Vermont Lease Lands and Other Ancient Vermont Laws

Sunday, January 15, 2017
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum – 2:00 pm

History never dies. It just waits in shadow until it leaps out into our lives. So with lease lands, those large parcels set aside by the proprietors of the towns for public purposes, including the school, the church, and others. The ownership of these lands remains with the town, but many people aren’t aware of that. They are discovering the special challenges of owning lease lands.

This talk might be particularly timely given the article in this week’s Seven Days regarding the leased land controversy in Malletts Bay, Colchester, involving 28 residences.

- Paul Gillies is a lawyer/historian from Berlin, Vermont, who has written and lectured on early Vermont law. He is the author of Uncommon Law, Ancient Roads, and Other Ruminations on Vermont Legal History, published by the Vermont Historical Society in 2013.

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