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missioners and shall be signed by at
least four members of the board of
water commissioners. No order shall
be drawn payable to bearer, nor
shall any order be drawn to cover
more than one bill against the water
fund, except in case of pay rolls for
the employees of the water depart
ment.
Section 28.-No member of the
board of water commissioners shall
be directly or indirectly interested
in any contract with the water de-
partment and the village shall not
be liable to make payment under any
such contract. Compensation to the
water commissioners for their ser
vices shall only be such as may be
voted at the annual village meeting,
or a special meeting duly called for
that purpose.
Police Department.
Section 29.-It shall be the duty of
the trustees at their first regular
monthly meeting succeeding their
annual election. to appoint not to ex-
coed more than seven police officers,
one of whom they shall designate as
chief of police, all of whom shall
hold their Office for one year or until
their successors shall be appointed
or until removed by said trustees
The trustees may also appoint
special police officers, who shall
serve for a year or until discharged,
without cost to the village. The
compensation of the police officers
shall be fixed by the trustees.
Fire Department.
Section 3O.-Section 81. to be
known and numbered Section 80
Section 31.-Section %, to be
known and numbered Section 81.
Section 32-Section %. to be
known and numbered Section 49,
Section 3S-Section "a, to be
| known and numbered Section 49,
Section 34.-Section rs, to be
| known and number Section "a, and
| to be amended to read as follows
No company shall leave the village
| in case of fire without the corpora
ton limits, except by express order
| OF the chief engineer, or in his alb
sence of the assistant next in rank.
and be under the control of such en-
! gineer during such absence from the
| village. Nor shall any company
leave the village on any excursion
without the consent of the chief en-
| gineer. Nor shall any company take
out of the village, for any purpose
whatsoever, any engine or other APP
paratus belonging to the village
without the consent of the chief en-
gineer, he having first obtained the
| consent of the chairman of the fire
committee, or in his absence the
other members of the fire committee
of the trustees, in which case the
| engine or apparatus shall be accom-
| panied by at least one member Of
the board of engineers, or a member
of the department, deputized by
| them, and he shall have control of
said engine or apparatus, while alb
sent from the village.
Section 35.-Section &c, to be
known and numbered Section So,
and to be amended to read as fol-
| lowsi--
Whenever at any fire it may be
| judged necessary to pull down or
! otherwise demolish any other build
| ing to prevent the further spreading
of the fire, the same may be done by
the joint order of any two or more
of the engineers of this department.
Licenses.
Section -Section---To be
known and numbered Section sc and
to be amended to read as follows:
No person shall furnish or sell, or
expose or keep with the intent to
sell any intoxicating liquor without
having first obtained a license there
fore and procured the same to be
| recorded in the village clerks office
and paid the fee of one dollar, to
said clerk for recording the same.
Said licnese shall be classified ac-
cording to classification made in
| Chapter 209 of Public Statutes of Yer
mont, or amendments thereto. The
| fee for each of said licenses, as
classified by said Chapter shall not
be more than four hundred dollars
nor less than five dollars, and shall
be annually fixed and determined
by the trustees. All licenses grant
ed under this Section shall expire at
the date fixed by the Statutes of
| Vermont for the expiration Of H.
| censes of the same class issued un-
der the authority of the State to per-
sons licensed to sell intoxicating
liquors.
Any person violating the provis-
ions of this Section shall be fined
one hundred dollars to the use of
said village.
Section 37-Section-To be known
and numbered Section 81 and to be
amended TO read as follows:
No itinerant vender. transient
brakeman, peddler of medicines.
soaps, jewelry, clothing or other
wares, or merchandise. meat ped.
dlers, fruit or fish peddlers, peddlers
of food stuffs, provisions and pro-
duce. shall sell or expose for sale at
public or private sale. goods, wares,
merchandise, food stuffs. provisions
or produce, without having first OBJ
tanned a license therefor and pro
cured the same to be recorded in the
office of the village clerk and paid
the fee of one dollar to the village
clerk for recording the same The
fee for said license. shall be annually
fixed and determined by the trustees
OF said village.