[Adopted as Ch. 2, Art. V, Div. I, § 2-75, of the General Bylaws]
The Selectmen shall annually appoint an Inspector of Wires.
Such Inspector shall supervise every wire over or under streets or buildings in Town, and every wire within a building designed to carry an electric light, heat or power current; shall notify the person owning or operating any such wire whenever its attachments, insulation, supports or appliances are improper or unsafe, or whenever the tags or marks thereof are insufficient or illegible. The Inspector shall, at the expense of the Town, remove every wire, the use of which has been abandoned, and shall see that all laws and regulations relative to wires are strictly enforced.
The Town may recover in contract from the owner of any such wire so removed the expense which it has incurred for the removal thereof.