The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-15
OIL IS ORDERED
FOR STREETS OF
BENNINGTON
Voters Objected TO Use of Water
to Lay Dust
VILLAGE MEETING TODAY
Big Attendance But No Scrap
More Money for Sidewalks and
Sewers and Increased Tax


devoid Of thrills or conflict. The
meeting was called to order at 8
o'clock by Village President John p.
Morrissey. The warning was read by
Clerk w. p Hogan and the polls were
opened.
At one o'clock this afternoon Ii.
brary hall was filled during the action
on the warning. A village tax of 1870
cents was voted which Is raise of 5
cents. 1t was voted to use OIL on the
streets this year. The articles in the
warning and the action on each was
as follows:
Article /. To elect a president, a
Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, Cor
poration Attorney. three Auditors, two
Trustees, and four Water Commits.
sioners.
Polls closed at o'clock
Article g. To consider the reports
OF the officers of said Village for the
year past.
Printed report accepted
Article g. To see what sum. il any.
the Village will appropriate to pay the
bennington Fire Department
Voted $3.50 per company.
Article 4. To see II the Village will
vote to pay its Chief of It's Fire De-
lpartment the sum of 5000 and 800
each to two assistant engineers Of said
Fire Department.
Voted pay as above suggested.
Article 5. To see If the Village will
vote to exempt t g members Of the
Fire Department ON payment of a
Poll Tax In the i>ling year
Voted to exempt, total not to ex-
ceed $1,000.
1 Article 6. To Sc ewhat sum, II any,
the Village wi vote To appropriate
to the Bennington Improvement So
ciety, to be used by said Society for
the care of the cemetery grounds
within said village and for other vii
lage improvements.
Appropriated s400
Article Z. To see what sum, II any,
the village will appropriate to pay for
the expenses of free musical enter
tainments or band concerts to be held
within the Village limits and ii any
sum is appropriated, to direct by vote
the times and PAGES for holding such
musical entertainments or band con.
certs.
Appropriated $500 for 16 concerts
by City band.
Article 8. To see what sum, II any,
the Village will vote to appropriate
for the construction of curbs, gut
ters and sidewalks in and upon the
streets Of said Village during the en-,
suing year.
Appropriated $3500.
Article 8. To see what sum, II any,
the Village will vote to appropriate
to the Public Welfare Association for
the playground and recreation pur.
poses.
Appropriated $500.
Article 10. To see what sum, II any
the Village will vote to appropriate
to and toward the extension of the
Village sewer system
Appropriated $4,000.
Article II. To see what sum, II any
the Village will vote to appropriate
for the purpose of extension of the
mains of the waterworks system.
Appropriated $4,000 and directed eX-
tensions on Dewey and Mill streets.
Article 12. To see what sum, If any
the Village will vote TO pay its Presi
dent and Trustees for the ensuing
year.
Voted to pay the same as last year.
Article 1S. To see what sum, II any
the Village will vote to pay its Clerk
In addition to the sum prescribed by
its by laws for his services as such
clerk for the ensuing year.
Same as last year.
Article IA. To see If the Village
will by vote authorize and empower
its Trustee to purchase road oil for
the purpose of sprinkling, olling and
allaying the dust upon its streets dur
ing the ensuing season.
Trustees authorized and directed
use oil.
Article Is. To see IL the Village
will vote to authorize the trustees tc
purchase a new Village team.
Left to trustees.
Article 16 To see if the Village
VIII vote 10 pTONlut ways uuV HSdHs
for the, pubic disposal of garbage
Trustees authorized to make con
tract.
Article II. TO see if the Village
will vote to exempt from taxation
for period not exceeding five years
/, buildings erected hereafter, used ant
, occupied exclusively as home, ex
elusive of land, and such exemption
/ to be limited in the aggregate as
. to valuation of any one building. t
( the sum of $4,000.
Y Voted to exempt houses thus erect
i. ed.
Article IS. To see what tax thu
} Village viii raise upon its Grand Lis
to defray the expenses of the Villag,
3 for the year ensuing and to pay ii
d indebtedness and to fix the time 70
q the collection of such tax.
|. Village tax 100 cents, and 20 cent
to pay on road notes
|. Article 10. To see If the Nillag
win vote TO have the provisions o