Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-22
No SO. AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF ROAD
COMMISSIONER IN EACH TOWN OF THIS STATE,
AND FOR TIE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HIGH

Aere5y enacted By tie General assembly Of the State Of
Vermont:
SECTION Section zoos Revised Laws hereby amended by
striking that clause which reads follows -" surveyor Of
highways district unless the elect commits
so4ers and inserting in lieu thereof ga road commissioner who
SEC shall the duty of road commissioners elected
provided in section of this perform all the duties and have
all power and responsibilities conferred by law upon
commissioners highway surveyors except otherwise provided
SEC B. Such give bonds to the APP
pova and satisfaction of the seecmen, equal the
amount be raised and expended in said If person
elected road commissioner fails qualify before the first day
of April the office shall be deemed and shall be filled by
the scectmsn by appointment And in the event Of vacancy
to fill out the nexped term and the person
SEt a. For Recpng IN repair the Highways the ctmen of
each shall annually within days after the completion of
grand list of said which shall be collected paid
the provided by law for the payment Of other
and villages which shall be collected and appopr
aed by such cities and villages provided by law and
further funds needed therefor they shat be raised an ad
SEC J. a five dollar hereby annually
polls and raable of the inhabitants Of
this State and nonresents who have grand list for the sup
port highways The of the shall apporon
the several cities and unoganzed and
this State such according to their respective lists and shall
before the first day of May in each year. make and
Of each and and the collector of
for the unorganld and in this State notice
apporoned and that the shall be paid into
the of the State before the first day of June next
SEC G. The commissioner of taxes for all unorganzed towns
and cores shall Immediately upon receipt of such notice
for the specified and the be collected
prescribed by law such unorganzd and
cores and the to be paid into the State treasury ac
cordng such notice and the several towns and city easu
SHALL upon the receipt of such notice. transmit the same to the
scectmen of their cities and such
shall draw order the of their
respective for the amount of such tax and such treas
shall pay the the State according to such
notice. moneys belonging their town city and
sufficient funds the hands of such treasurer to pay
such the ctmen shall borrow the same upon their
and several towns cities provide for the
of such by special to be assessed and collected like
ordinary of city such State tax may be povdedfor
like ordinary expenses of the several towns or cities
The list prepared annually by the secretary of State
from the grand list of the several towns cities
organized cores which by law required be
returned his Office shall constitute basis for the apporon
ment Of said tax.
SEC The provisions of section three hundred sxynine of
the Revised Laws shall not apply to the State tax assessed by this
The raised shall be reapporoned and repaid
towns cities and villages basis of road mileage
be asceaued follows The scectmen SHALL before
10TH the highways including pen roads,
their respective towns including the cities and incorporated vii