The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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INCORPORATION AND GRANT OF POWERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 5, § 101)
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§ 101. City of Montpelier
The inhabitants of the territory formerly the Town of Montpelier, and that portion
of the Town of Berlin annexed to the City of Montpelier, by an act entitled, “An act
to annex an adjacent portion of the Town of Berlin to the City of Montpelier,” which
act was approved November 29, 1898, are hereby incorporated as a municipal corporation
under the name of the City of Montpelier (hereafter the City); and under that name
may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal and
alter it at pleasure; may borrow money on the credit of the City, in the mode and
under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General
Assembly of the State, and the number of justices of the peace as provided in Chapter
II of the Vermont Constitution for a town of equal population; and generally shall
have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are
conferred upon, or are incident to, towns in this State; and shall be subject to like
duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)