Vermont § 201 - Town powers The Town of Chester may exercise the following powers and functions in addition to those already or otherwise conferred upon it by law:

§ 201. Town powers The Town of Chester may exercise the following powers and functions in addition to those already or otherwise conferred upon it by law:

• (a) To establish and maintain a Police Department, to provide for the appointment of police
  officers, who shall be sworn and who shall have the same powers as constables in the
  service of civil and criminal process and such further special authority as may be
  provided in any bylaws or ordinances of said Town enacted under authority of law. (b) To acquire by gift or purchase, sell, convey, lease, assign, maintain, and service
  real and personal property as may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of its
  municipal powers, duties, and functions and to exercise in connection therewith any
  incidental powers as may be necessary to preserve and maintain the value of any such
  property once lawfully acquired. (c) To establish and maintain a Fire Department. (d) To establish, maintain, and keep in repair systems of sewers and drainage and to apportion
  and assess the expenses thereof against property benefited thereby as hereinafter
  provided. (e) To light its highways and bridges and to lay dust on said highways and bridges by
  sprinkling or otherwise, and to assess by vote of the Town such portion as may be
  voted to the cost of sprinkling or otherwise laying the dust on the highways and bridges
  against abutting land owners. (f) To establish, maintain, and keep in repair the water system heretofore owned by the
  Village of Chester and to provide the government and control of the same as hereinafter
  is specifically provided. (g) To provide for the collection and disposition of garbage, waste, and other refuse
  material.