The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 7, § 3)
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§ 3. City boundaries and corporate powers
The inhabitants of that portion of the Towns of Newport and Derby included within
the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the southeast corner of land of J.
C. Roby, and southwest corner of land of William Buck in the Town of Derby on the
north line of the Town of Coventry, and following the lot line between the lands of
the said Roby and said Buck northerly, which said lot line is the easterly line of
the new municipality, and continuing that line between the lands of the following
persons: E. Miller, Fred Blake, Will Halley, Frank O. Hill, J. H. Gaines, Will Rann,
Charles Lemorey, Henry Lahar, and Mrs. Benj. Hinman, on the westerly side of said
lot line, and A. R. Hudon and wife, Theophile Meoykins, and Isaac Labounty on the
easterly side of said lot line follow said lot line to a point which is N. latitude
44 degrees 55′ 56″ and W. longitude 72 degrees 11′ 46″ and 467 feet southerly of the
southerly boundary of Pine Hill road so-called; thence S. 81 degrees E. following
the present New England Telephone & Telegraph Company’s trunk line 506 feet to an
iron pin corner at an angle in said telephone line; thence N. 40 degrees E. 160 feet
to the southerly line of said Pine Hill road; thence following the Pine Hill Road
southeasterly on the southerly side thereof until it strikes the land owned by Mrs.
Hitchcock on the northerly side of said road and following the southerly line of the
Charles Noyes Farm and the southerly line of the Frank Hayward farm to the southeasterly
corner of the said Hayward Farm where it strikes the road to Arnold’s Mills, so called;
thence following said road on the easterly side thereof northerly across Clyde River
to Clyde Street; thence following Clyde Street on the northerly side thereof westerly
to the east line of Dr. George F. Adams’ land; thence northerly on said Adams’ east
line and on the east line of land owned by Aaron Grout to the road running from Derby
Center to West Derby village; thence following said Derby Center Road on the northerly
edge thereof to the east line of land owned by Fortunat Dubuc and wife and known as
the Colby farm thence northerly on the east line to the northeast corner of said farm;
thence following westerly on the north line of said farm to the north line of the
present village of West Derby; thence following said village line westerly to Sias
Avenue, or Beebe Road, so called, following said Sias Avenue northerly on the westerly
side thereof to Austin Beebe’s north line; thence westerly following Austin Beebe’s
north line to Elijah Leavitt’s east line; thence northerly following Elijah Leavitt’s
east line to the road that runs from Sias Avenue to the railroad track, following
said road a few rods on the northerly side thereof to the east line of the farm owned
by Charles and Myrtie A. Marsh, on the north side of said road; thence following the
east line of said Marsh Farm to its northeast corner; thence westerly following its
north line to the railroad right of way; thence following said right of way on the
easterly side thereof to the railroad culvert (No. 91) crossing what is known as Meadow
Brook; thence following said brook to the shore of Lake Memphremagog, following the
shore of Lake Memphremagog southwesterly to Indian Point near the cottage now owned
by Charles F. Bigelow, and including in the limits of the City Horse Neck Island,
which lies a few rods from the said lake shore and is owned by F. E. Miles; thence
westerly across the lake from Indian Point in a straight line to the northeast corner
of the farm formerly owned and occupied by Tarrant S. Cummings and now owned by Joseph
Bouchard; thence westerly on said Bouchard’s north line to the easterly side of the
poor farm road; thence southerly on the easterly side of said road to the south line
of said Bouchard’s Farm; thence easterly to William Hyer’s west line; thence southerly
on the west lines of lands owned by said Hyer, Richmond and son and Arthur Wells to
the west line of land owned by O. D. Hancock; thence southerly on said Hancock’s west
line and in a straight line to the Coventry Town line; thence following said Coventry
Town line to the point begun at in Derby, are hereby incorporated and made a body
corporate and politic under the name of the City of Newport, and by that name may
sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court, may have a common seal and alter
it at pleasure, may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property, real and personal,
as the purposes of the corporation may require, may borrow money on the credit of
the City in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided, may elect a
representative to the General Assembly and the same number of justices of the peace
as a town of equal population may elect, shall exercise and enjoy all such rights,
immunities, powers and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in
this State and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except
as otherwise provided in this charter.