Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-01-11
VILLAGE MEETING JANUARY Is, 1907
Amended Village Bylaws to be Adopted
Village officers to be Elected. Other
Important Business to be
Transacted

preaching village meeting which will oc-
cur at two o'clock on Wednesday after
noon. Jan. 16. 1t is then that the voters
will have an opportunity to ask questions,
make suggestions and exercise their right
of suffrage in the election of a board of
seven village trustees, chief of the fire
department, water commissioners,
treasurer, auditors. clerk and moderator
Tomorrow the annual report of the audi
tors will be issued and it is especially an
interesting document as Auditors Mar
shall and Jones have been particularly
painstaking in its preparation and ar
rangement.
In addition to the matter of voting the
annual tax to meet the estimate made by
the auditors the really heavy business of
the meeting will be the discussion and
adoption of the amended village bylaws.
These bylaws have been amended to
conform to the amended village charter
which was passed at the last session of
the Legislature. Arrangements will be
made to place a copy of the amended by
laws in the hands of the voters on We'd
nesday, and possibly before, that a study
of the same may be made by those in
terested. Below we quote several sec
tions that are of especial interest to all
ART. 1S. No person shall open or
operate public billiard, or pool, saloon,
or room or public bowling alley without
a license from the Trustees when in their
opinion the public good so requires.
Notice of such revocation shall be signed
by majority of the Trustees and attest
ed by the clerk, and "a copy Of the same
shall be delivered to the owner or keeper
of such saloon or alley and the original
shall be recorded by the clerk. Such
owner or keeper who permits his saloon,
room or alley to be used for playing the
game of billiards or pool or bowling after
receiving the notice of the revocation of
his licencse shall be fined the sum of
twenty dollars for each day or fraction
used together with cost of prosecution.
ART. 10. No person shall enter into or
prosecute the business of hotel keeper,
saloon keeper or keeper of an eating
house without license from the Trustees,
which license shall be recorded by the
clerk, and said license may be revoked
by the Trustees when in their opinion
the public good SO requires. Notice of
such revocation shall be signed by a
majority of the Trustees and attested by
the clerk, and copy of the same shall be
delivered to the owner or keeper of such
hotel, saloon or eating house and the
original shall be recorded by the clerk.
Any person who shall continue in the
business of hotel keeper, saloon keeper,
or keeper of an eating house after re-
ceiving a notice of the revocation of
such license, or shall prosecute or engage
in the business of hotel keeper, saloon
keeper, or keeper of an eating house
without license therefor as herein pro-
vided shall be fined ten dollars for each
day or fraction thereof that such hotel,
saloon, or eating house is opened for bu-
siness.
ART. 20. All licenses granted for the
aforesaid purposes shall expire on the
first day of February in each year, unless
sooner revoked as herein provided, and
the licensee shall pay a sum to be fixed
by the Trustees, but which shall be not
more than ten and not less than one
dollar per year for said license for a
public billiard or pool saloon, or room,
or public bowling alley, and not more
than twenty nor less than two dollars
per year for hotel, saloon or eating
house; said license to be paid to the
treasurer Immediately upon the same
being granted.
SEC. IA. WATER DEPARTMENT. ART,
/. The Water Commissioner shall take
charge of, and maintain, the water sys-
tenn of the village including all pipes,
mains, reservoirs, springs, brooks or
other sources of supply, together with
all hydrants, pumps, tools, machinery
and property of every description be-
longing to the water department. They
shall, subject to vote of the village, fix
and collect the rentals for the use of the
water They shall cause frequent in
spections to be made of all premises
where the village water is used, shall
keep careful report of the same, and
if they find on any premises that the
water is being wasted by reason of leaky
or defective pipes, faucets or fixtures
they shall forthwith notify the owner
or occupant of said premises, and they
shall order said owner or occupant t.
cause said waste to cease by making re-
pairs or by such changes or measures as
may be necessary. They shall annually
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