The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-02
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Inington for distance to be dete,
lmined by the meeting, and to deter
mine what, If any sum, shall be al
lpropriated therefor.
Appropriated sS5,000 to be paid b
special tax to be distributed over fiv
years, Road to be built under the d
rection and supervision Of the stat
highway department.
10. To see what, II any additiona
sum the town will vote to appropriat,
for the permanent Improvement o
highways within said town, and /
any appropriation is voted, to deter
mine where the same shall be ex
Ipended.
Passed over
IL. To see what, II any sum, thu
town viii vote to appropriate from
its general fund for the purpose o.
main aiming the highways of the
town for the purpose OF cooperating
with or securing the benefits of the
state patrol system for patrolling ant
maintaining selected roads.
| Appropriated $1,000
| 12. 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
ling the schools and the school-houses
and for the school purposes of the
town and for the payment of a state
/ school tax; for the payment of any in
ldebtedness and interest thereon; I;
for the support Of the poor
I 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
trent town expenses; and the payment
of the state tax assessed by the last
session of the General Assembly; and
to vote a tax upon the Grand List OF
the town for the payment thereof.
Town tax fixed at $l.15, highway tax,
regular at 20, rural school tax at 20.
l3. To see If the town will vote
10 have medical inspection of the
schools OF the town.
Dismissed.
IA. To see II the town will vote to
install uniform system of public
accounting as recommended by the
officials appointed by the Cove ..og
under one hundred and nine of the
acts of 1915.
Dismissed.
Is. To see what sum, if any, the
town viii appropriate for the plant
ing or protection of shade trees, pur-
suant to the provisions of No. rs of
the Acts of 1904, entitled, IAN Act
to Provide for the Protection or
Shade Trees"
Left to selectmen.
l6. To determines at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer OF the town for collection.
July Is, 1920. e
II. To see If the Listers for 1920
shall be paid for their services Sep
tember 1st. next. and what sum per
day shall be paid 10 the town Off
GERS; the town clerk, and the board
Of civil authority for their services
FOR the coming year
Voted to pay the listers s. per day,
town clerk $500 per year, auditors 81
per day, other officials 81 per day.
IS. To see what sum, if any, the
town will vote in aid of. or for the
purpose of maintaining public Ii
brary or Libraries therein and also,
TO determine how the same shall be
distributed.
Voted $4,000 of which $500 is for
the local library, $500 for North Ben
nington and 5000 for Old Bennington.
10. To see what sum, if any. the
town will vote toward the expense of
observing Decora ion or Memorial
day.
Voted $500.
20. To see If the Town School Dis
trict will vote to pay higher rate of
tuition than 1856. per schoo. year per
which it furnishes its advanced pup
pupil for the High School instruction
lis as required by law, and IL it so
votes to fix said rate.
Voted to pay what the actual cost
up to s45 per year.
21. To hear the report of the com
mittee appointed at the last annual
meeting to investigate and report the
necessity and probable cost of town
hall with town Offices therein, and to
report Herewith, recommendation
as to the site and size of such
building and the purposes for which
it should be built, and to take such
action on such report or on such pro-
ject as the meeting shall determine
Voted to buy the Root property at
cost of $4,000.
%. To transact any other business
found necessary when met.
Dated at Bennington, VT, this 18th
day of February. 1920.
On motion of Henry Chase it was
voted to appoint committee Of five to
consider and report on some plan for
a monument or memorial to the SER
vices of Bennington soldiers.
Action on warning adjourned.
An unofficial report from the polls
late this afternoon was that John
Joseph Leahy was elected lister over
Elmer F. lockwood the republican
nominee. According to this report
the election was close; 5S1 for Leahy
and 566 for lockwood.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR SALE--one registered Chester
white boar hog, Q 1-2 years old $4,000;
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