Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-01-23
NEW BOARD OF
VILLAGE TRUSTEES

The annual village meeting was held
in the town hall Wednesday evening
The meeting was called to order at
730, by John E. Weeks, town clerk.
Joseph NJ Burke then read the warn
ing, after which John E. Weeks was
elected moderator and Joseph M,
Burke was elected village clerk The
reports of the village officers were ac-
cepted and adopted as submitted by
the auditors. The third article in the
warning, To see if the village will vote
to amend articles 9 and 10 of section Is,
of the village bylaws, relative to the
compensation of members of the fire
department, this brought forth some
= discussion, and on motion of Charles /.
Button it was voted to pay the firemen
60 cents per hour while on duty, in
stead of 80 cents as heretofore, and
to pay each member the sum OF $500
per year instead of $500.
Article four, To see what action the
voters will take in the matter of the
water department assuming the indebt-
edness incurred by the Village in the
"Flashbord Case, after some discus
sion, on motion Of Charles l. Button it
was voted that the Water department
assume the indebtedness. Article five,
To vote a tax for maintaining and re-
pairing roads and walks in the village,
it was voted on motion of John a.
Fletcher to levy a tax of 25 cents on
The dollar Of the grand list Article
SIX, To vote tax to pay the expenses
of the ensuing year, and to pay out
standing orders and obligations of the
village and interest it was voted to
raise a tax OF So cents on the dollar
Article seven, To elect the remaining
village officers, John w. Hammond and
Jerry Trudeau were elected trustees by
acclamation, in the case of third trus-
tee, there being two names placed in
nomination, those of Eli Fortier and
Carl O. Frost, a vote was taken, the
whole number of votes cast Ill, Mr.
Frost had 62 and Mr. Fortier 40, and
Mr.. Frost was declared elected For
fourth trustee the names of w. N. Cadv
and R, F. Pinney were placed in nom
ination, the voting resulted in there
being 1913 votes cast, Mr. Cady had
l6, and Mr. Pinney 107, and Mr.. Pin
ney was elected. For fifth trustee the
contest was between E. c. Gorham, Eli
Fortier and M. T. Butterfield, there
being l26 votes cast of which Mr..
Gorham had 20, Mr.. Fortier AZ and
Mr.. Butterfield IA, and Mr.. Gorham
was declared elected For sixth trus-
tee the names of Arthur N. Brown and |
Patrick Dillon were presented for bal
loting, with the result that l24 votes
were cast, Mr.. Dillon had 81 and Mr..
Brown 81, and Mr.. Dillon was elected
For seventh trustee Rufus Wainwright
and James Barron were tied on the
irst ballot each having 62 votes, and
On a second ballot being taken 1873
votes were cast, Mr. Barron had II
and Mr.. Wainwright 62 and Mr.. Bar
on was declared elected.
On motion of George N. Shambo.
Dr. Philip E. Mellen was elected water
commissioner for three years. Edward
Higgins was elected chief of the fire
department for the ensuing year and
Charles E. Pinney was elected village
reasurer. For auditors the old board
of Charles l. Button and c.
:. Wells were reelected. There being
10 further business to come before the
meeting a motion to adjourn was made
md carried