{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-11-3","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 11, § 3","heading":"General corporate powers","body":"The inhabitants of that territory embraced within the boundaries as established by 1915 Acts and Resolves No. 280 shall continue as a body corporate and politic, under the name of the City of St. Albans; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal, and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property, real and personal, within or without its corporate limits as the purpose of the corporation may require; may borrow on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of the peace, as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 011: City of St. Albans"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24APPENDIX/011/00003","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:06Z","sha256":"cc3c82a0e86a8c6c38328fe57e7ae93900f68dbfa1ef5735bdedec1486c66293","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-11-2","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-11-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}