2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 505 WILLIAMSTOWN FIRE DISTRICT CHARTER
§ 2 Body corporate and corporate limits
505-2. Body corporate and corporate limits
(a) The legal voters of the District shall be a body corporate. The corporate limits shall be the boundary lines of the Town of Williamstown, being bounded as follows: easterly by the line of Washington; southerly by the lines of Chelsea and Brookfield; westerly by the lines of Northfield and Berlin; and northerly by the lines of Berlin and Barre.
(b) While the District encompasses the same area as the Town of Williamstown, it shall be a corporate body separate from the Town of Williamstown. It shall elect its own officers, vote its own taxes, and manage its own affairs as follows:
(1) The Fire District Prudential Committee shall, for the Fire District, set a Fire District tax rate in the same manner that the selectmen set the Town tax rate as provided by 17 V.S.A 2664.
(2) The Prudential Committee shall make contact with the Town for the collection of Fire District taxes.
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