The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
Annual Village Meeting Held
This Afternoon
NO CONTESTS IN ELECTION
Voted Tax Of $1.80 and To Pay
$4,000 of Village Debt the
Present Year

III Tue Hslut Dul lhO hVhlb Ntlc hptHt
in argument over the articles in the
warning.
1t was voted TO lay new ten-inch
pipe from the reservoir to the springs
to increase the water supply, at an
expense of $4,000, to be paid out OF
the earnings from the system.
II was also voted TO cement West
Main street from the corner Of Depot
street TO the Old bennington line at
a cost not 20 exceed $4,000.
The various articles in the warning
and the acton on each were as fol.
lows.
Article /. To elect President,
a clerk, treasurer collector, a
corporation attorney, three auditors.
two trustees and two water commits
sioners.
Polls closed at o'clock.
Article 2. To consider tho re.
ports Of the officers Of said village
for the years past.
Printed reports accepted.
Article 3. To see what sum, IL
any. the village will appropriate to
pay the Bennington Fire Department.
Voted 5000 same as last year.
Article 4. To see II the village
will vote to pay the Chief OF its Fire
Department the sum Of 5000 and s1O0
each to two assistant engineers OF
said Fire Department.
Voted yes
Article 5. To see II the village
will vote TO exempt the members OF
the Fire Department from payment
OF a poll tax in the ensuing year.
Appropriated $1,000 for the purpose.
Article &. To see IL the village
will authorize it's trustees to install
telephone in each of the hose
houses OF said village.
Voted TO install phones.
Article T. To see what sum, II
any, the village will vote to appropri-
ate to the Bennington Improvement
Society for the care Of the cemetery
grounds within said village and for
other village improvements.
Appropriated s400.
Article s. To see what sum. Y
any, the village will appropriate to
pay for the expenses OF free musical
entertainments or band concerts TO
be held within the village limits, and
II any sum is appropriated, TO direct
by vote the times and places for hold
ing each musical entertainment or
band concert,
Article dismissed.
Article Q. To see what sum. il
any, the village will vote to appppri-
ate for the construction of curbs, gut
ters and sidewalks in and upon the
streets OF said village during the en-.
suing year.
Voted $2500 which is a thousand dol
lars less than last year.
Article 10. To see what sum, Ii
any, the village will vote to appro-
pirate to the Public Welfare Associa.
tIon for the playground and recrea'
ton purposes.
Voted $500 same as last year
Article II. To see what sum. II
any. the village will vote to appropri-
ate to and toward the eXtention OF
the Village sewer system.
Article II. To see what sum. 81
any, the village will vote to appropri-
ate to aud toward the extension OF
the village surface sewer
Voted to combine these two articles
and appropriated $4,000 to be used
/ by the trustees.
Article IS. To see what sum. II
any, the village will vote to appro.
pirate for the purpose of extension of
the mains of the waterworks system.
Voted S2500 which is saving OF
$1,000 from last year.
Article H. To see what sum. II
any, the village will vote TO pay its
president and trustees for tho ensu.
ing year.
Same as last year.
Article 10. To see what sum, II
any, the village will vote 10 pay its
clerk In addition to the sum prescrib
ed by its bylaws TOR his services as
such clerk for the ensuing year.
Voted St700. no change,
Article 16. To see II the Village
will vote to exempt from taxation
for a period not exceeding Eve years.
buildings erected hereafter. used and
occupied exclusively as home, ex.
elusive of land and such exemption
to be limited in the aggregate as to
valuation OF any one building to the
sum OF $4,000.
Voted to exempt
Article II. To see IL the village
will vote to authorize its water com.
mlssioners to lay larger water
main from the mountain springs 10
tho village reservoir in order to in.
crease the supply OF water necessary
to meet the demand.
Voted to increase the supply by lay.
ing a 10-inch main up from the reser.
vo'r, 19,5O0 feet to the principal
springs.
Article 49, To see what sum, II
any, the village will appropriate for
the extension of the permanent high.
way Of the village on West Main
street from the tracks of the Rutland
railroad company westerly to the east