§ 17-1716 Lamp or street lighting districts. 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.