The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-06

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ANNUAL TOwN MEETING.
Large AttendaDce-TaxAtirn and Othel
Matters Dlacussed-The Officers Elected
and Their Vote.
The ten ARTICLES in the warning wert
discussed and disposed of by an earnest
company Of voters in Library hall Tuer.
day. The people seemed determined &c
do the fair thing, therefore several sub
j cts proposed by Windy LiviDgstOI
were squelched with emphatic votes
The tax voted was 100 cents on the dol.
lar, which, with the road tax (tix-d b.,
staIut) makes the town tax sRgr, gate
lilo Gems. An attempt was made by The
Refnrmor editor to get vote passed
.evyInR All additional high ay tax Of IL
cents on the dollar. The specIou- plea
Las urged that the alleged deficiI OF
" 29O "a, (@ee town report, page 2S), han
all W Ii spent outside the village, ana
mat It represented sum the town tax
payers sh iuld make good. when tn,
Truth of the matter IL that that sum rep.
resents the total amount exprnued b,
the selectmen, 10 both Bennington VII
lagos as well as in the town, over anu
above the town highway tax alone.
There is a special statute which give
the expenditure OF the village highway
money to that c"rpUrHtion, and vet tn,
'electmen must lay out streets and road
in the village. support the SIX bridge,
exc tClthtn this corporation ~ well ~
support the roads rivers and bridges out
side, with the highway tax of the town
/ ,,.Iu Tao NJ n H., l. a
6clency shall be made good as expl Ined
by the Hon. Geo. W. Hdrman Tn
question IL largely matter of book.
keeping. Livings on's a tempt to array
the village against the town was -ffrctu
lily tx iugulshed and his motion lost b,
, declded vote.
The town voted to pay its auditors S.
Der day, AZ usual, and all other town
Ulcers 81 per diem but not until Lv-
'ngston had come near perpetraIiug III.
outrage of paying the selecImen 500
each for services the past year. A mo
zion to the latter t Il -ct was made by Llv.
iugston and unwrttIngly passed. The
people, however, soon attended again t.
business aud the scathing remar k made
shamed even his brszen effror terry into
common decency for the while and HI
at hiI own and his papers words by
making a motion to reconsider, with re
suits as above. The >urn of 800 WAS
voted to Custer Pnst, G A. R towards
he expenses OF Memorial Day.
The whole arg .ment az to the 10 cent
x'ra highway tax was prtcipltaled
new by article ak to rec # the town
would vote an order Of SO. $50 "a 10 bal
ince the treasurer's books, l. vIngstUn
was again uppressed-snOwed under 81
to speak and he subsidized.
The vote upon town officers requires
short explanation. The regular lIcktt
IL that which WAS elected. This IS showL
oy the figures ard names below; where
no fiSures are given the name IL that Of
he gentleman elected. This ticket wa.
promptly split by the substitution OF An
drew j. Downs for first constable ana
collector IN place OF Francis GuiIIinan.
A refOrmer DIM cratic ticket ap-
pearrd der the title of 'Culz4rs
ticket" This was promptly split by put
ing Alfred RobinsonS name IN place al
A. G. Sweet for selec' man. NlnereeI
votes were polled for Mr.. Sweet, which
represents Livingston's following iD hi.
'russde against Mr.. Robinson. The
Prohibition ticket was not split, but
e pastors" were freely applied by sever,
Who used that ticket as u basis for tn,
me they voted. Twenty mine straigh
Prohibition votes represent that party
strength. Wi b there remarks We Civ,
he vote
Moderator-JOhn V.CirnPy 557.
Town G e'k-E A Booth $3.50 Sheldon
q R ,ckwuOk 80
Se,ectmen-E s Harris 412, Alfred
Robin4on sol, En-. c. Hough on 4I6. F
VI Crawford 100, E d Yelling l4l h.
J. P tier ST. %, II, d. Hail 81, Ii. II
HuTlbur 90, = g. Swtel 10.
Town Treasurer-G 81. F CIR yes SOL.
Ovprs-pr OF POOR chard NJ. Hough-
10" $50 Frank Cromack 80.
1sl. Constable ami CoIl-ctor-Francs
Guiltinan $40, Andrew j Owns 1850.
Arthur G. Sweet l05. 'hD B ,rrrn 90
o.. C,nstable-W. R W, IT. 407, Il.
B. Cunningham 1876 Henry Roster 20
L sters-J v Carney 551, Eiwarn
Walhridgr 403 ". V. B. Armstr n 435.
VI. G. Hulng 535 s. e. LYON ABB, En-
gar Boyd 1871 l E. Gibson ll9, E.. S.
Chandler 1856. G B Via | 80, Isaac SUI
lam 80, Ch.s. F Star- 80
Audnor--E. ID. Wellng 421. E Is
D icy 562. l. E Gibson 4l9. U II. Mason
1876. Franklin Scott 1871. NJ b. Mrrgar
81, E. T. GrIswnld 81, Chas. Wal 81.
Trustee Of Public Muney-Enos Adamr
55S, Daniel Hull y 80
F-nce vi wpr--H-nry Spffnrd 423 |
Elmer Rndd $50 A. F D.nIu 423. s. e. |
LYONS 1888. Ed r CT 1856. Chas A. K ,Hpr
30. O1cs Cleveland 80, F. S U,rr,-r 81
7 W. Grand Ju or--J b. NJ, achauI
555. L. r Newton 557 Michael WEIGH
556 ] .seph Bingh IN 80, Isaac Surdam
80, Jerry Hurley 30,
Inspector of Lsathe w. Williams
$50. G. B Holnbtck 80.
Pound Keeper Ell. s. Chandl r; in
spector OF lumber and shingles, NJ w.
stewart; town agent. W. b Snrld ~,
member Of county board OF Education,
Ii. G. Day.
The vote of Mr.. Alfred R ,binson, one
" the old an most respected citiz ma OF
u town. and tried and trusted fficlal
hereof, is very gratifying under the the
circumstances. Scurrility ia tn De
tdnler has lost its grip here, and 81 woes
mead Of the average vote Of his as-o-
oiaies on the selectman's ticket 10 WIN.
ilcation that many people outside n
we'll as in Bennington, will be glad TO
see.
The town voted to procure a needed
general index to land records.
The tax bill ia to be placed in the
rreasurer's hands Jnly 1st.
Cal. Walbridge offered the following |
rpsoln' inn which was adopted
WHEREAS Il appears that the town
'nliectUrs Of axes for this town have H. |
their hands vt This time warrants for
large amount Of uncollecied taxes thai
should have been collected and paid to
The Town treasurer Ling ago, therefore
Resolved That this meeting inslrucI
the selectmen OF the town TO comm nee
legal proceedings sg zinsi said collectors
or their bondsmpn Tor II taxpa due IN
the tax lists Of 1885 1885, 1887 and 1888.
that are not raid to The 'own treasurer
IN the firr' day Of july. 1890
The amount of uncUllected taxes is
g. 5sl 81