- Village (Vermont)
In the U.S. state of
Vermont , villages are named communities located within the boundaries of an incorporated town. Villages may be incorporated or unincorporated.An incorporated village is a defined area within a town that was either granted a village charter by a special act of the legislature, or organized under the general law. Village governments are subordinate to the government of the town they belong to. A village is a clearly defined municipality and provides some municipal services, such as potable water, sewage,
police andfire services ,garbage collection ,street lighting and maintenance, management ofcemeteries , andbuilding code enforcement. Other municipal services not provided by the village are provided by the parent town. Incorporated villages in Vermont are administratively similar to villages in New York. Vermont is the only state inNew England that has incorporated villages.Village government
Village officers include a clerk, five bailiffs/trustees, a treasurer, and a tax collector. The trustees have duties and powers similar to the
selectmen of towns.List of incorporated villages
As of 2005, there are 37 incorporated villages with active governments in Vermont. Historically, there had been more but most have since disincorporated, while a few were chartered as cities. Below is a list of incorporated villages that have existed ordered by date of incorporation. Currently existing villages are indicated in boldface.
References
*E.T. Howe, "Vermont Incorporated Villages: A Vanishing Institution", "Vermont History" 73, 16 (2005).
*citeweb|url=http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/governance/Villages/villages1.htm|title=Continuing Issues:Villages and cities|accessdate=2007-11-12|work=Vermont State Archives|publisher=Vermont Secretary of State
*D.G. Sanford, "Vermont Municipalities: an index to their charters and special acts", (Vermont Office of Secretary of State, 1986).
*J.S. Garland, "New England town law: a digest of statutes and decisions concerning towns and town officers", (Boston Book Co., Boston, 1906).
*Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh edition (1911), accessed through [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/ 1911enyclopedia.org] .
*Vermont Statutes Online, [http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/chapters.cfm?Title=24 Title 24] and [http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/chapters.cfm?Title=24APPENDIX 24 Appendix]
*U.S. Census Bureau, Census of population, data for 1930-2000.
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