The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-24

in the county of Windham respecting the.
shirestown, or towns Of said county. - a.
and, whereas, for the better ending
said disputes, and enabling the inhabi
tants of said county to fix on such town
or towns in said county for that purpose
as should most conduce to the future
peace and tranquility thereof, the Gen
eral Assembly of this state, in October
last, by an act of legislation, did direct
meeting of one supervisor from each
organized town in said county, at time
and place mentioned in said act, to fix
the town or towns which should be the
shire or half -shires in said county, in
/ such manner and upon such conditions, as
to them should seem best; and did de-
clare, that the town or towns, so agreed
upon to be the shire or half shires in said
county by said supervisors, when SO con
vened, or a majority of them, should be
and remain the shire or half -shires for
ever, and that a report of the same to
this Assembly being made an act should
be passed establishing the same as afore.
said. .-..~4s -s. 10
And whereas, the said supervisors, at
legal meeting held in pursuance of said
act, did report that they had fixed upon
said county, upon condition of their Civ
ing security to the county treasurer of
said county, for building and completely
finishing a court house and gaol, on the
common near the meeting house in said
town, by the lst of May, 1883, without
expense to the county, to the satisfaction
of committee to be nominated by the
representatives in assembly from the
/ county of Windham, and appointed by
the assembly, the said courthouse and
gaol, and so rods of land adjoining, to
be conveyed to the county by the own
ers, the courthouse to be built of the size
of the court house in Worcester in Mas
sachusetts, painted and sufficiently
lighted excepting that two feet is to be
taken off from the front and a porch OF
| 10 feet square, with three doors, made in
lieu thereby and the gaol to be 30 feet
by 40, and two stories high, IA feet by
80. to be fitted for a gaol, and the re-
mainder for the accommodation of fam
| lily.
| And whereas, it appears to this Legis-
| lature that such security as is men
toned in said report has been given to
| the acceptance of said supervisors.
BE it therefore enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the state of Vermont,
that New Fame, in the county of Wind
ham, be, and hereby is declared to be, the
+ shire town in and for the county of
Windham, upon the condition mentioned
in the report of the said supervisors, and
that from and after the said first day of
May l7SS, the supreme court, the coun-
ty court for said county, and all other
county meetings to be held at the court
house in Windham county, forever there
after be holden at New Fame aforesaid. =
1t would seem from the foregoing that
the Legislature thought the matter set
tied forever, but after the advent of the
railroad and the consequent faster
growth of Brattleboro. the old dispute
from time to time has revived. When
the federal building was located in Brat
tleboro it was generally understood it
could not be used for county purposes.
Some arrangement, however, had been
made so it was used by the county, and
if similar concessions can be made in the
future the chances are many another ses-
sion will be held here whether the county
seat is moved or not. With the modern
up to-date and extremely beautiful
equipment which the federal building af
fords. it is not to be wondered at that
Judge, jury and the legal fraternity en-
Joy it much better here than at New
fame. While no one has anything bu
the good of Newfane at heart as far a
that town is concerned, still it must b.
remembered that the greatest accommo
dation TO the greatest number i'll Wind
, ham county must be taken into consid
Grafton and be the power that rules.