Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 3454
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 3454
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
- 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
§ 3454. Stallions
A stallion found running at large may be impounded. Within 48 hours, the impounder shall notify the owner or keeper thereof. If the owner or keeper does not, within three days after such notice, pay to the impounder such damages as are assessed by three disinterested freeholders, appointed by a justice of the peace or a Superior judge of the county, with the costs and expenses of impounding, appraising, and the poundkeeper’s charge of $50.00 per day, the impounder may sell the stallion at public auction to satisfy the same, giving four days’ notice of the time and place of sale, and the balance, after paying the damage and expenses, shall be paid to the treasurer of the town in which the stallion was impounded, for the use of the owner, if demanded within one year, otherwise to the use of the town. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. Feb. 1, 1967; 1997, No. 16, § 3.)