Section 48:12 – Choice.
48:12 Choice. – So many assessors may be chosen in each ward as may be prescribed by law or ordinance; or so many assessors may be chosen, in such manner and for such terms, as may be prescribed by law, or as the city councils may by ordinance provide, who shall hold their offices […]
Section 48:13 – Duties.
48:13 Duties. – The assessors, however elected, shall constitute a board of assessors for the city, who shall perform all the duties relative to taking the inventory and the appraisal of property for taxation, and in regard to the assessment and abatement of taxes and issuing warrants for the collection of the same, as […]
Section 48:14 – Assistants.
48:14 Assistants. – The city councils of any city may elect assistant assessors, not exceeding 6 in number, who shall assist the assessors of the city in the discharge of their official duties, when necessary for the seasonable completion of the inventory and assessment; and the assistant assessors shall act under the direction of […]
Section 48:1-a – Certification.
48:1-a Certification. – Any report, form or assurance required to be submitted to the state by a city officer which requires the submitting officer to certify to the accuracy of information it contains shall use a statement for the certification in a form substantially similar to the following: "The information submitted on this form […]
Section 48:2 – Election.
48:2 Election. – The city councils, being met in convention upon the day appointed by law or ordinance, shall by joint ballot elect a city clerk, who shall hold his office for the term fixed by law or ordinance, and until another is chosen and qualified, removable, however, at the pleasure of the city […]
Section 48:3 – Clerk of Mayor and Aldermen.
48:3 Clerk of Mayor and Aldermen. – The city clerk shall be ex officio clerk of the board of mayor and aldermen, shall keep a journal of all the acts, votes and proceedings of the mayor and aldermen, and also of the city councils when sitting in convention, and shall perform such other services […]
Section 48:4 – General Duties.
48:4 General Duties. – He shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers incumbent upon or vested in the town clerks of towns, except where it is otherwise provided by law. He shall deliver to his successor in office, as soon as chosen and qualified, all journals, records, record books, papers, files […]
Section 48:5 – Invoices and Assessments.
48:5 Invoices and Assessments. – The city clerk shall receive the invoice and assessments made, or a copy thereof required by law to be returned to his office, and keep the same there, open to public inspection, but need not record the same. Source. 1849, 837:3. GS 43:4. GL 47:4. PS 49:4. PL 53:4. […]
Section 48:6 – Deputy.
48:6 Deputy. – The city councils may elect a deputy city clerk, who shall qualify in the same manner as city clerks, and who shall perform all the duties of the city clerk in case of absence by sickness, resignation or otherwise of the city clerk. Source. 1899, 90:1. PL 53:5. RL 65:5.
Section 48:7 – Clerk Pro Tem.
48:7 Clerk Pro Tem. – Whenever the city clerk shall become unable, by reason of sickness or otherwise, to discharge his duties, and there is no deputy clerk, the mayor and aldermen may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall perform all the duties of a clerk during such time as the incapacity may […]