Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1756
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1756
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Legislative branch: shall mean the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, the board of school directors of a school district, the trustees or prudential committee of a graded school or fire district, and the Board of Governors of the unified towns and gores of Essex County, and, with respect to other municipal corporations, the governing body designated by statute. See
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
§ 1756. Notice of meeting; authorization
(a)(1) The clerk of the municipal corporation shall cause notice of such meeting to be published in a newspaper of known circulation in such municipality once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than ten days before such meeting.
(2) Notice of such meeting shall also be posted in five public places within such municipality for two weeks immediately preceding such meeting.
(b) When a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question at such meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds for said public improvements, the legislative branch shall be authorized to make such public improvements and issue bonds as hereinafter provided. Blank and defective ballots shall not be counted in determining the question. (Amended 1969, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)