Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-12-22

in any violation of the law relative to the
pollution of the water supplies occurs. 1t
shall have power to employ such expert
assistants as it considers necessary.
Sec. 8 Cities, towns, villages and per-
sons shall submit to said board for its adj
vice their proposed systems of public water
supply or for the disposal of drainage or
sewage. Said boards shall consult with
and advise the authorities of the cities,
towns, villages and p ersons having or
about to have systems of public water
supply drainage or sewage, as to the
most appropriate sources of water supply
and the best methods of assuring its pur-
ity or as to the best methods of dispos-
ing of their drainage or sewage, with refer
ence to the existing and future needs OF
other cities, towns and villages, or persons
which may be affected thereby. 1t shall
also consult with and advise persons engag-
ed or intending to engage in any manufac-
turing or other business whose drainage
or sewage may tend to pol1ute any water
or source of water supply, as to the best
method of preventing such pollution and
it may conduct experiments to determine
the best methods of publication or dis
posal of drainage or sewage. No person
shall be required to bear the expense Of
such consultation, advice or experiments.
In this section the term drainage
means the rainfall, surface and sub-soil
waetr only and sewage means domestic
and manufacturing filth and refuse.
Sec 6. Upon petition to said board by
the mayor of a city, the selectmen of a
town, the trustee or bailiff of a village,
the managing board or officer of any
public institution, or by a board of water
commissioners or the president of a wa
ter or ice company, Stating that manure,
excrement, garbage or any other matter
polluting or tending to pollute the water
of any stream, pond, spring, or water
institution or company as a. source Of
water supply, the board shall appoint q
time and place within the county where
the nuisance or pollution is alleged to ex-
list for hearing and after notice thereof
to parties interested and a hearing, if in
its judgment the public health so re-
quires, shall by an order served upon the
party company or premises so polluted,
prohibit the deposit, keeping or discharge
of any such cause of pollution and shall
order him to desist therefrom and to re-
move any such cause of pollution; but the
board shall not prohibit the cultivation
or use of soil in the ordinary methods Of
agriculture if no human excrement is used
therefor. Said board shall not prohibit
the use of any structure which was in
existence at the time of the passage OF
this act upon a complaint made by the
board of water commissioners of any
city, town or village, or by any water or
ice company unless such board of water
commissioners or company files with the
state board a vote of its city council, Sc
1ectmen, trustees or bailiffs, or company
respectively, that such city, town, VIII
1age or company will at its own expense
make such change in said structure or its
location as said board shall deem expedi-
ent. Such vote shall be binding on such
city, town, village or company All
damages caused by such change shall be-
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