Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-02
PLAN FOR LOCAL
CONSOLIDATION
Draft Of the Measure to Abolish
Village and School District
Matter Will Be Discussed Publicly -
Desired Changes May Be Made
Act Providing for Town Manager.

Act Providing for Town Manager.
The Phoenix presents herewith the
tentative draft of bill providing for the
consolidation of the village and incorpor-
ated school district with the town of
Brattleboro This bill will be given to the
revision committee of the legislature this
week and will be published in The Re
former again with such changes as that
committee sees fit to make.
Before any effort is made to push the
measure through the Legislature it will be
taken up and thoroughly discussed at a
public meeting, and any changes that are
deemed desirable as u result of this dis
cussion will be made in the form of
amendments.
The bill in its present form provides that
before its provisions become operative
they must receive favorable action at the
hands of the town, village and school dis
trict separately.
A general bill giving towns the right, if
they so vote, to employ managers and
delegate to them the powers now held by
certain town officers will also be intro
duced in the Legislature this week. This
in way will be a companion measure to
that providing for consolidation of Brat
tleboro's present governments, since it
will give the town the right, if it see fit,
to adopt something in the nature of a
commission form of government to take
the place Of the three separate govern
ments which are now in effect
The text of the consolidation bill fol-
lows:
An act to consolidate and amalgamate
the Brattleboro graded schol district, and
the village of Brattleboro, with the town
of Brattleboro.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the state of Vermont:
Sec |. The village of Brattleboro and
the Brattleboro graded school district are
hereby consolidated and amalgamated
with the town of Brattleboro and shall,
except as hereinafter provided, cease to
exist as a separate political entities or
bodies corporate.
Sec .. The selectmcn of the town of
Brattleboro shall, in addition to the pow
ers and duties now conferred upon them
by law, so far as they may legally do so,
perform the duties and exercise the func-
tions heretofore conferred upon the COM
missioners of the village of Brattleboro.
Sec. 3. The school directors of the town
school district of the town of Brattleboro
shall, in addition to the powers and duties
now conferred upon them by law, so far
as they may legally do so, perform the
duties and exercise the functions hereto
fore conferred upon the prudential com
mittee. of the Brattleboro graded school
district.
Sec. 4. The officers of the village of
Brattleboro and the officers of the Brat
tleboro graded school district shall prior
to the date when this act goes into effect
settle, so far as possible, the pecuniary
affairs of the village of Brattleboro and
the Brattleboro graded school district, re-
spectively, and shall. except as hereinafter
provided, on or before said date turn over
and deliver to the clerk of the town of
Brattleboro for safe keeping all the rec
ords, books and documents of the village
of Brattleboro and the Brattleboro graded
school district
Sec. D. All of the lands buildings, prop
crty and funds of the village of Bratte-
boro, except as hereinafter provided, shall
on the date when this act goes into effect
become vested in and be the property of
the town of Brattleboro, and all indebt
cdness, bonded and otherwise, of said vii
lage of Brattleboro shall on said date be
assumed by the town OF Brattleboro.
See, 6. All of the lands, buildings
and funds of the Bratteboro
graded school district, except as herein
after provided, shall on the date when this
act goes into effect become vested in and
he the property of the town school district
of the town of Brattleboro, and all the
indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of
said Brattleboro graded school district,
shall on said date be assumed by said town
school district of the town of Blattleboro
Sec. l. The foregoing sections are sub
Ject, however, to the provision that as to
property rights in the village of Brattle-
boro or the Brattleboro graded school dis
tflct, II any there be, not subject to de-
structlon, Investment or impairment by
state legislation, said village of Bratteboro
and SAID Brattleboro graded school district
snail be deemed and treated as havingrcon.
tinued IN existence for the purpose of do
ing and performing any trust, duties or
obligations respecting said property rights
Tor the benefit. however. of said town of
Brattcboro and said town school district
OF the town of BrattIeboro, respectively.
in so far as by law can be done without
destroying, divesting or impairing the
SAID property rights
For the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this section the selectmen
OF the town of Brattleboro shall perform
all the functions and duties that are now
performed by the commissioners of the
village of Bratteboro in so far as the
same may be necessary.
And the school directors of the town
school district of the town of Brattleboro
shall perform all of the functions and
duties that are now performed by the pru-
dental committee of the Brattleboro
graded school district, in so far as the
same may ne necessary.
Sec. s. The said town of Brattleboro
may exercise the following powers and
functions in addition to those already con
ferred upon it by law:
Ca) To enact such bylaws and regula.
tions as are expedient and not inconsis-
tent with law, particularly such as relate
to trees, sidewalks, lanes and commons
and. shade and ornamental trees thereon, to
slaughter houses and nuisances, to re-
strain animals from running at large. to
the erection and regulation of buildings
and hay scales, to the preservation of
buildings and preventing fire hazards, with
the right of directing alterations in
stoves, fire places, and causes from which
danger from fires may be apprehended, to
ilre departments, fire engines and hydrants
and other apparatus necessary for the ex-
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