Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-30

ces and conditions as towns by law are
liable for such damage or injury by rea-
son of the insufficiency or want of repair
of their bridges.
SEC. .. The trustees shall hav e author.
ity to enter into or upon the lands or
property of any individual, firm or COZ
poratiOu to clear out, open or construct
any drain or ditch which, in their iudg-
ment, is required or necessary to receive
or carry oil the surface water falling or
| flowing upon the streets or highways in
said village and likely to do damagr
thereto, or TO tender the same dangerous
to public travel, and to clean out, open
or increase the capacity of any water
course or ditch or drain which now re-
ceives all or any part of such water upon
payment or tender thereof to the party
injured thereby, of damages by him sus-
tanned by reason thereof. If person
owning or Interested in lands through
which ditch, culvert or drain is laid out
or altered by the trustees, is dissatisfied
with the laying out CT altering thereof
he may, within sixty days after the pro-
ceedings of said trustees and description
of the property taken is filed in the office
of the clerk of the town or village as re-
quired by this act, apply by petition in
writing to the Addison County Court
| in the manner provided in the case of
laying out, altering or resurveying high
ways by selectmen; and thereupOn the
same proceedings shall be had as III such
cases, and such application TO the County
Court shall stay the taking of such lands,
until the decision of the court.
SEC. 10. The trustees shall have the
exceeding five in number, except on
public occasions, when they may appoint
such number of special police for such
occasions as they may think necessary
by writing under their hands. who shall
be qualified, by taking the oath of Office.
and by causing their said appointments
to be recorded by the clerk of said cor
poration; but such appointment may be
revoked 10y a majority of said trustees,
in their discretion. which revocation
shall also be in writing, and be- recorded
by said clerk. Such police officers shall
by virtue of said appointment, be in
forming officers, cOnstables and con-
servators of the peace within said vii
lagp, or upon lands of the village. and
may serve any criminal process through
out the county of Addison retu nable
within said village or to the County
Court at Mddlebury; provided the of
Tense charged was committed within
SAID village; and they may also commit
any person convicted of violation of
this act, or any bylaw or ordinance of
said corporation, or of any law of the
state, upon mittimus, TO the common
Jail in Addison County, or to the house
of corrections; and they shall be proper
officers in criminal trials before a justice
OF the peace held within said village
to empanel, draw and summon Jurors
before justice courts; and justice hold
ing Justice court shall, in his dis
erection. designate some one of said
police officers to act as officer of such
court, and such police officer shall be
entitled to receive therefor the same fee.
as constable would be entitled to re-
ctive for the same services. Any such
police officer shall, upon view of any
violation of this act, the provisions there
of, or of any bylaw or ordinance Of
said corporation, or of the laws of the
state within the limits of the town of
Middlebury or of said village, arrest the
offender forthwith, and without warran
for that purpose, forthwith convey sucf
offender before justice of the peace t
answer complaint therefor, and may
make complaint on oath, in the nam,
of said corporation, against such offender
For such arrest. and the services con
nected Herewith, such police Office
shall receive the fees which sheriffs Of
constables are entitled to for similar
services. Said police officer shall, upor
such arrest, forthwith notify some ju>
tice of the peace, who shall have sucl
offender forthwith brought before HIM
and said officer may commit said offend
er to the Addison County Jail or other
wise detain him in safe custody for
reasonable time, at the end of whicl
time he shall be discharged unless pre-