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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 - Municipal and County Government
Chapter 39 - Incorporated Villages
§ 1301. Establishment of villages
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24 VT Stats § 1301
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§ 1301. Establishment of villages
Upon a petition of a majority of the voters in town meeting residing in a village containing 30 or more houses, the selectboard shall establish the bounds of such village and cause a description thereof, by its name and bounds, to be recorded in the office of the town clerk and posted in two or more public places in such village. The residents in such village shall thereupon become a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a public corporation, be known by the name given in such description, by that name may sue and be sued, and hold and convey real and personal estate for the use of the corporation.
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