Vermont § 8 - Village trustees; powers
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 8 — Village trustees; powers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8. Village trustees; powers
- (a) The trustees shall have the same powers to lay out, alter, and discontinue streets
and highways in the Village as are vested by law in the selectboard of towns, and
all proceedings in respect to laying out, altering, or discontinuing streets and highways
in the Village shall be had in the same manner as is prescribed by law in respect
to these matters in towns. (b) The trustees shall have power to enact, amend, alter, or repeal bylaws, ordinances,
and regulations, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the
United States, or to the charter of this Village, and to enforce the same by fine,
penalty, forfeiture, or any other proper remedy, and shall have the other powers as
are stated in this chapter. (c) The trustees shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of the Village, and
shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the Village, and shall draw
orders for all monies disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties enjoined
upon them by the Village. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 8.)
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