Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-04-08
LISTERS JOB NO
JOKE THIS YEAR
New Law Requires Women tc
Pay Poll Taxes
Real Estate List Probably viii Show
Increase. but Slump Has Occurred i'm
Value of Live Stock


1t is by no means joke that confronts
the town liSters-this job of collecting
the poll tax list of women in addition to
their usual work of gathering in the
property list ana the list of male poll
taxpayers.
The listers, Walter l.. Sylvester, Hen
ny f.. Shipman and Charles w. Richard
son. began their work Friday morning in
the listers room in the town hall build
ing with realization that the action of
the legislature in passing an act 20 levy
poll taxes on women, which Governor
James Hardness signed Thursday, meant
a decided increase in their duties without
Il corresponding increase in revenue.
BY use of the voting list and the res
ident directory it is comparatively easy
to keep track of the male roll taxpavers
although some of them are as elusive as
the proverbial eel. but thc collection of
women's names is an entirely new propo.
sition. Only those between "a and "a
Years of aye are rpdtIircd TO Give III their
names. and the listers allow that their
Judgment MS TO women's ngcs is sIch that
fheY will have TO RELY largely on fine hon.
esty of the fair sex.
n preparatiOn for the work of the
listers Town Clerk G. s. Uonkins mailed
:; tax inventory blank 'phuistlav TO every
taxnaver on the past years list. toectb.
or With n printed letter from the lister,
rpunpStlnU
blanks and return them forthwith as re.
Uuircd by law. There were 3.160 OF
these blanks. sent TO all resident ane
non. resident taxpaycrs, including won.
en- owning taxable propertv. as hereto
fore.
The law docs not rcuuire the listers ia
hunt mn persons. but if docs require PEI.
sons subject to taxation to return thcil
lists to the listers. The law applieS te
thc new women poll taxpaycrs. and it i,
thc desire of the listers that these won
on rs we'll as ali others finnish thei1
names at once ANY who have not re-
ceivod blanks may obtain them ot the
listers Office. some member of the board
viii he in the office every dav until Anril
So from ( n m to N m and zach
Nnndav Wednesday, and S,tnr,iav even.
inc from 730 to o ociacli 70 receive lists
nnd 70 render any assistance needed,
tnv married woman having a poll fax
to may but no property tax may have her
hnlhard sion Tho tax bIonlk for her in
which case II win not he necessary for
%or 70 ,isit Tho listers, otficn She woi,Id
not mora Of an idoo hnwcvor of how
7ho u,orl is done If sbe wonld visit thc
Office nprsonaIlv,
Tbern orc moro than > 100 noll fax
,,oInrI on +bo list mr. nresont which docs
moi inclndn nersons over 10 vcars old or
mersons nxomnt for other reasons, but
i dons innI,,Jn about 20 womnn tovnav.
n,, II IL octin,atoJ that unInr +hn nov
Inv. obont > 0no r,on,nn: names viii he
nddod 70 tbe list
"' Wora ~ With orl,. man naviny noll
40 ,, w" bn,o hoom lnt in tLo list
ot 50 zach Tho actnai tax donnnding Of
course ON thc various fay rates of the
49, ;iionn omd Soboo1 ditt,,ict Jnl,
' .t' e.o,,,.nl r,tn,. u,aIn +bo ,ol
to~ ~ tho ,;,Ioaa e. 70 and outside th,
,i11om n eI7S Iindor tho. now Law viii
w vnmsu having nnli taxes. the polis ar,
set in the jist nj ST Tbe actual polI ia,
This yaar.tif the 1yillage and school dis