The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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CORPORATE EXISTENCE
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 131, § 101)
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained
The inhabitants of the Town of Plainfield as presently constituted and the inhabitants
of the Village of Plainfield as constituted by 1867 Acts and Resolves No. 189, as
amended by 1910 Acts and Resolves No. 314, 1913 Acts and Resolves No. 327, 1927 Acts
and Resolves No. 174, 1933 Acts and Resolves No. 194, 1965 Acts and Resolves No. 227,
and the vote of the Village of Plainfield at the annual meeting thereof held on May
3, 1976, except that part of the Village of Plainfield located in the Town of Marshfield,
are hereby incorporated and continued to be incorporated and declared to be a body
corporate and politic under the name of the Town of Plainfield; 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 Town, in the mode and
under the restrictions hereinafter provided and as provided by the general law of
this State; 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.