The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
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WARNING.
The inhabitants of the Town OF / n.
nington, qualified by Law to vote in
town meeting, are hereby notified and
warned to meet at Library Hall in
said Town on Tuesday the Gtn day OF
! March, 1917. at niae O'Clock in the
forenoon to transact the following
business
!. 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 meeting
or whether the town Will vote to elect
one or two road commissioners.
2. To see If the town viii vote to
elect one Library trustee.
3. To see II the town will vote to
elect a lister to serve one year in adj
dition to the lister TO be elected al
said meeting for the term of three
years.
4(a) To see If the town will vote
to elect a second constable. (b) To
see how many grand jurors the town
will vote to elect for the year ensuing,
(c) To see if the town will vote to
elect collector of taxes. Id To
see il the town VIII vote to elect a
tree warden,
5. TO eject all Town Officers.
6. To vote by ballot in the man.
ner provided by law upon the follow.
ing questions 3A. Shall license be
granted for the sale OF nintoxicating
liquors In this town." b. shall
licenses OF the fifth ciass be granted
in this town ?r5S l3fT ra Us
Z. TO hearirepDrtsIio the town
officers. M rfrvt,r.e4 ,,tt-..,,,...s.
s. To see what sums are neces-
Sary 10 be raised, for the following
purposes, viz. For the laying out
maintaining and repairing the high
ways OF the town and for the payment
Of a state highway tax; for maintain
ing 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 in.
debtedness and interest thereon. for
the support of the poor: for the main
tenance OF bridges and Of winter or
snow roads, for the prosecution and
defense OF the common rights and in
terests of the inhabitants of the town.
for the other necessary and incidental
current town expenses; and the pay
ment OF county tax as required by
an Act OF 1917, and the payment of
the direct state tax II any is required
by the Acts of 1917; and to vote a tax,
tho nd iut IF fhn
the payment thereof.
Q. To see what sum, IL any and
not loss 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
provisions of Chapter 172 of the Pub.
lie Statutes of Vermont, and amend
ments thereto.
10. To see what. IL any additional
sum the town will vote 10 appropriate
for the permanent Improvement of
highways within said town. and il
any appropriation is voted. to deter
mine where the sum shall be expend-
ed
II. To see what, if any, sum the
town will vote to appropriate from its
general fund for the purpose of main
tanning the highways of the town for
the purpose of cooperating with or Sc
curing the benefits of the state patrol
systemgfor patroling and maintaining
selected roads
II. To see If the town will vote TO
issue its negotiable bonds to an
amount not exceeding $4,000, under
authority OF and pursuant to the pro-
visions OF Chapter 157 of the Public
Statutes of Vermont and pursuant to
q special act now pending before the
General Assembly of the State of Yer
mont authorizing tho town Of Ben
nington to issue refunding bonds
provided the same becomes law
for the purpose of raising funds to
pay or retire indebtedness OF like
amount represented by bonds lawfully
issued and outstanding and unpaid up
on the date of the passage of the vote
hereunder, the said bonds being dated |
July ], 1897 and being due July l,
1917, to determine the time and place, |
when and where said bonds shall be |
payable. the rate of interest thereon, |
they shall be in registered or |
coupon form and such other particu-
lars as to the issuance, execution,
form and sale thereof as may be de
termined, or to take any proper action
in relation thereto.
IL. To see il the town will vote to
have medical inspection of the schools
Of the town.
IA. To see il the town will vote to
install uniform system OF public ac-
counting as recommended by the of.
icials as appointed by the Governor
inder the act of 1915.