§ 1. Village boundaries; residents; Town inhabitants (a) That part of the Town of Woodstock, in the County of Windsor, beginning at a stone post standing on the easterly side of the highway leading from the Village of Woodstock to Taftsville, and distant about 70 rods from the present northeast corner of the Village; thence […]
§ 10. Hiring of money The Village of Woodstock shall have authority to hire money, from time to time for the purposes of carrying into effect the object of this charter and for other legal purposes of the Village.
§ 11. Contract with aqueduct company (a) The Village of Woodstock is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the Woodstock Aqueduct Company, or any other aqueduct company, from time to time, for supplying the Village with water for fire purposes, for watering the streets, and for other purposes, for such length of time and […]
§ 12. Construction; sidewalks; sewers; drains The Village shall have the right to construct sidewalks, sewers, and drains within the limits of the Village and make such bylaws and regulations in respect thereto as the Village shall think best, not inconsistent with the laws of this State.
§ 13. Highway district; construction agents (a) The Village of Woodstock shall constitute a highway district, by itself, and the construction and repairs of the highways and sidewalks, within the limits of the Village, shall be under the direction of the trustees of the Village. (b) The trustees shall annually appoint one or two (as […]
§ 14. Highway taxes Two-thirds of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard, or voted by the Town, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate of nonresidents situated within the limits of the Village, shall be paid by the Treasurer or the Selectboard of the Town to […]
§ 15. Sewer system (a) The Village shall have power to establish a system of sewerage. (b) The Village may take all real estate, right-of-way, or any other interest in real estate, required for the construction of such system of sewerage, having first notified the owner thereof of its purpose so to do; and upon […]
§ 16. Legislative authority The Legislature of this State reserves the power hereafter to alter, amend, or repeal this charter.
§ 2. Corporate existence; assessment (a) The inhabitants residing in the Village are hereby constituted a body, politic and corporate, by the name of the Village of Woodstock; and by that name shall have succession, and may commence, prosecute, and defend suits or actions in all courts whatever; may have a common seal and alter […]
§ 3. Annual meeting; election of officers A meeting of the inhabitants shall be held annually on the third Tuesday in March, for the purpose of electing a Clerk, five trustees, a Treasurer, and a Collector of Taxes, and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting, which warning shall […]
§ 4. Election of officers; enactment of bylaws The Village may elect such officers and enact such bylaws not repugnant of the laws of this State, as the public interests of the Village may require.
§ 5. Breach of bylaws; fines and forfeitures The corporation shall have power to assess fines and forfeitures for the breach of any of its bylaws; not exceeding $25.00 for any one offence, to be prosecuted; and recovered by actions of debt, before any justice of peace in the Village, in which action it shall […]
§ 6. Clerk; Treasurer; Collector The Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices; and the Treasurer and Collector shall give bonds, with sureties, to the corporation, in such sum as the trustees shall direct for the faithful performance of their respective duties.
§ 7. Clerk; duties The Clerk shall keep records of all proceedings of the corporation and give copies of the same when required, and may receive such fees as town clerks are entitled to receive for like services. The Clerk shall also warn meetings of the corporation, both annual and special, agreeably to the directions […]
§ 8. Trustees; duties It shall be the duty of the trustees to make out and deliver to the Collector an assessment or rate bill of all taxes which shall be laid by the corporation; to see that all the bylaws of the corporation are duly executed; and to direct all prosecutions for all breaches […]
§ 9. Fire wardens The fire wardens of the Village of Woodstock, and such persons as shall, pursuant to the bylaws of the Village, be elected fire wardens, and having with them some distinguishing badge of their office, designated by such bylaws, may, in times of fire, demand and require assistance from any of the […]
