2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 207 VILLAGE OF BELLOWS FALLS
§ 5 Elected officers' terms and vacancies

207-5. Elected officers' terms and vacancies

(a) The officers of said corporation shall be a Moderator, a President, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, four trustees, and three auditors of accounts. No person shall hold Office of Treasurer and auditor of accounts simultaneously.

(b) All officers of said Village shall be residents and elected at the annual meeting of said Village, except Collector of Taxes, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees.

(c) All officers of said Village, except the trustees, shall hold office for one year and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

(d) At each annual meeting of said Village, there shall be elected two trustees who shall hold office for the term of two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

(e) When a vacancy occurs in any of said offices by reason of non-acceptance, death, removal, insanity, refusal to act, moved from Village, or from any other cause, said corporation may fill such vacancy by a new election, for the unexpired term at any legal meeting. The Board of Trustees may, by temporary appointment, fill any such vacancy, and the persons so appointed shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. A record of such appointment shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said corporation.