Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-30

clpal COfporatlonsJ
! An act to amend No. ia of the acts of
1874 entitled IAN Act Amending an
Act Incorporating Middlebury Viii
lage," as amended by the several acts
in amendment thereof heretofore en-
acted.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
No. ia of the Acts of 1874 entitled
IAN act amending an act Incorporating
Middlebury Village as amended by
No. 1877 of the Acts of 1876 and as
amended by No. 200 of the Acts of 1878,
and as amended by No. 2l3 of the Acts
of 1884, and as amended by No. $50 of
the Acts of 1888. and as amended by
No. SS of the Acts of 1890, and as
amended 10y No. 1913 of the Acts of 1892,
and as amended by No. 1874 of the Acts
of 1894. is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION |. The inhabitants of that part
of the town of Nliddlebury embraced
within the following limits. commence
ing on the east bank of Otter Creek
at the lower falls (near east gatepCst
of canal to pulp MILL thence running
easterly to the northeast corner of said
village as now established, thence south
erly to point where the turnpike and
creek roads intersect, thence westerly
to a ledge in the road few rods south
of the dwelling house of George l..
Porter Ito bolt III the ledge) thence
north to Weybridge line, thence east to
center of Otter Creek. thence north to
place of beginning,- hereby incOr-
porated and made body corporate and
polite under the name of Village of
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their Successors shall and may have
perpetual succession. and by that name
may sue and he sued. prosecute and de-
fs Il in any court, and may have a COM
mon seal and alter the same at pleasure,
and may take, hold, purchase and con-
vey estate ana property, real and per-
sOnal for the use of said village, and
generally shall exercise and enjoy all
such rights, immunitles, powers and
privileges as are incident to public cor
pOratiOns.
SECTION ,. The annual meetings of
said village shall be holden on the third
| Wednesday of January in each year at
the town hall or at such other suitable
place within said village, and at such
hour as may be named in the warning
therefor for the purpose of electing the
officers hereinafter named and for the
purpose of transacting business specified
in the warning therefor. which warning
shall be signed by the clerk, or in the
absence of the clerk by one of the
trustees, and shall be posted in not less
than three public places within the
limits of said village, not less than ten
or more than twenty days before the
time of holding said meeting.
AT the annual meeting of said village
I Oh al
the inhabitants thereof the following
village officers who shall serve until the
next annual meeting, and until Others
are chosen, except as otherwise pro-
vided: A moderator, village clerk
seven trustees a village treasurer, a col
lector of taxes, one or more auditors, one
or more water commissioners, chief
engineer of the fire department.
7 A failure to hold such annual meet.
ing or failure to elect any or all OF
the officers for the year next ensuin e
: at any such annual meeting shall not
prevent the election of officers of said
village at any subsequent meeting legally
warned aud holden.
SEC. 3. Every person who resides with
in the limits of said Village of Middle
bury and who is a legal voter in the town
meeting of the town of Middlebury shall
be legal voter in any village meeting
provided that said person shall have re-
= sided in the village for three months prior
to such meeting
SEC. 4. The trustees of said village are
hereby authorized to call at any time
special meetings of said corporation t.
| fill vacancies that may occur in any OF
the offices by death. resignation or other
wise, or in case of a failure to elect a any
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other business that the interest Of sale
corporation may seem To require, caus
ing the same to be warned by the clerl
in the manner heretofore specified fo
warning annual meetings; and any meet
ing may he adjourned from time to time
/, and from place to place within said vii
lage. rs said corporation may judge pro
per, and any business may be TRANSACTED
at such adjourned meeting although no
specified in the original warning, pro
= vided notice of special business shall b
4 given in the usual manner of warnin,
meetings, not less than eight days prio
To the time of the holding of such ad
journed meeting. And the trustees o
e said village upon written application o
: ten legal Nutvls Ui said village settinl
: forth the purpose for which the same i
- to be called, shall cause a special meet
ing OF SAID corporation to be warned AM
o holden as herenbefore provided
If the officers whose duty it is to war;
. or cause to he warned village meeting
fail TO do SO for ten days after receipt O
"A petition addressed to them for that pun
pose by thirty legal voters of said village
g stating therein the object of said meeting
- each such officer shall forfeit forty do
. lars, and shall forfeit forty dollars i
q addition thereto for every thirty day,
d neglect to warn or cause to be warne
8 such meeting. such penalties to be IT
= covered in an action on this statute i
o the name of either petitioner, one-half I
& go to the prosecutor and one-half to tn
o village.
SEC. 5. All the officers of said villag