The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-16
POSTPONE ACTION
ON CHARTER TO
APRIL 20
Village Meeting Today Mas Not
Largely Attended
VILLAGE TAX OF 50 CENTS VOTED
Appropriation for Board OF Trade
and Civic League Wore Voted
Without Opposition.

The village meeting today drew on.
ly small number OF voters as there
was no contest over officials.
The warning was taken up at one
o'clock and the articles and the act
ion on each was MS follows:
Article /. To elect president
of the village, clerk, a treasurer, q
collector of taxes, corporation attor
ncy, auditors, two t2) trustees. and
four ca water commissioners.
Polls closed at . o'clock.
Article 2. To consider the re-
ports of the officers for the year past.
Printed report accepted.
Article 3. To see what sum, II
any, the village will appropriate tow
ards assisting the Board or Trade ID
carrying on its work as planned for
the ensuing year.
Voted $500.
Article 4. To see what sum the
village will appropriate to the Girls
Civic League for play ground and rec
reation purposes.
Voted $500.
Article 5. To see what sum, IL
any. the village viii appropriate 10
pay the Bennington Fire Department
Voted 1925 TO each company
Article 6. To see if the village
will vote to pay $50 to the chief, and
s25. each TO two assistant engineers
of the Fire Department.
Yes Il
Article 7. To see what sum, il
any. the village will appropriate for
band concerts.
Voted $400 for 10 concerts of which
four shall be at the Soldiers Home
Sunday afternoon and II shall be
evening concerts on the street.
Article 8. To see what sum If
any. the village will appropriate 10
the Bennington improvement society
to be used by II in the care OF the
cemetery grounds in the village and
for other village Improvements.
Appropriated 800.
Article Q. To see what sum, i.
any, the village will appropriate for
building permanent highways in the
village.
Voted $1,000
Article 10. To see il the village
will vote to cart away garbage and
rubbish, from private families from
April 18th. to Oct. 1st at such time;
as are determined by the Trustees, II
placed on the curb In suitable con
tainers.
Yes. under the direction of the trus
tees.
Article H. To sec what sum. II
any. the village will vote 10 pay IT.
clerk in addition TO the amount pre-
scrbed by the bylaws. for service az
clerk for the ensuing year.
Voted $500.
Article Il. To see what sum. II
any, the village will vote to pay its
president and trustees for their ser
vices the ensuing year.
Voted $500 n meeting.
Article 10. To see ii the village
will vote to approve, ratify and ADOPT
an act of the general assembly of 1871;
entitled An Act TO amend No. 226 d
the Acts of 1884, and all amendments
and additions thereto, relating to The
charter of the village OF Bennington.
After some discussion 1t was votet
to postpone action to April 20.
Article. IA. To see what tax th'
village will raise upon its grand lis
to defray the expenses o fthc village
for the year ensuing and to pay it
indebtedness, and to fix the time TO
the collection of such tax.
Tax of so cents voted same as las
year.
Article 15. To see what tax thu
village will raise upon its grand lis
for the construction OF curb, quite
and sidewalks upon the streets for tn
ensuing year,
Voted $2500 TO be taken from tn
general fund
Article 1G. To see If the villag
will vote to have the provisions o
/ Chapters II and IL of the Publ
Statutes and amendments thereo
apply to the next annual meeting O
the village and to any special mee'
ings intervening
Provisions accepted.
Article II. To transact any othe
business found necessary when met.
Voted that the chief of the fire dt
partment have control of the placin
of apparatus.