The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-02
TOWN MEETING is
TAME EXCEPT ON
LIQUOR ISSUE
Not a Word Of Debate on Articles
In the Warning
TAX OF 80 CENTS WAS VOTED
Town District School Tax is Reduced
Five Cents-Farm Agent Appro-
priation Voted.

There was a larger attendance than
usual when the town meeting opened
this morning but it was the contest
over license that drew out the voters
and not any contest over the articles
in the warning
At 8 o'clock Moderator E. H. Hold
Oh called the meeting to order and the
warning was read by town clerk e.
A. Booth The articles in the warn.
ing and the action on each were as fol.
lows:
l. To see whether the town viii,
vote to empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two road
commissioners, the number to be de.
termined by the town in said meet
ing, or whether the town will vote to
elect one or two road commissioners.
Voted to elect two road commission
ers for the rural districts.
2. To see if the town will vote to
elect one Library trustee.
Voted to elect library trustee and
W. II. Berry was chosen.
g. To see If the town will vote 10
elect lister to serve one year in ad
dition to the lister to be elected at
said meeting for the term of three
years.
Dismissed.
A. To sec il the town will vote
to elect second constable.
Voted to have a second constable
5. To see how many grand jurors
the town win vote e elect for the
year ensuing. 7'fA
Voted to elect four grand jurors.
6. To see If the town will vote
to elect collector of taxes.
Voted to elect collector of taxes.
7. To see il the town will vote
to elect tree warden.
Voted to elect tree warden.
s. To elect all Town Officers.
Polls declared open. Closed at 8
o'clock.
8, To vote by ballot in the man.
ner provided by law upon the follow
ing questions: A "Shall license be
granted for the sale of intoxicating
liquors in this town." b. Shall Ii.
censes of the fifth class be granted
in this town."
Polls opened
10. To hear reports of the town
officers
Printed report accepted.
II. To see what sums are neces-
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
the schools and school
houses, and for the school purposes
of the town and for the payment OF
state school tax; for the payment OF
any Indebtedness and interest thcra
on for the support of the poor; for
the maintenance OF bridges and Of
winter or snow roads, for the prosecu.
ton and defense of the common rights
and interests of the inhabitants of the
town for the other necessary and in
cidental current town expenses: and
the payment of the direct state tax
required by No. 43 of the Acts of
1912; and to vote a tax upon the
Grand List of the Town for the pay
ment thereof.
On motion of e. ID. yelling voted
an so cent tax and 20 cents for high
ways. Five thousand dollars ordered
paid on town debt.
12. To see what sum, if any, and
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, in ex.
cess of the amount of the highway
taxes now required by law, the town
will vote to appropriate to be expend-
ed for permanent improvements IF
its highways in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 172 of the Pub
lie Statutes of Vermont, and amend
ments thereto.
On motion of w. H. Berry $1,000
was voted
IL. To see If the town will vote to
appropriate the sum OF four hundred
eighty-three> dollars and eighty cents
to pay its share of the expense incur
red in the employment of govern.
ment county agricultural adviser pur-
suant to the provisions of an Act en-
titled, IAN Act to enable the towns to
appropriate money for County agricul
tural work." being No. 121 Of the Acts
OF 1912.
Appropriated the sum asked
IA. To see If the town win vote t.