2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 251 VILLAGE OF NORTH BENNINGTON
§ 1203 Fines

251-1203. Fines

Said Village may impose a fine not exceeding $100.00, for the breach of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or ordinance. The Court shall impose the costs of prosecution in addition to the fine, in case of a conviction, and when it is necessary to abate a nuisance, the expense of abatement may be imposed upon the delinquent in addition to such fine and costs and if any person violates any ordinance or bylaws of said Village, he or she may on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the common jail in the County of Bennington not exceeding 60 days, in addition to or in lieu of said fine and costs, in the discretion of said Court. If any person while residing without this State and while owning real or personal property within the Village, shall with and by means of said real or personal estate or by his or her agents and servants violate any of the ordinances which said Village is authorized to make, the Village may sue for and recover the penalty for violation of such ordinance in an action founded on this statute and shall proceed in the same manner as by law is now provided in civil actions against persons residing without the State.