The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-05
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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.
8. To see If the town will vote to
elect a lister to serve one year in ad
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 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. (d) To
see if the town will vote to elect a
tree warden.
S. 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."
Z. 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
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 If any is required
by the Acts of 1917; and to vote a tax
upon the Grand List of the town for
the payment thereof.
9. 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.
I 10. To see what, II 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.
IL. 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.
~. To see If the town will vote TO
issue it's negotiable bonds to an
amount not exceeding 100000, under
of and pursuant to the pro-
visions of CHAPTER i57 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 a 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 l, 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,
thev snap 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.
49, To see IL the town will vote to
have medical inspection of the schools
OF the town.
IA. To see II the town will vote to
install uniform system of public ac-
counting as recommended by the Of
flcials as appointed by the Governor
under the act OF 1915.
IS. To see what sum, IL any. the
town will appropriate for the plant
ing or protection of shade trees. pur-
suant to the provisions of No. rs of
the Acts Of 1904. entitled. "An Act to
Provide for the Protection Of Shade
Trees"
16. To determine at what time the