The Vermont Statutes Online
The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 1 : General Provisions
Chapter 003 : Construction of Statutes
Subchapter 002 : Definition of Terms
(Cite as: 1 V.S.A. § 139)-
§ 139. Town; town officers
“Town” shall include city and wards or precincts therein; “selectboard members” and “board of civil authority” shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; “trustees” shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. This section shall be so construed as not to conflict with the acts of incorporation of or laws specially applicable to such municipal corporations. (Amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
