TITLE 45

Towns and cities

CHAPTER 45-5

Councils and Governing Bodies

SECTION 45-5-7



   § 45-5-7  Town clerk pro tempore. –

Whenever it satisfactorily appears to the town council that the town clerk is

disqualified, from any cause whatsoever, to exercise and perform the several

duties of his or her office, it may and shall appoint a town clerk pro tempore,

who is qualified as provided in this chapter, and is authorized to perform all

the duties of town clerk, until the disability of the town clerk is, in the

opinion of the town council, removed, or until a town clerk is legally elected

by the town.



History of Section.

(G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 51,

§ 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 45-5-7.)