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CHAPTER IV.

The Clerk of the Corporation.

1. The clerk of the corporation, who shall be styled the
recorder, shall attend every meeting of the council and keep
an accurate record of its proceedings. He shall keep an ordinance
book, in which he shall promptly record all the general
ordinances adopted by the council. He shall, from time to
time, index the minutes of the proceedings and the ordinances
as soon as adopted, and they shall be open to public inspection.
He shall file and preserve all official bonds and other papers
and books which may come into his hands as recorder, and at

the expiration of his term of office shall turn them over to his
successor. Whenever any petition, communication or other
paper is referred to any committee of the council, it shall be
the duty of the recorder, immediately on adjournment, to deliver
a copy of such paper, with the names of the committee,
to the chairman of the committee.

2. Whenever the office of recorder and treasurer are not
held by the same person, the recorder shall on the first day of
each month furnish to the treasurer a detailed statement of all
allowances made and warrants issued on account of the expenses
of the town during the preceding month.

3. The recorder shall do and perform all other such duties
as properly appertain to his office.