2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 101 TOWN OF BARRE
§ 16 Clerk-treasurer

§ 101-16. Clerk-treasurer

(a) The clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a period of three (3) years. He shall keep account of monies, bonds, notes and evidences of debt paid or delivered to him, and of moneys paid out by him for the town. In addition he shall:

(1) record the amount voted for support of highways, special departments and for general town purposes;

(2) collect taxes, assessments, charges and levies, including delinquencies in the hands of the tax collector, and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected;

(3) receive fees for filing copies of records and other instruments;

(4) pay orders drawn on him by officials authorized to draw orders;

(5) provide detailed financial statements and reports, as may be required by the selectmen;

(6) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual town meetings;

(7) maintain all town records and an index to those records;

(8) maintain and file all reports required by law;

(9) perform any other duties required of him by law, this Charter, or ordinances.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk-treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the board of selectmen, and the premium for such bond shall be paid by the town.