§ 44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks
(a) Said Village may take, purchase, hold, and use any lands for the purpose of public parks and commons within said Village, on making compensation for the land so taken, and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is by law prescribed for selectboards in taking lands for public highways, and in awarding damages therefor, and the said trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of said Village who shall record the same. When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award for damages of land taken as aforesaid he or she may proceed in the manner provided in section 20 of this charter, when land is taken for a sewer or drain.
(b) Said Village may lay out, grade, and otherwise improve or ornament said public parks or common, and may make such bylaws and negotiations concerning the same as may be necessary and proper; and may in providing for the payment of the expenses of the same lay a tax as provided in section 20 of this charter, and may also vote to borrow money for the same and issue its notes or bonds in the manner provided in sections 25 and 37 of this charter. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 44.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 261 - Village of Orleans
App § 1. Boundaries; corporate names; powers
App § 2. Alteration of bounds; requisites
App § 4. Annual Village meeting; when held
App § 5. Special meetings on failure to warn annual meetings
App § 6. Checklist of voters; power of trustees in respect thereto
App § 7. Qualification of voters in Village meeting
App § 8. Officers, how elected, terms of office
App § 9. Duties of the Moderator
App § 11. Special meetings; how called
App § 12. General powers and duties of trustees
App § 13. Duties of Treasurer and Collector
App § 16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens
App § 17. Ordinances, regulations, and bylaws
App § 18. Bylaws, rules, and ordinances, when recorded to be the prima facie evidence
App § 19. Power of trustees in laying out streets, sidewalks, etc.; damages therefor, how recovered
App § 20. Power of trustees in laying sewers; proceedings by persons dissatisfied
App § 21. Assessment and collection of taxes
App § 22. Power of trustees in granting licenses
App § 23. Grand list, how composed
App § 24. Residents of Village not incompetent to hold Town offices
App § 25. Corporation empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor
App § 26. Duties of listers of Town of Barton respecting real estate within Village limits
App § 27. Powers of trustees respecting water
App § 28. Further powers of trustees respecting water
App § 30. Proceedings by persons dissatisfied with award of trustees related to water
App § 31. Bylaws and regulations concerning the Water Department
App § 32. Power of Village to dispose of water rights
App § 33. Duties of Village in taking water or land
App § 34. Trustees; general control of water system
App § 35. Further duties of the trustees relating to water
App § 36. Power of trustees in lighting streets
App § 39. Village may establish water rents and regulate the mode of payment
App § 40. Application of water rents
App § 41. Trustees to make list of water rents; list, how composed
App § 42. Disposition of water rents
App § 43. Injuries to water rights; penalties
App § 44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks
App § 45. Duties of trustees respecting moneys received and disbursed
App § 46. Abatement of highway and Village taxes
App § 48. Present Village officers to hold office until their successors are chosen
App § 49. Subject to future legislation; when to take effect
App § 50. Authority of Village to buy and sell electric current
App § 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers