The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-07
TOWN MEETING DID
QUICK JOB WITH
Is ARTICLES
Voters Waded Through Warning in
Half Hour
TOWN TAX RATE TO Be s1.OO
Meeting Voted $25oo For Colgate
Road Provided State VIII Give
an Equal Sum.

Town meeting today drew out bi
vote, but hardly up to expectations
The weather was bad for voters liy
ing at distance and the roads wer
drifted.
When the meeting opened at
| O'Clock there were about 200 voters Il
the hall. 1t took Moderator E. II. Hol
den and Town Clerk E. A. Booth ,
| few minutes to get the various elec
tion officers sworn In and ready TO
| business.
The clerk then read the warning ant
It took less than half an hour to e
through the whole % articles. Their,
i wasn't sign OF dissent or disagree
ment over anything
The articles In the warning and tht
action taken on each was as follows
1. To see whether the town will
vote to empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two roat
commissioners. the number to be de
termined by the town in said meet
ing, or whether the town will vote tc
elect one or two road commissioners
Voted to elect two road commission
ers.
2. To see II the town will vote to
elect one Library trustee.
Voted to elect one library trustee
and to select the one whose term ex
pired, DR.. l.. H. Ross.
8. To see II 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
Voted to have a fourth lister.
ES 4. To see II the town will vote to
elect a second constable. 1oefs
Voted. to elect second constable.
tTa6. To see how many grand Jurors
the town will vote to elect for the
year ensuing. Sai1sas TBaT
Voted to elect three. ~ ha55Y
b. g.. To see If the town will vote to
elect collector Of taxes. is7 q Iasis
Voted to have collector of taxes.
y u To see il the town will vote to
elect tree warden. fT 9s7t iais
Voted to elect tree warden.
s. To elect all Town Officers.
Polls closed at o'clock.
3. 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 /. a.
q. 1862"
Box open until o'clock.
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." rNol s!d' rl J
Polls closed at O'clock s;.oq
IL. To vote by ballot in the man
eroprovided 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 a law March 20, ?"roea5 I
Box open until z O'clock. NT
g212. To hear reports OF the town
officers. i'ia
Printed report accepted.
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
nes 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 Of
the inhabitants of the town for the
other necessary and incidental cur
rent town expenses; and the payment
of county tax as reqnired by No. 24S
of the Acts OF 1916; and the payment
OF the direct state tax required by No.
so of the Acts Of 1915; and to vote a
tax upon the Grand List of the Town
for the payment thereof.
Voted town tax of so cents on the
dollar which is to include all the spec
ial items except highways for which
20 cents was voted, and the rural
schools for which the rural voters
fixed the rate at 45 cents. These taxes
are the same as last year.
IA. TO see what sum, IL 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.