Board of Health

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 235, subch. 4

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 235, § 41 Establishment of Board

41. Establishment of Board The trustees of the Village of Ludlow shall appoint two competent physicians of said Village, who, with the trustees aforesaid, shall constitute a Board of Health for said Village. Such Board of Health shall make such regulations as they may judge necessary for the suppression, abatement, and removal of sources of filth and causes of sickness, and shall cause such regulations to be published from time to time in some newspaper of the Village.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 235, § 42 Board investigations

42. Board investigations Said Board, or a majority thereof, upon application of any citizen shall forthwith examine into nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness in said Village, and make such order to destroy, remove, or prevent the same, as the case may require, and when found on private property shall in writing order the owner or occupant thereof, at his or her own expense, to remove the same, and if such owner or occupant does not remove the same within 24 hours after being ordered, he or she shall be fined not more than $20.00.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 235, § 43 Board compensation

43. Board compensation Said Board shall receive such compensation for its services as the Village may vote.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 235, § 44 Enforcement of Board regulations

44. Enforcement of Board regulations A person who violates a regulation made by the Board of Health shall be fined not more than $20.00, and a person so violating shall be subject to the same penalty for each day’s continued violation.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 235, § 45 Removal of health violations

45. Removal of health violations If said owner or occupant does not comply with the order of said Board, the Board may cause such nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and the Village may recover the expense of such removal, with costs, of said owner or occupant causing or permitting the same, in an action of debt.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/235Fetched: 10/21/2026