The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-04
TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED.

Andrew and James F Williams; Con-
stable, H. S. Wilson; Overseer, M.
Goewey; Listers, j. Stakeholder, G. NJ.
Brownson, John Conroy; Agent, o. NJ.
Barber. Tax voted, IS cents.
Observation-Disclosures w. H. Bebee;
Clerk, George NJ. Wall; Treasurer, Geo.
N. Wall; Superintendent, E. NJ. Torrey;
Selectmen, Z. NJ. TOrrey, Patrick Nc
Dewitt and A. b. Roberts; Constables,
A. j. Loveland and Nathaniel McWayne
Overseers, the Selectmen; Listers, W. II.
Bebee, George NJ. Wall and Nathaniel
McWayne; Agent, A. L. Bowen. Tax
voted 100 cents.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William Z.
futile; Clerk, w. w. Wiley; Treasurer,
w. w. Wiley; Selectmen, w. II. Land
fear, o. Y. Holden and L. f. Woodward; ;
Constable, c. G. Cook; Overseer, w. w.
Wiley; Listers, w. W. Abbott, II. n.
Fuller and A. D. Reynolds; Agent VIM.
L. futile; Superintendent, R. r. Wiley.
Tax voted. 125 cents.
MISUNDERSTANDING +. C.Archl-
bald; Clerk, d. X. Simonds; Treasurer,
j. p. Black; superintendent, j. NJ. APP
pieman; Selectmen, NJ. Garfield, E. b.
Smith and S. w. Bourn; Constable. f. d.
Giddings; Oyerseer, NJ. Garfield; Lis
tiers, F. w. Cook, William Smith and r.
w. Dean; Agent, f. G. Archibald; Audi
tors, II. Eggleston, j. II. Whipple, E. G.
Orvis, Fence Viewers, w. F. Orvis, F. b.
Warner, j. w. Fowler; Inspector of
Leather, j. II. Whipple; Pound Keep
er, |. l.. Schuyler; Inspector of Lumber
etc, I. Perkins; Highway Commission
ers, L. B. Smith, Hugh NJ. Townshend,
Henry Hicks. Voted tax of IS cents
on the dollar of the grand list, to include
the State, school and highway taxes, the
latter to be % cents on the dollar and
all paid to be paid to the treasurer on or
before Sept LIST. Voted to appropriate
$50 for expenses on Decoration Day.
Voted to instruct the Manchester Centre
Cemetery Commissioners to set apart
four lots for the burial of the veteran
poor, to be under the control of the w.
Il. G. Voted that the Highway Com
missiOners be limited to the amount of
highway tax, the same to be under coli
troll of the selectmen.
PowNAL. - Moderator, Thomas H.
Hall; Clerk, Mrs. NJ. f. Lampman; Sc
lectmen, A. B. Gardner, Daniel T. Bates,
c. ii. Myers; Listers, }. A. Pattrel,
John Barber, Stephen j. Grady; Town
Treasurer Amasa ThOmpSOn; Town
Superintendent of Schools, Thomas III.
Hall; Town Agent, w. B. Arnold; Over
seer If Poor, Ward E. Niles; LIST Consta-
BILE, Elijah Barber, I'd Constable, j. A.
Pattrel. Voted to extend jurisdiction
of the conStabes over the State. Audi
tors, Thomas Ii. Hall, Chauncey Rosen-
bhry, Edmund Lille; Trustee of Public
Money, Amasa Thompson; Fence View
ers, Marcus A. Dunn, George H. Scriv-
ms, Albert Dean; Town Grand Jurors,
Thomas II. Hall, c. Anthony Paddock,
Daniel A. Dean; Inspector of Leather,
Edmund Lille; Pound Keeper, Daniel
4. Dean; Surveyor of Wood and Inspec-
tor of Shingles and Lumber, H. E. NJ.
BanniSter. Trustees under Act No. II,
Laws of 1888, the selectmen. Voted 45
cents on a dollar of Grand List of 1892.
Voted taxes be collected by the town
treasurer. The taxes for past year were
all paid town treasurer but $7l0.6l,
of which sum only about $500 remains
uncollected in hands of Elijah Barber,
first constable. Voted the seectmen
purchase new road machine. County
Grand Jurors, Henry w. Myers, G. ROs-
Arthur Ladd. Geo. H. Dunn, Walter
Patterson, Stephen j. Grady, George Z.
Scrivins. ChaS. PettibOne, Herbert w.
Morgan; Road Commissioners, Justin A.
Pattrel, Stephen j. Grady, Solomon
Towslee. Voted that the highway be
worked by the road commissioners.
Later, voted the highway tax he paid in
labor and the selectmen appointed high
way surveyors. There was four majority
for paying highway tax in labor. There
was In the treasurer's hands February
10Th, 1892, S2,5S5.50. Salary of town
officers S363.73. The town at its March
meeting, March Sd, 1891, voted highway
tax be paid in labor and worked by high
way surveyors. Twenty cents on Il dollar
of the grand list was used for said pur-
pose. The highways cost the town also
the further sum of $l,74l.76 Quite
large share of this last named expense
was caused by freshet last summer.
PERU.-Moderator r. |. Batchelder;
Clerk, o. p. SimOnds Treasurer, G.. l..
Richardson; Superintendent, NJ. J. Hap
good; Selectmen, r. |. Batchelder, Sam
uel Stiles and Merritt Cook; Constable,
George X. Davis; Overseer, George X.
Davis; Listers, George X. Davis, Asa
Brown and Fred Crossman; Agent, NJ. j.
Hapgood. Tax voted, $50 cents.
RUPERT A. K. Burton.
Clerk, f. w. Carpenter; Treasurer, F.
w. Carpenter; Superintendent, F. w.
Carpenter; Selectmen, r. D.Smlth, E. G.
Fonda and G. G.. Leach; Constable, G.
NJ. Lincoln; Overseer. L. F. Have; Lis
tiers, Loren Sheldon, B. Ii. Bibens and o.
j. Beebe; Agent, A. L. Burton. Tax
voted, 40 cents.
SHAFTsBURY.- Moderator, Solomon
Howard; Clerk, MyrOn Barton: Treas
urer, Myron Barton; Superintendent,
George p. Montgomery; Selectmen,
George p. Montgomery. 5. Warner Mum
roe and George Z. Buck; Constable, F.
4. Rice; Overseer, Simeon Dean; Lis
tiers, MyrOn Barton, MyrOn Clark and
Amos F. Johnson; Agent, Solomon How
ard. Tax voted, $40 cents.
SUNDERLAND.-MOd James A.
Graves; Town Clerk and Treasurer,
Henry 5. Burt; Selectmen, Z. q. Bacon,
A. p. Bowen, Ii. n. Shaw; Listers, j. NJ
Gregory, George NJ. Burt, Joseph b.
Parsons; Overseer of the Poor, A. X.
Webb; Constable and Collector, George
NJ. Burt; School Commissioners, A. II.
Webb; Auditors, James A. Graves, G. T..
Bacon, VIM. J. Allen; Town Grand
Juror, E. A. Graves; Inspector of
Leather, A. r. StilsOn; Inspector of
Lumber and Shingles, OJis Ward; Pound
Keeper David Bushee; Fence Viewers,
Eugene Billie, WIN. j. Allen, Caleb
Andrew. Voted a tax of $50 cents on
the dollar. Also to pay tile tax into the
treasury.
RsBURG.-Moderato Abram Ten
ny; Clerk, George j. Bond Treasurer,