App § 1301. Amendment and repeal
§ 1301. Amendment and repeal This charter shall be subject to future legislation to alter, amend, or repeal.
App § 1401. Boundaries
§ 1401. Boundaries (a) All that portion of the Town of Bennington in the County of Bennington that is embraced within the following described limits, viz.: It being the same territory that on the 10th day of May, 1866, the Selectboard of Bennington, pursuant to law, set out as and for the Village of North […]
App § 1101. Designated powers
§ 1101. Designated powers The trustees of said Village shall have the power: 1. To establish and regulate a market, and to regulate and license the selling and peddling of meat, fish, and other provisions from vehicles within the Village. 2. To regulate, license, tax, and prohibit the exhibition of common showmen, circuses, menageries, and […]
App § 1201. Amendment and repeal
§ 1201. Amendment and repeal The said trustees may make, alter, amend, or repeal any ordinance, bylaw, or regulation which it deems necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of said Village, and which is not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the […]
App § 1202. Recordation and certification
§ 1202. Recordation and certification The bylaws, rules, regulations, 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, regulations, or ordinances have been passed or adopted shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this […]
App § 1203. Fines
§ 1203. Fines (a) For the breach of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or ordinance, the Village may impose a fine as specified therein. The court or Judicial Bureau shall impose the costs of prosecution in addition to the fine, in case of a conviction, and when it is necessary to abate a nuisance, the expense […]
App § 1204. Prosecutions
§ 1204. Prosecutions The trustees of the Village and any informing or prosecuting officer of the Town or County of Bennington may prosecute for violations of the charter; or the ordinances, bylaws, and regulations of said Village.
App § 820. Staff assistance
§ 820. Staff assistance Said Board of Water Commissioners may employ and pay from the receipts of the water system such assistance, clerical or otherwise, as they deem necessary.
App § 901. Bonding for water and sewer systems and light plant
§ 901. Bonding for water and sewer systems and light plant The Village at an annual or special meeting called for that purpose, is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, including the construction and establishment of a water system, sewer system, and light plant, and to issue […]
App § 902. Maximum bonded indebtedness
§ 902. Maximum bonded indebtedness (a) The total amount of the bonded or other outstanding indebtedness of said Village at any one time, however, shall not exceed 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the property therein; and said Village may refund its outstanding legal indebtedness by issuing its notes or bonds therefor subject to […]