Vermont § 61 - Bylaws The corporation shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States for the following purposes:

§ 61. Bylaws The corporation shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States for the following purposes:

• (1) To establish and regulate a market. (2) To suppress and restrain disorderly and gaming houses, billiard and pool tables, and
  all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of all instruments and devices
  used for that purpose. (3) To regulate the exhibition of common showmen and of shows of every kind not interdicted
  by law. (4) To abate and remove all public and private nuisances. (5) To compel the owner or occupant of any unwholesome, noisome, or offensive house or
  place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the
  health or comfort of the inhabitants of the Village. (6) To direct the location and management of all slaughterhouses, meat markets, steam
  mills, blacksmith shops, and sewers. (7) To prevent immoderate riding or driving in the streets and cruelty to animals. (8) To regulate the erection of buildings and to regulate entrances and exits to public
  halls and theatres until proper exits are provided; to prevent the encumbering of
  the streets, sidewalks, and public alleys with firewood, lumber, carriages, boxes,
  and other things; and provide for the care, preservation, and improvement of public
  grounds. (9) To restrain all cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and fowls from running at large in the
  streets of the Village. (10) To provide a supply of water for the protection of the Village against fire and for
  other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same. (11) To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises
  owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and garbage, and to keep the sidewalks
  and gutters clean. (12) To license innkeepers, keepers of saloons or victualing houses, peddlars, itinerant
  venders, and auctioneers under such regulations and for such sums of money as shall
  be prescribed for the license. (13) To regulate or restrain the use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, or other fireworks
  in the streets or commons and to prevent the practicing in the streets or commons
  of any amusements having a tendency to injure or annoy persons passing on the streets
  or commons or to endanger the security of property. (14) To regulate the place and manner of selling and weighing hay; packing, inspecting,
  and branding beef, pork, and produce; and selling and measuring wood, lime, and coal,
  and to appoint suitable persons to superintend and conduct the same. (15) To prescribe the powers and duties of watchmen of the Village. (16) To regulate the grade of streets and the grade and width of sidewalks and the construction
  thereof and protect the same. (17) To provide for lighting the Village. (18) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience,
  or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespasses, or willful injuries
  to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property. (19) To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, and common prostitutes, and to suppress
  houses of ill-fame. (20) To establish and maintain a public library and reading room. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 297, eff