Vermont § 23 - Aqueducts and reservoirs

§ 23. Aqueducts and reservoirs

• (a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueducts and reservoirs
  and build and lay the pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing
  the Village with suitable protection from fire, and for sewer purposes and sprinkling
  streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary,
  and other purposes; and for the purposes stated in this subsection may purchase and
  hold lands, and springs and streams of water, and may erect and maintain buildings
  and hydrants, and purchase and hold fire apparatus and property; and may also lease
  from a person or corporation now or hereafter having a water system sufficient for
  any or all of the purposes enumerated in this subsection. (b) A person who shall maliciously disturb, damage, or injure in any manner whatever the
  aqueducts and reservoirs and appurtenances, springs, ponds, lakes, fountains, or streams,
  or any connecting appurtenances, enclosures, or works thereof, or pollute or swim
  and bathe in the waters or any of them, shall be liable to prosecution therefor by
  the grand juror of the town or the State’s Attorney of the county wherein the offense
  shall be committed by information complaint or indictment, and on conviction thereof
  shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $5.00 and costs of prosecution
  and shall also be liable to the Village for all damages resulting to it by reason
  of the injury, pollution, or disturbance together with full costs, the same to be
  recovered by the Village in an action of tort founded on this section. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 23.)