The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
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.)
