The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-25
WARNING.


nington, qualified by law to vote in
town meeting. are hereby notified and
warned to meet at Library hall, in
said town. on Tuesday, the End day Of
March. 1909, at nine 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 win vote to
elect one library trustee.
g. To see how many listers the
town will vote to elect for the year
ensuing.
4. To elect all town officers.
s. To. vote by ballot in the manner
provided by law upon the following
question:
Shall the County of Bennington ac-
cept and approve the provisions Of the
act to provide for the building of
court house and Jail at Bennington,
and to provide for the mainteDance of
the court house at Manchester"
6. To vote by ballot, in the manner
provided by law, upon the following
question
Shall license be granted for the sale
Of intoxicating liquors in this town."
z. To hear reports of the town off.
GERS.
3. 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 state
highway tax; for maintaining the
schools and schoolhouses, and for the
school purposes Of the town and for
the payment of a 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 o.
the inhabitants of the town; for the
other necessary incidental current
town expenses; and to vote a tax upon
the grand list Of the town for the pay
ment thereof
9. To see what sum, if any, anC
not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars il
excess of the amount OF the highwa!
taxes now required by law, the towr
will vote to appropriate to be ex
pended for permanent improvement
, of its highways in accordance will
E the provisions of Chapter 172 Of thu
Public Statutes of Vermont, ant
amendments thereto
10. To see what, II any sum tn
town will appropriate for the plantinl
, or protection of shade trees, pursu
ant to the provisions of No. 76 of tn
\ Acts of 1904, entitled IAN Act T.
. Provide for the Protection of Shad
Trees"
H.. To determine at what time tn
tax bills shall be delivered to tn
Y Treasurer of the town for collection
y - To see if the Listers for 100
p shall be paid for their services Sci
p TENDER list, next, and what sum pc
e day: also, TO see what sum per da
shall be paid to other town officers
}. the Town Clerk and the Board q
e Civil Authority for their services TO
j the ensuing year
. 10. To see what sum, if any, tn
t town will vote toward the expense
e Of observing Decoration or Memoria
Day
Il IA. To see what sum, If any tn
y town will vote in aid of, or for tn
+ purpose of maintaining public
t. brary or Libraries therein, and als'
It to determine how the same shall b
distributed
d Is. To see If the town will vote
u instruct its Board of Library Tru
.. tees to make application to the Stat
n Board of Library Commissioners fC
d the expenditure by said Library Con
e missioners of the sum of one hui
dred dollars for books for the tow
10 pursuant to the provisions of Sc
m tion 1895 of Public Statutes of We
A. mont
> 16. To see if the town will vote
If pay II. ]. Cole Five Dollars, the SAN
Iy being the amount of a check draw
e. in 1899 by the then Road Commi
sioner of the Town of Bennington
20 Charles II. lockwood, for work pc
" formed upon the highways of II
* town, and by said lockwood e
I'd dorsed to said Cole, said check new,
81 having been paid.
s. II. To see If the town will vote
authorize the selectmen to take Il
of necessary steps to preserve the char
re err now in the Town Clerks Office al
.. to have a copy of the Charter made
k. found advisable by them so to do
to Is. To transact any other prop
'r- business found necessary when me
10 Dated at Bennington, Vermont, tn
18th day of February, 1909.
u, Frank Cromack,
So C. II. Houghton,
ch Selectme
on