Vermont § 1001 - Adoption authority The Village shall have all the powers granted to villages and other municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State
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§ 1001. Adoption authority The Village shall have all the powers granted to villages and other municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State
- . It may enact ordinances, bylaws, and
regulations and impose penalties for the violation thereof. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Village may enact such bylaws and regulations as
are expedient, not inconsistent with law particularly such as relate to streets, sidewalks,
lanes, commons, shade and ornamental trees and lights thereon, slaughterhouses and
nuisances, police protection, restraint of animals, erection and regulation of buildings
and hay scales, the preservation of buildings, with the right of directing alterations
in stoves, fireplaces, and causes from which danger from fire may be apprehended,
fire engines and other apparatus necessary for the extinguishment of fire, establishment
and regulation of fire companies, and to the manufacture and safekeeping of ashes,
explosives, and combustibles.
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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