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13 On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was Voted, That the above be accepted as a report of progress. ART. 3. On motion of George W. Taylor it was Poled, To adopt the following By -Laws relating to the Water Department. The provisions of Section 1 of the "Rules and Regulations of the Water Department" adopted by vote of the town on March 23, 18116, and subsequently approved by the Superior Court shall be continued in force and considered as a part of these By -Laws. Said section reads as follows : SECTION 1. At a meeting called for that purpose, to be held in April, 1896, the town shall elect by ballot a Water Board consisting of three legal voters, to be called Water Commissioners, one of whom shall be elected for the terns of three years, one for the terns of two years, and one for the term of one year, all of the said tcrms to date from the annual meeting in Match, and thereafter the town shall annually elect by ballot one member of said board for the term of three years. Every member -elect of said board shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties. No member shall receive any salary or other compensation for his services. SEc. 2. Such Board of Water Commissioners, subject to the dir- ection and control of the town as expressed by vote of the inhabi- tants from time to time, shall have the care and management of the town's system of water supply derived from the Metropolitan System, and of the property and business connected with such supply, including all construction and repair work and the making of con- tracts therefor. SEC. 3. The Water Board may appoint a Superintendent, Regis- trar, and other necessary subordinate officers or agents, define their duties, and fix their compensation; but no Commissioner shall hold any office or position of emolument under the Board. 14 SEC. 4. The rates to be paid for water by private takers shall be those from time to time established by vote of the town, or in the absence thereof, by action of the Water Board. SEC. 5. The Water Board may establish and alter from time to time, such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the vote of the town, or of these By-Iaws, as to the Board may seem proper, governing the use of water, the kind of service or other pipes to be employed in such use and the manner of connecting and maintain- ing the same, the metering of water, and any other matters connec- ted with the conduct of the business of supplying water to customers or exacting payment therefor. Said rules and regulations, except as may otherwise be expressly agreed in writing, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who takes water ; and the Water Board may shut off the water and prohibit its use by any per- son who neglects or refuses to comply with the same. SEC. 6. All bills for water shall be collected by the Registrar or other person appoined by the Water Board for that purpose, and such collector shall give bond to the town in a sum and with surety approved by the Water Board for the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall make report weekly to the Board of all sums collected and concurrently therewith pay over the same to the Town Treasurer. SEc. 7. The Town Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all water rents and receipts and of all charges, expenses and interest on account of the water system and the water debt. All monies so received and all appropriations made by the town for any purpose connected with the Water Department shall be used in payment of the water debt and interest thereon, and the expenses of operating and extending the water system and shall be paid out by the Treas- urer on orders or bills approved by the Water Board. SEc. 8. The Water Board shall annually. on or before the first day of January in each year, present to the Selectmen for publica- tion in the town report, a statement of the condition of the Water