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2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 251 VILLAGE OF NORTH BENNINGTON
§ 803 Use of water; payment; inspection; damages


24 VT Stats App. § 251-803. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

§ 251-803. Use of water; payment; inspection; damages

The owner of any tenement, house or building, who shall take the water of said village shall be liable for the rent or the price of the same, and the officers and agents of said corporation intrusted with the care and superintendence of the water, may at all reasonable times enter all premises so supplied to examine the pipes and fixtures and prevent any unnecessary waste, and if any person or persons without the consent of said corporation shall use any of said water, an action of tort under this statute may be maintained against such person, by said corporation for the recovery of damages therefor and such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the board of water commissioners in the name of said village.

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