[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Wrentham
as Art. 3.55 of the 2013 Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-9-20914 ATM
by Art. 20]
All officers of the Town shall cause records of their doings
and accounts to be kept in suitable books, which books shall be kept
in the Town office and shall be open, at all reasonable times, to
the inspection of any citizen of the Town under the supervision of
the elected board, committee, or officers designated to keep charge
thereof.
[Amended 6-9-2014 ATM
by Art. 20; 11-21-2022 STM by Art. 2]
Not later than the date set by the Select Board, all boards
of Town officers, and committees having charge of the expenditure
of Town money, including grants and gifts, revolving funds, and any
other funds, shall annually report in writing to the Select Board
in such manner as to give the citizens a fair and full understanding
of the objects and methods of such expenditures.
A.
General. The Town Clerk shall furnish for publication in the Annual
Town Report an abstract of the official records of all Town meetings
held during the preceding fiscal year, and shall also furnish for
the same purpose an abstract of the vital statistics for the preceding
fiscal year.
B.
Prepared on a fiscal-year basis. Any annual report required under
this chapter shall be prepared on a fiscal-year basis (covering the
period from July 1 through June 30) and submitted to the Select Board
by such date as they may determine.
[Amended 11-21-2022 STM by Art. 2]
C.
Decennial valuation by Assessors. Each decennial valuation of estates
made by the Assessors, or an abstract thereof, shall be printed and
distributed with the Annual Town Report for the next year.
The Town Clerk shall have the custody of the Town Seal, electrotypes
and woodcuts; and all copies of records and papers certified by him
shall be authenticated by said Seal, and all contracts entered into
between the Town and other parties, deeds and other documents requiring
a seal shall be likewise authenticated by the Town Seal.
