Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10

collect the same as other taxes of said yillape
are collected and pay three-fourths of the
moneys so collected to the treasury of said
village, and the remaining one-fourth of said
tax so collected to the treasurer of said town
of Brattleboro, which said moneys SO paid 70
the village treasurer shall be drawn bv Tho
balGs of said corporation, and expended bv
them and under their direction in building
constructing, maintaining and repairing the
highways, streets, sidewalks, alleys and lanes
within the limits of said village and no sur.
yoyor or surveyors of highways for said high
way district shall be required or chosen by
said town
Sec 3. Section eight of said act ia hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Said corporation may purchase. hold and
convey any real estate, and erect and keen In
repair any building or buildings necessary for
their purposes; may construct maintain or
purchase such aqueducts and reservoirs as
they may judge best; make bylaws regulat-
ing the sale and measurement of wood and
weight of hay, grain and potatoes, and ali
other articles within the limits of said village.
may regulate the construction, location and
use of hay scales, markets and slaughter
houses, groceries and victualling shops, land
g Awnings ertendIng oCer the adetcalks in
sail rILdg6, and the erection of dwelling-
houses and other buildings, SO as To provido
for the safety of said village, land he con.
ctaieHce IF its Inhabitants :; may make such
bylaws and regulations as they shall deem
proper in relation to horses, carriages and
other vehicles standing in any street in said
village; shall have power to restrain all nui
sauces, or abate the same, and cause all
sources of filth to be removed NAV direct
the cleaning, repairing and improvement of
streets, highways, commons or walks and
protect the same from injury, light the same,
keep night-watch, restrain cattle, horses
sheep, swine, geese and other animals Tor
toriSl from running at large, or permit the
same to run at large under such restrictions
as they may provide may make provisions
for the planting and preservation of shade
and other tree lay ont, grade, fence and 9TH
erwise improve all public parks and com
mons, remove all shade trees, freico0d Ilrn-
her, carriages, dicn{ngS, b0res or other thinos1
that may cucumber the streets or sidewalks
in said village and may impose any fine not
exceeding twenty-five dollars. for breach of
any of said bylaws, which fines, and all 9th.
ers provided by this act, shall be prosecuted
within six months from the time they accrue
in the name of such corporation, and may be
recovered before any Justice of the Peace of
said county, town or village, in an action of
debt declaring generally for a breach of said
W -lhNo VI va bhlh hIl huu hil SUCH nneS Shall
be paid to the treasurer of said village"
Sec. 4. Section twenty-three of said act is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
The engines, hose, hooks and ladders
ldHd al other apparatus for tie ertiaquisd-
ment Of fires, and buildings for storing and
preserving the same, together with the water
cisterns, hydrants, engines, hose, and hook
and ladder companies shall be under the par
ticular charge, superintendent and control
of the chief engineer, who shall at each an
nual meeting make report in writing of the
condition of his said department, provided,
however, that [either] the bailifTs of said vii
lage or tie chief engineer and the assistant
engineers, as the Uilidg6 nlay UOte shall have
the especial charge and direction of THE l0ca-
ton of the several engine, hose and hook and
hadder companies and the engines, carts,
trucks, hose, hooks ami kGdders Of each of them
respectively, tOgether 'oith all repairs ecessa-
ry to be made to any of the buildings, en-
gines, hose, hooks and ladders, carts, trucks,
hydrants and water cisterns aud no moneys
shall be appropriated or paid by said corpor-
alton for any of the purposes aforesaid I'M
less said repairs shall have been made by and
with the consent and direction of said bal
lifts or majority of them; Land progided
further that no engine, hose, or hook and lad
der company shall be diSJdHded or discharged
FROM SERVICE or neto company organized By
the chtefengineer 1oittOut the concurrence and
approval, and by the direction Of either the
Jdilits or the chief engineer and tie assistant
engineers, as the UiiId9e may cote"
Sec. .. The present board of officers
of said village corporation elected at
the annual meeting holden on the first Mon
doy of December, A. d. 1872 shall continue
70 hold their respective offices, and full faith
and credit shall be given to their acts as such
officers, until the second Tuesday of March,
A. d. 1881.
Sec. G. This act shall take effect when ac-
cepted by majority of the legal voters of
said village.