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24A V.S.A. § 237-29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-29. Ordinances; compliance and penalties

§ 237-29. Ordinances; compliance and penalties|(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) These fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name of the Village, and in any such 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 his or her willful or malicious act or neglect, it shall so adjudge, and shall further adjudge that he or she be confined in close jail, and may issue execution against his or her body with a certificate of such findings endorsed thereon; and such execution with such certificate thereon shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort having a like certificate endorsed thereon.(d) Any person refusing to comply with any Village ordinance or by-law relating to his or her business may be enjoined by a proper action in chancery brought in the name of the Village, from continuing such business in violation of such ordinance or bylaw, and in any such action a bill relying on the ordinance or bylaw shall be sufficient.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Village from having and exercising such other powers as may be proper to enforce obedience to its ordinances and bylaws and to punish violations thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 237-30
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-30. Ordinances; prosecutions

§ 237-30. Ordinances; prosecutions|All 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 Caledonia Municipal Court or before any justice of the peace of the County of Caledonia.
24A V.S.A. § 237-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-31. Manager

§ 237-31. Manager|The Village may at any 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 statutes of the State.
24A V.S.A. § 237-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-32. Water supply system

§ 237-32. Water supply system|It shall be the duty of the trustees of the Village to have full control and management of the water supply system of the Village subject to the limitations contained in the Village ordinances and the general laws of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 237-33
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-33. Water distribution

§ 237-33. Water distribution|The Village of Lyndonville is hereby authorized to own, operate, maintain, repair, and replace aqueducts together with necessary reservoirs and appurtenances for the purpose of conducting water to and distributing it through the Village of Lyndonville, the Village of Lyndon Center, and the Village of Lyndon and to supply the inhabitants of said Villages with water for domestic use and fire protection, and said Village of Lyndonville for the construction and maintenance of the necessary aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances for the purposes aforesaid is authorized to dig up and occupy any common, park, street, highway, walk, or alley, provided such use of any such public way, or other property, does not unreasonably interfere with public travel.
24A V.S.A. § 237-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-34. Water utilization

§ 237-34. Water utilization|The Village of Lyndonville through its trustees is hereby empowered to take the water of any fountain, spring, pond, lake, or stream for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Village, the Village of Lyndon Center, and the Village of Lyndon with water for domestic and other purposes, provided persons having any interest in such waters are not deprived of such part thereof as may be necessary for domestic and agricultural purposes upon the premises owned by them.
24A V.S.A. § 237-35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-35. Water offenses

§ 237-35. Water offenses|Any person or persons who shall maliciously disturb, damage, or injure in any manner whatever said 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 said 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 offence shall be committed by information, complaint, or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than $100.00 and costs of prosecution, and shall also be liable to said Village for all damages resulting to it by reason of said injury, pollution, or disturbance together with full costs, the same to be recovered by said Village in an action of tort founded on this section.
24A V.S.A. § 237-36
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-36. Water rents

§ 237-36. Water rents|All water rents and charges due the Village for the use of the Village water supply or the Village aqueduct system in case of non-payment thereof shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water, whether such rents or charges be charged in the first instance against the owner or occupant thereof. Such lien shall be enforceable in the same manner and to the same effect as the lien for taxes under the laws of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 237-37
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-37. Eminent domain

§ 237-37. Eminent domain|The Village may exercise the right of eminent domain for any municipal purpose or use upon compliance with the provisions of the State statutes applicable to eminent domain proceedings and for the purpose of developing its electric light and power system and extending its lines into other towns and municipalities may by eminent domain proceedings acquire property in the same manner and to the same extent as corporations organized under chapter 242 of the public laws.
24A V.S.A. § 237-38
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-38. Electric power plant and system

§ 237-38. Electric power plant and system|(a) The trustees of said Village shall have full control and authority over the water power, plant, lines, and operation of the electric light and power system of said Village and may make contracts for the sale and purchase of power as to them may seem prudent, all subject to the limitations contained in the Village ordinances and the general laws of this State.(b) The Village of Lyndonville shall have and is hereby granted the authority to own, maintain, and operate an electric light and power system for the purpose of furnishing electric light for the use of said Village in lighting its buildings, streets, walks, and other grounds, and for the purpose of furnishing electric light, heat, and power, both within and without said Village, for public, domestic, industrial, and other uses to the public generally and to other municipal corporations, subject to the general laws of this State and the lawful orders and control of the Public Service Commission, and for the purposes aforesaid said Village may hire, lease, purchase, own, hold, and acquire by contract, agreement, or eminent domain proceedings, any water power, buildings, land, rights of way, and any other property, real or personal, necessary for the maintenance and operation of the said electric light and power system, and it may use any land or highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with poles and wires, provided such use of any such public way, or other property, does not unreasonably interfere with public travel.
24A V.S.A. § 239-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-1. Village boundaries and establishment of body politic

§ 239-1. Village boundaries and establishment of body politic|All estate in the Town of Manchester, included in the following boundaries, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known as the Village of Manchester:  (1) Being all that part of the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington, contained within the bounds of Fire District Number Two as originally laid out and established by the Selectboard of the Town of Manchester in 1878, and recorded in volume 19, pages 505 and 506 of the land records of the Town; and also lands added and included within the limits of the Village in addition to limits specified in a former charter of the Village, being No. 182 of the Acts of 1900, and described in the minutes of meetings of the Village as follows: One hundred eleven acres of land of Robert T. Lincoln included in the Village limits by a vote at a Village meeting on January 2, 1905 as described in a plot on file in the Village records. (2) Farms of Fred E. Fish and E.A. Wilcox lying west of the Battenkill River, included in the Village limits by vote of a Village meeting held on August 25, 1902. (3) Lands of R.D. Brown, C.F. Orvis, W.G. Beebe, A.L. Mosley, R.E. Way, Nathan Cook, and C.L. Towsley included in the Village limits by vote of a Village meeting held on June 25, 1906. (4) The inhabitants within the bounds are constituted a body politic and corporate with all of the usual powers incident to public corporations, to be known by the name of  the Village of Manchester. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-2. Alteration of Village boundaries

§ 239-2. Alteration of Village boundaries|The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons owning real estate which will be included or excluded thereby, the written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Manchester, and with the approval of the Town of Manchester as evidenced by the majority vote of the Town in Town meeting duly warned therefor. If the Town of Manchester votes its approval, the consent, alteration, and the vote of the Town of Manchester shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and upon recording, the alterations in the bounds of the Village so made shall become effective. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-3. Powers of Village; general authority

§ 239-3. Powers of Village; general authority|The Village shall have and is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this chapter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred; but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal this charter; or to limit the right to hereafter pass general laws applicable alike to this and all other municipal corporations of the State; nor shall this grant of authority be deemed to limit the patronage or control of the State with respect to the Village. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-5. Village meetings

§ 239-5. Village meetings|(a) The annual meetings of the Village shall be on the second Monday of July in each year at the place within the Village and at the 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, 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 at least three public places within the limits of the Village, not less than six nor more than 20 days before the time of holding the meeting.(b) Special Village meetings may be called at any time by the Clerk under the direction of the trustees or a majority of them, to fill vacancies which may occur in any of the offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, and for the transaction of any business proper to be considered at a special meeting of the corporation.(c) The trustees shall, upon written application by ten legal voters of the Village, stating the purpose for which they wish it called, direct that a special meeting be called. All special meetings shall be called by warnings in the same manner as annual meetings. At all meetings, persons residing in the Village, who are legal voters in Town meeting in the Town of Manchester, shall be qualified to vote, provided they have resided in the Village for three months next prior to the meeting. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 5.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-6. Election of Village officials

§ 239-6. Election of Village officials|(a) At the annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of July, the Village shall, by ballot, if called for by three or more legal voters in the meeting, elect for the ensuing year, and, until their successors are chosen; a President, who shall preside at all Village meetings, and be vested with the powers of a moderator at town meeting and who shall be, by virtue of this office, one of the trustees of the Village and President of the Board of Trustees; a Clerk; a Treasurer; and a Tax Collector; and the Treasurer and Tax Collector shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in the sums as the trustees shall direct; and if a Treasurer or Collector shall fail to give the bonds within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant; three auditors who shall have the powers and perform the duties in  the Village which town auditors perform in towns; and the corporation at each annual meeting shall elect two trustees for a term of two years; the trustees shall have charge of the prudential affairs of the corporation, with powers necessary for that purpose, and may fill all vacancies in the offices of the corporation and may act by a majority, and of whom the elder of those oldest in office present at any Village meeting, shall act in the absence of the President.(b) In case of failure to elect any or all of the officers at an annual meeting, they may be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 7.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-7. Village Clerk

§ 239-7. Village Clerk|The Clerk shall keep records of all Village meetings, all trustees meetings when requested so to do, and other proceedings of the Village. The ordinances and regulations of the Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk's certificate that the ordinances and regulations of the Village were adopted at a meeting of the trustees called and held for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact in any court in this State, and certified copies of the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations, and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all courts in this State. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 7.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-8. Village trustees; powers

§ 239-8. Village trustees; powers|(a) The trustees shall have the same powers to lay out, alter, and discontinue streets and highways in the Village as are vested by law in the selectboard of towns, and all proceedings in respect to laying out, altering, or discontinuing streets and highways in the Village shall be had in the same manner as is prescribed by law in respect to these matters in towns.(b) The trustees shall have power to enact, amend, alter, or repeal bylaws, ordinances, and regulations, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, or to the charter of this Village, and to enforce the same by fine, penalty, forfeiture, or any other proper remedy, and shall have the other powers as are stated in this chapter.(c) The trustees shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of the Village, and shall direct the expenditure of all moneys belonging to the Village, and shall draw orders for all moneys disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties enjoined upon them by the Village. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 8.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-9. Village trustees; appointments

§ 239-9. Village trustees; appointments|The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers; of a Chief Engineer and the assistant engineers of the Fire Department; of the superintendents of the Village departments; of a Building Inspector; and of other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the number of police officers, engineers, and Village firemen and other employees shall be within the discretion of the trustees. Those officers as the trustees may direct shall be qualified by taking appropriate oaths of office, and their appointments and the certificates of their oaths shall be recorded by the Village Clerk. The appointments may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and the trustees may make rules and regulations governing the activities of these officers and of all other Village employees. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 9.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer

§ 239-10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer|The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief's assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village, and the duties of the Engineer shall be those as may be prescribed by the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of the Village. The Chief Engineer, and in the Chief's absence the acting chief designated by the Trustees, shall have charge of all machines and apparatus within the Village for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. On the occasion of any fire in the Village, the Chief Engineer shall have control of both the regular Fire Department and all volunteer fire companies, and may demand the assistance of any person present in order to extinguish the fire; the Chief Engineer shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, blown-up, or removed any building which the Chief Engineer may deem necessary for the suppression, or to prevent the extension, of the fire, and neither the Chief Engineer, nor anyone obeying the Chief Engineer's orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage done thereby. The Chief Engineer may work in conjunction with the Building Inspector, as the Trustees may direct, and may have the authority of the Building Inspector in the discretion of the trustees. The engineers when on duty shall wear conspicuously on their person a badge of office, with their respective rank inscribed thereon, without which no person shall be bound to obey their directions. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 10.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-11. Building Inspector

§ 239-11. Building Inspector|Within the Village limits, the Building Inspector shall have authority to oversee the location and construction of all buildings, and all repairs on buildings already constructed, and shall oversee the construction and repair of elevators, oil storage tanks, fireplaces, stoves, flues, chimneys, and all electrical wiring. The Building Inspector may order the occupants or owners of any building or premises to repair the same, or any elevator, oil storage tank, fireplace, stove, flue, chimney, or electrical wiring, which in the opinion of the trustees is unsafe or dangerous; and the Building Inspector may inspect the manner of manufacture and keeping of all explosives and combustibles. No building shall be located, built, constructed, or reconstructed until the plans of the building have first been submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector, if the trustees by proper ordinance shall so order and require. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 11.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-12. Trustee meetings

§ 239-12. Trustee meetings|The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business, and at those meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 12.)
24A V.S.A. § 239-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester|App § 239-13. Ordinances

§ 239-13. Ordinances|(a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof has been posted in four public places, within the bounds of the Village, for a period of two weeks and published twice within the period of two weeks in a newspaper printed in the Village, or, if no newspaper be printed, in a newspaper of general circulation within the Village.(b) If during the two weeks' period a petition signed by 10 or more qualified voters of the Village be presented to the trustees objecting to an ordinance so passed and published by the trustees, the question of the approval of the ordinance shall be submitted to any annual or special meeting of the Village; and when approved by a majority vote of the meeting, and not otherwise, the ordinance so approved shall become an ordinance of the Village.(c) If at any time subsequent to the period of two weeks for publication, a petition signed by 10 or more qualified voters of the Village be presented to the trustees requesting the repeal of any ordinance, the question of the repeal or approval of the ordinance shall be submitted to a meeting of the Village duly warned for that purpose. If at the meeting the ordinance be approved by a majority vote of the meeting, the ordinance so approved shall remain an ordinance of the Village. If the ordinance so voted upon shall fail to be approved, the ordinance shall be deemed to be repealed and shall thereupon be and become null and void and of no subsequent legal effect whatsoever. But, fines and penalties imposed, judgments and decrees entered, prosecutions and legal proceedings instituted prior to the repeal of the ordinance shall not be vacated, set aside, or otherwise affected by the repeal. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 13.)