Title 24APPENDIX, Municipal Charters

§ 13. Highway district; construction agents (a) The Village of Woodstock shall constitute a highway district, by itself, and the construction and repairs of the highways and sidewalks, within the limits of the Village, shall be under the direction of the trustees of the Village. …

§ 14. Highway taxes Two-thirds of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard, or voted by the Town, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate of nonresidents situated within the limits of the Village, shall be paid by the Treasurer or t…

§ 15. Sewer system (a) The Village shall have power to establish a system of sewerage. (b) The Village may take all real estate, right-of-way, or any other interest in real estate, required for the construction of such system of sewerage, having first notified the owner thereof o…

§ 16. Legislative authority The Legislature of this State reserves the power hereafter to alter, amend, or repeal this charter.

§ 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 c…

§ 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 …

§ 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.

§ 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 Vill…

§ 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 f…

§ 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…

§ 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 that shall be laid by the corporation; to see that all the bylaws of the corporation are duly executed; and to direct all prosecutions for a…

§ 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 …