§ 1. City; how constituted That all the freemen of this State, inhabitants of said New Haven, Panton, and Ferrisburgh dwelling and inhabiting within the following bounds, viz: beginning on the line between Ferrisburgh and New Haven at the southeast corner of the town plot in said Ferrisburgh, from thence running north, 320 rods, to […]
§ 10. Highways, etc The City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out new highways, streets, public walks, and squares, for the use of said City, or to alter those already laid out; and to regulate and pave streets or highways and construct common sewers therein and to plant the highways, streets, public […]
§ 11. Ordinances and regulations (a) The City Council shall (subject to the right of said corporation to alter, amend, or repeal the same at any annual or special meeting) have power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws for the following purposes and to impose penalties for the breach thereof: […]
§ 12. Taxes The City Council shall lay a tax not exceeding 300 cents on the dollar of the grand list of said City on the ratable estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same […]
§ 13. Official bonds The Treasurer, Constable, and collectors shall severally give good and sufficient bonds to the City to be approved by the City Council, in such sums as may be fixed by said Council, and in case of their failure to give bonds as aforesaid within 10 days after their election to said […]
§ 14. Water The City Manager and the aldermen who are designated as water commissioners are hereby empowered to enter in the daytime any premises or buildings in said City in which City water may be used, for the purpose of determining how much of said water is used and for the reasonable inspection of […]
§ 16. City Court There may be holden in said City, from time to time, as occasion arises, a City Court, which shall be a court of record, presided over by a justice of the peace who shall be designated by the City Council as judge thereof; of which court the City Clerk shall be […]
§ 2. Voters in City meetings (a) A male or female citizen, 21 years of age, who has taken the freeman’s oath and whose list is taken in a Town at the annual assessment preceding a Town meeting, and whose flood tax due such Town, was paid prior to the 15th day of February preceding […]
§ 26. Sales, etc (a) All sales, leases, or grants of any real estate belonging to the City shall be signed by the Mayor thereof, and sealed with the City Seal, and any conveyance so executed, if approved by a meeting of the citizens of the City legally assembled, and recorded in the records of […]
§ 27. Resignation of Mayor The Mayor of said City may, at any time, resign his or her office by filing his or her resignation with the Clerk of the City.
§ 28. Freemen The freemen of the City shall have the right to choose a Representative to represent the same in the General Assembly of this State and shall also have the same right to vote at elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of Congress, and all other officers of the general and State government […]
§ 3. City meetings (a) On the 10th day of April, A.D. 1893, and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at a place to be appointed by the City Council of said City, of which notice shall be posted in at […]
§ 4. Election of officers On the first Tuesday in March 1973, and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of said corporation shall elect from among their number a Mayor, who shall hold office for two years, and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. On the same date, and annually thereafter, they […]
§ 5. Method of voting (a) The annual meeting of said corporation, for the election of officers and for voting by printed ballot on questions to be decided, shall be called at nine o’clock in the forenoon and, for the transaction of other business, at seven-thirty o’clock in the evening of the day heretofore appointed. […]
§ 6. Mayor and Aldermen The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City except freeman’s meetings, with the power of moderator in Town meetings, and at meetings of the City Council. The Mayor, together with the aldermen, shall constitute a Board of City Council and shall have the management of the affairs of […]
§ 7. Duties of the Clerk, etc The Clerk of said City shall be, ex officio, Clerk of the City Council and, as such, shall have the custody of all books, papers, and records of said City; keep a record of the proceedings of the Board; certify copies thereof; and, except as otherwise provided, shall […]
§ 8. Duty of auditors (a) The accounts of the several officers shall be closed and in the hands of the auditors at least two weeks before the annual meeting; any officer failing to so report shall not be eligible to re-election to said office for the ensuing year. (b) It shall be the duty […]
§ 9. Appointments by City Council (a) The City Council, at its first meeting of each fiscal year, shall appoint a City Manager who shall have all the duties and responsibilities of a town manager as set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, as amended from time to time; a Treasurer, who shall discharge the […]
