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 App. V.S.A. ch. 227, § 5)
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§ 5. Acquisition of land and water courses
The Village may purchase, lease, or take by right of eminent domain, hold and convey
real and personal estate, springs, water courses, and existing aqueducts, construct
and maintain such aqueducts, and build and lay pipes and conduits as may be required
for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire and sewer
purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with
water for household, culinary, and other purposes; may erect and maintain buildings
and hydrants, purchase and hold fire apparatus and other property necessary for such
purposes, and in acquiring any property other than by purchase or lease may proceed
in the same manner and the same proceedings had as provided in taking land for sewers,
as hereinbefore stated.