§ 1. Boundaries; body politic The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Westminster in the County of Windham, enclosed in the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of the farm of Frank H. Farr, on the west bank of the Connecticut River, thence westerly on the north line of […]
§ 10. Prosecutions Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this act or the provisions of any act or bylaw of the Village of Westminster, made in pursuance of this act may be commenced before any justice of the peace of the County of Windham, and all fines and costs imposed for the violation of […]
§ 11. Water; light; sidewalks The corporation is empowered to contract for water for extinguishing fires, and for that purpose may build and maintain its own system therefor or employ such other means as may be determined upon and may contract for lights for lighting the streets and public places, and may contract for the […]
§ 12. Annual and special meeting (a) The annual meeting of the corporation for the selection of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting shall be held in the Village of Westminster on the first Tuesday in April in each year. (b) If the annual meeting of […]
§ 13. Legal voters Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Westminster shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting. (Added 1912, No. 334, § 13.)
§ 14. Bylaws The Village corporation may adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaws relating only to the functions which, by this chapter, the Village may exercise, and are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution and laws of this State. The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the […]
§ 15. Prosecutions A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by the corporation for the breach of any of its bylaws with the alternative sentence to the house of correction in case the fine and costs are not paid as is provided by law in criminal cases. (Added 1912, No. […]
§ 16. Village organization; termination; reestablishment The Village of Westminster as established by the action of the Selectboard under the provisions of the Public Statutes, by their order filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Westminster, April 8, 1907, is hereby abolished except for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the collection […]
§ 2. Powers of Village The Village is hereby granted and endowed with the power and authority to exercise the functions of a municipal corporation for the following purposes, and to the following extent only: (1) To light the public streets and highways and public buildings within the limits of the Village. (2) To build […]
§ 3. Taxation of residents At any meeting of the legal voters legally warned and held for that purpose, a tax may be laid upon the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes for which the Village is incorporated. All taxes voted by the Village shall be assessed by the Board of […]
§ 4. Officers The officers of the corporation shall be a Board of five trustees, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, and an Auditor, all of which officers shall be chosen at each annual meeting of the legal voters of the corporation or at a special meeting as hereinafter provided. The term of […]
§ 5. Board of Trustees (a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the corporation, shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for, and direct the expenditure of all moneys belonging to the corporation, and generally perform all duties legally enjoined upon it by the […]
§ 6. Clerk The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of the Board of Trustees; and give copies of the same when required upon payment of reasonable fees. The Clerk shall warn all meetings of the legal voters of the corporation by posting notices thereof containing a […]
§ 7. Treasurer; Collector of Taxes The powers and duties of the Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes shall be the same with respect to the corporation as are the powers and duties of town treasurers and town collectors of taxes with respect to towns. Each shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned for […]
§ 8. Auditor The Auditor shall, at least once each year and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine and adjust and make and file with the Town Clerk a statement of the accounts of all corporation officers and of the corporation, and shall report all accounts and items thereof and the state of the treasury […]
§ 9. Collector of Taxes; Chief of Police The Collector of Taxes shall, by virtue of the office, be the Chief of Police of the Village of Westminster, and as such shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of duties and shall cause the oath of office to be recorded by the Clerk. The Chief […]
