The Village by that name may have perpetual succession and may sue and may be sued, may have a common seal and the same alter at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying real and personal estate for the use of the Village corporation, and at any annual or special meeting of the legal voters of  the corporation legally warned and holden for that purpose may lay a tax upon the grand list of the Village of Cambridge for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned.