The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-01
TOWN MEETING IS.
TANtkT vOFE
IS LARGE
Road Commissioner Contests
Drew Out Rural Voters
SCHOOL TAX is RAISED
Districts Outside the Villages Decide
to Provide Better for Their
Schools

The annual town meeting today
brought out a large vote in spite of
the fact that there was no great
strife over the offices. The contests
for road commissioner in the outside
districts was responsible for getting
in many votes from the country.
The most important thing done
was to raise the school tax in the
rural districts from 80 cents TO 40
cents on the dollar in response to an
appeal by Supt. A. w. Varney who
stated that the 80 cent tax was not
enough to properly maintain the
schools. He also called attention to
the fact that practically every town
In the state raises a higher school
tax than does the rural districts of
Bennington even with this increase.
After his explanation there was not
vote against the 40 cent tax.
The voters from the rural districts
also voted an extra cent tax for
road purposes in addition to the reg
ular 20 cent tax of the town. 1t was
also voted to increase the library APP
preparation to $500 of which $1,000
is for the village library, 5000 for
North Bennington and 500 for Ben
nineton Center.
| me action of the meeting on the
various articles of the warning was
as follows:
/. To see whether the town will
vote 10 elect more than one road
commissioner
Voted to elect two.
2. To see IL the town will vote to
elect one library trustee.
Voted yes and elected A. J. Hol
den.
3. To see how many listers the
town will vote to elect for the year
ensuing.
Voted to have four.
4. To see how many grand jurors
the town will vote to elect for the
year ensuing.
Voted to elect FIVE. Chas. A.
Maurer moved to have but one, but
the IL letting decided to have five.
8. To elect all town officers.
| Polls declared open.
6. To vote by ballot, in the man
ner provided by law, upon til follow.
| ing question: Shall licel Je be
granted for the sale of intoxicating
liquors in this town."
Vote started Polls closed at 3
o'clock. See result elsewhere.
7. To hear reports of the town Of
ficers
Printed reports accepted
8. To see what sums are neses.
sary to be raised for the following
purposes, viz: For the laying out,
maintaining and repairing the high.
ways Of the town, and for the pay
ment of state highway tax; for
maintaining the schools and school
houses, 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 bridges; 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.
Voted town tax of so cents for all
purposes.
8. To see what sum, II any, and
not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars in
excess of the amount of the highway
taxes now required by law, the town
will vote to appropriate to- be expend
ed for permanent improvement of its
highways in accordance with the pro
visions of Chapter 172 of the public
Statutes of Vermont, and amend
ments thereto
Appropriated $500.
10. To see what, II any, sum, the
town will appropriate for the plant
ing or protection of shade trees, pur
suant to the provisions of No. rs oil
the Acts of 1904, entitled "An Act to
Provide for the Protection of Shade
Trees"
Dismissed.
II. To determine at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
Treasurer of the town for collection
July /, as usual.
IL. To see II the Listers for 1915
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 OF
Civil Authority for their services fol
the ensuing year.
Voted same pay as last year,
10. To see what sum, If any, the
town will vote toward the expenses
of observing Decoration or Memorial
Day.
Voted 5000
H. To see what sum, II any, tn,
town will vote In aid of, or for thu
purpose of maintaining public Ii
brary or libraries therein, and also
to determine how the same shall b.
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