2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 101 TOWN OF BARRE
§ 6 Board of Civil Authority

101-6. Board of Civil Authority

(a) A Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the peace residing within the Town, the Town Clerk, and the selectmen. At the first meeting following each annual Town election, the Board shall elect a Chairman from among its members; the Town Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Board. In the event of the absence of either the Chairman or Clerk from any meeting of the Board, the first order of business shall be the election of a Chairman or Clerk, Pro Tempore, to serve for the balance of the meeting.

(b) The Board of Civil Authority shall meet prior to every regular or special Town meeting or election to prepare, revise, and post in the manner required by law, an alphabetical list of all the legal voters in the Town. For that purpose the Board shall have access to any books or lists belonging to the Town, except as provided by law, and may require the assistance of any of the Town officers. The Board shall post in five places an attested copy of the list of voters so prepared and corrected, at least four days prior to the meeting or election, and the said list of voters so prepared and corrected, and no others, shall be used at annual or special meetings and elections. In preparing the list of voters the Board shall record each name in such manner as to identify each voter precisely, so as to avoid any possible confusion.

(c) In addition to any other requirement of law, the Board shall cause at least two notices of the time and place of each of its meetings for the purpose of revising the checklist to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town. Publication shall be at least two and not more than 10 days prior to such meeting, but no notice need be published with respect to an adjourned session of a meeting for which notice has been given.

(d) The Board shall assist the Town Clerk and Moderator in supervising all Town elections and meetings and shall take care that all laws and requirements relating to elections and election procedures and Town meetings are fully and faithfully kept. The Board may require the presence of any law enforcement officers it may judge necessary to preserve the integrity of any election or Town meeting.

(e) A majority of all of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.

(f) Ballots, conduct of elections, counting of votes, recount of votes, and certification of results shall be governed by the general State law, except as otherwise provided in this charter.