The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-26
DRAFT OF BILL TO
AMEND VILLAGE
CHARTER
Full Text of Measure Now Bill
fore Legislature
HANDLING OF HIGHWAY FUNDS
Principal Change Made Necessary
by Proposed Gift by Henry w.
Putnam.

An act in amendment of and ad-
dition to the charter of the village of
Bennington.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Sec l. Section q of No. 226 of
the Acts of 1883 is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. /. The auditors shall audit
all the accounts of all village officers
required by law to make a report,
and no account shall be allowed by
said auditors without the production
of the proper vouchers therefore.
Sec 2. Section 81 of No. 226 of
the Acts of 1864 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
No money shall be expended by
any person for, or in behalf OF SAID
village, except the trustees, water
commissioners, and attorney for the
village, as hereinafter provided, and
no money shall be paid out except up
on orders signed by the trustees or
a majority of them, the water COM
missioners or majority of them, or
said. The trustees, water commits
sioners and said attorney shall keep
a full and true record of all orders
drawn and expenditures made by
them, and said trustees, water com
missloners and attorney shall make
report thereof at each annual meet
ing of said village, or at such other
time as said village may direct. And
said village may make all needful by
laws, rules and regulations in refer
ence thereto and for the govern
ment of said trustees and water com
missiOners.
Sec. 3. Section of No. 2S1 of the
Acts of 1904 is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
The trustees shall have charge of,
and superintend the construction and
repair of streets, side walks, cul-
yerts, sewers and drains in said vii
lage. and may appoint and remove at
pleasure, street commissioner who
shall, under their direction, take
charge of the same or any part there
of, and the trustees may employ ex-
pert assistance in performing the
duties required of them under this
such street commissioner, or to fur
nish such expert assistance, shall
receive such compensation as the
trustees may determine, and such
person employed to furnish such ex
pert assistance, need not necessarily
be a resident; he shall give such
bond for the faithful performance OF
his duties and the moneys intrusted
to him for the weekly payment OF the
employees on the streets and sewers
as the trustees may require, and
shall keep such account and submit
the same TO the inspection of the
trustees of said village, and to the
auditors, as the trustees may re-
quire; and the trustees may draw or
ders upon the highway fund to the
order of the street commissioner for
the weekly payment OF the employees
on the streets and sewers under such
regulations as the trustees may re-
quire and before the same has been
expended; and such street commits
sioner shall. whenever the board of
water commissioners so direct him,
have charge of the system of public
water works of the village.
Sect 4. Section / of No 155 of
the Acts of 1896 is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
The Village is hereby authorized
and empowered. by a majority vote
of the legal voters present and vot-
ing at meeting duly called and hol
den for that purpose, to accept by
gift from the Bennington Water Com
pany and receive, take over and hold
the system of water works of the
Bennington Water Company for the
purposes set forth in Section l of an
Act of the General Assembly of the
State of Vermont 1912 entitled IAN
Act TO enable the Bennington Water
Company to donate to the Village of
Bennington its system OF water
works and the Village TO receive the
same" approved December 10. 1912.
subject to the provisions of said Act
and to the terms, conditions and
limitations set forth and expressed
in the deed of conveyance drawn.
signed, sealed but not yet delivered
from said Bennington Water Com
pany to said Village of Bennington.
Sec. 5. Section of No. l55 of
the Acts of 1896 is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Said Village. at any meeting legal
ly warned and holden for that pur-
pose make make alter and
repeal such reasonable bylaws.
rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary. not repugnant
to the laws of this State OF to the
Act or the terms. conditions and
limitations Of the deed referred to in
Section Of this Act: for the develop
ment maintenance and administra-
ton OF its said system OF water
works
Sec. 6. Section OF No. 155 Of
the Acts Of 1886 is hereby amended
so as TO read as follows
Said Village may enter upon and
use any land and enclosure. over or
through which il may be necessary
for acQueduct OF pipes 10 pass. on
the most practicable route OF routes.
from whence its water may be taken.
doing no unnecessary damage there
to. and may thereon and therein
place. lay and construct such pipes.
acQueducts. reservoirs. appurten-