Sec. 7-19. Assistant town clerks. Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment, vacancy.
Sec. 7-19. Assistant town clerks. Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment, vacancy. Each town clerk may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance, appoint assistant town clerks, who, having taken the oath provided for town
clerks, shall, in the absence or inability of the town clerk, have all the powers and perform
all the duties of the town clerk. Within ten days after a town clerk appoints an assistant
town clerk, the town clerk shall file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of
the State, indicating the name and address of the person appointed, the date and method
of such appointment and the law under which the appointment was made. Within ten
days after a vacancy occurs in the office of assistant town clerk, the town clerk shall
notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy.
(1949 Rev., S. 546; 1953, S. 220d; 1961, P.A. 182; P.A. 73-198, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-327, S. 1; P.A. 87-387, S. 5; P.A. 02-137, S. 5.)
History: 1961 act added provision assistant town clerks shall in absence or inability of clerk "have all his powers"; P.A.
73-198 changed number of assistant clerks from "one or two" to "not more than three"; P.A. 82-327 specified that towns
may appoint assistants in another manner if charter or ordinance so provides and removed the bond provision from this
section; P.A. 87-387 required town clerk to notify secretary of the state of appointment of an assistant town clerk or vacancy
in office of assistant town clerk; P.A. 02-137 deleted requirement that appointment of assistant town clerks be approved
by one of the selectman, deleted limit of "not more than three" assistant town clerks and made technical changes for
purposes of gender neutrality, effective January 1, 2003.