TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CASES CITED.

TOWNS

Town Meetings.

Voters.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

ORGANIZATION OF TOWN MEETINGS. ELECTION

AND DUTIES OF MODERATOR.

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CHAPTER III.

ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF TOWN OFFICERS

School Committee

Selectmen

Assessors

Overseers of the Poor

Road Commissioners

Commissioners of Sinking Fund

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Keeper of Pound

Surveyor of Lumber

Trustees of Public Library

Collectors of Taxes

Board of Health

Directors of Workhouse and Almshouse

Inspectors of Lime

Registrars of Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Forest Firewards

Park Commissioners

Superintendent of Trees

Superintendent of Public Baths and Wash-

Houses.

Watchmen

CHAPTER IV.

OFFICERS TO BE APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN

Forest Firewards

Fish Wardens

Inspector of Oil

Keeper of Lockup

Measurers of Grain

Measurers of Upper Leather

Neglected Children under sixteen years of age

Registrar of Voters

Sealers of Weights and Measures

Superintendent of Streets

Weighers of Beef .

Weighers of Boilers and Heavy Machinery.

Weighers of Coal

Weighers of Fish

Weighers of Vessels

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OFFICERS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED

Collector of Taxes.

Enginemen and Hosemen

Engineers

Firewards

CHAPTER V.

Gaugers of Liquid Measures

Harbor-Masters.

Harbor-Master's Assistants.

Highway Surveyor.

Fence Viewer

Constable

Field Driver.

Inspectors of Hay and Straw

Inspectors of Milk

Inspector of Provisions and of Animals intended

for Slaughter..

Inspectors of Vinegar.

Police Officers

Probation Officer

Railroad and Steamboat Police

Sealer of Linear Measure

Superintendent of Hay Scales

Superintendent of Schools

Surveyor of Marble, Soapstone, and Freestone.

Truant Officers.

Watchmen

CHAPTER VI.

WHEN CHECK-LIST MUST BE USED

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TOWN OFFICERS.

Officers that must be Chosen by Ballot

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Officers that must be Elected by the People
Elective Officers that must be Sworn

Form of Oath

Tenure of Office

Officers that either may or must be Appointed

by the Selectmen

Appointed Officers that must be Sworn

CHAPTER VII.

Engineers of Fire Department

Park Commissioners

Registrars of Voters

Amoval from Office

Constable

Engineers

Fence Viewer

Field Driver.

Vacancies in Office, how filled

Auditor

Highway Surveyor.

Road Commissioners

School Committee

Collector of Taxes, also Treasurer

Commissioners of Sinking Fund

Selectmen

Treasurer.

Trustees of Public Library

VOTING BY BALLOT

Ballots to be Preserved

Ballots may be Recounted

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

GENERAL MATTERS UPON WHICH TOWN MAY ACT

Acceptance of Statute.

Agents.

Aid to Soldiers and Sailors

Almshouse

Armories or Headquarters of Militia

Baths and Wash-Houses

Burial-Grounds

By-Laws.

Celebrating Centennial or Two Hundred and

Fiftieth Anniversary of its Incorporation

Compensation of Officers

Contracts

Dangerous Buildings

Debts

Drinking-Troughs

Electric Lights

Felony.

Forests.

History, Town

Hospitals.

House Drainage.

Impounding Cattle

Jury List.

Guideposts

Headstones for Soldiers