The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-25
WARNING IS READY
TOWN MEETING
IS COMING
Biz Effo I Will Be the F'git On
the Perry Bill
MANY ARTICLES IN WARkIi G
Supporters of Better Roads VIII Ask
To Have Two Jobs Done
ThIs Year.
MANY ARTICLES IN WARkIi G

The inhabitants of the Town OF
Bennington, qualified by law to vote
in town meeting. are hereby notified
and warned to meet at Library Hall
in said Town on Tusday the 7th day
of March, 1916. at nine O'Clock in the
forenoon to transact the following
| business:
| /. To see whether the town will
! vote to empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two road
commissioners, the number to be de.
| termned by the town in said meet
, ing, or whether the town will vote to
elect one or two road commissioners.
2. To see II the town will vote to
| elect one Library trustee.
3. To see if the town will vote to
elect lister to serve one year in ad-
dition to the lister to be elected at
said meeting for the term of three
years:
A. To see if the town will vote to
elect second constable.
5. To see how many grand Jurors
the town will vote to elect for the
year ensuing.
6. To see if the town viii vote TO
elect collector of taxes
7. To see If the town will vote 70
elect tree warden.
s. To elect all Town Oficers.
8. To vote by ballot in the man
ner provided by law upon the follow
ing questions: "Shall an act OF the
general assembly of 1915 entitled, an
act TO prohibit the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors. become law May 1. A.
Z. 1852 %
10. 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
licenses of the fifth class be granted
in this town?' l4e
IL. To vote by ballot in the man
| ner provided by law upon the follow
ing question: Shall an act of the
general assembly of 1915 entitled. an
act to provide for primary elections
become law March 90, 1852"
H. To hear reports OF the town
officers.
13. To see what sums are necess-
airy to be raised for the following pur-
poses, viz; For the laying out, main
tanning and repairing the highways of
the town and for the payment of a
state highway tax; for maintaining
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 indebted
mes and iterest thereon; for the sup
port OF the poor; for the maintenance
| OF bridges and of winter or snow
| roads for the prosecution and defense
| of the common rights and interests al
| the inhabitants of the town for the
! other necessary and incidental cur
rent town expenses; and the payment
| of a county tax as reqnired by No. 24S
| of the Acts Of 1915; and the payment
| of the direct state tax required by No.
| 90 of the Acts of 1915; and to vote a
| tax upon. the Grand List of the Town
| for the payment thereof.
| a. 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 OF Its
highways in accordance with the pro
visions of Chapter 172 of the Public
| Statues of Vermont, and amendments
thereto.
Is. To see what, if any, additional
sums the town viii vote to appropri-
| ate for the permanent Improvement
| of the highway leading from the east
| line of the village of Bennington east
wardly to the west line OF the town OF
| Woodford and for the permanent i'm
| provement of the main highway lear
ing westwardly from the railroad
crossing on the Colgate road so-called
to the east line of the State of New
York and to provide for the raising OF
any sum thus appropriated.
16. To see if the town will vote to
have medical inspection of the schools
of the town.
II. To see if the town will vote tc
install uniform system of public ac
counting as recommended by the Off
cials as appointed by the Governor un
der the act of 1915.
IS. To see what sum, If any, the
town will appropriate for the planting