occasions perform the duties appertaining to such clerk.

his duties.

$10. The treasurer shall receive all moneys directed Treasurer; to be paid into the treasury of said corporation, and pay out the same, and shall render an account of the state of the finances to the trustees whenever ordered by them, and shall deliver all books, papers, and property of the corporation in his hands to his successor in office on demand. No money shall be paid by the treasurer for any purpose unless directed and appropriated by a previous vote of the trustees, upon a draft drawn by the clerk, countersigned by the president of the board of trustees for the time being, and the treasurer in his settlement with the trustees shall be allowed for no moneys except such as are paid out as above. It shall be the duty of the treasurer in each and every year during the period in which he shall hold such office, to make a statement of his accounts, including all moneys received by him, and the manner in which he has expended or disbursed the same, which statement shall be verified by his oath, and published in the newspaper or newspapers printed in said village, at least one week preceding each annual election.

§ 11. Åll officers authorized to be appointed by the trustees under this act shall perform such duties as shall be required of them respectively by the bylaws, rules, resolutions, orders, regulations and ordinances of the corporation.

$12. All appointments by the board of trustees under this act shall be by warrant, under the corporate seal, signed by the presiding officer of the board of trustees and the clerk. In case of failure to elect any trustee, at an annual election, the trustees or a majority of them shall fill the vacancy or vacancies by appointment.

Appointtrustees, etc.

ments by

office.

$13. All officers elected or appointed under this Oath of act shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by the constitution of this State. Such oath or affirmation may be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths, and shall be filed with the clerk of the village.

Meetings of trustees.

Powers and duties of trustees

as to village property, streets,

etc.

S14. The board of trustees shall meet at such places within said village, and at such times, as they shall by resolution direct; they may also meet at any time and in any place within said village when called upon for that purpose by the president, or notified by the clerk, and the clerk shall call special meetings of the board of trustees at any time, on the written request of any four trustees.

TITLE III.

OF THE TRUSTEES, THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.

$1. The trustees shall have the management and control of the finances, and of all the property, both real and personal, belonging to the corporation; shall bridges, etc., superintend, or appoint persons to superintend, all the work, labor and improvements done and bestowed upon any of the streets, roads, bridges, sidewalks and crosswalks in said village; shall procure the materials for the same, employ the laborers and do and perform such other services as may be prescribed by this act or by the said trustees, and shall have power and authority within said village, to make, establish, publish, alter, modify, amend and repeal rules, resolutions, regulations, ordinances and bylaws for the following purposes, viz.:

As to good order.

As to running at large of cattle, etc.

Pounds.

1. To preserve peace and good order; to quell and prevent any noise, disturbances, riots and disorderly assemblages and meetings; to restrain and suppress disorderly houses, gaming-houses and instruments and devices for the purpose of gaming.

2. To restrain the running at large of cattle, horses, swine, asses, mules, sheep, goats and geese, and to authorize the restraining, impounding and sale of the same for the penalty incurred and cost of proceedings, and to appoint one or more persons to drive any of the aforesaid animals so running at large to the pound, and to determine their fees and duties; to establish and regulate public pounds; to appoint pound-keepers, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to regulate and prevent the running at large of dogs owned or harbored by persons residing in said village, and to tax the same, not exceeding one dollar per dog each year.

driving, etc.

improper

3. To regulate the speed and management of pub- A to st lic conveyances, except those driven by steam, within or through the corporate limits of said village, upon such terms and under such restrictions and penalties as the said board of trustees shall hereafter prescribe. 4. To prohibit or regulate the rolling of hoops, As to playing at ball, flying of kites, sliding down hill on sports. sleds, or any other amusements and practices having a tendency to annoy or in any way to injure or endanger persons passing on the streets or sidewalks, or to frighten or interfere with teams or horses in said village; and to regulate or prevent the firing of guns, pistols, fire-arms, and the use or firing of crackers, rockets, squibs and fireworks or bonfires in said village.

incumbran

ces on sidewalks.

streets and

etc., etc.

5. To prevent and remove all incumbrances, As to obstructions and encroachments, from any cause whatever, upon the public streets, bridges, public squares or grounds, sidewalks or crosswalks of said village, and to cause the same to be removed and the streets to be cleared and unobstructed; and to prevent riding, driving or leading horses, teams of cattle, with or without wagons, sleighs or carriages, or dumping or placing any article on any sidewalk, park or public grounds in said village.

6. To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters in front of the premises owned or occupied by them, all snow, ice and dirt, and to keep the said sidewalks, streets and gutters clean.

7. To compel the owner or occupant of any grocery, cellar, tallow-chandler shop, soap factory, tannery, stall, privy, sewer, slaughter-house, skin factory, pigsty or other noisome house or place, to cleanse, remove, abate or discontinue the same, whenever it shall be necessary for the health, comfort or convenience of the inhabitants of said village.

As to snow sidewalks,

and dirt on

etc.

Asto

unwhole

some places.

nuisances,

8. To remove, destroy, prevent, or abate nuisances, As to to regulate slanghter-houses, to direct the location etc. of the same, and to abate nuisances generally; provided that nothing in this or the last preceding subdivision be held to limit or restrict the powers of the metropolitan board of health.

As to hayscales,

9. To allow to be erected in any of the streets or weights and

measures.

As to shows, etc.

As to gaspipes.

As to grading,

etc.

squares of said village, hay-scales, and to appoint weighers, measurers, and an examiner of weights and measures for said village, which said examiner of weights and measures shall have power, at all reasonable and proper times within business hours, to inspect and examine the weights and measures used within said corporate limits, and shall have the right to enter any store or building in said village for the purpose of such inspection and examination; his duties, and mode, and rate of compensation shall be more particularly prescribed by the said trustees by ordinance.

10. To sanction or prohibit, in their discretion, all exhibitions of any natural or artificial curiosities, caravans of animals, circuses, theatrical and other shows or exhibitions, or performances for money, within the bounds of said corporation. The said trustees, or a majority of them, may license any such exhibition or performance, on payment for the benefit of said corporation, of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, for each day of such exhibition or performance, in all cases where the amount is not specified by a vote of the board of trustees; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the delivery of literary, historical and scientific lectures in said village, the use and exhibition of apparatus illustrating the same, and the receiving of money for the same, nor shall any license be required for the delivery of such lectures.

11. To authorize and regulate the laying of gaspipes, water-pipes, and mains in any of the streets, avenues and public places in said village.

12. To grade, pitch, level, and repair, construct, etc., streets. make, amend or relay (or cause the same to be done) any street, road or highway, sidewalks, crosswalks, gutters or bridges, either with plank, stone, brick, dirt or gravel, as said trustees may determine; and to provide for the planting or setting, and protecting or removal of ornamental or shade trees, in any public square, grounds or streets in said village.

As to survey and map of

13. To survey the boundaries and streets of said streets, etc. village, establish the same, and make a map thereof and of the said village.

As to pre

vention of

fires.

constables.

assessors.

14. To enter and authorize others to enter, in the day-time, when it shall be necessary to do so, into any building in the said village, in which shall be a fire-place, chimney, stove or stove pipe, for the purpose of examining the condition of the same, and to make such regulations in regard thereto as a proper security against fires shall in their judgment require. $2. The trustees shall have power to appoint, if As to police in their discretion they deem it necessary at any time, one or more police constables, not to exceed four in all, one of whom shall be chief constable, with such power and authority over other constables as the trustees may prescribe, who shall hold their offices either temporarily or permanently, at the discretion of the board of trustees, and perform the duties of watchmen in said village, and such other duties as shall be assigned to them, and they shall be entitled to such compensation for the time they shall be in actual service as the said board shall determine. And the trustees shall, by resolution, Asto appoint, if at any time they shall deem it necessary, an assessor or assessors, who shall hold his or their said office for the time he or they shall be so appointed by the said board of trustees, and whose compensation for the time he or they shall so be in actual employ, shall be at the discretion and determination of said board of trustees, to be fixed at the time of his or their said appointment. The said village assessor or assessors so appointed, as aforesaid, whenever notified Duty of by the clerk of said village that any tax has been directed to be levied, shall immediately proceed to make a valuation of all the estate, real and personal, subject to such taxation, prepare an assessment roll thereof, in which roll the real estate so subject to taxation shall be clearly designated by the street and location in said street, and by the quantity of land, as nearly as the same can be ascertained and assessed; and for the purpose of making such valuation and assessment roll, he or they shall possess and exercise the same powers, be subject to the same liabilities, and perform the same duties, as the assessors of towns in performing like duties, except as otherwise herein directed; the said assessments, nevertheless,

assessor.