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CHAPTER V.

CEMETERIES.

SECTION 1106. Purchase.

1107. Restrictions on expense.

1108. Restrictions respecting voting the tax.

1109. Lots.

1110. Public grounds.

1111. Record of interments.

Purchase.

Restrictions on expense.

§ 1106. Village cemeteries shall be purchased in the name of the village, and be inalienable, except as herein provided.

1 R. S., 1244, § 103.

§ 1107. The whole expense of purchasing, fencing and preparing a cemetery shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars, unless the population of the village exceeds four thousand; nor more than two thousand dollars in any case.

Ib.

Restrictions respecting

§ 1108. No resolution for a tax for such purpose Voting the shall be valid, unless notice of an intention to move

tax.

it is given, by publishing the notice once in each week, for four successive weeks before the meeting, in a newspaper printed in the village, or, if there is none, then by posting it in ten public places therein, thirty days before the meeting, nor unless an affidavit of such notice given is filed with the trustees before adoption of the resolution, nor unless the resolution provides for collecting within one

year, or in equal portions within three years, a general tax sufficient to pay the whole of such expense. The time fixed for collecting the tax shall not be altered.

1 R. S., 1244, §§ 104, 105.

§ 1109. The trustees may, at such prices and on Lots. such conditions as they shall fix, convey lots in the cemetery to individuals, for the sole purpose of making interment therein. Such conveyances shall be recorded as deeds, and also recorded by the clerk of the village; but no such conveyance shall be executed until the price is paid.

Ib., § 107.

grounds.

§ 1110. The trustees shall reserve a portion of Public the ground for the interment of strangers and other persons who may die in the village under circumstances making it unreasonable to require payment for interment.

Ib., § 108.

interments.

§ 1111. They shall also keep record of every Record of interment, and the date thereof, the name, age and place of birth of the deceased, so far as they can be ascertained, and showing the spot in which each interment is made.

Ib., § 109.

CHAPTER VI.

Formation companies.

Foreman and assist

FIRE COMPANIES.

SECTION 1112. Formation of companies.

1113. Foreman and assistant foreman.

1114. Exemption of members from militia duty.

§ 1112. The trustees of any village that has voted moneys for fire apparatus may appoint, in writing, not exceeding thirty inhabitants, members of each hook and ladder company, and any number not exceeding fifty, members of each engine company to be formed; and in the same manner, from time to time, fill vacancies that occur in such companies.

1 R. S., 1244, § 100.

§ 1113. Each company shall annually elect, at ant foreman such time as the trustees prescribe, a foreman and assistant foreman, who may be removed by the trustees for sufficient cause.

Exemption

of meinbers

duty.

Ib., § 101.

§ 1114. Every member of such company who, from militia after he is eighteen years of age, serves faithfully, and conforms to all regulations for ten years, shall thereafter be exempt from militia duty, except in case of war, insurrection or invasion; but the time when a company is unprovided with proper implements shall not be estimated as a part of such

ten years. The certificate of the president of the village, specifying the time of the service and the company, is presumptive evidence thereof.

1 R. S., 1244, § 102.

CHAPTER VII.

POUNDS.

SECTION 1115. Impounding.

1116. Notice to officers and owner.

1117. Notice of sale.

1118. Notice, when to be published.

1119. Trustee to attend sale.

1120. Reclaiming.

1121. Proceeds of sale.

1122. Disposal of balance.

1123. Fees.

ing.

§ 1115. It is the duty of the pound-master, and Impoundthe right of any person, to distrain and impound

any animals going at large in violation of an ordinance of the village.

Ib., § 83.

officers and owner.

§ 1116. Within twenty-four hours after any ani- Notice to mals come into his custody, the pound-master shall give notice thereof to the president, or, in his absence, to one of the trustees, and also to the owner (if he is a resident of the village) within twenty-four hours after he is known.

Ib., § 84.

sale.

§ 1117. If not reclaimed within twenty-four Notice of hours after coming into his custody, he shall give

Notice when to be published.

Trustees to attend sale.

Reclaiming.

at least six days' previous notice of their sale, by posting the same in six of the most public places of the village.

1 R. S., 1244, § 85.

§ 1118. If the value of the animal exceeds ten dollars, the notice shall be published once in each week, for two successive weeks, in a newspaper printed in the village, or, if there is none, then in the newspaper printed nearest thereto; if it exceeds twenty-five dollars, the notice shall be published in the same way for four successive weeks. In either case, if the residence of the owner is known and is within fifteen miles of the village, such notice shall be served on him personally, or by leaving it at his residence, at least ten days before the sale; but if his residence is more than fifteen miles from the village, it shall be put in the postoffice, directed to him at his residence, within two days after its first publication.

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Ib., § 86.

1119. One of the trustees shall attend and direct the manner of every such sale, and may in his discretion postpone it, of which notice shall be given as in cases of postponement of the sale of personal property by the sheriff.

Ib., § 87.

§ 1120. At any time before the sale, the owner is entitled to the strays on paying the pound-master

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