Title 24APPENDIX, Municipal Charters

§ 13. Ordinances (a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof has been posted in four public places, within the bounds of the Village, for a period of two weeks and published twice within the period of two weeks in a newspaper printed in the V…

§ 14. Village as Town highway district (a) All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Manchester, and the Selectboard of the Town shall, on or before the first day of September of each year, draw an order on…

§ 15. Village trustees; license granting authority The trustees of the Village shall have the same power of granting licenses and vacating the same within the limits of the Village, agreeably to the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations that the selectboard has by law. (Added 1943,…

§ 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate (a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the Village, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes he…

§ 17. Borrowing funds The Village at any annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purpose, is authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, and to issue its orders therefor, which orders shall be signed by the trustees an…

§ 18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures The trustees of the Village shall have power to abate taxes paid or assessed by virtue of this charter, to remit fines or forfeitures imposed for violation of this charter or bylaws, ordinances, or regulations of the Vi…

§ 19. Conflict of interest No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall thereby be deemed disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which the Village shall be intereste…

§ 2. Alteration of Village boundaries The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons owning real estate that will be included or excluded thereby, the written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of …

§ 20. Imposition of fines and forfeitures (a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including $200.00 for each breach of an ordinance or bylaw may be established by the trustees or by a properly warned Village meeting. (b) The fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recove…

§ 21. Violations of Village ordinances Violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Village by its Attorney or police officers or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer before the Bennington Municipal Court or before a justice of th…

§ 22. Village Manager The Village may at a properly warned Village meeting vote to accept a Village Manager, who shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as town managers as provided by the laws of the State. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 22.)

§ 23. Aqueducts and reservoirs (a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueducts and reservoirs and build and lay the pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire, and for sewer purposes a…

§ 24. Sewer and sewage system (a) The legal voters of the Village at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose may vote to construct and maintain for the benefit of the Village a common sewer or a sewerage system and extend the same through the highways, streets, and lanes …

§ 25. Street lights and gas or electric plants The Village may light its streets in the way as it may determine, and may construct, own, and maintain gas or electric plants for lighting them, and furnishing its inhabitants with light and power, and for this purpose, may purchase …

§ 26. Property of Village under former charter The property belonging to the Village of Manchester under its previous chapter and owned by it at the time of the taking effect of this charter shall vest in the Village of Manchester hereby constituted, and the Village shall be held…

§ 27. [Transitional provision related to repeal of former charter as amended.] (Added 1943, No. 183, § 27.)

§ 28. [Transitional provision related to acceptance of charter by section and subdivision.] (Added 1943, No. 183, § 28.)

§ 29. [Transitional provision related to Village officers serving at time the new charter takes effect.] (Added 1943, No. 183, § 29.)

§ 3. Powers of Village; general authority The Village shall have and is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this chapter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby confer…

§ 30. [Transitional provision relating to the effective date of sections 28 and 29.] (Added 1943, No. 183, § 30.)

§ 4. Village powers; specific authority The generality of the preceding section and the grant of powers therein made, but as a more specific designation of some of the powers conferred upon the Village, the Village of Manchester has authority: (1) To levy, assess, and collect tax…

§ 5. Village meetings (a) The annual meetings of the Village shall be on the second Monday of July in each year at the place within the Village and at the hour as may be named in the warning therefor for the purpose of electing the officers hereinafter named, and for the purpose …

§ 6. Election of Village officials (a) At the annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of July, the Village shall, by ballot, if called for by three or more legal voters in the meeting, elect for the ensuing year, and, until their successors are chosen; a President, who sha…

§ 7. Village Clerk The Clerk shall keep records of all Village meetings, all trustees meetings when requested so to do, and other proceedings of the Village. The ordinances and regulations of the Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk’s certificate th…

§ 8. Village trustees; powers (a) The trustees shall have the same powers to lay out, alter, and discontinue streets and highways in the Village as are vested by law in the selectboard of towns, and all proceedings in respect to laying out, altering, or discontinuing streets and …

§ 9. Village trustees; appointments The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers; of a Chief Engineer and the assistant engineers of the Fire Department; of the superintendents of the Village department…