2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 251 - Village of North Bennington

Subchapter 1: CORPORATE EXISTENCE

• App § 101. Corporate existence

Subchapter 2: ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

• App § 201. Authorization for the assessment and collection of property taxes
• App § 202. Warning of annual and special meetings
• App § 203. Elections at annual meetings
• App § 204. Moderator Pro Tem

Subchapter 3: VILLAGE OFFICERS

• App § 301. Terms of office
• App § 302. Compensation of officers
• App § 303. Board of Trustees; general authority
• App § 304. Clerk
• App § 305. Treasurer
• App § 306. Auditors

Subchapter 4: BOARD OF TRUSTEES

• App § 401. Election of Chair and appointments
• App § 402. Meetings

Subchapter 5: FIRE DEPARTMENT

• App § 501. Fire Chief and firefighters
• App § 502. Firefighting apparatus

Subchapter 6: STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

• App § 601. Highway Superintendent
• App § 602. Highway tax rate
• App § 603. Board of Trustees; authority with respect to roads, streets, and sidewalks

Subchapter 7: POLICE DEPARTMENT

• App § 701. Police Department; appointment; duties

Subchapter 8: SEWER, WATER, AND LIGHT SYSTEMS

• App § 801. Construction and maintenance of reservoir
• App § 802. Use of land for reservoir
• App § 803. Use of water; payment; inspection; damages
• App § 804. Unauthorized diversion and malicious damage
• App § 805. Sewers and drains
• App § 806. Connections to sewer system
• App § 807. Entry onto land for construction
• App § 808. Electric light plant
• App § 809. Furnishing of water
• App § 810. Rights-of-way of public service corporation
• App § 811. Rates for water
• App § 812. Prohibition on taxation, assessment, or encumbrance of water works
• App § 813. Board of Water Commissioners
• App § 814. Gross income of water works
• App § 815. Payment of water works’ funds
• App § 816. Board of Water Commissioners’ rules
• App § 817. Prohibition on abatement of water rates
• App § 818. Annual net income of water works
• App § 819. Annual report
• App § 820. Staff assistance

Subchapter 9: BONDED INDEBTEDNESS

• App § 901. Bonding for water and sewer systems and light plant
• App § 902. Maximum bonded indebtedness

Subchapter 10: TAKING OF PROPERTY

• App § 1001. Compensation for taking
• App § 1002. Petition for appeal of compensation award

Subchapter 11: POWERS OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES

• App § 1101. Designated powers

Subchapter 12: BYLAWS AND ORDINANCES

• App § 1201. Amendment and repeal
• App § 1202. Recordation and certification
• App § 1203. Fines
• App § 1204. Prosecutions

Subchapter 13: AMENDMENT AND REPEAL OF CHARTER

• App § 1301. Amendment and repeal
• App § 1302. [Transitional provisions related to approval of the charter and effective date]

Subchapter 14: APPENDIX

• App § 1401. Boundaries