The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-25
THE MARCH
1EETING
Warning for the Annual Town
Election.


The warning for the coming town
meeting, is as follows;
The inhabitants of the town of Benn-
! ingtOn, qualified by law to vote in town
meeting, are hereby notified and warn
| ed to meet ut Library Hall in said town
on Tuesday the first day of March, 1904
at 8 O'Clock in the forenoon to transact
the following business:
/. To see whether the town will vote
to elect one or two road commission
| ers.
2. To see whether the term OF office
| of such road commissioner, or road
commissioners, in case the town elects
two, shall be one year or three years.
3. To elect all Town Officers.
4. To vote by ballot in the manner
| provided by law, upon the following
| question: "Shall licenses be granted
for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this town."
5. To hear the reports Of the Town
Officers.
6. To see what sums are necessary
to be raised for the following purposes,
viz: For laying out, maintaining and
repairing the highways of the town and
for the payment of State Highway
Tax; for maintaining the schools and
the school houses, and for the school
purposes of the town and for the pay
! ment of a state school tax; for the pay
ment OF any Indebtedness and interest
! thereon; for the support of the poor;
| for themaintenance of bridges; for the
! prosecution and defence OF the common
! rights and interests OF the inhabitants
| of the town: and for the other necess-
ary, incidental, current town expenses;
! and 70 vote "a tax upon the Grand List
of(he town for the payment thereof
7. To determine at what time the
tax-bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer of the town for collection.
5. To see il theListers for 1904 shall
be paid for their services september lst
| next, and what sum per day; also, to
see what sum per day shall be paid TO
| other Town officers and the Board Of
Civil Authority for their service the
past year.
9. To see what sum, If any, the town
will vote toward the expenses of OBJ
serving Decoration or Memorial Day.
10. To see if the town will vote TO
instruct the selectmen 70 build an ad-
dition to. and enlarge the present
house on the town farm for the accom-
odation OF It's poor, including the nee
essary heating apparatus therein, at
au eXpsnse not to exceed y, 900.
II. To see what SUN, if any, the
town will vote in aid of, or for the
purpose of maintaining a public IL
brary or libraries therein; and, also,
to determine now the same shall be
distributed.
! Il. To see if the town will vote to re-
fund to Joseph Clifford the poll taxes
which have been paid by him for the
last six years.
l3. To see if the town will vote TO
refund TO John z. McGurn the taxes
paid by him for the year 1908 upon
three hundred dollars 5000 in value
of real estate assessed TO him, which
he claims he did not own during said
two years.
IA. To see if the town will vote to To-
cate and keep at its town farm a town
pound.
IS. II the town so votes, then to see
il the town will vote to abolish its
pound in the village of Bennington
Center.
10. II the town so votes, then TO see
if the town will vote to authorize
its selectmen. as agents for the town,
to sell and convey the land in Benning-
ton Center, owned by the town and
used for pound.
II. To see if the town will vote to
direct its selectmen to sell and dispose
of the galloway, machinery and power
used for dredging the river.
Is. To see il the town will vote to
direct its selectmen to draw orders in
amount not exceeding one hundred
twenty-five dollars ($l25) from the
General Fund, topay supdry outstand-
ing bills of its road commissioners in
Cured in 1900, 1901 and 1902, in excess
OF the amount of the highway taxes
collected for three years.
l9. To see if the town will vote 10
adopt and use the Australian ballot
system of voting in its town meetings
hereafter, according to law.
20. To see If the town will vote to
ratify and confirm the sale and deed
dated Augugt 26, 1903, executed by II.
M. Dunham, w. j. Hicks and Otis
Warren, then school directors of Ben
nington town district, to dIc5ia
Barney, of land heretofore purchased
by said directors for school house
building, but not used
q. To transact any other business
found necessary when met.
j. T. Remington,
+. j. Tiffany,
~ A Ero uyfopd