Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

expended III addition to the amount pro-
Vlded for in section one of this act, for
the purpose of sites and buildings, and
for completing and furnishing such build
ings, and also for making any repairs
necessary to secure the proper and per-
manent maintenance of the court house
building in Manchester in said county.
SEC. 6. The members of the committee
and the commissioners authorized to
determine damages, shall each receive
from the treasurer of the county, the sum
OF three dollars day for the time actually
spent by them in the discharge of their
duties, and their expenses. Such accounts
shall be audited by the county auditor
and assistant judges of said county and
be paid by an order upon the county treas
urer signed by said auditor.
Sec. 7. The treasurer of said county
Is hereby authorized to borrow for the
county such, sums not to exceed fifty
thousand dollars, as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this act, at the
lowest; rate of interest possible, not to
exceed six per cent, and which shall be
first charge upon the moneys raised by
the tax assessed by this act AS fast as
said tax is paid into the hands of the treas
urer of said county, he shall use the moneys
so collected to retire as fast as possible
the Indebtedness accruing from the cree
ton OF the buildings provided for by this
act.
SEC. s. The committee provided for
by this act shall not pledge the credit of
said county beyond the sum of fifty thous-
and dollars, and shall not proceed under
UH0 PROVISIONS Oh UIllS ACT, unless Un6y Snail
be able to secure suitable sites and con-
tract or provide for the erection and COM
pletlon of suitable and sufficient buildings
at an expense not to exceed fifty thousand
dollars
SEC 9. This act shall take effect if
approved by majority of the voters
present and voting on this question in the
town meetings of the several towns of said
county, on the first Tuesday of March,
1909. Not less than thirty days before
the time Of holding said annual town meet
ings, the county clerk of said county of
Bennington shall prepare and cause to be
printed, notices containing the provisions
of this act, and copies of the same shall be
forwarded to each of the town clerks of
the several towns in said county, to be
posted for the information of the voters
OF SAID towns. The county clerk shall
also cause said notice to be advertised in
all of the newspapers published in said
county, at least once, not less than twelve
days gs before the town meetings Of the first
clerk shall also prepare and have printed
Tor use in said meetings sufficient ballots
and forward the same to the several town
clerks of said county. On such ballots
shall be printed in proper legal form the
question Shall the county of Bennington
accept and approve the provisions of the
act to provide for the building of a court
house and jail at Bennington and to pro-
vide for the maintenance of the court house
at Manchester and bearing the words
Yes" and No" followed by suitable
Dlank spaces IN which the voter may make
cross to express his vote on the question
submitted. The presiding officer of each
OF the several town meetings shall provide
box for the deposit of the ballots. The
Selectmen of the several towns of said
county, shall cause notice of the submis-
sion of said question to be inserted in the
warning for said town meetings. The
ballots cast on this question shall be can
vaSsed the same as other ballots cast in
town meetings, and return thereof GER
titled by the town clerk SHALL within ten
days, be forwarded by him to the county
clerk of said county, who shall, within
thirty. days from the date of said town
meetings, CANVASS the same and make anG
file in his office a certificate of the result
of said canvass, and shall Immediately
cause said certificate to be published il
the newspapers published in said county
If a majority of the votes so returned anC
certified by said clerk are yes" this act
shall Immediately take effect and tn,
committee hereinbefore constituted shall
Immediately proceed with the duties i'm
posed hereunder; but, if majority of tn
votes so returned and certified are mo,
this act shall be of no force
Approved January 6, 1909.