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Title

10

:
Conservation and Development






Chapter

009

:
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES











 

§

151. Terminology and spelling

(a) The state

librarian is authorized to furnish for any federal or state publication the

proper terminology and spelling of any geographic name in Vermont and may

advise the United States postal service regarding the proper selection and

spelling of the name of a Vermont post office or any railroad company regarding

the use and spelling of the name of a Vermont station. The state librarian is

authorized to function in collaboration with the United States board on geographic

names and to conduct his operations similarly.

(b) The names

used in the topographic maps of the state now being prepared by the United

States geological survey in cooperation with the state shall be spelled in

accordance with the recommendations of the state librarian. (Amended 1959, No.

329 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. March 1, 1961.)