The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
VOTE MORE MONEY
FOR LIBRARIES
OF TOWN
Also $50 More For Memorial
Day Observance
SCHOOL TAX is REDUCED
Seems to Have Been Intended as Re-
Duke to Directors as It Will
Not Meet Expenses

The annual town meeting opened
this mornig at o'clock in Library
hall with an unusually large atten-
dance, The meeting was called to
order by Moderator Ward l.. Lyons
and the warning read by Town Clerk
E. A. Booth, The articles in the
warning and the action taken ON
them are as follows:
l. To see whether. the town will
vote to elect more than one road COM
missioner.
Voted TO have two.
2. To see if the town will vote to
elect one library trustee.
Voted to elect one on motion of
Rev. Frank r. Morris and Robert Il.
Healey was chosen for term of FIVE
years
8. To see how may listers the
town will vote to elect for the year
ensuing.
Voted to have three. Ernest d.
Barber moved TO have four but his
motion was defeated.
4. To elect all town officers.
Voted to elect three seIectmen,
seven grand jurors, one trustee of
public money collector of taxes, and
second constable. Ballot opened.
5. 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 a
court house and jail at Bennington,
and to provide for the maintenance of
the court house at Manchester"
Ballot opened. Closed at 2 o'clock.
g. 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.
Ballot opened. Closed at 8 o'clock.
7. To hear reports of the town
officers
Reports accepted as printed on mot
ion of w II. Berry.
s. To see what sums are necessary
to be raised for the following purpos
es, viz For the laying out maintains
ing and repairing the highways of the
town. and for the payment of a 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; fol
the payment of any Indebtedness and
interest thereon; for the support oil
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 a tax up
on the grand list of the town for thC
payment thereof.
Voted a town tax of 60 cents and {
town highway tax of 20 cents on
dollar same as for the past two years
The voters outside the village voted
a school tax of 30cents on dollar
It was explained by the auditors tina
this would not pay the bills as thu
town district ran behind 5000 las
year with a tax Of 80 cents but there
we're about dozen voters wh'
seemed to have It in for the schoo
directors and thought they were
striking at them by cutting down thu
tax and as there were only few
voters from outside the village pres
ent they had their way.
9. To see what sum, If any, ant
not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars II
excess OF the amount of the highwa!
taxes now required by law, the tow
will vote to appropriate to be ex
pended for permanent improvement
of its highways in accordance witt
the provisions of Chapter l72 of the
Public Statutes of Vermont, anC
amendments thereto.
Appropriated $500
10. To see what, If any sum the
town will appropriate for the planting
or protection of shade trees, pursu
ant to the provisions of No, rs OF the
Acts of 1904, entitled AN Act tc
Provide for the Protection of Shade
Trees"
Article laid on the table,
II. To determine at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
Treasurer of the town for collection
July ] fixed upon.
! 70. To see IL the Listers for 1905
shall be paid for their services Sep
TENDER LIST, next, and what sum pei
day; also, to see what sum per day
shall be paid to other town officers
the Town Clerk and the Board o
Civil Authority for their services FOL
the ensuing year.
Voted to pay listers Sept l 81 pc
day; selectmen, SO per day; towl
clerk, 1925 per day, in lieu of al
fees; auditors, So per day; membeU
of board of civil authority 81 per day
10. To see what sum, II any, tn,
town will vote toward the expense
of observing Decoration or Memoria
Day.
On motion Of -, II. Holden vote
5000, can increase Of $40 over las
year.
IA. To see what sum, II any, tn
town will vote in aid Of, or for tn
purpose of maintaining a public |
brary or libraries therein, and ais
to determine how the same shall b
q distributed,
Voted $1,000 which is an increase {
s 5000 from last year. OF this Sl0C
3 goes to the local village library.
15. To see If the town will vote
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