Town Clerk
Responsibilities: |
- Probate: court proceedings, certificates, decrees, filing, microfilming, fees, and communications, as well as certified copies and advertising.
- Recording: land evidence records, mortgages, discharges of mortgages, liens, attachments and the discharging of same, honorable discharges, certificates of ownership, microfilming, filing, indexing of all including plats and subdivisions
- Elections and Registration of Voters: updating lists, reports to central registry, answering communications, data processing and advertising
- Payroll and Bookkeeping: all bills, daily cash, deposits, fees for state licenses
- Licenses: all referrals to proper authorities, fees, applications, filing, issuing and advertising
- Dog Licenses: updating, reports, fees, lists to Animal Control Officer and Police Dept., and advertising
- Vital Statistics: reports to state, burial permits, certified copies, fees, recording, indexing and issuing marriages
- Council Meetings: attending, writing minutes, referrals, communications, indexing, resolutions, proclamations, appointments (book, oaths, letters, certificates), reports, filing and advertising
- Police Constables: appointment cards, oaths, list filing
- State Licenses: hunting, fishing, shellfish, etc., fees
- Municipal Court: maintain Court docket, collect fees for traffic violations, zoning violations, and parking violations
- Passport Agent: serve U.S. citizens intending international travel and to protect the integrity of the U.S. passport as proof of U.S. citizenship at home and abroad. From 8:30am to 2:00pm, Monday through Friday at Town Hall, 10 Court St.
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