§ 2801. Aqueducts (a) The selectboard of a town may procure the right to lay and maintain aqueducts and pipes across the land of any person when the public good and necessity require a new or additional supply of water for use in a town hall or watering trough on a public highway. (b) When […]
§ 2802. Definitions The words “building” or “municipal building” as used in this chapter include wharves and docks and the lands surrounding or appurtenant thereto necessary for a highway or for parking or other public purposes connected therewith. (Added 1967, No. 313 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 22, 1968.)
§ 2803. Building committee; vote of town or district A municipality may vote to place the construction of a building to be erected for public purposes under the general supervision and control of a building committee.
§ 2804. Reserve funds; use (a) At an annual or special meeting duly warned, a municipality may establish a reserve fund to be under the control and direction of the legislative branch of the municipality. The reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be […]
§ 2805. Municipal buildings; condemnation; procedure (a) When the location of a municipal building is determined and lands and grounds are needed or when a municipality votes to purchase additional lands or when, in the exercise of any of the powers or functions authorized by its charter or bylaws, it becomes necessary for public use […]
§ 2806. Condemned land; notice to mortgagee; application of payment When such lands are encumbered by mortgage, such municipality shall cause the same notice to be given to the mortgagee or assignee thereof as is required to be given to the owner, and the damages agreed upon or otherwise determined, as finally ascertained, shall be […]
§ 2807. Procedure for taking land When the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees decide to take lands, in their order for that purpose, they shall fix a time and notify the owner or occupant thereof. Within such time he or she shall remove his or her buildings, fences, timber, wood, or trees, which, in […]
§ 2808. Condemnation; record of orders and proceedings Orders and proceedings of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, and trustees, under the provisions of sections 2805-2807 of this title, with the survey of the lands taken, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city, town, or village in which the land lies. […]
§ 2809. Disagreement as to damages; reference When the owner of such land does not accept the damages awarded by the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, as the case may be, they may agree with him or her to refer the question of such damages to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall […]
§ 2810. Petition; appointment of commissioners (a) When a person having an interest in such land is dissatisfied with the action of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees in locating and setting it out or with the damages awarded therefor by them, he or she may apply by petition to the Superior Court for […]
§ 2811. Commissioners’ notice, hearing, and report; Superior Court order (a) The commissioners shall give to such clerk and to the petitioners six days’ notice of the time and place of hearing. When they have completed their inquiries, they shall report to the court. (b) Upon hearing, the court may accept or reject the report, […]
§ 2812. Title to vest on payment of damages When the damages finally awarded are paid to the person entitled thereto, title to such lands or the right to damage or affect lands shall vest in such city, town, or village for such purposes.
§ 2813. Armories; appropriation A municipality may appropriate sums of money towards the purchase or construction of an armory for use of the National Guard.
