The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-02

The Town Auditors, at my request
and with me, re-examined the bills show
ing expense in detail as classified in town,
expense under the head of Town
Clerks Office" which was printed in,
last weeks issue of this paper, which
read:
TOWN CLERKS OFFICE.
Rent, light, water and heat..............S 1888 10
Sundry expenses ....... ................. 424 IS,
New furniture ....... -................ b14 ~
Endextug, as per vote of Town Meeting, ,o.
March, 1890 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ala IS
sl69a Is.
The above, as corrected by Auditors,
will appear in the Town Report, viz: ~
TOWN OFFICES.
Rent. light, water and heaJ..............$ 1896
Spndry expenses S s9S 20 70
Indexng rs per vote Town Meeting,
March, 1890 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ala 30
sl,4o8 40
A difference of $223.75.
The first classification is composed of
town orders and part orders as follows:
Order No. 81, E. A. Bradford months
rent, $3.50; No. II, E. A. Bradford one
months rent, April, $3.50; No. "A, H.
w. Putnam, one months rent, April, S25;
(this apparent paying for one months
rent to two different landlords, | will
explain further on, and would change
this item to S32j5O, or S35O59) Orders
Nos. %, 22S, 234, BOB and 300 Bennington
Water Power and Light Company, light
| ing Offices S34. A; orders Nos. lOS, l20,
1873, 1874, 1856, 100, 227, 245, rent of offices
to Jan. l, 1894, II. w. Putnam. $500;
(the month of January not being in, the
Auditors thought [ should not ask
credit of Order No.7l, in fact no credit is
| ~ t, bxy
G.. F Heath, and by me turned over to.
the town; order No. PAT lin part), Lor-
ing & Co., for moving Office and bill of
coal, $3.50, Dies it make a total of
| S33S. 04,-or is the actual expense in
this item S325.59?
The second item in classification,
composed in part of Orders 1l2, 100, ILL.,.
| 173 PAT, 249 PA and 1926, includes certain
expenses of 1892, which appear in Order
No. 80 C. A. Pierce, and No. so g. A.
Wood, 112, $50, III, lT3, PAT, 249, PA and
1926. In No. 50 there is S26 ID in the year
1892, leaving only Sl.l5 that should be
charged in this year, 1898. In No. 80
there is $3.50 in the year 1892, leaving
only 80 cents to be charged in the year
1898. In fact, this classified item to
show actual amount paid out should
be S20S.31, instead of S235.96.
nc JIlINl lbCtu VI blsboolilS''N''h 10 Soi''-
posed of (under head of furniture), Town
Orders Nos. 81 Joseph Watson, labor
laying foundation for safe, $3.50; 81,
f, ank Cromack, brick and sand for
foundation of safe S14 credited by brick
sold 81, making $40; So, II. NJ. Harris,
nails, step ladder, ETC., 500; 1O1, A.
Drysdale & Son, bill of lineolIum and Ia
Dor of putting it down, S9310 10, Ben
nington Water Power and Light Com
pany, electroliers and lamps, S2S.7l; Ill,
Estabrook Granite Co., marble slab for
foundation of safe. $50; 1l9, A. X.
Richie, curtains and putting same up,
Sl2. 5O 40, w. c. Bull, book case, Sl79.-
50; l57, w. G. Bull, shelving and pigeon
holes in vault, S6l.49; 10, E: j.. wal
bridge, chairs, $64.95; 222, II. NJ. Harris,
KEYS. 81. 20; 300, J. Lindley, two doors
and lumber, S12; 300, Harry Wiiloughby,
setting up stove, etc, S5,47-$499.52;
credit by stove sold, $40: leavinga total
of S479.52. This was all called new fur
niture in last weeks paper at the sum of
| S5l4.97, and is now changed to new
furniture, fixtures, etc, S479.52."
The fourth and last item of classified
ton, indexing, ETC., is composed or Or
ders 139, E. A. Booth, labor by clerks,
S37. so: 1872, Bur Index Co., blank books,
$40; 1853, E. A, Booth, labor by clerks,
S52 10; 179, ditto, S4S.60; POP, ditto, S52;
226, ditto, $50; 28S, ditto, $50; 334 ditto,
S4125,-this order the Auditors claim
should be Sl2.75 more, for that my bill,
$3.50 of this being rent money paid by
Heath as mentioned above, $l2.75; max
ing total of $4l4.S5. Some bookkeep--
ers would claim that order No. 152 should
90 into sundries along with cards used
in this work which would make this
item run up to $332.35.
Under the vote of Town Meeting who
is right?
Respectfully, E. A. BOOTH.
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