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. 239, § 9)
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§ 9. Village trustees; appointments
The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties
of a Chief of Police and police officers; of a Chief Engineer and the assistant engineers
of the Fire Department; of the superintendents of the Village departments; of a Building
Inspector; and of other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare
of the Village; and the number of police officers, engineers, and Village firemen
and other employees shall be within the discretion of the trustees. Those officers
as the trustees may direct shall be qualified by taking appropriate oaths of office,
and their appointments and the certificates of their oaths shall be recorded by the
Village Clerk. The appointments may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and
the trustees may make rules and regulations governing the activities of these officers
and of all other Village employees. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 9.)