Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4224
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4224
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
§ 4224. Amendment; certificate; notice
When all objections so stated have been determined by the listers, they shall amend such abstract relating to the persons so aggrieved, if they shall so determine, and shall add thereto a certificate signed by them setting forth such amendments. By June 9, notice in writing of such amendments therein made shall be forthwith delivered or mailed postage prepaid to each of the persons filing such objections. The notice shall inform the taxpayer that he or she may appeal from this decision to the board of civil authority by lodging his or her appeal with the town clerk within 14 days of the mailing of the written notice of amendments. Unless the personal notices required by this section were sent by registered or certified mail, or unless an official certificate of mailing of the same was obtained from the post office, in the case of any controversy subsequently arising, it shall be presumed that the personal notices were not mailed as required. (Amended 1983, No. 85, § 8; 1993, No. 49, § 23, eff. May 28, 1993.)