The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-11-27

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act shall designate the house or store and the
town in which the person receiving the same
shall be authorized to pursue the business fol
which he is licensed, and shall be constru-
ed to authorize such business to he carried
on by any person or at any place except
such as shall be designated in the license.
A. There shall be constituted board con-
sisting ofthree persons, to be denominated
County Commissioners, to be appointed in
the manner following:
A meeting of the inhabitants of every town,
who are voters in town or or freemen's meet
ing, shall be holden at the usual place Of
holding town meetings, on the first Thurs
day on January, at one O'Clock 10 the after
noon, in each year, which meeting shall be
warned and governed in all respects as pro-
vided in chapter thirteen of the Revised Stat
utes, entitled ''Of towns and villages"
5. At such meeting the constable, or in his
absence, one of the select men, shall preside
and receive the ballots for such persons as
they would elect as such County Commiss-
toner's, and the votes shall, by the consta-
bles or select men, assisted 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 all persons
voted for at such meeting for the office Of
County Commissioners, together with the
number of votes for each; and shall, within
ten days from the first Thursday in January,
transmit a copy ofsuch record, duly certi-
fed, 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 eachyear, 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, a
certificate of his election.
6. The county commissioners shall hold
their Office for the term Of one year from the
first day of February in each year, and the
votes Of majority of them shall decide any
question which shall come before them for
adjudication, and they shall have the sole
power ofgrnntns licenses under the provis-
ions Of this act. and may assess such persons
IN such sums as they may deem proper, not
less than the sums respectively specified in
section two of this act.
7. Each county commissioner before enter
ing upon the duties of his Office, shall be
sworn by the county clerk or some justice of
the peace, to the faithful performance Of the
same; and no commissioner shall act in any
matter in which he is personally interes-
ted.
8. The county commissioners shall meet
in each county regularly at the office of the
county clerk in such county, on the first
Thursday of February and August in each
year, and shall at their first meeting electa
chairman from their number, and from time
to time adopt such rules for their government
as they shall deem proper.
8. The county clerk in each county shall
be the clerk of the board of commissioners
for such county, and shall record all their
proceedings, and have the custody of all pa
pers relating to their business.
10 The county commissioners shall re-
ceive the sum Of ten cents per mile for all the
necessary travel in the discharge of the du-
ties of their office, and together with the
county clerk shall receive the sum of one dol
lor each per day during the continuance of
their session. The accounts of the clerks
and commissioners under this section, shall
be audited, allowed and paid out Of the coun-
ty treasury, in the same manner as are other
accounts against the county.
IL. No license heretofore granted or PEN
atty incurred shall be affected by the provis-
ions of this act.
II. Every person licensed according to the
provisions of this act, as keeper of a tavern
or inn keeper, shall at ali times he furnished
with suitable provisions, lodgings and accom-
mediation for strangers and travellers, and
with suitable stable room, bay, and provender
for their horses and cattle, and with a suitable
shed or covering Cor horses near TO his house,
with conveniences in the same for feeding
such horses. And il such keeper of tavern
or inn-keeper shall neglect to be so furnished
it shall be the duty of the commissioners to
vacate or annual his license, and such keeper
of tavern or inn keeper shall be liable for all
the penalties Of this net, if he proceed to sell
after written notice given to him by said COM
missioners that they have annulled g. vacated
his license as aforesaid, the same as fno Ii
cense had been granted.
S13. The commissioners may license one
or more persons in each town in their respec-
tive countless whom they may deem most
suitable, to sell wine, rum, brandy, or other
spirituous liquors, for medicinal, chemical, or
mechanical purposes, only, who shall receive
from said commissioners license for such
sale and no other, and every person so Ii
censed shall make reportto said commission
ers from time to time, as they shall direct and
on violation of the terms of his license, or
on refusal to report as aforesaid, the said
board of commissioners shall annul such Ii
cense, and such person shall be subject to the
same penalties as are provided in the four
teenth section of this act.
ga. II any person, without license there
for, as provided in this act shall hereafter
deal in the selling of any distilled spirituous
liquors. wine, ale or beer, he shall forfeit and
pay to the treasurer OF the county, for the use
of said county as penalty
For each quantity Of twenty gallons or
more Of either of said articles, the sum Of
twenty dollars.
For each quantity Of less than twenty gal
Ions and not Tess than one pint Of either Of
said articles, ten dollars.
For each quantity less than one pint ofthe
said articles, tendollars. If any person shall
be guilty of more than one distinct offence as
prohibited in this act, he may be prosecuted
and subjected to all such penalties at the
same time. If any person, without a license
therefor, as provided in this act, shall hereaf-
Ter become an inn-keeper, and shall therein
furnish any victuals, lodging or accommoda-
ton for guests, he shall forfeit and pay the