Annual Reports of the Town of Bennington, New Hampshire for The
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NHamp 352.07 B47 « r\nnual Q\eports of the town of BENNINGTON New Hampshire for the twelve months ending December 31 1958 , w >'¥v !/ , ''#' i VWWW'V'^ ^ ^ ^'V University of Hew Hampshire Library V\nnual Q^eport of the town of BENNINGTON New Hampshire for the twelve months ending December 31 1958 Transcript Printing Company — Peterborough, N. H. .67 INDEX List of Town Officers 3 Town Warrant 5 Basis for 1959 Tax Rate 7 Comparison of Appropriations and Tax Rates 1953-1957 8 Comparison of Actual Expenditures 1953-1957 10 Budget 12 Summary of Inventory 15 Statement of Appropriations, Taxes Assessed and Tax Rate 16 Comparative Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures 18 Balance Sheet (Statement of Assets and Liabilities) 20 Statement of Bonded Debt-Showing Annual Maturities 25 Schedule of Town Property 24 Town Clerk's Report (Includes Motor Vehicle Permits and Dog Licenses) 25 Tax Collector's Report (Includes Summaries of Tax Warrants and Tax Sale Accounts) 26 Town Treasurer's Report 32 Summary of Receipts 33 Summary of Payments 35 Detailed Statement of Receipts 33 Detailed Statement of Payments 35 Report of Trustees of Trust Funds 44 Report of Auditors 46 Report of Library Trustees and Officers 46 Report of Water Department 47 Report of Fire Wardens 48 Town Hall Report 52 Memorial Day Report 53 Report of School District 54 Vital Statistics 64 TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR John P. Weston Term expires March 1960 SELECTMEN Frederick S. Sheldon Term expires March 1959 Charles E. Lindsay Term expires March 1960 Erving A. LeCain Term expires March 1961 TOWN CLERK Donald A. Powers Term expires March 1959 TOWN TREASURER Arthur F. Bell Term expires March 1959 ROAD AGENT Herbert A. Curtis Term expires March 1959 TAX COLLECTOR Edward French Term expires March 1959 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Ruth A. Cody Term expires March 1959 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 Mary D. Shea Term expires March 1961 COMMISSIONERS OF WATER WORKS John D. Armstrong Term expires March 1959 Edward French Term expires March 1960 Albert Cuddemi Term expires March 1961 FIRE WARDENS Paul G. Traxler, Chief Term expires March 1959 Fred Hugron Term expires March 1959 Ivon W. Clough Term expires March 1959 FOREST FIRE WARDENS Herbert A. Curtis Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 DEPUTY WARDENS Pearl J. Warren Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Lawrence Newhall Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Edward French Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Charles Lindsay Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 BUDGET COMMITTEE Appointed by Moderator for One Year William Aldrich George Weston Edward French Clifford Smith Theodore Aucella SUPERVISORS OF CHECK LIST Edward French Term expires March 1960 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 Paul G. Traxler Term expires March 1960 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Frederick S. Sheldon Term expires March 1959 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 John P. Weston Term expires March 1961 OVERSEER OF POOR Alfred S. Chase Term expires March 1959 JANITOR, TOWN HALL Paul G. Traxler Term expires March 1959 SEXTON Fred Hugron Term expires March 1959 CONSTABLE Frank Chiesa Term expires March 1959 CHIEF OF POLICE Olen E. Newhall Term expires March 1959 SPECIAL POLICE Frederick E. Hugron Term expires March 1959 Eileen Newhall Term expires March 1959 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Georgietta Bryer and Selectmen SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER Open for appointment SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Open for appointment DOG CONSTABLE Fred Hugron 4 TOWN WARRANT THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE in the County To the Inhabitants of the Town of Bennington to vote in Town Affairs: of Hillsborough in said State, qualified Ben- You are hereby notified to meet at The Town Hall in said nington on Tuesday, the 10th day of March Next at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: Officers for the year ensuing. 1. To choose all necessary Town raise and appropriate 2. To see what sum of money the Town will for highway and bridges. Aid for Class V 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept State roads and raise and appropriate money for the same. The Town must raise $246.67 and the state will contribute $1,644,50. a not ex- 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate sum ceeding $9,400.00 for the purpose of making improvements to the following Class V roads within the Town: Kimball Hill Road or North Bennington Road, such sum to be raised through the issu- provi- ance of bonds or notes under and in compliance with the sions of chapter 83, Laws of 1951 as amended by chapter 31, Laws of 1953, and to authorize the Selectmen to determine the date and place of payment of such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon, and to take such other steps as may be necessary to negotiate such bonds or notes as shall be to the best interests of the Town of Bennington. to 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen borrow such sums of money as may be necessary in anticipation of taxes. 6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to real estate taken over by the Town for non-payment of taxes. of 7. To see of the Town will raise and appropriate the sum $1,500.00 for tarring. 8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Old Home Day and raise and appropriate money for the same. 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Memorial Day and raise and appropriate money for the same. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $146.00 (1/1 00th of 1% of Town Valuation) to the Monad- nock Region Association of Southwestern N. H. for issuance and distribution of printed matter, newspaper and magazine advertis- ing, and by other means calling attention to the resources and natural advantages of the Town in cooperation with the other thirty-seven towns of the Region. 5 11. To hear the report of the committee as to the purchase of a new Town Truck. Take whatever action the voters deem necessary and raise and appropriate money for the same. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate enough money to buy 200 ft. of 2 1/2 inch nre hose. 13. The garage building owned by the late Harry Claflin has been offered for sale for the sum of $3,500.00. The Selectmen re- commend that they be authorized to negotiate the purchase of this property for a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 and raise and appropri- ate money for the same. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair broken chairs in the Town Hall, also include enough to repair or build new cellar window casings. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to lay a 6" water main and put in a hydrant approx- imately 900 feet from the present main along the Greenfield Road to the property of Gaery Pomroy. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to re- locate radiators in the Engine Hall and install circulating pump, if necessary, to insure adequate heat. 17. To see whether the Town will vote to adopt the following: That the expenditures of all Town departments be subject to prior approval of the Board of Selectmen and those responsible for each department will consult with the Board prior to obligating the Town on any major expenditure. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appro- priate for Statutory requirements and to carry the articles and appropriations of the School District ino effect. 19. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. Given under our hands and seal, this 19th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine. Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. Le Cain Selectmen of Bennington A true copy of Warrant—Attest: Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. Le Cain Selectmen of Bennington BASIS FOR 1959 TAX RATE The Selectmen feel that to assist the voters in their considera- tion of the regular budget and special warrants they should have this information to show the basis for computation of the 1959 property tax rate. Total appropriations, town budget $36,430 92 Total appropriations, school budget 36,816 61 $73,247 53 Less—Estimated revenue $11,681 28 Less—Estimated Poll Taxes 436 00 $12,117 28 $61,130 25 Plus—Estimated overlay 1,065 47 Total to be raised by property taxes $62,195 72 1958 Property Valuation $1,460,775 00 1959 Property Valuation Estimate $1,450,000 00 Estimated tax rate on Budget Items Only $42 90 Increase in rate per every thousand dollars appropriated in warrant 69 jf (I oooooooo ooc~oooooooooooo T3Old oooooooo oocooooooooooooo OTIO MWNOOIOOO»OOiOOOOOO lOLOrfOOOOOOOOiOOOCDoocooooooooooooo •* t> rH CO «0 TO 1M O IO»0(MIO(D(MIO^ININO(MN010 oooooooo OOCDOOOOOOOOOOOOSoooooooooooooooo oomooooioooooooooomooooits miOT^O'rtooooooiooioooocooooooooooooo t> co co cd to cni oo lOinwoa^wtoiMrqiNiNioox r-T r-Tt-TT-7 CD i-TtHt-T CJi-T NH ooooooooo o-^ooooOCDOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo COw oomooooo>oooooooooo lOOOOOOOOOOOOiOt-OCOOOOOOOOOOOOlO H in to H C^ «D 'O oq t- lOCMLOOOOJiOC-CMiOCNlCXliOC-CO «< "< H ooooooooo Oi-IOOOOOOOOOOOOot-oooo oooooooo Q ooooooooo io CD OO OOO O O OOO O CO , . , ooiooooooio—, i—. i^ —i —iftrtrtifl c^ooooooooooiooocD io go co co cd cd oo lo lOHOOMOCDIMOiOMiOTO'* co o HI— -< oooooooooooooooo I— OOOOJOOOOOOOOOOOO (A OO OO O OO OIOIOCDOOOOOOOOOOOO o o »o o oo o lOCNC-OOOOOOOOOOiOOO-"* oft rj lO rH 00 CD O) iO HHiOHOOOIMiOWNiOiOMiOMW lO 1-H I—I T-H CM T-H CM ft ft «< x OO O OO OO ooooooooooooooooOOi-HOOOOOOOOOOOO o ooooooo oooooooO O O OO o o OiOOOOOOOOOOOiOOO^OOOiOOOOOOOOOOOO>0> iO lO CO 00 CD CT> iO TfiOHOOJOOWiOMiOiOiOiOTOTO CO ft o o » o « CD •— CJ m to +> 5 T3 p p j2 o< w S3 a .