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Definition of Town clerk
1. Noun. The official who keeps a town's records.
Definition of Town clerk
1. Noun. the chief administrative officer of a town, responsible for maintaining its records ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Town Clerk
Literary usage of Town clerk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"When the people have assembled, the town clerk calls them to order and states
... After the selectmen, the town clerk is next in importance and usefulness. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"That the town clerk had never transmitted to the County Clerk the ... As to the
omission of the town clerk to certify the statement required by the ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"New Clause— " Any clerk of the county council or town clerk who shall wilfully
neglect to carry ont the provisions of this Act or any part thereof or who ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"On the thirtieth of December, 1870, Mortimer W. Smith, supervisor of the town,
gave to the town clerk of the town his written resignation of the office of ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1841)
"A town clerk who was in office at the passing of stat. ... The council sent in
a memorial in answer, and the town clerk another in reply. ..."
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