The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-19
TRUSTEES
IN ADJOURNED
MEETING
All Present and Much Business
Transacted
FIX PRICES OF LICENSES
Meeting Held for Special Purpose Of
Action on Different Articles In
Annual Warning

An adjourned meeting of the vii
lage trustees was held last evening
for the special purpose Of taking up
the action of the voters on the differ
ent articles in the warning bt the an
nual village meeting All the mem
bers OF the board we're present, Presi-
dent Fred c. Martin presided and
Clerk w. p. Hogan and Village Attor-
ney e. d. Barber were in attendance.
After the reading of minutes the
articles in the warning which were re-
ferred to the trustees by the voters
were taken up. IL was voted that
the following taxes be related: Pat
rick Guiltinan. $265; Nelson Maths
on, $547; Loren Green, S4A5 Ii was
voted that the clerk draw the war
rants for these rebated taxes at the
regular monthly meeting of the board
| in May.
The matter of the appropriation TO
the Bennington city band for con-
certs was brought up and after brief
discussion it was voted that the bust
ness manager of the band be notified
to appear before the board at the next
regular meeting.
In the matter of the deed of the Tiff.
| fanny property, the purchase of which
was voted by the village, the trustees
ordered into the hands of the fire
committee and the village attorney
to report at the next regular meet
ing.
George NJ. Hawks appeared before
the board and asked for two building
permits, one to remodel the front of
the store nov occupied by ]. A. Evans
and the other 10 extend the upper
story of the property now occupied by
Cyrus S. Estes. Both were granted.
The application Of Dominique Cor
siglia for building permit to remod-
ell the property at present occupied
by Mulligan and Roche created con-
siderable discussion and the trustees
finally came to the conclusion that it
was not advisable to take definite ac-
ton until Mr. Corsiglia and his con-
tractor, ]. T. Remington, could both
appear before the board.
A. l.. Bottum appeared before the
board and asked for a permit to sink
a gasolene tank under the sidewalk
in front of the grocery store on Main
street. There was some objection
to granting the permit without inves-
tigation and the application was re-
ferred to the fire committee.
The local Masonic orders were grant
ed building permit for the Masonic
temple to be erected on Main street
The chairman of the curb and gut.
ter committee was instructed to fur.
nish the grade line to Addison Stew.
art for a sidewalk in front of his pro.
perty on Silver street and also to the
Rutland railroad company for a side
walk on County street between Depot
and Lincoln streets.
Chief of Police Brazil appeared be
fore the board in behalf of the police
force which desires some place in
which it may hold meetings, either al
the town rooms or some other quar-
ters. The matter was referred to the
: police committee with power to act.
The rates for the different licenses
were established. The two licenses
over which there was any materia
|, discussion were those for moving pic
lures and for a third class liquor Ii
cense. The license for moving pic
!, ture theatres was fixed at 500, the
, same as last year but the matter o
/ limiting the number to two or opening
the privilege to all who are willing
= to pay the price, was left for consider
alton at the regular meeting in May
} r. j. Hall appeared before thu
board in the interests of ]. B. Hart,
: who has applied to the license com
| missioners for third class license
Mr.. Hall had a petition which he real
with its signatures. There was
, considerable discussion in which sew
) eral members of the board took part
} The only action that could be takel
= by the trustees was the fixing of tn
. price of the license to be paid int
( the village treasury which was plaC
5 ed at $3.50.
l The licenses were established a
3 follows:
| First class liquor license 5000.
. Second class liquor license, $500.
c Third class liquor license, $3.50.
+ Fourth class liquor license, So.
s Fifth class license, So.
s Sixth class liquor license pro rat
on the basis of the first class.
:. Seventh class liquor license, 500.
S Moving picture theatres, 500.
:, Merry-go-rounds 81 a day
/ Itinerant peddlers, 50.
e Itinerant peddlers with team, $40
J. Street fakirs, So an evening.
A Meat and fish peddlers, $15.
L Circuses, $50 to 800.
e, Small tent shows, $40.
!. Jewelry, clothing and dry good
d peddlers, S25.
Peddlers of food stuffs, So
; Opera houses, $50.
l. Palmists, fortune tellers, clairvo,
e ants, 81 a day.
r The clerk instructed to request %
L mer f. lockwood to appear befor
e the board at the next regular NEE
IS ing to be Intercepted in regard
n the dumping ground. The board the
e adjourned.