§ 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate
(a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the Village, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Collector, who shall have the same power to collect the tax as the collector of town taxes, and may in like manner sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof, commit to jail any person against whom he or she has a delinquent tax.
(b) The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Manchester and filed by them in the office of the Clerk of the Town, shall be the grand list of the Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of the list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Village within 10 days after the same shall be completed and filed by the listers in the Town Clerk’s office. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 16.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 239 - Village of Manchester
App § 1. Village boundaries and establishment of body politic
App § 2. Alteration of Village boundaries
App § 3. Powers of Village; general authority
App § 4. Village powers; specific authority
App § 6. Election of Village officials
App § 8. Village trustees; powers
App § 9. Village trustees; appointments
App § 10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer
App § 14. Village as Town highway district
App § 15. Village trustees; license granting authority
App § 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate
App § 18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures
App § 19. Conflict of interest
App § 20. Imposition of fines and forfeitures
App § 21. Violations of Village ordinances
App § 23. Aqueducts and reservoirs
App § 24. Sewer and sewage system
App § 25. Street lights and gas or electric plants
App § 26. Property of Village under former charter
App § 27. [Transitional provision related to repeal of former charter as amended.]
App § 28. [Transitional provision related to acceptance of charter by section and subdivision.]
App § 30. [Transitional provision relating to the effective date of sections 28 and 29.]