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.
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 2801)
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§ 2801. Aqueducts
(a) The selectboard of a town may procure the right to lay and maintain aqueducts and
pipes across the land of any person when the public good and necessity require a new
or additional supply of water for use in a town hall or watering trough on a public
highway.
(b) When the selectboard is unable to agree with the owner of such land as to the necessity
for taking or the compensation to be paid therefor, it shall proceed to secure such
right, and have the question of the necessity for taking and the damages sustained
thereby determined as provided for taking land for a townhouse. The title to the
land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes herein named.
(c) The title to the land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes
herein named.