The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-21
1ay of Februnry and no license shall be

So. mo person shaii teeei'o hee"se -"
Ill he shall lave paid the sum in which ne
shall have been assessed and the sum OF
6ty cents in addition as fees for said lIcen-
Sc; and no license shall be etiectual unlll
such payment. The clerk shall receive
all moneys paid for licenses and lees and
shall. within thirty days after the grant
inn of any licenses, pay over TO the Coun-
,yTreasurer the sum received for such
license, together with the sum OF thirty
three cents ont of the fees paid thereon;
and all licenses granted under this act
shall designate the house or store and the
town in which The person recelve'ng the
same shall be authorized to pursue the
business for which he is licensed, and
shall not be construed to authorize SUCH
business to be carried on by any person or
at any place except such as shall DC GeS'
ignaed in the license. :,
"a. There shall be constituted a board
consistinr of three persons, TO be de-
nominated County Commissioners to De
appointed in the manner following
Ameeting oil the inhabitants OF every
town, who are voters in town or ireemens
meeting, shall be holden a, the usual
place of holding town meetings, on the
frslThursday of January,at o'clock IN the
afternoon, in each year, which meeting
shall be warned and governed in all re-
spects as provided in chapter thirteen OF
the Revised Statutes, entitled "CI towns
and villages"
IS. Al such meeting the constable, or
in his absence, one The selectmen, shall
preside and receive the ballots of the free
men for such persons as they would elect as
such County COMMISSIONERS and the votes
shall, by the constable or selectmen, as
sisted BY such Justices of the town as may
be present, be publicly sorted, counted,
and declared The town clerk OF each
town shall be present at such meeting and
record the names Of al! the persons voted
for at such meeting for the Office OF Coun-
" Commissioners, together with the num-
Der of votes given each; and shall, within
ten days from the said first Tuesday IN
January, transmit copy Of such record,
duly certified, TO the clerk Of the County
in which such town may be situated; and
the several County Clerks shall, on the
third Thursday of January IN each year,
publicly canvass and declare the votes so
returned to them, and shall declare the
three persons having the greatest number OF
such votes to be duly elected as County
Commissioners for such County, and shall
within ten days thereafter, forward to each
OF the persons SO elected, certificate Of
his election.
Sc, The county commissioners shall
hold their Office for the term of one year,
and the votes ola majority OF them shall
decide any question which shall come be-
fore them for adjudication, and they have
the sole power Of granting licenses under
this act, and may assess such snms as they
may deem proper, not less than the sums
respectively specified in section two OF this
act.
81. Each county commissioner, before
entering upon the duties Of his office, shall
be sworn BY the county clerk or some
justice Of the peace, to the faithful per.
Torrance ofthe same; aud no commission
er shall act in any matter in which no is
personally interested.
So. The county commissioners shall
mee.regularly n, the Office of the county
clerk IN such county, on the first Thurs.
day Of FEBRUARY and August in each year,
and shall at their first meeting elect chair
man from their number, and from time to
time adopt such rules for their government
as they shall deem proper.
50. The county clerk in each county
shall be the clerk of the board of com.
missioners for such county, and shall re-
cord all their proceedings, and hive the
custody of all papers relating to their bust.
ness
$40. The cou1ty commissioners shall
receive the sum Of ten cents per mile for
all necessary travel in the discharge Of
the duties Of their office, and together
with county clerk shall receive the sum Of
one dollar each day during the conlinu-
ance of their session. The accounts of
the clerks and commissioners under this
section, shall be audited, allowed and
paid out Of the county treasury, in the
same manner as are:o!hcr accounts against
the county.
Sll. Nolicense heretofore granted or
penalty incurred shall be affected by the
provisions Of this act,
Sl2. Every person licensed according
to The provisions Of this net, as keeper
Of a tavern or nn-keeper, shall at all
times he furnished with suitable provisions,
lodgings and accommodations for slran.
gers aud Jewellers, and with suitable stable
room, hay, and proyendcr for their horses
and cattle, aud suitable she'd or covering
for horses near to his house, with conyen.-
inces in the same for feeding such horses
And iisuch keeper Of a tavern or inn
keeper shall neglect to be so furnished
shall be the duty Of commissioners 10
yacaie it ennul his license, and such
keeper of a tavern or nn-kecper shall be
liable for all the penalties of this act, if he
proceed to sell after written notice given
to him by said commissioners that they
have annuled and vacated his license as
aforesaid, the same MS if no license had