App § 23. Village and Town residents; public office
§ 23. Village and Town residents; public office The inhabitants of the Village shall belong to and remain inhabitants of the Town of Newbury. No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall be deemed thereby incompetent or disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, or witness […]
App § 24. Highway district
§ 24. Highway district All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Newbury and all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate thereof shall be paid in money, and the Selectboard of the Town of Newbury shall make out a tax bill […]
App § 25. Roads, walkways, and sewers
§ 25. Roads, walkways, and sewers (a) The trustees of the Village may lay out, grade, alter, maintain, and discontinue any street, road, lane, alley, sewer, or walk in the Village, and appraise and settle the damages thereof, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Newbury, […]
App § 26. Property tax
§ 26. Property tax The Village may, at any annual meeting, or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax on the ratable estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver […]
App § 11. Bonds for Village Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
§ 11. Bonds for Village Treasurer and Collector of Taxes The Treasurer and Collector of Taxes shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in such sums as the trustees shall direct. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 11.)
App § 12. Village auditors
§ 12. Village auditors The auditors shall settle the accounts of the Treasurer, trustees, and Collector of Taxes, and shall make an annual report in writing, and no account shall be allowed by such auditors without the production of proper vouchers therefor. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 12.)
App § 13. Village trustees
§ 13. Village trustees The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village and shall have power to make, establish, amend, or repeal ordinances and impose regulations not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of Vermont, or of the United States, or of the municipal charter and bylaws of the Village, and to provide […]
App § 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight
§ 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight The trustees shall audit, and in their discretion allow, the claim of any person against the Village for money paid or services performed, and for any debt contracted or obligation incurred by the trustees for and in behalf of the Village for any matter within the proper scope of […]
App § 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department
§ 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department (a) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief’s assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village and the duties of the Engineer shall be such as may be prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the Village. (b) The Chief Engineer, and in […]
App § 16. Village trustees; power to appoint
§ 16. Village trustees; power to appoint The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers; the superintendents of the Village departments; a Building Inspector; and such other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the […]