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24A V.S.A. § 289-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-1. Boundaries; body politic

§ 289-1. Boundaries; body politic|The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Westminster in the County of Windham, enclosed in the following boundaries, to wit:Commencing at the northeast corner of the farm of Frank H. Farr, on the west bank of the Connecticut River, thence westerly on the north line of the Farr to the brow or top of Clapp's Hill, so called, thence westerly on the north line of the Farr and land of the Kurn Hattin Home Association to the west side of the highway leading from Westminster East Parish to Westminster West Parish, thence northerly along the west side of the highway to the cold spring, so called, crossing the highway at the spring, thence northerly on the west line of lands of the Westminster Aqueduct Society, J. F. Ward, Rollo Metcalf, L. G. Converse, C. A. Peck, and Edgar A. Williams, crossing the highway leading from the former residence of Nelson Johnson to the residence of E. F. Lewis, at the northwest corner of land of the Williams, thence easterly on the north side of the last mentioned highway to land belonging to the estate of Nelson Johnson, thence northerly in a straight line to the southwest corner of land of Anders and Elna Nelson, thence northerly on the west line of land of John P. Holmes, Charles G. Miller, and Willis V. Farr to the north line of the Farr, thence easterly on the north line of the Farr to the river road, so called, leading from the Westminster to Bellows Falls and crossing the highway at the north line of the Farr and lands of the Vermont Valley Railroad to the east boundary of the railroad, thence northerly on the easterly right-of-way of the railroad to the west bank of the Connecticut River, thence southerly on the west bank of the river to the point of beginning, are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and shall be called the Village of Westminster. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 1; amended 1915, No. 309, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-2. Powers of Village

§ 289-2. Powers of Village|The Village is hereby granted and endowed with the power and authority to exercise the functions of a municipal corporation for the following purposes, and to the following extent only:  (1) To light the public streets and highways and public buildings within the limits of the Village. (2) To build and maintain sidewalks along the streets and public highways within the Village. (3) To establish and maintain a fire department and such means of protection against fire, including the maintenance of a system of water supply and hydrants, as may be voted by the Village. (4) To provide and maintain necessary police protection within and for the Village. (5) To have perpetual succession and to sue and be sued and to have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure and to purchase, hold, and convey real and personal estate for the use of the Village for the lawful purposes herein specified. (6) To lay taxes upon the grand list of the Village for any and all the purposes herein specified. (7) To sprinkle or oil the public streets and highways with the limits of the Village. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 1; amended 1915, No. 309, § 1; 1923, No. 229, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-3. Taxation of residents

§ 289-3. Taxation of residents|At any meeting of the legal voters legally warned and held for that purpose, a tax may be laid upon the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes for which the Village is incorporated. All taxes voted by the Village shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees which shall make rate bills thereof and deliver the same to the Collector of Taxes with proper warrants for the collection thereof. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-4. Officers

§ 289-4. Officers|The officers of the corporation shall be a Board of five trustees, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, and an Auditor, all of which officers shall be chosen at each annual meeting of the legal voters of the corporation or at a special meeting as hereinafter provided. The term of office of the trustees shall be five years and until their successors are elected. The term of office of the other officers shall be one year and until their successors are elected. Any vacancy in any Village office may be filled by the Board of Trustees by appointment in writing recorded by the Clerk. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-5. Board of Trustees

§ 289-5. Board of Trustees|(a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the corporation, shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for, and direct the expenditure of all moneys belonging to the corporation, and generally perform all duties legally enjoined upon it by the corporation. The Board of Trustees shall have power to abate taxes imposed by the corporation subject to the same limitations and for the same causes provide in section 3519 of the Public Statutes.(b) All powers vested in the Board may be exercised by a majority of its members. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 4.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-6. Clerk

§ 289-6. Clerk|The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of the Board of Trustees; and give copies of the same when required upon payment of reasonable fees. The Clerk shall warn all meetings of the legal voters of the corporation by posting notices thereof containing a statement of the business proposed to be transacted, in three or more public places within the limits of the corporation at least six days before the time of meeting. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 5.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-7. Treasurer; Collector of Taxes

§ 289-7. Treasurer; Collector of Taxes|The powers and duties of the Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes shall be the same with respect to the corporation as are the powers and duties of town treasurers and town collectors of taxes with respect to towns. Each shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Trustees shall decide. If a Treasurer or Collector of Taxes does not give such bond within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 6.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-8. Auditor

§ 289-8. Auditor|The Auditor shall, at least once each year and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine and adjust and make and file with the Town Clerk a statement of the accounts of all corporation officers and of the corporation, and shall report all accounts and items thereof and the state of the treasury to the corporation at each annual meeting. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 7.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-9. Collector of Taxes; Chief of Police

§ 289-9. Collector of Taxes; Chief of Police|The Collector of Taxes shall, by virtue of the office, be the Chief of Police of the Village of Westminster, and as such shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of duties and shall cause the oath of office to be recorded by the Clerk. The Chief of Police shall be the informing officer and the conservator of the peace within the Village and may serve any criminal process returnable within the Village, and shall be the proper officer of the court in all cases before courts of competent jurisdiction sitting within the corporation in matters arising in or pertaining thereto, and for all such services shall receive the fees provided by law for constables. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 8.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-10. Prosecutions

§ 289-10. Prosecutions|Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this act or the provisions of any act or bylaw of the Village of Westminster, made in pursuance of this act may be commenced before any justice of the peace of the County of Windham, and all fines and costs imposed for the violation of the provisions of this act or the bylaws of the corporation, or the laws of the State within the limits of the corporation, shall be paid into the treasury of the corporation and the costs of prosecution shall be paid out of the same treasury to the persons entitled thereto. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 9.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-11. Water; light; sidewalks

§ 289-11. Water; light; sidewalks|The corporation is empowered to contract for water for extinguishing fires, and for that purpose may build and maintain its own system therefor or employ such other means as may be determined upon and may contract for lights for lighting the streets and public places, and may contract for the building of sidewalks, and may levy and collect a tax to provide funds to meet such contracts. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 10.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-12. Annual and special meeting

§ 289-12. Annual and special meeting|(a) The annual meeting of the corporation for the selection of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting shall be held in the Village of Westminster on the first Tuesday in April in each year.(b) If the annual meeting of the Village fails to be held for want of notice herein before provided for, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not thereby be prejudiced and the several officers may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as hereinbefore provided for calling annual meetings; but the term of office of any officers so elected at any special meeting shall expire at the same time as if they had been regularly chosen at the annual meeting. (Added 1912, No. 334, §§ 11 and 12.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-13. Legal voters

§ 289-13. Legal voters|Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Westminster shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 13.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-14. Bylaws

§ 289-14. Bylaws|The Village corporation may adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaws relating only to the functions which, by this chapter, the Village may exercise, and are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution and laws of this State. The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk and the Clerk's certificate that the bylaws were adopted at an annual meeting of the corporation, or at a special meeting thereof called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and the certified copies of the bylaws and the Clerk's certificate shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of this State. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 14.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-15. Prosecutions

§ 289-15. Prosecutions|A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by the corporation for the breach of any of its bylaws with the alternative sentence to the house of correction in case the fine and costs are not paid as is provided by law in criminal cases. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 15.)
24A V.S.A. § 289-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 289 - Village of Westminster|App § 289-16. Village organization; termination; reestablishment

§ 289-16. Village organization; termination; reestablishment|The Village of Westminster as established by the action of the Selectboard under the provisions of the Public Statutes, by their order filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Westminster, April 8, 1907, is hereby abolished except for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the collection of back taxes, and the payment of its debts. This section shall take effect, with the above exceptions, when the Village of Westminster is incorporated by this act and shall have organized. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 16.)
24A V.S.A. § 291-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-1. Village boundaries; residents; Town inhabitants

§ 291-1. Village boundaries; residents; Town inhabitants|(a) That part of the Town of Woodstock, in the County of Windsor, beginning at a stone post standing on the easterly side of the highway leading from the Village of Woodstock to Taftsville, and distant about 70 rods from the present northeast corner of the Village; thence running south 65 degrees east 62 rods to a corner; thence south 40 degrees west 128 rods to the northeasterly corner of the creamery lot; thence the same course 301 rods to the southeast corner of R. E. Townsend's meadow; thence westerly on Townsend's land 117 and one-half rods to Harvey H. Lockwood's east line; thence north 51 and one-half degrees west 96 rods to a stone post standing on the northwesterly side of the highway near Sorrel Lucia's house; thence same course 78 rods to a corner; thence north 39 degrees east 73 rods to the north-east corner of L. B. Marble's wood shed; thence same course 304 rods to the south-west corner of Allen W. Thompson's house; thence south 65 degrees east 64 and a half rods to a stone post standing near the fair ground school house so called; thence same course 171 rods to place of beginning, shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Woodstock.(b) The corporation hereby created may alter the boundaries and limits of the Village, with the consent of any person or persons to be included or excluded by such alteration; and a record of all such alterations shall be made in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of said Town of Woodstock. The inhabitants and territory included in the limits of the Village shall belong to the Town of territory of Woodstock, in the same manner as though this charter had not passed.
24A V.S.A. § 291-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-2. Corporate existence; assessment

§ 291-2. Corporate existence; assessment|(a) The inhabitants residing in the Village are hereby constituted a body, politic and corporate, by the name of the Village of Woodstock; and by that name shall have succession, and may commence, prosecute, and defend suits or actions in all courts whatever; may have a common seal and alter the same; may purchase, hold, and convey real and personal estate for the use of the Village; may tax themselves and levy and collect taxes for the purpose aforethe, or to carry into effect any legal vote or bylaw of the corporation.(b) Provided, that, no tax shall be assessed, except by vote at a meeting of the inhabitants warned for that purpose.(c) The inhabitants of the Village shall hereafter have power to assess and collect taxes on the property situated within the limits of the Village, belonging to nonresidents therein, for the same purposes and in the same manner that taxes may now be assessed and collected on the property situated within the limits of the Village, belonging to residents therein.
24A V.S.A. § 291-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-3. Annual meeting; election of officers

§ 291-3. Annual meeting; election of officers|A meeting of the inhabitants shall be held annually on the third Tuesday in March, for the purpose of electing a Clerk, five trustees, a Treasurer, and a Collector of Taxes, and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting, which warning shall be signed by the Clerk, and shall specify such other business to be done at the meeting, besides the choice of officers, as the trustees shall direct, and shall be published in a newspaper in the Village, or posted up in three public places therein, at least 10 days before the meeting. The warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before it is posted.
24A V.S.A. § 291-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-4. Election of officers; enactment of bylaws

§ 291-4. Election of officers; enactment of bylaws|The Village may elect such officers and enact such bylaws not repugnant of the laws of this State, as the public interests of the Village may require.
24A V.S.A. § 291-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-5. Breach of bylaws; fines and forfeitures

§ 291-5. Breach of bylaws; fines and forfeitures|The corporation shall have power to assess fines and forfeitures for the breach of any of its bylaws; not exceeding $25.00 for any one offence, to be prosecuted; and recovered by actions of debt, before any justice of peace in the Village, in which action it shall be sufficient to declare generally that the defendant or defendants are indebted to the corporation in the amount of fine, penalty, or forfeiture for the breach of the certain bylaw violated by such party, under which declaration special matter may be given in evidence, and the inhabitants of the Village not otherwise incapacitated may be admitted as witnesses in any suit or action in which the corporation is a party.
24A V.S.A. § 291-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-6. Clerk; Treasurer; Collector

§ 291-6. Clerk; Treasurer; Collector|The Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices; and the Treasurer and Collector shall give bonds, with sureties, to the corporation, in such sum as the trustees shall direct for the faithful performance of their respective duties.
24A V.S.A. § 291-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-7. Clerk; duties

§ 291-7. Clerk; duties|The Clerk shall keep records of all proceedings of the corporation and give copies of the same when required, and may receive such fees as town clerks are entitled to receive for like services. The Clerk shall also warn meetings of the corporation, both annual and special, agreeably to the directions of the trustees, who are authorized to call special meetings of the corporation, causing the same to be warned in the manner prescribed for warning annual meetings.
24A V.S.A. § 291-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-8. Trustees; duties

§ 291-8. Trustees; duties|It shall be the duty of the trustees to make out and deliver to the Collector an assessment or rate bill of all taxes which shall be laid by the corporation; to see that all the bylaws of the corporation are duly executed; and to direct all prosecutions for all breaches of them and, generally, to take care of all the prudential concerns of the corporation, and to perform all duties which shall be legally enjoined on them by the corporation and all powers, by this act vested in the trustees, may be exercised by a majority of them; and in case of the death, removal, absence, or incapacity of the Clerk, the trustees may designate one of their number to perform the duties of Clerk, and fill any temporary vacancy in any office in the Village.
24A V.S.A. § 291-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-9. Fire wardens

§ 291-9. Fire wardens|The fire wardens of the Village of Woodstock, and such persons as shall, pursuant to the bylaws of the Village, be elected fire wardens, and having with them some distinguishing badge of their office, designated by such bylaws, may, in times of fire, demand and require assistance from any of the inhabitants of the Village to extinguish and prevent the spreading of such fire, and remove goods and effects from any building or other place endangered by fire; and a majority of the fire wardens may cause to be pulled down, blown up, or removed, such dwellings or the buildings as they may deem necessary to prevent the spreading or progress of such fire; and the fire wardens may require and demand assistance from any of the inhabitants of the Village, to pull down and remove any building, whenever it shall be judged necessary by a majority of the fire wardens present; and the fire wardens may suppress any disorder or tumults and direct the labors of all persons present during such fire; and if any resident of the Village, so present as aforesaid, shall refuse to obey the orders of any fire wardens in any manner authorized by this act, the offender shall, on conviction thereof, before any justice proper to try the same, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding seven dollars to the Treasurer of the Village. Provided, that the offender be prosecuted by action of debt, brought by any wardens, in the name of the Treasurer, within 90 days from the time of committing the offence.
24A V.S.A. § 291-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-10. Hiring of money

§ 291-10. Hiring of money|The Village of Woodstock shall have authority to hire money, from time to time for the purposes of carrying into effect the object of this charter and for other legal purposes of the Village.
24A V.S.A. § 291-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-11. Contract with aqueduct company

§ 291-11. Contract with aqueduct company|(a) The Village of Woodstock is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the Woodstock Aqueduct Company, or any other aqueduct company, from time to time, for supplying the Village with water for fire purposes, for watering the streets, and for other purposes, for such length of time and upon such terms as the Village at its annual meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, shall direct.(b) All contracts made by the Village with the aqueduct company, or companies, as provided for by subsection (a) of this section, shall be legal and binding of  the Village; and the Village may vote, levy, and collect taxes for fulfilling such contract or contracts.
24A V.S.A. § 291-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-12. Construction; sidewalks; sewers; drains

§ 291-12. Construction; sidewalks; sewers; drains|The Village shall have the right to construct sidewalks, sewers, and drains within the limits of the Village and make such bylaws and regulations in respect thereto as the Village shall think best, not inconsistent with the laws of this State.