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24A V.S.A. § 251-601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-601. Highway Superintendent

§ 251-601. Highway Superintendent|The Highway Superintendent shall, under the direction and control of the Board of Trustees, have in charge the building and repairing of all the highways, streets, lanes, and sidewalks in the Village; the Superintendent shall keep such accounts relating thereto as the Board of Trustees may direct, and shall at all times have the same ready for inspection by the trustees or any of them, and furnish a copy thereof to the auditors when required at least three days before the annual meeting. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 251-602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-602. Highway tax rate

§ 251-602. Highway tax rate|The Village of North Bennington shall establish its own highway tax rate. The voters in said Village shall not vote for Road Commissioner at a Town meeting of the Town of Bennington.
24A V.S.A. § 251-603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-603. Board of Trustees; authority with respect to roads, streets, and sidewalks

§ 251-603. Board of Trustees; authority with respect to roads, streets, and sidewalks|The trustees of said Village shall have the same power whenever in their judgment the public good requires, to take gravel, earth, stone, and other materials to repair or build a road, street, or sidewalk in said Village, as is now vested in the selectboard of towns for the taking of such materials to build or repair highways therein, and in such taking by said trustees the same proceedings shall be had as provided by law for the taking thereof by selectboards.
24A V.S.A. § 251-701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-701. Police Department; appointment; duties

§ 251-701. Police Department; appointment; duties|(a)(1) The Board of Trustees may also appoint a Chief of Police and not more than five additional police officers, except on public occasions, when they may appoint such number of special police for that occasion as they may think necessary, by appointment in writing under their hands, who shall be qualified by taking the oath of office, and causing their appointments to be recorded by the Clerk of the Village.  (2) Any such appointment may be revoked by the Board, in its discretion, which revocation shall also be in writing and be recorded by the Clerk.   (b) The Chief of Police and other police officers shall, by virtue of their appointment be constables, informing officers, and conservators of the peace within the Village, and may serve any criminal process throughout the County of Bennington returnable within the Village or to the County Court within and for the County of Bennington; and they may commit any person convicted of a violation of any bylaw, regulation, or ordinance of the Village or any provision of this chapter, or any law of the State, upon mittimus, to the common jail in Bennington County; and they shall be proper officers in justice criminal courts held within the Village, with full power to empanel, draw, and summon jurors before such justice courts.(c) Police officers shall be entitled to receive the same fees as constables would be entitled to receive for the same services.(d) Police officers shall have the same right to demand assistance from any person or persons which sheriffs and constables now have, and any person refusing to assist such police officer shall be subject to the same fines and penalties as now provided by law for refusing to assist a sheriff or constable. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 251-801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-801. Construction and maintenance of reservoir

§ 251-801. Construction and maintenance of reservoir|The said Village shall also have authority and power to construct, maintain, and repair a reservoir or reservoirs, pumps, engines, and apparatus, take, purchase, and acquire, as in this act provided, any ponds, springs, streams, water courses, real estate, water rights, flowage rights, and easements necessary for its purposes within the limits of the Towns of Bennington, Shaftsbury, and Glastenbury in the County of Bennington together with such land surrounding and adjacent to the same as may be reasonably necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water in such ponds, springs, and streams, and may enclose such ponds, springs, and streams by suitable fences for the purpose of such protection; and to enter in and upon any land or water for the purpose of making surveys, may take and construct dams and reservoirs, lay pipes and aqueducts and connect the same with the main aqueduct as may be necessary to convey the water when taken as aforesaid to the reservoirs of said Village and distribute the same through said Village for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants thereof and of the Towns of Bennington or of the adjoining Town of Shaftsbury, with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes; but said Village shall not take, otherwise than by purchase, the water of any stream, spring, pond, or reservoir owned by or used in other municipalities for like purposes or which the owner or lessee or other person having a vested right or interest in said water or use thereof, may reasonably require for domestic use or the watering of animals on the premises where such water may be in use.
24A V.S.A. § 251-802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-802. Use of land for reservoir

§ 251-802. Use of land for reservoir|Said Village for the purposes aforesaid may enter upon and use any land and enclosures over or through which it may be necessary for an aqueduct or pipes to pass and may thereon dig, place, lay, and construct such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, appurtenances, and connections and repairing of the same, from time to time, may open the ground in any streets, lanes, highways, and public grounds for the purpose of laying down and repairing such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances as may be necessary for conducting the water and the purposes aforesaid; provided that such streets, lanes, highways, and public grounds shall not be injured, but shall be left in as good condition as before the laying of said pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances.
24A V.S.A. § 251-803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-803. Use of water; payment; inspection; damages

§ 251-803. Use of water; payment; inspection; damages|The owner of any tenement, house, or building who shall take the water of said Village shall be liable for the rent or the price of the same, and the officers and agents of said corporation entrusted with the care and superintendence of the water may at all reasonable times enter all premises so supplied to examine the pipes and fixtures and prevent any unnecessary waste, and if any person or persons without the consent of said corporation shall use any of said water, an action of tort under this statute may be maintained against such person by said corporation for the recovery of damages therefor and such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the Board of Water Commissioners in the name of said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 251-804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-804. Unauthorized diversion and malicious damage

§ 251-804. Unauthorized diversion and malicious damage|Any person who shall willfully, wantonly, or maliciously divert the water or part thereof of any of the ponds, springs, streams, aqueducts, water courses, or reservoirs, which shall be taken, used, or constructed by the Village, or shall corrupt the same, or make it impure, or commit any nuisance therein, or shall bathe therein, or within the limits that may be taken or prescribed by the Village pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or maliciously injure or destroy any dam, embankment, aqueduct, pipe, reservoir, conduit, hydrant, structure, pump, machinery, or other property owned, held, or used by the Village under the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to the Village, in treble damages therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort founded on this statute. Such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the Board of Water Commissioners in the name of the Village. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 251-805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-805. Sewers and drains

§ 251-805. Sewers and drains|(a) The Trustees shall have the care and supervision of the public sewers and drains of the Village and shall see that the same are properly constructed and maintained, and that the sewers or drains from abutting or adjacent property are properly connected with the public sewer or drain.(b) Whenever a Sewer Commissioner is appointed by them, as in this charter provided, the Trustees may delegate to the Commissioner the performance of such of the foregoing duties as they may see fit.(c) If in the judgment of the Board of Trustees the public good and necessity and convenience of individuals shall require the construction of a sewer system in the Village or a sewer main through the principal streets thereof, the Trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to lay out and construct such sewer system or sewer main and may from time to time extend the same as the public good and the necessity and convenience of individuals shall require, and when constructed, the same shall be under the care and control of the Board of Trustees or the Sewer Commissioner as herein provided. The Trustees are also authorized and empowered to lay out and construct the sewer main or parts of the system through lands of individuals or corporations, whenever, in the judgment of the Board, the public good shall so require, provided compensation for damages sustained by private individuals is made to them by the Village. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 251-806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-806. Connections to sewer system

§ 251-806. Connections to sewer system|After such system of sewers or mains has been constructed as above provided, each and every owner of a house or other building in said Village situate upon any highway, street, lane, or alley through which a sewer main has been so laid out and constructed, shall, when requested by the trustees, cause to be constructed under the direction of the Commissioner a sewer or drain from such house or other building to the nearest sewer main and connected therewith so as to take all the sewage from and around said house or building and discharge the same into such sewer main. In case any person or corporation owning a house so situate shall fail or neglect to construct such branch sewer from such house, it shall be the duty of the Sewer Commissioner to give such person notice in writing, recorded by the Clerk, requiring the person to build such branch sewer from the person's premises to the main sewer; and in case any such person does not construct such branch sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving said notice, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to declare said premises a nuisance, and said Board of Trustees may direct the Sewer Commissioner who is hereby authorized and empowered so to do to enter upon said premises and properly construct said branch sewer, and the person upon whose premises such branch sewer has been so constructed shall pay to the Treasurer of said Village forthwith upon the completion of work all expense which the Sewer Commissioner has incurred in the construction of such branch sewer, and upon neglect of such person to pay the same then the corporation shall have an action founded on this statute to recover such expenses and said premises shall be holden for the payment of any judgment recovered in such action, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in such action.
24A V.S.A. § 251-807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-807. Entry onto land for construction

§ 251-807. Entry onto land for construction|The trustees shall have authority to enter upon private lands or property to clear out, open, or construct any drain or ditch which, in their judgment, is required or necessary to receive or carry off the surface water falling or flowing upon the streets or highways in said village and likely to do damage thereto, or to render the same dangerous to public travel, and to clean out, open, or increase the capacity of any water course or ditch or drain which now receives all or any part of such water upon payment or tender thereof to the party injured thereby, damages by the party sustained by reason thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 251-808
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-808. Electric light plant

§ 251-808. Electric light plant|The Village shall also have authority to construct and maintain an electric or other light plant, for the purpose of lighting the streets, walks, and public grounds of said Village, and the lighting any buildings therein, and for this purpose may take or purchase, acquire, and hold any water power, land, and rights of way in said Town, needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation of said light plant, as provided in this act, and may use any public highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with the poles and wire or other conduits of the same, provided the use of such highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby necessarily impaired.
24A V.S.A. § 251-809
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-809. Furnishing of water

§ 251-809. Furnishing of water|Said Village shall have authority to contract for the furnishing of water to said Village for extinguishing fires, sprinkling the streets, supplying drinking places, or other public uses, and may contract for the furnishing of lights or the light of streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds, or for the lighting or heating of any building used by said Village, and may levy and collect a tax to provide funds to meet such contracts.
24A V.S.A. § 251-810
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-810. Rights-of-way of public service corporation

§ 251-810. Rights-of-way of public service corporation|If in the construction, completion, maintenance, or future extension of said water system it becomes necessary, in order to complete said system or to convey water to the said Village or its inhabitants, to lay the water pipes or mains of said system across premises or a right-of-way owned by a public service corporation and already devoted to a public use and in case said Village and said corporation cannot agree as to the place and manner in which said water pipes or mains shall be laid across such premises or right-of-way or upon the amount to be paid therefor, or in case said corporation refuses to permit said Village to lay its water pipes or mains across said premises or right-of-way, the said Village or said corporation may petition the Public Service Commission which after due notice and hearing to the parties interested shall determine whether it is necessary that said water pipes or mains may be laid across said premises or right-of-way and if so in what place and manner and if so, what amount shall be paid therefor and to whom it shall be paid. The orders and findings of said Commission shall be subject to appeal or exception to the extent and in the manner now provided by the general law of Vermont in the case of the condemnation of land for railroad purposes.
24A V.S.A. § 251-811
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-811. Rates for water

§ 251-811. Rates for water|The inhabitants of said Village and of those parts of said Towns of Bennington and Shaftsbury to which said Board of Water Commissioners may decide to extend said system shall be entitled to water from said system at reasonable rates and under reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with the deed to said Village from said Laura H. Jennings, or her heirs, administrators, or executors.
24A V.S.A. § 251-812
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-812. Prohibition on taxation, assessment, or encumbrance of water works

§ 251-812. Prohibition on taxation, assessment, or encumbrance of water works|The Village of North Bennington shall never tax or assess said system of water works or the income thereof, and shall never mortgage or encumber the same or allow or permit the same to be encumbered.
24A V.S.A. § 251-813
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-813. Board of Water Commissioners

§ 251-813. Board of Water Commissioners|The entire management and control of the said water system and property shall be vested in the Village of North Bennington acting through a Board of Water Commissioners, five in number, at least four of whom shall be residents of the Village of North Bennington. Vacancies in their number caused by death, resignation, completion of term, removal, or any other cause shall be filled by the Trustees of said Village. If a majority of the remaining Commissioners proposes to Trustees, in writing, within 15 days of the occurrence of any vacancy, at least two qualified candidates for each such vacancy, the Trustees shall appoint one of the two qualified candidates. If such nominations are not made within 15 days, or if the Trustees in their sole discretion conclude that not all of the candidates are qualified, then the Trustees may appoint a new commissioner of their sole choice. Commissioners may be recalled without cause by vote of a majority of Commissioners and of at least 75 percent of the Trustees. The Commissioners shall serve a term of five years. The Commissioners shall elect a Chair annually, who shall serve for no more than three consecutive one-year terms as Chair. The Commissioners may vote to create other officers in their discretion. The Board shall meet at least monthly. Water Commissioners may be paid an annual stipend in an amount determined by the Trustees. (Amended 1989, No. M-21 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 3, 1990.)
24A V.S.A. § 251-814
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-814. Gross income of water works

§ 251-814. Gross income of water works|The gross income from said system of water works shall from time to time as collected be paid into the Village treasury and the same shall by the Treasurer be kept separate and apart from all other moneys of the Village and a separate account of the same showing all moneys received and payments therefrom shall be kept by the Treasurer.
24A V.S.A. § 251-815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-815. Payment of water works' funds

§ 251-815. Payment of water works' funds|No money from said system of water works shall be paid out from the treasury of said Village except upon the written order of a majority of the Board of Water Commissioners.
24A V.S.A. § 251-816
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-816. Board of Water Commissioners' rules

§ 251-816. Board of Water Commissioners' rules|The said Board of Water Commissioners shall adopt rules and regulations and a proper system of bookkeeping for the keeping of accurate accounts of the receipts and income received by it for water or from any other source from or for said system of water works and it shall show the rents and charges paid by every person, the kind and extent of service rendered him or her and when and where, and how much rent there may be overdue, if any. Said accounts shall also show all the sums expended and the purpose for which the sums are expended and said accounts shall, at all times, be kept separate from all accounts of said Village, and shall be public accounts and shall be open to public inspection.
24A V.S.A. § 251-817
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-817. Prohibition on abatement of water rates

§ 251-817. Prohibition on abatement of water rates|Neither said Village nor said Board of Water Commissioners shall abate the water rates or rents except overcharges.
24A V.S.A. § 251-818
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-818. Annual net income of water works

§ 251-818. Annual net income of water works|The annual net income from said system of water works, as defined by said deed from the said Laura H. Jennings or her heirs, administrators, or executors shall be used for the following purposes, viz., If the said Village installs a sewer system within seven years from date the said annual net income and the accumulation thereof not exceeding in the whole the sum of $30,000.00 shall be used by the said Board of Water Commissioners to pay the cost thereof or to pay any bonds which the Village may incur or any indebtedness which the Village may incur (including interest thereon) for the building of a Village sewer system, not exceeding said sum of $30,000.00. This provision shall not include the cost of future extensions of said sewer but only the initial cost thereof said cost, bonds, or indebtedness for said sewer system shall be canceled when paid and shall not be a claim of the Water Department against said Village or any department thereof. After the cost of said sewer system is paid or after said sewer bonds or indebtedness, with interest, are paid, or if said sewer system is not installed within said seven years, said annual net income shall not be used for the ordinary purposes of said Village or for the ordinary purposes for which money is usually required by law to be raised by taxation, but, subject to the foregoing restriction, shall be expended by said Board of Water Commissioners for the improvement and betterment of the inhabitants of the Village of North Bennington in such ways as the said Board of Water Commissioners may judge best.
24A V.S.A. § 251-819
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-819. Annual report

§ 251-819. Annual report|Said Board of Water Commissioners shall make a report to the annual meeting of said Village each year showing the receipts and disbursements of their department and the general condition thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 251-820
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington|App § 251-820. Staff assistance

§ 251-820. Staff assistance|Said Board of Water Commissioners may employ and pay from the receipts of the water system such assistance, clerical or otherwise, as they deem necessary.