Definition of Board of selectmen

1. Noun. A board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town.

Generic synonyms: Board
Member holonyms: Selectman, Selectwoman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Board Of Selectmen

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board of regents
board of selectmen (current term)
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Literary usage of Board of selectmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"If a selectman is liable in an action by an individual who has sustained damages by reason of the failure of the board of selectmen to keep the highways in ..."

2. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1894)
"Maidstone, Vt. Whereupon, after due notice to said railroad company and to the Board of Selectmen of said town, a hearing was had ..."

3. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"FH Kendall, who has served on the Board of Selectmen of Belmont, Mass., for the past ten years, has declined to serve again as he feels that the time has ..."

4. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1909)
"Board of Selectmen. [1O2.] Donation of Mrs. Joanna Brooker & others — [103.] 1820 April 1821 Jany 2. Property in my hands vizt. ..."

5. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"He was a member of the board of selectmen for eight years between 1879 and 1893, and was chairman of the board two years. As a public official he was ..."

6. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register by Lucius Robinson Paige (1877)
"... and Surveyors of Highways be abolished, and the duties heretofore performed by those Boards be in future discharged by the Board of Selectmen; ..."

7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"If a selectman is liable in an action by an individual who has sustained damages by reason of the failure of the board of selectmen to keep the highways in ..."

8. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1894)
"Maidstone, Vt. Whereupon, after due notice to said railroad company and to the Board of Selectmen of said town, a hearing was had ..."

9. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"FH Kendall, who has served on the Board of Selectmen of Belmont, Mass., for the past ten years, has declined to serve again as he feels that the time has ..."

10. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1909)
"Board of Selectmen. [1O2.] Donation of Mrs. Joanna Brooker & others — [103.] 1820 April 1821 Jany 2. Property in my hands vizt. ..."

11. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"He was a member of the board of selectmen for eight years between 1879 and 1893, and was chairman of the board two years. As a public official he was ..."

12. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register by Lucius Robinson Paige (1877)
"... and Surveyors of Highways be abolished, and the duties heretofore performed by those Boards be in future discharged by the Board of Selectmen; ..."

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