Vermont § 1154 - Powers of Commission—Article III The Commission shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority:

§ 1154. Powers of Commission—Article III The Commission shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority:

• (1) to sue and be sued; (2) to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
  (3) to appoint and employ such agents and employees as may be required in the proper
  performance of the duties hereby committed to it and to fix and determine their qualifications,
  duties and compensation; (4) to enter into such contracts and agreements and to do
  and perform any and all other acts, matters and things as may be necessary and essential
  to the full and complete performance of the powers and duties hereby committed to
  and imposed upon it and as may be incidental thereto; (5) to have such additional
  powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to
  time by the action of the legislature of any of said states, concurred in by the legislatures
  of the other states and by the Congress of the United States