The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-22
SPECIAL ARTICLES
IN WARNING FOR
TOWN MEETING
Annual Gathering to Be Held at
Library Hall March 6
MEETING OPENS AT 9 O'CLOCK
Town Must Take Steps This Year to
Refund Its Bonded
Indebtedness.

The annual meeting to elect officers
and to transact the business of the
town will be held at Library hall Tues
day, March 6. The meeting is called
to order at o'clock a. m. In addition
to the regular order of business the
warning for the meeting contains a
number of special articles. The warn
ing in full as follows:
The inhabitants of the Town of Ben
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 9Th day of
March, 1917, at nine O'Clock in the
forenoon TO transact the following
business:
l. 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-
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 will vote to
elect one Library trustee.
g. To see If the town will vote to
elect a lister to serve one year in adj
dition to the lister to be elected at
said meeting for the term of three
years.
4(a) To see if the town will vote
to elect 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. (d) To
see If the town will vote to elect a
tree warden. e
5. To elect all Town officers.
g. 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.
I. To hear reports of the town
officers.
S. 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 payment
of 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 a county tax as required by
an Act of 1917. and the payment of
the direct state tax il any is required
by the Acts of 1917; and to vote tax
upon the Grand List of the town for
the payment thereof.
8. 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
provisions of Chapter 172 of the Pub
lie Statutes OF Vermont, and amend
ments thereto.
TO- To see what, if any additional
sum the town will vote to appropriate
for the permanent improvement of
highways within said town, and if
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
system for patroling and maintaining
selected roads.
! 70. To see If the town will vote TO
issue its negotiable bonds to an
amount not exceeding 100000, under
authority of and pursuant to the pro-
visions of Chapter 157 OF the Public
Statutes of Vermont and pursuant to
a special act now pending before the
General Assembly of the State OF Yer
mont authorizing the 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 honds being dated
July 1, 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
| whether thev shall he In registered or