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. 291, § 9)
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§ 9. Fire wardens
The fire wardens of the Village of Woodstock, and such persons as shall, pursuant
to the bylaws of the Village, be elected fire wardens, and having with them some distinguishing
badge of their office, designated by such bylaws, may, in times of fire, demand and
require assistance from any of the inhabitants of the Village to extinguish and prevent
the spreading of such fire, and remove goods and effects from any building or other
place endangered by fire; and a majority of the fire wardens may cause to be pulled
down, blown up, or removed such dwellings or the buildings as they may deem necessary
to prevent the spreading or progress of such fire; and the fire wardens may require
and demand assistance from any of the inhabitants of the Village to pull down and
remove any building whenever it shall be judged necessary by a majority of the fire
wardens present; and the fire wardens may suppress any disorder or tumults and direct
the labors of all persons present during such fire; and if any resident of the Village,
so present as aforesaid, shall refuse to obey the orders of any fire wardens in any
manner authorized by this act, the offender shall, on conviction thereof, before any
justice proper to try the same, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding seven dollars
to the Treasurer of the Village. Provided that the offender be prosecuted by action
of debt, brought by any wardens, in the name of the Treasurer, within 90 days from
the time of committing the offence.