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24A V.S.A. § 239-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-14. Village as Town highway district

§ 239-14. Village as Town highway district|(a) All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Manchester, and the Selectboard of the Town shall, on or before the first day of September of each year, draw an order on the Treasurer of the Town, to the Treasurer of the Village for five-eighths of the amount of taxes raised or assessed upon the grand list of the Village during the fiscal year next prior to September 1, and expended or used for the highway purposes hereinafter specified by or under the direction of the Town Road Commissioner, the Town Selectboard, or the Town Manager, excepting payments made to the State as provided under sections 4702 and 4703 of the Public Laws and any future revision or amendments thereto or any acts hereafter passed for similar purpose.(b) The highway purposes herein intended are: construction and maintenance of the highways outside the limits of the Village, including bridges, brooks, and culverts, calcium chloride and other binders; winter road and snow removal and sanding, turning water and opening ditches; highway tools and supplies; new highway equipment and repairs and maintenance of tools and equipment, including gasoline and oil used in operation of the equipment.(c) The amount due to the Village shall be determined at the end of the fiscal year of the Town by the Town auditors and Selectboard, and the trustees of the Village, and in the event of disagreement, by three arbitrators, one chosen by the Town Selectboard, one by the Village trustees, and a third by the two arbitrators chosen by the Town and Village, and their decision shall be final.(d) The Selectboard of the Town of Manchester shall also, on or before September 1 of each year, draw an order on the Treasurer of the Town to the Treasurer of the Village for an amount equal to eight percent of the amount paid to the State during the fiscal year of the Town prior to September 1 under sections 4702 and 4703 of the Public Laws and under any future revisions of amendments thereto or any acts hereinafter passed for similar purposes. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 14.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-15. Village trustees; license granting authority

§ 239-15. Village trustees; license granting authority|The trustees of the Village shall have the same power of granting licenses and vacating the same within the limits of the Village, agreeably to the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations that the selectboard has by law. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 15.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate

§ 239-16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate|(a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the Village, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Collector, who shall have the same power to collect the tax as the collector of town taxes, and may in like manner sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof, commit to jail any person against whom he or she has a delinquent tax.(b) The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Manchester and filed by them in the office of the Clerk of the Town, shall be the grand list of the Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of the list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Village within 10 days after the same shall be completed and filed by the listers in the Town Clerk's office. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 16.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-17. Borrowing funds

§ 239-17. Borrowing funds|The Village at any annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purpose, is authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, and to issue its orders therefor, which orders shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of the Village, and payable at the time or times as the Village may direct; provided, however, that no vote to borrow money, or for the issue of orders therefor, shall be taken at any meeting for which the purpose is not specified in the call or warrants. Before the orders shall issue, a record thereof shall be made in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Treasurer of the Village. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 17.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures

§ 239-18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures|The trustees of the Village shall have power to abate taxes paid or assessed by virtue of this chapter, to remit fines or forfeitures imposed for violation of this chapter or bylaws, ordinances, or regulations of the Village, and to discharge the offenders from imprisonment for same. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 18.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-19. Conflict of interest

§ 239-19. Conflict of interest|No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall thereby be deemed disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which the Village shall be interested. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 19.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-20. Imposition of fines and forfeitures

§ 239-20. Imposition of fines and forfeitures|(a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including $200.00 for each breach of an ordinance or bylaw may be established by the trustees or by a properly warned Village meeting.(b) The fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name of the Village, and in the action a general complaint relying on the ordinance or the bylaw shall be sufficient.(c) The process may issue either against the body or the property of the defendant, and if the defendant is found guilty, and if it is found by the court that the cause of action arose from the defendant's willful or malicious act or neglect, it shall so adjudge, and shall further adjudge that the defendant be confined in close jail, and may issue execution against the defendant's body with the certificate of the findings endorsed thereon; and the execution with the certificate thereon shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort having a like certificate endorsed thereon.(d) A person who refuses to comply with a Village ordinance or bylaw relating to the person's business may be enjoined by a proper action in chancery brought in the name of the Village, from continuing the business in violation of the ordinance or bylaw, and in the action a bill relying on the ordinance or bylaws shall be sufficient.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Village from having and exercising other powers as may be proper to enforce obedience to its ordinances and bylaws and to punish violations thereof. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 20.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-21. Violations of Village ordinances

§ 239-21. Violations of Village ordinances|Violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Village by its Attorney or police officers or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer before the Bennington Municipal Court or before a justice of the peace of the County of Bennington. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 21.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-22. Village Manager

§ 239-22. Village Manager|The Village may at a properly warned Village meeting vote to accept a Village Manager, who shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as town managers as provided by the laws of the State. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 22.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-23. Aqueducts and reservoirs

§ 239-23. Aqueducts and reservoirs|(a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueducts and reservoirs and build and lay the pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire, and for sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary, and other purposes; and for the purposes stated in this subsection may purchase and hold lands, and springs and streams of water, and may erect and maintain buildings and hydrants, and purchase and hold fire apparatus and property; and may also lease from a person or corporation now or hereafter having a water system sufficient for any or all of the purposes enumerated in this subsection.(b) A person who shall maliciously disturb, damage, or injure in any manner whatever the aqueducts and reservoirs and appurtenances, springs, ponds, lakes, fountains, or streams, or any connecting appurtenances, enclosures, or works thereof, or pollute or swim and bathe in the waters or any of them, shall be liable to prosecution therefor by the grand juror of the town or the State's Attorney of the county wherein the offense shall be committed by information complaint or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $5.00 and costs of prosecution and shall also be liable to the Village for all damages resulting to it by reason of the injury, pollution, or disturbance together with full costs, the same to be recovered by  the Village in an action of tort founded on this section. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 23.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-25. Street lights and gas or electric plants

§ 239-25. Street lights and gas or electric plants|The Village may light its streets in the way as it may determine, and may construct, own, and maintain gas or electric plants for lighting them, and furnishing its inhabitants with light and power, and for this purpose, may purchase and hold real estate and personal property as may be necessary, and it may contract with any person or corporation for supplying light for the purposes of this section. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 25.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-26. Property of Village under former charter

§ 239-26. Property of Village under former charter|The property belonging to the Village of Manchester under its previous chapter and owned by it at the time of the taking effect of this act shall vest in the Village of Manchester hereby constituted, and the Village shall be held for the liabilities of the former Village of Manchester, outstanding at the time; and the Village, hereby incorporated, shall succeed to all of the rights, powers, and privileges, and all taxes receivable and other assets of the former Village of Manchester. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 26.)
24A V.S.A. § 245-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-1. Applicability

§ 245-1. Applicability|(a) When approved by a majority of the legal voters of the Village of Morrisville present and voting by Australian ballot at an annual meeting duly warned for that purpose, the following shall be the charter of the Village of Morrisville.(b) This charter may be amended or revised in the manner prescribed by 17 V.S.A. § 2645.(c) Except as modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the Vermont Statutes Annotated applicable to municipalities shall apply to the Village of Morrisville.
24A V.S.A. § 245-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-3. General corporate powers

§ 245-3. General corporate powers|(a) The Village of Morrisville in and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute, and defend in any court. The Village may purchase, take, and hold, sell, and convey real estate and personal property necessary for its corporate purposes. The Village shall have the power to own and operate any public utility, and to construct and install all facilities that are reasonably needed or useful for public service. The Village may also furnish service to adjacent and nearby territories that may conveniently be served by a municipally-owned and operated utility.(b) The Village is empowered to alter the bounds upon compliance with the provisions of Chapter 151 of the Public Laws (Chapter 164 of the Vermont Statutes, 1947, as proposed) and enactments in amendment thereof.(c) The Village shall have all the powers granted to villages and other municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State. It may enact ordinances, bylaws, and regulations, and impose penalties for the violation thereof. The fine for breach of a Village bylaw and the procedure for recovering the same shall be in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1131 and any amendments thereto.(d) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, the Village shall have all those powers enumerated under 24 V.S.A. § 2291 and any amendments thereto.
24A V.S.A. § 245-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-4. Specific corporate powers

§ 245-4. Specific corporate powers|At any meeting legally warned for that purpose, the legal voters of the Village may vote a tax upon the taxable estate within the corporate limits for the lawful purposes of the Village.
24A V.S.A. § 245-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-5. Grand List

§ 245-5. Grand List|The grand list for the Town of Morristown within the Village corporate limits shall be the grand list for the Village of Morrisville. The trustees shall make out and deliver to the Treasurer a tax bill, with a warrant for its collection. The Treasurer shall compile a tax roll from the Town of Morristown grand list for those areas of the Town lying within the corporate limits.
24A V.S.A. § 245-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-6. Village officers

§ 245-6. Village officers|(a) The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Moderator, five trustees, a Clerk, and a Treasurer. The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of the corporation for the term of one year and until their successors are elected, except that trustees shall hold office for five years. One trustee shall be elected at each annual meeting, except that after the approval of this charter at the annual Village meeting, the voters shall elect five trustees, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of five years. The trustees and the Treasurer, at the time of their election, shall be legal voters of the Village of Morrisville or the Town of Morristown.(b) The provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2647, or any amendments thereto, relating to incompatible offices, shall apply to the persons holding Village offices.(c) When a vacancy occurs in any Village office, the trustees forthwith by appointment in writing shall fill such vacancy until an election is held, except that in the event of more than one vacancy on the Board of Trustees at the same time, such vacancies shall be filled by a special Village meeting called for that purpose. Any appointment shall be filed by the trustees in the Office of the Clerk, and duly recorded by the Clerk in the book of Village records. A person appointed to a vacant office shall serve until the next annual meeting. A person elected to fill a vacant office at either a special meeting or an annual meeting shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.(d) The legal voters of the Village may vote at its annual meeting to compensate any or all Village officers for their official services. (Amended 2019, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
24A V.S.A. § 245-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-7. Board of Trustees; powers; meetings

§ 245-7. Board of Trustees; powers; meetings|(a) The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legislative body of the Village of Morrisville for all purposes required by statute, and, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, incorporated villages or boards of trustees under the laws of the State of Vermont.(b) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the corporation, shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the corporation, draw orders upon the Treasurer, and generally perform all the duties legally enjoined upon them by the corporation, and shall submit their accounts and vouchers to the Auditor at least 30 days before the annual meeting.(c) The trustees shall prepare a budget for the oncoming year to be included in the annual report of the Village of Morrisville, and to be voted upon by the legal voters of the Village at the annual meeting.(d) The trustees shall have the power to abate taxes laid and assessed by virtue of this Charter for the same causes and subject to the same limitations as boards of civil authority have in the matter of town taxes.(e) The trustees may, by resolution, create, change, and abolish boards as in its judgment are required or necessary and convenient to, or as are now or hereinafter provided by law, and may grant to them such power and duties as are consistent with the provisions of this charter. The trustees shall be ex officio members of all boards.(f) All powers vested in the trustees shall be exercised by a majority of the Board.(g) Forthwith, after an election and qualification, the Trustees shall organize and elect a Chairperson, and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the Village Clerk. As soon as possible after an election of a Chairperson, the Board of Trustees shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings, and such meetings shall be held at least once a month. The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees. The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business.(h) All meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, unless, by an affirmative vote of a majority present, the Board shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313 or any amendments thereto.
24A V.S.A. § 245-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-8. Treasurer

§ 245-8. Treasurer|The Treasurer shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties in such sums and with such sureties as the trustees may prescribe. If a Treasurer does not give such bond within 10 days after his or her election or appointment, the office shall be vacant and the trustees may fill the vacant office as provided for in section 6 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 245-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-9. Audit of Village officers

§ 245-9. Audit of Village officers|The accounts and vouchers of the officers of the corporation shall be professionally audited, and the audit shall be printed each year in the annual report of the Village of Morrisville.
24A V.S.A. § 245-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-10. Duties of Treasurer

§ 245-10. Duties of Treasurer|(a) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statute or this charter. The Treasurer shall:  (1) promptly deposit all funds coming into his or her hands in such depositories as may be designated by the trustees; (2) invest funds as directed by the trustees; (3) keep such books and accounts as may be required by the trustees; (4) make a monthly report to the trustees showing the state of the corporation's finances; and (5) perform such other duties with respect to the Village finances as the trustees may require.   (b) The Treasurer shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that treasurers have and exercise with respect to towns.
24A V.S.A. § 245-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-11. Village Clerk

§ 245-11. Village Clerk|(a) The Clerk shall keep an official record of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees. The records shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk and shall be open for public inspection. The Clerk shall keep the official record of the proceedings of all special and annual Village meetings.(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Board of Trustees at its next meeting, and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk. The Clerk shall keep two copies of the annual reports of the Village of Morrisville on file in the office of the Village Clerk. The Clerk shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that clerks have and exercise with respect to towns.
24A V.S.A. § 245-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-12. Moderator

§ 245-12. Moderator|The Moderator shall preside at all annual and special meetings of the Village, shall decide questions of order, and make public declarations of votes passed. The moderator shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that Moderators have and exercise with respect to towns.
24A V.S.A. § 245-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 245 - Village of Morrisville|App § 245-13. Annual and special meetings

§ 245-13. Annual and special meetings|(a) The annual meeting of the Village for the election of officers and transaction of any other business specified in the warning of the meeting shall be held on the second Monday in April of each year at a time and place designated in the notice of such meeting. Warnings shall be signed by the trustees and the Clerk, shall specify the business to be transacted as the trustees direct, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, and shall be posted in two public places in such Village, not more than 40 days nor less than 30 days before such meeting. Such warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before it is posted.(b) Special meetings may at any time be called by the trustees for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting. The trustees shall call a special meeting upon written application and petition of not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the Village, stating the purpose for which they wish the meeting to be called. When the office of any one or more of the trustees is vacant, the remaining trustees may call meetings. When there is no trustee who may call meetings, the Clerk may call meetings. Warnings of special meetings shall be given in the same manner as warnings for annual meetings.