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24A V.S.A. § 237-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-1. Village boundaries

§ 237-1. Village boundaries|(a) The ratable and all other estate in the Town of Lyndon, in the County of Caledonia, included within the following boundaries, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known as the Village of Lyndonville:Beginning at a point on the easterly bank of the Passumpsic River on the south line of the old Daniel Emery Farm, so-called;Thence easterly on the southerly line of the said Emery Farm to the easterly boundary line of the said Emery Farm;Thence northerly on the easterly line of land formerly owned by W. H. Hoyt and on the easterly line of land owned, or formerly owned, by the Town of Lyndon and in continuation of the said easterly line of the said land of, or formerly of, the Town of Lyndon across the highway and across land formerly owned by J. A. Fletcher and Harris Allen to the north line of the land formerly owned by the said Harris Allen;Thence westerly on the northerly line of the said land formerly owned by the said Harris Allen to the northwest corner thereof;Thence west to the Passumpsic River;Thence following the easterly bank of the Passumpsic River to the place of beginning.(b) Meaning to include by the foregoing description all the land and territory, no more and no less, embraced within the limits specified in a former charter of said Village, being No. 210 of the Acts of 1880, as amended by No. 181 of the Acts of 1900.(c) The inhabitants within these bounds 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 Lyndonville.
24A V.S.A. § 237-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-2. Alteration of Village boundaries

§ 237-2. Alteration of Village boundaries|The inhabitants of said Village may alter the bounds of said Village with the written consent of the persons owning real estate which will be included or excluded thereby, such written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndon, and with the approval of the Town of Lyndon as evidenced by the majority vote of said Town in Town meeting duly warned therefor. If the Town of Lyndon votes such approval said consent, alteration, and the vote of the Town of Lyndon shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and upon such recording, the alterations in the bounds of said Village so made shall become effective.
24A V.S.A. § 237-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-3. General corporate powers

§ 237-3. General corporate powers|Said Village shall have and is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this act 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 said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 237-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-5. Annual meeting

§ 237-5. Annual meeting|The annual meeting of said Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in March, at such hour as the notice hereinafter mentioned shall state, in the Village Hall in said Village or at such other hour and place as said corporation shall hereafter appoint, notice of which, together with a statement of the business to be transacted, shall be posted in four public places in said Village at least 10 days previous to said meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of said corporation, and in case of his or her failure to act or call such meeting, by the trustees, and for want of such trustees, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in said Village; and whenever 20 legal voters of said Village shall so request by petition in writing the trustees shall call a special meeting of said corporation giving like notice of the same and specifying in said notice the object of said meeting; and at all Village meetings none but those persons who reside within the Village limits and are legal voters in Town meeting in the Town of Lyndon shall be entitled to vote.
24A V.S.A. § 237-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-6. Election of officers

§ 237-6. Election of officers|The elective officers of the Village shall be a Moderator, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, five trustees, a Village Attorney and legal agent, and three auditors. All of the elective officers shall be elected at the annual meeting for a term of one year, except that in the case of the trustees, the term of office shall be five years, and in the case of the auditors, the term of office shall be three years, one such officer to be elected at each annual meeting. All of the Village officers shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. The Village at a special meeting may fill a vacancy in any Village office for the unexpired term. When a vacancy occurs in any office the trustees may fill forthwith such vacancy by appointment in writing until an election is had. Such appointment shall be filed by them in the office of the Village Clerk and duly recorded by him or her in the Village records.
24A V.S.A. § 237-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-7. Moderator

§ 237-7. Moderator|The Moderator shall preside at all Village meetings and shall be invested with the powers of a moderator in town meetings.
24A V.S.A. § 237-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-8. Clerk

§ 237-8. Clerk|The Clerk shall keep fair and accurate record of all called Village meetings, meetings of the Village trustees, and other proceedings of the Village, and he or she shall give copies thereof when requested. He or she shall have exclusive custody of the Village records and papers, which shall not be taken from his or her office unless upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction, and his or her records, copies, and certificates shall be as legally authoritative as those of town clerks, and he or she shall have power to certify the same. It shall be the Clerk's duty to warn special Village meetings agreeably to the directions of the trustees or a majority of them, and all annual Village meetings by posting notices of the time and place of said meetings in four public places at least 10 days previous to said meetings together with a statement of the business to be transacted therein. Any meeting of said Village may be adjourned, and any business may be transacted at said adjourned meeting which might under the warning have been transacted at the original meeting. The ordinances and regulations of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such ordinances and regulations of said Village were adopted at a meeting of the trustees called and held for that purpose shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State, and certified copies of said bylaws, ordinances, and regulations and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all courts in this State. The Clerk of said Village shall perform the usual duties of a clerk, and he or she shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by the general laws for town clerks.
24A V.S.A. § 237-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-9. Treasurer

§ 237-9. Treasurer|The Village Treasurer shall discharge the usual duties of such office, and shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by the general laws for town treasurers.
24A V.S.A. § 237-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-10. Collector of Taxes

§ 237-10. Collector of Taxes|The Village Collector of Taxes shall discharge the usual duties of such office, and shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by the general law for town collectors of taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 237-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-11. Bonds, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes

§ 237-11. Bonds, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes|The Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Village shall severally give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in such sums as the Trustees shall direct.
24A V.S.A. § 237-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-12. Auditors

§ 237-12. Auditors|The auditors of said Village shall settle the accounts of the Treasurer, trustees, and Collector of Taxes, and shall make an annual report in writing, and no account shall be allowed by such auditors without the production of proper vouchers therefor.
24A V.S.A. § 237-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-13. Trustees

§ 237-13. Trustees|The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village, and shall have power to enact, adopt, amend, alter, or repeal ordinances and regulations not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, or to the charter of said Village, and to enforce the same by fine, penalty, forfeiture, or any other proper remedy, and shall have such other powers as are stated in this charter. The trustees shall have the general care of the affairs of said Village, shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of said Village, and shall direct the expenditure of all moneys belonging to said Village, and shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for all moneys disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties legally enjoined by them by said Village. All powers vested in said trustees may be exercised by a majority of them.
24A V.S.A. § 237-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-14. Chief Engineer

§ 237-14. Chief Engineer|The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and his or her assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of said Village, and the duties of said Engineer shall be such as may be prescribed by the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of said Village. The Chief Engineer, and in his or her 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, he or she 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 such fire; he or she shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, blown-up, or removed any building which he or she may deem necessary for the suppression, or to prevent the extension, of such fire, and neither he or she , nor anyone obeying his or her orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage done thereby; he or she 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.
24A V.S.A. § 237-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-15. Trustees; appointments

§ 237-15. 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 of the Fire Department and the assistant engineers; of the superintendents of the Village departments; of a Building Inspector; and of such 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 said trustees. Such of these 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. Said 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.
24A V.S.A. § 237-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-16. Police officers

§ 237-16. Police officers|The police officers shall have the power of town grand jurors to present complaints for any offence committed against the laws of the State within the limits of said Village, and shall be entitled to receive the same fees therefor. They shall have the same power and authority as conservators of the peace within the said Village as that of town constables. They may serve any criminal process for any offence against the laws of the State committed within said Village, and may serve subpoenas for witnesses in such cases. And for all such services they shall be entitled to receive the same fees as constables are entitled to receive.
24A V.S.A. § 237-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-17. Departments; superintendents

§ 237-17. Departments; superintendents|The superintendents of Village departments shall be generally under the supervision of the trustees, and shall perform the work customary to their offices.
24A V.S.A. § 237-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-18. Building Inspector

§ 237-18. 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; and he or she 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 he or she 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 said building have first been submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector, if the trustees by proper ordinance shall so order and require.
24A V.S.A. § 237-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-19. Trustees; meetings

§ 237-19. Trustees; meetings|The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business, and at such meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests, and shall cause a record of their proceedings to be kept by the Village Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 237-20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-20. Ordinances; adoption

§ 237-20. Ordinances; adoption|(a) No ordinance passed by said trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof has been posted in four public places, within the bounds of said Village, for a period of two weeks and published twice within said period of two weeks in a newspaper printed in said Village, or, if no such newspaper be printed, in a newspaper of general circulation within said 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 said ordinance shall be submitted to any annual or special meeting of the Village; and when approved by a majority vote of said meeting, and not otherwise, the ordinance so approved shall become an ordinance of said Village.(c) If at any time subsequent to such period of two weeks for publication, a petition signed by ten 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 said ordinance shall be submitted to a meeting of the Village duly warned for that purpose; if at such meeting said ordinance be approved by a majority vote of said meeting, the ordinance so approved shall remain an ordinance of said Village; if said ordinance so voted upon shall fail of such approval, said 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 such ordinance shall not be vacated, set aside, or otherwise affected by such repeal.
24A V.S.A. § 237-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-21. Town highway district

§ 237-21. Town highway district|All of the territory embraced within the limits of said Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Lyndon, and all of the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate thereof shall be paid in money, and the selectmen of the Town of Lyndon shall make out a tax bill thereof and deliver the same seasonably as required by law with a warrant for its collection to the Collector of said Village, who shall collect the same as other taxes of said Village are collected, and shall pay the same over to the Treasurer of said Village, which moneys shall be withdrawn from said treasury by the trustees of the Village, and shall be expended by them or under their direction in building, constructing, maintaining, repairing, clearing, sprinkling, sanding, and lighting streets, highways, walks, and alleys, and constructing and maintaining a common sewer and main drain of said Village, and also for improving and beautifying streets, highways, walks, parks, and commons of said Village. No surveyor of highways shall be elected for said Village or chosen by said Town.
24A V.S.A. § 237-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-22. Highway taxes

§ 237-22. Highway taxes|The trustees shall have power to direct the expenditure of highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate within the limits of the Village of Lyndonville; said trustees shall have the same power to lay out, alter, maintain, and discontinue any street, highway, lane, or walk within the Village limits and appraise and settle damages therefor as is given by law to the selectmen of towns, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndon, provided that any person aggrieved by such proceedings shall have the same opportunities and rights to appeal and to apply to the courts for redress as is or may be allowed to those aggrieved by the proceedings of the selectmen in similar cases.
24A V.S.A. § 237-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-23. Licenses

§ 237-23. Licenses|The trustees of said Village shall have the same power of granting licenses and vacating the same within the limits of said Village, agreeably to the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations that the selectmen has by law.
24A V.S.A. § 237-24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-24. Property taxes; assessment and collection

§ 237-24. Property taxes; assessment and collection|The said 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 same, whether of residents or non-residents, 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 such 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 such a delinquent tax.
24A V.S.A. § 237-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-25. Grand list

§ 237-25. Grand list|The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Lyndon and filed by them in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town shall be the grand list of said Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of said list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of said Village within 10 days after the same shall be completed and filed by said listers in the said Town Clerk's office.
24A V.S.A. § 237-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-26. Tax abatement

§ 237-26. Tax abatement|The trustees of said Village shall have power to abate taxes laid or assessed by virtue of this act, to remit fines or forfeitures imposed for violation of this act, or bylaws, ordinances, or regulations of said Village, and to discharge such offenders from imprisonment for same.
24A V.S.A. § 237-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-27. Officers; disqualification

§ 237-27. Officers; disqualification|No person being a resident or taxpayer of said 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 said Village shall be interested.
24A V.S.A. § 237-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 237 - Village of Lyndonville|App § 237-28. Special meeting

§ 237-28. Special meeting|If the annual meeting of said Village shall not be held for want of the notice hereinbefore mentioned, or for any other reason, the Village shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the officers aforesaid may at any time thereafter be elected in special meeting called for that purpose, and special meetings may be called at any time to fill vacancies which may exist in any of the offices of the Village by reason of death, resignation, or for any other reason.