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STATION BULLETIN 346 



in 192 L Thus the constitution remains unchanged but the "male" 

 (juaHfication becomes a dead issue in consequence of the nineteenth 

 amendment to the federal constitution. 



Town Officers 



The laws provide that certain officers shall be elected and that 

 others may be elected or may be appointed as the voters in each case 

 may determine. Thus town officers for the most part obtain their 



Qualified Voters 

 Assembled in Town Meeting 



Must elect 

 annually 



1 town clerk 



1 selectman for 3 years 



1 trustee of trust funds for 3 years 



1 or more library trustees for 3 

 years unless excepted under an 

 agreement with a donor 



1 treasurer* 



1 or more auditors* 



1 or more highway agentsf 



•Public laws further provide that in the 

 event the voters fail to elect these officers, 

 they shall be appointed; auditors by super- 

 visori* of the check list and treasurer by 

 board of selectmen. 



tVoters may by major vote authorize se- 

 lectmen to appoint. 



May elect 

 annually 



1 or more 



collectors of taxes 



agents 



overseers of the poor 



constables or police ofificers 



surveyors of highways* 



fence-viewers* 



measurers of wood and bark* 



surveyors of lumber* 



cullers of staves* 



a chief fire warden or engineer and 

 1 or more assistants* 



a clerk of the market* 



a pound keeper* 



and every other officer who may be 

 directed by law to be chosen, and 

 such other officers as it may judge 

 necessary for managing its affairs. 



*Omitted from the Revised Laws, 1941, 

 Chapter 59, Section 41. 



Fig. 1. Graphic representation of statutory provisions for the annual election 

 and appointment of town officers. 



