The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-07
QUIET TOWN MEETING.
Continued from Page II


Following the reading of the warrant
Ey Town Clerk C. s. Hopkins the first
and second articles of the warrant were
disposed of before the voting for officers
began The auditors report was &C
Cepted and adopted on motion of {. a
BOyden. and on motion of \. Il. Carpen-
ter it was voted to have one road COM
missioner and to have that official APP
pointed by the seectmen as last year
Then the moderator announced that the
polls were open for voting under the
Australian ballot system and would be-
open until 3 O'Clock.
Under article 1 II. c. Rice moved that
Martin Austin and Il. IL. Crane, whose
terms as trustees of the Brattleboro
Free library expired, be reelected for
three years and that +. l.. Hildreth be
elected for three years to succeed the
late e. l.. French. 1t was so voted
No objection whatever was made tO|
the proposition under article > to in
crease the appropriation for the support
and maintenance Of the library. Mar
tin Austin called attention to the state
ment of the situation as made in the
report of the president of the trustees,
l.. Ii. Crane, and said a test of library
was its circulation. which in this in
stance had increased much more rapidly
than had the number of books in the
library He said it was hard to COM
pare this library with many others, as
the one here had no endowment. In or
der that the salaries of the Librarians
might be made somewhere near adequate
and that more books might be bought he
moved that the appropriation be IN
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 and there
was no opposition.
Two hundred dollars was. appropriated
for the proper observance of Memorial
day. on motion of l.. T.. Taylor.
1t was voted on motion. of q. Il.
Tau Ia
last year, to care for the commons and
burial grounds.
Article s. to see what sum should be
appropriated for highway purposes un-
der section 1915 of the General Laws of
Vermont. which provides that the town
shall annually appropriate not less than
20 per cent of the grand list for high
ways and sidewalk purposes. brought
from John 4. kainC a query as to how
much was needed. also the information
from the chair that the amount last
year was 30 per cent ON motion of ;.
A. Daniels it was voted to appropriate
80 per cent. although Mr.. Hughes said
the amount was not enough for this
year.
Another $1,000 was voted under ar
ticie 9 i'm excess of the amount required
by law to be raised for highways to take
advantage of section 1891 of the Gen
cral Laws, as amended in 1921. The
chair said 1000 was voted last year.
and i'm response to a query by II. &. Rice
aS 10 how the law was amended in 1871
the chairman read the statute Mr..
Daniels then made his motion.
/, \ special tax of > per cent for the re-
pair of sidewalks was voted under arti-
Gle 10 0n motion of Mr.. Hughes. who
said it was apparent that the appropria'
ton under article : was not adequate
This brought the business down to the
vote to raise money to dcfray the cx,
l penseS and liabilities of the town. On
= motion of II. &. Rice a 5O-ccnt tax
payable July l. was voted. as recon
mcnded by the selectmen.
Selcctman Solon 4. Richmond moved
that the town adopt the provisions o
Il No. 80. Acts of 1919. aS amended II
1921. and charge interest at the rate O
one-half of one per cent a month or frac
= due and unpaid by Oct 1. and it was 81
: ordered
+ Salaries of the town officers remain
the same as last year, the motion bein'
: made bv Mr.. Hughes The total as est
ID mated by the Selcctmcn is $500.
Aside from the library appropriation
Z the first new business was Article II, Il
u see if the town would buy land from tn
I Vinton estate to widen Main street op
n posite the HolStein Friesian building
Attorney II. G.. Barber said the select
men had full authority under the law t
determine the need for widening tn
L street and to buy the necessary land
and on his motion it was voted to leay
the matter to the selectmen.
N The last article. L.. to transact ''othe
II business" was then in order. Under
Mr.. Hughes presented a resolution
y which was adopted which was that !
Il was the sense of the meeting that tn
selectmcn take steps to widen EIho
street between Church street and Eli
A., street. as they think best. Mr.. Hughe
i explained that the street there was yer
narrow. near the watcrcure buildings.
: Henry Z. Shipman of the board o
listers told the voters that this was tn
year when real estate must be re-as
u sessed and asked if the town wanted tn
appraisalS published in pamphlet forl
+ rs was done before, when the cost wa