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24A V.S.A. § 213-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-26. Fire Marshal

§ 213-26. Fire Marshal|(a) The Fire Marshal may by writing recorded by the Clerk, appoint one or more deputy fire marshals.(b) The Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal's absence the deputy fire marshal next in authority shall have power at fires to suppress tumults and riots, by force if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present at times of such fire, to remove all effects endangered by such fire and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down or remove any building when the Fire Marshal deems it necessary to prevent the spreading of such fire, and to require the assistance of any and all inhabitants of the corporation for the several purposes aforesaid, and for any such acts, the Fire Marshal and those acting under the Fire Marshal's authority shall not be held personally responsible.(c) The Fire Marshal shall inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, and other combustibles and the construction and repairs of fireplaces, chimneys, and stoves within the Village, and if the Fire Marshal deems the same dangerous shall by the Fire Marshal's order in writing recorded by the Clerk and delivered to the person conducting such manufacturing, keeping, construction, or repairs direct in what way to conduct the same, and any person refusing or neglecting to obey any such order of the Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal's absence of the Fire Marshal's deputy next in authority, so made and recorded and delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution.
24A V.S.A. § 213-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-27. Powers of the Fire Marshal

§ 213-27. Powers of the Fire Marshal|All apparatus for the extinguishment of fires and buildings for storing of the same, owned or leased by the corporation and all fire companies organized under the authority of the corporation, shall be under the direction and control of the Fire Marshal who shall make a detailed report to each annual meeting of the corporation of the condition of the department.
24A V.S.A. § 213-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-28. Collector to be Chief of Police

§ 213-28. Collector to be Chief of Police|The Collector of Taxes shall by virtue of the office be the Chief of Police of the Village of Cambridge and shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the office's duties and shall cause the oath of office to be recorded by the Clerk. The Chief of Police may by writing recorded by the Clerk appoint police officers not exceeding two in number, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and cause their oaths of office to be recorded by the Clerk. The Chief of Police and police officers shall be informing officers and conservators of the peace within the Village of Cambridge, and may serve any criminal process returnable within the Village of Cambridge, and any mittimus issued by any Court sitting therein, and shall be proper officers of the court in all criminal causes before justices within the corporation and for all such services shall receive the fees provided by law for constables.
24A V.S.A. § 213-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-31. Prosecutions

§ 213-31. Prosecutions|Prosecution for violation of the provisions of this charter or the provisions of any bylaw of the Village of Cambridge made in pursuance of this charter may be commenced before any justice of the peace of the County of Lamoille upon complaint of any grand juror of the Town of Cambridge or the State's Attorney of the County of Lamoille, and all fines and costs imposed for the violations of the provisions of this charter, 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 on the order of the court before which the trial was had.
24A V.S.A. § 213-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-41. Grand list

§ 213-41. Grand list|The grand list of the Town of Cambridge comprised within the limits of the Village of Cambridge, shall be the grand list of the corporation.
24A V.S.A. § 213-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-42. Contracts for lighting and water

§ 213-42. Contracts for lighting and water|The corporation is empowered to contract with any water company or any electric light company for water and lights or either for extinguishing fires, for watering the streets, for public drinking places, and for lighting the streets, and other public purposes, and may levy and collect a tax to provide funds to meet such contracts.
24A V.S.A. § 213-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-43. Sewers

§ 213-43. Sewers|The corporation is empowered to construct a system of sewers and repair the same, and for that purpose may take such lands as are necessary, and in taking lands for such purposes, the corporation and its Board of Trustees shall proceed in the manner prescribed for towns and the selectboard in taking lands for highway purposes, and the corporation may borrow such sums of money to defray the expenses of such sewers as it may by vote determine, and for that purpose, may issue bonds with coupons attached on such terms and in such manner as the corporation may prescribe.
24A V.S.A. § 213-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-44. Connection with sewer

§ 213-44. Connection with sewer|After such system of sewers has been constructed as provided in section 43 of this charter, each and every owner of a house in the Village of Cambridge situate upon a street, alley, or lane through which a main sewer has been constructed shall cause to be construct under the direction of the Board of Trustees a sewer or drain from the owner's house to such main sewer, so constructed as to take all slops and filth from any sink, bowl, water closet, or privy in or around the house and discharge the same into the main sewer, and in case any person or corporation owning a house in the Village shall fail or neglect to construct such branch sewer from the house, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to give such person notice in writing, recorded by the Clerk, requiring the owner to build such branch sewer from the premises to the main sewer; and in case the person does not so construct such branch sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving the notice, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to declare the premises a nuisance, and the Board of Trustees is hereby authorize and empowered to enter upon the premises and properly construct the branch sewer, and the person upon whose premises the branch sewer has been so constructed by the Board of Trustees, shall pay to the Treasurer of the corporation forthwith upon the completion of the work all expense which the Board of Trustees has incurred in the construction of the branch sewer, and in case such person neglects to pay the same, the corporation shall have action founded on this statute to recover such expense, and the premises shall be holden for the payment of any judgment received in such action, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in such action.
24A V.S.A. § 213-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-45. Powers of trustees; streets, walks, and lanes

§ 213-45. Powers of trustees; streets, walks, and lanes|The Board of Trustees of the corporation shall have the power to lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any sidewalk in the Village, and appraise and settle the damage therefor, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in the Town; provided that the trustees, in laying out, altering, and maintaining, or discontinuing, any such sidewalk, shall be subject to the same regulations, and in all respects shall proceed in the same manner, as the selectboard of towns in laying out, altering, and discontinuing highways; 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 Selectboard of the Town of Cambridge.
24A V.S.A. § 213-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-46. Water pipes

§ 213-46. Water pipes|The Village is hereby empowered to take in addition to the water rights already owned or acquired by the Village, the water of any fountain, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of affording the Village or any of the inhabitants of the Town of Cambridge water for domestic or other purposes, and may acquire the same by purchase or by right of eminent domain and in like manner may take and hold such real estate as may be necessary for preventing the pollution of the water supply of the Village; provided that the Village shall not take water, or a supply thereof, so as to deprive an owner of water of an amount sufficient for domestic or agricultural uses without the owner's consent. The 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 repair the same from time to time, may lay water pipes, within the limits of the Village, and for that purpose may enter upon the lands of any landowner in the 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 trustees shall award to the landowner, and to any tenant or occupant of the land to the amount that the interests are affected thereby. Any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress as is provided in the case of the taking of land by the selectboard for highway purposes. The Village may borrow such sums of money to defray the expenses of such water supply as it may by vote determine, and for that purpose, issue its negotiable notes or bonds on such terms and in such manner as the corporation may prescribe, the notes or bonds shall on their face state for what-purpose they were issued and be signed by the trustees and Treasurer of the Village.
24A V.S.A. § 213-51
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-51. Annual meeting

§ 213-51. Annual meeting|The annual meeting of the corporation for the choice of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting shall be held in the Village of Cambridge on the first Wednesday in May.
24A V.S.A. § 213-52
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-52. Special meeting

§ 213-52. Special meeting|If the annual meeting of the Village fails to be held, for want of notice hereinbefore 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 selected 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. § 213-62
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-62. Bylaws; recordation

§ 213-62. Bylaws; recordation|The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk's certificate that such 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 certified copies of the bylaws and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24A V.S.A. § 213-63
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 213 - Village of Cambridge|App § 213-63. Penalty for breach of bylaws

§ 213-63. Penalty for breach of bylaws|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 other criminal cases.
24A V.S.A. § 215-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-101. Boundaries and corporate existence

§ 215-101. Boundaries and corporate existence|All that portion of the Town of Derby in the County of Orleans, enclosed within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the covered highway bridge crossing Clyde River near Carpenter's grist mill, and running easterly up the north bank of said stream to the line between land of Josiah Grout and land of Emera Kingsbury; thence northerly on said line between said Grout and said Kingsbury to the south line of land of Norman W. Bingham; thence easterly following said Bingham's line to the shore of Derby Pond; thence northerly following the shore of said pond, and the east line of land deeded to Josiah Grout and Charles K. Bates, by John E. Searles, now fenced and included with the Derby Center Cemetery grounds, to the north line of the highway leading from the county road easterly, past the premises known as the Emera Stewart Farm; thence following the north line of said highway westerly, to the county road leading to Derby Line; thence northwesterly and across said county road and on the north line of highway leading past school house in district No. 4 to W. F. Kingsbury's, to southeast corner of lot of land occupied by John C. Gray; thence following the east line of said Gray's land northerly to the south line of land of N. T. Blake; thence westerly on north line of said Gray land and north line of land owned by estate of Edwin Bates and Charles K. Bates, to the northwest corner of said Bates' land; thence southerly on the west line of said Bates' land, to the last mentioned highway; thence following said highway westerly to the cross-roads or four corners near the Willey Granite Quarry; thence westerly following the road leading to said quarry to the east line of said quarry lot; thence on the east line of said quarry lot southerly, to land of N. W. Bingham, and southerly and westerly on said Bingham's line to the northwest corner of said Bingham's land; thence southerly on said Bingham's west line, and on west line of land of said E. and C. K. Bates, to the southwest corner of said Bates' land; thence easterly on said Bates' south line to the northeast corner of land of Hollis A. Moran; thence following the west line of land of said Moran southerly to the highway leading to Newport; thence across said highway at the forks of the roads near B. F. Sawyer's dwelling house, to the northwest corner of land of Mrs. Hattie S. Jenne; thence following the west line of said Jenne's land to the north bank of the Clyde River; thence up the north bank of said stream to the point begun at, shall be known as the Village of Derby Center, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court, may purchase, take, hold, sell, and convey real estate and personal property necessary for its corporate purposes, and shall have all the rights and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities incident to public corporations.
24A V.S.A. § 215-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-201. Convening of annual meeting

§ 215-201. Convening of annual meeting|The annual meetings of said corporation shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each year at such hour as the notice hereinafter mentioned shall state, in the Town Hall in said Village, or at such other time and place as said corporation shall hereafter appoint, of which a notice shall be posted in at least three public places in said Village, at least 10 days previous to said meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the corporation, and, in case of the Clerk's failure so to do, by a majority of the trustees of said Village, and for want of such trustees, or upon their failure so to do, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in said Village; and whenever five legal voters residing in said Village shall so request, the Clerk, and upon  the Clerk's neglect or refusal, the trustees may call a special meeting of said corporation, giving like notice of the same, and specifying in said notice the object of said meeting and the business to be done at the same, and at such meetings none but inhabitants qualified to vote in Town meeting in said Town and who shall have resided for one year within the bounds of said corporation shall be entitled to vote.
24A V.S.A. § 215-202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-202. Election of officers at the annual meeting

§ 215-202. Election of officers at the annual meeting|At the annual meeting of said corporation, there shall be elected, by ballot if called for, for the ensuing year and until their successors are chosen, a Moderator, who shall preside at all meetings of said corporation, with powers of moderators at town meetings; a Clerk who shall keep a record of the proceedings of said meetings of said corporation, with power to certify to copies of the same, and who shall perform all the usual duties of a clerk; one trustee for a term of one year, one trustee for a term of two years, and one trustee for a term of three years, and thereafter at each annual meeting one trustee for a term of three years, who shall have the management of the affairs of said corporation with the necessary powers for that purpose, who may fill vacancies in the offices of said corporation, who may act by a majority, and of whom the oldest in office present at any meeting of said corporation shall preside when the Moderator is absent; a Treasurer and a Collector, who shall be sworn, and who shall discharge the usual duties of such officers; and such other officers, as said corporation by its bylaws require who shall have all the powers necessary for the purposes of their office. The Treasurer and the Collector shall give bonds in such sums as the trustees of said corporation shall direct for the faithful performance of their duties, and if such Treasurer or Collector does not give such bond within 10 days after the person's election or appointment the office shall be vacant.
24A V.S.A. § 215-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-301. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection

§ 215-301. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection|When the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Derby Center and through the principal streets thereof, the trustees of said Village, upon application in writing of 20 or more freeholders and legal voters of said Village, are hereby authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain such common sewer or main drain and repair the same when necessary, from time to time, and for such purpose may take the lands of any individuals or corporations; and said trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboard in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages therefor; and said trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of said Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village. Each person or corporation whose particular drain shall enter into such main drain or sewer, or who in the opinion of the said trustees shall receive benefit thereby for draining the premises of such person or corporation, shall be liable to contribute a just share toward the expense of laying and constructing and maintaining of such sewer or drain, and shall be assessed therefor by said trustees such share; and at least ten days' notice of the time and place of such assessment for said contribution shall be given to such person or corporation, its agent, tenant, or lessee, and a certificate of such assessment shall be left with the Clerk of said Village, and recorded by said Clerk, and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax upon the lands and premises so assessed until the same shall be paid, and if the owner of such lands and premises shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of said trustees, or in case of appeal to the county court, to pay the Village Treasurer the amount of such assessment, said trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Tax Collector, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of said lands and premises as will satisfy said assessment and all legal fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 215-302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-302. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment

§ 215-302. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment|When any person or corporation shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award of damages for land taken for such sewer or drain, or in any assessment for contribution for the same, such person or corporation may petition the Orleans County Court for a reassessment of such damages or contribution, and any number of persons agreed may join in the petition, but such petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of such sewer or drain.Said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days after the awarding of such damages or said assessment for contribution, and be filed in the office of said Village Clerk. Such proceedings shall be had in said Court on such petition as are provided by law for the reassessment for lands taken for highways, except as herein provided, and the commissioners therein provided by said Court shall notify one of the trustees of said Village, of the time and place when they will hear said matter.
24A V.S.A. § 215-401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-401. Appointment of police officers

§ 215-401. Appointment of police officers|The trustees of said Village shall have power to, and may appoint such number of police officers within said Village, as said Trustees may judge necessary for the interest of the inhabitants of said Village, by writing under their hands, which shall be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk; and such appointment may be revoked at any time.
24A V.S.A. § 215-402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 215 - Village of Derby Center|App § 215-402. Duties, compensation, and terms of police officers

§ 215-402. Duties, compensation, and terms of police officers|Said trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols, and agree with them for their compensation, which shall be paid by the said corporation. Each of said police shall be sworn, and shall have the same powers, within the limits of said Village as constables in serving criminal process and in criminal matters, and when on duty shall wear conspicuously a badge of office, and shall hold their office for one year, unless sooner discharged as aforesaid.