The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-04
TO AMEND
THECHARTER
Changes in Incorporation Act
of Bennington Village.
Mr.. GRAVES BILL
Provisions Apply TO Annual EIec-
tons and Conduct of
Municipal Court.
Mr., GRAVES BILL

The bill introduced by Mr. Graves
and referred to the committee on cor
porations, to ammend the charter OF
the village of Bennington, is as fol.
lows:--.
Section !. Section OF No 226 OF
the acts Of 1884 is hereby amended To
read as follows:
At the annual meeting of said cor
poration to be held on the third Tues
day of March A. d., 1905, as provided
In the charter of said village, and at
every annual meeting thereafter, there
shall be elected in the manner herein
after prescribed, the following officers
a president, clerk, treasurer collector,
three auditors and corporation attor-
ney.
At such first mentioned annual
meeting there shall be elected one
trustee for each of wards No 4, 8 and
6 for the term of three years each: for
each of wards No | and I, one trustee
for the termof two years each; and for
each Of wards No and 3, one trustee
or the term of one year each and at
all subsequent annual meetings, va
cancies caused by the expiration OF the
| term of Office of trustees shall be filled
by the election of trustees for the term
of three years each: and all vacancies
caused by resignation, death, removal
from the village or other cause shall be
filled at an annual or special meeting,
warned for the purpose, for the unex
pired term of such trustees only; but
vacancies so accruing may. be filled by
the remainder of the board by APP
pointment thereto of resident of the
ward in which the vacancy occurs;
such appointee to hold until such
vacancy is filled by the village
All said foregoing officers shall be
elected by ballot by the village at
large, and the trustee for each ward
shall be resident thereof.
Sec 2. Said trustees shall have
charge of, and superintend the con-
struction and repair of streets, side
walks, culverts. sewers and drains in
said village, and may appoint and re-
move at pleasure street commissioner
who shall under their direction, take
charge of the same or any part there
of, and the trustees may employ expert
assistance in performing the duties
required of them under this section.
The person employed as such street
commissioner or to furnish such eX-
pert assistance, shallreceive such com
pensation as the trustees may deter
mine, and need not necessarily be a
resident; he shall give such bond to
the village for the faithful perform
ance of his duties as the trustees may
require and shall keep such accounts
and submit the same to the inspection
of the trustees of said village, and to
the auditors as the trustees may re-
quire.
Sec 3. The trustees shall not in any |
year expend or authorize the expend
iture of any greater sum of money for |
any purpose than is raised by a tax
or by vote of the village appropria
ted therefor, and shall not, in any
year draw orders or warrants upon
the village treasurer for any sum in
excess of the money so raised or appro
priated therefor, and shall not, in any
year, draw orders or warrants upon
the village treasurer for any sums in
excess Of the money so raised or ap-
therefor and the treasurer
shall not accept or pay in any year
warrants or orders drawn in excess Of
the amount so raised or appropriated
for such year.
And the term year as used in this
section shall be construed to mean the
year ending on the day of the
annual village meeting.
Sec 4. Any trustee or treasurer
the provisions of the pre-
,eding section shall be jointly and
,everally liable to said village in au
ction of assumpsit for money had and