{"data":{"id":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-781","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"19 V.S.A. § 781","heading":"Assessment","body":"When a town does not perform the order of the Supreme or Superior Court as to building a highway or building a bridge, the court may, on application, assess the town a sum sufficient to build and complete the highway or bridge. The assessment shall be spent in building the highway or bridge under the direction of a commissioner to be appointed by the court.","path":["Title 19: Highways","Chapter 007: Laying Out, Discontinuing, and Reclassifying Highways","Subchapter 008: NEGLECT OF TOWN TO BUILD HIGHWAYS OR BRIDGES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/19/007/00781","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"6cde155e53633829861082a5ce7cb4a1247fec8a625f4f36882fce5759bcf7ea","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-776","next":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-782"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}