Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 15. Further duties of auditor; police officers, how appointed and removed; their powers and duties The auditors shall not allow a claim or account for the personal service of a Village officer except when compensation for such service is fixed by law or by a vote of the Village…

§ 16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens The Chief Engineer, first and second assistant engineers shall constitute a Board of Fire Wardens. The Board of Fire Wardens or any of them who may be present at a fire, shall have power at such fire to suppress all tumults and…

§ 17. Ordinances, regulations, and bylaws Said Village shall have power to make, establish, alter, or amend or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws for the following purposes: (1) To establish and regulate a market. (2) To suppress and restrain disorderly and gaming houses,…

§ 18. Bylaws, rules, and ordinances, when recorded to be the prima facie evidence The bylaws, rules, and ordinances of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk’s certificate that such bylaws, rules, and ordinances were adopted at an…

§ 19. Power of trustees in laying out streets, sidewalks, etc.; damages therefor, how recovered The trustees of said Village may lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any street, road, lane, alley, or walk in said Village and appraise and settle damages therefor, causing their…

§ 2. Alteration of bounds; requisites The Village may, by vote in Village meeting, alter its bounds with the written consent of each person whose residence or property will be included or excluded by such alteration. A record of such alteration of bounds and of such instruments o…

§ 20. Power of trustees in laying sewers; proceedings by persons dissatisfied Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Orleans, the trustees of said Village, upon application in writing of five or m…

§ 21. Assessment and collection of taxes Said corporation may at any annual or special meeting called in whole or in part for that purpose, as herein provided, lay a tax on the grand list of said Town of Barton, of the inhabitants of said Village, and upon the ratable estate with…

§ 22. Power of trustees in granting licenses The trustees of said Village shall have the sole power of granting licenses and vacating the same, within the limits of said Village, agreeably to the bylaws, rules, and ordinances thereof that the selectboard has by chapter 95 and by …

§ 23. Grand list, how composed The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Barton, shall be the grand list of said Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of said list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of …

§ 24. Residents of Village not incompetent to hold Town offices The inhabitants of said Village shall belong to and remain inhabitants of the Town of Barton, and no member of such Village corporation shall be deemed incompetent to act as sheriff, constable, or witness in any caus…

§ 25. Corporation empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor Said Village, at an annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purpose, is hereby authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned and to issue its …

§ 26. Duties of listers of Town of Barton respecting real estate within Village limits It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Barton in making their assessments of real estate in said Town to designate in the list by them made, the real estate situated within the Vill…

§ 27. Powers of trustees respecting water Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered through its trustees to be elected as hereinafter provided, to take the waters of any fountains, springs, ponds, rivers, streams, or lakes in the Towns of Barton, Westmore, Brownington, and …

§ 28. Further powers of trustees respecting water Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered, through said trustees, to construct and complete an aqueduct, with all necessary reservoirs and appurtenances, to conduct said water to and distribute the same through said Village,…

§ 29. Damages; how fixed In any case where damage or compensation to owners of, and other person interested in, the water so taken, or such land as may be used for laying, extending, constructing, and maintaining the aqueduct, and for the reservoirs and appurtenances, is not adju…

§ 3. Territory embraced within; corporation limits constituted a highway district; assessment and collection of highway taxes All the territory embraced within the limits of said Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Barton, and all the highway taxes ass…

§ 30. Proceedings by persons dissatisfied with award of trustees related to water When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the trustees so made, in any of the cases mentioned in the preceding section, such person may petition the Orleans County Court for a reassess…

§ 31. Bylaws and regulations concerning the Water Department Said Village may at any legally warned meeting, enact 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 ex…

§ 32. Power of Village to dispose of water rights Said Village may, at any legally warned meeting, authorize said trustees to lease, dispose of, or sell upon terms fixed by said meeting, to any person, partnership, or body corporate or other company, any part or all of the rights…

§ 33. Duties of Village in taking water or land Said Village shall, within 60 days after taking any springs, streams, water sources, or land, under the provisions of this charter and before entering into possession of the same file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of B…

§ 34. Trustees; general control of water system The trustees of said Village shall have general control and management of the Village system of waterworks and perform all the duties connected therewith as provided in the charter of said Village. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 34; amende…

§ 35. Further duties of the trustees relating to water It shall be the duty of the trustees under the direction of the corporation, to have the care and management of the Water Department; they shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the government and operation of the…

§ 36. Power of trustees in lighting streets Said Village may through its Board of Trustees, contract for the lighting of the streets of said Village for a term of years not exceeding 10 at a time with such number of lights as said Village may require. And said Village is authoriz…

§ 37. Village may issue bonds for purpose of lighting streets; duties of Village Treasurer in respect thereto Said Village is hereby authorized to issue bonds not exceeding the aggregate amount of $40,000.00, on such terms as said Village shall prescribe, for carrying into effect…

§ 38. Corporation may purchase franchise, property, and privileges of Barton Landing Water Company Said corporation shall have power to purchase from the Barton Landing Water Company their franchise, property, and privileges upon such terms as may be agreed upon; and all contract…

§ 39. Village may establish water rents and regulate the mode of payment For the purpose of the support of said Water Department, and to insure the payment of the annual interest on said water bonds, and to provide for their final payment, said corporation shall establish rates o…

§ 4. Annual Village meeting; when held The annual meeting of said Village shall be holden on the third Tuesday of March each year at such place within said Village and at such house as may be named and fixed in the warning thereof for the purpose of electing the officers of said …

§ 40. Application of water rents The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of water shall first be applied to pay the annual interest as it becomes due, upon the bonds issued by said corporation to the Barton Landing Water Company for the purchase price of its proper…

§ 41. Trustees to make list of water rents; list, how composed (a) The trustees of said Village shall between the 20th day of July and the first day of August each year make out a list of the water rents due said Village, with five percent thereof added thereto, in which list the…

§ 42. Disposition of water rents All monies collected by the Collector of Taxes for said Village upon the list of water rents, as delivered by said Collector for collection by the trustees of said Village, and all water rents received by said trustees shall be paid by them to the…

§ 43. Injuries to water rights; penalties A person who diverts any part of the water from the sources taken by the Village pursuant to the preceding sections, without the written consent of the trustees, or who maliciously destroys or injures a dam, reservoir, aqueduct, pipe, hyd…

§ 44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks (a) Said Village may take, purchase, hold, and use any lands for the purpose of public parks and commons within said Village, on making compensation for the land so taken, and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner …

§ 45. Duties of trustees respecting monies received and disbursed No money shall be expended by any person for or in behalf of said Village, except the trustees, and no money shall be paid out of the Village treasury except upon orders signed by the trustees or a majority of them…

§ 46. Abatement of highway and Village taxes The officers of the Village corporation, excepting the Collector of Taxes, are hereby constituted a Board for the Abatement of highway and Village taxes, and shall have the same powers in relation thereto as is now provided by law for …

§ 47. Existing bylaws to remain in force until repealed All bylaws and regulations heretofore adopted by said Village and in force not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter shall remain in force until amended or repealed by said Village. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 47.)

§ 48. Present Village officers to hold office until their successors are chosen [Excluded transitional provision related to Village officers elected on the first Tuesday of January of 1892] (Added 1892, No. 114, § 48.)

§ 49. Subject to future legislation; when to take effect This charter shall be subject to future Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal; and shall take effect when accepted by a majority of the legal voters of said corporation at a special meeting to be called by the trustees for…

§ 5. Special meetings on failure to warn annual meetings If the annual meeting of said corporation shall fail to be holden for want of the notice hereinbefore provided for, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not be thereby prejudiced; and the said several officers may …

§ 50. Authority of Village to buy and sell electric current The Village of Orleans is hereby authorized to buy and sell electric current for domestic use and for mechanical purposes. It may make such regulations or bylaws relating to the conduct of such business as it deems exped…

§ 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers (a) No person shall engage in the business of an itinerant street vendor or peddler within the corporate limits of the Village of Orleans without first applying for and receiving a license so to do. Such lice…

§ 6. Checklist of voters; power of trustees in respect thereto The trustees may, previous to an annual Village meeting, prepare an alphabetical list of the persons qualified to vote at such annual meeting, in the same manner, and subject to the same provisions in respect to corre…

§ 7. Qualification of voters in Village meeting Persons who have resided in the Village one year and who are voters in Town meeting shall be voters in Village meeting. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 7.)

§ 8. Officers, how elected, terms of office The officers of said corporation shall consist of a Moderator, Clerk, three trustees, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, a Chief Engineer, and two assistant engineers, all of whom, with the exception of the trustees, shall be elected annual…

§ 9. Duties of the Moderator It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all meetings of said Village, and the Moderator shall have the same power as the moderator of town meetings now has by law and in case of the Moderator’s absence a Moderator Pro Temp may be appointed…

§ 1001. Water and sewer systems; duties of trustees Until such time as a separate Board(s) of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be established, the Board of Trustees shall act as such commissioners.