§ 1. Village boundaries and establishment of body politic All estate in the Town of Manchester, included in the following boundaries, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known as the Village of Manchester: (1) Being all that part of the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington, contained within the bounds of Fire […]
§ 10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer 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 those as may be prescribed by the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of the Village. The Chief Engineer, and in the Chief’s […]
§ 11. Building Inspector Within the Village limits, the Building Inspector shall have authority to oversee the location and construction of all buildings, and all repairs on buildings already constructed, and shall oversee the construction and repair of elevators, oil storage tanks, fireplaces, stoves, flues, chimneys, and all electrical wiring. The Building Inspector may order […]
§ 12. Trustee meetings The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business, and at those meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 12.)
§ 13. Ordinances (a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof has been posted in four public places, within the bounds of the Village, for a period of two weeks and published twice within the period of two weeks in a newspaper printed in the Village, or, if no newspaper […]
§ 14. Village as Town highway district (a) All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Manchester, and the Selectboard of the Town shall, on or before the first day of September of each year, draw an order on the Treasurer of the […]
§ 15. Village trustees; license granting authority The trustees of the Village shall have the same power of granting licenses and vacating the same within the limits of the Village, agreeably to the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations that the selectboard has by law. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 15.)
§ 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate (a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the Village, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a […]
§ 17. Borrowing funds The Village at any annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purpose, is authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, and to issue its orders therefor, which orders shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of the […]
§ 18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures The trustees of the Village shall have power to abate taxes paid or assessed by virtue of this chapter, to remit fines or forfeitures imposed for violation of this chapter or bylaws, ordinances, or regulations of the Village, and to discharge the offenders from imprisonment […]
§ 19. Conflict of interest No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall thereby be deemed disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which the Village shall be interested. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 19.)
§ 20. Imposition of fines 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) The fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the […]
§ 21. Violations of Village ordinances Violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Village by its Attorney or police officers or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer before the Bennington Municipal Court or before a justice of the peace of the County of Bennington. (Added 1943, No. […]
§ 22. Village Manager The Village may at a 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 laws of the State. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 22.)
§ 23. Aqueducts and reservoirs (a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueducts and reservoirs and build and lay the pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire, and for sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village […]
§ 24. Sewer and sewage system (a) The legal voters of the Village at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose may vote to construct and maintain for the benefit of the Village a common sewer or a sewerage system and extend the same through the highways, streets, and lanes of the Village, […]
§ 25. Street lights and gas or electric plants The Village may light its streets in the way as it may determine, and may construct, own, and maintain gas or electric plants for lighting them, and furnishing its inhabitants with light and power, and for this purpose, may purchase and hold real estate and personal […]
§ 26. Property of Village under former charter The property belonging to the Village of Manchester under its previous chapter and owned by it at the time of the taking effect of this act shall vest in the Village of Manchester hereby constituted, and the Village shall be held for the liabilities of the former […]
§ 27. [Transitional provision related to repeal of former charter as amended.]
§ 28. [Transitional provision related to acceptance of charter by section and subdivision.]
