App § 13. Bylaws and regulations
§ 13. Bylaws and regulations (a) Said corporation may enact such bylaws and regulations as are expedient, including such as relate to vehicle traffic and parking of motor and other vehicles on the streets of said Village; to streets, sidewalks, lanes, and commons, and shade and ornamental trees thereon; to nuisances; to lighting the streets […]
App § 5. Elected officers’ terms and vacancies
§ 5. Elected officers’ terms and vacancies (a) The officers of said corporation shall be a Moderator, a President, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, four Trustees, and three Auditors of Accounts. No person shall hold office of Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts simultaneously. (b) All officers of said Village shall be residents […]
App § 6. Board of Trustees’ duties
§ 6. Board of Trustees’ duties (a) The Board of Trustees shall have charge of all prudential affairs of said corporation and perform the duties enjoined upon it by said corporation. (b) Said Board shall direct the expenditure of all moneys belonging to said corporation, and no money shall be expended in any department of […]
App § 7. President’s duties
§ 7. President’s duties By virtue of the office, the President shall be a member of the Board of Trustees and shall preside over meetings of the Board of Trustees. In the absence of the President, the Trustees shall elect a Chairman from among their number.
App § 8. Clerk’s duties
§ 8. Clerk’s duties It shall be the duty of the Clerk to warn all meetings of said corporation, both annual and special, agreeable to the direction of the Board of Trustees, and to keep accurate records of the proceedings of said corporation, to furnish certified copies of the same when required, and the Clerk […]
App § 9. Moderator
§ 9. Moderator It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all annual and special meetings of said corporation, and he or she shall have the same powers as a moderator of town meetings. In the absence of the Moderator, the meeting shall be called to order by a member of the […]
App § 1. Preface
§ 1. Preface Under authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, the voters of the Bellows Falls Village corporation hereby adopt a charter for the following purposes: (1) To clarify the structure and organization of local government. (2) To define the duties and responsibilities of Village officers. (3) To provide for […]
App § 2. Amendment and repeal
§ 2. Amendment and repeal The present officers of said corporation shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting thereof, as provided in its bylaws. And its bylaws now in force, insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of this charter, shall continue in force until others are adopted in their […]
App § 3. Boundaries and general powers
§ 3. Boundaries and general powers The inhabitants within the bounds of the original first school district in the Town of Rockingham in the County of Windham, and their successors forever, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Bellows Falls Village Corporation” and by that name may sue and […]
App § 4. Meetings and warnings
§ 4. Meetings and warnings (a)(1) Annual meeting. The annual meeting of said corporation shall be held within said Village on the third Tuesday in May of each year at the time and place designated by the Board of Trustees in its bylaws, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, and […]