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24A V.S.A. § 235-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-25. Auditor

§ 235-25. Auditor|The Auditor shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and adjust the accounts of Village officers, and report the accounts so adjusted, with the items thereof, and also the state of the treasury, to the Village at its annual meeting. The Auditor shall cause his or her report to be printed, at the expense of the Village, and circulated among the taxpayers thereof at least five days before said meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 235-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-26. Engineer

§ 235-26. Engineer|The Engineer, and in his or her absence the Assistant Engineer next in authority, shall have power, at times of fire, to suppress tumults and riots by force, if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present during the continuance of such fires, remove all effects endangered by such fires, and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down or remove any house or store, or other building, where he or she may deem it necessary to prevent the spreading of such fires, for which he or she or those assisting him or her shall not be held responsible; and to require of the inhabitants of said Village their aid and assistance for the several purposes aforesaid; and said engineers may inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks of all kinds, and other combustibles, and the construction and repairs of fire-places, stoves, and chimneys, in said Village, and a majority of said engineers may, if they deem the same dangerous, order in writing the persons manufacturing such gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, or combustibles in what manner to manufacture, and keep the same; and every person neglecting to obey such orders shall be fined not exceeding $20.00.
24A V.S.A. § 235-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-31. Fire protection

§ 235-31. Fire protection|The engines, hose, hooks and ladders, and buildings for storing and preserving the same, together with the water cisterns, fire pumps, hydrants, engine and hook and ladder companies, shall be under the particular charge, superintendence, and control of the Engineer, who shall at each annual meeting make report in writing of the condition of his or her said department. Provided, however, that the trustees of said Village shall have the special charge and direction of all repairs necessary to be made, and recommended by the Engineer, to any of the buildings, engines, hose, hooks and ladders, fire pumps, hydrants, and water cisterns, and no moneys shall be appropriated or paid by said corporation for any of the purposes aforesaid unless said repairs shall have been made by and with the consent and direction of said trustees, or a majority of them. And in no case shall the engine and fire apparatus be taken from the Village limits for the purpose of attending fireman's parade.
24A V.S.A. § 235-33
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-33. Waiving of Village bylaws

§ 235-33. Waiving of Village bylaws|The trustees may on legal holidays, or on the occurrence of any important event, suspend such rules and regulations contained in the Village bylaws as in their judgment may seem advisable, by posting notice defining the same in at least three public places in said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-34. Prosecutions

§ 235-34. Prosecutions|Prosecutions for offences under the provisions of this act and for violation of the provisions of any by-laws of said Village made in pursuance of this act may be commenced on complaint of any police officer of said Village or any grand juror of the Town of Ludlow before any justice of the peace in said County of Windsor, and all fines and costs imposed for the violation of any of the provisions of this act or the violation of any of the bylaws of said Village or the laws of the State within the limits of said Village, shall be paid into the treasury of said Village. And the costs of prosecution shall be paid out of the same treasury to the persons entitled thereto on the order of the justice of the peace before whom the trial was held.
24A V.S.A. § 235-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-41. Establishment of Board

§ 235-41. Establishment of Board|The trustees of the Village of Ludlow shall appoint two competent physicians of said Village, who, with the trustees aforesaid, shall constitute a Board of Health for said Village. Such Board of Health shall make such regulations as they may judge necessary for the suppression, abatement, and removal of sources of filth and causes of sickness, and shall cause such regulations to be published from time to time in some newspaper of the Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-42. Board investigations

§ 235-42. Board investigations|Said Board, or a majority thereof, upon application of any citizen shall forthwith examine into nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness in said Village, and make such order to destroy, remove, or prevent the same, as the case may require, and when found on private property shall in writing order the owner or occupant thereof, at his or her own expense, to remove the same, and if such owner or occupant does not remove the same within 24 hours after being ordered, he or she shall be fined not more than $20.00.
24A V.S.A. § 235-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-43. Board compensation

§ 235-43. Board compensation|Said Board shall receive such compensation for its services as the Village may vote.
24A V.S.A. § 235-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-44. Enforcement of Board regulations

§ 235-44. Enforcement of Board regulations|A person who violates a regulation made by the Board of Health shall be fined not more than $20.00, and a person so violating shall be subject to the same penalty for each day's continued violation.
24A V.S.A. § 235-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-45. Removal of health violations

§ 235-45. Removal of health violations|If said owner or occupant does not comply with the order of said Board, the Board may cause such nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and the Village may recover the expense of such removal, with costs, of said owner or occupant causing or permitting the same, in an action of debt.
24A V.S.A. § 235-51
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-51. Grand list

§ 235-51. Grand list|The grand list of Ludlow, comprised within the limits of the Village, shall constitute the grand list of the Village. All the territory embraced within the limits of said Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Ludlow, and all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate therein shall be paid in money.
24A V.S.A. § 235-52
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-52. Highway taxes

§ 235-52. Highway taxes|(a) The trustees of said Village of Ludlow shall have power to direct the expenditure of three-fifths of all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate within said Village.(b) Three-fifths of the highway taxes assessed by the selectmen or voted by the Town of Ludlow, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of said Village and upon the ratable estate of non-residents situated within the limits of said Village of Ludlow shall be paid by the Treasurer or the selectmen of the Town to the Treasurer of the said Village, to be expended in the maintenance and repair of highways and sidewalks in said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-61
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-61. Buildings

§ 235-61. Buildings|The said Village of Ludlow may erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or convenient for its purposes.
24A V.S.A. § 235-71
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-71. Taking of water for the Village

§ 235-71. Taking of water for the Village|The Village is authorized under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through its Board of Water Commissioners hereinbefore mentioned, to take the water of any fountains, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Village and Town of Ludlow with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes, provided the owner or other person having any interest in the same shall not be deprived of such portion of water as may be necessary for agricultural and domestic purposes.
24A V.S.A. § 235-72
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-72. Construction of water supply system

§ 235-72. Construction of water supply system|Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through said water commissioners to construct and complete an aqueduct with all necessary reservoirs and appurtenances, to conduct said water to and distribute the same through said Village and outside of said Village within the limits of the Town of Ludlow, and for this purpose may enter upon and use any land over or through which it may be necessary or desirable for said aqueduct to pass, and may thereon lay and construct such pipes, reservoirs, and appurtenances as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same, and it may also, for the purposes aforesaid, dig up or occupy any common, highway, street, or bridge, for the purpose of laying, constructing, or repairing such aqueduct and the appurtenances thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 235-73
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-73. Bonding for construction of water supply system

§ 235-73. Bonding for construction of water supply system|Said Village, by a majority vote in a meeting legally warned for that purpose, is authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding $30,000.00 on such terms as said Village shall prescribe for the purpose of paying the debt incurred in constructing said water 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 the principal of said bonds, as the same shall become due, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the said Village to make out and deliver to the Collector 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 amount sufficient to promptly pay the interest or principal then past due and unpaid. And such tax shall be paid to said Treasurer within 60 days from the time of such delivery, in 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 specially 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 the force in every respect of a tax bill voted therefor by said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 235-74
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-74. Contracting for construction of water supply system

§ 235-74. Contracting for construction of water supply system|The said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with any aqueduct or reservoir company from time to time for supplying said Village with water for fire purposes, for watering the streets, and for other public 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. All contracts made by said Village with said aqueduct or reservoir companies, as provided by the foregoing section shall be legal and binding on said Village, and said Village may vote, levy, and collect taxes for fulfilling such contract or contracts.
24A V.S.A. § 235-75
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-75. Damages and compensation related to construction of water supply system

§ 235-75. Damages and compensation related to construction of water supply system|In any case where damage or compensation to owners of, and other persons interested in, the water so taken, or land as may be used for laying, extending, constructing, and maintaining the aqueduct, and for the 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 major psychiatric disability, or out of the State, or otherwise incapacitated to sell and convey, the same shall be fixed by the Board of Water Commissioners after hearing all 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 Water Commissioners shall, within ten days after the hearing, file their award in the Town Clerk's office in the town or towns where the property in question is situated, and cause the same to be recorded in the land records of the town or towns. (Amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 170.)
24A V.S.A. § 235-76
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-76. Appeal of damage and compensation determinations

§ 235-76. Appeal of damage and compensation determinations|When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the water commissioners so made, in any of the cases mentioned in section 75 of this charter, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for a reassessment and award of damages, and such proceeding 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 water commissioners of said Village, 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 water commissioners from entering on such land, and laying and constructing said aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, and using said water after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.
24A V.S.A. § 235-77
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-77. Malicious disruption of water supply system

§ 235-77. Malicious disruption of water supply system|Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure said aqueduct, reservoirs, springs, streams, pond, or fountains, or any of the connecting appurtenances, enclosures, or works thereof, or pollute the water of said aqueduct, reservoirs, springs, stream, pond or fountains, named or referred to in this act, or swim or bathe in the waters of said reservoir, springs, streams, or fountains, shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by the grand juror of the town or the State's Attorney of the county wherein the offence shall be committed, by information, complaint, or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than $20.00 and costs of prosecution, and also shall be liable to said Village for all damages resulting to it by such disturbance, injury, or pollution, with full costs, and same to be recovered by said Village in an action on the case founded on this statute.
24A V.S.A. § 235-78
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-78. Adoption of bylaws, regulations, and rates

§ 235-78. Adoption of bylaws, regulations, and rates|The Board of Water Commissioners, as aforesaid, may make and adopt such bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of such aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of water rates subject, however to the approval of the Public Service Commission as to the amount of said rates outside the Village; and the said water rates so fixed shall, until paid, be and remain a lien upon the premises of the parties so furnished with water in like manner as real estate is by law held for other Village taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 235-81
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-81. Construction of sewers

§ 235-81. Construction of sewers|Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or sewers in the Village of Ludlow, the said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empowered to so construct said sewers and to repair the same from time to time when necessary, and for such purpose may take the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the lands so taken, and the trustees of said Village shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectmen in taking land for public highways and in awarding damages therefor, and the 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, and said Village may also lay pipes along and across the streets, alleys, lanes, and highways in said Village and Town.
24A V.S.A. § 235-82
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-82. Bonding for construction of sewers

§ 235-82. Bonding for construction of sewers|The said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such sum or sums of money to defray the expenses of constructing said sewers and to pay land damages as the said Village may deem best, and to issue bonds with coupons attached bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six percent per annum, said interest to be payable annually or semi-annually as the Village may elect, such bonds to be issued in the following manner: The trustees of said Village on the application of 20 or more legal voters of said Village shall within 10 days after the receipt of said application, warn a meeting of the legal voters of such Village, to be held at the usual place of holding Village meetings in such Village, which notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting, which shall not be more than 20 nor less than 12 days from the time of posting said notice, and the warning shall be sufficient if it states that the business to be done at said meeting is to see if the Village will vote to construct sewers in said Village and will vote to issue bonds to defray the expense of constructing said sewers and paying all other necessary expense, and if the majority of the votes given at said meeting shall be to construct said sewers and to issue said bonds, then the Village shall fix the amount of the bonds to be issued and the terms thereof, which sum shall not exceed $15,000.00, and shall elect three commissioners who shall be resident taxpayers of said Village; said commissioners shall be duly sworn, and shall, as soon as may be, prepare suitable books, in which said vote shall be set forth, in which the taxpayers of said Village may sign their names, assenting to said vote to issue said bonds, and the grand list of each person signing said assent shall be annexed to his or her name, and when a majority of the taxpayers of said Village both in number and amount of grand list shall have signed the same, the same shall be binding on the Village; provided the signatures are procured within six months after the first signature to the paper is made; and all persons or corporations residing or located in said Village and liable to pay taxes at the time the assent is given, shall have a right to assent to said vote.
24A V.S.A. § 235-83
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-83. Certification and recording of bonding vote

§ 235-83. Certification and recording of bonding vote|The said vote and assent when so signed as aforesaid, shall be duly certified by the commissioners and recorded by the Village Clerk, in the Village Clerk's office at length, in said records of said Village; and a duly certified copy of the vote of the Village and the certificate of the commissioners to the same that the act has been complied with by a majority of the taxpayers, both in number and amount, who have duly signed the same, with the certificate of the Village Clerk that the same has been duly recorded in his or her office, shall be recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Ludlow and certified copies from either office shall be full proof in any court that the law has been complied with.
24A V.S.A. § 235-84
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-84. Trustees to effectuate construction of sewers

§ 235-84. Trustees to effectuate construction of sewers|The trustees aforesaid as soon as the assent is given and recorded as aforesaid, shall proceed to carry into effect the vote of said Village according to the terms and conditions thereof, and shall have power to act for said Village on all proper occasions to carry into effect the votes aforesaid and to proceed to construct said sewers and to issue said bonds as herein provided.
24A V.S.A. § 235-85
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 235 - Village of Ludlow|App § 235-85. Additional meetings and votes

§ 235-85. Additional meetings and votes|In case any of the terms and conditions of the above act should fail to be complied with and said vote should thereby become void and of no effect, then upon application as herein specified other meetings may be called and votes taken in accordance with the provisions of this act.