Q. What are some of their duties?

I. Supervisors.

I. To receive the school money belonging to the town, and pay it out by order of the trustees.

II.  To receive other money belonging to the town, and disburse the same according to law.

III.  To meet with the other supervisors of the county as a “board of county canvassers.”

IV.  To meet with the other supervisors of the county as a “board of supervisors”; to audit all lawful accounts against the county, make out the tax lists and cause them to be collected; and perform such other acts of legislation as the constitution and statute laws have conferred upon them.

II.  Town clerk.

I. To keep the records of the town.

II.  To keep in his custody such books and papers as belong to the town.

III.  To act as clerk of the town meetings,

IV.  To file such papers as properly belong to his office; and to perform the general clerical duties for the town.

III.  Justices of the peace.

I. To be the judicial officers for the town.

II.  To issue warrants for the arrest of persons accused of committing crimes, and also summonses for the purpose of bringing before them persons for trial in civil actions.

III.  To take acknowledgment of conveyances, administer oaths, act as inspectors at the town meeting, etc.

IV.  Assessors.

I. To make an inventory of the real estate in the town, naming the number of acres owned by each person, and fixing upon the same a valuation in proportion to its worth.

II.  To make an inventory of the personal property held by the several persons in town, such as notes, mortgages, &c., which with the real estate forms the basis for taxes.

V. Highway commissioners.

I. To have the care and general supervision of the highways and bridges.

II.  To lay out new roads, when directed by a jury legally called for that purpose and discontinue others when directed by the same authority.

III.  To divide the town into districts, and appoint overseers for the same.

VI.  Overseers of the poor.

To look after and provide for, either at home or in the county house, such as are in indigent circumstances.

VII.  Collector.

I. To give a bond to the supervisor for double the amount to be collected, with one or more sureties for the faithful performance of his duties.

II.  To receive the tax list and warrant, and collect the tax and pay it over as directed.

VIII.  Constables.

I. To serve summonses issued by the justices.

II.  To arrest and bring prisoners before a justice, and to have the custody of them.

III.  To collect moneys upon executions, and if necessary to sell property to satisfy the same.