2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 251 VILLAGE OF NORTH BENNINGTON
§ 101 Boundaries and corporate existence

251-101. Boundaries and corporate existence

(a) All that portion of the Town of Bennington in the County of Bennington that is embraced within the following described limits, viz.:

It being the same territory that on the 10th day of May, 1866, the Selectboard of Bennington, pursuant to law, set out as and for the Village of North Bennington, the bounds of which in their order so setting out said Village of North Bennington were as follows, viz.:

Commencing on the north line of the Town of Bennington at the northeast corner of lands belonging to Robinson and Parsons; thence westerly on the north line of the Town of Bennington to the west side of Sidney Colvin's land; thence southerly on the west line of Sidney Colvin's land to the highway leading from North Bennington Village to Richard Henry's dwelling house; thence westerly on the north side of said highway to a point due north from the northwest corner of T. W. Park's home farm; thence across the highway southerly and following the westerly boundary of T. W. Park's said farm to the southwest corner thereof; thence easterly on the south side of said Park's farm to the road leading by the Milo Hinsdill place; thence southerly on the west side of said road to a point due west from the southwest corner of Hiram Richardson's land; thence easterly across said road and following the south line of said Richardson's land to the highway; thence easterly across the highway to the southwest corner of Hall Brothers' land; thence on the south line of said Hall Brothers' land to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly on their east line to the northwest corner of the Fasset farm; thence easterly on the north line of the Fasset farm to the highway leading from North Bennington Village to the Edgerton place; thence on the west side of the highway southerly and on the south side of the highway easterly to the southeast corner of the Harvey farm recently bought by T. W. Park; thence northerly on the east side of said Harvey farm to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly across the highway and following the boundaries of Robinson and Parsons land to the place of beginning which said proceedings so setting out said Village, were recorded on the 11th day of May, 1866, in the Bennington land records in book E on page 310 thereof.

(b) Also a parcel of contiguous land bounded and described as follows, namely:

Beginning at a point on the highway running easterly from the Village of North Bennington, now known as Mechanics Street in said Village at the northeasterly corner of lands owned by the late T. W. Park, and being the same point mentioned in the above description as the northeast corner of said Harvey farm; thence on the east line of said Park's land south two degrees west thirty five rods twenty links to the northerly line of said Park's land; thence on said northerly line east six and one-half degrees south seven rods and nine links; thence north eleven degrees east thirty and one-half rods to the southerly side of said highway; thence on the southerly side of said highway west thirty degrees north thirteen and one-half rods to the place of beginning; containing two acres of land, more or less, and being the same parcel of land that was annexed to the present Village of North Bennington by vote of the corporation at the annual meeting held on the 20th day of March, A. D., 1888.

(c) The following described portion of the Town of Bennington, in the County of Bennington embraced within the following described limits is hereby added to and made a part of the said Village of North Bennington, viz; commencing at the southwest corner of the old T. W. Park farm now said to be owned by the estate of John G. McCullough; thence south 74 degrees 30 minutes east 107 feet along the north line of property belonging to Charles Hinsdill to the northeast corner thereof; thence south 56 degrees 45 minutes west 799 feet along the west line of the Henry woods, so-called, to the south line of said woods; thence south 20 degrees 15 minutes east 417 feet, following the fence along the south line of said woods to the said McCullough estate's west line; thence south 66 degrees west 717 feet along said McCullough estate's west line to the north line of a cross road leading from Hindillville, so called, to Sodom, so called, by the Charles Hinsdill farm; thence easterly following the northerly boundary of the aforesaid road 1504 feet to a point opposite the center line of the covered bridge called the Henry Bridge; thence south 31 degrees 50 minutes west to the north abutment of said bridge; thence easterly following along the north bank of the Walloomsac River, so called, to a point in line with the east line of property belonging to Charles Wood; thence north 15 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds east, crossing the tracks of the Vermont Company and the concrete highway leading from the Village of Bennington to the Village of North Bennington to the southeast corner of said Charles Wood property; thence north 15 degrees, 26 minutes 56 seconds east 218/t1/2 feet along said Wood's east line to the south line of property belonging to Mrs. F. B. Jennings; thence north 15 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds east 818.31 feet along said Jennings' line to a corner marking the intersection of an easterly boundary of said Jennings' land; thence north 72 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds east 2285.36 feet through said Jennings' land to a point in the south line of the private drive owned by said Jennings leading easterly to the highway; thence running along the southerly boundary of the Village of North Bennington as heretofore established by law, said southerly line running from the above described point in the south line of said private drive south-westerly to the west line of the highway leading from H. C. White Company's factory, northerly to the Village of North Bennington, and thence northerly on the west side of said highway and thence westerly on the said southerly line of said Village as heretofore established, to the point of beginning.

(d) The following described lands within the Town of Bennington in the County of Bennington are hereby annexed to and made a part of the Village of North Bennington, viz:

PARCEL NO. 1:

Beginning at a point on the south side of Town Highway No. 118 (Harland Road, so called) where the present Village line intersects with said highway, and thence running easterly along the south boundary of Town Highway No.118 to its intersection with the West boundary of Town Highway No. 117 (Mattison Road, so called); thence running easterly across said highway to the easterly side thereof; thence northeasterly along the east boundary of Town Highway No. 117 to the southwest corner of lands of Buchsbaum; thence continuing along the south line of Buchsbaum's land to its southeast corner; thence running northeasterly along Buchsbaum's east line to its intersection with lands of G. D. Mattison on the south line of said Mattison's lands; thence running easterly along Mattison's south line to the west line of the right of way of the Rutland Railroad Corporation; thence in a north-westerly direction following the southwesterly boundary of the Rutland Railroad Corporation right of way to the point of its intersection with the present Village line; thence running in a generally southerly direction following the present Village line to the place of beginning.

PARCEL NO. 2:

Beginning at a point on the south line of the Town of Shaftsbury where the present Village line turns south through lands of Colvin; thence running westerly along the south line of the Town of Shaftsbury along or through lands of Colvin, Jolivette, and Thurber to the west line of Thurber's land; thence running southerly along the west line of Thurber to the north line of West Street Extension, so called; thence running easterly along the north line of West Street Extension to the point of its intersection with the present Village line; thence continuing easterly and then northerly following the present Village line to the place of beginning.

(e) Shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of North Bennington, and by that name may have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, prosecute, and defend in any court, may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure, may purchase, take, hold, and convey real and personal estate for the use or benefit of said Village and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, and privileges, and shall be subject to the duties, liabilities, and obligations that are incident to public corporations in this State.