All officers under this Charter shall perform
such duties as are required by the provisions of this Charter, and
the proper and lawful resolutions of the Trustees. The Trustees shall
have power from time to time to prescribe the duties of all officers
and persons under this Charter subject to the provisions of the same.
[Amended 12-20-1978 by L.L. No. 3-1978; 10-21-1986 by L.L. No. 5-1986; 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; 11-21-2000 by L.L. No.
5-2000; 12-20-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011; 12-7-2016 by L.L. No. 9-2016]
The annual compensation paid to the Mayor shall
be 50% greater than the annual compensation paid to the other Trustees.
Commencing January 1, 2017, the annual compensation of the Trustees
shall be $10,000 and the annual compensation of the Mayor shall be
$15,000. The compensation of the Trustees and Mayor may be increased
on an annual basis in accordance with a defined percentage to be established
during the annual budget process and set forth in the annual adopted
budget. The Village Manager, Clerk, Treasurer, Corporation Counsel
and Chief of Police and all other officers shall receive such compensation
for their services as the Board of Trustees, payable bi-weekly.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; 12-4-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
All legislative powers of the Village conferred
upon or possessed by it are hereby vested in the Board of Trustees.
The Mayor and Trustees of the Village of Ossining shall constitute
the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall hold a meeting
for the transaction of public business on the first and third Wednesdays
of every month. The Mayor of the Village shall preside at all meetings
of such Board of Trustees, and shall have a vote upon all matters
and questions coming before the Board. In the absence of the Mayor,
the Acting Mayor shall preside. A majority of the Board shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number may
adjourn and compel the attendance of absent members. No contract or
obligation on the part of the Board of Trustees shall be binding or
have any legal effect whatever against said Village of Ossining unless
such contract or obligation shall receive the affirmative vote of
at least three members of said Board of Trustees in favor of said
contract or obligation.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Mayor shall be the official head of the
Village and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Trustees.
The Mayor shall have no power of veto, but shall have the same powers
as a Trustee to vote upon all matters coming before the Board of Trustees.
The Mayor shall have power to call special meetings of the Board of
Trustees when he or she shall think proper, and it shall be his or
her duty to call such special meeting when requested to do so by any
two of the Trustees. The Mayor shall appoint all standing committees
and other committees of the Board of Trustees, as shall be required
by any law or resolution by said Trustees; he or she shall sign, as
Mayor, all local laws, rules, regulations, orders, bonds, appointments,
deeds and covenants made by the Trustees on behalf of the Village,
and in all cases where, in his or her judgment, such instruments are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. He or she shall
give proper notice of every annual or special meeting of the inhabitants
of said Village held under the authority and for the objects specified
in this Charter; he or she shall preside at all such meetings thus
convened; he or she shall collect or cause to be collected all fines,
penalties and forfeitures incurred under this Charter or any rule,
law, order, regulation or decision made in pursuance thereof by suit
or otherwise, and to commence and prosecute all such suits in the
name of the Village, as shall be ordered or directed by the Trustees;
he or she shall pay all moneys that shall come into his or her hands
for the use of said Village to the Treasurer thereof and take his
or her receipts therefor; he or she shall direct the payment of all
accounts and demands against said Village that have been audited and
allowed by said Trustees, and all other legal drafts and demands upon
the Treasurer of said Village, and to do all such other acts and things
as may appertain or belong to the duties of such presiding officer
or which said Trustees may legally require him or her to do.
[Added 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A.
The administrative and executive powers of the Village
are vested in an official to be known as the "Village Manager," who
shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees and hold office at the
pleasure of such Board. The Village Manager shall receive such compensation
as shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees.
B.
The Village Manager shall be the administrative head
of the Village government and execute all contracts on behalf of the
Village. He or she shall see that, within the Village, the laws of
the state and local laws, rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees
are faithfully executed; he or she shall attend all meetings of the
Board of Trustees and recommend for adoption such measures as he or
she shall deem expedient; he or she shall make all reports to the
Board of Trustees from time to time upon the affairs of the Village,
keep the Board of Trustees fully advised of the financial condition
of the Village and its future financial needs; and he or she shall
prepare and submit to the Board of Trustees a tentative budget for
the next fiscal year.
C.
The Village
Manager may appoint an Assistant Village Manager, who shall perform
the duties and assume the responsibilities of the Village Manager
during his or her absence or inability to act. The Assistant Village
Manager shall have such duties as may be assigned by the Village Manager.
The Board of Trustees shall fix the Assistant Village Manager's salary
and other terms and conditions of employment not inconsistent with
the provisions thereof.
[Added 11-20-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also redesignated former Subsection
C as Subsection D.
D.
Such Village officers and employees as the Board of
Trustees shall determine are necessary for the proper administration
of the Village, except the Village Clerk, Corporation Counsel and
officers and members of the Police Department, shall be appointed
and may be removed by the Village Manager.
[Amended 12-20-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011]
[Amended 10-15-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985; 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A.
The Treasurer shall be the chief fiscal officer of
the Village. He or she shall have and possess all the powers that
collectors of towns possess in the collection of taxes and assessments
imposed and levied under this Charter, except as hereinafter prescribed.
He or she shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the Village
and shall deposit, within 10 days after receipt thereof, in the name
of the Village, in a bank or trust company designated by the Board
of Trustees, all moneys received by him or her. He or she shall collect
all taxes and assessments, receive all moneys collected for licenses,
permits, fines or penalties paid under this Charter and pay out said
moneys under the direction of said Trustees and shall deliver all
moneys, books, papers and property of the corporation, in his or her
hands, to his or her successor in office on demand; no moneys shall
be paid by the Treasurer for any purpose unless he or she receives
an order from the Village Clerk directing him or her to pay the claims
therein specified, which order shall contain an abstract of all claims
audited and ordered paid by resolution of the Board of Trustees; said
claims shall be paid by draft signed by the Treasurer and countersigned
by the Mayor; he or she shall keep accounts of all receipts and expenditures
in conformance with a uniform system of accounts formulated and prescribed
by the State Comptroller pursuant to § 36 of the General
Municipal Law, and in the auditing of his or her accounts and his
or her settlement thereof with the Trustees, he or she shall be allowed
for no moneys except such as are paid out as above.
B.
The Treasurer shall collect all water and sewer rents
for the Village of Ossining Water Sewer Fund and take his or her receipts
therefor and file the same with the Clerk of said Village within 30
days from the date of collecting the same.
C.
The Treasurer shall perform such other duties not
inconsistent with his or her offices as shall, from time to time,
be determined and prescribed by the Board of Trustees by resolution
or local law. The Treasurer shall attend at his or her office daily
during the usual business hours.
[Amended 10-15-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, within 60 days
after the end of each fiscal year, to make and file with the Board
of Trustees, an itemized statement of all moneys received by him or
her during the preceding fiscal year and the manner in which he or
she has paid out or expended the same, the outstanding indebtedness
of the Village as of the end of the fiscal year, which statement shall
be verified by him; provided, however, that the Treasurer, if authorized
by the Board of Trustees, may file with the Board of Trustees within
such time period, a copy of the annual report required to be filed
by § 30 of the General Municipal Law in lieu thereof. Such
statement or report shall be audited by the Board of Trustees or by
a certified public accountant or public accountant engaged for this
purpose. Said statement or report and report of such audit, as completed
by the Board of Trustees or accountant engaged by them, shall be published
once preceding the annual charter election in the official newspaper
or printed in pamphlet form as the Board of Trustees may determine.
B.
The Treasurer shall also during the year make regular
monthly reports to the Board of Trustees and the Village Manager and
such other reports as may be requested from time to time by the Board
of Trustees or the Village Manager.
[Amended 10-15-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985; 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Treasurer shall retain the residue or balance
of all taxes and assessments, except for the above water and sewer
rents collected, and shall pay the same only as hereinbefore prescribed.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Clerk shall attend at his or her office
daily during the usual business hours and at other times as directed
by the Board of Trustees. He or she shall attend and act as Clerk
at all meetings and elections of the inhabitants and Trustees, record
their proceedings, keep all books and papers and the seal of the corporation
and deliver the same to his or her successor on demand, and copies
of all papers duly filed in his or her office, and transcripts from
the records of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees or Justice
Court certified by him or her under the corporate seal shall be evidence
in all courts in like manner as if the originals were produced, and
for certifying the same he or she shall be entitled to receive a fee
as provided in § 87 of the Public Officers Law from the
person requiring the same. The books and papers under his or her custody
and control shall always be produced for inspection to any person
that may be interested therein. He or she shall attend to the publication
of bylaws, rules, local laws and notices which the Trustees shall
direct; notify all persons of their election or appointment to office
under this Charter, and perform such other duties as the Trustees
may, from time to time, lawfully direct. He or she shall also furnish
the Treasurer of said Village immediately after each meeting, at which
any drafts have been ordered upon the Treasurer, a list of names and
amounts of such drafts, and to what fund charged and payable from.
Under the direction of the Trustees, the Clerk shall also keep a complete
set of books which shall show the exact financial condition of the
corporation, and said books shall be open to the inspection of all
inhabitants and taxpayers at all reasonable times. In case of the
absence of the Clerk from any meeting of the inhabitants of said Village,
authorized by this Charter or of said Trustees, such persons as shall
be chosen or appointed therefor by the Trustees shall, on such occasions,
perform the duties appertaining to such Clerk.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Corporation Counsel,
or his or her designee, to appear for and prosecute and defend all
suits, actions or legal proceedings of any kind brought by or against
the Village or against any of the legally elected or appointed officers
or agents of the Village for acts done while in the discharge of their
respective official duties and to prosecute on complaint of any of
the Village officers any and all persons or violations of the Charter
and the laws of the Village. It shall also be the duty of the Corporation
Counsel to advise, in writing, any Village board or officer whenever
so required. But said Counsel shall have no power or authority to
settle, discontinue or compromise any pending suit, action or legal
proceedings of any kind, nor to compromise or absolutely relieve any
person from liability to pay any penalty for violation of the Charter
or of any of the laws without first being authorized to do so by the
Board of Trustees.
A.
The Trustees shall have power and authority within
the Village to make, publish, alter, modify, amend and repeal rules,
resolutions, regulations, local laws and bylaws, for the following
purposes, namely:
(1)
To prevent vice and immorality; to preserve peace
and good order; to quell and prevent any noise, disturbance, riots
and disorderly assemblages or meetings; to restrain and suppress disorderly
houses, houses of ill-fame, gaming houses and instruments and devices
for the purpose of gaming and sleight of hand and performances which
are obnoxious.
(2)
To regulate auction sales and fix a license fee for
the same, except that no license shall be necessary for the sale at
auction of any real estate or furniture or household goods.
(3)
To regulate or prohibit any amusement or practice
having a tendency to annoy persons passing on streets or sidewalks
or to frighten or interfere with teams of horses in said Village;
and to regulate or prevent the firing of guns, pistols, firearms and
the use of firing crackers, rockets, squibs and fireworks in said
Village.
(4)
To regulate or determine the time and place of bathing
in any of the waters within the corporate bounds of the Village, or
adjacent thereto, and to prevent the same.
(5)
To restrain running at large of cattle, horses, swine,
sheep, goats and geese and to authorize the distraining, impounding
and sale of the same for the penalty incurred and costs of proceedings
and to appoint one or more persons to drive any of the aforesaid animals
so running at large to the pound, and to determine their fees and
duties; and to regulate and prevent the running at large of dogs owned
by persons residing in said Village.
(6)
To prevent horse racing and the immoderate riding
or driving of horses or motor-driven vehicles within the limits of
said Village, and to authorize the stopping of any person who shall
be guilty of any such immoderate riding or driving in said Village.
(7)
To prevent and require the removal of all encumbrances,
obstructions and encroachments, from any cause whatever, upon the
public streets, alleys, bridges, public squares or grounds, sidewalks
or crosswalks or gutters of said Village and to cause the streets
to be cleaned.
(8)
To compel and require all persons to remove snow,
ice and dirt and to cut down and remove all growing grass and weeds
upon the sidewalks and gutters adjoining and opposite the lands owned
by them.
(9)
To compel and require an owner or occupant to cleanse,
remove, abate or discontinue any unwholesome house or place whenever
such action may be necessary for the health, comfort or convenience
of the inhabitants of said Village.
(10)
To regulate slaughterhouses, to direct or prevent
the use or location of the same and to abate nuisances generally.
(11)
To regulate the landing, manufacture, keeping,
storage and conveying of gunpowder and other combustibles and dangerous
materials within the Village or in and upon the streets thereof. The
Board of Trustees may, by local law, require that a license shall
be obtained from such Board of Trustees, for the landing, manufacture,
keeping, storage and conveying, thereof, and prescribe the terms and
conditions upon which such license shall be granted.
(12)
To regulate or prohibit the ringing of bells
or other noises.
(13)
To sanction or prohibit, in their discretion,
all exhibitions of any natural or artificial curiosities, caravans
of animals, circuses, theatrical and other shows, exhibitions, performances,
skating rinks or other public places of amusement and places where
an admission fee is charged in money or value, either directly or
indirectly; or license the same on such terms as said Trustees may
deem proper; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
the delivery of literary, historical or scientific lectures in said
Village, the use and exhibition of apparatus illustrating the same,
and the receiving of money for the same, nor shall any license be
required for the delivery of such lectures.
(14)
To regulate the sale of goods, wares and merchandise
by nonresidents and others, in hawking or peddling by vehicles or
otherwise, of goods, wares and merchandise in or upon the public streets
or highways of said Village, and to prescribe and establish a fee
to be paid therefor, but this shall not apply to persons selling or
disposing the produce of their own farms, or to the selling or peddling
of milk.
(15)
To cause to be removed all overhanging signs,
awnings and awning posts or other obstructions, and to prevent the
deposit of any garbage, ashes, decayed vegetables, fish, oyster or
clam shells or any other matter upon the sidewalks, gutters, streets,
alleyways or other public places within said Village.
(16)
To establish fire limits in said Village, and
to prohibit or regulate the erection of any wooden buildings or structure
within said Village.
(17)
To grade, pitch, level and repair, construct,
make, amend or relay, or cause the same to be done, any street, gutter,
lane, alley, road or highway, sidewalks, bridges, drains, sewers or
aqueducts, either with plank, stone, brick, dirt, gravel or otherwise,
as said Trustees may determine, and to provide for the planting or
setting and protecting of ornamental or shade trees in any public
squares, grounds or streets in said Village, and to regulate the tapping
of sewers, reservoirs and gas mains and the tearing up of pavements,
gutters, walks and roadbeds in the streets of said Village.
(18)
To regulate or prohibit the riding of bicycles,
driving or leading horses, teams, cattle or vehicles on any of the
sidewalks of the Village of Ossining.
(19)
To regulate or prohibit all manner of exhibitions
or processions on foot or by vehicles on any of the streets, sidewalks
or public places within the Village of Ossining.
(20)
To regulate billposting and the distribution
of handbills within said Village.
(21)
To prohibit, restrain, regulate and license
the storage, sale or discharge of firearms, fireworks and other explosives
and the explosion of gunpowder and gun cotton.
(22)
To coordinate and classify the local laws of
a general and permanent nature of the Village by compiling, revising
and codifying such local laws, and in the process of so codifying
making such changes, alterations, modifications, additions, deletions
and substitutions therein as it deems best to the end that a complete
Charter and Code shall be adopted, containing all of the local laws
of a general and permanent nature of the Village with errors, inconsistencies,
repetitions, ambiguities and conflicts eliminated so far as possible.
B.
The Trustees of said Village may make, publish, ordain,
amend, revise and repeal all such local laws, bylaws, rules or regulations,
as may be necessary to carry into effect the powers given to said
Trustees under this Charter and to provide for the imposition of fines
or penalties on persons or corporations violating the same, not exceeding
for any one offense the sum of $250, or imprisonment in the county
jail, not exceeding 15 days. Every such law shall be signed by the
Mayor and Clerk and published in accordance with law. Proof of such
publication filed with the Clerk shall be evidence of the legal publication
of such laws in all courts and places.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A.
Buildings to be kept in repair and insured. The Village
Board of Trustees shall keep all buildings and other property of the
Village in repair and may cause the same to be insured against loss
or damage by fire.
B.
Village lands. The Village Board of Trustees may purchase,
hold and convey real property in the name of the Village. Every conveyance
by the Village shall be executed in its corporate name, by the Mayor
in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Trustees.
C.
Village buildings. The Village Board of Trustees may
erect and maintain upon the Village lands or may rent and furnish
necessary buildings for holding elections, for the use of Village
officers or for other necessary Village purposes, and may furnish
necessary books, stationery and other supplies for Village officers.
D.
Lockup. The Village Board of Trustees may erect and
maintain a lockup or designate a place for the detention of persons
arrested under this chapter or under any local law of the Village.
E.
Market. The Village Board of Trustees may prohibit
the establishment of a public market in the Village, except at such
places as it may designate.
F.
Official papers. The Village Board of Trustees shall
designate at least one newspaper in the Village having at least weekly
circulation as the official Village newspaper for the publication
of any notices, resolutions or local laws required to be published.
G.
Village map. The Village Board of Trustees shall cause
a map of the Village to be made and kept on file with the Clerk, showing
the boundaries of the Village and the names and boundaries of all
streets and public grounds therein; also the location of all sewers,
hydrants, water pipes and all underground pipes and works belonging
to the Village, and shall, when necessary, cause such map to be revised,
corrected and renewed.
H.
Elections. The Village Board of Trustees shall call
all annual or special elections and state the objects thereof.
I.
Public pound. The Village Board of Trustees may establish
and maintain a public pound and employ a keeper thereof, and fix his
or her compensation, and the fees to be charged by him or her.
K.
Village clock and scales. The Village
Board of Trustees may establish and maintain a Village clock and scales
for the public convenience, and fix the dues for the use of such scales.
L.
Drains. The Village Board of Trustees may construct
drains and culverts, and regulate watercourses, ponds and watering
places within the Village.
M.
Water supply. The Village Board of Trustees may establish,
regulate and repair public reservoirs, aqueducts, pumps, wells, fountains
and watering and drinking places.
N.
Lighting streets. The Village Board of Trustees may
provide for the lighting of the streets and the safety of the lamps.
O.
Stand for vehicles. The Village Board of Trustees
may designate stands for hacks, carriages and other vehicles.
P.
Banks for deposit. The Village Board of Trustees shall
designate banks for the deposit of all moneys received by the Treasurer,
and may require of any such bank security for the repayment thereof;
and may require a report by the cashier thereof to each regular meeting
of the Board, of the amount on deposit to the credit of the Treasurer.
Q.
Auditing bills. The Village Board of Trustees shall
audit all bills and accounts and all claims for damages against the
Village, but no bill or account against the Village for property purchased,
materials furnished, services rendered or disbursements shall be audited
or paid, nor shall an action be brought thereon, unless such bill
or account shall be made out in items and properly dated. The Board
shall cause to be entered upon its minutes the amount claimed, the
amount allowed and the fund from which each amount allowed shall be
paid. No action shall be brought upon any such bill or account within
30 days from the time the same was presented to the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 10-5-1982 by L.L. No. 9-1982]
R.
Parades of Fire Department. The Village Board of Trustees
may provide for the public inspection and parade of the Fire Department
at and annual expense, including the hiring of a band, in a sum to
be determined by the Village Board of Trustees.
[Amended 7-6-1976 by L.L. No. 7-1976]
S.
Dumping grounds. The Village Board of Trustees may,
whenever, in its judgment, the interest of the Village may require
it, purchase or acquire by condemnation proceedings, lands for the
establishment of a dump or dumping ground in the Village and may prohibit
the use of any other lands within the Village for such purposes, and
employ a keeper of said dump and fix his or her compensation.
T.
Garbage. The Village Board of Trustees may provide
for the removal and disposal of ashes, garbage, dead animals and general
refuse matter.
U.
Acquisition of lands for parks, squares, athletic
fields and playgrounds:
(1)
The Board of Trustees may, on behalf of the Village,
accept, by grant or devise, a gift of land for a public park, square,
athletic field or playground, within the Village or wholly within
three miles of the boundaries thereof or may upon the adoption of
a resolution by unanimous vote purchase such land accordingly, or,
if unable to agree with the owners for the purchase thereof, may acquire
title thereto by condemnation; but if the Commissioner appointed in
the condemnation proceedings shall fix the value of the land at a
larger amount than authorized to be paid therefor, by such resolution,
the condemnation proceedings shall be abandoned and the costs of the
defendants shall be paid by the Village, unless payment of such larger
amount shall subsequently be authorized by the unanimous vote of the
Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may lease, in the name of
the Village, lands within the Village for a public park, athletic
field or playground and may equip the same with suitable buildings,
structures and apparatus and may thereafter maintain and improve the
same at the expense of the Village, but such lease shall not be made
for a longer period than five years nor at an expense for each fiscal
year exceeding one mill on every dollar of taxable property of the
Village as appears on the last resolution adopted by unanimous vote.
The amount of such rent shall be paid in annual installments commencing
with the date of the lease. Upon the acquisition of land for the purposes
of this section, either by gift, purchase or lease, the Board may
establish and maintain the same for its intended purposes.
(2)
The authority to establish and maintain parks and
playgrounds shall be vested in the Mayor and Trustees of said Village.
Said Trustees may equip such playgrounds and parks, and the buildings
thereon, and may construct, maintain and operate in connection therewith
public baths and swimming pools. Said Board of Trustees may, for the
purpose of carrying out the object of such parks and playgrounds,
employ play leaders, playground directors, supervisors, recreation
secretary, superintendent or such other officers or employees as they
deem proper.
(3)
The Board of Education or school board of a school
district in the Village of Ossining, or partly within the Village
of Ossining, shall have power to join with said Village of Ossining
in equipping, operating and maintaining playgrounds and recreation
centers and may permit the use of its school buildings and grounds
for that purpose at any time that the school in such building is not
in session.
(4)
The Board of Trustees may adopt reasonable local laws,
rules and regulations for:
(a)
The care, management and protection of the park
or playgrounds.
(b)
The conduct of persons within the park or playgrounds
and the exclusion of improper persons therefrom, to be posted at entrances
to the same.
(c)
Regulating the introduction and growth of plants,
trees and shrubs within such grounds.
(5)
The Board of Trustees shall order the posting of any
such rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees in a conspicuous
location at each park or playground.
(6)
The Board of Trustees has the supervision and control
of all Village parks or playgrounds and care and maintenance of the
same. They shall keep any Village park or playground in repair and,
for that purpose, shall have the use of such funds as may be appropriated
by the Village Board therefor.
V.
Debt service fund for bonded debt. Subject to existing
law, and the provisions of this chapter, the Board of Trustees may
provide, establish and maintain a debt service fund for the liquidation
of any bonded debt.
W.
Property taxes; improvement assessments. Subject to
existing law and this Charter, the Board of Trustees may assess, levy
and collect taxes on real and personal property within the Village
for the various purposes authorized or contemplated by this Charter
and otherwise by law; may assess, levy and collect as a tax the charges
or cost of all local improvements; if not otherwise provided in this
Charter, may provide for the payment of the cost of any local improvement
to or for the benefit of any property by assessment against such property
and for the payment of such assessment; may declare and provide that
the cost for all local improvements or for any other work or benefit
to or for abutting property, as determined by it, shall be a lien
upon the property, which, if not paid, may be added to the Village
tax roll and collected as delinquent taxes as provided in this Charter;
and may refund moneys paid for taxes unlawfully levied.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
Neither the Mayor nor any member of the Board
of Trustees shall be interested either directly or indirectly, in
any contract to which the Village is a party; and any Mayor or Trustee
who shall violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished as
prescribed by the Penal Law in the State of New York.
Any Mayor or Trustees of said Village who shall
contract any debt or liability against the Village except in the manner
specified in this Charter shall be individually liable to pay to any
person or persons with whom such contract may be made or to any person
to whom said debt or demand may have been assigned, but no such Mayor
or Trustee shall have any action at law or in equity or redress against
said Village for any debt or liability paid by them, or either of
them on account of such claim or demand.
