St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18

for the town, to whom paid and for what
purpose.
! SEC. ). The accounts required by the pre-
ceding section shall be open at all times to
the inspection of the tax payers ini said town.
and all selectmen. street commissioners.
agents or other officers repairing highways
and bridges, shall settle their accounts with
the auditors between the first day of February
and the first day of March in each year, or at
such other time as the town directs.
SEC. Is. When there are loose stones in the
+. travelled portion of the highway, the select
men or other person having charge of said
! least once a month while the road is bare of
! snow. And such selectmen or person shall
keep the travelled track through all covered
bridges covered with snow during the season
| of seighing. And when highway is liable
! to1be Distracted by snow drifts, and the fences
| adjoining the highway can be conveniently
laid down. the ,selectmen or officers having
charge of such highway may cause any portion
| of such fence to be laid down to remain dur
! ing the winter. and the compensation for
taking down and putting up said fence shall
| be paid according to section 30lS OF the Re-
viSed Laws.
SEC. I. The selectmen or street commits
sioner may, when it Is for the interest of
! their towns. purchase tools necessary in max
ing and repairing highways, and shall have
credit for the same and for the expense of
keeping them in repair; and may purchase at
/ the expense of the town, timber, plank and
other material necessary for repairing high
ways and bridges in such town.
| SEC. s. In the absence of any other officers
or agents appointed by the town, or in case of
! the refusal or neglect of such officers or
| agents to keep the highways and bridges in
good repair, the selectmen of such town shall
have charge of the same and shall see to it that
all the highways and bridges in such town are
kept in good and sufficient repair at all sea-
| sons of the year.
SEC g. Section 3O44 of chapter 141 of the
revised laws of Vermont and all the following
sections OF said chapter to and including sec
ton 3oS1, and all other acts inconsistent with
! this act are hereby repealed Provided, how
! ever that this act shall not be construed to
| alter or repeal the provisions of charters of
incorporated villages relating to the assess
ment, collection and expenditure of highway
| taxes.
SEC. 10. This act shall take effect on the
! first Monday of March. 1885.
Approved Nov. p, 1884.
No 13-An act in addition to chapter one
hundred and forty of the Revised Laws
relating to public highways.
| 1t is hereby enacted ETC.:
! SEC. l. The selectmen of any town in this
state are hereby authorized to lay out, estab-
! lish, construct cause to be constructed and
maintained drains, bitches, water courses
leading from any public highway in such
town, across the lands of any person to any
existing water course, for the purpose of
carrying away the surface water from such
public highway or other drainage necessary
! for public health, in all cases where they shall
| adjudge that the public good or the necessity
drains. bitches or water courses.
/ SEC. .. Before such drains bitches or
water courses shall be laid out and establish
| ed such selectmen shall give notice to such
! lanG owners and all persons interested i'll such
lands of a time and place when and where
such selectmen will hear them upon the queS-
ton of laying out and establishing such drains.
bitches or water courses and also upon the
question of damages to such land owners.
| SEC. g. If, upon such hearing, such select
men shall order the laying out and establish
/ mpnt ditch water
! they shall determine the amount of damage
! to such land owners, and award the same to
them, and shall cause their said order and
awards or refusal to award damages, together
| with a survey and description of such drain,
| ditch or water course, to be recorded i'll the
| town clerks office in the town where such
| highway and drain, ditch, or water course are
| situate, within ten days thereafter.
| SEC. 4. In awarding damages to such land
owners account shall be taken of the special
| benefit accruing to them, II any, by reason
| OF the establishment and maintenance of
| such drains, bitches or water courses. and it
| shall be the duty of such town to construct
! them and maintain them in good and sufficient
repair until they shall, upon due notice and
hearing he discontinued by the selectmen OF
such town.
| SEC. 5. Within sixty days after such record
of such order laying out and establishing such
! drains, bitches or water courses, and of such
awards or refusal to award damages, any such
| land owner who shall be dissatisfied with the
laying out such drains, bitches or water
! courses, well with the amount of damages
| awarded, or with the refusal to award
| damages, may apply by petition in writing to
! the county court at the then next ensuing
| term, if there is time for notice, and
| If not at the succeeding term, for a re-
| view of the action of such Selectmen, and any
| number of such different land owners may join
| i'll such petition, and such proceedings shall
| thereafter be had, and such petitioners and
| town shall be subject to the same rights and
| liabilities as are provided by sections 2941 to
| 2943 inclusive, OF the Revised Laws of this
State.
| SEC. 6. If such land owner shall be dis
satisfied only with the amount of damages
| awarded or the refusal to award damage, he
may within sixty days after such record in
such town clerk office, by petition in writing
| apply to a justice in some other town in the
same county for the appointment of commits
| SlOnerS to reappraiSe such damages and any
| number of such different land owners may join
| in such petition. And, upon the filing of such
petition, such proceedings shall be had, and
such petitioners and town shall have the same
| rights and be subject to the same liabilities
as are provided by sections 1884 to 29:S9 of the
| Revised Laws of this State. But such last
ton of such drains bitches or water courses.
SEC. T. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. "a 1884.
No. 14.-An act limiting the power of
county road commissioners and constituting
the meaning of the word sluice, and relat-
| ing to highways.
1t is hereby enacted, etc:
| SEC. l. No assessment or order hereafter
made by the board of commissioners, provided
for and named in section 800 of the Revised
Laws, shall exceed the sum or amount of five
hundred dollars.
SEC. f. The word 'sluice," as used in sec
! ton Sill of the Revised Laws, amended by