Section 17-1716. Lamp or street lighting districts  


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  • In every such village any
      lamp  or  street  lighting  districts  created  or  organized  under the
      provisions of the town law, shall continue and  the  board  of  trustees
      shall be and they are hereby vested with the full management and control
      of  such  districts, and the lighting system thereof, and the assessment
      of the cost and expenses of such lighting, which lighting district shall
      until discontinued in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  be  managed,
      controlled  and  operated and may be extended or enlarged, by said board
      of trustees, in the manner provided in the town law; provided,  however,
      that  the  board  of trustees of such village may, in its discretion, by
      resolution, discontinue any such lighting district, in  which  case  the
      provisions of the village law in relation to street lighting shall apply
      to any such village.