Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-05-31
Highways, and COnsiables.

The Legislature last year made SOM
pretty good laws concerning the highways
We insert No. SO. relating to the eOllee
ton Of delinquent highway taxes, also No
80, relating to loose stones in the road.
We hope the latter act will be Iigidly
enforced -
Whenever any highway tax or taxes
shall not be collected by any highway
surveyor, in any town or city IN this
State. during the year for which he is
elected, it shall be the duty Of the select
men Of the town. where such tax is made
payable, to make out and deliver TO the
collector of town taxes, on or before the
first day Of June next ensuing, a true list
Of all such unpaid taxes, who is hereby
authorized and required to collect and pay
the same TO the tow treasurer of the town
in which such tax or taxes are assessed,
on or before the first day Of August in
each year.
All moneys thus collected shall be used
for repairing highways as the solectmen
shall direct.
All acts and parts Of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
In every highway district in this State
where there are loose stones in the trav.
eled portion Of the highway, it is hereby
made the duty of the highway surveyor,
or other persons having the charge Of said
road in said highway district, to examine
or cause said highway to be examined at
least once a month, while the same is bare
of snow, and remove or cause to be re-
moved said loose stones from said travelled
portion Of said highway, and the same
compensation shall be had for such SER
vices as is now allowed by law for other
highway services and in case an highway
surveyor or other persons having charge
of said road shall neglect or refuse, for
the space of three days after notice there
of in writing signed by any person fesid-
ing in this State, requesting said highway
surveyor, or other persons having charge
Of said road, to remove said stones as
aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the
sum of five dollars for each days neglect
thereafter, to be recovered in an action
of debt, founded on this statute, in the
name Of any person who may sue therefor. :
This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
The new law relating to constables has
been generally OVERLOOKED, we think, for !,
many towns have had to call special town |
meetings for the purpose of electing that
officer. The law provides that unless the
constable elect shall give bonds to the
town within ten days next succeeding his
election ''his Office shall be vacant"
The question has been raised, whether !
the Selectmen could not provide a reme- |
dy by appointment, under act No. 81 of \
1870 which provides that the selectmen !
in case of vacancy in the office of Collect $
of taxes, Auditors, Supt. of common a
Fence Viewer, Grand Juror, Il
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Inspect f
Or of Leather, Surveyor or Street Commits s.
may fill such vacancy by tempo \
'ary appointment. So a collector of tax
IS might be appointed to fill the vacancy
ill the next annual meeting, but does L
he act imply that a Constable may be I
hus appointed We think not, for though ft
he Statute says that the First Constable Il
hall be Collector ofTaxes, does it neces- n
arily follow that a Collector of Taxes n
hall be a Constable :? b
The Constable elect in Elmore, Mr.. r. al
/. Clark, was disqualified by not giving vi
'onds within the time, and a town meet
ng was held on Saturday last, which re-
lected him. The town Of johnson has OF
.lso reelected its Constable, not dcemiDg m
n appointment by the Selectmen sufficient. OF
Since writing the above we learn that II
be constable elect in this town has been X
isqualiied in like manner, therefore a X
has been called for Saturday, tie
une I'd, to fill that office. II
IL,