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24A V.S.A. § 217-801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-801. Fire district

§ 217-801. Fire district|Said Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing the destructive consequences of fires, and the trustees thereof shall have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as prudential committees in fire districts in making contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in said Village from loss or damage by fire.
24A V.S.A. § 217-901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-901. Grand list

§ 217-901. Grand list|It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Derby, in making their assessments of real estate in said Town, to designate, in the list by them made, the real estate situated within the Village of Derby Line; and in case any piece or parcel of real estate is situated partly within and partly without the limits of said Village, said listers shall designate in said list the appraised value of said real estate which lies within said limits.
24A V.S.A. § 217-902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-902. Assessment of tax

§ 217-902. Assessment of tax|Said Village may, at its annual meeting or at any special meeting warned for that purpose, assess a tax on the list of real and personal estate taxable therein, for any of the purposes mentioned in this act, and shall have all the powers, and may collect such tax in such manner as is provided by law for the collection of town taxes in towns, and the trustees of said Village are to have the power and perform the duties herein required of the selectmen in towns.
24A V.S.A. § 217-903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-903. Board of Tax Abatement

§ 217-903. Board of Tax Abatement|The trustees and Clerk of said Village shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes in said Village, and shall have the same power and proceed in the same manner as the board for the abatement of taxes in towns.
24A V.S.A. § 217-904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-904. Membership on Board not disqualification to serve as law enforcement or judicial officer

§ 217-904. Membership on Board not disqualification to serve as law enforcement or judicial officer|A member of said corporation shall not be deprived, by reason of such membership, to act as judge, juror, sheriff, constable, or justice of the peace in any cause or proceeding in which such corporation is interested.
24A V.S.A. § 217-1001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 217 - Village of Derby Line|App § 217-1001. Bonding authority

§ 217-1001. Bonding authority|Said Village at an annual or at any special meeting called for that purpose, is hereby authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, and to issue its notes and bonds therefor, and such notes or bonds shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Village, and if interest coupons are attached they shall be signed by the Treasurer and the bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned and in conformity with the provisions of this charter, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same, and of the liability of the Village to pay such notes or bonds in an action by a person who in good faith holds such notes or bonds. The Village Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and also shall keep a record of payments, interest, and principal, and if any coupons are taken up shall deface the same.
24A V.S.A. § 219-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-1. Corporate body politic; boundaries

§ 219-1. Corporate body politic; boundaries|The ratable estate, included within the limits of School District Number Seven, in Enosburgh, in the County of Franklin, and all other estate therein included, is hereby incorporated, and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Enosburg Falls, and the inhabitants of the Village are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, with all the usual powers incident to public corporations, to be known by the name of the Village of Enosburg Falls, and may alter the bounds of the Village with the consent of the persons whose residence or property will be included or excluded thereby, the consent being first recorded in the Town Clerk's office in Enosburgh; provided, the bounds of the Village shall not be altered except at a meeting duly called and warned for that purpose. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-2. Annual meeting

§ 219-2. Annual meeting|The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held each year on the date, at the time, and at the location as the Village trustees may determine. Notice of which shall be posted at three public places in the Village, at least 10 days previous to the meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the corporation and, in case of the Clerk's failure, by the trustees, and for want of the trustees, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village, who shall give notice of the first meeting and organize the same; and whenever five percent of the legal voters of the corporation shall so request, upon the Clerk's neglect or refusal, the trustees may call a special meeting of the corporation, giving like notice of the same, and specifying in the notice the object of the meeting; and at the meeting none but inhabitants qualified by law to vote in Town meetings in the Town, and who shall have resided for one year within the bounds herein or hereinafter described and established for the Village, shall be entitled to vote. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 2; amended 1923, No. 195, § 2; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 19, 2008; 2009, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 18, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-3. Officers

§ 219-3. Officers|(a) At every annual meeting, the corporation shall, by ballot, if called for, elect for the ensuing year, and until their successors shall be chosen, a Moderator, who shall preside at all meetings of the corporation, with the powers of a moderator at town meetings; a Clerk, who shall keep a record of all proceedings of the corporation, with power to certify copies of the same, and who shall perform the usual duties of clerk; a Treasurer, who shall be sworn, and who shall discharge the usual duties of the office, and give bond in the sum as the corporation shall direct for the faithful performance of the same; subject to the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.(b) The Village may elect such other officers, and enact bylaws, not repugnant to the laws of this State, as the public interest may require; provided, that if the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of the notice mentioned, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not be prejudiced; and the several officers may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as provided.(c) The officers of the corporation shall be elected from among the legal voters of the Village. If an officer, during his or her term, ceases to be a legal voter of the Village, his or her office shall be declared vacant by the Board of Trustees. If a vacancy occurs in an office for any cause other than the expiration of a term, the trustees of the Village shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next annual meeting of the Village.(d) Any elected Village officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:  (1) There is filed with the Village Clerk a written petition signed by not less than 30 percent of the registered voters of the Village seeking the removal of the Village officer. (2) There shall be held thereafter and within 45 days after the filing of the petition with the Village Clerk a special Village meeting for the purpose of voting on the removal of the Village officer. (3) If two-thirds of the votes cast at the special Village meeting result in an affirmative vote to remove the Village officer, the Village officer shall cease to hold that office and the office shall be considered to be vacant at the conclusion of the affirmative vote. (4) The vacancy shall be filled as provided by law and this charter.   (e) Only one petition for removal may be filed against any given Village officer during any 12-month period of his or her term of office. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 3; amended 1890, No. 87, § 8; 1896, No. 157, § 6, 7; 1898, No. 190, § 1; 1906, No. 266, § 3; 1909, No. 265, § 1; 1923, No. 196, § 1; 1987, No. M-26 (Adj Sess.),§ 2; 1989, No. M-2, § 1; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 19, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-4. Board of Trustees

§ 219-4. Board of Trustees|(a) There shall be a Board of five Trustees to manage the affairs of the corporation with the necessary powers for that purpose to exercise such general powers of their office within the Village limits as are applicable to the selectboard in town affairs as provided by the statutes of the State, to act as and to exercise the powers of the Board of Water and Light Commissioners and to exercise such other powers as may be provided by the act of incorporation, as amended.(b) At each annual meeting, the corporation shall elect, by ballot, such number of trustees for three-year terms as there are trustees whose terms expire in the year in which the annual meeting is held. Each trustee shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.(c) Trustees shall be elected from among the legal voters of the Village. If a trustee during his or her term ceases to be a legal voter of the Village, his or her office shall be declared vacant by the Board of Trustees.(d) If a vacancy occurs in the Board of Trustees for any cause other than the expiration of a term, the remaining trustees shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next annual meeting of the Village, at which meeting the Village shall elect a trustee for the unexpired term.(e) The Board of Trustees may appoint and employ a Village Manager for a term not exceeding three years for a salary and upon such other conditions as the Board may fix. The Village Manager may have the powers available to a manager under the statutes of the State as the Board may designate from time to time.(f) The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Collector for such term not exceeding three years as the Board may fix. The Village Manager, if any, may be appointed Collector. The Collector shall be sworn, shall discharge the usual duties of such office, and shall give a bond in such sum as the Board of Trustees shall direct for the faithful performance of the office.(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of the charter, the Board of Trustees exclusively shall exercise the corporation's power to make and amend bylaws and regulations, subject to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1973, as amended.(h) The Board of Trustees may appoint outside independent auditors in addition to, but not in lieu of, the auditors selected pursuant to this charter. Section 3 notwithstanding, the outside independent auditors need not be legal voters of the Village. (Added 1886, No. 195 § 4; amended 1989, No. M-26, § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-5. Highway taxes; expenditure

§ 219-5. Highway taxes; expenditure|(a) The trustees of the corporation shall have power to direct the expenditure of all the highway taxes assessed upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate belonging to nonresidents, situated within the bounds of the Village, and the Village limits shall constitute a highway district of itself. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the Village to appoint a Director of Public Works and supporting staff as they may deem necessary who shall manage the construction and maintenance of all Village highways and streets within the Village Road District, subject to the laws of the State regarding those duties and subject to the direction of the trustees of the Village.(b) In the event that the Town of Enosburgh does not approve the adoption of a charter that would create a separate road district consisting of all Town roads lying outside the Village Road District, and as a result, the Village residents are assessed taxes for the maintenance of Town roads, the trustees of the Village shall have the authority, at their discretion, to dissolve the Village Road District and notify the Selectboard of the Town that it will be obligated to maintain the roads within the Village as Town highways. In this event, the trustees of the Village shall also have the authority to negotiate and enter into agreements as they deem proper for the equitable reimbursement from the Town of taxes assessed on Village residents and attributable to the Town highway budget. In this event, the trustees of the Village shall also have the authority to prepare and present to the Selectboard of the Town a statement of the operating costs incurred by the Village Road District and request reimbursement of those expenses from the Town General Fund. In the event that the Town of Enosburgh accepts responsibility for the maintenance of highways within the Village, subsection (a) of this section shall not apply. (Added 1886, No. 196, § 5; amended 1908, No. 266, § 1; 1931, No. 224, § 1; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 19, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-9. Corporate powers

§ 219-9. Corporate powers|The corporation may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate, and erect and keep in repair any building necessary for their purposes; may construct, maintain, or purchase such aqueducts and reservoirs as they may judge best; may make bylaws regulating zoning and development; may adopt municipal ordinances for the erection of dwelling houses and other buildings; may make such bylaws and regulations as they shall deem proper to restrain all nuisances, or abate the same; direct the clearing, repairing, and improvement of streets, highways, commons, or walks, and protect the same from injury, light the same, keep a watch, restrain cattle, horses, sheep, swine, geese, and other creatures from running at large, or permit the same to run at large under such restrictions as they may provide; provide for the planting and preservation of shade and other trees, lay out, grade, fence, and otherwise improve all public parks and commons, and may impose any fine not exceeding $500.00 for a breach of any bylaws, which fines, and all others prosecuted within six months from the time they accrue, in the name of the corporation, may be recovered in the District Court of the State, in an action of debt, declaring generally for a breach of the bylaws or of this charter. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 9; amended 1908, No. 267, § 1; 1961, No. 312, § 1; 1989, No. M-26 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 19, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-10. Grand list; taxes; assessment and collection

§ 219-10. Grand list; taxes; assessment and collection|The corporation may, at any annual or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax on the grand list of the Town of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate within the same belonging to nonresidents, 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 it shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of the Town of Enosburgh, in making out the list of the Town, to designate therein such of the ratable estate belonging to nonresidents as shall be within the limits of the Village of Enosburg Falls. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 10; amended 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 19, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-11. Village residents; office holders; legal proceedings

§ 219-11. Village residents; office holders; legal proceedings|The inhabitants of the Village shall belong to and remain inhabitants of the Town of Enosburgh, and no member of the Village corporation shall be deemed thereby incompetent to act as judge, justice of the peace, juror, sheriff, constable, or witness, in any cause or proceedings in which the corporation shall be interested. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 11.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-12. Trustees; duties

§ 219-12. Trustees; duties|The trustees shall keep a full and true record of all orders drawn and expenditures made by them, and no money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon their order, and the Village may appoint one or more auditors to audit and settle the accounts of any or all its officers. (Added 1886, No. 195, § 12.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-14. Water supply; powers; eminent domain

§ 219-14. Water supply; powers; eminent domain|The Village of Enosburg Falls shall have and exercise the following powers and functions: to provide a supply of water for protection of the Village against fire, and for the use of the inhabitants of the Village, and for other purposes; to establish, increase, maintain, and repair reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipe lines, and other necessary apparatus and installations for and in connection with the water supply: to preserve, protect, operate, and maintain the same; to establish rates and charges for supplying water to the users thereof, which power shall be exercised by the trustees of the Village; and in the exercise of such powers, the Village may take and hold by gift, purchase, or the right of eminent domain, within or without its corporate limits, ponds, springs, streams, water sources, water rights, land, or easements in or over land of individuals, associations, or corporations, and divert water from natural channels into its water supply, or making therefor; but the Village shall not take, otherwise than by gift, purchase, or devise, water or a spring of water which the owner or other person having a vested right or interest therein or in the use thereof may reasonably require for domestic or agricultural purposes. (Added 1890, No. 87, § 1; amended 1923 No. 197, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-15. Water supply; takings

§ 219-15. Water supply; takings|When the Village shall vote, in a meeting duly warned for that purpose, to provide itself with a water supply, the trustees of the Village shall proceed to acquire the same, and if the owner of any pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land, or easement in or over lands necessary for the public use and benefit in connection with the water supply refuses to convey the same to the Village at a reasonable price, or refuses to convey to the Village the right to damage or affect lands to such extent as may be needed in the acquirement, use, or enjoyment of the water supply, also for a reasonable price, the Village trustees may petition the Selectboard of the Town of Enosburgh, setting forth that the taking of the pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land, or easement in or over lands is necessary for public use and benefit in connection with the water supply; whereupon the Selectboard shall appoint a time and place for hearing and give at least 10 days' notice thereof in writing to all persons interested, either personally or by the written notice left at the residence of the owner or occupant of the lands, and, on hearing, shall determine the necessity for the taking and shall ascertain the damages sustained by any interested persons, and the damages agreed upon or assessed by the Selectboard, pursuant to the hearing, shall be paid or tendered to the persons before possession is taken by the Village. (Added 1890, No. 87, § 2; amended 1923, No. 197, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-16. Orders; recordation

§ 219-16. Orders; recordation|Orders and proceedings of the Selectboard, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Town in which the property against which the orders are directed is located. (Added 1890, No. 87, § 3; amended 1923, No. 197, § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-17. Damage award; appeal

§ 219-17. Damage award; appeal|If the owner of the pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land, or easement in or over lands does not accept the damage awarded by the Selectboard, then the Village trustees may agree with the owner to refer the question of damages to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall be made in writing and shall be final. (Added 1923, No. 4.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-18. Judicial review

§ 219-18. Judicial review|If a person having an interest in a pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land, or easement in or over lands is dissatisfied with the action of the Selectboard, either as to the necessity for taking or with the damages awarded therefor by it, he or she may apply by petition to the Superior Court at its next stated term, if there is sufficient time for notice, and, if not, the succeeding term; and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition. The petition, with a citation, shall be served on the trustees of the Village at least 12 days before the session of Court; and the Court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners who shall inquire into the necessity for taking of the ponds, springs, streams, water sources, water rights, lands, or easements in or over lands; and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons interested therein. (Added 1890, No. 87, § 4; amended 1923, No. 197, § 5; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 19, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 219-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 219 - Village of Enosburg Falls|App § 219-19. Applicability of State law

§ 219-19. Applicability of State law|To the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of Title 24, chapters 95 through 105, inclusive, shall apply. (Added 1890, No. 87, § 1; amended 1923 No. 197, § 6; 2007, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 19, 2008.)