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, and 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, and 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 Department, 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, and list filing
- State Licenses: Fees for hunting, fishing, shellfish, etc.