Vermont § 2 - Body corporate and corporate limits
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 2 — Body corporate and corporate limits, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2. Body corporate and corporate limits
- (a) The legal voters of the District shall be a body corporate. The corporate limits shall
be the boundary lines of the Town of Williamstown, being bounded as follows: easterly
by the line of Washington; southerly by the lines of Chelsea and Brookfield; westerly
by the lines of Northfield and Berlin; and northerly by the lines of Berlin and Barre. (b) While the District encompasses the same area as the Town of Williamstown, it shall
be a corporate body separate from the Town of Williamstown. It shall elect its own
officers, vote its own taxes, and manage its own affairs as follows: (1) The Fire District Prudential Committee shall, for the Fire District, set a Fire District
tax rate in the same manner that the Selectboard set the Town tax rate as provided
by 17 V.S.A § 2664. (2) The Prudential Committee shall make contact with the Town for the collection of Fire
District taxes.
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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