The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-17

owner has received from said trus-
tees certificate of permit specify
ing the material of which the outer
walls and outer covering of the roof
of such building is to be composed,
and street upon which and the dis
lance therefrom at which such build
ing is to be placed; and such certifi'
cate shall not be granted until SAID
trustees are satisfied that such struc
ture when complete will be safe and
secure and build in the best manner
to escape the dangers of fire, eX-
plosion and disease. If a building,
alteration or extension of building
is begun without such certificate OF
permit, the builder and the owner
shall both be deemed to have violat-
ed the provisions of this section.
ANY person violating this section
shall be fined not exceeding one hun
dred dollars for each violation of
this bylaw,
Section 9.-Section 10, shall be
known and numbered Section 3.
Section II, is hereby repealed.
Village Records and Expenditures
Section 10.-Section u, shall be
known and numbered Section 10 and
be amended to read as follows:-
The clerk of the village shall act
as clerk of the trustees, and shall
be the custodian Of all village books,
vouchers, correspondence and other
papers, except such as appertain to
the office of the treasurer. He shall
attend the meetings of the trustees
and keep the records thereof, and
shall keep the accounts of the trus-
tees covering all expenditures of
village money, and for such services
he shall be entitled to receive three
hundred dollars per year as compen-
sation, payable in equal monthly in
stalments. In case of his disability
or absence the trustees may appoint
one of their number to act in his
place.
Section 11.-Section 10, shall be
known and numbered Section H.
Section 12.-Section IA shall be
known and numbered Section II and
shall be amended to read as fol-
lows:-
Village orders shall be drawn only
in pursuance of a vote of the trus-
tees passed at the regular monthly
meeting of the board, except as
otherwise provided in this section.
and said orders shall be signed by at
least five trustees. No order shall
be drawn payable to bearer, nor
shall any order be drawn to cover
more than one bill against village,
except in case of pay rolls for high
ways; and the trustees may draw or
ders upon the highway fund to the
order of the street commissioner or
expert assistant for the weekly
payment of the employees on the
streets and sewers under such regu-
lations as the trustees may require
and before the same has been ex-
pended The water commissioners
shall draw all orders relating to the
operation and management of the
public waterworks. The corpora
ton attorney shall draw all orders
for the costs in all legal prosecu-
tions.
Section -Section--, shall
be known and numbered Section 10
and amended to read as follows:-
The highway money shall be ex-
pended by orders drawn in favor of
the street commissioner or expert
assistant, which orders shall never
exceed fifty per cent of highway tax
uncollected, the amount of highway
tax actually in the hands of the
| treasurer unappropriated at the time
such order is drawn. and separate
account thereof shall be kept by the
treasurer Such orders shall be
| drawn only upon presentation by the
street commissioner or expert as
sistance on monthly statements, ex.
cept for the weekly payment of the
employees on the streets and sewers
showing in detail all items of labor
and material for which payment is
needed, giving dates, and names OF
streets, and also including the orders
drawn for the weekly payment of the
employees on the streets and sew.
ers, and sworn to as hereinbefore re
quired. Said orders when issued
shall be charged against the street
commissioner or expert assistance
personally, and credits therefor shall
be allowed him only upon the return
of duplicate payroll with Original
signatures of each and every person
to whom such moneys are due and
payable according to such said pay
roll, receipting the same.
Section 14.-Section 16. to be
known. and numbered as Section Il
Section 15.-Section II, to be-
known and numbered Section 10 ant
to be amended to read as follows:-
No new sewers shall be construct
ed at the expense of the village with
out vote of the village to construc
the same. The trustees shall con
troll all sewers built by private indi
viduals so far as to make them con
formable to the general system o
the public sewer, according to tn,
provision of the village charter.
Section 16.-Section IS, to b,
known and numbered Section 16.
Section 17.-Setcion 10, to b,
known and numbered Section II.
Section dissection 20, to b,
known and numbered Section Is.
Water Commissioners.
Section 19.-Section 49,
The water commissioners shall
hold meetings monthly, at some con
venient place, on the evening of tn
first Monday in each month for tn
transaction of the business of tn