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cause to be given to each inspector, before the time of opening the polls, a copy of the corrected voting list, authenticated by the signatures of at least two members of said board, and shall cause a like copy to be posted at the place of voting. The inspectors shall be present, either themselves or by deputy, and shall check on the voting list the names of all persons whose votes are received. The names of such persons as each voter is entitled and shall choose to vote for, shall be printed or written on one piece of paper. A ballot-box of usual construction shall be provided, and each person offering to vote shall place his ballot on the lid of such box. The presiding officer shall receive and deposit in the ballot-box the ballots of all persons whose names are found on the voting lists by the two inspectors, and of none others. The presiding officer shall close the polls at seven, P. M., and with the inspectors count the votes, announce the result, and close the meeting. Immediately upon such close, a certificate of the result, signed by the presiding officer and the two inspectors, shall be transmitted, together with the voting lists and the ballots received, to the borough clerk, who shall record such return. The presiding officer shall have such special powers for the orderly conduct of such election, and the arrest of persons disorderly thereat, as may be provided by the by-laws of the borough.

SEC. 8. Every functionary of the borough shall take the following oath before entering upon the execution of his office: I, -, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office of -, for the borough of West Stratford, to the best of my judgment and ability, so help me God; which shall be administered to the borough clerk by a justice of the peace for the county of Fairfield, and by said clerk to all other officers, and the fact of such administration recorded by the clerk.

SEC. 9. A borough attorney shall be appointed by the court of burgesses, to hold office during the pleasure of said court, whose duty shall be to appear for said borough in all legal proceedings in which said borough is interested, and to prosecute, in the name of said borough, all violations of the by-laws established by said court of burgesses under the authority of this act. Such prosecutions shall be by information brought by said attorney before any justice of the peace residing in said borough, and appeals shall be allowed therein to the superior court, as in criminal prosecutions under the general statutes. All fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered thereupon shall be for the use of said borough, and all costs which shall not be paid by delinquents shall be paid by the treasurer of said borough, upon orders drawn by the borough attorney.

SEC. 10. In any complaint, or information instituted pursuant to this act, it shall be a sufficient description of the offense to set forth the act complained of, and to allege the same to have been contrary to the by-law in such case made and provided, without reciting such by-law.

SEC. 11. The court of burgesses shall have power to establish a borough prison within the limits of said borough, and in all cases in which any officer or magistrate shall have power, by virtue of any provision of this act, to sentence or commit any person to jail, such sentence and commitment may be to such borough prison. The court of burgesses shall appoint a keeper for such prison, who shall give bond with surety in such sum as they may prescribe, for the faithful performance of his duty; and it shall be the duty of such keeper to receive and safely keep within such prison all persons lawfully committed thereto by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, for the full term of their commitment, or until otherwise lawfully discharged. The expenses of establishing and maintaining said prison, and of all persons confined therein, shall be chargeable to the treasury of the borough; and said prison shall be under such regulations as the court of burgesses shall prescribe.

SEC. 12. The warden of said borough shall be the chief executive magistrate thereof, and it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active in causing the laws to be enforced; he shall preside at all meetings of the borough when called for any other purpose than the election of officers; he shall be conservator of the peace within said borough, and shall have authority with force and strong hand, when necessary, to suppress all tumults, riots, and unlawful assemblies, and arrest and commit to prison without warrant, for a time not exceeding twenty four hours, any person or persons who may be detected in quarrelling, brawling, or otherwise behaving in a disorderly manner, to the disturbance of the public peace in said borough. He shall also have power to enter into any house or building in which he may suspect any disorderly or vagrant persons to be assembled, and if any such are found therein, to command them to immediately disperse, and in case of refusal or neglect to obey such command, to commit any person so disobeying to prison for a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, and he shall be authorized to exercise, within the limits of said borough, ail the powers given to sheriffs and other officers under the one hundred and eleventh and one hundred and twelfth sections of the act entitled "An Act concerning Crimes and Punishments," and he may at all times require the aid of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, town or borough constable, watchman or policeman, or all or any of

them together with such other aid as he may deem necessary; ' and whenever he shall have reason to believe that great opposition will be made to the execution of his authority, he shall have power to call out any company or companies of active militia in the town of Stratford, and may exert all the force necessary to enable him to execute laws within the limits of said borough.

SEC. 13. The pay of the active militia during service under a call of the warden as aforesaid, shall be the same as is received by the officers and enlisted men of the army of the United States.

SEC. 14. Whenever the warden shall be removed from or vacate his office, or be absent, or from any cause unable to perform the duties of his office, the senior burgess, and in case of the inability of the latter from any cause, the next senior bur gess, and so on, shall act in place of the warden during such inability, or until another person shall be elected warden, and while so acting as warden shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon the warden by this act, and all acts of such burgess, while so acting as warden, shall be of equal effect as like acts done by the warden, and such temporary performance of the duties of warden shall in no way disqualify such burgess for the performance of any of his duties as burgess.

SEC. 15. If any person shall hinder, obstruct, resist or abuse the warden in the execution of his office, such offender, upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court. If any person, being of sufficient age and ability, shall unreasonably refuse to assist the warden in the execution of his office, when thereto commanded by the warden, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding seven dollars.

SEC. 16. The clerk of said borough shall keep the records thereof, and shall also be the clerk of the court of burgesses and of the board of registration, and shall make true and regular entries upon such records of all votes and proceedings of said borough, court, and board; he shall cause the by-laws of said borough to be published according to law, and shall enter his certificate of such publication upon the records, and shall enter upon such records his acts in serving all notices of orders of the court of burgesses. All records of said clerk shall have the same validity as the records of town clerks, and shall be either by themselves or by a copy certified by said clerk, evidence in all courts of the truth of the matters therein contained. The court of burgesses may at any time appoint an assistant

clerk, to hold office during the pleasure of said board, who shall, in the absence or disability of the clerk, perform all the duties the latter, and all records and acts of said assistant clerk shall have the same validity and effect as the records and acts of said clerk.

SEC. 17. The treasurer of said borough shall have the same relative powers, duties, and accountabilities in said borough as town treasurers in their respective towns.

SEC. 18. The bailiff of said borough shall, within the limits thereof, have the same power and authority as the sheriffs of counties, and shall be liable in the same penalties and suits for neglect of duty; and said borough shall be liable for the default of said bailiff

SEC. 19. The collector of said borough shall collect every tax duly laid by said borough, and having received a warrant for that purpose, signed by the warden, shall have the same powers as the collectors of town taxes, and shall be accountable to said borough. And in case said collector shall not perform. his office, then on complaint of the court of burgesses the warden shall issue a warrant directed to the bailiff of said borough, to collect out of the estate of the collector the sums failed to be collected by said collector.

SEC 20. The treasurer, collector and bailiff of said borough shall severally give bonds with surety in such manner as the by-laws of the borough may direct, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices: and in case of the refusal or neglect of either to give such bonds his office shall be deemed vacated thereby.

SEC. 21. The court of burgesses shall determine the relative seniority of its members by ballot. A majority of the members of said court shall constitute at any meeting duly warned, a quorum for the transaction of business. The senior burgess present shall preside and shall have a vote on all questions. When there shall be a less number than a quorum present, they may adjourn such meeting to such time as they see fit, but shall not have power to transact other business. All acts of said court shall be done by a major vote of the members present; but no person shall be appointed to any office by said court unless a majority of all the members thereof concur in such appointment. Every by-law, ordinance, and appointment to office enacted or made by said court of burgesses shall be presented to the warden for approval, and upon being approved by him shall become valid as a corporate act of said borough: provided, that if the warden shall disapprove thereof, he may return the same with his reasons therefor in writing to said court of

burgesses, and if said court shall thereupon again enact such by-law or ordinance, or make such appointment to office, or if the warden shall fail to return the same with his disapproval thereof in writing to the clerk within three days after it shall have been presented to him for his approval, then such by-law, ordinance, or appointment to office, shall be as valid and effectual as though it had received the approval of the warden: and provided furthermore, that no by-law shall be of any validity if repugnant to the statute law of this state, nor until one week after publication in a newspaper of Bridgeport, Ct., and the posting of a copy of such by-law upon the public sign posts in said borough: and provided furthermore, that no vote, ordinance, or resolution of said court of burgesses ordering a public work or improvement which shall require an expenditure of more than three hundred dollars shall be of any validity until approved by a majority of the legal voters of said borough, at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose.

SEC. 22. The court of burgesses shall have power, under the restrictions otherwise provided in this act, to make such bylaws and ordinances as they see fit in relation to the following subjects, within the limits of said borough; the prevention of nuisances of all kinds, arising from sinks, cesspools, privies, drains, sewers, gutters, ponds, stables, barns, hog-pens, slaughter. houses, deposits of filth and rubbish, or any other cause whatever, and their summary abatement by any person or persons thereto appointed by said court of burgesses; depositing ashes or garbage in the streets, the going at large in the streets or public grounds of animals of every description; the storing or piling of lumber; the erection and use of steam-boilers; the keeping, sale, and use of gun-powder, fire-works, nitro-glycerine, or other explosive substances, and the conveyance thereof through any part of the borough; the discharging of fire-arms; the preservation of the borough from damage by fire; the markets and commerce of the borough; the inspection of produce and food offered for sale, and the sale or offering for sale of un. wholesome meat, vegetables, produce, or food of any kind; keeping the streets and all public grounds free from snow, ice, rubbish, or obstructions of any kind, and the preservation of all trees and shrubbery therein; trimming the branches of all trees and shrubbery growing on or over any public highway, or ground; the laying out, altering, discontinuing, extending, enlarging, constructing, grading, and repairing of all streets and highways; the naming of the streets, and numbering of the lots thereon; trespasses in gardens, cemeteries, and other enclosures; burying grounds and burials; cleaning of chimneys; protec

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