49. The municipality is responsible for the acts of its officers in the performance of the duties for which they are employed as well as for damages resulting from their refusal to discharge or their negligence in discharging their duties, saving its recourse against such officers, the whole without prejudice to a recourse in damages against the officers by those who have suffered damage.
1978, c. 87, s. 49; 1996, c. 2, s. 1105.