§ 20 Town officers
§ 22-B Chairman of assessors; designation; duties and compensation
§ 22-C Election and term of assessors in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk
§ 23 Eligibility of town officers
§ 23-A Residence requirement for comptroller of the town of Cortlandt
§ 24 Terms of office
§ 24-A Terms of office of elective officers
§ 24-B Election of council members and town justices in the town of Pawling
§ 25 Oaths of office and undertaking
§ 25-A Fingerprints of persons before appointment as town police officers, or as constables possessing powers in criminal matters
§ 26 Resignation of town officers
§ 27 Compensation of town officers and employees
§ 28 Power to administer oaths
§ 29 Powers and duties of supervisor
§ 30 Powers and duties of town clerk
§ 31 Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction
§ 32 Powers and duties of town superintendent of highways and deputy superintendent
§ 32-A Entry by town engineer on private lands
§ 33 Powers and duties of assessors
§ 34 Powers and duties of town comptroller
§ 35 Powers and duties of collector
§ 36 Collection of taxes by town clerk
§ 37 Powers and duties of receiver of taxes and assessments
§ 38 Certain offices abolished
§ 39 Powers and duties of constables and town police officers
§ 40 Powers and duties of fence viewers
§ 41 Additional supervisors in certain towns
§ 41-A Abolition of the additional office of supervisor of the town of Hempstead
§ 41-B In any town in which the office of director of purchasing shall have been established and a director of purchasing shall have been appoin…
§ 42 Deputy supervisor
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