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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 1471

  • 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.
  • 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

§ 1471. Notice of meeting to provide for repairs

When a building owned and used as a house of public worship needs repairs, and the owners are not a corporation or incorporated association, or have not the power by their charter or articles of association to repair such building, any three persons who are owners of such house may call a meeting of those who are proprietors or pew owners. At least 15 days before such meeting, such owners shall post a notice upon the door of such house, setting forth the time when it will be held and the business to be transacted, and they shall also cause such notice to be published three weeks successively in a newspaper circulating in the town where such house of worship is situated, the last of which publications shall be at least two weeks prior to such meeting.