A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . stion have third place co-ordinately. There are also certain incidental motions that arise, suchas those that relate to order, to reading papers, to withdraw-ing a motion, to suspending the rules, to the division of amotion, to method of consideration and to amending anamendment. *For practice in parliamentary usage and for an acquaintancewith town affairs, each school should occasio
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . stion have third place co-ordinately. There are also certain incidental motions that arise, suchas those that relate to order, to reading papers, to withdraw-ing a motion, to suspending the rules, to the division of amotion, to method of consideration and to amending anamendment. *For practice in parliamentary usage and for an acquaintancewith town affairs, each school should occasionally be resolved intoa town meeting and proceed with the election of officers and thediscussion of local questions. Town Government 341 CHAPTER III Town Government Wherever there is organization there is authority andgovernment, whether in the self-government of the indi-vidual or in the divine government of the world. And soin the organization of a town there is town authority andtown government, and what is true of towns in this respectis also true of cities. Provided an unorganized town con-tains no less than fifteen families, it may become a cor-porate town by the inhabitants organizing under the laws. Newbury, chartered May 18,1763(From an old plate) of the State and so empowering themselves to transact busi-ness. If there are twenty families in such unorganizedtown, they must organize as a town. Consequently anorganized town consists of land, people and laws; and isthereby a civil government. The business delegated to atown by the laws of the State consists in electing townofficers, laying and collecting taxes, building and caring forroads, maintaining schools, supporting resident poor, andvarious other matters of a local nature, and the method oftransacting this business is controlled somewhat by law. 342 Civil Government Election of Officers.—In accordance with law a meet-ing for the annual election of town and city officers and forthe transaction of business is held
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