Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-04

| "Hpdlu oVcrscers orders, S9,492.2T; un-
| paid road commissioners orders, s4.-
.S.9b: officers claims amounting to
| $40 so; amount Of L. =. dcposit fund
| due tho trustee of said fund slO42O62.
making a total of ssG79769 The
trcasurcr's account shows the receipts
| Tor tho year from all sources to be
| Sho,2l9i9. cash on hand Mt beginning
OF last wear, s1,SS3.0S making the total
| amount of money with which to do
business during tho year. S62.1O2.57.
| me amount of orders paid, old and
now s5S.5iS.7o. In last years report
tho receipts, Including cash on hand
! February Z, 1918, were sj1,6S319. while
inc disbursements amounted to $40
Sool1 Tho cost of the poor this year
| mas been high in accordance with the
| nigh cost of living and is somewhat
higher than in previous years owing
| to the repairs, etc. that were made on
! tho farm. The COW stable was covered
over with n good grade roofing. the
silo was refined, and manure sprcader
was purchased during thu past year.
while the buildings on the farm we're
! insured for three years end the inter-
| est FOR last years account ives paid
whilst amounted to s3JeS7. Following
| is a report II the oversecr's account:
! The cost Of tho poor during the past
| year amounted to S6.911.t6 as against
| S4,R70d5 In 1918. The total amount of
property on hand January 30. 1919. az
per inventory. se.76i4i; amount Of orders
drawn to rcbrunry G, ls2D. sS19I.S7. which,
with tho oversccrg salary and the inter
est on the United S'atcs fund invested on
the farm. gives the amount of l5.6os o.
! The credits show tho amount of tho In
ven,ory OF property on hand January, 1920
this year 70 he s6,Ost q, and there was
paid TO the treasurer s2Gl5.63, making a
| to.al of $S,696SS In the previous year
| there was ps:j to tho treasurer by tho
! ovcrscer $2,l0596. Ttc disbursements for
! tho town farm amounted to s5.O7s.35 while
the Total receipts were s3.07ts3 But of
this amount there was furnished wood
| from the farm for the poor. amounting to
$685. while the amount consumed for milk
| for the town house was 5000 The larg-
est amount received on the farm was from
milk sold, which amounted to s2,123s3.
! The selectmen have drawn orders on the
| treasurer during the last year ending
| February 6. 1920 TO the amount of A1, .03,
which Is divided as follows: Claims etc,
81. 16; State taxes, $17.2c7S4: interest on
L. S. fund. sl,l4621; county tax. s153.37
school money sl02,17; health department.
si775: highways and bridges. ss,s47. 26
I
1919 10000 was spent repairing the Winoo-
and and Heineberg bridges. During the
years 1917 and 1918 $l97.26 was paid for
repairing these bridges. which amounts
are included in the amount for highways
| and bridges. The total amount of orders
| drawn by the road commissioners during
| tho last year ending February 4. 1920,
! was S,652S. There was paid out on
road commissioners orders, old and new
s5s2s.37. The receipts including cash on
! hand at beginning of year were 81. 40s o.
leaving a balance February 4. 1920. of
sl,579.66. The Sunderland Hollow hill
work cost the selectmen and State high
way department this year s1,93O5i; NAL
let's Bay road cost s9co.77; Shipman hill
work amounted to s974.22; patrol work.
s2oS.2S; snow work, Sl5o93. while the town
highway department amounted to s3,069. 49,
| The Misses McCrae donated the use of
| team and IA loads of gravel for the
River road, and Thomas Jones donated
| 14O loads of gravel for town use on East
! road.
Health Officer DR.. ]. G. Thabault re-
| ports that in general the year has been
very healthy ever since the end of the
epidemic of influenza last year. The
water that Is used in the village has
been tested regularly and has always been
very satisfactory. The sewer system is
| being improved and the propretors are
notified that every house must be con-
nected with the sewer. He reports that
the schools in the village are in good
order. and for several years the district
schools have always been criticized for
! the condition that they were in. During
| the war their more or less unsantary
condition has been tolerated. but the time
n .lo, lice.
ments are absolutely necessary and should
| no longer be delayed During the past
year. there were 30 cases of humps; Al
! cases of whooping cough: IS cases of
| diphtheria; II cases of chiken-poX: -
cases of measles three cases of scarlatina
three cases of typhoid The cost of the
health department during the past year
amounted to Ai7.75 compared to $4S3 60 the
year before.
The 10th annual report OF the town dis
trict school directors in the town report
show the total receipts for the year to
he sS,04s7l; and the total amount of or
ders drawn during the year to be s7322 IA
The school auditors report shows the
amount of cash on hand at the beginning
o the year to he sl,,0112; and there was
received from all sources the amour, of
$4,000 making the total ss,Oa2. IL There
old and new during the year the amount
of s63S2.es; leaving balance February
4, 1890, of s1,10973 The total amount OF
school directors orders still unpaid is
sl,9S9. There is due in uncollected taxes
the amount of sl.12373. The superin.
tendent's school report is in part as fol.
lows; The buildings Cor the mos; par,
are comfortable that the greatesi need
in providing comfortable quarters for ths
children Of the town. Is at tho villap,
grammar school 1T Colchester This
buildr.g could be made into one Of IN,
best country schools in the state. and
make way with tho ursanitary conditions
OF the present outhuiidings, and througt
the efforts :; the Taxpayers of the towr
arr N-- aid given b. the State, when a
town undertakes to ramod. an old school
bu'dlrg. re school children could be mad,
| more comfortable and have a heoltbier
place in which to spand their school
hours In.
The annual town meeting for the legal
voters of tho town of Colchester for tho
lolection of officers for the ensuing wear
wac held Tuesday in Horizons han. The
meeting was called to order at nine O'Clock,
by inc moderator. Louis A.hpa ara Town
Clerk {. @. Allard read tho warnirS. On
aFticie 1. relating 10 the reports of the
various town officers. ii was voted that
'hey be accepted. Article >; il was voted
to authorize the sclectmcn to borrow tie
nited States deposit money: 3rd. rcia-
i've To whom the taxes assessed on the
to"hs Grand list of 1920 arc TO be paid
1t was voted to pay the taxes directly to
h IT,. Ill