The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-19
TOWN MEETING
WARNING IS NOT
. VERY STARTLING
Most of the Questions Are the
Regular Routine
TOWN HALL is PROPOSEI
Only Step Provided for This Year Is
a Committee to investigate
and Report

The warning fol- the annual town
meeting o. Bennington IS posted It
contains twenty.one articles, nearly
a.! OF them being along the usual
lilies Article IL dealS with & new
subject, that bi getting date for q
new town hall
The inhabitants OF the Town o.
bennington. qualified by law to vote
in town meeting arc hereby notified
and warned to meet in Library hall
in said Town on Tuesday, the 9Th
day OF March 1919 az nine, O'clock in
the forenoon tq transaci the follow
ins business t6tN
i. To SEE whether the town VIII
vote 10 empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two road
&C mmissioners, 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.
>. To see If the town win vote TO
elect one Library trustee.
3. To see If the town will vote to
elect a lister to serve one year in ad-
dition to the lister TO be elected al
said meeting for the term of three
Year.:
a.. (a) To see if the town VIII
vote to elect a second constable. OBJ
To see how many grand jurors the
town win vote to elect for the year
ensuing. (c) TO see .if the town
will vote to electa collector Of taxes.
(d). To see IL the Town Will voto to
elect a tree warden .s.
| s. To elect all town officers, In
eluding the officers OF the Town
School District. sa. e.
6. To vote by ballot in the manner
provided by law upon the following
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. hn
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 aud repairing the high
ways OF the town and for the pay
ment of a state highway tax. for
maintaining the schools and the
school.houses. and for tho schoo'
purposes of the town and FOR the pay
ment OF a state school tax; for the
payment of any Indebtedness and In
terest thereon for the support of
I the poor, for the maintenance oil
bridges and of winter or snow roads;
for the prosecution and defense OF
the common rights and interests OF
the inhabitants of the town; TOR the
other necessary and incidental cur
rent town expenses; and the pay
ment of such state tax as may be
voted by the Legislature now sitting;
and to vote a tax upon the Grand
List of the town for the payment
thereof
.. To see what sum, if any, and
not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars
in excess of the amount of the high
way taxes now required by law, the
| town will vote TO appropriate 70 be
expended for the permanent improve
mont of its highways In accordance
with the provisions OF Chapter l72 OF
the Public Statutes Of Vermont, and
amendments thereto.
10. To see what, II any additional
sum the town will vote to approprl
ato for the permanent Improvement
of highways within said town, and
il any appropriation is voted, to de
termine where the same shall be
expended
II. To see what, if any sum. the
town will vote to appropriate iron
It's general fund for the purpose o
maintaining tho highways of the towi
for the purpose Of cooperating will
or securing the benefits of the stat,
patrol system for patrolling and mail
tanning selected roads.
l2. To see II the town will votl
to have medical inspection OF tn
schools of the town.
10. To see II the town will vote 4
install uniform system OF publ
accounting as recommended by tn
officials appointed by the Goyerno
under one hundred aud nine Of tn
acta OF 1915,
IA. To see what sum, II any, tn
town will appropriate for the plan
\ ing or protection of shade trees, pu
suant to the provisions Of No. 75 {
s the Acts of 1904, entitled "An Act I
[ Provide for the Protection Of Shad
4 Trees"
10. To determine at what tim
the tax bills shall be delivered to Oh
treasurer of the town for collection
l6 To SEQ il the Listers for 19l
shall be paid for their services Sc
tember lst, next. and what sum y,
y day shall be paid to the town of
= GERS. the town clerk and the boar
= of civil authority for their servlo,
!, for the coming year
y n. To see what sum, ii any, u
I town will vote in aid Of, or for n
purpose of maintaining public
brary or libraries therein and also,
determine how the same shall be di
tributed
A a