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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 03 Executive
Chapter 1 GOVERNOR
§ 9 Rewards


3 V.S.A. § 9. What's This?

§ 9. Rewards

The governor may offer a suitable reward, not exceeding the sum of $1,000.00 in any case, to be paid to a person or persons who, in consequence of such offer, apprehends or secures a person who has escaped from any institution in this state in which he or she was lawfully confined and, when requested by the attorney general, may offer such a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who has committed a felony in this state. The commissioner of finance and management shall issue his or her warrant for the amount of such reward in favor of the person whom the governor certifies to be entitled to the same. (1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(b); amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)

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