, where he
has continued in that capacity up to
the present time with great success.
He is - member Of the y. NJ e.
and early IN its organization h
as chairman Of the house co,
and lar he was chairman
committee and
was elected as one of thu
His work in the several
sponsibilitv required fu
ID in 1918 was e'cc:e'
Us the first aldcrn
g new city. r 1T