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. 285, § 16)
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§ 16. Village trustees; power to appoint
The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties
of a Chief of Police and police officers, the superintendents of the Village departments,
a Building Inspector, and such other Village officials as they may judge necessary
for the welfare of the Village; and the number of police officers and Village departments
shall be within the discretion of the trustees. These officers shall be qualified
by taking appropriate oaths of office, and their appointments and certificates of
their oaths, written thereon, shall be recorded by the Village Clerk. These appointments
may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and the trustees shall make rules
and regulations governing the activities of these officers. The Chief of Police,
before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond to the Treasurer
of the County, and the bond and a certificate showing the Chief’s appointment shall
be filed with and recorded by the County Clerk as in the bylaws provided. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 16.)