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.
§ 281. Members and trustees ex officio
The Secretary of State and the State Librarian, by virtue of their offices, shall
be members of the Vermont Historical Society and of the Board of Trustees of the Society. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 1; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 245, eff. July 1, 2024.)
§ 282. Director
(a) Subject to the final approval of the Governor, the Board of Trustees shall employ
and determine the salary of the Director of the Society.
(b) The Director shall have charge of the collections of the Society and any historical
objects, books, and documents of the State as shall be placed with the Society for
use. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 2; 1987, No. 7; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 245, eff. July 1, 2024.)
§ 283. Expenditure of funds
The sums annually available for the Society shall be expended by the Director under
the general supervision of the president for the purchase of books, pamphlets, manuscripts,
and museum items relating particularly to the history of Vermont and for such other
historical material as may be deemed best, for the publication of its proceedings
and other matters of historical importance, for the payment of the salary of the Director
and the salaries of other employees of the Society, for procuring portraits of deceased
Governors and Lieutenant Governors not now possessed by the State, and for binding
and preserving documents and other property of the Society. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 3.)
§ 284. Disposition of books, collections, and property
If the Society is ever dissolved, the Society’s books, collections, and property shall
become the property of the State. The Society shall not sell or dispose of any part
of its books or collections, except by way of exchange or to further the objects of
the Society and then only upon the vote of the Board of Trustees of the Society. Any
sale or disposal of books or collections contrary to the provisions of this section
shall be void. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 4; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 245, eff. July 1, 2024.)
§ 285. Classification of employees
Employees of the Vermont Historical Society shall be classified by the State classification
system as if they were State employees and shall receive all general pay increases
granted State employees. (Added 1967, No. 137, § 1; amended 1973, No. 37, § 4.)
§ 286. Repealed. 1973, No. 37, § 5.