Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3787
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3787
- Board: means the Transportation Board. See
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 3787. Taking of land; proceedings
When a railroad corporation, a town, or any other party is ordered to do the requisite work in the alteration, changes, or removals at a railroad-highway crossing, or on lands or obstructions to the view near such crossing and it is necessary to take land to carry out such order, the party ordered to do the work shall cause such land to be surveyed and furnish a copy thereof to the owner of such land or his or her agent. Whereupon, in case the owner of such land and the parties ordered to do the work cannot agree on the price of the land and the damage to the owners resulting from such taking, either party in interest may make written application to the Board. After hearing had, on notice of not less than 10 days to the same parties for whom notice is provided in section 3785 of this title, such Board shall first adjudge whether the taking of such land is necessary and, if so adjudged, shall appraise the same and award such damages for the taking thereof as are just. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)