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.
Subchapter
002
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POWERS, STRUCTURE, AND AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 109, § 31)
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§ 31. Special funds
(a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or accounts
separate from that of any other special fund and from those of the other Town funds,
and shall honor no warrant upon it except for the purpose thereof as heretofore enumerated.
(b) Any person who shall pay or cause to be paid any portion of any special fund for any
purpose other than as herein specified shall forfeit to the Town for the benefit of
such special fund twice the amount so paid to be recovered in a civil action of this
section. It shall be the duty of the Town Agent to defend and prosecute suits and
to bring an action to collect the forfeiture. In case such person is bonded, the
bondsman shall be joined with the person in such action, provided such bondsman is
within the jurisdiction of the State of Vermont.