{"data":{"id":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2657","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"17 V.S.A. § 2657","heading":"Moderator","body":"A municipal meeting shall be called to order by the moderator, or in his or her absence by a selectboard member who shall preside until a moderator pro tempore is chosen.","path":["Title 17: Elections","Chapter 055: Local Elections","Subchapter 002: TOWN MEETINGS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/17/055/02657","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:01Z","sha256":"193bec9c1f72e517d3c5d50691b1d071a68f831d45eb6d179c96be59dca740fe","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2656","next":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2658"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}