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App § 24. Property taxes; assessment and collection

§ 24. Property taxes; assessment and collection The said 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 same, whether of residents or non-residents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a rate […]

App § 25. Grand list

§ 25. Grand list The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Lyndon and filed by them in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town shall be the grand list of said Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of […]

App § 26. Tax abatement

§ 26. Tax abatement The trustees of said Village shall have power to abate taxes laid or assessed by virtue of this act, to remit fines or forfeitures imposed for violation of this act, or bylaws, ordinances, or regulations of said Village, and to discharge such offenders from imprisonment for same.

App § 27. Officers; disqualification

§ 27. Officers; disqualification No person being a resident or taxpayer of said 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 said Village shall be interested.

App § 28. Special meeting

§ 28. Special meeting If the annual meeting of said Village shall not be held for want of the notice hereinbefore mentioned, or for any other reason, the Village shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the officers aforesaid may at any time thereafter be elected in special meeting called for that purpose, and special meetings […]

App § 29. Ordinances; compliance and penalties

§ 29. Ordinances; compliance and penalties (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) These fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name […]

App § 30. Ordinances; prosecutions

§ 30. Ordinances; prosecutions All 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 Caledonia Municipal Court or before any justice of the peace of the County of Caledonia.

App § 31. Manager

§ 31. Manager The Village may at any 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 statutes of the State.

App § 18. Building Inspector

§ 18. Building Inspector Within the Village limits the Building Inspector shall have authority to oversee the location and construction of all buildings and all repairs on buildings already constructed, and shall oversee the construction and repair of elevators, oil storage tanks, fireplaces, stoves, flues, chimneys, and all electrical wiring; and he or she may […]

App § 19. Trustees; meetings

§ 19. Trustees; meetings The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business, and at such meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests, and shall cause a record of their proceedings to be kept by the Village Clerk.