The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27

Warning for Town Meeting.

The inhabitants of the Town OF
Bennington, qualified by law to vote
In town meeting, are hereby notified
and warned to meet at Library Hall
in said town ON Tuesday, the Ord day
of March, 1908, at 8 o'clock in the
forenoon, to transact the following
business.
i. To see whether the town will
vote to elect more than one road COM
missioner.
2. To see If the town will vote to
elect five library trustees.
3. To elect all town officers.
4. To vote by ballot, in the man
ner provided by law, upon the follow.
ing question: "Shall license be grant.
ed 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 purpos--
es viz: For the laying out, maintain
ing and repairing the highways Of the
town and for the payment Of a state
! highway tax: for maintaining the
schools and school houses, and for the
school purposes of the town and for
the payment of state school tax; for
the payment of any indebtedness and
interest thereon; for the support of
the poor; for the maintenance of brid.
ges; for the prosecution and defense
of the common rights and interests
OF the inhabitants of the town; for the
other necessary incidental current
town expenses; and to vote tax up
ON the Grand List of the town for the
payment thereof.
z. To see what, If any sum the
town will appropriate for the planting
or protection of shade trees, pursuant
to the provisions of No. rs of the Acts
Of 1904, entitled "An act to provide
for the Protection OF Shade Trees"
s. To determine at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer OF the town for collection.
9. To see If the listers for 1908
shall be paid for their services Sep.
TENDER LIST next, and what sum per
day; also to see what sum per day
shall be paid to other town officers;
the town clerk, and the board of Civil
Authority for their services for the
ensuing year.
10. To see what sum, II any. the
town will vote toward the expenses of
observing Decoration or Memorial
day.
IL. To see what sum, II any. the
town will vote in aid of, or for the
purpose Of maintaining public H.
brary or libraries therein, and also TO
determine how the same shall be dis
tributed.
II. To see what, il any sum OF
money the town will appropriate to be
expended under the direction OF itS
selectmen upon the main road leading
from the south limits OF the village oil
Bennington to the Town of Pownal.
10. To see what. II any sum Of
money the town will appropriate tc
be expended under the direction of the
selectmen, for the purpose of rebuild
; ing or repairing the fence around an!
cemetery in the Town of Bennington
, IA. To see II the town will vote t
, authorize the selectmen to refund Ger
: tain taxes claimed to have been er
, roneously paid to 1t during the pas
year by Joseph F. Galipo. John Kirby
: I. Betit, William Nevis and James
Cone, including any costs OF collection
: therefor that may have been paid t.
] the collector OF the town.
Is. To see II the town will remi
tax assessed upon one thousand dol
lars Of the property of the Benning
ton Wax Paper Company, the said on
thousand dollars being the Appraisal
of a certain building assessed to sal,
company.
= Is. To see IL the town school dis
trict will vote to erect a schoolhous
II in what was formerly called the Lyon
n district, and II so, to appropriate tn
r necessary sum therefor, and provid
for the payment thereof.
o II. To transact any other bushes
4. found necessary when met.
y +. M. Crawford
!. Frank Cromack,
= c. II. Houghton,
" Selectmen.
y Bennington VT. Feb. 20. 1908.