The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-05
VILLAGE TRUSTEES
IN MON TALY
MEETING
All Present and Considerable
r Business Transacted
TlME.KEEPER ON STREETS
Change from Monthly to Weekly Pay
ments Necessltates Employment
of Extra Official

The board of village trustees held
a regular monthly meeting last eve
ming with all of the members pres
ent. President Ward presiding and
Clerk Hogan and Corporation Attor-
ney Maurer in attendance.
During the auditing OF the bills one
presented by the Holden, Leonard
company of SO, for expenses incurred
in raising the gate of the dam while
the Depot street sewer was being re-
paired, was laid on the table for FUR
Their investigation.
p. Berner, a travelling jewelry sales
man from Troy who took out a lie
ense some time ago, presented a
written request through Clerk Ho-
gan for the return OF his money. lie
stated that he had been unable to
leave Troy and derive any benefit
from his license The request was
laid on the table.
A. w Varney appeared before the
board with a request that repairs be
made on Washington street exten
sion. The request was referred 70
the committee on streets.
"A resolution was adopted prohibit
ing the sale of fireworks by loca
dealers until the evening OF July ,.
Joseph A. Evans was appointed
special policeman for Foresters' hall
Patsey Parrot was made special fol
the local railroad yard and JOSEPH
Murphy was appointed a regular po
| liceman.
The clerk was instructed to inform
! the officers OF the Vermont Hosler!
and Machinery company that the wat
er flowing across the company's pro
perry on Gage street must not be al
lowed to set back and flow into th'
street.
The manner of handling the none,
| for the paying OF the village employ
es came up for discussion and Chair
man Buss of the street committe,
stated that 1t would be impossibl,
for him to attend to the time-keepinl
and bookkeeping necessitated by thu
change from monthly to weekly pay
ments. II was voted that a time
keeper be engaged as an assistant {,
Street Commissioner Dunn and tina
the selection Of the employee be lef
to Chairman Buss.
A communication was received
from professional photographers pre-
testing against permitting travelling
artists TO do business in the CON
munity without a license. The trus
tees agreed that travelling photo
graphers should come under the nea,
of itinerant dealers who are subjec
70 a license Of $25 a year.
The fire committee reported o.
its investigation OF the village proper
~ on Stafford street and Architect NJ
b. Middleton. who was present, sui
mltted plans for repairs and additio
which the committee thought woul
be necessary, 1t was voted that MI
Middleton prepare plans and spec
ifcstions and that the fire committe
advertise for bids on the work
The FIRE committee reported In Il
vor OF putting in fire alarm box o
Putnam street and a hydrant on ID,
pot street near the futile company
property and the report was adopted
Chairman +. II. Holden OF the cur
and gutter committee stated that h
had received a proposal from L.
Abbott TO put In cement sidewal
facing the property on Park stree
providing the village would build IN
curbing and gutter and a resolutio
,, authorizing the construction of IN
/, curb and gutter was adopted
A representative OF the Texas o
/, company appeared before the boar
!. with a proposal to complete the col
: crete binder road on West Main s
; The matter was referred to the stree
, committee. The clerk was instruo
ed to draw orders for the followlu
bills:
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