The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-28
ONLY WOMEN WHO
PAID POLL TAX To
VOTE TOMORROW
Highways Most Important Sub
ject Before Town Meeting
POLLS OPEN FROM 9 TO 2
Every Voter Urged to Be Pres
ent when Business Meeting
Opens at 9 O'clock
POLLS OPEN FROM 9 TO 2

The annual town meeting will be
held tomorrow The meeting will be
called to order at Library hall at
o'clock when the business of the meet
ing W Il be transacted. The polls will
open at o'c,ock and close at
clock. Women voters who have
paid poll tax will be permitted TO
vote, Women who have not paid
poll tax can not vote at this meeting
The town highways constitute the
most important matter that will come
before the meeting and every voter
who is interested n highway improve
ment should be present The warning
Is as follows
The inhabitants OF the Town Of
Bennington, qualified by law to vote
in town meeting, are hereby notified
and warned to meet in Library hall II
said town on Tuesday the lst day Of
March 1921 at nine o'clock in the
forenoon to transact the following
business:
l. To see whether the town will
vote 70 empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two road
comm ss.oners, 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.
3. To see f the town VII vote to
elect lister to serve one year in
addition to the lister to be elected at
said meeting for the term CT three
years.
A. (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 ensu
ing. (c) To see # the town will vote
to elect a collector Of taxes. (d) To
see if the town will vote to elect a
tree warden.
s. To elect all town officers, in
cluding the officers Of the Town
School District
6. To see If the town will vote to
authorize and direct the selectmen TO
pay the salary and expenses Ct local
health officer
7. To hear reports of the town Of
fcers.
s. To see wnat sum. if any, ana
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, n ex
cess of the amount CT the highway
taxes now required by law, the town
will vote TO appropriate to be eXpend.
ed for the permanent Improvement OF
its highways in accordance with the
provisions Of Chapter 172 of the Pub
lc Statutes Of Vermont, and amend
ments thereto
8. To see what, II any, sum the
town will vote to appropriate for the
improvement Of the highway leading
from the Henry bridge, socalled, toI
the New York State line on Burden
Hill, socal,ed
10, To see what, # any addit cnal
sum the town will vote to appropriate
for the permanent improvement OF
highways within said town, and if any
appropriat on Is voted 20 determine
where the same shall be expended
H. To see what, if any sum, the
town will vote to appropriate from
its general fund for the purpose OF
maintaining the highways of the town
for the purpose of cooperating with
or secur ng the benefits Of the state
patrol system for patrclling and main.
tanning selected roads.
12. To see what sums are neces-
sary to be raised for the following
purposes, viz. for the laying out, main
tanning and repa ring the highways of
the town and for the payment of a
state highway tax; for maintaining
the schools and school houses, and for
the school purposes Of the town and
for the payment of a state school tax
and to defray the cost of purchasing
site for a school house in the WI
sen distr ct so-called and the erection
of a school.house thereon as directed
and authorized by a special meeting
of the town school district he'd May
q, 1920; for the payment of any in
debtedness and interest thereon; for
the support Of the pocr; for the main
tenance OF bridges and of " nter or
snow roads; for the prosecution and
defense Of the common rights and in
terests Of the inhabitants Of the
town; fer the other necessary and iu-
cidental current town expenses; and
tue payment Ol Il hNdtt ldA, il Oht 10
required by law; and 10 vote tax
upon the Grand LIST OF vae town for
the payment thereof.
13. To see If the town will vote to
install a uniform system of public
accounting as recommended by the
officials appointed by the Governor
under one hundred and nine OF the
acts of 1915.
H. TO see II the town will vote to
have med cal inspection of the
schools Of the town.
Is. To see what sum, If any, the
town will appropriate for the plant
ing and 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 tine the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer of the town for collection.
II, To see II the listers for 1921
shall be paid for their services Sep
tember 1st, next, and what sum pei
day shall be pad to the town officers