The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-26
And Adjourn TO Wednes-
day NightsTo Continue
Quadrennial Protests
SEVEN OF BOARD
HAVE APPEALS UP
Individual Is hbers Dis
qualified m Sitting
in Thei s wn Cases

IS
After heari.ss5 ! appeals for relief
from quadrercS,, appraisals, the Barre
board Of cit5 ith0rity laid over ap-:
lproxinatels appeals on granite
property ana .ss many more on other
pieces Of property to future considera
tion and adjourned at 1915 last eve-
ming in the city court room to Wednes-
day evening, after one Of the most IN
Iteresting sessions ever held by Barre
board. No decision was reached on any
appeal heard and probably will not be
until after the entire lot is considered.
Consideration of the is appeals was
not taken up until the assessors had
failed in an attempt to have disquali-
fed from sitting with tae board any
member who was personally interested
in an appeal on the quadrennial. At the
outset of the meeting the assessors
questioned the right of such in..srer
members to sit on any Of the app
and it developed that seven of t
members Of the board were personally
interested. There were is members Of
the board present, including all seven
of the interested parties ia appeals.
The law was quoted by City Attorney
Dufiicy in support Of the contention of
the assessors that all seven were dis
qualified from sitting in judgment on
any Of the appeals.
However, the board took the stand
that each interested member Of the
board was disqualified from sitting in
judgment on his own particular case;
and the board proceeded to organize by
clecting James Mackay chairman, with
James Smart as clerk. To have record
Of what was said and done, the board
brought in the services OF stenoq
rapher, something rather unusual and
showing, perhaps. the measure Of inter.
est felt in the matter.
Following the organization Of the
meeting, the board decided to lay over
10 some future meeting the appeals Of
the granite manufacturers inasmuch AZ
there were approximately 40 Of such
cases II Is possible that the granite
cases may be completed Wednesday
night although there remain many so
called private appeals, which. in the
natural sequence. would follow the
cases heard last night
Out OF courtesy, the board heard the
women protesters first last night; and
their cases, briefly summarized, are as
follows;
Mrs. James Milne. house 80 Liberty
street, raised from sl,700 TO 81 800.
Mrs. Ann Stuart, house 81 SpauIdine
street, raised from $1,000 to $1,000.
Mrs. John Cato, house Is Sixth
street, raised from 81 900 to 81 200.
Mrs. A. Knutson, house OF South
Main street, raised from 81 800 to
s.. 800.
Mrs. r. Marchesi. house 100 South
Main street, raised from $1,000 to
$500.
Mrs. NJ. J. Smith. house 80 Liberty
street, raised from $1,000 TO $500
Mrs. Eunice Cole. house corner Lib
erty and Orange streets, raised from
81 700 TO $1,000
Mrs. Purichelli, houss at School
street, raised from sl,l00 TO $500.
Midway Of the discussions, the asses
,ors rose to explain that their work IN
he quadrcnnial had largely been in tho
nature OF leveling up values; that there
ire $500 pieces of property taxed
II which 900 were raised. 100 lowered
md the remaining l,s00 left unchanged
Coming from the female 70 the mails
appellants, il was noticeable that the
men were very much more given TO dis
ussion than the women; end the great
r part OF the three-hour session was
'iven up 10 the men in the presenta-
ion Of the following appeals;
S. ID. Allen. storehouse on Depot
quare, raised from sl.ono to 81 500.
Barre Gas Co.. raised isom $4,000 70
81. 900.
Patrick Brown. block oil No Main
treet, raised from 5000 to $1,000.
George r. Ball. house on Hill street,
aised from $500 TO $1,000.
Salvatore Csssellini, house on South
lain street, raised from $500 to S.-
90.
c. l. and Nina Converse. house at I
.aurei street, raised from 81 400 70 3d.
90: house az Short street. raised
ON 81 500 TO 50 200; house at % Sum
Ter street, raised from 5000 TO So
DQ
A. Gsretto. house and store building
TO North Main street, raised from -.
~ 10 50 500.
n. Gianerelli. living property North
lain street, raised from $500 10
1000
John W. Gordon. block on North
ain street. raised from $4,000 TO
y 100. house on Richardson street.
.ised from Ss.l0o 10 $500
Levin 4 Yeti. business property IN
nding Nash store and Marion Cigar
ore. raised from sal 900 fc ss5 GOO
In his argument Mr. Gordon declared
At the high appraisal on real estate.
ken in onlunction With a high tax
T.. amounted to confscsticn: and he
essnted . parallel statement Of his
eck inconc and expenses for the past
ur years to bear oat his assertion.
Speaking for Levin ( Yeti. Attorney
Ward Carver declared that the prop
y ukich his elirnts had bought for
: lnoo cne year aeo tke assessors Rad
4 n the list fer tsxssioa purposes st
5 o10
kt this peint .hs board 81 Gvil "a
arity decidrd shsf = ni-sts work had
rn fcar arf sffoslrned ~ Wetres-