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App § 28. Eminent domain

§ 28. Eminent domain The Village may exercise the right of eminent domain for any municipal purpose or use upon compliance with the provisions of the State statutes applicable to eminent domain proceedings. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 28.)

App § 29. Grand list

§ 29. Grand list The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Newbury, shall be the grand list of the Village, and the Trustees shall cause a copy of the list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of […]

App § 3. General powers conferred

§ 3. General powers conferred The Village shall have and is granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this charter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority conferred but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the […]

App § 30. Village bylaw and ordinance fines, penalties, and forfeitures

§ 30. Village bylaw and ordinance fines, penalties, and forfeitures (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 […]

App § 31. Village ordinance and bylaw violations

§ 31. Village ordinance and bylaw violations All violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Village by its attorneys or police officers, or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer, before any justice of the peace of the County of Orange, or any municipal court which may hereafter […]

App § 32. Village Manager

§ 32. Village 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. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 32.)

App § 4. Specific powers conferred

§ 4. Specific powers conferred (a) Without limitation of the generality of section 3 of this charter and the grant of the powers therein made, but as a more specific designation of some of the powers conferred upon the Village, the Village of Wells River has authority: (1) To levy, assess, and collect taxes in […]

App § 5. Annual and special Village meetings

§ 5. Annual and special Village meetings The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in March, at such hour as the notice hereinafter mentioned shall state, in the Village Hall in the Village or at such other hour and place as the corporation shall hereafter appoint, notice of which […]

App § 7. Village President

§ 7. Village President The President shall preside at all Village meetings and shall be invested with the powers of a moderator in town meeting. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 7.)

App § 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances

§ 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances (a) The Clerk shall keep a record of all called Village meetings of the Village trustees; shall perform the usual duties of a clerk; shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town clerks; shall have […]

App § 9. Village Treasurer

§ 9. Village Treasurer The Village Treasurer shall discharge the usual duties of such office and shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 9.)