Vermont § 14 - City Treasurer The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers
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§ 14. City Treasurer The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers
- . The City Clerk shall be eligible to
hold the office of City Treasurer. It shall be the duty of said Treasurer, upon the
receipt of any rate bill as hereinafter provided for, to post notices in at least
three public places in said City, and to publish the same for one week in a newspaper
published in said City, calling upon the taxpayers to pay their respective taxes within
90 days from the date of said notice. There shall be deducted from the taxes paid
during the 90 days specified, four per cent of the amount thereof. At the expiration
of said 90 days the said Treasurer shall issue his or her warrant against the delinquent
taxpayers to the amount of their taxes, returnable in 60 days from the date thereof,
and deliver the same to the Collector of Taxes of said City, but if the City Council
direct, the issuing of said warrant shall be delayed 60 days from the expiration of
said 90 day period. There shall be allowed said Treasurer the sum of five cents for
each name on the warrant issued by him or her, which shall be taxed against the delinquent
taxpayer. Upon the return of any warrant so issued by the City Treasurer, if any taxes
included in such warrant remain uncollected, the City Treasurer may reissue such warrant
to the Collector for the collection of such unpaid taxes, returnable in 60 days from
the date of such reissue. In reissuing said warrant, it shall only be necessary for
the City Treasurer to write upon the same “Reissued to the Collector, returnable in
60 days from this date,” dating and signing the same, and the reissue of such warrant
shall in no manner affect any act or proceeding of the Collector made on such warrant
previous to its reissue. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to collect all
water rates that may be or shall hereafter become due to said City for the use of
the City water under such regulations and ordinances as shall be prescribed by the
City Council, but no compensation shall be allowed said Treasurer for the performance
of this duty. The City Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all monies appropriated
for the use of schools, which monies shall consist of the income of all school funds
of whatsoever nature, the income of any money or other property donated by any person
to said City for the use of schools, and all money appropriated by the City Council
for that purpose. The City Treasurer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this
paragraph, all warrants drawn by the school trustees for the use of schools.
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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