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10-K - BODY OF FORM 10-K - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCd76297_mer10k.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex21_76297.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex312_76297.htm
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex322_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.9 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex109_76297.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex311_76297.htm
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex321_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.4 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex104_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.7 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex107_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.8 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex108_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.3 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex103_76297.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.10 - MERCHANTS BANCSHARES INCex1010_76297.htm

Exhibit 23



Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-41051 and No. 333-151572), Form S-3D (No. 333-20375), Form S-8 (No. 333-34871, No. 333-34869, No. 333-151424, and No. 333-151425), and Form S-8 (No. 333-18845) as amended by Post Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8/A, of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 14, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders equity, comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of Merchants Bancshares, Inc.


Albany, NY

March 14, 2011