The Press., 1910-09-07
BYLAW RELATING TO THE
 SPRINKLING OF STREETS.
Be it ordained by the Warden and Bur gesses of the Borough of Stafford Springs

Be it ordained by the Warden and Bur =
 gesses of the Borough of Stafford Springs.
 Section l. Except as 1t may be the duty of every street railway company, operating street Borough of Stafford Springs to sprinkle with water the part of said highway used by said company. the Borough Of Stafford Springs shall sprinkle with water such street or highways within said borough, or any part of any such streets and highways as may be designated by be done at such times and in such manner as the Court of BurgeSses may direct, provided, however, that all persons whose property may be anected by the passage of this ordinance shall have the privilege to petition or rem0n- strate before said Court of Burgesses, concern ing such Spr1nkling affecting them.
 Section ,. Said Court of Burgesses is author ized to purchase such spriHkllng carts and de- vices as may be necessary and convenient for the use of said borough, or to contract, in the name of said borough, with the lowest responsi- ble bidder or bidders to furnish such carts and devices. and to sprinkle with water such streets and highways, or any part thereof, as may be designated by the said Court of Burgesses, ex- cepting, however, so lar as 1t is the duty of said street railway companies so to do
 Section Said Court Of Burgesses is author tzed to furnish, and make suitable contracts T furnishing, for and in the name of the borough, necessary water to be used for such Sprtnkltng, and to likewise provide and furnish such street railway company, free of expense to such com pany, the water to be used by 1t for such sprink-
 Section 4. The actual cost of watering the whole or any part of any street or highway un- der this bylaw shall be assessed against the real estate abutt1ng or fronting on the part of said street or highway so Watered, and against the owners thereof in proportion to the length Of the frontage of said property, on said part Of said street or highway thus Watered, provided, however, that the borough alone shall be re spOnsible for the sprinkltng of the intersections of such streets and highways.
 Section 5. The Court of Expresses. on or be- fore the fifteenth day of october in each year, shall determine the approximate expense of wa tering or SpTinkling the streets of said borough, and shall determine, on or before the fifteenth each of said assessments, and the sum so de- termined shall be a lien upon the real estate af- fected thereby. and the date Of the commence ment Of such lien shall be the first day of April preceding, and such lien shall continue until the fifteenth day of December of the ensuing year.
 section 6. The amount Of assessments deter mined upon by said Court of Expresses as afore- said shall be placed In the rate bill of said bor- ough next thereafter made, and the sums so and by the same persons as are the taxes speci- fled in such rate bill, and the lien therefor may be continued as tax liens are by law continued in said borough.
 section 2. Upon the sale or upon the contract for sale of any real estate which may be affect ed under the provisions of this bylaw, the own- CT thereof may deposit with the clerk of said ing or Sprlnkltng, for which a lien may be claimed to the time of such sale and from the time Of such deposit, such lien shall not be deemed an encumbrance upon said property so as in any wise to affect a contract of sale.
 BY ORDER OF WARDEN AND BURGEssEs.
 Attest, WM. Fl. HEALD, Clerk.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, Sept. 6, 1910.