St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-02-06
NOTICE..
Special Village
Meeting
February 20, 1907.

| JOhnSbury are hereby warned anu noti
fed to meet at the Town Hall in the Vii
lage ofSt. Johnsbury, in the County Of
| Caledonia, and State of Vermont, on the
goth day of February, A D., 1907, at
seven o'clock in the afternoon, then and
there to consider and act upon the fol
lowing business to wit,
First. To see if the village will vote to
modify, amend, alter or abrogate, all,
any, or either of the present bylaws OF
the village.
Second. To see if the village will vote
to adopt all, any, or either OF the follow
ing proposed bylaws:
ARTICLE l. The Clerk shall procure all
necessary blank books for use in his office, at
the expense of the corporation. and shall fur
nish certified copies OF any record in his office,
on the tender of such fees as are allowed to
Town Clerks for like services, and shall, on
demand of his successor in office, deliver over
to him all the books and papers in his hands
belonging to the Corporation; and if he shall
neglect or refuse so to do, he shall forfeit and
pay to the Corporation a fine of one dollar
and costs for each day he shall neglect or re-
fuse.
ARTICLE 2. The Trustees of said Corpor-
alton are authorized to draw orders on the
Treasurer of said Corporation for the pay
ment of any sums which shall be assessed to
any person as damages for any land orprop-
erty taken or improved for highway or
other public use. They shall audit and in
their discretion allow the claim of any person
against said Corporation for money paid or
services performed, and for any debt contrac-
ted or obligation incurred, by said trustees,
for and on behalf of said Corporation, for
any matter within the proper scope of their
corporate duties; and shall draw orders
therefor in favor of the person entitled, upon
the Treasurer of said Corporation.
ARTICLE 8. The Trustees may appoint
one or more surveyors of highways, as they
shall deem necessary, and may remove the
same at their pleasure, and the Trustees may
divide up the highway tax which shall be as
sessed to said Village by the Selectmen OF ST.
Johnsbury, into as many different tax bills as
they may Judge necessary, and deliver to the
different surveyors by them appointed. Said
surveyors shall have the same powers and
shall perform their duties in the manner pro-
vided by law for highway surveyors, and
shall expend the said taxes under the direc-
ton of said Trustees.
ARTICLE f. The Trustees shall appoint
one or more surveyors of wood for said Viii
lage, and on application OF any person inter
ested, any such surveyor shall measure wood
or bark, and shall be entitled to receive from
the persons making application to him there
for, four cents for each cord OF WOOD or bark
so measured and the ad-measurement ofSuch
wood or bark, certified in writing by such
surveyor, and made in presence of parties in
terested, or on reasonable notice to them,
shall be final and conclusive between the par
ties as to the quantity of such wood or bark.
ARTICLE 5. The Trustees may cause the
removal of all nuisanceS, and direct the clean
ing, repairing and improvement OF Streets
commons lanes and walks and when neces
sary, light the same and keep watch, and
may provide and direct the planting OF shade
and other trees in the streets.
ARTICLE 6. The Trustees shall have the
same power to abate taxes assessed by them
that the board of civil authority have in the
abatement of town taxes.
ARTICLE 7. Trustees are empowered to
direct any person about to erect or locate
any dwelling house or other building within
the limits of said Village, in relation to the
location of such house or other building, and
to give such direction to such person, in
writing, signed by a majority of said Trus-
tees; and if any person, after receiving such
direction in writing from said Trustees, shall
proceed to erect or locate such house or other
building contrary to such direction, such per-
son shall forfeit to said corporation the sum
of five dollars for each day such house or
other building or any portion thereof, shall
be continued contrary to such direction, to
be recovered, with COSTS by an action ofdebt
before any court proper to try the same
ARTICLE 8. The Trustees may at any
time direct the police officers of said Village
to prevent the assembling or gathering OF
crowds of people upon any of the sidewalks
or streets of said Village, or in the Court
House yard, and to disperse such crowds
when so gathered by such force as is neces-
sary for that purpose, and to prevent loahng
upon, and unreasonable occupance of any
street or the Court House yard or sidewalk
of said Village; and said police officers upon
such direction, shall have full power to dis
perse such crowd or crowds of people so
gathered and to prevent such loafing upon
or unreasonable occupancy OF any street. or
the Court House yard, or said walks in said
Village.
And if any person or persons so assembled
upon, or loafng upon, or unreasonably occu-
plying any street, or the Court House yard,
or sidewalks of said Village, shall refuse or
neglect forthwith to disperse and cease such
loafing or unreasonable occupancy. upon be-
ing requested so to do by any policeman OF
said Village every person so offending shall
forfeit and pay to said Village, the sum OF
five dollars and costs of prosecution, for such
offence, to be recovered in an action OF debt
in the name of said Village.
ARTICLE g. The Trustees may license for the
term ofone year or a less time, any person or
persons to keep market grocery, victualing
house, lunch room, lunch cart, or any place
where drinks ofany kind are sold or disposed
of as a beverage, within the limits OF the VII
lage to sell therein groceries, meats, provis-
ions foods, fruits or drinks, not forbidden by
the terms of such license, or the laws of the
state under such regulations as said trustees
may prescribe. All such licenses shall be
signed by majority of the trustees, and
the corporation at the expense of the person
having such license, and no license shall be
effectual until it shall have been so recorded
and the trustees may at any time revoke such
license granted by them or their predecessors
| in Office, when in their opinion the public
| good requires the same; and when any license
| is so revoked by the trustees notice shall b,
given in writing to the person holding sucl
| license, and certificate of such revocation
signed by a majority of the Trustees, shall b.
recordedin the office of the clerk of the cor
poration and If any person without licens
| therefor, as provided in this article, shall
hereafter keep any market grocery, victual
ing house, lunch room, lunch cart or plac
where drinks of any kind are sold and dispos
ed OF as beverage, and shall therein sell o
furnish any groceries, meats, provisions
food, fruits or drinks of any kind as bever
age, he shall forfeit and pay penalty t.
the corporation the sum of ten dollars, AM
costs of prosecution, for each offense, to b
recovered in an action of debt in the name @
the corporation.
ARTICLE 10. The Trustees may license 70
the term of one year, or a less time, any per
son or persons to keep a public billiard room
or pool room within the limits of the village
to therein play and permit the playing of bill
lizards and pool, under such regulations a
such trustees may prescribe. All such license
shall be signed by a majority of the trustees
and shall be recorded in the office of the cler
OF the corporation at the expense of the pei
son having such license and no license sha
be etfectual until it shall have been so RECORD
ed
The Trustees may at any time revoke sue
license granted by them or their predecessor
in office, when in their opinion the publ
good requires the same; and when any lcens
is revoked by the trustees, notice shall be giv
en- in writing to the person holding such
cense, and a certificate of revocation, signe
| by a majority of the Trustees, shall be recort
r | ed in the office of the CLERK IF the CornOre
l ton.
IL any person without a license therefor a
Y | PROVIDED in this article shall hereafter keep O
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