[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Groton 2-4-1935 by Art. 8 (Article III of the Compiled Bylaws). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
The Select Board shall cause the appearance
and answer of the Town to be entered and be made in all suits brought
against the Town at law or in equity and the interests of the Town
to be defended therein. They shall consider all claims for damages
or breach of contract made against the Town and may, with the advice
of counsel, settle the same, provided that in no case shall settlement
be so made by a payment of more than $300 without the authority of
the Town.
The Town Clerk shall keep a true copy, in a
book to be kept for such purpose alone, of all deeds or conveyances
executed in behalf of the Town by any Town officer. It shall be the
duty of the Town Clerk to see that every conveyance to the Town of
any interest in real estate is properly recorded in the Registry of
Deeds.
