The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-01

Vi tlle IONu, ana lOT bu6 u u6F ltC6SS-
ary, incidental, current town expenses;
and to vote tax upon the Grand List
of the town for the payment thereof.
Voted to raise taxes as follows:
highways, 20 cents; state highways,
cents; state school, cents; county,
3 cents; town tax, 54 cents. This makes
total of 80 cents against 100 last
year.
I. TO determine at what time the
taX-bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer of the town for collection.
Fixed for July l. A town tax of
80 cents was rated.
8. To see if the Listers 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.
Voted to pay listers SO per day,
Sept, /; other town officers 50 per day
except auditors who shall receive s.
per day.
Q. To see what sum, If any, the town
will vote toward the expenses of OBJ
serving Decoration or Memorial Day.
Voted $3.50
10. To see If the town will vote to
instruct the selectmen 10 build an adj
dition to, and enlarge the present
house on the town farm for the accom-
odation Of iLs poor, including the nee
essary heating apparatus therein, at
au eXpsnse not to exceed $500.
Appropriated s25OO for the purpose.
IL. To see what sum, if any, the
town will vote in aid Of, or for the
| purpose Of maintaining a public Ii
brary or libraries therein; and, also,
to determine how the same shall be
distributed.
Voted $500 for village library, and
800 for one at Center and 800 for
North Bennington library.
T. 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.
Voted referred poll-taxes for past
six years.
l3. To see if the town viii vote to
refund to John Z. McGurn the taxes
| paid by him for the year 1903 upon
! three hundred dollars (S300J in value
| of real estate assessed 10 him, which
he claims he did not own during said
Two years.
Voted TO refund
IL. To see if the town will vote to To-
cate and keep at its town farm town
pound.
Voted yes.
10. If the town so votes, then to see
| if the town will vote TO abolish its
pound in the village Of Bennington
Center,
Voted yes.
Is. If the town so votes, then to see
| II the town will vote 10 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 a pound.
Voted to sell.
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,
Selectmen authorized to sell it,
Is. To see if the town will vote to
direct it's selectmen To draw orders in
amount not exceeding one hundred
twenty five dollars (Sl25) from the
General Fund, 10 Iay sundry outstand-
| ing bills of its road commissioners in
Cured in 1900, 1901 and 1902, in excess
ot the amount of the highway taxes
collected for three years.
Selectmen so ordered.
10. To see if the town will vote to
adopt and use the Australian ballot
system of voting in its town meetings
hereafter, according TO law.
Voted yes.
20. To see if the town will vote to
ratify and confirm the sale and deed
dated Augugt 26, 1903, executed by II.
NJ. Dunham, w. j. Hicks and Otis
Warren, then school directors of Ben
nington town district, to Martin #.
Barney, of land heretofore purchased
by said directors for a school house
building, but not used.
Sale confirmed.
On motion ofM. C. Huling the select
men were directed to make in the town
reports hereafter itemized statements
of expenditures as far as possible.
w. B. Sheldon offered a resolution
that the auditors be directed to exam
inc all bills before they were paid. o.
NJ. Barber called attention to the law
giving the selectmen the power to
audit and pay bills contracted by
them and the resolution was defeated.
The Board Of Civil Authority nomi-
mated and the meeting confirmed the
following
Grand Jurors:-C. d. Philips, Adj
jertor Marcoux, Otis Warren, E. D.
Barber, John Norton, j. Henry
Knapp.
Petit Jurors;-E. NJ. Lambert, VIM
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