§ 8. Officers, how elected, terms of office
The officers of said corporation shall consist of a Moderator, Clerk, three trustees, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, a Chief Engineer, and two assistant engineers, all of whom, with the exception of the trustees, shall be elected annually and shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year and until others are chosen in their places; said trustees shall be elected by ballot, and, except the first two elected, shall hold office for the term of three years, but the term of office for the first two chosen shall be one year for the first and two years for the second. Thereafter one trustee shall be elected annually for the term of three years. Vacancies in the office of trustees shall be filled by ballot at any special meeting of said Village, duly warned and holden, within the space of 30 days from the date of the occurrence of said vacancy for that purpose, and any trustee or trustees so elected shall hold office only until the next annual meeting or until others are chosen in their places, and at the next succeeding annual meeting, trustee or trustees elected to succeed any trustee or trustees who shall not have served for the full term for which they were elected, shall be chosen to fill out the unexpired term of office remaining at the time of such meeting of such trustee or trustees whose offices have become vacated from any other cause than that of limitation of term of office. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 8; amended 1900, No. 168, § 2.)
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