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24A V.S.A. § 235-86
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-86. Home owners to construct connecting sewers

§ 235-86. Home owners to construct connecting sewers|After said sewers have been so constructed as above provided each and every owner of a house in the Village of Ludlow situated upon a street, alley, or lane through which a main sewer shall be constructed, shall cause to be constructed under the direction of the trustees a sewer or drain from his or her house to such main sewer, which said sewer or drain shall be so constructed and connected with said main sewer as to take all of the slop and other filth around said house and all of the filth from any water-closet or privy and empty the same into said main sewer; and in case any person or corporation owning a house in said Village shall fail or neglect to construct or build his or her sewer or drain from his or her house to said main sewer it shall be the duty of the trustees to give such person or corporation notice to build and construct said sewer or drain from his or her premises to the main sewer, and in case such person or corporation does not construct said sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving said notice then it shall be the duty of said trustees to declare said premises a nuisance, and said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon said premises and to build and construct a sewer or drain from said premises to the main sewer in such way as to remove said filth, and the person or corporation upon whose premises said sewer or drain has been constructed as aforesaid shall pay to the Treasurer of said Village all of the expense which said Village has been to in constructing said sewer, and in case such person or corporation fail or neglect to pay the same upon demand, then the said trustees shall bring an action to recover such expense in the name of the Village, and said premises shall be holden for the payment of such expense in building said sewer or drain, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in a suit brought to recover for such expense. The said main sewer shall discharge into Black River at any point designated by the trustees below the plant of the Black River Woolen Company.
24A V.S.A. § 235-91
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-91. Purchase of electric light plant and contract for power

§ 235-91. Purchase of electric light plant and contract for power|(a) Said Village is authorized to purchase an electric light plant and to contract for power and service to run the same for such number of years and such number of lights as may be deemed for the best interest of said Village.(b) Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through said electric light commissioners, to purchase and sell electric current for light, heat, and power purposes in the Town of Ludlow and adjoining towns, to purchase, construct, and complete an electric light plant, with all necessary water powers, reservoirs, and appurtenances to produce and conduct electric light power to, and distribute the same through said Village; and for that purpose may take, enter upon, and use any water-powers and lands upon, over, or through which it may be necessary or desirable for the said electric light plant and the lines thereof to be situate and to pass; and may thereon lay and construct such pipes, reservoirs, lines of wire, and appurtenances as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same; and it may also for the purpose aforesaid dig up or occupy any common highway, street, or bridge in the Town of Ludlow or towns adjacent thereto for the purpose of laying, constructing, or repairing such electric light plant, reservoirs, lines, and the appurtenances thereof.(c) In the taking of lands for the construction of transmission and distribution lines said Village shall proceed under Chapter 211 of the General Laws.
24A V.S.A. § 235-92
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-92. Damages and compensation related to construction of electric power system

§ 235-92. Damages and compensation related to construction of electric power system|In any case where damage or compensation to owners of or other persons interested in the water powers so taken, or such land as may be used for laying, extending, constructing, and maintaining the electric light plant and reservoirs and appurtenances is not adjusted by agreement, or if the owner thereof be a minor, a person who lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or out of the State, or otherwise incapacitated to sell and convey, the same shall be fixed by the Board of Electric Light Commissioners after hearing the parties interested; the hearing to be had upon written notice of the time and place thereof, given at least six days before the hearing; and the Electric Light Commissioners shall within ten days after the hearing file its award in the town clerk's office in the town or towns where the property in question is situated and to cause the same to be recorded in the land records in the town or towns. (Amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 171.)
24A V.S.A. § 235-93
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-93. Petition for Court hearing on compensation and damages for land taken

§ 235-93. Petition for Court hearing on compensation and damages for land taken|When any person shall be dissatisfied with award of the electric light commissioners so made in any of the cases mentioned in the preceding section, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for a re-assessment of damages, and such proceedings shall be had in said Court on said petition as are provided by law for the assessment of damages for land taken for highways, except that the commissioners appointed by said Court shall notify one of said electric light commissioners of said  instead of one of the selectmen; said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days next after said award shall be filed in the town clerk's office as aforesaid, and at least 12 days before the term of Court to which it is made returnable; but nothing in such proceedings shall prevent the Electric Light Commission from taking and entering on such water powers and lands, and laying, constructing, and completing said electric light plant, reservoirs, lines, and appurtenances thereof, and using said water powers and lands after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.
24A V.S.A. § 235-94
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-94. Bonding for constructing electric light system

§ 235-94. Bonding for constructing electric light system|Said Village by a majority vote at a meeting legally warned for such purpose is authorized to issue bonds not exceeding $40,000.00 on such terms as said Village shall prescribe for the purpose of paying the debt incurred in purchasing and constructing said electric light system and carrying into effect the foregoing provisions. And in case said Village shall neglect to make reasonable provisions for the payment of the interest and principal of said electric light bonds as the same shall become due, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to make out and deliver to the Collector of Taxes of said Village a tax bill on the grand list of said Village, and he or she shall therewith issue to said Collector his or her warrant substantially in form as now provided to be issued for the collection of town or other taxes, directing the collection and payment of said tax to said Treasurer within 60 days from the time of such delivery in the amount sufficient to promptly pay the interest or principal then past due and unpaid; and such tax shall be paid to said Treasurer, and the money so collected shall be held and used for the payment of such interest and principal as is unpaid. And it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to promptly pay the interest and principal of such bonded indebtedness as the same shall become due without any vote thereupon of said Village; and such tax bill shall have all of the force in every respect of a tax bill voted therefor by said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-95
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-95. Management of electric power plant

§ 235-95. Management of electric power plant|The said Board of Electric Light Commissioners shall have the authority to control, manage, and operate the electric light plant now or hereafter owned by said Village. Said Board shall have the care and management of all property pertaining to the electric light plant, and shall make and adopt such bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of such electric light plant not inconsistent with law as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of electric light rates and rentals; and shall for and in the name of said Village make all contracts pertaining to and purchase all material used in the said Electric Light Department; shall examine and settle all bills and claims connected with the said Department, and shall draw its order on the Treasurer of said Village to pay the same. Said Board may in its discretion appoint a superintendent of the electric light department, fix his or her compensation, and remove him or her at pleasure.
24A V.S.A. § 235-96
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-96. Electric rates; liens

§ 235-96. Electric rates; liens|The rates and rents for the use of said electric light plant and the appurtenances thereof established by the said Board of Electric Light Commissioners shall be chargeable to and may be collected of the owners of the property so supplied with electric light power when agreed upon by said electric light commissioners and the owners of said property, and shall be a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so supplied, and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by said Village corporation. Said Board of Electric Light Commissioners may order said rates to be paid in advance and make all necessary provisions and orders relating to the supply or stoppage of electric light power as it may think expedient to ensure the payment of such rates.
24A V.S.A. § 235-97
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-97. Meters

§ 235-97. Meters|A person supplied with electric light or power may, by a notice in writing, delivered to one of said Board, request the testing of the meter used to measure the electric power used by him or her or another. Said Board, upon receipt of such request, shall cause the meter complained of to be tested, and if found defective or incorrect shall cause the same to be corrected or a correct meter to be installed. After such complaint is received by said Board, and until an incorrect or imperfectly recording meter is corrected, or a new or correct meter is installed by said Board, the Village shall not collect more than the minimum charge per month.
24A V.S.A. § 235-98
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-98. Electric Department finances

§ 235-98. Electric Department finances|It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to keep separate accounts of all moneys received from the Electric Light Department and the rates and receipts of said Village for the use of electric light power shall be applied first to pay the interest as it becomes due upon the bonded or other indebtedness of said Village in connection with said electric light plant, and the excess, if any, shall be expended in the necessary repairs, management, and additions to said electric light plant. And if there remains unexpended a balance of the said electric light fund such balance shall be applied to pay the principal of the debt incurred on account of the said electric light plant if due and payable, or shall be set apart as a sinking fund, and shall be invested by the Treasurer of said Village with the approval of the electric light commissioners to be applied in payment of such electric light plant indebtedness when the same shall become due.
24A V.S.A. § 235-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-101. Establishing and discontinuing streets

§ 235-101. Establishing and discontinuing streets|The trustees of said corporation shall have the power to lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any street or walk and lane in said Village, and appraise and settle the damage therefor, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in said Town; provided that the trustees, in laying out, altering, and maintaining, or discontinuing, any such street, walk, or lane, shall be subject to the same regulations, and in all respects shall proceed in the same manner, as selectmen of towns in like cases; and any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress to which they would be entitled if the same had been done by the selectmen of the Town of Ludlow.
24A V.S.A. § 235-102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-102. Laying of water pipes

§ 235-102. Laying of water pipes|The trustees, or a majority of them, may lay water pipes, within the limits of said Village, and for that purpose may enter upon the lands of any land owner in said Village, and lay and maintain water pipes through such land, and repair the same when necessary, upon payment or tender of payment of such compensation as damages therefor as the said trustees shall award to such land owner, and to any tenant or occupant of such land to the amount that his or her interests are affected thereby.
24A V.S.A. § 235-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-103. Assessment for benefit

§ 235-103. Assessment for benefit|Said trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks, culverts, sewers, and drains, shall have power, subject to the bylaws of said Village, on giving 12 days' notice to the parties interested, of the time and the place of hearing, to assess the owner or owners of land or lands benefited thereby, so much of the expense of making, altering, or repairing the same as said trustees shall judge such lands to be benefited thereby.
24A V.S.A. § 235-104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-104. Notice to enter land; trustees' determination of assessments and damages

§ 235-104. Notice to enter land; trustees' determination of assessments and damages|When said trustees enter upon lands under the authority and for any of the purposes in sections 102 and 103 of this charter named, they shall give 12 days' notice to all persons owning or interested in such lands when they will hear and consider the question of payment of damages or of assessments for benefits, or both. And in all cases when either assessments are made or damages allowed, the said trustees shall forthwith make a report of their doings, which report they shall cause to be filed in the office of the Village Clerk, who shall record the same in the records of said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-105. Appeal of damage award or assessment for benefit

§ 235-105. Appeal of damage award or assessment for benefit|When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award of damages for laying, making, altering, or repairing any sewer, drain, water pipe, sidewalk, or culvert, or in any assessment for benefits of the same, such persons may petition the Windsor County Court for a reassessment of such damages or benefits. Said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days next after said award of damages or assessment for benefit shall be filed in said Clerk's office, and at least 12 days before the session of the Court to which it shall be addressed, and such petition shall not delay the making or repairing of such sewer or drain, or sidewalk or culvert, or laying said water pipe.
24A V.S.A. § 235-106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-106. Judicial review of damage award

§ 235-106. Judicial review of damage award|The County Court shall, when petitioned under the provisions of the preceding section, appoint commissioners as in case of an application for laying out a highway. Such commissioners shall notify the petitioners and one of the trustees of said Village of the time and place of hearing, and shall examine the premises and the circumstances of the case, and make a new appraisal; and the Court, on their report, may set aside the former assessment of damages and render judgment for such sum as appears just; and, if the sum is greater than the sum before allowed, the Court may tax cost for the petitioner; otherwise the Village shall recover its cost. But if no proceedings for reassessment are instituted, as approved by the last preceding section, within the time therein limited, then the award of damages or assessment for benefit shall be established as valid, and shall be collectible.
24A V.S.A. § 235-107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-107. Assessment as lien

§ 235-107. Assessment as lien|The amount of such assessment or assessments, as fixed by the final decision, either of the County Court or of the said trustees, shall, when the record thereof is duly recorded in the said Village Clerk's office, be a lien upon the land or lands so assessed, and, if the owner or owners of such land or lands shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of said trustees, or of the County Court, to pay to the Treasurer of said Village the amount of such assessment or assessments, the trustees shall make out a rate-bill of the same, giving therein a general description of the lands so assessed, and shall seasonably deliver such rate-bill to the Collector of Taxes for said Village, with a warrant thereto attached, signed by a justice of the peace in and for the County of Windsor, for the collection of said assessment or assessments, which warrant shall be in the same form and shall be enforced in the same manner now prescribed by law for the collection of town and other taxes; and the Collector shall receive like fees as in the collection of taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 235-108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-108. Filing of lien

§ 235-108. Filing of lien|It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Village in all the foregoing cases, when an encumbrance created upon land by proceedings of said trustees or County Court, forthwith to cause a duly certified transcript of the record thereof to be filed in the Town Clerk's office of the Town of Ludlow and there recorded.
24A V.S.A. § 235-111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-111. Date of annual meeting

§ 235-111. Date of annual meeting|The annual meeting of said corporation for the choice of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting shall be holden in the Village of Ludlow on the fourth Tuesday in March.
24A V.S.A. § 235-112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-112. Failure to hold annual meeting

§ 235-112. Failure to hold annual meeting|If the annual meeting of said Village fails to be holden, for want of notice hereinbefore provided for, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not thereby be prejudiced; and the said 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.
24A V.S.A. § 235-113
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-113. Qualification to vote at Village meetings

§ 235-113. Qualification to vote at Village meetings|Every person who resides within the limits of said Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Ludlow, shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 235-115
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-115. Bylaws

§ 235-115. Bylaws|And said Village may make, amend, or repeal any other bylaws, which it may deem necessary for said Village, and not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the State or of the United States.
24A V.S.A. § 235-116
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-116. Recording and certification of bylaws

§ 235-116. Recording and certification of bylaws|The bylaws of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws were adopted at an annual meeting of said Village, 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 certified copies of said bylaws and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24A V.S.A. § 235-117
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-117. Breach of bylaws

§ 235-117. Breach of bylaws|A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by said Village for the breach of any of its bylaws with the alternative sentence to the house of correction in case said fine and costs are not paid as is provided by law in other criminal cases.
24A V.S.A. § 235-118
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-118. Service in law enforcement or judicial capacity

§ 235-118. Service in law enforcement or judicial capacity|No person being a resident or taxpayer of said Village shall thereby be deemed incompetent to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer, in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which said corporation shall be interested.