Vermont § 16 - Village taxing authority on ratable estate
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 16 — Village taxing authority on ratable estate, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate
- (a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose,
as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the Village, whether
of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and
the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Collector,
who shall have the same power to collect the tax as the collector of town taxes, and
may in like manner sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof, commit
to jail any person against whom he or she has a delinquent tax. (b) The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers
of the Town of Manchester and filed by them in the office of the Clerk of the Town,
shall be the grand list of the Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of the
list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Village within 10 days
after the same shall be completed and filed by the listers in the Town Clerk’s office. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 16.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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