The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 19 : Highways
Chapter 009 : Repairs, Maintenance, and Improvements
Subchapter 005 : Appeals and Minor Alterations
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 945)-
§ 945. Proceedings
When it is necessary for the protection of a highway to erect an embankment or dike upon the banks of a stream, and the owner of the stream or of the lands adjacent will not permit town officials to enter upon the lands for this purpose, or requires them to pay a greater sum than in their judgment they ought to pay, the selectboard may take the land following the procedures established in section 923 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
